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you</c><00:10:53.940><c> or</c><00:10:54.240><c> me.</c> 00:10:56.059 --> 00:10:57.980 He<00:10:56.340><c> who</c><00:10:56.539><c> honours</c><00:10:56.720><c> me,</c><00:10:57.220><c> I</c><00:10:57.559><c> will</c><00:10:57.799><c> honour.</c> 00:10:58.159 --> 00:11:02.679 And<00:10:58.379><c> the</c><00:10:58.679><c> converse</c><00:10:59.159><c> is,</c><00:11:00.139><c> if</c><00:11:00.379><c> you</c><00:11:00.700><c> don't,</c><00:11:01.179><c> well,</c><00:11:01.539><c> goodbye.</c> 00:11:03.379 --> 00:11:04.659 End<00:11:04.000><c> of</c><00:11:04.279><c> sentence.</c> 00:11:05.039 --> 00:11:10.120 And<00:11:05.139><c> so</c><00:11:05.299><c> what</c><00:11:05.539><c> happens</c><00:11:06.059><c> with</c><00:11:07.600><c> Eli,</c><00:11:08.440><c> he</c><00:11:08.600><c> has</c><00:11:08.899><c> this</c><00:11:09.500><c> prophecy,</c> 00:11:10.279 --> 00:11:13.919 this<00:11:10.419><c> man</c><00:11:10.659><c> of</c><00:11:10.820><c> God</c><00:11:10.960><c> comes</c><00:11:11.240><c> to</c><00:11:11.399><c> him</c><00:11:11.500><c> with</c><00:11:11.679><c> this</c><00:11:12.000><c> prophecy</c><00:11:12.419><c> and</c><00:11:12.940><c> says,</c> 00:11:14.419 --> 00:11:17.960 look,<00:11:15.460><c> Ithamar,</c><00:11:16.019><c> of</c><00:11:16.019><c> which</c><00:11:16.299><c> Ithamar</c><00:11:17.159><c> was</c><00:11:17.279><c> one</c><00:11:17.419><c> of</c><00:11:17.539><c> the</c><00:11:17.600><c> sons</c> 00:11:17.960 --> 00:11:20.139 of<00:11:19.200><c> Aaron,</c> 00:11:21.100 --> 00:11:23.080 of<00:11:21.340><c> which</c><00:11:21.620><c> Eli</c><00:11:21.860><c> was</c><00:11:22.139><c> a</c><00:11:22.279><c> descendant,</c> 00:11:23.519 --> 00:11:26.039 the<00:11:23.759><c> house</c><00:11:24.100><c> of</c><00:11:24.360><c> Ithamar</c><00:11:24.779><c> is</c><00:11:25.019><c> going</c><00:11:25.159><c> to</c><00:11:25.299><c> be</c><00:11:25.539><c> decimated</c> 00:11:26.039 --> 00:11:30.220 because<00:11:27.259><c> all</c><00:11:28.000><c> you</c><00:11:28.299><c> do</c><00:11:28.500><c> is</c><00:11:28.820><c> accept</c><00:11:29.179><c> and</c><00:11:29.580><c> resign.</c> 00:11:30.220 --> 00:11:32.179 You're<00:11:30.940><c> a</c><00:11:31.220><c> spectator,</c><00:11:32.080><c> Eli.</c> 00:11:32.340 --> 00:11:38.000 I'm<00:11:32.700><c> going</c><00:11:32.799><c> to</c><00:11:33.039><c> remove</c><00:11:33.659><c> the</c><00:11:34.000><c> priesthood</c><00:11:34.580><c> away</c><00:11:35.120><c> from</c><00:11:35.360><c> the</c><00:11:35.539><c> house</c><00:11:35.840><c> of</c><00:11:36.340><c> Ithamar.</c> 00:11:38.340 --> 00:11:41.960 Now,<00:11:38.720><c> look,</c><00:11:39.039><c> as</c><00:11:39.259><c> hard</c><00:11:39.639><c> as</c><00:11:39.860><c> that</c><00:11:40.120><c> is,</c><00:11:40.679><c> and</c><00:11:40.860><c> it</c><00:11:41.000><c> is</c><00:11:41.240><c> hard,</c> 00:11:42.059 --> 00:11:45.539 and<00:11:42.059><c> it's</c><00:11:43.100><c> shameful</c><00:11:43.700><c> really,</c> 00:11:47.460 --> 00:11:50.639 it<00:11:48.039><c> doesn't</c><00:11:48.519><c> really</c><00:11:49.080><c> hit</c><00:11:49.320><c> the</c><00:11:49.700><c> spot.</c> 00:11:51.220 --> 00:11:53.720 I<00:11:51.220><c> mean,</c><00:11:51.460><c> I'm</c><00:11:51.759><c> sure,</c><00:11:51.919><c> look,</c><00:11:52.200><c> Eli</c><00:11:52.399><c> was</c><00:11:52.580><c> a</c><00:11:52.620><c> very</c><00:11:52.940><c> sensitive</c><00:11:53.419><c> man.</c> 00:11:53.879 --> 00:11:56.860 He<00:11:54.019><c> had</c><00:11:54.759><c> a</c><00:11:54.980><c> mind</c><00:11:55.379><c> for</c><00:11:55.639><c> the</c><00:11:55.860><c> things</c><00:11:56.120><c> of</c><00:11:56.480><c> God,</c> 00:11:56.860 --> 00:12:00.639 but<00:11:57.639><c> he</c><00:11:57.740><c> wasn't</c><00:11:58.120><c> a</c><00:11:58.299><c> doer.</c> 00:12:00.720 --> 00:12:03.200 And<00:12:00.779><c> God</c><00:12:01.000><c> says,</c><00:12:01.600><c> look,</c><00:12:01.740><c> my</c><00:12:02.000><c> patience</c><00:12:02.340><c> has</c><00:12:02.580><c> run</c><00:12:02.779><c> out.</c> 00:12:03.559 --> 00:12:07.059 I'm<00:12:03.860><c> going</c><00:12:03.980><c> to</c><00:12:04.200><c> remove</c><00:12:04.940><c> the</c><00:12:05.139><c> house</c><00:12:05.419><c> of</c><00:12:05.600><c> Ithamar</c><00:12:05.980><c> from</c><00:12:06.460><c> the</c><00:12:06.720><c> priesthood.</c> 00:12:07.120 --> 00:12:08.799 Not<00:12:07.259><c> immediately,</c><00:12:08.299><c> but</c><00:12:08.419><c> it</c><00:12:08.500><c> will</c><00:12:08.700><c> happen.</c> 00:12:08.879 --> 00:12:10.899 I'm<00:12:09.000><c> going</c><00:12:09.179><c> to</c><00:12:09.340><c> decimate</c><00:12:09.700><c> that</c><00:12:09.940><c> house.</c> 00:12:11.240 --> 00:12:14.580 Now,<00:12:11.519><c> get</c><00:12:11.779><c> the</c><00:12:12.100><c> picture,</c><00:12:12.500><c> Eli,</c><00:12:12.659><c> do</c><00:12:13.080><c> something,</c><00:12:13.539><c> act,</c><00:12:14.000><c> respond.</c> 00:12:14.720 --> 00:12:16.399 He<00:12:14.960><c> didn't.</c> 00:12:16.860 --> 00:12:21.139 And<00:12:17.039><c> in</c><00:12:17.259><c> a</c><00:12:17.379><c> sense,</c><00:12:17.759><c> brethren</c><00:12:17.899><c> and</c><00:12:18.139><c> sisters,</c><00:12:19.200><c> he</c><00:12:19.460><c> didn't</c><00:12:19.720><c> have</c><00:12:20.139><c> to.</c> 00:12:22.080 --> 00:12:26.580 Until<00:12:22.539><c> we</c><00:12:22.860><c> come</c><00:12:23.039><c> to</c><00:12:23.220><c> verse</c><00:12:23.500><c> 34,</c><00:12:24.539><c> and</c><00:12:24.980><c> now</c><00:12:25.220><c> it</c><00:12:25.360><c> gets</c><00:12:25.559><c> awfully</c><00:12:25.879><c> personal.</c> 00:12:26.580 --> 00:12:31.779 Those<00:12:27.500><c> boys</c><00:12:28.220><c> who</c><00:12:28.600><c> you've</c><00:12:29.139><c> protected</c><00:12:29.679><c> and</c><00:12:30.340><c> compromised</c><00:12:30.960><c> yourself</c><00:12:31.419><c> with,</c> 00:12:32.019 --> 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the</c><00:13:01.259><c> right</c><00:13:01.539><c> thing,</c><00:13:02.100><c> then</c> 00:13:02.220 --> 00:13:02.940 I<00:13:02.679><c> will.</c> 00:13:02.980 --> 00:13:04.879 Verse<00:13:03.259><c> 35.</c> 00:13:05.500 --> 00:13:10.419 And<00:13:05.600><c> I</c><00:13:05.779><c> will</c><00:13:06.139><c> raise</c><00:13:06.820><c> me</c><00:13:07.620><c> up</c><00:13:07.960><c> a</c><00:13:08.519><c> faithful</c><00:13:09.139><c> priest,</c> 00:13:10.600 --> 00:13:12.019 look<00:13:10.740><c> at</c><00:13:10.940><c> this,</c> 00:13:12.700 --> 00:13:16.659 that<00:13:12.940><c> shall</c><00:13:13.419><c> do</c><00:13:14.279><c> according</c><00:13:14.860><c> to</c><00:13:15.080><c> that</c><00:13:15.240><c> which</c><00:13:15.440><c> is</c><00:13:15.659><c> in</c><00:13:16.000><c> my</c><00:13:16.279><c> heart</c> 00:13:16.659 --> 00:13:17.139 and<00:13:16.980><c> mind.</c> 00:13:17.259 --> 00:13:18.980 He's<00:13:17.580><c> a</c><00:13:17.879><c> participant.</c> 00:13:20.759 --> 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and</c><00:13:46.399><c> I'll</c><00:13:46.639><c> put</c><00:13:46.940><c> a</c><00:13:47.179><c> faithful</c><00:13:47.519><c> priest</c><00:13:47.980><c> in</c><00:13:48.179><c> his</c><00:13:48.440><c> place.</c> 00:13:50.279 --> 00:13:52.080 And<00:13:50.580><c> who</c><00:13:50.679><c> is</c><00:13:50.919><c> that</c><00:13:51.139><c> faithful</c><00:13:51.600><c> priest?</c> 00:13:52.179 --> 00:13:55.539 Well,<00:13:52.519><c> there's</c><00:13:53.759><c> a</c><00:13:53.980><c> number</c><00:13:54.200><c> of</c><00:13:54.519><c> theories.</c> 00:13:57.700 --> 00:14:01.179 First<00:13:58.019><c> one,</c><00:13:58.299><c> I</c><00:13:58.460><c> guess</c><00:13:58.659><c> the</c><00:13:58.940><c> default</c><00:13:59.240><c> one,</c><00:13:59.700><c> is</c><00:13:59.940><c> Christ.</c> 00:14:01.679 --> 00:14:06.299 Well,<00:14:01.919><c> maybe</c><00:14:02.299><c> in</c><00:14:02.620><c> the</c><00:14:02.899><c> long</c><00:14:03.299><c> view,</c><00:14:04.620><c> it</c><00:14:04.799><c> is</c><00:14:05.120><c> Christ.</c> 00:14:07.440 --> 00:14:11.539 But<00:14:07.919><c> it</c><00:14:08.159><c> does</c><00:14:08.440><c> say</c><00:14:08.620><c> in</c><00:14:08.820><c> verse</c><00:14:09.080><c> 35</c><00:14:09.720><c> that</c><00:14:09.980><c> this</c><00:14:10.480><c> priest</c><00:14:10.980><c> is</c><00:14:11.340><c> going</c> 00:14:11.539 --> 00:14:14.620 to<00:14:11.860><c> minister</c><00:14:12.259><c> before</c><00:14:12.759><c> the</c><00:14:13.200><c> king.</c> 00:14:15.919 --> 00:14:19.299 And<00:14:16.059><c> so,</c><00:14:16.320><c> you</c><00:14:16.460><c> know,</c><00:14:16.559><c> he</c><00:14:16.720><c> shall</c><00:14:16.940><c> walk</c><00:14:17.299><c> before</c><00:14:17.740><c> mine</c><00:14:18.000><c> anointed</c><00:14:18.519><c> forever.</c> 00:14:19.539 --> 00:14:21.740 So<00:14:19.700><c> this</c><00:14:19.960><c> faithful</c><00:14:20.259><c> priest</c><00:14:20.500><c> is</c><00:14:20.639><c> going</c><00:14:20.759><c> to</c><00:14:21.000><c> walk</c><00:14:21.159><c> before</c><00:14:21.559><c> mine</c> 00:14:21.740 --> 00:14:23.259 anointed<00:14:22.100><c> forever.</c> 00:14:24.580 --> 00:14:28.379 And<00:14:24.820><c> so</c><00:14:25.179><c> if</c><00:14:25.419><c> Christ</c><00:14:25.820><c> is</c><00:14:26.240><c> the</c><00:14:26.539><c> king,</c><00:14:27.039><c> you</c><00:14:27.200><c> know,</c><00:14:27.559><c> I</c><00:14:27.659><c> mean,</c><00:14:27.820><c> I</c><00:14:27.940><c> know</c><00:14:28.039><c> he's</c><00:14:28.240><c> a</c> 00:14:28.379 --> 00:14:28.940 king<00:14:28.559><c> priest,</c> 00:14:28.940 --> 00:14:31.139 but<00:14:29.139><c> it</c><00:14:29.379><c> seems</c><00:14:29.559><c> to</c><00:14:29.679><c> be</c><00:14:29.799><c> referring</c><00:14:30.059><c> to</c><00:14:30.279><c> two</c><00:14:30.460><c> people</c><00:14:30.740><c> here</c><00:14:30.940><c> in</c> 00:14:31.139 --> 00:14:32.600 verse<00:14:31.320><c> 35.</c> 00:14:32.840 --> 00:14:36.600 And<00:14:33.399><c> it</c><00:14:33.539><c> has</c><00:14:33.779><c> to</c><00:14:33.940><c> have</c><00:14:34.100><c> at</c><00:14:34.460><c> least</c><00:14:34.820><c> an</c><00:14:35.080><c> immediate</c><00:14:35.440><c> fulfillment.</c> 00:14:37.139 --> 00:14:40.820 So<00:14:37.220><c> if</c><00:14:37.419><c> Christ</c><00:14:37.759><c> is</c><00:14:37.980><c> the</c><00:14:38.159><c> king,</c><00:14:38.379><c> he</c><00:14:38.379><c> cannot</c><00:14:38.659><c> be</c><00:14:38.919><c> the</c><00:14:39.120><c> priest</c><00:14:39.340><c> serving</c><00:14:39.700><c> himself</c><00:14:40.519><c> in</c> 00:14:40.820 --> 00:14:42.919 the<00:14:41.000><c> terms</c><00:14:41.220><c> of</c><00:14:41.419><c> verse</c><00:14:41.559><c> 35.</c> 00:14:44.399 --> 00:14:47.480 So,<00:14:44.500><c> okay,</c><00:14:45.059><c> perhaps</c><00:14:45.320><c> in</c><00:14:45.500><c> the</c><00:14:45.860><c> long</c><00:14:46.120><c> view,</c><00:14:46.559><c> it's</c><00:14:46.799><c> Christ</c><00:14:47.279><c> in</c> 00:14:47.480 --> 00:14:49.200 that<00:14:47.840><c> double</c><00:14:48.159><c> fulfillment</c><00:14:48.759><c> sense.</c> 00:14:49.480 --> 00:14:52.919 But<00:14:49.620><c> what's</c><00:14:49.960><c> the</c><00:14:50.259><c> immediate</c><00:14:50.779><c> sense</c><00:14:51.200><c> in</c><00:14:51.360><c> which</c><00:14:51.600><c> this</c><00:14:52.460><c> verse</c><00:14:52.700><c> is</c> 00:14:52.919 --> 00:14:54.419 going<00:14:53.059><c> to</c><00:14:53.220><c> be</c><00:14:53.399><c> fulfilled?</c> 00:14:54.879 --> 00:14:58.759 Well,<00:14:55.100><c> others</c><00:14:55.379><c> have</c><00:14:55.700><c> suggested,</c><00:14:57.379><c> well,</c><00:14:57.700><c> maybe</c><00:14:57.980><c> it's</c><00:14:58.379><c> Zadok</c> 00:14:58.759 --> 00:14:59.720 the<00:14:59.100><c> priest</c> 00:14:59.720 --> 00:15:04.320 who<00:15:00.059><c> comes</c><00:15:00.340><c> along</c><00:15:00.679><c> later</c><00:15:01.259><c> in</c><00:15:01.919><c> 1</c><00:15:02.220><c> Chronicles</c><00:15:02.879><c> 12.</c> 00:15:04.799 --> 00:15:08.120 And<00:15:05.240><c> he's</c><00:15:05.500><c> going</c><00:15:05.720><c> to</c><00:15:05.879><c> be</c><00:15:05.980><c> the</c><00:15:06.179><c> faithful</c><00:15:06.480><c> high</c><00:15:06.740><c> priest</c><00:15:06.940><c> to</c><00:15:07.299><c> replace</c><00:15:07.899><c> the</c> 00:15:08.120 --> 00:15:09.440 house<00:15:08.360><c> of</c><00:15:08.539><c> Ithama.</c> 00:15:09.940 --> 00:15:14.279 Well,<00:15:10.519><c> yes,</c><00:15:11.899><c> still</c><00:15:12.100><c> a</c><00:15:12.240><c> long</c><00:15:12.379><c> way</c><00:15:12.679><c> off.</c><00:15:13.379><c> And</c><00:15:13.580><c> what</c><00:15:13.720><c> do</c><00:15:13.879><c> we</c><00:15:14.000><c> know</c> 00:15:14.279 --> 00:15:15.779 about<00:15:14.659><c> Zadok?</c> 00:15:16.139 --> 00:15:18.700 Well,<00:15:16.679><c> brethren</c><00:15:16.899><c> and</c><00:15:17.120><c> sisters,</c><00:15:17.399><c> not</c><00:15:17.639><c> much.</c> 00:15:19.860 --> 00:15:22.940 And<00:15:20.100><c> so</c><00:15:20.279><c> that</c><00:15:20.580><c> sort</c><00:15:20.840><c> of</c><00:15:21.059><c> seems</c><00:15:21.299><c> a</c><00:15:21.440><c> bit</c><00:15:21.740><c> strange.</c> 00:15:23.899 --> 00:15:27.940 I<00:15:24.559><c> suggest</c><00:15:25.059><c> that</c><00:15:25.379><c> there</c><00:15:25.580><c> is</c><00:15:25.720><c> a</c><00:15:25.840><c> more</c><00:15:26.000><c> local</c><00:15:26.980><c> interpretation.</c> 00:15:30.240 --> 00:15:34.100 Samuel,<00:15:32.059><c> yes,</c><00:15:32.940><c> Samuel.</c> 00:15:34.539 --> 00:15:39.220 And<00:15:34.740><c> he's</c><00:15:35.340><c> contrasted</c><00:15:36.320><c> with</c><00:15:36.580><c> Hoffni</c><00:15:37.340><c> and</c><00:15:37.759><c> Phineas.</c> 00:15:39.539 --> 00:15:41.320 In<00:15:39.720><c> fact,</c><00:15:39.899><c> not</c><00:15:40.059><c> that</c><00:15:40.179><c> we'll</c><00:15:40.340><c> turn</c><00:15:40.539><c> to</c><00:15:40.620><c> this,</c><00:15:40.820><c> we</c><00:15:40.879><c> just</c><00:15:41.139><c> don't</c> 00:15:41.320 --> 00:15:41.879 have<00:15:41.480><c> the</c><00:15:41.679><c> time,</c> 00:15:42.340 --> 00:15:48.659 but<00:15:42.580><c> Samuel</c><00:15:43.059><c> in</c><00:15:43.659><c> Jeremiah</c><00:15:44.200><c> 15</c><00:15:44.779><c> and</c><00:15:45.000><c> verse</c><00:15:45.220><c> one</c><00:15:45.519><c> shares</c><00:15:46.039><c> the</c><00:15:46.379><c> exact</c><00:15:46.740><c> same</c><00:15:47.220><c> status</c><00:15:47.659><c> as</c><00:15:48.139><c> Moses.</c> 00:15:48.659 --> 00:15:55.340 The<00:15:49.820><c> two</c><00:15:50.220><c> are</c><00:15:50.580><c> juxtaposed</c><00:15:51.340><c> in</c><00:15:51.539><c> Jeremiah</c><00:15:52.059><c> 15</c><00:15:53.059><c> and</c><00:15:53.700><c> verse</c><00:15:54.019><c> one.</c> 00:15:55.419 --> 00:15:59.159 And<00:15:55.620><c> after</c><00:15:55.879><c> the</c><00:15:56.200><c> destruction</c><00:15:56.620><c> of</c><00:15:56.820><c> the</c><00:15:57.039><c> priests</c><00:15:57.299><c> at</c><00:15:57.679><c> Shiloh,</c> 00:15:59.600 --> 00:16:02.679 there<00:15:59.700><c> is</c><00:15:59.919><c> 50</c><00:16:00.379><c> years</c><00:16:01.120><c> where</c><00:16:01.539><c> very</c><00:16:01.899><c> little</c><00:16:02.059><c> is</c><00:16:02.379><c> known,</c> 00:16:02.679 --> 00:16:08.379 and<00:16:03.259><c> it</c><00:16:03.419><c> would</c><00:16:03.600><c> appear</c><00:16:04.019><c> that</c><00:16:04.480><c> Samuel</c><00:16:04.980><c> was</c><00:16:06.100><c> both</c><00:16:06.620><c> priest</c><00:16:07.379><c> and</c><00:16:08.120><c> prophet.</c> 00:16:08.419 --> 00:16:15.259 So<00:16:08.620><c> he</c><00:16:08.799><c> became</c><00:16:09.179><c> the</c><00:16:09.539><c> faithful</c><00:16:10.000><c> priest</c><00:16:10.820><c> who</c><00:16:12.100><c> would</c><00:16:12.399><c> enact</c><00:16:13.200><c> God's</c><00:16:14.259><c> heart</c><00:16:14.679><c> and</c><00:16:15.059><c> mind.</c> 00:16:15.259 --> 00:16:17.899 And<00:16:15.740><c> that's</c><00:16:16.320><c> the</c><00:16:16.419><c> name</c><00:16:16.620><c> of</c><00:16:16.860><c> the</c><00:16:16.980><c> game.</c> 00:16:19.799 --> 00:16:21.500 That's<00:16:20.080><c> the</c><00:16:20.139><c> name</c><00:16:20.340><c> of</c><00:16:20.500><c> the</c><00:16:20.600><c> game.</c> 00:16:21.820 --> 00:16:27.779 Look,<00:16:22.600><c> in</c><00:16:22.659><c> Acts</c><00:16:23.000><c> 13,</c><00:16:23.799><c> what</c><00:16:24.019><c> are</c><00:16:24.159><c> we</c><00:16:24.379><c> told</c><00:16:24.580><c> of</c><00:16:26.519><c> King</c><00:16:26.720><c> David?</c> 00:16:28.179 --> 00:16:31.320 What<00:16:28.379><c> was</c><00:16:28.620><c> the</c><00:16:28.879><c> reason</c><00:16:29.200><c> for</c><00:16:29.480><c> David</c><00:16:29.840><c> being</c><00:16:30.200><c> the</c><00:16:30.419><c> success</c><00:16:31.120><c> that</c> 00:16:31.320 --> 00:16:32.940 he<00:16:31.539><c> was</c><00:16:31.879><c> in</c><00:16:32.139><c> God's</c><00:16:32.639><c> eyes?</c> 00:16:33.340 --> 00:16:37.639 It's<00:16:33.779><c> exactly</c><00:16:34.340><c> verse</c><00:16:34.679><c> 35</c><00:16:35.559><c> of</c><00:16:36.120><c> chapter</c><00:16:36.460><c> two.</c> 00:16:37.639 --> 00:16:46.620 Acts<00:16:38.299><c> 13,</c><00:16:39.039><c> I</c><00:16:39.740><c> have</c><00:16:40.200><c> found</c><00:16:40.620><c> David</c><00:16:41.519><c> a</c><00:16:43.320><c> man</c><00:16:43.980><c> after</c><00:16:44.700><c> God's</c><00:16:45.480><c> own</c><00:16:46.000><c> heart.</c> 00:16:46.820 --> 00:16:49.019 Well,<00:16:47.259><c> that's</c><00:16:47.759><c> nice.</c> 00:16:49.539 --> 00:16:52.860 Eli,<00:16:49.720><c> in</c><00:16:49.919><c> a</c><00:16:50.240><c> sense,</c><00:16:50.759><c> was</c><00:16:50.879><c> a</c><00:16:51.019><c> man</c><00:16:51.320><c> after</c><00:16:51.720><c> God's</c><00:16:52.120><c> own</c><00:16:52.279><c> heart,</c><00:16:52.659><c> but</c> 00:16:52.860 --> 00:16:54.879 it's<00:16:53.159><c> not</c><00:16:53.480><c> good</c><00:16:53.740><c> enough.</c> 00:16:55.080 --> 00:17:00.179 Acts<00:16:55.220><c> 13,</c><00:16:55.919><c> I've</c><00:16:56.360><c> found</c><00:16:56.559><c> David</c><00:16:57.179><c> a</c><00:16:57.679><c> man</c><00:16:58.179><c> after</c><00:16:58.659><c> God's</c><00:16:59.399><c> own</c><00:16:59.740><c> heart</c> 00:17:00.179 --> 00:17:03.580 who<00:17:00.620><c> will</c><00:17:01.179><c> do</c><00:17:01.840><c> all</c><00:17:02.820><c> God's</c><00:17:03.419><c> will.</c> 00:17:03.659 --> 00:17:05.299 Who'll<00:17:04.079><c> do</c><00:17:04.359><c> it.</c> 00:17:06.619 --> 00:17:09.960 The<00:17:07.160><c> good,</c><00:17:07.680><c> the</c><00:17:07.819><c> bad,</c><00:17:08.059><c> and</c><00:17:08.220><c> the</c><00:17:08.400><c> ugly.</c> 00:17:14.299 --> 00:17:16.859 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going</c><00:17:26.240><c> to</c><00:17:26.400><c> be</c><00:17:26.519><c> destroyed.</c> 00:17:27.440 --> 00:17:30.680 Just<00:17:27.799><c> turn</c><00:17:28.119><c> firstly</c><00:17:28.619><c> to</c><00:17:28.960><c> Psalm</c><00:17:29.259><c> 78.</c> 00:17:40.759 --> 00:17:42.579 Verse<00:17:41.420><c> 59.</c> 00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:44.500 Verse<00:17:43.380><c> 58.</c> 00:17:44.839 --> 00:17:48.640 They<00:17:44.880><c> provoked</c><00:17:45.839><c> God</c><00:17:46.359><c> to</c><00:17:46.660><c> anger</c><00:17:46.980><c> with</c><00:17:47.220><c> their</c><00:17:47.460><c> high</c><00:17:47.799><c> places</c><00:17:48.200><c> and</c> 00:17:48.640 --> 00:17:51.140 moved<00:17:48.920><c> him</c><00:17:49.140><c> to</c><00:17:49.440><c> jealousy</c><00:17:49.839><c> with</c><00:17:50.079><c> their</c><00:17:50.380><c> graven</c><00:17:50.680><c> images.</c> 00:17:51.640 --> 00:17:56.359 When<00:17:51.920><c> God</c><00:17:52.200><c> heard</c><00:17:52.480><c> this,</c><00:17:52.799><c> he</c><00:17:52.980><c> was</c><00:17:53.240><c> wroth</c><00:17:53.440><c> and</c><00:17:53.880><c> greatly</c><00:17:54.359><c> abhorred</c><00:17:55.039><c> Israel.</c> 00:17:56.599 --> 00:18:02.420 So<00:17:57.079><c> that</c><00:17:57.339><c> he</c><00:17:57.720><c> forsook</c><00:17:58.640><c> the</c><00:17:59.140><c> tabernacle</c><00:17:59.720><c> of</c><00:18:00.119><c> Shiloh,</c><00:18:01.859><c> the</c><00:18:02.180><c> tent</c> 00:18:02.420 --> 00:18:03.859 which<00:18:02.660><c> he</c><00:18:02.960><c> placed</c><00:18:03.220><c> among</c><00:18:03.559><c> men.</c> 00:18:03.859 --> 00:18:05.359 Verse<00:18:04.180><c> 64.</c> 00:18:05.700 --> 00:18:08.460 Their<00:18:05.960><c> priests</c><00:18:06.720><c> fell</c><00:18:07.339><c> by</c><00:18:07.839><c> the</c><00:18:08.220><c> sword.</c> 00:18:08.859 --> 00:18:15.859 Eli's<00:18:09.759><c> household</c><00:18:10.299><c> fell</c><00:18:11.140><c> by</c><00:18:11.480><c> the</c><00:18:11.759><c> sword</c><00:18:11.980><c> and</c><00:18:12.640><c> their</c><00:18:12.980><c> widows</c><00:18:13.900><c> made</c><00:18:14.400><c> no</c><00:18:15.019><c> lamentation.</c> 00:18:16.180 --> 00:18:19.359 Have<00:18:16.339><c> a</c><00:18:16.420><c> look</c><00:18:16.539><c> at</c><00:18:16.740><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:18:17.759><c> chapter</c><00:18:18.119><c> 7.</c> 00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:31.339 Jeremiah<00:18:27.880><c> 7</c><00:18:28.759><c> and</c><00:18:29.779><c> verse</c><00:18:30.099><c> 12.</c> 00:18:33.859 --> 00:18:38.539 But<00:18:34.599><c> go</c><00:18:34.880><c> ye</c><00:18:35.079><c> now</c><00:18:35.400><c> unto</c><00:18:35.819><c> my</c><00:18:36.299><c> place,</c><00:18:36.640><c> which</c><00:18:36.839><c> was</c><00:18:37.099><c> in</c><00:18:37.480><c> Shiloh,</c><00:18:37.819><c> where</c><00:18:38.059><c> I</c> 00:18:38.539 --> 00:18:41.299 set<00:18:38.720><c> my</c><00:18:39.220><c> name</c><00:18:39.559><c> at</c><00:18:39.880><c> the</c><00:18:40.180><c> first.</c> 00:18:41.559 --> 00:18:45.900 And<00:18:42.059><c> look</c><00:18:42.259><c> what</c><00:18:42.440><c> I</c><00:18:42.880><c> did</c><00:18:43.079><c> to</c><00:18:43.380><c> it</c><00:18:43.799><c> for</c><00:18:44.079><c> the</c><00:18:44.440><c> wickedness</c><00:18:45.059><c> of</c><00:18:45.400><c> my</c> 00:18:45.900 --> 00:18:47.180 people<00:18:46.460><c> Israel.</c> 00:18:47.539 --> 00:18:49.880 I<00:18:48.059><c> obliterated</c><00:18:48.700><c> it.</c> 00:18:50.119 --> 00:18:55.319 And<00:18:50.519><c> Shiloh</c><00:18:50.859><c> became</c><00:18:51.240><c> a</c><00:18:51.660><c> symbol</c><00:18:52.099><c> of</c><00:18:52.500><c> God's</c><00:18:53.099><c> anger</c><00:18:53.759><c> against</c><00:18:54.819><c> a</c> 00:18:55.319 --> 00:18:58.500 man<00:18:56.140><c> like</c><00:18:56.680><c> Eli</c><00:18:56.859><c> who</c><00:18:57.039><c> just</c><00:18:57.359><c> couldn't</c><00:18:57.539><c> show</c><00:18:57.819><c> the</c><00:18:58.059><c> leadership</c> 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your</c><00:19:38.160><c> boys?</c> 00:19:39.359 --> 00:19:43.099 Now<00:19:39.519><c> brethren</c><00:19:39.779><c> and</c><00:19:40.160><c> sisters,</c><00:19:41.599><c> the</c><00:19:41.660><c> natural</c><00:19:42.319><c> first</c><00:19:42.700><c> thing</c><00:19:42.940><c> you</c> 00:19:43.099 --> 00:19:52.220 would<00:19:43.440><c> think</c><00:19:43.680><c> should</c><00:19:44.200><c> occur</c><00:19:44.740><c> is</c><00:19:45.460><c> that</c><00:19:45.680><c> you'd</c><00:19:46.039><c> get</c><00:19:46.200><c> out</c><00:19:46.920><c> and</c><00:19:47.140><c> you'd</c><00:19:47.960><c> dress</c><00:19:48.259><c> down</c><00:19:48.579><c> your</c><00:19:48.839><c> boys</c><00:19:49.079><c> and</c><00:19:49.319><c> you'd</c><00:19:49.720><c> really</c><00:19:50.119><c> tear</c><00:19:50.220><c> them</c><00:19:50.440><c> to</c><00:19:50.660><c> shreds.</c> 00:19:53.539 --> 00:19:57.000 And<00:19:54.200><c> it's</c><00:19:54.460><c> not</c><00:19:54.680><c> simply</c><00:19:55.039><c> that</c><00:19:55.240><c> you're</c><00:19:55.640><c> angry</c><00:19:55.960><c> or</c><00:19:56.400><c> embarrassed</c> 00:19:57.000 --> 00:19:58.579 or<00:19:57.440><c> ashamed.</c> 00:19:59.160 --> 00:20:02.519 As<00:19:59.200><c> much</c><00:19:59.460><c> as</c><00:19:59.720><c> those</c><00:20:00.019><c> principles</c><00:20:00.539><c> might</c><00:20:00.880><c> have</c><00:20:01.160><c> existed,</c><00:20:02.200><c> it's</c> 00:20:02.519 --> 00:20:03.680 not<00:20:02.980><c> simply</c><00:20:03.400><c> that.</c> 00:20:03.859 --> 00:20:08.000 There<00:20:03.940><c> is</c><00:20:04.960><c> a</c><00:20:05.140><c> higher</c><00:20:05.599><c> reason</c><00:20:06.359><c> why</c><00:20:06.920><c> Eli</c><00:20:07.220><c> should</c><00:20:07.440><c> have</c><00:20:07.599><c> been</c> 00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:08.799 spurred<00:20:08.339><c> into</c><00:20:08.579><c> action.</c> 00:20:08.940 --> 00:20:11.440 He<00:20:09.079><c> did</c><00:20:09.279><c> 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do</c><00:20:34.740><c> go</c><00:20:35.039><c> to</c><00:20:35.720><c> 1st</c><00:20:36.039><c> Samuel</c><00:20:36.220><c> 3,</c><00:20:36.460><c> I'll</c><00:20:36.640><c> get</c> 00:20:36.839 --> 00:20:38.559 the<00:20:37.059><c> principle</c><00:20:37.359><c> out</c><00:20:37.559><c> of</c><00:20:37.819><c> Jeremiah</c><00:20:38.180><c> 18.</c> 00:20:38.619 --> 00:20:39.660 Just<00:20:38.819><c> have</c><00:20:38.960><c> a</c><00:20:39.019><c> look</c><00:20:39.119><c> at</c><00:20:39.220><c> this.</c> 00:20:39.660 --> 00:20:44.099 This<00:20:40.500><c> is</c><00:20:41.079><c> the</c><00:20:41.740><c> way</c><00:20:42.039><c> God</c><00:20:42.339><c> works.</c> 00:20:44.460 --> 00:20:49.779 If<00:20:44.480><c> you've</c><00:20:44.680><c> ever</c><00:20:45.019><c> felt</c><00:20:45.359><c> the</c><00:20:45.799><c> sting</c><00:20:46.359><c> of</c><00:20:47.559><c> a</c><00:20:48.059><c> good</c><00:20:48.259><c> exhortation</c><00:20:49.279><c> or</c><00:20:49.559><c> a</c> 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pronounced</c><00:21:10.519><c> turn</c><00:21:12.880><c> from</c><00:21:13.440><c> their</c><00:21:13.819><c> evil,</c><00:21:14.599><c> I</c> 00:21:14.940 --> 00:21:18.920 will<00:21:15.339><c> repent</c><00:21:15.819><c> of</c><00:21:16.039><c> the</c><00:21:16.359><c> evil</c><00:21:16.619><c> that</c><00:21:16.859><c> I</c><00:21:17.119><c> thought</c><00:21:17.240><c> to</c><00:21:17.440><c> do</c><00:21:17.579><c> unto</c><00:21:17.759><c> them.</c> 00:21:19.819 --> 00:21:22.319 Now<00:21:20.000><c> it</c><00:21:20.220><c> may</c><00:21:20.480><c> be</c><00:21:20.640><c> not</c><00:21:20.900><c> complete.</c> 00:21:24.380 --> 00:21:27.819 There<00:21:24.500><c> may</c><00:21:24.779><c> be</c><00:21:25.039><c> some</c><00:21:25.579><c> sting</c><00:21:25.980><c> still</c><00:21:26.519><c> to</c><00:21:26.700><c> be</c><00:21:26.940><c> endured.</c> 00:21:28.119 --> 00:21:36.480 But<00:21:28.480><c> verse</c><00:21:28.920><c> 8</c><00:21:29.119><c> says</c><00:21:29.559><c> that</c><00:21:29.960><c> God,</c><00:21:31.380><c> when</c><00:21:31.559><c> he</c><00:21:31.859><c> sends</c><00:21:32.059><c> that</c><00:21:32.500><c> first</c><00:21:32.920><c> judgment</c><00:21:33.440><c> out</c><00:21:34.039><c> to</c><00:21:34.460><c> Eli,</c><00:21:35.799><c> it's</c><00:21:36.240><c> a</c> 00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:37.359 sting<00:21:36.619><c> in</c><00:21:36.799><c> his</c><00:21:37.099><c> tail.</c> 00:21:37.579 --> 00:21:40.839 Now<00:21:37.839><c> you</c><00:21:38.099><c> respond</c><00:21:38.660><c> Eli,</c><00:21:39.000><c> and</c><00:21:39.119><c> I'm</c><00:21:39.460><c> watching</c><00:21:39.839><c> your</c><00:21:40.200><c> response.</c> 00:21:41.200 --> 00:21:45.440 And<00:21:41.539><c> maybe,</c><00:21:42.039><c> just</c><00:21:42.380><c> maybe,</c><00:21:42.859><c> on</c><00:21:42.980><c> the</c><00:21:43.180><c> basis</c><00:21:43.519><c> of</c><00:21:43.740><c> Jeremiah</c><00:21:44.160><c> 18,</c><00:21:45.039><c> I</c> 00:21:45.440 --> 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the</c><00:22:20.539><c> way.</c> 00:22:22.619 --> 00:22:27.000 I<00:22:23.140><c> suppose</c><00:22:23.359><c> it</c><00:22:23.500><c> would</c><00:22:23.640><c> be</c><00:22:23.880><c> precious</c><00:22:24.119><c> if</c><00:22:24.279><c> it</c><00:22:24.420><c> was</c><00:22:24.619><c> rare,</c><00:22:25.819><c> but</c><00:22:26.059><c> strictly</c><00:22:26.299><c> speaking</c><00:22:26.839><c> it</c> 00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:27.680 means<00:22:27.319><c> rare.</c> 00:22:27.779 --> 00:22:30.420 The<00:22:27.859><c> word</c><00:22:28.119><c> of</c><00:22:28.339><c> Yahweh</c><00:22:28.500><c> was</c><00:22:28.819><c> precious</c><00:22:29.099><c> in</c><00:22:29.299><c> those</c><00:22:29.599><c> days,</c><00:22:29.960><c> or</c><00:22:30.059><c> rare</c><00:22:30.240><c> in</c> 00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:31.579 those<00:22:30.779><c> days.</c> 00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:34.319 There<00:22:31.859><c> was</c><00:22:32.200><c> no</c><00:22:32.799><c> open</c><00:22:33.299><c> vision.</c> 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a</c><00:23:16.720><c> lot</c><00:23:17.000><c> of</c><00:23:17.519><c> commentators</c><00:23:18.160><c> have</c><00:23:18.400><c> made</c><00:23:18.640><c> much</c><00:23:18.980><c> of</c><00:23:19.160><c> these</c> 00:23:19.460 --> 00:23:20.420 first<00:23:19.759><c> few</c><00:23:19.980><c> verses</c> 00:23:20.420 --> 00:23:26.000 in<00:23:20.640><c> terms</c><00:23:21.059><c> of</c><00:23:21.640><c> where</c><00:23:21.940><c> exactly</c><00:23:22.700><c> Eli</c><00:23:23.380><c> and</c><00:23:24.359><c> Samuel</c><00:23:24.700><c> were</c><00:23:24.960><c> sleeping.</c> 00:23:28.019 --> 00:23:31.859 You<00:23:28.180><c> know,</c><00:23:29.059><c> as</c><00:23:29.220><c> much</c><00:23:29.480><c> as</c><00:23:29.859><c> I'd</c><00:23:30.140><c> like</c><00:23:30.339><c> to</c><00:23:30.900><c> sort</c><00:23:31.119><c> of,</c><00:23:31.480><c> you</c><00:23:31.619><c> know,</c> 00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:33.980 think<00:23:32.160><c> that</c><00:23:32.339><c> they</c><00:23:32.660><c> weren't</c><00:23:32.920><c> sleeping</c><00:23:33.440><c> in</c><00:23:33.700><c> the</c><00:23:33.859><c> temple,</c> 00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:36.700 some<00:23:34.279><c> think</c><00:23:34.400><c> that</c><00:23:34.559><c> they</c><00:23:34.660><c> were</c><00:23:34.779><c> adjacent</c><00:23:35.279><c> to</c><00:23:35.579><c> the</c><00:23:35.859><c> tabernacle,</c> 00:23:36.900 --> 00:23:41.440 you<00:23:37.500><c> know,</c><00:23:37.779><c> some</c><00:23:37.940><c> sort</c><00:23:38.200><c> of</c><00:23:39.660><c> priesthood</c><00:23:40.160><c> sort</c><00:23:40.319><c> of</c><00:23:40.559><c> quarters,</c> 00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:43.980 adjacent<00:23:42.380><c> to</c><00:23:42.779><c> the</c><00:23:43.000><c> tabernacle.</c> 00:23:44.160 --> 00:23:47.920 Look,<00:23:44.660><c> literally</c><00:23:44.940><c> in</c><00:23:45.220><c> the</c><00:23:45.380><c> Hebrew,</c><00:23:47.039><c> not</c><00:23:47.299><c> that</c><00:23:47.440><c> I'm</c><00:23:47.579><c> a</c><00:23:47.720><c> great</c> 00:23:47.920 --> 00:23:48.519 Hebrew<00:23:48.160><c> scholar,</c> 00:23:48.579 --> 00:23:51.880 but<00:23:48.759><c> it</c><00:23:49.059><c> says</c><00:23:49.339><c> this,</c><00:23:49.920><c> and</c><00:23:49.920><c> Samuel,</c><00:23:50.559><c> this</c><00:23:50.680><c> is</c><00:23:51.180><c> the</c><00:23:51.380><c> literal</c><00:23:51.619><c> Hebrew,</c> 00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:55.940 and<00:23:52.579><c> Samuel</c><00:23:52.859><c> was</c><00:23:53.220><c> sleeping</c><00:23:53.539><c> in</c><00:23:53.920><c> the</c><00:23:54.200><c> temple</c><00:23:54.640><c> of</c><00:23:55.099><c> Yahweh,</c><00:23:55.539><c> where</c><00:23:55.759><c> the</c> 00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:57.480 ark<00:23:56.119><c> of</c><00:23:56.240><c> God</c><00:23:56.500><c> was.</c> 00:24:00.640 --> 00:24:03.839 Now,<00:24:00.779><c> doesn't</c><00:24:01.000><c> that</c><00:24:01.279><c> seem</c><00:24:01.500><c> a</c><00:24:01.539><c> bit</c><00:24:01.720><c> odd</c><00:24:01.920><c> to</c><00:24:02.259><c> you?</c> 00:24:04.839 --> 00:24:11.619 That<00:24:05.400><c> Eli,</c><00:24:06.099><c> a</c><00:24:06.119><c> 98</c><00:24:06.700><c>-year</c><00:24:07.200><c>-old</c><00:24:07.519><c> frail</c><00:24:08.059><c> man,</c><00:24:09.140><c> blind,</c><00:24:10.559><c> overweight,</c> 00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:16.079 all<00:24:13.160><c> sorts,</c><00:24:13.680><c> we</c><00:24:13.940><c> would</c><00:24:14.180><c> presume</c><00:24:14.460><c> all</c><00:24:14.680><c> sorts</c><00:24:14.960><c> of</c><00:24:15.160><c> health</c><00:24:15.380><c> problems</c><00:24:15.839><c> at</c> 00:24:16.079 --> 00:24:16.519 that<00:24:16.299><c> age,</c> 00:24:16.599 --> 00:24:20.099 and<00:24:16.660><c> no</c><00:24:16.839><c> one's</c><00:24:17.160><c> thinking</c><00:24:17.319><c> negatively</c><00:24:17.779><c> of</c><00:24:18.000><c> that,</c> 00:24:20.579 --> 00:24:23.480 ministered<00:24:21.140><c> to</c><00:24:21.339><c> by</c><00:24:21.819><c> a</c><00:24:22.140><c> young</c><00:24:22.400><c> man.</c> 00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:28.019 Look,<00:24:24.819><c> Josephus</c><00:24:25.279><c> says</c><00:24:25.420><c> he</c><00:24:25.559><c> was</c><00:24:25.779><c> about</c><00:24:26.079><c> 12.</c><00:24:26.579><c> I</c><00:24:26.759><c> don't</c><00:24:26.940><c> know</c><00:24:27.099><c> what</c><00:24:27.339><c> basis</c><00:24:27.619><c> he</c> 00:24:28.019 --> 00:24:28.819 uses<00:24:28.440><c> that.</c> 00:24:29.099 --> 00:24:31.940 Others<00:24:29.420><c> have</c><00:24:29.680><c> suggested</c><00:24:30.000><c> he</c><00:24:30.140><c> might</c><00:24:30.380><c> be</c><00:24:30.759><c> somewhere</c><00:24:31.119><c> around</c><00:24:31.640><c> 20</c> 00:24:31.940 --> 00:24:32.480 years<00:24:32.180><c> of</c><00:24:32.339><c> age.</c> 00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:37.420 I'll<00:24:33.099><c> just</c><00:24:33.259><c> throw</c><00:24:33.400><c> in</c><00:24:33.619><c> my</c><00:24:33.900><c> 22</c><00:24:34.299><c> cents</c><00:24:34.640><c> worth,</c><00:24:35.539><c> 20</c><00:24:35.900><c> cents</c><00:24:36.119><c> plus</c><00:24:36.400><c> GST,</c> 00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:42.920 that<00:24:38.119><c> he</c><00:24:38.259><c> was</c><00:24:38.480><c> around</c><00:24:38.799><c> about</c><00:24:39.839><c> 15</c><00:24:40.640><c> to</c><00:24:41.299><c> 18</c><00:24:41.759><c> years</c><00:24:42.119><c> of</c><00:24:42.380><c> age.</c><00:24:42.700><c> I'll</c> 00:24:42.920 --> 00:24:44.420 tell<00:24:43.059><c> you</c><00:24:43.200><c> why</c><00:24:43.359><c> in</c><00:24:43.500><c> a</c><00:24:43.599><c> moment.</c> 00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:55.319 But<00:24:45.599><c> what</c><00:24:46.160><c> is</c><00:24:46.420><c> it</c><00:24:46.880><c> that</c><00:24:48.019><c> this</c><00:24:48.799><c> old</c><00:24:49.400><c> man</c><00:24:50.079><c> and</c><00:24:51.039><c> this</c><00:24:51.660><c> teenager</c><00:24:52.559><c> were</c><00:24:53.920><c> sleeping</c><00:24:54.720><c> in</c> 00:24:55.319 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and</c><00:25:31.660><c> sisters,</c><00:25:31.779><c> we</c><00:25:31.980><c> know</c><00:25:32.240><c> from</c><00:25:32.500><c> verse</c><00:25:32.839><c> 15</c> 00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:34.079 of<00:25:33.519><c> this</c><00:25:33.779><c> chapter</c> 00:25:34.079 --> 00:25:39.099 that<00:25:34.319><c> there</c><00:25:34.619><c> were</c><00:25:35.019><c> lockable</c><00:25:35.740><c> doors.</c><00:25:36.640><c> In</c><00:25:36.859><c> the</c><00:25:37.059><c> Hebrew,</c><00:25:38.259><c> it</c><00:25:38.480><c> means</c><00:25:38.799><c> a</c> 00:25:39.099 --> 00:25:39.900 hinged<00:25:39.700><c> door.</c> 00:25:39.920 --> 00:25:42.680 You<00:25:40.039><c> look</c><00:25:40.240><c> at</c><00:25:40.539><c> Strong's</c><00:25:41.000><c> on</c><00:25:41.200><c> verse</c><00:25:41.440><c> 15</c><00:25:41.859><c> concerning</c><00:25:42.259><c> these</c><00:25:42.559><c> doors.</c> 00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:46.220 A<00:25:43.059><c> hinged</c><00:25:43.960><c> door</c><00:25:44.180><c> that</c><00:25:44.380><c> had</c><00:25:44.500><c> to</c><00:25:44.660><c> be</c><00:25:44.859><c> locked</c><00:25:45.019><c> and</c><00:25:45.259><c> unlocked.</c> 00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:49.019 And<00:25:47.319><c> it</c><00:25:47.380><c> was</c><00:25:47.700><c> locked</c><00:25:48.059><c> at</c><00:25:48.640><c> night.</c> 00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:55.680 Now,<00:25:50.200><c> the</c><00:25:50.200><c> tabernacle</c><00:25:50.579><c> under</c><00:25:52.319><c> Moses'</c><00:25:52.940><c> time</c><00:25:54.200><c> didn't</c><00:25:55.000><c> have</c><00:25:55.180><c> any</c> 00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:56.740 hinged<00:25:56.519><c> door.</c> 00:25:56.799 --> 00:25:59.700 This<00:25:56.980><c> was</c><00:25:57.259><c> an</c><00:25:57.660><c> adjunct.</c><00:25:58.099><c> This</c><00:25:58.240><c> was</c><00:25:58.420><c> something</c><00:25:58.559><c> that</c><00:25:58.660><c> was</c><00:25:58.900><c> added</c><00:25:59.140><c> later</c><00:25:59.440><c> on.</c> 00:25:59.740 --> 00:26:00.960 Why? 00:26:02.319 --> 00:26:04.799 I<00:26:02.700><c> think</c><00:26:02.819><c> for</c><00:26:03.059><c> security</c><00:26:03.619><c> reasons.</c> 00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:14.579 To<00:26:08.259><c> prevent,</c><00:26:08.779><c> brothers</c><00:26:09.059><c> and</c><00:26:09.279><c> sisters,</c><00:26:10.160><c> vandalism,</c><00:26:12.279><c> perhaps,</c><00:26:13.660><c> theft.</c> 00:26:16.599 --> 00:26:21.180 To<00:26:17.099><c> prevent</c><00:26:17.480><c> the</c><00:26:17.839><c> tabernacle</c><00:26:18.319><c> becoming</c><00:26:18.720><c> a</c><00:26:19.099><c> community</c><00:26:19.500><c> center.</c> 00:26:22.140 --> 00:26:26.579 Or<00:26:22.640><c> that</c><00:26:22.859><c> people</c><00:26:23.599><c> would</c><00:26:24.619><c> traipse</c><00:26:25.039><c> through</c><00:26:25.619><c> the</c><00:26:26.039><c> tabernacle</c> 00:26:26.579 --> 00:26:29.259 like<00:26:26.859><c> some</c><00:26:27.200><c> sort</c><00:26:27.460><c> of</c><00:26:27.859><c> historical</c><00:26:28.599><c> place</c> 00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:32.000 where<00:26:29.759><c> you</c><00:26:29.980><c> take</c><00:26:30.259><c> guided</c><00:26:30.660><c> tours</c><00:26:30.880><c> and</c><00:26:31.099><c> everybody</c><00:26:31.380><c> can</c><00:26:31.599><c> come</c><00:26:31.779><c> up</c> 00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:32.400 to<00:26:32.140><c> the</c><00:26:32.319><c> ark</c> 00:26:32.400 --> 00:26:35.920 and<00:26:32.599><c> take</c><00:26:32.819><c> photographs</c><00:26:33.359><c> of</c><00:26:33.599><c> the</c><00:26:33.839><c> ark</c><00:26:34.079><c> and</c><00:26:34.539><c> go</c><00:26:34.740><c> back</c><00:26:34.980><c> to</c><00:26:35.140><c> wherever</c><00:26:35.380><c> they</c><00:26:35.720><c> lived.</c> 00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:38.220 Because<00:26:36.420><c> they</c><00:26:36.579><c> went</c><00:26:36.680><c> on</c><00:26:36.980><c> guided</c><00:26:37.259><c> tours</c><00:26:37.619><c> of</c><00:26:37.880><c> the</c><00:26:38.059><c> ark.</c> 00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:40.640 And,<00:26:38.759><c> of</c><00:26:38.900><c> course,</c><00:26:39.039><c> you</c><00:26:39.200><c> pay</c><00:26:39.440><c> to</c><00:26:39.619><c> go</c><00:26:40.180><c> guided</c><00:26:40.420><c> tours.</c> 00:26:40.640 --> 00:26:42.880 And,<00:26:40.640><c> brothers</c><00:26:40.640><c> and</c><00:26:40.859><c> sisters,</c><00:26:41.599><c> would</c><00:26:41.599><c> have</c><00:26:42.119><c> loved</c><00:26:42.380><c> the</c><00:26:42.619><c> money</c> 00:26:42.880 --> 00:26:44.539 that<00:26:42.980><c> would</c><00:26:43.160><c> have</c><00:26:44.220><c> gone</c> 00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:48.640 with<00:26:44.920><c> the</c><00:26:46.279><c> guided</c><00:26:46.700><c> tours</c><00:26:47.160><c> of</c><00:26:47.420><c> the</c><00:26:47.619><c> tabernacle.</c> 00:26:49.140 --> 00:26:52.480 After<00:26:49.480><c> all,</c><00:26:50.339><c> it</c><00:26:50.420><c> had</c><00:26:50.599><c> almost</c><00:26:50.920><c> become</c><00:26:51.259><c> an</c><00:26:51.440><c> immoral</c><00:26:51.859><c> place.</c> 00:26:52.859 --> 00:26:56.599 Hoffman<00:26:53.240><c> and</c><00:26:53.480><c> Phineas</c><00:26:54.240><c> were</c><00:26:54.619><c> committing</c><00:26:54.920><c> adultery</c><00:26:55.720><c> with</c><00:26:56.200><c> the</c><00:26:56.400><c> women</c> 00:26:56.599 --> 00:26:59.259 who<00:26:56.779><c> were</c><00:26:56.960><c> at</c><00:26:57.079><c> the</c><00:26:57.359><c> tabernacle</c><00:26:57.920><c> doors</c><00:26:58.380><c> who</c><00:26:58.619><c> normally</c><00:26:59.019><c> would</c> 00:26:59.259 --> 00:27:00.299 wash<00:26:59.500><c> the</c><00:26:59.960><c> instruments</c> 00:27:00.299 --> 00:27:03.480 and<00:27:00.539><c> the</c><00:27:00.660><c> utensils</c><00:27:01.319><c> in</c><00:27:01.680><c> the</c><00:27:01.940><c> tabernacle.</c><00:27:02.519><c> They</c><00:27:02.519><c> were</c><00:27:02.740><c> seducing</c><00:27:03.240><c> those.</c> 00:27:03.900 --> 00:27:06.660 How<00:27:04.359><c> much</c><00:27:04.819><c> more</c><00:27:05.380><c> could</c><00:27:05.980><c> take</c><00:27:06.339><c> place?</c> 00:27:06.660 --> 00:27:09.420 So<00:27:07.259><c> Eli</c><00:27:07.519><c> perhaps</c><00:27:07.799><c> took</c><00:27:08.019><c> a</c><00:27:08.380><c> preventative</c><00:27:08.880><c> measure</c> 00:27:09.420 --> 00:27:13.259 by<00:27:10.579><c> having</c><00:27:10.839><c> himself</c><00:27:11.380><c> reside</c><00:27:12.099><c> within</c><00:27:12.420><c> the</c><00:27:12.720><c> tabernacle</c> 00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:16.559 for<00:27:14.119><c> the</c><00:27:14.740><c> protection</c><00:27:15.400><c> of</c><00:27:15.640><c> the</c><00:27:15.880><c> ark</c><00:27:16.059><c> of</c><00:27:16.240><c> the</c><00:27:16.380><c> covenant</c> 00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:21.559 which<00:27:16.940><c> he</c><00:27:17.339><c> so</c><00:27:17.680><c> much</c><00:27:18.200><c> dearly</c><00:27:19.619><c> wanted</c><00:27:19.940><c> to</c><00:27:20.259><c> protect.</c> 00:27:24.480 --> 00:27:28.019 And<00:27:24.579><c> at</c><00:27:24.839><c> night,</c><00:27:25.680><c> close</c><00:27:26.039><c> the</c><00:27:26.259><c> doors,</c><00:27:26.500><c> get</c><00:27:26.660><c> the</c><00:27:26.980><c> security</c><00:27:27.339><c> cameras</c><00:27:27.700><c> going</c> 00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:29.920 and<00:27:28.220><c> make</c><00:27:28.420><c> certain</c><00:27:28.599><c> the</c><00:27:28.880><c> razor</c><00:27:29.079><c> wire</c><00:27:29.279><c> is</c><00:27:29.420><c> right.</c> 00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:36.539 All<00:27:31.000><c> of</c><00:27:31.579><c> that,</c><00:27:31.940><c> this</c><00:27:32.140><c> is</c><00:27:32.660><c> perhaps</c><00:27:33.460><c> what</c><00:27:34.079><c> had</c><00:27:34.339><c> taken</c><00:27:34.579><c> place</c> 00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:38.819 within<00:27:37.700><c> Israel</c><00:27:38.059><c> in</c><00:27:38.240><c> those</c><00:27:38.500><c> days.</c> 00:27:39.099 --> 00:27:42.980 An<00:27:39.359><c> absolutely</c><00:27:39.759><c> debauched</c><00:27:40.460><c> situation,</c><00:27:41.220><c> brothers</c><00:27:41.359><c> and</c><00:27:41.519><c> sisters.</c> 00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:46.039 And<00:27:43.779><c> God</c><00:27:43.960><c> intervenes</c><00:27:44.400><c> now.</c> 00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:51.559 Yahweh<00:27:47.319><c> called</c><00:27:47.700><c> Samuel</c><00:27:48.339><c> in</c><00:27:49.700><c> verse</c><00:27:50.119><c> 4.</c> 00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:56.019 And<00:27:52.579><c> he</c><00:27:52.779><c> answers,</c><00:27:53.420><c> here</c><00:27:53.579><c> am</c><00:27:53.900><c> I,</c><00:27:55.059><c> Eli.</c> 00:27:57.200 --> 00:28:03.579 It<00:27:57.819><c> would</c><00:27:58.059><c> appear</c><00:27:58.720><c> that</c><00:27:59.299><c> Samuel</c><00:27:59.880><c> was</c><00:28:00.960><c> the</c><00:28:01.380><c> carer</c><00:28:02.119><c> for</c><00:28:02.480><c> Eli.</c> 00:28:03.940 --> 00:28:07.119 Two<00:28:04.099><c> different</c><00:28:04.559><c> bedrooms,</c><00:28:05.519><c> somewhere</c><00:28:05.519><c> in</c><00:28:05.740><c> the</c><00:28:05.920><c> tabernacle.</c> 00:28:07.940 --> 00:28:11.259 And<00:28:07.960><c> he</c><00:28:08.299><c> heard</c><00:28:08.539><c> somebody</c><00:28:08.920><c> calling</c><00:28:09.279><c> out</c><00:28:09.619><c> to</c><00:28:09.779><c> him,</c><00:28:10.079><c> Samuel.</c> 00:28:12.940 --> 00:28:15.579 And<00:28:13.460><c> he</c><00:28:13.779><c> said,</c><00:28:14.039><c> well</c><00:28:14.039><c> it</c><00:28:14.039><c> can</c><00:28:14.259><c> only</c><00:28:14.460><c> be</c><00:28:14.700><c> Eli.</c> 00:28:16.740 --> 00:28:19.460 So<00:28:17.140><c> he</c><00:28:17.700><c> says,</c><00:28:18.140><c> here</c><00:28:18.200><c> am</c><00:28:18.440><c> I,</c><00:28:18.619><c> and</c><00:28:18.759><c> in</c><00:28:18.900><c> verse</c><00:28:19.119><c> 5,</c> 00:28:19.559 --> 00:28:23.039 he<00:28:19.660><c> ran</c><00:28:19.980><c> unto</c><00:28:20.420><c> Eli</c><00:28:20.859><c> and</c><00:28:21.039><c> said,</c><00:28:21.279><c> here</c><00:28:21.440><c> am</c><00:28:21.660><c> I,</c><00:28:22.039><c> you</c><00:28:22.299><c> called</c><00:28:22.539><c> me.</c> 00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:25.019 He<00:28:23.640><c> said,</c><00:28:23.839><c> I</c><00:28:23.839><c> didn't</c><00:28:24.079><c> call</c><00:28:24.359><c> you.</c> 00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:28.339 Lied<00:28:25.539><c> down</c><00:28:25.819><c> again,</c><00:28:26.799><c> and</c><00:28:26.960><c> he</c><00:28:27.099><c> went</c><00:28:27.339><c> and</c><00:28:27.640><c> laid</c><00:28:27.880><c> down.</c> 00:28:28.779 --> 00:28:31.319 That<00:28:28.960><c> incidentally,</c><00:28:29.559><c> just</c><00:28:29.559><c> as</c><00:28:30.140><c> a</c><00:28:30.640><c> side</c><00:28:31.039><c> point,</c> 00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:33.460 I<00:28:31.480><c> won't</c><00:28:31.640><c> make</c><00:28:31.880><c> too</c><00:28:32.799><c> much</c><00:28:33.019><c> of</c><00:28:33.180><c> this,</c> 00:28:33.680 --> 00:28:37.420 I<00:28:33.920><c> actually</c><00:28:34.259><c> suggest</c><00:28:35.180><c> that</c><00:28:36.279><c> that's</c><00:28:36.519><c> another</c><00:28:36.779><c> reason</c> 00:28:37.420 --> 00:28:41.359 why<00:28:38.079><c> there</c><00:28:38.299><c> was</c><00:28:39.240><c> protective</c><00:28:39.759><c> measures</c><00:28:40.240><c> around</c><00:28:40.720><c> the</c><00:28:41.019><c> tabernacle,</c> 00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:43.019 not<00:28:41.720><c> perhaps</c><00:28:41.980><c> just</c><00:28:42.240><c> the</c><00:28:42.359><c> hinged</c><00:28:42.720><c> doors.</c> 00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:46.359 Because<00:28:43.779><c> if</c><00:28:44.039><c> it</c><00:28:44.180><c> was</c><00:28:44.440><c> a</c><00:28:44.640><c> place</c><00:28:45.019><c> which</c><00:28:45.339><c> was</c><00:28:45.720><c> unprotected,</c> 00:28:46.680 --> 00:28:48.640 it<00:28:46.740><c> could</c><00:28:46.880><c> have</c><00:28:47.019><c> been</c><00:28:47.220><c> anybody</c><00:28:47.539><c> just</c><00:28:47.859><c> calling</c><00:28:48.059><c> out.</c> 00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:51.759 So<00:28:49.400><c> it</c><00:28:49.460><c> was</c><00:28:49.720><c> a</c><00:28:49.900><c> rare</c><00:28:50.119><c> event</c><00:28:50.599><c> that,</c><00:28:50.960><c> you</c><00:28:51.099><c> know,</c> 00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:53.960 it<00:28:52.140><c> could</c><00:28:52.339><c> only</c><00:28:52.579><c> be</c><00:28:52.920><c> Eli</c><00:28:53.180><c> that's</c><00:28:53.539><c> calling</c><00:28:53.720><c> out.</c> 00:28:54.039 --> 00:28:56.299 It's<00:28:54.140><c> not</c><00:28:54.460><c> kids</c><00:28:54.720><c> playing</c><00:28:55.140><c> with</c><00:28:55.539><c> footballs</c> 00:28:56.420 --> 00:28:59.220 next<00:28:56.619><c> to</c><00:28:56.799><c> the</c><00:28:56.980><c> tabernacle</c><00:28:57.359><c> or</c><00:28:57.500><c> anything</c><00:28:57.779><c> like</c><00:28:58.160><c> that.</c> 00:29:00.299 --> 00:29:05.299 So<00:29:00.480><c> in</c><00:29:00.740><c> verse</c><00:29:00.980><c> 6,</c><00:29:01.460><c> and</c><00:29:01.660><c> Yahweh</c><00:29:02.059><c> called</c><00:29:02.819><c> yet</c><00:29:03.380><c> again,</c><00:29:04.539><c> Samuel.</c> 00:29:05.539 --> 00:29:07.839 And<00:29:05.880><c> Samuel</c><00:29:06.180><c> arose</c><00:29:06.619><c> and</c><00:29:06.859><c> went</c><00:29:07.119><c> to</c><00:29:07.299><c> Eli</c><00:29:07.460><c> and</c><00:29:07.559><c> said,</c> 00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:10.940 well,<00:29:08.680><c> here</c><00:29:08.940><c> am</c><00:29:09.200><c> I,</c><00:29:09.740><c> you</c><00:29:10.119><c> called</c><00:29:10.319><c> out,</c><00:29:10.440><c> what's</c><00:29:10.720><c> wrong?</c> 00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:13.839 You<00:29:11.160><c> know,</c><00:29:11.859><c> I'm</c><00:29:12.039><c> your</c><00:29:12.220><c> carer,</c><00:29:13.140><c> middle</c><00:29:13.299><c> of</c><00:29:13.440><c> the</c><00:29:13.579><c> night,</c> 00:29:14.059 --> 00:29:15.420 all<00:29:14.160><c> that</c><00:29:14.319><c> sort</c><00:29:14.460><c> of</c><00:29:14.640><c> stuff.</c> 00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:17.339 You<00:29:15.799><c> did</c><00:29:16.059><c> call</c><00:29:16.319><c> me.</c> 00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:19.039 I<00:29:18.059><c> didn't</c><00:29:18.240><c> call</c><00:29:18.539><c> you.</c> 00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:20.700 I<00:29:19.619><c> called</c><00:29:19.819><c> not,</c><00:29:20.319><c> my</c><00:29:20.440><c> son.</c> 00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:22.500 Lied<00:29:21.299><c> down</c><00:29:21.539><c> again.</c> 00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:25.339 And<00:29:23.259><c> then</c><00:29:23.400><c> it</c><00:29:23.779><c> says,</c> 00:29:26.539 --> 00:29:29.819 now<00:29:26.779><c> Samuel</c><00:29:27.200><c> did</c><00:29:27.660><c> not</c><00:29:28.160><c> yet</c><00:29:28.579><c> know</c><00:29:29.019><c> Yahweh,</c> 00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:34.339 neither<00:29:30.539><c> was</c><00:29:30.819><c> the</c><00:29:31.079><c> word</c><00:29:31.319><c> of</c><00:29:31.599><c> Yahweh</c><00:29:32.019><c> yet</c><00:29:32.339><c> revealed</c><00:29:32.980><c> to</c><00:29:33.440><c> him.</c> 00:29:35.099 --> 00:29:39.779 Now<00:29:35.279><c> that</c><00:29:35.839><c> doesn't</c><00:29:36.559><c> suggest</c><00:29:37.180><c> that</c><00:29:38.299><c> Samuel</c><00:29:38.779><c> was</c><00:29:39.059><c> sort</c><00:29:39.220><c> of</c><00:29:39.440><c> just</c> 00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:42.039 very<00:29:40.200><c> young</c><00:29:40.460><c> and</c><00:29:40.799><c> junior</c><00:29:41.079><c> or</c><00:29:41.279><c> anything</c><00:29:41.500><c> like</c><00:29:41.799><c> that.</c> 00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:44.819 What<00:29:42.440><c> that's</c><00:29:43.000><c> saying</c><00:29:43.180><c> in</c><00:29:43.460><c> verse</c><00:29:43.700><c> 7</c> 00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:47.839 is<00:29:45.319><c> that</c><00:29:45.599><c> Samuel</c><00:29:45.859><c> was</c><00:29:46.119><c> like</c><00:29:46.380><c> us.</c> 00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:50.019 How<00:29:48.539><c> do</c><00:29:48.799><c> we</c><00:29:49.079><c> know</c><00:29:49.420><c> Yahweh?</c> 00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:51.380 Well,<00:29:50.420><c> there</c><00:29:50.640><c> it</c><00:29:50.819><c> is.</c> 00:29:51.839 --> 00:29:55.000 That's<00:29:52.079><c> how</c><00:29:52.279><c> we</c><00:29:52.420><c> know</c><00:29:52.599><c> Yahweh,</c><00:29:54.180><c> the</c><00:29:54.319><c> word</c><00:29:54.519><c> of</c><00:29:54.759><c> God.</c> 00:29:55.180 --> 00:29:57.980 We<00:29:55.359><c> don't</c><00:29:55.619><c> have</c><00:29:55.900><c> any</c><00:29:56.279><c> private</c><00:29:56.779><c> revelation.</c> 00:29:58.480 --> 00:30:00.359 We<00:29:58.740><c> don't</c><00:29:58.940><c> have</c><00:29:59.099><c> any</c><00:29:59.440><c> special</c><00:29:59.900><c> powers</c> 00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:01.720 that<00:30:00.559><c> have</c><00:30:00.720><c> been</c><00:30:00.900><c> granted</c><00:30:01.240><c> to</c><00:30:01.519><c> us.</c> 00:30:01.819 --> 00:30:03.559 We<00:30:02.079><c> know</c><00:30:02.319><c> it</c><00:30:02.440><c> by</c><00:30:02.680><c> the</c><00:30:02.819><c> written</c><00:30:03.019><c> word</c><00:30:03.220><c> of</c><00:30:03.420><c> God.</c> 00:30:03.640 --> 00:30:06.779 And<00:30:03.779><c> that's</c><00:30:04.140><c> all</c><00:30:04.799><c> that</c><00:30:05.660><c> Samuel</c><00:30:05.900><c> had</c><00:30:06.200><c> experienced</c> 00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:08.119 up<00:30:07.180><c> until</c><00:30:07.599><c> this</c><00:30:07.900><c> time.</c> 00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:10.559 In<00:30:08.380><c> fact,</c><00:30:08.599><c> up</c><00:30:08.720><c> until</c><00:30:09.000><c> what?</c><00:30:09.259><c> This</c><00:30:09.339><c> very</c><00:30:09.619><c> moment.</c> 00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:12.799 And<00:30:11.460><c> things</c><00:30:11.660><c> were</c><00:30:11.900><c> about</c><00:30:12.059><c> to</c><00:30:12.380><c> change.</c> 00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:15.460 The<00:30:13.759><c> faithful</c><00:30:14.380><c> high</c><00:30:14.859><c> priest,</c> 00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:18.480 or<00:30:15.660><c> the</c><00:30:15.759><c> faithful</c><00:30:16.099><c> priest</c><00:30:16.460><c> of</c><00:30:16.640><c> verse</c><00:30:16.900><c> 35,</c> 00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:21.059 that<00:30:19.579><c> relationship,</c> 00:30:21.359 --> 00:30:23.740 that<00:30:21.519><c> replacement</c><00:30:22.119><c> was</c><00:30:22.460><c> now</c><00:30:22.740><c> going</c><00:30:22.920><c> to</c><00:30:23.160><c> take</c><00:30:23.400><c> place.</c> 00:30:24.099 --> 00:30:26.940 And<00:30:24.279><c> Eli</c><00:30:24.480><c> was</c><00:30:24.680><c> going</c><00:30:24.880><c> to</c><00:30:25.059><c> feel</c><00:30:25.220><c> the</c><00:30:25.440><c> brunt</c><00:30:25.599><c> of</c><00:30:25.799><c> this.</c> 00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:33.779 And<00:30:29.099><c> so</c><00:30:29.420><c> in</c><00:30:31.599><c> verse</c><00:30:32.000><c> 8,</c> 00:30:34.460 --> 00:30:38.579 and<00:30:34.680><c> Yahweh</c><00:30:35.099><c> called</c><00:30:35.480><c> Samuel</c><00:30:36.019><c> again</c><00:30:36.619><c> the</c><00:30:37.119><c> third</c><00:30:37.619><c> time.</c> 00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:41.920 And<00:30:39.079><c> he</c><00:30:39.200><c> arose</c><00:30:39.799><c> obediently</c><00:30:40.779><c> and</c><00:30:41.400><c> courteously</c> 00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:43.680 and<00:30:42.059><c> went</c><00:30:42.299><c> to</c><00:30:42.559><c> Eli</c><00:30:42.700><c> and</c><00:30:42.819><c> said,</c> 00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:46.960 Well,<00:30:44.119><c> here</c><00:30:44.319><c> you</c><00:30:44.460><c> are.</c><00:30:45.680><c> Here</c><00:30:45.839><c> am</c><00:30:46.099><c> I.</c> 00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:48.779 You<00:30:47.240><c> called</c><00:30:47.480><c> me.</c> 00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:52.579 And<00:30:49.140><c> Eli,</c><00:30:49.619><c> a</c><00:30:49.880><c> perceptive</c><00:30:50.460><c> man</c><00:30:50.720><c> in</c><00:30:50.980><c> spiritual</c><00:30:51.500><c> things,</c> 00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:57.180 perceived<00:30:53.460><c> that</c><00:30:53.819><c> Yahweh</c><00:30:54.279><c> had</c><00:30:54.859><c> called</c><00:30:55.460><c> the</c><00:30:56.140><c> child.</c> 00:30:58.160 --> 00:30:59.559 And<00:30:58.319><c> so</c><00:30:58.480><c> it</c><00:30:58.599><c> says</c><00:30:58.900><c> in</c><00:30:59.099><c> verse</c><00:30:59.319><c> 9,</c> 00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:03.119 Therefore<00:31:00.079><c> Eli</c><00:31:00.980><c> said</c><00:31:02.319><c> to</c><00:31:02.660><c> Samuel,</c> 00:31:03.339 --> 00:31:06.880 Look<00:31:03.640><c> Samuel,</c><00:31:04.720><c> go</c><00:31:05.019><c> and</c><00:31:05.160><c> lie</c><00:31:05.319><c> down</c><00:31:05.539><c> again,</c> 00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:10.240 and<00:31:07.420><c> it</c><00:31:07.660><c> shall</c><00:31:07.799><c> be,</c><00:31:08.039><c> if</c><00:31:08.400><c> you</c><00:31:08.859><c> get</c><00:31:09.140><c> another</c><00:31:09.619><c> calling,</c> 00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:14.640 if<00:31:10.920><c> he</c><00:31:11.279><c> call</c><00:31:11.500><c> thee,</c><00:31:12.559><c> thou</c><00:31:12.880><c> shalt</c><00:31:13.339><c> say,</c> 00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:19.539 Speak<00:31:16.319><c> Yahweh,</c><00:31:17.660><c> for</c><00:31:17.839><c> thy</c><00:31:18.180><c> servant</c><00:31:18.599><c> heareth.</c> 00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:22.200 So<00:31:19.920><c> Samuel</c><00:31:20.180><c> went</c><00:31:20.640><c> and</c><00:31:21.119><c> lay</c><00:31:21.279><c> down</c><00:31:21.619><c> in</c><00:31:21.819><c> his</c><00:31:22.019><c> place.</c> 00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:24.759 So<00:31:22.640><c> up</c><00:31:22.839><c> until</c><00:31:23.160><c> now</c><00:31:23.359><c> we've</c><00:31:23.539><c> had</c><00:31:23.700><c> three</c><00:31:24.059><c> occasions</c> 00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:29.980 where<00:31:25.779><c> he's</c><00:31:26.160><c> heard</c><00:31:26.619><c> his</c><00:31:27.279><c> name</c><00:31:27.779><c> being</c><00:31:28.119><c> called</c><00:31:28.500><c> out.</c> 00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:32.920 Eli<00:31:30.400><c> is</c><00:31:30.539><c> the</c><00:31:30.660><c> one</c><00:31:30.759><c> who</c><00:31:31.000><c> perceives</c><00:31:31.299><c> what's</c><00:31:31.700><c> going</c><00:31:31.900><c> on</c><00:31:32.099><c> and</c><00:31:32.259><c> says,</c> 00:31:32.940 --> 00:31:36.259 Okay,<00:31:33.319><c> God's</c><00:31:33.680><c> about</c><00:31:33.940><c> to</c><00:31:34.200><c> intervene</c><00:31:34.519><c> in</c><00:31:34.839><c> Samuel's</c><00:31:35.359><c> life.</c> 00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:37.619 And<00:31:36.640><c> when</c><00:31:36.839><c> you</c><00:31:37.019><c> hear</c><00:31:37.140><c> it</c><00:31:37.339><c> again,</c> 00:31:37.619 --> 00:31:40.079 the<00:31:38.039><c> words</c><00:31:38.460><c> I</c><00:31:38.660><c> want</c><00:31:38.859><c> you</c><00:31:39.039><c> to</c><00:31:39.220><c> use</c><00:31:39.400><c> are,</c> 00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:46.180 Speak<00:31:41.200><c> Yahweh,</c><00:31:43.039><c> for</c><00:31:43.220><c> thy</c><00:31:43.700><c> servant</c><00:31:44.680><c> heareth.</c> 00:31:47.099 --> 00:31:49.400 Now<00:31:47.279><c> it</c><00:31:47.319><c> was</c><00:31:47.539><c> more</c><00:31:47.859><c> than</c><00:31:48.099><c> that.</c> 00:31:49.660 --> 00:31:52.859 Up<00:31:49.819><c> until</c><00:31:50.119><c> now</c><00:31:50.400><c> we've</c><00:31:51.000><c> heard</c><00:31:51.339><c> the</c><00:31:51.559><c> name</c><00:31:51.839><c> Samuel</c><00:31:52.299><c> called</c><00:31:52.619><c> out.</c> 00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:55.640 Look<00:31:53.259><c> at</c><00:31:53.460><c> verse</c><00:31:53.799><c> 10.</c> 00:31:58.740 --> 00:32:03.279 It's<00:31:58.900><c> not</c><00:31:59.140><c> a</c><00:31:59.460><c> voice</c><00:32:00.259><c> simply</c><00:32:01.660><c> in</c><00:32:02.440><c> verse</c><00:32:02.779><c> 10.</c> 00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:09.299 It's<00:32:04.380><c> the</c><00:32:04.559><c> angel</c><00:32:04.859><c> of</c><00:32:05.140><c> God,</c><00:32:06.759><c> there,</c><00:32:08.500><c> present.</c> 00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:15.059 And<00:32:11.819><c> Yahweh</c><00:32:12.359><c> came</c><00:32:13.279><c> and</c><00:32:14.420><c> stood.</c> 00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:17.400 That's<00:32:15.740><c> not</c><00:32:15.920><c> a</c><00:32:16.039><c> voice.</c> 00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:22.940 Yahweh<00:32:19.819><c> came</c><00:32:20.480><c> and</c><00:32:21.700><c> stood,</c> 00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:27.599 and<00:32:23.480><c> called</c><00:32:23.859><c> as</c><00:32:24.279><c> at</c><00:32:24.559><c> other</c><00:32:24.839><c> times</c><00:32:25.460><c> Samuel,</c><00:32:26.880><c> Samuel,</c> 00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:29.140 then<00:32:28.279><c> Samuel</c><00:32:28.900><c> answered.</c> 00:32:29.180 --> 00:32:31.700 He<00:32:29.460><c> didn't</c><00:32:29.480><c> quite</c><00:32:29.799><c> say</c><00:32:30.119><c> exactly</c><00:32:30.519><c> what</c><00:32:30.779><c> Eli</c><00:32:30.920><c> told</c><00:32:31.200><c> him</c><00:32:31.380><c> to</c><00:32:31.559><c> say,</c> 00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:33.460 you<00:32:31.839><c> might</c><00:32:32.420><c> notice.</c> 00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:37.539 Then<00:32:33.819><c> Samuel</c><00:32:34.140><c> answered,</c><00:32:35.059><c> Speak,</c><00:32:36.359><c> for</c><00:32:36.660><c> thy</c><00:32:36.880><c> servant</c><00:32:37.200><c> heareth.</c> 00:32:37.940 --> 00:32:39.440 Now<00:32:38.099><c> I</c><00:32:38.140><c> know</c><00:32:38.259><c> it's</c><00:32:38.440><c> a</c><00:32:38.619><c> small</c><00:32:38.799><c> point,</c><00:32:39.099><c> I'm</c><00:32:39.180><c> not</c><00:32:39.200><c> going</c><00:32:39.299><c> to</c><00:32:39.339><c> make</c> 00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:40.400 too<00:32:39.660><c> much</c><00:32:39.839><c> of</c><00:32:39.940><c> it,</c> 00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:45.079 but<00:32:41.160><c> he</c><00:32:43.259><c> doesn't</c><00:32:43.519><c> use</c><00:32:43.759><c> the</c><00:32:43.819><c> name</c><00:32:44.059><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:49.740 I<00:32:46.400><c> think</c><00:32:46.480><c> he</c><00:32:46.599><c> was</c><00:32:46.839><c> overawed</c><00:32:47.640><c> by</c><00:32:48.460><c> the</c><00:32:48.619><c> whole</c><00:32:48.799><c> things.</c> 00:32:50.579 --> 00:32:52.720 I<00:32:50.740><c> think</c><00:32:50.779><c> he</c><00:32:50.799><c> was</c><00:32:51.000><c> totally</c><00:32:51.339><c> overawed.</c> 00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:55.200 He<00:32:53.420><c> just</c><00:32:53.619><c> couldn't</c><00:32:53.779><c> get</c><00:32:53.960><c> the</c><00:32:54.119><c> words</c><00:32:54.299><c> out,</c><00:32:54.640><c> so</c><00:32:54.779><c> to</c><00:32:55.019><c> speak.</c> 00:32:55.380 --> 00:32:57.380 Speak,<00:32:55.859><c> for</c><00:32:56.019><c> thy</c><00:32:56.299><c> servant</c><00:32:56.759><c> heareth.</c> 00:32:57.380 --> 00:33:02.440 And<00:32:58.339><c> Yahweh</c><00:32:58.880><c> said</c><00:32:59.680><c> to</c><00:33:00.759><c> Samuel,</c><00:33:01.220><c> Behold,</c><00:33:01.539><c> I</c><00:33:01.579><c> will</c><00:33:01.740><c> do</c><00:33:01.940><c> a</c><00:33:02.180><c> thing</c> 00:33:02.440 --> 00:33:03.299 in<00:33:02.720><c> Israel</c> 00:33:03.299 --> 00:33:06.359 at<00:33:03.559><c> which</c><00:33:03.819><c> both</c><00:33:04.240><c> ears</c><00:33:04.579><c> of</c><00:33:04.740><c> everyone</c><00:33:05.180><c> that</c><00:33:05.420><c> heareth</c><00:33:05.640><c> it</c><00:33:05.819><c> shall</c><00:33:06.039><c> tingle.</c> 00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:08.160 Both<00:33:06.720><c> ears</c><00:33:07.220><c> shall</c><00:33:07.480><c> tingle.</c> 00:33:08.640 --> 00:33:14.640 It's<00:33:09.119><c> so</c><00:33:09.339><c> momentous,</c><00:33:10.299><c> so</c><00:33:10.759><c> large,</c><00:33:12.119><c> that</c><00:33:12.259><c> their</c><00:33:12.539><c> ears</c><00:33:13.180><c> will</c><00:33:13.720><c> tingle.</c> 00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:16.539 And<00:33:15.240><c> in</c><00:33:15.359><c> verse</c><00:33:15.579><c> 12,</c><00:33:15.859><c> here</c><00:33:16.059><c> it</c><00:33:16.240><c> is.</c> 00:33:16.700 --> 00:33:21.400 In<00:33:16.839><c> that</c><00:33:17.160><c> day</c><00:33:17.579><c> I</c><00:33:18.339><c> will</c><00:33:18.599><c> perform</c><00:33:18.980><c> against</c><00:33:19.539><c> Eli</c><00:33:20.059><c> all</c><00:33:20.599><c> things</c><00:33:20.940><c> which</c><00:33:21.200><c> I</c> 00:33:21.400 --> 00:33:22.160 have<00:33:21.579><c> spoken</c> 00:33:22.160 --> 00:33:26.079 concerning<00:33:23.039><c> his</c><00:33:23.420><c> house</c><00:33:23.960><c> from</c><00:33:24.480><c> beginning</c><00:33:25.119><c> to</c><00:33:25.700><c> end.</c> 00:33:26.079 --> 00:33:29.599 For<00:33:26.599><c> I</c><00:33:26.839><c> have</c><00:33:26.960><c> told</c><00:33:27.140><c> him</c><00:33:27.319><c> that</c><00:33:27.480><c> I</c><00:33:27.640><c> will</c><00:33:27.799><c> judge</c><00:33:28.019><c> his</c><00:33:28.279><c> house</c><00:33:28.519><c> forever,</c> 00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:32.460 for<00:33:29.960><c> the</c><00:33:30.240><c> iniquity</c><00:33:30.839><c> which</c><00:33:31.079><c> he</c><00:33:32.099><c> knoweth,</c> 00:33:32.779 --> 00:33:35.440 because<00:33:33.140><c> his</c><00:33:33.559><c> sons</c><00:33:33.880><c> made</c><00:33:34.240><c> themselves</c><00:33:34.839><c> vile,</c> 00:33:35.559 --> 00:33:38.599 and<00:33:35.779><c> all</c><00:33:36.059><c> he</c><00:33:36.299><c> did</c><00:33:36.559><c> was</c><00:33:37.299><c> zilch.</c> 00:33:39.619 --> 00:33:41.960 He<00:33:40.099><c> restrained</c><00:33:40.619><c> them</c><00:33:40.880><c> not.</c> 00:33:43.559 --> 00:33:46.519 So<00:33:43.819><c> he'd</c><00:33:43.980><c> been</c><00:33:44.259><c> warned</c><00:33:44.539><c> in</c><00:33:44.799><c> chapter</c><00:33:45.079><c> 2,</c><00:33:45.579><c> he</c><00:33:45.859><c> did</c><00:33:46.180><c> nothing,</c> 00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:48.720 well<00:33:46.880><c> now</c><00:33:47.059><c> it's</c><00:33:47.319><c> crunch</c><00:33:47.680><c> time.</c> 00:33:49.019 --> 00:33:52.579 And<00:33:49.319><c> therefore</c><00:33:49.559><c> I</c><00:33:49.819><c> have</c><00:33:50.119><c> sworn</c><00:33:50.480><c> unto</c><00:33:50.880><c> the</c><00:33:51.140><c> house</c><00:33:51.799><c> of</c><00:33:52.200><c> Eli,</c> 00:33:52.579 --> 00:33:55.619 that<00:33:53.059><c> the</c><00:33:53.279><c> iniquity</c><00:33:53.720><c> of</c><00:33:53.859><c> Eli's</c><00:33:54.279><c> house</c><00:33:54.539><c> shall</c><00:33:54.779><c> not</c><00:33:55.079><c> be</c><00:33:55.359><c> purged</c> 00:33:55.619 --> 00:33:57.759 with<00:33:55.900><c> sacrifice</c><00:33:56.839><c> nor</c><00:33:57.359><c> offering.</c> 00:33:58.099 --> 00:34:00.720 And<00:33:58.299><c> what</c><00:33:58.480><c> that's</c><00:33:58.859><c> saying</c><00:33:58.980><c> in</c><00:33:59.180><c> verse</c><00:33:59.420><c> 14,</c><00:34:00.119><c> brethren</c><00:34:00.220><c> and</c><00:34:00.359><c> sisters,</c> 00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:04.099 the<00:34:01.480><c> sacrifice</c><00:34:01.960><c> is</c><00:34:02.160><c> referred</c><00:34:02.400><c> to</c><00:34:02.539><c> the</c><00:34:02.819><c> blood</c><00:34:03.000><c> offerings,</c> 00:34:04.759 --> 00:34:07.619 and<00:34:04.900><c> the</c><00:34:05.279><c> word</c><00:34:05.579><c> offering</c><00:34:06.119><c> is</c><00:34:06.440><c> the</c><00:34:06.619><c> Hebrew</c><00:34:06.880><c> minkart,</c> 00:34:07.859 --> 00:34:09.599 which<00:34:08.099><c> refers</c><00:34:08.639><c> to</c><00:34:08.860><c> the</c><00:34:09.099><c> meal</c><00:34:09.300><c> offering.</c> 00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:15.579 So<00:34:10.079><c> you</c><00:34:11.239><c> get</c><00:34:11.880><c> out</c><00:34:12.179><c> of</c><00:34:12.340><c> your</c><00:34:12.599><c> kit</c><00:34:12.820><c> bag</c><00:34:13.619><c> any</c><00:34:14.500><c> of</c><00:34:14.659><c> the</c><00:34:15.039><c> sacrifices</c> 00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:16.300 or<00:34:15.960><c> offerings</c> 00:34:16.300 --> 00:34:17.579 under<00:34:16.699><c> the</c><00:34:16.900><c> law</c><00:34:17.039><c> of</c><00:34:17.239><c> Moses,</c> 00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:22.900 nor<00:34:18.079><c> one</c><00:34:18.559><c> of</c><00:34:18.800><c> them</c><00:34:19.320><c> is</c><00:34:19.760><c> going</c><00:34:19.940><c> to</c><00:34:20.099><c> be</c><00:34:20.280><c> of</c><00:34:20.599><c> any</c><00:34:21.000><c> use</c><00:34:21.519><c> to</c><00:34:21.920><c> protecting</c><00:34:22.280><c> Hophniah</c> 00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:23.360 and<00:34:23.039><c> Phineas.</c> 00:34:23.639 --> 00:34:27.480 Nothing<00:34:24.039><c> under</c><00:34:24.519><c> the</c><00:34:24.760><c> law</c><00:34:25.159><c> is</c><00:34:25.679><c> going</c><00:34:25.880><c> to</c><00:34:26.139><c> protect</c><00:34:26.719><c> Hophniah</c> 00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:29.519 and<00:34:27.679><c> Phineas</c><00:34:28.260><c> now.</c> 00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:31.900 Now,<00:34:30.079><c> look,</c><00:34:30.480><c> brethren</c><00:34:30.579><c> and</c><00:34:30.860><c> sisters,</c> 00:34:33.860 --> 00:34:35.280 simple<00:34:34.239><c> point.</c> 00:34:35.599 --> 00:34:42.199 God<00:34:36.300><c> gives</c><00:34:36.880><c> us</c><00:34:37.619><c> space</c><00:34:38.559><c> to</c><00:34:41.039><c> repent.</c> 00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:47.179 God<00:34:43.820><c> gives</c><00:34:44.219><c> us</c><00:34:44.739><c> space</c><00:34:45.380><c> to</c><00:34:46.059><c> repent.</c> 00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:54.059 But<00:34:49.119><c> his</c><00:34:49.519><c> patience</c><00:34:50.480><c> doesn't</c><00:34:51.920><c> just</c><00:34:52.260><c> continue</c><00:34:52.920><c> endlessly.</c> 00:34:56.940 --> 00:34:59.519 You<00:34:57.019><c> know,</c><00:34:57.320><c> it's</c><00:34:57.800><c> not</c><00:34:58.099><c> limitless.</c> 00:35:01.099 --> 00:35:06.579 And<00:35:01.519><c> I</c><00:35:01.800><c> take</c><00:35:02.139><c> this</c><00:35:02.960><c> in</c><00:35:04.699><c> our</c><00:35:05.000><c> sense,</c><00:35:05.420><c> in</c><00:35:05.480><c> our</c><00:35:05.719><c> context,</c><00:35:06.380><c> to</c><00:35:06.440><c> be</c> 00:35:06.579 --> 00:35:07.440 simply<00:35:06.900><c> this.</c> 00:35:07.820 --> 00:35:10.639 If<00:35:08.000><c> I</c><00:35:08.460><c> hear</c><00:35:08.760><c> one</c><00:35:09.119><c> of</c><00:35:09.280><c> the,</c><00:35:09.360><c> and</c><00:35:09.579><c> you've</c><00:35:10.019><c> heard</c><00:35:10.159><c> them,</c> 00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:15.019 you've<00:35:11.360><c> ever</c><00:35:11.579><c> been</c><00:35:13.460><c> to</c><00:35:13.579><c> the</c><00:35:13.760><c> meeting,</c><00:35:14.260><c> brethren</c><00:35:14.360><c> and</c><00:35:14.619><c> sisters,</c> 00:35:15.340 --> 00:35:19.199 and<00:35:15.539><c> look,</c><00:35:16.059><c> I'll</c><00:35:16.420><c> say</c><00:35:16.699><c> it,</c><00:35:17.460><c> I'll</c><00:35:17.719><c> be</c><00:35:17.900><c> the</c><00:35:18.079><c> one</c><00:35:18.320><c> who</c><00:35:18.539><c> says</c><00:35:18.820><c> it,</c> 00:35:19.199 --> 00:35:21.639 and<00:35:19.380><c> you</c><00:35:19.519><c> can</c><00:35:19.699><c> all</c><00:35:19.880><c> say,</c><00:35:20.000><c> oh,</c><00:35:20.219><c> Brother</c><00:35:20.420><c> Bates,</c><00:35:20.940><c> how</c><00:35:21.260><c> dare</c><00:35:21.420><c> you</c> 00:35:21.639 --> 00:35:21.900 say<00:35:21.800><c> it,</c> 00:35:21.900 --> 00:35:23.559 but<00:35:22.000><c> look,</c><00:35:22.300><c> I'll</c><00:35:22.420><c> say</c><00:35:22.639><c> it</c><00:35:22.820><c> anyway.</c> 00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:29.239 Most<00:35:25.559><c> of</c><00:35:25.760><c> the</c><00:35:25.980><c> exhortations</c><00:35:27.320><c> over</c><00:35:28.579><c> the</c><00:35:28.719><c> years,</c><00:35:28.800><c> I</c><00:35:28.920><c> can't</c> 00:35:29.239 --> 00:35:30.619 remember<00:35:29.519><c> them.</c> 00:35:32.420 --> 00:35:34.699 Look,<00:35:32.619><c> maybe</c><00:35:32.900><c> that's</c><00:35:33.239><c> my</c><00:35:33.519><c> fault,</c><00:35:33.679><c> probably</c><00:35:34.179><c> is,</c> 00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:36.539 but<00:35:35.159><c> look,</c><00:35:35.320><c> it's</c><00:35:35.500><c> all</c><00:35:35.699><c> a</c><00:35:35.800><c> bit</c><00:35:35.900><c> of</c><00:35:36.119><c> a</c><00:35:36.260><c> blur.</c> 00:35:36.539 --> 00:35:37.860 Okay? 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:41.539 It's<00:35:38.239><c> all</c><00:35:38.320><c> just</c><00:35:38.559><c> sort</c><00:35:38.699><c> of,</c><00:35:39.219><c> you</c><00:35:39.300><c> know,</c><00:35:39.719><c> out</c><00:35:39.860><c> there</c><00:35:40.119><c> and</c><00:35:40.860><c> decades</c><00:35:41.300><c> of</c><00:35:41.460><c> it,</c> 00:35:41.539 --> 00:35:43.820 and<00:35:41.659><c> I</c><00:35:41.800><c> can't</c><00:35:42.099><c> remember</c><00:35:42.460><c> all</c><00:35:43.019><c> that</c><00:35:43.239><c> many.</c> 00:35:43.960 --> 00:35:46.559 Brethren<00:35:44.380><c> and</c><00:35:44.519><c> sisters,</c><00:35:44.519><c> I</c><00:35:44.659><c> can</c><00:35:44.840><c> remember</c><00:35:45.059><c> a</c><00:35:45.280><c> few.</c> 00:35:47.940 --> 00:35:50.039 I<00:35:48.099><c> can</c><00:35:48.239><c> remember</c><00:35:48.579><c> a</c><00:35:48.860><c> few.</c> 00:35:51.119 --> 00:35:52.360 I<00:35:51.539><c> stung.</c> 00:35:54.360 --> 00:35:56.659 He's<00:35:54.800><c> talking</c><00:35:55.000><c> about</c><00:35:55.380><c> me.</c> 00:35:58.380 --> 00:36:00.539 He<00:35:58.679><c> almost</c><00:35:59.019><c> names</c><00:35:59.420><c> me</c><00:35:59.719><c> from</c><00:35:59.920><c> the</c><00:36:00.219><c> platform.</c> 00:36:00.579 --> 00:36:03.239 Of<00:36:00.800><c> course</c><00:36:00.920><c> he</c><00:36:01.079><c> doesn't,</c><00:36:01.719><c> he</c><00:36:01.880><c> probably</c><00:36:01.980><c> doesn't</c><00:36:02.199><c> even</c><00:36:02.380><c> know</c><00:36:02.519><c> me.</c> 00:36:03.360 --> 00:36:04.760 But<00:36:03.500><c> brethren</c><00:36:03.739><c> and</c><00:36:03.920><c> sisters,</c><00:36:04.079><c> that's</c><00:36:04.559><c> me.</c> 00:36:04.760 --> 00:36:07.960 And<00:36:04.980><c> you</c><00:36:05.119><c> know,</c><00:36:05.659><c> when</c><00:36:05.820><c> you</c><00:36:06.099><c> get</c><00:36:06.280><c> to</c><00:36:06.460><c> that</c><00:36:06.760><c> stage</c><00:36:07.239><c> in</c><00:36:07.519><c> an</c><00:36:07.739><c> exhortation</c> 00:36:08.340 --> 00:36:12.019 or<00:36:08.539><c> a</c><00:36:08.699><c> Bible</c><00:36:08.880><c> class</c><00:36:09.159><c> or</c><00:36:09.280><c> wherever,</c><00:36:10.340><c> think</c><00:36:10.659><c> of</c><00:36:11.059><c> Eli.</c> 00:36:13.179 --> 00:36:17.780 God<00:36:13.619><c> is</c><00:36:14.059><c> giving</c><00:36:14.360><c> you</c><00:36:15.000><c> space</c><00:36:15.880><c> to</c><00:36:16.559><c> repent.</c> 00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:21.599 And<00:36:20.380><c> I</c><00:36:20.579><c> know</c><00:36:20.719><c> what</c><00:36:20.960><c> Eli</c><00:36:21.159><c> would</c><00:36:21.320><c> have</c><00:36:21.480><c> done.</c> 00:36:21.639 --> 00:36:23.980 He<00:36:21.699><c> would</c><00:36:21.840><c> have</c><00:36:21.960><c> done</c><00:36:22.059><c> what</c><00:36:22.260><c> a</c><00:36:22.440><c> lot</c><00:36:22.579><c> of</c><00:36:22.719><c> us</c><00:36:22.940><c> do,</c><00:36:23.360><c> me</c><00:36:23.539><c> included.</c> 00:36:24.179 --> 00:36:25.159 He<00:36:24.280><c> would</c><00:36:24.440><c> have</c><00:36:24.539><c> just</c><00:36:24.800><c> gone</c><00:36:24.980><c> away.</c> 00:36:25.239 --> 00:36:27.840 He<00:36:25.260><c> would</c><00:36:25.400><c> have</c><00:36:25.539><c> done</c><00:36:25.780><c> something</c><00:36:26.139><c> that</c><00:36:26.400><c> afternoon,</c><00:36:27.440><c> rung</c><00:36:27.639><c> up</c> 00:36:27.840 --> 00:36:28.320 and<00:36:28.119><c> said,</c> 00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:29.980 you<00:36:28.400><c> know,</c><00:36:28.699><c> done</c><00:36:28.940><c> something.</c> 00:36:30.699 --> 00:36:33.480 But<00:36:30.900><c> then</c><00:36:31.119><c> there's</c><00:36:31.500><c> tomorrow</c><00:36:31.960><c> and</c><00:36:32.179><c> Monday</c><00:36:32.639><c> and</c><00:36:32.900><c> Tuesday,</c> 00:36:33.480 --> 00:36:35.800 and<00:36:33.760><c> then</c><00:36:33.880><c> there's</c><00:36:34.219><c> work,</c><00:36:34.719><c> and</c><00:36:34.739><c> all</c><00:36:34.960><c> the</c><00:36:35.260><c> flood</c><00:36:35.360><c> of</c><00:36:35.579><c> things</c> 00:36:35.800 --> 00:36:36.360 come<00:36:36.099><c> by,</c> 00:36:36.400 --> 00:36:39.000 and<00:36:36.579><c> your</c><00:36:36.820><c> conscience</c><00:36:37.239><c> somehow</c><00:36:37.739><c> gets</c><00:36:38.000><c> sort</c><00:36:38.199><c> of</c><00:36:38.380><c> washed</c><00:36:38.579><c> out,</c> 00:36:39.460 --> 00:36:41.920 and<00:36:39.699><c> it</c><00:36:39.920><c> all</c><00:36:40.079><c> just</c><00:36:40.300><c> sort</c><00:36:40.460><c> of</c><00:36:40.619><c> goes</c><00:36:40.780><c> into</c><00:36:41.059><c> that</c><00:36:41.480><c> blur</c> 00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:45.340 and<00:36:42.199><c> into</c><00:36:42.420><c> that</c><00:36:42.780><c> round</c><00:36:43.099><c> cycle</c><00:36:44.179><c> of</c><00:36:44.400><c> events</c><00:36:44.679><c> that</c><00:36:44.920><c> we</c><00:36:45.179><c> do,</c> 00:36:45.340 --> 00:36:48.579 and<00:36:45.579><c> we</c><00:36:45.780><c> don't</c><00:36:46.119><c> really</c><00:36:46.480><c> put</c><00:36:46.659><c> a</c><00:36:46.900><c> chock</c><00:36:47.039><c> under</c><00:36:47.320><c> the</c><00:36:47.559><c> wheel.</c> 00:36:49.139 --> 00:36:50.960 We<00:36:49.460><c> slip</c><00:36:49.760><c> back.</c> 00:36:53.119 --> 00:36:55.699 God<00:36:53.420><c> weighs</c><00:36:54.099><c> the</c><00:36:54.699><c> deeds.</c> 00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:57.699 That's<00:36:56.219><c> what</c><00:36:56.320><c> we</c><00:36:56.500><c> saw</c><00:36:56.619><c> in</c><00:36:56.820><c> Hennes</c><00:36:57.059><c> Prairie</c><00:36:57.219><c> yesterday.</c> 00:36:57.940 --> 00:36:59.699 God<00:36:58.199><c> weighs</c><00:36:58.860><c> the</c><00:36:59.219><c> deeds.</c> 00:37:00.139 --> 00:37:01.820 He's<00:37:00.519><c> not</c><00:37:00.840><c> mocked.</c> 00:37:01.820 --> 00:37:05.679 He<00:37:02.300><c> sends</c><00:37:02.659><c> us</c><00:37:03.539><c> good</c><00:37:04.000><c> exhortations</c><00:37:04.960><c> over</c><00:37:05.400><c> the</c><00:37:05.559><c> years.</c> 00:37:05.900 --> 00:37:08.039 Okay,<00:37:06.179><c> many</c><00:37:06.420><c> of</c><00:37:06.579><c> them</c><00:37:06.719><c> are</c><00:37:06.920><c> a</c><00:37:06.920><c> bit</c><00:37:07.099><c> of</c><00:37:07.300><c> a</c><00:37:07.360><c> blur,</c><00:37:07.559><c> but</c><00:37:07.619><c> not</c><00:37:07.820><c> all</c> 00:37:08.039 --> 00:37:08.920 of<00:37:08.139><c> them.</c> 00:37:10.360 --> 00:37:12.659 And<00:37:10.480><c> when</c><00:37:10.579><c> you</c><00:37:10.760><c> hear</c><00:37:10.860><c> one,</c><00:37:11.199><c> brethren</c><00:37:11.320><c> and</c><00:37:11.599><c> sisters,</c> 00:37:14.320 --> 00:37:17.119 think<00:37:14.639><c> of</c><00:37:14.920><c> Eli</c><00:37:15.179><c> and</c><00:37:15.480><c> put</c><00:37:15.760><c> that</c><00:37:16.179><c> chock</c><00:37:16.380><c> under</c><00:37:16.679><c> the</c><00:37:16.960><c> wheel</c> 00:37:17.119 --> 00:37:19.480 and<00:37:17.340><c> say,</c><00:37:17.460><c> I've</c><00:37:17.739><c> got</c><00:37:17.800><c> to</c><00:37:18.099><c> act</c><00:37:18.480><c> now.</c> 00:37:19.960 --> 00:37:22.800 You<00:37:20.079><c> know,</c><00:37:20.179><c> the</c><00:37:20.360><c> biggest</c><00:37:20.559><c> problem</c><00:37:21.139><c> that</c><00:37:21.500><c> we</c><00:37:21.760><c> have</c><00:37:22.099><c> is</c><00:37:22.360><c> that</c><00:37:22.460><c> we</c><00:37:22.659><c> say,</c> 00:37:22.840 --> 00:37:27.099 I've<00:37:23.139><c> got</c><00:37:23.219><c> to</c><00:37:23.460><c> act</c><00:37:24.380><c> tomorrow,</c><00:37:26.000><c> tomorrow.</c> 00:37:27.639 --> 00:37:29.960 And<00:37:27.960><c> that's</c><00:37:28.179><c> the</c><00:37:28.360><c> mistake</c><00:37:28.860><c> that</c><00:37:29.460><c> we</c><00:37:29.699><c> make.</c> 00:37:29.960 --> 00:37:31.940 Okay,<00:37:30.619><c> let's</c><00:37:30.880><c> move</c><00:37:31.159><c> on.</c> 00:37:32.280 --> 00:37:33.659 Verse<00:37:32.300><c> 16.</c> 00:37:33.960 --> 00:37:35.880 Oh,<00:37:34.199><c> here</c><00:37:34.360><c> we</c><00:37:34.599><c> go.</c> 00:37:36.639 --> 00:37:38.320 Well,<00:37:36.920><c> verse</c><00:37:37.059><c> 15.</c> 00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:40.099 Samuel<00:37:39.099><c> opens</c><00:37:39.440><c> up</c><00:37:39.679><c> the</c><00:37:39.840><c> doors,</c> 00:37:40.340 --> 00:37:43.079 and<00:37:40.340><c> he</c><00:37:40.500><c> was</c><00:37:40.780><c> scared</c><00:37:41.059><c> to</c><00:37:41.320><c> show</c><00:37:41.539><c> Eli</c><00:37:41.780><c> the</c><00:37:42.019><c> vision.</c> 00:37:45.760 --> 00:37:48.360 Eli<00:37:46.019><c> calls</c><00:37:46.340><c> him</c><00:37:46.559><c> in</c><00:37:47.500><c> next</c><00:37:48.019><c> morning.</c> 00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:52.260 Samuel,<00:37:48.820><c> my</c><00:37:49.099><c> son,</c><00:37:49.340><c> he</c><00:37:49.519><c> said,</c><00:37:50.219><c> here</c><00:37:50.420><c> am</c><00:37:50.659><c> I.</c> 00:37:53.639 --> 00:37:55.420 Okay,<00:37:54.099><c> out</c><00:37:54.260><c> with</c><00:37:54.440><c> it,</c><00:37:54.920><c> boy.</c> 00:37:58.820 --> 00:38:01.699 I<00:37:59.340><c> don't</c><00:37:59.500><c> know</c><00:37:59.780><c> what</c><00:38:00.000><c> went</c><00:38:00.260><c> through</c><00:38:00.699><c> Eli's</c><00:38:01.239><c> mind.</c> 00:38:01.860 --> 00:38:06.579 Maybe<00:38:02.340><c> Eli,</c><00:38:03.219><c> in</c><00:38:03.219><c> that</c><00:38:03.500><c> sort</c><00:38:03.860><c> of</c><00:38:03.860><c> convoluted</c><00:38:04.260><c> way</c><00:38:04.480><c> that</c><00:38:04.619><c> we</c><00:38:04.880><c> often</c><00:38:05.559><c> carry</c><00:38:06.000><c> on</c><00:38:06.260><c> with,</c> 00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:09.780 had<00:38:07.119><c> this</c><00:38:07.400><c> bargain,</c><00:38:08.460><c> this</c><00:38:08.599><c> unwritten</c><00:38:08.960><c> bargain</c><00:38:09.360><c> with</c><00:38:09.579><c> God.</c> 00:38:10.139 --> 00:38:12.519 Maybe<00:38:10.500><c> if</c><00:38:10.780><c> I,</c><00:38:11.139><c> I've</c><00:38:11.440><c> blown</c><00:38:11.559><c> it</c><00:38:11.760><c> with</c><00:38:11.900><c> Hoffner</c><00:38:12.179><c> and</c><00:38:12.360><c> Phineas,</c> 00:38:12.780 --> 00:38:14.739 maybe<00:38:13.139><c> God</c><00:38:13.300><c> will</c><00:38:13.440><c> be</c><00:38:13.559><c> good</c><00:38:13.659><c> to</c><00:38:13.800><c> me</c><00:38:14.000><c> because</c><00:38:14.179><c> I'm</c><00:38:14.380><c> bringing</c><00:38:14.539><c> up</c> 00:38:14.739 --> 00:38:15.780 this<00:38:15.000><c> boy.</c> 00:38:16.780 --> 00:38:19.460 Well,<00:38:17.360><c> you</c><00:38:17.440><c> know,</c><00:38:17.760><c> don't</c><00:38:18.039><c> bargain</c><00:38:18.360><c> with</c><00:38:18.619><c> God.</c> 00:38:20.679 --> 00:38:22.880 If<00:38:20.840><c> God</c><00:38:21.039><c> says</c><00:38:21.260><c> you've</c><00:38:21.440><c> got</c><00:38:21.519><c> to</c><00:38:21.659><c> do</c><00:38:21.880><c> something,</c><00:38:22.380><c> do</c><00:38:22.619><c> it.</c> 00:38:22.880 --> 00:38:27.519 Don't<00:38:23.300><c> try</c><00:38:23.599><c> and</c><00:38:23.980><c> go</c><00:38:24.340><c> around</c><00:38:24.920><c> or,</c><00:38:25.460><c> you</c><00:38:25.559><c> know,</c><00:38:26.599><c> do</c><00:38:26.860><c> something</c><00:38:27.219><c> else.</c> 00:38:27.519 --> 00:38:30.500 And<00:38:27.659><c> he</c><00:38:27.699><c> had</c><00:38:27.920><c> to</c><00:38:28.260><c> remove</c><00:38:28.619><c> Hoffner</c><00:38:29.059><c> and</c><00:38:29.219><c> Phineas,</c><00:38:29.500><c> and</c><00:38:29.599><c> he</c><00:38:29.780><c> didn't.</c> 00:38:30.559 --> 00:38:32.579 No<00:38:30.800><c> amount</c><00:38:31.000><c> of</c><00:38:31.260><c> bargaining</c><00:38:31.460><c> with</c><00:38:31.699><c> God</c><00:38:31.880><c> is</c><00:38:32.019><c> going</c><00:38:32.139><c> to</c><00:38:32.320><c> change</c> 00:38:32.579 --> 00:38:33.159 that<00:38:32.940><c> fact.</c> 00:38:33.500 --> 00:38:36.960 And<00:38:33.619><c> he</c><00:38:33.659><c> said,</c><00:38:33.980><c> okay,</c><00:38:34.340><c> tell</c><00:38:34.440><c> me</c><00:38:34.599><c> what</c><00:38:35.719><c> Yahweh</c><00:38:36.239><c> has</c><00:38:36.440><c> said</c><00:38:36.539><c> to</c><00:38:36.760><c> you.</c> 00:38:37.099 --> 00:38:38.159 Don't<00:38:37.380><c> hide</c><00:38:37.599><c> it</c><00:38:37.780><c> from</c><00:38:37.940><c> me.</c> 00:38:38.260 --> 00:38:42.260 God<00:38:38.519><c> do</c><00:38:38.940><c> so</c><00:38:39.280><c> to</c><00:38:39.519><c> thee,</c><00:38:39.760><c> and</c><00:38:39.920><c> more</c><00:38:40.099><c> also,</c><00:38:40.500><c> if</c><00:38:40.679><c> you</c><00:38:40.840><c> hide</c><00:38:40.960><c> it</c><00:38:41.159><c> from</c><00:38:41.300><c> me.</c> 00:38:43.260 --> 00:38:46.500 So<00:38:43.480><c> in</c><00:38:43.619><c> verse</c><00:38:43.900><c> 18,</c><00:38:45.300><c> it</c><00:38:45.900><c> all</c><00:38:46.139><c> came</c><00:38:46.340><c> out.</c> 00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:47.599 Samuel<00:38:46.800><c> told</c><00:38:47.039><c> him</c><00:38:47.199><c> everything.</c> 00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:50.780 He<00:38:48.139><c> had</c><00:38:48.239><c> nothing</c><00:38:48.559><c> from</c><00:38:48.840><c> him.</c> 00:38:51.360 --> 00:38:55.860 And<00:38:51.980><c> wonderful</c><00:38:52.599><c> acceptance</c><00:38:53.820><c> and</c><00:38:54.500><c> resignation.</c> 00:38:57.400 --> 00:39:00.059 And<00:38:57.619><c> he</c><00:38:57.820><c> said,</c><00:38:58.500><c> it</c><00:38:58.579><c> is</c><00:38:58.960><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:39:00.300 --> 00:39:02.480 Let<00:39:00.639><c> him</c><00:39:00.920><c> do</c><00:39:01.219><c> what</c><00:39:01.579><c> seemeth</c><00:39:02.000><c> him</c><00:39:02.280><c> good.</c> 00:39:02.559 --> 00:39:06.519 Now<00:39:02.800><c> that</c><00:39:03.039><c> might</c><00:39:03.400><c> sound</c><00:39:03.699><c> like</c><00:39:04.000><c> awfully</c><00:39:04.340><c> nice</c><00:39:04.760><c> spiritual</c><00:39:05.360><c> words.</c> 00:39:07.260 --> 00:39:09.099 And<00:39:07.440><c> in</c><00:39:07.579><c> other</c><00:39:07.780><c> contexts</c><00:39:08.300><c> it</c><00:39:08.659><c> might</c><00:39:08.940><c> be.</c> 00:39:09.099 --> 00:39:12.760 I<00:39:09.239><c> know</c><00:39:09.400><c> that</c><00:39:09.679><c> David</c><00:39:09.980><c> used</c><00:39:10.280><c> similar</c><00:39:10.639><c> words</c><00:39:10.940><c> in</c><00:39:11.159><c> another</c><00:39:11.480><c> context.</c> 00:39:13.639 --> 00:39:16.659 But<00:39:14.219><c> totally</c><00:39:14.800><c> different</c><00:39:15.239><c> context.</c> 00:39:18.039 --> 00:39:19.619 It<00:39:18.039><c> is</c><00:39:18.360><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:39:19.880 --> 00:39:21.599 Let<00:39:20.179><c> him</c><00:39:20.380><c> do</c><00:39:20.599><c> what</c><00:39:20.900><c> seemeth</c><00:39:21.239><c> him</c><00:39:21.440><c> good.</c> 00:39:21.679 --> 00:39:25.260 He<00:39:21.980><c> could</c><00:39:22.380><c> not</c><00:39:22.579><c> even</c><00:39:22.920><c> rise</c><00:39:23.280><c> to</c><00:39:23.480><c> the</c><00:39:23.719><c> occasion</c><00:39:24.119><c> now.</c> 00:39:25.940 --> 00:39:30.159 And<00:39:26.099><c> so</c><00:39:26.219><c> in</c><00:39:26.420><c> verse</c><00:39:26.679><c> 19,</c><00:39:27.219><c> we</c><00:39:27.380><c> see</c><00:39:27.579><c> the</c><00:39:27.920><c> ascendancy</c><00:39:28.840><c> of</c><00:39:29.760><c> Samuel.</c> 00:39:30.320 --> 00:39:32.400 Samuel<00:39:30.699><c> grew</c><00:39:31.079><c> and</c><00:39:31.280><c> Yahweh</c><00:39:31.679><c> was</c><00:39:31.900><c> with</c><00:39:32.179><c> him.</c> 00:39:32.579 --> 00:39:35.239 Did<00:39:32.739><c> let</c><00:39:32.960><c> none</c><00:39:33.179><c> of</c><00:39:33.320><c> his</c><00:39:33.480><c> words</c><00:39:33.760><c> fall</c><00:39:34.059><c> to</c><00:39:34.260><c> the</c><00:39:34.460><c> ground.</c> 00:39:35.260 --> 00:39:38.739 All<00:39:35.619><c> Israel</c><00:39:36.059><c> from</c><00:39:36.340><c> Dan</c><00:39:36.760><c> and</c><00:39:37.059><c> even</c><00:39:37.300><c> to</c><00:39:37.460><c> Beersheba</c> 00:39:38.739 --> 00:39:42.900 knew<00:39:39.619><c> that</c><00:39:40.119><c> Samuel</c><00:39:40.340><c> was</c><00:39:40.699><c> established</c><00:39:41.119><c> to</c><00:39:41.300><c> be</c><00:39:41.440><c> a</c><00:39:41.780><c> prophet</c><00:39:42.000><c> of</c><00:39:42.280><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:39:43.199 --> 00:39:45.000 Yahweh<00:39:43.460><c> appeared</c><00:39:43.900><c> again</c><00:39:44.280><c> in</c><00:39:44.619><c> Shiloh.</c> 00:39:45.179 --> 00:39:48.300 For<00:39:45.400><c> Yahweh</c><00:39:45.719><c> revealed</c><00:39:46.300><c> himself</c><00:39:46.760><c> to</c><00:39:47.119><c> Samuel</c><00:39:47.420><c> in</c><00:39:47.739><c> Shiloh</c> 00:39:48.300 --> 00:39:50.539 by<00:39:48.599><c> the</c><00:39:48.800><c> word</c><00:39:48.980><c> of</c><00:39:49.219><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:39:50.559 --> 00:39:52.360 Everything<00:39:50.699><c> was</c><00:39:50.980><c> now</c><00:39:51.260><c> Samuel.</c> 00:39:52.460 --> 00:39:55.739 God<00:39:52.800><c> was</c><00:39:53.099><c> using</c><00:39:53.360><c> Samuel</c><00:39:53.840><c> as</c><00:39:54.000><c> the</c><00:39:54.260><c> conduit</c><00:39:54.619><c> by</c><00:39:54.860><c> which</c><00:39:55.000><c> he</c><00:39:55.119><c> would</c><00:39:55.360><c> speak</c> 00:39:55.739 --> 00:39:57.820 and<00:39:56.139><c> by</c><00:39:57.019><c> which</c><00:39:57.280><c> he</c><00:39:57.400><c> would</c><00:39:57.579><c> act.</c> 00:39:58.260 --> 00:40:01.500 And<00:39:58.639><c> everyone</c><00:39:58.900><c> from</c><00:39:59.260><c> Dan</c><00:39:59.559><c> to</c><00:39:59.760><c> Beersheba</c><00:40:00.199><c> knew</c><00:40:00.500><c> that.</c> 00:40:01.719 --> 00:40:03.199 And<00:40:02.019><c> maybe,</c><00:40:02.539><c> brethren</c><00:40:02.719><c> and</c><00:40:02.980><c> sisters,</c> 00:40:03.500 --> 00:40:06.599 even<00:40:03.800><c> though</c><00:40:04.119><c> it</c><00:40:04.119><c> was</c><00:40:04.400><c> curtains</c><00:40:04.780><c> time</c><00:40:05.260><c> for</c><00:40:05.539><c> Eli</c><00:40:05.820><c> and</c><00:40:05.980><c> his</c><00:40:06.219><c> household,</c> 00:40:06.599 --> 00:40:11.340 maybe<00:40:07.519><c> there</c><00:40:07.760><c> could</c><00:40:08.019><c> have</c><00:40:08.179><c> been</c><00:40:08.340><c> something</c><00:40:08.760><c> within</c><00:40:09.219><c> Israel</c><00:40:09.760><c> of</c><00:40:10.579><c> a</c><00:40:10.860><c> reform</c> 00:40:11.340 --> 00:40:15.239 that<00:40:11.980><c> could</c><00:40:12.179><c> have</c><00:40:12.599><c> really</c><00:40:13.219><c> spared</c><00:40:13.440><c> Israel</c><00:40:13.880><c> from</c><00:40:14.139><c> much</c><00:40:14.380><c> of</c><00:40:14.559><c> the</c><00:40:14.719><c> destruction</c> 00:40:15.239 --> 00:40:19.480 that<00:40:15.840><c> chapter</c><00:40:16.199><c> 4</c><00:40:17.019><c> is</c><00:40:17.659><c> now</c><00:40:17.960><c> going</c><00:40:18.199><c> to</c><00:40:18.440><c> herald.</c> 00:40:20.199 --> 00:40:25.179 But<00:40:20.380><c> you</c><00:40:20.639><c> know</c><00:40:20.840><c> what</c><00:40:21.039><c> the</c><00:40:21.320><c> problem</c><00:40:21.599><c> was</c><00:40:22.219><c> as</c><00:40:22.679><c> we</c><00:40:22.940><c> now</c><00:40:23.179><c> enter</c><00:40:23.420><c> chapter</c><00:40:23.780><c> 4?</c> 00:40:25.880 --> 00:40:27.159 You<00:40:25.960><c> know</c><00:40:26.099><c> what</c><00:40:26.219><c> the</c><00:40:26.440><c> problem</c><00:40:26.699><c> was?</c> 00:40:27.480 --> 00:40:32.840 The<00:40:27.760><c> effect</c><00:40:28.139><c> of</c><00:40:28.440><c> Hothna</c><00:40:28.800><c> and</c><00:40:29.000><c> Phineas</c><00:40:29.480><c> had</c><00:40:29.739><c> just</c><00:40:30.059><c> been</c><00:40:30.360><c> too</c><00:40:31.260><c> long</c> 00:40:33.619 --> 00:40:39.639 in<00:40:34.300><c> its</c><00:40:34.980><c> workings</c><00:40:36.139><c> that</c><00:40:37.559><c> had</c><00:40:37.880><c> created</c><00:40:38.400><c> within</c><00:40:38.800><c> the</c><00:40:39.119><c> Ecclesia</c> 00:40:39.639 --> 00:40:41.719 two<00:40:40.159><c> Ecclesias.</c> 00:40:42.119 --> 00:40:43.920 When<00:40:42.340><c> it</c><00:40:42.719><c> says,</c><00:40:43.300><c> brethren</c><00:40:43.480><c> and</c><00:40:43.739><c> sisters,</c> 00:40:44.360 --> 00:40:46.559 all<00:40:44.559><c> Israel</c><00:40:45.039><c> from</c><00:40:45.300><c> Dan</c><00:40:45.760><c> and</c><00:40:45.820><c> even</c><00:40:46.039><c> to</c><00:40:46.219><c> Beersheba</c> 00:40:47.000 --> 00:40:51.820 knew<00:40:47.519><c> that</c><00:40:47.900><c> Samuel</c><00:40:48.099><c> was</c><00:40:48.440><c> established</c><00:40:48.780><c> to</c><00:40:48.960><c> be</c><00:40:49.099><c> a</c><00:40:49.280><c> prophet</c><00:40:49.440><c> of</c><00:40:49.719><c> Yahweh,</c> 00:40:51.960 --> 00:40:56.280 nonetheless<00:40:52.659><c> there</c><00:40:53.219><c> was</c><00:40:53.460><c> a</c><00:40:53.960><c> split</c><00:40:54.139><c> within</c><00:40:54.480><c> the</c><00:40:54.760><c> Ecclesia</c><00:40:55.199><c> of</c><00:40:55.440><c> God.</c> 00:40:57.059 --> 00:40:58.940 And<00:40:57.239><c> the</c><00:40:57.340><c> people</c><00:40:57.519><c> might</c><00:40:57.860><c> know</c><00:40:58.280><c> something,</c> 00:40:59.280 --> 00:41:01.300 but<00:40:59.500><c> they</c><00:40:59.739><c> may</c><00:40:59.980><c> not</c><00:41:00.280><c> act</c><00:41:00.559><c> upon</c><00:41:00.860><c> that</c> 00:41:01.300 --> 00:41:04.360 and<00:41:01.679><c> there</c><00:41:01.860><c> was</c><00:41:02.159><c> this,</c><00:41:02.559><c> well,</c> 00:41:05.599 --> 00:41:07.260 there<00:41:05.619><c> was</c><00:41:05.880><c> this</c><00:41:06.099><c> liberal</c><00:41:06.639><c> Ecclesia</c> 00:41:07.260 --> 00:41:10.920 that<00:41:07.960><c> had</c><00:41:08.199><c> been</c><00:41:08.380><c> set</c><00:41:08.679><c> up</c><00:41:09.340><c> under</c><00:41:09.599><c> Hothna</c><00:41:10.039><c> and</c><00:41:10.280><c> Phineas,</c> 00:41:11.219 --> 00:41:14.320 this<00:41:11.500><c> Rara</c><00:41:12.079><c> de</c><00:41:12.300><c> Bumdiye</c><00:41:12.800><c> Ecclesia,</c> 00:41:16.539 --> 00:41:18.599 all<00:41:16.900><c> hyped</c><00:41:17.260><c> up,</c> 00:41:19.960 --> 00:41:21.800 all<00:41:20.219><c> full</c><00:41:20.480><c> of</c><00:41:20.699><c> emotion,</c> 00:41:24.960 --> 00:41:27.780 and<00:41:25.119><c> all</c><00:41:25.480><c> full</c><00:41:25.679><c> of</c><00:41:25.820><c> what</c><00:41:26.019><c> we</c><00:41:26.320><c> might</c><00:41:26.599><c> now</c><00:41:26.980><c> describe,</c><00:41:27.579><c> brethren</c> 00:41:27.780 --> 00:41:28.679 and<00:41:28.039><c> sisters,</c> 00:41:30.039 --> 00:41:36.800 what<00:41:30.679><c> I</c><00:41:31.000><c> would</c><00:41:31.280><c> call</c><00:41:32.260><c> an</c><00:41:34.460><c> artifact</c><00:41:35.400><c> religion.</c> 00:41:38.260 --> 00:41:42.599 Now<00:41:38.360><c> an</c><00:41:38.619><c> artifact</c><00:41:39.219><c> religion</c><00:41:40.380><c> is</c><00:41:41.440><c> basically</c><00:41:42.099><c> a</c><00:41:42.400><c> religion</c> 00:41:42.599 --> 00:41:43.739 which<00:41:42.880><c> says,</c> 00:41:43.800 --> 00:41:44.800 I'm<00:41:43.940><c> of</c><00:41:44.059><c> the</c><00:41:44.460><c> truth,</c> 00:41:45.260 --> 00:41:49.599 I've<00:41:45.679><c> got</c><00:41:45.840><c> a</c><00:41:46.059><c> pedigree</c><00:41:46.480><c> a</c><00:41:46.679><c> mile</c><00:41:46.960><c> long</c><00:41:47.300><c> of</c><00:41:48.159><c> fathers</c><00:41:48.559><c> and</c><00:41:48.880><c> grandfathers</c> 00:41:49.599 --> 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are</c><00:42:15.579><c> these</c><00:42:15.860><c> special</c><00:42:16.500><c> people</c><00:42:16.920><c> that</c><00:42:17.119><c> God</c><00:42:17.420><c> has</c><00:42:17.599><c> put</c> 00:42:17.780 --> 00:42:21.059 a<00:42:18.320><c> nice</c><00:42:18.699><c> protective</c><00:42:19.179><c> bubble</c><00:42:19.619><c> around</c><00:42:20.599><c> and</c><00:42:20.900><c> over</c> 00:42:21.059 --> 00:42:22.739 and<00:42:21.300><c> that's</c><00:42:21.639><c> just</c><00:42:21.960><c> the</c><00:42:22.099><c> way</c><00:42:22.260><c> it</c><00:42:22.460><c> is.</c> 00:42:22.739 --> 00:42:24.119 And<00:42:23.119><c> they</c><00:42:23.380><c> thought</c><00:42:23.699><c> that.</c> 00:42:24.400 --> 00:42:27.219 Because<00:42:24.539><c> in</c><00:42:24.780><c> verse</c><00:42:25.079><c> one</c><00:42:25.599><c> it</c><00:42:25.820><c> says</c><00:42:26.079><c> in</c><00:42:26.239><c> the</c><00:42:26.340><c> word</c><00:42:26.639><c> of</c><00:42:26.820><c> Samuel,</c> 00:42:27.219 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that<00:42:56.340><c> just</c><00:42:56.500><c> said,</c><00:42:56.840><c> oh</c><00:42:56.860><c> yeah,</c><00:42:56.980><c> that's</c><00:42:57.380><c> Samuel,</c><00:42:57.559><c> you</c><00:42:57.679><c> know,</c> 00:42:59.619 --> 00:43:02.579 we<00:43:00.099><c> know</c><00:43:00.579><c> that</c><00:43:00.820><c> God's</c><00:43:01.079><c> with</c><00:43:01.280><c> him,</c> 00:43:03.199 --> 00:43:05.440 but<00:43:03.519><c> you</c><00:43:03.659><c> know,</c><00:43:03.739><c> we're</c><00:43:04.079><c> okay.</c> 00:43:06.480 --> 00:43:09.400 God's<00:43:06.840><c> with</c><00:43:07.000><c> us,</c><00:43:07.199><c> so</c><00:43:07.360><c> we</c><00:43:07.539><c> really</c><00:43:07.800><c> don't</c><00:43:08.000><c> have</c><00:43:08.239><c> to</c><00:43:08.360><c> go</c><00:43:08.500><c> to</c><00:43:08.679><c> Bible</c><00:43:09.039><c> schools</c> 00:43:09.400 --> 00:43:11.380 and<00:43:09.619><c> study</c><00:43:09.900><c> our</c><00:43:10.199><c> Bible</c><00:43:10.380><c> or</c><00:43:10.519><c> anything</c><00:43:10.760><c> like</c><00:43:11.019><c> that</c> 00:43:11.380 --> 00:43:14.360 because<00:43:11.679><c> we've</c><00:43:12.159><c> got</c><00:43:12.320><c> the</c><00:43:12.699><c> Ark</c><00:43:13.059><c> of</c><00:43:13.300><c> the</c><00:43:13.539><c> Covenant.</c> 00:43:14.780 --> 00:43:16.699 In<00:43:15.099><c> fact,</c><00:43:15.300><c> you'll</c><00:43:15.619><c> see</c><00:43:15.739><c> something</c><00:43:16.039><c> very</c><00:43:16.360><c> interesting</c> 00:43:16.699 --> 00:43:19.300 about<00:43:16.960><c> the</c><00:43:17.119><c> way</c><00:43:17.300><c> they</c><00:43:17.739><c> describe</c><00:43:18.360><c> the</c><00:43:18.639><c> Ark</c><00:43:18.840><c> of</c><00:43:19.079><c> the</c><00:43:19.179><c> Covenant.</c> 00:43:19.300 --> 00:43:21.260 It's<00:43:19.780><c> an</c><00:43:20.079><c> artifact.</c> 00:43:22.199 --> 00:43:24.659 It's<00:43:22.460><c> an</c><00:43:22.800><c> insurance</c><00:43:23.460><c> policy.</c> 00:43:25.400 --> 00:43:27.699 No<00:43:25.500><c> one</c><00:43:25.679><c> else</c><00:43:25.900><c> has</c><00:43:26.099><c> got</c><00:43:26.239><c> the</c><00:43:26.440><c> Ark</c><00:43:26.579><c> of</c><00:43:26.760><c> the</c><00:43:26.920><c> Covenant.</c> 00:43:27.800 --> 00:43:29.380 And<00:43:28.099><c> where</c><00:43:28.320><c> does</c><00:43:28.579><c> God</c><00:43:28.820><c> dwell?</c> 00:43:29.579 --> 00:43:31.179 Between<00:43:30.239><c> the</c><00:43:30.760><c> Caribbean.</c> 00:43:31.579 --> 00:43:34.840 So<00:43:31.860><c> wherever</c><00:43:32.300><c> the</c><00:43:32.679><c> Ark</c><00:43:32.900><c> is,</c><00:43:33.360><c> God</c><00:43:33.699><c> is.</c> 00:43:35.559 --> 00:43:38.659 We've<00:43:36.219><c> got</c><00:43:36.400><c> the</c><00:43:36.719><c> Ark,</c><00:43:37.019><c> so</c><00:43:37.300><c> we've</c><00:43:37.840><c> got</c><00:43:38.280><c> God.</c> 00:43:38.900 --> 00:43:40.380 We're<00:43:39.300><c> invincible.</c> 00:43:41.239 --> 00:43:44.599 So<00:43:41.820><c> Samuel</c><00:43:42.239><c> is</c><00:43:42.659><c> nice</c><00:43:42.920><c> to</c><00:43:43.159><c> have</c><00:43:43.400><c> around,</c> 00:43:45.300 --> 00:43:47.519 but<00:43:45.900><c> he's</c><00:43:46.159><c> an</c><00:43:46.480><c> accessory.</c> 00:43:49.460 --> 00:43:51.519 The<00:43:49.639><c> Ark</c><00:43:50.079><c> is</c><00:43:50.519><c> everything.</c> 00:43:53.099 --> 00:43:54.960 We<00:43:53.380><c> own</c><00:43:53.820><c> God.</c> 00:43:56.500 --> 00:43:58.659 You<00:43:56.639><c> see,</c><00:43:56.960><c> you</c><00:43:57.179><c> watch</c><00:43:57.460><c> how</c><00:43:57.659><c> this</c><00:43:57.980><c> transpires</c> 00:43:58.659 --> 00:44:00.880 in<00:43:59.079><c> this</c><00:43:59.260><c> particular</c><00:44:00.019><c> set</c><00:44:00.360><c> of</c><00:44:00.579><c> verses</c> 00:44:00.880 --> 00:44:04.860 because<00:44:01.380><c> it</c><00:44:01.699><c> says</c><00:44:02.159><c> that</c><00:44:02.659><c> Israel</c><00:44:03.300><c> went</c><00:44:03.760><c> out</c><00:44:04.099><c> to</c><00:44:04.320><c> battle</c> 00:44:04.860 --> 00:44:05.860 against<00:44:05.400><c> the</c><00:44:05.659><c> Philistines.</c> 00:44:06.000 --> 00:44:08.099 Okay,<00:44:06.480><c> the</c><00:44:06.599><c> Philistines</c><00:44:07.019><c> were</c><00:44:07.239><c> provoking</c><00:44:07.699><c> a</c><00:44:07.960><c> fight.</c> 00:44:08.179 --> 00:44:09.099 No<00:44:08.360><c> doubt</c><00:44:08.559><c> about</c><00:44:08.860><c> that.</c> 00:44:09.360 --> 00:44:11.239 They<00:44:09.579><c> went</c><00:44:09.760><c> up</c><00:44:10.000><c> to</c><00:44:10.179><c> Aphek.</c> 00:44:11.340 --> 00:44:14.039 They<00:44:11.820><c> left</c><00:44:12.239><c> their</c><00:44:13.059><c> homeland,</c> 00:44:14.159 --> 00:44:15.639 took<00:44:14.300><c> a</c><00:44:14.500><c> garrison</c><00:44:14.820><c> up</c><00:44:15.039><c> to</c><00:44:15.239><c> Aphek,</c> 00:44:15.820 --> 00:44:16.840 planted<00:44:16.260><c> them</c><00:44:16.500><c> there,</c> 00:44:17.039 --> 00:44:18.880 but<00:44:17.219><c> who</c><00:44:17.460><c> was</c><00:44:17.639><c> the</c><00:44:17.800><c> one</c><00:44:17.900><c> who</c><00:44:18.119><c> started</c><00:44:18.400><c> the</c><00:44:18.659><c> battle?</c> 00:44:19.039 --> 00:44:20.860 Well,<00:44:19.239><c> it</c><00:44:19.280><c> was</c><00:44:19.619><c> Israel.</c> 00:44:21.519 --> 00:44:23.900 And<00:44:21.619><c> I</c><00:44:21.820><c> think</c><00:44:22.039><c> this</c><00:44:22.579><c> rara</c><00:44:23.179><c> da</c><00:44:23.420><c> bundia,</c> 00:44:23.980 --> 00:44:25.420 sort<00:44:24.199><c> of</c><00:44:24.380><c> false</c><00:44:24.679><c> religion,</c> 00:44:25.760 --> 00:44:27.099 which<00:44:25.960><c> says</c><00:44:26.119><c> we're</c><00:44:26.599><c> invincible,</c> 00:44:27.480 --> 00:44:29.420 we're<00:44:27.639><c> up</c><00:44:27.800><c> and</c><00:44:27.980><c> we'll</c><00:44:28.300><c> take</c><00:44:28.579><c> them</c><00:44:28.780><c> on,</c> 00:44:29.719 --> 00:44:31.280 we'll<00:44:30.199><c> fight</c><00:44:30.519><c> them</c><00:44:30.659><c> on</c><00:44:30.840><c> the</c><00:44:31.039><c> beaches,</c> 00:44:31.400 --> 00:44:32.920 we'll<00:44:31.639><c> fight</c><00:44:31.880><c> them</c><00:44:32.079><c> here,</c> 00:44:33.199 --> 00:44:34.420 we'll<00:44:33.679><c> never</c><00:44:33.960><c> surrender,</c> 00:44:34.500 --> 00:44:36.340 all<00:44:34.739><c> that</c><00:44:35.039><c> sort</c><00:44:35.300><c> of</c><00:44:35.380><c> Churchillian</c><00:44:35.960><c> stuff,</c> 00:44:36.719 --> 00:44:38.480 and<00:44:36.920><c> away</c><00:44:37.219><c> they</c><00:44:37.619><c> went.</c> 00:44:40.139 --> 00:44:43.420 They<00:44:40.619><c> went</c><00:44:40.860><c> out</c><00:44:41.079><c> against</c><00:44:41.340><c> the</c><00:44:41.579><c> Philistines</c><00:44:42.039><c> to</c><00:44:42.400><c> battle,</c> 00:44:44.119 --> 00:44:45.380 and<00:44:44.179><c> the</c><00:44:44.420><c> Philistines</c><00:44:44.920><c> put</c><00:44:45.159><c> them,</c> 00:44:45.380 --> 00:44:47.579 in<00:44:45.559><c> verse</c><00:44:45.880><c> 2,</c><00:44:46.280><c> in</c><00:44:46.460><c> array</c><00:44:46.719><c> against</c><00:44:47.219><c> Israel,</c> 00:44:47.619 --> 00:44:48.920 and<00:44:47.699><c> when</c><00:44:47.820><c> they</c><00:44:48.119><c> joined</c><00:44:48.480><c> battle,</c> 00:44:49.079 --> 00:44:51.719 Israel<00:44:49.559><c> was</c><00:44:50.059><c> smitten</c><00:44:50.360><c> before</c><00:44:50.780><c> the</c><00:44:51.019><c> Philistines.</c> 00:44:52.039 --> 00:44:54.039 And<00:44:52.280><c> they</c><00:44:52.659><c> slew</c><00:44:52.880><c> of</c><00:44:53.039><c> the</c><00:44:53.239><c> army</c><00:44:53.440><c> in</c><00:44:53.659><c> the</c><00:44:53.820><c> field</c> 00:44:54.039 --> 00:44:55.539 about<00:44:54.400><c> 4</c><00:44:54.760><c>,000</c><00:44:55.179><c> men.</c> 00:44:55.659 --> 00:44:57.420 What<00:44:55.980><c> do</c><00:44:56.239><c> we</c><00:44:56.239><c> do</c><00:44:56.440><c> now?</c> 00:44:57.699 --> 00:45:00.119 We<00:44:58.000><c> just</c><00:44:58.239><c> had</c><00:44:58.380><c> our</c><00:44:58.679><c> first</c><00:44:59.079><c> defeat.</c> 00:45:00.539 --> 00:45:01.539 What<00:45:00.820><c> do</c><00:45:00.980><c> we</c><00:45:01.099><c> do</c><00:45:01.300><c> now?</c> 00:45:01.659 --> 00:45:03.800 You<00:45:01.880><c> know</c><00:45:01.980><c> what</c><00:45:02.119><c> they</c><00:45:02.420><c> should</c><00:45:02.659><c> have</c><00:45:02.880><c> done?</c> 00:45:04.420 --> 00:45:06.000 They<00:45:04.760><c> should</c><00:45:04.980><c> have</c><00:45:05.159><c> banded</c><00:45:05.480><c> together</c><00:45:05.699><c> and</c><00:45:05.860><c> said,</c> 00:45:06.000 --> 00:45:09.199 oh,<00:45:06.559><c> okay,</c><00:45:06.780><c> so,</c><00:45:07.199><c> you</c><00:45:07.360><c> know,</c> 00:45:09.980 --> 00:45:11.300 God's<00:45:10.400><c> given</c><00:45:10.539><c> us</c><00:45:10.800><c> a</c><00:45:10.900><c> defeat.</c> 00:45:11.719 --> 00:45:14.119 Maybe<00:45:12.039><c> we</c><00:45:12.219><c> should</c><00:45:12.400><c> go</c><00:45:12.619><c> and</c><00:45:12.820><c> talk</c><00:45:12.980><c> to</c><00:45:13.300><c> Samuel.</c> 00:45:16.119 --> 00:45:17.360 Maybe<00:45:16.460><c> we</c><00:45:16.659><c> should</c><00:45:16.880><c> ask</c><00:45:17.179><c> him,</c> 00:45:17.519 --> 00:45:19.539 after<00:45:17.719><c> all,</c><00:45:18.019><c> the</c><00:45:18.019><c> word</c><00:45:18.360><c> of</c><00:45:18.619><c> Yahweh</c> 00:45:19.860 --> 00:45:21.019 is<00:45:20.280><c> channeled</c><00:45:20.619><c> through</c><00:45:20.820><c> him.</c> 00:45:21.400 --> 00:45:22.139 Maybe<00:45:21.699><c> we</c><00:45:21.880><c> should,</c> 00:45:22.219 --> 00:45:23.820 maybe<00:45:22.519><c> we</c><00:45:22.639><c> should</c><00:45:22.780><c> have</c><00:45:22.860><c> done</c><00:45:23.000><c> that</c><00:45:23.199><c> in</c><00:45:23.320><c> the</c><00:45:23.460><c> first</c><00:45:23.679><c> place.</c> 00:45:23.940 --> 00:45:25.619 Well,<00:45:24.320><c> you</c><00:45:24.320><c> know,</c><00:45:24.699><c> 4</c><00:45:24.840><c>,000</c><00:45:25.099><c> men</c><00:45:25.340><c> later,</c> 00:45:25.880 --> 00:45:26.840 let's<00:45:26.139><c> go</c><00:45:26.360><c> and</c><00:45:26.500><c> do</c><00:45:26.579><c> it</c><00:45:26.719><c> now.</c> 00:45:27.019 --> 00:45:29.019 They<00:45:27.440><c> ignored</c><00:45:27.920><c> Samuel.</c> 00:45:29.920 --> 00:45:31.300 Samuel<00:45:30.320><c> always</c><00:45:30.699><c> tells</c><00:45:30.940><c> us</c> 00:45:31.300 --> 00:45:33.179 that<00:45:31.659><c> we've</c><00:45:31.880><c> all</c><00:45:32.000><c> got</c><00:45:32.179><c> to</c><00:45:32.360><c> repent</c><00:45:32.679><c> and</c><00:45:32.900><c> all</c><00:45:33.000><c> this.</c> 00:45:33.360 --> 00:45:34.619 You<00:45:33.500><c> know,</c><00:45:33.639><c> we're</c><00:45:33.800><c> a</c><00:45:33.800><c> bit</c><00:45:34.000><c> tired</c><00:45:34.199><c> of</c><00:45:34.340><c> him.</c> 00:45:34.619 --> 00:45:36.440 So<00:45:35.179><c> what</c><00:45:35.440><c> they</c><00:45:35.739><c> did,</c> 00:45:36.780 --> 00:45:39.860 they<00:45:37.380><c> got</c><00:45:37.579><c> together</c><00:45:38.059><c> in</c><00:45:38.320><c> verse</c><00:45:38.760><c> 3</c> 00:45:39.860 --> 00:45:41.659 when<00:45:40.360><c> the</c><00:45:40.599><c> people</c><00:45:40.760><c> were</c><00:45:40.980><c> coming</c><00:45:41.159><c> to</c><00:45:41.400><c> the</c><00:45:41.559><c> camp,</c> 00:45:41.840 --> 00:45:43.699 the<00:45:41.860><c> elders</c><00:45:42.260><c> of</c><00:45:42.440><c> Israel</c><00:45:42.780><c> said,</c> 00:45:43.739 --> 00:45:45.980 why<00:45:43.900><c> is</c><00:45:44.159><c> it</c><00:45:44.300><c> that</c><00:45:44.519><c> Yahweh</c><00:45:44.800><c> has</c><00:45:45.099><c> smitten</c><00:45:45.340><c> us</c><00:45:45.639><c> today</c> 00:45:45.980 --> 00:45:47.840 before<00:45:46.380><c> the</c><00:45:46.699><c> Philistines?</c> 00:45:48.579 --> 00:45:55.579 Ah,<00:45:51.480><c> let</c><00:45:51.760><c> us</c><00:45:52.460><c> fetch</c><00:45:53.099><c> our</c><00:45:54.099><c> good</c><00:45:54.300><c> luck</c><00:45:54.579><c> charm.</c> 00:45:58.019 --> 00:46:01.199 Let<00:45:58.380><c> us</c><00:45:58.820><c> fetch</c><00:45:59.019><c> our</c><00:45:59.320><c> insurance</c><00:45:59.980><c> policy.</c> 00:46:02.860 --> 00:46:03.800 Let<00:46:03.199><c> us</c><00:46:03.619><c> fetch.</c> 00:46:03.800 --> 00:46:05.099 Now<00:46:04.139><c> look</c><00:46:04.360><c> at</c><00:46:04.539><c> this,</c> 00:46:05.099 --> 00:46:09.559 this<00:46:05.980><c> overblown</c><00:46:07.199><c> expression</c><00:46:07.980><c> of</c><00:46:08.420><c> the</c><00:46:08.760><c> ark.</c> 00:46:10.199 --> 00:46:12.320 It's<00:46:10.719><c> overstated,</c><00:46:11.719><c> brethren</c><00:46:11.860><c> and</c><00:46:12.019><c> sisters.</c> 00:46:12.599 --> 00:46:15.119 It's<00:46:12.940><c> almost</c><00:46:13.260><c> as</c><00:46:13.500><c> though</c><00:46:13.639><c> it's</c><00:46:14.039><c> mystical.</c> 00:46:15.719 --> 00:46:20.780 Let<00:46:15.820><c> us</c><00:46:16.380><c> fetch</c><00:46:16.760><c> the</c><00:46:17.659><c> ark</c><00:46:18.099><c> of</c><00:46:18.639><c> the</c><00:46:19.000><c> covenant</c><00:46:19.380><c> of</c><00:46:19.980><c> Yahweh</c> 00:46:20.780 --> 00:46:23.619 out<00:46:21.219><c> of</c><00:46:21.579><c> Shiloh</c><00:46:21.880><c> unto</c><00:46:22.420><c> us,</c> 00:46:23.639 --> 00:46:25.760 that<00:46:23.760><c> when</c><00:46:24.199><c> it</c><00:46:24.599><c> cometh</c><00:46:24.980><c> among</c><00:46:25.320><c> us,</c> 00:46:26.000 --> 00:46:28.539 it<00:46:26.400><c> may</c><00:46:26.760><c> save</c><00:46:27.099><c> us</c><00:46:27.440><c> out</c><00:46:27.659><c> of</c><00:46:27.760><c> the</c><00:46:27.880><c> hand</c><00:46:28.019><c> of</c><00:46:28.179><c> our</c><00:46:28.340><c> enemies.</c> 00:46:28.539 --> 00:46:29.719 It. 00:46:33.360 --> 00:46:35.860 No<00:46:34.000><c> reference</c><00:46:34.559><c> to</c><00:46:34.880><c> God.</c> 00:46:36.000 --> 00:46:39.199 Not<00:46:36.300><c> one</c><00:46:36.639><c> prayer</c><00:46:37.019><c> has</c><00:46:37.219><c> been</c><00:46:37.460><c> uttered</c><00:46:37.820><c> to</c><00:46:37.940><c> God</c><00:46:38.199><c> here.</c> 00:46:39.260 --> 00:46:40.260 Not<00:46:39.400><c> that</c><00:46:39.519><c> it</c><00:46:39.539><c> would</c><00:46:39.719><c> have</c><00:46:39.800><c> mattered</c><00:46:40.039><c> much.</c> 00:46:40.280 --> 00:46:42.340 He<00:46:40.420><c> probably</c><00:46:40.699><c> wouldn't</c><00:46:40.860><c> have</c><00:46:41.059><c> listened</c><00:46:41.239><c> anyway.</c> 00:46:43.000 --> 00:46:44.659 But<00:46:43.119><c> there's</c><00:46:43.280><c> no</c><00:46:43.559><c> prayer,</c> 00:46:45.059 --> 00:46:46.000 no<00:46:45.320><c> contrition,</c> 00:46:46.320 --> 00:46:47.519 no<00:46:46.579><c> seeking</c><00:46:46.840><c> out</c><00:46:47.219><c> Samuel.</c> 00:46:47.900 --> 00:46:49.880 Go<00:46:48.219><c> get</c><00:46:48.480><c> the</c><00:46:48.860><c> it.</c> 00:46:50.780 --> 00:46:54.139 Because<00:46:51.159><c> with</c><00:46:51.719><c> it,</c><00:46:52.539><c> we're</c><00:46:52.860><c> invincible.</c> 00:46:57.619 --> 00:46:59.579 I'm<00:46:58.460><c> safe.</c> 00:47:01.139 --> 00:47:04.360 I<00:47:01.139><c> belong</c><00:47:01.380><c> to</c><00:47:01.679><c> a</c><00:47:02.619><c> strong</c><00:47:03.139><c> ecclesia.</c> 00:47:04.800 --> 00:47:06.539 I'll<00:47:05.099><c> be</c><00:47:05.219><c> in</c><00:47:05.360><c> the</c><00:47:05.480><c> kingdom.</c> 00:47:09.780 --> 00:47:11.000 See<00:47:09.880><c> the</c><00:47:10.099><c> point?</c> 00:47:13.699 --> 00:47:18.039 If<00:47:14.300><c> I</c><00:47:14.579><c> brush</c><00:47:14.840><c> up</c><00:47:15.380><c> against</c><00:47:15.780><c> strong</c><00:47:16.199><c> brethren</c><00:47:16.579><c> and</c><00:47:16.900><c> sisters,</c> 00:47:18.360 --> 00:47:21.159 by<00:47:18.559><c> osmosis</c><00:47:19.539><c> I</c><00:47:19.760><c> get</c><00:47:20.179><c> their</c><00:47:20.559><c> spirituality.</c> 00:47:21.159 --> 00:47:23.880 I'll<00:47:22.380><c> be</c><00:47:22.500><c> in</c><00:47:22.619><c> the</c><00:47:22.780><c> kingdom.</c> 00:47:24.800 --> 00:47:28.940 And<00:47:25.139><c> if</c><00:47:25.300><c> I</c><00:47:25.659><c> take</c><00:47:26.059><c> the</c><00:47:26.559><c> ark</c><00:47:26.780><c> of</c><00:47:27.000><c> the</c><00:47:27.239><c> covenant</c><00:47:27.500><c> with</c><00:47:27.880><c> me,</c> 00:47:29.679 --> 00:47:31.300 I'm<00:47:30.139><c> invincible.</c> 00:47:31.800 --> 00:47:34.079 They<00:47:32.139><c> will</c><00:47:32.360><c> just</c><00:47:32.739><c> melt</c><00:47:32.980><c> in</c><00:47:33.320><c> front</c><00:47:33.480><c> of</c><00:47:33.699><c> me.</c> 00:47:34.219 --> 00:47:37.179 Because<00:47:34.800><c> God</c><00:47:35.380><c> dwells</c><00:47:35.920><c> between</c><00:47:36.239><c> the</c><00:47:36.539><c> cherubim.</c> 00:47:37.679 --> 00:47:40.019 They<00:47:38.039><c> were</c><00:47:38.320><c> tempting</c><00:47:38.820><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:47:41.900 --> 00:47:45.119 God<00:47:42.219><c> would</c><00:47:42.599><c> never</c><00:47:42.940><c> allow</c><00:47:43.239><c> the</c><00:47:43.599><c> ark</c><00:47:43.780><c> to</c><00:47:43.960><c> be</c><00:47:44.179><c> captured.</c> 00:47:45.619 --> 00:47:47.320 We're<00:47:46.000><c> invincible</c><00:47:46.440><c> while</c><00:47:46.699><c> we've</c><00:47:46.900><c> got</c><00:47:46.980><c> the</c><00:47:47.199><c> ark.</c> 00:47:47.460 --> 00:47:49.500 Now<00:47:47.719><c> you</c><00:47:47.960><c> imagine</c><00:47:48.320><c> what</c><00:47:48.460><c> would</c><00:47:48.659><c> have</c><00:47:48.840><c> taken</c><00:47:49.059><c> place.</c> 00:47:49.500 --> 00:47:51.739 Brethren<00:47:50.440><c> and</c><00:47:50.760><c> sisters,</c> 00:47:51.800 --> 00:47:53.820 Eli<00:47:51.900><c> would</c><00:47:52.039><c> have</c><00:47:52.159><c> known</c><00:47:52.280><c> what</c><00:47:52.440><c> was</c><00:47:52.619><c> going</c><00:47:52.800><c> on.</c> 00:47:54.320 --> 00:47:56.199 You<00:47:54.460><c> imagine</c><00:47:55.079><c> what</c><00:47:55.219><c> would</c><00:47:55.480><c> have</c><00:47:55.659><c> taken</c><00:47:55.820><c> place.</c> 00:47:56.599 --> 00:47:59.800 There's<00:47:57.019><c> Eli,</c><00:47:58.360><c> there's</c><00:47:58.860><c> Samuel,</c> 00:48:00.059 --> 00:48:01.179 back<00:48:00.219><c> in</c><00:48:00.400><c> the</c><00:48:00.639><c> tabernacle,</c> 00:48:01.420 --> 00:48:04.199 and<00:48:01.500><c> they're</c><00:48:01.760><c> all</c><00:48:02.139><c> racing</c><00:48:02.539><c> back</c><00:48:02.900><c> to</c><00:48:03.260><c> Shiloh.</c> 00:48:04.539 --> 00:48:07.719 Hophni<00:48:04.960><c> and</c><00:48:05.179><c> Phineas</c><00:48:05.619><c> and</c><00:48:05.880><c> all</c><00:48:06.099><c> the</c><00:48:06.280><c> boys</c><00:48:06.679><c> at</c><00:48:07.179><c> the</c><00:48:07.440><c> door</c> 00:48:07.719 --> 00:48:09.260 storm<00:48:08.739><c> in,</c> 00:48:09.420 --> 00:48:11.000 grab<00:48:09.900><c> the</c><00:48:10.199><c> ark</c><00:48:10.340><c> of</c><00:48:10.539><c> the</c><00:48:10.780><c> covenant,</c> 00:48:11.320 --> 00:48:12.179 just<00:48:11.579><c> tear</c><00:48:11.820><c> it</c><00:48:12.019><c> out.</c> 00:48:12.519 --> 00:48:14.699 And<00:48:12.659><c> Eli's</c><00:48:13.159><c> heart</c><00:48:13.420><c> just</c><00:48:13.679><c> got</c><00:48:13.920><c> torn</c><00:48:14.139><c> to</c><00:48:14.360><c> shreds,</c> 00:48:14.719 --> 00:48:15.380 brethren<00:48:15.000><c> and</c><00:48:15.199><c> sisters,</c> 00:48:15.380 --> 00:48:17.360 not<00:48:15.820><c> simply</c><00:48:16.219><c> because</c><00:48:16.480><c> he</c><00:48:16.699><c> knew</c><00:48:17.039><c> now</c> 00:48:17.360 --> 00:48:19.519 that<00:48:17.480><c> God</c><00:48:17.639><c> was</c><00:48:17.860><c> going</c><00:48:18.019><c> to</c><00:48:18.280><c> judge.</c> 00:48:21.420 --> 00:48:23.219 Not<00:48:21.659><c> simply</c><00:48:21.980><c> that</c><00:48:22.159><c> he</c><00:48:22.239><c> knew</c><00:48:22.420><c> that</c><00:48:22.579><c> the</c><00:48:22.800><c> destruction</c> 00:48:23.219 --> 00:48:25.119 of<00:48:23.420><c> the</c><00:48:23.579><c> nation</c><00:48:23.860><c> was</c><00:48:24.079><c> about</c><00:48:24.360><c> to</c><00:48:24.619><c> take</c><00:48:24.840><c> place,</c> 00:48:25.480 --> 00:48:27.820 but<00:48:25.579><c> the</c><00:48:25.940><c> one</c><00:48:26.320><c> precious</c><00:48:26.800><c> thing</c><00:48:27.179><c> in</c><00:48:27.300><c> his</c><00:48:27.539><c> life,</c> 00:48:28.119 --> 00:48:29.780 far<00:48:28.139><c> more</c><00:48:28.460><c> than</c><00:48:28.639><c> even</c><00:48:28.920><c> Hophni</c><00:48:29.280><c> and</c><00:48:29.460><c> Phineas,</c> 00:48:30.079 --> 00:48:33.639 was<00:48:30.260><c> now</c><00:48:30.619><c> torn</c><00:48:31.260><c> apart</c><00:48:32.099><c> from</c><00:48:32.400><c> him.</c> 00:48:34.619 --> 00:48:37.539 The<00:48:34.880><c> symbol</c><00:48:35.199><c> of</c><00:48:35.519><c> Yahweh's</c><00:48:36.139><c> presence,</c> 00:48:38.340 --> 00:48:40.739 robbed<00:48:38.519><c> from</c><00:48:38.800><c> the</c><00:48:39.019><c> tabernacle.</c> 00:48:42.000 --> 00:48:43.619 And<00:48:42.119><c> so,</c><00:48:42.800><c> brethren</c><00:48:43.019><c> and</c><00:48:43.320><c> sisters,</c> 00:48:43.619 --> 00:48:46.579 the<00:48:44.619><c> people</c><00:48:45.039><c> in</c><00:48:45.260><c> verse</c><00:48:45.519><c> four</c><00:48:45.739><c> sent</c><00:48:46.019><c> to</c><00:48:46.360><c> Shiloh</c> 00:48:46.579 --> 00:48:48.539 that<00:48:46.739><c> they</c><00:48:47.019><c> may</c><00:48:47.280><c> bring</c><00:48:47.679><c> from</c><00:48:48.079><c> thence,</c> 00:48:48.539 --> 00:48:49.480 look<00:48:48.699><c> at</c><00:48:48.820><c> this,</c> 00:48:49.820 --> 00:48:51.460 this<00:48:49.960><c> overstated</c><00:48:50.960><c> expression,</c> 00:48:51.960 --> 00:48:55.360 the<00:48:52.199><c> ark</c><00:48:52.679><c> of</c><00:48:53.059><c> the</c><00:48:53.400><c> covenant</c><00:48:53.760><c> of</c><00:48:54.360><c> Yahweh</c><00:48:54.820><c> of</c><00:48:55.079><c> armies</c> 00:48:55.360 --> 00:48:58.179 which<00:48:55.900><c> dwelleth</c><00:48:56.480><c> between</c><00:48:56.800><c> the</c><00:48:57.179><c> Cherubim.</c> 00:48:58.519 --> 00:49:01.159 It's<00:48:59.079><c> almost</c><00:48:59.320><c> like</c><00:48:59.480><c> they're</c><00:48:59.800><c> reciting</c><00:49:00.159><c> Latin.</c> 00:49:03.639 --> 00:49:05.300 It's<00:49:03.880><c> got</c><00:49:04.019><c> some</c><00:49:04.320><c> mystical</c><00:49:04.840><c> sort</c><00:49:05.139><c> of,</c> 00:49:05.300 --> 00:49:05.920 you<00:49:05.340><c> know,</c><00:49:05.579><c> the</c><00:49:05.780><c> ark,</c> 00:49:05.920 --> 00:49:06.679 it's<00:49:06.079><c> a</c><00:49:06.159><c> long</c><00:49:06.360><c> story,</c> 00:49:06.739 --> 00:49:07.659 the<00:49:06.900><c> ark</c><00:49:07.099><c> of</c><00:49:07.300><c> the</c><00:49:07.420><c> covenant,</c> 00:49:07.980 --> 00:49:09.599 you<00:49:08.079><c> know,</c><00:49:08.460><c> all</c><00:49:08.800><c> these</c><00:49:08.960><c> wonderful</c><00:49:09.320><c> things,</c> 00:49:09.599 --> 00:49:13.639 the<00:49:09.860><c> it.</c> 00:49:14.159 --> 00:49:16.940 Hophni<00:49:14.380><c> and</c><00:49:14.599><c> Phineas</c><00:49:14.980><c> rudely</c><00:49:15.400><c> take</c><00:49:15.699><c> out</c><00:49:15.960><c> the</c><00:49:16.199><c> ark.</c> 00:49:17.539 --> 00:49:20.039 When<00:49:17.719><c> the</c><00:49:17.900><c> ark</c><00:49:18.119><c> of</c><00:49:18.400><c> the</c><00:49:18.559><c> covenant</c><00:49:19.179><c> of</c><00:49:19.760><c> Yahweh</c> 00:49:20.039 --> 00:49:20.860 came<00:49:20.320><c> into</c><00:49:20.539><c> the</c><00:49:20.719><c> camp,</c> 00:49:21.199 --> 00:49:23.000 all<00:49:21.280><c> Israel</c><00:49:21.679><c> shouted</c><00:49:22.059><c> with</c><00:49:22.300><c> a</c><00:49:22.500><c> great</c><00:49:22.760><c> shout,</c> 00:49:23.179 --> 00:49:24.900 oh,<00:49:23.460><c> we're</c><00:49:23.619><c> right</c><00:49:23.840><c> now.</c> 00:49:25.000 --> 00:49:27.699 And<00:49:25.199><c> the</c><00:49:25.400><c> Philistines,</c><00:49:26.380><c> they</c><00:49:26.679><c> were</c><00:49:26.960><c> terrified,</c> 00:49:28.000 --> 00:49:29.639 but<00:49:28.260><c> then</c><00:49:28.500><c> they</c><00:49:28.739><c> said,</c><00:49:29.199><c> no,</c> 00:49:30.039 --> 00:49:31.579 we're<00:49:30.360><c> going</c><00:49:30.480><c> to</c><00:49:30.659><c> tuck</c><00:49:30.760><c> this</c><00:49:31.099><c> one</c><00:49:31.260><c> out,</c> 00:49:32.000 --> 00:49:33.199 we're<00:49:32.199><c> not</c><00:49:32.400><c> going</c><00:49:32.559><c> to</c><00:49:32.699><c> be</c><00:49:32.980><c> scared,</c> 00:49:33.400 --> 00:49:34.360 woe<00:49:33.699><c> unto</c><00:49:33.920><c> us,</c> 00:49:34.539 --> 00:49:35.980 who<00:49:34.760><c> shall</c><00:49:34.960><c> deliver</c><00:49:35.260><c> us</c><00:49:35.480><c> out</c><00:49:35.639><c> of</c><00:49:35.719><c> the</c><00:49:35.860><c> hand</c> 00:49:35.980 --> 00:49:37.099 of<00:49:36.179><c> these</c><00:49:36.440><c> mighty</c><00:49:36.760><c> gods,</c> 00:49:37.480 --> 00:49:39.000 the<00:49:37.639><c> ones</c><00:49:37.900><c> that</c><00:49:38.179><c> smoke</c><00:49:38.380><c> the</c><00:49:38.659><c> Egyptians,</c> 00:49:39.000 --> 00:49:40.260 but<00:49:39.360><c> look,</c><00:49:39.860><c> verse</c><00:49:39.980><c> 9,</c> 00:49:40.300 --> 00:49:42.780 be<00:49:40.559><c> strong</c><00:49:41.159><c> and</c><00:49:41.699><c> quit</c><00:49:41.960><c> yourselves,</c> 00:49:43.099 --> 00:49:44.599 like<00:49:43.340><c> men</c><00:49:43.699><c> are</c><00:49:43.880><c> you</c><00:49:44.099><c> Philistines,</c> 00:49:44.840 --> 00:49:46.699 we're<00:49:45.059><c> not</c><00:49:45.219><c> going</c><00:49:45.360><c> to</c><00:49:45.380><c> give</c><00:49:45.579><c> in</c><00:49:45.719><c> to</c><00:49:46.159><c> the</c><00:49:46.320><c> Hebrews,</c> 00:49:47.079 --> 00:49:48.880 we're<00:49:47.360><c> going</c><00:49:47.920><c> to</c><00:49:47.980><c> win.</c> 00:49:49.719 --> 00:49:51.880 And<00:49:49.820><c> the</c><00:49:50.000><c> Philistines</c><00:49:50.500><c> fought,</c> 00:49:53.139 --> 00:49:55.559 and<00:49:53.340><c> Israel</c><00:49:53.860><c> was</c><00:49:54.280><c> smitten,</c> 00:49:56.719 --> 00:49:59.460 and<00:49:57.000><c> they</c><00:49:57.280><c> fled</c><00:49:57.440><c> every</c><00:49:57.820><c> man</c><00:49:58.059><c> into</c><00:49:58.280><c> his</c><00:49:58.599><c> tent.</c> 00:49:59.599 --> 00:50:01.940 There<00:49:59.780><c> was</c><00:50:00.039><c> a</c><00:50:00.159><c> very</c><00:50:00.539><c> great</c><00:50:00.860><c> slaughter,</c> 00:50:02.780 --> 00:50:06.300 30<00:50:03.420><c>,000</c><00:50:04.059><c> men</c><00:50:04.940><c> died.</c> 00:50:08.920 --> 00:50:10.420 Verse<00:50:09.420><c> 12,</c> 00:50:10.539 --> 00:50:12.420 There<00:50:10.539><c> ran</c><00:50:10.739><c> a</c><00:50:10.940><c> man</c><00:50:11.099><c> of</c><00:50:11.260><c> Benjamin</c><00:50:11.619><c> out</c><00:50:11.860><c> of</c><00:50:12.000><c> the</c><00:50:12.219><c> army,</c> 00:50:12.519 --> 00:50:14.300 and<00:50:12.659><c> came</c><00:50:12.880><c> to</c><00:50:13.199><c> Shiloh</c><00:50:13.480><c> the</c><00:50:13.760><c> same</c><00:50:14.039><c> day</c> 00:50:14.300 --> 00:50:15.360 with<00:50:14.460><c> his</c><00:50:14.760><c> clothes</c><00:50:15.019><c> rent,</c> 00:50:15.480 --> 00:50:17.639 and<00:50:15.539><c> with</c><00:50:15.679><c> his</c><00:50:15.880><c> earth</c><00:50:16.059><c> upon</c><00:50:16.340><c> his</c><00:50:16.619><c> head.</c> 00:50:18.059 --> 00:50:19.960 There<00:50:18.219><c> was</c><00:50:18.480><c> Eli</c><00:50:18.780><c> sitting</c><00:50:19.099><c> upon</c><00:50:19.440><c> a</c><00:50:19.739><c> seat</c> 00:50:19.960 --> 00:50:21.719 by<00:50:20.300><c> the</c><00:50:20.480><c> wayside</c><00:50:21.219><c> watching,</c> 00:50:21.800 --> 00:50:22.739 although<00:50:22.019><c> he</c><00:50:22.139><c> couldn't</c><00:50:22.440><c> watch,</c> 00:50:22.739 --> 00:50:24.360 he<00:50:22.860><c> was</c><00:50:23.179><c> blind,</c> 00:50:25.039 --> 00:50:28.039 for<00:50:25.179><c> his</c><00:50:25.440><c> heart</c><00:50:25.820><c> trembled</c><00:50:26.739><c> for</c><00:50:27.199><c> the</c><00:50:27.440><c> ark</c><00:50:27.619><c> of</c><00:50:27.860><c> God.</c> 00:50:28.480 --> 00:50:30.179 Notice<00:50:28.980><c> that</c><00:50:29.159><c> it's</c><00:50:29.239><c> now</c><00:50:29.420><c> the</c><00:50:29.579><c> ark</c><00:50:29.780><c> of</c><00:50:30.000><c> God,</c> 00:50:30.260 --> 00:50:32.400 that's<00:50:30.599><c> normally</c><00:50:31.320><c> the</c><00:50:31.579><c> normal</c><00:50:31.820><c> expression,</c> 00:50:32.719 --> 00:50:36.280 not<00:50:32.840><c> the</c><00:50:33.079><c> ark</c><00:50:33.320><c> of,</c><00:50:35.320><c> you</c><00:50:35.320><c> know,</c> 00:50:36.619 --> 00:50:38.679 the<00:50:37.099><c> man</c><00:50:37.300><c> came</c><00:50:37.539><c> into</c><00:50:37.739><c> the</c><00:50:37.940><c> city</c><00:50:38.099><c> and</c><00:50:38.360><c> told</c><00:50:38.559><c> it,</c> 00:50:38.699 --> 00:50:41.480 all<00:50:38.920><c> the</c><00:50:39.039><c> city</c><00:50:39.199><c> cried</c><00:50:39.619><c> out,</c> 00:50:42.039 --> 00:50:42.719 and<00:50:42.239><c> Eli</c><00:50:42.420><c> there,</c> 00:50:42.760 --> 00:50:43.280 verse<00:50:42.960><c> 14,</c> 00:50:43.420 --> 00:50:44.619 this<00:50:43.500><c> broken</c><00:50:43.880><c> man,</c> 00:50:45.059 --> 00:50:46.559 Eli<00:50:45.340><c> heard</c><00:50:45.599><c> the</c><00:50:45.780><c> noise</c><00:50:46.000><c> of</c><00:50:46.179><c> the</c><00:50:46.380><c> crying,</c> 00:50:46.820 --> 00:50:47.679 what's<00:50:47.239><c> all</c><00:50:47.360><c> this</c><00:50:47.559><c> about,</c> 00:50:47.679 --> 00:50:48.820 what's<00:50:47.940><c> happening?</c> 00:50:49.380 --> 00:50:50.059 Verse<00:50:49.619><c> 15,</c> 00:50:50.139 --> 00:50:51.739 he<00:50:50.179><c> was</c><00:50:50.400><c> 98</c><00:50:50.960><c> years</c><00:50:51.400><c> old,</c> 00:50:51.840 --> 00:50:52.860 and<00:50:51.960><c> his</c><00:50:52.079><c> eyes</c><00:50:52.340><c> were</c><00:50:52.659><c> dim,</c> 00:50:52.900 --> 00:50:55.280 that<00:50:53.019><c> he</c><00:50:53.099><c> could</c><00:50:53.360><c> not</c><00:50:53.679><c> see.</c> 00:50:56.960 --> 00:50:57.840 Verse<00:50:57.219><c> 16,</c> 00:50:58.079 --> 00:50:59.900 here<00:50:58.280><c> it</c><00:50:58.440><c> is,</c> 00:51:00.679 --> 00:51:02.420 and<00:51:00.860><c> the</c><00:51:01.099><c> Benjamite</c><00:51:01.619><c> said</c><00:51:01.880><c> to</c><00:51:02.139><c> Eli,</c> 00:51:02.420 --> 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God</c><00:51:23.599><c> is</c><00:51:25.159><c> taken.</c> 00:51:30.820 --> 00:51:32.380 And<00:51:31.260><c> to</c><00:51:31.699><c> his</c><00:51:32.079><c> credit,</c> 00:51:32.659 --> 00:51:35.599 I<00:51:32.679><c> suppose</c><00:51:32.940><c> in</c><00:51:33.099><c> his</c><00:51:33.920><c> last</c><00:51:34.400><c> moments,</c> 00:51:36.539 --> 00:51:38.440 it<00:51:36.780><c> came</c><00:51:36.960><c> to</c><00:51:37.260><c> pass</c><00:51:37.519><c> when</c><00:51:37.679><c> he</c><00:51:37.900><c> made</c><00:51:38.099><c> mention</c> 00:51:38.440 --> 00:51:40.840 of<00:51:38.619><c> the</c><00:51:38.840><c> ark</c><00:51:39.019><c> of</c><00:51:39.320><c> God,</c> 00:51:42.360 --> 00:51:43.079 but<00:51:42.480><c> that</c><00:51:42.619><c> was</c><00:51:42.820><c> too</c><00:51:43.019><c> much,</c> 00:51:43.099 --> 00:51:44.920 it<00:51:43.199><c> wasn't</c><00:51:43.500><c> the</c><00:51:43.699><c> Hophnai</c><00:51:44.039><c> and</c><00:51:44.179><c> Phineas</c><00:51:44.460><c> news</c> 00:51:44.920 --> 00:51:46.619 that<00:51:45.400><c> broke</c><00:51:45.739><c> Eli,</c> 00:51:47.039 --> 00:51:48.960 it<00:51:47.219><c> was</c><00:51:47.420><c> the</c><00:51:47.619><c> ark</c><00:51:47.760><c> of</c><00:51:48.019><c> God,</c> 00:51:49.599 --> 00:51:51.340 that<00:51:49.719><c> he</c><00:51:49.920><c> fell</c><00:51:50.119><c> from</c><00:51:50.380><c> off</c><00:51:50.579><c> the</c><00:51:50.800><c> seat</c><00:51:50.960><c> backward</c> 00:51:51.340 --> 00:51:52.539 by<00:51:51.619><c> the</c><00:51:51.880><c> side</c><00:51:52.039><c> of</c><00:51:52.219><c> the</c><00:51:52.420><c> gate,</c> 00:51:52.619 --> 00:51:53.619 and<00:51:52.739><c> his</c><00:51:52.880><c> neck</c><00:51:53.099><c> broke,</c> 00:51:53.619 --> 00:51:54.800 and<00:51:54.260><c> he</c><00:51:54.420><c> died,</c> 00:51:54.940 --> 00:51:57.239 for<00:51:55.000><c> he</c><00:51:55.039><c> was</c><00:51:55.199><c> an</c><00:51:55.340><c> old</c><00:51:55.539><c> man</c><00:51:55.920><c> and</c><00:51:56.260><c> overweight,</c> 00:51:57.539 --> 00:52:00.500 he<00:51:57.679><c> judged</c><00:51:57.960><c> Israel</c><00:51:58.380><c> for</c><00:51:58.739><c> 40</c><00:51:59.099><c> years.</c> 00:52:01.480 --> 00:52:03.159 And<00:52:01.619><c> brothers</c><00:52:01.760><c> and</c><00:52:02.000><c> sisters,</c> 00:52:03.940 --> 00:52:06.539 this<00:52:04.039><c> rah</c><00:52:04.380><c>-rah</c><00:52:04.519><c> to</c><00:52:04.760><c> bum</c><00:52:04.960><c>-dee</c><00:52:05.119><c>-ay</c><00:52:05.280><c> ecclesia</c> 00:52:07.599 --> 00:52:09.139 was<00:52:08.119><c> destroyed,</c> 00:52:09.800 --> 00:52:11.719 so<00:52:09.940><c> much</c><00:52:10.159><c> so</c><00:52:10.420><c> that</c><00:52:10.599><c> even</c><00:52:10.940><c> Phineas'</c><00:52:11.500><c> wife</c> 00:52:11.719 --> 00:52:14.320 was<00:52:11.900><c> about</c><00:52:12.159><c> to</c><00:52:12.360><c> give</c><00:52:12.559><c> birth</c><00:52:12.760><c> 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is</c><00:52:45.679><c> what</c><00:52:45.940><c> Ichabod</c><00:52:46.480><c> means.</c> 00:52:46.760 --> 00:52:47.360 That's<00:52:46.940><c> what</c><00:52:47.059><c> it</c><00:52:47.239><c> means.</c> 00:52:47.400 --> 00:52:48.619 That's<00:52:47.739><c> literally</c><00:52:48.039><c> the</c><00:52:48.440><c> word.</c> 00:52:48.659 --> 00:52:51.239 She<00:52:48.960><c> sensed</c><00:52:49.360><c> that</c><00:52:49.480><c> Israel</c><00:52:49.780><c> had</c><00:52:50.000><c> no</c><00:52:50.300><c> hope</c><00:52:50.519><c> now.</c> 00:52:51.239 --> 00:52:54.340 Even<00:52:51.980><c> though</c><00:52:52.179><c> she's</c><00:52:52.519><c> married</c><00:52:52.780><c> to</c><00:52:53.000><c> a</c><00:52:53.260><c> fool,</c> 00:52:54.880 --> 00:52:56.559 her<00:52:55.079><c> affections</c><00:52:55.519><c> were</c><00:52:55.699><c> more</c><00:52:56.019><c> towards</c> 00:52:56.559 --> 00:52:58.019 the<00:52:56.960><c> honor</c><00:52:57.139><c> of</c><00:52:57.440><c> Yahweh</c> 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God</c><00:53:15.719><c> willing,</c> 00:53:15.960 --> 00:53:16.500 we're<00:53:16.039><c> going</c><00:53:16.199><c> to</c><00:53:16.340><c> show,</c> 00:53:16.559 --> 00:53:17.719 we<00:53:16.880><c> wanted</c><00:53:17.079><c> to</c><00:53:17.239><c> do</c><00:53:17.320><c> it</c><00:53:17.480><c> today,</c> 00:53:17.739 --> 00:53:18.719 we<00:53:17.820><c> didn't</c><00:53:17.960><c> quite</c><00:53:18.199><c> get</c><00:53:18.460><c> there,</c> 00:53:18.719 --> 00:53:20.639 we're<00:53:19.039><c> going</c><00:53:19.159><c> to</c><00:53:19.480><c> show</c> 00:53:20.719 --> 00:53:23.820 that<00:53:21.260><c> the</c><00:53:21.579><c> timing</c><00:53:21.920><c> of</c><00:53:22.239><c> these</c><00:53:22.500><c> events</c> 00:53:24.360 --> 00:53:26.480 was<00:53:25.000><c> at</c><00:53:25.159><c> one</c><00:53:25.260><c> of</c><00:53:25.400><c> the</c><00:53:25.739><c> high</c><00:53:26.079><c> points</c> 00:53:26.480 --> 00:53:28.599 in<00:53:26.960><c> Israel's</c><00:53:27.739><c> calendar.</c> 00:53:29.320 --> 00:53:31.340 God<00:53:29.559><c> is</c><00:53:29.840><c> no</c><00:53:30.059><c> respecter</c><00:53:30.719><c> of</c><00:53:30.880><c> persons</c> 00:53:31.340 --> 00:53:33.900 and<00:53:31.860><c> no</c><00:53:32.139><c> respecter</c><00:53:32.699><c> of</c><00:53:32.840><c> even</c><00:53:33.019><c> his</c><00:53:33.360><c> calendar</c> 00:53:33.900 --> 00:53:36.300 that<00:53:34.559><c> we</c><00:53:34.860><c> can</c><00:53:35.219><c> think</c><00:53:35.440><c> that</c><00:53:35.619><c> we</c><00:53:35.780><c> can</c><00:53:36.019><c> hide</c> 00:53:36.300 --> 00:53:38.420 behind<00:53:36.739><c> some</c><00:53:36.960><c> sort</c><00:53:37.199><c> of</c><00:53:37.460><c> artifacts</c> 00:53:38.599 --> 00:53:40.280 of<00:53:38.920><c> feast</c><00:53:39.300><c> days,</c> 00:53:40.659 --> 00:53:42.039 of<00:53:40.800><c> ark</c><00:53:41.019><c> of</c><00:53:41.199><c> the</c><00:53:41.460><c> covenants,</c> 00:53:42.500 --> 00:53:43.780 of<00:53:42.840><c> strong</c><00:53:43.079><c> ecclesias,</c> 00:53:44.039 --> 00:53:45.019 of<00:53:44.360><c> strong</c><00:53:44.579><c> brethren.</c> 00:53:45.500 --> 00:53:48.460 We<00:53:45.980><c> are</c><00:53:46.219><c> not</c><00:53:46.460><c> spectators.</c> 00:53:49.179 --> 00:53:51.880 Salvation<00:53:49.659><c> is</c><00:53:49.880><c> an</c><00:53:50.139><c> individual</c><00:53:50.599><c> thing</c> 00:53:51.920 --> 00:53:54.320 of<00:53:52.400><c> which</c><00:53:52.559><c> we</c><00:53:52.760><c> are</c><00:53:52.900><c> all</c><00:53:53.139><c> participants.</c> 00:54:06.260 --> 00:54:07.480 Thank<00:54:06.739><c> you,</c><00:54:06.940><c> Brother</c><00:54:07.099><c> Bruce.</c> 00:54:07.820 --> 00:54:09.760 We'll<00:54:07.940><c> be</c><00:54:08.139><c> back</c><00:54:08.260><c> with</c><00:54:08.500><c> Brother</c><00:54:08.739><c> Brian</c><00:54:09.019><c> in</c><00:54:09.219><c> 10</c><00:54:09.420><c> minutes,</c> 00:54:09.760 --> 00:54:12.119 so<00:54:10.079><c> please</c><00:54:10.300><c> be</c><00:54:10.420><c> in</c><00:54:10.539><c> your</c><00:54:10.639><c> seats</c><00:54:10.780><c> by</c><00:54:11.000><c> 10</c><00:54:11.219><c> o</c><00:54:11.380><c>'clock.</c> 00:54:19.119 --> 00:54:20.260 Oh,<00:54:19.599><c> what's</c><00:54:19.900><c> in</c><00:54:19.980><c> there,</c><00:54:20.139><c> though?</c> 00:54:20.260 --> 00:54:22.099 These<00:54:20.380><c> are</c><00:54:20.539><c> goblins?</c> 00:54:22.360 --> 00:54:23.460 I<00:54:22.360><c> knew</c><00:54:22.539><c> that.</c> 00:54:26.219 --> 00:54:27.760 Box<00:54:26.699><c> speed,</c><00:54:27.119><c> yeah.</c> 00:54:29.179 --> 00:54:29.780 Box<00:54:29.519><c> speed.</c> 00:54:30.019 --> 00:54:31.539 I'm<00:54:30.079><c> sure</c><00:54:30.300><c> I</c><00:54:30.460><c> know</c><00:54:30.559><c> there's</c><00:54:30.760><c> something</c><00:54:30.900><c> behind</c><00:54:31.300><c> it.</c> 00:54:31.639 --> 00:54:33.219 You<00:54:31.719><c> got</c><00:54:31.860><c> to</c><00:54:32.019><c> be</c><00:54:32.019><c> kidding</c><00:54:32.199><c> me.</c> 00:54:33.719 --> 00:54:34.679 Look<00:54:34.000><c> out.</c> 00:54:35.760 --> 00:54:37.460 The<00:54:36.239><c> second</c><00:54:36.639><c> pair</c><00:54:36.980><c> of</c><00:54:37.199><c> goblins.</c> 00:54:37.679 --> 00:54:38.679 Get<00:54:37.920><c> in</c><00:54:38.039><c> there.</c> 00:54:39.039 --> 00:54:39.920 Just<00:54:39.519><c> watch.</c> 00:54:39.920 --> 00:54:43.920 Look<00:54:40.739><c> out.</c> 00:54:43.920 --> 00:54:45.199 Look<00:54:43.920><c> out.</c> 00:55:43.920 --> 00:55:48.440 All<00:55:44.239><c> the</c><00:55:44.559><c> boys</c><00:55:44.880><c> went</c><00:55:45.300><c> to</c><00:55:45.519><c> the</c><00:55:45.719><c> following</c><00:55:45.960><c> meetings</c><00:55:46.619><c> and</c><00:55:48.079><c> some</c> 00:55:48.440 --> 00:55:50.019 of<00:55:48.699><c> them,</c><00:55:49.219><c> and</c><00:55:49.400><c> some</c><00:55:49.619><c> of</c><00:55:49.800><c> them</c><00:55:49.840><c> didn't</c> 00:55:50.019 --> 00:55:52.179 sit<00:55:50.179><c> down</c><00:55:50.400><c> and</c><00:55:50.420><c> said,</c><00:55:50.780><c> I</c><00:55:50.780><c> can't</c><00:55:51.000><c> wait</c><00:55:51.139><c> to</c><00:55:51.260><c> do</c><00:55:51.340><c> it.</c> 00:55:52.840 --> 00:55:54.840 Yeah,<00:55:53.260><c> they</c><00:55:53.639><c> were,</c><00:55:54.039><c> they</c><00:55:54.179><c> were</c><00:55:54.179><c> probably</c><00:55:54.179><c> a</c><00:55:54.260><c> hundred</c><00:55:54.579><c> people</c> 00:55:54.840 --> 00:55:55.260 in<00:55:54.940><c> the</c><00:55:55.059><c> audience.</c> 00:55:55.679 --> 00:55:57.260 Give<00:55:56.039><c> me</c><00:55:56.460><c> some!</c> 00:55:57.860 --> 00:55:58.860 You<00:55:58.360><c> know?</c> 00:55:59.159 --> 00:56:03.280 You<00:55:59.420><c> know,</c><00:55:59.639><c> they</c><00:55:59.880><c> sat</c><00:55:59.880><c> down</c><00:56:00.179><c> and</c><00:56:00.480><c> said,</c><00:56:01.280><c> OK,</c><00:56:01.500><c> I</c><00:56:02.059><c> want</c><00:56:02.260><c> to,</c><00:56:02.539><c> I</c><00:56:02.820><c> want</c><00:56:02.960><c> to,</c><00:56:03.280><c> I</c> 00:56:03.280 --> 00:56:04.239 want<00:56:03.280><c> to</c><00:56:03.320><c> do</c><00:56:03.360><c> it.</c> 00:56:04.340 --> 00:56:06.280 And<00:56:04.340><c> a</c><00:56:04.860><c> lot</c><00:56:05.079><c> of</c><00:56:05.280><c> them</c><00:56:05.500><c> didn't.</c> 00:56:35.900 --> 00:56:39.980 I<00:56:36.380><c> think</c><00:56:36.619><c> Oregn</c><00:56:36.860><c> is,</c><00:56:37.139><c> um,</c><00:56:39.099><c> cleaning</c><00:56:39.320><c> out</c><00:56:39.679><c> Charlotte.</c> 00:56:40.119 --> 00:56:42.099 I<00:56:40.599><c> don't</c><00:56:40.599><c> think</c><00:56:40.599><c> Oregn</c><00:56:41.119><c> is</c><00:56:41.199><c> in</c><00:56:41.199><c> the</c><00:56:41.500><c> room.</c> 00:56:42.119 --> 00:56:43.800 I<00:56:42.599><c> don't</c><00:56:42.599><c> know.</c> 00:56:43.820 --> 00:56:45.139 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--> 00:57:38.500 I<00:57:37.659><c> don't</c><00:57:38.500><c> know.</c> 00:57:38.940 --> 00:57:39.519 I<00:57:38.960><c> don't</c><00:57:39.420><c> know.</c> 00:57:39.539 --> 00:57:39.920 I<00:57:39.579><c> don't</c><00:57:39.719><c> know.</c> 00:57:40.300 --> 00:57:43.000 I<00:57:40.300><c> don't</c><00:57:43.000><c> know.</c> 00:57:43.000 --> 00:57:43.519 I<00:57:43.000><c> don't</c><00:57:43.300><c> know.</c> 00:57:43.559 --> 00:57:44.239 I<00:57:43.739><c> don't</c><00:57:43.739><c> know.</c>