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inner<00:11:09.320><c> court.</c>

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Now<00:11:09.919><c> in</c><00:11:10.259><c> chapter</c><00:11:10.659><c> six,</c><00:11:11.980><c> when</c><00:11:12.259><c> Haman</c><00:11:12.720><c> comes</c><00:11:13.220><c> to</c><00:11:13.460><c> the</c><00:11:13.519><c> king</c><00:11:14.179><c> seeking</c><00:11:15.220><c> for</c>

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his<00:11:15.740><c> permission</c><00:11:16.259><c> to</c><00:11:16.399><c> put</c><00:11:16.620><c> Mordecai</c>

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because<00:11:21.120><c> no</c><00:11:21.440><c> one,</c><00:11:22.360><c> absolutely</c><00:11:22.820><c> no</c><00:11:23.220><c> one</c>

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court<00:11:26.919><c> unless</c><00:11:27.480><c> the</c><00:11:27.799><c> king</c><00:11:28.000><c> has</c><00:11:28.320><c> first</c>

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So<00:11:30.379><c> even</c><00:11:30.740><c> mighty</c><00:11:31.080><c> Haman,</c><00:11:31.779><c> second</c><00:11:32.000><c> in</c><00:11:32.320><c> command,</c><00:11:32.759><c> prime</c><00:11:32.980><c> minister</c><00:11:33.360><c> as</c><00:11:33.559><c> he</c>

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was,<00:11:34.740><c> has</c><00:11:34.820><c> to</c><00:11:35.059><c> wait</c><00:11:35.240><c> in</c><00:11:35.440><c> the</c><00:11:35.620><c> outer</c>

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court,<00:11:37.179><c> but</c><00:11:37.500><c> not</c><00:11:37.740><c> Esther.</c>

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The<00:11:39.460><c> king</c><00:11:39.720><c> sits</c><00:11:40.039><c> on</c><00:11:40.200><c> his</c><00:11:40.419><c> royal</c><00:11:40.639><c> throne,</c><00:11:41.100><c> he's</c><00:11:41.360><c> still</c><00:11:41.600><c> some</c>

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distance<00:11:42.279><c> away.</c>

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Very<00:11:42.919><c> likely</c><00:11:43.019><c> he</c><00:11:43.220><c> could</c><00:11:43.600><c> see</c><00:11:44.399><c> the</c><00:11:45.100><c> inner</c><00:11:45.399><c> court,</c><00:11:46.759><c> but</c><00:11:47.019><c> there</c>

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would<00:11:47.360><c> be</c><00:11:47.519><c> no</c><00:11:47.740><c> communication</c><00:11:48.500><c> between</c>

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the<00:11:49.139><c> king</c><00:11:49.399><c> and</c><00:11:49.720><c> Esther.</c>

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There<00:11:50.779><c> would</c><00:11:50.980><c> be</c><00:11:51.120><c> no</c><00:11:51.360><c> opportunity</c><00:11:51.919><c> for</c><00:11:52.139><c> her</c><00:11:52.299><c> to</c><00:11:52.519><c> make</c><00:11:52.679><c> an</c><00:11:52.899><c> appeal,</c><00:11:53.480><c> to</c>

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explain<00:11:54.500><c> to</c><00:11:54.720><c> him</c><00:11:54.899><c> why</c><00:11:55.139><c> she</c><00:11:55.299><c> was</c><00:11:55.519><c> there.</c>

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You<00:11:58.139><c> can</c><00:11:58.360><c> imagine</c><00:11:58.960><c> her</c><00:11:59.379><c> heart</c><00:11:59.700><c> rate.</c>

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And<00:12:01.080><c> walk</c><00:12:01.500><c> with</c><00:12:01.799><c> her</c><00:12:02.580><c> as</c><00:12:02.799><c> she</c><00:12:03.000><c> goes</c><00:12:03.279><c> into</c><00:12:03.639><c> the</c><00:12:03.879><c> king's</c><00:12:04.299><c> palace,</c>

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and<00:12:05.299><c> she</c><00:12:05.419><c> goes</c><00:12:05.700><c> through</c><00:12:06.159><c> the</c><00:12:06.460><c> outer</c><00:12:06.740><c> court,</c>

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and<00:12:07.620><c> she</c><00:12:07.879><c> stands</c><00:12:08.419><c> now</c><00:12:08.840><c> in</c><00:12:09.059><c> the</c><00:12:09.259><c> inner</c><00:12:09.559><c> court</c><00:12:09.779><c> with</c><00:12:10.000><c> her</c><00:12:10.259><c> life</c>

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hanging<00:12:11.200><c> in</c><00:12:11.460><c> the</c><00:12:11.659><c> balance.</c>

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This<00:12:13.039><c> is</c><00:12:13.360><c> a</c><00:12:13.559><c> real</c><00:12:14.220><c> young</c><00:12:14.940><c> sister</c><00:12:15.720><c> who</c><00:12:16.399><c> took</c><00:12:16.700><c> real</c><00:12:17.519><c> steps</c><00:12:18.200><c> in</c><00:12:18.879><c> a</c>

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real<00:12:19.860><c> palace</c><00:12:20.559><c> with</c><00:12:21.360><c> her</c><00:12:21.659><c> life</c><00:12:22.259><c> really</c>

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at<00:12:23.580><c> stake.</c>

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If<00:12:25.460><c> he</c><00:12:25.740><c> fails</c><00:12:26.200><c> to</c><00:12:26.480><c> extend</c><00:12:26.779><c> the</c><00:12:27.039><c> scepter</c><00:12:27.320><c> to</c><00:12:27.559><c> her,</c><00:12:28.039><c> she</c><00:12:28.179><c> will</c><00:12:28.460><c> be</c>

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whisked<00:12:29.139><c> away,</c><00:12:29.940><c> her</c><00:12:30.159><c> life</c><00:12:30.480><c> will</c><00:12:30.799><c> end.</c>

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You<00:12:31.720><c> see,</c><00:12:31.860><c> God</c><00:12:32.139><c> puts</c><00:12:32.460><c> us</c><00:12:32.679><c> in</c><00:12:32.779><c> these</c><00:12:33.019><c> situations.</c>

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Faith<00:12:34.080><c> is</c><00:12:34.440><c> not</c><00:12:34.659><c> all</c><00:12:35.039><c> mental.</c>

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There<00:12:36.820><c> comes</c><00:12:37.320><c> a</c><00:12:37.639><c> time</c><00:12:38.320><c> when</c><00:12:39.220><c> God</c><00:12:39.559><c> asks</c><00:12:40.000><c> us</c><00:12:40.559><c> to</c><00:12:41.080><c> literally</c><00:12:41.740><c> take</c>

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even<00:12:48.299><c> though</c><00:12:48.679><c> it</c><00:12:48.879><c> may</c><00:12:49.179><c> put</c><00:12:49.320><c> us</c><00:12:49.639><c> in</c><00:12:49.799><c> a</c><00:12:50.080><c> very</c><00:12:50.559><c> vulnerable</c><00:12:51.340><c> or</c><00:12:52.019><c> a</c>

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very<00:12:52.879><c> difficult</c><00:12:53.480><c> situation.</c>

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We<00:12:56.360><c> can</c><00:12:56.620><c> pray</c><00:12:56.879><c> about</c><00:12:57.320><c> these</c><00:12:57.519><c> things,</c><00:12:57.960><c> we</c><00:12:58.080><c> can</c><00:12:58.320><c> ask</c><00:12:58.620><c> for</c><00:12:58.840><c> God's</c>

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help,<00:12:59.700><c> we</c><00:12:59.820><c> can</c><00:13:00.139><c> confess</c><00:13:00.480><c> our</c><00:13:00.820><c> sin,</c><00:13:01.240><c> and</c>

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all<00:13:01.840><c> of</c><00:13:01.919><c> those</c><00:13:02.080><c> are</c><00:13:02.240><c> necessary.</c>

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But<00:13:03.779><c> there</c><00:13:03.980><c> comes</c><00:13:04.259><c> a</c><00:13:04.500><c> time</c><00:13:05.240><c> when</c><00:13:05.960><c> we</c><00:13:06.179><c> actually</c><00:13:06.720><c> and</c><00:13:07.360><c> literally</c>

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have<00:13:08.259><c> to</c><00:13:08.539><c> walk</c><00:13:08.779><c> the</c><00:13:08.980><c> steps</c><00:13:09.279><c> of</c><00:13:09.440><c> faith.</c>

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Once<00:13:11.980><c> again,</c><00:13:12.820><c> character</c><00:13:12.820><c> is</c><00:13:13.220><c> the</c><00:13:13.519><c> issue.</c>

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It's<00:13:14.100><c> been</c><00:13:14.379><c> five</c><00:13:14.720><c> years</c><00:13:15.120><c> since</c><00:13:15.379><c> Esther</c><00:13:15.720><c> was</c><00:13:15.940><c> selected</c><00:13:16.320><c> by</c><00:13:16.580><c> the</c><00:13:16.720><c> king.</c>

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She<00:13:17.659><c> now</c><00:13:18.019><c> stands</c><00:13:18.299><c> before</c><00:13:18.740><c> him,</c><00:13:19.120><c> she</c><00:13:19.279><c> doesn't</c><00:13:19.580><c> say</c><00:13:19.919><c> a</c><00:13:20.120><c> word,</c>

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and<00:13:22.159><c> once</c><00:13:22.639><c> more</c><00:13:23.220><c> her</c><00:13:24.100><c> character</c><00:13:25.240><c> endears</c>

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her<00:13:26.700><c> to</c><00:13:26.899><c> the</c><00:13:27.059><c> king.</c>

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found<00:13:31.539><c> favor,</c><00:13:32.360><c> or</c><00:13:32.559><c> grace</c><00:13:32.980><c> is</c><00:13:33.240><c> the</c><00:13:33.419><c> word,</c>

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in<00:13:34.299><c> his</c><00:13:34.639><c> sight,</c><00:13:35.720><c> and</c><00:13:35.879><c> he</c><00:13:36.159><c> held</c><00:13:36.360><c> out</c><00:13:36.679><c> to</c><00:13:36.940><c> Esther</c><00:13:37.080><c> the</c><00:13:37.299><c> golden</c><00:13:37.720><c> scepter</c><00:13:38.059><c> that</c><00:13:38.179><c> was</c><00:13:38.340><c> in</c>

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his<00:13:38.720><c> hand.</c>

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It's<00:13:39.580><c> the</c><00:13:39.759><c> exact</c><00:13:40.360><c> same</c><00:13:40.799><c> response</c><00:13:41.419><c> that</c><00:13:41.639><c> we</c><00:13:41.840><c> read</c><00:13:42.000><c> of</c><00:13:42.159><c> back</c><00:13:42.440><c> in</c>

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chapter<00:13:42.960><c> 2</c><00:13:43.720><c> when</c><00:13:44.100><c> Esther</c><00:13:44.460><c> was</c><00:13:44.740><c> selected</c>

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to<00:13:45.279><c> be</c><00:13:45.440><c> the</c><00:13:45.620><c> queen.</c>

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That<00:13:47.740><c> which</c><00:13:48.019><c> first</c><00:13:48.519><c> attracted</c><00:13:49.019><c> the</c><00:13:49.279><c> king</c><00:13:49.679><c> to</c><00:13:50.000><c> her</c><00:13:51.259><c> continues</c><00:13:52.139><c> to.</c>

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Her<00:13:54.500><c> character</c><00:13:54.919><c> was</c><00:13:55.200><c> the</c><00:13:55.299><c> reason</c><00:13:55.580><c> she</c><00:13:55.759><c> was</c><00:13:56.059><c> chosen</c><00:13:56.379><c> as</c><00:13:56.700><c> queen,</c>

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now<00:13:57.500><c> it</c><00:13:57.700><c> is</c><00:13:57.879><c> her</c><00:13:58.240><c> character</c><00:13:58.879><c> that</c><00:13:59.799><c> will</c>

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help<00:14:00.299><c> save</c><00:14:00.679><c> her</c><00:14:00.919><c> people.</c>

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Imagine,<00:14:02.899><c> five</c><00:14:03.320><c> years</c><00:14:03.639><c> later,</c><00:14:04.539><c> and</c><00:14:04.740><c> her</c><00:14:05.080><c> character</c><00:14:05.500><c> has</c><00:14:05.820><c> not</c>

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changed,<00:14:07.440><c> put</c><00:14:07.700><c> yourself</c><00:14:08.080><c> in</c><00:14:08.200><c> her</c><00:14:08.419><c> position.</c>

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As<00:14:10.120><c> queen</c><00:14:10.559><c> of</c><00:14:10.899><c> the</c><00:14:11.120><c> world,</c><00:14:11.639><c> what</c><00:14:11.980><c> has</c><00:14:12.179><c> she</c><00:14:12.519><c> had</c><00:14:13.000><c> available</c><00:14:13.840><c> to</c><00:14:14.179><c> her?</c>

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What<00:14:17.019><c> line</c><00:14:17.340><c> of</c><00:14:17.700><c> credit?</c>

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What<00:14:19.519><c> stores?</c>

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All<00:14:21.500><c> the</c><00:14:21.799><c> things</c><00:14:22.000><c> that</c><00:14:22.200><c> this</c><00:14:22.480><c> world</c><00:14:22.700><c> has</c><00:14:23.159><c> to</c><00:14:23.379><c> offer</c><00:14:23.980><c> that</c><00:14:25.240><c> are</c>

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so<00:14:25.720><c> attractive</c><00:14:26.259><c> to</c><00:14:26.500><c> women,</c><00:14:26.840><c> especially</c>

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when<00:14:28.200><c> they're</c><00:14:28.419><c> in</c><00:14:28.700><c> positions</c><00:14:29.200><c> of</c><00:14:29.539><c> that</c><00:14:29.840><c> kind</c><00:14:30.100><c> of</c><00:14:30.340><c> power</c><00:14:30.679><c> and</c><00:14:31.019><c> authority.</c>

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She<00:14:32.080><c> had</c><00:14:32.440><c> it</c><00:14:32.759><c> all,</c><00:14:34.240><c> and</c><00:14:35.580><c> it</c><00:14:36.019><c> didn't</c><00:14:36.419><c> change</c><00:14:37.059><c> her</c><00:14:37.440><c> character.</c>

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All<00:14:40.759><c> the</c><00:14:41.080><c> furnishings,</c><00:14:42.759><c> all</c><00:14:43.120><c> the</c><00:14:43.279><c> nice</c><00:14:43.539><c> things</c><00:14:43.799><c> for</c><00:14:44.000><c> the</c><00:14:44.159><c> home,</c><00:14:45.519><c> the</c>

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closet<00:14:46.100><c> space.</c>

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David<00:18:32.779><c> and</c><00:18:33.420><c> Josiah</c><00:18:34.059><c> and</c>

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Daniel<00:18:34.619><c> and</c><00:18:34.779><c> the</c><00:18:34.980><c> other</c><00:18:35.200><c> faithful</c><00:18:35.579><c> young</c><00:18:35.859><c> people.</c>

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She<00:18:37.779><c> has</c><00:18:37.980><c> a</c><00:18:38.180><c> plan.</c>

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We've<00:18:38.859><c> outlined</c><00:18:39.119><c> it</c><00:18:39.380><c> in</c><00:18:40.259><c> exhibit</c><00:18:40.619><c> number</c><00:18:40.920><c> 41</c><00:18:41.240><c> on</c><00:18:41.440><c> the</c><00:18:41.619><c> handout.</c>

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She<00:18:42.039><c> is</c><00:18:42.279><c> not</c><00:18:42.519><c> proceeding</c><00:18:42.900><c> based</c><00:18:43.359><c> on</c><00:18:43.579><c> emotion</c><00:18:43.920><c> only.</c>

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You<00:18:44.579><c> know,</c><00:18:44.579><c> sometimes</c><00:18:44.839><c> we</c><00:18:45.000><c> can</c><00:18:45.160><c> read</c><00:18:45.319><c> the</c><00:18:45.460><c> Book</c><00:18:45.619><c> of</c><00:18:45.819><c> Esther</c><00:18:46.140><c> and</c><00:18:46.660><c> she</c><00:18:46.819><c> comes</c><00:18:47.019><c> to</c>

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the<00:18:47.339><c> first</c><00:18:47.559><c> banquet</c>

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and<00:18:48.039><c> she</c><00:18:48.119><c> looks</c><00:18:48.279><c> around</c><00:18:48.619><c> and</c><00:18:48.759><c> we</c><00:18:48.920><c> think,</c><00:18:50.019><c> well,</c><00:18:50.359><c> the</c><00:18:50.500><c> conditions</c><00:18:50.880><c> just</c><00:18:51.279><c> don't</c><00:18:51.700><c> quite</c><00:18:52.039><c> seem</c><00:18:52.319><c> to</c>

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be<00:18:52.759><c> right,</c>

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so<00:18:53.299><c> I</c><00:18:53.420><c> guess</c><00:18:53.660><c> I'll</c><00:18:53.799><c> just</c><00:18:54.039><c> wait</c><00:18:54.259><c> till</c><00:18:54.440><c> the</c><00:18:54.599><c> second</c><00:18:54.859><c> banquet.</c>

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That<00:18:56.279><c> is</c><00:18:56.539><c> not</c><00:18:56.900><c> what's</c><00:18:57.160><c> happening</c><00:18:57.539><c> in</c><00:18:57.720><c> the</c><00:18:57.779><c> Book</c><00:18:57.980><c> of</c><00:18:58.180><c> Esther.</c>

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She<00:19:00.180><c> has</c><00:19:00.740><c> a</c><00:19:01.000><c> plan,</c><00:19:02.119><c> not</c><00:19:02.299><c> in</c><00:19:02.460><c> the</c><00:19:02.660><c> strength</c><00:19:02.880><c> of</c><00:19:03.059><c> her</c><00:19:03.160><c> own</c><00:19:03.299><c> ability,</c><00:19:03.680><c> but</c>

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she<00:19:04.039><c> has</c><00:19:04.400><c> thought</c><00:19:04.579><c> through</c><00:19:05.380><c> the</c>

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chain<00:19:05.940><c> of</c><00:19:06.180><c> events.</c>

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And<00:19:07.440><c> if</c><00:19:07.539><c> you</c><00:19:07.619><c> look</c><00:19:07.759><c> at</c><00:19:07.900><c> the</c><00:19:08.059><c> details,</c><00:19:08.519><c> you</c><00:19:08.680><c> see</c><00:19:08.880><c> that</c><00:19:09.059><c> when</c><00:19:09.200><c> she</c>

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sends<00:19:09.640><c> back</c><00:19:09.960><c> to</c><00:19:10.119><c> Mordecai,</c><00:19:10.759><c> as</c><00:19:10.920><c> we</c><00:19:11.140><c> mentioned</c>

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yesterday,<00:19:12.299><c> there's</c><00:19:12.460><c> going</c><00:19:12.619><c> to</c><00:19:12.700><c> be</c><00:19:12.859><c> a</c><00:19:13.019><c> three</c><00:19:13.859><c>-day</c><00:19:14.039><c> period</c><00:19:14.359><c> of</c><00:19:14.619><c> fasting.</c>

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And<00:19:15.819><c> when</c><00:19:15.900><c> she</c><00:19:16.019><c> goes</c><00:19:16.220><c> before</c><00:19:16.579><c> the</c><00:19:16.779><c> king</c><00:19:16.960><c> that</c><00:19:17.220><c> morning,</c><00:19:17.599><c> she</c>

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has<00:19:18.079><c> no</c><00:19:18.380><c> intention</c><00:19:18.880><c> of</c><00:19:19.059><c> asking</c><00:19:19.440><c> him</c><00:19:19.960><c> for</c><00:19:21.019><c> her</c>

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life<00:19:21.680><c> or</c><00:19:21.859><c> the</c><00:19:22.019><c> life</c><00:19:22.200><c> of</c><00:19:22.359><c> her</c><00:19:22.539><c> people.</c>

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Because<00:19:23.940><c> she</c><00:19:24.160><c> has</c><00:19:24.460><c> already,</c><00:19:24.920><c> as</c><00:19:25.180><c> it</c><00:19:25.380><c> says</c><00:19:25.599><c> in</c><00:19:25.759><c> verse</c><00:19:26.160><c> four,</c><00:19:28.539><c> she</c><00:19:28.720><c> has</c><00:19:28.980><c> already</c><00:19:29.380><c> prepared</c><00:19:30.299><c> a</c>

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banquet<00:19:30.980><c> for</c>

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him.

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Esther<00:19:32.059><c> said,</c><00:19:32.339><c> if</c><00:19:32.339><c> it</c><00:19:32.579><c> please</c><00:19:32.779><c> the</c><00:19:33.059><c> king,</c><00:19:33.279><c> let</c><00:19:33.359><c> the</c><00:19:33.579><c> king</c><00:19:33.740><c> and</c>

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Haman<00:19:34.200><c> come</c><00:19:34.819><c> this</c><00:19:35.119><c> day</c><00:19:35.460><c> to</c><00:19:35.640><c> a</c><00:19:35.799><c> dinner</c><00:19:36.140><c> that</c>

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I<00:19:37.119><c> have</c><00:19:37.359><c> prepared</c><00:19:37.819><c> for</c><00:19:38.140><c> the</c><00:19:38.339><c> king.</c>

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So<00:19:39.500><c> when</c><00:19:39.640><c> he</c><00:19:39.880><c> extends</c><00:19:40.079><c> her</c><00:19:40.319><c> life,</c><00:19:42.240><c> there's</c><00:19:42.539><c> an</c><00:19:42.680><c> opportunity</c>

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for<00:19:43.420><c> her</c><00:19:43.740><c> to</c><00:19:44.740><c> tell</c><00:19:45.200><c> him,</c><00:19:46.200><c> make</c><00:19:46.319><c> her</c><00:19:46.539><c> request</c><00:19:46.859><c> known,</c>

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because<00:19:47.240><c> he</c><00:19:47.460><c> offers</c><00:19:47.680><c> to</c><00:19:47.859><c> give</c><00:19:47.980><c> her</c><00:19:48.119><c> up</c><00:19:48.240><c> to</c><00:19:48.380><c> half</c><00:19:48.500><c> his</c><00:19:48.700><c> kingdom.</c>

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It's<00:19:50.480><c> unlikely</c><00:19:50.480><c> that</c><00:19:50.720><c> that</c><00:19:50.900><c> was</c><00:19:51.059><c> a</c><00:19:51.319><c> literal</c><00:19:52.539><c> statement.</c>

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But<00:19:54.220><c> what</c><00:19:54.380><c> he's</c><00:19:54.579><c> saying</c><00:19:54.859><c> is,</c><00:19:55.160><c> how</c><00:19:55.180><c> can</c><00:19:55.380><c> I</c><00:19:55.500><c> help</c><00:19:55.720><c> you?</c>

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I've<00:19:56.799><c> just</c><00:19:57.259><c> spared</c><00:19:57.660><c> your</c><00:19:57.940><c> life.</c>

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Now,<00:19:59.920><c> what</c><00:20:00.119><c> is</c><00:20:00.319><c> it</c><00:20:00.420><c> that</c><00:20:00.519><c> you</c><00:20:00.640><c> would</c><00:20:00.779><c> like</c><00:20:00.960><c> me</c><00:20:01.140><c> to</c><00:20:01.299><c> do?</c>

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And<00:20:02.140><c> she</c><00:20:02.240><c> doesn't</c><00:20:02.500><c> use</c><00:20:02.819><c> that</c><00:20:03.099><c> opportunity.</c>

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Because<00:20:04.819><c> we</c><00:20:04.980><c> will</c><00:20:05.200><c> see</c><00:20:05.319><c> in</c><00:20:05.460><c> the</c><00:20:05.640><c> events</c><00:20:06.000><c> of</c><00:20:06.220><c> chapters</c><00:20:06.500><c> five</c>

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and<00:20:06.980><c> six,</c><00:20:07.200><c> she</c><00:20:07.359><c> doesn't</c><00:20:07.680><c> force</c><00:20:08.039><c> the</c><00:20:08.319><c> issue.</c>

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She<00:20:09.559><c> leaves</c><00:20:10.220><c> room</c><00:20:10.880><c> for</c><00:20:11.319><c> God</c><00:20:11.759><c> to</c><00:20:12.160><c> work</c><00:20:12.519><c> in</c><00:20:12.799><c> this</c><00:20:12.960><c> situation.</c>

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She<00:20:15.519><c> knows</c><00:20:15.799><c> what</c><00:20:15.940><c> she's</c><00:20:16.180><c> doing.</c>

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But<00:20:19.420><c> she</c><00:20:19.559><c> will</c><00:20:19.759><c> leave</c><00:20:20.000><c> room</c><00:20:20.319><c> for</c><00:20:20.599><c> God</c><00:20:20.839><c> to</c><00:20:21.099><c> work.</c>

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And<00:20:22.400><c> the</c><00:20:22.519><c> amazing</c><00:20:22.920><c> thing</c><00:20:23.619><c> is</c><00:20:24.380><c> that</c><00:20:24.619><c> God</c><00:20:24.900><c> does.</c>

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Because<00:20:26.759><c> her</c><00:20:27.220><c> plan</c><00:20:27.619><c> in</c><00:20:27.900><c> and</c><00:20:28.000><c> of</c><00:20:28.140><c> itself</c><00:20:28.640><c> will</c><00:20:28.960><c> not</c><00:20:29.299><c> be</c><00:20:29.599><c> sufficient</c><00:20:30.319><c> to</c><00:20:31.500><c> bring</c><00:20:31.720><c> down</c><00:20:32.059><c> Haman.</c>

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But<00:20:35.299><c> by</c><00:20:35.700><c> her</c><00:20:36.059><c> doing</c><00:20:36.380><c> what</c><00:20:36.640><c> she</c><00:20:36.920><c> does</c><00:20:37.799><c> and</c><00:20:38.680><c> what</c><00:20:38.900><c> she</c><00:20:39.119><c> can</c><00:20:39.420><c> do,</c>

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God<00:20:40.920><c> will</c><00:20:41.299><c> work</c><00:20:41.799><c> in</c><00:20:42.200><c> her</c><00:20:42.680><c> plan</c><00:20:43.140><c> and</c><00:20:44.000><c> intervene</c>

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at<00:20:45.140><c> just</c><00:20:45.779><c> the</c><00:20:46.019><c> right</c><00:20:46.299><c> time.</c>

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So<00:20:48.880><c> that</c><00:20:49.019><c> when</c><00:20:49.180><c> Esther</c><00:20:49.500><c> does</c><00:20:49.799><c> her</c><00:20:50.140><c> part</c><00:20:50.400><c> and</c><00:20:50.660><c> Mordecai</c><00:20:51.220><c> does</c>

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his<00:20:51.900><c> part,</c><00:20:53.319><c> all</c><00:20:53.480><c> the</c><00:20:53.700><c> pieces</c><00:20:53.980><c> are</c><00:20:54.259><c> put</c><00:20:54.519><c> together</c>

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and<00:20:55.819><c> God's</c><00:20:56.259><c> purpose</c><00:20:56.660><c> is</c><00:20:57.039><c> accomplished.</c>

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He<00:20:58.380><c> is</c><00:20:58.740><c> glorified.</c>

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And<00:21:00.460><c> everyone</c><00:21:00.900><c> else</c><00:21:01.359><c> can</c><00:21:02.059><c> only</c><00:21:02.660><c> stand</c><00:21:03.000><c> back</c><00:21:03.420><c> in</c><00:21:03.640><c> awe</c><00:21:03.900><c> and</c><00:21:04.140><c> amazement</c><00:21:05.259><c> at</c>

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the<00:21:06.000><c> wisdom</c><00:21:06.539><c> and</c><00:21:06.900><c> the</c><00:21:07.180><c> power</c>

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of<00:21:07.799><c> our</c><00:21:08.079><c> God</c><00:21:08.400><c> to</c><00:21:08.660><c> deliver</c><00:21:08.980><c> his</c><00:21:09.279><c> people.</c>

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The<00:21:10.740><c> plan</c><00:21:10.920><c> begins</c><00:21:11.319><c> with</c><00:21:11.539><c> a</c><00:21:11.700><c> three</c><00:21:11.839><c>-day</c><00:21:12.019><c> fast</c><00:21:12.720><c> involving</c><00:21:13.859><c> everyone</c><00:21:14.339><c> in</c><00:21:14.579><c> Shushan.</c>

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And<00:21:15.119><c> on</c><00:21:15.240><c> the</c><00:21:15.380><c> third</c><00:21:15.619><c> day,</c><00:21:15.839><c> she</c><00:21:16.019><c> appears</c><00:21:16.319><c> before</c><00:21:16.700><c> the</c><00:21:16.880><c> king,</c><00:21:18.200><c> her</c><00:21:18.400><c> life</c><00:21:18.700><c> is</c>

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preserved,<00:21:19.940><c> and</c><00:21:20.220><c> she</c><00:21:20.500><c> schedules</c>

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the<00:21:21.079><c> first</c><00:21:21.299><c> banquet.</c>

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Now,<00:21:22.200><c> there's</c><00:21:22.380><c> going</c><00:21:22.700><c> to</c><00:21:22.960><c> be</c><00:21:23.279><c> a</c><00:21:23.500><c> second</c><00:21:23.740><c> banquet.</c>

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She's<00:21:24.559><c> going</c><00:21:24.720><c> to</c><00:21:24.920><c> put</c><00:21:25.079><c> space</c><00:21:25.579><c> in</c><00:21:25.900><c> between</c><00:21:26.160><c> the</c><00:21:26.380><c> two.</c>

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And<00:21:27.200><c> it's</c><00:21:27.460><c> at</c><00:21:27.539><c> the</c><00:21:27.720><c> second</c><00:21:28.019><c> banquet</c><00:21:28.359><c> that</c><00:21:28.579><c> she</c><00:21:28.700><c> will</c><00:21:28.880><c> make</c><00:21:29.079><c> her</c><00:21:29.279><c> petition.</c>

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All<00:21:31.000><c> of</c><00:21:31.140><c> this</c><00:21:31.259><c> will</c><00:21:31.500><c> ultimately</c><00:21:32.059><c> lead</c><00:21:32.920><c> to</c><00:21:33.180><c> her</c><00:21:33.539><c> charging</c><00:21:34.119><c> Haman</c><00:21:34.500><c> with</c><00:21:34.839><c> treason.</c>

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This<00:21:36.819><c> is</c><00:21:37.059><c> not</c><00:21:37.299><c> going</c><00:21:37.500><c> to</c><00:21:37.720><c> be</c><00:21:37.980><c> a</c><00:21:38.480><c> simple</c><00:21:38.880><c> request</c><00:21:39.440><c> of</c><00:21:39.660><c> the</c><00:21:39.859><c> king.</c>

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For<00:21:40.900><c> Esther</c><00:21:41.259><c> to</c><00:21:41.460><c> be</c><00:21:41.700><c> successful,</c><00:21:42.420><c> this</c><00:21:42.779><c> man</c><00:21:43.059><c> in</c><00:21:43.220><c> whom</c><00:21:43.339><c> the</c><00:21:43.480><c> king</c><00:21:43.779><c> delights,</c><00:21:45.319><c> this</c><00:21:45.519><c> man</c>

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in<00:21:45.940><c> whom</c><00:21:46.039><c> the</c><00:21:46.160><c> king</c>

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has<00:21:46.579><c> made</c><00:21:46.920><c> second</c><00:21:47.279><c> in</c><00:21:47.619><c> command,</c><00:21:48.480><c> this</c><00:21:48.759><c> man</c><00:21:49.079><c> in</c><00:21:49.400><c> whom</c><00:21:49.680><c> the</c><00:21:49.900><c> king</c>

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has<00:21:50.480><c> given</c><00:21:50.779><c> his</c><00:21:51.220><c> signet</c><00:21:51.599><c> ring</c><00:21:51.859><c> to,</c><00:21:53.099><c> and</c>

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we<00:21:53.599><c> know</c><00:21:53.599><c> that</c><00:21:53.819><c> from</c><00:21:53.980><c> chapter</c><00:21:54.359><c> 8</c><00:21:54.740><c> because</c><00:21:55.019><c> he</c><00:21:55.140><c> will</c><00:21:55.339><c> take</c><00:21:55.519><c> it</c>

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off<00:21:56.000><c> of</c><00:21:56.259><c> Haman</c><00:21:56.359><c> and</c><00:21:56.539><c> give</c><00:21:56.700><c> it</c><00:21:56.819><c> to</c><00:21:56.960><c> Mordecai.</c>

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This<00:21:58.460><c> is</c><00:21:58.700><c> a</c><00:21:58.900><c> very</c><00:21:59.299><c> trusted</c><00:21:59.720><c> individual,</c><00:22:00.559><c> a</c><00:22:00.799><c> close</c><00:22:01.059><c> friend,</c><00:22:02.119><c> a</c>

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confidant,<00:22:03.160><c> a</c><00:22:03.279><c> man</c><00:22:03.400><c> who</c><00:22:03.559><c> is</c><00:22:03.680><c> highly</c><00:22:04.019><c> regarded</c>

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by<00:22:04.660><c> the</c><00:22:04.839><c> king.</c>

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So<00:22:05.980><c> it</c><00:22:06.019><c> will</c><00:22:06.319><c> not</c><00:22:06.519><c> be</c><00:22:06.700><c> an</c><00:22:06.839><c> easy</c><00:22:07.079><c> matter</c><00:22:07.700><c> to</c><00:22:09.039><c> accuse</c><00:22:09.460><c> Haman</c><00:22:09.940><c> of</c><00:22:10.500><c> treachery.</c>

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Her<00:22:13.119><c> plan</c><00:22:13.319><c> to</c><00:22:13.539><c> defeat</c><00:22:13.759><c> Haman</c><00:22:14.140><c> is</c><00:22:14.460><c> not</c><00:22:14.720><c> haphazard.</c>

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You<00:22:16.480><c> look</c><00:22:16.660><c> at</c><00:22:16.839><c> what</c><00:22:17.019><c> her</c><00:22:17.279><c> plan</c><00:22:17.480><c> is,</c><00:22:17.880><c> and</c><00:22:18.019><c> it</c><00:22:18.180><c> first</c><00:22:18.400><c> calls</c><00:22:18.799><c> for</c>

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Haman<00:22:19.339><c> to</c><00:22:19.579><c> be</c><00:22:19.779><c> dethroned,</c><00:22:21.039><c> defeated,</c>

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brought<00:22:21.759><c> down,</c><00:22:22.180><c> and</c><00:22:22.279><c> that</c><00:22:22.480><c> takes</c><00:22:22.759><c> place</c><00:22:23.339><c> in</c><00:22:23.700><c> chapter</c><00:22:24.019><c> 7,</c><00:22:24.779><c> and</c>

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then<00:22:25.160><c> the</c><00:22:25.299><c> second</c><00:22:25.599><c> phase</c><00:22:25.880><c> of</c><00:22:26.079><c> her</c><00:22:26.299><c> plan.</c>

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She<00:22:26.940><c> still</c><00:22:27.339><c> needs</c><00:22:27.559><c> to</c><00:22:27.700><c> go</c><00:22:27.839><c> before</c><00:22:28.140><c> the</c><00:22:28.359><c> king</c><00:22:28.500><c> in</c><00:22:28.680><c> chapter</c><00:22:28.960><c> 8</c><00:22:29.720><c> and</c><00:22:30.259><c> appeal</c><00:22:30.740><c> to</c>

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him<00:22:31.420><c> in</c><00:22:31.859><c> tears</c><00:22:32.579><c> for</c><00:22:33.640><c> the</c><00:22:33.880><c> decree</c>

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of<00:22:34.660><c> Haman</c><00:22:34.900><c> to</c><00:22:35.220><c> be</c><00:22:35.480><c> superseded,</c><00:22:36.299><c> to</c><00:22:36.400><c> be</c><00:22:36.740><c> undone.</c>

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Her<00:22:38.880><c> request</c><00:22:39.220><c> at</c><00:22:39.420><c> this</c><00:22:39.599><c> first</c><00:22:39.859><c> banquet,</c><00:22:40.319><c> at</c><00:22:40.660><c> the</c><00:22:40.880><c> second</c><00:22:41.059><c> banquet,</c><00:22:41.480><c> will</c>

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not<00:22:42.180><c> undo</c><00:22:42.599><c> the</c><00:22:43.000><c> effects</c>

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of<00:22:43.539><c> Haman's</c><00:22:44.000><c> decree.</c>

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But<00:22:45.220><c> phase</c><00:22:45.619><c> one</c><00:22:46.740><c> is</c><00:22:47.900><c> to</c><00:22:48.099><c> expose</c><00:22:48.519><c> Haman</c><00:22:48.819><c> as</c><00:22:49.019><c> a</c><00:22:49.259><c> traitor</c><00:22:49.480><c> and</c><00:22:49.720><c> have</c><00:22:49.900><c> him</c>

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removed<00:22:50.460><c> from</c><00:22:50.819><c> office.</c>

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Phase<00:22:52.720><c> two</c><00:22:53.200><c> will</c><00:22:53.440><c> occur</c><00:22:53.700><c> in</c><00:22:53.920><c> chapters</c><00:22:54.240><c> 8</c><00:22:54.599><c> and</c><00:22:54.740><c> 9,</c><00:22:56.619><c> and</c><00:22:56.900><c> that</c>

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will<00:22:57.359><c> involve</c><00:22:57.720><c> her</c><00:22:58.019><c> appearing</c><00:22:58.319><c> again</c>

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before<00:22:58.980><c> the</c><00:22:59.180><c> king</c><00:22:59.579><c> to</c><00:23:00.119><c> undo</c><00:23:00.339><c> his</c><00:23:00.680><c> effects.</c>

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And<00:23:02.039><c> brothers</c><00:23:02.200><c> and</c><00:23:02.380><c> sisters,</c><00:23:02.619><c> that</c><00:23:02.779><c> is</c><00:23:03.019><c> exactly</c><00:23:03.700><c> how</c><00:23:04.859><c> God</c><00:23:05.339><c> has</c>

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undone<00:23:06.460><c> the</c><00:23:06.779><c> effects</c><00:23:07.059><c> of</c><00:23:07.460><c> sin</c><00:23:07.779><c> for</c>

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us.

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It<00:23:09.200><c> first</c><00:23:09.619><c> had</c><00:23:09.880><c> to</c><00:23:10.039><c> be</c><00:23:10.319><c> defeated</c><00:23:10.660><c> in</c><00:23:10.839><c> a</c><00:23:11.039><c> single</c><00:23:11.279><c> man</c><00:23:11.980><c> before</c>

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the<00:23:13.980><c> community</c><00:23:14.400><c> could</c><00:23:14.740><c> then</c><00:23:15.640><c> take</c><00:23:15.960><c> issue</c>

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and<00:23:16.799><c> battle</c><00:23:17.220><c> against</c><00:23:17.720><c> the</c><00:23:18.079><c> effects</c><00:23:18.720><c> of</c><00:23:19.259><c> sin</c><00:23:19.400><c> in</c><00:23:19.519><c> their</c><00:23:19.759><c> life.</c>

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Esther<00:23:22.059><c> will</c><00:23:22.279><c> now</c><00:23:22.500><c> stand</c><00:23:22.720><c> up</c><00:23:22.960><c> to</c><00:23:23.160><c> Haman,</c><00:23:23.440><c> just</c><00:23:23.680><c> as</c><00:23:23.859><c> Mordecai</c>

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had<00:23:24.700><c> done</c><00:23:24.880><c> back</c><00:23:25.180><c> in</c><00:23:25.319><c> chapter</c><00:23:25.640><c> 3,</c><00:23:26.180><c> and</c><00:23:26.299><c> you</c>

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can<00:23:26.579><c> look</c><00:23:26.779><c> at</c><00:23:26.980><c> the</c><00:23:27.380><c> seven</c><00:23:27.720><c> interesting</c><00:23:28.380><c> parallels</c><00:23:28.859><c> between</c>

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the<00:23:29.480><c> two</c><00:23:29.660><c> of</c><00:23:29.859><c> them</c><00:23:30.460><c> on</c><00:23:30.839><c> slide</c><00:23:31.160><c> 42.</c>

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But<00:23:31.880><c> the</c><00:23:32.019><c> lesson</c><00:23:32.299><c> for</c><00:23:32.559><c> us</c><00:23:32.960><c> is</c><00:23:33.160><c> that</c><00:23:33.380><c> every</c><00:23:33.700><c> disciple</c><00:23:34.279><c> must</c><00:23:34.619><c> come</c><00:23:35.079><c> to</c>

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this<00:23:35.519><c> same</c><00:23:35.940><c> point</c><00:23:36.319><c> in</c><00:23:36.500><c> our</c><00:23:36.680><c> life</c><00:23:37.119><c> where</c>

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we<00:23:38.200><c> are</c><00:23:38.519><c> willing</c><00:23:38.880><c> to</c><00:23:39.240><c> take</c><00:23:39.480><c> on</c><00:23:39.859><c> Haman,</c><00:23:40.339><c> just</c><00:23:40.519><c> as</c><00:23:40.720><c> Mordecai</c><00:23:41.279><c> and</c>

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Esther<00:23:41.720><c> did,</c><00:23:42.539><c> to</c><00:23:42.819><c> publicly</c><00:23:43.420><c> declare,</c>

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I<00:23:45.259><c> will</c><00:23:45.640><c> no</c><00:23:46.200><c> longer</c><00:23:47.019><c> go</c><00:23:47.420><c> through</c><00:23:47.880><c> my</c><00:23:48.460><c> life</c><00:23:49.119><c> dominated</c><00:23:49.940><c> by</c><00:23:50.339><c> that</c>

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man,<00:23:52.240><c> or</c><00:23:52.579><c> in</c><00:23:52.740><c> our</c><00:23:53.000><c> case,</c><00:23:53.700><c> by</c><00:23:53.940><c> that</c><00:23:54.160><c> power.</c>

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And<00:23:56.380><c> we</c><00:23:56.660><c> make</c><00:23:56.880><c> a</c><00:23:57.400><c> break</c><00:23:58.339><c> publicly</c><00:23:59.779><c> and</c><00:24:01.160><c> declare</c><00:24:01.500><c> to</c><00:24:01.740><c> God</c><00:24:02.480><c> that</c>

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he<00:24:02.880><c> will</c><00:24:03.079><c> no</c><00:24:03.359><c> longer,</c><00:24:03.880><c> sin</c><00:24:04.059><c> will</c><00:24:04.259><c> no</c><00:24:04.500><c> longer</c>

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be<00:24:05.200><c> our</c><00:24:05.460><c> master.</c>

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The<00:24:09.740><c> suggestion</c><00:24:10.359><c> on</c><00:24:10.819><c> why</c><00:24:11.019><c> there</c><00:24:11.220><c> are</c><00:24:11.440><c> two</c><00:24:11.640><c> bagrats</c><00:24:12.259><c> is</c><00:24:13.240><c> included</c><00:24:13.920><c> in</c><00:24:15.440><c> the</c>

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43rd<00:24:16.400><c> slide.</c>

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The<00:24:19.779><c> scriptural</c><00:24:20.279><c> connection</c><00:24:20.900><c> to</c><00:24:21.319><c> Genesis</c><00:24:21.759><c> 32</c><00:24:22.599><c> is</c><00:24:23.599><c> that</c><00:24:23.819><c> back</c>

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in<00:24:24.220><c> chapter</c><00:24:24.599><c> 4,</c><00:24:25.180><c> Mordecai</c><00:24:25.640><c> makes</c><00:24:25.940><c> what</c>

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appears<00:24:26.700><c> to</c><00:24:26.980><c> be</c><00:24:27.240><c> a</c><00:24:27.660><c> strange</c><00:24:28.119><c> observation,</c><00:24:29.640><c> a</c><00:24:29.940><c> strange</c><00:24:30.240><c> statement</c><00:24:30.599><c> when</c>

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he<00:24:31.000><c> talks</c><00:24:31.259><c> about</c><00:24:31.559><c> the</c><00:24:31.759><c> need</c><00:24:31.940><c> for</c>

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enlargement<00:24:33.599><c> and</c><00:24:35.319><c> deliverance.</c>

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And<00:24:37.079><c> Esther,</c><00:24:37.279><c> this</c><00:24:37.579><c> may</c><00:24:37.839><c> be</c><00:24:38.059><c> why</c><00:24:38.279><c> you</c><00:24:38.500><c> have</c><00:24:38.740><c> been</c><00:24:38.980><c> brought</c><00:24:39.220><c> to</c>

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this<00:24:39.680><c> position,</c><00:24:40.880><c> because</c><00:24:41.279><c> God</c><00:24:41.720><c> will</c>

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bring<00:24:42.640><c> enlargement</c><00:24:43.559><c> or</c><00:24:44.759><c> relief,</c><00:24:45.180><c> as</c><00:24:45.380><c> it</c><00:24:45.519><c> is</c><00:24:45.779><c> in</c><00:24:46.099><c> the</c><00:24:46.519><c> Revised</c>

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Standard<00:24:47.299><c> Version,</c><00:24:47.599><c> and</c><00:24:47.799><c> the</c><00:24:47.980><c> word</c><00:24:48.180><c> means</c>

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a<00:24:49.799><c> space,</c><00:24:51.119><c> room.</c>

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If<00:24:52.619><c> you</c><00:24:52.619><c> look</c><00:24:52.779><c> in</c><00:24:52.859><c> the</c><00:24:53.039><c> margin</c><00:24:53.559><c> of</c><00:24:54.279><c> some,</c><00:24:54.720><c> it's</c><00:24:54.900><c> a</c><00:24:55.240><c> breathing</c><00:24:55.599><c> space.</c>

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Mordecai<00:24:56.920><c> realized</c><00:24:57.460><c> God</c><00:24:57.720><c> needed</c><00:24:57.960><c> to</c><00:24:58.180><c> bring</c><00:24:58.319><c> a</c><00:24:58.619><c> breathing</c><00:24:59.019><c> space,</c><00:24:59.619><c> and</c>

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that's<00:24:59.960><c> what</c><00:25:00.160><c> the</c><00:25:00.299><c> Jews</c><00:25:00.480><c> needed</c><00:25:00.980><c> between</c>

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the<00:25:02.339><c> oppression</c><00:25:02.420><c> that</c><00:25:02.720><c> was</c><00:25:03.140><c> being</c><00:25:03.400><c> brought</c><00:25:03.660><c> by</c><00:25:03.960><c> Haman.</c>

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If<00:25:05.299><c> Esther</c><00:25:05.660><c> kept</c><00:25:05.980><c> quiet,</c><00:25:06.539><c> the</c><00:25:06.740><c> breathing</c><00:25:07.019><c> space</c><00:25:07.480><c> and</c><00:25:07.680><c> the</c><00:25:07.920><c> deliverance</c><00:25:08.279><c> would</c><00:25:08.460><c> be</c>

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brought<00:25:08.839><c> by</c><00:25:09.039><c> someone</c>

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else.

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The<00:25:10.220><c> only</c><00:25:10.619><c> other</c><00:25:11.000><c> time</c><00:25:11.299><c> that</c><00:25:11.539><c> word</c><00:25:11.700><c> is</c><00:25:11.980><c> used</c><00:25:12.259><c> is</c><00:25:12.480><c> in</c><00:25:12.680><c> Genesis</c>

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32,<00:25:14.819><c> when</c><00:25:15.140><c> Jacob,</c><00:25:15.859><c> on</c><00:25:16.079><c> his</c><00:25:16.299><c> way</c><00:25:16.539><c> back</c><00:25:16.900><c> to</c>

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Canaan,<00:25:18.400><c> put</c><00:25:18.579><c> a</c><00:25:19.019><c> breathing</c><00:25:19.440><c> space</c><00:25:20.079><c> in</c><00:25:20.460><c> between</c><00:25:20.960><c> the</c><00:25:21.319><c> droves,</c>

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the<00:25:22.480><c> presence</c><00:25:22.839><c> that</c><00:25:23.079><c> he</c><00:25:23.720><c> had</c><00:25:23.880><c> prepared</c>

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for<00:25:24.640><c> Esau</c><00:25:25.119><c> in</c><00:25:25.420><c> his</c><00:25:25.740><c> encounter</c><00:25:26.299><c> with</c><00:25:26.579><c> Esau.</c>

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So<00:25:28.140><c> you</c><00:25:28.400><c> go</c><00:25:28.619><c> back</c><00:25:28.859><c> to</c><00:25:28.980><c> Genesis</c><00:25:29.359><c> 32,</c><00:25:30.059><c> and</c><00:25:30.180><c> you</c><00:25:30.299><c> begin</c><00:25:30.559><c> to</c><00:25:30.779><c> look</c>

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at<00:25:31.019><c> the</c><00:25:31.359><c> parallels</c><00:25:31.920><c> between</c><00:25:33.200><c> the</c><00:25:33.480><c> account</c>

00:25:33.819 --> 00:25:38.160
of<00:25:34.240><c> Jacob</c><00:25:34.539><c> having</c><00:25:34.859><c> to</c><00:25:35.140><c> face</c><00:25:35.359><c> his</c><00:25:35.759><c> enemy</c><00:25:36.359><c> and</c><00:25:37.519><c> Esther</c><00:25:37.880><c> having</c>

00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:41.059
to<00:25:38.460><c> face</c><00:25:38.680><c> her</c><00:25:39.099><c> enemy,</c><00:25:40.119><c> and</c><00:25:40.359><c> the</c><00:25:40.700><c> parallels</c>

00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:46.359
are<00:25:41.460><c> striking,</c><00:25:43.359><c> both</c><00:25:44.019><c> feared</c><00:25:44.579><c> for</c><00:25:44.799><c> their</c><00:25:45.039><c> lives.</c>

00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:52.000
And<00:25:47.700><c> they</c><00:25:47.920><c> faced</c><00:25:48.339><c> death</c><00:25:49.380><c> unless</c><00:25:50.119><c> God</c><00:25:50.460><c> intervened.</c>

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:55.000
Jacob's<00:25:52.819><c> foe</c><00:25:52.980><c> was</c><00:25:53.240><c> the</c><00:25:53.500><c> grandfather</c><00:25:54.059><c> of</c><00:25:54.380><c> Amalek.</c>

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:58.480
Esther's<00:25:56.039><c> foe</c><00:25:56.240><c> is</c><00:25:56.460><c> the</c><00:25:56.579><c> descendant</c><00:25:57.200><c> of</c><00:25:57.420><c> Amalek.</c>

00:25:58.700 --> 00:26:05.640
Both<00:25:59.000><c> foes,</c><00:26:00.339><c> Esau</c><00:26:00.920><c> and</c><00:26:03.200><c> Haman,</c><00:26:04.380><c> had</c><00:26:04.380><c> issued</c><00:26:04.619><c> or</c><00:26:04.839><c> declared</c><00:26:05.220><c> a</c>

00:26:05.640 --> 00:26:07.380
death<00:26:06.000><c> sentence</c><00:26:06.680><c> against</c><00:26:07.140><c> them.</c>

00:26:07.420 --> 00:26:11.980
Remember<00:26:07.700><c> when</c><00:26:07.900><c> Esau,</c><00:26:09.500><c> and</c><00:26:10.339><c> the</c><00:26:10.480><c> words</c><00:26:10.720><c> that</c><00:26:10.920><c> Rebekah</c><00:26:11.279><c> eventually</c><00:26:11.700><c> heard,</c>

00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:13.539
had<00:26:12.339><c> said,</c><00:26:13.240><c> well,</c><00:26:13.359><c> you</c><00:26:13.380><c> know,</c>

00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:16.440
once<00:26:13.799><c> Dad's</c><00:26:14.039><c> off</c><00:26:14.319><c> the</c><00:26:14.519><c> scene,</c><00:26:14.880><c> I'm</c><00:26:15.059><c> going</c><00:26:15.220><c> to</c><00:26:15.359><c> kill</c><00:26:15.500><c> him.</c>

00:26:17.059 --> 00:26:21.339
Jacob<00:26:17.400><c> had</c><00:26:17.720><c> prayed</c><00:26:18.140><c> for</c><00:26:18.420><c> God</c><00:26:18.640><c> to</c><00:26:18.880><c> deliver</c><00:26:19.180><c> him</c><00:26:19.619><c> in</c><00:26:19.799><c> chapter</c><00:26:20.160><c> 32.</c>

00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:25.779
Mordecai<00:26:22.299><c> had</c><00:26:22.819><c> recognized</c><00:26:23.440><c> the</c><00:26:23.619><c> need</c><00:26:23.819><c> for</c><00:26:24.039><c> their</c><00:26:24.319><c> deliverance,</c><00:26:24.880><c> the</c><00:26:24.960><c> same</c>

00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:27.079
Hebrew<00:26:26.099><c> word.</c>

00:26:27.160 --> 00:26:29.740
They<00:26:27.579><c> both</c><00:26:27.819><c> sought</c><00:26:28.079><c> grace</c><00:26:28.480><c> to</c><00:26:28.700><c> be</c><00:26:28.940><c> delivered</c><00:26:29.160><c> from</c><00:26:29.440><c> death.</c>

00:26:29.880 --> 00:26:32.519
They<00:26:30.079><c> both</c><00:26:30.339><c> pleaded</c><00:26:30.640><c> with</c><00:26:30.880><c> God</c><00:26:31.140><c> to</c><00:26:31.359><c> intervene</c><00:26:31.740><c> to</c><00:26:31.940><c> save</c><00:26:32.200><c> them</c>

00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:35.460
and<00:26:32.720><c> their</c><00:26:32.980><c> people</c><00:26:33.579><c> from</c><00:26:33.960><c> the</c><00:26:34.119><c> pending</c><00:26:34.380><c> danger.</c>

00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:41.099
Jacob<00:26:36.440><c> struggles</c><00:26:36.900><c> with</c><00:26:37.099><c> an</c><00:26:37.400><c> angel,</c><00:26:38.359><c> reflective</c><00:26:39.460><c> of</c><00:26:39.880><c> the</c><00:26:40.059><c> mental</c><00:26:40.420><c> anguish</c><00:26:40.880><c> he's</c>

00:26:41.099 --> 00:26:42.059
going<00:26:41.359><c> through</c><00:26:41.740><c> that</c>

00:26:42.059 --> 00:26:44.500
night,<00:26:42.819><c> knowing</c><00:26:43.079><c> that</c><00:26:43.259><c> the</c><00:26:43.400><c> next</c><00:26:43.700><c> day</c><00:26:43.900><c> he's</c><00:26:44.119><c> going</c><00:26:44.240><c> to</c><00:26:44.339><c> have</c>

00:26:44.500 --> 00:26:45.859
to<00:26:44.660><c> face</c><00:26:44.859><c> his</c><00:26:45.140><c> enemy,</c><00:26:45.380><c> knowing</c><00:26:45.660><c> that</c><00:26:45.799><c> he</c>

00:26:45.859 --> 00:26:47.420
may<00:26:46.099><c> face</c><00:26:46.359><c> death.</c>

00:26:47.940 --> 00:26:52.359
Esther<00:26:48.539><c> struggled,</c><00:26:49.500><c> not</c><00:26:49.819><c> with</c><00:26:49.980><c> an</c><00:26:50.220><c> angel,</c><00:26:51.059><c> but</c><00:26:51.240><c> she</c><00:26:51.559><c> struggled</c><00:26:51.940><c> with</c><00:26:52.160><c> the</c>

00:26:52.359 --> 00:26:53.400
message<00:26:52.579><c> from</c><00:26:52.759><c> God</c><00:26:53.079><c> that</c><00:26:53.220><c> was</c>

00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:54.660
delivered<00:26:53.720><c> through</c><00:26:54.000><c> Mordecai.</c>

00:26:55.119 --> 00:26:58.660
It<00:26:55.220><c> was</c><00:26:55.519><c> not</c><00:26:55.720><c> an</c><00:26:55.880><c> easy</c><00:26:56.220><c> decision</c><00:26:56.740><c> for</c><00:26:56.980><c> her</c><00:26:57.619><c> to</c><00:26:57.940><c> decide</c><00:26:58.279><c> to</c><00:26:58.480><c> risk</c>

00:26:58.660 --> 00:27:01.940
her<00:26:58.920><c> life,</c><00:26:59.480><c> but</c><00:27:00.319><c> she</c><00:27:00.539><c> eventually</c><00:27:00.940><c> does.</c>

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:05.640
Jacob<00:27:02.480><c> first</c><00:27:02.779><c> had</c><00:27:02.980><c> to</c><00:27:03.200><c> encounter</c><00:27:03.700><c> a</c><00:27:04.539><c> face</c><00:27:04.799><c>-to</c><00:27:05.000><c>-face</c><00:27:05.220><c> meeting</c>

00:27:05.640 --> 00:27:08.039
with<00:27:05.940><c> God's</c><00:27:06.339><c> messenger,</c><00:27:07.039><c> and</c><00:27:07.799><c> he</c><00:27:07.880><c> had</c>

00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:10.240
to<00:27:08.240><c> survive</c><00:27:08.579><c> that,</c><00:27:08.920><c> which</c><00:27:09.079><c> he</c><00:27:09.220><c> did.</c>

00:27:10.619 --> 00:27:13.980
Esther<00:27:11.039><c> first</c><00:27:11.420><c> had</c><00:27:11.619><c> to</c><00:27:11.839><c> face</c><00:27:12.059><c> the</c><00:27:12.279><c> encounter</c><00:27:12.700><c> with</c><00:27:12.960><c> the</c><00:27:13.119><c> king.</c>

00:27:14.099 --> 00:27:18.000
Jacob<00:27:14.660><c> prepared</c><00:27:15.099><c> presents</c><00:27:15.559><c> and</c><00:27:15.799><c> sent</c><00:27:16.000><c> them</c><00:27:16.200><c> on</c><00:27:16.400><c> ahead</c><00:27:17.059><c> of</c><00:27:17.759><c> his</c>

00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:20.960
direct<00:27:18.339><c> encounter</c><00:27:18.740><c> with</c><00:27:19.019><c> Esau</c><00:27:19.480><c> in</c><00:27:19.720><c> order</c><00:27:20.180><c> to</c>

00:27:23.619 --> 00:27:28.500
minimize<00:27:24.180><c> or</c><00:27:24.519><c> mitigate</c><00:27:25.220><c> the</c><00:27:26.160><c> anger,</c><00:27:27.119><c> and</c><00:27:27.299><c> he</c><00:27:27.460><c> put</c><00:27:27.619><c> a</c><00:27:27.920><c> space</c><00:27:28.240><c> in</c>

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:30.420
between<00:27:28.779><c> those</c><00:27:29.160><c> presents</c><00:27:29.500><c> to</c><00:27:29.960><c> extend</c>

00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:36.019
the<00:27:30.660><c> goodwill</c><00:27:31.740><c> and</c><00:27:32.240><c> to</c><00:27:32.460><c> hopefully</c><00:27:32.799><c> avoid</c><00:27:33.920><c> an</c><00:27:34.299><c> immediate</c><00:27:34.759><c> confrontation.</c>

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:38.740
So<00:27:36.400><c> he</c><00:27:36.460><c> didn't</c><00:27:36.660><c> just</c><00:27:36.740><c> go</c><00:27:36.920><c> up</c><00:27:37.059><c> to</c><00:27:37.240><c> Esau</c><00:27:37.579><c> and</c><00:27:37.720><c> say,</c><00:27:38.000><c> okay,</c><00:27:38.140><c> here</c><00:27:38.380><c> I</c><00:27:38.599><c> am.</c>

00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:39.779
What<00:27:38.839><c> are</c><00:27:38.960><c> you</c><00:27:39.079><c> going</c><00:27:39.200><c> to</c><00:27:39.400><c> do?</c>

00:27:39.779 --> 00:27:43.220
Esther<00:27:40.599><c> didn't</c><00:27:40.819><c> just</c><00:27:41.099><c> appear</c><00:27:41.319><c> before</c><00:27:41.640><c> the</c><00:27:41.779><c> king</c><00:27:41.960><c> and</c><00:27:42.099><c> say,</c><00:27:42.420><c> okay,</c><00:27:42.440><c> here's</c><00:27:42.779><c> my</c><00:27:43.019><c> plea.</c>

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:44.940
What<00:27:43.380><c> are</c><00:27:43.500><c> you</c><00:27:43.640><c> going</c><00:27:43.779><c> to</c><00:27:43.960><c> do?</c>

00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:49.940
They<00:27:47.339><c> both</c><00:27:47.579><c> put</c><00:27:47.779><c> a</c><00:27:47.980><c> space</c><00:27:48.400><c> in</c><00:27:48.740><c> between</c><00:27:49.019><c> their</c><00:27:49.279><c> offerings.</c>

00:27:50.440 --> 00:27:53.339
Finally,<00:27:50.980><c> in</c><00:27:51.039><c> number</c><00:27:51.240><c> 11,</c><00:27:51.700><c> Jacob</c><00:27:51.900><c> prevailed,</c><00:27:52.759><c> as</c><00:27:52.940><c> we</c><00:27:53.180><c> learn</c>

00:27:53.339 --> 00:27:56.019
in<00:27:53.500><c> Hosea</c><00:27:53.900><c> 12,</c><00:27:54.480><c> because</c><00:27:54.740><c> he</c><00:27:55.019><c> wept</c><00:27:55.440><c> and</c>

00:27:56.019 --> 00:27:58.339
made<00:27:56.380><c> supplication</c><00:27:57.160><c> to</c><00:27:57.339><c> God.</c>

00:27:58.519 --> 00:28:01.940
And<00:27:58.680><c> the</c><00:27:58.819><c> Jews</c><00:27:59.019><c> we</c><00:27:59.200><c> know</c><00:27:59.359><c> eventually</c><00:27:59.779><c> will</c><00:28:00.059><c> prevail</c><00:28:00.319><c> over</c><00:28:00.680><c> Haman</c><00:28:00.980><c> because</c><00:28:01.380><c> they</c><00:28:01.740><c> too</c>

00:28:01.940 --> 00:28:02.859
had<00:28:02.180><c> wept</c><00:28:02.460><c> and</c><00:28:02.619><c> made</c>

00:28:02.859 --> 00:28:04.220
supplication.

00:28:05.099 --> 00:28:06.319
We<00:28:05.420><c> can't</c><00:28:05.680><c> be</c><00:28:05.940><c> sure.</c>

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:07.400
We<00:28:06.759><c> don't</c><00:28:07.039><c> know.</c>

00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:11.460
But<00:28:07.940><c> when</c><00:28:08.160><c> you</c><00:28:08.380><c> see</c><00:28:08.559><c> the</c><00:28:08.799><c> striking</c><00:28:09.259><c> comparisons,</c><00:28:11.119><c> it</c><00:28:11.240><c> would</c>

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:14.000
be<00:28:11.740><c> very</c><00:28:12.200><c> unusual</c><00:28:12.799><c> for</c><00:28:13.160><c> Esther</c><00:28:13.420><c> to</c><00:28:13.640><c> simply</c>

00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:16.539
be<00:28:14.279><c> proceeding</c><00:28:14.759><c> in</c><00:28:15.019><c> the</c><00:28:15.259><c> strength</c><00:28:15.460><c> of</c><00:28:15.660><c> her</c><00:28:15.759><c> own</c><00:28:15.960><c> conviction</c>

00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:20.400
and<00:28:17.519><c> making</c><00:28:17.880><c> these</c><00:28:18.240><c> things</c><00:28:18.480><c> up</c><00:28:18.740><c> as</c><00:28:18.920><c> she</c><00:28:19.059><c> goes</c><00:28:19.339><c> along.</c>

00:28:20.420 --> 00:28:24.079
Mordecai<00:28:20.980><c> had</c><00:28:21.640><c> accurately</c><00:28:22.500><c> identified</c><00:28:23.240><c> that</c><00:28:23.420><c> the</c><00:28:23.599><c> situation</c>

00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:26.680
they<00:28:24.380><c> faced</c><00:28:24.680><c> now</c><00:28:24.960><c> with</c><00:28:25.240><c> Haman</c><00:28:25.579><c> was</c><00:28:26.339><c> not</c>

00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:29.640
unlike<00:28:27.079><c> the</c><00:28:27.279><c> situation</c><00:28:28.039><c> that</c><00:28:28.339><c> Jacob</c><00:28:28.539><c> had</c><00:28:28.799><c> faced</c><00:28:28.940><c> with</c><00:28:29.240><c> Esau,</c>

00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:32.940
because<00:28:30.380><c> Esau</c><00:28:30.900><c> and</c><00:28:31.140><c> Haman</c><00:28:31.500><c> both</c><00:28:31.960><c> represent</c>

00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:35.359
that<00:28:33.619><c> which</c><00:28:33.880><c> is</c><00:28:34.160><c> sinful.</c>

00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:41.000
And<00:28:36.559><c> God</c><00:28:36.880><c> is</c><00:28:37.119><c> able</c><00:28:37.380><c> to</c><00:28:37.660><c> render</c><00:28:38.039><c> Jacob's</c><00:28:39.019><c> enemy</c><00:28:39.839><c> powerless</c><00:28:40.720><c> the</c>

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:44.740
next<00:28:41.299><c> day</c><00:28:41.559><c> at</c><00:28:41.839><c> Peniel,</c><00:28:43.839><c> because</c><00:28:44.019><c> Jacob</c><00:28:44.420><c> had</c>

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:49.160
committed<00:28:45.099><c> himself</c><00:28:46.039><c> that</c><00:28:46.559><c> day</c><00:28:47.339><c> to</c><00:28:47.680><c> trusting</c><00:28:48.059><c> wholly</c><00:28:48.720><c> in</c><00:28:48.980><c> the</c>

00:28:49.160 --> 00:28:52.500
Lord<00:28:49.839><c> and</c><00:28:50.539><c> not</c><00:28:50.900><c> trying</c><00:28:51.279><c> to</c><00:28:51.480><c> go</c><00:28:51.779><c> forth</c><00:28:52.059><c> any</c>

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:54.220
further<00:28:52.779><c> in</c><00:28:53.000><c> the</c><00:28:53.200><c> strength</c><00:28:53.440><c> of</c><00:28:53.599><c> his</c><00:28:53.740><c> own</c><00:28:54.000><c> flesh.</c>

00:28:54.299 --> 00:28:58.259
And<00:28:54.460><c> it</c><00:28:54.539><c> was</c><00:28:54.839><c> such</c><00:28:55.160><c> a</c><00:28:55.460><c> significant</c><00:28:56.380><c> conversion</c><00:28:57.299><c> in</c><00:28:57.700><c> that</c><00:28:57.920><c> point</c><00:28:58.099><c> in</c>

00:28:58.259 --> 00:29:01.299
his<00:28:58.500><c> life</c><00:28:59.180><c> that</c><00:29:00.299><c> the</c><00:29:00.599><c> angel</c><00:29:00.880><c> changed</c>

00:29:01.299 --> 00:29:06.319
his<00:29:01.500><c> name</c><00:29:02.119><c> to</c><00:29:03.480><c> tell</c><00:29:03.740><c> us</c><00:29:04.299><c> that</c><00:29:04.480><c> this</c><00:29:04.759><c> is</c><00:29:05.039><c> what</c><00:29:05.279><c> God</c><00:29:05.599><c> is</c><00:29:05.920><c> looking</c>

00:29:06.319 --> 00:29:08.900
to<00:29:06.759><c> achieve</c><00:29:07.359><c> in</c><00:29:07.619><c> our</c><00:29:07.859><c> life.</c>

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Don't<00:29:09.460><c> try</c><00:29:09.819><c> and</c><00:29:10.099><c> take</c><00:29:10.299><c> on</c><00:29:10.740><c> sin</c><00:29:10.980><c> by</c><00:29:11.339><c> yourself.</c>

00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:17.940
Jacob<00:29:14.640><c> wrestled</c><00:29:15.079><c> with</c><00:29:15.319><c> the</c><00:29:15.539><c> angel,</c><00:29:15.859><c> pleading</c><00:29:16.539><c> that</c><00:29:16.740><c> God</c><00:29:17.000><c> would</c><00:29:17.319><c> intervene</c><00:29:17.779><c> in</c>

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his<00:29:18.220><c> life</c><00:29:18.519><c> and</c><00:29:18.859><c> save</c><00:29:19.240><c> him</c>

00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:23.160
from<00:29:20.200><c> the</c><00:29:20.339><c> power</c><00:29:20.740><c> that</c><00:29:21.000><c> had</c><00:29:21.339><c> the</c><00:29:21.660><c> from</c><00:29:21.859><c> the</c><00:29:22.440><c> person</c><00:29:22.880><c> that</c><00:29:23.059><c> had</c>

00:29:23.160 --> 00:29:25.400
the<00:29:23.400><c> power</c><00:29:23.640><c> to</c><00:29:23.980><c> overcome</c><00:29:24.299><c> him.</c>

00:29:25.900 --> 00:29:29.720
And<00:29:26.460><c> if</c><00:29:26.599><c> we</c><00:29:26.740><c> look</c><00:29:26.900><c> at</c><00:29:27.059><c> Hebrews</c><00:29:27.359><c> chapter</c><00:29:27.779><c> 5,</c><00:29:28.380><c> brothers</c><00:29:28.480><c> and</c><00:29:28.700><c> sisters,</c><00:29:29.019><c> that</c><00:29:29.259><c> is</c>

00:29:29.720 --> 00:29:31.200
exactly<00:29:30.420><c> what</c><00:29:30.640><c> was</c><00:29:30.920><c> going</c>

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on<00:29:31.500><c> in</c><00:29:31.700><c> the</c><00:29:31.859><c> life</c><00:29:32.079><c> of</c><00:29:32.299><c> the</c><00:29:32.400><c> Lord</c><00:29:32.559><c> Jesus</c><00:29:32.900><c> Christ.</c>

00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:38.400
Just<00:29:35.000><c> as</c><00:29:35.279><c> Jacob</c><00:29:35.660><c> was</c><00:29:35.900><c> made</c><00:29:36.180><c> strong</c><00:29:36.680><c> and</c><00:29:37.039><c> prevailed</c><00:29:37.619><c> in</c><00:29:37.920><c> his</c>

00:29:38.400 --> 00:29:41.319
life<00:29:39.000><c> and</c><00:29:39.200><c> death</c><00:29:39.519><c> confrontation</c><00:29:40.059><c> with</c><00:29:40.319><c> Esau,</c>

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just<00:29:41.720><c> as</c><00:29:42.160><c> the</c><00:29:42.460><c> Jews</c><00:29:42.759><c> would</c><00:29:42.980><c> now</c><00:29:43.180><c> be</c><00:29:43.359><c> made</c><00:29:43.579><c> strong</c><00:29:43.980><c> and</c><00:29:44.259><c> prevail</c>

00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:46.299
in<00:29:44.720><c> their</c><00:29:44.960><c> life</c><00:29:45.220><c> and</c><00:29:45.400><c> death</c><00:29:45.680><c> confrontation</c>

00:29:46.299 --> 00:29:52.299
with<00:29:46.559><c> Haman,</c><00:29:47.940><c> this</c><00:29:48.299><c> is</c><00:29:48.539><c> how</c><00:29:48.799><c> Christ</c><00:29:49.380><c> was</c><00:29:49.640><c> made</c><00:29:49.980><c> strong</c><00:29:50.539><c> and</c><00:29:51.000><c> prevailed</c><00:29:51.960><c> in</c>

00:29:52.299 --> 00:29:54.140
his<00:29:52.519><c> life</c><00:29:52.880><c> and</c><00:29:53.160><c> death</c><00:29:53.539><c> confrontation</c>

00:29:54.140 --> 00:29:57.279
with<00:29:54.339><c> sin,</c><00:29:55.319><c> because</c><00:29:55.559><c> in</c><00:29:55.839><c> the</c><00:29:56.019><c> days</c><00:29:56.180><c> offered</c><00:29:56.480><c> up</c><00:29:56.680><c> prayers</c><00:29:57.059><c> and</c>

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supplications<00:29:58.039><c> with</c><00:29:58.359><c> loud</c><00:29:58.799><c> crying</c><00:29:59.140><c> and</c><00:29:59.460><c> tears</c>

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:03.160
to<00:30:00.460><c> him</c><00:30:00.720><c> who</c><00:30:00.839><c> was</c><00:30:01.039><c> able</c><00:30:01.220><c> to</c><00:30:01.539><c> save</c><00:30:01.700><c> him</c><00:30:01.900><c> from</c><00:30:02.140><c> death,</c><00:30:02.920><c> and</c><00:30:03.079><c> he</c>

00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:04.960
was<00:30:03.460><c> heard</c><00:30:03.660><c> for</c><00:30:03.859><c> his</c><00:30:04.099><c> godly</c><00:30:04.460><c> fear.</c>

00:30:05.420 --> 00:30:09.420
Although<00:30:05.619><c> he</c><00:30:05.740><c> was</c><00:30:06.000><c> a</c><00:30:06.200><c> son,</c><00:30:06.480><c> he</c><00:30:06.619><c> learned</c><00:30:06.900><c> obedience</c><00:30:07.460><c> to</c><00:30:07.720><c> the</c><00:30:07.920><c> things</c><00:30:08.160><c> that</c><00:30:08.339><c> he</c><00:30:08.519><c> suffered.</c>

00:30:10.259 --> 00:30:15.359
Jacob,<00:30:11.920><c> Esther,</c><00:30:12.500><c> and</c><00:30:12.680><c> Christ</c><00:30:13.200><c> are</c><00:30:13.619><c> all</c><00:30:14.079><c> learning</c><00:30:14.539><c> the</c><00:30:14.960><c> same</c>

00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:18.680
lessons,<00:30:16.319><c> because</c><00:30:16.759><c> this</c><00:30:17.019><c> is</c><00:30:17.279><c> the</c><00:30:17.480><c> only</c><00:30:17.900><c> way</c>

00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:23.759
God<00:30:19.359><c> can</c><00:30:19.660><c> redeem</c><00:30:20.200><c> his</c><00:30:20.599><c> people</c><00:30:21.039><c> from</c><00:30:21.440><c> sin,</c><00:30:23.039><c> and</c><00:30:23.039><c> the</c><00:30:23.200><c> lesson</c><00:30:23.480><c> is</c>

00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:24.660
the<00:30:24.000><c> same</c><00:30:24.160><c> for</c><00:30:24.339><c> us.</c>

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This<00:30:24.900><c> is</c><00:30:25.059><c> how</c><00:30:25.259><c> God</c><00:30:25.559><c> can</c><00:30:25.900><c> redeem</c><00:30:26.220><c> us</c><00:30:26.759><c> from</c><00:30:27.119><c> sin,</c><00:30:28.519><c> but</c><00:30:28.640><c> it</c><00:30:28.859><c> involves</c><00:30:29.359><c> the</c>

00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:32.339
same<00:30:30.200><c> crying</c><00:30:30.799><c> and</c><00:30:31.240><c> tears,</c>

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:35.900
the<00:30:32.680><c> same</c><00:30:32.940><c> learning</c><00:30:33.299><c> of</c><00:30:33.599><c> obedience</c><00:30:34.019><c> by</c><00:30:34.299><c> the</c><00:30:34.519><c> things</c><00:30:34.700><c> that</c><00:30:34.900><c> we</c><00:30:35.079><c> suffer.</c>

00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:39.220
We<00:30:36.720><c> won't</c><00:30:36.900><c> take</c><00:30:37.140><c> the</c><00:30:37.319><c> time,</c><00:30:37.559><c> but</c><00:30:37.700><c> I</c><00:30:38.500><c> believe</c><00:30:38.720><c> the</c><00:30:38.920><c> reference</c>

00:30:39.220 --> 00:30:41.099
there<00:30:39.440><c> in</c><00:30:39.619><c> Jeremiah</c><00:30:39.960><c> 31</c><00:30:40.440><c> points</c><00:30:40.799><c> out</c>

00:30:41.099 --> 00:30:44.779
that<00:30:41.200><c> when</c><00:30:41.400><c> the</c><00:30:41.559><c> Jews</c><00:30:41.920><c> come</c><00:30:42.240><c> back,</c><00:30:43.339><c> once</c><00:30:43.519><c> the</c><00:30:43.740><c> kingdom</c><00:30:43.920><c> is</c><00:30:44.200><c> established</c><00:30:44.660><c> and</c>

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:46.539
they<00:30:44.940><c> are</c><00:30:45.059><c> returning</c><00:30:45.319><c> to</c><00:30:45.500><c> the</c><00:30:45.660><c> land,</c>

00:30:46.660 --> 00:30:51.000
Jeremiah<00:30:47.140><c> 31</c><00:30:47.619><c> says</c><00:30:47.900><c> they</c><00:30:48.059><c> will</c><00:30:48.319><c> return</c><00:30:48.799><c> to</c><00:30:49.079><c> the</c><00:30:49.259><c> land</c><00:30:50.099><c> weeping</c>

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:52.539
and<00:30:51.240><c> in</c><00:30:51.460><c> supplication,</c>

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the<00:30:53.779><c> same</c><00:30:54.039><c> basis</c><00:30:54.640><c> that</c><00:30:55.099><c> we</c><00:30:55.299><c> see</c><00:30:55.579><c> in</c><00:30:55.740><c> the</c><00:30:55.819><c> book</c><00:30:56.000><c> of</c><00:30:56.220><c> Esther,</c><00:30:57.640><c> because</c><00:30:57.759><c> there's</c><00:30:57.940><c> only</c><00:30:58.180><c> one</c>

00:30:58.420 --> 00:31:00.279
way<00:30:58.660><c> to</c><00:30:58.819><c> break</c><00:30:59.039><c> sins</c><00:30:59.299><c> home,</c>

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there's<00:31:00.720><c> only</c><00:31:00.940><c> one</c><00:31:01.200><c> way</c><00:31:01.420><c> to</c><00:31:01.700><c> develop</c><00:31:02.000><c> a</c><00:31:02.359><c> saving</c><00:31:02.680><c> faith,</c><00:31:03.579><c> and</c>

00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:06.160
it's<00:31:04.039><c> critical</c><00:31:04.420><c> that</c><00:31:04.579><c> we</c><00:31:04.779><c> understand</c><00:31:05.380><c> how</c><00:31:05.880><c> God</c>

00:31:06.160 --> 00:31:09.539
works<00:31:06.480><c> in</c><00:31:06.680><c> our</c><00:31:06.819><c> life,</c><00:31:07.000><c> because</c><00:31:07.279><c> these</c><00:31:07.539><c> are</c><00:31:07.720><c> the</c><00:31:07.900><c> kinds</c><00:31:08.059><c> of</c><00:31:08.279><c> events</c><00:31:08.680><c> he's</c><00:31:09.180><c> going</c><00:31:09.279><c> to</c>

00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:10.700
bring<00:31:09.720><c> into</c><00:31:10.119><c> our</c><00:31:10.400><c> life,</c>

00:31:10.779 --> 00:31:13.079
and<00:31:10.920><c> if</c><00:31:11.019><c> we're</c><00:31:11.200><c> not</c><00:31:11.359><c> looking</c><00:31:11.640><c> for</c><00:31:11.880><c> them,</c><00:31:12.519><c> and</c><00:31:12.660><c> if</c><00:31:12.779><c> we're</c><00:31:12.900><c> not</c>

00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:14.819
aware<00:31:13.319><c> that</c><00:31:13.460><c> this</c><00:31:13.660><c> is</c><00:31:13.799><c> how</c><00:31:13.940><c> God</c><00:31:14.180><c> works,</c>

00:31:14.819 --> 00:31:19.700
they're<00:31:15.640><c> going</c><00:31:15.799><c> to</c><00:31:15.859><c> take</c><00:31:16.019><c> us</c><00:31:16.220><c> by</c><00:31:16.480><c> surprise,</c><00:31:17.819><c> and</c><00:31:17.900><c> the</c><00:31:18.059><c> very</c><00:31:18.359><c> events</c><00:31:18.740><c> that</c><00:31:18.900><c> are</c><00:31:19.119><c> intended</c><00:31:19.400><c> to</c>

00:31:19.700 --> 00:31:20.619
save<00:31:19.859><c> us</c>

00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:26.279
will<00:31:21.299><c> have</c><00:31:21.460><c> the</c><00:31:21.700><c> power</c><00:31:21.940><c> to</c><00:31:22.240><c> destroy</c><00:31:22.619><c> us</c><00:31:23.519><c> if</c><00:31:23.859><c> we</c><00:31:24.039><c> don't</c><00:31:24.319><c> understand</c><00:31:24.900><c> the</c><00:31:25.140><c> spiritual</c><00:31:25.559><c> good</c><00:31:25.799><c> that</c><00:31:25.960><c> they</c><00:31:26.140><c> are</c>

00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:30.200
intended<00:31:26.500><c> to</c><00:31:26.759><c> bring.</c><00:31:28.380><c> Esther</c><00:31:28.599><c> is</c><00:31:28.900><c> not</c><00:31:29.160><c> scheduling</c><00:31:29.579><c> a</c><00:31:29.940><c> second</c>

00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:32.039
banquet<00:31:30.579><c> because</c><00:31:30.980><c> she</c><00:31:31.220><c> has</c><00:31:31.460><c> not,</c><00:31:31.579><c> she</c><00:31:31.799><c> has</c>

00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:35.319
concluded<00:31:32.400><c> that</c><00:31:32.599><c> the</c><00:31:32.779><c> time</c><00:31:32.940><c> isn't</c><00:31:33.200><c> right</c><00:31:33.500><c> at</c><00:31:33.700><c> the</c><00:31:33.859><c> first</c><00:31:34.079><c> banquet.</c><00:31:35.039><c> She</c>

00:31:35.319 --> 00:31:36.960
schedules<00:31:35.700><c> the</c><00:31:36.019><c> second</c><00:31:36.240><c> banquet</c><00:31:36.619><c> because</c>

00:31:36.960 --> 00:31:40.779
she<00:31:37.119><c> is</c><00:31:37.319><c> waiting</c><00:31:37.660><c> upon</c><00:31:38.119><c> God.</c><00:31:39.319><c> She</c><00:31:39.440><c> leaves</c><00:31:39.720><c> room</c><00:31:40.079><c> for</c><00:31:40.299><c> him</c><00:31:40.519><c> to</c>

00:31:40.779 --> 00:31:46.740
work,<00:31:43.319><c> and</c><00:31:44.099><c> because</c><00:31:44.559><c> she</c><00:31:44.920><c> waits</c><00:31:45.480><c> and</c><00:31:46.200><c> she</c><00:31:46.440><c> doesn't</c>

00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:49.779
try<00:31:47.099><c> to</c><00:31:47.400><c> orchestrate</c><00:31:47.940><c> the</c><00:31:48.160><c> events</c><00:31:48.440><c> all</c><00:31:48.759><c> herself,</c><00:31:49.579><c> you</c><00:31:49.720><c> know,</c>

00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:52.299
we<00:31:49.900><c> can</c><00:31:50.079><c> get</c><00:31:50.240><c> ourselves</c><00:31:50.579><c> into</c><00:31:50.799><c> these</c><00:31:51.000><c> situations</c>

00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:55.960
where<00:31:52.740><c> something</c><00:31:53.180><c> needs</c><00:31:53.619><c> to</c><00:31:53.799><c> be</c><00:31:53.920><c> done,</c><00:31:55.180><c> and</c><00:31:55.400><c> we</c><00:31:55.559><c> figure</c><00:31:55.759><c> out</c>

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:58.680
what<00:31:56.079><c> it</c><00:31:56.259><c> is</c><00:31:56.480><c> and</c><00:31:56.619><c> we</c><00:31:56.779><c> go</c><00:31:56.940><c> do</c><00:31:57.099><c> it,</c><00:31:57.980><c> and</c><00:31:58.279><c> we</c><00:31:58.440><c> leave</c>

00:31:58.680 --> 00:32:03.240
absolute<00:31:59.160><c> no</c><00:31:59.480><c> room</c><00:32:00.319><c> for</c><00:32:00.640><c> God</c><00:32:00.819><c> to</c><00:32:01.059><c> work,</c><00:32:01.599><c> and</c><00:32:02.640><c> we</c><00:32:02.819><c> do</c><00:32:02.900><c> what</c><00:32:03.039><c> we</c>

00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:05.440
think<00:32:03.359><c> is</c><00:32:03.619><c> right</c><00:32:03.819><c> having</c><00:32:04.140><c> left</c><00:32:04.339><c> no</c><00:32:04.660><c> room</c><00:32:04.819><c> for</c><00:32:05.000><c> God</c><00:32:05.200><c> to</c>

00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:10.039
work,<00:32:05.619><c> and</c><00:32:05.759><c> what</c><00:32:05.940><c> we</c><00:32:06.119><c> do</c><00:32:06.380><c> is</c><00:32:06.819><c> failing</c><00:32:07.220><c> miserably,</c><00:32:09.359><c> and</c><00:32:09.400><c> we</c><00:32:09.579><c> scratch</c><00:32:09.839><c> our</c>

00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:11.299
heads<00:32:10.180><c> and</c><00:32:10.380><c> wonder</c><00:32:10.539><c> why.</c>

00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:17.299
Not<00:32:13.259><c> in</c><00:32:13.500><c> Esther's</c><00:32:13.740><c> case.</c><00:32:14.940><c> She</c><00:32:15.140><c> leaves</c><00:32:15.440><c> room</c><00:32:15.740><c> for</c><00:32:15.980><c> God</c><00:32:16.200><c> to</c><00:32:16.460><c> work,</c><00:32:17.240><c> and</c>

00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:20.920
because<00:32:17.759><c> she</c><00:32:18.059><c> does,</c><00:32:19.460><c> chapter</c><00:32:19.539><c> six</c><00:32:19.819><c> happens.</c>

00:32:21.839 --> 00:32:23.680
See,<00:32:22.019><c> chapter</c><00:32:22.279><c> six</c><00:32:22.480><c> is</c><00:32:22.619><c> going</c><00:32:22.720><c> to</c><00:32:22.900><c> happen</c><00:32:23.059><c> between</c><00:32:23.319><c> the</c><00:32:23.519><c> first</c>

00:32:23.680 --> 00:32:25.440
and<00:32:23.779><c> second</c><00:32:24.079><c> banquet,</c><00:32:24.420><c> and</c><00:32:24.619><c> chapter</c><00:32:25.000><c> six</c>

00:32:25.440 --> 00:32:32.259
is<00:32:25.680><c> the</c><00:32:25.940><c> reason</c><00:32:26.960><c> Haman</c><00:32:27.539><c> is</c><00:32:28.059><c> brought</c><00:32:28.380><c> down.</c><00:32:31.359><c> Amazing</c><00:32:31.880><c> how</c><00:32:32.059><c> she</c>

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:34.700
left<00:32:32.480><c> space</c><00:32:32.839><c> for</c><00:32:33.039><c> God</c><00:32:33.240><c> to</c><00:32:33.480><c> work,</c><00:32:33.700><c> and</c><00:32:33.880><c> he</c><00:32:34.160><c> intervened</c>

00:32:34.700 --> 00:32:40.059
into<00:32:34.920><c> that</c><00:32:35.140><c> space</c><00:32:35.799><c> so</c><00:32:37.039><c> that</c><00:32:37.319><c> by</c><00:32:37.579><c> the</c><00:32:37.680><c> time</c><00:32:37.880><c> we</c><00:32:38.380><c> come</c><00:32:38.539><c> to</c><00:32:38.740><c> the</c><00:32:38.819><c> second</c><00:32:39.160><c> banquet,</c><00:32:39.980><c> we</c>

00:32:40.059 --> 00:32:41.380
would<00:32:40.359><c> find</c><00:32:40.680><c> that</c><00:32:40.960><c> Haman</c><00:32:41.140><c> is</c>

00:32:41.380 --> 00:32:45.680
in<00:32:41.539><c> terrible</c><00:32:41.819><c> sorts.</c><00:32:42.180><c> Remember,</c><00:32:42.420><c> he</c><00:32:42.539><c> left</c><00:32:42.740><c> the</c><00:32:42.960><c> first</c><00:32:43.220><c> banquet</c><00:32:43.480><c> sky</c><00:32:44.000><c> high.</c><00:32:45.539><c> By</c>

00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:46.640
the<00:32:45.819><c> time</c><00:32:45.960><c> he</c><00:32:46.059><c> comes</c><00:32:46.299><c> to</c><00:32:46.480><c> the</c>

00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:52.240
second<00:32:46.920><c> banquet,</c><00:32:47.339><c> he</c><00:32:47.539><c> is</c><00:32:47.839><c> in</c><00:32:48.160><c> terrible</c><00:32:48.559><c> sorts.</c><00:32:51.420><c> The</c><00:32:51.680><c> decision's</c><00:32:52.019><c> already</c>

00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:53.319
been<00:32:52.480><c> made</c><00:32:52.759><c> by</c><00:32:52.940><c> the</c><00:32:53.099><c> second</c>

00:32:53.319 --> 00:32:59.279
banquet.<00:32:53.779><c> If</c><00:32:53.900><c> it's</c><00:32:54.099><c> a</c><00:32:54.240><c> case</c><00:32:54.519><c> of</c><00:32:55.019><c> Esther</c><00:32:55.420><c> or</c><00:32:55.819><c> Haman,</c><00:32:58.319><c> the</c><00:32:58.480><c> king's</c><00:32:58.880><c> already</c><00:32:59.119><c> made</c>

00:32:59.279 --> 00:33:01.400
up<00:32:59.460><c> his</c><00:32:59.700><c> mind.</c><00:33:00.880><c> He</c><00:33:01.099><c> didn't</c><00:33:01.240><c> make</c>

00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:04.839
his<00:33:01.640><c> mind</c><00:33:01.880><c> at</c><00:33:02.039><c> a</c><00:33:02.240><c> banquet.</c><00:33:03.619><c> He</c><00:33:03.759><c> made</c><00:33:03.940><c> up</c><00:33:04.079><c> his</c><00:33:04.259><c> mind</c><00:33:04.400><c> in</c><00:33:04.579><c> chapter</c>

00:33:04.839 --> 00:33:08.319
six<00:33:05.839><c> when</c><00:33:06.380><c> Haman's</c><00:33:06.799><c> true</c><00:33:07.000><c> character</c><00:33:07.619><c> was</c>

00:33:08.319 --> 00:33:15.180
exposed.<00:33:11.779><c> Esther</c><00:33:12.000><c> has</c><00:33:12.380><c> absolutely</c><00:33:13.119><c> no</c><00:33:13.539><c> control</c><00:33:14.180><c> over</c><00:33:14.599><c> the</c><00:33:14.779><c> events</c><00:33:15.000><c> of</c>

00:33:15.180 --> 00:33:17.259
chapter<00:33:15.460><c> six,</c><00:33:15.980><c> but</c><00:33:16.140><c> she</c><00:33:16.299><c> does</c><00:33:16.559><c> have</c><00:33:16.839><c> faith,</c>

00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:20.960
and<00:33:17.740><c> she</c><00:33:17.880><c> does</c><00:33:18.119><c> leave</c><00:33:18.319><c> room</c><00:33:18.500><c> for</c><00:33:18.680><c> God</c><00:33:18.859><c> to</c><00:33:19.079><c> work.</c><00:33:19.240><c> She</c><00:33:19.400><c> can't</c><00:33:19.720><c> control</c><00:33:20.180><c> what</c><00:33:20.359><c> Haman</c><00:33:20.640><c> will</c><00:33:20.839><c> do</c>

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:21.619
after<00:33:21.200><c> the</c><00:33:21.380><c> first</c>

00:33:21.619 --> 00:33:26.519
banquet.<00:33:22.660><c> How</c><00:33:22.779><c> he</c><00:33:22.900><c> marches</c><00:33:23.279><c> out</c><00:33:23.400><c> of</c><00:33:23.519><c> there</c><00:33:23.759><c> so</c><00:33:24.079><c> proud,</c><00:33:24.980><c> so</c><00:33:25.279><c> boastful,</c><00:33:26.299><c> has</c>

00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:28.119
the<00:33:26.779><c> gallows</c><00:33:27.059><c> built.</c><00:33:27.339><c> She</c><00:33:27.519><c> can't</c><00:33:27.819><c> control</c>

00:33:28.119 --> 00:33:33.460
that.<00:33:28.920><c> She</c><00:33:29.420><c> can't</c><00:33:29.700><c> control</c><00:33:30.019><c> the</c><00:33:30.259><c> insomnia</c><00:33:30.759><c> that</c><00:33:30.920><c> will</c><00:33:31.119><c> overcome</c><00:33:31.440><c> the</c><00:33:31.640><c> king</c><00:33:31.819><c> that</c><00:33:32.119><c> night.</c><00:33:33.119><c> It's</c><00:33:33.160><c> not</c><00:33:33.319><c> as</c>

00:33:33.460 --> 00:33:33.640
if<00:33:33.500><c> she</c>

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puts<00:33:33.799><c> some</c><00:33:34.039><c> type</c><00:33:34.259><c> of</c><00:33:34.420><c> drug</c><00:33:34.599><c> in</c><00:33:34.779><c> his</c><00:33:35.200><c> wine</c><00:33:35.519><c> so</c><00:33:35.700><c> he</c><00:33:35.759><c> couldn't</c><00:33:36.019><c> drink</c><00:33:36.400><c> or</c>

00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:39.519
he<00:33:36.920><c> couldn't</c><00:33:37.200><c> sleep,</c><00:33:37.759><c> sorry,</c><00:33:38.700><c> but</c><00:33:39.059><c> he</c><00:33:39.180><c> has</c><00:33:39.279><c> a</c>

00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:42.019
terrible<00:33:39.759><c> case</c><00:33:40.000><c> of</c><00:33:40.200><c> insomnia</c><00:33:40.640><c> that</c><00:33:40.880><c> night.</c><00:33:41.000><c> She</c><00:33:41.140><c> can't</c><00:33:41.440><c> control</c><00:33:41.740><c> these</c>

00:33:42.019 --> 00:33:44.279
things.<00:33:43.259><c> She</c><00:33:43.400><c> can't</c><00:33:43.700><c> control</c><00:33:43.940><c> what</c><00:33:44.119><c> the</c>

00:33:44.279 --> 00:33:49.619
king<00:33:44.440><c> does</c><00:33:44.779><c> when</c><00:33:44.920><c> he</c><00:33:45.099><c> can't</c><00:33:45.380><c> sleep,</c><00:33:47.460><c> but</c><00:33:48.380><c> God</c><00:33:48.599><c> will</c><00:33:48.900><c> use</c><00:33:49.319><c> her</c>

00:33:49.619 --> 00:33:53.019
faithful<00:33:49.960><c> actions</c><00:33:50.559><c> because</c><00:33:51.559><c> God</c><00:33:51.920><c> alone</c><00:33:52.380><c> is</c><00:33:52.720><c> controlling</c>

00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:58.920
these<00:33:53.240><c> events,</c><00:33:55.539><c> bringing</c><00:33:55.839><c> about</c><00:33:56.440><c> a</c><00:33:56.720><c> resolution</c><00:33:57.299><c> in</c><00:33:57.539><c> a</c><00:33:57.680><c> way</c><00:33:58.220><c> in</c>

00:33:58.920 --> 00:34:01.279
which<00:33:59.160><c> all</c><00:33:59.539><c> the</c><00:33:59.740><c> glory</c><00:33:59.980><c> is</c><00:34:00.220><c> to</c><00:34:00.380><c> himself</c><00:34:00.839><c> as</c><00:34:01.099><c> it</c>

00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:06.759
should<00:34:01.440><c> be.</c><00:34:03.119><c> Following</c><00:34:03.500><c> the</c><00:34:03.740><c> first</c><00:34:03.960><c> banquet,</c><00:34:05.099><c> do</c><00:34:05.319><c> you</c><00:34:05.319><c> see</c><00:34:05.500><c> the</c><00:34:05.619><c> situation</c><00:34:06.119><c> that</c><00:34:06.420><c> Esther</c><00:34:06.559><c> is</c>

00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:07.720
in?<00:34:06.819><c> She</c><00:34:07.039><c> woke</c><00:34:07.279><c> up</c><00:34:07.519><c> that</c>

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:12.280
morning,<00:34:09.179><c> and</c><00:34:09.300><c> her</c><00:34:09.519><c> people</c><00:34:09.860><c> were</c><00:34:10.139><c> condemned</c><00:34:10.500><c> to</c><00:34:10.760><c> death,</c><00:34:11.280><c> and</c>

00:34:12.280 --> 00:34:15.340
they're<00:34:12.440><c> going</c><00:34:12.699><c> to</c><00:34:12.940><c> die</c><00:34:13.519><c> in</c><00:34:14.019><c> the</c><00:34:14.159><c> twelfth</c><00:34:14.440><c> month.</c>

00:34:16.199 --> 00:34:19.079
She<00:34:16.440><c> has</c><00:34:16.679><c> to</c><00:34:16.840><c> go</c><00:34:17.079><c> and</c><00:34:17.320><c> face</c><00:34:17.500><c> the</c><00:34:17.699><c> king,</c><00:34:18.219><c> at</c><00:34:18.420><c> which</c><00:34:18.619><c> time</c><00:34:18.880><c> she</c>

00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:22.820
may<00:34:19.280><c> die.</c><00:34:20.840><c> She</c><00:34:21.059><c> goes</c><00:34:21.300><c> before</c><00:34:21.659><c> the</c><00:34:21.840><c> king.</c><00:34:22.440><c> Her</c><00:34:22.599><c> life</c>

00:34:22.820 --> 00:34:28.519
is<00:34:23.519><c> extended.</c><00:34:25.800><c> At</c><00:34:26.079><c> the</c><00:34:26.179><c> end</c><00:34:26.340><c> of</c><00:34:26.440><c> the</c><00:34:26.559><c> first</c><00:34:26.840><c> banquet,</c><00:34:27.360><c> her</c><00:34:27.539><c> situation</c><00:34:28.179><c> has</c>

00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:30.920
not<00:34:28.760><c> improved</c><00:34:29.340><c> all</c><00:34:29.659><c> that</c><00:34:29.880><c> greatly</c>

00:34:31.059 --> 00:34:34.139
because<00:34:31.440><c> she</c><00:34:31.780><c> still</c><00:34:32.059><c> now</c><00:34:32.420><c> faces</c><00:34:32.739><c> the</c><00:34:33.079><c> trial</c><00:34:33.440><c> of</c><00:34:33.679><c> the</c><00:34:33.900><c> second</c>

00:34:34.139 --> 00:34:36.760
banquet<00:34:34.599><c> in</c><00:34:35.039><c> which</c><00:34:35.199><c> she</c><00:34:35.420><c> has</c><00:34:35.699><c> to</c><00:34:35.980><c> now</c>

00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:41.380
accuse<00:34:38.119><c> the</c><00:34:38.599><c> king's</c><00:34:39.019><c> trusted</c><00:34:39.340><c> friend</c><00:34:39.760><c> as</c><00:34:40.119><c> being</c><00:34:40.400><c> a</c><00:34:40.579><c> traitor.</c>

00:34:41.719 --> 00:34:44.119
You<00:34:41.860><c> see,</c><00:34:42.400><c> her</c><00:34:42.619><c> situation</c><00:34:43.300><c> is</c><00:34:43.579><c> not</c><00:34:43.840><c> getting</c>

00:34:44.119 --> 00:34:49.420
any<00:34:44.559><c> easier</c><00:34:44.980><c> as</c><00:34:45.219><c> these</c><00:34:45.440><c> events</c><00:34:45.719><c> develop,</c><00:34:46.900><c> and</c><00:34:47.460><c> that's</c><00:34:47.639><c> how</c><00:34:47.800><c> God</c><00:34:48.079><c> works</c><00:34:49.159><c> with</c><00:34:49.340><c> us</c>

00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:51.039
in<00:34:49.539><c> our</c><00:34:49.780><c> trials.</c><00:34:50.699><c> Had</c><00:34:50.800><c> she</c>

00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:53.320
remained<00:34:51.360><c> silent</c><00:34:51.920><c> in</c><00:34:52.059><c> chapter</c><00:34:52.400><c> four</c><00:34:52.639><c> and</c><00:34:52.760><c> said,</c><00:34:52.940><c> I'm</c><00:34:52.940><c> not</c><00:34:53.139><c> going</c><00:34:53.239><c> to</c>

00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:55.440
go<00:34:53.460><c> before</c><00:34:53.699><c> the</c><00:34:53.900><c> king,</c><00:34:54.900><c> then</c><00:34:55.039><c> she</c><00:34:55.159><c> doesn't</c>

00:34:55.440 --> 00:35:00.300
face<00:34:55.739><c> the</c><00:34:56.039><c> trial</c><00:34:56.460><c> of</c><00:34:56.780><c> the</c><00:34:56.980><c> second</c><00:34:57.159><c> banquet,</c><00:34:57.599><c> but</c><00:34:58.559><c> it's</c><00:34:58.900><c> because</c><00:34:59.639><c> of</c><00:34:59.980><c> her</c>

00:35:00.300 --> 00:35:05.559
faith<00:35:00.920><c> that</c><00:35:03.579><c> she</c><00:35:03.780><c> is</c><00:35:04.139><c> presented</c><00:35:04.679><c> with</c>

00:35:05.559 --> 00:35:09.480
a<00:35:06.099><c> second</c><00:35:06.360><c> trial</c><00:35:06.920><c> that's</c><00:35:07.800><c> equal</c><00:35:08.039><c> to,</c><00:35:08.440><c> if</c><00:35:08.699><c> not</c><00:35:09.000><c> greater</c><00:35:09.320><c> than</c>

00:35:09.480 --> 00:35:12.559
the<00:35:09.719><c> first.</c><00:35:11.019><c> It's</c><00:35:11.239><c> one</c><00:35:11.500><c> thing</c><00:35:11.659><c> to</c><00:35:11.800><c> go</c><00:35:11.980><c> before</c><00:35:12.280><c> the</c>

00:35:12.559 --> 00:35:15.139
king<00:35:12.880><c> and</c><00:35:13.159><c> have</c><00:35:13.300><c> your</c><00:35:13.500><c> life</c><00:35:13.699><c> extended</c><00:35:14.159><c> without</c><00:35:14.420><c> having</c><00:35:14.639><c> to</c><00:35:14.840><c> say</c><00:35:15.000><c> a</c>

00:35:15.139 --> 00:35:18.500
word.<00:35:17.059><c> It's</c><00:35:17.380><c> quite</c><00:35:17.559><c> another</c><00:35:17.860><c> to</c><00:35:18.059><c> go</c><00:35:18.239><c> before</c>

00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:21.420
the<00:35:18.920><c> king</c><00:35:18.920><c> and</c><00:35:19.059><c> now</c><00:35:19.340><c> declare</c><00:35:19.780><c> that</c><00:35:20.000><c> his</c><00:35:20.179><c> trusted</c><00:35:20.519><c> friend</c><00:35:20.960><c> is</c><00:35:21.239><c> a</c>

00:35:21.420 --> 00:35:24.179
traitor,<00:35:22.380><c> but</c><00:35:22.500><c> you</c><00:35:22.699><c> see</c><00:35:22.820><c> how</c><00:35:23.260><c> fertile</c><00:35:23.579><c> this</c><00:35:23.880><c> ground</c>

00:35:24.179 --> 00:35:28.019
is<00:35:24.539><c> for</c><00:35:24.760><c> Esther's</c><00:35:25.260><c> faith</c><00:35:25.440><c> to</c><00:35:25.719><c> grow,</c><00:35:27.059><c> and</c><00:35:27.219><c> the</c><00:35:27.400><c> beauty</c><00:35:27.619><c> of</c><00:35:27.780><c> it</c>

00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:31.039
all<00:35:28.500><c> is</c><00:35:29.219><c> that</c><00:35:29.360><c> she</c><00:35:29.619><c> ended</c><00:35:29.860><c> up</c><00:35:30.139><c> in</c><00:35:30.280><c> this</c><00:35:30.480><c> position</c>

00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:34.239
between<00:35:31.380><c> the</c><00:35:31.579><c> first</c><00:35:31.800><c> two</c><00:35:32.000><c> banquets</c><00:35:32.619><c> because</c><00:35:33.380><c> of</c><00:35:33.659><c> her</c><00:35:33.920><c> faith.</c>

00:35:34.579 --> 00:35:36.840
You<00:35:34.699><c> see,</c><00:35:34.760><c> that's</c><00:35:34.980><c> how</c><00:35:35.179><c> God</c><00:35:35.420><c> works</c><00:35:35.760><c> with</c><00:35:35.960><c> us.</c>

00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:39.519
He<00:35:37.179><c> doesn't</c><00:35:37.440><c> say,</c><00:35:37.900><c> I</c><00:35:37.920><c> want</c><00:35:38.119><c> you</c><00:35:38.260><c> to</c><00:35:38.340><c> go</c><00:35:38.440><c> before</c><00:35:38.699><c> the</c><00:35:38.960><c> king,</c><00:35:39.300><c> and</c>

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:41.920
we<00:35:39.760><c> do,</c><00:35:40.119><c> and</c><00:35:40.239><c> now</c><00:35:40.460><c> it's</c><00:35:40.599><c> all</c><00:35:40.840><c> over.</c>

00:35:42.219 --> 00:35:47.119
We<00:35:42.519><c> show</c><00:35:42.840><c> our</c><00:35:43.199><c> faith.</c><00:35:43.579><c> He</c><00:35:43.739><c> brings</c><00:35:44.000><c> us</c><00:35:44.199><c> through</c><00:35:44.420><c> a</c><00:35:44.659><c> trial</c><00:35:45.199><c> so</c><00:35:46.760><c> that</c><00:35:47.000><c> he</c>

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can<00:35:47.340><c> now</c><00:35:47.619><c> bring</c><00:35:47.739><c> us</c><00:35:47.980><c> to</c><00:35:48.079><c> the</c><00:35:48.219><c> next</c><00:35:48.539><c> trial.</c>

00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:54.599
Now,<00:35:50.239><c> she</c><00:35:50.340><c> would</c><00:35:50.519><c> have</c><00:35:50.639><c> found</c><00:35:50.800><c> great</c><00:35:51.159><c> encouragement</c><00:35:52.059><c> from</c><00:35:52.559><c> having</c><00:35:52.820><c> been</c><00:35:53.059><c> given</c><00:35:53.400><c> her</c><00:35:53.860><c> life</c><00:35:54.300><c> by</c>

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the<00:35:54.820><c> king</c><00:35:54.940><c> when</c>

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he<00:35:55.360><c> extended</c><00:35:55.559><c> the</c><00:35:55.820><c> scepter,</c><00:35:56.320><c> and</c><00:35:56.699><c> we</c><00:35:56.820><c> don't</c><00:35:56.980><c> want</c><00:35:57.119><c> to</c><00:35:57.300><c> minimize</c><00:35:57.639><c> that,</c>

00:35:59.239 --> 00:36:01.219
but<00:35:59.380><c> her</c><00:35:59.659><c> trials</c><00:35:59.880><c> didn't</c><00:36:00.179><c> end</c><00:36:00.719><c> when</c><00:36:00.940><c> her</c>

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life<00:36:01.599><c> was</c><00:36:01.980><c> extended,</c><00:36:03.139><c> so</c><00:36:03.679><c> that</c><00:36:03.860><c> as</c><00:36:04.179><c> our</c><00:36:04.519><c> faith</c><00:36:04.719><c> grows,</c><00:36:05.380><c> our</c><00:36:05.619><c> trials</c><00:36:06.000><c> are</c><00:36:06.400><c> going</c><00:36:06.659><c> to</c>

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increase,<00:36:07.739><c> and</c><00:36:08.139><c> parents,</c>

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we<00:36:08.820><c> need</c><00:36:09.219><c> to</c><00:36:09.420><c> be</c><00:36:09.659><c> teaching</c><00:36:10.000><c> our</c><00:36:10.360><c> young</c><00:36:10.659><c> people.</c><00:36:11.059><c> This</c><00:36:11.199><c> is</c><00:36:11.460><c> a</c><00:36:11.699><c> godly</c><00:36:12.159><c> principle.</c><00:36:13.159><c> It</c>

00:36:13.219 --> 00:36:15.079
isn't<00:36:13.460><c> just</c><00:36:13.780><c> the</c><00:36:13.920><c> life</c><00:36:14.119><c> of</c><00:36:14.440><c> Esther.</c>

00:36:15.119 --> 00:36:20.900
We<00:36:15.239><c> could</c><00:36:15.460><c> trace</c><00:36:15.679><c> the</c><00:36:16.000><c> same</c><00:36:16.280><c> thing</c><00:36:16.519><c> through</c><00:36:16.900><c> the</c><00:36:17.099><c> lives</c><00:36:17.480><c> of</c><00:36:17.960><c> Nehemiah</c><00:36:18.440><c> and</c><00:36:18.679><c> Ezra</c><00:36:19.500><c> and</c><00:36:19.780><c> the</c><00:36:20.079><c> other</c><00:36:20.320><c> characters</c><00:36:20.659><c> in</c>

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Scripture.<00:36:21.320><c> When</c><00:36:21.440><c> they</c><00:36:21.639><c> were</c><00:36:21.900><c> faithful,</c><00:36:22.599><c> their</c><00:36:22.820><c> trials</c><00:36:23.079><c> didn't</c><00:36:23.340><c> end.</c>

00:36:23.719 --> 00:36:25.860
Their<00:36:23.980><c> trials</c><00:36:24.260><c> only</c><00:36:24.679><c> increased.</c>

00:36:26.400 --> 00:36:30.980
The<00:36:26.739><c> exact</c><00:36:26.980><c> same</c><00:36:27.260><c> situation</c><00:36:27.980><c> in</c><00:36:28.360><c> the</c><00:36:28.440><c> case</c><00:36:28.639><c> of</c><00:36:28.800><c> our</c><00:36:28.920><c> Lord</c><00:36:29.079><c> Jesus</c><00:36:29.380><c> Christ,</c><00:36:30.820><c> but</c>

00:36:30.980 --> 00:36:32.780
now<00:36:31.260><c> God</c><00:36:31.440><c> is</c><00:36:31.699><c> working</c><00:36:32.019><c> alone</c>

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directly<00:36:33.360><c> with</c><00:36:33.599><c> Esther.</c><00:36:33.980><c> There's</c><00:36:34.079><c> no</c><00:36:34.280><c> more</c><00:36:34.460><c> to</c><00:36:34.659><c> KI</c><00:36:35.099><c> between</c>

00:36:36.219 --> 00:36:38.460
banquet<00:36:36.579><c> one</c><00:36:36.840><c> and</c><00:36:37.119><c> two.</c><00:36:37.539><c> This</c><00:36:37.739><c> is</c><00:36:37.980><c> God</c><00:36:38.199><c> now</c>

00:36:38.460 --> 00:36:42.719
alone<00:36:39.019><c> working</c><00:36:39.480><c> with</c><00:36:39.719><c> this</c><00:36:40.019><c> young,</c><00:36:40.780><c> faithful</c><00:36:40.960><c> sister,</c><00:36:42.699><c> and</c>

00:36:42.719 --> 00:36:44.840
once<00:36:43.000><c> again,</c><00:36:43.380><c> the</c><00:36:43.440><c> word</c><00:36:43.699><c> prayer</c><00:36:44.039><c> doesn't</c><00:36:44.340><c> show</c><00:36:44.639><c> up</c>

00:36:44.840 --> 00:36:52.420
in<00:36:45.000><c> chapter</c><00:36:45.280><c> five,</c><00:36:46.960><c> but</c><00:36:47.099><c> chapter</c><00:36:47.460><c> five</c><00:36:47.900><c> is</c><00:36:48.199><c> an</c><00:36:48.539><c> amazing</c><00:36:49.480><c> example</c><00:36:50.260><c> of</c><00:36:51.179><c> the</c><00:36:51.539><c> power</c><00:36:51.940><c> of</c>

00:36:52.420 --> 00:36:54.360
prayer<00:36:52.719><c> in</c><00:36:53.039><c> our</c><00:36:53.360><c> life.</c>

00:36:55.139 --> 00:36:59.179
If<00:36:55.739><c> you</c><00:36:56.019><c> were</c><00:36:56.219><c> Esther</c><00:36:56.760><c> and</c><00:36:57.059><c> you</c><00:36:57.280><c> went</c><00:36:57.420><c> home</c><00:36:57.760><c> that</c><00:36:58.119><c> day</c><00:36:58.579><c> back</c><00:36:58.980><c> to</c>

00:36:59.179 --> 00:37:02.420
your<00:36:59.420><c> own</c><00:36:59.739><c> palace</c><00:37:00.420><c> and</c><00:37:01.699><c> you</c><00:37:01.880><c> knew</c><00:37:02.059><c> you</c><00:37:02.239><c> had</c>

00:37:02.420 --> 00:37:06.320
a<00:37:03.239><c> prospect</c><00:37:03.239><c> of</c><00:37:03.519><c> a</c><00:37:03.719><c> second</c><00:37:04.019><c> banquet</c><00:37:04.400><c> the</c><00:37:04.619><c> next</c><00:37:04.940><c> morning</c><00:37:05.320><c> or</c><00:37:05.519><c> the</c><00:37:05.639><c> next</c><00:37:05.960><c> day</c><00:37:06.179><c> in</c>

00:37:06.320 --> 00:37:07.559
which<00:37:06.500><c> you</c><00:37:06.639><c> were</c><00:37:06.820><c> going</c><00:37:07.039><c> to</c><00:37:07.340><c> accuse</c>

00:37:07.559 --> 00:37:15.260
the<00:37:07.780><c> king,</c><00:37:08.460><c> sorry,</c><00:37:08.980><c> accuse</c><00:37:09.139><c> Haman,</c><00:37:13.159><c> don't</c><00:37:13.699><c> you</c><00:37:13.900><c> think</c><00:37:14.599><c> that</c>

00:37:15.260 --> 00:37:19.780
she<00:37:15.480><c> may</c><00:37:15.719><c> have</c><00:37:15.960><c> offered</c><00:37:16.519><c> some</c><00:37:17.860><c> prayer</c><00:37:18.340><c> that</c><00:37:18.860><c> night?</c>

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Isn't<00:37:21.699><c> it</c><00:37:21.900><c> possible</c><00:37:22.340><c> that</c><00:37:22.519><c> she</c><00:37:22.699><c> may</c><00:37:22.880><c> have</c><00:37:23.119><c> spent</c><00:37:24.019><c> several</c><00:37:24.960><c> minutes,</c><00:37:25.420><c> if</c>

00:37:25.639 --> 00:37:28.400
not<00:37:25.860><c> hours,</c><00:37:26.260><c> in</c><00:37:26.599><c> prayer</c><00:37:27.099><c> because</c><00:37:27.739><c> her</c>

00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:33.579
accusation<00:37:29.139><c> the</c><00:37:29.300><c> next</c><00:37:29.659><c> day</c><00:37:30.219><c> and</c><00:37:31.340><c> the</c><00:37:31.539><c> king's</c><00:37:32.059><c> response</c><00:37:32.400><c> to</c><00:37:32.699><c> it</c>

00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:37.920
will<00:37:34.019><c> be</c><00:37:34.860><c> likely</c><00:37:35.579><c> her</c><00:37:36.280><c> only</c><00:37:36.840><c> opportunity</c><00:37:37.579><c> to</c>

00:37:37.920 --> 00:37:47.639
save<00:37:38.139><c> her</c><00:37:38.420><c> people?</c><00:37:40.179><c> So</c><00:37:40.460><c> there's</c><00:37:41.019><c> Esther</c><00:37:41.500><c> in</c><00:37:42.360><c> her</c><00:37:42.619><c> chamber</c><00:37:43.320><c> praying.</c><00:37:46.159><c> Where's</c><00:37:46.579><c> the</c><00:37:46.760><c> king?</c>

00:37:49.780 --> 00:37:53.920
The<00:37:50.019><c> king's</c><00:37:50.440><c> in</c><00:37:50.579><c> his</c><00:37:50.880><c> chamber</c><00:37:51.420><c> and</c><00:37:52.320><c> he</c><00:37:52.500><c> can't</c><00:37:52.800><c> sleep.</c>

00:37:55.780 --> 00:38:01.159
So<00:37:56.500><c> he</c><00:37:56.659><c> calls</c><00:37:57.099><c> for</c><00:37:57.320><c> the</c><00:37:57.440><c> books</c><00:37:57.679><c> of</c><00:37:57.860><c> the</c><00:37:58.019><c> Chronicles</c><00:37:58.400><c> to</c><00:37:58.559><c> be</c><00:37:58.760><c> read.</c><00:38:00.920><c> Her</c>

00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:04.539
prayer,<00:38:02.079><c> his</c><00:38:02.400><c> insomnia,</c><00:38:03.820><c> her</c><00:38:04.139><c> prayer</c>

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being<00:38:05.039><c> answered</c><00:38:05.780><c> simultaneously.</c><00:38:08.980><c> Where's</c><00:38:09.340><c> Haman?</c><00:38:11.000><c> While</c>

00:38:11.159 --> 00:38:13.460
Esther<00:38:11.440><c> is</c><00:38:11.800><c> praying</c><00:38:12.119><c> for</c><00:38:12.360><c> God</c><00:38:12.579><c> to</c><00:38:12.840><c> intervene</c>

00:38:13.460 --> 00:38:18.460
and<00:38:13.820><c> save</c><00:38:14.059><c> his</c><00:38:14.340><c> people,</c><00:38:15.380><c> Haman</c><00:38:15.760><c> is</c><00:38:16.079><c> in</c><00:38:16.239><c> his</c><00:38:16.480><c> house</c><00:38:17.260><c> having</c><00:38:18.179><c> a</c>

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gallows<00:38:18.860><c> 75</c><00:38:19.360><c> feet</c><00:38:19.739><c> high</c><00:38:20.099><c> being</c><00:38:20.380><c> built</c><00:38:20.880><c> upon</c><00:38:21.360><c> which</c>

00:38:21.760 --> 00:38:29.460
he<00:38:22.159><c> will</c><00:38:22.400><c> die.</c><00:38:25.860><c> All</c><00:38:26.280><c> the</c><00:38:26.480><c> while</c><00:38:26.980><c> this</c><00:38:27.559><c> young</c><00:38:28.000><c> faithful</c><00:38:28.880><c> Hebrew</c>

00:38:29.460 --> 00:38:32.900
maiden<00:38:29.920><c> is</c><00:38:30.800><c> praying</c><00:38:31.179><c> to</c><00:38:31.420><c> her</c><00:38:31.659><c> God</c><00:38:32.059><c> to</c><00:38:32.420><c> intervene</c>

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in<00:38:33.159><c> this</c><00:38:33.360><c> situation.</c><00:38:35.360><c> It's</c><00:38:35.539><c> not</c><00:38:35.739><c> the</c><00:38:35.900><c> only</c><00:38:36.119><c> case</c><00:38:36.400><c> in</c><00:38:36.639><c> Scripture</c><00:38:36.940><c> of</c><00:38:37.239><c> prayer</c><00:38:37.500><c> being</c>

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answered<00:38:38.159><c> simultaneously.</c>

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We<00:38:39.159><c> know</c><00:38:39.320><c> in</c><00:38:39.480><c> Daniel</c><00:38:39.739><c> 9</c><00:38:40.400><c> when</c><00:38:41.119><c> the</c><00:38:41.280><c> angel</c><00:38:41.480><c> finally</c><00:38:41.820><c> comes</c><00:38:42.099><c> to</c>

00:38:42.320 --> 00:38:44.659
him<00:38:42.460><c> he</c><00:38:42.559><c> says,</c><00:38:43.159><c> from</c><00:38:43.199><c> the</c><00:38:43.420><c> moment</c><00:38:43.599><c> you</c><00:38:43.800><c> began</c><00:38:44.099><c> to</c><00:38:44.400><c> pray,</c>

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Daniel,<00:38:46.059><c> God</c><00:38:46.659><c> heard</c><00:38:47.079><c> and</c><00:38:47.260><c> he</c><00:38:47.420><c> was</c><00:38:47.760><c> intervening</c><00:38:48.679><c> and</c><00:38:49.039><c> sending</c>

00:38:49.300 --> 00:38:50.739
me<00:38:49.559><c> to</c><00:38:49.760><c> you.</c>

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Prayer<00:38:52.619><c> could</c><00:38:52.980><c> be</c><00:38:53.179><c> a</c><00:38:53.320><c> tremendous</c><00:38:53.820><c> power</c><00:38:54.300><c> in</c><00:38:54.500><c> our</c><00:38:54.719><c> life,</c><00:38:55.179><c> brother</c><00:38:55.260><c> and</c>

00:38:55.480 --> 00:38:57.719
sisters,<00:38:55.880><c> and</c><00:38:56.199><c> we</c><00:38:56.380><c> need</c><00:38:56.599><c> to</c><00:38:56.860><c> utilize</c><00:38:57.239><c> it</c>

00:38:57.719 --> 00:39:02.320
because<00:38:58.059><c> Esther</c><00:38:58.400><c> did</c><00:38:59.199><c> and</c><00:38:59.619><c> God</c><00:39:00.019><c> heard</c><00:39:00.300><c> her</c><00:39:00.639><c> prayer</c><00:39:01.119><c> and</c><00:39:01.639><c> events</c><00:39:01.980><c> were</c>

00:39:02.320 --> 00:39:03.599
set<00:39:02.519><c> in</c><00:39:02.739><c> motion.</c>

00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:08.840
If<00:39:05.179><c> Esther</c><00:39:05.420><c> went</c><00:39:05.539><c> home</c><00:39:05.719><c> to</c><00:39:05.900><c> pray</c><00:39:06.099><c> that</c><00:39:06.360><c> night,</c><00:39:08.119><c> Haman</c><00:39:08.280><c> went</c><00:39:08.440><c> home</c><00:39:08.639><c> to</c>

00:39:08.840 --> 00:39:12.059
boast.<00:39:10.400><c> Chapter</c><00:39:10.760><c> 5</c><00:39:11.079><c> is</c><00:39:11.420><c> a</c><00:39:11.599><c> reflection</c>

00:39:12.059 --> 00:39:15.659
or<00:39:12.300><c> insight</c><00:39:12.599><c> into</c><00:39:12.900><c> another</c><00:39:14.239><c> aspect</c><00:39:14.760><c> of</c><00:39:14.900><c> his</c><00:39:15.099><c> character.</c><00:39:15.519><c> It's</c>

00:39:15.659 --> 00:39:17.500
a<00:39:15.739><c> further</c><00:39:15.940><c> insight</c><00:39:16.280><c> into</c><00:39:16.460><c> his</c><00:39:16.699><c> character.</c>

00:39:17.679 --> 00:39:21.059
Just<00:39:17.920><c> take</c><00:39:18.300><c> a</c><00:39:18.360><c> look</c><00:39:18.559><c> at</c><00:39:18.559><c> the</c><00:39:18.599><c> distance</c><00:39:18.880><c> in</c><00:39:19.019><c> verse</c><00:39:19.219><c> 9.</c><00:39:20.860><c> He</c><00:39:20.980><c> went</c>

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out<00:39:21.300><c> that</c><00:39:21.500><c> day</c><00:39:21.760><c> joyful</c><00:39:22.260><c> and</c><00:39:22.679><c> glad</c><00:39:22.960><c> of</c><00:39:23.239><c> heart,</c>

00:39:24.119 --> 00:39:26.420
but<00:39:24.199><c> when</c><00:39:24.440><c> Haman</c><00:39:24.619><c> saw</c><00:39:24.920><c> Mordecai</c><00:39:25.460><c> in</c><00:39:25.619><c> the</c><00:39:25.780><c> king's</c><00:39:26.119><c> gate</c><00:39:26.260><c> that</c>

00:39:26.420 --> 00:39:28.280
he<00:39:26.559><c> neither</c><00:39:26.739><c> rose</c><00:39:27.139><c> nor</c><00:39:27.420><c> trembled</c><00:39:27.760><c> before</c><00:39:28.079><c> him,</c>

00:39:28.280 --> 00:39:32.579
he<00:39:28.420><c> was</c><00:39:28.719><c> filled</c><00:39:29.019><c> with</c><00:39:29.320><c> wrath</c><00:39:29.559><c> against</c><00:39:30.000><c> Mordecai.</c><00:39:31.420><c> He's</c><00:39:31.800><c> on</c><00:39:32.179><c> top</c><00:39:32.380><c> of</c>

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the<00:39:32.760><c> world.</c><00:39:33.260><c> It</c><00:39:33.460><c> doesn't</c><00:39:33.800><c> get</c><00:39:34.079><c> any</c><00:39:34.380><c> better</c>

00:39:34.579 --> 00:39:37.739
than<00:39:34.840><c> this.</c><00:39:35.639><c> He's</c><00:39:35.940><c> joyful</c><00:39:36.340><c> and</c><00:39:36.699><c> glad</c><00:39:36.920><c> of</c><00:39:37.139><c> heart</c><00:39:37.280><c> and</c><00:39:37.440><c> the</c><00:39:37.599><c> word</c>

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means<00:39:38.019><c> he's</c><00:39:38.360><c> gleeful.</c><00:39:38.760><c> He</c><00:39:38.940><c> goes</c><00:39:39.099><c> out</c><00:39:39.300><c> of</c><00:39:39.400><c> that</c><00:39:39.599><c> first</c>

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banquet<00:39:40.179><c> and</c><00:39:40.760><c> he</c><00:39:40.940><c> is</c><00:39:41.320><c> gleeful.</c><00:39:42.460><c> He's</c><00:39:42.679><c> on</c><00:39:42.980><c> top</c><00:39:43.179><c> of</c><00:39:43.340><c> the</c><00:39:43.440><c> world.</c>

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I<00:39:44.440><c> have</c><00:39:44.659><c> all</c><00:39:44.960><c> these</c><00:39:45.219><c> achievements.</c><00:39:46.260><c> I</c><00:39:46.380><c> even</c><00:39:46.480><c> got</c>

00:39:46.619 --> 00:39:49.920
a<00:39:46.840><c> special</c><00:39:47.139><c> invitation</c><00:39:47.679><c> to</c><00:39:47.860><c> the</c><00:39:48.000><c> queen's</c><00:39:48.360><c> banquet.</c><00:39:49.679><c> Then</c><00:39:49.800><c> he</c>

00:39:49.920 --> 00:39:52.960
sees<00:39:50.119><c> Mordecai</c><00:39:50.920><c> who</c><00:39:51.559><c> will</c><00:39:51.820><c> not</c><00:39:52.059><c> fear</c><00:39:52.380><c> and</c><00:39:52.679><c> tremble</c>

00:39:52.960 --> 00:39:56.659
before<00:39:53.300><c> him</c><00:39:53.820><c> and</c><00:39:54.340><c> his</c><00:39:54.639><c> disposition</c><00:39:55.199><c> changes</c><00:39:55.900><c> immediately</c>

00:39:56.659 --> 00:40:00.539
and<00:39:57.360><c> he's</c><00:39:57.679><c> filled</c><00:39:58.099><c> with</c><00:39:58.599><c> indignation</c><00:39:59.360><c> and</c><00:39:59.659><c> wrath.</c>

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Same<00:40:00.920><c> word</c><00:40:01.199><c> as</c><00:40:01.380><c> we</c><00:40:01.500><c> saw</c><00:40:01.679><c> back</c><00:40:01.920><c> in</c><00:40:02.079><c> chapter</c><00:40:02.340><c> 3</c><00:40:02.599><c> and</c><00:40:02.719><c> verse</c><00:40:02.920><c> 5.</c><00:40:04.099><c> And</c><00:40:04.239><c> he</c>

00:40:04.280 --> 00:40:05.980
goes<00:40:04.519><c> home</c><00:40:04.780><c> and</c><00:40:04.900><c> he</c><00:40:05.059><c> calls</c><00:40:05.199><c> his</c><00:40:05.400><c> wife</c><00:40:05.639><c> together</c>

00:40:05.980 --> 00:40:12.039
his<00:40:06.199><c> friends.</c><00:40:08.320><c> And</c><00:40:08.599><c> why</c><00:40:08.739><c> does</c><00:40:08.900><c> he</c><00:40:09.099><c> call</c><00:40:09.380><c> them</c><00:40:09.579><c> together?</c><00:40:10.400><c> Because</c><00:40:10.579><c> he</c><00:40:10.739><c> wants</c><00:40:11.099><c> to</c><00:40:11.420><c> have</c><00:40:11.739><c> a</c>

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talk.<00:40:13.219><c> He</c><00:40:13.360><c> invites</c><00:40:13.599><c> them</c>

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over<00:40:14.199><c> to</c><00:40:14.340><c> his</c><00:40:14.519><c> house</c><00:40:15.219><c> and</c><00:40:15.980><c> he</c><00:40:16.159><c> says,</c><00:40:16.579><c> I</c><00:40:16.679><c> want</c><00:40:16.880><c> to</c><00:40:16.980><c> have</c><00:40:17.099><c> a</c><00:40:17.219><c> discussion</c><00:40:17.619><c> with</c>

00:40:17.920 --> 00:40:20.019
you.<00:40:18.780><c> And</c><00:40:19.019><c> the</c><00:40:19.199><c> subject</c><00:40:19.579><c> of</c><00:40:19.820><c> our</c>

00:40:20.019 --> 00:40:31.480
discussion<00:40:20.539><c> will</c><00:40:20.800><c> be</c><00:40:22.019><c> how</c><00:40:22.460><c> great</c><00:40:23.219><c> I</c><00:40:23.760><c> am.</c><00:40:25.840><c> That's</c><00:40:26.159><c> Haman.</c><00:40:28.800><c> So</c><00:40:29.239><c> sit</c><00:40:29.679><c> there</c><00:40:30.420><c> and</c><00:40:30.639><c> listen</c><00:40:31.039><c> for</c><00:40:31.360><c> a</c>

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while.<00:40:32.260><c> While</c><00:40:32.519><c> I</c>

00:40:32.820 --> 00:40:37.079
count<00:40:33.119><c> to</c><00:40:33.460><c> you</c><00:40:34.159><c> just</c><00:40:34.500><c> how</c><00:40:34.900><c> great</c><00:40:35.239><c> I</c><00:40:35.619><c> am.</c><00:40:36.159><c> And</c><00:40:36.360><c> he</c><00:40:36.420><c> goes</c><00:40:36.679><c> through</c>

00:40:37.079 --> 00:40:38.719
all<00:40:37.440><c> of</c><00:40:37.539><c> his</c><00:40:37.699><c> accomplishments.</c>

00:40:39.480 --> 00:40:43.320
And<00:40:39.659><c> you</c><00:40:39.760><c> know</c><00:40:39.820><c> what</c><00:40:39.920><c> he</c><00:40:40.019><c> liked</c><00:40:40.199><c> best?</c><00:40:41.699><c> He</c><00:40:41.980><c> liked</c><00:40:42.280><c> it</c><00:40:42.539><c> best</c><00:40:42.840><c> when</c><00:40:43.059><c> he</c>

00:40:43.320 --> 00:40:46.380
had<00:40:43.619><c> something</c><00:40:44.139><c> that</c><00:40:44.579><c> nobody</c><00:40:44.920><c> else</c><00:40:45.340><c> had.</c>

00:40:48.260 --> 00:40:51.440
And<00:40:48.420><c> isn't</c><00:40:48.539><c> that,</c><00:40:48.920><c> brothers</c><00:40:49.019><c> and</c><00:40:49.300><c> sisters</c><00:40:49.519><c> and</c><00:40:49.760><c> friends,</c><00:40:50.380><c> exactly</c><00:40:50.940><c> how</c>

00:40:51.440 --> 00:40:54.820
sin<00:40:51.639><c> works?</c><00:40:52.880><c> You</c><00:40:53.039><c> know,</c><00:40:53.179><c> I'm</c><00:40:53.440><c> the</c><00:40:53.719><c> only</c><00:40:54.199><c> one</c>

00:40:54.820 --> 00:41:00.719
that<00:40:55.219><c> Esther</c><00:40:55.619><c> invited</c><00:40:56.199><c> to</c><00:40:56.440><c> this</c><00:40:56.719><c> banquet</c><00:40:57.119><c> with</c><00:40:57.659><c> the</c><00:40:57.900><c> king.</c><00:40:58.880><c> He's</c><00:40:59.480><c> motivated</c><00:41:00.239><c> by</c>

00:41:00.719 --> 00:41:02.239
what<00:41:00.860><c> he</c><00:41:01.019><c> doesn't</c><00:41:01.320><c> have.</c>

00:41:03.019 --> 00:41:12.760
He's<00:41:03.860><c> never</c><00:41:04.139><c> content.</c><00:41:05.960><c> He</c><00:41:06.179><c> gauges</c><00:41:06.639><c> his</c><00:41:06.980><c> worth</c><00:41:07.619><c> by</c><00:41:08.460><c> what</c><00:41:08.639><c> he</c><00:41:09.940><c> has,</c><00:41:11.340><c> taking</c><00:41:11.679><c> special</c><00:41:12.139><c> delight</c><00:41:12.559><c> in</c>

00:41:12.760 --> 00:41:13.579
what<00:41:12.940><c> he</c><00:41:13.159><c> has</c><00:41:13.440><c> that</c>

00:41:13.579 --> 00:41:17.699
others<00:41:13.880><c> don't</c><00:41:14.420><c> have,</c><00:41:15.320><c> but</c><00:41:15.460><c> he</c><00:41:15.639><c> is</c><00:41:15.880><c> always</c><00:41:16.380><c> pressed</c><00:41:16.880><c> for</c><00:41:17.179><c> more.</c>

00:41:18.119 --> 00:41:22.719
I<00:41:18.420><c> need</c><00:41:18.920><c> more.</c><00:41:20.739><c> And</c><00:41:20.900><c> it's</c><00:41:21.179><c> the</c><00:41:21.360><c> Haman</c><00:41:21.659><c> spirit</c>

00:41:22.719 --> 00:41:28.360
that<00:41:23.420><c> is</c><00:41:23.820><c> driving</c><00:41:24.280><c> the</c><00:41:24.860><c> economy</c><00:41:25.420><c> of</c><00:41:25.780><c> the</c><00:41:25.940><c> Western</c><00:41:26.280><c> world.</c><00:41:28.119><c> The</c>

00:41:28.360 --> 00:41:30.840
economy<00:41:28.780><c> is</c><00:41:29.199><c> built</c><00:41:29.579><c> on</c><00:41:29.860><c> the</c><00:41:30.079><c> premonition</c>

00:41:30.840 --> 00:41:34.000
or<00:41:31.260><c> the</c><00:41:31.460><c> assumption</c><00:41:32.039><c> that</c><00:41:32.260><c> people</c><00:41:32.559><c> will</c><00:41:32.880><c> want</c><00:41:33.099><c> to</c><00:41:33.300><c> buy</c><00:41:33.480><c> more</c>

00:41:34.000 --> 00:41:37.219
and<00:41:34.320><c> more</c><00:41:34.780><c> and</c><00:41:35.039><c> more.</c><00:41:36.340><c> And</c><00:41:36.440><c> if</c><00:41:36.460><c> you</c><00:41:36.599><c> can't</c><00:41:36.920><c> buy</c><00:41:37.079><c> it</c>

00:41:37.219 --> 00:41:42.059
now,<00:41:37.460><c> you</c><00:41:37.579><c> can</c><00:41:37.800><c> buy</c><00:41:37.920><c> it</c><00:41:38.059><c> on</c><00:41:38.320><c> credit</c><00:41:38.739><c> or</c><00:41:39.480><c> you</c><00:41:39.559><c> can</c><00:41:39.840><c> lease</c><00:41:40.079><c> it.</c><00:41:41.920><c> In</c>

00:41:42.059 --> 00:41:44.360
the<00:41:42.219><c> last</c><00:41:42.460><c> 15</c><00:41:42.880><c> years,</c><00:41:43.380><c> the</c><00:41:43.539><c> car</c><00:41:43.699><c> companies</c><00:41:44.079><c> have</c>

00:41:44.360 --> 00:41:47.480
convinced<00:41:44.860><c> a</c><00:41:45.159><c> whole</c><00:41:45.380><c> lot</c><00:41:45.539><c> of</c><00:41:45.679><c> us</c><00:41:46.239><c> that</c><00:41:46.599><c> we</c><00:41:46.820><c> now</c><00:41:47.000><c> have</c><00:41:47.219><c> to</c><00:41:47.380><c> have</c>

00:41:47.480 --> 00:41:49.360
a<00:41:47.639><c> monthly</c><00:41:47.960><c> car</c><00:41:48.300><c> payment</c><00:41:48.599><c> just</c><00:41:48.840><c> like</c><00:41:48.980><c> we</c><00:41:49.139><c> used</c><00:41:49.300><c> to</c>

00:41:49.360 --> 00:41:51.920
have<00:41:49.500><c> a</c><00:41:49.599><c> monthly</c><00:41:49.920><c> house</c><00:41:50.239><c> payment.</c><00:41:50.940><c> So</c><00:41:51.179><c> we</c><00:41:51.280><c> can</c><00:41:51.460><c> always</c><00:41:51.699><c> drive</c>

00:41:51.920 --> 00:41:54.500
a<00:41:52.159><c> car</c><00:41:52.360><c> that's</c><00:41:52.579><c> only</c><00:41:52.800><c> one</c><00:41:53.000><c> or</c><00:41:53.059><c> two</c><00:41:53.260><c> years</c><00:41:53.539><c> old.</c>

00:41:54.619 --> 00:41:59.440
And<00:41:55.219><c> we're</c><00:41:55.519><c> all</c><00:41:55.760><c> guilty</c><00:41:56.059><c> of</c><00:41:56.260><c> this,</c><00:41:57.320><c> but</c><00:41:57.420><c> we</c><00:41:57.599><c> need</c><00:41:57.739><c> to</c><00:41:58.039><c> recognize</c><00:41:58.619><c> the</c><00:41:58.940><c> Haman</c><00:41:59.119><c>-like</c>

00:41:59.440 --> 00:42:00.840
effect<00:42:00.099><c> that</c><00:42:00.619><c> the</c>

00:42:00.840 --> 00:42:09.599
world<00:42:01.000><c> can</c><00:42:01.239><c> have</c><00:42:01.380><c> upon</c><00:42:01.699><c> us.</c><00:42:08.320><c> I</c><00:42:08.920><c> don't</c><00:42:09.079><c> know</c><00:42:09.139><c> what</c><00:42:09.260><c> it's</c><00:42:09.480><c> like</c>

00:42:09.599 --> 00:42:14.059
where<00:42:09.760><c> you</c><00:42:09.940><c> come</c><00:42:10.199><c> from,</c><00:42:12.119><c> but</c><00:42:12.260><c> my</c><00:42:12.579><c> experience</c>

00:42:14.219 --> 00:42:21.000
when<00:42:14.820><c> sisters</c><00:42:15.320><c> are</c><00:42:15.639><c> working,</c><00:42:17.940><c> it</c><00:42:18.260><c> takes</c><00:42:18.579><c> a</c><00:42:18.780><c> terrible</c><00:42:19.280><c> toll</c><00:42:19.619><c> upon</c><00:42:19.900><c> the</c><00:42:20.119><c> ecclesia.</c><00:42:20.800><c> It</c>

00:42:21.000 --> 00:42:22.599
isn't<00:42:21.219><c> just</c><00:42:21.579><c> their</c><00:42:21.820><c> own</c><00:42:22.099><c> kids</c>

00:42:22.599 --> 00:42:26.619
that<00:42:23.159><c> suffer</c><00:42:23.659><c> when</c><00:42:24.800><c> our</c><00:42:25.039><c> sisters</c><00:42:25.400><c> are</c><00:42:25.699><c> working</c><00:42:26.019><c> and</c><00:42:26.219><c> we</c><00:42:26.420><c> have</c>

00:42:26.619 --> 00:42:28.619
now<00:42:26.900><c> achieved</c><00:42:27.400><c> a</c><00:42:27.679><c> level</c><00:42:27.820><c> of</c><00:42:28.099><c> income</c>

00:42:28.619 --> 00:42:33.260
and<00:42:29.239><c> a</c><00:42:29.380><c> level</c><00:42:29.500><c> of</c><00:42:30.599><c> lifestyle</c><00:42:31.000><c> in</c><00:42:31.440><c> which</c><00:42:31.619><c> both</c><00:42:31.860><c> of</c><00:42:32.000><c> us</c><00:42:32.099><c> need</c><00:42:32.280><c> to</c><00:42:32.480><c> work.</c>

00:42:35.300 --> 00:42:40.199
Who<00:42:35.800><c> suffers?</c><00:42:36.920><c> The</c><00:42:37.219><c> widows</c><00:42:37.539><c> of</c><00:42:37.820><c> the</c><00:42:38.000><c> ecclesia</c><00:42:38.360><c> suffer.</c><00:42:39.900><c> The</c>

00:42:40.199 --> 00:42:42.420
spiritual<00:42:40.559><c> widows</c><00:42:40.940><c> or</c><00:42:41.159><c> the</c><00:42:41.300><c> real</c><00:42:41.519><c> widows?</c><00:42:42.179><c> The</c>

00:42:42.420 --> 00:42:46.659
orphans<00:42:42.880><c> in</c><00:42:43.079><c> our</c><00:42:43.280><c> ecclesia</c><00:42:43.619><c> suffer.</c><00:42:44.699><c> No,</c><00:42:45.059><c> not</c><00:42:45.320><c> our</c><00:42:45.579><c> kids,</c><00:42:46.480><c> but</c>

00:42:46.659 --> 00:42:48.440
the<00:42:46.880><c> kids</c><00:42:47.119><c> whose</c><00:42:47.340><c> parents</c><00:42:47.679><c> maybe</c><00:42:47.960><c> aren't</c><00:42:48.079><c> in</c><00:42:48.199><c> the</c>

00:42:48.440 --> 00:42:52.320
truth,<00:42:49.199><c> or</c><00:42:49.380><c> maybe</c><00:42:49.639><c> one</c><00:42:49.940><c> parent</c><00:42:50.079><c> is</c><00:42:50.320><c> and</c><00:42:50.400><c> one</c><00:42:50.619><c> parent</c><00:42:50.820><c> isn't.</c>

00:42:52.780 --> 00:42:54.179
Those<00:42:53.059><c> are</c><00:42:53.199><c> the</c><00:42:53.280><c> ones</c><00:42:53.380><c> that</c><00:42:53.619><c> suffer</c><00:42:53.840><c> because</c>

00:42:54.179 --> 00:43:01.880
the<00:42:54.420><c> sisters</c><00:42:54.780><c> no</c><00:42:55.039><c> longer</c><00:42:55.280><c> have</c><00:42:55.539><c> time</c><00:42:56.079><c> to</c><00:42:56.699><c> work,</c><00:42:57.219><c> a</c><00:42:57.400><c> very</c><00:42:58.159><c> valuable,</c><00:42:59.340><c> nurturing,</c><00:43:00.460><c> caring,</c><00:43:00.920><c> supporting</c><00:43:01.360><c> work</c><00:43:01.699><c> in</c>

00:43:01.880 --> 00:43:06.139
the<00:43:02.039><c> ecclesia.</c><00:43:03.679><c> Because</c><00:43:03.960><c> by</c><00:43:04.159><c> the</c><00:43:04.280><c> time</c><00:43:04.480><c> they</c><00:43:04.639><c> come</c><00:43:04.880><c> home,</c><00:43:05.920><c> the</c>

00:43:06.139 --> 00:43:07.880
only<00:43:06.380><c> energy</c><00:43:06.659><c> they</c><00:43:06.800><c> have</c><00:43:07.019><c> left</c><00:43:07.239><c> is</c><00:43:07.400><c> for</c><00:43:07.519><c> their</c><00:43:07.679><c> own</c>

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family<00:43:08.219><c> and</c><00:43:08.519><c> rightfully</c><00:43:09.019><c> so,</c><00:43:09.380><c> they</c><00:43:09.480><c> should</c><00:43:09.659><c> devote</c><00:43:09.900><c> it</c><00:43:10.019><c> to</c><00:43:10.159><c> their</c><00:43:10.360><c> family.</c><00:43:12.280><c> But</c><00:43:12.500><c> if</c>

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we<00:43:12.840><c> have</c><00:43:13.059><c> sisters</c><00:43:13.480><c> engaged</c><00:43:14.099><c> in</c>

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employment<00:43:15.280><c> so</c><00:43:15.860><c> that</c><00:43:16.039><c> we</c><00:43:16.119><c> can</c><00:43:16.340><c> maintain</c><00:43:16.840><c> lifestyles</c><00:43:17.719><c> that</c><00:43:17.900><c> are</c><00:43:18.019><c> beyond</c><00:43:18.360><c> what</c><00:43:18.539><c> we</c><00:43:18.719><c> need,</c>

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it's<00:43:21.460><c> our</c><00:43:21.800><c> ecclesias</c><00:43:22.260><c> who</c><00:43:22.460><c> suffer</c><00:43:22.900><c> and</c><00:43:23.440><c> specifically</c><00:43:24.199><c> it's</c>

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our<00:43:24.880><c> widows</c><00:43:25.320><c> and</c><00:43:25.659><c> our</c><00:43:25.920><c> orphans</c><00:43:26.380><c> who</c><00:43:26.659><c> suffer,</c>

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our<00:43:27.860><c> spiritual</c><00:43:28.260><c> widows</c><00:43:28.659><c> and</c><00:43:28.860><c> our</c><00:43:29.039><c> spiritual</c><00:43:29.460><c> orphans,</c><00:43:30.460><c> the</c>

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very<00:43:30.880><c> ones</c><00:43:31.219><c> that</c><00:43:31.440><c> James</c><00:43:31.659><c> talks</c><00:43:32.000><c> about</c><00:43:32.199><c> in</c><00:43:32.400><c> chapter</c><00:43:32.699><c> one.</c>

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The<00:43:36.960><c> gallows</c><00:43:37.320><c> are</c><00:43:37.619><c> built</c><00:43:38.000><c> for</c><00:43:38.300><c> Mordecai's</c><00:43:39.239><c> execution</c><00:43:39.860><c> and</c><00:43:40.699><c> we</c>

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know<00:43:41.159><c> from</c><00:43:41.960><c> Persian</c><00:43:42.440><c> history</c>

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that<00:43:44.119><c> this</c><00:43:44.360><c> would</c><00:43:44.659><c> not</c><00:43:44.860><c> have</c><00:43:45.079><c> been</c><00:43:45.380><c> a</c><00:43:45.719><c> rope</c><00:43:46.059><c> that</c><00:43:46.480><c> went</c><00:43:46.699><c> around</c>

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a<00:43:47.340><c> neck</c><00:43:47.559><c> because</c><00:43:47.920><c> the</c><00:43:48.139><c> Persians</c><00:43:48.480><c> didn't</c><00:43:48.780><c> hang</c>

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people.<00:43:51.420><c> The</c><00:43:51.619><c> Persians</c><00:43:52.300><c> crucified</c><00:43:53.159><c> people.</c><00:43:55.019><c> In</c><00:43:55.159><c> fact,</c><00:43:55.559><c> the</c><00:43:55.679><c> same</c><00:43:55.940><c> word</c><00:43:56.639><c> for</c><00:43:57.519><c> gallows</c><00:43:58.420><c> being</c><00:43:59.179><c> a</c>

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tree<00:43:59.920><c> is</c><00:44:00.260><c> translated</c>

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in<00:44:01.420><c> the</c><00:44:01.579><c> book</c><00:44:01.760><c> of</c><00:44:01.980><c> Acts</c><00:44:02.199><c> in</c><00:44:02.380><c> chapter</c><00:44:02.619><c> 5</c><00:44:03.019><c> and</c><00:44:03.199><c> 30</c><00:44:03.480><c> and</c><00:44:03.599><c> chapter</c>

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10<00:44:04.139><c> and</c><00:44:04.320><c> 39.</c><00:44:05.460><c> What</c><00:44:05.980><c> Haman</c><00:44:06.239><c> was</c><00:44:06.539><c> preparing</c><00:44:06.980><c> to</c><00:44:07.300><c> do</c>

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was<00:44:09.059><c> to</c><00:44:09.340><c> crucify</c><00:44:10.380><c> Mordecai,</c><00:44:12.480><c> to</c><00:44:12.619><c> portray</c><00:44:13.019><c> him</c><00:44:13.340><c> as</c><00:44:13.579><c> a</c><00:44:13.780><c> criminal,</c><00:44:15.219><c> to</c><00:44:15.420><c> shame</c>

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and<00:44:15.980><c> discredit</c><00:44:16.420><c> him</c><00:44:16.760><c> as</c><00:44:17.019><c> a</c>

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worthless<00:44:17.559><c> man</c><00:44:18.099><c> fit</c><00:44:18.340><c> only</c><00:44:18.719><c> for</c><00:44:19.079><c> public</c><00:44:19.519><c> ridicule.</c><00:44:21.579><c> This</c><00:44:21.840><c> is</c>

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exactly<00:44:22.840><c> how</c><00:44:23.219><c> the</c><00:44:23.519><c> Haman</c><00:44:23.860><c> of</c><00:44:24.199><c> Jesus</c><00:44:24.739><c> Day</c>

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treated<00:44:26.039><c> him.</c><00:44:27.059><c> The</c><00:44:27.320><c> religious</c><00:44:27.719><c> leaders</c><00:44:28.099><c> whose</c><00:44:28.380><c> father</c><00:44:28.800><c> was</c>

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the<00:44:29.519><c> devil,</c><00:44:30.619><c> they</c><00:44:30.739><c> took</c><00:44:30.980><c> the</c><00:44:31.280><c> son</c><00:44:31.559><c> in</c><00:44:31.940><c> all</c><00:44:32.280><c> his</c>

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the<00:44:33.179><c> very</c><00:44:33.500><c> essence</c><00:44:34.059><c> of</c><00:44:34.260><c> his</c><00:44:34.519><c> father.</c><00:44:35.219><c> He</c><00:44:35.219><c> expressed</c><00:44:35.659><c> image</c><00:44:36.019><c> of</c>

00:44:36.159 --> 00:44:39.320
his<00:44:36.400><c> father</c><00:44:36.719><c> and</c><00:44:37.260><c> they</c><00:44:37.519><c> condemned</c><00:44:37.960><c> him</c><00:44:38.239><c> to</c><00:44:38.440><c> death.</c>

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Why?<00:44:39.980><c> Because</c><00:44:40.320><c> he</c><00:44:40.519><c> had</c><00:44:40.780><c> exposed</c><00:44:41.460><c> that</c><00:44:41.820><c> they</c><00:44:42.119><c> were</c><00:44:42.480><c> wrongly</c><00:44:43.500><c> forcing</c><00:44:44.039><c> the</c><00:44:44.579><c> people</c><00:44:45.159><c> to</c>

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bow<00:44:46.699><c> down</c><00:44:47.000><c> to</c><00:44:47.260><c> them</c>

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by<00:44:48.760><c> elevating</c><00:44:49.280><c> themselves.</c><00:44:50.860><c> And</c><00:44:51.019><c> here's</c><00:44:51.400><c> the</c><00:44:51.659><c> closing</c><00:44:51.900><c> lesson</c><00:44:52.260><c> for</c>

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us<00:44:52.800><c> because</c><00:44:53.099><c> this</c><00:44:53.340><c> is</c><00:44:53.559><c> what</c><00:44:53.860><c> sin</c><00:44:54.340><c> thinks</c>

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of<00:44:55.440><c> godliness.</c><00:44:57.260><c> Sin</c><00:44:57.619><c> thinks</c><00:44:58.119><c> of</c><00:44:58.440><c> godliness</c><00:44:58.800><c> as</c><00:44:59.079><c> being</c><00:44:59.340><c> fit</c>

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only<00:45:00.039><c> for</c><00:45:00.280><c> destruction.</c><00:45:01.619><c> You</c><00:45:01.719><c> see,</c>

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here's<00:45:02.199><c> the</c><00:45:02.460><c> enmity</c><00:45:02.920><c> that</c><00:45:03.119><c> lies</c><00:45:03.480><c> between</c><00:45:03.900><c> the</c><00:45:04.199><c> spirit</c><00:45:04.440><c> and</c>

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the<00:45:04.880><c> flesh</c><00:45:05.039><c> because</c><00:45:05.400><c> God</c><00:45:05.699><c> has</c><00:45:05.960><c> the</c><00:45:06.239><c> same</c><00:45:06.659><c> exact</c><00:45:07.320><c> regard</c>

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for<00:45:08.400><c> sin</c><00:45:08.739><c> as</c><00:45:10.119><c> sin</c><00:45:10.619><c> has</c><00:45:11.300><c> for</c><00:45:11.599><c> godliness.</c><00:45:13.179><c> And</c><00:45:13.340><c> his</c><00:45:13.500><c> foundation</c>

00:45:14.139 --> 00:45:17.239
principle<00:45:14.800><c> is</c><00:45:15.260><c> that</c><00:45:15.460><c> sin</c><00:45:15.639><c> needs</c><00:45:15.980><c> to</c><00:45:16.179><c> be</c><00:45:16.320><c> destroyed.</c>