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sections.</c> 00:11:59.700 --> 00:12:02.759 x So<00:12:00.220><c> the</c><00:12:00.419><c> first</c><00:12:00.679><c> three</c><00:12:01.000><c> chapters</c><00:12:01.480><c> are</c><00:12:01.840><c> Ezekiel's</c><00:12:02.620><c> call.</c> 00:12:02.860 --> 00:12:06.759 x God<00:12:03.139><c> calls</c><00:12:04.100><c> Ezekiel</c><00:12:04.759><c> to</c><00:12:04.960><c> deliver</c><00:12:05.279><c> messages</c><00:12:05.759><c> to</c><00:12:05.980><c> him.</c> 00:12:07.340 --> 00:12:10.299 x Then<00:12:07.600><c> the</c><00:12:07.740><c> next</c><00:12:08.019><c> 20</c><00:12:08.379><c> chapters</c><00:12:08.899><c> are</c><00:12:09.220><c> ugly</c><00:12:09.600><c> chapters</c> 00:12:10.299 --> 00:12:13.200 x that<00:12:11.240><c> foretell</c><00:12:12.379><c> destruction.</c> 00:12:13.419 --> 00:12:17.340 x They're<00:12:13.700><c> prophecies</c><00:12:14.460><c> against</c><00:12:16.019><c> Judah,</c> 00:12:17.679 --> 00:12:19.799 x mainly<00:12:18.039><c> against</c><00:12:18.500><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:12:22.399 --> 00:12:26.799 x And<00:12:22.580><c> just</c><00:12:22.879><c> some</c><00:12:23.139><c> of</c><00:12:23.240><c> the</c><00:12:23.500><c> particularly</c><00:12:24.159><c> horrific</c><00:12:25.940><c> prophecies.</c> 00:12:26.820 --> 00:12:31.879 x From<00:12:27.019><c> chapter</c><00:12:27.379><c> five,</c><00:12:29.299><c> God</c><00:12:29.740><c> tells</c><00:12:30.460><c> of</c><00:12:31.179><c> cannibalism</c> 00:12:31.879 --> 00:12:35.620 x that's<00:12:32.200><c> gonna</c><00:12:32.379><c> come</c><00:12:33.059><c> into</c><00:12:33.980><c> the</c><00:12:34.220><c> camp</c><00:12:34.419><c> of</c><00:12:34.620><c> Israel.</c> 00:12:36.700 --> 00:12:40.100 x The<00:12:36.940><c> fathers</c><00:12:37.299><c> to</c><00:12:37.480><c> the</c><00:12:37.740><c> children</c><00:12:38.080><c> and</c><00:12:38.259><c> the</c><00:12:38.460><c> children</c><00:12:38.779><c> to</c><00:12:38.940><c> the</c><00:12:39.139><c> 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commission</c><00:12:58.299><c> for</c><00:12:58.539><c> this,</c> 00:12:59.919 --> 00:13:04.440 x but<00:13:00.120><c> I</c><00:13:00.480><c> highly</c><00:13:00.759><c> recommend,</c><00:13:02.659><c> especially</c><00:13:03.139><c> to</c><00:13:03.460><c> get</c><00:13:03.580><c> a</c><00:13:03.840><c> vivid</c><00:13:04.059><c> picture.</c> 00:13:04.500 --> 00:13:08.019 x If<00:13:04.600><c> you</c><00:13:04.799><c> wanna</c><00:13:05.000><c> see</c><00:13:05.279><c> the</c><00:13:05.500><c> Bible</c><00:13:05.919><c> in</c><00:13:06.679><c> living</c><00:13:06.919><c> color,</c> 00:13:08.159 --> 00:13:10.220 x read<00:13:08.600><c> from</c><00:13:09.059><c> the</c><00:13:09.340><c> message.</c> 00:13:10.279 --> 00:13:12.820 x I<00:13:10.620><c> see</c><00:13:10.960><c> pictures</c><00:13:11.340><c> in</c><00:13:11.559><c> my</c><00:13:11.860><c> mind</c> 00:13:12.820 --> 00:13:16.519 x when<00:13:13.120><c> I'm</c><00:13:13.379><c> reading</c><00:13:13.659><c> from</c><00:13:13.899><c> that</c><00:13:14.220><c> version</c><00:13:14.600><c> that</c><00:13:15.740><c> I</c><00:13:15.960><c> never</c><00:13:16.259><c> see.</c> 00:13:16.559 --> 00:13:18.460 x And<00:13:16.700><c> I</c><00:13:16.740><c> have</c><00:13:16.919><c> to</c><00:13:17.120><c> warn</c><00:13:17.279><c> you</c><00:13:17.519><c> that</c><00:13:17.840><c> the</c><00:13:18.200><c> message</c> 00:13:18.460 --> 00:13:20.399 x takes<00:13:18.840><c> a</c><00:13:18.919><c> lot</c><00:13:19.200><c> of</c><00:13:19.500><c> liberties.</c> 00:13:21.200 --> 00:13:24.019 x They<00:13:21.639><c> add</c><00:13:22.320><c> and</c><00:13:22.580><c> they</c><00:13:22.860><c> take</c><00:13:23.080><c> away.</c> 00:13:24.340 --> 00:13:28.480 x But<00:13:24.480><c> if</c><00:13:24.620><c> you</c><00:13:24.779><c> wanna</c><00:13:24.919><c> see</c><00:13:25.179><c> a</c><00:13:25.379><c> picture</c><00:13:25.639><c> of</c><00:13:25.840><c> what</c><00:13:26.100><c> God</c><00:13:26.700><c> is</c><00:13:27.480><c> thinking,</c> 00:13:29.299 --> 00:13:31.320 x read<00:13:29.899><c> from</c><00:13:30.139><c> the</c><00:13:30.419><c> message.</c> 00:13:32.659 --> 00:13:37.659 x It's<00:13:33.259><c> really</c><00:13:33.679><c> in</c><00:13:34.240><c> living</c><00:13:34.639><c> color,</c><00:13:36.039><c> exactly</c><00:13:36.340><c> what's</c><00:13:36.840><c> happening.</c> 00:13:39.880 --> 00:13:43.340 x And<00:13:40.560><c> these</c><00:13:41.240><c> images</c><00:13:41.700><c> turn</c><00:13:42.080><c> your</c><00:13:42.399><c> stomach,</c> 00:13:44.000 --> 00:13:47.559 x how<00:13:44.320><c> God</c><00:13:44.840><c> is</c><00:13:45.639><c> hating</c><00:13:45.899><c> the</c><00:13:46.120><c> sin</c><00:13:46.279><c> of</c><00:13:46.419><c> his</c><00:13:46.639><c> people.</c> 00:13:48.179 --> 00:13:50.720 x But<00:13:48.480><c> yet</c><00:13:48.720><c> again,</c><00:13:48.980><c> he's</c><00:13:49.279><c> jealous</c><00:13:49.679><c> for</c><00:13:49.919><c> them.</c> 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people</c><00:15:16.019><c> can</c><00:15:16.559><c> see,</c><00:15:17.019><c> so</c><00:15:17.200><c> they</c><00:15:17.360><c> can</c><00:15:17.559><c> have</c><00:15:17.820><c> hope,</c> 00:15:18.559 --> 00:15:20.860 x so<00:15:18.720><c> they</c><00:15:18.899><c> can</c><00:15:19.100><c> picture</c><00:15:19.399><c> it</c><00:15:19.580><c> in</c><00:15:19.659><c> their</c><00:15:19.940><c> mind.</c> 00:15:21.360 --> 00:15:23.399 x And<00:15:21.639><c> I</c><00:15:21.779><c> think</c><00:15:21.960><c> part</c><00:15:22.259><c> of</c><00:15:22.779><c> the</c><00:15:23.059><c> message,</c> 00:15:23.620 --> 00:15:25.620 x or<00:15:23.799><c> part</c><00:15:24.019><c> of</c><00:15:24.179><c> the</c><00:15:24.379><c> purpose</c><00:15:24.779><c> of</c><00:15:25.080><c> that</c><00:15:25.360><c> vision</c> 00:15:25.620 --> 00:15:27.600 x would<00:15:25.860><c> have</c><00:15:26.019><c> been</c><00:15:26.460><c> to</c><00:15:26.879><c> show</c><00:15:27.059><c> the</c><00:15:27.299><c> people</c> 00:15:27.600 --> 00:15:31.299 x that<00:15:28.200><c> the</c><00:15:28.600><c> city</c><00:15:29.200><c> of</c><00:15:29.720><c> the</c><00:15:29.899><c> king</c><00:15:30.059><c> will</c><00:15:30.299><c> be</c><00:15:30.539><c> reestablished.</c> 00:15:31.299 --> 00:15:34.299 x I<00:15:31.440><c> don't</c><00:15:31.620><c> know</c><00:15:31.799><c> if</c><00:15:31.899><c> that's</c><00:15:33.019><c> the</c><00:15:33.240><c> millennial</c><00:15:33.820><c> temple,</c> 00:15:34.299 --> 00:15:37.919 x or<00:15:34.519><c> if</c><00:15:34.740><c> it's</c><00:15:35.539><c> the</c><00:15:35.820><c> kingdom</c><00:15:36.179><c> temple</c><00:15:36.559><c> forever,</c> 00:15:38.139 --> 00:15:40.480 x but<00:15:38.220><c> whatever</c><00:15:38.580><c> it</c><00:15:38.779><c> is,</c><00:15:39.059><c> it</c><00:15:39.059><c> was</c><00:15:39.240><c> to</c><00:15:39.519><c> encourage</c><00:15:39.879><c> the</c><00:15:40.139><c> people,</c> 00:15:40.639 --> 00:15:43.059 x to<00:15:40.759><c> put</c><00:15:40.980><c> the</c><00:15:41.240><c> vision</c><00:15:41.500><c> in</c><00:15:41.840><c> their</c><00:15:42.139><c> head.</c> 00:15:45.799 --> 00:15:48.559 x And<00:15:46.019><c> he</c><00:15:46.519><c> also</c><00:15:46.860><c> gives</c><00:15:47.120><c> hope</c><00:15:47.419><c> with</c><00:15:47.820><c> living</c><00:15:48.120><c> waters</c> 00:15:48.559 --> 00:15:52.899 x that<00:15:48.879><c> come</c><00:15:49.159><c> out</c><00:15:49.720><c> of</c><00:15:50.019><c> the</c><00:15:50.200><c> temple,</c><00:15:51.440><c> chapter</c><00:15:51.720><c> 47.</c> 00:15:54.220 --> 00:15:57.879 x So<00:15:54.580><c> again,</c><00:15:54.840><c> there's</c><00:15:55.840><c> some</c><00:15:56.259><c> strong,</c><00:15:56.980><c> strong</c><00:15:57.480><c> imagery.</c> 00:15:58.000 --> 00:16:00.360 x I<00:15:58.080><c> don't</c><00:15:58.220><c> know</c><00:15:58.320><c> if</c><00:15:58.399><c> you've</c><00:15:58.620><c> ever</c><00:15:59.200><c> had</c><00:15:59.519><c> a</c><00:15:59.679><c> look</c><00:15:59.840><c> online</c> 00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:04.820 x to<00:16:00.639><c> see</c><00:16:00.860><c> what</c><00:16:01.179><c> Ezekiel's</c><00:16:03.019><c> vision</c><00:16:03.419><c> looks</c><00:16:03.740><c> like</c><00:16:03.980><c> in</c><00:16:04.159><c> chapter</c><00:16:04.539><c> one,</c> 00:16:04.860 --> 00:16:08.159 x but<00:16:05.019><c> you</c><00:16:06.639><c> have</c><00:16:06.899><c> to</c><00:16:07.080><c> use</c><00:16:07.220><c> your</c><00:16:07.519><c> imagination.</c> 00:16:08.580 --> 00:16:11.980 x This<00:16:08.759><c> animal,</c><00:16:09.620><c> the</c><00:16:09.820><c> creatures</c><00:16:10.500><c> with</c><00:16:11.399><c> legs</c> 00:16:11.980 --> 00:16:15.580 x that<00:16:12.620><c> are</c><00:16:12.919><c> strong</c><00:16:13.279><c> with</c><00:16:13.600><c> hoofs,</c><00:16:14.720><c> and</c><00:16:14.879><c> man's</c><00:16:15.279><c> hands,</c> 00:16:15.659 --> 00:16:17.840 x and<00:16:15.820><c> eyes</c><00:16:16.120><c> all</c><00:16:16.340><c> over</c><00:16:16.480><c> these</c><00:16:16.759><c> wings,</c> 00:16:18.100 --> 00:16:21.179 x and<00:16:18.299><c> when</c><00:16:18.440><c> the</c><00:16:18.620><c> wings</c><00:16:18.820><c> flap,</c><00:16:19.500><c> there's</c><00:16:19.639><c> rushing</c><00:16:19.980><c> water.</c> 00:16:22.059 --> 00:16:25.120 x So<00:16:22.299><c> tremendous</c><00:16:22.820><c> imagery</c><00:16:23.480><c> for</c><00:16:24.320><c> Ezekiel,</c> 00:16:25.580 --> 00:16:28.320 x and<00:16:25.740><c> for</c><00:16:25.960><c> us</c><00:16:26.299><c> to</c><00:16:26.460><c> picture</c><00:16:26.759><c> God's</c><00:16:27.299><c> glory.</c> 00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:33.000 x Imagery<00:16:31.120><c> of</c><00:16:31.720><c> the</c><00:16:32.259><c> circumstances,</c> 00:16:33.259 --> 00:16:34.960 x and<00:16:33.360><c> we'll</c><00:16:33.659><c> get</c><00:16:33.840><c> to</c><00:16:33.980><c> this</c><00:16:34.179><c> a</c><00:16:34.320><c> little</c><00:16:34.480><c> bit</c><00:16:34.659><c> later,</c> 00:16:35.279 --> 00:16:37.539 x the<00:16:35.580><c> circumstances</c><00:16:36.240><c> that</c><00:16:36.779><c> Ezekiel</c><00:16:37.159><c> is</c><00:16:37.399><c> in</c> 00:16:37.539 --> 00:16:38.820 x when<00:16:37.700><c> he</c><00:16:37.879><c> gives</c><00:16:38.139><c> his</c><00:16:38.460><c> prophecy.</c> 00:16:39.059 --> 00:16:42.299 x It's<00:16:39.179><c> not</c><00:16:40.440><c> a</c><00:16:40.679><c> comfortable</c><00:16:41.059><c> place.</c> 00:16:45.279 --> 00:16:49.519 x And<00:16:45.519><c> again,</c><00:16:45.799><c> chapter</c><00:16:46.220><c> four,</c><00:16:48.740><c> vivid</c><00:16:48.980><c> imagery.</c> 00:16:49.720 --> 00:16:52.139 x Ezekiel<00:16:50.320><c> laying</c><00:16:50.620><c> on</c><00:16:50.879><c> his</c><00:16:51.179><c> side.</c> 00:16:53.200 --> 00:16:54.820 x You<00:16:53.320><c> know,</c><00:16:53.460><c> there's</c><00:16:53.820><c> the</c><00:16:53.899><c> city</c><00:16:54.220><c> of</c><00:16:54.460><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:16:54.820 --> 00:16:57.899 x He<00:16:55.080><c> sees</c><00:16:55.340><c> it</c><00:16:55.539><c> right</c><00:16:55.740><c> in</c><00:16:55.960><c> front</c><00:16:56.100><c> of</c><00:16:56.240><c> him,</c><00:16:56.559><c> in</c><00:16:56.639><c> his</c><00:16:56.960><c> model.</c> 00:16:59.019 --> 00:17:02.279 x God<00:16:59.500><c> tells</c><00:16:59.799><c> him,</c><00:17:00.379><c> make</c><00:17:00.500><c> a</c><00:17:00.759><c> model</c><00:17:00.980><c> of</c><00:17:01.279><c> the</c><00:17:01.460><c> city.</c> 00:17:02.519 --> 00:17:05.120 x Make<00:17:02.700><c> a</c><00:17:02.960><c> model</c><00:17:03.100><c> of</c><00:17:03.299><c> the</c><00:17:03.519><c> siege</c><00:17:03.740><c> ramps.</c> 00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:07.299 x Make<00:17:06.039><c> a</c><00:17:06.279><c> model</c><00:17:06.420><c> of</c><00:17:06.660><c> the</c><00:17:06.839><c> defenses.</c> 00:17:07.640 --> 00:17:10.000 x You<00:17:07.920><c> are</c><00:17:08.180><c> the</c><00:17:08.420><c> sieging</c><00:17:08.940><c> army.</c> 00:17:10.019 --> 00:17:11.640 x He<00:17:10.200><c> says,</c><00:17:10.359><c> you're</c><00:17:10.539><c> gonna</c><00:17:10.720><c> stare</c><00:17:11.119><c> at</c><00:17:11.380><c> it,</c> 00:17:11.839 --> 00:17:14.980 x and<00:17:12.019><c> shake</c><00:17:12.240><c> your</c><00:17:12.480><c> right</c><00:17:12.680><c> hand</c><00:17:12.940><c> at</c><00:17:13.160><c> it,</c><00:17:13.339><c> your</c><00:17:13.500><c> bare</c><00:17:13.759><c> right</c><00:17:14.099><c> arm.</c> 00:17:16.900 --> 00:17:20.220 x So<00:17:17.259><c> he's</c><00:17:17.500><c> trying</c><00:17:17.720><c> to</c><00:17:17.900><c> get</c><00:17:18.160><c> Israel,</c><00:17:18.759><c> he's</c><00:17:18.920><c> trying</c><00:17:19.119><c> to</c><00:17:19.240><c> get</c><00:17:19.619><c> Ezekiel,</c> 00:17:20.220 --> 00:17:25.599 x he's<00:17:20.539><c> trying</c><00:17:20.740><c> to</c><00:17:20.779><c> get</c><00:17:20.940><c> us</c><00:17:21.700><c> to</c><00:17:22.619><c> see</c><00:17:22.839><c> a</c><00:17:23.059><c> picture</c><00:17:23.440><c> in</c><00:17:24.000><c> our</c><00:17:24.240><c> minds.</c> 00:17:31.079 --> 00:17:36.359 x So<00:17:31.279><c> for</c><00:17:31.680><c> exhortation,</c><00:17:35.299><c> from</c><00:17:35.299><c> chapter</c><00:17:35.759><c> three,</c> 00:17:36.759 --> 00:17:41.440 x Ezekiel<00:17:37.099><c> is</c><00:17:37.759><c> exhorted</c><00:17:38.099><c> twice</c><00:17:38.720><c> to</c><00:17:39.500><c> be</c><00:17:40.019><c> a</c><00:17:40.359><c> watchman,</c> 00:17:41.859 --> 00:17:45.599 x and<00:17:42.180><c> he's</c><00:17:42.480><c> exhorted</c><00:17:42.779><c> on</c><00:17:43.039><c> the</c><00:17:43.279><c> role</c><00:17:43.900><c> of</c><00:17:44.900><c> a</c><00:17:45.140><c> watchman,</c> 00:17:45.599 --> 00:17:53.200 x and<00:17:46.240><c> it's</c><00:17:47.740><c> daunting,</c><00:17:49.619><c> I</c><00:17:49.619><c> think,</c><00:17:49.880><c> sobering</c><00:17:51.079><c> to</c><00:17:51.700><c> think.</c> 00:17:54.799 --> 00:17:57.660 x Chapter<00:17:55.059><c> three,</c><00:17:55.420><c> I</c><00:17:55.460><c> hope</c><00:17:55.619><c> I</c><00:17:55.839><c> have</c><00:17:55.920><c> the</c><00:17:56.180><c> reference</c><00:17:56.440><c> here</c><00:17:56.680><c> right.</c> 00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:11.440 x Ezekiel<00:18:08.279><c> chapter</c><00:18:08.680><c> three,</c><00:18:10.319><c> starting</c><00:18:10.519><c> in</c><00:18:10.720><c> verse</c><00:18:10.920><c> 16.</c> 00:18:11.579 --> 00:18:14.119 x At<00:18:11.599><c> the</c><00:18:11.880><c> end</c><00:18:12.240><c> of</c><00:18:12.480><c> seven</c><00:18:12.779><c> days,</c><00:18:13.180><c> the</c><00:18:13.259><c> word</c><00:18:13.420><c> of</c><00:18:13.559><c> the</c><00:18:13.700><c> Lord</c><00:18:13.859><c> came</c> 00:18:14.119 --> 00:18:14.460 x to<00:18:14.299><c> me.</c> 00:18:14.460 --> 00:18:16.640 x Son<00:18:14.640><c> of</c><00:18:14.839><c> man,</c><00:18:15.059><c> I've</c><00:18:15.319><c> made</c><00:18:15.539><c> you</c><00:18:16.039><c> a</c><00:18:16.259><c> watchman</c> 00:18:16.640 --> 00:18:18.279 x for<00:18:16.819><c> the</c><00:18:16.980><c> house</c><00:18:17.160><c> of</c><00:18:17.339><c> Israel.</c> 00:18:18.460 --> 00:18:22.440 x So<00:18:18.680><c> hear</c><00:18:18.859><c> the</c><00:18:19.059><c> word</c><00:18:19.200><c> I</c><00:18:19.500><c> speak,</c><00:18:19.819><c> and</c><00:18:19.859><c> give</c><00:18:20.079><c> them</c><00:18:20.319><c> warning</c><00:18:20.799><c> from</c><00:18:21.279><c> me.</c> 00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:25.480 x When<00:18:22.940><c> I</c><00:18:23.220><c> say</c><00:18:23.359><c> to</c><00:18:23.579><c> a</c><00:18:23.740><c> wicked</c><00:18:23.940><c> man,</c><00:18:24.400><c> you</c><00:18:24.519><c> will</c><00:18:24.839><c> surely</c><00:18:25.119><c> die,</c> 00:18:25.500 --> 00:18:28.559 x and<00:18:25.660><c> you</c><00:18:25.859><c> do</c><00:18:26.039><c> not</c><00:18:26.240><c> warn</c><00:18:26.440><c> him</c><00:18:26.720><c> or</c><00:18:28.019><c> speak</c><00:18:28.259><c> out</c> 00:18:28.559 --> 00:18:30.920 x to<00:18:28.880><c> dissuade</c><00:18:29.180><c> him</c><00:18:29.400><c> from</c><00:18:29.680><c> his</c><00:18:30.019><c> evil</c><00:18:30.380><c> ways</c> 00:18:30.920 --> 00:18:33.140 x in<00:18:31.200><c> order</c><00:18:31.460><c> to</c><00:18:31.720><c> save</c><00:18:31.859><c> his</c><00:18:32.140><c> life,</c> 00:18:33.559 --> 00:18:35.900 x that<00:18:34.019><c> wicked</c><00:18:34.380><c> man</c><00:18:34.779><c> will</c><00:18:34.980><c> die</c><00:18:35.200><c> for</c><00:18:35.480><c> his</c><00:18:35.720><c> sin.</c> 00:18:35.940 --> 00:18:37.799 x No<00:18:36.180><c> surprise,</c><00:18:36.819><c> right?</c> 00:18:41.599 --> 00:18:46.180 x And<00:18:42.339><c> I</c><00:18:42.700><c> will</c><00:18:42.980><c> hold</c><00:18:43.240><c> you</c><00:18:43.880><c> accountable</c><00:18:44.519><c> for</c><00:18:45.000><c> his</c><00:18:45.279><c> blood.</c> 00:18:46.779 --> 00:18:50.460 x I<00:18:46.900><c> think</c><00:18:47.019><c> that's</c><00:18:47.299><c> pretty</c><00:18:47.619><c> sobering</c><00:18:48.099><c> to</c><00:18:48.279><c> think</c><00:18:49.339><c> of</c><00:18:50.000><c> Ezekiel</c> 00:18:50.460 --> 00:18:53.660 x as<00:18:50.640><c> a</c><00:18:50.819><c> watchman</c><00:18:51.200><c> and</c><00:18:51.440><c> having</c><00:18:51.799><c> to</c><00:18:52.720><c> be</c><00:18:52.900><c> held</c><00:18:53.059><c> accountable</c> 00:18:53.660 --> 00:18:57.019 x for<00:18:54.000><c> somebody</c><00:18:54.319><c> else's</c><00:18:56.099><c> sin,</c> 00:18:57.980 --> 00:19:01.460 x that<00:18:58.720><c> he</c><00:18:58.880><c> didn't</c><00:18:59.140><c> try</c><00:18:59.440><c> to</c><00:18:59.640><c> turn</c><00:18:59.779><c> them</c><00:19:00.000><c> away.</c> 00:19:03.460 --> 00:19:07.779 x 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their</c><00:19:21.799><c> spiritual</c> 00:19:22.440 --> 00:19:22.960 x well<00:19:22.759><c>-being.</c> 00:19:23.119 --> 00:19:26.099 x A<00:19:23.200><c> man,</c><00:19:23.700><c> a</c><00:19:23.920><c> watchman</c><00:19:24.259><c> looks</c><00:19:24.480><c> out</c><00:19:24.740><c> to</c><00:19:24.900><c> see</c><00:19:25.019><c> if</c><00:19:25.200><c> an</c><00:19:25.339><c> enemy</c><00:19:25.480><c> is</c><00:19:25.759><c> coming,</c> 00:19:26.539 --> 00:19:28.400 x and<00:19:26.740><c> he</c><00:19:26.980><c> shouts</c><00:19:27.220><c> out.</c> 00:19:28.720 --> 00:19:30.079 x Can<00:19:28.839><c> you</c><00:19:28.839><c> imagine</c><00:19:29.099><c> if</c><00:19:29.259><c> trouble</c><00:19:29.559><c> is</c><00:19:29.839><c> coming</c> 00:19:30.079 --> 00:19:33.859 x and<00:19:30.819><c> there</c><00:19:31.940><c> was</c><00:19:32.099><c> no</c><00:19:32.359><c> shouting</c><00:19:32.640><c> out?</c> 00:19:38.059 --> 00:19:40.859 x Again,<00:19:38.740><c> I</c><00:19:38.980><c> think</c><00:19:39.180><c> it's</c><00:19:39.799><c> extremely</c><00:19:40.339><c> sobering</c> 00:19:40.859 --> 00:19:42.579 x for<00:19:41.059><c> us</c><00:19:41.279><c> to</c><00:19:41.500><c> think</c><00:19:41.680><c> about.</c> 00:19:43.680 --> 00:19:46.220 x We<00:19:44.019><c> know</c><00:19:44.359><c> that</c><00:19:44.660><c> trouble</c><00:19:44.960><c> is</c><00:19:45.279><c> coming</c> 00:19:48.119 --> 00:19:52.819 x for<00:19:48.799><c> our</c><00:19:49.200><c> friends,</c><00:19:50.519><c> even</c><00:19:50.859><c> for</c><00:19:51.200><c> some</c><00:19:51.420><c> of</c><00:19:51.579><c> our</c><00:19:51.759><c> family,</c> 00:19:53.299 --> 00:19:55.160 x who<00:19:53.460><c> haven't</c><00:19:53.720><c> yet</c><00:19:54.000><c> committed</c><00:19:54.359><c> their</c><00:19:54.740><c> lives</c> 00:19:55.160 --> 00:19:58.380 x to<00:19:56.220><c> our</c><00:19:56.460><c> father</c><00:19:56.799><c> and</c><00:19:56.980><c> 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he</c><00:20:53.019><c> had</c><00:20:53.200><c> to</c><00:20:53.420><c> say.</c> 00:20:56.660 --> 00:21:00.640 x Brothers<00:20:57.380><c> and</c><00:20:57.680><c> sisters,</c><00:20:58.099><c> we</c><00:20:58.579><c> are</c><00:20:59.240><c> the</c><00:20:59.559><c> watchmen.</c> 00:21:02.180 --> 00:21:04.279 x We<00:21:02.900><c> need</c><00:21:03.079><c> to</c><00:21:03.440><c> correct</c><00:21:03.680><c> and</c><00:21:03.980><c> rebuke.</c> 00:21:04.319 --> 00:21:06.420 x We<00:21:04.400><c> need</c><00:21:04.619><c> to</c><00:21:04.839><c> teach</c><00:21:05.160><c> the</c><00:21:05.559><c> truth.</c> 00:21:08.960 --> 00:21:11.740 x So<00:21:09.279><c> the</c><00:21:09.519><c> second</c><00:21:09.779><c> exhort</c><00:21:10.180><c> is</c><00:21:10.420><c> to</c><00:21:11.160><c> deliver</c><00:21:11.460><c> it</c> 00:21:11.740 --> 00:21:14.000 x even<00:21:11.960><c> in</c><00:21:12.240><c> difficult</c><00:21:12.680><c> circumstances.</c> 00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:19.400 x 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whom</c><00:22:36.319><c> I'm</c><00:22:36.539><c> sending</c><00:22:36.859><c> you</c><00:22:37.140><c> hardened</c><00:22:37.460><c> in</c><00:22:37.680><c> their</c><00:22:37.880><c> sin.</c> 00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:42.180 x Tell<00:22:38.299><c> them</c><00:22:38.819><c> this</c><00:22:39.680><c> is</c><00:22:39.920><c> the</c><00:22:40.079><c> message</c><00:22:40.380><c> of</c><00:22:40.599><c> God,</c><00:22:40.980><c> their</c><00:22:41.099><c> master.</c> 00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:44.960 x They<00:22:43.480><c> are</c><00:22:43.859><c> a</c><00:22:44.079><c> defiant</c><00:22:44.460><c> bunch.</c> 00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:47.440 x Whether<00:22:45.779><c> or</c><00:22:46.039><c> not</c><00:22:46.180><c> they</c><00:22:46.339><c> listen,</c> 00:22:47.799 --> 00:22:50.720 x at<00:22:47.859><c> least</c><00:22:48.180><c> they'll</c><00:22:48.440><c> know</c><00:22:48.680><c> that</c><00:22:48.880><c> a</c><00:22:49.119><c> prophet</c><00:22:49.460><c> has</c><00:22:49.740><c> been</c><00:22:49.960><c> here.</c> 00:22:51.940 --> 00:22:54.099 x But<00:22:52.079><c> don't</c><00:22:52.319><c> be</c><00:22:52.519><c> afraid</c><00:22:52.759><c> of</c><00:22:52.880><c> them,</c><00:22:53.440><c> son</c><00:22:53.579><c> of</c><00:22:53.799><c> man,</c> 00:22:54.140 --> 00:22:56.680 x and<00:22:54.339><c> don't</c><00:22:54.559><c> be</c><00:22:54.799><c> afraid</c><00:22:54.980><c> of</c><00:22:55.140><c> anything</c><00:22:55.400><c> they</c><00:22:55.759><c> say.</c> 00:22:57.900 --> 00:23:01.940 x Don't<00:22:58.079><c> be</c><00:22:58.299><c> afraid</c><00:22:58.599><c> when</c><00:22:58.799><c> living</c><00:22:59.079><c> among</c><00:22:59.440><c> them</c><00:22:59.640><c> is</c><00:22:59.839><c> like</c><00:23:00.099><c> stepping</c><00:23:00.420><c> on</c><00:23:00.859><c> thorns</c> 00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:04.900 x or<00:23:02.380><c> finding</c><00:23:02.859><c> scorpions</c><00:23:03.579><c> in</c><00:23:03.740><c> your</c><00:23:04.000><c> bed.</c> 00:23:06.119 --> 00:23:09.440 x Don't<00:23:06.519><c> be</c><00:23:06.779><c> afraid</c><00:23:06.980><c> of</c><00:23:07.160><c> their</c><00:23:07.319><c> mean</c><00:23:07.559><c> words</c><00:23:07.920><c> or</c><00:23:08.099><c> hard</c><00:23:08.380><c> looks.</c> 00:23:10.720 --> 00:23:11.980 x They're<00:23:10.960><c> a</c><00:23:11.099><c> bunch</c><00:23:11.259><c> of</c><00:23:11.500><c> rebels.</c> 00:23:11.980 --> 00:23:13.880 x You<00:23:12.380><c> get</c><00:23:12.759><c> the</c><00:23:12.900><c> message?</c> 00:23:14.059 --> 00:23:16.420 x They<00:23:14.359><c> are</c><00:23:14.759><c> rebellious.</c> 00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:20.799 x It's<00:23:17.779><c> the</c><00:23:18.019><c> same</c><00:23:18.660><c> environment</c><00:23:19.220><c> we're</c><00:23:19.559><c> in.</c> 00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:25.280 x Your<00:23:23.039><c> job</c><00:23:23.420><c> is</c><00:23:23.779><c> to</c><00:23:24.000><c> speak</c><00:23:24.240><c> to</c><00:23:24.400><c> them.</c> 00:23:29.039 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are</c><00:23:49.119><c> in</c><00:23:49.279><c> difficult</c><00:23:49.740><c> circumstances</c><00:23:50.519><c> just</c><00:23:50.920><c> like</c><00:23:51.119><c> Ezekiel.</c> 00:23:53.059 --> 00:23:55.500 x Like<00:23:53.279><c> Daniel's</c><00:23:53.900><c> friends,</c><00:23:54.259><c> they</c><00:23:54.460><c> have</c><00:23:54.680><c> to</c><00:23:54.920><c> testify,</c> 00:23:55.900 --> 00:23:58.220 x or<00:23:56.059><c> they're</c><00:23:56.220><c> going</c><00:23:56.319><c> to</c><00:23:56.420><c> be</c><00:23:56.559><c> thrown</c><00:23:56.779><c> into</c><00:23:57.019><c> the</c><00:23:57.279><c> fire.</c> 00:23:58.240 --> 00:24:01.839 x Bow<00:23:58.460><c> down</c><00:23:58.779><c> to</c><00:23:58.960><c> the</c><00:23:59.119><c> king</c><00:23:59.559><c> or</c><00:24:00.319><c> be</c><00:24:00.559><c> thrown</c><00:24:00.720><c> in</c><00:24:00.900><c> the</c><00:24:01.099><c> fire.</c> 00:24:03.400 --> 00:24:09.160 x Jonah,<00:24:04.819><c> Jonah</c><00:24:05.259><c> would</c><00:24:05.519><c> rather</c><00:24:05.799><c> die</c><00:24:06.660><c> than</c><00:24:07.440><c> preach</c><00:24:07.900><c> the</c><00:24:08.200><c> truth</c> 00:24:09.280 --> 00:24:10.480 x when<00:24:09.880><c> we</c><00:24:10.140><c> meet</c><00:24:10.299><c> him.</c> 00:24:10.539 --> 00:24:17.119 x He<00:24:10.640><c> jumps</c><00:24:10.940><c> into</c><00:24:11.180><c> the</c><00:24:11.460><c> sea</c><00:24:11.940><c> instead</c><00:24:12.880><c> of</c><00:24:13.059><c> going</c><00:24:13.359><c> to</c><00:24:13.519><c> Nineveh.</c> 00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:20.920 x Paul<00:24:18.059><c> is</c><00:24:19.440><c> a</c><00:24:19.660><c> great</c><00:24:19.839><c> example.</c> 00:24:21.819 --> 00:24:26.680 x I<00:24:22.099><c> think</c><00:24:22.279><c> the</c><00:24:22.579><c> context</c><00:24:23.000><c> is</c><00:24:23.299><c> different</c><00:24:23.640><c> for</c><00:24:24.720><c> this</c><00:24:26.079><c> particular</c> 00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:27.319 x set<00:24:26.900><c> of</c><00:24:27.059><c> verses.</c> 00:24:27.339 --> 00:24:30.440 x I<00:24:27.480><c> think</c><00:24:27.660><c> it's</c><00:24:27.920><c> 2</c><00:24:28.079><c> Corinthians</c><00:24:28.759><c> chapter</c><00:24:29.339><c> 11.</c> 00:24:34.360 --> 00:24:36.559 x But<00:24:34.880><c> he's</c><00:24:35.220><c> talking</c><00:24:35.519><c> about</c><00:24:35.819><c> his</c><00:24:36.160><c> trials.</c> 00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:41.099 x Paul<00:24:37.079><c> did</c><00:24:37.400><c> not</c><00:24:37.799><c> turn</c><00:24:38.259><c> aside</c><00:24:38.980><c> because</c><00:24:39.559><c> he</c><00:24:39.700><c> was</c><00:24:39.880><c> going</c><00:24:40.000><c> to</c><00:24:40.140><c> be</c><00:24:40.460><c> going</c><00:24:40.680><c> to</c><00:24:40.900><c> prison,</c> 00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:43.240 x because<00:24:41.480><c> he</c><00:24:41.619><c> was</c><00:24:41.779><c> going</c><00:24:41.900><c> to</c><00:24:42.000><c> be</c><00:24:42.240><c> flogged,</c> 00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:47.740 x because<00:24:44.319><c> he</c><00:24:44.460><c> was</c><00:24:44.680><c> going</c><00:24:44.819><c> to</c><00:24:45.000><c> take</c><00:24:45.240><c> 39</c><00:24:46.460><c> lashes,</c> 00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:52.859 x because<00:24:50.039><c> he</c><00:24:50.220><c> was</c><00:24:50.460><c> in</c><00:24:50.619><c> danger</c><00:24:50.940><c> from</c><00:24:51.180><c> his</c><00:24:51.440><c> fellow</c><00:24:51.700><c> Jews,</c> 00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:56.059 x because<00:24:54.259><c> he</c><00:24:54.420><c> was</c><00:24:54.640><c> in</c><00:24:54.859><c> danger</c><00:24:55.039><c> from</c><00:24:55.319><c> false</c><00:24:55.680><c> believers.</c> 00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:58.019 x Paul<00:24:56.500><c> didn't</c><00:24:56.759><c> keep</c><00:24:57.019><c> quiet.</c> 00:25:00.680 --> 00:25:04.039 x He<00:25:01.279><c> labored</c><00:25:01.799><c> and</c><00:25:02.079><c> toiled</c><00:25:02.420><c> and</c><00:25:02.599><c> went</c><00:25:02.779><c> without</c><00:25:03.240><c> sleep.</c> 00:25:06.140 --> 00:25:08.660 x Paul<00:25:06.279><c> taught</c><00:25:06.539><c> in</c><00:25:06.759><c> difficult</c><00:25:07.279><c> circumstances.</c> 00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:14.740 x And<00:25:12.220><c> again,</c><00:25:12.539><c> the</c><00:25:12.700><c> message</c><00:25:13.019><c> is</c><00:25:13.259><c> to</c><00:25:13.380><c> get</c><00:25:13.480><c> us</c><00:25:13.680><c> ready</c><00:25:13.940><c> for</c><00:25:14.359><c> taking</c> 00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:16.119 x bread<00:25:15.000><c> and</c><00:25:15.299><c> wine.</c> 00:25:16.400 --> 00:25:20.640 x We<00:25:16.559><c> think</c><00:25:16.759><c> of</c><00:25:16.960><c> our</c><00:25:17.119><c> Lord</c><00:25:17.559><c> Jesus</c><00:25:18.160><c> in</c><00:25:18.500><c> difficult</c><00:25:19.119><c> circumstances.</c> 00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:30.920 x From<00:25:27.480><c> Luke</c><00:25:27.740><c> 22,</c><00:25:28.500><c> I'll</c><00:25:28.779><c> be</c><00:25:28.920><c> reading</c><00:25:29.240><c> from</c><00:25:29.720><c> the</c><00:25:29.900><c> NIV.</c> 00:25:31.859 --> 00:25:34.039 x Near<00:25:32.099><c> the</c><00:25:32.259><c> end</c><00:25:32.400><c> of</c><00:25:32.519><c> the</c><00:25:32.700><c> chapter,</c> 00:25:36.880 --> 00:25:38.400 x he's<00:25:37.400><c> in</c><00:25:37.500><c> front</c><00:25:37.640><c> of</c><00:25:37.779><c> the</c><00:25:37.980><c> council.</c> 00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:42.059 x Verse<00:25:38.700><c> 70,</c><00:25:39.140><c> they</c><00:25:39.319><c> all</c><00:25:39.660><c> asked,</c><00:25:40.099><c> are</c><00:25:40.220><c> you</c><00:25:40.440><c> the</c><00:25:40.619><c> son</c><00:25:40.740><c> of</c><00:25:41.000><c> God?</c> 00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:48.140 x He<00:25:44.279><c> replied,</c><00:25:44.880><c> you</c><00:25:45.160><c> are</c><00:25:45.460><c> right</c><00:25:46.160><c> in</c><00:25:46.740><c> saying</c><00:25:47.000><c> I</c><00:25:47.359><c> am.</c> 00:25:48.880 --> 00:25:50.119 x Then<00:25:49.400><c> they</c><00:25:49.640><c> said,</c><00:25:50.000><c> why</c><00:25:50.119><c> do</c><00:25:50.119><c> you</c><00:25:50.119><c> say</c><00:25:50.119><c> that?</c> 00:25:50.119 --> 00:25:51.700 x Why<00:25:50.160><c> do</c><00:25:50.339><c> we</c><00:25:50.440><c> need</c><00:25:50.680><c> any</c><00:25:50.940><c> more</c><00:25:51.140><c> testimony?</c> 00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:54.900 x We<00:25:51.940><c> have</c><00:25:52.140><c> heard</c><00:25:52.339><c> it</c><00:25:53.039><c> from</c><00:25:53.380><c> his</c><00:25:53.599><c> own</c><00:25:53.920><c> lips.</c> 00:25:56.079 --> 00:25:59.359 x Then<00:25:56.299><c> the</c><00:25:56.500><c> whole</c><00:25:56.700><c> assembly</c><00:25:57.079><c> rose</c><00:25:57.480><c> and</c><00:25:57.640><c> let</c><00:25:57.819><c> him</c><00:25:57.980><c> off</c><00:25:58.200><c> to</c><00:25:58.380><c> Pilate.</c> 00:25:59.559 --> 00:26:01.079 x And<00:25:59.759><c> they</c><00:25:59.960><c> began</c><00:26:00.220><c> to</c><00:26:00.500><c> accuse</c><00:26:00.680><c> him</c><00:26:00.880><c> saying,</c> 00:26:01.119 --> 00:26:03.900 x we<00:26:01.240><c> have</c><00:26:01.519><c> found</c><00:26:01.680><c> this</c><00:26:02.000><c> man</c><00:26:02.240><c> subverting</c><00:26:02.740><c> our</c><00:26:03.019><c> nation.</c> 00:26:04.039 --> 00:26:09.660 x He<00:26:04.319><c> opposes</c><00:26:04.700><c> payment</c><00:26:05.140><c> of</c><00:26:05.400><c> taxes</c><00:26:05.740><c> to</c><00:26:06.059><c> Caesar</c><00:26:06.299><c> and</c><00:26:06.519><c> claims</c><00:26:06.859><c> to</c><00:26:07.059><c> be</c><00:26:07.240><c> Christ,</c><00:26:08.500><c> a</c><00:26:08.640><c> king.</c> 00:26:10.660 --> 00:26:15.920 x So<00:26:10.880><c> Pilate</c><00:26:11.240><c> asked</c><00:26:11.480><c> Jesus,</c><00:26:13.859><c> are</c><00:26:14.180><c> you</c><00:26:14.380><c> the</c><00:26:14.519><c> king</c><00:26:14.680><c> of</c><00:26:14.859><c> the</c><00:26:15.039><c> Jews?</c> 00:26:20.140 --> 00:26:24.420 x I<00:26:20.640><c> would</c><00:26:20.880><c> call</c><00:26:21.039><c> those</c><00:26:21.519><c> the</c><00:26:21.779><c> most</c><00:26:22.059><c> of</c><00:26:22.380><c> difficult</c><00:26:22.799><c> circumstances.</c> 00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:34.319 x And<00:26:32.259><c> Matthew's</c><00:26:32.759><c> record</c><00:26:33.240><c> of</c><00:26:33.420><c> the</c><00:26:33.559><c> Sermon</c><00:26:33.799><c> on</c><00:26:34.039><c> the</c><00:26:34.200><c> Mount,</c> 00:26:34.420 --> 00:26:37.319 x we<00:26:34.519><c> know</c><00:26:34.839><c> that</c><00:26:34.960><c> we're</c><00:26:35.180><c> going</c><00:26:35.259><c> to</c><00:26:35.400><c> be</c><00:26:35.619><c> persecuted</c><00:26:36.240><c> and</c><00:26:36.740><c> we</c><00:26:37.079><c> will</c> 00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:38.980 x be<00:26:37.559><c> blessed</c><00:26:37.759><c> for</c><00:26:38.059><c> it.</c> 00:26:39.420 --> 00:26:43.019 x We<00:26:39.920><c> are</c><00:26:40.099><c> going</c><00:26:40.200><c> to</c><00:26:40.420><c> face</c><00:26:40.839><c> difficult</c><00:26:41.599><c> circumstances.</c> 00:26:52.159 --> 00:26:53.579 x Ezekiel<00:26:52.799><c> gives</c><00:26:53.059><c> hope.</c> 00:26:54.059 --> 00:26:57.839 x Again,<00:26:54.359><c> I</c><00:26:54.480><c> mentioned</c><00:26:54.920><c> before</c><00:26:55.480><c> the</c><00:26:56.200><c> Valley</c><00:26:56.500><c> of</c><00:26:56.759><c> Dry</c><00:26:57.019><c> Bones.</c> 00:26:58.400 --> 00:27:00.680 x We<00:26:58.559><c> have</c><00:26:58.759><c> a</c><00:26:58.920><c> picture</c><00:26:59.200><c> of</c><00:26:59.500><c> resurrection.</c> 00:27:02.900 --> 00:27:06.259 x Despite<00:27:03.440><c> the</c><00:27:03.720><c> 20</c><00:27:04.240><c> chapters</c><00:27:04.920><c> of</c><00:27:05.319><c> judgment,</c> 00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:10.079 x the<00:27:06.700><c> judgment</c><00:27:07.000><c> on</c><00:27:07.299><c> them</c><00:27:07.480><c> for</c><00:27:07.799><c> idolatry,</c><00:27:08.759><c> for</c><00:27:08.839><c> desecrating</c><00:27:09.440><c> Sabbaths,</c> 00:27:10.119 --> 00:27:14.599 x for<00:27:10.380><c> disobedience,</c><00:27:12.079><c> for</c><00:27:12.200><c> sacrificing</c><00:27:13.019><c> their</c><00:27:13.339><c> children.</c> 00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:21.460 x God<00:27:19.460><c> makes</c><00:27:19.759><c> an</c><00:27:20.079><c> offer</c><00:27:20.539><c> to</c><00:27:20.900><c> them.</c> 00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:27.680 x Ezekiel<00:27:22.019><c> 43</c><00:27:22.599><c> says</c><00:27:23.460><c> in</c><00:27:24.500><c> verse</c><00:27:24.759><c> 9,</c><00:27:25.180><c> I</c><00:27:25.440><c> will</c><00:27:25.700><c> live</c><00:27:25.940><c> with</c><00:27:26.180><c> them</c><00:27:26.380><c> forever.</c> 00:27:31.640 --> 00:27:33.940 x And<00:27:31.819><c> another</c><00:27:32.059><c> beautiful</c><00:27:32.500><c> picture</c><00:27:32.880><c> of</c><00:27:33.140><c> hope.</c> 00:27:34.420 --> 00:27:39.720 x The<00:27:34.779><c> fruit</c><00:27:35.259><c> in</c><00:27:36.440><c> Ezekiel</c><00:27:36.920><c> 47,</c><00:27:37.640><c> verse</c><00:27:37.859><c> 12,</c><00:27:38.279><c> won't</c><00:27:38.500><c> fail.</c> 00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:43.099 x And<00:27:40.880><c> the</c><00:27:41.079><c> leaves</c><00:27:41.460><c> are</c><00:27:41.960><c> for</c><00:27:42.240><c> healing.</c> 00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:56.740 x So<00:27:50.660><c> back</c><00:27:50.960><c> to</c><00:27:51.180><c> chapter</c><00:27:51.779><c> 4,</c><00:27:53.519><c> with</c><00:27:53.660><c> Ezekiel</c><00:27:54.220><c> on</c><00:27:54.599><c> his</c><00:27:55.359><c> side,</c> 00:27:58.819 --> 00:28:01.880 x with<00:27:59.039><c> Jerusalem</c><00:27:59.599><c> in</c><00:27:59.859><c> front</c><00:28:00.039><c> of</c><00:28:00.160><c> him.</c> 00:28:05.200 --> 00:28:09.200 x 390<00:28:06.200><c> plus</c><00:28:06.599><c> 40,</c><00:28:07.220><c> 430</c><00:28:08.099><c> days.</c> 00:28:10.940 --> 00:28:12.539 x 430<00:28:11.859><c> days</c><00:28:12.160><c> from</c><00:28:12.380><c> now.</c> 00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:12.579 x I<00:28:12.579><c> don't</c><00:28:12.579><c> know.</c> 00:28:12.579 --> 00:28:13.660 x I<00:28:12.579><c> don't</c><00:28:12.700><c> know</c><00:28:12.859><c> when</c><00:28:13.019><c> that</c><00:28:13.279><c> is.</c> 00:28:13.900 --> 00:28:17.660 x Can<00:28:14.000><c> you</c><00:28:14.160><c> imagine</c><00:28:14.400><c> laying</c><00:28:14.619><c> on</c><00:28:14.759><c> your</c><00:28:15.079><c> side</c><00:28:15.599><c> until</c><00:28:16.759><c> it's</c><00:28:17.160><c> just...</c> 00:28:17.660 --> 00:28:19.599 x Let<00:28:17.799><c> me</c><00:28:17.940><c> do</c><00:28:18.119><c> a</c><00:28:18.259><c> little</c><00:28:18.420><c> quick</c><00:28:18.640><c> math.</c> 00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:23.819 x 360<00:28:21.759><c> plus</c><00:28:22.240><c> 70</c><00:28:22.640><c> more,</c><00:28:22.980><c> two</c><00:28:23.160><c> more</c><00:28:23.339><c> months.</c> 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and</c><00:28:42.940><c> measures</c> 00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:46.019 x into<00:28:43.599><c> something</c><00:28:43.940><c> that</c><00:28:44.660><c> I</c><00:28:44.839><c> know.</c> 00:28:46.220 --> 00:28:49.240 x Ezekiel<00:28:46.440><c> got</c><00:28:46.640><c> a</c><00:28:46.779><c> half</c><00:28:46.960><c> a</c><00:28:47.079><c> pound</c><00:28:47.200><c> of</c><00:28:47.359><c> bread</c><00:28:47.720><c> and</c><00:28:48.720><c> one</c><00:28:48.960><c> cup</c><00:28:49.119><c> of</c> 00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:49.980 x water<00:28:49.519><c> every</c><00:28:49.819><c> day.</c> 00:28:50.019 --> 00:28:51.799 x That's<00:28:50.200><c> all</c><00:28:50.359><c> he</c><00:28:50.480><c> got.</c> 00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:57.700 x He<00:28:54.779><c> had</c><00:28:55.000><c> to</c><00:28:55.140><c> have</c><00:28:55.259><c> been</c><00:28:55.539><c> sustained</c><00:28:55.920><c> by</c><00:28:56.180><c> God's</c><00:28:56.880><c> Word.</c> 00:29:01.539 --> 00:29:04.920 x So<00:29:01.940><c> he</c><00:29:02.099><c> was</c><00:29:02.359><c> told,</c><00:29:02.660><c> it</c><00:29:02.859><c> says,</c><00:29:03.299><c> you</c><00:29:03.359><c> are</c><00:29:03.500><c> going</c><00:29:03.640><c> to</c><00:29:03.779><c> live</c><00:29:03.940><c> a</c><00:29:04.200><c> parable</c><00:29:04.579><c> to</c> 00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:06.619 x bear<00:29:05.200><c> the</c><00:29:05.400><c> burden</c><00:29:05.680><c> of</c><00:29:05.900><c> Israel's</c><00:29:06.539><c> sin.</c> 00:29:06.619 --> 00:29:09.160 x He<00:29:06.759><c> wasn't</c><00:29:07.039><c> bearing</c><00:29:07.400><c> Israel's</c><00:29:08.859><c> sin.</c> 00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:13.920 x He<00:29:09.299><c> was</c><00:29:09.519><c> living</c><00:29:09.759><c> a</c><00:29:10.000><c> parable</c><00:29:10.339><c> showing</c><00:29:10.799><c> the</c><00:29:11.240><c> carrying</c><00:29:11.680><c> of</c><00:29:12.799><c> their</c><00:29:13.099><c> sin.</c> 00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:17.279 x That<00:29:15.359><c> sin</c><00:29:15.640><c> would</c><00:29:15.920><c> bring</c><00:29:16.160><c> death.</c> 00:29:18.339 --> 00:29:24.400 x At<00:29:18.559><c> the</c><00:29:18.680><c> end</c><00:29:18.799><c> of</c><00:29:18.940><c> the</c><00:29:19.079><c> chapter,</c><00:29:19.779><c> it</c><00:29:19.980><c> says,</c><00:29:21.859><c> this</c><00:29:21.960><c> is</c><00:29:22.200><c> what</c><00:29:22.420><c> sin</c><00:29:22.700><c> does.</c> 00:29:28.159 --> 00:29:37.440 x And<00:29:29.559><c> we</c><00:29:29.819><c> think</c><00:29:31.220><c> inevitably</c><00:29:33.119><c> of</c><00:29:33.400><c> Jesus</c><00:29:34.019><c> bearing</c><00:29:34.740><c> our</c><00:29:36.099><c> sins.</c> 00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:52.819 x First<00:29:48.200><c> Peter,</c><00:29:51.740><c> chapter</c><00:29:51.740><c> four.</c> 00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:03.740 x Sorry,<00:30:01.119><c> First</c><00:30:01.400><c> Peter</c><00:30:01.640><c> chapter</c><00:30:02.099><c> two.</c> 00:30:14.879 --> 00:30:17.440 x To<00:30:15.359><c> this</c><00:30:15.559><c> you</c><00:30:15.740><c> were</c><00:30:15.960><c> called</c><00:30:16.180><c> because</c><00:30:16.500><c> Christ</c><00:30:16.839><c> suffered</c><00:30:17.200><c> for</c> 00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:19.680 x you,<00:30:17.640><c> leaving</c><00:30:17.859><c> you</c><00:30:18.119><c> an</c><00:30:18.319><c> example</c><00:30:18.640><c> that</c><00:30:18.819><c> you</c><00:30:19.019><c> should</c><00:30:19.180><c> follow</c><00:30:19.500><c> in</c> 00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:21.000 x his<00:30:19.880><c> steps.</c> 00:30:21.940 --> 00:30:23.420 x He<00:30:22.420><c> committed</c><00:30:22.740><c> no</c><00:30:23.119><c> sin.</c> 00:30:23.599 --> 00:30:26.099 x No<00:30:23.920><c> deceit</c><00:30:24.259><c> was</c><00:30:24.500><c> found</c><00:30:24.720><c> in</c><00:30:24.859><c> his</c><00:30:25.099><c> mouth.</c> 00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:29.980 x When<00:30:26.480><c> they</c><00:30:26.759><c> hurled</c><00:30:27.299><c> their</c><00:30:27.720><c> insults</c><00:30:28.259><c> at</c><00:30:28.339><c> him,</c><00:30:28.500><c> he</c><00:30:28.640><c> did</c><00:30:28.880><c> not</c><00:30:29.059><c> retaliate.</c> 00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:32.940 x When<00:30:30.720><c> he</c><00:30:30.920><c> suffered,</c><00:30:31.200><c> he</c><00:30:31.299><c> made</c><00:30:31.519><c> no</c><00:30:31.839><c> threats.</c> 00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:37.700 x Instead,<00:30:34.339><c> he</c><00:30:34.539><c> entrusted</c><00:30:34.859><c> himself</c><00:30:35.400><c> to</c><00:30:35.579><c> him</c><00:30:35.799><c> who</c><00:30:35.980><c> judges</c><00:30:36.380><c> justly.</c> 00:30:38.259 --> 00:30:47.319 x He<00:30:38.519><c> himself</c><00:30:39.940><c> bore</c><00:30:40.559><c> our</c><00:30:41.000><c> sins</c><00:30:41.539><c> in</c><00:30:42.420><c> his</c><00:30:42.779><c> body,</c><00:30:44.680><c> on</c><00:30:45.119><c> the</c><00:30:45.420><c> tree,</c><00:30:47.099><c> so</c> 00:30:47.319 --> 00:30:52.259 x that<00:30:47.480><c> we</c><00:30:47.619><c> might</c><00:30:47.880><c> die</c><00:30:48.259><c> to</c><00:30:48.579><c> sins</c><00:30:49.099><c> and</c><00:30:50.220><c> live</c><00:30:50.680><c> for</c><00:30:51.140><c> righteousness.</c> 00:30:52.839 --> 00:30:56.700 x By<00:30:53.200><c> his</c><00:30:53.559><c> wounds,</c><00:30:54.880><c> you</c><00:30:55.119><c> have</c><00:30:55.299><c> been</c><00:30:55.619><c> healed.</c> 00:30:58.319 --> 00:31:02.480 x For<00:30:58.839><c> you</c><00:30:59.039><c> were</c><00:30:59.180><c> like</c><00:30:59.480><c> sheep</c><00:30:59.720><c> going</c><00:31:00.099><c> astray,</c><00:31:00.559><c> but</c><00:31:00.700><c> now</c><00:31:01.200><c> you</c><00:31:01.539><c> have</c><00:31:01.779><c> returned</c><00:31:02.259><c> to</c> 00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:06.960 x the<00:31:02.660><c> shepherd</c><00:31:03.140><c> and</c><00:31:04.000><c> overseer</c><00:31:04.960><c> of</c><00:31:05.680><c> your</c><00:31:05.940><c> souls.</c> 00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:12.259 x I<00:31:09.079><c> think</c><00:31:09.200><c> it's</c><00:31:09.779><c> I</c><00:31:10.019><c> don't</c><00:31:10.180><c> know</c><00:31:10.279><c> if</c><00:31:10.440><c> it's</c><00:31:10.619><c> Uncle</c><00:31:10.819><c> Bob</c><00:31:11.240><c> who</c><00:31:11.480><c> reads</c> 00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:15.640 x from<00:31:13.420><c> Isaiah</c><00:31:13.819><c> 53</c><00:31:14.400><c> when</c><00:31:14.619><c> we</c><00:31:14.839><c> do</c><00:31:14.980><c> our</c><00:31:15.240><c> memorial.</c> 00:31:15.640 --> 00:31:19.059 x He<00:31:16.059><c> took</c><00:31:16.579><c> up</c><00:31:16.859><c> our</c><00:31:17.259><c> infirmities.</c> 00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:26.859 x Like<00:31:21.480><c> Moses</c><00:31:21.980><c> for</c><00:31:22.240><c> Miriam</c><00:31:22.700><c> and</c><00:31:22.859><c> like</c><00:31:23.240><c> Samuel</c><00:31:23.779><c> and</c><00:31:23.940><c> David</c><00:31:24.660><c> and</c><00:31:25.380><c> Hezekiah.</c> 00:31:28.359 --> 00:31:31.680 x Like<00:31:29.160><c> Job</c><00:31:29.460><c> for</c><00:31:29.700><c> his</c><00:31:29.940><c> three</c><00:31:30.200><c> friends.</c> 00:31:41.339 --> 00:31:47.160 x So<00:31:41.979><c> Ezekiel's</c><00:31:42.619><c> exhorts</c><00:31:43.259><c> to</c><00:31:43.819><c> us</c><00:31:44.079><c> are</c><00:31:44.200><c> to</c><00:31:44.440><c> watch</c><00:31:45.180><c> for</c><00:31:46.779><c> the</c><00:31:47.000><c> evil</c> 00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:50.000 x that's<00:31:47.480><c> coming</c><00:31:47.660><c> toward</c><00:31:47.880><c> our</c><00:31:48.119><c> brothers</c><00:31:48.579><c> and</c><00:31:49.180><c> sisters</c><00:31:49.619><c> and</c><00:31:49.819><c> to</c> 00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:54.319 x warn<00:31:50.180><c> them</c><00:31:51.140><c> towards</c><00:31:51.960><c> our</c><00:31:52.259><c> friends</c><00:31:52.660><c> and</c><00:31:52.880><c> our</c><00:31:53.039><c> neighbors.</c> 00:31:59.920 --> 00:32:12.000 x And<00:32:00.880><c> I'll</c><00:32:01.299><c> close</c><00:32:01.799><c> with</c><00:32:02.400><c> the</c><00:32:02.700><c> final</c><00:32:02.980><c> exhort</c><00:32:03.700><c> to</c><00:32:05.279><c> preach</c><00:32:05.559><c> the</c><00:32:05.819><c> word</c><00:32:06.059><c> always</c><00:32:07.000><c> from</c><00:32:08.519><c> 2nd</c><00:32:08.980><c> Timothy</c><00:32:09.640><c> chapter</c><00:32:10.819><c> 4.</c> 00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:16.940 x I<00:32:13.019><c> can't</c><00:32:13.420><c> impress</c><00:32:14.019><c> this</c><00:32:15.019><c> on</c><00:32:15.279><c> you</c><00:32:15.599><c> too</c><00:32:15.940><c> strongly.</c> 00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:20.200 x God<00:32:18.339><c> is</c><00:32:18.579><c> looking</c><00:32:18.859><c> over</c><00:32:19.279><c> your</c><00:32:19.579><c> shoulder.</c> 00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:28.440 x Christ<00:32:21.640><c> himself</c><00:32:22.200><c> is</c><00:32:22.440><c> the</c><00:32:22.619><c> judge</c><00:32:23.299><c> with</c><00:32:24.819><c> the</c><00:32:25.059><c> final</c><00:32:25.359><c> say</c><00:32:25.579><c> on</c><00:32:25.859><c> everyone</c><00:32:26.359><c> living</c><00:32:26.839><c> and</c><00:32:27.420><c> dead.</c> 00:32:29.380 --> 00:32:32.960 x He<00:32:29.440><c> is</c><00:32:29.700><c> about</c><00:32:29.920><c> to</c><00:32:30.140><c> break</c><00:32:30.380><c> out</c><00:32:30.799><c> into</c><00:32:31.019><c> the</c><00:32:31.259><c> open</c><00:32:31.539><c> with</c><00:32:31.740><c> his</c><00:32:32.039><c> rule.</c> 00:32:34.180 --> 00:32:37.519 x So<00:32:34.400><c> proclaim</c><00:32:34.880><c> the</c><00:32:35.220><c> message</c><00:32:35.799><c> with</c><00:32:36.339><c> intensity.</c> 00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:42.160 x Keep<00:32:40.500><c> on</c><00:32:40.880><c> your</c><00:32:41.140><c> watch.</c> 00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:47.819 x Challenge,<00:32:44.680><c> warn</c><00:32:44.960><c> and</c><00:32:45.980><c> urge</c><00:32:46.519><c> your</c><00:32:46.900><c> people.</c> 00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:50.559 x Don't<00:32:49.240><c> ever</c><00:32:49.579><c> quit.</c> 00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:52.700 x Just<00:32:51.359><c> keep</c><00:32:51.559><c> it</c><00:32:51.759><c> simple.</c> 00:32:55.079 --> 00:32:57.799 x You're<00:32:55.220><c> going</c><00:32:55.339><c> to</c><00:32:55.559><c> find</c><00:32:55.799><c> that</c><00:32:55.960><c> there</c><00:32:56.099><c> will</c><00:32:56.279><c> be</c><00:32:56.420><c> times</c><00:32:56.680><c> when</c><00:32:56.839><c> people</c><00:32:57.059><c> will</c><00:32:57.319><c> have</c><00:32:57.460><c> no</c> 00:32:57.799 --> 00:33:04.140 x stomach<00:32:58.140><c> for</c><00:32:58.660><c> solid</c><00:32:59.220><c> teaching,</c><00:33:00.640><c> but</c><00:33:00.839><c> will</c><00:33:01.119><c> fill</c><00:33:01.299><c> up</c><00:33:01.559><c> on</c><00:33:01.940><c> spiritual</c><00:33:02.700><c> junk</c><00:33:03.119><c> food.</c> 00:33:05.680 --> 00:33:08.819 x Catchy<00:33:06.339><c> opinions</c><00:33:06.920><c> that</c><00:33:07.339><c> tickle</c><00:33:07.640><c> their</c><00:33:07.839><c> fancy.</c> 00:33:09.839 --> 00:33:14.599 x They'll<00:33:10.220><c> turn</c><00:33:10.420><c> their</c><00:33:10.660><c> backs</c><00:33:10.900><c> on</c><00:33:11.220><c> truth</c><00:33:11.819><c> and</c><00:33:12.660><c> chase</c><00:33:13.339><c> mirages.</c> 00:33:15.579 --> 00:33:18.640 x But<00:33:16.219><c> you</c><00:33:16.859><c> keep</c><00:33:17.299><c> your</c><00:33:17.579><c> eye</c><00:33:17.740><c> on</c><00:33:17.880><c> what</c><00:33:18.059><c> you're</c><00:33:18.240><c> doing.</c> 00:33:18.880 --> 00:33:20.799 x Accept<00:33:19.119><c> the</c><00:33:19.339><c> hard</c><00:33:19.519><c> times</c><00:33:19.880><c> along</c><00:33:20.160><c> with</c><00:33:20.359><c> the</c><00:33:20.519><c> good.</c> 00:33:21.180 --> 00:33:23.039 x Keep<00:33:21.380><c> the</c><00:33:21.619><c> message</c><00:33:21.920><c> alive.</c> 00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:26.680 x Do<00:33:23.539><c> a</c><00:33:23.819><c> thorough</c><00:33:24.059><c> job</c><00:33:24.619><c> as</c><00:33:25.019><c> God's</c><00:33:25.839><c> servant.</c> 00:33:28.440 --> 00:33:30.400 x You<00:33:28.980><c> take</c><00:33:29.319><c> over.</c> 00:33:31.059 --> 00:33:33.079 x I'm<00:33:31.539><c> about</c><00:33:31.799><c> to</c><00:33:32.019><c> die.</c> 00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:37.220 x My<00:33:34.039><c> life</c><00:33:34.660><c> an</c><00:33:34.980><c> offering</c><00:33:35.500><c> on</c><00:33:35.960><c> God's</c><00:33:36.460><c> altar.</c> 00:33:38.339 --> 00:33:40.480 x This<00:33:38.980><c> is</c><00:33:39.200><c> the</c><00:33:39.359><c> only</c><00:33:39.559><c> race</c><00:33:39.880><c> worth</c><00:33:40.119><c> running.</c> 00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:43.420 x I've<00:33:41.019><c> run</c><00:33:41.220><c> hard</c><00:33:41.960><c> right</c><00:33:42.440><c> to</c><00:33:42.619><c> the</c><00:33:42.839><c> finish.</c> 00:33:43.859 --> 00:33:46.839 x Believed<00:33:44.500><c> all</c><00:33:45.059><c> the</c><00:33:45.220><c> way.</c> 00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:52.559 x Henceforth,<00:33:49.180><c> there</c><00:33:49.420><c> is</c><00:33:49.640><c> laid</c><00:33:49.799><c> up</c><00:33:50.000><c> for</c><00:33:50.200><c> me</c><00:33:50.500><c> a</c><00:33:50.700><c> crown</c><00:33:51.160><c> of</c><00:33:51.460><c> righteousness.</c> 00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:56.680 x Which<00:33:53.940><c> the</c><00:33:54.200><c> Lord</c><00:33:54.420><c> the</c><00:33:54.579><c> righteous</c><00:33:55.000><c> judge</c><00:33:55.359><c> shall</c><00:33:55.680><c> give</c><00:33:56.000><c> me</c><00:33:56.400><c> at</c> 00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:58.000 x that<00:33:56.940><c> day.</c> 00:33:58.839 --> 00:34:04.819 x And<00:33:59.099><c> not</c><00:33:59.339><c> to</c><00:33:59.519><c> me</c><00:33:59.720><c> only,</c><00:34:00.460><c> but</c><00:34:00.880><c> to</c><00:34:01.200><c> all</c><00:34:01.759><c> them</c><00:34:02.240><c> also</c><00:34:02.920><c> that</c><00:34:03.420><c> love</c><00:34:03.720><c> is</c><00:34:04.019><c> appearing.</c>