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chew<00:10:44.509><c> on</c><00:10:44.990><c> them,</c><00:10:45.289><c> as</c><00:10:45.610><c> it</c><00:10:45.809><c> were.</c>

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Now,<00:11:19.049><c> it's</c><00:11:19.429><c> interesting.</c><00:11:19.970><c> Let's</c><00:11:20.149><c> go</c><00:11:20.309><c> back</c><00:11:20.490><c> to</c><00:11:20.629><c> Leviticus</c><00:11:21.070><c> chapter</c><00:11:21.590><c> 11</c>

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there's<00:12:57.110><c> usually</c><00:12:57.409><c> a</c><00:12:57.850><c> really</c><00:12:58.250><c> good</c><00:12:58.870><c> spiritual</c><00:12:59.590><c> lesson</c><00:12:59.990><c> associated</c><00:13:00.690><c> with</c><00:13:00.950><c> that.</c>

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righteous<00:14:27.309><c> in</c><00:14:27.950><c> their</c><00:14:28.450><c> behavior.</c>

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So<00:14:29.750><c> let's</c><00:14:30.190><c> keep</c><00:14:30.409><c> that</c><00:14:30.669><c> in</c><00:14:30.789><c> mind.</c><00:14:30.909><c> So</c><00:14:31.070><c> there's</c><00:14:31.649><c> a</c><00:14:31.769><c> lesson</c><00:14:32.149><c> for</c>

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us<00:14:32.629><c> as</c><00:14:32.830><c> far</c><00:14:33.070><c> as</c><00:14:33.230><c> our</c><00:14:33.490><c> behavior</c><00:14:33.830><c> is</c><00:14:34.110><c> concerned</c><00:14:34.509><c> in</c><00:14:35.269><c> the</c><00:14:35.549><c> laws</c><00:14:35.850><c> of</c>

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Leviticus<00:14:36.789><c> 11</c>

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and<00:14:38.049><c> in</c><00:14:38.309><c> this</c><00:14:38.769><c> section</c><00:14:39.250><c> that</c><00:14:39.850><c> really</c><00:14:40.730><c> emphasizes</c><00:14:41.649><c> the</c><00:14:42.490><c> imposters.</c><00:14:43.370><c> So</c><00:14:43.649><c> what's</c><00:14:44.250><c> the</c><00:14:44.529><c> lesson?</c>

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Well,<00:14:46.450><c> it</c><00:14:46.450><c> seems</c><00:14:47.029><c> to</c><00:14:47.389><c> be</c><00:14:47.809><c> that</c><00:14:48.149><c> we</c><00:14:48.370><c> need</c><00:14:48.690><c> to</c><00:14:48.870><c> be</c><00:14:49.110><c> mindful</c><00:14:49.850><c> to</c><00:14:50.950><c> both</c><00:14:51.389><c> think</c><00:14:51.889><c> about</c><00:14:52.250><c> the</c><00:14:52.490><c> Word</c><00:14:52.669><c> of</c><00:14:52.789><c> God</c>

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and<00:14:54.009><c> to</c><00:14:54.470><c> reflect</c><00:14:55.029><c> its</c><00:14:55.590><c> requirements</c><00:14:56.610><c> in</c><00:14:58.190><c> our</c><00:14:58.929><c> walk.</c>

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God<00:15:00.529><c> warns</c><00:15:01.330><c> us</c><00:15:01.889><c> about</c><00:15:02.429><c> contact</c><00:15:03.429><c> with</c><00:15:04.009><c> individuals</c><00:15:04.629><c> who</c><00:15:04.889><c> only</c>

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have<00:15:05.690><c> one</c><00:15:06.090><c> of</c><00:15:06.129><c> these</c><00:15:06.509><c> traits.</c>

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And<00:15:07.009><c> look</c><00:15:07.309><c> at</c><00:15:07.429><c> Leviticus</c><00:15:07.870><c> 11</c><00:15:08.629><c> verse</c><00:15:08.909><c> 8.</c><00:15:09.450><c> People</c><00:15:09.710><c> are</c><00:15:10.169><c> specifically</c><00:15:11.029><c> warned</c>

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against<00:15:12.690><c> contact</c><00:15:14.070><c> with</c><00:15:14.730><c> one</c><00:15:14.990><c> of</c><00:15:15.210><c> these</c><00:15:16.190><c> imposter</c><00:15:17.529><c> animals.</c>

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And<00:15:18.690><c> so</c><00:15:18.850><c> the</c><00:15:19.090><c> lesson</c><00:15:19.370><c> seems</c><00:15:19.690><c> to</c><00:15:19.909><c> be</c><00:15:20.070><c> that</c><00:15:20.529><c> in</c><00:15:20.870><c> our</c><00:15:21.149><c> close</c><00:15:21.470><c> associates,</c><00:15:22.570><c> we</c><00:15:22.710><c> need</c><00:15:22.909><c> to</c>

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have<00:15:23.370><c> people</c><00:15:23.769><c> who</c><00:15:24.049><c> are</c><00:15:24.470><c> good</c><00:15:24.950><c> spiritual</c><00:15:25.850><c> influences</c><00:15:26.549><c> on</c><00:15:26.889><c> us.</c>

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So<00:15:28.090><c> we</c><00:15:28.230><c> need</c><00:15:28.409><c> to</c><00:15:28.529><c> make</c><00:15:28.750><c> sure,</c><00:15:29.129><c> and</c><00:15:29.330><c> also</c><00:15:29.629><c> in</c><00:15:29.809><c> our</c><00:15:30.029><c> own</c><00:15:30.389><c> lives,</c><00:15:31.250><c> we</c><00:15:31.350><c> need</c><00:15:31.529><c> to</c><00:15:31.649><c> make</c><00:15:31.889><c> sure</c><00:15:32.210><c> we're</c><00:15:32.470><c> not</c><00:15:32.769><c> people</c><00:15:33.110><c> who</c><00:15:33.490><c> are</c><00:15:34.029><c> just</c><00:15:34.350><c> either</c><00:15:35.110><c> studying</c><00:15:35.730><c> the</c><00:15:36.009><c> Word</c><00:15:36.190><c> of</c><00:15:36.330><c> God</c><00:15:36.750><c> a</c><00:15:37.009><c> lot,</c>

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ruminating<00:15:38.070><c> upon</c><00:15:38.389><c> it,</c><00:15:39.429><c> but</c><00:15:39.470><c> being</c><00:15:40.470><c> unsure</c><00:15:41.190><c>-footed</c><00:15:41.549><c> in</c><00:15:41.649><c> our</c><00:15:41.929><c> walk,</c><00:15:42.149><c> sort</c><00:15:42.350><c> of</c>

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going<00:15:42.750><c> out</c><00:15:43.090><c> and</c><00:15:43.409><c> doing</c><00:15:43.590><c> whatever,</c><00:15:44.110><c> being</c><00:15:44.570><c> excellent</c><00:15:44.870><c> Bible</c>

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students<00:15:45.570><c> who</c><00:15:45.769><c> go</c><00:15:45.889><c> and</c><00:15:46.090><c> do</c><00:15:46.190><c> whatever.</c>

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That's<00:15:47.230><c> the</c><00:15:47.409><c> characteristic</c><00:15:47.809><c> of</c><00:15:47.990><c> an</c><00:15:48.210><c> imposter,</c><00:15:48.929><c> to</c><00:15:49.210><c> be</c><00:15:49.529><c> avoided.</c>

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We<00:15:50.750><c> also</c><00:15:51.169><c> need</c><00:15:51.350><c> to</c><00:15:51.490><c> make</c><00:15:51.730><c> sure</c><00:15:52.169><c> that</c><00:15:52.509><c> we're</c><00:15:52.669><c> not</c><00:15:53.049><c> trying</c><00:15:53.350><c> to</c><00:15:53.549><c> be</c>

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sure<00:15:54.210><c>-footed</c><00:15:54.549><c> in</c><00:15:54.690><c> going</c><00:15:54.929><c> out</c><00:15:55.230><c> and</c><00:15:55.950><c> doing</c><00:15:55.950><c> good</c><00:15:56.570><c> deeds</c><00:15:57.029><c> and</c>

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the<00:16:04.269><c> Word</c><00:16:04.450><c> of</c><00:16:04.570><c> God,</c><00:16:04.870><c> without</c><00:16:05.129><c> chewing</c><00:16:05.509><c> on</c><00:16:05.730><c> it.</c>

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So<00:16:06.009><c> we</c><00:16:06.029><c> don't</c><00:16:06.269><c> want</c><00:16:06.429><c> to</c><00:16:06.690><c> be</c><00:16:07.250><c> trying</c><00:16:07.350><c> to</c><00:16:07.509><c> be</c><00:16:07.750><c> sure</c><00:16:07.950><c>-footed</c><00:16:08.269><c> without</c><00:16:08.610><c> the</c>

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guidance<00:16:09.710><c> of</c><00:16:10.190><c> the</c><00:16:10.330><c> Word</c><00:16:10.470><c> of</c><00:16:10.669><c> God</c><00:16:10.870><c> in</c><00:16:11.029><c> our</c><00:16:11.230><c> lives.</c>

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So<00:16:11.990><c> we</c><00:16:12.110><c> want</c><00:16:12.289><c> to</c><00:16:12.409><c> make</c><00:16:12.590><c> sure</c><00:16:12.830><c> that</c><00:16:13.110><c> in</c><00:16:13.269><c> our</c><00:16:15.409><c> people</c><00:16:15.730><c> who</c><00:16:16.269><c> are</c><00:16:16.470><c> going</c><00:16:16.470><c> to</c>

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marriage<00:16:20.649><c> partner,</c>

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that<00:16:21.590><c> we're</c><00:16:21.750><c> not</c><00:16:22.190><c> picking</c><00:16:22.490><c> an</c><00:16:22.730><c> individual</c><00:16:23.450><c> who</c><00:16:23.870><c> is</c><00:16:23.990><c> an</c><00:16:24.289><c> imposter</c><00:16:24.669><c> who</c><00:16:24.830><c> only</c><00:16:25.090><c> has</c><00:16:25.590><c> one</c><00:16:26.009><c> of</c>

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these<00:16:26.450><c> characteristics.</c>

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We<00:16:27.269><c> want</c><00:16:27.470><c> to</c><00:16:27.629><c> make</c><00:16:27.750><c> sure</c><00:16:27.909><c> the</c><00:16:28.090><c> person</c><00:16:28.370><c> has</c><00:16:28.750><c> both.</c><00:16:29.429><c> They</c><00:16:29.750><c> both</c>

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chew<00:16:30.649><c> on</c><00:16:30.889><c> the</c><00:16:31.070><c> Word</c><00:16:31.190><c> of</c><00:16:31.429><c> God</c><00:16:31.769><c> and</c><00:16:32.409><c> reflect</c><00:16:32.850><c> its</c><00:16:33.070><c> requirements</c>

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in<00:16:33.889><c> their</c><00:16:34.169><c> lives.</c>

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and<00:16:42.049><c> closing</c><00:16:42.190><c> the</c><00:16:43.090><c> Bible,</c><00:16:43.730><c> but</c><00:16:44.009><c> chewing</c><00:16:44.370><c> on</c><00:16:44.690><c> it.</c>

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We<00:16:45.169><c> need</c><00:16:45.190><c> to</c><00:16:45.190><c> make</c><00:16:45.309><c> sure</c><00:16:45.450><c> we're</c><00:16:45.730><c> chewing</c><00:16:46.029><c> on</c><00:16:46.289><c> it</c><00:16:46.769><c> and</c><00:16:47.110><c> then</c><00:16:47.570><c> incorporating</c><00:16:48.529><c> its</c>

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characteristics<00:16:49.809><c> into</c><00:16:50.909><c> our</c><00:16:51.350><c> lives.</c>

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Okay,<00:16:53.429><c> so</c><00:16:54.429><c> clean</c><00:16:54.970><c> and</c><00:16:55.450><c> unclean</c><00:16:56.070><c> animals</c><00:16:56.529><c> were</c><00:16:56.750><c> to</c><00:16:56.909><c> be</c><00:16:57.210><c> brought</c>

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brought<00:17:02.870><c> into</c><00:17:03.389><c> the</c><00:17:03.750><c> ark.</c>

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Noah<00:17:04.690><c> was</c><00:17:04.890><c> to</c><00:17:05.130><c> take</c><00:17:05.289><c> a</c><00:17:05.630><c> male</c><00:17:05.849><c> and</c><00:17:06.130><c> female</c><00:17:06.609><c> of</c><00:17:06.829><c> each</c><00:17:07.190><c> kind</c><00:17:07.430><c> of</c><00:17:07.690><c> unclean</c><00:17:08.210><c> animal</c><00:17:08.710><c> and</c><00:17:09.769><c> 14</c>

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And<00:17:14.769><c> if</c><00:17:14.890><c> you</c><00:17:14.950><c> look</c><00:17:15.230><c> at</c><00:17:16.130><c> Genesis</c><00:17:16.630><c> 7</c><00:17:17.650><c> verse</c><00:17:18.170><c> 2,</c><00:17:19.369><c> if</c><00:17:19.509><c> you</c><00:17:19.630><c> have</c><00:17:19.750><c> one</c>

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you'll<00:17:24.089><c> notice</c><00:17:24.329><c> that</c><00:17:24.690><c> by</c><00:17:25.329><c> sevens,</c><00:17:26.170><c> so</c><00:17:26.289><c> I</c><00:17:26.529><c> mean</c><00:17:26.529><c> Genesis</c><00:17:26.769><c> 7</c><00:17:27.069><c> verse</c><00:17:27.289><c> 2,</c>

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clean<00:17:43.410><c> animals</c><00:17:43.890><c> brought</c><00:17:44.369><c> into</c><00:17:44.710><c> the</c><00:17:44.950><c> ark.</c>

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People<00:18:31.589><c> ask,</c><00:18:32.509><c> what</c><00:18:32.650><c> about</c><00:18:33.029><c> the</c><00:18:33.450><c> dinosaurs?</c><00:18:34.950><c> Were</c><00:18:35.089><c> the</c><00:18:35.430><c> dinosaurs</c><00:18:35.930><c> in</c><00:18:36.230><c> the</c><00:18:36.509><c> ark?</c>

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People<00:18:38.069><c> ask,</c><00:18:38.990><c> how</c><00:18:39.289><c> did</c><00:18:39.710><c> Noah</c><00:18:39.950><c> get</c><00:18:40.529><c> all</c><00:18:41.069><c> of</c><00:18:41.349><c> the</c><00:18:41.650><c> animals,</c><00:18:42.710><c> especially</c><00:18:43.509><c> animals</c><00:18:44.410><c> from</c>

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faraway<00:18:46.109><c> places</c><00:18:46.609><c> like</c><00:18:47.049><c> Australia,</c><00:18:48.910><c> and</c><00:18:49.029><c> bring</c><00:18:49.390><c> them</c><00:18:49.890><c> into</c>

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fit<00:18:56.789><c> into</c><00:18:57.230><c> the</c><00:18:57.589><c> ark?</c>

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Now<00:18:58.990><c> there</c><00:18:59.289><c> are</c><00:18:59.710><c> not</c><00:19:00.430><c> definitive</c><00:19:01.589><c> answers</c><00:19:02.490><c> to</c><00:19:03.089><c> any</c><00:19:03.490><c> of</c><00:19:03.750><c> these</c>

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questions,<00:19:05.210><c> but</c><00:19:05.750><c> they</c><00:19:06.390><c> are</c><00:19:06.789><c> valid</c><00:19:07.190><c> and</c><00:19:07.390><c> they're</c><00:19:07.690><c> worthy</c><00:19:08.069><c> of</c>

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thoughtful<00:19:08.869><c> consideration.</c>

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And<00:19:10.049><c> I</c><00:19:10.349><c> think</c><00:19:10.609><c> it's</c><00:19:10.930><c> a</c><00:19:11.049><c> really</c><00:19:11.430><c> good</c><00:19:11.789><c> idea</c><00:19:12.630><c> for</c><00:19:13.089><c> us</c><00:19:13.430><c> to</c><00:19:13.950><c> think</c><00:19:14.210><c> about</c><00:19:14.630><c> these</c><00:19:15.109><c> questions</c><00:19:15.769><c> and</c><00:19:16.289><c> to</c><00:19:16.609><c> at</c><00:19:16.990><c> least</c><00:19:17.490><c> have</c><00:19:17.910><c> an</c><00:19:18.289><c> answer</c><00:19:18.890><c> to</c><00:19:19.450><c> provide</c><00:19:20.269><c> to</c><00:19:20.849><c> a</c>

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thoughtful,<00:19:22.069><c> interested</c><00:19:22.490><c> friend</c><00:19:23.109><c> who</c><00:19:23.750><c> asks</c><00:19:24.250><c> us</c><00:19:24.710><c> about</c><00:19:24.970><c> them.</c>

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I<00:19:25.130><c> mean,</c><00:19:25.289><c> these</c><00:19:25.789><c> questions</c><00:19:26.329><c> are</c><00:19:26.849><c> legitimate.</c><00:19:27.309><c> If</c><00:19:27.470><c> we</c><00:19:27.690><c> have</c><00:19:27.809><c> an</c>

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interested<00:19:28.490><c> friend</c><00:19:28.910><c> who's</c><00:19:29.470><c> a</c><00:19:29.730><c> thoughtful</c><00:19:30.069><c> individual</c><00:19:30.609><c> and</c>

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I<00:19:33.109><c> think</c><00:19:33.349><c> we</c><00:19:33.710><c> owe</c><00:19:33.950><c> it</c><00:19:34.170><c> to</c><00:19:34.369><c> them</c><00:19:34.710><c> to</c><00:19:35.369><c> have</c><00:19:35.549><c> an</c><00:19:36.029><c> answer</c><00:19:36.589><c> in</c><00:19:37.170><c> our</c><00:19:37.470><c> minds</c><00:19:37.769><c> ready</c><00:19:38.549><c> to</c>

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Now<00:19:41.210><c> I'm</c><00:19:41.430><c> going</c><00:19:41.609><c> to</c><00:19:41.730><c> suggest</c><00:19:42.349><c> some</c><00:19:43.150><c> possible</c><00:19:43.769><c> answers</c><00:19:44.410><c> for</c><00:19:44.930><c> you</c><00:19:45.190><c> all</c><00:19:45.549><c> to</c>

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ruminate<00:19:47.170><c> upon.</c>

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And<00:19:47.849><c> that</c><00:19:47.890><c> is</c><00:19:48.190><c> exactly</c><00:19:48.690><c> the</c><00:19:48.990><c> purpose</c><00:19:49.430><c> of</c><00:19:49.730><c> what</c><00:19:49.890><c> we're</c><00:19:50.170><c> about</c>

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There<00:19:55.089><c> are</c><00:19:56.289><c> alternative</c><00:19:57.230><c> suggestions</c><00:19:58.029><c> to</c><00:19:58.309><c> what</c><00:19:58.470><c> I'm</c><00:19:58.730><c> going</c>

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I<00:20:03.970><c> think</c><00:20:04.170><c> it's</c><00:20:04.569><c> important</c><00:20:05.049><c> for</c><00:20:05.349><c> you</c><00:20:05.529><c> to</c><00:20:05.789><c> be</c><00:20:06.089><c> ready</c><00:20:06.390><c> to</c><00:20:06.869><c> answer</c>

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People<00:20:47.170><c> lived</c><00:20:47.769><c> a</c><00:20:48.289><c> really</c><00:20:48.789><c> long</c><00:20:49.170><c> time.</c>

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And<00:21:33.390><c> it</c><00:21:33.569><c> says</c><00:21:34.369><c> the</c><00:21:34.730><c> following.</c>

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It's<00:22:02.529><c> been</c><00:22:02.769><c> suggested</c><00:22:03.710><c> that</c><00:22:04.369><c> on</c><00:22:04.490><c> the</c><00:22:04.670><c> second</c><00:22:04.930><c> day</c><00:22:05.190><c> of</c><00:22:05.410><c> creation</c><00:22:06.009><c> that</c>

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God<00:22:07.230><c> took</c><00:22:07.690><c> the</c><00:22:08.009><c> waters</c><00:22:08.490><c> that</c><00:22:08.930><c> covered</c><00:22:09.150><c> the</c><00:22:09.430><c> earth</c>

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and<00:22:09.789><c> He</c><00:22:10.009><c> divided</c><00:22:10.470><c> them</c><00:22:11.170><c> into</c><00:22:11.650><c> the</c><00:22:11.970><c> waters</c><00:22:12.349><c> that</c><00:22:12.750><c> comprised</c>

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the<00:22:13.910><c> seas.</c>

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This<00:22:14.529><c> would</c><00:22:14.750><c> be</c><00:22:14.970><c> the</c><00:22:15.150><c> phrase,</c><00:22:15.569><c> the</c><00:22:15.670><c> waters</c><00:22:16.009><c> which</c><00:22:16.289><c> were</c><00:22:16.630><c> under</c>

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the<00:22:17.930><c> firmament.</c>

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And<00:22:19.109><c> that</c><00:22:19.589><c> then</c><00:22:20.130><c> He</c><00:22:20.349><c> created</c><00:22:20.809><c> a</c><00:22:21.289><c> water</c><00:22:21.650><c> vapor</c><00:22:22.390><c> canopy</c><00:22:23.210><c> in</c><00:22:24.890><c> the</c><00:22:25.170><c> atmosphere.</c>

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That<00:22:25.890><c> would</c><00:22:26.130><c> be</c><00:22:27.009><c> the</c><00:22:27.609><c> waters</c><00:22:27.910><c> which</c><00:22:28.230><c> were</c><00:22:28.549><c> above</c><00:22:29.430><c> the</c><00:22:29.890><c> firmament.</c>

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If<00:22:31.529><c> that</c><00:22:31.950><c> happened,</c><00:22:33.009><c> the</c><00:22:33.309><c> canopy</c><00:22:33.750><c> could</c><00:22:34.170><c> have</c><00:22:34.490><c> protected</c><00:22:35.009><c> the</c>

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planet<00:22:35.730><c> from</c><00:22:36.430><c> harmful</c><00:22:36.829><c> radiation.</c>

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That<00:22:38.390><c> would</c><00:22:38.529><c> have</c><00:22:38.769><c> allowed</c><00:22:39.130><c> the</c><00:22:39.549><c> inhabitants</c><00:22:40.029><c> of</c><00:22:40.349><c> the</c><00:22:40.569><c> earth</c>

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to<00:22:41.470><c> have</c><00:22:41.730><c> lived</c><00:22:41.910><c> longer.</c>

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Plus,<00:22:43.470><c> it</c><00:22:43.470><c> could</c><00:22:43.670><c> have</c><00:22:43.950><c> resulted</c><00:22:44.410><c> in</c><00:22:44.650><c> a</c><00:22:44.829><c> greenhouse</c><00:22:45.369><c> effect</c><00:22:45.990><c> that</c><00:22:46.390><c> would</c><00:22:46.549><c> have</c><00:22:46.769><c> made</c><00:22:46.970><c> the</c><00:22:47.269><c> world</c><00:22:47.710><c> a</c>

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warmer<00:22:48.509><c> place.</c>

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Plants<00:22:50.329><c> and</c><00:22:50.569><c> trees</c><00:22:51.250><c> could</c><00:22:51.670><c> have</c><00:22:51.809><c> been</c><00:22:51.930><c> larger.</c>

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Maybe<00:22:53.029><c> that's</c><00:22:53.349><c> where</c><00:22:53.869><c> Noah</c><00:22:54.029><c> got</c><00:22:54.329><c> the</c><00:22:54.609><c> wood</c><00:22:54.809><c> from</c><00:22:55.190><c> to</c><00:22:55.490><c> build</c>

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the<00:22:56.009><c> giant</c><00:22:56.269><c> ark.</c>

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If<00:22:57.130><c> there</c><00:22:57.329><c> was</c><00:22:57.470><c> more</c><00:22:57.809><c> abundant</c><00:22:58.190><c> vegetation,</c><00:22:59.509><c> that</c><00:22:59.829><c> would</c><00:23:00.049><c> make</c><00:23:00.289><c> it</c>

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possible<00:23:01.190><c> for</c><00:23:01.569><c> the</c><00:23:01.829><c> planet</c><00:23:02.049><c> to</c><00:23:02.450><c> support</c><00:23:03.150><c> larger</c><00:23:03.910><c> forms</c><00:23:04.450><c> of</c><00:23:04.789><c> life,</c><00:23:05.589><c> such</c><00:23:05.789><c> as</c><00:23:06.130><c> dinosaurs.</c>

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So<00:23:08.410><c> were</c><00:23:08.569><c> dinosaurs</c><00:23:08.950><c> brought</c><00:23:09.250><c> into</c><00:23:09.430><c> the</c><00:23:09.710><c> ark?</c>

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Well,<00:23:10.730><c> it</c><00:23:10.829><c> seems</c><00:23:11.170><c> that</c><00:23:11.369><c> they</c><00:23:11.589><c> would</c><00:23:11.789><c> have</c><00:23:12.029><c> been</c><00:23:12.150><c> if</c><00:23:12.309><c> they</c><00:23:12.609><c> were</c>

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in<00:23:12.970><c> fact</c><00:23:13.269><c> alive</c><00:23:13.769><c> at</c><00:23:13.930><c> the</c><00:23:14.089><c> time</c><00:23:14.250><c> of</c><00:23:14.390><c> the</c><00:23:14.630><c> flood.</c>

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Of<00:23:16.009><c> course,</c><00:23:16.309><c> it</c><00:23:16.490><c> would</c><00:23:16.609><c> have</c><00:23:16.849><c> made</c><00:23:17.309><c> sense</c><00:23:17.650><c> to</c><00:23:18.069><c> bring</c><00:23:18.730><c> younger,</c>

00:23:20.029 --> 00:23:23.410
smaller<00:23:20.289><c> members</c><00:23:20.710><c> of</c><00:23:20.930><c> the</c><00:23:21.170><c> species</c><00:23:21.910><c> onto</c><00:23:22.609><c> the</c><00:23:22.910><c> ark</c><00:23:23.049><c> instead</c>

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of<00:23:23.650><c> full</c><00:23:23.829><c> grown</c><00:23:24.049><c> adults.</c>

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And<00:23:24.650><c> that</c><00:23:24.789><c> was</c><00:23:25.089><c> probably,</c><00:23:25.910><c> regardless</c><00:23:26.390><c> of</c><00:23:26.650><c> whether</c><00:23:26.809><c> or</c><00:23:26.869><c> not</c>

00:23:27.049 --> 00:23:27.970
they<00:23:27.210><c> were</c><00:23:27.390><c> dinosaurs,</c>

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that<00:23:28.529><c> was</c><00:23:28.789><c> probably</c><00:23:29.230><c> the</c><00:23:29.529><c> practice</c><00:23:29.829><c> when</c><00:23:30.009><c> it</c><00:23:30.230><c> came</c><00:23:30.470><c> to</c><00:23:30.670><c> the</c><00:23:30.869><c> larger</c><00:23:31.150><c> animals</c><00:23:31.589><c> in</c>

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the<00:23:31.990><c> ark,</c><00:23:32.710><c> bring</c><00:23:33.069><c> younger</c><00:23:33.589><c> members</c><00:23:34.170><c> of</c><00:23:34.630><c> the</c><00:23:34.869><c> species.</c>

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So<00:23:37.349><c> let's</c><00:23:37.730><c> say</c><00:23:37.990><c> that's</c><00:23:38.490><c> what</c><00:23:38.730><c> happened.</c>

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Well,<00:23:39.210><c> then</c><00:23:39.430><c> what</c><00:23:40.269><c> happened</c><00:23:40.670><c> to</c><00:23:40.890><c> the</c><00:23:41.170><c> dinosaurs?</c>

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Why<00:23:42.329><c> don't</c><00:23:42.490><c> we</c><00:23:42.630><c> have</c><00:23:42.809><c> them</c><00:23:43.049><c> now?</c>

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Well,<00:23:43.990><c> one</c><00:23:44.329><c> theory</c><00:23:44.670><c> of</c><00:23:44.869><c> the</c><00:23:45.150><c> flood</c><00:23:45.450><c> is</c><00:23:46.029><c> that</c><00:23:46.309><c> the</c><00:23:46.630><c> 40</c><00:23:46.809><c> days</c><00:23:47.170><c> and</c>

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40<00:23:47.730><c> nights</c><00:23:48.190><c> of</c><00:23:48.849><c> rain</c><00:23:49.329><c> were</c><00:23:50.029><c> caused</c><00:23:50.490><c> by</c><00:23:50.769><c> the</c><00:23:51.150><c> collapse</c><00:23:51.670><c> of</c><00:23:52.549><c> the</c>

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water<00:23:53.009><c> vapor</c><00:23:53.349><c> canopy.</c>

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Indeed,<00:23:54.930><c> Genesis</c><00:23:55.609><c> chapter</c><00:23:56.390><c> 7</c><00:23:57.029><c> verse</c><00:23:57.670><c> 11</c><00:23:58.210><c> does</c><00:23:58.670><c> offer</c><00:23:59.349><c> some</c><00:23:59.750><c> support</c><00:24:00.190><c> to</c>

00:24:00.430 --> 00:24:05.009
the<00:24:00.630><c> idea</c><00:24:01.329><c> that</c><00:24:02.009><c> something</c><00:24:02.789><c> like</c><00:24:03.450><c> that</c><00:24:04.609><c> happened.</c>

00:24:05.009 --> 00:24:09.490
It<00:24:05.730><c> talks</c><00:24:06.250><c> about</c><00:24:06.890><c> the</c><00:24:07.890><c> windows</c><00:24:08.670><c> of</c><00:24:09.329><c> heaven.</c>

00:24:09.630 --> 00:24:14.990
It<00:24:09.630><c> says</c><00:24:09.710><c> the</c><00:24:09.970><c> windows</c><00:24:10.529><c> of</c><00:24:10.890><c> heaven</c><00:24:11.089><c> were</c><00:24:11.329><c> open</c><00:24:11.650><c> at</c><00:24:11.849><c> the</c><00:24:12.109><c> very</c><00:24:12.509><c> end</c><00:24:13.210><c> of</c><00:24:13.490><c> Genesis</c><00:24:13.950><c> 7</c>

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verse<00:24:15.369><c> 11.</c>

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The<00:24:16.390><c> windows</c><00:24:16.829><c> of</c><00:24:17.190><c> heaven</c><00:24:17.509><c> being</c><00:24:17.890><c> open</c><00:24:18.470><c> sounds</c><00:24:19.170><c> like</c><00:24:19.690><c> a</c><00:24:20.390><c> unique</c>

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event<00:24:21.190><c> in</c><00:24:21.529><c> history.</c>

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And<00:24:22.750><c> in</c><00:24:23.109><c> fact,</c><00:24:23.950><c> the</c><00:24:24.210><c> text</c><00:24:24.769><c> seems</c><00:24:25.470><c> to</c><00:24:25.869><c> support</c><00:24:26.250><c> this</c><00:24:26.730><c> idea.</c>

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If<00:24:27.750><c> you</c><00:24:27.890><c> look</c><00:24:28.029><c> in</c><00:24:28.170><c> the</c><00:24:28.490><c> margin</c><00:24:28.829><c> of</c><00:24:29.049><c> the</c><00:24:29.309><c> King</c><00:24:29.589><c> James</c><00:24:29.930><c> version,</c>

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as<00:24:30.950><c> well</c><00:24:31.150><c> as</c><00:24:31.269><c> a</c><00:24:31.349><c> number</c><00:24:31.569><c> of</c><00:24:31.910><c> other</c><00:24:32.190><c> translations,</c>

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you'll<00:24:33.589><c> see</c><00:24:33.809><c> floodgates</c><00:24:35.309><c> offered</c><00:24:35.869><c> as</c><00:24:36.450><c> an</c><00:24:36.710><c> alternative</c><00:24:37.569><c> rendering</c><00:24:38.250><c> to</c><00:24:38.730><c> windows.</c>

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So<00:24:39.670><c> how</c><00:24:39.869><c> does</c><00:24:40.069><c> a</c><00:24:40.369><c> floodgate</c><00:24:40.809><c> work?</c>

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Well,<00:24:41.410><c> basically</c><00:24:41.650><c> you</c><00:24:41.769><c> have</c><00:24:41.970><c> a</c><00:24:42.250><c> gate</c><00:24:42.509><c> that</c><00:24:43.250><c> keeps</c><00:24:43.589><c> the</c><00:24:43.890><c> waters</c><00:24:44.329><c> back.</c>

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And<00:24:45.309><c> then</c><00:24:45.410><c> that's</c><00:24:45.910><c> opened.</c>

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And<00:24:46.509><c> what</c><00:24:46.670><c> happens?</c>

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Well,<00:24:47.190><c> the</c><00:24:47.369><c> waters</c><00:24:47.609><c> rush</c><00:24:47.970><c> out,</c><00:24:48.869><c> and</c><00:24:48.950><c> then</c><00:24:49.750><c> the</c><00:24:49.890><c> waters</c><00:24:50.250><c> are</c><00:24:51.089><c> gone.</c>

00:24:52.109 --> 00:24:55.589
And<00:24:52.349><c> so</c><00:24:52.910><c> it's</c><00:24:53.210><c> possible</c><00:24:53.630><c> then</c><00:24:53.829><c> that</c><00:24:53.970><c> basically</c><00:24:54.430><c> it's</c><00:24:54.869><c> as</c><00:24:55.049><c> if</c>

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the<00:24:56.250><c> canopy</c><00:24:56.670><c> collapses,</c><00:24:58.250><c> and</c><00:24:59.710><c> that's</c><00:24:59.930><c> where</c><00:25:00.170><c> the</c><00:25:00.390><c> rains</c><00:25:00.650><c> come</c><00:25:01.029><c> from.</c>

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But<00:25:01.750><c> then</c><00:25:02.250><c> once</c><00:25:02.650><c> the</c><00:25:02.910><c> waters</c><00:25:03.069><c> rushed</c><00:25:03.349><c> out</c><00:25:03.490><c> of</c><00:25:03.589><c> the</c><00:25:03.809><c> floodgate,</c>

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it's<00:25:04.369><c> gone.</c>

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So<00:25:04.849><c> once</c><00:25:05.130><c> that's</c><00:25:05.410><c> happened,</c><00:25:05.750><c> the</c><00:25:05.970><c> canopy</c><00:25:06.390><c> has</c><00:25:06.990><c> disappeared.</c>

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The<00:25:07.930><c> world</c><00:25:08.089><c> has</c><00:25:08.369><c> become</c><00:25:08.690><c> a</c><00:25:08.950><c> colder</c><00:25:09.089><c> place.</c>

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The<00:25:10.410><c> food</c><00:25:10.549><c> in</c><00:25:10.690><c> which</c><00:25:10.910><c> the</c><00:25:11.250><c> dinosaurs</c><00:25:11.869><c> once</c><00:25:12.630><c> relied</c><00:25:13.329><c> becomes</c><00:25:13.910><c> scarcer,</c><00:25:14.710><c> and</c><00:25:14.869><c> they</c><00:25:15.069><c> die</c><00:25:15.369><c> off</c><00:25:15.670><c> as</c><00:25:16.029><c> a</c><00:25:16.210><c> result.</c>

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That's<00:25:18.430><c> a</c><00:25:18.529><c> possibility</c><00:25:19.170><c> of</c><00:25:19.950><c> what</c><00:25:20.329><c> could</c><00:25:20.710><c> have</c><00:25:21.009><c> happened.</c>

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What<00:25:23.250><c> about</c><00:25:23.450><c> the</c><00:25:23.650><c> issue</c><00:25:23.950><c> of</c><00:25:24.210><c> bringing</c><00:25:24.509><c> all</c><00:25:24.690><c> these</c><00:25:24.970><c> animals</c>

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into<00:25:25.750><c> the</c><00:25:26.009><c> ark?</c>

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Well,<00:25:28.970><c> Genesis</c><00:25:29.130><c> 6</c><00:25:29.630><c> verse</c><00:25:29.910><c> 20</c><00:25:30.329><c> helps</c><00:25:30.710><c> us</c><00:25:30.990><c> out</c><00:25:31.150><c> with</c><00:25:31.289><c> that</c><00:25:31.450><c> a</c><00:25:31.569><c> little</c><00:25:31.750><c> bit</c>

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because<00:25:32.930><c> it</c><00:25:33.309><c> says</c><00:25:33.829><c> that</c><00:25:34.869><c> the</c><00:25:35.210><c> animals,</c>

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if<00:25:35.890><c> you</c><00:25:35.950><c> look</c><00:25:36.089><c> at</c><00:25:36.190><c> the</c><00:25:36.269><c> end</c><00:25:36.369><c> of</c><00:25:36.529><c> the</c><00:25:36.630><c> verse,</c><00:25:36.829><c> it</c><00:25:36.890><c> says</c><00:25:37.009><c> the</c><00:25:37.230><c> animals</c><00:25:37.490><c> shall</c><00:25:37.730><c> come</c>

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unto<00:25:38.349><c> thee.</c>

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And<00:25:39.930><c> so</c><00:25:40.309><c> the</c><00:25:40.750><c> idea</c><00:25:41.109><c> seems</c><00:25:41.309><c> to</c><00:25:41.509><c> be</c><00:25:41.630><c> that</c><00:25:41.910><c> God</c><00:25:42.509><c> directed</c><00:25:43.329><c> the</c><00:25:43.829><c> animals</c><00:25:44.410><c> to</c>

00:25:45.009 --> 00:25:46.789
come<00:25:45.470><c> to</c><00:25:46.069><c> Noah.</c>

00:25:47.130 --> 00:25:50.930
Now,<00:25:47.670><c> for</c><00:25:47.869><c> many</c><00:25:48.150><c> of</c><00:25:48.289><c> these</c><00:25:48.549><c> animals,</c><00:25:49.589><c> their</c><00:25:49.789><c> journey</c><00:25:50.329><c> would</c>

00:25:50.930 --> 00:25:55.930
have<00:25:51.230><c> begun</c><00:25:52.150><c> months</c><00:25:53.029><c> before</c><00:25:54.349><c> they</c><00:25:54.829><c> came</c><00:25:55.109><c> into</c><00:25:55.390><c> the</c><00:25:55.670><c> ark.</c>

00:25:56.349 --> 00:25:58.970
If<00:25:56.529><c> they</c><00:25:56.730><c> came</c><00:25:57.049><c> from</c><00:25:57.230><c> a</c><00:25:57.289><c> faraway</c><00:25:57.730><c> place,</c><00:25:58.150><c> they</c><00:25:58.289><c> would</c><00:25:58.470><c> have</c><00:25:58.630><c> had</c><00:25:58.789><c> to</c>

00:25:58.970 --> 00:26:04.670
start<00:25:59.250><c> traveling</c><00:25:59.809><c> a</c><00:26:00.390><c> long</c><00:26:00.789><c> time</c><00:26:01.569><c> before</c><00:26:01.890><c> they</c><00:26:02.210><c> actually</c><00:26:03.190><c> boarded</c><00:26:04.170><c> the</c><00:26:04.450><c> ark.</c>

00:26:04.730 --> 00:26:07.869
Now,<00:26:04.890><c> there</c><00:26:05.109><c> are</c><00:26:05.190><c> other</c><00:26:05.509><c> instances</c><00:26:06.089><c> in</c><00:26:06.349><c> the</c><00:26:06.569><c> Bible</c><00:26:06.990><c> where</c><00:26:07.589><c> we</c>

00:26:07.869 --> 00:26:10.529
see<00:26:08.329><c> things</c><00:26:08.789><c> like</c><00:26:09.269><c> that</c><00:26:09.950><c> described,</c>

00:26:10.549 --> 00:26:14.670
where<00:26:10.789><c> God</c><00:26:11.269><c> intervenes</c><00:26:11.910><c> in</c><00:26:12.069><c> the</c><00:26:12.329><c> animal</c><00:26:12.690><c> kingdom</c><00:26:13.269><c> months</c><00:26:13.930><c> before</c><00:26:14.390><c> an</c>

00:26:14.670 --> 00:26:15.849
actual<00:26:15.029><c> event</c><00:26:15.390><c> occurs.</c>

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And<00:26:16.069><c> he</c><00:26:16.150><c> does</c><00:26:16.490><c> so</c><00:26:16.829><c> as</c><00:26:17.089><c> a</c><00:26:17.170><c> way</c><00:26:17.329><c> of</c><00:26:17.450><c> making</c><00:26:17.789><c> that</c><00:26:18.069><c> event</c><00:26:18.349><c> happen</c>

00:26:19.069 --> 00:26:20.410
right<00:26:19.490><c> at</c><00:26:19.630><c> the</c><00:26:19.769><c> right</c><00:26:20.049><c> time.</c>

00:26:20.670 --> 00:26:26.690
So<00:26:20.789><c> you</c><00:26:20.910><c> think</c><00:26:21.069><c> about,</c><00:26:21.349><c> for</c><00:26:21.569><c> example,</c><00:26:22.109><c> the</c><00:26:22.369><c> plague</c><00:26:22.650><c> of</c><00:26:23.089><c> locusts</c><00:26:24.309><c> in</c><00:26:25.009><c> Exodus</c><00:26:25.309><c> 20.</c>

00:26:26.769 --> 00:26:30.049
Locust<00:26:27.329><c> plagues</c><00:26:27.910><c> continue</c><00:26:28.589><c> in</c><00:26:28.769><c> Egypt</c><00:26:29.130><c> to</c><00:26:29.369><c> this</c><00:26:29.690><c> day.</c>

00:26:30.450 --> 00:26:33.990
And<00:26:30.829><c> the</c><00:26:31.069><c> origin</c><00:26:31.390><c> of</c><00:26:31.609><c> a</c><00:26:31.730><c> locust</c><00:26:32.130><c> plague</c><00:26:32.450><c> in</c><00:26:32.750><c> Egypt</c><00:26:33.089><c> is</c><00:26:33.309><c> that</c><00:26:33.490><c> there's</c><00:26:33.849><c> a</c>

00:26:33.990 --> 00:26:35.589
lot<00:26:34.269><c> of</c><00:26:34.670><c> rain,</c>

00:26:35.750 --> 00:26:38.910
and<00:26:35.890><c> there's</c><00:26:36.049><c> an</c><00:26:36.329><c> unusually</c><00:26:36.769><c> rainy</c><00:26:37.170><c> season</c><00:26:37.710><c> in</c><00:26:38.130><c> Saudi</c><00:26:38.430><c> Arabia.</c>

00:26:39.170 --> 00:26:43.170
Basically,<00:26:40.349><c> locusts</c><00:26:41.250><c> lay</c><00:26:41.430><c> their</c><00:26:41.789><c> eggs</c><00:26:42.150><c> in</c><00:26:42.390><c> wet</c><00:26:42.609><c> sand.</c>

00:26:43.170 --> 00:26:46.490
And<00:26:44.009><c> so</c><00:26:44.450><c> when</c><00:26:44.730><c> there's</c><00:26:45.049><c> a</c><00:26:45.210><c> lot</c><00:26:45.410><c> of</c><00:26:45.630><c> rain</c><00:26:45.829><c> then,</c><00:26:46.089><c> what</c><00:26:46.089><c> happens</c>

00:26:46.490 --> 00:26:49.269
is<00:26:46.690><c> you</c><00:26:47.369><c> get</c><00:26:47.529><c> some</c><00:26:47.710><c> small</c><00:26:48.069><c> vegetation</c><00:26:48.789><c> arises,</c>

00:26:49.609 --> 00:26:52.190
and<00:26:49.809><c> it</c><00:26:50.190><c> protects</c><00:26:51.009><c> the</c><00:26:51.450><c> locust</c><00:26:51.730><c> eggs.</c>

00:26:52.509 --> 00:26:56.269
And<00:26:52.730><c> it</c><00:26:52.930><c> allows</c><00:26:53.309><c> more</c><00:26:54.269><c> locusts</c><00:26:55.029><c> to</c><00:26:55.230><c> survive</c><00:26:55.650><c> to</c><00:26:55.910><c> adulterate.</c>

00:26:56.569 --> 00:26:58.789
There's<00:26:56.750><c> been</c><00:26:56.930><c> a</c><00:26:57.009><c> lot</c><00:26:57.170><c> of</c><00:26:57.349><c> rain,</c><00:26:57.670><c> more</c><00:26:57.970><c> locusts</c><00:26:58.589><c> live.</c>

00:26:59.150 --> 00:27:03.309
And<00:26:59.250><c> so</c><00:26:59.490><c> then</c><00:26:59.849><c> when</c><00:27:00.269><c> the</c><00:27:00.730><c> wind</c><00:27:01.069><c> blows</c><00:27:01.670><c> east,</c><00:27:02.650><c> and</c><00:27:02.849><c> the</c><00:27:03.069><c> Bible</c>

00:27:03.309 --> 00:27:05.549
specifically<00:27:03.910><c> notes</c><00:27:04.170><c> that</c><00:27:04.329><c> it</c><00:27:04.390><c> was</c><00:27:04.589><c> an</c><00:27:04.950><c> east</c><00:27:05.269><c> wind</c>

00:27:05.549 --> 00:27:12.210
that<00:27:05.890><c> brought</c><00:27:06.170><c> the</c><00:27:07.589><c> locusts</c><00:27:08.450><c> to</c><00:27:10.009><c> Egypt,</c><00:27:11.569><c> well,</c><00:27:11.730><c> more</c><00:27:11.970><c> of</c><00:27:12.089><c> them</c>

00:27:12.210 --> 00:27:12.829
have<00:27:12.430><c> survived.</c>

00:27:12.829 --> 00:27:16.769
So<00:27:13.049><c> it's</c><00:27:13.250><c> an</c><00:27:13.490><c> absolutely</c><00:27:13.970><c> massive</c><00:27:15.109><c> swarm</c><00:27:15.710><c> of</c><00:27:16.210><c> locusts,</c><00:27:16.589><c> a</c>

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massive<00:27:17.109><c> locust</c><00:27:17.569><c> plague.</c>

00:27:18.210 --> 00:27:21.210
Well,<00:27:18.309><c> the</c><00:27:18.470><c> point</c><00:27:18.730><c> is</c><00:27:19.029><c> that</c><00:27:19.369><c> that</c><00:27:19.730><c> unusually</c><00:27:20.369><c> rainy</c><00:27:20.750><c> season</c>

00:27:21.210 --> 00:27:22.150
in<00:27:21.490><c> Saudi</c><00:27:21.789><c> Arabia</c>

00:27:22.150 --> 00:27:28.569
to<00:27:22.509><c> create</c><00:27:22.829><c> that</c><00:27:23.970><c> locust</c><00:27:24.349><c> plague</c><00:27:24.650><c> at</c><00:27:24.849><c> exactly</c><00:27:25.210><c> the</c><00:27:25.430><c> right</c><00:27:25.730><c> time</c><00:27:26.269><c> occurred</c><00:27:27.109><c> months</c><00:27:27.849><c> in</c><00:27:28.190><c> advance.</c>

00:27:28.930 --> 00:27:32.910
And<00:27:29.130><c> God</c><00:27:29.450><c> did</c><00:27:29.690><c> that</c><00:27:29.950><c> basically</c><00:27:30.390><c> so</c><00:27:30.730><c> that</c><00:27:31.289><c> he</c><00:27:31.609><c> knows</c><00:27:31.910><c> what's</c><00:27:32.410><c> going</c><00:27:32.549><c> to</c><00:27:32.730><c> happen</c>

00:27:32.910 --> 00:27:35.809
so<00:27:33.150><c> that</c><00:27:33.390><c> the</c><00:27:33.809><c> plague</c><00:27:33.970><c> of</c><00:27:34.210><c> locusts</c><00:27:34.490><c> would</c><00:27:34.730><c> arrive</c><00:27:35.289><c> right</c><00:27:35.650><c> at</c>

00:27:35.809 --> 00:27:37.170
the<00:27:35.990><c> right</c><00:27:36.250><c> time.</c>

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What<00:27:38.009><c> I</c><00:27:38.269><c> think</c><00:27:38.390><c> is</c><00:27:38.670><c> really</c><00:27:39.109><c> wonderful</c><00:27:39.630><c> about</c><00:27:40.250><c> thinking</c><00:27:40.710><c> that</c><00:27:41.049><c> through</c>

00:27:41.430 --> 00:27:46.269
is<00:27:41.569><c> that</c><00:27:41.890><c> we</c><00:27:42.109><c> see</c><00:27:42.910><c> that</c><00:27:43.410><c> God</c><00:27:43.869><c> sets</c><00:27:44.390><c> the</c><00:27:44.789><c> stage</c><00:27:45.130><c> for</c><00:27:45.450><c> events</c><00:27:45.849><c> to</c>

00:27:46.269 --> 00:27:48.869
occur<00:27:46.630><c> long</c><00:27:47.369><c> before</c><00:27:47.809><c> they</c><00:27:48.069><c> actually</c><00:27:48.509><c> happen.</c>

00:27:49.250 --> 00:27:52.569
God<00:27:49.509><c> was</c><00:27:49.849><c> laying</c><00:27:50.190><c> the</c><00:27:50.950><c> foundations</c><00:27:51.549><c> for</c><00:27:51.789><c> the</c><00:27:51.970><c> locust</c><00:27:52.329><c> plague</c>

00:27:52.569 --> 00:27:53.170
in<00:27:52.809><c> Egypt</c>

00:27:53.170 --> 00:27:57.490
many<00:27:53.730><c> months</c><00:27:54.269><c> before</c><00:27:55.410><c> there</c><00:27:55.750><c> was</c><00:27:55.970><c> any</c><00:27:56.609><c> sign</c><00:27:56.950><c> that</c><00:27:57.089><c> this</c><00:27:57.309><c> was</c>

00:27:57.490 --> 00:27:58.109
going<00:27:57.650><c> to</c><00:27:57.950><c> happen.</c>

00:27:58.430 --> 00:28:03.690
And<00:27:58.529><c> the</c><00:27:58.730><c> same</c><00:27:59.049><c> thing</c><00:27:59.309><c> is</c><00:27:59.609><c> happening</c><00:27:59.970><c> with</c><00:28:00.609><c> regard</c><00:28:01.369><c> to</c><00:28:02.069><c> the</c><00:28:02.210><c> return</c><00:28:02.509><c> of</c><00:28:02.730><c> Christ.</c>

00:28:03.710 --> 00:28:07.710
God<00:28:04.130><c> is</c><00:28:04.410><c> right</c><00:28:04.650><c> now</c><00:28:05.029><c> working</c><00:28:05.390><c> to</c><00:28:05.670><c> lay</c><00:28:05.809><c> the</c><00:28:06.069><c> foundation</c><00:28:06.829><c> for</c>

00:28:07.710 --> 00:28:08.329
the<00:28:08.089><c> events</c>

00:28:08.329 --> 00:28:11.450
that<00:28:08.509><c> are</c><00:28:08.549><c> going</c><00:28:08.670><c> to</c><00:28:08.890><c> bring</c><00:28:09.349><c> the</c><00:28:09.730><c> Lord</c><00:28:09.990><c> back</c><00:28:10.329><c> to</c><00:28:10.509><c> the</c><00:28:10.730><c> earth.</c>

00:28:11.750 --> 00:28:14.390
And<00:28:12.309><c> that's</c><00:28:12.849><c> such</c><00:28:12.990><c> a</c><00:28:13.150><c> wonderful</c><00:28:13.390><c> thing</c><00:28:13.589><c> that</c><00:28:13.849><c> even</c><00:28:14.069><c> though</c><00:28:14.250><c> we</c>

00:28:14.390 --> 00:28:16.369
don't<00:28:14.650><c> see</c><00:28:15.289><c> the</c><00:28:15.589><c> Lord</c><00:28:15.750><c> in</c><00:28:15.930><c> the</c><00:28:16.150><c> earth,</c>

00:28:16.410 --> 00:28:20.150
we<00:28:16.549><c> can</c><00:28:16.829><c> rest</c><00:28:17.109><c> assured</c><00:28:17.710><c> that</c><00:28:18.349><c> preparations</c><00:28:18.990><c> are</c><00:28:19.289><c> being</c><00:28:19.630><c> made,</c>

00:28:20.450 --> 00:28:24.170
the<00:28:20.670><c> foundation</c><00:28:21.230><c> is</c><00:28:21.410><c> being</c><00:28:21.609><c> laid</c><00:28:21.890><c> so</c><00:28:22.130><c> that</c><00:28:22.849><c> he</c><00:28:23.230><c> will</c><00:28:23.569><c> come</c><00:28:23.930><c> and</c>

00:28:24.170 --> 00:28:26.690
the<00:28:24.769><c> kingdom</c><00:28:25.049><c> will</c><00:28:25.329><c> be</c><00:28:25.630><c> established.</c>

00:28:27.730 --> 00:28:31.130
Okay,<00:28:27.890><c> so</c><00:28:28.230><c> thinking</c><00:28:28.509><c> then</c><00:28:28.750><c> a</c><00:28:29.130><c> bit</c><00:28:29.289><c> more</c><00:28:29.490><c> about</c><00:28:29.650><c> this</c><00:28:29.849><c> idea</c><00:28:30.230><c> of</c><00:28:30.829><c> animals</c>

00:28:31.130 --> 00:28:34.230
would<00:28:31.329><c> have</c><00:28:31.710><c> traveled</c><00:28:31.950><c> perhaps</c><00:28:32.390><c> for</c><00:28:32.970><c> some</c><00:28:33.190><c> considerable</c><00:28:33.670><c> amount</c><00:28:33.890><c> of</c>

00:28:34.230 --> 00:28:37.069
time<00:28:35.109><c> to</c><00:28:36.089><c> come</c><00:28:36.430><c> to</c><00:28:36.710><c> the</c><00:28:36.910><c> ark.</c>

00:28:37.069 --> 00:28:41.609
Some<00:28:37.250><c> of</c><00:28:37.410><c> them</c><00:28:37.589><c> would</c><00:28:37.769><c> have</c><00:28:39.130><c> traveled</c><00:28:39.470><c> possibly</c><00:28:40.109><c> great</c><00:28:40.509><c> distances.</c>

00:28:42.329 --> 00:28:45.630
It's<00:28:42.690><c> also</c><00:28:42.970><c> possible</c><00:28:43.529><c> that</c><00:28:43.990><c> the</c><00:28:44.450><c> continents</c><00:28:44.869><c> of</c><00:28:45.089><c> the</c><00:28:45.289><c> earth</c>

00:28:45.630 --> 00:28:48.849
were<00:28:46.089><c> closer</c><00:28:46.670><c> together</c><00:28:47.490><c> than</c><00:28:47.990><c> they</c><00:28:48.250><c> are</c><00:28:48.509><c> today.</c>

00:28:49.049 --> 00:28:52.210
So<00:28:49.109><c> for</c><00:28:49.269><c> example,</c><00:28:49.769><c> the</c><00:28:49.910><c> distance</c><00:28:50.250><c> between</c><00:28:50.750><c> Australia</c><00:28:51.650><c> and</c>

00:28:52.210 --> 00:28:52.890
the<00:28:52.390><c> Middle</c><00:28:52.650><c> East</c>

00:28:52.890 --> 00:28:55.269
might<00:28:53.109><c> not</c><00:28:53.369><c> have</c><00:28:53.589><c> been</c><00:28:53.769><c> quite</c><00:28:54.049><c> as</c><00:28:54.309><c> great</c><00:28:54.410><c> as</c><00:28:54.589><c> it</c><00:28:54.670><c> is</c><00:28:54.849><c> today.</c>

00:28:55.650 --> 00:28:58.250
And<00:28:56.069><c> so</c><00:28:56.230><c> there</c><00:28:56.329><c> might</c><00:28:56.509><c> not</c><00:28:56.690><c> have</c><00:28:56.910><c> been</c><00:28:57.190><c> as</c><00:28:57.509><c> much</c><00:28:57.750><c> water,</c><00:28:58.049><c> for</c>

00:28:58.250 --> 00:28:59.910
example,<00:28:58.670><c> for</c><00:28:58.769><c> the</c><00:28:58.990><c> animals</c><00:28:59.230><c> to</c><00:28:59.569><c> cross.</c>

00:29:00.410 --> 00:29:05.289
We<00:29:00.670><c> know</c><00:29:00.990><c> that</c><00:29:01.349><c> plague</c><00:29:01.670><c> tectonic</c><00:29:02.410><c> activity</c><00:29:03.089><c> causes</c><00:29:03.809><c> the</c><00:29:04.289><c> continents</c><00:29:04.589><c> to</c><00:29:04.970><c> move.</c>

00:29:05.289 --> 00:29:09.529
And<00:29:06.130><c> large</c><00:29:06.490><c> movements</c><00:29:07.009><c> of</c><00:29:07.170><c> the</c><00:29:07.450><c> plates</c><00:29:07.690><c> are</c><00:29:08.009><c> associated</c><00:29:08.529><c> with</c><00:29:08.930><c> earthquakes,</c>

00:29:09.730 --> 00:29:12.190
they're<00:29:09.930><c> associated</c><00:29:10.289><c> with</c><00:29:10.710><c> mountain</c><00:29:10.970><c> building,</c><00:29:11.789><c> they're</c>

00:29:12.190 --> 00:29:13.730
associated<00:29:12.730><c> with</c><00:29:13.069><c> volcanoes.</c>

00:29:13.970 --> 00:29:17.970
And<00:29:14.390><c> it's</c><00:29:14.690><c> possible</c><00:29:15.349><c> that</c><00:29:15.829><c> there</c><00:29:16.089><c> were</c><00:29:16.309><c> dramatic</c><00:29:17.210><c> movements</c>

00:29:17.970 --> 00:29:23.410
of<00:29:18.750><c> the</c><00:29:19.130><c> continents</c><00:29:19.829><c> at</c><00:29:21.509><c> the</c><00:29:21.869><c> time</c><00:29:22.109><c> of</c><00:29:22.309><c> the</c><00:29:22.630><c> flood.</c>

00:29:23.769 --> 00:29:27.170
Those<00:29:24.250><c> movements</c><00:29:24.849><c> might</c><00:29:25.130><c> have</c><00:29:25.410><c> caused</c><00:29:25.690><c> the</c><00:29:26.089><c> continents</c><00:29:26.509><c> to</c>

00:29:27.170 --> 00:29:30.049
take<00:29:27.549><c> more</c><00:29:28.069><c> of</c><00:29:28.250><c> the</c><00:29:28.509><c> shape</c><00:29:28.690><c> that</c><00:29:28.869><c> they</c><00:29:29.150><c> have</c><00:29:29.430><c> today.</c>

00:29:30.049 --> 00:29:36.049
And<00:29:30.750><c> those</c><00:29:31.190><c> continental</c><00:29:31.769><c> shifts</c><00:29:32.470><c> would</c><00:29:33.049><c> have</c><00:29:33.250><c> been</c><00:29:33.470><c> associated</c><00:29:34.269><c> with</c><00:29:34.829><c> earthquakes.</c>

00:29:36.609 --> 00:29:38.009
What<00:29:36.829><c> do</c><00:29:37.029><c> earthquakes</c><00:29:37.569><c> do?</c>

00:29:38.369 --> 00:29:43.470
Well,<00:29:38.990><c> five</c><00:29:39.509><c> years</c><00:29:39.890><c> ago,</c><00:29:40.390><c> almost</c><00:29:41.109><c> to</c><00:29:41.670><c> the</c><00:29:41.970><c> day,</c><00:29:42.769><c> there</c><00:29:42.950><c> was</c><00:29:43.190><c> a</c>

00:29:43.470 --> 00:29:48.130
massive<00:29:44.430><c> undersea</c><00:29:45.869><c> earthquake</c><00:29:46.730><c> in</c><00:29:47.349><c> East</c><00:29:47.690><c> Asia.</c>

00:29:48.190 --> 00:29:53.009
And<00:29:48.710><c> what</c><00:29:49.009><c> resulted</c><00:29:49.809><c> was</c><00:29:50.609><c> a</c><00:29:50.950><c> tsunami,</c><00:29:51.670><c> which</c><00:29:51.849><c> is</c><00:29:52.029><c> a</c><00:29:52.250><c> series</c><00:29:52.569><c> of</c>

00:29:53.009 --> 00:29:53.789
water<00:29:53.269><c> waves</c>

00:29:53.789 --> 00:29:58.549
caused<00:29:54.710><c> by</c><00:29:55.029><c> the</c><00:29:55.390><c> displacement</c><00:29:55.849><c> of</c><00:29:56.190><c> water</c><00:29:56.730><c> from</c><00:29:57.509><c> an</c><00:29:57.930><c> earthquake.</c>

00:29:58.549 --> 00:30:03.789
And<00:29:59.509><c> in</c><00:29:59.789><c> December</c><00:30:00.190><c> 26,</c><00:30:01.710><c> 2004,</c><00:30:02.130><c> there</c><00:30:02.309><c> was</c><00:30:02.450><c> this</c><00:30:02.589><c> massive</c><00:30:03.029><c> earthquake</c><00:30:03.450><c> off</c>

00:30:03.789 --> 00:30:04.789
the<00:30:03.910><c> coast</c><00:30:04.130><c> of</c><00:30:04.309><c> Indonesia.</c>

00:30:05.089 --> 00:30:08.369
And<00:30:05.369><c> it</c><00:30:05.710><c> resulted</c><00:30:06.130><c> in</c><00:30:06.670><c> tremendous</c><00:30:07.309><c> flooding</c><00:30:07.849><c> throughout</c>

00:30:08.369 --> 00:30:09.130
East<00:30:08.750><c> Asia.</c>

00:30:09.569 --> 00:30:14.329
Almost<00:30:09.869><c> without</c><00:30:10.470><c> warning,</c><00:30:11.509><c> communities</c><00:30:11.970><c> were</c><00:30:12.410><c> inundated</c><00:30:13.329><c> by</c>

00:30:14.329 --> 00:30:18.309
tidal<00:30:15.329><c> waves</c><00:30:15.509><c> over</c><00:30:16.049><c> 100</c><00:30:17.029><c> feet</c><00:30:17.769><c> high.</c>

00:30:18.769 --> 00:30:26.269
Over<00:30:19.309><c> 250</c><00:30:20.670><c>,000</c><00:30:21.549><c> people</c><00:30:22.289><c> died</c><00:30:23.130><c> from</c><00:30:23.509><c> the</c><00:30:23.869><c> result</c><00:30:24.349><c> of</c><00:30:25.029><c> that</c><00:30:25.589><c> earthquake.</c>

00:30:26.269 --> 00:30:28.730
And<00:30:26.950><c> its</c><00:30:27.430><c> effects</c><00:30:27.869><c> were</c><00:30:28.250><c> tremendous.</c>

00:30:28.789 --> 00:30:36.029
There<00:30:28.970><c> were</c><00:30:29.230><c> people</c><00:30:29.829><c> who</c><00:30:30.210><c> were</c><00:30:30.670><c> killed</c><00:30:31.289><c> 5</c><00:30:32.049><c>,000</c><00:30:33.309><c> miles</c><00:30:34.069><c> from</c><00:30:34.549><c> the</c><00:30:34.849><c> epicenter</c><00:30:35.569><c> of</c>

00:30:36.029 --> 00:30:39.630
that<00:30:36.369><c> earthquake</c><00:30:36.950><c> as</c><00:30:37.630><c> a</c><00:30:37.950><c> result</c><00:30:38.390><c> of</c><00:30:39.089><c> the</c><00:30:39.390><c> flooding.</c>

00:30:39.890 --> 00:30:41.910
So<00:30:40.230><c> how</c><00:30:40.609><c> far</c><00:30:40.829><c> is</c><00:30:41.009><c> 5</c><00:30:41.329><c>,000</c><00:30:41.609><c> miles?</c>

00:30:42.210 --> 00:30:45.490
Okay,<00:30:42.289><c> so</c><00:30:42.789><c> let's</c><00:30:42.990><c> say</c><00:30:43.109><c> that</c><00:30:43.309><c> an</c><00:30:43.470><c> earthquake</c><00:30:43.990><c> occurs</c><00:30:44.769><c> in</c><00:30:44.970><c> Detroit.</c>

00:30:45.890 --> 00:30:50.150
That<00:30:46.049><c> means</c><00:30:46.250><c> people</c><00:30:46.589><c> in</c><00:30:46.849><c> Moscow</c><00:30:47.410><c> are</c><00:30:47.789><c> dying</c><00:30:48.130><c> as</c><00:30:48.410><c> a</c><00:30:48.569><c> result</c><00:30:48.890><c> of</c>

00:30:50.150 --> 00:30:50.690
the<00:30:50.390><c> flooding.</c>

00:30:51.190 --> 00:30:54.910
And<00:30:51.670><c> that's</c><00:30:52.569><c> from</c><00:30:52.769><c> just</c><00:30:53.349><c> one</c><00:30:53.730><c> earthquake.</c>

00:30:55.609 --> 00:30:57.190
Its<00:30:56.049><c> effects</c><00:30:56.329><c> were</c><00:30:56.730><c> staggering.</c>

00:30:57.369 --> 00:31:00.269
Well,<00:30:57.509><c> what</c><00:30:57.609><c> if</c><00:30:57.710><c> there</c><00:30:57.930><c> were</c><00:30:58.130><c> multiple</c><00:30:58.829><c> massive</c><00:30:59.490><c> earthquakes</c>

00:31:00.269 --> 00:31:02.450
throughout<00:31:00.930><c> the</c><00:31:01.230><c> world</c><00:31:01.390><c> at</c><00:31:01.589><c> the</c><00:31:01.730><c> time</c><00:31:01.890><c> of</c><00:31:02.130><c> the</c><00:31:02.269><c> flood?</c>

00:31:02.549 --> 00:31:06.930
That<00:31:02.869><c> certainly</c><00:31:03.549><c> could</c><00:31:04.009><c> result</c><00:31:04.630><c> in</c><00:31:05.609><c> worldwide</c><00:31:06.430><c> flooding.</c>

00:31:07.369 --> 00:31:12.210
And<00:31:07.470><c> the</c><00:31:07.630><c> thing</c><00:31:07.750><c> of</c><00:31:07.869><c> it</c><00:31:08.049><c> is</c><00:31:08.210><c> that</c><00:31:08.430><c> the</c><00:31:08.710><c> Bible</c><00:31:09.069><c> indicates</c><00:31:10.009><c> that</c>

00:31:12.210 --> 00:31:15.890
the<00:31:13.329><c> tsunamis</c><00:31:13.849><c> may</c><00:31:14.049><c> have</c><00:31:14.210><c> in</c><00:31:14.309><c> fact</c><00:31:14.509><c> contributed</c><00:31:15.069><c> to</c><00:31:15.410><c> the</c><00:31:15.710><c> flood.</c>

00:31:15.950 --> 00:31:20.029
So<00:31:16.109><c> when</c><00:31:16.230><c> we</c><00:31:16.349><c> looked</c><00:31:16.529><c> at</c><00:31:16.710><c> Genesis</c><00:31:17.009><c> 7,</c><00:31:18.109><c> verse</c><00:31:18.470><c> 11,</c><00:31:19.369><c> it</c><00:31:19.509><c> mentions</c>

00:31:20.029 --> 00:31:23.890
the<00:31:21.250><c> windows</c><00:31:21.589><c> of</c><00:31:21.890><c> heaven</c><00:31:22.109><c> being</c><00:31:22.430><c> opened</c><00:31:22.809><c> as</c><00:31:23.029><c> one</c><00:31:23.190><c> of</c><00:31:23.289><c> the</c><00:31:23.450><c> sources</c><00:31:23.710><c> of</c>

00:31:23.890 --> 00:31:24.190
the<00:31:24.109><c> flood.</c>

00:31:24.190 --> 00:31:26.130
So<00:31:24.250><c> that's</c><00:31:24.450><c> not</c><00:31:24.650><c> the</c><00:31:24.769><c> only</c><00:31:24.930><c> thing</c><00:31:25.089><c> it</c><00:31:25.349><c> says.</c>

00:31:26.230 --> 00:31:29.069
It<00:31:26.369><c> says,</c><00:31:27.230><c> the</c><00:31:27.230><c> same</c><00:31:27.509><c> day</c><00:31:27.730><c> where</c><00:31:27.970><c> all</c><00:31:28.230><c> the</c><00:31:28.470><c> fountains</c><00:31:28.750><c> of</c><00:31:28.869><c> the</c>

00:31:29.069 --> 00:31:32.849
great<00:31:29.289><c> deep</c><00:31:29.549><c> broken</c><00:31:29.950><c> up,</c><00:31:30.490><c> that's</c><00:31:30.890><c> one</c><00:31:31.150><c> source,</c><00:31:31.750><c> and</c><00:31:32.130><c> the</c><00:31:32.309><c> windows</c><00:31:32.589><c> of</c>

00:31:32.849 --> 00:31:33.569
heaven<00:31:33.029><c> were</c><00:31:33.309><c> open.</c>

00:31:33.589 --> 00:31:38.589
So<00:31:33.789><c> it</c><00:31:34.049><c> seems</c><00:31:34.309><c> like</c><00:31:34.589><c> the</c><00:31:34.869><c> flood</c><00:31:35.190><c> was</c><00:31:35.769><c> caused</c><00:31:36.150><c> by</c><00:31:36.769><c> two</c><00:31:37.309><c> different</c><00:31:38.029><c> forces.</c>

00:31:38.849 --> 00:31:42.230
And<00:31:39.109><c> that</c><00:31:39.369><c> phrase</c><00:31:39.710><c> about</c><00:31:40.150><c> the</c><00:31:40.990><c> fountains</c><00:31:41.349><c> of</c><00:31:41.490><c> the</c><00:31:41.730><c> great</c><00:31:41.990><c> deep</c>

00:31:42.230 --> 00:31:45.930
being<00:31:42.589><c> broken</c><00:31:42.970><c> up,</c><00:31:43.210><c> well,</c><00:31:43.430><c> that</c><00:31:43.750><c> does</c><00:31:44.069><c> sound</c><00:31:44.329><c> a</c><00:31:44.490><c> little</c><00:31:44.650><c> bit</c><00:31:44.809><c> like</c><00:31:44.970><c> it</c><00:31:45.250><c> could</c><00:31:45.369><c> be</c><00:31:45.650><c> a</c>

00:31:45.930 --> 00:31:49.170
description<00:31:46.430><c> perhaps</c><00:31:46.990><c> of</c><00:31:47.190><c> earthquakes</c><00:31:47.750><c> and</c><00:31:48.109><c> ensuing</c><00:31:48.470><c> tidal</c><00:31:48.869><c> waves.</c>

00:31:49.170 --> 00:31:55.210
And<00:31:50.470><c> the</c><00:31:50.710><c> interesting</c><00:31:51.150><c> thing</c><00:31:51.490><c> is</c><00:31:51.690><c> that</c><00:31:52.390><c> massive</c><00:31:53.029><c> planktectonic</c><00:31:53.970><c> activity</c><00:31:54.670><c> at</c>

00:31:55.210 --> 00:31:58.809
the<00:31:55.490><c> time</c><00:31:55.670><c> of</c><00:31:55.829><c> the</c><00:31:56.089><c> flood</c><00:31:56.390><c> could</c><00:31:56.769><c> have</c><00:31:57.089><c> contributed</c><00:31:57.789><c> to</c><00:31:58.509><c> the</c>

00:31:58.809 --> 00:32:02.150
creation<00:31:59.309><c> of</c><00:31:59.809><c> the</c><00:32:00.109><c> fossil</c><00:32:00.529><c> record</c><00:32:00.930><c> that</c><00:32:01.109><c> we</c><00:32:01.309><c> know</c><00:32:01.670><c> of.</c>

00:32:02.630 --> 00:32:06.309
Animals<00:32:03.049><c> caught</c><00:32:03.349><c> up</c><00:32:03.569><c> in</c><00:32:03.750><c> a</c><00:32:03.970><c> cataclysm</c><00:32:04.769><c> could</c><00:32:05.089><c> have</c><00:32:05.289><c> been</c><00:32:05.609><c> swept</c><00:32:05.910><c> by</c>

00:32:06.309 --> 00:32:10.069
torrents<00:32:06.890><c> of</c><00:32:07.069><c> water</c><00:32:07.349><c> coming</c><00:32:07.769><c> into</c><00:32:08.349><c> fissures</c><00:32:08.750><c> in</c><00:32:08.950><c> the</c><00:32:09.130><c> earth,</c>

00:32:10.289 --> 00:32:14.869
created<00:32:10.769><c> by</c><00:32:12.490><c> the</c><00:32:12.710><c> planktectonic</c><00:32:13.430><c> activity,</c><00:32:13.930><c> by</c><00:32:14.150><c> the</c><00:32:14.349><c> earthquakes.</c>

00:32:14.869 --> 00:32:21.529
And<00:32:15.390><c> then</c><00:32:15.549><c> they</c><00:32:15.670><c> could</c><00:32:15.890><c> have</c><00:32:16.069><c> been</c><00:32:16.329><c> sealed</c><00:32:16.670><c> inside</c><00:32:17.470><c> as</c><00:32:18.529><c> seismic</c><00:32:19.130><c> activity</c><00:32:19.569><c> continued</c><00:32:20.210><c> to</c><00:32:20.750><c> convulse</c><00:32:21.250><c> the</c>

00:32:21.529 --> 00:32:22.829
crust<00:32:21.710><c> of</c><00:32:21.930><c> the</c><00:32:22.089><c> earth.</c>

00:32:22.970 --> 00:32:26.609
There<00:32:23.130><c> are</c><00:32:23.750><c> some</c><00:32:24.289><c> fossil</c><00:32:24.789><c> beds</c><00:32:25.150><c> that</c><00:32:25.569><c> have</c><00:32:25.809><c> the</c><00:32:26.190><c> appearance</c>

00:32:26.609 --> 00:32:31.349
of<00:32:27.250><c> this</c><00:32:27.690><c> kind</c><00:32:28.089><c> of</c><00:32:28.390><c> thing</c><00:32:28.849><c> having</c><00:32:29.869><c> occurred.</c>

00:32:31.670 --> 00:32:33.650
And<00:32:31.809><c> there's</c><00:32:31.990><c> some</c><00:32:32.230><c> discussion,</c><00:32:32.670><c> well,</c><00:32:32.849><c> maybe</c><00:32:33.069><c> it's</c><00:32:33.410><c> evidence.</c>

00:32:33.650 --> 00:32:40.450
Although<00:32:34.009><c> I</c><00:32:34.349><c> should</c><00:32:34.730><c> say</c><00:32:35.210><c> that</c><00:32:36.190><c> even</c><00:32:36.589><c> scientists</c><00:32:37.210><c> with</c><00:32:37.509><c> a</c><00:32:37.829><c> creationist</c><00:32:39.109><c> bent</c><00:32:39.609><c> are</c>

00:32:40.450 --> 00:32:45.690
not<00:32:40.769><c> convinced</c><00:32:41.309><c> that</c><00:32:41.630><c> these</c><00:32:42.230><c> fossil</c><00:32:42.609><c> records</c><00:32:43.190><c> are</c><00:32:43.869><c> at</c><00:32:43.869><c> all</c><00:32:44.430><c> indicators</c><00:32:45.009><c> that</c><00:32:45.210><c> this</c><00:32:45.349><c> kind</c><00:32:45.549><c> of</c>

00:32:45.690 --> 00:32:46.710
thing<00:32:45.789><c> happened.</c>

00:32:46.750 --> 00:32:50.470
But<00:32:47.089><c> it's</c><00:32:48.769><c> something</c><00:32:48.890><c> interesting</c><00:32:49.269><c> to</c><00:32:49.470><c> consider.</c>

00:32:51.589 --> 00:32:55.250
Regardless<00:32:52.009><c> of</c><00:32:52.210><c> how</c><00:32:52.369><c> it</c><00:32:52.609><c> happened,</c><00:32:53.150><c> however,</c><00:32:53.349><c> the</c><00:32:53.589><c> flood</c><00:32:53.829><c> destroyed</c><00:32:54.630><c> life</c><00:32:55.009><c> on</c>

00:32:55.250 --> 00:32:56.349
the<00:32:55.390><c> face</c><00:32:55.589><c> of</c><00:32:55.829><c> the</c><00:32:55.970><c> earth.</c>

00:32:56.750 --> 00:33:00.630
Only<00:32:57.150><c> those</c><00:32:57.509><c> with</c><00:32:57.950><c> Noah</c><00:32:58.410><c> and</c><00:32:59.430><c> the</c><00:32:59.670><c> ark</c><00:32:59.869><c> survived.</c>

00:33:00.630 --> 00:33:04.809
So<00:33:01.710><c> how</c><00:33:02.390><c> did</c><00:33:02.549><c> all</c><00:33:02.690><c> those</c><00:33:02.930><c> animals</c><00:33:03.289><c> fit</c><00:33:03.730><c> into</c><00:33:03.970><c> the</c><00:33:04.230><c> ark?</c><00:33:04.430><c> Was</c>

00:33:04.809 --> 00:33:07.569
there<00:33:05.309><c> sufficient</c><00:33:06.029><c> carrying</c><00:33:06.410><c> capacity?</c>

00:33:07.710 --> 00:33:11.970
And<00:33:07.950><c> it</c><00:33:08.230><c> certainly</c><00:33:08.569><c> seems</c><00:33:09.029><c> reasonable</c><00:33:09.710><c> to</c><00:33:10.089><c> answer</c><00:33:10.490><c> yes</c><00:33:10.950><c> to</c><00:33:11.130><c> the</c><00:33:11.329><c> question</c><00:33:11.670><c> of</c>

00:33:11.970 --> 00:33:14.349
was<00:33:12.150><c> there</c><00:33:12.430><c> sufficient</c><00:33:12.930><c> space</c><00:33:13.269><c> in</c><00:33:13.490><c> the</c><00:33:13.650><c> ark?</c>

00:33:14.549 --> 00:33:19.690
People<00:33:14.970><c> have</c><00:33:15.410><c> tried</c><00:33:15.809><c> to</c><00:33:16.309><c> guess</c><00:33:16.769><c> the</c><00:33:17.390><c> number</c><00:33:17.809><c> of</c><00:33:18.650><c> land</c><00:33:18.990><c> animals</c>

00:33:19.690 --> 00:33:24.269
that<00:33:20.910><c> God</c><00:33:21.569><c> commanded</c><00:33:22.309><c> to</c><00:33:22.529><c> be</c><00:33:22.769><c> brought</c><00:33:22.950><c> into</c><00:33:23.230><c> the</c><00:33:23.529><c> ark.</c>

00:33:24.490 --> 00:33:27.529
There's<00:33:24.730><c> a</c><00:33:24.849><c> whole</c><00:33:25.109><c> range</c><00:33:25.450><c> of</c><00:33:25.730><c> numbers</c><00:33:26.150><c> that</c><00:33:26.549><c> have</c><00:33:26.809><c> been</c><00:33:26.990><c> suggested.</c>

00:33:27.529 --> 00:33:29.910
People<00:33:27.849><c> spend</c><00:33:28.089><c> a</c><00:33:28.289><c> lot</c><00:33:28.529><c> of</c><00:33:28.750><c> time</c><00:33:29.069><c> thinking</c><00:33:29.569><c> about</c><00:33:29.769><c> this.</c>

00:33:30.049 --> 00:33:32.410
There's<00:33:30.130><c> a</c><00:33:30.390><c> lot</c><00:33:30.589><c> of</c><00:33:30.829><c> text</c><00:33:31.109><c> that's</c><00:33:31.329><c> been</c><00:33:31.490><c> written</c><00:33:31.630><c> on</c><00:33:31.849><c> this</c><00:33:32.069><c> subject.</c>

00:33:32.910 --> 00:33:35.809
The<00:33:33.089><c> interesting</c><00:33:33.589><c> thing</c><00:33:33.910><c> is</c><00:33:34.109><c> that</c><00:33:34.329><c> the</c><00:33:34.589><c> numbers</c><00:33:35.029><c> that</c><00:33:35.490><c> people</c>

00:33:35.809 --> 00:33:41.150
tend<00:33:36.049><c> to</c><00:33:36.250><c> suggest</c><00:33:36.750><c> usually</c><00:33:37.309><c> range</c><00:33:37.890><c> between</c><00:33:38.690><c> 20</c><00:33:39.269><c> and</c><00:33:39.829><c> 40</c><00:33:40.609><c>,000.</c>

00:33:41.190 --> 00:33:45.990
And<00:33:41.450><c> basically</c><00:33:41.849><c> those</c><00:33:42.710><c> numbers</c><00:33:43.230><c> differ</c><00:33:43.670><c> based</c><00:33:44.049><c> on</c><00:33:44.269><c> things</c><00:33:44.569><c> like</c><00:33:45.170><c> the</c><00:33:45.450><c> number</c><00:33:45.710><c> of</c>

00:33:45.990 --> 00:33:46.970
species<00:33:46.329><c> of</c><00:33:46.670><c> dogs.</c>

00:33:47.009 --> 00:33:49.910
So<00:33:47.170><c> how</c><00:33:47.289><c> many</c><00:33:47.569><c> dogs</c><00:33:48.009><c> do</c><00:33:48.210><c> you</c><00:33:48.410><c> need</c><00:33:48.589><c> to</c><00:33:49.029><c> get</c><00:33:49.150><c> all</c><00:33:49.349><c> the</c><00:33:49.589><c> species</c>

00:33:49.910 --> 00:33:50.809
that<00:33:50.089><c> we</c><00:33:50.309><c> currently</c><00:33:50.569><c> have?</c>

00:33:50.809 --> 00:33:55.970
If<00:33:50.950><c> you</c><00:33:51.210><c> limit</c><00:33:51.470><c> it,</c><00:33:52.309><c> they'll</c><00:33:53.049><c> breed</c><00:33:53.269><c> and</c><00:33:53.869><c> species</c><00:33:54.250><c> will</c><00:33:54.509><c> be</c><00:33:54.750><c> recreated</c><00:33:55.210><c> that</c><00:33:55.609><c> way</c><00:33:55.789><c> as</c>

00:33:55.970 --> 00:33:58.809
opposed<00:33:56.289><c> to</c><00:33:56.450><c> being</c><00:33:56.829><c> explicitly</c><00:33:57.470><c> preserved</c><00:33:58.210><c> in</c><00:33:58.390><c> the</c><00:33:58.609><c> ark.</c>

00:33:59.109 --> 00:34:01.609
And<00:33:59.230><c> if</c><00:33:59.329><c> you</c><00:33:59.529><c> think</c><00:33:59.690><c> that</c><00:33:59.970><c> kind</c><00:34:00.130><c> of</c><00:34:00.269><c> stuff</c><00:34:00.410><c> is</c><00:34:00.769><c> fascinating,</c><00:34:01.190><c> there's</c><00:34:01.490><c> a</c>

00:34:01.609 --> 00:34:04.049
whole<00:34:01.890><c> lot</c><00:34:02.049><c> of</c><00:34:02.309><c> material</c><00:34:02.690><c> written</c><00:34:02.950><c> about</c><00:34:03.230><c> it.</c>

00:34:04.190 --> 00:34:08.670
So<00:34:04.349><c> anyway,</c><00:34:04.769><c> let's</c><00:34:05.029><c> just</c><00:34:05.369><c> assume</c><00:34:05.869><c> that</c><00:34:06.490><c> there</c><00:34:06.789><c> were</c><00:34:07.049><c> 35</c><00:34:07.609><c>,000</c>

00:34:08.670 --> 00:34:10.550
animals<00:34:09.210><c> on</c><00:34:10.150><c> the</c><00:34:10.409><c> ark.</c>

00:34:10.650 --> 00:34:16.849
It's<00:34:11.070><c> been</c><00:34:11.329><c> estimated</c><00:34:11.869><c> that</c><00:34:12.070><c> the</c><00:34:12.469><c> average</c><00:34:12.710><c> size</c><00:34:13.150><c> of</c><00:34:13.309><c> an</c><00:34:13.650><c> animal</c><00:34:13.909><c> on</c><00:34:14.469><c> the</c><00:34:14.730><c> ark</c><00:34:14.909><c> was</c><00:34:15.170><c> about</c><00:34:15.510><c> the</c><00:34:15.730><c> size</c><00:34:16.230><c> of</c>

00:34:16.849 --> 00:34:17.849
a<00:34:17.170><c> small</c><00:34:17.489><c> sheep.</c>

00:34:17.849 --> 00:34:25.570
So<00:34:18.449><c> let's</c><00:34:18.750><c> say</c><00:34:19.409><c> 35</c><00:34:20.230><c>,000</c><00:34:21.030><c> animals</c><00:34:21.670><c> the</c><00:34:22.610><c> size</c><00:34:23.170><c> of</c><00:34:23.630><c> a</c><00:34:24.010><c> small</c><00:34:24.590><c> sheep.</c>

00:34:25.690 --> 00:34:32.010
Well,<00:34:25.989><c> the</c><00:34:26.150><c> average</c><00:34:26.789><c> stock</c><00:34:27.369><c> car</c><00:34:27.829><c> can</c><00:34:28.829><c> hold</c><00:34:29.869><c> 120</c><00:34:31.429><c> sheep.</c>

00:34:32.090 --> 00:34:38.769
So<00:34:32.269><c> if</c><00:34:32.389><c> there</c><00:34:32.590><c> were</c><00:34:32.789><c> 35</c><00:34:33.369><c>,000</c><00:34:34.349><c> sheep</c><00:34:34.769><c>-sized</c><00:34:35.409><c> animals</c><00:34:35.829><c> on</c><00:34:36.110><c> the</c><00:34:36.429><c> ark</c><00:34:36.650><c> and</c><00:34:37.070><c> you</c><00:34:37.170><c> can</c><00:34:37.489><c> fit</c><00:34:37.690><c> 120</c><00:34:38.590><c> of</c>

00:34:38.769 --> 00:34:43.929
them<00:34:38.929><c> in</c><00:34:39.030><c> a</c><00:34:39.309><c> stock</c><00:34:39.489><c> car,</c><00:34:39.809><c> that</c><00:34:39.909><c> would</c><00:34:40.230><c> take</c><00:34:40.909><c> 292</c><00:34:43.090><c> stock</c><00:34:43.510><c> cars</c>

00:34:43.929 --> 00:34:45.150
worth<00:34:44.309><c> of</c><00:34:44.650><c> space.</c>

00:34:45.150 --> 00:34:51.250
And<00:34:45.849><c> we</c><00:34:46.170><c> said</c><00:34:46.530><c> yesterday</c><00:34:47.170><c> that</c><00:34:47.570><c> the</c><00:34:47.869><c> ark</c><00:34:47.989><c> had</c><00:34:48.409><c> well</c><00:34:48.829><c> over</c><00:34:49.829><c> 500</c>

00:34:51.250 --> 00:34:54.690
stock<00:34:52.329><c> cars</c><00:34:52.969><c> worth</c><00:34:53.690><c> of</c><00:34:54.369><c> space.</c>

00:34:54.969 --> 00:35:02.510
So<00:34:55.210><c> it</c><00:34:55.429><c> is</c><00:34:55.769><c> certainly</c><00:34:56.150><c> reasonable</c><00:34:57.090><c> to</c><00:34:57.650><c> estimate</c><00:34:58.210><c> that</c><00:34:58.769><c> the</c><00:34:59.170><c> animals</c><00:34:59.570><c> would</c><00:34:59.809><c> have</c><00:35:00.050><c> taken</c><00:35:00.610><c> about</c><00:35:01.730><c> 60</c>

00:35:02.510 --> 00:35:05.010
%<00:35:03.590><c> of</c><00:35:03.929><c> the</c><00:35:04.250><c> space</c><00:35:04.510><c> in</c><00:35:04.710><c> the</c><00:35:04.909><c> ark.</c>

00:35:05.010 --> 00:35:10.550
Now<00:35:05.190><c> you</c><00:35:05.369><c> then</c><00:35:05.670><c> need</c><00:35:05.989><c> to</c><00:35:06.030><c> allow</c><00:35:06.630><c> some</c><00:35:07.250><c> space</c><00:35:07.929><c> for</c><00:35:08.889><c> food</c><00:35:09.349><c> storage.</c>

00:35:11.630 --> 00:35:19.250
But<00:35:11.789><c> much</c><00:35:12.389><c> of</c><00:35:13.070><c> that</c><00:35:13.750><c> space</c><00:35:14.650><c> was</c><00:35:15.449><c> probably</c><00:35:16.210><c> reserved</c><00:35:17.289><c> for</c><00:35:18.170><c> people</c><00:35:18.929><c> in</c>

00:35:19.250 --> 00:35:24.250
the<00:35:19.610><c> antediluvian</c><00:35:20.710><c> world</c><00:35:21.550><c> to</c><00:35:22.030><c> whom</c><00:35:22.570><c> Noah</c><00:35:23.010><c> was</c><00:35:23.389><c> preaching</c><00:35:23.889><c> and</c>

00:35:24.250 --> 00:35:27.409
that<00:35:24.570><c> God</c><00:35:25.250><c> hoped</c><00:35:25.849><c> to</c><00:35:26.469><c> save.</c>

00:35:27.429 --> 00:35:33.630
The<00:35:27.630><c> point</c><00:35:27.969><c> is,</c><00:35:28.889><c> space</c><00:35:29.690><c> was</c><00:35:30.469><c> not</c><00:35:31.170><c> a</c><00:35:31.570><c> problem</c><00:35:32.190><c> for</c><00:35:33.050><c> the</c><00:35:33.469><c> ark.</c>

00:35:33.630 --> 00:35:38.510
It<00:35:34.030><c> was</c><00:35:34.610><c> definitely</c><00:35:35.550><c> big</c><00:35:36.090><c> enough</c><00:35:36.570><c> to</c><00:35:36.929><c> do</c><00:35:37.570><c> its</c><00:35:37.969><c> job.</c>

00:35:38.809 --> 00:35:44.789
And<00:35:38.969><c> in</c><00:35:39.130><c> the</c><00:35:39.429><c> end,</c><00:35:40.449><c> the</c><00:35:40.730><c> ark</c><00:35:40.989><c> turned</c><00:35:41.630><c> out</c><00:35:42.369><c> not</c><00:35:43.269><c> to</c><00:35:43.590><c> be</c><00:35:43.829><c> as</c><00:35:44.349><c> full</c>

00:35:44.789 --> 00:35:48.329
as<00:35:45.329><c> God</c><00:35:45.989><c> or</c><00:35:46.510><c> Noah</c><00:35:46.989><c> would</c><00:35:47.650><c> have</c><00:35:48.010><c> wanted.</c>

00:35:48.670 --> 00:35:55.369
It<00:35:48.829><c> was</c><00:35:49.210><c> such</c><00:35:49.630><c> a</c><00:35:50.070><c> tragedy</c><00:35:50.510><c> that</c><00:35:51.309><c> so</c><00:35:52.250><c> many</c><00:35:52.949><c> people</c><00:35:53.909><c> turned</c><00:35:54.530><c> down</c>

00:35:55.369 --> 00:35:59.050
God's<00:35:56.429><c> offer</c><00:35:56.929><c> of</c><00:35:57.730><c> salvation.</c>

00:36:01.469 --> 00:36:03.670
The<00:36:02.050><c> ark</c><00:36:02.289><c> was</c><00:36:02.510><c> huge.</c>

00:36:04.710 --> 00:36:09.710
It<00:36:04.730><c> would</c><00:36:04.889><c> have</c><00:36:05.150><c> taken</c><00:36:05.429><c> Noah</c><00:36:05.949><c> and</c><00:36:06.570><c> his</c><00:36:06.849><c> family</c><00:36:07.570><c> many</c><00:36:08.309><c> years</c><00:36:09.210><c> to</c>

00:36:09.710 --> 00:36:10.170
build<00:36:09.949><c> it.</c>

00:36:10.230 --> 00:36:14.449
Some<00:36:10.429><c> have</c><00:36:10.650><c> suggested</c><00:36:11.250><c> that</c><00:36:11.469><c> it</c><00:36:11.670><c> took</c><00:36:11.929><c> 120</c><00:36:12.809><c> years</c><00:36:13.750><c> based</c><00:36:14.210><c> off</c>

00:36:14.449 --> 00:36:18.690
the<00:36:14.730><c> warning</c><00:36:15.050><c> given</c><00:36:15.329><c> to</c><00:36:15.630><c> Noah</c><00:36:15.889><c> in</c><00:36:16.110><c> Genesis</c><00:36:16.449><c> 6,</c><00:36:17.670><c> verse</c><00:36:17.929><c> 3.</c>

00:36:19.170 --> 00:36:22.190
Noah<00:36:19.510><c> and</c><00:36:19.670><c> his</c><00:36:19.909><c> family</c><00:36:20.409><c> were</c><00:36:20.750><c> also</c><00:36:21.090><c> commanded</c><00:36:21.469><c> to</c><00:36:21.809><c> stock</c><00:36:22.030><c> it</c>

00:36:22.190 --> 00:36:22.829
with<00:36:22.449><c> food.</c>

00:36:22.889 --> 00:36:26.929
We<00:36:23.050><c> know</c><00:36:23.230><c> that</c><00:36:23.449><c> from</c><00:36:23.650><c> Genesis</c><00:36:24.050><c> 6,</c><00:36:25.090><c> verse</c><00:36:25.690><c> 21.</c>

00:36:27.409 --> 00:36:30.929
The<00:36:28.150><c> construction</c><00:36:28.849><c> of</c><00:36:29.050><c> this</c><00:36:29.329><c> ark,</c><00:36:29.510><c> stocking</c><00:36:30.170><c> it</c><00:36:30.329><c> with</c><00:36:30.590><c> food,</c>

00:36:31.329 --> 00:36:37.710
was<00:36:31.670><c> undoubtedly</c><00:36:32.469><c> a</c><00:36:32.889><c> major</c><00:36:33.530><c> component</c><00:36:34.429><c> of</c><00:36:35.389><c> Noah's</c><00:36:36.050><c> preaching</c><00:36:36.489><c> effort.</c>

00:36:37.769 --> 00:36:42.489
Yet<00:36:38.050><c> 2</c><00:36:38.389><c> Peter</c><00:36:38.670><c> 3,</c><00:36:39.210><c> verse</c><00:36:39.489><c> 5</c><00:36:40.389><c> states</c><00:36:40.869><c> that</c><00:36:41.250><c> the</c><00:36:41.570><c> antediluvians</c>

00:36:42.489 --> 00:36:46.429
chose<00:36:43.210><c> to</c><00:36:43.710><c> ignore</c><00:36:44.530><c> Noah's</c><00:36:45.530><c> message.</c>

00:36:46.590 --> 00:36:49.050
It's<00:36:46.849><c> not</c><00:36:47.110><c> that</c><00:36:47.250><c> they</c><00:36:47.269><c> didn't</c><00:36:47.550><c> know</c><00:36:47.849><c> about</c><00:36:48.110><c> it.</c>

00:36:49.429 --> 00:36:53.250
It's<00:36:49.789><c> that</c><00:36:49.969><c> they</c><00:36:50.190><c> decided</c><00:36:51.070><c> they</c><00:36:51.829><c> didn't</c><00:36:52.070><c> want</c><00:36:52.250><c> to</c><00:36:52.409><c> think</c><00:36:52.590><c> about</c><00:36:52.809><c> it.</c>

00:36:53.250 --> 00:36:56.170
They<00:36:53.590><c> were</c><00:36:53.889><c> willingly</c><00:36:54.590><c> ignorant.</c>

00:36:57.369 --> 00:37:00.090
They<00:36:57.570><c> preferred</c><00:36:57.909><c> to</c><00:36:58.170><c> focus</c><00:36:58.449><c> their</c><00:36:58.750><c> attention</c><00:36:59.250><c> on</c><00:36:59.469><c> the</c><00:36:59.730><c> short</c>

00:37:00.090 --> 00:37:02.590
-term<00:37:00.489><c> cares</c><00:37:01.150><c> of</c><00:37:01.889><c> their</c><00:37:02.210><c> lives.</c>

00:37:02.750 --> 00:37:06.349
They<00:37:02.809><c> had</c><00:37:03.110><c> roofs</c><00:37:03.489><c> to</c><00:37:03.789><c> fix.</c><00:37:04.210><c> They</c><00:37:04.389><c> had</c><00:37:05.269><c> fences</c><00:37:05.710><c> to</c><00:37:06.030><c> mend.</c><00:37:06.250><c> They</c>

00:37:06.349 --> 00:37:09.809
had<00:37:06.610><c> meals</c><00:37:06.969><c> to</c><00:37:07.250><c> make.</c><00:37:07.489><c> They</c><00:37:07.550><c> had</c><00:37:07.869><c> hobbies</c><00:37:08.329><c> to</c><00:37:08.670><c> pursue.</c>

00:37:10.150 --> 00:37:14.329
It<00:37:10.289><c> must</c><00:37:10.530><c> have</c><00:37:10.650><c> been</c><00:37:10.769><c> really</c><00:37:11.190><c> hard</c><00:37:11.889><c> for</c><00:37:12.550><c> Noah</c><00:37:12.789><c> to</c><00:37:13.269><c> work</c><00:37:13.670><c> on</c><00:37:14.090><c> the</c>

00:37:14.329 --> 00:37:16.010
ark<00:37:14.510><c> under</c><00:37:14.869><c> those</c><00:37:15.210><c> conditions.</c>

00:37:16.010 --> 00:37:20.989
But<00:37:16.769><c> he</c><00:37:17.070><c> remained</c><00:37:17.989><c> undeterred</c><00:37:19.750><c> by</c><00:37:20.050><c> the</c><00:37:20.309><c> indifference</c><00:37:20.849><c> of</c>

00:37:20.989 --> 00:37:22.130
those<00:37:21.409><c> around</c><00:37:21.889><c> him.</c>

00:37:22.250 --> 00:37:27.110
He<00:37:22.250><c> kept</c><00:37:22.590><c> doing</c><00:37:23.150><c> what</c><00:37:23.710><c> he</c><00:37:24.110><c> knew</c><00:37:24.610><c> was</c><00:37:25.409><c> right,</c><00:37:26.269><c> even</c><00:37:26.590><c> when</c><00:37:26.809><c> other</c>

00:37:27.110 --> 00:37:29.809
people<00:37:27.929><c> weren't</c><00:37:28.369><c> doing</c><00:37:28.730><c> it.</c>

00:37:29.929 --> 00:37:35.150
And<00:37:30.230><c> the</c><00:37:30.550><c> end</c><00:37:30.809><c> of</c><00:37:31.050><c> Genesis</c><00:37:31.469><c> 6</c><00:37:32.489><c> succinctly</c><00:37:33.409><c> states</c><00:37:33.909><c> that</c><00:37:34.610><c> Noah</c>

00:37:35.150 --> 00:37:40.769
did<00:37:35.730><c> everything</c><00:37:36.530><c> that</c><00:37:37.110><c> God</c><00:37:37.469><c> commanded</c><00:37:38.010><c> him,</c><00:37:38.750><c> in</c><00:37:38.989><c> verse</c><00:37:39.489><c> 22.</c>

00:37:42.090 --> 00:37:46.969
Then,<00:37:43.329><c> in</c><00:37:43.369><c> Genesis</c><00:37:43.710><c> 7,</c><00:37:44.190><c> verse</c><00:37:44.409><c> 1,</c><00:37:45.130><c> God</c><00:37:45.550><c> told</c><00:37:45.989><c> Noah</c><00:37:46.309><c> to</c><00:37:46.690><c> move</c>

00:37:46.969 --> 00:37:47.690
into<00:37:47.210><c> the</c><00:37:47.489><c> ark.</c>

00:37:47.929 --> 00:37:50.489
He<00:37:48.190><c> warned</c><00:37:48.469><c> him</c><00:37:48.650><c> that</c><00:37:48.809><c> the</c><00:37:49.050><c> flood</c><00:37:49.230><c> was</c><00:37:49.489><c> going</c><00:37:49.670><c> to</c><00:37:49.889><c> commence</c><00:37:50.230><c> in</c>

00:37:50.489 --> 00:37:51.409
seven<00:37:50.730><c> days.</c>

00:37:51.449 --> 00:37:53.929
It's<00:37:52.010><c> mentioned</c><00:37:52.289><c> in</c><00:37:52.510><c> Genesis</c><00:37:52.849><c> 7,</c><00:37:53.250><c> verse</c><00:37:53.570><c> 4.</c>

00:37:53.949 --> 00:37:58.030
And<00:37:54.090><c> he</c><00:37:54.409><c> repeated</c><00:37:55.030><c> the</c><00:37:55.650><c> command</c><00:37:56.250><c> to</c><00:37:56.570><c> Noah</c><00:37:56.750><c> to</c><00:37:57.010><c> bring</c><00:37:57.130><c> the</c><00:37:57.429><c> animals</c><00:37:57.710><c> into</c>

00:37:58.030 --> 00:37:58.530
the<00:37:58.309><c> ark.</c>

00:37:58.730 --> 00:38:01.050
It's<00:37:58.789><c> in</c><00:37:58.969><c> Genesis</c><00:37:59.250><c> 7,</c><00:37:59.829><c> verses</c><00:38:00.110><c> 2</c><00:38:00.409><c> and</c><00:38:00.610><c> 3.</c>

00:38:01.409 --> 00:38:04.610
And<00:38:01.690><c> it</c><00:38:01.949><c> seems</c><00:38:02.210><c> that</c><00:38:02.409><c> the</c><00:38:02.730><c> animals</c><00:38:02.949><c> might</c><00:38:03.230><c> have</c><00:38:03.530><c> come</c><00:38:03.969><c> to</c><00:38:04.329><c> Noah</c>

00:38:04.610 --> 00:38:05.610
at<00:38:05.010><c> that</c><00:38:05.329><c> point,</c>

00:38:05.610 --> 00:38:10.510
and<00:38:05.750><c> then</c><00:38:05.929><c> he</c><00:38:06.070><c> would</c><00:38:06.309><c> have</c><00:38:06.550><c> spent</c><00:38:06.849><c> the</c><00:38:07.610><c> week</c><00:38:08.170><c> loading</c><00:38:08.730><c> them</c><00:38:09.090><c> on</c><00:38:09.510><c> board.</c>

00:38:11.469 --> 00:38:16.210
2<00:38:11.630><c> Peter</c><00:38:11.929><c> 3,</c><00:38:12.510><c> which</c><00:38:12.869><c> of</c><00:38:13.090><c> course</c><00:38:13.250><c> talks</c><00:38:13.630><c> about</c><00:38:13.969><c> the</c><00:38:14.670><c> flood,</c><00:38:15.469><c> states</c><00:38:15.670><c> that</c><00:38:15.929><c> one</c>

00:38:16.210 --> 00:38:19.530
day<00:38:16.429><c> with</c><00:38:16.670><c> the</c><00:38:16.869><c> Lord</c><00:38:17.530><c> is</c><00:38:18.349><c> as</c><00:38:18.530><c> a</c><00:38:18.650><c> thousand</c><00:38:19.030><c> years.</c>

00:38:19.909 --> 00:38:23.730
And<00:38:20.210><c> it's</c><00:38:20.389><c> possible</c><00:38:20.889><c> that</c><00:38:21.170><c> those</c><00:38:21.690><c> seven</c><00:38:22.309><c> final</c><00:38:22.789><c> days</c><00:38:23.309><c> before</c>

00:38:23.730 --> 00:38:28.110
the<00:38:24.070><c> flood</c><00:38:24.530><c> represent</c><00:38:25.449><c> the</c><00:38:26.190><c> seven</c><00:38:26.590><c> thousand</c><00:38:27.349><c> years</c>

00:38:28.110 --> 00:38:36.190
during<00:38:28.590><c> which</c><00:38:29.250><c> mankind</c><00:38:30.010><c> will</c><00:38:30.289><c> have</c><00:38:30.469><c> the</c><00:38:30.630><c> opportunity</c><00:38:31.630><c> to</c><00:38:32.429><c> accept</c><00:38:33.349><c> God's</c><00:38:34.289><c> offer</c><00:38:34.650><c> of</c><00:38:35.010><c> salvation.</c>

00:38:36.250 --> 00:38:41.449
Certainly<00:38:36.690><c> those</c><00:38:37.429><c> seven</c><00:38:38.130><c> days</c><00:38:38.969><c> before</c><00:38:39.769><c> the</c><00:38:40.070><c> flood</c><00:38:40.269><c> would</c><00:38:40.469><c> have</c><00:38:40.750><c> been</c><00:38:41.150><c> the</c>

00:38:41.449 --> 00:38:44.929
crescendo<00:38:42.409><c> of</c><00:38:43.289><c> Noah's</c><00:38:43.949><c> preaching</c><00:38:44.429><c> effort.</c>

00:38:45.309 --> 00:38:48.289
Can<00:38:45.469><c> you</c><00:38:45.590><c> imagine</c><00:38:46.090><c> what</c><00:38:46.289><c> it</c><00:38:46.429><c> would</c><00:38:46.550><c> have</c><00:38:46.769><c> been</c><00:38:46.909><c> like</c><00:38:47.349><c> to</c><00:38:47.849><c> see</c>

00:38:48.289 --> 00:38:50.210
all<00:38:48.670><c> those</c><00:38:49.130><c> animals</c><00:38:49.610><c> appear?</c>

00:38:50.489 --> 00:38:54.369
It<00:38:50.650><c> certainly</c><00:38:51.250><c> would</c><00:38:51.809><c> have</c><00:38:52.510><c> astonished</c><00:38:53.489><c> Noah's</c><00:38:54.050><c> neighbors.</c>

00:38:54.369 --> 00:39:00.610
And<00:38:54.809><c> the</c><00:38:54.969><c> thing</c><00:38:55.110><c> of</c><00:38:55.250><c> it</c><00:38:55.409><c> is</c><00:38:55.650><c> the</c><00:38:56.150><c> sight</c><00:38:56.429><c> of</c><00:38:56.650><c> these</c><00:38:56.949><c> animals</c><00:38:57.730><c> coming,</c><00:38:59.210><c> journeying</c><00:38:59.590><c> towards</c><00:39:00.110><c> the</c><00:39:00.409><c> ark,</c>

00:39:00.670 --> 00:39:05.590
perhaps<00:39:01.090><c> over</c><00:39:01.369><c> many</c><00:39:01.630><c> months,</c><00:39:02.469><c> may</c><00:39:02.690><c> have</c><00:39:03.110><c> been</c><00:39:03.610><c> a</c><00:39:04.070><c> powerful</c><00:39:04.630><c> warning</c><00:39:05.130><c> to</c>

00:39:05.590 --> 00:39:07.070
the<00:39:05.769><c> people</c><00:39:05.969><c> that</c><00:39:06.110><c> they</c><00:39:06.309><c> would</c><00:39:06.449><c> have</c><00:39:06.710><c> passed</c>

00:39:07.070 --> 00:39:11.030
that<00:39:07.309><c> something</c><00:39:07.969><c> profound</c><00:39:08.769><c> was</c><00:39:09.030><c> about</c><00:39:09.250><c> to</c><00:39:09.530><c> happen</c><00:39:09.769><c> on</c><00:39:09.989><c> the</c><00:39:10.170><c> earth.</c>

00:39:11.090 --> 00:39:14.730
It<00:39:11.269><c> would</c><00:39:11.409><c> have</c><00:39:11.550><c> been</c><00:39:11.650><c> a</c><00:39:11.889><c> powerful</c><00:39:12.289><c> reminder</c><00:39:12.829><c> of</c><00:39:13.030><c> God's</c><00:39:13.730><c> existence</c><00:39:14.050><c> and</c><00:39:14.369><c> power.</c>

00:39:15.030 --> 00:39:17.909
And<00:39:15.349><c> in</c><00:39:15.510><c> that</c><00:39:15.730><c> way,</c><00:39:15.969><c> it's</c><00:39:16.150><c> very</c><00:39:16.570><c> much</c><00:39:16.869><c> like</c><00:39:17.210><c> the</c><00:39:17.489><c> modern</c><00:39:17.730><c>-day</c>

00:39:17.909 --> 00:39:21.269
miracles<00:39:18.449><c> that</c><00:39:18.670><c> we</c><00:39:18.989><c> see</c><00:39:19.349><c> surrounding</c><00:39:20.110><c> the</c><00:39:20.329><c> nation</c><00:39:20.610><c> of</c><00:39:20.849><c> Israel.</c>

00:39:21.269 --> 00:39:25.389
They<00:39:21.989><c> act</c><00:39:22.369><c> as</c><00:39:22.829><c> evidence</c><00:39:23.250><c> of</c><00:39:23.510><c> God's</c><00:39:24.349><c> existence.</c><00:39:24.710><c> They</c><00:39:24.829><c> are</c><00:39:25.190><c> an</c>

00:39:25.389 --> 00:39:28.329
indicator<00:39:25.889><c> of</c><00:39:26.769><c> God's</c><00:39:27.789><c> power.</c>

00:39:28.670 --> 00:39:32.710
They<00:39:28.849><c> remind</c><00:39:29.329><c> us</c><00:39:29.590><c> that</c><00:39:29.769><c> God</c><00:39:30.289><c> does</c><00:39:30.869><c> what</c><00:39:31.130><c> he</c><00:39:31.489><c> has</c><00:39:31.869><c> said</c><00:39:32.170><c> and</c><00:39:32.369><c> that</c><00:39:32.550><c> the</c>

00:39:32.710 --> 00:39:37.409
return<00:39:33.130><c> of</c><00:39:33.389><c> Christ</c><00:39:33.949><c> will</c><00:39:34.889><c> in</c><00:39:35.170><c> fact</c><00:39:35.530><c> occur</c><00:39:36.050><c> and</c><00:39:36.269><c> is</c><00:39:36.530><c> near.</c>

00:39:38.469 --> 00:39:43.090
It's<00:39:38.809><c> evident</c><00:39:39.250><c> that</c><00:39:40.110><c> Noah</c><00:39:40.590><c> and</c><00:39:41.469><c> his</c><00:39:41.690><c> family</c><00:39:42.030><c> came</c><00:39:42.409><c> and</c><00:39:42.750><c> went</c>

00:39:43.090 --> 00:39:46.809
from<00:39:43.489><c> the</c><00:39:43.809><c> ark</c><00:39:44.289><c> during</c><00:39:44.989><c> that</c><00:39:45.750><c> seven</c><00:39:46.090><c>-day</c><00:39:46.369><c> period.</c>

00:39:46.809 --> 00:39:52.289
And<00:39:46.989><c> it's</c><00:39:47.190><c> not</c><00:39:47.590><c> hard</c><00:39:48.070><c> to</c><00:39:48.550><c> imagine</c><00:39:49.130><c> them</c><00:39:49.969><c> pleading</c><00:39:50.769><c> with</c><00:39:51.429><c> their</c>

00:39:52.289 --> 00:39:55.849
friends<00:39:52.809><c> and</c><00:39:53.449><c> family</c><00:39:53.929><c> members</c><00:39:54.469><c> who</c><00:39:54.730><c> were</c><00:39:54.909><c> more</c><00:39:55.309><c> thoughtful</c>

00:39:55.849 --> 00:40:00.190
to<00:39:56.730><c> join</c><00:39:57.170><c> them</c><00:39:57.750><c> in</c><00:39:58.070><c> the</c><00:39:58.309><c> ark.</c><00:39:58.590><c> You</c><00:39:58.610><c> can</c><00:39:58.929><c> almost</c><00:39:59.250><c> imagine</c><00:39:59.909><c> them</c>

00:40:00.190 --> 00:40:03.170
even<00:40:01.030><c> showing</c><00:40:01.590><c> a</c><00:40:01.849><c> few</c><00:40:02.070><c> people</c><00:40:02.530><c> around.</c>

00:40:03.590 --> 00:40:08.750
Look,<00:40:05.110><c> here's</c><00:40:05.409><c> a</c><00:40:05.570><c> space</c><00:40:05.769><c> for</c><00:40:06.010><c> you.</c><00:40:07.630><c> There's</c><00:40:07.849><c> lots</c><00:40:08.150><c> of</c><00:40:08.329><c> room</c><00:40:08.510><c> here.</c>

00:40:09.070 --> 00:40:13.469
Here's<00:40:09.829><c> space.</c><00:40:10.389><c> You</c><00:40:10.510><c> and</c><00:40:10.630><c> your</c><00:40:10.869><c> children</c><00:40:11.469><c> can</c><00:40:11.949><c> come</c><00:40:12.210><c> here.</c><00:40:12.429><c> You'll</c><00:40:12.710><c> be</c><00:40:12.949><c> safe.</c>

00:40:13.469 --> 00:40:19.610
And<00:40:14.449><c> the</c><00:40:14.630><c> thing</c><00:40:14.809><c> of</c><00:40:14.929><c> it</c><00:40:15.170><c> is,</c><00:40:16.170><c> is</c><00:40:16.349><c> that</c><00:40:16.690><c> same</c><00:40:17.570><c> offer</c><00:40:18.309><c> is</c><00:40:18.969><c> being</c>

00:40:19.610 --> 00:40:22.969
made<00:40:20.090><c> to</c><00:40:20.489><c> us</c><00:40:21.369><c> right</c><00:40:22.170><c> now.</c>

00:40:23.369 --> 00:40:32.269
It's<00:40:23.730><c> as</c><00:40:24.050><c> if</c><00:40:24.449><c> we</c><00:40:24.909><c> are</c><00:40:25.250><c> being</c><00:40:26.170><c> shown</c><00:40:26.989><c> the</c><00:40:27.610><c> ark.</c><00:40:28.389><c> And</c><00:40:28.550><c> it</c><00:40:28.730><c> is</c><00:40:29.429><c> absolutely</c><00:40:30.429><c> imperative</c><00:40:31.550><c> that</c>

00:40:32.269 --> 00:40:36.730
we<00:40:32.889><c> take</c><00:40:33.469><c> the</c><00:40:34.030><c> space</c><00:40:34.570><c> that</c><00:40:34.969><c> has</c><00:40:35.150><c> been</c><00:40:35.469><c> offered</c><00:40:35.809><c> to</c><00:40:36.250><c> us</c>

00:40:36.730 --> 00:40:42.489
because<00:40:37.909><c> the</c><00:40:38.409><c> time</c><00:40:38.969><c> is</c><00:40:39.489><c> coming</c><00:40:40.010><c> when</c><00:40:40.469><c> we're</c><00:40:40.789><c> no</c><00:40:41.210><c> longer</c><00:40:41.809><c> going</c>

00:40:42.489 --> 00:40:45.630
to<00:40:42.710><c> have</c><00:40:43.429><c> that</c><00:40:44.289><c> opportunity.</c>

00:40:46.070 --> 00:40:52.309
If<00:40:46.150><c> our</c><00:40:46.449><c> response</c><00:40:47.090><c> to</c><00:40:47.349><c> God's</c><00:40:47.929><c> offer</c><00:40:48.210><c> is</c><00:40:48.670><c> maybe</c><00:40:49.329><c> later,</c><00:40:50.730><c> then</c><00:40:50.849><c> we</c><00:40:50.989><c> are</c><00:40:51.250><c> taking</c><00:40:51.610><c> a</c>

00:40:52.309 --> 00:40:55.789
huge<00:40:52.809><c> risk</c><00:40:53.670><c> that</c><00:40:54.409><c> we</c><00:40:54.650><c> may</c><00:40:55.030><c> perish</c>

00:40:55.789 --> 00:41:02.289
before<00:40:56.809><c> we</c><00:40:57.070><c> have</c><00:40:57.289><c> the</c><00:40:57.550><c> opportunity</c><00:40:58.289><c> to</c><00:40:59.670><c> change</c><00:41:00.449><c> our</c><00:41:01.230><c> mind.</c>

00:41:03.329 --> 00:41:08.650
Seven<00:41:04.010><c> days</c><00:41:04.429><c> pass,</c><00:41:05.769><c> and</c><00:41:06.090><c> then</c><00:41:06.389><c> Noah</c><00:41:06.590><c> and</c><00:41:06.789><c> his</c><00:41:07.010><c> family</c><00:41:07.610><c> go</c><00:41:08.309><c> back</c>

00:41:08.650 --> 00:41:09.949
into<00:41:08.869><c> the</c><00:41:09.170><c> ark.</c>

00:41:10.329 --> 00:41:16.289
And<00:41:10.429><c> in</c><00:41:10.590><c> Genesis</c><00:41:10.909><c> 7,</c><00:41:11.710><c> verse</c><00:41:11.869><c> 16,</c><00:41:13.369><c> we</c><00:41:13.510><c> are</c><00:41:13.769><c> told</c><00:41:14.050><c> that</c><00:41:14.389><c> God</c><00:41:15.150><c> shut</c>

00:41:16.289 --> 00:41:17.969
the<00:41:17.050><c> door.</c>

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By<00:41:19.369><c> doing</c><00:41:19.710><c> that,</c><00:41:20.190><c> he</c><00:41:20.389><c> essentially</c><00:41:21.010><c> took</c><00:41:21.449><c> Noah</c><00:41:21.889><c> and</c><00:41:22.150><c> his</c><00:41:22.510><c> family</c><00:41:22.949><c> out</c>

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of<00:41:23.929><c> the</c><00:41:24.210><c> world.</c>

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Their<00:41:25.250><c> contact</c><00:41:26.030><c> with</c><00:41:26.630><c> the</c><00:41:26.989><c> life</c><00:41:27.449><c> that</c><00:41:27.849><c> they</c><00:41:28.289><c> had</c><00:41:28.730><c> known</c><00:41:29.250><c> before</c><00:41:30.449><c> going</c>

00:41:30.889 --> 00:41:34.269
into<00:41:31.289><c> the</c><00:41:31.650><c> ark</c><00:41:31.869><c> was</c><00:41:32.269><c> completely</c><00:41:33.130><c> broken.</c>

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And<00:41:34.929><c> the</c><00:41:35.250><c> same</c><00:41:35.710><c> thing</c><00:41:36.610><c> is</c><00:41:37.230><c> going</c><00:41:37.489><c> to</c><00:41:37.750><c> happen</c><00:41:38.010><c> to</c><00:41:38.289><c> us</c><00:41:38.630><c> soon</c><00:41:39.150><c> when</c>

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the<00:41:40.130><c> Lord</c><00:41:40.650><c> Jesus</c><00:41:41.329><c> Christ</c><00:41:41.829><c> returns.</c>

00:41:42.929 --> 00:41:45.110
We're<00:41:43.230><c> going</c><00:41:43.329><c> to</c><00:41:43.449><c> be</c><00:41:43.670><c> called</c><00:41:43.989><c> away</c><00:41:44.449><c> to</c><00:41:44.690><c> judgment.</c>

00:41:45.110 --> 00:41:51.110
Then<00:41:46.369><c> our</c><00:41:47.130><c> situation</c><00:41:47.909><c> is</c><00:41:48.150><c> going</c><00:41:48.269><c> to</c><00:41:48.469><c> be</c><00:41:48.869><c> very</c><00:41:49.730><c> similar</c><00:41:50.369><c> to</c><00:41:50.869><c> the</c>

00:41:51.110 --> 00:41:56.989
one<00:41:51.429><c> in</c><00:41:51.670><c> which</c><00:41:52.469><c> Noah</c><00:41:52.969><c> found</c><00:41:53.650><c> himself</c><00:41:54.530><c> as</c><00:41:55.329><c> he</c><00:41:55.550><c> waited</c><00:41:55.730><c> in</c><00:41:56.050><c> the</c><00:41:56.230><c> ark.</c>

00:41:57.150 --> 00:42:03.369
At<00:41:57.329><c> that</c><00:41:57.809><c> point,</c><00:41:59.590><c> everything</c><00:42:00.090><c> he</c><00:42:00.590><c> had</c><00:42:01.070><c> done</c><00:42:01.489><c> in</c><00:42:01.789><c> the</c><00:42:02.150><c> world</c><00:42:02.530><c> outside</c><00:42:03.210><c> of</c>

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the<00:42:03.610><c> ark</c><00:42:03.889><c> was</c><00:42:04.349><c> not</c><00:42:04.789><c> going</c><00:42:05.090><c> to</c><00:42:05.489><c> matter</c><00:42:06.070><c> at</c><00:42:06.829><c> all.</c>

00:42:07.289 --> 00:42:13.909
The<00:42:08.389><c> only</c><00:42:08.969><c> thing</c><00:42:09.570><c> when</c><00:42:09.909><c> he's</c><00:42:10.489><c> sitting</c><00:42:10.670><c> in</c><00:42:10.909><c> that</c><00:42:11.250><c> ark</c><00:42:11.710><c> that</c><00:42:12.550><c> would</c><00:42:12.750><c> have</c><00:42:13.010><c> seemed</c><00:42:13.190><c> important</c><00:42:13.710><c> to</c>

00:42:13.909 --> 00:42:17.809
him<00:42:14.309><c> were</c><00:42:14.650><c> the</c><00:42:14.909><c> work</c><00:42:15.289><c> that</c><00:42:15.670><c> he</c><00:42:15.969><c> had</c><00:42:16.269><c> done</c><00:42:16.590><c> in</c><00:42:16.849><c> obedience</c><00:42:17.329><c> to</c><00:42:17.570><c> God.</c>

00:42:17.829 --> 00:42:21.349
You<00:42:17.929><c> can</c><00:42:18.170><c> imagine</c><00:42:18.570><c> him</c><00:42:18.789><c> going</c><00:42:19.030><c> through</c><00:42:19.369><c> his</c><00:42:19.750><c> mind</c><00:42:20.230><c> and</c><00:42:20.750><c> thinking</c><00:42:21.010><c> about</c>

00:42:21.349 --> 00:42:22.989
the<00:42:21.550><c> construction</c><00:42:22.110><c> of</c><00:42:22.329><c> the</c><00:42:22.570><c> ark</c>

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and<00:42:23.449><c> going</c><00:42:23.690><c> over</c><00:42:23.989><c> in</c><00:42:24.150><c> his</c><00:42:24.369><c> head</c><00:42:24.570><c> whether</c><00:42:24.789><c> he</c><00:42:25.010><c> had</c><00:42:25.250><c> done</c><00:42:25.550><c> as</c><00:42:25.789><c> he</c>

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had<00:42:26.130><c> been</c><00:42:26.329><c> commanded.</c>

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And<00:42:27.349><c> the</c><00:42:27.630><c> same</c><00:42:28.210><c> thing</c><00:42:28.610><c> is</c><00:42:28.909><c> soon</c><00:42:29.190><c> going</c><00:42:29.489><c> to</c><00:42:29.710><c> happen</c><00:42:29.909><c> to</c><00:42:30.170><c> us.</c>

00:42:30.570 --> 00:42:35.809
As<00:42:31.190><c> we</c><00:42:31.750><c> await</c><00:42:32.510><c> the</c><00:42:32.949><c> opportunity</c><00:42:33.849><c> to</c><00:42:34.449><c> stand</c><00:42:34.829><c> before</c><00:42:35.309><c> the</c><00:42:35.489><c> Lord</c>

00:42:35.809 --> 00:42:40.849
Jesus<00:42:36.429><c> Christ</c><00:42:37.090><c> after</c><00:42:37.750><c> having</c><00:42:38.010><c> been</c><00:42:38.309><c> taken</c><00:42:38.710><c> out</c><00:42:39.190><c> of</c><00:42:39.409><c> this</c><00:42:39.909><c> world,</c>

00:42:40.889 --> 00:42:46.389
all<00:42:41.050><c> of</c><00:42:41.250><c> our</c><00:42:41.489><c> thoughts</c><00:42:41.889><c> about</c><00:42:42.369><c> school,</c><00:42:44.530><c> about</c><00:42:45.070><c> popularity,</c>

00:42:46.929 --> 00:42:50.170
about<00:42:47.230><c> money,</c><00:42:48.650><c> about</c><00:42:48.969><c> how</c><00:42:49.389><c> we</c><00:42:49.829><c> look,</c>

00:42:50.630 --> 00:42:55.690
all<00:42:50.869><c> the</c><00:42:51.130><c> time</c><00:42:51.469><c> we</c><00:42:51.670><c> have</c><00:42:51.989><c> spent</c><00:42:52.329><c> thinking</c><00:42:52.929><c> and</c><00:42:53.750><c> worrying</c><00:42:54.150><c> about</c><00:42:54.510><c> those</c><00:42:54.969><c> things</c><00:42:55.309><c> when</c>

00:42:55.690 --> 00:42:58.969
we<00:42:56.150><c> are</c><00:42:56.530><c> standing</c><00:42:56.989><c> and</c><00:42:57.250><c> waiting</c><00:42:57.590><c> to</c><00:42:57.869><c> appear</c><00:42:58.190><c> before</c><00:42:58.550><c> the</c><00:42:58.750><c> Lord</c>

00:42:58.969 --> 00:42:59.809
Jesus<00:42:59.429><c> Christ,</c>

00:42:59.809 --> 00:43:05.809
all<00:43:00.250><c> of</c><00:43:00.369><c> that</c><00:43:00.650><c> is</c><00:43:00.829><c> going</c><00:43:01.070><c> to</c><00:43:01.429><c> seem</c><00:43:02.010><c> utterly</c><00:43:02.590><c> and</c><00:43:03.090><c> completely</c><00:43:03.849><c> irrelevant.</c>

00:43:06.409 --> 00:43:09.969
The<00:43:06.469><c> only</c><00:43:06.949><c> thing</c><00:43:07.469><c> that</c><00:43:07.690><c> will</c><00:43:07.949><c> matter</c><00:43:08.289><c> at</c><00:43:08.570><c> that</c><00:43:08.949><c> point</c><00:43:09.250><c> is</c><00:43:09.590><c> our</c>

00:43:09.969 --> 00:43:12.050
service<00:43:10.590><c> to</c><00:43:10.949><c> God.</c>

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We<00:43:12.809><c> need</c><00:43:13.210><c> to</c><00:43:13.530><c> make</c><00:43:13.829><c> ourselves</c><00:43:14.650><c> ready</c><00:43:15.250><c> for</c><00:43:15.630><c> that</c><00:43:16.010><c> coming</c><00:43:16.429><c> point</c>

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in<00:43:17.130><c> our</c><00:43:17.409><c> lives</c><00:43:17.889><c> right</c><00:43:18.650><c> now.</c>

00:43:19.969 --> 00:43:22.630
When<00:43:20.170><c> we</c><00:43:20.309><c> are</c><00:43:20.510><c> waiting</c><00:43:20.690><c> to</c><00:43:20.889><c> stand</c><00:43:21.130><c> before</c><00:43:21.429><c> the</c><00:43:21.590><c> Lord</c><00:43:21.849><c> Jesus</c><00:43:22.269><c> Christ,</c>

00:43:22.630 --> 00:43:25.550
all<00:43:22.949><c> the</c><00:43:23.269><c> foolish</c><00:43:23.630><c> things</c><00:43:24.050><c> we</c><00:43:24.269><c> have</c><00:43:24.510><c> wasted</c><00:43:24.789><c> our</c><00:43:25.150><c> time</c><00:43:25.409><c> with</c>

00:43:25.550 --> 00:43:29.829
are<00:43:25.889><c> going</c><00:43:26.190><c> to</c><00:43:26.630><c> seem</c><00:43:27.190><c> so</c><00:43:27.949><c> incredibly</c><00:43:28.989><c> unimportant.</c>

00:43:29.949 --> 00:43:34.929
And<00:43:30.150><c> the</c><00:43:30.409><c> only</c><00:43:30.869><c> things</c><00:43:31.510><c> that</c><00:43:31.929><c> will</c><00:43:32.710><c> matter</c><00:43:33.030><c> to</c><00:43:33.329><c> us</c><00:43:33.690><c> then</c><00:43:34.170><c> are</c>

00:43:34.929 --> 00:43:39.489
about<00:43:35.230><c> our</c><00:43:35.570><c> obedience</c><00:43:35.929><c> to</c><00:43:36.210><c> God</c><00:43:36.750><c> and</c><00:43:37.349><c> how</c><00:43:38.030><c> we</c><00:43:38.889><c> serve</c><00:43:39.190><c> him.</c>

00:43:39.630 --> 00:43:44.090
We<00:43:40.070><c> must</c><00:43:40.570><c> make</c><00:43:41.010><c> ourselves</c><00:43:41.690><c> ready</c><00:43:42.130><c> for</c><00:43:42.329><c> that</c><00:43:42.929><c> now.</c>

00:43:44.690 --> 00:43:46.949
That<00:43:44.989><c> is</c><00:43:45.230><c> what</c><00:43:45.369><c> is</c><00:43:45.550><c> going</c><00:43:45.750><c> to</c><00:43:46.010><c> be</c><00:43:46.550><c> important.</c>

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And<00:43:47.090><c> that</c><00:43:47.150><c> will</c><00:43:47.369><c> be</c><00:43:47.590><c> the</c><00:43:47.889><c> only</c><00:43:48.449><c> thing</c><00:43:49.090><c> that</c><00:43:49.269><c> will</c><00:43:49.550><c> be</c><00:43:49.869><c> important</c><00:43:50.570><c> to</c><00:43:51.070><c> us.</c>

00:43:54.389 --> 00:43:58.309
Well,<00:43:54.590><c> the</c><00:43:54.710><c> flood</c><00:43:54.969><c> began</c><00:43:55.550><c> the</c><00:43:55.750><c> same</c><00:43:56.050><c> day</c><00:43:56.429><c> that</c><00:43:56.690><c> God</c><00:43:57.110><c> shut</c><00:43:57.889><c> the</c>

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door<00:43:58.550><c> of</c><00:43:58.690><c> the</c><00:43:58.869><c> ark.</c>

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Some<00:44:01.050><c> people</c><00:44:01.570><c> give</c><00:44:02.730><c> really</c><00:44:03.610><c> graphic</c><00:44:04.670><c> portrayals</c><00:44:05.530><c> of</c><00:44:05.750><c> this</c><00:44:06.070><c> time.</c>

00:44:06.929 --> 00:44:13.349
They<00:44:07.210><c> talk</c><00:44:07.449><c> about</c><00:44:08.070><c> people</c><00:44:08.829><c> banging</c><00:44:09.429><c> on</c><00:44:09.750><c> the</c><00:44:09.989><c> door</c><00:44:10.190><c> of</c><00:44:10.369><c> the</c><00:44:10.610><c> ark,</c><00:44:12.130><c> begging</c><00:44:12.789><c> to</c>

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be<00:44:13.550><c> let</c><00:44:13.769><c> in.</c>

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They<00:44:14.010><c> know</c><00:44:14.349><c> of</c><00:44:14.610><c> hearing</c><00:44:14.849><c> people</c><00:44:15.530><c> drowning</c><00:44:16.349><c> outside</c><00:44:17.090><c> of</c><00:44:17.309><c> the</c><00:44:17.510><c> ark.</c>

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Well,<00:44:19.849><c> if</c><00:44:19.989><c> things</c><00:44:20.349><c> like</c><00:44:20.690><c> that</c><00:44:21.090><c> happened,</c><00:44:22.789><c> the</c><00:44:22.869><c> Bible</c><00:44:23.210><c> doesn't</c>

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record<00:44:24.030><c> a</c><00:44:24.210><c> word</c><00:44:24.309><c> of</c><00:44:24.489><c> it.</c>

00:44:25.670 --> 00:44:29.690
And<00:44:25.869><c> it</c><00:44:26.070><c> is</c><00:44:26.110><c> possible</c><00:44:26.630><c> that</c><00:44:26.869><c> the</c><00:44:27.050><c> water</c><00:44:27.210><c> came</c><00:44:27.650><c> so</c><00:44:28.050><c> rapidly</c><00:44:28.730><c> that</c><00:44:29.530><c> the</c>

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people<00:44:29.889><c> were</c><00:44:30.170><c> washed</c><00:44:30.489><c> away</c>

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before<00:44:31.769><c> they</c><00:44:31.909><c> would</c><00:44:32.150><c> have</c><00:44:32.369><c> had</c><00:44:32.409><c> the</c><00:44:32.550><c> opportunity</c><00:44:33.309><c> to</c><00:44:34.030><c> flee</c><00:44:34.230><c> to</c>

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the<00:44:34.570><c> ark.</c>

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If<00:44:35.429><c> you</c><00:44:35.530><c> look</c><00:44:35.809><c> at</c><00:44:36.110><c> the</c><00:44:36.570><c> videos</c><00:44:37.070><c> of</c><00:44:37.289><c> the</c><00:44:37.449><c> tsunami</c><00:44:37.889><c> that</c><00:44:38.190><c> hit</c>

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Indonesia<00:44:38.929><c> several</c><00:44:39.369><c> years</c><00:44:39.690><c> ago,</c>

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one<00:44:41.030><c> minute</c><00:44:41.329><c> people</c><00:44:41.670><c> were</c><00:44:41.929><c> going</c><00:44:42.190><c> about</c><00:44:42.489><c> their</c><00:44:42.710><c> business</c><00:44:43.329><c> and</c>

00:44:44.150 --> 00:44:47.070
the<00:44:44.210><c> next</c><00:44:44.530><c> moment</c><00:44:45.050><c> they</c><00:44:45.610><c> were</c><00:44:45.889><c> gone.</c>

00:44:48.210 --> 00:44:53.809
The<00:44:48.210><c> Bible</c><00:44:48.670><c> twice</c><00:44:49.349><c> says</c><00:44:50.050><c> that</c><00:44:50.369><c> Noah</c><00:44:50.730><c> did</c><00:44:51.269><c> everything</c><00:44:51.989><c> that</c><00:44:52.329><c> God</c><00:44:52.710><c> commanded</c><00:44:53.269><c> him</c><00:44:53.610><c> in</c>

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building<00:44:54.030><c> the</c><00:44:54.389><c> ark.</c>

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And<00:44:55.010><c> it</c><00:44:55.190><c> is</c><00:44:55.369><c> possible</c><00:44:56.070><c> that</c><00:44:56.590><c> not</c><00:44:56.929><c> having</c><00:44:57.289><c> to</c><00:44:57.670><c> hear</c><00:44:57.989><c> people</c><00:44:58.670><c> drown</c><00:44:59.489><c> outside</c><00:45:00.650><c> of</c>

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the<00:45:01.050><c> ark,</c>

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not<00:45:01.690><c> having</c><00:45:02.469><c> to</c><00:45:02.989><c> hear</c><00:45:03.389><c> people</c><00:45:04.190><c> pound</c><00:45:04.750><c> on</c><00:45:05.130><c> the</c><00:45:05.449><c> ark</c><00:45:05.630><c> and</c><00:45:05.909><c> then</c><00:45:06.329><c> die,</c>

00:45:06.690 --> 00:45:10.590
and<00:45:06.849><c> then</c><00:45:07.070><c> him</c><00:45:07.369><c> having</c><00:45:07.829><c> a</c><00:45:08.369><c> year</c><00:45:08.869><c> and</c><00:45:09.170><c> ten</c><00:45:09.389><c> days</c><00:45:09.809><c> to</c><00:45:10.050><c> sit</c><00:45:10.190><c> inside</c>

00:45:10.590 --> 00:45:12.530
the<00:45:10.869><c> ark</c><00:45:10.989><c> and</c><00:45:11.230><c> think</c><00:45:11.530><c> about</c><00:45:11.809><c> it,</c>

00:45:12.710 --> 00:45:17.570
perhaps<00:45:13.269><c> not</c><00:45:14.170><c> having</c><00:45:14.489><c> to</c><00:45:14.769><c> experience</c><00:45:15.510><c> that</c><00:45:16.010><c> was</c><00:45:16.849><c> one</c><00:45:17.190><c> of</c><00:45:17.349><c> the</c>

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rewards<00:45:18.150><c> of</c><00:45:18.309><c> his</c><00:45:18.630><c> faithfulness.</c>

00:45:20.130 --> 00:45:23.710
But<00:45:20.309><c> we</c><00:45:20.409><c> don't</c><00:45:20.769><c> know</c><00:45:21.409><c> because</c><00:45:22.110><c> the</c><00:45:22.369><c> Bible</c><00:45:22.610><c> doesn't</c><00:45:23.070><c> tell</c><00:45:23.289><c> us.</c>

00:45:24.130 --> 00:45:27.670
We<00:45:24.309><c> need</c><00:45:24.530><c> to</c><00:45:24.809><c> stick</c><00:45:25.050><c> with</c><00:45:25.389><c> what</c><00:45:26.070><c> the</c><00:45:26.369><c> Bible</c><00:45:26.750><c> does</c><00:45:27.369><c> tell</c><00:45:27.550><c> us.</c>

00:45:27.730 --> 00:45:30.309
It<00:45:27.889><c> says</c><00:45:28.190><c> that</c><00:45:28.489><c> everyone</c><00:45:28.809><c> outside</c><00:45:29.309><c> of</c><00:45:29.469><c> the</c><00:45:29.590><c> ark</c><00:45:29.710><c> perished.</c>

00:45:30.469 --> 00:45:32.090
But<00:45:30.750><c> then</c><00:45:30.969><c> it</c><00:45:31.070><c> doesn't</c><00:45:31.409><c> elaborate.</c>

00:45:32.090 --> 00:45:37.989
The<00:45:33.090><c> focus</c><00:45:33.590><c> of</c><00:45:34.050><c> the</c><00:45:34.269><c> text</c><00:45:34.550><c> is</c><00:45:34.869><c> on</c><00:45:35.170><c> other</c><00:45:35.909><c> matters</c><00:45:36.489><c> completely.</c>

00:45:38.110 --> 00:45:46.550
The<00:45:38.170><c> first</c><00:45:38.530><c> part</c><00:45:38.829><c> of</c><00:45:38.989><c> the</c><00:45:39.230><c> account</c><00:45:39.650><c> places</c><00:45:40.449><c> remarkable</c><00:45:41.809><c> emphasis</c><00:45:42.590><c> on</c><00:45:43.210><c> the</c><00:45:43.710><c> animals</c><00:45:44.130><c> that</c><00:45:44.489><c> were</c><00:45:45.090><c> saved</c><00:45:45.710><c> in</c>

00:45:46.550 --> 00:45:46.989
the<00:45:46.849><c> ark.</c>

00:45:47.090 --> 00:45:51.809
You<00:45:47.090><c> can</c><00:45:47.369><c> see</c><00:45:47.489><c> up</c><00:45:47.590><c> there</c><00:45:47.849><c> the</c><00:45:48.010><c> list</c><00:45:48.329><c> of</c><00:45:48.550><c> verses</c><00:45:48.829><c> that</c><00:45:49.050><c> talks</c><00:45:49.409><c> about</c><00:45:49.909><c> the</c><00:45:50.349><c> animals</c><00:45:50.710><c> being</c><00:45:51.349><c> saved</c><00:45:51.650><c> in</c>

00:45:51.809 --> 00:45:52.170
the<00:45:52.010><c> ark.</c>

00:45:52.409 --> 00:45:57.409
That's<00:45:52.929><c> what</c><00:45:53.170><c> God</c><00:45:53.530><c> wants</c><00:45:53.809><c> us</c><00:45:54.010><c> to</c><00:45:54.210><c> focus</c><00:45:54.550><c> on,</c><00:45:54.869><c> not</c><00:45:55.130><c> people</c><00:45:55.550><c> pounding</c><00:45:55.989><c> on</c><00:45:56.389><c> doors.</c>

00:45:58.570 --> 00:46:00.869
So<00:45:58.829><c> why</c><00:45:59.170><c> this</c><00:45:59.389><c> emphasis</c><00:45:59.909><c> on</c><00:46:00.170><c> the</c><00:46:00.489><c> animals?</c>

00:46:00.869 --> 00:46:04.829
Well,<00:46:02.150><c> God's</c><00:46:02.349><c> power</c><00:46:02.730><c> was</c><00:46:03.150><c> certainly</c><00:46:03.789><c> demonstrated</c><00:46:04.449><c> in</c><00:46:04.630><c> the</c>

00:46:04.829 --> 00:46:08.050
miraculous<00:46:05.489><c> gathering</c><00:46:06.170><c> of</c><00:46:06.769><c> these</c><00:46:07.110><c> animals.</c>

00:46:08.389 --> 00:46:11.210
There's<00:46:08.630><c> also</c><00:46:09.050><c> probably</c><00:46:09.510><c> an</c><00:46:09.889><c> important</c><00:46:10.210><c> symbolic</c><00:46:10.809><c> teaching</c>

00:46:11.210 --> 00:46:12.349
associated<00:46:11.929><c> with</c><00:46:12.170><c> it.</c>

00:46:12.530 --> 00:46:14.590
We<00:46:12.630><c> know</c><00:46:12.829><c> that</c><00:46:12.989><c> there</c><00:46:13.130><c> were</c><00:46:13.389><c> clean</c><00:46:13.650><c> animals</c><00:46:14.050><c> in</c><00:46:14.250><c> the</c><00:46:14.489><c> ark.</c>

00:46:14.829 --> 00:46:16.190
We<00:46:14.969><c> know</c><00:46:15.150><c> the</c><00:46:15.489><c> dove</c><00:46:15.590><c> was</c><00:46:15.809><c> one</c><00:46:16.010><c> of</c><00:46:16.090><c> them.</c>

00:46:16.269 --> 00:46:19.829
The<00:46:16.429><c> dove</c><00:46:16.590><c> is</c><00:46:16.769><c> going</c><00:46:16.869><c> to</c><00:46:17.070><c> feature</c><00:46:17.369><c> prominently</c><00:46:18.130><c> in</c><00:46:18.789><c> a</c><00:46:19.050><c> subsequent</c><00:46:19.449><c> part</c><00:46:19.710><c> of</c>

00:46:19.829 --> 00:46:21.289
the<00:46:20.030><c> story</c><00:46:20.230><c> in</c><00:46:20.369><c> Genesis</c><00:46:20.789><c> 9.</c>

00:46:21.449 --> 00:46:25.010
The<00:46:21.730><c> dove</c><00:46:22.230><c> is</c><00:46:22.829><c> used</c><00:46:23.110><c> repeatedly</c><00:46:23.690><c> in</c><00:46:23.869><c> the</c><00:46:24.070><c> Bible</c><00:46:24.349><c> as</c><00:46:24.670><c> a</c><00:46:24.829><c> symbol</c>

00:46:25.010 --> 00:46:26.750
of<00:46:25.250><c> the</c><00:46:25.429><c> Jewish</c><00:46:25.710><c> people.</c>

00:46:26.849 --> 00:46:29.409
Okay,<00:46:27.050><c> there</c><00:46:27.170><c> were</c><00:46:27.409><c> also</c><00:46:27.849><c> unclean</c><00:46:28.489><c> animals</c><00:46:28.869><c> brought</c><00:46:29.190><c> into</c>

00:46:29.409 --> 00:46:29.809
the<00:46:29.630><c> ark.</c>

00:46:29.809 --> 00:46:31.530
They<00:46:30.170><c> represent</c><00:46:30.750><c> the</c><00:46:30.949><c> Gentiles.</c>

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Remember<00:46:31.869><c> when</c><00:46:32.429><c> Peter</c><00:46:32.869><c> was</c><00:46:33.309><c> commanded</c><00:46:33.730><c> by</c><00:46:34.170><c> God</c><00:46:34.469><c> to</c><00:46:34.710><c> preach</c><00:46:34.989><c> to</c>

00:46:35.190 --> 00:46:36.110
the<00:46:35.329><c> Gentiles,</c>

00:46:36.349 --> 00:46:40.530
it<00:46:36.530><c> came</c><00:46:36.809><c> to</c><00:46:36.909><c> him</c><00:46:37.130><c> in</c><00:46:37.269><c> a</c><00:46:37.489><c> vision</c><00:46:37.949><c> requiring</c><00:46:39.389><c> him</c><00:46:39.630><c> to</c><00:46:39.909><c> eat</c>

00:46:40.530 --> 00:46:41.909
unclean<00:46:41.570><c> animals.</c>

00:46:42.070 --> 00:46:45.170
So<00:46:42.110><c> the</c><00:46:42.369><c> unclean</c><00:46:42.989><c> animals</c><00:46:43.369><c> are</c><00:46:43.809><c> a</c><00:46:44.090><c> symbol</c><00:46:44.289><c> in</c><00:46:44.489><c> the</c><00:46:44.630><c> Bible</c><00:46:44.929><c> of</c>

00:46:45.170 --> 00:46:46.010
the<00:46:45.349><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:46:46.130 --> 00:46:49.449
So<00:46:46.289><c> by</c><00:46:46.489><c> bringing</c><00:46:46.909><c> clean</c><00:46:47.429><c> animals</c><00:46:47.889><c> and</c><00:46:48.329><c> unclean</c><00:46:48.909><c> animals</c><00:46:49.230><c> in</c>

00:46:49.449 --> 00:46:49.849
the<00:46:49.670><c> ark,</c>

00:46:50.150 --> 00:46:53.650
God<00:46:50.590><c> might</c><00:46:50.889><c> be</c><00:46:51.250><c> expressing</c><00:46:51.730><c> his</c><00:46:52.090><c> intention</c><00:46:52.510><c> to</c><00:46:52.789><c> preserve</c><00:46:53.289><c> a</c>

00:46:53.650 --> 00:46:54.690
remnant<00:46:53.929><c> in</c><00:46:54.190><c> Israel</c>

00:46:54.690 --> 00:46:58.690
and<00:46:55.110><c> to</c><00:46:55.409><c> offer</c><00:46:55.730><c> the</c><00:46:55.949><c> hope</c><00:46:56.150><c> of</c><00:46:56.409><c> salvation</c><00:46:56.949><c> to</c><00:46:57.190><c> the</c><00:46:57.369><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:46:58.889 --> 00:47:02.170
But<00:46:59.489><c> I</c><00:46:59.590><c> think</c><00:46:59.789><c> the</c><00:46:59.929><c> most</c><00:47:00.289><c> interesting</c><00:47:00.789><c> feature</c><00:47:01.130><c> about</c><00:47:01.409><c> the</c><00:47:01.750><c> animals</c>

00:47:02.170 --> 00:47:07.030
is<00:47:02.829><c> the</c><00:47:03.110><c> fact</c><00:47:03.349><c> that</c><00:47:03.530><c> it</c><00:47:03.949><c> repeatedly</c><00:47:04.449><c> notes</c><00:47:05.190><c> that</c><00:47:06.070><c> each</c><00:47:06.650><c> animal</c>

00:47:07.030 --> 00:47:10.409
has<00:47:07.409><c> exactly</c><00:47:08.429><c> one</c><00:47:09.889><c> mate.</c>

00:47:10.829 --> 00:47:16.630
So<00:47:10.929><c> have</c><00:47:11.190><c> a</c><00:47:11.349><c> look</c><00:47:11.690><c> at</c><00:47:12.690><c> Genesis</c><00:47:13.349><c> 7,</c><00:47:14.130><c> verse</c><00:47:14.429><c> 15,</c><00:47:15.250><c> for</c><00:47:15.369><c> example.</c>

00:47:18.130 --> 00:47:21.449
And<00:47:18.269><c> they</c><00:47:18.510><c> went</c><00:47:18.929><c> in</c><00:47:19.309><c> unto</c><00:47:19.610><c> Noah,</c><00:47:19.909><c> unto</c><00:47:20.170><c> the</c><00:47:20.469><c> ark,</c><00:47:20.869><c> two</c><00:47:21.010><c> and</c><00:47:21.309><c> two</c>

00:47:21.449 --> 00:47:24.150
of<00:47:21.690><c> all</c><00:47:22.050><c> flesh,</c><00:47:22.510><c> wherein</c><00:47:22.710><c> is</c><00:47:22.949><c> the</c><00:47:23.130><c> breath</c><00:47:23.349><c> of</c><00:47:23.590><c> life.</c>

00:47:24.150 --> 00:47:27.130
And<00:47:24.630><c> they</c><00:47:24.909><c> that</c><00:47:25.110><c> went</c><00:47:25.250><c> in</c><00:47:25.590><c> went</c><00:47:25.809><c> in</c><00:47:26.110><c> male</c><00:47:26.309><c> and</c><00:47:26.530><c> female,</c><00:47:26.710><c> so</c><00:47:26.949><c> two</c>

00:47:27.130 --> 00:47:27.369
and<00:47:27.289><c> two.</c>

00:47:27.510 --> 00:47:30.469
Now<00:47:27.570><c> it's</c><00:47:27.769><c> male</c><00:47:28.050><c> and</c><00:47:28.269><c> female</c><00:47:28.469><c> of</c><00:47:28.730><c> all</c><00:47:29.050><c> flesh,</c><00:47:29.369><c> as</c><00:47:29.489><c> God</c><00:47:29.670><c> commanded</c><00:47:30.090><c> him,</c>

00:47:30.670 --> 00:47:34.289
and<00:47:30.889><c> the</c><00:47:31.130><c> Lord</c><00:47:31.670><c> shut</c><00:47:32.210><c> him</c><00:47:33.150><c> in.</c>

00:47:35.070 --> 00:47:41.730
Okay,<00:47:35.469><c> and</c><00:47:35.789><c> there</c><00:47:36.150><c> are</c><00:47:38.130><c> repeated</c><00:47:39.309><c> references</c><00:47:41.030><c> to</c><00:47:41.630><c> this.</c>

00:47:41.989 --> 00:47:45.780
It's<00:47:42.170><c> as</c><00:47:42.329><c> if</c><00:47:42.610><c> God</c><00:47:43.010><c> is</c><00:47:43.369><c> showing</c><00:47:43.610><c> to</c><00:47:43.849><c> the</c><00:47:44.030><c> polygamist</c><00:47:44.650><c> anti</c><00:47:45.030><c>-Galuvians,</c>

00:47:46.010 --> 00:47:47.630
who<00:47:46.150><c> were</c><00:47:46.329><c> marrying</c><00:47:46.650><c> and</c><00:47:46.829><c> giving</c><00:47:47.150><c> in</c><00:47:47.349><c> marriage,</c>

00:47:47.869 --> 00:47:51.889
that<00:47:47.989><c> his</c><00:47:48.210><c> intention</c><00:47:48.829><c> was</c><00:47:49.369><c> for</c><00:47:49.929><c> one</c><00:47:50.289><c> man</c><00:47:50.670><c> to</c><00:47:50.929><c> have</c><00:47:51.150><c> exactly</c>

00:47:51.889 --> 00:47:52.889
one<00:47:52.469><c> woman,</c>

00:47:52.889 --> 00:47:57.449
and<00:47:53.230><c> for</c><00:47:53.449><c> one</c><00:47:53.789><c> woman</c><00:47:54.110><c> to</c><00:47:54.289><c> have</c><00:47:54.789><c> exactly</c><00:47:55.690><c> one</c><00:47:56.969><c> man.</c>

00:47:57.750 --> 00:48:01.250
And<00:47:57.869><c> this</c><00:47:58.130><c> point</c><00:47:58.389><c> is</c><00:47:58.869><c> really,</c><00:47:59.409><c> really</c><00:47:59.989><c> emphasized</c><00:48:00.730><c> in</c><00:48:00.969><c> this</c>

00:48:01.250 --> 00:48:02.150
section<00:48:01.610><c> of</c><00:48:01.789><c> scripture</c>

00:48:02.150 --> 00:48:07.010
because<00:48:02.730><c> it</c><00:48:02.989><c> repeatedly</c><00:48:03.630><c> notes</c><00:48:04.449><c> that</c><00:48:05.070><c> Noah</c><00:48:05.489><c> and</c><00:48:06.070><c> his</c><00:48:06.510><c> sons</c>

00:48:07.010 --> 00:48:09.829
each<00:48:07.630><c> had</c><00:48:07.869><c> exactly</c><00:48:08.769><c> one</c><00:48:09.590><c> wife.</c>

00:48:09.909 --> 00:48:11.989
Like<00:48:10.070><c> it</c><00:48:10.269><c> says,</c><00:48:10.530><c> we</c><00:48:10.530><c> know</c><00:48:10.670><c> that</c><00:48:10.849><c> there</c><00:48:10.969><c> were</c><00:48:11.130><c> eight</c><00:48:11.449><c> people</c><00:48:11.829><c> in</c>

00:48:11.989 --> 00:48:12.309
the<00:48:12.190><c> ark.</c>

00:48:12.369 --> 00:48:15.090
Why<00:48:12.610><c> is</c><00:48:12.769><c> that?</c><00:48:13.110><c> Because</c><00:48:13.630><c> there's</c><00:48:13.929><c> Noah</c><00:48:14.190><c> and</c><00:48:14.389><c> his</c><00:48:14.710><c> sons,</c><00:48:14.929><c> and</c>

00:48:15.090 --> 00:48:16.809
they<00:48:15.210><c> each</c><00:48:15.449><c> had</c><00:48:15.610><c> exactly</c><00:48:16.150><c> one</c><00:48:16.510><c> wife.</c>

00:48:17.110 --> 00:48:19.429
But<00:48:17.309><c> it's</c><00:48:17.570><c> also</c><00:48:17.949><c> even</c><00:48:18.210><c> more</c><00:48:18.469><c> explicit</c><00:48:18.909><c> than</c><00:48:19.150><c> that.</c>

00:48:19.429 --> 00:48:21.989
Look<00:48:19.710><c> at</c><00:48:19.849><c> Genesis</c><00:48:20.130><c> 7,</c><00:48:21.010><c> verse</c><00:48:21.210><c> 13.</c>

00:48:31.349 --> 00:48:36.210
They<00:48:31.909><c> each</c><00:48:32.469><c> had</c><00:48:33.050><c> exactly</c><00:48:34.289><c> one</c><00:48:35.710><c> mate.</c>

00:48:36.610 --> 00:48:39.869
And<00:48:36.670><c> this</c><00:48:36.849><c> is</c><00:48:37.130><c> brought</c><00:48:37.309><c> up</c><00:48:37.469><c> for</c><00:48:37.610><c> us</c><00:48:37.769><c> again</c><00:48:38.110><c> in</c><00:48:38.329><c> Genesis</c><00:48:38.610><c> 6,</c><00:48:39.190><c> verse</c><00:48:39.389><c> 18,</c>

00:48:39.889 --> 00:48:41.570
and<00:48:40.170><c> Genesis</c><00:48:40.389><c> 7,</c><00:48:40.789><c> verse</c><00:48:41.050><c> 7.</c>

00:48:41.570 --> 00:48:48.030
Now,<00:48:42.949><c> polygamy</c><00:48:43.710><c> per</c><00:48:44.130><c> se</c><00:48:44.650><c> is</c><00:48:45.210><c> not</c><00:48:45.630><c> a</c><00:48:46.090><c> problem</c><00:48:46.650><c> for</c><00:48:47.329><c> us,</c>

00:48:48.309 --> 00:48:53.329
but<00:48:48.550><c> having</c><00:48:49.050><c> multiple</c><00:48:49.849><c> partners</c><00:48:50.610><c> is</c><00:48:51.289><c> increasingly</c><00:48:52.630><c> becoming</c>

00:48:53.329 --> 00:48:54.030
a<00:48:53.670><c> problem</c>

00:48:54.030 --> 00:48:57.849
because<00:48:54.590><c> of</c><00:48:54.849><c> marriage,</c><00:48:55.550><c> divorce,</c><00:48:56.210><c> and</c><00:48:56.210><c> remarriage,</c><00:48:56.849><c> and</c><00:48:57.010><c> also</c><00:48:57.250><c> because</c><00:48:57.590><c> of</c>

00:48:57.849 --> 00:48:58.889
premarital<00:48:58.429><c> sex.</c>

00:48:59.170 --> 00:49:04.110
Both<00:48:59.530><c> of</c><00:48:59.809><c> these</c><00:49:00.110><c> are</c><00:49:00.590><c> departures</c><00:49:01.289><c> from</c><00:49:01.670><c> the</c><00:49:02.150><c> ideal</c><00:49:02.849><c> that</c><00:49:03.570><c> God</c>

00:49:04.110 --> 00:49:08.949
has<00:49:04.670><c> portrayed</c><00:49:05.510><c> in</c><00:49:06.150><c> this</c><00:49:06.710><c> section</c><00:49:07.429><c> of</c><00:49:08.469><c> scripture.</c>

00:49:08.949 --> 00:49:12.389
So<00:49:09.929><c> that's</c><00:49:10.130><c> one</c><00:49:10.309><c> of</c><00:49:10.469><c> the</c><00:49:10.489><c> things</c><00:49:10.750><c> this</c><00:49:11.070><c> account</c><00:49:11.650><c> emphasizes.</c>

00:49:12.469 --> 00:49:16.929
The<00:49:12.650><c> other</c><00:49:13.010><c> thing</c><00:49:13.449><c> that</c><00:49:14.010><c> it</c><00:49:14.409><c> emphasizes</c><00:49:14.989><c> is</c><00:49:15.570><c> the</c><00:49:15.969><c> waters.</c>

00:49:16.949 --> 00:49:21.030
It<00:49:17.210><c> repeatedly</c><00:49:17.849><c> says</c><00:49:18.329><c> that</c><00:49:18.610><c> the</c><00:49:18.989><c> waters</c><00:49:19.469><c> covered</c><00:49:20.230><c> the</c><00:49:20.769><c> land.</c>

00:49:21.050 --> 00:49:24.869
So<00:49:21.190><c> if</c><00:49:21.289><c> you</c><00:49:21.409><c> look</c><00:49:21.550><c> at</c><00:49:21.730><c> Genesis</c><00:49:22.050><c> 7,</c><00:49:23.550><c> verse</c><00:49:23.650><c> 18,</c><00:49:24.289><c> it</c><00:49:24.389><c> says</c><00:49:24.610><c> that</c>

00:49:24.869 --> 00:49:26.070
the<00:49:25.070><c> waters</c><00:49:25.329><c> prevailed.</c>

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In<00:49:26.550><c> verse</c><00:49:28.329><c> 19,</c><00:49:28.849><c> it</c><00:49:28.969><c> says</c><00:49:29.409><c> the</c><00:49:29.829><c> waters</c><00:49:30.289><c> prevailed.</c>

00:49:31.309 --> 00:49:36.389
In<00:49:31.630><c> verse</c><00:49:32.010><c> 20,</c><00:49:32.489><c> it</c><00:49:32.670><c> says</c><00:49:32.869><c> 15</c><00:49:33.349><c> cubits</c><00:49:33.750><c> upward</c><00:49:34.269><c> did</c><00:49:34.909><c> the</c><00:49:35.269><c> waters</c><00:49:35.750><c> prevail.</c>

00:49:36.389 --> 00:49:40.909
And<00:49:36.909><c> verse</c><00:49:37.070><c> 24,</c><00:49:37.869><c> and</c><00:49:38.170><c> the</c><00:49:38.389><c> waters</c><00:49:38.969><c> prevailed.</c>

00:49:41.949 --> 00:49:46.250
What<00:49:42.230><c> this</c><00:49:42.769><c> meant</c><00:49:43.110><c> is</c><00:49:43.650><c> that</c><00:49:43.909><c> all</c><00:49:44.230><c> of</c><00:49:44.449><c> the</c><00:49:44.550><c> houses,</c><00:49:45.250><c> all</c><00:49:45.469><c> of</c><00:49:45.590><c> the</c><00:49:45.869><c> buildings</c>

00:49:46.250 --> 00:49:52.409
that<00:49:46.510><c> the</c><00:49:46.789><c> antediluvians</c><00:49:47.610><c> had</c><00:49:47.909><c> constructed</c><00:49:48.650><c> would</c><00:49:49.110><c> have</c><00:49:49.329><c> been</c><00:49:49.590><c> completely</c><00:49:50.469><c> submerged</c><00:49:51.309><c> and</c><00:49:52.090><c> ruined.</c>

00:49:52.829 --> 00:49:56.889
All<00:49:53.030><c> of</c><00:49:53.210><c> their</c><00:49:53.489><c> wealth,</c><00:49:54.670><c> all</c><00:49:54.869><c> of</c><00:49:55.050><c> their</c><00:49:55.289><c> markers</c><00:49:55.750><c> of</c><00:49:56.170><c> success</c>

00:49:56.889 --> 00:49:59.530
would<00:49:57.730><c> have</c><00:49:58.570><c> vanished.</c>

00:49:59.570 --> 00:50:03.530
Everything<00:50:00.289><c> that</c><00:50:00.809><c> those</c><00:50:01.210><c> people</c><00:50:01.690><c> would</c><00:50:01.929><c> have</c><00:50:02.230><c> worked</c><00:50:02.570><c> to</c><00:50:02.889><c> achieve</c>

00:50:03.530 --> 00:50:08.630
with<00:50:03.929><c> all</c><00:50:04.269><c> those</c><00:50:04.550><c> years</c><00:50:04.869><c> and</c><00:50:05.230><c> all</c><00:50:05.469><c> the</c><00:50:05.750><c> talent</c><00:50:05.929><c> they</c><00:50:06.230><c> had</c><00:50:06.650><c> would</c><00:50:07.389><c> have</c><00:50:08.150><c> vanished,</c>

00:50:08.750 --> 00:50:13.090
would<00:50:08.829><c> have</c><00:50:09.030><c> gone</c><00:50:09.329><c> away</c><00:50:10.070><c> along</c><00:50:11.010><c> with</c><00:50:11.730><c> their</c><00:50:12.050><c> lives.</c>

00:50:13.869 --> 00:50:16.829
Now,<00:50:14.710><c> on</c><00:50:15.190><c> that</c><00:50:15.530><c> point,</c><00:50:15.769><c> it's</c><00:50:15.849><c> interesting</c><00:50:16.269><c> to</c><00:50:16.449><c> think</c><00:50:16.590><c> about</c>

00:50:16.829 --> 00:50:17.710
what<00:50:17.130><c> Noah</c><00:50:17.309><c> did.</c>

00:50:17.969 --> 00:50:20.909
He<00:50:18.170><c> would</c><00:50:18.349><c> have</c><00:50:18.550><c> had</c><00:50:18.750><c> to</c><00:50:19.050><c> dramatically</c><00:50:19.929><c> have</c><00:50:20.329><c> scaled</c><00:50:20.550><c> back</c>

00:50:20.909 --> 00:50:21.750
his<00:50:21.289><c> investments</c>

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in<00:50:22.010><c> the</c><00:50:22.190><c> things</c><00:50:22.469><c> of</c><00:50:22.750><c> this</c><00:50:23.050><c> life</c><00:50:23.429><c> in</c><00:50:23.809><c> order</c><00:50:24.030><c> to</c><00:50:24.409><c> build</c><00:50:24.769><c> and</c><00:50:25.309><c> stop</c>

00:50:25.710 --> 00:50:26.329
the<00:50:26.110><c> ark.</c>

00:50:26.769 --> 00:50:29.769
That<00:50:27.110><c> work</c><00:50:27.309><c> would</c><00:50:27.510><c> have</c><00:50:27.710><c> taken</c><00:50:28.030><c> his</c><00:50:28.510><c> time.</c><00:50:29.269><c> It</c><00:50:29.389><c> would</c><00:50:29.570><c> have</c>

00:50:29.769 --> 00:50:31.329
taken<00:50:30.050><c> his</c><00:50:30.570><c> resources.</c>

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He<00:50:31.929><c> would</c><00:50:32.090><c> have</c><00:50:32.250><c> had</c><00:50:32.449><c> to</c><00:50:32.750><c> have</c><00:50:32.929><c> given</c><00:50:33.130><c> up</c><00:50:33.730><c> adding</c><00:50:34.150><c> new</c><00:50:34.510><c> rooms</c>

00:50:34.869 --> 00:50:35.710
to<00:50:35.110><c> the</c><00:50:35.309><c> house.</c>

00:50:35.789 --> 00:50:39.389
He<00:50:36.010><c> would</c><00:50:36.190><c> have</c><00:50:36.369><c> had</c><00:50:36.590><c> to</c><00:50:36.809><c> have</c><00:50:36.989><c> given</c><00:50:37.150><c> up</c><00:50:37.909><c> adding</c><00:50:38.409><c> to</c><00:50:38.889><c> his</c>

00:50:39.389 --> 00:50:40.550
livestock<00:50:39.969><c> holdings.</c>

00:50:40.610 --> 00:50:43.710
He<00:50:40.829><c> would</c><00:50:40.989><c> have</c><00:50:41.170><c> had</c><00:50:41.409><c> to</c><00:50:41.650><c> have</c><00:50:41.710><c> given</c><00:50:41.889><c> up</c><00:50:42.389><c> his</c><00:50:42.949><c> leisure</c><00:50:43.309><c> time</c>

00:50:43.710 --> 00:50:46.710
activities<00:50:44.349><c> if</c><00:50:44.630><c> he</c><00:50:44.889><c> had</c><00:50:45.090><c> had</c><00:50:45.349><c> any</c><00:50:45.710><c> at</c><00:50:46.210><c> all.</c>

00:50:47.090 --> 00:50:53.469
He<00:50:47.409><c> would</c><00:50:47.670><c> have</c><00:50:48.150><c> fallen</c><00:50:48.829><c> behind</c><00:50:50.349><c> his</c><00:50:51.090><c> contemporaries</c><00:50:52.170><c> in</c><00:50:52.769><c> the</c><00:50:53.050><c> world</c>

00:50:53.469 --> 00:50:57.289
in<00:50:53.869><c> terms</c><00:50:54.269><c> of</c><00:50:54.909><c> worldly</c><00:50:55.349><c> achievements</c><00:50:56.190><c> and</c><00:50:56.710><c> status.</c>

00:50:57.469 --> 00:51:00.469
And<00:50:57.750><c> he</c><00:50:57.869><c> would</c><00:50:58.050><c> have</c><00:50:58.210><c> done</c><00:50:58.409><c> that</c><00:50:58.710><c> because</c><00:50:59.030><c> his</c><00:50:59.349><c> focus</c><00:50:59.769><c> was</c><00:51:00.070><c> elsewhere.</c>

00:51:00.469 --> 00:51:04.570
His<00:51:00.750><c> focus</c><00:51:01.210><c> was</c><00:51:01.550><c> on</c><00:51:01.909><c> building</c><00:51:02.389><c> the</c><00:51:02.989><c> ark</c><00:51:03.170><c> in</c><00:51:03.409><c> obedience</c><00:51:03.909><c> to</c><00:51:04.150><c> God.</c>

00:51:04.949 --> 00:51:07.010
And<00:51:05.050><c> there</c><00:51:05.190><c> might</c><00:51:05.329><c> have</c><00:51:05.489><c> been</c><00:51:05.730><c> times</c><00:51:05.969><c> he</c><00:51:06.190><c> questioned</c><00:51:06.670><c> what</c><00:51:06.889><c> he</c>

00:51:07.010 --> 00:51:07.769
was<00:51:07.309><c> doing.</c>

00:51:08.110 --> 00:51:10.829
He<00:51:08.250><c> would</c><00:51:08.349><c> have</c><00:51:08.469><c> said,</c><00:51:08.550><c> look,</c><00:51:09.070><c> I</c><00:51:09.269><c> feel</c><00:51:09.570><c> bad</c><00:51:09.869><c> for</c><00:51:10.090><c> you.</c><00:51:10.409><c> I'm</c>

00:51:10.829 --> 00:51:11.230
going<00:51:11.050><c> off.</c>

00:51:11.230 --> 00:51:14.690
I<00:51:11.449><c> just</c><00:51:11.650><c> doubled</c><00:51:11.989><c> the</c><00:51:12.210><c> size</c><00:51:12.349><c> of</c><00:51:12.530><c> my</c><00:51:12.750><c> house.</c><00:51:12.969><c> I</c><00:51:13.110><c> just</c><00:51:13.469><c> went</c><00:51:13.650><c> to</c><00:51:13.909><c> such</c><00:51:14.050><c> and</c><00:51:14.190><c> such</c><00:51:14.349><c> a</c><00:51:14.530><c> place.</c>

00:51:15.150 --> 00:51:18.530
You're<00:51:15.590><c> just</c><00:51:15.909><c> stuck</c><00:51:16.130><c> here.</c><00:51:17.110><c> You're</c><00:51:17.550><c> giving</c><00:51:17.829><c> up</c><00:51:18.070><c> your</c><00:51:18.289><c> life.</c>

00:51:18.650 --> 00:51:20.630
You're<00:51:18.710><c> wasting</c><00:51:19.090><c> your</c><00:51:19.449><c> life,</c><00:51:19.969><c> Noah.</c>

00:51:21.309 --> 00:51:25.530
Well,<00:51:21.510><c> the</c><00:51:21.690><c> thing</c><00:51:21.869><c> of</c><00:51:21.989><c> it</c><00:51:22.190><c> is</c><00:51:22.489><c> when</c><00:51:22.909><c> he</c><00:51:23.530><c> emerged</c><00:51:24.230><c> from</c><00:51:24.690><c> the</c><00:51:25.150><c> ark</c>

00:51:25.530 --> 00:51:30.090
and<00:51:26.789><c> all</c><00:51:27.630><c> of</c><00:51:27.829><c> the</c><00:51:28.050><c> things</c><00:51:28.449><c> that</c><00:51:28.710><c> those</c><00:51:29.010><c> people</c><00:51:29.369><c> had</c><00:51:29.670><c> invested</c>

00:51:30.090 --> 00:51:32.329
in<00:51:30.530><c> were</c><00:51:30.949><c> totally</c><00:51:31.610><c> gone</c>

00:51:32.329 --> 00:51:36.949
and<00:51:32.550><c> what</c><00:51:32.809><c> he</c><00:51:33.210><c> witnessed</c><00:51:33.710><c> was</c><00:51:34.389><c> a</c><00:51:34.710><c> new</c><00:51:34.969><c> creation,</c><00:51:35.650><c> as</c><00:51:35.929><c> it</c><00:51:36.190><c> were.</c>

00:51:37.130 --> 00:51:42.869
He<00:51:37.150><c> would</c><00:51:37.389><c> have</c><00:51:37.750><c> realized</c><00:51:38.730><c> just</c><00:51:39.730><c> how</c><00:51:40.969><c> right</c><00:51:41.530><c> he</c><00:51:42.190><c> would</c><00:51:42.409><c> have</c>

00:51:42.869 --> 00:51:44.690
seen<00:51:43.389><c> with</c><00:51:43.750><c> his</c><00:51:44.110><c> eyes</c>

00:51:44.690 --> 00:51:49.789
just<00:51:45.550><c> how</c><00:51:46.449><c> right</c><00:51:46.909><c> his</c><00:51:47.389><c> choice</c><00:51:47.909><c> to</c><00:51:48.389><c> serve</c><00:51:48.789><c> God</c><00:51:49.289><c> was</c>

00:51:49.789 --> 00:51:55.090
instead<00:51:50.489><c> of</c><00:51:51.030><c> focusing</c><00:51:51.630><c> his</c><00:51:52.130><c> attention</c><00:51:52.630><c> and</c><00:51:52.809><c> his</c><00:51:53.150><c> energies</c><00:51:53.610><c> into</c><00:51:54.230><c> the</c><00:51:54.469><c> things</c><00:51:54.690><c> of</c>

00:51:55.090 --> 00:51:55.849
this<00:51:55.409><c> life</c>

00:51:55.849 --> 00:52:02.849
because<00:51:56.690><c> the</c><00:51:57.130><c> things</c><00:51:57.449><c> of</c><00:51:57.750><c> this</c><00:51:58.070><c> life</c><00:51:58.550><c> were</c><00:51:58.989><c> gone</c><00:51:59.610><c> when</c><00:51:59.969><c> he</c><00:52:00.429><c> emerged</c><00:52:00.869><c> from</c><00:52:01.130><c> the</c><00:52:01.349><c> ark.</c>

00:52:05.090 --> 00:52:12.190
Forty<00:52:05.429><c> days</c><00:52:06.090><c> and</c><00:52:07.170><c> forty</c><00:52:07.469><c> nights</c><00:52:08.110><c> of</c><00:52:08.929><c> rain,</c><00:52:10.809><c> earthquakes</c><00:52:11.269><c> and</c>

00:52:12.190 --> 00:52:14.530
waves<00:52:12.570><c> covering</c><00:52:12.949><c> the</c><00:52:13.309><c> highest</c><00:52:13.750><c> mountains</c>

00:52:14.530 --> 00:52:19.269
would<00:52:15.150><c> have</c><00:52:15.610><c> dramatically</c><00:52:16.969><c> transformed</c><00:52:18.070><c> the</c><00:52:18.409><c> world</c><00:52:18.889><c> that</c>

00:52:19.269 --> 00:52:20.690
Noah<00:52:19.469><c> had</c><00:52:19.789><c> known.</c>

00:52:21.349 --> 00:52:27.389
Thinking<00:52:22.050><c> about</c><00:52:22.750><c> what</c><00:52:23.070><c> he</c><00:52:23.329><c> would</c><00:52:23.550><c> have</c><00:52:23.909><c> seen</c><00:52:24.449><c> when</c><00:52:25.369><c> he</c><00:52:26.550><c> stepped</c><00:52:26.989><c> out</c><00:52:27.269><c> of</c>

00:52:27.389 --> 00:52:27.769
the<00:52:27.610><c> ark</c>

00:52:27.769 --> 00:52:33.730
can<00:52:28.050><c> be</c><00:52:28.250><c> a</c><00:52:28.610><c> powerful</c><00:52:29.650><c> motivator</c><00:52:30.289><c> for</c><00:52:30.530><c> us</c><00:52:31.150><c> because</c><00:52:31.610><c> it's</c><00:52:32.030><c> a</c><00:52:32.150><c> foreshadowing</c>

00:52:33.730 --> 00:52:37.610
of<00:52:34.230><c> what</c><00:52:34.530><c> we're</c><00:52:34.730><c> going</c><00:52:34.909><c> to</c><00:52:35.210><c> see</c><00:52:35.849><c> on</c><00:52:36.449><c> the</c><00:52:36.690><c> other</c><00:52:37.090><c> side</c><00:52:37.429><c> of</c>

00:52:37.610 --> 00:52:38.989
Christ's<00:52:38.070><c> return.</c>

00:52:39.389 --> 00:52:41.949
What's<00:52:39.730><c> going</c><00:52:39.889><c> to</c><00:52:40.010><c> be</c><00:52:40.289><c> left?</c><00:52:41.070><c> What's</c><00:52:41.389><c> going</c><00:52:41.510><c> to</c><00:52:41.550><c> go</c><00:52:41.769><c> away?</c>

00:52:41.949 --> 00:52:44.050
It's<00:52:42.230><c> really</c><00:52:42.550><c> important</c><00:52:43.010><c> for</c><00:52:43.130><c> us</c><00:52:43.309><c> to</c><00:52:43.489><c> think</c><00:52:43.670><c> about</c><00:52:43.849><c> because</c>

00:52:44.050 --> 00:52:46.909
it<00:52:44.230><c> should</c><00:52:44.469><c> guide</c><00:52:44.949><c> our</c><00:52:45.429><c> actions</c><00:52:46.130><c> now.</c>

00:52:47.150 --> 00:52:52.090
It<00:52:47.510><c> should</c><00:52:47.809><c> encourage</c><00:52:48.530><c> us</c><00:52:49.130><c> to</c><00:52:49.730><c> spend</c><00:52:50.070><c> our</c><00:52:50.610><c> energy</c><00:52:51.210><c> focusing</c>

00:52:52.090 --> 00:52:55.030
on<00:52:52.530><c> the</c><00:52:52.769><c> things</c><00:52:53.010><c> of</c><00:52:53.309><c> God</c><00:52:53.489><c> that</c><00:52:53.650><c> are</c><00:52:53.849><c> going</c><00:52:54.090><c> to</c><00:52:54.389><c> endure</c>

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and<00:52:55.630><c> not</c><00:52:56.010><c> to</c><00:52:56.349><c> waste</c><00:52:56.630><c> our</c><00:52:57.110><c> lives</c><00:52:57.710><c> on</c><00:52:58.510><c> things</c><00:52:59.030><c> that</c><00:52:59.210><c> are</c><00:52:59.489><c> going</c>

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to<00:53:00.389><c> be</c><00:53:00.670><c> lost.</c>

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We're<00:53:02.630><c> going</c><00:53:02.869><c> to</c><00:53:02.869><c> continue</c><00:53:04.230><c> our</c><00:53:04.849><c> focus</c><00:53:05.269><c> on</c><00:53:06.449><c> Noah's</c><00:53:06.989><c> departure</c>

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from<00:53:07.889><c> the</c><00:53:08.130><c> ark</c><00:53:08.409><c> in</c><00:53:08.949><c> our</c><00:53:09.110><c> next</c><00:53:09.530><c> class.</c>