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Digression.<00:18:46.859><c> God.</c><00:18:47.839><c> Hebrew</c><00:18:48.160><c> Elohim.</c><00:18:50.859><c> In</c><00:18:50.980><c> the</c><00:18:51.220><c> beginning</c><00:18:51.519><c> there</c><00:18:51.839><c> was</c>

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end.<00:20:58.519><c> Psalm</c><00:20:58.740><c> 102</c><00:20:59.559><c> verses</c><00:21:00.059><c> 25</c><00:21:01.160><c> and</c><00:21:01.960><c> 28.</c><00:21:04.640><c> The</c><00:21:04.819><c> Old</c><00:21:05.259><c> Testament</c>

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prophet<00:21:06.339><c> Jeremiah</c><00:21:07.339><c> writing</c>

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understanding.<00:21:20.779><c> When</c><00:21:20.839><c> he</c><00:21:21.319><c> uttereth</c><00:21:21.839><c> his</c><00:21:22.140><c> voice</c><00:21:22.500><c> there</c><00:21:23.000><c> is</c><00:21:23.299><c> a</c>

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heavens<00:21:25.400><c> and</c><00:21:25.920><c> he</c><00:21:26.299><c> causeth</c><00:21:26.799><c> the</c><00:21:27.059><c> vapors</c><00:21:27.440><c> to</c><00:21:27.720><c> ascend</c><00:21:28.119><c> from</c><00:21:28.500><c> the</c>

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ends<00:21:29.160><c> of</c><00:21:29.579><c> the</c><00:21:29.799><c> earth.</c><00:21:30.400><c> He</c>

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maketh<00:21:31.119><c> lightnings</c><00:21:31.940><c> with</c><00:21:32.160><c> rain</c><00:21:32.480><c> and</c><00:21:33.079><c> bringeth</c><00:21:33.500><c> forth</c><00:21:33.759><c> a</c><00:21:34.119><c> wind</c>

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out<00:21:34.819><c> of</c><00:21:35.000><c> his</c><00:21:35.400><c> treasures.</c><00:21:36.960><c> That's</c>

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creation<00:21:47.579><c> must</c>

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have<00:21:48.019><c> taken</c><00:21:48.460><c> tremendous</c><00:21:49.599><c> power</c><00:21:50.400><c> to</c><00:21:50.720><c> accomplish.</c><00:21:52.720><c> Undoubtedly</c><00:21:53.380><c> the</c><00:21:53.680><c> Creator's</c>

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wisdom<00:21:54.660><c> and</c><00:21:55.000><c> understanding</c><00:21:55.599><c> was</c><00:21:55.960><c> involved</c><00:21:56.559><c> in</c><00:21:56.819><c> establishing</c>

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the<00:21:57.680><c> earth</c><00:21:58.019><c> and</c><00:21:58.539><c> the</c><00:21:58.700><c> heavens.</c><00:21:59.740><c> He</c>

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is<00:22:00.519><c> still</c><00:22:01.019><c> involved</c><00:22:01.539><c> in</c><00:22:01.740><c> their</c><00:22:02.140><c> continuance</c><00:22:03.039><c> for</c><00:22:03.359><c> he</c><00:22:03.740><c> utters</c>

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his<00:22:04.460><c> voice</c><00:22:04.980><c> under</c><00:22:05.519><c> in</c><00:22:06.200><c> the</c>

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storm<00:22:06.759><c> clouds</c><00:22:07.180><c> and</c><00:22:07.880><c> causes</c><00:22:08.240><c> evaporation</c><00:22:09.160><c> from</c><00:22:09.579><c> sea</c><00:22:09.940><c> and</c><00:22:10.200><c> lakes</c><00:22:10.480><c> as</c>

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part<00:22:11.000><c> of</c><00:22:11.220><c> the</c><00:22:11.400><c> water</c><00:22:11.660><c> cycle</c>

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as<00:22:12.799><c> Jeremiah</c><00:22:13.440><c> described</c><00:22:14.200><c> 2</c><00:22:14.740><c>,500</c><00:22:15.619><c> years</c><00:22:16.119><c> ago.</c><00:22:17.559><c> Though</c><00:22:17.720><c> the</c><00:22:18.019><c> water</c><00:22:18.319><c> cycle</c><00:22:18.700><c> was</c><00:22:18.960><c> only</c>

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discovered<00:22:19.819><c> by</c><00:22:20.140><c> man</c><00:22:20.420><c> in</c><00:22:20.799><c> comparatively</c><00:22:21.579><c> modern</c><00:22:22.059><c> times.</c><00:22:24.240><c> He</c>

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is<00:22:25.200><c> omniscient</c><00:22:26.339><c> and</c>

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omnipresent.<00:22:29.640><c> Viewing</c><00:22:30.119><c> creation</c><00:22:30.680><c> God's</c><00:22:31.539><c> existence</c><00:22:32.039><c> is</c><00:22:32.640><c> self</c>

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-evident.<00:22:34.839><c> On</c><00:22:35.059><c> the</c><00:22:35.220><c> other</c>

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hand<00:22:35.640><c> Psalm</c><00:22:36.019><c> 14</c><00:22:36.619><c> verse</c><00:22:36.940><c> 1</c><00:22:37.259><c> says</c><00:22:37.759><c> the</c><00:22:38.279><c> fool</c><00:22:38.640><c> has</c><00:22:38.900><c> said</c><00:22:39.140><c> in</c><00:22:39.339><c> his</c>

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heart<00:22:39.960><c> there</c><00:22:40.400><c> is</c><00:22:40.900><c> no</c><00:22:41.279><c> God.</c><00:22:43.079><c> Such</c>

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are<00:22:43.700><c> fools</c><00:22:44.039><c> because</c><00:22:44.480><c> where</c><00:22:44.819><c> there</c><00:22:45.039><c> is</c><00:22:45.279><c> no</c><00:22:45.519><c> God</c><00:22:45.819><c> every</c><00:22:46.359><c> man</c><00:22:46.599><c> does</c><00:22:46.779><c> that</c><00:22:47.079><c> which</c><00:22:47.240><c> is</c>

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right<00:22:47.720><c> in</c>

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his<00:22:48.160><c> own</c><00:22:48.400><c> eyes.</c><00:22:49.420><c> We</c><00:22:49.460><c> read</c><00:22:49.680><c> in</c><00:22:49.900><c> Judges</c><00:22:50.279><c> 21</c><00:22:50.799><c> verse</c><00:22:51.140><c> 25.</c><00:22:53.480><c> Inevitably</c><00:22:54.079><c> this</c><00:22:54.359><c> leads</c><00:22:54.680><c> to</c><00:22:55.119><c> moral</c>

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corruption<00:22:56.099><c> in</c><00:22:56.460><c> government</c><00:22:56.960><c> and</c><00:22:57.460><c> private</c><00:22:57.900><c> life</c><00:22:58.460><c> until</c><00:22:59.160><c> disease,</c><00:23:00.259><c> crime,</c><00:23:01.420><c> murder,</c><00:23:02.119><c> war,</c>

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drunkenness,<00:23:04.099><c> drug</c><00:23:04.200><c> abuse,</c><00:23:04.920><c> pornography,</c><00:23:06.279><c> sex</c><00:23:06.440><c> abuse,</c><00:23:07.220><c> etc.</c>

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gets<00:23:08.480><c> completely</c><00:23:09.559><c> out</c><00:23:10.019><c> of</c><00:23:10.200><c> hand</c>

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and<00:23:11.079><c> mankind's</c><00:23:12.200><c> lowest</c><00:23:12.599><c> nature</c><00:23:13.099><c> prevails</c><00:23:14.059><c> until</c><00:23:14.579><c> God</c><00:23:15.000><c> is</c><00:23:15.380><c> forced</c><00:23:15.740><c> to</c>

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send<00:23:16.460><c> his</c><00:23:16.859><c> judgment</c>

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to<00:23:17.940><c> protect</c><00:23:18.440><c> the</c><00:23:18.839><c> weak</c><00:23:19.180><c> and</c><00:23:19.859><c> innocent.</c><00:23:20.880><c> This</c><00:23:21.180><c> we</c><00:23:21.400><c> read</c><00:23:21.640><c> from</c><00:23:21.920><c> Romans</c><00:23:22.319><c> 1</c>

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verse<00:23:23.400><c> 24</c><00:23:24.119><c> to</c><00:23:24.380><c> 32.</c><00:23:26.059><c> This</c>

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whole<00:23:27.160><c> process</c><00:23:27.839><c> is</c><00:23:28.079><c> being</c><00:23:28.500><c> accelerated</c><00:23:29.400><c> in</c><00:23:29.700><c> our</c><00:23:30.019><c> world</c><00:23:30.420><c> by</c>

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atheists<00:23:32.019><c> who</c><00:23:32.440><c> won't</c><00:23:32.960><c> allow</c>

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God<00:23:33.759><c> or</c><00:23:34.220><c> his</c><00:23:34.519><c> standards</c><00:23:35.000><c> to</c><00:23:35.220><c> be</c><00:23:35.400><c> taught</c><00:23:35.599><c> in</c><00:23:35.900><c> schools.</c><00:23:37.519><c> Judgment</c><00:23:38.119><c> is</c><00:23:38.880><c> coming.</c><00:23:40.599><c> The</c><00:23:40.779><c> Hebrew</c>

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word<00:23:41.299><c> Elohim,</c><00:23:42.039><c> God,</c><00:23:42.640><c> found</c><00:23:42.960><c> in</c><00:23:43.200><c> the</c><00:23:43.339><c> Old</c><00:23:43.579><c> Testament</c><00:23:44.099><c> is</c><00:23:44.579><c> not</c><00:23:44.880><c> a</c>

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name.<00:23:46.119><c> It</c><00:23:46.259><c> is</c><00:23:46.559><c> a</c><00:23:46.720><c> title</c><00:23:46.960><c> or</c>

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status<00:23:47.619><c> that</c><00:23:47.880><c> means</c><00:23:48.380><c> mighty</c><00:23:48.880><c> ones.</c><00:23:50.220><c> The</c><00:23:50.460><c> fact</c><00:23:50.720><c> that</c><00:23:51.259><c> the</c><00:23:51.460><c> word</c>

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is<00:23:51.940><c> plural,</c><00:23:53.220><c> Eloher</c><00:23:53.579><c> is</c><00:23:53.920><c> the</c>

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singular<00:23:54.420><c> form,</c><00:23:55.700><c> begets</c><00:23:55.960><c> the</c><00:23:56.220><c> question</c><00:23:56.579><c> whether</c><00:23:56.859><c> the</c><00:23:57.099><c> word</c><00:23:57.279><c> might</c><00:23:57.660><c> refer</c><00:23:58.019><c> to</c><00:23:58.299><c> a</c>

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plural<00:23:58.880><c> God</c><00:23:59.220><c> or</c><00:23:59.500><c> to</c><00:23:59.759><c> the</c><00:23:59.940><c> angels.</c>

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The<00:24:01.920><c> Bible</c><00:24:02.220><c> is</c><00:24:02.519><c> emphatic</c><00:24:03.119><c> that</c><00:24:03.339><c> there</c><00:24:03.579><c> is</c><00:24:03.980><c> but</c><00:24:04.259><c> one</c><00:24:04.640><c> God</c><00:24:05.099><c> and</c>

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there<00:24:05.839><c> is</c><00:24:06.140><c> no</c><00:24:06.460><c> other</c><00:24:06.880><c> God</c><00:24:07.200><c> beside</c><00:24:07.759><c> him.</c>

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We<00:24:09.039><c> find</c><00:24:09.319><c> this</c><00:24:09.559><c> in</c><00:24:09.720><c> Isaiah</c><00:24:10.099><c> 45.</c><00:24:11.940><c> But</c><00:24:12.180><c> on</c><00:24:12.480><c> occasions</c><00:24:12.900><c> the</c><00:24:13.119><c> word</c>

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Elohim<00:24:13.920><c> does</c><00:24:14.440><c> refer</c><00:24:14.980><c> to</c><00:24:15.240><c> angels.</c><00:24:15.859><c> For</c>

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example<00:24:16.740><c> in</c><00:24:17.299><c> Psalm</c><00:24:17.480><c> 8</c><00:24:17.740><c> verse</c><00:24:18.019><c> 5</c><00:24:18.500><c> where</c><00:24:18.779><c> the</c><00:24:18.900><c> Hebrew</c><00:24:19.200><c> word</c><00:24:19.460><c> Elohim</c><00:24:19.940><c> in</c>

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the<00:24:20.319><c> King</c><00:24:20.559><c> James</c><00:24:20.920><c> version</c><00:24:21.319><c> of</c><00:24:24.079><c> the</c>

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Bible<00:24:24.079><c> says</c><00:24:24.339><c> angels.</c><00:24:27.380><c> That</c><00:24:27.799><c> this</c><00:24:28.440><c> translation</c><00:24:29.180><c> is</c><00:24:29.640><c> appropriate</c><00:24:30.259><c> in</c><00:24:30.539><c> this</c>

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psalm<00:24:31.559><c> is</c><00:24:32.000><c> confirmed</c><00:24:32.599><c> by</c><00:24:32.960><c> the</c>

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quotation<00:24:33.640><c> of</c><00:24:33.880><c> this</c><00:24:34.140><c> passage</c><00:24:34.539><c> in</c><00:24:34.759><c> Hebrews</c><00:24:35.119><c> chapter</c><00:24:35.480><c> 2</c><00:24:35.799><c> verse</c>

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7<00:24:36.460><c> in</c><00:24:36.839><c> the</c><00:24:37.019><c> New</c><00:24:37.259><c> Testament</c><00:24:37.900><c> where</c><00:24:38.779><c> the</c>

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Greek<00:24:39.319><c> word</c><00:24:39.759><c> is</c><00:24:40.140><c> Agios</c><00:24:40.740><c> meaning</c><00:24:41.599><c> messenger</c><00:24:42.279><c> or</c><00:24:43.339><c> angel.</c><00:24:44.839><c> Another</c><00:24:45.259><c> passage</c><00:24:45.779><c> of</c><00:24:46.119><c> the</c><00:24:46.259><c> same</c><00:24:46.500><c> nature</c><00:24:46.859><c> is</c>

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found<00:24:47.559><c> in</c>

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Psalm<00:24:48.099><c> 97</c><00:24:48.880><c> verse</c><00:24:49.200><c> 7</c><00:24:49.759><c> where</c><00:24:50.220><c> Elohim</c><00:24:50.819><c> translated</c><00:24:51.619><c> as</c><00:24:52.000><c> angels</c><00:24:52.359><c> in</c>

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the<00:24:52.859><c> Septuagint</c><00:24:53.579><c> Greek</c><00:24:53.900><c> version</c><00:24:54.440><c> is</c>

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quoted<00:24:55.720><c> the</c><00:24:56.039><c> same</c><00:24:56.339><c> way</c><00:24:57.000><c> in</c><00:24:57.400><c> Hebrews</c><00:24:57.799><c> 1</c><00:24:58.240><c> verse</c><00:24:58.700><c> 6.</c><00:25:00.640><c> A</c><00:25:00.779><c> third</c><00:25:01.220><c> passage</c><00:25:02.000><c> Psalm</c><00:25:02.599><c> 103</c>

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verse<00:25:03.900><c> 20</c><00:25:04.319><c> to</c><00:25:04.519><c> 21</c><00:25:05.200><c> also</c><00:25:06.400><c> has</c><00:25:06.839><c> the</c>

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Hebrew<00:25:07.400><c> word</c><00:25:07.700><c> Elohim</c><00:25:08.579><c> appropriately</c><00:25:09.539><c> translated</c><00:25:10.420><c> as</c><00:25:10.980><c> angels.</c><00:25:12.160><c> On</c><00:25:12.759><c> a</c>

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few<00:25:13.079><c> occasions</c><00:25:13.640><c> Elohim</c><00:25:14.259><c> refers</c><00:25:14.720><c> to</c>

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in<00:25:15.900><c> Israel.</c><00:25:17.460><c> For</c><00:25:17.759><c> example</c><00:25:18.259><c> in</c><00:25:18.440><c> Exodus</c><00:25:18.880><c> 31</c><00:25:19.519><c> verse</c><00:25:19.819><c> 1</c><00:25:20.519><c> and</c><00:25:21.079><c> in</c><00:25:21.339><c> Exodus</c><00:25:21.700><c> 32</c>

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verses<00:25:22.740><c> 8</c><00:25:23.059><c> and</c><00:25:23.259><c> 9.</c><00:25:25.160><c> In</c><00:25:25.339><c> Psalm</c><00:25:25.599><c> 82</c><00:25:26.119><c> verse</c><00:25:26.500><c> 1,</c>

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6<00:25:27.740><c> and</c><00:25:28.380><c> 7</c><00:25:29.440><c> Elohim</c><00:25:30.299><c> also</c><00:25:30.759><c> refers</c><00:25:31.200><c> to</c><00:25:31.420><c> the</c><00:25:31.799><c> elders</c><00:25:32.160><c> in</c><00:25:32.480><c> Israel</c><00:25:32.940><c> which</c><00:25:33.420><c> is</c>

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confirmed<00:25:34.220><c> by</c><00:25:34.539><c> Jesus</c><00:25:35.079><c> Christ</c><00:25:35.359><c> when</c><00:25:35.619><c> he</c>

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recites<00:25:36.940><c> it</c><00:25:37.480><c> in</c><00:25:37.839><c> John</c><00:25:38.220><c> 10</c><00:25:38.579><c> verse</c><00:25:38.900><c> 34</c><00:25:39.380><c> to</c><00:25:39.660><c> 36.</c><00:25:42.039><c> And</c><00:25:42.220><c> then</c><00:25:42.500><c> in</c><00:25:42.859><c> Psalm</c><00:25:43.200><c> 45</c>

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verse<00:25:44.160><c> 6</c><00:25:44.759><c> Elohim</c><00:25:45.220><c> refers</c><00:25:45.619><c> to</c><00:25:45.819><c> the</c><00:25:45.960><c> coming</c>

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Messiah<00:25:46.660><c> Jesus</c><00:25:47.099><c> Christ.</c><00:25:49.180><c> The</c><00:25:49.420><c> normal</c><00:25:49.759><c> word</c><00:25:50.019><c> for</c><00:25:50.319><c> angel</c><00:25:50.619><c> in</c><00:25:50.859><c> the</c><00:25:51.059><c> Hebrew</c><00:25:51.319><c> Old</c><00:25:51.599><c> Testament</c><00:25:52.019><c> is</c>

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malak<00:25:52.839><c> meaning</c>

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messenger.<00:25:55.319><c> Is</c><00:25:55.500><c> this</c><00:25:55.779><c> confusing?</c><00:25:57.819><c> Not</c><00:25:58.059><c> when</c><00:25:58.279><c> we</c><00:25:58.539><c> realize</c><00:25:58.960><c> that</c><00:25:59.180><c> the</c>

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word<00:25:59.559><c> Elohim</c><00:26:00.019><c> is</c><00:26:00.680><c> descriptive</c><00:26:01.579><c> referring</c><00:26:02.200><c> to</c>

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the<00:26:03.220><c> status</c><00:26:03.220><c> and</c><00:26:04.319><c> the</c><00:26:04.619><c> creator</c><00:26:05.099><c> has</c><00:26:05.559><c> the</c><00:26:05.900><c> highest</c><00:26:06.539><c> status</c><00:26:07.160><c> in</c>

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the<00:26:07.960><c> universe.</c><00:26:09.900><c> That</c><00:26:10.480><c> Elohim</c><00:26:10.859><c> in</c><00:26:11.059><c> the</c>

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opening<00:26:11.480><c> verse</c><00:26:11.759><c> of</c><00:26:11.960><c> the</c><00:26:12.119><c> Bible</c><00:26:12.339><c> refers</c><00:26:12.799><c> to</c><00:26:13.039><c> the</c><00:26:13.259><c> creator</c><00:26:13.559><c> alone</c><00:26:14.299><c> is</c>

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based<00:26:15.339><c> on</c><00:26:15.579><c> two</c><00:26:15.839><c> premises.</c><00:26:16.720><c> One</c><00:26:17.299><c> that</c><00:26:18.240><c> Elohim</c>

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is<00:26:19.039><c> by</c><00:26:19.380><c> far</c><00:26:19.740><c> the</c><00:26:19.960><c> most</c><00:26:20.240><c> frequently</c><00:26:20.779><c> used</c><00:26:21.160><c> title</c><00:26:21.519><c> for</c><00:26:21.819><c> God</c><00:26:22.259><c> used</c>

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over<00:26:23.559><c> 2</c><00:26:23.880><c>,000</c><00:26:24.220><c> times</c><00:26:24.640><c> in</c><00:26:24.859><c> the</c><00:26:25.019><c> Old</c><00:26:25.259><c> Testament.</c>

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And<00:26:27.440><c> two,</c><00:26:29.160><c> the</c><00:26:29.240><c> verb</c><00:26:29.759><c> barer</c><00:26:30.559><c> created</c><00:26:31.240><c> is</c><00:26:32.420><c> masculine</c><00:26:33.119><c> singular</c>

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and<00:26:35.160><c> this</c><00:26:35.539><c> verb</c><00:26:36.000><c> governs</c><00:26:36.700><c> the</c><00:26:36.859><c> noun</c><00:26:37.160><c> placed</c>

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before<00:26:38.019><c> it.</c><00:26:39.079><c> Therefore</c><00:26:39.480><c> some</c><00:26:39.819><c> have</c><00:26:40.079><c> suggested</c><00:26:40.619><c> that</c><00:26:40.900><c> the</c><00:26:41.099><c> phrase</c><00:26:41.319><c> should</c><00:26:41.599><c> be</c>

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rendered<00:26:42.059><c> as</c><00:26:42.500><c> in</c><00:26:43.000><c> the</c><00:26:43.200><c> beginning</c><00:26:43.519><c> God</c>

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he<00:26:44.900><c> created</c><00:26:45.579><c> to</c><00:26:46.700><c> indicate</c><00:26:47.240><c> that</c><00:26:47.480><c> it</c><00:26:47.680><c> is</c><00:26:47.920><c> the</c><00:26:48.180><c> one</c><00:26:48.480><c> God</c><00:26:48.759><c> referred</c><00:26:49.220><c> to</c><00:26:49.440><c> who</c>

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dwells<00:26:50.200><c> alone</c><00:26:50.640><c> until</c><00:26:51.359><c> the</c><00:26:51.740><c> angels</c><00:26:51.960><c> were</c>

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created.<00:26:53.599><c> He</c><00:26:54.119><c> and</c><00:26:54.480><c> only</c><00:26:55.079><c> he</c><00:26:55.720><c> creates</c><00:26:56.319><c> as</c><00:26:56.839><c> the</c><00:26:57.079><c> prophet</c><00:26:57.380><c> Isaiah</c>

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confirmed<00:26:58.660><c> when</c><00:26:59.160><c> he</c><00:26:59.480><c> said,</c>

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thus<00:27:01.220><c> saith</c><00:27:01.579><c> God</c><00:27:02.119><c> the</c><00:27:02.519><c> Lord,</c><00:27:03.619><c> he</c><00:27:03.799><c> that</c><00:27:03.980><c> created</c><00:27:04.420><c> the</c><00:27:04.680><c> heavens</c>

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and<00:27:05.460><c> stretched</c><00:27:05.700><c> them</c><00:27:05.980><c> out,</c><00:27:06.480><c> he</c><00:27:06.619><c> that</c><00:27:06.880><c> spread</c>

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forth<00:27:07.599><c> the</c><00:27:07.839><c> earth</c><00:27:08.039><c> and</c><00:27:08.240><c> that</c><00:27:08.519><c> which</c><00:27:08.779><c> cometh</c><00:27:09.119><c> out</c><00:27:09.519><c> of</c><00:27:09.640><c> it,</c><00:27:10.039><c> he</c>

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that<00:27:10.519><c> giveth</c><00:27:10.839><c> bread</c><00:27:11.380><c> unto</c><00:27:11.700><c> the</c><00:27:11.940><c> people</c><00:27:12.200><c> upon</c><00:27:12.480><c> it</c>

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and<00:27:13.319><c> spirit</c><00:27:13.779><c> to</c><00:27:14.019><c> them</c><00:27:14.359><c> that</c><00:27:14.680><c> walk</c><00:27:15.059><c> therein.</c><00:27:16.660><c> Isaiah</c><00:27:17.019><c> 42</c><00:27:17.579><c> verse</c>

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5<00:27:18.460><c> and</c><00:27:20.359><c> then</c><00:27:20.599><c> in</c><00:27:20.799><c> Isaiah</c><00:27:21.180><c> 45</c><00:27:21.940><c> verse</c><00:27:22.160><c> 5</c><00:27:22.619><c> verse</c><00:27:22.819><c> 12</c><00:27:23.160><c> and</c>

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verse<00:27:23.559><c> 18,</c><00:27:25.440><c> I</c><00:27:25.460><c> am</c><00:27:25.980><c> the</c><00:27:26.240><c> Lord</c><00:27:26.559><c> and</c><00:27:26.859><c> there</c><00:27:27.180><c> is</c><00:27:27.579><c> none</c><00:27:27.900><c> else.</c><00:27:28.519><c> There</c>

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is<00:27:29.140><c> no</c><00:27:29.539><c> God</c><00:27:30.000><c> beside</c><00:27:30.519><c> me.</c><00:27:30.960><c> I</c><00:27:31.380><c> have</c><00:27:31.579><c> made</c><00:27:31.859><c> the</c><00:27:32.119><c> earth</c>

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and<00:27:32.619><c> created</c><00:27:33.000><c> man</c><00:27:33.339><c> upon</c><00:27:33.640><c> it.</c><00:27:34.359><c> I</c><00:27:34.960><c> even</c><00:27:35.299><c> my</c><00:27:35.599><c> hands</c><00:27:36.019><c> have</c><00:27:36.359><c> stretched</c><00:27:36.640><c> out</c><00:27:36.960><c> the</c>

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heavens<00:27:37.480><c> and</c><00:27:38.099><c> all</c><00:27:38.460><c> their</c><00:27:38.740><c> host</c><00:27:39.019><c> have</c>

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I<00:27:39.539><c> commanded.</c><00:27:41.220><c> For</c><00:27:41.359><c> thus</c><00:27:41.779><c> saith</c><00:27:42.160><c> the</c><00:27:42.440><c> Lord</c><00:27:42.720><c> that</c><00:27:43.019><c> created</c><00:27:43.440><c> the</c>

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heavens,<00:27:44.359><c> God</c><00:27:44.680><c> himself</c><00:27:45.200><c> that</c><00:27:45.519><c> formed</c><00:27:45.799><c> the</c><00:27:46.059><c> earth</c>

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and<00:27:46.480><c> made</c><00:27:46.740><c> it.</c><00:27:47.180><c> He</c><00:27:47.539><c> hath</c><00:27:47.960><c> established</c><00:27:48.519><c> it.</c><00:27:49.059><c> He</c><00:27:49.440><c> created</c><00:27:49.819><c> it</c><00:27:50.099><c> not</c><00:27:50.319><c> in</c>

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vain.<00:27:51.160><c> He</c><00:27:51.559><c> formed</c><00:27:51.859><c> it</c><00:27:52.099><c> to</c><00:27:52.380><c> be</c><00:27:52.660><c> inhabited.</c>

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I<00:27:54.500><c> am</c><00:27:54.900><c> the</c><00:27:55.160><c> Lord</c><00:27:55.500><c> and</c><00:27:55.720><c> there</c><00:27:56.019><c> is</c><00:27:56.319><c> none</c><00:27:56.720><c> else.</c><00:27:59.079><c> What</c><00:27:59.440><c> we</c><00:27:59.940><c> thankfully</c><00:28:00.400><c> recognize</c><00:28:01.339><c> is</c><00:28:01.599><c> that</c><00:28:01.839><c> God,</c>

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because<00:28:03.519><c> he</c><00:28:03.740><c> is</c><00:28:04.279><c> the</c><00:28:04.519><c> creator</c><00:28:05.000><c> of</c><00:28:05.339><c> heaven</c><00:28:05.700><c> and</c><00:28:06.119><c> earth,</c><00:28:07.440><c> is</c><00:28:07.759><c> far</c>

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above<00:28:08.700><c> any</c><00:28:09.119><c> concept</c><00:28:09.619><c> of</c><00:28:09.900><c> a</c><00:28:10.079><c> local</c><00:28:10.440><c> or</c><00:28:10.720><c> national</c><00:28:11.400><c> God.</c>

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The<00:28:12.920><c> apostle</c><00:28:13.279><c> Paul</c><00:28:13.680><c> confirms</c><00:28:14.400><c> this</c><00:28:14.759><c> when</c><00:28:14.940><c> he</c><00:28:15.160><c> wrote,</c><00:28:16.059><c> is</c><00:28:16.160><c> he</c>

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the<00:28:16.660><c> God</c><00:28:16.880><c> of</c><00:28:17.099><c> the</c><00:28:17.259><c> Jews</c><00:28:17.460><c> only?</c><00:28:18.259><c> Is</c><00:28:18.400><c> he</c><00:28:18.559><c> not</c><00:28:18.819><c> also</c>

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of<00:28:19.319><c> the</c><00:28:19.460><c> Gentiles?</c><00:28:20.180><c> Yes,</c><00:28:20.539><c> of</c><00:28:20.799><c> the</c><00:28:21.019><c> Gentiles</c><00:28:21.480><c> also.</c><00:28:22.599><c> Seeing</c><00:28:22.880><c> it</c>

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is<00:28:23.380><c> one</c><00:28:23.720><c> God</c><00:28:24.079><c> which</c><00:28:24.400><c> shall</c><00:28:24.660><c> justify</c><00:28:25.339><c> the</c>

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circumcision<00:28:26.420><c> by</c><00:28:26.920><c> faith</c><00:28:27.420><c> and</c><00:28:28.519><c> uncircumcision</c><00:28:29.740><c> through</c><00:28:30.200><c> faith</c><00:28:30.839><c> from</c>

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Romans<00:28:31.779><c> 3</c><00:28:32.079><c> verse</c><00:28:32.359><c> 29</c><00:28:32.960><c> to</c><00:28:33.180><c> 30.</c>

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And<00:28:34.900><c> again,</c><00:28:36.099><c> God</c><00:28:36.500><c> that</c><00:28:36.720><c> made</c><00:28:37.119><c> the</c><00:28:37.400><c> world</c><00:28:37.680><c> and</c><00:28:37.880><c> all</c><00:28:38.099><c> things</c><00:28:38.380><c> therein,</c><00:28:39.559><c> seeing</c><00:28:39.900><c> that</c><00:28:40.119><c> he</c>

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is<00:28:40.599><c> Lord</c><00:28:41.039><c> of</c><00:28:41.339><c> heaven</c><00:28:41.759><c> and</c>

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earth,<00:28:43.539><c> dwelleth</c><00:28:43.779><c> not</c><00:28:44.079><c> in</c><00:28:44.359><c> temples</c><00:28:44.799><c> made</c><00:28:45.180><c> with</c><00:28:45.420><c> hands,</c><00:28:46.339><c> neither</c><00:28:46.619><c> is</c><00:28:46.920><c> worshiped</c><00:28:47.480><c> with</c><00:28:47.619><c> men's</c><00:28:48.119><c> hands,</c><00:28:48.599><c> as</c><00:28:48.759><c> though</c>

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he<00:28:49.279><c> needed</c><00:28:49.619><c> anything,</c><00:28:50.420><c> seeing</c><00:28:50.720><c> he</c><00:28:51.059><c> giveth</c><00:28:51.279><c> to</c><00:28:51.579><c> all</c><00:28:51.880><c> life</c><00:28:52.299><c> and</c>

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breath<00:28:52.819><c> and</c><00:28:53.059><c> all</c><00:28:53.259><c> things,</c><00:28:53.960><c> and</c><00:28:54.160><c> hath</c><00:28:54.299><c> made</c><00:28:54.640><c> of</c><00:28:54.859><c> one,</c>

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of<00:28:55.539><c> one</c><00:28:55.859><c> blood,</c><00:28:56.880><c> all</c><00:28:57.259><c> nations</c><00:28:57.859><c> of</c><00:28:58.099><c> man</c><00:28:58.460><c> for</c><00:28:58.759><c> to</c><00:28:58.920><c> dwell</c><00:28:59.099><c> on</c><00:28:59.339><c> the</c>

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face<00:28:59.740><c> of</c><00:29:00.000><c> the</c><00:29:00.200><c> earth.</c>

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Acts<00:29:02.099><c> 17</c><00:29:02.660><c> verse</c><00:29:02.960><c> 24</c><00:29:03.519><c> to</c><00:29:03.779><c> 26,</c><00:29:05.420><c> which</c><00:29:05.740><c> statement</c><00:29:06.460><c> to</c><00:29:06.940><c> a</c><00:29:07.160><c> believer</c>

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of<00:29:07.700><c> the</c><00:29:07.920><c> Bible</c><00:29:08.400><c> collapses</c><00:29:09.759><c> theistic</c>

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evolution<00:29:11.319><c> with</c><00:29:11.920><c> its</c><00:29:12.400><c> invented</c><00:29:13.200><c> hominids.</c><00:29:16.759><c> Jesus</c><00:29:17.240><c> Christ</c><00:29:17.720><c> used</c><00:29:18.019><c> the</c><00:29:18.339><c> phrase</c><00:29:18.819><c> Lord</c><00:29:19.819><c> of</c>

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heaven<00:29:20.619><c> and</c><00:29:21.099><c> earth</c>

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when<00:29:22.279><c> he</c><00:29:22.579><c> said,</c><00:29:23.799><c> I</c><00:29:23.880><c> thank</c><00:29:24.319><c> the</c><00:29:24.539><c> O</c><00:29:24.819><c> Father,</c><00:29:25.420><c> Lord</c><00:29:25.819><c> of</c><00:29:26.099><c> heaven</c><00:29:26.599><c> and</c><00:29:27.160><c> earth.</c><00:29:29.019><c> Luke</c><00:29:29.259><c> 10</c>

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verse<00:29:29.859><c> 21,</c><00:29:31.779><c> as</c><00:29:31.960><c> he</c><00:29:32.220><c> is</c><00:29:32.440><c> our</c><00:29:32.660><c> Lord,</c>

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we<00:29:34.119><c> have</c><00:29:34.380><c> a</c><00:29:34.539><c> continual</c><00:29:35.200><c> obligation</c><00:29:35.819><c> to</c><00:29:36.180><c> seek</c><00:29:36.359><c> out</c><00:29:36.579><c> his</c><00:29:36.799><c> will</c>

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and<00:29:38.140><c> to</c><00:29:38.460><c> do</c><00:29:38.619><c> it.</c><00:29:39.519><c> He</c><00:29:39.859><c> has</c><00:29:40.160><c> made</c><00:29:40.380><c> us,</c><00:29:40.700><c> he</c><00:29:40.940><c> is</c><00:29:41.140><c> our</c>

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master,<00:29:42.420><c> there</c><00:29:42.619><c> is</c><00:29:42.819><c> no</c><00:29:43.039><c> room</c><00:29:43.200><c> for</c><00:29:43.519><c> pride</c><00:29:43.839><c> on</c><00:29:44.119><c> our</c><00:29:44.420><c> part.</c><00:29:45.559><c> It</c><00:29:45.859><c> is</c>

00:29:46.119 --> 00:29:49.279
recorded<00:29:46.619><c> in</c><00:29:46.900><c> Genesis</c><00:29:47.359><c> 11</c><00:29:47.900><c> that</c><00:29:48.299><c> our</c><00:29:48.680><c> ancestors</c>

00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:53.480
decided<00:29:49.819><c> to</c><00:29:50.039><c> build</c><00:29:50.299><c> a</c><00:29:50.519><c> city</c><00:29:50.759><c> and</c><00:29:51.059><c> tower</c><00:29:51.319><c> to</c><00:29:51.680><c> make</c><00:29:51.980><c> us</c><00:29:52.700><c> a</c><00:29:52.960><c> name.</c>

00:29:53.740 --> 00:29:57.500
Genesis<00:29:54.140><c> 11</c><00:29:54.599><c> verse</c><00:29:54.880><c> 4.</c><00:29:56.299><c> The</c><00:29:56.420><c> confusion</c><00:29:57.160><c> that</c>

00:29:57.500 --> 00:30:01.279
followed<00:29:57.980><c> led</c><00:29:58.400><c> to</c><00:29:58.839><c> a</c><00:29:59.140><c> multiplication</c><00:29:59.740><c> of</c><00:30:00.160><c> languages</c><00:30:00.740><c> instead</c>

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of<00:30:01.519><c> one,</c><00:30:02.259><c> as</c><00:30:02.460><c> at</c><00:30:02.680><c> this</c><00:30:02.920><c> day.</c><00:30:04.079><c> God</c><00:30:04.339><c> is</c><00:30:04.579><c> supreme.</c>

00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:11.380
Our<00:30:06.599><c> duty</c><00:30:06.980><c> is</c><00:30:07.200><c> not</c><00:30:07.519><c> to</c><00:30:07.920><c> make</c><00:30:08.160><c> a</c><00:30:08.319><c> name</c><00:30:08.539><c> for</c><00:30:08.960><c> ourselves,</c><00:30:10.859><c> but</c><00:30:11.099><c> to</c>

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magnify<00:30:12.180><c> his</c><00:30:12.839><c> name.</c>

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Various<00:30:15.740><c> ideas</c><00:30:16.220><c> have</c><00:30:16.460><c> been</c><00:30:16.819><c> suggested</c><00:30:17.339><c> about</c><00:30:17.720><c> what</c><00:30:18.079><c> God's</c><00:30:18.660><c> form</c><00:30:18.880><c> is</c>

00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:21.420
like.<00:30:20.319><c> From</c><00:30:20.539><c> his</c><00:30:20.819><c> word,</c><00:30:21.200><c> however,</c>

00:30:21.500 --> 00:30:25.019
there<00:30:21.700><c> is</c><00:30:21.900><c> no</c><00:30:22.140><c> doubt</c><00:30:22.380><c> that</c><00:30:22.559><c> he</c><00:30:22.740><c> has</c><00:30:23.240><c> form</c><00:30:23.660><c> and</c><00:30:23.980><c> substance,</c><00:30:24.960><c> for</c>

00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:28.359
man<00:30:25.279><c> is</c><00:30:25.539><c> made</c><00:30:25.740><c> in</c><00:30:25.960><c> the</c><00:30:26.259><c> image</c><00:30:26.579><c> or</c><00:30:27.500><c> after</c><00:30:28.059><c> the</c>

00:30:28.359 --> 00:30:33.579
similitude<00:30:29.200><c> of</c><00:30:29.460><c> God.</c><00:30:30.200><c> Genesis</c><00:30:30.640><c> 1</c><00:30:31.019><c> verse</c><00:30:31.240><c> 6</c><00:30:31.559><c> and</c><00:30:31.700><c> James</c><00:30:32.019><c> 3</c><00:30:32.339><c> verse</c><00:30:32.579><c> 7.</c>

00:30:34.299 --> 00:30:40.539
He<00:30:34.539><c> that</c><00:30:34.880><c> planted</c><00:30:35.299><c> the</c><00:30:35.680><c> ear</c><00:30:36.039><c> shall</c><00:30:36.339><c> he</c><00:30:36.539><c> not</c>

00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:46.039
see,<00:30:41.019><c> we</c><00:30:41.220><c> read</c><00:30:41.720><c> in</c><00:30:41.980><c> Psalm</c><00:30:42.200><c> 94</c><00:30:43.140><c> verse</c><00:30:43.539><c> 9.</c><00:30:44.960><c> The</c><00:30:45.039><c> Lord</c><00:30:45.299><c> said,</c><00:30:46.039><c> ye</c>

00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:48.420
have<00:30:46.359><c> neither</c><00:30:46.660><c> heard</c><00:30:46.980><c> his</c><00:30:47.240><c> voice</c><00:30:47.460><c> at</c><00:30:47.720><c> any</c><00:30:47.960><c> time</c>

00:30:48.420 --> 00:30:52.619
nor<00:30:48.740><c> seen</c><00:30:49.019><c> his</c><00:30:49.339><c> shape.</c><00:30:50.799><c> And</c><00:30:51.000><c> ye</c><00:30:51.160><c> have</c><00:30:51.299><c> not</c><00:30:51.539><c> his</c><00:30:51.799><c> word</c><00:30:52.099><c> abiding</c>

00:30:52.619 --> 00:30:57.259
in<00:30:52.920><c> you,</c><00:30:53.900><c> John</c><00:30:54.160><c> 5</c><00:30:54.559><c> verse</c><00:30:54.839><c> 37,</c><00:30:56.460><c> implying</c><00:30:57.000><c> that</c>

00:30:57.259 --> 00:31:02.420
his<00:30:57.500><c> father</c><00:30:57.799><c> does</c><00:30:58.299><c> have</c><00:30:58.660><c> audible</c><00:30:59.099><c> voice</c><00:30:59.599><c> and</c><00:31:00.200><c> a</c><00:31:00.400><c> definite</c><00:31:00.759><c> form.</c><00:31:02.160><c> In</c>

00:31:02.420 --> 00:31:05.599
fact,<00:31:02.880><c> the</c><00:31:03.019><c> Lord</c><00:31:03.299><c> Jesus,</c><00:31:03.819><c> who</c><00:31:04.119><c> is</c><00:31:04.240><c> God's</c><00:31:04.779><c> son,</c>

00:31:05.619 --> 00:31:09.619
is<00:31:06.019><c> said</c><00:31:06.400><c> by</c><00:31:06.819><c> the</c><00:31:07.039><c> apostle</c><00:31:07.380><c> Paul</c><00:31:07.819><c> in</c><00:31:07.980><c> Hebrews</c><00:31:08.380><c> 1</c><00:31:08.779><c> verse</c><00:31:09.059><c> 3</c><00:31:09.420><c> to</c>

00:31:09.619 --> 00:31:12.700
be<00:31:10.579><c> the</c><00:31:10.799><c> brightness</c><00:31:11.440><c> of</c><00:31:11.880><c> his</c><00:31:12.160><c> glory</c>

00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:17.019
and<00:31:13.220><c> the</c><00:31:13.819><c> express</c><00:31:14.559><c> image</c><00:31:15.259><c> of</c><00:31:15.660><c> his</c><00:31:16.119><c> person.</c>

00:31:19.180 --> 00:31:24.579
Created.<00:31:20.900><c> Barak.</c><00:31:22.400><c> Philosophical</c><00:31:23.099><c> atheism</c><00:31:23.700><c> says</c><00:31:24.079><c> that</c><00:31:24.359><c> the</c>

00:31:24.579 --> 00:31:26.640
universe<00:31:24.960><c> began</c><00:31:25.279><c> out</c><00:31:25.539><c> of</c><00:31:25.740><c> nothing,</c>

00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:31.700
but<00:31:27.420><c> nothing</c><00:31:27.940><c> comes</c><00:31:28.619><c> from</c><00:31:28.960><c> nothing.</c><00:31:30.380><c> So</c><00:31:30.660><c> where</c><00:31:31.000><c> did</c><00:31:31.240><c> it</c><00:31:31.480><c> all</c>

00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:32.799
come<00:31:31.920><c> from?</c>

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:36.599
From<00:31:33.880><c> the</c><00:31:34.200><c> creator</c><00:31:34.519><c> himself.</c><00:31:35.400><c> What</c><00:31:35.500><c> other</c><00:31:35.740><c> answer</c><00:31:36.059><c> can</c><00:31:36.400><c> there</c>

00:31:36.599 --> 00:31:40.759
be?<00:31:38.359><c> Thou,</c><00:31:38.700><c> even</c><00:31:38.940><c> thou</c><00:31:39.400><c> art</c><00:31:39.839><c> Lord</c><00:31:40.180><c> alone.</c>

00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:44.220
Thou<00:31:41.319><c> hast</c><00:31:41.599><c> made</c><00:31:41.859><c> heaven</c><00:31:42.279><c> the</c><00:31:42.519><c> heaven</c><00:31:42.779><c> of</c><00:31:43.039><c> heavens</c><00:31:43.359><c> with</c><00:31:43.859><c> all</c>

00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:46.480
their<00:31:44.480><c> hosts</c><00:31:44.859><c> to</c><00:31:45.059><c> the</c><00:31:45.299><c> earth</c><00:31:45.480><c> and</c><00:31:45.680><c> all</c><00:31:45.940><c> things</c><00:31:46.240><c> that</c>

00:31:46.480 --> 00:31:51.039
are<00:31:46.759><c> therein,</c><00:31:47.559><c> and</c><00:31:47.740><c> thou</c><00:31:48.119><c> preservest</c><00:31:48.759><c> them</c><00:31:49.019><c> all.</c><00:31:50.200><c> And</c><00:31:50.400><c> the</c><00:31:50.579><c> host</c><00:31:50.799><c> of</c>

00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:55.779
heaven,<00:31:51.539><c> the</c><00:31:51.740><c> angels,</c><00:31:52.940><c> worship</c><00:31:53.279><c> thee.</c><00:31:54.759><c> Near</c><00:31:54.960><c> my</c>

00:31:58.279 --> 00:32:03.259
It<00:31:58.920><c> has</c><00:31:59.519><c> already</c><00:31:59.900><c> been</c><00:32:00.220><c> noted</c><00:32:00.519><c> that</c><00:32:00.799><c> the</c><00:32:00.880><c> verb</c><00:32:01.359><c> barak,</c><00:32:02.400><c> created,</c><00:32:02.880><c> is</c>

00:32:03.259 --> 00:32:05.059
masculine<00:32:03.980><c> singular.</c>

00:32:06.079 --> 00:32:10.119
We<00:32:06.240><c> might</c><00:32:06.519><c> also</c><00:32:06.900><c> add</c><00:32:07.279><c> that</c><00:32:07.480><c> it</c><00:32:07.660><c> is</c><00:32:07.920><c> somewhat</c><00:32:08.180><c> surprising</c><00:32:09.079><c> that</c>

00:32:10.119 --> 00:32:12.759
the<00:32:10.460><c> verb</c><00:32:10.660><c> is</c><00:32:10.900><c> not</c><00:32:11.220><c> used</c><00:32:11.539><c> again</c><00:32:11.839><c> in</c><00:32:12.099><c> the</c><00:32:12.299><c> creation</c>

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:20.720
week<00:32:13.140><c> until</c><00:32:13.880><c> the</c><00:32:14.160><c> fifth</c><00:32:14.539><c> and</c><00:32:14.960><c> sixth</c><00:32:15.599><c> days.</c><00:32:17.140><c> In</c><00:32:17.460><c> the</c><00:32:17.640><c> Bible,</c><00:32:18.140><c> the</c><00:32:18.160><c> Hebrew</c><00:32:18.380><c> word</c><00:32:18.519><c> barak,</c><00:32:19.079><c> create,</c><00:32:20.519><c> is</c>

00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:22.339
only<00:32:21.339><c> ever</c><00:32:21.900><c> used</c>

00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:28.940
of<00:32:22.460><c> God's</c><00:32:23.259><c> creative</c><00:32:23.519><c> acts.</c><00:32:25.180><c> He</c><00:32:25.460><c> alone</c><00:32:25.900><c> creates,</c><00:32:26.880><c> man</c><00:32:27.000><c> does</c><00:32:27.279><c> not.</c><00:32:28.759><c> We</c>

00:32:28.940 --> 00:32:31.039
will<00:32:29.200><c> consider</c><00:32:29.619><c> more</c><00:32:30.019><c> fully</c><00:32:30.299><c> how</c><00:32:30.680><c> barak</c>

00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:34.559
is<00:32:31.319><c> used</c><00:32:31.619><c> in</c><00:32:31.839><c> the</c><00:32:32.019><c> Bible</c><00:32:32.319><c> when</c><00:32:33.079><c> discussing</c><00:32:33.700><c> the</c><00:32:34.039><c> fourth</c><00:32:34.259><c> day</c>

00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:37.180
of<00:32:34.819><c> creation,</c><00:32:35.619><c> but</c><00:32:35.779><c> we'll</c><00:32:36.079><c> mention</c><00:32:36.359><c> here</c><00:32:36.759><c> one</c>

00:32:37.180 --> 00:32:42.059
instance<00:32:37.799><c> from</c><00:32:38.160><c> the</c><00:32:38.400><c> prophet</c><00:32:38.759><c> Isaiah,</c><00:32:39.720><c> from</c><00:32:39.960><c> Isaiah</c><00:32:40.380><c> 65</c><00:32:41.059><c> verses</c><00:32:41.480><c> 17</c>

00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:45.799
and<00:32:42.279><c> 18.</c><00:32:44.339><c> Here</c><00:32:44.559><c> God</c><00:32:44.819><c> says,</c>

00:32:46.009 --> 00:32:50.740
For<00:32:46.380><c> behold,</c><00:32:47.180><c> I</c><00:32:47.240><c> create</c><00:32:47.680><c> new</c><00:32:48.059><c> heavens</c><00:32:48.500><c> and</c><00:32:48.960><c> a</c><00:32:49.240><c> new</c><00:32:49.500><c> earth,</c><00:32:50.599><c> and</c>

00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:53.319
the<00:32:50.940><c> former</c><00:32:51.160><c> shall</c><00:32:51.420><c> not</c><00:32:51.740><c> come</c><00:32:51.960><c> into</c><00:32:52.240><c> mind.</c>

00:32:53.740 --> 00:33:00.339
But<00:32:54.099><c> be</c><00:32:54.299><c> ye</c><00:32:54.519><c> glad</c><00:32:54.799><c> and</c><00:32:55.059><c> rejoice</c><00:32:55.599><c> forever</c><00:32:56.160><c> in</c><00:32:56.480><c> that</c><00:32:56.720><c> which</c><00:32:56.920><c> I</c><00:32:57.339><c> create.</c><00:32:58.900><c> For</c><00:32:59.099><c> behold,</c><00:32:59.720><c> I</c><00:32:59.900><c> create</c>

00:33:00.339 --> 00:33:07.220
Jerusalem<00:33:01.099><c> a</c><00:33:01.460><c> rejoicing</c><00:33:02.160><c> and</c><00:33:02.920><c> her</c><00:33:03.279><c> people</c><00:33:03.900><c> a</c><00:33:04.519><c> joy.</c><00:33:05.619><c> Obviously,</c><00:33:06.559><c> here</c><00:33:06.819><c> God</c>

00:33:07.220 --> 00:33:09.059
promises<00:33:07.920><c> that</c><00:33:08.599><c> a</c><00:33:08.799><c> most</c>

00:33:09.059 --> 00:33:12.619
significant<00:33:09.779><c> change</c><00:33:10.359><c> is</c><00:33:10.640><c> to</c><00:33:10.779><c> be</c><00:33:10.980><c> brought</c><00:33:11.160><c> about</c><00:33:11.500><c> on</c><00:33:11.799><c> earth.</c>

00:33:13.259 --> 00:33:15.880
Though<00:33:13.480><c> this</c><00:33:13.700><c> has</c><00:33:14.000><c> not</c><00:33:14.220><c> happened</c><00:33:14.619><c> yet,</c>

00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:22.019
God<00:33:16.440><c> promises</c><00:33:17.000><c> that</c><00:33:17.339><c> he</c><00:33:17.519><c> will</c><00:33:17.940><c> continue</c><00:33:18.539><c> the</c><00:33:18.799><c> work</c><00:33:18.980><c> of</c><00:33:19.319><c> creation</c><00:33:19.740><c> to</c><00:33:20.279><c> bring</c><00:33:20.519><c> about</c><00:33:20.980><c> glory</c><00:33:21.779><c> to</c>

00:33:22.019 --> 00:33:22.640
God<00:33:22.279><c> in</c><00:33:22.500><c> the</c>

00:33:22.640 --> 00:33:27.859
highest<00:33:23.099><c> and</c><00:33:23.599><c> on</c><00:33:23.759><c> earth</c><00:33:24.140><c> peace,</c><00:33:25.160><c> goodwill</c><00:33:25.680><c> toward</c><00:33:26.099><c> men,</c><00:33:27.400><c> as</c>

00:33:27.859 --> 00:33:31.799
said,<00:33:28.619><c> possibly</c><00:33:29.099><c> sung,</c><00:33:30.319><c> by</c><00:33:30.559><c> the</c><00:33:30.839><c> angels</c><00:33:31.200><c> at</c><00:33:31.460><c> the</c><00:33:31.599><c> birth</c>

00:33:31.799 --> 00:33:37.700
of<00:33:31.859><c> Jesus,</c><00:33:32.720><c> recorded</c><00:33:33.319><c> in</c><00:33:33.519><c> Luke</c><00:33:33.740><c> 2</c><00:33:34.039><c> verse</c><00:33:34.420><c> 14.</c><00:33:36.599><c> That</c><00:33:37.019><c> the</c><00:33:37.380><c> Lord</c>

00:33:37.700 --> 00:33:40.539
Jesus<00:33:38.319><c> Christ</c><00:33:38.720><c> believed</c><00:33:39.140><c> in</c><00:33:39.480><c> creation</c><00:33:39.880><c> is</c><00:33:40.259><c> certain,</c>

00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:44.920
for<00:33:40.839><c> he</c><00:33:41.160><c> said,</c><00:33:42.440><c> from</c><00:33:42.859><c> the</c><00:33:43.240><c> beginning</c><00:33:43.559><c> of</c><00:33:43.859><c> the</c><00:33:44.079><c> creation</c><00:33:44.559><c> which</c>

00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:50.339
God<00:33:45.420><c> created</c><00:33:46.000><c> unto</c><00:33:46.339><c> this</c><00:33:46.779><c> time,</c><00:33:47.900><c> Mark</c><00:33:48.200><c> 13</c><00:33:48.720><c> verse</c><00:33:49.019><c> 19.</c>

00:33:51.819 --> 00:33:57.599
The<00:33:52.099><c> heaven</c><00:33:52.519><c> and</c><00:33:53.099><c> the</c><00:33:53.700><c> earth.</c><00:33:56.059><c> The</c><00:33:56.319><c> heaven</c><00:33:56.500><c> is</c><00:33:56.779><c> a</c><00:33:56.980><c> translation</c>

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of<00:33:57.880><c> the</c><00:33:58.200><c> plural</c><00:33:58.640><c> Hebrew</c><00:33:59.240><c> word</c>

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hashmeim,<00:34:01.359><c> the</c><00:34:01.599><c> heavens.</c><00:34:03.299><c> In</c><00:34:03.460><c> this</c><00:34:03.779><c> place</c><00:34:03.980><c> the</c><00:34:04.160><c> word</c><00:34:04.380><c> refers</c>

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to<00:34:04.940><c> the</c><00:34:05.160><c> universe</c><00:34:05.680><c> of</c><00:34:06.200><c> which</c><00:34:06.400><c> the</c><00:34:06.640><c> earth</c><00:34:06.759><c> is</c>

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a<00:34:07.119><c> very</c><00:34:07.440><c> tiny</c><00:34:07.759><c> part.</c><00:34:09.340><c> God's</c><00:34:09.880><c> intention</c><00:34:10.340><c> seems</c><00:34:10.739><c> to</c><00:34:10.940><c> be</c><00:34:11.119><c> to</c><00:34:11.340><c> focus</c><00:34:11.679><c> our</c>

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interest<00:34:12.360><c> on</c><00:34:12.659><c> the</c><00:34:12.860><c> earth</c><00:34:13.119><c> and</c><00:34:13.800><c> all</c><00:34:14.119><c> things</c>

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related<00:34:15.119><c> to</c><00:34:15.400><c> it.</c><00:34:16.239><c> It</c><00:34:16.539><c> follows</c><00:34:16.820><c> that</c><00:34:17.099><c> the</c><00:34:17.320><c> earth</c><00:34:17.480><c> being</c><00:34:17.760><c> mentioned</c><00:34:18.179><c> separately</c><00:34:18.880><c> must</c><00:34:19.840><c> be</c><00:34:20.179><c> part</c><00:34:20.519><c> of</c><00:34:20.880><c> a</c><00:34:21.039><c> larger</c>

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purpose.<00:34:22.960><c> We</c><00:34:23.300><c> know</c><00:34:23.659><c> today</c><00:34:24.079><c> that</c><00:34:24.340><c> this</c><00:34:24.679><c> earth</c><00:34:24.960><c> is</c><00:34:25.559><c> unique.</c><00:34:26.940><c> It</c>

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is<00:34:27.420><c> specially</c><00:34:27.840><c> situated</c><00:34:28.519><c> in</c><00:34:28.820><c> the</c><00:34:29.059><c> solar</c><00:34:29.440><c> system</c>

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with<00:34:30.340><c> both</c><00:34:30.679><c> sun</c><00:34:31.000><c> and</c><00:34:31.199><c> moon</c><00:34:31.480><c> of</c><00:34:31.739><c> the</c><00:34:31.980><c> right</c><00:34:32.300><c> size</c><00:34:32.800><c> and</c><00:34:33.079><c> distance</c>

00:34:33.500 --> 00:34:36.360
from<00:34:33.820><c> the</c><00:34:34.059><c> earth</c><00:34:34.300><c> for</c><00:34:34.920><c> life</c><00:34:35.400><c> to</c><00:34:35.800><c> exist</c><00:34:36.059><c> upon</c>

00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:43.059
it.<00:34:37.280><c> Earth</c><00:34:37.579><c> is</c><00:34:37.820><c> also</c><00:34:38.239><c> protected</c><00:34:38.840><c> by</c><00:34:39.139><c> the</c><00:34:39.320><c> massive</c><00:34:39.820><c> planet</c><00:34:40.360><c> Jupiter</c><00:34:40.900><c> placed</c><00:34:41.820><c> well</c><00:34:42.179><c> outside</c><00:34:42.760><c> the</c>

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earth's<00:34:43.599><c> orbit,</c>

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whose<00:34:44.780><c> magnetic</c><00:34:45.619><c> field,</c><00:34:46.380><c> 20</c><00:34:46.880><c> times</c><00:34:47.440><c> stronger</c><00:34:47.940><c> than</c><00:34:48.159><c> earth's,</c>

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attracts<00:34:49.639><c> asteroids</c><00:34:50.500><c> and</c><00:34:50.900><c> meteorites</c>

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that<00:34:52.179><c> otherwise</c><00:34:52.719><c> might</c><00:34:53.059><c> hit</c><00:34:53.380><c> the</c><00:34:53.699><c> earth</c><00:34:53.900><c> causing</c><00:34:54.380><c> massive</c><00:34:55.039><c> damage.</c><00:34:56.659><c> Not</c><00:34:56.900><c> only</c><00:34:57.219><c> the</c><00:34:57.460><c> heavens</c><00:34:57.739><c> but</c><00:34:58.059><c> the</c><00:34:58.300><c> earth</c><00:34:58.500><c> in</c>

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particular<00:34:59.719><c> reveals</c><00:35:00.960><c> the</c><00:35:01.300><c> fruits</c><00:35:01.519><c> of</c><00:35:01.900><c> intelligent</c><00:35:02.579><c> design.</c>

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Considerable<00:35:06.079><c> money</c><00:35:06.440><c> and</c><00:35:06.739><c> effort</c><00:35:06.960><c> has</c><00:35:07.239><c> been</c>

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spent<00:35:07.940><c> in</c><00:35:08.239><c> an</c><00:35:08.539><c> attempt</c><00:35:08.780><c> to</c><00:35:09.079><c> answer</c><00:35:09.360><c> the</c><00:35:09.599><c> question,</c><00:35:10.679><c> is</c><00:35:10.920><c> there</c>

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intelligent<00:35:12.019><c> life</c><00:35:12.380><c> outside</c><00:35:12.900><c> our</c><00:35:13.219><c> earth?</c>

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Certainly<00:35:15.679><c> there</c><00:35:16.059><c> is.</c><00:35:17.579><c> There</c><00:35:17.900><c> is</c><00:35:18.179><c> the</c><00:35:18.380><c> creator</c><00:35:18.820><c> and</c><00:35:19.219><c> his</c><00:35:19.500><c> angels,</c><00:35:19.840><c> his</c><00:35:20.179><c> messengers.</c>

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But<00:35:22.179><c> is</c><00:35:22.380><c> there</c><00:35:22.579><c> any</c><00:35:22.980><c> other</c><00:35:23.300><c> life</c><00:35:23.579><c> as</c><00:35:23.900><c> we</c><00:35:24.139><c> know</c><00:35:24.360><c> it?</c><00:35:25.840><c> There</c><00:35:26.039><c> can</c>

00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:28.619
be<00:35:26.480><c> no</c><00:35:26.719><c> answer</c><00:35:27.059><c> to</c><00:35:27.320><c> this</c><00:35:27.599><c> question.</c>

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It<00:35:28.840><c> is</c><00:35:29.079><c> a</c><00:35:29.280><c> blind</c><00:35:29.659><c> alley</c><00:35:30.099><c> leading</c><00:35:30.599><c> nowhere.</c><00:35:31.820><c> We,</c><00:35:32.880><c> and</c><00:35:33.079><c> therefore</c><00:35:33.420><c> the</c><00:35:33.659><c> Bible,</c><00:35:34.039><c> which</c><00:35:34.280><c> is</c><00:35:34.480><c> God's</c>

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message<00:35:35.579><c> to</c><00:35:35.780><c> mankind</c><00:35:36.139><c> about</c><00:35:36.559><c> our</c><00:35:37.059><c> future,</c><00:35:38.559><c> can</c><00:35:38.739><c> only</c><00:35:39.119><c> be</c><00:35:39.400><c> concerned</c><00:35:39.880><c> with</c>

00:35:40.119 --> 00:35:42.260
the<00:35:40.360><c> affairs</c><00:35:40.699><c> of</c><00:35:40.940><c> this</c><00:35:41.260><c> planet.</c>

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Whether<00:35:43.380><c> subsequent</c><00:35:44.019><c> to</c><00:35:44.179><c> God</c><00:35:44.460><c> fulfilling</c><00:35:44.900><c> his</c><00:35:45.219><c> purpose</c><00:35:45.619><c> with</c>

00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:48.099
this<00:35:46.219><c> earth,</c><00:35:46.880><c> there</c><00:35:46.960><c> will</c><00:35:47.320><c> be</c><00:35:47.579><c> involvement</c>

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somewhere<00:35:48.579><c> else</c><00:35:48.900><c> in</c><00:35:49.079><c> the</c><00:35:49.199><c> universe</c><00:35:49.639><c> we</c><00:35:50.320><c> do</c><00:35:50.719><c> not</c><00:35:51.059><c> know.</c><00:35:52.320><c> Nor</c><00:35:52.679><c> do</c>

00:35:52.940 --> 00:35:56.820
we<00:35:53.119><c> need</c><00:35:53.519><c> to</c><00:35:53.880><c> know.</c><00:35:55.280><c> The</c><00:35:55.599><c> time</c><00:35:55.900><c> for</c><00:35:56.139><c> new</c><00:35:56.380><c> secrets</c>

00:35:56.820 --> 00:36:00.099
to<00:35:57.059><c> be</c><00:35:57.300><c> revealed</c><00:35:57.719><c> is</c><00:35:57.940><c> when</c><00:35:58.159><c> God's</c><00:35:58.699><c> purpose</c><00:35:59.079><c> with</c><00:35:59.400><c> this</c><00:35:59.679><c> earth</c>

00:36:00.099 --> 00:36:03.619
has<00:36:00.719><c> been</c><00:36:01.179><c> played</c><00:36:01.460><c> out</c><00:36:01.900><c> to</c><00:36:02.179><c> its</c><00:36:02.480><c> fulfillment.</c>

00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:10.079
The<00:36:05.400><c> word</c><00:36:05.719><c> heaven</c><00:36:06.039><c> means</c><00:36:06.639><c> lifted</c><00:36:07.039><c> up,</c><00:36:07.619><c> elevated.</c><00:36:09.260><c> That</c><00:36:09.420><c> is</c><00:36:09.619><c> why</c><00:36:09.840><c> we</c>

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say<00:36:10.539><c> heave</c><00:36:11.619><c> when</c><00:36:12.139><c> we</c><00:36:12.360><c> lift</c><00:36:12.519><c> something</c><00:36:12.920><c> heavy.</c>

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The<00:36:14.340><c> word</c><00:36:14.559><c> is</c><00:36:14.719><c> used</c><00:36:15.039><c> in</c><00:36:15.300><c> a</c><00:36:15.360><c> variety</c><00:36:15.960><c> of</c><00:36:16.340><c> applications</c><00:36:16.860><c> in</c><00:36:17.199><c> scripture.</c><00:36:18.539><c> Most</c>

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significantly,<00:36:20.320><c> heaven</c><00:36:20.619><c> is</c><00:36:20.900><c> used</c><00:36:21.119><c> in</c>

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relation<00:36:21.800><c> to</c><00:36:22.119><c> spiritual</c><00:36:22.760><c> matters,</c><00:36:23.860><c> while</c><00:36:24.099><c> earth</c><00:36:24.380><c> represents</c>

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things<00:36:25.519><c> of</c><00:36:25.800><c> the</c><00:36:26.000><c> earth,</c><00:36:26.619><c> earthy.</c><00:36:28.099><c> Once</c>

00:36:28.500 --> 00:36:33.159
this<00:36:28.880><c> concept</c><00:36:29.500><c> is</c><00:36:29.980><c> grasped,</c><00:36:30.980><c> it</c><00:36:31.099><c> becomes</c><00:36:31.460><c> easier</c><00:36:31.920><c> to</c><00:36:32.199><c> understand</c><00:36:32.699><c> heaven</c>

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as<00:36:33.559><c> being</c><00:36:33.900><c> God's</c><00:36:34.599><c> dwelling</c><00:36:34.840><c> place</c>

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with<00:36:35.980><c> his</c><00:36:36.179><c> son</c><00:36:36.460><c> Jesus</c><00:36:37.000><c> Christ</c><00:36:37.360><c> at</c><00:36:37.599><c> his</c><00:36:37.780><c> right</c><00:36:38.159><c> hand.</c><00:36:39.440><c> It</c><00:36:39.639><c> is</c><00:36:40.000><c> their</c><00:36:40.360><c> intention</c><00:36:40.940><c> to</c>

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finally<00:36:41.599><c> combine</c><00:36:42.159><c> these</c><00:36:42.559><c> two</c>

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aspects<00:36:43.380><c> of</c><00:36:43.940><c> heaven</c><00:36:44.380><c> and</c><00:36:44.679><c> earth</c><00:36:45.019><c> into</c><00:36:45.480><c> one,</c><00:36:46.460><c> as</c><00:36:46.760><c> explained</c><00:36:47.320><c> by</c>

00:36:47.800 --> 00:36:50.119
the<00:36:48.000><c> apostle</c><00:36:48.320><c> Paul</c><00:36:48.719><c> when</c><00:36:48.920><c> he</c><00:36:49.199><c> writes,</c>

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that<00:36:50.340><c> in</c><00:36:50.599><c> the</c><00:36:50.920><c> dispensation</c><00:36:51.619><c> of</c><00:36:51.880><c> the</c><00:36:52.199><c> fullness</c><00:36:52.539><c> of</c><00:36:52.880><c> times,</c><00:36:53.880><c> he</c>

00:36:54.039 --> 00:36:57.059
might<00:36:54.260><c> gather</c><00:36:54.659><c> together</c><00:36:55.099><c> in</c><00:36:55.320><c> one</c><00:36:55.519><c> all</c><00:36:56.119><c> things</c><00:36:56.599><c> in</c>

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Christ,<00:36:58.019><c> both</c><00:36:58.320><c> which</c><00:36:58.679><c> are</c><00:36:58.820><c> in</c><00:36:59.059><c> heaven</c><00:36:59.480><c> and</c><00:36:59.860><c> which</c><00:37:00.239><c> are</c><00:37:00.579><c> on</c><00:37:01.019><c> earth,</c><00:37:02.019><c> even</c><00:37:02.480><c> in</c>

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him.<00:37:03.920><c> Ephesians</c><00:37:04.360><c> 1</c><00:37:04.619><c> verse</c><00:37:04.900><c> 10.</c>

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The<00:37:06.559><c> path</c><00:37:07.000><c> to</c><00:37:07.280><c> this</c><00:37:07.460><c> ultimate</c><00:37:07.960><c> result</c><00:37:08.420><c> is</c><00:37:08.659><c> through</c><00:37:08.900><c> Jesus</c><00:37:09.420><c> Christ,</c><00:37:10.320><c> who</c>

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was<00:37:10.699><c> born</c><00:37:10.980><c> by</c><00:37:11.300><c> God's</c><00:37:11.940><c> spirit</c><00:37:12.199><c> power</c><00:37:12.480><c> from</c>

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heaven<00:37:13.039><c> acting</c><00:37:13.639><c> on</c><00:37:14.019><c> Mary's</c><00:37:14.559><c> womb</c><00:37:14.820><c> to</c><00:37:15.219><c> produce</c><00:37:15.820><c> God's</c><00:37:16.519><c> son</c><00:37:16.760><c> by</c>

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a<00:37:17.699><c> natural</c><00:37:18.480><c> birth.</c><00:37:20.920><c> In</c><00:37:21.260><c> Hebrews</c><00:37:21.599><c> 1</c><00:37:22.019><c> verse</c><00:37:22.420><c> 10,</c>

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the<00:37:23.059><c> apostle</c><00:37:23.440><c> Paul</c><00:37:23.739><c> cites</c><00:37:24.079><c> an</c><00:37:24.340><c> Old</c><00:37:24.679><c> Testament</c><00:37:25.239><c> prophecy</c><00:37:25.900><c> from</c>

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Psalm<00:37:27.000><c> 102</c><00:37:28.000><c> verses</c><00:37:28.539><c> 25</c><00:37:29.420><c> to</c><00:37:29.940><c> 27.</c>

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In<00:37:58.940><c> this</c><00:37:59.679><c> passage,</c><00:38:00.380><c> though</c><00:38:00.619><c> based</c><00:38:01.019><c> on</c><00:38:01.340><c> creation</c><00:38:01.860><c> as</c><00:38:02.280><c> so</c><00:38:02.539><c> much</c>

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of<00:38:02.880><c> the</c><00:38:03.019><c> Bible</c><00:38:03.280><c> is,</c>

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the<00:38:05.000><c> earth</c><00:38:05.340><c> and</c><00:38:05.559><c> heavens</c><00:38:05.880><c> here</c><00:38:06.340><c> represent</c><00:38:07.039><c> the</c><00:38:07.320><c> kingdom</c><00:38:07.679><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:38:08.400><c> as</c><00:38:08.940><c> it</c><00:38:09.199><c> was</c><00:38:09.400><c> under</c><00:38:09.780><c> divine</c><00:38:10.199><c> law</c><00:38:10.539><c> given</c><00:38:10.860><c> through</c>

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Moses.<00:38:12.099><c> Just</c><00:38:12.260><c> see</c><00:38:12.760><c> Isaiah</c><00:38:13.219><c> chapter</c><00:38:13.639><c> 1</c><00:38:13.940><c> verse</c><00:38:14.179><c> 1</c><00:38:14.480><c> and</c><00:38:14.739><c> 2.</c><00:38:16.260><c> As</c><00:38:16.519><c> elsewhere</c><00:38:17.000><c> in</c>

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Bible<00:38:17.719><c> prophecy,</c><00:38:18.699><c> heaven</c><00:38:19.099><c> represents</c>

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the<00:38:20.199><c> rulers</c><00:38:20.760><c> and</c><00:38:21.280><c> earth</c><00:38:21.860><c> the</c><00:38:22.260><c> ruled.</c><00:38:23.519><c> Paul</c><00:38:23.920><c> confirms</c><00:38:24.500><c> that</c>

00:38:24.780 --> 00:38:27.599
this<00:38:25.059><c> Old</c><00:38:25.340><c> Testament</c><00:38:25.960><c> prophecy</c><00:38:26.440><c> taught</c><00:38:26.860><c> that</c>

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the<00:38:27.860><c> mosaic</c><00:38:28.400><c> system</c><00:38:28.840><c> of</c><00:38:29.139><c> law</c><00:38:29.340><c> to</c><00:38:29.559><c> Israel</c><00:38:30.000><c> was</c><00:38:30.420><c> to</c><00:38:30.800><c> pass</c><00:38:31.260><c> when</c>

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:36.860
Jesus<00:38:32.519><c> Christ,</c><00:38:33.519><c> Israel's</c><00:38:34.159><c> Messiah,</c><00:38:35.400><c> first</c><00:38:35.760><c> appeared,</c>

00:38:36.980 --> 00:38:41.780
as<00:38:37.340><c> indeed</c><00:38:37.739><c> it</c><00:38:37.960><c> has.</c><00:38:39.599><c> The</c><00:38:39.860><c> faithful</c><00:38:40.159><c> are</c><00:38:40.480><c> now</c><00:38:40.800><c> justified</c><00:38:41.400><c> by</c>

00:38:41.780 --> 00:38:45.639
grace,<00:38:42.340><c> not</c><00:38:42.659><c> by</c><00:38:42.980><c> law.</c><00:38:44.179><c> It</c><00:38:44.360><c> is</c><00:38:44.619><c> because</c><00:38:44.980><c> the</c><00:38:45.239><c> account</c>

00:38:45.639 --> 00:38:49.920
of<00:38:45.980><c> creation</c><00:38:46.280><c> is</c><00:38:46.639><c> literal</c><00:38:47.179><c> that</c><00:38:47.860><c> spiritual</c><00:38:48.639><c> lessons</c><00:38:49.280><c> can</c><00:38:49.659><c> be</c>

00:38:49.920 --> 00:38:53.059
derived<00:38:50.380><c> from</c><00:38:50.679><c> it.</c><00:38:51.500><c> These</c><00:38:51.960><c> lessons</c><00:38:52.420><c> in</c><00:38:52.780><c> turn</c>

00:38:53.059 --> 00:38:58.739
take<00:38:53.400><c> us</c><00:38:53.699><c> full</c><00:38:54.159><c> circle</c><00:38:54.659><c> and</c><00:38:55.480><c> confirm</c><00:38:56.019><c> the</c><00:38:56.420><c> literality</c><00:38:57.039><c> of</c><00:38:57.280><c> this</c><00:38:57.519><c> divine</c><00:38:57.940><c> record</c><00:38:58.380><c> of</c>

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creation.<00:39:00.380><c> For</c><00:39:00.639><c> example,</c>

00:39:02.019 --> 00:39:04.900
after<00:39:02.400><c> describing</c><00:39:03.019><c> the</c><00:39:03.380><c> events</c><00:39:03.619><c> that</c><00:39:03.880><c> would</c><00:39:04.059><c> lead</c><00:39:04.260><c> up</c><00:39:04.480><c> to</c><00:39:04.639><c> the</c>

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destruction<00:39:05.280><c> of</c><00:39:05.559><c> Jerusalem</c><00:39:06.039><c> in</c><00:39:06.380><c> AD</c><00:39:06.739><c> 70,</c>

00:39:08.420 --> 00:39:11.719
the<00:39:08.539><c> Lord</c><00:39:08.860><c> Jesus</c><00:39:09.420><c> Christ</c><00:39:09.820><c> then</c><00:39:10.139><c> speaks</c><00:39:10.420><c> of</c><00:39:10.659><c> the</c><00:39:10.980><c> signs</c><00:39:11.460><c> that</c>

00:39:11.719 --> 00:39:13.900
will<00:39:11.980><c> prepare</c><00:39:12.320><c> the</c><00:39:12.639><c> faithful</c><00:39:12.960><c> for</c><00:39:13.239><c> the</c><00:39:13.440><c> Lord's</c>

00:39:13.900 --> 00:39:17.659
coming<00:39:14.099><c> to</c><00:39:14.320><c> earth</c><00:39:14.519><c> again</c><00:39:15.079><c> to</c><00:39:15.920><c> set</c><00:39:16.219><c> up</c><00:39:16.400><c> God's</c><00:39:16.900><c> kingdom</c><00:39:17.159><c> on</c><00:39:17.440><c> it.</c>

00:39:17.719 --> 00:39:21.619
He<00:39:18.099><c> said,</c><00:39:19.219><c> immediately</c><00:39:20.039><c> after</c><00:39:20.559><c> the</c><00:39:20.840><c> tribulation</c><00:39:21.400><c> of</c>

00:39:21.619 --> 00:39:26.079
those<00:39:21.900><c> days</c><00:39:22.300><c> shall</c><00:39:22.820><c> the</c><00:39:23.079><c> sun,</c><00:39:23.639><c> that</c><00:39:23.820><c> is</c><00:39:24.079><c> the</c><00:39:24.239><c> rulers</c><00:39:24.500><c> of</c><00:39:24.820><c> Judea,</c><00:39:25.860><c> be</c>

00:39:26.079 --> 00:39:29.059
darkened<00:39:26.659><c> and</c><00:39:27.059><c> the</c><00:39:27.320><c> moon,</c><00:39:27.780><c> the</c><00:39:28.000><c> priests,</c>

00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:33.579
shall<00:39:29.280><c> not</c><00:39:29.639><c> give</c><00:39:29.880><c> her</c><00:39:30.139><c> light</c><00:39:30.559><c> and</c><00:39:31.239><c> the</c><00:39:31.539><c> stars</c><00:39:31.800><c> shall</c><00:39:32.139><c> fall</c><00:39:32.460><c> from</c><00:39:32.840><c> heaven,</c><00:39:33.320><c> the</c>

00:39:33.579 --> 00:39:36.139
princes<00:39:33.880><c> of</c><00:39:34.159><c> Judea,</c><00:39:35.079><c> and</c><00:39:35.340><c> the</c><00:39:35.599><c> powers</c>

00:39:36.139 --> 00:39:40.159
of<00:39:36.460><c> heaven</c><00:39:36.800><c> shall</c><00:39:37.139><c> be</c><00:39:37.440><c> shaken,</c><00:39:38.239><c> the</c><00:39:38.539><c> government</c><00:39:38.900><c> shall</c><00:39:39.239><c> fall,</c>

00:39:40.360 --> 00:39:42.920
and<00:39:40.659><c> then</c><00:39:41.019><c> shall</c><00:39:41.280><c> appear</c><00:39:41.679><c> the</c><00:39:42.000><c> sign</c><00:39:42.280><c> of</c><00:39:42.500><c> the</c><00:39:42.699><c> Son</c>

00:39:42.920 --> 00:39:48.340
of<00:39:42.960><c> Man</c><00:39:43.280><c> in</c><00:39:43.539><c> heaven,</c><00:39:44.179><c> and</c><00:39:44.300><c> then</c><00:39:44.559><c> shall</c><00:39:44.760><c> all</c><00:39:45.119><c> the</c><00:39:45.340><c> tribes</c><00:39:45.579><c> of</c><00:39:45.820><c> the</c><00:39:46.000><c> earth</c><00:39:46.159><c> mourn,</c><00:39:46.900><c> and</c><00:39:47.000><c> they</c><00:39:47.300><c> shall</c><00:39:47.460><c> see</c><00:39:47.679><c> the</c><00:39:47.900><c> Son</c><00:39:48.099><c> of</c>

00:39:48.340 --> 00:39:54.159
Man<00:39:48.639><c> coming</c><00:39:48.960><c> in</c><00:39:49.239><c> the</c><00:39:49.420><c> clouds</c><00:39:49.840><c> of</c><00:39:50.099><c> heaven</c><00:39:50.320><c> with</c><00:39:50.860><c> power</c><00:39:51.420><c> and</c><00:39:51.739><c> great</c><00:39:52.059><c> glory.</c><00:39:53.500><c> Fairly</c><00:39:53.940><c> I</c>

00:39:54.159 --> 00:39:57.039
say<00:39:54.320><c> unto</c><00:39:54.559><c> you,</c><00:39:55.019><c> this</c><00:39:55.599><c> generation,</c>

00:39:57.519 --> 00:40:01.739
the<00:39:57.699><c> generation</c><00:39:58.320><c> that</c><00:39:58.659><c> sees</c><00:39:58.920><c> these</c><00:39:59.239><c> signs</c><00:39:59.659><c> leading</c><00:40:00.380><c> up</c><00:40:00.659><c> to</c><00:40:00.860><c> the</c><00:40:00.900><c> destruction</c><00:40:01.480><c> of</c>

00:40:01.739 --> 00:40:03.780
Jerusalem<00:40:02.139><c> in</c><00:40:02.460><c> AD</c><00:40:02.719><c> 70,</c>

00:40:03.980 --> 00:40:07.480
shall<00:40:04.119><c> not</c><00:40:04.559><c> pass</c><00:40:04.980><c> till</c><00:40:05.239><c> all</c><00:40:05.559><c> these</c><00:40:05.840><c> things</c><00:40:06.079><c> be</c><00:40:06.440><c> fulfilled.</c>

00:40:07.699 --> 00:40:10.260
Heaven<00:40:08.119><c> and</c><00:40:08.480><c> earth</c><00:40:08.699><c> shall</c><00:40:08.960><c> pass</c><00:40:09.320><c> away.</c>

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The<00:40:11.099><c> existing</c><00:40:11.559><c> order</c><00:40:11.900><c> at</c><00:40:12.099><c> the</c><00:40:12.260><c> time</c><00:40:12.440><c> of</c><00:40:12.639><c> the</c><00:40:12.800><c> end,</c><00:40:13.440><c> not</c><00:40:13.659><c> the</c><00:40:13.980><c> literal</c><00:40:14.360><c> heaven</c><00:40:14.699><c> and</c><00:40:14.900><c> earth,</c><00:40:15.980><c> but</c><00:40:16.199><c> my</c>

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words<00:40:17.360><c> shall</c>

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not<00:40:18.360><c> pass</c><00:40:18.800><c> away,</c><00:40:20.320><c> says</c><00:40:20.400><c> the</c><00:40:20.659><c> Lord</c><00:40:21.019><c> in</c><00:40:21.480><c> Matthew</c><00:40:21.820><c> 24</c><00:40:22.440><c> verse</c><00:40:22.739><c> 29</c>

00:40:23.420 --> 00:40:28.119
to<00:40:23.679><c> 35.</c><00:40:25.760><c> The</c><00:40:26.139><c> earth</c><00:40:26.380><c> has</c><00:40:26.679><c> been</c><00:40:26.900><c> the</c><00:40:27.159><c> sphere</c><00:40:27.440><c> of</c><00:40:27.659><c> God's</c>

00:40:28.119 --> 00:40:32.239
operation<00:40:28.559><c> in</c><00:40:28.840><c> Israel's</c><00:40:29.519><c> past.</c><00:40:30.099><c> It</c><00:40:30.480><c> continues</c><00:40:30.980><c> to</c><00:40:31.280><c> be</c><00:40:31.480><c> so</c><00:40:31.800><c> at</c>

00:40:32.239 --> 00:40:35.860
the<00:40:32.519><c> present</c><00:40:32.860><c> time.</c><00:40:34.239><c> For</c><00:40:34.460><c> the</c><00:40:34.659><c> Most</c><00:40:34.960><c> High</c><00:40:35.300><c> ruleeth</c><00:40:35.739><c> in</c>

00:40:35.860 --> 00:40:41.340
the<00:40:35.860><c> kingdom</c><00:40:36.219><c> of</c><00:40:36.420><c> men,</c><00:40:37.199><c> and</c><00:40:37.360><c> giveth</c><00:40:37.579><c> it</c><00:40:37.880><c> to</c><00:40:38.079><c> whomsoever</c><00:40:38.699><c> he</c><00:40:39.099><c> will.</c><00:40:40.199><c> Daniel</c><00:40:40.659><c> chapter</c><00:40:41.099><c> 4</c>

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verse<00:40:41.619><c> 17.</c><00:40:43.440><c> The</c><00:40:43.559><c> earth</c><00:40:43.880><c> will</c>

00:40:44.199 --> 00:40:47.280
still<00:40:44.539><c> be</c><00:40:44.840><c> the</c><00:40:45.099><c> center</c><00:40:45.480><c> of</c><00:40:45.679><c> God's</c><00:40:46.119><c> operation</c><00:40:46.579><c> in</c><00:40:46.820><c> the</c><00:40:46.980><c> future,</c>

00:40:47.659 --> 00:40:50.500
for<00:40:47.780><c> his</c><00:40:48.280><c> kingdom</c><00:40:48.659><c> of</c><00:40:48.960><c> heaven</c><00:40:49.280><c> is</c><00:40:49.780><c> to</c><00:40:49.980><c> be</c><00:40:50.280><c> set</c>

00:40:50.500 --> 00:40:56.179
up<00:40:50.699><c> on</c><00:40:50.960><c> earth</c><00:40:51.280><c> following</c><00:40:52.019><c> the</c><00:40:52.320><c> ruin</c><00:40:52.639><c> of</c><00:40:53.199><c> this</c><00:40:53.719><c> wicked</c><00:40:54.079><c> generation.</c><00:40:55.739><c> Has</c><00:40:55.980><c> he</c>

00:40:56.179 --> 00:40:58.619
not<00:40:56.400><c> promised?</c><00:40:57.300><c> As</c><00:40:57.780><c> truly</c><00:40:58.119><c> as</c><00:40:58.380><c> I</c>

00:40:58.619 --> 00:41:02.019
have<00:40:58.619><c> said</c><00:40:59.039><c> the</c><00:40:59.300><c> Lord,</c><00:40:59.760><c> all</c><00:41:00.500><c> the</c><00:41:00.760><c> earth</c><00:41:01.000><c> shall</c><00:41:01.239><c> be</c><00:41:01.500><c> filled</c><00:41:01.719><c> by</c>

00:41:02.019 --> 00:41:07.380
my<00:41:02.360><c> glory.</c><00:41:04.679><c> The</c><00:41:05.119><c> opening</c><00:41:05.579><c> of</c><00:41:06.039><c> the</c><00:41:06.219><c> Bible</c><00:41:06.480><c> is</c><00:41:07.019><c> brought</c>

00:41:07.380 --> 00:41:11.840
to<00:41:07.699><c> its</c><00:41:08.119><c> wonderful</c><00:41:08.719><c> climax</c><00:41:09.239><c> in</c><00:41:10.059><c> the</c><00:41:10.480><c> spiritual</c><00:41:11.059><c> new</c><00:41:11.460><c> heaven</c>

00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:15.639
and<00:41:12.380><c> new</c><00:41:12.840><c> earth</c><00:41:13.599><c> described</c><00:41:14.420><c> in</c><00:41:14.639><c> the</c><00:41:14.960><c> last</c><00:41:15.400><c> book</c>

00:41:15.639 --> 00:41:21.280
of<00:41:15.840><c> the</c><00:41:16.000><c> Bible.</c><00:41:17.480><c> We</c><00:41:17.679><c> read</c><00:41:17.900><c> in</c><00:41:18.119><c> Revelation</c><00:41:18.579><c> 21</c><00:41:19.320><c> verses</c><00:41:19.719><c> 1</c><00:41:20.059><c> to</c><00:41:20.179><c> 3.</c>

00:41:21.480 --> 00:41:24.539
And<00:41:21.579><c> I</c><00:41:21.940><c> saw</c><00:41:22.179><c> a</c><00:41:22.400><c> new</c><00:41:22.659><c> heaven</c><00:41:23.039><c> and</c><00:41:23.420><c> a</c><00:41:23.679><c> new</c><00:41:23.900><c> earth,</c>

00:41:24.539 --> 00:41:27.780
for<00:41:25.260><c> the</c><00:41:25.480><c> first</c><00:41:25.920><c> heaven</c><00:41:26.159><c> and</c><00:41:26.460><c> the</c><00:41:26.639><c> first</c><00:41:26.920><c> earth</c><00:41:27.199><c> were</c><00:41:27.420><c> passed</c>

00:41:27.780 --> 00:41:30.820
away,<00:41:28.619><c> and</c><00:41:28.679><c> there</c><00:41:28.860><c> was</c><00:41:29.039><c> no</c><00:41:29.260><c> more</c><00:41:29.519><c> sea,</c><00:41:30.079><c> that</c><00:41:30.280><c> is</c>

00:41:30.820 --> 00:41:35.860
sea<00:41:31.079><c> of</c><00:41:31.300><c> nations,</c><00:41:31.880><c> the</c><00:41:32.079><c> wicked,</c><00:41:32.619><c> Isaiah</c><00:41:32.980><c> 57</c><00:41:33.659><c> verse</c><00:41:33.940><c> 21.</c><00:41:35.679><c> And</c>

00:41:35.860 --> 00:41:38.679
I,<00:41:36.320><c> John,</c><00:41:36.559><c> saw</c><00:41:36.840><c> the</c><00:41:37.059><c> holy</c><00:41:37.380><c> city,</c><00:41:37.980><c> New</c><00:41:38.059><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:41:38.920 --> 00:41:43.179
coming<00:41:39.159><c> down</c><00:41:39.659><c> from</c><00:41:39.900><c> God</c><00:41:40.239><c> out</c><00:41:40.500><c> of</c><00:41:40.679><c> heaven,</c><00:41:41.519><c> prepared</c><00:41:42.119><c> as</c><00:41:42.400><c> a</c><00:41:42.619><c> bride</c><00:41:42.840><c> for</c>

00:41:43.179 --> 00:41:46.119
her<00:41:43.539><c> husband.</c><00:41:44.860><c> And</c><00:41:45.139><c> I</c><00:41:45.380><c> heard</c><00:41:45.599><c> a</c><00:41:45.880><c> great</c>

00:41:46.119 --> 00:41:50.039
voice<00:41:46.579><c> from</c><00:41:46.820><c> heaven</c><00:41:47.139><c> saying,</c><00:41:48.320><c> Behold,</c><00:41:49.019><c> the</c><00:41:49.199><c> tabernacle</c><00:41:49.780><c> of</c>

00:41:50.039 --> 00:41:52.940
God<00:41:50.219><c> is</c><00:41:50.420><c> with</c><00:41:50.619><c> men,</c><00:41:51.280><c> and</c><00:41:51.500><c> he</c><00:41:51.699><c> will</c><00:41:51.940><c> dwell</c><00:41:52.340><c> with</c><00:41:52.639><c> them,</c>

00:41:52.940 --> 00:41:55.739
and<00:41:53.199><c> they</c><00:41:53.519><c> shall</c><00:41:53.719><c> be</c><00:41:53.900><c> his</c><00:41:54.159><c> people,</c><00:41:54.619><c> and</c><00:41:54.659><c> God</c><00:41:55.000><c> himself</c><00:41:55.519><c> shall</c>

00:41:55.739 --> 00:41:59.119
be<00:41:55.920><c> with</c><00:41:56.159><c> them</c><00:41:56.559><c> and</c><00:41:57.079><c> be</c><00:41:57.559><c> their</c><00:41:57.960><c> God.</c>

00:42:00.219 --> 00:42:06.079
Genesis<00:42:00.739><c> chapter</c><00:42:01.119><c> 1</c><00:42:01.420><c> verse</c><00:42:01.760><c> 2.</c><00:42:04.360><c> And</c><00:42:04.380><c> the</c><00:42:04.780><c> earth</c><00:42:05.179><c> was</c><00:42:05.619><c> without</c>

00:42:06.079 --> 00:42:09.840
form<00:42:06.579><c> and</c><00:42:06.980><c> void,</c><00:42:08.300><c> and</c><00:42:08.539><c> darkness</c><00:42:09.179><c> was</c><00:42:09.539><c> upon</c>

00:42:09.840 --> 00:42:15.320
the<00:42:10.099><c> face</c><00:42:10.440><c> of</c><00:42:10.900><c> the</c><00:42:11.139><c> deep.</c><00:42:12.800><c> The</c><00:42:13.099><c> deep,</c><00:42:13.679><c> Hebrew</c><00:42:14.000><c> tom,</c><00:42:14.900><c> the</c><00:42:15.079><c> word</c>

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implies<00:42:15.800><c> depth</c><00:42:16.179><c> of</c><00:42:16.420><c> water,</c><00:42:17.760><c> indicates</c><00:42:17.940><c> that</c><00:42:18.219><c> all</c>

00:42:18.500 --> 00:42:24.539
was<00:42:19.039><c> submerged.</c><00:42:20.719><c> The</c><00:42:20.940><c> land</c><00:42:21.239><c> did</c><00:42:21.679><c> not</c><00:42:21.980><c> appear</c><00:42:22.300><c> until</c><00:42:22.679><c> day</c><00:42:23.000><c> three.</c><00:42:24.360><c> The</c>

00:42:24.539 --> 00:42:26.800
same<00:42:24.820><c> word</c><00:42:25.079><c> is</c><00:42:25.360><c> used</c><00:42:25.679><c> of</c><00:42:26.079><c> the</c><00:42:26.340><c> flood</c><00:42:26.579><c> in</c>

00:42:26.800 --> 00:42:32.219
Genesis<00:42:27.239><c> 7</c><00:42:27.599><c> verse</c><00:42:27.840><c> 11</c><00:42:28.380><c> and</c><00:42:28.920><c> 8</c><00:42:29.199><c> verse</c><00:42:29.480><c> 2</c><00:42:29.860><c> and</c><00:42:30.000><c> so</c><00:42:30.260><c> on,</c><00:42:31.199><c> confirming</c><00:42:31.559><c> that</c><00:42:31.900><c> the</c>

00:42:32.219 --> 00:42:33.880
flood<00:42:32.500><c> recorded</c><00:42:33.079><c> in</c><00:42:33.300><c> Genesis</c>

00:42:33.880 --> 00:42:41.119
chapter<00:42:34.300><c> 6</c><00:42:34.699><c> to</c><00:42:34.920><c> 8</c><00:42:35.340><c> was</c><00:42:36.039><c> universal,</c><00:42:37.659><c> even</c><00:42:38.159><c> covering</c><00:42:38.679><c> the</c><00:42:39.059><c> mountains</c><00:42:39.599><c> as</c><00:42:40.019><c> Genesis</c><00:42:40.500><c> 7</c>

00:42:41.119 --> 00:42:44.219
verse<00:42:41.599><c> 19</c><00:42:42.199><c> to</c><00:42:42.420><c> 21</c><00:42:43.079><c> says.</c>

00:42:44.860 --> 00:42:48.900
From<00:42:45.500><c> the</c><00:42:45.739><c> focus</c><00:42:46.059><c> on</c><00:42:46.500><c> Elohim,</c><00:42:46.980><c> and</c><00:42:47.260><c> then</c><00:42:47.519><c> the</c><00:42:47.739><c> universe,</c><00:42:48.800><c> the</c>

00:42:48.900 --> 00:42:51.840
word<00:42:49.139><c> swiftly</c><00:42:49.659><c> moves</c><00:42:50.019><c> on</c><00:42:50.340><c> in</c><00:42:50.519><c> verse</c><00:42:50.840><c> 2</c><00:42:51.039><c> to</c><00:42:51.239><c> focus</c><00:42:51.599><c> on</c>

00:42:51.840 --> 00:42:57.440
the<00:42:52.039><c> earth.</c><00:42:53.340><c> And</c><00:42:53.579><c> then,</c><00:42:54.519><c> as</c><00:42:54.800><c> Genesis</c><00:42:55.219><c> continues,</c><00:42:56.739><c> upon</c><00:42:56.960><c> man,</c>

00:42:57.940 --> 00:43:01.420
and<00:42:58.059><c> eventually</c><00:42:58.780><c> Abraham,</c><00:43:00.019><c> and</c><00:43:00.199><c> then</c><00:43:00.420><c> Israel.</c>

00:43:01.760 --> 00:43:04.820
In<00:43:02.059><c> this</c><00:43:02.360><c> way,</c><00:43:02.719><c> the</c><00:43:02.880><c> scene</c><00:43:03.039><c> is</c><00:43:03.260><c> set</c><00:43:03.500><c> for</c><00:43:03.760><c> the</c><00:43:03.980><c> Old</c><00:43:04.320><c> Testament</c>

00:43:04.820 --> 00:43:08.219
and<00:43:05.579><c> the</c><00:43:05.739><c> New</c><00:43:05.980><c> Testament</c><00:43:06.539><c> commentary</c><00:43:07.179><c> upon</c><00:43:07.679><c> it.</c>

00:43:08.219 --> 00:43:13.460
But<00:43:09.000><c> God</c><00:43:09.340><c> is</c><00:43:09.619><c> always</c><00:43:10.039><c> there,</c><00:43:11.519><c> for</c><00:43:11.659><c> the</c><00:43:12.039><c> Spirit</c><00:43:12.380><c> of</c><00:43:12.559><c> God</c><00:43:12.940><c> moved</c>

00:43:13.460 --> 00:43:15.760
upon<00:43:13.820><c> the</c><00:43:14.079><c> face</c><00:43:14.320><c> of</c><00:43:14.579><c> the</c><00:43:14.760><c> waters.</c>

00:43:16.800 --> 00:43:21.300
Wherever<00:43:17.239><c> we</c><00:43:17.820><c> view</c><00:43:18.219><c> nature,</c><00:43:19.179><c> creation,</c><00:43:20.500><c> or</c><00:43:20.679><c> read</c><00:43:20.900><c> of</c><00:43:20.980><c> it</c><00:43:21.099><c> in</c>

00:43:21.300 --> 00:43:25.300
the<00:43:21.460><c> Bible,</c><00:43:22.559><c> God</c><00:43:22.960><c> is</c><00:43:23.559><c> always</c><00:43:24.179><c> there</c><00:43:24.480><c> by</c><00:43:24.739><c> his</c><00:43:25.019><c> Spirit,</c>

00:43:25.500 --> 00:43:29.860
which<00:43:25.760><c> sustains</c><00:43:26.800><c> every</c><00:43:27.679><c> living</c><00:43:28.039><c> thing</c><00:43:28.460><c> and</c><00:43:28.900><c> also</c><00:43:29.320><c> inspired</c>

00:43:29.860 --> 00:43:34.840
his<00:43:30.199><c> word.</c><00:43:32.079><c> Consequently,</c><00:43:32.940><c> Paul</c><00:43:33.159><c> was</c><00:43:33.440><c> able</c><00:43:33.679><c> to</c><00:43:33.980><c> say,</c>

00:43:35.219 --> 00:43:39.260
When<00:43:35.539><c> ye</c><00:43:35.920><c> received</c><00:43:36.380><c> the</c><00:43:36.559><c> word</c><00:43:36.920><c> of</c><00:43:37.059><c> God</c><00:43:37.380><c> which</c><00:43:37.639><c> ye</c><00:43:37.840><c> heard</c><00:43:38.019><c> of</c><00:43:38.199><c> us,</c><00:43:38.980><c> ye</c>

00:43:39.260 --> 00:43:41.460
received<00:43:39.639><c> it</c><00:43:39.940><c> not</c><00:43:40.159><c> as</c><00:43:40.519><c> the</c><00:43:40.639><c> word</c><00:43:40.900><c> of</c><00:43:41.079><c> men,</c>

00:43:41.679 --> 00:43:46.820
but<00:43:41.860><c> as</c><00:43:42.219><c> it</c><00:43:42.400><c> is</c><00:43:42.639><c> in</c><00:43:42.900><c> truth</c><00:43:43.119><c> the</c><00:43:43.300><c> word</c><00:43:43.559><c> of</c><00:43:43.760><c> God,</c><00:43:45.059><c> which</c><00:43:45.420><c> effectually</c><00:43:46.360><c> worketh</c>

00:43:46.820 --> 00:43:49.119
also<00:43:47.159><c> in</c><00:43:47.480><c> you</c><00:43:47.739><c> that</c><00:43:48.019><c> believe.</c>

00:43:53.539 --> 00:43:57.320
Similarly,<00:43:54.360><c> God</c><00:43:54.760><c> is</c><00:43:55.059><c> there,</c><00:43:55.480><c> as</c><00:43:55.820><c> John's</c><00:43:56.300><c> Gospel</c><00:43:56.739><c> in</c><00:43:56.960><c> the</c><00:43:57.079><c> New</c>

00:43:57.320 --> 00:43:58.480
Testament<00:43:57.760><c> commences,</c>

00:43:58.480 --> 00:44:04.380
like<00:43:59.199><c> Genesis</c><00:43:59.920><c> with</c><00:44:00.199><c> the</c><00:44:00.400><c> words,</c><00:44:01.699><c> In</c><00:44:01.780><c> the</c><00:44:02.059><c> beginning</c><00:44:02.480><c> was</c><00:44:02.960><c> the</c><00:44:03.239><c> word,</c>

00:44:04.679 --> 00:44:09.480
and<00:44:04.920><c> especially</c><00:44:05.500><c> so</c><00:44:05.940><c> when</c><00:44:06.239><c> describing</c><00:44:06.840><c> the</c><00:44:07.059><c> Lord</c><00:44:07.360><c> Jesus.</c><00:44:09.340><c> The</c>

00:44:09.480 --> 00:44:13.320
word<00:44:09.900><c> was</c><00:44:10.380><c> made</c><00:44:10.780><c> flesh</c><00:44:11.199><c> and</c><00:44:12.219><c> dwelt</c><00:44:12.619><c> among</c><00:44:12.960><c> us,</c>

00:44:13.559 --> 00:44:18.360
and<00:44:13.699><c> we</c><00:44:14.119><c> beheld</c><00:44:14.500><c> his</c><00:44:14.780><c> glory,</c><00:44:15.599><c> the</c><00:44:15.900><c> glory</c><00:44:16.260><c> as</c><00:44:16.539><c> of</c><00:44:16.739><c> the</c><00:44:17.099><c> only</c><00:44:17.579><c> begotten</c><00:44:18.159><c> of</c>

00:44:18.360 --> 00:44:22.340
the<00:44:18.579><c> Father,</c><00:44:19.300><c> full</c><00:44:19.559><c> of</c><00:44:19.920><c> grace</c><00:44:20.380><c> and</c><00:44:21.139><c> truth.</c>

00:44:22.400 --> 00:44:28.199
John<00:44:22.760><c> 1</c><00:44:23.159><c> verse</c><00:44:23.460><c> 1</c><00:44:23.800><c> and</c><00:44:24.360><c> verse</c><00:44:24.699><c> 14.</c><00:44:26.900><c> In</c><00:44:27.059><c> our</c><00:44:27.440><c> reading,</c><00:44:27.920><c> we</c><00:44:27.920><c> must</c>

00:44:28.199 --> 00:44:30.159
follow<00:44:28.519><c> the</c><00:44:28.719><c> Bible</c><00:44:29.039><c> rule.</c>

00:44:30.739 --> 00:44:33.480
That<00:44:30.860><c> was</c><00:44:31.119><c> not</c><00:44:31.539><c> first</c><00:44:31.840><c> which</c><00:44:32.099><c> is</c><00:44:32.380><c> spiritual,</c><00:44:32.980><c> but</c><00:44:33.039><c> that</c><00:44:33.320><c> which</c>

00:44:33.480 --> 00:44:36.440
is<00:44:33.699><c> natural,</c><00:44:34.960><c> and</c><00:44:35.199><c> afterward</c><00:44:35.639><c> that</c><00:44:35.880><c> which</c><00:44:36.159><c> is</c>

00:44:36.440 --> 00:44:42.559
spiritual.<00:44:37.760><c> Paul</c><00:44:38.059><c> said</c><00:44:38.300><c> this</c><00:44:38.559><c> in</c><00:44:38.699><c> the</c><00:44:38.820><c> 1</c><00:44:39.039><c> Corinthians</c><00:44:39.679><c> chapter</c><00:44:40.099><c> 15</c><00:44:40.679><c> verse</c><00:44:41.159><c> 46.</c>

00:44:43.199 --> 00:44:45.380
We<00:44:43.559><c> must</c><00:44:43.980><c> not</c><00:44:44.480><c> reverse</c><00:44:45.039><c> this</c>

00:44:45.380 --> 00:44:50.760
order.<00:44:46.719><c> For</c><00:44:47.000><c> example,</c><00:44:47.579><c> when</c><00:44:47.880><c> the</c><00:44:48.119><c> Old</c><00:44:48.320><c> Testament</c><00:44:48.739><c> prophet</c><00:44:49.119><c> Jeremiah</c><00:44:49.780><c> refers</c><00:44:50.480><c> to</c>

00:44:50.760 --> 00:44:51.440
the<00:44:51.019><c> destruction</c>

00:44:51.440 --> 00:44:55.840
of<00:44:51.659><c> the</c><00:44:51.719><c> kingdom</c><00:44:52.099><c> of</c><00:44:52.300><c> Judah</c><00:44:52.500><c> by</c><00:44:52.739><c> the</c><00:44:52.920><c> Chaldean,</c><00:44:53.860><c> he</c><00:44:54.219><c> picturesquely</c><00:44:55.219><c> describes</c>

00:44:55.840 --> 00:44:57.179
it<00:44:56.219><c> in</c><00:44:56.420><c> terms</c><00:44:56.719><c> similar</c>

00:44:57.179 --> 00:45:01.179
to<00:44:57.380><c> the</c><00:44:57.559><c> words</c><00:44:57.820><c> which</c><00:44:58.460><c> describe</c><00:44:59.099><c> the</c><00:44:59.300><c> state</c><00:44:59.599><c> of</c><00:44:59.940><c> chaos</c><00:45:00.480><c> found</c>

00:45:01.179 --> 00:45:03.659
before<00:45:01.699><c> day</c><00:45:02.079><c> one</c><00:45:02.280><c> of</c><00:45:02.599><c> creation.</c>

00:45:04.280 --> 00:45:12.599
I<00:45:04.719><c> beheld</c><00:45:05.219><c> the</c><00:45:05.480><c> earth</c><00:45:05.679><c> and</c><00:45:05.940><c> lo,</c><00:45:07.019><c> it</c><00:45:07.199><c> was</c><00:45:07.579><c> without</c><00:45:07.980><c> form</c><00:45:08.340><c> and</c><00:45:08.599><c> void,</c><00:45:09.559><c> and</c><00:45:09.739><c> the</c><00:45:09.880><c> heavens</c><00:45:10.300><c> and</c><00:45:11.039><c> they</c><00:45:11.239><c> had</c><00:45:11.400><c> no</c><00:45:11.639><c> light.</c>

00:45:12.780 --> 00:45:18.739
But<00:45:13.019><c> this</c><00:45:13.280><c> is</c><00:45:13.460><c> Jeremiah</c><00:45:13.900><c> 4</c><00:45:14.300><c> verse</c><00:45:14.579><c> 23.</c><00:45:16.639><c> So</c><00:45:17.280><c> Genesis</c><00:45:17.800><c> 1</c><00:45:18.260><c> verse</c><00:45:18.480><c> 2</c>

00:45:18.739 --> 00:45:19.960
homes<00:45:19.059><c> in</c><00:45:19.300><c> on</c><00:45:19.519><c> the</c><00:45:19.739><c> earth,</c>

00:45:19.960 --> 00:45:24.980
not<00:45:20.500><c> yet</c><00:45:20.900><c> ready</c><00:45:21.280><c> for</c><00:45:21.559><c> habitation.</c><00:45:22.559><c> It</c><00:45:22.719><c> is</c><00:45:22.960><c> empty.</c><00:45:24.380><c> From</c><00:45:24.639><c> this</c>

00:45:24.980 --> 00:45:27.840
point<00:45:25.260><c> on,</c><00:45:25.960><c> creation</c><00:45:26.079><c> is</c><00:45:26.380><c> not</c><00:45:26.760><c> described</c><00:45:27.360><c> as</c><00:45:27.599><c> if</c>

00:45:27.840 --> 00:45:31.360
viewed<00:45:28.019><c> from</c><00:45:28.420><c> space,</c><00:45:29.260><c> but</c><00:45:29.440><c> is</c><00:45:29.780><c> described</c><00:45:30.340><c> as</c><00:45:30.559><c> if</c><00:45:30.739><c> the</c><00:45:31.039><c> writer</c>

00:45:31.360 --> 00:45:34.500
is<00:45:31.800><c> observing</c><00:45:32.280><c> it</c><00:45:32.820><c> from</c><00:45:33.119><c> a</c><00:45:33.440><c> viewing</c><00:45:33.840><c> platform</c>

00:45:34.500 --> 00:45:42.059
on<00:45:35.019><c> earth.</c><00:45:36.139><c> This</c><00:45:36.519><c> inspired</c><00:45:37.159><c> record</c><00:45:37.559><c> is</c><00:45:37.800><c> not</c><00:45:38.099><c> a</c><00:45:38.480><c> distant</c><00:45:38.940><c> and</c><00:45:39.320><c> indistinct</c><00:45:40.280><c> view,</c><00:45:41.400><c> but</c><00:45:41.679><c> a</c>

00:45:42.059 --> 00:45:44.840
close<00:45:42.380><c>-up</c><00:45:42.659><c> of</c><00:45:43.219><c> actual</c><00:45:43.719><c> events.</c>

00:45:45.300 --> 00:45:49.400
The<00:45:45.679><c> Hebrew</c><00:45:46.139><c> of</c><00:45:46.380><c> verse</c><00:45:46.780><c> 2</c><00:45:47.139><c> more</c><00:45:47.539><c> literally</c><00:45:47.980><c> states</c><00:45:48.519><c> that</c><00:45:49.199><c> the</c>

00:45:49.400 --> 00:45:51.519
earth<00:45:49.699><c> became</c><00:45:50.619><c> formless,</c>

00:45:51.800 --> 00:45:56.340
being<00:45:52.079><c> covered</c><00:45:52.440><c> with</c><00:45:52.679><c> water</c><00:45:53.019><c> and</c><00:45:53.239><c> cloud,</c><00:45:54.360><c> waste,</c><00:45:55.199><c> empty,</c><00:45:56.079><c> and</c>

00:45:56.340 --> 00:45:59.780
dark.<00:45:57.619><c> The</c><00:45:57.840><c> same</c><00:45:58.119><c> Hebrew</c><00:45:58.440><c> word</c><00:45:58.699><c> is</c><00:45:58.940><c> so</c><00:45:59.219><c> translated</c>

00:45:59.780 --> 00:46:06.000
in<00:46:00.099><c> Genesis</c><00:46:00.460><c> 2</c><00:46:00.840><c> verse</c><00:46:01.059><c> 7.</c><00:46:01.639><c> Man</c><00:46:02.079><c> became</c><00:46:03.280><c> a</c><00:46:04.420><c> living</c><00:46:04.719><c> soul.</c><00:46:05.840><c> If</c>

00:46:06.000 --> 00:46:08.619
you<00:46:06.159><c> see</c><00:46:06.340><c> Rotherham's</c><00:46:07.119><c> emphasized</c><00:46:07.639><c> version,</c>

00:46:08.710 --> 00:46:12.500
the<00:46:09.079><c> New</c><00:46:09.320><c> International</c><00:46:10.000><c> Version</c><00:46:10.440><c> footnote</c><00:46:11.059><c> and</c><00:46:11.940><c> companion</c>

00:46:12.500 --> 00:46:13.940
Bible<00:46:12.960><c> notes,</c>

00:46:15.320 --> 00:46:18.039
there<00:46:15.400><c> is</c><00:46:15.780><c> an</c><00:46:16.039><c> implication</c><00:46:16.500><c> here</c><00:46:16.840><c> that</c><00:46:17.059><c> the</c><00:46:17.260><c> earth</c><00:46:17.360><c> had</c><00:46:17.699><c> not</c>

00:46:18.039 --> 00:46:21.199
always<00:46:18.719><c> been</c><00:46:19.079><c> in</c><00:46:19.300><c> this</c><00:46:19.599><c> state.</c><00:46:20.840><c> However,</c>

00:46:21.280 --> 00:46:24.760
at<00:46:21.559><c> this</c><00:46:21.900><c> juncture,</c><00:46:22.539><c> the</c><00:46:22.719><c> earth</c><00:46:22.940><c> was</c><00:46:23.400><c> formless</c><00:46:24.079><c> and</c><00:46:24.420><c> without</c>

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life,<00:46:26.059><c> except</c><00:46:26.440><c> that</c><00:46:26.719><c> the</c><00:46:27.119><c> spirit</c><00:46:27.400><c> moved</c><00:46:28.099><c> upon</c>

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or<00:46:29.280><c> hovered</c><00:46:29.719><c> over</c><00:46:30.099><c> the</c><00:46:30.320><c> waters.</c><00:46:31.280><c> God</c><00:46:31.659><c> was</c><00:46:32.119><c> there.</c><00:46:33.119><c> Yes,</c><00:46:34.219><c> God</c>

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created.<00:46:36.219><c> But</c><00:46:36.500><c> by</c><00:46:37.059><c> that</c><00:46:37.539><c> creative</c><00:46:38.199><c> power,</c>

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spirit<00:46:39.739><c> is</c><00:46:40.039><c> given</c><00:46:40.300><c> another</c><00:46:40.639><c> dimension.</c><00:46:42.360><c> God</c><00:46:42.659><c> is</c><00:46:42.940><c> not</c><00:46:43.139><c> only</c><00:46:43.519><c> omnipotent,</c><00:46:45.400><c> he</c>

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is<00:46:46.219><c> omnipresent</c><00:46:47.380><c> too.</c>