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that<00:12:46.269><c> God</c><00:12:46.470><c> hath</c><00:12:46.610><c> raised</c><00:12:46.830><c> him</c><00:12:46.950><c> from</c><00:12:47.129><c> the</c><00:12:47.269><c> dead,</c><00:12:47.409><c> thou</c><00:12:47.610><c> shalt</c><00:12:47.809><c> be</c>

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saved.<00:12:49.269><c> And</c><00:12:49.470><c> that</c><00:12:49.629><c> word</c><00:12:49.850><c> only,</c><00:12:50.350><c> even</c><00:12:50.610><c> though</c>

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it's<00:12:50.909><c> never</c><00:12:51.490><c> verbally</c><00:12:52.070><c> expressed,</c><00:12:52.750><c> it's</c><00:12:53.009><c> right</c><00:12:53.250><c> there</c><00:12:53.389><c> in</c>

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big<00:13:04.909><c> book,</c><00:13:05.389><c> but</c><00:13:05.549><c> those</c><00:13:05.850><c> two</c>

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verses<00:13:06.289><c> tell</c><00:13:06.490><c> us</c><00:13:06.669><c> everything</c><00:13:06.909><c> we</c><00:13:07.090><c> need</c><00:13:07.210><c> to</c><00:13:07.389><c> know,</c><00:13:08.370><c> and</c><00:13:08.509><c> people</c>

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plug<00:13:09.029><c> in</c><00:13:09.190><c> the</c><00:13:09.309><c> word</c><00:13:09.429><c> only,</c><00:13:10.190><c> oversimplifying.</c>

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accommodates<00:13:16.610><c> people</c><00:13:17.190><c> that</c><00:13:18.009><c> are</c><00:13:18.169><c> looking</c><00:13:18.429><c> for</c><00:13:18.649><c> the</c>

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easy<00:13:19.029><c> way</c><00:13:19.289><c> out.</c><00:13:22.289><c> The</c><00:13:22.490><c> doors</c><00:13:22.690><c> are</c><00:13:22.970><c> closed</c><00:13:23.450><c> to</c><00:13:24.610><c> anyone</c><00:13:24.830><c> that</c><00:13:25.009><c> will</c><00:13:25.269><c> approach</c><00:13:25.529><c> God</c>

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in<00:13:26.309><c> such</c><00:13:26.509><c> a</c><00:13:26.730><c> casual</c><00:13:27.570><c> manner,</c>

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sauntering<00:13:29.789><c> up</c><00:13:29.990><c> to</c><00:13:30.129><c> him</c><00:13:30.710><c> and</c><00:13:31.029><c> asking</c><00:13:31.330><c> him</c><00:13:31.570><c> to</c><00:13:31.789><c> reveal</c><00:13:32.029><c> himself</c>

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approaches<00:13:36.269><c> him</c><00:13:36.549><c> in</c><00:13:36.669><c> such</c><00:13:36.830><c> a</c><00:13:36.990><c> way.</c><00:13:40.289><c> So,</c><00:13:42.250><c> God</c><00:13:42.629><c> is</c><00:13:43.509><c> looking</c><00:13:43.789><c> for</c>

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people<00:13:44.450><c> who</c><00:13:44.610><c> aren't</c><00:13:44.830><c> looking</c><00:13:45.149><c> for</c><00:13:45.429><c> shortcuts.</c>

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casual<00:13:52.330><c> approach</c><00:13:52.629><c> will</c><00:13:52.830><c> always</c><00:13:53.070><c> find</c><00:13:53.309><c> a</c><00:13:53.629><c> stone</c><00:13:53.950><c> wall</c>

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that<00:13:57.070><c> is</c><00:13:57.330><c> redefined</c><00:13:58.289><c> as</c><00:13:58.629><c> the</c><00:13:58.830><c> end</c><00:13:58.970><c> of</c><00:13:59.129><c> the</c><00:13:59.230><c> matter</c><00:13:59.929><c> when</c><00:14:00.529><c> it's</c>

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only<00:14:01.570><c> a</c><00:14:02.289><c> mirage</c><00:14:03.210><c> that</c><00:14:04.309><c> can</c><00:14:04.490><c> easily</c><00:14:04.809><c> pass</c><00:14:05.169><c> through.</c>

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You<00:14:06.070><c> can</c><00:14:06.269><c> easily</c><00:14:06.590><c> pass</c><00:14:06.929><c> through</c><00:14:07.450><c> when</c><00:14:07.789><c> you</c><00:14:08.009><c> walk</c><00:14:08.210><c> through</c><00:14:08.470><c> it</c>

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and<00:14:14.230><c> not</c><00:14:14.490><c> let</c><00:14:14.710><c> the</c><00:14:14.970><c> heart</c><00:14:15.230><c> fool</c><00:14:15.509><c> you.</c><00:14:15.990><c> That's</c><00:14:16.210><c> the</c><00:14:16.309><c> end</c><00:14:16.450><c> of</c><00:14:16.610><c> the</c>

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matter.<00:14:18.690><c> So,</c><00:14:19.250><c> that</c><00:14:19.629><c> in</c><00:14:20.610><c> mind,</c>

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let's<00:14:23.110><c> move</c><00:14:23.370><c> on</c><00:14:23.870><c> to</c><00:14:24.389><c> the</c><00:14:24.610><c> subject</c><00:14:25.070><c> of</c><00:14:26.470><c> creation's</c><00:14:27.250><c> gospel.</c>

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God<00:14:34.350><c> can</c><00:14:34.649><c> be</c><00:14:34.990><c> seen</c><00:14:35.649><c> in</c><00:14:36.570><c> the</c><00:14:36.750><c> things</c><00:14:36.970><c> that</c><00:14:37.149><c> are</c><00:14:37.330><c> made.</c><00:14:39.090><c> I'm</c><00:14:39.230><c> sure</c>

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we've<00:14:40.830><c> often</c><00:14:41.750><c> heard</c><00:14:42.950><c> people</c><00:14:43.309><c> say</c><00:14:43.610><c> when</c><00:14:43.889><c> you</c><00:14:44.110><c> go</c><00:14:44.230><c> out</c>

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such,<00:14:47.730><c> and</c><00:14:47.789><c> someone</c><00:14:47.929><c> says,</c><00:14:48.330><c> oh,</c><00:14:48.789><c> this</c><00:14:49.090><c> is</c><00:14:49.450><c> God's</c>

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country.<00:14:51.110><c> Personally,</c><00:14:51.769><c> my</c><00:14:52.129><c> usual</c><00:14:52.490><c> response</c><00:14:52.990><c> is,</c><00:14:53.809><c> I</c><00:14:53.929><c> thought</c>

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and<00:15:00.769><c> there</c><00:15:01.450><c> is</c><00:15:01.610><c> some</c><00:15:01.870><c> truth</c><00:15:02.149><c> to</c><00:15:02.389><c> that.</c><00:15:05.090><c> The</c>

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architecture<00:15:06.149><c> of</c><00:15:06.470><c> mankind</c><00:15:07.190><c> sometimes</c><00:15:08.590><c> seems</c><00:15:08.950><c> to</c><00:15:09.210><c> obscure</c><00:15:09.590><c> God.</c><00:15:10.470><c> He's</c><00:15:10.669><c> actually</c><00:15:11.090><c> there</c><00:15:11.789><c> in</c>

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see<00:15:17.830><c> him</c><00:15:18.070><c> so</c><00:15:18.330><c> easily.</c>

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it<00:15:21.929><c> so.</c><00:15:22.730><c> However,</c><00:15:23.129><c> we</c><00:15:23.269><c> need</c><00:15:23.450><c> this</c><00:15:23.730><c> book</c>

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as<00:15:25.230><c> the</c><00:15:26.190><c> code</c><00:15:26.429><c> to</c><00:15:26.610><c> the</c><00:15:26.769><c> map</c><00:15:27.149><c> to</c><00:15:27.649><c> understand</c><00:15:28.289><c> how</c><00:15:29.029><c> these</c><00:15:29.350><c> features</c><00:15:29.610><c> of</c><00:15:29.889><c> creation</c><00:15:30.269><c> reflect</c><00:15:30.870><c> him</c>

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and<00:15:31.649><c> his</c><00:15:31.889><c> plan</c>

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and<00:15:32.450><c> purpose,</c><00:15:33.269><c> and</c><00:15:33.610><c> Romans</c><00:15:33.970><c> chapter</c><00:15:34.450><c> 1</c><00:15:34.730><c> is</c><00:15:34.909><c> one</c><00:15:35.049><c> of</c><00:15:35.169><c> the</c><00:15:35.289><c> places</c><00:15:35.549><c> where</c>

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he<00:15:35.889><c> tells</c><00:15:36.149><c> us</c><00:15:36.649><c> that</c><00:15:37.049><c> we</c><00:15:37.210><c> can</c><00:15:37.590><c> see</c><00:15:37.850><c> him</c><00:15:38.490><c> in</c>

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creation.<00:15:42.250><c> Romans</c><00:15:42.570><c> chapter</c><00:15:43.070><c> 1,</c><00:15:43.549><c> and</c><00:15:43.710><c> we're</c><00:15:43.850><c> going</c><00:15:43.909><c> to</c><00:15:44.009><c> look</c>

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specifically,<00:15:44.950><c> start</c><00:15:45.090><c> at</c><00:15:45.250><c> verse</c><00:15:45.529><c> 20.</c>

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being<00:15:57.610><c> understood</c><00:15:58.389><c> by</c><00:15:59.029><c> the</c><00:15:59.309><c> things</c><00:15:59.690><c> that</c><00:16:00.070><c> are</c><00:16:00.350><c> made,</c><00:16:01.529><c> even</c><00:16:01.769><c> as</c>

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eternal<00:16:02.309><c> power</c><00:16:02.789><c> and</c><00:16:03.090><c> Godhead,</c>

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so<00:16:04.730><c> they</c><00:16:04.929><c> are</c><00:16:05.129><c> without</c><00:16:05.450><c> excuse.</c><00:16:07.610><c> Because</c><00:16:08.190><c> that,</c><00:16:08.669><c> when</c><00:16:08.850><c> they</c>

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knew<00:16:09.330><c> God,</c><00:16:09.990><c> they</c><00:16:10.230><c> glorified</c><00:16:10.669><c> him</c><00:16:10.850><c> not</c><00:16:11.009><c> as</c><00:16:11.230><c> God,</c>

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neither<00:16:11.990><c> were</c><00:16:12.230><c> thankful,</c><00:16:12.809><c> but</c><00:16:13.009><c> became</c><00:16:13.330><c> vain</c><00:16:13.570><c> in</c><00:16:13.730><c> their</c><00:16:14.029><c> imaginations,</c><00:16:14.649><c> and</c>

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their<00:16:14.990><c> foolish</c><00:16:15.409><c> heart</c><00:16:15.730><c> was</c><00:16:16.009><c> darkened,</c>

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professing<00:16:17.350><c> themselves</c><00:16:17.750><c> to</c><00:16:17.870><c> be</c><00:16:18.070><c> wise,</c><00:16:18.350><c> they</c><00:16:18.590><c> became</c><00:16:18.870><c> fools,</c>

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and<00:16:19.850><c> changed</c><00:16:20.149><c> the</c><00:16:20.389><c> glory</c>

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corruptible<00:16:25.210><c> man,</c><00:16:26.029><c> to</c><00:16:26.190><c> birds</c><00:16:26.610><c> and</c><00:16:26.830><c> to</c><00:16:26.970><c> four</c><00:16:27.129><c>-footed</c>

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beasts<00:16:27.710><c> and</c><00:16:28.029><c> creeping</c><00:16:28.330><c> things.</c><00:16:30.090><c> They</c><00:16:30.730><c> didn't</c><00:16:31.070><c> understand.</c>

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shadow<00:16:41.350><c> and</c><00:16:42.230><c> not</c><00:16:42.490><c> that</c><00:16:42.990><c> which</c><00:16:43.330><c> made</c>

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the<00:16:44.289><c> shadow.</c><00:16:46.809><c> But</c><00:16:47.370><c> mankind</c><00:16:48.110><c> is</c><00:16:49.049><c> without</c><00:16:49.289><c> excuse</c><00:16:49.970><c> because</c><00:16:51.490><c> the</c>

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invisible<00:16:52.230><c> things</c><00:16:52.649><c> of</c><00:16:52.950><c> God</c><00:16:53.330><c> from</c><00:16:53.610><c> the</c><00:16:53.830><c> creation</c><00:16:54.110><c> of</c>

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the<00:16:54.409><c> world</c><00:16:54.649><c> can</c><00:16:54.830><c> be</c><00:16:55.070><c> clearly</c><00:16:55.350><c> seen</c><00:16:55.850><c> in</c><00:16:56.750><c> the</c><00:16:56.970><c> things</c><00:16:57.210><c> that</c><00:16:57.509><c> have</c>

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been<00:16:57.950><c> made.</c><00:17:00.529><c> Let's</c><00:17:01.090><c> pursue</c><00:17:01.450><c> that</c><00:17:01.730><c> thought</c><00:17:01.889><c> a</c><00:17:02.049><c> little</c>

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bit<00:17:02.269><c> in</c><00:17:02.450><c> the</c><00:17:02.549><c> Old</c><00:17:02.750><c> Testament.</c><00:17:03.309><c> Let's</c><00:17:03.309><c> go</c><00:17:03.490><c> to</c><00:17:03.610><c> Romans,</c><00:17:04.069><c> I</c><00:17:04.190><c> mean</c>

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Romans,<00:17:04.750><c> let's</c><00:17:04.869><c> go</c><00:17:05.130><c> to</c><00:17:05.529><c> Psalm</c><00:17:05.730><c> 19</c><00:17:06.549><c> and</c><00:17:07.769><c> we'll</c><00:17:07.950><c> look</c>

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at<00:17:08.210><c> the</c><00:17:08.390><c> first</c><00:17:08.730><c> several</c><00:17:09.190><c> verses</c><00:17:09.609><c> of</c><00:17:09.930><c> Psalm</c><00:17:10.109><c> 19.</c>

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Psalm<00:17:19.789><c> 19,</c><00:17:20.529><c> starting</c><00:17:20.710><c> at</c><00:17:22.210><c> verse</c><00:17:22.509><c> 1.</c><00:17:24.569><c> The</c><00:17:24.990><c> heavens</c><00:17:25.690><c> declare</c><00:17:26.890><c> the</c><00:17:28.589><c> glory</c><00:17:28.890><c> of</c>

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God,<00:17:30.089><c> and</c><00:17:30.190><c> the</c><00:17:30.390><c> firmament</c>

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shows<00:17:31.309><c> his</c><00:17:31.710><c> handiwork.</c><00:17:33.049><c> Day</c><00:17:33.349><c> unto</c><00:17:33.650><c> day</c><00:17:34.369><c> uttereth</c><00:17:34.970><c> speech,</c>

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and<00:17:36.690><c> night</c><00:17:36.829><c> unto</c><00:17:37.069><c> night</c><00:17:37.690><c> showeth</c><00:17:38.349><c> knowledge.</c>

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There<00:17:39.750><c> is</c><00:17:39.910><c> no</c><00:17:40.130><c> speech</c><00:17:40.470><c> nor</c><00:17:40.710><c> language</c><00:17:41.269><c> where</c><00:17:41.950><c> their</c><00:17:42.170><c> voice</c><00:17:42.349><c> is</c>

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not<00:17:42.750><c> heard.</c>

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The<00:17:46.029><c> voice</c><00:17:46.769><c> of</c><00:17:47.470><c> creation,</c><00:17:49.569><c> the</c><00:17:49.970><c> voice</c><00:17:50.829><c> of</c><00:17:51.650><c> the</c><00:17:51.869><c> things</c><00:17:52.369><c> that</c>

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God<00:17:53.289><c> has</c><00:17:53.569><c> made,</c><00:17:54.549><c> goes</c><00:17:54.730><c> out</c><00:17:54.910><c> to</c><00:17:55.109><c> all</c><00:17:55.269><c> the</c><00:17:55.490><c> world.</c>

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The<00:17:56.890><c> only</c><00:17:57.089><c> question</c><00:17:57.410><c> is,</c><00:17:57.690><c> are</c><00:17:57.849><c> we</c><00:17:58.049><c> listening?</c>

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Or<00:18:01.970><c> is</c><00:18:02.869><c> the</c><00:18:04.170><c> thin</c><00:18:04.690><c> crushed</c><00:18:05.309><c> whisper</c><00:18:05.750><c> of</c><00:18:06.009><c> God</c><00:18:06.410><c> being</c><00:18:06.849><c> drowned</c>

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out<00:18:08.009><c> by</c><00:18:08.529><c> the</c><00:18:09.150><c> earthquakes</c><00:18:09.750><c> and</c><00:18:10.329><c> the</c><00:18:10.470><c> fires</c>

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and<00:18:11.470><c> the</c><00:18:11.690><c> winds</c><00:18:12.109><c> of</c><00:18:12.509><c> daily</c><00:18:12.789><c> life?</c><00:18:13.910><c> As</c><00:18:14.130><c> Elijah</c><00:18:14.569><c> came</c><00:18:15.450><c> to</c><00:18:15.990><c> Mount</c>

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Sinai<00:18:17.049><c> to</c><00:18:18.450><c> speak</c><00:18:18.750><c> with</c><00:18:18.990><c> God</c>

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about<00:18:20.349><c> erring</c><00:18:20.950><c> Israel,</c><00:18:22.509><c> and</c><00:18:22.829><c> he</c><00:18:22.990><c> asks,</c><00:18:23.630><c> why</c><00:18:23.710><c> are</c><00:18:23.890><c> you</c><00:18:24.109><c> here?</c>

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Why<00:18:25.269><c> are</c><00:18:25.430><c> you</c><00:18:25.549><c> at</c><00:18:25.690><c> this</c><00:18:25.970><c> place?</c>

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And<00:18:27.650><c> he</c><00:18:27.750><c> has</c><00:18:28.029><c> the</c><00:18:28.869><c> huge</c><00:18:29.250><c> winds</c><00:18:29.690><c> that</c><00:18:29.950><c> hurl</c><00:18:30.190><c> rocks,</c><00:18:31.029><c> and</c><00:18:31.029><c> I'm</c><00:18:31.210><c> not</c><00:18:31.450><c> sure</c><00:18:31.569><c> if</c>

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I<00:18:31.849><c> have</c><00:18:31.849><c> the</c><00:18:32.029><c> order</c><00:18:32.190><c> correctly,</c>

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and<00:18:33.029><c> the</c><00:18:33.470><c> earthquake</c><00:18:33.990><c> that</c><00:18:34.329><c> shakes</c><00:18:34.569><c> the</c><00:18:34.809><c> mountain,</c><00:18:35.710><c> and</c><00:18:35.890><c> the</c>

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fire<00:18:36.230><c> what</c><00:18:36.369><c> can</c><00:18:36.690><c> burn</c><00:18:37.289><c> on</c><00:18:37.710><c> Mount</c><00:18:38.049><c> Sinai,</c>

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but<00:18:38.529><c> there's</c><00:18:38.829><c> a</c><00:18:39.130><c> fire,</c><00:18:39.950><c> a</c><00:18:40.170><c> conflagration.</c><00:18:41.430><c> God</c><00:18:41.589><c> is</c><00:18:41.890><c> in</c><00:18:42.029><c> none</c>

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of<00:18:42.309><c> them,</c><00:18:43.509><c> but</c><00:18:43.690><c> the</c><00:18:43.950><c> thin</c><00:18:44.250><c> crushed</c><00:18:44.710><c> whisper.</c>

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That's<00:18:46.509><c> where</c><00:18:46.730><c> God</c><00:18:46.970><c> is.</c><00:18:47.809><c> We</c><00:18:47.970><c> have</c><00:18:48.109><c> to</c><00:18:48.309><c> listen</c><00:18:48.730><c> very</c><00:18:49.890><c> intently,</c>

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because<00:18:51.950><c> he's</c><00:18:52.210><c> not</c><00:18:52.549><c> going</c><00:18:52.789><c> to</c><00:18:52.930><c> be</c><00:18:53.150><c> obvious.</c>

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We<00:18:55.450><c> have</c><00:18:55.630><c> to</c><00:18:55.809><c> listen</c><00:18:56.049><c> carefully</c><00:18:56.569><c> for</c><00:18:57.670><c> the</c><00:18:57.849><c> voice</c><00:18:58.390><c> of</c><00:18:58.809><c> creation.</c>

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That<00:19:01.750><c> was</c><00:19:02.250><c> designed</c><00:19:02.730><c> as</c><00:19:02.950><c> an</c><00:19:03.170><c> introduction</c><00:19:03.589><c> to</c><00:19:03.829><c> the</c><00:19:04.049><c> subject,</c>

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so<00:19:05.569><c> what</c><00:19:05.710><c> we're</c><00:19:05.829><c> going</c><00:19:05.930><c> to</c><00:19:05.970><c> do</c><00:19:06.130><c> now</c><00:19:06.549><c> is</c><00:19:07.089><c> we're</c>

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going<00:19:07.609><c> to</c><00:19:07.869><c> head</c><00:19:08.069><c> into</c><00:19:08.369><c> the</c><00:19:09.470><c> category</c><00:19:10.089><c> of</c><00:19:10.430><c> Heaven</c><00:19:10.569><c> and</c><00:19:10.730><c> Earth,</c>

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as<00:19:11.369><c> the</c><00:19:11.990><c> titles</c><00:19:12.210><c> for</c><00:19:12.430><c> each</c><00:19:12.670><c> day</c><00:19:12.829><c> are</c><00:19:13.029><c> kind</c><00:19:13.269><c> of</c>

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not<00:19:14.470><c> meant</c><00:19:14.750><c> to</c><00:19:15.029><c> be</c><00:19:16.289><c> exclusivist</c><00:19:16.930><c> to</c><00:19:17.049><c> what</c><00:19:17.089><c> we're</c><00:19:17.250><c> going</c><00:19:17.369><c> to</c><00:19:17.470><c> consider</c><00:19:17.769><c> that</c><00:19:18.069><c> day,</c><00:19:18.450><c> so</c>

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we're<00:19:18.789><c> going</c><00:19:18.890><c> to</c><00:19:19.009><c> probably,</c>

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this<00:19:20.869><c> will</c><00:19:21.029><c> fall</c><00:19:21.269><c> over</c><00:19:21.450><c> into</c><00:19:21.710><c> tomorrow</c><00:19:22.009><c> as</c><00:19:22.269><c> well,</c><00:19:22.410><c> but</c><00:19:22.549><c> I'd</c><00:19:22.769><c> like</c><00:19:22.769><c> to</c>

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get<00:19:22.950><c> as</c><00:19:23.089><c> much</c><00:19:23.210><c> of</c><00:19:23.269><c> the</c><00:19:23.430><c> material</c><00:19:23.650><c> as</c><00:19:23.769><c> we</c><00:19:24.009><c> can.</c>

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That<00:19:24.849><c> being</c><00:19:25.029><c> the</c><00:19:25.230><c> case,</c><00:19:25.730><c> let's</c><00:19:26.009><c> look</c><00:19:26.190><c> at</c><00:19:26.349><c> the</c><00:19:26.569><c> phrase</c><00:19:27.109><c> Heaven</c>

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and<00:19:27.710><c> Earth</c><00:19:28.109><c> as</c><00:19:28.549><c> it's</c><00:19:28.789><c> used</c><00:19:28.930><c> in</c><00:19:29.170><c> Scripture.</c>

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First<00:19:36.750><c> of</c><00:19:36.950><c> all,</c><00:19:39.009><c> these</c><00:19:39.049><c> two</c><00:19:39.349><c> words</c><00:19:40.029><c> embody</c><00:19:41.329><c> all</c><00:19:43.130><c> of</c><00:19:43.250><c> the</c><00:19:43.329><c> works</c>

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of<00:19:43.730><c> creation,</c><00:19:45.089><c> Heaven</c><00:19:45.410><c> and</c><00:19:45.710><c> Earth.</c><00:19:46.690><c> It</c><00:19:46.750><c> covers</c>

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everything,<00:19:48.410><c> these</c><00:19:48.650><c> two</c><00:19:48.890><c> words.</c><00:19:50.029><c> It</c><00:19:50.230><c> also</c><00:19:51.109><c> presents</c><00:19:52.390><c> opposing</c><00:19:53.849><c> thoughts,</c><00:19:55.109><c> that</c><00:19:55.329><c> which</c><00:19:55.490><c> is</c>

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of<00:19:55.869><c> Heaven,</c>

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that<00:19:56.789><c> which</c><00:19:56.970><c> is</c><00:19:57.210><c> of</c><00:19:57.349><c> the</c><00:19:57.490><c> Earth.</c><00:19:58.289><c> It</c><00:19:58.450><c> also</c><00:19:58.789><c> presents</c><00:19:59.329><c> stages</c>

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in<00:20:01.190><c> the</c><00:20:01.390><c> plan</c><00:20:01.509><c> of</c><00:20:01.730><c> God,</c><00:20:02.869><c> and</c><00:20:02.970><c> they</c><00:20:03.109><c> are</c><00:20:03.329><c> presented</c>

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in<00:20:03.849><c> each</c><00:20:04.089><c> way.</c><00:20:05.650><c> Okay,</c><00:20:05.789><c> let's</c><00:20:05.950><c> consider</c><00:20:06.309><c> the</c><00:20:06.529><c> Earth.</c><00:20:07.349><c> The</c><00:20:07.509><c> Earth</c><00:20:07.710><c> is</c>

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associated<00:20:08.410><c> with</c><00:20:08.630><c> that</c><00:20:08.890><c> which</c><00:20:09.109><c> is</c><00:20:09.430><c> related</c>

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to<00:20:09.829><c> the</c><00:20:10.049><c> flesh,</c><00:20:11.009><c> related</c><00:20:11.390><c> to</c><00:20:11.730><c> the</c><00:20:11.970><c> curse,</c><00:20:13.069><c> because</c><00:20:13.369><c> of</c><00:20:13.569><c> course</c>

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we<00:20:13.930><c> remember</c><00:20:14.170><c> the</c><00:20:14.349><c> terms</c><00:20:14.549><c> of</c><00:20:14.730><c> the</c><00:20:14.890><c> curse,</c>

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dust<00:20:15.849><c> thou</c><00:20:16.130><c> art,</c><00:20:16.549><c> until</c><00:20:16.750><c> dust</c><00:20:17.109><c> thou</c><00:20:17.289><c> shall</c><00:20:17.509><c> return.</c><00:20:18.009><c> We</c><00:20:18.170><c> are</c>

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Earth.<00:20:20.210><c> What</c><00:20:20.529><c> am</c><00:20:20.730><c> I?</c><00:20:21.170><c> Take</c><00:20:21.410><c> away</c><00:20:21.589><c> the</c><00:20:21.750><c> breath</c><00:20:21.930><c> of</c><00:20:22.109><c> God,</c>

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and<00:20:23.589><c> in</c><00:20:23.890><c> some</c><00:20:24.109><c> time</c><00:20:24.309><c> down</c><00:20:24.470><c> the</c><00:20:24.670><c> road</c><00:20:24.829><c> there's</c><00:20:25.089><c> going</c><00:20:25.170><c> to</c><00:20:25.250><c> be</c><00:20:25.390><c> a</c>

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pile<00:20:25.690><c> of</c><00:20:25.869><c> dirt</c><00:20:25.970><c> up</c><00:20:26.170><c> here</c><00:20:26.690><c> that</c><00:20:27.029><c> was</c><00:20:27.250><c> me.</c>

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That's<00:20:28.789><c> all</c><00:20:29.170><c> I</c><00:20:29.470><c> am,</c><00:20:30.349><c> is</c><00:20:30.509><c> a</c><00:20:30.670><c> pile</c><00:20:30.829><c> of</c><00:20:31.009><c> dirt</c><00:20:31.250><c> that</c><00:20:31.650><c> breathes,</c><00:20:33.589><c> that</c><00:20:33.809><c> God</c>

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breathed<00:20:34.630><c> into</c><00:20:35.190><c> and</c><00:20:35.910><c> gave</c><00:20:36.109><c> me</c><00:20:36.329><c> the</c><00:20:36.509><c> ability,</c>

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if<00:20:37.329><c> I</c><00:20:37.529><c> chose,</c><00:20:39.450><c> to</c><00:20:39.750><c> be</c><00:20:40.049><c> reshaped</c><00:20:40.750><c> in</c><00:20:41.130><c> his</c><00:20:41.349><c> image</c><00:20:41.769><c> and</c><00:20:42.109><c> likeness.</c>

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in<00:23:15.750><c> the</c><00:23:15.930><c> churches.</c><00:23:16.970><c> I</c><00:23:16.970><c> am</c><00:23:17.170><c> the</c><00:23:17.390><c> root</c><00:23:17.569><c> and</c><00:23:17.750><c> the</c><00:23:17.990><c> offspring</c><00:23:18.250><c> of</c>

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led<00:23:27.789><c> the</c><00:23:28.089><c> wise</c><00:23:28.369><c> men</c><00:23:28.670><c> to</c><00:23:29.009><c> him</c><00:23:29.329><c> after</c><00:23:29.710><c> his</c><00:23:29.990><c> birth</c><00:23:30.289><c> with</c><00:23:30.630><c> all</c><00:23:30.789><c> their</c><00:23:30.990><c> gifts.</c><00:23:31.930><c> It</c><00:23:32.029><c> was</c><00:23:32.250><c> a</c>

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star.<00:23:34.170><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c>

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presuming<00:23:35.309><c> himself</c><00:23:36.069><c> to</c><00:23:36.329><c> be</c><00:23:36.650><c> the</c><00:23:37.130><c> day</c><00:23:37.470><c> star,</c><00:23:37.890><c> the</c><00:23:38.089><c> Lucifer,</c><00:23:39.190><c> set</c><00:23:39.289><c> himself</c><00:23:39.809><c> above</c><00:23:40.450><c> the</c><00:23:41.029><c> stars</c><00:23:41.509><c> of</c><00:23:41.890><c> God,</c>

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indicating<00:23:42.930><c> the</c><00:23:43.150><c> children</c><00:23:43.390><c> of</c><00:23:43.569><c> Israel,</c><00:23:44.609><c> and</c><00:23:44.730><c> himself</c><00:23:45.250><c> being</c>

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led<00:23:48.349><c> to</c><00:23:48.549><c> his</c><00:23:49.289><c> downfall,</c><00:23:49.890><c> as</c><00:23:50.069><c> depicted</c><00:23:50.390><c> in</c><00:23:50.609><c> Daniel</c><00:23:50.910><c> 4,</c><00:23:51.930><c> where</c><00:23:52.130><c> he</c><00:23:53.670><c> was</c><00:23:53.869><c> turned</c><00:23:54.049><c> into</c><00:23:54.269><c> a</c>

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lunatic<00:23:55.170><c> for</c><00:23:55.630><c> seven</c>

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times.<00:23:58.069><c> And</c><00:23:58.250><c> when</c><00:23:58.309><c> we</c><00:23:58.529><c> bring</c><00:23:58.789><c> both</c><00:23:59.130><c> concepts</c><00:23:59.730><c> together,</c><00:24:01.250><c> heaven</c><00:24:01.369><c> and</c>

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earth,<00:24:03.329><c> we</c><00:24:03.690><c> see</c><00:24:03.849><c> an</c><00:24:04.069><c> extension</c><00:24:04.349><c> of</c><00:24:04.549><c> the</c>

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principles<00:24:05.069><c> reflected</c><00:24:05.710><c> with</c><00:24:06.809><c> a</c><00:24:06.970><c> very</c><00:24:07.569><c> maintained</c><00:24:08.690><c> consistency</c><00:24:09.809><c> in</c><00:24:10.509><c> Scripture,</c><00:24:11.549><c> as</c><00:24:11.829><c> we</c>

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will<00:24:12.190><c> often</c><00:24:12.549><c> see</c>

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the<00:24:13.210><c> phrase</c><00:24:13.509><c> repeated</c><00:24:13.950><c> in</c><00:24:14.309><c> Scripture,</c><00:24:15.130><c> heaven</c><00:24:15.609><c> and</c><00:24:16.089><c> earth.</c>

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witnesses<00:24:23.930><c> of</c><00:24:24.150><c> God.</c><00:24:26.150><c> Now,</c><00:24:26.309><c> we're</c><00:24:26.470><c> going</c><00:24:26.690><c> to</c><00:24:26.910><c> look</c><00:24:27.069><c> at</c><00:24:27.230><c> this</c><00:24:27.630><c> a</c>

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the<00:24:33.450><c> witnesses,</c><00:24:33.990><c> the</c><00:24:34.130><c> two</c><00:24:34.309><c> witnesses</c><00:24:34.750><c> required</c>

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by<00:24:36.150><c> God</c><00:24:36.430><c> in</c><00:24:36.569><c> a</c><00:24:36.690><c> matter</c><00:24:36.910><c> of</c><00:24:37.049><c> life</c><00:24:37.190><c> and</c><00:24:37.430><c> death.</c><00:24:38.190><c> We'll</c><00:24:38.470><c> consider</c>

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that<00:24:39.069><c> a</c><00:24:39.190><c> little</c><00:24:39.269><c> later</c><00:24:39.490><c> in</c><00:24:39.630><c> the</c><00:24:39.730><c> week</c><00:24:39.890><c> when</c><00:24:40.049><c> we</c>

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look<00:24:40.269><c> at</c><00:24:40.369><c> the</c><00:24:40.490><c> subject</c><00:24:40.809><c> of</c><00:24:41.049><c> rain.</c><00:24:43.450><c> When</c><00:24:43.829><c> Israel</c><00:24:44.230><c> rejected</c><00:24:44.869><c> God,</c><00:24:45.710><c> his</c>

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them<00:24:48.250><c> as</c><00:24:49.450><c> required</c><00:24:50.009><c> by</c><00:24:50.809><c> the</c><00:24:50.970><c> law</c><00:24:51.529><c> in</c><00:24:52.049><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:24:52.450><c> 17,</c><00:24:53.009><c> I</c><00:24:53.130><c> believe</c><00:24:53.289><c> it</c>

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is,<00:24:53.710><c> where</c><00:24:54.430><c> the</c><00:24:54.849><c> hands</c><00:24:55.089><c> of</c><00:24:55.250><c> the</c><00:24:55.349><c> witnesses</c>

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would<00:24:55.910><c> be</c><00:24:56.170><c> first</c><00:24:56.630><c> against</c><00:24:57.170><c> the</c><00:24:57.430><c> accused</c><00:24:57.710><c> in</c><00:24:57.869><c> a</c><00:24:57.970><c> matter</c><00:24:58.130><c> of</c><00:24:58.289><c> life</c><00:24:58.430><c> and</c>

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death.<00:25:00.829><c> Heaven</c><00:25:00.970><c> and</c><00:25:01.130><c> earth</c><00:25:01.490><c> are</c><00:25:02.130><c> a</c><00:25:02.130><c> reflection</c>

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of<00:25:03.269><c> the</c><00:25:03.490><c> progression</c><00:25:04.130><c> of</c><00:25:04.910><c> God's</c><00:25:05.849><c> two</c><00:25:06.190><c>-stage</c><00:25:06.869><c> plan.</c><00:25:08.789><c> For</c><00:25:09.009><c> example,</c><00:25:09.349><c> and</c><00:25:09.490><c> this</c><00:25:09.670><c> is</c><00:25:09.890><c> reflected</c><00:25:10.230><c> a</c>

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number<00:25:10.609><c> of</c><00:25:10.690><c> ways</c>

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scripture<00:25:11.349><c> as</c><00:25:11.650><c> well.</c><00:25:13.309><c> We</c><00:25:13.309><c> spoke</c><00:25:13.910><c> last</c><00:25:14.450><c> evening</c><00:25:14.809><c> about</c><00:25:15.609><c> the</c><00:25:16.069><c> principle</c><00:25:16.509><c> of</c>

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death<00:25:17.250><c> before</c><00:25:17.650><c> life.</c><00:25:18.509><c> This</c><00:25:18.670><c> is</c>

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presented<00:25:19.390><c> in</c><00:25:19.849><c> the</c><00:25:19.950><c> phrase</c><00:25:20.309><c> heaven</c><00:25:20.670><c> and</c><00:25:20.829><c> earth.</c><00:25:21.509><c> Earth</c><00:25:21.789><c> always</c><00:25:22.269><c> comes</c>

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first,<00:25:22.950><c> not</c><00:25:23.170><c> so</c><00:25:23.309><c> much</c><00:25:23.410><c> in</c><00:25:23.549><c> the</c><00:25:23.650><c> way</c><00:25:23.710><c> it's</c>

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expressed,<00:25:25.009><c> but</c><00:25:25.069><c> in</c><00:25:25.210><c> the</c><00:25:25.289><c> way</c><00:25:25.410><c> it's</c><00:25:25.650><c> presented.</c><00:25:26.049><c> For</c><00:25:26.230><c> example,</c><00:25:27.230><c> Adam</c><00:25:27.450><c> was</c><00:25:27.730><c> created</c><00:25:28.089><c> in</c>

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a<00:25:28.589><c> two</c><00:25:29.029><c>-stage</c><00:25:29.589><c> project</c>

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employing<00:25:31.630><c> both</c><00:25:32.369><c> earthly</c><00:25:32.809><c> and</c><00:25:33.369><c> heavenly</c><00:25:34.009><c> ingredients.</c><00:25:35.170><c> If</c><00:25:35.369><c> we</c><00:25:35.470><c> examine</c><00:25:35.789><c> that</c><00:25:36.369><c> in</c><00:25:36.569><c> Genesis</c><00:25:37.170><c> chapter</c><00:25:37.890><c> 2</c>

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and<00:25:39.470><c> verse</c><00:25:39.670><c> 7,</c><00:25:40.369><c> it's</c><00:25:40.710><c> stated</c><00:25:40.869><c> very</c><00:25:41.569><c> clearly.</c><00:25:43.509><c> Lord</c><00:25:43.529><c> God</c><00:25:43.890><c> formed</c><00:25:44.150><c> man</c>

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of<00:25:44.609><c> the</c><00:25:44.869><c> dust</c><00:25:45.190><c> of</c><00:25:45.430><c> the</c><00:25:45.630><c> ground</c><00:25:46.109><c> and</c>

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breathed<00:25:47.109><c> into</c><00:25:47.269><c> his</c><00:25:47.509><c> nostrils</c><00:25:48.029><c> the</c><00:25:48.450><c> breath</c><00:25:48.650><c> of</c><00:25:48.910><c> life</c><00:25:49.309><c> and</c><00:25:49.809><c> man</c>

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became<00:25:50.589><c> a</c><00:25:50.829><c> living</c><00:25:51.049><c> soul.</c><00:25:52.170><c> Two</c><00:25:52.369><c> ingredients.</c>

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Now<00:25:53.769><c> there's</c><00:25:53.990><c> more</c><00:25:54.250><c> to</c><00:25:54.509><c> us</c><00:25:54.690><c> than</c><00:25:54.950><c> that.</c><00:25:55.849><c> There's</c><00:25:56.109><c> a</c><00:25:56.230><c> lot</c><00:25:56.349><c> more</c>

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to<00:25:56.730><c> a</c><00:25:56.890><c> human</c><00:25:57.089><c> being</c><00:25:57.470><c> than</c><00:25:57.910><c> dirt</c><00:25:58.230><c> and</c><00:25:58.509><c> breath,</c>

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but<00:25:59.670><c> that's</c><00:26:00.130><c> exactly</c><00:26:00.509><c> the</c><00:26:00.710><c> way</c><00:26:00.869><c> God</c><00:26:01.210><c> wanted</c><00:26:01.569><c> it</c><00:26:01.950><c> understood</c><00:26:02.490><c> by</c><00:26:03.009><c> us.</c><00:26:03.690><c> We</c><00:26:03.890><c> are</c><00:26:04.150><c> a</c>

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product<00:26:04.650><c> of</c><00:26:05.150><c> earth</c>

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and<00:26:05.890><c> heaven.</c><00:26:06.690><c> The</c><00:26:06.869><c> body</c><00:26:07.150><c> is</c><00:26:07.450><c> made</c><00:26:07.829><c> of</c><00:26:08.250><c> the</c><00:26:08.410><c> earth</c><00:26:08.710><c> and</c><00:26:09.210><c> then</c><00:26:09.390><c> we</c>

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are<00:26:09.670><c> filled</c><00:26:09.930><c> with</c><00:26:10.130><c> the</c><00:26:10.309><c> breath</c><00:26:10.529><c> of</c><00:26:10.750><c> God.</c>

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Earth<00:26:12.910><c> and</c><00:26:13.549><c> then</c><00:26:13.789><c> heaven.</c><00:26:15.789><c> The</c><00:26:15.950><c> earth</c><00:26:16.450><c> is</c><00:26:16.789><c> stage</c><00:26:17.069><c> one,</c><00:26:17.910><c> heaven</c>

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is<00:26:18.589><c> stage</c><00:26:18.849><c> two.</c><00:26:19.490><c> Interestingly</c><00:26:19.990><c> enough,</c>

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the<00:26:21.089><c> resurrection</c><00:26:21.609><c> of</c><00:26:21.910><c> the</c><00:26:21.990><c> nation</c><00:26:22.230><c> of</c><00:26:22.490><c> Israel</c><00:26:22.730><c> is</c><00:26:23.309><c> presented</c>

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in<00:26:24.009><c> exactly</c><00:26:24.690><c> the</c><00:26:25.230><c> same</c><00:26:25.509><c> terms.</c><00:26:26.650><c> In</c><00:26:26.849><c> Ezekiel</c><00:26:27.309><c> 37</c>

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we<00:26:29.170><c> have</c><00:26:29.390><c> that</c><00:26:29.710><c> fascinating</c><00:26:30.509><c> prophecy</c><00:26:31.289><c> of</c><00:26:31.630><c> the</c><00:26:31.849><c> resurrection</c>

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of<00:26:33.049><c> the</c><00:26:33.130><c> nation</c><00:26:33.410><c> of</c><00:26:33.670><c> Israel</c><00:26:33.890><c> which</c>

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the<00:26:36.809><c> generation</c><00:26:37.410><c> just</c><00:26:38.490><c> prior</c><00:26:38.890><c> to</c><00:26:39.130><c> my</c><00:26:39.630><c> birth</c><00:26:40.009><c> was</c><00:26:40.769><c> able</c><00:26:41.009><c> to</c><00:26:41.250><c> witness</c><00:26:41.630><c> and</c>

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we've<00:26:42.829><c> been</c><00:26:42.990><c> able</c><00:26:43.210><c> to</c>

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study<00:26:44.130><c> quite</c><00:26:44.369><c> a</c><00:26:44.470><c> bit</c><00:26:44.589><c> about</c><00:26:45.009><c> the</c><00:26:45.650><c> resurrection</c><00:26:46.190><c> of</c><00:26:46.549><c> the</c><00:26:46.609><c> nation</c><00:26:46.869><c> of</c><00:26:47.089><c> Israel.</c><00:26:49.950><c> In</c>

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Ezekiel<00:26:51.630><c> 37</c>

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we<00:26:53.549><c> have</c><00:26:53.829><c> the</c><00:26:54.150><c> terms</c><00:26:54.589><c> of</c><00:26:54.990><c> this</c><00:26:55.329><c> prophecy</c><00:26:55.769><c> where</c><00:26:56.630><c> Ezekiel</c><00:26:57.450><c> is</c><00:26:58.329><c> invited</c><00:26:58.769><c> to,</c><00:26:59.289><c> or</c><00:26:59.509><c> commanded</c><00:26:59.750><c> I</c>

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should<00:27:00.150><c> say,</c><00:27:00.990><c> to</c>

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prophesy<00:27:02.529><c> to</c><00:27:03.789><c> the</c><00:27:04.009><c> bones</c><00:27:04.390><c> that</c><00:27:04.589><c> are</c><00:27:04.849><c> strewn</c><00:27:05.049><c> out</c><00:27:05.349><c> on</c><00:27:05.529><c> the</c><00:27:05.690><c> valley</c><00:27:05.869><c> floor</c><00:27:06.549><c> and</c>

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he<00:27:07.609><c> prophesies</c><00:27:08.150><c> and</c><00:27:08.289><c> in</c><00:27:08.390><c> this</c><00:27:08.569><c> first</c>

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stage<00:27:09.450><c> the</c><00:27:09.990><c> bones</c><00:27:10.369><c> come</c><00:27:10.690><c> together</c><00:27:11.250><c> and</c><00:27:11.990><c> the</c><00:27:12.450><c> organs</c><00:27:12.950><c> fill</c><00:27:13.309><c> up</c>

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and<00:27:14.349><c> the</c><00:27:14.630><c> skin</c><00:27:14.849><c> and</c><00:27:15.069><c> the</c><00:27:15.230><c> muscles</c><00:27:15.609><c> and</c><00:27:15.930><c> such</c>

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and<00:27:16.529><c> they</c><00:27:16.750><c> appear</c><00:27:16.970><c> to</c><00:27:17.230><c> be</c><00:27:18.029><c> an</c><00:27:18.430><c> army</c><00:27:18.710><c> either</c><00:27:19.289><c> sleeping</c><00:27:19.650><c> or</c><00:27:20.089><c> dead</c>

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on<00:27:21.309><c> the</c><00:27:21.390><c> floor</c><00:27:21.549><c> of</c><00:27:22.950><c> the</c><00:27:23.109><c> valley.</c><00:27:24.329><c> Step</c><00:27:24.549><c> number</c><00:27:24.910><c> two,</c>

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prophesy<00:27:25.849><c> again</c><00:27:26.109><c> and</c><00:27:26.390><c> prophesy</c><00:27:26.809><c> to</c><00:27:27.029><c> the</c><00:27:27.170><c> winds</c><00:27:27.589><c> and</c><00:27:28.410><c> fill</c><00:27:28.650><c> the</c>

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bodies<00:27:29.170><c> with</c><00:27:29.549><c> air</c><00:27:29.890><c> and</c><00:27:30.490><c> he</c><00:27:30.809><c> prophesies.</c><00:27:31.769><c> Step</c>

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number<00:27:32.289><c> two,</c><00:27:32.690><c> just</c><00:27:32.890><c> like</c><00:27:33.089><c> the</c><00:27:33.309><c> creation</c><00:27:33.589><c> of</c><00:27:33.910><c> Adam,</c><00:27:34.730><c> body,</c><00:27:35.569><c> breath,</c><00:27:36.849><c> recreation</c><00:27:37.390><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:37.750><c> nation</c><00:27:37.990><c> of</c><00:27:38.170><c> Israel,</c>

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body,<00:27:40.450><c> breath,</c><00:27:41.230><c> earth</c><00:27:41.609><c> and</c><00:27:42.150><c> then</c><00:27:42.410><c> heaven.</c><00:27:44.529><c> And</c><00:27:44.650><c> we</c><00:27:44.869><c> have</c>

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Brother<00:27:47.890><c> Thomas</c><00:27:48.269><c> of</c><00:27:48.450><c> course</c><00:27:48.769><c> pointing</c><00:27:49.109><c> this</c><00:27:49.430><c> out</c><00:27:50.430><c> in</c><00:27:51.009><c> Elpis</c>

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Israel<00:27:51.710><c> as</c><00:27:52.089><c> the</c><00:27:52.430><c> political</c><00:27:52.789><c> and</c><00:27:53.829><c> spiritual</c>

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rebirth<00:27:55.269><c> of</c><00:27:55.490><c> Israel.</c><00:27:56.430><c> We</c><00:27:56.529><c> have</c><00:27:56.809><c> seen,</c><00:27:57.170><c> we</c><00:27:57.289><c> have</c><00:27:57.490><c> witnessed</c><00:27:57.890><c> step</c><00:27:58.349><c> number</c><00:27:58.650><c> one,</c><00:27:59.490><c> the</c><00:27:59.690><c> political</c><00:28:00.369><c> rebirth</c><00:28:00.970><c> of</c><00:28:01.309><c> Israel.</c>

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We<00:28:02.369><c> have</c><00:28:02.650><c> seen</c><00:28:03.309><c> the</c><00:28:05.809><c> bones</c><00:28:06.269><c> come</c><00:28:06.690><c> together</c><00:28:07.309><c> as</c><00:28:08.410><c> it's</c><00:28:08.750><c> depicted</c>

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in<00:28:09.470><c> verse</c><00:28:09.710><c> 12,</c><00:28:10.009><c> I</c><00:28:10.069><c> believe</c><00:28:10.289><c> it</c><00:28:10.390><c> was</c><00:28:10.509><c> Ezekiel</c><00:28:10.809><c> 37,</c>

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therefore<00:28:12.230><c> prophesy</c><00:28:13.130><c> unto</c><00:28:13.410><c> them</c><00:28:13.789><c> and</c><00:28:13.890><c> say</c><00:28:14.309><c> unto</c><00:28:15.009><c> them,</c><00:28:15.309><c> thus</c>

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saith<00:28:15.650><c> the</c><00:28:15.849><c> Lord</c><00:28:16.009><c> God,</c><00:28:16.329><c> Behold</c><00:28:16.650><c> O</c><00:28:16.829><c> my</c><00:28:16.970><c> people,</c>

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I<00:28:17.349><c> will</c><00:28:17.529><c> open</c><00:28:17.750><c> your</c><00:28:17.990><c> graves</c><00:28:18.509><c> and</c><00:28:19.109><c> cause</c><00:28:19.369><c> you</c><00:28:19.529><c> to</c><00:28:19.609><c> come</c><00:28:19.750><c> up</c><00:28:19.890><c> out</c>

00:28:19.970 --> 00:28:21.849
of<00:28:20.089><c> your</c><00:28:20.309><c> graves</c><00:28:20.710><c> and</c><00:28:20.950><c> bring</c><00:28:21.089><c> you</c><00:28:21.230><c> into</c><00:28:21.390><c> the</c><00:28:21.529><c> land</c><00:28:21.670><c> of</c>

00:28:21.849 --> 00:28:26.950
Israel.<00:28:23.529><c> And</c><00:28:23.809><c> if</c><00:28:23.990><c> you</c><00:28:24.490><c> read</c><00:28:24.910><c> any</c><00:28:25.150><c> of</c><00:28:25.250><c> the</c><00:28:25.369><c> books</c><00:28:25.609><c> by</c><00:28:26.009><c> the</c><00:28:26.769><c> men</c>

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that<00:28:27.150><c> were</c><00:28:27.509><c> very</c><00:28:27.910><c> instrumental</c><00:28:28.490><c> and</c><00:28:29.190><c> that</c><00:28:29.630><c> God</c><00:28:29.849><c> used</c>

00:28:30.230 --> 00:28:34.910
to<00:28:30.670><c> bring</c><00:28:30.990><c> the</c><00:28:31.529><c> nation</c><00:28:31.789><c> back</c><00:28:32.029><c> to</c><00:28:32.269><c> life,</c><00:28:33.349><c> Menachem</c><00:28:33.769><c> Begin,</c><00:28:34.750><c> I</c>

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believe<00:28:35.069><c> his</c><00:28:35.250><c> book</c><00:28:35.470><c> was</c><00:28:35.730><c> called</c><00:28:35.950><c> Days</c><00:28:36.289><c> of</c><00:28:36.630><c> Fire</c>

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and<00:28:41.250><c> Samuel</c><00:28:41.849><c> Katz</c><00:28:42.470><c> who</c><00:28:42.690><c> was</c><00:28:42.869><c> also</c><00:28:43.450><c> one</c><00:28:43.869><c> of</c><00:28:44.049><c> the</c><00:28:44.549><c> high</c><00:28:44.789><c> command</c>

00:28:45.130 --> 00:28:47.630
of<00:28:45.349><c> the</c><00:28:45.509><c> Urgun</c><00:28:46.089><c> which</c><00:28:46.549><c> Menachem</c><00:28:47.069><c> Begin</c><00:28:47.289><c> was</c>

00:28:47.630 --> 00:28:51.549
the<00:28:48.230><c> leader</c><00:28:48.470><c> of</c><00:28:48.849><c> during</c><00:28:49.109><c> the</c><00:28:49.349><c> revolt,</c><00:28:50.470><c> during</c><00:28:50.609><c> the</c><00:28:51.190><c> war</c><00:28:51.369><c> of</c>

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independence<00:28:51.910><c> I'm</c><00:28:52.150><c> sorry.</c>

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They<00:28:53.910><c> wrote</c><00:28:54.150><c> a</c><00:28:54.329><c> number</c><00:28:54.470><c> of</c><00:28:54.650><c> things</c><00:28:54.789><c> and</c><00:28:54.950><c> each</c><00:28:55.190><c> of</c><00:28:55.269><c> them</c><00:28:55.390><c> writes</c>

00:28:55.750 --> 00:29:00.930
that<00:28:56.950><c> the</c><00:28:57.589><c> nation</c><00:28:58.109><c> was</c><00:28:58.589><c> born</c><00:28:59.190><c> out</c><00:28:59.569><c> of</c><00:28:59.710><c> the</c><00:28:59.970><c> graves</c>

00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:08.009
of<00:29:01.369><c> Europe.</c><00:29:02.809><c> It</c><00:29:03.009><c> was</c><00:29:03.789><c> the</c><00:29:04.630><c> death</c><00:29:04.950><c> struggle</c><00:29:05.630><c> in</c><00:29:06.210><c> Europe</c><00:29:06.609><c> that</c><00:29:07.230><c> created</c><00:29:07.569><c> a</c>

00:29:08.009 --> 00:29:10.390
stampede<00:29:09.029><c> of</c><00:29:09.529><c> Jewish</c><00:29:09.809><c> people</c>

00:29:10.390 --> 00:29:14.470
to<00:29:11.170><c> the</c><00:29:11.369><c> promised</c><00:29:11.630><c> land,</c><00:29:12.349><c> to</c><00:29:12.490><c> the</c><00:29:12.630><c> land</c><00:29:12.750><c> of</c><00:29:12.930><c> Israel,</c><00:29:14.130><c> to</c><00:29:14.250><c> their</c>

00:29:14.470 --> 00:29:18.049
homeland.<00:29:15.569><c> That's</c><00:29:15.890><c> what</c><00:29:16.130><c> created</c><00:29:16.730><c> the</c><00:29:17.289><c> state</c>

00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:22.009
and<00:29:18.470><c> in</c><00:29:18.670><c> very</c><00:29:19.369><c> perfect</c><00:29:19.869><c> terms</c><00:29:20.309><c> God</c><00:29:20.670><c> prophesied</c><00:29:21.269><c> exactly</c><00:29:21.849><c> what</c>

00:29:22.009 --> 00:29:23.750
would<00:29:22.230><c> happen.</c><00:29:22.589><c> We've</c><00:29:22.829><c> only</c><00:29:23.029><c> witnessed</c><00:29:23.369><c> the</c><00:29:23.589><c> first</c>

00:29:23.750 --> 00:29:27.549
part<00:29:23.990><c> of</c><00:29:24.150><c> that,</c><00:29:24.269><c> the</c><00:29:24.430><c> earth</c><00:29:24.690><c> part,</c><00:29:25.829><c> the</c><00:29:26.069><c> political</c><00:29:26.569><c> part.</c><00:29:27.369><c> We</c>

00:29:27.549 --> 00:29:30.509
have<00:29:27.710><c> yet</c><00:29:27.890><c> to</c><00:29:28.069><c> witness</c><00:29:28.730><c> the</c><00:29:29.490><c> breath</c><00:29:29.990><c> filling</c><00:29:30.309><c> them,</c>

00:29:30.529 --> 00:29:34.329
the<00:29:30.769><c> spiritual</c><00:29:31.690><c> resurrection</c><00:29:32.329><c> of</c><00:29:32.910><c> the</c><00:29:33.029><c> nation</c><00:29:33.289><c> of</c><00:29:33.509><c> Israel.</c>

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But<00:29:34.849><c> we</c><00:29:35.029><c> see</c><00:29:35.130><c> the</c><00:29:35.410><c> same</c><00:29:35.950><c> thought</c><00:29:36.230><c> being</c><00:29:36.509><c> presented</c><00:29:36.890><c> in</c><00:29:37.109><c> the</c>

00:29:37.289 --> 00:29:41.210
resurrection<00:29:37.630><c> of</c><00:29:37.809><c> Israel</c><00:29:38.269><c> as</c><00:29:38.750><c> we</c><00:29:39.009><c> have</c><00:29:39.210><c> in</c><00:29:39.509><c> the</c><00:29:40.349><c> formation</c><00:29:40.829><c> of</c>

00:29:41.210 --> 00:29:45.390
man.<00:29:42.069><c> Interesting</c><00:29:42.549><c> that</c><00:29:42.849><c> we</c><00:29:43.150><c> have</c><00:29:43.349><c> the</c><00:29:44.769><c> resurrection</c>

00:29:45.390 --> 00:29:49.789
of<00:29:46.150><c> the</c><00:29:46.269><c> nation</c><00:29:46.549><c> of</c><00:29:46.730><c> Israel</c><00:29:47.190><c> as</c><00:29:47.769><c> the</c><00:29:48.029><c> major</c><00:29:48.490><c> sign</c>

00:29:52.650 --> 00:29:56.890
of<00:29:53.369><c> Christ</c><00:29:53.769><c> in</c><00:29:53.950><c> this</c><00:29:54.130><c> generation</c><00:29:54.730><c> because</c><00:29:55.750><c> Israel</c><00:29:56.349><c> of</c><00:29:56.549><c> course</c>

00:29:56.890 --> 00:30:00.049
is<00:29:57.670><c> defined</c><00:29:58.130><c> by</c><00:29:58.509><c> God</c><00:29:58.849><c> through</c><00:29:59.210><c> Moses</c><00:29:59.690><c> to</c>

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Pharaoh<00:30:00.269><c> as</c><00:30:00.630><c> my</c><00:30:00.890><c> firstborn</c><00:30:01.369><c> son.</c><00:30:02.849><c> This</c><00:30:03.130><c> is</c><00:30:03.369><c> my</c><00:30:03.549><c> firstborn</c><00:30:04.009><c> son.</c><00:30:04.910><c> So</c>

00:30:05.109 --> 00:30:07.890
we<00:30:05.289><c> have</c><00:30:05.549><c> the</c><00:30:06.009><c> resurrection</c><00:30:06.509><c> of</c><00:30:07.170><c> the</c><00:30:07.390><c> firstborn</c>

00:30:07.890 --> 00:30:14.430
son<00:30:08.109><c> of</c><00:30:08.349><c> God,</c><00:30:08.609><c> the</c><00:30:08.690><c> nation</c><00:30:08.950><c> of</c><00:30:09.250><c> Israel,</c><00:30:09.869><c> heralding</c><00:30:10.789><c> the</c><00:30:11.170><c> coming</c><00:30:11.589><c> of</c><00:30:12.369><c> the</c><00:30:12.609><c> resurrected</c><00:30:13.089><c> firstborn</c><00:30:13.690><c> son</c><00:30:13.890><c> of</c><00:30:14.069><c> God,</c>

00:30:14.430 --> 00:30:18.890
Jesus<00:30:14.849><c> Christ.</c><00:30:15.950><c> Interesting</c><00:30:16.349><c> parallel.</c><00:30:17.690><c> So</c><00:30:17.930><c> we</c><00:30:18.130><c> have</c><00:30:18.269><c> this</c>

00:30:18.890 --> 00:30:22.089
progression<00:30:19.470><c> of</c><00:30:20.430><c> the</c><00:30:20.609><c> man</c><00:30:20.750><c> of</c><00:30:20.910><c> earth</c><00:30:21.130><c> first</c>

00:30:22.150 --> 00:30:26.529
and<00:30:22.549><c> then</c><00:30:22.730><c> the</c><00:30:22.849><c> man</c><00:30:22.950><c> of</c><00:30:23.150><c> heaven</c><00:30:23.430><c> as</c><00:30:23.809><c> presented</c><00:30:24.210><c> in</c><00:30:25.029><c> 1</c><00:30:25.210><c> Corinthians</c><00:30:25.609><c> 15.</c><00:30:26.529><c> We</c>

00:30:26.529 --> 00:30:28.990
have<00:30:26.809><c> the</c><00:30:27.390><c> lesson</c><00:30:27.930><c> of</c><00:30:28.990><c> the</c>

00:30:28.990 --> 00:30:33.650
of<00:30:29.269><c> resurrection</c><00:30:29.670><c> as</c><00:30:30.829><c> Paul</c><00:30:31.190><c> presents</c><00:30:31.589><c> it</c><00:30:32.210><c> and</c><00:30:33.170><c> we</c><00:30:33.289><c> have</c><00:30:33.390><c> the</c>

00:30:33.650 --> 00:30:36.250
same<00:30:34.470><c> thought</c><00:30:34.990><c> being</c><00:30:35.289><c> presented</c><00:30:35.690><c> here</c>

00:30:36.250 --> 00:30:42.930
in<00:30:36.809><c> 1</c><00:30:37.089><c> Corinthians</c><00:30:37.470><c> 15</c><00:30:38.329><c> verse</c><00:30:39.130><c> 42.</c><00:30:40.609><c> In</c><00:30:40.789><c> the</c><00:30:40.950><c> features</c><00:30:41.390><c> of</c><00:30:42.130><c> resurrection</c><00:30:42.650><c> it</c>

00:30:42.930 --> 00:30:44.910
is<00:30:43.210><c> expressed</c><00:30:43.490><c> in</c><00:30:43.730><c> these</c><00:30:43.970><c> terms</c>

00:30:44.990 --> 00:30:48.349
says<00:30:45.349><c> so</c><00:30:46.049><c> also,</c><00:30:46.789><c> verse</c><00:30:47.049><c> corinthians</c><00:30:47.369><c> 15</c><00:30:47.789><c> starting</c><00:30:48.049><c> at</c><00:30:48.190><c> verse</c>

00:30:48.349 --> 00:30:50.769
42,<00:30:48.849><c> so</c><00:30:49.069><c> also</c><00:30:49.369><c> is</c><00:30:49.589><c> the</c><00:30:49.730><c> resurrection</c><00:30:50.150><c> of</c><00:30:50.329><c> the</c><00:30:50.470><c> dead.</c>

00:30:51.250 --> 00:30:58.609
It<00:30:51.289><c> is</c><00:30:51.650><c> sown</c><00:30:52.390><c> in</c><00:30:52.849><c> corruption.</c><00:30:53.950><c> It</c><00:30:53.990><c> is</c><00:30:54.349><c> raised</c><00:30:54.910><c> in</c><00:30:55.309><c> incorruption.</c><00:30:56.849><c> Earth</c><00:30:57.170><c> to</c><00:30:57.750><c> heaven.</c>

00:30:59.349 --> 00:31:03.890
Verse<00:30:59.549><c> 43,</c><00:31:00.269><c> it</c><00:31:00.329><c> is</c><00:31:00.630><c> sown</c><00:31:01.009><c> in</c><00:31:01.289><c> dishonor.</c><00:31:01.910><c> It</c><00:31:01.990><c> is</c><00:31:02.309><c> raised</c><00:31:02.809><c> in</c><00:31:03.170><c> glory.</c><00:31:03.750><c> It</c>

00:31:03.890 --> 00:31:06.190
is<00:31:04.210><c> sown</c><00:31:04.609><c> in</c><00:31:04.910><c> weakness.</c><00:31:05.329><c> It</c><00:31:05.430><c> is</c><00:31:05.730><c> raised</c>

00:31:06.190 --> 00:31:09.069
in<00:31:06.509><c> power.</c><00:31:07.069><c> We</c><00:31:07.210><c> see</c><00:31:07.369><c> that</c><00:31:07.650><c> same</c><00:31:07.849><c> progression</c><00:31:08.309><c> at</c><00:31:08.490><c> each</c><00:31:08.730><c> step.</c>

00:31:09.390 --> 00:31:14.230
Earth<00:31:09.750><c> to</c><00:31:10.230><c> heaven.</c><00:31:12.549><c> It</c><00:31:12.750><c> is</c><00:31:13.029><c> sown</c><00:31:13.250><c> a</c><00:31:13.430><c> natural</c><00:31:13.789><c> body.</c>

00:31:14.230 --> 00:31:17.630
It<00:31:14.410><c> is</c><00:31:14.690><c> raised</c><00:31:15.089><c> a</c><00:31:15.390><c> spiritual</c><00:31:15.769><c> body.</c><00:31:16.430><c> There</c><00:31:16.529><c> is</c><00:31:16.750><c> a</c><00:31:16.890><c> natural</c><00:31:17.190><c> body</c><00:31:17.509><c> and</c>

00:31:17.630 --> 00:31:19.849
there<00:31:17.750><c> is</c><00:31:17.970><c> a</c><00:31:18.190><c> spiritual</c><00:31:18.529><c> body</c><00:31:18.950><c> and</c><00:31:19.410><c> so</c><00:31:19.569><c> it</c><00:31:19.690><c> is</c>

00:31:19.849 --> 00:31:24.670
written<00:31:20.029><c> the</c><00:31:20.369><c> first</c><00:31:20.990><c> man</c><00:31:21.529><c> Adam</c><00:31:21.809><c> was</c><00:31:22.130><c> made</c><00:31:22.289><c> a</c><00:31:22.470><c> living</c><00:31:22.650><c> soul.</c><00:31:23.250><c> The</c><00:31:23.369><c> last</c><00:31:23.769><c> Adam</c><00:31:24.049><c> was</c><00:31:24.230><c> made</c><00:31:24.430><c> a</c>

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quickening,<00:31:25.170><c> a</c><00:31:25.269><c> life</c><00:31:25.509><c>-giving</c>

00:31:25.769 --> 00:31:30.690
spirit.<00:31:26.950><c> Earth</c><00:31:27.250><c> and</c><00:31:27.609><c> then</c><00:31:27.789><c> heaven.</c><00:31:28.890><c> And</c><00:31:29.009><c> then</c><00:31:29.170><c> the</c><00:31:30.190><c> extremely</c>

00:31:30.690 --> 00:31:32.849
significant<00:31:31.289><c> phrase,</c><00:31:32.130><c> how</c><00:31:32.269><c> be</c><00:31:32.390><c> it</c><00:31:32.509><c> that</c><00:31:32.650><c> was</c>

00:31:32.849 --> 00:31:39.349
not<00:31:33.289><c> first</c><00:31:33.829><c> which</c><00:31:34.269><c> is</c><00:31:34.509><c> spiritual</c><00:31:34.990><c> but</c><00:31:35.269><c> that</c><00:31:35.430><c> which</c><00:31:35.569><c> is</c><00:31:35.869><c> natural</c><00:31:36.470><c> and</c><00:31:37.210><c> afterward</c><00:31:37.829><c> that</c><00:31:38.450><c> which</c><00:31:38.630><c> is</c><00:31:38.910><c> spiritual.</c>

00:31:39.349 --> 00:31:44.390
This<00:31:40.029><c> is</c><00:31:40.230><c> a</c><00:31:40.410><c> key</c><00:31:40.569><c> verse</c><00:31:41.269><c> in</c><00:31:42.329><c> expressing</c><00:31:42.670><c> the</c><00:31:43.049><c> truth</c><00:31:43.349><c> in</c><00:31:43.670><c> the</c><00:31:43.829><c> terms</c><00:31:44.089><c> of</c>

00:31:44.390 --> 00:31:46.529
the<00:31:44.549><c> nature</c><00:31:44.829><c> of</c><00:31:45.009><c> Jesus</c><00:31:45.369><c> Christ.</c>

00:31:46.690 --> 00:31:51.769
That<00:31:46.849><c> you</c><00:31:47.029><c> don't</c><00:31:47.390><c> go</c><00:31:48.230><c> from</c><00:31:48.710><c> spirit</c><00:31:49.329><c> to</c><00:31:50.109><c> flesh.</c><00:31:51.250><c> It</c><00:31:51.349><c> is</c><00:31:51.609><c> the</c>

00:31:51.769 --> 00:31:53.309
exact<00:31:52.029><c> opposite</c><00:31:52.690><c> progression</c>

00:31:53.309 --> 00:31:58.029
from<00:31:53.910><c> what</c><00:31:54.109><c> God</c><00:31:54.349><c> has</c><00:31:54.730><c> established.</c><00:31:56.269><c> It's</c><00:31:56.529><c> the</c><00:31:56.710><c> opposite</c><00:31:57.049><c> way.</c>

00:31:58.369 --> 00:32:00.630
You<00:31:58.650><c> go</c><00:31:59.009><c> from</c><00:31:59.390><c> earth</c><00:31:59.970><c> to</c><00:32:00.289><c> heaven.</c>

00:32:00.950 --> 00:32:05.089
You<00:32:01.089><c> go</c><00:32:01.509><c> from</c><00:32:01.990><c> flesh</c><00:32:02.369><c> to</c><00:32:02.829><c> spirit.</c><00:32:03.329><c> You</c><00:32:03.589><c> don't</c><00:32:03.869><c> go</c><00:32:04.210><c> from</c><00:32:04.490><c> spirit</c>

00:32:05.089 --> 00:32:07.609
to<00:32:05.490><c> flesh.</c><00:32:06.490><c> And</c><00:32:06.630><c> then</c><00:32:06.910><c> continuing</c><00:32:07.210><c> the</c><00:32:07.450><c> thought</c>

00:32:07.609 --> 00:32:11.509
out<00:32:07.869><c> the</c><00:32:07.990><c> first</c><00:32:08.269><c> man</c><00:32:08.470><c> is</c><00:32:08.589><c> of</c><00:32:08.730><c> the</c><00:32:08.910><c> earth.</c><00:32:09.849><c> Earthy.</c><00:32:10.750><c> The</c><00:32:11.009><c> second</c>

00:32:11.509 --> 00:32:14.230
man<00:32:11.970><c> is</c><00:32:12.230><c> the</c><00:32:12.430><c> Lord</c><00:32:12.710><c> from</c><00:32:13.089><c> heaven.</c><00:32:13.730><c> There's</c><00:32:14.069><c> that</c>

00:32:14.230 --> 00:32:18.769
progression<00:32:14.650><c> again.</c><00:32:15.490><c> Earth</c><00:32:15.849><c> to</c><00:32:16.329><c> heaven.</c><00:32:17.509><c> As</c><00:32:17.650><c> is</c><00:32:17.869><c> the</c><00:32:18.109><c> earthy,</c>

00:32:19.009 --> 00:32:21.150
such<00:32:19.190><c> are</c><00:32:19.369><c> they</c><00:32:19.529><c> also</c><00:32:19.869><c> that</c><00:32:20.049><c> are</c><00:32:20.490><c> earthy.</c>

00:32:21.329 --> 00:32:24.809
And<00:32:21.490><c> as</c><00:32:21.670><c> is</c><00:32:21.829><c> the</c><00:32:22.009><c> heavenly,</c><00:32:23.109><c> such</c><00:32:23.329><c> are</c><00:32:23.630><c> they</c><00:32:23.829><c> also</c><00:32:24.210><c> that</c><00:32:24.529><c> are</c>

00:32:24.809 --> 00:32:27.369
heavenly.<00:32:25.789><c> And</c><00:32:26.029><c> as</c><00:32:26.210><c> we</c><00:32:26.309><c> have</c><00:32:26.470><c> born</c><00:32:26.730><c> the</c><00:32:26.910><c> image</c><00:32:27.089><c> of</c><00:32:27.230><c> the</c>

00:32:27.369 --> 00:32:31.309
earthy,<00:32:28.190><c> we</c><00:32:28.490><c> shall</c><00:32:28.970><c> also</c><00:32:29.569><c> bear</c><00:32:29.750><c> the</c><00:32:30.069><c> image</c><00:32:30.390><c> of</c><00:32:30.829><c> the</c><00:32:31.049><c> heavenly.</c>

00:32:31.769 --> 00:32:34.329
Just<00:32:32.089><c> as</c><00:32:32.349><c> Israel</c><00:32:32.730><c> now</c><00:32:33.269><c> has</c><00:32:33.769><c> experienced</c>

00:32:34.329 --> 00:32:42.289
the<00:32:34.829><c> political</c><00:32:35.069><c> rebirth,</c><00:32:37.730><c> so</c><00:32:38.069><c> we</c><00:32:38.650><c> have</c><00:32:39.589><c> experienced,</c><00:32:40.390><c> many</c><00:32:40.670><c> of</c><00:32:40.789><c> us</c><00:32:40.950><c> here,</c><00:32:41.970><c> a</c>

00:32:42.289 --> 00:32:45.769
rebirth<00:32:42.849><c> of</c><00:32:43.529><c> hope.</c><00:32:45.089><c> Just</c><00:32:45.269><c> as</c><00:32:45.450><c> Israel</c>

00:32:45.769 --> 00:32:50.089
waits<00:32:46.049><c> for</c><00:32:46.289><c> the</c><00:32:46.509><c> spiritual</c><00:32:47.049><c> rebirth,</c><00:32:48.190><c> so</c><00:32:48.369><c> we</c><00:32:48.630><c> too</c><00:32:49.269><c> wait</c><00:32:49.670><c> to</c><00:32:49.890><c> be</c>

00:32:50.089 --> 00:32:52.970
born<00:32:50.210><c> again</c><00:32:50.670><c> in</c><00:32:51.170><c> spirit</c><00:32:51.589><c> so</c><00:32:52.150><c> that</c><00:32:52.289><c> we</c><00:32:52.369><c> might</c><00:32:52.589><c> inherit</c>

00:32:52.970 --> 00:32:57.829
the<00:32:53.210><c> kingdom</c><00:32:53.410><c> of</c><00:32:53.670><c> God.</c><00:32:55.329><c> The</c><00:32:55.710><c> progression</c><00:32:56.269><c> of</c><00:32:56.670><c> earth</c><00:32:57.109><c> and</c><00:32:57.630><c> then</c>

00:32:57.829 --> 00:33:00.890
heaven<00:32:58.289><c> reflects</c><00:32:59.029><c> similar</c><00:32:59.750><c> progressions</c><00:33:00.509><c> in</c>

00:33:00.890 --> 00:33:07.549
scripture.<00:33:01.910><c> As</c><00:33:02.329><c> we</c><00:33:02.569><c> spoke</c><00:33:02.789><c> about</c><00:33:03.029><c> last</c><00:33:03.329><c> night</c><00:33:03.529><c> with</c><00:33:04.329><c> first</c><00:33:04.670><c> death</c><00:33:05.089><c> and</c><00:33:05.670><c> then</c><00:33:05.829><c> life.</c><00:33:07.230><c> It's</c><00:33:07.329><c> one</c><00:33:07.430><c> of</c>

00:33:07.549 --> 00:33:07.910
the<00:33:07.730><c> key</c>

00:33:07.910 --> 00:33:13.529
phrases,<00:33:08.569><c> key</c><00:33:08.690><c> principles</c><00:33:09.269><c> in</c><00:33:09.529><c> scripture</c><00:33:09.890><c> because</c><00:33:10.190><c> it</c><00:33:10.509><c> defines</c><00:33:10.950><c> the</c>

00:33:13.529 --> 00:33:15.730
personality<00:33:14.250><c> of</c><00:33:14.490><c> our</c><00:33:14.750><c> service.</c><00:33:15.349><c> The</c><00:33:15.569><c> fact</c>

00:33:15.730 --> 00:33:20.910
that<00:33:15.890><c> we</c><00:33:16.009><c> must</c><00:33:16.210><c> live</c><00:33:16.509><c> sacrificially.</c><00:33:17.730><c> We</c><00:33:17.890><c> have</c><00:33:18.069><c> to</c><00:33:18.269><c> die</c><00:33:18.529><c> before</c><00:33:18.750><c> we</c><00:33:18.849><c> can</c><00:33:19.069><c> ever</c><00:33:19.329><c> live.</c><00:33:20.710><c> It</c>

00:33:20.910 --> 00:33:22.930
also<00:33:21.170><c> defines</c><00:33:21.670><c> the</c><00:33:22.670><c> path</c>

00:33:22.930 --> 00:33:26.529
of<00:33:23.170><c> atonement.</c><00:33:25.269><c> And</c><00:33:25.410><c> the</c><00:33:25.509><c> progression</c><00:33:25.789><c> of</c><00:33:25.950><c> earth</c><00:33:26.049><c> to</c><00:33:26.210><c> heaven</c>

00:33:26.529 --> 00:33:29.589
is<00:33:26.849><c> reflected</c><00:33:27.230><c> similarly</c><00:33:27.690><c> throughout</c><00:33:28.410><c> scripture.</c>

00:33:29.849 --> 00:33:34.509
For<00:33:30.329><c> example,</c><00:33:31.410><c> in</c><00:33:31.769><c> the</c><00:33:32.130><c> creative</c><00:33:32.589><c> process,</c><00:33:33.890><c> we</c><00:33:34.009><c> always</c><00:33:34.309><c> see</c>

00:33:34.509 --> 00:33:38.930
the<00:33:34.789><c> evening</c><00:33:35.289><c> preceding</c><00:33:35.990><c> the</c><00:33:36.230><c> day.</c><00:33:37.170><c> Darkness</c><00:33:37.650><c> precedes</c>

00:33:38.930 --> 00:33:43.029
light.<00:33:40.529><c> We</c><00:33:40.670><c> have</c><00:33:41.269><c> the</c><00:33:41.730><c> evening</c><00:33:42.069><c> and</c><00:33:42.230><c> the</c><00:33:42.410><c> morning</c><00:33:42.650><c> were</c><00:33:42.809><c> the</c>

00:33:43.029 --> 00:33:44.769
first<00:33:43.309><c> day.</c><00:33:43.609><c> The</c><00:33:43.789><c> evening</c><00:33:44.069><c> and</c><00:33:44.210><c> the</c><00:33:44.390><c> morning</c><00:33:44.609><c> were</c>

00:33:44.769 --> 00:33:48.950
the<00:33:45.009><c> second</c><00:33:45.230><c> day</c><00:33:45.470><c> right</c><00:33:45.769><c> through.</c><00:33:47.049><c> It's</c><00:33:47.269><c> always</c><00:33:47.650><c> the</c><00:33:48.529><c> evening</c>

00:33:48.950 --> 00:33:50.849
and<00:33:49.190><c> the</c><00:33:49.349><c> morning.</c><00:33:49.809><c> We</c><00:33:49.970><c> never</c><00:33:50.150><c> read</c><00:33:50.309><c> of</c><00:33:50.470><c> darkness</c>

00:33:50.849 --> 00:33:53.410
on<00:33:51.109><c> the</c><00:33:51.230><c> seventh</c><00:33:51.450><c> day</c><00:33:51.710><c> though.</c><00:33:52.410><c> Just</c><00:33:52.690><c> the</c><00:33:52.869><c> first</c><00:33:53.049><c> through</c><00:33:53.230><c> the</c>

00:33:53.410 --> 00:33:58.490
six<00:33:53.609><c> days.</c><00:33:54.130><c> Evening</c><00:33:54.589><c> and</c><00:33:54.690><c> the</c><00:33:54.849><c> morning.</c><00:33:55.369><c> And</c><00:33:55.549><c> this</c><00:33:55.710><c> is</c>

00:33:58.490 --> 00:34:04.150
said<00:33:58.910><c> begins</c><00:34:00.670><c> in</c><00:34:00.930><c> darkness</c><00:34:01.369><c> ends</c><00:34:01.769><c> in</c><00:34:01.990><c> light</c><00:34:02.390><c> as</c><00:34:03.029><c> opposed</c><00:34:03.529><c> to</c>

00:34:04.150 --> 00:34:09.150
our<00:34:04.390><c> days.</c><00:34:05.490><c> Our</c><00:34:05.769><c> days</c><00:34:06.230><c> begin</c><00:34:07.089><c> and</c><00:34:07.690><c> end</c><00:34:08.210><c> in</c><00:34:08.809><c> utter</c>

00:34:09.150 --> 00:34:15.889
darkness<00:34:10.050><c> and</c><00:34:10.409><c> I</c><00:34:10.530><c> think</c><00:34:10.670><c> that</c><00:34:10.829><c> is</c><00:34:11.369><c> so</c><00:34:12.110><c> appropriate.</c><00:34:15.329><c> It's</c><00:34:15.769><c> the</c>

00:34:15.889 --> 00:34:18.730
way<00:34:16.010><c> our</c><00:34:16.250><c> world</c><00:34:16.449><c> is.</c><00:34:18.010><c> But</c><00:34:18.190><c> we</c><00:34:18.349><c> have</c><00:34:18.469><c> the</c>

00:34:18.730 --> 00:34:22.849
progression<00:34:19.090><c> as</c><00:34:19.369><c> presented</c><00:34:19.769><c> by</c><00:34:20.250><c> God.</c><00:34:21.210><c> First</c><00:34:21.670><c> darkness</c><00:34:22.369><c> and</c>

00:34:22.849 --> 00:34:26.349
then<00:34:23.010><c> light.</c><00:34:23.630><c> First</c><00:34:23.989><c> death</c><00:34:24.429><c> and</c><00:34:24.769><c> then</c><00:34:24.969><c> life.</c><00:34:26.010><c> First</c>

00:34:26.349 --> 00:34:32.309
earth<00:34:26.809><c> and</c><00:34:27.309><c> then</c><00:34:27.530><c> heaven.</c><00:34:29.750><c> This</c><00:34:30.090><c> progression</c><00:34:31.030><c> is</c><00:34:31.829><c> presented</c>

00:34:32.309 --> 00:34:36.670
just<00:34:33.429><c> like</c><00:34:34.010><c> earth</c><00:34:34.250><c> and</c><00:34:34.449><c> heaven.</c><00:34:35.789><c> However,</c>

00:34:37.150 --> 00:34:40.250
we<00:34:37.230><c> always</c><00:34:37.510><c> find</c><00:34:37.730><c> that</c><00:34:37.909><c> the</c><00:34:38.150><c> second</c><00:34:38.449><c> is</c><00:34:38.889><c> greater.</c><00:34:39.789><c> The</c><00:34:40.030><c> light</c>

00:34:40.250 --> 00:34:42.789
is<00:34:40.449><c> greater</c><00:34:40.670><c> than</c><00:34:40.869><c> darkness.</c><00:34:41.769><c> Life</c><00:34:42.150><c> is</c><00:34:42.570><c> greater</c>

00:34:42.789 --> 00:34:47.309
than<00:34:42.989><c> death.</c><00:34:44.130><c> Heaven</c><00:34:44.409><c> is</c><00:34:44.730><c> greater</c><00:34:44.949><c> than</c><00:34:45.110><c> earth.</c><00:34:46.329><c> Now,</c><00:34:47.050><c> let's</c>

00:34:47.309 --> 00:34:49.730
look<00:34:47.469><c> at</c><00:34:47.630><c> this</c><00:34:48.090><c> principle</c><00:34:48.449><c> for</c><00:34:48.710><c> a</c><00:34:48.829><c> moment.</c>

00:34:50.550 --> 00:34:58.650
That<00:34:51.190><c> the</c><00:34:51.829><c> standard</c><00:34:52.489><c> is</c><00:34:53.889><c> the</c><00:34:54.190><c> second</c><00:34:54.489><c> stage.</c><00:34:55.929><c> That's</c><00:34:56.289><c> the</c><00:34:56.510><c> reality.</c><00:34:58.150><c> Okay.</c><00:34:58.469><c> The</c>

00:34:58.650 --> 00:35:00.530
first<00:34:58.849><c> stage</c><00:34:59.190><c> is</c><00:34:59.550><c> temporary.</c>

00:35:00.750 --> 00:35:04.670
Think<00:35:00.909><c> about</c><00:35:01.090><c> it</c><00:35:01.210><c> for</c><00:35:01.309><c> a</c><00:35:01.409><c> moment.</c><00:35:01.789><c> Light</c><00:35:02.050><c> and</c><00:35:02.369><c> darkness.</c><00:35:03.429><c> Light</c><00:35:03.869><c> is</c><00:35:04.469><c> a</c>

00:35:04.670 --> 00:35:07.550
reality.<00:35:05.949><c> We</c><00:35:06.090><c> can</c><00:35:06.329><c> diffuse</c><00:35:06.750><c> light.</c><00:35:07.190><c> We</c><00:35:07.250><c> can</c>

00:35:07.550 --> 00:35:11.570
measure<00:35:07.909><c> light.</c><00:35:08.630><c> We</c><00:35:08.730><c> can</c><00:35:08.929><c> measure</c><00:35:09.170><c> its</c><00:35:09.510><c> speed.</c><00:35:10.929><c> Darkness</c><00:35:11.269><c> has</c>

00:35:11.570 --> 00:35:19.210
no<00:35:11.789><c> existence.</c><00:35:12.730><c> Darkness</c><00:35:13.070><c> is</c><00:35:13.349><c> nothing.</c><00:35:14.150><c> It</c><00:35:14.269><c> is</c>

00:35:19.210 --> 00:35:25.050
darkness.<00:35:19.769><c> You</c><00:35:19.849><c> can't</c><00:35:20.150><c> create</c><00:35:20.610><c> darkness.</c><00:35:21.849><c> We</c><00:35:21.949><c> can</c><00:35:22.150><c> only</c><00:35:22.449><c> remove</c><00:35:23.050><c> light.</c><00:35:24.389><c> Light</c><00:35:24.730><c> is</c>

00:35:25.050 --> 00:35:27.030
the<00:35:25.230><c> reality.</c><00:35:26.570><c> Same</c><00:35:26.710><c> way</c><00:35:26.849><c> with</c>

00:35:27.030 --> 00:35:32.769
life.<00:35:28.309><c> Life</c><00:35:28.670><c> is</c><00:35:29.010><c> a</c><00:35:29.170><c> reality.</c><00:35:30.889><c> Death</c><00:35:31.210><c> is</c><00:35:31.570><c> simply</c><00:35:31.909><c> the</c><00:35:32.409><c> removal</c>

00:35:32.769 --> 00:35:36.849
of<00:35:34.030><c> life.</c><00:35:35.630><c> Same</c><00:35:35.829><c> way</c><00:35:36.010><c> with</c><00:35:36.190><c> other</c><00:35:36.349><c> things</c><00:35:36.610><c> in</c>

00:35:36.849 --> 00:35:40.250
scripture<00:35:37.170><c> such</c><00:35:37.530><c> as</c><00:35:37.750><c> the</c><00:35:37.889><c> way</c><00:35:38.130><c> God</c><00:35:38.349><c> has</c><00:35:38.889><c> created</c><00:35:39.170><c> things</c><00:35:39.730><c> such</c>

00:35:40.250 --> 00:35:44.630
as<00:35:40.989><c> heat</c><00:35:41.230><c> and</c><00:35:41.510><c> cold.</c><00:35:42.789><c> Heat</c><00:35:43.050><c> is</c><00:35:43.250><c> the</c><00:35:43.409><c> reality.</c><00:35:44.389><c> We</c>

00:35:44.630 --> 00:35:47.010
can't<00:35:44.929><c> make</c><00:35:45.289><c> cold</c><00:35:45.610><c> if</c><00:35:45.769><c> we</c><00:35:45.869><c> don't</c><00:35:46.050><c> understand</c><00:35:46.449><c> the</c><00:35:46.670><c> principles</c>

00:35:47.010 --> 00:35:49.289
of<00:35:47.710><c> refrigeration.</c><00:35:48.909><c> Let</c><00:35:48.909><c> me</c><00:35:48.929><c> explain.</c>

00:35:49.630 --> 00:35:53.750
You<00:35:49.869><c> simply</c><00:35:50.190><c> remove</c><00:35:50.769><c> heat</c><00:35:51.210><c> to</c><00:35:52.349><c> create</c><00:35:52.650><c> cold.</c><00:35:53.130><c> That's</c><00:35:53.250><c> what</c><00:35:53.610><c> an</c>

00:35:53.750 --> 00:35:55.210
air<00:35:53.869><c> conditioner,</c><00:35:54.250><c> refrigerator,</c><00:35:54.969><c> freezer</c>

00:35:55.210 --> 00:35:58.050
is<00:35:55.449><c> all</c><00:35:55.630><c> based</c><00:35:55.829><c> on.</c><00:35:56.170><c> That's</c><00:35:56.389><c> the</c><00:35:56.389><c> principle</c><00:35:56.590><c> of</c><00:35:56.969><c> simply</c><00:35:57.289><c> removing</c><00:35:57.789><c> heat</c>

00:35:58.050 --> 00:35:59.590
because<00:35:58.289><c> we</c><00:35:58.469><c> can't</c><00:35:58.829><c> create</c><00:35:59.150><c> cold.</c>

00:35:59.929 --> 00:36:08.809
Heat<00:36:00.110><c> is</c><00:36:00.349><c> the</c><00:36:00.510><c> reality.</c><00:36:01.630><c> Cold</c><00:36:01.929><c> is</c><00:36:02.170><c> simply</c><00:36:02.449><c> the</c><00:36:02.730><c> absence</c><00:36:03.250><c> of</c><00:36:03.809><c> heat.</c><00:36:07.429><c> Same</c><00:36:07.690><c> way</c><00:36:07.889><c> with,</c><00:36:08.650><c> as</c>

00:36:08.809 --> 00:36:10.570
we<00:36:08.969><c> mentioned</c><00:36:09.369><c> last</c>

00:36:10.570 --> 00:36:15.929
evening,<00:36:11.750><c> about</c><00:36:11.750><c> peace.</c><00:36:14.309><c> This</c><00:36:14.610><c> is</c><00:36:14.829><c> what</c><00:36:14.949><c> the</c><00:36:15.170><c> world</c><00:36:15.349><c> gets</c><00:36:15.590><c> so</c>

00:36:15.929 --> 00:36:20.010
wrong.<00:36:16.889><c> The</c><00:36:17.110><c> world</c><00:36:17.289><c> sees</c><00:36:17.610><c> peace</c><00:36:18.170><c> as</c><00:36:18.630><c> the</c><00:36:19.030><c> absence</c><00:36:19.530><c> of</c>

00:36:20.010 --> 00:36:23.389
conflict,<00:36:20.730><c> the</c><00:36:20.949><c> absence</c><00:36:21.369><c> of</c><00:36:21.809><c> disturbance.</c><00:36:22.570><c> Not</c><00:36:22.769><c> the</c><00:36:22.969><c> case</c><00:36:23.190><c> at</c>

00:36:23.389 --> 00:36:27.670
all.<00:36:24.389><c> Peace</c><00:36:24.809><c> is</c><00:36:25.150><c> the</c><00:36:25.449><c> presence</c><00:36:25.909><c> of</c><00:36:26.730><c> harmony,</c>

00:36:27.730 --> 00:36:32.250
of<00:36:28.030><c> perfect</c><00:36:28.309><c> agreement.</c><00:36:30.010><c> And</c><00:36:30.369><c> so</c><00:36:30.489><c> the</c><00:36:30.690><c> world</c><00:36:31.449><c> searches</c><00:36:31.909><c> for</c>

00:36:32.250 --> 00:36:36.070
peace<00:36:32.909><c> that</c><00:36:33.389><c> is</c><00:36:33.650><c> false.</c><00:36:35.210><c> The</c><00:36:35.429><c> peace</c><00:36:35.610><c> they</c><00:36:35.829><c> search</c>

00:36:36.070 --> 00:36:40.590
for<00:36:36.530><c> does</c><00:36:37.050><c> not</c><00:36:37.250><c> exist.</c><00:36:37.989><c> It's</c><00:36:38.250><c> an</c><00:36:38.409><c> absence,</c><00:36:39.269><c> a</c><00:36:39.409><c> non</c><00:36:39.610><c>-reality.</c>

00:36:40.690 --> 00:36:43.070
The<00:36:40.929><c> peace</c><00:36:41.130><c> that</c><00:36:41.389><c> God</c><00:36:41.630><c> will</c><00:36:41.929><c> establish</c>

00:36:43.099 --> 00:36:47.289
is<00:36:43.489><c> a</c><00:36:43.690><c> peace</c><00:36:43.889><c> based</c><00:36:44.170><c> in</c><00:36:44.489><c> perfect</c><00:36:44.869><c> harmony</c><00:36:45.409><c> between</c><00:36:45.909><c> himself</c><00:36:46.510><c> and</c><00:36:47.070><c> a</c>

00:36:47.289 --> 00:36:49.369
creation<00:36:47.710><c> filled</c><00:36:48.429><c> with</c><00:36:48.710><c> those</c><00:36:49.090><c> who</c>

00:36:49.369 --> 00:36:56.829
have<00:36:49.750><c> chosen</c><00:36:50.429><c> him</c><00:36:51.650><c> over</c><00:36:52.230><c> their</c><00:36:52.449><c> own</c><00:36:52.670><c> heart</c><00:36:53.130><c> and</c><00:36:54.809><c> listen</c><00:36:55.090><c> intently</c><00:36:56.389><c> for</c>

00:36:56.829 --> 00:37:00.599
his<00:36:57.449><c> thin</c><00:36:57.809><c> crushed</c><00:36:58.210><c> whisper</c><00:36:58.869><c> above</c><00:36:59.710><c> the</c>

00:37:00.980 --> 00:37:08.659
winds<00:37:01.500><c> and</c><00:37:01.860><c> fires</c><00:37:02.360><c> and</c><00:37:04.400><c> earthquakes</c><00:37:04.840><c> of</c><00:37:05.099><c> daily</c><00:37:05.300><c> life.</c><00:37:07.139><c> Eventually</c><00:37:07.619><c> light</c>

00:37:08.659 --> 00:37:10.400
will<00:37:08.940><c> overcome</c><00:37:09.260><c> darkness</c><00:37:09.860><c> and</c>

00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:13.119
eventually<00:37:11.059><c> the</c><00:37:11.539><c> way</c><00:37:11.639><c> of</c><00:37:11.820><c> heaven</c><00:37:12.019><c> will</c><00:37:12.239><c> be</c><00:37:12.420><c> greater</c><00:37:12.719><c> than</c><00:37:13.039><c> the</c>

00:37:13.119 --> 00:37:17.360
way<00:37:13.280><c> of</c><00:37:13.460><c> earth</c><00:37:13.960><c> and</c><00:37:14.880><c> the</c><00:37:15.059><c> spirit</c><00:37:15.659><c> will</c><00:37:16.559><c> win</c><00:37:16.719><c> out</c><00:37:17.159><c> over</c>

00:37:17.360 --> 00:37:24.079
the<00:37:17.599><c> flesh.</c><00:37:19.219><c> And</c><00:37:19.380><c> many</c><00:37:19.539><c> times</c><00:37:20.059><c> we</c><00:37:20.619><c> see</c><00:37:20.880><c> God</c><00:37:21.380><c> choosing</c><00:37:22.019><c> the</c><00:37:23.039><c> younger</c><00:37:23.420><c> to</c>

00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:26.800
be<00:37:24.280><c> greater</c><00:37:24.599><c> than</c><00:37:24.960><c> the</c><00:37:25.179><c> elder</c><00:37:25.539><c> in</c><00:37:26.420><c> scripture.</c>

00:37:26.800 --> 00:37:30.980
For<00:37:27.480><c> example,</c><00:37:28.019><c> we</c><00:37:28.059><c> have</c><00:37:28.280><c> Isaac</c><00:37:28.679><c> and</c><00:37:28.920><c> Ishmael.</c><00:37:30.400><c> Ishmael</c><00:37:30.780><c> was</c>

00:37:30.980 --> 00:37:35.159
Isaac's<00:37:32.139><c> older</c><00:37:32.360><c> half</c><00:37:32.579><c>-brother,</c><00:37:33.780><c> but</c><00:37:33.940><c> Isaac</c><00:37:34.559><c> was</c><00:37:34.980><c> made</c>

00:37:35.159 --> 00:37:40.039
greater.<00:37:36.059><c> Esau</c><00:37:36.360><c> and</c><00:37:36.559><c> Jacob,</c><00:37:37.780><c> Manasseh</c><00:37:38.340><c> and</c><00:37:38.500><c> Ephraim,</c><00:37:39.719><c> Zira</c>

00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:45.539
and<00:37:40.400><c> Pharez,</c><00:37:41.559><c> Adam</c><00:37:41.800><c> and</c><00:37:42.000><c> Jesus.</c><00:37:43.960><c> David</c><00:37:44.280><c> was</c><00:37:44.619><c> the</c><00:37:44.900><c> last</c>

00:37:45.539 --> 00:37:49.159
son<00:37:45.940><c> of</c><00:37:46.119><c> Jesse,</c><00:37:47.340><c> the</c><00:37:47.739><c> eighth.</c><00:37:48.260><c> And</c><00:37:48.420><c> we'll</c><00:37:48.599><c> have</c><00:37:48.659><c> more</c><00:37:48.820><c> to</c><00:37:49.019><c> say</c>

00:37:49.159 --> 00:37:52.500
about<00:37:49.360><c> that</c><00:37:49.699><c> later</c><00:37:49.960><c> as</c><00:37:50.219><c> well.</c><00:37:50.960><c> But</c><00:37:51.099><c> he</c><00:37:51.260><c> was</c><00:37:51.460><c> made</c><00:37:51.659><c> the</c>

00:37:52.679 --> 00:37:56.780
authority.<00:37:53.960><c> The</c><00:37:54.179><c> last</c><00:37:54.639><c> shall</c><00:37:55.079><c> be</c><00:37:55.340><c> first.</c><00:37:55.800><c> The</c><00:37:56.019><c> first</c><00:37:56.420><c> shall</c>

00:37:56.780 --> 00:37:59.659
be<00:37:56.940><c> last.</c><00:37:57.599><c> And</c><00:37:57.780><c> we</c><00:37:57.800><c> have</c><00:37:57.940><c> two</c><00:37:58.199><c> stages</c><00:37:58.579><c> represented.</c>

00:37:59.679 --> 00:38:02.800
Earth<00:37:59.940><c> will</c><00:38:00.119><c> be</c><00:38:00.320><c> last.</c><00:38:00.880><c> It</c><00:38:01.000><c> starts,</c><00:38:02.159><c> but</c><00:38:02.280><c> it's</c><00:38:02.440><c> going</c><00:38:02.579><c> to</c><00:38:02.659><c> be</c>

00:38:02.800 --> 00:38:06.199
last.<00:38:03.460><c> And</c><00:38:03.639><c> heaven</c><00:38:03.780><c> will</c><00:38:03.980><c> be</c><00:38:04.179><c> first.</c><00:38:05.239><c> That</c><00:38:05.380><c> is</c><00:38:05.619><c> the</c>

00:38:06.199 --> 00:38:11.900
ultimate<00:38:06.639><c> reality.</c><00:38:08.239><c> Heaven</c><00:38:08.480><c> and</c><00:38:08.699><c> earth</c><00:38:08.940><c> reflect</c><00:38:09.760><c> the</c><00:38:10.639><c> progression</c><00:38:11.239><c> of</c>

00:38:11.900 --> 00:38:13.380
God's<00:38:12.420><c> plan,</c>

00:38:14.139 --> 00:38:18.300
the<00:38:14.380><c> way</c><00:38:14.940><c> that</c><00:38:15.300><c> the</c><00:38:15.519><c> flesh</c><00:38:15.860><c> will</c><00:38:16.320><c> surrender</c><00:38:16.940><c> to</c><00:38:17.760><c> the</c><00:38:18.019><c> spirit.</c>

00:38:18.559 --> 00:38:20.659
The<00:38:18.820><c> spirit</c><00:38:19.059><c> will</c><00:38:19.380><c> envelop</c><00:38:19.840><c> the</c><00:38:20.340><c> flesh.</c>

00:38:20.659 --> 00:38:23.980
That's<00:38:21.500><c> the</c><00:38:21.559><c> way</c><00:38:21.699><c> we</c><00:38:21.880><c> read</c><00:38:22.059><c> about</c><00:38:22.280><c> it</c><00:38:22.380><c> in</c><00:38:22.519><c> 1</c><00:38:22.739><c> Corinthians</c><00:38:23.099><c> 15.</c>

00:38:24.340 --> 00:38:28.179
The<00:38:24.420><c> fact</c><00:38:24.659><c> that</c><00:38:25.340><c> immortality</c><00:38:26.860><c> will</c><00:38:27.320><c> cover</c><00:38:27.739><c> and</c>

00:38:28.179 --> 00:38:34.940
envelop<00:38:29.099><c> mortality.</c><00:38:31.179><c> It</c><00:38:31.320><c> will</c><00:38:32.000><c> swallow</c><00:38:32.300><c> it</c><00:38:32.519><c> up.</c><00:38:33.780><c> And</c><00:38:33.920><c> as</c><00:38:34.559><c> Paul</c>

00:38:34.940 --> 00:38:37.980
writes<00:38:35.300><c> in</c><00:38:35.579><c> 2</c><00:38:35.800><c> Corinthians</c><00:38:36.260><c> 5,</c><00:38:37.260><c> we'll</c><00:38:37.579><c> no</c><00:38:37.780><c> longer</c>

00:38:37.980 --> 00:38:42.320
be<00:38:38.219><c> naked</c><00:38:38.480><c> before</c><00:38:38.800><c> God.</c><00:38:39.659><c> We</c><00:38:39.780><c> wait</c><00:38:40.000><c> for</c><00:38:40.179><c> that</c><00:38:40.440><c> heavenly</c><00:38:40.960><c> tabernacle,</c><00:38:42.079><c> not</c>

00:38:42.320 --> 00:38:44.519
made<00:38:42.539><c> with</c><00:38:42.780><c> hands.</c><00:38:43.940><c> And</c><00:38:44.099><c> when</c><00:38:44.239><c> Christ</c>

00:38:44.519 --> 00:38:47.440
comes<00:38:44.780><c> again,</c><00:38:45.119><c> he</c><00:38:45.340><c> brings</c><00:38:45.679><c> his</c><00:38:45.880><c> reward</c><00:38:46.219><c> with</c><00:38:46.500><c> him.</c><00:38:47.019><c> And</c><00:38:47.159><c> we're</c>

00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:50.400
covered<00:38:47.920><c> with</c><00:38:48.719><c> immortality.</c><00:38:49.559><c> It</c><00:38:49.900><c> swallows</c><00:38:50.099><c> up</c>

00:38:50.400 --> 00:38:55.579
mortality.<00:38:51.480><c> Heaven</c><00:38:51.880><c> has</c><00:38:52.440><c> its</c><00:38:52.659><c> victory</c><00:38:53.340><c> over</c><00:38:53.739><c> earth.</c><00:38:55.059><c> And</c><00:38:55.300><c> the</c>

00:38:55.579 --> 00:38:58.159
reality<00:38:56.179><c> becomes</c><00:38:56.860><c> a</c><00:38:57.119><c> reality</c><00:38:57.440><c> in</c><00:38:57.639><c> our</c><00:38:57.840><c> lives,</c>

00:38:58.239 --> 00:39:02.940
the<00:38:58.539><c> reality</c><00:38:58.820><c> of</c><00:38:59.059><c> heaven,</c><00:38:59.440><c> the</c><00:38:59.639><c> reality</c><00:39:00.000><c> of</c><00:39:00.280><c> immortality.</c><00:39:01.539><c> The</c><00:39:01.699><c> temporary</c><00:39:02.219><c> nature</c><00:39:02.599><c> is</c>

00:39:02.940 --> 00:39:04.360
done<00:39:03.119><c> away</c><00:39:03.340><c> with.</c>

00:39:05.300 --> 00:39:10.440
Heaven<00:39:05.400><c> and</c><00:39:05.539><c> earth</c><00:39:05.719><c> reflect</c><00:39:06.340><c> the</c><00:39:06.719><c> progression</c><00:39:07.239><c> of</c><00:39:07.820><c> God's</c><00:39:08.260><c> plan.</c><00:39:10.139><c> The</c>

00:39:10.440 --> 00:39:12.599
lesson<00:39:10.920><c> involved</c><00:39:11.500><c> in</c><00:39:11.739><c> this,</c><00:39:12.420><c> the</c>

00:39:12.599 --> 00:39:19.380
dissertation<00:39:13.239><c> that</c><00:39:14.820><c> we</c><00:39:15.079><c> have</c><00:39:15.400><c> to</c><00:39:15.659><c> accept</c><00:39:16.320><c> is</c><00:39:17.860><c> we</c><00:39:18.119><c> have</c><00:39:18.500><c> to</c><00:39:18.780><c> bear</c><00:39:18.980><c> the</c>

00:39:19.380 --> 00:39:22.360
shame<00:39:20.000><c> before</c><00:39:20.960><c> we</c><00:39:21.099><c> can</c><00:39:21.340><c> ever</c><00:39:21.719><c> enjoy</c><00:39:22.099><c> the</c>

00:39:22.360 --> 00:39:31.599
glory.<00:39:23.840><c> We</c><00:39:24.099><c> have</c><00:39:24.400><c> to</c><00:39:24.619><c> be</c><00:39:24.820><c> willing</c><00:39:25.059><c> to</c><00:39:25.460><c> suffer</c><00:39:26.059><c> the</c><00:39:26.639><c> humiliation</c><00:39:27.380><c> of</c><00:39:29.019><c> believing</c><00:39:29.460><c> and</c><00:39:30.139><c> living</c><00:39:30.480><c> the</c><00:39:31.099><c> truth</c>

00:39:31.599 --> 00:39:41.699
and<00:39:32.519><c> accepting</c><00:39:33.079><c> God's</c><00:39:34.659><c> standards</c><00:39:34.659><c> as</c><00:39:35.380><c> opposed</c><00:39:35.780><c> to</c><00:39:36.059><c> society's.</c><00:39:37.820><c> Society</c><00:39:38.539><c> will</c><00:39:38.840><c> always</c><00:39:39.219><c> have</c><00:39:39.900><c> a</c><00:39:40.940><c> fluctuating</c>

00:39:41.699 --> 00:39:45.840
level<00:39:42.239><c> of</c><00:39:42.960><c> morality</c><00:39:43.440><c> and</c><00:39:44.280><c> almost</c><00:39:44.639><c> always</c><00:39:45.000><c> it's</c><00:39:45.340><c> descending</c>

00:39:45.840 --> 00:39:49.420
as<00:39:47.320><c> it</c><00:39:47.519><c> has</c><00:39:47.679><c> been</c><00:39:47.900><c> since</c><00:39:48.219><c> the</c><00:39:48.500><c> flood.</c>

00:39:50.420 --> 00:39:58.579
When<00:39:50.659><c> God</c><00:39:50.900><c> set</c><00:39:51.059><c> things</c><00:39:51.340><c> right</c><00:39:51.559><c> again,</c><00:39:52.579><c> we</c><00:39:53.599><c> can</c><00:39:54.579><c> follow</c><00:39:55.119><c> society's</c><00:39:57.480><c> plunge,</c><00:39:58.320><c> moral</c>

00:39:58.579 --> 00:40:01.219
plunge,<00:39:59.760><c> at</c><00:39:59.940><c> a</c><00:40:00.000><c> safe</c><00:40:00.159><c> distance.</c>

00:40:02.260 --> 00:40:04.739
We're<00:40:02.360><c> a</c><00:40:02.420><c> little</c><00:40:02.559><c> bit,</c><00:40:02.940><c> not</c><00:40:03.219><c> quite</c><00:40:03.480><c> so</c><00:40:03.719><c> low,</c><00:40:03.880><c> but</c><00:40:04.019><c> we</c><00:40:04.119><c> can</c><00:40:04.360><c> follow</c><00:40:04.519><c> it</c>

00:40:04.739 --> 00:40:06.079
down<00:40:04.900><c> and</c><00:40:05.139><c> still</c><00:40:05.280><c> be</c><00:40:05.519><c> considered</c>

00:40:06.079 --> 00:40:12.039
to<00:40:06.559><c> have</c><00:40:07.099><c> a</c><00:40:08.820><c> standard</c><00:40:09.219><c> somewhat</c><00:40:09.619><c> higher</c><00:40:09.940><c> than</c><00:40:10.139><c> society.</c><00:40:11.880><c> But</c>

00:40:12.039 --> 00:40:13.940
that's<00:40:12.260><c> not</c><00:40:12.519><c> the</c><00:40:12.780><c> standard</c><00:40:13.000><c> that's</c><00:40:13.300><c> been</c><00:40:13.579><c> presented</c>

00:40:13.940 --> 00:40:18.980
to<00:40:14.199><c> us.</c><00:40:14.599><c> Our</c><00:40:14.860><c> standard</c><00:40:15.179><c> is</c><00:40:15.420><c> heaven,</c><00:40:15.760><c> not</c><00:40:15.940><c> earth.</c><00:40:17.940><c> We</c><00:40:18.179><c> have</c><00:40:18.460><c> to</c>

00:40:18.980 --> 00:40:21.539
bear<00:40:19.179><c> the</c><00:40:19.460><c> shame</c><00:40:19.800><c> before</c><00:40:20.199><c> we</c><00:40:20.340><c> can</c><00:40:20.539><c> ever</c><00:40:20.860><c> enjoy</c><00:40:21.300><c> the</c>

00:40:21.539 --> 00:40:24.940
glory.<00:40:22.199><c> And</c><00:40:22.460><c> there</c><00:40:22.519><c> will</c><00:40:22.679><c> be</c><00:40:22.840><c> many</c><00:40:23.079><c> times,</c><00:40:23.599><c> many</c><00:40:23.820><c> occasions,</c>

00:40:25.519 --> 00:40:28.300
when<00:40:26.159><c> righteousness</c><00:40:26.719><c> by</c><00:40:27.480><c> God's</c><00:40:28.139><c> standards</c>

00:40:28.300 --> 00:40:32.460
will<00:40:28.840><c> be</c><00:40:29.000><c> defined</c><00:40:29.300><c> as</c><00:40:29.579><c> evil</c><00:40:29.900><c> by</c><00:40:30.199><c> the</c><00:40:30.360><c> world.</c><00:40:30.719><c> As</c><00:40:30.900><c> has</c><00:40:31.079><c> been</c><00:40:31.420><c> prophesied</c><00:40:32.300><c> in</c>

00:40:32.460 --> 00:40:34.400
scripture,<00:40:32.840><c> the</c><00:40:32.960><c> way</c><00:40:33.079><c> of</c><00:40:33.820><c> truth</c><00:40:33.960><c> will</c><00:40:34.179><c> be</c>

00:40:34.400 --> 00:40:41.400
spoken<00:40:34.980><c> up.</c><00:40:36.360><c> If</c><00:40:36.539><c> we</c><00:40:36.780><c> love</c><00:40:37.059><c> truth</c><00:40:37.440><c> and</c><00:40:37.639><c> we</c><00:40:37.860><c> hate</c><00:40:38.139><c> lies,</c><00:40:39.659><c> the</c><00:40:39.860><c> world</c><00:40:40.199><c> cannot</c><00:40:40.579><c> love</c><00:40:40.840><c> us</c>

00:40:41.400 --> 00:40:44.559
because<00:40:42.380><c> the</c><00:40:42.619><c> world</c><00:40:43.019><c> loves</c><00:40:43.760><c> lies</c>

00:40:44.559 --> 00:40:52.019
and<00:40:44.920><c> self</c><00:40:45.159><c>-deception.</c><00:40:48.340><c> Earth</c><00:40:48.539><c> and</c><00:40:48.739><c> heaven</c><00:40:49.059><c> do</c><00:40:49.460><c> not</c><00:40:49.699><c> simply</c><00:40:50.039><c> reflect</c><00:40:50.760><c> the</c><00:40:51.400><c> progression</c><00:40:51.820><c> of</c>

00:40:52.019 --> 00:40:52.659
God's<00:40:52.440><c> plan,</c>

00:40:52.699 --> 00:40:57.920
but<00:40:52.880><c> the</c><00:40:53.159><c> essence</c><00:40:53.659><c> of</c><00:40:54.300><c> that</c><00:40:54.579><c> plan.</c><00:40:55.519><c> That</c><00:40:55.860><c> God</c><00:40:56.119><c> will</c><00:40:56.440><c> draw</c><00:40:56.780><c> out</c>

00:40:57.920 --> 00:41:00.320
of<00:40:58.420><c> those</c><00:40:58.719><c> bearing</c><00:40:59.039><c> the</c><00:40:59.360><c> curse</c><00:40:59.519><c> of</c><00:40:59.699><c> the</c><00:40:59.880><c> dust</c>

00:41:00.320 --> 00:41:04.559
of<00:41:01.179><c> people</c><00:41:01.480><c> who</c><00:41:01.719><c> will</c><00:41:01.980><c> bear</c><00:41:02.139><c> his</c><00:41:02.440><c> name</c><00:41:03.000><c> and</c><00:41:03.940><c> therefore</c><00:41:04.280><c> his</c>

00:41:04.559 --> 00:41:07.460
nature,<00:41:05.460><c> that</c><00:41:05.760><c> heavenly</c><00:41:06.280><c> nature,</c>

00:41:07.699 --> 00:41:14.139
where<00:41:07.880><c> heaven</c><00:41:08.360><c> will</c><00:41:08.940><c> envelop</c><00:41:09.400><c> earth.</c><00:41:10.900><c> And</c><00:41:11.179><c> we</c><00:41:11.380><c> see</c><00:41:11.519><c> this</c><00:41:12.179><c> principle</c><00:41:12.639><c> reflected</c><00:41:13.239><c> in</c>

00:41:14.139 --> 00:41:14.820
the<00:41:14.320><c> heaven</c><00:41:14.480><c> and</c><00:41:14.599><c> earth</c>

00:41:14.820 --> 00:41:19.099
covenant<00:41:15.300><c> that</c><00:41:15.760><c> God</c><00:41:16.000><c> makes</c><00:41:16.260><c> with</c><00:41:16.559><c> Abram</c><00:41:16.940><c> in</c><00:41:17.539><c> Genesis</c><00:41:17.920><c> 15.</c><00:41:18.820><c> And</c>

00:41:19.099 --> 00:41:20.619
perhaps<00:41:19.300><c> we'll</c><00:41:19.500><c> just</c><00:41:19.699><c> take</c><00:41:19.880><c> the</c><00:41:20.000><c> last</c><00:41:20.179><c> few</c><00:41:20.340><c> minutes</c>

00:41:20.619 --> 00:41:22.659
to<00:41:20.860><c> introduce</c><00:41:21.260><c> this</c><00:41:21.559><c> thought</c><00:41:21.780><c> and</c><00:41:21.980><c> spend</c><00:41:22.139><c> a</c><00:41:22.239><c> little</c><00:41:22.380><c> bit</c><00:41:22.519><c> more</c>

00:41:22.659 --> 00:41:25.699
time<00:41:22.860><c> with</c><00:41:22.980><c> it</c><00:41:23.159><c> yesterday.</c><00:41:23.920><c> Tomorrow,</c><00:41:24.659><c> great.</c>

00:41:26.880 --> 00:41:28.619
Didn't<00:41:27.360><c> you</c><00:41:27.559><c> hear</c><00:41:27.679><c> it</c><00:41:27.840><c> already?</c>

00:41:31.980 --> 00:41:37.079
We'll<00:41:32.460><c> have</c><00:41:32.579><c> a</c><00:41:32.719><c> test</c><00:41:32.900><c> later.</c><00:41:35.139><c> This</c><00:41:35.440><c> is</c><00:41:35.880><c> a</c><00:41:36.179><c> covenant</c><00:41:36.460><c> between</c>

00:41:37.079 --> 00:41:39.159
heaven<00:41:37.320><c> and</c><00:41:37.460><c> earth.</c><00:41:38.139><c> If</c><00:41:38.340><c> we</c><00:41:38.500><c> examine</c><00:41:38.699><c> it</c><00:41:38.920><c> closely,</c>

00:41:39.219 --> 00:41:41.820
this<00:41:39.420><c> is</c><00:41:39.619><c> in</c><00:41:39.780><c> Genesis</c><00:41:40.119><c> chapter</c><00:41:40.539><c> 15.</c><00:41:41.000><c> We</c><00:41:41.099><c> won't</c><00:41:41.300><c> take</c><00:41:41.519><c> the</c><00:41:41.679><c> time</c>

00:41:41.820 --> 00:41:44.699
to<00:41:42.039><c> read</c><00:41:42.139><c> it</c><00:41:42.320><c> at</c><00:41:42.420><c> the</c><00:41:42.579><c> moment,</c><00:41:43.079><c> just</c><00:41:43.340><c> to</c><00:41:43.579><c> review</c><00:41:43.760><c> it.</c>

00:41:44.900 --> 00:41:48.699
Abram<00:41:45.099><c> is</c><00:41:45.400><c> instructed</c><00:41:45.780><c> to</c><00:41:46.059><c> take</c><00:41:46.239><c> five</c><00:41:46.579><c> animals,</c><00:41:48.000><c> a</c><00:41:48.159><c> heifer,</c><00:41:48.500><c> a</c>

00:41:48.699 --> 00:41:51.079
she<00:41:48.840><c>-goat,</c><00:41:49.079><c> and</c><00:41:49.280><c> a</c><00:41:49.420><c> ram,</c><00:41:50.159><c> four</c><00:41:50.400><c> legs</c><00:41:50.639><c> each,</c>

00:41:51.079 --> 00:41:58.639
12<00:41:51.639><c> legs,</c><00:41:52.559><c> number</c><00:41:52.780><c> of</c><00:41:53.039><c> government.</c><00:41:55.420><c> The</c><00:41:55.519><c> whole</c><00:41:55.659><c> nation</c><00:41:55.960><c> of</c><00:41:56.099><c> Israel</c><00:41:57.119><c> through</c><00:41:57.820><c> Abram</c><00:41:58.300><c> is</c>

00:41:58.639 --> 00:41:59.579
brought<00:41:58.840><c> into</c><00:41:59.059><c> this</c>

00:41:59.579 --> 00:42:03.360
covenant.<00:42:00.159><c> And</c><00:42:00.320><c> then</c><00:42:00.840><c> a</c><00:42:01.139><c> turtledove</c><00:42:01.739><c> and</c><00:42:02.079><c> a</c><00:42:02.179><c> young</c><00:42:02.360><c> pigeon.</c>

00:42:04.280 --> 00:42:07.880
He<00:42:04.559><c> is</c><00:42:04.760><c> told</c><00:42:05.099><c> to</c><00:42:05.599><c> cleave</c><00:42:06.639><c> these</c><00:42:07.099><c> four</c><00:42:07.400><c>-legged</c>

00:42:07.880 --> 00:42:13.559
land<00:42:08.679><c>-bound</c><00:42:09.239><c> animals,</c><00:42:10.000><c> but</c><00:42:10.199><c> do</c><00:42:10.500><c> not</c><00:42:11.340><c> cut</c><00:42:11.719><c> the</c><00:42:12.820><c> fowl</c><00:42:13.179><c> of</c><00:42:13.360><c> heaven</c>

00:42:13.559 --> 00:42:14.619
as<00:42:13.719><c> they're</c><00:42:13.960><c> not,</c><00:42:14.119><c> that's</c><00:42:14.380><c> not</c><00:42:14.480><c> the</c><00:42:14.559><c> way</c>

00:42:14.619 --> 00:42:16.320
they're<00:42:14.780><c> described</c><00:42:15.079><c> there,</c><00:42:15.320><c> although</c><00:42:15.539><c> they</c><00:42:15.739><c> aren't</c><00:42:15.900><c> Daniel,</c>

00:42:16.400 --> 00:42:17.900
they're<00:42:16.579><c> referred</c><00:42:16.780><c> to</c><00:42:16.940><c> as</c><00:42:17.059><c> the</c><00:42:17.260><c> fowl</c><00:42:17.579><c> of</c><00:42:17.699><c> heaven.</c>

00:42:17.900 --> 00:42:20.380
One<00:42:18.340><c> of</c><00:42:18.440><c> the</c><00:42:18.559><c> places,</c><00:42:18.880><c> of</c><00:42:19.039><c> course,</c><00:42:19.179><c> we</c><00:42:19.340><c> go</c><00:42:19.500><c> to</c><00:42:19.679><c> when</c><00:42:19.880><c> we</c><00:42:20.099><c> define</c>

00:42:20.380 --> 00:42:21.820
the<00:42:20.519><c> word</c><00:42:20.699><c> heaven</c><00:42:20.960><c> when</c><00:42:21.139><c> we're</c><00:42:21.380><c> teaching</c><00:42:21.579><c> the</c>

00:42:21.820 --> 00:42:23.860
truth<00:42:21.980><c> to</c><00:42:22.179><c> someone,</c><00:42:22.900><c> explaining</c><00:42:23.039><c> that</c><00:42:23.139><c> there's</c><00:42:23.380><c> a</c><00:42:23.400><c> number</c><00:42:23.619><c> of</c>

00:42:23.860 --> 00:42:25.980
different<00:42:24.420><c> meanings</c><00:42:24.780><c> to</c><00:42:25.039><c> heaven.</c><00:42:25.400><c> There's</c><00:42:25.579><c> where</c><00:42:25.739><c> God</c>

00:42:25.980 --> 00:42:28.300
dwells,<00:42:26.480><c> there's</c><00:42:26.739><c> the</c><00:42:26.960><c> atmosphere,</c><00:42:27.579><c> there's</c><00:42:27.820><c> the</c><00:42:28.039><c> political</c>

00:42:28.300 --> 00:42:32.840
heavens<00:42:28.639><c> and</c><00:42:28.940><c> such.</c><00:42:30.539><c> And</c><00:42:30.820><c> Daniel</c><00:42:31.579><c> 4</c><00:42:32.000><c> is</c><00:42:32.500><c> helpful</c>

00:42:32.840 --> 00:42:36.820
where<00:42:33.039><c> it</c><00:42:33.280><c> refers</c><00:42:33.500><c> to</c><00:42:33.679><c> as</c><00:42:33.820><c> the</c><00:42:34.039><c> fowl</c><00:42:34.320><c> of</c><00:42:34.519><c> heaven,</c><00:42:35.039><c> the</c><00:42:35.239><c> atmosphere.</c><00:42:36.460><c> So</c><00:42:36.639><c> we</c>

00:42:36.820 --> 00:42:38.780
have<00:42:37.059><c> the</c><00:42:37.699><c> two</c><00:42:37.980><c> fowl</c><00:42:38.320><c> of</c><00:42:38.480><c> heaven</c>

00:42:38.780 --> 00:42:41.599
and<00:42:39.099><c> the</c><00:42:39.340><c> three</c><00:42:39.679><c> land</c><00:42:40.079><c>-bound</c><00:42:40.340><c> animals</c><00:42:40.760><c> that</c><00:42:40.940><c> are</c><00:42:41.099><c> cut</c><00:42:41.239><c> in</c><00:42:41.480><c> two,</c>

00:42:41.719 --> 00:42:44.579
making<00:42:41.980><c> six</c><00:42:42.320><c> pieces.</c><00:42:43.300><c> Six</c><00:42:43.639><c> being</c><00:42:43.940><c> a</c><00:42:44.159><c> number</c>

00:42:44.579 --> 00:42:48.619
that's<00:42:45.300><c> associated</c><00:42:45.840><c> with</c><00:42:46.079><c> the</c><00:42:46.340><c> curse.</c><00:42:47.820><c> I</c><00:42:47.860><c> know</c><00:42:47.980><c> a</c><00:42:48.119><c> lot</c><00:42:48.179><c> of</c><00:42:48.239><c> people</c><00:42:48.440><c> try</c>

00:42:48.619 --> 00:42:50.920
to<00:42:48.739><c> say</c><00:42:48.900><c> that</c><00:42:49.099><c> six</c><00:42:49.340><c> is</c><00:42:49.860><c> man</c><00:42:50.219><c> or</c><00:42:50.380><c> six</c><00:42:50.699><c> is</c>

00:42:50.920 --> 00:42:54.099
sin<00:42:51.059><c> or</c><00:42:51.219><c> six</c><00:42:51.539><c> is</c><00:42:51.780><c> death.</c><00:42:52.039><c> I</c><00:42:52.119><c> would</c><00:42:52.360><c> suggest</c><00:42:52.820><c> we</c><00:42:53.019><c> look</c><00:42:53.219><c> at</c><00:42:53.340><c> it</c><00:42:53.719><c> more</c><00:42:53.960><c> of</c>

00:42:54.099 --> 00:42:56.199
an<00:42:54.260><c> umbrella,</c><00:42:55.119><c> that</c><00:42:55.280><c> six</c><00:42:55.500><c> is</c><00:42:55.699><c> a</c><00:42:55.840><c> number</c><00:42:56.039><c> that</c>

00:42:56.199 --> 00:43:02.300
is<00:42:56.500><c> associated</c><00:42:56.800><c> with</c><00:42:57.079><c> anything</c><00:42:57.519><c> related</c><00:42:58.420><c> to</c><00:42:59.019><c> the</c><00:42:59.280><c> curse.</c><00:43:01.920><c> And</c>

00:43:02.300 --> 00:43:04.079
so<00:43:02.400><c> we</c><00:43:02.599><c> have</c><00:43:02.760><c> the</c><00:43:02.920><c> number</c><00:43:03.119><c> six</c><00:43:03.380><c> being</c><00:43:03.659><c> associated</c>

00:43:04.079 --> 00:43:11.139
with<00:43:04.300><c> man,</c><00:43:05.119><c> with</c><00:43:05.400><c> sin,</c><00:43:07.639><c> with</c><00:43:08.340><c> the</c><00:43:08.760><c> impulses</c><00:43:09.139><c> of</c><00:43:09.400><c> the</c><00:43:09.539><c> flesh</c><00:43:09.860><c> and</c><00:43:10.199><c> such.</c><00:43:10.940><c> So</c>

00:43:11.139 --> 00:43:12.739
we<00:43:11.280><c> have</c><00:43:11.400><c> the</c><00:43:11.699><c> six</c><00:43:12.139><c> halves,</c>

00:43:12.739 --> 00:43:18.480
and<00:43:13.440><c> we</c><00:43:13.539><c> have</c><00:43:13.699><c> the</c><00:43:13.940><c> two</c><00:43:14.380><c> whole</c><00:43:15.139><c> birds.</c><00:43:16.219><c> We</c><00:43:16.400><c> have</c><00:43:16.519><c> two</c><00:43:16.860><c> categories</c><00:43:17.300><c> of</c><00:43:17.559><c> animals</c><00:43:17.780><c> here.</c>

00:43:18.760 --> 00:43:19.820
Category<00:43:19.059><c> of</c><00:43:19.340><c> animal</c>

00:43:19.820 --> 00:43:24.599
related<00:43:20.300><c> to</c><00:43:20.480><c> the</c><00:43:20.659><c> earth,</c><00:43:21.320><c> cut</c><00:43:21.440><c> in</c><00:43:21.679><c> half.</c><00:43:22.940><c> Category</c><00:43:23.360><c> of</c><00:43:23.639><c> animals</c><00:43:23.900><c> related</c><00:43:24.219><c> to</c><00:43:24.460><c> the</c>

00:43:24.599 --> 00:43:27.559
heavens,<00:43:25.519><c> not</c><00:43:26.000><c> cut</c><00:43:26.360><c> in</c><00:43:26.639><c> half.</c>

00:43:29.099 --> 00:43:34.420
And<00:43:29.300><c> just</c><00:43:29.800><c> think</c><00:43:30.000><c> in</c><00:43:30.159><c> terms</c><00:43:30.659><c> of</c><00:43:31.139><c> this</c><00:43:31.940><c> for</c><00:43:32.860><c> now,</c><00:43:33.920><c> that</c><00:43:34.059><c> these</c>

00:43:34.420 --> 00:43:37.599
eight<00:43:34.800><c> pieces</c><00:43:35.659><c> make</c><00:43:36.380><c> up</c><00:43:36.579><c> Jesus</c><00:43:37.000><c> Christ.</c>

00:43:37.599 --> 00:43:43.940
And<00:43:38.139><c> the</c><00:43:38.320><c> two</c><00:43:38.619><c> aspects</c><00:43:39.420><c> of</c><00:43:39.780><c> Jesus</c><00:43:40.159><c> Christ,</c><00:43:41.159><c> earth</c><00:43:41.579><c> and</c><00:43:42.219><c> heaven.</c><00:43:43.579><c> He</c><00:43:43.719><c> was</c>

00:43:43.940 --> 00:43:45.039
a<00:43:44.099><c> product</c><00:43:44.380><c> of</c><00:43:44.539><c> the</c><00:43:44.699><c> earth.</c>

00:43:45.400 --> 00:43:48.219
He<00:43:45.500><c> was</c><00:43:45.659><c> a</c><00:43:45.840><c> product</c><00:43:46.099><c> of</c><00:43:46.280><c> the</c><00:43:46.420><c> heavens</c><00:43:46.659><c> as</c><00:43:47.039><c> well.</c><00:43:47.579><c> He</c><00:43:47.699><c> was</c><00:43:47.920><c> the</c>

00:43:48.219 --> 00:43:51.260
son<00:43:48.320><c> of</c><00:43:48.860><c> man</c><00:43:49.239><c> through</c><00:43:49.639><c> Mary.</c><00:43:50.420><c> He</c><00:43:50.519><c> was</c><00:43:50.719><c> the</c><00:43:50.920><c> son</c><00:43:51.039><c> of</c>

00:43:51.260 --> 00:43:55.800
God<00:43:51.599><c> through</c><00:43:51.900><c> the</c><00:43:52.039><c> Holy</c><00:43:52.280><c> Spirit.</c><00:43:54.019><c> He</c><00:43:54.280><c> was</c><00:43:54.780><c> the</c><00:43:55.139><c> joint</c><00:43:55.320><c> product</c>

00:43:55.800 --> 00:43:58.239
of<00:43:56.039><c> both</c><00:43:56.340><c> heaven</c><00:43:56.679><c> and</c><00:43:57.059><c> earth,</c><00:43:57.480><c> and</c><00:43:57.820><c> therefore</c>

00:43:58.239 --> 00:44:05.039
could<00:43:58.820><c> bring</c><00:43:59.139><c> the</c><00:43:59.400><c> two</c><00:43:59.659><c> together</c><00:44:00.320><c> so</c><00:44:01.139><c> that</c><00:44:01.500><c> heaven</c><00:44:01.780><c> might</c><00:44:02.139><c> envelop</c><00:44:02.539><c> earth</c><00:44:03.119><c> eventually.</c><00:44:04.880><c> And</c>

00:44:05.039 --> 00:44:05.840
in<00:44:05.199><c> this</c><00:44:05.460><c> covenant,</c>

00:44:05.840 --> 00:44:11.400
we<00:44:06.280><c> see</c><00:44:06.559><c> both</c><00:44:07.619><c> parties</c><00:44:08.519><c> depicted,</c><00:44:09.260><c> earth</c><00:44:09.659><c> and</c><00:44:10.059><c> heaven.</c><00:44:11.079><c> Those</c>

00:44:11.400 --> 00:44:12.599
that<00:44:11.699><c> represent</c><00:44:12.079><c> the</c><00:44:12.320><c> earth,</c>

00:44:13.039 --> 00:44:17.000
the<00:44:13.239><c> three</c><00:44:13.840><c> four</c><00:44:14.239><c>-legged</c><00:44:14.420><c> animals</c><00:44:14.900><c> are</c><00:44:15.260><c> cut</c><00:44:15.420><c> in</c><00:44:15.719><c> two,</c><00:44:16.400><c> just</c><00:44:16.619><c> like</c><00:44:16.800><c> we</c>

00:44:17.000 --> 00:44:18.679
break<00:44:17.159><c> the</c><00:44:17.380><c> bread</c><00:44:17.639><c> on</c><00:44:18.000><c> Sunday</c><00:44:18.260><c> morning,</c>

00:44:19.179 --> 00:44:24.940
which<00:44:19.360><c> is</c><00:44:19.659><c> of</c><00:44:19.719><c> course</c><00:44:19.900><c> the</c><00:44:20.139><c> first</c><00:44:20.460><c> stage</c><00:44:20.880><c> between</c><00:44:21.420><c> the</c><00:44:21.739><c> two</c><00:44:22.659><c> dual</c><00:44:23.539><c> Messiah</c><00:44:24.199><c> memorials,</c><00:44:24.780><c> as</c>

00:44:24.940 --> 00:44:25.699
there<00:44:25.099><c> are</c><00:44:25.239><c> a</c><00:44:25.300><c> number</c><00:44:25.519><c> of</c>

00:44:25.699 --> 00:44:28.699
dual<00:44:25.880><c> Messiah</c><00:44:26.320><c> memorials,</c><00:44:27.239><c> as</c><00:44:27.460><c> we'll</c><00:44:27.739><c> see</c><00:44:27.980><c> as</c><00:44:28.179><c> the</c><00:44:28.300><c> week</c><00:44:28.400><c> goes</c>

00:44:28.699 --> 00:44:32.780
out.<00:44:29.059><c> And</c><00:44:29.159><c> in</c><00:44:29.280><c> each</c><00:44:29.500><c> case,</c><00:44:30.960><c> the</c><00:44:31.179><c> first</c><00:44:31.480><c> is</c><00:44:31.820><c> broken.</c>

00:44:34.300 --> 00:44:38.699
And<00:44:34.900><c> in</c><00:44:35.000><c> this</c><00:44:35.260><c> case,</c><00:44:35.800><c> the</c><00:44:35.980><c> first</c><00:44:36.260><c> is</c><00:44:36.619><c> cleaved</c><00:44:36.980><c> in</c><00:44:37.320><c> two.</c><00:44:38.420><c> And</c><00:44:38.619><c> I</c>

00:44:38.699 --> 00:44:41.440
would<00:44:38.900><c> submit</c><00:44:39.219><c> that</c><00:44:39.500><c> the</c><00:44:40.039><c> six</c><00:44:40.300><c> halves</c><00:44:40.599><c> represent</c>

00:44:41.440 --> 00:44:44.900
those<00:44:41.940><c> that</c><00:44:42.119><c> are</c><00:44:42.199><c> under</c><00:44:42.340><c> the</c><00:44:42.579><c> curse,</c><00:44:43.340><c> man</c><00:44:43.739><c> and</c><00:44:44.360><c> the</c><00:44:44.559><c> son</c><00:44:44.679><c> of</c>

00:44:44.900 --> 00:44:47.880
man.<00:44:45.960><c> And</c><00:44:46.159><c> the</c><00:44:46.300><c> two</c><00:44:46.480><c> whole</c><00:44:46.699><c> birds</c><00:44:47.039><c> represent</c><00:44:47.559><c> the</c><00:44:47.760><c> two</c>

00:44:47.880 --> 00:44:53.519
heavenly<00:44:48.179><c> parties,</c><00:44:49.059><c> God</c><00:44:49.380><c> and</c><00:44:49.940><c> his</c><00:44:50.239><c> son.</c><00:44:52.099><c> And</c><00:44:52.699><c> Jesus</c><00:44:53.099><c> being</c>

00:44:53.519 --> 00:44:55.840
the<00:44:53.760><c> binding</c><00:44:54.019><c> agent</c><00:44:54.380><c> that</c><00:44:54.619><c> brings</c><00:44:54.820><c> both</c><00:44:55.099><c> parties</c><00:44:55.440><c> together,</c>

00:44:55.900 --> 00:44:59.659
he<00:44:56.079><c> is</c><00:44:56.280><c> the</c><00:44:56.440><c> mediator</c><00:44:57.119><c> between</c><00:44:57.719><c> heaven</c><00:44:57.980><c> and</c><00:44:58.079><c> earth.</c><00:44:58.440><c> He</c><00:44:58.599><c> is</c><00:44:58.800><c> the</c><00:44:59.019><c> product</c><00:44:59.320><c> of</c>

00:44:59.659 --> 00:45:01.880
both.<00:45:00.780><c> And</c><00:45:01.260><c> we'll</c>

00:45:01.880 --> 00:45:06.179
take<00:45:02.599><c> a</c><00:45:02.699><c> little</c><00:45:02.940><c> closer</c><00:45:03.260><c> look</c><00:45:03.460><c> at</c><00:45:03.599><c> that</c><00:45:04.320><c> tomorrow.</c>

00:45:23.739 --> 00:45:26.659
I'd<00:45:24.300><c> certainly</c><00:45:24.579><c> like</c><00:45:24.880><c> to</c><00:45:25.079><c> thank</c><00:45:25.280><c> Brother</c><00:45:25.559><c> Jim</c><00:45:25.800><c> for</c><00:45:26.079><c> his</c><00:45:26.380><c> words</c>

00:45:26.659 --> 00:45:28.539
and<00:45:26.880><c> thoughts</c><00:45:27.159><c> this</c><00:45:27.480><c> morning.</c>

00:45:28.840 --> 00:45:33.619
And<00:45:29.219><c> we'll</c><00:45:29.719><c> conclude</c><00:45:30.519><c> this</c><00:45:31.139><c> period,</c><00:45:32.280><c> spin</c><00:45:32.420><c> around</c><00:45:32.719><c> God's</c><00:45:33.159><c> word</c><00:45:33.320><c> of</c>

00:45:33.619 --> 00:45:36.320
truth,<00:45:34.559><c> and</c><00:45:34.880><c> also</c><00:45:35.300><c> give</c><00:45:35.619><c> thanks</c><00:45:35.980><c> for</c>

00:45:36.320 --> 00:45:40.920
our<00:45:36.639><c> noon</c><00:45:36.880><c> meal</c><00:45:37.380><c> with</c><00:45:38.239><c> the</c><00:45:38.440><c> words</c><00:45:38.659><c> of</c><00:45:38.880><c> Brother</c><00:45:39.079><c> Peter</c><00:45:39.460><c> Robinson</c><00:45:40.019><c> from</c>

00:45:40.920 --> 00:45:42.480
Hamilton,<00:45:41.980><c> Ontario.</c>

00:45:59.860 --> 00:46:04.699
Almighty,<00:46:00.940><c> most</c><00:46:01.039><c> merciful,</c><00:46:02.179><c> all</c><00:46:02.280><c>-righteous</c><00:46:02.639><c> Heavenly</c><00:46:03.079><c> Father,</c><00:46:04.460><c> we</c>

00:46:04.699 --> 00:46:06.599
approach<00:46:05.019><c> before</c><00:46:05.500><c> thee</c><00:46:05.780><c> through</c><00:46:06.059><c> thy</c><00:46:06.300><c> dear</c>

00:46:06.599 --> 00:46:11.159
Son,<00:46:07.199><c> which</c><00:46:07.400><c> we</c><00:46:07.900><c> thank</c><00:46:08.119><c> thee</c><00:46:08.320><c> so</c><00:46:08.559><c> much</c><00:46:08.800><c> for.</c><00:46:10.239><c> We</c><00:46:10.719><c> thank</c><00:46:10.900><c> thee</c>

00:46:11.159 --> 00:46:14.860
for<00:46:11.539><c> opportunities</c><00:46:12.260><c> like</c><00:46:12.639><c> this,</c><00:46:14.079><c> of</c><00:46:14.159><c> being</c><00:46:14.420><c> able</c>

00:46:14.860 --> 00:46:20.199
to<00:46:15.360><c> come</c><00:46:15.579><c> out</c><00:46:15.739><c> of</c><00:46:15.840><c> an</c><00:46:16.019><c> evil</c><00:46:16.219><c> world,</c><00:46:17.800><c> to</c><00:46:17.960><c> have</c><00:46:18.099><c> this</c><00:46:18.380><c> morning</c><00:46:18.679><c> around</c><00:46:19.119><c> thy</c><00:46:19.500><c> word,</c><00:46:19.820><c> and</c><00:46:19.980><c> to</c>

00:46:20.199 --> 00:46:21.519
learn<00:46:20.440><c> of</c><00:46:20.659><c> thy</c><00:46:20.860><c> wisdom</c>

00:46:21.519 --> 00:46:26.780
and<00:46:22.039><c> thy</c><00:46:22.340><c> ways.</c><00:46:24.159><c> We</c><00:46:24.480><c> do</c><00:46:24.739><c> pray</c><00:46:25.079><c> that</c><00:46:25.480><c> that</c><00:46:25.679><c> will</c><00:46:25.860><c> help</c><00:46:25.980><c> us</c><00:46:26.380><c> to</c>

00:46:26.780 --> 00:46:28.400
remember<00:46:27.059><c> the</c><00:46:27.300><c> lessons,</c>

00:46:28.900 --> 00:46:34.579
help<00:46:29.019><c> us</c><00:46:29.380><c> to</c><00:46:29.619><c> be</c><00:46:30.019><c> watching</c><00:46:30.500><c> when</c><00:46:31.599><c> thy</c><00:46:31.840><c> Son</c><00:46:32.019><c> returns,</c><00:46:34.000><c> help</c><00:46:34.179><c> us</c>

00:46:34.579 --> 00:46:38.780
to<00:46:35.139><c> grow</c><00:46:35.579><c> like</c><00:46:36.820><c> the</c><00:46:37.119><c> apostle</c><00:46:37.500><c> Peter</c><00:46:37.840><c> did,</c>

00:46:39.340 --> 00:46:44.960
from<00:46:39.619><c> the</c><00:46:39.900><c> Gospels</c><00:46:40.900><c> to</c><00:46:41.300><c> the</c><00:46:41.559><c> Acts.</c><00:46:43.099><c> And</c><00:46:43.599><c> as</c><00:46:44.059><c> we</c><00:46:44.300><c> see</c><00:46:44.460><c> him</c><00:46:44.800><c> in</c>

00:46:44.960 --> 00:46:46.119
his<00:46:45.219><c> epistles,</c>

00:46:48.119 --> 00:46:54.199
help<00:46:48.719><c> us</c><00:46:49.320><c> to</c><00:46:49.980><c> hear</c><00:46:50.139><c> the</c><00:46:50.400><c> small,</c><00:46:51.320><c> still</c><00:46:51.420><c> voice</c><00:46:52.420><c> in</c><00:46:53.539><c> both</c><00:46:53.760><c> in</c><00:46:54.059><c> thy</c>

00:46:54.199 --> 00:46:57.340
natural<00:46:54.639><c> creation,</c><00:46:55.519><c> as</c><00:46:55.559><c> well</c><00:46:55.840><c> as</c>

00:46:57.340 --> 00:47:01.559
especially<00:46:57.800><c> in</c><00:46:58.079><c> thy</c><00:46:58.280><c> word.</c><00:46:59.900><c> For</c><00:47:00.039><c> we</c><00:47:00.480><c> do</c><00:47:00.800><c> thank</c><00:47:01.000><c> thee</c><00:47:01.159><c> for</c><00:47:01.340><c> thy</c>

00:47:01.559 --> 00:47:03.960
word<00:47:01.780><c> of</c><00:47:02.039><c> truth,</c><00:47:02.500><c> and</c><00:47:02.900><c> being</c><00:47:03.099><c> able</c><00:47:03.400><c> to</c><00:47:03.679><c> see</c>

00:47:03.960 --> 00:47:07.559
the<00:47:04.260><c> depth</c><00:47:04.559><c> and</c><00:47:04.780><c> the</c><00:47:04.940><c> riches</c><00:47:05.340><c> that</c><00:47:06.119><c> are</c><00:47:06.360><c> contained</c><00:47:06.780><c> therein,</c>

00:47:07.980 --> 00:47:10.380
and<00:47:08.199><c> to</c><00:47:08.440><c> hear</c><00:47:08.599><c> them</c><00:47:09.079><c> brought</c><00:47:09.400><c> forward.</c>

00:47:11.039 --> 00:47:15.940
Indeed,<00:47:11.639><c> we</c><00:47:11.780><c> are</c><00:47:12.079><c> a</c><00:47:12.199><c> blessed</c><00:47:12.400><c> people,</c><00:47:13.460><c> and</c><00:47:13.679><c> we</c><00:47:14.000><c> do</c><00:47:14.280><c> thank</c><00:47:14.500><c> thee.</c><00:47:15.659><c> We</c>

00:47:15.940 --> 00:47:18.219
also<00:47:16.280><c> give</c><00:47:16.500><c> thee</c><00:47:16.760><c> thanks</c><00:47:17.119><c> for</c><00:47:17.539><c> the</c><00:47:17.840><c> natural</c>

00:47:18.219 --> 00:47:22.820
things<00:47:18.579><c> of</c><00:47:18.800><c> life,</c><00:47:20.039><c> for</c><00:47:20.239><c> the</c><00:47:20.420><c> noon</c><00:47:20.619><c> meal</c><00:47:21.059><c> which</c><00:47:22.059><c> we</c><00:47:22.320><c> are</c><00:47:22.539><c> about</c>

00:47:22.820 --> 00:47:27.599
to<00:47:22.960><c> partake.</c><00:47:24.900><c> We</c><00:47:25.119><c> thank</c><00:47:25.340><c> thee</c><00:47:25.659><c> for</c><00:47:26.599><c> this,</c><00:47:27.300><c> and</c><00:47:27.360><c> do</c>

00:47:27.599 --> 00:47:31.019
pray<00:47:27.820><c> that</c><00:47:28.000><c> thou</c><00:47:28.159><c> wilt</c><00:47:28.340><c> bless</c><00:47:28.539><c> the</c><00:47:28.840><c> food</c><00:47:29.039><c> to</c><00:47:29.320><c> our</c><00:47:29.539><c> use.</c><00:47:30.639><c> And</c><00:47:30.840><c> we</c>

00:47:31.019 --> 00:47:33.019
thank<00:47:31.159><c> thee</c><00:47:31.340><c> for</c><00:47:31.480><c> the</c><00:47:31.679><c> fellowship</c><00:47:32.139><c> that</c><00:47:32.599><c> we</c><00:47:32.760><c> do</c>

00:47:33.019 --> 00:47:37.900
have<00:47:33.300><c> at</c><00:47:33.440><c> times</c><00:47:34.039><c> like</c><00:47:34.420><c> this.</c><00:47:36.159><c> Indeed,</c><00:47:36.780><c> thou</c><00:47:36.940><c> hast</c><00:47:37.420><c> blessed</c><00:47:37.679><c> us</c>

00:47:37.900 --> 00:47:41.440
greatly,<00:47:39.000><c> and</c><00:47:39.159><c> we</c><00:47:39.300><c> do</c><00:47:39.500><c> praise</c><00:47:39.820><c> thy</c><00:47:40.039><c> holy</c><00:47:40.380><c> name,</c>

00:47:41.559 --> 00:47:44.260
and<00:47:41.679><c> do</c><00:47:41.940><c> pray</c><00:47:42.119><c> for</c><00:47:42.340><c> thy</c><00:47:42.480><c> continued</c><00:47:43.019><c> blessing,</c><00:47:43.780><c> and</c><00:47:43.860><c> thy</c><00:47:44.059><c> help</c>

00:47:44.260 --> 00:47:46.860
in<00:47:44.440><c> thy</c><00:47:44.599><c> guiding</c><00:47:44.960><c> hand,</c><00:47:45.940><c> and</c><00:47:46.079><c> that</c><00:47:46.199><c> we</c><00:47:46.360><c> might</c><00:47:46.599><c> be</c>

00:47:46.860 --> 00:47:52.000
attuned<00:47:47.179><c> thereto.</c><00:47:49.199><c> And</c><00:47:49.400><c> so</c><00:47:49.500><c> we</c><00:47:49.679><c> give</c><00:47:49.800><c> thee</c><00:47:50.039><c> thanks</c><00:47:50.400><c> and</c><00:47:50.679><c> praise</c><00:47:51.000><c> now,</c>

00:47:52.159 --> 00:47:54.000
and<00:47:52.280><c> approach</c><00:47:52.559><c> before</c><00:47:53.059><c> thee</c><00:47:53.340><c> in</c><00:47:53.639><c> the</c><00:47:53.800><c> name</c>

00:47:54.000 --> 00:47:56.739
of<00:47:54.199><c> thy</c><00:47:54.380><c> dear</c><00:47:54.659><c> Son,</c><00:47:55.159><c> striving</c><00:47:55.420><c> unto</c><00:47:55.800><c> thee</c><00:47:56.059><c> all</c><00:47:56.280><c> the</c><00:47:56.519><c> honor,</c>

00:47:56.840 --> 00:48:00.739
the<00:47:57.019><c> power,</c><00:47:57.260><c> and</c><00:47:57.400><c> the</c><00:47:57.579><c> glory,</c><00:47:59.079><c> forever.</c><00:47:59.880><c> Amen.</c>