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In<00:13:17.320><c> Malachi</c><00:13:17.840><c> 4</c><00:13:18.220><c> verse</c><00:13:18.519><c> 3.</c>

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And<00:13:30.360><c> in</c><00:13:31.000><c> that</c><00:13:31.259><c> day</c><00:13:31.480><c> we</c><00:13:31.679><c> may</c><00:13:32.179><c> take</c><00:13:32.539><c> up</c><00:13:33.279><c> battle</c><00:13:33.840><c> as</c><00:13:34.240><c> they</c><00:13:34.500><c> did</c><00:13:34.940><c> in</c>

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the<00:13:35.600><c> days</c><00:13:36.179><c> gone</c><00:13:36.659><c> by.</c>

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Now<00:13:39.620><c> I'd</c><00:13:39.840><c> like</c><00:13:39.940><c> to</c><00:13:40.240><c> turn</c><00:13:40.639><c> our</c><00:13:40.960><c> attention</c><00:13:41.480><c> to</c><00:13:41.799><c> another</c><00:13:42.200><c> symbol.</c>

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Let<00:13:43.480><c> us</c><00:13:43.700><c> move</c><00:13:43.980><c> from</c><00:13:44.220><c> the</c><00:13:44.440><c> symbol</c><00:13:44.759><c> of</c><00:13:45.080><c> treading</c><00:13:45.360><c> down</c><00:13:45.779><c> the</c><00:13:46.059><c> enemies</c><00:13:46.360><c> under</c><00:13:46.799><c> foot</c>

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to<00:13:48.019><c> another</c><00:13:48.360><c> symbol</c><00:13:48.700><c> that</c><00:13:48.899><c> we</c><00:13:49.139><c> see</c><00:13:49.419><c> still</c><00:13:49.720><c> in</c><00:13:50.019><c> existence</c><00:13:50.539><c> in</c><00:13:51.539><c> today.</c>

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We<00:13:52.480><c> often</c><00:13:52.679><c> don't</c><00:13:53.019><c> see</c><00:13:53.860><c> someone</c><00:13:54.240><c> putting</c><00:13:54.539><c> their</c><00:13:55.000><c> foot</c><00:13:55.279><c> to</c><00:13:55.500><c> the</c>

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neck<00:13:55.820><c> of</c><00:13:56.019><c> an</c><00:13:56.179><c> enemy,</c><00:13:56.559><c> especially</c><00:13:56.879><c> in</c><00:13:57.039><c> our</c><00:13:57.259><c> country.</c>

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Although<00:13:58.480><c> I</c><00:13:58.720><c> suppose</c><00:13:59.200><c> in</c><00:13:59.500><c> concept</c><00:13:59.940><c> it</c><00:14:00.139><c> does</c><00:14:00.480><c> happen</c><00:14:00.840><c> when</c><00:14:01.100><c> some</c><00:14:01.360><c> nations</c><00:14:01.779><c> call</c><00:14:02.120><c> other</c><00:14:02.379><c> nations</c><00:14:02.860><c> to</c><00:14:03.200><c> submit.</c>

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But<00:14:04.659><c> there</c><00:14:04.840><c> is</c><00:14:05.019><c> a</c><00:14:05.259><c> symbol</c><00:14:05.679><c> that</c><00:14:06.419><c> is</c><00:14:06.820><c> prevalent</c><00:14:07.179><c> today</c><00:14:07.580><c> and</c><00:14:07.700><c> it's</c><00:14:07.940><c> a</c>

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medical<00:14:08.840><c> symbol.</c>

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I'm<00:14:11.220><c> wearing</c><00:14:11.460><c> it.</c>

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I<00:14:13.179><c> have</c><00:14:13.259><c> it</c><00:14:13.500><c> around</c><00:14:14.279><c> my</c><00:14:14.779><c> arm</c><00:14:15.100><c> in</c><00:14:15.899><c> bracelet</c><00:14:16.379><c> form.</c>

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It's<00:14:17.139><c> a</c><00:14:17.320><c> medic</c><00:14:17.639><c> alert</c><00:14:18.279><c> bracelet.</c>

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And<00:14:20.539><c> on</c><00:14:21.019><c> the</c><00:14:21.220><c> center</c><00:14:21.419><c> of</c><00:14:21.620><c> this</c><00:14:21.940><c> medic</c><00:14:22.259><c> alert</c><00:14:22.480><c> bracelet</c><00:14:22.919><c> is</c><00:14:23.159><c> a</c><00:14:23.379><c> pole</c><00:14:23.899><c> and</c><00:14:25.000><c> a</c>

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serpent<00:14:25.700><c> that</c><00:14:26.600><c> surrounds</c><00:14:27.120><c> that</c><00:14:27.559><c> pole.</c>

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And<00:14:28.919><c> I've</c><00:14:29.120><c> often</c><00:14:29.379><c> wondered</c><00:14:30.000><c> why</c><00:14:30.639><c> the</c><00:14:30.940><c> world</c><00:14:31.340><c> has</c><00:14:31.799><c> taken</c><00:14:32.179><c> this</c>

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symbol<00:14:33.179><c> and</c><00:14:34.259><c> placed</c><00:14:34.559><c> it</c><00:14:34.820><c> on</c><00:14:34.980><c> the</c><00:14:35.240><c> medic</c><00:14:35.580><c> alert</c><00:14:35.919><c> bracelet.</c>

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Where<00:14:37.820><c> did</c><00:14:37.960><c> they</c><00:14:38.159><c> get</c><00:14:38.399><c> this</c><00:14:38.759><c> symbol</c><00:14:39.100><c> from?</c>

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And<00:14:41.120><c> we</c><00:14:41.320><c> sometimes</c><00:14:41.840><c> see</c><00:14:42.159><c> it</c><00:14:42.659><c> in</c><00:14:43.059><c> relation</c><00:14:43.539><c> to</c><00:14:43.840><c> medicine</c><00:14:44.220><c> and</c>

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healing,<00:14:45.799><c> in</c><00:14:46.000><c> relation</c><00:14:46.399><c> to</c><00:14:46.639><c> certain</c><00:14:46.899><c> medical</c><00:14:47.539><c> associations,</c>

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sometimes<00:14:49.679><c> in</c><00:14:49.919><c> relation</c><00:14:50.259><c> to</c><00:14:50.559><c> war</c><00:14:51.120><c> and</c><00:14:52.820><c> the</c><00:14:53.279><c> healing</c><00:14:53.559><c> and</c><00:14:53.980><c> the</c>

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caring<00:14:54.820><c> for</c><00:14:55.120><c> those</c><00:14:55.440><c> who</c><00:14:55.600><c> are</c><00:14:55.799><c> injured.</c>

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The<00:14:57.919><c> pole</c><00:14:58.379><c> and</c><00:14:59.179><c> the</c><00:14:59.440><c> symbol</c><00:14:59.840><c> and</c><00:15:00.460><c> the</c><00:15:00.740><c> serpent</c><00:15:01.200><c> entwined</c><00:15:02.240><c> about</c><00:15:02.519><c> it.</c>

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Where<00:15:02.919><c> does</c><00:15:03.080><c> that</c><00:15:03.320><c> come</c><00:15:03.620><c> from?</c>

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Well<00:15:06.659><c> the</c><00:15:06.840><c> world</c><00:15:07.480><c> brings</c><00:15:08.559><c> this</c><00:15:08.879><c> back</c><00:15:09.220><c> to</c><00:15:09.740><c> Greek</c><00:15:10.200><c> symbols.</c>

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There's<00:15:12.240><c> one</c><00:15:12.700><c> Greek</c><00:15:13.039><c> symbol</c><00:15:13.559><c> where</c><00:15:14.139><c> there</c><00:15:14.279><c> is</c><00:15:14.460><c> a</c><00:15:14.740><c> pole</c><00:15:15.019><c> and</c>

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one<00:15:15.940><c> serpent</c><00:15:16.379><c> that</c><00:15:16.820><c> entwines</c><00:15:17.220><c> it.</c>

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There's<00:15:18.179><c> another</c><00:15:18.500><c> where</c><00:15:18.720><c> there's</c><00:15:19.000><c> a</c><00:15:19.200><c> pole</c><00:15:19.360><c> and</c><00:15:19.580><c> two</c><00:15:19.899><c> serpents</c>

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that<00:15:20.820><c> entwine</c><00:15:21.779><c> the</c><00:15:22.220><c> pole.</c>

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And<00:15:23.559><c> if</c><00:15:23.720><c> you</c><00:15:23.940><c> read</c><00:15:24.220><c> in</c><00:15:24.539><c> the</c><00:15:24.740><c> medical</c><00:15:25.220><c> literature</c><00:15:25.740><c> we</c><00:15:26.480><c> will</c><00:15:26.740><c> be</c>

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drawn<00:15:27.500><c> to</c><00:15:27.779><c> these</c><00:15:28.139><c> two</c><00:15:28.460><c> symbols.</c>

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The<00:15:30.440><c> first</c><00:15:30.759><c> symbol</c><00:15:31.200><c> is</c><00:15:31.720><c> said</c><00:15:31.899><c> to</c><00:15:32.080><c> be</c><00:15:32.200><c> the</c><00:15:32.440><c> legitimate</c><00:15:32.860><c> symbol</c>

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because<00:15:33.720><c> it</c><00:15:34.000><c> relates</c><00:15:34.320><c> to</c><00:15:34.639><c> the</c><00:15:34.820><c> Greek</c><00:15:35.080><c> god</c><00:15:35.460><c> of</c><00:15:35.799><c> medicine.</c>

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And<00:15:37.100><c> it</c><00:15:37.299><c> represents,</c><00:15:37.919><c> we're</c><00:15:38.139><c> told,</c><00:15:38.440><c> the</c><00:15:38.740><c> true</c><00:15:39.080><c> symbol</c><00:15:39.679><c> of</c><00:15:40.379><c> medicine.</c>

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In<00:15:41.299><c> 1910</c><00:15:42.299><c> the</c><00:15:42.519><c> American</c><00:15:43.059><c> Medical</c><00:15:43.480><c> Association</c><00:15:44.139><c> officially</c>

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adopted<00:15:45.299><c> this</c><00:15:46.220><c> symbol.</c>

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And<00:15:48.340><c> hence</c><00:15:48.559><c> we</c><00:15:48.820><c> see</c><00:15:49.059><c> it</c><00:15:49.480><c> on</c><00:15:49.899><c> medic</c><00:15:50.139><c> alert</c><00:15:50.360><c> bracelets</c><00:15:50.879><c> and</c><00:15:51.980><c> in</c>

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many<00:15:52.620><c> other</c><00:15:53.039><c> places.</c>

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You'll<00:15:54.379><c> probably</c><00:15:54.639><c> start</c><00:15:54.919><c> to</c><00:15:55.100><c> notice</c><00:15:55.299><c> it</c><00:15:55.480><c> a</c><00:15:55.519><c> little</c><00:15:55.720><c> bit</c><00:15:55.919><c> more</c>

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if<00:15:56.340><c> you</c><00:15:56.519><c> watch</c><00:15:56.820><c> for</c><00:15:57.120><c> it.</c>

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But,<00:16:00.120><c> brethren</c><00:16:00.340><c> and</c><00:16:00.600><c> sisters,</c><00:16:01.519><c> we</c><00:16:01.799><c> know</c><00:16:02.639><c> that</c><00:16:03.360><c> there</c><00:16:03.519><c> is</c><00:16:03.820><c> a</c><00:16:03.980><c> symbol</c><00:16:04.279><c> here</c><00:16:04.960><c> in</c><00:16:05.419><c> Scripture,</c>

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once<00:16:07.340><c> again,</c><00:16:08.200><c> rooted</c><00:16:08.500><c> back</c><00:16:09.340><c> in</c><00:16:09.879><c> our</c><00:16:10.080><c> Bibles.</c>

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Turn<00:16:11.120><c> with</c><00:16:11.340><c> me</c><00:16:11.519><c> to</c><00:16:11.700><c> Numbers</c><00:16:12.220><c> chapter</c><00:16:12.860><c> 21.</c>

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In<00:16:15.100><c> Numbers</c><00:16:18.740><c> chapter</c><00:16:19.259><c> 21</c><00:16:19.779><c> we</c><00:16:20.080><c> have</c><00:16:20.320><c> the</c><00:16:20.600><c> children</c><00:16:20.899><c> of</c><00:16:21.080><c> Israel</c>

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having<00:16:22.460><c> left</c><00:16:22.860><c> Egypt.</c>

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And<00:16:24.960><c> in</c><00:16:25.120><c> a</c><00:16:25.279><c> common</c><00:16:25.639><c> situation</c><00:16:26.460><c> they</c><00:16:26.740><c> are</c><00:16:27.100><c> complaining</c><00:16:27.679><c> about</c>

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their<00:16:29.440><c> current</c><00:16:30.240><c> situation</c><00:16:31.279><c> and</c><00:16:31.659><c> circumstance.</c>

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And<00:16:34.460><c> we</c><00:16:34.679><c> find</c><00:16:34.960><c> that</c><00:16:35.159><c> God</c><00:16:35.480><c> responds</c><00:16:36.100><c> to</c><00:16:36.360><c> that.</c>

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And<00:16:37.440><c> in</c><00:16:37.580><c> verse</c><00:16:37.779><c> 6</c><00:16:38.080><c> it</c><00:16:38.240><c> says</c><00:16:38.519><c> the</c><00:16:38.700><c> Lord</c><00:16:39.100><c> sent</c><00:16:39.519><c> fiery</c><00:16:40.120><c> serpents</c>

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among<00:16:41.000><c> the</c><00:16:41.259><c> people.</c>

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And<00:16:42.440><c> they</c><00:16:42.740><c> bit</c><00:16:42.960><c> the</c><00:16:43.220><c> people</c><00:16:43.559><c> and</c><00:16:43.879><c> much</c><00:16:44.220><c> people</c><00:16:44.659><c> of</c><00:16:44.840><c> Israel</c><00:16:45.340><c> died.</c>

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So<00:16:48.360><c> the</c><00:16:48.700><c> serpent</c><00:16:49.179><c> seems</c><00:16:49.620><c> to</c><00:16:49.879><c> be</c><00:16:50.100><c> associated</c><00:16:50.639><c> with</c><00:16:50.879><c> that</c><00:16:51.120><c> which</c>

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brings<00:16:51.740><c> death.</c>

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But<00:16:54.740><c> ironically,</c><00:16:56.720><c> in</c><00:16:56.899><c> verse</c><00:16:57.240><c> 9,</c><00:16:58.279><c> God</c><00:16:58.580><c> had</c><00:16:59.019><c> instructed</c><00:16:59.620><c> Moses</c>

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to<00:17:01.039><c> make</c><00:17:01.480><c> a</c><00:17:01.799><c> serpent</c><00:17:02.059><c> of</c><00:17:02.419><c> brass</c><00:17:02.779><c> to</c><00:17:03.100><c> put</c><00:17:03.320><c> it</c><00:17:03.500><c> upon</c><00:17:03.759><c> a</c><00:17:04.059><c> pole.</c>

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And<00:17:05.359><c> it</c><00:17:05.539><c> came</c><00:17:05.779><c> to</c><00:17:05.980><c> pass</c><00:17:06.279><c> that</c><00:17:06.420><c> if</c><00:17:06.619><c> a</c><00:17:06.819><c> serpent</c><00:17:07.119><c> had</c><00:17:07.660><c> bitten</c><00:17:07.859><c> any</c>

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man<00:17:08.400><c> when</c><00:17:08.640><c> he</c><00:17:08.920><c> beheld</c><00:17:09.339><c> the</c><00:17:09.559><c> serpent</c><00:17:09.819><c> of</c><00:17:10.140><c> brass,</c><00:17:10.720><c> he</c><00:17:11.019><c> lived.</c>

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What<00:17:13.200><c> a</c><00:17:13.460><c> remarkable</c><00:17:13.900><c> thing</c><00:17:14.359><c> that</c><00:17:14.680><c> the</c><00:17:15.079><c> serpent</c><00:17:15.440><c> which</c><00:17:15.779><c> brought</c><00:17:16.119><c> death</c>

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is<00:17:18.140><c> now</c><00:17:18.420><c> that</c><00:17:18.700><c> serpent</c><00:17:19.079><c> that</c><00:17:19.259><c> is</c><00:17:19.519><c> placed</c><00:17:19.759><c> upon</c><00:17:20.079><c> the</c><00:17:20.440><c> pole</c><00:17:20.819><c> that</c>

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brings<00:17:21.880><c> life.</c>

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If<00:17:23.500><c> only</c><00:17:23.779><c> they</c><00:17:24.019><c> would</c><00:17:24.279><c> look</c><00:17:24.779><c> and</c><00:17:25.539><c> believe.</c>

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Here<00:17:29.140><c> is,</c><00:17:29.779><c> I</c><00:17:29.980><c> believe,</c><00:17:30.400><c> the</c><00:17:30.599><c> real</c><00:17:30.980><c> root</c><00:17:31.339><c> of</c><00:17:32.000><c> this</c><00:17:32.220><c> symbol.</c>

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And<00:17:34.519><c> once</c><00:17:34.859><c> again</c><00:17:35.440><c> it</c><00:17:36.059><c> points</c><00:17:36.460><c> forward</c><00:17:36.900><c> to</c><00:17:37.140><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:17:39.759><c> we</c><00:17:39.920><c> need</c><00:17:40.220><c> not</c><00:17:40.900><c> surmise</c><00:17:41.599><c> that.</c>

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If<00:17:42.839><c> you</c><00:17:43.000><c> turn</c><00:17:43.279><c> to</c><00:17:43.460><c> John</c><00:17:43.839><c> chapter</c><00:17:44.299><c> 3,</c><00:17:45.440><c> this</c><00:17:45.740><c> particular</c><00:17:46.440><c> incident</c><00:17:47.039><c> is</c><00:17:47.779><c> referred</c><00:17:48.259><c> to</c>

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in<00:17:49.400><c> the</c><00:17:49.559><c> Gospel</c><00:17:50.000><c> of</c><00:17:50.200><c> John</c><00:17:50.819><c> directly</c><00:17:51.740><c> in</c><00:17:52.640><c> verse</c><00:17:52.960><c> 14.</c>

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This<00:17:55.359><c> is</c><00:17:55.819><c> clearly</c><00:17:56.259><c> a</c><00:17:56.599><c> representation</c><00:17:57.299><c> of</c><00:17:57.839><c> Jesus</c><00:17:58.400><c> who</c><00:17:58.619><c> is</c><00:17:58.920><c> lifted</c><00:17:59.160><c> up</c>

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upon<00:18:00.619><c> the</c><00:18:01.240><c> pole.</c>

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John<00:18:04.240><c> 3,</c><00:18:04.880><c> 14.</c>

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And<00:18:06.059><c> as</c><00:18:06.259><c> Moses</c><00:18:06.859><c> lifted</c><00:18:07.220><c> up</c><00:18:07.500><c> the</c><00:18:07.720><c> serpent</c><00:18:08.000><c> in</c><00:18:08.200><c> the</c><00:18:08.359><c> wilderness,</c>

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even<00:18:09.259><c> so</c><00:18:09.559><c> must</c><00:18:09.779><c> the</c><00:18:09.960><c> Son</c><00:18:10.180><c> of</c><00:18:10.380><c> Man</c><00:18:10.859><c> be</c><00:18:11.359><c> lifted</c><00:18:11.660><c> up,</c>

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that<00:18:13.240><c> whosoever</c><00:18:13.980><c> believeth</c><00:18:14.380><c> in</c><00:18:14.619><c> him</c><00:18:14.799><c> should</c><00:18:15.099><c> not</c><00:18:15.400><c> perish,</c>

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but<00:18:16.720><c> have</c><00:18:17.039><c> eternal</c><00:18:17.539><c> life.</c>

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And<00:18:20.240><c> it's</c><00:18:20.500><c> a</c><00:18:20.579><c> beautiful</c><00:18:21.079><c> truth,</c><00:18:21.819><c> brothers</c><00:18:21.920><c> and</c><00:18:22.200><c> sisters,</c><00:18:22.720><c> that</c><00:18:22.960><c> we</c>

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have<00:18:23.980><c> in</c><00:18:24.500><c> wrapped</c><00:18:24.859><c> in</c><00:18:25.180><c> these</c><00:18:25.420><c> symbols.</c>

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That<00:18:26.960><c> Christ</c><00:18:27.519><c> was</c><00:18:27.940><c> truly</c><00:18:28.440><c> flesh</c><00:18:29.000><c> and</c><00:18:29.339><c> blood.</c>

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He<00:18:31.460><c> was</c><00:18:31.799><c> truly</c><00:18:32.519><c> that</c><00:18:33.380><c> serpent</c><00:18:33.839><c> upon</c><00:18:34.680><c> the</c><00:18:35.400><c> cross.</c>

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A<00:18:37.500><c> truth</c><00:18:37.880><c> that</c><00:18:38.200><c> is</c><00:18:38.420><c> lost</c><00:18:38.900><c> in</c><00:18:39.319><c> popular</c><00:18:39.779><c> Christianity.</c>

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And<00:18:43.579><c> so,</c><00:18:43.940><c> brothers</c><00:18:44.059><c> and</c><00:18:44.259><c> sisters,</c><00:18:44.640><c> we</c><00:18:44.920><c> see</c><00:18:45.500><c> a</c><00:18:45.980><c> second</c><00:18:46.380><c> symbol</c>

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in<00:18:47.339><c> our</c><00:18:47.539><c> world</c><00:18:47.799><c> around</c><00:18:48.220><c> us</c><00:18:48.619><c> that</c><00:18:48.799><c> has</c><00:18:49.200><c> roots</c><00:18:49.680><c> in</c><00:18:50.400><c> the</c><00:18:50.640><c> Scriptures.</c>

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And<00:18:52.279><c> these</c><00:18:52.579><c> symbols</c><00:18:53.019><c> teach</c><00:18:53.500><c> us</c><00:18:54.279><c> and</c><00:18:54.880><c> exhort</c><00:18:55.240><c> us.</c>

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This<00:18:56.599><c> one</c><00:18:56.880><c> tells</c><00:18:57.299><c> us</c><00:18:57.660><c> of</c><00:18:57.839><c> the</c><00:18:58.079><c> true</c><00:18:58.619><c> healing</c><00:18:59.400><c> power.</c>

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And<00:19:00.940><c> we</c><00:19:01.119><c> look</c><00:19:01.500><c> to</c><00:19:02.160><c> see</c><00:19:02.380><c> the</c><00:19:02.759><c> answer</c><00:19:03.380><c> in</c><00:19:04.660><c> the</c><00:19:05.000><c> problem.</c>

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Because<00:19:07.019><c> the</c><00:19:07.359><c> serpent</c><00:19:07.720><c> which</c><00:19:08.019><c> brought</c><00:19:08.200><c> the</c><00:19:08.440><c> problem</c><00:19:08.740><c> is</c><00:19:09.000><c> the</c>

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serpent<00:19:09.759><c> that</c><00:19:10.319><c> is</c><00:19:10.579><c> later</c><00:19:11.039><c> upon</c><00:19:12.180><c> the</c><00:19:12.680><c> pole.</c>

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And<00:19:15.019><c> that's</c><00:19:15.240><c> very</c><00:19:15.599><c> true</c><00:19:15.720><c> in</c><00:19:15.940><c> life,</c><00:19:16.359><c> isn't</c><00:19:16.500><c> it?</c>

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As<00:19:18.140><c> we</c><00:19:18.380><c> learn</c><00:19:18.619><c> we</c><00:19:18.839><c> need</c><00:19:19.140><c> to</c><00:19:19.359><c> put</c><00:19:19.559><c> to</c><00:19:19.759><c> death</c><00:19:20.019><c> the</c><00:19:20.380><c> flesh</c><00:19:20.619><c> and</c><00:19:20.900><c> not</c>

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allow<00:19:21.500><c> it</c><00:19:21.799><c> to</c><00:19:22.039><c> take</c><00:19:22.240><c> root</c><00:19:22.400><c> in</c><00:19:22.579><c> our</c><00:19:22.759><c> lives,</c><00:19:23.079><c> else</c><00:19:23.240><c> we</c><00:19:23.480><c> pay</c><00:19:23.779><c> for</c><00:19:24.000><c> it.</c>

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We<00:19:24.519><c> can</c><00:19:24.779><c> also</c><00:19:25.119><c> learn</c><00:19:25.420><c> from</c><00:19:25.700><c> this</c><00:19:25.940><c> that</c><00:19:26.119><c> we</c><00:19:26.279><c> need</c><00:19:26.519><c> to</c><00:19:26.819><c> properly</c>

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identify<00:19:28.059><c> the</c><00:19:28.380><c> enemy.</c>

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We<00:19:30.039><c> need</c><00:19:30.259><c> to</c><00:19:30.460><c> know</c><00:19:30.700><c> what</c><00:19:30.920><c> we're</c><00:19:31.180><c> battling</c><00:19:31.539><c> against.</c>

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And<00:19:33.220><c> usually</c><00:19:33.559><c> it</c><00:19:33.700><c> has</c><00:19:33.960><c> much</c><00:19:34.240><c> to</c><00:19:34.559><c> do</c><00:19:34.940><c> with</c><00:19:35.500><c> the</c><00:19:35.799><c> problem.</c>

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That's<00:19:37.539><c> not</c><00:19:37.680><c> often</c><00:19:37.920><c> how</c><00:19:38.140><c> we</c><00:19:38.440><c> react.</c>

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Think<00:19:40.279><c> of</c><00:19:40.500><c> an</c><00:19:40.700><c> individual</c><00:19:41.259><c> who</c><00:19:41.599><c> is</c><00:19:41.920><c> at</c><00:19:42.160><c> work.</c>

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And<00:19:44.440><c> he's</c><00:19:44.700><c> having</c><00:19:45.039><c> difficulty</c><00:19:45.740><c> with</c><00:19:46.779><c> employees</c><00:19:47.299><c> at</c><00:19:47.599><c> work</c><00:19:47.799><c> and</c>

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his<00:19:48.200><c> relationship.</c>

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And<00:19:49.200><c> there's</c><00:19:49.339><c> a</c><00:19:49.519><c> frustration</c><00:19:50.259><c> that's</c><00:19:50.619><c> building</c><00:19:50.839><c> there.</c>

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He's<00:19:51.299><c> a</c><00:19:51.440><c> rather</c><00:19:51.660><c> impatient</c><00:19:52.200><c> person.</c>

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And<00:19:54.319><c> he's</c><00:19:54.720><c> just</c><00:19:54.980><c> frustrated</c><00:19:55.440><c> that</c><00:19:55.660><c> he</c><00:19:55.740><c> doesn't</c><00:19:56.019><c> got</c><00:19:56.200><c> a</c><00:19:56.359><c> good</c>

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relationship<00:19:57.339><c> with</c><00:19:58.059><c> his</c><00:19:58.519><c> fellow</c><00:19:58.799><c> employees.</c>

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And<00:20:00.859><c> what</c><00:20:01.539><c> does</c><00:20:01.720><c> he</c><00:20:01.900><c> do</c><00:20:02.279><c> to</c><00:20:02.519><c> resolve</c><00:20:02.980><c> that?</c>

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He<00:20:04.660><c> comes</c><00:20:04.859><c> home</c><00:20:05.099><c> at</c><00:20:05.359><c> night,</c><00:20:06.259><c> takes</c><00:20:06.720><c> it</c><00:20:06.980><c> out</c><00:20:07.180><c> on</c><00:20:07.579><c> his</c><00:20:07.880><c> wife</c><00:20:08.299><c> and</c>

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his<00:20:08.980><c> children.</c>

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And<00:20:13.680><c> that</c><00:20:13.779><c> doesn't</c><00:20:13.980><c> seem</c><00:20:14.180><c> to</c><00:20:14.400><c> solve</c><00:20:14.599><c> the</c><00:20:14.880><c> problem,</c><00:20:15.460><c> does</c><00:20:15.539><c> it?</c>

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But<00:20:17.220><c> sometimes</c><00:20:17.720><c> that's</c><00:20:18.160><c> how</c><00:20:18.420><c> we</c><00:20:18.960><c> behave.</c>

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It's<00:20:20.720><c> very</c><00:20:20.980><c> important</c><00:20:21.400><c> that</c><00:20:21.539><c> we</c><00:20:21.660><c> don't</c><00:20:21.880><c> run</c><00:20:22.259><c> from</c><00:20:22.539><c> our</c><00:20:22.819><c> problems.</c>

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And<00:20:23.519><c> that</c><00:20:23.619><c> we</c><00:20:23.839><c> don't</c><00:20:24.880><c> cause</c><00:20:25.220><c> something</c><00:20:25.559><c> else</c><00:20:25.839><c> to</c><00:20:26.099><c> suffer</c><00:20:26.539><c> for</c>

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our<00:20:27.400><c> problems.</c>

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But<00:20:28.119><c> that</c><00:20:28.299><c> we</c><00:20:28.559><c> truly</c><00:20:28.839><c> identify</c><00:20:29.420><c> what</c><00:20:29.619><c> the</c><00:20:29.859><c> problem</c><00:20:30.180><c> is.</c>

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And<00:20:30.619><c> in</c><00:20:30.759><c> this</c><00:20:30.940><c> particular</c><00:20:31.420><c> case</c><00:20:31.799><c> the</c><00:20:31.940><c> person</c><00:20:32.259><c> needs</c><00:20:32.619><c> to</c><00:20:32.839><c> do</c>

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some<00:20:33.240><c> self</c><00:20:33.539><c>-examination.</c>

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To<00:20:35.819><c> see</c><00:20:36.000><c> that</c><00:20:36.200><c> in</c><00:20:36.339><c> fact</c><00:20:36.559><c> it</c><00:20:36.680><c> is</c><00:20:36.819><c> their</c><00:20:37.059><c> impatience</c><00:20:37.859><c> which</c><00:20:38.099><c> is</c>

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leading<00:20:38.599><c> to</c><00:20:38.859><c> these</c><00:20:39.799><c> rather</c><00:20:40.440><c> rough</c><00:20:40.740><c> relationships</c><00:20:41.619><c> at</c><00:20:41.980><c> work.</c>

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And<00:20:43.759><c> if</c><00:20:43.900><c> they</c><00:20:44.079><c> would</c><00:20:44.259><c> be</c><00:20:44.440><c> a</c><00:20:44.559><c> more</c><00:20:44.880><c> patient,</c><00:20:45.440><c> kind</c><00:20:45.920><c> individual</c>

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at<00:20:46.660><c> work,</c>

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then<00:20:48.420><c> this</c><00:20:48.880><c> tension</c><00:20:49.319><c> with</c><00:20:49.619><c> fellow</c><00:20:49.920><c> employees</c><00:20:50.539><c> would</c><00:20:50.839><c> clear</c>

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itself<00:20:51.480><c> up.</c>

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Similarly,<00:20:55.460><c> a</c><00:20:55.579><c> person</c><00:20:55.940><c> might</c><00:20:56.180><c> be</c><00:20:56.440><c> doing</c><00:20:56.619><c> very</c><00:20:57.480><c> poorly</c><00:20:57.980><c> on</c><00:20:58.319><c> a</c>

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course<00:20:58.819><c> at</c><00:20:59.140><c> school.</c>

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And<00:21:00.940><c> they</c><00:21:01.059><c> might</c><00:21:01.319><c> decide</c><00:21:01.759><c> because</c><00:21:02.160><c> of</c><00:21:02.359><c> this</c><00:21:02.500><c> they're</c><00:21:02.680><c> going</c>

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to<00:21:03.059><c> skip</c><00:21:03.259><c> the</c><00:21:03.579><c> readings</c><00:21:04.059><c> and</c><00:21:04.900><c> scriptural</c><00:21:06.220><c> activities.</c>

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Because<00:21:07.619><c> they've</c><00:21:08.019><c> really</c><00:21:08.440><c> got</c><00:21:08.660><c> to</c><00:21:08.819><c> give</c><00:21:08.940><c> that</c><00:21:09.180><c> extra</c><00:21:09.480><c> time</c>

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into<00:21:10.039><c> the</c><00:21:10.319><c> course.</c>

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When<00:21:11.779><c> the</c><00:21:11.880><c> real</c><00:21:12.180><c> problem</c><00:21:12.559><c> in</c><00:21:12.720><c> this</c><00:21:12.900><c> particular</c><00:21:13.460><c> case</c><00:21:13.839><c> is</c><00:21:14.039><c> that</c>

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the<00:21:14.319><c> person</c><00:21:14.720><c> is</c><00:21:15.119><c> spending</c><00:21:15.140><c> a</c><00:21:15.319><c> lot</c><00:21:15.519><c> of</c><00:21:15.680><c> time</c><00:21:15.880><c> with</c><00:21:16.099><c> friends</c><00:21:16.539><c> at</c>

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the<00:21:16.960><c> club.</c>

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And<00:21:18.279><c> it's</c><00:21:18.460><c> not</c><00:21:18.759><c> affecting</c><00:21:19.099><c> only</c><00:21:19.539><c> the</c><00:21:19.779><c> time</c><00:21:19.980><c> they</c><00:21:20.299><c> have,</c><00:21:21.339><c> but</c>

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the<00:21:21.680><c> state</c><00:21:21.859><c> of</c><00:21:22.099><c> mind</c><00:21:22.440><c> they're</c><00:21:22.819><c> in.</c>

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We've<00:21:25.059><c> got</c><00:21:25.059><c> to</c><00:21:25.259><c> make</c><00:21:25.839><c> sound</c><00:21:26.619><c> choices,</c><00:21:27.440><c> brothers</c><00:21:27.579><c> and</c><00:21:27.819><c> sisters,</c><00:21:28.059><c> in</c><00:21:28.319><c> life.</c>

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And<00:21:29.640><c> we</c><00:21:29.880><c> need</c><00:21:30.160><c> to</c><00:21:30.559><c> clearly</c><00:21:31.019><c> identify</c><00:21:31.940><c> the</c><00:21:32.380><c> problem.</c>

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These<00:21:34.799><c> concepts,</c><00:21:36.119><c> both</c><00:21:36.460><c> the</c><00:21:36.759><c> treading</c><00:21:37.019><c> down</c><00:21:37.400><c> of</c><00:21:37.640><c> the</c><00:21:37.900><c> enemies</c>

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of<00:21:38.500><c> God</c><00:21:38.740><c> and</c><00:21:38.920><c> the</c><00:21:39.140><c> symbol</c><00:21:39.440><c> upon</c><00:21:39.779><c> the</c><00:21:40.039><c> stake,</c>

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are<00:21:40.940><c> brought</c><00:21:41.259><c> together</c><00:21:41.779><c> in</c><00:21:42.099><c> one</c><00:21:42.660><c> verse</c><00:21:43.359><c> in</c><00:21:44.119><c> the</c><00:21:44.240><c> Bible.</c>

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Let's<00:21:45.839><c> go</c><00:21:46.059><c> back</c><00:21:46.319><c> to</c><00:21:46.460><c> that</c><00:21:46.660><c> verse</c><00:21:46.900><c> in</c><00:21:47.099><c> Genesis</c><00:21:47.559><c> chapter</c><00:21:48.099><c> 3</c><00:21:48.700><c> and</c>

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verse<00:21:49.380><c> 15.</c>

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A<00:21:51.839><c> simple</c><00:21:52.279><c> verse,</c><00:21:52.839><c> we</c><00:21:53.119><c> know</c><00:21:53.359><c> it</c><00:21:53.680><c> well,</c><00:21:54.359><c> but</c><00:21:54.599><c> so</c><00:21:55.019><c> profound</c><00:21:55.779><c> and</c>

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full<00:21:56.359><c> of</c><00:21:56.700><c> truth.</c>

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It's<00:21:57.839><c> a</c><00:21:57.920><c> wonderful</c><00:21:58.380><c> verse</c><00:21:58.839><c> indeed.</c><00:22:00.160><c> Genesis</c><00:22:00.619><c> 3,</c><00:22:01.359><c> 15.</c>

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Here<00:22:04.140><c> we</c><00:22:04.339><c> have</c><00:22:04.559><c> the</c><00:22:04.819><c> punishment</c><00:22:05.420><c> addressed</c><00:22:06.140><c> to</c><00:22:06.400><c> the</c><00:22:06.599><c> serpent.</c>

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I<00:22:08.380><c> will</c><00:22:08.759><c> put</c><00:22:09.240><c> enmity</c><00:22:09.759><c> between</c><00:22:10.240><c> thee</c><00:22:10.579><c> and</c><00:22:10.700><c> the</c><00:22:10.900><c> woman,</c><00:22:11.799><c> and</c><00:22:11.980><c> between</c><00:22:12.339><c> thy</c>

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seed<00:22:13.099><c> and</c><00:22:13.240><c> her</c><00:22:13.619><c> seed.</c>

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It<00:22:14.440><c> shall</c><00:22:14.680><c> bruise</c><00:22:15.220><c> thy</c><00:22:15.460><c> head,</c><00:22:15.779><c> and</c><00:22:15.920><c> thou</c><00:22:16.119><c> shalt</c><00:22:16.680><c> bruise</c><00:22:17.420><c> his</c><00:22:17.940><c> heel.</c>

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We<00:22:20.200><c> have</c><00:22:20.400><c> a</c><00:22:20.660><c> conflict</c><00:22:21.079><c> between</c><00:22:21.960><c> the</c><00:22:22.519><c> woman</c><00:22:22.940><c> and</c><00:22:23.700><c> the</c><00:22:23.980><c> serpent,</c>

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and<00:22:24.940><c> it's</c><00:22:25.240><c> put</c><00:22:25.539><c> there</c><00:22:25.819><c> by</c><00:22:26.220><c> God.</c>

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You<00:22:28.220><c> ever</c><00:22:28.359><c> notice</c><00:22:28.640><c> that?</c><00:22:29.839><c> I</c><00:22:30.599><c> will</c><00:22:31.240><c> put</c><00:22:31.539><c> enmity.</c>

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God<00:22:34.119><c> is</c><00:22:34.460><c> sanctioning</c><00:22:35.440><c> this</c><00:22:35.839><c> battle.</c>

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The<00:22:39.640><c> question</c><00:22:39.940><c> we</c><00:22:40.119><c> might</c><00:22:40.339><c> ask</c><00:22:40.700><c> ourselves,</c><00:22:42.480><c> is</c><00:22:42.599><c> God</c><00:22:42.920><c> working</c>

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for<00:22:43.640><c> both</c><00:22:44.000><c> sides?</c>

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And<00:22:47.940><c> I</c><00:22:48.079><c> think</c><00:22:48.240><c> we</c><00:22:48.420><c> can</c><00:22:48.680><c> see</c><00:22:48.940><c> that</c><00:22:49.400><c> that</c><00:22:49.920><c> is</c><00:22:50.380><c> clearly</c><00:22:50.680><c> answered</c>

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in<00:22:51.259><c> the</c><00:22:51.440><c> fact</c><00:22:51.660><c> that</c><00:22:51.900><c> this</c><00:22:52.259><c> is</c><00:22:52.900><c> a</c><00:22:53.220><c> punishment</c><00:22:53.700><c> to</c><00:22:54.000><c> the</c><00:22:54.319><c> serpent.</c>

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He's<00:22:56.160><c> condemning</c><00:22:56.539><c> the</c><00:22:56.799><c> serpent.</c>

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So<00:22:58.059><c> he's</c><00:22:58.359><c> saying,</c><00:22:58.539><c> I'm</c><00:22:58.680><c> going</c><00:22:58.740><c> to</c><00:22:58.859><c> work</c><00:22:59.039><c> against</c><00:22:59.380><c> you,</c><00:22:59.619><c> the</c><00:22:59.900><c> serpent,</c><00:23:01.480><c> by</c>

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placing<00:23:02.240><c> enmity</c><00:23:02.740><c> there.</c>

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In<00:23:04.440><c> fact,</c><00:23:04.799><c> the</c><00:23:05.019><c> serpent,</c><00:23:06.019><c> the</c><00:23:06.259><c> carnal</c><00:23:06.579><c> mind</c><00:23:06.859><c> was</c><00:23:07.119><c> now</c><00:23:07.440><c> already</c>

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at<00:23:08.059><c> work.</c>

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God<00:23:08.539><c> had</c><00:23:08.839><c> made</c><00:23:09.079><c> man</c><00:23:09.420><c> upright,</c><00:23:10.259><c> but</c><00:23:10.579><c> he</c><00:23:10.779><c> was</c><00:23:11.019><c> seeking</c><00:23:11.319><c> out</c><00:23:11.579><c> his</c>

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own<00:23:12.119><c> inventions.</c>

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There's<00:23:14.859><c> no</c><00:23:15.200><c> problem</c><00:23:16.000><c> with</c><00:23:17.240><c> the</c><00:23:17.519><c> might</c><00:23:17.759><c> of</c><00:23:18.079><c> that</c><00:23:18.460><c> side.</c>

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The<00:23:20.599><c> problem</c><00:23:21.059><c> was,</c><00:23:22.380><c> would</c><00:23:22.480><c> anyone</c><00:23:22.980><c> challenge</c><00:23:23.880><c> the</c><00:23:24.240><c> flesh?</c>

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And<00:23:25.839><c> God</c><00:23:26.259><c> would</c><00:23:26.559><c> take</c><00:23:26.880><c> up</c><00:23:27.480><c> the</c><00:23:28.160><c> cause.</c>

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I<00:23:29.700><c> will</c><00:23:29.960><c> put</c><00:23:30.180><c> enmity.</c><00:23:31.599><c> I</c><00:23:31.859><c> will</c><00:23:32.180><c> challenge</c><00:23:32.680><c> you.</c>

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And<00:23:34.599><c> he</c><00:23:34.680><c> will</c><00:23:34.880><c> do</c><00:23:35.099><c> that</c><00:23:35.640><c> through</c><00:23:36.019><c> his</c><00:23:36.420><c> son,</c><00:23:36.859><c> as</c><00:23:37.039><c> we</c><00:23:37.319><c> see</c><00:23:37.559><c> the</c><00:23:37.960><c> seed</c><00:23:38.319><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:38.839><c> woman.</c>

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The<00:23:39.839><c> son</c><00:23:40.140><c> of</c><00:23:40.400><c> God</c><00:23:40.839><c> will</c><00:23:41.319><c> crush</c><00:23:41.960><c> the</c><00:23:42.559><c> head</c><00:23:43.000><c> of</c><00:23:43.660><c> the</c><00:23:43.880><c> serpent.</c>

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And<00:23:45.000><c> he</c><00:23:45.039><c> does</c><00:23:45.240><c> that</c><00:23:45.880><c> through</c><00:23:46.279><c> Christ</c><00:23:46.740><c> upon</c><00:23:47.240><c> the</c><00:23:47.559><c> pole.</c>

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His<00:23:48.900><c> foot</c><00:23:49.440><c> is</c><00:23:50.059><c> placed</c><00:23:50.339><c> upon</c><00:23:50.720><c> the</c><00:23:51.039><c> neck</c><00:23:51.319><c> and</c><00:23:51.720><c> crushes</c><00:23:52.240><c> the</c><00:23:52.420><c> head</c>

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of<00:23:52.740><c> the</c><00:23:52.960><c> serpent.</c>

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And<00:23:54.339><c> in</c><00:23:54.539><c> that,</c><00:23:55.140><c> his</c><00:23:55.200><c> heel</c><00:23:55.500><c> is</c><00:23:55.880><c> bruised.</c>

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But<00:23:57.380><c> it's</c><00:23:57.579><c> a</c><00:23:57.660><c> temporary</c><00:23:58.700><c> bruising,</c><00:23:59.980><c> as</c><00:24:00.200><c> the</c><00:24:00.400><c> Lord</c><00:24:00.619><c> rises</c><00:24:01.140><c> in</c>

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three<00:24:01.839><c> days,</c><00:24:02.480><c> victorious</c><00:24:03.299><c> over</c><00:24:04.160><c> the</c><00:24:04.380><c> devil,</c><00:24:05.380><c> the</c><00:24:05.500><c> sin</c><00:24:05.680><c> within.</c>

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A<00:24:07.420><c> beautiful</c><00:24:07.859><c> verse</c><00:24:08.599><c> from</c><00:24:08.900><c> which</c><00:24:09.160><c> these</c><00:24:09.480><c> truths</c><00:24:10.000><c> and</c><00:24:10.960><c> these</c>

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themes<00:24:11.740><c> proceed</c><00:24:12.460><c> in</c><00:24:12.680><c> the</c><00:24:12.819><c> rest</c><00:24:13.079><c> of</c><00:24:13.319><c> our</c><00:24:13.519><c> scriptures.</c>

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And<00:24:15.339><c> so</c><00:24:15.460><c> when</c><00:24:15.579><c> we</c><00:24:15.720><c> look</c><00:24:15.920><c> back</c><00:24:16.220><c> at</c><00:24:16.400><c> those</c><00:24:16.680><c> five</c><00:24:17.160><c> kings</c><00:24:17.579><c> that</c>

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were<00:24:18.039><c> before</c><00:24:18.420><c> Joshua,</c>

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we<00:24:19.619><c> see</c><00:24:20.019><c> them</c><00:24:20.240><c> in</c><00:24:20.359><c> new</c><00:24:20.619><c> light</c><00:24:20.880><c> as</c><00:24:21.200><c> five</c><00:24:21.839><c> slithering</c><00:24:22.660><c> serpents.</c>

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These<00:24:25.059><c> were</c><00:24:25.359><c> wicked</c><00:24:25.720><c> men,</c><00:24:26.799><c> and</c><00:24:27.000><c> they</c><00:24:27.119><c> were</c><00:24:27.440><c> caused</c><00:24:27.740><c> to</c><00:24:27.920><c> be</c><00:24:28.099><c> upon</c><00:24:29.039><c> the</c>

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ground<00:24:29.960><c> as</c><00:24:30.279><c> a</c><00:24:30.519><c> serpent.</c>

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And<00:24:32.359><c> the</c><00:24:32.559><c> head,</c><00:24:33.660><c> the</c><00:24:33.920><c> neck</c><00:24:34.420><c> was</c><00:24:35.279><c> subjected</c><00:24:35.839><c> to</c><00:24:36.299><c> the</c><00:24:36.619><c> foot</c><00:24:37.000><c> of</c>

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the<00:24:37.680><c> conqueror.</c>

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Brethren<00:24:41.660><c> and</c><00:24:41.839><c> sisters,</c><00:24:43.140><c> our</c><00:24:43.180><c> great</c><00:24:43.559><c> enemies</c><00:24:44.240><c> are</c><00:24:44.680><c> the</c><00:24:44.799><c> enemies</c><00:24:45.220><c> of</c>

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sin<00:24:46.079><c> and</c><00:24:47.200><c> death.</c>

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Sin<00:24:50.799><c> is</c><00:24:51.420><c> our</c><00:24:51.640><c> responsibility.</c><00:24:53.700><c> Sin</c><00:24:53.920><c> entered</c><00:24:54.500><c> the</c><00:24:54.779><c> world</c><00:24:55.660><c> through</c><00:24:56.380><c> man.</c>

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Death<00:24:58.799><c> has</c><00:24:59.740><c> been</c><00:24:59.920><c> put</c><00:25:00.119><c> into</c><00:25:00.359><c> place</c><00:25:00.799><c> by</c><00:25:01.099><c> God</c><00:25:01.599><c> as</c><00:25:01.920><c> a</c><00:25:02.119><c> result</c><00:25:02.400><c> of</c>

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sin,<00:25:02.940><c> to</c><00:25:03.240><c> challenge</c><00:25:03.980><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:25:06.119><c> so</c><00:25:06.319><c> we</c><00:25:06.539><c> read</c><00:25:06.779><c> words</c><00:25:07.240><c> like</c><00:25:07.599><c> those</c><00:25:07.940><c> recorded</c><00:25:08.319><c> by</c><00:25:08.619><c> Paul</c><00:25:08.940><c> in</c>

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Romans<00:25:09.440><c> 8.</c>

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For<00:25:10.200><c> the</c><00:25:10.420><c> creature</c><00:25:10.779><c> was</c><00:25:11.079><c> made</c><00:25:11.420><c> subject</c><00:25:11.839><c> to</c><00:25:12.140><c> vanity,</c><00:25:12.960><c> not</c><00:25:13.140><c> willingly,</c>

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but<00:25:14.240><c> by</c><00:25:14.619><c> reason</c><00:25:15.019><c> of</c><00:25:15.259><c> him</c><00:25:15.539><c> who</c><00:25:15.740><c> has</c><00:25:16.000><c> subjected</c><00:25:16.539><c> the</c><00:25:16.920><c> same</c><00:25:17.140><c> in</c><00:25:17.440><c> hope.</c>

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Death<00:25:19.740><c> is</c><00:25:20.039><c> there</c><00:25:20.299><c> for</c><00:25:20.559><c> a</c><00:25:20.579><c> purpose.</c>

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This<00:25:21.220><c> enemy</c><00:25:21.440><c> is</c><00:25:21.680><c> a</c><00:25:21.819><c> good</c><00:25:22.000><c> enemy,</c><00:25:22.779><c> in</c><00:25:22.980><c> a</c><00:25:23.180><c> sense,</c><00:25:23.519><c> for</c><00:25:23.740><c> a</c><00:25:24.059><c> short</c><00:25:24.400><c> time,</c>

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that<00:25:26.039><c> we</c><00:25:26.279><c> might</c><00:25:26.579><c> see</c><00:25:27.000><c> the</c><00:25:27.319><c> consequences</c><00:25:28.240><c> of</c><00:25:28.759><c> sin,</c><00:25:29.380><c> and</c><00:25:29.640><c> that</c>

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we<00:25:29.940><c> might</c><00:25:30.259><c> see</c><00:25:30.619><c> our</c><00:25:30.940><c> need,</c>

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and<00:25:32.000><c> that</c><00:25:32.119><c> we</c><00:25:32.299><c> might</c><00:25:32.579><c> respond</c><00:25:33.599><c> by</c><00:25:34.859><c> repenting</c><00:25:36.099><c> and</c><00:25:36.259><c> aligning</c>

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ourselves<00:25:37.200><c> with</c><00:25:37.440><c> God</c><00:25:37.920><c> and</c><00:25:38.160><c> his</c><00:25:38.539><c> cause.</c>

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We<00:25:41.140><c> need</c><00:25:41.400><c> to</c><00:25:41.680><c> wage</c><00:25:42.200><c> this</c><00:25:42.619><c> battle,</c><00:25:43.079><c> brethren</c><00:25:43.200><c> and</c><00:25:43.440><c> sisters,</c><00:25:43.920><c> in</c>

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our<00:25:44.259><c> own</c><00:25:44.579><c> lives.</c>

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A<00:25:45.880><c> battle</c><00:25:46.559><c> that</c><00:25:46.559><c> is</c><00:25:48.220><c> blatant</c><00:25:48.900><c> in</c><00:25:49.420><c> the</c><00:25:49.619><c> scriptures</c><00:25:50.039><c> in</c><00:25:50.299><c> many</c><00:25:50.640><c> figures,</c>

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like<00:25:51.460><c> Leviathan,</c><00:25:52.900><c> which</c><00:25:53.039><c> is</c><00:25:53.380><c> king</c><00:25:53.700><c> of</c><00:25:53.920><c> the</c><00:25:54.160><c> children</c><00:25:54.460><c> of</c><00:25:54.740><c> pride,</c>

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like<00:25:56.000><c> Satan,</c><00:25:57.180><c> which</c><00:25:57.240><c> is</c><00:25:57.519><c> a</c><00:25:57.880><c> word</c><00:25:58.240><c> and</c><00:25:58.519><c> term</c><00:25:58.759><c> which</c><00:25:59.019><c> is</c><00:25:59.259><c> taken</c>

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up<00:25:59.859><c> and</c><00:26:00.319><c> then</c><00:26:00.519><c> used</c><00:26:00.819><c> in</c><00:26:01.000><c> the</c><00:26:01.119><c> New</c><00:26:01.339><c> Testament</c>

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as<00:26:02.420><c> a</c><00:26:02.579><c> Hebrew</c><00:26:03.059><c> term</c><00:26:03.839><c> to</c><00:26:04.400><c> represent</c><00:26:04.940><c> that</c><00:26:05.220><c> which</c><00:26:05.440><c> is</c><00:26:05.640><c> in</c><00:26:05.839><c> opposition</c><00:26:06.420><c> to</c><00:26:06.720><c> God,</c>

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the<00:26:08.420><c> devil,</c><00:26:08.960><c> which</c><00:26:09.140><c> is</c><00:26:09.420><c> depicted</c><00:26:09.839><c> to</c><00:26:10.200><c> us</c><00:26:10.460><c> as</c><00:26:11.119><c> a</c><00:26:11.400><c> deceitful</c><00:26:13.539><c> tendency</c><00:26:14.359><c> within</c><00:26:14.900><c> and</c><00:26:15.460><c> without,</c>

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and<00:26:17.299><c> the</c><00:26:17.519><c> proverbial</c><00:26:18.000><c> harlot</c><00:26:18.539><c> in</c><00:26:18.799><c> Proverbs</c><00:26:19.220><c> 7</c><00:26:20.220><c> that</c><00:26:21.519><c> has</c><00:26:22.039><c> slain</c><00:26:22.420><c> many</c>

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mighty<00:26:23.180><c> men.</c>

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And<00:26:25.240><c> the</c><00:26:25.420><c> diverse</c><00:26:25.740><c> beast</c><00:26:26.259><c> which</c><00:26:26.619><c> makes</c><00:26:26.980><c> war</c><00:26:27.480><c> with</c><00:26:27.779><c> the</c><00:26:28.059><c> saints.</c>

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All<00:26:29.460><c> of</c><00:26:29.660><c> these</c><00:26:29.900><c> figures</c><00:26:30.359><c> tell</c><00:26:30.799><c> us</c><00:26:31.039><c> of</c><00:26:31.220><c> the</c><00:26:31.460><c> war</c><00:26:32.019><c> that</c><00:26:32.640><c> we</c><00:26:32.839><c> are</c><00:26:33.119><c> in.</c>

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And<00:26:34.559><c> it's</c><00:26:34.779><c> God's</c><00:26:35.359><c> intention</c><00:26:35.920><c> through</c><00:26:36.380><c> his</c><00:26:36.799><c> Son</c><00:26:37.240><c> to</c><00:26:38.619><c> bring</c>

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things<00:26:39.400><c> into</c><00:26:40.240><c> subjection.</c>

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Let<00:26:43.119><c> us</c><00:26:43.319><c> turn,</c><00:26:43.740><c> brethren</c><00:26:43.880><c> and</c><00:26:44.059><c> sisters,</c><00:26:44.559><c> to</c><00:26:44.900><c> Psalm</c><00:26:45.240><c> 110,</c>

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a<00:26:47.539><c> beautiful</c><00:26:48.059><c> psalm</c><00:26:48.440><c> which</c><00:26:48.660><c> speaks</c><00:26:49.039><c> of</c><00:26:49.259><c> Christ</c><00:26:49.759><c> as</c><00:26:50.980><c> the</c><00:26:51.500><c> King</c><00:26:52.099><c>-Priest.</c>

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And<00:26:53.380><c> this</c><00:26:53.680><c> work</c><00:26:54.000><c> of</c><00:26:54.279><c> God</c><00:26:54.920><c> to</c><00:26:55.480><c> put</c><00:26:55.700><c> all</c><00:26:56.140><c> the</c><00:26:56.359><c> enemies</c><00:26:56.900><c> under</c><00:26:57.819><c> his</c><00:26:58.279><c> feet.</c>

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A<00:27:00.039><c> well</c><00:27:00.299><c>-known</c><00:27:00.579><c> psalm</c><00:27:01.019><c> because</c><00:27:01.380><c> it's</c><00:27:01.799><c> so</c><00:27:02.019><c> often</c><00:27:02.359><c> quoted</c><00:27:02.859><c> in</c>

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the<00:27:03.819><c> New</c><00:27:04.019><c> Testament</c><00:27:04.500><c> scriptures.</c>

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Quoted<00:27:06.920><c> time</c><00:27:07.359><c> and</c><00:27:07.579><c> time</c><00:27:07.779><c> again.</c>

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Look<00:27:10.240><c> at</c><00:27:10.480><c> Psalm</c><00:27:10.700><c> 110</c><00:27:11.279><c> verse</c><00:27:11.660><c> 1.</c>

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The<00:27:12.019><c> Lord</c><00:27:12.980><c> said</c><00:27:13.519><c> unto</c><00:27:13.759><c> my</c><00:27:14.079><c> Lord,</c><00:27:14.480><c> David</c><00:27:14.819><c> is</c><00:27:15.119><c> speaking,</c>

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and<00:27:16.720><c> he's</c><00:27:16.839><c> saying,</c><00:27:17.319><c> God</c><00:27:17.380><c> says</c><00:27:17.579><c> unto</c><00:27:17.779><c> my</c><00:27:18.019><c> Lord,</c><00:27:18.299><c> which</c><00:27:18.500><c> is</c><00:27:18.720><c> Christ,</c>

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sit<00:27:20.220><c> thou</c><00:27:20.500><c> at</c><00:27:20.680><c> my</c><00:27:20.960><c> right</c><00:27:21.319><c> hand</c><00:27:21.799><c> until</c><00:27:22.380><c> I</c><00:27:22.680><c> make</c><00:27:22.880><c> thine</c><00:27:23.180><c> enemies</c>

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thy<00:27:24.779><c> footstool.</c>

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Now<00:27:26.539><c> that's</c><00:27:26.779><c> where</c><00:27:26.960><c> that</c><00:27:27.259><c> concept</c><00:27:27.839><c> of</c><00:27:28.079><c> footstool</c><00:27:28.619><c> comes</c><00:27:29.019><c> from.</c>

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Of<00:27:30.119><c> taking</c><00:27:30.380><c> your</c><00:27:30.740><c> foot</c><00:27:31.259><c> and</c><00:27:31.799><c> placing</c><00:27:32.140><c> it</c><00:27:32.380><c> upon</c><00:27:32.700><c> the</c><00:27:33.019><c> neck</c><00:27:33.200><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:33.619><c> enemy.</c>

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That<00:27:34.980><c> they</c><00:27:35.279><c> become</c><00:27:35.700><c> your</c><00:27:36.079><c> footstool.</c>

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That<00:27:37.059><c> they</c><00:27:37.359><c> are</c><00:27:37.640><c> trodden</c><00:27:38.119><c> down</c><00:27:38.599><c> and</c><00:27:39.039><c> put</c><00:27:39.200><c> into</c><00:27:39.400><c> their</c><00:27:39.680><c> place.</c>

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Verse<00:27:41.200><c> 2.</c>

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The<00:27:41.599><c> Lord</c><00:27:41.960><c> shall</c><00:27:42.220><c> send</c><00:27:42.519><c> the</c><00:27:42.759><c> rod</c><00:27:42.880><c> of</c><00:27:43.059><c> thy</c><00:27:43.279><c> strength</c><00:27:43.740><c> out</c><00:27:43.900><c> of</c><00:27:44.099><c> Zion.</c>

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Rule<00:27:45.720><c> thou</c><00:27:46.079><c> in</c><00:27:46.279><c> the</c><00:27:46.440><c> midst</c><00:27:46.880><c> of</c><00:27:47.240><c> thine</c><00:27:47.480><c> enemies.</c>

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And<00:27:50.480><c> down</c><00:27:50.640><c> to</c><00:27:50.819><c> verse</c><00:27:51.079><c> 4.</c>

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A<00:27:51.660><c> well</c><00:27:51.799><c>-known</c><00:27:52.000><c> passage</c><00:27:52.619><c> quoted</c><00:27:52.940><c> in</c><00:27:53.140><c> the</c><00:27:53.259><c> Hebrews</c><00:27:53.759><c> of</c><00:27:54.779><c> the</c><00:27:54.980><c> priestly</c><00:27:55.299><c> work</c><00:27:55.539><c> of</c><00:27:55.720><c> Christ.</c>

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Thou,<00:27:57.660><c> the</c><00:27:57.960><c> Lord</c><00:27:58.140><c> has</c><00:27:58.440><c> sworn</c><00:27:58.819><c> and</c><00:27:59.000><c> will</c><00:27:59.259><c> not</c><00:27:59.440><c> repent.</c>

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Thou<00:28:00.380><c> art</c><00:28:00.599><c> a</c><00:28:00.839><c> priest</c><00:28:01.059><c> forever</c><00:28:01.539><c> after</c><00:28:01.940><c> the</c><00:28:02.200><c> order</c><00:28:02.440><c> of</c><00:28:02.880><c> Melchizedek.</c>

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Here's<00:28:05.180><c> the</c><00:28:05.480><c> King</c><00:28:05.779><c>-Priest.</c>

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Here's<00:28:07.640><c> the</c><00:28:07.839><c> one</c><00:28:08.259><c> who</c><00:28:08.579><c> addresses</c><00:28:09.039><c> sin</c><00:28:09.460><c> within</c><00:28:10.140><c> and</c><00:28:11.259><c> without.</c>

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Verse<00:28:12.420><c> 6.</c>

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He<00:28:12.900><c> shall</c><00:28:13.119><c> judge</c><00:28:13.480><c> among</c><00:28:13.779><c> the</c><00:28:14.019><c> heathen.</c>

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He<00:28:14.900><c> shall</c><00:28:15.119><c> fill</c><00:28:15.380><c> the</c><00:28:15.660><c> places</c><00:28:15.960><c> with</c><00:28:16.279><c> the</c><00:28:16.500><c> dead</c><00:28:16.740><c> bodies.</c>

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He<00:28:17.859><c> shall</c><00:28:18.140><c> wound</c><00:28:18.559><c> the</c><00:28:18.940><c> heads</c><00:28:19.299><c> over</c><00:28:19.660><c> many</c><00:28:19.960><c> countries.</c>

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He<00:28:21.220><c> shall</c><00:28:21.440><c> drink</c><00:28:21.720><c> of</c><00:28:21.920><c> the</c><00:28:22.160><c> brook</c><00:28:22.380><c> in</c><00:28:22.559><c> the</c><00:28:22.740><c> way.</c>

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:26.019
Therefore<00:28:23.960><c> shall</c><00:28:24.259><c> he</c><00:28:24.480><c> lift</c><00:28:24.700><c> up</c><00:28:24.980><c> the</c><00:28:25.220><c> head.</c>

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And<00:28:26.579><c> so</c><00:28:26.759><c> we</c><00:28:27.019><c> see</c><00:28:27.180><c> the</c><00:28:27.460><c> work</c><00:28:27.619><c> of</c><00:28:27.880><c> Christ</c><00:28:28.640><c> through</c><00:28:29.660><c> the</c><00:28:30.019><c> work</c><00:28:30.460><c> of</c>

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God<00:28:31.500><c> in</c><00:28:31.980><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:28:34.240><c> it</c><00:28:34.400><c> is</c><00:28:34.779><c> a</c><00:28:35.059><c> work</c><00:28:35.299><c> within</c><00:28:35.700><c> and</c><00:28:35.960><c> without.</c>

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And<00:28:37.059><c> in</c><00:28:37.180><c> the</c><00:28:37.420><c> end,</c><00:28:37.660><c> after</c><00:28:38.019><c> these</c><00:28:38.700><c> external</c><00:28:39.220><c> enemies</c><00:28:39.720><c> are</c><00:28:40.160><c> destroyed,</c>

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Christ<00:28:41.680><c> will</c><00:28:41.900><c> be</c><00:28:42.039><c> able</c><00:28:42.220><c> to</c><00:28:42.440><c> drink</c><00:28:42.720><c> of</c><00:28:42.940><c> the</c><00:28:43.140><c> brook</c><00:28:43.720><c> in</c><00:28:43.940><c> the</c><00:28:44.099><c> way.</c>

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And<00:28:45.680><c> furthermore,</c><00:28:46.180><c> he</c><00:28:46.339><c> shall</c><00:28:46.559><c> lift</c><00:28:46.859><c> up</c><00:28:47.160><c> his</c><00:28:47.420><c> head.</c>

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That's<00:28:48.599><c> part</c><00:28:48.819><c> of</c><00:28:48.960><c> the</c><00:28:49.119><c> symbol,</c><00:28:49.440><c> isn't</c><00:28:49.619><c> it?</c>

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Of<00:28:49.980><c> placing</c><00:28:50.539><c> your</c><00:28:51.039><c> foot</c><00:28:51.200><c> upon</c><00:28:51.940><c> the</c><00:28:52.319><c> neck</c><00:28:52.440><c> of</c><00:28:52.599><c> the</c><00:28:52.740><c> enemy</c><00:28:52.900><c> and</c>

00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:55.380
lifting<00:28:53.359><c> up</c><00:28:53.599><c> your</c><00:28:53.839><c> head</c><00:28:54.059><c> in</c><00:28:54.319><c> victory.</c>

00:28:56.299 --> 00:29:05.539
The<00:28:56.460><c> Son</c><00:28:56.619><c> of</c><00:28:56.779><c> Man</c><00:28:56.980><c> was</c><00:28:57.259><c> once</c><00:28:57.579><c> lifted</c><00:28:57.960><c> up</c><00:28:58.500><c> upon</c><00:28:58.799><c> a</c><00:28:59.099><c> pole</c><00:28:59.940><c> in</c><00:29:02.240><c> destroying</c><00:29:02.859><c> the</c><00:29:04.500><c> flesh.</c>

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There<00:29:06.279><c> will</c><00:29:06.380><c> be</c><00:29:06.500><c> another</c><00:29:06.680><c> time</c><00:29:07.059><c> when</c><00:29:07.240><c> he</c><00:29:07.380><c> will</c><00:29:07.619><c> lift</c><00:29:07.799><c> up</c><00:29:08.039><c> the</c>

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head<00:29:08.339><c> in</c><00:29:08.619><c> victory</c>

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once<00:29:09.900><c> all</c><00:29:10.319><c> the</c><00:29:10.500><c> enemies</c><00:29:10.839><c> have</c><00:29:11.140><c> been</c><00:29:11.500><c> quelled</c><00:29:12.200><c> in</c><00:29:12.759><c> the</c><00:29:12.980><c> Kingdom</c><00:29:13.259><c> Age.</c>

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And<00:29:14.859><c> we</c><00:29:14.980><c> look</c><00:29:15.240><c> forward</c><00:29:15.660><c> to</c><00:29:15.920><c> that</c><00:29:16.180><c> day</c><00:29:16.559><c> and</c><00:29:16.960><c> that</c><00:29:17.359><c> process</c><00:29:18.339><c> as</c>

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it<00:29:20.460><c> continues</c>

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and<00:29:22.099><c> all</c><00:29:22.500><c> things</c><00:29:22.759><c> are</c><00:29:23.059><c> brought</c><00:29:23.259><c> into</c><00:29:23.640><c> subjection.</c>

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Turn<00:29:26.119><c> to</c><00:29:26.359><c> Hebrews</c><00:29:26.720><c> chapter</c><00:29:27.339><c> 1</c><00:29:28.059><c> and</c><00:29:28.680><c> 2,</c><00:29:29.599><c> our</c><00:29:29.839><c> readings</c><00:29:30.319><c> for</c><00:29:30.799><c> the</c><00:29:31.000><c> day.</c>

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In<00:29:35.039><c> Hebrews</c><00:29:35.420><c> chapter</c><00:29:35.980><c> 1</c><00:29:36.220><c> and</c><00:29:36.420><c> 2,</c><00:29:36.880><c> we</c><00:29:36.880><c> have</c><00:29:37.140><c> a</c><00:29:37.259><c> beautiful</c><00:29:37.799><c> section</c>

00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:43.700
which<00:29:39.380><c> speaks</c><00:29:39.839><c> of</c><00:29:40.039><c> the</c><00:29:40.359><c> superiority</c><00:29:40.980><c> of</c><00:29:41.220><c> Christ</c><00:29:41.700><c> over</c><00:29:42.119><c> the</c><00:29:42.440><c> angels.</c>

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And<00:29:43.920><c> it</c><00:29:44.099><c> progresses</c><00:29:44.500><c> in</c><00:29:44.740><c> the</c><00:29:44.900><c> rest</c><00:29:45.160><c> of</c><00:29:45.400><c> the</c><00:29:45.500><c> book</c><00:29:45.740><c> to</c><00:29:46.140><c> elevate</c>

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Christ<00:29:47.039><c> in</c><00:29:47.240><c> his</c><00:29:47.519><c> work</c>

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and<00:29:49.579><c> to</c><00:29:49.839><c> show</c><00:29:50.279><c> what</c><00:29:50.720><c> we</c><00:29:51.099><c> have</c><00:29:51.299><c> in</c><00:29:51.480><c> the</c><00:29:51.759><c> Son</c><00:29:51.900><c> of</c><00:29:52.160><c> God,</c>

00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:56.339
that<00:29:52.980><c> seat</c><00:29:53.200><c> of</c><00:29:53.380><c> the</c><00:29:53.559><c> woman</c><00:29:53.900><c> which</c><00:29:54.480><c> crushes</c><00:29:55.400><c> the</c><00:29:55.559><c> head</c><00:29:55.660><c> of</c><00:29:55.859><c> the</c><00:29:55.980><c> serpent</c>

00:29:56.339 --> 00:30:00.079
and<00:29:57.019><c> is</c><00:29:57.279><c> our</c><00:29:57.579><c> captain</c><00:29:58.039><c> leading</c><00:29:58.420><c> us</c><00:29:59.220><c> in</c><00:29:59.700><c> battle.</c>

00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:04.500
And<00:30:01.059><c> in</c><00:30:01.220><c> Hebrews</c><00:30:01.480><c> chapter</c><00:30:02.059><c> 1,</c><00:30:02.900><c> we</c><00:30:02.900><c> read</c><00:30:03.140><c> in</c><00:30:03.319><c> verse</c><00:30:03.559><c> 13,</c>

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:07.500
but<00:30:05.240><c> to</c><00:30:05.539><c> which</c><00:30:05.720><c> of</c><00:30:05.859><c> the</c><00:30:06.059><c> angels</c><00:30:06.460><c> said</c><00:30:06.660><c> he</c><00:30:06.839><c> at</c><00:30:06.960><c> any</c><00:30:07.220><c> time,</c>

00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:11.779
sit<00:30:07.779><c> on</c><00:30:08.079><c> my</c><00:30:08.299><c> right</c><00:30:08.640><c> hand</c><00:30:08.920><c> until</c><00:30:09.220><c> I</c><00:30:09.460><c> make</c><00:30:09.640><c> thine</c><00:30:09.839><c> enemies</c><00:30:10.140><c> thy</c><00:30:10.480><c> footstool?</c>

00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:15.180
There's<00:30:12.759><c> the</c><00:30:12.940><c> quotation</c><00:30:13.400><c> from</c><00:30:13.700><c> Psalm</c><00:30:13.980><c> 110.</c>

00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:18.160
This<00:30:16.299><c> is</c><00:30:16.619><c> applied</c><00:30:16.839><c> to</c><00:30:17.099><c> Christ.</c>

00:30:18.619 --> 00:30:20.980
That<00:30:18.759><c> has</c><00:30:18.960><c> not</c><00:30:19.079><c> been</c><00:30:19.440><c> said</c><00:30:19.599><c> of</c><00:30:19.859><c> any</c><00:30:20.119><c> other.</c>

00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:24.220
Christ<00:30:22.039><c> has</c><00:30:22.220><c> been</c><00:30:22.380><c> given</c><00:30:22.539><c> all</c><00:30:22.920><c> power</c><00:30:23.319><c> and</c><00:30:23.660><c> authority</c>

00:30:24.220 --> 00:30:26.940
and<00:30:25.160><c> God</c><00:30:25.400><c> is</c><00:30:25.680><c> working</c><00:30:25.940><c> through</c><00:30:26.359><c> him</c>

00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:30.319
to<00:30:27.559><c> bring</c><00:30:27.779><c> all</c><00:30:28.180><c> these</c><00:30:28.440><c> enemies</c><00:30:28.759><c> into</c><00:30:29.119><c> subjection.</c>

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:33.880
But<00:30:30.559><c> look</c><00:30:30.720><c> at</c><00:30:30.839><c> verse</c><00:30:31.099><c> 5</c><00:30:31.519><c> of</c><00:30:31.720><c> chapter</c><00:30:32.140><c> 2.</c>

00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:37.200
It<00:30:34.319><c> speaks</c><00:30:34.579><c> more</c><00:30:34.900><c> generally</c><00:30:35.380><c> here</c><00:30:35.819><c> of</c><00:30:36.180><c> man.</c>

00:30:37.519 --> 00:30:40.180
It<00:30:37.619><c> says,</c><00:30:37.980><c> For</c><00:30:37.980><c> unto</c><00:30:38.240><c> the</c><00:30:38.559><c> angels</c><00:30:38.940><c> hath</c><00:30:39.240><c> he</c><00:30:39.440><c> not</c><00:30:39.640><c> put</c><00:30:39.920><c> subjection</c>

00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:43.059
the<00:30:40.759><c> world</c><00:30:41.019><c> to</c><00:30:41.299><c> come</c><00:30:41.500><c> whereof</c><00:30:41.900><c> we</c><00:30:42.140><c> speak,</c>

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:46.279
but<00:30:43.380><c> one</c><00:30:43.559><c> in</c><00:30:43.720><c> a</c><00:30:43.880><c> certain</c><00:30:44.019><c> place</c><00:30:44.420><c> testified,</c><00:30:45.519><c> saying,</c>

00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:48.819
What<00:30:46.700><c> is</c><00:30:46.940><c> man</c><00:30:47.279><c> that</c><00:30:47.420><c> thou</c><00:30:47.660><c> art</c><00:30:47.839><c> mindful</c><00:30:48.279><c> of</c><00:30:48.500><c> him,</c>

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:51.859
or<00:30:49.220><c> the</c><00:30:49.460><c> son</c><00:30:49.579><c> of</c><00:30:49.779><c> man</c><00:30:50.019><c> that</c><00:30:50.200><c> thou</c><00:30:50.500><c> visitest</c><00:30:50.960><c> him?</c>

00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:54.019
Thou<00:30:52.160><c> madeest</c><00:30:52.519><c> him</c><00:30:52.680><c> a</c><00:30:52.819><c> little</c><00:30:52.940><c> lower</c><00:30:53.279><c> than</c><00:30:53.440><c> the</c><00:30:53.680><c> angels,</c>

00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:56.559
thou<00:30:54.339><c> crownest</c><00:30:54.839><c> him</c><00:30:54.980><c> with</c><00:30:55.640><c> glory</c><00:30:56.039><c> and</c><00:30:56.240><c> honor,</c>

00:30:56.900 --> 00:30:59.180
and<00:30:57.099><c> didst</c><00:30:57.440><c> set</c><00:30:57.460><c> him</c><00:30:57.660><c> over</c><00:30:57.880><c> the</c><00:30:58.099><c> works</c><00:30:58.319><c> of</c><00:30:58.539><c> thy</c><00:30:58.740><c> hands.</c>

00:30:59.460 --> 00:31:02.480
Thou<00:30:59.660><c> hast</c><00:30:59.920><c> put</c><00:31:00.119><c> all</c><00:31:00.460><c> things</c><00:31:00.779><c> in</c><00:31:01.039><c> subjection</c><00:31:01.660><c> under</c><00:31:01.940><c> his</c><00:31:02.299><c> feet.</c>

00:31:02.579 --> 00:31:05.940
And<00:31:02.859><c> that</c><00:31:03.180><c> was</c><00:31:03.420><c> God's</c><00:31:03.940><c> intention</c><00:31:04.299><c> in</c><00:31:04.519><c> the</c><00:31:04.579><c> very</c><00:31:04.799><c> beginning</c>

00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:07.599
in<00:31:06.339><c> the</c><00:31:06.539><c> creation</c><00:31:06.859><c> of</c><00:31:07.119><c> man</c><00:31:07.279><c> and</c><00:31:07.420><c> woman,</c>

00:31:07.619 --> 00:31:11.920
that<00:31:07.740><c> they</c><00:31:07.940><c> would</c><00:31:08.140><c> have</c><00:31:08.380><c> dominion</c><00:31:09.839><c> over</c><00:31:10.759><c> the</c><00:31:11.039><c> earth.</c>

00:31:12.099 --> 00:31:17.000
And<00:31:12.299><c> this</c><00:31:12.579><c> beautiful</c><00:31:12.940><c> quotation</c><00:31:13.539><c> from</c><00:31:14.019><c> Psalm</c><00:31:14.319><c> 8</c><00:31:14.960><c> reinforces</c><00:31:15.940><c> that.</c>

00:31:17.059 --> 00:31:20.619
For<00:31:17.279><c> in</c><00:31:17.440><c> that</c><00:31:17.599><c> he</c><00:31:17.819><c> put</c><00:31:18.119><c> all</c><00:31:18.660><c> in</c><00:31:19.099><c> subjection</c><00:31:19.920><c> under</c><00:31:20.279><c> him,</c>

00:31:20.619 --> 00:31:24.440
and<00:31:21.000><c> he</c><00:31:21.039><c> left</c><00:31:21.339><c> nothing</c><00:31:21.980><c> that</c><00:31:22.200><c> is</c><00:31:22.500><c> not</c><00:31:22.759><c> put</c><00:31:23.000><c> under</c><00:31:23.420><c> him.</c>

00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:29.539
That<00:31:24.819><c> was</c><00:31:25.099><c> the</c><00:31:25.319><c> intention</c><00:31:25.920><c> that</c><00:31:26.539><c> men</c><00:31:26.779><c> and</c><00:31:26.940><c> women</c><00:31:27.259><c> would</c><00:31:28.579><c> rule</c><00:31:28.960><c> over</c>

00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:32.099
and<00:31:30.140><c> care</c><00:31:30.440><c> for</c><00:31:30.740><c> the</c><00:31:31.000><c> creation.</c>

00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:36.839
But<00:31:33.460><c> now</c><00:31:33.779><c> we</c><00:31:34.039><c> see</c><00:31:34.240><c> not</c><00:31:34.500><c> yet</c><00:31:34.720><c> all</c><00:31:35.000><c> things</c><00:31:35.400><c> put</c><00:31:35.619><c> under</c><00:31:35.960><c> him.</c>

00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:40.960
But<00:31:37.400><c> we</c><00:31:37.720><c> see</c><00:31:37.960><c> Jesus,</c><00:31:39.140><c> who</c><00:31:39.259><c> was</c><00:31:39.539><c> made</c><00:31:39.799><c> a</c><00:31:39.980><c> little</c><00:31:40.160><c> lower</c><00:31:40.680><c> than</c>

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:41.779
the<00:31:41.240><c> angels,</c>

00:31:42.200 --> 00:31:45.180
for<00:31:42.339><c> the</c><00:31:42.579><c> suffering</c><00:31:42.920><c> of</c><00:31:43.240><c> death</c><00:31:43.500><c> crowned</c><00:31:44.140><c> with</c><00:31:44.339><c> glory</c><00:31:44.640><c> and</c><00:31:44.839><c> honor,</c>

00:31:45.640 --> 00:31:48.740
that<00:31:45.799><c> he</c><00:31:45.960><c> by</c><00:31:46.200><c> the</c><00:31:46.400><c> grace</c><00:31:46.619><c> of</c><00:31:46.900><c> God</c><00:31:47.180><c> should</c><00:31:47.519><c> taste</c><00:31:47.940><c> death</c><00:31:48.339><c> for</c>

00:31:48.740 --> 00:31:49.980
every<00:31:49.079><c> man.</c>

00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:52.140
Here's<00:31:50.859><c> the</c><00:31:50.980><c> solution.</c>

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:55.299
And<00:31:52.460><c> he</c><00:31:52.500><c> doesn't</c><00:31:52.819><c> first</c><00:31:53.200><c> appear</c><00:31:53.720><c> as</c><00:31:53.940><c> the</c><00:31:54.220><c> king.</c>

00:31:56.059 --> 00:31:59.819
But<00:31:56.259><c> the</c><00:31:56.440><c> issue</c><00:31:56.720><c> here</c><00:31:57.299><c> is</c><00:31:57.900><c> addressing</c><00:31:58.380><c> that</c><00:31:58.759><c> warfare</c><00:31:59.279><c> within,</c>

00:32:00.160 --> 00:32:03.380
and<00:32:00.279><c> he</c><00:32:00.599><c> tastes</c><00:32:01.039><c> death</c><00:32:01.819><c> for</c><00:32:02.559><c> every</c><00:32:02.859><c> man.</c>

00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:04.839
Verse<00:32:04.039><c> 14,</c>

00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:08.319
For<00:32:05.400><c> as</c><00:32:05.619><c> much</c><00:32:05.880><c> then</c><00:32:06.059><c> as</c><00:32:06.220><c> the</c><00:32:06.420><c> children</c><00:32:06.640><c> are</c><00:32:06.880><c> partakers</c><00:32:07.339><c> of</c><00:32:07.619><c> flesh</c><00:32:07.839><c> and</c><00:32:08.059><c> blood,</c>

00:32:08.579 --> 00:32:12.500
he<00:32:08.819><c> also</c><00:32:09.259><c> himself</c><00:32:09.839><c> likewise</c><00:32:10.480><c> took</c><00:32:10.720><c> part</c><00:32:11.000><c> of</c><00:32:11.160><c> the</c><00:32:11.539><c> same,</c>

00:32:12.660 --> 00:32:15.039
that<00:32:12.759><c> through</c><00:32:13.059><c> death</c><00:32:13.319><c> he</c><00:32:13.480><c> might</c><00:32:13.640><c> destroy</c><00:32:14.299><c> him</c><00:32:14.519><c> that</c><00:32:14.660><c> had</c><00:32:14.819><c> the</c>

00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:15.900
power<00:32:15.259><c> of</c><00:32:15.500><c> death.</c>

00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:17.460
That<00:32:16.500><c> is</c><00:32:16.779><c> the</c><00:32:17.019><c> devil.</c>

00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:23.859
And<00:32:18.599><c> Christ</c><00:32:19.440><c> has</c><00:32:19.920><c> the</c><00:32:20.359><c> same</c><00:32:20.940><c> nature,</c><00:32:21.539><c> that</c><00:32:21.940><c> serpent</c><00:32:22.400><c> nature,</c>

00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:30.400
in<00:32:24.599><c> order</c><00:32:24.920><c> that</c><00:32:25.160><c> he</c><00:32:25.359><c> might</c><00:32:26.059><c> destroy</c><00:32:27.000><c> the</c><00:32:27.339><c> devil,</c><00:32:28.720><c> win</c><00:32:29.000><c> the</c><00:32:29.299><c> war.</c>

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:35.200
In<00:32:31.420><c> verse</c><00:32:31.619><c> 17</c><00:32:32.319><c> it</c><00:32:32.720><c> is</c><00:32:32.980><c> very</c><00:32:33.920><c> clear.</c>

00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:36.200
Verse<00:32:35.599><c> 16,</c>

00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:39.960
For<00:32:36.460><c> verily</c><00:32:36.880><c> he</c><00:32:37.059><c> took</c><00:32:37.359><c> not</c><00:32:37.640><c> on</c><00:32:37.940><c> him</c><00:32:38.119><c> the</c><00:32:38.500><c> nature</c><00:32:38.920><c> of</c><00:32:39.319><c> angels,</c>

00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:44.319
but<00:32:40.640><c> he</c><00:32:40.839><c> took</c><00:32:41.019><c> on</c><00:32:41.240><c> him</c><00:32:41.539><c> the</c><00:32:41.900><c> seed</c><00:32:42.140><c> of</c><00:32:42.480><c> Abraham,</c><00:32:43.259><c> just</c><00:32:43.539><c> like</c><00:32:43.799><c> us.</c>

00:32:44.319 --> 00:32:49.059
He<00:32:45.380><c> had</c><00:32:45.559><c> to</c><00:32:45.660><c> be</c><00:32:45.839><c> part</c><00:32:46.119><c> of</c><00:32:46.240><c> the</c><00:32:46.460><c> problem</c><00:32:46.859><c> to</c><00:32:47.099><c> solve</c><00:32:47.519><c> the</c><00:32:47.759><c> problem.</c>

00:32:50.420 --> 00:32:52.940
And<00:32:50.740><c> he</c><00:32:50.880><c> did</c><00:32:51.099><c> that</c><00:32:51.380><c> upon</c><00:32:51.660><c> the</c><00:32:51.940><c> pole.</c>

00:32:53.160 --> 00:32:55.460
Day<00:32:53.380><c> by</c><00:32:53.640><c> day</c><00:32:53.900><c> he</c><00:32:54.140><c> crucified</c><00:32:54.720><c> the</c><00:32:55.039><c> flesh,</c>

00:32:55.940 --> 00:33:02.759
and<00:32:56.039><c> ultimately</c><00:32:57.200><c> upon</c><00:32:58.559><c> the</c><00:32:58.799><c> crucifix</c><00:32:59.839><c> the</c><00:33:01.220><c> flesh</c><00:33:01.599><c> was</c><00:33:01.880><c> put</c><00:33:02.160><c> to</c><00:33:02.440><c> death.</c>

00:33:02.900 --> 00:33:05.619
Wherefore<00:33:03.460><c> in</c><00:33:03.660><c> all</c><00:33:04.079><c> things</c><00:33:04.359><c> we</c><00:33:04.599><c> read</c><00:33:04.819><c> in</c><00:33:04.980><c> verse</c><00:33:05.140><c> 17,</c>

00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:08.680
it<00:33:05.880><c> behoved</c><00:33:06.200><c> him</c><00:33:06.420><c> to</c><00:33:06.579><c> be</c><00:33:06.759><c> made</c><00:33:07.019><c> like</c><00:33:07.339><c> unto</c><00:33:07.579><c> his</c><00:33:07.859><c> brethren,</c>

00:33:08.700 --> 00:33:12.539
that<00:33:08.799><c> he</c><00:33:08.980><c> might</c><00:33:09.200><c> be</c><00:33:09.440><c> a</c><00:33:09.640><c> merciful</c><00:33:10.200><c> and</c><00:33:11.279><c> faithful</c><00:33:11.779><c> high</c><00:33:12.200><c> priest</c>

00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:14.380
in<00:33:12.720><c> things</c><00:33:13.140><c> pertaining</c><00:33:13.640><c> to</c><00:33:13.859><c> God,</c>

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:17.700
to<00:33:14.859><c> make</c><00:33:15.200><c> reconciliation</c><00:33:16.180><c> for</c><00:33:16.480><c> the</c><00:33:16.759><c> sins</c><00:33:17.079><c> of</c><00:33:17.279><c> the</c><00:33:17.420><c> people.</c>

00:33:17.700 --> 00:33:20.160
There<00:33:17.980><c> is</c><00:33:18.140><c> our</c><00:33:18.299><c> enemy,</c><00:33:19.299><c> sin.</c>

00:33:20.579 --> 00:33:24.119
And<00:33:20.859><c> that</c><00:33:20.980><c> he</c><00:33:21.160><c> himself</c><00:33:21.660><c> has</c><00:33:22.079><c> suffered</c><00:33:22.539><c> being</c><00:33:23.019><c> tempted,</c>

00:33:24.400 --> 00:33:27.420
he<00:33:24.500><c> is</c><00:33:24.660><c> able</c><00:33:25.000><c> to</c><00:33:25.240><c> succor</c><00:33:25.640><c> them</c><00:33:26.000><c> that</c><00:33:26.180><c> are</c><00:33:26.480><c> tempted.</c>

00:33:27.819 --> 00:33:30.339
And<00:33:28.000><c> we</c><00:33:28.180><c> rejoice</c><00:33:28.700><c> this</c><00:33:29.019><c> morning,</c><00:33:29.460><c> brothers</c><00:33:29.579><c> and</c><00:33:29.859><c> sisters,</c>

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in<00:33:30.920><c> these</c><00:33:31.339><c> emblems</c><00:33:31.859><c> before</c><00:33:32.279><c> us,</c>

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which<00:33:33.019><c> symbolize</c><00:33:33.640><c> that</c><00:33:34.079><c> great</c><00:33:34.500><c> victory</c><00:33:34.960><c> that</c><00:33:35.160><c> was</c><00:33:35.460><c> wrought</c>

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in<00:33:36.480><c> Calvary.</c>

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That<00:33:38.220><c> great</c><00:33:38.819><c> victory</c><00:33:39.460><c> that</c><00:33:39.680><c> we</c><00:33:39.920><c> look</c><00:33:40.099><c> to</c><00:33:40.299><c> in</c><00:33:40.519><c> our</c><00:33:40.740><c> leader,</c>

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which<00:33:41.500><c> was</c><00:33:41.900><c> typified</c><00:33:42.480><c> in</c><00:33:42.680><c> Joshua</c><00:33:43.480><c> and</c><00:33:44.200><c> in</c><00:33:44.599><c> David.</c>

00:33:45.640 --> 00:33:47.559
This<00:33:45.940><c> work</c><00:33:46.319><c> of</c><00:33:46.579><c> God.</c>

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And<00:33:48.099><c> we</c><00:33:48.240><c> conclude</c><00:33:48.660><c> with</c><00:33:48.940><c> the</c><00:33:49.099><c> words</c><00:33:50.160><c> of</c><00:33:50.480><c> Romans</c><00:33:50.759><c> 7,</c>

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O<00:33:51.960><c> wretched</c><00:33:52.420><c> man</c><00:33:52.880><c> that</c><00:33:53.099><c> I</c><00:33:53.380><c> am,</c>

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who<00:33:54.799><c> shall</c><00:33:55.059><c> deliver</c><00:33:55.420><c> me</c><00:33:55.740><c> from</c><00:33:55.960><c> the</c><00:33:56.299><c> body</c><00:33:56.660><c> of</c><00:33:56.900><c> this</c><00:33:57.160><c> death?</c>

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I<00:33:58.539><c> thank</c><00:33:58.859><c> God</c><00:33:59.319><c> through</c><00:33:59.740><c> Jesus</c><00:34:00.299><c> Christ</c><00:34:00.839><c> our</c><00:34:01.140><c> Lord.</c>

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So<00:34:02.660><c> then</c><00:34:02.920><c> with</c><00:34:03.160><c> the</c><00:34:03.420><c> mind</c><00:34:03.700><c> I</c><00:34:04.039><c> myself</c><00:34:04.579><c> serve</c><00:34:05.000><c> the</c><00:34:05.200><c> law</c><00:34:05.420><c> of</c><00:34:05.640><c> God,</c>

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but<00:34:06.839><c> with</c><00:34:07.079><c> the</c><00:34:07.380><c> flesh</c><00:34:07.720><c> the</c><00:34:08.039><c> law</c><00:34:08.559><c> of</c><00:34:08.920><c> sin.</c>