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of<00:27:44.670><c> Israel,</c><00:27:45.150><c> and</c><00:27:45.410><c> its</c><00:27:45.609><c> horsemen.</c>

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It's<00:27:47.650><c> Elijah</c><00:27:48.069><c> who</c><00:27:48.789><c> proclaims</c><00:27:50.589><c> that</c><00:27:50.890><c> at</c><00:27:51.089><c> Elijah's</c><00:27:51.470><c> death,</c><00:27:52.190><c> and</c>

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it's<00:27:52.789><c> the</c><00:27:53.029><c> king</c><00:27:53.650><c> of</c><00:27:54.009><c> Israel</c><00:27:54.329><c> who</c><00:27:54.589><c> proclaims</c><00:27:55.230><c> it</c><00:27:55.470><c> at</c>

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the<00:27:55.890><c> death</c><00:27:56.329><c> of</c><00:27:56.589><c> Elisha.</c><00:28:01.190><c> And</c><00:28:01.690><c> also,</c><00:28:02.390><c> we</c><00:28:02.490><c> do</c><00:28:02.750><c> get</c><00:28:02.910><c> the</c><00:28:03.029><c> sense</c>

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that<00:28:03.430><c> much</c><00:28:03.650><c> like</c><00:28:03.910><c> Joshua</c><00:28:04.390><c> and</c><00:28:04.769><c> Moses,</c>

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Joshua<00:28:05.869><c> completes</c><00:28:06.589><c> Moses'</c><00:28:07.309><c> project.</c><00:28:07.650><c> We</c><00:28:07.750><c> get</c><00:28:07.970><c> that</c><00:28:08.230><c> sense</c><00:28:08.450><c> in</c>

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Elijah<00:28:09.069><c> and</c><00:28:09.190><c> Elisha,</c><00:28:09.890><c> because</c><00:28:10.230><c> Elijah</c><00:28:10.710><c> is</c><00:28:10.950><c> commanded,</c>

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You<00:28:11.829><c> shall</c><00:28:12.049><c> anoint</c><00:28:12.349><c> Hazael</c><00:28:12.849><c> king</c><00:28:13.130><c> over</c><00:28:13.470><c> Aram,</c><00:28:14.369><c> and</c><00:28:14.490><c> Jehu</c><00:28:14.750><c> the</c>

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son<00:28:15.250><c> of</c><00:28:15.430><c> Nimshi,</c><00:28:15.910><c> you</c><00:28:15.970><c> shall</c><00:28:16.190><c> anoint</c><00:28:16.589><c> king</c><00:28:16.829><c> over</c>

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Israel.<00:28:17.589><c> Elisha</c><00:28:17.869><c> the</c><00:28:17.990><c> son</c><00:28:18.190><c> of</c><00:28:18.369><c> Shaphat</c><00:28:19.069><c> of</c><00:28:19.650><c> Abel</c><00:28:20.069><c> Meloah,</c><00:28:21.130><c> you</c>

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shall<00:28:21.569><c> anoint</c><00:28:21.849><c> as</c><00:28:22.049><c> a</c><00:28:22.250><c> prophet</c><00:28:22.430><c> in</c><00:28:22.609><c> your</c><00:28:22.829><c> place.</c>

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That's<00:28:23.329><c> 1</c><00:28:23.529><c> Kings</c><00:28:23.750><c> 19,</c><00:28:24.390><c> 15</c><00:28:24.710><c> to</c><00:28:24.869><c> 16.</c><00:28:25.650><c> But</c><00:28:25.930><c> it's</c><00:28:26.710><c> Elijah</c><00:28:27.210><c> who</c><00:28:28.670><c> does</c>

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those<00:28:29.369><c> things.</c><00:28:30.210><c> It's</c><00:28:30.430><c> he</c><00:28:30.809><c> who</c><00:28:31.250><c> anoints</c><00:28:31.690><c> Hazael</c><00:28:32.089><c> in</c>

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2<00:28:32.690><c> Kings</c><00:28:32.869><c> 8.</c><00:28:33.569><c> It's</c><00:28:33.809><c> he</c><00:28:34.089><c> who</c><00:28:34.490><c> appoints</c><00:28:35.130><c> Jehu</c><00:28:35.569><c> in</c><00:28:35.970><c> 2</c><00:28:36.210><c> Kings</c><00:28:36.509><c> 9,</c><00:28:37.250><c> and</c><00:28:37.529><c> he</c>

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is<00:28:38.170><c> recognized</c><00:28:38.630><c> as</c><00:28:38.869><c> having</c><00:28:39.250><c> Elijah's</c><00:28:40.849><c> spirit</c>

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on<00:28:41.589><c> him</c><00:28:41.789><c> in</c><00:28:42.230><c> 2</c><00:28:42.470><c> Kings</c><00:28:42.809><c> 2,</c><00:28:43.470><c> verse</c><00:28:43.769><c> 15.</c><00:28:45.769><c> Elijah</c><00:28:46.130><c> throws</c><00:28:46.650><c> his</c><00:28:48.349><c> mantle</c><00:28:48.829><c> onto</c>

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Elisha,<00:28:51.609><c> and</c><00:28:51.930><c> that</c><00:28:52.769><c> happens</c><00:28:52.990><c> in</c><00:28:53.250><c> 1</c><00:28:53.450><c> Kings</c>

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19.<00:28:54.569><c> And</c><00:28:54.589><c> then</c><00:28:54.869><c> after</c><00:28:55.589><c> Elijah</c><00:28:56.369><c> ascends,</c><00:28:59.769><c> that</c><00:29:00.049><c> same</c><00:29:00.349><c> mantle</c>

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is<00:29:00.849><c> picked</c><00:29:01.130><c> up</c><00:29:01.690><c> by</c><00:29:02.369><c> Elisha,</c><00:29:03.789><c> and</c><00:29:05.650><c> Elisha</c><00:29:06.789><c> crosses</c><00:29:07.170><c> the</c>

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with<00:29:07.910><c> it.</c><00:29:08.369><c> Now,</c><00:29:09.029><c> I'm</c><00:29:09.789><c> sure</c><00:29:10.049><c> you</c><00:29:10.369><c> can</c><00:29:10.609><c> immediately</c><00:29:11.190><c> detect</c><00:29:11.930><c> a</c>

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kind<00:29:12.589><c> of</c><00:29:12.809><c> synchronicity</c><00:29:13.430><c> here</c><00:29:13.769><c> where</c>

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Jordan<00:29:14.529><c> crossing</c><00:29:14.910><c> really,</c><00:29:15.490><c> really</c><00:29:15.869><c> matters.</c><00:29:18.509><c> And</c><00:29:18.990><c> I</c><00:29:21.009><c> think</c><00:29:21.549><c> that</c><00:29:22.029><c> this</c><00:29:22.250><c> is</c><00:29:22.470><c> because</c><00:29:22.809><c> there</c><00:29:23.069><c> is</c><00:29:23.190><c> a</c><00:29:23.450><c> real</c>

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synchronicity<00:29:24.809><c> between</c><00:29:25.569><c> the</c><00:29:28.869><c> ideas</c><00:29:29.349><c> about</c><00:29:29.890><c> the</c><00:29:30.250><c> nature</c><00:29:30.529><c> of</c>

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Jesus'<00:29:31.329><c> mission</c><00:29:31.730><c> and</c><00:29:32.089><c> what's</c><00:29:32.470><c> going</c><00:29:32.690><c> on</c><00:29:32.869><c> at</c><00:29:33.029><c> the</c><00:29:33.210><c> time</c>

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his<00:29:33.730><c> ministry</c><00:29:34.250><c> and</c><00:29:36.789><c> the</c><00:29:37.950><c> ideas</c><00:29:38.450><c> going</c><00:29:38.970><c> on</c><00:29:39.269><c> about</c><00:29:39.690><c> the</c><00:29:39.990><c> Exodus.</c>

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Now,<00:29:42.569><c> obviously,</c><00:29:43.390><c> the</c><00:29:43.690><c> case</c><00:29:44.450><c> of</c><00:29:44.730><c> Moses</c><00:29:45.130><c> and</c>

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Joshua<00:29:46.309><c> have</c><00:29:46.490><c> a</c><00:29:46.630><c> lot</c><00:29:46.710><c> to</c><00:29:46.869><c> do</c><00:29:46.890><c> with</c><00:29:47.009><c> the</c><00:29:47.230><c> Exodus</c><00:29:47.410><c> because</c><00:29:47.609><c> they're</c><00:29:47.849><c> in</c>

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it.<00:29:49.750><c> But</c><00:29:49.769><c> Elijah</c><00:29:50.269><c> and</c><00:29:50.529><c> Elisha's</c><00:29:51.609><c> story</c>

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also<00:29:52.829><c> has</c><00:29:53.250><c> a</c><00:29:53.390><c> lot</c><00:29:53.509><c> to</c><00:29:53.710><c> do</c><00:29:53.750><c> with</c><00:29:53.930><c> the</c><00:29:54.130><c> Exodus,</c><00:29:54.450><c> although</c><00:29:54.769><c> it's</c>

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kind<00:29:55.269><c> of</c><00:29:55.529><c> inverted.</c><00:29:56.730><c> When</c><00:29:57.230><c> we</c><00:29:57.450><c> look</c><00:29:57.769><c> at</c><00:29:58.089><c> the</c><00:29:58.369><c> two</c>

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episodes<00:29:59.269><c> that</c><00:29:59.829><c> Moses</c><00:30:01.849><c> and</c><00:30:02.369><c> Elijah</c><00:30:02.890><c> have</c><00:30:03.529><c> on</c><00:30:04.529><c> Horeb</c><00:30:05.410><c> and</c><00:30:05.809><c> Sinai</c><00:30:06.190><c> respectively,</c><00:30:07.369><c> same</c>

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mountain,<00:30:08.230><c> two</c><00:30:08.269><c> names,</c>

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they<00:30:10.609><c> have</c><00:30:11.190><c> a</c><00:30:11.710><c> meeting</c><00:30:11.930><c> with</c><00:30:12.190><c> God.</c><00:30:13.109><c> They</c><00:30:13.289><c> see</c><00:30:13.650><c> him</c><00:30:14.049><c> in</c><00:30:14.410><c> some</c><00:30:14.630><c> real</c><00:30:14.950><c> way.</c><00:30:16.849><c> But</c><00:30:17.069><c> these</c><00:30:17.849><c> two</c><00:30:18.369><c> stories</c><00:30:19.309><c> are</c><00:30:19.569><c> kind</c><00:30:19.690><c> of</c>

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right.<00:30:21.269><c> So</c><00:30:21.769><c> Moses</c><00:30:22.190><c> goes</c><00:30:23.109><c> and</c><00:30:24.109><c> he</c><00:30:24.890><c> receives</c><00:30:25.670><c> a</c><00:30:26.869><c> vision</c><00:30:27.190><c> of</c><00:30:27.569><c> God's</c><00:30:28.069><c> power</c><00:30:28.430><c> and</c><00:30:28.789><c> majesty.</c>

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And<00:30:32.529><c> God</c><00:30:32.750><c> tells</c><00:30:33.069><c> him,</c><00:30:34.109><c> these</c><00:30:35.509><c> people</c><00:30:35.809><c> have</c><00:30:36.089><c> sinned,</c><00:30:36.329><c> I'm</c><00:30:36.509><c> getting</c><00:30:36.730><c> rid</c>

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of<00:30:37.049><c> them,</c><00:30:37.170><c> and</c><00:30:37.289><c> I'm</c><00:30:37.529><c> starting</c><00:30:37.769><c> with</c><00:30:38.009><c> you.</c>

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But<00:30:41.130><c> backwards</c><00:30:42.029><c> in</c><00:30:44.049><c> 1</c><00:30:44.309><c> Kings,</c><00:30:44.990><c> it's</c><00:30:45.289><c> Elijah</c><00:30:45.589><c> who</c><00:30:45.789><c> goes</c><00:30:46.029><c> up</c><00:30:46.289><c> the</c><00:30:46.470><c> mountain,</c>

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and<00:30:47.690><c> he</c><00:30:47.869><c> says,</c><00:30:48.529><c> these</c><00:30:48.650><c> people</c><00:30:49.029><c> have</c><00:30:49.349><c> sinned.</c><00:30:50.890><c> And</c><00:30:50.910><c> then</c><00:30:51.029><c> he</c><00:30:51.190><c> waits</c><00:30:51.569><c> to</c>

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see<00:30:52.109><c> if</c><00:30:53.170><c> God</c><00:30:53.430><c> will</c><00:30:53.670><c> cash</c><00:30:53.869><c> the</c><00:30:54.170><c> check.</c>

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But<00:30:56.369><c> God</c><00:30:57.009><c> refuses</c><00:30:57.589><c> to</c><00:30:57.990><c> cash</c><00:30:58.190><c> the</c><00:30:58.410><c> check.</c><00:30:59.109><c> And</c><00:30:59.109><c> God</c><00:30:59.390><c> says,</c><00:31:01.970><c> well,</c><00:31:02.490><c> first,</c><00:31:03.250><c> God,</c>

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rather<00:31:03.890><c> than</c><00:31:04.089><c> making</c><00:31:04.289><c> a</c><00:31:04.569><c> display</c><00:31:04.769><c> of</c>

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his<00:31:05.130><c> might</c><00:31:05.430><c> or</c><00:31:06.210><c> his</c><00:31:06.430><c> majesty,</c><00:31:07.150><c> he</c><00:31:07.329><c> makes</c><00:31:07.529><c> the</c><00:31:07.750><c> still</c><00:31:07.890><c> small</c><00:31:08.150><c> voice</c><00:31:08.730><c> display.</c><00:31:09.710><c> So</c>

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it's<00:31:10.710><c> totally</c><00:31:11.029><c> backwards.</c>

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It's<00:31:14.450><c> like</c><00:31:14.750><c> both</c><00:31:15.809><c> of</c><00:31:16.029><c> these</c><00:31:16.170><c> figures</c><00:31:16.549><c> need</c><00:31:16.809><c> to</c><00:31:16.970><c> be</c><00:31:17.109><c> taught</c><00:31:17.269><c> the</c>

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opposite<00:31:17.809><c> lesson,</c><00:31:18.450><c> kind</c><00:31:18.549><c> of.</c><00:31:19.309><c> We</c><00:31:19.470><c> know</c><00:31:19.589><c> that</c><00:31:19.829><c> Moses</c>

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was<00:31:21.470><c> enormously</c><00:31:22.009><c> humble</c><00:31:22.650><c> and,</c><00:31:23.529><c> I</c><00:31:26.410><c> suppose,</c><00:31:27.029><c> a</c><00:31:27.029><c> very</c><00:31:27.269><c> sort</c><00:31:27.450><c> of,</c>

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maybe<00:31:29.349><c> a</c><00:31:29.529><c> withdrawn</c><00:31:29.990><c> character,</c><00:31:31.029><c> naturally.</c><00:31:31.650><c> But</c>

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it<00:31:32.049><c> does</c><00:31:32.369><c> not</c><00:31:33.470><c> seem</c><00:31:33.630><c> that</c><00:31:33.890><c> Elijah</c><00:31:34.250><c> was</c><00:31:34.450><c> like</c><00:31:34.730><c> that,</c><00:31:35.910><c> not</c><00:31:36.130><c> in</c><00:31:36.230><c> the</c><00:31:36.369><c> slightest.</c><00:31:37.549><c> It</c>

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seems<00:31:37.869><c> that</c><00:31:38.069><c> they're</c><00:31:40.029><c> kind</c><00:31:40.230><c> of</c>

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way.<00:31:42.450><c> Elijah</c><00:31:42.910><c> has</c><00:31:43.230><c> absolutely</c><00:31:43.650><c> no</c><00:31:43.930><c> qualms</c><00:31:44.710><c> rocking</c><00:31:45.910><c> up</c><00:31:46.250><c> to</c>

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Ahab's<00:31:47.130><c> house</c><00:31:47.369><c> and</c><00:31:47.630><c> telling</c><00:31:47.750><c> him</c><00:31:47.910><c> what's</c><00:31:48.250><c> what.</c>

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But<00:31:51.529><c> Moses</c><00:31:52.190><c> requires</c><00:31:52.609><c> a</c><00:31:52.869><c> great</c><00:31:53.029><c> deal</c><00:31:53.230><c> of</c><00:31:53.470><c> reassurance</c><00:31:54.410><c> to</c><00:31:56.509><c> carry</c><00:31:57.710><c> and</c>

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deliver<00:31:58.410><c> the</c><00:31:59.369><c> word</c><00:31:59.549><c> of</c><00:31:59.750><c> God.</c>

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transfiguration<00:35:56.670><c> and</c><00:35:57.210><c> at</c><00:35:57.409><c> the</c><00:35:57.590><c> baptism.</c><00:36:01.929><c> Now,</c><00:36:03.190><c> the</c><00:36:03.469><c> reason</c>

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connections<00:36:08.630><c> to</c><00:36:09.329><c> the</c><00:36:10.070><c> Exodus</c><00:36:10.449><c> matter</c><00:36:10.849><c> so</c><00:36:11.190><c> much</c><00:36:11.489><c> and</c><00:36:11.909><c> the</c><00:36:12.070><c> reason</c><00:36:12.349><c> why</c>

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happens<00:36:47.369><c> all</c><00:36:47.889><c> over</c><00:36:48.150><c> the</c>

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death,<00:37:22.489><c> yet</c><00:37:22.670><c> I</c><00:37:22.909><c> will</c><00:37:23.010><c> have</c><00:37:23.289><c> seven</c><00:37:23.510><c> thousand</c><00:37:23.929><c> in</c><00:37:24.130><c> Israel,</c><00:37:24.929><c> all</c>

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the<00:37:25.329><c> knees</c><00:37:25.630><c> who</c><00:37:25.909><c> have</c><00:37:26.150><c> not</c><00:37:26.369><c> bowed</c><00:37:26.590><c> to</c><00:37:26.829><c> Baal</c><00:37:27.070><c> and</c><00:37:27.389><c> every</c>

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remnant.<00:37:36.989><c> They</c><00:37:37.230><c> are</c><00:37:37.710><c> put</c><00:37:37.909><c> to</c><00:37:38.130><c> one</c><00:37:38.409><c> side</c><00:37:38.789><c> and</c><00:37:39.269><c> kept</c><00:37:39.590><c> while</c><00:37:40.349><c> the</c>

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rest<00:37:40.809><c> is</c><00:37:41.130><c> destroyed.</c><00:37:41.670><c> And</c><00:37:42.050><c> that</c><00:37:42.670><c> is</c><00:37:43.090><c> what</c><00:37:43.289><c> Matthew</c>

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is<00:37:44.070><c> proposing</c><00:37:44.550><c> as</c><00:37:45.130><c> the</c><00:37:45.429><c> solution</c><00:37:45.949><c> to</c><00:37:47.210><c> the</c><00:37:47.670><c> rottenness</c><00:37:48.389><c> at</c><00:37:48.869><c> the</c>

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core<00:37:50.429><c> of</c><00:37:52.289><c> Jewish</c><00:37:52.570><c> society</c><00:37:53.250><c> at</c><00:37:53.590><c> the</c><00:37:53.829><c> time</c><00:37:54.429><c> of</c><00:37:55.150><c> Christ.</c>

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of<00:38:09.010><c> the</c><00:38:09.250><c> Jordan,</c><00:38:09.750><c> and</c><00:38:10.010><c> we</c><00:38:10.190><c> pay</c><00:38:10.389><c> attention</c>

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to<00:38:11.449><c> times</c><00:38:11.789><c> where</c><00:38:12.070><c> Christ</c><00:38:12.489><c> crosses</c><00:38:12.929><c> water</c><00:38:13.489><c> in</c><00:38:13.949><c> Matthew's</c><00:38:14.530><c> gospel,</c><00:38:15.130><c> we</c><00:38:15.409><c> get</c><00:38:15.530><c> a</c>

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really<00:38:16.050><c> interesting</c><00:38:16.730><c> alternate</c><00:38:17.409><c> way</c>

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of<00:38:17.909><c> looking</c><00:38:18.090><c> at</c><00:38:18.250><c> the</c><00:38:18.469><c> structure.</c><00:38:19.230><c> Now,</c><00:38:19.789><c> I'm</c><00:38:21.989><c> not</c><00:38:22.190><c> going</c><00:38:22.309><c> to</c><00:38:22.429><c> say</c><00:38:22.570><c> that</c><00:38:22.730><c> the</c><00:38:23.269><c> classic</c><00:38:23.750><c> ways</c><00:38:23.969><c> of</c>

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breaking<00:38:24.389><c> down</c>

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five<00:38:30.550><c> dialogue</c><00:38:31.250><c> structure</c><00:38:32.369><c> that's,</c>

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I<00:38:33.909><c> suppose,</c><00:38:34.510><c> the</c><00:38:34.989><c> general</c><00:38:35.349><c> way</c><00:38:35.530><c> of</c><00:38:35.650><c> looking</c><00:38:35.789><c> at</c><00:38:35.909><c> the</c><00:38:36.050><c> structure</c><00:38:36.250><c> very</c><00:38:36.570><c> much</c><00:38:36.769><c> still</c><00:38:37.070><c> stands.</c><00:38:39.030><c> This</c><00:38:39.610><c> is</c>

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by<00:38:40.050><c> no</c>

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the<00:38:47.570><c> Jordan</c><00:38:48.030><c> and</c><00:38:49.030><c> the</c><00:38:49.530><c> wilderness,</c>

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we<00:38:50.530><c> see</c><00:38:50.670><c> something</c><00:38:50.989><c> really</c><00:38:51.530><c> interesting.</c>

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John.<00:39:02.750><c> It's</c><00:39:02.949><c> John</c><00:39:03.349><c> who</c><00:39:03.650><c> is</c><00:39:04.050><c> rebuking</c>

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the<00:39:04.989><c> religious</c><00:39:05.389><c> leaders.</c><00:39:06.230><c> It's</c><00:39:06.369><c> John</c><00:39:06.570><c> who</c><00:39:06.690><c> is</c><00:39:06.909><c> calling</c><00:39:07.250><c> people</c><00:39:07.730><c> out</c>

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into<00:39:08.750><c> the</c><00:39:09.010><c> wilderness</c><00:39:09.610><c> so</c><00:39:11.670><c> that</c><00:39:11.809><c> they</c><00:39:11.969><c> can</c>

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be<00:39:12.369><c> made</c><00:39:12.610><c> right</c><00:39:12.809><c> with</c><00:39:13.030><c> God.</c><00:39:14.869><c> Then</c><00:39:15.510><c> Jesus's</c><00:39:16.570><c> ministry</c><00:39:16.889><c> begins</c>

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with<00:39:17.849><c> a</c><00:39:18.090><c> baptism</c><00:39:18.409><c> in</c><00:39:18.610><c> the</c><00:39:18.789><c> Jordan</c><00:39:19.090><c> and</c><00:39:19.889><c> temptations</c>

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the<00:39:21.170><c> wilderness.</c><00:39:21.550><c> Temptations</c><00:39:22.130><c> in</c><00:39:22.289><c> the</c><00:39:22.369><c> wilderness,</c><00:39:23.309><c> all</c><00:39:23.630><c> of</c>

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which<00:39:23.869><c> he</c><00:39:24.090><c> responds</c><00:39:24.550><c> to</c><00:39:24.989><c> by</c><00:39:25.349><c> citing</c><00:39:25.750><c> passages</c>

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from<00:39:27.630><c> the</c><00:39:27.909><c> Exodus,</c><00:39:29.289><c> from</c><00:39:29.650><c> the</c><00:39:29.849><c> temptations</c><00:39:30.670><c> that</c><00:39:32.349><c> the</c><00:39:32.570><c> Israelites</c><00:39:32.949><c> fell</c>

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to<00:39:34.130><c> in</c><00:39:35.730><c> the</c><00:39:36.329><c> wilderness</c><00:39:36.969><c> wanderings.</c>

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think<00:39:48.309><c> it's</c><00:39:48.610><c> reasonable</c><00:39:49.269><c> to</c><00:39:49.730><c> say</c>

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that<00:39:51.650><c> Jesus</c><00:39:52.210><c> then</c><00:39:52.550><c> begins</c><00:39:52.949><c> a</c><00:39:53.210><c> process</c><00:39:53.650><c> of</c><00:39:53.989><c> calling</c><00:39:54.269><c> out</c><00:39:54.530><c> a</c><00:39:54.769><c> people</c><00:39:54.969><c> to</c>

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the<00:39:55.510><c> wilderness.</c><00:39:56.429><c> Now,</c>

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we<00:39:57.369><c> don't</c><00:39:57.570><c> have</c><00:39:57.869><c> enough</c><00:39:58.130><c> time</c><00:39:58.449><c> to</c><00:39:58.829><c> get</c><00:39:58.969><c> into</c><00:39:59.250><c> great</c><00:39:59.510><c> detail</c><00:39:59.989><c> about</c><00:40:00.489><c> that,</c><00:40:01.250><c> but</c><00:40:01.429><c> we</c>

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can<00:40:01.829><c> see</c><00:40:02.010><c> it</c><00:40:02.130><c> in</c><00:40:02.230><c> the</c><00:40:02.409><c> Lord's</c><00:40:02.809><c> prayer.</c>

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Give<00:40:05.510><c> us</c><00:40:05.730><c> this</c><00:40:05.969><c> daily</c><00:40:06.289><c> bread.</c>

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I<00:40:10.010><c> mean,</c><00:40:10.269><c> that's</c><00:40:10.829><c> that's</c><00:40:11.030><c> manna.</c><00:40:12.989><c> When</c><00:40:13.429><c> we</c><00:40:13.650><c> when</c><00:40:13.789><c> we</c><00:40:13.989><c> just</c><00:40:14.230><c> think</c><00:40:14.469><c> about</c><00:40:15.050><c> lead</c><00:40:16.929><c> us</c>

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not<00:40:17.349><c> into</c><00:40:17.630><c> temptation,</c>

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who<00:40:21.369><c> was</c><00:40:21.670><c> just</c><00:40:21.909><c> led</c><00:40:22.030><c> into</c><00:40:22.250><c> temptation?</c><00:40:23.489><c> It</c><00:40:23.710><c> says</c><00:40:23.909><c> it</c><00:40:24.070><c> the</c><00:40:24.190><c> chapter</c><00:40:24.469><c> before</c><00:40:25.110><c> Jesus</c><00:40:25.670><c> was</c>

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led<00:40:26.329><c> into</c><00:40:26.730><c> the</c><00:40:26.929><c> wilderness</c>

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by<00:40:27.849><c> the</c><00:40:28.130><c> spirit.</c><00:40:29.590><c> So</c><00:40:30.329><c> there's</c><00:40:30.809><c> a</c><00:40:31.050><c> connection</c><00:40:31.550><c> that</c><00:40:32.369><c> we're</c><00:40:33.050><c> that</c><00:40:33.050><c> we're</c><00:40:33.389><c> sort</c><00:40:33.570><c> of</c>

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connecting<00:40:34.230><c> to</c><00:40:35.210><c> to</c><00:40:35.690><c> Christ's</c>

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experience<00:40:36.909><c> going</c><00:40:37.349><c> into</c><00:40:37.590><c> the</c><00:40:37.789><c> wilderness,</c><00:40:38.369><c> which</c><00:40:38.650><c> connects</c>

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to<00:40:39.469><c> the</c><00:40:39.710><c> people</c><00:40:39.849><c> of</c><00:40:40.050><c> Israel's</c><00:40:40.570><c> experience</c>

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going<00:40:41.489><c> into</c><00:40:41.730><c> the</c><00:40:41.909><c> wilderness.</c><00:40:42.670><c> This</c><00:40:42.929><c> is</c><00:40:43.110><c> what</c><00:40:43.269><c> it</c><00:40:43.449><c> means</c><00:40:43.989><c> to</c><00:40:44.230><c> be</c><00:40:44.829><c> a</c>

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nomad,<00:40:48.670><c> to</c><00:40:48.789><c> be</c><00:40:49.030><c> a</c><00:40:49.309><c> spiritual</c><00:40:49.670><c> Israelite,</c><00:40:50.210><c> to</c><00:40:50.309><c> be</c><00:40:50.510><c> a</c><00:40:50.769><c> person</c><00:40:51.170><c> who</c><00:40:51.670><c> is</c>

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without<00:40:52.809><c> a</c><00:40:54.090><c> who</c><00:40:54.389><c> is</c>

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in<00:40:55.690><c> a</c><00:40:56.010><c> real</c><00:40:56.289><c> sense,</c><00:40:57.650><c> without</c><00:40:58.030><c> a</c><00:40:58.409><c> state</c><00:40:58.650><c> without</c><00:40:59.130><c> an</c><00:40:59.409><c> identity,</c>

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we<00:41:41.650><c> hit</c><00:41:41.769><c> chapter</c><00:41:42.090><c> 10.</c>

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being<00:44:02.090><c> rejected.</c>

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ministry<00:49:22.190><c> where</c><00:49:22.510><c> Christ</c><00:49:23.090><c> starts</c><00:49:24.510><c> dispossessing.</c>

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