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Therefore,<00:10:43.960><c> it</c><00:10:44.019><c> cannot</c><00:10:44.299><c> be</c><00:10:44.559><c> relied</c><00:10:44.779><c> upon</c><00:10:45.179><c> as</c><00:10:45.620><c> a</c><00:10:45.779><c> book</c><00:10:45.919><c> from</c><00:10:46.200><c> God.</c>

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But<00:11:01.200><c> then</c><00:11:01.360><c> we</c><00:11:01.559><c> find</c><00:11:01.720><c> in</c><00:11:01.899><c> the</c><00:11:01.980><c> Old</c><00:11:02.120><c> Testament</c><00:11:02.620><c> that</c><00:11:03.220><c> God</c><00:11:03.480><c> was</c><00:11:03.759><c> instructing</c><00:11:04.320><c> his</c><00:11:04.519><c> people</c><00:11:04.820><c> to</c>

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go<00:11:05.120><c> and</c><00:11:05.299><c> destroy</c><00:11:05.559><c> whole</c><00:11:05.860><c> nations</c><00:11:06.360><c> at</c><00:11:06.659><c> times.</c>

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Men,<00:11:07.779><c> women,</c><00:11:08.220><c> and</c><00:11:08.480><c> children,</c><00:11:08.860><c> and</c><00:11:09.139><c> cattle,</c><00:11:10.320><c> destroy</c><00:11:10.620><c> them</c><00:11:10.820><c> utterly.</c>

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And<00:11:11.500><c> so</c><00:11:11.580><c> they</c><00:11:11.740><c> use</c><00:11:11.940><c> that</c><00:11:12.159><c> as</c><00:11:12.299><c> an</c><00:11:12.519><c> argument</c><00:11:12.779><c> why</c><00:11:12.960><c> we</c><00:11:13.159><c> should</c><00:11:13.539><c> not</c>

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believe<00:11:14.580><c> the</c><00:11:14.740><c> Bible.</c>

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So,<00:11:18.620><c> the</c><00:11:18.740><c> first</c><00:11:18.899><c> criticism</c><00:11:19.360><c> we're</c><00:11:19.539><c> going</c><00:11:19.700><c> to</c><00:11:19.899><c> take</c><00:11:20.080><c> on</c><00:11:20.299><c> for</c>

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facts,<00:11:24.659><c> fiction,</c><00:11:25.179><c> folklore,</c><00:11:26.100><c> and</c><00:11:26.340><c> legend.</c>

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Well,<00:11:29.820><c> we</c><00:11:30.139><c> feel</c><00:11:30.399><c> that</c><00:11:30.620><c> we</c><00:11:30.720><c> can</c><00:11:30.980><c> easily</c><00:11:31.360><c> disprove</c><00:11:31.820><c> that</c><00:11:32.259><c> by</c><00:11:32.620><c> a</c>

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number<00:11:32.919><c> of</c><00:11:33.159><c> points.</c>

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The<00:11:33.980><c> first</c><00:11:34.340><c> one</c><00:11:34.539><c> we're</c><00:11:35.080><c> going</c><00:11:35.100><c> to</c><00:11:35.200><c> look</c><00:11:35.440><c> at,</c><00:11:35.620><c> and</c><00:11:35.659><c> we're</c><00:11:35.820><c> going</c>

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to<00:11:36.039><c> spend</c><00:11:36.220><c> quite</c><00:11:36.440><c> a</c><00:11:36.519><c> bit</c><00:11:36.679><c> of</c><00:11:36.759><c> time</c><00:11:36.940><c> on</c><00:11:37.080><c> this</c><00:11:37.340><c> one,</c><00:11:37.960><c> archaeology.</c>

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Archaeology<00:11:40.240><c> and</c><00:11:40.659><c> archaeological</c><00:11:41.360><c> discoveries</c><00:11:42.080><c> over</c><00:11:42.759><c> the</c>

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Solomon's<00:11:49.639><c> buildings.</c>

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Things<00:11:50.220><c> that</c><00:11:50.840><c> were</c><00:11:51.139><c> never</c><00:11:51.500><c> thought</c><00:11:52.080><c> to</c><00:11:52.340><c> have</c><00:11:52.620><c> existed</c><00:11:53.019><c> only</c>

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And<00:11:56.240><c> so</c><00:11:56.419><c> people</c><00:11:56.740><c> said</c><00:11:57.200><c> the</c><00:11:57.620><c> Bible</c><00:11:57.840><c> can't</c><00:11:58.080><c> be</c><00:11:58.279><c> true</c><00:11:58.639><c> because</c><00:11:59.080><c> there</c><00:11:59.240><c> was</c><00:11:59.440><c> never</c><00:11:59.679><c> a</c>

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place<00:12:00.059><c> called</c><00:12:00.320><c> Nineveh</c><00:12:00.860><c> or</c><00:12:01.080><c> Babylon.</c>

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So<00:12:02.860><c> we</c><00:12:03.379><c> now</c><00:12:03.799><c> know</c><00:12:04.059><c> from</c><00:12:04.360><c> archaeology</c><00:12:05.100><c> that</c><00:12:05.500><c> these</c><00:12:05.779><c> places</c><00:12:06.080><c> existed,</c><00:12:07.500><c> which</c><00:12:07.659><c> adds</c><00:12:08.019><c> credibility</c><00:12:08.659><c> to</c>

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We<00:12:11.360><c> also</c><00:12:11.820><c> see</c><00:12:12.340><c> geology.</c>

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Now,<00:12:13.700><c> we're</c><00:12:13.759><c> not</c><00:12:13.899><c> going</c><00:12:14.019><c> to</c><00:12:14.179><c> spend</c><00:12:14.580><c> any</c><00:12:15.019><c> time</c><00:12:15.159><c> on</c><00:12:15.279><c> this</c><00:12:15.480><c> one</c><00:12:15.659><c> at</c>

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So<00:12:24.820><c> we're</c><00:12:25.139><c> going</c><00:12:25.259><c> to</c><00:12:25.399><c> bypass</c><00:12:25.659><c> that</c><00:12:25.980><c> one,</c><00:12:26.179><c> but</c><00:12:26.559><c> please</c><00:12:26.879><c> go</c><00:12:27.059><c> and</c>

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What<00:12:38.759><c> we</c><00:12:38.980><c> see</c><00:12:39.179><c> is</c><00:12:39.419><c> that</c><00:12:39.620><c> the</c><00:12:39.779><c> Bible</c><00:12:40.100><c> isn't</c><00:12:40.539><c> the</c><00:12:40.840><c> only</c><00:12:41.179><c> historical</c><00:12:41.799><c> account</c>

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Josephus,<00:12:45.620><c> for</c><00:12:45.779><c> example,</c><00:12:46.620><c> who</c><00:12:46.740><c> wrote</c><00:12:46.980><c> many</c><00:12:47.440><c> things</c><00:12:48.080><c> about</c><00:12:48.419><c> the</c><00:12:48.659><c> Jews</c><00:12:48.960><c> and</c><00:12:50.039><c> particularly</c><00:12:50.559><c> God's</c><00:12:51.080><c> dealings</c><00:12:52.500><c> with</c><00:12:52.679><c> the</c><00:12:52.860><c> Jews</c><00:12:53.080><c> and</c><00:12:53.399><c> the</c><00:12:53.519><c> events</c><00:12:53.700><c> that</c><00:12:54.000><c> happened</c><00:12:54.200><c> around</c><00:12:54.480><c> about</c><00:12:54.700><c> the</c><00:12:54.820><c> time</c><00:12:55.019><c> of</c>

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So<00:13:05.440><c> let's</c><00:13:05.919><c> move</c><00:13:06.120><c> on.</c><00:13:06.299><c> Let's</c><00:13:06.460><c> have</c><00:13:06.659><c> a</c><00:13:06.740><c> look</c><00:13:06.899><c> at</c><00:13:07.080><c> some</c><00:13:07.740><c> archaeological</c><00:13:08.399><c> evidence.</c>

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I'll<00:13:44.860><c> read</c><00:13:45.059><c> it</c><00:13:45.159><c> out</c><00:13:45.240><c> for</c><00:13:45.440><c> you.</c>

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It<00:14:01.679><c> was</c><00:14:01.899><c> discovered</c><00:14:02.159><c> in</c><00:14:02.500><c> Babylon,</c><00:14:03.320><c> again,</c><00:14:03.580><c> which</c><00:14:03.759><c> was</c><00:14:03.980><c> not</c><00:14:04.200><c> thought</c><00:14:04.340><c> to</c>

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have<00:14:04.700><c> existed,</c><00:14:05.200><c> which</c><00:14:05.360><c> was</c><00:14:05.559><c> found</c><00:14:05.779><c> in</c><00:14:06.019><c> Iraq.</c>

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It<00:14:06.940><c> was</c><00:14:07.100><c> discovered</c><00:14:07.440><c> by</c><00:14:07.799><c> Hormuz</c><00:14:08.279><c> Rasam,</c><00:14:08.960><c> an</c><00:14:09.240><c> archaeologist,</c>

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and<00:14:10.799><c> it</c><00:14:11.100><c> details</c><00:14:11.879><c> when</c><00:14:12.639><c> Cyrus</c><00:14:13.080><c> incorporated</c><00:14:14.100><c> Babylon</c><00:14:14.779><c> into</c>

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How<00:14:19.240><c> does</c><00:14:19.440><c> that</c><00:14:19.659><c> relate</c><00:14:20.039><c> to</c><00:14:20.220><c> the</c><00:14:20.379><c> Bible?</c>

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There<00:14:22.639><c> is</c><00:14:22.779><c> the</c><00:14:22.960><c> actual</c><00:14:23.259><c> size</c><00:14:23.580><c> of</c><00:14:23.740><c> it,</c><00:14:23.820><c> so</c><00:14:23.980><c> you</c><00:14:24.019><c> can</c><00:14:24.200><c> see</c><00:14:24.360><c> how</c><00:14:24.679><c> small</c><00:14:24.960><c> it</c>

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is<00:14:25.320><c> there,</c><00:14:26.039><c> the</c><00:14:26.200><c> image</c><00:14:26.419><c> that's</c><00:14:26.779><c> imposed</c><00:14:27.120><c> there.</c>

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Right.<00:14:31.740><c> How</c><00:14:32.019><c> does</c><00:14:32.259><c> it</c><00:14:32.399><c> relate</c><00:14:32.899><c> to</c><00:14:33.460><c> the</c><00:14:33.759><c> Bible?</c>

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These<00:14:36.299><c> same</c><00:14:36.860><c> exact</c><00:14:37.500><c> verses</c><00:14:38.179><c> on</c><00:14:38.519><c> this</c><00:14:38.779><c> cylinder</c><00:14:39.340><c> foretold</c><00:14:40.460><c> in</c>

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There<00:14:42.340><c> is</c><00:14:42.559><c> also</c><00:14:42.840><c> evidence</c><00:14:43.159><c> of</c><00:14:43.419><c> them</c><00:14:43.620><c> in</c><00:14:43.799><c> the</c><00:14:44.059><c> recordings</c><00:14:44.419><c> of</c>

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the<00:14:44.840><c> decree</c><00:14:45.039><c> of</c><00:14:45.379><c> Cyrus</c><00:14:45.620><c> in</c><00:14:45.899><c> the</c><00:14:45.980><c> book</c><00:14:46.220><c> of</c><00:14:46.539><c> Ezra.</c>

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Below<00:14:48.279><c> are</c><00:14:48.539><c> quotes</c><00:14:48.940><c> from</c><00:14:49.279><c> the</c><00:14:49.539><c> Cyrus</c><00:14:49.840><c> Cylinder,</c><00:14:50.419><c> along</c><00:14:50.700><c> with</c>

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the<00:14:51.500><c> biblical</c><00:14:51.879><c> pages</c><00:14:52.419><c> that</c><00:14:52.740><c> are</c><00:14:52.879><c> essentially</c><00:14:53.539><c> exactly</c><00:14:54.279><c> the</c>

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same,<00:14:55.000><c> that</c><00:14:55.120><c> say</c><00:14:55.559><c> exactly</c><00:14:56.019><c> the</c><00:14:56.159><c> same</c><00:14:56.379><c> thing.</c>

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So<00:14:57.019><c> we</c><00:14:57.139><c> have</c><00:14:57.360><c> the</c><00:14:57.580><c> Bible</c><00:14:58.200><c> and</c><00:14:59.120><c> we</c><00:14:59.279><c> have</c><00:14:59.539><c> this</c><00:14:59.919><c> cylinder</c><00:15:00.220><c> that</c>

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was<00:15:01.019><c> discovered</c><00:15:01.460><c> in</c><00:15:01.639><c> 1879</c><00:15:02.840><c> saying</c><00:15:03.539><c> exactly</c><00:15:04.159><c> the</c><00:15:04.399><c> same</c><00:15:04.659><c> thing,</c>

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in<00:15:05.840><c> effect.</c>

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And<00:15:07.240><c> so</c><00:15:07.539><c> we</c><00:15:07.840><c> can</c><00:15:08.179><c> corroborate</c><00:15:08.759><c> the</c><00:15:08.980><c> two.</c>

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We<00:15:09.940><c> can</c><00:15:10.159><c> say,</c><00:15:10.419><c> yes,</c><00:15:10.679><c> the</c><00:15:10.779><c> Bible</c><00:15:11.080><c> is</c><00:15:11.360><c> accurate</c><00:15:11.840><c> and</c><00:15:12.659><c> the</c><00:15:12.960><c> cylinder</c><00:15:13.179><c> is</c>

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accurate<00:15:13.720><c> because</c><00:15:13.980><c> they</c><00:15:14.679><c> complement</c><00:15:15.200><c> each</c><00:15:15.480><c> other.</c>

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They<00:15:15.980><c> agree</c><00:15:16.320><c> with</c><00:15:16.500><c> each</c><00:15:16.759><c> other.</c>

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Basically<00:15:18.580><c> what</c><00:15:18.860><c> the</c><00:15:19.039><c> Cyrus</c><00:15:19.600><c> Cylinder</c><00:15:20.259><c> is</c><00:15:20.399><c> saying</c><00:15:20.799><c> is</c><00:15:21.580><c> that</c>

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Nabonidus,<00:15:25.299><c> the</c><00:15:25.500><c> Babylonian</c><00:15:26.080><c> king</c><00:15:26.460><c> Cyrus</c><00:15:27.039><c> conquered,</c><00:15:28.159><c> is</c><00:15:28.259><c> denounced</c><00:15:28.840><c> as</c>

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an<00:15:29.379><c> impious</c><00:15:29.940><c> oppressor</c><00:15:30.940><c> of</c><00:15:31.159><c> the</c><00:15:31.320><c> Babylonian</c><00:15:31.879><c> people.</c>

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And<00:15:33.179><c> the</c><00:15:33.419><c> cylinder</c><00:15:33.820><c> presents</c><00:15:34.500><c> Cyrus</c><00:15:34.960><c> as</c><00:15:35.200><c> a</c><00:15:35.480><c> new</c><00:15:35.700><c> ruler,</c><00:15:36.899><c> the</c>

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Babylonian<00:15:38.340><c> god</c><00:15:38.559><c> Marduk,</c><00:15:39.620><c> and</c><00:15:39.759><c> obviously</c><00:15:40.120><c> we</c><00:15:40.360><c> see</c><00:15:40.559><c> that</c><00:15:40.960><c> as</c>

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the<00:15:41.759><c> god</c><00:15:41.899><c> of</c><00:15:42.100><c> the</c><00:15:42.279><c> Jews,</c><00:15:43.519><c> who</c><00:15:43.700><c> chose</c><00:15:43.980><c> to</c><00:15:44.279><c> restore</c><00:15:44.580><c> peace</c><00:15:45.120><c> and</c>

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order<00:15:45.960><c> to</c><00:15:46.200><c> Babylon.</c>

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So<00:15:46.659><c> it's</c><00:15:47.000><c> a</c><00:15:47.139><c> claim</c><00:15:47.360><c> that</c><00:15:47.620><c> he</c><00:15:47.779><c> was</c><00:15:48.039><c> basically</c><00:15:48.440><c> invited</c><00:15:48.940><c> in</c><00:15:49.419><c> to</c>

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take<00:15:50.379><c> over</c><00:15:50.620><c> Babylon</c><00:15:50.899><c> without</c><00:15:51.220><c> any</c><00:15:51.580><c> struggle.</c>

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Cyrus<00:15:54.080><c> is</c><00:15:54.440><c> praised</c><00:15:54.840><c> for</c><00:15:55.259><c> improving</c><00:15:55.759><c> the</c><00:15:56.080><c> lives</c><00:15:56.279><c> of</c><00:15:56.500><c> the</c>

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Babylonian<00:15:57.179><c> people.</c>

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He<00:15:59.000><c> also</c><00:15:59.460><c> allowed</c><00:16:00.000><c> displaced</c><00:16:00.740><c> peoples,</c><00:16:01.480><c> including</c><00:16:01.759><c> the</c><00:16:02.039><c> Jews,</c><00:16:02.700><c> to</c>

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return<00:16:03.220><c> to</c><00:16:03.419><c> their</c><00:16:03.639><c> lands</c><00:16:03.980><c> for</c><00:16:04.340><c> restoring</c><00:16:04.720><c> and</c><00:16:05.200><c> restoring</c><00:16:05.600><c> temples</c><00:16:06.100><c> in</c>

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the<00:16:06.480><c> empire.</c>

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And<00:16:06.860><c> that's</c><00:16:07.059><c> exactly</c><00:16:07.399><c> what</c><00:16:07.659><c> the</c><00:16:07.820><c> biblical</c><00:16:08.039><c> account</c><00:16:08.419><c> says.</c>

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And<00:16:09.240><c> so</c><00:16:09.299><c> we're</c><00:16:09.440><c> going</c><00:16:09.500><c> to</c><00:16:09.659><c> highlight</c><00:16:10.000><c> those</c><00:16:10.259><c> verses</c><00:16:10.679><c> because</c>

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they<00:16:11.019><c> were</c><00:16:11.159><c> quite</c><00:16:11.399><c> small</c><00:16:11.700><c> to</c><00:16:11.940><c> read</c><00:16:12.120><c> there.</c>

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We're<00:16:13.679><c> just</c><00:16:13.879><c> going</c><00:16:13.940><c> to</c><00:16:13.940><c> look</c><00:16:14.100><c> at</c><00:16:14.159><c> the</c><00:16:14.299><c> first</c><00:16:14.539><c> two.</c>

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This<00:16:15.580><c> is</c><00:16:15.899><c> Isaiah</c><00:16:16.279><c> chapter</c><00:16:16.679><c> 45,</c><00:16:17.500><c> by</c><00:16:17.620><c> the</c><00:16:17.799><c> way,</c><00:16:18.019><c> and</c><00:16:18.200><c> verse</c><00:16:18.460><c> one.</c>

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Thus<00:16:19.840><c> saith</c><00:16:20.100><c> the</c><00:16:20.340><c> Lord</c><00:16:20.559><c> to</c><00:16:20.779><c> his</c><00:16:21.000><c> anointed,</c><00:16:21.480><c> to</c><00:16:21.879><c> Cyrus,</c><00:16:22.840><c> whose</c>

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right<00:16:23.419><c> hand</c><00:16:23.659><c> I</c><00:16:23.779><c> have</c><00:16:23.960><c> holden.</c>

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Now<00:16:25.159><c> that</c><00:16:25.240><c> verse</c><00:16:25.799><c> will</c><00:16:26.379><c> prove</c><00:16:26.639><c> very</c><00:16:27.179><c> remarkable</c><00:16:27.659><c> in</c><00:16:27.840><c> a</c><00:16:28.000><c> few</c><00:16:28.120><c> moments.</c>

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But<00:16:29.080><c> for</c><00:16:29.279><c> the</c><00:16:29.460><c> time</c><00:16:29.700><c> being,</c><00:16:30.320><c> look</c><00:16:30.519><c> at</c><00:16:30.700><c> line</c><00:16:31.000><c> 12</c><00:16:31.620><c> of</c><00:16:31.960><c> the</c><00:16:32.159><c> cylinder.</c>

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It<00:16:33.139><c> says</c><00:16:33.379><c> he,</c><00:16:34.100><c> God,</c><00:16:35.080><c> as</c><00:16:35.200><c> we</c><00:16:35.440><c> see</c><00:16:35.620><c> it</c><00:16:35.820><c> here,</c><00:16:36.639><c> took</c><00:16:36.860><c> the</c><00:16:37.059><c> hand</c><00:16:37.240><c> of</c>

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Cyrus,<00:16:37.980><c> king</c><00:16:38.440><c> the</c><00:16:38.799><c> city</c><00:16:39.179><c> of</c><00:16:39.600><c> Anishan.</c>

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The<00:16:42.360><c> second</c><00:16:42.720><c> line.</c>

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For<00:16:44.399><c> Jacob,</c><00:16:45.159><c> my</c><00:16:45.360><c> servant's</c><00:16:46.019><c> sake,</c><00:16:46.399><c> and</c><00:16:46.580><c> Israel,</c><00:16:47.100><c> mine</c><00:16:47.259><c> elect,</c>

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I<00:16:47.940><c> have</c><00:16:48.220><c> called</c><00:16:48.519><c> thee</c><00:16:48.779><c> by</c><00:16:49.120><c> name,</c><00:16:49.559><c> talking</c><00:16:49.960><c> about</c><00:16:50.299><c> Cyrus.</c>

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I<00:16:51.659><c> have</c><00:16:52.019><c> surnamed</c><00:16:52.600><c> thee,</c><00:16:53.279><c> though</c><00:16:53.580><c> thou</c><00:16:53.840><c> hast</c><00:16:54.139><c> not</c><00:16:54.440><c> known</c><00:16:54.679><c> me.</c>

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And<00:16:56.000><c> again,</c><00:16:56.759><c> verse</c><00:16:56.759><c> line</c><00:16:57.279><c> 12,</c><00:16:57.960><c> it</c><00:16:58.139><c> says,</c><00:16:58.500><c> and</c><00:16:58.600><c> called</c><00:16:58.759><c> him</c><00:16:58.960><c> by</c>

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his<00:16:59.460><c> name.</c>

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The<00:17:00.679><c> two</c><00:17:01.659><c> complement</c><00:17:02.419><c> each</c><00:17:02.700><c> other.</c>

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They<00:17:03.120><c> say</c><00:17:03.299><c> exactly</c><00:17:03.659><c> the</c><00:17:03.899><c> same</c><00:17:04.119><c> thing.</c>

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Now,<00:17:07.000><c> what</c><00:17:07.160><c> we</c><00:17:07.359><c> have</c><00:17:07.599><c> to</c><00:17:07.839><c> ask</c><00:17:08.119><c> is,</c><00:17:08.420><c> and</c><00:17:08.559><c> what</c><00:17:08.740><c> we</c><00:17:08.859><c> need</c><00:17:09.039><c> to</c><00:17:09.140><c> ask</c><00:17:09.319><c> ourselves,</c>

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is<00:17:11.299><c> what</c><00:17:11.400><c> does</c><00:17:11.599><c> that</c><00:17:11.819><c> mean</c><00:17:12.039><c> to</c><00:17:12.279><c> us</c><00:17:12.720><c> as</c><00:17:13.099><c> an</c><00:17:13.339><c> individual?</c>

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If<00:17:14.460><c> now,</c><00:17:14.900><c> after</c><00:17:15.180><c> all</c><00:17:15.440><c> those</c><00:17:15.700><c> years</c><00:17:16.039><c> after</c><00:17:16.319><c> the</c><00:17:16.420><c> book</c><00:17:16.579><c> was</c><00:17:16.759><c> put</c><00:17:17.039><c> together,</c>

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we<00:17:18.160><c> now</c><00:17:18.579><c> know</c><00:17:18.980><c> that</c><00:17:19.339><c> that</c><00:17:19.640><c> particular</c><00:17:20.119><c> part</c><00:17:20.539><c> of</c><00:17:20.720><c> scripture</c><00:17:21.099><c> is</c><00:17:21.720><c> proven,</c>

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how<00:17:23.460><c> is</c><00:17:23.619><c> that</c><00:17:23.839><c> going</c><00:17:24.039><c> to</c><00:17:24.259><c> affect</c><00:17:24.539><c> us?</c><00:17:24.720><c> What</c><00:17:24.900><c> are</c><00:17:25.039><c> we</c><00:17:25.180><c> going</c><00:17:25.299><c> to</c>

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do<00:17:25.660><c> about</c><00:17:26.039><c> it?</c>

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We<00:17:27.640><c> now</c><00:17:27.960><c> have</c><00:17:28.180><c> to</c><00:17:28.299><c> take</c><00:17:28.500><c> that</c><00:17:28.759><c> book</c><00:17:28.940><c> seriously.</c>

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So,<00:17:32.200><c> for</c><00:17:32.339><c> a</c><00:17:32.440><c> long</c><00:17:32.660><c> time,</c><00:17:33.220><c> Babylon</c><00:17:33.299><c> wasn't</c><00:17:33.619><c> thought</c><00:17:33.880><c> to</c><00:17:34.019><c> have</c><00:17:34.240><c> existed.</c>

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Then<00:17:36.019><c> Babylon's</c><00:17:36.539><c> discovered,</c><00:17:37.299><c> this</c><00:17:37.559><c> cylinder</c><00:17:37.859><c> pops</c><00:17:38.160><c> up,</c><00:17:38.839><c> and</c>

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it<00:17:39.000><c> confirms</c><00:17:39.359><c> the</c><00:17:39.559><c> biblical</c><00:17:39.920><c> account.</c>

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Proof<00:17:41.779><c> that</c><00:17:42.059><c> the</c><00:17:42.180><c> Bible</c><00:17:42.599><c> is</c><00:17:43.779><c> accurate</c><00:17:44.299><c> and</c><00:17:44.519><c> that</c><00:17:44.640><c> it's</c><00:17:44.900><c> the</c><00:17:45.019><c> word</c><00:17:45.200><c> of</c><00:17:45.440><c> God.</c>

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But<00:17:46.200><c> what's</c><00:17:46.740><c> the</c><00:17:46.740><c> significance</c><00:17:47.259><c> of</c><00:17:47.500><c> the</c><00:17:47.740><c> find?</c><00:17:47.980><c> What</c><00:17:48.119><c> is</c><00:17:48.539><c> the</c><00:17:48.819><c> significance?</c>

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Well,<00:17:51.279><c> nowadays,</c><00:17:52.200><c> Iran</c><00:17:52.920><c> use</c><00:17:53.500><c> it</c><00:17:53.759><c> and</c><00:17:53.940><c> celebrate</c><00:17:54.519><c> it</c><00:17:54.940><c> to</c><00:17:55.160><c> demonstrate</c><00:17:55.740><c> the</c>

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time<00:17:56.480><c> when</c><00:17:56.859><c> the</c><00:17:57.140><c> Persians</c><00:17:57.579><c> ruled</c><00:17:57.859><c> the</c><00:17:58.119><c> world.</c>

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So<00:17:58.880><c> they</c><00:17:59.099><c> love</c><00:17:59.279><c> this</c><00:17:59.579><c> cylinder</c><00:17:59.880><c> because</c><00:18:00.400><c> it</c><00:18:00.720><c> proves</c><00:18:01.079><c> that</c><00:18:01.319><c> the</c>

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Persian<00:18:02.160><c> Empire</c><00:18:02.700><c> ruled</c><00:18:03.019><c> the</c><00:18:03.259><c> world.</c>

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So<00:18:04.680><c> they</c><00:18:04.920><c> promote</c><00:18:05.319><c> it</c><00:18:05.700><c> and</c><00:18:05.920><c> they</c><00:18:06.180><c> use</c><00:18:06.380><c> it,</c><00:18:07.259><c> quite</c><00:18:07.420><c> rightly,</c>

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because<00:18:08.359><c> the</c><00:18:08.500><c> Bible</c><00:18:08.759><c> also</c><00:18:09.220><c> says</c><00:18:09.460><c> that,</c><00:18:09.920><c> that</c><00:18:10.119><c> the</c><00:18:10.299><c> Persians</c>

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ruled<00:18:10.920><c> the</c><00:18:11.099><c> world</c><00:18:11.440><c> at</c><00:18:11.640><c> that</c><00:18:11.900><c> time.</c>

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Many<00:18:13.140><c> politicians</c><00:18:13.859><c> today</c><00:18:14.359><c> use</c><00:18:14.720><c> it</c><00:18:15.279><c> as</c><00:18:15.579><c> the</c><00:18:15.839><c> oldest</c><00:18:16.240><c> declaration</c><00:18:16.839><c> of</c><00:18:17.119><c> human</c><00:18:17.400><c> rights,</c>

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because<00:18:18.599><c> Cyrus</c><00:18:19.039><c> let</c><00:18:19.259><c> many</c><00:18:19.579><c> captive</c><00:18:20.039><c> peoples</c><00:18:20.519><c> return</c><00:18:21.019><c> to</c>

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their<00:18:21.359><c> native</c><00:18:21.759><c> land.</c>

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That<00:18:22.799><c> was</c><00:18:23.000><c> something</c><00:18:23.240><c> that</c><00:18:23.400><c> was</c><00:18:23.619><c> unheard</c><00:18:24.079><c> of.</c>

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You<00:18:24.839><c> didn't</c><00:18:25.119><c> send</c><00:18:25.400><c> slaves</c><00:18:25.759><c> back</c><00:18:26.039><c> to</c><00:18:26.119><c> their</c><00:18:26.259><c> own</c><00:18:26.400><c> land</c><00:18:26.799><c> to</c><00:18:27.440><c> set</c>

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up<00:18:27.779><c> their</c><00:18:28.000><c> own</c><00:18:28.200><c> buildings</c><00:18:28.579><c> again</c><00:18:28.940><c> and</c><00:18:29.160><c> worship</c><00:18:29.619><c> and</c><00:18:29.900><c> their</c><00:18:30.099><c> religions.</c>

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You<00:18:31.339><c> enslaved</c><00:18:31.759><c> them</c><00:18:31.980><c> and</c><00:18:32.140><c> used</c><00:18:32.319><c> them</c><00:18:32.480><c> to</c><00:18:32.640><c> make</c><00:18:32.839><c> your</c><00:18:33.319><c> empire</c><00:18:33.700><c> great.</c>

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But<00:18:35.000><c> that's</c><00:18:35.240><c> not</c><00:18:35.380><c> what</c><00:18:35.579><c> happened.</c><00:18:36.180><c> That's</c><00:18:36.480><c> not</c><00:18:36.660><c> what</c><00:18:37.059><c> Cyrus</c><00:18:37.220><c> did.</c>

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It<00:18:38.859><c> supports</c><00:18:39.279><c> the</c><00:18:39.539><c> authority</c><00:18:40.000><c> of</c><00:18:40.180><c> the</c><00:18:40.339><c> Bible,</c><00:18:40.619><c> because</c><00:18:41.019><c> the</c>

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Bible<00:18:41.539><c> predicted</c><00:18:42.099><c> that</c><00:18:42.420><c> Cyrus</c><00:18:42.920><c> would</c><00:18:43.519><c> overthrow</c><00:18:43.920><c> Babylon</c>

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and<00:18:44.900><c> set</c><00:18:45.099><c> the</c><00:18:45.299><c> Jews</c><00:18:45.559><c> free.</c>

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And<00:18:46.359><c> this</c><00:18:46.559><c> is</c><00:18:46.779><c> the</c><00:18:46.920><c> remarkable</c><00:18:47.440><c> point</c><00:18:47.720><c> I</c><00:18:47.859><c> want</c><00:18:47.980><c> you</c><00:18:48.140><c> to</c><00:18:48.339><c> take</c>

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note<00:18:48.740><c> of.</c>

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The<00:18:49.579><c> prophet</c><00:18:50.059><c> Isaiah</c><00:18:51.019><c> named</c><00:18:51.740><c> Cyrus</c><00:18:52.460><c> by</c><00:18:53.299><c> name</c><00:18:54.259><c> about</c><00:18:55.259><c> 150</c><00:18:56.240><c> years</c><00:18:57.140><c> before</c><00:18:57.900><c> he</c>

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was<00:18:58.380><c> born,</c><00:18:59.359><c> before</c><00:18:59.759><c> Cyrus</c><00:19:00.240><c> was</c><00:19:00.519><c> born.</c>

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We<00:19:02.200><c> know</c><00:19:02.640><c> that</c><00:19:02.940><c> Isaiah</c><00:19:03.440><c> prophesied</c><00:19:04.160><c> around</c><00:19:04.420><c> about</c><00:19:04.940><c> 730</c><00:19:05.839><c> years</c>

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before<00:19:06.539><c> Christ,</c><00:19:07.539><c> and</c><00:19:07.720><c> Cyrus</c><00:19:08.160><c> was</c><00:19:08.460><c> born</c><00:19:08.859><c> in</c><00:19:09.319><c> 580</c><00:19:10.160><c> before</c><00:19:11.220><c> Christ.</c>

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150<00:19:13.019><c> years</c><00:19:14.119><c> before</c><00:19:14.799><c> Cyrus</c><00:19:15.180><c> was</c><00:19:15.500><c> born,</c><00:19:16.359><c> God</c><00:19:16.700><c> announces</c><00:19:17.519><c> him</c><00:19:17.960><c> and</c><00:19:18.299><c> what</c><00:19:18.460><c> he's</c><00:19:18.740><c> going</c><00:19:18.880><c> to</c>

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do<00:19:19.720><c> with</c><00:19:20.259><c> Cyrus</c><00:19:20.799><c> in</c><00:19:21.420><c> the</c><00:19:21.579><c> Bible.</c>

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Isn't<00:19:23.019><c> that</c><00:19:23.259><c> remarkable?</c>

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That<00:19:25.099><c> these</c><00:19:25.359><c> things</c><00:19:25.579><c> were</c><00:19:25.779><c> written</c><00:19:26.019><c> down</c><00:19:26.359><c> 150</c><00:19:27.079><c> years</c><00:19:28.039><c> before</c>

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Cyrus<00:19:29.819><c> was</c><00:19:30.059><c> even</c><00:19:30.279><c> born.</c>

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This<00:19:35.059><c> is</c><00:19:35.279><c> interesting</c><00:19:35.720><c> as</c><00:19:35.980><c> well.</c>

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The<00:19:37.019><c> British</c><00:19:37.380><c> Museum</c><00:19:37.779><c> has</c><00:19:38.059><c> two</c><00:19:38.319><c> of</c><00:19:38.440><c> the</c><00:19:38.660><c> tablets</c><00:19:38.900><c> with</c><00:19:39.279><c> exactly</c><00:19:39.759><c> the</c>

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same<00:19:40.259><c> information.</c>

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Look<00:19:41.660><c> at</c><00:19:42.619><c> the</c><00:19:42.680><c> date</c><00:19:42.940><c> on</c><00:19:43.140><c> this.</c>

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In<00:19:43.579><c> January</c><00:19:44.119><c> 2010,</c><00:19:45.640><c> they'd</c><00:19:45.839><c> had</c><00:19:46.019><c> these</c><00:19:46.339><c> tablets,</c><00:19:47.019><c> but</c><00:19:47.180><c> they've</c><00:19:47.440><c> only</c>

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just<00:19:48.259><c> realised</c><00:19:48.680><c> what's</c><00:19:49.079><c> on</c><00:19:49.220><c> them.</c>

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The<00:19:50.059><c> British</c><00:19:50.559><c> Museum</c><00:19:50.980><c> announced</c><00:19:51.420><c> that</c><00:19:51.660><c> two</c><00:19:51.880><c> cuneiform</c><00:19:52.380><c> tablets</c><00:19:52.779><c> in</c><00:19:52.940><c> its</c><00:19:53.119><c> collection</c><00:19:53.480><c> had</c><00:19:53.839><c> been</c><00:19:54.160><c> found</c><00:19:54.539><c> to</c>

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be<00:19:55.000><c> inscribed</c><00:19:55.319><c> with</c><00:19:55.539><c> the</c><00:19:55.779><c> same</c><00:19:56.099><c> text</c><00:19:56.660><c> that</c><00:19:57.240><c> was</c><00:19:57.460><c> found</c><00:19:57.680><c> on</c><00:19:57.859><c> the</c>

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Cyrus<00:19:58.259><c> cylinder,</c>

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which<00:19:59.200><c> according</c><00:19:59.559><c> to</c><00:19:59.759><c> the</c><00:19:59.940><c> Museum,</c><00:20:00.819><c> showed</c><00:20:01.039><c> that</c><00:20:01.259><c> the</c><00:20:01.500><c> text</c><00:20:01.759><c> of</c><00:20:01.940><c> the</c><00:20:02.119><c> cylinder</c><00:20:02.480><c> was</c><00:20:03.019><c> probably</c><00:20:03.380><c> a</c>

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proclamation<00:20:04.079><c> that</c><00:20:04.480><c> was</c><00:20:04.839><c> widely</c><00:20:05.359><c> distributed</c><00:20:06.160><c> across</c><00:20:06.900><c> the</c>

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Persian<00:20:07.359><c> Empire.</c>

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Confirming<00:20:10.299><c> again</c><00:20:10.900><c> that</c><00:20:11.279><c> these</c><00:20:11.740><c> things</c><00:20:12.259><c> actually</c><00:20:13.079><c> happened,</c>

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that<00:20:13.839><c> they</c><00:20:14.079><c> took</c><00:20:14.359><c> place.</c>

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That<00:20:15.359><c> it</c><00:20:15.420><c> wasn't</c><00:20:15.680><c> a</c><00:20:15.880><c> one</c><00:20:16.059><c>-off</c><00:20:16.259><c> thing.</c>

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We've<00:20:17.539><c> now</c><00:20:17.680><c> got</c><00:20:17.940><c> extra</c><00:20:18.420><c> evidence</c><00:20:18.799><c> to</c><00:20:19.119><c> prove</c><00:20:19.480><c> that</c><00:20:20.119><c> the</c><00:20:20.519><c> things</c>

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recorded<00:20:21.460><c> by</c><00:20:21.799><c> Isaiah</c><00:20:22.279><c> were</c><00:20:22.960><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:20:24.660><c> so</c><00:20:24.859><c> that</c><00:20:25.119><c> gives</c><00:20:25.319><c> us</c><00:20:25.640><c> reason</c><00:20:25.960><c> to</c><00:20:26.220><c> believe</c><00:20:26.420><c> everything</c><00:20:26.779><c> else</c><00:20:27.200><c> that</c><00:20:27.559><c> the</c>

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prophet<00:20:28.000><c> Isaiah</c><00:20:28.599><c> wrote</c><00:20:29.380><c> by</c><00:20:29.680><c> the</c><00:20:29.799><c> hand</c><00:20:29.940><c> of</c><00:20:30.160><c> God.</c>

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And<00:20:32.700><c> we</c><00:20:32.819><c> have</c><00:20:32.980><c> the</c><00:20:33.220><c> Tailor</c><00:20:33.559><c> Prism,</c><00:20:34.339><c> another</c><00:20:34.700><c> piece</c><00:20:34.980><c> of</c>

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archaeological<00:20:35.700><c> evidence.</c>

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What<00:20:36.539><c> is</c><00:20:36.779><c> it?</c>

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This<00:20:37.480><c> is</c><00:20:37.759><c> a</c><00:20:37.880><c> replica</c><00:20:38.380><c> of</c><00:20:38.980><c> a</c><00:20:39.099><c> six</c><00:20:39.559><c>-sided</c><00:20:39.880><c> clay</c><00:20:40.200><c> prism</c><00:20:40.839><c> inscribed</c>

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again<00:20:41.940><c> in</c><00:20:42.180><c> cuneiform</c><00:20:42.740><c> that</c><00:20:43.039><c> was</c><00:20:43.259><c> discovered</c><00:20:43.720><c> in</c><00:20:44.059><c> Nineveh,</c><00:20:45.019><c> in</c><00:20:45.200><c> Assyria.</c>

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The<00:20:49.420><c> clay</c><00:20:49.720><c> document</c><00:20:50.160><c> records</c><00:20:50.619><c> the</c><00:20:50.900><c> first</c><00:20:51.240><c> eight</c><00:20:51.640><c> campaigns</c>

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of<00:20:52.500><c> King</c><00:20:52.799><c> Sennacherib.</c>

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Now,<00:20:54.220><c> King</c><00:20:54.319><c> Sennacherib</c><00:20:54.940><c> is</c><00:20:55.180><c> also</c><00:20:55.779><c> a</c><00:20:55.960><c> biblical</c><00:20:56.299><c> character.</c>

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He's<00:20:57.140><c> recorded</c><00:20:57.660><c> in</c><00:20:58.240><c> the</c><00:20:58.420><c> Bible.</c>

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How<00:21:00.099><c> does</c><00:21:00.279><c> this</c><00:21:00.440><c> relate</c><00:21:00.799><c> to</c><00:21:01.000><c> the</c><00:21:01.099><c> Bible?</c>

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Sennacherib's<00:21:04.099><c> inscription</c><00:21:04.579><c> fits</c><00:21:05.059><c> the</c><00:21:05.259><c> biblical</c><00:21:05.759><c> account</c>

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very<00:21:06.700><c> closely,</c><00:21:07.559><c> with</c><00:21:07.720><c> the</c><00:21:07.940><c> small</c><00:21:08.279><c> exception</c><00:21:08.839><c> that</c><00:21:09.019><c> he</c><00:21:09.140><c> leaves</c>

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out<00:21:09.640><c> the</c><00:21:09.680><c> end</c><00:21:09.880><c> of</c><00:21:10.220><c> the</c><00:21:10.259><c> story.</c>

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And<00:21:11.240><c> we'll</c><00:21:11.420><c> see</c><00:21:11.640><c> why</c><00:21:11.839><c> in</c><00:21:11.900><c> a</c><00:21:12.039><c> moment.</c><00:21:12.400><c> Just</c><00:21:12.500><c> bear</c><00:21:12.660><c> with</c><00:21:12.859><c> us</c><00:21:13.019><c> on</c><00:21:13.200><c> this.</c>

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Through<00:21:14.279><c> the</c><00:21:14.500><c> prophet</c><00:21:14.799><c> Isaiah,</c><00:21:15.900><c> God</c><00:21:16.299><c> promised</c><00:21:16.859><c> to</c><00:21:17.140><c> defend</c>

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Jerusalem<00:21:17.980><c> against</c><00:21:18.440><c> invasion.</c>

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It's<00:21:19.500><c> worth</c><00:21:19.680><c> reading</c><00:21:20.000><c> this</c><00:21:20.240><c> chapter</c><00:21:20.539><c> to</c><00:21:20.700><c> get</c><00:21:20.819><c> the</c><00:21:21.000><c> full</c><00:21:21.500><c> background</c><00:21:22.000><c> to</c><00:21:22.160><c> what's</c><00:21:22.460><c> going</c><00:21:22.640><c> on</c><00:21:22.859><c> here.</c>

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Isaiah<00:21:24.779><c> later</c><00:21:25.279><c> records</c><00:21:25.819><c> the</c><00:21:26.000><c> miraculous</c><00:21:26.720><c> death</c><00:21:27.740><c> of</c><00:21:28.140><c> 185</c><00:21:29.359><c>,000</c>

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Assyrians<00:21:31.539><c> encamped</c><00:21:32.519><c> around</c><00:21:32.900><c> the</c><00:21:33.200><c> city.</c>

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Following<00:21:34.180><c> the</c><00:21:34.420><c> disaster,</c><00:21:35.079><c> the</c><00:21:35.079><c> remainder</c><00:21:35.359><c> of</c><00:21:37.720><c> the</c><00:21:37.839><c> army</c><00:21:37.960><c> retreated.</c>

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This<00:21:39.160><c> last</c><00:21:39.500><c> part</c><00:21:39.839><c> of</c><00:21:41.319><c> the</c><00:21:41.440><c> expedition,</c><00:21:42.559><c> the</c><00:21:42.619><c> boastful</c><00:21:43.059><c> Sennacherib</c><00:21:43.559><c> did</c>

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not<00:21:44.099><c> think</c><00:21:44.299><c> worth</c><00:21:44.579><c> recording.</c>

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So<00:21:45.559><c> Sennacherib</c><00:21:46.119><c> recorded</c><00:21:46.519><c> all</c><00:21:46.880><c> his</c><00:21:47.240><c> campaigns</c><00:21:47.660><c> and</c><00:21:47.819><c> everything</c><00:21:48.140><c> that</c>

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went<00:21:48.519><c> on.</c>

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Apart<00:21:49.339><c> from</c><00:21:49.519><c> that</c><00:21:49.720><c> last</c><00:21:50.019><c> little</c><00:21:50.319><c> bit</c><00:21:50.700><c> that</c><00:21:51.119><c> the</c><00:21:51.299><c> Bible</c><00:21:51.660><c> says</c>

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185<00:21:53.359><c>,000</c><00:21:53.660><c> people</c><00:21:54.000><c> were</c><00:21:54.279><c> killed.</c>

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Now,<00:21:56.019><c> humanly</c><00:21:56.380><c> speaking,</c><00:21:57.559><c> if</c><00:21:57.680><c> you</c><00:21:57.880><c> were</c><00:21:58.160><c> a</c><00:21:58.779><c> leader</c><00:21:59.039><c> of</c><00:21:59.259><c> a</c><00:21:59.359><c> world</c><00:21:59.559><c> empire,</c><00:22:00.619><c> you</c>

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wouldn't<00:22:01.140><c> really</c><00:22:01.500><c> want</c><00:22:01.759><c> bad</c><00:22:01.960><c> press,</c><00:22:02.460><c> would</c><00:22:02.559><c> you?</c>

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You<00:22:03.420><c> wouldn't</c><00:22:03.660><c> want</c><00:22:03.900><c> to</c><00:22:04.160><c> record</c><00:22:04.400><c> the</c><00:22:04.660><c> fact</c><00:22:04.940><c> that</c><00:22:05.359><c> 185</c><00:22:06.480><c>,000</c><00:22:07.240><c> of</c>

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your<00:22:08.000><c> army</c><00:22:08.400><c> was</c><00:22:08.700><c> destroyed</c><00:22:09.460><c> at</c><00:22:09.819><c> the</c><00:22:10.079><c> hands</c><00:22:10.700><c> of</c><00:22:11.160><c> another</c><00:22:11.559><c> god.</c>

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You<00:22:13.559><c> wouldn't</c><00:22:13.799><c> want</c><00:22:14.000><c> to</c><00:22:14.200><c> record</c><00:22:14.359><c> that,</c><00:22:14.559><c> would</c><00:22:14.680><c> you?</c>

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It<00:22:14.740><c> certainly</c><00:22:15.000><c> makes</c><00:22:15.299><c> perfect</c><00:22:15.579><c> sense</c><00:22:16.200><c> why</c><00:22:17.099><c> that</c><00:22:17.400><c> isn't</c><00:22:17.660><c> recorded</c><00:22:18.119><c> on</c>

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this<00:22:20.180><c> prism,</c><00:22:21.039><c> but</c><00:22:21.180><c> everything</c><00:22:21.539><c> else</c><00:22:21.940><c> is.</c>

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What<00:22:24.380><c> is</c><00:22:24.740><c> remarkable</c><00:22:25.339><c> about</c><00:22:25.740><c> this</c><00:22:26.500><c> is</c><00:22:27.799><c> the</c><00:22:28.000><c> two</c><00:22:28.240><c> places,</c><00:22:28.960><c> Nineveh</c><00:22:29.539><c> and</c><00:22:29.819><c> Assyria.</c>

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For<00:22:31.420><c> a</c><00:22:31.680><c> very</c><00:22:32.039><c> long</c><00:22:32.319><c> time,</c><00:22:32.559><c> just</c><00:22:32.740><c> like</c><00:22:32.980><c> Babylon,</c><00:22:33.799><c> it</c><00:22:33.839><c> was</c><00:22:34.119><c> considered</c><00:22:34.720><c> that</c>

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Nineveh<00:22:36.039><c> didn't</c><00:22:38.519><c> exist.</c>

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It<00:22:39.240><c> was</c><00:22:39.579><c> a</c><00:22:39.720><c> made</c><00:22:40.319><c>-up</c><00:22:40.720><c> place.</c>

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Now,<00:22:42.900><c> when</c><00:22:43.019><c> we</c><00:22:43.339><c> think</c><00:22:44.059><c> of</c><00:22:44.380><c> Nineveh,</c><00:22:45.559><c> what</c><00:22:45.700><c> do</c><00:22:45.819><c> we</c><00:22:46.000><c> think</c><00:22:46.380><c> of?</c>

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What<00:22:48.000><c> story</c><00:22:48.579><c> springs</c><00:22:49.019><c> to</c><00:22:49.359><c> mind</c><00:22:49.720><c> in</c><00:22:49.880><c> the</c><00:22:50.059><c> Bible</c><00:22:50.460><c> concerning</c><00:22:51.299><c> Nineveh?</c>

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Of<00:22:52.980><c> course,</c><00:22:53.200><c> it's</c><00:22:53.460><c> the</c><00:22:53.640><c> prophet</c><00:22:54.019><c> Jonah.</c>

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The<00:22:55.460><c> book</c><00:22:55.720><c> of</c><00:22:56.039><c> Jonah,</c><00:22:56.920><c> the</c><00:22:57.119><c> whole</c><00:22:57.460><c> book</c><00:22:57.720><c> of</c><00:22:57.940><c> Jonah</c><00:22:58.180><c> is</c><00:22:58.579><c> dealing</c>

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with<00:22:59.759><c> Nineveh,</c><00:23:00.359><c> God's</c><00:23:00.839><c> judgments</c><00:23:01.140><c> upon</c><00:23:01.700><c> Nineveh.</c>

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So,<00:23:04.160><c> up</c><00:23:04.420><c> until</c><00:23:04.700><c> this</c><00:23:05.000><c> prism</c><00:23:05.299><c> was</c><00:23:05.619><c> discovered</c><00:23:06.039><c> and</c><00:23:06.220><c> the</c><00:23:06.319><c> fact</c><00:23:06.480><c> that</c><00:23:06.859><c> it</c><00:23:06.940><c> was</c><00:23:07.160><c> proved</c><00:23:07.500><c> that</c><00:23:07.799><c> there</c><00:23:08.019><c> was</c><00:23:08.259><c> a</c><00:23:08.359><c> Nineveh,</c>

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the<00:23:09.380><c> book</c><00:23:09.640><c> of</c><00:23:09.920><c> Jonah</c><00:23:10.099><c> was</c><00:23:10.339><c> completely</c><00:23:10.920><c> discredited</c><00:23:12.220><c> and</c><00:23:12.839><c> believed</c><00:23:13.319><c> to</c><00:23:13.640><c> be</c><00:23:13.880><c> a</c>

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made<00:23:14.180><c>-up</c><00:23:14.380><c> story.</c>

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And<00:23:15.779><c> this</c><00:23:15.920><c> is</c><00:23:16.059><c> what</c><00:23:16.220><c> the</c><00:23:16.420><c> critics</c><00:23:16.680><c> tried</c><00:23:17.079><c> to</c><00:23:17.339><c> do.</c>

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But<00:23:18.099><c> archaeology</c><00:23:19.059><c> has</c><00:23:19.400><c> now</c><00:23:20.240><c> surfaced</c><00:23:20.759><c> and</c><00:23:21.140><c> proved</c><00:23:21.579><c> that</c><00:23:22.099><c> that</c>

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account<00:23:22.740><c> was</c><00:23:23.059><c> true.</c>

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And<00:23:23.799><c> they</c><00:23:23.980><c> now</c><00:23:24.259><c> have</c><00:23:24.480><c> to</c><00:23:24.619><c> accept</c><00:23:25.119><c> that</c><00:23:25.420><c> the</c><00:23:25.559><c> book</c><00:23:25.759><c> of</c><00:23:25.960><c> Nineveh</c>

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was<00:23:27.119><c> factual.</c>

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God's<00:23:29.079><c> dealings</c><00:23:29.539><c> with</c><00:23:29.779><c> Nineveh</c><00:23:30.160><c> and</c><00:23:30.319><c> all</c><00:23:30.440><c> those</c><00:23:30.619><c> things.</c>

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It<00:23:30.839><c> was</c><00:23:31.059><c> two</c><00:23:32.079><c> whales</c><00:23:32.660><c> and</c><00:23:32.900><c> all</c><00:23:33.079><c> these</c><00:23:33.319><c> things.</c><00:23:33.940><c> It</c><00:23:34.119><c> must</c><00:23:34.279><c> have</c>

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been<00:23:34.559><c> made</c><00:23:34.740><c> up.</c><00:23:34.880><c> It</c><00:23:34.940><c> was</c><00:23:35.059><c> just</c><00:23:35.279><c> a</c><00:23:35.539><c> story.</c>

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But<00:23:36.759><c> now</c><00:23:37.140><c> we</c><00:23:37.299><c> have</c><00:23:37.579><c> proof</c><00:23:37.900><c> that</c><00:23:38.220><c> these</c><00:23:38.440><c> places</c><00:23:38.839><c> existed.</c>

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And<00:23:42.960><c> I'll</c><00:23:43.460><c> read</c><00:23:43.839><c> that</c><00:23:44.420><c> quote</c><00:23:44.700><c> there.</c>

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If<00:23:48.619><c> it</c><00:23:48.740><c> comes</c><00:23:49.000><c> up,</c><00:23:49.200><c> there</c><00:23:49.339><c> it</c><00:23:49.460><c> is.</c>

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And<00:23:49.960><c> it</c><00:23:50.019><c> came</c><00:23:50.299><c> to</c><00:23:50.579><c> pass</c><00:23:50.759><c> that</c><00:23:51.079><c> night</c><00:23:51.359><c> that</c><00:23:51.539><c> the</c><00:23:51.720><c> angel</c><00:23:51.960><c> of</c><00:23:52.160><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:23:52.440><c> went</c><00:23:52.720><c> out</c><00:23:52.980><c> and</c><00:23:53.240><c> smote</c><00:23:53.460><c> the</c><00:23:53.619><c> camp</c><00:23:53.819><c> of</c><00:23:54.000><c> the</c><00:23:54.119><c> Assyrians,</c>

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a<00:23:54.720><c> hundred</c><00:23:54.960><c> and</c><00:23:55.160><c> four</c><00:23:55.359><c> score</c><00:23:55.579><c> and</c><00:23:55.839><c> five</c><00:23:56.140><c> thousand.</c>

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And<00:23:57.019><c> when</c><00:23:57.160><c> they</c><00:23:57.339><c> arose</c><00:23:57.579><c> early</c><00:23:57.819><c> in</c><00:23:57.940><c> the</c><00:23:58.039><c> morning,</c><00:23:58.339><c> behold,</c><00:23:58.519><c> they</c><00:23:58.680><c> were</c><00:23:58.859><c> all</c>

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dead<00:23:59.299><c> corpses.</c>

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So<00:24:00.579><c> Sennacherib,</c><00:24:01.079><c> king</c><00:24:01.359><c> of</c><00:24:01.680><c> Assyria,</c><00:24:02.079><c> departed</c><00:24:02.619><c> and</c><00:24:03.099><c> went</c><00:24:03.279><c> and</c><00:24:03.519><c> returned</c><00:24:03.720><c> and</c><00:24:03.960><c> dwelt</c><00:24:04.119><c> in</c><00:24:04.279><c> Nineveh.</c>

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That's<00:24:05.059><c> the</c><00:24:05.180><c> bit</c><00:24:05.380><c> that</c><00:24:05.579><c> Sennacherib</c><00:24:06.059><c> doesn't</c><00:24:06.440><c> record</c><00:24:06.859><c> on</c><00:24:07.079><c> the</c><00:24:07.279><c> prism.</c>

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But<00:24:08.240><c> everything</c><00:24:08.500><c> else</c><00:24:08.700><c> up</c><00:24:08.839><c> to</c><00:24:08.940><c> that</c><00:24:09.160><c> point</c><00:24:09.359><c> he</c><00:24:09.559><c> does.</c>

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Let's<00:24:10.819><c> have</c><00:24:10.960><c> a</c><00:24:11.019><c> look</c><00:24:11.140><c> at</c><00:24:11.299><c> another</c><00:24:11.779><c> piece</c><00:24:12.119><c> of</c><00:24:12.400><c> archaeological.</c>

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We're<00:24:13.400><c> not</c><00:24:13.660><c> short</c><00:24:14.079><c> of</c><00:24:14.640><c> evidence</c><00:24:15.000><c> this</c><00:24:15.259><c> evening,</c><00:24:15.599><c> believe</c><00:24:15.859><c> me.</c>

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This<00:24:16.740><c> is</c><00:24:16.980><c> a</c><00:24:16.980><c> very</c><00:24:18.220><c> famous</c><00:24:19.180><c> piece</c><00:24:19.779><c> of</c><00:24:20.059><c> archaeological</c><00:24:20.579><c> evidence.</c>

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The<00:24:21.319><c> Rosetta</c><00:24:21.680><c> Stone.</c><00:24:22.000><c> I'm</c><00:24:22.200><c> sure</c><00:24:22.339><c> most</c><00:24:22.640><c> of</c><00:24:22.779><c> you</c><00:24:22.920><c> have</c><00:24:23.079><c> heard</c>

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about<00:24:23.539><c> it.</c>

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What<00:24:24.480><c> is</c><00:24:24.680><c> it?</c>

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The<00:24:25.960><c> Rosetta</c><00:24:26.400><c> Stone</c><00:24:26.720><c> is</c><00:24:26.940><c> a</c><00:24:27.099><c> large</c><00:24:27.380><c> piece</c><00:24:27.680><c> of</c><00:24:27.880><c> stone</c><00:24:28.140><c> inscribed</c>

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in<00:24:29.039><c> three</c><00:24:29.319><c> languages.</c>

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The<00:24:29.859><c> first</c><00:24:29.859><c> is</c><00:24:29.940><c> the</c><00:24:30.380><c> top</c><00:24:30.680><c> register</c><00:24:31.400><c> in</c><00:24:32.059><c> ancient</c><00:24:32.680><c> Egypt</c><00:24:33.400><c> hieroglyphic.</c>

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The<00:24:35.259><c> second</c><00:24:35.839><c> portion</c><00:24:36.359><c> that</c><00:24:36.539><c> you</c><00:24:36.599><c> can</c><00:24:36.839><c> see</c><00:24:36.980><c> in</c><00:24:37.079><c> the</c><00:24:37.180><c> middle</c><00:24:37.319><c> there</c><00:24:37.539><c> on</c>

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the<00:24:37.819><c> middle</c><00:24:38.019><c> band</c><00:24:38.480><c> is</c><00:24:39.619><c> Demotic</c><00:24:40.420><c> script.</c>

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And<00:24:41.519><c> the</c><00:24:41.740><c> third</c><00:24:42.000><c> at</c><00:24:42.160><c> the</c><00:24:42.259><c> bottom</c><00:24:42.680><c> is</c><00:24:43.359><c> ancient</c><00:24:43.759><c> Greek.</c>

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Now,<00:24:45.259><c> why</c><00:24:45.420><c> is</c><00:24:45.539><c> that</c><00:24:45.759><c> remarkable?</c>

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Well,<00:24:47.640><c> as</c><00:24:47.799><c> large</c><00:24:48.039><c> as</c><00:24:48.180><c> it</c><00:24:48.420><c> is,</c><00:24:48.839><c> the</c><00:24:49.039><c> replica</c><00:24:49.339><c> still</c><00:24:49.740><c> places</c><00:24:50.039><c> into</c><00:24:50.400><c> comparison</c><00:24:51.119><c> to</c>

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the<00:24:51.880><c> size</c><00:24:52.039><c> of</c><00:24:52.220><c> the</c><00:24:52.380><c> actual</c><00:24:52.660><c> stone.</c>

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The<00:24:53.259><c> Rosetta</c><00:24:53.619><c> Stone</c><00:24:53.900><c> fragment</c><00:24:54.240><c> is</c><00:24:54.480><c> 45</c><00:24:55.000><c> inches</c><00:24:55.319><c> high</c><00:24:55.779><c> at</c><00:24:56.259><c> its</c>

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highest<00:24:56.660><c> point,</c><00:24:57.259><c> 28</c><00:24:57.579><c> inches</c><00:24:57.960><c> wide</c><00:24:58.420><c> and</c><00:24:58.819><c> 11</c><00:24:59.079><c> inches</c><00:24:59.420><c> thick.</c>

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It<00:24:59.819><c> weighs</c><00:25:00.059><c> about</c><00:25:00.559><c> 1</c><00:25:00.859><c>,700</c><00:25:02.079><c> pounds.</c>

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But<00:25:03.619><c> the</c><00:25:03.819><c> historical</c><00:25:04.220><c> context</c><00:25:04.660><c> is</c><00:25:04.920><c> this.</c>

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The<00:25:05.380><c> first</c><00:25:05.680><c> discovery</c><00:25:06.059><c> of</c><00:25:06.200><c> its</c><00:25:06.400><c> kind,</c><00:25:07.079><c> what</c><00:25:07.279><c> it</c><00:25:07.720><c> allowed</c><00:25:08.140><c> people</c><00:25:08.579><c> to</c>

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do,<00:25:09.279><c> archaeologists</c><00:25:09.880><c> and</c><00:25:10.180><c> scholars</c><00:25:10.460><c> to</c><00:25:10.720><c> do,</c>

00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:15.900
was<00:25:11.579><c> to</c><00:25:11.940><c> learn</c><00:25:12.420><c> how</c><00:25:13.019><c> to</c><00:25:13.400><c> read</c><00:25:13.859><c> ancient</c><00:25:14.299><c> hieroglyphics.</c>

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Because<00:25:16.339><c> they've</c><00:25:16.660><c> got</c><00:25:16.839><c> the</c><00:25:17.099><c> same</c><00:25:17.380><c> text</c><00:25:17.900><c> in</c><00:25:18.279><c> three</c><00:25:18.799><c> different</c><00:25:19.220><c> languages.</c>

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And<00:25:20.539><c> so</c><00:25:20.660><c> they</c><00:25:20.839><c> could</c><00:25:21.279><c> understand</c><00:25:21.960><c> from</c><00:25:22.400><c> this</c><00:25:22.819><c> stone</c><00:25:23.200><c> how</c><00:25:23.839><c> to</c>

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read<00:25:24.779><c> ancient</c><00:25:25.519><c> hieroglyphics.</c>

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Which<00:25:26.920><c> meant</c><00:25:27.180><c> that</c><00:25:27.460><c> it</c><00:25:27.980><c> now</c><00:25:28.200><c> opened</c><00:25:28.619><c> up</c><00:25:29.400><c> 3</c><00:25:30.019><c>,000</c><00:25:30.440><c> years</c><00:25:30.720><c> of</c><00:25:30.880><c> Egyptian</c><00:25:31.259><c> writings</c><00:25:31.859><c> that</c>

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they<00:25:32.460><c> could</c><00:25:32.740><c> now</c><00:25:33.099><c> decipher.</c>

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When<00:25:34.380><c> they</c><00:25:34.599><c> did</c><00:25:34.900><c> that,</c><00:25:35.599><c> they</c><00:25:35.740><c> realised</c><00:25:36.400><c> that</c><00:25:37.000><c> everything</c><00:25:37.460><c> that</c><00:25:38.000><c> was</c>

00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:41.799
recorded<00:25:38.839><c> on</c><00:25:39.119><c> these</c><00:25:39.480><c> Egyptian</c><00:25:39.940><c> tablets</c><00:25:40.339><c> to</c><00:25:40.579><c> do</c><00:25:40.759><c> with</c><00:25:41.160><c> Israel</c>

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and<00:25:42.400><c> anything</c><00:25:42.759><c> to</c><00:25:42.980><c> do</c><00:25:43.299><c> with</c><00:25:43.539><c> Israel</c><00:25:43.980><c> actually,</c><00:25:45.799><c> nothing</c><00:25:46.240><c> contradicted</c><00:25:47.680><c> the</c>

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Bible<00:25:48.200><c> accounts.</c>

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And<00:25:49.579><c> so</c><00:25:49.680><c> it</c><00:25:50.039><c> verified</c><00:25:50.619><c> what</c><00:25:51.140><c> the</c><00:25:51.319><c> Bible</c><00:25:51.599><c> said.</c>

00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:53.960
So<00:25:52.140><c> it</c><00:25:52.180><c> was</c><00:25:52.400><c> a</c><00:25:52.400><c> remarkable</c><00:25:53.019><c> find.</c>

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We<00:25:55.220><c> have</c><00:25:55.759><c> another</c><00:25:56.019><c> one,</c><00:25:56.500><c> the</c><00:25:56.660><c> pilot</c><00:25:57.579><c> inscription.</c>

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Again,<00:25:59.980><c> these</c><00:26:00.220><c> are</c><00:26:00.359><c> things</c><00:26:00.599><c> that</c><00:26:00.859><c> you</c><00:26:01.079><c> may</c><00:26:01.359><c> not</c><00:26:01.720><c> realise</c><00:26:02.259><c> that</c>

00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:07.079
people<00:26:03.519><c> debated</c><00:26:04.319><c> and</c><00:26:05.019><c> refused</c><00:26:05.380><c> to</c><00:26:05.619><c> believe</c><00:26:06.079><c> that</c><00:26:06.559><c> Pontius</c>

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Pilate<00:26:07.579><c> ever</c><00:26:07.960><c> existed.</c>

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I<00:26:09.500><c> was</c><00:26:09.660><c> surprised</c><00:26:10.119><c> when</c><00:26:10.339><c> I</c><00:26:10.579><c> learned</c><00:26:10.799><c> that.</c>

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We<00:26:11.720><c> read</c><00:26:11.980><c> it</c><00:26:12.160><c> so</c><00:26:12.400><c> often</c><00:26:12.660><c> in</c><00:26:12.960><c> our</c><00:26:13.160><c> Bibles,</c><00:26:13.539><c> don't</c><00:26:13.759><c> we?</c>

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That<00:26:14.339><c> we</c><00:26:14.519><c> think</c><00:26:14.779><c> it</c><00:26:15.039><c> was</c><00:26:15.339><c> common</c><00:26:15.539><c> knowledge</c><00:26:15.819><c> that</c><00:26:15.980><c> this</c><00:26:16.160><c> person</c><00:26:16.420><c> must</c>

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have<00:26:16.940><c> existed.</c>

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But<00:26:17.819><c> there</c><00:26:17.960><c> was</c><00:26:18.259><c> no</c><00:26:18.720><c> proof</c><00:26:19.220><c> at</c><00:26:19.579><c> all</c><00:26:20.640><c> outside</c><00:26:21.319><c> of</c><00:26:21.539><c> the</c><00:26:21.660><c> Bible</c>

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that<00:26:22.779><c> this</c><00:26:23.200><c> person</c><00:26:23.599><c> ever</c><00:26:24.000><c> existed.</c>

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Then<00:26:25.400><c> pops</c><00:26:25.779><c> up</c><00:26:26.059><c> this</c><00:26:26.279><c> little</c><00:26:26.599><c> inscription</c><00:26:27.140><c> here.</c>

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It's<00:26:28.359><c> not</c><00:26:28.500><c> actually</c><00:26:28.859><c> little,</c><00:26:29.279><c> it's</c><00:26:29.400><c> 32</c><00:26:29.759><c> inches</c><00:26:30.140><c> by</c><00:26:30.359><c> 25</c><00:26:31.000><c> inches.</c>

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It's<00:26:31.960><c> part</c><00:26:32.180><c> of</c><00:26:32.400><c> a</c><00:26:32.519><c> larger</c><00:26:32.799><c> dedication</c><00:26:33.380><c> to</c><00:26:33.660><c> Tiberius</c><00:26:34.279><c> Caesar.</c>

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And<00:26:35.460><c> it</c><00:26:35.680><c> says</c><00:26:35.920><c> that</c><00:26:36.180><c> it</c><00:26:36.920><c> was</c><00:26:37.119><c> from</c><00:26:37.400><c> Pontius</c><00:26:37.859><c> Pilate,</c><00:26:38.799><c> prefect</c>

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of<00:26:39.619><c> Judea.</c>

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The<00:26:41.039><c> first</c><00:26:41.240><c> occurrence</c><00:26:41.519><c> of</c><00:26:41.740><c> the</c><00:26:41.859><c> name.</c>

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This<00:26:43.519><c> is</c><00:26:43.799><c> the</c><00:26:43.960><c> only</c><00:26:44.319><c> known</c><00:26:44.680><c> occurrence</c><00:26:45.240><c> of</c><00:26:45.500><c> the</c><00:26:45.579><c> name</c><00:26:45.799><c> Pontius</c>

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Pilate<00:26:46.640><c> in</c><00:26:47.019><c> any</c><00:26:47.539><c> ancient</c><00:26:48.180><c> inscription.</c>

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And<00:26:49.859><c> it</c><00:26:49.900><c> was</c><00:26:50.140><c> discovered</c><00:26:50.480><c> in</c><00:26:50.759><c> Caesarea</c><00:26:51.160><c> in</c><00:26:51.359><c> Israel.</c>

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Again,<00:26:52.559><c> look</c><00:26:52.720><c> at</c><00:26:52.880><c> the</c><00:26:53.019><c> date,</c><00:26:53.700><c> 1961,</c><00:26:56.880><c> just</c><00:26:57.140><c> before</c><00:26:57.500><c> I</c><00:26:57.660><c> was</c><00:26:57.920><c> born.</c>

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So<00:26:59.180><c> up</c><00:26:59.380><c> until</c><00:26:59.640><c> that</c><00:26:59.960><c> point,</c><00:27:00.660><c> critics</c><00:27:00.859><c> said</c><00:27:01.240><c> there</c><00:27:01.680><c> wasn't</c><00:27:02.160><c> a</c>

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Pontius<00:27:02.720><c> Pilate.</c>

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There's<00:27:03.839><c> no</c><00:27:04.259><c> archaeological</c><00:27:04.980><c> evidence</c><00:27:05.420><c> to</c><00:27:05.700><c> say</c><00:27:05.980><c> that</c><00:27:06.220><c> he</c>

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ever<00:27:06.660><c> existed.</c>

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So<00:27:08.319><c> perhaps</c><00:27:08.819><c> the</c><00:27:08.880><c> whole</c><00:27:09.220><c> story</c><00:27:09.519><c> of</c><00:27:09.720><c> Jesus'</c><00:27:10.240><c> crucifixion</c><00:27:11.039><c> was</c>

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made<00:27:11.559><c> up</c><00:27:11.720><c> as</c><00:27:11.960><c> well.</c>

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And<00:27:13.240><c> that's</c><00:27:13.519><c> the</c><00:27:13.640><c> attitude</c><00:27:14.019><c> they</c><00:27:14.240><c> had.</c>

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But<00:27:15.660><c> you</c><00:27:15.759><c> can</c><00:27:15.980><c> see</c><00:27:16.140><c> there</c><00:27:16.420><c> from</c><00:27:16.680><c> line</c><00:27:16.880><c> one</c><00:27:17.119><c> it</c><00:27:17.240><c> says</c><00:27:17.400><c> Tiberium</c>

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Pontius<00:27:19.140><c> Prefect</c><00:27:20.059><c> Ectus</c><00:27:21.180><c> Iuda.</c>

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And<00:27:24.539><c> like</c><00:27:24.720><c> I</c><00:27:24.839><c> said,</c><00:27:25.180><c> they</c><00:27:25.339><c> questioned</c><00:27:25.779><c> the</c><00:27:26.039><c> very</c><00:27:26.240><c> existence.</c>

00:27:27.079 --> 00:27:32.619
But<00:27:27.099><c> now</c><00:27:27.660><c> with</c><00:27:28.180><c> the</c><00:27:29.460><c> discovery</c><00:27:29.880><c> of</c><00:27:30.099><c> things</c><00:27:30.279><c> like</c><00:27:30.559><c> this,</c><00:27:31.059><c> we</c><00:27:31.200><c> now</c><00:27:31.519><c> know</c><00:27:31.859><c> that</c><00:27:32.000><c> there</c><00:27:32.240><c> was</c><00:27:32.420><c> a</c>

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Pontius<00:27:32.920><c> Pilate.</c>

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So<00:27:33.599><c> when</c><00:27:34.000><c> we</c><00:27:34.240><c> read</c><00:27:34.440><c> that</c><00:27:34.720><c> account</c><00:27:35.079><c> in</c><00:27:35.559><c> the</c><00:27:35.640><c> New</c><00:27:35.839><c> Testament,</c><00:27:36.480><c> it</c>

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gives<00:27:36.740><c> us</c><00:27:37.019><c> confidence</c><00:27:37.640><c> that</c><00:27:38.339><c> we</c><00:27:38.519><c> can</c><00:27:38.819><c> trust</c><00:27:39.039><c> the</c><00:27:39.220><c> book</c><00:27:39.339><c> that</c>

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we're<00:27:39.660><c> reading.</c>

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Let's<00:27:41.880><c> have</c><00:27:41.980><c> a</c><00:27:42.039><c> look</c><00:27:42.140><c> at</c><00:27:42.299><c> another</c><00:27:42.519><c> one.</c><00:27:42.779><c> Yes,</c><00:27:42.920><c> there's</c><00:27:43.160><c> even</c><00:27:43.420><c> more.</c>

00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:46.740
You<00:27:44.579><c> may</c><00:27:44.839><c> not</c><00:27:45.079><c> have</c><00:27:45.299><c> known</c><00:27:45.500><c> about</c><00:27:45.759><c> this</c><00:27:46.039><c> one.</c><00:27:46.180><c> This</c><00:27:46.359><c> one</c><00:27:46.539><c> was</c>

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discovered<00:27:47.079><c> in</c><00:27:47.359><c> 2008.</c>

00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:55.039
Israeli<00:27:51.000><c> archaeologists</c><00:27:51.519><c> discovered</c><00:27:52.599><c> a</c><00:27:53.079><c> seal</c><00:27:53.359><c> impression</c><00:27:53.920><c> belonging</c><00:27:54.400><c> to</c><00:27:54.759><c> a</c>

00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:58.099
minister<00:27:55.539><c> of</c><00:27:55.799><c> the</c><00:27:56.000><c> biblical</c><00:27:56.339><c> king</c><00:27:57.079><c> Zedekiah.</c>

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Now,<00:27:59.039><c> this</c><00:27:59.299><c> dates</c><00:27:59.619><c> back</c><00:28:00.079><c> 2600</c><00:28:01.460><c> years.</c>

00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:04.259
You<00:28:01.980><c> can</c><00:28:02.200><c> see</c><00:28:02.240><c> it's</c><00:28:02.420><c> only</c><00:28:02.660><c> a</c><00:28:02.859><c> centimetre</c><00:28:03.359><c> long.</c>

00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:08.119
But<00:28:04.940><c> during</c><00:28:05.240><c> an</c><00:28:05.480><c> archaeological</c><00:28:06.019><c> dig</c><00:28:06.359><c> in</c><00:28:06.579><c> Jerusalem</c><00:28:07.079><c> in</c><00:28:07.920><c> the</c>

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ancient<00:28:08.339><c> city</c><00:28:08.640><c> of</c><00:28:08.859><c> David,</c>

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and<00:28:10.000><c> this</c><00:28:10.660><c> finding</c><00:28:10.920><c> helps</c><00:28:11.299><c> corroborate</c><00:28:11.920><c> the</c><00:28:12.140><c> story</c><00:28:12.359><c> pertaining</c><00:28:12.779><c> to</c><00:28:13.039><c> the</c>

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biblical<00:28:13.619><c> minister's</c><00:28:14.160><c> demands</c><00:28:14.380><c> to</c><00:28:14.619><c> have</c><00:28:14.759><c> the</c><00:28:14.980><c> prophet</c>

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Jeremiah<00:28:15.720><c> killed.</c>

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So<00:28:16.619><c> what</c><00:28:16.900><c> we</c><00:28:17.079><c> need</c><00:28:17.180><c> to</c><00:28:17.299><c> do</c><00:28:17.400><c> now</c><00:28:17.779><c> is</c><00:28:18.000><c> go</c><00:28:18.259><c> to</c><00:28:18.500><c> Jeremiah</c><00:28:18.799><c> and</c><00:28:18.960><c> read</c>

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the<00:28:19.339><c> account,</c><00:28:19.920><c> because</c><00:28:20.140><c> then</c><00:28:20.359><c> this</c><00:28:20.599><c> all</c><00:28:20.759><c> makes</c><00:28:21.000><c> sense.</c>

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But<00:28:22.220><c> we</c><00:28:22.339><c> haven't</c><00:28:22.440><c> got</c><00:28:22.619><c> time</c><00:28:22.779><c> to</c><00:28:22.920><c> do</c><00:28:23.039><c> that</c><00:28:23.220><c> this</c><00:28:23.359><c> evening.</c>

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So<00:28:23.900><c> please</c><00:28:24.559><c> have</c><00:28:25.059><c> a</c><00:28:25.079><c> look</c><00:28:25.259><c> at</c><00:28:25.460><c> the</c><00:28:25.579><c> book</c><00:28:25.759><c> of</c><00:28:25.920><c> Jeremiah</c><00:28:26.240><c> in</c><00:28:26.420><c> your</c>

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own<00:28:26.819><c> time</c><00:28:27.039><c> and</c><00:28:27.299><c> read</c><00:28:27.559><c> this</c><00:28:27.859><c> account.</c>

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Which<00:28:54.980><c> was</c><00:28:55.619><c> unearthed</c><00:28:55.960><c> three</c><00:28:56.279><c> years</c><00:28:56.559><c> ago.</c>

00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:59.420
Both<00:28:57.519><c> ministers</c><00:28:57.920><c> are</c><00:28:58.140><c> mentioned</c><00:28:58.400><c> in</c><00:28:58.539><c> the</c><00:28:58.640><c> book</c><00:28:58.819><c> of</c><00:28:59.000><c> Jeremiah,</c>

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chapter<00:28:59.859><c> 38,</c><00:29:01.680><c> verses</c><00:29:01.779><c> one</c><00:29:02.220><c> to</c><00:29:02.440><c> four.</c>

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:06.900
So<00:29:03.359><c> now</c><00:29:03.619><c> we</c><00:29:03.819><c> have</c><00:29:04.460><c> archaeological</c><00:29:05.279><c> evidence</c><00:29:05.819><c> to</c><00:29:06.319><c> prove</c><00:29:06.599><c> that</c>

00:29:06.900 --> 00:29:09.359
these<00:29:07.180><c> men</c><00:29:07.420><c> recording</c><00:29:07.799><c> the</c><00:29:08.019><c> Bible</c><00:29:08.240><c> in</c><00:29:08.440><c> the</c><00:29:08.500><c> book</c><00:29:08.660><c> of</c><00:29:08.900><c> Jeremiah</c>

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actually<00:29:10.319><c> existed.</c>

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Archaeological<00:29:13.420><c> evidence</c><00:29:14.059><c> proves</c><00:29:14.799><c> that</c><00:29:15.319><c> the</c><00:29:15.500><c> Bible</c><00:29:15.819><c> is</c><00:29:16.400><c> true.</c>

00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:21.619
And<00:29:17.420><c> they</c><00:29:17.640><c> came</c><00:29:18.140><c> to</c><00:29:19.019><c> the</c><00:29:19.180><c> king,</c><00:29:19.880><c> Zedekiah,</c><00:29:20.579><c> demanding</c><00:29:21.019><c> that</c>

00:29:21.619 --> 00:29:24.160
Jeremiah<00:29:21.980><c> was</c><00:29:22.180><c> put</c><00:29:22.400><c> to</c><00:29:22.579><c> death</c><00:29:22.839><c> because</c><00:29:23.200><c> he</c><00:29:23.420><c> was</c><00:29:23.700><c> telling</c><00:29:23.880><c> them</c>

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to<00:29:24.880><c> surrender.</c>

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He's<00:29:26.079><c> saying,</c><00:29:26.299><c> God</c><00:29:26.400><c> has</c><00:29:26.640><c> given</c><00:29:26.799><c> this</c><00:29:27.079><c> city</c><00:29:27.559><c> to</c><00:29:28.500><c> the</c><00:29:28.900><c> opposing</c>

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nation,<00:29:30.200><c> just</c><00:29:30.440><c> surrender.</c>

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And<00:29:31.519><c> they</c><00:29:31.740><c> said,</c><00:29:31.920><c> no,</c><00:29:32.140><c> no,</c><00:29:32.299><c> no,</c><00:29:32.400><c> that</c><00:29:32.559><c> can't</c><00:29:32.799><c> be</c><00:29:33.000><c> right.</c><00:29:33.160><c> God</c>

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wouldn't<00:29:33.640><c> allow</c><00:29:33.880><c> that.</c>

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Let's<00:29:34.559><c> kill</c><00:29:34.779><c> this</c><00:29:34.980><c> prophet</c><00:29:35.279><c> Jeremiah.</c>

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:40.240
But<00:29:37.220><c> this</c><00:29:38.019><c> piece</c><00:29:38.380><c> of</c><00:29:38.640><c> archaeological</c><00:29:39.079><c> evidence</c><00:29:39.480><c> proves</c><00:29:39.960><c> that</c>

00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:43.980
that<00:29:40.619><c> account</c><00:29:40.960><c> existed,</c><00:29:42.660><c> that</c><00:29:42.819><c> it</c><00:29:43.039><c> happened.</c>

00:29:45.099 --> 00:29:46.519
Let's<00:29:45.700><c> have</c><00:29:45.880><c> a</c><00:29:45.900><c> look</c><00:29:46.079><c> at</c><00:29:46.220><c> another</c><00:29:46.380><c> one.</c>

00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:50.380
This<00:29:46.839><c> is</c><00:29:47.539><c> actually</c><00:29:48.579><c> our</c><00:29:48.859><c> last</c><00:29:49.279><c> one.</c>

00:29:50.920 --> 00:29:53.559
It's<00:29:51.059><c> called</c><00:29:51.200><c> the</c><00:29:51.500><c> Tel</c><00:29:52.000><c> Dan</c><00:29:52.480><c> Steel.</c>

00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:57.119
And<00:29:53.859><c> it's</c><00:29:54.119><c> a</c><00:29:54.259><c> broken</c><00:29:54.660><c> steel</c><00:29:55.140><c> of</c><00:29:55.440><c> inscribed</c><00:29:56.319><c> stone.</c>

00:29:57.779 --> 00:30:01.720
It<00:29:57.799><c> was</c><00:29:58.019><c> discovered,</c><00:29:58.779><c> look</c><00:29:59.019><c> at</c><00:29:59.160><c> the</c><00:29:59.339><c> date,</c><00:30:00.180><c> 1993.</c>

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1993.

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That<00:30:05.859><c> is</c><00:30:06.079><c> so</c><00:30:06.380><c> recent</c><00:30:06.799><c> that</c><00:30:06.940><c> it's</c><00:30:07.200><c> remarkable.</c>

00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:10.980
It<00:30:09.339><c> was</c><00:30:09.579><c> discovered</c><00:30:09.859><c> in</c><00:30:10.140><c> northern</c><00:30:10.440><c> Israel.</c>

00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:14.339
It<00:30:11.279><c> consists</c><00:30:11.680><c> of</c><00:30:11.920><c> several</c><00:30:12.339><c> fragments</c><00:30:12.799><c> making</c><00:30:13.240><c> up</c><00:30:13.680><c> part</c><00:30:14.019><c> of</c><00:30:14.200><c> a</c>

00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:17.480
triumphant<00:30:15.000><c> inscription</c><00:30:15.759><c> in</c><00:30:16.240><c> Aramaic.</c>

00:30:17.839 --> 00:30:22.220
And<00:30:17.880><c> it</c><00:30:17.960><c> was</c><00:30:18.140><c> left</c><00:30:18.359><c> most</c><00:30:18.740><c> probably</c><00:30:19.140><c> by</c><00:30:19.779><c> Hazael,</c><00:30:21.220><c> or</c><00:30:21.279><c> sorry,</c><00:30:22.180><c> of</c>

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:25.519
Amram<00:30:22.539><c> Damascus,</c><00:30:23.539><c> who</c><00:30:23.579><c> was</c><00:30:23.740><c> an</c><00:30:24.059><c> important</c><00:30:24.519><c> regional</c><00:30:25.059><c> figure</c>

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in<00:30:25.900><c> the</c><00:30:26.079><c> ninth</c><00:30:26.319><c> century.</c>

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It<00:30:28.640><c> actually</c><00:30:28.940><c> means</c><00:30:29.259><c> unnamed</c><00:30:29.940><c> king.</c>

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But<00:30:30.720><c> it</c><00:30:31.000><c> boasts</c><00:30:31.500><c> about</c><00:30:32.019><c> the</c><00:30:32.420><c> victories</c><00:30:33.039><c> over</c><00:30:33.980><c> the</c><00:30:34.160><c> king</c><00:30:34.420><c> of</c><00:30:34.680><c> Israel</c><00:30:35.400><c> and</c><00:30:36.460><c> specifically</c><00:30:37.480><c> his</c><00:30:38.180><c> ally</c><00:30:38.660><c> of</c>

00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:41.740
the<00:30:39.180><c> House</c><00:30:39.839><c> of</c><00:30:40.579><c> David.</c>

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Why<00:30:42.920><c> is</c><00:30:43.140><c> that</c><00:30:43.359><c> interesting?</c>

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Well,<00:30:44.900><c> again,</c><00:30:45.240><c> just</c><00:30:45.460><c> like</c><00:30:45.720><c> Pontius</c><00:30:46.119><c> Pilate,</c><00:30:47.420><c> this</c><00:30:47.640><c> is</c><00:30:47.980><c> the</c><00:30:48.279><c> first</c><00:30:48.779><c> recorded</c><00:30:49.720><c> evidence</c><00:30:50.519><c> of</c>

00:30:51.400 --> 00:30:56.539
the<00:30:51.640><c> name</c><00:30:51.920><c> David</c><00:30:52.440><c> being</c><00:30:52.759><c> associated</c><00:30:53.460><c> with</c><00:30:53.680><c> the</c><00:30:53.799><c> House</c><00:30:54.000><c> of</c><00:30:54.259><c> Israel</c><00:30:54.779><c> outside</c><00:30:56.019><c> of</c>

00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:57.039
the<00:30:56.700><c> Bible.</c>

00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:59.259
Of<00:30:57.740><c> course,</c><00:30:57.859><c> we</c><00:30:58.019><c> read</c><00:30:58.220><c> our</c><00:30:58.519><c> Bibles,</c><00:30:58.799><c> don't</c><00:30:59.019><c> we?</c>

00:30:59.259 --> 00:31:02.200
And<00:30:59.420><c> we</c><00:30:59.640><c> hear,</c><00:30:59.940><c> we</c><00:31:00.039><c> can</c><00:31:00.279><c> read</c><00:31:00.420><c> of</c><00:31:00.539><c> King</c><00:31:00.740><c> David</c><00:31:01.180><c> and</c><00:31:01.400><c> all</c><00:31:01.640><c> the</c><00:31:01.779><c> things</c><00:31:01.940><c> that</c><00:31:02.140><c> he</c>

00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:04.220
did<00:31:02.519><c> and</c><00:31:02.759><c> said,</c><00:31:03.519><c> the</c><00:31:03.660><c> whole</c><00:31:03.839><c> record.</c>

00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:09.960
But<00:31:04.519><c> there</c><00:31:04.680><c> was</c><00:31:05.000><c> no</c><00:31:05.460><c> archaeological</c><00:31:06.099><c> evidence</c><00:31:06.720><c> until</c><00:31:07.599><c> this</c><00:31:07.920><c> popped</c><00:31:08.240><c> up</c><00:31:08.680><c> and</c><00:31:09.359><c> it</c><00:31:09.519><c> makes</c><00:31:09.680><c> a</c>

00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:14.200
reference<00:31:10.359><c> to</c><00:31:10.880><c> the</c><00:31:11.119><c> House</c><00:31:11.519><c> of</c><00:31:11.819><c> David,</c><00:31:13.019><c> specifically.</c>

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Isn't<00:31:14.559><c> that</c><00:31:14.779><c> remarkable?</c>

00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:24.859
Again,<00:31:16.279><c> so</c><00:31:16.460><c> we</c><00:31:16.559><c> have</c><00:31:16.740><c> to</c><00:31:16.900><c> ask</c><00:31:17.200><c> ourselves,</c><00:31:19.000><c> well,</c><00:31:19.119><c> if</c><00:31:19.339><c> these</c><00:31:19.539><c> things</c><00:31:19.720><c> are</c><00:31:20.019><c> true,</c><00:31:21.319><c> then</c><00:31:21.680><c> perhaps</c><00:31:22.339><c> there's</c><00:31:22.680><c> other</c><00:31:22.859><c> things</c><00:31:23.200><c> that</c><00:31:23.500><c> are</c><00:31:23.759><c> dismissed</c><00:31:24.180><c> as</c>

00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:28.140
fact<00:31:25.200><c> or</c><00:31:25.740><c> fiction</c><00:31:26.200><c> that</c><00:31:27.039><c> are</c><00:31:27.380><c> true</c><00:31:27.519><c> as</c><00:31:27.779><c> well.</c>

00:31:28.140 --> 00:31:32.920
And<00:31:28.839><c> so</c><00:31:29.019><c> it</c><00:31:29.119><c> gives</c><00:31:29.380><c> credence</c><00:31:29.799><c> and</c><00:31:29.940><c> it</c><00:31:29.980><c> gives</c><00:31:30.200><c> us</c><00:31:30.720><c> hope,</c><00:31:31.259><c> doesn't</c><00:31:31.259><c> it,</c><00:31:31.400><c> that</c><00:31:31.539><c> what</c><00:31:31.740><c> we're</c><00:31:32.000><c> reading</c><00:31:32.359><c> is</c>

00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:33.859
a<00:31:33.099><c> book</c><00:31:33.279><c> from</c><00:31:33.539><c> God.</c>

00:31:34.099 --> 00:31:36.779
Just<00:31:34.279><c> because</c><00:31:34.579><c> we</c><00:31:34.859><c> can't</c><00:31:35.319><c> find</c><00:31:35.559><c> or</c><00:31:35.839><c> verify</c><00:31:36.220><c> things</c><00:31:36.500><c> that</c><00:31:36.660><c> are</c>

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:41.559
mentioned<00:31:37.079><c> in</c><00:31:37.339><c> there</c><00:31:38.019><c> solidly</c><00:31:38.700><c> with</c><00:31:38.900><c> evidence</c><00:31:39.440><c> of</c><00:31:40.700><c> this</c><00:31:41.200><c> kind</c>

00:31:41.559 --> 00:31:43.500
doesn't<00:31:41.980><c> mean</c><00:31:42.160><c> to</c><00:31:42.359><c> say</c><00:31:42.480><c> it</c><00:31:42.720><c> didn't</c><00:31:42.960><c> happen.</c>

00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:45.740
Doesn't<00:31:44.140><c> mean</c><00:31:44.339><c> to</c><00:31:44.500><c> say</c><00:31:44.500><c> it's</c><00:31:44.619><c> not</c><00:31:44.819><c> true.</c>

00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:48.420
This<00:31:46.400><c> kind</c><00:31:46.640><c> of</c><00:31:46.839><c> thing,</c><00:31:47.220><c> though,</c><00:31:47.259><c> gives</c><00:31:47.460><c> us</c><00:31:47.880><c> hope,</c><00:31:48.180><c> doesn't</c>

00:31:48.420 --> 00:31:50.880
it,<00:31:48.700><c> that</c><00:31:48.859><c> all</c><00:31:49.200><c> these</c><00:31:49.460><c> things</c><00:31:49.640><c> were</c><00:31:49.940><c> true.</c>

00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:56.539
So,<00:31:53.480><c> our</c><00:31:53.720><c> second</c><00:31:54.059><c> criticism</c><00:31:54.599><c> aimed</c><00:31:54.980><c> at</c><00:31:55.140><c> the</c><00:31:55.279><c> Bible,</c><00:31:56.259><c> that</c><00:31:56.339><c> the</c>

00:31:56.539 --> 00:31:59.319
predictions<00:31:57.000><c> made</c><00:31:57.440><c> in</c><00:31:57.579><c> the</c><00:31:57.740><c> Bible</c><00:31:58.039><c> could</c><00:31:58.420><c> have</c><00:31:58.640><c> occurred</c><00:31:59.000><c> due</c>

00:31:59.319 --> 00:32:01.839
to<00:31:59.579><c> coincidence</c><00:32:00.180><c> or</c><00:32:00.480><c> natural</c><00:32:00.839><c> phenomena.</c>

00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:05.359
So<00:32:02.539><c> that's</c><00:32:02.839><c> one</c><00:32:03.019><c> of</c><00:32:03.180><c> the</c><00:32:03.339><c> criticisms</c><00:32:03.880><c> aimed</c><00:32:04.240><c> at</c><00:32:04.400><c> the</c><00:32:04.519><c> Bible.</c>

00:32:05.960 --> 00:32:14.900
We<00:32:06.160><c> would</c><00:32:06.539><c> say,</c><00:32:07.140><c> well,</c><00:32:07.259><c> that</c><00:32:07.400><c> can</c><00:32:07.640><c> easily</c><00:32:08.000><c> be</c><00:32:08.319><c> disproved</c><00:32:08.700><c> through</c><00:32:09.140><c> prophecy,</c><00:32:10.880><c> through</c><00:32:11.579><c> Nebuchadnezzar's</c><00:32:12.279><c> image</c><00:32:12.519><c> recorded</c><00:32:13.180><c> in</c><00:32:13.440><c> Daniel</c><00:32:13.759><c> chapter</c><00:32:14.079><c> 2,</c><00:32:14.299><c> which</c><00:32:14.420><c> we're</c><00:32:14.559><c> going</c><00:32:14.660><c> to</c><00:32:14.740><c> have</c><00:32:14.839><c> a</c>

00:32:14.900 --> 00:32:16.140
look<00:32:15.079><c> at</c><00:32:15.180><c> in</c><00:32:15.339><c> a</c><00:32:15.420><c> couple</c><00:32:15.579><c> of</c><00:32:15.740><c> moments.</c>

00:32:16.140 --> 00:32:21.940
The<00:32:17.119><c> 70</c><00:32:17.539><c> years</c><00:32:17.819><c> captivity</c><00:32:18.420><c> of</c><00:32:18.640><c> Israel,</c><00:32:19.960><c> that</c><00:32:20.099><c> was</c><00:32:20.380><c> prophesied.</c>

00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:25.380
The<00:32:22.440><c> prophecies</c><00:32:22.920><c> in</c><00:32:23.099><c> the</c><00:32:23.200><c> Old</c><00:32:23.400><c> Testament</c><00:32:23.740><c> regarding</c><00:32:24.200><c> Christ,</c>

00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:33.279
so<00:32:25.900><c> many,</c><00:32:27.319><c> hundreds</c><00:32:27.579><c> and</c><00:32:27.839><c> hundreds</c><00:32:28.460><c> of</c><00:32:28.980><c> prophecies</c><00:32:29.420><c> about</c><00:32:29.700><c> the</c><00:32:29.859><c> Lord</c><00:32:30.079><c> Jesus</c><00:32:30.420><c> Christ,</c><00:32:31.039><c> his</c><00:32:31.160><c> death,</c><00:32:31.839><c> his</c><00:32:32.000><c> resurrection,</c><00:32:32.920><c> how</c><00:32:33.140><c> he</c>

00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:35.380
would<00:32:33.519><c> die,</c><00:32:33.880><c> all</c><00:32:34.059><c> those</c><00:32:34.279><c> kind</c><00:32:34.460><c> of</c><00:32:34.559><c> things.</c>

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Hundreds<00:32:36.079><c> of</c><00:32:36.319><c> them.</c>

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And<00:32:36.660><c> then</c><00:32:38.039><c> we</c><00:32:38.140><c> have</c><00:32:39.000><c> the</c><00:32:39.960><c> Deuteronomy's</c><00:32:40.700><c> prophecy</c><00:32:41.180><c> of</c><00:32:41.440><c> AD</c><00:32:41.839><c> 70,</c>

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telling<00:32:42.839><c> the</c><00:32:43.359><c> Jews</c><00:32:43.519><c> that</c><00:32:43.720><c> they</c><00:32:43.779><c> would</c><00:32:44.019><c> be</c><00:32:44.240><c> taken</c><00:32:44.440><c> away</c><00:32:44.859><c> and</c>

00:32:45.059 --> 00:32:48.500
taken<00:32:45.380><c> over</c><00:32:45.880><c> and</c><00:32:46.079><c> removed</c><00:32:47.259><c> from</c><00:32:47.480><c> the</c><00:32:47.660><c> land.</c>

00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:51.220
Deuteronomy<00:32:48.980><c> 28</c><00:32:49.519><c> and</c><00:32:49.660><c> verse</c><00:32:49.880><c> 49,</c><00:32:50.460><c> it</c><00:32:50.460><c> says,</c>

00:32:56.180 --> 00:33:02.400
And<00:32:56.819><c> of</c><00:32:57.460><c> course</c><00:33:00.400><c> we</c><00:33:00.559><c> now</c><00:33:00.900><c> know</c><00:33:01.059><c> that</c><00:33:01.240><c> that</c><00:33:01.400><c> was</c><00:33:01.599><c> the</c><00:33:01.819><c> Romans</c><00:33:02.160><c> in</c>

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AD<00:33:02.799><c> 70.</c>

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They<00:33:04.099><c> removed,</c><00:33:04.859><c> physically</c><00:33:05.319><c> removed</c><00:33:06.099><c> Israel</c><00:33:06.680><c> from</c><00:33:06.940><c> the</c><00:33:07.180><c> land.</c>

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:11.880
Now<00:33:08.880><c> these</c><00:33:09.039><c> things</c><00:33:09.339><c> aren't</c><00:33:10.039><c> Christadelphian</c><00:33:10.859><c> ideas.</c>

00:33:12.180 --> 00:33:17.440
These<00:33:12.500><c> things,</c><00:33:12.920><c> if</c><00:33:13.059><c> you</c><00:33:13.180><c> go</c><00:33:13.380><c> on</c><00:33:13.640><c> to</c><00:33:13.859><c> a</c><00:33:13.960><c> search</c><00:33:14.180><c> engine</c><00:33:14.519><c> and</c><00:33:14.779><c> search</c><00:33:15.359><c> these</c><00:33:15.920><c> references,</c><00:33:16.619><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:33:17.019><c> 28</c>

00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:20.460
and<00:33:17.460><c> verse</c><00:33:17.720><c> 49,</c><00:33:18.200><c> it</c><00:33:18.339><c> will</c><00:33:18.559><c> tell</c><00:33:18.779><c> you</c><00:33:19.039><c> exactly</c><00:33:19.480><c> the</c><00:33:19.720><c> same</c><00:33:20.019><c> thing.</c>

00:33:20.900 --> 00:33:26.220
It<00:33:21.059><c> is</c><00:33:21.380><c> commonly</c><00:33:21.880><c> accepted</c><00:33:22.599><c> now</c><00:33:23.279><c> that</c><00:33:23.759><c> these</c><00:33:24.119><c> references</c><00:33:24.539><c> refer</c><00:33:25.339><c> to</c>

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the<00:33:26.559><c> Romans.</c>

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So<00:33:28.079><c> it's</c><00:33:28.119><c> not</c><00:33:28.519><c> something</c><00:33:28.819><c> that</c><00:33:29.000><c> we</c><00:33:29.220><c> just</c><00:33:29.359><c> made</c><00:33:29.559><c> up</c><00:33:29.779><c> to</c><00:33:30.000><c> fit</c><00:33:30.200><c> what</c><00:33:30.559><c> we</c>

00:33:30.819 --> 00:33:32.480
want<00:33:31.019><c> to</c><00:33:31.200><c> tell</c><00:33:31.319><c> you</c><00:33:31.440><c> this</c><00:33:31.619><c> evening.</c>

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So,<00:33:35.279><c> I'm</c><00:33:35.480><c> going</c><00:33:35.539><c> to</c><00:33:35.539><c> ask</c><00:33:35.720><c> Robbie</c><00:33:35.940><c> if</c><00:33:36.160><c> he</c><00:33:36.400><c> would</c><00:33:36.640><c> come</c><00:33:36.940><c> forward</c>

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in<00:33:37.359><c> just</c><00:33:37.779><c> a</c><00:33:37.940><c> moment.</c>

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I'm<00:33:38.240><c> just</c><00:33:38.400><c> going</c><00:33:38.440><c> to</c><00:33:38.480><c> give</c><00:33:38.599><c> you</c><00:33:38.720><c> a</c><00:33:38.759><c> bit</c><00:33:38.900><c> of</c><00:33:39.119><c> a</c><00:33:39.259><c> background</c><00:33:39.880><c> to</c>

00:33:40.599 --> 00:33:41.740
the<00:33:40.759><c> reading</c><00:33:40.960><c> that</c><00:33:41.079><c> we're</c><00:33:41.279><c> going</c><00:33:41.339><c> to</c><00:33:41.559><c> take.</c>

00:33:41.839 --> 00:33:43.299
We're<00:33:42.039><c> going</c><00:33:42.140><c> to</c><00:33:42.140><c> take</c><00:33:42.299><c> it</c><00:33:42.380><c> from</c><00:33:42.559><c> Daniel</c><00:33:42.819><c> chapter</c><00:33:43.140><c> 2.</c>

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It's<00:33:43.599><c> concerning</c><00:33:44.140><c> the</c><00:33:45.400><c> image</c><00:33:46.079><c> that</c><00:33:48.059><c> King</c><00:33:48.440><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c><00:33:49.140><c> king</c><00:33:49.339><c> of</c><00:33:49.539><c> Babylon,</c><00:33:51.019><c> was</c><00:33:51.380><c> given</c><00:33:51.640><c> in</c><00:33:51.839><c> a</c><00:33:52.119><c> dream.</c>

00:33:53.140 --> 00:33:58.180
God<00:33:53.359><c> gave</c><00:33:53.660><c> him</c><00:33:53.880><c> a</c><00:33:54.079><c> dream</c><00:33:54.680><c> and</c><00:33:55.599><c> he</c><00:33:55.819><c> saw</c><00:33:55.980><c> this</c><00:33:56.220><c> image</c><00:33:56.500><c> and</c><00:33:56.759><c> it</c><00:33:56.980><c> troubled</c><00:33:57.200><c> him</c><00:33:57.500><c> greatly.</c>

00:33:58.180 --> 00:34:03.700
And<00:33:59.339><c> he</c><00:34:00.619><c> asked</c><00:34:00.880><c> all</c><00:34:01.180><c> his</c><00:34:01.660><c> important</c><00:34:02.240><c> people</c><00:34:02.660><c> to</c><00:34:03.059><c> tell</c><00:34:03.299><c> him</c><00:34:03.519><c> the</c>

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:05.660
dream<00:34:03.940><c> and</c><00:34:04.420><c> tell</c><00:34:04.519><c> him</c><00:34:04.700><c> the</c><00:34:05.000><c> interpretation.</c>

00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:07.960
Of<00:34:05.920><c> course,</c><00:34:06.319><c> they</c><00:34:06.420><c> couldn't</c><00:34:06.799><c> do</c><00:34:07.160><c> that.</c>

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:12.840
God<00:34:08.920><c> then</c><00:34:09.360><c> revealed</c><00:34:10.059><c> the</c><00:34:10.400><c> dream</c><00:34:10.780><c> and</c><00:34:11.199><c> the</c><00:34:11.480><c> interpretation</c><00:34:12.019><c> to</c><00:34:12.380><c> Daniel.</c>

00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:16.820
Daniel<00:34:13.739><c> is</c><00:34:14.039><c> brought</c><00:34:14.380><c> before</c><00:34:14.760><c> the</c><00:34:14.980><c> king</c><00:34:15.320><c> and</c><00:34:16.059><c> then</c><00:34:16.280><c> he</c><00:34:16.420><c> goes</c><00:34:16.619><c> on</c>

00:34:16.820 --> 00:34:18.480
to<00:34:16.980><c> explain</c><00:34:17.380><c> what's</c><00:34:17.659><c> happening.</c>

00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:21.340
Brother<00:34:18.980><c> Robbie</c><00:34:19.179><c> is</c><00:34:19.280><c> just</c><00:34:19.460><c> going</c><00:34:19.639><c> to</c><00:34:19.639><c> read</c><00:34:19.920><c> that</c><00:34:20.199><c> for</c><00:34:20.440><c> us</c><00:34:20.679><c> now</c>

00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:24.719
and<00:34:22.099><c> then</c><00:34:22.260><c> we'll</c><00:34:22.380><c> come</c><00:34:22.639><c> back</c><00:34:22.960><c> and</c><00:34:23.380><c> finish</c><00:34:23.599><c> that</c><00:34:23.860><c> off.</c>

00:34:31.119 --> 00:34:34.400
Prophecy<00:34:31.599><c> of</c><00:34:31.699><c> Daniel</c><00:34:31.980><c> chapter</c><00:34:32.360><c> 2,</c><00:34:32.960><c> reading</c><00:34:33.039><c> from</c><00:34:33.320><c> verse</c><00:34:33.639><c> 26</c>

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through<00:34:34.880><c> to</c><00:34:35.059><c> verse</c><00:34:35.699><c> 47.</c>

00:34:40.639 --> 00:34:44.320
The<00:34:40.780><c> king</c><00:34:41.019><c> answered</c><00:34:41.380><c> and</c><00:34:41.599><c> said</c><00:34:41.780><c> to</c><00:34:42.019><c> Daniel,</c><00:34:42.400><c> whose</c><00:34:42.500><c> name</c><00:34:42.719><c> was</c><00:34:42.920><c> Belshazzar,</c>

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Art<00:34:44.960><c> thou</c><00:34:45.239><c> able</c><00:34:45.679><c> to</c><00:34:45.880><c> make</c><00:34:46.079><c> known</c><00:34:46.280><c> to</c><00:34:46.460><c> me</c><00:34:46.579><c> the</c><00:34:46.699><c> dream</c><00:34:46.900><c> which</c><00:34:47.139><c> I</c>

00:34:47.360 --> 00:34:50.500
have<00:34:47.360><c> seen</c><00:34:47.860><c> and</c><00:34:48.340><c> the</c><00:34:48.639><c> interpretation</c><00:34:49.219><c> thereof?</c>

00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:53.679
Daniel<00:34:51.159><c> answered</c><00:34:51.440><c> in</c><00:34:51.699><c> the</c><00:34:51.800><c> presence</c><00:34:52.059><c> of</c><00:34:52.300><c> the</c><00:34:52.380><c> king</c><00:34:52.619><c> and</c><00:34:52.840><c> said,</c>

00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:57.420
The<00:34:54.440><c> secret</c><00:34:54.960><c> which</c><00:34:55.300><c> the</c><00:34:55.460><c> king</c><00:34:55.639><c> hath</c><00:34:55.820><c> demanded</c><00:34:56.659><c> cannot</c><00:34:57.179><c> the</c>

00:34:57.420 --> 00:35:00.500
wise<00:34:57.619><c> men,</c><00:34:57.900><c> the</c><00:34:58.139><c> astrologers,</c><00:34:58.760><c> the</c><00:34:58.880><c> magicians,</c><00:34:59.400><c> the</c><00:34:59.539><c> soothsayers</c><00:35:00.079><c> showeth</c>

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the<00:35:00.739><c> king.</c>

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For<00:35:02.440><c> there</c><00:35:02.639><c> is</c><00:35:02.739><c> a</c><00:35:02.840><c> God</c><00:35:03.000><c> in</c><00:35:03.260><c> heaven</c><00:35:03.719><c> that</c><00:35:04.219><c> reveals</c><00:35:04.739><c> secrets,</c><00:35:06.159><c> maketh</c><00:35:06.360><c> known</c><00:35:06.699><c> to</c>

00:35:06.880 --> 00:35:10.519
the<00:35:07.059><c> king</c><00:35:07.260><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:35:08.039><c> what</c><00:35:08.320><c> shall</c><00:35:08.659><c> be</c><00:35:08.940><c> in</c><00:35:09.119><c> the</c><00:35:09.219><c> latter</c><00:35:09.460><c> days.</c>

00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:14.559
Thy<00:35:11.619><c> dream</c><00:35:12.199><c> and</c><00:35:12.820><c> the</c><00:35:12.960><c> visions</c><00:35:13.199><c> of</c><00:35:13.420><c> thy</c><00:35:13.579><c> head</c><00:35:13.780><c> upon</c><00:35:14.059><c> thy</c><00:35:14.340><c> bed</c>

00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:15.780
are<00:35:14.739><c> these.</c>

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As<00:35:16.639><c> for</c><00:35:16.820><c> thee,</c><00:35:17.000><c> O</c><00:35:17.239><c> king,</c><00:35:17.559><c> thy</c><00:35:17.719><c> thoughts</c><00:35:18.139><c> came</c><00:35:18.480><c> into</c><00:35:18.719><c> thy</c><00:35:18.980><c> mind</c>

00:35:19.199 --> 00:35:20.619
upon<00:35:19.739><c> thy</c><00:35:20.139><c> bed.</c>

00:35:20.619 --> 00:35:23.400
What<00:35:21.320><c> shall</c><00:35:21.519><c> come</c><00:35:21.800><c> to</c><00:35:21.960><c> pass</c><00:35:22.159><c> hereafter?</c>

00:35:23.760 --> 00:35:27.139
And<00:35:23.940><c> he</c><00:35:24.039><c> that</c><00:35:24.239><c> revealeth</c><00:35:24.880><c> secrets,</c><00:35:25.780><c> maketh</c><00:35:26.159><c> known</c><00:35:26.340><c> to</c><00:35:26.579><c> thee</c>

00:35:27.139 --> 00:35:30.500
what<00:35:28.139><c> shall</c><00:35:28.760><c> come</c><00:35:29.139><c> to</c><00:35:29.400><c> pass.</c>

00:35:31.420 --> 00:35:35.380
But<00:35:31.639><c> as</c><00:35:31.920><c> for</c><00:35:32.099><c> me,</c><00:35:32.460><c> this</c><00:35:32.639><c> secret</c><00:35:32.980><c> is</c><00:35:33.260><c> not</c><00:35:33.460><c> revealed</c><00:35:33.940><c> to</c><00:35:34.219><c> me</c><00:35:35.219><c> for</c>

00:35:35.380 --> 00:35:39.559
any<00:35:35.579><c> wisdom</c><00:35:35.960><c> that</c><00:35:36.239><c> I</c><00:35:36.719><c> have,</c><00:35:37.860><c> more</c><00:35:38.179><c> than</c><00:35:38.380><c> any</c><00:35:38.699><c> living,</c>

00:35:39.739 --> 00:35:48.619
but<00:35:40.179><c> for</c><00:35:40.619><c> their</c><00:35:41.059><c> sakes</c><00:35:41.440><c> it</c><00:35:41.639><c> shall</c><00:35:41.840><c> make</c><00:35:42.179><c> known</c><00:35:42.780><c> the</c><00:35:44.199><c> interpretation</c><00:35:45.019><c> to</c><00:35:45.239><c> the</c><00:35:45.420><c> king</c><00:35:46.079><c> and</c><00:35:47.000><c> that</c><00:35:47.139><c> thou</c><00:35:47.360><c> mightest</c><00:35:47.940><c> know</c><00:35:47.940><c> the</c><00:35:48.179><c> thoughts</c><00:35:48.420><c> of</c>

00:35:48.619 --> 00:35:49.880
thy<00:35:48.960><c> heart.</c>

00:35:50.300 --> 00:35:55.599
There,<00:35:51.039><c> O</c><00:35:51.360><c> king,</c><00:35:52.380><c> sawest,</c><00:35:52.699><c> and</c><00:35:52.920><c> behold,</c><00:35:53.960><c> a</c><00:35:54.300><c> great</c><00:35:54.619><c> image.</c>

00:35:55.900 --> 00:35:59.420
This<00:35:56.300><c> great</c><00:35:56.760><c> image,</c><00:35:57.179><c> whose</c><00:35:57.440><c> brightness</c><00:35:57.940><c> was</c><00:35:58.320><c> excellent,</c>

00:35:59.440 --> 00:36:00.860
stood<00:35:59.659><c> before</c><00:36:00.099><c> thee.</c>

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The<00:36:01.219><c> form</c><00:36:01.380><c> thereof</c><00:36:01.699><c> was</c><00:36:01.900><c> terrible.</c>

00:36:03.260 --> 00:36:07.679
This<00:36:03.480><c> image's</c><00:36:03.860><c> head</c><00:36:04.039><c> was</c><00:36:04.280><c> of</c><00:36:04.539><c> fine</c><00:36:04.780><c> gold,</c><00:36:05.739><c> his</c><00:36:06.059><c> breast</c><00:36:06.519><c> and</c><00:36:06.780><c> his</c><00:36:07.000><c> arms</c><00:36:07.280><c> of</c>

00:36:07.679 --> 00:36:10.760
silver,<00:36:08.099><c> his</c><00:36:08.320><c> belly</c><00:36:08.659><c> and</c><00:36:08.860><c> his</c><00:36:09.119><c> thighs</c><00:36:09.400><c> of</c><00:36:09.800><c> brass,</c>

00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:16.360
his<00:36:11.800><c> legs</c><00:36:12.039><c> of</c><00:36:12.340><c> iron,</c><00:36:13.559><c> his</c><00:36:13.780><c> feet</c><00:36:14.119><c> parts</c><00:36:14.400><c> of</c><00:36:14.579><c> iron</c><00:36:14.780><c> and</c><00:36:14.960><c> parts</c><00:36:15.219><c> of</c><00:36:15.460><c> clay.</c>

00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:24.719
There<00:36:17.159><c> sawest</c><00:36:17.719><c> still</c><00:36:18.000><c> that</c><00:36:18.219><c> a</c><00:36:18.719><c> stone,</c><00:36:19.360><c> which</c><00:36:19.619><c> cut</c><00:36:19.860><c> out</c><00:36:20.260><c> with</c><00:36:20.599><c> out</c><00:36:20.880><c>-hounds,</c><00:36:22.380><c> which</c><00:36:22.659><c> swept</c><00:36:22.880><c> the</c><00:36:23.079><c> image</c><00:36:23.280><c> upon</c><00:36:23.579><c> his</c><00:36:23.960><c> feet</c><00:36:24.320><c> with</c><00:36:24.539><c> a</c>

00:36:24.719 --> 00:36:27.820
ball<00:36:24.820><c> of</c><00:36:25.099><c> iron</c><00:36:25.300><c> and</c><00:36:25.579><c> clay</c><00:36:25.739><c> and</c><00:36:26.019><c> break</c><00:36:26.320><c> them</c><00:36:26.579><c> to</c><00:36:26.820><c> pieces.</c>

00:36:28.800 --> 00:36:33.659
Then<00:36:29.059><c> was</c><00:36:29.300><c> the</c><00:36:29.500><c> iron,</c><00:36:30.000><c> the</c><00:36:30.099><c> clay,</c><00:36:30.460><c> the</c><00:36:30.579><c> brass,</c><00:36:31.019><c> the</c><00:36:31.119><c> silver</c><00:36:31.400><c> and</c><00:36:31.559><c> the</c><00:36:31.780><c> gold,</c><00:36:33.099><c> broken</c><00:36:33.360><c> to</c>

00:36:33.659 --> 00:36:35.099
pieces<00:36:33.980><c> together.</c>

00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:39.800
It<00:36:35.699><c> became</c><00:36:36.039><c> like</c><00:36:36.320><c> the</c><00:36:36.639><c> chaff</c><00:36:36.880><c> of</c><00:36:37.119><c> the</c><00:36:37.280><c> summer</c><00:36:37.559><c> threshing</c><00:36:38.019><c> floors,</c><00:36:39.659><c> and</c>

00:36:39.800 --> 00:36:43.519
the<00:36:39.920><c> wind</c><00:36:40.139><c> carried</c><00:36:40.460><c> them</c><00:36:40.719><c> away,</c><00:36:41.840><c> but</c><00:36:42.079><c> no</c><00:36:42.579><c> place</c><00:36:42.900><c> was</c><00:36:43.260><c> found</c>

00:36:43.519 --> 00:36:44.800
for<00:36:43.860><c> them.</c>

00:36:45.159 --> 00:36:47.940
And<00:36:45.639><c> the</c><00:36:45.780><c> stone,</c><00:36:46.400><c> which</c><00:36:46.639><c> swept</c><00:36:46.760><c> the</c><00:36:46.980><c> image,</c><00:36:47.380><c> became</c><00:36:47.599><c> a</c><00:36:47.800><c> great</c>

00:36:47.940 --> 00:36:50.280
mountain<00:36:48.300><c> and</c><00:36:48.599><c> filled</c><00:36:48.739><c> with</c><00:36:48.920><c> the</c><00:36:49.019><c> whole</c><00:36:49.199><c> earth.</c>

00:36:53.340 --> 00:36:56.219
This<00:36:53.400><c> is</c><00:36:53.679><c> the</c><00:36:53.860><c> dream,</c><00:36:54.880><c> and</c><00:36:54.980><c> I</c><00:36:55.099><c> will</c><00:36:55.280><c> tell</c><00:36:55.380><c> the</c><00:36:55.639><c> interpretation</c>

00:36:56.219 --> 00:36:57.840
thereof<00:36:56.559><c> before</c><00:36:56.820><c> the</c><00:36:57.039><c> king.</c>

00:36:57.860 --> 00:37:01.099
There,<00:36:58.039><c> O</c><00:36:58.260><c> king,</c><00:36:58.699><c> art</c><00:36:58.699><c> the</c><00:36:58.820><c> king</c><00:36:59.039><c> of</c><00:36:59.280><c> kings,</c><00:37:00.400><c> for</c><00:37:00.559><c> the</c><00:37:00.739><c> God</c><00:37:00.880><c> of</c>

00:37:01.099 --> 00:37:06.079
heaven<00:37:01.739><c> hath</c><00:37:02.219><c> given</c><00:37:02.659><c> thee</c><00:37:03.539><c> a</c><00:37:03.780><c> kingdom</c><00:37:04.059><c> of</c><00:37:04.420><c> power</c><00:37:04.639><c> and</c><00:37:05.059><c> strength</c><00:37:05.300><c> and</c><00:37:05.480><c> glory.</c>

00:37:06.079 --> 00:37:11.659
And<00:37:07.000><c> wheresoever</c><00:37:07.760><c> the</c><00:37:07.900><c> children</c><00:37:08.280><c> of</c><00:37:09.219><c> men</c><00:37:09.559><c> dwell,</c><00:37:10.980><c> the</c><00:37:11.159><c> beasts</c>

00:37:11.659 --> 00:37:15.760
of<00:37:11.980><c> the</c><00:37:12.059><c> film</c><00:37:12.280><c> and</c><00:37:12.519><c> fowls</c><00:37:12.880><c> of</c><00:37:13.039><c> the</c><00:37:13.199><c> heaven</c><00:37:13.480><c> that</c><00:37:13.780><c> he</c><00:37:14.019><c> hath</c><00:37:14.940><c> given</c><00:37:15.320><c> into</c>

00:37:15.760 --> 00:37:17.340
thine<00:37:16.019><c> hand,</c>

00:37:17.420 --> 00:37:21.800
and<00:37:17.559><c> hath</c><00:37:17.719><c> made</c><00:37:17.940><c> thee</c><00:37:18.219><c> ruler</c><00:37:18.599><c> over</c><00:37:18.960><c> them</c><00:37:19.280><c> all,</c><00:37:20.940><c> now</c><00:37:21.260><c> art</c><00:37:21.440><c> this</c>

00:37:21.800 --> 00:37:23.139
head<00:37:22.059><c> of</c><00:37:22.320><c> gold.</c>

00:37:23.860 --> 00:37:27.659
And<00:37:24.500><c> after</c><00:37:24.800><c> thee</c><00:37:24.960><c> shall</c><00:37:25.159><c> arise</c><00:37:25.460><c> another</c><00:37:25.800><c> kingdom</c><00:37:26.699><c> inferior</c>

00:37:27.659 --> 00:37:32.239
to<00:37:27.920><c> thee,</c><00:37:29.980><c> and</c><00:37:30.239><c> another</c><00:37:30.519><c> third</c><00:37:30.840><c> kingdom</c><00:37:31.280><c> of</c><00:37:31.579><c> brass,</c><00:37:31.880><c> which</c>

00:37:32.239 --> 00:37:34.420
shall<00:37:32.619><c> bear</c><00:37:32.960><c> rule</c><00:37:33.239><c> over</c><00:37:33.579><c> all</c><00:37:33.860><c> the</c><00:37:34.079><c> earth.</c>

00:37:34.420 --> 00:37:38.500
And<00:37:35.579><c> the</c><00:37:35.760><c> fourth</c><00:37:36.079><c> kingdom</c><00:37:36.500><c> shall</c><00:37:36.739><c> be</c><00:37:37.000><c> strong</c><00:37:37.219><c> as</c><00:37:37.519><c> iron,</c><00:37:38.400><c> for</c>

00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:42.739
as<00:37:38.619><c> much</c><00:37:38.840><c> as</c><00:37:38.980><c> iron</c><00:37:39.179><c> breaketh</c><00:37:39.739><c> in</c><00:37:39.860><c> pieces</c><00:37:40.179><c> and</c><00:37:40.539><c> subdueeth</c><00:37:41.099><c> all</c><00:37:41.460><c> things.</c>

00:37:43.699 --> 00:37:48.000
And<00:37:43.800><c> as</c><00:37:44.039><c> iron,</c><00:37:44.480><c> that</c><00:37:44.780><c> breaketh</c><00:37:45.159><c> all</c><00:37:45.440><c> these,</c><00:37:46.960><c> shall</c><00:37:47.159><c> it</c><00:37:47.539><c> break</c>

00:37:48.000 --> 00:37:50.400
in<00:37:48.239><c> pieces</c><00:37:48.679><c> and</c><00:37:49.119><c> bruise.</c>

00:37:50.780 --> 00:37:54.340
And<00:37:50.960><c> whereas</c><00:37:51.280><c> thou</c><00:37:51.519><c> sawest</c><00:37:51.840><c> the</c><00:37:52.059><c> feet</c><00:37:52.199><c> and</c><00:37:52.460><c> toes</c><00:37:52.739><c> part</c><00:37:53.219><c> of</c><00:37:53.440><c> potter's</c><00:37:54.019><c> clay</c><00:37:54.199><c> and</c>

00:37:54.340 --> 00:37:57.940
part<00:37:54.679><c> of</c><00:37:55.039><c> iron,</c><00:37:56.079><c> the</c><00:37:56.280><c> kingdom</c><00:37:56.579><c> shall</c><00:37:56.760><c> be</c><00:37:56.960><c> divided.</c>

00:37:58.460 --> 00:38:01.199
There<00:37:58.940><c> shall</c><00:37:59.139><c> be</c><00:37:59.320><c> units</c><00:37:59.500><c> of</c><00:37:59.679><c> the</c><00:37:59.980><c> strength</c><00:38:00.239><c> of</c><00:38:00.460><c> the</c><00:38:00.760><c> iron,</c><00:38:01.079><c> for</c>

00:38:01.199 --> 00:38:04.599
as<00:38:01.340><c> much</c><00:38:01.559><c> as</c><00:38:01.719><c> thou</c><00:38:01.920><c> sawest</c><00:38:02.159><c> the</c><00:38:02.440><c> iron</c><00:38:02.619><c> mixed</c><00:38:02.940><c> with</c><00:38:03.260><c> Maori</c><00:38:03.519><c> clay,</c>

00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:10.880
and<00:38:07.599><c> as</c><00:38:07.760><c> the</c><00:38:07.920><c> toes</c><00:38:08.079><c> of</c><00:38:08.280><c> the</c><00:38:08.480><c> feet</c><00:38:08.619><c> were</c><00:38:08.800><c> part</c><00:38:09.099><c> of</c><00:38:09.320><c> iron</c><00:38:09.860><c> and</c><00:38:10.500><c> part</c><00:38:10.739><c> of</c>

00:38:10.880 --> 00:38:13.599
clay,<00:38:11.199><c> so</c><00:38:11.340><c> the</c><00:38:11.500><c> kingdom</c><00:38:12.099><c> shall</c><00:38:12.559><c> be</c><00:38:12.780><c> partly</c><00:38:13.000><c> strong</c><00:38:13.360><c> and</c>

00:38:13.599 --> 00:38:14.920
partly<00:38:13.860><c> broken.</c>

00:38:15.260 --> 00:38:19.420
And<00:38:15.559><c> whereas</c><00:38:15.860><c> thou</c><00:38:16.039><c> sawest</c><00:38:16.500><c> iron</c><00:38:17.079><c> mixed</c><00:38:17.619><c> with</c><00:38:17.960><c> Maori</c><00:38:18.260><c> clay,</c>

00:38:19.500 --> 00:38:21.619
they<00:38:19.619><c> shall</c><00:38:19.719><c> mingle</c><00:38:20.019><c> themselves</c><00:38:20.500><c> with</c><00:38:20.760><c> the</c><00:38:20.900><c> seed</c><00:38:21.019><c> of</c><00:38:21.280><c> man.</c>

00:38:21.619 --> 00:38:25.760
But<00:38:22.420><c> they</c><00:38:22.639><c> shall</c><00:38:22.820><c> not</c><00:38:23.059><c> cleave</c><00:38:23.320><c> one</c><00:38:23.519><c> to</c><00:38:23.719><c> another,</c><00:38:24.860><c> even</c><00:38:25.139><c> as</c><00:38:25.460><c> iron</c><00:38:25.599><c> is</c>

00:38:25.760 --> 00:38:27.320
not<00:38:25.880><c> mixed</c><00:38:26.159><c> with</c><00:38:26.440><c> clay.</c>

00:38:27.719 --> 00:38:32.920
And<00:38:28.239><c> in</c><00:38:28.719><c> the</c><00:38:28.880><c> days</c><00:38:29.119><c> of</c><00:38:29.360><c> these</c><00:38:29.699><c> kings</c><00:38:30.659><c> shall</c><00:38:31.440><c> the</c><00:38:31.559><c> god</c><00:38:31.739><c> of</c><00:38:31.880><c> heaven</c><00:38:32.320><c> set</c>

00:38:32.920 --> 00:38:36.360
up<00:38:33.099><c> the</c><00:38:33.260><c> kingdom,</c><00:38:34.039><c> which</c><00:38:34.159><c> shall</c><00:38:34.360><c> never</c><00:38:34.659><c> be</c><00:38:35.019><c> destroyed,</c><00:38:36.239><c> and</c>

00:38:36.360 --> 00:38:39.059
the<00:38:36.500><c> kingdom</c><00:38:36.760><c> shall</c><00:38:36.980><c> not</c><00:38:37.159><c> be</c><00:38:37.340><c> left</c><00:38:37.539><c> to</c><00:38:37.639><c> other</c><00:38:37.860><c> people.</c>

00:38:39.559 --> 00:38:42.699
But<00:38:40.079><c> they</c><00:38:40.599><c> shall</c><00:38:40.719><c> break</c><00:38:40.980><c> in</c><00:38:41.239><c> pieces</c><00:38:41.539><c> and</c><00:38:41.800><c> consume</c><00:38:42.159><c> all</c><00:38:42.440><c> these</c>

00:38:42.699 --> 00:38:45.539
kingdoms,<00:38:44.340><c> and</c><00:38:44.420><c> they</c><00:38:44.519><c> shall</c><00:38:44.699><c> stand</c><00:38:44.920><c> forever.</c>

00:38:45.539 --> 00:38:49.699
For<00:38:46.500><c> as</c><00:38:46.739><c> much</c><00:38:46.960><c> as</c><00:38:47.179><c> thou</c><00:38:47.440><c> sawest</c><00:38:48.159><c> that</c><00:38:48.440><c> the</c><00:38:48.780><c> stone</c><00:38:49.000><c> was</c><00:38:49.199><c> cut</c><00:38:49.480><c> out</c>

00:38:49.699 --> 00:38:53.099
of<00:38:49.840><c> the</c><00:38:49.940><c> mountain</c><00:38:50.199><c> without</c><00:38:50.559><c> hands,</c><00:38:51.820><c> and</c><00:38:52.139><c> that</c><00:38:52.380><c> it</c><00:38:52.639><c> break</c><00:38:52.920><c> in</c>

00:38:53.099 --> 00:38:55.679
pieces<00:38:53.460><c> the</c><00:38:53.719><c> iron,</c><00:38:54.079><c> the</c><00:38:54.159><c> brass,</c><00:38:54.559><c> the</c><00:38:54.659><c> clay,</c><00:38:54.940><c> the</c><00:38:55.059><c> silver,</c><00:38:55.500><c> and</c>

00:38:55.679 --> 00:38:56.900
the<00:38:55.940><c> gold,</c>

00:38:57.500 --> 00:39:01.900
the<00:38:57.800><c> great</c><00:38:58.420><c> god</c><00:38:59.440><c> hath</c><00:38:59.840><c> made</c><00:39:00.159><c> known</c><00:39:00.480><c> to</c><00:39:00.739><c> the</c><00:39:00.960><c> king</c><00:39:01.260><c> what</c><00:39:01.559><c> shall</c>

00:39:01.900 --> 00:39:04.199
come<00:39:02.280><c> to</c><00:39:02.579><c> pass</c><00:39:02.860><c> hereafter.</c>

00:39:04.739 --> 00:39:09.019
The<00:39:05.340><c> king</c><00:39:05.599><c> is</c><00:39:05.639><c> certain</c><00:39:06.260><c> in</c><00:39:07.019><c> the</c><00:39:07.139><c> interpretation</c><00:39:07.699><c> that</c><00:39:07.920><c> I</c><00:39:08.039><c> am</c><00:39:08.219><c> sure.</c>

00:39:09.719 --> 00:39:12.699
Then<00:39:10.320><c> the</c><00:39:10.639><c> king,</c><00:39:10.840><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c><00:39:11.639><c> fell</c><00:39:11.800><c> upon</c><00:39:12.019><c> his</c><00:39:12.260><c> face</c><00:39:12.460><c> and</c>

00:39:12.699 --> 00:39:16.800
worshipped<00:39:13.280><c> them,</c><00:39:14.800><c> and</c><00:39:14.960><c> commanded</c><00:39:15.460><c> that</c><00:39:15.719><c> they</c><00:39:16.079><c> should</c><00:39:16.340><c> offer</c>

00:39:16.800 --> 00:39:20.420
him<00:39:17.099><c> liberation</c><00:39:17.739><c> from</c><00:39:18.179><c> sweet</c><00:39:18.480><c> homes</c><00:39:18.860><c> and</c><00:39:19.139><c> from</c><00:39:19.420><c> his</c><00:39:19.420><c> death.</c>

00:39:26.320 --> 00:39:27.980
Thank<00:39:26.860><c> you,</c><00:39:27.159><c> Robin.</c>

00:39:28.039 --> 00:39:30.519
The<00:39:28.039><c> reason</c><00:39:28.300><c> we've</c><00:39:28.639><c> chosen</c><00:39:28.900><c> this</c><00:39:29.219><c> particular</c><00:39:29.940><c> prophecy</c><00:39:30.199><c> out</c>

00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:34.500
of<00:39:30.659><c> the</c><00:39:30.800><c> many</c><00:39:31.059><c> hundreds</c><00:39:31.659><c> that</c><00:39:32.059><c> we</c><00:39:32.219><c> could</c><00:39:32.400><c> have</c><00:39:32.579><c> chosen</c><00:39:33.000><c> is</c><00:39:33.340><c> because</c><00:39:33.619><c> this</c><00:39:34.000><c> one</c>

00:39:34.500 --> 00:39:36.179
hasn't<00:39:34.980><c> been</c><00:39:35.320><c> fulfilled</c><00:39:35.739><c> yet.</c>

00:39:36.639 --> 00:39:39.840
It's<00:39:36.860><c> been</c><00:39:37.099><c> fulfilled</c><00:39:37.539><c> in</c><00:39:37.920><c> part,</c><00:39:38.639><c> but</c><00:39:38.860><c> it's</c><00:39:39.219><c> a</c><00:39:39.380><c> prophecy</c><00:39:39.619><c> that</c>

00:39:39.840 --> 00:39:43.659
we<00:39:40.039><c> can</c><00:39:40.260><c> now</c><00:39:40.480><c> look</c><00:39:40.719><c> at</c><00:39:41.280><c> and</c><00:39:41.559><c> we</c><00:39:41.699><c> can</c><00:39:42.000><c> see</c><00:39:42.219><c> from</c><00:39:42.500><c> history,</c><00:39:43.480><c> which</c>

00:39:43.659 --> 00:39:46.239
was<00:39:43.840><c> one</c><00:39:44.039><c> of</c><00:39:44.219><c> the</c><00:39:44.400><c> criticisms</c><00:39:44.920><c> made</c><00:39:45.579><c> of</c><00:39:45.760><c> the</c><00:39:45.920><c> Bible,</c>

00:39:46.239 --> 00:39:50.519
we<00:39:46.900><c> can</c><00:39:47.179><c> see</c><00:39:47.320><c> from</c><00:39:47.480><c> history</c><00:39:48.239><c> exactly</c><00:39:49.099><c> what</c><00:39:49.360><c> has</c><00:39:49.619><c> happened</c><00:39:50.199><c> and</c>

00:39:50.519 --> 00:39:54.159
compare<00:39:50.880><c> it</c><00:39:51.059><c> to</c><00:39:51.079><c> what</c><00:39:51.360><c> God</c><00:39:51.719><c> said</c><00:39:52.099><c> would</c><00:39:52.460><c> happen</c><00:39:52.900><c> through</c><00:39:53.480><c> this</c>

00:39:54.159 --> 00:39:56.559
dream<00:39:54.760><c> that</c><00:39:55.059><c> he</c><00:39:55.179><c> gave</c><00:39:55.559><c> to</c><00:39:55.800><c> Nebuchadnezzar.</c>

00:39:56.940 --> 00:39:59.860
Nebuchadnezzar<00:39:57.480><c> was</c><00:39:57.639><c> represented</c><00:39:58.159><c> as</c><00:39:58.360><c> the</c><00:39:58.500><c> head</c><00:39:58.599><c> of</c><00:39:58.820><c> gold.</c>

00:40:02.079 --> 00:40:05.920
Now<00:40:02.219><c> that</c><00:40:02.340><c> was</c><00:40:02.519><c> the</c><00:40:02.639><c> Babylonian</c><00:40:03.239><c> Empire</c><00:40:03.559><c> then,</c><00:40:04.159><c> Nebuchadnezzars</c><00:40:04.900><c> from</c><00:40:05.159><c> 606</c><00:40:05.780><c> to</c>

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538<00:40:06.500><c> BC.</c>

00:40:08.340 --> 00:40:10.980
We<00:40:08.860><c> then</c><00:40:09.219><c> have</c><00:40:09.440><c> the</c><00:40:09.619><c> breast</c><00:40:09.780><c> and</c><00:40:10.000><c> arms</c><00:40:10.159><c> of</c><00:40:10.360><c> silver,</c><00:40:10.920><c> which</c>

00:40:10.980 --> 00:40:11.539
Daniel<00:40:11.260><c> described.</c>

00:40:11.699 --> 00:40:15.079
Of<00:40:11.820><c> course,</c><00:40:12.000><c> Daniel</c><00:40:12.280><c> didn't</c><00:40:12.559><c> know</c><00:40:12.820><c> the</c><00:40:12.960><c> names</c><00:40:13.260><c> of</c><00:40:14.260><c> the</c><00:40:14.360><c> nations</c><00:40:14.840><c> that</c>

00:40:15.079 --> 00:40:17.780
would<00:40:15.900><c> rule</c><00:40:16.159><c> or</c><00:40:16.360><c> take</c><00:40:16.719><c> place</c><00:40:16.960><c> over</c><00:40:17.199><c> the</c><00:40:17.300><c> other</c><00:40:17.500><c> ones,</c>

00:40:18.000 --> 00:40:23.059
but<00:40:18.119><c> from</c><00:40:18.380><c> history</c><00:40:18.880><c> looking</c><00:40:19.239><c> back,</c><00:40:19.840><c> we</c><00:40:20.000><c> can</c><00:40:20.239><c> now</c><00:40:20.519><c> identify</c><00:40:21.139><c> that</c><00:40:21.320><c> the</c><00:40:21.519><c> breast</c><00:40:21.820><c> and</c><00:40:22.199><c> the</c><00:40:22.400><c> arms</c><00:40:22.639><c> of</c>

00:40:23.059 --> 00:40:24.739
silver,<00:40:23.579><c> as</c><00:40:23.820><c> described</c><00:40:24.139><c> by</c><00:40:24.380><c> Daniel,</c>

00:40:25.219 --> 00:40:28.480
refer<00:40:25.579><c> to</c><00:40:25.840><c> the</c><00:40:26.019><c> Medo</c><00:40:26.320><c>-Persian</c><00:40:26.739><c> Empire,</c><00:40:27.679><c> which</c><00:40:27.900><c> then</c><00:40:28.280><c> spanned</c>

00:40:28.480 --> 00:40:31.920
from<00:40:28.820><c> 538</c><00:40:29.679><c> to</c><00:40:30.119><c> 334</c><00:40:30.960><c> BC.</c>

00:40:32.699 --> 00:40:35.659
Then<00:40:33.000><c> we</c><00:40:33.219><c> have</c><00:40:33.460><c> the</c><00:40:33.679><c> belly</c><00:40:33.880><c> and</c><00:40:34.119><c> thighs,</c><00:40:34.460><c> which</c><00:40:34.719><c> Daniel</c><00:40:35.059><c> described.</c>

00:40:35.659 --> 00:40:39.860
We<00:40:36.300><c> know</c><00:40:36.579><c> that</c><00:40:37.139><c> to</c><00:40:37.420><c> be</c><00:40:37.920><c> the</c><00:40:38.199><c> Grecian</c><00:40:38.579><c> Empire,</c><00:40:39.380><c> which</c><00:40:39.619><c> reigned</c>

00:40:39.860 --> 00:40:43.199
from<00:40:40.119><c> 334</c><00:40:40.880><c> to</c><00:40:41.139><c> 67</c><00:40:41.699><c> BC.</c>

00:40:44.159 --> 00:40:48.239
And<00:40:44.199><c> then</c><00:40:44.420><c> we</c><00:40:44.559><c> have</c><00:40:45.139><c> the</c><00:40:45.360><c> legs</c><00:40:45.719><c> of</c><00:40:46.320><c> iron,</c><00:40:47.019><c> and</c><00:40:47.099><c> it's</c><00:40:47.360><c> interesting,</c><00:40:48.000><c> isn't</c><00:40:48.119><c> it,</c>

00:40:48.239 --> 00:40:52.340
the<00:40:48.440><c> legs</c><00:40:48.739><c> of</c><00:40:48.980><c> iron,</c><00:40:49.380><c> because</c><00:40:49.639><c> that</c><00:40:49.900><c> shows</c><00:40:50.219><c> us</c><00:40:50.579><c> two</c><00:40:51.300><c> powers.</c>

00:40:52.440 --> 00:40:55.840
But<00:40:52.659><c> what</c><00:40:52.980><c> happened?</c><00:40:53.719><c> We</c><00:40:53.880><c> have</c><00:40:54.119><c> the</c><00:40:54.280><c> Roman</c><00:40:54.619><c> Empire,</c><00:40:55.579><c> and</c><00:40:55.659><c> the</c>

00:40:55.840 --> 00:40:59.760
Roman<00:40:56.219><c> Empire</c><00:40:56.920><c> was</c><00:40:57.260><c> eventually</c><00:40:57.699><c> split</c><00:40:58.079><c> into</c><00:40:58.380><c> two</c><00:40:58.760><c> parts,</c><00:40:59.500><c> the</c>

00:40:59.760 --> 00:41:01.340
West<00:41:00.199><c> and</c><00:41:00.500><c> the</c><00:41:00.800><c> East.</c>

00:41:01.340 --> 00:41:05.800
And<00:41:01.880><c> the</c><00:41:02.039><c> part</c><00:41:02.800><c> of</c><00:41:03.000><c> the</c><00:41:03.119><c> Roman</c><00:41:03.340><c> Empire</c><00:41:03.639><c> is</c><00:41:03.960><c> still</c><00:41:04.199><c> with</c><00:41:04.400><c> us</c><00:41:04.599><c> today,</c><00:41:05.480><c> when</c><00:41:05.599><c> we</c>

00:41:05.800 --> 00:41:08.340
think<00:41:05.980><c> of</c><00:41:06.179><c> the</c><00:41:06.300><c> Roman</c><00:41:06.639><c> Catholic</c><00:41:07.079><c> Church.</c>

00:41:09.260 --> 00:41:13.480
But<00:41:09.320><c> then</c><00:41:09.579><c> he</c><00:41:09.739><c> saw</c><00:41:10.239><c> a</c><00:41:10.800><c> stone,</c><00:41:11.400><c> didn't</c><00:41:11.639><c> he,</c><00:41:12.239><c> cut</c><00:41:12.480><c> out,</c><00:41:12.840><c> oh</c><00:41:13.099><c> sorry,</c><00:41:13.340><c> the</c>

00:41:13.480 --> 00:41:17.539
feet<00:41:13.639><c> and</c><00:41:13.820><c> iron</c><00:41:13.960><c> of</c><00:41:14.179><c> clay,</c><00:41:15.639><c> which</c><00:41:15.639><c> remarkably,</c><00:41:16.940><c> there</c><00:41:17.059><c> was</c><00:41:17.239><c> no</c>

00:41:17.539 --> 00:41:18.199
willed<00:41:17.940><c> power.</c>

00:41:18.380 --> 00:41:20.880
So<00:41:18.519><c> God</c><00:41:18.639><c> is</c><00:41:18.719><c> saying,</c><00:41:19.000><c> at</c><00:41:19.099><c> the</c><00:41:19.260><c> time</c><00:41:19.420><c> of</c><00:41:19.599><c> these</c><00:41:19.920><c> feet,</c><00:41:20.400><c> there</c><00:41:20.519><c> would</c><00:41:20.719><c> be</c>

00:41:20.880 --> 00:41:21.940
no<00:41:21.179><c> willed</c><00:41:21.619><c> power.</c>

00:41:22.179 --> 00:41:25.719
But<00:41:22.320><c> there</c><00:41:22.420><c> would</c><00:41:22.519><c> be</c><00:41:22.579><c> lots</c><00:41:22.800><c> of</c><00:41:23.039><c> little</c><00:41:23.320><c> powers,</c><00:41:24.119><c> not</c><00:41:24.320><c> with</c><00:41:24.519><c> the</c><00:41:24.820><c> strength</c><00:41:25.159><c> of</c>

00:41:25.719 --> 00:41:28.780
all<00:41:25.940><c> these</c><00:41:26.139><c> other</c><00:41:26.420><c> powers,</c><00:41:26.760><c> the</c><00:41:27.039><c> solid</c><00:41:27.340><c> gold</c><00:41:27.739><c> head</c><00:41:27.980><c> or</c><00:41:28.380><c> the</c>

00:41:28.780 --> 00:41:30.300
silver<00:41:30.000><c> arms,</c>

00:41:30.300 --> 00:41:33.980
but<00:41:30.480><c> they</c><00:41:30.639><c> would</c><00:41:30.820><c> be</c><00:41:31.019><c> mixed</c><00:41:31.400><c> with</c><00:41:31.699><c> iron</c><00:41:31.980><c> and</c><00:41:32.260><c> clay,</c><00:41:32.519><c> and</c><00:41:32.579><c> everybody's</c><00:41:33.139><c> struggling</c><00:41:33.420><c> to</c>

00:41:33.980 --> 00:41:34.619
get<00:41:34.239><c> power.</c>

00:41:34.719 --> 00:41:40.699
And<00:41:34.780><c> we</c><00:41:34.860><c> have</c><00:41:35.039><c> ten</c><00:41:35.380><c> toes,</c><00:41:36.780><c> so</c><00:41:36.980><c> lots</c><00:41:37.260><c> of</c><00:41:37.579><c> nations</c><00:41:38.179><c> all</c><00:41:38.840><c> scrambling</c><00:41:39.300><c> for</c><00:41:39.480><c> this</c><00:41:39.719><c> power.</c>

00:41:42.559 --> 00:41:46.340
And<00:41:42.880><c> so</c><00:41:43.119><c> we</c><00:41:43.320><c> have</c><00:41:43.539><c> the</c><00:41:44.260><c> stone,</c><00:41:44.599><c> then,</c><00:41:44.900><c> that</c><00:41:45.019><c> was</c><00:41:45.719><c> cut</c><00:41:45.960><c> out</c><00:41:46.199><c> of</c>

00:41:46.340 --> 00:41:50.860
the<00:41:46.519><c> mountain</c><00:41:48.019><c> without</c><00:41:48.440><c> hands,</c><00:41:49.260><c> and</c><00:41:49.420><c> it</c><00:41:49.860><c> smote</c><00:41:50.099><c> the</c><00:41:50.360><c> image</c><00:41:50.599><c> on</c>

00:41:50.860 --> 00:41:52.000
the<00:41:51.179><c> feet.</c>

00:41:52.239 --> 00:41:54.400
Well<00:41:52.460><c> that</c><00:41:52.539><c> makes</c><00:41:52.840><c> sense,</c><00:41:53.280><c> doesn't</c><00:41:53.400><c> it,</c><00:41:53.539><c> because</c><00:41:53.739><c> if</c><00:41:53.900><c> that's</c>

00:41:54.400 --> 00:41:58.460
our<00:41:54.679><c> time,</c><00:41:56.019><c> the</c><00:41:56.260><c> time</c><00:41:56.619><c> of</c><00:41:57.139><c> the</c><00:41:57.380><c> feet</c><00:41:57.579><c> and</c><00:41:57.800><c> the</c><00:41:58.059><c> toes,</c>

00:41:58.460 --> 00:42:01.840
then<00:41:59.500><c> we're</c><00:41:59.679><c> talking</c><00:42:00.019><c> about</c><00:42:00.519><c> our</c><00:42:00.880><c> time,</c><00:42:01.199><c> so</c><00:42:01.340><c> we're</c><00:42:01.500><c> talking</c>

00:42:01.840 --> 00:42:04.280
now<00:42:02.119><c> about</c><00:42:02.340><c> something</c><00:42:02.639><c> that's</c><00:42:02.900><c> very</c><00:42:03.260><c> close.</c>

00:42:04.639 --> 00:42:08.340
It<00:42:04.659><c> was</c><00:42:04.840><c> cut</c><00:42:05.039><c> out</c><00:42:05.219><c> of</c><00:42:06.639><c> the</c><00:42:06.800><c> mountain</c><00:42:06.980><c> without</c><00:42:07.300><c> hands,</c><00:42:08.159><c> smote</c>

00:42:08.340 --> 00:42:12.260
the<00:42:08.480><c> image</c><00:42:08.599><c> on</c><00:42:08.820><c> the</c><00:42:09.000><c> feet,</c><00:42:09.619><c> and</c><00:42:09.800><c> consumed</c><00:42:10.360><c> the</c><00:42:10.739><c> whole</c><00:42:11.159><c> image.</c>

00:42:12.460 --> 00:42:18.000
So<00:42:12.659><c> this</c><00:42:13.019><c> image,</c><00:42:13.679><c> then,</c><00:42:14.000><c> is</c><00:42:14.219><c> a</c><00:42:14.340><c> prophetic</c><00:42:14.760><c> example</c><00:42:15.239><c> of</c><00:42:15.420><c> the</c><00:42:15.699><c> kingdoms</c><00:42:16.059><c> that</c><00:42:16.360><c> God</c><00:42:16.579><c> would</c><00:42:16.800><c> allow</c><00:42:17.019><c> men</c><00:42:17.280><c> to</c><00:42:17.619><c> have,</c>

00:42:18.380 --> 00:42:22.260
until<00:42:18.800><c> he</c><00:42:19.239><c> decides</c><00:42:19.820><c> to</c><00:42:20.360><c> call</c><00:42:20.579><c> it</c><00:42:20.780><c> a</c><00:42:20.940><c> day,</c><00:42:21.360><c> to</c><00:42:21.539><c> say,</c><00:42:21.840><c> no,</c><00:42:21.960><c> you've</c>

00:42:22.260 --> 00:42:25.420
had<00:42:22.420><c> enough,</c><00:42:23.059><c> I</c><00:42:23.400><c> am</c><00:42:23.519><c> now</c><00:42:23.739><c> going</c><00:42:23.940><c> to</c><00:42:24.179><c> set</c><00:42:24.320><c> up</c><00:42:24.599><c> my</c><00:42:24.960><c> kingdom.</c>

00:42:25.420 --> 00:42:29.099
And,<00:42:26.320><c> of</c><00:42:26.539><c> course,</c><00:42:26.860><c> the</c><00:42:27.079><c> stone</c><00:42:27.539><c> represents</c><00:42:28.300><c> the</c><00:42:28.460><c> Lord</c><00:42:28.659><c> Jesus</c>

00:42:29.099 --> 00:42:31.320
Christ,<00:42:29.579><c> his</c><00:42:29.820><c> son</c><00:42:29.960><c> that</c><00:42:30.119><c> he</c><00:42:30.380><c> sent.</c>

00:42:32.380 --> 00:42:36.039
And<00:42:32.599><c> so</c><00:42:32.780><c> we</c><00:42:32.900><c> can</c><00:42:33.139><c> see</c><00:42:33.260><c> this</c><00:42:33.579><c> prophecy</c><00:42:34.119><c> is</c><00:42:34.679><c> still</c><00:42:35.079><c> being</c><00:42:35.440><c> fulfilled,</c>

00:42:36.360 --> 00:42:39.199
and<00:42:36.420><c> we</c><00:42:36.599><c> can</c><00:42:36.820><c> take</c><00:42:37.000><c> great</c><00:42:37.340><c> comfort</c><00:42:37.800><c> in</c><00:42:38.079><c> knowing</c><00:42:38.380><c> that</c><00:42:38.739><c> we</c><00:42:38.900><c> can</c>

00:42:39.199 --> 00:42:41.460
trace<00:42:39.360><c> it</c><00:42:39.619><c> all</c><00:42:39.860><c> the</c><00:42:39.980><c> way</c><00:42:40.159><c> back</c><00:42:40.420><c> to</c><00:42:40.639><c> Babylon.</c>

00:42:42.260 --> 00:42:44.900
Again,<00:42:43.039><c> this</c><00:42:43.280><c> isn't</c><00:42:43.599><c> a</c><00:42:43.780><c> Christadelphian</c><00:42:44.460><c> idea.</c>

00:42:45.260 --> 00:42:48.920
If<00:42:45.519><c> you</c><00:42:45.840><c> search</c><00:42:46.199><c> this</c><00:42:46.380><c> on</c><00:42:46.579><c> the</c><00:42:46.860><c> internet,</c><00:42:47.340><c> you</c><00:42:47.400><c> will</c><00:42:47.719><c> find</c><00:42:48.000><c> exactly</c><00:42:48.639><c> the</c>

00:42:48.920 --> 00:42:52.139
same<00:42:49.199><c> interpretation.</c><00:42:50.900><c> It's</c><00:42:51.079><c> remarkable.</c>

00:42:53.639 --> 00:42:56.000
So,<00:42:54.559><c> just</c><00:42:54.739><c> to</c><00:42:54.940><c> clarify.</c>

00:42:56.599 --> 00:42:59.099
You,<00:42:56.800><c> O</c><00:42:56.960><c> king,</c><00:42:57.440><c> the</c><00:42:57.579><c> king</c><00:42:57.760><c> of</c><00:42:57.940><c> kings,</c><00:42:58.260><c> you</c><00:42:58.460><c> are</c><00:42:58.639><c> the</c><00:42:58.760><c> head</c><00:42:58.860><c> of</c>

00:42:59.099 --> 00:43:00.460
gold,<00:42:59.519><c> Daniel</c><00:42:59.760><c> tells</c><00:43:00.039><c> him.</c>

00:43:00.840 --> 00:43:03.679
After<00:43:01.139><c> you</c><00:43:01.320><c> shall</c><00:43:01.519><c> arise</c><00:43:01.800><c> another</c><00:43:02.139><c> kingdom</c><00:43:02.500><c> inferior</c><00:43:03.059><c> to</c><00:43:03.260><c> yours,</c><00:43:03.420><c> so</c>

00:43:03.679 --> 00:43:07.739
as<00:43:04.019><c> the</c><00:43:04.280><c> metal</c><00:43:04.440><c> is</c><00:43:04.739><c> inferior,</c><00:43:05.420><c> so</c><00:43:05.639><c> will</c><00:43:05.800><c> the</c><00:43:06.000><c> kingdom</c><00:43:06.360><c> be</c><00:43:06.739><c> inferior.</c>

00:43:08.059 --> 00:43:11.659
Then<00:43:08.280><c> the</c><00:43:08.420><c> third</c><00:43:08.659><c> kingdom</c><00:43:09.000><c> of</c><00:43:09.239><c> bronze,</c><00:43:09.539><c> which</c><00:43:09.739><c> shall</c><00:43:09.940><c> rule</c><00:43:10.119><c> over</c><00:43:10.360><c> the</c><00:43:10.500><c> whole</c><00:43:10.699><c> earth,</c><00:43:10.960><c> which</c><00:43:11.159><c> it</c><00:43:11.380><c> did.</c>

00:43:12.079 --> 00:43:15.159
Then<00:43:12.340><c> a</c><00:43:12.599><c> fourth</c><00:43:12.820><c> kingdom,</c><00:43:13.460><c> strong</c><00:43:13.679><c> as</c><00:43:14.000><c> iron,</c><00:43:14.500><c> just</c><00:43:14.639><c> as</c><00:43:14.860><c> iron</c>

00:43:15.159 --> 00:43:16.420
crushes<00:43:15.639><c> and</c><00:43:15.800><c> smashes</c><00:43:16.099><c> everything.</c>

00:43:16.559 --> 00:43:19.440
And<00:43:16.679><c> isn't</c><00:43:16.820><c> that</c><00:43:17.000><c> what</c><00:43:17.139><c> the</c><00:43:17.380><c> Romans</c><00:43:17.579><c> did?</c><00:43:18.480><c> They</c><00:43:18.739><c> came</c><00:43:19.119><c> in</c><00:43:19.360><c> and</c>

00:43:19.440 --> 00:43:21.059
they<00:43:19.820><c> destroyed.</c>

00:43:23.699 --> 00:43:27.980
Then,<00:43:24.360><c> as</c><00:43:24.360><c> you</c><00:43:24.519><c> saw,</c><00:43:24.820><c> the</c><00:43:24.960><c> feet</c><00:43:25.179><c> and</c><00:43:25.420><c> toes,</c><00:43:25.900><c> partly</c><00:43:26.039><c> of</c><00:43:26.219><c> potters</c><00:43:26.500><c> clay</c><00:43:26.639><c> and</c><00:43:26.840><c> partly</c><00:43:27.079><c> of</c><00:43:27.300><c> iron,</c><00:43:27.460><c> it</c><00:43:27.559><c> shall</c><00:43:27.659><c> be</c><00:43:27.860><c> a</c>

00:43:27.980 --> 00:43:28.860
divided<00:43:28.360><c> kingdom.</c>

00:43:29.139 --> 00:43:31.679
And<00:43:29.280><c> that's</c><00:43:29.440><c> what</c><00:43:29.619><c> it</c><00:43:29.760><c> is</c><00:43:29.920><c> today.</c><00:43:30.579><c> We</c><00:43:30.659><c> have</c><00:43:30.880><c> divided</c><00:43:31.300><c> kingdom.</c>

00:43:32.039 --> 00:43:35.119
Everybody's<00:43:32.500><c> struggling</c><00:43:32.760><c> for</c><00:43:33.099><c> power,</c><00:43:33.920><c> but</c><00:43:34.039><c> some</c><00:43:34.260><c> of</c><00:43:34.420><c> the</c><00:43:34.599><c> strength</c><00:43:34.780><c> of</c>

00:43:35.119 --> 00:43:36.099
iron<00:43:35.320><c> shall</c><00:43:35.639><c> be</c><00:43:35.880><c> in</c><00:43:35.980><c> it.</c>

00:43:36.119 --> 00:43:39.440
And,<00:43:36.320><c> of</c><00:43:36.480><c> course,</c><00:43:36.639><c> that's</c><00:43:37.059><c> referring</c><00:43:37.400><c> to</c><00:43:37.880><c> the</c><00:43:38.000><c> Roman</c><00:43:38.360><c> Empire</c><00:43:38.820><c> dissolved,</c>

00:43:39.739 --> 00:43:43.800
the<00:43:39.940><c> one</c><00:43:40.159><c> remaining</c><00:43:40.579><c> feature</c><00:43:40.880><c> being</c><00:43:41.119><c> the</c><00:43:41.400><c> Roman</c><00:43:41.699><c> Catholic</c><00:43:42.159><c> Church,</c><00:43:42.860><c> which</c><00:43:43.019><c> endures</c><00:43:43.480><c> to</c>

00:43:43.800 --> 00:43:44.980
this<00:43:44.159><c> day.</c>

00:43:45.320 --> 00:43:48.480
How<00:43:45.780><c> accurate</c><00:43:46.239><c> does</c><00:43:46.679><c> it</c><00:43:46.900><c> have</c><00:43:47.059><c> to</c><00:43:47.260><c> be</c><00:43:47.380><c> before</c><00:43:47.679><c> we</c><00:43:48.059><c> believe</c><00:43:48.260><c> it</c>

00:43:48.480 --> 00:43:50.440
and<00:43:48.659><c> accept</c><00:43:49.059><c> it</c><00:43:49.400><c> as</c><00:43:49.599><c> the</c><00:43:49.800><c> Word</c><00:43:49.960><c> of</c><00:43:50.199><c> God?</c>

00:43:50.440 --> 00:43:56.079
Written<00:43:51.000><c> all</c><00:43:51.519><c> those</c><00:43:51.699><c> years</c><00:43:52.039><c> ago</c><00:43:52.300><c> by</c><00:43:52.579><c> Isaiah,</c><00:43:54.539><c> through</c><00:43:55.619><c> the</c><00:43:55.760><c> pen</c><00:43:55.980><c> of</c>

00:43:56.079 --> 00:43:57.860
Isaiah,<00:43:56.539><c> but</c><00:43:56.679><c> from</c><00:43:56.920><c> God.</c>

00:43:58.119 --> 00:44:00.519
So<00:43:58.219><c> here</c><00:43:58.559><c> we</c><00:43:58.800><c> have</c><00:43:59.139><c> the</c><00:43:59.460><c> image.</c>

00:44:01.460 --> 00:44:05.800
This<00:44:01.559><c> represents</c><00:44:02.260><c> the</c><00:44:02.599><c> kingdoms</c><00:44:03.079><c> of</c><00:44:03.380><c> men</c><00:44:03.780><c> upon</c><00:44:04.199><c> the</c><00:44:04.500><c> earth,</c>

00:44:06.139 --> 00:44:12.239
until<00:44:06.480><c> the</c><00:44:07.559><c> day</c><00:44:07.820><c> that</c><00:44:08.079><c> God</c><00:44:08.300><c> has</c><00:44:08.559><c> appointed</c><00:44:08.960><c> when</c><00:44:09.260><c> God</c><00:44:09.860><c> will</c><00:44:10.460><c> rule</c><00:44:10.980><c> the</c><00:44:11.380><c> kingdoms</c><00:44:11.840><c> of</c>

00:44:12.239 --> 00:44:15.260
men<00:44:12.639><c> through</c><00:44:13.039><c> Christ</c><00:44:13.739><c> his</c><00:44:14.300><c> King.</c>

00:44:15.619 --> 00:44:21.039
So,<00:44:18.400><c> the</c><00:44:18.539><c> reliable</c><00:44:19.559><c> prophetic</c><00:44:20.420><c> message.</c>

00:44:21.320 --> 00:44:23.260
Peter<00:44:21.539><c> says</c><00:44:21.920><c> this,</c>

00:44:23.480 --> 00:44:26.199
We<00:44:23.480><c> have</c><00:44:23.659><c> also</c><00:44:24.059><c> a</c><00:44:24.300><c> more</c><00:44:24.599><c> sure</c><00:44:24.800><c> word</c><00:44:25.079><c> of</c><00:44:25.340><c> prophecy,</c><00:44:25.800><c> whereunto</c>

00:44:26.199 --> 00:44:28.139
ye<00:44:26.460><c> do</c><00:44:26.719><c> well,</c><00:44:27.139><c> that</c><00:44:27.280><c> ye</c><00:44:27.480><c> take</c><00:44:27.800><c> heed,</c>

00:44:28.539 --> 00:44:31.920
as<00:44:28.760><c> to</c><00:44:28.940><c> a</c><00:44:29.079><c> light</c><00:44:29.239><c> that</c><00:44:29.599><c> shineth</c><00:44:29.880><c> in</c><00:44:30.059><c> a</c><00:44:30.119><c> dark</c><00:44:30.480><c> place,</c><00:44:31.420><c> until</c><00:44:31.679><c> the</c>

00:44:31.920 --> 00:44:34.179
day<00:44:32.199><c> dawn</c><00:44:32.440><c> and</c><00:44:32.619><c> the</c><00:44:32.800><c> day</c><00:44:33.019><c> start</c><00:44:33.239><c> arising</c><00:44:33.619><c> your</c><00:44:33.900><c> hearts,</c>

00:44:34.280 --> 00:44:38.239
knowing<00:44:34.599><c> this</c><00:44:35.159><c> first,</c><00:44:36.059><c> that</c><00:44:36.400><c> no</c><00:44:36.880><c> prophecy</c><00:44:37.320><c> of</c><00:44:37.519><c> the</c><00:44:37.719><c> scriptures,</c>

00:44:38.659 --> 00:44:42.480
so<00:44:39.199><c> nothing</c><00:44:39.579><c> that</c><00:44:39.760><c> we</c><00:44:39.940><c> read</c><00:44:40.199><c> about</c><00:44:40.800><c> prophetically,</c><00:44:42.000><c> is</c><00:44:42.139><c> of</c><00:44:42.280><c> a</c>

00:44:42.480 --> 00:44:43.780
private<00:44:43.059><c> interpretation.</c>

00:44:43.780 --> 00:44:45.820
In<00:44:43.940><c> other</c><00:44:44.179><c> words,</c><00:44:44.500><c> it's</c><00:44:44.619><c> not</c><00:44:44.780><c> something</c><00:44:45.039><c> that's</c><00:44:45.159><c> been</c><00:44:45.360><c> made</c><00:44:45.599><c> up.</c>

00:44:46.099 --> 00:44:48.500
It's<00:44:46.340><c> all</c><00:44:46.820><c> given</c><00:44:47.099><c> by</c><00:44:47.559><c> God.</c>

00:44:48.800 --> 00:44:50.960
So<00:44:48.800><c> we</c><00:44:48.940><c> can</c><00:44:49.280><c> trust</c><00:44:49.539><c> it</c><00:44:49.760><c> and</c><00:44:49.900><c> believe</c><00:44:50.380><c> it.</c>

00:44:51.239 --> 00:44:54.019
For<00:44:51.239><c> the</c><00:44:51.539><c> prophecy</c><00:44:51.820><c> came</c><00:44:52.179><c> not</c><00:44:52.380><c> in</c><00:44:52.559><c> old</c><00:44:52.800><c> time</c><00:44:52.980><c> by</c><00:44:53.219><c> the</c><00:44:53.360><c> will</c><00:44:53.480><c> of</c><00:44:53.679><c> man,</c>

00:44:54.340 --> 00:44:55.900
so<00:44:54.480><c> it</c><00:44:54.539><c> wasn't</c><00:44:54.780><c> something</c><00:44:55.079><c> that</c><00:44:55.260><c> man</c><00:44:55.360><c> made</c><00:44:55.619><c> up,</c>

00:44:56.139 --> 00:44:58.920
but<00:44:56.440><c> holy</c><00:44:56.800><c> men</c><00:44:57.039><c> of</c><00:44:57.219><c> God,</c><00:44:57.699><c> that</c><00:44:57.860><c> means</c><00:44:58.139><c> separate</c><00:44:58.599><c> men,</c>

00:44:59.119 --> 00:45:02.659
men<00:44:59.320><c> that</c><00:44:59.500><c> have</c><00:44:59.760><c> dedicated</c><00:45:00.199><c> their</c><00:45:00.460><c> lives</c><00:45:00.679><c> to</c><00:45:00.860><c> God,</c><00:45:01.159><c> the</c><00:45:01.400><c> service</c><00:45:01.619><c> of</c><00:45:01.820><c> God,</c>

00:45:02.760 --> 00:45:07.119
spoke<00:45:03.099><c> as</c><00:45:03.519><c> they</c><00:45:03.820><c> were</c><00:45:04.099><c> moved</c><00:45:04.360><c> by</c><00:45:04.619><c> God's</c><00:45:05.059><c> power,</c><00:45:05.719><c> the</c><00:45:05.880><c> Holy</c><00:45:06.079><c> Spirit.</c>

00:45:07.519 --> 00:45:09.280
Remarkable,<00:45:08.000><c> isn't</c><00:45:08.199><c> it?</c>

00:45:09.860 --> 00:45:12.739
So,<00:45:10.719><c> the</c><00:45:10.960><c> conclusion.</c><00:45:11.519><c> Let's</c><00:45:11.760><c> just</c><00:45:11.980><c> summarise</c><00:45:12.300><c> our</c><00:45:12.539><c> thoughts.</c>

00:45:12.739 --> 00:45:15.099
The<00:45:12.960><c> Bible</c><00:45:13.239><c> claims</c><00:45:13.820><c> to</c><00:45:14.219><c> be</c><00:45:14.380><c> worth</c><00:45:14.639><c> believing,</c>

00:45:15.280 --> 00:45:17.320
and<00:45:15.300><c> hopefully</c><00:45:15.659><c> we've</c><00:45:16.000><c> proved</c><00:45:16.179><c> to</c><00:45:16.280><c> you</c><00:45:16.360><c> this</c><00:45:16.519><c> evening</c><00:45:16.900><c> that</c>

00:45:17.320 --> 00:45:19.739
it<00:45:17.599><c> certainly</c><00:45:18.000><c> is.</c>

00:45:19.820 --> 00:45:22.320
Many<00:45:20.159><c> critics</c><00:45:20.579><c> have</c><00:45:20.860><c> attempted</c><00:45:21.320><c> to</c><00:45:21.619><c> discredit</c><00:45:22.019><c> the</c><00:45:22.159><c> Bible,</c>

00:45:22.400 --> 00:45:23.179
and<00:45:22.500><c> still</c><00:45:22.840><c> do,</c>

00:45:23.360 --> 00:45:25.960
even<00:45:23.659><c> with</c><00:45:23.860><c> all</c><00:45:24.079><c> the</c><00:45:24.239><c> archaeological</c><00:45:24.719><c> evidence</c><00:45:25.199><c> popping</c><00:45:25.699><c> up</c>

00:45:25.960 --> 00:45:26.539
all<00:45:26.099><c> over</c><00:45:26.340><c> the</c><00:45:26.440><c> place.</c>

00:45:26.579 --> 00:45:29.380
They<00:45:26.840><c> still</c><00:45:27.179><c> try</c><00:45:27.639><c> and</c><00:45:28.079><c> discredit</c><00:45:28.480><c> it.</c>

00:45:29.619 --> 00:45:34.780
The<00:45:30.260><c> legitimacy</c><00:45:30.739><c> of</c><00:45:30.980><c> the</c><00:45:31.139><c> Bible</c><00:45:31.360><c> is</c><00:45:31.619><c> reinforced</c><00:45:32.260><c> by</c><00:45:33.340><c> archaeology,</c><00:45:34.340><c> geology,</c>

00:45:35.139 --> 00:45:36.719
history,<00:45:35.860><c> prophecy,</c>

00:45:36.840 --> 00:45:39.360
biographical<00:45:37.440><c> and</c><00:45:38.320><c> intelligent</c><00:45:38.900><c> design.</c>

00:45:39.360 --> 00:45:44.000
All<00:45:39.820><c> these</c><00:45:40.199><c> things</c><00:45:40.480><c> prove</c><00:45:41.000><c> that</c><00:45:41.320><c> the</c><00:45:41.480><c> Bible</c><00:45:41.800><c> is</c><00:45:42.519><c> true</c><00:45:43.000><c> and</c><00:45:43.440><c> accurate,</c>

00:45:44.300 --> 00:45:47.519
and<00:45:44.699><c> that</c><00:45:44.880><c> the</c><00:45:45.099><c> Bible</c><00:45:45.460><c> can</c><00:45:45.960><c> be</c><00:45:46.539><c> believed.</c>

00:45:48.079 --> 00:45:50.900
The<00:45:48.199><c> question</c><00:45:48.619><c> we</c><00:45:48.760><c> want</c><00:45:49.000><c> to</c><00:45:49.179><c> leave</c><00:45:49.400><c> you</c><00:45:49.619><c> with,</c><00:45:50.039><c> though,</c><00:45:50.659><c> is</c>

00:45:50.900 --> 00:45:52.340
can<00:45:51.219><c> you</c><00:45:51.579><c> believe</c><00:45:51.960><c> it?</c>

00:45:52.699 --> 00:45:55.860
We've<00:45:52.980><c> tried</c><00:45:53.159><c> to</c><00:45:53.500><c> provide</c><00:45:53.719><c> you</c><00:45:53.920><c> with</c><00:45:54.179><c> some</c><00:45:54.780><c> evidence,</c>

00:45:55.880 --> 00:45:58.699
some<00:45:56.099><c> things</c><00:45:56.300><c> that</c><00:45:56.579><c> hopefully</c><00:45:56.900><c> you've</c><00:45:57.219><c> not</c><00:45:57.619><c> considered</c><00:45:58.079><c> before,</c>

00:45:59.119 --> 00:46:02.800
but<00:45:59.579><c> the</c><00:45:59.840><c> only</c><00:46:00.119><c> way</c><00:46:00.280><c> you</c><00:46:00.400><c> can</c><00:46:00.699><c> really</c><00:46:01.079><c> believe</c><00:46:01.340><c> it</c><00:46:01.679><c> is</c><00:46:01.840><c> by</c><00:46:02.099><c> picking</c><00:46:02.360><c> it</c><00:46:02.599><c> up</c>

00:46:02.800 --> 00:46:06.699
and<00:46:03.000><c> reading</c><00:46:03.320><c> it</c><00:46:03.780><c> from</c><00:46:03.980><c> cover</c><00:46:04.380><c> to</c><00:46:04.780><c> cover</c><00:46:05.199><c> and</c><00:46:05.599><c> make</c><00:46:05.800><c> your</c><00:46:06.019><c> own</c><00:46:06.179><c> decision.</c>

00:46:06.699 --> 00:46:11.000
We<00:46:07.320><c> need</c><00:46:07.599><c> to</c><00:46:07.800><c> do</c><00:46:07.980><c> ourselves</c><00:46:08.400><c> a</c><00:46:08.599><c> justice</c><00:46:08.920><c> and</c><00:46:09.199><c> give</c><00:46:09.380><c> it</c><00:46:09.559><c> the</c><00:46:09.699><c> opportunity</c><00:46:10.300><c> it</c><00:46:10.519><c> deserves</c>

00:46:11.000 --> 00:46:14.739
to<00:46:11.400><c> be</c><00:46:11.559><c> able</c><00:46:11.760><c> to</c><00:46:12.079><c> affect</c><00:46:12.440><c> us,</c><00:46:12.960><c> as</c><00:46:13.119><c> we</c><00:46:13.320><c> mentioned</c><00:46:13.579><c> at</c><00:46:13.760><c> the</c><00:46:13.860><c> beginning,</c><00:46:14.539><c> and</c>

00:46:14.739 --> 00:46:15.760
change<00:46:15.019><c> our</c><00:46:15.340><c> lives.</c>

00:46:16.260 --> 00:46:18.800
I'd<00:46:16.440><c> like</c><00:46:16.559><c> to</c><00:46:16.699><c> leave</c><00:46:16.820><c> you</c><00:46:16.980><c> with</c><00:46:17.119><c> this</c><00:46:17.920><c> quote.</c>

00:46:19.619 --> 00:46:22.079
And<00:46:19.679><c> we</c><00:46:19.860><c> also</c><00:46:20.239><c> thank</c><00:46:20.559><c> God</c><00:46:20.820><c> continually,</c>

00:46:22.239 --> 00:46:26.139
because<00:46:22.440><c> when</c><00:46:22.719><c> you</c><00:46:23.000><c> received</c><00:46:23.340><c> the</c><00:46:23.599><c> Word</c><00:46:23.840><c> of</c><00:46:24.000><c> God,</c><00:46:24.780><c> you</c><00:46:25.019><c> accepted</c><00:46:25.599><c> it,</c>

00:46:26.300 --> 00:46:31.940
not<00:46:26.659><c> as</c><00:46:27.000><c> human</c><00:46:27.340><c> word,</c><00:46:28.159><c> but</c><00:46:28.320><c> as</c><00:46:28.460><c> it</c><00:46:28.679><c> actually</c><00:46:29.300><c> is,</c><00:46:30.400><c> the</c><00:46:30.599><c> Word</c><00:46:30.880><c> of</c><00:46:31.099><c> God,</c>

00:46:31.960 --> 00:46:34.719
which<00:46:32.119><c> is</c><00:46:32.340><c> indeed</c><00:46:32.639><c> at</c><00:46:32.880><c> work</c><00:46:33.119><c> in</c><00:46:33.360><c> you</c><00:46:33.920><c> who</c><00:46:34.380><c> believe.</c>

00:46:34.719 --> 00:46:36.639
Thank<00:46:35.360><c> you</c><00:46:35.440><c> for</c><00:46:35.579><c> listening.</c>

00:48:00.039 --> 00:48:01.860
Thank<00:48:00.920><c> you.</c>

00:48:31.179 --> 00:48:31.739
Thank<00:48:31.219><c> you.</c>

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Thank<00:48:46.960><c> you.</c>