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Jesus</c><00:24:12.980><c> Christ.</c><00:24:13.380><c> And</c><00:24:13.539><c> in</c><00:24:13.700><c> the</c><00:24:13.839><c> process,</c><00:24:14.359><c> they</c> 00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:18.259 were<00:24:14.859><c> throwing</c><00:24:15.160><c> away</c><00:24:15.640><c> the</c><00:24:16.079><c> only</c><00:24:17.259><c> possible</c> 00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:25.279 source<00:24:19.519><c> of</c><00:24:20.200><c> salvation.</c><00:24:21.400><c> They</c><00:24:21.400><c> were</c><00:24:22.000><c> drawing</c><00:24:22.359><c> back</c><00:24:23.220><c> onto</c><00:24:23.779><c> perdition,</c><00:24:25.200><c> says</c> 00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:27.359 the<00:24:25.539><c> apostle</c><00:24:25.960><c> in</c><00:24:26.460><c> verse</c><00:24:26.779><c> 39.</c> 00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:30.900 And<00:24:27.880><c> that's</c><00:24:28.099><c> a</c><00:24:28.339><c> very</c><00:24:28.799><c> strong</c><00:24:29.140><c> word</c><00:24:29.559><c> that</c><00:24:29.799><c> the</c><00:24:29.980><c> apostle</c><00:24:30.279><c> uses,</c> 00:24:31.299 --> 00:24:33.960 as<00:24:31.519><c> you</c><00:24:31.700><c> can</c><00:24:32.000><c> see</c><00:24:32.519><c> from</c><00:24:32.940><c> the</c><00:24:33.240><c> screen.</c><00:24:33.599><c> It</c><00:24:33.640><c> means</c> 00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:38.839 basically<00:24:34.559><c> destruction.</c><00:24:37.339><c> So</c><00:24:37.599><c> this</c><00:24:37.759><c> is</c><00:24:37.880><c> what</c><00:24:38.039><c> the</c><00:24:38.279><c> Judaizers</c> 00:24:38.839 --> 00:24:42.279 were<00:24:39.119><c> doing.</c><00:24:39.579><c> They</c><00:24:39.579><c> were</c><00:24:40.380><c> in</c><00:24:41.460><c> the</c><00:24:41.660><c> process</c><00:24:42.000><c> of</c> 00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:46.619 destroying<00:24:42.920><c> their</c><00:24:43.460><c> only</c><00:24:44.220><c> hope.</c><00:24:45.460><c> And</c><00:24:45.640><c> so</c><00:24:45.839><c> there</c><00:24:46.000><c> was</c><00:24:46.259><c> a</c><00:24:46.400><c> better</c> 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acceptance<00:28:16.700><c> at</c><00:28:17.859><c> the</c><00:28:18.019><c> judgment</c><00:28:18.480><c> seat.</c><00:28:20.720><c> And</c><00:28:20.819><c> so</c><00:28:20.900><c> that's</c><00:28:21.180><c> the</c><00:28:21.519><c> stark</c><00:28:21.900><c> reality</c><00:28:22.680><c> of</c> 00:28:23.079 --> 00:28:25.000 the<00:28:23.240><c> situation.</c><00:28:24.240><c> So</c><00:28:24.400><c> these</c><00:28:24.660><c> things</c> 00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:29.400 that<00:28:25.200><c> we're</c><00:28:25.420><c> thinking</c><00:28:25.779><c> about</c><00:28:26.259><c> today</c><00:28:26.660><c> are</c><00:28:27.180><c> of</c><00:28:27.660><c> paramount</c><00:28:28.279><c> importance</c><00:28:29.079><c> to</c> 00:28:29.400 --> 00:28:32.779 us<00:28:30.240><c> as</c><00:28:30.680><c> we</c><00:28:30.960><c> prepare</c><00:28:31.400><c> for</c><00:28:31.960><c> the</c><00:28:32.140><c> coming</c><00:28:32.519><c> of</c> 00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:36.700 the<00:28:32.920><c> 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00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:56.240 of<00:28:49.640><c> things</c><00:28:50.279><c> not</c><00:28:51.259><c> seen,</c><00:28:53.019><c> for</c><00:28:53.180><c> by</c><00:28:53.519><c> it</c><00:28:53.720><c> the</c><00:28:54.059><c> elders</c><00:28:54.619><c> obtained</c><00:28:55.519><c> a</c> 00:28:56.240 --> 00:29:01.079 good<00:28:56.799><c> report.</c><00:28:58.140><c> So</c><00:28:58.400><c> the</c><00:28:58.619><c> important</c><00:28:59.119><c> thing</c><00:28:59.400><c> about</c><00:28:59.859><c> faith</c> 00:29:01.359 --> 00:29:10.339 is<00:29:01.740><c> that</c><00:29:01.960><c> it</c><00:29:02.119><c> has</c><00:29:02.559><c> to</c><00:29:02.839><c> do</c><00:29:03.339><c> with</c><00:29:04.200><c> things</c><00:29:04.819><c> that</c><00:29:05.359><c> have</c><00:29:05.740><c> not</c><00:29:06.180><c> yet</c><00:29:06.740><c> been</c><00:29:07.779><c> accomplished,</c><00:29:09.700><c> things</c><00:29:09.920><c> that</c><00:29:10.119><c> we</c> 00:29:10.339 --> 00:29:11.700 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is</c><00:29:28.759><c> a</c><00:29:29.019><c> recurring</c><00:29:29.420><c> theme.</c><00:29:29.920><c> You</c><00:29:29.980><c> may</c><00:29:30.259><c> not</c> 00:29:30.599 --> 00:29:33.180 have<00:29:30.759><c> noticed</c><00:29:31.140><c> this,</c><00:29:31.420><c> but</c><00:29:31.539><c> this</c><00:29:31.740><c> is</c><00:29:31.940><c> a</c><00:29:32.160><c> recurring</c><00:29:32.579><c> theme</c> 00:29:33.180 --> 00:29:36.940 that<00:29:33.720><c> emerges</c><00:29:34.220><c> throughout</c><00:29:34.660><c> this</c><00:29:34.980><c> chapter.</c><00:29:35.859><c> And</c><00:29:35.960><c> so,</c><00:29:36.099><c> for</c><00:29:36.259><c> example,</c><00:29:36.799><c> in</c> 00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:39.980 verse<00:29:37.160><c> seven,</c><00:29:38.140><c> we</c><00:29:38.339><c> see</c><00:29:38.799><c> Noah</c><00:29:39.140><c> where</c><00:29:39.500><c> it</c><00:29:39.779><c> says</c> 00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:45.339 that,<00:29:40.500><c> by</c><00:29:40.500><c> faith,</c><00:29:41.099><c> Noah</c><00:29:41.559><c> being</c><00:29:42.279><c> warned</c><00:29:42.599><c> of</c><00:29:42.880><c> God</c><00:29:43.039><c> of</c><00:29:43.319><c> things</c><00:29:43.740><c> not</c><00:29:44.440><c> seen</c><00:29:44.940><c> as</c> 00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:48.599 yet,<00:29:46.420><c> moved</c><00:29:46.680><c> with</c><00:29:47.039><c> fear,</c><00:29:47.920><c> prepared</c><00:29:48.140><c> an</c><00:29:48.420><c> ark</c> 00:29:48.599 --> 00:29:55.440 to<00:29:48.859><c> the</c><00:29:48.859><c> saving</c><00:29:49.259><c> of</c><00:29:49.460><c> his</c><00:29:49.599><c> house.</c><00:29:51.900><c> So</c><00:29:52.460><c> it</c><00:29:52.579><c> had</c><00:29:52.759><c> never</c><00:29:53.059><c> rained</c><00:29:53.900><c> before</c><00:29:54.779><c> the</c><00:29:54.980><c> days</c><00:29:55.160><c> of</c> 00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:58.279 Noah,<00:29:55.779><c> and</c><00:29:56.000><c> yet</c><00:29:56.359><c> Noah</c><00:29:56.859><c> believed</c> 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and</c><00:30:12.720><c> he</c><00:30:12.859><c> went</c><00:30:13.119><c> out</c><00:30:13.579><c> not</c><00:30:14.220><c> knowing</c><00:30:15.039><c> whither</c><00:30:15.519><c> he</c><00:30:15.980><c> went.</c> 00:30:16.980 --> 00:30:18.859 He'd<00:30:17.200><c> never</c><00:30:17.500><c> seen</c><00:30:17.859><c> the</c><00:30:18.180><c> promised</c><00:30:18.420><c> land,</c> 00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:24.119 didn't<00:30:19.259><c> even</c><00:30:19.460><c> know</c><00:30:19.619><c> the</c><00:30:19.799><c> way.</c><00:30:22.019><c> And</c><00:30:22.220><c> yet</c><00:30:22.380><c> he</c><00:30:22.640><c> believed</c><00:30:23.099><c> that</c><00:30:23.400><c> one</c><00:30:23.619><c> day</c><00:30:23.900><c> he</c> 00:30:24.119 --> 00:30:27.259 would<00:30:24.380><c> receive</c><00:30:24.799><c> it,</c><00:30:25.099><c> and</c><00:30:25.339><c> so</c><00:30:25.839><c> out</c><00:30:26.059><c> he</c><00:30:26.279><c> went.</c> 00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:30.940 The<00:30:28.519><c> patriarchs,</c><00:30:29.200><c> verse</c><00:30:29.460><c> 13,</c> 00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:35.900 these<00:30:32.019><c> all</c><00:30:32.420><c> died</c><00:30:32.700><c> in</c><00:30:33.079><c> faith,</c><00:30:33.559><c> not</c><00:30:33.779><c> having</c><00:30:34.140><c> received</c><00:30:34.660><c> the</c><00:30:34.980><c> promises,</c><00:30:35.480><c> but</c> 00:30:35.900 --> 00:30:39.740 having<00:30:36.559><c> seen</c><00:30:37.200><c> them</c><00:30:37.660><c> afar</c><00:30:38.599><c> off,</c> 00:30:40.119 --> 00:30:43.619 and<00:30:40.920><c> were</c><00:30:41.119><c> persuaded</c><00:30:41.740><c> of</c><00:30:42.039><c> them,</c><00:30:42.279><c> and</c><00:30:42.480><c> embraced</c><00:30:43.059><c> them,</c><00:30:43.460><c> and</c> 00:30:43.619 --> 00:30:46.740 confessed<00:30:44.099><c> that</c><00:30:44.299><c> they</c><00:30:44.500><c> were</c><00:30:45.160><c> strangers</c><00:30:45.599><c> and</c><00:30:45.900><c> pilgrims</c> 00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:51.039 on<00:30:47.259><c> the</c><00:30:47.480><c> earth.</c><00:30:48.380><c> So</c><00:30:48.619><c> God</c><00:30:48.839><c> made</c><00:30:49.279><c> promises</c><00:30:49.900><c> to</c><00:30:50.319><c> Abraham,</c><00:30:50.680><c> Isaac,</c> 00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:55.619 and<00:30:51.339><c> Jacob.</c><00:30:53.160><c> Those</c><00:30:53.640><c> promises</c><00:30:54.279><c> still</c><00:30:55.059><c> have</c><00:30:55.359><c> not</c> 00:30:55.619 --> 00:31:01.339 been<00:30:56.000><c> fulfilled</c><00:30:56.759><c> even</c><00:30:57.400><c> today.</c><00:30:59.000><c> They</c><00:30:59.220><c> didn't</c><00:30:59.559><c> see</c><00:30:59.940><c> them.</c><00:31:01.140><c> They</c> 00:31:01.339 --> 00:31:04.940 saw<00:31:01.619><c> them</c><00:31:01.880><c> afar</c><00:31:02.299><c> off,</c><00:31:03.240><c> and</c><00:31:03.319><c> they</c><00:31:03.599><c> believed</c><00:31:03.980><c> them.</c> 00:31:05.400 --> 00:31:08.099 And<00:31:05.480><c> then</c><00:31:05.700><c> if</c><00:31:05.779><c> you</c><00:31:05.940><c> just</c><00:31:06.160><c> come</c><00:31:06.359><c> down</c><00:31:06.579><c> to</c><00:31:06.720><c> verse</c><00:31:06.920><c> 27,</c><00:31:07.759><c> we</c><00:31:07.900><c> have</c> 00:31:08.099 --> 00:31:09.960 the<00:31:08.279><c> example</c><00:31:08.660><c> of</c><00:31:08.839><c> Moses.</c> 00:31:10.400 --> 00:31:13.839 It<00:31:10.519><c> says,</c><00:31:10.900><c> By</c><00:31:10.900><c> faith</c><00:31:11.380><c> he</c><00:31:11.579><c> forsook</c><00:31:12.059><c> Egypt,</c><00:31:12.980><c> not</c><00:31:13.240><c> fearing</c><00:31:13.619><c> the</c> 00:31:13.839 --> 00:31:17.680 wrath<00:31:14.000><c> of</c><00:31:14.220><c> the</c><00:31:14.400><c> king,</c><00:31:15.019><c> for</c><00:31:15.240><c> he</c><00:31:15.579><c> endured</c><00:31:16.180><c> as</c><00:31:17.240><c> seeing</c> 00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:24.059 him<00:31:18.180><c> who</c><00:31:18.880><c> is</c><00:31:19.359><c> invisible.</c><00:31:22.140><c> And</c><00:31:22.140><c> this,</c><00:31:22.559><c> of</c><00:31:22.660><c> course,</c><00:31:22.920><c> is</c><00:31:23.059><c> a</c><00:31:23.279><c> principle,</c><00:31:23.920><c> isn't</c> 00:31:24.059 --> 00:31:25.900 it?<00:31:24.319><c> No</c><00:31:24.559><c> man</c><00:31:24.819><c> hath</c><00:31:25.079><c> seen</c><00:31:25.480><c> God</c> 00:31:25.900 --> 00:31:34.200 at<00:31:26.460><c> any</c><00:31:26.779><c> time.</c><00:31:28.420><c> Moses</c><00:31:28.900><c> had</c><00:31:29.279><c> not</c><00:31:29.680><c> seen</c><00:31:30.400><c> God,</c><00:31:31.779><c> yet</c><00:31:32.220><c> he</c><00:31:33.460><c> forsook</c> 00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:38.099 the<00:31:34.440><c> riches</c><00:31:34.680><c> of</c><00:31:34.920><c> Egypt</c><00:31:35.619><c> in</c><00:31:37.160><c> obedience</c><00:31:37.779><c> to</c> 00:31:38.099 --> 00:31:42.579 the<00:31:38.339><c> divine</c><00:31:38.680><c> will.</c><00:31:39.900><c> And</c><00:31:40.180><c> the</c><00:31:40.339><c> same</c><00:31:40.500><c> is</c><00:31:40.740><c> true</c><00:31:40.900><c> for</c><00:31:41.079><c> us,</c><00:31:41.559><c> brethren</c><00:31:41.579><c> and</c><00:31:41.819><c> sisters,</c><00:31:42.180><c> just</c><00:31:42.380><c> for</c> 00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:42.900 a<00:31:42.720><c> moment,</c> 00:31:42.900 --> 00:31:45.359 come<00:31:43.220><c> across</c><00:31:43.579><c> to</c><00:31:43.839><c> the</c><00:31:43.839><c> second</c><00:31:44.160><c> letter</c><00:31:44.480><c> to</c><00:31:44.700><c> the</c><00:31:44.839><c> Corinthians</c> 00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:46.740 in<00:31:45.619><c> chapter</c><00:31:45.920><c> four.</c> 00:31:53.140 --> 00:31:56.859 The<00:31:53.299><c> apostle</c><00:31:53.619><c> says</c><00:31:54.000><c> there</c><00:31:54.259><c> in</c><00:31:54.380><c> verse</c><00:31:54.619><c> 18,</c><00:31:55.519><c> While</c><00:31:55.579><c> we</c><00:31:56.019><c> look</c><00:31:56.440><c> not</c> 00:31:56.859 --> 00:31:58.680 at<00:31:57.059><c> 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Christ,</c> 00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:24.079 but<00:32:18.839><c> we</c><00:32:19.259><c> firmly</c><00:32:19.680><c> believe</c><00:32:20.299><c> that</c><00:32:20.539><c> Jesus</c><00:32:21.200><c> is</c><00:32:22.559><c> coming</c><00:32:22.839><c> back</c><00:32:23.119><c> to</c><00:32:23.299><c> the</c><00:32:23.480><c> earth</c><00:32:23.819><c> to</c> 00:32:24.079 --> 00:32:25.200 establish<00:32:24.519><c> the</c><00:32:24.799><c> kingdom,</c> 00:32:25.339 --> 00:32:32.180 and<00:32:25.559><c> we</c><00:32:25.859><c> should</c><00:32:26.140><c> be</c><00:32:26.400><c> living</c><00:32:26.599><c> our</c><00:32:26.920><c> lives</c><00:32:28.220><c> accordingly.</c><00:32:31.220><c> But</c><00:32:31.339><c> just</c><00:32:31.500><c> come</c><00:32:31.700><c> back</c><00:32:31.839><c> now</c><00:32:32.059><c> to</c> 00:32:32.180 --> 00:32:33.299 Hebrews<00:32:32.519><c> chapter</c><00:32:32.940><c> 11,</c> 00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:39.619 because<00:32:33.579><c> we</c><00:32:33.740><c> 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tells</c><00:32:51.779><c> us.</c><00:32:52.960><c> It</c><00:32:53.099><c> says,</c><00:32:53.599><c> Through</c><00:32:53.599><c> faith</c> 00:32:54.099 --> 00:32:56.380 we<00:32:54.359><c> understand</c><00:32:55.039><c> that</c><00:32:55.279><c> the</c><00:32:55.559><c> worlds</c><00:32:55.980><c> were</c> 00:32:56.380 --> 00:33:01.240 framed<00:32:57.019><c> by</c><00:32:57.720><c> the</c><00:32:57.900><c> word</c><00:32:58.180><c> of</c><00:32:58.440><c> God,</c><00:32:59.720><c> so</c><00:32:59.920><c> that</c><00:33:00.200><c> things</c><00:33:00.539><c> which</c><00:33:00.839><c> are</c> 00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:07.940 seen<00:33:02.079><c> were</c><00:33:03.259><c> not</c><00:33:03.559><c> made</c><00:33:04.599><c> of</c><00:33:05.160><c> things</c><00:33:05.940><c> which</c><00:33:06.599><c> do</c><00:33:06.900><c> appear.</c> 00:33:08.539 --> 00:33:12.000 Now<00:33:08.940><c> you</c><00:33:09.000><c> may</c><00:33:09.259><c> be</c><00:33:09.480><c> aware</c><00:33:09.779><c> that</c><00:33:10.220><c> in</c><00:33:10.420><c> the</c><00:33:10.519><c> New</c><00:33:10.740><c> Testament,</c><00:33:11.740><c> in</c> 00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:13.960 the<00:33:12.259><c> Greek,</c><00:33:12.619><c> there</c><00:33:12.720><c> are</c><00:33:12.819><c> actually</c><00:33:13.140><c> four</c><00:33:13.519><c> different</c> 00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:19.640 words<00:33:14.539><c> that</c><00:33:14.839><c> are</c><00:33:15.619><c> translated</c><00:33:16.240><c> by</c><00:33:17.039><c> our</c><00:33:17.279><c> English</c><00:33:17.619><c> word</c><00:33:18.259><c> world,</c> 00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:23.559 and<00:33:19.880><c> in</c><00:33:20.019><c> this</c><00:33:20.299><c> case</c><00:33:20.640><c> it's</c><00:33:20.980><c> the</c><00:33:21.400><c> Greek</c><00:33:21.660><c> word</c><00:33:22.380><c> aeon,</c> 00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:28.960 which<00:33:24.180><c> means</c><00:33:24.619><c> an</c><00:33:24.980><c> age</c><00:33:25.759><c> or</c><00:33:27.039><c> a</c><00:33:27.400><c> dispensation.</c> 00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:35.119 So<00:33:30.980><c> what</c><00:33:31.140><c> this</c><00:33:31.420><c> is</c><00:33:31.700><c> telling</c><00:33:31.940><c> us</c><00:33:32.579><c> is</c><00:33:33.559><c> that</c><00:33:34.059><c> actually</c><00:33:34.740><c> from</c><00:33:34.980><c> the</c> 00:33:35.119 --> 00:33:38.279 very<00:33:35.819><c> foundation</c><00:33:36.660><c> of</c><00:33:37.000><c> the</c><00:33:37.240><c> world,</c> 00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:45.119 from<00:33:39.619><c> the</c><00:33:40.079><c> beginning</c><00:33:40.480><c> of</c><00:33:40.759><c> the</c><00:33:40.940><c> ages,</c><00:33:42.920><c> epochs</c><00:33:43.319><c> of</c><00:33:43.579><c> history</c><00:33:44.099><c> have</c><00:33:44.460><c> been</c><00:33:44.799><c> and</c> 00:33:45.119 --> 00:33:46.920 still<00:33:45.619><c> are</c><00:33:46.019><c> being</c> 00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:53.539 overruled<00:33:48.599><c> by</c><00:33:49.220><c> the</c><00:33:49.599><c> providence</c><00:33:50.099><c> of</c><00:33:50.359><c> God,</c><00:33:50.900><c> leading</c><00:33:51.220><c> up</c><00:33:51.619><c> ultimately</c><00:33:52.299><c> to</c><00:33:53.279><c> the</c> 00:33:53.539 --> 00:33:55.880 final<00:33:53.940><c> fulfilment</c><00:33:54.700><c> of</c><00:33:54.859><c> his</c><00:33:55.079><c> purpose</c> 00:33:55.880 --> 00:33:59.599 with<00:33:56.480><c> the</c><00:33:56.700><c> establishment</c><00:33:57.160><c> of</c><00:33:57.400><c> the</c><00:33:57.579><c> kingdom.</c><00:33:58.359><c> And</c><00:33:58.500><c> so</c><00:33:58.619><c> by</c><00:33:59.019><c> faith</c><00:33:59.400><c> we</c> 00:33:59.599 --> 00:34:01.960 have<00:33:59.839><c> to</c><00:34:00.039><c> believe</c><00:34:00.359><c> that</c><00:34:00.640><c> is</c><00:34:00.880><c> true,</c> 00:34:02.579 --> 00:34:06.779 that<00:34:02.779><c> God</c><00:34:03.079><c> has</c><00:34:03.420><c> been</c><00:34:03.640><c> at</c><00:34:03.940><c> work</c><00:34:04.599><c> through</c><00:34:05.420><c> the</c><00:34:05.640><c> ages,</c><00:34:06.079><c> right</c><00:34:06.380><c> from</c><00:34:06.599><c> the</c> 00:34:06.779 --> 00:34:08.559 foundation<00:34:07.279><c> of</c><00:34:07.480><c> the</c><00:34:07.680><c> world,</c> 00:34:08.820 --> 00:34:11.800 to<00:34:08.980><c> bring</c><00:34:09.199><c> about</c><00:34:09.539><c> the</c><00:34:09.760><c> fulfilment</c><00:34:10.559><c> and</c><00:34:11.079><c> the</c><00:34:11.340><c> establishment</c> 00:34:11.800 --> 00:34:13.579 of<00:34:12.039><c> the</c><00:34:12.219><c> kingdom</c><00:34:12.460><c> of</c><00:34:12.780><c> God.</c> 00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:18.400 And<00:34:14.500><c> so</c><00:34:14.719><c> with</c><00:34:14.940><c> that</c><00:34:15.199><c> introduction</c><00:34:15.880><c> we</c><00:34:16.119><c> begin</c><00:34:16.619><c> now</c><00:34:17.039><c> this</c><00:34:17.840><c> roll</c> 00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:21.380 call<00:34:18.679><c> of</c><00:34:18.880><c> the</c><00:34:19.139><c> faithful</c><00:34:19.559><c> in</c><00:34:20.579><c> verse</c><00:34:21.039><c> four.</c> 00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:24.980 And<00:34:21.539><c> the</c><00:34:21.760><c> first</c><00:34:22.019><c> example</c><00:34:22.599><c> that</c><00:34:22.820><c> the</c><00:34:23.019><c> apostle</c><00:34:23.500><c> brings</c><00:34:24.500><c> to</c><00:34:24.719><c> our</c> 00:34:24.980 --> 00:34:28.760 attention<00:34:25.500><c> is</c><00:34:26.480><c> that</c><00:34:26.840><c> of</c><00:34:27.900><c> Abel.</c> 00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:34.119 Verse<00:34:29.940><c> four</c><00:34:30.159><c> he</c><00:34:30.320><c> says,</c><00:34:30.500><c> By</c><00:34:30.699><c> faith</c><00:34:31.300><c> Abel</c><00:34:32.000><c> offered</c><00:34:32.300><c> unto</c><00:34:32.659><c> God</c><00:34:33.239><c> a</c> 00:34:34.119 --> 00:34:37.079 more<00:34:34.440><c> excellent</c><00:34:34.980><c> sacrifice</c><00:34:35.860><c> than</c><00:34:36.219><c> Cain,</c> 00:34:37.380 --> 00:34:40.599 by<00:34:38.099><c> which</c><00:34:38.420><c> he</c><00:34:38.599><c> obtained</c><00:34:39.019><c> witness</c><00:34:39.460><c> that</c><00:34:39.679><c> he</c><00:34:39.840><c> was</c><00:34:40.099><c> righteous,</c> 00:34:40.840 --> 00:34:43.000 God<00:34:41.280><c> testifying</c><00:34:42.019><c> of</c><00:34:42.199><c> his</c><00:34:42.440><c> gifts,</c> 00:34:43.300 --> 00:34:49.199 and<00:34:43.539><c> by</c><00:34:43.800><c> it</c><00:34:44.079><c> he</c><00:34:44.519><c> being</c><00:34:44.760><c> dead</c><00:34:45.320><c> yet</c><00:34:46.179><c> speaketh.</c><00:34:48.260><c> Abel's</c><00:34:48.739><c> name</c> 00:34:49.199 --> 00:34:52.159 means<00:34:50.340><c> transitory,</c> 00:34:53.199 --> 00:35:00.800 and<00:34:53.360><c> he</c><00:34:53.559><c> was</c><00:34:53.699><c> of</c><00:34:53.940><c> course</c><00:34:54.239><c> because</c><00:34:54.780><c> we</c><00:34:55.900><c> know</c><00:34:56.139><c> that</c><00:34:56.420><c> his</c><00:34:57.179><c> life</c><00:34:57.519><c> was</c><00:34:57.920><c> tragically</c><00:34:58.539><c> cut</c><00:34:58.840><c> short</c><00:34:59.820><c> when</c><00:35:00.579><c> he</c> 00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:01.780 was<00:35:01.059><c> murdered</c><00:35:01.440><c> by</c> 00:35:01.780 --> 00:35:15.320 his<00:35:02.340><c> brother.</c><00:35:05.800><c> And</c><00:35:06.119><c> Abel's</c><00:35:06.760><c> faith</c><00:35:07.599><c> was</c><00:35:09.260><c> demonstrated</c><00:35:10.380><c> in</c><00:35:12.280><c> action</c><00:35:12.800><c> when,</c><00:35:14.980><c> as</c> 00:35:15.320 --> 00:35:16.539 the<00:35:15.460><c> apostle</c><00:35:15.739><c> tells</c><00:35:16.039><c> us</c><00:35:16.280><c> here,</c> 00:35:16.579 --> 00:35:22.039 he<00:35:16.780><c> brought</c><00:35:17.380><c> a</c><00:35:18.099><c> more</c><00:35:18.539><c> excellent</c><00:35:19.159><c> sacrifice</c><00:35:20.159><c> than</c><00:35:21.059><c> Cain.</c><00:35:21.699><c> Because</c><00:35:21.940><c> you</c> 00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:26.179 see<00:35:22.300><c> clearly</c><00:35:22.800><c> Abel</c><00:35:23.340><c> had</c><00:35:24.980><c> thought</c><00:35:25.699><c> very</c> 00:35:26.179 --> 00:35:30.340 carefully<00:35:26.739><c> about</c><00:35:27.460><c> the</c><00:35:27.840><c> fact</c><00:35:28.219><c> that</c><00:35:28.579><c> his</c><00:35:28.900><c> parents</c><00:35:29.519><c> had</c><00:35:29.980><c> fallen</c> 00:35:30.340 --> 00:35:33.639 from<00:35:30.800><c> grace</c><00:35:31.340><c> through</c><00:35:31.739><c> sin</c><00:35:32.079><c> and</c><00:35:32.920><c> were</c><00:35:33.179><c> therefore</c> 00:35:33.639 --> 00:35:37.619 destined<00:35:34.280><c> to</c><00:35:34.880><c> return</c><00:35:35.440><c> to</c><00:35:35.940><c> the</c><00:35:36.119><c> dust</c><00:35:36.300><c> of</c><00:35:36.480><c> the</c><00:35:36.679><c> ground,</c><00:35:37.079><c> as</c><00:35:37.159><c> was</c> 00:35:37.619 --> 00:35:43.400 he<00:35:38.019><c> himself</c><00:35:38.539><c> too.</c><00:35:41.719><c> And</c><00:35:42.000><c> Abel,</c><00:35:42.820><c> of</c><00:35:43.159><c> course,</c> 00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:47.800 we<00:35:43.619><c> know</c><00:35:43.780><c> that</c><00:35:43.980><c> he</c><00:35:44.199><c> received</c><00:35:44.659><c> this</c><00:35:45.019><c> death</c><00:35:45.239><c> sentence</c><00:35:46.039><c> by</c><00:35:46.539><c> inheritance,</c><00:35:47.079><c> as</c><00:35:47.519><c> we</c> 00:35:47.800 --> 00:35:51.059 all<00:35:48.119><c> have.</c><00:35:49.900><c> And</c><00:35:50.219><c> he'd</c><00:35:50.500><c> come</c><00:35:50.679><c> to</c> 00:35:51.059 --> 00:35:56.440 acknowledge<00:35:51.699><c> the</c><00:35:52.599><c> truth</c><00:35:52.880><c> of</c><00:35:53.119><c> this,</c><00:35:54.199><c> and</c><00:35:54.460><c> he'd</c><00:35:54.719><c> come</c><00:35:55.019><c> to</c><00:35:55.239><c> accept</c><00:35:55.780><c> that</c> 00:35:56.440 --> 00:35:59.300 the<00:35:56.679><c> wages</c><00:35:57.019><c> of</c><00:35:57.360><c> sin</c><00:35:57.659><c> is</c><00:35:58.599><c> death.</c><00:35:58.900><c> And</c><00:35:59.079><c> the</c> 00:35:59.300 --> 00:36:04.000 only<00:35:59.739><c> solution</c><00:36:00.340><c> to</c><00:36:00.539><c> the</c><00:36:00.739><c> problem</c><00:36:01.260><c> was</c><00:36:02.659><c> the</c><00:36:02.920><c> one</c><00:36:03.239><c> graciously</c> 00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:07.579 provided<00:36:04.559><c> by</c><00:36:04.940><c> God.</c><00:36:05.260><c> And</c><00:36:05.420><c> that</c><00:36:05.619><c> would</c><00:36:06.599><c> require</c><00:36:07.099><c> the</c> 00:36:07.579 --> 00:36:12.780 provision<00:36:08.079><c> of</c><00:36:08.699><c> one</c><00:36:08.920><c> who</c><00:36:09.239><c> at</c><00:36:09.500><c> some</c><00:36:09.840><c> future</c><00:36:10.219><c> time</c><00:36:10.639><c> would</c><00:36:11.139><c> give</c><00:36:11.420><c> his</c><00:36:11.679><c> life</c><00:36:12.119><c> as</c><00:36:12.519><c> a</c> 00:36:12.780 --> 00:36:15.619 sacrifice<00:36:13.360><c> for</c><00:36:14.079><c> sin.</c><00:36:15.059><c> Sin</c><00:36:15.300><c> could</c> 00:36:15.619 --> 00:36:19.539 only<00:36:16.000><c> be</c><00:36:16.340><c> forgiven</c><00:36:16.920><c> through</c><00:36:18.320><c> the</c><00:36:18.539><c> shedding</c><00:36:18.760><c> of</c><00:36:18.980><c> the</c><00:36:19.199><c> blood</c><00:36:19.340><c> of</c> 00:36:19.539 --> 00:36:23.280 a<00:36:19.760><c> perfect,</c><00:36:20.280><c> sinless</c><00:36:21.739><c> representative</c> 00:36:23.159 --> 00:36:27.219 of<00:36:23.599><c> the</c><00:36:23.840><c> human</c><00:36:24.079><c> race</c><00:36:24.559><c> who</c><00:36:24.760><c> would</c><00:36:25.000><c> make</c><00:36:25.280><c> an</c><00:36:25.539><c> atonement</c><00:36:26.280><c> for</c><00:36:26.980><c> the</c> 00:36:27.219 --> 00:36:31.960 soul.<00:36:28.860><c> Abel</c><00:36:29.219><c> had</c><00:36:30.059><c> faithfully</c><00:36:30.860><c> discerned</c> 00:36:32.420 --> 00:36:39.099 that<00:36:32.739><c> lesson</c><00:36:33.260><c> from</c><00:36:34.199><c> the</c><00:36:34.619><c> coats</c><00:36:34.860><c> of</c><00:36:35.280><c> skins</c><00:36:35.739><c> that</c><00:36:36.619><c> had</c><00:36:37.099><c> been</c><00:36:37.400><c> provided</c><00:36:38.239><c> for</c> 00:36:39.099 --> 00:36:42.460 Adam<00:36:39.380><c> and</c><00:36:39.579><c> Eve.</c><00:36:40.739><c> And</c><00:36:41.079><c> Abel</c><00:36:41.579><c> saw</c><00:36:42.019><c> with</c> 00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:48.840 the<00:36:43.159><c> eye</c><00:36:43.380><c> of</c><00:36:43.760><c> faith</c><00:36:44.320><c> the</c><00:36:44.800><c> need</c><00:36:45.260><c> for</c><00:36:45.880><c> a</c><00:36:46.099><c> saviour.</c><00:36:47.719><c> He</c><00:36:48.079><c> saw</c><00:36:48.460><c> that</c> 00:36:48.840 --> 00:36:53.260 afar<00:36:49.280><c> off,</c><00:36:51.199><c> and</c><00:36:51.219><c> he</c><00:36:51.460><c> believed</c><00:36:51.840><c> it.</c><00:36:52.340><c> And</c><00:36:52.480><c> that</c><00:36:52.780><c> belief</c> 00:36:53.260 --> 00:36:58.579 was<00:36:53.739><c> reflected</c><00:36:54.360><c> in</c><00:36:55.360><c> the</c><00:36:55.659><c> acceptable</c><00:36:56.599><c> sacrifice</c><00:36:57.719><c> that</c><00:36:58.420><c> Abel</c> 00:36:58.579 --> 00:37:02.800 brought.<00:36:59.619><c> Now,</c><00:36:59.800><c> of</c><00:36:59.920><c> course,</c><00:37:00.719><c> Abel</c><00:37:01.059><c> had</c><00:37:01.420><c> no</c><00:37:02.079><c> concrete</c> 00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:08.400 proof<00:37:03.460><c> that</c><00:37:05.019><c> the</c><00:37:05.300><c> saviour</c><00:37:05.659><c> would</c><00:37:05.880><c> come</c><00:37:06.179><c> one</c><00:37:06.519><c> day</c><00:37:06.960><c> and</c><00:37:07.820><c> die</c><00:37:08.079><c> for</c> 00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:12.119 sin.<00:37:09.840><c> He</c><00:37:10.139><c> had</c><00:37:10.420><c> no</c><00:37:10.780><c> concrete</c><00:37:11.300><c> proof</c><00:37:11.619><c> of</c><00:37:11.800><c> that</c> 00:37:12.119 --> 00:37:17.940 at<00:37:12.480><c> all.</c><00:37:13.420><c> But</c><00:37:13.820><c> he</c><00:37:14.420><c> saw</c><00:37:14.800><c> that</c><00:37:15.139><c> day</c><00:37:15.519><c> afar</c><00:37:16.000><c> off,</c><00:37:16.880><c> and</c><00:37:17.340><c> he</c><00:37:17.579><c> believed</c> 00:37:17.940 --> 00:37:21.400 it.<00:37:18.500><c> And</c><00:37:18.800><c> that</c><00:37:19.079><c> faith</c><00:37:19.539><c> was</c><00:37:20.159><c> counted</c><00:37:20.559><c> to</c><00:37:20.920><c> him</c> 00:37:21.400 --> 00:37:27.219 for<00:37:21.980><c> righteousness.</c><00:37:24.159><c> So</c><00:37:24.599><c> when</c><00:37:24.800><c> you</c><00:37:24.980><c> think</c><00:37:25.179><c> about</c><00:37:25.500><c> it,</c><00:37:25.699><c> in</c><00:37:26.079><c> reality,</c><00:37:26.900><c> the</c> 00:37:27.219 --> 00:37:29.440 issue<00:37:27.599><c> that</c><00:37:27.920><c> arose</c><00:37:28.400><c> between</c><00:37:28.920><c> Cain</c><00:37:29.139><c> and</c> 00:37:29.440 --> 00:37:37.219 Abel<00:37:30.320><c> actually</c><00:37:31.820><c> had</c><00:37:32.119><c> to</c><00:37:32.420><c> do</c><00:37:32.840><c> with</c><00:37:33.619><c> the</c><00:37:34.119><c> doctrine</c><00:37:34.699><c> of</c><00:37:35.239><c> the</c><00:37:35.500><c> atonement.</c><00:37:36.980><c> It</c> 00:37:37.219 --> 00:37:39.000 was<00:37:37.460><c> all</c><00:37:37.820><c> about</c><00:37:38.219><c> the</c><00:37:38.480><c> doctrine</c> 00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:45.539 of<00:37:39.460><c> the</c><00:37:39.699><c> atonement.</c><00:37:40.900><c> Cain</c><00:37:41.380><c> clearly</c><00:37:42.579><c> misunderstood</c><00:37:43.699><c> the</c><00:37:44.599><c> significance</c><00:37:45.239><c> of</c> 00:37:45.539 --> 00:37:47.199 the<00:37:45.719><c> shedding</c><00:37:45.960><c> of</c><00:37:46.260><c> blood,</c> 00:37:47.219 --> 00:37:50.980 and<00:37:47.480><c> he</c><00:37:47.820><c> failed</c><00:37:48.119><c> to</c><00:37:48.320><c> acknowledge</c><00:37:48.940><c> the</c><00:37:49.440><c> means</c><00:37:49.800><c> whereby</c><00:37:50.239><c> remission</c><00:37:50.699><c> of</c> 00:37:50.980 --> 00:37:52.239 sins<00:37:51.219><c> would</c><00:37:51.500><c> ultimately</c> 00:37:52.239 --> 00:37:59.679 be<00:37:53.159><c> obtained.</c><00:37:54.099><c> And</c><00:37:54.280><c> if</c><00:37:54.400><c> you</c><00:37:54.559><c> think</c><00:37:54.800><c> about</c><00:37:55.139><c> it,</c><00:37:55.400><c> that</c><00:37:55.639><c> was</c><00:37:56.699><c> really</c><00:37:57.480><c> very</c><00:37:58.460><c> similar</c> 00:38:00.300 --> 00:38:07.579 to<00:38:00.739><c> what</c><00:38:00.980><c> the</c><00:38:01.300><c> Judaizers</c><00:38:02.039><c> in</c><00:38:02.239><c> the</c><00:38:02.420><c> first</c><00:38:02.659><c> century</c><00:38:03.139><c> were</c><00:38:03.400><c> saying,</c><00:38:04.420><c> because</c><00:38:04.900><c> by</c><00:38:05.400><c> their</c><00:38:05.840><c> insistence</c><00:38:06.840><c> on</c><00:38:07.179><c> the</c> 00:38:07.579 --> 00:38:16.639 rituals<00:38:08.340><c> of</c><00:38:09.340><c> the</c><00:38:09.559><c> law,</c><00:38:10.579><c> they</c><00:38:11.280><c> likewise</c><00:38:12.280><c> failed</c><00:38:12.900><c> to</c><00:38:14.400><c> understand</c><00:38:15.340><c> that</c><00:38:16.500><c> it</c> 00:38:16.639 --> 00:38:17.900 was<00:38:16.820><c> actually</c><00:38:17.239><c> the</c><00:38:17.400><c> blood</c><00:38:17.639><c> of</c> 00:38:17.900 --> 00:38:24.300 Jesus<00:38:18.420><c> Christ</c><00:38:19.000><c> and</c><00:38:19.219><c> him</c><00:38:19.460><c> alone</c><00:38:20.099><c> that</c><00:38:21.000><c> was</c><00:38:21.239><c> able</c><00:38:21.500><c> to</c><00:38:21.840><c> redeem</c><00:38:22.119><c> them</c><00:38:22.559><c> from</c><00:38:22.820><c> their</c><00:38:23.119><c> sins.</c><00:38:23.920><c> And</c><00:38:24.059><c> so</c><00:38:24.099><c> there's</c> 00:38:24.300 --> 00:38:29.940 a<00:38:24.420><c> very</c><00:38:24.940><c> similar</c><00:38:25.599><c> similarity</c><00:38:26.420><c> between</c><00:38:27.059><c> Cain</c><00:38:27.460><c> and</c><00:38:27.739><c> his</c><00:38:27.900><c> attitude</c><00:38:28.519><c> and</c><00:38:29.099><c> the</c><00:38:29.320><c> attitude</c><00:38:29.719><c> of</c> 00:38:29.940 --> 00:38:30.880 the<00:38:30.119><c> Judaizers</c> 00:38:30.880 --> 00:38:35.500 at<00:38:31.079><c> the</c><00:38:31.519><c> time</c><00:38:31.960><c> of</c><00:38:32.460><c> the</c><00:38:32.599><c> Apostles'</c><00:38:33.739><c> writing.</c><00:38:34.960><c> Now</c><00:38:35.159><c> we're</c><00:38:35.300><c> all</c> 00:38:35.500 --> 00:38:37.219 very<00:38:35.820><c> familiar</c><00:38:36.199><c> with</c><00:38:36.420><c> what</c><00:38:36.699><c> happened,</c> 00:38:37.460 --> 00:38:43.679 that<00:38:37.659><c> out</c><00:38:37.920><c> of</c><00:38:38.159><c> jealousy,</c><00:38:39.039><c> Cain</c><00:38:39.820><c> slew</c><00:38:40.840><c> his</c><00:38:41.199><c> brother.</c><00:38:43.360><c> Notice</c> 00:38:43.679 --> 00:38:45.539 what<00:38:43.860><c> it</c><00:38:44.119><c> says</c><00:38:44.300><c> there.</c><00:38:44.639><c> It</c><00:38:44.860><c> says</c><00:38:45.139><c> that</c><00:38:45.440><c> he</c> 00:38:45.539 --> 00:38:53.360 obtained<00:38:46.179><c> witness</c><00:38:46.800><c> that</c><00:38:47.320><c> he</c><00:38:48.280><c> was</c><00:38:49.320><c> righteous.</c><00:38:52.340><c> Now</c><00:38:52.599><c> this</c><00:38:52.840><c> is</c> 00:38:53.360 --> 00:38:56.639 not<00:38:53.559><c> the</c><00:38:53.739><c> only</c><00:38:54.079><c> reference</c><00:38:54.539><c> to</c><00:38:55.079><c> the</c><00:38:55.619><c> story</c><00:38:56.119><c> of</c><00:38:56.340><c> Cain</c> 00:38:56.639 --> 00:39:00.619 Abel<00:38:57.260><c> in</c><00:38:58.019><c> the</c><00:38:58.139><c> New</c><00:38:58.380><c> Testament,</c><00:38:59.000><c> but</c><00:38:59.079><c> what's</c><00:38:59.460><c> interesting</c><00:39:00.059><c> is</c> 00:39:00.619 --> 00:39:06.119 that<00:39:01.099><c> consistently</c><00:39:02.179><c> the</c><00:39:03.400><c> New</c><00:39:03.780><c> Testament</c><00:39:04.980><c> declares</c> 00:39:06.119 --> 00:39:12.699 that<00:39:06.820><c> Abel</c><00:39:07.519><c> was</c><00:39:08.340><c> righteous.</c><00:39:09.820><c> So</c><00:39:09.900><c> for</c><00:39:10.119><c> example,</c><00:39:11.579><c> in</c><00:39:12.199><c> Matthew</c> 00:39:12.699 --> 00:39:15.440 chapter<00:39:13.059><c> 23,</c><00:39:13.719><c> the</c><00:39:13.800><c> Lord</c><00:39:14.000><c> Jesus</c><00:39:14.460><c> Christ</c> 00:39:15.699 --> 00:39:22.239 referred<00:39:16.559><c> to</c><00:39:17.260><c> the</c><00:39:17.559><c> blood</c><00:39:17.980><c> of</c><00:39:18.579><c> righteous</c><00:39:19.260><c> Abel.</c><00:39:21.500><c> And</c><00:39:21.739><c> just</c><00:39:22.079><c> in</c> 00:39:22.239 --> 00:39:27.119 this<00:39:22.480><c> connection,</c><00:39:22.900><c> let's</c><00:39:23.099><c> just</c><00:39:23.360><c> have</c><00:39:23.519><c> a</c><00:39:23.599><c> look</c><00:39:23.719><c> at</c><00:39:23.840><c> the</c> 00:39:29.780 --> 00:39:37.840 first<00:39:30.420><c> epistle</c><00:39:30.880><c> of</c><00:39:31.039><c> John</c><00:39:31.400><c> and</c><00:39:31.739><c> chapter</c><00:39:32.079><c> three</c><00:39:33.500><c> and</c><00:39:36.260><c> verse</c><00:39:36.900><c> 11.</c> 00:39:40.980 --> 00:39:47.000 So<00:39:41.619><c> some</c><00:39:41.860><c> interesting</c><00:39:43.360><c> facts</c><00:39:44.960><c> that</c><00:39:45.280><c> come</c><00:39:45.420><c> out</c><00:39:45.659><c> from</c><00:39:45.800><c> what</c><00:39:46.039><c> John</c><00:39:46.300><c> tells</c><00:39:46.699><c> us</c> 00:39:47.000 --> 00:39:48.480 here.<00:39:48.119><c> He</c><00:39:48.320><c> says,</c> 00:39:48.500 --> 00:39:51.539 For<00:39:48.659><c> this</c><00:39:48.960><c> is</c><00:39:49.179><c> the</c><00:39:49.340><c> message</c><00:39:49.739><c> that</c><00:39:50.059><c> ye</c><00:39:50.239><c> have</c><00:39:50.559><c> heard</c><00:39:50.920><c> from</c><00:39:51.199><c> the</c> 00:39:51.539 --> 00:39:54.360 beginning,<00:39:52.079><c> that</c><00:39:52.179><c> we</c><00:39:52.420><c> should</c><00:39:52.659><c> love</c><00:39:53.320><c> one</c><00:39:53.880><c> another,</c> 00:39:54.360 --> 00:40:00.139 not<00:39:55.000><c> as</c><00:39:55.519><c> Cain,</c><00:39:56.760><c> who</c><00:39:56.820><c> was</c><00:39:57.119><c> of</c><00:39:57.280><c> the</c><00:39:57.539><c> wicked</c><00:39:57.880><c> one,</c><00:39:59.019><c> and</c><00:39:59.400><c> slew</c><00:39:59.739><c> his</c> 00:40:00.139 --> 00:40:04.400 brother.<00:40:01.400><c> And</c><00:40:01.960><c> wherefore</c><00:40:02.579><c> slew</c><00:40:03.159><c> he</c><00:40:03.420><c> him?</c> 00:40:04.679 --> 00:40:11.079 Because<00:40:05.260><c> his</c><00:40:06.000><c> own</c><00:40:06.360><c> works</c><00:40:06.679><c> were</c><00:40:07.039><c> evil,</c><00:40:07.760><c> and</c><00:40:08.039><c> his</c><00:40:08.500><c> brother's</c><00:40:10.000><c> righteous.</c><00:40:10.760><c> So</c> 00:40:11.079 --> 00:40:12.679 again,<00:40:11.260><c> we're</c><00:40:11.480><c> being</c><00:40:11.800><c> told</c><00:40:12.179><c> that</c> 00:40:12.679 --> 00:40:18.340 Abel<00:40:12.940><c> was</c><00:40:13.519><c> righteous.</c><00:40:15.320><c> Now</c><00:40:15.519><c> of</c><00:40:15.659><c> course,</c><00:40:15.900><c> in</c><00:40:16.019><c> the</c><00:40:16.320><c> fullest</c><00:40:16.599><c> sense,</c><00:40:17.219><c> that</c><00:40:17.380><c> wasn't</c><00:40:17.760><c> true,</c><00:40:18.239><c> was</c> 00:40:18.340 --> 00:40:19.559 it?<00:40:18.840><c> Because</c> 00:40:19.559 --> 00:40:26.119 Abel<00:40:19.880><c> was</c><00:40:20.179><c> not</c><00:40:20.519><c> righteous,</c><00:40:22.320><c> because</c><00:40:22.820><c> all</c><00:40:23.699><c> have</c><00:40:24.039><c> sinned</c><00:40:25.699><c> and</c> 00:40:26.119 --> 00:40:29.659 come<00:40:26.360><c> short</c><00:40:26.739><c> of</c><00:40:26.900><c> the</c><00:40:27.059><c> glory</c><00:40:27.340><c> of</c><00:40:27.599><c> God,</c><00:40:28.119><c> including</c><00:40:28.679><c> Abel.</c> 00:40:31.039 --> 00:40:36.860 But<00:40:31.360><c> because</c><00:40:31.880><c> of</c><00:40:32.099><c> his</c><00:40:32.480><c> faith,</c><00:40:34.360><c> demonstrated</c><00:40:35.280><c> by</c><00:40:35.719><c> his</c><00:40:36.039><c> offering</c><00:40:36.460><c> of</c> 00:40:36.860 --> 00:40:38.440 acceptable<00:40:37.599><c> sacrifice,</c> 00:40:38.760 --> 00:40:44.039 he<00:40:39.000><c> was</c><00:40:39.480><c> countered</c><00:40:40.199><c> righteous,</c><00:40:41.440><c> just</c><00:40:41.699><c> like</c><00:40:41.960><c> Abraham</c><00:40:42.380><c> was.</c><00:40:43.360><c> So</c> 00:40:44.039 --> 00:40:47.159 his<00:40:44.380><c> sins</c><00:40:44.699><c> were</c><00:40:45.019><c> forgiven</c><00:40:45.420><c> on</c><00:40:45.940><c> the</c><00:40:46.219><c> basis</c><00:40:46.599><c> of</c><00:40:46.860><c> his</c> 00:40:47.159 --> 00:40:53.300 faith,<00:40:47.460><c> and</c><00:40:47.739><c> therefore</c><00:40:48.239><c> God</c><00:40:48.980><c> accounted</c><00:40:49.760><c> him</c><00:40:50.760><c> righteous.</c><00:40:53.059><c> And</c> 00:40:53.300 --> 00:40:56.099 of<00:40:53.480><c> course,</c><00:40:53.840><c> that</c><00:40:53.860><c> same</c><00:40:54.280><c> principle</c><00:40:54.840><c> of</c><00:40:55.199><c> justification</c> 00:40:56.099 --> 00:41:00.880 by<00:40:56.579><c> faith</c><00:40:57.000><c> is</c><00:40:57.559><c> true</c><00:40:57.739><c> for</c><00:40:58.000><c> us</c><00:40:58.219><c> all,</c><00:40:58.800><c> that</c><00:40:58.920><c> if</c><00:40:59.260><c> we</c><00:40:59.500><c> believe</c><00:40:59.840><c> God,</c> 00:41:00.900 --> 00:41:04.340 our<00:41:01.159><c> sins</c><00:41:01.820><c> are</c><00:41:02.519><c> blotted</c><00:41:02.780><c> out,</c><00:41:03.699><c> and</c><00:41:03.860><c> we</c><00:41:04.059><c> are</c> 00:41:04.340 --> 00:41:08.260 accounted<00:41:04.760><c> righteous,</c><00:41:06.019><c> and</c><00:41:06.639><c> the</c><00:41:06.800><c> blood</c><00:41:07.019><c> of</c><00:41:07.219><c> Jesus</c><00:41:07.780><c> Christ,</c> 00:41:08.380 --> 00:41:13.119 his<00:41:08.639><c> son,</c><00:41:10.039><c> cleanseth</c><00:41:10.360><c> us</c><00:41:11.320><c> from</c><00:41:11.800><c> all</c><00:41:12.159><c> sin.</c> 00:41:14.219 --> 00:41:17.260 I<00:41:14.860><c> want</c><00:41:15.019><c> you</c><00:41:15.219><c> to</c><00:41:15.400><c> notice</c><00:41:15.739><c> very</c><00:41:16.079><c> carefully</c><00:41:16.460><c> what</c><00:41:16.619><c> it</c><00:41:16.760><c> says</c><00:41:17.000><c> here</c> 00:41:17.260 --> 00:41:21.360 about<00:41:17.579><c> Cain.</c><00:41:18.320><c> You</c><00:41:18.320><c> see,</c><00:41:19.380><c> it</c><00:41:19.519><c> says</c><00:41:19.719><c> that</c><00:41:20.179><c> it</c><00:41:20.260><c> was</c><00:41:20.519><c> because</c> 00:41:21.360 --> 00:41:29.460 Cain's<00:41:22.320><c> works</c><00:41:22.619><c> were</c><00:41:22.980><c> evil,</c><00:41:25.000><c> that</c><00:41:25.139><c> he</c><00:41:25.440><c> slew</c><00:41:25.699><c> his</c><00:41:25.980><c> brother.</c><00:41:28.820><c> And</c> 00:41:29.460 --> 00:41:33.000 the<00:41:29.900><c> implication</c><00:41:30.500><c> of</c><00:41:30.780><c> that</c><00:41:31.460><c> is</c><00:41:32.019><c> that</c><00:41:32.260><c> actually</c><00:41:32.679><c> Cain</c> 00:41:33.000 --> 00:41:41.199 was<00:41:33.460><c> evil</c><00:41:34.199><c> before</c><00:41:35.300><c> he</c><00:41:35.900><c> slew</c><00:41:36.500><c> his</c><00:41:36.880><c> brother.</c><00:41:39.199><c> And</c><00:41:39.579><c> John</c><00:41:39.699><c> is</c><00:41:40.000><c> clearly</c><00:41:40.300><c> referring</c><00:41:40.880><c> to</c> 00:41:41.199 --> 00:41:45.119 the<00:41:41.420><c> fact</c><00:41:41.960><c> of</c><00:41:43.079><c> Cain's</c><00:41:43.639><c> refusal</c><00:41:44.239><c> to</c> 00:41:45.619 --> 00:41:49.519 bring<00:41:46.260><c> an</c><00:41:46.619><c> acceptable</c><00:41:47.039><c> sacrifice</c><00:41:47.760><c> to</c><00:41:48.039><c> God,</c><00:41:48.639><c> in</c><00:41:48.880><c> spite</c><00:41:49.119><c> of</c><00:41:49.340><c> the</c> 00:41:49.519 --> 00:41:52.539 fact<00:41:49.699><c> that</c><00:41:49.960><c> God</c><00:41:50.340><c> himself</c><00:41:51.119><c> had</c><00:41:51.500><c> reasoned</c><00:41:52.000><c> with</c><00:41:52.179><c> him</c> 00:41:52.539 --> 00:41:57.800 and<00:41:53.619><c> encouraged</c><00:41:54.179><c> him</c><00:41:54.420><c> to</c><00:41:54.719><c> bring</c><00:41:54.980><c> an</c><00:41:55.280><c> acceptable</c><00:41:55.860><c> sin</c><00:41:56.139><c> offering.</c><00:41:57.019><c> And</c><00:41:57.480><c> his</c> 00:41:57.800 --> 00:42:00.139 evil<00:41:58.159><c> deeds</c><00:41:58.619><c> were</c><00:41:58.920><c> just</c><00:41:59.280><c> confirmed</c> 00:42:00.139 --> 00:42:06.340 when<00:42:00.860><c> he</c><00:42:02.019><c> slew</c><00:42:02.380><c> his</c><00:42:02.699><c> brother.</c><00:42:04.840><c> And</c><00:42:05.079><c> you</c><00:42:05.239><c> notice</c><00:42:05.579><c> that</c><00:42:05.900><c> it</c><00:42:06.079><c> says</c> 00:42:06.340 --> 00:42:10.039 that<00:42:06.639><c> he</c><00:42:07.039><c> slew</c><00:42:07.860><c> his</c><00:42:08.860><c> brother.</c><00:42:09.559><c> That's</c><00:42:09.780><c> an</c> 00:42:10.039 --> 00:42:17.400 interesting<00:42:10.519><c> word,</c><00:42:11.159><c> that.</c><00:42:11.440><c> It</c><00:42:11.599><c> actually</c><00:42:11.960><c> means</c><00:42:12.800><c> to</c><00:42:14.460><c> slaughter,</c><00:42:15.739><c> to</c><00:42:16.260><c> slay,</c> 00:42:17.760 --> 00:42:21.360 used<00:42:18.139><c> of</c><00:42:19.079><c> a</c><00:42:19.500><c> victim</c><00:42:19.960><c> slaughtered</c> 00:42:21.280 --> 00:42:26.860 for<00:42:21.739><c> sacrifice.</c><00:42:23.420><c> So</c><00:42:23.500><c> it's</c><00:42:23.679><c> actually</c><00:42:24.019><c> a</c><00:42:24.300><c> sacrificial</c><00:42:25.639><c> term.</c> 00:42:27.619 --> 00:42:30.199 So<00:42:28.000><c> could</c><00:42:28.260><c> that</c><00:42:28.559><c> be</c><00:42:28.980><c> telling</c><00:42:29.239><c> us</c> 00:42:31.539 --> 00:42:40.440 how<00:42:32.460><c> Cain</c><00:42:33.179><c> slew</c><00:42:33.579><c> his</c><00:42:33.880><c> brother?</c><00:42:36.380><c> Perhaps</c><00:42:36.940><c> that</c><00:42:37.320><c> his</c><00:42:37.820><c> throat</c><00:42:38.159><c> was</c><00:42:38.760><c> slit</c><00:42:38.980><c> just</c><00:42:39.480><c> as</c> 00:42:40.440 --> 00:42:41.900 you<00:42:40.940><c> would</c> 00:42:42.079 --> 00:42:48.179 offer<00:42:42.619><c> an</c><00:42:42.920><c> animal</c><00:42:43.360><c> and</c><00:42:43.940><c> drain</c><00:42:44.260><c> away</c><00:42:44.599><c> the</c><00:42:44.840><c> blood</c><00:42:45.139><c> before</c><00:42:45.599><c> sacrifice.</c><00:42:47.860><c> We're</c> 00:42:48.179 --> 00:42:50.420 certainly<00:42:48.679><c> being</c><00:42:49.139><c> invited</c><00:42:49.699><c> to</c><00:42:50.000><c> see</c> 00:42:50.420 --> 00:42:58.059 Abel's<00:42:50.880><c> death</c><00:42:51.239><c> as</c><00:42:51.800><c> a</c><00:42:52.519><c> sacrifice,</c><00:42:53.440><c> to</c><00:42:53.679><c> see</c><00:42:53.920><c> his</c><00:42:54.260><c> death</c><00:42:54.579><c> as</c><00:42:55.179><c> pointing</c><00:42:55.659><c> forward</c><00:42:56.599><c> to</c> 00:42:58.059 --> 00:43:00.840 the<00:42:58.280><c> lamb</c><00:42:58.460><c> of</c><00:42:58.760><c> God</c><00:42:59.059><c> who</c><00:42:59.739><c> laid</c><00:43:00.199><c> down</c> 00:43:00.840 --> 00:43:05.579 his<00:43:01.260><c> life</c><00:43:01.800><c> for</c><00:43:02.159><c> us</c><00:43:02.659><c> when</c><00:43:02.960><c> he</c><00:43:03.099><c> was</c><00:43:03.360><c> taken</c><00:43:03.699><c> by</c><00:43:04.000><c> wicked</c><00:43:04.239><c> hands</c><00:43:05.099><c> and</c> 00:43:05.579 --> 00:43:08.519 crucified<00:43:06.260><c> and</c><00:43:06.940><c> slain.</c><00:43:07.780><c> Because</c><00:43:07.940><c> if</c><00:43:08.059><c> you</c><00:43:08.159><c> just</c><00:43:08.320><c> come</c> 00:43:08.519 --> 00:43:13.559 back<00:43:08.780><c> to</c><00:43:08.940><c> Hebrews</c><00:43:09.219><c> chapter</c><00:43:09.719><c> 12,</c><00:43:11.280><c> we</c><00:43:11.440><c> can</c><00:43:11.739><c> see</c><00:43:12.000><c> how</c><00:43:12.300><c> that</c><00:43:12.840><c> Abel</c> 00:43:13.559 --> 00:43:18.440 is<00:43:13.940><c> referred</c><00:43:14.400><c> to</c><00:43:15.079><c> in</c><00:43:15.400><c> verse</c><00:43:16.000><c> 24</c><00:43:17.039><c> in</c><00:43:17.719><c> this</c><00:43:18.000><c> regard,</c> 00:43:18.440 --> 00:43:22.480 that<00:43:18.699><c> he</c><00:43:18.780><c> points</c><00:43:19.219><c> forward</c><00:43:19.820><c> to</c><00:43:20.079><c> the</c><00:43:20.920><c> sacrifice</c><00:43:21.619><c> of</c><00:43:22.179><c> the</c><00:43:22.280><c> Lord</c> 00:43:22.480 --> 00:43:26.119 Jesus<00:43:22.960><c> Christ,</c><00:43:24.039><c> the</c><00:43:24.280><c> mediator</c><00:43:24.800><c> of</c><00:43:24.960><c> the</c><00:43:25.079><c> new</c><00:43:25.679><c> covenant,</c> 00:43:26.199 --> 00:43:34.639 verse<00:43:26.480><c> 24,</c><00:43:27.739><c> whose</c><00:43:27.900><c> blood</c><00:43:29.500><c> speaketh</c><00:43:31.800><c> better</c><00:43:32.480><c> things</c><00:43:33.420><c> than</c><00:43:34.079><c> that</c><00:43:34.400><c> of</c> 00:43:34.639 --> 00:43:38.639 Abel.<00:43:37.380><c> So</c><00:43:37.619><c> there's</c><00:43:37.840><c> a</c><00:43:38.079><c> relationship</c> 00:43:38.639 --> 00:43:43.679 between<00:43:39.079><c> the</c><00:43:39.320><c> death</c><00:43:39.500><c> of</c><00:43:39.760><c> Abel</c><00:43:40.340><c> and</c><00:43:40.719><c> the</c><00:43:41.079><c> sacrifice</c><00:43:41.760><c> of</c><00:43:42.239><c> the</c><00:43:42.380><c> Lord</c><00:43:42.559><c> Jesus</c><00:43:43.019><c> Christ.</c><00:43:43.400><c> And</c><00:43:43.559><c> I</c> 00:43:43.679 --> 00:43:44.440 think<00:43:43.800><c> that's</c> 00:43:44.440 --> 00:43:49.400 indicated<00:43:45.219><c> by</c><00:43:45.880><c> John's</c><00:43:46.559><c> description</c><00:43:47.059><c> of</c><00:43:47.320><c> how</c><00:43:47.619><c> Cain</c><00:43:48.019><c> slew</c><00:43:48.980><c> his</c> 00:43:49.400 --> 00:43:51.539 brother.<00:43:50.219><c> And</c><00:43:50.360><c> in</c><00:43:50.480><c> fact,</c><00:43:50.679><c> the</c><00:43:50.860><c> same</c><00:43:51.119><c> word</c> 00:43:51.539 --> 00:43:55.619 is<00:43:51.860><c> also</c><00:43:52.340><c> found</c><00:43:52.820><c> in</c><00:43:53.820><c> the</c><00:43:54.039><c> book</c><00:43:54.179><c> of</c><00:43:54.360><c> Revelation</c><00:43:54.900><c> and</c><00:43:55.280><c> chapter</c> 00:43:55.619 --> 00:43:59.159 five,<00:43:57.360><c> with</c><00:43:57.739><c> reference</c><00:43:58.159><c> to</c><00:43:58.400><c> the</c><00:43:58.519><c> Lord</c><00:43:58.699><c> Jesus</c> 00:43:59.159 --> 00:44:07.840 Christ,<00:44:00.300><c> a</c><00:44:00.360><c> lamb</c><00:44:00.679><c> as</c><00:44:01.019><c> it</c><00:44:01.320><c> had</c><00:44:01.539><c> been</c><00:44:02.300><c> slain.</c><00:44:06.380><c> Now,</c><00:44:07.380><c> of</c><00:44:07.719><c> course,</c> 00:44:07.940 --> 00:44:10.519 the<00:44:08.219><c> historical</c><00:44:08.780><c> narrative</c><00:44:09.539><c> in</c><00:44:09.940><c> Genesis</c> 00:44:10.519 --> 00:44:15.840 tells<00:44:11.059><c> us</c><00:44:11.460><c> that</c><00:44:12.039><c> sentence</c><00:44:12.460><c> having</c><00:44:12.780><c> been</c><00:44:13.119><c> passed</c><00:44:13.440><c> upon</c><00:44:14.539><c> Cain,</c> 00:44:16.260 --> 00:44:20.199 Cain<00:44:16.579><c> went</c><00:44:16.880><c> out</c><00:44:17.380><c> from</c><00:44:17.900><c> the</c><00:44:18.380><c> presence</c><00:44:18.699><c> of</c><00:44:18.980><c> the</c><00:44:19.159><c> Lord</c> 00:44:20.360 --> 00:44:25.219 and<00:44:20.820><c> dwelt</c><00:44:21.079><c> in</c><00:44:21.300><c> the</c><00:44:21.400><c> land</c><00:44:21.619><c> of</c><00:44:21.960><c> Nod</c><00:44:22.699><c> on</c><00:44:23.159><c> the</c><00:44:23.380><c> east</c><00:44:23.860><c> of</c><00:44:24.440><c> Eden.</c><00:44:25.099><c> And</c> 00:44:25.219 --> 00:44:28.940 so<00:44:25.420><c> here</c><00:44:25.719><c> in</c><00:44:25.940><c> his</c><00:44:26.239><c> life</c><00:44:26.599><c> was</c><00:44:26.880><c> the</c><00:44:27.239><c> spirit</c><00:44:27.559><c> of</c><00:44:27.900><c> rebellion</c> 00:44:29.460 --> 00:44:34.980 and<00:44:30.099><c> apostasy,</c><00:44:31.000><c> a</c><00:44:31.219><c> deliberate</c><00:44:32.159><c> repudiation</c><00:44:34.000><c> of</c><00:44:34.500><c> the</c><00:44:34.679><c> way</c><00:44:34.820><c> of</c> 00:44:34.980 --> 00:44:37.719 the<00:44:35.239><c> truth</c><00:44:35.460><c> and</c><00:44:35.679><c> a</c><00:44:35.960><c> desire</c><00:44:36.260><c> to</c><00:44:36.599><c> forge</c><00:44:36.840><c> his</c><00:44:37.079><c> own</c><00:44:37.340><c> way</c> 00:44:37.719 --> 00:44:41.480 in<00:44:38.119><c> the</c><00:44:38.340><c> world.</c><00:44:38.800><c> And</c><00:44:38.860><c> it's</c><00:44:39.099><c> interesting</c><00:44:39.539><c> to</c><00:44:39.760><c> think</c><00:44:40.000><c> about</c><00:44:40.300><c> that</c><00:44:40.679><c> phrase</c><00:44:41.059><c> where</c><00:44:41.360><c> it</c> 00:44:41.480 --> 00:44:43.500 tells<00:44:41.860><c> us</c><00:44:42.179><c> that</c><00:44:42.480><c> Cain</c><00:44:42.679><c> went</c><00:44:43.000><c> out</c> 00:44:43.500 --> 00:44:47.480 from<00:44:44.019><c> the</c><00:44:44.300><c> presence</c><00:44:44.780><c> of</c><00:44:45.780><c> Yahweh,</c><00:44:46.420><c> because</c><00:44:46.599><c> what</c><00:44:46.820><c> that</c><00:44:47.139><c> means</c> 00:44:47.480 --> 00:44:49.760 is<00:44:47.719><c> that</c><00:44:47.980><c> clearly</c><00:44:48.219><c> there</c><00:44:48.360><c> must</c><00:44:48.699><c> have</c><00:44:48.940><c> been</c><00:44:49.480><c> at</c> 00:44:49.760 --> 00:44:57.440 the<00:44:49.980><c> time</c><00:44:50.639><c> a</c><00:44:51.599><c> divinely</c><00:44:52.119><c> appointed</c><00:44:53.059><c> place</c><00:44:53.699><c> of</c><00:44:54.039><c> meeting</c><00:44:54.539><c> and</c><00:44:55.059><c> worship</c><00:44:55.739><c> where</c><00:44:57.239><c> it</c> 00:44:57.440 --> 00:45:01.420 was<00:44:57.679><c> possible</c><00:44:58.500><c> for</c><00:44:59.900><c> men</c><00:45:00.440><c> to</c><00:45:00.719><c> enjoy</c> 00:45:01.420 --> 00:45:09.440 fellowship<00:45:02.280><c> with</c><00:45:03.099><c> Yahweh.</c><00:45:04.980><c> And</c><00:45:05.119><c> at</c><00:45:05.280><c> that</c><00:45:05.579><c> meeting</c><00:45:06.039><c> place,</c><00:45:07.739><c> the</c><00:45:07.860><c> Lord</c><00:45:08.239><c> God</c><00:45:08.539><c> was</c><00:45:08.960><c> by</c> 00:45:09.440 --> 00:45:11.699 some<00:45:10.000><c> means</c><00:45:10.400><c> present.</c> 00:45:13.739 --> 00:45:16.000 Now,<00:45:13.960><c> of</c><00:45:14.119><c> course,</c><00:45:14.340><c> we</c><00:45:14.420><c> know,</c><00:45:14.860><c> as</c><00:45:14.980><c> we've</c><00:45:15.159><c> already</c><00:45:15.480><c> said,</c><00:45:15.860><c> that</c> 00:45:16.000 --> 00:45:18.679 no<00:45:16.239><c> man</c><00:45:16.480><c> has</c><00:45:16.679><c> seen</c><00:45:17.019><c> God</c><00:45:17.340><c> at</c><00:45:17.659><c> any</c><00:45:17.960><c> time.</c><00:45:18.360><c> And</c><00:45:18.480><c> so</c> 00:45:18.679 --> 00:45:25.780 God's<00:45:19.159><c> presence</c><00:45:19.539><c> must</c><00:45:19.840><c> have</c><00:45:20.119><c> been</c><00:45:20.800><c> by</c><00:45:21.619><c> manifestation</c><00:45:22.619><c> through</c><00:45:23.559><c> an</c><00:45:24.099><c> angel.</c><00:45:25.559><c> And</c> 00:45:25.780 --> 00:45:27.019 in<00:45:25.960><c> fact,</c><00:45:26.159><c> I</c><00:45:26.340><c> think</c><00:45:26.619><c> that</c> 00:45:27.019 --> 00:45:34.619 a<00:45:27.519><c> strong</c><00:45:27.760><c> case</c><00:45:28.199><c> can</c><00:45:28.400><c> be</c><00:45:28.639><c> made</c><00:45:29.179><c> for</c><00:45:29.460><c> that</c><00:45:29.860><c> angel</c><00:45:30.179><c> being</c><00:45:30.960><c> no</c><00:45:31.280><c> lesser</c><00:45:31.840><c> angel</c><00:45:32.739><c> than</c><00:45:33.340><c> Michael,</c><00:45:34.440><c> the</c> 00:45:34.619 --> 00:45:38.820 mighty<00:45:35.500><c> archangel.</c><00:45:36.500><c> But</c><00:45:36.539><c> that's</c><00:45:37.380><c> another</c><00:45:37.719><c> story.</c><00:45:38.500><c> But</c><00:45:38.679><c> it</c> 00:45:38.820 --> 00:45:40.920 would<00:45:39.119><c> seem</c><00:45:39.380><c> then</c><00:45:39.679><c> that</c><00:45:40.000><c> Cain</c> 00:45:41.119 --> 00:45:45.800 had<00:45:41.900><c> turned</c><00:45:42.440><c> his</c><00:45:42.760><c> back</c><00:45:43.079><c> on</c><00:45:43.320><c> that</c><00:45:43.639><c> wonderful</c><00:45:44.460><c> opportunity</c><00:45:45.460><c> to</c> 00:45:45.800 --> 00:45:50.719 enjoy<00:45:46.360><c> fellowship</c><00:45:47.000><c> with</c><00:45:48.079><c> the</c><00:45:48.400><c> angelic</c><00:45:49.619><c> presence.</c> 00:45:51.219 --> 00:45:59.840 And<00:45:51.760><c> instead,</c><00:45:53.239><c> he</c><00:45:53.340><c> preferred</c><00:45:53.940><c> to</c><00:45:54.539><c> be</c><00:45:54.739><c> a</c><00:45:54.960><c> fugitive</c><00:45:56.059><c> and</c><00:45:56.579><c> a</c><00:45:56.880><c> vagabond</c><00:45:57.380><c> in</c><00:45:57.579><c> the</c><00:45:57.820><c> earth</c><00:45:58.219><c> and</c><00:45:58.500><c> to</c><00:45:58.639><c> be</c><00:45:58.840><c> a</c><00:45:58.940><c> perpetual</c> 00:46:01.079 --> 00:46:06.659 wanderer<00:46:01.619><c> in</c><00:46:02.159><c> the</c><00:46:02.420><c> land</c><00:46:02.699><c> of</c><00:46:03.059><c> Nod.</c><00:46:03.199><c> And</c><00:46:03.360><c> in</c><00:46:03.480><c> fact,</c><00:46:03.679><c> the</c><00:46:03.760><c> word</c><00:46:04.039><c> Nod</c><00:46:05.219><c> means</c><00:46:06.320><c> to</c> 00:46:06.659 --> 00:46:10.179 wonder.<00:46:08.679><c> And</c><00:46:08.940><c> it's</c><00:46:09.820><c> essentially</c> 00:46:10.179 --> 00:46:13.579 the<00:46:10.400><c> same</c><00:46:10.639><c> word</c><00:46:10.920><c> that's</c><00:46:11.260><c> found</c><00:46:11.500><c> in</c><00:46:11.840><c> Psalm</c><00:46:12.039><c> 56</c><00:46:12.699><c> and</c><00:46:12.900><c> verse</c><00:46:13.119><c> 8,</c> 00:46:13.780 --> 00:46:14.639 where<00:46:13.920><c> the</c><00:46:14.139><c> psalmist</c><00:46:14.380><c> says,</c> 00:46:14.639 --> 00:46:21.159 I<00:46:14.920><c> know</c><00:46:15.119><c> as</c><00:46:15.340><c> my</c><00:46:15.579><c> wanderings.</c><00:46:16.360><c> That's</c><00:46:16.639><c> the</c><00:46:16.739><c> word</c><00:46:16.940><c> Nod.</c><00:46:19.340><c> So</c><00:46:19.719><c> what's</c><00:46:20.980><c> the</c> 00:46:21.159 --> 00:46:23.780 lesson<00:46:21.480><c> for</c><00:46:21.800><c> us</c><00:46:22.039><c> then</c><00:46:22.380><c> from</c><00:46:22.920><c> Abel?</c><00:46:23.360><c> Well,</c> 00:46:23.780 --> 00:46:29.179 surely<00:46:24.400><c> it</c><00:46:24.920><c> is</c><00:46:25.300><c> for</c><00:46:25.639><c> us</c><00:46:26.239><c> that</c><00:46:26.820><c> we</c><00:46:27.119><c> must</c><00:46:27.480><c> hold</c><00:46:28.019><c> on</c><00:46:28.320><c> to</c><00:46:28.500><c> the</c><00:46:28.679><c> fact</c> 00:46:29.179 --> 00:46:33.579 that<00:46:30.800><c> it</c><00:46:30.980><c> is</c><00:46:31.239><c> the</c><00:46:31.559><c> blood</c><00:46:31.880><c> of</c><00:46:32.280><c> Jesus</c><00:46:32.800><c> Christ,</c> 00:46:33.739 --> 00:46:40.119 his<00:46:34.019><c> son,</c><00:46:35.199><c> that</c><00:46:35.559><c> cleanseth</c><00:46:36.079><c> us</c><00:46:36.619><c> from</c><00:46:37.119><c> all</c><00:46:37.420><c> sin.</c><00:46:38.099><c> And</c><00:46:38.480><c> to</c><00:46:38.900><c> recognize</c><00:46:39.659><c> that</c> 00:46:40.119 --> 00:46:43.139 by<00:46:40.579><c> offering</c><00:46:41.059><c> up</c><00:46:41.920><c> praise</c><00:46:42.320><c> and</c><00:46:42.659><c> worship</c> 00:46:43.139 --> 00:46:49.139 that<00:46:43.639><c> is</c><00:46:43.980><c> acceptable</c><00:46:44.619><c> to</c><00:46:45.039><c> him,</c><00:46:45.320><c> we</c><00:46:45.500><c> must</c><00:46:45.880><c> not</c><00:46:46.239><c> wander</c><00:46:46.599><c> away</c><00:46:47.159><c> from</c><00:46:47.699><c> fellowship</c><00:46:48.199><c> with</c><00:46:48.500><c> God,</c><00:46:48.880><c> as</c> 00:46:49.139 --> 00:46:50.239 Cain<00:46:49.340><c> did.</c> 00:46:50.420 --> 00:46:55.639 And<00:46:50.619><c> I</c><00:46:50.739><c> think</c><00:46:50.900><c> the</c><00:46:51.119><c> lesson</c><00:46:51.400><c> is</c><00:46:52.559><c> crystallized</c><00:46:53.239><c> for</c><00:46:53.480><c> us</c><00:46:53.619><c> actually</c><00:46:53.940><c> in</c><00:46:54.159><c> Hebrews</c><00:46:54.420><c> chapter</c><00:46:54.800><c> 13</c> 00:46:55.639 --> 00:46:57.980 and<00:46:56.320><c> verse</c><00:46:56.619><c> 15.</c> 00:46:59.099 --> 00:47:03.500 And<00:46:59.440><c> we</c><00:46:59.579><c> could</c><00:46:59.719><c> almost</c><00:47:00.059><c> think</c><00:47:00.420><c> of</c><00:47:00.699><c> Abel</c><00:47:00.900><c> as</c><00:47:01.059><c> we</c><00:47:01.239><c> read</c><00:47:01.460><c> these</c><00:47:01.820><c> words,</c><00:47:02.619><c> Hebrews</c><00:47:02.920><c> 13</c> 00:47:03.500 --> 00:47:04.880 verse<00:47:03.800><c> 15,</c> 00:47:04.909 --> 00:47:14.780 Therefore,<00:47:05.579><c> let</c><00:47:06.719><c> us</c><00:47:07.320><c> offer</c><00:47:08.099><c> the</c><00:47:08.619><c> sacrifice</c><00:47:09.400><c> of</c><00:47:09.739><c> praise</c><00:47:10.239><c> to</c><00:47:10.440><c> God</c><00:47:11.179><c> continually,</c><00:47:12.860><c> that</c><00:47:13.079><c> is,</c><00:47:14.119><c> the</c><00:47:14.360><c> fruit</c><00:47:14.579><c> of</c> 00:47:14.780 --> 00:47:15.619 our<00:47:15.019><c> lips,</c> 00:47:16.099 --> 00:47:22.360 giving<00:47:16.380><c> thanks</c><00:47:16.900><c> to</c><00:47:17.059><c> his</c><00:47:17.360><c> name.</c><00:47:18.280><c> But</c><00:47:18.539><c> to</c><00:47:18.840><c> do</c><00:47:19.099><c> good</c><00:47:19.519><c> and</c><00:47:20.059><c> to</c><00:47:20.500><c> communicate,</c><00:47:21.340><c> forget</c><00:47:21.840><c> not,</c> 00:47:22.800 --> 00:47:24.760 for<00:47:22.920><c> with</c><00:47:23.480><c> such</c><00:47:23.880><c> sacrifices,</c> 00:47:25.239 --> 00:47:32.059 God<00:47:25.639><c> is</c><00:47:26.880><c> well</c><00:47:27.860><c> pleased.</c><00:47:29.000><c> So</c><00:47:29.400><c> that's</c><00:47:29.719><c> the</c><00:47:29.860><c> lesson</c><00:47:30.099><c> for</c><00:47:30.360><c> us,</c><00:47:30.639><c> brethren</c><00:47:30.800><c> and</c><00:47:31.099><c> sisters.</c> 00:47:32.619 --> 00:47:37.099 So<00:47:33.300><c> coming</c><00:47:33.579><c> back</c><00:47:33.980><c> to</c><00:47:34.320><c> Hebrews</c><00:47:34.619><c> 11,</c><00:47:35.079><c> the</c><00:47:35.159><c> next</c><00:47:35.699><c> example</c><00:47:36.199><c> of</c><00:47:36.400><c> faith</c><00:47:36.719><c> that</c><00:47:36.940><c> the</c> 00:47:37.099 --> 00:47:40.059 apostle<00:47:37.440><c> highlights</c><00:47:38.179><c> is</c><00:47:39.280><c> the</c><00:47:39.639><c> example</c> 00:47:40.059 --> 00:47:46.139 of<00:47:40.320><c> Enoch</c><00:47:40.639><c> in</c><00:47:41.059><c> verse</c><00:47:41.360><c> 5.</c><00:47:43.159><c> By</c><00:47:43.320><c> faith,</c><00:47:44.460><c> Enoch</c><00:47:44.900><c> was</c><00:47:45.420><c> translated</c> 00:47:46.139 --> 00:47:49.360 that<00:47:46.380><c> he</c><00:47:46.579><c> should</c><00:47:46.860><c> not</c><00:47:47.179><c> see</c><00:47:47.460><c> death</c><00:47:47.980><c> and</c><00:47:48.440><c> was</c><00:47:48.699><c> not</c><00:47:49.019><c> found</c> 00:47:49.360 --> 00:47:54.480 because<00:47:49.800><c> God</c><00:47:50.099><c> had</c><00:47:50.519><c> translated</c><00:47:51.079><c> him.</c><00:47:51.940><c> For</c><00:47:52.119><c> before</c><00:47:52.539><c> his</c><00:47:52.880><c> translation,</c><00:47:53.960><c> he</c><00:47:54.239><c> had</c> 00:47:54.480 --> 00:47:57.699 this<00:47:54.920><c> testimony</c><00:47:55.619><c> that</c><00:47:56.159><c> he</c><00:47:56.900><c> pleased</c> 00:47:57.699 --> 00:48:09.400 God.<00:47:59.679><c> Interesting</c><00:48:00.539><c> example</c><00:48:01.400><c> here.</c><00:48:03.679><c> Enoch's</c><00:48:04.219><c> name</c><00:48:04.840><c> means</c><00:48:05.920><c> dedicated,</c><00:48:09.400><c> and</c> 00:48:09.400 --> 00:48:11.880 clearly<00:48:10.079><c> 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with</c><00:49:24.360><c> God.</c><00:49:25.699><c> Now,</c><00:49:26.599><c> the</c> 00:49:26.920 --> 00:49:29.179 historical<00:49:27.300><c> account</c><00:49:27.800><c> in</c><00:49:28.000><c> Genesis</c><00:49:28.380><c> chapter</c><00:49:28.739><c> 5</c> 00:49:29.179 --> 00:49:35.099 says<00:49:29.619><c> that</c><00:49:30.019><c> all</c><00:49:30.320><c> the</c><00:49:30.500><c> days</c><00:49:30.699><c> of</c><00:49:30.940><c> Enoch</c><00:49:31.420><c> were</c><00:49:32.179><c> 365</c><00:49:33.519><c> years,</c><00:49:34.960><c> and</c> 00:49:35.099 --> 00:49:39.760 Enoch<00:49:35.420><c> walked</c><00:49:35.860><c> with</c><00:49:36.179><c> God,</c><00:49:37.019><c> and</c><00:49:37.320><c> he</c><00:49:37.559><c> was</c><00:49:37.940><c> not,</c><00:49:38.940><c> for</c><00:49:39.199><c> God</c> 00:49:39.760 --> 00:49:46.099 took<00:49:40.300><c> him.</c><00:49:42.460><c> And</c><00:49:42.460><c> so</c><00:49:42.860><c> this</c><00:49:43.260><c> man</c><00:49:43.539><c> 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every</c><00:50:40.280><c> imagination</c><00:50:40.940><c> of</c><00:50:41.159><c> the</c><00:50:41.340><c> thoughts</c><00:50:41.599><c> of</c><00:50:42.280><c> men's</c> 00:50:42.699 --> 00:50:45.079 hearts<00:50:42.900><c> were</c><00:50:43.159><c> only</c><00:50:43.639><c> evil</c><00:50:43.960><c> continually.</c><00:50:44.800><c> Because,</c> 00:50:45.340 --> 00:50:48.500 you<00:50:45.340><c> see,</c><00:50:45.559><c> in</c><00:50:45.719><c> spite</c><00:50:45.980><c> of</c><00:50:46.199><c> that</c><00:50:46.500><c> death</c><00:50:46.780><c> sentence</c><00:50:47.380><c> that</c><00:50:47.960><c> God</c><00:50:48.219><c> had</c> 00:50:48.500 --> 00:50:51.619 imposed<00:50:49.099><c> upon</c><00:50:49.420><c> Adam</c><00:50:49.719><c> and</c><00:50:49.920><c> Eve</c><00:50:50.219><c> in</c><00:50:50.860><c> the</c><00:50:51.099><c> beginning</c><00:50:51.360><c> for</c> 00:50:51.619 --> 00:50:57.719 their<00:50:52.179><c> transgression,</c><00:50:53.320><c> it</c><00:50:53.599><c> seemed</c><00:50:54.119><c> as</c><00:50:54.400><c> if</c><00:50:54.679><c> men</c><00:50:55.000><c> were</c><00:50:55.380><c> just</c><00:50:56.079><c> carrying</c><00:50:56.440><c> on</c><00:50:56.800><c> living.</c> 00:51:00.679 --> 00:51:06.280 And<00:51:01.360><c> wickedness</c><00:51:02.039><c> appeared</c><00:51:02.820><c> to</c><00:51:03.119><c> go</c><00:51:03.579><c> unpunished.</c><00:51:04.980><c> So</c><00:51:05.199><c> maybe</c><00:51:05.420><c> that</c><00:51:05.659><c> was</c><00:51:05.860><c> one</c><00:51:06.119><c> of</c> 00:51:06.280 --> 00:51:07.679 the<00:51:06.460><c> things</c><00:51:06.840><c> that</c> 00:51:09.579 --> 00:51:14.960 promoted<00:51:10.260><c> this</c><00:51:10.940><c> degeneration</c><00:51:12.139><c> in</c><00:51:12.840><c> morals</c><00:51:13.239><c> at</c><00:51:13.599><c> the</c><00:51:13.820><c> time.</c><00:51:14.780><c> But</c> 00:51:14.960 --> 00:51:17.840 you<00:51:15.480><c> see,</c><00:51:15.599><c> Enoch,</c><00:51:15.820><c> well,</c><00:51:16.099><c> he</c><00:51:16.340><c> was</c><00:51:16.579><c> a</c><00:51:16.900><c> prophet</c><00:51:17.199><c> of</c><00:51:17.519><c> God,</c> 00:51:17.840 --> 00:51:24.219 and<00:51:18.260><c> he</c><00:51:18.539><c> was</c><00:51:19.000><c> sent</c><00:51:19.679><c> with</c><00:51:20.780><c> a</c><00:51:21.199><c> message</c><00:51:21.599><c> to</c><00:51:22.500><c> the</c><00:51:22.760><c> ungodly</c><00:51:23.579><c> of</c><00:51:23.900><c> his</c> 00:51:24.219 --> 00:51:28.119 day.<00:51:25.619><c> And</c><00:51:25.760><c> that</c><00:51:25.960><c> message</c><00:51:26.320><c> was</c><00:51:26.840><c> that</c><00:51:27.400><c> judgment</c> 00:51:28.119 --> 00:51:32.480 was<00:51:28.960><c> coming.</c><00:51:29.920><c> A</c><00:51:30.219><c> day</c><00:51:30.440><c> was</c><00:51:30.780><c> coming</c><00:51:31.079><c> when</c><00:51:31.460><c> the</c><00:51:31.719><c> wicked</c><00:51:32.059><c> would</c> 00:51:32.480 --> 00:51:35.940 receive<00:51:33.619><c> their</c><00:51:34.159><c> just</c><00:51:34.440><c> desserts,</c><00:51:35.239><c> and</c><00:51:35.420><c> judgment</c> 00:51:35.940 --> 00:51:41.159 from<00:51:36.440><c> God</c><00:51:36.880><c> would</c><00:51:37.280><c> eventually</c><00:51:37.780><c> come.</c><00:51:39.119><c> Now,</c><00:51:39.719><c> you</c><00:51:40.159><c> see,</c><00:51:40.380><c> the</c><00:51:40.519><c> point</c><00:51:40.840><c> is</c> 00:51:41.159 --> 00:51:45.980 that<00:51:41.599><c> Enoch,</c><00:51:42.719><c> just</c><00:51:42.880><c> as</c><00:51:43.460><c> Abel,</c><00:51:44.480><c> Enoch</c><00:51:44.980><c> had</c><00:51:45.380><c> no</c> 00:51:45.980 --> 00:51:52.139 concrete<00:51:46.460><c> proof</c><00:51:47.320><c> that</c><00:51:48.860><c> God's</c><00:51:49.320><c> judgments</c><00:51:49.719><c> were</c><00:51:50.019><c> coming.</c><00:51:51.980><c> But</c> 00:51:52.139 --> 00:51:57.340 with<00:51:52.440><c> the</c><00:51:52.599><c> eye</c><00:51:52.800><c> of</c><00:51:53.059><c> faith,</c><00:51:54.559><c> he</c><00:51:54.559><c> saw</c><00:51:55.199><c> them</c><00:51:55.699><c> afar</c><00:51:56.199><c> off,</c> 00:51:57.619 --> 00:52:03.579 and<00:51:57.800><c> Enoch</c><00:51:58.179><c> believed</c><00:51:59.300><c> it.</c><00:52:01.639><c> Now,</c><00:52:01.900><c> make</c><00:52:02.159><c> no</c><00:52:02.460><c> mistake,</c><00:52:02.940><c> Enoch's</c> 00:52:03.579 --> 00:52:06.820 message<00:52:04.099><c> would</c><00:52:04.559><c> have</c><00:52:04.980><c> not</c><00:52:05.260><c> been</c><00:52:05.559><c> popular.</c> 00:52:08.219 --> 00:52:13.219 When<00:52:08.619><c> Enoch</c><00:52:08.920><c> had</c><00:52:09.179><c> a</c><00:52:09.440><c> son,</c><00:52:09.920><c> he</c><00:52:10.000><c> called</c><00:52:10.320><c> him</c><00:52:10.840><c> Methuselah.</c><00:52:12.920><c> And</c> 00:52:13.219 --> 00:52:15.320 his<00:52:13.539><c> name,</c><00:52:14.239><c> as</c><00:52:14.539><c> I'm</c><00:52:14.699><c> sure</c><00:52:14.900><c> we</c><00:52:15.119><c> know,</c> 00:52:15.320 --> 00:52:21.320 means<00:52:15.840><c> his</c><00:52:16.460><c> death,</c><00:52:17.579><c> the</c><00:52:18.000><c> sending</c><00:52:18.639><c> forth.</c><00:52:20.300><c> And</c><00:52:20.460><c> so</c><00:52:20.599><c> it</c><00:52:20.800><c> came</c><00:52:21.039><c> to</c> 00:52:21.320 --> 00:52:23.800 pass<00:52:21.659><c> that</c><00:52:21.960><c> the</c><00:52:22.179><c> death</c><00:52:22.440><c> of</c><00:52:22.679><c> Methuselah</c> 00:52:23.800 --> 00:52:29.860 at<00:52:24.119><c> the</c><00:52:24.380><c> ripe</c><00:52:24.659><c> old</c><00:52:24.880><c> age</c><00:52:25.159><c> of</c><00:52:25.460><c> 969</c><00:52:27.139><c> coincided</c><00:52:28.480><c> with</c><00:52:29.000><c> the</c><00:52:29.400><c> sending</c> 00:52:29.860 --> 00:52:34.659 forth<00:52:30.659><c> of</c><00:52:31.500><c> the</c><00:52:31.760><c> flood.</c><00:52:33.239><c> And</c><00:52:33.239><c> that</c><00:52:33.780><c> Methuselah</c> 00:52:34.659 --> 00:52:41.780 was<00:52:34.940><c> the</c><00:52:35.139><c> oldest</c><00:52:35.659><c> man</c><00:52:35.940><c> in</c><00:52:36.179><c> the</c><00:52:36.440><c> Bible,</c><00:52:38.440><c> of</c><00:52:38.719><c> course,</c><00:52:38.880><c> is</c><00:52:39.139><c> a</c><00:52:39.360><c> testimony,</c><00:52:40.000><c> a</c><00:52:40.219><c> wonderful</c><00:52:40.840><c> testimony</c><00:52:41.500><c> to</c> 00:52:41.780 --> 00:52:42.559 the<00:52:42.119><c> long</c> 00:52:42.559 --> 00:52:47.920 suffering<00:52:43.119><c> nature</c><00:52:44.239><c> of</c><00:52:45.300><c> the</c><00:52:45.559><c> God</c><00:52:45.840><c> with</c><00:52:46.239><c> whom</c><00:52:46.420><c> we</c><00:52:46.619><c> have</c><00:52:46.840><c> to</c><00:52:47.039><c> do.</c> 00:52:48.420 --> 00:52:50.340 And<00:52:48.579><c> he's</c><00:52:48.780><c> referred</c><00:52:49.119><c> to,</c><00:52:49.380><c> of</c><00:52:49.599><c> course,</c><00:52:49.860><c> by</c><00:52:50.179><c> the</c> 00:52:50.340 --> 00:52:54.019 Apostle<00:52:50.719><c> Peter,</c><00:52:51.559><c> when</c><00:52:51.719><c> he</c><00:52:52.000><c> says</c><00:52:52.179><c> that</c><00:52:52.480><c> when</c><00:52:52.739><c> once</c><00:52:53.019><c> the</c><00:52:53.440><c> long</c> 00:52:54.019 --> 00:52:59.340 suffering<00:52:54.539><c> of</c><00:52:54.900><c> God</c><00:52:55.380><c> waited</c><00:52:56.079><c> in</c><00:52:57.760><c> the</c><00:52:57.960><c> days</c><00:52:58.199><c> of</c><00:52:58.519><c> Noah,</c> 00:52:59.820 --> 00:53:03.159 while<00:53:00.019><c> the</c><00:53:00.320><c> ark</c><00:53:00.539><c> was</c><00:53:00.719><c> a</c><00:53:01.000><c> preparing,</c><00:53:01.800><c> wherein</c><00:53:01.960><c> few</c><00:53:02.559><c> that</c><00:53:02.940><c> his</c> 00:53:03.159 --> 00:53:06.340 eight<00:53:03.400><c> souls</c><00:53:03.780><c> were</c><00:53:04.079><c> saved</c><00:53:04.400><c> by</c><00:53:04.699><c> water.</c><00:53:05.300><c> So</c><00:53:05.559><c> God</c><00:53:05.820><c> waited</c> 00:53:06.340 --> 00:53:15.860 for<00:53:06.679><c> 969</c><00:53:09.539><c> years</c><00:53:10.260><c> before</c><00:53:10.940><c> the</c><00:53:11.139><c> flood</c><00:53:11.340><c> came.</c><00:53:13.599><c> Now,</c><00:53:13.960><c> this</c><00:53:13.980><c> reference</c><00:53:14.480><c> to</c><00:53:14.780><c> Enoch</c><00:53:15.099><c> here</c><00:53:15.659><c> in</c> 00:53:15.860 --> 00:53:17.360 Hebrews<00:53:16.219><c> 11</c><00:53:16.639><c> is</c> 00:53:17.360 --> 00:53:21.440 sometimes<00:53:17.900><c> used</c><00:53:18.440><c> to</c><00:53:19.360><c> support</c><00:53:19.840><c> the</c><00:53:20.099><c> suggestion</c><00:53:20.639><c> that</c><00:53:20.940><c> maybe</c> 00:53:21.440 --> 00:53:24.139 Enoch<00:53:21.860><c> was</c><00:53:22.179><c> an</c><00:53:22.400><c> exception</c><00:53:23.019><c> and</c><00:53:23.400><c> that</c><00:53:23.579><c> Enoch</c><00:53:23.860><c> didn't</c> 00:53:24.139 --> 00:53:30.059 actually<00:53:24.639><c> die.</c><00:53:26.920><c> Because</c><00:53:27.340><c> it</c><00:53:27.480><c> says,</c><00:53:27.920><c> by</c><00:53:27.920><c> faith,</c><00:53:28.340><c> Enoch</c><00:53:28.639><c> was</c><00:53:28.960><c> translated</c><00:53:29.579><c> that</c><00:53:29.840><c> he</c> 00:53:30.059 --> 00:53:32.159 should<00:53:30.340><c> not</c><00:53:30.599><c> see</c><00:53:30.920><c> death.</c> 00:53:33.179 --> 00:53:36.400 But<00:53:33.820><c> that</c><00:53:34.079><c> can't</c><00:53:34.519><c> be</c><00:53:34.800><c> true,</c><00:53:35.300><c> can</c><00:53:35.380><c> it?</c><00:53:35.719><c> Because</c><00:53:35.860><c> if</c><00:53:36.019><c> you</c><00:53:36.159><c> just</c> 00:53:36.400 --> 00:53:38.000 look<00:53:36.559><c> at</c><00:53:36.719><c> verse</c><00:53:36.980><c> 13,</c> 00:53:40.059 --> 00:53:48.079 it<00:53:40.099><c> says</c><00:53:40.440><c> there,</c><00:53:41.840><c> these</c><00:53:42.039><c> all</c><00:53:44.000><c> died</c><00:53:44.880><c> in</c><00:53:45.239><c> faith,</c><00:53:46.500><c> these</c><00:53:46.760><c> all</c><00:53:47.440><c> died</c><00:53:47.780><c> in</c> 00:53:48.079 --> 00:53:50.000 faith,<00:53:48.400><c> not</c><00:53:48.659><c> having</c><00:53:49.019><c> received</c><00:53:49.400><c> the</c><00:53:49.679><c> promises,</c> 00:53:50.119 --> 00:53:56.340 but<00:53:50.340><c> having</c><00:53:50.679><c> seen</c><00:53:50.960><c> them</c><00:53:51.159><c> afar</c><00:53:51.519><c> off.</c><00:53:53.199><c> So</c><00:53:53.519><c> if</c><00:53:53.840><c> Enoch</c><00:53:54.019><c> didn't</c><00:53:54.440><c> die,</c><00:53:55.039><c> then</c><00:53:55.260><c> that</c><00:53:55.599><c> statement</c><00:53:56.079><c> is</c> 00:53:56.340 --> 00:53:57.480 not<00:53:56.659><c> true.</c> 00:53:58.780 --> 00:54:02.019 And<00:53:59.420><c> furthermore,</c><00:54:00.059><c> we</c><00:54:00.300><c> know</c><00:54:00.559><c> that</c><00:54:00.840><c> in</c><00:54:01.000><c> Romans</c><00:54:01.280><c> chapter</c><00:54:01.659><c> five</c> 00:54:02.019 --> 00:54:04.400 and<00:54:02.219><c> verse</c><00:54:02.400><c> 14,</c><00:54:02.960><c> the</c><00:54:03.139><c> Apostle</c><00:54:03.460><c> Paul</c><00:54:03.699><c> says</c><00:54:04.059><c> that</c> 00:54:04.400 --> 00:54:11.559 death<00:54:04.739><c> reigned</c><00:54:05.400><c> from</c><00:54:05.760><c> Adam</c><00:54:06.219><c> to</c><00:54:06.800><c> Moses.</c><00:54:09.300><c> And</c><00:54:09.940><c> in</c><00:54:10.119><c> any</c><00:54:10.380><c> case,</c><00:54:11.280><c> as</c> 00:54:11.559 --> 00:54:14.260 we've<00:54:11.860><c> just</c><00:54:12.139><c> said,</c><00:54:12.519><c> that</c><00:54:12.679><c> the</c><00:54:13.360><c> historical</c><00:54:13.800><c> record</c> 00:54:14.260 --> 00:54:20.940 in<00:54:14.539><c> Genesis</c><00:54:14.940><c> confirms</c><00:54:15.639><c> for</c><00:54:16.019><c> us</c><00:54:16.119><c> in</c><00:54:16.300><c> Genesis</c><00:54:16.659><c> chapter</c><00:54:16.980><c> five</c><00:54:17.559><c> and</c><00:54:17.920><c> verse</c><00:54:18.099><c> 23,</c><00:54:18.719><c> that</c><00:54:18.940><c> all</c><00:54:19.380><c> the</c><00:54:19.559><c> days</c><00:54:19.860><c> of</c><00:54:20.159><c> Enoch</c> 00:54:21.079 --> 00:54:30.739 were<00:54:21.420><c> 365</c><00:54:22.579><c> years.</c><00:54:24.059><c> So</c><00:54:24.599><c> Enoch</c><00:54:24.840><c> died.</c><00:54:28.639><c> So</c><00:54:28.840><c> if</c><00:54:29.059><c> that's</c><00:54:29.320><c> the</c><00:54:29.579><c> case,</c> 00:54:30.940 --> 00:54:33.380 that<00:54:31.260><c> Enoch</c><00:54:31.599><c> died</c><00:54:32.059><c> with</c><00:54:32.320><c> the</c><00:54:32.420><c> rest</c><00:54:32.679><c> of</c><00:54:32.980><c> humanity,</c> 00:54:33.639 --> 00:54:37.280 then<00:54:33.719><c> what</c><00:54:34.079><c> does</c><00:54:34.340><c> it</c><00:54:34.539><c> mean</c><00:54:34.780><c> here</c><00:54:35.280><c> when</c><00:54:35.559><c> it</c><00:54:35.760><c> tells</c><00:54:36.039><c> us</c><00:54:36.280><c> that</c><00:54:36.539><c> Enoch</c><00:54:36.860><c> was</c> 00:54:37.280 --> 00:54:40.400 translated<00:54:38.079><c> that</c><00:54:38.960><c> he</c><00:54:39.159><c> should</c><00:54:39.460><c> not</c><00:54:39.699><c> see</c><00:54:39.980><c> death?</c> 00:54:40.800 --> 00:54:49.099 Well,<00:54:41.219><c> actually,</c><00:54:41.820><c> if</c><00:54:42.079><c> we</c><00:54:42.340><c> read</c><00:54:42.659><c> carefully,</c><00:54:45.219><c> the</c><00:54:45.420><c> text</c><00:54:46.380><c> provides</c><00:54:47.280><c> the</c><00:54:48.139><c> answer</c><00:54:48.519><c> for</c><00:54:48.920><c> us</c> 00:54:49.099 --> 00:54:50.059 because<00:54:49.599><c> Hebrews</c> 00:54:50.059 --> 00:54:59.139 chapter<00:54:50.440><c> 11</c><00:54:50.960><c> says</c><00:54:51.860><c> in</c><00:54:52.219><c> verse</c><00:54:52.539><c> five</c><00:54:52.960><c> that</c><00:54:53.340><c> Enoch</c><00:54:53.699><c> was</c><00:54:54.639><c> not</c><00:54:56.079><c> found.</c><00:54:58.239><c> Enoch</c><00:54:58.619><c> was</c> 00:54:59.139 --> 00:55:01.719 not<00:54:59.980><c> found.</c><00:55:01.119><c> Now,</c> 00:55:02.119 --> 00:55:06.059 the<00:55:02.300><c> implication</c><00:55:02.880><c> of</c><00:55:03.119><c> that,</c><00:55:03.460><c> of</c><00:55:03.719><c> course,</c><00:55:04.739><c> is</c><00:55:04.960><c> that</c><00:55:05.539><c> clearly</c> 00:55:06.059 --> 00:55:11.320 somebody<00:55:07.119><c> must</c><00:55:08.239><c> have</c><00:55:08.920><c> been</c><00:55:09.340><c> looking</c><00:55:09.780><c> for</c><00:55:10.219><c> him.</c> 00:55:12.219 --> 00:55:19.460 And<00:55:12.940><c> we</c><00:55:13.199><c> can</c><00:55:13.519><c> assume</c><00:55:14.280><c> that</c><00:55:15.820><c> the</c><00:55:16.099><c> intention</c><00:55:16.599><c> of</c><00:55:16.900><c> Enoch's</c><00:55:17.639><c> pursuer</c><00:55:18.639><c> was</c> 00:55:19.460 --> 00:55:22.760 not<00:55:19.940><c> at</c><00:55:20.380><c> all</c><00:55:21.139><c> to</c><00:55:21.500><c> do</c><00:55:21.659><c> him</c><00:55:21.900><c> good.</c> 00:55:24.800 --> 00:55:31.699 But<00:55:25.519><c> Enoch</c><00:55:25.900><c> was</c><00:55:26.280><c> not</c><00:55:26.960><c> found</c><00:55:27.559><c> because</c><00:55:28.139><c> God</c><00:55:28.619><c> had</c><00:55:29.300><c> translated</c><00:55:30.139><c> him.</c><00:55:30.559><c> And</c><00:55:30.739><c> that</c><00:55:31.000><c> word,</c><00:55:31.440><c> as</c> 00:55:31.699 --> 00:55:32.960 you<00:55:31.840><c> can</c><00:55:32.059><c> see</c><00:55:32.179><c> from</c><00:55:32.380><c> the</c><00:55:32.659><c> screen,</c> 00:55:33.320 --> 00:55:36.780 just<00:55:33.420><c> conveys</c><00:55:33.940><c> the</c><00:55:34.159><c> idea</c><00:55:34.699><c> of</c><00:55:35.059><c> being</c><00:55:35.400><c> moved</c><00:55:35.900><c> from</c><00:55:36.139><c> one</c><00:55:36.480><c> place</c> 00:55:36.780 --> 00:55:40.539 to<00:55:37.039><c> another.</c><00:55:38.280><c> And</c><00:55:38.619><c> the</c><00:55:38.820><c> same</c><00:55:39.159><c> sense</c><00:55:39.500><c> is</c><00:55:40.199><c> conveyed</c> 00:55:40.539 --> 00:55:43.980 in<00:55:40.719><c> the</c><00:55:40.860><c> Genesis</c><00:55:41.300><c> account,</c><00:55:42.420><c> actually,</c><00:55:42.980><c> where</c><00:55:43.119><c> it</c><00:55:43.199><c> says</c><00:55:43.519><c> that</c> 00:55:43.980 --> 00:55:47.579 Enoch<00:55:44.099><c> was</c><00:55:44.579><c> not</c><00:55:45.039><c> for</c><00:55:45.619><c> God</c><00:55:46.099><c> took</c><00:55:46.579><c> him.</c> 00:55:48.460 --> 00:55:52.159 So<00:55:48.639><c> the</c><00:55:48.760><c> record</c><00:55:49.079><c> is</c><00:55:49.300><c> simply</c><00:55:49.679><c> telling</c><00:55:50.019><c> us</c><00:55:50.280><c> that</c><00:55:50.460><c> God</c><00:55:50.800><c> took</c><00:55:51.159><c> Enoch</c><00:55:51.500><c> away.</c><00:55:52.159><c> He</c> 00:55:52.159 --> 00:55:55.179 moved<00:55:52.619><c> him.</c><00:55:53.880><c> He</c><00:55:54.099><c> hid</c><00:55:54.340><c> him</c><00:55:54.679><c> from</c> 00:55:55.179 --> 00:56:00.760 his<00:55:55.760><c> adversary,</c><00:55:57.079><c> perhaps</c><00:55:57.260><c> in</c><00:55:57.460><c> a</c><00:55:57.639><c> similar</c><00:55:57.840><c> way</c><00:55:58.539><c> to</c><00:55:59.440><c> what</c><00:55:59.820><c> happened</c><00:56:00.079><c> to</c><00:56:00.360><c> Philip</c><00:56:00.559><c> in</c> 00:56:00.760 --> 00:56:02.110 Acts<00:56:01.000><c> chapter</c><00:56:01.300><c> eight,</c> 00:56:02.500 --> 00:56:05.420 where<00:56:02.679><c> it</c><00:56:02.900><c> says</c><00:56:03.059><c> that</c><00:56:03.260><c> the</c><00:56:03.420><c> spirit</c><00:56:03.739><c> of</c><00:56:03.920><c> the</c><00:56:04.079><c> Lord</c><00:56:04.260><c> caught</c><00:56:04.760><c> away</c> 00:56:05.420 --> 00:56:08.219 Philip,<00:56:06.539><c> that</c><00:56:06.699><c> the</c><00:56:06.920><c> eunuch</c><00:56:07.139><c> saw</c><00:56:07.420><c> him</c><00:56:07.659><c> no</c><00:56:08.000><c> more.</c> 00:56:08.219 --> 00:56:16.119 Philip<00:56:08.719><c> was</c><00:56:09.079><c> found</c><00:56:10.000><c> at</c><00:56:11.079><c> Azotus.</c><00:56:11.980><c> Same</c><00:56:12.360><c> sort</c><00:56:12.699><c> of</c><00:56:12.920><c> idea</c><00:56:13.199><c> being</c><00:56:13.539><c> presented.</c><00:56:15.539><c> Now</c><00:56:15.679><c> let's</c><00:56:15.880><c> have</c><00:56:16.059><c> a</c> 00:56:16.119 --> 00:56:17.079 look<00:56:16.320><c> at</c><00:56:16.599><c> Jude's</c> 00:56:17.079 --> 00:56:22.940 epistle<00:56:17.480><c> because</c><00:56:17.960><c> Jude</c><00:56:18.599><c> provides</c><00:56:19.179><c> us</c><00:56:19.500><c> with</c><00:56:20.340><c> a</c><00:56:20.760><c> clue</c><00:56:21.059><c> as</c><00:56:21.500><c> to</c><00:56:22.260><c> who</c><00:56:22.659><c> it</c> 00:56:22.940 --> 00:56:27.059 was<00:56:23.420><c> who</c><00:56:24.400><c> was</c><00:56:25.099><c> searching</c><00:56:25.619><c> for</c><00:56:26.159><c> Enoch.</c> 00:56:28.420 --> 00:56:34.340 So<00:56:28.679><c> have</c><00:56:29.059><c> a</c><00:56:29.179><c> look</c><00:56:29.260><c> at</c><00:56:29.500><c> Jude</c><00:56:29.920><c> and</c><00:56:30.239><c> verse</c><00:56:30.639><c> 14</c><00:56:31.679><c> because</c><00:56:33.920><c> it</c><00:56:34.119><c> tells</c> 00:56:34.340 --> 00:56:37.400 us<00:56:34.579><c> there</c><00:56:34.719><c> that</c><00:56:34.920><c> Enoch</c><00:56:35.320><c> also,</c><00:56:36.119><c> the</c><00:56:36.380><c> seventh</c><00:56:36.880><c> from</c> 00:56:37.400 --> 00:56:42.400 Adam,<00:56:39.119><c> prophesied</c><00:56:40.179><c> of</c><00:56:40.320><c> these,</c><00:56:41.039><c> saying,</c><00:56:41.360><c> Behold,</c><00:56:42.019><c> the</c><00:56:42.059><c> Lord</c> 00:56:42.400 --> 00:56:45.380 cometh<00:56:42.739><c> with</c><00:56:43.019><c> ten</c><00:56:43.300><c> thousands</c><00:56:43.699><c> of</c><00:56:43.900><c> his</c><00:56:44.119><c> saints.</c> 00:56:45.739 --> 00:56:52.119 So<00:56:46.440><c> it</c><00:56:47.119><c> tells</c><00:56:47.360><c> us</c><00:56:47.599><c> here</c><00:56:47.780><c> that</c><00:56:48.059><c> Enoch</c><00:56:48.380><c> was</c><00:56:48.659><c> the</c><00:56:49.099><c> seventh</c><00:56:49.940><c> from</c><00:56:50.900><c> Adam.</c> 00:56:53.880 --> 00:56:59.800 And<00:56:54.179><c> he</c><00:56:54.480><c> tells</c><00:56:54.719><c> us</c><00:56:55.019><c> that,</c><00:56:55.639><c> first</c><00:56:56.000><c> and</c><00:56:56.239><c> foremost,</c><00:56:56.840><c> to</c><00:56:57.159><c> distinguish</c><00:56:57.880><c> him</c><00:56:59.059><c> from</c> 00:56:59.800 --> 00:57:02.099 another<00:57:00.519><c> Enoch</c><00:57:01.039><c> who</c><00:57:01.619><c> lived</c> 00:57:02.099 --> 00:57:06.480 before<00:57:02.980><c> the</c><00:57:03.300><c> flood</c><00:57:03.579><c> who</c><00:57:03.880><c> was</c><00:57:04.059><c> actually</c><00:57:04.360><c> the</c><00:57:04.440><c> son</c><00:57:04.639><c> of</c><00:57:04.920><c> Cain</c><00:57:05.719><c> mentioned</c><00:57:06.260><c> in</c> 00:57:06.480 --> 00:57:08.860 Genesis<00:57:06.820><c> chapter</c><00:57:07.260><c> four</c><00:57:07.780><c> and</c><00:57:08.079><c> verse</c><00:57:08.260><c> 17.</c> 00:57:09.000 --> 00:57:13.840 So<00:57:09.219><c> he</c><00:57:09.340><c> was</c><00:57:09.579><c> not</c><00:57:09.820><c> the</c><00:57:10.099><c> seventh</c><00:57:10.420><c> from</c><00:57:10.659><c> Adam.</c><00:57:12.400><c> So</c><00:57:12.780><c> Jude's</c><00:57:13.519><c> Enoch</c> 00:57:13.840 --> 00:57:17.119 and<00:57:14.420><c> the</c><00:57:14.579><c> Enoch</c><00:57:14.800><c> in</c><00:57:15.119><c> Hebrews</c><00:57:15.360><c> chapter</c><00:57:15.719><c> 11</c><00:57:16.179><c> was</c><00:57:16.699><c> the</c> 00:57:17.119 --> 00:57:24.360 seventh<00:57:17.480><c> generation</c><00:57:18.380><c> from</c><00:57:19.920><c> Adam</c><00:57:20.199><c> in</c><00:57:20.579><c> the</c><00:57:20.840><c> line</c><00:57:21.599><c> of</c><00:57:22.519><c> Seth.</c><00:57:24.119><c> And</c> 00:57:24.360 --> 00:57:26.500 that's<00:57:24.679><c> confirmed</c><00:57:25.099><c> for</c><00:57:25.420><c> us</c><00:57:25.559><c> in</c><00:57:25.760><c> Genesis</c><00:57:26.099><c> chapter</c> 00:57:26.500 --> 00:57:30.280 five<00:57:27.159><c> in</c><00:57:27.679><c> the</c><00:57:27.900><c> genealogy</c><00:57:28.500><c> that</c><00:57:28.619><c> we</c><00:57:28.800><c> have</c><00:57:29.019><c> there</c><00:57:29.599><c> in</c><00:57:29.900><c> the</c><00:57:30.079><c> first</c> 00:57:30.280 --> 00:57:34.320 24<00:57:30.800><c> verses.</c><00:57:32.780><c> But</c><00:57:32.940><c> of</c><00:57:33.159><c> course</c><00:57:33.360><c> we</c><00:57:33.579><c> know,</c><00:57:33.940><c> don't</c><00:57:34.159><c> we,</c> 00:57:34.380 --> 00:57:38.139 that<00:57:34.480><c> there</c><00:57:34.679><c> were</c><00:57:34.920><c> two</c><00:57:35.199><c> families</c><00:57:35.800><c> of</c><00:57:36.599><c> men</c><00:57:37.139><c> that</c><00:57:37.519><c> originated</c> 00:57:38.139 --> 00:57:40.960 from<00:57:38.519><c> Adam</c><00:57:38.800><c> and</c><00:57:39.000><c> Eve,</c><00:57:39.360><c> the</c><00:57:39.559><c> descendants</c><00:57:39.980><c> of</c><00:57:40.400><c> Seth</c><00:57:40.579><c> on</c><00:57:40.780><c> the</c> 00:57:40.960 --> 00:57:45.619 one<00:57:41.199><c> hand</c><00:57:41.719><c> and</c><00:57:42.739><c> the</c><00:57:42.960><c> descendants</c><00:57:43.480><c> of</c><00:57:43.920><c> Cain</c><00:57:44.340><c> on</c><00:57:45.079><c> the</c><00:57:45.300><c> other.</c> 00:57:45.900 --> 00:57:51.769 And<00:57:46.219><c> these</c><00:57:46.719><c> two</c><00:57:47.980><c> families</c><00:57:49.059><c> could</c><00:57:50.320><c> not</c><00:57:50.719><c> have</c><00:57:50.980><c> been</c> 00:57:52.130 --> 00:57:59.090 more<00:57:52.769><c> different.</c><00:57:54.309><c> The</c><00:57:54.590><c> Sethites,</c><00:57:55.989><c> well,</c><00:57:57.230><c> they</c><00:57:57.469><c> were</c><00:57:57.769><c> God</c><00:57:58.170><c>-fearing</c><00:57:58.570><c> men.</c><00:57:58.949><c> And</c> 00:57:59.090 --> 00:58:00.590 we<00:57:59.210><c> know</c><00:57:59.469><c> that</c><00:57:59.809><c> because</c> 00:58:00.590 --> 00:58:03.849 the<00:58:00.829><c> book</c><00:58:01.050><c> of</c><00:58:01.269><c> Genesis</c><00:58:01.610><c> tells</c><00:58:02.090><c> us</c><00:58:02.289><c> in</c><00:58:02.409><c> Genesis</c><00:58:02.829><c> chapter</c><00:58:03.230><c> four</c> 00:58:03.849 --> 00:58:07.730 and<00:58:04.170><c> verse</c><00:58:04.409><c> 26</c><00:58:05.449><c> where</c><00:58:06.030><c> the</c><00:58:06.269><c> marginal</c><00:58:06.710><c> rendering</c><00:58:07.170><c> says</c> 00:58:07.730 --> 00:58:12.710 that<00:58:08.469><c> to</c><00:58:08.789><c> Seth,</c><00:58:09.150><c> to</c><00:58:09.230><c> him</c><00:58:09.489><c> also,</c><00:58:09.929><c> there</c><00:58:10.090><c> was</c><00:58:10.389><c> born</c><00:58:10.630><c> a</c><00:58:10.909><c> son</c><00:58:11.289><c> and</c> 00:58:12.710 --> 00:58:17.110 he<00:58:12.969><c> called</c><00:58:13.150><c> his</c><00:58:13.349><c> name</c><00:58:13.670><c> Enos,</c><00:58:14.929><c> then</c><00:58:15.329><c> began</c><00:58:15.809><c> men</c><00:58:16.389><c> to</c> 00:58:17.110 --> 00:58:25.190 call<00:58:17.510><c> themselves</c><00:58:18.409><c> by</c><00:58:19.230><c> the</c><00:58:19.510><c> name</c><00:58:20.789><c> of</c><00:58:21.250><c> Yahweh.</c><00:58:22.110><c> So</c><00:58:22.150><c> that</c><00:58:22.349><c> was</c><00:58:22.750><c> the</c><00:58:22.949><c> distinguishing</c><00:58:23.769><c> feature</c><00:58:24.389><c> of</c> 00:58:25.190 --> 00:58:26.530 the<00:58:25.550><c> Sethites,</c> 00:58:26.989 --> 00:58:32.670 the<00:58:27.190><c> descendants</c><00:58:27.710><c> of</c><00:58:28.090><c> Seth.</c><00:58:28.670><c> 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And</c><00:58:50.489><c> in</c><00:58:50.710><c> effect</c><00:58:50.949><c> these</c><00:58:51.809><c> two</c> 00:58:52.170 --> 00:58:56.309 families<00:58:53.050><c> represented</c><00:58:54.750><c> the</c><00:58:55.510><c> seed</c><00:58:55.710><c> of</c><00:58:55.909><c> the</c><00:58:56.050><c> woman</c> 00:58:56.309 --> 00:59:01.449 and<00:58:56.570><c> the</c><00:58:56.789><c> seed</c><00:58:56.929><c> of</c><00:58:57.150><c> the</c><00:58:57.329><c> serpent</c><00:58:57.869><c> in</c><00:58:58.329><c> their</c><00:58:58.610><c> generation.</c><00:59:01.110><c> Now</c> 00:59:01.449 --> 00:59:04.269 by<00:59:01.809><c> drawing</c><00:59:02.269><c> his</c><00:59:02.710><c> readers'</c><00:59:03.289><c> attention</c><00:59:03.650><c> to</c><00:59:03.849><c> the</c><00:59:04.030><c> fact</c> 00:59:04.269 --> 00:59:08.409 here<00:59:04.630><c> that</c><00:59:05.469><c> Enoch</c><00:59:05.929><c> was</c><00:59:06.210><c> the</c><00:59:06.449><c> seventh</c><00:59:06.849><c> 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Lamech</c><01:01:01.829><c> was</c> 01:01:02.150 --> 01:01:06.309 typical<01:01:02.909><c> of</c><01:01:04.090><c> the</c><01:01:04.409><c> godless</c><01:01:05.269><c> generation</c><01:01:06.130><c> of</c> 01:01:06.309 --> 01:01:09.829 and<01:01:06.889><c> it's</c><01:01:07.250><c> against</c><01:01:07.570><c> the</c><01:01:07.710><c> likes</c><01:01:08.030><c> of</c><01:01:08.409><c> Lamech</c><01:01:08.809><c> and</c><01:01:08.949><c> his</c><01:01:09.150><c> children</c> 01:01:09.829 --> 01:01:12.929 that<01:01:11.269><c> Enoch</c><01:01:11.510><c> uttered</c><01:01:12.070><c> his</c><01:01:12.449><c> prophecy,</c> 01:01:13.050 --> 01:01:17.429 warning<01:01:13.469><c> them</c><01:01:14.030><c> of</c><01:01:14.730><c> judgment</c><01:01:15.170><c> to</c><01:01:15.489><c> come</c><01:01:15.789><c> upon</c><01:01:16.250><c> the</c><01:01:16.469><c> ungodly.</c><01:01:17.130><c> And</c><01:01:17.269><c> in</c> 01:01:17.429 --> 01:01:20.030 fact<01:01:17.590><c> 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of</c><01:20:03.069><c> Israel</c><01:20:03.689><c> in</c><01:20:05.189><c> this</c><01:20:05.529><c> frail</c><01:20:05.869><c> nature</c><01:20:06.270><c> that</c><01:20:06.510><c> we</c> 01:20:06.829 --> 01:20:10.850 have,<01:20:08.930><c> and</c><01:20:09.090><c> O</c><01:20:09.329><c> how</c><01:20:09.489><c> we</c><01:20:09.750><c> bend</c><01:20:10.069><c> our</c><01:20:10.329><c> knee</c><01:20:10.449><c> before</c> 01:20:10.850 --> 01:20:14.489 thee,<01:20:11.170><c> O</c><01:20:11.250><c> loving</c><01:20:11.470><c> Father,</c><01:20:12.329><c> in</c><01:20:12.590><c> thanksgiving</c><01:20:13.350><c> of</c><01:20:13.590><c> thy</c><01:20:13.829><c> servant,</c><01:20:14.449><c> even</c> 01:20:14.489 --> 01:20:18.829 thy<01:20:14.770><c> beloved</c><01:20:15.109><c> Prince,</c><01:20:16.630><c> Joshua,</c><01:20:18.510><c> the</c> 01:20:18.829 --> 01:20:23.090 altogether<01:20:19.310><c> lovely</c><01:20:20.010><c> one,</c><01:20:21.130><c> the</c><01:20:21.390><c> root</c><01:20:21.529><c> of</c><01:20:21.890><c> Jesse,</c><01:20:22.090><c> the</c><01:20:22.430><c> star</c><01:20:22.710><c> of</c> 01:20:23.090 --> 01:20:27.069 David.<01:20:25.250><c> So</c><01:20:25.550><c> we</c><01:20:25.829><c> thank</c><01:20:26.069><c> thee</c><01:20:26.250><c> for</c><01:20:26.390><c> the</c><01:20:26.609><c> sweetness</c><01:20:26.869><c> of</c> 01:20:27.069 --> 01:20:31.109 the<01:20:27.449><c> time</c><01:20:27.449><c> we</c><01:20:27.689><c> have</c><01:20:27.890><c> together,</c><01:20:29.710><c> the</c><01:20:29.890><c> sweetness</c><01:20:30.149><c> of</c><01:20:30.390><c> the</c><01:20:30.550><c> lessons</c><01:20:30.850><c> that</c> 01:20:31.109 --> 01:20:32.869 we<01:20:31.250><c> have</c><01:20:31.390><c> learned</c><01:20:31.590><c> this</c><01:20:31.949><c> morning.</c> 01:20:34.090 --> 01:20:39.550 And<01:20:34.289><c> so</c><01:20:34.470><c> now</c><01:20:34.649><c> in</c><01:20:34.909><c> conclusion,</c><01:20:35.590><c> Father,</c><01:20:36.930><c> pray</c><01:20:37.130><c> bless</c><01:20:38.069><c> this</c><01:20:38.670><c> refreshment</c><01:20:39.289><c> to</c> 01:20:39.550 --> 01:20:43.550 us<01:20:40.470><c> as</c><01:20:40.930><c> we</c><01:20:41.090><c> may</c><01:20:41.310><c> continue</c><01:20:41.909><c> waiting</c><01:20:42.350><c> on</c><01:20:42.729><c> thee</c> 01:20:43.810 --> 01:20:48.149 to<01:20:44.449><c> bring</c><01:20:44.649><c> about</c><01:20:44.989><c> the</c><01:20:45.229><c> peace</c><01:20:45.789><c> of</c><01:20:46.130><c> Jerusalem.</c><01:20:47.529><c> In</c><01:20:47.710><c> his</c><01:20:47.909><c> name</c> 01:20:48.149 --> 01:20:50.850 and<01:20:48.350><c> for</c><01:20:48.529><c> his</c><01:20:48.829><c> sake.</c><01:20:49.810><c> Amen.</c>