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those</c><00:14:55.450><c> other</c><00:14:55.690><c> women</c><00:14:55.950><c> in</c><00:14:56.210><c> Israel,</c><00:14:58.470><c> like</c> 00:14:58.629 --> 00:15:01.409 Rachel,<00:15:00.309><c> and</c><00:15:00.490><c> other</c><00:15:00.669><c> women</c><00:15:00.950><c> in</c><00:15:01.029><c> Israel,</c> 00:15:01.570 --> 00:15:05.289 brethren<00:15:01.710><c> and</c><00:15:02.009><c> sisters,</c><00:15:02.389><c> who</c><00:15:02.490><c> are</c><00:15:02.629><c> in</c><00:15:02.690><c> that</c><00:15:03.009><c> record</c><00:15:03.330><c> for</c><00:15:03.629><c> no</c><00:15:03.850><c> other</c><00:15:04.049><c> reason,</c><00:15:04.769><c> I</c><00:15:04.950><c> believe,</c> 00:15:05.289 --> 00:15:09.649 primarily<00:15:05.929><c> than</c><00:15:06.129><c> to</c><00:15:06.370><c> tell</c><00:15:06.529><c> us</c><00:15:06.830><c> this,</c><00:15:08.450><c> that</c><00:15:08.570><c> the</c><00:15:08.990><c> seed</c><00:15:09.210><c> of</c><00:15:09.389><c> the</c> 00:15:09.649 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through</c><00:16:00.809><c> the</c><00:16:01.110><c> childbearing,</c><00:16:01.909><c> said</c> 00:16:02.110 --> 00:16:02.809 Paul<00:16:02.389><c> to</c><00:16:02.549><c> Timothy.</c> 00:16:03.009 --> 00:16:05.450 There<00:16:03.210><c> are</c><00:16:03.389><c> great</c><00:16:03.769><c> import</c><00:16:04.110><c> in</c><00:16:04.269><c> those</c><00:16:04.490><c> words,</c><00:16:04.889><c> brethren</c><00:16:04.990><c> and</c><00:16:05.190><c> sisters.</c> 00:16:05.710 --> 00:16:08.850 Let<00:16:05.870><c> me</c><00:16:05.950><c> give</c><00:16:06.029><c> you</c><00:16:06.210><c> one</c><00:16:06.389><c> example</c><00:16:06.830><c> without</c><00:16:07.129><c> turning</c><00:16:07.409><c> the</c><00:16:07.629><c> scripture</c><00:16:07.929><c> up.</c> 00:16:09.529 --> 00:16:13.809 The<00:16:09.649><c> day</c><00:16:09.970><c> came</c><00:16:10.230><c> when</c><00:16:10.450><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:16:11.029><c> king</c><00:16:11.250><c> of</c><00:16:11.490><c> Judah,</c><00:16:12.009><c> was</c><00:16:12.190><c> besieged</c><00:16:12.590><c> in</c><00:16:12.730><c> his</c><00:16:12.909><c> city.</c> 00:16:14.269 --> 00:16:18.870 And<00:16:14.450><c> the</c><00:16:14.610><c> great</c><00:16:14.830><c> Assyrian</c><00:16:15.269><c> power,</c><00:16:16.789><c> by</c><00:16:17.169><c> far</c><00:16:17.669><c> the</c><00:16:17.809><c> most</c><00:16:18.210><c> powerful</c><00:16:18.549><c> nation</c> 00:16:18.870 --> 00:16:20.169 on<00:16:19.070><c> the</c><00:16:19.190><c> earth</c><00:16:19.309><c> at</c><00:16:19.450><c> that</c><00:16:19.690><c> time,</c> 00:16:20.509 --> 00:16:24.190 had<00:16:20.649><c> come</c><00:16:20.870><c> to</c><00:16:21.029><c> the</c><00:16:21.190><c> walls</c><00:16:21.389><c> of</c><00:16:21.669><c> Judea,</c><00:16:22.769><c> one</c><00:16:22.950><c> of</c><00:16:23.049><c> the</c><00:16:23.370><c> weaker</c><00:16:23.610><c> nations.</c> 00:16:24.190 --> 00:16:28.529 The<00:16:25.049><c> 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was</c><00:17:29.329><c> saved.</c><00:17:30.049><c> Though</c><00:17:30.230><c> the</c><00:17:30.470><c> son</c> 00:17:30.609 --> 00:17:31.630 may<00:17:30.849><c> not</c><00:17:30.990><c> have</c><00:17:31.150><c> been</c><00:17:31.369><c> born,</c> 00:17:31.809 --> 00:17:34.349 brethren<00:17:31.910><c> and</c><00:17:32.170><c> sisters,</c><00:17:32.769><c> the</c><00:17:32.869><c> very</c><00:17:33.190><c> language</c><00:17:33.650><c> used</c><00:17:33.930><c> by</c><00:17:34.150><c> the</c> 00:17:34.349 --> 00:17:35.750 prophet<00:17:34.509><c> was</c><00:17:34.769><c> indicative</c><00:17:35.109><c> of</c><00:17:35.329><c> the</c><00:17:35.450><c> fact</c><00:17:35.589><c> that</c> 00:17:35.750 --> 00:17:38.049 that's<00:17:36.049><c> the</c><00:17:36.170><c> language</c><00:17:36.390><c> that</c><00:17:36.589><c> God</c><00:17:36.789><c> uses</c><00:17:37.230><c> when</c><00:17:37.529><c> He's</c><00:17:37.769><c> going</c><00:17:37.869><c> to</c> 00:17:38.049 --> 00:17:39.609 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about</c><00:18:15.250><c> it.</c><00:18:15.410><c> So</c><00:18:15.529><c> he</c><00:18:15.670><c> wants</c><00:18:15.930><c> to</c> 00:18:16.049 --> 00:18:18.430 get<00:18:16.089><c> in</c><00:18:16.210><c> on</c><00:18:16.329><c> the</c><00:18:16.509><c> act.</c><00:18:16.809><c> In</c><00:18:16.809><c> verses</c><00:18:17.089><c> 8</c><00:18:17.329><c> and</c><00:18:17.410><c> 9,</c><00:18:17.970><c> we</c><00:18:18.029><c> read,</c><00:18:18.410><c> then,</c> 00:18:18.509 --> 00:18:20.490 Manoah<00:18:18.869><c> entreated</c><00:18:19.269><c> Yahweh</c><00:18:19.710><c> and</c><00:18:19.849><c> said</c><00:18:19.990><c> unto</c><00:18:20.210><c> him,</c> 00:18:20.710 --> 00:18:23.789 O<00:18:20.710><c> Yahweh,</c><00:18:21.549><c> let</c><00:18:21.730><c> the</c><00:18:21.950><c> man</c><00:18:22.109><c> of</c><00:18:22.390><c> God,</c><00:18:22.950><c> which</c><00:18:23.069><c> thou</c><00:18:23.269><c> didst</c><00:18:23.630><c> send,</c> 00:18:23.970 --> 00:18:24.970 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know.</c><00:18:46.930><c> And</c><00:18:47.009><c> God</c><00:18:47.690><c> harkened</c><00:18:48.710><c> to</c><00:18:49.109><c> the</c><00:18:49.269><c> voice</c><00:18:49.589><c> of</c> 00:18:49.990 --> 00:18:52.890 Manoah,<00:18:51.789><c> and</c><00:18:51.910><c> the</c><00:18:52.130><c> angel</c><00:18:52.430><c> of</c><00:18:52.630><c> God</c> 00:18:52.890 --> 00:18:58.690 came<00:18:53.250><c> again</c><00:18:53.650><c> unto</c><00:18:54.009><c> the</c><00:18:54.289><c> woman</c><00:18:54.970><c> as</c><00:18:56.589><c> she</c><00:18:57.009><c> sat</c><00:18:57.190><c> in</c><00:18:57.549><c> the</c><00:18:57.690><c> field,</c> 00:18:59.410 --> 00:19:03.329 that<00:18:59.569><c> Manoah,</c><00:19:00.089><c> her</c><00:19:00.329><c> husband,</c><00:19:01.170><c> was</c><00:19:01.529><c> not</c><00:19:01.990><c> with</c><00:19:02.289><c> her.</c> 00:19:04.069 --> 00:19:07.849 Now,<00:19:04.930><c> where</c><00:19:05.329><c> have</c><00:19:05.509><c> you</c><00:19:05.809><c> 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down.</c><00:19:19.609><c> Being</c><00:19:20.069><c> the</c><00:19:20.329><c> weaker</c> 00:19:21.049 --> 00:19:24.970 party,<00:19:21.950><c> as</c><00:19:22.190><c> Paul</c><00:19:22.470><c> says,</c><00:19:23.809><c> physically,</c> 00:19:25.630 --> 00:19:28.210 the<00:19:25.690><c> woman</c><00:19:25.990><c> doubtless</c><00:19:26.369><c> took</c><00:19:26.630><c> her</c><00:19:26.890><c> rest,</c><00:19:27.410><c> and</c><00:19:27.589><c> the</c><00:19:27.750><c> man</c><00:19:27.970><c> went</c> 00:19:28.210 --> 00:19:32.230 on<00:19:28.549><c> working.</c><00:19:29.890><c> And</c><00:19:30.230><c> he</c><00:19:30.569><c> waited</c><00:19:30.950><c> until</c><00:19:31.230><c> she</c><00:19:31.430><c> sat</c><00:19:31.710><c> down,</c> 00:19:32.230 --> 00:19:35.210 until<00:19:32.589><c> her</c><00:19:32.730><c> husband</c><00:19:33.009><c> wasn't</c><00:19:33.390><c> with</c><00:19:33.589><c> her,</c><00:19:33.890><c> and</c><00:19:34.109><c> came</c><00:19:34.430><c> to</c><00:19:34.569><c> her</c><00:19:34.890><c> in</c> 00:19:35.210 --> 00:19:38.789 answer<00:19:35.789><c> to</c><00:19:36.450><c> her</c><00:19:36.990><c> husband's</c><00:19:37.890><c> prayer.</c> 00:19:40.269 --> 00:19:43.009 Now,<00:19:40.710><c> there</c><00:19:40.809><c> is</c><00:19:41.109><c> a</c><00:19:41.490><c> studied</c><00:19:41.750><c> attempt</c><00:19:42.170><c> on</c><00:19:42.349><c> the</c><00:19:42.509><c> part</c><00:19:42.650><c> of</c><00:19:42.789><c> that</c> 00:19:43.009 --> 00:19:47.049 angel<00:19:43.210><c> to</c><00:19:43.809><c> exclude</c><00:19:44.269><c> that</c><00:19:44.529><c> man.</c><00:19:46.250><c> Not</c><00:19:46.509><c> in</c><00:19:46.730><c> the</c><00:19:46.869><c> sense</c> 00:19:47.049 --> 00:19:50.470 that<00:19:47.369><c> he</c><00:19:47.569><c> would</c><00:19:47.789><c> have</c><00:19:47.990><c> despised</c><00:19:48.470><c> Manoah,</c><00:19:49.049><c> God</c><00:19:49.289><c> forbid.</c><00:19:49.970><c> 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brethren</c><00:22:18.390><c> and</c><00:22:18.710><c> sisters,</c><00:22:19.349><c> was</c><00:22:19.569><c> a</c><00:22:19.730><c> work</c> 00:22:19.890 --> 00:22:23.190 of<00:22:20.130><c> God.</c><00:22:21.269><c> No</c><00:22:21.549><c> doubt</c><00:22:21.710><c> about</c><00:22:21.950><c> that</c><00:22:22.150><c> at</c><00:22:22.289><c> all.</c> 00:22:23.589 --> 00:22:27.589 Then<00:22:23.730><c> we</c><00:22:23.910><c> come</c><00:22:24.089><c> to</c><00:22:24.190><c> that</c><00:22:24.470><c> strange</c><00:22:25.009><c> detail,</c><00:22:26.829><c> which</c><00:22:26.950><c> we</c><00:22:27.210><c> read</c><00:22:27.390><c> in</c> 00:22:27.589 --> 00:22:31.289 verse<00:22:27.890><c> 4,</c><00:22:28.990><c> concerning</c><00:22:29.390><c> what</c><00:22:29.730><c> the</c><00:22:29.910><c> woman</c><00:22:30.089><c> was</c><00:22:30.410><c> told.</c> 00:22:34.109 --> 00:22:36.730 And<00:22:34.210><c> she</c><00:22:34.349><c> said,</c><00:22:34.690><c> the</c><00:22:34.750><c> angel</c><00:22:35.049><c> said</c><00:22:35.289><c> to</c><00:22:35.410><c> her,</c><00:22:35.650><c> now</c><00:22:35.670><c> therefore</c><00:22:36.069><c> beware,</c><00:22:36.509><c> I</c> 00:22:36.730 --> 00:22:38.569 pray<00:22:36.890><c> thee,</c><00:22:37.029><c> and</c><00:22:37.190><c> drink</c><00:22:37.369><c> not</c><00:22:37.630><c> wine</c><00:22:37.950><c> nor</c><00:22:38.210><c> strong</c> 00:22:38.569 --> 00:22:42.130 drink,<00:22:38.890><c> and</c><00:22:38.990><c> eat</c><00:22:39.150><c> not</c><00:22:39.410><c> any</c><00:22:39.829><c> unclean</c><00:22:40.730><c> thing.</c><00:22:41.529><c> Now,</c><00:22:41.849><c> you</c><00:22:41.950><c> know,</c> 00:22:42.210 --> 00:22:44.289 brethren<00:22:42.410><c> and</c><00:22:42.690><c> sisters,</c><00:22:43.450><c> you</c><00:22:43.670><c> often</c><00:22:43.970><c> wonder,</c> 00:22:44.289 --> 00:22:48.089 do<00:22:44.509><c> you</c><00:22:44.670><c> not,</c><00:22:44.910><c> that</c><00:22:45.369><c> 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look,</c><00:22:58.549><c> this</c><00:22:58.789><c> is</c><00:22:59.089><c> odd,</c><00:22:59.349><c> because</c><00:23:00.089><c> in</c><00:23:00.549><c> the</c><00:23:00.750><c> record</c><00:23:00.930><c> of</c><00:23:01.170><c> number</c><00:23:01.390><c> 6,</c> 00:23:01.750 --> 00:23:03.289 where<00:23:01.869><c> the</c><00:23:02.029><c> Nazarite</c><00:23:02.430><c> vow</c><00:23:02.630><c> is</c><00:23:02.890><c> detailed,</c> 00:23:03.470 --> 00:23:07.369 there<00:23:03.609><c> are</c><00:23:03.789><c> other</c><00:23:03.950><c> things</c><00:23:04.150><c> that</c><00:23:04.549><c> a</c><00:23:04.630><c> Nazarite</c><00:23:05.009><c> must</c><00:23:05.269><c> do</c><00:23:05.529><c> and</c><00:23:05.690><c> must</c><00:23:05.930><c> not</c><00:23:06.170><c> do.</c><00:23:06.390><c> There</c><00:23:06.509><c> are</c><00:23:06.690><c> three</c><00:23:06.950><c> of</c><00:23:07.089><c> them.</c> 00:23:07.369 --> 00:23:11.470 He<00:23:08.150><c> must</c><00:23:08.430><c> not,</c><00:23:08.670><c> for</c><00:23:08.890><c> example,</c><00:23:09.509><c> eat</c><00:23:09.730><c> the</c><00:23:10.490><c> grapes</c><00:23:10.769><c> or</c><00:23:10.990><c> drink</c><00:23:11.230><c> any</c> 00:23:11.470 --> 00:23:13.109 strong<00:23:11.750><c> drink</c><00:23:11.950><c> or</c><00:23:12.230><c> wine.</c> 00:23:13.190 --> 00:23:17.690 He<00:23:13.390><c> must</c><00:23:13.690><c> not</c><00:23:14.549><c> cut</c><00:23:15.049><c> his</c><00:23:15.329><c> locks.</c><00:23:16.509><c> And</c><00:23:16.670><c> he</c><00:23:16.750><c> must</c><00:23:16.970><c> not</c><00:23:17.190><c> go</c><00:23:17.369><c> near</c><00:23:17.490><c> a</c> 00:23:17.690 --> 00:23:19.910 dead<00:23:17.869><c> body.</c><00:23:18.450><c> And</c><00:23:18.609><c> this</c><00:23:18.990><c> is,</c><00:23:18.990><c> these</c><00:23:19.289><c> stipulations</c> 00:23:19.910 --> 00:23:23.650 are<00:23:20.230><c> in</c><00:23:20.910><c> regard</c><00:23:21.089><c> to</c><00:23:21.369><c> one</c><00:23:21.630><c> individual.</c><00:23:22.789><c> But</c><00:23:22.930><c> here</c><00:23:23.130><c> we</c><00:23:23.309><c> have</c><00:23:23.490><c> the</c> 00:23:23.650 --> 00:23:28.470 vow<00:23:23.869><c> shared.</c><00:23:25.930><c> It</c><00:23:26.170><c> is</c><00:23:26.509><c> shared</c><00:23:26.789><c> here.</c><00:23:27.910><c> What's</c><00:23:28.250><c> the</c> 00:23:28.470 --> 00:23:31.410 point<00:23:28.630><c> of</c><00:23:28.750><c> it</c><00:23:28.910><c> all?</c><00:23:30.130><c> Well,</c><00:23:30.289><c> you</c><00:23:30.410><c> see,</c><00:23:30.710><c> brethren</c><00:23:30.869><c> and</c><00:23:31.049><c> sisters,</c> 00:23:31.789 --> 00:23:33.690 here's<00:23:32.109><c> the</c><00:23:32.230><c> point</c><00:23:32.430><c> of</c><00:23:32.529><c> it</c><00:23:32.710><c> all.</c><00:23:33.329><c> And</c><00:23:33.509><c> I</c><00:23:33.589><c> think</c> 00:23:33.690 --> 00:23:37.789 it's<00:23:33.990><c> absolutely</c><00:23:34.509><c> magnificent.</c><00:23:35.849><c> What's</c><00:23:36.170><c> God</c><00:23:36.369><c> trying</c><00:23:36.630><c> to</c><00:23:36.750><c> tell</c><00:23:36.910><c> us?</c> 00:23:38.349 --> 00:23:39.910 When<00:23:38.470><c> we</c><00:23:38.630><c> turn</c><00:23:38.849><c> to</c><00:23:39.029><c> the</c><00:23:39.170><c> record</c><00:23:39.490><c> of</c><00:23:39.650><c> numbers,</c> 00:23:40.009 --> 00:23:42.869 chapter<00:23:40.210><c> 6,</c><00:23:40.930><c> we</c><00:23:41.009><c> read</c><00:23:41.309><c> there</c><00:23:41.549><c> concerning</c><00:23:41.869><c> the</c><00:23:42.089><c> Nazarite</c><00:23:42.509><c> vow</c> 00:23:42.869 --> 00:23:45.109 that<00:23:43.269><c> if</c><00:23:43.490><c> man</c><00:23:43.769><c> or</c><00:23:44.049><c> woman,</c> 00:23:47.230 --> 00:23:50.170 now<00:23:47.509><c> that's</c><00:23:47.750><c> very</c><00:23:48.009><c> odd</c><00:23:48.150><c> to</c><00:23:48.410><c> start</c><00:23:48.630><c> with,</c><00:23:49.490><c> because</c><00:23:49.670><c> the</c><00:23:49.849><c> law</c><00:23:49.930><c> of</c> 00:23:50.170 --> 00:23:52.769 Moses<00:23:50.609><c> is</c><00:23:51.109><c> not</c><00:23:51.390><c> full</c><00:23:51.609><c> of</c><00:23:51.750><c> places</c><00:23:52.109><c> where</c><00:23:52.430><c> women</c> 00:23:52.769 --> 00:23:56.130 are<00:23:53.130><c> incorporated</c><00:23:53.609><c> in</c><00:23:53.869><c> such</c><00:23:54.029><c> things.</c><00:23:54.549><c> They're</c><00:23:54.769><c> very</c><00:23:55.130><c> rare.</c> 00:23:56.589 --> 00:23:59.930 And<00:23:56.710><c> here's</c><00:23:56.970><c> one</c><00:23:57.190><c> of</c><00:23:57.289><c> them,</c><00:23:57.829><c> when</c><00:23:57.930><c> either</c><00:23:58.309><c> man</c><00:23:58.809><c> or</c><00:23:59.470><c> woman,</c> 00:23:59.930 --> 00:24:02.470 how<00:24:00.490><c> would</c><00:24:00.750><c> a</c><00:24:00.869><c> woman,</c><00:24:01.130><c> brethren</c><00:24:01.470><c> and</c><00:24:01.710><c> sisters,</c><00:24:01.950><c> you</c><00:24:02.150><c> tell</c><00:24:02.269><c> me</c> 00:24:02.470 --> 00:24:04.769 this,<00:24:03.089><c> how</c><00:24:03.369><c> would</c><00:24:03.609><c> a</c><00:24:03.750><c> woman</c><00:24:04.029><c> become</c> 00:24:05.049 --> 00:24:07.769 distinguished<00:24:05.529><c> as</c><00:24:05.829><c> a</c><00:24:06.069><c> Nazarite</c><00:24:06.490><c> when</c><00:24:06.829><c> the</c><00:24:07.150><c> distinguishing</c> 00:24:07.769 --> 00:24:09.690 factor<00:24:08.250><c> was</c><00:24:08.569><c> long</c><00:24:08.829><c> hair?</c> 00:24:10.990 --> 00:24:14.170 When<00:24:11.329><c> Paul</c><00:24:11.710><c> tells</c><00:24:12.009><c> us</c><00:24:12.210><c> in</c><00:24:12.269><c> the</c><00:24:12.430><c> first</c><00:24:12.609><c> verse,</c><00:24:12.849><c> he's</c><00:24:12.990><c> 11,</c><00:24:13.829><c> that</c> 00:24:14.170 --> 00:24:16.730 nature<00:24:14.589><c> gives</c><00:24:14.970><c> a</c><00:24:15.150><c> woman</c><00:24:15.329><c> 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How</c><00:24:26.829><c> would</c><00:24:27.089><c> she</c><00:24:27.390><c> show</c> 00:24:27.789 --> 00:24:32.210 by<00:24:28.049><c> the</c><00:24:28.349><c> fact</c><00:24:28.529><c> of</c><00:24:28.690><c> her</c><00:24:28.890><c> long</c><00:24:29.089><c> tresses</c><00:24:29.509><c> that</c><00:24:29.869><c> she</c><00:24:30.049><c> couldn't?</c><00:24:31.589><c> Because</c><00:24:31.970><c> no</c> 00:24:32.210 --> 00:24:33.589 matter<00:24:32.490><c> how</c><00:24:32.670><c> long</c><00:24:32.950><c> she</c><00:24:33.190><c> grew</c><00:24:33.369><c> them,</c> 00:24:33.769 --> 00:24:39.250 there'd<00:24:33.930><c> be</c><00:24:34.190><c> someone</c><00:24:34.549><c> with</c><00:24:34.809><c> hair</c><00:24:35.029><c> of</c><00:24:35.250><c> equal</c><00:24:35.470><c> length</c><00:24:36.049><c> or</c><00:24:36.910><c> longer.</c><00:24:38.930><c> And</c> 00:24:39.250 --> 00:24:40.789 so<00:24:39.369><c> you</c><00:24:39.490><c> notice</c><00:24:39.769><c> 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and</c><00:30:28.069><c> sisters,</c><00:30:28.569><c> I</c> 00:30:28.829 --> 00:30:29.369 believe<00:30:29.049><c> you're</c><00:30:29.250><c> going</c> 00:30:29.369 --> 00:30:32.869 to<00:30:29.490><c> be</c><00:30:29.809><c> impressed</c><00:30:30.230><c> with</c><00:30:30.390><c> her</c><00:30:30.690><c> faith.</c><00:30:31.809><c> She</c><00:30:32.049><c> comes</c><00:30:32.349><c> out</c><00:30:32.509><c> with</c><00:30:32.609><c> an</c> 00:30:32.869 --> 00:30:35.549 incredible<00:30:33.730><c> statement</c><00:30:34.089><c> at</c><00:30:34.269><c> the</c><00:30:34.269><c> end</c><00:30:34.390><c> of</c><00:30:34.509><c> this</c><00:30:34.690><c> chapter.</c> 00:30:35.890 --> 00:30:41.109 Really<00:30:36.369><c> incredible.</c><00:30:37.910><c> And</c><00:30:38.049><c> her</c><00:30:38.230><c> faith</c><00:30:38.670><c> is</c><00:30:39.230><c> intelligent</c><00:30:39.809><c> as</c><00:30:40.710><c> well</c><00:30:40.990><c> as</c> 00:30:41.109 --> 00:30:42.369 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but</c><00:38:10.530><c> he</c><00:38:10.650><c> gave</c><00:38:10.909><c> him</c><00:38:11.130><c> up.</c><00:38:12.170><c> It</c><00:38:12.269><c> was</c><00:38:16.210><c> a</c> 00:38:16.650 --> 00:38:20.750 consecrated<00:38:17.409><c> head.</c><00:38:19.070><c> And</c><00:38:19.130><c> although,</c><00:38:19.849><c> of</c><00:38:20.050><c> course,</c><00:38:20.250><c> he</c><00:38:20.369><c> may</c><00:38:20.590><c> not</c> 00:38:20.750 --> 00:38:22.829 have<00:38:20.909><c> performed</c><00:38:21.329><c> the</c><00:38:21.769><c> symbology</c><00:38:22.309><c> of</c><00:38:22.469><c> the</c><00:38:22.570><c> law,</c> 00:38:23.070 --> 00:38:27.250 yet<00:38:23.190><c> we</c><00:38:23.329><c> know</c><00:38:23.530><c> that</c><00:38:23.869><c> finally,</c><00:38:24.690><c> even</c><00:38:25.070><c> now</c><00:38:25.349><c> it</c><00:38:25.469><c> is</c><00:38:25.690><c> true,</c><00:38:26.269><c> but</c><00:38:26.409><c> how</c><00:38:26.610><c> much</c><00:38:26.869><c> 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hand</c><00:43:22.170><c> of</c><00:43:22.530><c> the</c> 00:43:22.690 --> 00:43:26.070 Philistines.<00:43:24.849><c> Now</c><00:43:25.050><c> you</c><00:43:25.130><c> take</c><00:43:25.329><c> my</c><00:43:25.590><c> suggestion,</c> 00:43:26.210 --> 00:43:31.530 brethren<00:43:26.389><c> and</c><00:43:26.590><c> sisters,</c><00:43:27.449><c> and</c><00:43:28.829><c> translate</c><00:43:29.329><c> that</c><00:43:29.690><c> term</c><00:43:29.969><c> Philistines</c><00:43:30.610><c> to</c><00:43:30.869><c> the</c> 00:43:31.530 --> 00:43:32.610 name<00:43:31.750><c> they're</c><00:43:31.989><c> often</c><00:43:32.250><c> called,</c> 00:43:32.769 --> 00:43:35.650 the<00:43:33.010><c> uncircumcised.</c><00:43:34.030><c> And</c><00:43:34.230><c> here</c><00:43:34.349><c> was</c><00:43:34.550><c> a</c><00:43:34.730><c> Nazarite</c><00:43:35.110><c> from</c><00:43:35.389><c> God,</c> 00:43:35.670 --> 00:43:38.369 from<00:43:35.869><c> the</c><00:43:36.070><c> womb,</c><00:43:36.590><c> who</c><00:43:36.730><c> was</c><00:43:36.889><c> to</c><00:43:37.090><c> begin</c> 00:43:38.929 --> 00:43:44.050 to<00:43:39.489><c> deliver</c><00:43:39.750><c> Israel</c><00:43:40.510><c> out</c><00:43:40.809><c> of</c><00:43:40.949><c> the</c><00:43:41.190><c> hand</c><00:43:41.449><c> of</c><00:43:41.789><c> the</c><00:43:42.590><c> uncircumcised.</c> 00:43:45.590 --> 00:43:49.489 Now,<00:43:46.369><c> isn't</c><00:43:46.550><c> it</c><00:43:46.869><c> remarkable</c><00:43:47.510><c> that</c><00:43:48.289><c> in</c><00:43:48.409><c> his</c><00:43:48.570><c> foreknowledge,</c> 00:43:49.989 --> 00:43:53.010 in<00:43:50.110><c> the</c><00:43:50.690><c> wonderful</c><00:43:51.190><c> foreknowledge</c><00:43:51.889><c> of</c><00:43:52.050><c> God,</c><00:43:52.389><c> as</c><00:43:52.510><c> he</c> 00:43:53.010 --> 00:43:56.429 looked<00:43:53.210><c> over</c><00:43:53.489><c> the</c><00:43:53.590><c> whole</c><00:43:53.889><c> panorama</c><00:43:54.530><c> of</c><00:43:54.889><c> history</c><00:43:55.489><c> before</c><00:43:56.289><c> and</c> 00:43:56.429 --> 00:43:59.550 after<00:43:56.849><c> Samson,</c><00:43:58.190><c> he's</c><00:43:58.449><c> bringing</c><00:43:58.710><c> a</c><00:43:58.989><c> boy</c><00:43:59.150><c> out</c><00:43:59.309><c> of</c><00:43:59.389><c> his</c> 00:43:59.550 --> 00:44:03.190 mother's<00:44:00.010><c> womb,</c><00:44:00.610><c> never</c><00:44:00.829><c> seen</c><00:44:01.110><c> the</c><00:44:01.309><c> light</c><00:44:01.449><c> of</c><00:44:01.670><c> day.</c><00:44:02.530><c> He's</c><00:44:02.789><c> to</c><00:44:02.889><c> be</c><00:44:03.030><c> a</c> 00:44:03.190 --> 00:44:05.550 work<00:44:03.349><c> of</c><00:44:03.650><c> God.</c><00:44:04.150><c> The</c><00:44:04.309><c> parents</c><00:44:04.530><c> are</c><00:44:04.849><c> told</c><00:44:05.150><c> nothing</c> 00:44:05.550 --> 00:44:08.429 about<00:44:05.789><c> his</c><00:44:06.030><c> upbringing.</c><00:44:06.690><c> Just</c><00:44:07.070><c> let</c><00:44:07.289><c> the</c><00:44:07.530><c> woman</c><00:44:07.690><c> observe</c><00:44:08.190><c> what</c> 00:44:08.429 --> 00:44:11.230 I<00:44:08.750><c> said</c><00:44:08.909><c> to</c><00:44:09.090><c> her.</c><00:44:10.230><c> Here</c><00:44:10.409><c> he</c><00:44:10.510><c> is</c><00:44:10.610><c> to</c><00:44:10.789><c> come</c><00:44:11.010><c> forth,</c> 00:44:11.230 --> 00:44:15.989 manifest<00:44:11.829><c> a</c><00:44:12.170><c> strength</c><00:44:12.449><c> never</c><00:44:13.050><c> seen</c><00:44:13.210><c> in</c><00:44:13.349><c> Israel.</c><00:44:14.090><c> But</c><00:44:14.309><c> God</c><00:44:14.590><c> Almighty</c><00:44:15.030><c> knows,</c><00:44:15.610><c> brethren</c><00:44:15.730><c> and</c> 00:44:15.989 --> 00:44:16.530 sisters,<00:44:16.269><c> that</c><00:44:16.429><c> he's</c> 00:44:16.530 --> 00:44:21.110 only<00:44:16.829><c> going</c><00:44:16.989><c> to</c><00:44:17.210><c> begin</c><00:44:18.170><c> to</c><00:44:20.010><c> deliver</c><00:44:20.269><c> Israel</c><00:44:20.650><c> out</c><00:44:20.769><c> of</c><00:44:20.869><c> the</c><00:44:20.989><c> hand</c> 00:44:21.110 --> 00:44:23.409 of<00:44:21.250><c> the</c><00:44:21.429><c> uncircumcised.</c><00:44:22.210><c> Because</c><00:44:22.449><c> you</c><00:44:22.650><c> see,</c> 00:44:24.750 --> 00:44:27.929 those<00:44:25.269><c> uncircumcised</c><00:44:25.789><c> are</c><00:44:26.590><c> not</c><00:44:26.750><c> only</c><00:44:26.969><c> people</c><00:44:27.250><c> outside</c><00:44:27.630><c> the</c> 00:44:27.929 --> 00:44:30.989 covenant,<00:44:29.429><c> but</c><00:44:29.530><c> are</c><00:44:29.610><c> what</c><00:44:29.789><c> Paul</c><00:44:30.070><c> calls</c><00:44:30.449><c> in</c><00:44:30.650><c> the</c> 00:44:30.989 --> 00:44:33.570 second<00:44:31.389><c> chapter</c><00:44:31.670><c> of</c><00:44:31.829><c> Ephesians,</c><00:44:32.329><c> verses</c><00:44:32.610><c> 10</c><00:44:32.969><c> to</c><00:44:33.090><c> 12.</c><00:44:33.489><c> 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00:44:46.010 --> 00:44:48.449 called<00:44:46.230><c> the</c><00:44:46.650><c> uncircumcision,</c> 00:44:48.650 --> 00:44:52.630 by<00:44:48.929><c> the</c><00:44:49.230><c> Jews</c><00:44:49.449><c> who</c><00:44:49.730><c> called</c><00:44:49.969><c> themselves</c><00:44:50.670><c> the</c><00:44:51.309><c> circumcision.</c> 00:44:53.409 --> 00:44:56.090 So<00:44:53.650><c> in</c><00:44:53.889><c> Gentileism</c><00:44:54.489><c> we</c><00:44:54.610><c> were</c><00:44:54.849><c> uncircumcised.</c><00:44:55.789><c> We</c><00:44:55.889><c> were</c> 00:44:56.090 --> 00:44:58.510 not<00:44:56.250><c> members</c><00:44:56.570><c> of</c><00:44:56.730><c> the</c><00:44:56.949><c> covenant,</c><00:44:57.530><c> and</c><00:44:57.730><c> the</c><00:44:57.929><c> sign</c><00:44:58.110><c> which</c><00:44:58.329><c> the</c> 00:44:58.510 --> 00:45:00.130 Jew<00:44:58.650><c> bore</c><00:44:58.889><c> in</c><00:44:59.010><c> his</c><00:44:59.190><c> body,</c><00:44:59.530><c> 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couldn't</c><00:46:09.690><c> finish</c><00:46:09.949><c> it.</c><00:46:11.429><c> He</c><00:46:11.690><c> could</c><00:46:12.070><c> not</c><00:46:12.429><c> finish</c><00:46:12.710><c> it.</c><00:46:13.369><c> Though</c> 00:46:13.570 --> 00:46:15.469 he<00:46:13.610><c> was</c><00:46:13.909><c> a</c><00:46:14.070><c> product</c><00:46:14.469><c> of</c><00:46:14.789><c> God</c><00:46:15.070><c> Almighty,</c> 00:46:15.690 --> 00:46:19.690 he<00:46:15.829><c> couldn't</c><00:46:16.090><c> finish</c><00:46:16.369><c> that</c><00:46:16.670><c> work.</c><00:46:16.829><c> Why?</c><00:46:17.650><c> Because</c><00:46:17.989><c> there's</c><00:46:18.250><c> only</c><00:46:18.590><c> one</c><00:46:18.989><c> true</c><00:46:19.289><c> son</c><00:46:19.510><c> of</c> 00:46:19.690 --> 00:46:20.630 God,<00:46:20.090><c> brethren</c><00:46:20.170><c> and</c><00:46:20.389><c> sisters.</c> 00:46:20.630 --> 00:46:23.570 There's<00:46:20.989><c> only</c><00:46:21.250><c> one</c><00:46:21.630><c> 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00:46:47.679 there's<00:46:46.489><c> only</c><00:46:46.730><c> one</c><00:46:47.090><c> message</c><00:46:47.289><c> that</c><00:46:47.429><c> we're</c> 00:46:47.679 --> 00:46:52.239 all<00:46:47.920><c> the</c><00:46:48.119><c> way</c><00:46:48.280><c> through.</c><00:46:48.980><c> Emmanuel,</c><00:46:49.679><c> God</c><00:46:50.000><c> was</c><00:46:50.219><c> with</c><00:46:50.400><c> us</c><00:46:50.820><c> in</c><00:46:52.000><c> a</c> 00:46:52.239 --> 00:46:55.039 remarkable<00:46:52.699><c> way.</c><00:46:53.579><c> Explain</c><00:46:54.019><c> it</c><00:46:54.179><c> if</c><00:46:54.260><c> you</c><00:46:54.440><c> will.</c><00:46:54.760><c> You'll</c> 00:46:55.039 --> 00:46:57.960 never,<00:46:55.699><c> but</c><00:46:55.820><c> the</c><00:46:56.059><c> fact</c><00:46:56.199><c> of</c><00:46:56.360><c> the</c><00:46:56.460><c> matter,</c><00:46:57.340><c> thanks</c><00:46:57.460><c> be</c><00:46:57.659><c> to</c><00:46:57.820><c> God,</c> 00:46:57.960 --> 00:47:00.739 it's<00:46:58.280><c> there.</c><00:46:58.780><c> And</c><00:46:59.019><c> here</c><00:46:59.199><c> he</c><00:46:59.260><c> is.</c><00:46:59.639><c> He's</c><00:46:59.940><c> going</c><00:47:00.019><c> to</c><00:47:00.159><c> begin</c> 00:47:00.739 --> 00:47:04.800 to<00:47:01.099><c> deliver</c><00:47:01.480><c> Israel</c><00:47:02.059><c> out</c><00:47:02.219><c> of</c><00:47:02.340><c> the</c><00:47:02.440><c> hands</c><00:47:02.539><c> of</c><00:47:02.679><c> the</c><00:47:02.820><c> Philistines.</c><00:47:03.159><c> Never</c><00:47:03.460><c> completed</c><00:47:03.920><c> that.</c> 00:47:05.260 --> 00:47:05.980 As<00:47:05.440><c> I</c><00:47:05.699><c> say,</c> 00:47:06.239 --> 00:47:09.420 even<00:47:06.480><c> this</c><00:47:06.679><c> oppression,</c><00:47:08.000><c> lasting</c><00:47:08.239><c> 40</c><00:47:08.579><c> years,</c><00:47:08.880><c> was</c><00:47:09.059><c> completed</c> 00:47:09.420 --> 00:47:11.159 by<00:47:09.760><c> Samuel,</c><00:47:10.320><c> though</c><00:47:10.559><c> the</c><00:47:10.739><c> Philistines,</c> 00:47:11.199 --> 00:47:14.219 of<00:47:11.280><c> course,</c><00:47:11.659><c> subsequent</c><00:47:11.920><c> to</c><00:47:12.059><c> that</c><00:47:12.159><c> history,</c><00:47:12.800><c> came</c><00:47:13.039><c> into</c><00:47:13.239><c> Israel</c><00:47:13.559><c> again</c><00:47:14.039><c> and</c> 00:47:14.219 --> 00:47:16.059 again<00:47:14.559><c> and</c><00:47:14.639><c> again,</c><00:47:15.039><c> right</c><00:47:15.199><c> up</c><00:47:15.300><c> in</c><00:47:15.400><c> the</c> 00:47:16.059 --> 00:47:20.940 air.<00:47:18.079><c> It</c><00:47:18.179><c> was</c><00:47:18.420><c> nonetheless</c><00:47:18.920><c> the</c><00:47:19.099><c> beginning</c><00:47:19.519><c> in</c><00:47:19.760><c> the</c><00:47:19.820><c> days</c><00:47:20.000><c> of</c> 00:47:20.940 --> 00:47:22.500 sermons<00:47:21.139><c> and</c><00:47:21.320><c> brethren</c><00:47:21.519><c> and</c><00:47:21.679><c> sisters,</c> 00:47:22.780 --> 00:47:26.159 finalized<00:47:23.219><c> in</c><00:47:23.519><c> the</c><00:47:23.659><c> work</c><00:47:23.800><c> of</c><00:47:23.980><c> the</c><00:47:24.019><c> Lord</c><00:47:24.199><c> Jesus</c><00:47:24.599><c> Christ.</c><00:47:26.000><c> And</c> 00:47:26.159 --> 00:47:27.960 then<00:47:26.300><c> the</c><00:47:26.380><c> woman</c><00:47:26.539><c> comes</c><00:47:26.820><c> to</c><00:47:26.980><c> the</c><00:47:27.059><c> husband.</c> 00:47:28.739 --> 00:47:32.179 And<00:47:28.860><c> I</c><00:47:28.980><c> want</c><00:47:29.059><c> you</c><00:47:29.119><c> to</c><00:47:29.260><c> notice</c><00:47:29.420><c> her</c><00:47:29.699><c> words.</c><00:47:30.800><c> From</c><00:47:30.960><c> the</c><00:47:31.119><c> very</c><00:47:31.340><c> first</c><00:47:31.679><c> time</c><00:47:31.900><c> that</c><00:47:32.039><c> she</c> 00:47:32.179 --> 00:47:33.920 met<00:47:32.340><c> this</c><00:47:32.900><c> man</c><00:47:33.199><c> of</c><00:47:33.440><c> God</c><00:47:33.559><c> that</c><00:47:33.699><c> she</c> 00:47:33.920 --> 00:47:37.400 calls<00:47:34.159><c> him,</c><00:47:34.679><c> she</c><00:47:34.980><c> suspects</c><00:47:35.599><c> that</c><00:47:35.820><c> he's</c><00:47:35.960><c> divine.</c><00:47:36.860><c> Her</c><00:47:37.059><c> husband</c> 00:47:37.400 --> 00:47:40.260 never<00:47:37.760><c> does</c><00:47:37.940><c> until</c><00:47:38.159><c> he's</c><00:47:38.760><c> almost</c><00:47:39.179><c> told.</c> 00:47:40.860 --> 00:47:44.079 Then<00:47:41.059><c> the</c><00:47:41.179><c> woman</c><00:47:41.340><c> came</c><00:47:41.639><c> and</c><00:47:41.760><c> told</c><00:47:41.980><c> her</c><00:47:42.139><c> husband,</c><00:47:42.760><c> in</c><00:47:42.920><c> verse</c><00:47:43.159><c> six,</c><00:47:43.440><c> saying,</c><00:47:43.920><c> a</c> 00:47:44.079 --> 00:47:45.360 man<00:47:44.340><c> of</c><00:47:44.500><c> God</c><00:47:44.739><c> came</c><00:47:45.000><c> unto</c><00:47:45.239><c> me</c> 00:47:45.360 --> 00:47:47.659 and<00:47:45.659><c> his</c><00:47:45.659><c> countenance</c><00:47:46.039><c> was</c><00:47:46.199><c> like</c><00:47:46.420><c> the</c><00:47:46.639><c> countenance</c><00:47:46.920><c> of</c><00:47:47.059><c> an</c><00:47:47.239><c> angel</c><00:47:47.440><c> of</c> 00:47:47.659 --> 00:47:51.059 God.<00:47:48.119><c> Very</c><00:47:48.559><c> terrible.</c><00:47:50.260><c> But</c><00:47:50.360><c> I</c><00:47:50.500><c> ask</c><00:47:50.659><c> him</c><00:47:50.840><c> not</c> 00:47:51.059 --> 00:47:54.679 whence<00:47:51.320><c> he</c><00:47:51.440><c> was,</c><00:47:51.699><c> neither</c><00:47:52.000><c> told</c><00:47:52.320><c> me</c><00:47:52.559><c> his</c><00:47:52.840><c> name.</c><00:47:54.000><c> Now,</c><00:47:54.340><c> notice</c> 00:47:54.679 --> 00:47:56.480 the<00:47:54.880><c> language</c><00:47:55.199><c> he</c><00:47:55.440><c> used,</c><00:47:55.900><c> brethren</c><00:47:56.019><c> and</c><00:47:56.179><c> sisters.</c> 00:47:56.860 --> 00:47:59.539 She<00:47:57.099><c> looked</c><00:47:57.320><c> at</c><00:47:57.420><c> his</c><00:47:57.719><c> countenance</c><00:47:58.219><c> and</c><00:47:58.639><c> she</c><00:47:58.820><c> was</c><00:47:59.139><c> struck</c><00:47:59.320><c> by</c> 00:47:59.539 --> 00:48:03.920 his<00:47:59.900><c> appearance.</c><00:48:01.320><c> He</c><00:48:01.739><c> looked</c><00:48:02.139><c> like</c><00:48:02.380><c> an</c><00:48:02.579><c> angel</c><00:48:02.719><c> of</c><00:48:03.000><c> God.</c> 00:48:05.260 --> 00:48:09.199 So<00:48:05.739><c> great</c><00:48:05.920><c> was</c><00:48:06.119><c> her</c><00:48:06.420><c> suspicions</c><00:48:07.420><c> that</c><00:48:07.960><c> she</c><00:48:08.320><c> dared</c><00:48:08.500><c> not</c><00:48:08.800><c> ask</c> 00:48:09.199 --> 00:48:10.880 him<00:48:09.360><c> where</c><00:48:09.500><c> he'd</c><00:48:09.679><c> come</c><00:48:09.860><c> from,</c> 00:48:11.280 --> 00:48:13.780 and<00:48:11.480><c> she</c><00:48:11.659><c> would</c><00:48:11.820><c> 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Nazarite.</c><00:50:03.059><c> An</c><00:50:03.340><c> incredible</c> 00:50:04.019 --> 00:50:09.559 piece<00:50:04.380><c> of</c><00:50:04.860><c> detail</c><00:50:05.219><c> included</c><00:50:05.619><c> in</c><00:50:05.780><c> that</c><00:50:05.900><c> woman's</c><00:50:07.900><c> report.</c><00:50:09.460><c> Here</c> 00:50:09.559 --> 00:50:12.179 we<00:50:09.739><c> come</c><00:50:09.860><c> to</c><00:50:09.980><c> verses</c><00:50:10.280><c> 8</c><00:50:10.659><c> to</c><00:50:10.820><c> 14,</c><00:50:11.639><c> where</c><00:50:11.820><c> we</c><00:50:11.960><c> have,</c> 00:50:12.179 --> 00:50:15.699 of<00:50:12.219><c> course,</c><00:50:12.840><c> Manoah</c><00:50:12.980><c> trying</c><00:50:13.340><c> to,</c><00:50:13.519><c> as</c><00:50:13.679><c> it</c><00:50:13.840><c> were,</c><00:50:14.380><c> get</c><00:50:14.460><c> in</c><00:50:14.599><c> on</c><00:50:14.739><c> the</c><00:50:14.940><c> act.</c><00:50:15.320><c> Not</c><00:50:15.539><c> that</c><00:50:15.659><c> he</c> 00:50:15.699 --> 00:50:16.679 wouldn't<00:50:15.940><c> have</c><00:50:16.099><c> been</c><00:50:16.360><c> genuine</c> 00:50:16.679 --> 00:50:18.699 about<00:50:16.920><c> it.</c><00:50:17.019><c> He</c><00:50:17.099><c> was</c><00:50:17.360><c> a</c><00:50:17.500><c> godly</c><00:50:17.820><c> man,</c><00:50:18.139><c> brethren</c><00:50:18.280><c> and</c><00:50:18.500><c> sisters,</c> 00:50:18.699 --> 00:50:21.340 and<00:50:18.840><c> he</c><00:50:18.920><c> was</c><00:50:19.159><c> seeking</c><00:50:19.519><c> guidance</c><00:50:20.000><c> for</c><00:50:20.199><c> the</c><00:50:20.400><c> child.</c> 00:50:21.679 --> 00:50:26.360 Notice<00:50:22.000><c> in</c><00:50:22.300><c> verse</c><00:50:22.619><c> 8,</c><00:50:22.960><c> he</c><00:50:23.079><c> uses</c><00:50:23.400><c> the</c><00:50:23.679><c> plural</c><00:50:23.920><c> pronoun,</c><00:50:24.420><c> we.</c><00:50:25.699><c> He's</c><00:50:26.079><c> not</c><00:50:26.239><c> a</c> 00:50:26.360 --> 00:50:28.179 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you</c><00:50:50.860><c> listen</c><00:50:51.099><c> to</c><00:50:51.320><c> this.</c> 00:50:52.199 --> 00:50:55.619 This<00:50:52.440><c> record's</c><00:50:52.900><c> written</c><00:50:53.059><c> deliberately.</c><00:50:54.260><c> Now</c><00:50:54.599><c> let</c><00:50:54.920><c> thy</c><00:50:55.280><c> words</c> 00:50:55.619 --> 00:50:57.400 come<00:50:55.860><c> to</c><00:50:56.099><c> pass.</c><00:50:56.460><c> And</c><00:50:56.659><c> what</c><00:50:56.780><c> were</c><00:50:56.880><c> thy</c><00:50:57.079><c> words?</c> 00:50:57.400 --> 00:51:03.400 How<00:50:58.019><c> shall</c><00:50:58.539><c> we</c><00:50:59.340><c> order</c><00:50:59.679><c> the</c><00:50:59.960><c> child,</c><00:51:01.000><c> and</c><00:51:01.239><c> how</c><00:51:01.599><c> shall</c><00:51:02.039><c> we</c><00:51:02.980><c> do</c> 00:51:03.400 --> 00:51:04.820 unto<00:51:03.820><c> him?</c> 00:51:06.119 --> 00:51:11.400 Not<00:51:06.360><c> that,</c><00:51:06.760><c> brethren</c><00:51:06.920><c> 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what</c><00:53:25.059><c> we</c><00:53:25.300><c> mean.</c> 00:53:26.519 --> 00:53:28.199 Not<00:53:26.659><c> that</c><00:53:26.840><c> a</c><00:53:26.960><c> person</c><00:53:27.280><c> does</c><00:53:27.780><c> nothing,</c> 00:53:28.440 --> 00:53:31.320 not<00:53:28.719><c> that</c><00:53:28.880><c> the</c><00:53:29.059><c> man</c><00:53:29.179><c> and</c><00:53:29.280><c> his</c><00:53:29.559><c> wife</c><00:53:29.900><c> ever</c><00:53:30.360><c> would</c><00:53:30.539><c> have</c><00:53:30.679><c> been</c><00:53:30.800><c> told</c><00:53:31.019><c> by</c> 00:53:31.320 --> 00:53:33.860 God<00:53:31.539><c> to</c><00:53:31.760><c> ignore</c><00:53:32.400><c> the</c><00:53:32.679><c> child's</c><00:53:33.039><c> upbringing,</c> 00:53:34.659 --> 00:53:38.380 but<00:53:34.760><c> they</c><00:53:34.940><c> had</c><00:53:35.139><c> to</c><00:53:35.360><c> see</c><00:53:35.539><c> the</c><00:53:35.780><c> thing</c><00:53:35.900><c> in</c><00:53:36.079><c> a</c><00:53:36.199><c> 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Rebekah,</c><00:57:09.059><c> substituted</c><00:57:09.480><c> the</c><00:57:09.760><c> kid</c><00:57:09.860><c> of</c><00:57:10.000><c> the</c> 00:57:10.099 --> 00:57:13.199 goats<00:57:10.260><c> for</c><00:57:10.420><c> that</c><00:57:10.659><c> because</c><00:57:10.900><c> they</c><00:57:11.139><c> were</c><00:57:11.300><c> a</c><00:57:11.519><c> delicacy.</c><00:57:12.920><c> You'll</c> 00:57:13.199 --> 00:57:15.579 find<00:57:13.280><c> it</c><00:57:13.480><c> used</c><00:57:13.619><c> in</c><00:57:13.820><c> the</c><00:57:13.880><c> first</c><00:57:14.139><c> of</c><00:57:14.340><c> Samuel</c><00:57:14.559><c> chapter</c><00:57:14.940><c> 16</c> 00:57:15.579 --> 00:57:18.800 as<00:57:15.980><c> a</c><00:57:16.179><c> delicacy</c><00:57:16.559><c> of</c><00:57:16.699><c> the</c><00:57:16.880><c> feast.</c><00:57:17.460><c> You'll</c><00:57:17.699><c> find</c><00:57:17.880><c> it</c><00:57:18.099><c> used</c><00:57:18.280><c> when</c> 00:57:18.800 --> 00:57:21.679 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two</c><00:58:27.059><c> of</c> 00:58:27.119 --> 00:58:29.500 them<00:58:27.219><c> went</c><00:58:27.360><c> away,</c><00:58:28.079><c> Abraham</c><00:58:28.559><c> addressed</c><00:58:28.880><c> the</c><00:58:29.079><c> other</c><00:58:29.239><c> one</c> 00:58:29.500 --> 00:58:34.300 as<00:58:29.920><c> Yahweh.</c><00:58:32.059><c> But</c><00:58:32.300><c> he</c><00:58:32.360><c> wasn't</c><00:58:32.559><c> going</c><00:58:32.699><c> to</c><00:58:32.780><c> do</c><00:58:32.940><c> that.</c><00:58:33.719><c> He</c><00:58:33.920><c> was</c><00:58:34.079><c> going</c><00:58:34.219><c> to</c> 00:58:34.300 --> 00:58:37.840 give<00:58:34.420><c> him</c><00:58:34.840><c> a</c><00:58:35.119><c> gift,</c><00:58:36.059><c> which</c><00:58:36.280><c> all</c><00:58:36.519><c> the</c><00:58:36.699><c> kid</c><00:58:36.780><c> was,</c> 00:58:37.940 --> 00:58:41.539 a<00:58:38.199><c> special</c><00:58:38.500><c> gift</c><00:58:38.900><c> before</c><00:58:39.400><c> his</c><00:58:39.840><c> face</c><00:58:40.159><c> as</c><00:58:40.579><c> an</c><00:58:40.780><c> individual.</c><00:58:41.519><c> The</c> 00:58:41.539 --> 00:58:43.840 angel<00:58:41.659><c> said,</c><00:58:41.820><c> I</c><00:58:41.860><c> won't</c><00:58:42.099><c> eat.</c><00:58:43.119><c> I</c><00:58:43.239><c> won't</c><00:58:43.420><c> eat</c><00:58:43.579><c> like</c> 00:58:43.840 --> 00:58:47.579 that.<00:58:44.840><c> I</c><00:58:45.059><c> will</c><00:58:45.179><c> not</c><00:58:45.360><c> eat</c><00:58:45.480><c> of</c><00:58:45.619><c> thy</c><00:58:45.719><c> food.</c><00:58:46.239><c> And</c><00:58:46.400><c> if</c><00:58:46.599><c> thou</c><00:58:46.739><c> wilt</c><00:58:46.980><c> offer</c><00:58:47.340><c> a</c> 00:58:47.579 --> 00:58:48.920 burnt<00:58:47.739><c> offering,</c><00:58:48.260><c> thou</c><00:58:48.300><c> must</c><00:58:48.579><c> offer</c><00:58:48.800><c> it</c> 00:58:48.920 --> 00:58:52.980 unto<00:58:49.039><c> Yahweh.</c><00:58:50.820><c> The</c><00:58:51.039><c> angel</c><00:58:51.239><c> wasn't</c><00:58:51.500><c> saying,</c><00:58:51.940><c> brethren</c><00:58:52.059><c> and</c><00:58:52.260><c> sisters,</c><00:58:52.719><c> I</c> 00:58:52.980 --> 00:58:54.219 won't<00:58:53.219><c> eat,</c><00:58:53.440><c> but</c><00:58:53.579><c> Yahweh</c><00:58:53.900><c> will</c><00:58:54.079><c> eat.</c> 00:58:54.219 --> 00:58:57.840 What<00:58:54.539><c> he</c><00:58:54.659><c> was</c><00:58:54.880><c> saying</c><00:58:55.139><c> was,</c><00:58:55.880><c> I</c><00:58:55.900><c> will</c><00:58:56.260><c> eat</c><00:58:56.539><c> when</c><00:58:56.820><c> you</c><00:58:57.139><c> recognise</c> 00:58:57.840 --> 00:59:01.239 who<00:58:58.179><c> I</c><00:58:58.380><c> am.</c><00:59:00.139><c> You</c><00:59:00.340><c> open</c><00:59:00.539><c> your</c><00:59:00.860><c> eyes.</c><00:59:01.139><c> And</c> 00:59:01.239 --> 00:59:04.099 you<00:59:01.280><c> know</c><00:59:01.400><c> what</c><00:59:01.539><c> I</c><00:59:01.699><c> 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it</c><01:08:14.860><c> came</c><01:08:14.980><c> to</c><01:08:15.179><c> pass</c><01:08:15.300><c> when</c><01:08:15.500><c> the</c><01:08:15.719><c> flame</c> 01:08:15.900 --> 01:08:18.720 went<01:08:16.020><c> up</c><01:08:16.220><c> towards</c><01:08:16.520><c> heaven</c><01:08:16.920><c> from</c><01:08:17.319><c> off</c><01:08:17.479><c> the</c><01:08:17.699><c> altar,</c><01:08:18.279><c> that</c><01:08:18.420><c> the</c> 01:08:18.720 --> 01:08:22.359 angel<01:08:19.039><c> of</c><01:08:19.300><c> Yahweh</c><01:08:19.779><c> ascended</c><01:08:20.659><c> in</c><01:08:20.899><c> the</c><01:08:21.180><c> flame</c><01:08:21.659><c> of</c><01:08:22.100><c> the</c> 01:08:22.359 --> 01:08:30.039 altar.<01:08:23.119><c> And</c><01:08:23.439><c> Manoah</c><01:08:23.779><c> and</c><01:08:23.960><c> his</c><01:08:24.220><c> wife</c><01:08:24.539><c> were</c><01:08:25.020><c> seen.</c><01:08:27.420><c> And</c><01:08:27.760><c> his</c><01:08:28.039><c> wife</c><01:08:28.319><c> particularly</c><01:08:29.619><c> saw</c> 01:08:30.039 --> 01:08:31.600 a<01:08:30.340><c> magnificent</c><01:08:31.079><c> principle,</c> 01:08:31.760 --> 01:08:35.699 I<01:08:31.840><c> believe.</c><01:08:33.260><c> You</c><01:08:33.380><c> know,</c><01:08:33.539><c> when</c><01:08:33.699><c> Elisha</c><01:08:34.359><c> followed</c><01:08:34.739><c> Elijah,</c><01:08:35.359><c> brethren</c><01:08:35.520><c> and</c> 01:08:35.699 --> 01:08:37.000 sisters,<01:08:36.119><c> as</c><01:08:36.300><c> he</c><01:08:36.399><c> was</c><01:08:36.579><c> taken</c><01:08:36.760><c> up</c><01:08:36.840><c> into</c> 01:08:37.000 --> 01:08:40.939 heaven<01:08:37.220><c> in</c><01:08:37.399><c> the</c><01:08:37.619><c> storm.</c><01:08:39.500><c> And</c><01:08:39.680><c> he</c><01:08:39.840><c> had</c><01:08:40.039><c> said,</c><01:08:40.319><c> I</c><01:08:40.359><c> want</c><01:08:40.539><c> a</c><01:08:40.699><c> double</c> 01:08:40.939 --> 01:08:42.579 portion<01:08:41.180><c> of</c><01:08:41.359><c> thy</c><01:08:41.539><c> spirit.</c><01:08:41.880><c> What</c><01:08:42.100><c> was</c><01:08:42.380><c> the</c> 01:08:42.579 --> 01:08:48.439 divine<01:08:42.819><c> indication?</c><01:08:43.699><c> If</c><01:08:43.880><c> you</c><01:08:44.500><c> see</c><01:08:45.420><c> God</c><01:08:46.939><c> manifest</c><01:08:47.659><c> in</c><01:08:48.060><c> Elijah,</c> 01:08:48.500 --> 01:08:51.100 you'll<01:08:48.760><c> get</c><01:08:48.880><c> it.</c><01:08:49.079><c> And</c><01:08:49.220><c> he</c><01:08:49.420><c> saw</c><01:08:49.640><c> it.</c><01:08:50.880><c> Not</c> 01:08:51.100 --> 01:08:54.520 everybody<01:08:51.439><c> did.</c><01:08:53.020><c> It</c><01:08:53.140><c> was</c><01:08:53.279><c> an</c><01:08:53.479><c> incomprehensible</c><01:08:54.060><c> thing</c><01:08:54.279><c> that</c> 01:08:54.520 --> 01:08:56.560 happened,<01:08:54.859><c> except</c><01:08:55.199><c> to</c><01:08:55.439><c> Elisha,</c><01:08:56.020><c> because</c><01:08:56.220><c> he</c><01:08:56.399><c> saw</c> 01:08:56.560 --> 01:08:59.000 it<01:08:56.699><c> through</c><01:08:56.859><c> different</c><01:08:57.239><c> eyes.</c><01:08:57.739><c> And</c><01:08:57.920><c> you</c><01:08:58.060><c> see,</c><01:08:58.479><c> the</c><01:08:58.640><c> quality</c> 01:08:59.000 --> 01:09:01.319 to<01:08:59.359><c> see,</c><01:08:59.699><c> brethren</c><01:08:59.800><c> and</c><01:09:00.020><c> sisters,</c><01:09:00.239><c> is</c><01:09:00.439><c> to</c><01:09:00.760><c> change</c><01:09:01.000><c> your</c> 01:09:01.319 --> 01:09:06.180 eyes.<01:09:02.520><c> Why</c><01:09:02.960><c> do</c><01:09:03.079><c> you</c><01:09:03.239><c> ask</c><01:09:03.380><c> after</c><01:09:03.659><c> my</c><01:09:03.920><c> name,</c><01:09:04.439><c> Manoah?</c><01:09:05.000><c> It's</c><01:09:05.239><c> incomprehensible</c><01:09:06.020><c> to</c> 01:09:06.180 --> 01:09:07.699 the<01:09:06.220><c> way</c><01:09:06.420><c> you're</c><01:09:06.779><c> thinking.</c> 01:09:09.159 --> 01:09:11.840 When<01:09:09.340><c> he</c><01:09:09.520><c> opened</c><01:09:09.659><c> his</c><01:09:09.939><c> eyes</c><01:09:10.119><c> and</c><01:09:10.220><c> he</c><01:09:10.319><c> looked</c><01:09:10.439><c> at</c><01:09:10.699><c> it</c><01:09:10.699><c> differently,</c><01:09:11.359><c> he</c><01:09:11.479><c> put</c><01:09:11.640><c> a</c> 01:09:11.840 --> 01:09:12.560 meal<01:09:12.000><c> offering</c><01:09:12.180><c> with</c><01:09:12.399><c> the</c> 01:09:12.560 --> 01:09:21.359 kid<01:09:12.739><c> and</c><01:09:13.140><c> saw</c><01:09:13.380><c> everything.</c><01:09:15.640><c> That's</c><01:09:15.800><c> why</c><01:09:15.960><c> the</c><01:09:16.140><c> record</c><01:09:16.340><c> says</c><01:09:16.819><c> they</c><01:09:17.180><c> looked</c><01:09:17.420><c> on.</c><01:09:18.479><c> They</c><01:09:18.659><c> looked</c><01:09:18.939><c> on.</c><01:09:20.659><c> And</c><01:09:20.819><c> the</c><01:09:20.979><c> angel</c><01:09:21.140><c> of</c> 01:09:21.359 --> 01:09:26.880 Yahweh<01:09:21.579><c> did</c><01:09:21.819><c> no</c><01:09:22.079><c> more</c><01:09:22.279><c> appear</c><01:09:22.920><c> under</c><01:09:23.500><c> Manoah</c><01:09:23.819><c> and</c><01:09:23.939><c> to</c><01:09:24.060><c> his</c><01:09:24.260><c> wife.</c><01:09:25.079><c> Then</c><01:09:25.399><c> Manoah</c><01:09:25.899><c> knew</c><01:09:26.500><c> that</c><01:09:26.840><c> he</c> 01:09:26.880 --> 01:09:27.600 was<01:09:27.060><c> an</c><01:09:27.239><c> angel</c><01:09:27.380><c> of</c> 01:09:27.600 --> 01:09:30.180 Yahweh.<01:09:28.180><c> And</c><01:09:28.380><c> you</c><01:09:28.560><c> would</c><01:09:28.680><c> have</c><01:09:28.819><c> thought</c><01:09:28.979><c> brethren</c><01:09:29.319><c> and</c><01:09:29.640><c> sisters,</c><01:09:30.119><c> well,</c> 01:09:30.340 --> 01:09:32.600 there's<01:09:30.500><c> his</c><01:09:30.720><c> spiritual</c><01:09:31.960><c> education</c> 01:09:32.600 --> 01:09:37.420 complete.<01:09:33.659><c> No,</c><01:09:34.359><c> not</c><01:09:34.600><c> complete.</c><01:09:36.279><c> He</c><01:09:36.640><c> still</c><01:09:36.779><c> hasn't</c><01:09:36.979><c> seen</c><01:09:37.180><c> the</c> 01:09:37.420 --> 01:09:41.119 point.<01:09:38.020><c> Not</c><01:09:38.199><c> entirely.</c><01:09:39.640><c> Because</c><01:09:39.899><c> he</c><01:09:40.119><c> said,</c> 01:09:41.420 --> 01:09:48.279 we<01:09:41.779><c> shall</c><01:09:42.220><c> surely</c><01:09:42.600><c> die</c><01:09:43.300><c> because</c><01:09:44.060><c> we</c><01:09:44.220><c> have</c><01:09:44.380><c> seen</c><01:09:44.619><c> God.</c><01:09:47.119><c> Now,</c><01:09:48.159><c> do</c> 01:09:48.279 --> 01:09:51.500 you<01:09:48.359><c> know,</c><01:09:50.140><c> people</c><01:09:50.359><c> would</c><01:09:50.579><c> say,</c><01:09:50.960><c> well,</c> 01:09:51.500 --> 01:09:56.600 that's<01:09:51.979><c> right.</c><01:09:53.180><c> Because</c><01:09:53.640><c> we</c><01:09:54.060><c> read</c><01:09:54.439><c> that</c><01:09:54.939><c> in</c><01:09:55.119><c> the</c><01:09:55.380><c> divine</c><01:09:55.659><c> record,</c><01:09:56.420><c> that</c> 01:09:56.600 --> 01:09:59.340 no<01:09:56.899><c> man</c><01:09:57.159><c> shall</c><01:09:57.439><c> see</c><01:09:57.800><c> me</c><01:09:58.159><c> and</c><01:09:58.539><c> live.</c> 01:10:00.279 --> 01:10:03.119 But<01:10:00.380><c> you</c><01:10:00.479><c> know</c><01:10:00.600><c> what</c><01:10:00.739><c> else</c><01:10:00.859><c> we</c><01:10:01.000><c> read</c><01:10:01.079><c> in</c><01:10:01.220><c> the</c><01:10:01.340><c> record,</c><01:10:01.880><c> brethren</c><01:10:01.880><c> and</c><01:10:02.140><c> sisters?</c><01:10:02.939><c> We</c> 01:10:03.119 --> 01:10:04.020 might<01:10:03.380><c> not</c><01:10:03.579><c> read</c><01:10:03.760><c> these</c> 01:10:04.020 --> 01:10:07.079 very<01:10:04.300><c> words,</c><01:10:05.119><c> but</c><01:10:05.300><c> words</c><01:10:05.579><c> near</c><01:10:05.819><c> enough</c><01:10:06.020><c> to</c><01:10:06.279><c> them</c><01:10:06.520><c> that</c><01:10:06.840><c> unless</c> 01:10:07.079 --> 01:10:09.500 a<01:10:07.239><c> man</c><01:10:07.460><c> sees</c><01:10:07.779><c> God,</c><01:10:08.020><c> he'll</c><01:10:08.279><c> never</c><01:10:08.579><c> live.</c> 01:10:11.319 --> 01:10:15.319 It<01:10:11.560><c> depends</c><01:10:11.819><c> entirely</c><01:10:12.279><c> upon</c><01:10:12.619><c> how</c><01:10:12.819><c> you</c><01:10:13.039><c> see</c><01:10:13.300><c> him.</c><01:10:14.560><c> No</c><01:10:14.819><c> man</c><01:10:15.100><c> with</c> 01:10:15.319 --> 01:10:16.460 a<01:10:15.420><c> naked</c><01:10:15.699><c> human</c><01:10:16.020><c> eye,</c> 01:10:16.579 --> 01:10:20.840 unenlightened<01:10:17.100><c> by</c><01:10:17.300><c> the</c><01:10:17.439><c> word</c><01:10:17.560><c> of</c><01:10:17.859><c> truth,</c><01:10:18.260><c> could</c><01:10:18.380><c> ever</c><01:10:18.699><c> see</c><01:10:19.020><c> God.</c><01:10:19.359><c> God</c><01:10:19.520><c> would</c><01:10:19.739><c> not</c><01:10:19.920><c> permit</c><01:10:20.119><c> it.</c><01:10:20.520><c> But</c><01:10:20.640><c> if</c> 01:10:20.840 --> 01:10:21.899 he<01:10:21.100><c> could,</c> 01:10:22.420 --> 01:10:26.119 and<01:10:22.899><c> the</c><01:10:23.000><c> hypothetical</c><01:10:23.560><c> question</c><01:10:23.979><c> is</c><01:10:24.260><c> posed,</c><01:10:24.859><c> if</c><01:10:24.960><c> a</c><01:10:25.079><c> man</c><01:10:25.300><c> could</c><01:10:25.640><c> possibly</c><01:10:25.939><c> look</c> 01:10:26.119 --> 01:10:29.020 upon<01:10:26.380><c> God,</c><01:10:26.880><c> it'd</c><01:10:27.000><c> kill</c><01:10:27.180><c> him.</c> 01:10:29.079 --> 01:10:31.460 The<01:10:29.159><c> very</c><01:10:29.399><c> glory</c><01:10:29.880><c> would</c><01:10:30.060><c> be</c><01:10:30.199><c> too</c><01:10:30.439><c> much,</c><01:10:30.779><c> brethren</c><01:10:30.960><c> and</c><01:10:31.159><c> sisters.</c><01:10:31.380><c> It</c> 01:10:31.460 --> 01:10:32.760 would<01:10:31.640><c> just</c><01:10:31.880><c> dissipate</c><01:10:32.260><c> him.</c><01:10:32.380><c> It'd</c><01:10:32.699><c> kill</c> 01:10:32.760 --> 01:10:36.380 him<01:10:32.960><c> dead.</c><01:10:34.500><c> But</c><01:10:34.640><c> you</c><01:10:34.779><c> know,</c><01:10:34.960><c> we</c><01:10:35.159><c> read</c><01:10:35.239><c> in</c><01:10:35.380><c> the</c><01:10:35.479><c> record</c><01:10:35.920><c> that</c> 01:10:36.380 --> 01:10:40.000 what<01:10:36.800><c> God,</c><01:10:37.460><c> what</c><01:10:37.979><c> nation,</c><01:10:38.520><c> says</c><01:10:38.600><c> Moses,</c><01:10:39.300><c> have</c><01:10:39.500><c> heard</c><01:10:39.840><c> the</c> 01:10:40.000 --> 01:10:43.260 voice<01:10:40.239><c> of</c><01:10:40.420><c> God</c><01:10:40.680><c> and</c><01:10:41.100><c> seen</c><01:10:41.439><c> the</c><01:10:41.720><c> fire</c><01:10:42.020><c> as</c><01:10:42.319><c> you</c><01:10:42.600><c> have</c><01:10:42.720><c> this</c><01:10:43.000><c> day</c> 01:10:43.260 --> 01:10:51.479 and<01:10:43.720><c> live.</c><01:10:46.100><c> What</c><01:10:46.279><c> does</c><01:10:46.479><c> number</c><01:10:46.720><c> six</c><01:10:47.020><c> say?</c><01:10:48.000><c> That</c><01:10:48.100><c> we</c> 01:10:51.479 --> 01:10:55.359 make<01:10:51.720><c> his</c><01:10:52.079><c> face</c><01:10:52.600><c> to</c><01:10:53.039><c> shine</c><01:10:53.319><c> upon</c><01:10:53.899><c> thee</c><01:10:54.140><c> and</c><01:10:54.279><c> be</c><01:10:54.720><c> gracious</c><01:10:55.039><c> unto</c> 01:10:55.359 --> 01:10:57.479 thee.<01:10:55.819><c> That's</c><01:10:56.319><c> the</c><01:10:56.439><c> symbol</c><01:10:56.579><c> of</c><01:10:56.739><c> the</c><01:10:56.899><c> grace</c><01:10:57.100><c> of</c><01:10:57.340><c> God,</c> 01:10:57.640 --> 01:11:01.359 brethren<01:10:57.739><c> and</c><01:10:57.979><c> sisters,</c><01:10:58.359><c> is</c><01:10:58.539><c> to</c><01:10:58.819><c> see</c><01:10:59.060><c> God.</c><01:10:59.479><c> You</c><01:10:59.600><c> know</c><01:10:59.720><c> the</c><01:10:59.800><c> difference?</c><01:11:01.199><c> The</c> 01:11:01.359 --> 01:11:03.199 difference<01:11:01.600><c> is</c><01:11:01.859><c> this.</c><01:11:02.420><c> To</c><01:11:02.640><c> see</c><01:11:02.939><c> God</c> 01:11:03.199 --> 01:11:09.180 is<01:11:03.380><c> to</c><01:11:03.640><c> die.</c><01:11:04.439><c> To</c><01:11:04.640><c> have</c><01:11:04.880><c> God</c><01:11:05.239><c> reveal</c><01:11:05.899><c> to</c><01:11:06.199><c> you</c><01:11:06.640><c> is</c><01:11:06.920><c> to</c><01:11:07.119><c> live.</c><01:11:08.920><c> Now</c> 01:11:09.180 --> 01:11:12.539 Manoah,<01:11:10.439><c> realising</c><01:11:10.979><c> that</c><01:11:11.159><c> he'd</c><01:11:11.300><c> seen</c><01:11:11.439><c> an</c><01:11:11.600><c> angel</c><01:11:11.800><c> of</c> 01:11:12.600 --> 01:11:16.399 Yahweh,<01:11:13.579><c> realising</c><01:11:13.960><c> who</c><01:11:14.180><c> that</c><01:11:14.340><c> angel</c><01:11:14.579><c> was,</c><01:11:15.020><c> brethren</c><01:11:15.239><c> and</c><01:11:15.500><c> sisters,</c><01:11:16.000><c> and</c><01:11:16.260><c> in</c> 01:11:16.399 --> 01:11:18.199 deep<01:11:16.699><c> appreciation</c><01:11:17.319><c> of</c><01:11:17.479><c> him</c><01:11:17.739><c> truly,</c> 01:11:18.199 --> 01:11:21.199 yet<01:11:18.640><c> in</c><01:11:18.739><c> his</c><01:11:19.000><c> ignorance,</c><01:11:19.880><c> he</c><01:11:20.140><c> saw</c><01:11:20.260><c> it</c><01:11:20.439><c> from</c><01:11:20.539><c> that</c><01:11:20.800><c> viewpoint.</c> 01:11:21.560 --> 01:11:23.520 But<01:11:21.680><c> his</c><01:11:21.840><c> wife</c><01:11:22.039><c> put</c><01:11:22.220><c> him</c><01:11:22.539><c> straight,</c> 01:11:24.279 --> 01:11:27.819 and<01:11:24.420><c> her</c><01:11:24.739><c> words</c><01:11:25.000><c> are</c><01:11:25.239><c> nothing</c><01:11:25.479><c> short</c><01:11:25.779><c> of</c><01:11:25.979><c> remarkable.</c><01:11:27.199><c> You</c><01:11:27.420><c> listen</c><01:11:27.699><c> to</c> 01:11:27.819 --> 01:11:31.420 them.<01:11:29.100><c> Verse</c><01:11:29.260><c> 23.</c><01:11:30.640><c> But</c><01:11:30.779><c> his</c><01:11:30.920><c> wife</c><01:11:31.159><c> said</c><01:11:31.319><c> to</c> 01:11:31.420 --> 01:11:33.720 him,<01:11:31.619><c> if</c><01:11:31.819><c> Yahweh</c><01:11:32.199><c> were</c><01:11:32.460><c> pleased</c><01:11:32.720><c> to</c><01:11:32.960><c> kill</c><01:11:33.100><c> us,</c><01:11:33.300><c> he</c><01:11:33.359><c> would</c><01:11:33.579><c> not</c> 01:11:33.720 --> 01:11:35.319 have<01:11:33.939><c> received</c><01:11:34.159><c> a</c><01:11:34.380><c> burnt</c><01:11:34.579><c> offering</c><01:11:34.880><c> and</c><01:11:35.060><c> a</c><01:11:35.159><c> meal</c> 01:11:35.319 --> 01:11:46.420 offering<01:11:35.479><c> at</c><01:11:35.680><c> our</c><01:11:35.920><c> hands,</c><01:11:38.159><c> neither</c><01:11:38.319><c> would</c><01:11:38.460><c> he</c><01:11:38.579><c> have</c><01:11:38.800><c> showed</c><01:11:38.979><c> us</c><01:11:39.579><c> all</c><01:11:39.880><c> these</c><01:11:40.180><c> things,</c><01:11:42.300><c> nor</c><01:11:42.600><c> would</c><01:11:45.500><c> at</c><01:11:45.899><c> such</c><01:11:46.380><c> a</c><01:11:46.380><c> time,</c> 01:11:46.420 --> 01:11:51.819 have<01:11:46.619><c> told</c><01:11:47.060><c> us</c><01:11:47.579><c> such</c><01:11:47.920><c> things</c><01:11:48.319><c> as</c><01:11:48.699><c> they.</c><01:11:50.060><c> You</c><01:11:50.659><c> analyse</c><01:11:51.420><c> those</c> 01:11:51.819 --> 01:11:53.500 words.<01:11:52.220><c> You</c><01:11:52.300><c> know</c><01:11:52.460><c> what</c><01:11:52.539><c> she</c><01:11:52.680><c> did,</c><01:11:53.039><c> don't</c><01:11:53.220><c> you?</c> 01:11:53.819 --> 01:11:59.399 She<01:11:54.020><c> worked</c><01:11:54.319><c> backwards.</c><01:11:55.600><c> She</c><01:11:55.760><c> said</c><01:11:55.939><c> three</c><01:11:56.319><c> things.</c><01:11:57.560><c> She</c><01:11:57.680><c> said,</c><01:11:57.979><c> look,</c><01:11:58.260><c> Manoah,</c><01:11:58.439><c> let's</c><01:11:58.800><c> think</c><01:11:59.020><c> this</c> 01:11:59.399 --> 01:12:00.500 thing<01:11:59.600><c> out.</c> 01:12:00.899 --> 01:12:04.359 We're<01:12:01.079><c> not</c><01:12:01.279><c> going</c><01:12:01.479><c> to</c><01:12:01.640><c> die.</c><01:12:02.640><c> That's</c><01:12:02.920><c> pretty</c><01:12:03.119><c> obvious.</c><01:12:04.000><c> Calm</c> 01:12:04.359 --> 01:12:06.939 down<01:12:04.739><c> in</c><01:12:04.960><c> making</c><01:12:05.119><c> the</c><01:12:05.359><c> saying</c><01:12:05.600><c> this.</c><01:12:06.260><c> Keep</c><01:12:06.560><c> calm.</c> 01:12:07.100 --> 01:12:10.520 Look,<01:12:07.779><c> think</c><01:12:07.960><c> it</c><01:12:08.119><c> out</c><01:12:08.239><c> for</c><01:12:08.380><c> yourself.</c><01:12:09.300><c> Look,</c><01:12:09.920><c> three</c><01:12:10.220><c> things,</c> 01:12:10.520 --> 01:12:12.579 Manoah,<01:12:11.100><c> have</c><01:12:11.300><c> struck</c><01:12:11.520><c> me.</c> 01:12:12.680 --> 01:12:15.119 Yahweh<01:12:13.239><c> has</c><01:12:13.520><c> received</c><01:12:14.020><c> a</c><01:12:14.199><c> burnt</c><01:12:14.359><c> offering</c><01:12:14.539><c> at</c><01:12:14.720><c> our</c><01:12:14.939><c> hands.</c> 01:12:15.220 --> 01:12:17.380 It's<01:12:15.340><c> our</c><01:12:15.539><c> offering</c><01:12:15.800><c> after</c><01:12:16.079><c> all</c><01:12:16.300><c> seven</c><01:12:16.560><c> days.</c> 01:12:17.840 --> 01:12:23.060 So<01:12:17.939><c> he</c><01:12:18.119><c> received</c><01:12:18.500><c> our</c><01:12:18.920><c> offering.</c><01:12:20.819><c> Number</c><01:12:21.100><c> two,</c><01:12:22.020><c> we've</c><01:12:22.579><c> seen</c> 01:12:23.060 --> 01:12:24.699 certain<01:12:23.460><c> things.</c> 01:12:25.840 --> 01:12:30.479 And<01:12:26.060><c> number</c><01:12:26.399><c> three,</c><01:12:26.939><c> we've</c><01:12:27.859><c> heard</c><01:12:28.300><c> certain</c><01:12:28.880><c> things.</c><01:12:30.060><c> Now</c><01:12:30.279><c> she</c> 01:12:30.479 --> 01:12:31.819 worked<01:12:30.779><c> backwards.</c> 01:12:33.300 --> 01:12:36.939 From<01:12:33.619><c> the</c><01:12:33.840><c> last</c><01:12:34.159><c> act</c><01:12:34.300><c> to</c><01:12:34.479><c> the</c><01:12:34.699><c> first.</c><01:12:35.560><c> Let's</c><01:12:35.859><c> work</c><01:12:36.300><c> from</c><01:12:36.619><c> the</c> 01:12:36.939 --> 01:12:38.880 first<01:12:37.199><c> act</c><01:12:37.399><c> to</c><01:12:37.560><c> the</c><01:12:37.699><c> last.</c><01:12:37.920><c> What</c><01:12:38.159><c> did</c><01:12:38.279><c> they</c><01:12:38.539><c> hear?</c> 01:12:38.880 --> 01:12:45.680 This<01:12:39.260><c> is</c><01:12:39.380><c> what</c><01:12:39.539><c> they</c><01:12:39.760><c> heard.</c><01:12:41.180><c> Unto</c><01:12:41.619><c> us</c><01:12:42.359><c> a</c><01:12:43.039><c> son</c><01:12:43.300><c> is</c><01:12:43.579><c> born.</c><01:12:45.439><c> What</c> 01:12:45.680 --> 01:12:47.579 did<01:12:45.880><c> they</c><01:12:46.180><c> see?</c><01:12:46.520><c> What</c><01:12:46.760><c> was</c><01:12:47.000><c> it</c><01:12:47.119><c> they</c><01:12:47.180><c> were</c><01:12:47.359><c> looking</c> 01:12:47.579 --> 01:12:53.180 on?<01:12:48.420><c> The</c><01:12:48.680><c> angel</c><01:12:48.979><c> of</c><01:12:49.199><c> Yahweh</c><01:12:49.720><c> ascending</c><01:12:50.380><c> to</c><01:12:50.579><c> the</c><01:12:50.800><c> Father</c><01:12:51.479><c> and</c><01:12:52.899><c> as</c><01:12:53.079><c> a</c> 01:12:53.180 --> 01:12:56.460 result<01:12:53.399><c> of</c><01:12:53.640><c> which</c><01:12:54.119><c> their</c><01:12:54.800><c> offering</c><01:12:55.220><c> is</c><01:12:55.600><c> accepted.</c> 01:12:57.800 --> 01:13:01.539 Now<01:12:58.039><c> there's</c><01:12:58.260><c> an</c><01:12:58.560><c> incredible</c><01:12:59.520><c> statement.</c><01:13:01.100><c> They</c><01:13:01.300><c> were</c><01:13:01.439><c> going</c> 01:13:01.539 --> 01:13:04.619 to<01:13:01.560><c> have</c><01:13:01.739><c> a</c><01:13:01.979><c> boy.</c><01:13:03.439><c> He</c><01:13:03.600><c> was</c><01:13:03.739><c> going</c><01:13:03.840><c> to</c><01:13:03.939><c> be</c><01:13:04.180><c> associated</c> 01:13:04.619 --> 01:13:08.739 with<01:13:04.880><c> resurrection</c><01:13:05.720><c> as</c><01:13:06.500><c> a</c><01:13:06.579><c> result</c><01:13:07.000><c> of</c><01:13:07.199><c> which</c><01:13:07.579><c> they</c><01:13:08.199><c> would</c><01:13:08.439><c> be</c> 01:13:08.739 --> 01:13:10.899 acceptable<01:13:09.119><c> to</c><01:13:09.380><c> God.</c><01:13:09.899><c> That</c><01:13:10.079><c> was</c><01:13:10.279><c> her</c><01:13:10.579><c> faith.</c> 01:13:11.159 --> 01:13:13.739 And<01:13:11.300><c> she</c><01:13:11.539><c> worked</c><01:13:11.739><c> that</c><01:13:11.939><c> out</c><01:13:12.060><c> and</c><01:13:12.180><c> said,</c><01:13:12.279><c> we</c><01:13:12.399><c> won't</c><01:13:12.640><c> die.</c><01:13:13.560><c> We're</c> 01:13:13.739 --> 01:13:14.819 going<01:13:13.880><c> to</c><01:13:13.979><c> live.</c> 01:13:15.399 --> 01:13:18.079 Now<01:13:15.720><c> say</c><01:13:16.020><c> what</c><01:13:16.159><c> you</c><01:13:16.319><c> like.</c><01:13:17.000><c> You</c><01:13:17.039><c> can</c><01:13:17.220><c> say,</c><01:13:17.420><c> well,</c><01:13:17.640><c> of</c><01:13:17.880><c> course</c> 01:13:18.079 --> 01:13:19.939 it's<01:13:18.420><c> coincidental</c><01:13:18.859><c> that</c><01:13:19.380><c> those</c><01:13:19.739><c> three</c> 01:13:19.939 --> 01:13:22.680 aspects<01:13:20.300><c> of</c><01:13:20.500><c> the</c><01:13:20.640><c> Lord's</c><01:13:20.979><c> life</c><01:13:21.119><c> are</c><01:13:21.380><c> there.</c><01:13:22.060><c> She</c><01:13:22.279><c> just</c><01:13:22.500><c> merely</c> 01:13:22.680 --> 01:13:25.600 said<01:13:23.020><c> that.</c><01:13:23.680><c> She</c><01:13:23.880><c> saw</c><01:13:24.159><c> life</c><01:13:24.600><c> merely</c><01:13:24.939><c> as</c><01:13:25.119><c> being</c> 01:13:25.600 --> 01:13:29.899 left<01:13:25.920><c> alive.</c><01:13:26.399><c> Say</c><01:13:26.420><c> what</c><01:13:26.560><c> you</c><01:13:26.779><c> like,</c><01:13:27.000><c> but</c><01:13:27.180><c> they're</c><01:13:27.399><c> there.</c><01:13:29.720><c> And</c> 01:13:29.899 --> 01:13:31.380 they're<01:13:30.060><c> not</c><01:13:30.180><c> only</c><01:13:30.340><c> there,</c><01:13:30.760><c> brethren</c><01:13:30.859><c> and</c><01:13:31.140><c> sisters,</c> 01:13:31.380 --> 01:13:33.659 but<01:13:31.640><c> that</c><01:13:31.859><c> woman</c><01:13:32.079><c> is</c><01:13:32.340><c> isolated</c><01:13:32.659><c> from</c><01:13:32.819><c> her</c><01:13:32.960><c> husband</c><01:13:33.220><c> in</c><01:13:33.420><c> that</c> 01:13:33.659 --> 01:13:37.300 record.<01:13:34.960><c> Time</c><01:13:35.279><c> and</c><01:13:35.500><c> again</c><01:13:35.800><c> she</c><01:13:36.300><c> corrects</c><01:13:36.760><c> him</c><01:13:36.979><c> and</c> 01:13:37.300 --> 01:13:39.720 right<01:13:37.560><c> from</c><01:13:37.720><c> the</c><01:13:37.760><c> very</c><01:13:37.979><c> beginning</c><01:13:38.460><c> she</c><01:13:38.859><c> at</c><01:13:39.000><c> least</c><01:13:39.260><c> suspected</c> 01:13:39.720 --> 01:13:42.899 what<01:13:39.960><c> he</c><01:13:40.239><c> by</c><01:13:40.520><c> degrees</c><01:13:41.079><c> came</c><01:13:41.359><c> to</c><01:13:41.619><c> understand.</c> 01:13:43.479 --> 01:13:45.300 Not<01:13:43.560><c> only</c><01:13:43.720><c> that,</c><01:13:44.079><c> brethren</c><01:13:44.159><c> and</c><01:13:44.340><c> sisters,</c><01:13:44.640><c> but</c><01:13:44.779><c> when</c><01:13:45.000><c> Samson</c> 01:13:45.300 --> 01:13:46.579 went<01:13:45.399><c> down</c><01:13:45.619><c> among</c><01:13:45.899><c> the</c><01:13:46.039><c> Philistines,</c> 01:13:46.859 --> 01:13:52.100 he<01:13:46.920><c> went</c><01:13:47.079><c> with</c><01:13:47.239><c> his</c><01:13:47.579><c> father.</c><01:13:47.939><c> His</c><01:13:48.020><c> mother</c><01:13:48.140><c> never</c><01:13:48.380><c> went</c><01:13:48.500><c> with</c><01:13:48.699><c> them.</c><01:13:50.779><c> And</c><01:13:50.960><c> she</c><01:13:51.140><c> was</c><01:13:51.239><c> the</c><01:13:51.300><c> woman</c><01:13:51.479><c> who</c><01:13:51.699><c> saw</c><01:13:51.840><c> a</c><01:13:52.000><c> loop</c> 01:13:52.100 --> 01:13:54.800 from<01:13:52.300><c> that</c><01:13:52.500><c> and</c><01:13:52.640><c> kept</c><01:13:52.840><c> her</c><01:13:53.100><c> part</c><01:13:53.260><c> of</c><01:13:53.420><c> the</c><01:13:53.539><c> vow.</c><01:13:53.939><c> And</c><01:13:54.140><c> she</c><01:13:54.380><c> saw</c><01:13:54.539><c> that</c><01:13:54.720><c> a</c> 01:13:54.800 --> 01:13:57.579 son<01:13:55.020><c> was</c><01:13:55.239><c> going</c><01:13:55.340><c> to</c><01:13:55.460><c> be</c><01:13:55.659><c> born</c><01:13:55.939><c> who</c><01:13:56.239><c> would</c><01:13:56.399><c> be</c> 01:13:57.579 --> 01:14:02.600 to<01:13:58.100><c> Yahweh</c><01:13:58.840><c> and</c><01:13:59.199><c> was</c><01:13:59.399><c> a</c><01:13:59.539><c> result</c><01:13:59.819><c> of</c><01:14:00.000><c> which</c><01:14:00.159><c> she</c><01:14:01.640><c> and</c><01:14:01.819><c> her</c><01:14:01.960><c> husband</c><01:14:02.260><c> would</c> 01:14:02.600 --> 01:14:04.359 be<01:14:02.859><c> acceptable</c><01:14:03.100><c> to</c><01:14:03.300><c> God.</c><01:14:03.880><c> That's</c><01:14:04.279><c> the</c> 01:14:04.359 --> 01:14:08.220 sum<01:14:04.560><c> total</c><01:14:04.739><c> of</c><01:14:04.899><c> the</c><01:14:04.979><c> Lord's</c><01:14:05.380><c> life.</c><01:14:07.279><c> There</c><01:14:07.399><c> was</c><01:14:07.560><c> a</c><01:14:07.699><c> remarkable</c> 01:14:08.220 --> 01:14:09.479 people,<01:14:08.840><c> brethren</c><01:14:08.920><c> and</c><01:14:09.180><c> sisters,</c> 01:14:09.680 --> 01:14:14.159 in<01:14:09.880><c> the</c><01:14:10.020><c> Old</c><01:14:10.220><c> Testament.</c><01:14:11.100><c> Don't</c><01:14:11.239><c> let's</c><01:14:11.720><c> discredit</c><01:14:12.020><c> their</c><01:14:12.340><c> intelligence.</c><01:14:13.560><c> True,</c><01:14:13.960><c> she</c> 01:14:14.159 --> 01:14:15.220 may<01:14:14.359><c> not</c><01:14:14.600><c> have</c><01:14:14.640><c> seen</c><01:14:14.760><c> all</c><01:14:15.000><c> the</c> 01:14:15.220 --> 01:14:20.380 details<01:14:15.460><c> that</c><01:14:15.680><c> we</c><01:14:15.939><c> see.</c><01:14:16.159><c> And</c><01:14:16.260><c> we're</c><01:14:16.380><c> looking</c><01:14:16.619><c> back</c><01:14:16.899><c> on</c><01:14:17.140><c> history.</c><01:14:17.380><c> She</c><01:14:17.560><c> never</c><01:14:17.779><c> had</c><01:14:18.060><c> that.</c><01:14:19.140><c> But</c><01:14:19.340><c> I</c><01:14:19.659><c> believe</c> 01:14:20.380 --> 01:14:24.380 that<01:14:21.020><c> she</c><01:14:21.399><c> saw</c><01:14:21.699><c> the</c><01:14:22.020><c> connection</c><01:14:22.300><c> between</c><01:14:22.720><c> the</c><01:14:23.100><c> child</c><01:14:23.600><c> and</c><01:14:24.119><c> the</c> 01:14:24.380 --> 01:14:27.439 angel<01:14:24.739><c> and</c><01:14:24.960><c> God</c><01:14:25.359><c> and</c><01:14:25.880><c> her</c><01:14:26.220><c> and</c><01:14:26.420><c> her</c><01:14:26.619><c> husband.</c> 01:14:27.579 --> 01:14:31.100 I<01:14:27.819><c> believe</c><01:14:28.300><c> that</c><01:14:28.500><c> she</c><01:14:28.720><c> pondered</c><01:14:29.199><c> those</c><01:14:29.560><c> things</c><01:14:29.779><c> in</c><01:14:29.979><c> her</c><01:14:30.260><c> heart,</c><01:14:30.680><c> brethren</c><01:14:30.819><c> and</c> 01:14:31.100 --> 01:14:31.960 sisters,<01:14:31.539><c> and</c><01:14:31.760><c> looked</c> 01:14:31.960 --> 01:14:34.680 with<01:14:32.319><c> eager</c><01:14:32.640><c> anticipation</c><01:14:33.380><c> for</c><01:14:33.579><c> that</c><01:14:33.739><c> child</c><01:14:33.979><c> to</c><01:14:34.119><c> be</c><01:14:34.359><c> born.</c> 01:14:35.039 --> 01:14:37.239 And<01:14:35.140><c> when</c><01:14:35.420><c> the</c><01:14:35.659><c> child</c><01:14:35.880><c> was</c><01:14:36.199><c> born,</c> 01:14:38.140 --> 01:14:44.539 the<01:14:38.220><c> woman</c><01:14:38.539><c> bear</c><01:14:38.819><c> a</c><01:14:39.060><c> son</c><01:14:39.399><c> and</c><01:14:40.640><c> she</c><01:14:41.439><c> called</c><01:14:41.739><c> his</c><01:14:42.060><c> name,</c><01:14:43.939><c> not</c><01:14:44.279><c> the</c> 01:14:44.539 --> 01:14:48.439 father.<01:14:45.539><c> The</c><01:14:45.760><c> woman</c><01:14:46.220><c> bear</c><01:14:46.819><c> a</c><01:14:47.039><c> son</c><01:14:47.239><c> and</c><01:14:47.779><c> called</c><01:14:48.100><c> his</c> 01:14:48.439 --> 01:14:55.779 name<01:14:49.340><c> Samson,</c><01:14:51.960><c> son</c><01:14:52.239><c> of</c><01:14:52.699><c> him.</c><01:14:53.840><c> She</c><01:14:54.039><c> saw</c><01:14:54.319><c> him,</c><01:14:54.600><c> brethren</c><01:14:54.760><c> and</c><01:14:55.020><c> sisters,</c><01:14:55.600><c> as</c> 01:14:55.779 --> 01:14:57.340 a<01:14:56.000><c> son</c><01:14:56.180><c> coming</c><01:14:56.439><c> over</c><01:14:56.739><c> the</c><01:14:56.960><c> darkened</c> 01:14:57.340 --> 01:14:59.840 horizon<01:14:57.739><c> of</c><01:14:58.239><c> the</c><01:14:58.439><c> pew</c><01:14:58.579><c> of</c><01:14:58.720><c> the</c><01:14:58.859><c> judges.</c><01:14:59.140><c> There</c><01:14:59.319><c> couldn't</c><01:14:59.560><c> have</c> 01:14:59.840 --> 01:15:02.239 been<01:15:00.000><c> a</c><01:15:00.199><c> darker</c><01:15:00.439><c> period.</c><01:15:01.039><c> And</c><01:15:01.340><c> that's</c><01:15:01.560><c> how</c><01:15:01.779><c> she</c><01:15:02.020><c> saw</c> 01:15:02.239 --> 01:15:07.300 him.<01:15:03.760><c> And</c><01:15:04.020><c> bear</c><01:15:04.140><c> in</c><01:15:04.300><c> mind</c><01:15:04.779><c> that</c><01:15:05.279><c> she</c><01:15:05.600><c> named</c><01:15:05.880><c> him.</c><01:15:06.739><c> And</c><01:15:07.020><c> that's</c> 01:15:07.300 --> 01:15:09.819 not<01:15:07.560><c> usual</c><01:15:08.020><c> always</c><01:15:08.760><c> in</c><01:15:08.960><c> the</c><01:15:09.100><c> scriptural</c><01:15:09.460><c> record,</c> 01:15:10.100 --> 01:15:13.199 although<01:15:10.279><c> it</c><01:15:10.439><c> was</c><01:15:10.579><c> the</c><01:15:10.779><c> case</c><01:15:11.000><c> with</c><01:15:11.260><c> Jacob's</c><01:15:12.319><c> family,</c><01:15:12.819><c> except</c> 01:15:13.199 --> 01:15:15.359 for<01:15:13.460><c> one</c><01:15:13.699><c> boy</c><01:15:13.859><c> which</c><01:15:14.119><c> he</c><01:15:14.479><c> named,</c><01:15:14.739><c> which</c><01:15:14.939><c> he</c><01:15:15.159><c> called</c> 01:15:15.359 --> 01:15:18.779 the<01:15:15.720><c> son</c><01:15:15.880><c> of</c><01:15:16.079><c> my</c><01:15:16.319><c> right</c><01:15:16.659><c> hand,</c><01:15:17.180><c> which</c><01:15:17.340><c> is</c><01:15:17.500><c> quite</c><01:15:17.720><c> incredible.</c> 01:15:19.659 --> 01:15:21.060 And<01:15:19.779><c> so</c><01:15:19.939><c> the</c><01:15:20.119><c> boy</c><01:15:20.239><c> was</c><01:15:20.500><c> born,</c><01:15:20.979><c> brethren</c> 01:15:21.060 --> 01:15:25.899 and<01:15:21.340><c> sisters,</c><01:15:21.779><c> and</c><01:15:21.939><c> we</c><01:15:22.199><c> have</c><01:15:22.460><c> now</c><01:15:22.979><c> that</c><01:15:23.460><c> short</c><01:15:24.420><c> verse</c><01:15:24.859><c> of</c><01:15:25.079><c> scripture</c><01:15:25.319><c> which</c><01:15:25.600><c> is</c> 01:15:25.899 --> 01:15:27.659 the<01:15:26.060><c> key</c><01:15:26.220><c> to</c><01:15:26.380><c> his</c><01:15:26.500><c> whole</c><01:15:26.739><c> life.</c> 01:15:28.039 --> 01:15:29.760 You<01:15:28.140><c> want</c><01:15:28.199><c> to</c><01:15:28.279><c> know</c><01:15:28.359><c> what</c><01:15:28.640><c> Samson's</c><01:15:28.979><c> life's</c><01:15:29.239><c> about?</c><01:15:29.600><c> It's</c><01:15:29.640><c> all</c> 01:15:29.760 --> 01:15:33.180 in<01:15:29.859><c> that</c><01:15:30.020><c> verse.</c><01:15:31.579><c> Let's</c><01:15:31.859><c> read</c><01:15:32.020><c> it</c><01:15:32.180><c> together.</c> 01:15:33.899 --> 01:15:36.520 We<01:15:33.939><c> read</c><01:15:34.119><c> in</c><01:15:34.279><c> verses</c><01:15:34.500><c> 24</c><01:15:34.939><c> and</c><01:15:35.100><c> 25,</c><01:15:35.560><c> and</c><01:15:35.680><c> the</c><01:15:35.739><c> woman</c><01:15:36.020><c> bear</c><01:15:36.199><c> a</c><01:15:36.380><c> son</c> 01:15:36.520 --> 01:15:38.340 and<01:15:36.739><c> called</c><01:15:36.859><c> his</c><01:15:37.020><c> name</c><01:15:37.220><c> Samson.</c> 01:15:38.600 --> 01:15:43.579 And<01:15:38.739><c> the</c><01:15:38.920><c> child</c><01:15:39.159><c> grew</c><01:15:39.500><c> and</c><01:15:39.880><c> Yahweh</c><01:15:40.399><c> blessed</c><01:15:40.760><c> him.</c><01:15:42.539><c> And</c><01:15:42.840><c> the</c><01:15:43.159><c> spirit</c><01:15:43.359><c> of</c> 01:15:43.579 --> 01:15:45.340 Yahweh<01:15:44.020><c> began</c><01:15:44.520><c> to</c><01:15:44.819><c> move</c><01:15:44.979><c> him</c> 01:15:45.359 --> 01:15:52.039 at<01:15:45.699><c> times</c><01:15:46.260><c> in</c><01:15:47.520><c> the</c><01:15:47.760><c> camp</c><01:15:47.880><c> of</c><01:15:48.060><c> Dan,</c><01:15:49.699><c> between</c><01:15:50.000><c> Zorah</c><01:15:50.460><c> and</c><01:15:50.600><c> Eshtehul.</c><01:15:51.239><c> And</c><01:15:51.380><c> there's</c><01:15:51.560><c> the</c><01:15:51.760><c> key</c><01:15:51.880><c> to</c> 01:15:52.039 --> 01:15:53.739 his<01:15:52.439><c> whole</c><01:15:52.739><c> life.</c> 01:15:54.300 --> 01:15:56.840 That's<01:15:54.619><c> the</c><01:15:54.720><c> key</c><01:15:54.880><c> that</c><01:15:55.060><c> unlocked</c><01:15:55.300><c> the</c><01:15:55.779><c> whole</c><01:15:56.060><c> spirit</c><01:15:56.300><c> of</c><01:15:56.420><c> Samson</c><01:15:56.640><c> to</c> 01:15:56.840 --> 01:16:00.300 me.<01:15:58.300><c> It's</c><01:15:58.539><c> an</c><01:15:58.619><c> incredibly</c><01:15:59.399><c> comprehensive</c> 01:16:00.300 --> 01:16:02.560 statement.<01:16:00.880><c> You</c><01:16:00.920><c> see,</c><01:16:01.060><c> this</c><01:16:01.180><c> is</c><01:16:01.220><c> what</c><01:16:01.239><c> it's</c><01:16:01.439><c> telling</c><01:16:01.600><c> us,</c><01:16:02.180><c> that</c><01:16:02.340><c> a</c> 01:16:02.560 --> 01:16:05.239 child<01:16:02.760><c> was</c><01:16:03.119><c> born,</c><01:16:04.279><c> that</c><01:16:04.380><c> he</c><01:16:04.560><c> grew</c><01:16:04.699><c> and</c><01:16:04.880><c> Yahweh</c> 01:16:05.239 --> 01:16:08.159 blessed<01:16:05.520><c> him.</c><01:16:05.739><c> And</c><01:16:05.880><c> those</c><01:16:06.020><c> are</c><01:16:06.220><c> words</c><01:16:06.420><c> very</c><01:16:06.840><c> 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moment</c><01:16:17.739><c> the</c><01:16:17.939><c> spirit</c><01:16:18.199><c> of</c><01:16:18.420><c> Yahweh</c> 01:16:18.739 --> 01:16:21.479 here<01:16:19.000><c> was</c><01:16:19.159><c> some</c><01:16:19.560><c> magical</c><01:16:20.220><c> force,</c><01:16:20.800><c> not</c><01:16:21.079><c> for</c><01:16:21.340><c> a</c> 01:16:21.479 --> 01:16:24.859 moment.<01:16:22.720><c> Though,</c><01:16:22.899><c> of</c><01:16:23.119><c> course,</c><01:16:23.359><c> there</c><01:16:23.479><c> was</c><01:16:23.619><c> tremendous</c><01:16:24.199><c> strength</c><01:16:24.520><c> and</c> 01:16:24.859 --> 01:16:28.420 force<01:16:25.060><c> beyond</c><01:16:26.159><c> the</c><01:16:26.420><c> kin</c><01:16:26.600><c> of</c><01:16:27.159><c> human</c><01:16:27.680><c> people,</c> 01:16:28.800 --> 01:16:31.000 there<01:16:28.880><c> was</c><01:16:29.079><c> nonetheless</c><01:16:29.539><c> nothing</c><01:16:29.859><c> magical</c><01:16:30.319><c> in</c><01:16:30.460><c> this</c><01:16:30.600><c> at</c><01:16:30.859><c> all.</c> 01:16:31.180 --> 01:16:33.060 The<01:16:31.420><c> spirit</c><01:16:31.680><c> of</c><01:16:31.960><c> Yahweh,</c><01:16:32.420><c> brethren</c><01:16:32.539><c> and</c><01:16:32.779><c> sisters,</c> 01:16:33.060 --> 01:16:37.819 is<01:16:33.420><c> the</c><01:16:33.659><c> moving,</c><01:16:34.359><c> breathing</c><01:16:34.699><c> spirit</c><01:16:35.279><c> of</c><01:16:35.960><c> creation,</c><01:16:37.199><c> creation</c> 01:16:37.819 --> 01:16:40.399 of<01:16:38.239><c> inspiration,</c><01:16:39.100><c> of</c><01:16:39.420><c> character,</c> 01:16:40.460 --> 01:16:43.720 of<01:16:40.760><c> strength,</c><01:16:41.380><c> of</c><01:16:41.460><c> courage,</c><01:16:42.100><c> of</c><01:16:42.100><c> faith.</c><01:16:42.779><c> And</c><01:16:42.840><c> it</c><01:16:43.000><c> was</c><01:16:43.279><c> created</c> 01:16:43.720 --> 01:16:46.239 in<01:16:44.020><c> him</c><01:16:44.159><c> by</c><01:16:44.399><c> the</c><01:16:44.640><c> spirit</c><01:16:45.079><c> of</c><01:16:45.300><c> Yahweh,</c><01:16:45.840><c> faith,</c> 01:16:46.579 --> 01:16:51.500 and<01:16:46.779><c> it</c><01:16:47.020><c> began</c><01:16:47.359><c> to</c><01:16:47.899><c> move</c><01:16:48.199><c> him.</c><01:16:50.079><c> Search</c><01:16:50.460><c> the</c><01:16:50.720><c> scriptures,</c><01:16:51.159><c> brethren</c><01:16:51.300><c> and</c> 01:16:51.500 --> 01:16:53.180 sisters,<01:16:51.699><c> on</c><01:16:51.840><c> that</c><01:16:52.060><c> word</c><01:16:52.279><c> move.</c> 01:16:53.880 --> 01:16:56.579 And<01:16:54.060><c> you</c><01:16:54.359><c> search</c><01:16:54.600><c> your</c><01:16:55.300><c> concordance</c><01:16:55.779><c> with</c><01:16:55.939><c> that</c><01:16:56.119><c> word</c><01:16:56.319><c> move.</c> 01:16:56.800 --> 01:17:03.039 You<01:16:56.960><c> only</c><01:16:57.159><c> find</c><01:16:57.420><c> it</c><01:16:57.640><c> used</c><01:16:57.840><c> in</c><01:16:58.039><c> one</c><01:16:58.260><c> way</c><01:16:58.460><c> in</c><01:16:58.600><c> the</c> 01:17:03.039 --> 01:17:06.340 chapter<01:17:03.359><c> 27</c><01:17:03.539><c> and</c><01:17:03.840><c> in</c><01:17:04.039><c> Daniel</c><01:17:04.300><c> chapter</c><01:17:04.640><c> 2,</c><01:17:05.220><c> and</c><01:17:05.399><c> in</c><01:17:05.560><c> every</c><01:17:06.039><c> case</c> 01:17:06.340 --> 01:17:09.039 the<01:17:06.539><c> word</c><01:17:06.760><c> means</c><01:17:07.279><c> to</c><01:17:07.680><c> be</c><01:17:08.020><c> sleepless,</c> 01:17:09.340 --> 01:17:12.899 to<01:17:09.439><c> have</c><01:17:09.579><c> your</c><01:17:09.880><c> sleep</c><01:17:10.079><c> break</c><01:17:10.439><c> from</c><01:17:10.720><c> you.</c><01:17:11.760><c> Sleeplessness,</c><01:17:12.579><c> the</c> 01:17:12.899 --> 01:17:16.819 spirit<01:17:13.199><c> of</c><01:17:13.380><c> Yahweh</c><01:17:14.079><c> agitated</c><01:17:15.020><c> him</c><01:17:15.300><c> to</c><01:17:15.720><c> sleeplessness</c> 01:17:18.819 --> 01:17:20.220 at<01:17:19.420><c> times.</c> 01:17:22.479 --> 01:17:29.500 Nor<01:17:22.739><c> was</c><01:17:23.020><c> he</c><01:17:24.880><c> at</c><01:17:25.340><c> times.</c><01:17:27.579><c> His</c><01:17:27.899><c> life</c><01:17:28.180><c> was</c><01:17:28.399><c> a</c><01:17:28.520><c> life</c><01:17:28.739><c> of</c><01:17:29.039><c> sunshine</c> 01:17:29.500 --> 01:17:31.720 and<01:17:29.760><c> darkness,</c><01:17:30.399><c> brethren</c><01:17:30.579><c> and</c><01:17:30.800><c> sisters,</c> 01:17:31.920 --> 01:17:39.779 of<01:17:32.479><c> violent</c><01:17:32.899><c> agitation</c><01:17:33.819><c> and</c><01:17:34.840><c> passive</c><01:17:35.319><c> capitulation,</c><01:17:37.479><c> of</c><01:17:37.760><c> separation</c><01:17:38.340><c> and</c><01:17:38.619><c> debauchery,</c> 01:17:40.100 --> 01:17:43.619 of<01:17:40.300><c> ups</c><01:17:40.579><c> and</c><01:17:40.939><c> downs.</c><01:17:41.680><c> His</c><01:17:41.920><c> life,</c><01:17:42.239><c> brethren</c><01:17:42.520><c> and</c><01:17:42.760><c> sisters,</c><01:17:43.460><c> was</c> 01:17:43.619 --> 01:17:45.859 a<01:17:43.760><c> denial</c><01:17:44.060><c> of</c><01:17:44.239><c> itself.</c><01:17:44.979><c> The</c><01:17:45.220><c> spirit</c><01:17:45.439><c> of</c><01:17:45.659><c> Yahweh</c> 01:17:45.859 --> 01:17:51.000 began<01:17:46.119><c> to</c><01:17:46.500><c> agitate</c><01:17:46.939><c> him</c><01:17:47.380><c> at</c><01:17:47.960><c> times.</c><01:17:50.140><c> There's</c><01:17:50.420><c> an</c><01:17:50.560><c> epitome</c><01:17:50.840><c> of</c> 01:17:51.000 --> 01:17:53.619 his<01:17:51.199><c> life.</c><01:17:52.279><c> And</c><01:17:52.560><c> what</c><01:17:52.819><c> was</c><01:17:53.079><c> it</c><01:17:53.199><c> that</c><01:17:53.279><c> wouldn't</c><01:17:53.479><c> let</c> 01:17:53.619 --> 01:17:57.840 him<01:17:53.880><c> sleep?</c><01:17:55.779><c> You</c><01:17:56.020><c> know,</c><01:17:56.180><c> we</c><01:17:56.239><c> could</c><01:17:56.340><c> ask</c><01:17:56.619><c> that</c><01:17:56.819><c> question,</c><01:17:57.199><c> I</c><01:17:57.399><c> suppose,</c><01:17:57.720><c> of</c> 01:17:57.840 --> 01:17:59.000 a<01:17:57.939><c> thousand</c><01:17:58.279><c> people.</c><01:17:58.539><c> You</c><01:17:58.659><c> never</c><01:17:58.859><c> get</c> 01:17:59.000 --> 01:18:04.500 an<01:17:59.180><c> answer.</c><01:17:59.640><c> There's</c><01:17:59.920><c> an</c><01:17:59.979><c> answer</c><01:18:00.140><c> in</c><01:18:00.260><c> that</c><01:18:00.439><c> verse.</c><01:18:01.539><c> Why</c><01:18:01.800><c> couldn't</c><01:18:02.039><c> he</c><01:18:02.220><c> sleep?</c><01:18:03.220><c> Because</c><01:18:03.560><c> the</c><01:18:03.800><c> spirit</c><01:18:04.000><c> of</c><01:18:04.239><c> Yahweh</c> 01:18:04.500 --> 01:18:13.539 moved<01:18:04.859><c> him</c><01:18:05.359><c> where?</c><01:18:07.659><c> In</c><01:18:07.960><c> the</c><01:18:08.300><c> camp</c><01:18:08.939><c> of</c><01:18:10.020><c> death.</c><01:18:10.760><c> There's</c><01:18:10.979><c> your</c><01:18:11.199><c> answer.</c><01:18:13.140><c> And</c><01:18:13.359><c> I</c> 01:18:13.539 --> 01:18:15.140 can<01:18:13.840><c> just</c><01:18:14.100><c> imagine</c><01:18:14.500><c> his</c><01:18:14.800><c> spirit,</c> 01:18:15.380 --> 01:18:18.000 brethren<01:18:15.439><c> and</c><01:18:15.640><c> sisters,</c><01:18:16.079><c> and</c><01:18:16.300><c> this</c><01:18:16.460><c> is</c><01:18:16.579><c> how</c><01:18:16.680><c> the</c><01:18:16.819><c> spirit</c><01:18:17.039><c> of</c><01:18:17.199><c> Yahweh</c><01:18:17.520><c> moves</c><01:18:17.800><c> a</c> 01:18:18.000 --> 01:18:20.399 person.<01:18:19.439><c> You</c><01:18:19.619><c> see</c><01:18:19.779><c> it</c><01:18:19.939><c> in</c><01:18:19.979><c> your</c><01:18:20.180><c> own</c> 01:18:20.399 --> 01:18:24.520 day<01:18:20.520><c> and</c><01:18:20.659><c> generation.</c><01:18:21.720><c> You</c><01:18:21.840><c> see</c><01:18:22.039><c> it</c><01:18:22.159><c> in</c><01:18:22.300><c> brethren</c><01:18:22.500><c> and</c><01:18:22.720><c> sisters,</c><01:18:23.039><c> men</c><01:18:23.239><c> and</c><01:18:23.300><c> women.</c><01:18:23.779><c> You</c><01:18:23.960><c> see</c><01:18:24.140><c> it</c><01:18:24.340><c> everywhere</c> 01:18:24.520 --> 01:18:26.520 if<01:18:24.579><c> you</c><01:18:24.659><c> want</c><01:18:24.819><c> to</c><01:18:24.960><c> open</c><01:18:25.100><c> your</c><01:18:25.319><c> eyes.</c><01:18:25.819><c> And</c><01:18:25.960><c> you'll</c><01:18:26.199><c> see</c><01:18:26.279><c> it</c><01:18:26.420><c> in</c> 01:18:26.520 --> 01:18:29.079 circumstances<01:18:27.239><c> that</c><01:18:27.979><c> call</c><01:18:28.239><c> for</c><01:18:28.439><c> the</c><01:18:28.579><c> manifestation</c> 01:18:29.079 --> 01:18:31.399 of<01:18:29.279><c> that</c><01:18:29.439><c> spirit.</c><01:18:29.899><c> And</c><01:18:30.020><c> I</c><01:18:30.119><c> can</c><01:18:30.260><c> imagine</c><01:18:30.539><c> that</c><01:18:30.819><c> boy</c><01:18:30.939><c> coming</c><01:18:31.199><c> out</c> 01:18:31.399 --> 01:18:34.060 of<01:18:31.579><c> Zorah</c><01:18:32.140><c> and</c><01:18:32.420><c> just</c><01:18:32.699><c> walking</c><01:18:32.880><c> the</c><01:18:33.199><c> short</c><01:18:33.500><c> few</c><01:18:33.720><c> miles</c> 01:18:34.060 --> 01:18:39.920 between<01:18:34.399><c> Zorah</c><01:18:34.800><c> and</c><01:18:34.960><c> Eshtahol</c><01:18:35.380><c> and</c><01:18:35.520><c> there</c><01:18:35.739><c> he</c><01:18:35.880><c> was.</c><01:18:38.359><c> A</c><01:18:38.479><c> bloomin'</c><01:18:39.420><c> camp.</c> 01:18:40.640 --> 01:18:47.239 A<01:18:40.760><c> bloomin'</c><01:18:41.619><c> camp.</c><01:18:45.500><c> Why</c><01:18:45.939><c> can't</c><01:18:46.779><c> we</c> 01:18:47.239 --> 01:18:49.739 have<01:18:47.460><c> an</c><01:18:47.720><c> inheritance?</c><01:18:48.560><c> And</c><01:18:48.699><c> he'd</c><01:18:48.920><c> go</c><01:18:49.039><c> to</c><01:18:49.159><c> bed</c><01:18:49.239><c> that</c><01:18:49.460><c> night,</c> 01:18:49.880 --> 01:18:52.560 toss<01:18:50.159><c> and</c><01:18:50.500><c> turn,</c><01:18:51.180><c> go</c><01:18:51.340><c> down</c><01:18:51.500><c> in</c><01:18:51.619><c> the</c><01:18:51.739><c> moonlight,</c> 01:18:53.140 --> 01:18:58.100 Mahanam<01:18:53.579><c> Dam,</c><01:18:54.060><c> the</c><01:18:54.479><c> camp</c><01:18:55.000><c> of</c><01:18:55.420><c> death.</c><01:18:56.739><c> And</c><01:18:56.979><c> it</c><01:18:57.119><c> agitated</c><01:18:57.520><c> him.</c> 01:18:58.439 --> 01:19:00.239 Agitated<01:18:58.880><c> him.</c><01:18:59.020><c> He</c><01:18:59.020><c> couldn't</c><01:18:59.399><c> stand</c><01:18:59.859><c> it,</c><01:19:00.079><c> brethren</c> 01:19:00.239 --> 01:19:04.579 and<01:19:00.420><c> sisters.</c><01:19:00.899><c> He</c><01:19:01.060><c> would</c><01:19:01.500><c> never</c><01:19:01.859><c> accept</c><01:19:02.460><c> that.</c><01:19:03.819><c> And</c><01:19:04.260><c> that's</c> 01:19:04.579 --> 01:19:05.920 what<01:19:04.760><c> agitated</c><01:19:05.039><c> him.</c><01:19:05.340><c> You</c><01:19:05.479><c> say,</c><01:19:05.600><c> how</c><01:19:05.680><c> do</c><01:19:05.819><c> you</c> 01:19:05.920 --> 01:19:08.939 know<01:19:06.060><c> that?</c><01:19:06.340><c> Because</c><01:19:06.579><c> the</c><01:19:06.720><c> very</c><01:19:06.920><c> next</c><01:19:07.140><c> chapter</c><01:19:07.380><c> says</c><01:19:07.600><c> that</c><01:19:07.920><c> Samson</c><01:19:08.220><c> went</c><01:19:08.420><c> down</c><01:19:08.659><c> to</c> 01:19:08.939 --> 01:19:09.920 Timnah,<01:19:09.300><c> which</c><01:19:09.500><c> means</c> 01:19:09.920 --> 01:19:15.060 the<01:19:10.579><c> assigned</c><01:19:11.340><c> portion.</c><01:19:13.520><c> And</c><01:19:13.659><c> that</c><01:19:13.699><c> was</c><01:19:13.840><c> his</c><01:19:14.000><c> first</c><01:19:14.340><c> visit.</c> 01:19:15.899 --> 01:19:17.899 And<01:19:16.300><c> there</c><01:19:16.479><c> you</c><01:19:16.619><c> have</c><01:19:16.779><c> your</c><01:19:17.000><c> answer</c><01:19:17.260><c> to</c><01:19:17.420><c> his</c><01:19:17.680><c> life.</c> 01:19:18.060 --> 01:19:20.180 And<01:19:18.319><c> there</c><01:19:18.500><c> you've</c><01:19:18.739><c> got</c><01:19:18.899><c> his</c><01:19:19.180><c> faith,</c><01:19:19.420><c> brethren</c><01:19:19.640><c> and</c><01:19:19.859><c> sisters.</c> 01:19:20.380 --> 01:19:21.520 And<01:19:20.579><c> there's</c><01:19:20.880><c> nothing</c><01:19:21.140><c> in</c><01:19:21.359><c> the</c> 01:19:21.520 --> 01:19:24.380 record<01:19:21.800><c> apart</c><01:19:22.119><c> from</c><01:19:22.380><c> his</c><01:19:22.819><c> strength,</c><01:19:23.399><c> of</c><01:19:23.399><c> course,</c><01:19:24.039><c> in</c><01:19:24.159><c> doing</c> 01:19:24.380 --> 01:19:26.000 those<01:19:24.619><c> wonderful</c><01:19:25.000><c> acts</c><01:19:25.340><c> which</c><01:19:25.560><c> he</c><01:19:25.720><c> did,</c> 01:19:26.199 --> 01:19:28.800 which<01:19:26.359><c> would</c><01:19:26.560><c> indicate</c><01:19:26.939><c> to</c><01:19:27.119><c> us</c><01:19:27.199><c> that</c><01:19:27.359><c> God</c><01:19:27.579><c> was</c><01:19:27.819><c> with</c><01:19:27.939><c> him.</c><01:19:28.239><c> Where's</c><01:19:28.539><c> the</c> 01:19:28.800 --> 01:19:29.880 moral<01:19:29.000><c> force</c><01:19:29.279><c> in</c><01:19:29.399><c> his</c><01:19:29.680><c> life?</c> 01:19:30.159 --> 01:19:34.220 You've<01:19:30.460><c> searched</c><01:19:30.779><c> his</c><01:19:31.539><c> record.</c><01:19:32.239><c> Where</c><01:19:32.420><c> do</c><01:19:32.520><c> you</c><01:19:32.659><c> find</c><01:19:32.899><c> it?</c><01:19:33.960><c> You</c> 01:19:34.220 --> 01:19:36.039 find<01:19:34.539><c> human</c><01:19:35.000><c> characteristics</c><01:19:35.579><c> which</c><01:19:35.779><c> are</c> 01:19:36.039 --> 01:19:39.619 commendable,<01:19:37.500><c> as</c><01:19:37.680><c> far</c><01:19:37.899><c> as</c><01:19:38.300><c> human</c><01:19:38.560><c> characteristics</c><01:19:39.060><c> can</c><01:19:39.380><c> be</c> 01:19:39.619 --> 01:19:41.739 commended.<01:19:40.260><c> You</c><01:19:40.439><c> find</c><01:19:40.920><c> brightness</c><01:19:41.479><c> and</c> 01:19:41.739 --> 01:19:46.859 a<01:19:41.880><c> sunny</c><01:19:42.060><c> disposition.</c><01:19:42.960><c> You</c><01:19:43.140><c> find</c><01:19:43.420><c> love</c><01:19:43.760><c> even.</c><01:19:44.800><c> You</c><01:19:45.020><c> find</c><01:19:45.319><c> friendliness.</c><01:19:46.699><c> You</c> 01:19:46.859 --> 01:19:51.500 find<01:19:47.100><c> humility.</c><01:19:50.939><c> You</c> 01:19:51.500 --> 01:19:54.840 won't<01:19:52.000><c> find</c><01:19:52.340><c> it</c><01:19:52.560><c> except</c><01:19:52.800><c> in</c><01:19:53.020><c> one</c><01:19:53.399><c> thing,</c><01:19:53.659><c> brethren</c><01:19:53.939><c> and</c><01:19:54.180><c> sisters,</c><01:19:54.659><c> that</c> 01:19:54.840 --> 01:19:56.239 he<01:19:54.920><c> took</c><01:19:55.300><c> Yahweh</c><01:19:55.680><c> at</c><01:19:55.779><c> his</c><01:19:56.039><c> word.</c> 01:19:56.340 --> 01:19:59.779 He<01:19:56.579><c> would</c><01:19:57.000><c> never</c><01:19:57.300><c> accept</c><01:19:57.920><c> that</c><01:19:58.600><c> Christadelphians</c><01:19:59.159><c> didn't</c><01:19:59.420><c> have</c><01:19:59.579><c> an</c> 01:19:59.779 --> 01:20:02.300 inheritance.<01:20:01.060><c> He</c><01:20:01.239><c> would</c><01:20:01.479><c> never</c><01:20:01.720><c> be</c><01:20:01.960><c> a</c><01:20:02.119><c> brother</c> 01:20:02.300 --> 01:20:05.560 who<01:20:02.619><c> was</c><01:20:02.739><c> going</c><01:20:02.920><c> to</c><01:20:03.119><c> leave</c><01:20:03.380><c> the</c><01:20:03.680><c> ecclesia</c><01:20:04.319><c> because</c><01:20:04.739><c> he</c><01:20:04.899><c> couldn't</c><01:20:05.140><c> get</c><01:20:05.300><c> 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previously.</c><01:22:24.119><c> Here</c> 01:22:24.579 --> 01:22:25.600 we<01:22:24.840><c> are</c><01:22:24.979><c> at</c><01:22:25.079><c> the</c><01:22:25.119><c> end</c><01:22:25.279><c> of</c><01:22:25.399><c> the</c><01:22:25.439><c> book</c> 01:22:25.600 --> 01:22:29.460 of<01:22:25.779><c> Judges</c><01:22:25.960><c> and</c><01:22:26.140><c> they</c><01:22:26.479><c> still</c><01:22:27.060><c> have</c><01:22:27.180><c> not</c><01:22:27.319><c> got</c><01:22:27.500><c> their</c><01:22:27.699><c> inheritance.</c><01:22:28.960><c> And</c><01:22:29.199><c> it's</c> 01:22:29.460 --> 01:22:30.520 that,<01:22:29.899><c> brethren</c><01:22:29.899><c> and</c><01:22:30.159><c> sisters,</c> 01:22:30.520 --> 01:22:36.699 that<01:22:30.960><c> caused</c><01:22:31.300><c> this</c><01:22:31.600><c> great</c><01:22:31.819><c> man</c><01:22:32.300><c> the</c><01:22:32.699><c> agitation,</c><01:22:33.800><c> which</c><01:22:34.000><c> of</c><01:22:34.220><c> course</c><01:22:34.680><c> carried</c><01:22:35.060><c> him</c><01:22:35.500><c> into</c><01:22:35.760><c> the</c><01:22:36.000><c> confines</c><01:22:36.439><c> of</c><01:22:36.560><c> the</c> 01:22:36.699 --> 01:22:39.899 Philistines.<01:22:37.439><c> And</c><01:22:37.579><c> if</c><01:22:37.680><c> that</c><01:22:38.020><c> verse</c><01:22:38.319><c> wanted</c><01:22:38.560><c> to</c><01:22:38.819><c> capitulate,</c> 01:22:40.119 --> 01:22:42.539 or<01:22:40.220><c> rather</c><01:22:40.560><c> to</c><01:22:40.899><c> capitalize</c><01:22:41.279><c> upon</c><01:22:41.699><c> the</c> 01:22:42.800 --> 01:22:46.180 story<01:22:43.220><c> of</c><01:22:43.500><c> Samson</c><01:22:43.739><c> and</c><01:22:43.880><c> to</c><01:22:44.039><c> give</c><01:22:44.159><c> us</c><01:22:44.539><c> every</c><01:22:44.920><c> aspect</c><01:22:45.220><c> of</c><01:22:45.359><c> his</c><01:22:45.560><c> life,</c><01:22:46.000><c> it</c> 01:22:46.180 --> 01:22:49.899 just<01:22:46.420><c> says</c><01:22:46.819><c> the</c><01:22:47.260><c> camp</c><01:22:47.520><c> of</c><01:22:47.739><c> Dan</c><01:22:47.840><c> between</c><01:22:48.619><c> Zora</c> 01:22:50.659 --> 01:22:58.760 and<01:22:51.340><c> Eshtehol.</c><01:22:52.380><c> Zora</c><01:22:52.800><c> meaning</c><01:22:53.220><c> a</c><01:22:53.739><c> sting,</c><01:22:54.239><c> like</c><01:22:54.239><c> a</c><01:22:54.460><c> hornet.</c><01:22:55.399><c> Eshtehol</c><01:22:56.060><c> meaning</c><01:22:56.500><c> to</c><01:22:57.319><c> entreat.</c> 01:22:59.060 --> 01:23:02.960 And<01:22:59.380><c> all</c><01:22:59.779><c> through</c><01:23:00.000><c> his</c><01:23:00.300><c> life</c><01:23:00.560><c> Yahweh</c><01:23:01.020><c> entreated</c><01:23:01.760><c> him,</c><01:23:02.399><c> not</c><01:23:02.659><c> in</c> 01:23:02.960 --> 01:23:06.560 words<01:23:03.399><c> but</c><01:23:03.760><c> in</c><01:23:04.119><c> circumstances,</c><01:23:05.199><c> and</c><01:23:05.500><c> all</c><01:23:05.960><c> the</c><01:23:06.220><c> time</c> 01:23:06.560 --> 01:23:12.079 he<01:23:06.800><c> kept</c><01:23:07.020><c> getting</c><01:23:07.460><c> stunned.</c><01:23:09.380><c> And</c><01:23:09.520><c> so</c><01:23:09.680><c> in</c><01:23:09.859><c> one</c><01:23:10.060><c> verse</c><01:23:10.279><c> of</c><01:23:10.439><c> the</c><01:23:10.619><c> Bible</c><01:23:10.840><c> we</c><01:23:11.060><c> have,</c><01:23:11.239><c> as</c><01:23:11.380><c> it</c><01:23:11.520><c> were,</c><01:23:11.920><c> a</c> 01:23:12.079 --> 01:23:12.899 complete<01:23:12.399><c> epitome</c> 01:23:12.899 --> 01:23:18.239 of<01:23:13.260><c> the</c><01:23:13.380><c> life</c><01:23:13.619><c> of</c><01:23:13.899><c> Samson.</c><01:23:14.539><c> The</c><01:23:14.840><c> spirit</c><01:23:15.180><c> of</c><01:23:15.420><c> Yahweh,</c><01:23:16.220><c> the</c><01:23:16.500><c> truth,</c><01:23:18.000><c> kept</c> 01:23:18.239 --> 01:23:23.659 him<01:23:18.520><c> awake</c><01:23:19.079><c> at</c><01:23:21.000><c> times</c><01:23:21.619><c> because</c><01:23:23.119><c> he</c><01:23:23.239><c> would</c> 01:23:23.659 --> 01:23:27.819 never<01:23:24.020><c> accept</c><01:23:25.180><c> the</c><01:23:26.020><c> camp</c><01:23:26.239><c> of</c><01:23:26.520><c> Dan,</c><01:23:26.760><c> and</c><01:23:26.920><c> that's</c><01:23:27.119><c> what</c><01:23:27.399><c> annoyed</c> 01:23:27.819 --> 01:23:30.460 him.<01:23:29.119><c> And</c><01:23:29.300><c> though</c><01:23:29.460><c> God</c><01:23:29.720><c> entreated</c><01:23:30.239><c> him,</c> 01:23:30.479 --> 01:23:34.680 brethren<01:23:30.640><c> and</c><01:23:30.899><c> sisters,</c><01:23:31.579><c> to</c><01:23:31.739><c> carry</c><01:23:31.960><c> on</c><01:23:32.180><c> the</c><01:23:32.399><c> work</c><01:23:32.600><c> and</c><01:23:32.979><c> to</c><01:23:33.220><c> deliver</c><01:23:33.500><c> Israel</c><01:23:33.880><c> from</c><01:23:34.039><c> the</c><01:23:34.220><c> Philistines,</c> 01:23:34.899 --> 01:23:37.659 he<01:23:35.079><c> kept</c><01:23:35.300><c> getting</c><01:23:35.520><c> himself</c><01:23:35.920><c> stunned.</c><01:23:37.039><c> And</c><01:23:37.220><c> we're</c><01:23:37.359><c> going</c><01:23:37.479><c> to</c> 01:23:37.659 --> 01:23:40.100 see<01:23:37.739><c> him</c><01:23:37.880><c> in</c><01:23:38.020><c> our</c><01:23:38.119><c> next</c><01:23:38.380><c> study</c><01:23:38.680><c> on</c><01:23:39.119><c> his</c><01:23:39.239><c> way</c><01:23:39.380><c> to</c><01:23:39.619><c> Timnath,</c> 01:23:40.279 --> 01:23:46.699 the<01:23:40.460><c> assigned</c><01:23:40.899><c> portion</c><01:23:41.399><c> and</c><01:23:41.899><c> the</c><01:23:42.060><c> great</c><01:23:42.340><c> tragedy</c><01:23:42.979><c> of</c><01:23:43.659><c> the</c><01:23:43.819><c> fact</c><01:23:43.979><c> that</c><01:23:44.180><c> even</c><01:23:44.420><c> there</c><01:23:45.199><c> Samson</c><01:23:45.640><c> missed</c><01:23:45.819><c> the</c><01:23:46.020><c> point.</c>