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things<00:10:02.779><c> yet</c><00:10:03.039><c> to</c><00:10:03.279><c> be</c><00:10:03.519><c> among</c><00:10:03.919><c> those</c><00:10:04.519><c> who</c><00:10:04.860><c> come</c><00:10:05.139><c> after.</c>

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you'll<00:10:25.279><c> get</c><00:10:25.419><c> the</c><00:10:25.759><c> story</c><00:10:26.080><c> of</c><00:10:26.320><c> how</c><00:10:26.820><c> the</c><00:10:27.059><c> preacher</c><00:10:27.340><c> came</c><00:10:27.679><c> to</c><00:10:27.899><c> this</c><00:10:28.299><c> point.</c>

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he<00:10:38.100><c> partook</c><00:10:38.519><c> in</c><00:10:38.759><c> all</c><00:10:39.039><c> of</c><00:10:39.159><c> the</c><00:10:39.299><c> things</c><00:10:39.500><c> that</c><00:10:39.679><c> the</c><00:10:39.860><c> world</c><00:10:40.039><c> had</c><00:10:40.259><c> to</c><00:10:40.480><c> offer.</c>

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And<00:10:55.960><c> behold,</c><00:10:57.000><c> all</c><00:10:57.519><c> was</c><00:10:57.779><c> vanity</c><00:10:58.240><c> and</c><00:10:58.620><c> striving</c><00:10:59.000><c> after</c><00:10:59.440><c> wind,</c><00:10:59.759><c> and</c>

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there<00:11:00.120><c> was</c><00:11:00.419><c> nothing</c><00:11:01.000><c> to</c><00:11:01.580><c> be</c><00:11:01.840><c> gained</c><00:11:02.440><c> under</c><00:11:03.299><c> the</c><00:11:03.539><c> sun.</c>

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I<00:11:06.059><c> did</c><00:11:06.200><c> it</c><00:11:06.419><c> all,</c><00:11:06.759><c> and</c><00:11:06.940><c> I</c><00:11:07.059><c> felt</c><00:11:07.360><c> empty</c><00:11:07.740><c> at</c><00:11:08.019><c> the</c><00:11:08.100><c> end.</c>

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I<00:11:14.879><c> still</c><00:11:15.120><c> felt</c><00:11:15.360><c> empty.</c>

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And<00:11:17.120><c> if</c><00:11:17.240><c> you</c><00:11:17.360><c> go</c><00:11:17.539><c> on</c><00:11:17.679><c> to</c><00:11:17.820><c> read</c><00:11:17.940><c> the</c><00:11:18.080><c> rest</c><00:11:18.259><c> of</c><00:11:18.399><c> the</c><00:11:18.500><c> book</c><00:11:18.639><c> of</c><00:11:18.820><c> Ecclesiastes,</c>

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It's<00:11:21.159><c> all</c><00:11:21.399><c> pretty</c><00:11:21.700><c> depressing.</c>

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Yet,<00:12:13.600><c> so</c><00:12:13.779><c> that</c><00:12:13.899><c> he</c><00:12:14.139><c> cannot</c><00:12:14.360><c> find</c><00:12:14.779><c> out</c><00:12:15.000><c> what</c><00:12:15.179><c> God</c><00:12:15.500><c> has</c><00:12:15.779><c> done</c><00:12:16.159><c> from</c><00:12:16.720><c> the</c>

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But<00:12:52.679><c> eternity,</c><00:12:53.460><c> by</c><00:12:53.559><c> far,</c><00:12:53.820><c> is</c><00:12:53.940><c> the</c><00:12:54.000><c> most</c><00:12:54.279><c> common</c><00:12:54.580><c> translation</c>

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maybe<00:13:33.240><c> even</c><00:13:33.480><c> who's</c><00:13:33.679><c> an</c><00:13:33.840><c> atheist</c><00:13:34.100><c> and</c><00:13:34.240><c> doesn't</c><00:13:34.500><c> believe</c><00:13:34.779><c> in</c>

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God,<00:13:35.159><c> but</c><00:13:35.279><c> they'll</c><00:13:35.600><c> still</c><00:13:35.879><c> say,</c>

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there<00:13:36.860><c> must</c><00:13:37.200><c> be</c><00:13:37.460><c> something</c><00:13:37.820><c> more</c><00:13:38.139><c> to</c><00:13:38.379><c> life</c><00:13:38.600><c> than</c><00:13:38.860><c> this.</c>

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We<00:13:45.879><c> yearn</c><00:13:46.320><c> for</c><00:13:46.659><c> something</c><00:13:47.220><c> eternal.</c>

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And<00:13:48.879><c> this</c><00:13:49.059><c> is</c><00:13:49.220><c> why</c><00:13:49.419><c> sometimes</c><00:13:50.019><c> you'll</c><00:13:51.000><c> hear</c><00:13:51.440><c> reports</c><00:13:51.879><c> of</c><00:13:52.100><c> some</c>

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famous<00:13:52.840><c> person</c><00:13:53.320><c> who</c><00:13:53.539><c> had</c><00:13:53.639><c> all</c>

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the<00:13:54.500><c> money</c><00:13:54.799><c> and</c><00:13:55.120><c> fame</c><00:13:55.740><c> that</c><00:13:56.539><c> anybody</c><00:13:56.940><c> could</c><00:13:57.139><c> ever</c><00:13:57.399><c> wish</c><00:13:57.600><c> for,</c><00:13:58.179><c> and</c>

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And<00:14:02.779><c> you</c><00:14:02.980><c> think,</c><00:14:03.320><c> they</c><00:14:03.539><c> had</c><00:14:03.860><c> everything.</c>

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Why<00:14:05.320><c> would</c><00:14:05.620><c> they</c><00:14:06.000><c> end</c><00:14:06.200><c> it</c><00:14:06.419><c> all</c><00:14:06.620><c> suddenly,</c><00:14:07.679><c> prematurely</c><00:14:08.220><c> like</c><00:14:08.460><c> this?</c>

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Because<00:14:11.320><c> like</c><00:14:11.600><c> the</c><00:14:11.840><c> preacher,</c><00:14:12.820><c> they</c><00:14:13.039><c> had</c><00:14:13.340><c> experienced</c><00:14:13.779><c> everything</c><00:14:14.320><c> the</c>

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world<00:14:14.899><c> had</c><00:14:15.139><c> to</c>

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offer<00:14:15.620><c> and</c><00:14:15.779><c> found</c><00:14:15.980><c> out</c><00:14:16.139><c> it</c><00:14:16.360><c> wasn't</c><00:14:16.700><c> enough.</c>

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And<00:14:17.940><c> they</c><00:14:18.139><c> still</c><00:14:18.460><c> yearned</c><00:14:18.860><c> for</c><00:14:19.059><c> something</c><00:14:19.419><c> else.</c>

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They<00:14:19.860><c> said,</c><00:14:20.120><c> there's</c><00:14:20.320><c> gotta</c><00:14:20.480><c> be</c><00:14:20.679><c> more</c><00:14:20.919><c> to</c><00:14:21.120><c> life</c><00:14:21.279><c> than</c><00:14:21.500><c> this.</c>

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And<00:14:23.059><c> they</c><00:14:23.179><c> never</c><00:14:23.460><c> feel</c><00:14:23.700><c> fulfilled.</c>

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And<00:14:25.039><c> they've</c><00:14:25.360><c> seen</c><00:14:25.600><c> and</c><00:14:25.820><c> experienced</c><00:14:26.200><c> it</c><00:14:26.360><c> all,</c><00:14:26.500><c> and</c><00:14:26.580><c> they</c>

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And<00:14:31.179><c> in</c><00:14:31.419><c> the</c><00:14:31.600><c> preacher's</c><00:14:32.299><c> exhaustive</c><00:14:32.960><c> research,</c><00:14:33.860><c> he</c><00:14:34.039><c> has</c><00:14:34.320><c> uncovered</c><00:14:34.779><c> nothing</c><00:14:35.360><c> in</c>

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this<00:14:35.980><c> earthly</c><00:14:36.340><c> realm</c><00:14:36.840><c> that</c><00:14:37.240><c> can</c><00:14:37.500><c> satisfy</c><00:14:37.960><c> the</c><00:14:38.200><c> human</c><00:14:38.379><c> heart</c>

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intellectually<00:14:39.379><c> or</c><00:14:39.740><c> practically.</c>

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And<00:14:42.299><c> the</c><00:14:42.440><c> very</c><00:14:42.659><c> nature</c><00:14:43.039><c> of</c><00:14:43.279><c> our</c><00:14:43.620><c> state</c><00:14:44.120><c> can</c><00:14:45.159><c> defeat</c><00:14:45.480><c> us</c><00:14:45.759><c> in</c>

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As<00:14:47.179><c> we</c><00:14:47.460><c> yearn</c><00:14:47.899><c> for</c><00:14:48.100><c> something</c><00:14:48.440><c> greater,</c><00:14:48.960><c> but</c><00:14:49.120><c> we're</c><00:14:49.440><c> stuck</c><00:14:49.700><c> in</c>

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this<00:14:50.120><c> current</c><00:14:50.500><c> reality.</c>

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And<00:14:52.500><c> this</c><00:14:52.659><c> is</c><00:14:52.779><c> what</c><00:14:52.879><c> we</c><00:14:53.159><c> call</c><00:14:53.379><c> apathy.</c>

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That<00:14:56.659><c> feeling</c><00:14:56.940><c> like</c><00:14:57.220><c> nothing</c><00:14:57.460><c> we</c><00:14:57.679><c> do</c><00:14:57.820><c> matters,</c><00:14:59.379><c> why</c><00:14:59.799><c> even</c><00:15:00.200><c> bother</c><00:15:00.480><c> to</c><00:15:00.820><c> try?</c>

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But<00:15:03.159><c> we,</c><00:15:04.139><c> here</c><00:15:04.259><c> in</c><00:15:04.419><c> this</c><00:15:04.679><c> room,</c><00:15:04.820><c> are</c><00:15:05.059><c> fortunate</c><00:15:05.460><c> because</c><00:15:05.820><c> we've</c><00:15:06.120><c> been</c>

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given<00:15:06.500><c> the</c><00:15:06.759><c> key</c><00:15:06.940><c> to</c>

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defeat<00:15:07.580><c> it.</c>

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Now,<00:15:09.960><c> I</c><00:15:10.159><c> wanna</c><00:15:10.340><c> say</c><00:15:10.740><c> now,</c><00:15:11.159><c> as</c><00:15:11.340><c> we</c><00:15:11.820><c> talk</c><00:15:11.980><c> about</c><00:15:12.340><c> some</c><00:15:12.659><c> things</c><00:15:12.960><c> that</c><00:15:13.139><c> the</c><00:15:13.279><c> Bible</c><00:15:13.480><c> tells</c><00:15:13.759><c> us</c><00:15:13.960><c> is</c>

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going<00:15:14.200><c> to</c><00:15:14.360><c> happen</c><00:15:14.600><c> in</c><00:15:14.779><c> the</c><00:15:14.960><c> future,</c><00:15:17.000><c> that</c><00:15:17.159><c> when</c><00:15:17.440><c> the</c><00:15:17.580><c> Bible</c>

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talks<00:15:18.059><c> about</c><00:15:18.259><c> the</c><00:15:18.460><c> future,</c>

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it<00:15:18.980><c> often</c><00:15:19.480><c> uses</c><00:15:20.019><c> sign,</c><00:15:21.059><c> symbol,</c><00:15:21.620><c> and</c><00:15:21.840><c> metaphor</c><00:15:22.100><c> to</c><00:15:22.379><c> describe</c>

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what<00:15:22.899><c> it's</c><00:15:23.139><c> going</c><00:15:23.279><c> to</c><00:15:23.419><c> be</c><00:15:23.600><c> like</c>

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in<00:15:24.019><c> that</c><00:15:24.279><c> future</c><00:15:24.759><c> era</c><00:15:25.220><c> when</c><00:15:26.039><c> Jesus</c><00:15:26.399><c> returns</c><00:15:26.759><c> to</c><00:15:27.000><c> the</c><00:15:27.179><c> earth.</c>

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It<00:15:31.299><c> makes</c><00:15:31.419><c> it</c><00:15:31.659><c> difficult</c><00:15:32.019><c> to</c><00:15:32.320><c> understand.</c>

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Why<00:15:32.840><c> not</c><00:15:33.019><c> just</c><00:15:33.240><c> use</c><00:15:33.480><c> plain</c><00:15:33.740><c> language?</c>

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And<00:15:35.200><c> the</c><00:15:35.320><c> answer</c><00:15:35.539><c> is</c><00:15:35.740><c> the</c><00:15:35.899><c> future</c><00:15:36.179><c> that</c><00:15:36.419><c> we</c><00:15:36.659><c> read</c><00:15:36.879><c> about,</c>

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We<00:15:40.080><c> have</c><00:15:40.259><c> no</c><00:15:40.500><c> frame</c><00:15:40.679><c> of</c><00:15:40.980><c> reference</c><00:15:41.299><c> to</c><00:15:41.820><c> understand</c><00:15:42.220><c> it.</c>

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We've<00:15:42.539><c> never</c><00:15:42.759><c> seen</c><00:15:42.980><c> anything</c><00:15:43.399><c> like</c><00:15:43.720><c> it.</c>

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Things<00:15:44.100><c> will</c><00:15:44.279><c> be</c><00:15:44.440><c> much</c><00:15:44.720><c> different</c><00:15:45.279><c> than</c><00:15:45.659><c> they</c><00:15:45.940><c> are</c><00:15:46.120><c> now.</c>

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We<00:15:47.259><c> don't</c><00:15:47.500><c> have</c><00:15:47.679><c> the</c><00:15:47.940><c> language</c><00:15:48.360><c> to</c><00:15:48.700><c> describe</c><00:15:49.139><c> it.</c>

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And<00:15:49.919><c> it's</c><00:15:50.039><c> only</c><00:15:50.340><c> through</c><00:15:50.620><c> the</c><00:15:50.820><c> use</c><00:15:51.019><c> of</c><00:15:51.340><c> symbols</c><00:15:51.700><c> and</c><00:15:52.039><c> metaphors</c><00:15:52.440><c> that</c><00:15:52.600><c> we</c>

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can<00:15:52.879><c> talk</c><00:15:53.179><c> about</c>

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a<00:15:53.559><c> future</c><00:15:53.759><c> that</c><00:15:54.019><c> contains</c><00:15:54.440><c> things</c><00:15:54.740><c> that</c><00:15:54.899><c> we've</c><00:15:55.100><c> never</c><00:15:55.379><c> seen</c><00:15:55.659><c> before,</c>

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that<00:15:56.559><c> no</c><00:15:56.820><c> one</c><00:15:56.980><c> has</c><00:15:57.220><c> seen</c><00:15:57.440><c> before.</c>

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All<00:15:58.960><c> of</c><00:15:59.100><c> our</c><00:15:59.340><c> language</c><00:15:59.899><c> about</c><00:16:00.240><c> the</c><00:16:00.519><c> future</c><00:16:00.820><c> is</c><00:16:01.179><c> like</c><00:16:01.440><c> a</c><00:16:02.120><c> signpost</c><00:16:02.600><c> that's</c>

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pointing<00:16:03.100><c> into</c>

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a<00:16:03.600><c> bright</c><00:16:03.820><c> mist.</c>

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We<00:16:05.039><c> know</c><00:16:05.879><c> where</c><00:16:06.419><c> we</c><00:16:06.580><c> need</c><00:16:06.720><c> to</c><00:16:06.940><c> go,</c><00:16:07.220><c> but</c><00:16:07.419><c> the</c><00:16:07.679><c> future,</c>

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it's<00:16:08.159><c> like,</c><00:16:08.559><c> to</c><00:16:08.659><c> put</c><00:16:08.820><c> another</c><00:16:09.120><c> way,</c><00:16:09.620><c> biblically,</c><00:16:10.019><c> it's</c><00:16:10.159><c> like</c>

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looking<00:16:11.139><c> into</c><00:16:11.419><c> a</c><00:16:11.600><c> glass</c><00:16:11.919><c> darkly.</c>

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Or<00:16:13.580><c> as</c><00:16:13.799><c> the</c><00:16:14.000><c> ESV</c><00:16:14.299><c> translates</c><00:16:14.759><c> it</c><00:16:15.000><c> into</c><00:16:15.179><c> a</c><00:16:15.480><c> mirror</c><00:16:15.860><c> dimly.</c>

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The<00:16:18.080><c> mirrors</c><00:16:18.299><c> that</c><00:16:18.519><c> they</c><00:16:18.779><c> had</c><00:16:19.059><c> in</c><00:16:19.700><c> New</c><00:16:19.899><c> Testament</c><00:16:20.220><c> times</c><00:16:20.559><c> were</c>

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not<00:16:20.940><c> made</c><00:16:21.080><c> out</c><00:16:21.240><c> of</c><00:16:21.379><c> glass</c>

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like<00:16:21.879><c> the</c><00:16:22.059><c> mirrors</c><00:16:22.259><c> we</c><00:16:22.539><c> have</c><00:16:22.700><c> today.</c>

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They<00:16:23.580><c> were</c><00:16:23.700><c> made</c><00:16:23.799><c> out</c><00:16:23.980><c> of</c><00:16:24.159><c> polished</c><00:16:24.539><c> metal.</c>

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If<00:16:25.419><c> you've</c><00:16:25.559><c> ever</c><00:16:25.759><c> seen</c><00:16:25.919><c> your</c><00:16:26.159><c> reflection</c><00:16:26.519><c> in</c><00:16:26.820><c> polished</c><00:16:27.240><c> metal,</c>

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you<00:16:27.960><c> know</c><00:16:28.139><c> that</c><00:16:28.299><c> it's</c><00:16:28.440><c> not</c><00:16:28.700><c> a</c><00:16:28.879><c> perfect</c><00:16:29.100><c> reflection.</c>

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It's<00:16:29.779><c> all</c><00:16:29.960><c> distorted.</c>

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You<00:16:30.620><c> can</c><00:16:30.899><c> sort</c><00:16:31.059><c> of</c><00:16:31.200><c> make</c><00:16:31.360><c> out</c><00:16:31.779><c> yourself</c><00:16:32.299><c> in</c><00:16:32.519><c> the</c><00:16:32.720><c> reflection,</c><00:16:33.059><c> but</c>

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it<00:16:33.620><c> doesn't</c><00:16:33.820><c> look</c><00:16:34.059><c> anything</c><00:16:34.419><c> like</c><00:16:34.940><c> reality.</c>

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And<00:16:38.379><c> that's</c><00:16:38.840><c> what</c><00:16:39.120><c> that</c><00:16:39.519><c> coming</c><00:16:39.700><c> age</c><00:16:40.440><c> will</c><00:16:41.019><c> be</c><00:16:41.279><c> like.</c>

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So<00:16:42.740><c> come</c><00:16:42.879><c> with</c><00:16:43.019><c> me</c><00:16:43.100><c> to</c><00:16:43.259><c> 1</c><00:16:43.379><c> Corinthians</c><00:16:43.759><c> chapter</c><00:16:44.259><c> 15.</c>

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We<00:16:46.240><c> can</c><00:16:46.460><c> only</c><00:16:46.720><c> begin</c><00:16:47.200><c> to</c><00:16:47.500><c> describe</c><00:16:47.879><c> this</c><00:16:48.240><c> future,</c><00:16:50.100><c> but</c>

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we<00:16:50.379><c> have</c><00:16:50.500><c> to</c><00:16:50.720><c> describe</c><00:16:50.960><c> it</c><00:16:51.139><c> using</c><00:16:51.399><c> sign</c><00:16:51.799><c> and</c><00:16:52.080><c> symbol,</c><00:16:53.440><c> and</c>

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I<00:16:53.700><c> think</c><00:16:53.799><c> it's</c><00:16:53.960><c> so</c><00:16:54.159><c> exciting</c><00:16:54.600><c> that</c><00:16:54.820><c> that</c><00:16:55.059><c> is</c><00:16:55.320><c> the</c><00:16:55.539><c> case.</c>

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a<00:17:02.259><c> number</c><00:17:02.419><c> of</c><00:17:02.639><c> times</c><00:17:02.840><c> in</c>

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our<00:17:03.240><c> classes</c><00:17:03.580><c> this</c><00:17:03.919><c> weekend.</c>

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The<00:17:05.079><c> Apostle</c><00:17:05.460><c> Paul</c><00:17:05.759><c> is</c><00:17:06.079><c> dealing</c><00:17:06.259><c> with</c><00:17:06.480><c> a</c><00:17:06.700><c> problem</c><00:17:06.960><c> in</c><00:17:07.099><c> the</c>

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Corinthian<00:17:07.559><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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It<00:17:07.980><c> would</c><00:17:08.140><c> seem</c><00:17:08.400><c> that</c><00:17:08.579><c> some</c><00:17:08.799><c> people</c><00:17:09.059><c> in</c><00:17:09.200><c> the</c><00:17:09.339><c> Ecclesia</c><00:17:09.599><c> are</c>

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teaching<00:17:10.019><c> that</c><00:17:10.140><c> there's</c><00:17:10.359><c> not</c>

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going<00:17:10.660><c> to</c><00:17:10.660><c> be</c><00:17:10.799><c> a</c><00:17:10.920><c> resurrection</c><00:17:11.380><c> from</c><00:17:12.019><c> the</c><00:17:12.160><c> dead,</c><00:17:13.240><c> and</c><00:17:13.500><c> the</c>

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Apostle<00:17:13.980><c> Paul</c><00:17:14.779><c> addresses</c><00:17:15.279><c> that</c>

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with<00:17:16.099><c> a</c><00:17:16.539><c> well</c><00:17:16.779><c>-thought</c><00:17:16.920><c> out</c><00:17:17.059><c> argument.</c>

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He<00:17:17.500><c> says</c><00:17:17.680><c> if</c><00:17:17.799><c> there's</c><00:17:18.079><c> no</c><00:17:18.240><c> resurrection</c><00:17:18.740><c> from</c><00:17:19.039><c> the</c><00:17:19.259><c> dead,</c>

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then<00:17:19.980><c> Jesus</c><00:17:20.440><c> was</c><00:17:20.720><c> not</c><00:17:20.859><c> raised</c><00:17:21.059><c> from</c><00:17:21.259><c> the</c><00:17:21.400><c> dead.</c>

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And<00:17:21.640><c> if</c><00:17:21.759><c> Jesus</c><00:17:22.119><c> was</c><00:17:22.339><c> not</c><00:17:22.500><c> raised</c><00:17:22.700><c> from</c><00:17:22.900><c> the</c><00:17:23.059><c> dead,</c><00:17:23.220><c> then</c><00:17:23.279><c> there's</c><00:17:23.500><c> no</c><00:17:23.660><c> forgiveness</c><00:17:23.980><c> of</c><00:17:24.279><c> sins.</c>

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And<00:17:24.920><c> if</c><00:17:25.019><c> there's</c><00:17:25.200><c> no</c><00:17:25.359><c> forgiveness</c><00:17:25.619><c> of</c><00:17:25.920><c> sins,</c><00:17:26.460><c> then</c><00:17:26.519><c> everything</c><00:17:26.819><c> we're</c><00:17:27.039><c> doing</c><00:17:27.200><c> is</c><00:17:27.519><c> pointless.</c>

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We're<00:17:28.779><c> just</c><00:17:28.960><c> going</c><00:17:29.099><c> to</c><00:17:29.240><c> die</c><00:17:29.440><c> eventually,</c><00:17:30.480><c> and</c><00:17:30.819><c> it</c><00:17:30.900><c> will</c><00:17:30.980><c> be</c>

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for<00:17:31.339><c> nothing.</c>

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And<00:17:32.920><c> we're</c><00:17:33.079><c> going</c><00:17:33.140><c> to</c><00:17:33.240><c> pick</c><00:17:33.339><c> up</c><00:17:33.460><c> in</c><00:17:33.599><c> verse</c><00:17:33.839><c> 20</c><00:17:34.079><c> of</c><00:17:34.200><c> 1</c><00:17:34.400><c> Corinthians</c><00:17:34.819><c> chapter</c><00:17:35.259><c> 15,</c>

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where<00:17:38.420><c> Paul</c><00:17:38.940><c> is</c><00:17:39.819><c> in</c><00:17:39.980><c> the</c><00:17:40.180><c> middle</c><00:17:40.480><c> of</c><00:17:40.839><c> his</c><00:17:42.059><c> description</c><00:17:42.859><c> of</c>

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what<00:17:43.599><c> things</c>

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are<00:17:44.099><c> actually</c><00:17:44.539><c> like</c><00:17:45.279><c> after</c><00:17:45.960><c> making</c><00:17:46.519><c> that</c><00:17:46.940><c> eloquent</c><00:17:47.279><c> argument.</c>

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And<00:17:49.819><c> Paul</c><00:17:50.000><c> writes,</c><00:17:50.400><c> but</c><00:17:50.559><c> in</c><00:17:50.859><c> fact,</c><00:17:51.440><c> Christ</c><00:17:51.480><c> has</c><00:17:52.000><c> been</c><00:17:52.259><c> raised</c>

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from<00:17:52.779><c> the</c><00:17:52.960><c> dead,</c>

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the<00:17:53.380><c> first</c><00:17:53.700><c> fruits</c><00:17:53.880><c> of</c><00:17:54.079><c> those</c><00:17:54.339><c> who</c><00:17:54.539><c> have</c><00:17:54.740><c> fallen</c><00:17:54.960><c> asleep.</c>

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For<00:17:56.319><c> by</c><00:17:56.559><c> a</c><00:17:56.740><c> man</c><00:17:56.940><c> came</c><00:17:57.259><c> death,</c><00:17:58.380><c> as</c><00:17:58.640><c> by</c><00:17:58.839><c> a</c><00:17:58.980><c> man</c><00:17:59.119><c> came</c><00:17:59.339><c> death,</c>

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by<00:17:59.759><c> a</c><00:17:59.920><c> man</c><00:18:00.079><c> has</c><00:18:00.279><c> come</c><00:18:00.460><c> also</c><00:18:00.859><c> the</c><00:18:01.059><c> resurrection</c><00:18:01.480><c> of</c><00:18:01.680><c> the</c><00:18:01.839><c> dead.</c>

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For<00:18:02.720><c> as</c><00:18:03.019><c> in</c><00:18:03.259><c> Adam</c><00:18:03.420><c> all</c><00:18:03.859><c> die,</c><00:18:04.940><c> so</c><00:18:05.180><c> also</c><00:18:05.480><c> in</c><00:18:05.759><c> Christ</c><00:18:06.119><c> shall</c><00:18:06.359><c> all</c>

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be<00:18:07.079><c> made</c><00:18:07.319><c> alive.</c>

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But<00:18:08.339><c> each</c><00:18:08.539><c> in</c><00:18:08.660><c> his</c><00:18:08.819><c> own</c><00:18:08.980><c> order,</c><00:18:09.259><c> Christ</c><00:18:09.559><c> the</c><00:18:09.779><c> first</c><00:18:10.039><c> fruits,</c>

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then<00:18:10.920><c> at</c><00:18:11.140><c> his</c><00:18:11.380><c> coming,</c><00:18:12.039><c> those</c><00:18:12.380><c> who</c><00:18:12.720><c> belong</c><00:18:13.039><c> to</c><00:18:13.259><c> Christ.</c>

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Now<00:18:14.819><c> there</c><00:18:14.920><c> are</c><00:18:15.000><c> two</c><00:18:15.140><c> things</c><00:18:15.339><c> I</c><00:18:15.460><c> want</c><00:18:15.599><c> to</c><00:18:15.720><c> focus</c><00:18:16.000><c> on</c><00:18:16.160><c> in</c><00:18:16.319><c> this</c><00:18:16.539><c> passage.</c>

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And<00:18:17.319><c> the</c><00:18:17.440><c> first</c><00:18:17.599><c> one</c><00:18:17.740><c> is</c><00:18:17.880><c> this.</c>

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Did<00:18:18.119><c> you</c><00:18:18.259><c> notice</c><00:18:18.500><c> that</c><00:18:18.819><c> in</c><00:18:19.160><c> two</c><00:18:19.619><c> cases,</c><00:18:20.180><c> in</c><00:18:20.279><c> those</c><00:18:20.440><c> verses</c><00:18:20.700><c> that</c><00:18:20.920><c> we</c><00:18:21.099><c> read,</c>

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Paul<00:18:22.220><c> refers</c><00:18:22.819><c> to</c><00:18:23.259><c> Jesus</c><00:18:23.640><c> as</c><00:18:23.960><c> the</c><00:18:24.200><c> first</c><00:18:24.579><c> fruits?</c>

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And<00:18:27.099><c> this</c><00:18:27.380><c> is</c><00:18:27.559><c> a</c><00:18:27.680><c> term</c><00:18:27.859><c> that</c><00:18:28.079><c> may</c><00:18:28.299><c> not</c><00:18:28.779><c> immediately</c><00:18:29.200><c> have</c><00:18:29.440><c> meaning</c><00:18:29.680><c> for</c>

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us,<00:18:30.099><c> but</c>

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we<00:18:30.420><c> can</c><00:18:30.599><c> understand</c><00:18:31.000><c> it.</c>

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It<00:18:31.200><c> would</c><00:18:31.359><c> have</c><00:18:31.500><c> meant</c><00:18:31.599><c> a</c><00:18:31.740><c> lot</c><00:18:31.920><c> to</c><00:18:32.079><c> people</c><00:18:32.380><c> at</c><00:18:33.000><c> that</c><00:18:33.279><c> time.</c>

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And<00:18:33.680><c> of</c><00:18:33.819><c> course,</c><00:18:34.039><c> we</c><00:18:34.119><c> have</c><00:18:34.319><c> farming</c><00:18:34.680><c> today,</c><00:18:35.160><c> so</c><00:18:35.299><c> we</c><00:18:35.420><c> can</c><00:18:35.700><c> still</c>

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understand<00:18:36.380><c> it.</c>

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You<00:18:36.980><c> see,</c><00:18:37.920><c> a</c><00:18:38.079><c> farmer,</c><00:18:38.960><c> when</c><00:18:39.039><c> a</c><00:18:39.400><c> crop</c><00:18:39.619><c> was</c><00:18:40.000><c> first,</c><00:18:40.519><c> the</c><00:18:40.740><c> first</c>

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of<00:18:41.079><c> that</c><00:18:41.339><c> crop</c><00:18:41.640><c> grew</c><00:18:42.400><c> up</c><00:18:42.660><c> and</c>

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they<00:18:42.900><c> were</c><00:18:42.980><c> able</c><00:18:43.160><c> to</c><00:18:43.400><c> harvest</c><00:18:43.740><c> it</c><00:18:43.900><c> or</c><00:18:44.039><c> pluck</c><00:18:44.259><c> it,</c><00:18:44.460><c> whatever</c>

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the<00:18:44.880><c> case</c><00:18:45.059><c> may</c><00:18:45.279><c> be.</c>

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They<00:18:45.880><c> would</c><00:18:46.079><c> take</c><00:18:46.279><c> the</c><00:18:46.480><c> first</c><00:18:46.619><c> of</c><00:18:46.759><c> that</c><00:18:47.039><c> crop,</c><00:18:47.299><c> the</c><00:18:47.500><c> first</c><00:18:47.779><c> fruits</c><00:18:48.039><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:48.519><c> crop,</c>

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into<00:18:49.359><c> the</c><00:18:49.680><c> city</c><00:18:49.880><c> and</c><00:18:50.000><c> they</c><00:18:50.119><c> would</c><00:18:50.299><c> set</c><00:18:50.480><c> up</c><00:18:50.640><c> their</c><00:18:50.839><c> market</c><00:18:51.160><c> stall.</c>

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And<00:18:52.200><c> people</c><00:18:52.380><c> would</c><00:18:52.619><c> come</c><00:18:52.880><c> and</c><00:18:53.180><c> buy</c><00:18:53.400><c> the</c><00:18:53.660><c> first</c><00:18:54.039><c> fruits</c><00:18:54.339><c> from</c>

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that<00:18:54.880><c> farmer,</c>

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the<00:18:55.339><c> first</c><00:18:55.579><c> fruits</c><00:18:55.799><c> of</c><00:18:55.980><c> his</c><00:18:56.220><c> crop.</c>

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And<00:18:58.839><c> if</c><00:18:59.079><c> the</c><00:18:59.319><c> crop</c><00:18:59.480><c> was</c><00:18:59.779><c> good,</c><00:19:00.240><c> if</c><00:19:00.460><c> the</c><00:19:00.720><c> fruits</c><00:19:00.940><c> were</c><00:19:01.259><c> good,</c>

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then<00:19:02.140><c> that</c><00:19:02.380><c> was</c><00:19:02.700><c> proof</c><00:19:03.200><c> that</c><00:19:04.119><c> the</c><00:19:04.640><c> rest</c><00:19:04.799><c> of</c><00:19:04.960><c> the</c><00:19:05.099><c> crop</c><00:19:05.259><c> was</c><00:19:05.440><c> gonna</c><00:19:05.559><c> be</c>

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good<00:19:05.980><c> too.</c>

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And<00:19:06.819><c> you</c><00:19:06.940><c> would</c><00:19:07.180><c> continue</c><00:19:07.660><c> to</c><00:19:07.819><c> go</c><00:19:08.000><c> back</c><00:19:08.160><c> to</c><00:19:08.359><c> that</c><00:19:08.599><c> farmer's</c>

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market<00:19:09.380><c> stall</c><00:19:09.619><c> and</c>

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buy<00:19:09.980><c> from</c><00:19:10.160><c> him,</c><00:19:10.380><c> because</c><00:19:11.019><c> it</c><00:19:11.599><c> had</c><00:19:11.720><c> been</c><00:19:12.019><c> proven</c><00:19:12.319><c> that</c><00:19:12.839><c> this</c><00:19:13.240><c> season,</c>

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the<00:19:13.839><c> crop</c><00:19:14.000><c> is</c><00:19:14.180><c> gonna</c><00:19:14.259><c> be</c><00:19:14.420><c> a</c><00:19:14.539><c> good</c><00:19:14.680><c> one.</c>

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But<00:19:15.019><c> of</c><00:19:15.299><c> course,</c><00:19:16.380><c> conversely,</c><00:19:17.039><c> if</c><00:19:17.359><c> it's</c><00:19:17.700><c> bad,</c><00:19:18.119><c> then</c><00:19:18.279><c> you'll</c>

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find<00:19:18.720><c> somewhere</c><00:19:19.019><c> else</c><00:19:19.259><c> to</c><00:19:19.500><c> shop.</c>

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Now<00:19:21.799><c> also,</c><00:19:22.059><c> the</c><00:19:22.299><c> first</c><00:19:22.599><c> fruits</c><00:19:22.839><c> of</c><00:19:22.980><c> the</c><00:19:23.160><c> crop</c><00:19:23.339><c> tended</c><00:19:23.599><c> to</c><00:19:23.799><c> be</c>

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the<00:19:24.079><c> very</c><00:19:24.420><c> best</c><00:19:24.680><c> of</c><00:19:24.839><c> the</c><00:19:25.039><c> crop.</c>

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And<00:19:26.960><c> so</c><00:19:27.119><c> what</c><00:19:27.259><c> the</c><00:19:27.359><c> Apostle</c><00:19:27.660><c> Paul</c><00:19:27.819><c> is</c><00:19:28.039><c> saying</c><00:19:28.140><c> when</c><00:19:28.279><c> he</c><00:19:28.500><c> uses</c>

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this<00:19:29.420><c> word</c><00:19:30.259><c> to</c><00:19:30.519><c> describe</c><00:19:30.819><c> Jesus,</c>

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he<00:19:31.279><c> says,</c><00:19:31.799><c> Jesus</c><00:19:31.799><c> is</c><00:19:32.039><c> the</c><00:19:32.259><c> first</c><00:19:32.559><c> fruits</c><00:19:33.019><c> from</c><00:19:33.599><c> the</c><00:19:33.799><c> dead.</c>

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He<00:19:34.759><c> was</c><00:19:34.940><c> the</c><00:19:35.240><c> first</c><00:19:35.599><c> human</c><00:19:35.980><c> being</c><00:19:36.640><c> to</c><00:19:37.279><c> be</c><00:19:37.519><c> raised</c><00:19:37.779><c> from</c><00:19:38.000><c> the</c>

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given<00:19:39.039><c> an</c><00:19:39.539><c> incorruptible</c><00:19:40.200><c> body.</c>

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He<00:19:41.799><c> was</c><00:19:42.000><c> the</c><00:19:42.339><c> first</c><00:19:42.619><c> of</c><00:19:42.819><c> the</c><00:19:43.059><c> crop</c><00:19:43.259><c> of</c><00:19:43.619><c> humanity.</c>

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And<00:19:44.759><c> he's</c><00:19:45.180><c> proof</c><00:19:45.420><c> that</c><00:19:45.640><c> God</c><00:19:45.920><c> can</c><00:19:46.420><c> and</c><00:19:46.900><c> will</c><00:19:47.299><c> raise</c><00:19:48.039><c> people</c><00:19:48.440><c> from</c><00:19:48.740><c> the</c><00:19:48.940><c> dead.</c>

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Because<00:19:51.619><c> we</c><00:19:51.839><c> saw</c><00:19:51.960><c> it</c><00:19:52.180><c> happen</c><00:19:52.359><c> with</c><00:19:52.579><c> Jesus,</c><00:19:53.940><c> the</c><00:19:54.240><c> first</c><00:19:54.519><c> fruits.</c>

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And<00:19:56.140><c> over</c><00:19:56.420><c> and</c><00:19:56.640><c> above</c><00:19:56.799><c> that,</c><00:19:57.119><c> he</c><00:19:57.240><c> is</c><00:19:57.559><c> also</c><00:19:58.440><c> the</c><00:19:58.940><c> very</c><00:19:59.420><c> best</c><00:19:59.720><c> of</c><00:19:59.900><c> us.</c>

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The<00:20:01.859><c> other</c><00:20:02.019><c> thing</c><00:20:02.160><c> I</c><00:20:02.240><c> wanted</c><00:20:02.400><c> to</c><00:20:02.599><c> focus</c><00:20:02.819><c> on</c><00:20:03.039><c> in</c><00:20:03.180><c> these</c><00:20:03.380><c> verses</c>

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is<00:20:04.180><c> one</c><00:20:04.519><c> particular</c><00:20:05.440><c> word.</c>

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In<00:20:07.079><c> verse</c><00:20:07.319><c> 23,</c><00:20:07.940><c> it</c><00:20:08.039><c> says,</c><00:20:08.859><c> about</c><00:20:08.859><c> the</c><00:20:09.140><c> resurrection,</c>

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that<00:20:10.140><c> each</c><00:20:10.359><c> will</c><00:20:10.640><c> be</c><00:20:10.900><c> resurrected</c><00:20:11.240><c> in</c><00:20:11.440><c> his</c><00:20:11.660><c> own</c><00:20:11.920><c> order,</c><00:20:12.420><c> Christ</c><00:20:12.759><c> the</c>

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first<00:20:13.279><c> fruits,</c>

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then<00:20:13.900><c> at</c><00:20:14.180><c> his</c><00:20:14.519><c> coming,</c><00:20:16.119><c> those</c><00:20:16.539><c> who</c><00:20:16.920><c> belong</c><00:20:17.299><c> to</c><00:20:17.599><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:20:20.480><c> we</c><00:20:20.619><c> often</c><00:20:20.819><c> talk</c><00:20:20.960><c> about</c><00:20:21.099><c> the</c><00:20:21.380><c> second</c><00:20:21.660><c> coming</c><00:20:22.019><c> of</c><00:20:22.240><c> Jesus.</c>

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And<00:20:22.859><c> we</c><00:20:23.559><c> say</c><00:20:23.779><c> that</c><00:20:23.980><c> it's</c><00:20:24.400><c> based</c><00:20:24.619><c> upon</c><00:20:24.819><c> verses</c><00:20:25.099><c> like</c><00:20:25.420><c> this</c><00:20:25.660><c> one,</c>

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Christ<00:20:26.579><c> at</c><00:20:26.819><c> his</c><00:20:27.119><c> coming.</c>

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The<00:20:28.420><c> second</c><00:20:28.660><c> coming</c><00:20:28.940><c> of</c><00:20:29.140><c> Christ.</c>

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In<00:20:29.619><c> the</c><00:20:29.799><c> Greek,</c><00:20:30.079><c> the</c><00:20:30.200><c> word</c><00:20:30.339><c> for</c><00:20:30.660><c> coming</c><00:20:30.859><c> is</c><00:20:31.299><c> parousia.</c>

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And<00:20:33.460><c> Paul</c><00:20:33.799><c> and</c><00:20:34.500><c> a</c><00:20:34.680><c> number</c><00:20:34.839><c> of</c><00:20:34.980><c> the</c><00:20:35.099><c> other</c><00:20:35.279><c> apostles,</c><00:20:35.900><c> who</c><00:20:36.119><c> were</c>

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very<00:20:36.980><c> clever,</c>

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cleverly<00:20:37.880><c> used</c><00:20:38.059><c> this</c><00:20:38.440><c> word,</c><00:20:39.359><c> commandeered</c><00:20:39.819><c> this</c><00:20:40.200><c> word</c><00:20:40.400><c> to</c><00:20:40.660><c> be</c>

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used<00:20:41.160><c> in</c><00:20:41.440><c> Christian</c><00:20:41.759><c> thought.</c>

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Because<00:20:43.200><c> before</c><00:20:43.539><c> they</c><00:20:43.839><c> ever</c><00:20:44.099><c> used</c><00:20:44.339><c> it</c><00:20:44.539><c> to</c><00:20:44.839><c> describe</c><00:20:45.519><c> the</c><00:20:45.960><c> coming</c><00:20:46.160><c> of</c><00:20:46.420><c> Jesus,</c>

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it<00:20:47.440><c> already</c><00:20:47.839><c> had</c><00:20:48.460><c> two</c><00:20:48.940><c> different</c><00:20:49.380><c> meanings</c><00:20:49.859><c> in</c><00:20:50.299><c> non</c><00:20:50.660><c>-Christian</c><00:20:51.059><c> thought.</c>

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So<00:20:52.839><c> the</c><00:20:52.940><c> word</c><00:20:53.140><c> parousia,</c><00:20:54.380><c> before</c><00:20:54.700><c> this</c><00:20:54.980><c> time,</c>

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could<00:20:55.359><c> be</c><00:20:55.539><c> used</c><00:20:55.680><c> to</c><00:20:56.000><c> describe</c><00:20:56.279><c> the</c><00:20:56.599><c> mysterious</c><00:20:57.240><c> presence</c><00:20:57.859><c> of</c>

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a<00:20:58.400><c> god</c><00:20:58.759><c> or</c><00:20:59.119><c> a</c><00:20:59.319><c> divinity.</c>

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Particularly<00:21:00.960><c> when</c><00:21:01.180><c> the</c><00:21:01.460><c> power</c><00:21:01.839><c> of</c><00:21:02.079><c> that</c><00:21:02.319><c> god</c><00:21:02.579><c> or</c>

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divinity<00:21:03.039><c> is</c><00:21:03.339><c> revealed</c><00:21:03.740><c> within</c><00:21:04.039><c> an</c><00:21:04.299><c> act</c><00:21:04.480><c> of</c><00:21:04.799><c> healing.</c>

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And<00:21:05.559><c> people</c><00:21:05.759><c> suddenly</c><00:21:06.119><c> become</c><00:21:06.440><c> aware</c><00:21:06.940><c> of</c><00:21:07.119><c> a</c><00:21:07.319><c> divine</c><00:21:07.799><c> presence</c>

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because<00:21:09.400><c> of</c><00:21:09.759><c> miraculous</c><00:21:10.220><c> things</c><00:21:10.559><c> that</c><00:21:10.720><c> are</c><00:21:10.960><c> happening.</c>

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Parousia<00:21:13.900><c> could</c><00:21:14.160><c> also</c><00:21:14.559><c> be</c><00:21:14.839><c> used</c><00:21:15.019><c> to</c><00:21:15.460><c> describe</c><00:21:15.920><c> when</c><00:21:16.539><c> a</c><00:21:16.740><c> person</c>

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of<00:21:17.240><c> high</c><00:21:17.500><c> rank</c>

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came<00:21:18.180><c> to</c><00:21:18.519><c> visit</c><00:21:19.039><c> a</c><00:21:19.500><c> subject,</c><00:21:19.940><c> province,</c><00:21:20.380><c> or</c><00:21:20.680><c> state.</c>

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So<00:21:22.480><c> for</c><00:21:22.740><c> example,</c><00:21:23.200><c> it</c><00:21:23.220><c> could</c><00:21:23.319><c> be</c><00:21:23.400><c> used</c><00:21:23.519><c> to</c><00:21:23.720><c> describe</c><00:21:24.000><c> if</c><00:21:24.460><c> the</c>

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Roman<00:21:25.059><c> emperor</c><00:21:25.500><c> were</c><00:21:25.700><c> to</c>

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leave<00:21:26.319><c> the</c><00:21:26.599><c> capital</c><00:21:26.940><c> city</c><00:21:27.240><c> of</c><00:21:27.420><c> Rome</c><00:21:27.680><c> behind</c><00:21:28.079><c> and</c><00:21:28.440><c> go</c><00:21:28.599><c> to</c><00:21:28.779><c> visit</c><00:21:28.920><c> Corinth,</c>

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which<00:21:29.660><c> was</c><00:21:29.859><c> a</c><00:21:30.099><c> subject</c><00:21:30.339><c> state</c><00:21:30.779><c> of</c><00:21:30.940><c> the</c><00:21:31.059><c> Roman</c><00:21:31.240><c> Empire.</c>

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The<00:21:32.140><c> word</c><00:21:32.400><c> to</c><00:21:32.779><c> describe</c><00:21:33.140><c> that</c><00:21:33.960><c> would</c><00:21:34.559><c> be</c><00:21:34.779><c> parousia.</c>

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So<00:21:37.119><c> suppose</c><00:21:37.460><c> that</c><00:21:37.720><c> Paul</c><00:21:37.859><c> wanted</c><00:21:38.079><c> to</c><00:21:38.319><c> say</c><00:21:38.420><c> that</c><00:21:38.579><c> Jesus</c><00:21:38.940><c> was</c><00:21:39.339><c> near</c><00:21:39.579><c> in</c>

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spirit,<00:21:40.339><c> but</c>

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absent<00:21:40.799><c> in</c><00:21:41.119><c> body,</c><00:21:41.380><c> but</c><00:21:41.539><c> that</c><00:21:41.759><c> one</c><00:21:41.960><c> day</c><00:21:42.119><c> he</c><00:21:42.240><c> would</c><00:21:42.420><c> be</c><00:21:42.779><c> present</c>

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in<00:21:43.420><c> body,</c>

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with<00:21:43.960><c> the</c><00:21:44.299><c> whole</c><00:21:44.700><c> world</c><00:21:44.920><c> would</c><00:21:45.079><c> know</c><00:21:45.160><c> the</c><00:21:45.420><c> transforming</c><00:21:46.019><c> power</c><00:21:46.480><c> and</c>

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the<00:21:46.859><c> healing</c><00:21:47.099><c> power</c><00:21:47.539><c> of</c><00:21:47.759><c> that</c><00:21:48.019><c> presence.</c>

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Then<00:21:49.559><c> the</c><00:21:49.779><c> word</c><00:21:50.099><c> he</c><00:21:50.279><c> would</c><00:21:50.519><c> use</c><00:21:50.700><c> to</c><00:21:50.859><c> describe</c><00:21:51.200><c> that</c><00:21:51.480><c> would</c><00:21:51.700><c> be</c><00:21:51.920><c> parousia.</c>

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And<00:21:53.980><c> suppose</c><00:21:54.220><c> that</c><00:21:54.400><c> at</c><00:21:54.559><c> the</c><00:21:54.700><c> same</c><00:21:54.940><c> time,</c>

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he<00:21:55.279><c> wanted</c><00:21:55.480><c> to</c><00:21:55.680><c> say</c><00:21:55.799><c> that</c><00:21:56.019><c> Jesus</c><00:21:56.420><c> is</c><00:21:56.680><c> the</c><00:21:56.940><c> true</c><00:21:57.259><c> king</c><00:21:57.519><c> of</c><00:21:57.700><c> the</c>

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world,<00:21:58.160><c> and</c>

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that<00:21:58.500><c> one</c><00:21:58.759><c> day</c><00:21:59.140><c> he's</c><00:21:59.619><c> going</c><00:21:59.759><c> to</c><00:22:00.099><c> appear</c><00:22:00.380><c> and</c><00:22:00.740><c> rule</c><00:22:01.019><c> in</c><00:22:01.440><c> person</c>

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on<00:22:01.940><c> this</c><00:22:02.160><c> earth.</c>

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Which<00:22:03.599><c> is</c><00:22:03.839><c> but</c><00:22:04.000><c> the</c><00:22:04.200><c> footstool</c><00:22:04.640><c> of</c><00:22:04.859><c> God,</c><00:22:05.259><c> heaven</c><00:22:05.440><c> is</c><00:22:05.660><c> his</c><00:22:05.839><c> throne,</c>

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the<00:22:06.180><c> earth</c><00:22:06.339><c> is</c><00:22:06.539><c> his</c><00:22:06.779><c> footstool,</c><00:22:08.000><c> his</c><00:22:08.319><c> subject</c><00:22:08.759><c> state,</c><00:22:09.079><c> if</c><00:22:09.259><c> you</c><00:22:09.480><c> will.</c>

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Jesus<00:22:10.160><c> will</c><00:22:10.440><c> come,</c><00:22:10.859><c> the</c><00:22:10.980><c> true</c><00:22:11.220><c> king</c><00:22:11.359><c> of</c><00:22:11.519><c> the</c><00:22:11.660><c> world,</c><00:22:11.940><c> and</c>

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rule<00:22:12.220><c> in</c><00:22:12.519><c> person</c><00:22:12.720><c> with</c><00:22:13.000><c> all</c><00:22:13.279><c> of</c><00:22:13.400><c> the</c><00:22:13.680><c> consequences</c><00:22:14.019><c> that</c>

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would<00:22:14.440><c> result.</c>

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Then<00:22:15.980><c> once</c><00:22:16.279><c> again,</c><00:22:17.619><c> the</c><00:22:17.680><c> word</c><00:22:18.059><c> that</c><00:22:18.319><c> Paul</c><00:22:18.519><c> would</c><00:22:18.799><c> use</c><00:22:18.940><c> to</c><00:22:19.160><c> describe</c><00:22:19.440><c> that</c>

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would<00:22:19.960><c> be</c><00:22:20.240><c> parousia.</c>

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And<00:22:22.099><c> so</c><00:22:22.380><c> he</c><00:22:22.839><c> perfectly</c><00:22:23.240><c> encapsulates</c><00:22:23.940><c> the</c><00:22:24.240><c> meaning</c><00:22:24.440><c> of</c><00:22:24.599><c> the</c>

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coming<00:22:25.200><c> of</c><00:22:25.440><c> Jesus</c><00:22:25.759><c> and</c>

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the<00:22:26.099><c> importance</c><00:22:26.279><c> of</c><00:22:26.519><c> that</c><00:22:26.700><c> with</c><00:22:27.039><c> one</c><00:22:27.440><c> word.</c>

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And<00:22:29.279><c> I</c><00:22:29.380><c> want</c><00:22:29.420><c> you</c><00:22:29.519><c> to</c><00:22:29.619><c> come</c><00:22:29.720><c> with</c><00:22:29.900><c> me</c><00:22:30.039><c> now</c><00:22:30.359><c> to</c><00:22:30.819><c> Philippians</c><00:22:31.599><c> and</c>

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chapter<00:22:32.319><c> three.</c>

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And<00:22:33.259><c> the</c><00:22:33.359><c> apostle</c><00:22:33.619><c> Paul</c><00:22:33.900><c> so</c><00:22:34.440><c> beautifully</c><00:22:35.200><c> ties</c><00:22:36.279><c> the</c><00:22:36.799><c> threads</c>

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of<00:22:37.140><c> his</c><00:22:37.319><c> argument</c><00:22:37.579><c> together</c>

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throughout<00:22:38.559><c> many</c><00:22:38.980><c> of</c><00:22:39.220><c> his</c><00:22:39.460><c> writings,</c><00:22:39.759><c> and</c><00:22:39.900><c> this</c><00:22:40.079><c> is</c><00:22:40.200><c> just</c><00:22:40.500><c> another</c><00:22:40.819><c> example</c><00:22:41.319><c> of</c><00:22:41.579><c> that.</c>

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In<00:22:42.579><c> Philippians</c><00:22:43.000><c> chapter</c><00:22:43.440><c> three,</c><00:22:45.140><c> and</c><00:22:45.240><c> I'm</c><00:22:45.400><c> going</c><00:22:45.460><c> to</c><00:22:45.599><c> start</c>

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reading<00:22:45.920><c> to</c><00:22:46.119><c> you</c><00:22:46.200><c> from</c><00:22:46.380><c> verse</c><00:22:46.619><c> 17.</c>

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And<00:22:49.140><c> Paul</c><00:22:49.339><c> wrote,</c><00:22:50.299><c> Philippians</c><00:22:50.759><c> chapter</c><00:22:51.059><c> three,</c><00:22:51.380><c> starting</c>

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at<00:22:51.799><c> verse</c><00:22:51.960><c> 17.</c>

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Brothers,<00:22:54.019><c> join</c><00:22:54.380><c> in</c><00:22:54.680><c> imitating</c><00:22:55.039><c> me</c><00:22:55.380><c> and</c>

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keep<00:22:55.759><c> your</c><00:22:56.019><c> eyes</c><00:22:56.200><c> on</c><00:22:56.380><c> those</c><00:22:56.680><c> who</c><00:22:56.940><c> walk</c><00:22:57.119><c> according</c><00:22:57.440><c> to</c><00:22:57.619><c> the</c><00:22:57.839><c> example</c><00:22:58.160><c> you</c>

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have<00:22:58.640><c> in</c><00:22:58.960><c> us.</c>

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For<00:23:00.400><c> many,</c><00:23:01.420><c> of</c><00:23:01.579><c> whom</c><00:23:01.680><c> I</c><00:23:01.839><c> have</c><00:23:02.059><c> often</c><00:23:02.339><c> told</c><00:23:02.700><c> you</c><00:23:02.900><c> and</c><00:23:03.099><c> tell</c><00:23:03.279><c> you</c>

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now,<00:23:04.339><c> even</c><00:23:04.680><c> with</c><00:23:05.160><c> tears,</c>

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walk<00:23:06.440><c> as</c><00:23:06.799><c> enemies</c><00:23:07.079><c> of</c><00:23:07.259><c> the</c><00:23:07.500><c> cross</c><00:23:07.720><c> of</c><00:23:07.940><c> Christ.</c>

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Their<00:23:08.619><c> end</c><00:23:08.779><c> is</c><00:23:08.980><c> destruction,</c><00:23:09.539><c> their</c><00:23:09.720><c> God</c><00:23:09.880><c> is</c><00:23:10.039><c> their</c><00:23:10.299><c> belly,</c><00:23:10.559><c> and</c>

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their<00:23:11.059><c> glory</c><00:23:11.059><c> and</c><00:23:11.200><c> their</c><00:23:11.480><c> shame</c><00:23:11.819><c> with</c><00:23:12.240><c> minds</c><00:23:12.700><c> set</c><00:23:12.920><c> on</c><00:23:13.220><c> earthly</c><00:23:13.539><c> things.</c>

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But<00:23:15.019><c> our</c><00:23:16.160><c> citizenship</c><00:23:16.759><c> is</c><00:23:17.359><c> in</c><00:23:18.099><c> heaven,</c><00:23:18.799><c> and</c><00:23:18.960><c> from</c><00:23:19.160><c> it</c><00:23:19.319><c> we</c><00:23:19.500><c> await</c><00:23:19.660><c> a</c><00:23:19.900><c> savior,</c>

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the<00:23:20.339><c> Lord</c><00:23:20.559><c> Jesus</c><00:23:20.880><c> Christ,</c><00:23:21.339><c> who</c><00:23:21.420><c> will</c><00:23:21.759><c> transform</c><00:23:22.640><c> our</c><00:23:23.180><c> lowly</c>

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body<00:23:23.759><c> to</c><00:23:23.940><c> be</c><00:23:24.099><c> like</c><00:23:24.259><c> his</c><00:23:24.559><c> glorious</c><00:23:24.980><c> body</c>

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by<00:23:25.740><c> the</c><00:23:26.000><c> power</c><00:23:26.440><c> that</c><00:23:26.740><c> enables</c><00:23:27.059><c> him</c><00:23:27.400><c> even</c><00:23:27.720><c> to</c><00:23:28.019><c> subject</c><00:23:28.420><c> all</c><00:23:29.240><c> things</c><00:23:29.599><c> to</c><00:23:29.859><c> himself.</c>

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And<00:23:31.799><c> Paul</c><00:23:31.960><c> said,</c><00:23:32.339><c> our</c><00:23:32.559><c> citizenship</c><00:23:33.200><c> is</c><00:23:33.680><c> in</c><00:23:33.940><c> heaven,</c>

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because<00:23:35.539><c> we</c><00:23:35.920><c> believe</c><00:23:36.200><c> that</c><00:23:36.839><c> our</c><00:23:37.119><c> king</c><00:23:37.480><c> is</c><00:23:37.839><c> currently</c><00:23:38.299><c> in</c><00:23:38.839><c> heaven.</c>

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That<00:23:39.579><c> is</c><00:23:39.819><c> the</c><00:23:40.079><c> capital</c><00:23:40.460><c> city</c><00:23:40.740><c> of</c><00:23:41.000><c> God.</c>

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If<00:23:43.140><c> you</c><00:23:43.299><c> were</c><00:23:43.380><c> to</c><00:23:43.559><c> ask</c><00:23:43.720><c> a</c><00:23:43.940><c> Roman</c><00:23:44.319><c> citizen</c><00:23:44.940><c> living</c><00:23:45.359><c> in</c><00:23:45.740><c> Corinth,</c>

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are<00:23:46.339><c> you</c><00:23:46.599><c> a</c><00:23:46.759><c> citizen</c><00:23:47.019><c> of</c><00:23:47.319><c> Corinth?</c>

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They'd<00:23:48.119><c> say,</c><00:23:48.400><c> no,</c><00:23:48.859><c> I'm</c><00:23:49.140><c> a</c><00:23:49.319><c> citizen</c><00:23:49.619><c> of</c><00:23:49.920><c> Rome.</c>

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And<00:23:51.819><c> if</c><00:23:51.940><c> you</c><00:23:52.079><c> were</c><00:23:52.160><c> to</c><00:23:52.359><c> ask</c><00:23:52.559><c> a</c><00:23:52.859><c> follower</c><00:23:53.200><c> of</c><00:23:53.440><c> Christ,</c><00:23:54.000><c> are</c><00:23:54.140><c> you</c>

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a<00:23:54.500><c> citizen</c><00:23:54.720><c> of</c><00:23:55.019><c> Canada</c><00:23:55.299><c> or</c>

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the<00:23:55.960><c> United</c><00:23:56.240><c> States</c><00:23:56.579><c> or</c><00:23:56.740><c> wherever</c><00:23:56.940><c> you</c><00:23:57.200><c> happen</c><00:23:57.420><c> to</c><00:23:57.700><c> live?</c>

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The<00:23:59.299><c> answer</c><00:23:59.559><c> should</c><00:23:59.759><c> be</c><00:24:00.019><c> no,</c><00:24:01.200><c> I'm</c><00:24:01.920><c> a</c><00:24:02.079><c> citizen</c><00:24:02.279><c> of</c><00:24:02.559><c> heaven.</c>

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That's<00:24:04.019><c> where</c><00:24:04.180><c> my</c><00:24:04.440><c> king</c><00:24:04.700><c> lives,</c><00:24:05.240><c> and</c><00:24:05.500><c> one</c><00:24:05.779><c> day</c><00:24:06.000><c> he's</c><00:24:06.259><c> going</c><00:24:06.380><c> to</c>

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leave<00:24:06.859><c> that</c><00:24:07.319><c> capital</c><00:24:07.619><c> city</c><00:24:07.859><c> of</c>

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God<00:24:08.240><c> and</c><00:24:08.460><c> come</c><00:24:08.680><c> to</c><00:24:08.900><c> earth</c><00:24:09.180><c> to</c><00:24:09.519><c> reign.</c>

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You<00:24:12.460><c> see</c><00:24:12.640><c> how</c><00:24:12.940><c> Paul</c><00:24:13.240><c> has</c><00:24:13.819><c> woven</c><00:24:14.140><c> this</c><00:24:14.519><c> thread</c><00:24:14.799><c> into</c><00:24:15.859><c> his</c><00:24:16.180><c> message</c><00:24:16.420><c> to</c>

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the<00:24:16.779><c> Philippians</c><00:24:17.279><c> now.</c>

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And<00:24:20.160><c> in</c><00:24:20.339><c> Revelation</c><00:24:20.660><c> chapter</c><00:24:20.980><c> 21,</c><00:24:21.339><c> we</c><00:24:21.420><c> won't</c><00:24:21.619><c> turn</c><00:24:21.839><c> there,</c><00:24:22.000><c> but</c><00:24:22.079><c> in</c>

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the<00:24:22.339><c> first</c><00:24:22.539><c> four</c><00:24:22.740><c> verses,</c>

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we<00:24:23.160><c> have</c><00:24:23.299><c> this</c><00:24:23.519><c> beautiful</c><00:24:24.079><c> picture</c><00:24:24.700><c> painted</c><00:24:25.799><c> in</c><00:24:26.019><c> symbolic</c><00:24:26.500><c> language</c><00:24:26.940><c> of</c>

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New<00:24:27.819><c> Jerusalem</c>

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And<00:24:32.460><c> a</c><00:24:32.640><c> voice</c><00:24:33.200><c> says</c><00:24:33.980><c> in</c><00:24:34.700><c> wonderment,</c><00:24:35.299><c> now</c><00:24:35.539><c> God</c><00:24:35.960><c> is</c><00:24:36.259><c> dwelling</c>

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with<00:24:36.880><c> mankind.</c>

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It's<00:24:37.900><c> as</c><00:24:38.019><c> if</c><00:24:38.299><c> earth</c><00:24:38.680><c> and</c><00:24:38.900><c> heaven</c><00:24:39.160><c> are</c><00:24:39.339><c> going</c><00:24:39.440><c> to</c><00:24:39.599><c> be</c><00:24:39.859><c> joined</c><00:24:40.119><c> together</c><00:24:40.640><c> in</c>

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that<00:24:41.140><c> moment,</c><00:24:41.400><c> and</c>

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nothing<00:24:41.920><c> will</c><00:24:42.200><c> ever</c><00:24:42.480><c> be</c><00:24:42.980><c> the</c><00:24:43.299><c> same.</c>

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Now<00:24:47.099><c> I'm</c><00:24:47.220><c> gonna</c><00:24:47.539><c> turn,</c><00:24:48.039><c> and</c><00:24:48.140><c> I'd</c><00:24:48.380><c> ask</c><00:24:48.500><c> you</c><00:24:48.640><c> to</c><00:24:48.779><c> turn</c><00:24:48.920><c> with</c><00:24:49.180><c> me</c>

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to<00:24:49.799><c> Romans</c><00:24:50.180><c> chapter</c><00:24:50.599><c> 8.</c>

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Which<00:24:54.460><c> is</c><00:24:54.680><c> probably</c><00:24:54.920><c> my</c><00:24:55.160><c> favorite</c><00:24:55.400><c> chapter</c><00:24:55.759><c> in</c><00:24:55.920><c> the</c><00:24:56.059><c> Bible,</c><00:24:56.799><c> and</c>

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I'm<00:24:57.279><c> gonna</c><00:24:57.380><c> read</c><00:24:57.579><c> to</c><00:24:57.720><c> you</c><00:24:57.839><c> starting</c><00:24:58.079><c> from</c><00:24:58.319><c> verse</c><00:24:58.579><c> 18.</c>

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This<00:24:59.420><c> is</c><00:24:59.640><c> probably</c><00:24:59.900><c> my</c><00:25:00.099><c> favorite</c><00:25:00.359><c> passage</c><00:25:00.779><c> in</c><00:25:00.960><c> the</c><00:25:01.099><c> Bible.</c>

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And<00:25:05.660><c> Paul</c><00:25:05.960><c> wrote</c><00:25:06.279><c> that,</c><00:25:08.000><c> I</c><00:25:08.000><c> consider</c><00:25:08.359><c> the</c><00:25:08.599><c> sufferings</c><00:25:09.039><c> of</c>

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this<00:25:09.400><c> present</c><00:25:09.640><c> time</c>

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are<00:25:10.759><c> not</c><00:25:10.980><c> worth</c><00:25:11.160><c> comparing</c><00:25:11.700><c> with</c><00:25:11.980><c> the</c><00:25:12.299><c> glory</c><00:25:12.640><c> that</c><00:25:12.819><c> is</c><00:25:13.000><c> to</c><00:25:13.140><c> be</c>

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revealed<00:25:13.660><c> to</c><00:25:13.940><c> us.</c>

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For<00:25:15.200><c> the</c><00:25:15.400><c> creation</c><00:25:15.680><c> waits</c><00:25:15.900><c> with</c><00:25:16.180><c> eager</c><00:25:16.539><c> longing</c><00:25:16.920><c> for</c><00:25:17.160><c> the</c><00:25:17.500><c> revealing</c><00:25:17.920><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:18.640><c> sons</c><00:25:19.319><c> of</c><00:25:19.660><c> God.</c>

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The<00:25:20.400><c> creation</c><00:25:20.839><c> was</c><00:25:21.000><c> subjected</c><00:25:21.400><c> to</c><00:25:21.680><c> futility,</c><00:25:22.480><c> not</c><00:25:22.619><c> willingly,</c><00:25:23.400><c> but</c>

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because<00:25:24.160><c> of</c><00:25:24.380><c> him</c><00:25:24.640><c> who</c><00:25:25.079><c> subjected</c><00:25:25.539><c> it</c><00:25:25.859><c> in</c><00:25:26.200><c> hope</c><00:25:26.519><c> that</c><00:25:26.839><c> the</c><00:25:27.079><c> creation</c><00:25:27.339><c> itself</c><00:25:27.720><c> will</c>

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be<00:25:28.220><c> set</c><00:25:28.400><c> free</c>

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from<00:25:28.960><c> its</c><00:25:29.220><c> bondage</c><00:25:29.660><c> to</c><00:25:29.880><c> corruption</c><00:25:30.279><c> and</c><00:25:30.720><c> obtain</c><00:25:30.960><c> the</c><00:25:31.259><c> freedom</c>

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of<00:25:31.619><c> the</c><00:25:31.819><c> glory</c><00:25:32.039><c> of</c><00:25:32.200><c> the</c><00:25:32.420><c> children</c>

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of<00:25:32.940><c> God,</c><00:25:34.460><c> for</c><00:25:34.599><c> we</c><00:25:34.920><c> know</c><00:25:35.119><c> that</c><00:25:35.339><c> the</c><00:25:35.539><c> whole</c><00:25:35.819><c> creation</c><00:25:36.279><c> has</c><00:25:36.500><c> been</c>

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groaning<00:25:37.019><c> together</c><00:25:37.400><c> in</c>

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the<00:25:37.799><c> pains</c><00:25:38.019><c> of</c><00:25:38.420><c> childbirth</c><00:25:38.960><c> until</c><00:25:39.339><c> now.</c>

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And<00:25:41.700><c> not</c><00:25:41.880><c> only</c><00:25:42.039><c> the</c><00:25:42.299><c> creation,</c><00:25:42.819><c> but</c><00:25:42.900><c> we</c><00:25:43.200><c> ourselves</c><00:25:43.819><c> who</c><00:25:44.319><c> have</c>

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the<00:25:44.680><c> first</c><00:25:44.920><c> fruits</c><00:25:45.079><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:45.480><c> spirit</c><00:25:45.700><c> grown</c><00:25:46.160><c> inwardly</c><00:25:46.900><c> as</c><00:25:47.220><c> we</c><00:25:47.400><c> wait</c><00:25:47.519><c> eagerly</c><00:25:48.079><c> for</c><00:25:48.319><c> adoption</c><00:25:48.799><c> as</c><00:25:49.180><c> sons,</c>

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the<00:25:50.019><c> redemption</c><00:25:50.460><c> of</c><00:25:50.799><c> our</c><00:25:51.140><c> bodies.</c>

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And<00:25:52.779><c> Paul</c><00:25:52.960><c> says</c><00:25:53.180><c> it's</c><00:25:53.339><c> as</c><00:25:53.440><c> if</c><00:25:53.640><c> all</c><00:25:53.940><c> of</c><00:25:54.200><c> creation,</c>

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that<00:25:54.680><c> word</c><00:25:54.819><c> creation</c><00:25:55.140><c> doesn't</c><00:25:55.380><c> just</c><00:25:55.619><c> mean</c><00:25:55.740><c> the</c><00:25:55.980><c> earth,</c><00:25:56.200><c> it</c>

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means<00:25:56.460><c> the</c><00:25:56.740><c> cosmos,</c>

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it<00:25:57.240><c> means</c><00:25:57.480><c> the</c><00:25:57.759><c> universe.</c>

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All<00:25:58.779><c> things</c><00:25:59.019><c> that</c><00:25:59.119><c> have</c><00:25:59.259><c> been</c><00:25:59.480><c> created,</c><00:26:00.240><c> it's</c><00:26:00.339><c> as</c><00:26:00.480><c> if</c><00:26:00.579><c> they've</c>

00:26:00.839 --> 00:26:02.000
just<00:26:01.039><c> been</c><00:26:01.299><c> waiting</c><00:26:01.619><c> for</c>

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:05.920
that<00:26:02.299><c> moment</c><00:26:02.660><c> when</c><00:26:03.019><c> heaven</c><00:26:03.500><c> will</c><00:26:04.099><c> join</c><00:26:04.440><c> with</c><00:26:04.759><c> earth,</c><00:26:05.140><c> when</c><00:26:05.319><c> nothing</c><00:26:05.599><c> will</c><00:26:05.759><c> be</c>

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the<00:26:06.099><c> same</c><00:26:06.240><c> again.</c>

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When<00:26:10.220><c> the</c><00:26:10.539><c> corruptible</c><00:26:10.920><c> will</c><00:26:11.160><c> pass</c><00:26:11.519><c> away.</c>

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:16.099
And<00:26:13.920><c> all</c><00:26:14.140><c> creation,</c><00:26:14.500><c> he</c><00:26:14.700><c> says,</c><00:26:14.900><c> is</c><00:26:15.140><c> eagerly</c><00:26:15.680><c> waiting</c><00:26:15.799><c> for</c>

00:26:16.099 --> 00:26:20.140
that<00:26:16.339><c> moment,</c><00:26:17.519><c> when</c><00:26:17.660><c> the</c><00:26:17.900><c> whole</c><00:26:18.200><c> universe</c><00:26:18.640><c> will</c><00:26:18.880><c> be</c><00:26:19.140><c> changed.</c>

00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:26.319
And<00:26:21.460><c> did</c><00:26:21.660><c> you</c><00:26:21.859><c> notice</c><00:26:23.720><c> in</c><00:26:23.960><c> verse</c><00:26:24.259><c> 22</c><00:26:24.759><c> that</c><00:26:25.019><c> he</c><00:26:25.299><c> compares</c><00:26:25.880><c> it</c><00:26:26.200><c> to</c>

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the<00:26:26.500><c> pains</c><00:26:26.720><c> of</c><00:26:27.099><c> childbirth?</c>

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He<00:26:28.680><c> says,</c><00:26:28.960><c> this</c><00:26:29.039><c> is</c><00:26:29.240><c> what</c><00:26:29.339><c> it's</c><00:26:29.619><c> like,</c><00:26:30.380><c> our</c><00:26:30.579><c> existence</c><00:26:31.000><c> now</c><00:26:31.519><c> compared</c><00:26:31.859><c> to</c>

00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:33.160
what<00:26:32.480><c> it</c><00:26:32.740><c> will</c><00:26:32.900><c> be</c>

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like<00:26:33.400><c> after</c><00:26:33.700><c> that</c><00:26:34.039><c> moment,</c><00:26:34.640><c> in</c><00:26:34.900><c> that</c><00:26:35.200><c> future</c><00:26:35.539><c> era,</c><00:26:36.180><c> in</c><00:26:36.400><c> the</c>

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kingdom<00:26:36.839><c> age,</c>

00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:39.220
he<00:26:37.220><c> says</c><00:26:37.359><c> it's</c><00:26:37.619><c> like</c><00:26:37.859><c> childbirth.</c>

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And<00:26:41.799><c> along</c><00:26:42.319><c> with</c><00:26:42.759><c> many</c><00:26:43.039><c> of</c><00:26:43.180><c> you</c><00:26:43.259><c> in</c><00:26:43.380><c> the</c><00:26:43.539><c> audience</c><00:26:43.819><c> today,</c><00:26:44.259><c> I</c>

00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:44.819
can<00:26:44.619><c> say,</c>

00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:48.599
I'll<00:26:45.579><c> never</c><00:26:45.819><c> know</c><00:26:46.000><c> what</c><00:26:46.140><c> it's</c><00:26:46.420><c> like</c><00:26:46.559><c> to</c><00:26:46.819><c> experience</c><00:26:47.220><c> childbirth,</c><00:26:48.019><c> but</c>

00:26:48.599 --> 00:26:51.599
I<00:26:49.200><c> have</c><00:26:49.339><c> had</c><00:26:50.059><c> a</c><00:26:50.380><c> front</c><00:26:50.519><c> row</c><00:26:50.740><c> seat.</c>

00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:54.140
And<00:26:52.480><c> he</c><00:26:52.599><c> said,</c><00:26:52.700><c> this</c><00:26:52.880><c> is</c><00:26:53.039><c> what</c><00:26:53.119><c> it's</c><00:26:53.400><c> like.</c>

00:26:55.460 --> 00:27:02.339
The<00:26:55.980><c> woman</c><00:26:56.180><c> is</c><00:26:56.380><c> having</c><00:26:56.500><c> her</c><00:26:56.740><c> first</c><00:26:57.039><c> child,</c><00:26:58.559><c> and</c><00:26:59.819><c> the</c><00:27:00.059><c> pain</c><00:27:00.579><c> is</c><00:27:01.799><c> exquisite.</c>

00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:05.140
It's<00:27:02.740><c> like</c><00:27:03.019><c> nothing</c><00:27:03.420><c> she's</c><00:27:03.799><c> ever</c><00:27:04.019><c> felt.</c>

00:27:06.180 --> 00:27:10.740
And<00:27:06.440><c> she</c><00:27:06.559><c> thinks</c><00:27:06.740><c> it</c><00:27:06.900><c> can't</c><00:27:07.160><c> get</c><00:27:07.359><c> worse,</c><00:27:09.079><c> but</c><00:27:09.200><c> it</c><00:27:09.319><c> gets</c><00:27:09.539><c> worse,</c>

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:12.980
and<00:27:11.339><c> it</c><00:27:11.440><c> gets</c><00:27:11.640><c> worse.</c>

00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:16.839
And<00:27:14.180><c> the</c><00:27:14.380><c> seconds</c><00:27:14.640><c> feel</c><00:27:14.920><c> like</c><00:27:15.180><c> minutes,</c><00:27:16.319><c> and</c><00:27:16.440><c> the</c><00:27:16.599><c> minutes</c>

00:27:16.839 --> 00:27:17.920
feel<00:27:17.160><c> like</c><00:27:17.380><c> hours.</c>

00:27:18.140 --> 00:27:22.819
And<00:27:18.400><c> she</c><00:27:18.559><c> thinks</c><00:27:18.740><c> it's</c><00:27:19.099><c> never</c><00:27:19.279><c> gonna</c><00:27:19.500><c> end,</c><00:27:22.160><c> until</c><00:27:22.319><c> the</c><00:27:22.559><c> moment</c>

00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:23.460
when<00:27:23.059><c> the</c><00:27:23.259><c> child</c>

00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:28.180
is<00:27:23.680><c> born,</c><00:27:26.279><c> and</c><00:27:26.400><c> she</c><00:27:26.660><c> never</c><00:27:27.019><c> could</c><00:27:27.140><c> have</c><00:27:27.380><c> prepared</c><00:27:27.779><c> herself</c>

00:27:28.180 --> 00:27:29.420
for<00:27:28.359><c> that</c><00:27:28.519><c> moment.</c>

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It's<00:27:31.099><c> like</c><00:27:31.339><c> nothing</c><00:27:31.619><c> she's</c><00:27:31.880><c> ever</c><00:27:32.119><c> experienced.</c>

00:27:33.859 --> 00:27:36.920
And<00:27:34.019><c> if</c><00:27:34.119><c> you</c><00:27:34.220><c> were</c><00:27:34.359><c> to</c><00:27:34.500><c> ask</c><00:27:34.700><c> her</c><00:27:34.839><c> in</c><00:27:35.000><c> that</c><00:27:35.180><c> moment,</c><00:27:36.720><c> would</c><00:27:36.779><c> you</c>

00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:38.200
go<00:27:37.160><c> through</c><00:27:37.339><c> it</c><00:27:37.539><c> all</c><00:27:37.759><c> again,</c>

00:27:38.440 --> 00:27:40.819
all<00:27:38.720><c> of</c><00:27:38.839><c> the</c><00:27:39.039><c> pain,</c><00:27:39.460><c> for</c><00:27:39.640><c> all</c><00:27:39.839><c> of</c><00:27:39.960><c> that</c><00:27:40.220><c> time?</c>

00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:48.059
She'd<00:27:41.680><c> say,</c><00:27:43.180><c> in</c><00:27:43.359><c> a</c><00:27:43.539><c> heartbeat,</c><00:27:45.279><c> no</c><00:27:45.539><c> question,</c><00:27:47.299><c> every</c><00:27:47.720><c> second</c>

00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:49.480
of<00:27:48.240><c> it</c><00:27:48.440><c> was</c><00:27:48.700><c> worth</c><00:27:48.980><c> it.</c>

00:27:49.619 --> 00:27:53.119
And<00:27:49.960><c> in</c><00:27:50.220><c> that</c><00:27:50.519><c> day,</c><00:27:51.000><c> in</c><00:27:51.240><c> that</c><00:27:51.539><c> kingdom,</c><00:27:52.019><c> if</c><00:27:52.180><c> you</c><00:27:52.299><c> were</c><00:27:52.440><c> to</c><00:27:52.599><c> ask</c><00:27:52.819><c> us,</c>

00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:57.140
would<00:27:53.319><c> you</c><00:27:53.420><c> go</c><00:27:53.640><c> through</c><00:27:53.819><c> it</c><00:27:54.119><c> all</c><00:27:54.339><c> again,</c><00:27:54.960><c> that</c><00:27:55.119><c> feeling</c><00:27:55.380><c> of</c><00:27:55.759><c> powerlessness,</c><00:27:56.519><c> of</c><00:27:56.799><c> emptiness,</c>

00:27:57.500 --> 00:28:01.039
the<00:27:57.839><c> pain,</c><00:27:58.480><c> watching</c><00:27:58.779><c> our</c><00:27:59.059><c> loved</c><00:27:59.240><c> ones</c><00:27:59.519><c> die?</c>

00:28:02.400 --> 00:28:07.180
We'd<00:28:02.960><c> say</c><00:28:03.059><c> in</c><00:28:03.220><c> a</c><00:28:03.319><c> heartbeat,</c><00:28:06.039><c> we</c><00:28:06.180><c> could</c><00:28:06.440><c> not</c><00:28:06.599><c> have</c><00:28:06.859><c> prepared</c>

00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:08.980
ourselves<00:28:07.660><c> for</c><00:28:07.900><c> that</c><00:28:08.059><c> moment.</c>

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It<00:28:10.200><c> would</c><00:28:10.339><c> be</c><00:28:10.519><c> better</c><00:28:10.940><c> than</c><00:28:11.200><c> we</c><00:28:11.420><c> could</c><00:28:11.519><c> have</c><00:28:11.819><c> ever</c><00:28:12.119><c> imagined.</c>

00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:23.319
And<00:28:18.039><c> in</c><00:28:18.180><c> verse</c><00:28:18.420><c> 28</c><00:28:19.700><c> of</c><00:28:20.559><c> 1</c><00:28:20.819><c> Corinthians</c><00:28:21.559><c> chapter</c><00:28:22.039><c> 15,</c><00:28:22.759><c> which</c><00:28:23.059><c> I</c>

00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:24.980
won't<00:28:23.500><c> turn</c><00:28:23.759><c> to</c><00:28:23.960><c> right</c><00:28:24.220><c> now.</c>

00:28:25.099 --> 00:28:29.460
It<00:28:25.299><c> says</c><00:28:25.440><c> that</c><00:28:25.619><c> in</c><00:28:25.720><c> that</c><00:28:26.000><c> time,</c><00:28:26.240><c> God</c><00:28:26.519><c> will</c><00:28:26.700><c> be</c><00:28:26.940><c> all</c><00:28:27.859><c> in</c><00:28:28.440><c> all.</c>

00:28:30.359 --> 00:28:33.180
And<00:28:30.480><c> it's</c><00:28:30.640><c> as</c><00:28:30.779><c> though</c><00:28:30.980><c> the</c><00:28:31.259><c> entire</c><00:28:31.700><c> universe</c><00:28:32.119><c> was</c><00:28:32.420><c> designed</c><00:28:32.799><c> as</c><00:28:33.059><c> a</c>

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receptacle<00:28:33.700><c> for</c>

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God's<00:28:34.579><c> love,</c><00:28:35.019><c> and</c><00:28:35.200><c> when</c><00:28:35.359><c> the</c><00:28:35.559><c> time</c><00:28:35.720><c> is</c><00:28:35.940><c> right,</c><00:28:36.079><c> he</c><00:28:36.200><c> will</c><00:28:36.400><c> come</c>

00:28:36.680 --> 00:28:37.640
and<00:28:37.000><c> fill</c><00:28:37.220><c> all</c><00:28:37.500><c> of</c><00:28:37.579><c> it.</c>

00:28:37.640 --> 00:28:40.299
All<00:28:37.839><c> of</c><00:28:38.019><c> that</c><00:28:38.240><c> emptiness</c><00:28:38.539><c> that</c><00:28:38.779><c> we</c><00:28:39.000><c> see</c><00:28:39.140><c> out</c><00:28:39.420><c> there</c><00:28:39.640><c> in</c><00:28:39.960><c> space,</c>

00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:41.740
we<00:28:40.720><c> wonder</c><00:28:40.940><c> why</c><00:28:41.180><c> it's</c><00:28:41.460><c> empty.</c>

00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:44.240
It<00:28:42.119><c> was</c><00:28:42.380><c> designed</c><00:28:42.819><c> with</c><00:28:43.079><c> a</c><00:28:43.259><c> purpose.</c>

00:28:44.640 --> 00:28:48.000
It<00:28:44.740><c> will</c><00:28:44.920><c> be</c><00:28:45.200><c> filled,</c><00:28:46.119><c> and</c><00:28:46.160><c> it</c><00:28:46.240><c> will</c><00:28:46.440><c> be</c><00:28:46.720><c> transformed.</c>

00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:51.720
And<00:28:49.079><c> the</c><00:28:49.220><c> Apostle</c><00:28:49.599><c> John</c><00:28:49.880><c> wrote</c><00:28:50.160><c> in</c><00:28:50.319><c> 1</c><00:28:50.579><c> John</c><00:28:50.799><c> chapter</c><00:28:51.140><c> 3</c><00:28:51.420><c> in</c><00:28:51.559><c> the</c>

00:28:51.720 --> 00:28:52.539
first<00:28:51.940><c> three</c><00:28:52.200><c> verses,</c>

00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:55.460
he<00:28:52.759><c> said,</c><00:28:53.200><c> see</c><00:28:53.200><c> what</c><00:28:53.460><c> kind</c><00:28:53.759><c> of</c><00:28:54.019><c> love</c><00:28:54.359><c> the</c><00:28:54.779><c> Father</c><00:28:55.019><c> has</c><00:28:55.299><c> given</c>

00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:56.180
to<00:28:55.740><c> us,</c>

00:28:56.440 --> 00:28:59.920
that<00:28:56.559><c> we</c><00:28:56.740><c> should</c><00:28:56.859><c> be</c><00:28:57.140><c> called</c><00:28:57.339><c> the</c><00:28:57.660><c> children</c><00:28:58.039><c> of</c><00:28:58.220><c> God,</c><00:28:59.359><c> and</c><00:28:59.720><c> so</c>

00:28:59.920 --> 00:29:01.079
we<00:29:00.140><c> are.</c>

00:29:01.160 --> 00:29:03.339
The<00:29:01.359><c> reason</c><00:29:01.579><c> why</c><00:29:01.799><c> the</c><00:29:01.960><c> world</c><00:29:02.160><c> does</c><00:29:02.440><c> not</c><00:29:02.640><c> know</c><00:29:02.779><c> us</c><00:29:02.980><c> is</c><00:29:03.099><c> that</c><00:29:03.180><c> it</c>

00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:04.960
did<00:29:03.539><c> not</c><00:29:03.779><c> know</c><00:29:03.960><c> him.</c>

00:29:05.059 --> 00:29:08.339
Beloved,<00:29:05.460><c> we</c><00:29:05.599><c> are</c><00:29:05.700><c> God's</c><00:29:06.099><c> children</c><00:29:06.400><c> now,</c><00:29:07.500><c> and</c><00:29:07.700><c> what</c><00:29:07.920><c> we</c><00:29:08.119><c> will</c>

00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:10.119
be<00:29:08.880><c> has</c><00:29:09.339><c> not</c><00:29:09.559><c> yet</c><00:29:09.740><c> appeared,</c>

00:29:10.119 --> 00:29:15.460
but<00:29:10.400><c> we</c><00:29:10.720><c> know</c><00:29:11.359><c> that</c><00:29:11.720><c> when</c><00:29:11.920><c> he</c><00:29:12.200><c> appears,</c><00:29:13.819><c> we</c><00:29:14.000><c> shall</c><00:29:14.220><c> be</c><00:29:14.460><c> like</c><00:29:14.680><c> him.</c>

00:29:16.059 --> 00:29:19.500
Because<00:29:16.539><c> we</c><00:29:16.799><c> shall</c><00:29:16.980><c> see</c><00:29:17.259><c> him</c><00:29:17.519><c> as</c><00:29:17.839><c> he</c><00:29:18.079><c> is,</c><00:29:19.319><c> and</c>

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:23.920
everyone<00:29:19.880><c> who</c><00:29:20.079><c> thus</c><00:29:20.359><c> hopes</c><00:29:20.660><c> in</c><00:29:21.019><c> him</c><00:29:21.599><c> purifies</c><00:29:22.539><c> himself</c><00:29:23.220><c> as</c><00:29:23.720><c> he</c>

00:29:23.920 --> 00:29:25.099
is<00:29:24.259><c> pure.</c>

00:29:25.859 --> 00:29:28.539
He<00:29:26.160><c> said,</c><00:29:26.279><c> we</c><00:29:26.400><c> cannot</c><00:29:26.740><c> comprehend</c><00:29:27.299><c> what</c><00:29:27.480><c> it</c><00:29:27.619><c> will</c><00:29:27.740><c> be</c><00:29:27.980><c> like</c><00:29:28.160><c> when</c><00:29:28.339><c> we</c>

00:29:28.539 --> 00:29:29.900
are<00:29:28.759><c> transformed</c><00:29:29.220><c> to</c><00:29:29.460><c> be</c><00:29:29.640><c> like</c>

00:29:29.900 --> 00:29:33.359
our<00:29:30.200><c> Lord,</c><00:29:30.819><c> but</c><00:29:31.059><c> know</c><00:29:31.240><c> that</c><00:29:31.420><c> we</c><00:29:31.680><c> will</c><00:29:31.900><c> be</c><00:29:32.160><c> like</c><00:29:32.380><c> him.</c>

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And<00:29:33.940><c> this</c><00:29:34.160><c> is</c><00:29:34.400><c> our</c><00:29:34.619><c> hope,</c><00:29:35.460><c> and</c><00:29:35.819><c> we</c><00:29:35.940><c> will</c><00:29:36.160><c> see</c><00:29:36.380><c> him</c><00:29:36.660><c> as</c><00:29:36.940><c> he</c><00:29:37.220><c> is.</c>

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I<00:29:40.680><c> wouldn't</c><00:29:40.940><c> want</c><00:29:41.299><c> that</c><00:29:41.519><c> future</c><00:29:41.740><c> to</c><00:29:41.900><c> be</c><00:29:42.039><c> anything</c><00:29:42.400><c> like</c><00:29:42.700><c> the</c>

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world<00:29:43.059><c> that</c><00:29:43.259><c> we</c><00:29:43.400><c> live</c><00:29:43.559><c> in</c><00:29:43.700><c> now,</c>

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and<00:29:45.440><c> the</c><00:29:45.559><c> Bible</c><00:29:45.819><c> message</c><00:29:46.160><c> is</c><00:29:46.339><c> that</c><00:29:46.480><c> it</c><00:29:46.619><c> will</c><00:29:46.819><c> not.</c>

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We<00:29:48.140><c> do</c><00:29:48.339><c> not</c><00:29:48.460><c> even</c><00:29:48.720><c> have</c><00:29:48.980><c> the</c><00:29:49.200><c> language</c><00:29:49.759><c> to</c><00:29:50.119><c> describe</c><00:29:50.599><c> it,</c><00:29:51.859><c> but</c>

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in<00:29:52.519><c> that</c><00:29:52.799><c> moment,</c>

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we<00:29:53.359><c> will</c><00:29:53.640><c> say</c><00:29:53.839><c> that</c><00:29:53.980><c> it</c><00:29:54.059><c> was</c><00:29:54.279><c> all</c><00:29:54.599><c> worth</c><00:29:54.859><c> it.</c>

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Everything<00:29:55.880><c> that</c><00:29:56.160><c> we</c><00:29:56.319><c> might</c><00:29:56.460><c> have</c><00:29:56.640><c> gone</c><00:29:56.859><c> through</c><00:29:57.220><c> to</c><00:29:57.440><c> get</c><00:29:57.640><c> there,</c>

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as<00:29:58.460><c> hard</c><00:29:58.619><c> as</c><00:29:58.720><c> it</c><00:29:58.819><c> might</c><00:29:58.960><c> have</c><00:29:59.180><c> been</c><00:29:59.380><c> at</c><00:29:59.579><c> the</c><00:29:59.740><c> time,</c><00:30:01.099><c> it</c><00:30:01.359><c> will</c>

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have<00:30:01.700><c> been</c><00:30:01.900><c> worth</c><00:30:02.140><c> it.</c>

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And<00:30:03.599><c> in</c><00:30:03.700><c> the</c><00:30:03.759><c> very</c><00:30:04.019><c> last</c><00:30:04.299><c> verse</c><00:30:04.519><c> of</c><00:30:04.640><c> 1</c><00:30:04.799><c> Corinthians</c><00:30:05.160><c> chapter</c>

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15,<00:30:07.339><c> Paul</c><00:30:07.519><c> writes,</c>

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Therefore,<00:30:09.119><c> my</c><00:30:09.119><c> beloved</c><00:30:09.519><c> brothers,</c><00:30:10.079><c> be</c><00:30:10.240><c> steadfast</c><00:30:10.880><c> and</c><00:30:11.160><c> movable,</c>

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always<00:30:11.940><c> abounding</c><00:30:12.400><c> in</c><00:30:12.559><c> the</c><00:30:12.700><c> work</c><00:30:12.839><c> of</c><00:30:13.000><c> the</c><00:30:13.180><c> Lord,</c><00:30:13.680><c> knowing</c><00:30:13.940><c> that</c><00:30:14.279><c> in</c>

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the<00:30:14.839><c> Lord</c><00:30:15.099><c> your</c><00:30:15.380><c> labor</c><00:30:15.940><c> is</c><00:30:17.119><c> not</c><00:30:18.079><c> in</c><00:30:18.559><c> vain.</c>

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Anything<00:30:21.480><c> else</c><00:30:21.700><c> we</c><00:30:21.859><c> can</c><00:30:22.039><c> do</c><00:30:22.140><c> in</c><00:30:22.319><c> this</c><00:30:22.559><c> life</c><00:30:22.799><c> will</c><00:30:23.220><c> eventually</c>

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be<00:30:23.940><c> empty</c><00:30:24.200><c> and</c>

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meaningless,<00:30:25.839><c> and</c><00:30:26.200><c> it</c><00:30:26.319><c> will</c><00:30:26.539><c> not</c><00:30:26.880><c> satisfy</c><00:30:27.319><c> us.</c>

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But<00:30:28.539><c> God</c><00:30:28.779><c> has</c><00:30:29.000><c> given</c><00:30:29.119><c> us</c><00:30:29.339><c> an</c><00:30:29.539><c> incredible</c><00:30:30.000><c> gift</c><00:30:30.279><c> that</c><00:30:30.460><c> even</c><00:30:30.819><c> now,</c><00:30:31.160><c> in</c>

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this<00:30:31.779><c> lifetime,</c>

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we<00:30:32.680><c> have</c><00:30:32.859><c> a</c><00:30:32.980><c> job</c><00:30:33.259><c> to</c><00:30:33.579><c> do</c><00:30:33.859><c> that</c><00:30:34.160><c> actually</c><00:30:34.700><c> means</c><00:30:35.119><c> something.</c>

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Work<00:30:36.960><c> to</c><00:30:37.240><c> do</c><00:30:37.440><c> that</c><00:30:37.700><c> really,</c><00:30:38.059><c> truly</c><00:30:38.339><c> matters.</c>

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If<00:30:40.119><c> our</c><00:30:40.440><c> destiny</c><00:30:40.819><c> is</c><00:30:41.140><c> here</c><00:30:41.339><c> on</c><00:30:41.579><c> this</c><00:30:41.740><c> earth,</c><00:30:41.940><c> then</c><00:30:42.099><c> what</c><00:30:42.240><c> we</c><00:30:42.460><c> do</c>

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here<00:30:42.980><c> matters.</c>

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We're<00:30:43.940><c> building</c><00:30:44.259><c> for</c><00:30:44.539><c> something</c><00:30:44.799><c> that</c><00:30:45.000><c> will</c><00:30:45.259><c> last</c><00:30:45.559><c> forever.</c>

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Every<00:30:47.019><c> act</c><00:30:47.259><c> of</c><00:30:47.680><c> love,</c><00:30:48.180><c> gratitude,</c><00:30:48.740><c> and</c><00:30:49.019><c> kindness,</c><00:30:49.700><c> every</c><00:30:49.960><c> work</c><00:30:50.119><c> of</c>

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art<00:30:50.559><c> or</c>

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music<00:30:51.180><c> inspired</c><00:30:51.700><c> by</c><00:30:51.900><c> the</c><00:30:52.059><c> love</c><00:30:52.180><c> of</c><00:30:52.420><c> God,</c><00:30:52.779><c> every</c><00:30:53.000><c> act</c><00:30:53.160><c> of</c><00:30:53.440><c> care,</c>

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nurture,<00:30:54.400><c> comfort,</c><00:30:54.660><c> and</c>

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support<00:30:55.200><c> for</c><00:30:55.440><c> our</c><00:30:55.660><c> fellow</c><00:30:55.920><c> human</c><00:30:56.240><c> beings.</c>

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Every<00:30:57.420><c> deed</c><00:30:57.720><c> that</c><00:30:58.119><c> spreads</c><00:30:58.380><c> the</c><00:30:58.640><c> gospel</c><00:30:59.039><c> builds</c><00:30:59.660><c> up</c><00:30:59.940><c> the</c><00:31:00.220><c> believers,</c>

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embraces<00:31:01.640><c> holiness</c><00:31:02.099><c> rather</c><00:31:02.440><c> than</c><00:31:02.660><c> corruption,</c><00:31:03.859><c> and</c><00:31:04.000><c> honors</c>

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God<00:31:04.500><c> and</c><00:31:04.759><c> imitates</c><00:31:05.140><c> Jesus.</c>

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We'll<00:31:07.359><c> find</c><00:31:07.539><c> its</c><00:31:07.779><c> way</c><00:31:07.900><c> into</c><00:31:08.140><c> the</c><00:31:08.259><c> new</c><00:31:08.440><c> creation.</c>

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And<00:31:11.220><c> surely</c><00:31:11.480><c> that</c><00:31:12.480><c> is</c><00:31:13.460><c> something</c><00:31:13.799><c> worth</c><00:31:14.059><c> living</c><00:31:14.339><c> for.</c>