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nor<00:10:44.120><c> know.</c>

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grandfather,<00:10:55.259><c> Nebuchadnezzar.</c>

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and<00:11:02.019><c> even</c><00:11:02.240><c> though</c><00:11:02.500><c> he</c><00:11:02.639><c> knew</c><00:11:02.820><c> what</c><00:11:03.080><c> God</c><00:11:03.440><c> had</c><00:11:03.679><c> done</c><00:11:03.799><c> to</c><00:11:03.980><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:11:04.779><c> in</c><00:11:04.899><c> bringing</c><00:11:05.200><c> him</c>

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them.

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sayest<00:12:47.620><c> in</c><00:12:47.860><c> thine</c><00:12:47.960><c> heart,</c><00:12:48.299><c> and</c>

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these<00:12:48.620><c> words</c><00:12:48.840><c> are</c><00:12:49.139><c> echoed</c><00:12:49.379><c> in</c><00:12:49.539><c> the</c><00:12:49.620><c> book</c><00:12:49.779><c> of</c><00:12:50.000><c> Revelation,</c><00:12:50.899><c> I</c>

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am<00:12:52.240><c> and</c><00:12:52.659><c> none</c><00:12:52.860><c> else</c><00:12:53.120><c> beside</c><00:12:53.500><c> me.</c>

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Well,<00:12:54.460><c> whose</c><00:12:54.740><c> title</c><00:12:55.139><c> is</c><00:12:55.360><c> that?</c>

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I<00:12:55.960><c> am</c><00:12:56.379><c> and</c><00:12:56.860><c> none</c><00:12:57.039><c> else</c><00:12:57.299><c> beside</c><00:12:57.639><c> me.</c>

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So<00:13:00.100><c> this</c><00:13:00.659><c> system,</c><00:13:01.820><c> back</c><00:13:01.980><c> in</c><00:13:02.179><c> the</c><00:13:02.299><c> time</c><00:13:02.500><c> of</c><00:13:02.700><c> Belshazzar,</c><00:13:03.759><c> put</c>

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itself<00:13:04.620><c> above</c><00:13:05.320><c> Almighty</c><00:13:06.000><c> God,</c><00:13:06.360><c> and</c><00:13:06.480><c> that's</c>

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what<00:13:06.919><c> God</c><00:13:07.139><c> is</c><00:13:07.320><c> judging</c><00:13:07.580><c> it</c><00:13:07.879><c> for.</c>

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Just<00:13:08.720><c> like</c><00:13:08.919><c> the</c><00:13:09.100><c> system</c><00:13:09.419><c> of</c><00:13:09.679><c> Revelation</c><00:13:10.139><c> does</c><00:13:10.399><c> today,</c><00:13:11.259><c> and</c><00:13:11.379><c> Almighty</c><00:13:11.679><c> God</c><00:13:11.940><c> will</c><00:13:12.139><c> judge</c><00:13:12.320><c> it</c>

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the<00:13:12.679><c> same.</c>

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I<00:13:13.799><c> shall</c><00:13:14.139><c> not</c><00:13:14.559><c> sit</c><00:13:14.879><c> as</c><00:13:15.200><c> a</c><00:13:15.340><c> widow,</c><00:13:15.960><c> the</c><00:13:16.179><c> same</c><00:13:16.440><c> thing</c><00:13:16.639><c> that</c><00:13:16.799><c> is</c><00:13:17.000><c> said,</c><00:13:17.879><c> neither</c><00:13:18.120><c> shall</c><00:13:18.419><c> I</c>

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know<00:13:18.899><c> the</c><00:13:19.100><c> loss</c>

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of<00:13:19.519><c> children,</c><00:13:20.080><c> but</c><00:13:20.279><c> these</c><00:13:20.659><c> two</c><00:13:20.919><c> things</c><00:13:21.200><c> shall</c><00:13:21.379><c> come</c><00:13:21.659><c> upon</c><00:13:21.960><c> thee</c><00:13:22.200><c> in</c>

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a<00:13:22.559><c> moment</c><00:13:22.860><c> in</c><00:13:23.220><c> one</c><00:13:23.480><c> day,</c><00:13:24.279><c> loss</c><00:13:24.580><c> of</c>

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children,<00:13:25.820><c> widowhood,</c><00:13:26.399><c> and</c><00:13:26.840><c> they</c><00:13:27.059><c> shall</c><00:13:27.240><c> come</c><00:13:27.539><c> upon</c><00:13:27.820><c> thee</c><00:13:28.240><c> in</c>

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their<00:13:28.679><c> perfection</c><00:13:29.080><c> for</c><00:13:29.279><c> the</c><00:13:29.500><c> multitude</c>

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of<00:13:30.080><c> thy</c><00:13:30.340><c> sorceries</c><00:13:31.179><c> and</c><00:13:31.460><c> the</c><00:13:31.720><c> great</c><00:13:31.899><c> abundance</c><00:13:32.360><c> of</c><00:13:32.600><c> thine</c><00:13:32.840><c> enchantments.</c>

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We<00:13:35.220><c> also</c><00:13:35.679><c> read</c><00:13:35.980><c> of</c><00:13:36.139><c> the</c><00:13:36.460><c> cruelty</c><00:13:36.940><c> of</c><00:13:37.200><c> this</c><00:13:37.360><c> system.</c>

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Isaiah<00:13:38.539><c> 47,</c><00:13:39.460><c> God</c><00:13:39.700><c> had</c><00:13:39.980><c> used</c><00:13:40.279><c> Babylon</c><00:13:40.720><c> to</c><00:13:40.960><c> come</c><00:13:41.279><c> in</c><00:13:41.440><c> judgment</c>

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of<00:13:41.940><c> his</c><00:13:42.159><c> people,</c><00:13:42.399><c> but</c><00:13:42.519><c> they</c><00:13:42.740><c> went</c><00:13:42.940><c> beyond</c>

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what<00:13:43.740><c> he</c><00:13:44.039><c> required</c><00:13:44.399><c> of</c><00:13:44.559><c> them.</c>

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And<00:13:45.379><c> we</c><00:13:45.580><c> read</c><00:13:45.759><c> that</c><00:13:46.000><c> I</c><00:13:46.039><c> was</c><00:13:46.360><c> wroth</c><00:13:46.700><c> with</c><00:13:46.879><c> my</c><00:13:47.159><c> people,</c><00:13:47.840><c> I</c><00:13:48.120><c> have</c>

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polluted<00:13:48.700><c> mine</c><00:13:48.960><c> inheritance</c><00:13:49.480><c> and</c><00:13:49.799><c> given</c>

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them<00:13:50.200><c> into</c><00:13:50.519><c> thine</c><00:13:50.759><c> hand.</c>

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So<00:13:51.639><c> God</c><00:13:51.879><c> says,</c><00:13:52.200><c> yes,</c><00:13:52.440><c> I</c><00:13:52.679><c> was</c><00:13:53.059><c> wroth</c><00:13:53.320><c> with</c><00:13:53.480><c> my</c><00:13:53.740><c> people,</c><00:13:54.340><c> and</c><00:13:54.679><c> I</c>

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did<00:13:55.240><c> give</c><00:13:55.440><c> them</c><00:13:55.620><c> into</c><00:13:55.799><c> your</c><00:13:56.080><c> hand</c><00:13:56.299><c> for</c><00:13:56.580><c> judgment,</c>

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but<00:13:58.340><c> thou</c><00:13:59.019><c> did</c><00:13:59.360><c> show</c><00:13:59.700><c> them</c><00:14:00.039><c> no</c><00:14:00.379><c> mercy.</c>

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Upon<00:14:02.120><c> the</c><00:14:02.480><c> ancient</c><00:14:02.960><c> hast</c><00:14:03.480><c> thou</c><00:14:03.820><c> very</c><00:14:04.460><c> heavily</c><00:14:04.940><c> laid</c><00:14:05.279><c> thy</c><00:14:05.620><c> yoke,</c><00:14:06.039><c> and</c>

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God<00:14:06.820><c> holds</c><00:14:07.179><c> them</c><00:14:07.500><c> accountable</c>

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for<00:14:08.440><c> that.</c>

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And<00:14:09.419><c> so</c><00:14:09.720><c> there</c><00:14:09.940><c> are</c><00:14:10.360><c> prophecies</c><00:14:10.860><c> throughout</c><00:14:11.159><c> the</c><00:14:11.360><c> Old</c><00:14:11.600><c> Testament</c><00:14:12.179><c> that</c>

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describe<00:14:13.080><c> for</c><00:14:13.440><c> us</c><00:14:13.759><c> the</c><00:14:14.080><c> destruction</c>

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of<00:14:15.179><c> Babylon,</c><00:14:15.700><c> the</c><00:14:15.940><c> ancient</c><00:14:16.220><c> city.</c>

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And<00:14:17.419><c> these</c><00:14:17.860><c> prophecies</c><00:14:18.460><c> are</c><00:14:18.879><c> incredibly</c><00:14:19.440><c> accurate</c><00:14:20.039><c> to</c><00:14:20.179><c> what</c>

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took<00:14:20.679><c> place,</c><00:14:21.340><c> and</c><00:14:21.639><c> of</c><00:14:21.940><c> course</c><00:14:22.200><c> they</c><00:14:22.460><c> are,</c>

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because<00:14:23.480><c> history</c><00:14:24.480><c> is</c><00:14:24.720><c> just</c><00:14:25.000><c> simply</c><00:14:25.419><c> God's</c><00:14:26.799><c> will</c><00:14:27.120><c> unfolding.</c>

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And<00:14:28.480><c> of</c><00:14:28.720><c> course</c><00:14:28.960><c> we</c><00:14:29.139><c> read</c><00:14:29.440><c> in</c><00:14:30.620><c> Amos</c><00:14:31.179><c> that</c><00:14:31.399><c> the</c><00:14:31.480><c> Lord</c><00:14:31.899><c> God</c><00:14:32.200><c> will</c>

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do<00:14:32.620><c> nothing,</c><00:14:33.740><c> but</c><00:14:33.759><c> he</c><00:14:34.080><c> reveals</c><00:14:34.600><c> his</c><00:14:34.899><c> secrets</c>

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to<00:14:35.639><c> his</c><00:14:35.919><c> servants,</c><00:14:36.480><c> the</c><00:14:36.480><c> prophets.</c>

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Amos<00:14:37.799><c> chapter</c><00:14:38.080><c> 3</c><00:14:38.340><c> and</c><00:14:38.460><c> verse</c><00:14:38.639><c> 7,</c><00:14:39.139><c> and</c><00:14:39.360><c> that's</c><00:14:39.740><c> exactly</c><00:14:40.159><c> what</c>

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he<00:14:40.539><c> did</c><00:14:40.679><c> with</c><00:14:40.860><c> the</c><00:14:41.019><c> destruction</c><00:14:41.399><c> of</c><00:14:41.659><c> Babylon.</c>

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It<00:14:44.000><c> is</c><00:14:44.399><c> recorded</c><00:14:44.860><c> for</c><00:14:45.120><c> us</c><00:14:45.220><c> in</c><00:14:45.360><c> Daniel</c><00:14:45.659><c> chapter</c><00:14:45.980><c> 2</c><00:14:46.240><c> as</c><00:14:46.419><c> the</c><00:14:46.580><c> head</c>

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of<00:14:47.039><c> gold.</c>

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And<00:14:47.860><c> also</c><00:14:48.159><c> in</c><00:14:48.360><c> Daniel</c><00:14:48.620><c> chapter</c><00:14:49.000><c> 7</c><00:14:49.399><c> it</c><00:14:49.539><c> is</c><00:14:49.740><c> the</c><00:14:49.960><c> lion</c><00:14:50.200><c> with</c><00:14:50.419><c> the</c>

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wings<00:14:50.840><c> that</c><00:14:51.039><c> are</c><00:14:51.200><c> eventually</c><00:14:51.539><c> plucked</c>

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off,<00:14:52.200><c> and</c><00:14:52.320><c> it</c><00:14:52.539><c> stands</c><00:14:52.840><c> up</c><00:14:53.159><c> upon</c><00:14:53.419><c> its</c><00:14:54.100><c> feet,</c><00:14:54.379><c> and</c><00:14:54.460><c> it</c><00:14:54.639><c> has</c><00:14:55.059><c> a</c><00:14:55.320><c> man's</c><00:14:55.720><c> heart</c><00:14:55.960><c> given</c><00:14:56.240><c> to</c>

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it,<00:14:57.259><c> a</c><00:14:57.500><c> man's</c><00:14:58.179><c> heart</c>

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given<00:14:58.840><c> to</c><00:14:59.080><c> it.</c>

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Well,<00:14:59.299><c> what</c><00:14:59.419><c> is</c><00:14:59.580><c> a</c><00:14:59.720><c> man's</c><00:15:00.200><c> heart?</c>

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Well,<00:15:01.080><c> Jeremiah</c><00:15:01.500><c> tells</c><00:15:01.860><c> us</c><00:15:02.039><c> what</c><00:15:02.179><c> a</c><00:15:02.299><c> man's</c><00:15:02.679><c> heart</c><00:15:02.879><c> is.</c>

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The<00:15:03.620><c> heart</c><00:15:03.899><c> of</c><00:15:04.080><c> man</c><00:15:04.299><c> is</c><00:15:04.799><c> desperately</c><00:15:05.320><c> wicked</c><00:15:05.820><c> and</c><00:15:06.320><c> deceitful</c>

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above<00:15:07.200><c> all</c><00:15:07.620><c> things.</c>

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Who<00:15:08.240><c> can</c><00:15:08.539><c> know</c><00:15:08.700><c> it?</c>

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I,<00:15:10.019><c> the</c><00:15:10.240><c> Lord,</c><00:15:11.340><c> who</c><00:15:11.659><c> searched</c><00:15:11.980><c> the</c><00:15:12.240><c> rains</c><00:15:12.419><c> and</c><00:15:12.620><c> know</c><00:15:12.779><c> the</c><00:15:12.980><c> heart.</c>

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That's<00:15:13.960><c> the</c><00:15:14.139><c> type</c><00:15:14.299><c> of</c><00:15:14.679><c> character</c><00:15:14.960><c> of</c><00:15:15.179><c> this</c><00:15:15.340><c> system.</c>

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Well,<00:15:17.659><c> the</c><00:15:17.659><c> number</c><00:15:17.980><c> of</c><00:15:18.220><c> years</c><00:15:18.519><c> of</c><00:15:18.720><c> the</c><00:15:19.000><c> existence</c><00:15:19.340><c> of</c><00:15:19.500><c> the</c><00:15:19.700><c> Babylonian</c><00:15:20.240><c> Empire</c><00:15:20.580><c> is</c>

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given<00:15:20.980><c> to</c><00:15:21.259><c> us.</c>

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This<00:15:22.779><c> whole</c><00:15:23.159><c> land</c><00:15:23.500><c> shall</c><00:15:23.720><c> be</c><00:15:23.960><c> a</c><00:15:24.220><c> desolation.</c>

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This<00:15:24.779><c> is</c><00:15:24.980><c> talking</c><00:15:25.240><c> about</c><00:15:25.480><c> Israel</c><00:15:26.000><c> and</c><00:15:26.139><c> the</c><00:15:26.299><c> time</c><00:15:26.519><c> which</c><00:15:26.820><c> Babylon</c><00:15:27.159><c> would</c>

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be<00:15:27.639><c> ruling</c><00:15:27.879><c> over</c><00:15:28.240><c> it,</c><00:15:29.059><c> shall</c>

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be<00:15:29.340><c> a</c><00:15:29.539><c> desolation</c><00:15:30.139><c> and</c><00:15:30.279><c> an</c><00:15:30.600><c> astonishment.</c>

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And<00:15:31.620><c> these</c><00:15:31.980><c> nations</c><00:15:32.460><c> shall</c><00:15:32.759><c> serve</c><00:15:33.120><c> the</c><00:15:33.279><c> King</c><00:15:33.460><c> of</c><00:15:33.679><c> Babylon</c><00:15:34.179><c> 70</c><00:15:35.360><c> years.</c>

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That's<00:15:36.779><c> the</c><00:15:37.039><c> time</c><00:15:37.240><c> period</c><00:15:37.539><c> that's</c><00:15:37.940><c> given.</c>

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And<00:15:38.940><c> it</c><00:15:39.139><c> shall</c><00:15:39.259><c> come</c><00:15:39.519><c> to</c><00:15:39.740><c> pass</c><00:15:39.960><c> that</c><00:15:40.179><c> when</c><00:15:40.500><c> 70</c><00:15:40.899><c> years</c><00:15:41.120><c> are</c><00:15:41.379><c> accomplished,</c><00:15:42.240><c> that</c>

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I<00:15:42.580><c> will</c><00:15:42.840><c> punish</c><00:15:43.179><c> the</c><00:15:43.379><c> King</c>

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of<00:15:43.620><c> Babylon,</c><00:15:44.559><c> and</c><00:15:44.659><c> that</c><00:15:45.000><c> nation</c><00:15:45.379><c> sayeth</c><00:15:45.740><c> the</c><00:15:45.860><c> Lord</c><00:15:46.120><c> for</c><00:15:46.440><c> their</c>

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iniquity<00:15:47.360><c> and</c><00:15:47.639><c> the</c><00:15:47.799><c> land</c><00:15:47.919><c> of</c><00:15:48.120><c> the</c><00:15:48.279><c> Chaldeans,</c>

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and<00:15:48.960><c> I</c><00:15:49.100><c> will</c><00:15:49.240><c> make</c><00:15:49.440><c> it</c><00:15:49.659><c> a</c><00:15:49.899><c> perpetual</c><00:15:50.440><c> desolation.</c>

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So<00:15:51.860><c> that's</c><00:15:52.159><c> the</c><00:15:52.360><c> time</c><00:15:52.580><c> period</c><00:15:52.799><c> that's</c><00:15:53.059><c> given.</c>

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It's<00:15:53.559><c> a</c><00:15:53.740><c> 70</c><00:15:54.019><c>-year</c><00:15:54.299><c> lifespan.</c>

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And<00:15:55.700><c> at</c><00:15:55.919><c> the</c><00:15:56.039><c> end</c><00:15:56.179><c> of</c><00:15:56.360><c> that,</c><00:15:56.500><c> they</c><00:15:56.639><c> will</c><00:15:56.980><c> lose</c><00:15:57.419><c> the</c><00:15:57.960><c> entire</c><00:15:58.440><c> empire.</c>

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And<00:15:59.539><c> that's</c><00:15:59.820><c> the</c><00:15:59.919><c> way</c><00:16:00.080><c> God</c><00:16:00.379><c> dictates</c><00:16:00.840><c> it</c><00:16:01.059><c> to</c><00:16:01.179><c> them.</c>

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And<00:16:01.360><c> of</c><00:16:01.519><c> course,</c><00:16:01.779><c> Daniel,</c><00:16:02.779><c> later</c><00:16:03.080><c> on</c><00:16:03.299><c> in</c><00:16:03.419><c> the</c><00:16:03.559><c> book,</c><00:16:03.759><c> at</c><00:16:03.899><c> the</c>

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end<00:16:04.220><c> of</c><00:16:04.360><c> his</c><00:16:04.620><c> life,</c><00:16:04.980><c> he</c><00:16:05.279><c> says,</c><00:16:05.679><c> I,</c><00:16:06.259><c> Daniel,</c>

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understood<00:16:07.419><c> by</c><00:16:07.860><c> books</c><00:16:08.320><c> the</c><00:16:08.779><c> number</c><00:16:09.159><c> of</c><00:16:09.360><c> the</c><00:16:09.600><c> years</c><00:16:09.879><c> whereby</c>

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the<00:16:11.220><c> desolation</c><00:16:11.799><c> of</c><00:16:11.980><c> Israel</c><00:16:12.279><c> was</c><00:16:12.460><c> to</c><00:16:12.580><c> be</c>

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accomplished.

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He'd<00:16:13.519><c> read</c><00:16:13.679><c> Jeremiah.</c>

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He<00:16:14.500><c> knew</c><00:16:14.799><c> these</c><00:16:15.100><c> things.</c>

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He<00:16:15.419><c> was</c><00:16:15.639><c> a</c><00:16:15.779><c> Bible</c><00:16:16.179><c> prophecy</c><00:16:16.600><c> student.</c>

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Not<00:16:17.740><c> just</c><00:16:18.039><c> the</c><00:16:18.200><c> visions</c><00:16:18.399><c> that</c><00:16:18.600><c> he</c><00:16:18.799><c> received</c><00:16:19.080><c> himself,</c><00:16:19.960><c> but</c><00:16:20.120><c> he</c>

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took<00:16:20.500><c> his</c><00:16:20.720><c> Bible</c><00:16:21.039><c> with</c><00:16:21.240><c> him</c><00:16:21.360><c> to</c><00:16:21.600><c> Babylon</c>

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and<00:16:22.779><c> read</c><00:16:23.039><c> it</c><00:16:23.259><c> there</c><00:16:23.580><c> and</c><00:16:23.899><c> saw</c><00:16:24.399><c> the</c><00:16:24.720><c> signs</c><00:16:24.960><c> of</c><00:16:25.159><c> the</c><00:16:25.340><c> times</c><00:16:25.620><c> and</c>

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was<00:16:25.940><c> able</c><00:16:26.259><c> to</c><00:16:26.600><c> distinguish</c><00:16:26.980><c> these</c><00:16:27.259><c> things</c>

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and<00:16:27.960><c> made</c><00:16:28.200><c> his</c><00:16:28.440><c> prayer</c><00:16:28.659><c> to</c><00:16:28.840><c> God.</c>

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We're<00:16:30.539><c> also</c><00:16:30.899><c> told</c><00:16:31.179><c> specifically</c><00:16:31.980><c> what</c><00:16:32.379><c> nation</c><00:16:32.779><c> God</c><00:16:33.080><c> would</c><00:16:33.340><c> use</c><00:16:33.519><c> to</c>

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destroy<00:16:34.080><c> this</c><00:16:34.279><c> kingdom.</c>

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Isaiah<00:16:35.559><c> chapter</c><00:16:35.980><c> 13</c><00:16:36.500><c> and</c><00:16:36.700><c> verse</c><00:16:36.940><c> 17,</c><00:16:37.580><c> Behold,</c><00:16:38.320><c> I</c><00:16:38.500><c> will</c><00:16:38.820><c> stir</c>

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up<00:16:39.480><c> the</c><00:16:39.779><c> meads</c><00:16:40.279><c> against</c><00:16:40.940><c> them,</c><00:16:41.440><c> which</c>

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shall<00:16:41.820><c> not</c><00:16:42.159><c> regard</c><00:16:42.519><c> silver,</c><00:16:43.620><c> and</c><00:16:43.759><c> as</c><00:16:44.000><c> for</c><00:16:44.159><c> gold,</c><00:16:44.399><c> they</c><00:16:44.539><c> shall</c>

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not<00:16:45.000><c> delight</c><00:16:45.320><c> in</c><00:16:45.480><c> it.</c>

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Their<00:16:46.139><c> bows</c><00:16:46.480><c> all</c><00:16:46.759><c> shall</c><00:16:47.019><c> dash</c><00:16:47.559><c> the</c><00:16:47.860><c> young</c><00:16:48.159><c> men</c><00:16:48.360><c> in</c><00:16:48.620><c> pieces,</c><00:16:49.100><c> and</c><00:16:49.460><c> they</c><00:16:49.740><c> shall</c><00:16:49.899><c> have</c><00:16:50.279><c> no</c>

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pity<00:16:50.879><c> to</c><00:16:51.059><c> the</c>

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fruit<00:16:51.360><c> of</c><00:16:51.500><c> the</c><00:16:51.659><c> womb.</c>

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Their<00:16:52.799><c> eyes</c><00:16:53.000><c> shall</c><00:16:53.360><c> not</c><00:16:53.759><c> spare</c><00:16:54.139><c> children.</c>

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And<00:16:55.019><c> that's</c><00:16:55.320><c> what,</c><00:16:55.580><c> of</c><00:16:55.820><c> course,</c><00:16:55.980><c> we</c><00:16:56.200><c> read</c><00:16:56.559><c> of</c><00:16:57.039><c> Babylon.</c>

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She<00:16:58.139><c> says,</c><00:16:58.399><c> I</c><00:16:58.600><c> shall</c><00:16:58.840><c> not</c><00:16:59.139><c> be</c><00:16:59.360><c> a</c><00:16:59.480><c> widow.</c>

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I<00:17:00.320><c> shall</c><00:17:00.580><c> not</c><00:17:00.960><c> see</c><00:17:01.179><c> the</c><00:17:01.419><c> loss</c><00:17:01.600><c> of</c><00:17:01.759><c> my</c><00:17:01.940><c> children.</c>

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God<00:17:02.539><c> says,</c><00:17:02.860><c> no,</c><00:17:04.599><c> the</c><00:17:04.819><c> meads</c><00:17:05.059><c> will</c><00:17:05.220><c> come</c><00:17:05.480><c> along</c><00:17:05.839><c> and</c><00:17:06.160><c> they</c><00:17:06.299><c> will</c>

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take<00:17:06.779><c> away</c><00:17:07.380><c> your</c><00:17:07.740><c> children.</c>

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And<00:17:09.779><c> specifically</c><00:17:10.359><c> identified</c><00:17:11.140><c> is</c><00:17:11.400><c> a</c><00:17:11.619><c> man</c><00:17:11.940><c> that</c><00:17:12.599><c> God</c><00:17:12.940><c> would</c><00:17:13.180><c> raise</c><00:17:13.440><c> up,</c><00:17:14.259><c> a</c>

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vehicle<00:17:15.019><c> of</c><00:17:15.359><c> God's</c><00:17:15.839><c> will.</c>

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He<00:17:16.079><c> was</c><00:17:16.319><c> a</c><00:17:16.539><c> carabin</c><00:17:16.819><c> in</c><00:17:17.059><c> type,</c><00:17:17.799><c> somebody</c><00:17:18.039><c> that</c><00:17:18.319><c> God</c><00:17:18.640><c> used</c><00:17:19.039><c> to</c><00:17:19.240><c> perform</c><00:17:19.619><c> a</c>

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function,<00:17:20.259><c> and</c><00:17:20.359><c> that</c><00:17:20.480><c> is</c><00:17:20.700><c> Cyrus.</c>

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Isaiah<00:17:21.960><c> 45</c><00:17:22.799><c> and</c><00:17:22.920><c> verse</c><00:17:23.220><c> 1,</c><00:17:23.680><c> Thus</c><00:17:23.940><c> saith</c><00:17:24.279><c> the</c><00:17:24.500><c> Lord</c><00:17:24.839><c> to</c><00:17:25.259><c> his</c><00:17:25.519><c> anointed,</c><00:17:25.940><c> to</c>

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Cyrus,<00:17:26.759><c> whose</c><00:17:27.000><c> right</c><00:17:27.480><c> hand</c>

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have<00:17:28.079><c> I</c><00:17:28.299><c> holden.</c>

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And<00:17:29.339><c> he</c><00:17:29.599><c> lifts</c><00:17:29.839><c> Cyrus</c><00:17:30.319><c> up</c><00:17:30.779><c> out</c><00:17:30.980><c> of</c><00:17:31.180><c> relative</c><00:17:31.539><c> obscurity</c><00:17:32.359><c> and</c>

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brings<00:17:33.279><c> him</c><00:17:33.539><c> along</c><00:17:33.859><c> to</c><00:17:34.140><c> subdue</c><00:17:34.539><c> nations,</c><00:17:34.980><c> and</c>

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he<00:17:35.299><c> holds</c><00:17:35.680><c> his</c><00:17:35.960><c> hands.</c>

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And<00:17:36.980><c> Cyrus</c><00:17:37.420><c> is</c><00:17:37.660><c> like</c><00:17:37.799><c> the</c><00:17:38.039><c> great</c><00:17:38.380><c> emperors</c><00:17:38.779><c> of</c><00:17:38.940><c> this</c><00:17:39.180><c> world.</c>

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The<00:17:40.019><c> great</c><00:17:40.299><c> successful</c><00:17:40.880><c> emperors</c><00:17:41.259><c> of</c><00:17:41.400><c> this</c><00:17:41.619><c> world</c><00:17:41.900><c> have</c><00:17:42.160><c> not</c>

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been<00:17:42.839><c> self</c><00:17:43.279><c>-made</c><00:17:43.559><c> men</c><00:17:43.880><c> by</c><00:17:44.559><c> no</c><00:17:44.940><c> stretch</c>

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of<00:17:45.339><c> the</c><00:17:45.500><c> imagination.</c>

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The<00:17:46.200><c> world</c><00:17:46.440><c> would</c><00:17:46.660><c> paint</c><00:17:46.819><c> them</c><00:17:46.940><c> that</c><00:17:47.200><c> way.</c>

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Cyrus<00:17:48.099><c> is</c><00:17:48.339><c> the</c><00:17:48.579><c> first</c><00:17:48.859><c> in</c><00:17:49.299><c> a</c><00:17:49.440><c> liturgy</c><00:17:49.779><c> of</c><00:17:50.000><c> men.</c>

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We're<00:17:50.339><c> going</c><00:17:50.420><c> to</c><00:17:50.460><c> look</c><00:17:50.619><c> at</c><00:17:50.779><c> one,</c><00:17:50.980><c> Alexander</c><00:17:51.400><c> the</c><00:17:51.660><c> Great,</c><00:17:52.299><c> who</c>

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also<00:17:53.019><c> was</c><00:17:53.359><c> used</c><00:17:53.640><c> as</c><00:17:53.819><c> a</c><00:17:54.039><c> vehicle</c><00:17:54.299><c> of</c><00:17:54.460><c> God's</c>

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will<00:17:55.119><c> as</c><00:17:55.559><c> we</c><00:17:55.779><c> are</c><00:17:56.180><c> instructed</c><00:17:56.700><c> in</c><00:17:56.880><c> Daniel</c><00:17:57.220><c> chapter</c><00:17:57.559><c> 7</c><00:17:57.859><c> and</c><00:17:57.980><c> Daniel</c><00:17:58.279><c> chapter</c><00:17:58.579><c> 8,</c>

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the<00:17:59.059><c> goat</c><00:17:59.240><c> with</c><00:17:59.420><c> the</c>

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notable<00:17:59.900><c> horn.</c>

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Also,<00:18:01.519><c> we</c><00:18:01.680><c> have</c><00:18:01.920><c> people</c><00:18:02.200><c> like</c><00:18:02.460><c> Napoleon,</c><00:18:03.539><c> the</c><00:18:03.660><c> man</c><00:18:03.960><c> who</c><00:18:04.220><c> is</c><00:18:05.119><c> talked</c><00:18:05.480><c> about</c><00:18:05.799><c> in</c>

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the<00:18:06.759><c> vials</c><00:18:07.059><c> of</c><00:18:07.240><c> the</c><00:18:07.339><c> book</c>

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of<00:18:07.700><c> Revelation.</c>

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When<00:18:08.880><c> he</c><00:18:09.119><c> is</c><00:18:09.339><c> doing</c><00:18:09.579><c> God's</c><00:18:10.039><c> will,</c><00:18:10.160><c> he</c><00:18:10.299><c> is</c><00:18:10.519><c> successful,</c><00:18:11.539><c> but</c><00:18:11.740><c> the</c><00:18:11.960><c> minute</c><00:18:12.119><c> he</c>

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steps<00:18:12.720><c> out</c><00:18:13.059><c> of</c><00:18:13.220><c> God's</c><00:18:13.619><c> will,</c>

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when<00:18:14.259><c> he</c><00:18:14.400><c> went</c><00:18:14.559><c> down</c><00:18:14.819><c> into</c><00:18:15.000><c> Egypt,</c><00:18:15.640><c> when</c><00:18:15.779><c> he</c><00:18:15.920><c> went</c><00:18:16.019><c> up</c><00:18:16.240><c> into</c><00:18:16.460><c> Russia,</c><00:18:17.140><c> he</c>

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lost<00:18:17.799><c> because</c><00:18:18.220><c> God</c><00:18:18.599><c> let</c><00:18:18.900><c> go</c>

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of<00:18:19.359><c> his</c><00:18:19.640><c> hand,</c><00:18:20.400><c> and</c><00:18:20.799><c> Cyrus</c><00:18:21.160><c> was</c><00:18:21.339><c> the</c><00:18:21.579><c> same</c><00:18:21.799><c> way.</c>

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He<00:18:23.019><c> says,</c><00:18:23.319><c> I've</c><00:18:23.519><c> held</c><00:18:23.740><c> his</c><00:18:24.000><c> hand</c><00:18:24.160><c> to</c><00:18:24.380><c> subdue</c><00:18:24.720><c> nations</c><00:18:25.039><c> before</c>

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him,<00:18:25.920><c> and</c><00:18:26.099><c> I</c><00:18:26.220><c> will</c><00:18:26.460><c> loose</c><00:18:26.920><c> the</c><00:18:27.220><c> loins</c><00:18:27.599><c> of</c>

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kings.

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Now,<00:18:28.299><c> we</c><00:18:28.400><c> want</c><00:18:28.539><c> to</c><00:18:28.720><c> remember</c><00:18:28.940><c> that</c><00:18:29.160><c> phrase,</c><00:18:30.019><c> that</c><00:18:30.079><c> thou</c><00:18:30.279><c> mayest</c><00:18:30.740><c> know</c>

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that<00:18:31.539><c> I,</c><00:18:32.299><c> the</c><00:18:32.559><c> Lord,</c><00:18:32.960><c> which</c><00:18:33.319><c> call</c>

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thee<00:18:34.099><c> by</c><00:18:34.440><c> thy</c><00:18:34.799><c> name,</c><00:18:35.460><c> and</c><00:18:35.759><c> the</c><00:18:35.940><c> God</c><00:18:36.160><c> of</c><00:18:36.299><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:18:36.839><c> that's</c><00:18:37.140><c> the</c><00:18:37.440><c> point</c><00:18:37.680><c> of</c><00:18:37.819><c> what</c><00:18:37.940><c> we're</c><00:18:38.099><c> looking</c><00:18:38.319><c> at</c><00:18:38.539><c> today.</c>

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The<00:18:39.779><c> reason</c><00:18:40.220><c> for</c><00:18:40.519><c> seeing</c><00:18:40.700><c> this</c><00:18:40.960><c> is</c><00:18:41.119><c> that</c><00:18:41.299><c> we</c><00:18:41.460><c> would</c><00:18:41.799><c> know</c><00:18:42.220><c> that</c>

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it<00:18:42.920><c> is</c><00:18:43.160><c> Yahweh,</c><00:18:44.000><c> the</c><00:18:44.220><c> God</c><00:18:44.660><c> who</c><00:18:45.019><c> calls</c>

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by<00:18:46.240><c> the</c><00:18:46.619><c> name,</c><00:18:46.900><c> the</c><00:18:47.079><c> people</c><00:18:47.400><c> who</c><00:18:47.579><c> will</c><00:18:47.839><c> come</c><00:18:48.079><c> and</c><00:18:48.380><c> go</c><00:18:48.599><c> on</c><00:18:49.019><c> the</c>

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face<00:18:49.400><c> of</c><00:18:49.599><c> this</c><00:18:49.779><c> earth.</c>

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He<00:18:50.660><c> says,</c><00:18:50.960><c> for</c><00:18:52.019><c> Jacob,</c><00:18:52.619><c> my</c><00:18:52.779><c> servant's</c><00:18:53.319><c> sake,</c><00:18:53.440><c> and</c><00:18:53.579><c> Israel,</c><00:18:54.079><c> mine</c><00:18:54.160><c> elect,</c><00:18:54.839><c> even</c><00:18:55.039><c> I</c>

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have<00:18:55.480><c> called</c><00:18:55.700><c> thee</c>

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by<00:18:56.140><c> thy</c><00:18:56.400><c> name,</c><00:18:56.799><c> and</c><00:18:57.059><c> I</c><00:18:57.160><c> have</c><00:18:57.440><c> surnamed</c><00:18:57.900><c> thee,</c><00:18:58.339><c> though</c><00:18:58.579><c> thou</c>

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hast<00:18:59.079><c> not</c><00:18:59.359><c> known</c><00:18:59.519><c> me.</c>

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He<00:19:00.480><c> was</c><00:19:00.819><c> not</c><00:19:01.220><c> a</c><00:19:01.460><c> godly</c><00:19:01.859><c> king</c><00:19:02.059><c> in</c><00:19:02.259><c> that</c><00:19:02.500><c> sense.</c>

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He<00:19:02.839><c> didn't</c><00:19:03.140><c> know</c><00:19:03.559><c> about</c><00:19:03.920><c> the</c><00:19:04.119><c> God</c><00:19:04.259><c> of</c><00:19:04.400><c> Israel.</c>

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He<00:19:04.839><c> was</c><00:19:05.039><c> going</c><00:19:05.200><c> to</c><00:19:05.420><c> learn</c><00:19:05.579><c> about</c><00:19:05.859><c> him,</c><00:19:06.359><c> and</c><00:19:06.619><c> certainly</c><00:19:06.960><c> was</c><00:19:07.200><c> involved</c><00:19:07.619><c> in</c>

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some<00:19:07.980><c> of</c><00:19:08.099><c> these</c><00:19:08.259><c> things.</c>

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That<00:19:10.119><c> statue</c><00:19:10.640><c> there,</c><00:19:10.920><c> or</c><00:19:11.140><c> that</c><00:19:12.339><c> sculpture,</c><00:19:13.759><c> this</c><00:19:14.000><c> is</c><00:19:14.200><c> one</c><00:19:14.359><c> actually</c><00:19:14.619><c> that's</c><00:19:14.839><c> in</c>

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Australia<00:19:15.500><c> on</c><00:19:15.759><c> the,</c>

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I<00:19:16.440><c> guess</c><00:19:16.579><c> it's</c><00:19:16.779><c> your</c><00:19:16.940><c> left</c><00:19:17.119><c>-hand</c><00:19:17.299><c> side,</c><00:19:17.539><c> the</c><00:19:17.700><c> left</c><00:19:17.980><c>-hand</c><00:19:18.180><c> side</c>

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here,<00:19:19.299><c> it's</c><00:19:19.920><c> a</c><00:19:20.099><c> recreation</c><00:19:20.660><c> of</c><00:19:20.859><c> the</c><00:19:21.039><c> original</c>

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that<00:19:21.500><c> is</c><00:19:21.640><c> in</c><00:19:21.839><c> a</c><00:19:21.940><c> city</c><00:19:22.119><c> called</c><00:19:22.460><c> Persopolis.</c>

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Now,<00:19:24.319><c> Persopolis</c><00:19:24.779><c> is</c><00:19:25.019><c> in</c><00:19:25.200><c> what</c><00:19:25.279><c> is</c><00:19:25.539><c> today</c><00:19:25.819><c> Iran,</c><00:19:26.880><c> and</c><00:19:27.000><c> it</c><00:19:27.200><c> was</c>

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the<00:19:28.599><c> capital</c><00:19:29.059><c> city</c><00:19:29.480><c> of</c><00:19:29.700><c> the</c><00:19:29.880><c> kings</c><00:19:30.200><c> of</c><00:19:30.420><c> the</c>

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Medes,<00:19:31.299><c> actually</c><00:19:31.519><c> of</c><00:19:31.640><c> the</c><00:19:31.759><c> kings</c><00:19:31.960><c> of</c><00:19:32.140><c> the</c><00:19:32.339><c> Persians.</c>

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And<00:19:33.299><c> it</c><00:19:33.440><c> is</c><00:19:33.599><c> the</c><00:19:33.819><c> only</c><00:19:34.160><c> known</c><00:19:34.500><c> sculpture</c><00:19:35.039><c> really</c><00:19:35.480><c> to</c><00:19:35.660><c> the</c><00:19:35.839><c> history</c><00:19:36.140><c> or</c>

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the<00:19:36.519><c> memory</c><00:19:36.819><c> of</c><00:19:37.019><c> the</c><00:19:37.140><c> man</c><00:19:37.400><c> Cyrus.</c>

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There<00:19:38.319><c> are</c><00:19:38.559><c> other</c><00:19:38.839><c> archaeological</c><00:19:39.519><c> artifacts</c><00:19:40.140><c> around,</c><00:19:40.539><c> but</c>

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that<00:19:40.960><c> was</c><00:19:41.200><c> a</c><00:19:41.339><c> depiction</c><00:19:41.819><c> of</c><00:19:42.160><c> him,</c><00:19:42.859><c> the</c><00:19:43.039><c> king</c>

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Cyrus.

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Now,<00:19:46.200><c> he</c><00:19:46.500><c> also</c><00:19:46.859><c> tells</c><00:19:47.180><c> us</c><00:19:47.599><c> how</c><00:19:48.079><c> he</c><00:19:48.279><c> would</c><00:19:48.640><c> bring</c><00:19:48.920><c> about</c>

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Babylon's<00:19:50.019><c> destruction.</c>

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Jeremiah<00:19:51.400><c> chapter</c><00:19:51.920><c> 51,</c><00:19:52.539><c> and</c><00:19:52.640><c> we're</c><00:19:52.819><c> going</c><00:19:52.940><c> to</c><00:19:53.039><c> just</c><00:19:53.259><c> pick</c><00:19:53.440><c> out</c>

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verses<00:19:54.000><c> 13,</c><00:19:55.099><c> and</c><00:19:55.140><c> then</c><00:19:55.319><c> we're</c><00:19:55.380><c> going</c><00:19:55.480><c> to</c>

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go<00:19:55.640><c> to</c><00:19:55.779><c> verse</c><00:19:56.640><c> 36,</c><00:19:57.299><c> and</c><00:19:57.420><c> then</c><00:19:57.599><c> over</c><00:19:57.740><c> the</c><00:19:57.920><c> page</c><00:19:58.119><c> to</c><00:19:58.259><c> chapter</c><00:19:58.539><c> 50</c>

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and<00:19:59.039><c> verse</c><00:19:59.279><c> 38.</c>

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"'O<00:20:00.740><c> thou</c><00:20:00.960><c> that</c><00:20:01.279><c> dwellest</c><00:20:01.799><c> on</c><00:20:02.019><c> many</c><00:20:02.359><c> waters</c><00:20:02.660><c>',"</c><00:20:02.680><c> well,</c><00:20:02.920><c> where</c>

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have<00:20:03.319><c> we</c><00:20:03.420><c> heard</c><00:20:03.579><c> that</c><00:20:03.880><c> phrase</c><00:20:04.099><c> before?</c>

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That's<00:20:05.319><c> the</c><00:20:05.380><c> book</c><00:20:05.559><c> of</c><00:20:05.759><c> Revelation,</c><00:20:06.319><c> isn't</c><00:20:06.519><c> it?</c>

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"'The<00:20:06.839><c> woman</c><00:20:07.200><c> who</c><00:20:07.519><c> sits</c><00:20:07.759><c> on</c><00:20:08.000><c> many</c><00:20:08.319><c> waters,</c><00:20:09.420><c> abundant</c><00:20:10.019><c> in</c><00:20:10.339><c> treasures,</c><00:20:11.099><c> thine</c><00:20:11.619><c> end</c>

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is<00:20:12.680><c> come.</c>

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And<00:20:14.460><c> the</c><00:20:14.660><c> measure</c><00:20:14.940><c> of</c><00:20:15.079><c> thy</c><00:20:15.299><c> covetousness,</c><00:20:16.779><c> therefore,</c><00:20:17.640><c> thus</c>

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saith<00:20:18.079><c> the</c><00:20:18.319><c> Lord,</c><00:20:18.559><c> Behold,</c><00:20:19.059><c> I</c><00:20:19.200><c> will</c><00:20:19.460><c> plead</c>

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thy<00:20:20.000><c> cause.</c>

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I<00:20:20.400><c> will</c><00:20:20.660><c> judge</c><00:20:20.980><c> thee.'</c>

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That's<00:20:21.299><c> what</c><00:20:21.440><c> that</c><00:20:21.680><c> means.</c>

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"'And<00:20:22.059><c> take</c><00:20:22.400><c> vengeance</c><00:20:22.880><c> for</c><00:20:23.200><c> thee,</c><00:20:23.680><c> and</c><00:20:24.000><c> I</c><00:20:24.119><c> will</c><00:20:24.819><c> dry</c><00:20:25.180><c> up</c><00:20:25.500><c> her</c>

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sea,<00:20:26.579><c> and</c><00:20:26.980><c> make</c><00:20:27.400><c> her</c><00:20:27.920><c> springs</c><00:20:28.440><c> dry.</c>

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For<00:20:29.640><c> Israel's</c><00:20:30.720><c> sake,'</c><00:20:30.900><c> and</c><00:20:31.039><c> that's</c><00:20:31.299><c> the</c><00:20:31.500><c> same</c><00:20:31.700><c> way</c><00:20:31.880><c> it</c><00:20:32.000><c> will</c>

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be<00:20:32.700><c> when</c><00:20:33.059><c> God</c><00:20:33.359><c> destroys</c><00:20:33.819><c> Babylon.</c>

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He<00:20:34.819><c> says</c><00:20:35.019><c> He's</c><00:20:35.220><c> going</c><00:20:35.380><c> to</c><00:20:35.619><c> dry</c><00:20:35.859><c> up</c><00:20:36.140><c> her</c><00:20:36.539><c> sea</c><00:20:37.000><c> and</c><00:20:37.839><c> make</c><00:20:38.599><c> her</c>

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springs<00:20:39.519><c> dry.</c>

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A<00:20:40.559><c> drought</c><00:20:40.920><c> would</c><00:20:41.240><c> be</c><00:20:41.400><c> brought</c><00:20:41.859><c> upon</c><00:20:42.200><c> her</c><00:20:42.480><c> waters,</c><00:20:43.000><c> and</c><00:20:43.460><c> they</c>

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shall<00:20:43.880><c> be</c><00:20:44.140><c> dried</c><00:20:44.279><c> up,</c><00:20:44.519><c> for</c><00:20:44.660><c> it</c><00:20:44.799><c> is</c><00:20:44.940><c> a</c><00:20:45.039><c> land</c>

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of<00:20:45.559><c> graven</c><00:20:45.839><c> images,</c><00:20:46.759><c> and</c><00:20:46.759><c> they</c><00:20:46.960><c> are</c><00:20:47.200><c> mad</c><00:20:47.460><c> upon</c><00:20:47.759><c> their</c><00:20:48.000><c> idols.</c>

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We<00:20:50.160><c> are</c><00:20:50.400><c> also</c><00:20:50.759><c> told</c><00:20:51.039><c> that</c><00:20:51.220><c> the</c><00:20:51.420><c> gates</c><00:20:51.680><c> of</c><00:20:51.960><c> Babylon</c><00:20:52.259><c> would</c><00:20:52.440><c> be</c>

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opened<00:20:52.980><c> before</c><00:20:53.359><c> this</c><00:20:53.640><c> king</c><00:20:53.880><c> who</c><00:20:54.059><c> would</c>

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come.

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"'I<00:20:55.480><c> will</c><00:20:55.660><c> loose</c><00:20:55.880><c> the</c><00:20:56.059><c> loins</c><00:20:56.279><c> of</c><00:20:56.519><c> kings,'</c><00:20:56.799><c> he</c><00:20:56.960><c> says,</c><00:20:57.220><c> and</c><00:20:57.299><c> he</c>

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goes<00:20:57.599><c> on</c><00:20:57.799><c> to</c><00:20:57.980><c> say,</c><00:20:58.180><c> to</c><00:20:58.359><c> open</c><00:20:58.720><c> before</c><00:20:59.240><c> him</c>

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the<00:21:00.079><c> two</c><00:21:00.480><c> leaved</c><00:21:00.859><c> gates.</c>

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The<00:21:01.859><c> gates</c><00:21:02.180><c> shall</c><00:21:02.500><c> not</c><00:21:02.799><c> be</c><00:21:03.039><c> shut.</c>

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I<00:21:03.660><c> will</c><00:21:03.839><c> go</c><00:21:04.119><c> before</c><00:21:04.579><c> thee</c><00:21:04.839><c> and</c><00:21:04.960><c> make</c><00:21:05.180><c> thy</c><00:21:05.480><c> crooked</c><00:21:05.940><c> places</c><00:21:06.579><c> straight.'</c>

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Well,<00:21:07.500><c> there's</c><00:21:07.920><c> words</c><00:21:08.380><c> that</c><00:21:08.720><c> are</c><00:21:09.240><c> used</c><00:21:09.500><c> at</c><00:21:09.660><c> the</c><00:21:09.819><c> Lord</c><00:21:09.980><c> Jesus</c><00:21:10.400><c> Christ.</c>

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John<00:21:11.900><c> the</c><00:21:12.079><c> Baptist</c><00:21:12.420><c> going</c><00:21:12.700><c> out</c><00:21:12.960><c> before</c><00:21:13.299><c> him</c><00:21:13.460><c> to</c><00:21:13.619><c> make</c><00:21:13.740><c> the</c>

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crooked<00:21:14.200><c> places</c><00:21:15.119><c> straight.</c>

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And<00:21:16.299><c> this</c><00:21:16.559><c> is</c><00:21:16.920><c> Cyrus</c><00:21:17.339><c> the</c><00:21:17.579><c> king</c><00:21:17.880><c> as</c><00:21:18.099><c> he</c><00:21:18.240><c> goes</c><00:21:18.519><c> out,</c><00:21:19.200><c> the</c><00:21:19.240><c> way</c><00:21:19.519><c> is</c>

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prepared<00:21:20.079><c> before</c><00:21:20.480><c> him.</c>

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"'I<00:21:21.180><c> will</c><00:21:21.420><c> break</c><00:21:21.759><c> in</c><00:21:22.019><c> pieces</c><00:21:22.259><c> the</c><00:21:22.539><c> gates</c><00:21:22.819><c> of</c><00:21:23.059><c> brass</c><00:21:23.359><c> and</c><00:21:23.519><c> cut</c><00:21:23.819><c> in</c><00:21:24.079><c> sunder</c><00:21:24.299><c> the</c><00:21:24.460><c> bars</c><00:21:24.740><c> of</c><00:21:24.980><c> iron,</c><00:21:25.680><c> and</c><00:21:25.920><c> I</c>

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will<00:21:26.259><c> give</c><00:21:26.500><c> the</c><00:21:26.779><c> treasures</c><00:21:27.140><c> of</c><00:21:27.319><c> darkness</c><00:21:27.740><c> to</c><00:21:28.019><c> thee,</c><00:21:28.299><c> the</c><00:21:28.579><c> hidden</c><00:21:28.859><c> riches</c><00:21:29.160><c> of</c>

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secret<00:21:29.839><c> places,</c><00:21:30.779><c> that</c><00:21:30.900><c> thou</c>

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mayest<00:21:31.519><c> know</c><00:21:31.720><c> that</c><00:21:31.940><c> I,</c><00:21:32.420><c> the</c><00:21:32.640><c> Lord,</c><00:21:32.920><c> which</c><00:21:33.220><c> called</c><00:21:33.500><c> thee</c><00:21:33.640><c> by</c><00:21:33.900><c> thy</c><00:21:34.079><c> name,</c><00:21:34.420><c> and</c><00:21:34.619><c> the</c><00:21:34.819><c> God</c><00:21:35.019><c> of</c><00:21:35.160><c> Israel.'</c>

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And<00:21:36.200><c> there</c><00:21:36.440><c> is</c><00:21:36.660><c> great</c><00:21:37.039><c> echoes</c><00:21:37.440><c> in</c><00:21:37.640><c> that</c><00:21:37.859><c> back</c><00:21:38.079><c> to</c><00:21:38.359><c> Samson</c><00:21:38.779><c> as</c>

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he<00:21:39.059><c> took</c><00:21:39.240><c> the</c><00:21:39.440><c> gates</c><00:21:39.660><c> of</c><00:21:39.839><c> his</c><00:21:40.019><c> enemies</c>

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up<00:21:40.859><c> to</c><00:21:41.059><c> the</c><00:21:41.220><c> hill,</c><00:21:41.440><c> the</c><00:21:41.559><c> Lord</c><00:21:41.779><c> Jesus</c><00:21:42.160><c> Christ,</c><00:21:42.599><c> who</c><00:21:42.640><c> will</c><00:21:42.880><c> possess</c><00:21:43.339><c> the</c>

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gates<00:21:43.720><c> of</c><00:21:43.900><c> his</c><00:21:44.079><c> enemies.</c>

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And<00:21:45.019><c> so</c><00:21:45.339><c> Cyrus</c><00:21:45.680><c> forms</c><00:21:46.019><c> a</c><00:21:46.279><c> type</c><00:21:46.440><c> of</c><00:21:46.700><c> Christ.</c>

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They<00:21:48.839><c> would</c><00:21:49.019><c> be</c><00:21:49.240><c> destroyed,</c><00:21:50.180><c> Babylon</c><00:21:50.599><c> that</c><00:21:50.839><c> is,</c><00:21:51.119><c> in</c><00:21:51.319><c> their</c><00:21:51.599><c> drunkenness.</c>

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Jeremiah<00:21:52.539><c> 51</c><00:21:53.140><c> verse</c><00:21:53.420><c> 39,</c><00:21:54.279><c> "'In</c><00:21:54.700><c> their</c><00:21:55.099><c> heat</c><00:21:55.420><c> I</c><00:21:55.640><c> will</c><00:21:55.859><c> make</c><00:21:56.099><c> their</c><00:21:56.420><c> feasts,</c><00:21:57.259><c> and</c>

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I<00:21:57.539><c> will</c><00:21:57.680><c> make</c><00:21:57.900><c> them</c><00:21:58.140><c> drunken,</c>

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and<00:21:58.980><c> they</c><00:21:59.200><c> shall</c><00:21:59.400><c> rejoice</c><00:22:00.000><c> and</c><00:22:00.619><c> sleep</c><00:22:01.160><c> a</c><00:22:01.460><c> perpetual</c><00:22:02.099><c> sleep,</c>

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and<00:22:03.279><c> not</c><00:22:03.619><c> wake,</c><00:22:04.559><c> saith</c><00:22:04.640><c> the</c><00:22:04.859><c> Lord.'"</c>

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Now<00:22:05.539><c> we</c><00:22:05.680><c> use</c><00:22:05.839><c> that</c><00:22:06.119><c> verse</c><00:22:06.339><c> in</c><00:22:06.440><c> our</c><00:22:06.660><c> first</c><00:22:06.880><c> principles</c><00:22:07.279><c> classes,</c><00:22:07.799><c> so</c><00:22:07.960><c> we</c>

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talk<00:22:08.339><c> about</c><00:22:08.599><c> those</c><00:22:09.000><c> who</c><00:22:09.579><c> belong</c>

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to<00:22:10.019><c> that</c><00:22:10.200><c> class</c><00:22:10.640><c> of</c><00:22:10.839><c> the</c><00:22:11.180><c> unenlightened,</c><00:22:11.940><c> who</c><00:22:12.039><c> will</c><00:22:12.359><c> never</c><00:22:12.700><c> awake</c><00:22:13.180><c> again</c><00:22:13.579><c> in</c>

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that<00:22:14.000><c> sense.</c>

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They<00:22:15.059><c> are</c><00:22:15.619><c> asleep</c><00:22:16.259><c> perpetually,</c><00:22:18.339><c> but</c><00:22:18.599><c> here</c><00:22:18.819><c> it</c><00:22:18.940><c> is</c><00:22:19.119><c> speaking</c>

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of<00:22:19.660><c> Babylon</c><00:22:20.019><c> in</c><00:22:20.200><c> its</c><00:22:20.440><c> true</c><00:22:20.680><c> context</c><00:22:21.220><c> as</c>

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we<00:22:21.599><c> explore</c><00:22:21.960><c> it</c><00:22:22.160><c> out,</c><00:22:22.759><c> and</c><00:22:22.839><c> he</c><00:22:23.019><c> says</c><00:22:23.200><c> that</c><00:22:23.400><c> he</c><00:22:23.500><c> would</c><00:22:23.720><c> do</c><00:22:23.940><c> it</c><00:22:24.079><c> by</c>

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making<00:22:24.559><c> them</c><00:22:24.839><c> drunken.</c>

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And<00:22:25.759><c> when</c><00:22:25.900><c> they</c><00:22:26.079><c> were</c><00:22:26.279><c> drunken,</c><00:22:26.559><c> he</c><00:22:26.700><c> would</c><00:22:26.920><c> put</c><00:22:27.079><c> them</c><00:22:27.240><c> to</c><00:22:27.519><c> sleep</c><00:22:27.700><c> and</c>

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they<00:22:27.940><c> would</c><00:22:28.220><c> never</c><00:22:28.500><c> arise</c><00:22:28.859><c> from</c><00:22:29.039><c> it</c>

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again.

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The<00:22:32.019><c> great</c><00:22:32.339><c> chapter</c><00:22:32.799><c> of</c><00:22:32.980><c> Isaiah</c><00:22:33.460><c> chapter</c><00:22:33.859><c> 14,</c><00:22:34.599><c> the</c><00:22:34.799><c> chapter</c>

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on<00:22:35.319><c> Lucifer,</c><00:22:35.779><c> one</c><00:22:35.980><c> that's</c><00:22:36.220><c> really</c><00:22:36.579><c> popular</c>

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where<00:22:37.140><c> they're</c><00:22:37.259><c> interested</c><00:22:37.759><c> friends,</c><00:22:38.660><c> is</c><00:22:38.880><c> really</c><00:22:39.140><c> a</c><00:22:39.460><c> parallel</c><00:22:39.759><c> one</c><00:22:40.059><c> that</c><00:22:40.180><c> we</c>

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could<00:22:40.500><c> say</c><00:22:40.700><c> we're</c><00:22:40.839><c> looking</c>

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at<00:22:41.299><c> tonight.</c>

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Daniel<00:22:42.339><c> chapter</c><00:22:42.720><c> 5</c><00:22:43.079><c> and</c><00:22:43.240><c> Isaiah</c><00:22:43.539><c> 14</c><00:22:44.039><c> are</c><00:22:44.319><c> basically</c><00:22:44.720><c> talking</c>

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about<00:22:45.339><c> the</c><00:22:45.539><c> same</c><00:22:45.779><c> thing.</c>

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We<00:22:46.799><c> read</c><00:22:47.019><c> in</c><00:22:47.200><c> verse</c><00:22:47.440><c> 12,</c><00:22:48.039><c> we're</c><00:22:48.440><c> told</c><00:22:48.519><c> at</c><00:22:48.680><c> the</c><00:22:48.779><c> beginning</c><00:22:49.099><c> that</c>

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it<00:22:49.380><c> is</c><00:22:49.559><c> a</c><00:22:49.779><c> proverb</c><00:22:50.079><c> that</c><00:22:50.259><c> is</c><00:22:50.460><c> taking</c><00:22:50.759><c> up</c><00:22:51.099><c> in</c>

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verse<00:22:51.660><c> 1</c><00:22:51.920><c> and</c><00:22:52.119><c> 2,</c><00:22:52.460><c> against</c><00:22:52.880><c> the</c><00:22:53.099><c> king</c><00:22:53.259><c> of</c><00:22:53.519><c> Babylon.</c>

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And<00:22:54.440><c> in</c><00:22:54.579><c> verse</c><00:22:54.839><c> 12,</c><00:22:55.220><c> we</c><00:22:55.359><c> read,</c><00:22:55.680><c> "'How</c><00:22:55.940><c> art</c><00:22:56.180><c> thou</c><00:22:56.480><c> fallen</c><00:22:57.000><c> from</c><00:22:57.400><c> heaven?'</c>

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And<00:22:58.619><c> we're</c><00:22:58.779><c> going</c><00:22:58.859><c> to</c><00:22:58.920><c> look</c><00:22:59.140><c> at</c><00:22:59.240><c> that</c><00:22:59.619><c> in</c><00:22:59.900><c> the</c><00:23:00.660><c> class</c><00:23:00.920><c> tomorrow</c><00:23:01.220><c> morning.</c>

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The<00:23:01.900><c> heavens</c><00:23:02.160><c> here</c><00:23:02.440><c> are</c><00:23:02.640><c> the</c><00:23:02.859><c> political</c><00:23:03.500><c> heavens,</c><00:23:04.259><c> the</c><00:23:04.660><c> rulership</c><00:23:05.299><c> which</c>

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God<00:23:05.940><c> depicts</c><00:23:06.380><c> over</c><00:23:06.680><c> the</c><00:23:06.859><c> earth.</c>

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He<00:23:07.759><c> says,</c><00:23:08.099><c> "'How</c><00:23:08.400><c> art</c><00:23:08.640><c> thou</c><00:23:08.859><c> fallen,</c><00:23:09.380><c> O</c><00:23:09.700><c> Lucifer,</c><00:23:10.519><c> son</c><00:23:10.680><c> of</c><00:23:10.799><c> the</c><00:23:10.980><c> morning?</c>

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How<00:23:12.160><c> art</c><00:23:12.400><c> thou</c><00:23:12.579><c> cut</c><00:23:12.920><c> down</c><00:23:13.400><c> to</c><00:23:13.579><c> the</c><00:23:13.779><c> ground?'</c>

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And<00:23:14.160><c> Lucifer</c><00:23:14.660><c> is</c><00:23:14.819><c> the</c><00:23:15.039><c> only</c><00:23:15.400><c> place</c><00:23:15.740><c> that</c><00:23:15.960><c> exists</c><00:23:16.420><c> in</c><00:23:16.660><c> the</c><00:23:16.839><c> entire</c><00:23:17.240><c> Bible</c><00:23:17.460><c> as</c>

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we<00:23:17.859><c> know,</c><00:23:18.380><c> and</c><00:23:18.619><c> it</c><00:23:18.759><c> means</c>

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the<00:23:19.400><c> day</c><00:23:19.900><c> star,</c><00:23:21.019><c> the</c><00:23:21.359><c> star</c><00:23:21.720><c> that</c><00:23:21.880><c> you</c><00:23:22.000><c> can</c><00:23:22.359><c> see</c><00:23:22.599><c> during</c><00:23:22.920><c> the</c><00:23:23.220><c> early</c><00:23:23.500><c> part</c><00:23:23.799><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:24.099><c> morning</c><00:23:24.380><c> sometimes.</c>

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And<00:23:25.700><c> as</c><00:23:25.900><c> the</c><00:23:26.180><c> sun</c><00:23:26.380><c> of</c><00:23:26.660><c> righteousness</c><00:23:27.099><c> arises,</c><00:23:27.779><c> it</c><00:23:28.099><c> obliterates</c><00:23:28.700><c> out.</c>

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It's<00:23:29.079><c> there</c><00:23:29.339><c> for</c><00:23:29.559><c> a</c><00:23:29.640><c> short</c><00:23:29.900><c> time</c><00:23:30.200><c> and</c><00:23:30.279><c> you</c><00:23:30.460><c> can</c><00:23:30.740><c> make</c><00:23:30.940><c> it</c><00:23:31.140><c> out,</c>

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but<00:23:31.680><c> as</c><00:23:31.880><c> that</c><00:23:32.079><c> sun</c><00:23:32.279><c> gets</c><00:23:32.519><c> higher</c><00:23:32.819><c> in</c><00:23:32.960><c> the</c>

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sky,<00:23:33.359><c> it</c><00:23:33.460><c> is</c><00:23:33.720><c> visible</c><00:23:34.059><c> no</c><00:23:34.380><c> more.</c>

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"'How<00:23:36.059><c> art</c><00:23:36.259><c> thou</c><00:23:36.420><c> fallen,</c><00:23:36.900><c> O</c><00:23:37.119><c> Lucifer,</c><00:23:37.539><c> the</c><00:23:37.700><c> son</c><00:23:37.859><c> of</c><00:23:37.980><c> the</c><00:23:38.160><c> morning?</c>

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How<00:23:38.619><c> art</c><00:23:38.779><c> thou</c><00:23:38.880><c> cut</c><00:23:39.160><c> down</c><00:23:39.440><c> to</c><00:23:39.599><c> the</c><00:23:39.799><c> ground?</c>

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Thou<00:23:40.559><c> which</c><00:23:40.839><c> did</c><00:23:41.180><c> weaken</c><00:23:41.500><c> the</c><00:23:41.700><c> nations,</c><00:23:42.079><c> for</c><00:23:42.200><c> thou</c><00:23:42.400><c> hast</c><00:23:42.640><c> set</c>

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in<00:23:43.000><c> thine</c><00:23:43.220><c> heart.'"</c>

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Now<00:23:44.579><c> here</c><00:23:44.819><c> is</c><00:23:45.059><c> another</c><00:23:45.380><c> Bible</c><00:23:45.819><c> echo</c><00:23:46.339><c> to</c><00:23:46.859><c> 2</c><00:23:47.180><c> Thessalonians</c><00:23:47.980><c> chapter</c><00:23:48.339><c> 2.</c>

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"'I<00:23:49.559><c> will</c><00:23:49.799><c> ascend</c><00:23:50.160><c> to</c><00:23:50.359><c> heaven.</c>

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I<00:23:51.480><c> will</c><00:23:51.720><c> exalt</c><00:23:52.019><c> my</c><00:23:52.440><c> throne</c><00:23:52.799><c> above</c><00:23:53.319><c> the</c><00:23:53.700><c> stars</c><00:23:54.019><c> of</c><00:23:54.240><c> God.</c>

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I<00:23:55.299><c> will</c><00:23:55.579><c> sit</c><00:23:55.819><c> upon</c><00:23:56.180><c> the</c><00:23:56.400><c> mount</c><00:23:56.579><c> of</c><00:23:56.740><c> the</c><00:23:57.000><c> congregation</c><00:23:57.539><c> in</c><00:23:57.839><c> the</c>

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sides<00:23:58.319><c> of</c><00:23:58.500><c> the</c><00:23:58.640><c> north.</c>

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I<00:23:58.940><c> will</c><00:23:59.160><c> ascend</c><00:23:59.460><c> above</c><00:23:59.740><c> the</c><00:23:59.940><c> heights</c><00:24:00.140><c> of</c><00:24:00.319><c> the</c><00:24:00.519><c> clouds.</c>

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I<00:24:01.660><c> will</c><00:24:01.900><c> be</c><00:24:02.200><c> like</c><00:24:02.440><c> the</c><00:24:02.700><c> Most</c><00:24:03.160><c> High.'"</c>

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That's<00:24:04.720><c> also</c><00:24:05.140><c> a</c><00:24:05.380><c> reference</c><00:24:05.660><c> and</c><00:24:05.900><c> an</c><00:24:06.200><c> echo</c><00:24:06.359><c> to</c><00:24:06.619><c> Revelation</c><00:24:07.059><c> chapter</c><00:24:07.519><c> 12,</c>

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the<00:24:08.519><c> man</c><00:24:08.940><c>-child</c><00:24:09.240><c> who</c><00:24:09.400><c> is</c><00:24:09.599><c> to</c><00:24:09.779><c> ascend</c>

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up<00:24:10.519><c> to</c><00:24:10.700><c> heaven,</c><00:24:11.319><c> to</c><00:24:11.500><c> the</c><00:24:11.819><c> throne</c><00:24:12.099><c> of</c><00:24:12.380><c> God.</c>

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Michael<00:24:13.559><c> is</c><00:24:13.859><c> his</c><00:24:14.099><c> name.</c>

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Who<00:24:15.099><c> like</c><00:24:15.559><c> El?</c>

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And<00:24:16.480><c> so</c><00:24:16.619><c> we</c><00:24:16.759><c> begin</c><00:24:16.940><c> to</c><00:24:17.180><c> see</c><00:24:17.279><c> that</c><00:24:17.420><c> there</c><00:24:17.559><c> is</c><00:24:17.740><c> a</c><00:24:18.019><c> theme</c><00:24:18.200><c> running</c>

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through<00:24:18.819><c> these</c><00:24:19.119><c> prophecies,</c><00:24:19.920><c> and</c><00:24:20.259><c> Babylon</c>

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is<00:24:21.039><c> the</c><00:24:21.559><c> source</c><00:24:22.019><c> of</c><00:24:22.220><c> these,</c><00:24:22.480><c> many</c><00:24:22.680><c> of</c><00:24:22.799><c> these</c><00:24:22.980><c> echoes</c><00:24:23.180><c> that</c><00:24:23.339><c> we</c>

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will<00:24:23.599><c> look</c><00:24:23.819><c> at</c><00:24:23.920><c> in</c><00:24:24.079><c> the</c><00:24:24.180><c> New</c><00:24:24.339><c> Testament</c>

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tomorrow.

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"'Yet<00:24:27.559><c> thou</c><00:24:28.079><c> shalt</c><00:24:28.319><c> be</c><00:24:28.539><c> brought</c><00:24:28.759><c> down</c><00:24:29.099><c> to</c><00:24:29.279><c> hell,</c><00:24:30.140><c> to</c><00:24:30.299><c> the</c><00:24:30.559><c> sides</c><00:24:30.799><c> of</c>

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the<00:24:31.140><c> pit.</c>

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But<00:24:32.099><c> thou</c><00:24:32.380><c> art</c><00:24:32.579><c> cast</c><00:24:33.000><c> out</c><00:24:33.359><c> of</c><00:24:33.519><c> thy</c><00:24:33.700><c> grave</c><00:24:34.039><c> like</c><00:24:34.279><c> an</c><00:24:34.579><c> abominable</c>

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branch,<00:24:35.920><c> as</c><00:24:36.079><c> a</c><00:24:36.259><c> raiment</c><00:24:36.640><c> of</c><00:24:37.299><c> those</c><00:24:37.619><c> that</c>

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are<00:24:38.000><c> slain,</c><00:24:38.599><c> thrust</c><00:24:38.839><c> through</c><00:24:39.200><c> with</c><00:24:39.400><c> a</c><00:24:39.640><c> sword,</c><00:24:40.339><c> that</c><00:24:40.420><c> go</c><00:24:40.619><c> down</c>

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to<00:24:41.079><c> the</c><00:24:41.359><c> stones</c><00:24:41.579><c> of</c><00:24:41.759><c> the</c><00:24:41.940><c> pit,</c><00:24:42.180><c> as</c><00:24:42.400><c> a</c><00:24:42.619><c> carcass</c>

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trodden<00:24:43.519><c> underfoot.'</c>

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That<00:24:45.019><c> would</c><00:24:45.220><c> be</c><00:24:45.380><c> the</c><00:24:45.599><c> destiny</c><00:24:46.000><c> of</c><00:24:46.180><c> the</c><00:24:46.339><c> King</c><00:24:46.500><c> of</c><00:24:46.700><c> Babylon.</c>

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He<00:24:48.319><c> would</c><00:24:48.539><c> not</c><00:24:48.779><c> die</c><00:24:49.059><c> in</c><00:24:49.519><c> glory,</c><00:24:49.859><c> as</c><00:24:50.019><c> the</c><00:24:50.220><c> world</c><00:24:50.359><c> looks</c><00:24:50.579><c> at</c><00:24:50.740><c> it,</c>

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and<00:24:51.220><c> have</c><00:24:51.420><c> some</c><00:24:51.700><c> great</c><00:24:52.099><c> pompous</c><00:24:53.059><c> funeral</c>

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ceremony<00:24:54.259><c> where</c><00:24:54.480><c> they</c><00:24:54.680><c> would</c><00:24:54.880><c> take</c><00:24:55.059><c> him</c><00:24:55.220><c> out,</c><00:24:55.480><c> like</c><00:24:55.640><c> these</c>

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big<00:24:56.299><c> ceremonial</c><00:24:56.940><c> funerals,</c><00:24:57.900><c> like</c><00:24:58.099><c> Diana,</c>

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the<00:24:58.940><c> goddess</c><00:24:59.079><c> of</c><00:24:59.420><c> England</c><00:25:00.599><c> and</c><00:25:00.759><c> whatever</c><00:25:01.039><c> else.</c>

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You<00:25:01.740><c> know,</c><00:25:02.079><c> he's</c><00:25:02.339><c> not</c><00:25:02.480><c> going</c><00:25:02.619><c> to</c><00:25:02.759><c> die</c><00:25:02.920><c> in</c><00:25:04.380><c> this</c><00:25:04.619><c> kind</c><00:25:04.740><c> of</c><00:25:04.880><c> a</c><00:25:05.099><c> fashion.</c>

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There<00:25:05.960><c> will</c><00:25:06.259><c> be</c><00:25:06.500><c> no</c><00:25:06.720><c> religious</c><00:25:07.259><c> pomp</c><00:25:07.660><c> and</c><00:25:07.920><c> ceremony</c><00:25:08.339><c> for</c><00:25:08.599><c> this</c><00:25:08.859><c> king.</c>

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When<00:25:09.920><c> he</c><00:25:10.220><c> dies,</c><00:25:11.000><c> he</c><00:25:11.140><c> will</c><00:25:11.359><c> die</c><00:25:11.680><c> as</c><00:25:11.920><c> a</c><00:25:12.259><c> common</c><00:25:12.500><c> man,</c><00:25:13.400><c> thrust</c><00:25:13.700><c> through</c><00:25:14.079><c> with</c><00:25:14.279><c> a</c>

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sword,<00:25:15.319><c> and</c><00:25:15.579><c> trodden</c><00:25:15.960><c> underfoot</c>

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in<00:25:16.859><c> the</c><00:25:17.160><c> street.</c>

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And<00:25:19.019><c> the</c><00:25:19.240><c> destruction</c><00:25:19.640><c> of</c><00:25:19.900><c> Babylon</c><00:25:20.259><c> would</c><00:25:20.680><c> be</c><00:25:21.240><c> complete</c>

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annihilation,<00:25:23.140><c> obliteration.</c>

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We<00:25:24.500><c> read</c><00:25:24.779><c> in</c><00:25:24.940><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:25.200><c> 13</c><00:25:25.740><c> and</c><00:25:25.900><c> the</c><00:25:26.140><c> 19th</c><00:25:26.680><c> verse,</c><00:25:27.779><c> Babylon,</c><00:25:28.200><c> the</c>

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glory<00:25:28.839><c> of</c><00:25:29.119><c> kingdoms,</c><00:25:29.599><c> the</c><00:25:29.759><c> beauty</c><00:25:30.119><c> of</c><00:25:30.299><c> the</c><00:25:30.460><c> Chaldees</c>

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excellency<00:25:31.680><c> shall</c><00:25:32.400><c> be</c><00:25:32.759><c> as</c><00:25:33.000><c> when</c><00:25:33.279><c> God</c><00:25:33.779><c> overthrew</c><00:25:34.599><c> Sodom</c><00:25:35.339><c> and</c><00:25:35.740><c> Gomorrah.</c>

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And<00:25:37.000><c> isn't</c><00:25:37.160><c> that</c><00:25:37.420><c> another</c><00:25:37.700><c> echo</c><00:25:38.000><c> to</c><00:25:38.200><c> the</c><00:25:38.319><c> book</c><00:25:38.440><c> of</c><00:25:38.660><c> Revelation?</c>

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That<00:25:39.619><c> city,</c><00:25:40.359><c> Sodom</c><00:25:40.700><c> and</c><00:25:40.920><c> Egypt,</c><00:25:41.700><c> that</c><00:25:41.819><c> we</c><00:25:42.019><c> read</c><00:25:42.259><c> about,</c><00:25:42.900><c> it</c><00:25:43.220><c> shall</c><00:25:43.500><c> never</c><00:25:43.880><c> be</c>

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inhabited,<00:25:44.799><c> neither</c><00:25:45.059><c> shall</c>

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it<00:25:45.700><c> be</c><00:25:45.940><c> dwelt</c><00:25:46.180><c> in</c><00:25:46.380><c> from</c><00:25:46.619><c> generation</c><00:25:47.140><c> to</c><00:25:47.339><c> generation,</c><00:25:48.859><c> neither</c>

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shall<00:25:49.519><c> the</c><00:25:49.819><c> Arabian</c><00:25:50.420><c> pitch</c><00:25:50.799><c> tent</c><00:25:51.359><c> there,</c>

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neither<00:25:52.240><c> shall</c><00:25:52.420><c> the</c><00:25:52.660><c> shepherds</c><00:25:52.960><c> make</c><00:25:53.140><c> their</c><00:25:53.420><c> fold</c><00:25:53.619><c> there,</c><00:25:53.940><c> but</c><00:25:53.940><c> the</c><00:25:54.259><c> wild</c><00:25:54.539><c> beasts</c><00:25:54.740><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:55.079><c> desert</c><00:25:55.279><c> shall</c>

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lie<00:25:55.759><c> there,</c><00:25:56.279><c> their</c><00:25:56.460><c> houses</c><00:25:56.839><c> shall</c><00:25:57.059><c> be</c><00:25:57.279><c> full</c><00:25:57.519><c> of</c><00:25:57.720><c> doleful</c><00:25:58.059><c> creatures,</c><00:25:58.519><c> and</c>

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the<00:25:58.920><c> owls</c><00:25:59.200><c> shall</c><00:25:59.420><c> dwell</c><00:25:59.680><c> there,</c>

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the<00:26:00.180><c> satires</c><00:26:00.559><c> shall</c><00:26:00.799><c> dance</c><00:26:01.099><c> there,</c><00:26:01.539><c> the</c><00:26:01.880><c> wild</c><00:26:02.319><c> beasts</c><00:26:02.480><c> of</c><00:26:02.660><c> the</c>

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island<00:26:03.099><c> shall</c><00:26:03.400><c> cry</c><00:26:03.859><c> in</c><00:26:04.019><c> their</c><00:26:04.220><c> desolate</c>

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houses,<00:26:05.400><c> the</c><00:26:05.579><c> dragons</c><00:26:05.980><c> in</c><00:26:06.140><c> their</c><00:26:06.359><c> pleasant</c><00:26:06.680><c> palaces,</c><00:26:07.480><c> and</c><00:26:07.779><c> her</c><00:26:08.019><c> time</c><00:26:08.319><c> is</c>

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near<00:26:08.819><c> to</c><00:26:09.079><c> come,</c><00:26:09.460><c> and</c><00:26:09.740><c> her</c><00:26:10.000><c> days</c>

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shall<00:26:10.539><c> not</c><00:26:10.880><c> be</c><00:26:11.140><c> prolonged.</c>

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That<00:26:12.200><c> is</c><00:26:12.420><c> an</c><00:26:12.680><c> aerial</c><00:26:13.000><c> shot</c><00:26:13.299><c> of</c><00:26:13.579><c> Babylon</c><00:26:13.920><c> as</c><00:26:14.359><c> it</c><00:26:14.640><c> exists</c><00:26:14.960><c> today.</c>

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And<00:26:16.079><c> you</c><00:26:16.220><c> don't</c><00:26:16.500><c> see</c><00:26:16.900><c> the</c><00:26:17.279><c> Hilton</c><00:26:17.880><c> come</c><00:26:18.339><c> and</c><00:26:18.579><c> visit</c><00:26:18.819><c> Babylon,</c>

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the<00:26:19.579><c> great,</c><00:26:20.279><c> and</c><00:26:20.359><c> stay</c><00:26:20.700><c> here</c><00:26:21.079><c> overnight</c>

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and<00:26:22.200><c> visit</c><00:26:22.500><c> the</c><00:26:22.859><c> city.</c>

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It's<00:26:23.339><c> an</c><00:26:23.599><c> abomination,</c><00:26:24.279><c> it's</c><00:26:24.519><c> a</c><00:26:24.660><c> desolation</c><00:26:25.200><c> in</c><00:26:25.359><c> the</c><00:26:25.500><c> middle</c>

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of<00:26:25.859><c> the</c><00:26:26.039><c> desert.</c>

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It<00:26:27.259><c> is</c><00:26:27.720><c> nothing.</c>

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And<00:26:28.460><c> as</c><00:26:28.660><c> it</c><00:26:28.900><c> says,</c><00:26:29.220><c> the</c><00:26:29.319><c> Arabian</c><00:26:29.819><c> will</c><00:26:30.119><c> not</c><00:26:30.460><c> pitch</c><00:26:30.700><c> their</c><00:26:30.940><c> tent</c><00:26:31.140><c> there.</c>

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And<00:26:31.779><c> in</c><00:26:32.140><c> fact,</c><00:26:32.839><c> for</c><00:26:33.059><c> thousands</c><00:26:33.599><c> of</c><00:26:33.920><c> years,</c><00:26:34.460><c> Babylon,</c><00:26:35.359><c> or</c><00:26:35.440><c> not</c>

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thousands,<00:26:36.079><c> hundreds</c><00:26:36.359><c> of</c><00:26:36.599><c> years,</c><00:26:36.839><c> a</c><00:26:36.960><c> thousand</c>

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plus,<00:26:38.099><c> was</c><00:26:38.220><c> completely,</c><00:26:39.140><c> nobody</c><00:26:39.559><c> knew</c><00:26:39.799><c> where</c><00:26:39.980><c> it</c><00:26:40.259><c> was.</c>

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And<00:26:41.200><c> one</c><00:26:41.480><c> of</c><00:26:41.640><c> the</c><00:26:41.920><c> things</c><00:26:42.640><c> that</c><00:26:43.059><c> textual</c><00:26:43.720><c> critics,</c><00:26:44.279><c> the</c><00:26:44.420><c> great</c>

00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:46.039
critics<00:26:44.980><c> of</c><00:26:45.160><c> the</c><00:26:45.319><c> Bible</c><00:26:45.539><c> said,</c><00:26:45.799><c> well,</c>

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Babylon<00:26:46.539><c> does</c><00:26:46.940><c> not</c><00:26:47.180><c> exist.</c>

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We<00:26:48.259><c> cannot</c><00:26:48.619><c> find</c><00:26:49.039><c> it</c><00:26:49.240><c> anywhere,</c><00:26:50.240><c> therefore,</c><00:26:50.900><c> the</c><00:26:51.079><c> Bible</c><00:26:51.460><c> must</c>

00:26:51.859 --> 00:26:53.559
be<00:26:52.140><c> false,</c><00:26:52.420><c> because</c><00:26:52.660><c> of</c><00:26:52.859><c> all</c><00:26:52.980><c> the</c><00:26:53.140><c> information</c>

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about<00:26:53.839><c> the</c><00:26:54.140><c> city,</c><00:26:54.720><c> this</c><00:26:54.859><c> great</c><00:26:55.200><c> empire</c><00:26:55.619><c> that</c><00:26:55.759><c> we</c><00:26:55.960><c> should</c><00:26:56.220><c> know</c>

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something<00:26:56.759><c> about</c><00:26:57.099><c> that</c><00:26:57.259><c> just</c><00:26:57.519><c> is</c><00:26:57.740><c> not</c>

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anywhere<00:26:58.220><c> to</c><00:26:58.420><c> be</c><00:26:58.599><c> seen.</c>

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And<00:26:59.819><c> of</c><00:26:59.960><c> course,</c><00:27:00.319><c> then</c><00:27:00.619><c> one</c><00:27:01.000><c> day,</c><00:27:01.339><c> as</c><00:27:01.500><c> a</c><00:27:01.640><c> few</c><00:27:01.779><c> explorers</c><00:27:02.240><c> are</c>

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wandering<00:27:02.720><c> through</c><00:27:02.960><c> the</c><00:27:03.140><c> desert,</c><00:27:03.480><c> somebody</c>

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trips<00:27:04.019><c> over</c><00:27:04.700><c> a</c><00:27:04.960><c> tip</c><00:27:05.099><c> of</c><00:27:05.279><c> one</c><00:27:05.420><c> of</c><00:27:05.480><c> the</c><00:27:05.640><c> buildings,</c><00:27:06.579><c> and</c><00:27:06.680><c> lo</c><00:27:06.819><c> and</c>

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behold,<00:27:07.640><c> here's</c><00:27:08.000><c> Babylon,</c><00:27:08.819><c> uncovered</c>

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in<00:27:09.619><c> the</c><00:27:09.779><c> age</c><00:27:10.099><c> of</c><00:27:10.319><c> skepticism,</c><00:27:11.660><c> uncovered</c><00:27:12.119><c> in</c><00:27:12.319><c> an</c><00:27:12.460><c> age</c><00:27:12.559><c> where</c>

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people<00:27:12.960><c> do</c><00:27:13.259><c> not</c><00:27:13.480><c> want</c><00:27:13.660><c> to</c><00:27:13.900><c> believe</c><00:27:14.039><c> the</c>

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Bible,<00:27:15.119><c> and</c><00:27:15.279><c> uncovered</c><00:27:15.680><c> in</c><00:27:15.880><c> an</c><00:27:16.039><c> age</c><00:27:16.240><c> where</c><00:27:16.400><c> it</c><00:27:16.660><c> stands</c><00:27:16.900><c> as</c><00:27:17.140><c> a</c>

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testimony<00:27:17.779><c> to</c><00:27:18.000><c> the</c><00:27:18.180><c> truth</c><00:27:18.380><c> of</c><00:27:18.579><c> it.</c>

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So<00:27:21.000><c> summary</c><00:27:21.660><c> of</c><00:27:22.119><c> what</c><00:27:22.319><c> we've</c><00:27:22.579><c> looked</c><00:27:22.740><c> at,</c><00:27:23.039><c> the</c><00:27:23.240><c> prophetic</c>

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edict<00:27:24.319><c> against</c><00:27:24.720><c> this</c><00:27:24.980><c> city.</c>

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It<00:27:26.099><c> would</c><00:27:26.380><c> have</c><00:27:26.579><c> a</c><00:27:26.880><c> 70</c><00:27:27.279><c>-year</c><00:27:27.599><c> duration</c><00:27:28.319><c> over</c><00:27:28.859><c> the</c><00:27:29.079><c> kingdom</c><00:27:29.359><c> of</c>

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Israel,<00:27:30.240><c> whereby</c><00:27:30.519><c> it</c><00:27:30.700><c> would</c><00:27:30.859><c> take</c><00:27:31.079><c> it</c>

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captive<00:27:31.720><c> and</c><00:27:32.299><c> hold</c><00:27:32.599><c> it</c><00:27:32.799><c> in</c><00:27:33.000><c> Babylon.</c>

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It<00:27:34.059><c> would</c><00:27:34.299><c> be</c><00:27:34.599><c> overthrown</c><00:27:35.259><c> specifically</c><00:27:36.119><c> by</c><00:27:36.519><c> the</c><00:27:36.700><c> Medo</c>

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-Persian<00:27:37.440><c> Empire.</c>

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It<00:27:38.859><c> would</c><00:27:39.079><c> be</c><00:27:39.359><c> a</c><00:27:39.480><c> man</c><00:27:39.779><c> named</c><00:27:40.140><c> Cyrus</c><00:27:40.700><c> who</c><00:27:40.980><c> would</c><00:27:41.220><c> lead</c><00:27:41.400><c> the</c><00:27:41.720><c> attack.</c>

00:27:42.900 --> 00:27:45.839
The<00:27:43.039><c> waters</c><00:27:43.440><c> of</c><00:27:43.700><c> Babylon</c><00:27:44.119><c> would</c><00:27:44.339><c> be</c><00:27:44.640><c> dried</c><00:27:44.859><c> up.</c>

00:27:45.880 --> 00:27:48.359
The<00:27:46.019><c> gates</c><00:27:46.319><c> of</c><00:27:46.500><c> the</c><00:27:46.660><c> city</c><00:27:46.859><c> would</c><00:27:47.039><c> be</c><00:27:47.220><c> left</c><00:27:47.420><c> open.</c>

00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:51.359
The<00:27:48.859><c> inhabitants</c><00:27:49.380><c> of</c><00:27:49.619><c> the</c><00:27:49.859><c> palace</c><00:27:50.160><c> would</c><00:27:50.339><c> be</c><00:27:50.519><c> in</c><00:27:50.660><c> a</c><00:27:50.880><c> drunken</c>

00:27:51.359 --> 00:27:53.140
stupor<00:27:51.799><c> when</c><00:27:51.980><c> this</c><00:27:52.259><c> happened.</c>

00:27:53.339 --> 00:27:56.460
The<00:27:53.519><c> king</c><00:27:53.799><c> would</c><00:27:54.000><c> be</c><00:27:54.259><c> killed</c><00:27:54.500><c> with</c><00:27:55.119><c> a</c><00:27:55.420><c> sword</c><00:27:55.619><c> like</c><00:27:55.880><c> a</c><00:27:56.180><c> commoner</c>

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and<00:27:56.660><c> trodden</c><00:27:56.900><c> underfoot,</c><00:27:57.960><c> and</c><00:27:58.160><c> the</c>

00:27:58.460 --> 00:28:00.940
destruction<00:27:58.799><c> of</c><00:27:58.980><c> the</c><00:27:59.200><c> city</c><00:27:59.460><c> would</c><00:27:59.660><c> be</c><00:28:00.000><c> total.</c>

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:06.759
Well,<00:28:03.160><c> we'd</c><00:28:03.440><c> like</c><00:28:03.480><c> to</c><00:28:03.759><c> consider</c><00:28:03.960><c> now</c><00:28:04.680><c> the</c><00:28:05.279><c> most</c><00:28:05.700><c> high</c><00:28:06.039><c> that</c><00:28:06.240><c> rules</c><00:28:06.559><c> in</c>

00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:08.660
the<00:28:06.880><c> kingdoms</c><00:28:07.119><c> of</c><00:28:07.339><c> men,</c><00:28:08.359><c> and</c><00:28:08.380><c> giveth</c>

00:28:08.660 --> 00:28:11.640
it<00:28:08.839><c> to</c><00:28:08.980><c> whom</c><00:28:09.140><c> so</c><00:28:09.339><c> very</c><00:28:09.559><c> well,</c><00:28:10.339><c> the</c><00:28:10.599><c> events</c><00:28:10.839><c> that</c><00:28:11.099><c> took</c><00:28:11.279><c> place</c>

00:28:11.640 --> 00:28:13.680
to<00:28:11.960><c> bring</c><00:28:12.160><c> about</c><00:28:12.500><c> the</c><00:28:12.740><c> prophetic</c><00:28:13.200><c> word</c><00:28:13.519><c> that</c>

00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:15.880
is<00:28:13.920><c> spoken</c><00:28:14.160><c> about</c><00:28:14.519><c> Babylon</c><00:28:14.839><c> the</c><00:28:15.099><c> Great.</c>

00:28:16.880 --> 00:28:21.539
The<00:28:17.119><c> Babylonian</c><00:28:17.700><c> Empire,</c><00:28:18.380><c> as</c><00:28:18.619><c> it</c><00:28:18.980><c> existed,</c><00:28:20.319><c> is</c><00:28:20.859><c> depicted</c><00:28:21.299><c> for</c>

00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:22.319
you<00:28:21.619><c> on</c><00:28:21.759><c> the</c><00:28:22.000><c> screen</c><00:28:22.180><c> there.</c>

00:28:22.339 --> 00:28:24.440
This<00:28:22.460><c> is</c><00:28:22.759><c> roughly</c><00:28:23.059><c> the</c><00:28:23.440><c> area</c><00:28:23.759><c> that</c><00:28:23.920><c> it</c><00:28:24.140><c> was.</c>

00:28:24.440 --> 00:28:28.400
We<00:28:24.920><c> can</c><00:28:25.220><c> see</c><00:28:25.400><c> that</c><00:28:25.720><c> it</c><00:28:26.359><c> encompassed</c><00:28:27.140><c> the</c><00:28:27.220><c> area</c><00:28:27.579><c> of</c><00:28:27.920><c> Palestine,</c>

00:28:28.779 --> 00:28:30.500
obviously,<00:28:29.039><c> or</c><00:28:29.259><c> Israel,</c><00:28:29.779><c> where</c><00:28:30.119><c> the</c>

00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:32.339
Israelites<00:28:30.759><c> were</c><00:28:31.039><c> taken</c><00:28:31.299><c> over</c><00:28:31.619><c> to</c><00:28:31.819><c> Babylon.</c>

00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:36.279
It<00:28:32.960><c> came</c><00:28:33.180><c> right</c><00:28:33.460><c> the</c><00:28:33.599><c> way</c><00:28:33.839><c> through</c><00:28:34.160><c> up</c><00:28:34.400><c> into</c><00:28:34.640><c> Syria,</c><00:28:35.500><c> into</c><00:28:35.859><c> the</c>

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:37.940
southern<00:28:36.500><c> part</c><00:28:36.799><c> of</c><00:28:37.079><c> Galatia,</c><00:28:37.539><c> as</c><00:28:37.660><c> it</c><00:28:37.799><c> was</c>

00:28:37.940 --> 00:28:40.559
known<00:28:38.099><c> in</c><00:28:38.259><c> the</c><00:28:38.339><c> New</c><00:28:38.500><c> Testament,</c><00:28:38.940><c> Turkey</c><00:28:39.339><c> today,</c><00:28:40.140><c> right</c><00:28:40.420><c> the</c>

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:42.279
way<00:28:40.720><c> down</c><00:28:40.920><c> the</c><00:28:41.160><c> Tigris</c><00:28:41.579><c> and</c><00:28:41.740><c> Euphrates</c>

00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:45.319
River,<00:28:43.019><c> including</c><00:28:43.420><c> the</c><00:28:43.779><c> area</c><00:28:44.019><c> of</c><00:28:44.220><c> what</c><00:28:44.400><c> we</c><00:28:44.579><c> know</c><00:28:44.740><c> today</c><00:28:45.059><c> as</c>

00:28:45.319 --> 00:28:47.500
Baghdad<00:28:45.839><c> and</c><00:28:45.960><c> those</c><00:28:46.140><c> different</c><00:28:47.279><c> cities,</c>

00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:51.140
Iraq,<00:28:48.859><c> into</c><00:28:49.140><c> Kuwait</c><00:28:49.539><c> somewhat</c><00:28:49.940><c> in</c><00:28:50.160><c> the</c><00:28:50.279><c> south.</c>

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:55.500
And<00:28:51.480><c> outside</c><00:28:52.339><c> of</c><00:28:52.579><c> it,</c><00:28:53.359><c> on</c><00:28:53.640><c> the</c><00:28:53.859><c> eastern</c><00:28:54.220><c> side,</c><00:28:54.859><c> is</c><00:28:55.059><c> the</c><00:28:55.299><c> city</c>

00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:57.640
or<00:28:55.740><c> the</c><00:28:56.099><c> empire</c><00:28:56.440><c> of</c><00:28:56.660><c> the</c><00:28:56.880><c> Persians,</c><00:28:57.460><c> and</c>

00:28:57.640 --> 00:29:00.599
to<00:28:57.779><c> sort</c><00:28:57.900><c> of</c><00:28:58.039><c> the</c><00:28:58.259><c> northeast,</c><00:28:58.619><c> the</c><00:28:58.839><c> empire</c><00:28:59.160><c> of</c><00:28:59.400><c> the</c><00:28:59.700><c> Medes.</c>

00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:05.160
Now<00:29:01.140><c> the</c><00:29:01.619><c> Persian</c><00:29:02.059><c> city</c><00:29:02.400><c> of</c><00:29:02.700><c> Persopolis</c><00:29:03.400><c> is</c><00:29:04.200><c> right</c><00:29:04.660><c> there</c><00:29:04.859><c> on</c>

00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:07.319
the<00:29:05.319><c> right</c><00:29:05.579><c>-hand</c><00:29:05.799><c> side</c><00:29:06.059><c> of</c><00:29:06.200><c> the</c><00:29:06.460><c> screen.</c>

00:29:08.140 --> 00:29:12.779
This<00:29:08.359><c> city</c><00:29:08.940><c> has</c><00:29:09.559><c> been</c><00:29:09.960><c> excavated</c><00:29:10.619><c> at</c><00:29:10.980><c> length</c><00:29:11.359><c> by</c><00:29:11.859><c> the</c><00:29:12.220><c> Chicago</c>

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:15.319
Institute<00:29:13.440><c> in</c><00:29:13.660><c> the</c><00:29:13.880><c> 30s,</c><00:29:14.700><c> and</c><00:29:15.180><c> you</c>

00:29:15.319 --> 00:29:19.319
can<00:29:15.480><c> go</c><00:29:15.700><c> there</c><00:29:15.920><c> today</c><00:29:16.259><c> and</c><00:29:16.519><c> have</c><00:29:16.759><c> a</c><00:29:17.000><c> bus</c><00:29:17.240><c> tour</c><00:29:17.519><c> of</c><00:29:17.759><c> the</c><00:29:17.900><c> city</c><00:29:18.200><c> of</c><00:29:18.599><c> Persopolis.</c>

00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:23.819
The<00:29:19.839><c> ancient</c><00:29:20.480><c> capital</c><00:29:21.039><c> city</c><00:29:21.359><c> of</c><00:29:21.519><c> the</c><00:29:21.680><c> Persian</c><00:29:21.920><c> Empire,</c><00:29:22.980><c> and</c><00:29:23.099><c> it's</c><00:29:23.279><c> quite</c><00:29:23.500><c> a</c>

00:29:23.819 --> 00:29:25.279
magnificent<00:29:24.220><c> place</c><00:29:24.619><c> as</c><00:29:24.859><c> well.</c>

00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:28.039
This<00:29:25.740><c> is</c><00:29:25.920><c> an</c><00:29:26.119><c> artist's</c><00:29:26.579><c> rendition</c><00:29:27.160><c> of</c><00:29:27.440><c> what</c><00:29:27.619><c> it</c><00:29:27.779><c> would</c><00:29:27.880><c> have</c>

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:30.180
looked<00:29:28.200><c> like</c><00:29:28.380><c> in</c><00:29:28.519><c> its</c><00:29:28.700><c> glory,</c><00:29:29.500><c> and</c><00:29:29.799><c> you</c><00:29:29.920><c> can</c>

00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:35.019
see<00:29:30.400><c> here</c><00:29:31.000><c> that</c><00:29:31.299><c> there</c><00:29:31.660><c> are</c><00:29:32.740><c> depictions</c><00:29:33.460><c> of</c><00:29:33.779><c> the</c><00:29:34.099><c> soldiers</c><00:29:34.660><c> of</c>

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:36.900
the<00:29:35.180><c> Medo</c><00:29:35.440><c>-Persian</c><00:29:35.740><c> Empire</c><00:29:36.259><c> that</c><00:29:36.720><c> would</c>

00:29:36.900 --> 00:29:39.039
have<00:29:37.140><c> sat</c><00:29:37.279><c> on</c><00:29:37.480><c> this</c><00:29:37.720><c> area</c><00:29:38.079><c> of</c><00:29:38.500><c> the</c><00:29:38.680><c> temple.</c>

00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:41.940
There<00:29:39.579><c> are</c><00:29:39.700><c> the</c><00:29:39.859><c> great</c><00:29:40.079><c> pillars</c><00:29:40.380><c> and</c><00:29:40.700><c> posts</c><00:29:41.119><c> still</c><00:29:41.500><c> standing,</c>

00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:43.900
and<00:29:42.400><c> some</c><00:29:42.619><c> of</c><00:29:42.740><c> the</c><00:29:42.940><c> idols</c><00:29:43.259><c> and</c><00:29:43.579><c> statues</c>

00:29:43.900 --> 00:29:45.380
as<00:29:44.099><c> we</c><00:29:44.220><c> can</c><00:29:44.440><c> see</c><00:29:44.599><c> them.</c>

00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:48.920
Now<00:29:46.299><c> Cyrus</c><00:29:46.779><c> himself</c><00:29:47.460><c> is</c><00:29:47.660><c> an</c><00:29:47.900><c> interesting</c><00:29:48.400><c> character.</c>

00:29:49.319 --> 00:29:51.980
We<00:29:49.460><c> just</c><00:29:49.619><c> want</c><00:29:49.759><c> to</c><00:29:49.900><c> talk</c><00:29:50.059><c> about</c><00:29:50.259><c> him</c><00:29:50.480><c> for</c><00:29:50.680><c> a</c><00:29:50.819><c> minute</c><00:29:51.059><c> as</c><00:29:51.359><c> to</c><00:29:51.519><c> where</c><00:29:51.759><c> he</c>

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:53.180
came<00:29:52.240><c> from.</c>

00:29:53.680 --> 00:29:57.480
The<00:29:53.779><c> king</c><00:29:54.099><c> of</c><00:29:54.339><c> Stasis</c><00:29:54.859><c> was</c><00:29:55.259><c> the</c><00:29:55.599><c> king</c><00:29:55.740><c> of</c><00:29:55.960><c> the</c><00:29:56.220><c> Medes</c><00:29:56.880><c> of</c><00:29:57.180><c> that</c>

00:29:57.480 --> 00:30:00.880
empire,<00:29:58.019><c> sort</c><00:29:58.220><c> of</c><00:29:58.359><c> to</c><00:29:58.799><c> the</c><00:29:58.920><c> northeast</c><00:29:59.500><c> of</c><00:29:59.960><c> Babylon.</c>

00:30:01.059 --> 00:30:07.519
Now<00:30:01.440><c> he</c><00:30:01.680><c> had</c><00:30:02.019><c> a</c><00:30:02.339><c> daughter,</c><00:30:03.720><c> Mandane,</c><00:30:04.220><c> who</c><00:30:04.400><c> was</c><00:30:04.660><c> basically</c><00:30:05.259><c> a</c><00:30:05.579><c> political</c><00:30:06.079><c> marriage,</c><00:30:07.400><c> a</c>

00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:08.279
wife<00:30:07.740><c> of</c><00:30:07.920><c> a</c><00:30:08.039><c> political</c>

00:30:08.279 --> 00:30:11.299
marriage,<00:30:08.640><c> and</c><00:30:08.799><c> she</c><00:30:08.960><c> was</c><00:30:09.180><c> married</c><00:30:09.380><c> off</c><00:30:09.619><c> to</c><00:30:09.799><c> Cambyses,</c><00:30:10.519><c> who</c><00:30:10.640><c> was</c><00:30:10.859><c> the</c><00:30:11.019><c> king</c><00:30:11.140><c> of</c>

00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:12.039
the<00:30:11.500><c> Persians.</c>

00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:17.339
So<00:30:12.599><c> we</c><00:30:12.740><c> have</c><00:30:12.940><c> sort</c><00:30:13.119><c> of</c><00:30:13.279><c> a</c><00:30:13.559><c> cyro,</c><00:30:14.180><c> or</c><00:30:14.619><c> a</c><00:30:15.119><c> cyrus,</c><00:30:15.740><c> not</c><00:30:16.039><c> cyro,</c><00:30:16.940><c> Medo</c>

00:30:17.339 --> 00:30:19.180
-Persian<00:30:17.819><c> conglomeration</c><00:30:18.720><c> that</c><00:30:18.920><c> comes</c>

00:30:19.180 --> 00:30:21.319
about<00:30:19.440><c> by</c><00:30:19.660><c> this</c><00:30:19.859><c> political</c><00:30:20.400><c> union.</c>

00:30:21.460 --> 00:30:25.859
Now<00:30:21.640><c> the</c><00:30:21.759><c> other</c><00:30:22.220><c> king</c><00:30:22.779><c> at</c><00:30:23.480><c> the</c><00:30:23.759><c> time</c><00:30:24.059><c> of</c><00:30:24.720><c> these</c><00:30:25.160><c> events</c><00:30:25.599><c> would</c>

00:30:25.859 --> 00:30:28.960
be<00:30:26.400><c> Stasis'</c><00:30:27.220><c> other</c><00:30:27.460><c> son,</c><00:30:28.059><c> or</c><00:30:28.299><c> son</c><00:30:28.640><c> I</c><00:30:28.740><c> should</c>

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:33.599
say,<00:30:29.299><c> his</c><00:30:29.400><c> daughter,</c><00:30:29.940><c> so</c><00:30:30.059><c> it's</c><00:30:30.440><c> Darius,</c><00:30:31.519><c> whom</c><00:30:31.779><c> secular</c><00:30:32.220><c> history</c><00:30:32.720><c> describes</c><00:30:33.200><c> to</c><00:30:33.420><c> us</c>

00:30:33.599 --> 00:30:35.579
as<00:30:33.779><c> being</c><00:30:34.680><c> Syaxares.</c>

00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:37.720
I'm<00:30:36.299><c> surprised</c><00:30:36.640><c> they</c><00:30:36.819><c> pronounced</c><00:30:37.099><c> that</c><00:30:37.299><c> right,</c><00:30:37.480><c> but</c><00:30:37.640><c> there</c>

00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:38.000
you<00:30:37.819><c> go.</c>

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:42.279
Okay,<00:30:39.000><c> so</c><00:30:39.200><c> those</c><00:30:39.460><c> are</c><00:30:39.619><c> the</c><00:30:39.880><c> characters</c><00:30:40.700><c> of</c><00:30:41.099><c> the</c><00:30:41.460><c> story</c><00:30:41.839><c> of</c><00:30:42.099><c> the</c>

00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:43.500
book<00:30:42.579><c> of</c><00:30:43.079><c> Daniel.</c>

00:30:43.680 --> 00:30:46.259
These<00:30:43.940><c> are</c><00:30:44.099><c> the</c><00:30:44.279><c> people</c><00:30:44.480><c> that</c><00:30:44.660><c> are</c><00:30:44.839><c> involved,</c><00:30:45.500><c> and</c><00:30:45.779><c> there</c><00:30:45.940><c> is</c>

00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:47.900
somewhat<00:30:46.539><c> of</c><00:30:46.740><c> a</c><00:30:46.920><c> discussion</c><00:30:47.339><c> as</c><00:30:47.579><c> to</c><00:30:47.740><c> who</c>

00:30:47.900 --> 00:30:48.339
was<00:30:48.099><c> it.</c>

00:30:48.339 --> 00:30:50.599
If<00:30:48.539><c> you</c><00:30:48.680><c> look</c><00:30:48.779><c> at</c><00:30:48.900><c> the</c><00:30:49.079><c> end</c><00:30:49.259><c> of</c><00:30:49.380><c> Daniel</c><00:30:49.660><c> chapter</c><00:30:49.960><c> 5,</c><00:30:50.299><c> it</c><00:30:50.380><c> says</c>

00:30:50.599 --> 00:30:52.339
that<00:30:50.920><c> Darius</c><00:30:51.460><c> took</c><00:30:51.819><c> the</c><00:30:52.039><c> kingdom.</c>

00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:57.359
The<00:30:53.140><c> RV</c><00:30:53.500><c> actually</c><00:30:53.980><c> has</c><00:30:54.299><c> the</c><00:30:54.539><c> word</c><00:30:54.819><c> received</c><00:30:55.460><c> the</c><00:30:55.779><c> kingdom,</c><00:30:56.579><c> because</c><00:30:57.019><c> he</c>

00:30:57.359 --> 00:30:59.079
received<00:30:57.779><c> it</c><00:30:58.039><c> from</c><00:30:58.240><c> his</c><00:30:58.579><c> nephew</c>

00:30:59.079 --> 00:31:01.720
Cyrus<00:30:59.859><c> for</c><00:31:00.119><c> a</c><00:31:00.359><c> short</c><00:31:00.539><c> period</c><00:31:00.799><c> of</c><00:31:01.000><c> time,</c><00:31:01.119><c> and</c><00:31:01.220><c> we'll</c><00:31:01.339><c> get</c><00:31:01.500><c> into</c>

00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:04.039
that,<00:31:02.140><c> but</c><00:31:02.259><c> this</c><00:31:02.460><c> is</c><00:31:02.619><c> the</c><00:31:02.839><c> family</c><00:31:03.140><c> tree.</c>

00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:08.859
Now<00:31:04.160><c> Cyrus,</c><00:31:04.859><c> as</c><00:31:05.099><c> a</c><00:31:05.240><c> young</c><00:31:05.420><c> man,</c><00:31:06.579><c> went</c><00:31:06.740><c> to</c><00:31:07.039><c> visit</c><00:31:07.259><c> his</c><00:31:07.559><c> grandfather,</c><00:31:08.400><c> Stasis,</c>

00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:12.200
in<00:31:10.539><c> the</c><00:31:10.680><c> Median</c><00:31:11.700><c> Empire,</c>

00:31:12.599 --> 00:31:14.640
and<00:31:12.720><c> spent</c><00:31:13.000><c> quite</c><00:31:13.440><c> a</c><00:31:13.559><c> lot</c><00:31:13.720><c> of</c><00:31:13.880><c> time</c><00:31:14.079><c> with</c><00:31:14.299><c> him.</c>

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:18.099
The<00:31:15.259><c> Persians</c><00:31:15.640><c> were</c><00:31:15.940><c> a</c><00:31:15.940><c> very</c><00:31:16.440><c> disciplined</c><00:31:16.960><c> people,</c><00:31:17.359><c> very</c><00:31:17.700><c> similar</c><00:31:17.920><c> to</c>

00:31:18.099 --> 00:31:19.519
the<00:31:18.440><c> Spartans.</c>

00:31:19.640 --> 00:31:22.480
The<00:31:19.799><c> Medians</c><00:31:20.240><c> were</c><00:31:20.420><c> a</c><00:31:20.480><c> little</c><00:31:20.619><c> bit</c><00:31:20.799><c> more</c><00:31:20.960><c> like</c><00:31:21.200><c> the</c><00:31:21.539><c> Athenians,</c><00:31:22.240><c> they</c><00:31:22.380><c> were</c>

00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:23.180
a<00:31:22.519><c> little</c><00:31:22.680><c> bit</c><00:31:22.880><c> more</c><00:31:23.019><c> like</c>

00:31:23.180 --> 00:31:26.380
to<00:31:23.380><c> live</c><00:31:23.519><c> it</c><00:31:23.680><c> up,</c><00:31:23.880><c> they</c><00:31:24.059><c> enjoyed</c><00:31:24.319><c> their</c><00:31:24.619><c> banquets,</c><00:31:25.099><c> they</c><00:31:25.279><c> enjoyed</c><00:31:25.539><c> their</c><00:31:25.819><c> parties</c><00:31:26.180><c> and</c>

00:31:26.380 --> 00:31:26.960
their<00:31:26.640><c> food</c>

00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:28.779
and<00:31:27.079><c> their</c><00:31:27.359><c> gold</c><00:31:27.619><c> and</c><00:31:27.799><c> those</c><00:31:28.000><c> types</c><00:31:28.279><c> of</c><00:31:28.480><c> things.</c>

00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:32.700
But<00:31:29.539><c> the</c><00:31:29.859><c> Persians</c><00:31:30.299><c> were</c><00:31:30.480><c> a</c><00:31:30.519><c> lot</c><00:31:30.720><c> more</c><00:31:31.339><c> rigorous</c><00:31:31.859><c> in</c><00:31:32.099><c> their</c><00:31:32.339><c> discipline.</c>

00:31:32.700 --> 00:31:35.480
They<00:31:33.160><c> would</c><00:31:33.420><c> take</c><00:31:33.619><c> the</c><00:31:33.819><c> young</c><00:31:34.039><c> men</c><00:31:34.240><c> at</c><00:31:34.359><c> an</c><00:31:34.579><c> early</c><00:31:34.880><c> age,</c><00:31:35.259><c> six</c>

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:36.859
years<00:31:35.819><c> old,</c><00:31:36.119><c> and</c><00:31:36.180><c> they</c><00:31:36.299><c> would</c><00:31:36.559><c> put</c><00:31:36.700><c> them</c>

00:31:36.859 --> 00:31:39.640
into<00:31:37.099><c> military</c><00:31:37.599><c> school,</c><00:31:38.220><c> and</c><00:31:38.420><c> they</c><00:31:38.559><c> would</c><00:31:38.740><c> be</c><00:31:39.000><c> trained</c><00:31:39.240><c> very</c>

00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:41.180
similar<00:31:39.900><c> to</c><00:31:40.059><c> that</c><00:31:40.220><c> as</c><00:31:40.400><c> the</c><00:31:40.640><c> Greeks</c><00:31:40.799><c> did,</c><00:31:41.059><c> from</c>

00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:42.980
an<00:31:41.440><c> early</c><00:31:41.660><c> age</c><00:31:41.880><c> all</c><00:31:42.079><c> the</c><00:31:42.200><c> way</c><00:31:42.339><c> up.</c>

00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:44.700
And<00:31:43.259><c> so</c><00:31:43.579><c> Cyrus</c><00:31:43.980><c> underwent</c><00:31:44.480><c> that.</c>

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:49.980
At<00:31:44.900><c> the</c><00:31:45.059><c> age</c><00:31:45.220><c> of</c><00:31:45.339><c> about</c><00:31:45.579><c> 12,</c><00:31:45.960><c> he</c><00:31:46.059><c> went</c><00:31:46.240><c> to</c><00:31:46.519><c> visit</c><00:31:46.660><c> his</c><00:31:46.940><c> grandfather</c><00:31:47.660><c> in</c><00:31:49.000><c> Media,</c><00:31:49.559><c> where</c>

00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:51.180
he<00:31:50.619><c> learned</c><00:31:50.880><c> the</c>

00:31:51.180 --> 00:31:55.059
use<00:31:51.359><c> of</c><00:31:51.619><c> the</c><00:31:51.880><c> cavalry,</c><00:31:52.640><c> which</c><00:31:52.900><c> would</c><00:31:53.160><c> make</c><00:31:53.420><c> a</c><00:31:54.160><c> great</c><00:31:54.460><c> part</c><00:31:54.839><c> of</c>

00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:56.880
his<00:31:55.599><c> invasion</c><00:31:56.200><c> of</c><00:31:56.440><c> Babylon.</c>

00:31:56.880 --> 00:32:01.660
And<00:31:57.440><c> so</c><00:31:57.720><c> there</c><00:31:57.839><c> was</c><00:31:58.039><c> this</c><00:31:58.380><c> Medo</c><00:31:58.779><c>-Persian</c><00:31:59.279><c> sort</c><00:31:59.480><c> of</c><00:31:59.720><c> conglomerate</c><00:32:00.779><c> empire</c><00:32:01.319><c> that</c><00:32:01.440><c> was</c>

00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:03.000
being<00:32:01.940><c> formed.</c>

00:32:03.819 --> 00:32:07.920
Now<00:32:04.039><c> when</c><00:32:04.220><c> you</c><00:32:04.380><c> go</c><00:32:04.640><c> to</c><00:32:05.480><c> Persopolis</c><00:32:06.240><c> today,</c><00:32:06.640><c> and</c><00:32:06.799><c> as</c><00:32:06.880><c> they</c><00:32:07.160><c> excavated</c><00:32:07.680><c> it</c>

00:32:07.920 --> 00:32:09.519
in<00:32:08.079><c> the</c><00:32:08.200><c> 1930s,</c><00:32:09.099><c> it's</c><00:32:09.200><c> very</c>

00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:11.819
interesting<00:32:10.019><c> to</c><00:32:10.299><c> see</c><00:32:10.460><c> some</c><00:32:10.640><c> of</c><00:32:10.720><c> the</c><00:32:10.980><c> artifacts</c><00:32:11.460><c> that</c><00:32:11.619><c> are</c>

00:32:11.819 --> 00:32:12.920
found<00:32:12.019><c> there.</c>

00:32:13.339 --> 00:32:16.700
This<00:32:13.579><c> on</c><00:32:13.880><c> the</c><00:32:14.039><c> left</c><00:32:14.339><c> here</c><00:32:14.680><c> is</c><00:32:14.859><c> one</c><00:32:15.019><c> of</c><00:32:15.160><c> the</c><00:32:15.519><c> idols</c><00:32:15.859><c> that</c><00:32:16.039><c> was</c><00:32:16.299><c> found,</c><00:32:16.460><c> and</c><00:32:16.599><c> I</c>

00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:17.420
thought<00:32:16.759><c> it</c><00:32:16.859><c> was</c><00:32:17.000><c> very</c>

00:32:17.420 --> 00:32:19.440
interesting<00:32:17.880><c> that</c><00:32:18.019><c> this</c><00:32:18.380><c> idol</c><00:32:18.680><c> was</c><00:32:18.920><c> a</c><00:32:19.180><c> ram.</c>

00:32:19.599 --> 00:32:24.380
One<00:32:19.779><c> of</c><00:32:19.920><c> the</c><00:32:20.220><c> gods</c><00:32:20.619><c> that</c><00:32:20.839><c> the</c><00:32:21.039><c> Medo</c><00:32:21.420><c>-Persians</c><00:32:21.839><c> or</c><00:32:21.980><c> the</c><00:32:22.200><c> Persians</c><00:32:22.700><c> worshiped</c><00:32:23.259><c> was</c><00:32:23.380><c> a</c><00:32:23.579><c> ram.</c>

00:32:24.579 --> 00:32:25.759
Well,<00:32:25.019><c> isn't</c><00:32:25.180><c> that</c><00:32:25.380><c> interesting?</c>

00:32:25.819 --> 00:32:28.099
That's<00:32:25.980><c> what</c><00:32:26.099><c> we</c><00:32:26.380><c> find</c><00:32:26.740><c> that</c><00:32:26.900><c> they</c><00:32:27.039><c> are</c><00:32:27.200><c> depicted</c><00:32:27.579><c> as</c><00:32:27.859><c> in</c><00:32:27.980><c> the</c>

00:32:28.099 --> 00:32:32.839
book<00:32:28.220><c> of</c><00:32:28.400><c> Daniel</c><00:32:28.660><c> in</c><00:32:28.859><c> chapter</c><00:32:29.140><c> 8,</c><00:32:30.940><c> a</c><00:32:31.859><c> ram</c><00:32:32.359><c>-like</c>

00:32:32.839 --> 00:32:36.420
creature<00:32:33.240><c> that</c><00:32:33.440><c> would</c><00:32:33.579><c> go</c><00:32:33.799><c> out,</c><00:32:34.420><c> and</c><00:32:34.660><c> that's</c><00:32:35.980><c> the</c><00:32:36.059><c> kind</c><00:32:36.200><c> of</c>

00:32:36.420 --> 00:32:37.779
god<00:32:36.579><c> that</c><00:32:36.740><c> they</c><00:32:36.920><c> worshiped,</c><00:32:37.180><c> very</c><00:32:37.500><c> similar</c>

00:32:37.779 --> 00:32:39.599
to<00:32:38.019><c> Babylon</c><00:32:38.400><c> with</c><00:32:38.579><c> the</c><00:32:38.799><c> lions</c><00:32:39.079><c> on</c><00:32:39.299><c> the</c><00:32:39.460><c> wall.</c>

00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:43.279
So<00:32:39.819><c> this</c><00:32:40.480><c> symbology</c><00:32:41.279><c> was</c><00:32:41.720><c> familiar</c><00:32:42.240><c> to</c><00:32:42.519><c> them.</c>

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:46.920
And<00:32:43.640><c> on</c><00:32:43.880><c> one</c><00:32:44.019><c> of</c><00:32:44.160><c> the</c><00:32:44.319><c> walls</c><00:32:44.640><c> of</c><00:32:44.839><c> Persopolis,</c><00:32:46.220><c> there</c><00:32:46.359><c> is</c><00:32:46.660><c> this</c>

00:32:46.920 --> 00:32:48.539
depiction,<00:32:47.519><c> actually</c><00:32:47.779><c> it's</c><00:32:47.940><c> on</c><00:32:48.200><c> several</c>

00:32:48.539 --> 00:32:51.539
of<00:32:48.700><c> the</c><00:32:48.880><c> walls,</c><00:32:49.160><c> there's</c><00:32:49.279><c> some</c><00:32:49.500><c> that</c><00:32:49.640><c> are</c><00:32:49.759><c> better</c><00:32:49.980><c> than</c><00:32:50.160><c> others,</c><00:32:50.960><c> of</c><00:32:51.220><c> a</c>

00:32:51.539 --> 00:32:53.039
Median<00:32:52.039><c> soldier,</c><00:32:52.500><c> or</c><00:32:52.640><c> a</c><00:32:52.640><c> Persian</c>

00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:59.420
soldier,<00:32:53.500><c> sorry,</c><00:32:54.440><c> thrusting</c><00:32:54.960><c> a</c><00:32:55.460><c> sword</c><00:32:56.000><c> into</c><00:32:56.619><c> a</c><00:32:56.960><c> winged</c><00:32:57.599><c> lion's</c><00:32:58.380><c> stomach,</c><00:32:59.259><c> which</c>

00:32:59.420 --> 00:33:00.059
was<00:32:59.640><c> basically</c>

00:33:00.059 --> 00:33:02.960
the<00:33:00.279><c> symbol</c><00:33:00.519><c> of</c><00:33:00.759><c> Babylon</c><00:33:01.140><c> as</c><00:33:01.440><c> they</c><00:33:01.740><c> understood</c><00:33:02.140><c> it</c><00:33:02.319><c> in</c><00:33:02.480><c> that</c><00:33:02.700><c> time.</c>

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:05.700
And<00:33:03.460><c> I</c><00:33:03.619><c> just</c><00:33:03.819><c> thought</c><00:33:03.920><c> it</c><00:33:04.019><c> was</c><00:33:04.200><c> interesting</c><00:33:04.640><c> that</c><00:33:04.819><c> the</c><00:33:05.079><c> Persians</c><00:33:05.339><c> depict</c>

00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:07.279
themselves<00:33:06.279><c> as</c><00:33:06.559><c> having</c><00:33:06.779><c> conquered</c>

00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:09.960
the<00:33:07.500><c> Medo</c><00:33:07.799><c>-Persians</c><00:33:08.000><c> or</c><00:33:08.240><c> the</c><00:33:08.759><c> Babylonian</c><00:33:09.420><c> winged</c><00:33:09.839><c> lion.</c>

00:33:10.119 --> 00:33:12.980
It's<00:33:10.279><c> there</c><00:33:10.460><c> on</c><00:33:10.619><c> the</c><00:33:10.799><c> walls</c><00:33:10.980><c> of</c><00:33:11.200><c> Persopolis</c><00:33:11.740><c> for</c><00:33:11.920><c> us</c><00:33:12.019><c> to</c><00:33:12.240><c> see.</c>

00:33:13.500 --> 00:33:17.700
It's<00:33:13.759><c> also</c><00:33:14.079><c> really</c><00:33:14.400><c> interesting</c><00:33:14.980><c> that</c><00:33:15.619><c> this</c><00:33:16.140><c> city</c><00:33:16.440><c> is</c><00:33:16.759><c> a</c><00:33:16.960><c> testimony</c><00:33:17.460><c> to</c>

00:33:17.700 --> 00:33:18.819
the<00:33:17.920><c> truth</c><00:33:18.099><c> of</c><00:33:18.279><c> the</c><00:33:18.440><c> Bible,</c>

00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:22.279
because<00:33:19.740><c> as</c><00:33:20.140><c> it</c><00:33:20.440><c> depicts</c><00:33:20.759><c> on</c><00:33:20.980><c> that</c><00:33:21.240><c> wall</c><00:33:21.539><c> that</c><00:33:21.680><c> we</c><00:33:21.839><c> saw</c><00:33:22.019><c> at</c><00:33:22.160><c> the</c>

00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:23.700
beginning<00:33:22.579><c> in</c><00:33:22.759><c> the</c><00:33:22.900><c> artist's</c><00:33:23.359><c> rendition,</c>

00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:26.559
there's<00:33:24.539><c> the</c><00:33:24.799><c> stairs</c><00:33:25.059><c> at</c><00:33:25.279><c> the</c><00:33:25.359><c> bottom</c><00:33:25.619><c> of</c><00:33:25.799><c> the</c><00:33:25.960><c> screen</c><00:33:26.180><c> there,</c>

00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:28.579
and<00:33:27.079><c> as</c><00:33:27.240><c> you</c><00:33:27.359><c> look</c><00:33:27.559><c> up</c><00:33:27.799><c> further,</c><00:33:28.220><c> you</c><00:33:28.339><c> see</c>

00:33:28.579 --> 00:33:31.660
the<00:33:29.440><c> different</c><00:33:29.920><c> soldiers</c><00:33:30.400><c> here,</c><00:33:30.700><c> you'll</c><00:33:30.960><c> notice</c><00:33:31.279><c> that</c><00:33:31.460><c> they</c>

00:33:31.660 --> 00:33:34.660
have<00:33:31.920><c> different</c><00:33:32.460><c> types</c><00:33:32.940><c> of</c><00:33:33.299><c> head</c><00:33:33.579><c> coverings.</c>

00:33:34.880 --> 00:33:36.900
This<00:33:35.119><c> is</c><00:33:35.339><c> actually</c><00:33:35.599><c> the</c><00:33:35.819><c> nobility.</c>

00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:40.839
One<00:33:37.299><c> has</c><00:33:37.579><c> the</c><00:33:37.859><c> rounded</c><00:33:38.240><c> sort</c><00:33:38.559><c> of</c><00:33:39.119><c> head,</c><00:33:39.920><c> or</c><00:33:40.140><c> hat,</c><00:33:40.539><c> or</c><00:33:40.619><c> whatever</c>

00:33:40.839 --> 00:33:42.039
it<00:33:40.980><c> is</c><00:33:41.079><c> they're</c><00:33:41.240><c> wearing,</c><00:33:41.799><c> and</c><00:33:41.960><c> the</c>

00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:43.799
other<00:33:42.140><c> one</c><00:33:42.279><c> has</c><00:33:42.480><c> this</c><00:33:42.720><c> other</c><00:33:42.900><c> thing</c><00:33:43.059><c> that</c><00:33:43.180><c> looks</c><00:33:43.400><c> rather</c><00:33:43.619><c> like</c>

00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:44.960
a<00:33:44.039><c> brush</c><00:33:44.259><c> kind</c><00:33:44.460><c> of</c><00:33:44.619><c> poking</c><00:33:44.779><c> up.</c>

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:47.599
I'm<00:33:45.099><c> not</c><00:33:45.279><c> exactly</c><00:33:45.619><c> sure</c><00:33:45.819><c> what</c><00:33:45.960><c> they</c><00:33:46.119><c> would</c><00:33:46.279><c> have</c><00:33:46.400><c> been</c><00:33:46.480><c> in</c><00:33:46.660><c> real</c><00:33:46.880><c> life,</c><00:33:47.259><c> but</c>

00:33:47.599 --> 00:33:48.400
that's<00:33:47.960><c> the</c><00:33:48.099><c> way</c><00:33:48.259><c> that</c>

00:33:48.400 --> 00:33:49.700
they<00:33:48.619><c> are</c><00:33:48.619><c> depicted.</c>

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:53.099
The<00:33:50.240><c> one</c><00:33:50.380><c> is</c><00:33:50.619><c> the</c><00:33:50.880><c> Medians,</c><00:33:51.740><c> and</c><00:33:51.900><c> the</c><00:33:52.000><c> other</c><00:33:52.140><c> one</c><00:33:52.299><c> is</c><00:33:52.460><c> the</c><00:33:52.640><c> Persians.</c>

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:57.500
They<00:33:53.660><c> were</c><00:33:53.940><c> a</c><00:33:54.200><c> mixed</c><00:33:54.460><c> people</c><00:33:54.960><c> who</c><00:33:55.259><c> dwelt</c><00:33:55.579><c> simultaneously</c><00:33:56.380><c> together.</c>

00:33:57.819 --> 00:34:01.079
And<00:33:58.039><c> as</c><00:33:58.220><c> we</c><00:33:58.380><c> look</c><00:33:58.539><c> at</c><00:33:58.680><c> them,</c><00:33:59.019><c> they're</c><00:33:59.220><c> soldiers</c><00:33:59.859><c> on</c><00:34:00.460><c> this</c><00:34:00.759><c> wall.</c>

00:34:01.119 --> 00:34:05.940
As<00:34:01.240><c> you</c><00:34:01.460><c> walk</c><00:34:01.680><c> along</c><00:34:02.539><c> it,</c><00:34:03.000><c> you</c><00:34:03.119><c> have</c><00:34:03.319><c> a</c><00:34:03.519><c> Persian</c><00:34:03.839><c> and</c><00:34:04.299><c> a</c><00:34:04.539><c> Median,</c><00:34:05.099><c> a</c><00:34:05.220><c> Persian</c><00:34:05.660><c> and</c>

00:34:05.940 --> 00:34:06.940
a<00:34:06.180><c> Median,</c><00:34:06.539><c> all</c><00:34:06.819><c> the</c>

00:34:06.940 --> 00:34:07.680
way<00:34:07.079><c> along</c><00:34:07.279><c> this</c><00:34:07.539><c> wall.</c>

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:10.739
And<00:34:07.799><c> it's</c><00:34:07.940><c> really</c><00:34:08.280><c> interesting</c><00:34:08.699><c> to</c><00:34:09.000><c> see</c><00:34:09.360><c> that</c><00:34:09.760><c> they</c><00:34:10.119><c> were</c><00:34:10.380><c> an</c>

00:34:10.739 --> 00:34:12.199
integrated<00:34:11.159><c> people,</c><00:34:11.599><c> and</c><00:34:11.739><c> they</c><00:34:11.920><c> depicted</c>

00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:13.239
themselves<00:34:12.639><c> as</c><00:34:12.920><c> such.</c>

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:16.760
And<00:34:13.840><c> that's</c><00:34:14.460><c> a</c><00:34:14.760><c> close</c><00:34:15.039><c>-up</c><00:34:15.239><c> of</c><00:34:15.420><c> what</c><00:34:15.639><c> they</c><00:34:15.860><c> are</c><00:34:16.000><c> on</c><00:34:16.179><c> these</c><00:34:16.400><c> walls.</c>

00:34:16.760 --> 00:34:19.320
And<00:34:17.139><c> I</c><00:34:17.320><c> thought</c><00:34:17.460><c> that</c><00:34:17.619><c> that</c><00:34:17.760><c> was</c><00:34:17.980><c> a</c><00:34:18.159><c> great</c><00:34:18.400><c> testimony</c><00:34:18.900><c> to</c><00:34:19.119><c> the</c>

00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:20.059
truth<00:34:19.460><c> of</c><00:34:19.639><c> the</c><00:34:19.760><c> Bible.</c>

00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:25.000
The<00:34:20.659><c> Medo</c><00:34:21.139><c>-Persian</c><00:34:21.659><c> Empire</c><00:34:22.239><c> depicted</c><00:34:22.780><c> as</c><00:34:23.579><c> those</c><00:34:24.099><c> chest</c><00:34:24.699><c> and</c>

00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:28.940
arms<00:34:25.260><c> of</c><00:34:25.500><c> silver,</c><00:34:26.239><c> two</c><00:34:26.579><c> arms,</c><00:34:27.559><c> two</c><00:34:28.320><c> sections</c>

00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:32.639
to<00:34:29.239><c> it,</c><00:34:29.539><c> the</c><00:34:29.780><c> bear</c><00:34:30.000><c> raised</c><00:34:30.400><c> up</c><00:34:30.599><c> on</c><00:34:30.780><c> one</c><00:34:31.019><c> side,</c><00:34:31.659><c> the</c><00:34:31.880><c> Persians</c><00:34:32.260><c> being</c><00:34:32.500><c> a</c>

00:34:32.639 --> 00:34:33.800
little<00:34:32.820><c> bit</c><00:34:32.940><c> more</c><00:34:33.280><c> powerful</c>

00:34:33.800 --> 00:34:35.739
than<00:34:34.239><c> the</c><00:34:34.460><c> Median</c><00:34:34.800><c> nation.</c>

00:34:36.400 --> 00:34:40.900
They<00:34:37.000><c> are</c><00:34:37.320><c> depicted</c><00:34:37.880><c> by</c><00:34:38.559><c> some</c><00:34:38.760><c> of</c><00:34:38.920><c> the</c><00:34:39.159><c> modern</c><00:34:39.579><c> artist</c><00:34:40.000><c> renditions</c><00:34:40.579><c> from</c>

00:34:40.900 --> 00:34:42.800
Persia<00:34:41.280><c> in</c><00:34:41.440><c> their</c><00:34:41.699><c> different</c><00:34:42.280><c> armaments</c>

00:34:42.800 --> 00:34:43.880
and<00:34:43.039><c> whatever</c><00:34:43.340><c> else</c><00:34:43.659><c> forced.</c>

00:34:43.880 --> 00:34:46.099
They<00:34:44.079><c> were</c><00:34:44.420><c> a</c><00:34:44.679><c> warlike</c><00:34:45.139><c> people.</c>

00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:50.440
We<00:34:47.019><c> want</c><00:34:47.159><c> to</c><00:34:47.400><c> follow</c><00:34:47.639><c> Cyrus</c><00:34:48.039><c> now</c><00:34:48.340><c> on</c><00:34:48.539><c> his</c><00:34:48.780><c> invasion</c><00:34:49.239><c> of</c><00:34:49.519><c> Babylon</c><00:34:49.820><c> to</c><00:34:50.039><c> bring</c><00:34:50.239><c> us</c>

00:34:50.440 --> 00:34:52.239
to<00:34:50.699><c> Babylon's</c><00:34:51.159><c> last</c><00:34:51.420><c> night.</c>

00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:56.880
He<00:34:52.360><c> left</c><00:34:52.599><c> Persopolis</c><00:34:53.539><c> and</c><00:34:54.199><c> basically</c><00:34:54.760><c> joined</c><00:34:55.179><c> his</c><00:34:55.460><c> uncle</c><00:34:55.880><c> Cambyses,</c><00:34:56.739><c> who</c>

00:34:56.880 --> 00:34:58.699
we<00:34:57.099><c> know</c><00:34:57.219><c> as</c><00:34:57.500><c> Darius,</c><00:34:58.300><c> in</c>

00:34:58.699 --> 00:35:02.719
Media<00:34:59.099><c> at</c><00:34:59.980><c> the</c><00:35:00.900><c> capital</c><00:35:01.239><c> city</c><00:35:01.539><c> of</c><00:35:01.739><c> the</c><00:35:01.940><c> Medes.</c>

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:06.559
And<00:35:03.179><c> from</c><00:35:03.559><c> there,</c><00:35:03.920><c> he</c><00:35:04.179><c> set</c><00:35:04.400><c> out</c><00:35:04.559><c> on</c><00:35:04.719><c> an</c><00:35:05.000><c> expedition</c><00:35:05.559><c> because</c>

00:35:06.559 --> 00:35:08.579
the<00:35:06.980><c> Babylonians</c><00:35:07.699><c> had</c><00:35:07.880><c> been</c><00:35:08.099><c> basically</c>

00:35:08.579 --> 00:35:09.960
putting<00:35:08.880><c> together</c><00:35:09.320><c> a</c><00:35:09.719><c> force.</c>

00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:15.679
They<00:35:10.179><c> saw</c><00:35:10.539><c> this</c><00:35:10.840><c> Medo</c><00:35:11.179><c>-Persian</c><00:35:11.679><c> sort</c><00:35:11.920><c> of</c><00:35:13.920><c> conglomeration</c><00:35:14.800><c> taking</c><00:35:15.099><c> place,</c><00:35:15.519><c> and</c>

00:35:15.679 --> 00:35:16.880
they<00:35:15.980><c> saw</c><00:35:16.239><c> it</c><00:35:16.360><c> was</c><00:35:16.539><c> a</c><00:35:16.739><c> threat</c>

00:35:16.880 --> 00:35:17.280
to<00:35:17.079><c> them.</c>

00:35:17.559 --> 00:35:20.079
So<00:35:17.659><c> the</c><00:35:17.760><c> best</c><00:35:17.960><c> thing</c><00:35:18.119><c> to</c><00:35:18.320><c> do</c><00:35:18.460><c> is</c><00:35:18.619><c> the</c><00:35:18.760><c> best</c><00:35:18.980><c> defense</c><00:35:19.320><c> is</c><00:35:19.500><c> a</c><00:35:19.559><c> good</c><00:35:19.719><c> offense.</c>

00:35:20.099 --> 00:35:22.199
So<00:35:20.239><c> they</c><00:35:20.340><c> put</c><00:35:20.539><c> together</c><00:35:20.840><c> a</c><00:35:21.119><c> force,</c><00:35:21.559><c> and</c><00:35:21.739><c> they</c><00:35:21.900><c> were</c><00:35:22.039><c> going</c><00:35:22.139><c> to</c>

00:35:22.199 --> 00:35:24.539
come<00:35:22.460><c> and</c><00:35:22.679><c> basically</c><00:35:23.320><c> flatten</c><00:35:24.039><c> the</c><00:35:24.300><c> Median</c>

00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:27.440
Empire<00:35:24.980><c> and</c><00:35:25.139><c> sort</c><00:35:25.300><c> of</c><00:35:25.420><c> make</c><00:35:25.539><c> an</c><00:35:25.719><c> example</c><00:35:26.059><c> of</c><00:35:26.239><c> it</c><00:35:26.420><c> so</c><00:35:26.880><c> that</c><00:35:27.039><c> there</c><00:35:27.099><c> wouldn't</c><00:35:27.280><c> be</c>

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:28.599
any<00:35:27.679><c> trouble</c><00:35:27.960><c> from</c><00:35:28.199><c> these</c>

00:35:28.599 --> 00:35:30.539
people<00:35:28.940><c> on</c><00:35:29.139><c> the</c><00:35:29.340><c> eastern</c><00:35:29.559><c> side.</c>

00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:33.659
And<00:35:31.239><c> so</c><00:35:31.559><c> Cyrus</c><00:35:31.940><c> is</c><00:35:32.219><c> called</c><00:35:32.420><c> by</c><00:35:32.659><c> his</c><00:35:32.840><c> uncle</c><00:35:33.019><c> to</c><00:35:33.159><c> go</c><00:35:33.420><c> up.</c>

00:35:33.820 --> 00:35:36.079
He<00:35:34.039><c> was</c><00:35:34.260><c> general</c><00:35:34.659><c> of</c><00:35:34.860><c> the</c><00:35:35.059><c> army</c><00:35:35.219><c> at</c><00:35:35.360><c> that</c><00:35:35.519><c> point</c><00:35:35.739><c> in</c><00:35:35.960><c> time.</c>

00:35:36.079 --> 00:35:39.800
His<00:35:36.260><c> father</c><00:35:36.619><c> was</c><00:35:36.840><c> still</c><00:35:37.059><c> the</c><00:35:37.340><c> king</c><00:35:37.579><c> over</c><00:35:37.900><c> the</c><00:35:38.360><c> Persian</c><00:35:38.760><c> Empire.</c>

00:35:39.920 --> 00:35:43.679
And<00:35:40.039><c> he's</c><00:35:40.340><c> called</c><00:35:40.480><c> by</c><00:35:40.699><c> his</c><00:35:40.920><c> father</c><00:35:41.159><c> to</c><00:35:41.320><c> go</c><00:35:41.559><c> up,</c><00:35:42.059><c> and</c><00:35:42.780><c> he</c><00:35:43.320><c> joins</c>

00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:44.900
his<00:35:43.960><c> uncle.</c>

00:35:44.980 --> 00:35:47.880
And<00:35:45.179><c> they</c><00:35:45.360><c> basically</c><00:35:46.000><c> put</c><00:35:46.280><c> the</c><00:35:46.579><c> force</c><00:35:46.760><c> together,</c><00:35:47.320><c> and</c><00:35:47.559><c> Cyrus</c>

00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:50.539
goes<00:35:48.179><c> off</c><00:35:48.500><c> and</c><00:35:48.780><c> leads</c><00:35:49.039><c> this</c><00:35:49.400><c> force</c><00:35:49.800><c> with</c>

00:35:50.539 --> 00:35:53.059
Darius<00:35:51.039><c> as</c><00:35:51.280><c> they</c><00:35:51.440><c> go</c><00:35:51.719><c> forward</c><00:35:51.960><c> to</c><00:35:52.260><c> battle.</c>

00:35:53.119 --> 00:35:57.159
And<00:35:53.380><c> they</c><00:35:53.659><c> have</c><00:35:53.960><c> a</c><00:35:54.280><c> battle</c><00:35:54.739><c> at</c><00:35:55.400><c> this</c><00:35:55.840><c> spot</c><00:35:56.159><c> marked</c><00:35:56.519><c> in</c><00:35:56.719><c> the</c><00:35:56.940><c> X</c>

00:35:57.159 --> 00:35:58.300
right<00:35:57.440><c> here.</c>

00:35:58.440 --> 00:36:01.500
And<00:35:58.699><c> it</c><00:35:58.780><c> was</c><00:35:58.940><c> an</c><00:35:59.219><c> incredible</c><00:35:59.679><c> battle</c><00:36:00.059><c> by</c><00:36:00.340><c> all</c><00:36:00.599><c> accounts.</c>

00:36:01.530 --> 00:36:06.980
It<00:36:01.920><c> was</c><00:36:02.159><c> a</c><00:36:02.320><c> battle</c><00:36:02.800><c> that</c><00:36:03.280><c> was</c><00:36:03.619><c> basically</c><00:36:04.139><c> the</c><00:36:04.460><c> size</c><00:36:04.679><c> of</c><00:36:04.840><c> the</c><00:36:05.079><c> entire</c><00:36:05.420><c> Gulf</c><00:36:05.820><c> War</c><00:36:06.099><c> in</c>

00:36:06.980 --> 00:36:07.840
an<00:36:07.019><c> area</c><00:36:07.420><c> of</c><00:36:07.679><c> five</c>

00:36:07.840 --> 00:36:09.059
square<00:36:08.099><c> miles.</c>

00:36:09.480 --> 00:36:17.619
You<00:36:09.559><c> had</c><00:36:09.860><c> in</c><00:36:10.059><c> the</c><00:36:10.280><c> Babylonian</c><00:36:10.860><c> army</c><00:36:11.679><c> 120</c><00:36:12.679><c>,000</c><00:36:14.260><c> infantry,</c><00:36:16.000><c> three</c><00:36:16.280><c> battalions</c><00:36:17.059><c> of</c><00:36:17.320><c> that.</c>

00:36:17.960 --> 00:36:24.679
So<00:36:18.099><c> you've</c><00:36:18.280><c> got</c><00:36:18.719><c> 360</c><00:36:19.980><c>,000</c><00:36:20.880><c> men</c><00:36:21.460><c> shoulder</c><00:36:22.239><c> to</c><00:36:22.599><c> shoulder,</c><00:36:23.920><c> 120</c>

00:36:24.679 --> 00:36:29.000
men<00:36:25.300><c> deep,</c><00:36:26.059><c> for</c><00:36:26.199><c> an</c><00:36:26.440><c> area</c><00:36:26.699><c> of</c><00:36:27.079><c> five</c><00:36:27.920><c> miles.</c>

00:36:28.840 --> 00:36:30.000
Now<00:36:29.079><c> we've</c><00:36:29.320><c> got</c><00:36:29.360><c> to</c><00:36:29.460><c> think</c><00:36:29.639><c> about</c><00:36:29.800><c> that.</c>

00:36:30.019 --> 00:36:31.659
That<00:36:30.179><c> is</c><00:36:30.579><c> colossal.</c>

00:36:31.780 --> 00:36:35.300
That's<00:36:32.119><c> a</c><00:36:32.320><c> huge</c><00:36:32.559><c> amount</c><00:36:32.800><c> of</c><00:36:33.099><c> people</c><00:36:33.500><c> that</c><00:36:33.780><c> were</c><00:36:34.000><c> gathered</c><00:36:34.260><c> together.</c>

00:36:35.539 --> 00:36:39.980
There<00:36:35.719><c> were</c><00:36:35.980><c> also</c><00:36:36.639><c> 30</c><00:36:37.139><c>,000</c><00:36:38.079><c> cavalry</c><00:36:38.739><c> on</c><00:36:39.039><c> each</c><00:36:39.340><c> of</c><00:36:39.460><c> the</c><00:36:39.739><c> flanks</c>

00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:41.300
of<00:36:40.159><c> this</c><00:36:40.380><c> Babylonian</c><00:36:40.940><c> army.</c>

00:36:41.559 --> 00:36:44.619
And<00:36:41.820><c> that</c><00:36:42.019><c> is</c><00:36:42.219><c> the</c><00:36:42.460><c> army</c><00:36:42.639><c> that</c><00:36:43.000><c> Cyrus</c><00:36:43.159><c> has</c><00:36:43.340><c> come</c><00:36:43.539><c> to</c><00:36:43.760><c> face.</c>

00:36:44.980 --> 00:36:48.300
While<00:36:45.119><c> being</c><00:36:45.420><c> depicted</c><00:36:45.920><c> in</c><00:36:46.099><c> Daniel</c><00:36:46.440><c> chapter</c><00:36:46.800><c> 8</c><00:36:47.119><c> as</c><00:36:47.400><c> that</c><00:36:47.940><c> goat</c>

00:36:48.300 --> 00:36:50.340
or<00:36:48.539><c> that,</c><00:36:48.860><c> sorry,</c><00:36:49.360><c> that</c><00:36:49.719><c> ram</c><00:36:49.980><c> that</c><00:36:50.119><c> was</c>

00:36:50.340 --> 00:36:54.219
to<00:36:50.900><c> run</c><00:36:51.179><c> out</c><00:36:51.440><c> and</c><00:36:51.559><c> to</c><00:36:51.780><c> cause</c><00:36:51.980><c> the</c><00:36:52.239><c> destruction,</c><00:36:52.820><c> Cyrus</c><00:36:53.460><c> ran</c><00:36:54.000><c> to</c>

00:36:54.219 --> 00:36:54.699
meet<00:36:54.320><c> this</c><00:36:54.539><c> army.</c>

00:36:54.760 --> 00:36:56.659
Rather<00:36:55.019><c> than</c><00:36:55.199><c> waiting</c><00:36:55.380><c> for</c><00:36:55.579><c> them</c><00:36:55.760><c> to</c><00:36:55.960><c> come</c><00:36:56.139><c> and</c><00:36:56.320><c> meet</c><00:36:56.460><c> them</c><00:36:56.559><c> on</c>

00:36:56.659 --> 00:36:58.340
their<00:36:56.860><c> own</c><00:36:57.059><c> territory,</c><00:36:57.820><c> they</c><00:36:58.019><c> went</c><00:36:58.199><c> out</c>

00:36:58.340 --> 00:37:01.460
to<00:36:58.599><c> meet</c><00:36:58.599><c> them</c><00:36:58.760><c> on</c><00:36:59.039><c> the</c><00:36:59.639><c> Babylonian</c><00:37:00.239><c> territory.</c>

00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:04.400
Cyrus'<00:37:02.260><c> army</c><00:37:02.519><c> was</c><00:37:02.840><c> a</c><00:37:03.000><c> little</c><00:37:03.179><c> bit</c><00:37:03.480><c> different.</c>

00:37:04.820 --> 00:37:07.980
He<00:37:04.960><c> only</c><00:37:05.260><c> had</c><00:37:05.500><c> 126</c><00:37:06.559><c>,000</c><00:37:06.980><c> infantry.</c>

00:37:08.340 --> 00:37:11.860
He<00:37:08.519><c> had</c><00:37:08.719><c> about</c><00:37:09.039><c> 40</c><00:37:09.360><c>,000</c><00:37:09.780><c> archers</c><00:37:10.679><c> and</c><00:37:11.139><c> pikemen.</c>

00:37:12.260 --> 00:37:15.559
About<00:37:12.619><c> 2</c><00:37:13.000><c>,000</c><00:37:13.340><c> of</c><00:37:13.519><c> his</c><00:37:13.800><c> elite</c><00:37:14.179><c> infantry</c><00:37:14.880><c> put</c><00:37:15.119><c> at</c><00:37:15.239><c> the</c><00:37:15.400><c> back.</c>

00:37:15.619 --> 00:37:17.239
And<00:37:15.760><c> he's</c><00:37:16.079><c> thinned</c><00:37:16.239><c> his</c><00:37:16.460><c> people</c><00:37:16.659><c> right</c><00:37:16.940><c> out.</c>

00:37:17.519 --> 00:37:20.420
12<00:37:17.800><c> men</c><00:37:18.059><c> deep</c><00:37:18.320><c> was</c><00:37:18.519><c> all</c><00:37:18.739><c> that</c><00:37:18.800><c> he</c><00:37:18.920><c> could</c><00:37:19.059><c> afford</c><00:37:19.500><c> because</c><00:37:20.159><c> he</c>

00:37:20.420 --> 00:37:23.420
could<00:37:20.699><c> not</c><00:37:20.980><c> match</c><00:37:21.280><c> the</c><00:37:21.559><c> superior</c><00:37:22.360><c> outnumbering</c>

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:25.159
forces<00:37:23.719><c> of</c><00:37:23.900><c> this</c><00:37:24.079><c> other</c><00:37:24.280><c> army.</c>

00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:27.880
So<00:37:25.239><c> what</c><00:37:25.440><c> he</c><00:37:25.579><c> ended</c><00:37:25.760><c> up</c><00:37:25.980><c> doing</c><00:37:26.159><c> was</c><00:37:26.440><c> thinning</c><00:37:26.780><c> out</c><00:37:26.980><c> his</c><00:37:27.500><c> army</c>

00:37:27.880 --> 00:37:29.940
so<00:37:28.039><c> they've</c><00:37:28.260><c> got</c><00:37:28.400><c> 12</c><00:37:28.820><c> men</c><00:37:29.139><c> deep</c><00:37:29.360><c> as</c><00:37:29.639><c> opposed</c>

00:37:29.940 --> 00:37:31.860
to<00:37:30.179><c> 120</c><00:37:30.880><c> deep.</c>

00:37:31.940 --> 00:37:35.500
And<00:37:32.119><c> basically</c><00:37:32.539><c> you're</c><00:37:32.900><c> 10</c><00:37:33.099><c> to</c><00:37:33.360><c> 1</c><00:37:33.579><c> odds</c><00:37:34.019><c> in</c><00:37:34.300><c> this</c><00:37:34.780><c> war</c><00:37:35.059><c> that</c><00:37:35.199><c> was</c><00:37:35.280><c> to</c>

00:37:35.500 --> 00:37:37.400
take<00:37:35.719><c> place</c><00:37:35.960><c> amongst</c><00:37:36.239><c> the</c><00:37:36.500><c> infantry.</c>

00:37:37.579 --> 00:37:39.460
Behind<00:37:37.880><c> them</c><00:37:38.099><c> he</c><00:37:38.219><c> put</c><00:37:38.300><c> his</c><00:37:38.559><c> archers</c><00:37:38.800><c> so</c><00:37:38.920><c> they</c><00:37:39.000><c> could</c><00:37:39.199><c> shoot</c>

00:37:39.460 --> 00:37:41.300
over<00:37:39.820><c> top</c><00:37:40.059><c> with</c><00:37:40.239><c> the</c><00:37:40.440><c> enemy.</c>

00:37:41.320 --> 00:37:43.719
And<00:37:41.440><c> then</c><00:37:41.500><c> he</c><00:37:41.639><c> put</c><00:37:41.699><c> his</c><00:37:42.019><c> best</c><00:37:42.260><c> troops</c><00:37:42.579><c> at</c><00:37:42.760><c> the</c><00:37:42.940><c> back.</c>

00:37:43.739 --> 00:37:46.880
They<00:37:43.900><c> were</c><00:37:44.099><c> there</c><00:37:44.320><c> to</c><00:37:44.539><c> ensure</c><00:37:44.980><c> that</c><00:37:45.679><c> the</c><00:37:45.960><c> soldiers</c><00:37:46.320><c> feared</c>

00:37:46.880 --> 00:37:49.519
running<00:37:47.539><c> away</c><00:37:48.179><c> much</c><00:37:48.619><c> more</c><00:37:48.840><c> than</c><00:37:48.960><c> they</c><00:37:49.219><c> feared</c>

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:52.420
fighting<00:37:50.159><c> the</c><00:37:50.639><c> army</c><00:37:50.900><c> that</c><00:37:51.019><c> was</c><00:37:51.199><c> in</c><00:37:51.380><c> front</c><00:37:51.500><c> of</c><00:37:51.659><c> them.</c>

00:37:52.500 --> 00:37:55.699
He<00:37:52.800><c> had</c><00:37:53.099><c> then</c><00:37:53.420><c> a</c><00:37:53.739><c> great</c><00:37:53.920><c> invention</c><00:37:54.380><c> that</c><00:37:54.519><c> he</c><00:37:54.760><c> introduced</c><00:37:55.199><c> which</c><00:37:55.440><c> was</c>

00:37:55.699 --> 00:37:57.800
great<00:37:56.059><c> wagons</c><00:37:56.500><c> that</c><00:37:56.760><c> had</c><00:37:57.000><c> huge</c><00:37:57.380><c> towers</c>

00:37:57.800 --> 00:37:58.260
on<00:37:58.059><c> them.</c>

00:37:58.420 --> 00:38:00.739
And<00:37:58.599><c> from</c><00:37:58.780><c> these</c><00:37:59.019><c> towers</c><00:37:59.340><c> they</c><00:37:59.480><c> were</c><00:37:59.699><c> able</c><00:37:59.780><c> to</c><00:38:00.059><c> shoot</c><00:38:00.239><c> down</c><00:38:00.579><c> on</c>

00:38:00.739 --> 00:38:02.440
the<00:38:00.920><c> enemy</c><00:38:01.139><c> with</c><00:38:01.460><c> arrows</c><00:38:01.900><c> and</c><00:38:02.139><c> whatever</c>

00:38:02.440 --> 00:38:03.320
else.

00:38:03.920 --> 00:38:11.760
He<00:38:04.079><c> had</c><00:38:05.019><c> only</c><00:38:06.239><c> 200</c><00:38:07.639><c> war</c><00:38:08.139><c> chariots</c><00:38:09.179><c> and</c><00:38:09.460><c> he</c><00:38:09.579><c> had</c><00:38:09.780><c> 26</c><00:38:10.400><c>,000</c><00:38:10.900><c> cavalry,</c><00:38:11.500><c> less</c>

00:38:11.760 --> 00:38:13.980
than<00:38:12.099><c> half</c><00:38:12.420><c> of</c><00:38:12.639><c> what</c><00:38:13.099><c> the</c><00:38:13.400><c> Babylonians</c>

00:38:13.980 --> 00:38:14.340
had.

00:38:14.659 --> 00:38:18.619
So<00:38:14.840><c> in</c><00:38:15.019><c> all</c><00:38:15.280><c> intents</c><00:38:15.619><c> and</c><00:38:15.900><c> purposes</c><00:38:16.280><c> there</c><00:38:16.639><c> is</c><00:38:17.019><c> no</c><00:38:17.539><c> way</c><00:38:18.119><c> that</c>

00:38:18.619 --> 00:38:20.260
Cyrus<00:38:18.960><c> should</c><00:38:19.280><c> have</c><00:38:19.480><c> won</c><00:38:19.739><c> this</c><00:38:20.039><c> battle.</c>

00:38:20.300 --> 00:38:21.500
He's<00:38:20.579><c> completely</c><00:38:21.019><c> outnumbered.</c>

00:38:21.500 --> 00:38:24.340
Not<00:38:21.619><c> only</c><00:38:21.880><c> is</c><00:38:22.099><c> he</c><00:38:22.820><c> outnumbered,</c><00:38:23.420><c> he's</c><00:38:23.480><c> outflanked.</c>

00:38:24.460 --> 00:38:26.619
In<00:38:24.579><c> other</c><00:38:24.739><c> words,</c><00:38:25.059><c> the</c><00:38:25.139><c> enemy's</c><00:38:25.500><c> army</c><00:38:25.679><c> could</c><00:38:25.900><c> come</c><00:38:26.139><c> and</c><00:38:26.320><c> just</c>

00:38:26.619 --> 00:38:28.420
wrap<00:38:26.820><c> around</c><00:38:27.179><c> him</c><00:38:27.360><c> and</c><00:38:27.559><c> massacre</c><00:38:28.039><c> them.</c>

00:38:28.900 --> 00:38:31.199
So<00:38:29.039><c> what</c><00:38:29.159><c> he</c><00:38:29.320><c> does</c><00:38:29.480><c> is</c><00:38:29.659><c> he</c><00:38:29.780><c> throws</c><00:38:30.039><c> in</c><00:38:30.340><c> the</c><00:38:30.539><c> baggage</c><00:38:30.880><c> and</c><00:38:31.059><c> the</c>

00:38:31.199 --> 00:38:33.059
women<00:38:31.480><c> and</c><00:38:32.059><c> the</c><00:38:32.340><c> cooks</c><00:38:32.559><c> and</c><00:38:32.699><c> everybody</c>

00:38:33.059 --> 00:38:35.300
else<00:38:33.400><c> to</c><00:38:33.619><c> basically</c><00:38:34.039><c> kind</c><00:38:34.239><c> of</c><00:38:34.400><c> fill</c><00:38:34.500><c> out</c><00:38:34.659><c> the</c><00:38:34.820><c> ranks</c><00:38:35.039><c> and</c><00:38:35.219><c> make</c>

00:38:35.300 --> 00:38:36.599
it<00:38:35.460><c> look</c><00:38:35.579><c> like</c><00:38:35.699><c> there's</c><00:38:35.880><c> more</c><00:38:36.139><c> people.</c>

00:38:36.980 --> 00:38:39.940
He<00:38:37.119><c> wants</c><00:38:37.340><c> to</c><00:38:37.559><c> sort</c><00:38:37.719><c> of,</c><00:38:38.139><c> you</c><00:38:38.179><c> know,</c><00:38:38.800><c> pad</c><00:38:38.900><c> it</c><00:38:39.079><c> out</c><00:38:39.260><c> to</c><00:38:39.559><c> drive</c><00:38:39.820><c> a</c>

00:38:39.940 --> 00:38:41.099
little<00:38:40.079><c> bit</c><00:38:40.260><c> of</c><00:38:40.420><c> fear</c><00:38:40.559><c> into</c><00:38:40.739><c> the</c><00:38:40.920><c> other</c>

00:38:41.099 --> 00:38:42.699
nation<00:38:41.360><c> that</c><00:38:41.460><c> was</c><00:38:41.619><c> coming</c><00:38:41.840><c> against</c><00:38:42.179><c> him.</c>

00:38:43.079 --> 00:38:45.480
And<00:38:43.239><c> then</c><00:38:43.380><c> he</c><00:38:43.460><c> had</c><00:38:43.820><c> a</c><00:38:44.179><c> secret</c><00:38:44.480><c> weapon.</c>

00:38:45.659 --> 00:38:50.059
He<00:38:45.920><c> had</c><00:38:46.199><c> about</c><00:38:46.619><c> 300</c><00:38:47.239><c> camels</c><00:38:48.420><c> and</c><00:38:49.199><c> it</c><00:38:49.300><c> would</c><00:38:49.400><c> be</c><00:38:49.519><c> the</c><00:38:49.780><c> camel,</c>

00:38:50.079 --> 00:38:51.920
really,<00:38:50.860><c> that</c><00:38:51.000><c> won</c><00:38:51.099><c> the</c><00:38:51.280><c> whole</c><00:38:51.500><c> battle.</c>

00:38:52.400 --> 00:38:53.800
They<00:38:52.519><c> were</c><00:38:52.699><c> only</c><00:38:52.900><c> really</c><00:38:53.139><c> there</c><00:38:53.300><c> as</c><00:38:53.480><c> a</c><00:38:53.659><c> fluke.</c>

00:38:53.800 --> 00:38:54.539
They<00:38:53.880><c> were</c><00:38:54.099><c> Egyptians.</c>

00:38:54.599 --> 00:38:58.119
They<00:38:54.820><c> mounted</c><00:38:55.139><c> basically</c><00:38:55.900><c> two</c><00:38:56.300><c> Egyptians</c><00:38:56.719><c> on</c><00:38:56.920><c> the</c><00:38:57.139><c> camels</c><00:38:57.400><c> and</c><00:38:57.579><c> they</c><00:38:57.780><c> shot</c><00:38:57.940><c> in</c>

00:38:58.119 --> 00:38:59.380
both<00:38:58.360><c> directions.</c>

00:38:59.659 --> 00:39:03.820
Well,<00:38:59.800><c> what</c><00:38:59.980><c> basically</c><00:39:00.380><c> happened</c><00:39:00.780><c> was</c><00:39:01.079><c> that</c><00:39:02.139><c> Cyrus</c><00:39:02.519><c> was</c><00:39:03.039><c> attacked</c><00:39:03.500><c> on</c>

00:39:03.820 --> 00:39:06.059
the<00:39:04.000><c> flanks</c><00:39:04.280><c> as</c><00:39:04.500><c> the</c><00:39:05.340><c> Babylonians</c>

00:39:06.059 --> 00:39:08.579
tried<00:39:06.280><c> to</c><00:39:06.480><c> come</c><00:39:06.659><c> and</c><00:39:07.119><c> surround</c><00:39:07.619><c> his</c><00:39:08.179><c> army.</c>

00:39:08.579 --> 00:39:13.139
And<00:39:09.179><c> so</c><00:39:09.400><c> what</c><00:39:09.599><c> he</c><00:39:09.780><c> did</c><00:39:10.019><c> was</c><00:39:10.460><c> he</c><00:39:10.840><c> sent</c><00:39:11.139><c> out</c><00:39:11.360><c> the</c><00:39:11.719><c> camels</c><00:39:12.519><c> against</c>

00:39:13.139 --> 00:39:18.000
the<00:39:13.480><c> Babylonian</c><00:39:14.840><c> cavalry</c><00:39:15.460><c> on</c><00:39:16.239><c> the</c><00:39:17.539><c> eastern</c>

00:39:18.000 --> 00:39:21.619
most<00:39:18.719><c> part</c><00:39:19.079><c> of</c><00:39:19.260><c> the</c><00:39:19.440><c> whole</c><00:39:19.760><c> battle</c><00:39:20.079><c> that</c><00:39:20.199><c> was</c><00:39:20.320><c> to</c><00:39:20.500><c> take</c><00:39:20.699><c> place.</c>

00:39:21.699 --> 00:39:25.260
And<00:39:21.800><c> of</c><00:39:22.000><c> course,</c><00:39:22.420><c> horses</c><00:39:22.980><c> are</c><00:39:23.579><c> very</c><00:39:23.860><c> adverse</c><00:39:24.400><c> to</c><00:39:24.639><c> the</c><00:39:24.920><c> smell</c>

00:39:25.260 --> 00:39:26.380
of<00:39:25.760><c> camels.</c>

00:39:26.699 --> 00:39:29.559
And<00:39:26.860><c> so</c><00:39:27.000><c> as</c><00:39:27.139><c> that</c><00:39:27.460><c> cavalry</c><00:39:27.820><c> came</c><00:39:28.099><c> charging</c><00:39:28.659><c> towards</c><00:39:29.119><c> Cyrus,</c>

00:39:29.619 --> 00:39:31.679
he<00:39:29.780><c> kind</c><00:39:30.039><c> of</c><00:39:30.539><c> threw</c><00:39:30.679><c> the</c><00:39:30.940><c> camels</c><00:39:31.199><c> out</c><00:39:31.400><c> there</c>

00:39:31.679 --> 00:39:31.960
first.

00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:34.340
Whether<00:39:32.179><c> it</c><00:39:32.320><c> was</c><00:39:32.579><c> Providence</c><00:39:32.980><c> or</c><00:39:33.119><c> what</c><00:39:33.300><c> it</c><00:39:33.420><c> was,</c><00:39:33.539><c> we</c><00:39:33.699><c> don't</c><00:39:33.940><c> know.</c>

00:39:34.340 --> 00:39:39.099
And<00:39:35.059><c> the</c><00:39:35.519><c> Babylonian</c><00:39:37.260><c> horses,</c><00:39:37.860><c> this</c><00:39:38.099><c> great</c><00:39:38.440><c> cavalry</c><00:39:38.920><c> that</c>

00:39:39.099 --> 00:39:42.139
was<00:39:39.300><c> outnumbering</c><00:39:39.960><c> them,</c><00:39:40.699><c> huge</c><00:39:41.000><c> odds,</c><00:39:41.980><c> took</c>

00:39:42.139 --> 00:39:44.619
one<00:39:42.519><c> smell</c><00:39:42.860><c> of</c><00:39:43.019><c> those</c><00:39:43.320><c> camels</c><00:39:43.619><c> as</c><00:39:43.760><c> the</c><00:39:43.940><c> wind</c><00:39:44.079><c> just</c><00:39:44.400><c> happened</c>

00:39:44.619 --> 00:39:46.619
to<00:39:44.760><c> be</c><00:39:44.920><c> blowing</c><00:39:45.099><c> in</c><00:39:45.280><c> the</c><00:39:45.360><c> right</c><00:39:45.559><c> direction</c>

00:39:46.639 --> 00:39:50.920
and<00:39:46.940><c> turned</c><00:39:47.300><c> around</c><00:39:47.800><c> and</c><00:39:48.300><c> trampled</c><00:39:48.960><c> over</c><00:39:49.539><c> top</c><00:39:49.860><c> of</c><00:39:50.179><c> his</c><00:39:50.440><c> entire</c>

00:39:50.920 --> 00:39:52.659
infantry<00:39:51.440><c> on</c><00:39:51.659><c> that</c><00:39:51.860><c> side.</c>

00:39:52.699 --> 00:39:55.679
So<00:39:52.840><c> they</c><00:39:53.039><c> absolutely</c><00:39:53.619><c> massacred</c><00:39:54.460><c> their</c><00:39:55.239><c> own</c><00:39:55.400><c> people.</c>

00:39:55.800 --> 00:39:57.119
They<00:39:55.840><c> were</c><00:39:56.139><c> trodden</c><00:39:56.539><c> underfoot.</c>

00:39:57.360 --> 00:40:00.739
And<00:39:57.639><c> quite</c><00:39:57.960><c> often</c><00:39:58.300><c> we</c><00:39:58.699><c> read</c><00:39:59.000><c> in</c><00:39:59.179><c> the</c><00:39:59.320><c> Bible</c><00:39:59.659><c> of</c><00:39:59.880><c> how</c><00:40:00.019><c> God</c><00:40:00.340><c> uses</c>

00:40:00.739 --> 00:40:03.719
confusion<00:40:01.639><c> to</c><00:40:02.480><c> destroy</c><00:40:03.000><c> the</c><00:40:03.280><c> enemy,</c><00:40:03.599><c> how</c>

00:40:03.719 --> 00:40:06.119
they<00:40:04.019><c> turn</c><00:40:04.099><c> their</c><00:40:04.340><c> swords</c><00:40:04.659><c> one</c><00:40:04.920><c> upon</c><00:40:05.199><c> the</c><00:40:05.380><c> other.</c>

00:40:06.179 --> 00:40:09.400
Well,<00:40:06.539><c> Cyrus</c><00:40:06.599><c> took</c><00:40:06.840><c> advantage</c><00:40:07.320><c> of</c><00:40:07.539><c> this</c><00:40:07.739><c> and</c><00:40:08.019><c> followed</c><00:40:08.239><c> it</c><00:40:08.440><c> with</c><00:40:08.599><c> his</c><00:40:08.840><c> chariots</c><00:40:09.219><c> of</c>

00:40:09.400 --> 00:40:10.900
war,<00:40:09.619><c> his</c><00:40:09.760><c> 200</c><00:40:10.000><c> chariots,</c>

00:40:11.019 --> 00:40:13.519
and<00:40:11.300><c> he</c><00:40:11.539><c> followed</c><00:40:11.739><c> it</c><00:40:11.920><c> then</c><00:40:12.019><c> with</c><00:40:12.219><c> his</c><00:40:12.559><c> cavalry</c><00:40:12.940><c> and</c><00:40:13.099><c> just</c><00:40:13.320><c> ran</c>

00:40:13.519 --> 00:40:15.699
right<00:40:13.800><c> over</c><00:40:14.099><c> top</c><00:40:14.260><c> of</c><00:40:14.440><c> them</c><00:40:14.579><c> and</c><00:40:15.019><c> came</c><00:40:15.360><c> right</c>

00:40:15.699 --> 00:40:18.420
around<00:40:15.940><c> the</c><00:40:16.159><c> backside</c><00:40:16.639><c> of</c><00:40:17.320><c> the</c><00:40:17.739><c> enemy</c><00:40:17.980><c> forces.</c>

00:40:18.840 --> 00:40:23.079
In<00:40:19.000><c> the</c><00:40:19.199><c> meantime,</c><00:40:19.780><c> the</c><00:40:19.960><c> elite</c><00:40:20.239><c> infantry</c><00:40:20.960><c> had</c><00:40:21.480><c> basically</c><00:40:21.980><c> penetrated</c><00:40:22.679><c> far</c>

00:40:23.079 --> 00:40:23.760
into<00:40:23.320><c> his</c><00:40:23.619><c> ranks.</c>

00:40:24.000 --> 00:40:27.960
They'd<00:40:24.480><c> overrun</c><00:40:24.800><c> them</c><00:40:25.159><c> because</c><00:40:25.940><c> there</c><00:40:26.599><c> really</c><00:40:26.800><c> was</c><00:40:27.000><c> not</c><00:40:27.199><c> enough</c><00:40:27.340><c> people</c><00:40:27.619><c> there</c><00:40:27.800><c> to</c>

00:40:27.960 --> 00:40:28.659
hold<00:40:28.159><c> them</c><00:40:28.400><c> there.</c>

00:40:29.119 --> 00:40:31.460
But<00:40:29.280><c> they</c><00:40:29.480><c> had</c><00:40:29.639><c> these</c><00:40:29.980><c> towers</c><00:40:30.440><c> that</c><00:40:30.599><c> were</c><00:40:30.800><c> kind</c><00:40:30.920><c> of</c><00:40:31.059><c> a</c><00:40:31.219><c> last</c>

00:40:31.460 --> 00:40:33.320
-minute<00:40:31.719><c> throw</c><00:40:31.960><c>-together</c><00:40:32.320><c> idea</c><00:40:32.780><c> that</c><00:40:33.000><c> Cyrus</c>

00:40:33.320 --> 00:40:33.699
had<00:40:33.579><c> had.</c>

00:40:33.739 --> 00:40:35.780
And<00:40:33.800><c> they</c><00:40:34.019><c> shot</c><00:40:34.239><c> down</c><00:40:34.539><c> from</c><00:40:34.679><c> the</c><00:40:34.880><c> towers</c><00:40:35.119><c> on</c><00:40:35.340><c> them</c><00:40:35.420><c> and</c><00:40:35.539><c> held</c>

00:40:35.780 --> 00:40:36.280
them<00:40:35.980><c> there.</c>

00:40:36.599 --> 00:40:39.579
And<00:40:36.820><c> eventually</c><00:40:37.219><c> they</c><00:40:37.440><c> ended</c><00:40:37.679><c> up</c><00:40:38.000><c> pinching</c><00:40:38.380><c> them</c><00:40:38.480><c> in</c><00:40:38.719><c> between.</c>

00:40:39.960 --> 00:40:44.059
Well,<00:40:40.079><c> once</c><00:40:40.340><c> the</c><00:40:40.659><c> Babylonian</c><00:40:41.340><c> king,</c><00:40:42.340><c> actually</c><00:40:42.699><c> it</c><00:40:42.760><c> wasn't</c><00:40:42.940><c> the</c><00:40:43.179><c> Babylonian</c><00:40:43.699><c> king,</c><00:40:43.940><c> he</c>

00:40:44.059 --> 00:40:44.599
was<00:40:44.219><c> the</c><00:40:44.420><c> king</c>

00:40:44.599 --> 00:40:48.460
from<00:40:44.840><c> up</c><00:40:45.079><c> in</c><00:40:45.559><c> Smyrna,</c><00:40:46.559><c> or</c><00:40:46.699><c> not</c><00:40:46.840><c> Smyrna,</c><00:40:47.380><c> Sardis,</c><00:40:47.980><c> which</c><00:40:48.239><c> comes</c>

00:40:48.460 --> 00:40:49.619
up<00:40:48.639><c> in</c><00:40:48.739><c> the</c><00:40:48.820><c> letters</c><00:40:48.960><c> of</c><00:40:49.099><c> the</c><00:40:49.219><c> Revelation.</c>

00:40:50.000 --> 00:40:52.360
Once<00:40:50.300><c> he</c><00:40:50.559><c> saw</c><00:40:50.840><c> the</c><00:40:51.019><c> great</c><00:40:51.199><c> slaughter</c><00:40:51.480><c> that</c><00:40:51.579><c> was</c><00:40:51.739><c> taking</c><00:40:51.980><c> place</c>

00:40:52.360 --> 00:40:54.300
and<00:40:52.519><c> realized</c><00:40:52.880><c> that</c><00:40:53.019><c> he'd</c><00:40:53.300><c> lost,</c><00:40:53.780><c> they</c><00:40:54.039><c> called</c>

00:40:54.300 --> 00:40:55.900
the<00:40:54.559><c> retreat</c><00:40:54.820><c> as</c><00:40:55.119><c> night</c><00:40:55.300><c> came</c><00:40:55.619><c> on.</c>

00:40:56.179 --> 00:40:59.400
And<00:40:56.260><c> when</c><00:40:56.519><c> Cyrus</c><00:40:56.860><c> in</c><00:40:57.039><c> the</c><00:40:57.199><c> morning</c><00:40:57.420><c> got</c><00:40:57.659><c> up</c><00:40:58.059><c> to</c><00:40:58.260><c> sort</c><00:40:58.480><c> of</c><00:40:59.219><c> mop</c>

00:40:59.400 --> 00:41:01.019
up<00:40:59.619><c> and</c><00:40:59.880><c> take</c><00:41:00.159><c> on</c><00:41:00.300><c> these</c><00:41:00.519><c> guys,</c><00:41:00.639><c> they</c><00:41:00.760><c> were</c>

00:41:01.019 --> 00:41:01.300
gone.

00:41:01.500 --> 00:41:02.260
They'd<00:41:01.840><c> taken</c><00:41:01.980><c> off.</c>

00:41:02.260 --> 00:41:03.119
They'd<00:41:02.860><c> fled.</c>

00:41:03.400 --> 00:41:05.480
And<00:41:03.579><c> they</c><00:41:03.800><c> fled</c><00:41:04.119><c> down</c><00:41:04.460><c> to</c><00:41:04.800><c> Sardis.</c>

00:41:05.659 --> 00:41:07.599
And<00:41:05.900><c> the</c><00:41:06.059><c> Lydian</c><00:41:06.400><c> king</c><00:41:06.699><c> was</c><00:41:06.920><c> there</c><00:41:07.079><c> in</c><00:41:07.239><c> Sardis.</c>

00:41:07.699 --> 00:41:10.599
So<00:41:08.159><c> Cyrus</c><00:41:08.519><c> got</c><00:41:09.039><c> up</c><00:41:09.320><c> and</c><00:41:09.519><c> decided,</c><00:41:10.119><c> we're</c><00:41:10.139><c> not</c><00:41:10.280><c> going</c><00:41:10.400><c> to</c><00:41:10.460><c> wait</c>

00:41:10.599 --> 00:41:11.219
for<00:41:10.760><c> these</c><00:41:10.960><c> guys.</c>

00:41:11.380 --> 00:41:14.039
And<00:41:11.380><c> they</c><00:41:11.880><c> hauled</c><00:41:12.219><c> off</c><00:41:12.480><c> and</c><00:41:12.599><c> they</c><00:41:12.900><c> followed</c><00:41:13.019><c> them</c><00:41:13.239><c> off</c><00:41:13.420><c> to</c><00:41:13.559><c> Sardis.</c>

00:41:14.380 --> 00:41:16.940
And<00:41:14.500><c> it's</c><00:41:14.760><c> in</c><00:41:15.000><c> Sardis</c><00:41:15.480><c> that</c><00:41:15.659><c> basically</c><00:41:16.039><c> they</c><00:41:16.320><c> came</c><00:41:16.579><c> up.</c>

00:41:17.159 --> 00:41:19.719
And<00:41:17.219><c> Sardis</c><00:41:17.679><c> is</c><00:41:17.860><c> a</c><00:41:18.039><c> city</c><00:41:18.199><c> that</c><00:41:18.500><c> sits</c><00:41:18.780><c> on</c><00:41:19.260><c> a</c><00:41:19.360><c> hill.</c>

00:41:20.219 --> 00:41:22.860
And<00:41:20.360><c> there</c><00:41:20.500><c> was</c><00:41:20.719><c> just,</c><00:41:21.400><c> there</c><00:41:21.739><c> was</c><00:41:21.940><c> no</c><00:41:22.119><c> way</c><00:41:22.239><c> to</c><00:41:22.400><c> get</c><00:41:22.519><c> into</c><00:41:22.780><c> it.</c>

00:41:22.860 --> 00:41:24.039
It's<00:41:23.000><c> almost</c><00:41:23.260><c> impregnable.</c>

00:41:24.539 --> 00:41:28.320
And<00:41:24.679><c> as</c><00:41:24.920><c> Cyrus</c><00:41:25.199><c> is</c><00:41:25.460><c> there,</c><00:41:25.760><c> and</c><00:41:26.039><c> the</c><00:41:26.239><c> city's</c><00:41:26.800><c> kind</c><00:41:26.940><c> of</c><00:41:27.139><c> impregnable,</c><00:41:27.760><c> he</c><00:41:27.880><c> doesn't</c><00:41:28.099><c> want</c>

00:41:28.320 --> 00:41:28.940
to<00:41:28.400><c> kind</c><00:41:28.519><c> of,</c>

00:41:29.380 --> 00:41:32.159
the<00:41:29.780><c> battle,</c><00:41:30.260><c> but</c><00:41:30.320><c> then</c><00:41:30.519><c> leave</c><00:41:30.719><c> them</c><00:41:30.920><c> to</c><00:41:31.039><c> fight</c><00:41:31.239><c> again</c><00:41:31.480><c> another</c><00:41:31.760><c> day.</c>

00:41:32.639 --> 00:41:35.119
What<00:41:32.800><c> he</c><00:41:32.960><c> ended</c><00:41:33.079><c> up</c><00:41:33.380><c> doing</c><00:41:33.579><c> was</c><00:41:33.800><c> sending</c><00:41:34.079><c> out</c><00:41:34.340><c> his</c><00:41:34.599><c> scouts</c><00:41:34.800><c> to</c>

00:41:35.119 --> 00:41:36.579
watch<00:41:35.400><c> the</c><00:41:35.639><c> city</c><00:41:35.820><c> and</c><00:41:35.960><c> see</c><00:41:36.139><c> if</c><00:41:36.219><c> they</c><00:41:36.340><c> could</c>

00:41:36.579 --> 00:41:39.139
find<00:41:36.840><c> a</c><00:41:37.019><c> way</c><00:41:37.179><c> that</c><00:41:37.340><c> they</c><00:41:37.460><c> could,</c><00:41:37.599><c> they</c><00:41:37.719><c> could</c><00:41:38.000><c> breach</c><00:41:38.519><c> Sardis.</c>

00:41:39.500 --> 00:41:42.239
What<00:41:39.780><c> happened</c><00:41:40.159><c> was</c><00:41:40.360><c> one</c><00:41:40.500><c> of</c><00:41:40.599><c> the</c><00:41:40.840><c> soldiers</c><00:41:41.159><c> on</c><00:41:41.360><c> the</c><00:41:41.539><c> hill</c><00:41:41.719><c> dropped</c><00:41:42.000><c> his</c>

00:41:42.239 --> 00:41:44.440
helmet<00:41:42.599><c> up</c><00:41:43.719><c> on</c><00:41:43.880><c> the</c><00:41:44.039><c> wall</c><00:41:44.199><c> there</c>

00:41:44.440 --> 00:41:45.900
and<00:41:44.579><c> whoops,</c><00:41:44.940><c> there</c><00:41:45.059><c> it</c><00:41:45.199><c> goes.</c>

00:41:45.980 --> 00:41:51.280
So<00:41:46.179><c> he</c><00:41:46.380><c> climbs</c><00:41:46.760><c> down</c><00:41:47.760><c> off</c><00:41:48.579><c> this</c><00:41:48.880><c> impregnable</c><00:41:49.559><c> city</c><00:41:50.039><c> down</c><00:41:50.920><c> there</c><00:41:51.099><c> to</c>

00:41:51.280 --> 00:41:52.739
pick<00:41:51.440><c> up</c><00:41:51.579><c> his</c><00:41:51.780><c> helmet</c><00:41:52.079><c> and</c><00:41:52.300><c> the</c><00:41:52.500><c> soldiers</c>

00:41:52.739 --> 00:41:53.400
watched<00:41:53.099><c> him.</c>

00:41:53.579 --> 00:41:54.940
That's<00:41:53.980><c> the</c><00:41:54.079><c> way</c><00:41:54.179><c> we're</c><00:41:54.380><c> going</c><00:41:54.579><c> in.</c>

00:41:54.940 --> 00:41:59.300
And<00:41:55.460><c> so</c><00:41:55.820><c> Cyrus</c><00:41:56.280><c> sent</c><00:41:56.539><c> his</c><00:41:56.880><c> men</c><00:41:57.119><c> up</c><00:41:57.380><c> the</c><00:41:57.579><c> side</c><00:41:57.719><c> of</c><00:41:57.880><c> the</c><00:41:58.019><c> wall</c><00:41:58.320><c> when</c><00:41:58.800><c> nobody</c><00:41:59.059><c> was</c>

00:41:59.300 --> 00:42:00.860
paying<00:41:59.420><c> attention</c><00:42:00.099><c> in</c><00:42:00.719><c> the</c>

00:42:00.860 --> 00:42:01.679
night.

00:42:01.760 --> 00:42:04.780
And<00:42:01.760><c> so</c><00:42:01.920><c> basically</c><00:42:02.360><c> as</c><00:42:02.800><c> dawn</c><00:42:03.139><c> broke,</c><00:42:03.760><c> all</c><00:42:03.880><c> these</c><00:42:04.119><c> Persians</c><00:42:04.500><c> are</c><00:42:04.659><c> in</c>

00:42:04.780 --> 00:42:05.239
the<00:42:04.940><c> city.</c>

00:42:05.539 --> 00:42:08.500
And<00:42:05.699><c> they</c><00:42:05.900><c> took</c><00:42:06.139><c> the</c><00:42:06.380><c> city</c><00:42:06.619><c> and</c><00:42:06.760><c> were</c><00:42:06.980><c> able</c><00:42:07.159><c> to</c><00:42:07.420><c> hold</c><00:42:07.619><c> it.</c>

00:42:08.579 --> 00:42:12.440
And<00:42:08.780><c> Cyrus</c><00:42:09.179><c> being</c><00:42:09.480><c> an</c><00:42:09.840><c> interesting</c><00:42:10.480><c> king,</c><00:42:10.900><c> he</c><00:42:11.019><c> was</c><00:42:11.199><c> not</c><00:42:11.360><c> a</c><00:42:11.639><c> barbarian</c><00:42:12.219><c> by</c>

00:42:12.440 --> 00:42:13.760
any<00:42:12.780><c> stretch</c><00:42:12.980><c> of</c><00:42:13.139><c> the</c><00:42:13.260><c> imagination</c>

00:42:13.760 --> 00:42:16.539
the<00:42:13.940><c> way</c><00:42:14.079><c> that,</c><00:42:14.460><c> you</c><00:42:14.460><c> know,</c><00:42:14.460><c> sometimes</c><00:42:14.800><c> we</c><00:42:15.039><c> have</c><00:42:15.179><c> these</c><00:42:15.380><c> things</c><00:42:15.559><c> depicted</c><00:42:15.960><c> to</c><00:42:16.239><c> us.</c>

00:42:16.820 --> 00:42:19.179
He<00:42:17.059><c> turned</c><00:42:17.340><c> around</c><00:42:17.659><c> and</c><00:42:17.800><c> he</c><00:42:17.960><c> made</c><00:42:18.099><c> a</c><00:42:18.340><c> deal</c><00:42:18.519><c> with</c><00:42:18.739><c> the</c><00:42:18.900><c> king</c><00:42:19.019><c> of</c>

00:42:19.179 --> 00:42:19.719
the<00:42:19.300><c> Lydians.</c>

00:42:20.099 --> 00:42:22.820
And<00:42:20.340><c> he</c><00:42:20.460><c> said,</c><00:42:20.780><c> look,</c><00:42:22.119><c> you</c><00:42:22.260><c> have</c><00:42:22.380><c> a</c><00:42:22.539><c> choice.</c>

00:42:22.920 --> 00:42:23.659
He<00:42:23.059><c> was</c><00:42:23.179><c> good</c><00:42:23.320><c> at</c><00:42:23.500><c> this.</c>

00:42:23.659 --> 00:42:25.420
He<00:42:23.860><c> was</c><00:42:24.079><c> always</c><00:42:24.179><c> offering</c><00:42:24.519><c> people</c><00:42:24.860><c> options.</c>

00:42:25.880 --> 00:42:28.639
Choice<00:42:25.880><c> A,</c><00:42:26.300><c> we</c><00:42:26.500><c> massacre</c><00:42:26.920><c> you</c><00:42:27.159><c> all</c><00:42:27.320><c> and</c><00:42:27.519><c> burn</c><00:42:27.679><c> you</c><00:42:27.960><c> right</c><00:42:28.199><c> now.</c>

00:42:29.139 --> 00:42:34.659
Choice<00:42:29.460><c> B,</c><00:42:30.599><c> you</c><00:42:30.880><c> join</c><00:42:31.139><c> us</c><00:42:31.760><c> and</c><00:42:32.139><c> help</c><00:42:32.420><c> us</c><00:42:32.699><c> take</c><00:42:32.900><c> on</c><00:42:33.099><c> the</c><00:42:33.260><c> Babylonian</c><00:42:33.739><c> Empire.</c>

00:42:34.800 --> 00:42:37.579
Well<00:42:35.059><c> obviously,</c><00:42:36.059><c> the</c><00:42:36.139><c> Lydian</c><00:42:36.440><c> king</c><00:42:36.719><c> sort</c><00:42:36.900><c> of</c><00:42:37.019><c> sat</c><00:42:37.179><c> there</c><00:42:37.420><c> and</c>

00:42:37.579 --> 00:42:39.699
thought<00:42:37.739><c> about</c><00:42:38.019><c> it,</c><00:42:38.139><c> okay,</c><00:42:39.099><c> and</c><00:42:39.320><c> decided</c>

00:42:39.699 --> 00:42:44.639
to<00:42:40.360><c> join</c><00:42:40.920><c> the</c><00:42:41.920><c> Cyrus</c><00:42:42.360><c> army</c><00:42:42.760><c> and</c><00:42:43.000><c> come</c><00:42:43.300><c> against</c><00:42:43.760><c> the</c><00:42:44.059><c> Babylonians.</c>

00:42:45.059 --> 00:42:48.619
So<00:42:45.280><c> they</c><00:42:45.440><c> basically</c><00:42:45.980><c> came</c><00:42:46.340><c> down</c><00:42:46.940><c> through</c><00:42:47.539><c> the</c><00:42:47.780><c> northern</c><00:42:48.059><c> area</c>

00:42:48.619 --> 00:42:51.579
of<00:42:48.960><c> Babylon</c><00:42:49.420><c> and</c><00:42:49.940><c> having</c><00:42:50.260><c> this</c><00:42:50.579><c> king</c><00:42:50.820><c> with</c>

00:42:51.760 --> 00:42:55.039
He<00:42:52.019><c> also</c><00:42:52.500><c> picked</c><00:42:52.780><c> up</c><00:42:53.000><c> two</c><00:42:53.260><c> of</c><00:42:53.400><c> the</c><00:42:53.599><c> rulers</c><00:42:53.860><c> of</c><00:42:54.119><c> Babylon</c><00:42:54.500><c> who</c>

00:42:55.039 --> 00:42:58.079
had<00:42:55.179><c> been</c><00:42:55.400><c> very</c><00:42:55.860><c> disgruntled</c><00:42:56.539><c> with</c><00:42:57.320><c> Belshazzar</c>

00:42:58.079 --> 00:42:58.980
as<00:42:58.480><c> the</c><00:42:58.699><c> ruler.</c>

00:42:59.300 --> 00:43:02.219
And<00:42:59.659><c> they</c><00:42:59.840><c> came</c><00:43:00.019><c> back</c><00:43:00.260><c> through</c><00:43:00.460><c> the</c><00:43:00.659><c> northern</c><00:43:00.960><c> area</c><00:43:01.320><c> of</c><00:43:01.639><c> Babylon,</c><00:43:01.900><c> just</c>

00:43:02.219 --> 00:43:03.559
close<00:43:02.639><c> enough</c><00:43:02.800><c> to</c><00:43:03.039><c> Babylon</c><00:43:03.360><c> to</c>

00:43:03.559 --> 00:43:06.019
get<00:43:03.780><c> a</c><00:43:03.960><c> good</c><00:43:04.199><c> look,</c><00:43:04.519><c> see</c><00:43:04.739><c> kind</c><00:43:05.019><c> of</c><00:43:05.099><c> what</c><00:43:05.239><c> was</c><00:43:05.440><c> going</c><00:43:05.699><c> on.</c>

00:43:06.300 --> 00:43:08.739
And<00:43:06.460><c> they</c><00:43:06.639><c> came</c><00:43:06.820><c> up</c><00:43:07.059><c> into</c><00:43:07.420><c> the</c><00:43:07.719><c> capital</c><00:43:07.980><c> city</c><00:43:08.260><c> of</c><00:43:08.420><c> the</c><00:43:08.579><c> Medes</c>

00:43:08.739 --> 00:43:09.980
and<00:43:08.860><c> they</c><00:43:09.199><c> stayed</c><00:43:09.420><c> there</c><00:43:09.639><c> while</c><00:43:09.760><c> they</c>

00:43:09.980 --> 00:43:13.320
basically<00:43:10.380><c> amassed</c><00:43:10.760><c> their</c><00:43:11.019><c> forces</c><00:43:11.380><c> again</c><00:43:11.739><c> and</c><00:43:11.980><c> got</c><00:43:12.179><c> their</c><00:43:12.440><c> provisions</c><00:43:12.760><c> together</c><00:43:13.099><c> to</c>

00:43:13.320 --> 00:43:14.519
make<00:43:13.460><c> the</c><00:43:13.639><c> invasion.</c>

00:43:14.860 --> 00:43:18.440
And<00:43:15.380><c> then</c><00:43:15.519><c> they</c><00:43:15.679><c> came</c><00:43:15.980><c> down</c><00:43:16.400><c> to</c><00:43:16.659><c> Great</c><00:43:16.940><c> Babylon</c><00:43:17.420><c> and</c><00:43:17.840><c> there</c><00:43:18.079><c> it</c>

00:43:18.440 --> 00:43:21.840
stood,<00:43:19.360><c> impregnable,</c><00:43:20.320><c> 20</c><00:43:20.840><c>-year</c><00:43:21.280><c> supply</c>

00:43:21.840 --> 00:43:27.780
of<00:43:22.199><c> food</c><00:43:22.559><c> with</c><00:43:23.039><c> a</c><00:43:23.340><c> wall</c><00:43:23.639><c> all</c><00:43:24.099><c> the</c><00:43:24.219><c> way</c><00:43:24.400><c> around</c><00:43:24.679><c> the</c><00:43:24.880><c> outside,</c><00:43:25.500><c> so</c><00:43:25.860><c> wide</c><00:43:26.219><c> that</c><00:43:26.400><c> you</c><00:43:26.500><c> could</c><00:43:26.719><c> ride</c><00:43:27.000><c> a</c><00:43:27.360><c> chariot</c>

00:43:27.780 --> 00:43:30.500
across<00:43:28.280><c> the</c><00:43:28.579><c> top</c><00:43:28.840><c> of</c><00:43:29.000><c> this</c><00:43:29.280><c> wall</c><00:43:29.480><c> with</c><00:43:29.719><c> five</c><00:43:30.059><c> horses.</c>

00:43:30.519 --> 00:43:31.760
It<00:43:31.000><c> was</c><00:43:31.239><c> massive.</c>

00:43:32.059 --> 00:43:34.019
You're<00:43:32.179><c> not</c><00:43:32.400><c> going</c><00:43:32.559><c> to</c><00:43:32.659><c> stand</c><00:43:32.920><c> there</c><00:43:33.099><c> with</c><00:43:33.300><c> a</c><00:43:33.460><c> battering</c><00:43:33.860><c> ram</c>

00:43:34.019 --> 00:43:34.960
and<00:43:34.179><c> knock</c><00:43:34.320><c> this</c><00:43:34.579><c> wall</c><00:43:34.760><c> down.</c>

00:43:35.000 --> 00:43:36.039
It's<00:43:35.159><c> just</c><00:43:35.320><c> not</c><00:43:35.440><c> going</c><00:43:35.579><c> to</c><00:43:35.760><c> happen.</c>

00:43:36.400 --> 00:43:38.199
It<00:43:36.480><c> was</c><00:43:36.739><c> completely</c><00:43:37.400><c> impregnable.</c>

00:43:38.280 --> 00:43:41.199
I<00:43:38.360><c> mean,</c><00:43:38.460><c> you</c><00:43:38.539><c> don't</c><00:43:38.739><c> have</c><00:43:38.920><c> any</c><00:43:39.219><c> concussion</c><00:43:39.739><c> grenades</c><00:43:40.239><c> and</c><00:43:40.639><c> cannons</c><00:43:40.920><c> to</c>

00:43:41.199 --> 00:43:42.820
fire<00:43:41.480><c> off</c><00:43:41.719><c> and</c><00:43:42.179><c> knock</c><00:43:42.440><c> it</c><00:43:42.679><c> down.</c>

00:43:42.820 --> 00:43:45.119
I<00:43:42.940><c> mean,</c><00:43:43.079><c> you've</c><00:43:43.400><c> got</c><00:43:43.519><c> to</c><00:43:43.639><c> do</c><00:43:43.780><c> it</c><00:43:43.880><c> with</c><00:43:43.980><c> your</c><00:43:44.159><c> bare</c><00:43:44.340><c> hands.</c>

00:43:45.199 --> 00:43:49.960
From<00:43:45.559><c> all</c><00:43:45.920><c> intents</c><00:43:46.239><c> and</c><00:43:46.519><c> purposes,</c><00:43:47.360><c> Babylon</c><00:43:47.639><c> appeared</c><00:43:48.099><c> to</c><00:43:48.380><c> be</c><00:43:48.619><c> impregnable.</c>

00:43:50.199 --> 00:43:52.320
But<00:43:50.599><c> God</c><00:43:51.000><c> had</c><00:43:51.679><c> a</c><00:43:52.099><c> plan.</c>

00:43:52.400 --> 00:43:54.980
And<00:43:52.519><c> as</c><00:43:52.679><c> we've</c><00:43:52.860><c> seen,</c><00:43:53.139><c> the</c><00:43:53.280><c> prophecies</c><00:43:53.659><c> were</c><00:43:53.820><c> laid</c><00:43:54.039><c> out.</c>

00:43:55.019 --> 00:43:56.940
The<00:43:55.179><c> River</c><00:43:55.380><c> Euphrates</c><00:43:55.860><c> ran</c><00:43:56.139><c> through</c><00:43:56.360><c> the</c><00:43:56.460><c> middle</c><00:43:56.619><c> of</c><00:43:56.780><c> it.</c>

00:43:57.039 --> 00:43:58.539
They<00:43:57.159><c> got</c><00:43:57.360><c> a</c><00:43:57.739><c> supply</c><00:43:58.019><c> of</c><00:43:58.300><c> water.</c>

00:43:58.619 --> 00:43:59.320
You've<00:43:58.860><c> got</c><00:43:59.000><c> food.</c>

00:43:59.340 --> 00:43:59.940
You've<00:43:59.539><c> got</c><00:43:59.639><c> water.</c>

00:43:59.940 --> 00:44:01.360
They<00:44:00.099><c> could</c><00:44:00.300><c> survive.</c>

00:44:01.539 --> 00:44:05.880
And<00:44:01.719><c> so</c><00:44:01.980><c> in</c><00:44:02.159><c> response</c><00:44:02.719><c> to</c><00:44:02.980><c> that,</c><00:44:03.920><c> this</c><00:44:04.159><c> is</c><00:44:04.360><c> just</c><00:44:04.599><c> a</c><00:44:04.820><c> plan</c><00:44:05.000><c> of</c><00:44:05.519><c> Babylon.</c>

00:44:05.960 --> 00:44:08.119
There's<00:44:06.239><c> the</c><00:44:06.420><c> Ishtar</c><00:44:06.760><c> Gate</c><00:44:07.039><c> in</c><00:44:07.239><c> the</c><00:44:07.360><c> north</c><00:44:07.519><c> of</c><00:44:07.699><c> the</c><00:44:07.860><c> city.</c>

00:44:08.480 --> 00:44:10.239
Here's<00:44:08.840><c> the</c><00:44:09.059><c> wall</c><00:44:09.239><c> that</c><00:44:09.420><c> ran</c><00:44:09.619><c> all</c><00:44:09.880><c> the</c><00:44:09.960><c> way</c><00:44:10.099><c> around.</c>

00:44:10.260 --> 00:44:11.579
There<00:44:10.340><c> wasn't</c><00:44:10.500><c> just</c><00:44:10.760><c> one</c><00:44:11.039><c> wall,</c><00:44:11.199><c> by</c><00:44:11.400><c> the</c><00:44:11.519><c> way.</c>

00:44:11.579 --> 00:44:12.579
There<00:44:11.659><c> were</c><00:44:11.880><c> several</c><00:44:12.260><c> walls.</c>

00:44:12.579 --> 00:44:15.420
So<00:44:12.800><c> that</c><00:44:12.920><c> basically</c><00:44:13.280><c> they</c><00:44:13.440><c> would</c><00:44:13.639><c> have</c><00:44:14.300><c> a</c><00:44:14.719><c> good</c><00:44:14.860><c> opportunity</c>

00:44:15.420 --> 00:44:16.539
to<00:44:15.780><c> defend</c><00:44:16.039><c> themselves.</c>

00:44:16.940 --> 00:44:19.460
And<00:44:17.059><c> the</c><00:44:17.219><c> Euphrates</c><00:44:17.639><c> ran</c><00:44:17.960><c> through</c><00:44:18.400><c> the</c><00:44:18.579><c> middle</c><00:44:18.800><c> of</c><00:44:19.059><c> the</c><00:44:19.219><c> city.</c>

00:44:19.880 --> 00:44:22.099
And<00:44:20.139><c> so</c><00:44:20.579><c> they</c><00:44:20.920><c> had</c><00:44:21.139><c> their</c><00:44:21.420><c> water</c><00:44:21.639><c> supply.</c>

00:44:22.179 --> 00:44:23.019
They<00:44:22.300><c> had</c><00:44:22.539><c> their</c><00:44:22.780><c> walls.</c>

00:44:23.099 --> 00:44:24.780
They<00:44:23.219><c> were</c><00:44:23.500><c> impregnable.</c>

00:44:25.440 --> 00:44:30.739
Well,<00:44:25.539><c> what</c><00:44:25.840><c> Cyrus</c><00:44:26.159><c> decided</c><00:44:26.559><c> to</c><00:44:26.800><c> do</c><00:44:26.960><c> was</c><00:44:28.019><c> lay</c><00:44:28.599><c> siege</c><00:44:28.980><c> to</c><00:44:29.199><c> the</c><00:44:29.360><c> city,</c><00:44:29.619><c> which</c><00:44:29.820><c> seemed</c><00:44:30.059><c> to</c><00:44:30.219><c> be</c><00:44:30.360><c> a</c><00:44:30.539><c> foolish</c>

00:44:30.739 --> 00:44:31.179
thing<00:44:30.940><c> today.</c>

00:44:31.300 --> 00:44:32.719
Why<00:44:31.719><c> lay</c><00:44:32.000><c> siege</c><00:44:32.239><c> to</c><00:44:32.440><c> the</c><00:44:32.599><c> city?</c>

00:44:32.800 --> 00:44:33.320
What<00:44:32.900><c> are</c><00:44:32.980><c> you</c><00:44:33.019><c> going</c><00:44:33.099><c> to</c><00:44:33.139><c> do?</c>

00:44:33.340 --> 00:44:34.539
Wait<00:44:33.460><c> them</c><00:44:33.639><c> out</c><00:44:33.840><c> 20</c><00:44:34.099><c> years?</c>

00:44:34.860 --> 00:44:37.420
You<00:44:34.960><c> have</c><00:44:35.079><c> to</c><00:44:35.199><c> have</c><00:44:35.300><c> your</c><00:44:35.619><c> grandchildren</c><00:44:36.099><c> come</c><00:44:36.380><c> along</c><00:44:36.559><c> and</c><00:44:36.800><c> finally</c><00:44:37.000><c> take</c><00:44:37.320><c> it</c>

00:44:37.420 --> 00:44:38.219
by<00:44:37.579><c> the</c><00:44:37.719><c> time</c><00:44:37.820><c> they</c><00:44:37.960><c> run</c><00:44:38.079><c> out</c>

00:44:38.219 --> 00:44:38.780
of<00:44:38.420><c> food.</c>

00:44:38.780 --> 00:44:42.400
But<00:44:39.579><c> what</c><00:44:39.940><c> he</c><00:44:40.059><c> did</c><00:44:40.219><c> was</c><00:44:40.420><c> he</c><00:44:40.639><c> dug</c><00:44:40.860><c> a</c><00:44:41.119><c> siege</c><00:44:41.320><c> trench</c><00:44:41.659><c> all</c><00:44:42.139><c> the</c><00:44:42.219><c> way</c>

00:44:42.400 --> 00:44:44.340
around<00:44:42.699><c> Babylon</c><00:44:43.260><c> so</c><00:44:43.920><c> that</c><00:44:44.039><c> there</c><00:44:44.079><c> was</c>

00:44:44.340 --> 00:44:46.719
nobody<00:44:44.659><c> that</c><00:44:44.880><c> could</c><00:44:45.039><c> leave</c><00:44:45.360><c> that</c><00:44:45.820><c> city.</c>

00:44:47.059 --> 00:44:49.960
And<00:44:47.380><c> the</c><00:44:47.739><c> people</c><00:44:48.159><c> in</c><00:44:48.579><c> the</c><00:44:48.760><c> city</c><00:44:48.960><c> thought</c><00:44:49.219><c> this</c><00:44:49.420><c> was</c><00:44:49.619><c> the</c><00:44:49.679><c> most</c>

00:44:49.960 --> 00:44:52.340
ridiculous<00:44:50.599><c> thing</c><00:44:50.900><c> that</c><00:44:51.059><c> had</c><00:44:51.139><c> ever</c><00:44:51.420><c> happened.</c>

00:44:52.500 --> 00:44:54.639
So<00:44:52.800><c> they</c><00:44:53.000><c> had</c><00:44:53.219><c> a</c><00:44:53.440><c> great</c><00:44:53.699><c> feast.</c>

00:44:54.800 --> 00:44:59.400
They<00:44:54.920><c> had</c><00:44:55.139><c> a</c><00:44:55.360><c> great</c><00:44:55.639><c> party</c><00:44:56.219><c> that</c><00:44:56.679><c> is</c><00:44:56.920><c> described</c><00:44:57.400><c> to</c><00:44:57.639><c> us</c><00:44:57.900><c> in</c><00:44:58.059><c> Daniel</c><00:44:58.400><c> chapter</c><00:44:58.739><c> 5.</c>

00:44:59.760 --> 00:45:03.679
That<00:45:00.159><c> is</c><00:45:00.460><c> the</c><00:45:00.699><c> night</c><00:45:01.079><c> at</c><00:45:01.659><c> which</c><00:45:01.980><c> these</c><00:45:02.559><c> events</c><00:45:02.920><c> took</c><00:45:03.199><c> place.</c>

00:45:04.159 --> 00:45:07.579
Belshazzar<00:45:04.739><c> the</c><00:45:04.920><c> king</c><00:45:05.239><c> looks</c><00:45:05.539><c> out</c><00:45:06.159><c> at</c><00:45:06.500><c> this</c><00:45:06.880><c> army</c><00:45:07.320><c> that's</c>

00:45:07.579 --> 00:45:08.179
come<00:45:07.760><c> against</c><00:45:08.059><c> him.</c>

00:45:08.179 --> 00:45:11.679
That<00:45:08.360><c> basically</c><00:45:08.739><c> has</c><00:45:09.039><c> taken</c><00:45:09.260><c> out</c><00:45:09.579><c> most</c><00:45:09.920><c> of</c><00:45:10.079><c> the</c><00:45:10.239><c> empire,</c><00:45:11.639><c> but</c>

00:45:11.679 --> 00:45:12.659
they've<00:45:11.880><c> come</c><00:45:12.039><c> against</c><00:45:12.320><c> Babylon.</c>

00:45:12.739 --> 00:45:13.880
Well,<00:45:12.840><c> you</c><00:45:12.940><c> can't</c><00:45:13.239><c> take</c><00:45:13.420><c> us.</c>

00:45:14.239 --> 00:45:15.159
We're<00:45:14.440><c> impregnable.</c>

00:45:15.460 --> 00:45:16.940
We<00:45:15.579><c> are</c><00:45:15.820><c> the</c><00:45:16.019><c> great</c><00:45:16.400><c> city.</c>

00:45:17.440 --> 00:45:21.280
And<00:45:17.579><c> so</c><00:45:17.900><c> they</c><00:45:18.239><c> held</c><00:45:18.559><c> a</c><00:45:18.840><c> great</c><00:45:19.159><c> feast</c><00:45:19.619><c> where</c><00:45:20.179><c> they</c><00:45:20.539><c> brought</c><00:45:20.780><c> out</c>

00:45:21.280 --> 00:45:23.199
the<00:45:21.679><c> vessels</c><00:45:22.039><c> of</c><00:45:22.260><c> gold</c><00:45:22.539><c> and</c><00:45:22.800><c> silver</c>

00:45:23.199 --> 00:45:25.159
from<00:45:24.059><c> the</c><00:45:24.719><c> temple.</c>

00:45:25.500 --> 00:45:30.239
And<00:45:25.619><c> they</c><00:45:25.860><c> had</c><00:45:26.119><c> this</c><00:45:26.679><c> feast,</c><00:45:27.059><c> this</c><00:45:27.420><c> drunken,</c><00:45:28.260><c> disgusting</c><00:45:29.019><c> orgy,</c><00:45:29.980><c> in</c>

00:45:30.239 --> 00:45:32.559
basically<00:45:31.039><c> total</c><00:45:31.539><c> defiance</c><00:45:32.039><c> to</c><00:45:32.260><c> Almighty</c>

00:45:32.559 --> 00:45:37.099
God<00:45:32.980><c> and</c><00:45:33.519><c> used</c><00:45:33.820><c> His</c><00:45:34.159><c> vessels</c><00:45:34.699><c> to</c><00:45:35.159><c> basically</c><00:45:35.639><c> say</c><00:45:35.980><c> to</c><00:45:36.159><c> the</c><00:45:36.360><c> people,</c><00:45:36.760><c> you</c>

00:45:37.099 --> 00:45:38.039
know,<00:45:37.340><c> that</c><00:45:37.480><c> we're</c><00:45:37.619><c> out</c><00:45:37.840><c> there,</c>

00:45:38.039 --> 00:45:40.199
that<00:45:38.179><c> there's</c><00:45:38.400><c> nothing</c><00:45:38.800><c> that</c><00:45:39.039><c> you</c><00:45:39.139><c> can</c><00:45:39.360><c> do.</c>

00:45:40.280 --> 00:45:42.260
So<00:45:40.440><c> that</c><00:45:40.739><c> night</c><00:45:40.920><c> they</c><00:45:41.079><c> were</c><00:45:41.300><c> drunken.</c>

00:45:42.659 --> 00:45:48.099
And<00:45:42.820><c> in</c><00:45:42.980><c> their</c><00:45:43.159><c> drunken</c><00:45:43.539><c> state,</c><00:45:44.559><c> they</c><00:45:44.800><c> forgot,</c><00:45:45.780><c> or</c><00:45:46.099><c> providentially,</c><00:45:47.619><c> the</c><00:45:47.780><c> angel</c>

00:45:48.099 --> 00:45:50.320
of<00:45:48.280><c> the</c><00:45:48.420><c> Lord</c><00:45:49.280><c> arranged</c>

00:45:50.320 --> 00:45:53.480
the<00:45:50.639><c> circumstances</c><00:45:51.219><c> through</c><00:45:51.639><c> the</c><00:45:51.860><c> drink</c><00:45:52.179><c> that</c><00:45:52.719><c> the</c><00:45:53.019><c> gates</c><00:45:53.280><c> of</c>

00:45:53.480 --> 00:45:58.099
the<00:45:53.719><c> city</c><00:45:54.219><c> that</c><00:45:54.840><c> went</c><00:45:55.460><c> through</c><00:45:56.219><c> the</c><00:45:57.880><c> middle</c>

00:45:58.099 --> 00:45:59.079
of<00:45:58.260><c> it</c><00:45:58.340><c> were</c><00:45:58.480><c> left</c><00:45:58.739><c> open.</c>

00:45:59.400 --> 00:46:01.619
Isaiah<00:45:59.679><c> 45</c><00:46:00.239><c> told</c><00:46:00.500><c> us</c><00:46:00.659><c> that's</c><00:46:00.940><c> what</c><00:46:01.099><c> happened.</c>

00:46:02.119 --> 00:46:04.059
Opened<00:46:02.639><c> before</c><00:46:02.940><c> him</c><00:46:03.099><c> the</c><00:46:03.280><c> two</c><00:46:03.500><c> lead</c><00:46:03.639><c> gates.</c>

00:46:04.199 --> 00:46:05.199
The<00:46:04.340><c> gate</c><00:46:04.539><c> shall</c><00:46:04.699><c> not</c><00:46:04.860><c> be</c><00:46:05.079><c> shut.</c>

00:46:05.480 --> 00:46:07.980
Now<00:46:05.639><c> the</c><00:46:05.719><c> gates</c><00:46:06.000><c> were</c><00:46:06.199><c> all</c><00:46:06.440><c> the</c><00:46:06.519><c> way</c><00:46:06.679><c> along</c><00:46:06.880><c> the</c><00:46:07.059><c> river.</c>

00:46:07.820 --> 00:46:10.039
The<00:46:08.079><c> gates</c><00:46:08.400><c> along</c><00:46:08.659><c> the</c><00:46:08.840><c> river</c><00:46:09.119><c> were</c><00:46:09.300><c> there</c><00:46:09.539><c> so</c><00:46:09.699><c> that</c><00:46:09.860><c> nobody</c>

00:46:10.039 --> 00:46:11.820
could<00:46:10.199><c> come</c><00:46:10.420><c> and</c><00:46:10.599><c> take</c><00:46:10.699><c> the</c><00:46:10.900><c> city</c><00:46:11.099><c> by</c><00:46:11.480><c> water.</c>

00:46:11.940 --> 00:46:13.219
They<00:46:11.940><c> couldn't</c><00:46:12.139><c> float</c><00:46:12.440><c> down</c><00:46:12.679><c> on</c><00:46:12.920><c> boats.</c>

00:46:13.559 --> 00:46:15.940
So<00:46:13.699><c> they</c><00:46:13.800><c> would</c><00:46:14.099><c> close</c><00:46:14.400><c> those</c><00:46:14.679><c> gates</c><00:46:14.980><c> off</c><00:46:15.260><c> and</c><00:46:15.380><c> you</c><00:46:15.619><c> couldn't</c>

00:46:15.940 --> 00:46:17.639
get<00:46:16.219><c> into</c><00:46:16.519><c> that</c><00:46:16.780><c> city.</c>

00:46:18.059 --> 00:46:21.739
But<00:46:18.199><c> he</c><00:46:18.340><c> says</c><00:46:18.920><c> in</c><00:46:19.420><c> Isaiah,</c><00:46:19.920><c> I</c><00:46:19.920><c> will</c><00:46:20.179><c> break</c><00:46:20.480><c> in</c><00:46:20.760><c> pieces</c><00:46:20.980><c> the</c><00:46:21.260><c> gates</c><00:46:21.460><c> of</c>

00:46:21.739 --> 00:46:23.260
brass<00:46:22.019><c> and</c><00:46:22.239><c> cut</c><00:46:22.460><c> inside</c><00:46:22.739><c> of</c><00:46:22.880><c> the</c><00:46:23.019><c> bars</c>

00:46:23.260 --> 00:46:23.679
of<00:46:23.519><c> iron.</c>

00:46:23.800 --> 00:46:27.099
Now<00:46:23.980><c> those</c><00:46:24.260><c> words,</c><00:46:24.760><c> brass</c><00:46:25.079><c> and</c><00:46:25.300><c> iron,</c><00:46:25.960><c> have</c><00:46:26.119><c> to</c><00:46:26.280><c> mean</c><00:46:26.460><c> something</c><00:46:26.760><c> to</c><00:46:27.000><c> us</c>

00:46:27.099 --> 00:46:28.000
when<00:46:27.219><c> we</c><00:46:27.340><c> look</c><00:46:27.480><c> at</c><00:46:27.559><c> the</c><00:46:27.659><c> book</c><00:46:27.820><c> of</c>

00:46:28.000 --> 00:46:29.960
Revelation<00:46:28.420><c> and</c><00:46:28.699><c> the</c><00:46:28.780><c> book</c><00:46:28.940><c> of</c><00:46:29.139><c> Daniel.</c>

00:46:30.460 --> 00:46:33.880
What<00:46:30.780><c> Cyrus</c><00:46:31.179><c> did</c><00:46:31.440><c> that</c><00:46:31.760><c> fateful</c><00:46:32.119><c> night</c><00:46:32.420><c> of</c><00:46:32.559><c> Daniel</c><00:46:32.920><c> chapter</c><00:46:33.300><c> 5</c>

00:46:33.880 --> 00:46:36.739
was<00:46:34.900><c> that</c><00:46:35.099><c> he</c><00:46:35.340><c> basically</c><00:46:35.940><c> amassed</c><00:46:36.380><c> his</c>

00:46:36.739 --> 00:46:38.980
troops<00:46:37.019><c> on</c><00:46:37.280><c> the</c><00:46:37.440><c> inside</c><00:46:37.820><c> of</c><00:46:37.960><c> the</c><00:46:38.099><c> city.</c>

00:46:39.139 --> 00:46:44.500
Actually,<00:46:39.360><c> let's</c><00:46:39.519><c> just</c><00:46:39.739><c> go</c><00:46:39.980><c> back</c><00:46:40.519><c> for</c><00:46:42.000><c> a</c><00:46:42.159><c> second</c><00:46:42.360><c> here</c><00:46:42.579><c> because</c><00:46:42.920><c> the</c><00:46:43.360><c> narrative</c><00:46:43.920><c> of</c>

00:46:44.500 --> 00:46:45.260
what<00:46:44.699><c> took</c><00:46:44.960><c> place</c>

00:46:45.260 --> 00:46:48.019
in<00:46:45.420><c> Daniel</c><00:46:45.679><c> chapter</c><00:46:46.000><c> 5</c><00:46:46.360><c> happens</c><00:46:46.900><c> at</c><00:46:47.079><c> this</c><00:46:47.280><c> point</c><00:46:47.480><c> in</c><00:46:47.780><c> time.</c>

00:46:48.380 --> 00:46:50.659
Let's<00:46:48.619><c> just</c><00:46:48.880><c> come</c><00:46:49.079><c> in</c><00:46:49.280><c> and</c><00:46:49.519><c> have</c><00:46:49.760><c> a</c><00:46:49.900><c> look</c><00:46:50.019><c> at</c><00:46:50.239><c> it.</c>

00:46:50.739 --> 00:46:53.719
Daniel<00:46:51.079><c> chapter</c><00:46:51.420><c> 5,</c><00:46:52.039><c> it's</c><00:46:52.219><c> Belshazzar</c><00:46:52.940><c> the</c><00:46:53.099><c> king</c><00:46:53.300><c> who</c><00:46:53.539><c> makes</c>

00:46:53.719 --> 00:46:55.599
a<00:46:53.980><c> great</c><00:46:54.199><c> feast</c><00:46:54.539><c> to</c><00:46:54.780><c> thousands</c><00:46:55.199><c> of</c><00:46:55.400><c> his</c>

00:46:55.599 --> 00:46:57.340
lords<00:46:55.920><c> and</c><00:46:56.179><c> drank</c><00:46:56.400><c> wine</c><00:46:56.739><c> before</c><00:46:57.139><c> them.</c>

00:46:57.500 --> 00:47:01.199
And<00:46:57.760><c> he</c><00:46:57.940><c> brings</c><00:46:58.239><c> out</c><00:46:58.480><c> all</c><00:46:58.659><c> these</c><00:46:58.880><c> vessels</c><00:46:59.199><c> of</c><00:46:59.440><c> gold</c><00:46:59.739><c> and</c><00:46:59.980><c> silver</c><00:47:00.460><c> and</c>

00:47:01.199 --> 00:47:03.380
they<00:47:02.139><c> have</c><00:47:02.440><c> this</c><00:47:02.699><c> great</c><00:47:03.099><c> feast</c>

00:47:03.380 --> 00:47:05.940
there<00:47:03.659><c> in</c><00:47:03.940><c> defiance</c><00:47:04.500><c> of</c><00:47:04.719><c> Almighty</c><00:47:05.039><c> God.</c>

00:47:05.760 --> 00:47:10.460
And<00:47:06.059><c> of</c><00:47:06.280><c> course,</c><00:47:06.519><c> it's</c><00:47:06.800><c> at</c><00:47:07.119><c> that</c><00:47:07.440><c> feast</c><00:47:07.960><c> that</c><00:47:08.480><c> there</c><00:47:08.739><c> is</c><00:47:08.900><c> a</c><00:47:09.199><c> hand</c><00:47:09.480><c> that</c><00:47:09.820><c> comes</c><00:47:10.119><c> and</c>

00:47:10.460 --> 00:47:11.699
writes<00:47:10.699><c> upon</c><00:47:11.039><c> the</c><00:47:11.340><c> wall</c>

00:47:11.699 --> 00:47:15.960
and<00:47:12.360><c> the</c><00:47:12.579><c> king</c><00:47:12.900><c> cries</c><00:47:13.300><c> out,</c><00:47:14.260><c> let's</c><00:47:14.500><c> come</c><00:47:14.760><c> down</c><00:47:14.960><c> verse</c><00:47:15.239><c> 5,</c><00:47:15.739><c> the</c>

00:47:15.960 --> 00:47:18.340
same<00:47:16.320><c> hour</c><00:47:16.800><c> right</c><00:47:17.559><c> when</c><00:47:17.760><c> these</c><00:47:17.980><c> things</c><00:47:18.159><c> were</c>

00:47:18.340 --> 00:47:22.199
taking<00:47:18.599><c> place,</c><00:47:19.840><c> came</c><00:47:20.500><c> forth</c><00:47:20.900><c> fingers</c><00:47:21.239><c> of</c><00:47:21.400><c> a</c><00:47:21.539><c> man's</c><00:47:21.860><c> hand</c><00:47:22.000><c> and</c>

00:47:22.199 --> 00:47:24.519
wrote<00:47:22.400><c> over</c><00:47:22.699><c> against</c><00:47:22.920><c> the</c><00:47:23.320><c> candlestick</c>

00:47:24.519 --> 00:47:27.820
upon<00:47:25.019><c> the</c><00:47:25.420><c> plaster</c><00:47:25.800><c> of</c><00:47:26.119><c> the</c><00:47:26.380><c> wall</c><00:47:26.659><c> of</c><00:47:26.880><c> the</c><00:47:27.079><c> king's</c><00:47:27.519><c> palace.</c>

00:47:28.260 --> 00:47:30.460
Interestingly<00:47:28.780><c> enough,</c><00:47:29.280><c> Brother</c><00:47:29.380><c> Colin</c><00:47:29.719><c> Badger</c><00:47:30.019><c> gave</c><00:47:30.239><c> me</c><00:47:30.400><c> a</c>

00:47:30.460 --> 00:47:32.699
little<00:47:30.699><c> book</c><00:47:31.059><c> and</c><00:47:31.860><c> he</c><00:47:32.280><c> actually</c><00:47:32.519><c> got</c>

00:47:32.699 --> 00:47:33.960
it<00:47:32.820><c> from</c><00:47:32.960><c> somebody</c><00:47:33.239><c> at</c><00:47:33.480><c> Chippensburg.</c>

00:47:33.960 --> 00:47:35.239
I'm<00:47:34.039><c> not</c><00:47:34.239><c> quite</c><00:47:34.440><c> sure</c><00:47:34.599><c> who</c><00:47:34.739><c> it</c><00:47:34.980><c> was.</c>

00:47:35.599 --> 00:47:41.119
And<00:47:35.639><c> in</c><00:47:35.840><c> this</c><00:47:36.039><c> book,</c><00:47:36.199><c> it</c><00:47:36.500><c> describes</c><00:47:37.000><c> how</c><00:47:37.219><c> they</c><00:47:37.420><c> have</c><00:47:37.860><c> found</c><00:47:38.539><c> the</c><00:47:39.179><c> white</c><00:47:39.679><c> plaster</c><00:47:40.260><c> walls</c><00:47:40.800><c> in</c>

00:47:41.119 --> 00:47:41.820
the<00:47:41.420><c> temple</c>

00:47:41.820 --> 00:47:44.619
room<00:47:42.239><c> of</c><00:47:42.780><c> the</c><00:47:43.000><c> city</c><00:47:43.320><c> of</c><00:47:43.699><c> Babylon.</c>

00:47:44.719 --> 00:47:47.679
And<00:47:44.820><c> it</c><00:47:45.260><c> describes</c><00:47:45.840><c> for</c><00:47:46.179><c> you</c><00:47:46.300><c> basically</c><00:47:46.699><c> where</c><00:47:47.000><c> they</c><00:47:47.239><c> are</c><00:47:47.440><c> and</c>

00:47:47.679 --> 00:47:49.739
how<00:47:47.980><c> they</c><00:47:48.219><c> were</c><00:47:48.420><c> able</c><00:47:48.599><c> to</c><00:47:49.039><c> find</c><00:47:49.260><c> these</c><00:47:49.500><c> things</c>

00:47:49.739 --> 00:47:51.880
and<00:47:50.099><c> they</c><00:47:50.400><c> sit</c><00:47:50.519><c> within</c><00:47:50.780><c> the</c><00:47:51.019><c> city.</c>

00:47:52.079 --> 00:47:54.519
Well,<00:47:52.119><c> this</c><00:47:52.460><c> hand</c><00:47:52.699><c> came</c><00:47:53.019><c> and</c><00:47:53.260><c> wrote</c><00:47:53.420><c> against</c><00:47:53.780><c> the</c><00:47:54.059><c> plaster</c><00:47:54.340><c> of</c>

00:47:54.519 --> 00:47:56.360
the<00:47:54.679><c> king's</c><00:47:55.039><c> palace</c><00:47:55.400><c> and</c><00:47:55.940><c> the</c><00:47:56.159><c> king</c>

00:47:56.360 --> 00:47:58.340
saw<00:47:56.699><c> the</c><00:47:56.960><c> part</c><00:47:57.159><c> of</c><00:47:57.400><c> the</c><00:47:57.559><c> hand</c><00:47:57.719><c> that</c><00:47:58.019><c> wrote.</c>

00:47:58.340 --> 00:48:02.920
Then<00:47:59.000><c> the</c><00:47:59.219><c> king's</c><00:47:59.679><c> countenance</c><00:48:00.099><c> was</c><00:48:00.380><c> changed</c><00:48:01.119><c> and</c><00:48:02.460><c> his</c><00:48:02.719><c> loins</c>

00:48:02.920 --> 00:48:03.539
were<00:48:03.159><c> loosed.</c>

00:48:03.940 --> 00:48:07.099
That's<00:48:04.159><c> what</c><00:48:04.300><c> Isaiah</c><00:48:04.639><c> tells</c><00:48:04.960><c> us,</c><00:48:05.179><c> but</c><00:48:05.300><c> it</c><00:48:05.460><c> tells</c><00:48:05.619><c> us</c><00:48:05.860><c> here</c><00:48:06.039><c> that</c><00:48:06.719><c> his</c>

00:48:07.099 --> 00:48:08.300
thoughts<00:48:07.440><c> troubled</c><00:48:07.820><c> him</c><00:48:08.059><c> so</c>

00:48:08.300 --> 00:48:11.179
that<00:48:08.420><c> the</c><00:48:08.659><c> joints</c><00:48:08.920><c> of</c><00:48:09.079><c> his</c><00:48:09.300><c> loins</c><00:48:09.500><c> were</c><00:48:09.780><c> loosed</c><00:48:10.019><c> and</c><00:48:10.199><c> his</c><00:48:10.420><c> knees</c><00:48:10.639><c> smote</c><00:48:10.960><c> one</c>

00:48:11.179 --> 00:48:12.380
against<00:48:11.500><c> another.</c>

00:48:12.500 --> 00:48:14.440
And<00:48:12.659><c> it's</c><00:48:12.800><c> a</c><00:48:12.880><c> kind</c><00:48:12.980><c> of</c><00:48:13.179><c> comical</c><00:48:13.599><c> picture</c><00:48:13.940><c> really</c><00:48:14.159><c> when</c><00:48:14.280><c> you</c>

00:48:14.440 --> 00:48:14.960
think<00:48:14.639><c> about</c><00:48:14.820><c> it.</c>

00:48:14.960 --> 00:48:17.000
There's<00:48:15.260><c> the</c><00:48:15.480><c> handwriting</c><00:48:15.760><c> on</c><00:48:15.980><c> the</c><00:48:16.179><c> wall</c><00:48:16.360><c> and</c><00:48:16.480><c> those</c><00:48:16.739><c> knees</c>

00:48:17.000 --> 00:48:17.659
begin<00:48:17.280><c> to</c><00:48:17.500><c> go.</c>

00:48:17.960 --> 00:48:21.400
This<00:48:18.239><c> great</c><00:48:18.619><c> king</c><00:48:18.960><c> standing</c><00:48:19.320><c> up</c><00:48:19.559><c> in</c><00:48:19.820><c> pride</c><00:48:20.199><c> has</c><00:48:20.800><c> lost</c><00:48:21.239><c> it.</c>

00:48:21.420 --> 00:48:24.019
He's<00:48:21.840><c> absolutely</c><00:48:22.460><c> fearful</c><00:48:22.920><c> of</c><00:48:23.079><c> what's</c><00:48:23.440><c> taking</c><00:48:23.579><c> place.</c>

00:48:24.440 --> 00:48:26.300
Well,<00:48:24.599><c> they</c><00:48:24.739><c> can't</c><00:48:25.059><c> read</c><00:48:25.219><c> the</c><00:48:25.440><c> writing</c><00:48:25.699><c> because</c><00:48:25.920><c> obviously</c>

00:48:26.300 --> 00:48:27.280
it's<00:48:26.519><c> written</c><00:48:26.679><c> in</c><00:48:26.880><c> Hebrew.</c>

00:48:27.280 --> 00:48:33.699
So<00:48:28.000><c> we</c><00:48:28.320><c> come</c><00:48:28.579><c> down</c><00:48:29.119><c> and</c><00:48:30.139><c> verse</c><00:48:30.480><c> 10,</c><00:48:31.579><c> the</c><00:48:31.679><c> queen,</c><00:48:32.340><c> which</c><00:48:32.420><c> actually</c><00:48:32.780><c> we</c><00:48:33.000><c> believe</c><00:48:33.320><c> would</c><00:48:33.480><c> be</c>

00:48:33.699 --> 00:48:34.360
his<00:48:33.960><c> mother,</c>

00:48:34.820 --> 00:48:38.780
who<00:48:34.960><c> would</c><00:48:35.199><c> have</c><00:48:35.420><c> been</c><00:48:35.579><c> Nebuchadnezzar's</c><00:48:36.480><c> daughter,</c><00:48:37.360><c> who</c><00:48:37.579><c> had</c><00:48:37.960><c> been</c><00:48:38.179><c> aware</c><00:48:38.599><c> of</c>

00:48:38.780 --> 00:48:39.340
the<00:48:38.960><c> things,</c>

00:48:39.619 --> 00:48:41.380
tells<00:48:39.880><c> her</c><00:48:40.179><c> to</c><00:48:40.340><c> go</c><00:48:40.539><c> and</c><00:48:40.699><c> get</c><00:48:40.860><c> Daniel.</c>

00:48:41.659 --> 00:48:44.739
Verse<00:48:41.880><c> 11,</c><00:48:42.300><c> there</c><00:48:42.360><c> is</c><00:48:42.679><c> a</c><00:48:42.820><c> man</c><00:48:43.019><c> in</c><00:48:43.239><c> my</c><00:48:43.440><c> kingdom</c><00:48:43.780><c> in</c><00:48:44.019><c> whom</c><00:48:44.219><c> is</c><00:48:44.440><c> the</c>

00:48:44.739 --> 00:48:46.000
spirit<00:48:44.960><c> of</c><00:48:45.159><c> the</c><00:48:45.360><c> holy</c><00:48:45.639><c> gods.</c>

00:48:46.320 --> 00:48:49.599
And<00:48:46.420><c> in</c><00:48:46.559><c> the</c><00:48:46.719><c> days</c><00:48:46.920><c> of</c><00:48:47.159><c> thy</c><00:48:47.360><c> father</c><00:48:47.739><c> or</c><00:48:47.940><c> grandfather,</c><00:48:49.559><c> light</c>

00:48:49.599 --> 00:48:51.179
and<00:48:50.019><c> understanding</c><00:48:50.559><c> and</c><00:48:50.840><c> wisdom,</c>

00:48:51.320 --> 00:48:53.940
like<00:48:51.400><c> the</c><00:48:51.619><c> wisdom</c><00:48:51.860><c> of</c><00:48:52.039><c> the</c><00:48:52.199><c> gods</c><00:48:52.360><c> was</c><00:48:52.579><c> found</c><00:48:52.880><c> in</c><00:48:53.139><c> him,</c><00:48:53.780><c> whom</c>

00:48:53.940 --> 00:48:55.579
the<00:48:54.139><c> king</c><00:48:54.380><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:48:55.039><c> thy</c><00:48:55.219><c> father,</c>

00:48:55.579 --> 00:48:57.300
the<00:48:55.739><c> king,</c><00:48:56.239><c> I</c><00:48:56.239><c> say,</c><00:48:56.800><c> thy</c><00:48:57.000><c> father.</c>

00:48:57.320 --> 00:48:58.960
And<00:48:57.360><c> she</c><00:48:57.519><c> makes</c><00:48:57.739><c> this</c><00:48:57.960><c> point</c><00:48:58.119><c> over</c><00:48:58.460><c> and</c><00:48:58.579><c> over</c><00:48:58.760><c> again.</c>

00:48:59.079 --> 00:49:01.219
It's<00:48:59.079><c> almost</c><00:48:59.260><c> like,</c><00:48:59.440><c> you</c><00:48:59.599><c> know,</c><00:49:00.059><c> this</c><00:49:00.300><c> all</c><00:49:00.579><c> happened</c><00:49:00.900><c> and</c><00:49:01.019><c> you</c>

00:49:01.219 --> 00:49:02.559
are<00:49:01.500><c> aware</c><00:49:01.719><c> of</c><00:49:01.920><c> these</c><00:49:02.099><c> things.</c>

00:49:02.800 --> 00:49:05.820
And<00:49:03.000><c> that's</c><00:49:03.320><c> exactly</c><00:49:03.639><c> what</c><00:49:03.860><c> Daniel</c><00:49:04.139><c> tells</c><00:49:04.480><c> this</c><00:49:04.699><c> king</c><00:49:04.840><c> as</c><00:49:05.099><c> well.</c>

00:49:06.019 --> 00:49:08.900
And<00:49:06.119><c> we</c><00:49:06.260><c> come</c><00:49:06.480><c> down</c><00:49:06.679><c> there,</c><00:49:06.820><c> of</c><00:49:07.019><c> course,</c><00:49:07.239><c> into</c><00:49:07.500><c> chapter</c><00:49:07.860><c> five.</c>

00:49:09.059 --> 00:49:12.219
And<00:49:09.360><c> of</c><00:49:09.579><c> course,</c><00:49:09.800><c> Daniel</c><00:49:10.139><c> gives</c><00:49:10.519><c> the</c><00:49:10.840><c> king</c><00:49:11.159><c> the</c><00:49:11.679><c> description</c>

00:49:12.219 --> 00:49:13.920
of<00:49:12.440><c> what</c><00:49:12.679><c> is</c><00:49:12.940><c> to</c><00:49:13.119><c> take</c><00:49:13.340><c> place.</c>

00:49:14.400 --> 00:49:18.179
Then<00:49:14.539><c> was</c><00:49:14.760><c> the</c><00:49:15.000><c> part,</c><00:49:15.619><c> verse</c><00:49:15.980><c> 25,</c><00:49:16.739><c> this</c><00:49:16.940><c> was</c><00:49:17.139><c> the</c><00:49:17.360><c> writing</c><00:49:17.579><c> that</c><00:49:17.739><c> was</c><00:49:17.940><c> written.</c>

00:49:18.559 --> 00:49:20.059
Meany,<00:49:18.800><c> meany,</c><00:49:19.119><c> tekel</c><00:49:19.480><c> you</c><00:49:19.679><c> farson.</c>

00:49:20.539 --> 00:49:22.519
This<00:49:20.840><c> is</c><00:49:21.059><c> the</c><00:49:21.320><c> interpretation</c><00:49:21.920><c> of</c><00:49:22.119><c> the</c><00:49:22.280><c> thing.</c>

00:49:22.519 --> 00:49:26.460
Meaning,<00:49:23.300><c> God</c><00:49:23.639><c> hath</c><00:49:24.019><c> numbered</c><00:49:24.360><c> thy</c><00:49:24.659><c> kingdom</c><00:49:25.119><c> and</c><00:49:25.619><c> finished</c><00:49:25.980><c> it.</c>

00:49:26.659 --> 00:49:29.719
Tekel<00:49:26.940><c> thou</c><00:49:27.099><c> art</c><00:49:27.320><c> found</c><00:49:27.679><c> weighed</c><00:49:28.039><c> in</c><00:49:28.280><c> the</c><00:49:28.500><c> balances,</c><00:49:29.400><c> and</c><00:49:29.519><c> art</c>

00:49:29.719 --> 00:49:31.519
found<00:49:29.900><c> wanted,</c><00:49:31.099><c> wanting.</c>

00:49:31.880 --> 00:49:35.019
Perez,<00:49:32.480><c> thy</c><00:49:32.679><c> kingdom</c><00:49:32.980><c> is</c><00:49:33.300><c> divided</c><00:49:33.659><c> and</c><00:49:33.940><c> given</c><00:49:34.159><c> to</c><00:49:34.380><c> the</c><00:49:34.639><c> Medes</c>

00:49:35.019 --> 00:49:36.719
and<00:49:35.320><c> to</c><00:49:35.500><c> the</c><00:49:35.659><c> Persians.</c>

00:49:37.000 --> 00:49:40.079
And<00:49:37.400><c> the</c><00:49:37.820><c> king,</c><00:49:38.699><c> you</c><00:49:38.739><c> know,</c><00:49:39.059><c> oh,</c><00:49:39.260><c> thank</c><00:49:39.460><c> you</c><00:49:39.579><c> very</c><00:49:39.800><c> much</c><00:49:39.940><c> for</c>

00:49:40.079 --> 00:49:40.980
this<00:49:40.219><c> great</c><00:49:40.440><c> interpretation.</c>

00:49:41.119 --> 00:49:43.280
Obviously,<00:49:41.400><c> the</c><00:49:41.519><c> man's</c><00:49:41.880><c> drunk</c><00:49:42.000><c> because,</c><00:49:42.460><c> you</c><00:49:42.519><c> know,</c><00:49:42.940><c> you</c><00:49:43.199><c> see</c>

00:49:43.280 --> 00:49:43.980
what<00:49:43.400><c> he</c><00:49:43.519><c> does</c><00:49:43.719><c> here.</c>

00:49:44.079 --> 00:49:46.800
But<00:49:44.559><c> thank</c><00:49:45.119><c> you</c><00:49:45.239><c> very</c><00:49:45.460><c> much</c><00:49:45.599><c> for</c><00:49:45.820><c> bringing</c><00:49:45.980><c> this</c><00:49:46.179><c> to</c><00:49:46.300><c> our</c><00:49:46.480><c> attention.</c>

00:49:46.800 --> 00:49:54.500
He<00:49:47.019><c> commands</c><00:49:47.400><c> Belshazzar,</c><00:49:50.559><c> or</c><00:49:50.780><c> the</c><00:49:50.880><c> king</c><00:49:51.719><c> Belshazzar</c><00:49:52.300><c> commands,</c><00:49:52.800><c> and</c><00:49:52.800><c> they</c><00:49:52.980><c> clothe</c><00:49:53.280><c> Daniel</c><00:49:53.679><c> in</c><00:49:53.900><c> scarlet.</c>

00:49:54.980 --> 00:49:57.440
They<00:49:55.099><c> put</c><00:49:55.280><c> a</c><00:49:55.480><c> chain</c><00:49:55.599><c> of</c><00:49:55.760><c> gold</c><00:49:55.960><c> round</c><00:49:56.179><c> his</c><00:49:56.420><c> neck</c><00:49:56.679><c> and</c><00:49:57.079><c> they</c><00:49:57.280><c> make</c>

00:49:57.440 --> 00:49:58.900
a<00:49:57.679><c> proclamation</c><00:49:58.059><c> concerning</c><00:49:58.559><c> him</c><00:49:58.780><c> that</c>

00:49:58.900 --> 00:50:01.760
he<00:49:59.119><c> should</c><00:49:59.239><c> be</c><00:49:59.460><c> the</c><00:49:59.820><c> third</c><00:50:00.360><c> ruler</c><00:50:00.679><c> in</c><00:50:00.840><c> the</c><00:50:01.019><c> kingdom.</c>

00:50:01.780 --> 00:50:03.500
And<00:50:01.900><c> the</c><00:50:02.000><c> reason</c><00:50:02.159><c> they</c><00:50:02.360><c> make</c><00:50:02.460><c> him</c><00:50:02.579><c> the</c><00:50:02.780><c> third</c><00:50:03.019><c> ruler</c><00:50:03.199><c> in</c><00:50:03.380><c> the</c>

00:50:03.500 --> 00:50:05.019
kingdom<00:50:03.639><c> is</c><00:50:03.840><c> because</c><00:50:04.019><c> Belshazzar</c><00:50:04.579><c> himself</c>

00:50:05.019 --> 00:50:06.159
is<00:50:05.219><c> only</c><00:50:05.480><c> the</c><00:50:05.780><c> second.</c>

00:50:06.519 --> 00:50:08.900
His<00:50:06.840><c> father,</c><00:50:07.519><c> Nabonidus,</c><00:50:08.000><c> is</c><00:50:08.179><c> the</c><00:50:08.440><c> first.</c>

00:50:09.280 --> 00:50:11.179
But<00:50:09.420><c> Nabonidus</c><00:50:09.900><c> is</c><00:50:10.039><c> one</c><00:50:10.179><c> of</c><00:50:10.219><c> these</c><00:50:10.440><c> kings</c><00:50:10.719><c> who</c><00:50:10.860><c> is</c><00:50:11.000><c> a</c><00:50:11.059><c> little</c>

00:50:11.179 --> 00:50:13.420
bit<00:50:11.380><c> too</c><00:50:11.539><c> taken</c><00:50:11.780><c> up</c><00:50:12.000><c> with</c><00:50:12.320><c> arts</c><00:50:12.659><c> and</c><00:50:13.199><c> the</c>

00:50:13.420 --> 00:50:14.739
worship<00:50:13.639><c> of</c><00:50:13.820><c> gods</c><00:50:14.079><c> and</c><00:50:14.199><c> whatever</c><00:50:14.460><c> else.</c>

00:50:14.860 --> 00:50:21.360
And<00:50:14.920><c> had</c><00:50:14.960><c> already</c><00:50:15.179><c> been</c><00:50:15.440><c> defeated</c><00:50:15.940><c> by</c><00:50:16.960><c> Cyrus</c><00:50:18.599><c> and</c><00:50:18.860><c> was</c><00:50:19.019><c> basically,</c><00:50:20.719><c> although</c><00:50:21.000><c> he</c><00:50:21.159><c> was</c>

00:50:21.360 --> 00:50:21.780
a<00:50:21.559><c> monarch,</c>

00:50:21.800 --> 00:50:23.420
he<00:50:21.920><c> was</c><00:50:22.099><c> much</c><00:50:22.340><c> of</c><00:50:22.559><c> just</c><00:50:22.760><c> a</c><00:50:22.960><c> figurehead.</c>

00:50:23.739 --> 00:50:25.619
And<00:50:23.860><c> it</c><00:50:23.940><c> was</c><00:50:24.119><c> Belshazzar</c><00:50:24.639><c> that</c><00:50:24.840><c> had</c><00:50:24.940><c> the</c><00:50:25.119><c> balance</c><00:50:25.320><c> of</c><00:50:25.539><c> power</c>

00:50:25.619 --> 00:50:26.679
at<00:50:25.760><c> this</c><00:50:25.920><c> point</c><00:50:26.079><c> in</c><00:50:26.380><c> time.</c>

00:50:27.059 --> 00:50:29.559
So<00:50:27.179><c> that's</c><00:50:27.500><c> the</c><00:50:27.699><c> events</c><00:50:27.860><c> that</c><00:50:28.159><c> take</c><00:50:28.320><c> place</c><00:50:28.579><c> when</c><00:50:28.719><c> this</c><00:50:29.000><c> writing</c><00:50:29.219><c> is</c><00:50:29.380><c> on</c>

00:50:29.559 --> 00:50:30.559
the<00:50:29.760><c> wall.</c>

00:50:31.099 --> 00:50:35.719
Now,<00:50:31.500><c> Cyrus</c><00:50:31.900><c> moves</c><00:50:32.320><c> his</c><00:50:32.619><c> troops</c><00:50:32.980><c> into</c><00:50:33.619><c> the</c><00:50:33.880><c> middle</c><00:50:34.039><c> of</c><00:50:34.260><c> the</c><00:50:34.400><c> city,</c><00:50:35.639><c> or</c>

00:50:35.719 --> 00:50:36.440
not<00:50:35.780><c> into</c><00:50:35.960><c> the</c><00:50:36.059><c> middle</c><00:50:36.179><c> of</c><00:50:36.360><c> the</c>

00:50:36.440 --> 00:50:40.199
city,<00:50:36.719><c> into</c><00:50:36.940><c> the</c><00:50:37.460><c> area</c><00:50:37.659><c> between</c><00:50:38.159><c> the</c><00:50:38.500><c> siege</c><00:50:38.780><c> ditch</c><00:50:39.139><c> and</c><00:50:40.000><c> the</c>

00:50:40.199 --> 00:50:40.840
city<00:50:40.420><c> itself.</c>

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And<00:50:41.059><c> he</c><00:50:41.179><c> amasses</c><00:50:41.500><c> them</c><00:50:41.659><c> in</c><00:50:41.840><c> that</c><00:50:41.980><c> area.</c>

00:50:43.159 --> 00:50:48.199
And<00:50:43.420><c> then</c><00:50:43.960><c> the</c><00:50:45.019><c> sea,</c><00:50:45.440><c> as</c><00:50:45.639><c> we're</c><00:50:45.900><c> told</c><00:50:46.039><c> in</c><00:50:46.260><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:50:46.800><c> is</c><00:50:47.039><c> dried</c><00:50:47.239><c> up.</c>

00:50:49.000 --> 00:50:53.320
What<00:50:49.159><c> he</c><00:50:49.280><c> does</c><00:50:49.519><c> is</c><00:50:49.679><c> he</c><00:50:49.900><c> opens</c><00:50:50.139><c> up</c><00:50:50.679><c> the</c><00:50:50.960><c> channels</c><00:50:51.480><c> from</c><00:50:51.880><c> the</c><00:50:52.159><c> siege</c><00:50:52.360><c> ditches</c><00:50:52.980><c> to</c>

00:50:53.320 --> 00:50:54.260
the<00:50:53.460><c> river</c><00:50:53.659><c> Euphrates.</c>

00:50:54.659 --> 00:50:58.539
And<00:50:54.860><c> he</c><00:50:55.119><c> diverts</c><00:50:55.659><c> the</c><00:50:55.920><c> river</c><00:50:56.500><c> around</c><00:50:57.340><c> through</c><00:50:57.900><c> these</c><00:50:58.260><c> siege</c>

00:50:58.539 --> 00:51:00.400
ditches,<00:50:59.079><c> which</c><00:50:59.159><c> now</c><00:50:59.460><c> become</c><00:50:59.780><c> tributaries.</c>

00:51:00.519 --> 00:51:02.880
Well,<00:51:00.679><c> not</c><00:51:00.880><c> tributaries,</c><00:51:01.360><c> but</c><00:51:01.440><c> they</c><00:51:01.579><c> become</c><00:51:01.800><c> channels</c><00:51:02.460><c> for</c>

00:51:02.880 --> 00:51:04.920
which<00:51:03.059><c> the</c><00:51:03.360><c> waters</c><00:51:03.639><c> of</c><00:51:03.840><c> the</c><00:51:04.019><c> great</c><00:51:04.179><c> river</c><00:51:04.400><c> Euphrates</c>

00:51:04.920 --> 00:51:05.679
could<00:51:05.159><c> flow.</c>

00:51:06.000 --> 00:51:07.980
So<00:51:06.139><c> it's</c><00:51:06.559><c> dried</c><00:51:06.760><c> up.</c>

00:51:09.179 --> 00:51:10.719
Now,<00:51:09.300><c> isn't</c><00:51:09.400><c> that</c><00:51:09.639><c> interesting?</c>

00:51:10.980 --> 00:51:16.219
The<00:51:11.599><c> great</c><00:51:12.000><c> river</c><00:51:12.280><c> Euphrates</c><00:51:13.039><c> is</c><00:51:13.579><c> dried</c><00:51:13.800><c> up</c><00:51:14.579><c> to</c><00:51:14.940><c> make</c><00:51:15.260><c> way</c><00:51:15.860><c> for</c>

00:51:16.219 --> 00:51:19.260
the<00:51:16.460><c> king</c><00:51:16.840><c> who</c><00:51:17.219><c> comes</c><00:51:17.739><c> from</c><00:51:18.199><c> the</c><00:51:18.420><c> east</c><00:51:18.860><c> to</c>

00:51:19.260 --> 00:51:21.099
destroy<00:51:20.019><c> Babylon.</c>

00:51:21.139 --> 00:51:23.139
That's<00:51:21.380><c> Revelation</c><00:51:21.760><c> chapter</c><00:51:22.099><c> 16.</c>

00:51:23.219 --> 00:51:26.480
It's<00:51:23.360><c> an</c><00:51:23.719><c> incredible,</c><00:51:24.340><c> incredible</c><00:51:24.980><c> type</c><00:51:25.239><c> for</c><00:51:25.519><c> us.</c>

00:51:26.940 --> 00:51:29.980
Well,<00:51:27.039><c> he</c><00:51:27.099><c> comes</c><00:51:27.400><c> into</c><00:51:27.659><c> Babylon</c><00:51:28.199><c> and</c><00:51:28.780><c> he</c><00:51:29.199><c> destroys</c><00:51:29.639><c> it.</c>

00:51:30.460 --> 00:51:33.639
He<00:51:30.619><c> comes</c><00:51:30.940><c> in</c><00:51:31.219><c> there</c><00:51:31.400><c> and</c><00:51:31.519><c> basically,</c><00:51:32.059><c> as</c><00:51:32.340><c> we</c><00:51:32.599><c> read</c><00:51:32.840><c> there</c><00:51:33.239><c> in</c>

00:51:33.639 --> 00:51:37.059
verse<00:51:33.960><c> 30,</c><00:51:34.639><c> that</c><00:51:35.139><c> night</c><00:51:35.860><c> was</c><00:51:36.380><c> Belshazzar</c>

00:51:37.059 --> 00:51:40.400
the<00:51:37.280><c> king</c><00:51:37.400><c> of</c><00:51:37.579><c> the</c><00:51:37.760><c> Chaldean</c><00:51:38.159><c> slain,</c><00:51:39.380><c> and</c><00:51:39.519><c> Darius</c><00:51:39.820><c> the</c><00:51:40.099><c> Median</c>

00:51:40.400 --> 00:51:41.780
took<00:51:40.639><c> the</c><00:51:40.880><c> kingdom</c><00:51:41.079><c> or</c><00:51:41.320><c> received</c><00:51:41.539><c> the</c>

00:51:41.780 --> 00:51:44.480
kingdom<00:51:41.960><c> being</c><00:51:42.260><c> about</c><00:51:42.639><c> three</c><00:51:42.960><c> score</c><00:51:43.239><c> and</c><00:51:43.420><c> two</c><00:51:43.559><c> years</c><00:51:43.860><c> old,</c><00:51:44.079><c> 62</c>

00:51:44.480 --> 00:51:45.659
years<00:51:44.840><c> old.</c>

00:51:45.719 --> 00:51:49.179
So<00:51:45.800><c> what</c><00:51:46.019><c> happens</c><00:51:46.480><c> is</c><00:51:46.679><c> that</c><00:51:47.179><c> as</c><00:51:47.619><c> Cyrus</c><00:51:47.860><c> comes</c><00:51:48.300><c> and</c><00:51:48.599><c> his</c><00:51:48.860><c> troops</c>

00:51:49.179 --> 00:51:52.539
march<00:51:49.659><c> up</c><00:51:50.139><c> that</c><00:51:50.719><c> dry</c><00:51:51.099><c> river</c><00:51:51.440><c> bed</c><00:51:51.619><c> now,</c>

00:51:52.900 --> 00:51:53.780
the<00:51:53.079><c> gates</c><00:51:53.280><c> are</c><00:51:53.519><c> open.</c>

00:51:54.039 --> 00:51:56.860
They've<00:51:54.320><c> been</c><00:51:54.480><c> left</c><00:51:54.699><c> open</c><00:51:55.239><c> because</c><00:51:55.780><c> the</c><00:51:56.039><c> people</c><00:51:56.260><c> have</c><00:51:56.420><c> been</c><00:51:56.539><c> in</c><00:51:56.699><c> a</c>

00:51:56.860 --> 00:51:57.739
drunken<00:51:57.139><c> stupor.</c>

00:51:58.019 --> 00:52:00.820
And<00:51:58.340><c> they</c><00:51:58.599><c> climb</c><00:51:58.820><c> up</c><00:51:59.099><c> through</c><00:51:59.280><c> those</c><00:51:59.599><c> gates</c><00:51:59.920><c> into</c><00:52:00.239><c> the</c><00:52:00.500><c> city.</c>

00:52:00.820 --> 00:52:04.280
And<00:52:01.500><c> before</c><00:52:02.039><c> anybody</c><00:52:02.440><c> really</c><00:52:02.880><c> realizes</c><00:52:03.400><c> what's</c><00:52:03.860><c> going</c><00:52:04.079><c> on,</c>

00:52:04.400 --> 00:52:07.360
the<00:52:04.440><c> great</c><00:52:04.840><c> defenses</c><00:52:05.519><c> of</c><00:52:06.460><c> the</c><00:52:06.639><c> city</c><00:52:06.880><c> Babylon</c>

00:52:07.360 --> 00:52:09.400
have<00:52:07.599><c> been</c><00:52:08.260><c> overrun.</c>

00:52:09.480 --> 00:52:14.139
And<00:52:09.659><c> the</c><00:52:09.880><c> armies</c><00:52:10.179><c> of</c><00:52:10.380><c> the</c><00:52:10.539><c> Medes</c><00:52:10.760><c> and</c><00:52:10.840><c> the</c><00:52:11.039><c> Persians</c><00:52:11.440><c> are</c><00:52:11.800><c> there</c><00:52:12.239><c> inside</c><00:52:12.920><c> the</c><00:52:13.199><c> city.</c>

00:52:14.840 --> 00:52:19.739
And<00:52:15.219><c> Belshazzar</c><00:52:15.920><c> the</c><00:52:16.079><c> king</c><00:52:16.360><c> comes</c><00:52:16.679><c> running</c><00:52:17.019><c> out</c><00:52:17.380><c> from</c><00:52:17.880><c> the</c><00:52:18.019><c> palace</c><00:52:18.539><c> and</c><00:52:19.099><c> he's</c><00:52:19.320><c> got</c><00:52:19.460><c> a</c>

00:52:19.739 --> 00:52:20.159
sword<00:52:19.920><c> with</c>

00:52:20.159 --> 00:52:23.119
him<00:52:20.300><c> and</c><00:52:20.380><c> he's</c><00:52:20.699><c> a</c><00:52:20.880><c> drunken</c><00:52:21.239><c> man</c><00:52:21.539><c> and</c><00:52:21.679><c> he</c><00:52:21.780><c> comes</c><00:52:22.079><c> stumbling</c><00:52:22.579><c> down</c><00:52:22.860><c> the</c>

00:52:23.119 --> 00:52:25.599
steps<00:52:23.340><c> having</c><00:52:23.639><c> a</c><00:52:24.199><c> rather</c><00:52:24.639><c> sobering</c><00:52:25.179><c> experience.</c>

00:52:25.659 --> 00:52:29.000
Really,<00:52:25.940><c> as</c><00:52:26.059><c> he</c><00:52:26.199><c> comes</c><00:52:26.400><c> running</c><00:52:26.739><c> down</c><00:52:27.000><c> there,</c><00:52:27.800><c> he</c><00:52:27.940><c> is</c><00:52:28.320><c> slain</c><00:52:28.559><c> like</c><00:52:28.880><c> a</c>

00:52:29.000 --> 00:52:30.719
common<00:52:29.280><c> man</c><00:52:29.519><c> with</c><00:52:29.699><c> the</c><00:52:29.940><c> sword.</c>

00:52:30.559 --> 00:52:34.760
Not<00:52:30.820><c> like</c><00:52:31.179><c> Agag</c><00:52:31.659><c> as</c><00:52:31.840><c> we</c><00:52:32.019><c> read</c><00:52:32.119><c> in</c><00:52:32.300><c> the</c><00:52:32.460><c> readings</c><00:52:32.820><c> where</c><00:52:33.659><c> he</c><00:52:33.860><c> basically</c><00:52:34.320><c> was</c>

00:52:34.760 --> 00:52:36.139
saved<00:52:35.079><c> because</c><00:52:35.420><c> he</c><00:52:35.579><c> was</c><00:52:35.800><c> a</c><00:52:35.920><c> man</c>

00:52:36.139 --> 00:52:39.460
of<00:52:37.099><c> stature</c><00:52:37.539><c> in</c><00:52:37.699><c> the</c><00:52:37.820><c> eyes</c><00:52:38.000><c> of</c><00:52:38.559><c> Saul.</c>

00:52:39.639 --> 00:52:43.139
This<00:52:39.880><c> king</c><00:52:40.139><c> is</c><00:52:40.400><c> just</c><00:52:40.679><c> slain</c><00:52:40.860><c> like</c><00:52:41.099><c> a</c><00:52:41.340><c> commoner</c><00:52:41.559><c> and</c><00:52:41.639><c> the</c><00:52:41.840><c> troops</c><00:52:42.099><c> overrun</c><00:52:42.559><c> the</c><00:52:42.820><c> city.</c>

00:52:43.420 --> 00:52:46.980
And<00:52:43.619><c> it's</c><00:52:43.840><c> not</c><00:52:44.059><c> till</c><00:52:44.280><c> later</c><00:52:44.519><c> that</c><00:52:44.639><c> they</c><00:52:44.820><c> really</c><00:52:45.099><c> find</c><00:52:45.440><c> Belshazzar</c><00:52:46.420><c> trodden</c>

00:52:46.980 --> 00:52:48.559
underfoot<00:52:47.699><c> as</c><00:52:48.119><c> they</c><00:52:48.320><c> have</c>

00:52:48.559 --> 00:52:50.420
taken<00:52:48.820><c> the</c><00:52:49.039><c> city</c><00:52:49.239><c> in</c><00:52:49.460><c> the</c><00:52:49.639><c> dark.</c>

00:52:50.739 --> 00:52:57.019
And<00:52:51.039><c> so</c><00:52:51.599><c> great</c><00:52:52.139><c> Babylon</c><00:52:52.739><c> came</c><00:52:53.340><c> to</c><00:52:53.559><c> an</c><00:52:53.719><c> end</c><00:52:54.039><c> in</c><00:52:54.659><c> one</c><00:52:55.340><c> night,</c><00:52:56.659><c> a</c>

00:52:57.019 --> 00:52:58.920
city<00:52:57.199><c> that</c><00:52:57.400><c> had</c><00:52:57.739><c> reigned</c><00:52:58.079><c> over</c><00:52:58.460><c> the</c><00:52:58.679><c> kings</c>

00:52:58.920 --> 00:53:01.699
of<00:52:59.139><c> the</c><00:52:59.139><c> earth,</c><00:53:00.139><c> that</c><00:53:00.260><c> had</c><00:53:00.500><c> reigned</c><00:53:00.719><c> over</c><00:53:00.980><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:53:01.579><c> that</c>

00:53:01.699 --> 00:53:04.239
had<00:53:01.980><c> oppressed</c><00:53:02.659><c> and</c><00:53:03.039><c> trodden</c><00:53:03.440><c> underfoot</c>

00:53:04.239 --> 00:53:06.119
God's<00:53:05.179><c> people.</c>

00:53:06.880 --> 00:53:10.400
And<00:53:07.059><c> the</c><00:53:07.219><c> city</c><00:53:07.400><c> of</c><00:53:07.639><c> Babylon</c><00:53:07.900><c> today</c><00:53:08.260><c> is</c><00:53:08.519><c> exactly</c><00:53:08.900><c> as</c><00:53:09.039><c> we</c><00:53:09.199><c> were</c><00:53:09.360><c> described.</c>

00:53:11.099 --> 00:53:13.000
Cyrus<00:53:11.619><c> had</c><00:53:12.139><c> his</c><00:53:12.380><c> capital</c><00:53:12.699><c> city.</c>

00:53:13.039 --> 00:53:14.519
He<00:53:13.119><c> didn't</c><00:53:13.320><c> need</c><00:53:13.539><c> Babylon.</c>

00:53:14.639 --> 00:53:17.619
And<00:53:14.760><c> what</c><00:53:14.860><c> he</c><00:53:15.000><c> actually</c><00:53:15.260><c> did</c><00:53:15.480><c> was</c><00:53:15.719><c> he</c><00:53:16.119><c> gave</c><00:53:16.380><c> it</c><00:53:16.539><c> to</c><00:53:16.679><c> his</c><00:53:16.840><c> uncle.</c>

00:53:17.880 --> 00:53:20.500
He<00:53:18.000><c> was</c><00:53:18.179><c> a</c><00:53:18.280><c> very</c><00:53:18.539><c> wise</c><00:53:18.840><c> man,</c><00:53:19.039><c> Cyrus</c><00:53:19.420><c> was,</c><00:53:19.719><c> and</c><00:53:20.079><c> the</c><00:53:20.239><c> Medes</c><00:53:20.420><c> and</c>

00:53:20.500 --> 00:53:22.639
the<00:53:20.659><c> Persians</c><00:53:20.960><c> were</c><00:53:21.199><c> a</c><00:53:21.320><c> joint</c><00:53:21.579><c> empire</c>

00:53:22.639 --> 00:53:25.780
and<00:53:22.940><c> Cyrus</c><00:53:23.400><c> was</c><00:53:23.639><c> not</c><00:53:23.940><c> yet</c><00:53:24.159><c> really</c><00:53:24.480><c> king</c><00:53:24.719><c> because</c><00:53:24.920><c> his</c><00:53:25.119><c> father</c>

00:53:25.780 --> 00:53:27.840
Cambyses<00:53:26.460><c> was</c><00:53:26.619><c> still</c><00:53:26.920><c> alive.</c>

00:53:27.679 --> 00:53:31.820
So<00:53:27.920><c> what</c><00:53:28.059><c> he</c><00:53:28.199><c> ended</c><00:53:28.320><c> up</c><00:53:28.559><c> doing</c><00:53:28.800><c> was</c><00:53:29.039><c> saying</c><00:53:29.239><c> to</c><00:53:29.400><c> his</c><00:53:29.579><c> uncle,</c><00:53:29.840><c> look,</c><00:53:31.159><c> here</c><00:53:31.500><c> is</c>

00:53:31.820 --> 00:53:32.699
Babylon<00:53:32.179><c> the</c><00:53:32.480><c> Great.</c>

00:53:33.059 --> 00:53:33.980
You<00:53:33.300><c> come</c><00:53:33.539><c> and</c><00:53:33.719><c> rule</c><00:53:33.820><c> it.</c>

00:53:33.980 --> 00:53:35.900
I'm<00:53:34.199><c> going</c><00:53:34.340><c> to</c><00:53:34.380><c> go</c><00:53:34.559><c> through</c><00:53:34.679><c> the</c><00:53:34.880><c> empire</c><00:53:35.199><c> and</c><00:53:35.440><c> mop</c><00:53:35.539><c> the</c><00:53:35.699><c> rest</c>

00:53:35.900 --> 00:53:36.219
of<00:53:36.019><c> it</c><00:53:36.139><c> up.</c>

00:53:36.239 --> 00:53:39.480
And<00:53:36.340><c> he</c><00:53:36.500><c> went</c><00:53:36.699><c> as</c><00:53:37.059><c> far</c><00:53:37.280><c> as</c><00:53:37.539><c> India</c><00:53:38.019><c> in</c><00:53:38.440><c> his</c><00:53:38.719><c> exploits,</c><00:53:39.219><c> right</c>

00:53:39.480 --> 00:53:41.820
the<00:53:39.639><c> way</c><00:53:39.780><c> down</c><00:53:39.980><c> into</c><00:53:40.179><c> India</c><00:53:40.639><c> and</c><00:53:41.139><c> down</c><00:53:41.400><c> right</c>

00:53:41.820 --> 00:53:42.659
through<00:53:42.039><c> Palestine.</c>

00:53:43.119 --> 00:53:47.480
And<00:53:43.420><c> so</c><00:53:43.900><c> as</c><00:53:44.380><c> he</c><00:53:44.559><c> was</c><00:53:44.739><c> about</c><00:53:44.980><c> doing</c><00:53:45.239><c> this,</c><00:53:46.460><c> Darius</c><00:53:46.659><c> takes</c><00:53:47.199><c> the</c>

00:53:47.480 --> 00:53:48.800
throne<00:53:47.659><c> of</c><00:53:47.920><c> Babylon.</c>

00:53:49.019 --> 00:53:51.559
And<00:53:49.280><c> that's</c><00:53:49.500><c> when</c><00:53:49.659><c> the</c><00:53:49.960><c> story</c><00:53:50.280><c> of</c><00:53:50.500><c> Daniel</c><00:53:50.840><c> and</c><00:53:50.980><c> the</c><00:53:51.179><c> lion's</c>

00:53:51.559 --> 00:53:52.599
den<00:53:51.639><c> takes</c><00:53:51.960><c> place.</c>

00:53:52.599 --> 00:53:56.420
When<00:53:53.199><c> Daniel</c><00:53:53.539><c> is</c><00:53:53.760><c> still</c><00:53:53.940><c> in</c><00:53:54.179><c> Babylon</c><00:53:54.619><c> and</c><00:53:55.619><c> Darius</c><00:53:56.000><c> the</c><00:53:56.239><c> king</c>

00:53:56.420 --> 00:53:58.260
now<00:53:56.719><c> rules,</c><00:53:57.159><c> that's</c><00:53:57.780><c> where</c><00:53:57.900><c> it</c><00:53:58.079><c> falls</c>

00:53:58.260 --> 00:54:01.019
into<00:53:58.500><c> the</c><00:53:58.659><c> chronology</c><00:53:59.079><c> of</c><00:53:59.239><c> these</c><00:53:59.400><c> events.</c>

00:54:01.039 --> 00:54:05.519
Babylon<00:54:01.239><c> was</c><00:54:01.440><c> to</c><00:54:01.739><c> become</c><00:54:02.119><c> a</c><00:54:02.820><c> desolation,</c><00:54:04.139><c> a</c><00:54:04.320><c> habitation</c><00:54:05.000><c> of</c>

00:54:05.519 --> 00:54:08.780
dragons<00:54:06.039><c> or</c><00:54:06.360><c> crocodiles</c><00:54:07.059><c> and</c><00:54:07.400><c> wild</c><00:54:07.820><c> game.</c>

00:54:09.139 --> 00:54:11.320
And<00:54:09.219><c> what</c><00:54:09.400><c> the</c><00:54:09.599><c> Persians,</c><00:54:09.940><c> the</c><00:54:10.139><c> Persians</c><00:54:10.420><c> were</c><00:54:10.579><c> a</c><00:54:10.679><c> warlike</c><00:54:11.039><c> people.</c>

00:54:11.360 --> 00:54:12.400
They'd<00:54:11.599><c> always</c><00:54:11.800><c> been</c><00:54:12.000><c> that</c><00:54:12.239><c> way.</c>

00:54:12.400 --> 00:54:16.139
That's<00:54:12.639><c> why</c><00:54:12.880><c> Cyrus</c><00:54:13.320><c> was</c><00:54:13.719><c> a</c><00:54:14.079><c> very</c><00:54:14.780><c> competent</c><00:54:15.219><c> military</c><00:54:15.760><c> officer.</c>

00:54:16.179 --> 00:54:19.380
They<00:54:16.460><c> spent</c><00:54:16.639><c> a</c><00:54:16.760><c> lot</c><00:54:16.960><c> of</c><00:54:17.079><c> time</c><00:54:17.219><c> out</c><00:54:17.440><c> hunting</c><00:54:17.800><c> and</c><00:54:18.139><c> stalking</c><00:54:18.579><c> prey.</c>

00:54:19.619 --> 00:54:22.960
So<00:54:19.900><c> what</c><00:54:20.539><c> eventually</c><00:54:20.960><c> happened</c><00:54:21.380><c> was</c><00:54:21.639><c> they</c><00:54:22.000><c> had</c><00:54:22.340><c> undermined</c>

00:54:22.960 --> 00:54:25.440
the<00:54:23.599><c> defenses</c><00:54:23.980><c> of</c><00:54:24.280><c> Babylon</c><00:54:24.440><c> by</c><00:54:24.719><c> sending</c><00:54:25.039><c> the</c><00:54:25.239><c> river</c>

00:54:25.440 --> 00:54:26.059
around<00:54:25.780><c> it.</c>

00:54:26.420 --> 00:54:29.139
What<00:54:26.559><c> they</c><00:54:26.840><c> also</c><00:54:27.179><c> did</c><00:54:27.460><c> was</c><00:54:27.659><c> when</c><00:54:27.800><c> that</c><00:54:28.000><c> river</c><00:54:28.199><c> went</c><00:54:28.400><c> around</c><00:54:28.800><c> it,</c><00:54:28.960><c> it</c>

00:54:29.139 --> 00:54:31.340
now<00:54:29.820><c> ate</c><00:54:30.099><c> away</c><00:54:30.340><c> at</c><00:54:30.519><c> the</c><00:54:30.760><c> foundations</c>

00:54:31.340 --> 00:54:32.679
of<00:54:31.539><c> that</c><00:54:31.780><c> city.</c>

00:54:33.039 --> 00:54:37.119
And<00:54:33.199><c> just</c><00:54:33.539><c> like</c><00:54:33.960><c> the</c><00:54:34.219><c> son</c><00:54:34.380><c> of</c><00:54:34.659><c> Shafen,</c><00:54:35.539><c> the</c><00:54:35.880><c> scribe,</c><00:54:36.300><c> had</c><00:54:36.440><c> taken</c><00:54:36.699><c> that</c>

00:54:37.119 --> 00:54:39.360
scroll<00:54:37.420><c> from</c><00:54:37.699><c> Jeremiah</c><00:54:38.280><c> and</c><00:54:39.079><c> had</c>

00:54:39.360 --> 00:54:42.960
tied<00:54:39.480><c> a</c><00:54:39.860><c> stone</c><00:54:40.119><c> to</c><00:54:40.420><c> it</c><00:54:40.559><c> and</c><00:54:40.780><c> read</c><00:54:41.000><c> out</c><00:54:41.260><c> the</c><00:54:41.519><c> proclamation</c><00:54:42.119><c> in</c><00:54:42.480><c> Babylon,</c><00:54:42.840><c> a</c>

00:54:42.960 --> 00:54:44.800
very<00:54:43.219><c> brave</c><00:54:43.599><c> young</c><00:54:43.960><c> faithful</c><00:54:44.340><c> man,</c>

00:54:44.800 --> 00:54:51.079
and<00:54:45.360><c> said,</c><00:54:45.920><c> so</c><00:54:46.239><c> shall</c><00:54:46.659><c> Babylon</c><00:54:47.260><c> sink</c><00:54:47.980><c> and</c><00:54:49.000><c> rolled</c><00:54:49.239><c> that</c><00:54:49.579><c> scroll</c><00:54:49.820><c> up</c><00:54:50.059><c> and</c><00:54:50.460><c> throwed</c><00:54:50.920><c> it</c>

00:54:51.079 --> 00:54:52.400
into<00:54:51.380><c> the</c><00:54:51.920><c> Euphrates</c>

00:54:52.400 --> 00:54:55.139
River<00:54:52.719><c> with</c><00:54:52.940><c> that</c><00:54:53.260><c> stone</c><00:54:53.659><c> tied</c><00:54:53.980><c> to</c><00:54:54.260><c> it.</c>

00:54:55.159 --> 00:54:59.059
The<00:54:55.460><c> Babylon</c><00:54:55.860><c> the</c><00:54:56.159><c> Great</c><00:54:56.340><c> was</c><00:54:56.559><c> to</c><00:54:57.019><c> sink</c><00:54:57.239><c> into</c><00:54:57.460><c> the</c><00:54:57.639><c> Euphrates</c><00:54:58.059><c> River.</c>

00:54:59.119 --> 00:55:03.619
So<00:54:59.260><c> that</c><00:55:00.519><c> water</c><00:55:01.239><c> ate</c><00:55:01.639><c> away</c><00:55:01.960><c> at</c><00:55:02.340><c> the</c><00:55:02.559><c> foundations</c><00:55:03.000><c> of</c><00:55:03.179><c> the</c><00:55:03.340><c> city</c>

00:55:03.619 --> 00:55:04.619
and<00:55:04.000><c> it</c><00:55:04.300><c> collapsed.</c>

00:55:05.039 --> 00:55:07.800
The<00:55:05.059><c> great</c><00:55:05.360><c> walls,</c><00:55:05.820><c> the</c><00:55:05.940><c> great</c><00:55:06.159><c> defenses</c><00:55:06.519><c> collapsed.</c>

00:55:07.860 --> 00:55:10.179
And<00:55:07.980><c> people</c><00:55:08.199><c> moved</c><00:55:08.480><c> away</c><00:55:08.739><c> from</c><00:55:08.960><c> Babylon</c><00:55:09.360><c> because</c><00:55:09.699><c> it</c><00:55:09.860><c> was</c><00:55:10.000><c> a</c>

00:55:10.179 --> 00:55:11.940
city<00:55:10.320><c> that</c><00:55:10.480><c> ran</c><00:55:10.679><c> into</c><00:55:10.960><c> ruin.</c>

00:55:11.809 --> 00:55:15.780
And<00:55:12.019><c> the</c><00:55:12.199><c> Persian</c><00:55:12.579><c> kings</c><00:55:13.079><c> ended</c><00:55:13.360><c> up</c><00:55:13.599><c> making</c><00:55:13.880><c> it</c><00:55:14.139><c> into</c><00:55:14.920><c> a</c><00:55:15.579><c> city</c>

00:55:15.780 --> 00:55:18.559
that<00:55:15.940><c> was</c><00:55:16.199><c> used</c><00:55:16.659><c> for</c><00:55:17.300><c> game,</c><00:55:18.139><c> a</c><00:55:18.219><c> city</c><00:55:18.400><c> that</c>

00:55:18.559 --> 00:55:22.500
was<00:55:18.739><c> used</c><00:55:19.039><c> as</c><00:55:19.260><c> a</c><00:55:19.519><c> place</c><00:55:19.659><c> to</c><00:55:19.820><c> go</c><00:55:19.980><c> hunting,</c><00:55:20.500><c> almost</c><00:55:20.719><c> like</c><00:55:21.000><c> an</c><00:55:21.440><c> exotic</c><00:55:21.900><c> place,</c><00:55:22.380><c> a</c>

00:55:22.500 --> 00:55:23.599
zoo,<00:55:23.159><c> where</c><00:55:23.260><c> they</c><00:55:23.440><c> brought</c>

00:55:23.599 --> 00:55:26.119
in<00:55:23.739><c> all</c><00:55:23.820><c> these</c><00:55:24.039><c> exotic</c><00:55:24.360><c> animals</c><00:55:24.800><c> and</c><00:55:25.019><c> they</c><00:55:25.300><c> ran</c><00:55:25.699><c> through</c><00:55:25.920><c> the</c>

00:55:26.119 --> 00:55:27.940
place<00:55:26.260><c> and</c><00:55:26.340><c> they</c><00:55:26.460><c> would</c><00:55:26.579><c> go</c><00:55:26.760><c> hunting</c><00:55:27.039><c> there.</c>

00:55:28.219 --> 00:55:31.980
Now<00:55:28.519><c> Cyrus</c><00:55:28.679><c> was</c><00:55:28.960><c> wanton,</c><00:55:29.300><c> and</c><00:55:29.420><c> I'm</c><00:55:29.519><c> not</c><00:55:29.739><c> going</c><00:55:29.920><c> to</c><00:55:30.079><c> go</c><00:55:30.239><c> too</c><00:55:30.480><c> much</c><00:55:30.599><c> into</c><00:55:30.780><c> Cyrus</c><00:55:31.159><c> because</c><00:55:31.539><c> Brother</c><00:55:31.800><c> Ron</c>

00:55:31.980 --> 00:55:35.639
and<00:55:32.159><c> I</c><00:55:32.260><c> had</c><00:55:32.460><c> a</c><00:55:32.519><c> little</c><00:55:32.719><c> talk</c><00:55:32.940><c> about</c><00:55:33.119><c> this,</c><00:55:34.280><c> and</c><00:55:34.280><c> we</c><00:55:34.619><c> sort</c><00:55:34.719><c> of</c><00:55:34.840><c> said,</c><00:55:34.980><c> okay,</c><00:55:35.519><c> we</c>

00:55:35.639 --> 00:55:36.659
got<00:55:35.780><c> to</c><00:55:36.119><c> saw</c><00:55:36.159><c> it</c><00:55:36.340><c> off</c><00:55:36.480><c> right</c>

00:55:36.659 --> 00:55:42.320
here,<00:55:37.139><c> but</c><00:55:37.760><c> Cyrus</c><00:55:38.219><c> was</c><00:55:39.900><c> the</c><00:55:40.219><c> king</c><00:55:40.659><c> that</c><00:55:41.500><c> we</c><00:55:41.659><c> read</c><00:55:41.840><c> about</c><00:55:42.119><c> in</c>

00:55:42.320 --> 00:55:43.139
Esther<00:55:42.440><c> chapter</c><00:55:42.840><c> one.</c>

00:55:43.199 --> 00:55:45.599
Once<00:55:43.380><c> he</c><00:55:43.519><c> came</c><00:55:43.719><c> to</c><00:55:43.960><c> power</c><00:55:44.179><c> after</c><00:55:44.480><c> Darius</c><00:55:44.820><c> had</c><00:55:45.079><c> died,</c><00:55:45.260><c> Darius</c>

00:55:45.599 --> 00:55:47.679
was<00:55:45.760><c> about</c><00:55:45.960><c> 62,</c><00:55:46.840><c> and</c><00:55:47.059><c> he</c><00:55:47.159><c> lived</c><00:55:47.300><c> to</c><00:55:47.440><c> about</c>

00:55:47.679 --> 00:55:51.099
65<00:55:48.579><c> or</c><00:55:48.920><c> six</c><00:55:49.199><c> years</c><00:55:49.460><c> old,</c><00:55:49.659><c> about</c><00:55:49.840><c> three</c><00:55:50.139><c> years</c><00:55:50.380><c> he</c><00:55:50.579><c> reigned.</c>

00:55:51.239 --> 00:55:54.559
And<00:55:51.340><c> then</c><00:55:51.579><c> Cyrus</c><00:55:51.880><c> came</c><00:55:52.179><c> back</c><00:55:52.519><c> to</c><00:55:52.800><c> Babylon</c><00:55:53.199><c> and</c><00:55:53.440><c> basically</c><00:55:53.880><c> took</c><00:55:54.099><c> over</c><00:55:54.420><c> or</c>

00:55:54.559 --> 00:55:57.960
took<00:55:54.760><c> over</c><00:55:55.019><c> the</c><00:55:55.179><c> city</c><00:55:55.400><c> or</c><00:55:56.139><c> the</c><00:55:57.480><c> empire</c>

00:55:57.960 --> 00:56:00.820
and<00:55:58.139><c> eventually</c><00:55:58.519><c> moved</c><00:55:58.860><c> his</c><00:55:59.119><c> kingdom</c><00:55:59.400><c> to</c><00:56:00.079><c> Persian</c><00:56:00.480><c> area.</c>

00:56:00.840 --> 00:56:02.880
And<00:56:00.960><c> that's</c><00:56:01.159><c> where</c><00:56:01.260><c> we</c><00:56:01.400><c> read</c><00:56:01.500><c> about</c><00:56:01.679><c> Esther</c><00:56:02.079><c> and</c><00:56:02.340><c> Shushan</c><00:56:02.699><c> the</c>

00:56:02.880 --> 00:56:05.420
palace<00:56:03.239><c> and</c><00:56:03.920><c> so</c><00:56:04.179><c> on</c><00:56:04.320><c> and</c><00:56:04.440><c> so</c><00:56:04.699><c> forth.</c>

00:56:05.280 --> 00:56:08.199
Now<00:56:05.500><c> in</c><00:56:05.659><c> the</c><00:56:05.980><c> first</c><00:56:06.239><c> year</c><00:56:06.380><c> of</c><00:56:06.659><c> Cyrus,</c><00:56:06.960><c> king</c><00:56:07.099><c> of</c><00:56:07.260><c> Persia,</c><00:56:08.059><c> the</c>

00:56:08.199 --> 00:56:10.019
word<00:56:08.400><c> of</c><00:56:08.559><c> the</c><00:56:08.719><c> Lord</c><00:56:08.880><c> by</c><00:56:09.059><c> the</c><00:56:09.219><c> mouth</c><00:56:09.400><c> of</c><00:56:09.639><c> Jeremiah</c>

00:56:10.019 --> 00:56:11.119
might<00:56:10.400><c> be</c><00:56:10.619><c> fulfilled.</c>

00:56:11.579 --> 00:56:14.059
The<00:56:11.699><c> Lord</c><00:56:12.000><c> stirred</c><00:56:12.219><c> up</c><00:56:12.420><c> the</c><00:56:12.699><c> spirit</c><00:56:12.880><c> of</c><00:56:13.199><c> Cyrus,</c><00:56:13.579><c> the</c><00:56:13.739><c> king</c><00:56:13.860><c> of</c>

00:56:14.059 --> 00:56:16.300
Persia,<00:56:14.800><c> that</c><00:56:15.019><c> he</c><00:56:15.179><c> made</c><00:56:15.440><c> a</c><00:56:15.780><c> proclamation</c>

00:56:16.300 --> 00:56:21.679
throughout<00:56:16.619><c> all</c><00:56:17.000><c> his</c><00:56:17.239><c> kingdom</c><00:56:17.519><c> and</c><00:56:17.719><c> put</c><00:56:17.940><c> also</c><00:56:18.280><c> in</c><00:56:18.519><c> writing</c><00:56:18.760><c> saying,</c><00:56:20.119><c> thus</c><00:56:20.119><c> saith</c><00:56:20.719><c> Cyrus,</c><00:56:21.280><c> king</c><00:56:21.400><c> of</c>

00:56:21.679 --> 00:56:27.719
Persia,<00:56:23.159><c> the</c><00:56:23.320><c> Lord</c><00:56:23.679><c> God</c><00:56:23.880><c> of</c><00:56:24.059><c> heaven</c><00:56:24.400><c> hath</c><00:56:24.639><c> given</c><00:56:24.860><c> me</c><00:56:25.139><c> a</c><00:56:25.239><c> kingdom,</c><00:56:26.880><c> or</c><00:56:27.099><c> given</c><00:56:27.280><c> unto</c><00:56:27.559><c> me</c>

00:56:27.719 --> 00:56:28.340
all<00:56:27.920><c> the</c><00:56:28.099><c> kingdoms</c>

00:56:28.340 --> 00:56:28.840
of<00:56:28.539><c> the</c><00:56:28.699><c> earth.</c>

00:56:28.840 --> 00:56:30.139
Now<00:56:29.059><c> listen</c><00:56:29.300><c> to</c><00:56:29.519><c> that.</c>

00:56:30.380 --> 00:56:33.559
When<00:56:30.500><c> the</c><00:56:30.679><c> Lord</c><00:56:30.900><c> Jesus</c><00:56:31.320><c> Christ</c><00:56:31.619><c> comes,</c><00:56:32.559><c> as</c><00:56:32.659><c> the</c><00:56:32.900><c> king</c><00:56:33.159><c> of</c><00:56:33.340><c> the</c>

00:56:33.559 --> 00:56:36.159
sun's<00:56:33.920><c> rising,</c><00:56:34.900><c> the</c><00:56:35.039><c> river</c><00:56:35.300><c> Euphrates</c><00:56:35.760><c> being</c>

00:56:36.159 --> 00:56:40.920
dried<00:56:36.460><c> up</c><00:56:36.699><c> before</c><00:56:37.320><c> him,</c><00:56:38.099><c> and</c><00:56:38.320><c> as</c><00:56:38.460><c> he</c><00:56:38.659><c> comes</c><00:56:38.920><c> to</c><00:56:39.239><c> take</c><00:56:39.659><c> great</c><00:56:40.059><c> Babylon</c><00:56:40.480><c> and</c><00:56:40.719><c> to</c>

00:56:40.920 --> 00:56:41.860
destroy<00:56:41.260><c> it,</c><00:56:41.480><c> the</c><00:56:41.659><c> decree</c>

00:56:41.860 --> 00:56:46.639
will<00:56:42.059><c> go</c><00:56:42.280><c> out</c><00:56:42.619><c> that</c><00:56:43.059><c> all</c><00:56:43.320><c> the</c><00:56:43.559><c> diaspora</c><00:56:44.159><c> will</c><00:56:44.519><c> return</c><00:56:45.079><c> to</c><00:56:45.619><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:56:47.460 --> 00:56:50.019
The<00:56:47.639><c> God</c><00:56:47.920><c> of</c><00:56:48.059><c> heaven</c><00:56:48.300><c> hath</c><00:56:48.440><c> given</c><00:56:48.619><c> me</c><00:56:48.920><c> the</c><00:56:49.039><c> kingdoms</c><00:56:49.400><c> of</c><00:56:49.579><c> this</c><00:56:49.800><c> earth.</c>

00:56:50.139 --> 00:56:53.380
The<00:56:50.300><c> kingdoms</c><00:56:50.579><c> of</c><00:56:50.780><c> our</c><00:56:50.940><c> Lord</c><00:56:51.139><c> have</c><00:56:51.320><c> become</c><00:56:51.519><c> the</c><00:56:51.719><c> kingdoms</c><00:56:52.000><c> of</c>

00:56:53.380 --> 00:56:54.760
our<00:56:53.500><c> God</c><00:56:53.699><c> and</c><00:56:53.820><c> of</c><00:56:53.920><c> his</c><00:56:54.079><c> Christ,</c><00:56:54.340><c> and</c><00:56:54.400><c> he</c><00:56:54.599><c> shall</c>

00:56:54.760 --> 00:56:55.760
reign<00:56:54.980><c> forever</c><00:56:55.320><c> and</c><00:56:55.480><c> ever.</c>

00:56:55.760 --> 00:56:59.440
And<00:56:56.559><c> he</c><00:56:56.739><c> hath</c><00:56:56.940><c> charged</c><00:56:57.280><c> me</c><00:56:57.460><c> to</c><00:56:57.599><c> build</c><00:56:57.780><c> a</c><00:56:57.900><c> house</c><00:56:58.400><c> at</c><00:56:58.900><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:56:59.559 --> 00:57:00.880
which<00:56:59.739><c> is</c><00:56:59.960><c> in</c><00:57:00.139><c> Judah.</c>

00:57:01.579 --> 00:57:03.219
Who<00:57:01.800><c> is</c><00:57:02.000><c> there</c><00:57:02.179><c> among</c><00:57:02.420><c> you</c><00:57:02.559><c> of</c><00:57:02.639><c> this</c><00:57:02.760><c> people?</c>

00:57:03.659 --> 00:57:04.760
His<00:57:03.860><c> God</c><00:57:04.179><c> be</c><00:57:04.380><c> with</c><00:57:04.599><c> him.</c>

00:57:04.800 --> 00:57:08.000
Let<00:57:04.940><c> him</c><00:57:05.139><c> go</c><00:57:05.360><c> up</c><00:57:05.579><c> to</c><00:57:05.760><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:57:06.300><c> which</c><00:57:06.480><c> is</c><00:57:06.699><c> in</c><00:57:06.920><c> Judah,</c><00:57:07.480><c> to</c><00:57:07.659><c> build</c><00:57:07.880><c> the</c>

00:57:08.000 --> 00:57:09.599
house<00:57:08.260><c> of</c><00:57:08.420><c> the</c><00:57:08.559><c> Lord,</c><00:57:09.119><c> the</c><00:57:09.239><c> God</c><00:57:09.440><c> of</c>

00:57:09.599 --> 00:57:09.980
Israel.

00:57:10.199 --> 00:57:11.219
He<00:57:10.539><c> is</c><00:57:10.880><c> God.</c>

00:57:11.500 --> 00:57:12.679
He<00:57:11.679><c> is</c><00:57:12.019><c> the</c><00:57:12.280><c> God.</c>

00:57:13.039 --> 00:57:17.280
And<00:57:13.460><c> so</c><00:57:13.920><c> he</c><00:57:14.239><c> gives</c><00:57:14.500><c> them</c><00:57:14.860><c> provision</c><00:57:15.300><c> to</c><00:57:15.519><c> go</c><00:57:15.760><c> back</c><00:57:16.039><c> on</c><00:57:16.280><c> this</c><00:57:16.460><c> journey.</c>

00:57:18.360 --> 00:57:23.139
Well,<00:57:19.639><c> that</c><00:57:20.059><c> proclamation,</c><00:57:21.039><c> or</c><00:57:21.380><c> very</c><00:57:21.719><c> similar</c><00:57:21.980><c> to</c><00:57:22.179><c> it,</c><00:57:22.320><c> is</c><00:57:22.519><c> preserved</c><00:57:22.820><c> to</c><00:57:23.039><c> us.</c>

00:57:23.139 --> 00:57:24.639
That<00:57:23.300><c> is</c><00:57:23.559><c> actually</c><00:57:23.860><c> the</c><00:57:24.239><c> words</c><00:57:24.480><c> there.</c>

00:57:24.639 --> 00:57:26.619
I<00:57:24.659><c> didn't</c><00:57:24.800><c> put</c><00:57:24.920><c> the</c><00:57:25.039><c> whole</c><00:57:25.219><c> thing</c><00:57:25.340><c> on</c><00:57:25.480><c> there,</c><00:57:25.800><c> because</c><00:57:25.820><c> I</c><00:57:26.280><c> don't</c><00:57:26.460><c> know</c>

00:57:26.619 --> 00:57:27.940
why<00:57:26.719><c> as</c><00:57:26.820><c> many</c><00:57:26.960><c> of</c><00:57:27.119><c> you</c><00:57:27.340><c> probably</c><00:57:27.719><c> could</c>

00:57:27.940 --> 00:57:28.239
read<00:57:28.099><c> it.</c>

00:57:28.260 --> 00:57:29.539
But<00:57:28.340><c> there's</c><00:57:28.519><c> a</c><00:57:28.619><c> little</c><00:57:28.800><c> snapshot</c><00:57:29.139><c> of</c><00:57:29.340><c> it.</c>

00:57:29.800 --> 00:57:33.380
And<00:57:29.920><c> what</c><00:57:30.039><c> it</c><00:57:30.199><c> basically</c><00:57:30.500><c> says</c><00:57:30.800><c> is,</c><00:57:31.300><c> I</c><00:57:31.300><c> am</c><00:57:31.599><c> Cyrus,</c><00:57:32.199><c> king</c><00:57:32.340><c> of</c><00:57:32.500><c> the</c><00:57:32.659><c> world,</c><00:57:32.980><c> king</c><00:57:33.159><c> of</c>

00:57:33.380 --> 00:57:34.659
Babylon,<00:57:34.300><c> king</c><00:57:34.519><c> of</c>

00:57:34.659 --> 00:57:37.719
the<00:57:34.840><c> land</c><00:57:35.039><c> of</c><00:57:35.300><c> Sumer</c><00:57:35.639><c> and</c><00:57:35.900><c> Akkad,</c><00:57:36.480><c> king</c><00:57:36.699><c> of</c><00:57:36.840><c> the</c><00:57:37.059><c> four</c><00:57:37.260><c> quarters.</c>

00:57:38.159 --> 00:57:41.119
When<00:57:38.320><c> I</c><00:57:38.460><c> was</c><00:57:38.659><c> well</c><00:57:38.920><c> deposed,</c><00:57:39.559><c> entering</c><00:57:39.880><c> Babylon,</c><00:57:40.480><c> I</c><00:57:40.679><c> set</c><00:57:40.880><c> up</c>

00:57:41.119 --> 00:57:42.820
the<00:57:41.400><c> seat</c><00:57:41.559><c> of</c><00:57:41.739><c> the</c><00:57:41.960><c> dominion</c><00:57:42.219><c> of</c><00:57:42.360><c> the</c><00:57:42.559><c> royal</c>

00:57:42.820 --> 00:57:46.199
palace<00:57:43.219><c> amidst</c><00:57:43.699><c> jubilation</c><00:57:44.260><c> and</c><00:57:44.659><c> rejoicing.</c>

00:57:46.219 --> 00:57:48.139
Marduk,<00:57:46.659><c> the</c><00:57:46.880><c> great</c><00:57:47.099><c> god,</c><00:57:47.380><c> and</c><00:57:47.519><c> of</c><00:57:47.659><c> course,</c><00:57:47.820><c> you've</c><00:57:47.920><c> got</c><00:57:48.000><c> to</c>

00:57:48.139 --> 00:57:50.079
understand<00:57:48.559><c> that</c><00:57:48.739><c> these</c><00:57:49.000><c> people</c><00:57:49.219><c> were</c><00:57:49.579><c> not,</c>

00:57:50.480 --> 00:57:53.039
it<00:57:50.880><c> says</c><00:57:51.099><c> of</c><00:57:51.320><c> Cyrus,</c><00:57:51.539><c> he</c><00:57:51.679><c> did</c><00:57:51.880><c> not</c><00:57:52.099><c> know</c><00:57:52.280><c> me</c><00:57:52.440><c> in</c><00:57:52.579><c> that</c><00:57:52.780><c> sense.</c>

00:57:53.039 --> 00:57:56.780
But<00:57:53.539><c> he</c><00:57:53.679><c> basically</c><00:57:54.179><c> says</c><00:57:54.539><c> that</c><00:57:55.139><c> he</c><00:57:55.619><c> brought</c><00:57:55.980><c> him</c><00:57:56.199><c> in</c><00:57:56.440><c> here</c><00:57:56.599><c> and</c>

00:57:56.780 --> 00:57:58.039
allowed<00:57:57.019><c> him</c><00:57:57.199><c> to</c><00:57:57.380><c> do</c><00:57:57.579><c> this.</c>

00:57:58.239 --> 00:58:02.019
And<00:57:58.480><c> he</c><00:57:58.659><c> says</c><00:57:58.820><c> he</c><00:57:59.139><c> lifted</c><00:57:59.699><c> the</c><00:58:00.599><c> yoke</c><00:58:00.920><c> from</c><00:58:01.179><c> off</c><00:58:01.360><c> the</c><00:58:01.579><c> citizens</c>

00:58:02.019 --> 00:58:03.960
of<00:58:02.260><c> Babylon,</c><00:58:03.099><c> including</c><00:58:03.380><c> in</c><00:58:03.639><c> which</c><00:58:03.800><c> would</c>

00:58:03.960 --> 00:58:04.860
have<00:58:04.139><c> been</c><00:58:04.320><c> Daniel.</c>

00:58:05.280 --> 00:58:08.900
And<00:58:05.480><c> what</c><00:58:05.659><c> he</c><00:58:05.860><c> did</c><00:58:06.079><c> was</c><00:58:06.280><c> he</c><00:58:06.460><c> basically</c><00:58:06.940><c> sent</c><00:58:07.260><c> them,</c><00:58:08.280><c> the</c><00:58:08.599><c> holy</c>

00:58:08.900 --> 00:58:10.739
cities<00:58:09.219><c> of</c><00:58:09.599><c> the</c><00:58:09.860><c> Tigris</c><00:58:10.219><c> and</c><00:58:10.440><c> whatever</c>

00:58:10.739 --> 00:58:13.579
else,<00:58:10.980><c> he</c><00:58:11.159><c> sent</c><00:58:11.239><c> them</c><00:58:11.519><c> back</c><00:58:11.900><c> to</c><00:58:12.099><c> their</c><00:58:12.340><c> places</c><00:58:12.760><c> to</c><00:58:13.260><c> worship</c>

00:58:13.579 --> 00:58:14.719
their<00:58:13.820><c> gods.</c>

00:58:15.119 --> 00:58:18.940
And<00:58:15.420><c> Cyrus</c><00:58:15.659><c> died</c><00:58:16.219><c> and</c><00:58:16.920><c> is</c><00:58:17.219><c> buried</c><00:58:17.639><c> in</c><00:58:18.139><c> Persia.</c>

00:58:19.139 --> 00:58:22.320
And<00:58:19.400><c> that</c><00:58:19.579><c> is</c><00:58:19.780><c> his</c><00:58:20.019><c> tomb,</c><00:58:20.480><c> standing</c><00:58:20.659><c> as</c><00:58:20.880><c> a</c><00:58:21.039><c> testimony</c><00:58:21.340><c> today.</c>

00:58:22.500 --> 00:58:27.619
So<00:58:22.800><c> that</c><00:58:22.980><c> is</c><00:58:23.219><c> the</c><00:58:23.460><c> story</c><00:58:23.679><c> of</c><00:58:23.880><c> Babylon's</c><00:58:24.420><c> last</c><00:58:24.679><c> night,</c><00:58:25.639><c> a</c><00:58:25.900><c> testimony</c><00:58:26.360><c> to</c><00:58:26.900><c> the</c><00:58:27.179><c> word</c><00:58:27.380><c> of</c>

00:58:27.619 --> 00:58:29.320
God,<00:58:28.320><c> to</c><00:58:28.500><c> the</c><00:58:28.880><c> accuracy</c>

00:58:29.320 --> 00:58:33.940
of<00:58:29.519><c> the</c><00:58:29.679><c> Bible,</c><00:58:30.500><c> a</c><00:58:30.719><c> testimony</c><00:58:31.239><c> of</c><00:58:31.940><c> archaeology,</c><00:58:33.119><c> of</c><00:58:33.300><c> history,</c>

00:58:34.420 --> 00:58:36.679
and<00:58:34.519><c> a</c><00:58:34.920><c> type</c><00:58:35.280><c> of</c><00:58:35.800><c> what</c><00:58:35.960><c> Almighty</c><00:58:36.400><c> God</c>

00:58:36.679 --> 00:58:40.239
is<00:58:36.880><c> going</c><00:58:37.059><c> to</c><00:58:37.260><c> do</c><00:58:37.360><c> with</c><00:58:37.559><c> the</c><00:58:37.760><c> Babylon</c><00:58:38.059><c> the</c><00:58:38.400><c> Great</c><00:58:39.000><c> of</c><00:58:39.400><c> today.</c>

00:58:40.420 --> 00:58:43.539
And<00:58:40.559><c> we</c><00:58:40.639><c> look</c><00:58:40.860><c> forward</c><00:58:41.380><c> and</c><00:58:41.760><c> our</c><00:58:42.059><c> prayer</c><00:58:42.300><c> is</c><00:58:42.500><c> for</c><00:58:42.719><c> that</c><00:58:43.019><c> time</c>

00:58:43.539 --> 00:58:46.719
when<00:58:43.980><c> he</c><00:58:44.219><c> would</c><00:58:44.440><c> indeed</c><00:58:44.780><c> return,</c><00:58:46.380><c> sending</c>

00:58:46.719 --> 00:58:51.320
his<00:58:46.900><c> son</c><00:58:47.500><c> in</c><00:58:48.179><c> the</c><00:58:48.460><c> east,</c><00:58:48.940><c> the</c><00:58:49.000><c> king</c><00:58:49.340><c> of</c><00:58:49.579><c> the</c><00:58:49.780><c> sun's</c><00:58:50.139><c> rising,</c><00:58:51.039><c> to</c>

00:58:51.320 --> 00:58:52.900
take<00:58:51.559><c> over</c><00:58:51.780><c> this</c><00:58:52.059><c> world</c><00:58:52.219><c> when</c><00:58:52.400><c> the</c><00:58:52.579><c> kingdoms</c>

00:58:52.900 --> 00:58:55.480
of<00:58:53.159><c> this</c><00:58:53.480><c> world</c><00:58:53.679><c> will</c><00:58:53.900><c> become</c><00:58:54.099><c> the</c><00:58:54.320><c> kingdoms</c><00:58:54.659><c> of</c><00:58:54.880><c> our</c><00:58:55.099><c> God</c><00:58:55.360><c> and</c>

00:58:55.480 --> 00:58:57.880
of<00:58:55.619><c> his</c><00:58:55.800><c> Christ,</c><00:58:56.639><c> and</c><00:58:56.880><c> he</c><00:58:57.119><c> shall</c><00:58:57.380><c> reign</c>

00:58:57.880 --> 00:58:59.519
forever<00:58:58.440><c> and</c><00:58:58.619><c> ever.</c>

00:59:03.340 --> 00:59:06.880
I'd<00:59:03.860><c> like</c><00:59:03.860><c> to</c><00:59:04.880><c> thank</c><00:59:05.039><c> our</c><00:59:05.280><c> brother</c><00:59:05.519><c> Jonathan</c><00:59:05.940><c> for</c><00:59:06.239><c> his</c><00:59:06.659><c> words</c>

00:59:06.880 --> 00:59:08.159
this<00:59:07.199><c> evening.</c>

00:59:09.260 --> 00:59:18.199
Let<00:59:09.900><c> us</c><00:59:10.219><c> conclude</c><00:59:10.679><c> our</c><00:59:11.260><c> evening</c><00:59:11.659><c> program</c><00:59:12.340><c> by</c><00:59:12.960><c> singing</c><00:59:13.719><c> Hymn</c><00:59:15.280><c> 216,</c><00:59:17.679><c> followed</c><00:59:17.800><c> by</c><00:59:18.099><c> a</c>

00:59:18.199 --> 00:59:19.099
word<00:59:18.300><c> of</c><00:59:18.579><c> prayer</c><00:59:18.840><c> by</c>

00:59:19.099 --> 00:59:23.260
a<00:59:19.219><c> brother,</c><00:59:19.519><c> Gary</c><00:59:19.840><c> Burns,</c><00:59:20.639><c> of</c><00:59:20.800><c> the</c><00:59:20.920><c> Petersburg,</c><00:59:21.440><c> Virginia,</c><00:59:22.159><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:59:24.099 --> 00:59:25.880
Hymn<00:59:24.739><c> 216.</c>

00:59:26.159 --> 00:59:29.480
Light<00:59:26.440><c> of</c><00:59:26.619><c> them</c><00:59:26.900><c> that</c><00:59:27.139><c> sit</c><00:59:27.320><c> in</c><00:59:27.619><c> darkness,</c><00:59:28.559><c> rise</c><00:59:28.880><c> and</c><00:59:29.199><c> shine,</c>

00:59:29.619 --> 00:59:31.280
thy<00:59:29.760><c> blessings</c><00:59:30.260><c> bring.</c>

00:59:31.300 --> 00:59:35.000
Light<00:59:31.739><c> to</c><00:59:32.019><c> lighten</c><00:59:32.420><c> all</c><00:59:32.599><c> the</c><00:59:32.800><c> Gentiles,</c><00:59:34.219><c> rise</c><00:59:34.360><c> with</c><00:59:34.699><c> healing</c>

00:59:35.000 --> 00:59:36.460
in<00:59:35.300><c> thy</c><00:59:35.500><c> wing.</c>

00:59:36.500 --> 00:59:40.199
To<00:59:36.619><c> thy</c><00:59:36.920><c> brightness</c><00:59:37.500><c> let</c><00:59:37.860><c> all</c><00:59:38.179><c> kings</c><00:59:38.500><c> and</c><00:59:38.760><c> nations</c><00:59:39.179><c> come.</c>

00:59:40.679 --> 00:59:42.539
Hymn<00:59:41.400><c> 216.</c>