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years.<00:12:07.279><c> And</c><00:12:07.419><c> the</c><00:12:07.500><c> School</c><00:12:07.639><c> of</c>

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a<00:12:13.399><c> powder</c><00:12:13.879><c> ground</c><00:12:14.639><c> from</c><00:12:14.940><c> a</c><00:12:15.139><c> Phrygian</c><00:12:15.539><c> stone,</c><00:12:16.899><c> which</c><00:12:16.980><c> was</c><00:12:17.399><c> used</c>

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to<00:12:18.220><c> treat,</c><00:12:18.559><c> of</c><00:12:19.019><c> all</c><00:12:19.220><c> things,</c><00:12:20.539><c> eye</c><00:12:20.700><c> diseases.</c>

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knowest<00:12:28.820><c> thou</c><00:12:28.940><c> not</c><00:12:29.120><c> that</c><00:12:29.259><c> thou</c><00:12:29.440><c> art</c><00:12:29.600><c> wretched</c>

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and<00:12:30.379><c> miserable</c><00:12:30.379><c> and</c><00:12:30.740><c> poor</c><00:12:31.019><c> and</c><00:12:31.519><c> blind</c><00:12:31.980><c> and</c><00:12:32.500><c> naked?</c><00:12:33.100><c> This</c><00:12:33.299><c> is</c>

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what<00:12:33.519><c> you've</c><00:12:33.740><c> got</c><00:12:33.799><c> to</c><00:12:33.940><c> do,</c><00:12:34.320><c> Laodicea.</c><00:12:35.279><c> Buy</c><00:12:35.480><c> of</c><00:12:35.679><c> me</c><00:12:35.940><c> gold</c>

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tried<00:12:36.620><c> in</c><00:12:36.840><c> the</c><00:12:36.980><c> fire.</c><00:12:37.179><c> Well,</c><00:12:37.340><c> they</c><00:12:37.600><c> never</c><00:12:37.940><c> had</c><00:12:38.200><c> a</c><00:12:38.480><c> shortage</c><00:12:38.700><c> of</c>

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gold<00:12:39.279><c> in</c><00:12:39.639><c> Laodicea,</c><00:12:40.639><c> but</c><00:12:40.779><c> they</c><00:12:40.960><c> had</c><00:12:41.100><c> a</c><00:12:41.320><c> shortage</c><00:12:41.519><c> of</c>

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this<00:12:41.919><c> sort</c><00:12:42.100><c> of</c><00:12:42.259><c> gold.</c><00:12:44.240><c> And</c><00:12:44.580><c> buy</c><00:12:44.759><c> white</c><00:12:45.080><c> raiment.</c><00:12:45.519><c> Well,</c><00:12:45.620><c> they</c>

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never<00:12:45.960><c> had</c><00:12:46.100><c> a</c><00:12:46.299><c> shortage</c><00:12:46.500><c> of</c><00:12:46.720><c> raiment</c><00:12:47.059><c> in</c><00:12:47.299><c> Laodicea,</c>

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but<00:12:47.860><c> it</c><00:12:47.980><c> was</c><00:12:48.139><c> black.</c><00:12:50.159><c> They</c><00:12:50.440><c> never</c><00:12:50.620><c> had</c><00:12:50.720><c> this</c><00:12:51.039><c> raiment.</c><00:12:54.080><c> And</c>

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anoint<00:12:54.779><c> thine</c><00:12:54.940><c> eyes</c><00:12:55.159><c> with</c><00:12:55.399><c> thyself,</c><00:12:56.539><c> that</c><00:12:56.639><c> thou</c>

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mayest<00:12:57.179><c> see.</c><00:12:57.600><c> Well,</c><00:12:57.779><c> they</c><00:12:57.799><c> did</c><00:12:58.139><c> have</c><00:12:58.539><c> an</c><00:12:58.740><c> I</c><00:12:58.980><c>-self</c><00:12:59.179><c> in</c><00:12:59.419><c> Laodicea,</c><00:12:59.779><c> but</c><00:12:59.960><c> not</c>

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this<00:13:00.399><c> I</c><00:13:00.700><c>-self.</c><00:13:01.639><c> You</c><00:13:01.799><c> see,</c>

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that's<00:13:02.179><c> the</c><00:13:02.299><c> point.</c><00:13:03.080><c> They</c><00:13:03.240><c> were</c><00:13:03.539><c> poor.</c><00:13:04.120><c> They</c><00:13:04.240><c> were</c><00:13:04.740><c> blind.</c>

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They<00:13:05.179><c> were</c><00:13:05.440><c> naked.</c><00:13:05.919><c> They</c><00:13:06.000><c> needed</c><00:13:06.299><c> gold</c><00:13:06.620><c> for</c>

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their<00:13:07.019><c> poverty.</c><00:13:07.399><c> They</c><00:13:07.519><c> needed</c><00:13:07.740><c> clothing</c><00:13:08.159><c> for</c><00:13:08.379><c> their</c><00:13:08.600><c> nakedness.</c><00:13:09.480><c> They</c><00:13:09.580><c> needed</c><00:13:09.799><c> I</c>

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-self<00:13:10.340><c> for</c><00:13:10.519><c> their</c><00:13:10.779><c> blindness.</c>

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But<00:13:12.220><c> when</c><00:13:12.379><c> the</c><00:13:12.539><c> Lord</c><00:13:12.720><c> says</c><00:13:13.100><c> gold,</c><00:13:13.480><c> he</c><00:13:13.559><c> doesn't</c><00:13:13.799><c> mean</c><00:13:14.000><c> the</c><00:13:14.279><c> gold</c>

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of<00:13:14.679><c> the</c><00:13:14.899><c> banking</c><00:13:15.379><c> and</c><00:13:16.120><c> trading</c><00:13:16.480><c> industry.</c><00:13:16.980><c> He</c><00:13:17.100><c> means</c>

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the<00:13:17.559><c> gold</c><00:13:17.740><c> of</c><00:13:17.980><c> tried</c><00:13:18.179><c> faith.</c><00:13:19.460><c> And</c><00:13:19.620><c> when</c><00:13:19.679><c> he</c><00:13:19.820><c> said</c><00:13:19.899><c> clothing,</c>

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he<00:13:20.460><c> doesn't</c><00:13:20.700><c> mean</c><00:13:20.860><c> the</c><00:13:21.240><c> black</c><00:13:21.659><c> garments</c><00:13:22.080><c> of</c><00:13:22.299><c> the</c><00:13:22.480><c> valley,</c>

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but<00:13:22.779><c> the</c><00:13:23.100><c> white</c><00:13:23.379><c> raiment</c><00:13:23.700><c> of</c><00:13:24.019><c> righteousness.</c><00:13:25.700><c> And</c><00:13:25.879><c> when</c><00:13:25.960><c> he</c>

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says<00:13:26.279><c> treatment</c><00:13:26.659><c> for</c><00:13:26.840><c> your</c><00:13:27.080><c> eyes,</c>

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he<00:13:28.059><c> doesn't</c><00:13:28.360><c> mean</c><00:13:28.679><c> the</c><00:13:28.980><c> powder</c><00:13:29.179><c> of</c><00:13:29.440><c> pagan</c><00:13:29.720><c> medicine.</c><00:13:31.139><c> He</c><00:13:31.240><c> means</c><00:13:31.419><c> the</c>

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I<00:13:31.879><c>-self</c><00:13:32.220><c> of</c><00:13:32.820><c> spiritual</c><00:13:33.379><c> enlightenment.</c>

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You<00:13:35.779><c> see,</c><00:13:35.860><c> he</c><00:13:35.899><c> was</c><00:13:36.039><c> an</c><00:13:36.220><c> ecclesiast</c><00:13:36.559><c> that</c><00:13:36.639><c> thought</c><00:13:36.840><c> it</c><00:13:36.980><c> had</c>

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everything<00:13:37.659><c> under</c><00:13:38.039><c> control.</c>

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in<00:13:42.500><c> Asia.</c><00:13:43.639><c> If</c><00:13:44.120><c> they</c><00:13:44.340><c> didn't</c><00:13:44.500><c> look</c><00:13:44.720><c> too</c><00:13:44.980><c> deeply,</c>

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no<00:13:46.759><c> false</c><00:13:47.220><c> doctrine,</c><00:13:49.259><c> no</c><00:13:49.539><c> persecution,</c><00:13:51.740><c> no</c><00:13:52.379><c> hardship,</c><00:13:55.059><c> no</c><00:13:55.620><c> tribulation</c><00:13:56.419><c> of</c>

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any<00:13:57.059><c> kind.</c><00:13:57.220><c> It</c><00:13:57.480><c> scored</c><00:13:57.779><c> at</c><00:13:58.139><c> the</c><00:13:58.379><c> top</c><00:13:58.600><c> of</c>

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every<00:13:59.419><c> category</c><00:13:59.820><c> in</c><00:14:00.200><c> life.</c><00:14:01.519><c> But</c><00:14:01.700><c> when</c><00:14:01.860><c> they</c><00:14:01.980><c> were</c><00:14:02.120><c> measured</c>

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against<00:14:02.600><c> the</c><00:14:02.860><c> character</c><00:14:03.039><c> of</c><00:14:03.259><c> the</c><00:14:03.340><c> Lord,</c>

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and<00:14:03.740><c> particularly</c><00:14:04.139><c> against</c><00:14:04.440><c> the</c><00:14:04.659><c> character</c><00:14:04.960><c> of</c><00:14:05.120><c> that</c><00:14:05.299><c> man</c><00:14:05.480><c> of</c>

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one<00:14:05.820><c> in</c><00:14:06.059><c> Revelation</c><00:14:06.480><c> chapter</c><00:14:06.919><c> one,</c>

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they<00:14:08.320><c> were</c><00:14:08.820><c> desperately</c><00:14:09.419><c> sick.</c><00:14:10.899><c> They</c><00:14:11.159><c> needed</c><00:14:11.399><c> treatment.</c><00:14:11.799><c> They</c><00:14:11.919><c> needed</c><00:14:12.159><c> it</c>

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urgently.<00:14:13.360><c> And</c><00:14:13.559><c> of</c><00:14:13.720><c> course,</c>

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that's<00:14:14.019><c> the</c><00:14:14.200><c> purpose</c><00:14:14.480><c> of</c><00:14:14.659><c> this</c><00:14:14.860><c> letter.</c><00:14:16.139><c> And</c><00:14:16.259><c> when</c><00:14:16.340><c> we</c><00:14:16.559><c> talk</c>

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about<00:14:16.940><c> the</c><00:14:17.059><c> history</c><00:14:17.399><c> of</c><00:14:17.659><c> Laodicea,</c>

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we've<00:14:19.960><c> actually</c><00:14:20.220><c> got</c><00:14:21.200><c> more</c><00:14:22.419><c> in</c><00:14:22.580><c> the</c><00:14:22.759><c> record</c><00:14:22.919><c> than</c><00:14:23.059><c> you</c><00:14:23.159><c> might</c>

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suspect.<00:14:24.179><c> There's</c><00:14:24.360><c> more</c><00:14:24.519><c> in</c><00:14:24.659><c> the</c><00:14:24.840><c> biblical</c>

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record<00:14:25.559><c> than</c><00:14:25.740><c> you</c><00:14:26.139><c> might</c><00:14:26.360><c> suspect</c><00:14:26.860><c> because</c><00:14:27.279><c> the</c><00:14:27.799><c> letter</c><00:14:28.039><c> recorded</c><00:14:28.539><c> here</c>

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to<00:14:29.360><c> Laodicea</c><00:14:31.279><c> is</c><00:14:32.080><c> actually</c><00:14:32.360><c> the</c><00:14:32.659><c> second</c>

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letter,<00:14:34.340><c> perhaps</c><00:14:34.919><c> the</c><00:14:35.460><c> third</c><00:14:36.200><c> letter</c><00:14:36.799><c> that</c><00:14:37.600><c> we</c><00:14:37.799><c> have</c><00:14:37.899><c> in</c><00:14:38.139><c> scripture</c><00:14:38.519><c> that</c>

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actually<00:14:39.200><c> made</c><00:14:39.419><c> its</c><00:14:39.639><c> way</c><00:14:39.860><c> to</c><00:14:40.080><c> Laodicea.</c>

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Come<00:14:40.940><c> back</c><00:14:41.100><c> with</c><00:14:41.240><c> me</c><00:14:41.379><c> to</c><00:14:41.559><c> Colossians</c><00:14:41.879><c> chapter</c><00:14:42.179><c> two.</c><00:14:43.179><c> Now</c><00:14:43.259><c> you'll</c><00:14:43.519><c> recognise,</c><00:14:44.220><c> as</c><00:14:44.399><c> soon</c><00:14:44.539><c> as</c><00:14:44.659><c> I</c>

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say<00:14:44.919><c> Colossians,</c>

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we're<00:14:45.700><c> talking</c><00:14:46.000><c> about</c><00:14:46.220><c> another</c><00:14:46.480><c> one</c><00:14:46.620><c> of</c><00:14:46.700><c> the</c><00:14:46.879><c> cities</c><00:14:47.059><c> of</c><00:14:47.220><c> the</c>

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Lycus<00:14:47.600><c> Valley,</c><00:14:48.600><c> a</c><00:14:48.600><c> near</c><00:14:48.899><c> neighbour</c><00:14:49.399><c> of</c><00:14:50.080><c> Laodicea.</c>

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But<00:14:50.639><c> there</c><00:14:50.799><c> are</c><00:14:50.940><c> substantial</c><00:14:51.460><c> links</c><00:14:51.840><c> between</c><00:14:52.279><c> Colossi</c><00:14:52.879><c> and</c>

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Laodicea,<00:14:53.899><c> as</c><00:14:54.039><c> I'll</c><00:14:54.279><c> show</c><00:14:54.379><c> you</c><00:14:54.559><c> by</c><00:14:54.779><c> and</c><00:14:54.960><c> by.</c>

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Colossians<00:14:57.139><c> is</c><00:14:57.299><c> about,</c><00:14:57.799><c> Colossi</c><00:14:58.600><c> is</c><00:14:58.779><c> about</c><00:14:59.039><c> 10</c><00:14:59.360><c> kilometres</c>

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from<00:15:00.440><c> Laodicea.</c><00:15:02.200><c> And</c><00:15:02.539><c> surprisingly,</c>

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there<00:15:03.100><c> was,</c><00:15:03.840><c> or</c><00:15:04.039><c> unsurprisingly</c><00:15:04.519><c> perhaps,</c><00:15:04.980><c> a</c><00:15:05.080><c> lot</c><00:15:05.299><c> of</c><00:15:05.720><c> interchange</c><00:15:06.279><c> between</c><00:15:06.799><c> these</c>

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two<00:15:07.419><c> ecclesias.</c>

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Look<00:15:09.200><c> what</c><00:15:09.419><c> it</c><00:15:09.559><c> says</c><00:15:09.779><c> in</c><00:15:10.000><c> Colossians</c><00:15:10.379><c> two,</c><00:15:10.759><c> verse</c><00:15:10.899><c> one.</c><00:15:11.220><c> Here's</c><00:15:11.379><c> the</c>

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apostle<00:15:11.820><c> Paul,</c><00:15:12.440><c> 60</c><00:15:12.799><c> AD,</c><00:15:13.720><c> writing</c><00:15:13.899><c> to</c><00:15:14.100><c> the</c>

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Colossians.<00:15:15.840><c> I</c><00:15:15.919><c> would</c><00:15:16.200><c> that</c><00:15:16.440><c> ye</c><00:15:16.740><c> knew</c><00:15:17.139><c> what</c><00:15:17.720><c> great</c><00:15:18.340><c> conflict</c>

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at<00:15:22.200><c> Laodicea,</c><00:15:23.259><c> and</c><00:15:23.659><c> for</c><00:15:23.840><c> as</c><00:15:23.980><c> many</c><00:15:24.120><c> as</c><00:15:24.279><c> have</c><00:15:24.419><c> not</c><00:15:24.759><c> seen</c><00:15:24.940><c> my</c><00:15:25.240><c> face</c>

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in<00:15:25.620><c> the</c><00:15:25.820><c> flesh.</c><00:15:26.059><c> So</c><00:15:26.379><c> evidently</c><00:15:26.899><c> he</c><00:15:27.080><c> had</c><00:15:27.299><c> never</c>

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visited<00:15:27.980><c> at</c><00:15:28.179><c> this</c><00:15:28.419><c> time</c><00:15:28.759><c> Colossi</c><00:15:29.940><c> or</c><00:15:30.899><c> Laodicea.</c><00:15:32.919><c> But</c><00:15:33.100><c> you</c><00:15:33.240><c> see</c>

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verse<00:15:35.600><c> one</c><00:15:35.860><c> of</c><00:15:36.019><c> chapter</c><00:15:36.259><c> two,</c><00:15:37.600><c> Colossi</c><00:15:37.759><c> and</c><00:15:37.879><c> Laodicea</c><00:15:38.340><c> are</c><00:15:38.559><c> almost</c><00:15:38.840><c> to</c>

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be<00:15:39.240><c> considered</c><00:15:39.500><c> together,</c>

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at<00:15:40.559><c> least</c><00:15:40.820><c> as</c><00:15:41.000><c> far</c><00:15:41.139><c> as</c><00:15:41.279><c> this</c><00:15:42.179><c> letter</c><00:15:42.360><c> to</c><00:15:42.500><c> the</c><00:15:42.639><c> Colossians</c><00:15:42.919><c> is</c>

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concerned.<00:15:44.019><c> Their</c><00:15:44.279><c> fortunes,</c><00:15:44.779><c> at</c><00:15:44.899><c> some</c><00:15:45.120><c> degree,</c>

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are<00:15:46.220><c> related.</c><00:15:47.860><c> And</c><00:15:48.080><c> at</c><00:15:48.220><c> the</c><00:15:48.379><c> time</c><00:15:48.539><c> the</c><00:15:48.740><c> apostle</c><00:15:49.139><c> wrote</c><00:15:49.519><c> this,</c>

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in<00:15:50.860><c> AD</c><00:15:51.120><c> 60,</c><00:15:51.559><c> he,</c><00:15:51.919><c> as</c><00:15:52.139><c> I</c><00:15:52.240><c> say,</c><00:15:52.460><c> not</c><00:15:52.679><c> visited</c><00:15:53.039><c> either</c>

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of<00:15:54.120><c> these</c><00:15:54.340><c> two</c><00:15:54.559><c> ecclesias.</c><00:15:56.700><c> In</c><00:15:56.980><c> fact,</c><00:15:57.879><c> what</c><00:15:58.139><c> it</c><00:15:58.279><c> means,</c><00:15:58.539><c> of</c><00:15:58.720><c> course,</c><00:15:58.899><c> is</c>

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Paul.<00:16:02.240><c> The</c><00:16:02.840><c> suggestion</c><00:16:03.440><c> would</c><00:16:03.679><c> be</c><00:16:03.980><c> from</c><00:16:04.240><c> chapter</c><00:16:04.480><c> one,</c><00:16:04.980><c> verse</c>

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seven,<00:16:06.279><c> as</c><00:16:06.340><c> you</c><00:16:06.559><c> also</c><00:16:06.840><c> learned</c><00:16:07.000><c> of</c><00:16:07.200><c> Epaphras,</c>

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our<00:16:08.279><c> dear</c><00:16:08.500><c> fellow</c><00:16:08.840><c> servant,</c><00:16:09.879><c> he</c><00:16:10.059><c> looks</c><00:16:10.360><c> like</c><00:16:10.639><c> he</c><00:16:10.799><c> is</c><00:16:11.019><c> probably</c>

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Colossi.<00:16:14.919><c> Now</c><00:16:15.039><c> that</c><00:16:15.179><c> doesn't</c><00:16:15.480><c> mean,</c><00:16:15.799><c> of</c><00:16:16.000><c> course,</c><00:16:16.700><c> that</c><00:16:16.899><c> Colossi,</c><00:16:17.460><c> Laodicea,</c><00:16:17.879><c> Heropolis,</c><00:16:19.019><c> weren't</c><00:16:19.220><c> the</c><00:16:19.639><c> product</c>

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of<00:16:20.299><c> the</c><00:16:20.559><c> preaching</c><00:16:20.879><c> work</c><00:16:21.279><c> from</c><00:16:21.679><c> Ephesus</c><00:16:22.240><c> in</c><00:16:22.480><c> Acts</c><00:16:22.659><c> chapter</c><00:16:22.919><c> 19.</c><00:16:24.019><c> It</c>

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just<00:16:24.480><c> means</c><00:16:24.799><c> that</c><00:16:25.039><c> Paul</c><00:16:25.360><c> didn't</c><00:16:25.679><c> actually</c>

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journey<00:16:26.440><c> to</c><00:16:26.659><c> these</c><00:16:26.840><c> locations</c><00:16:27.419><c> himself.</c><00:16:28.940><c> Perhaps</c><00:16:28.940><c> Epaphras</c>

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was<00:16:29.980><c> a</c><00:16:30.059><c> product</c><00:16:30.440><c> of</c><00:16:30.799><c> Acts</c><00:16:31.019><c> chapter</c><00:16:31.259><c> 19</c><00:16:31.759><c> and</c>

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then<00:16:32.159><c> he</c><00:16:32.320><c> went</c><00:16:32.500><c> east</c><00:16:32.879><c> and</c><00:16:33.200><c> founded</c><00:16:33.320><c> these</c><00:16:34.059><c> ecclesias.</c><00:16:35.340><c> Can't</c>

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tell.<00:16:36.879><c> Just</c><00:16:37.120><c> that</c><00:16:37.360><c> Paul</c><00:16:37.600><c> hasn't</c><00:16:37.919><c> been</c><00:16:38.159><c> there</c>

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and<00:16:39.220><c> Epaphras</c><00:16:39.919><c> is</c><00:16:40.279><c> commended</c><00:16:40.639><c> as</c><00:16:41.100><c> having</c><00:16:41.460><c> been</c><00:16:41.940><c> there</c><00:16:42.240><c> and</c><00:16:42.559><c> being</c><00:16:43.240><c> ardent.</c><00:16:45.399><c> And</c><00:16:45.480><c> now</c><00:16:45.620><c> come</c><00:16:45.759><c> across</c><00:16:45.980><c> to</c>

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in<00:16:47.600><c> verse</c><00:16:47.840><c> 12</c><00:16:48.200><c> of</c><00:16:48.419><c> Colossians.</c><00:16:50.639><c> Look</c><00:16:50.740><c> what</c><00:16:50.820><c> it</c><00:16:51.019><c> says</c><00:16:51.179><c> here.</c><00:16:53.279><c> Epaphras,</c><00:16:54.059><c> who</c><00:16:54.059><c> is</c>

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one<00:16:54.480><c> of</c><00:16:54.659><c> you,</c>

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well<00:16:55.279><c> that</c><00:16:55.419><c> means</c><00:16:55.840><c> Epaphras</c><00:16:56.399><c> attends</c><00:16:56.779><c> the</c><00:16:57.000><c> meeting</c><00:16:57.159><c> at</c><00:16:57.440><c> Colossi.</c><00:16:58.879><c> He's</c>

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a<00:16:59.259><c> servant</c><00:16:59.460><c> of</c><00:16:59.620><c> Christ.</c><00:17:00.299><c> He</c><00:17:00.340><c> saluteth</c>

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you<00:17:01.200><c> always</c><00:17:01.700><c> laboring</c><00:17:02.200><c> fervently</c><00:17:02.659><c> for</c><00:17:02.820><c> you</c><00:17:02.980><c> in</c><00:17:03.220><c> prayers</c><00:17:03.720><c> that</c>

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you<00:17:04.380><c> may</c><00:17:04.539><c> stand</c><00:17:04.839><c> perfect</c><00:17:05.380><c> and</c><00:17:05.660><c> complete</c><00:17:06.079><c> in</c><00:17:06.319><c> the</c>

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will<00:17:06.559><c> of</c><00:17:06.740><c> God.</c><00:17:09.019><c> And</c><00:17:09.180><c> now</c><00:17:09.319><c> look</c><00:17:09.440><c> at</c><00:17:09.539><c> verse</c><00:17:09.700><c> 13.</c><00:17:11.339><c> For</c><00:17:11.339><c> I</c><00:17:11.619><c> bear</c><00:17:11.799><c> him</c>

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record<00:17:12.660><c> that</c><00:17:13.579><c> he</c><00:17:13.799><c> hath</c><00:17:14.119><c> a</c><00:17:14.559><c> great</c><00:17:15.059><c> zeal</c><00:17:15.480><c> for</c><00:17:15.720><c> you</c>

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and<00:17:16.500><c> them</c><00:17:17.039><c> that</c><00:17:17.380><c> are</c><00:17:17.759><c> in</c><00:17:17.980><c> Laodicea</c><00:17:18.680><c> and</c><00:17:19.140><c> them</c><00:17:19.700><c> in</c><00:17:20.099><c> Heropolis.</c>

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Well,<00:17:22.299><c> the</c><00:17:22.460><c> zeal</c><00:17:22.740><c> of</c><00:17:23.000><c> Epaphras</c><00:17:23.740><c> evidently</c>

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wasn't<00:17:24.460><c> limited</c><00:17:24.960><c> just</c><00:17:25.460><c> to</c><00:17:25.640><c> his</c><00:17:25.759><c> own</c><00:17:26.119><c> home</c><00:17:26.400><c> meeting.</c><00:17:27.700><c> It</c><00:17:27.839><c> is</c><00:17:28.099><c> very</c><00:17:28.380><c> possible,</c><00:17:29.019><c> therefore,</c><00:17:29.160><c> that</c><00:17:29.299><c> he</c><00:17:29.519><c> began</c>

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was<00:17:34.839><c> in</c><00:17:35.059><c> charge</c><00:17:35.240><c> of</c><00:17:35.380><c> the</c><00:17:35.519><c> group</c><00:17:35.660><c> that</c><00:17:35.960><c> did.</c>

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Verse<00:17:39.220><c> 15.</c><00:17:40.099><c> And</c><00:17:40.119><c> as</c><00:17:40.359><c> for</c><00:17:40.500><c> Laodicea,</c><00:17:42.420><c> salute</c><00:17:42.700><c> the</c><00:17:43.039><c> brethren</c><00:17:43.579><c> which</c><00:17:44.279><c> are</c><00:17:44.720><c> in</c>

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Laodicea<00:17:45.660><c> and</c><00:17:46.019><c> Nymphus</c><00:17:46.640><c> and</c><00:17:46.920><c> the</c>

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which<00:17:47.799><c> is</c><00:17:48.480><c> in</c><00:17:48.599><c> his</c><00:17:48.880><c> house.</c><00:17:50.680><c> That's</c><00:17:51.099><c> interesting.</c><00:17:52.880><c> So</c><00:17:53.000><c> it</c><00:17:53.099><c> appears</c><00:17:53.319><c> that</c>

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the<00:17:53.720><c> ecclesia</c><00:17:54.059><c> of</c><00:17:54.299><c> Laodicea</c>

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meets<00:17:55.559><c> in</c><00:17:55.859><c> the</c><00:17:56.039><c> house</c><00:17:56.339><c> of</c><00:17:56.700><c> Nymphus.</c><00:17:58.599><c> And</c><00:17:58.940><c> if</c><00:17:59.019><c> that's</c><00:17:59.339><c> true,</c><00:17:59.599><c> and</c><00:17:59.720><c> of</c>

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course<00:17:59.960><c> this</c><00:18:00.240><c> is</c><00:18:00.559><c> our</c><00:18:00.799><c> best</c><00:18:01.079><c> information,</c>

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that<00:18:02.740><c> would</c><00:18:02.900><c> make</c><00:18:03.119><c> Nymphus</c><00:18:04.339><c> the</c><00:18:04.920><c> angel</c><00:18:05.480><c> of</c><00:18:06.420><c> the</c><00:18:06.640><c> ecclesia</c><00:18:07.259><c> of</c><00:18:07.420><c> Laodicea.</c>

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ecclesia<00:18:14.240><c> would</c><00:18:14.680><c> imply</c><00:18:15.119><c> that</c><00:18:15.380><c> Nymphus</c><00:18:15.900><c> is</c>

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most<00:18:16.700><c> likely</c><00:18:17.079><c> a</c><00:18:17.420><c> brother</c><00:18:17.640><c> of</c><00:18:18.240><c> some</c><00:18:18.819><c> means,</c><00:18:19.799><c> perhaps</c><00:18:20.240><c> some</c><00:18:20.819><c> considerable</c><00:18:21.420><c> means.</c><00:18:23.039><c> And</c>

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if<00:18:23.339><c> you</c><00:18:23.480><c> look</c><00:18:23.700><c> at</c>

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verse<00:18:24.079><c> 17</c><00:18:24.619><c> of</c><00:18:24.799><c> this</c><00:18:25.019><c> chapter,</c><00:18:25.680><c> we</c><00:18:25.900><c> read,</c><00:18:26.579><c> and</c><00:18:26.579><c> say</c><00:18:26.740><c> to</c><00:18:27.019><c> Archippus,</c><00:18:28.519><c> take</c><00:18:28.579><c> heed</c><00:18:28.839><c> to</c>

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there<00:18:30.799><c> has</c><00:18:31.019><c> received</c><00:18:31.400><c> in</c><00:18:31.539><c> the</c><00:18:31.680><c> law</c><00:18:31.799><c> that</c><00:18:31.940><c> they</c><00:18:32.099><c> fulfill</c><00:18:32.420><c> it.</c>

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Philemon,<00:18:37.000><c> verses</c><00:18:37.380><c> one</c><00:18:37.700><c> and</c><00:18:37.940><c> two,</c><00:18:38.539><c> tells</c><00:18:38.740><c> us</c><00:18:38.900><c> that</c><00:18:39.099><c> Archippus</c>

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appears<00:18:39.839><c> to</c><00:18:40.019><c> be</c><00:18:40.140><c> the</c><00:18:40.339><c> son</c><00:18:40.539><c> of</c><00:18:40.839><c> Philemon.</c>

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And<00:18:42.839><c> Paul</c><00:18:43.180><c> in</c><00:18:43.359><c> that</c><00:18:43.599><c> place,</c><00:18:44.599><c> in</c><00:18:44.700><c> Philemon</c><00:18:44.960><c> one</c><00:18:45.160><c> and</c><00:18:45.400><c> two,</c><00:18:46.779><c> greets</c><00:18:47.180><c> Philemon</c><00:18:47.900><c> and</c>

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his<00:18:48.640><c> wife</c>

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Epphia<00:18:49.660><c> and</c><00:18:50.019><c> the</c><00:18:50.299><c> ecclesia</c><00:18:50.779><c> which</c><00:18:51.039><c> is</c><00:18:51.400><c> in</c><00:18:51.579><c> their</c><00:18:51.880><c> house.</c><00:18:54.119><c> So</c>

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Nymphus<00:18:55.579><c> is</c><00:18:56.680><c> the</c><00:18:57.220><c> angel</c><00:18:57.519><c> or</c><00:18:57.680><c> the</c><00:18:57.839><c> recording</c><00:18:58.119><c> brother</c>

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of<00:18:59.200><c> the</c><00:18:59.380><c> ecclesia</c><00:18:59.900><c> of</c><00:19:00.200><c> Laodicea.</c><00:19:01.819><c> Philemon</c><00:19:02.519><c> would</c><00:19:03.059><c> appear</c><00:19:03.420><c> to</c>

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be<00:19:04.240><c> the</c><00:19:04.700><c> angel</c><00:19:05.200><c> or</c><00:19:05.920><c> the</c><00:19:06.140><c> recording</c><00:19:06.480><c> brother</c>

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of<00:19:07.579><c> the</c><00:19:07.759><c> ecclesia</c><00:19:08.119><c> at</c><00:19:08.400><c> Colossae.</c><00:19:10.579><c> And</c><00:19:10.900><c> these</c><00:19:11.079><c> two</c><00:19:11.279><c> ecclesias</c>

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were<00:19:11.859><c> almost</c><00:19:12.119><c> joined</c><00:19:12.299><c> at</c><00:19:12.460><c> the</c><00:19:12.619><c> hip.</c><00:19:12.759><c> Look</c><00:19:12.920><c> at</c>

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applies<00:19:31.519><c> equally</c><00:19:31.960><c> to</c><00:19:32.180><c> Laodicea.</c><00:19:32.720><c> And</c><00:19:32.880><c> by</c><00:19:33.000><c> the</c><00:19:33.140><c> way,</c><00:19:33.259><c> make</c><00:19:33.420><c> sure</c><00:19:33.559><c> they</c><00:19:33.700><c> get</c>

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from.<00:20:02.299><c> The</c><00:20:02.480><c> word</c><00:20:02.660><c> from</c><00:20:02.920><c> can</c><00:20:03.180><c> mean</c><00:20:03.640><c> that</c><00:20:04.880><c> the</c><00:20:04.880><c> letter</c>

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faithful<00:20:59.920><c> in</c><00:21:00.220><c> Christ</c><00:21:00.599><c> Jesus.</c><00:21:01.720><c> Most</c><00:21:02.039><c> modern</c><00:21:02.420><c> translations</c><00:21:03.140><c> omit</c><00:21:03.819><c> the</c><00:21:04.059><c> words</c><00:21:04.500><c> at</c><00:21:04.960><c> Ephesus.</c>

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not.<00:21:19.039><c> Well,</c><00:21:19.180><c> which</c><00:21:19.359><c> way</c><00:21:19.539><c> would</c><00:21:19.660><c> you</c><00:21:19.819><c> go?</c><00:21:20.079><c> Which</c><00:21:20.160><c> if</c><00:21:20.359><c> you</c><00:21:20.500><c> were</c>

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in<00:21:50.839><c> fact</c><00:21:50.980><c> a</c><00:21:51.240><c> circular</c><00:21:51.640><c> letter.</c><00:21:52.079><c> This</c><00:21:52.279><c> is</c><00:21:52.579><c> Paul's</c><00:21:53.400><c> letter</c><00:21:53.640><c> to</c>

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formulaic<00:22:39.500><c> pattern</c><00:22:39.819><c> of</c><00:22:40.180><c> all</c><00:22:40.559><c> the</c><00:22:40.759><c> other</c><00:22:40.960><c> letters</c><00:22:41.420><c> to</c><00:22:42.059><c> the</c><00:22:42.200><c> other</c><00:22:42.440><c> Ecclesias</c><00:22:42.880><c> in</c>

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doesn't<00:23:21.700><c> have</c><00:23:21.940><c> anything</c><00:23:22.279><c> good</c><00:23:22.779><c> said</c><00:23:23.079><c> about</c><00:23:23.420><c> its</c>

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Ecclesia.<00:23:25.359><c> So</c><00:23:25.619><c> immediately</c><00:23:26.059><c> we</c><00:23:27.099><c> were</c><00:23:27.220><c> given</c><00:23:27.420><c> to</c><00:23:27.640><c> know</c><00:23:27.759><c> that</c>

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there<00:23:28.059><c> are</c><00:23:28.200><c> big</c><00:23:28.500><c> problems</c><00:23:28.980><c> in</c><00:23:29.180><c> the</c><00:23:29.420><c> Ecclesia</c><00:23:29.759><c> of</c>

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Laodicea.<00:23:32.079><c> Revelation</c><00:23:32.400><c> three</c><00:23:33.059><c> verse</c><00:23:33.680><c> 14.</c><00:23:36.099><c> And</c><00:23:36.220><c> unto</c><00:23:36.400><c> the</c><00:23:36.619><c> angel</c><00:23:36.859><c> of</c>

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These<00:23:40.079><c> things</c><00:23:40.420><c> sith</c><00:23:40.640><c> the</c><00:23:40.880><c> Amen,</c><00:23:41.859><c> the</c><00:23:42.079><c> faithful</c><00:23:42.480><c> and</c><00:23:43.039><c> true</c><00:23:43.259><c> witness,</c><00:23:43.680><c> the</c>

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beginning<00:23:44.099><c> of</c><00:23:44.279><c> the</c><00:23:44.440><c> creation</c><00:23:44.759><c> of</c><00:23:45.039><c> God.</c>

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So<00:23:46.400><c> there</c><00:23:46.519><c> are</c><00:23:46.720><c> three</c><00:23:47.019><c> titles</c><00:23:47.519><c> which</c><00:23:47.759><c> the</c><00:23:47.980><c> Lord</c><00:23:48.119><c> uses</c><00:23:48.460><c> to</c><00:23:48.740><c> address</c><00:23:49.019><c> himself</c><00:23:49.400><c> to</c>

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the<00:23:49.799><c> Ecclesia</c><00:23:50.039><c> of</c><00:23:50.200><c> Laodicea.</c>

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the<00:23:56.720><c> creation</c><00:23:57.000><c> of</c><00:23:57.259><c> God.</c>

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Amen<00:23:59.140><c> means</c><00:23:59.740><c> truth.</c><00:24:01.460><c> So</c><00:24:01.759><c> straight</c><00:24:01.940><c> away</c><00:24:02.200><c> you've</c><00:24:02.480><c> got</c><00:24:02.579><c> a</c><00:24:02.819><c> double</c><00:24:03.200><c> emphasis</c><00:24:03.759><c> here</c>

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the<00:24:05.900><c> truth</c><00:24:06.420><c> and</c><00:24:07.039><c> the</c><00:24:07.279><c> faithful</c><00:24:07.619><c> and</c><00:24:08.500><c> true</c><00:24:09.099><c> witness.</c>

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And<00:24:12.660><c> that's</c><00:24:12.839><c> quite</c><00:24:13.119><c> pronounced.</c><00:24:13.819><c> I'll</c><00:24:13.980><c> show</c><00:24:14.140><c> you</c><00:24:14.339><c> why.</c><00:24:14.619><c> If</c><00:24:14.700><c> you</c><00:24:14.779><c> come</c><00:24:14.960><c> back</c><00:24:15.140><c> to</c>

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chapter<00:24:15.559><c> one,</c>

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there<00:24:18.619><c> is</c><00:24:18.920><c> no</c><00:24:19.160><c> reference</c><00:24:19.819><c> in</c><00:24:20.920><c> Revelation</c><00:24:21.460><c> chapter</c><00:24:21.920><c> one</c><00:24:22.380><c> to</c><00:24:22.680><c> the</c><00:24:23.039><c> Amen</c><00:24:23.519><c> being</c><00:24:24.000><c> a</c>

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Well<00:25:00.539><c> what</c><00:25:00.680><c> about</c><00:25:00.900><c> the</c><00:25:01.119><c> faithful</c><00:25:01.380><c> and</c><00:25:01.599><c> true</c><00:25:01.779><c> witness?</c><00:25:02.299><c> Well</c><00:25:02.359><c> that's</c><00:25:02.660><c> a</c>

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quotation<00:25:03.180><c> from</c><00:25:03.440><c> Revelation</c><00:25:03.819><c> one</c><00:25:04.059><c> verse</c>

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five<00:25:04.779><c> and</c><00:25:05.319><c> from</c><00:25:05.619><c> Jesus</c><00:25:05.960><c> Christ</c><00:25:06.279><c> who's</c><00:25:06.500><c> the</c><00:25:06.740><c> faithful</c><00:25:07.019><c> witness.</c><00:25:07.400><c> But</c><00:25:07.539><c> there's</c><00:25:07.819><c> a</c>

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problem<00:25:08.160><c> there,</c><00:25:08.339><c> you</c><00:25:08.500><c> can</c><00:25:08.740><c> see</c>

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we've<00:25:15.319><c> got</c><00:25:15.519><c> the</c><00:25:15.759><c> word</c><00:25:16.099><c> truth</c>

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Revelation<00:25:43.099><c> chapter</c><00:25:43.519><c> one.</c><00:25:43.859><c> You</c><00:25:43.859><c> see</c><00:25:44.019><c> the</c><00:25:44.180><c> problem.</c><00:25:45.779><c> Now</c><00:25:45.980><c> faithful</c><00:25:46.299><c> and</c>

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Revelation.<00:25:48.619><c> You</c><00:25:48.720><c> will</c><00:25:48.940><c> see</c><00:25:49.039><c> it</c><00:25:49.220><c> about</c><00:25:49.539><c> two</c><00:25:49.819><c> or</c><00:25:49.920><c> three</c><00:25:50.039><c> times</c>

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title.<00:26:13.279><c> The</c><00:26:13.460><c> Amen,</c><00:26:13.980><c> the</c><00:26:14.099><c> faithful</c><00:26:14.339><c> and</c><00:26:14.539><c> true</c>

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we<00:26:17.900><c> read</c><00:26:18.140><c> of</c><00:26:18.299><c> the</c><00:26:18.559><c> beginning</c><00:26:18.779><c> and</c><00:26:19.019><c> end</c><00:26:19.279><c> in</c><00:26:19.500><c> verse</c>

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eight<00:26:20.640><c> of</c><00:26:21.059><c> Revelation</c><00:26:21.480><c> chapter</c><00:26:21.859><c> one.</c><00:26:23.019><c> You</c><00:26:23.099><c> will</c><00:26:23.299><c> find</c><00:26:23.460><c> most</c>

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modern<00:26:24.180><c> manuscripts</c><00:26:24.720><c> don't</c><00:26:25.160><c> have</c><00:26:25.500><c> the</c><00:26:25.819><c> phrase</c>

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beginning<00:26:26.460><c> and</c><00:26:26.700><c> end</c><00:26:27.079><c> but</c><00:26:27.839><c> it's</c><00:26:28.099><c> not</c><00:26:28.400><c> wrong.</c><00:26:29.200><c> I</c><00:26:29.200><c> mean</c><00:26:29.380><c> beginning</c><00:26:29.720><c> and</c><00:26:29.920><c> end</c>

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does<00:26:30.319><c> mean</c><00:26:30.500><c> the</c><00:26:30.720><c> same</c><00:26:30.920><c> as</c>

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Alpha<00:26:31.759><c> and</c><00:26:32.099><c> Omega.</c><00:26:34.000><c> And</c><00:26:34.160><c> beginning</c><00:26:34.359><c> and</c><00:26:34.559><c> end</c><00:26:35.039><c> of</c><00:26:35.480><c> the</c><00:26:35.640><c> Lord</c><00:26:35.839><c> does</c><00:26:36.359><c> appear</c><00:26:36.920><c> in</c>

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Revelation<00:26:37.559><c> 21</c><00:26:38.119><c> verse</c><00:26:38.440><c> six.</c><00:26:38.759><c> So</c>

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title<00:26:39.359><c> appears</c><00:26:39.720><c> elsewhere</c><00:26:40.099><c> in</c><00:26:40.359><c> Revelation</c><00:26:40.980><c> but</c><00:26:42.579><c> not</c><00:26:43.279><c> quite</c>

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Omega.<00:26:51.440><c> It</c><00:26:51.579><c> is</c><00:26:51.839><c> the</c><00:26:52.099><c> same</c><00:26:52.299><c> as</c><00:26:52.819><c> first</c><00:26:53.160><c> and</c><00:26:53.460><c> last</c>

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in<00:26:54.460><c> Revelation</c><00:26:54.859><c> one</c><00:26:55.099><c> verse</c><00:26:55.339><c> 17.</c><00:26:55.900><c> So</c><00:26:56.000><c> I'm</c><00:26:56.039><c> not</c><00:26:56.200><c> going</c><00:26:56.319><c> to</c><00:26:56.460><c> make</c>

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anything<00:26:56.940><c> of</c><00:26:57.140><c> that.</c><00:26:57.779><c> Different</c><00:26:58.099><c> words,</c><00:26:58.519><c> same</c><00:26:58.759><c> idea.</c>

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But<00:27:01.619><c> what</c><00:27:01.839><c> about</c><00:27:02.079><c> the</c><00:27:02.380><c> true?</c><00:27:04.519><c> We've</c><00:27:04.779><c> got</c><00:27:04.880><c> a</c><00:27:05.059><c> problem</c><00:27:05.220><c> with</c><00:27:05.420><c> this</c><00:27:05.660><c> concept</c><00:27:06.000><c> of</c>

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truth<00:27:06.539><c> which</c><00:27:06.799><c> has</c><00:27:07.059><c> been</c><00:27:07.259><c> injected</c>

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into<00:27:08.220><c> Revelation</c><00:27:08.700><c> three</c><00:27:09.039><c> verse</c><00:27:09.279><c> 14</c><00:27:09.900><c> when</c><00:27:10.519><c> I</c><00:27:10.700><c> might</c><00:27:10.900><c> say</c><00:27:11.299><c> it</c><00:27:11.920><c> really</c><00:27:12.200><c> oughtn't</c><00:27:12.539><c> to</c>

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have<00:27:12.799><c> been.</c><00:27:12.940><c> I</c><00:27:12.980><c> mean</c><00:27:13.140><c> it's</c>

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clearly<00:27:13.720><c> there</c><00:27:13.960><c> to</c><00:27:14.380><c> accent</c><00:27:14.920><c> the</c><00:27:15.359><c> verse.</c><00:27:16.519><c> And</c><00:27:16.640><c> as</c><00:27:16.720><c> soon</c><00:27:16.819><c> as</c><00:27:16.920><c> you</c>

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see<00:27:17.279><c> that</c><00:27:17.420><c> you</c><00:27:17.579><c> say</c><00:27:17.640><c> well</c><00:27:17.779><c> there's</c><00:27:18.039><c> a</c><00:27:18.180><c> point</c><00:27:18.380><c> to</c>

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observe.<00:27:19.740><c> What's</c><00:27:20.099><c> the</c><00:27:20.299><c> point?</c><00:27:20.460><c> Well</c><00:27:20.599><c> come</c><00:27:20.759><c> back</c><00:27:20.900><c> for</c><00:27:20.980><c> me</c><00:27:21.119><c> to</c>

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Isaiah<00:27:21.559><c> 65.</c><00:27:23.779><c> Here's</c><00:27:24.079><c> where</c><00:27:24.359><c> the</c><00:27:25.380><c> idea</c><00:27:25.680><c> comes</c><00:27:26.119><c> from.</c>

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Isaiah<00:27:27.059><c> 65,</c><00:27:30.000><c> God</c><00:27:30.099><c> or</c><00:27:30.400><c> Yahweh</c><00:27:30.880><c> is</c><00:27:31.319><c> a</c><00:27:31.619><c> God</c><00:27:31.940><c> of</c><00:27:32.480><c> truth.</c><00:27:34.619><c> The</c><00:27:34.680><c> word</c>

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is<00:27:42.440><c> in</c><00:27:42.680><c> fact</c><00:27:42.839><c> a</c><00:27:43.019><c> word</c><00:27:43.180><c> that</c><00:27:43.440><c> appears</c><00:27:43.680><c> in</c><00:27:43.839><c> the</c><00:27:44.000><c> Old</c><00:27:44.240><c> and</c><00:27:44.559><c> New</c><00:27:44.859><c> Testaments.</c><00:27:45.380><c> The</c>

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word<00:27:45.700><c> amen</c><00:27:46.019><c> is</c><00:27:46.220><c> the</c><00:27:46.359><c> Greek</c><00:27:46.519><c> word</c>

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amen.<00:27:47.559><c> It's</c><00:27:47.940><c> also</c><00:27:48.140><c> the</c><00:27:48.339><c> Hebrew</c><00:27:48.539><c> word</c><00:27:49.039><c> amen.</c><00:27:50.720><c> And</c><00:27:51.019><c> in</c><00:27:51.420><c> Isaiah</c>

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65<00:27:52.240><c> verse</c><00:27:52.500><c> 16</c><00:27:52.960><c> it</c><00:27:53.220><c> says</c><00:27:53.519><c> that</c><00:27:54.240><c> he</c><00:27:54.500><c> who</c><00:27:54.880><c> blesses</c>

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himself<00:27:55.339><c> with</c><00:27:55.740><c> the</c><00:27:55.920><c> earth</c><00:27:56.099><c> shall</c><00:27:56.380><c> bless</c><00:27:56.740><c> himself</c><00:27:57.279><c> in</c><00:27:57.559><c> the</c><00:27:57.920><c> God</c>

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of<00:27:58.759><c> amen.</c><00:28:00.819><c> And</c><00:28:00.900><c> he</c><00:28:01.039><c> that</c><00:28:01.279><c> sweareth</c><00:28:01.599><c> in</c><00:28:01.720><c> the</c><00:28:01.900><c> earth</c>

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shall<00:28:02.240><c> swear</c><00:28:02.500><c> by</c><00:28:02.759><c> the</c><00:28:03.180><c> God</c><00:28:03.539><c> of</c><00:28:04.119><c> amen</c><00:28:04.680><c> because</c><00:28:05.539><c> the</c><00:28:05.839><c> former</c><00:28:06.019><c> troubles</c><00:28:06.380><c> are</c>

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forgotten<00:28:07.039><c> and</c><00:28:08.240><c> because</c><00:28:08.619><c> they're</c><00:28:08.960><c> hid</c>

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from<00:28:09.359><c> mine</c><00:28:09.539><c> eyes.</c><00:28:10.119><c> Now</c><00:28:10.680><c> as</c><00:28:11.180><c> I</c><00:28:11.299><c> say</c><00:28:11.359><c> the</c><00:28:11.480><c> word</c><00:28:11.660><c> truth</c><00:28:12.000><c> is</c><00:28:12.299><c> amen</c>

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as<00:28:12.680><c> I've</c><00:28:12.839><c> just</c><00:28:13.079><c> read</c><00:28:13.200><c> it</c><00:28:13.400><c> there.</c><00:28:14.160><c> So</c><00:28:14.339><c> this</c><00:28:14.539><c> is</c><00:28:14.740><c> the</c>

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God<00:28:14.980><c> you</c><00:28:15.140><c> can</c><00:28:15.420><c> trust.</c><00:28:15.740><c> This</c><00:28:15.900><c> is</c><00:28:16.099><c> God</c><00:28:16.220><c> who</c><00:28:16.400><c> makes</c><00:28:16.599><c> a</c><00:28:16.900><c> promise</c><00:28:17.119><c> and</c><00:28:17.460><c> keeps</c><00:28:17.759><c> it.</c><00:28:18.819><c> And</c><00:28:19.220><c> what's</c><00:28:19.460><c> the</c><00:28:19.759><c> context</c><00:28:20.400><c> of</c>

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the<00:28:21.319><c> promise</c>

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that's<00:28:22.119><c> been</c><00:28:22.440><c> kept</c><00:28:22.779><c> in</c><00:28:22.980><c> verse</c><00:28:23.160><c> 16</c><00:28:23.619><c> of</c><00:28:23.839><c> Isaiah</c><00:28:24.140><c> 65?</c><00:28:24.680><c> Well</c><00:28:24.839><c> here's</c><00:28:24.980><c> the</c>

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context<00:28:25.460><c> verse</c><00:28:25.700><c> 17.</c>

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the<00:28:30.819><c> former</c><00:28:31.000><c> shall</c><00:28:31.180><c> not</c><00:28:31.460><c> be</c><00:28:31.680><c> remembered</c>

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nor<00:28:32.700><c> come</c><00:28:33.059><c> to</c><00:28:33.319><c> mind.</c><00:28:33.480><c> It's</c><00:28:33.740><c> speaking</c><00:28:34.000><c> of</c><00:28:34.180><c> the</c><00:28:34.380><c> kingdom</c><00:28:34.579><c> age.</c><00:28:35.359><c> So</c><00:28:35.539><c> the</c><00:28:35.759><c> God</c><00:28:36.059><c> who's</c><00:28:36.559><c> promised</c><00:28:37.039><c> that</c><00:28:37.500><c> a</c>

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new<00:28:37.900><c> age</c><00:28:38.140><c> will</c>

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dawn<00:28:38.779><c> will</c><00:28:39.319><c> keep</c><00:28:39.660><c> his</c><00:28:40.000><c> promise.</c><00:28:40.339><c> He's</c><00:28:40.619><c> a</c><00:28:40.880><c> God</c><00:28:41.119><c> of</c><00:28:41.519><c> truth.</c><00:28:42.759><c> And</c>

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so<00:28:43.400><c> significant</c><00:28:43.859><c> is</c><00:28:44.160><c> that</c><00:28:44.380><c> that</c><00:28:44.500><c> it</c><00:28:44.759><c> says</c><00:28:45.059><c> in</c><00:28:45.380><c> verse</c>

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16<00:28:46.140><c> that</c><00:28:46.940><c> your</c><00:28:47.420><c> former</c><00:28:47.819><c> troubles</c><00:28:48.480><c> will</c><00:28:48.859><c> be</c><00:28:49.220><c> forgotten</c><00:28:49.799><c> in</c><00:28:50.400><c> the</c>

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kingdom<00:28:50.819><c> age.</c><00:28:52.200><c> Verse</c><00:28:52.259><c> 17</c><00:28:52.960><c> that</c><00:28:53.539><c> your</c><00:28:53.900><c> former</c>

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troubles<00:28:54.700><c> shall</c><00:28:54.980><c> not</c><00:28:55.359><c> be</c><00:28:55.660><c> remembered</c><00:28:56.299><c> nor</c><00:28:56.759><c> come</c><00:28:57.279><c> to</c><00:28:57.599><c> mind.</c><00:28:57.839><c> So</c>

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there's<00:28:58.259><c> a</c><00:28:58.500><c> clear</c><00:28:58.759><c> link</c><00:28:59.220><c> between</c><00:28:59.940><c> verse</c><00:29:00.819><c> 16</c><00:29:01.599><c> and</c><00:29:01.980><c> 17</c>

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about<00:29:03.319><c> the</c><00:29:03.700><c> former</c><00:29:03.920><c> things</c><00:29:04.559><c> not</c><00:29:05.480><c> coming</c><00:29:05.920><c> to</c><00:29:06.259><c> mind.</c><00:29:07.500><c> And</c><00:29:07.759><c> this</c>

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is<00:29:08.160><c> significance</c><00:29:08.579><c> of</c><00:29:08.839><c> course</c><00:29:09.039><c> to</c><00:29:09.279><c> Laodicea</c>

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in<00:29:10.400><c> this.</c><00:29:12.220><c> Because</c><00:29:12.519><c> what's</c><00:29:12.859><c> the</c><00:29:13.000><c> real</c><00:29:13.259><c> blessing</c><00:29:13.619><c> of</c><00:29:13.819><c> verse</c><00:29:14.000><c> 17</c>

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of<00:29:14.680><c> Isaiah</c><00:29:15.000><c> 65?</c><00:29:16.599><c> Well</c><00:29:16.680><c> that</c><00:29:16.819><c> former</c><00:29:17.000><c> things</c>

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don't<00:29:17.500><c> come</c><00:29:17.720><c> to</c><00:29:17.920><c> mind</c><00:29:18.299><c> verse</c><00:29:18.579><c> 17.</c><00:29:19.480><c> That</c><00:29:19.660><c> former</c><00:29:19.900><c> troubles</c><00:29:20.259><c> are</c>

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forgotten<00:29:21.240><c> verse</c><00:29:21.599><c> 16.</c><00:29:22.619><c> Well</c><00:29:22.759><c> that's</c><00:29:23.119><c> of</c><00:29:23.400><c> course</c><00:29:23.559><c> a</c>

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problem<00:29:24.059><c> in</c><00:29:24.319><c> Laodicea</c><00:29:25.000><c> because</c><00:29:26.619><c> the</c><00:29:27.079><c> former</c><00:29:27.319><c> troubles</c><00:29:27.779><c> that</c>

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is<00:29:28.380><c> the</c><00:29:28.640><c> troubles</c><00:29:28.920><c> of</c><00:29:29.119><c> this</c><00:29:29.380><c> age</c><00:29:29.859><c> well</c><00:29:30.920><c> they</c><00:29:31.180><c> weren't</c>

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forget<00:29:45.359><c> those</c><00:29:45.720><c> things</c><00:29:45.960><c> actually.</c><00:29:46.359><c> I</c><00:29:46.359><c> mean</c>

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life's<00:29:47.599><c> not</c><00:29:47.799><c> so</c><00:29:48.099><c> bad</c><00:29:48.279><c> in</c><00:29:48.500><c> Laodicea</c><00:29:48.940><c> I've</c><00:29:49.220><c> got</c><00:29:49.339><c> to</c><00:29:49.519><c> say.</c><00:29:51.000><c> It's</c>

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not<00:29:51.519><c> like</c><00:29:51.779><c> we're</c><00:29:52.299><c> trying</c><00:29:52.460><c> to</c><00:29:52.640><c> work</c><00:29:52.819><c> out</c><00:29:53.220><c> how</c><00:29:53.480><c> to</c><00:29:53.579><c> get</c>

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money<00:29:53.900><c> for</c><00:29:54.059><c> the</c><00:29:54.200><c> next</c><00:29:54.400><c> meal</c><00:29:54.640><c> or</c><00:29:54.799><c> anything</c><00:29:55.059><c> like</c><00:29:55.400><c> that.</c><00:29:57.420><c> And</c>

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you<00:29:57.640><c> see</c><00:29:57.759><c> Laodicea</c><00:29:58.299><c> doesn't</c><00:29:58.539><c> quite</c><00:29:58.740><c> have</c><00:29:58.839><c> the</c>

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attraction<00:29:59.500><c> for</c><00:29:59.700><c> the</c><00:29:59.880><c> kingdom</c><00:30:00.119><c> age</c><00:30:00.559><c> because</c><00:30:01.200><c> they</c><00:30:01.960><c> don't</c><00:30:02.200><c> have</c><00:30:02.440><c> any</c>

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persecution<00:30:03.400><c> in</c><00:30:03.839><c> this</c><00:30:04.180><c> age.</c><00:30:04.539><c> And</c><00:30:04.720><c> the</c><00:30:04.940><c> former</c>

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thing<00:30:05.480><c> what</c><00:30:05.839><c> do</c><00:30:06.140><c> you</c><00:30:06.220><c> mean</c><00:30:06.559><c> former</c><00:30:06.920><c> troubles?</c><00:30:08.099><c> There</c><00:30:08.380><c> are</c><00:30:09.019><c> no</c>

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former<00:30:09.660><c> troubles.</c><00:30:12.039><c> So</c><00:30:12.160><c> you</c><00:30:12.240><c> see</c><00:30:12.299><c> that</c><00:30:12.480><c> becomes</c><00:30:12.680><c> quite</c>

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significant<00:30:13.660><c> that</c><00:30:14.160><c> the</c><00:30:14.420><c> Lord</c><00:30:14.759><c> addresses</c><00:30:15.579><c> himself</c><00:30:16.220><c> as</c><00:30:18.559><c> the</c><00:30:19.039><c> Armin</c><00:30:19.400><c> in</c>

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a<00:30:20.579><c> context</c><00:30:21.019><c> where</c><00:30:21.220><c> the</c><00:30:21.440><c> Armin</c><00:30:21.700><c> will</c><00:30:22.039><c> solve</c>

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the<00:30:22.599><c> problems</c><00:30:22.779><c> of</c><00:30:22.940><c> this</c><00:30:23.160><c> age</c><00:30:23.319><c> to</c><00:30:23.420><c> an</c><00:30:23.559><c> ecclesiast.</c><00:30:23.819><c> It</c><00:30:23.960><c> doesn't</c>

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really<00:30:24.559><c> appear</c><00:30:24.759><c> to</c><00:30:24.960><c> have</c><00:30:25.180><c> too</c><00:30:25.400><c> many</c><00:30:25.619><c> problems</c>

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in<00:30:26.359><c> this</c><00:30:26.619><c> age.</c><00:30:27.980><c> And</c><00:30:28.220><c> therefore</c><00:30:28.380><c> the</c><00:30:28.559><c> fact</c><00:30:28.700><c> that</c><00:30:28.940><c> Christ</c><00:30:29.160><c> is</c><00:30:29.339><c> the</c><00:30:29.519><c> beginning</c><00:30:29.720><c> of</c>

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a<00:30:29.980><c> new</c><00:30:30.119><c> creation</c>

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well<00:30:31.559><c> that</c><00:30:31.779><c> doesn't</c><00:30:32.200><c> really</c><00:30:33.039><c> resonate</c><00:30:33.720><c> all</c><00:30:34.119><c> that</c><00:30:34.440><c> well</c><00:30:34.759><c> with</c>

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an<00:30:35.400><c> ecclesiast</c><00:30:35.900><c> that</c><00:30:36.480><c> isn't</c><00:30:36.960><c> desperate</c><00:30:37.460><c> to</c><00:30:37.720><c> see</c>

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the<00:30:38.160><c> end</c><00:30:38.420><c> of</c><00:30:38.599><c> this</c><00:30:38.839><c> creation</c><00:30:39.259><c> at</c><00:30:39.519><c> all.</c><00:30:41.859><c> But</c><00:30:42.000><c> there's</c><00:30:42.160><c> something</c><00:30:42.460><c> else.</c><00:30:43.619><c> Come</c><00:30:43.740><c> with</c><00:30:43.839><c> me</c>

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to<00:30:44.119><c> Jeremiah</c><00:30:44.480><c> 42.</c>

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So<00:30:47.460><c> the</c><00:30:47.579><c> God</c><00:30:47.740><c> of</c><00:30:48.279><c> the</c><00:30:48.519><c> Armin</c><00:30:48.859><c> is</c><00:30:49.640><c> a</c><00:30:49.819><c> God</c><00:30:49.940><c> who</c><00:30:50.099><c> keeps</c><00:30:50.279><c> his</c><00:30:50.519><c> promises</c><00:30:51.059><c> and</c><00:30:52.299><c> the</c><00:30:52.539><c> chief</c><00:30:52.720><c> promise</c><00:30:53.140><c> is</c>

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the<00:30:54.059><c> beginning</c>

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of<00:30:54.339><c> a</c><00:30:54.339><c> new</c><00:30:54.640><c> age</c><00:30:55.079><c> of</c><00:30:55.440><c> whom</c><00:30:55.720><c> Christ</c><00:30:56.359><c> is</c><00:30:57.220><c> the</c><00:30:57.420><c> first.</c><00:30:59.180><c> So</c><00:30:59.319><c> that's</c>

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how<00:30:59.740><c> he's</c><00:31:00.039><c> addressing</c><00:31:00.299><c> himself</c><00:31:00.660><c> to</c><00:31:00.859><c> Laodicea.</c>

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But<00:31:01.480><c> have</c><00:31:01.599><c> a</c><00:31:01.660><c> look</c><00:31:01.759><c> at</c><00:31:01.940><c> this.</c><00:31:02.220><c> This</c><00:31:02.339><c> is</c><00:31:02.940><c> Jeremiah</c><00:31:03.299><c> 42</c><00:31:03.900><c> and</c><00:31:04.259><c> verse</c><00:31:04.579><c> 5.</c>

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The<00:31:07.319><c> emphasis</c><00:31:07.720><c> of</c><00:31:08.059><c> truth</c>

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and<00:31:10.500><c> the</c><00:31:10.759><c> modifying</c><00:31:11.140><c> of</c><00:31:11.539><c> titles</c><00:31:11.940><c> in</c><00:31:12.220><c> Revelation</c><00:31:12.599><c> 3</c><00:31:12.940><c> verse</c><00:31:13.200><c> 14</c>

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and<00:31:13.779><c> the</c><00:31:13.920><c> Lord's</c><00:31:14.220><c> opening</c><00:31:14.440><c> salutation</c><00:31:15.039><c> takes</c><00:31:15.380><c> us</c>

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also<00:31:16.180><c> to</c><00:31:16.519><c> Jeremiah</c><00:31:17.059><c> because</c><00:31:18.220><c> this</c><00:31:18.559><c> is</c><00:31:18.839><c> the</c><00:31:19.160><c> only</c><00:31:19.660><c> other</c><00:31:20.180><c> place</c>

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in<00:31:20.640><c> the</c><00:31:20.859><c> Bible</c><00:31:21.119><c> outside</c><00:31:21.579><c> of</c><00:31:21.799><c> Revelation</c><00:31:22.079><c> 3</c><00:31:22.460><c> and</c>

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verse<00:31:22.779><c> 14</c><00:31:23.259><c> that</c><00:31:23.400><c> you</c><00:31:23.559><c> read</c><00:31:23.740><c> of</c><00:31:23.980><c> Yahweh</c><00:31:24.240><c> being</c><00:31:24.579><c> a</c><00:31:25.059><c> faithful</c><00:31:25.480><c> and</c>

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true<00:31:26.259><c> witness.</c><00:31:27.579><c> It</c><00:31:27.579><c> appears</c><00:31:27.960><c> in</c>

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Revelation<00:31:29.819><c> 3.</c><00:31:30.240><c> It</c><00:31:30.279><c> appears</c><00:31:30.660><c> here.</c><00:31:32.299><c> Verse</c><00:31:32.339><c> 5.</c><00:31:32.779><c> Then</c><00:31:32.960><c> they</c><00:31:33.279><c> said</c><00:31:33.539><c> to</c>

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Jeremiah<00:31:34.299><c> Yahweh</c><00:31:35.380><c> be</c><00:31:35.579><c> a</c><00:31:35.940><c> true</c><00:31:36.380><c> and</c>

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faithful<00:31:37.720><c> witness</c><00:31:38.339><c> between</c><00:31:38.779><c> us</c><00:31:39.460><c> if</c><00:31:40.059><c> we</c><00:31:40.240><c> do</c><00:31:40.420><c> not</c><00:31:40.619><c> even</c><00:31:40.900><c> according</c><00:31:41.240><c> to</c><00:31:41.500><c> all</c>

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things<00:31:42.200><c> for</c><00:31:42.380><c> the</c><00:31:42.480><c> which</c><00:31:42.640><c> Yahweh</c>

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thy<00:31:43.160><c> God</c><00:31:43.519><c> shall</c><00:31:43.759><c> send</c><00:31:44.140><c> thee</c><00:31:44.359><c> to</c><00:31:44.619><c> us.</c><00:31:45.720><c> Now</c><00:31:45.980><c> what's</c><00:31:46.500><c> happening</c>

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in<00:31:47.599><c> Jeremiah</c><00:31:48.160><c> 42?</c><00:31:50.380><c> Well</c><00:31:50.619><c> in</c><00:31:50.859><c> Jeremiah</c><00:31:51.059><c> 41</c><00:31:51.539><c> Babylon</c><00:31:51.980><c> has</c>

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just<00:31:52.539><c> taken</c><00:31:53.440><c> Judah</c><00:31:53.980><c> into</c><00:31:54.420><c> captivity</c><00:31:55.039><c> under</c><00:31:55.900><c> the</c><00:31:56.019><c> control</c><00:31:56.319><c> of</c>

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Nebuchadnezzar.<00:31:59.160><c> Gedaliah</c><00:31:59.640><c> the</c><00:32:00.019><c> governor</c><00:32:00.380><c> has</c><00:32:00.680><c> been</c>

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appointed<00:32:01.500><c> by</c><00:32:01.779><c> the</c><00:32:01.960><c> Babylonians</c><00:32:02.859><c> to</c><00:32:04.400><c> rule</c><00:32:04.660><c> whatever's</c><00:32:05.180><c> left</c>

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in<00:32:05.720><c> their</c><00:32:06.000><c> absence</c><00:32:06.400><c> and</c><00:32:06.599><c> he's</c><00:32:06.779><c> just</c><00:32:06.980><c> been</c><00:32:07.180><c> killed</c>

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in<00:32:07.759><c> Jeremiah</c><00:32:08.039><c> 41.</c><00:32:08.619><c> Well</c><00:32:08.779><c> that</c><00:32:08.940><c> was</c><00:32:09.160><c> a</c><00:32:09.380><c> bad</c><00:32:09.599><c> move</c><00:32:09.839><c> because</c><00:32:10.480><c> you</c>

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can<00:32:10.980><c> be</c><00:32:11.180><c> sure</c><00:32:11.299><c> that's</c><00:32:11.539><c> going</c><00:32:11.660><c> to</c><00:32:11.799><c> bring</c><00:32:11.900><c> upon</c><00:32:12.140><c> you</c>

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the<00:32:12.460><c> wrath</c><00:32:12.599><c> of</c><00:32:12.779><c> the</c><00:32:12.900><c> king</c><00:32:13.059><c> of</c><00:32:13.279><c> Babylon.</c><00:32:14.559><c> And</c><00:32:14.660><c> so</c><00:32:14.819><c> a</c><00:32:14.859><c> group</c><00:32:15.019><c> of</c>

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Jews<00:32:15.519><c> in</c><00:32:15.680><c> Jeremiah</c><00:32:15.980><c> 42</c><00:32:16.400><c> comes</c><00:32:16.720><c> to</c><00:32:17.000><c> Jeremiah</c><00:32:17.319><c> and</c><00:32:17.440><c> they</c>

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say<00:32:17.859><c> to</c><00:32:18.000><c> Jeremiah</c><00:32:18.400><c> well</c><00:32:19.140><c> we're</c><00:32:19.460><c> in</c><00:32:19.640><c> trouble</c><00:32:19.880><c> Jeremiah.</c><00:32:20.720><c> I</c><00:32:20.720><c> mean</c><00:32:20.839><c> this</c><00:32:21.619><c> is</c>

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Jonathan<00:32:22.160><c> the</c><00:32:22.299><c> son</c><00:32:22.440><c> of</c>

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Korea.<00:32:23.759><c> He</c><00:32:23.920><c> wasn't</c><00:32:24.299><c> the</c><00:32:24.480><c> one</c><00:32:24.599><c> that</c><00:32:24.799><c> killed</c><00:32:25.039><c> Gedaliah</c><00:32:26.319><c> but</c><00:32:26.700><c> now</c>

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they're<00:32:27.160><c> really</c><00:32:27.420><c> worried</c><00:32:27.599><c> about</c><00:32:27.779><c> what</c><00:32:27.920><c> they</c>

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should<00:32:28.240><c> do</c><00:32:28.500><c> next.</c><00:32:28.940><c> Should</c><00:32:29.119><c> they</c><00:32:29.400><c> stay</c><00:32:29.640><c> in</c><00:32:29.779><c> Israel</c><00:32:30.039><c> or</c><00:32:30.240><c> should</c>

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they<00:32:30.559><c> leave</c><00:32:30.980><c> and</c><00:32:31.420><c> perhaps</c><00:32:31.579><c> go</c><00:32:31.779><c> to</c><00:32:31.920><c> Egypt</c><00:32:32.220><c> or</c>

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something?<00:32:32.940><c> Verse</c><00:32:33.000><c> 1</c><00:32:33.299><c> of</c><00:32:33.440><c> Jeremiah</c><00:32:33.799><c> 42.</c><00:32:35.200><c> Then</c><00:32:35.259><c> all</c><00:32:35.460><c> the</c><00:32:35.660><c> captains</c><00:32:35.900><c> of</c><00:32:36.079><c> the</c><00:32:36.220><c> forces</c><00:32:36.500><c> and</c><00:32:36.779><c> Jehanan</c><00:32:37.140><c> the</c><00:32:37.279><c> son</c><00:32:37.420><c> of</c>

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Korea<00:32:38.079><c> and</c><00:32:38.880><c> Jezanah</c><00:32:39.299><c> the</c><00:32:39.480><c> son</c><00:32:39.740><c> of</c><00:32:40.299><c> Hoshiah</c><00:32:40.819><c> and</c><00:32:41.339><c> all</c><00:32:41.700><c> the</c><00:32:41.920><c> people</c><00:32:42.079><c> from</c>

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the<00:32:42.480><c> least</c><00:32:42.779><c> to</c><00:32:42.980><c> the</c><00:32:43.180><c> greatest</c><00:32:43.460><c> came</c><00:32:43.819><c> near</c>

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and<00:32:44.339><c> said</c><00:32:44.680><c> to</c><00:32:44.960><c> Jeremiah</c><00:32:45.319><c> the</c><00:32:45.519><c> prophet</c><00:32:45.960><c> let</c><00:32:46.819><c> we</c><00:32:47.099><c> beseech</c><00:32:47.640><c> thee</c>

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our<00:32:49.000><c> supplication</c><00:32:49.720><c> be</c><00:32:49.980><c> accepted</c><00:32:50.279><c> before</c><00:32:50.720><c> thee</c>

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pray<00:32:51.960><c> for</c><00:32:52.140><c> us</c><00:32:52.380><c> unto</c><00:32:52.660><c> Yahweh</c><00:32:53.019><c> thy</c><00:32:53.220><c> God</c><00:32:53.599><c> even</c><00:32:54.000><c> for</c><00:32:54.180><c> this</c><00:32:54.420><c> remnant</c>

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for<00:32:55.400><c> we</c><00:32:55.579><c> are</c><00:32:55.680><c> left</c><00:32:56.079><c> but</c><00:32:56.720><c> a</c><00:32:56.980><c> few</c><00:32:57.059><c> of</c><00:32:57.279><c> many</c><00:32:57.460><c> as</c>

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thine<00:32:57.779><c> eyes</c><00:32:58.160><c> do</c><00:32:58.400><c> behold</c><00:32:58.619><c> us</c><00:32:59.339><c> that</c><00:33:00.279><c> Yahweh</c><00:33:00.880><c> thy</c><00:33:01.160><c> God</c><00:33:01.500><c> may</c><00:33:01.880><c> show</c>

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it<00:52:47.329><c> doesn't</c><00:52:47.329><c> just</c><00:52:47.670><c> happen</c><00:52:47.889><c> because</c><00:52:48.190><c> of</c><00:52:48.409><c> money</c><00:52:49.130><c> we</c><00:52:49.510><c> could</c><00:52:49.670><c> marginalize</c><00:52:50.170><c> groups</c><00:52:50.369><c> for</c>

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me<00:53:04.730><c> don't</c><00:53:05.349><c> trust</c><00:53:05.750><c> it</c><00:53:05.949><c> money</c><00:53:06.190><c> grows</c><00:53:06.550><c> wings</c>

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hey<01:06:05.500><c> that</c><01:06:05.659><c> heaven</c><01:06:05.920><c> have</c><01:06:06.159><c> an</c><01:06:06.340><c> ear</c><01:06:07.059><c> let</c><01:06:08.260><c> him</c><01:06:08.420><c> hear</c><01:06:08.579><c> what</c><01:06:08.739><c> the</c><01:06:08.980><c> spirit</c><01:06:09.199><c> said</c><01:06:09.880><c> unto</c><01:06:10.739><c> the</c><01:06:10.980><c> ecclesiast</c>