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Lord</c><00:11:16.000><c> afresh</c><00:11:16.379><c> and</c><00:11:16.580><c> put</c><00:11:16.740><c> Him</c><00:11:16.940><c> to</c><00:11:17.059><c> an</c><00:11:17.259><c> open</c><00:11:17.519><c> shame,</c> 00:11:18.639 --> 00:11:21.399 then<00:11:18.960><c> that</c><00:11:19.159><c> is</c><00:11:19.360><c> a</c><00:11:19.539><c> different</c><00:11:19.779><c> matter</c><00:11:20.159><c> altogether.</c> 00:11:21.500 --> 00:11:25.639 And<00:11:21.799><c> perhaps</c><00:11:22.179><c> we</c><00:11:22.340><c> will</c><00:11:22.559><c> deal,</c><00:11:23.399><c> or</c><00:11:23.559><c> have</c><00:11:23.720><c> to</c><00:11:23.919><c> deal,</c><00:11:24.919><c> with</c><00:11:25.340><c> one</c> 00:11:25.639 --> 00:11:26.460 of<00:11:25.799><c> the</c><00:11:26.019><c> angels</c> 00:11:26.460 --> 00:11:30.360 under<00:11:27.340><c> the</c><00:11:27.580><c> jurisdiction</c><00:11:28.179><c> of</c><00:11:29.360><c> Abaddon.</c> 00:11:31.019 --> 00:11:34.600 And<00:11:31.340><c> so</c><00:11:31.460><c> as</c><00:11:31.600><c> we</c><00:11:31.820><c> embark</c><00:11:31.980><c> on</c><00:11:32.159><c> this</c><00:11:32.419><c> study</c><00:11:32.740><c> of</c><00:11:33.019><c> the</c><00:11:33.340><c> destroying</c><00:11:33.559><c> angel,</c> 00:11:34.840 --> 00:11:40.200 we<00:11:35.019><c> see</c><00:11:35.220><c> a</c><00:11:35.480><c> whole</c><00:11:35.960><c> vista</c><00:11:36.240><c> of</c><00:11:36.519><c> thinking</c><00:11:36.820><c> that</c><00:11:37.379><c> hitherto</c><00:11:37.740><c> has</c><00:11:38.039><c> been</c><00:11:38.460><c> almost</c><00:11:38.899><c> untouched</c><00:11:39.580><c> by</c> 00:11:40.200 --> 00:11:41.460 the<00:11:40.419><c> brotherhood.</c> 00:11:42.039 --> 00:11:46.100 And<00:11:42.500><c> that</c><00:11:42.600><c> is</c><00:11:42.879><c> the</c><00:11:43.299><c> issue</c><00:11:43.820><c> of</c><00:11:44.360><c> angels</c><00:11:44.960><c> of</c><00:11:45.779><c> evil.</c> 00:11:46.100 --> 00:11:52.000 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talking</c><00:12:02.100><c> about</c><00:12:02.279><c> immortal</c><00:12:02.639><c> angels</c><00:12:03.059><c> now.</c> 00:12:04.059 --> 00:12:08.919 An<00:12:04.179><c> immortal</c><00:12:04.500><c> angel</c><00:12:04.960><c> has</c><00:12:05.320><c> to</c><00:12:05.600><c> be</c><00:12:06.240><c> 100</c><00:12:06.639><c>%</c><00:12:07.220><c> obedient</c><00:12:07.899><c> to</c><00:12:08.559><c> the</c><00:12:08.740><c> Lord</c> 00:12:08.919 --> 00:12:09.639 God<00:12:09.279><c> of</c><00:12:09.500><c> heaven.</c> 00:12:09.679 --> 00:12:14.480 There<00:12:09.799><c> can</c><00:12:09.980><c> be</c><00:12:10.240><c> no</c><00:12:11.679><c> disobedience</c><00:12:12.700><c> as</c><00:12:13.320><c> far</c><00:12:13.519><c> as</c><00:12:13.659><c> the</c><00:12:13.840><c> angels</c><00:12:14.200><c> of</c> 00:12:14.480 --> 00:12:15.919 heaven<00:12:14.799><c> are</c><00:12:15.340><c> concerned.</c> 00:12:16.100 --> 00:12:20.840 They<00:12:16.960><c> are</c><00:12:17.340><c> angels</c><00:12:17.820><c> that</c><00:12:18.179><c> execute</c><00:12:18.659><c> God's</c><00:12:19.179><c> judgment</c><00:12:19.659><c> upon</c><00:12:20.379><c> the</c><00:12:20.580><c> wicked.</c> 00:12:21.179 --> 00:12:22.399 They<00:12:21.440><c> execute</c><00:12:22.019><c> evil.</c> 00:12:22.700 --> 00:12:24.919 Can<00:12:22.840><c> there</c><00:12:23.059><c> be</c><00:12:23.320><c> evil</c><00:12:23.580><c> in</c><00:12:23.759><c> the</c><00:12:23.899><c> city</c><00:12:24.100><c> and</c><00:12:24.220><c> the</c><00:12:24.360><c> Lord</c><00:12:24.480><c> hath</c><00:12:24.679><c> not</c> 00:12:24.919 --> 00:12:25.909 done<00:12:25.120><c> it?</c> 00:12:27.139 --> 00:12:30.519 I<00:12:27.379><c> the</c><00:12:27.539><c> Lord</c><00:12:27.840><c> create</c><00:12:28.360><c> good</c><00:12:28.860><c> and</c><00:12:29.639><c> I</c><00:12:29.899><c> create</c><00:12:30.259><c> evil.</c> 00:12:30.740 --> 00:12:32.779 I<00:12:30.799><c> create</c><00:12:31.120><c> light</c><00:12:31.539><c> and</c><00:12:31.860><c> I</c><00:12:32.080><c> create</c><00:12:32.340><c> darkness.</c> 00:12:32.879 --> 00:12:35.139 And<00:12:32.960><c> you'll</c><00:12:33.179><c> find</c><00:12:33.320><c> that</c><00:12:33.720><c> in</c><00:12:33.960><c> that</c><00:12:34.179><c> first</c><00:12:34.360><c> principles</c><00:12:34.799><c> verse</c> 00:12:35.139 --> 00:12:37.580 in<00:12:35.279><c> Isaiah</c><00:12:35.799><c> 45</c><00:12:36.659><c> and</c><00:12:36.820><c> verse</c><00:12:37.139><c> 7.</c> 00:12:37.799 --> 00:12:42.519 But<00:12:37.940><c> I</c><00:12:38.080><c> bring</c><00:12:38.159><c> you</c><00:12:38.360><c> to</c><00:12:38.519><c> Psalm</c><00:12:38.799><c> 78</c><00:12:39.539><c> where</c><00:12:40.120><c> we</c><00:12:40.480><c> find</c><00:12:41.259><c> evil</c><00:12:42.059><c> angels</c> 00:12:42.519 --> 00:12:44.100 or<00:12:42.820><c> angels</c><00:12:43.360><c> of</c><00:12:43.700><c> evil</c> 00:12:44.100 --> 00:12:47.240 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brought</c><00:13:03.559><c> upon</c><00:13:03.940><c> the</c><00:13:04.179><c> Egyptians.</c> 00:13:08.940 --> 00:13:11.419 Psalm<00:13:09.120><c> 78</c><00:13:09.639><c> and</c><00:13:09.779><c> verse</c><00:13:10.059><c> 44.</c> 00:13:13.500 --> 00:13:16.460 He<00:13:14.139><c> turned</c><00:13:14.460><c> their</c><00:13:14.720><c> rivers</c><00:13:14.980><c> into</c><00:13:15.279><c> blood.</c> 00:13:16.799 --> 00:13:19.899 He<00:13:16.940><c> sent</c><00:13:17.120><c> swarms</c><00:13:17.620><c> of</c><00:13:17.980><c> flies</c><00:13:18.320><c> which</c><00:13:18.659><c> devoured</c><00:13:19.039><c> them</c><00:13:19.259><c> and</c><00:13:19.480><c> frogs</c> 00:13:19.899 --> 00:13:21.879 which<00:13:20.259><c> destroyed</c><00:13:20.659><c> them.</c> 00:13:22.259 --> 00:13:26.399 And<00:13:22.519><c> he</c><00:13:22.659><c> gave</c><00:13:22.980><c> also</c><00:13:23.440><c> the</c><00:13:23.659><c> increase</c><00:13:24.299><c> to</c><00:13:25.080><c> the</c><00:13:25.340><c> caterpillar</c><00:13:25.820><c> and</c> 00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:27.899 their<00:13:26.600><c> labor</c><00:13:26.840><c> to</c><00:13:27.080><c> the</c><00:13:27.340><c> locust.</c> 00:13:28.159 --> 00:13:31.600 Notice<00:13:28.480><c> that</c><00:13:29.000><c> back</c><00:13:29.580><c> in</c><00:13:29.799><c> Revelation</c><00:13:30.259><c> as</c><00:13:30.639><c> well,</c><00:13:30.899><c> the</c><00:13:31.080><c> locust.</c> 00:13:31.740 --> 00:13:33.019 There<00:13:31.919><c> he</c><00:13:32.000><c> is</c><00:13:32.139><c> again.</c> 00:13:33.539 --> 00:13:35.779 He<00:13:33.799><c> destroyed</c><00:13:34.360><c> their</c><00:13:34.700><c> vines</c><00:13:35.120><c> with</c><00:13:35.399><c> hail.</c> 00:13:35.860 --> 00:13:37.639 Verse<00:13:36.139><c> 47</c><00:13:36.740><c> verse</c><00:13:37.019><c> 49.</c> 00:13:37.980 --> 00:13:40.899 He<00:13:38.279><c> cast</c><00:13:38.539><c> upon</c><00:13:38.840><c> them</c><00:13:39.059><c> his</c><00:13:39.460><c> fierce</c><00:13:39.679><c> anger</c><00:13:40.080><c> with</c><00:13:40.320><c> wrath</c><00:13:40.659><c> and</c><00:13:40.879><c> indignation.</c> 00:13:40.899 --> 00:13:48.080 And<00:13:41.519><c> trouble</c><00:13:41.860><c> by</c><00:13:43.279><c> sending</c><00:13:44.159><c> evil</c><00:13:45.659><c> angels</c><00:13:46.799><c> among</c><00:13:47.679><c> them.</c> 00:13:48.519 --> 00:13:53.100 The<00:13:48.559><c> revised</c><00:13:48.879><c> version</c><00:13:49.200><c> says</c><00:13:49.679><c> by</c><00:13:50.279><c> sending</c><00:13:50.620><c> a</c><00:13:51.159><c> band</c><00:13:51.620><c> of</c><00:13:52.580><c> angels</c> 00:13:53.100 --> 00:13:53.940 of<00:13:53.559><c> evil,</c> 00:13:54.379 --> 00:13:56.580 which<00:13:54.440><c> is</c><00:13:54.679><c> perhaps</c><00:13:54.899><c> a</c><00:13:55.139><c> better</c><00:13:55.360><c> translation.</c> 00:13:56.639 --> 00:14:02.139 Angels<00:13:57.059><c> of</c><00:13:57.519><c> evil,</c><00:13:58.960><c> angels</c><00:13:59.279><c> which</c><00:13:59.740><c> execute</c><00:14:00.679><c> evil.</c> 00:14:02.899 --> 00:14:04.600 Verse<00:14:03.320><c> 50.</c> 00:14:05.039 --> 00:14:07.360 He<00:14:05.320><c> made</c><00:14:05.519><c> a</c><00:14:05.799><c> path</c><00:14:06.039><c> for</c><00:14:06.259><c> his</c><00:14:06.460><c> anger.</c> 00:14:07.519 --> 00:14:10.120 He<00:14:07.840><c> spared</c><00:14:08.059><c> not</c><00:14:08.340><c> their</c><00:14:08.600><c> soul</c><00:14:08.820><c> from</c><00:14:09.139><c> death.</c> 00:14:10.259 --> 00:14:15.480 But<00:14:10.779><c> revised</c><00:14:11.919><c> version</c><00:14:12.320><c> margin</c><00:14:13.019><c> gave</c><00:14:14.100><c> their</c><00:14:14.539><c> beasts</c><00:14:14.960><c> to</c><00:14:15.299><c> the</c> 00:14:15.480 --> 00:14:19.019 Moraine<00:14:16.159><c> and</c><00:14:17.019><c> smote</c><00:14:17.299><c> the</c><00:14:17.519><c> firstborn</c><00:14:17.919><c> of</c><00:14:18.100><c> Egypt.</c> 00:14:19.559 --> 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the</c><00:15:17.279><c> matter</c><00:15:17.659><c> of</c><00:15:18.480><c> the</c><00:15:18.740><c> numbering</c><00:15:19.580><c> of</c><00:15:19.820><c> Israel.</c> 00:15:21.460 --> 00:15:25.379 1<00:15:21.720><c> Chronicles</c><00:15:22.139><c> 21</c><00:15:22.679><c> and</c><00:15:22.919><c> at</c><00:15:23.139><c> verse</c><00:15:23.559><c> 7.</c> 00:15:31.500 --> 00:15:34.480 And<00:15:31.980><c> God</c><00:15:32.279><c> was</c><00:15:32.620><c> displeased</c><00:15:33.179><c> with</c><00:15:33.360><c> this</c><00:15:33.580><c> thing,</c><00:15:33.960><c> therefore</c><00:15:34.120><c> he</c> 00:15:34.480 --> 00:15:35.980 smote<00:15:34.720><c> Israel.</c> 00:15:36.240 --> 00:15:39.940 And<00:15:36.320><c> David</c><00:15:36.639><c> said</c><00:15:36.820><c> unto</c><00:15:37.059><c> God,</c><00:15:38.220><c> I</c><00:15:38.220><c> have</c><00:15:38.600><c> sinned</c><00:15:39.019><c> greatly</c><00:15:39.480><c> in</c><00:15:39.720><c> that</c><00:15:39.820><c> I</c> 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what</c><00:15:52.399><c> he</c><00:15:52.580><c> has</c><00:15:52.840><c> done.</c> 00:15:53.200 --> 00:15:54.240 Verse<00:15:53.620><c> 9.</c> 00:15:54.600 --> 00:15:54.860 And<00:15:54.820><c> the</c><00:15:54.860><c> Lord</c><00:15:54.860><c> said</c><00:15:54.860><c> unto</c><00:15:54.860><c> David,</c><00:15:54.860><c> I</c><00:15:54.860><c> have</c><00:15:54.860><c> sinned</c><00:15:54.860><c> greatly</c><00:15:54.860><c> in</c><00:15:54.860><c> that</c><00:15:54.860><c> I</c> 00:15:54.860 --> 00:15:54.860 have<00:15:54.860><c> done</c><00:15:54.860><c> this</c><00:15:54.860><c> thing.</c> 00:15:54.860 --> 00:15:59.460 And<00:15:54.860><c> the</c><00:15:54.860><c> Lord</c><00:15:55.220><c> spake</c><00:15:55.679><c> unto</c><00:15:55.960><c> Gad,</c><00:15:56.580><c> David's</c><00:15:57.399><c> seer,</c><00:15:57.820><c> saying,</c><00:15:59.240><c> Go</c> 00:15:59.460 --> 00:16:03.740 tell<00:15:59.759><c> David,</c><00:16:00.480><c> saying,</c><00:16:00.799><c> Thus</c><00:16:01.080><c> saith</c><00:16:01.399><c> the</c><00:16:01.659><c> Lord,</c><00:16:03.059><c> I</c><00:16:03.240><c> offer</c><00:16:03.480><c> thee</c> 00:16:03.740 --> 00:16:07.080 three<00:16:03.980><c> things,</c><00:16:04.600><c> choose</c><00:16:04.820><c> one</c><00:16:05.059><c> of</c><00:16:05.200><c> them,</c><00:16:06.240><c> that</c><00:16:06.340><c> I</c><00:16:06.559><c> might</c><00:16:06.740><c> do</c><00:16:06.960><c> it</c> 00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:07.559 unto<00:16:07.240><c> thee.</c> 00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:12.059 And<00:16:07.860><c> before</c><00:16:08.100><c> looking</c><00:16:08.379><c> at</c><00:16:08.580><c> that,</c><00:16:08.980><c> just</c><00:16:09.220><c> notice</c><00:16:09.480><c> in</c><00:16:09.659><c> verse</c><00:16:09.879><c> 9</c><00:16:10.299><c> that</c><00:16:10.740><c> Gad,</c><00:16:11.879><c> a</c> 00:16:12.059 --> 00:16:15.299 prophet,<00:16:12.559><c> is</c><00:16:12.799><c> known</c><00:16:13.240><c> as</c><00:16:14.000><c> a</c><00:16:14.419><c> seer.</c> 00:16:15.679 --> 00:16:17.779 If<00:16:15.820><c> you'd</c><00:16:16.000><c> like</c><00:16:16.059><c> to</c><00:16:16.220><c> make</c><00:16:16.340><c> a</c><00:16:16.460><c> note</c><00:16:16.539><c> in</c><00:16:16.659><c> your</c><00:16:16.879><c> margin,</c><00:16:17.320><c> 1</c><00:16:17.500><c> Samuel</c> 00:16:17.779 --> 00:16:23.460 9<00:16:18.100><c> verse</c><00:16:18.360><c> 9,</c><00:16:19.740><c> in</c><00:16:19.960><c> those</c><00:16:20.320><c> days</c><00:16:20.720><c> the</c><00:16:21.080><c> prophets</c><00:16:21.399><c> were</c><00:16:21.740><c> called</c><00:16:22.220><c> seers.</c> 00:16:23.799 --> 00:16:25.580 Well,<00:16:24.120><c> what</c><00:16:24.240><c> do</c><00:16:24.340><c> you</c><00:16:24.379><c> think</c><00:16:24.519><c> they</c><00:16:24.740><c> saw?</c> 00:16:26.600 --> 00:16:32.000 Well,<00:16:26.759><c> they</c><00:16:26.960><c> saw</c><00:16:27.720><c> visions,</c><00:16:28.340><c> surely,</c><00:16:28.960><c> but</c><00:16:30.220><c> they</c><00:16:30.539><c> also</c><00:16:30.899><c> saw</c><00:16:31.419><c> angels.</c> 00:16:32.259 --> 00:16:38.059 Thus<00:16:32.519><c> saith</c><00:16:32.799><c> the</c><00:16:33.019><c> Lord,</c><00:16:33.820><c> they</c><00:16:34.000><c> would</c><00:16:34.259><c> say,</c><00:16:35.519><c> directly</c><00:16:36.120><c> from</c><00:16:37.059><c> God</c><00:16:37.519><c> to</c> 00:16:38.059 --> 00:16:39.720 the<00:16:38.340><c> angel</c><00:16:38.659><c> to</c><00:16:39.179><c> the</c><00:16:39.399><c> prophet.</c> 00:16:40.159 --> 00:16:44.080 And<00:16:40.519><c> that</c><00:16:40.740><c> seems</c><00:16:40.960><c> to</c><00:16:41.200><c> be</c><00:16:41.659><c> the</c><00:16:41.860><c> way</c><00:16:42.019><c> that</c><00:16:42.240><c> God</c><00:16:42.559><c> dealt</c><00:16:42.940><c> with</c><00:16:43.139><c> Israel</c><00:16:43.600><c> in</c> 00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:45.360 the<00:16:44.220><c> Old</c><00:16:44.379><c> Testament.</c> 00:16:45.600 --> 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and</c><00:17:20.000><c> God</c><00:17:20.279><c> sent</c><00:17:20.559><c> an</c><00:17:20.819><c> angel</c><00:17:21.160><c> to</c><00:17:21.519><c> Jerusalem</c><00:17:22.039><c> to</c><00:17:22.380><c> destroy</c><00:17:22.799><c> it.</c> 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:32.660 And<00:17:24.140><c> as</c><00:17:24.339><c> he</c><00:17:24.420><c> was</c><00:17:24.640><c> about</c><00:17:24.859><c> to</c><00:17:25.119><c> destroy,</c><00:17:26.740><c> the</c><00:17:26.859><c> Lord</c><00:17:27.079><c> beheld</c><00:17:27.759><c> and</c><00:17:29.220><c> repented</c><00:17:29.660><c> him</c><00:17:29.859><c> of</c><00:17:30.000><c> the</c><00:17:30.200><c> evil,</c><00:17:31.599><c> and</c><00:17:31.740><c> I'm</c><00:17:31.960><c> sure</c><00:17:32.200><c> that</c><00:17:32.420><c> was</c><00:17:32.619><c> a</c> 00:17:32.660 --> 00:17:37.240 direct<00:17:33.339><c> response</c><00:17:34.160><c> to</c><00:17:35.299><c> the</c><00:17:35.579><c> repentance</c><00:17:36.039><c> of</c><00:17:36.319><c> David.</c> 00:17:38.380 --> 00:17:42.980 He<00:17:38.940><c> repented</c><00:17:39.500><c> him</c><00:17:39.700><c> of</c><00:17:39.859><c> the</c><00:17:40.079><c> evil,</c><00:17:40.460><c> and</c><00:17:40.579><c> he</c><00:17:40.839><c> said</c><00:17:41.059><c> to</c><00:17:41.319><c> the</c><00:17:41.500><c> destroying</c><00:17:41.900><c> angel,</c><00:17:42.619><c> it</c><00:17:42.680><c> is</c> 00:17:42.980 --> 00:17:46.000 enough,<00:17:44.059><c> now</c><00:17:44.299><c> stay</c><00:17:44.720><c> thine</c><00:17:45.000><c> hand.</c> 00:17:46.420 --> 00:17:49.579 And<00:17:46.700><c> the</c><00:17:46.859><c> angel</c><00:17:47.160><c> of</c><00:17:47.319><c> the</c><00:17:47.460><c> Lord</c><00:17:47.720><c> stood</c><00:17:48.140><c> by</c><00:17:48.460><c> the</c><00:17:48.680><c> threshing</c><00:17:48.960><c> floor</c><00:17:49.200><c> of</c> 00:17:49.579 --> 00:17:50.599 Onan,<00:17:49.980><c> the</c><00:17:50.160><c> Jebusite.</c> 00:17:50.599 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with</c><00:18:16.180><c> a</c> 00:18:16.400 --> 00:18:17.839 sword<00:18:16.579><c> in</c><00:18:16.740><c> his</c><00:18:16.960><c> hand.</c> 00:18:18.140 --> 00:18:22.119 Perhaps<00:18:18.660><c> Michael</c><00:18:19.019><c> comes</c><00:18:19.279><c> under</c><00:18:19.500><c> the</c><00:18:19.720><c> jurisdiction</c><00:18:20.259><c> of</c><00:18:21.299><c> Abaddon,</c><00:18:22.000><c> who</c> 00:18:22.119 --> 00:18:23.579 is<00:18:22.299><c> the</c><00:18:22.420><c> king</c><00:18:22.660><c> angel.</c> 00:18:24.240 --> 00:18:27.099 But<00:18:24.440><c> that,</c><00:18:24.779><c> of</c><00:18:24.819><c> course,</c><00:18:25.700><c> is</c><00:18:25.839><c> something</c><00:18:26.140><c> that</c><00:18:26.319><c> we</c><00:18:26.460><c> have</c><00:18:26.640><c> to</c><00:18:26.759><c> work</c><00:18:26.980><c> out</c> 00:18:27.099 --> 00:18:27.880 for<00:18:27.359><c> ourselves.</c> 00:18:28.279 --> 00:18:31.980 And<00:18:28.380><c> so</c><00:18:28.539><c> David</c><00:18:28.779><c> repents</c><00:18:29.240><c> and</c><00:18:29.400><c> he</c><00:18:29.720><c> prays</c><00:18:30.019><c> to</c><00:18:30.140><c> God</c><00:18:30.319><c> for</c><00:18:30.519><c> his</c><00:18:30.740><c> people,</c><00:18:31.839><c> and</c> 00:18:31.980 --> 00:18:37.200 God<00:18:32.220><c> responds</c><00:18:33.059><c> by</c><00:18:34.160><c> instructing</c><00:18:34.740><c> the</c><00:18:34.940><c> angel</c><00:18:35.420><c> to</c><00:18:36.559><c> instruct</c><00:18:36.980><c> the</c> 00:18:37.200 --> 00:18:40.400 prophet<00:18:37.640><c> to</c><00:18:38.960><c> speak</c><00:18:39.279><c> to</c><00:18:39.559><c> David.</c> 00:18:40.420 --> 00:18:43.799 And<00:18:40.859><c> here</c><00:18:40.980><c> it</c><00:18:41.079><c> is</c><00:18:41.220><c> in</c><00:18:41.380><c> verse</c><00:18:41.599><c> 18,</c><00:18:41.960><c> there's</c><00:18:42.420><c> the</c><00:18:43.000><c> order</c><00:18:43.359><c> that</c><00:18:43.579><c> is</c> 00:18:43.799 --> 00:18:48.119 given,<00:18:44.880><c> the</c><00:18:45.079><c> line</c><00:18:45.359><c> of</c><00:18:45.619><c> communication,</c><00:18:46.279><c> verse</c><00:18:46.519><c> 18.</c> 00:18:48.220 --> 00:18:51.880 Then<00:18:48.319><c> the</c><00:18:48.660><c> angel</c><00:18:49.000><c> of</c><00:18:49.160><c> the</c><00:18:49.319><c> Lord</c><00:18:50.440><c> commanded</c><00:18:51.099><c> Gad,</c><00:18:51.440><c> that's</c><00:18:51.700><c> the</c> 00:18:51.880 --> 00:18:56.400 prophet,<00:18:52.859><c> to</c><00:18:53.019><c> say</c><00:18:53.180><c> unto</c><00:18:53.319><c> David,</c><00:18:54.059><c> the</c><00:18:54.380><c> king,</c><00:18:55.819><c> that</c><00:18:56.099><c> he</c><00:18:56.220><c> should</c> 00:18:56.400 --> 00:19:01.440 go<00:18:56.680><c> up</c><00:18:56.920><c> and</c><00:18:57.220><c> set</c><00:18:57.380><c> up</c><00:18:57.579><c> the</c><00:18:57.880><c> altar</c><00:18:58.140><c> unto</c><00:18:58.480><c> the</c><00:18:58.759><c> Lord</c><00:18:59.220><c> in</c><00:19:00.559><c> the</c><00:19:00.819><c> threshing</c><00:19:01.160><c> floor</c> 00:19:01.440 --> 00:19:03.019 of<00:19:01.680><c> Aruna,</c><00:19:02.119><c> the</c><00:19:02.240><c> Jebusite.</c> 00:19:05.339 --> 00:19:08.039 Threshing<00:19:05.759><c> floor.</c><00:19:05.920><c> What</c><00:19:06.099><c> happens</c><00:19:06.519><c> at</c><00:19:06.740><c> the</c><00:19:06.920><c> threshing</c><00:19:07.259><c> floor?</c> 00:19:09.000 --> 00:19:12.900 Well,<00:19:09.640><c> they</c><00:19:10.279><c> separate</c><00:19:10.640><c> the</c><00:19:10.900><c> wheat</c><00:19:11.059><c> from</c><00:19:11.319><c> the</c><00:19:11.539><c> chaff,</c><00:19:11.720><c> don't</c><00:19:11.980><c> they?</c> 00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:17.599 That's<00:19:13.759><c> the</c><00:19:13.940><c> place</c><00:19:14.140><c> of</c><00:19:14.380><c> judgment,</c><00:19:16.200><c> the</c><00:19:16.460><c> threshing</c><00:19:16.779><c> floor</c><00:19:17.140><c> of</c> 00:19:17.599 --> 00:19:19.819 Aruna,<00:19:19.099><c> the</c><00:19:19.299><c> Jebusite.</c> 00:19:20.279 --> 00:19:27.039 And<00:19:20.900><c> Jebus,</c><00:19:22.200><c> Jebusiah,</c><00:19:24.160><c> that</c><00:19:24.279><c> is</c><00:19:24.599><c> the</c><00:19:24.900><c> ancient</c><00:19:25.299><c> name</c><00:19:25.640><c> for</c><00:19:25.980><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:19:28.400 --> 00:19:30.619 Anyone<00:19:28.660><c> know</c><00:19:28.819><c> what</c><00:19:29.180><c> Jebus</c><00:19:29.579><c> means?</c> 00:19:32.599 --> 00:19:33.180 Trot<00:19:32.880><c> and</c><00:19:33.039><c> down.</c> 00:19:33.359 --> 00:19:36.700 Trot<00:19:33.759><c> and</c><00:19:33.880><c> down,</c><00:19:34.420><c> thanks</c><00:19:34.680><c> Brother</c><00:19:34.940><c> Trevor,</c><00:19:35.180><c> you</c><00:19:35.380><c> can</c><00:19:35.559><c> come</c><00:19:35.720><c> again.</c> 00:19:38.599 --> 00:19:41.980 Jerusalem<00:19:39.160><c> shall</c><00:19:39.460><c> be</c><00:19:39.740><c> trot</c><00:19:39.960><c> and</c><00:19:40.119><c> down</c><00:19:40.460><c> of</c><00:19:40.680><c> the</c><00:19:40.900><c> Gentiles</c><00:19:41.440><c> until</c><00:19:41.720><c> the</c> 00:19:41.980 --> 00:19:44.480 times<00:19:42.160><c> of</c><00:19:42.339><c> the</c><00:19:42.460><c> Gentiles</c><00:19:42.900><c> be</c><00:19:43.180><c> fulfilled.</c> 00:19:44.700 --> 00:19:48.599 Jerusalem<00:19:44.880><c> at</c><00:19:45.240><c> present</c><00:19:45.619><c> is</c><00:19:46.500><c> Jebus,</c><00:19:47.299><c> that's</c><00:19:47.539><c> what</c><00:19:47.700><c> it</c><00:19:47.880><c> is,</c><00:19:48.480><c> it</c> 00:19:48.599 --> 00:19:50.640 is<00:19:48.779><c> to</c><00:19:48.920><c> be</c><00:19:49.160><c> trot</c><00:19:49.359><c> and</c><00:19:49.519><c> down.</c> 00:19:51.839 --> 00:19:57.279 And<00:19:51.980><c> so</c><00:19:52.119><c> David</c><00:19:52.980><c> does</c><00:19:54.200><c> as</c><00:19:54.460><c> he</c><00:19:54.640><c> is</c><00:19:54.779><c> instructed,</c><00:19:55.400><c> verse</c><00:19:55.839><c> 26.</c> 00:19:58.119 --> 00:20:01.880 And<00:19:58.279><c> after</c><00:19:58.700><c> completing</c><00:19:59.200><c> the</c><00:19:59.460><c> altar</c><00:19:59.680><c> and</c><00:19:59.900><c> the</c><00:20:00.059><c> offering,</c><00:20:00.960><c> verse</c><00:20:01.119><c> 26,</c> 00:20:02.200 --> 00:20:05.779 burnt<00:20:02.420><c> offerings</c><00:20:02.779><c> and</c><00:20:03.059><c> peace</c><00:20:03.339><c> offerings,</c><00:20:04.700><c> David</c><00:20:05.019><c> calls</c><00:20:05.440><c> upon</c> 00:20:05.779 --> 00:20:06.859 the<00:20:06.000><c> Lord.</c> 00:20:07.799 --> 00:20:12.960 And<00:20:08.079><c> he</c><00:20:08.079><c> is</c><00:20:08.319><c> answered</c><00:20:08.559><c> by</c><00:20:08.920><c> fire</c><00:20:09.839><c> upon</c><00:20:10.680><c> the</c><00:20:10.940><c> altar</c><00:20:11.180><c> of</c><00:20:11.420><c> the</c><00:20:11.619><c> burnt</c><00:20:11.779><c> offering,</c><00:20:12.279><c> verse</c><00:20:12.380><c> 27.</c> 00:20:13.119 --> 00:20:17.460 And<00:20:13.160><c> the</c><00:20:13.319><c> Lord</c><00:20:13.559><c> commanded</c><00:20:13.960><c> the</c><00:20:14.240><c> angel,</c><00:20:14.920><c> and</c><00:20:16.220><c> he</c><00:20:16.440><c> put</c><00:20:16.740><c> up</c><00:20:17.180><c> his</c> 00:20:17.460 --> 00:20:20.220 sword<00:20:17.700><c> again</c><00:20:18.039><c> into</c><00:20:18.359><c> the</c><00:20:18.579><c> sheath</c><00:20:18.920><c> thereof.</c> 00:20:21.880 --> 00:20:23.200 Quite<00:20:22.240><c> frightening.</c> 00:20:24.779 --> 00:20:27.559 And<00:20:24.920><c> so</c><00:20:25.059><c> David</c><00:20:25.299><c> learns</c><00:20:25.759><c> a</c><00:20:26.000><c> costly</c><00:20:26.279><c> lesson.</c> 00:20:28.759 --> 00:20:36.559 Seventy<00:20:29.359><c> thousand</c><00:20:29.960><c> men</c><00:20:31.359><c> have</c><00:20:32.279><c> died</c><00:20:32.819><c> because</c><00:20:34.299><c> David</c><00:20:35.079><c> presumed</c> 00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:39.339 upon<00:20:37.119><c> the</c><00:20:37.940><c> Lord.</c> 00:20:40.420 --> 00:20:42.519 Never<00:20:40.680><c> let</c><00:20:40.880><c> it</c><00:20:41.019><c> be</c><00:20:41.180><c> said</c><00:20:41.259><c> of</c><00:20:41.359><c> us,</c><00:20:41.680><c> brethren</c><00:20:41.799><c> and</c><00:20:42.000><c> sisters,</c><00:20:42.180><c> that</c><00:20:42.339><c> we</c> 00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:45.480 would<00:20:42.880><c> presume</c><00:20:43.599><c> upon</c><00:20:44.740><c> the</c><00:20:45.160><c> Lord.</c> 00:20:45.819 --> 00:20:49.059 That<00:20:46.059><c> we</c><00:20:46.200><c> would</c><00:20:46.380><c> be</c><00:20:46.599><c> guilty</c><00:20:46.900><c> of</c><00:20:47.119><c> the</c><00:20:47.339><c> sin</c><00:20:47.559><c> of</c><00:20:48.000><c> presumption,</c><00:20:48.700><c> that</c><00:20:48.920><c> we</c> 00:20:49.059 --> 00:20:51.180 would<00:20:49.259><c> take</c><00:20:49.480><c> God</c><00:20:49.839><c> for</c><00:20:50.200><c> granted.</c> 00:20:51.640 --> 00:20:55.039 That<00:20:52.240><c> we</c><00:20:52.420><c> would</c><00:20:52.779><c> just</c><00:20:53.200><c> refer</c><00:20:53.539><c> to</c><00:20:53.740><c> the</c><00:20:53.859><c> Lord</c><00:20:54.039><c> Jesus</c><00:20:54.420><c> Christ</c><00:20:54.779><c> as</c> 00:20:55.039 --> 00:20:56.619 our<00:20:55.299><c> elder</c><00:20:55.660><c> brother.</c> 00:20:57.240 --> 00:21:00.000 We<00:20:57.779><c> might</c><00:20:58.019><c> be</c><00:20:58.220><c> brethren</c><00:20:58.559><c> in</c><00:20:59.059><c> Christ.</c> 00:21:00.380 --> 00:21:03.799 He<00:21:00.519><c> is</c><00:21:00.779><c> not</c><00:21:01.099><c> our</c><00:21:01.380><c> elder</c><00:21:01.759><c> brother,</c><00:21:02.480><c> brethren</c><00:21:02.640><c> and</c><00:21:02.880><c> sisters.</c> 00:21:04.539 --> 00:21:06.099 He<00:21:04.660><c> is</c><00:21:04.839><c> our</c><00:21:05.079><c> King.</c> 00:21:06.700 --> 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that</c><00:21:23.619><c> in</c><00:21:23.720><c> all</c><00:21:23.920><c> this</c><00:21:24.140><c> sad</c><00:21:24.279><c> account</c><00:21:24.619><c> of</c><00:21:24.880><c> David's</c><00:21:25.319><c> sin,</c><00:21:25.640><c> that</c><00:21:25.819><c> God</c> 00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:30.299 directs<00:21:27.059><c> evil</c><00:21:27.180><c> upon</c><00:21:27.559><c> mankind</c><00:21:28.119><c> through</c><00:21:28.500><c> his</c><00:21:28.799><c> angels</c><00:21:29.099><c> of</c><00:21:29.380><c> evil.</c> 00:21:31.460 --> 00:21:36.220 Not<00:21:31.980><c> evil</c><00:21:32.420><c> angels,</c><00:21:32.880><c> not</c><00:21:33.119><c> wicked</c><00:21:33.380><c> angels,</c><00:21:35.240><c> but</c><00:21:35.420><c> angels</c><00:21:35.859><c> that</c> 00:21:36.220 --> 00:21:38.099 execute<00:21:36.980><c> evil.</c> 00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:41.680 And<00:21:38.579><c> that</c><00:21:38.819><c> God</c><00:21:39.200><c> can</c><00:21:39.579><c> repent,</c><00:21:40.099><c> he</c><00:21:40.240><c> can</c><00:21:40.559><c> turn</c><00:21:40.859><c> around</c><00:21:41.160><c> from</c><00:21:41.400><c> the</c> 00:21:41.680 --> 00:21:44.299 decision<00:21:42.140><c> which</c><00:21:42.579><c> he</c><00:21:42.779><c> has</c><00:21:43.059><c> made.</c> 00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:48.980 And<00:21:44.960><c> that</c><00:21:45.200><c> in</c><00:21:45.519><c> direct</c><00:21:45.859><c> response</c><00:21:46.779><c> to</c><00:21:47.900><c> us.</c> 00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:53.440 David<00:21:49.640><c> repented,</c><00:21:51.500><c> God</c><00:21:51.960><c> repented.</c> 00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:57.119 And<00:21:54.299><c> that</c><00:21:54.440><c> of</c><00:21:54.579><c> course</c><00:21:54.700><c> is</c><00:21:54.940><c> true</c><00:21:55.119><c> of</c><00:21:55.279><c> us,</c><00:21:55.859><c> brethren</c><00:21:56.059><c> and</c><00:21:56.299><c> sisters.</c> 00:21:57.259 --> 00:22:02.099 If<00:21:57.940><c> we</c><00:21:58.220><c> repent,</c><00:22:00.099><c> God</c><00:22:00.420><c> will</c><00:22:00.660><c> repent</c><00:22:01.019><c> of</c><00:22:01.200><c> the</c><00:22:01.420><c> evil</c><00:22:01.579><c> which</c><00:22:01.799><c> he</c> 00:22:02.099 --> 00:22:03.339 has<00:22:02.299><c> intended.</c> 00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:10.400 Perhaps<00:22:04.400><c> for</c><00:22:04.619><c> us,</c><00:22:05.920><c> perhaps</c><00:22:06.259><c> for</c><00:22:06.519><c> a</c><00:22:06.640><c> loved</c><00:22:06.819><c> one,</c><00:22:08.440><c> perhaps</c><00:22:08.799><c> for</c><00:22:09.299><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:16.000 Pray<00:22:11.839><c> for</c><00:22:12.519><c> the</c><00:22:12.700><c> peace</c><00:22:12.859><c> of</c><00:22:13.099><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:22:14.900><c> for</c><00:22:14.980><c> they</c><00:22:15.180><c> shall</c><00:22:15.339><c> prosper</c><00:22:15.740><c> that</c> 00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:17.059 love<00:22:16.200><c> thee.</c> 00:22:18.640 --> 00:22:22.740 Well,<00:22:19.980><c> is</c><00:22:20.099><c> this</c><00:22:20.299><c> a</c><00:22:20.460><c> baton</c><00:22:20.859><c> or</c><00:22:21.099><c> is</c><00:22:21.299><c> this</c><00:22:21.859><c> Michael?</c> 00:22:23.279 --> 00:22:24.720 I<00:22:23.579><c> don't</c><00:22:23.819><c> know.</c> 00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:27.299 And<00:22:25.099><c> I'm</c><00:22:25.200><c> sure</c><00:22:25.400><c> you'll</c><00:22:25.640><c> have</c><00:22:25.779><c> your</c><00:22:26.500><c> own</c><00:22:26.779><c> thoughts</c><00:22:27.039><c> on</c><00:22:27.220><c> that.</c> 00:22:27.339 --> 00:22:31.980 But<00:22:27.500><c> one</c><00:22:28.059><c> cannot</c><00:22:28.839><c> be</c><00:22:29.160><c> sure,</c><00:22:30.539><c> but</c><00:22:30.700><c> one</c><00:22:30.940><c> can</c><00:22:31.180><c> be</c><00:22:31.339><c> sure</c><00:22:31.440><c> of</c><00:22:31.640><c> one</c><00:22:31.839><c> thing.</c> 00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:37.240 And<00:22:32.140><c> that</c><00:22:32.240><c> is</c><00:22:32.440><c> that</c><00:22:33.119><c> as</c><00:22:33.480><c> we</c><00:22:33.920><c> look</c><00:22:34.099><c> at</c><00:22:34.480><c> this</c><00:22:35.000><c> study</c><00:22:35.380><c> of</c><00:22:35.799><c> destroying</c><00:22:36.200><c> angels,</c> 00:22:37.359 --> 00:22:41.180 invariably<00:22:37.819><c> there</c><00:22:38.059><c> seems</c><00:22:38.359><c> to</c><00:22:38.619><c> be</c><00:22:39.200><c> two</c><00:22:39.819><c> angels</c><00:22:40.319><c> at</c><00:22:40.640><c> work.</c> 00:22:41.619 --> 00:22:45.480 Or<00:22:41.859><c> there</c><00:22:42.019><c> are</c><00:22:42.259><c> two</c><00:22:43.019><c> sides</c><00:22:43.420><c> to</c><00:22:43.680><c> the</c><00:22:43.839><c> nature</c><00:22:44.220><c> of</c><00:22:45.000><c> the</c><00:22:45.259><c> angel.</c> 00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:52.420 I'll<00:22:46.000><c> bring</c><00:22:46.140><c> you</c><00:22:46.619><c> to</c><00:22:47.960><c> 1</c><00:22:49.180><c> Samuel</c><00:22:49.539><c> 16</c><00:22:50.259><c> and</c><00:22:50.460><c> at</c><00:22:50.640><c> verse</c><00:22:50.880><c> 14.</c> 00:22:56.220 --> 00:23:02.000 And<00:22:56.279><c> we</c><00:22:56.420><c> just</c><00:22:56.599><c> want</c><00:22:56.720><c> to</c><00:22:56.920><c> look</c><00:22:57.119><c> at</c><00:22:57.920><c> other</c><00:22:58.400><c> aspects</c><00:22:59.119><c> of</c><00:23:01.099><c> the</c><00:23:01.579><c> work</c> 00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:04.000 of<00:23:02.640><c> these</c><00:23:02.900><c> angels.</c> 00:23:04.380 --> 00:23:06.039 Angels<00:23:04.819><c> that</c><00:23:05.220><c> execute</c><00:23:05.660><c> evil.</c> 00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:09.400 Because<00:23:07.059><c> it</c><00:23:07.700><c> seems</c><00:23:07.880><c> from</c><00:23:08.119><c> the</c><00:23:08.279><c> record</c><00:23:08.480><c> that</c><00:23:08.700><c> these</c><00:23:08.940><c> angels</c><00:23:09.180><c> of</c> 00:23:09.400 --> 00:23:13.500 evil<00:23:09.539><c> can</c><00:23:09.839><c> either</c><00:23:10.059><c> bring</c><00:23:10.299><c> evil</c><00:23:10.519><c> upon</c><00:23:11.000><c> a</c><00:23:11.500><c> nation</c><00:23:11.880><c> or</c><00:23:12.420><c> a</c><00:23:12.640><c> city.</c> 00:23:13.400 --> 00:23:15.440 And<00:23:13.599><c> of</c><00:23:13.779><c> course</c><00:23:14.000><c> we</c><00:23:14.119><c> don't</c><00:23:14.339><c> have</c><00:23:14.500><c> too</c><00:23:14.660><c> much</c><00:23:14.859><c> problem</c><00:23:15.140><c> with</c><00:23:15.299><c> that.</c> 00:23:15.559 --> 00:23:17.319 Can<00:23:15.740><c> there</c><00:23:15.920><c> be</c><00:23:16.119><c> evil</c><00:23:16.200><c> in</c><00:23:16.359><c> the</c><00:23:16.440><c> city</c><00:23:16.599><c> and</c><00:23:16.740><c> the</c><00:23:16.839><c> Lord</c><00:23:16.980><c> hath</c><00:23:17.180><c> not</c> 00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:17.640 done<00:23:17.440><c> it?</c> 00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:18.920 We<00:23:17.920><c> don't</c><00:23:18.059><c> have</c><00:23:18.180><c> a</c><00:23:18.380><c> problem</c><00:23:18.539><c> with</c><00:23:18.700><c> that.</c> 00:23:19.019 --> 00:23:23.400 But<00:23:19.160><c> when</c><00:23:19.359><c> it</c><00:23:19.519><c> comes</c><00:23:19.839><c> to</c><00:23:20.640><c> us</c><00:23:21.240><c> personally,</c><00:23:22.920><c> that's</c><00:23:23.099><c> of</c><00:23:23.240><c> course</c> 00:23:23.400 --> 00:23:25.519 when<00:23:23.559><c> we</c><00:23:23.779><c> start</c><00:23:24.000><c> treating</c><00:23:24.279><c> water</c><00:23:24.599><c> and</c><00:23:24.779><c> we</c><00:23:25.019><c> start</c><00:23:25.180><c> doing</c><00:23:25.339><c> a</c><00:23:25.359><c> bit</c> 00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:26.519 of<00:23:25.700><c> fancy</c><00:23:25.940><c> footwork.</c> 00:23:26.859 --> 00:23:30.160 And<00:23:27.119><c> it's</c><00:23:27.500><c> not</c><00:23:27.700><c> an</c><00:23:27.940><c> easy</c><00:23:28.740><c> subject</c><00:23:29.279><c> to</c><00:23:29.720><c> deal</c><00:23:29.920><c> with.</c> 00:23:30.220 --> 00:23:32.839 So<00:23:30.480><c> I</c><00:23:30.680><c> need</c><00:23:31.039><c> a</c><00:23:31.319><c> lot</c><00:23:31.460><c> of</c><00:23:31.599><c> your</c><00:23:31.779><c> patience</c><00:23:32.160><c> right</c><00:23:32.460><c> now.</c> 00:23:33.140 --> 00:23:34.940 Because<00:23:33.400><c> now</c><00:23:33.599><c> we're</c><00:23:33.759><c> going</c><00:23:33.779><c> to</c><00:23:33.920><c> start</c><00:23:34.079><c> bringing</c><00:23:34.400><c> this</c><00:23:34.680><c> whole</c> 00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:38.039 situation<00:23:35.400><c> into</c><00:23:35.680><c> a</c><00:23:36.079><c> personal</c><00:23:36.519><c> situation</c><00:23:36.859><c> with</c><00:23:37.339><c> us.</c> 00:23:39.779 --> 00:23:40.680 Personally. 00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:44.920 It's<00:23:40.779><c> easy</c><00:23:41.180><c> for</c><00:23:41.539><c> us</c><00:23:41.839><c> to</c><00:23:42.079><c> understand</c><00:23:42.460><c> that</c><00:23:42.619><c> God</c><00:23:42.839><c> will</c><00:23:43.140><c> bring</c><00:23:43.339><c> evil</c><00:23:43.599><c> upon</c><00:23:43.920><c> a</c><00:23:44.240><c> nation.</c> 00:23:45.660 --> 00:23:49.420 It's<00:23:45.759><c> easy</c><00:23:45.980><c> for</c><00:23:46.119><c> us</c><00:23:46.279><c> to</c><00:23:46.539><c> understand</c><00:23:46.759><c> that</c><00:23:46.920><c> God</c><00:23:47.079><c> will</c><00:23:47.299><c> bring</c><00:23:47.859><c> evil</c><00:23:48.119><c> upon</c><00:23:48.380><c> a</c><00:23:48.579><c> city.</c> 00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:55.920 But<00:23:50.440><c> when</c><00:23:50.599><c> it</c><00:23:50.779><c> comes</c><00:23:51.019><c> to</c><00:23:52.019><c> us</c><00:23:52.500><c> personally,</c><00:23:53.880><c> it</c><00:23:54.160><c> becomes</c><00:23:54.579><c> problematical.</c> 00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:59.819 And<00:23:56.680><c> here</c><00:23:56.839><c> in</c><00:23:57.059><c> 1</c><00:23:57.279><c> Samuel</c><00:23:57.599><c> 16</c><00:23:58.059><c> we</c><00:23:58.240><c> have</c><00:23:58.420><c> such</c><00:23:58.640><c> a</c><00:23:58.859><c> problem.</c> 00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:07.480 Now<00:24:02.660><c> we</c><00:24:02.740><c> all</c><00:24:02.920><c> remember</c><00:24:03.279><c> that</c><00:24:03.759><c> the</c><00:24:04.000><c> word</c><00:24:04.220><c> angel</c><00:24:04.599><c> and</c><00:24:05.019><c> spirit</c><00:24:05.339><c> are</c><00:24:05.640><c> often</c><00:24:05.859><c> used</c><00:24:06.279><c> interchangeably</c><00:24:06.960><c> in</c><00:24:07.220><c> scripture.</c> 00:24:07.640 --> 00:24:09.779 Are<00:24:07.740><c> they</c><00:24:07.859><c> not</c><00:24:08.019><c> all</c><00:24:08.279><c> ministering</c><00:24:08.859><c> spirits?</c> 00:24:09.569 --> 00:24:11.460 Are<00:24:09.940><c> they</c><00:24:10.059><c> not</c><00:24:10.200><c> all</c><00:24:10.460><c> ministering</c><00:24:11.000><c> angels?</c> 00:24:11.819 --> 00:24:15.880 Spirit<00:24:12.140><c> and</c><00:24:12.400><c> angel</c><00:24:12.599><c> are</c><00:24:12.940><c> often</c><00:24:14.000><c> interchangeable</c><00:24:15.000><c> in</c><00:24:15.559><c> scripture.</c> 00:24:15.880 --> 00:24:18.430 And<00:24:16.099><c> here</c><00:24:16.220><c> we're</c><00:24:16.420><c> going</c><00:24:16.420><c> to</c><00:24:16.619><c> find</c><00:24:16.880><c> an</c><00:24:17.180><c> evil</c><00:24:17.559><c> spirit.</c> 00:24:19.380 --> 00:24:20.740 From<00:24:20.119><c> the</c><00:24:20.359><c> Lord.</c> 00:24:21.019 --> 00:24:23.650 1<00:24:21.259><c> Samuel</c><00:24:21.559><c> 16</c><00:24:22.160><c> and</c><00:24:22.359><c> at</c><00:24:22.539><c> verse</c><00:24:22.779><c> 14.</c> 00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:27.460 Immediately<00:24:25.200><c> after</c><00:24:25.619><c> the</c><00:24:25.839><c> anointing</c><00:24:26.180><c> of</c><00:24:26.400><c> David.</c> 00:24:28.180 --> 00:24:33.299 Now<00:24:28.519><c> the</c><00:24:29.019><c> spirit</c><00:24:29.579><c> from</c><00:24:30.079><c> Yahweh</c><00:24:30.859><c> departed</c><00:24:31.720><c> from</c><00:24:32.400><c> Saul.</c> 00:24:35.220 --> 00:24:39.079 And<00:24:35.599><c> an</c><00:24:35.920><c> evil</c><00:24:36.240><c> spirit</c><00:24:36.740><c> from</c><00:24:37.079><c> Yahweh</c><00:24:37.779><c> troubled</c><00:24:38.140><c> him.</c> 00:24:39.839 --> 00:24:46.140 It's<00:24:40.440><c> almost</c><00:24:40.799><c> as</c><00:24:41.140><c> if</c><00:24:41.259><c> there</c><00:24:41.400><c> was</c><00:24:41.640><c> a</c><00:24:41.819><c> presence</c><00:24:42.039><c> of</c><00:24:42.259><c> an</c><00:24:42.500><c> angel</c><00:24:43.559><c> within</c><00:24:45.000><c> the</c><00:24:45.380><c> being</c><00:24:45.720><c> of</c> 00:24:46.140 --> 00:24:47.039 Saul<00:24:46.380><c> that</c><00:24:46.640><c> departed.</c> 00:24:47.099 --> 00:24:49.859 That's<00:24:47.400><c> the</c><00:24:47.599><c> kind</c><00:24:47.819><c> of</c><00:24:48.339><c> language</c><00:24:48.720><c> that</c><00:24:48.900><c> is</c><00:24:49.019><c> being</c><00:24:49.319><c> used</c><00:24:49.619><c> here.</c> 00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:55.539 And<00:24:50.319><c> it</c><00:24:50.440><c> was</c><00:24:50.720><c> replaced</c><00:24:51.400><c> by</c><00:24:53.119><c> an</c><00:24:53.680><c> evil</c><00:24:54.079><c> angel</c><00:24:54.539><c> which</c><00:24:54.960><c> troubled</c><00:24:55.259><c> him.</c> 00:24:55.599 --> 00:24:57.480 An<00:24:55.880><c> evil</c><00:24:56.299><c> spirit.</c> 00:24:57.799 --> 00:24:59.200 Verse<00:24:57.980><c> 15.</c> 00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:02.980 And<00:25:00.119><c> Saul's</c><00:25:00.660><c> servants</c><00:25:00.880><c> said</c><00:25:01.019><c> unto</c><00:25:01.220><c> him,</c><00:25:01.559><c> Behold</c><00:25:01.880><c> now</c><00:25:02.220><c> an</c><00:25:02.480><c> evil</c> 00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:05.680 spirit<00:25:03.420><c> from</c><00:25:03.799><c> God</c><00:25:04.180><c> hath</c><00:25:04.420><c> troubled</c><00:25:04.759><c> thee.</c> 00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:09.119 Let<00:25:06.039><c> our</c><00:25:06.440><c> Lord</c><00:25:06.660><c> now</c><00:25:07.000><c> command</c><00:25:07.359><c> thy</c><00:25:07.700><c> servants</c><00:25:08.119><c> which</c><00:25:08.440><c> are</c><00:25:08.579><c> before</c><00:25:08.980><c> thee</c> 00:25:09.119 --> 00:25:13.079 to<00:25:09.420><c> seek</c><00:25:09.799><c> out</c><00:25:10.099><c> a</c><00:25:10.319><c> man</c><00:25:10.759><c> who</c><00:25:11.220><c> is</c><00:25:11.599><c> a</c><00:25:11.740><c> cunning</c><00:25:11.980><c> player</c><00:25:12.259><c> on</c><00:25:12.480><c> the</c><00:25:12.720><c> harp.</c> 00:25:13.460 --> 00:25:16.779 And<00:25:13.579><c> it</c><00:25:13.700><c> shall</c><00:25:13.839><c> come</c><00:25:14.039><c> to</c><00:25:14.279><c> pass</c><00:25:14.519><c> when</c><00:25:14.940><c> an</c><00:25:15.259><c> evil</c><00:25:15.559><c> spirit</c><00:25:15.859><c> from</c><00:25:16.180><c> the</c><00:25:16.400><c> Lord</c><00:25:16.539><c> is</c> 00:25:16.779 --> 00:25:21.240 upon<00:25:17.019><c> thee</c><00:25:17.460><c> that</c><00:25:18.640><c> he</c><00:25:18.839><c> shall</c><00:25:19.019><c> play</c><00:25:19.279><c> with</c><00:25:19.480><c> his</c><00:25:19.700><c> hand</c><00:25:20.259><c> and</c><00:25:21.000><c> thou</c> 00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:22.880 shalt<00:25:21.539><c> be</c><00:25:21.880><c> well.</c> 00:25:24.180 --> 00:25:27.759 Notice<00:25:24.559><c> three</c><00:25:25.019><c> times</c><00:25:25.519><c> there</c><00:25:26.079><c> in</c><00:25:26.619><c> that</c><00:25:26.839><c> verse.</c> 00:25:28.059 --> 00:25:31.119 It's<00:25:28.200><c> a</c><00:25:28.259><c> good</c><00:25:28.420><c> first</c><00:25:28.680><c> principles</c><00:25:29.119><c> verse</c><00:25:29.539><c> by</c><00:25:29.839><c> the</c><00:25:29.980><c> way</c><00:25:30.220><c> to</c> 00:25:31.119 --> 00:25:33.319 whenever<00:25:31.400><c> we're</c><00:25:31.700><c> discussing</c><00:25:32.160><c> demons.</c> 00:25:33.009 --> 00:25:37.039 This<00:25:33.359><c> is</c><00:25:33.519><c> a</c><00:25:33.740><c> good</c><00:25:33.940><c> first</c><00:25:34.319><c> principles</c><00:25:34.799><c> verse</c><00:25:35.279><c> to</c><00:25:35.900><c> make</c><00:25:36.119><c> a</c><00:25:36.319><c> note</c><00:25:36.440><c> of.</c> 00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:41.259 Three<00:25:37.619><c> times</c><00:25:38.099><c> we</c><00:25:38.220><c> are</c><00:25:38.460><c> told</c><00:25:38.619><c> in</c><00:25:38.819><c> that</c><00:25:39.039><c> verse</c><00:25:39.480><c> an</c><00:25:40.299><c> evil</c><00:25:40.660><c> spirit</c> 00:25:41.259 --> 00:25:45.839 from<00:25:41.960><c> God</c><00:25:42.480><c> or</c><00:25:43.759><c> from</c><00:25:44.339><c> the</c><00:25:44.539><c> Lord.</c> 00:25:46.140 --> 00:25:49.960 Over<00:25:46.359><c> the</c><00:25:46.579><c> page</c><00:25:47.400><c> chapter</c><00:25:47.920><c> 18</c><00:25:48.400><c> and</c><00:25:48.579><c> at</c><00:25:48.700><c> verse</c><00:25:48.920><c> 10.</c> 00:25:50.019 --> 00:25:56.740 Just<00:25:50.240><c> in</c><00:25:50.420><c> case</c><00:25:50.599><c> we</c><00:25:50.740><c> are</c><00:25:50.839><c> not</c><00:25:51.539><c> convinced</c><00:25:52.180><c> that</c><00:25:53.480><c> evil</c><00:25:54.099><c> comes</c><00:25:55.519><c> from</c><00:25:56.339><c> the</c><00:25:56.539><c> Lord.</c> 00:25:57.160 --> 00:25:59.960 We<00:25:57.359><c> must</c><00:25:57.700><c> I</c><00:25:57.900><c> suppose</c><00:25:58.240><c> at</c><00:25:58.400><c> this</c><00:25:58.559><c> point</c><00:25:58.720><c> in</c><00:25:58.960><c> time</c><00:25:59.359><c> differentiate</c> 00:25:59.960 --> 00:26:01.720 between<00:26:00.380><c> evil</c><00:26:00.799><c> and</c><00:26:01.380><c> sin.</c> 00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:03.779 Sin<00:26:02.220><c> is</c><00:26:02.420><c> the</c><00:26:02.640><c> transgression</c><00:26:03.140><c> of</c><00:26:03.319><c> the</c><00:26:03.500><c> law.</c> 00:26:04.160 --> 00:26:08.200 There<00:26:04.339><c> is</c><00:26:04.579><c> the</c><00:26:04.819><c> line,</c><00:26:05.339><c> I</c><00:26:05.519><c> put</c><00:26:05.720><c> my</c><00:26:05.960><c> foot</c><00:26:06.059><c> over</c><00:26:06.279><c> the</c><00:26:06.500><c> line,</c><00:26:06.700><c> I</c><00:26:06.900><c> have</c><00:26:07.180><c> transgressed</c><00:26:07.740><c> the</c><00:26:07.859><c> law.</c> 00:26:08.599 --> 00:26:09.980 That<00:26:08.759><c> is</c><00:26:09.059><c> sin.</c> 00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:13.619 But<00:26:10.259><c> when</c><00:26:10.500><c> I</c><00:26:10.779><c> have</c><00:26:11.019><c> transgressed</c><00:26:11.700><c> the</c><00:26:11.859><c> law,</c><00:26:12.559><c> evil</c><00:26:12.680><c> comes</c><00:26:13.119><c> upon</c><00:26:13.440><c> me.</c> 00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:16.900 In<00:26:13.700><c> other</c><00:26:13.940><c> words,</c><00:26:14.559><c> evil</c><00:26:14.700><c> is</c><00:26:14.980><c> the</c><00:26:15.220><c> outcome</c><00:26:15.559><c> of</c><00:26:15.720><c> the</c><00:26:15.940><c> transgression.</c> 00:26:17.099 --> 00:26:20.319 The<00:26:17.500><c> rule</c><00:26:17.700><c> in</c><00:26:17.960><c> America</c><00:26:18.380><c> here</c><00:26:18.599><c> is</c><00:26:18.660><c> that</c><00:26:18.779><c> I</c><00:26:18.940><c> must</c><00:26:19.059><c> drive</c><00:26:19.299><c> down</c><00:26:19.519><c> the</c><00:26:19.700><c> right</c><00:26:19.859><c> hand</c><00:26:20.019><c> side</c><00:26:20.200><c> of</c> 00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:20.500 the<00:26:20.400><c> road.</c> 00:26:20.519 --> 00:26:21.599 Is<00:26:20.599><c> that</c><00:26:20.799><c> right?</c> 00:26:22.119 --> 00:26:22.700 Right<00:26:22.319><c> hand</c><00:26:22.500><c> side.</c> 00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:24.720 In<00:26:23.220><c> our</c><00:26:23.359><c> country</c><00:26:23.640><c> it's</c><00:26:23.960><c> different.</c> 00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:27.380 That's<00:26:26.880><c> the</c><00:26:27.099><c> law.</c> 00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:30.359 I<00:26:28.039><c> drive</c><00:26:28.240><c> down</c><00:26:28.660><c> the</c><00:26:28.839><c> other</c><00:26:29.079><c> side</c><00:26:29.259><c> and</c><00:26:29.359><c> I'm</c><00:26:29.619><c> transgressing</c><00:26:30.099><c> the</c><00:26:30.240><c> law.</c> 00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:31.240 I'm<00:26:30.799><c> sinning.</c> 00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:32.380 I<00:26:31.480><c> have</c><00:26:31.599><c> a</c><00:26:31.680><c> head</c><00:26:31.759><c> on</c><00:26:31.980><c> collision.</c> 00:26:32.700 --> 00:26:33.460 That<00:26:32.859><c> is</c><00:26:33.039><c> the</c><00:26:33.220><c> outcome.</c> 00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:34.440 That<00:26:33.599><c> is</c><00:26:33.799><c> the</c><00:26:34.119><c> evil.</c> 00:26:34.859 --> 00:26:37.400 Evil<00:26:35.119><c> is</c><00:26:35.359><c> the</c><00:26:35.599><c> outcome</c><00:26:35.980><c> of</c><00:26:36.180><c> the</c><00:26:36.380><c> transgression.</c> 00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:39.880 So<00:26:38.420><c> we're</c><00:26:38.660><c> not</c><00:26:38.839><c> talking</c><00:26:39.059><c> about</c><00:26:39.440><c> sin</c><00:26:39.680><c> here.</c> 00:26:39.880 --> 00:26:42.559 We're<00:26:40.059><c> talking</c><00:26:40.259><c> about</c><00:26:40.480><c> the</c><00:26:40.759><c> outcome</c><00:26:41.099><c> of</c><00:26:41.299><c> a</c><00:26:41.460><c> transgression.</c> 00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:44.359 18<00:26:43.019><c> verse</c><00:26:43.380><c> 10.</c> 00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:47.500 Shall<00:26:44.680><c> come</c><00:26:44.880><c> to</c><00:26:45.119><c> pass</c><00:26:45.319><c> on</c><00:26:45.519><c> the</c><00:26:45.680><c> morrow</c><00:26:46.059><c> that</c><00:26:46.339><c> an</c><00:26:46.759><c> evil</c><00:26:47.119><c> spirit</c> 00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:50.180 from<00:26:47.839><c> God</c><00:26:48.180><c> came</c><00:26:48.500><c> mightily</c><00:26:48.960><c> upon</c><00:26:49.299><c> Saul.</c> 00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:52.640 Over<00:26:51.720><c> the</c><00:26:51.920><c> page</c><00:26:52.140><c> again.</c> 00:26:52.859 --> 00:26:56.599 Unless<00:26:53.119><c> we,</c><00:26:54.119><c> we</c><00:26:54.380><c> 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spear</c><00:27:09.859><c> in</c><00:27:09.940><c> his</c><00:27:10.119><c> hand.</c> 00:27:13.180 --> 00:27:16.660 It<00:27:13.299><c> is</c><00:27:13.519><c> possible</c><00:27:13.859><c> to</c><00:27:14.119><c> conclude</c><00:27:14.440><c> from</c><00:27:14.660><c> these</c><00:27:14.859><c> references</c><00:27:15.319><c> that</c> 00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:19.359 Saul<00:27:17.099><c> had</c><00:27:17.319><c> a</c><00:27:17.640><c> change</c><00:27:18.039><c> of</c><00:27:18.400><c> emotion.</c> 00:27:20.640 --> 00:27:23.619 But<00:27:20.980><c> the</c><00:27:21.180><c> question</c><00:27:21.420><c> that</c><00:27:21.579><c> we</c><00:27:21.720><c> have</c><00:27:21.900><c> to</c><00:27:22.140><c> ask</c><00:27:22.519><c> is</c><00:27:22.940><c> whether</c><00:27:23.240><c> this</c> 00:27:23.619 --> 00:27:29.420 change<00:27:23.940><c> of</c><00:27:24.160><c> emotion</c><00:27:24.680><c> was</c><00:27:25.680><c> due</c><00:27:26.299><c> to</c><00:27:26.920><c> 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to</c><00:27:40.720><c> you.</c> 00:27:42.059 --> 00:27:45.460 You<00:27:42.279><c> walk</c><00:27:42.640><c> away</c><00:27:42.960><c> from</c><00:27:43.160><c> God,</c><00:27:43.420><c> God</c><00:27:43.660><c> will</c><00:27:43.880><c> push</c><00:27:44.160><c> you</c><00:27:44.420><c> away</c><00:27:44.859><c> until</c> 00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:47.380 you<00:27:45.680><c> repent</c><00:27:45.980><c> and</c><00:27:46.240><c> turn</c><00:27:46.420><c> back.</c> 00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:49.000 And<00:27:47.640><c> how</c><00:27:47.799><c> does</c><00:27:47.960><c> he</c><00:27:48.019><c> do</c><00:27:48.180><c> it?</c> 00:27:49.359 --> 00:27:52.779 I<00:27:49.640><c> believe</c><00:27:49.859><c> it</c><00:27:50.019><c> is</c><00:27:50.240><c> by</c><00:27:50.900><c> the</c><00:27:51.880><c> angels.</c> 00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:55.839 The<00:27:53.299><c> angels</c><00:27:53.859><c> of</c><00:27:54.599><c> God's</c><00:27:55.079><c> choosing.</c> 00:27:56.779 --> 00:28:01.119 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of</c><00:28:19.880><c> God.</c> 00:28:20.579 --> 00:28:23.900 And<00:28:20.960><c> under</c><00:28:21.140><c> the</c><00:28:21.539><c> contrivance</c><00:28:21.920><c> and</c><00:28:22.180><c> control</c><00:28:22.740><c> of</c><00:28:23.240><c> his</c><00:28:23.460><c> angels</c> 00:28:23.900 --> 00:28:25.059 of<00:28:24.220><c> evil.</c> 00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:29.920 Before<00:28:26.480><c> I</c><00:28:26.660><c> carry</c><00:28:26.799><c> on</c><00:28:26.920><c> with</c><00:28:27.059><c> the</c><00:28:27.180><c> quote,</c><00:28:27.299><c> just</c><00:28:27.539><c> think</c><00:28:27.819><c> of</c><00:28:28.819><c> the</c> 00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:34.140 situation<00:28:30.440><c> when</c><00:28:30.640><c> Moses</c><00:28:31.180><c> is</c><00:28:31.920><c> told</c><00:28:32.099><c> to</c><00:28:32.319><c> go</c><00:28:32.579><c> and</c><00:28:32.859><c> speak</c><00:28:33.119><c> to</c><00:28:33.400><c> Pharaoh.</c> 00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:38.900 And<00:28:35.359><c> he</c><00:28:35.500><c> says,</c><00:28:36.000><c> I</c><00:28:36.019><c> can't</c><00:28:36.339><c> go</c><00:28:36.579><c> because</c><00:28:36.779><c> I'm</c><00:28:37.019><c> a</c><00:28:37.140><c> man</c><00:28:37.259><c> of</c><00:28:37.519><c> stammering</c><00:28:37.859><c> lips.</c> 00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:43.319 And<00:28:40.059><c> God</c><00:28:40.279><c> says</c><00:28:40.519><c> to</c><00:28:40.599><c> him,</c><00:28:40.859><c> and</c><00:28:40.940><c> who</c><00:28:41.140><c> created</c><00:28:41.380><c> the</c><00:28:41.619><c> dumb</c><00:28:41.880><c> and</c><00:28:43.059><c> the</c> 00:28:43.319 --> 00:28:45.579 blind<00:28:43.720><c> and</c><00:28:44.660><c> the</c><00:28:44.839><c> deaf?</c> 00:28:46.140 --> 00:28:48.960 Haven't<00:28:46.559><c> I</c><00:28:46.980><c> the</c><00:28:47.240><c> Lord</c><00:28:47.680><c> created</c><00:28:48.180><c> all</c><00:28:48.559><c> these?</c> 00:28:49.460 --> 00:28:52.380 And<00:28:49.799><c> of</c><00:28:49.940><c> course</c><00:28:50.059><c> that's</c><00:28:50.380><c> the</c><00:28:50.500><c> way</c><00:28:50.660><c> the</c><00:28:51.019><c> Jews</c><00:28:51.279><c> understood</c><00:28:52.000><c> their</c><00:28:52.279><c> God</c> 00:28:52.380 --> 00:28:53.000 in<00:28:52.519><c> the</c><00:28:52.640><c> Old</c><00:28:52.799><c> Testament.</c> 00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:56.599 That<00:28:53.319><c> the</c><00:28:53.500><c> issues</c><00:28:53.759><c> of</c><00:28:53.960><c> life</c><00:28:54.240><c> and</c><00:28:54.500><c> death,</c><00:28:55.420><c> good</c><00:28:55.480><c> and</c><00:28:55.700><c> evil,</c><00:28:56.319><c> were</c><00:28:56.480><c> in</c> 00:28:56.599 --> 00:28:59.500 the<00:28:56.720><c> hands</c><00:28:57.359><c> of</c><00:28:58.099><c> God</c><00:28:58.359><c> himself.</c> 00:28:59.700 --> 00:29:03.039 It<00:28:59.779><c> was</c><00:28:59.980><c> the</c><00:29:00.220><c> Zoroastrian</c><00:29:01.180><c> religion</c><00:29:01.640><c> of</c><00:29:01.900><c> Babylon,</c><00:29:02.740><c> we</c><00:29:02.799><c> must</c> 00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:07.240 recall,<00:29:03.960><c> that</c><00:29:04.220><c> ascribed</c><00:29:04.740><c> evil</c><00:29:05.200><c> to</c><00:29:05.920><c> another</c><00:29:06.319><c> supernatural</c> 00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:09.299 evil<00:29:07.660><c> power,</c><00:29:07.920><c> namely</c><00:29:08.119><c> the</c><00:29:08.299><c> devil.</c> 00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:14.299 Ahura<00:29:10.059><c> Mazda</c><00:29:10.799><c> versus</c><00:29:11.420><c> Ahrimon,</c><00:29:12.640><c> as</c><00:29:12.859><c> you</c><00:29:13.039><c> will</c><00:29:13.180><c> well</c><00:29:13.380><c> recall.</c> 00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:23.200 It<00:29:17.079><c> must</c><00:29:17.339><c> be</c><00:29:17.339><c> objected</c><00:29:18.099><c> that</c><00:29:18.359><c> these</c><00:29:18.680><c> sicknesses,</c><00:29:19.279><c> and</c><00:29:19.319><c> I</c><00:29:19.500><c> carry</c><00:29:19.680><c> on</c><00:29:19.839><c> with</c><00:29:20.039><c> the</c><00:29:20.200><c> quote,</c><00:29:21.180><c> many</c><00:29:21.460><c> of</c><00:29:21.619><c> them</c><00:29:21.779><c> at</c><00:29:21.980><c> least</c><00:29:22.400><c> were</c><00:29:22.940><c> a</c> 00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:25.480 direct<00:29:23.460><c> result</c><00:29:23.859><c> of</c><00:29:24.160><c> natural</c><00:29:24.680><c> law.</c> 00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:30.299 This<00:29:25.940><c> must</c><00:29:26.200><c> be</c><00:29:26.460><c> agreed,</c><00:29:27.400><c> else</c><00:29:27.559><c> why</c><00:29:27.980><c> should</c><00:29:28.299><c> wise</c><00:29:28.819><c> medicine</c><00:29:29.539><c> so</c> 00:29:30.299 --> 00:29:31.980 often<00:29:30.579><c> work</c><00:29:30.839><c> the</c><00:29:31.099><c> cure?</c> 00:29:32.880 --> 00:29:36.220 Yet<00:29:33.019><c> it</c><00:29:33.180><c> has</c><00:29:33.400><c> to</c><00:29:33.579><c> be</c><00:29:33.859><c> remembered</c><00:29:34.200><c> that</c><00:29:34.799><c> from</c><00:29:35.039><c> the</c><00:29:35.299><c> Bible's</c><00:29:35.799><c> point</c><00:29:36.039><c> of</c> 00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:41.619 view,<00:29:38.220><c> natural</c><00:29:38.440><c> law,</c><00:29:40.240><c> or</c><00:29:40.420><c> rather</c><00:29:40.819><c> let</c><00:29:40.960><c> me</c><00:29:41.059><c> read</c><00:29:41.160><c> that</c><00:29:41.319><c> again.</c> 00:29:41.619 --> 00:29:44.839 Yet<00:29:41.920><c> it</c><00:29:42.059><c> has</c><00:29:42.259><c> to</c><00:29:42.400><c> be</c><00:29:42.640><c> remembered</c><00:29:43.019><c> that</c><00:29:43.680><c> the</c><00:29:44.019><c> Bible's</c><00:29:44.480><c> view</c><00:29:44.599><c> of</c> 00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:49.059 natural<00:29:45.240><c> law</c><00:29:45.539><c> is</c><00:29:45.940><c> that</c><00:29:46.160><c> all</c><00:29:46.579><c> such</c><00:29:46.980><c> are</c><00:29:47.539><c> the</c><00:29:47.759><c> direct</c><00:29:48.319><c> handiwork</c> 00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:54.380 of<00:29:49.339><c> 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the</c><00:30:06.559><c> reader</c><00:30:06.740><c> intended</c><00:30:07.339><c> here</c><00:30:07.619><c> to</c><00:30:07.740><c> look</c><00:30:08.000><c> behind</c><00:30:08.500><c> the</c><00:30:08.759><c> natural</c><00:30:09.140><c> phenomena</c><00:30:09.660><c> to</c> 00:30:10.299 --> 00:30:13.079 the<00:30:10.519><c> angel</c><00:30:10.799><c> of</c><00:30:10.980><c> the</c><00:30:11.160><c> Lord,</c><00:30:11.819><c> by</c><00:30:12.019><c> whose</c><00:30:12.220><c> operation</c><00:30:12.819><c> these</c> 00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:14.319 things<00:30:13.299><c> happened?</c> 00:30:14.859 --> 00:30:18.839 When<00:30:15.200><c> curing</c><00:30:15.680><c> a</c><00:30:15.920><c> person</c><00:30:16.619><c> with</c><00:30:17.039><c> a</c><00:30:17.299><c> mental</c><00:30:17.559><c> disease,</c><00:30:18.579><c> we</c><00:30:18.680><c> read</c> 00:30:18.839 --> 00:30:22.640 that<00:30:19.059><c> Jesus</c><00:30:19.440><c> rebuked</c><00:30:20.099><c> the</c><00:30:20.339><c> evil</c><00:30:20.519><c> spirit,</c><00:30:21.940><c> or</c><00:30:22.059><c> as</c><00:30:22.180><c> in</c><00:30:22.299><c> the</c><00:30:22.380><c> case</c> 00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:26.059 of<00:30:22.819><c> Simon</c><00:30:23.119><c> Peter's</c><00:30:23.500><c> mother</c><00:30:23.680><c>-in</c><00:30:23.880><c>-law,</c><00:30:24.180><c> he</c><00:30:24.420><c> rebuked</c><00:30:24.960><c> the</c><00:30:25.240><c> fever.</c> 00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:30.200 But<00:30:26.799><c> again,</c><00:30:27.960><c> how</c><00:30:28.180><c> could</c><00:30:28.380><c> these</c><00:30:28.660><c> ailments</c><00:30:29.059><c> suffer</c><00:30:29.420><c> rebuke?</c> 00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:35.019 Are<00:30:30.839><c> we</c><00:30:31.059><c> not</c><00:30:31.240><c> invited</c><00:30:31.660><c> to</c><00:30:31.900><c> look</c><00:30:32.220><c> behind</c><00:30:32.640><c> the</c><00:30:32.900><c> natural</c><00:30:33.339><c> phenomena</c><00:30:33.839><c> to</c><00:30:34.740><c> the</c> 00:30:35.019 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language</c><00:31:03.200><c> of</c> 00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:04.460 the<00:31:03.579><c> day.</c> 00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:07.440 Because<00:31:05.019><c> then</c><00:31:05.339><c> we</c><00:31:05.559><c> have</c><00:31:05.759><c> this</c><00:31:06.039><c> accommodation</c><00:31:06.559><c> problem,</c><00:31:06.960><c> don't</c><00:31:07.160><c> we?</c> 00:31:07.700 --> 00:31:11.500 That<00:31:07.900><c> Jesus</c><00:31:08.240><c> just</c><00:31:08.599><c> accommodated</c><00:31:09.539><c> false</c><00:31:10.200><c> doctrine</c><00:31:10.720><c> with</c><00:31:11.119><c> ever</c> 00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:14.960 having<00:31:12.359><c> to</c><00:31:12.779><c> deal</c><00:31:13.000><c> with</c><00:31:13.200><c> it</c><00:31:13.539><c> face</c><00:31:13.799><c> to</c><00:31:13.960><c> face.</c> 00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:18.440 And<00:31:15.099><c> so</c><00:31:15.299><c> we</c><00:31:15.539><c> need</c><00:31:15.980><c> to</c><00:31:16.299><c> do</c><00:31:16.460><c> a</c><00:31:16.539><c> lot</c><00:31:16.680><c> more</c><00:31:17.000><c> work,</c><00:31:17.319><c> I</c><00:31:17.579><c> believe,</c><00:31:18.220><c> as</c> 00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:22.259 brethren<00:31:18.660><c> and</c><00:31:18.880><c> sisters</c><00:31:19.079><c> in</c><00:31:19.299><c> Christ,</c><00:31:19.859><c> on</c><00:31:20.079><c> this</c><00:31:20.240><c> subject</c><00:31:20.640><c> of</c><00:31:21.019><c> demon</c><00:31:21.299><c> possession</c><00:31:21.839><c> in</c> 00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:22.839 the<00:31:22.339><c> New</c><00:31:22.500><c> Testament.</c> 00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:26.559 So<00:31:23.180><c> I</c><00:31:23.339><c> put</c><00:31:23.480><c> this</c><00:31:23.720><c> to</c><00:31:23.880><c> you</c><00:31:24.180><c> as</c><00:31:24.440><c> a</c><00:31:24.500><c> suggestion,</c><00:31:25.279><c> and</c><00:31:25.660><c> in</c><00:31:25.920><c> no</c><00:31:26.200><c> ways</c> 00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:28.579 as<00:31:27.119><c> a</c><00:31:27.240><c> dogmatic</c><00:31:27.819><c> assertion.</c> 00:31:30.619 --> 00:31:32.480 Come<00:31:30.740><c> now</c><00:31:30.960><c> to</c><00:31:31.160><c> Exodus</c><00:31:31.460><c> 12.</c> 00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:39.619 Exodus<00:31:37.420><c> chapter</c><00:31:37.880><c> 12.</c> 00:31:39.880 --> 00:31:43.380 Now<00:31:39.960><c> whilst</c><00:31:40.240><c> these</c><00:31:40.559><c> angels</c><00:31:41.000><c> bring</c><00:31:41.359><c> evil</c><00:31:41.779><c> upon</c><00:31:42.099><c> a</c><00:31:42.299><c> nation,</c><00:31:43.200><c> or</c> 00:31:43.380 --> 00:31:47.299 an<00:31:43.619><c> individual,</c><00:31:44.859><c> they</c><00:31:45.019><c> can</c><00:31:45.339><c> equally</c><00:31:45.740><c> bring</c><00:31:46.119><c> salvation.</c> 00:31:48.700 --> 00:31:51.319 In<00:31:48.980><c> fact,</c><00:31:49.279><c> that</c><00:31:49.460><c> is</c><00:31:49.680><c> their</c><00:31:49.900><c> primary</c><00:31:50.319><c> task.</c> 00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:57.480 I<00:31:52.819><c> come</c><00:31:53.039><c> not</c><00:31:53.319><c> to</c><00:31:53.619><c> destroy,</c><00:31:54.720><c> says</c><00:31:55.119><c> Jesus,</c><00:31:56.460><c> but</c><00:31:56.779><c> to</c><00:31:57.099><c> save.</c> 00:31:57.859 --> 00:32:00.240 As<00:31:58.119><c> with</c><00:31:58.279><c> the</c><00:31:58.559><c> natural,</c><00:31:58.880><c> so</c><00:31:59.019><c> with</c><00:31:59.160><c> the</c><00:31:59.380><c> spiritual.</c> 00:32:00.099 --> 00:32:04.119 Are<00:32:00.500><c> they</c><00:32:00.779><c> not</c><00:32:01.180><c> all</c><00:32:02.180><c> ministering</c><00:32:03.019><c> spirits</c><00:32:03.380><c> sent</c><00:32:03.680><c> forth</c><00:32:03.900><c> unto</c> 00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:07.380 those<00:32:04.640><c> who</c><00:32:04.900><c> are</c><00:32:05.039><c> to</c><00:32:05.220><c> be</c><00:32:05.440><c> heirs</c><00:32:05.880><c> of</c><00:32:06.319><c> salvation?</c> 00:32:07.599 --> 00:32:13.119 All<00:32:08.180><c> angels</c><00:32:08.799><c> are</c><00:32:09.480><c> designed</c><00:32:09.839><c> for</c><00:32:10.119><c> the</c><00:32:10.559><c> prime</c><00:32:10.960><c> purpose</c><00:32:11.640><c> of</c><00:32:12.440><c> getting</c><00:32:12.700><c> us</c> 00:32:13.119 --> 00:32:18.319 and<00:32:13.420><c> bringing</c><00:32:13.700><c> us</c><00:32:14.359><c> to</c><00:32:14.920><c> the</c><00:32:15.160><c> kingdom,</c><00:32:15.819><c> including</c><00:32:16.759><c> Abaddon</c><00:32:17.759><c> and</c> 00:32:18.319 --> 00:32:20.779 his<00:32:18.619><c> band</c><00:32:18.960><c> of</c><00:32:19.660><c> angels.</c> 00:32:20.819 --> 00:32:24.500 Exodus<00:32:21.259><c> 12</c><00:32:21.940><c> and</c><00:32:22.200><c> verse</c><00:32:22.519><c> 23,</c><00:32:23.259><c> dealing</c><00:32:23.400><c> with</c><00:32:23.619><c> the</c><00:32:23.799><c> tenth</c><00:32:24.000><c> plague</c> 00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:28.660 in<00:32:25.299><c> Egypt</c><00:32:25.799><c> and</c><00:32:26.559><c> the</c><00:32:26.740><c> death</c><00:32:26.940><c> of</c><00:32:27.200><c> the</c><00:32:27.400><c> firstborn.</c> 00:32:30.880 --> 00:32:33.200 All<00:32:31.519><c> right,</c><00:32:31.799><c> verse</c><00:32:32.000><c> 23.</c> 00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:39.900 And<00:32:34.940><c> the</c><00:32:35.220><c> Lord</c><00:32:35.579><c> will</c><00:32:36.079><c> pass</c><00:32:36.480><c> through</c><00:32:37.000><c> to</c><00:32:38.279><c> smite</c><00:32:38.599><c> the</c><00:32:38.859><c> Egyptians.</c> 00:32:40.380 --> 00:32:43.220 And<00:32:40.519><c> when</c><00:32:40.720><c> he</c><00:32:40.859><c> seeth</c><00:32:41.000><c> the</c><00:32:41.240><c> blood</c><00:32:41.420><c> upon</c><00:32:41.680><c> the</c><00:32:41.880><c> lintel</c><00:32:42.640><c> and</c><00:32:43.000><c> on</c> 00:32:43.220 --> 00:32:47.039 the<00:32:43.519><c> two</c><00:32:44.000><c> side</c><00:32:44.380><c> posts,</c><00:32:45.519><c> the</c><00:32:45.859><c> Lord</c><00:32:46.039><c> will</c><00:32:46.359><c> pass</c><00:32:46.720><c> over.</c> 00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:51.039 That<00:32:47.740><c> word,</c><00:32:48.279><c> pass</c><00:32:48.500><c> over,</c><00:32:48.680><c> is</c><00:32:48.920><c> the</c><00:32:49.099><c> Hebrew</c><00:32:49.359><c> word</c><00:32:49.579><c> abayr,</c><00:32:50.819><c> which</c> 00:32:51.039 --> 00:32:55.559 means<00:32:51.279><c> to</c><00:32:51.599><c> hover</c><00:32:51.859><c> over,</c><00:32:52.740><c> to</c><00:32:53.099><c> brood</c><00:32:53.680><c> as</c><00:32:54.140><c> a</c><00:32:54.359><c> chicken,</c><00:32:55.160><c> or</c><00:32:55.359><c> rather</c> 00:32:55.559 --> 00:32:58.779 as<00:32:55.819><c> a</c><00:32:56.000><c> hen,</c><00:32:56.720><c> broods</c><00:32:56.920><c> over</c><00:32:57.500><c> her</c><00:32:57.819><c> chickens.</c> 00:32:59.720 --> 00:33:03.299 Jesus<00:33:00.319><c> uses</c><00:33:00.700><c> that</c><00:33:01.319><c> analogy</c><00:33:01.720><c> in</c><00:33:02.359><c> the</c><00:33:02.480><c> New</c><00:33:02.660><c> Testament</c><00:33:03.000><c> when</c><00:33:03.140><c> he</c> 00:33:03.299 --> 00:33:05.880 speaks<00:33:03.539><c> of</c><00:33:03.720><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:33:04.380><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:33:05.180><c> thou</c><00:33:05.279><c> which</c><00:33:05.539><c> stonest</c> 00:33:05.880 --> 00:33:06.299 the<00:33:06.119><c> prophets.</c> 00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:10.779 How<00:33:06.500><c> often</c><00:33:06.920><c> would</c><00:33:07.180><c> I</c><00:33:07.480><c> have,</c><00:33:08.259><c> that's</c><00:33:09.599><c> it,</c><00:33:10.220><c> hovered.</c> 00:33:11.140 --> 00:33:14.839 Almost<00:33:11.440><c> like</c><00:33:12.039><c> in</c><00:33:13.319><c> Genesis</c><00:33:13.579><c> chapter</c><00:33:13.920><c> one,</c><00:33:14.140><c> when</c><00:33:14.319><c> the</c><00:33:14.640><c> Spirit</c> 00:33:14.839 --> 00:33:19.400 of<00:33:14.980><c> God</c><00:33:15.599><c> hovered</c><00:33:16.720><c> over</c><00:33:17.240><c> the</c><00:33:17.599><c> face</c><00:33:17.799><c> of</c><00:33:17.980><c> the</c><00:33:18.099><c> waters,</c><00:33:18.880><c> the</c><00:33:19.079><c> Spirit</c><00:33:19.299><c> of</c> 00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:20.259 God<00:33:19.680><c> moved.</c> 00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:24.519 And<00:33:20.759><c> here</c><00:33:20.940><c> it</c><00:33:21.079><c> is,</c><00:33:21.680><c> the</c><00:33:22.079><c> same</c><00:33:22.359><c> kind</c><00:33:22.660><c> of</c><00:33:23.039><c> feeling,</c><00:33:23.619><c> that</c><00:33:24.099><c> God</c> 00:33:24.519 --> 00:33:31.279 would<00:33:25.000><c> pass</c><00:33:25.400><c> over</c><00:33:26.119><c> the</c><00:33:26.660><c> door</c><00:33:27.000><c> and</c><00:33:27.700><c> will</c><00:33:27.980><c> not</c><00:33:28.559><c> suffer</c><00:33:29.099><c> the</c><00:33:30.359><c> destroyer.</c> 00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:39.460 Now<00:33:32.140><c> notice</c><00:33:32.400><c> that,</c><00:33:32.920><c> it's</c><00:33:33.240><c> almost</c><00:33:33.640><c> as</c><00:33:33.940><c> if</c><00:33:34.339><c> the</c><00:33:34.579><c> first</c><00:33:34.880><c> angel</c><00:33:35.500><c> passes</c><00:33:36.160><c> over</c><00:33:36.680><c> and</c><00:33:37.140><c> another</c><00:33:37.440><c> angel,</c><00:33:37.819><c> the</c><00:33:38.140><c> destroyer,</c><00:33:38.819><c> is</c><00:33:39.099><c> following.</c> 00:33:39.460 --> 00:33:43.299 So<00:33:39.799><c> when</c><00:33:40.019><c> the</c><00:33:40.359><c> second</c><00:33:40.740><c> angel,</c><00:33:41.460><c> the</c><00:33:41.640><c> destroying</c><00:33:42.000><c> angel,</c><00:33:42.799><c> sees</c> 00:33:43.299 --> 00:33:49.960 the<00:33:44.500><c> mark,</c><00:33:45.799><c> the</c><00:33:46.019><c> lintel,</c><00:33:47.099><c> the</c><00:33:47.359><c> blood,</c><00:33:48.259><c> the</c><00:33:48.400><c> mark</c><00:33:48.599><c> in</c><00:33:48.799><c> our</c><00:33:49.059><c> foreheads,</c><00:33:49.559><c> brethren</c><00:33:49.700><c> and</c> 00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:54.759 sisters,<00:33:50.160><c> that</c><00:33:50.319><c> he</c><00:33:50.460><c> does</c><00:33:50.779><c> not</c><00:33:52.420><c> execute</c><00:33:53.059><c> his</c><00:33:53.740><c> destruction.</c> 00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:57.160 Look<00:33:54.920><c> at</c><00:33:55.019><c> that</c><00:33:55.200><c> carefully</c><00:33:55.519><c> again</c><00:33:55.940><c> and</c><00:33:56.400><c> just</c><00:33:56.599><c> see</c><00:33:56.700><c> whether</c><00:33:56.859><c> we're</c><00:33:57.000><c> on</c> 00:33:57.160 --> 00:33:59.859 the<00:33:57.279><c> right</c><00:33:57.480><c> track,</c><00:33:57.619><c> because</c><00:33:57.880><c> it</c><00:33:58.119><c> seems</c><00:33:58.460><c> here</c><00:33:58.839><c> that</c><00:33:59.220><c> we've</c><00:33:59.480><c> got</c> 00:33:59.859 --> 00:34:02.759 two<00:34:00.220><c> angels</c><00:34:00.660><c> working</c><00:34:01.099><c> in</c><00:34:01.339><c> unison,</c><00:34:01.700><c> perhaps</c><00:34:01.980><c> again</c><00:34:02.279><c> Michael</c> 00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:04.160 and<00:34:03.339><c> Abedon</c><00:34:03.740><c> together.</c> 00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:07.539 And<00:34:04.880><c> I</c><00:34:05.720><c> don't</c><00:34:06.000><c> know,</c><00:34:06.240><c> but</c><00:34:06.359><c> I'm</c><00:34:06.500><c> sure</c><00:34:06.640><c> you've</c><00:34:06.859><c> got</c><00:34:07.019><c> your</c><00:34:07.180><c> ideas.</c> 00:34:07.539 --> 00:34:13.179 Verse<00:34:07.980><c> 23</c><00:34:08.360><c> again,</c><00:34:09.039><c> for</c><00:34:09.840><c> the</c><00:34:10.159><c> Lord</c><00:34:10.599><c> will</c><00:34:11.440><c> pass</c><00:34:11.900><c> through</c><00:34:12.280><c> to</c><00:34:12.659><c> smite</c><00:34:12.960><c> the</c> 00:34:13.179 --> 00:34:17.739 Egyptians<00:34:13.679><c> and</c><00:34:14.820><c> when</c><00:34:15.059><c> he</c><00:34:15.400><c> seeth</c><00:34:15.719><c> the</c><00:34:16.139><c> blood</c><00:34:16.559><c> upon</c><00:34:17.079><c> the</c><00:34:17.320><c> lintel</c> 00:34:17.739 --> 00:34:31.000 and<00:34:17.920><c> on</c><00:34:18.119><c> the</c><00:34:18.380><c> two</c><00:34:18.659><c> side</c><00:34:19.019><c> posts,</c><00:34:20.300><c> the</c><00:34:20.519><c> Lord</c><00:34:20.960><c> will</c><00:34:21.699><c> pass</c><00:34:22.059><c> over</c><00:34:23.099><c> the</c><00:34:23.780><c> door</c><00:34:24.139><c> and</c><00:34:24.780><c> will</c><00:34:25.099><c> not</c><00:34:25.480><c> suffer</c><00:34:25.960><c> the</c><00:34:27.440><c> destroyer,</c><00:34:28.760><c> Abedon,</c><00:34:30.920><c> to</c> 00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:33.739 come<00:34:31.199><c> into</c><00:34:31.420><c> your</c><00:34:31.619><c> houses</c><00:34:31.920><c> to</c><00:34:32.219><c> smite</c><00:34:32.480><c> you.</c> 00:34:34.840 --> 00:34:38.239 Now<00:34:35.519><c> one</c><00:34:35.739><c> is</c><00:34:36.079><c> not</c><00:34:36.340><c> told</c><00:34:36.599><c> how</c><00:34:36.840><c> many</c><00:34:37.079><c> of</c><00:34:37.219><c> the</c><00:34:37.420><c> first</c><00:34:37.699><c> born</c><00:34:37.960><c> died</c> 00:34:38.239 --> 00:34:40.679 in<00:34:38.400><c> Egypt</c><00:34:38.739><c> that</c><00:34:39.159><c> night.</c> 00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:47.980 All<00:34:42.199><c> we</c><00:34:42.380><c> know</c><00:34:42.599><c> is</c><00:34:42.760><c> that</c><00:34:43.159><c> the</c><00:34:43.519><c> angels</c><00:34:44.039><c> executed</c><00:34:44.980><c> God's</c><00:34:45.900><c> will</c><00:34:46.300><c> and</c><00:34:47.519><c> they</c><00:34:47.699><c> did</c><00:34:47.800><c> it</c> 00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:52.440 with<00:34:48.280><c> absolute</c><00:34:48.800><c> obedience,</c><00:34:50.480><c> with</c><00:34:50.760><c> absolute</c><00:34:51.360><c> speed</c><00:34:51.820><c> and</c><00:34:52.159><c> with</c> 00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:54.079 absolute<00:34:52.980><c> precision.</c> 00:34:55.420 --> 00:35:00.320 But<00:34:56.179><c> here</c><00:34:56.360><c> we</c><00:34:56.539><c> come</c><00:34:56.760><c> to</c><00:34:57.199><c> another</c><00:34:57.539><c> interesting</c><00:34:58.920><c> facet</c><00:34:59.739><c> about</c> 00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:01.860 the<00:35:00.500><c> nature</c><00:35:00.719><c> of</c><00:35:01.000><c> angels.</c> 00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:06.119 And<00:35:02.400><c> that</c><00:35:02.579><c> is</c><00:35:03.239><c> that</c><00:35:03.760><c> although</c><00:35:04.059><c> they</c><00:35:04.239><c> are</c><00:35:04.539><c> powerful,</c><00:35:05.800><c> they</c><00:35:05.960><c> are</c> 00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:07.599 not<00:35:06.280><c> all</c><00:35:06.539><c> powerful.</c> 00:35:07.639 --> 00:35:10.860 Although<00:35:08.079><c> they</c><00:35:08.519><c> are</c><00:35:08.780><c> mighty,</c><00:35:09.460><c> they</c><00:35:09.599><c> are</c><00:35:09.760><c> not</c><00:35:09.940><c> almighty.</c> 00:35:11.219 --> 00:35:13.440 Only<00:35:11.639><c> God</c><00:35:11.980><c> has</c><00:35:12.420><c> those</c><00:35:13.019><c> qualities.</c> 00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:16.579 Only<00:35:13.920><c> God</c><00:35:14.099><c> is</c><00:35:14.340><c> all</c><00:35:14.559><c> powerful</c><00:35:15.039><c> and</c><00:35:15.619><c> almighty.</c> 00:35:19.159 --> 00:35:21.659 Their<00:35:19.559><c> knowledge</c><00:35:20.099><c> is</c><00:35:20.719><c> limited.</c> 00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:25.340 I'll<00:35:23.079><c> bring</c><00:35:23.159><c> you</c><00:35:23.420><c> to</c><00:35:23.820><c> Daniel</c><00:35:24.159><c> chapter</c><00:35:24.480><c> 10,</c><00:35:24.739><c> we</c><00:35:24.880><c> looked</c><00:35:25.039><c> at</c><00:35:25.159><c> it</c> 00:35:25.340 --> 00:35:29.699 yesterday,<00:35:26.519><c> and</c><00:35:26.679><c> you</c><00:35:26.780><c> will</c><00:35:27.019><c> see</c><00:35:27.239><c> here</c><00:35:27.980><c> again</c><00:35:28.719><c> another</c><00:35:29.139><c> aspect</c> 00:35:29.699 --> 00:35:31.679 on<00:35:30.280><c> these</c><00:35:30.699><c> angels.</c> 00:35:32.260 --> 00:35:37.980 And<00:35:32.400><c> while</c><00:35:32.519><c> you're</c><00:35:32.760><c> turning</c><00:35:32.920><c> there,</c><00:35:33.139><c> you'll</c><00:35:33.780><c> recall</c><00:35:34.480><c> that</c><00:35:35.340><c> Jacob</c><00:35:35.940><c> wrestled</c><00:35:36.619><c> with</c><00:35:36.960><c> an</c><00:35:37.219><c> angel.</c> 00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:41.320 I<00:35:38.480><c> will</c><00:35:38.780><c> not</c><00:35:39.039><c> let</c><00:35:39.300><c> thee</c><00:35:39.539><c> go</c><00:35:40.039><c> until</c><00:35:40.519><c> thou</c><00:35:40.780><c> bless</c><00:35:41.079><c> me.</c> 00:35:41.599 --> 00:35:43.559 And<00:35:41.840><c> they</c><00:35:42.059><c> wrestled.</c> 00:35:44.219 --> 00:35:47.900 A<00:35:44.440><c> mortal</c><00:35:45.000><c> wrestling</c><00:35:46.179><c> with</c><00:35:46.480><c> an</c><00:35:46.619><c> immortal</c><00:35:46.960><c> angel.</c> 00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:52.079 Here<00:35:48.300><c> we</c><00:35:48.500><c> see</c><00:35:49.039><c> that</c><00:35:49.400><c> the</c><00:35:49.639><c> power</c><00:35:50.019><c> of</c><00:35:50.280><c> the</c><00:35:50.480><c> angel</c><00:35:50.719><c> is</c><00:35:51.260><c> restricted</c> 00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:53.239 by<00:35:52.860><c> God.</c> 00:35:53.719 --> 00:35:55.980 And<00:35:53.960><c> here</c><00:35:54.119><c> again</c><00:35:54.380><c> we</c><00:35:54.539><c> have</c><00:35:54.719><c> the</c><00:35:54.900><c> same</c><00:35:55.059><c> situation</c><00:35:55.539><c> in</c><00:35:55.739><c> Daniel</c> 00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:58.800 chapter<00:35:56.280><c> 10</c><00:35:56.900><c> and</c><00:35:57.079><c> at</c><00:35:57.280><c> verse</c><00:35:57.539><c> 13.</c> 00:35:59.380 --> 00:36:02.380 You'll<00:35:59.619><c> remember</c><00:35:59.820><c> that</c><00:36:00.139><c> the</c><00:36:01.119><c> prince</c><00:36:01.420><c> of</c><00:36:01.619><c> the</c><00:36:01.719><c> king</c><00:36:01.900><c> of</c><00:36:02.119><c> Persia</c> 00:36:02.380 --> 00:36:06.179 withstood<00:36:02.780><c> an</c><00:36:03.039><c> angel</c><00:36:03.199><c> for</c><00:36:03.480><c> 21</c><00:36:03.960><c> days</c><00:36:04.639><c> until</c><00:36:05.239><c> Michael</c><00:36:05.619><c> was</c><00:36:05.920><c> sent</c> 00:36:06.179 --> 00:36:07.519 to<00:36:06.460><c> help.</c> 00:36:08.159 --> 00:36:10.219 Possibly<00:36:08.559><c> this</c><00:36:08.780><c> angel</c><00:36:09.039><c> is</c><00:36:09.239><c> Gabriel.</c> 00:36:10.239 --> 00:36:13.400 Daniel<00:36:11.000><c> chapter</c><00:36:11.000><c> 10</c><00:36:11.000><c> and</c><00:36:11.199><c> at</c><00:36:11.320><c> verse</c><00:36:11.480><c> 13,</c><00:36:11.860><c> but</c><00:36:12.019><c> the</c><00:36:12.280><c> prince</c><00:36:12.699><c> of</c> 00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:16.960 the<00:36:13.599><c> kingdom</c><00:36:13.880><c> of</c><00:36:14.280><c> Persia,</c><00:36:14.840><c> that's</c><00:36:15.340><c> a</c><00:36:15.480><c> mortal,</c><00:36:16.360><c> that's</c><00:36:16.860><c> a</c> 00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:18.079 mortal<00:36:17.219><c> being.</c> 00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:22.300 The<00:36:18.760><c> prince</c><00:36:19.059><c> of</c><00:36:19.280><c> the</c><00:36:19.519><c> kingdom</c><00:36:19.960><c> of</c><00:36:20.500><c> Persia</c><00:36:21.019><c> withstood</c><00:36:21.599><c> me</c><00:36:22.099><c> one</c> 00:36:22.300 --> 00:36:23.159 in<00:36:22.519><c> 20</c><00:36:22.719><c> days.</c> 00:36:23.380 --> 00:36:27.179 God<00:36:23.659><c> has</c><00:36:24.000><c> restrained</c><00:36:24.719><c> this</c><00:36:25.199><c> immortal</c><00:36:25.579><c> angel</c><00:36:26.019><c> from</c><00:36:26.679><c> executing</c> 00:36:27.179 --> 00:36:28.760 his<00:36:27.500><c> full</c><00:36:27.780><c> power.</c> 00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:33.780 And<00:36:29.320><c> so</c><00:36:29.699><c> we</c><00:36:30.480><c> find</c><00:36:30.599><c> this</c><00:36:30.760><c> is</c><00:36:30.940><c> a</c><00:36:30.940><c> very,</c><00:36:31.159><c> very</c><00:36:31.420><c> interesting</c><00:36:31.820><c> characteristic</c><00:36:32.579><c> about</c> 00:36:33.780 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New</c><00:36:51.920><c> Testament</c><00:36:52.340><c> and</c><00:36:52.619><c> chapter</c><00:36:52.920><c> 1,</c><00:36:54.099><c> where</c><00:36:54.239><c> we</c> 00:36:54.500 --> 00:36:56.320 find<00:36:54.880><c> a</c><00:36:55.440><c> similar</c><00:36:55.639><c> situation.</c> 00:36:56.320 --> 00:37:00.119 And<00:36:56.739><c> here</c><00:36:56.960><c> we</c><00:36:57.139><c> find</c><00:36:57.400><c> that</c><00:36:57.619><c> the</c><00:36:57.880><c> angels</c><00:36:58.280><c> and</c><00:36:59.320><c> the</c><00:36:59.599><c> prophets</c><00:36:59.860><c> in</c> 00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:05.860 fact<00:37:00.420><c> had</c><00:37:01.179><c> limited</c><00:37:02.159><c> understanding,</c><00:37:04.199><c> limited</c><00:37:04.599><c> knowledge,</c> 00:37:05.960 --> 00:37:07.559 limited<00:37:06.360><c> vision.</c> 00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:17.800 1<00:37:10.760><c> Peter</c><00:37:10.980><c> chapter</c><00:37:11.400><c> 1</c><00:37:12.380><c> and</c><00:37:15.460><c> at</c><00:37:15.679><c> verse</c><00:37:15.940><c> 10.</c> 00:37:21.280 --> 00:37:25.420 And<00:37:21.860><c> here</c><00:37:22.239><c> in</c><00:37:22.539><c> 1</c><00:37:22.780><c> Peter</c><00:37:23.079><c> we</c><00:37:23.380><c> find</c><00:37:23.860><c> much</c><00:37:24.320><c> the</c><00:37:24.539><c> same</c><00:37:24.719><c> thing</c><00:37:24.900><c> except</c><00:37:25.179><c> here</c> 00:37:25.420 --> 00:37:29.400 we<00:37:25.559><c> are</c><00:37:25.760><c> told</c><00:37:25.940><c> that</c><00:37:26.420><c> neither</c><00:37:26.780><c> the</c><00:37:27.139><c> angels</c><00:37:27.639><c> in</c><00:37:28.460><c> Old</c><00:37:28.699><c> Testament</c><00:37:29.039><c> times,</c> 00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:32.800 neither<00:37:29.780><c> the</c><00:37:30.059><c> seers</c><00:37:30.199><c> or</c><00:37:30.380><c> the</c><00:37:30.619><c> prophets</c><00:37:30.920><c> could</c><00:37:31.699><c> perceive</c><00:37:32.380><c> the</c> 00:37:32.800 --> 00:37:35.679 sufferings<00:37:33.139><c> of</c><00:37:33.380><c> Christ</c><00:37:33.719><c> and</c><00:37:33.920><c> the</c><00:37:34.139><c> glory</c><00:37:34.579><c> which</c><00:37:35.179><c> should</c><00:37:35.400><c> follow.</c> 00:37:35.780 --> 00:37:38.519 1<00:37:35.960><c> Peter</c><00:37:36.400><c> 1</c><00:37:37.000><c> and</c><00:37:37.159><c> at</c><00:37:37.300><c> verse</c><00:37:37.539><c> 10.</c> 00:37:38.539 --> 00:37:45.300 Concerning<00:37:39.099><c> which</c><00:37:39.380><c> salvation</c><00:37:40.219><c> the</c><00:37:41.119><c> prophets</c><00:37:41.639><c> searched</c><00:37:42.679><c> diligently</c><00:37:44.219><c> who</c> 00:37:45.300 --> 00:37:49.199 prophesied<00:37:46.179><c> of</c><00:37:46.579><c> the</c><00:37:46.880><c> grace</c><00:37:47.340><c> that</c><00:37:47.639><c> should</c><00:37:47.820><c> come</c><00:37:48.000><c> unto</c><00:37:48.260><c> you.</c> 00:37:49.300 --> 00:37:52.760 Searching<00:37:49.900><c> what</c><00:37:50.300><c> time</c><00:37:50.699><c> or</c><00:37:51.000><c> what</c><00:37:51.380><c> manner</c><00:37:51.559><c> of</c><00:37:51.860><c> time</c><00:37:52.099><c> the</c><00:37:52.420><c> Spirit</c> 00:37:52.760 --> 00:37:59.900 of<00:37:53.039><c> Christ</c><00:37:53.619><c> which</c><00:37:54.099><c> was</c><00:37:54.539><c> in</c><00:37:54.880><c> them</c><00:37:55.500><c> did</c><00:37:56.179><c> signify</c><00:37:57.019><c> when</c><00:37:57.519><c> it</c><00:37:57.880><c> testified</c><00:37:58.340><c> beforehand</c><00:37:59.099><c> the</c> 00:37:59.900 --> 00:38:01.579 sufferings<00:38:00.280><c> of</c><00:38:00.539><c> Christ.</c> 00:38:01.380 --> 00:38:05.199 And<00:38:01.760><c> the</c><00:38:02.000><c> glories</c><00:38:02.460><c> that</c><00:38:02.679><c> should</c><00:38:02.880><c> follow</c><00:38:03.139><c> them</c><00:38:04.139><c> to</c><00:38:04.800><c> whom</c><00:38:05.000><c> it</c> 00:38:05.199 --> 00:38:10.059 was<00:38:05.380><c> revealed</c><00:38:05.900><c> 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the</c><00:38:24.920><c> prophets.</c> 00:38:25.219 --> 00:38:28.719 Look<00:38:25.699><c> at</c><00:38:25.900><c> that</c><00:38:26.019><c> again,</c><00:38:26.500><c> verse</c><00:38:26.659><c> 12,</c><00:38:27.280><c> to</c><00:38:27.539><c> whom</c><00:38:27.880><c> it</c><00:38:28.099><c> was</c><00:38:28.340><c> revealed</c> 00:38:28.719 --> 00:38:32.980 that<00:38:29.079><c> not</c><00:38:29.380><c> unto</c><00:38:29.699><c> themselves</c><00:38:30.280><c> but</c><00:38:30.760><c> unto</c><00:38:31.260><c> you</c><00:38:31.500><c> did</c><00:38:31.659><c> they</c><00:38:31.900><c> minister</c><00:38:32.139><c> these</c><00:38:32.400><c> things,</c> 00:38:33.260 --> 00:38:37.760 which<00:38:33.519><c> now</c><00:38:33.980><c> have</c><00:38:34.199><c> been</c><00:38:34.480><c> announced</c><00:38:34.880><c> unto</c><00:38:35.300><c> you</c><00:38:36.440><c> through</c><00:38:37.260><c> them</c> 00:38:37.760 --> 00:38:39.940 that<00:38:38.260><c> have</c><00:38:38.440><c> preached</c><00:38:38.699><c> the</c><00:38:38.900><c> gospel</c><00:38:39.239><c> unto</c><00:38:39.679><c> you.</c> 00:38:39.940 --> 00:38:44.239 Notice<00:38:40.260><c> that</c><00:38:40.719><c> four</c><00:38:41.199><c> times</c><00:38:41.559><c> in</c><00:38:41.739><c> this</c><00:38:41.960><c> passage,</c><00:38:42.699><c> unto</c><00:38:43.179><c> you.</c> 00:38:45.780 --> 00:38:51.059 By<00:38:46.460><c> the</c><00:38:46.760><c> Holy</c><00:38:47.079><c> Spirit</c><00:38:47.420><c> sent</c><00:38:47.679><c> forth</c><00:38:47.900><c> from</c><00:38:48.099><c> heaven</c><00:38:48.579><c> which</c><00:38:49.960><c> thing</c> 00:38:51.059 --> 00:38:54.739 the<00:38:51.639><c> angels</c><00:38:52.400><c> desired</c><00:38:53.340><c> to</c><00:38:53.659><c> look</c><00:38:53.840><c> into.</c> 00:38:54.760 --> 00:38:56.280 Isn't<00:38:55.079><c> that</c><00:38:55.300><c> wonderful?</c> 00:38:56.900 --> 00:39:00.219 The<00:38:57.179><c> angels</c><00:38:57.659><c> desired</c><00:38:58.320><c> to</c><00:38:58.539><c> look</c><00:38:58.739><c> into</c><00:38:58.960><c> those</c><00:38:59.280><c> things.</c> 00:39:00.260 --> 00:39:03.280 The<00:39:00.519><c> prophets</c><00:39:00.840><c> desired</c><00:39:01.480><c> to</c><00:39:01.619><c> look</c><00:39:01.800><c> into</c><00:39:02.019><c> those</c><00:39:02.320><c> things.</c> 00:39:04.559 --> 00:39:07.199 But<00:39:04.739><c> they</c><00:39:04.940><c> were</c><00:39:05.219><c> limited</c><00:39:05.559><c> in</c><00:39:05.760><c> their</c><00:39:05.920><c> knowledge</c><00:39:06.139><c> because</c><00:39:06.639><c> God</c> 00:39:07.199 --> 00:39:08.760 had<00:39:08.059><c> decreed</c><00:39:08.440><c> it.</c> 00:39:08.780 --> 00:39:12.019 God<00:39:09.079><c> had</c><00:39:09.440><c> decreed</c><00:39:09.820><c> that</c><00:39:10.139><c> their</c><00:39:10.440><c> knowledge</c><00:39:10.780><c> of</c><00:39:11.039><c> these</c><00:39:11.340><c> things</c> 00:39:12.019 --> 00:39:16.239 should<00:39:13.199><c> be</c><00:39:14.599><c> restricted</c><00:39:15.219><c> and</c><00:39:15.739><c> restrained.</c> 00:39:16.460 --> 00:39:19.260 They<00:39:16.780><c> in</c><00:39:16.960><c> a</c><00:39:17.159><c> sense</c><00:39:17.340><c> looked</c><00:39:17.699><c> through</c><00:39:18.000><c> a</c><00:39:18.159><c> glass</c><00:39:18.440><c> darkly.</c> 00:39:19.760 --> 00:39:24.219 But<00:39:20.280><c> now,</c><00:39:20.940><c> brethren</c><00:39:21.119><c> and</c><00:39:21.380><c> sisters,</c><00:39:21.679><c> face</c><00:39:21.980><c> to</c><00:39:22.159><c> face,</c><00:39:22.900><c> we</c><00:39:24.019><c> have</c> 00:39:24.219 --> 00:39:26.460 the<00:39:24.360><c> whole</c><00:39:24.639><c> canon</c><00:39:24.820><c> of</c><00:39:25.019><c> scripture,</c><00:39:25.239><c> the</c><00:39:25.360><c> whole</c><00:39:25.679><c> plan</c><00:39:25.800><c> and</c><00:39:25.980><c> purpose</c><00:39:26.239><c> of</c> 00:39:26.460 --> 00:39:28.039 God<00:39:27.099><c> before</c><00:39:27.780><c> us.</c> 00:39:28.079 --> 00:39:31.320 Never<00:39:28.260><c> let</c><00:39:28.400><c> us</c><00:39:28.559><c> take</c><00:39:28.739><c> it</c><00:39:28.880><c> for</c><00:39:29.059><c> granted.</c><00:39:30.360><c> Never.</c> 00:39:32.039 --> 00:39:36.699 What<00:39:32.239><c> a</c><00:39:32.440><c> privileged</c><00:39:32.679><c> people</c><00:39:33.039><c> we</c><00:39:33.280><c> are</c><00:39:33.840><c> that</c><00:39:34.460><c> we</c><00:39:34.960><c> have</c><00:39:35.159><c> this</c><00:39:35.420><c> gospel,</c><00:39:35.719><c> this</c><00:39:35.960><c> gospel</c><00:39:36.320><c> which</c><00:39:36.519><c> is</c> 00:39:36.699 --> 00:39:42.980 preached<00:39:36.880><c> to</c><00:39:37.119><c> Abraham,</c><00:39:37.780><c> to</c><00:39:37.980><c> Isaac,</c><00:39:38.539><c> to</c><00:39:38.719><c> Jacob,</c><00:39:41.340><c> this</c><00:39:41.619><c> precious</c><00:39:42.000><c> gospel.</c> 00:39:43.019 --> 00:39:45.780 We<00:39:43.539><c> have</c><00:39:43.739><c> this</c><00:39:43.980><c> gospel</c><00:39:44.360><c> preached</c><00:39:44.699><c> unto</c><00:39:44.980><c> us.</c> 00:39:48.139 --> 00:39:50.860 What<00:39:48.659><c> a</c><00:39:48.880><c> privileged</c><00:39:49.119><c> people,</c><00:39:49.559><c> brethren</c><00:39:49.739><c> and</c><00:39:49.980><c> sisters.</c> 00:39:51.000 --> 00:39:55.099 We<00:39:51.300><c> have</c><00:39:51.539><c> understood</c><00:39:52.239><c> the</c><00:39:53.300><c> sufferings</c><00:39:53.739><c> of</c><00:39:54.059><c> Christ.</c> 00:39:56.619 --> 00:40:03.199 We<00:39:57.139><c> have</c><00:39:57.260><c> been</c><00:39:57.500><c> buried</c><00:39:57.739><c> with</c><00:39:57.960><c> him</c><00:39:58.780><c> in</c><00:40:00.019><c> baptism</c><00:40:00.500><c> into</c><00:40:02.079><c> his</c><00:40:02.340><c> death.</c> 00:40:03.679 --> 00:40:04.719 We<00:40:03.940><c> have</c><00:40:04.099><c> done</c><00:40:04.280><c> it.</c> 00:40:04.980 --> 00:40:09.039 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searched</c><00:40:26.199><c> diligently</c><00:40:26.739><c> but</c><00:40:26.980><c> they</c><00:40:27.179><c> did</c><00:40:27.300><c> not</c> 00:40:27.460 --> 00:40:28.719 understand<00:40:27.860><c> fully.</c> 00:40:29.820 --> 00:40:32.739 The<00:40:30.039><c> angels</c><00:40:30.400><c> desired</c><00:40:30.920><c> to</c><00:40:31.079><c> look</c><00:40:31.239><c> into</c><00:40:31.420><c> those</c><00:40:31.699><c> things.</c> 00:40:33.699 --> 00:40:36.599 But<00:40:34.420><c> it</c><00:40:34.559><c> was</c><00:40:34.760><c> not</c><00:40:34.940><c> given</c><00:40:35.139><c> them.</c> 00:40:39.199 --> 00:40:44.699 The<00:40:39.880><c> Lord</c><00:40:40.280><c> God</c><00:40:40.579><c> Almighty</c><00:40:41.239><c> decreed</c><00:40:41.900><c> it</c><00:40:42.900><c> because</c><00:40:43.820><c> he</c><00:40:44.159><c> and</c><00:40:44.420><c> only</c> 00:40:44.699 --> 00:40:47.340 he<00:40:45.219><c> is</c><00:40:46.139><c> all</c><00:40:46.340><c> powerful.</c> 00:40:47.519 --> 00:40:50.880 He<00:40:47.820><c> and</c><00:40:48.139><c> only</c><00:40:48.460><c> he</c><00:40:49.119><c> is</c><00:40:49.679><c> all</c><00:40:49.940><c> knowledgeable.</c> 00:40:51.480 --> 00:40:53.619 He<00:40:51.800><c> and</c><00:40:52.019><c> only</c><00:40:52.260><c> he</c><00:40:52.679><c> is</c><00:40:53.000><c> all</c><00:40:53.260><c> present.</c> 00:40:54.059 --> 00:40:56.559 The<00:40:54.300><c> angels,</c><00:40:54.659><c> whether</c><00:40:54.940><c> to</c><00:40:55.280><c> execute</c><00:40:55.639><c> blessing</c><00:40:55.960><c> or</c><00:40:56.219><c> cursing,</c> 00:40:56.559 --> 00:41:00.780 good<00:40:56.760><c> or</c><00:40:57.039><c> bad,</c><00:40:58.199><c> are</c><00:40:58.420><c> his</c><00:40:58.639><c> servants</c><00:40:58.980><c> to</c><00:40:59.260><c> execute</c><00:40:59.619><c> his</c><00:40:59.900><c> will.</c> 00:41:02.199 --> 00:41:07.079 But<00:41:02.920><c> they</c><00:41:03.440><c> are</c><00:41:03.920><c> restrained</c><00:41:05.059><c> according</c><00:41:05.639><c> to</c><00:41:05.960><c> God's</c><00:41:06.320><c> will.</c> 00:41:07.340 --> 00:41:15.860 On<00:41:07.460><c> the</c><00:41:07.639><c> one</c><00:41:07.920><c> hand,</c><00:41:08.739><c> one</c><00:41:08.900><c> angel</c><00:41:09.460><c> kills</c><00:41:11.460><c> 185</c><00:41:12.480><c>,000</c><00:41:12.800><c> men</c><00:41:13.300><c> at</c><00:41:13.780><c> a</c><00:41:13.980><c> single</c><00:41:14.219><c> stroke</c><00:41:14.659><c> because</c><00:41:15.599><c> God</c> 00:41:15.860 --> 00:41:17.119 had<00:41:16.079><c> decreed</c><00:41:16.380><c> it.</c> 00:41:17.480 --> 00:41:22.599 On<00:41:17.739><c> the</c><00:41:17.900><c> other</c><00:41:18.119><c> hand,</c><00:41:19.000><c> an</c><00:41:19.199><c> angel</c><00:41:19.780><c> wrestles</c><00:41:20.480><c> with</c><00:41:20.739><c> a</c><00:41:20.960><c> mortal</c><00:41:21.320><c> for</c><00:41:22.460><c> a</c> 00:41:22.599 --> 00:41:27.300 whole<00:41:22.820><c> night</c><00:41:23.340><c> because</c><00:41:25.239><c> his</c><00:41:25.559><c> power</c><00:41:25.840><c> is</c><00:41:26.199><c> restrained.</c> 00:41:30.280 --> 00:41:34.300 A<00:41:30.800><c> very</c><00:41:31.079><c> brief</c><00:41:31.559><c> summary</c><00:41:31.980><c> so</c><00:41:32.360><c> far.</c> 00:41:40.639 --> 00:41:43.159 Abaddon<00:41:40.920><c> is</c><00:41:41.199><c> the</c><00:41:41.559><c> angel</c><00:41:41.840><c> in</c><00:41:42.199><c> charge</c><00:41:42.500><c> of</c><00:41:42.719><c> destruction.</c> 00:41:43.280 --> 00:41:48.260 He<00:41:43.300><c> is</c><00:41:43.440><c> the</c><00:41:43.619><c> king</c><00:41:43.860><c> of</c><00:41:45.360><c> the</c><00:41:45.599><c> abbess</c><00:41:45.900><c> or</c><00:41:46.119><c> the</c><00:41:46.659><c> angel</c><00:41:46.900><c> of</c><00:41:47.119><c> the</c><00:41:47.280><c> abbess,</c><00:41:47.639><c> Revelation</c><00:41:47.920><c> 9</c> 00:41:48.260 --> 00:41:49.300 verse<00:41:48.460><c> 10.</c> 00:41:50.239 --> 00:41:52.940 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the</c><00:42:06.760><c> one</c><00:42:06.860><c> that</c><00:42:07.000><c> we</c><00:42:07.139><c> have</c><00:42:07.239><c> the</c><00:42:07.380><c> great</c><00:42:07.559><c> problem</c><00:42:07.920><c> with,</c><00:42:09.420><c> personally.</c> 00:42:11.380 --> 00:42:15.099 In<00:42:11.559><c> all</c><00:42:11.760><c> the</c><00:42:12.000><c> study,</c><00:42:13.179><c> there</c><00:42:13.280><c> often</c><00:42:13.599><c> seems</c><00:42:13.920><c> to</c><00:42:14.119><c> be</c><00:42:14.320><c> two</c><00:42:14.599><c> angels</c> 00:42:15.099 --> 00:42:18.239 at<00:42:15.460><c> work,</c><00:42:16.440><c> a</c><00:42:16.639><c> kind</c><00:42:16.960><c> of</c><00:42:17.239><c> partnership.</c> 00:42:19.159 --> 00:42:26.440 And<00:42:19.780><c> we</c><00:42:19.960><c> look</c><00:42:20.139><c> now</c><00:42:20.380><c> at</c><00:42:20.800><c> a</c><00:42:20.960><c> slightly</c><00:42:21.260><c> more</c><00:42:21.599><c> complicated</c><00:42:25.400><c> block</c> 00:42:26.440 --> 00:42:29.989 diagram<00:42:27.079><c> of</c><00:42:28.280><c> what</c><00:42:28.460><c> we</c><00:42:28.880><c> looked</c><00:42:29.019><c> at</c><00:42:29.179><c> yesterday.</c> 00:42:31.239 --> 00:42:35.159 And<00:42:31.420><c> I've</c><00:42:31.639><c> put</c><00:42:31.780><c> the</c><00:42:32.039><c> king</c><00:42:32.239><c> angel,</c><00:42:32.820><c> Abaddon</c><00:42:33.139><c> and</c><00:42:33.840><c> Michael,</c><00:42:34.880><c> the</c> 00:42:35.159 --> 00:42:40.539 prince,<00:42:37.139><c> on</c><00:42:38.539><c> the</c><00:42:38.739><c> same</c><00:42:38.960><c> level</c><00:42:39.219><c> because</c><00:42:39.599><c> it's</c><00:42:39.900><c> very</c><00:42:40.159><c> difficult</c> 00:42:40.539 --> 00:42:44.420 to<00:42:41.539><c> work</c><00:42:41.800><c> out</c><00:42:42.219><c> who</c><00:42:42.460><c> has</c><00:42:42.719><c> authority</c><00:42:43.099><c> over</c><00:42:43.380><c> who</c><00:42:43.559><c> there.</c> 00:42:44.440 --> 00:42:53.579 But<00:42:45.039><c> clearly</c><00:42:45.460><c> both</c><00:42:45.760><c> of</c><00:42:45.940><c> them</c><00:42:46.739><c> are</c><00:42:48.219><c> over</c><00:42:48.900><c> a</c><00:42:50.000><c> band</c><00:42:50.340><c> of</c><00:42:51.420><c> angels</c><00:42:51.900><c> of</c><00:42:52.679><c> evil.</c> 00:42:55.300 --> 00:43:02.659 I<00:42:55.360><c> bring</c><00:42:55.519><c> you</c><00:42:55.719><c> in</c><00:42:55.980><c> conclusion</c><00:42:56.280><c> to</c><00:42:56.619><c> Genesis</c><00:42:57.039><c> chapter</c><00:42:57.420><c> 19</c><00:42:58.159><c> and</c><00:42:59.739><c> we</c><00:42:59.900><c> will</c><00:42:59.980><c> look</c><00:43:00.139><c> at</c><00:43:00.280><c> another</c><00:43:00.559><c> Passover,</c><00:43:02.440><c> a</c> 00:43:02.659 --> 00:43:06.300 Passover<00:43:03.019><c> here</c><00:43:03.420><c> for</c><00:43:03.719><c> Lot</c><00:43:04.039><c> and</c><00:43:04.780><c> his</c><00:43:05.019><c> family.</c> 00:43:06.320 --> 00:43:14.869 For<00:43:07.599><c> context,</c><00:43:09.579><c> chapter</c><00:43:09.699><c> 18,</c><00:43:11.940><c> Genesis</c><00:43:12.159><c> chapter</c><00:43:12.480><c> 18</c><00:43:13.039><c> and</c><00:43:13.260><c> at</c><00:43:13.440><c> verse</c><00:43:13.679><c> 1.</c> 00:43:22.329 --> 00:43:27.030 Genesis<00:43:23.070><c> 18</c><00:43:23.489><c> and</c><00:43:23.670><c> at</c><00:43:23.789><c> verse</c><00:43:24.030><c> 1,</c><00:43:25.050><c> and</c><00:43:25.469><c> the</c><00:43:25.889><c> Lord</c><00:43:26.329><c> appeared</c><00:43:26.750><c> unto</c> 00:43:27.030 --> 00:43:30.230 Abraham<00:43:27.650><c> by</c><00:43:28.150><c> the</c><00:43:28.429><c> oaks</c><00:43:28.809><c> of</c><00:43:29.170><c> Mamre.</c> 00:43:30.610 --> 00:43:35.869 Verse<00:43:30.869><c> 2,</c><00:43:32.429><c> and</c><00:43:32.550><c> as</c><00:43:32.750><c> Abraham</c><00:43:33.110><c> lifted</c><00:43:33.449><c> up</c><00:43:33.710><c> his</c><00:43:33.909><c> eyes,</c><00:43:34.409><c> three</c><00:43:34.869><c> men</c> 00:43:35.869 --> 00:43:38.789 stood<00:43:36.409><c> over</c><00:43:36.989><c> against</c><00:43:37.389><c> him.</c> 00:43:40.010 --> 00:43:42.650 Down<00:43:40.110><c> a</c><00:43:40.289><c> couple</c><00:43:40.409><c> of</c><00:43:40.610><c> verses</c><00:43:40.889><c> to</c><00:43:41.090><c> verse</c><00:43:41.329><c> 16.</c> 00:43:44.449 --> 00:43:52.389 And<00:43:45.570><c> the</c><00:43:46.349><c> men</c><00:43:47.730><c> rose</c><00:43:48.369><c> up</c><00:43:49.070><c> from</c><00:43:49.550><c> thence</c><00:43:50.090><c> and</c><00:43:50.210><c> looked</c><00:43:50.510><c> towards</c><00:43:51.150><c> Sodom.</c> 00:43:53.429 --> 00:43:59.750 And<00:43:53.989><c> verse</c><00:43:54.230><c> 22,</c><00:43:55.090><c> and</c><00:43:56.690><c> the</c><00:43:57.090><c> men</c><00:43:57.710><c> turned</c><00:43:58.610><c> from</c><00:43:58.929><c> thence</c><00:43:59.250><c> and</c><00:43:59.449><c> went</c> 00:43:59.750 --> 00:44:01.630 towards<00:44:00.309><c> Sodom.</c> 00:44:02.090 --> 00:44:08.289 But<00:44:02.230><c> Abraham</c><00:44:02.750><c> stood</c><00:44:03.269><c> before</c><00:44:05.449><c> Yahweh,</c><00:44:06.809><c> the</c><00:44:06.929><c> angel</c><00:44:07.449><c> which</c><00:44:07.889><c> bore</c> 00:44:08.289 --> 00:44:09.809 God's<00:44:08.849><c> name.</c> 00:44:10.050 --> 00:44:14.710 19<00:44:10.610><c> verse</c><00:44:10.929><c> 1,</c><00:44:12.110><c> and</c><00:44:12.630><c> the</c><00:44:12.949><c> two</c><00:44:13.329><c> angels,</c><00:44:13.929><c> which</c><00:44:14.150><c> hitherto</c><00:44:14.489><c> have</c> 00:44:14.710 --> 00:44:19.909 been<00:44:14.989><c> called</c><00:44:15.670><c> men,</c><00:44:17.449><c> and</c><00:44:17.690><c> the</c><00:44:17.989><c> two</c><00:44:18.269><c> angels</c><00:44:18.769><c> came</c><00:44:19.150><c> to</c><00:44:19.429><c> Sodom</c><00:44:19.690><c> at</c> 00:44:19.909 --> 00:44:24.369 even,<00:44:21.030><c> and</c><00:44:21.210><c> Lot</c><00:44:21.409><c> sat</c><00:44:21.949><c> in</c><00:44:22.150><c> the</c><00:44:22.309><c> gate</c><00:44:22.550><c> of</c><00:44:22.909><c> Sodom.</c> 00:44:25.469 --> 00:44:30.050 Verse<00:44:26.030><c> 12,</c><00:44:27.389><c> and</c><00:44:27.630><c> the</c><00:44:27.809><c> men</c><00:44:28.070><c> said</c><00:44:28.230><c> unto</c><00:44:28.550><c> Lot,</c><00:44:29.050><c> Hast</c><00:44:29.269><c> thou</c><00:44:29.710><c> hear</c> 00:44:30.050 --> 00:44:31.989 any<00:44:30.630><c> besides,</c><00:44:31.429><c> son</c><00:44:31.690><c> in</c><00:44:31.889><c> law?</c> 00:44:31.989 --> 00:44:34.309 Notice<00:44:32.269><c> that</c><00:44:32.469><c> they</c><00:44:32.590><c> are</c><00:44:32.650><c> now</c><00:44:32.849><c> called</c><00:44:33.010><c> men</c><00:44:33.230><c> again.</c> 00:44:35.070 --> 00:44:36.690 These<00:44:35.170><c> are</c><00:44:35.309><c> the</c><00:44:35.449><c> angels</c><00:44:35.710><c> speaking.</c> 00:44:37.230 --> 00:44:41.250 Hast<00:44:37.829><c> thou</c><00:44:38.110><c> hear</c><00:44:38.349><c> any</c><00:44:38.650><c> besides,</c><00:44:39.190><c> son</c><00:44:39.469><c> in</c><00:44:39.670><c> law,</c><00:44:40.610><c> and</c><00:44:40.750><c> thy</c><00:44:40.929><c> sons</c> 00:44:41.250 --> 00:44:44.670 and<00:44:41.389><c> thy</c><00:44:41.610><c> daughters,</c><00:44:42.750><c> and</c><00:44:42.929><c> whomsoever</c><00:44:43.329><c> thou</c><00:44:43.650><c> hast</c><00:44:43.869><c> in</c><00:44:44.070><c> the</c><00:44:44.210><c> city?</c> 00:44:45.150 --> 00:44:49.630 Bring<00:44:45.329><c> them</c><00:44:45.510><c> out</c><00:44:45.690><c> of</c><00:44:45.829><c> this</c><00:44:46.090><c> place,</c><00:44:46.409><c> for</c><00:44:46.530><c> we</c><00:44:46.710><c> will</c><00:44:46.949><c> destroy</c><00:44:47.389><c> this</c><00:44:47.710><c> place,</c><00:44:48.909><c> because</c><00:44:49.269><c> the</c> 00:44:49.630 --> 00:44:52.250 cry<00:44:49.769><c> of</c><00:44:49.949><c> them</c><00:44:50.070><c> is</c><00:44:50.289><c> waxing</c><00:44:50.690><c> great</c><00:44:50.869><c> before</c><00:44:51.269><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:44:53.110 --> 00:44:57.550 And<00:44:53.389><c> Yahweh</c><00:44:53.710><c> hath</c><00:44:53.909><c> sent</c><00:44:54.210><c> us</c><00:44:55.210><c> to</c><00:44:56.349><c> destroy</c><00:44:56.849><c> it.</c> 00:44:57.610 --> 00:45:01.550 Two<00:44:58.090><c> men,</c><00:45:00.230><c> two</c><00:45:00.570><c> angels.</c> 00:45:02.230 --> 00:45:05.789 And<00:45:02.789><c> so</c><00:45:03.010><c> it</c><00:45:03.150><c> seems</c><00:45:03.389><c> highly</c><00:45:03.690><c> probable</c><00:45:04.090><c> that</c><00:45:04.329><c> once</c><00:45:04.570><c> again</c><00:45:04.969><c> Abaddon</c><00:45:05.469><c> and</c> 00:45:05.789 --> 00:45:08.409 Michael<00:45:06.210><c> are</c><00:45:07.289><c> at</c><00:45:07.570><c> work</c><00:45:07.869><c> again.</c> 00:45:08.789 --> 00:45:15.309 But<00:45:09.349><c> they</c><00:45:09.510><c> are</c><00:45:09.750><c> sent</c><00:45:09.989><c> to</c><00:45:10.269><c> destroy</c><00:45:11.409><c> Sodom</c><00:45:12.690><c> and</c><00:45:13.170><c> Gomorrah,</c><00:45:15.070><c> but</c> 00:45:15.309 --> 00:45:19.949 they<00:45:15.449><c> are</c><00:45:15.690><c> sent</c><00:45:16.150><c> to</c><00:45:16.650><c> save</c><00:45:17.510><c> Lot</c><00:45:18.090><c> and</c><00:45:18.789><c> his</c><00:45:19.010><c> wife.</c> 00:45:20.050 --> 00:45:22.030 What<00:45:20.250><c> a</c><00:45:20.409><c> privilege,</c><00:45:20.909><c> brethren</c><00:45:21.050><c> and</c><00:45:21.269><c> sisters.</c> 00:45:22.110 --> 00:45:25.230 These<00:45:22.389><c> angels</c><00:45:22.650><c> of</c><00:45:22.909><c> destruction,</c><00:45:23.429><c> they</c><00:45:23.550><c> are</c><00:45:23.610><c> on</c><00:45:23.769><c> our</c><00:45:24.070><c> side.</c> 00:45:26.650 --> 00:45:29.349 They<00:45:26.929><c> are</c><00:45:27.150><c> sent</c><00:45:27.429><c> to</c><00:45:27.750><c> bring</c><00:45:27.849><c> us</c><00:45:28.090><c> to</c><00:45:28.309><c> salvation.</c> 00:45:32.030 --> 00:45:35.510 And<00:45:32.630><c> of</c><00:45:32.849><c> course</c><00:45:33.010><c> we</c><00:45:33.150><c> might</c><00:45:33.369><c> look</c><00:45:33.610><c> at</c><00:45:33.769><c> this</c><00:45:34.650><c> part</c><00:45:35.010><c> of</c><00:45:35.230><c> scripture</c> 00:45:35.510 --> 00:45:38.329 and<00:45:35.809><c> in</c><00:45:35.989><c> all</c><00:45:36.150><c> the</c><00:45:36.369><c> study</c><00:45:36.550><c> and</c><00:45:36.769><c> we'll</c><00:45:36.969><c> say,</c><00:45:37.369><c> oh</c><00:45:37.369><c> well</c><00:45:37.530><c> that</c><00:45:37.730><c> happened</c><00:45:37.969><c> so</c> 00:45:38.329 --> 00:45:39.469 long<00:45:38.489><c> ago.</c> 00:45:40.210 --> 00:45:44.110 This<00:45:40.369><c> destruction</c><00:45:40.849><c> angel</c><00:45:41.150><c> in</c><00:45:41.349><c> this</c><00:45:41.750><c> study</c><00:45:42.389><c> of</c><00:45:42.690><c> destroying</c><00:45:43.110><c> angels,</c><00:45:43.849><c> it</c> 00:45:44.110 --> 00:45:46.030 happened<00:45:44.309><c> so</c><00:45:44.829><c> long</c><00:45:45.030><c> ago.</c> 00:45:46.469 --> 00:45:48.690 Those<00:45:46.769><c> angels</c><00:45:47.070><c> aren't</c><00:45:47.289><c> operative</c><00:45:47.710><c> today.</c> 00:45:49.429 --> 00:45:51.489 We<00:45:49.909><c> might</c><00:45:50.130><c> think</c><00:45:50.369><c> that.</c> 00:45:52.670 --> 00:45:57.369 But<00:45:53.190><c> let</c><00:45:53.369><c> us</c><00:45:53.750><c> recall</c><00:45:54.269><c> very</c><00:45:54.789><c> clearly</c><00:45:55.150><c> the</c><00:45:55.429><c> words</c><00:45:55.750><c> of</c><00:45:55.969><c> Jesus.</c> 00:45:57.869 --> 00:46:04.769 Likewise,<00:45:59.929><c> even</c><00:46:00.190><c> as</c><00:46:00.489><c> it</c><00:46:00.710><c> came</c><00:46:00.929><c> to</c><00:46:01.250><c> pass</c><00:46:01.650><c> in</c><00:46:02.349><c> the</c><00:46:02.670><c> days</c><00:46:03.210><c> of</c><00:46:03.929><c> Lot.</c> 00:46:06.230 --> 00:46:14.489 They<00:46:06.969><c> ate,</c><00:46:08.650><c> they</c><00:46:08.969><c> drank,</c><00:46:10.389><c> they</c><00:46:10.849><c> bought,</c><00:46:12.389><c> they</c><00:46:12.670><c> sold,</c><00:46:14.230><c> they</c> 00:46:14.489 --> 00:46:17.730 planted,<00:46:15.889><c> they</c><00:46:16.110><c> builded.</c> 00:46:18.829 --> 00:46:24.150 But<00:46:19.210><c> in</c><00:46:19.409><c> the</c><00:46:19.610><c> same</c><00:46:19.829><c> day</c><00:46:20.090><c> that</c><00:46:20.389><c> Lot</c><00:46:20.590><c> went</c><00:46:20.849><c> out</c><00:46:21.090><c> of</c><00:46:21.309><c> Sodom</c><00:46:21.550><c> it</c><00:46:21.789><c> rained</c><00:46:22.090><c> brimstone</c><00:46:22.710><c> from</c><00:46:22.969><c> heaven</c><00:46:23.329><c> and</c> 00:46:24.150 --> 00:46:26.610 destroyed<00:46:25.110><c> them</c><00:46:25.449><c> all.</c> 00:46:29.090 --> 00:46:34.789 After<00:46:29.730><c> the</c><00:46:30.369><c> same</c><00:46:31.550><c> manner,</c><00:46:33.250><c> those</c><00:46:33.630><c> are</c><00:46:33.849><c> the</c><00:46:34.030><c> words</c><00:46:34.289><c> I'd</c><00:46:34.630><c> like</c> 00:46:34.789 --> 00:46:36.170 you<00:46:34.989><c> to</c><00:46:35.190><c> mark</c><00:46:35.349><c> carefully.</c> 00:46:36.789 --> 00:46:40.849 After<00:46:37.230><c> the</c><00:46:37.829><c> same</c><00:46:38.409><c> manner</c><00:46:38.789><c> shall</c><00:46:39.110><c> it</c><00:46:39.329><c> be</c><00:46:39.590><c> in</c><00:46:39.869><c> the</c><00:46:40.110><c> day</c><00:46:40.389><c> when</c><00:46:40.630><c> the</c> 00:46:40.849 --> 00:46:43.570 Son<00:46:41.030><c> of</c><00:46:41.329><c> Man</c><00:46:41.750><c> is</c><00:46:42.510><c> revealed.</c> 00:46:44.650 --> 00:46:48.289 Those<00:46:45.010><c> angels,</c><00:46:45.610><c> brethren</c><00:46:45.769><c> and</c><00:46:46.010><c> sisters,</c><00:46:46.650><c> are</c><00:46:46.909><c> still</c><00:46:47.190><c> active.</c> 00:46:48.650 --> 00:46:52.829 But<00:46:49.210><c> may</c><00:46:49.429><c> it</c><00:46:49.590><c> be,</c><00:46:49.869><c> brethren</c><00:46:49.989><c> and</c><00:46:50.250><c> sisters,</c><00:46:50.389><c> in</c><00:46:50.570><c> that</c><00:46:50.849><c> day</c><00:46:51.389><c> that</c> 00:46:52.829 --> 00:46:58.710 the<00:46:53.309><c> destroying</c><00:46:53.670><c> angel</c><00:46:54.369><c> will</c><00:46:54.829><c> pass</c><00:46:55.269><c> over</c><00:46:55.809><c> us</c><00:46:56.550><c> because</c><00:46:57.630><c> we</c><00:46:57.969><c> have</c><00:46:58.289><c> our</c> 00:46:58.710 --> 00:47:01.809 Father's<00:46:59.329><c> seal</c><00:46:59.590><c> in</c><00:46:59.869><c> our</c><00:47:00.190><c> foreheads.</c> 00:47:04.289 --> 00:47:07.309 There<00:47:04.849><c> will</c><00:47:05.030><c> be</c><00:47:05.230><c> a</c><00:47:05.349><c> time</c><00:47:05.489><c> of</c><00:47:05.829><c> destruction,</c><00:47:06.250><c> a</c><00:47:06.369><c> time</c><00:47:06.570><c> of</c><00:47:06.849><c> trouble</c><00:47:07.070><c> such</c> 00:47:07.309 --> 00:47:11.889 as<00:47:07.510><c> never</c><00:47:07.750><c> was</c><00:47:08.349><c> for</c><00:47:09.530><c> the</c><00:47:09.750><c> whole</c><00:47:09.929><c> earth,</c><00:47:10.369><c> brethren</c><00:47:10.510><c> and</c><00:47:10.789><c> sisters.</c> 00:47:12.809 --> 00:47:17.630 And<00:47:13.369><c> we</c><00:47:13.610><c> pray</c><00:47:13.750><c> that</c><00:47:13.889><c> he</c><00:47:14.030><c> will</c><00:47:14.250><c> pass</c><00:47:14.550><c> over</c><00:47:14.789><c> us</c><00:47:15.610><c> in</c><00:47:16.030><c> the</c><00:47:16.230><c> time</c><00:47:16.369><c> of</c><00:47:16.670><c> destruction.</c> 00:47:17.949 --> 00:47:23.750 And<00:47:18.630><c> bring</c><00:47:18.909><c> us</c><00:47:20.250><c> to</c><00:47:20.789><c> the</c><00:47:20.929><c> kingdom</c><00:47:21.210><c> of</c><00:47:21.429><c> God</c><00:47:21.630><c> for</c><00:47:21.889><c> which</c><00:47:22.710><c> he</c><00:47:23.510><c> was</c> 00:47:23.750 --> 00:47:25.449 created<00:47:24.090><c> and</c><00:47:24.429><c> designed.</c> 00:47:47.789 --> 00:47:49.269 Amen.