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Ominous<00:12:28.399><c> opening</c><00:12:28.879><c> words.</c>

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Now<00:12:30.860><c> it</c><00:12:31.799><c> came</c><00:12:32.299><c> to</c><00:12:32.799><c> pass.</c>

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It<00:12:41.879><c> was</c><00:12:42.100><c> the</c><00:12:42.240><c> very</c><00:12:42.460><c> same</c><00:12:42.759><c> phrase</c><00:12:43.000><c> of</c><00:12:43.259><c> this</c><00:12:43.480><c> that</c><00:12:43.720><c> we</c><00:12:43.980><c> find</c><00:12:44.220><c> in</c>

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Ruth<00:12:44.600><c> chapter</c><00:12:44.980><c> one</c><00:12:45.659><c> and</c><00:12:46.080><c> verse</c><00:12:46.399><c> one.</c>

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When<00:12:47.820><c> in</c><00:12:48.360><c> the</c><00:12:48.879><c> ecclesia</c><00:12:49.379><c> of</c><00:12:49.759><c> that</c><00:12:50.139><c> time</c><00:12:50.620><c> there</c><00:12:51.299><c> was</c><00:12:52.000><c> distress</c>

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facing<00:12:53.440><c> the</c><00:12:53.700><c> nation.</c>

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In<00:12:56.700><c> the</c><00:12:57.519><c> small</c><00:12:57.820><c> book</c><00:12:58.080><c> of</c><00:12:58.320><c> Ruth,</c><00:12:59.039><c> this</c><00:12:59.399><c> gentile</c><00:13:00.039><c> lass</c><00:13:00.299><c> who</c><00:13:00.919><c> married</c><00:13:01.320><c> a</c>

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Jewish<00:13:02.100><c> noble.</c>

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We<00:13:02.960><c> read</c><00:13:03.240><c> the</c><00:13:03.580><c> first</c><00:13:03.899><c> verse</c><00:13:04.120><c> of</c><00:13:04.340><c> chapter</c><00:13:04.639><c> one.</c>

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Now<00:13:05.500><c> it</c><00:13:05.860><c> came</c><00:13:06.139><c> to</c><00:13:06.480><c> pass</c><00:13:06.899><c> in</c><00:13:07.779><c> the</c><00:13:08.019><c> days</c><00:13:08.299><c> when</c><00:13:08.500><c> the</c><00:13:08.740><c> judges</c><00:13:09.039><c> ruled</c>

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that<00:13:10.000><c> there</c><00:13:10.200><c> was</c><00:13:10.440><c> famine</c><00:13:10.720><c> in</c><00:13:10.980><c> the</c><00:13:11.120><c> land.</c>

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And<00:13:12.879><c> they</c><00:13:13.279><c> commenced</c><00:13:13.820><c> the</c><00:13:14.139><c> stages</c><00:13:14.559><c> by</c><00:13:14.840><c> which</c><00:13:15.159><c> this</c><00:13:15.519><c> time</c><00:13:15.720><c> of</c>

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trouble<00:13:16.379><c> in</c><00:13:16.879><c> the</c><00:13:17.059><c> days</c><00:13:17.320><c> of</c><00:13:17.620><c> Boaz</c><00:13:17.899><c> and</c><00:13:18.100><c> Ruth</c>

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were<00:13:18.919><c> to</c><00:13:19.200><c> be</c><00:13:19.960><c> concluded</c><00:13:20.659><c> with</c><00:13:21.159><c> a</c><00:13:21.440><c> joyous</c><00:13:21.840><c> blessing</c><00:13:22.379><c> as</c><00:13:22.840><c> they</c>

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stood<00:13:23.379><c> together</c><00:13:24.379><c> representing</c><00:13:25.379><c> Jesus</c><00:13:25.919><c> Christ</c><00:13:26.320><c> and</c><00:13:26.799><c> his</c>

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wondrous<00:13:27.460><c> bride.</c>

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Also<00:13:29.139><c> in</c><00:13:29.379><c> Genesis</c><00:13:29.759><c> chapter</c><00:13:30.139><c> 14</c><00:13:30.860><c> and</c><00:13:31.259><c> at</c><00:13:31.460><c> verse</c><00:13:31.720><c> one</c><00:13:32.259><c> in</c><00:13:32.620><c> the</c><00:13:32.940><c> circumstances</c><00:13:33.559><c> of</c>

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the<00:13:34.240><c> father</c><00:13:34.440><c> of</c><00:13:34.639><c> the</c><00:13:34.820><c> faithful.</c>

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It<00:13:36.299><c> came</c><00:13:36.700><c> to</c><00:13:37.039><c> pass,</c><00:13:37.340><c> we</c><00:13:37.580><c> read,</c><00:13:38.440><c> in</c><00:13:38.639><c> the</c><00:13:38.820><c> days</c><00:13:39.019><c> of</c><00:13:39.340><c> Amrapel</c><00:13:39.879><c> king</c>

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of<00:13:40.519><c> China</c><00:13:40.799><c> that</c><00:13:41.279><c> there</c><00:13:41.480><c> was</c><00:13:41.679><c> to</c><00:13:41.799><c> be</c><00:13:41.960><c> a</c><00:13:42.139><c> confederation</c><00:13:42.759><c> of</c><00:13:43.000><c> nations</c>

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coming<00:13:43.720><c> down</c><00:13:44.039><c> upon</c><00:13:44.259><c> the</c><00:13:44.440><c> little</c><00:13:44.639><c> ecclesia</c><00:13:45.179><c> of</c><00:13:46.179><c> Lot</c><00:13:46.440><c> and</c><00:13:46.840><c> Abraham.</c>

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It<00:13:48.039><c> came</c><00:13:48.460><c> to</c><00:13:48.779><c> pass.</c>

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A<00:13:49.740><c> time</c><00:13:50.059><c> of</c><00:13:50.360><c> trouble</c><00:13:50.700><c> which</c><00:13:51.100><c> concluded</c><00:13:51.580><c> in</c><00:13:51.840><c> the</c><00:13:51.980><c> victory</c><00:13:52.580><c> as</c>

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Abraham<00:13:53.639><c> with</c><00:13:53.919><c> his</c><00:13:55.000><c> courageous</c><00:13:55.740><c> forces</c><00:13:56.419><c> went</c><00:13:56.799><c> forward</c><00:13:57.340><c> to</c>

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secure<00:13:58.639><c> Lot</c><00:13:59.039><c> from</c><00:13:59.379><c> their</c><00:13:59.620><c> clutches.</c>

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In<00:14:02.179><c> the</c><00:14:02.379><c> words</c><00:14:02.580><c> of</c><00:14:02.820><c> Jeremiah</c><00:14:03.259><c> chapter</c><00:14:03.679><c> one</c><00:14:03.899><c> and</c><00:14:04.080><c> verse</c><00:14:04.320><c> three.</c>

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As<00:14:06.340><c> that</c><00:14:06.659><c> prophet</c><00:14:06.940><c> looked</c><00:14:07.220><c> upon</c><00:14:07.500><c> an</c><00:14:07.840><c> apostate</c><00:14:08.340><c> ecclesia.</c>

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It<00:14:10.340><c> says</c><00:14:10.519><c> there,</c><00:14:11.480><c> it</c><00:14:11.639><c> came</c><00:14:12.080><c> also</c><00:14:12.740><c> in</c><00:14:13.120><c> the</c><00:14:13.320><c> days</c><00:14:13.639><c> of</c><00:14:13.960><c> Jehoiakim</c>

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the<00:14:14.759><c> son</c><00:14:15.059><c> of</c><00:14:15.179><c> Josiah</c><00:14:16.240><c> king</c><00:14:16.419><c> of</c><00:14:16.679><c> Judah</c>

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until<00:14:17.460><c> the</c><00:14:17.759><c> end</c><00:14:17.940><c> of</c><00:14:18.139><c> the</c><00:14:18.299><c> eleventh</c><00:14:18.659><c> year</c><00:14:19.080><c> of</c><00:14:19.659><c> Zedekiah.</c>

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So<00:14:20.860><c> it</c><00:14:21.159><c> came</c><00:14:21.460><c> to</c><00:14:21.779><c> pass.</c>

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And<00:14:23.559><c> the</c><00:14:23.740><c> ecclesia</c><00:14:24.340><c> in</c><00:14:24.580><c> the</c><00:14:24.720><c> days</c><00:14:24.919><c> of</c><00:14:25.220><c> Jerusalem</c><00:14:25.879><c> were</c><00:14:26.820><c> so</c><00:14:27.200><c> mad</c>

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to<00:14:27.639><c> see</c><00:14:27.779><c> in</c><00:14:27.940><c> an</c><00:14:28.220><c> apostate</c>

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that<00:14:29.740><c> it</c><00:14:29.899><c> was</c><00:14:30.100><c> the</c><00:14:30.419><c> power</c><00:14:30.740><c> of</c><00:14:31.120><c> God</c><00:14:31.320><c> that</c><00:14:31.679><c> turned</c><00:14:31.879><c> that</c><00:14:32.360><c> into</c><00:14:32.960><c> a</c>

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blessing<00:14:33.659><c> as</c><00:14:34.080><c> a</c><00:14:34.340><c> remnant</c><00:14:34.840><c> escaped.</c>

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And<00:14:37.019><c> in</c><00:14:37.340><c> the</c><00:14:37.480><c> second</c><00:14:37.700><c> of</c><00:14:37.960><c> Samuel</c><00:14:38.539><c> chapter</c><00:14:39.100><c> 21</c><00:14:39.940><c> and</c><00:14:40.379><c> at</c><00:14:40.580><c> verse</c><00:14:40.860><c> one.</c>

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In<00:14:43.080><c> the</c><00:14:43.559><c> situation</c><00:14:44.139><c> of</c><00:14:44.419><c> these</c><00:14:44.679><c> times</c><00:14:45.299><c> in</c><00:14:46.419><c> the</c><00:14:46.580><c> revolts</c><00:14:47.059><c> in</c><00:14:47.360><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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In<00:14:49.360><c> the</c><00:14:49.559><c> days</c><00:14:49.799><c> of</c><00:14:50.019><c> David</c><00:14:50.559><c> we</c><00:14:51.200><c> read,</c><00:14:52.080><c> then</c><00:14:52.399><c> there</c><00:14:52.759><c> was</c><00:14:53.200><c> a</c><00:14:53.679><c> famine</c>

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in<00:14:54.519><c> the</c><00:14:54.700><c> days</c><00:14:54.980><c> of</c><00:14:55.299><c> David</c><00:14:55.639><c> three</c><00:14:56.059><c> years</c><00:14:56.440><c> year</c><00:14:56.740><c> after</c><00:14:57.179><c> year.</c>

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It<00:14:57.879><c> came</c><00:14:58.179><c> to</c><00:14:58.480><c> pass.</c><00:14:58.980><c> Then</c><00:14:59.259><c> there</c><00:14:59.639><c> was.</c>

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And<00:15:02.059><c> now</c><00:15:02.259><c> in</c><00:15:02.659><c> Esther</c><00:15:03.100><c> we</c><00:15:03.379><c> read</c><00:15:03.600><c> the</c><00:15:03.820><c> same</c><00:15:04.100><c> thing</c><00:15:04.320><c> in</c><00:15:04.480><c> verse</c><00:15:04.759><c> one.</c>

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It<00:15:05.340><c> came</c><00:15:05.600><c> to</c><00:15:05.860><c> pass</c><00:15:06.059><c> in</c><00:15:06.299><c> the</c><00:15:06.440><c> days</c><00:15:06.659><c> of</c><00:15:06.879><c> Ahasuerus.</c>

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This<00:15:08.460><c> is</c><00:15:08.700><c> that</c><00:15:08.980><c> Ahasuerus</c><00:15:09.740><c> which</c><00:15:10.019><c> reigned</c><00:15:10.240><c> from</c><00:15:10.539><c> India</c><00:15:11.080><c> even</c>

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unto<00:15:11.820><c> Ethiopia</c><00:15:12.639><c> upon</c><00:15:13.240><c> a</c><00:15:13.379><c> hundred</c><00:15:13.799><c> and</c><00:15:14.580><c> seven</c><00:15:15.000><c> and</c><00:15:15.279><c> twenty</c><00:15:15.799><c> provinces.</c>

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There<00:15:17.980><c> was</c><00:15:18.360><c> trouble</c><00:15:18.820><c> brewing</c><00:15:19.159><c> in</c><00:15:19.440><c> the</c><00:15:19.600><c> Persian</c><00:15:19.960><c> kingdom</c><00:15:20.639><c> because</c><00:15:22.159><c> the</c>

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undercurrent<00:15:23.240><c> of</c><00:15:23.740><c> anti</c><00:15:24.080><c>-Semitism</c><00:15:24.600><c> was</c><00:15:25.200><c> moving</c><00:15:25.639><c> amongst</c><00:15:26.059><c> the</c>

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Gentile<00:15:26.840><c> people.</c>

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The<00:15:28.120><c> wicked</c><00:15:28.379><c> Haman</c><00:15:28.860><c> was</c><00:15:29.299><c> already</c><00:15:29.820><c> preparing</c><00:15:30.379><c> his</c><00:15:30.980><c> platform</c>

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for<00:15:31.879><c> his</c><00:15:32.139><c> grand</c><00:15:32.559><c> entrance</c><00:15:32.980><c> upon</c><00:15:33.320><c> the</c><00:15:33.860><c> stage</c><00:15:34.279><c> of</c><00:15:34.600><c> this</c><00:15:34.879><c> drama.</c>

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His<00:15:35.779><c> moment</c><00:15:36.159><c> of</c><00:15:36.480><c> triumph,</c><00:15:37.100><c> his</c><00:15:37.259><c> moment</c><00:15:37.539><c> of</c><00:15:37.840><c> exultation.</c>

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And<00:15:39.320><c> he</c><00:15:39.580><c> is,</c><00:15:40.019><c> as</c><00:15:40.240><c> we</c><00:15:40.460><c> shall</c><00:15:40.659><c> see</c><00:15:41.100><c> as</c><00:15:41.419><c> we</c><00:15:41.600><c> discover</c><00:15:42.019><c> it,</c><00:15:42.620><c> the</c><00:15:42.759><c> very</c><00:15:43.120><c> epitome</c><00:15:43.559><c> of</c>

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sin<00:15:44.259><c> and</c><00:15:44.919><c> all</c><00:15:45.120><c> its</c><00:15:45.379><c> effects.</c>

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This<00:15:46.379><c> great</c><00:15:46.639><c> power</c><00:15:47.039><c> that</c><00:15:47.240><c> we</c><00:15:47.539><c> feel</c><00:15:47.740><c> in</c><00:15:47.919><c> our</c><00:15:48.139><c> own</c><00:15:48.379><c> lives</c><00:15:48.659><c> brothers</c><00:15:48.960><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:15:49.659><c> that</c><00:15:50.120><c> would</c><00:15:50.360><c> battle</c><00:15:50.720><c> against</c><00:15:51.200><c> us.</c>

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To<00:15:53.379><c> destroy</c><00:15:53.840><c> us</c><00:15:54.600><c> in</c><00:15:55.879><c> our</c><00:15:56.259><c> situation</c><00:15:57.059><c> of</c><00:15:57.639><c> redemption</c><00:15:58.059><c> in</c>

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Christ<00:15:58.639><c> Jesus.</c>

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Haman's<00:16:01.039><c> desire</c><00:16:01.340><c> was</c><00:16:01.620><c> to</c><00:16:01.919><c> destroy</c><00:16:02.159><c> Mordecai.</c>

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To<00:16:04.580><c> destroy</c><00:16:05.039><c> this</c><00:16:05.340><c> man</c><00:16:05.559><c> of</c><00:16:05.820><c> faith</c><00:16:06.159><c> and</c><00:16:07.299><c> his</c><00:16:07.519><c> ecclesia</c><00:16:08.019><c> with</c><00:16:08.299><c> him.</c>

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The<00:16:09.440><c> Jews</c><00:16:09.659><c> which</c><00:16:09.919><c> were</c><00:16:10.120><c> scattered</c><00:16:10.580><c> in</c><00:16:11.340><c> the</c><00:16:11.539><c> kingdom</c><00:16:11.919><c> of</c><00:16:12.360><c> the</c>

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king<00:16:12.740><c> Ahasuerus.</c>

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But<00:16:14.740><c> five</c><00:16:15.159><c> years</c><00:16:15.480><c> earlier,</c><00:16:17.539><c> five</c><00:16:17.879><c> years</c><00:16:18.240><c> earlier</c><00:16:18.659><c> to</c><00:16:18.860><c> the</c><00:16:19.100><c> contest</c><00:16:19.460><c> that</c><00:16:19.639><c> we</c>

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shall<00:16:19.980><c> read</c><00:16:20.259><c> about</c><00:16:20.539><c> in</c><00:16:20.700><c> the</c><00:16:20.840><c> book</c><00:16:21.000><c> of</c><00:16:21.259><c> Esther.</c>

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The<00:16:22.679><c> divine</c><00:16:23.200><c> hidden</c><00:16:23.639><c> hand</c><00:16:24.200><c> was</c><00:16:24.700><c> already</c><00:16:25.139><c> preparing</c><00:16:25.840><c> the</c><00:16:26.440><c> divine</c><00:16:26.879><c> armor</c><00:16:27.440><c> for</c>

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the<00:16:28.139><c> contest.</c>

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In<00:16:29.840><c> chapter</c><00:16:30.220><c> two</c><00:16:30.519><c> of</c><00:16:30.759><c> Esther</c><00:16:30.980><c> and</c><00:16:31.259><c> in</c><00:16:31.460><c> verse</c><00:16:31.679><c> 23.</c>

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Mordecai's<00:16:35.759><c> name</c><00:16:36.059><c> had</c><00:16:36.320><c> been</c><00:16:36.639><c> recorded</c><00:16:37.139><c> by</c><00:16:37.480><c> the</c><00:16:37.740><c> king</c><00:16:38.379><c> in</c><00:16:39.200><c> his</c>

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chronicles<00:16:40.120><c> for</c><00:16:40.700><c> outstanding</c><00:16:41.500><c> service.</c>

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Verse<00:16:43.279><c> 23</c><00:16:43.820><c> of</c><00:16:44.100><c> Esther</c><00:16:44.320><c> chapter</c><00:16:44.679><c> two.</c>

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A<00:16:47.240><c> little</c><00:16:47.500><c> incident,</c><00:16:48.159><c> seemingly</c><00:16:48.799><c> insignificant.</c>

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Some<00:16:51.659><c> of</c><00:16:51.879><c> his</c><00:16:52.120><c> servants</c><00:16:52.480><c> of</c><00:16:52.679><c> the</c><00:16:52.840><c> king</c><00:16:53.019><c> were</c><00:16:54.840><c> desiring</c><00:16:57.639><c> to</c>

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betray<00:16:58.820><c> him.</c>

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And<00:17:00.820><c> in</c><00:17:01.039><c> verse</c><00:17:01.220><c> 23</c><00:17:01.799><c> when</c><00:17:03.259><c> inquisition</c><00:17:04.119><c> was</c><00:17:04.359><c> made</c><00:17:04.640><c> of</c><00:17:04.819><c> the</c><00:17:04.960><c> matter</c><00:17:05.279><c> it</c>

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was<00:17:06.000><c> found</c><00:17:06.299><c> out.</c>

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Verse<00:17:08.500><c> 22.</c>

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And<00:17:09.599><c> the</c><00:17:09.839><c> thing</c><00:17:09.960><c> was</c><00:17:10.240><c> known</c><00:17:10.579><c> to</c><00:17:11.099><c> Mordecai</c><00:17:11.740><c> who</c><00:17:12.059><c> told</c><00:17:12.359><c> it</c><00:17:12.640><c> unto</c>

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Esther<00:17:13.259><c> the</c><00:17:13.519><c> queen.</c>

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And<00:17:14.440><c> Esther</c><00:17:14.859><c> certified</c><00:17:15.579><c> the</c><00:17:15.839><c> king</c><00:17:15.980><c> thereof</c><00:17:16.339><c> in</c><00:17:16.500><c> Mordecai's</c><00:17:17.259><c> name.</c>

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And<00:17:18.039><c> when</c><00:17:18.380><c> inquisition</c><00:17:19.700><c> was</c><00:17:19.920><c> made</c><00:17:20.180><c> of</c><00:17:20.339><c> the</c><00:17:20.480><c> matter</c><00:17:20.740><c> it</c><00:17:21.140><c> was</c>

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found<00:17:21.779><c> out.</c>

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Therefore<00:17:22.960><c> they</c><00:17:23.180><c> were</c><00:17:23.440><c> both</c><00:17:23.680><c> hanged</c><00:17:23.940><c> on</c><00:17:24.160><c> a</c><00:17:24.339><c> tree</c><00:17:24.539><c> and</c><00:17:24.920><c> it</c><00:17:25.099><c> was</c>

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written<00:17:25.680><c> in</c><00:17:26.000><c> the</c><00:17:26.220><c> book</c><00:17:26.420><c> of</c><00:17:26.680><c> the</c><00:17:26.900><c> chronicles</c><00:17:27.359><c> before</c><00:17:28.019><c> the</c><00:17:28.319><c> king.</c>

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Mordecai<00:17:31.380><c> had</c><00:17:31.640><c> reported</c><00:17:32.839><c> this</c><00:17:33.480><c> act</c><00:17:33.740><c> of</c><00:17:33.900><c> sedition</c><00:17:34.500><c> and</c><00:17:35.400><c> his</c><00:17:35.640><c> name</c><00:17:35.880><c> was</c><00:17:36.180><c> recorded</c><00:17:36.720><c> in</c>

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the<00:17:37.460><c> chronicles.</c>

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It<00:17:40.660><c> seemed</c><00:17:40.819><c> an</c><00:17:41.119><c> insignificant</c><00:17:41.720><c> incident</c><00:17:42.519><c> at</c><00:17:42.759><c> the</c><00:17:42.940><c> time.</c>

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And<00:17:44.480><c> side</c><00:17:44.819><c> by</c><00:17:45.039><c> side</c><00:17:45.319><c> with</c><00:17:45.519><c> that</c><00:17:45.740><c> you</c><00:17:45.960><c> have</c><00:17:46.279><c> the</c><00:17:47.039><c> insolence</c><00:17:47.480><c> of</c>

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Vashti,<00:17:48.460><c> the</c><00:17:48.640><c> beautiful</c><00:17:49.099><c> queen</c><00:17:49.839><c> of</c><00:17:50.099><c> the</c><00:17:50.279><c> king.</c>

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She<00:17:52.460><c> was</c><00:17:53.119><c> replaced</c><00:17:53.720><c> with</c><00:17:54.200><c> Esther</c><00:17:54.700><c> who</c><00:17:55.559><c> was</c><00:17:55.859><c> exalted</c><00:17:56.180><c> to</c><00:17:56.440><c> a</c><00:17:56.640><c> position</c><00:17:56.920><c> of</c>

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authority<00:17:57.759><c> and</c><00:17:58.359><c> influence</c><00:17:58.740><c> as</c><00:17:59.420><c> queen</c><00:17:59.640><c> of</c><00:17:59.819><c> the</c><00:18:00.019><c> realm.</c>

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In<00:18:00.779><c> Esther</c><00:18:01.200><c> chapter</c><00:18:01.519><c> two</c><00:18:01.819><c> and</c><00:18:01.980><c> verse</c><00:18:02.180><c> 16.</c>

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So<00:18:04.160><c> Esther</c><00:18:04.579><c> was</c><00:18:04.859><c> taken</c><00:18:05.200><c> into</c><00:18:05.460><c> the</c><00:18:05.680><c> house</c><00:18:06.240><c> of</c><00:18:06.619><c> the</c><00:18:06.819><c> king</c><00:18:07.200><c> Ahasuerus</c><00:18:08.180><c> in</c><00:18:08.539><c> the</c>

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tenth<00:18:09.079><c> month</c><00:18:09.660><c> in</c><00:18:10.500><c> the</c><00:18:10.720><c> seventh</c><00:18:11.019><c> year</c><00:18:11.559><c> of</c><00:18:11.880><c> his</c><00:18:12.180><c> reign.</c>

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And<00:18:14.079><c> those</c><00:18:14.420><c> two</c><00:18:15.079><c> seemingly</c><00:18:16.039><c> unrelated</c><00:18:16.819><c> circumstances</c><00:18:18.000><c> later</c>

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became<00:18:19.420><c> interwoven</c><00:18:20.660><c> in</c><00:18:21.019><c> the</c><00:18:21.299><c> pattern</c><00:18:21.700><c> of</c><00:18:22.200><c> the</c><00:18:22.420><c> scheme</c><00:18:22.640><c> of</c><00:18:22.900><c> redemption</c><00:18:23.380><c> in</c>

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the<00:18:24.019><c> days</c><00:18:24.180><c> of</c><00:18:24.519><c> Esther.</c>

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And<00:18:25.259><c> played</c><00:18:25.559><c> out</c><00:18:26.299><c> between</c><00:18:26.859><c> these</c><00:18:27.180><c> two</c><00:18:27.420><c> people</c><00:18:27.859><c> of</c><00:18:28.299><c> faith.</c>

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Who<00:18:31.660><c> can</c><00:18:32.059><c> fail</c><00:18:32.259><c> to</c><00:18:32.599><c> see</c><00:18:33.119><c> the</c><00:18:34.339><c> angelic</c><00:18:35.400><c> hand</c><00:18:35.960><c> unseen</c><00:18:36.940><c> and</c><00:18:38.200><c> yet</c>

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superintending<00:18:39.099><c> in</c><00:18:39.339><c> such</c><00:18:39.599><c> matters.</c>

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Providing<00:18:41.559><c> the</c><00:18:41.859><c> evidences,</c><00:18:42.779><c> the</c><00:18:43.019><c> circumstances</c><00:18:43.559><c> well</c><00:18:44.119><c> before</c><00:18:44.599><c> time</c>

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that<00:18:45.960><c> might</c><00:18:46.180><c> be</c><00:18:46.500><c> brought</c><00:18:46.720><c> together.</c>

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Certainly<00:18:48.859><c> Mordecai</c><00:18:49.559><c> saw</c><00:18:49.859><c> it.</c>

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In<00:18:50.819><c> chapter</c><00:18:51.140><c> four</c><00:18:51.440><c> and</c><00:18:51.660><c> verse</c><00:18:51.859><c> 14</c><00:18:52.539><c> he</c><00:18:53.539><c> says</c><00:18:53.839><c> to</c><00:18:54.039><c> Esther</c><00:18:54.259><c> the</c><00:18:54.480><c> queen.</c>

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For<00:18:55.500><c> if</c><00:18:56.000><c> thou</c><00:18:56.380><c> altogether</c><00:18:57.200><c> holdest</c><00:18:57.819><c> thy</c><00:18:58.059><c> peace</c><00:18:58.279><c> at</c><00:18:58.539><c> this</c><00:18:58.839><c> time,</c><00:18:59.680><c> then</c>

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shall<00:19:00.359><c> their</c><00:19:00.960><c> enlargement</c><00:19:01.759><c> and</c><00:19:02.099><c> deliverance</c><00:19:02.640><c> arise</c><00:19:03.099><c> to</c><00:19:03.359><c> the</c>

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Jews<00:19:03.819><c> from</c><00:19:04.279><c> another</c><00:19:04.619><c> place.</c>

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But<00:19:05.859><c> thou</c><00:19:06.079><c> and</c><00:19:06.180><c> thy</c><00:19:06.359><c> father's</c><00:19:06.799><c> house</c><00:19:06.920><c> shall</c><00:19:07.140><c> be</c><00:19:07.420><c> destroyed.</c>

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And<00:19:08.420><c> who</c><00:19:08.759><c> knoweth,</c><00:19:09.500><c> notice</c><00:19:09.960><c> these</c><00:19:10.240><c> words,</c><00:19:11.220><c> whether</c><00:19:11.480><c> thou</c><00:19:11.859><c> art</c>

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come<00:19:12.440><c> to</c><00:19:12.680><c> the</c><00:19:12.920><c> kingdom</c><00:19:13.500><c> for</c><00:19:14.240><c> such</c><00:19:14.700><c> a</c><00:19:15.099><c> time</c><00:19:15.359><c> as</c><00:19:15.779><c> this.</c>

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Who<00:19:18.440><c> knows</c><00:19:18.799><c> whether</c><00:19:19.019><c> you've</c><00:19:19.279><c> been</c><00:19:19.420><c> put</c><00:19:19.579><c> into</c><00:19:19.819><c> a</c><00:19:20.000><c> position</c><00:19:20.440><c> in</c>

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a<00:19:20.960><c> family</c><00:19:21.599><c> or</c><00:19:22.019><c> in</c><00:19:22.220><c> an</c><00:19:22.359><c> ecclesia</c><00:19:23.259><c> for</c><00:19:24.019><c> such</c><00:19:24.339><c> a</c><00:19:24.599><c> time</c><00:19:24.839><c> as</c><00:19:25.119><c> this.</c>

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That<00:19:26.880><c> Yahweh</c><00:19:27.160><c> might</c><00:19:27.619><c> work</c><00:19:27.920><c> his</c><00:19:28.539><c> powerful</c><00:19:29.259><c> works</c><00:19:29.759><c> in</c><00:19:30.680><c> the</c><00:19:31.400><c> seemingly</c><00:19:32.059><c> insignificant</c><00:19:33.220><c> circumstances</c><00:19:34.099><c> of</c>

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our<00:19:34.960><c> life.</c>

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It<00:19:37.339><c> was</c><00:19:37.579><c> certainly</c><00:19:37.859><c> remarkable</c><00:19:38.559><c> that</c><00:19:39.079><c> Esther</c><00:19:39.319><c> was</c><00:19:39.599><c> so</c><00:19:39.940><c> placed</c>

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in<00:19:40.440><c> such</c><00:19:40.619><c> a</c><00:19:40.819><c> time</c><00:19:40.920><c> of</c><00:19:41.200><c> national</c><00:19:41.500><c> crisis.</c>

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That<00:19:42.500><c> the</c><00:19:43.940><c> wonderful</c><00:19:44.559><c> events</c><00:19:45.119><c> could</c><00:19:45.359><c> be</c><00:19:45.579><c> played</c><00:19:45.779><c> out</c><00:19:45.960><c> as</c><00:19:46.119><c> we</c>

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have<00:19:46.500><c> it</c><00:19:46.619><c> in</c><00:19:46.759><c> this</c><00:19:46.980><c> record.</c>

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And<00:19:48.599><c> here</c><00:19:49.079><c> Mordecai</c><00:19:49.900><c> gives</c><00:19:50.400><c> unspoken</c><00:19:51.200><c> acknowledgement</c><00:19:51.900><c> to</c>

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the<00:19:52.700><c> divine</c><00:19:52.900><c> law</c><00:19:53.259><c> that</c><00:19:53.640><c> God</c><00:19:53.940><c> rules</c><00:19:54.240><c> in</c><00:19:54.460><c> the</c><00:19:54.579><c> kingdoms</c><00:19:54.859><c> of</c><00:19:55.180><c> men.</c>

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And<00:19:57.019><c> in</c><00:19:57.180><c> our</c><00:19:57.319><c> families.</c>

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And<00:19:59.500><c> in</c><00:19:59.640><c> our</c><00:19:59.819><c> ecclesias.</c>

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For<00:20:01.559><c> his</c><00:20:01.779><c> purpose.</c>

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In<00:20:04.359><c> this</c><00:20:04.960><c> book</c><00:20:05.200><c> before</c><00:20:05.640><c> us</c><00:20:05.980><c> even</c><00:20:06.420><c> the</c><00:20:06.740><c> wicked</c><00:20:07.200><c> have</c><00:20:08.460><c> to</c><00:20:08.740><c> acknowledge</c><00:20:09.319><c> that</c><00:20:09.799><c> principle.</c>

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Even<00:20:11.359><c> the</c><00:20:11.700><c> wicked</c><00:20:11.980><c> are</c><00:20:12.319><c> forced</c><00:20:12.579><c> to</c><00:20:13.259><c> recognize</c><00:20:14.019><c> the</c><00:20:14.700><c> strange</c>

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turn<00:20:15.380><c> of</c><00:20:15.720><c> circumstances.</c>

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In<00:20:17.380><c> chapter</c><00:20:17.839><c> 6</c><00:20:18.539><c> and</c><00:20:18.940><c> at</c><00:20:19.140><c> verse</c><00:20:19.339><c> 13,</c><00:20:20.839><c> Zeresh,</c><00:20:22.019><c> the</c><00:20:22.700><c> wife</c><00:20:23.099><c> of</c><00:20:23.359><c> the</c>

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evil<00:20:24.000><c> Haman,</c><00:20:25.140><c> speaks</c><00:20:25.299><c> of</c><00:20:26.619><c> the</c><00:20:26.839><c> divine</c><00:20:27.200><c> purpose</c><00:20:27.740><c> in</c><00:20:28.000><c> Israel</c><00:20:28.380><c> in</c>

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verse<00:20:28.900><c> 13.</c>

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Haman<00:20:30.619><c> told</c><00:20:31.079><c> Zeresh</c><00:20:31.740><c> his</c><00:20:32.019><c> wife</c><00:20:32.420><c> and</c><00:20:33.000><c> all</c><00:20:33.480><c> his</c><00:20:33.759><c> friends</c><00:20:34.299><c> everything</c><00:20:35.240><c> that</c>

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had<00:20:35.700><c> befallen</c><00:20:36.099><c> him.</c>

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Then<00:20:38.019><c> said</c><00:20:38.539><c> his</c><00:20:38.980><c> wise</c><00:20:39.339><c> men</c><00:20:39.779><c> and</c><00:20:40.339><c> Zeresh</c><00:20:40.779><c> his</c><00:20:41.059><c> wife</c><00:20:41.559><c> unto</c><00:20:42.059><c> him,</c>

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If<00:20:43.240><c> Mordecai</c><00:20:44.200><c> be</c><00:20:44.420><c> of</c><00:20:44.640><c> the</c><00:20:44.859><c> seed</c><00:20:45.000><c> of</c><00:20:45.180><c> the</c><00:20:45.380><c> Jews</c><00:20:45.660><c> before</c><00:20:46.059><c> whom</c><00:20:46.299><c> thou</c><00:20:46.500><c> hast</c><00:20:46.759><c> begun</c><00:20:47.140><c> to</c>

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fall,<00:20:48.119><c> thou</c><00:20:48.240><c> shalt</c><00:20:48.539><c> not</c><00:20:48.900><c> prevail</c><00:20:49.180><c> against</c><00:20:49.599><c> him,</c><00:20:51.720><c> but</c><00:20:51.980><c> shalt</c>

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surely<00:20:52.940><c> fall</c><00:20:53.480><c> before</c><00:20:54.000><c> him.</c>

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If<00:20:55.980><c> he's</c><00:20:56.380><c> of</c><00:20:56.619><c> the</c><00:20:56.859><c> seed</c><00:20:57.019><c> of</c><00:20:57.220><c> the</c><00:20:57.400><c> Jews,</c><00:20:58.359><c> Haman,</c><00:20:59.079><c> there</c><00:20:59.220><c> is</c><00:20:59.480><c> no</c><00:20:59.839><c> doubt.</c>

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But<00:21:01.299><c> you'll</c><00:21:01.700><c> succumb</c><00:21:02.559><c> to</c><00:21:02.779><c> the</c><00:21:03.079><c> power</c><00:21:03.539><c> that</c><00:21:03.900><c> is</c><00:21:04.259><c> somehow</c><00:21:04.839><c> behind</c><00:21:05.779><c> the</c>

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influence<00:21:06.819><c> of</c><00:21:07.059><c> the</c><00:21:07.220><c> Jews.</c>

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And<00:21:09.019><c> that's</c><00:21:09.240><c> the</c><00:21:09.480><c> circumstances</c><00:21:09.980><c> that</c><00:21:10.299><c> face</c><00:21:10.480><c> us</c><00:21:10.680><c> at</c><00:21:10.779><c> the</c>

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present<00:21:11.240><c> time.</c>

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In<00:21:12.900><c> Australia</c><00:21:13.420><c> at</c><00:21:13.660><c> the</c><00:21:13.819><c> time</c><00:21:14.000><c> of</c><00:21:14.220><c> the</c><00:21:14.339><c> Six</c><00:21:14.500><c> Day</c><00:21:14.700><c> War</c><00:21:15.000><c> there</c><00:21:15.279><c> was,</c><00:21:15.640><c> and</c>

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the<00:21:16.460><c> year</c><00:21:16.640><c> 1948,</c><00:21:19.279><c> War</c><00:21:19.380><c> of</c><00:21:19.559><c> Liberation,</c>

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there<00:21:20.839><c> were</c><00:21:21.200><c> cartoons</c><00:21:21.980><c> drawn</c><00:21:23.339><c> up</c><00:21:23.720><c> of</c><00:21:24.220><c> Israel</c><00:21:24.680><c> coming</c><00:21:25.000><c> out</c><00:21:25.299><c> of</c>

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Egypt<00:21:26.039><c> through</c><00:21:26.299><c> the</c><00:21:26.380><c> Red</c><00:21:26.720><c> Sea.</c>

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And<00:21:28.380><c> suggesting</c><00:21:29.819><c> a</c><00:21:30.099><c> repetition</c><00:21:30.559><c> in</c><00:21:30.859><c> the</c><00:21:31.259><c> events</c><00:21:31.519><c> of</c><00:21:31.759><c> our</c><00:21:32.000><c> time</c>

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with<00:21:32.700><c> a</c><00:21:32.900><c> caption,</c>

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What<00:21:35.099><c> is</c><00:21:35.339><c> their</c><00:21:35.480><c> secret</c><00:21:35.880><c> weapon?</c>

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People<00:21:38.539><c> curious</c><00:21:39.119><c> about</c><00:21:39.579><c> the</c><00:21:40.000><c> continuance</c><00:21:40.380><c> of</c><00:21:40.599><c> Israel</c><00:21:41.140><c> against</c><00:21:43.160><c> such</c>

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great<00:21:44.240><c> challenges,</c><00:21:45.279><c> such</c><00:21:45.799><c> devastating</c><00:21:46.640><c> odds,</c>

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must<00:21:49.200><c> come</c><00:21:49.440><c> to</c><00:21:49.660><c> the</c><00:21:49.779><c> same</c><00:21:50.000><c> situation</c><00:21:50.859><c> and</c><00:21:51.400><c> consideration</c><00:21:51.859><c> that</c><00:21:52.259><c> there</c><00:21:52.519><c> is</c>

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some<00:21:53.220><c> secret</c><00:21:53.680><c> weapon</c><00:21:54.160><c> they</c><00:21:54.700><c> have.</c>

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They<00:21:55.359><c> have</c><00:21:55.660><c> that,</c><00:21:56.279><c> brothers</c><00:21:56.279><c> and</c><00:21:56.380><c> sisters.</c>

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The<00:21:57.259><c> hidden</c><00:21:57.819><c> hand</c><00:21:58.339><c> of</c><00:21:58.640><c> Yahweh</c><00:21:59.019><c> is</c><00:21:59.380><c> there.</c>

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And<00:22:00.059><c> the</c><00:22:00.240><c> amazing</c><00:22:01.200><c> witness</c><00:22:01.740><c> of</c><00:22:02.059><c> Israel</c><00:22:02.440><c> had</c><00:22:02.759><c> not</c><00:22:03.059><c> gone</c><00:22:03.440><c> unnoticed</c><00:22:04.440><c> by</c><00:22:04.819><c> this</c><00:22:05.099><c> woman,</c><00:22:06.220><c> Zeresh,</c><00:22:07.000><c> and</c>

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by<00:22:07.759><c> her</c><00:22:08.680><c> professional</c><00:22:09.640><c> advisors.</c>

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And<00:22:12.200><c> out</c><00:22:12.339><c> of</c><00:22:12.480><c> all</c><00:22:12.740><c> the</c><00:22:13.039><c> trauma</c><00:22:13.539><c> and</c><00:22:14.400><c> out</c><00:22:14.579><c> of</c><00:22:14.720><c> all</c><00:22:14.900><c> the</c><00:22:15.180><c> intrigue</c>

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of<00:22:15.740><c> the</c><00:22:15.900><c> Book</c><00:22:16.079><c> of</c><00:22:16.339><c> Esther,</c>

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we<00:22:17.380><c> have</c><00:22:17.839><c> the</c><00:22:18.240><c> short</c><00:22:18.619><c> concluding</c><00:22:19.240><c> chapter</c><00:22:19.720><c> of</c><00:22:20.119><c> chapter</c><00:22:20.440><c> 10,</c><00:22:21.339><c> a</c>

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concluding<00:22:22.259><c> chapter</c><00:22:22.680><c> of</c><00:22:23.079><c> three</c><00:22:23.339><c> verses</c><00:22:24.019><c> only,</c>

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which<00:22:26.420><c> brings</c><00:22:26.799><c> the</c><00:22:27.099><c> story</c><00:22:27.380><c> to</c><00:22:27.640><c> a</c><00:22:27.839><c> glorious</c><00:22:28.240><c> climax.</c>

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The<00:22:30.039><c> king</c><00:22:30.359><c> is</c><00:22:30.660><c> supreme.</c>

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His<00:22:32.119><c> minister,</c><00:22:32.940><c> Mordecai,</c><00:22:33.660><c> in</c><00:22:33.819><c> a</c><00:22:34.099><c> position</c><00:22:34.359><c> of</c><00:22:34.660><c> authority,</c>

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had<00:22:35.539><c> his</c><00:22:35.759><c> right</c><00:22:36.140><c> hand.</c>

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Queen<00:22:38.180><c> Esther,</c><00:22:40.019><c> revealed</c><00:22:40.299><c> in</c><00:22:40.660><c> all</c><00:22:40.960><c> her</c><00:22:41.259><c> beauty</c><00:22:41.640><c> and</c><00:22:42.059><c> her</c><00:22:42.359><c> glory,</c><00:22:43.359><c> a</c><00:22:43.619><c> kingdom</c><00:22:43.900><c> of</c><00:22:44.200><c> peace,</c>

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and<00:22:45.240><c> Israel</c><00:22:45.779><c> restored</c><00:22:46.279><c> to</c><00:22:46.519><c> the</c><00:22:46.660><c> first</c><00:22:46.880><c> dominion.</c>

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And<00:22:48.579><c> the</c><00:22:48.759><c> king,</c><00:22:49.079><c> Ahasuerus,</c><00:22:49.880><c> laid</c><00:22:49.960><c> a</c><00:22:50.099><c> tribute</c><00:22:50.400><c> on</c><00:22:50.740><c> all</c><00:22:51.079><c> the</c><00:22:51.279><c> Gentile</c><00:22:51.759><c> lands</c><00:22:52.099><c> and</c><00:22:52.299><c> the</c><00:22:52.480><c> isles</c><00:22:52.640><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:53.039><c> sea,</c>

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and<00:22:53.720><c> all</c><00:22:53.900><c> the</c><00:22:54.079><c> acts</c><00:22:54.240><c> of</c><00:22:54.400><c> his</c><00:22:54.660><c> power</c><00:22:55.000><c> and</c><00:22:55.220><c> his</c><00:22:55.539><c> might,</c><00:22:56.000><c> and</c><00:22:56.160><c> the</c>

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declaration<00:22:56.859><c> of</c><00:22:57.539><c> the</c><00:22:57.740><c> greatness</c><00:22:58.039><c> of</c><00:22:58.319><c> Mordecai,</c>

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whereunto<00:22:59.720><c> the</c><00:22:59.900><c> king</c><00:23:00.119><c> advanced</c><00:23:00.519><c> him.</c>

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Are<00:23:01.279><c> they</c><00:23:01.440><c> not</c><00:23:01.599><c> written</c><00:23:01.819><c> in</c><00:23:02.079><c> the</c><00:23:02.220><c> book</c><00:23:02.380><c> of</c><00:23:02.559><c> the</c><00:23:02.740><c> chronicles</c><00:23:03.099><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:03.380><c> kings</c><00:23:03.599><c> of</c><00:23:03.859><c> Media</c><00:23:04.119><c> and</c><00:23:04.440><c> Persia?</c>

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For<00:23:05.500><c> Mordecai,</c><00:23:06.599><c> the</c><00:23:06.859><c> Jew,</c><00:23:08.619><c> was</c><00:23:08.839><c> next</c><00:23:09.220><c> unto</c><00:23:09.500><c> king</c><00:23:09.819><c> Ahasuerus,</c>

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and<00:23:11.019><c> great</c><00:23:11.259><c> among</c><00:23:11.519><c> the</c><00:23:11.779><c> Jews,</c>

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and<00:23:12.480><c> accepted</c><00:23:12.960><c> of</c><00:23:13.200><c> the</c><00:23:13.299><c> multitude</c><00:23:13.700><c> of</c><00:23:13.940><c> his</c><00:23:14.119><c> brethren,</c><00:23:14.880><c> seeking</c><00:23:15.240><c> the</c><00:23:15.599><c> wealth</c><00:23:15.859><c> of</c>

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his<00:23:16.339><c> people,</c>

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and<00:23:17.240><c> speaking</c><00:23:17.599><c> peace</c><00:23:18.140><c> to</c><00:23:18.579><c> all</c><00:23:18.900><c> his</c><00:23:19.279><c> sea.</c>

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It's<00:23:23.240><c> a</c><00:23:23.339><c> picture</c><00:23:23.539><c> of</c><00:23:23.720><c> the</c><00:23:23.859><c> kingdom.</c>

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We<00:23:26.339><c> have</c><00:23:26.539><c> here</c><00:23:26.720><c> the</c><00:23:26.880><c> millennium.</c>

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We<00:23:29.140><c> have</c><00:23:29.420><c> here</c><00:23:29.640><c> the</c><00:23:29.779><c> Lord</c><00:23:29.980><c> Jesus</c><00:23:30.440><c> Christ</c><00:23:30.900><c> and</c><00:23:31.099><c> his</c><00:23:31.319><c> bride.</c>

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We<00:23:33.259><c> have</c><00:23:33.480><c> here</c><00:23:33.640><c> the</c><00:23:33.900><c> honor</c><00:23:34.079><c> and</c><00:23:34.400><c> glory</c><00:23:34.660><c> that</c><00:23:34.819><c> will</c><00:23:35.000><c> be</c><00:23:35.200><c> given</c>

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to<00:23:35.559><c> the</c><00:23:35.619><c> great</c><00:23:35.880><c> king</c><00:23:36.099><c> of</c><00:23:36.380><c> heaven.</c>

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When<00:23:37.759><c> his</c><00:23:38.059><c> glory</c><00:23:38.400><c> covers</c><00:23:38.799><c> the</c><00:23:39.619><c> earth</c><00:23:39.900><c> as</c><00:23:40.140><c> the</c><00:23:40.359><c> waters</c><00:23:40.599><c> do</c><00:23:40.940><c> the</c><00:23:41.099><c> sea,</c>

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and<00:23:41.799><c> when</c><00:23:42.059><c> all</c><00:23:42.440><c> the</c><00:23:42.660><c> nations</c><00:23:43.099><c> are</c><00:23:43.480><c> at</c><00:23:43.700><c> peace</c><00:23:43.940><c> before</c><00:23:44.339><c> him.</c>

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So,<00:23:46.940><c> brethren</c><00:23:47.059><c> and</c><00:23:47.299><c> sisters,</c><00:23:47.799><c> these</c><00:23:48.160><c> events</c><00:23:48.440><c> that</c><00:23:48.700><c> will</c><00:23:48.900><c> concern</c><00:23:49.220><c> us</c>

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this<00:23:49.700><c> week</c>

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are<00:23:50.279><c> not</c><00:23:50.480><c> those</c><00:23:50.759><c> of</c><00:23:51.019><c> mere</c><00:23:51.220><c> chance</c><00:23:51.619><c> and</c><00:23:51.859><c> caprice,</c><00:23:53.259><c> not</c><00:23:53.519><c> mere</c><00:23:53.779><c> coincidence</c><00:23:54.420><c> at</c><00:23:55.000><c> all.</c>

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And<00:23:56.420><c> though</c><00:23:56.720><c> his</c><00:23:57.039><c> voice</c><00:23:57.339><c> is</c><00:23:57.559><c> not</c><00:23:57.799><c> heard,</c><00:23:58.319><c> though</c><00:23:58.579><c> his</c><00:23:58.940><c> name</c><00:23:59.200><c> is</c>

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not<00:23:59.680><c> recorded,</c>

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Yahweh<00:24:01.380><c> is</c><00:24:01.740><c> undoubtedly</c><00:24:02.460><c> the</c><00:24:03.940><c> victor</c><00:24:04.640><c> of</c><00:24:04.980><c> the</c><00:24:05.140><c> book</c><00:24:05.660><c> of</c><00:24:06.059><c> Esther.</c>

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He<00:24:07.440><c> is</c><00:24:07.660><c> the</c><00:24:07.839><c> victor</c><00:24:08.299><c> of</c><00:24:08.519><c> the</c><00:24:08.759><c> whole</c><00:24:09.119><c> scheme</c><00:24:09.500><c> of</c><00:24:09.819><c> redemption,</c>

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wherever<00:24:11.660><c> and</c><00:24:12.319><c> whenever</c><00:24:12.900><c> it</c><00:24:13.339><c> is</c><00:24:13.619><c> played</c><00:24:13.859><c> out</c><00:24:14.180><c> in</c><00:24:14.480><c> the</c><00:24:14.759><c> circumstances</c><00:24:15.319><c> of</c><00:24:15.799><c> our</c><00:24:16.099><c> lives.</c>

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So<00:24:17.559><c> the</c><00:24:17.740><c> Apostle</c><00:24:18.160><c> Paul,</c><00:24:18.519><c> writing</c><00:24:18.799><c> to</c><00:24:19.059><c> the</c><00:24:19.220><c> Romans</c><00:24:19.640><c> in</c><00:24:20.180><c> chapter</c>

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7<00:24:22.099><c> and</c><00:24:23.700><c> at</c><00:24:23.880><c> verse</c><00:24:24.099><c> 25,</c>

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is<00:24:27.079><c> able</c><00:24:27.279><c> to</c><00:24:27.599><c> say,</c><00:24:29.500><c> after</c><00:24:29.799><c> considering</c><00:24:30.259><c> his</c><00:24:30.640><c> own</c><00:24:30.920><c> low</c><00:24:31.079><c> estate,</c>

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when<00:24:31.740><c> he</c><00:24:32.000><c> says,</c><00:24:32.359><c> oh</c><00:24:32.420><c> wretched</c><00:24:32.720><c> man</c><00:24:33.019><c> that</c><00:24:33.240><c> I</c><00:24:33.420><c> am,</c>

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as<00:24:33.819><c> he</c><00:24:34.339><c> works</c><00:24:34.599><c> against</c><00:24:35.000><c> the</c><00:24:35.220><c> Haman</c><00:24:35.480><c> influence</c><00:24:35.940><c> in</c><00:24:36.160><c> his</c><00:24:36.400><c> life,</c>

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who<00:24:37.900><c> shall</c><00:24:38.180><c> deliver</c><00:24:38.539><c> me</c><00:24:38.839><c> from</c><00:24:39.000><c> the</c><00:24:39.240><c> body</c><00:24:39.420><c> of</c><00:24:39.599><c> this</c><00:24:39.819><c> death?</c>

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Then<00:24:41.799><c> in</c><00:24:41.940><c> that</c><00:24:42.240><c> grand</c><00:24:42.539><c> crescendo</c><00:24:43.460><c> of</c><00:24:43.640><c> verse</c><00:24:43.859><c> 25</c><00:24:44.380><c> he</c><00:24:44.519><c> says,</c>

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I<00:24:45.279><c> thank</c><00:24:45.640><c> God</c><00:24:46.079><c> through</c><00:24:46.420><c> Jesus</c><00:24:46.960><c> Christ</c><00:24:47.579><c> my</c><00:24:48.200><c> Lord.</c>

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So<00:24:50.059><c> then,</c><00:24:50.420><c> with</c><00:24:50.619><c> the</c><00:24:50.859><c> mind</c><00:24:51.119><c> I</c><00:24:51.319><c> myself</c><00:24:51.759><c> serve</c><00:24:52.140><c> through</c><00:24:52.359><c> the</c><00:24:52.519><c> law</c>

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of<00:24:52.819><c> God,</c>

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I<00:24:53.079><c> stand</c><00:24:53.079><c> up</c><00:24:53.180><c> with</c><00:24:53.420><c> the</c><00:24:53.660><c> flesh,</c><00:24:53.980><c> the</c><00:24:54.079><c> law</c><00:24:54.180><c> of</c><00:24:54.440><c> sin,</c>

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as<00:24:55.019><c> he</c><00:24:55.259><c> works</c><00:24:55.500><c> out</c><00:24:55.740><c> the</c><00:24:55.960><c> story</c><00:24:56.200><c> of</c><00:24:56.519><c> Esther</c><00:24:56.599><c> in</c><00:24:56.819><c> his</c><00:24:56.960><c> own</c><00:24:57.220><c> life,</c>

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but<00:24:58.019><c> he</c><00:24:58.240><c> gives</c><00:24:58.460><c> glory</c><00:24:58.880><c> to</c><00:24:59.200><c> God,</c><00:25:00.940><c> who</c><00:25:01.079><c> though</c><00:25:01.339><c> unseen</c><00:25:01.819><c> in</c><00:25:02.059><c> our</c><00:25:02.319><c> lives,</c>

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dwelling<00:25:03.579><c> in</c><00:25:03.859><c> light</c><00:25:04.019><c> unapproachable</c><00:25:04.839><c> by</c><00:25:05.119><c> man,</c><00:25:05.619><c> whom</c><00:25:05.680><c> we</c><00:25:05.960><c> cannot</c><00:25:06.220><c> see</c>

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nor<00:25:06.640><c> have</c><00:25:06.920><c> seen,</c>

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yet<00:25:08.059><c> he</c><00:25:08.319><c> is</c><00:25:08.539><c> the</c><00:25:08.640><c> victor</c><00:25:09.180><c> of</c><00:25:09.839><c> our</c><00:25:10.119><c> lives,</c>

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the<00:25:11.359><c> strength,</c><00:25:11.920><c> brethren</c><00:25:12.039><c> and</c><00:25:12.259><c> sisters,</c><00:25:12.980><c> of</c><00:25:13.319><c> our</c><00:25:13.660><c> faith.</c>

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So<00:25:15.920><c> we</c><00:25:16.059><c> must</c><00:25:16.339><c> find</c><00:25:16.539><c> ourselves</c><00:25:17.160><c> in</c><00:25:17.319><c> the</c><00:25:17.460><c> book</c><00:25:17.599><c> of</c><00:25:17.819><c> Esther.</c>

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We've<00:25:20.000><c> got</c><00:25:20.119><c> to</c><00:25:20.339><c> search</c><00:25:20.599><c> out</c><00:25:20.940><c> our</c><00:25:21.279><c> place</c><00:25:21.539><c> here,</c><00:25:22.099><c> as</c><00:25:22.259><c> we</c><00:25:22.519><c> read</c><00:25:22.680><c> it</c>

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from<00:25:23.019><c> day</c><00:25:23.220><c> to</c><00:25:23.400><c> day,</c>

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that<00:25:25.519><c> in</c><00:25:26.480><c> these</c><00:25:26.799><c> days</c><00:25:27.200><c> of</c><00:25:27.599><c> divine</c><00:25:28.099><c> silence,</c>

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we<00:25:30.160><c> might</c><00:25:30.440><c> stand</c><00:25:30.839><c> with</c><00:25:31.180><c> he</c><00:25:31.599><c> who</c><00:25:31.900><c> is</c><00:25:32.140><c> the</c><00:25:32.259><c> victor.</c>

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And<00:25:33.039><c> in</c><00:25:33.140><c> the</c><00:25:33.240><c> very</c><00:25:33.599><c> circumstances</c><00:25:34.220><c> of</c><00:25:34.460><c> this</c><00:25:34.700><c> book,</c>

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we<00:25:35.519><c> shall</c><00:25:35.880><c> see</c><00:25:36.539><c> highlights</c><00:25:37.140><c> of</c><00:25:37.740><c> character</c><00:25:38.259><c> that</c><00:25:39.940><c> shall</c><00:25:40.200><c> be</c><00:25:40.559><c> manifested</c>

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in<00:25:41.759><c> all</c><00:25:42.000><c> the</c><00:25:42.279><c> players</c><00:25:42.680><c> upon</c><00:25:43.359><c> the</c><00:25:43.700><c> stage</c><00:25:44.119><c> in</c><00:25:44.480><c> the</c><00:25:44.660><c> drama</c><00:25:44.980><c> of</c><00:25:45.460><c> life.</c>

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Now<00:25:47.920><c> whilst</c><00:25:48.460><c> we</c><00:25:48.980><c> are</c><00:25:49.220><c> provided</c><00:25:49.619><c> here</c><00:25:49.900><c> with</c><00:25:50.119><c> a</c><00:25:50.299><c> story</c><00:25:50.519><c> of</c><00:25:50.819><c> events</c><00:25:51.180><c> and</c><00:25:52.240><c> circumstances</c>

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and<00:25:53.400><c> the</c><00:25:53.700><c> drama</c><00:25:54.000><c> of</c><00:25:54.319><c> this</c><00:25:54.759><c> time</c><00:25:55.279><c> of</c><00:25:55.559><c> Jewish</c><00:25:55.900><c> history,</c>

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the<00:25:57.579><c> book</c><00:25:57.819><c> of</c><00:25:58.000><c> Esther</c><00:25:58.200><c> contains</c><00:25:58.859><c> important</c><00:25:59.599><c> principles</c><00:26:00.259><c> in</c>

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many<00:26:01.259><c> aspects</c><00:26:01.660><c> of</c><00:26:01.900><c> our</c><00:26:02.119><c> lives.</c>

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We'll<00:26:03.539><c> learn</c><00:26:03.680><c> about</c><00:26:04.000><c> salvation,</c><00:26:05.740><c> we'll</c><00:26:05.839><c> learn</c><00:26:06.039><c> about</c><00:26:06.359><c> marriage,</c>

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about<00:26:08.480><c> sin,</c><00:26:10.000><c> about</c><00:26:10.420><c> atonement,</c><00:26:12.119><c> about</c><00:26:12.460><c> ecclesial</c><00:26:13.200><c> responsibility,</c>

00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:18.640
about<00:26:15.579><c> prophecy,</c><00:26:16.779><c> and</c><00:26:17.000><c> about</c><00:26:17.359><c> the</c><00:26:17.700><c> picture</c><00:26:17.940><c> of</c><00:26:18.160><c> the</c><00:26:18.319><c> future.</c>

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That's<00:26:19.339><c> all</c><00:26:19.599><c> in</c><00:26:19.819><c> this</c><00:26:20.099><c> wonderful</c><00:26:20.579><c> little</c><00:26:20.920><c> book</c><00:26:21.240><c> of</c><00:26:21.779><c> ten</c><00:26:22.119><c> chapters.</c>

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It's<00:26:24.059><c> essentially</c><00:26:24.619><c> a</c><00:26:24.880><c> book</c><00:26:25.099><c> of</c><00:26:25.279><c> a</c><00:26:25.460><c> context.</c>

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It's<00:26:26.960><c> a</c><00:26:27.079><c> book</c><00:26:27.240><c> of</c><00:26:27.440><c> a</c><00:26:27.740><c> challenge,</c><00:26:28.440><c> of</c><00:26:28.599><c> a</c><00:26:28.819><c> warfare</c><00:26:29.299><c> between</c><00:26:29.960><c> the</c>

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forces<00:26:30.460><c> of</c><00:26:30.740><c> right</c><00:26:30.960><c> and</c><00:26:31.200><c> wrong,</c>

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between<00:26:32.039><c> the</c><00:26:32.259><c> forces</c><00:26:32.480><c> of</c><00:26:32.720><c> good</c><00:26:32.839><c> and</c><00:26:33.079><c> evil,</c><00:26:33.599><c> between</c><00:26:33.859><c> those</c><00:26:34.259><c> of</c>

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Jew<00:26:34.839><c> and</c><00:26:35.220><c> Gentile.</c>

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And<00:26:37.900><c> the</c><00:26:38.119><c> first</c><00:26:38.400><c> crisis</c><00:26:38.759><c> that</c><00:26:39.059><c> comes</c><00:26:39.220><c> to</c><00:26:39.460><c> our</c><00:26:39.700><c> attention</c><00:26:40.660><c> appropriately</c>

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is<00:26:44.319><c> that</c><00:26:44.519><c> of</c><00:26:44.779><c> marriage</c><00:26:45.220><c> and</c><00:26:46.680><c> its</c><00:26:46.980><c> failure.</c>

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It's<00:26:49.200><c> a</c><00:26:49.299><c> replica</c><00:26:49.720><c> of</c><00:26:50.059><c> that</c><00:26:50.259><c> that</c><00:26:50.599><c> happened</c><00:26:50.819><c> in</c><00:26:51.140><c> Eden</c>

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when<00:26:53.319><c> God</c><00:26:53.599><c> created</c><00:26:54.079><c> out</c><00:26:54.359><c> of</c><00:26:54.539><c> His</c><00:26:55.180><c> powerful</c><00:26:55.680><c> hand</c><00:26:56.240><c> a</c><00:26:56.880><c> paradise</c>

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of<00:26:57.640><c> beauty</c><00:26:58.019><c> and</c><00:26:58.299><c> glory</c>

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and<00:26:59.480><c> two</c><00:26:59.819><c> figures,</c><00:27:00.420><c> Adam</c><00:27:00.740><c> and</c><00:27:01.079><c> Eve.</c>

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They<00:27:04.059><c> might</c><00:27:04.420><c> represent</c><00:27:04.940><c> on</c><00:27:05.220><c> earth</c><00:27:05.720><c> the</c><00:27:06.299><c> family</c><00:27:06.559><c> of</c><00:27:06.740><c> God</c><00:27:06.839><c> in</c><00:27:07.099><c> heaven,</c>

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but<00:27:09.400><c> there</c><00:27:09.579><c> was</c><00:27:09.839><c> failure</c><00:27:10.480><c> because</c><00:27:12.079><c> she</c><00:27:12.500><c> looked</c><00:27:12.920><c> at</c><00:27:13.240><c> the</c><00:27:13.519><c> fish</c>

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and<00:27:14.980><c> partook</c><00:27:15.960><c> and</c><00:27:16.920><c> failed.</c>

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We're<00:27:20.119><c> introduced</c><00:27:20.539><c> in</c><00:27:20.700><c> the</c><00:27:20.839><c> book</c><00:27:21.000><c> of</c><00:27:21.240><c> Esther</c><00:27:21.440><c> to</c><00:27:21.799><c> a</c><00:27:22.200><c> king,</c>

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a<00:27:23.980><c> king</c><00:27:24.259><c> who</c><00:27:24.579><c> had</c><00:27:24.799><c> dominion</c><00:27:25.460><c> over</c><00:27:25.940><c> all</c><00:27:26.380><c> things,</c>

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a<00:27:28.099><c> king</c><00:27:28.400><c> whose</c><00:27:28.640><c> dominion</c><00:27:29.079><c> extended</c><00:27:29.559><c> over</c><00:27:29.880><c> the</c><00:27:30.019><c> land</c><00:27:30.279><c> of</c><00:27:30.579><c> Eden</c>

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from<00:27:32.059><c> Persia</c><00:27:33.119><c> to</c><00:27:33.519><c> the</c><00:27:33.680><c> Mediterranean.</c>

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King<00:27:36.660><c> Ahasuerus,</c><00:27:37.740><c> it</c><00:27:37.740><c> is,</c><00:27:38.819><c> he</c><00:27:39.160><c> stands</c><00:27:39.420><c> as</c><00:27:39.599><c> the</c><00:27:39.759><c> great</c><00:27:40.039><c> king</c><00:27:40.359><c> of</c>

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all<00:27:40.980><c> the</c><00:27:41.220><c> world.</c>

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His<00:27:42.519><c> name</c><00:27:42.819><c> means</c><00:27:43.440><c> he</c><00:27:44.059><c> who</c><00:27:44.420><c> is</c><00:27:44.859><c> mighty.</c>

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We<00:27:46.599><c> believe</c><00:27:46.920><c> him</c><00:27:47.200><c> in</c><00:27:47.480><c> history</c><00:27:47.819><c> to</c><00:27:48.059><c> be</c><00:27:48.200><c> the</c><00:27:48.799><c> Darius</c><00:27:49.200><c> Christophes</c><00:27:50.160><c> of</c><00:27:50.779><c> Persia.</c>

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He<00:27:52.599><c> stands</c><00:27:53.119><c> like</c><00:27:53.559><c> where</c><00:27:53.880><c> Adam</c><00:27:54.200><c> stood,</c><00:27:54.859><c> who</c><00:27:54.920><c> was</c><00:27:55.180><c> the</c><00:27:55.359><c> great</c><00:27:55.640><c> ish</c><00:27:56.039><c> of</c><00:27:56.279><c> creation,</c>

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the<00:27:58.099><c> mighty</c><00:27:58.460><c> one</c><00:27:58.920><c> who</c><00:27:59.220><c> was</c><00:27:59.900><c> formed</c><00:28:00.180><c> on</c><00:28:00.559><c> earth</c>

00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:04.559
that<00:28:01.720><c> he</c><00:28:01.940><c> might</c><00:28:02.119><c> represent</c><00:28:02.660><c> the</c><00:28:03.000><c> creator,</c><00:28:03.779><c> the</c><00:28:03.859><c> great</c><00:28:04.160><c> king</c>

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of<00:28:04.940><c> the</c><00:28:05.140><c> heaven,</c>

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a<00:28:06.519><c> man</c><00:28:06.759><c> who</c><00:28:07.119><c> ruled</c><00:28:07.440><c> in</c><00:28:07.960><c> paradise</c><00:28:08.480><c> at</c><00:28:09.099><c> the</c><00:28:09.259><c> very</c><00:28:09.460><c> beginning.</c>

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This<00:28:12.059><c> man,</c><00:28:12.599><c> Ahasuerus,</c><00:28:13.700><c> chose</c><00:28:14.059><c> to</c><00:28:14.339><c> extend</c><00:28:14.660><c> joy</c><00:28:15.059><c> and</c><00:28:15.440><c> pleasure</c>

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throughout<00:28:16.019><c> all</c><00:28:16.279><c> his</c><00:28:16.480><c> kingdom,</c>

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throughout<00:28:17.660><c> all</c><00:28:18.799><c> his</c><00:28:19.160><c> realm.</c>

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And<00:28:20.519><c> in</c><00:28:20.720><c> verses</c><00:28:20.940><c> one</c><00:28:21.259><c> to</c><00:28:21.440><c> nine</c><00:28:21.640><c> of</c><00:28:21.859><c> chapter</c><00:28:22.140><c> one,</c>

00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:27.880
we<00:28:23.220><c> have</c><00:28:23.400><c> an</c><00:28:23.740><c> outline</c><00:28:24.200><c> of</c><00:28:24.460><c> the</c><00:28:25.000><c> royal</c><00:28:25.500><c> feasts</c><00:28:26.140><c> of</c><00:28:26.640><c> Persia.</c>

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As<00:28:28.119><c> the</c><00:28:28.279><c> whole</c><00:28:28.539><c> kingdom</c><00:28:28.839><c> rejoiced</c><00:28:29.319><c> together,</c>

00:28:29.980 --> 00:28:33.039
it<00:28:30.059><c> was</c><00:28:30.220><c> as</c><00:28:30.359><c> though</c><00:28:30.519><c> the</c><00:28:30.720><c> sons</c><00:28:30.920><c> of</c><00:28:31.240><c> God</c><00:28:31.460><c> were</c><00:28:31.700><c> shouting</c><00:28:31.920><c> for</c><00:28:32.279><c> joy</c><00:28:32.619><c> in</c>

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the<00:28:33.220><c> days</c><00:28:33.359><c> of</c><00:28:33.640><c> creation,</c>

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when<00:28:34.720><c> in</c><00:28:35.579><c> a</c><00:28:35.900><c> seven</c><00:28:36.259><c>-day</c><00:28:36.720><c> panorama</c><00:28:37.359><c> of</c><00:28:37.839><c> joy</c><00:28:38.279><c> and</c><00:28:39.039><c> beauty,</c>

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there<00:28:39.960><c> was</c><00:28:40.400><c> presented</c><00:28:40.900><c> paradise.</c>

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And<00:28:43.000><c> as</c><00:28:43.240><c> we</c><00:28:43.440><c> read</c><00:28:43.599><c> in</c><00:28:43.740><c> verse</c><00:28:43.960><c> seven,</c>

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that<00:28:45.480><c> when</c><00:28:45.700><c> those</c><00:28:46.000><c> days</c><00:28:46.480><c> of</c><00:28:47.140><c> his</c><00:28:47.480><c> determination</c>

00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:51.599
to<00:28:49.220><c> show</c><00:28:49.599><c> the</c><00:28:49.980><c> riches</c><00:28:50.279><c> of</c><00:28:50.539><c> his</c><00:28:50.779><c> glorious</c><00:28:51.259><c> kingdom</c>

00:28:51.599 --> 00:28:54.819
and<00:28:51.799><c> the</c><00:28:51.980><c> honor</c><00:28:52.119><c> of</c><00:28:52.319><c> his</c><00:28:52.500><c> excellent</c><00:28:52.759><c> majesty</c><00:28:53.539><c> were</c><00:28:53.980><c> come,</c>

00:28:54.859 --> 00:28:57.480
then<00:28:55.019><c> the</c><00:28:55.299><c> king</c><00:28:55.579><c> made</c><00:28:55.920><c> a</c><00:28:56.279><c> feast</c><00:28:56.500><c> unto</c><00:28:56.819><c> all</c><00:28:57.019><c> the</c><00:28:57.240><c> people</c>

00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:59.519
that<00:28:57.640><c> were</c><00:28:57.859><c> present</c><00:28:58.160><c> in</c><00:28:58.440><c> Shushan</c><00:28:58.880><c> the</c><00:28:59.099><c> palace,</c>

00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:03.220
both<00:29:00.279><c> great</c><00:29:00.559><c> and</c><00:29:00.859><c> small,</c><00:29:01.579><c> seven</c><00:29:02.079><c> days,</c>

00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:06.660
like<00:29:04.180><c> the</c><00:29:04.420><c> seven</c><00:29:04.619><c> days</c><00:29:05.039><c> of</c><00:29:05.579><c> creation,</c>

00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:09.420
seven<00:29:07.259><c> days</c><00:29:07.579><c> of</c><00:29:07.920><c> royal</c><00:29:08.240><c> feasts</c>

00:29:09.420 --> 00:29:13.160
that<00:29:09.799><c> all</c><00:29:10.240><c> his</c><00:29:10.539><c> realm</c><00:29:11.059><c> might</c><00:29:11.480><c> rejoice</c><00:29:12.099><c> in</c><00:29:12.359><c> his</c><00:29:12.700><c> wonder,</c>

00:29:13.619 --> 00:29:16.779
in<00:29:13.740><c> his</c><00:29:14.059><c> majesty,</c><00:29:15.160><c> and</c><00:29:15.279><c> in</c><00:29:15.500><c> his</c><00:29:15.819><c> greatness.</c>

00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:24.299
In<00:29:18.480><c> this,</c><00:29:19.940><c> Ahasuerus</c><00:29:20.980><c> is</c><00:29:21.500><c> the</c><00:29:21.799><c> imperfect</c><00:29:22.759><c> representation</c>

00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:27.880
of<00:29:24.940><c> heaven's</c><00:29:25.559><c> king,</c><00:29:26.680><c> Yahweh</c><00:29:27.099><c> himself,</c>

00:29:28.380 --> 00:29:31.619
who<00:29:28.539><c> presides</c><00:29:29.140><c> over</c><00:29:29.680><c> his</c><00:29:30.059><c> dominion.</c>

00:29:31.660 --> 00:29:34.039
He<00:29:31.980><c> demonstrated</c><00:29:32.559><c> in</c><00:29:32.819><c> verse</c><00:29:33.240><c> four</c>

00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:37.579
all<00:29:34.960><c> his</c><00:29:35.359><c> riches</c><00:29:35.839><c> and</c><00:29:36.480><c> all</c><00:29:36.819><c> his</c><00:29:37.140><c> honor</c>

00:29:37.579 --> 00:29:41.460
in<00:29:37.940><c> a</c><00:29:38.279><c> joyous</c><00:29:38.720><c> creation</c><00:29:39.460><c> for</c><00:29:40.079><c> his</c><00:29:40.400><c> princes,</c>

00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:43.720
that<00:29:41.980><c> he</c><00:29:42.160><c> might</c><00:29:42.460><c> stand</c><00:29:42.940><c> before</c><00:29:43.420><c> them</c>

00:29:43.720 --> 00:29:49.339
and<00:29:44.180><c> receive</c><00:29:44.619><c> their</c><00:29:45.019><c> adoration</c><00:29:46.059><c> for</c><00:29:46.619><c> his</c><00:29:47.000><c> might</c><00:29:47.359><c> and</c><00:29:47.880><c> his</c><00:29:48.240><c> majesty.</c>

00:29:49.880 --> 00:29:52.079
We<00:29:50.140><c> read</c><00:29:50.380><c> in</c><00:29:50.660><c> Psalm</c><00:29:50.859><c> 145,</c>

00:29:52.200 --> 00:29:54.700
and<00:29:52.500><c> we</c><00:29:52.859><c> will</c><00:29:52.980><c> be</c><00:29:53.180><c> going</c><00:29:53.400><c> to</c><00:29:53.640><c> many</c><00:29:53.859><c> parts</c><00:29:54.119><c> of</c><00:29:54.339><c> the</c><00:29:54.519><c> Word</c>

00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:57.640
in<00:29:54.960><c> this</c><00:29:55.660><c> study</c><00:29:56.000><c> this</c><00:29:56.619><c> week,</c><00:29:57.059><c> God</c><00:29:57.279><c> willing,</c>

00:29:58.059 --> 00:30:03.940
in<00:29:58.279><c> Psalm</c><00:29:58.539><c> 145</c><00:30:00.119><c> and</c><00:30:00.319><c> at</c><00:30:00.500><c> verse</c><00:30:00.740><c> four</c><00:30:01.359><c> to</c><00:30:01.700><c> verse</c><00:30:01.980><c> seven,</c>

00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:08.160
Ascribing<00:30:05.759><c> great</c><00:30:06.160><c> praise</c><00:30:06.500><c> to</c><00:30:06.779><c> God,</c><00:30:07.200><c> the</c><00:30:07.380><c> psalmist</c><00:30:07.680><c> says,</c>

00:30:08.460 --> 00:30:11.299
One<00:30:08.660><c> generation</c><00:30:09.359><c> shall</c><00:30:09.700><c> praise</c><00:30:10.140><c> thy</c><00:30:10.440><c> works</c><00:30:10.759><c> to</c><00:30:11.039><c> another</c>

00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:14.039
and<00:30:11.640><c> shall</c><00:30:11.819><c> declare</c><00:30:12.299><c> thy</c><00:30:12.579><c> mighty</c><00:30:13.000><c> acts.</c>

00:30:14.619 --> 00:30:19.980
It's<00:30:14.960><c> a</c><00:30:15.079><c> family</c><00:30:15.640><c> activity,</c><00:30:17.240><c> one</c><00:30:17.599><c> generation</c><00:30:18.420><c> to</c><00:30:18.960><c> another,</c>

00:30:20.460 --> 00:30:23.039
as<00:30:20.759><c> parent</c><00:30:21.140><c> to</c><00:30:21.380><c> child</c><00:30:21.819><c> to</c><00:30:22.039><c> child</c><00:30:22.460><c> to</c><00:30:22.640><c> child,</c>

00:30:23.160 --> 00:30:27.400
down<00:30:23.279><c> the</c><00:30:23.500><c> generations</c><00:30:24.059><c> speaks</c><00:30:24.900><c> forth</c><00:30:25.380><c> of</c><00:30:25.960><c> the</c><00:30:26.200><c> power</c><00:30:26.599><c> of</c><00:30:27.019><c> God.</c>

00:30:27.400 --> 00:30:32.299
I<00:30:27.480><c> will</c><00:30:30.299><c> speak,</c><00:30:30.740><c> says</c><00:30:30.920><c> the</c><00:30:31.160><c> psalmist,</c>

00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:34.900
of<00:30:32.619><c> the</c><00:30:32.880><c> glorious</c><00:30:33.319><c> honor</c><00:30:33.759><c> of</c><00:30:34.039><c> thy</c><00:30:34.200><c> majesty</c>

00:30:34.900 --> 00:30:37.059
and<00:30:35.240><c> of</c><00:30:35.380><c> thy</c><00:30:35.559><c> wondrous</c><00:30:36.039><c> works.</c>

00:30:37.380 --> 00:30:39.160
The<00:30:37.579><c> Hebrew</c><00:30:37.900><c> word</c><00:30:38.180><c> for</c><00:30:38.440><c> speak</c><00:30:38.720><c> there</c><00:30:38.920><c> means</c>

00:30:39.160 --> 00:30:42.299
to<00:30:39.420><c> converse</c><00:30:39.839><c> with</c><00:30:40.839><c> oneself,</c>

00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:45.279
to<00:30:43.059><c> meditate</c><00:30:43.519><c> upon</c><00:30:43.799><c> it</c><00:30:43.980><c> in</c><00:30:44.079><c> one's</c><00:30:44.500><c> heart.</c>

00:30:46.099 --> 00:30:51.019
And<00:30:46.259><c> then</c><00:30:46.400><c> in</c><00:30:46.559><c> verse</c><00:30:46.740><c> six</c><00:30:47.440><c> it</c><00:30:48.200><c> means</c><00:30:48.819><c> to</c><00:30:49.220><c> speak</c><00:30:49.519><c> forth</c><00:30:49.779><c> to</c><00:30:50.119><c> others.</c>

00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:54.680
And<00:30:52.059><c> shall</c><00:30:52.400><c> speak</c><00:30:52.880><c> of</c><00:30:53.099><c> the</c><00:30:53.319><c> might</c><00:30:53.500><c> of</c><00:30:53.700><c> thy</c><00:30:53.859><c> terrible</c><00:30:54.359><c> acts,</c>

00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:56.359
and<00:30:54.920><c> I</c><00:30:55.119><c> will</c><00:30:55.299><c> declare</c><00:30:55.579><c> thy</c><00:30:55.880><c> greatness.</c>

00:30:56.359 --> 00:30:59.900
They<00:30:56.819><c> shall</c><00:30:57.039><c> abundantly</c><00:30:57.700><c> utter</c><00:30:57.980><c> the</c><00:30:58.240><c> memory</c><00:30:58.579><c> of</c><00:30:58.880><c> thy</c><00:30:59.039><c> great</c><00:30:59.460><c> goodness</c>

00:30:59.900 --> 00:31:01.759
and<00:31:00.359><c> shall</c><00:31:00.619><c> sing</c><00:31:00.859><c> of</c><00:31:01.079><c> thy</c><00:31:01.259><c> righteousness.</c>

00:31:02.160 --> 00:31:04.000
A<00:31:02.359><c> royal</c><00:31:02.740><c> feast</c><00:31:03.119><c> we're</c><00:31:03.420><c> invited</c><00:31:03.740><c> to,</c>

00:31:04.019 --> 00:31:07.339
brethren<00:31:04.279><c> and</c><00:31:04.519><c> sisters,</c><00:31:05.059><c> by</c><00:31:05.240><c> the</c><00:31:05.500><c> power</c><00:31:05.779><c> of</c><00:31:06.059><c> our</c><00:31:06.299><c> God.</c>

00:31:08.259 --> 00:31:12.019
Zechariah<00:31:08.859><c> involved</c><00:31:09.460><c> his</c><00:31:10.700><c> dominion.</c>

00:31:12.380 --> 00:31:14.839
And<00:31:12.519><c> we</c><00:31:12.680><c> are</c><00:31:13.000><c> called</c><00:31:13.160><c> to</c><00:31:13.420><c> enjoy</c><00:31:13.779><c> and</c><00:31:14.039><c> to</c><00:31:14.339><c> appreciate</c>

00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:17.740
the<00:31:15.359><c> greatness</c><00:31:15.720><c> and</c><00:31:16.079><c> the</c><00:31:16.299><c> majesty</c><00:31:16.779><c> of</c><00:31:17.279><c> him</c>

00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:20.299
with<00:31:18.059><c> whom</c><00:31:18.579><c> we</c><00:31:18.880><c> have</c><00:31:19.140><c> to</c><00:31:19.359><c> do.</c>

00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:22.319
For<00:31:21.220><c> as</c><00:31:21.380><c> Psalm</c><00:31:21.539><c> 19</c><00:31:22.000><c> says,</c>

00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:24.380
The<00:31:22.700><c> heavens</c><00:31:23.019><c> declare</c><00:31:23.480><c> the</c><00:31:23.700><c> glory</c><00:31:24.039><c> of</c><00:31:24.259><c> God,</c>

00:31:24.380 --> 00:31:26.480
and<00:31:24.480><c> the</c><00:31:24.660><c> earth</c><00:31:25.059><c> shall</c><00:31:25.220><c> forth</c><00:31:25.519><c> his</c><00:31:25.759><c> handiwork.</c>

00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:28.779
Come<00:31:27.140><c> ye,</c><00:31:27.720><c> says</c><00:31:27.839><c> the</c><00:31:28.059><c> psalmist,</c>

00:31:29.180 --> 00:31:33.720
learn<00:31:29.359><c> of</c><00:31:29.619><c> him</c><00:31:30.039><c> and</c><00:31:30.720><c> rejoice</c><00:31:31.059><c> in</c><00:31:31.220><c> his</c><00:31:31.519><c> will</c><00:31:31.859><c> and</c><00:31:32.339><c> in</c><00:31:32.559><c> his</c><00:31:32.819><c> words.</c>

00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:38.880
And<00:31:34.500><c> as</c><00:31:34.700><c> we</c><00:31:35.099><c> have</c><00:31:35.240><c> this</c><00:31:35.480><c> opening</c><00:31:35.799><c> picture</c><00:31:36.200><c> of</c><00:31:36.400><c> the</c><00:31:36.619><c> palace</c><00:31:37.160><c> of</c><00:31:37.779><c> Ahasuerus</c>

00:31:39.099 --> 00:31:42.880
and<00:31:39.480><c> these</c><00:31:40.200><c> feast,</c><00:31:40.759><c> these</c><00:31:41.160><c> royal</c><00:31:41.500><c> gatherings</c><00:31:42.000><c> continue,</c>

00:31:43.460 --> 00:31:47.299
so<00:31:43.579><c> in</c><00:31:43.799><c> verse</c><00:31:44.039><c> eight,</c><00:31:44.740><c> specific</c><00:31:45.259><c> laws</c><00:31:45.799><c> are</c><00:31:46.359><c> enacted.</c>

00:31:48.599 --> 00:31:52.380
Verse<00:31:48.920><c> eight,</c><00:31:49.940><c> the</c><00:31:50.160><c> drinking</c><00:31:50.720><c> or</c><00:31:51.440><c> the</c><00:31:51.700><c> rejoicing,</c>

00:31:52.380 --> 00:31:54.980
the<00:31:53.000><c> feasting,</c><00:31:53.519><c> as</c><00:31:53.660><c> the</c><00:31:53.839><c> word</c><00:31:54.180><c> should</c><00:31:54.579><c> be,</c>

00:31:55.380 --> 00:31:58.740
was<00:31:55.740><c> according</c><00:31:56.539><c> to</c><00:31:57.380><c> the</c><00:31:57.640><c> law.</c>

00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:03.680
None<00:32:00.299><c> did</c><00:32:00.619><c> compel,</c><00:32:01.859><c> for</c><00:32:02.099><c> so</c><00:32:02.440><c> the</c><00:32:02.660><c> king</c><00:32:02.880><c> had</c><00:32:03.200><c> appointed</c>

00:32:03.680 --> 00:32:05.900
to<00:32:04.099><c> all</c><00:32:04.359><c> the</c><00:32:04.619><c> officers</c><00:32:04.940><c> of</c><00:32:05.200><c> his</c><00:32:05.460><c> house,</c>

00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:09.640
that<00:32:06.400><c> they</c><00:32:06.640><c> should</c><00:32:06.859><c> do</c><00:32:07.200><c> according</c><00:32:07.579><c> to</c><00:32:07.940><c> every</c><00:32:08.240><c> man's</c><00:32:08.799><c> pleasure.</c>

00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:13.000
There<00:32:10.460><c> was</c><00:32:10.740><c> free</c><00:32:11.000><c> will,</c><00:32:11.240><c> but</c><00:32:11.400><c> there</c><00:32:11.539><c> was</c><00:32:11.759><c> also</c><00:32:12.079><c> law.</c>

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:16.759
There<00:32:14.319><c> was</c><00:32:14.500><c> an</c><00:32:14.720><c> expression</c><00:32:15.059><c> of</c><00:32:15.259><c> the</c><00:32:15.400><c> king's</c><00:32:15.759><c> will,</c>

00:32:16.900 --> 00:32:19.880
but<00:32:17.039><c> provision</c><00:32:17.400><c> given</c><00:32:17.759><c> for</c><00:32:18.099><c> a</c><00:32:18.319><c> man</c><00:32:18.500><c> to</c><00:32:18.839><c> determine</c><00:32:19.240><c> what</c><00:32:19.640><c> he</c>

00:32:19.880 --> 00:32:21.079
should<00:32:20.039><c> do.</c>

00:32:21.400 --> 00:32:23.380
And<00:32:21.880><c> thus</c><00:32:22.099><c> it</c><00:32:22.259><c> was</c><00:32:22.460><c> in</c><00:32:22.660><c> the</c><00:32:22.720><c> very</c><00:32:22.980><c> beginning,</c>

00:32:23.660 --> 00:32:26.240
because<00:32:23.799><c> Yahweh,</c><00:32:24.380><c> as</c><00:32:24.599><c> he</c><00:32:24.940><c> rejoiced</c><00:32:25.359><c> with</c><00:32:25.559><c> his</c><00:32:25.799><c> creation,</c>

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:29.299
he<00:32:26.680><c> said,</c><00:32:27.200><c> Thou</c><00:32:27.420><c> shalt</c><00:32:27.779><c> eat</c><00:32:28.039><c> of</c><00:32:28.299><c> every</c><00:32:28.740><c> fruit</c><00:32:28.940><c> of</c><00:32:29.099><c> this</c>

00:32:29.299 --> 00:32:32.579
garden,<00:32:31.660><c> except.</c>

00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:37.099
And<00:32:34.460><c> if</c><00:32:34.819><c> you</c><00:32:35.099><c> eat</c><00:32:35.339><c> of</c><00:32:35.480><c> a</c><00:32:35.740><c> fruit</c><00:32:35.900><c> in</c><00:32:36.200><c> the</c><00:32:36.279><c> midst</c><00:32:36.460><c> of</c><00:32:36.680><c> the</c><00:32:36.940><c> garden</c>

00:32:37.099 --> 00:32:40.640
of<00:32:37.359><c> the</c><00:32:37.500><c> tree</c><00:32:37.599><c> of</c><00:32:39.000><c> the</c><00:32:39.059><c> knowledge</c><00:32:39.380><c> of</c><00:32:39.539><c> good</c><00:32:39.680><c> and</c><00:32:39.880><c> evil,</c>

00:32:41.400 --> 00:32:43.619
then<00:32:41.740><c> thou</c><00:32:42.140><c> shalt</c><00:32:42.680><c> surely</c><00:32:43.200><c> die.</c>

00:32:43.819 --> 00:32:45.779
That<00:32:44.059><c> was</c><00:32:44.279><c> the</c><00:32:44.440><c> law,</c><00:32:44.759><c> but</c><00:32:44.920><c> they</c><00:32:45.099><c> had</c><00:32:45.380><c> free</c><00:32:45.619><c> will,</c>

00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:47.880
they<00:32:45.960><c> could</c><00:32:46.160><c> determine</c><00:32:46.519><c> what</c><00:32:46.700><c> they</c><00:32:47.099><c> wanted</c><00:32:47.420><c> to</c><00:32:47.700><c> do.</c>

00:32:48.140 --> 00:32:49.880
God<00:32:48.380><c> did</c><00:32:48.599><c> not</c><00:32:48.779><c> insist</c><00:32:49.220><c> upon</c><00:32:49.539><c> them,</c>

00:32:49.880 --> 00:32:52.359
demonstrating<00:32:50.819><c> robot</c><00:32:51.319><c>-like</c><00:32:51.660><c> his</c><00:32:51.960><c> qualities,</c>

00:32:52.619 --> 00:32:54.839
because<00:32:52.920><c> we</c><00:32:53.200><c> cannot</c><00:32:53.440><c> do</c><00:32:53.759><c> that.</c>

00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:57.819
His<00:32:56.579><c> qualities,</c><00:32:57.140><c> brethren</c><00:32:57.339><c> and</c><00:32:57.599><c> sisters,</c>

00:32:57.859 --> 00:33:02.140
must<00:32:58.079><c> be</c><00:32:58.440><c> developed</c><00:32:58.779><c> in</c><00:32:59.759><c> the</c><00:32:59.960><c> arena</c><00:33:00.579><c> of</c><00:33:01.000><c> free</c><00:33:01.220><c> will,</c>

00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:08.160
that<00:33:02.799><c> he</c><00:33:02.980><c> might</c><00:33:03.259><c> rejoice</c><00:33:03.960><c> in</c><00:33:05.099><c> the</c><00:33:05.400><c> expression</c><00:33:05.819><c> of</c><00:33:06.319><c> himself</c><00:33:06.859><c> in</c><00:33:07.279><c> others.</c>

00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:12.119
And<00:33:09.420><c> so</c><00:33:09.599><c> the</c><00:33:09.839><c> king</c><00:33:10.140><c> joined</c><00:33:10.759><c> together</c><00:33:11.160><c> with</c><00:33:11.380><c> his</c><00:33:11.640><c> people</c><00:33:11.900><c> in</c>

00:33:12.119 --> 00:33:12.579
this<00:33:12.339><c> feast,</c>

00:33:12.700 --> 00:33:16.359
these<00:33:12.940><c> royal</c><00:33:13.339><c> feasts,</c><00:33:14.259><c> verses</c><00:33:14.640><c> one</c><00:33:15.099><c> to</c><00:33:15.279><c> nine.</c>

00:33:16.799 --> 00:33:21.740
But<00:33:17.319><c> then</c><00:33:17.839><c> in</c><00:33:18.119><c> verse</c><00:33:18.740><c> nine,</c><00:33:20.099><c> there</c><00:33:20.140><c> is</c><00:33:20.339><c> a</c><00:33:20.559><c> change.</c>

00:33:23.200 --> 00:33:26.000
Vashti's<00:33:23.720><c> feast</c><00:33:23.980><c> is</c><00:33:24.660><c> also</c><00:33:25.119><c> held.</c>

00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:29.960
At<00:33:26.619><c> the</c><00:33:26.819><c> same</c><00:33:27.059><c> time,</c><00:33:27.380><c> the</c><00:33:27.539><c> queen</c><00:33:27.759><c> was</c><00:33:28.059><c> enjoying</c><00:33:28.500><c> her</c><00:33:29.039><c> feast.</c>

00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:33.500
And<00:33:30.779><c> Vashti</c><00:33:31.380><c> the</c><00:33:31.559><c> queen</c><00:33:31.799><c> made</c><00:33:32.059><c> a</c><00:33:32.279><c> feast</c><00:33:32.440><c> for</c><00:33:32.680><c> the</c><00:33:32.839><c> women</c><00:33:33.119><c> in</c>

00:33:33.500 --> 00:33:34.779
the<00:33:33.740><c> royal</c><00:33:34.079><c> house,</c>

00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:37.700
which<00:33:35.339><c> belonged</c><00:33:35.779><c> to</c><00:33:36.339><c> King</c><00:33:36.759><c> Ahasuerus.</c>

00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:40.359
She<00:33:38.200><c> was</c><00:33:38.460><c> not</c><00:33:38.599><c> her</c><00:33:38.880><c> own,</c><00:33:39.039><c> she</c><00:33:39.180><c> was</c><00:33:39.440><c> his.</c>

00:33:41.440 --> 00:33:44.200
She<00:33:41.700><c> was</c><00:33:41.880><c> his</c><00:33:42.220><c> queen,</c><00:33:42.500><c> she</c><00:33:42.700><c> dwelled</c><00:33:42.839><c> in</c><00:33:43.000><c> his</c><00:33:43.240><c> house.</c>

00:33:44.460 --> 00:33:49.099
And<00:33:45.099><c> she</c><00:33:45.299><c> made</c><00:33:45.539><c> a</c><00:33:45.759><c> feast</c><00:33:46.220><c> for</c><00:33:46.779><c> those</c><00:33:47.420><c> about</c><00:33:48.000><c> her.</c>

00:33:49.380 --> 00:33:53.880
The<00:33:49.519><c> word</c><00:33:49.779><c> Vashti</c><00:33:50.380><c> means</c><00:33:50.880><c> that</c><00:33:51.339><c> which</c><00:33:51.559><c> is</c><00:33:51.880><c> sweet</c><00:33:52.259><c> and</c><00:33:52.880><c> beautiful.</c>

00:33:54.059 --> 00:33:56.559
She<00:33:54.240><c> was</c><00:33:54.519><c> noted</c><00:33:54.779><c> for</c><00:33:55.079><c> her</c><00:33:55.319><c> great</c><00:33:55.619><c> beauty.</c>

00:33:56.660 --> 00:34:01.440
She<00:33:56.900><c> reflected</c><00:33:57.299><c> to</c><00:33:57.559><c> the</c><00:33:57.779><c> honor</c><00:33:58.019><c> of</c><00:33:58.299><c> her</c><00:33:58.500><c> husband</c><00:33:59.059><c> in</c><00:34:00.000><c> verse</c><00:34:00.359><c> 11,</c>

00:34:01.900 --> 00:34:04.319
when<00:34:02.039><c> he</c><00:34:02.279><c> commanded</c><00:34:02.599><c> to</c><00:34:02.839><c> bring</c><00:34:02.960><c> Vashti</c><00:34:03.480><c> the</c><00:34:03.700><c> queen</c><00:34:03.880><c> before</c>

00:34:04.319 --> 00:34:05.079
the<00:34:04.599><c> people,</c>

00:34:05.539 --> 00:34:08.960
to<00:34:05.880><c> show</c><00:34:06.420><c> the</c><00:34:06.700><c> people</c><00:34:07.059><c> and</c><00:34:07.319><c> the</c><00:34:07.559><c> princes</c><00:34:07.940><c> her</c><00:34:08.500><c> beauty,</c>

00:34:09.199 --> 00:34:11.599
for<00:34:09.300><c> she</c><00:34:09.539><c> was</c><00:34:10.079><c> fair</c><00:34:10.340><c> to</c><00:34:10.559><c> look</c><00:34:10.760><c> upon.</c>

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:15.920
She<00:34:13.460><c> enjoyed</c><00:34:13.980><c> a</c><00:34:14.400><c> regal</c><00:34:14.800><c> position.</c>

00:34:16.719 --> 00:34:18.500
She<00:34:16.960><c> was</c><00:34:17.280><c> the</c><00:34:17.559><c> queen.</c>

00:34:19.179 --> 00:34:21.380
She<00:34:19.380><c> had</c><00:34:19.619><c> a</c><00:34:19.860><c> special</c><00:34:20.179><c> privilege</c><00:34:20.659><c> with</c><00:34:20.900><c> the</c><00:34:21.079><c> king.</c>

00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:26.579
She<00:34:21.760><c> was</c><00:34:22.059><c> like</c><00:34:22.300><c> natural</c><00:34:23.059><c> Israel</c><00:34:23.679><c> who</c><00:34:24.099><c> enjoyed</c><00:34:24.360><c> a</c><00:34:24.780><c> special</c><00:34:25.219><c> situation</c><00:34:26.019><c> with</c><00:34:26.440><c> the</c>

00:34:26.579 --> 00:34:27.460
king,<00:34:26.920><c> with</c><00:34:27.099><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:34:27.639 --> 00:34:30.940
For<00:34:27.800><c> he</c><00:34:28.079><c> had</c><00:34:28.340><c> called</c><00:34:28.539><c> them</c><00:34:28.780><c> out</c><00:34:29.340><c> from</c><00:34:29.579><c> the</c><00:34:29.739><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:34:31.159 --> 00:34:34.099
He<00:34:31.440><c> had</c><00:34:31.679><c> drawn</c><00:34:31.860><c> them</c><00:34:32.099><c> out</c><00:34:32.280><c> that</c><00:34:32.380><c> they</c><00:34:32.579><c> might</c><00:34:32.820><c> be</c><00:34:33.059><c> for</c><00:34:33.139><c> him</c><00:34:33.400><c> a</c><00:34:33.500><c> name</c><00:34:33.739><c> and</c><00:34:33.900><c> a</c>

00:34:34.099 --> 00:34:36.920
praise<00:34:34.400><c> and</c><00:34:34.780><c> a</c><00:34:35.000><c> glory</c><00:34:35.480><c> and</c><00:34:35.820><c> a</c><00:34:36.019><c> blessing.</c>

00:34:37.659 --> 00:34:39.519
He<00:34:38.000><c> had</c><00:34:38.219><c> given</c><00:34:38.460><c> them</c><00:34:38.900><c> a</c><00:34:39.059><c> palace.</c>

00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:42.380
He<00:34:40.480><c> had</c><00:34:40.739><c> drawn</c><00:34:40.920><c> them</c><00:34:41.099><c> into</c><00:34:41.320><c> the</c><00:34:41.579><c> promised</c><00:34:41.820><c> land.</c>

00:34:42.760 --> 00:34:45.139
There<00:34:42.880><c> they</c><00:34:43.079><c> were</c><00:34:43.280><c> resident</c><00:34:43.699><c> with</c><00:34:44.059><c> him.</c>

00:34:45.380 --> 00:34:49.960
And<00:34:45.659><c> his</c><00:34:45.900><c> tabernacle</c><00:34:46.619><c> of</c><00:34:47.260><c> his</c><00:34:47.579><c> presence</c><00:34:48.039><c> was</c><00:34:48.519><c> in</c><00:34:48.820><c> their</c><00:34:49.019><c> midst.</c>

00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:56.119
He<00:34:53.360><c> gave</c><00:34:53.659><c> them</c><00:34:54.059><c> divine</c><00:34:54.900><c> privileges.</c>

00:34:57.159 --> 00:35:00.559
And<00:34:57.960><c> they</c><00:34:58.179><c> were</c><00:34:58.659><c> expected</c><00:34:59.159><c> to</c><00:34:59.500><c> respond.</c>

00:35:00.739 --> 00:35:05.639
And<00:35:01.440><c> he</c><00:35:01.699><c> called</c><00:35:01.880><c> upon</c><00:35:02.280><c> them</c><00:35:02.860><c> to</c><00:35:03.500><c> show</c><00:35:03.800><c> themselves</c><00:35:04.420><c> to</c><00:35:04.739><c> all</c><00:35:04.960><c> the</c><00:35:05.159><c> nations</c>

00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:10.420
that<00:35:06.340><c> they</c><00:35:06.559><c> might</c><00:35:06.860><c> see</c><00:35:07.159><c> that</c><00:35:07.639><c> there</c><00:35:07.900><c> is</c><00:35:08.139><c> a</c><00:35:08.320><c> God</c><00:35:08.599><c> in</c><00:35:08.960><c> Israel.</c>

00:35:10.900 --> 00:35:15.320
They<00:35:11.179><c> might</c><00:35:11.559><c> represent</c><00:35:12.619><c> him</c><00:35:13.119><c> before</c><00:35:13.900><c> all</c><00:35:14.280><c> peoples.</c>

00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:20.619
In<00:35:16.400><c> Isaiah</c><00:35:16.840><c> chapter</c><00:35:17.199><c> 54</c><00:35:17.940><c> and</c><00:35:18.400><c> verse</c><00:35:18.679><c> 4,</c><00:35:19.159><c> the</c><00:35:19.280><c> standing</c><00:35:19.639><c> of</c>

00:35:20.619 --> 00:35:21.619
natural<00:35:21.119><c> Israel,</c>

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:25.199
the<00:35:22.119><c> Vashti</c><00:35:22.619><c> of</c><00:35:23.000><c> all</c><00:35:23.400><c> time,</c><00:35:24.420><c> is</c><00:35:24.599><c> indicated.</c>

00:35:25.699 --> 00:35:29.039
Isaiah<00:35:26.179><c> chapter</c><00:35:26.519><c> 54</c><00:35:27.280><c> and</c><00:35:27.659><c> verse</c><00:35:27.960><c> 4.</c>

00:35:29.280 --> 00:35:33.599
Be<00:35:29.840><c> not,</c><00:35:30.099><c> says</c><00:35:30.300><c> the</c><00:35:30.519><c> king,</c><00:35:32.179><c> for</c><00:35:32.300><c> thou</c><00:35:32.519><c> shalt</c><00:35:32.800><c> not</c><00:35:33.079><c> be</c><00:35:33.260><c> ashamed,</c>

00:35:33.800 --> 00:35:35.179
neither<00:35:34.059><c> be</c><00:35:34.360><c> thou</c><00:35:34.639><c> confounded,</c>

00:35:35.579 --> 00:35:40.059
for<00:35:35.820><c> thou</c><00:35:36.219><c> shalt</c><00:35:36.539><c> not</c><00:35:36.780><c> be</c><00:35:36.980><c> put</c><00:35:37.139><c> to</c><00:35:37.400><c> shame,</c><00:35:38.300><c> for</c><00:35:38.460><c> thou</c><00:35:38.760><c> shalt</c><00:35:39.000><c> forget</c><00:35:39.360><c> the</c><00:35:39.639><c> shame</c><00:35:39.820><c> of</c>

00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:40.519
thy<00:35:40.219><c> youth,</c>

00:35:40.659 --> 00:35:43.440
and<00:35:40.800><c> shalt</c><00:35:41.099><c> not</c><00:35:41.280><c> remember</c><00:35:41.659><c> the</c><00:35:41.840><c> reproach</c><00:35:42.559><c> of</c><00:35:42.719><c> thy</c><00:35:42.980><c> widowhood</c>

00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:44.019
any<00:35:43.800><c> more.</c>

00:35:44.239 --> 00:35:47.900
For<00:35:44.539><c> thy</c><00:35:44.960><c> Maker</c><00:35:45.500><c> is</c><00:35:46.340><c> thine</c><00:35:46.659><c> husband.</c>

00:35:48.219 --> 00:35:52.059
Yahweh<00:35:48.699><c> of</c><00:35:49.000><c> hosts</c><00:35:49.380><c> is</c><00:35:49.719><c> his</c><00:35:50.039><c> name,</c><00:35:50.679><c> and</c><00:35:50.980><c> thy</c><00:35:51.179><c> Redeemer</c><00:35:51.659><c> is</c><00:35:51.960><c> the</c>

00:35:52.059 --> 00:35:53.000
mighty<00:35:52.360><c> one</c><00:35:52.559><c> of</c><00:35:52.739><c> Israel,</c>

00:35:53.039 --> 00:35:57.599
the<00:35:53.219><c> holy</c><00:35:53.420><c> one</c><00:35:53.579><c> of</c><00:35:53.840><c> Israel,</c><00:35:54.500><c> the</c><00:35:54.639><c> God</c><00:35:54.840><c> of</c><00:35:55.139><c> the</c><00:35:55.500><c> whole</c><00:35:55.860><c> earth</c><00:35:56.380><c> shall</c><00:35:57.260><c> he</c>

00:35:57.599 --> 00:35:58.739
be<00:35:57.900><c> called.</c>

00:35:59.940 --> 00:36:03.960
So<00:36:00.500><c> he</c><00:36:00.739><c> had</c><00:36:01.139><c> called</c><00:36:01.480><c> to</c><00:36:02.280><c> himself</c><00:36:02.780><c> a</c><00:36:03.159><c> wife.</c>

00:36:04.340 --> 00:36:10.000
In<00:36:04.480><c> the</c><00:36:04.599><c> very</c><00:36:04.800><c> beginning</c><00:36:05.219><c> it</c><00:36:05.380><c> was</c><00:36:05.599><c> Vashti,</c><00:36:06.639><c> Israel,</c><00:36:07.880><c> that</c><00:36:07.980><c> they</c><00:36:08.219><c> might</c><00:36:08.420><c> respond</c><00:36:08.880><c> to</c><00:36:09.119><c> him.</c>

00:36:10.039 --> 00:36:12.059
But<00:36:10.179><c> what</c><00:36:10.380><c> was</c><00:36:10.579><c> their</c><00:36:10.780><c> attitude,</c><00:36:11.400><c> brethren</c><00:36:11.539><c> and</c><00:36:11.820><c> sisters?</c>

00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:14.860
Well,<00:36:12.639><c> Jeremiah</c><00:36:13.000><c> the</c><00:36:13.280><c> prophet,</c><00:36:13.719><c> the</c><00:36:13.840><c> man</c><00:36:14.019><c> of</c><00:36:14.300><c> sorrows</c><00:36:14.619><c> and</c>

00:36:14.860 --> 00:36:15.639
acquainted<00:36:15.059><c> with</c><00:36:15.400><c> grief,</c>

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:20.679
in<00:36:16.119><c> chapter</c><00:36:16.380><c> 13</c><00:36:16.880><c> of</c><00:36:17.079><c> his</c><00:36:17.360><c> prophecy</c><00:36:17.820><c> and</c><00:36:18.239><c> verse</c><00:36:18.519><c> 11</c><00:36:19.019><c> reports</c><00:36:19.659><c> on</c><00:36:20.139><c> that.</c>

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:24.440
For<00:36:21.179><c> as</c><00:36:21.500><c> a</c><00:36:21.679><c> girdle</c><00:36:22.039><c> cleaveth</c><00:36:22.380><c> to</c><00:36:22.619><c> the</c><00:36:22.780><c> loins</c><00:36:22.980><c> of</c><00:36:23.179><c> a</c><00:36:23.320><c> man,</c><00:36:23.900><c> so</c><00:36:24.139><c> he</c>

00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:25.119
says<00:36:24.559><c> to</c><00:36:24.780><c> Israel,</c>

00:36:25.119 --> 00:36:29.659
I<00:36:25.380><c> have</c><00:36:26.159><c> cause</c><00:36:26.659><c> to</c><00:36:26.920><c> cleave</c><00:36:27.159><c> unto</c><00:36:27.400><c> me</c><00:36:27.880><c> the</c><00:36:28.219><c> whole</c><00:36:28.619><c> house</c><00:36:28.920><c> of</c><00:36:29.139><c> Israel,</c>

00:36:30.019 --> 00:36:32.179
and<00:36:30.099><c> the</c><00:36:30.320><c> whole</c><00:36:30.539><c> house</c><00:36:30.820><c> of</c><00:36:31.059><c> Judah,</c><00:36:31.460><c> saith</c><00:36:31.539><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:36:32.659 --> 00:36:36.940
and<00:36:32.900><c> they</c><00:36:33.159><c> might</c><00:36:33.440><c> be</c><00:36:33.860><c> to</c><00:36:34.239><c> me</c><00:36:34.579><c> for</c><00:36:34.800><c> a</c><00:36:35.059><c> people,</c><00:36:35.860><c> for</c><00:36:35.980><c> a</c><00:36:36.139><c> name,</c><00:36:36.679><c> for</c>

00:36:36.940 --> 00:36:38.159
a<00:36:37.059><c> praise,</c><00:36:37.460><c> and</c><00:36:37.559><c> for</c><00:36:37.760><c> a</c><00:36:37.880><c> glory.</c>

00:36:38.340 --> 00:36:44.139
He<00:36:38.659><c> invited</c><00:36:39.099><c> them</c><00:36:39.960><c> to</c><00:36:41.360><c> manifest</c><00:36:41.920><c> his</c><00:36:42.380><c> glory</c><00:36:42.840><c> to</c><00:36:43.079><c> all</c><00:36:43.219><c> the</c><00:36:43.420><c> peoples</c><00:36:43.760><c> in</c>

00:36:44.139 --> 00:36:45.619
his<00:36:44.420><c> royal</c><00:36:44.739><c> feasts,</c>

00:36:46.360 --> 00:36:48.880
down<00:36:46.539><c> from</c><00:36:47.059><c> one</c><00:36:47.320><c> generation</c><00:36:47.940><c> to</c><00:36:48.460><c> another.</c>

00:36:48.880 --> 00:36:55.099
But<00:36:49.760><c> those</c><00:36:51.639><c> sad</c><00:36:52.079><c> words</c><00:36:52.380><c> that</c><00:36:52.599><c> conclude</c><00:36:52.940><c> that</c><00:36:53.280><c> verse,</c><00:36:54.440><c> they</c>

00:36:55.099 --> 00:36:57.059
would<00:36:55.579><c> not</c><00:36:56.219><c> hear.</c>

00:36:57.320 --> 00:36:59.860
They<00:36:57.599><c> were</c><00:36:57.880><c> enjoying</c><00:36:58.139><c> their</c><00:36:58.480><c> own</c><00:36:58.780><c> feasts.</c>

00:37:00.940 --> 00:37:03.800
They<00:37:01.199><c> were</c><00:37:01.380><c> finding</c><00:37:01.619><c> pleasure</c><00:37:02.039><c> in</c><00:37:02.239><c> their</c><00:37:02.460><c> own</c><00:37:02.719><c> associates.</c>

00:37:04.460 --> 00:37:07.099
They<00:37:04.719><c> had</c><00:37:04.960><c> gathered</c><00:37:05.159><c> together</c><00:37:05.579><c> their</c><00:37:05.880><c> own</c><00:37:06.099><c> people.</c>

00:37:07.579 --> 00:37:10.239
They<00:37:07.780><c> were</c><00:37:08.000><c> no</c><00:37:08.159><c> longer</c><00:37:08.440><c> interested</c><00:37:09.000><c> in</c><00:37:09.320><c> Yahweh's</c><00:37:09.900><c> desires</c>

00:37:10.239 --> 00:37:11.019
and<00:37:10.460><c> his</c><00:37:10.739><c> will,</c>

00:37:11.360 --> 00:37:15.019
so<00:37:11.639><c> when</c><00:37:11.860><c> the</c><00:37:11.980><c> Lord</c><00:37:12.179><c> Jesus</c><00:37:12.639><c> Christ</c><00:37:12.960><c> came</c><00:37:13.460><c> in</c><00:37:13.980><c> John</c><00:37:14.320><c> chapter</c><00:37:14.699><c> 8</c>

00:37:15.019 --> 00:37:16.400
as<00:37:15.280><c> recorded,</c>

00:37:16.559 --> 00:37:20.059
and<00:37:17.159><c> he</c><00:37:17.280><c> looked</c><00:37:17.519><c> about</c><00:37:17.900><c> him</c><00:37:18.139><c> with</c><00:37:18.440><c> sadness</c><00:37:18.780><c> upon</c><00:37:19.079><c> that</c><00:37:19.340><c> generation</c>

00:37:20.059 --> 00:37:23.659
that<00:37:20.559><c> had</c><00:37:20.760><c> been</c><00:37:20.980><c> so</c><00:37:21.360><c> privileged</c><00:37:21.760><c> to</c><00:37:22.039><c> receive</c><00:37:22.340><c> the</c><00:37:22.579><c> divine</c><00:37:22.860><c> will,</c>

00:37:23.900 --> 00:37:30.280
and<00:37:24.019><c> in</c><00:37:24.179><c> John</c><00:37:24.420><c> chapter</c><00:37:24.840><c> 8</c><00:37:25.599><c> and</c><00:37:26.059><c> verse</c><00:37:26.400><c> 38</c><00:37:27.320><c> he</c><00:37:28.679><c> says</c><00:37:28.980><c> to</c><00:37:29.199><c> them,</c>

00:37:30.900 --> 00:37:34.219
I<00:37:31.199><c> speak</c><00:37:31.719><c> that</c><00:37:32.019><c> which</c><00:37:32.320><c> I</c><00:37:32.599><c> have</c><00:37:32.920><c> seen</c><00:37:33.219><c> with</c><00:37:33.539><c> my</c><00:37:33.780><c> father,</c>

00:37:34.619 --> 00:37:39.179
and<00:37:34.920><c> you</c><00:37:35.280><c> do</c><00:37:35.480><c> that</c><00:37:36.019><c> which</c><00:37:36.400><c> ye</c><00:37:36.659><c> have</c><00:37:36.840><c> seen</c><00:37:37.139><c> with</c><00:37:37.659><c> your</c><00:37:38.039><c> father.</c>

00:37:40.760 --> 00:37:44.500
And<00:37:41.199><c> they</c><00:37:41.380><c> answered</c><00:37:41.639><c> and</c><00:37:41.820><c> said</c><00:37:41.960><c> unto</c><00:37:42.159><c> him,</c><00:37:42.739><c> Abraham</c><00:37:43.079><c> is</c><00:37:43.320><c> our</c><00:37:43.519><c> father.</c>

00:37:44.760 --> 00:37:48.420
They<00:37:45.360><c> claim</c><00:37:45.860><c> to</c><00:37:46.179><c> be</c><00:37:46.460><c> in</c><00:37:46.659><c> a</c><00:37:46.960><c> royal</c><00:37:47.260><c> position.</c>

00:37:49.059 --> 00:37:52.780
They<00:37:49.280><c> claim</c><00:37:49.579><c> to</c><00:37:49.860><c> be</c><00:37:50.039><c> the</c><00:37:50.260><c> people</c><00:37:50.539><c> of</c><00:37:50.760><c> God,</c><00:37:51.059><c> but</c><00:37:51.199><c> he</c><00:37:51.440><c> said</c><00:37:51.719><c> to</c><00:37:51.800><c> them,</c>

00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:57.980
if<00:37:53.320><c> you</c><00:37:53.579><c> were</c><00:37:53.820><c> Abraham's</c><00:37:54.539><c> children,</c><00:37:55.460><c> you</c><00:37:55.559><c> would</c><00:37:55.920><c> obey</c><00:37:56.619><c> him.</c>

00:37:59.019 --> 00:38:03.139
You<00:37:59.400><c> would</c><00:37:59.780><c> attend</c><00:38:00.179><c> the</c><00:38:00.519><c> feasts</c><00:38:00.840><c> of</c><00:38:02.000><c> your</c><00:38:02.199><c> husband.</c>

00:38:03.699 --> 00:38:05.659
You<00:38:03.940><c> would</c><00:38:04.139><c> glorify</c><00:38:04.719><c> the</c><00:38:04.860><c> king</c><00:38:05.079><c> of</c><00:38:05.340><c> heaven.</c>

00:38:06.099 --> 00:38:09.300
If<00:38:06.340><c> you</c><00:38:06.539><c> were</c><00:38:06.719><c> Abraham's</c><00:38:07.440><c> children,</c><00:38:07.960><c> you</c><00:38:08.260><c> would</c><00:38:08.460><c> do</c><00:38:08.679><c> what</c><00:38:08.980><c> he</c>

00:38:09.300 --> 00:38:11.659
did<00:38:09.679><c> when</c><00:38:10.880><c> he</c><00:38:11.099><c> came</c><00:38:11.360><c> out,</c>

00:38:11.659 --> 00:38:14.280
because<00:38:11.980><c> the</c><00:38:12.300><c> voice</c><00:38:12.519><c> had</c><00:38:12.800><c> said</c><00:38:13.000><c> to</c><00:38:13.199><c> him,</c>

00:38:14.340 --> 00:38:16.320
come<00:38:14.519><c> forth</c><00:38:14.880><c> to</c><00:38:15.079><c> a</c><00:38:15.199><c> land</c><00:38:15.320><c> that</c><00:38:15.500><c> I</c><00:38:15.619><c> will</c><00:38:15.820><c> show</c><00:38:16.099><c> thee,</c>

00:38:16.440 --> 00:38:18.300
and<00:38:16.599><c> he</c><00:38:16.760><c> went</c><00:38:16.940><c> forth</c><00:38:17.179><c> not</c><00:38:17.380><c> knowing</c><00:38:17.639><c> whither</c><00:38:17.860><c> he</c><00:38:18.099><c> went,</c>

00:38:18.440 --> 00:38:20.960
but<00:38:18.579><c> he</c><00:38:18.719><c> went</c><00:38:18.860><c> forth</c><00:38:19.079><c> because</c><00:38:19.340><c> he</c><00:38:19.599><c> trusted</c><00:38:19.860><c> the</c><00:38:20.119><c> voice.</c>

00:38:21.500 --> 00:38:23.519
They<00:38:21.739><c> no</c><00:38:22.000><c> longer</c><00:38:22.239><c> heard</c><00:38:22.539><c> him.</c>

00:38:23.800 --> 00:38:27.579
When<00:38:24.000><c> King</c><00:38:24.300><c> Ahasuerus</c><00:38:25.019><c> of</c><00:38:25.219><c> heaven</c><00:38:25.840><c> asked</c><00:38:26.619><c> them</c><00:38:26.840><c> to</c><00:38:27.119><c> respond,</c>

00:38:27.920 --> 00:38:33.139
they<00:38:28.079><c> were</c><00:38:28.280><c> too</c><00:38:28.579><c> busy</c><00:38:29.000><c> about</c><00:38:29.440><c> their</c><00:38:29.800><c> own</c><00:38:30.099><c> affairs</c><00:38:30.679><c> to</c><00:38:31.500><c> give</c><00:38:31.699><c> time</c><00:38:32.699><c> to</c>

00:38:33.139 --> 00:38:35.360
listen<00:38:33.519><c> to</c><00:38:34.400><c> God.</c>

00:38:37.719 --> 00:38:40.699
Vashti<00:38:38.320><c> the</c><00:38:38.559><c> queen,</c><00:38:39.000><c> brethren</c><00:38:39.260><c> and</c><00:38:39.519><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:40.780 --> 00:38:44.219
stands<00:38:41.079><c> as</c><00:38:41.320><c> a</c><00:38:41.460><c> type</c><00:38:41.619><c> of</c><00:38:41.880><c> Israel</c><00:38:42.159><c> and</c><00:38:42.320><c> those</c><00:38:42.719><c> with</c><00:38:43.039><c> them,</c>

00:38:44.619 --> 00:38:47.239
who<00:38:44.760><c> having</c><00:38:44.960><c> received</c><00:38:45.420><c> the</c><00:38:45.639><c> high</c><00:38:45.780><c> and</c><00:38:45.920><c> holy</c><00:38:46.139><c> calling,</c>

00:38:48.079 --> 00:38:52.739
do<00:38:48.320><c> not</c><00:38:48.820><c> continue</c><00:38:49.559><c> to</c><00:38:50.039><c> hear</c><00:38:50.340><c> the</c><00:38:50.739><c> voice</c><00:38:51.159><c> of</c><00:38:51.440><c> their</c><00:38:51.619><c> husband.</c>

00:38:53.440 --> 00:38:55.639
Called<00:38:53.659><c> to</c><00:38:53.820><c> a</c><00:38:54.000><c> high</c><00:38:54.280><c> and</c><00:38:54.539><c> holy</c><00:38:54.840><c> status,</c>

00:38:56.119 --> 00:38:59.280
but<00:38:56.320><c> neglected</c><00:38:57.000><c> the</c><00:38:57.539><c> principles</c><00:38:58.139><c> of</c><00:38:58.679><c> their</c><00:38:58.920><c> truth.</c>

00:38:59.280 --> 00:39:04.980
You'll<00:39:00.440><c> notice,</c><00:39:00.719><c> going</c><00:39:00.940><c> back</c><00:39:01.260><c> to</c><00:39:01.539><c> Esther</c><00:39:02.539><c> chapter</c><00:39:02.920><c> 1</c><00:39:03.179><c> and</c><00:39:03.340><c> verse</c><00:39:03.579><c> 12,</c>

00:39:06.719 --> 00:39:11.219
that<00:39:07.039><c> Queen</c><00:39:07.460><c> Vashti</c><00:39:08.360><c> refused</c><00:39:09.559><c> to</c><00:39:10.139><c> come.</c>

00:39:12.420 --> 00:39:14.400
There<00:39:12.579><c> was</c><00:39:12.800><c> an</c><00:39:13.019><c> appeal</c><00:39:13.340><c> made.</c>

00:39:14.639 --> 00:39:16.159
There<00:39:14.760><c> was</c><00:39:15.039><c> argumentation.</c>

00:39:16.639 --> 00:39:19.639
She<00:39:16.920><c> refused</c><00:39:17.980><c> to</c><00:39:18.559><c> come.</c>

00:39:21.679 --> 00:39:24.820
She<00:39:22.079><c> stood</c><00:39:22.420><c> up</c><00:39:22.659><c> for</c><00:39:22.840><c> the</c><00:39:23.019><c> woman's</c><00:39:23.400><c> liberation</c><00:39:23.940><c> league.</c>

00:39:25.179 --> 00:39:29.139
She<00:39:25.559><c> was</c><00:39:25.800><c> not</c><00:39:25.940><c> going</c><00:39:26.179><c> to</c><00:39:26.480><c> tolerate</c><00:39:27.019><c> the</c><00:39:27.699><c> voice</c><00:39:28.019><c> of</c><00:39:28.400><c> her</c><00:39:28.599><c> husband.</c>

00:39:29.579 --> 00:39:34.440
She<00:39:29.760><c> refused</c><00:39:30.679><c> to</c><00:39:31.139><c> come,</c><00:39:32.139><c> thus</c><00:39:32.320><c> denying</c><00:39:32.760><c> the</c><00:39:33.000><c> king</c><00:39:33.219><c> his</c><00:39:33.500><c> right,</c>

00:39:34.719 --> 00:39:38.320
and<00:39:35.000><c> she</c><00:39:35.239><c> being</c><00:39:35.619><c> inflated</c><00:39:36.139><c> with</c><00:39:36.340><c> her</c><00:39:36.719><c> own</c><00:39:37.039><c> self</c><00:39:37.280><c>-esteem.</c>

00:39:39.360 --> 00:39:42.000
That<00:39:39.679><c> same</c><00:39:40.280><c> word</c><00:39:40.760><c> is</c><00:39:41.219><c> rendered</c><00:39:41.619><c> in,</c>

00:39:42.000 --> 00:39:46.139
or<00:39:42.199><c> is</c><00:39:43.280><c> recorded</c><00:39:43.280><c> in</c><00:39:43.780><c> Hebrews</c><00:39:44.239><c> chapter</c><00:39:44.719><c> 11</c><00:39:45.179><c> in</c><00:39:45.619><c> the</c><00:39:45.820><c> catalogue</c>

00:39:46.139 --> 00:39:46.760
of<00:39:46.400><c> faith,</c>

00:39:47.219 --> 00:39:51.599
in<00:39:47.380><c> respect</c><00:39:47.699><c> to</c><00:39:47.980><c> one,</c><00:39:48.719><c> Moses,</c><00:39:49.780><c> who</c><00:39:50.079><c> himself</c><00:39:50.579><c> was</c><00:39:50.880><c> drawn</c><00:39:51.099><c> out,</c>

00:39:51.599 --> 00:39:58.119
but<00:39:52.340><c> in</c><00:39:52.780><c> different</c><00:39:53.179><c> circumstances</c><00:39:53.960><c> we</c><00:39:54.219><c> read</c><00:39:54.500><c> that</c><00:39:54.900><c> when</c><00:39:55.820><c> a</c><00:39:56.000><c> choice</c><00:39:56.260><c> was</c><00:39:56.420><c> put</c><00:39:56.599><c> to</c><00:39:56.800><c> him,</c>

00:39:59.059 --> 00:40:04.139
he,<00:40:00.539><c> in</c><00:40:00.980><c> chapter</c><00:40:01.639><c> 11</c><00:40:02.199><c> of</c><00:40:02.440><c> Hebrews</c><00:40:02.800><c> and</c><00:40:03.059><c> verse</c><00:40:03.280><c> 24,</c>

00:40:05.019 --> 00:40:08.800
refused<00:40:05.639><c> to</c><00:40:06.000><c> be</c><00:40:06.300><c> called</c><00:40:06.800><c> the</c><00:40:07.099><c> son</c><00:40:07.340><c> of</c><00:40:07.539><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:40:07.880><c> daughter.</c>

00:40:09.599 --> 00:40:14.860
He<00:40:09.940><c> refused</c><00:40:10.219><c> to</c><00:40:10.539><c> associate</c><00:40:11.079><c> with</c><00:40:12.539><c> the</c><00:40:13.420><c> crowd</c><00:40:13.659><c> about</c><00:40:14.019><c> him</c><00:40:14.280><c> in</c><00:40:14.460><c> Egypt,</c>

00:40:15.219 --> 00:40:18.940
and<00:40:15.639><c> he</c><00:40:15.900><c> came</c><00:40:16.159><c> out,</c><00:40:17.019><c> but</c><00:40:17.139><c> not</c><00:40:17.920><c> Vashti</c><00:40:18.440><c> the</c><00:40:18.679><c> queen.</c>

00:40:18.940 --> 00:40:22.719
She<00:40:19.480><c> refused</c><00:40:20.159><c> to</c><00:40:20.559><c> honor</c><00:40:20.940><c> her</c><00:40:21.380><c> husband.</c>

00:40:24.380 --> 00:40:27.079
Israel<00:40:24.579><c> has</c><00:40:24.940><c> constantly</c><00:40:25.519><c> refused</c><00:40:26.000><c> the</c><00:40:26.239><c> divine</c><00:40:26.519><c> commandments.</c>

00:40:27.420 --> 00:40:30.880
In<00:40:27.480><c> Ezekiel</c><00:40:27.940><c> chapter</c><00:40:28.260><c> 20,</c><00:40:28.719><c> for</c><00:40:28.840><c> example,</c><00:40:29.320><c> and</c><00:40:29.480><c> verse</c><00:40:29.719><c> 27,</c>

00:40:31.199 --> 00:40:34.519
the<00:40:31.880><c> story</c><00:40:32.260><c> of</c><00:40:32.500><c> Vashti</c><00:40:32.880><c> has</c><00:40:33.039><c> been</c><00:40:33.300><c> repeated</c><00:40:33.760><c> time</c><00:40:34.119><c> and</c><00:40:34.380><c> again</c>

00:40:34.519 --> 00:40:36.119
in<00:40:34.739><c> their</c><00:40:34.980><c> lives.</c>

00:40:36.880 --> 00:40:42.800
In<00:40:37.559><c> Ezekiel</c><00:40:38.239><c> chapter</c><00:40:38.579><c> 20</c><00:40:39.559><c> and</c><00:40:40.840><c> at</c><00:40:41.079><c> verse</c><00:40:41.320><c> 27,</c>

00:40:43.920 --> 00:40:46.639
Therefore,<00:40:44.539><c> son</c><00:40:44.719><c> of</c><00:40:44.940><c> man,</c><00:40:45.320><c> speak</c><00:40:45.460><c> unto</c><00:40:45.619><c> the</c><00:40:45.820><c> whole</c><00:40:46.179><c> house</c><00:40:46.440><c> of</c>

00:40:46.639 --> 00:40:47.860
Israel<00:40:46.900><c> and</c><00:40:47.119><c> say</c><00:40:47.280><c> unto</c><00:40:47.460><c> them,</c>

00:40:47.860 --> 00:40:51.659
Thus<00:40:48.239><c> saith</c><00:40:48.599><c> the</c><00:40:48.860><c> Lord</c><00:40:49.119><c> Yahweh,</c><00:40:50.079><c> yet</c><00:40:50.400><c> in</c><00:40:50.780><c> this</c><00:40:50.980><c> your</c><00:40:51.280><c> fathers</c>

00:40:51.659 --> 00:40:53.139
have<00:40:52.079><c> blasphemed</c><00:40:52.719><c> me,</c>

00:40:53.139 --> 00:40:56.280
in<00:40:53.340><c> that</c><00:40:53.519><c> they</c><00:40:53.760><c> have</c><00:40:54.199><c> committed</c><00:40:54.800><c> a</c><00:40:55.139><c> trespass</c><00:40:55.539><c> against</c><00:40:55.960><c> me.</c>

00:40:56.400 --> 00:41:01.260
Against<00:40:56.760><c> who?</c><00:40:57.440><c> Against</c><00:40:57.960><c> Ahasuerus,</c><00:40:59.559><c> against</c><00:40:59.980><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:41:01.699 --> 00:41:03.820
For<00:41:01.900><c> when</c><00:41:02.119><c> I</c><00:41:02.280><c> had</c><00:41:02.440><c> brought</c><00:41:02.659><c> them</c><00:41:02.840><c> into</c><00:41:03.019><c> the</c><00:41:03.280><c> land,</c><00:41:03.519><c> for</c><00:41:03.659><c> which</c>

00:41:03.820 --> 00:41:04.920
I<00:41:04.000><c> had</c><00:41:04.139><c> lifted</c><00:41:04.340><c> up</c><00:41:04.579><c> mine</c><00:41:04.760><c> hand,</c>

00:41:05.000 --> 00:41:08.280
to<00:41:05.139><c> give</c><00:41:05.239><c> it</c><00:41:05.400><c> to</c><00:41:05.500><c> them,</c><00:41:06.360><c> when</c><00:41:06.599><c> they</c><00:41:06.880><c> saw</c><00:41:07.079><c> every</c><00:41:07.559><c> high</c><00:41:07.960><c> hill</c><00:41:08.119><c> and</c>

00:41:08.280 --> 00:41:08.980
the<00:41:08.460><c> thick</c><00:41:08.639><c> trees,</c>

00:41:09.019 --> 00:41:10.659
and<00:41:09.159><c> they</c><00:41:09.400><c> offered</c><00:41:09.559><c> there</c><00:41:09.760><c> their</c><00:41:10.019><c> sacrifices,</c>

00:41:11.159 --> 00:41:13.800
there<00:41:11.380><c> they</c><00:41:11.619><c> presented</c><00:41:12.079><c> the</c><00:41:12.400><c> provocation</c><00:41:12.920><c> of</c><00:41:13.079><c> their</c><00:41:13.300><c> offerings.</c>

00:41:13.800 --> 00:41:17.219
There<00:41:14.559><c> they</c><00:41:14.800><c> made</c><00:41:15.019><c> their</c><00:41:15.380><c> sweet</c><00:41:15.659><c> savor,</c><00:41:16.179><c> as</c><00:41:16.340><c> they</c><00:41:16.579><c> rejoiced</c>

00:41:17.219 --> 00:41:18.320
with<00:41:17.480><c> their</c><00:41:17.800><c> people,</c>

00:41:18.599 --> 00:41:20.940
as<00:41:18.840><c> Vashti</c><00:41:19.300><c> did</c><00:41:19.579><c> with</c><00:41:19.860><c> hers.</c>

00:41:22.199 --> 00:41:24.980
And<00:41:22.440><c> there</c><00:41:22.539><c> they</c><00:41:22.880><c> poured</c><00:41:23.000><c> out</c><00:41:23.300><c> their</c><00:41:23.500><c> drink</c><00:41:23.820><c> offerings.</c>

00:41:26.099 --> 00:41:28.820
Or<00:41:26.219><c> in</c><00:41:26.380><c> Jeremiah</c><00:41:26.760><c> chapter</c><00:41:27.199><c> 13</c><00:41:27.699><c> and</c><00:41:27.880><c> at</c><00:41:28.079><c> verse</c><00:41:28.320><c> 11,</c>

00:41:29.039 --> 00:41:32.219
as<00:41:29.219><c> the</c><00:41:29.500><c> prophets</c><00:41:29.900><c> of</c><00:41:30.139><c> God</c><00:41:30.519><c> constantly</c><00:41:31.219><c> thundered</c><00:41:31.739><c> forth</c>

00:41:32.219 --> 00:41:33.760
their<00:41:32.760><c> warnings,</c>

00:41:34.699 --> 00:41:39.340
their<00:41:35.019><c> warning</c><00:41:35.280><c> voices</c><00:41:35.820><c> to</c><00:41:36.380><c> the</c><00:41:36.599><c> people</c><00:41:37.019><c> who</c><00:41:37.579><c> had</c><00:41:37.820><c> refused</c><00:41:38.739><c> to</c>

00:41:39.340 --> 00:41:42.300
come<00:41:39.820><c> to</c><00:41:40.280><c> the</c><00:41:40.519><c> king's</c><00:41:41.500><c> feast.</c>

00:41:43.119 --> 00:41:48.300
So<00:41:43.719><c> Jeremiah</c><00:41:44.199><c> 13</c><00:41:44.679><c> verse</c><00:41:44.980><c> 11,</c><00:41:45.679><c> but</c><00:41:46.260><c> they</c><00:41:46.719><c> would</c><00:41:47.079><c> not</c><00:41:47.500><c> hear.</c>

00:41:49.219 --> 00:41:51.260
Matthew<00:41:49.219><c> chapter</c><00:41:49.559><c> 23</c><00:41:50.119><c> verse</c><00:41:50.460><c> 37,</c>

00:41:51.679 --> 00:41:54.519
O<00:41:51.920><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:41:52.639><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:41:53.360><c> said</c><00:41:53.480><c> the</c><00:41:53.679><c> Lord</c><00:41:53.860><c> Jesus</c><00:41:54.239><c> Christ,</c>

00:41:54.599 --> 00:41:56.079
as<00:41:54.679><c> he</c><00:41:54.820><c> looked</c><00:41:54.960><c> down</c><00:41:55.219><c> upon</c><00:41:55.460><c> that</c><00:41:55.739><c> city,</c>

00:41:56.519 --> 00:42:01.719
that<00:41:56.760><c> city</c><00:41:57.019><c> that</c><00:41:57.400><c> shone</c><00:41:57.659><c> to</c><00:41:57.860><c> the</c><00:41:58.059><c> glory</c><00:41:58.320><c> of</c><00:41:58.539><c> God</c><00:41:58.840><c> in</c><00:41:59.179><c> the</c><00:41:59.460><c> temple</c><00:41:59.860><c> façade</c><00:42:00.440><c> of</c><00:42:00.739><c> gold,</c>

00:42:02.320 --> 00:42:05.139
the<00:42:02.480><c> temple</c><00:42:02.780><c> of</c><00:42:03.039><c> Herod</c><00:42:03.340><c> in</c><00:42:03.599><c> all</c><00:42:03.800><c> its</c><00:42:04.039><c> glory,</c>

00:42:05.940 --> 00:42:08.000
for<00:42:06.079><c> there</c><00:42:06.239><c> was</c><00:42:06.460><c> nothing</c><00:42:06.719><c> in</c><00:42:07.059><c> there.</c>

00:42:08.139 --> 00:42:11.860
O<00:42:08.739><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:42:09.360><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:42:10.179><c> how</c><00:42:10.440><c> often</c><00:42:10.840><c> would</c><00:42:11.059><c> I</c><00:42:11.199><c> have</c><00:42:11.440><c> gathered</c><00:42:11.619><c> thee</c>

00:42:11.860 --> 00:42:15.179
as<00:42:12.639><c> a</c><00:42:12.840><c> hen</c><00:42:12.920><c> doth</c><00:42:13.099><c> her</c><00:42:13.340><c> chickens</c><00:42:13.679><c> under</c><00:42:13.980><c> her</c><00:42:14.239><c> wing,</c><00:42:14.579><c> but</c><00:42:14.599><c> ye</c>

00:42:15.179 --> 00:42:16.619
would<00:42:15.460><c> not.</c>

00:42:17.280 --> 00:42:20.800
Behold<00:42:17.780><c> your</c><00:42:18.139><c> house</c><00:42:18.599><c> is</c><00:42:18.920><c> left</c><00:42:19.199><c> unto</c><00:42:19.460><c> you</c><00:42:19.739><c> desolate.</c>

00:42:21.579 --> 00:42:23.980
What<00:42:22.000><c> did</c><00:42:22.139><c> the</c><00:42:22.320><c> king</c><00:42:22.480><c> think</c><00:42:22.739><c> of</c><00:42:23.000><c> Vashti?</c>

00:42:27.320 --> 00:42:32.420
In<00:42:27.920><c> Esther</c><00:42:28.380><c> chapter</c><00:42:28.800><c> 1</c><00:42:29.900><c> and</c><00:42:30.260><c> at</c><00:42:30.519><c> verse</c><00:42:31.539><c> 12,</c>

00:42:32.420 --> 00:42:37.860
Vashti<00:42:33.500><c> refused</c><00:42:34.099><c> to</c><00:42:34.500><c> come</c><00:42:34.920><c> at</c><00:42:35.579><c> the</c><00:42:35.980><c> king's</c><00:42:36.820><c> commandment.</c>

00:42:38.300 --> 00:42:40.599
He<00:42:38.639><c> was</c><00:42:39.059><c> her</c><00:42:39.519><c> husband.</c>

00:42:42.739 --> 00:42:45.579
Here<00:42:43.039><c> we</c><00:42:43.199><c> have</c><00:42:43.320><c> the</c><00:42:43.559><c> principle</c><00:42:43.980><c> of</c><00:42:44.400><c> marriage,</c>

00:42:46.420 --> 00:42:49.960
to<00:42:46.480><c> be</c><00:42:46.739><c> understood</c><00:42:47.099><c> in</c><00:42:47.300><c> the</c><00:42:47.460><c> voice</c><00:42:47.940><c> and</c><00:42:48.380><c> the</c><00:42:48.559><c> words</c><00:42:48.739><c> of</c><00:42:49.099><c> Esther.</c>

00:42:51.239 --> 00:42:54.440
Her<00:42:51.539><c> attitude</c><00:42:52.199><c> frustrated</c><00:42:52.940><c> that</c><00:42:53.300><c> marriage,</c>

00:42:55.039 --> 00:42:57.820
apart<00:42:55.260><c> from</c><00:42:55.460><c> anything</c><00:42:55.719><c> else,</c><00:42:56.320><c> as</c><00:42:56.519><c> we</c><00:42:56.679><c> shall</c><00:42:56.880><c> note.</c>

00:42:58.619 --> 00:43:03.500
True<00:42:59.300><c> marriage</c><00:42:59.980><c> is</c><00:43:01.239><c> a</c><00:43:01.460><c> balance</c><00:43:01.820><c> between</c><00:43:02.300><c> husband</c><00:43:02.739><c> and</c><00:43:03.000><c> wife</c>

00:43:03.500 --> 00:43:07.320
who<00:43:04.179><c> have</c><00:43:04.360><c> respect</c><00:43:04.940><c> unto</c><00:43:05.219><c> the</c><00:43:05.519><c> laws</c><00:43:05.800><c> of</c><00:43:06.159><c> their</c><00:43:06.420><c> God.</c>

00:43:08.039 --> 00:43:10.920
You'll<00:43:08.280><c> notice,</c><00:43:08.519><c> for</c><00:43:08.699><c> example,</c><00:43:09.219><c> in</c><00:43:09.380><c> Colossians</c><00:43:09.820><c> chapter</c><00:43:10.159><c> 3</c>

00:43:10.920 --> 00:43:12.179
and<00:43:11.099><c> at</c><00:43:11.300><c> verse</c><00:43:11.519><c> 18,</c>

00:43:12.559 --> 00:43:17.539
when<00:43:12.719><c> the</c><00:43:13.000><c> apostle</c><00:43:13.340><c> deals</c><00:43:13.760><c> with</c><00:43:14.039><c> the</c><00:43:15.559><c> respect</c><00:43:16.119><c> that</c><00:43:16.440><c> wives</c><00:43:16.699><c> should</c><00:43:17.039><c> have</c><00:43:17.300><c> to</c>

00:43:17.539 --> 00:43:18.900
their<00:43:17.739><c> husbands,</c>

00:43:19.739 --> 00:43:22.840
he<00:43:20.199><c> emphasizes</c><00:43:20.900><c> the</c><00:43:21.219><c> reason</c><00:43:21.579><c> why</c><00:43:21.880><c> that</c><00:43:22.119><c> should</c><00:43:22.360><c> be.</c>

00:43:22.840 --> 00:43:26.820
Not<00:43:23.559><c> merely</c><00:43:24.019><c> that</c><00:43:24.360><c> the</c><00:43:24.579><c> husbands</c><00:43:24.900><c> might</c><00:43:25.260><c> feel</c><00:43:25.519><c> superior,</c>

00:43:27.619 --> 00:43:30.900
for<00:43:27.719><c> that</c><00:43:27.960><c> would</c><00:43:28.139><c> be</c><00:43:28.320><c> not</c><00:43:28.519><c> according</c><00:43:28.840><c> to</c><00:43:29.099><c> the</c><00:43:29.300><c> divine</c><00:43:29.519><c> will</c><00:43:29.739><c> either.</c>

00:43:31.960 --> 00:43:35.460
In<00:43:32.239><c> Colossians</c><00:43:32.760><c> chapter</c><00:43:33.099><c> 3</c><00:43:33.400><c> verse</c><00:43:33.699><c> 18</c><00:43:34.179><c> it</c><00:43:34.420><c> says,</c>

00:43:35.800 --> 00:43:40.960
wives<00:43:35.800><c> submit</c><00:43:36.500><c> yourselves</c><00:43:37.260><c> unto</c><00:43:37.639><c> your</c><00:43:37.960><c> own</c><00:43:38.400><c> husbands</c><00:43:38.920><c> as</c><00:43:40.460><c> it</c>

00:43:40.960 --> 00:43:43.239
is<00:43:41.420><c> fit</c><00:43:41.659><c> in</c><00:43:42.099><c> the</c><00:43:42.300><c> law.</c>

00:43:44.880 --> 00:43:48.500
And<00:43:45.199><c> that</c><00:43:45.420><c> phrase</c><00:43:45.719><c> indicates</c><00:43:46.400><c> that</c><00:43:47.280><c> when</c><00:43:47.539><c> wives</c><00:43:47.820><c> submit</c><00:43:48.239><c> unto</c>

00:43:48.500 --> 00:43:49.059
their<00:43:48.760><c> husbands,</c>

00:43:49.099 --> 00:43:51.780
they<00:43:49.300><c> are</c><00:43:49.500><c> demonstrating</c><00:43:50.019><c> a</c><00:43:50.280><c> divine</c><00:43:50.599><c> principle.</c>

00:43:52.239 --> 00:43:55.199
They<00:43:52.579><c> are</c><00:43:52.860><c> demonstrating</c><00:43:53.280><c> a</c><00:43:53.539><c> divine</c><00:43:53.840><c> parable.</c>

00:43:55.900 --> 00:43:59.960
When<00:43:55.900><c> wives</c><00:43:56.340><c> are</c><00:43:56.659><c> submissive</c><00:43:57.440><c> to</c><00:43:58.599><c> the</c><00:43:58.900><c> actions</c><00:43:59.340><c> and</c><00:43:59.619><c> desires</c>

00:43:59.960 --> 00:44:01.679
of<00:44:00.159><c> their</c><00:44:00.440><c> husbands,</c>

00:44:01.900 --> 00:44:04.380
husbands<00:44:01.900><c> do</c><00:44:02.000><c> themselves</c><00:44:02.440><c> have</c><00:44:02.699><c> a</c><00:44:02.940><c> responsibility,</c><00:44:03.980><c> as</c><00:44:04.139><c> he</c>

00:44:04.380 --> 00:44:06.840
points<00:44:04.599><c> out</c><00:44:05.099><c> in</c><00:44:05.280><c> Ephesians</c><00:44:05.760><c> 6.</c>

00:44:07.400 --> 00:44:11.340
But<00:44:07.559><c> when</c><00:44:07.860><c> wives</c><00:44:08.159><c> do</c><00:44:08.420><c> that,</c><00:44:08.980><c> it</c><00:44:09.099><c> is</c><00:44:09.659><c> fit</c><00:44:09.920><c> in</c><00:44:10.420><c> the</c><00:44:10.639><c> law.</c>

00:44:12.420 --> 00:44:18.159
So<00:44:13.099><c> he</c><00:44:13.739><c> says</c><00:44:14.139><c> in</c><00:44:15.440><c> verse</c><00:44:15.739><c> 20</c><00:44:16.480><c> in</c><00:44:17.119><c> respect</c><00:44:17.480><c> to</c><00:44:17.719><c> children,</c>

00:44:18.159 --> 00:44:22.800
obey<00:44:19.300><c> your</c><00:44:19.679><c> parents</c><00:44:19.940><c> in</c><00:44:20.179><c> all</c><00:44:20.420><c> things</c><00:44:20.639><c> for</c><00:44:20.840><c> this</c><00:44:21.039><c> is</c><00:44:21.579><c> well</c><00:44:22.000><c> pleasing</c><00:44:22.420><c> unto</c>

00:44:22.800 --> 00:44:23.480
the<00:44:23.139><c> Lord.</c>

00:44:23.579 --> 00:44:27.719
It<00:44:23.719><c> doesn't</c><00:44:23.960><c> matter</c><00:44:24.239><c> about</c><00:44:24.519><c> the</c><00:44:24.739><c> parents</c><00:44:25.300><c> in</c><00:44:27.219><c> respect</c><00:44:27.559><c> to</c>

00:44:27.719 --> 00:44:28.800
this<00:44:28.000><c> verse.</c>

00:44:29.380 --> 00:44:33.940
The<00:44:29.679><c> important</c><00:44:30.099><c> thing</c><00:44:30.380><c> in</c><00:44:31.239><c> obeying</c><00:44:31.619><c> parents</c><00:44:32.039><c> is</c><00:44:32.280><c> that</c><00:44:32.400><c> it</c><00:44:32.619><c> is</c><00:44:33.119><c> representing</c>

00:44:33.940 --> 00:44:36.900
a<00:44:34.780><c> divine</c><00:44:35.099><c> principle</c><00:44:35.619><c> of</c><00:44:35.880><c> obedience.</c>

00:44:37.699 --> 00:44:40.920
In<00:44:37.880><c> the</c><00:44:38.099><c> second</c><00:44:38.300><c> of</c><00:44:38.519><c> Corinthians</c><00:44:38.980><c> chapter</c><00:44:39.440><c> 11</c><00:44:39.940><c> when</c><00:44:40.400><c> dealing</c>

00:44:40.920 --> 00:44:44.400
with<00:44:41.280><c> the</c><00:44:41.940><c> circumstances</c><00:44:42.559><c> of</c><00:44:43.079><c> Eve,</c>

00:44:44.880 --> 00:44:51.340
the<00:44:45.679><c> Apostle</c><00:44:46.199><c> Paul</c><00:44:46.420><c> has</c><00:44:46.659><c> to</c><00:44:46.940><c> say</c><00:44:47.639><c> in</c><00:44:49.900><c> the</c><00:44:50.119><c> second</c><00:44:50.360><c> of</c><00:44:50.539><c> Corinthians</c><00:44:50.840><c> chapter</c>

00:44:51.340 --> 00:44:53.719
11<00:44:51.780><c> and</c><00:44:52.019><c> at</c><00:44:52.280><c> verse</c><00:44:52.820><c> 2,</c>

00:44:53.860 --> 00:44:58.019
I<00:44:53.860><c> am</c><00:44:54.260><c> jealous</c><00:44:54.619><c> over</c><00:44:55.039><c> you</c><00:44:55.260><c> with</c><00:44:55.500><c> a</c><00:44:56.360><c> godly</c><00:44:56.880><c> jealousy.</c>

00:44:58.519 --> 00:45:01.420
That<00:44:58.719><c> is</c><00:44:58.920><c> the</c><00:44:59.179><c> sort</c><00:44:59.340><c> of</c><00:44:59.579><c> jealousy</c><00:44:59.840><c> that</c><00:45:00.139><c> God</c><00:45:00.400><c> has,</c>

00:45:01.619 --> 00:45:05.960
representing<00:45:02.360><c> the</c><00:45:02.780><c> sort</c><00:45:02.940><c> of</c><00:45:03.320><c> divine</c><00:45:03.719><c> principles</c><00:45:04.300><c> and</c><00:45:04.619><c> attributes</c><00:45:05.159><c> that</c>

00:45:05.960 --> 00:45:07.679
he<00:45:06.900><c> stands</c><00:45:07.300><c> for.</c>

00:45:07.679 --> 00:45:11.619
For<00:45:08.239><c> I</c><00:45:08.579><c> have</c><00:45:08.820><c> espoused</c><00:45:09.260><c> you</c><00:45:09.440><c> to</c><00:45:09.579><c> one</c><00:45:09.739><c> husband</c><00:45:10.239><c> that</c><00:45:10.619><c> I</c><00:45:10.880><c> may</c><00:45:11.039><c> present</c><00:45:11.400><c> you</c>

00:45:11.619 --> 00:45:14.900
as<00:45:11.820><c> a</c><00:45:12.139><c> chaste</c><00:45:12.679><c> virgin</c><00:45:13.199><c> to</c><00:45:13.739><c> Christ.</c>

00:45:16.280 --> 00:45:19.280
So<00:45:16.380><c> in</c><00:45:16.539><c> the</c><00:45:16.699><c> principles</c><00:45:17.079><c> of</c><00:45:17.380><c> marriage</c><00:45:17.840><c> and</c><00:45:18.139><c> family</c><00:45:18.460><c> relationships,</c>

00:45:19.659 --> 00:45:24.039
we<00:45:19.739><c> must</c><00:45:20.059><c> bear</c><00:45:20.280><c> in</c><00:45:20.539><c> mind</c><00:45:20.739><c> that</c><00:45:21.000><c> the</c><00:45:21.480><c> supreme</c><00:45:22.360><c> reason</c><00:45:23.199><c> for</c><00:45:23.739><c> what</c>

00:45:24.039 --> 00:45:26.099
we<00:45:24.360><c> do</c><00:45:24.599><c> to</c><00:45:24.980><c> and</c><00:45:25.260><c> with</c><00:45:25.480><c> each</c><00:45:25.780><c> other</c>

00:45:26.099 --> 00:45:30.500
is<00:45:26.420><c> to</c><00:45:26.639><c> honor</c><00:45:26.800><c> God,</c><00:45:28.880><c> honor</c><00:45:29.019><c> the</c><00:45:29.239><c> great</c><00:45:29.460><c> king,</c>

00:45:31.300 --> 00:45:36.039
to<00:45:31.940><c> demonstrate</c><00:45:32.579><c> in</c><00:45:32.820><c> our</c><00:45:33.079><c> lives</c><00:45:33.480><c> the</c><00:45:34.000><c> parable</c><00:45:34.460><c> of</c><00:45:34.840><c> salvation.</c>

00:45:36.440 --> 00:45:44.000
But<00:45:37.280><c> he</c><00:45:37.539><c> says,</c><00:45:37.960><c> I</c><00:45:37.960><c> fear</c><00:45:38.440><c> lest</c><00:45:39.820><c> as</c><00:45:41.139><c> the</c><00:45:41.440><c> serpent</c><00:45:42.019><c> beguiled</c><00:45:43.579><c> Eve</c>

00:45:44.000 --> 00:45:46.000
through<00:45:45.059><c> his</c><00:45:45.340><c> subtlety,</c>

00:45:46.199 --> 00:45:49.360
so<00:45:46.420><c> your</c><00:45:46.719><c> mind</c><00:45:47.000><c> should</c><00:45:47.260><c> be</c><00:45:47.519><c> corrupted</c><00:45:47.860><c> from</c><00:45:48.179><c> the</c><00:45:48.719><c> simplicity</c>

00:45:49.360 --> 00:45:51.119
that<00:45:49.639><c> is</c><00:45:49.840><c> in</c><00:45:50.179><c> Christ.</c>

00:45:52.480 --> 00:45:58.280
The<00:45:52.880><c> principle</c><00:45:53.440><c> of</c><00:45:53.900><c> this</c><00:45:54.519><c> serpent</c><00:45:55.019><c> mind</c><00:45:55.460><c> was</c><00:45:55.699><c> already</c><00:45:56.159><c> in</c><00:45:56.500><c> Bastai</c><00:45:56.980><c> the</c><00:45:57.179><c> queen,</c>

00:45:59.260 --> 00:46:02.820
when<00:45:59.400><c> she</c><00:45:59.679><c> refused</c><00:46:00.219><c> to</c><00:46:00.599><c> honor</c><00:46:00.880><c> the</c><00:46:01.219><c> king's</c><00:46:01.860><c> request.</c>

00:46:03.340 --> 00:46:08.059
And<00:46:04.000><c> all</c><00:46:04.519><c> the</c><00:46:04.880><c> family</c><00:46:05.260><c> principles</c><00:46:05.940><c> that</c><00:46:06.440><c> we</c><00:46:06.860><c> have</c><00:46:07.059><c> amongst</c><00:46:07.380><c> ourselves,</c>

00:46:08.260 --> 00:46:11.099
brethren<00:46:08.420><c> and</c><00:46:08.659><c> sisters,</c><00:46:09.320><c> are</c><00:46:09.460><c> designed</c><00:46:09.880><c> to</c><00:46:10.260><c> honor</c><00:46:10.579><c> the</c><00:46:10.940><c> god</c>

00:46:11.099 --> 00:46:12.199
of<00:46:11.380><c> heaven.</c>

00:46:12.440 --> 00:46:15.440
You<00:46:12.559><c> see</c><00:46:12.739><c> in</c><00:46:12.920><c> Ephesians</c><00:46:13.480><c> chapter</c><00:46:13.860><c> 3</c><00:46:14.199><c> and</c><00:46:14.440><c> verse</c><00:46:14.639><c> 14,</c>

00:46:15.880 --> 00:46:19.679
the<00:46:16.039><c> Apostle</c><00:46:16.519><c> Paul</c><00:46:17.300><c> acknowledges</c><00:46:18.019><c> this</c><00:46:18.239><c> when</c><00:46:18.420><c> he</c><00:46:18.719><c> says</c>

00:46:21.960 --> 00:46:25.980
that<00:46:22.619><c> he</c><00:46:22.800><c> desires</c><00:46:23.159><c> that</c><00:46:23.380><c> they</c><00:46:23.639><c> faint</c><00:46:23.880><c> not</c><00:46:24.159><c> at</c><00:46:24.360><c> his</c><00:46:24.599><c> tribulations</c><00:46:25.360><c> for</c><00:46:25.760><c> them,</c>

00:46:26.039 --> 00:46:30.239
which<00:46:26.280><c> is,</c><00:46:26.860><c> he</c><00:46:27.139><c> says,</c><00:46:28.079><c> to</c><00:46:28.400><c> your</c><00:46:29.000><c> glory.</c>

00:46:30.719 --> 00:46:36.900
His<00:46:31.639><c> tribulations</c><00:46:32.380><c> were</c><00:46:32.760><c> to</c><00:46:33.019><c> manifest</c><00:46:33.860><c> the</c><00:46:34.619><c> glory</c><00:46:35.019><c> of</c><00:46:35.380><c> God</c><00:46:35.679><c> in</c><00:46:36.000><c> them.</c>

00:46:37.500 --> 00:46:43.300
And<00:46:37.639><c> the</c><00:46:37.820><c> reason</c><00:46:38.079><c> given</c><00:46:38.420><c> is</c><00:46:38.679><c> in</c><00:46:38.800><c> verse</c><00:46:39.000><c> 14,</c><00:46:39.719><c> using</c><00:46:40.079><c> an</c><00:46:40.539><c> alternative</c><00:46:41.000><c> translation,</c><00:46:42.260><c> he</c><00:46:42.500><c> says,</c>

00:46:43.340 --> 00:46:48.579
I<00:46:43.500><c> knew</c><00:46:43.880><c> before</c><00:46:44.460><c> the</c><00:46:44.760><c> father</c><00:46:45.440><c> from</c><00:46:46.099><c> whom</c><00:46:46.559><c> all</c><00:46:47.059><c> fatherhood</c><00:46:47.920><c> in</c>

00:46:48.579 --> 00:46:54.300
heaven<00:46:49.139><c> and</c><00:46:50.139><c> in</c><00:46:50.639><c> earth</c><00:46:51.579><c> derives</c><00:46:52.880><c> its</c><00:46:53.320><c> name.</c>

00:46:55.539 --> 00:47:01.360
So<00:46:56.139><c> that</c><00:46:56.360><c> the</c><00:46:56.599><c> fatherhood</c><00:46:56.980><c> on</c><00:46:57.179><c> earth</c><00:46:58.460><c> derives</c><00:46:59.300><c> its</c><00:46:59.619><c> basis</c><00:47:00.340><c> and</c>

00:47:01.360 --> 00:47:01.960
its<00:47:01.599><c> position</c>

00:47:01.960 --> 00:47:03.840
because<00:47:02.320><c> God</c><00:47:02.559><c> is</c><00:47:02.800><c> the</c><00:47:02.960><c> father</c><00:47:03.159><c> in</c><00:47:03.440><c> heaven.</c>

00:47:04.300 --> 00:47:07.440
And<00:47:04.480><c> that</c><00:47:04.619><c> what</c><00:47:04.739><c> we</c><00:47:04.920><c> do</c><00:47:05.079><c> amongst</c><00:47:05.440><c> ourselves</c><00:47:05.960><c> and</c><00:47:06.159><c> our</c><00:47:06.340><c> families,</c>

00:47:07.980 --> 00:47:12.960
in<00:47:08.159><c> our</c><00:47:08.420><c> associates,</c><00:47:09.440><c> must</c><00:47:09.719><c> be</c><00:47:10.019><c> because</c><00:47:10.679><c> of</c><00:47:11.820><c> God</c><00:47:12.199><c> in</c><00:47:12.500><c> heaven</c>

00:47:12.960 --> 00:47:18.059
and<00:47:13.920><c> reflect</c><00:47:14.880><c> to</c><00:47:15.099><c> the</c><00:47:15.320><c> honor</c><00:47:15.659><c> and</c><00:47:16.000><c> glory</c><00:47:16.360><c> of</c><00:47:16.659><c> he</c><00:47:16.880><c> whom</c><00:47:17.179><c> we</c><00:47:17.739><c> serve.</c>

00:47:18.320 --> 00:47:21.099
It<00:47:18.460><c> is</c><00:47:18.659><c> not</c><00:47:18.840><c> for</c><00:47:19.019><c> our</c><00:47:19.219><c> own</c><00:47:19.500><c> brethren</c><00:47:20.059><c> and</c><00:47:20.340><c> sisters,</c><00:47:20.619><c> it's</c><00:47:20.940><c> for</c>

00:47:21.099 --> 00:47:21.860
his<00:47:21.360><c> glory.</c>

00:47:21.860 --> 00:47:28.400
And<00:47:23.119><c> marriage</c><00:47:23.400><c> must</c><00:47:23.679><c> be</c><00:47:23.940><c> upheld</c><00:47:24.900><c> indeed,</c><00:47:26.599><c> not</c><00:47:26.820><c> only</c><00:47:27.079><c> in</c><00:47:27.360><c> name.</c>

00:47:28.440 --> 00:47:36.639
So<00:47:28.659><c> in</c><00:47:28.880><c> 1</c><00:47:29.239><c> Peter</c><00:47:29.639><c> chapter</c><00:47:29.960><c> 3</c><00:47:34.300><c> verses</c><00:47:34.960><c> 1</c><00:47:35.300><c> to</c><00:47:35.420><c> 6,</c>

00:47:36.760 --> 00:47:42.019
as<00:47:36.960><c> the</c><00:47:37.219><c> attitude</c><00:47:37.800><c> of</c><00:47:38.219><c> this</c><00:47:38.519><c> faithful</c><00:47:39.000><c> woman</c><00:47:39.579><c> is</c><00:47:40.719><c> recorded</c><00:47:41.519><c> as</c>

00:47:42.019 --> 00:47:43.679
an<00:47:42.239><c> example</c><00:47:42.739><c> to</c><00:47:42.980><c> the</c><00:47:43.179><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:47:44.099 --> 00:47:46.820
Likewise,<00:47:44.719><c> ye</c><00:47:44.880><c> wives,</c><00:47:45.320><c> he</c><00:47:45.420><c> says,</c><00:47:45.659><c> be</c><00:47:45.780><c> in</c><00:47:45.920><c> subjection</c><00:47:46.420><c> to</c><00:47:46.599><c> your</c>

00:47:46.820 --> 00:47:47.519
own<00:47:47.059><c> husbands,</c>

00:47:47.519 --> 00:47:55.260
that<00:47:48.039><c> if</c><00:47:48.280><c> any</c><00:47:48.579><c> obey</c><00:47:48.980><c> not</c><00:47:49.760><c> the</c><00:47:50.119><c> word,</c><00:47:53.179><c> that</c><00:47:53.500><c> is,</c><00:47:54.059><c> not</c><00:47:54.300><c> their</c><00:47:54.579><c> husband</c><00:47:55.019><c> but</c>

00:47:55.260 --> 00:47:56.639
the<00:47:55.519><c> word,</c>

00:47:57.440 --> 00:48:01.139
they<00:47:57.659><c> may</c><00:47:58.059><c> also</c><00:47:58.539><c> without</c><00:47:59.139><c> the</c><00:47:59.400><c> word</c><00:47:59.579><c> be</c><00:47:59.780><c> won</c><00:47:59.960><c> by</c><00:48:00.239><c> the</c><00:48:00.619><c> living</c>

00:48:01.139 --> 00:48:03.119
and<00:48:01.679><c> example</c><00:48:02.039><c> of</c><00:48:02.480><c> the</c><00:48:02.679><c> wives,</c>

00:48:03.420 --> 00:48:06.780
when<00:48:03.559><c> they</c><00:48:03.880><c> behold</c><00:48:04.420><c> their</c><00:48:04.860><c> chaste</c><00:48:05.260><c> conversation</c><00:48:06.019><c> coupled</c>

00:48:06.780 --> 00:48:07.460
with<00:48:07.179><c> fear,</c>

00:48:07.800 --> 00:48:10.619
whose<00:48:07.960><c> adorning</c><00:48:08.400><c> is</c><00:48:08.579><c> not</c><00:48:08.800><c> the</c><00:48:08.960><c> outward</c><00:48:09.239><c> adorning</c><00:48:09.639><c> of</c><00:48:09.860><c> plaiting</c><00:48:10.179><c> the</c><00:48:10.340><c> hair</c>

00:48:10.619 --> 00:48:13.019
and<00:48:10.920><c> of</c><00:48:11.059><c> wearing</c><00:48:11.260><c> of</c><00:48:11.539><c> gold</c><00:48:11.719><c> or</c><00:48:11.920><c> putting</c><00:48:12.159><c> on</c><00:48:12.380><c> of</c><00:48:12.559><c> apparel.</c>

00:48:13.019 --> 00:48:15.360
Well,<00:48:13.639><c> Vashti</c><00:48:13.780><c> was</c><00:48:13.980><c> very</c><00:48:14.320><c> beautiful.</c>

00:48:15.420 --> 00:48:18.380
She<00:48:15.619><c> certainly</c><00:48:16.079><c> was</c><00:48:16.360><c> a</c><00:48:16.559><c> very</c><00:48:16.900><c> pretty</c><00:48:17.360><c> woman</c><00:48:17.719><c> to</c><00:48:17.940><c> look</c><00:48:18.099><c> upon,</c>

00:48:18.619 --> 00:48:22.480
and<00:48:18.840><c> the</c><00:48:19.199><c> king</c><00:48:19.980><c> reveled</c><00:48:20.780><c> in</c><00:48:21.039><c> her</c><00:48:21.320><c> beauty.</c>

00:48:23.179 --> 00:48:27.239
But<00:48:23.260><c> there</c><00:48:23.420><c> was</c><00:48:23.639><c> something</c><00:48:23.880><c> that</c><00:48:24.099><c> she</c><00:48:24.280><c> didn't</c><00:48:24.559><c> have,</c><00:48:25.900><c> that</c><00:48:26.079><c> he</c><00:48:26.320><c> wanted.</c>

00:48:28.519 --> 00:48:35.679
And<00:48:28.780><c> that</c><00:48:28.940><c> was</c><00:48:29.159><c> her</c><00:48:29.539><c> inner</c><00:48:31.440><c> acknowledgement</c><00:48:32.360><c> of</c><00:48:32.639><c> his</c><00:48:32.860><c> position,</c><00:48:34.119><c> her</c><00:48:34.300><c> love</c><00:48:34.519><c> for</c><00:48:34.780><c> him.</c>

00:48:35.860 --> 00:48:41.480
So<00:48:36.139><c> as</c><00:48:36.360><c> far</c><00:48:36.579><c> as</c><00:48:36.840><c> the</c><00:48:37.639><c> wife</c><00:48:38.139><c> of</c><00:48:40.159><c> the</c><00:48:40.500><c> king</c><00:48:40.760><c> is</c><00:48:41.179><c> concerned,</c>

00:48:41.480 --> 00:48:45.059
she<00:48:42.000><c> had</c><00:48:42.300><c> to</c><00:48:42.519><c> be</c><00:48:42.659><c> of</c><00:48:42.800><c> verse</c><00:48:43.119><c> 4,</c><00:48:43.780><c> let</c><00:48:43.880><c> it</c><00:48:44.099><c> be</c><00:48:44.219><c> the</c><00:48:44.440><c> hidden</c><00:48:44.679><c> man</c><00:48:44.900><c> of</c>

00:48:45.059 --> 00:48:45.659
the<00:48:45.300><c> heart</c>

00:48:45.659 --> 00:48:50.420
in<00:48:46.280><c> that</c><00:48:46.500><c> which</c><00:48:46.699><c> is</c><00:48:46.960><c> not</c><00:48:47.239><c> corruptible,</c><00:48:48.619><c> even</c><00:48:48.960><c> the</c><00:48:49.280><c> ornament</c><00:48:49.699><c> of</c><00:48:50.079><c> a</c>

00:48:50.420 --> 00:48:51.739
meek<00:48:50.739><c> and</c><00:48:51.000><c> quiet</c><00:48:51.300><c> spirit</c>

00:48:51.739 --> 00:48:54.039
which<00:48:52.239><c> in</c><00:48:52.519><c> the</c><00:48:52.619><c> sight</c><00:48:52.760><c> of</c><00:48:52.880><c> God</c><00:48:53.059><c> is</c><00:48:53.280><c> of</c><00:48:53.440><c> great</c><00:48:53.639><c> price.</c>

00:48:54.380 --> 00:48:58.820
For<00:48:54.500><c> after</c><00:48:54.980><c> this</c><00:48:55.320><c> manner</c><00:48:55.480><c> in</c><00:48:55.699><c> old</c><00:48:55.960><c> time,</c><00:48:56.679><c> the</c><00:48:56.840><c> holy</c><00:48:57.119><c> women</c><00:48:57.480><c> also</c><00:48:58.159><c> who</c>

00:48:58.820 --> 00:49:03.260
trusted<00:48:59.219><c> in</c><00:48:59.639><c> God</c><00:49:00.360><c> adorned</c><00:49:02.300><c> themselves.</c>

00:49:04.000 --> 00:49:07.219
That<00:49:04.300><c> was</c><00:49:04.500><c> their</c><00:49:04.719><c> adorning,</c><00:49:05.460><c> their</c><00:49:05.820><c> first</c><00:49:06.260><c> trust</c><00:49:06.639><c> in</c><00:49:06.880><c> God,</c>

00:49:07.219 --> 00:49:13.420
because<00:49:07.599><c> they</c><00:49:07.840><c> saw</c><00:49:08.179><c> God's</c><00:49:09.019><c> law</c><00:49:09.579><c> as</c><00:49:10.179><c> the</c><00:49:10.380><c> basis</c><00:49:10.760><c> for</c><00:49:11.239><c> their</c><00:49:11.659><c> activity</c><00:49:12.360><c> on</c><00:49:13.119><c> earth.</c>

00:49:13.840 --> 00:49:17.539
Therefore,<00:49:14.219><c> they</c><00:49:14.539><c> had</c><00:49:14.840><c> adorned</c><00:49:15.440><c> themselves</c><00:49:15.980><c> by</c><00:49:16.320><c> their</c><00:49:16.579><c> subjection</c><00:49:17.320><c> to</c>

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their<00:49:17.719><c> husbands.</c>

00:49:20.239 --> 00:49:22.260
They<00:49:20.519><c> made</c><00:49:20.719><c> themselves</c><00:49:21.099><c> beautiful.</c>

00:49:22.780 --> 00:49:26.599
They<00:49:22.920><c> made</c><00:49:23.139><c> themselves</c><00:49:23.519><c> attractive</c><00:49:24.199><c> in</c><00:49:25.119><c> their</c><00:49:25.320><c> attitude</c><00:49:26.019><c> to</c>

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their<00:49:26.860><c> husbands</c>

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because<00:49:28.280><c> it</c><00:49:28.900><c> respected</c><00:49:29.400><c> the</c><00:49:29.880><c> divine</c><00:49:30.260><c> will.</c>

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So<00:49:31.260><c> in</c><00:49:31.460><c> verse</c><00:49:31.719><c> 6,</c><00:49:32.360><c> even</c><00:49:32.579><c> as</c><00:49:32.900><c> Sarah</c><00:49:33.139><c> obeyed</c><00:49:33.719><c> Abraham,</c><00:49:34.420><c> calling</c>

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him<00:49:35.179><c> Lord,</c>

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you<00:49:35.920><c> have</c><00:49:36.159><c> no</c><00:49:36.400><c> record</c><00:49:36.780><c> in</c><00:49:37.039><c> Genesis</c><00:49:37.420><c> where</c><00:49:37.800><c> she</c><00:49:38.000><c> ever</c><00:49:38.320><c> called</c>

00:49:38.579 --> 00:49:40.760
him<00:49:38.900><c> Lord</c><00:49:39.460><c> openly.</c>

00:49:42.500 --> 00:49:46.880
She<00:49:42.699><c> did</c><00:49:42.960><c> once</c><00:49:43.179><c> in</c><00:49:43.340><c> her</c><00:49:43.619><c> heart</c><00:49:44.280><c> where</c><00:49:44.960><c> no</c><00:49:45.139><c> one</c><00:49:45.260><c> could</c><00:49:45.559><c> hear</c><00:49:45.780><c> it</c>

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because<00:49:47.159><c> she</c><00:49:47.380><c> had</c><00:49:47.559><c> a</c><00:49:47.659><c> respect</c><00:49:48.019><c> for</c><00:49:48.320><c> Abraham</c><00:49:48.820><c> in</c><00:49:49.280><c> her</c><00:49:49.599><c> heart.</c>

00:49:51.260 --> 00:49:56.059
Whose<00:49:51.659><c> daughters</c><00:49:52.280><c> we</c><00:49:52.940><c> are,</c><00:49:53.639><c> he</c><00:49:53.820><c> writes</c><00:49:54.039><c> to</c><00:49:54.280><c> the</c><00:49:54.420><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:49:55.079><c> all</c><00:49:55.380><c> of</c><00:49:55.579><c> us,</c>

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as<00:49:56.780><c> long</c><00:49:57.000><c> as</c><00:49:57.179><c> we</c><00:49:57.300><c> do</c><00:49:57.519><c> well</c><00:49:57.980><c> and</c><00:49:58.360><c> are</c><00:49:58.760><c> not</c><00:49:58.980><c> afraid</c><00:49:59.380><c> of</c><00:49:59.619><c> any</c><00:49:59.900><c> amazement.</c>

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Where's<00:50:02.659><c> Vashti's</c><00:50:03.320><c> attitude</c><00:50:03.739><c> in</c><00:50:04.000><c> that?</c>

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Where<00:50:04.480><c> do</c><00:50:04.659><c> we</c><00:50:04.800><c> find</c><00:50:05.099><c> Vashti</c><00:50:05.559><c> in</c><00:50:05.780><c> chapter</c><00:50:06.019><c> 3</c><00:50:06.300><c> of</c><00:50:06.460><c> the</c><00:50:06.639><c> 1st</c><00:50:06.880><c> of</c><00:50:07.000><c> Peter?</c>

00:50:09.199 --> 00:50:15.099
And<00:50:09.380><c> she</c><00:50:09.480><c> should</c><00:50:09.699><c> not</c><00:50:09.880><c> be</c><00:50:10.079><c> found</c><00:50:10.599><c> in</c><00:50:11.360><c> our</c><00:50:11.780><c> homes</c><00:50:12.219><c> or</c><00:50:13.159><c> in</c><00:50:13.320><c> our</c><00:50:13.539><c> ecclesiastes.</c>

00:50:15.719 --> 00:50:21.260
You<00:50:15.880><c> see,</c><00:50:16.619><c> in</c><00:50:16.960><c> Vashti's</c><00:50:17.659><c> case,</c><00:50:18.659><c> in</c><00:50:18.659><c> Esther</c><00:50:19.360><c> chapter</c><00:50:20.000><c> 1</c><00:50:20.679><c> and</c><00:50:21.019><c> at</c>

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verse<00:50:21.880><c> 12,</c>

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when<00:50:22.739><c> the</c><00:50:23.000><c> queen</c><00:50:23.239><c> Vashti</c><00:50:24.000><c> refused</c><00:50:24.820><c> to</c><00:50:25.199><c> come,</c><00:50:28.059><c> she</c><00:50:28.440><c> gloried</c><00:50:28.900><c> in</c>

00:50:29.139 --> 00:50:30.500
her<00:50:29.460><c> outward</c><00:50:29.800><c> beauty,</c>

00:50:30.500 --> 00:50:34.320
but<00:50:31.360><c> she</c><00:50:31.900><c> spurned</c><00:50:32.460><c> the</c><00:50:32.559><c> demand</c><00:50:33.000><c> of</c><00:50:33.199><c> the</c><00:50:33.420><c> king</c><00:50:33.559><c> to</c><00:50:33.780><c> reflect</c><00:50:34.139><c> to</c>

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the<00:50:34.519><c> glory</c><00:50:34.940><c> on</c><00:50:35.340><c> the</c><00:50:35.579><c> throne.</c>

00:50:36.380 --> 00:50:42.420
So<00:50:36.780><c> as</c><00:50:37.280><c> we</c><00:50:37.519><c> read</c><00:50:37.820><c> in</c><00:50:38.119><c> verse</c><00:50:38.739><c> 12</c><00:50:39.300><c> of</c><00:50:39.500><c> this</c><00:50:39.760><c> chapter,</c><00:50:41.619><c> the</c><00:50:41.659><c> king's</c>

00:50:42.420 --> 00:50:45.260
anger<00:50:43.039><c> burned</c><00:50:43.780><c> in</c><00:50:44.239><c> him.</c>

00:50:45.679 --> 00:50:51.539
He<00:50:45.840><c> was</c><00:50:46.139><c> very</c><00:50:46.559><c> rough</c><00:50:46.880><c> and</c><00:50:48.400><c> his</c><00:50:48.719><c> anger</c><00:50:49.099><c> burned</c><00:50:49.780><c> in</c><00:50:50.179><c> him.</c>

00:50:52.719 --> 00:50:55.579
Yahweh<00:50:53.019><c> was</c><00:50:53.340><c> rough</c><00:50:53.579><c> and</c><00:50:53.780><c> Israel</c><00:50:54.119><c> broke</c><00:50:54.739><c> their</c><00:50:55.119><c> covenant.</c>

00:50:55.579 --> 00:51:00.739
In<00:50:56.460><c> Jeremiah</c><00:50:56.920><c> chapter</c><00:50:57.440><c> 11,</c><00:50:59.139><c> as</c><00:50:59.300><c> the</c><00:50:59.539><c> Jeremiah</c><00:51:00.079><c> representing</c>

00:51:00.739 --> 00:51:02.820
the<00:51:02.500><c> attitude</c>

00:51:03.119 --> 00:51:05.940
of<00:51:03.300><c> the</c><00:51:03.460><c> great</c><00:51:03.679><c> husband</c><00:51:04.039><c> of</c><00:51:04.239><c> the</c><00:51:04.420><c> heavens</c><00:51:04.639><c> looked</c><00:51:04.940><c> upon</c><00:51:05.239><c> his</c><00:51:05.539><c> wife,</c>

00:51:06.440 --> 00:51:10.739
there<00:51:06.719><c> she</c><00:51:07.000><c> was</c><00:51:07.440><c> parading</c><00:51:08.000><c> her</c><00:51:08.360><c> beauty</c><00:51:08.619><c> for</c><00:51:08.940><c> her</c><00:51:09.280><c> own</c><00:51:09.579><c> fleshly</c><00:51:10.039><c> aggrandizement.</c>

00:51:11.079 --> 00:51:14.500
And<00:51:11.159><c> in</c><00:51:11.380><c> Jeremiah</c><00:51:11.739><c> chapter</c><00:51:12.219><c> 11</c><00:51:12.760><c> and</c><00:51:13.139><c> verse</c><00:51:13.420><c> 11,</c>

00:51:15.460 --> 00:51:18.920
Therefore<00:51:15.780><c> thus</c><00:51:16.119><c> saith</c><00:51:16.360><c> Yahweh,</c><00:51:17.440><c> Behold</c><00:51:17.880><c> I</c><00:51:18.099><c> will</c><00:51:18.320><c> bring</c><00:51:18.559><c> evil</c>

00:51:18.920 --> 00:51:19.480
upon<00:51:19.260><c> them</c>

00:51:19.480 --> 00:51:22.219
which<00:51:19.679><c> they</c><00:51:19.960><c> shall</c><00:51:20.139><c> not</c><00:51:20.380><c> be</c><00:51:20.599><c> able</c><00:51:20.820><c> to</c><00:51:21.079><c> escape,</c><00:51:21.860><c> though</c><00:51:21.980><c> they</c>

00:51:22.219 --> 00:51:23.659
shall<00:51:22.460><c> then</c><00:51:22.760><c> cry</c><00:51:22.980><c> unto</c><00:51:23.219><c> me,</c>

00:51:23.659 --> 00:51:29.739
I<00:51:24.239><c> will</c><00:51:24.500><c> not</c><00:51:24.800><c> hearken</c><00:51:25.139><c> unto</c><00:51:25.440><c> them</c><00:51:25.820><c> because</c><00:51:26.380><c> they</c><00:51:26.699><c> had</c><00:51:26.940><c> gone</c><00:51:27.260><c> after</c><00:51:27.639><c> the</c><00:51:27.900><c> gods</c><00:51:28.579><c> of</c>

00:51:29.739 --> 00:51:31.599
the<00:51:29.940><c> people</c><00:51:30.199><c> about</c><00:51:30.559><c> them.</c>

00:51:32.239 --> 00:51:36.519
That's<00:51:32.559><c> how</c><00:51:32.739><c> he</c><00:51:32.960><c> was</c><00:51:33.460><c> when</c><00:51:33.860><c> he</c><00:51:34.019><c> was</c><00:51:34.199><c> very</c><00:51:34.579><c> rough</c><00:51:34.860><c> against</c><00:51:35.619><c> this</c><00:51:35.920><c> people</c>

00:51:36.519 --> 00:51:41.079
and<00:51:37.119><c> because</c><00:51:37.860><c> they</c><00:51:38.260><c> had</c><00:51:38.619><c> spurned</c><00:51:39.199><c> his</c><00:51:39.440><c> principles</c><00:51:40.019><c> of</c><00:51:40.559><c> atonement.</c>

00:51:41.480 --> 00:51:45.960
In<00:51:41.619><c> Matthew</c><00:51:41.980><c> chapter</c><00:51:42.420><c> 22</c><00:51:42.960><c> and</c><00:51:43.159><c> at</c><00:51:43.340><c> verse</c><00:51:43.519><c> 7,</c><00:51:44.300><c> it</c><00:51:44.500><c> says</c><00:51:44.739><c> that</c><00:51:44.960><c> when</c><00:51:45.119><c> the</c><00:51:45.300><c> nation</c><00:51:45.699><c> in</c>

00:51:45.960 --> 00:51:48.480
the<00:51:46.159><c> parable</c><00:51:47.019><c> had</c><00:51:47.500><c> refused</c><00:51:48.039><c> the</c><00:51:48.360><c> king,</c>

00:51:48.480 --> 00:51:51.579
the<00:51:48.679><c> king</c><00:51:48.860><c> was</c><00:51:49.139><c> very</c><00:51:49.579><c> rough</c><00:51:49.860><c> and</c><00:51:50.179><c> sent</c><00:51:50.340><c> forth</c><00:51:50.539><c> his</c><00:51:50.820><c> armies</c><00:51:51.079><c> and</c>

00:51:51.579 --> 00:51:53.559
destroyed<00:51:51.980><c> those</c><00:51:52.280><c> wicked</c><00:51:52.539><c> men.</c>

00:51:55.340 --> 00:52:01.219
The<00:51:55.579><c> king's</c><00:51:56.199><c> anger</c><00:51:57.099><c> represents</c><00:51:59.019><c> his</c><00:51:59.420><c> attitude</c><00:51:59.880><c> in</c><00:52:00.159><c> judgment.</c>

00:52:02.159 --> 00:52:07.460
Behold<00:52:02.960><c> the</c><00:52:03.760><c> goodness</c><00:52:04.360><c> and</c><00:52:05.639><c> the</c><00:52:05.820><c> severity</c><00:52:06.260><c> of</c><00:52:06.519><c> God.</c>

00:52:08.219 --> 00:52:12.099
The<00:52:08.639><c> goodness</c><00:52:08.920><c> of</c><00:52:09.179><c> God</c><00:52:09.440><c> in</c><00:52:09.860><c> inviting</c><00:52:10.340><c> his</c><00:52:10.760><c> wife</c><00:52:11.019><c> to</c><00:52:11.420><c> stand</c><00:52:11.679><c> with</c><00:52:11.920><c> him</c>

00:52:12.099 --> 00:52:12.699
in<00:52:12.380><c> glory,</c>

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his<00:52:13.820><c> severity,</c><00:52:14.719><c> brothers</c><00:52:14.840><c> and</c><00:52:14.980><c> sisters,</c><00:52:15.880><c> when</c><00:52:16.079><c> she</c><00:52:16.440><c> spurned</c><00:52:16.960><c> them.</c>

00:52:18.920 --> 00:52:22.800
The<00:52:19.079><c> day</c><00:52:19.239><c> is</c><00:52:19.400><c> going</c><00:52:19.539><c> to</c><00:52:19.780><c> come,</c><00:52:20.679><c> very</c><00:52:21.079><c> shortly</c><00:52:21.420><c> now,</c><00:52:22.440><c> when</c><00:52:22.599><c> we</c>

00:52:22.800 --> 00:52:25.199
shall<00:52:23.019><c> stand</c><00:52:23.300><c> before</c><00:52:23.619><c> the</c><00:52:23.780><c> great</c><00:52:24.039><c> king,</c>

00:52:25.460 --> 00:52:29.519
when<00:52:25.579><c> we</c><00:52:25.800><c> shall</c><00:52:25.980><c> stand</c><00:52:26.199><c> before</c><00:52:26.619><c> Ahasuerus</c><00:52:27.639><c> in</c><00:52:28.900><c> the</c><00:52:29.199><c> personage</c>

00:52:29.519 --> 00:52:31.539
of<00:52:29.719><c> our</c><00:52:29.840><c> Lord</c><00:52:30.059><c> Jesus</c><00:52:30.460><c> Christ.</c>

00:52:32.159 --> 00:52:35.840
And<00:52:32.460><c> he</c><00:52:32.619><c> shall</c><00:52:32.820><c> examine</c><00:52:33.440><c> us,</c><00:52:34.480><c> each</c><00:52:34.800><c> one,</c><00:52:35.079><c> as</c><00:52:35.219><c> to</c><00:52:35.360><c> whether</c><00:52:35.500><c> we</c>

00:52:35.840 --> 00:52:39.239
are<00:52:36.320><c> his</c><00:52:36.780><c> wife</c><00:52:37.219><c> in</c><00:52:37.840><c> truth</c><00:52:38.079><c> or</c><00:52:38.440><c> not.</c>

00:52:39.960 --> 00:52:43.000
And<00:52:40.440><c> there</c><00:52:40.599><c> will</c><00:52:40.860><c> be</c><00:52:41.079><c> Queen</c><00:52:41.360><c> Bashti</c><00:52:41.900><c> there.</c>

00:52:43.579 --> 00:52:46.440
Those<00:52:43.920><c> who</c><00:52:44.300><c> have</c><00:52:44.559><c> paraded</c><00:52:44.940><c> themselves,</c><00:52:45.820><c> like</c><00:52:45.940><c> the</c><00:52:46.139><c> scribes</c>

00:52:46.440 --> 00:52:49.039
and<00:52:46.599><c> Pharisees,</c><00:52:47.340><c> in</c><00:52:47.539><c> their</c><00:52:47.820><c> righteousness</c>

00:52:50.639 --> 00:52:54.980
because<00:52:51.119><c> they</c><00:52:51.559><c> have</c><00:52:52.739><c> pleased</c><00:52:53.059><c> themselves</c><00:52:54.099><c> in</c><00:52:54.500><c> their</c><00:52:54.659><c> service</c>

00:52:54.980 --> 00:52:56.219
to<00:52:55.159><c> their</c><00:52:55.320><c> God.</c>

00:52:56.659 --> 00:52:59.639
And<00:52:56.840><c> there</c><00:52:56.980><c> will</c><00:52:57.219><c> be</c><00:52:57.480><c> a</c><00:52:57.719><c> group</c><00:52:57.840><c> on</c><00:52:58.019><c> the</c><00:52:58.159><c> left</c><00:52:58.480><c> hand</c><00:52:58.679><c> when</c><00:52:58.880><c> he</c><00:52:59.079><c> shall</c><00:52:59.280><c> say</c><00:52:59.519><c> to</c>

00:52:59.639 --> 00:53:02.579
them,<00:53:00.579><c> I</c><00:53:00.900><c> never</c><00:53:01.239><c> knew</c><00:53:01.519><c> you.</c>

00:53:03.659 --> 00:53:06.179
I<00:53:03.719><c> said,</c><00:53:03.860><c> Lord,</c><00:53:04.260><c> Lord,</c><00:53:04.539><c> didn't</c><00:53:04.760><c> we</c><00:53:04.960><c> do</c><00:53:05.119><c> this</c><00:53:05.300><c> in</c><00:53:05.440><c> thy</c><00:53:05.639><c> name,</c><00:53:05.820><c> didn't</c><00:53:06.000><c> we</c>

00:53:06.179 --> 00:53:07.079
do<00:53:06.320><c> that</c><00:53:06.559><c> in</c><00:53:06.639><c> the</c><00:53:06.800><c> other?</c>

00:53:07.079 --> 00:53:10.159
Look<00:53:08.099><c> at</c><00:53:08.280><c> my</c><00:53:08.460><c> crucial</c><00:53:09.019><c> attendance</c><00:53:09.820><c> roll.</c>

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Here's<00:53:10.559><c> how</c><00:53:10.719><c> many</c><00:53:11.019><c> addresses</c><00:53:11.400><c> I</c><00:53:11.760><c> gave.</c>

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Here's<00:53:12.500><c> a</c><00:53:12.619><c> few</c><00:53:12.739><c> studies.</c>

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And<00:53:13.219><c> look</c><00:53:13.320><c> at</c><00:53:13.440><c> my</c><00:53:13.599><c> Bible.</c>

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It's<00:53:14.260><c> all</c><00:53:14.440><c> marked.</c>

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Very<00:53:16.980><c> beautiful.</c>

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Marked<00:53:18.980><c> up</c><00:53:19.159><c> nicely.</c>

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But<00:53:21.039><c> it's</c><00:53:21.219><c> only</c><00:53:21.300><c> in</c><00:53:21.500><c> the</c><00:53:21.639><c> Bible.</c>

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There<00:53:23.340><c> is</c><00:53:23.480><c> not</c><00:53:23.699><c> that</c><00:53:24.039><c> real</c><00:53:24.380><c> responsiveness</c><00:53:25.320><c> to</c><00:53:25.800><c> the</c><00:53:25.980><c> king's</c>

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commandment<00:53:27.480><c> when</c><00:53:28.019><c> we</c><00:53:28.260><c> are</c><00:53:28.440><c> called</c><00:53:28.599><c> upon</c><00:53:28.880><c> to</c><00:53:29.119><c> sacrifice.</c>

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It<00:53:31.780><c> will</c><00:53:31.960><c> be</c><00:53:32.099><c> those</c><00:53:32.579><c> to</c><00:53:33.760><c> whom</c><00:53:33.920><c> the</c><00:53:34.179><c> king</c><00:53:34.340><c> says,</c><00:53:35.500><c> when</c><00:53:35.659><c> I</c><00:53:36.079><c> was</c><00:53:36.440><c> hungry,</c><00:53:37.619><c> you</c><00:53:37.820><c> gave</c><00:53:38.159><c> me</c><00:53:38.500><c> food.</c>

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When<00:53:39.539><c> I</c><00:53:39.739><c> was</c><00:53:39.940><c> in</c><00:53:40.139><c> prison,</c><00:53:40.960><c> ye</c><00:53:41.139><c> visited</c><00:53:41.579><c> me.</c>

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When<00:53:43.059><c> I</c><00:53:43.239><c> was</c><00:53:43.440><c> naked,</c><00:53:44.219><c> ye</c><00:53:44.440><c> clothed</c><00:53:45.000><c> me.</c>

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It's<00:53:46.480><c> those</c><00:53:46.780><c> who</c><00:53:47.000><c> respond</c><00:53:47.460><c> to</c><00:53:47.659><c> the</c><00:53:47.780><c> king's</c><00:53:48.159><c> invitation,</c><00:53:48.860><c> brethren</c><00:53:48.980><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:53:49.739><c> who</c><00:53:49.880><c> will</c><00:53:50.079><c> stand</c><00:53:50.199><c> with</c><00:53:50.360><c> him</c><00:53:50.519><c> in</c><00:53:50.800><c> glory.</c>

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It's<00:53:51.500><c> not</c><00:53:51.679><c> Bashti,</c><00:53:52.480><c> it's</c><00:53:52.820><c> Esther.</c>

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We<00:53:53.940><c> shall</c><00:53:54.139><c> examine</c><00:53:54.519><c> her,</c><00:53:54.760><c> God</c><00:53:54.960><c> willing,</c><00:53:55.239><c> tomorrow.</c>

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Let<00:53:57.000><c> us</c><00:53:57.260><c> avoid</c><00:53:57.800><c> the</c><00:53:58.239><c> company</c><00:53:58.599><c> of</c><00:53:58.820><c> those</c><00:53:59.019><c> on</c><00:53:59.239><c> his</c><00:53:59.519><c> left</c><00:53:59.800><c> hand</c><00:54:00.119><c> when</c><00:54:00.719><c> he</c>

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shall<00:54:01.099><c> say</c><00:54:01.360><c> to</c><00:54:01.420><c> them,</c><00:54:01.900><c> depart</c><00:54:02.059><c> from</c><00:54:02.340><c> me,</c><00:54:02.639><c> ye</c><00:54:02.820><c> workers</c><00:54:03.679><c> of</c><00:54:04.239><c> iniquity,</c>

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because<00:54:08.280><c> you</c><00:54:08.840><c> refuse</c><00:54:09.420><c> to</c><00:54:09.739><c> come</c><00:54:10.280><c> at</c><00:54:11.099><c> the</c><00:54:11.300><c> king's</c><00:54:11.699><c> command.</c>

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We<00:54:13.340><c> leave</c><00:54:13.539><c> our</c><00:54:13.820><c> study</c><00:54:14.019><c> this</c><00:54:14.340><c> morning</c><00:54:14.559><c> with</c><00:54:14.840><c> Bashti</c><00:54:15.199><c> in</c><00:54:15.380><c> that</c><00:54:15.559><c> situation.</c>

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We<00:54:16.699><c> shall</c><00:54:16.900><c> take</c><00:54:17.159><c> it</c><00:54:17.300><c> up</c><00:54:17.480><c> tomorrow</c><00:54:17.820><c> morning,</c><00:54:18.139><c> God</c><00:54:18.380><c> willing,</c>

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and<00:54:19.300><c> examine</c><00:54:19.860><c> how</c><00:54:20.440><c> the</c><00:54:20.699><c> king</c><00:54:20.900><c> dealt</c><00:54:21.179><c> with</c><00:54:21.440><c> that</c><00:54:21.920><c> woman</c>

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and<00:54:22.900><c> his</c><00:54:23.599><c> determination</c><00:54:24.519><c> to</c><00:54:25.059><c> replace</c><00:54:25.519><c> her</c><00:54:26.059><c> with</c><00:54:26.460><c> one</c><00:54:26.719><c> of</c><00:54:27.019><c> great</c><00:54:27.219><c> beauty,</c><00:54:28.320><c> great</c><00:54:28.440><c> honor,</c><00:54:29.260><c> and</c>

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great<00:54:29.639><c> dignity.</c>