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change<00:10:16.639><c> his</c><00:10:16.919><c> policy</c><00:10:17.580><c> toward</c><00:10:18.000><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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Nisan<00:11:10.679><c> is</c><00:11:10.860><c> the</c><00:11:11.039><c> seventh</c><00:11:11.299><c> month.</c><00:11:11.940><c> So</c><00:11:12.139><c> for</c><00:11:12.419><c> four</c><00:11:12.879><c> months</c><00:11:13.779><c> Nehemiah</c><00:11:14.460><c> was</c><00:11:14.799><c> fasting</c><00:11:15.259><c> and</c><00:11:15.720><c> praying</c><00:11:16.100><c> to</c>

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least<00:12:08.639><c> 25</c><00:12:09.139><c> quotations</c><00:12:09.700><c> from</c><00:12:10.000><c> the</c><00:12:10.100><c> Psalms.</c>

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Psalms?<00:12:16.580><c> Just</c><00:12:16.799><c> sort</c><00:12:16.980><c> of</c><00:12:17.200><c> sitting</c><00:12:17.500><c> here</c><00:12:17.820><c> calmly</c><00:12:18.139><c> in</c><00:12:18.399><c> this</c><00:12:18.919><c> hall.</c>

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Jonah<00:12:21.440><c> was</c><00:12:21.720><c> drowning.</c><00:12:22.639><c> He</c><00:12:22.639><c> was</c><00:12:22.639><c> going</c><00:12:22.820><c> down</c><00:12:23.039><c> to</c><00:12:23.179><c> the</c><00:12:23.220><c> depths</c>

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And<00:12:30.360><c> there</c><00:12:30.519><c> is</c><00:12:30.519><c> a</c><00:12:30.659><c> lesson</c><00:12:30.899><c> here</c><00:12:31.179><c> for</c><00:12:31.399><c> us,</c><00:12:31.779><c> brothers</c><00:12:31.799><c> and</c><00:12:32.100><c> sisters.</c><00:12:32.419><c> Is</c><00:12:32.659><c> this</c><00:12:32.919><c> the</c><00:12:33.100><c> pattern</c><00:12:33.360><c> of</c>

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our<00:12:33.899><c> prayers?</c>

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These<00:12:42.539><c> men</c><00:12:42.799><c> did.</c>

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prayer,<00:12:48.500><c> but</c><00:12:48.940><c> we'll</c><00:12:49.860><c> have</c><00:12:49.940><c> a</c><00:12:49.960><c> look</c><00:12:50.120><c> at</c><00:12:50.200><c> one</c><00:12:50.340><c> or</c><00:12:50.379><c> two</c><00:12:50.539><c> things.</c>

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We've<00:12:50.919><c> already</c><00:12:51.220><c> looked</c><00:12:51.500><c> at</c><00:12:51.820><c> Yahweh</c><00:12:52.379><c> Elohim</c><00:12:52.740><c> of</c><00:12:52.980><c> heaven</c><00:12:53.320><c> and</c>

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seen<00:12:54.440><c> that</c><00:12:54.700><c> that</c><00:12:54.940><c> quotes</c><00:12:55.480><c> Genesis</c><00:12:56.000><c> 24</c><00:12:56.580><c> verse</c><00:12:56.840><c> 7.</c>

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And<00:12:57.360><c> it's</c><00:12:57.460><c> only</c><00:12:57.679><c> used</c><00:12:58.039><c> on</c><00:12:58.419><c> three</c><00:12:58.679><c> occasions.</c><00:12:59.799><c> Let's</c><00:12:59.960><c> look</c><00:13:00.120><c> at</c>

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So<00:13:06.580><c> keep</c><00:13:06.820><c> your</c><00:13:07.019><c> marker</c><00:13:07.220><c> in</c><00:13:07.399><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:13:07.899><c> please,</c><00:13:08.240><c> because</c><00:13:08.399><c> we'll</c><00:13:08.620><c> obviously</c><00:13:08.899><c> be</c><00:13:09.139><c> back.</c>

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well<00:13:22.799><c> understood</c><00:13:23.360><c> as</c><00:13:24.059><c> he</c><00:13:24.240><c> offered</c><00:13:24.419><c> his</c><00:13:24.600><c> prayer.</c>

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Deuteronomy<00:13:26.759><c> 7</c><00:13:27.600><c> and</c><00:13:28.440><c> verse</c><00:13:28.799><c> 19.</c>

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Moses<00:13:34.059><c> is</c><00:13:34.600><c> speaking</c><00:13:35.059><c> about</c><00:13:35.320><c> the</c><00:13:35.419><c> great</c><00:13:35.700><c> temptations</c><00:13:36.440><c> which</c>

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thine<00:13:37.000><c> eyes</c><00:13:37.259><c> saw,</c><00:13:37.700><c> and</c><00:13:37.779><c> the</c><00:13:37.980><c> signs</c><00:13:38.159><c> and</c><00:13:38.360><c> the</c><00:13:38.539><c> wonders,</c>

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and<00:13:38.940><c> the</c><00:13:39.080><c> mighty</c><00:13:39.320><c> hand,</c><00:13:39.639><c> and</c><00:13:39.720><c> the</c><00:13:39.940><c> stretched</c><00:13:40.200><c> out</c><00:13:40.580><c> arm,</c><00:13:41.200><c> whereby</c><00:13:41.500><c> Yahweh</c><00:13:41.899><c> thy</c>

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God<00:13:42.299><c> brought</c><00:13:42.559><c> thee</c><00:13:42.840><c> out.</c>

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So<00:13:44.159><c> shall</c><00:13:44.240><c> Yahweh</c><00:13:44.639><c> thy</c><00:13:44.799><c> God</c><00:13:45.039><c> do</c><00:13:45.220><c> unto</c><00:13:45.399><c> all</c><00:13:45.679><c> the</c><00:13:45.860><c> people</c><00:13:46.059><c> of</c><00:13:46.259><c> whom</c><00:13:46.360><c> thou</c><00:13:46.539><c> art</c><00:13:46.740><c> afraid.</c>

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them,<00:13:51.500><c> until</c><00:13:51.799><c> they</c><00:13:52.019><c> that</c><00:13:52.519><c> are</c><00:13:52.799><c> left,</c>

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until<00:13:53.840><c> they</c><00:13:54.340><c> that</c><00:13:54.600><c> are</c><00:13:54.779><c> left,</c><00:13:55.659><c> and</c><00:13:56.000><c> hide</c><00:13:56.240><c> themselves</c><00:13:56.799><c> from</c><00:13:57.159><c> thee</c><00:13:57.559><c> be</c><00:13:57.919><c> destroyed.</c>

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Thou<00:13:59.340><c> shalt</c><00:13:59.620><c> not</c><00:13:59.779><c> be</c><00:13:59.940><c> affrighted</c><00:14:00.460><c> at</c><00:14:00.620><c> them,</c><00:14:01.519><c> for</c><00:14:01.759><c> Yahweh</c><00:14:02.059><c> thy</c>

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God<00:14:02.539><c> is</c><00:14:02.759><c> among</c><00:14:03.039><c> you,</c><00:14:03.460><c> a</c><00:14:03.679><c> mighty</c><00:14:04.019><c> God</c><00:14:04.279><c> and</c><00:14:04.539><c> a</c><00:14:04.840><c> terrible.</c>

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There's<00:14:05.779><c> the</c><00:14:06.019><c> quotation,</c><00:14:07.039><c> and</c><00:14:07.220><c> you</c><00:14:07.360><c> may</c><00:14:07.580><c> have</c><00:14:07.759><c> a</c><00:14:07.919><c> marginal</c><00:14:08.240><c> reference</c><00:14:08.639><c> to</c>

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Nehemiah<00:14:09.200><c> chapter</c><00:14:09.440><c> 1</c><00:14:09.659><c> verse</c><00:14:09.919><c> 5.</c>

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And<00:14:11.259><c> Yahweh</c><00:14:11.580><c> thy</c><00:14:11.700><c> God</c><00:14:11.899><c> will</c><00:14:12.139><c> put</c><00:14:12.379><c> out</c><00:14:12.559><c> those</c><00:14:12.840><c> nations</c><00:14:13.240><c> before</c>

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thee<00:14:13.799><c> little</c><00:14:14.019><c> by</c><00:14:14.279><c> little,</c>

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thou<00:14:15.480><c> mayest</c><00:14:15.799><c> not</c><00:14:15.960><c> consume</c><00:14:16.360><c> them</c><00:14:16.620><c> at</c><00:14:16.720><c> once,</c><00:14:17.440><c> lest</c><00:14:17.539><c> the</c><00:14:17.779><c> beasts</c>

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of<00:14:18.100><c> the</c><00:14:18.279><c> field</c><00:14:18.659><c> increase</c><00:14:19.440><c> upon</c><00:14:19.879><c> thee.</c>

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But<00:14:21.200><c> Yahweh</c><00:14:21.600><c> thy</c><00:14:21.820><c> God</c><00:14:22.179><c> shall</c><00:14:22.600><c> deliver</c><00:14:22.960><c> them</c><00:14:23.179><c> unto</c><00:14:23.399><c> thee,</c>

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and<00:14:24.519><c> shall</c><00:14:24.740><c> destroy</c><00:14:25.279><c> them</c><00:14:25.419><c> with</c><00:14:25.620><c> a</c><00:14:25.759><c> mighty</c><00:14:25.980><c> destruction,</c><00:14:27.000><c> until</c><00:14:27.399><c> they</c><00:14:27.720><c> be</c><00:14:27.980><c> destroyed.</c>

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And<00:14:28.720><c> that's</c><00:14:28.919><c> the</c><00:14:29.080><c> context.</c>

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Nehemiah<00:14:30.519><c> is</c><00:14:30.779><c> going</c><00:14:30.980><c> back</c><00:14:31.240><c> to</c><00:14:31.379><c> a</c><00:14:31.519><c> passage</c><00:14:31.799><c> where</c><00:14:32.080><c> Moses</c><00:14:32.480><c> is</c><00:14:32.700><c> saying</c><00:14:32.919><c> you're</c><00:14:33.120><c> going</c><00:14:33.279><c> to</c>

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go<00:14:33.639><c> into</c><00:14:33.820><c> the</c><00:14:34.039><c> land,</c>

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and<00:14:34.860><c> God</c><00:14:35.059><c> is</c><00:14:35.279><c> going</c><00:14:35.419><c> to</c><00:14:35.519><c> go</c><00:14:35.720><c> before</c><00:14:36.039><c> you,</c><00:14:36.419><c> and</c><00:14:36.639><c> He</c><00:14:36.899><c> will</c><00:14:37.139><c> defeat</c>

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your<00:14:37.940><c> enemies.</c>

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And<00:14:40.500><c> the</c><00:14:40.620><c> Jews</c><00:14:40.840><c> in</c><00:14:41.039><c> Jerusalem</c><00:14:41.360><c> were</c><00:14:41.580><c> surrounded</c><00:14:41.919><c> by</c><00:14:42.200><c> enemies,</c>

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and<00:14:43.720><c> God</c><00:14:43.960><c> hasn't</c><00:14:44.240><c> changed.</c>

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It's<00:14:45.340><c> the</c><00:14:45.419><c> same</c><00:14:45.820><c> power.</c><00:14:46.480><c> He</c><00:14:46.659><c> is</c><00:14:46.919><c> still</c><00:14:47.399><c> the</c><00:14:47.779><c> great</c><00:14:48.159><c> and</c><00:14:48.759><c> terrible</c><00:14:49.259><c> pale.</c>

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The<00:14:51.820><c> Keeper</c><00:14:52.220><c> of</c><00:14:52.299><c> Covenant</c><00:14:52.519><c> and</c><00:14:52.700><c> Mercy</c><00:14:53.100><c> quotes</c><00:14:53.519><c> again</c><00:14:53.779><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:14:54.399><c> and</c><00:14:54.639><c> Daniel</c><00:14:54.960><c> 9</c>

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verse<00:14:55.559><c> 4.</c>

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Observe<00:14:57.379><c> the</c><00:14:57.580><c> commandments,</c><00:14:58.240><c> again</c><00:14:58.440><c> is</c><00:14:58.639><c> Daniel</c><00:14:58.899><c> 9</c><00:14:59.240><c> verse</c><00:14:59.460><c> 4.</c>

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Nehemiah's<00:15:00.320><c> mind</c><00:15:00.559><c> is</c><00:15:00.799><c> very</c><00:15:01.100><c> much</c><00:15:01.299><c> in</c><00:15:01.460><c> the</c><00:15:01.580><c> prayer</c><00:15:01.740><c> of</c><00:15:01.980><c> Daniel.</c>

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Ear<00:15:03.759><c> attentive</c><00:15:04.220><c> is</c><00:15:04.700><c> Solomon's</c><00:15:05.360><c> prayer,</c><00:15:05.820><c> 2</c><00:15:06.000><c> Chronicles</c><00:15:06.419><c> chapter</c><00:15:06.679><c> 6</c><00:15:07.019><c> and</c>

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Daniel<00:15:07.500><c> chapter</c><00:15:07.799><c> 9.</c>

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Daniel's<00:15:09.240><c> quoting</c><00:15:09.460><c> Solomon.</c><00:15:10.360><c> The</c><00:15:10.500><c> same</c><00:15:10.659><c> with</c><00:15:10.860><c> eyes</c><00:15:11.159><c> open.</c>

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Hear<00:15:12.659><c> the</c><00:15:12.919><c> prayer,</c><00:15:13.320><c> again</c><00:15:13.600><c> is</c><00:15:13.779><c> Daniel</c><00:15:14.059><c> 9</c><00:15:14.480><c> and</c><00:15:14.700><c> verse</c><00:15:14.860><c> 17.</c>

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And<00:15:18.059><c> Nehemiah</c><00:15:18.700><c> confesses</c><00:15:19.419><c> the</c><00:15:19.419><c> sins</c><00:15:19.759><c> of</c><00:15:19.980><c> his</c><00:15:20.179><c> people</c><00:15:20.720><c> just</c><00:15:21.259><c> as</c>

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Daniel<00:15:21.879><c> did.</c>

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And<00:15:23.960><c> I</c><00:15:24.299><c> and</c><00:15:24.360><c> my</c><00:15:24.659><c> father's</c><00:15:25.059><c> house</c><00:15:25.340><c> have</c><00:15:25.620><c> sinned,</c><00:15:26.279><c> is</c><00:15:26.559><c> Psalm</c><00:15:26.740><c> 106</c>

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and<00:15:28.419><c> verse</c><00:15:28.679><c> 6.</c>

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Sinned<00:15:32.240><c> against</c><00:15:32.559><c> thee,</c><00:15:32.860><c> again</c><00:15:33.120><c> is</c><00:15:33.320><c> Daniel</c><00:15:33.620><c> 9.</c>

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Who<00:15:35.659><c> dealt</c><00:15:35.799><c> very</c><00:15:36.200><c> corruptly</c><00:15:36.679><c> is</c><00:15:36.820><c> Daniel</c><00:15:37.139><c> 9.</c>

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Have<00:15:38.600><c> not</c><00:15:38.840><c> kept</c><00:15:39.039><c> thy</c><00:15:39.240><c> commandments</c><00:15:39.799><c> is</c><00:15:40.039><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:15:40.580><c> 7,</c>

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which<00:15:42.679><c> thou</c><00:15:42.899><c> commandest</c><00:15:43.500><c> Moses,</c><00:15:44.840><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:15:45.519><c> 28,</c><00:15:46.539><c> Daniel</c>

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9,<00:15:47.100><c> 11.</c>

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If<00:15:48.559><c> ye</c><00:15:48.799><c> transgress,</c><00:15:49.379><c> I</c><00:15:49.539><c> will</c><00:15:49.740><c> scatter</c><00:15:50.080><c> thee,</c><00:15:51.059><c> said</c><00:15:51.299><c> God,</c><00:15:51.639><c> and</c>

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he<00:15:51.980><c> had.</c>

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And<00:15:52.919><c> Nehemiah's</c><00:15:53.320><c> there</c><00:15:53.539><c> in</c><00:15:53.759><c> Shushan</c><00:15:54.120><c> the</c><00:15:54.259><c> palace,</c><00:15:54.720><c> Leviticus</c>

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26<00:15:55.620><c> verse</c><00:15:55.879><c> 33.</c>

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If<00:15:57.980><c> ye</c><00:15:58.179><c> turn</c><00:15:58.500><c> unto</c><00:15:58.720><c> me,</c><00:15:59.059><c> let's</c><00:15:59.259><c> go</c><00:15:59.419><c> to</c><00:15:59.600><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:16:00.100><c> now</c><00:16:00.360><c> in</c>

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chapter<00:16:00.720><c> 30.</c>

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Because<00:16:04.639><c> there's</c><00:16:04.840><c> two</c><00:16:05.059><c> here.</c>

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Deuteronomy<00:16:07.159><c> chapter</c><00:16:07.440><c> 30.</c>

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We<00:16:14.019><c> all</c><00:16:14.500><c> know</c><00:16:14.659><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:16:15.080><c> 28,</c><00:16:15.779><c> the</c><00:16:15.879><c> chapter</c><00:16:16.139><c> of</c><00:16:16.340><c> the</c><00:16:16.480><c> curses.</c>

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Well,<00:16:18.059><c> here's</c><00:16:18.279><c> the</c><00:16:18.419><c> follow</c><00:16:18.679><c> on.</c>

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Deuteronomy<00:16:19.559><c> 30</c><00:16:19.940><c> verse</c><00:16:20.179><c> 1.</c>

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It<00:16:20.899><c> shall</c><00:16:21.059><c> come</c><00:16:21.279><c> to</c><00:16:21.440><c> pass</c><00:16:21.600><c> when</c><00:16:21.759><c> all</c><00:16:21.960><c> these</c><00:16:22.220><c> things</c><00:16:22.379><c> are</c><00:16:22.580><c> upon</c><00:16:22.899><c> thee,</c>

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the<00:16:23.360><c> blessing</c><00:16:23.679><c> and</c><00:16:23.919><c> the</c><00:16:24.139><c> curse</c><00:16:24.320><c> which</c><00:16:24.559><c> I</c><00:16:24.679><c> have</c><00:16:24.820><c> set</c><00:16:24.940><c> before</c><00:16:25.279><c> thee,</c>

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and<00:16:26.639><c> thou</c><00:16:26.860><c> shalt</c><00:16:27.080><c> call</c><00:16:27.419><c> them</c><00:16:27.639><c> to</c><00:16:27.919><c> mind</c><00:16:28.159><c> among</c><00:16:28.460><c> the</c><00:16:28.700><c> nations.</c>

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So<00:16:29.759><c> that's</c><00:16:30.100><c> like</c><00:16:30.279><c> Jeremiah</c><00:16:30.720><c> 29</c><00:16:31.440><c> that</c><00:16:31.580><c> we</c><00:16:31.759><c> looked</c><00:16:31.940><c> at</c><00:16:32.059><c> in</c><00:16:32.240><c> the</c>

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first<00:16:32.639><c> class.</c>

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There's<00:16:33.620><c> got</c><00:16:33.919><c> to</c><00:16:34.179><c> be</c><00:16:34.399><c> a</c><00:16:34.500><c> change</c><00:16:34.779><c> of</c><00:16:35.019><c> mind</c><00:16:35.240><c> with</c><00:16:35.379><c> Israel</c><00:16:35.700><c> in</c><00:16:35.919><c> captivity.</c>

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And<00:16:39.740><c> shalt</c><00:16:40.159><c> return</c><00:16:40.559><c> unto</c><00:16:40.820><c> Yahweh</c><00:16:41.200><c> thy</c><00:16:41.460><c> God,</c>

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and<00:16:42.220><c> shalt</c><00:16:42.480><c> obey</c><00:16:42.720><c> his</c><00:16:42.960><c> voice</c><00:16:43.240><c> according</c><00:16:43.639><c> to</c><00:16:43.840><c> all</c><00:16:44.000><c> that</c><00:16:44.179><c> I</c><00:16:44.360><c> command</c><00:16:44.620><c> thee</c>

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this<00:16:45.039><c> day,</c>

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thou<00:16:45.919><c> and</c><00:16:46.039><c> thy</c><00:16:46.220><c> children,</c><00:16:46.980><c> with</c><00:16:47.120><c> all</c><00:16:47.320><c> thy</c><00:16:47.519><c> heart</c><00:16:47.840><c> and</c><00:16:48.000><c> with</c>

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all<00:16:48.259><c> thy</c><00:16:48.480><c> soul,</c>

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that<00:16:49.159><c> then</c><00:16:49.899><c> Yahweh</c><00:16:50.659><c> thy</c><00:16:50.840><c> God</c><00:16:51.059><c> will</c><00:16:51.279><c> turn</c><00:16:51.519><c> thy</c><00:16:51.759><c> captivity,</c>

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and<00:16:52.940><c> have</c><00:16:53.100><c> compassion</c><00:16:53.639><c> upon</c><00:16:54.000><c> thee,</c>

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and<00:16:54.659><c> will</c><00:16:54.899><c> return</c><00:16:55.240><c> and</c><00:16:55.500><c> gather</c><00:16:55.720><c> thee</c><00:16:55.879><c> from</c><00:16:56.080><c> all</c><00:16:56.259><c> the</c><00:16:56.419><c> nations,</c>

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whither<00:16:57.340><c> Yahweh</c><00:16:57.700><c> thy</c><00:16:57.899><c> God</c><00:16:58.139><c> hath</c><00:16:58.340><c> scattered</c><00:16:58.759><c> thee.</c>

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So<00:16:59.679><c> there's</c><00:17:00.000><c> the</c><00:17:00.299><c> if</c><00:17:00.559><c> ye</c><00:17:00.799><c> turn</c><00:17:01.039><c> unto</c><00:17:01.279><c> me</c><00:17:01.600><c> bit.</c>

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Now<00:17:02.779><c> verse</c><00:17:03.019><c> 4.</c>

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If<00:17:04.140><c> any</c><00:17:04.420><c> of</c><00:17:04.579><c> thine</c><00:17:04.700><c> be</c><00:17:04.900><c> driven</c><00:17:05.200><c> out</c><00:17:05.440><c> into</c><00:17:05.660><c> the</c><00:17:05.940><c> utmost</c><00:17:06.240><c> parts</c>

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of<00:17:06.839><c> heaven,</c>

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from<00:17:07.759><c> thence</c><00:17:08.160><c> will</c><00:17:08.299><c> Yahweh</c><00:17:08.700><c> thy</c><00:17:08.859><c> God</c><00:17:09.119><c> gather</c><00:17:09.480><c> thee,</c>

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and<00:17:10.160><c> from</c><00:17:10.420><c> thence</c><00:17:10.720><c> will</c><00:17:10.859><c> he</c><00:17:11.140><c> fetch</c><00:17:11.440><c> thee.</c>

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And<00:17:13.440><c> that's</c><00:17:13.660><c> what</c><00:17:13.880><c> Nehemiah</c><00:17:14.240><c> wants</c><00:17:14.579><c> to</c><00:17:14.859><c> happen.</c>

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He's<00:17:15.500><c> in</c><00:17:15.640><c> the</c><00:17:15.819><c> utmost</c><00:17:16.180><c> parts</c><00:17:16.579><c> of</c><00:17:16.779><c> heaven</c><00:17:16.980><c> in</c><00:17:17.200><c> the</c><00:17:17.220><c> Persian</c><00:17:17.519><c> Empire,</c>

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and<00:17:18.900><c> he</c><00:17:18.960><c> wants</c><00:17:19.220><c> to</c><00:17:19.359><c> be</c><00:17:19.579><c> gathered</c><00:17:19.819><c> and</c><00:17:20.019><c> he</c><00:17:20.079><c> wants</c><00:17:20.359><c> to</c><00:17:20.559><c> go</c><00:17:20.700><c> to</c><00:17:20.940><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:17:23.839><c> so</c><00:17:24.000><c> he</c><00:17:24.200><c> quotes</c><00:17:24.500><c> those</c><00:17:24.839><c> words.</c>

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Now<00:17:25.400><c> just</c><00:17:25.680><c> incidentally</c><00:17:26.259><c> before</c><00:17:26.519><c> we</c><00:17:26.779><c> move</c><00:17:27.019><c> on,</c>

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the<00:17:29.180><c> Lord</c><00:17:29.440><c> Jesus</c><00:17:29.900><c> Christ</c><00:17:30.380><c> quotes</c><00:17:30.779><c> these</c><00:17:31.099><c> words</c><00:17:31.359><c> in</c><00:17:31.539><c> the</c>

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Olivet<00:17:32.000><c> Prophecy</c>

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in<00:17:32.599><c> Matthew</c><00:17:32.880><c> 24.</c>

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So<00:17:35.119><c> this</c><00:17:35.579><c> prophecy</c><00:17:36.059><c> in</c><00:17:36.359><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:17:37.039><c> 30</c>

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was<00:17:38.339><c> fulfilled</c><00:17:38.920><c> at</c><00:17:39.279><c> least</c><00:17:39.720><c> twice.</c>

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I<00:17:41.460><c> had</c><00:17:41.680><c> a</c><00:17:41.799><c> discussion</c><00:17:42.180><c> with</c><00:17:42.460><c> a</c><00:17:42.599><c> sister</c><00:17:42.839><c> a</c><00:17:43.000><c> couple</c><00:17:43.240><c> of</c><00:17:43.640><c> days</c><00:17:43.900><c> ago</c>

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about<00:17:44.880><c> multiple</c><00:17:45.599><c> fulfillments</c><00:17:46.220><c> of</c><00:17:46.539><c> prophecy.</c>

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And<00:17:47.440><c> if</c><00:17:47.559><c> you</c><00:17:47.680><c> look</c><00:17:47.880><c> at</c><00:17:48.140><c> Psalm</c><00:17:48.420><c> 2,</c>

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there<00:17:50.900><c> are</c><00:17:51.279><c> five</c><00:17:52.079><c> separate</c><00:17:52.579><c> occasions</c><00:17:53.220><c> in</c><00:17:53.920><c> Scripture,</c>

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confirmed<00:17:55.220><c> by</c><00:17:55.559><c> Scripture,</c>

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when<00:17:56.960><c> at</c><00:17:57.039><c> least</c><00:17:57.279><c> part</c><00:17:57.599><c> of</c><00:17:57.819><c> Psalm</c><00:17:58.059><c> 2</c><00:17:58.299><c> was</c><00:17:58.599><c> fulfilled.</c>

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So<00:17:59.799><c> you've</c><00:18:00.019><c> got</c><00:18:00.259><c> a</c><00:18:00.440><c> quintuple</c><00:18:01.180><c> fulfillment</c><00:18:01.819><c> of</c><00:18:02.160><c> prophecy</c><00:18:02.460><c> there</c><00:18:03.019><c> in</c>

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Psalm<00:18:03.839><c> 2.</c>

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God<00:18:05.900><c> works</c><00:18:06.279><c> in</c><00:18:06.539><c> patterns.</c>

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He<00:18:08.079><c> repeats</c><00:18:08.539><c> things.</c>

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We<00:18:09.380><c> have</c><00:18:09.519><c> it</c><00:18:09.660><c> here</c><00:18:09.880><c> in</c><00:18:10.119><c> Deuteronomy.</c>

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So<00:18:11.380><c> let's</c><00:18:11.660><c> move</c><00:18:11.900><c> on.</c>

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The<00:18:12.559><c> place</c><00:18:12.839><c> that</c><00:18:13.019><c> I</c><00:18:13.119><c> have</c><00:18:13.339><c> chosen,</c><00:18:13.779><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:18:14.279><c> 12,</c>

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thy<00:18:15.700><c> servants,</c><00:18:16.380><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:18:16.880><c> 9</c><00:18:17.160><c> again,</c>

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whom<00:18:19.240><c> thou</c><00:18:19.440><c> hast</c><00:18:19.740><c> redeemed,</c><00:18:20.400><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:18:21.019><c> 7</c><00:18:21.500><c> and</c><00:18:21.759><c> 9,</c>

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great<00:18:23.539><c> power,</c><00:18:24.279><c> Exodus</c><00:18:24.579><c> 32,</c>

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strong<00:18:26.640><c> hand,</c><00:18:27.200><c> Solomon's</c><00:18:27.819><c> Prayer</c><00:18:28.039><c> and</c><00:18:28.259><c> Daniel's</c><00:18:28.859><c> Prayer,</c>

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ears<00:18:30.339><c> attentive,</c><00:18:31.299><c> Solomon's</c><00:18:31.980><c> Prayer,</c>

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and<00:18:35.119><c> the</c><00:18:35.319><c> last</c><00:18:35.599><c> one,</c>

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the<00:18:36.740><c> very</c><00:18:37.000><c> last</c><00:18:37.279><c> one</c><00:18:37.720><c> back</c><00:18:38.200><c> in</c><00:18:38.519><c> Nehemiah</c><00:18:39.519><c> 1,</c><00:18:40.779><c> verse</c><00:18:41.039><c> 11,</c>

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the<00:18:42.119><c> prayer</c><00:18:42.440><c> of</c><00:18:42.599><c> thy</c><00:18:42.799><c> servants,</c>

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who<00:18:44.079><c> desire</c><00:18:44.700><c> to</c><00:18:45.039><c> fear</c><00:18:45.319><c> thy</c><00:18:45.680><c> name.</c>

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And<00:18:47.119><c> your</c><00:18:47.259><c> margin</c><00:18:47.539><c> will</c><00:18:47.839><c> take</c><00:18:48.099><c> you</c><00:18:48.279><c> to</c><00:18:48.500><c> Isaiah</c><00:18:48.980><c> 26</c><00:18:50.019><c> and</c><00:18:50.539><c> verse</c><00:18:50.799><c> 8.</c>

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And<00:18:51.319><c> with</c><00:18:51.579><c> this</c><00:18:51.900><c> Nehemiah</c><00:18:52.460><c> concludes</c><00:18:52.960><c> his</c><00:18:53.240><c> prayer.</c>

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Why?

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Why<00:18:54.819><c> does</c><00:18:55.019><c> he</c><00:18:55.140><c> go</c><00:18:55.420><c> to</c><00:18:55.599><c> Isaiah</c><00:18:55.940><c> 26</c><00:18:56.539><c> to</c><00:18:56.799><c> finish?</c>

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Let's<00:18:57.259><c> go</c><00:18:57.500><c> there</c><00:18:57.700><c> and</c><00:18:57.859><c> find</c><00:18:58.140><c> out.</c>

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Isaiah<00:19:01.619><c> 26</c><00:19:02.140><c> and</c><00:19:03.059><c> the</c><00:19:03.539><c> quotation</c><00:19:04.059><c> is</c><00:19:04.339><c> from</c><00:19:04.599><c> verse</c><00:19:04.859><c> 8.</c>

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Yea,<00:19:07.099><c> in</c><00:19:07.200><c> the</c><00:19:07.339><c> way</c><00:19:07.539><c> of</c><00:19:07.680><c> thy</c><00:19:07.799><c> judgment,</c><00:19:08.339><c> say,</c>

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Yahweh,<00:19:09.140><c> have</c><00:19:09.240><c> we</c><00:19:09.460><c> waited</c><00:19:09.740><c> with</c><00:19:10.039><c> thee.</c>

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The<00:19:10.740><c> desire</c><00:19:11.220><c> of</c><00:19:11.420><c> our</c><00:19:11.680><c> soul</c><00:19:11.980><c> is</c><00:19:12.200><c> to</c><00:19:12.400><c> thy</c><00:19:12.660><c> name</c><00:19:12.980><c> and</c><00:19:13.180><c> to</c><00:19:13.339><c> the</c><00:19:13.579><c> remembrance</c><00:19:14.039><c> of</c><00:19:14.539><c> thee.</c>

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So<00:19:16.700><c> there's</c><00:19:16.980><c> the</c><00:19:17.119><c> quote.</c>

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Why?

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Look<00:19:19.180><c> at</c><00:19:19.339><c> the</c><00:19:19.440><c> context.</c>

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Verse<00:19:20.880><c> 1.</c>

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In<00:19:21.819><c> that</c><00:19:22.140><c> day</c><00:19:22.359><c> shall</c><00:19:22.640><c> this</c><00:19:22.920><c> song</c><00:19:23.180><c> be</c><00:19:23.420><c> sung</c><00:19:23.619><c> in</c><00:19:23.779><c> the</c><00:19:23.839><c> land</c><00:19:24.099><c> of</c><00:19:24.299><c> Judah.</c>

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We<00:19:25.099><c> have</c><00:19:25.279><c> a</c><00:19:25.660><c> strong</c><00:19:26.039><c> city.</c>

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But<00:19:27.819><c> the</c><00:19:27.940><c> walls</c><00:19:28.079><c> of</c><00:19:28.240><c> Jerusalem</c><00:19:28.559><c> were</c><00:19:28.819><c> broken</c><00:19:29.079><c> down</c>

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and<00:19:29.700><c> the</c><00:19:29.819><c> gates</c><00:19:29.940><c> were</c><00:19:30.140><c> burned</c><00:19:30.380><c> with</c><00:19:30.640><c> fire.</c>

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Nehemiah<00:19:33.059><c> knew</c><00:19:33.500><c> that</c><00:19:33.940><c> it</c><00:19:34.059><c> would</c><00:19:34.259><c> become</c><00:19:34.519><c> strong</c><00:19:34.779><c> again.</c>

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We<00:19:35.140><c> have</c><00:19:35.359><c> a</c><00:19:35.579><c> strong</c><00:19:35.779><c> city.</c>

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Salvation<00:19:37.559><c> will</c><00:19:37.920><c> guard</c><00:19:38.119><c> a</c><00:19:38.640><c> point</c><00:19:38.779><c> for</c><00:19:39.079><c> walls</c><00:19:39.420><c> and</c><00:19:39.680><c> bulwarks.</c>

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So<00:19:40.460><c> Nehemiah</c><00:19:40.839><c> isn't</c><00:19:41.019><c> just</c><00:19:41.299><c> interested</c><00:19:41.720><c> in</c><00:19:42.259><c> bricks</c><00:19:42.599><c> and</c><00:19:42.900><c> stone.</c>

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He<00:19:44.400><c> wants</c><00:19:44.740><c> a</c><00:19:45.039><c> spiritual</c><00:19:45.539><c> revival.</c>

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Verse<00:19:47.680><c> 2.</c>

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Open<00:19:48.460><c> ye</c><00:19:48.720><c> the</c><00:19:48.920><c> gates</c><00:19:49.220><c> that</c><00:19:49.400><c> the</c><00:19:49.779><c> righteous</c><00:19:50.200><c> nation</c><00:19:50.680><c> which</c><00:19:51.000><c> keepeth</c><00:19:51.460><c> the</c>

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truth<00:19:51.940><c> may</c><00:19:52.220><c> enter</c><00:19:52.619><c> in.</c>

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That's<00:19:54.559><c> Nehemiah's</c><00:19:55.079><c> objective.</c>

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To<00:19:57.140><c> make</c><00:19:57.680><c> Judah</c><00:19:58.140><c> a</c><00:19:58.700><c> righteous</c><00:19:59.099><c> nation.</c>

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That<00:20:00.680><c> they</c><00:20:00.819><c> may</c><00:20:01.140><c> enter</c><00:20:01.420><c> into</c><00:20:01.660><c> the</c><00:20:01.819><c> city</c><00:20:02.079><c> and</c><00:20:02.279><c> be</c><00:20:02.519><c> defended</c><00:20:02.940><c> by</c>

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their<00:20:03.460><c> God.</c>

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But<00:20:05.099><c> he's</c><00:20:05.640><c> still</c><00:20:06.039><c> got</c><00:20:06.339><c> to</c><00:20:06.559><c> go</c><00:20:06.740><c> in</c><00:20:06.940><c> before</c><00:20:07.220><c> the</c><00:20:07.400><c> king</c><00:20:07.700><c> of</c><00:20:08.039><c> Persia</c>

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and<00:20:08.980><c> persuade</c><00:20:09.559><c> the</c><00:20:09.740><c> king</c><00:20:09.980><c> of</c><00:20:10.220><c> Persia</c><00:20:10.500><c> to</c><00:20:10.720><c> reverse</c><00:20:11.200><c> the</c><00:20:11.460><c> policy</c>

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which<00:20:12.819><c> he</c><00:20:13.180><c> has</c><00:20:13.440><c> that</c><00:20:13.759><c> shape</c><00:20:14.000><c> to</c><00:20:14.240><c> the</c><00:20:14.440><c> Samaritans.</c>

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How's<00:20:16.119><c> he</c><00:20:16.240><c> going</c><00:20:16.380><c> to</c><00:20:16.539><c> do</c><00:20:16.660><c> it?</c>

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Verse<00:20:17.559><c> 3.</c>

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Thou<00:20:19.019><c> wilt</c><00:20:19.400><c> keep</c><00:20:19.740><c> him</c><00:20:20.099><c> in</c><00:20:20.539><c> peace,</c><00:20:21.299><c> peace</c>

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whose<00:20:22.460><c> mind</c><00:20:23.079><c> is</c><00:20:23.519><c> stayed</c><00:20:23.759><c> on</c><00:20:24.119><c> thee</c><00:20:24.480><c> because</c><00:20:25.180><c> he</c><00:20:25.579><c> trusteth</c><00:20:26.079><c> in</c><00:20:26.339><c> thee.</c>

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Trust<00:20:27.779><c> ye</c><00:20:28.099><c> in</c><00:20:28.319><c> Yahweh</c><00:20:28.680><c> forever</c>

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for<00:20:29.940><c> in</c><00:20:30.319><c> Yahweh</c><00:20:31.259><c> is</c><00:20:31.759><c> everlasting</c><00:20:32.440><c> strength.</c>

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And<00:20:34.640><c> that's</c><00:20:34.960><c> how</c><00:20:35.140><c> he</c><00:20:35.279><c> went</c><00:20:35.519><c> into</c><00:20:35.779><c> the</c><00:20:36.059><c> king.</c>

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Now<00:20:37.000><c> look</c><00:20:37.200><c> at</c><00:20:37.319><c> the</c><00:20:37.539><c> margin.</c>

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Verse<00:20:39.140><c> 3.</c>

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Thou<00:20:40.099><c> wilt</c><00:20:40.319><c> keep</c><00:20:40.599><c> him</c><00:20:40.940><c> in</c><00:20:41.200><c> peace,</c><00:20:41.799><c> peace</c>

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whose<00:20:42.680><c> mind</c><00:20:43.460><c> is</c><00:20:43.920><c> stayed</c><00:20:44.099><c> on</c><00:20:44.400><c> thee.</c>

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Margin,<00:20:45.740><c> thought</c><00:20:46.059><c> or</c><00:20:46.460><c> imagination.</c>

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Genesis<00:20:48.220><c> 6,</c><00:20:48.900><c> verse</c><00:20:49.180><c> 5.</c>

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Genesis<00:20:51.480><c> 6,</c><00:20:52.019><c> verse</c><00:20:52.400><c> 5.</c>

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Just<00:20:54.859><c> before</c><00:20:55.319><c> the</c><00:20:56.000><c> announcement</c><00:20:56.480><c> of</c><00:20:56.799><c> the</c><00:20:57.079><c> flood</c><00:20:57.599><c> says</c>

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that<00:21:01.180><c> God</c><00:21:01.480><c> saw</c><00:21:01.819><c> the</c><00:21:02.140><c> wickedness</c><00:21:02.579><c> of</c><00:21:02.779><c> man</c><00:21:02.960><c> was</c><00:21:03.299><c> great</c><00:21:03.519><c> in</c><00:21:03.720><c> the</c><00:21:03.940><c> earth</c>

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and<00:21:04.940><c> every</c><00:21:05.299><c> imagination</c><00:21:05.940><c> of</c><00:21:06.140><c> the</c><00:21:06.400><c> thoughts</c><00:21:06.640><c> of</c><00:21:06.819><c> his</c><00:21:07.099><c> heart</c>

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was<00:21:07.539><c> only</c><00:21:07.859><c> evil</c><00:21:08.220><c> continually.</c>

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And<00:21:09.980><c> there's</c><00:21:10.180><c> a</c><00:21:10.339><c> marginal</c><00:21:10.720><c> note,</c><00:21:11.299><c> an</c><00:21:11.339><c> unusually</c><00:21:11.960><c> large</c><00:21:12.359><c> marginal</c><00:21:12.920><c> note</c>

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against<00:21:15.660><c> the</c><00:21:16.000><c> word</c><00:21:16.339><c> every</c><00:21:16.720><c> imagination</c>

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or<00:21:18.559><c> the</c><00:21:18.859><c> whole</c><00:21:19.140><c> imagination.</c>

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The<00:21:20.700><c> Hebrew</c><00:21:21.059><c> word</c><00:21:21.400><c> signifies</c><00:21:22.099><c> not</c><00:21:22.319><c> only</c><00:21:22.660><c> the</c><00:21:22.960><c> imagination</c>

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but<00:21:24.140><c> also</c><00:21:24.539><c> the</c><00:21:24.799><c> purposes</c><00:21:25.279><c> and</c><00:21:25.599><c> the</c><00:21:25.900><c> desires.</c>

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So<00:21:28.099><c> back</c><00:21:28.339><c> in</c><00:21:28.519><c> Genesis</c><00:21:28.839><c> 6,</c>

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the<00:21:29.980><c> minds</c><00:21:30.400><c> of</c><00:21:30.680><c> these</c><00:21:30.920><c> people</c><00:21:31.359><c> were</c><00:21:31.740><c> absolutely</c><00:21:32.640><c> full</c><00:21:33.119><c> of</c>

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and<00:21:33.799><c> consumed</c><00:21:34.500><c> with</c><00:21:35.039><c> evil</c><00:21:35.539><c> continually</c><00:21:36.660><c> every</c><00:21:37.180><c> day.</c>

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What<00:21:41.380><c> Nehemiah</c><00:21:41.819><c> chapter</c><00:21:42.099><c> 26,</c><00:21:42.720><c> verse</c><00:21:42.960><c> 3</c><00:21:43.180><c> is</c><00:21:43.380><c> telling</c><00:21:43.579><c> us</c>

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is<00:21:44.480><c> that</c><00:21:44.720><c> our</c><00:21:44.980><c> minds</c><00:21:45.140><c> don't</c><00:21:45.420><c> have</c><00:21:45.700><c> to</c><00:21:45.859><c> be</c><00:21:45.960><c> like</c><00:21:46.240><c> that.</c>

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Our<00:21:47.460><c> minds,</c><00:21:47.940><c> it's</c><00:21:48.259><c> the</c><00:21:48.400><c> same</c><00:21:48.619><c> word,</c>

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can<00:21:49.619><c> be</c><00:21:50.099><c> stayed</c><00:21:50.519><c> on</c><00:21:50.980><c> the</c><00:21:51.180><c> Lord</c><00:21:51.539><c> our</c><00:21:51.880><c> God.</c>

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And<00:21:53.519><c> if</c><00:21:53.700><c> they</c><00:21:53.920><c> are,</c><00:21:54.960><c> he</c><00:21:55.119><c> will</c><00:21:55.359><c> keep</c><00:21:55.539><c> us</c><00:21:56.160><c> in</c><00:21:56.500><c> peace,</c><00:21:57.480><c> peace.</c>

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So<00:22:00.039><c> it</c><00:22:00.359><c> was</c><00:22:00.900><c> in</c><00:22:01.759><c> that</c><00:22:02.059><c> spirit</c><00:22:02.819><c> that</c><00:22:03.539><c> Nehemiah</c><00:22:03.880><c> went</c><00:22:04.559><c> into</c><00:22:05.460><c> the</c><00:22:05.759><c> king.</c>

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His<00:22:06.680><c> mind</c><00:22:07.180><c> totally</c><00:22:07.680><c> focused</c><00:22:08.240><c> on</c><00:22:08.480><c> the</c><00:22:08.660><c> things</c><00:22:08.900><c> of</c><00:22:09.119><c> God</c>

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and<00:22:10.039><c> not</c><00:22:10.359><c> on</c><00:22:10.619><c> the</c><00:22:10.799><c> things</c><00:22:11.059><c> of</c><00:22:11.339><c> the</c><00:22:11.539><c> flesh</c>

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as<00:22:13.119><c> ours</c><00:22:13.599><c> should</c><00:22:14.099><c> be.</c>

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So,<00:22:16.619><c> Nehemiah</c><00:22:16.859><c> chapter</c><00:22:17.339><c> 2</c><00:22:17.900><c> and</c><00:22:18.299><c> verse</c><00:22:18.539><c> 1.</c>

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And<00:22:25.700><c> it</c><00:22:25.819><c> came</c><00:22:26.019><c> to</c><00:22:26.180><c> pass</c><00:22:26.339><c> in</c><00:22:26.519><c> the</c><00:22:26.640><c> month</c><00:22:26.880><c> of</c><00:22:27.099><c> Nisan</c>

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in<00:22:27.579><c> the</c><00:22:27.759><c> twentieth</c><00:22:28.099><c> year</c><00:22:28.339><c> of</c><00:22:28.519><c> Artaxerxes</c><00:22:29.259><c> the</c><00:22:29.480><c> king</c>

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that<00:22:30.500><c> wine</c><00:22:30.759><c> was</c><00:22:31.000><c> before</c><00:22:31.420><c> him</c><00:22:31.700><c> and</c><00:22:31.960><c> I</c><00:22:32.140><c> took</c><00:22:32.279><c> up</c><00:22:32.480><c> the</c><00:22:32.680><c> wine</c><00:22:32.859><c> and</c>

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gave<00:22:33.259><c> it</c><00:22:33.460><c> unto</c><00:22:33.579><c> the</c><00:22:33.799><c> king.</c>

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Now<00:22:35.220><c> I</c><00:22:35.259><c> had</c><00:22:35.420><c> not</c><00:22:35.680><c> been</c><00:22:36.259><c> before</c><00:22:36.619><c> time</c><00:22:36.880><c> sad</c><00:22:37.400><c> in</c><00:22:37.740><c> his</c><00:22:37.940><c> presence.</c>

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Now<00:22:39.819><c> it's</c><00:22:40.220><c> interesting</c><00:22:40.740><c> that</c><00:22:41.240><c> Nehemiah</c>

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is<00:22:42.920><c> not</c><00:22:43.279><c> using</c><00:22:43.619><c> the</c><00:22:43.920><c> Persian</c><00:22:44.220><c> calendar</c>

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which<00:22:45.039><c> began</c><00:22:45.380><c> in</c><00:22:45.640><c> the</c><00:22:45.700><c> month</c><00:22:45.940><c> of</c><00:22:46.140><c> Nisan.</c>

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It<00:22:47.259><c> can't</c><00:22:47.599><c> be</c><00:22:47.799><c> because</c><00:22:48.059><c> you</c><00:22:48.180><c> can't</c><00:22:48.519><c> have</c>

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a<00:22:49.279><c> Nisan</c><00:22:49.680><c> following</c><00:22:50.119><c> a</c><00:22:50.420><c> Kislu</c><00:22:50.839><c> in</c><00:22:51.359><c> the</c><00:22:51.579><c> same</c><00:22:51.819><c> year</c>

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if<00:22:52.279><c> Nisan</c><00:22:52.640><c> is</c><00:22:52.839><c> the</c><00:22:52.980><c> first</c><00:22:53.220><c> month.</c>

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Nehemiah<00:22:56.380><c> was</c><00:22:56.559><c> using</c><00:22:56.880><c> the</c><00:22:57.220><c> royal</c><00:22:57.480><c> calendar</c><00:22:57.940><c> of</c><00:22:58.279><c> Judah,</c>

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the<00:22:58.839><c> calendar</c><00:22:59.059><c> of</c><00:22:59.279><c> the</c><00:22:59.420><c> kings</c><00:22:59.660><c> of</c><00:22:59.920><c> Judah.</c>

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And<00:23:03.039><c> this</c><00:23:03.539><c> decree</c><00:23:04.019><c> that</c><00:23:04.319><c> the</c><00:23:04.480><c> king</c><00:23:04.839><c> makes</c><00:23:05.319><c> in</c><00:23:05.559><c> this</c><00:23:05.799><c> chapter,</c>

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sending<00:23:06.640><c> Nehemiah</c><00:23:07.180><c> back</c><00:23:07.559><c> to</c><00:23:07.960><c> the</c><00:23:08.059><c> city</c><00:23:08.380><c> of</c><00:23:08.640><c> Jerusalem</c><00:23:09.000><c> to</c><00:23:09.299><c> rebuild</c><00:23:09.720><c> it,</c>

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is<00:23:10.579><c> the</c><00:23:10.880><c> fourth</c><00:23:11.180><c> of</c><00:23:11.480><c> the</c><00:23:11.759><c> decrees</c>

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which<00:23:12.819><c> we</c><00:23:13.059><c> have</c><00:23:13.299><c> in</c><00:23:13.500><c> the</c><00:23:13.660><c> books</c><00:23:13.859><c> of</c><00:23:14.180><c> Ezra</c><00:23:14.440><c> and</c><00:23:14.640><c> Nehemiah.</c>

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So<00:23:15.319><c> we</c><00:23:15.500><c> start</c><00:23:15.720><c> with</c><00:23:15.900><c> the</c><00:23:16.079><c> decree</c><00:23:16.200><c> of</c><00:23:16.519><c> Cyrus</c><00:23:16.839><c> in</c><00:23:17.380><c> Ezra</c><00:23:17.759><c> chapter</c><00:23:18.079><c> 1.</c>

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Then<00:23:19.599><c> we</c><00:23:19.779><c> have</c><00:23:19.980><c> the</c><00:23:20.180><c> decree</c><00:23:20.420><c> of</c><00:23:20.700><c> Darius</c><00:23:21.220><c> in</c><00:23:21.779><c> his</c><00:23:22.440><c> second</c><00:23:23.000><c> year</c>

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saying<00:23:23.640><c> that</c><00:23:23.819><c> they</c><00:23:24.039><c> can</c><00:23:24.339><c> carry</c><00:23:24.579><c> on</c><00:23:24.819><c> with</c><00:23:25.000><c> the</c><00:23:25.119><c> building</c><00:23:25.319><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:25.640><c> temple.</c>

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Then<00:23:26.700><c> we</c><00:23:26.900><c> have</c><00:23:27.099><c> the</c><00:23:27.299><c> decree</c><00:23:27.559><c> of</c><00:23:27.819><c> Artaxerxes</c><00:23:28.380><c> in</c><00:23:28.559><c> his</c><00:23:28.799><c> seventh</c><00:23:29.119><c> year</c>

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which<00:23:29.619><c> sent</c><00:23:29.759><c> Ezra</c><00:23:30.119><c> back</c><00:23:30.779><c> and</c><00:23:31.079><c> now</c><00:23:31.380><c> here's</c><00:23:31.619><c> the</c><00:23:31.859><c> fourth</c><00:23:32.099><c> one</c>

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in<00:23:33.140><c> the</c><00:23:33.279><c> month</c><00:23:33.480><c> of</c><00:23:33.500><c> Nisan</c><00:23:33.960><c> of</c><00:23:34.500><c> the</c><00:23:35.759><c> 20th</c><00:23:36.240><c> year</c><00:23:36.779><c> of</c><00:23:37.180><c> Artaxerxes.</c>

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And<00:23:38.480><c> I</c><00:23:38.720><c> believe</c><00:23:39.000><c> that</c><00:23:39.400><c> this</c><00:23:39.839><c> decree</c><00:23:40.299><c> is</c><00:23:41.059><c> the</c><00:23:41.480><c> start</c><00:23:41.839><c> point</c>

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of<00:23:43.019><c> the</c><00:23:43.319><c> 70</c><00:23:43.680><c> weeks</c><00:23:44.039><c> prophecy</c><00:23:44.720><c> of</c><00:23:45.299><c> Daniel</c><00:23:45.660><c> chapter</c><00:23:46.079><c> 9.</c>

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Now<00:23:47.980><c> expositors</c><00:23:48.480><c> have</c><00:23:48.900><c> struggled</c><00:23:49.259><c> with</c><00:23:49.500><c> this</c><00:23:49.799><c> one.</c>

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This<00:23:51.160><c> is</c><00:23:51.440><c> a</c><00:23:51.539><c> quotation</c><00:23:52.140><c> from</c><00:23:53.640><c> Brother</c><00:23:54.059><c> Thomas'</c><00:23:54.619><c> exposition</c>

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of<00:23:55.420><c> Daniel.</c>

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The<00:23:57.279><c> fourth</c><00:23:57.539><c> decree</c><00:23:57.839><c> was</c><00:23:58.099><c> 13</c><00:23:58.519><c> years</c><00:23:58.839><c> after</c><00:23:59.180><c> in</c><00:23:59.339><c> the</c><00:23:59.480><c> 20th</c><00:23:59.859><c> of</c><00:24:00.000><c> Artaxerxes.</c>

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It<00:24:01.200><c> is</c><00:24:01.200><c> BC</c><00:24:01.200><c> 456,</c><00:24:02.140><c> he</c><00:24:02.259><c> says.</c>

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It<00:24:03.579><c> is</c><00:24:04.180><c> proper,</c><00:24:04.519><c> however,</c><00:24:04.839><c> to</c><00:24:05.099><c> mention</c><00:24:05.619><c> that</c><00:24:06.200><c> the</c><00:24:06.359><c> usual</c><00:24:06.759><c> reckoning</c>

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of<00:24:07.299><c> the</c><00:24:07.480><c> BC</c><00:24:07.819><c> answering</c><00:24:08.299><c> to</c><00:24:08.599><c> 20th</c><00:24:09.000><c> Artaxerxes</c><00:24:09.700><c> is</c><00:24:09.940><c> 445.</c>

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This<00:24:12.519><c> would</c><00:24:12.720><c> make</c><00:24:12.980><c> the</c><00:24:13.119><c> end</c><00:24:13.279><c> of</c><00:24:13.460><c> the</c><00:24:13.579><c> 69</c><00:24:14.039><c> Heptades</c>

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five<00:24:14.980><c> years</c><00:24:15.200><c> after</c><00:24:15.500><c> the</c><00:24:15.660><c> crucifixion.</c>

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But,<00:24:16.779><c> he</c><00:24:16.940><c> says,</c><00:24:17.599><c> the</c><00:24:17.759><c> common</c><00:24:18.099><c> reckoning</c><00:24:18.480><c> is</c><00:24:18.900><c> flagrantly</c><00:24:19.420><c> erroneous</c>

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in<00:24:20.220><c> diverse</c><00:24:20.599><c> places</c><00:24:21.119><c> and</c><00:24:21.740><c> of</c><00:24:21.880><c> no</c><00:24:22.140><c> authority</c>

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where<00:24:22.799><c> critical</c><00:24:23.240><c> accuracy</c><00:24:23.720><c> is</c><00:24:24.019><c> desired.</c>

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Lovely<00:24:25.259><c> sentence</c><00:24:25.720><c> from</c><00:24:25.940><c> Brother</c><00:24:26.160><c> Thomas.</c>

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So<00:24:27.819><c> he's</c><00:24:27.960><c> got</c><00:24:28.180><c> a</c><00:24:28.279><c> date</c><00:24:28.420><c> of</c><00:24:28.559><c> 456.</c>

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As<00:24:30.539><c> we</c><00:24:30.799><c> shall</c><00:24:30.960><c> see,</c><00:24:31.400><c> that</c><00:24:31.519><c> is</c><00:24:31.859><c> remarkably</c><00:24:32.660><c> close</c>

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to<00:24:33.279><c> what</c><00:24:33.400><c> I</c><00:24:33.559><c> believe</c><00:24:33.819><c> is</c><00:24:34.079><c> the</c><00:24:34.279><c> true</c><00:24:34.500><c> date.</c>

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He<00:24:35.119><c> doesn't</c><00:24:35.400><c> explain</c><00:24:35.799><c> how</c><00:24:35.960><c> he</c><00:24:36.119><c> got</c><00:24:36.319><c> it,</c><00:24:37.119><c> but</c><00:24:37.400><c> he's</c><00:24:37.700><c> very,</c><00:24:38.359><c> very</c><00:24:38.359><c> close.</c>

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There<00:24:41.819><c> are</c><00:24:42.299><c> a</c><00:24:42.440><c> multitude</c><00:24:42.940><c> of</c><00:24:43.380><c> expositions</c>

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of<00:24:44.220><c> Daniel</c><00:24:44.500><c> chapter</c><00:24:44.900><c> 9</c><00:24:45.259><c> in</c><00:24:45.480><c> 70</c><00:24:45.859><c> weeks.</c>

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So<00:24:47.420><c> we</c><00:24:47.640><c> need</c><00:24:47.819><c> some</c><00:24:48.119><c> ground</c><00:24:48.420><c> rules</c><00:24:48.660><c> before</c><00:24:49.019><c> we</c><00:24:49.440><c> tackle</c><00:24:49.700><c> this</c><00:24:50.000><c> prophecy.</c>

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The<00:24:54.200><c> prophecy</c><00:24:54.700><c> is</c><00:24:55.279><c> of</c><00:24:55.740><c> 77</c><00:24:56.660><c> years,</c><00:24:58.460><c> that's</c><00:24:58.839><c> 490</c><00:24:59.720><c> years.</c>

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That's<00:25:00.579><c> the</c><00:25:00.779><c> total.</c>

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And<00:25:02.500><c> it</c><00:25:02.920><c> clearly</c><00:25:03.160><c> begins</c><00:25:03.700><c> with</c><00:25:04.039><c> a</c><00:25:04.220><c> decree</c>

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to<00:25:04.779><c> restore</c><00:25:05.299><c> and</c><00:25:05.619><c> build</c><00:25:05.880><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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That's<00:25:06.839><c> in</c><00:25:07.019><c> the</c><00:25:07.059><c> text</c><00:25:07.339><c> of</c><00:25:07.460><c> Daniel</c><00:25:07.779><c> chapter</c><00:25:08.099><c> 9.</c>

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Messiah<00:25:10.759><c> is</c><00:25:11.180><c> cut</c><00:25:11.500><c> off</c><00:25:11.859><c> in</c><00:25:12.119><c> the</c><00:25:12.420><c> midst</c><00:25:12.859><c> of</c><00:25:13.299><c> the</c><00:25:13.440><c> 77,</c>

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that's<00:25:15.900><c> 486</c><00:25:16.460><c> and</c><00:25:16.599><c> a</c><00:25:16.640><c> half</c><00:25:16.819><c> years.</c>

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Not<00:25:17.880><c> at</c><00:25:18.099><c> the</c><00:25:18.240><c> end</c><00:25:18.380><c> of</c><00:25:18.579><c> the</c><00:25:18.680><c> 69th</c><00:25:19.359><c> or</c><00:25:19.619><c> at</c><00:25:19.839><c> the</c><00:25:19.900><c> end</c><00:25:20.039><c> of</c><00:25:20.240><c> the</c><00:25:20.339><c> 70th.</c>

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We<00:25:21.019><c> need</c><00:25:21.180><c> to</c><00:25:21.319><c> be</c><00:25:21.539><c> clear</c><00:25:21.660><c> on</c><00:25:21.859><c> that.</c>

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It's<00:25:22.599><c> in</c><00:25:22.839><c> the</c><00:25:22.920><c> midst</c><00:25:23.140><c> of</c><00:25:23.359><c> the</c><00:25:23.480><c> week</c><00:25:23.779><c> that</c><00:25:24.259><c> Messiah</c><00:25:24.599><c> is</c><00:25:24.819><c> cut</c><00:25:25.059><c> off.</c>

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And<00:25:27.980><c> 483,</c><00:25:28.960><c> which</c><00:25:29.299><c> is</c><00:25:29.579><c> the</c><00:25:29.700><c> beginning</c><00:25:30.180><c> of</c><00:25:30.480><c> the</c><00:25:30.640><c> 70th</c><00:25:31.200><c> week,</c>

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is<00:25:32.559><c> not</c><00:25:32.740><c> his</c><00:25:32.980><c> birth,</c><00:25:33.740><c> it's</c><00:25:33.859><c> not</c><00:25:34.019><c> his</c><00:25:34.259><c> appearance</c>

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in<00:25:34.759><c> the</c><00:25:34.920><c> Temple</c><00:25:35.140><c> at</c><00:25:35.240><c> 12,</c><00:25:35.480><c> it's</c><00:25:35.700><c> not</c><00:25:35.839><c> his</c><00:25:36.059><c> crucifixion.</c>

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It's<00:25:37.440><c> the</c><00:25:37.640><c> start</c><00:25:37.779><c> of</c><00:25:37.940><c> his</c><00:25:38.160><c> ministry.</c>

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And<00:25:40.299><c> finally,</c><00:25:40.680><c> there</c><00:25:40.900><c> is</c><00:25:41.240><c> absolutely</c><00:25:41.839><c> no</c><00:25:42.380><c> scriptural</c><00:25:42.920><c> basis</c>

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for<00:25:44.019><c> putting</c><00:25:44.319><c> a</c><00:25:44.579><c> 2000</c><00:25:45.119><c> year</c><00:25:45.380><c> gap</c><00:25:45.720><c> in</c><00:25:46.000><c> the</c><00:25:46.079><c> middle</c><00:25:46.319><c> of</c><00:25:46.619><c> the</c><00:25:46.779><c> 77.</c>

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It's<00:25:49.019><c> continuous.</c>

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So<00:25:50.980><c> those</c><00:25:51.319><c> are</c><00:25:51.559><c> our</c><00:25:51.799><c> ground</c><00:25:52.039><c> rules.</c>

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So<00:25:53.500><c> how</c><00:25:53.700><c> do</c><00:25:53.839><c> we</c><00:25:53.900><c> go</c><00:25:54.079><c> about</c><00:25:54.359><c> interpreting</c><00:25:54.900><c> this?</c>

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Well,<00:25:56.720><c> the</c><00:25:56.940><c> start</c><00:25:57.140><c> date</c><00:25:57.380><c> is</c><00:25:57.660><c> clearly</c><00:25:57.960><c> the</c><00:25:58.200><c> 20th</c><00:25:58.599><c> of</c><00:25:58.759><c> Artaxerxes,</c>

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Nehemiah<00:26:00.099><c> 2</c><00:26:00.319><c> verse</c><00:26:00.579><c> 1,</c><00:26:01.160><c> because</c><00:26:01.420><c> that's</c><00:26:01.819><c> the</c><00:26:01.980><c> commandment</c>

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to<00:26:02.539><c> restore</c><00:26:02.920><c> and</c><00:26:03.099><c> build</c><00:26:03.259><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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Floyd<00:26:05.240><c> Nolan</c><00:26:05.500><c> Jones,</c><00:26:06.619><c> the</c><00:26:06.819><c> front</c><00:26:07.000><c> of</c><00:26:07.180><c> whose</c><00:26:07.299><c> book</c>

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I<00:26:07.799><c> showed</c><00:26:07.960><c> on</c><00:26:08.180><c> the</c><00:26:08.400><c> screen</c><00:26:08.980><c> in</c><00:26:09.400><c> the</c><00:26:09.500><c> last</c><00:26:09.799><c> class,</c>

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has<00:26:11.299><c> shown</c><00:26:12.119><c> from</c><00:26:12.599><c> historical</c><00:26:13.099><c> evidence</c>

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from<00:26:13.859><c> three</c><00:26:14.240><c> contemporary</c><00:26:14.940><c> historical</c><00:26:15.460><c> witnesses</c>

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that<00:26:16.940><c> Artaxerxes</c><00:26:17.779><c> was</c><00:26:18.180><c> co</c><00:26:18.619><c>-regent</c><00:26:18.960><c> with</c><00:26:19.160><c> his</c><00:26:19.400><c> father</c>

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for<00:26:19.960><c> nine</c><00:26:20.240><c> years.</c>

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Xerxes,<00:26:21.539><c> as</c><00:26:21.759><c> I</c><00:26:21.920><c> said,</c><00:26:22.099><c> had</c><00:26:22.180><c> been</c><00:26:22.319><c> battling</c><00:26:22.640><c> the</c><00:26:22.920><c> Greeks</c>

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and<00:26:24.420><c> lost,</c><00:26:25.400><c> and</c><00:26:25.640><c> when</c><00:26:25.819><c> he</c><00:26:25.980><c> came</c><00:26:26.220><c> home</c><00:26:26.539><c> he</c><00:26:26.740><c> was</c><00:26:27.000><c> fed</c><00:26:27.140><c> up</c>

00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:30.339
of<00:26:27.420><c> being</c><00:26:27.660><c> king,</c><00:26:28.339><c> so</c><00:26:28.740><c> he</c><00:26:29.119><c> retreated</c><00:26:29.579><c> into</c><00:26:29.799><c> the</c><00:26:30.039><c> delights</c>

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of<00:26:30.579><c> alcohol</c><00:26:30.940><c> and</c><00:26:31.119><c> the</c><00:26:31.299><c> harem</c><00:26:31.700><c> and</c><00:26:32.420><c> put</c><00:26:32.599><c> his</c><00:26:32.779><c> son</c><00:26:32.940><c> on</c><00:26:33.140><c> the</c><00:26:33.339><c> throne</c>

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and<00:26:33.680><c> said,</c><00:26:33.980><c> you</c><00:26:34.160><c> run</c><00:26:34.380><c> the</c><00:26:34.539><c> country,</c><00:26:35.200><c> I'm</c><00:26:35.460><c> not</c><00:26:35.700><c> interested</c><00:26:36.119><c> anymore.</c>

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So<00:26:39.500><c> Artaxerxes</c><00:26:39.980><c> was</c><00:26:40.299><c> co</c><00:26:40.519><c>-regent</c><00:26:40.759><c> with</c><00:26:40.940><c> his</c><00:26:41.079><c> father</c>

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for<00:26:41.779><c> nine</c><00:26:42.099><c> years,</c><00:26:42.720><c> and</c><00:26:42.799><c> this</c><00:26:43.059><c> 20th</c><00:26:43.579><c> of</c><00:26:43.759><c> Artaxerxes</c>

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that<00:26:44.700><c> we</c><00:26:44.900><c> have</c><00:26:45.039><c> in</c><00:26:45.180><c> Nehemiah</c><00:26:45.599><c> 2</c><00:26:46.160><c> dates</c><00:26:46.480><c> not</c><00:26:46.859><c> from</c><00:26:47.099><c> the</c><00:26:47.240><c> start</c>

00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:50.400
of<00:26:47.539><c> his</c><00:26:47.759><c> sole</c><00:26:48.000><c> reign</c><00:26:48.140><c> but</c><00:26:48.279><c> from</c><00:26:48.519><c> the</c><00:26:48.660><c> start</c><00:26:48.799><c> of</c><00:26:48.940><c> his</c><00:26:49.099><c> co</c><00:26:49.339><c>-regency.</c>

00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:53.880
And<00:26:51.339><c> 20</c><00:26:51.579><c> years</c><00:26:51.940><c> from</c><00:26:52.440><c> the</c><00:26:52.680><c> start</c><00:26:52.900><c> of</c><00:26:53.019><c> that</c><00:26:53.240><c> co</c><00:26:53.480><c>-regency</c>

00:26:53.880 --> 00:26:57.440
is<00:26:54.160><c> BC</c><00:26:54.539><c> 455,</c><00:26:55.900><c> Brother</c><00:26:56.039><c> Thomas</c><00:26:56.299><c> had</c><00:26:56.519><c> 456.</c>

00:26:57.579 --> 00:26:59.059
He<00:26:57.599><c> was</c><00:26:57.740><c> very</c><00:26:58.019><c> close.</c>

00:26:59.900 --> 00:27:03.039
That's<00:27:00.259><c> Floyd</c><00:27:00.480><c> Nolan</c><00:27:00.759><c> Jones'</c><00:27:01.319><c> date,</c><00:27:01.440><c> 455.</c>

00:27:04.079 --> 00:27:06.799
483<00:27:04.680><c> years</c><00:27:05.000><c> from</c><00:27:05.180><c> that</c><00:27:05.500><c> date</c><00:27:05.680><c> is</c><00:27:05.920><c> AD</c><00:27:06.140><c> 29,</c>

00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:10.799
which<00:27:07.019><c> is</c><00:27:07.299><c> the</c><00:27:07.440><c> 15th</c><00:27:08.059><c> of</c><00:27:08.160><c> Tiberius</c><00:27:09.380><c> of</c><00:27:09.720><c> Luke</c><00:27:09.920><c> 3</c><00:27:10.240><c> verse</c><00:27:10.480><c> 1</c>

00:27:10.799 --> 00:27:13.380
when<00:27:10.980><c> the</c><00:27:11.119><c> ministry</c><00:27:11.440><c> of</c><00:27:11.539><c> John</c><00:27:11.839><c> and</c><00:27:11.980><c> Jesus</c><00:27:12.319><c> started.</c>

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:18.460
So<00:27:14.740><c> 486</c><00:27:15.660><c>.5</c><00:27:16.000><c> years</c><00:27:16.359><c> from</c><00:27:16.619><c> this</c><00:27:16.900><c> date,</c><00:27:17.380><c> crucifixion,</c>

00:27:18.819 --> 00:27:22.640
14th<00:27:19.220><c> of</c><00:27:19.359><c> Abib,</c><00:27:19.640><c> AD</c><00:27:20.059><c> 33,</c><00:27:20.980><c> after</c><00:27:21.279><c> a</c><00:27:21.480><c> 3</c><00:27:21.640><c>.5</c><00:27:21.920><c> year</c><00:27:22.160><c> ministry,</c>

00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:25.740
and<00:27:23.180><c> I</c><00:27:23.299><c> believe</c><00:27:23.740><c> that</c><00:27:23.980><c> the</c><00:27:24.059><c> 14th</c><00:27:24.579><c> of</c><00:27:24.700><c> Abib,</c><00:27:25.059><c> 1833,</c>

00:27:25.940 --> 00:27:27.039
was<00:27:26.039><c> a</c><00:27:26.160><c> Wednesday.</c>

00:27:27.640 --> 00:27:31.640
So<00:27:28.240><c> there's</c><00:27:28.759><c> our</c><00:27:28.960><c> layout</c><00:27:29.240><c> of</c><00:27:29.660><c> the</c><00:27:30.140><c> 70</c><00:27:30.539><c> weeks</c><00:27:30.940><c> of</c><00:27:31.380><c> prophecy.</c>

00:27:31.640 --> 00:27:37.140
And<00:27:32.519><c> all</c><00:27:32.779><c> that</c><00:27:33.039><c> started</c><00:27:33.880><c> in</c><00:27:34.880><c> Nehemiah</c><00:27:35.220><c> 2</c><00:27:35.799><c> verse</c><00:27:36.180><c> 1.</c>

00:27:37.880 --> 00:27:41.099
So<00:27:38.200><c> remember</c><00:27:38.660><c> that</c><00:27:38.799><c> we</c><00:27:38.900><c> read</c><00:27:39.059><c> at</c><00:27:39.259><c> the</c><00:27:39.359><c> end</c><00:27:39.640><c> of</c><00:27:39.880><c> Nehemiah</c><00:27:40.579><c> 1</c>

00:27:41.099 --> 00:27:43.799
that<00:27:41.740><c> Nehemiah</c><00:27:42.299><c> was</c><00:27:42.519><c> the</c><00:27:42.759><c> king's</c><00:27:43.440><c> cuphead.</c>

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:45.880
That<00:27:44.500><c> was</c><00:27:44.700><c> an</c><00:27:44.839><c> absolutely</c><00:27:45.180><c> key</c><00:27:45.599><c> job.</c>

00:27:45.900 --> 00:27:48.460
If<00:27:46.000><c> you</c><00:27:46.119><c> wanted</c><00:27:46.339><c> to</c><00:27:46.500><c> get</c><00:27:46.599><c> rid</c><00:27:46.740><c> of</c><00:27:46.880><c> the</c><00:27:46.960><c> king</c><00:27:47.380><c> in</c><00:27:47.779><c> those</c><00:27:48.039><c> days,</c>

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:51.319
one<00:27:48.900><c> of</c><00:27:49.000><c> the</c><00:27:49.039><c> best</c><00:27:49.220><c> ways</c><00:27:49.440><c> to</c><00:27:49.619><c> do</c><00:27:49.660><c> it</c><00:27:49.779><c> was</c><00:27:49.900><c> to</c><00:27:50.059><c> poison</c><00:27:50.259><c> him.</c>

00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:55.859
Nehemiah<00:27:52.779><c> would</c><00:27:52.980><c> have</c><00:27:53.160><c> been</c><00:27:53.759><c> remunerated</c><00:27:54.660><c> beyond</c><00:27:55.160><c> corruption</c>

00:27:55.859 --> 00:27:58.099
to<00:27:56.579><c> hold</c><00:27:56.759><c> that</c><00:27:57.059><c> responsible</c><00:27:57.700><c> job.</c>

00:27:58.099 --> 00:28:01.759
God<00:27:58.779><c> puts</c><00:27:59.160><c> his</c><00:27:59.559><c> faithful</c><00:27:59.880><c> servants</c><00:28:00.339><c> into</c><00:28:00.720><c> key</c><00:28:01.039><c> positions,</c>

00:28:02.140 --> 00:28:04.019
as<00:28:02.539><c> he</c><00:28:02.660><c> did</c><00:28:02.819><c> with</c><00:28:03.059><c> Joseph</c><00:28:03.400><c> and</c><00:28:03.619><c> Daniel,</c>

00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:07.000
that<00:28:04.380><c> his</c><00:28:04.700><c> will</c><00:28:04.839><c> might</c><00:28:05.079><c> be</c><00:28:05.299><c> done</c><00:28:05.380><c> in</c><00:28:05.579><c> the</c><00:28:05.720><c> kingdom</c><00:28:05.940><c> of</c><00:28:06.180><c> men.</c>

00:28:08.140 --> 00:28:11.299
And<00:28:08.319><c> the</c><00:28:08.519><c> decree</c><00:28:08.720><c> had</c><00:28:08.980><c> to</c><00:28:09.140><c> be</c><00:28:09.259><c> issued</c><00:28:09.440><c> at</c><00:28:09.660><c> exactly</c><00:28:10.359><c> this</c><00:28:10.700><c> time</c>

00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:14.400
to<00:28:11.960><c> start</c><00:28:12.200><c> the</c><00:28:12.339><c> 70</c><00:28:12.640><c> weeks</c><00:28:12.859><c> prophecy</c><00:28:13.380><c> ticking.</c>

00:28:15.099 --> 00:28:19.039
So<00:28:15.279><c> Nehemiah</c><00:28:15.799><c> appears</c><00:28:16.160><c> before</c><00:28:16.519><c> the</c><00:28:16.720><c> king</c><00:28:17.099><c> with</c><00:28:17.559><c> a</c><00:28:17.680><c> sad</c><00:28:17.920><c> countenance.</c>

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:20.119
Nehemiah<00:28:19.759><c> 2,</c>

00:28:20.460 --> 00:28:21.779
Wherefore<00:28:20.819><c> the</c><00:28:20.940><c> king</c><00:28:21.180><c> said</c><00:28:21.460><c> unto</c><00:28:21.619><c> me,</c>

00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:24.980
Why<00:28:22.019><c> is</c><00:28:22.180><c> thy</c><00:28:22.319><c> countenance</c><00:28:22.940><c> sad,</c><00:28:23.640><c> seeing</c><00:28:23.940><c> thou</c><00:28:24.200><c> art</c><00:28:24.400><c> not</c><00:28:24.660><c> sick?</c>

00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:28.299
This<00:28:25.640><c> is</c><00:28:25.900><c> nothing</c><00:28:26.119><c> else</c><00:28:26.440><c> but</c><00:28:26.700><c> sorrow</c><00:28:26.980><c> of</c><00:28:27.279><c> heart.</c>

00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:29.920
Then<00:28:28.599><c> was</c><00:28:28.859><c> I</c><00:28:29.059><c> very</c><00:28:29.420><c> sore</c><00:28:29.599><c> afraid.</c>

00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:32.539
He<00:28:30.240><c> fasted</c><00:28:30.619><c> for</c><00:28:30.819><c> four</c><00:28:31.000><c> months</c><00:28:31.319><c> and</c><00:28:31.480><c> it</c><00:28:31.799><c> showed.</c>

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:35.839
Where<00:28:32.839><c> did</c><00:28:32.980><c> the</c><00:28:33.140><c> king</c><00:28:33.319><c> be?</c><00:28:33.779><c> On</c><00:28:33.980><c> a</c><00:28:34.140><c> campaign?</c><00:28:34.819><c> Probably.</c>

00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:37.759
And<00:28:36.140><c> now</c><00:28:36.259><c> he</c><00:28:36.339><c> comes</c><00:28:36.559><c> back</c><00:28:36.819><c> to</c><00:28:36.960><c> his</c><00:28:37.140><c> palace,</c>

00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:41.440
had<00:28:38.319><c> a</c><00:28:38.539><c> party,</c><00:28:39.440><c> and</c><00:28:39.559><c> his</c><00:28:39.740><c> cupbearers</c><00:28:40.180><c> looking</c><00:28:40.460><c> miserable.</c>

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:44.880
The<00:28:41.839><c> word</c><00:28:42.119><c> sad</c><00:28:42.460><c> is</c><00:28:42.660><c> the</c><00:28:42.819><c> Hebrew</c><00:28:43.019><c> word</c><00:28:43.200><c> ra,</c><00:28:43.619><c> which</c><00:28:43.680><c> means</c><00:28:43.920><c> evil.</c>

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:47.599
The<00:28:45.279><c> word</c><00:28:45.579><c> sorrow</c><00:28:46.019><c> is</c><00:28:46.619><c> the</c><00:28:46.779><c> Hebrew</c><00:28:47.099><c> word</c><00:28:47.319><c> ra,</c>

00:28:47.900 --> 00:28:51.200
which<00:28:48.059><c> means,</c><00:28:48.480><c> as</c><00:28:48.640><c> translated</c><00:28:49.119><c> as</c><00:28:49.400><c> evil</c><00:28:49.700><c> and</c><00:28:49.980><c> wickedness.</c>

00:28:51.660 --> 00:28:53.039
Not<00:28:51.859><c> a</c><00:28:51.960><c> good</c><00:28:52.119><c> reaction.</c>

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:57.019
Hardly<00:28:54.019><c> surprising</c><00:28:54.519><c> that</c><00:28:54.839><c> Nehemiah</c><00:28:55.259><c> was</c><00:28:55.559><c> swept</c><00:28:55.740><c> with</c><00:28:56.039><c> fear,</c>

00:28:57.039 --> 00:28:58.799
but<00:28:57.119><c> he</c><00:28:57.400><c> responds</c><00:28:57.759><c> in</c><00:28:58.000><c> absolute</c><00:28:58.420><c> faith.</c>

00:28:58.819 --> 00:29:01.039
Verse<00:28:59.059><c> 3,</c><00:28:59.839><c> And</c><00:29:00.000><c> I</c><00:29:00.039><c> said</c><00:29:00.259><c> unto</c><00:29:00.460><c> the</c><00:29:00.680><c> king,</c>

00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:02.420
Let<00:29:01.400><c> the</c><00:29:01.539><c> king</c><00:29:01.799><c> live</c><00:29:02.000><c> forever.</c>

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:04.740
Why<00:29:03.019><c> should</c><00:29:03.299><c> not</c><00:29:03.480><c> my</c><00:29:03.740><c> countenance</c><00:29:04.259><c> be</c><00:29:04.579><c> sad,</c>

00:29:04.839 --> 00:29:07.759
when<00:29:04.920><c> the</c><00:29:05.160><c> city,</c><00:29:05.799><c> the</c><00:29:05.880><c> place</c><00:29:06.099><c> of</c><00:29:06.279><c> my</c><00:29:06.480><c> father</c><00:29:06.859><c> Sepulchre's</c><00:29:07.539><c> life,</c>

00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:10.359
wastes,<00:29:08.400><c> and</c><00:29:08.539><c> the</c><00:29:08.759><c> gates</c><00:29:09.019><c> thereof</c><00:29:09.319><c> are</c><00:29:09.460><c> consumed</c><00:29:09.839><c> with</c><00:29:10.160><c> fire?</c>

00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:12.059
I've<00:29:10.740><c> got</c><00:29:10.940><c> a</c><00:29:11.119><c> cause.</c>

00:29:13.819 --> 00:29:16.099
And<00:29:14.119><c> the</c><00:29:14.200><c> king</c><00:29:14.400><c> is</c><00:29:14.559><c> impressed</c><00:29:14.859><c> by</c><00:29:15.140><c> this.</c>

00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:18.150
Then<00:29:16.640><c> the</c><00:29:16.740><c> king</c><00:29:16.980><c> said</c><00:29:17.220><c> unto</c><00:29:17.400><c> me,</c>

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:20.660
For<00:29:18.680><c> what</c><00:29:18.940><c> dost</c><00:29:19.200><c> thou</c><00:29:19.359><c> make</c><00:29:19.660><c> request?</c>

00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:23.140
So<00:29:21.460><c> I</c><00:29:21.779><c> prayed</c><00:29:22.119><c> unto</c><00:29:22.380><c> the</c><00:29:22.559><c> God</c><00:29:22.700><c> of</c><00:29:22.859><c> heaven.</c>

00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:25.079
Instant<00:29:23.940><c> reaction.</c>

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:26.480
Prayer.

00:29:29.859 --> 00:29:31.640
And<00:29:29.960><c> I</c><00:29:30.200><c> said</c><00:29:30.359><c> unto</c><00:29:30.559><c> the</c><00:29:30.779><c> king,</c>

00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:33.480
If<00:29:31.779><c> it</c><00:29:32.019><c> please</c><00:29:32.240><c> the</c><00:29:32.420><c> king,</c><00:29:32.740><c> and</c><00:29:32.859><c> if</c><00:29:33.019><c> thy</c><00:29:33.140><c> servant</c>

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:35.039
have<00:29:33.759><c> found</c><00:29:33.880><c> favour</c><00:29:34.220><c> in</c><00:29:34.380><c> thy</c><00:29:34.660><c> sight,</c>

00:29:35.359 --> 00:29:36.819
that<00:29:35.440><c> thou</c><00:29:35.579><c> wouldest</c><00:29:35.960><c> send</c><00:29:36.099><c> me</c><00:29:36.259><c> unto</c><00:29:36.460><c> Judah,</c>

00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:39.160
unto<00:29:37.079><c> the</c><00:29:37.279><c> city</c><00:29:37.539><c> of</c><00:29:37.680><c> my</c><00:29:37.920><c> father</c><00:29:38.259><c> Sepulchre's,</c>

00:29:39.160 --> 00:29:40.779
that<00:29:39.259><c> I</c><00:29:39.480><c> may</c><00:29:39.619><c> build</c><00:29:39.880><c> it.</c>

00:29:41.099 --> 00:29:43.880
And<00:29:41.579><c> the</c><00:29:41.660><c> king</c><00:29:41.920><c> said,</c><00:29:42.779><c> Okay.</c>

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:46.000
How<00:29:44.440><c> long</c><00:29:44.579><c> do</c><00:29:44.700><c> you</c><00:29:44.740><c> want</c><00:29:44.920><c> off</c><00:29:45.079><c> the</c><00:29:45.240><c> job?</c>

00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:47.880
Twelve<00:29:46.660><c> years,</c><00:29:46.960><c> please.</c>

00:29:48.059 --> 00:29:49.599
Imagine<00:29:48.619><c> going</c><00:29:48.880><c> to</c><00:29:49.039><c> the</c><00:29:49.180><c> boss</c><00:29:49.339><c> and</c><00:29:49.480><c> asking</c>

00:29:49.599 --> 00:29:51.099
for<00:29:49.759><c> a</c><00:29:49.880><c> twelve</c><00:29:50.000><c> years</c><00:29:50.220><c> leave</c><00:29:50.440><c> of</c><00:29:50.640><c> absence.</c>

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:52.819
It<00:29:51.480><c> was</c><00:29:51.480><c> all</c><00:29:51.619><c> without</c><00:29:51.960><c> pay.</c>

00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:55.779
And<00:29:53.799><c> that's</c><00:29:53.900><c> what</c><00:29:54.059><c> the</c><00:29:54.180><c> king</c><00:29:54.299><c> granted</c><00:29:54.640><c> him.</c>

00:29:56.680 --> 00:29:58.400
So<00:29:56.900><c> Nehemiah</c><00:29:57.380><c> made</c><00:29:57.740><c> his</c><00:29:57.960><c> journey,</c>

00:29:58.559 --> 00:30:00.319
following<00:29:58.880><c> the</c><00:29:59.039><c> steps</c><00:29:59.400><c> of</c><00:29:59.619><c> Abram,</c>

00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:03.859
Zerubbabel,<00:30:01.440><c> Joshua,</c><00:30:02.559><c> and</c><00:30:02.839><c> Ezra.</c>

00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:05.359
And<00:30:04.279><c> he</c><00:30:04.400><c> came</c><00:30:04.779><c> to</c><00:30:05.019><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:06.740
Now<00:30:05.960><c> remember</c><00:30:06.160><c> the</c><00:30:06.339><c> context,</c>

00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:08.500
the<00:30:07.019><c> Samaritans</c><00:30:07.619><c> and</c><00:30:07.819><c> their</c><00:30:08.039><c> allies</c>

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:11.900
are<00:30:09.099><c> in</c><00:30:09.400><c> power</c><00:30:09.720><c> over</c><00:30:10.059><c> the</c><00:30:10.279><c> Jews</c><00:30:10.559><c> in</c><00:30:10.839><c> the</c><00:30:11.039><c> land.</c>

00:30:14.299 --> 00:30:15.400
So<00:30:14.619><c> verse</c><00:30:14.859><c> 9,</c>

00:30:15.400 --> 00:30:17.880
I<00:30:16.039><c> came</c><00:30:16.420><c> to</c><00:30:16.640><c> the</c><00:30:16.839><c> governors</c><00:30:17.140><c> beyond</c><00:30:17.500><c> the</c><00:30:17.680><c> river,</c>

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:19.380
the<00:30:18.180><c> Samaritans,</c>

00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:22.220
and<00:30:19.859><c> I</c><00:30:20.119><c> gave</c><00:30:20.380><c> them</c><00:30:20.619><c> the</c><00:30:20.839><c> king's</c><00:30:21.299><c> letters.</c>

00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:24.279
And<00:30:22.980><c> he's</c><00:30:23.200><c> got</c><00:30:23.400><c> captains</c><00:30:23.740><c> of</c><00:30:23.940><c> the</c><00:30:24.099><c> army</c>

00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:26.480
and<00:30:24.519><c> horsemen</c><00:30:24.859><c> with</c><00:30:25.000><c> him</c><00:30:25.140><c> to</c><00:30:25.339><c> back</c><00:30:25.460><c> him</c><00:30:25.640><c> up.</c>

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:28.039
Can<00:30:27.000><c> you</c><00:30:27.140><c> imagine</c><00:30:27.559><c> the</c><00:30:27.740><c> reaction</c>

00:30:28.039 --> 00:30:29.619
of<00:30:28.220><c> the</c><00:30:28.339><c> Samaritans,</c>

00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:32.000
who<00:30:30.000><c> were</c><00:30:30.359><c> absolutely</c><00:30:31.000><c> on</c><00:30:31.259><c> top</c><00:30:31.380><c> of</c><00:30:31.519><c> the</c><00:30:31.680><c> world.</c>

00:30:32.099 --> 00:30:33.880
They<00:30:32.559><c> had</c><00:30:32.880><c> got</c><00:30:33.059><c> the</c><00:30:33.240><c> dominance</c><00:30:33.559><c> now</c>

00:30:33.880 --> 00:30:35.700
over<00:30:34.079><c> the</c><00:30:34.259><c> Jews.</c><00:30:34.519><c> They</c><00:30:34.720><c> ruled.</c>

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:38.319
Verse<00:30:37.220><c> 10,</c>

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When<00:30:38.680><c> Sambalat</c><00:30:39.519><c> and</c><00:30:39.759><c> the</c><00:30:39.940><c> Horonite</c>

00:30:40.380 --> 00:30:41.940
and<00:30:40.579><c> Tobiah</c><00:30:40.960><c> the</c><00:30:41.200><c> servant</c><00:30:41.420><c> the</c><00:30:41.640><c> Amorite</c>

00:30:41.940 --> 00:30:44.160
heard<00:30:42.200><c> of</c><00:30:42.319><c> it,</c><00:30:42.759><c> it</c><00:30:43.059><c> grieved</c><00:30:43.299><c> them</c><00:30:43.640><c> exceedingly</c>

00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:45.380
that<00:30:44.299><c> there</c><00:30:44.400><c> was</c><00:30:44.579><c> come</c><00:30:44.779><c> a</c><00:30:44.920><c> man</c><00:30:45.059><c> to</c><00:30:45.240><c> build</c>

00:30:45.380 --> 00:30:46.819
the<00:30:45.559><c> walls</c><00:30:45.740><c> of</c><00:30:45.940><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:48.980
No,<00:30:48.119><c> that's</c><00:30:48.140><c> not</c><00:30:48.319><c> what</c><00:30:48.400><c> the</c><00:30:48.559><c> text</c><00:30:48.720><c> says,</c>

00:30:49.119 --> 00:30:50.519
is<00:30:49.220><c> it,</c><00:30:49.299><c> brothers</c><00:30:49.460><c> and</c><00:30:49.680><c> sisters?</c>

00:30:52.839 --> 00:30:53.720
He<00:30:53.279><c> came</c>

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:56.099
to<00:30:54.599><c> seek</c><00:30:54.900><c> the</c><00:30:55.180><c> welfare</c>

00:30:56.099 --> 00:30:57.740
of<00:30:56.319><c> the</c><00:30:56.480><c> children</c><00:30:56.900><c> of</c><00:30:57.220><c> Israel.</c>

00:30:58.079 --> 00:30:59.319
Building<00:30:58.400><c> the</c><00:30:58.619><c> walls</c><00:30:58.759><c> of</c><00:30:58.980><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:30:59.319 --> 00:31:01.000
was<00:30:59.559><c> an</c><00:30:59.740><c> adjunct</c><00:31:00.140><c> to</c><00:31:00.279><c> that.</c>

00:31:01.940 --> 00:31:03.460
So<00:31:02.200><c> when</c><00:31:02.339><c> we</c><00:31:02.559><c> come</c><00:31:02.759><c> into</c><00:31:02.960><c> the</c><00:31:03.140><c> company</c>

00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:04.380
of<00:31:03.680><c> brothers</c><00:31:03.819><c> and</c><00:31:04.119><c> sisters,</c>

00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:07.119
and<00:31:04.599><c> we've</c><00:31:04.920><c> come</c><00:31:05.119><c> from</c><00:31:05.420><c> all</c><00:31:05.640><c> over</c><00:31:05.839><c> the</c><00:31:06.039><c> place</c>

00:31:07.180 --> 00:31:08.460
into<00:31:07.619><c> one</c><00:31:07.859><c> another's</c><00:31:08.259><c> company,</c>

00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:09.680
what<00:31:08.720><c> do</c><00:31:08.720><c> we</c><00:31:08.940><c> seek</c><00:31:09.099><c> to</c><00:31:09.319><c> do?</c>

00:31:09.680 --> 00:31:11.779
Do<00:31:10.160><c> we</c><00:31:10.359><c> seek</c><00:31:10.559><c> their</c><00:31:10.779><c> welfare?</c>

00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:13.940
The<00:31:12.519><c> word</c><00:31:12.859><c> there</c><00:31:13.279><c> is</c>

00:31:13.940 --> 00:31:15.339
tob<00:31:14.319><c> in</c><00:31:14.480><c> the</c><00:31:14.619><c> Hebrew,</c><00:31:14.940><c> good.</c>

00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:18.460
Do<00:31:15.960><c> we</c><00:31:16.099><c> seek</c><00:31:16.259><c> the</c><00:31:16.480><c> good</c><00:31:16.640><c> of</c><00:31:16.859><c> our</c><00:31:17.019><c> brothers</c><00:31:17.200><c> and</c><00:31:17.460><c> sisters?</c>

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:21.720
Are<00:31:19.819><c> we</c><00:31:20.079><c> seeking</c><00:31:20.299><c> to</c><00:31:20.500><c> do</c><00:31:20.619><c> our</c><00:31:20.819><c> best</c><00:31:21.019><c> to</c><00:31:21.220><c> help</c><00:31:21.480><c> them</c>

00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:22.900
to<00:31:21.859><c> the</c><00:31:22.019><c> kingdom?</c>

00:31:23.599 --> 00:31:25.920
That's<00:31:23.819><c> what</c><00:31:24.019><c> Nehemiah</c><00:31:24.480><c> was</c><00:31:24.640><c> doing</c><00:31:24.839><c> when</c><00:31:25.119><c> he</c><00:31:25.220><c> came</c><00:31:25.460><c> to</c><00:31:25.579><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:28.000
building<00:31:26.319><c> the</c><00:31:26.519><c> walls</c><00:31:26.680><c> of</c><00:31:26.880><c> secondary</c>

00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:29.380
objecting.

00:31:29.660 --> 00:31:31.599
He<00:31:29.920><c> wanted</c><00:31:30.220><c> to</c><00:31:30.660><c> spiritually</c><00:31:31.119><c> revive</c>

00:31:31.599 --> 00:31:33.700
the<00:31:31.839><c> nation,</c><00:31:32.440><c> that</c><00:31:32.579><c> a</c><00:31:32.839><c> righteous</c><00:31:33.299><c> nation</c>

00:31:33.700 --> 00:31:36.319
which<00:31:34.000><c> kept</c><00:31:34.259><c> the</c><00:31:34.539><c> truth</c><00:31:34.759><c> might</c><00:31:35.039><c> enter</c><00:31:35.299><c> the</c><00:31:35.519><c> city.</c>

00:31:37.160 --> 00:31:37.640
So<00:31:37.440><c> who</c>

00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:39.140
were<00:31:37.640><c> the</c><00:31:37.759><c> adversaries</c><00:31:38.420><c> who</c><00:31:38.619><c> opposed</c><00:31:38.960><c> him?</c>

00:31:39.319 --> 00:31:40.259
Well,<00:31:39.319><c> they're</c><00:31:39.420><c> there</c><00:31:39.619><c> in</c><00:31:39.759><c> verse</c><00:31:39.980><c> 10,</c>

00:31:40.400 --> 00:31:42.380
Sanballat<00:31:40.940><c> the</c><00:31:41.160><c> Horonite.</c>

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:45.000
Sanballat<00:31:43.039><c> is</c><00:31:43.299><c> a</c><00:31:43.460><c> Babylonian</c><00:31:44.119><c> name.</c>

00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:48.140
It<00:31:45.440><c> means</c><00:31:45.880><c> the</c><00:31:46.220><c> moon</c><00:31:46.579><c> god</c><00:31:46.839><c> is</c><00:31:47.319><c> exalted.</c>

00:31:50.079 --> 00:31:52.420
Tobiah<00:31:50.279><c> the</c><00:31:50.539><c> Ammonite,</c>

00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:53.740
tob<00:31:52.960><c> in</c><00:31:53.160><c> Hebrew</c><00:31:53.500><c> is</c>

00:31:53.740 --> 00:31:55.599
good,<00:31:54.539><c> I</c><00:31:54.880><c>-A</c><00:31:55.059><c>-H</c><00:31:55.180><c> of</c><00:31:55.380><c> course</c>

00:31:55.599 --> 00:31:57.259
is<00:31:55.839><c> the</c><00:31:56.000><c> divine</c><00:31:56.299><c> name.</c>

00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:58.640
So<00:31:57.740><c> Tobiah</c><00:31:58.119><c> means</c>

00:31:58.640 --> 00:31:59.859
the<00:31:59.019><c> goodness</c><00:31:59.359><c> of</c><00:31:59.720><c> Yah.</c>

00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:02.039
You<00:32:00.220><c> put</c><00:32:00.359><c> those</c><00:32:00.579><c> two</c><00:32:00.779><c> together,</c>

00:32:02.359 --> 00:32:04.519
exalt<00:32:02.559><c> the</c><00:32:02.740><c> moon</c><00:32:02.980><c> god</c><00:32:03.240><c> and</c><00:32:03.680><c> the</c><00:32:03.819><c> goodness</c><00:32:04.039><c> of</c><00:32:04.319><c> Yah.</c>

00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:06.259
They<00:32:04.880><c> wanted</c><00:32:05.119><c> the</c><00:32:05.259><c> best</c><00:32:05.480><c> of</c><00:32:05.680><c> both</c><00:32:05.900><c> worlds,</c>

00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:08.039
which<00:32:06.619><c> is</c><00:32:06.700><c> what</c><00:32:06.920><c> the</c><00:32:07.099><c> Samaritans</c><00:32:07.640><c> had</c><00:32:07.880><c> done</c>

00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:09.619
all<00:32:08.339><c> down</c><00:32:08.579><c> the</c><00:32:08.779><c> line.</c>

00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:11.900
They<00:32:09.799><c> were</c><00:32:10.019><c> brought</c><00:32:10.240><c> into</c><00:32:10.480><c> the</c><00:32:10.660><c> land</c><00:32:10.799><c> by</c><00:32:11.019><c> the</c><00:32:11.180><c> king</c><00:32:11.299><c> of</c><00:32:11.460><c> Assyria,</c>

00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:13.559
they<00:32:12.559><c> worshipped</c><00:32:12.819><c> their</c><00:32:13.079><c> own</c><00:32:13.299><c> gods,</c>

00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:15.519
the<00:32:13.980><c> lions</c><00:32:14.259><c> came,</c><00:32:14.839><c> priests</c><00:32:15.079><c> were</c><00:32:15.339><c> sent,</c>

00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:17.480
taught<00:32:15.779><c> them</c><00:32:16.200><c> some</c><00:32:16.400><c> of</c><00:32:16.559><c> the</c><00:32:16.720><c> truth,</c>

00:32:17.680 --> 00:32:20.339
and<00:32:18.160><c> they</c><00:32:18.640><c> served</c><00:32:18.880><c> Yahweh</c><00:32:19.359><c> and</c><00:32:19.920><c> worshipped</c>

00:32:20.339 --> 00:32:21.220
their<00:32:20.640><c> own</c><00:32:20.839><c> gods.</c>

00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:23.799
And<00:32:22.019><c> these</c><00:32:22.240><c> two</c><00:32:22.539><c> encapsulate</c>

00:32:23.799 --> 00:32:26.720
the<00:32:24.200><c> spirit</c><00:32:24.720><c> of</c><00:32:25.240><c> the</c><00:32:25.440><c> Samaritans.</c>

00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:30.559
And<00:32:27.819><c> there's</c><00:32:28.019><c> also</c><00:32:28.940><c> Gishem</c><00:32:29.500><c> the</c><00:32:29.759><c> Arabian,</c>

00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:33.019
who's<00:32:30.920><c> mentioned</c><00:32:31.319><c> in</c><00:32:31.539><c> verse</c><00:32:31.799><c> 19.</c>

00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:35.099
And<00:32:33.779><c> Syrian</c><00:32:34.039><c> history</c><00:32:34.460><c> testifies</c>

00:32:35.099 --> 00:32:37.519
that<00:32:35.380><c> Saddam</c><00:32:35.660><c> put</c><00:32:35.900><c> Arabs</c><00:32:36.299><c> in</c><00:32:36.599><c> Samaria.</c>

00:32:38.420 --> 00:32:39.599
And<00:32:38.500><c> chapter</c><00:32:38.700><c> 4,</c><00:32:39.119><c> verse</c><00:32:39.299><c> 2</c>

00:32:39.599 --> 00:32:41.319
of<00:32:39.759><c> Nehemiah</c><00:32:40.259><c> refers</c><00:32:40.759><c> to</c>

00:32:41.319 --> 00:32:43.819
the<00:32:41.660><c> army</c><00:32:42.000><c> of</c><00:32:42.359><c> Samaria.</c>

00:32:45.380 --> 00:32:48.039
These<00:32:46.059><c> are</c><00:32:46.740><c> the</c><00:32:47.059><c> enemies</c>

00:32:48.660 --> 00:32:49.839
without.

00:32:51.579 --> 00:32:53.119
But<00:32:51.660><c> as</c><00:32:51.900><c> brother</c><00:32:52.160><c> Paul</c><00:32:52.440><c> said</c><00:32:52.700><c> in</c><00:32:52.900><c> his</c>

00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:55.319
exhortation,<00:32:53.799><c> quoting</c><00:32:54.160><c> from</c>

00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:56.799
the<00:32:55.460><c> apostle</c><00:32:55.799><c> Paul</c><00:32:56.140><c> in</c><00:32:56.400><c> Acts,</c>

00:32:57.279 --> 00:32:58.660
there<00:32:57.319><c> are</c><00:32:57.599><c> also</c><00:32:58.180><c> enemies</c>

00:32:58.660 --> 00:33:02.019
of<00:32:58.940><c> your</c><00:32:59.500><c> own</c><00:32:59.940><c> selves</c><00:33:00.500><c> shall</c><00:33:00.740><c> men</c><00:33:00.980><c> arise.</c>

00:33:02.079 --> 00:33:03.559
So<00:33:02.440><c> have</c><00:33:02.660><c> a</c><00:33:02.759><c> look</c><00:33:02.920><c> at</c><00:33:03.059><c> chapter</c><00:33:03.180><c> 6,</c>

00:33:03.680 --> 00:33:06.019
verse<00:33:03.920><c> 10.</c>

00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:09.619
Nehemiah<00:33:08.960><c> chapter</c><00:33:09.200><c> 6,</c>

00:33:09.680 --> 00:33:12.019
verse<00:33:09.859><c> 10.</c>

00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:17.819
Afterward<00:33:16.880><c> I</c><00:33:17.000><c> came</c><00:33:17.299><c> into</c><00:33:17.500><c> the</c><00:33:17.599><c> house</c>

00:33:17.819 --> 00:33:19.279
of<00:33:18.019><c> Shemaiah</c><00:33:18.440><c> the</c><00:33:18.599><c> son</c><00:33:18.799><c> of</c><00:33:18.859><c> Deliah,</c>

00:33:19.380 --> 00:33:21.519
the<00:33:19.460><c> son</c><00:33:19.640><c> of</c><00:33:19.720><c> Mahatabeel,</c><00:33:20.740><c> who</c><00:33:20.880><c> was</c><00:33:21.059><c> shut</c><00:33:21.279><c> up.</c>

00:33:21.539 --> 00:33:23.579
And<00:33:21.720><c> he</c><00:33:21.880><c> said,</c><00:33:22.380><c> Let</c><00:33:22.559><c> us</c><00:33:22.720><c> meet</c><00:33:22.900><c> together</c><00:33:23.299><c> in</c><00:33:23.440><c> the</c>

00:33:23.579 --> 00:33:25.559
house<00:33:23.740><c> of</c><00:33:23.900><c> God</c><00:33:24.140><c> within</c><00:33:24.380><c> the</c><00:33:24.599><c> temple,</c><00:33:25.140><c> and</c><00:33:25.279><c> let</c><00:33:25.440><c> us</c>

00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:27.400
shut<00:33:25.759><c> the</c><00:33:25.900><c> doors</c><00:33:26.079><c> of</c><00:33:26.259><c> the</c><00:33:26.359><c> temple,</c><00:33:26.720><c> for</c><00:33:26.859><c> they</c><00:33:26.980><c> will</c><00:33:27.180><c> come</c>

00:33:27.400 --> 00:33:29.599
to<00:33:27.660><c> slaving,</c><00:33:28.480><c> yea</c><00:33:28.640><c> in</c><00:33:28.799><c> the</c><00:33:28.960><c> night</c><00:33:29.119><c> they</c><00:33:29.240><c> will</c><00:33:29.400><c> come</c>

00:33:29.599 --> 00:33:31.339
to<00:33:29.720><c> slaving.</c><00:33:30.480><c> And</c><00:33:30.680><c> I</c><00:33:30.900><c> said,</c>

00:33:31.819 --> 00:33:33.880
should<00:33:32.019><c> such</c><00:33:32.200><c> a</c><00:33:32.380><c> man</c><00:33:32.440><c> as</c><00:33:32.660><c> I</c><00:33:32.920><c> flee,</c>

00:33:34.099 --> 00:33:36.140
and<00:33:34.279><c> who</c><00:33:34.460><c> is</c><00:33:34.720><c> there</c><00:33:35.000><c> that</c><00:33:35.319><c> being</c><00:33:35.619><c> as</c><00:33:35.859><c> I</c><00:33:36.000><c> am</c>

00:33:36.140 --> 00:33:37.839
would<00:33:36.259><c> go</c><00:33:36.440><c> into</c><00:33:36.640><c> the</c><00:33:36.819><c> temple</c><00:33:37.059><c> to</c><00:33:37.319><c> save</c><00:33:37.440><c> his</c><00:33:37.660><c> life?</c>

00:33:37.859 --> 00:33:40.079
I<00:33:38.059><c> will</c><00:33:38.240><c> not</c><00:33:38.420><c> go</c><00:33:38.680><c> in.</c><00:33:39.259><c> And</c><00:33:39.440><c> though</c><00:33:39.599><c> I</c><00:33:39.819><c> perceived</c>

00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:41.619
that<00:33:40.259><c> God</c><00:33:40.460><c> had</c><00:33:40.660><c> not</c><00:33:40.859><c> sent</c><00:33:41.099><c> him,</c>

00:33:41.920 --> 00:33:43.960
but<00:33:42.079><c> he</c><00:33:42.220><c> pronounced</c><00:33:42.519><c> this</c><00:33:42.839><c> prophecy</c><00:33:43.180><c> against</c><00:33:43.579><c> me,</c>

00:33:44.079 --> 00:33:47.099
for<00:33:44.299><c> Tobiah</c><00:33:44.779><c> and</c><00:33:45.059><c> Sambalot</c><00:33:45.559><c> had</c><00:33:45.819><c> hired</c><00:33:46.180><c> him.</c>

00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:50.140
Verse<00:33:49.160><c> 14,</c>

00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:51.740
My<00:33:50.660><c> God</c><00:33:50.900><c> think</c><00:33:51.180><c> thou</c><00:33:51.400><c> upon</c>

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:53.660
Tobiah<00:33:52.240><c> and</c><00:33:52.500><c> Sambalot</c><00:33:52.940><c> according</c><00:33:53.279><c> to</c><00:33:53.519><c> these</c>

00:33:53.660 --> 00:33:55.640
their<00:33:53.900><c> works,</c><00:33:54.380><c> and</c><00:33:54.619><c> on</c><00:33:54.759><c> the</c><00:33:55.019><c> prophetess</c><00:33:55.420><c> Noah</c>

00:33:55.640 --> 00:33:57.559
Dyer<00:33:55.940><c> and</c><00:33:56.059><c> the</c><00:33:56.180><c> rest</c><00:33:56.359><c> of</c><00:33:56.559><c> the</c><00:33:56.720><c> prophets,</c><00:33:57.200><c> that</c><00:33:57.339><c> would</c>

00:33:57.559 --> 00:33:59.240
put<00:33:57.779><c> me</c><00:33:58.099><c> in</c><00:33:58.259><c> fear.</c>

00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:01.660
Verse<00:34:00.160><c> 17,</c><00:34:01.200><c> moreover</c>

00:34:01.660 --> 00:34:03.480
in<00:34:01.799><c> those</c><00:34:02.059><c> days,</c><00:34:02.460><c> the</c><00:34:02.559><c> nobles</c><00:34:02.960><c> of</c><00:34:03.259><c> Judah</c>

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:05.279
sent<00:34:03.759><c> many</c><00:34:04.079><c> letters</c><00:34:04.420><c> unto</c><00:34:04.700><c> Tobiah,</c>

00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:08.079
and<00:34:05.660><c> the</c><00:34:05.799><c> letters</c><00:34:06.039><c> of</c><00:34:06.240><c> Tobiah</c><00:34:06.619><c> came</c><00:34:06.859><c> unto</c><00:34:07.099><c> them.</c>

00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:09.380
For<00:34:08.300><c> there</c><00:34:08.420><c> were</c><00:34:08.579><c> many</c><00:34:08.900><c> in</c><00:34:09.119><c> Judah</c>

00:34:09.380 --> 00:34:11.559
sworn<00:34:09.920><c> unto</c><00:34:10.199><c> him,</c><00:34:10.960><c> because</c><00:34:11.219><c> he</c><00:34:11.360><c> was</c>

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:13.820
son<00:34:11.820><c>-in</c><00:34:12.000><c>-law</c><00:34:12.079><c> of</c><00:34:12.280><c> Shekeniah</c><00:34:12.880><c> the</c><00:34:13.000><c> son</c><00:34:13.239><c> of</c><00:34:13.519><c> Arah,</c>

00:34:14.079 --> 00:34:15.699
and<00:34:14.280><c> his</c><00:34:14.480><c> son</c><00:34:14.719><c> Jehanan</c><00:34:15.219><c> had</c><00:34:15.460><c> taken</c>

00:34:15.699 --> 00:34:17.659
the<00:34:15.880><c> daughter</c><00:34:16.199><c> of</c><00:34:16.360><c> Mishalim,</c><00:34:16.920><c> the</c><00:34:17.239><c> son</c><00:34:17.440><c> of</c>

00:34:17.659 --> 00:34:19.820
Barakiah.<00:34:18.820><c> Also</c><00:34:19.179><c> they</c><00:34:19.440><c> reported</c>

00:34:19.820 --> 00:34:21.559
his<00:34:20.079><c> good</c><00:34:20.340><c> deeds</c><00:34:20.579><c> before</c><00:34:20.960><c> me,</c><00:34:21.280><c> and</c><00:34:21.380><c> I</c><00:34:21.480><c> said</c>

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:23.199
my<00:34:21.840><c> words</c><00:34:22.099><c> to</c><00:34:22.260><c> him.</c>

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:25.440
Tobiah<00:34:23.860><c> sent</c><00:34:24.099><c> letters</c><00:34:24.440><c> to</c><00:34:24.679><c> put</c><00:34:24.820><c> me</c><00:34:25.059><c> in</c><00:34:25.139><c> fear.</c>

00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:27.980
And<00:34:26.179><c> all</c><00:34:26.340><c> of</c><00:34:26.559><c> these</c><00:34:26.760><c> Nehemiah</c><00:34:27.179><c> had</c><00:34:27.420><c> to</c><00:34:27.659><c> contend</c>

00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:29.940
with<00:34:28.320><c> daily</c><00:34:28.820><c> as</c>

00:34:29.960 --> 00:34:32.659
he<00:34:30.400><c> and</c><00:34:30.659><c> the</c><00:34:30.860><c> people</c><00:34:31.139><c> built</c><00:34:31.480><c> the</c><00:34:31.739><c> wall.</c>

00:34:32.860 --> 00:34:33.559
It's<00:34:32.960><c> like</c><00:34:33.159><c> Korah</c>

00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:35.500
in<00:34:33.739><c> the</c><00:34:33.920><c> camp</c><00:34:34.019><c> of</c><00:34:34.199><c> Israel.</c><00:34:34.860><c> It's</c><00:34:34.980><c> like</c><00:34:35.079><c> the</c><00:34:35.280><c> false</c>

00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:38.119
prophets<00:34:35.880><c> in</c><00:34:36.099><c> Israel</c><00:34:36.400><c> in</c><00:34:36.579><c> the</c><00:34:36.719><c> days</c><00:34:36.880><c> of</c><00:34:37.119><c> Jeremiah.</c>

00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:41.840
Your<00:34:40.340><c> own</c><00:34:40.699><c> selves</c><00:34:41.039><c> shall</c><00:34:41.260><c> men</c><00:34:41.480><c> arise</c>

00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:43.099
speaking<00:34:42.360><c> perverse</c><00:34:42.820><c> things.</c>

00:34:43.239 --> 00:34:45.260
In<00:34:43.380><c> the</c><00:34:43.500><c> 19th</c><00:34:44.019><c> century,</c><00:34:44.400><c> if</c><00:34:44.460><c> you</c><00:34:44.480><c> read</c><00:34:44.679><c> Christadelphian</c>

00:34:45.260 --> 00:34:47.539
history,<00:34:46.539><c> there</c><00:34:46.619><c> was</c><00:34:46.780><c> Robert</c><00:34:47.059><c> Ashcroft</c>

00:34:47.539 --> 00:34:49.719
and<00:34:48.159><c> Joseph</c><00:34:48.480><c> Chamberlain</c><00:34:49.000><c> who</c><00:34:49.179><c> rose</c><00:34:49.460><c> up</c>

00:34:49.719 --> 00:34:51.420
and<00:34:49.900><c> said,</c><00:34:50.579><c> no,</c><00:34:50.860><c> no,</c><00:34:51.019><c> you</c><00:34:51.079><c> can't</c>

00:34:51.420 --> 00:34:53.320
possibly<00:34:51.860><c> believe</c><00:34:52.199><c> that</c><00:34:52.400><c> the</c><00:34:52.519><c> Bible</c><00:34:52.739><c> is</c><00:34:53.039><c> all</c>

00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:55.780
the<00:34:53.840><c> inspired</c><00:34:53.860><c> word</c><00:34:54.139><c> of</c><00:34:54.280><c> God.</c><00:34:54.539><c> It's</c><00:34:54.539><c> full</c><00:34:54.739><c> of</c><00:34:54.940><c> errors.</c>

00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:57.500
And<00:34:56.059><c> we've</c><00:34:56.239><c> got</c><00:34:56.320><c> some</c><00:34:56.619><c> theories</c><00:34:56.860><c> that</c><00:34:57.300><c> explain</c>

00:34:57.500 --> 00:35:00.380
how<00:34:57.699><c> it</c><00:34:57.900><c> came</c><00:34:58.019><c> to</c><00:34:58.179><c> be</c><00:34:58.280><c> written</c><00:34:58.420><c> with</c><00:34:58.619><c> all</c><00:34:58.739><c> these</c><00:34:58.980><c> errors</c><00:34:59.179><c> in</c><00:34:59.400><c> it.</c>

00:35:00.760 --> 00:35:01.340
We<00:35:00.840><c> have</c><00:35:01.099><c> brothers</c>

00:35:01.340 --> 00:35:03.320
and<00:35:01.599><c> sisters</c><00:35:01.920><c> still</c><00:35:02.300><c> to</c><00:35:02.539><c> contend</c>

00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:05.360
against<00:35:03.960><c> error</c><00:35:04.539><c> within.</c>

00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:07.460
So,<00:35:06.920><c> they</c><00:35:07.179><c> start</c>

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:09.000
to<00:35:08.000><c> rebuild</c><00:35:08.400><c> the</c><00:35:08.820><c> wall.</c>

00:35:09.199 --> 00:35:11.639
Remember<00:35:09.500><c> the</c><00:35:09.739><c> chronology.</c><00:35:11.300><c> Nehemiah</c>

00:35:11.639 --> 00:35:13.239
left<00:35:11.980><c> at</c><00:35:12.199><c> the</c><00:35:12.300><c> beginning</c><00:35:12.599><c> of</c><00:35:12.800><c> the</c><00:35:12.920><c> month</c>

00:35:13.239 --> 00:35:15.800
Nisan,<00:35:14.380><c> and</c><00:35:14.579><c> he</c><00:35:14.760><c> traveled</c><00:35:15.079><c> for</c>

00:35:15.800 --> 00:35:17.179
four<00:35:16.159><c> months.</c>

00:35:17.599 --> 00:35:19.159
The<00:35:17.820><c> wall</c><00:35:18.159><c> is</c><00:35:18.559><c> finished</c>

00:35:19.159 --> 00:35:21.760
in<00:35:19.820><c> the</c><00:35:20.119><c> 25th</c><00:35:20.960><c> of</c><00:35:21.199><c> the</c><00:35:21.400><c> month</c>

00:35:21.760 --> 00:35:24.510
in<00:35:21.940><c> Lol</c><00:35:22.219><c> in</c><00:35:23.199><c> 52</c><00:35:23.719><c> days</c>

00:35:26.980 --> 00:35:28.239
in<00:35:27.559><c> chapter</c><00:35:27.820><c> 6</c>

00:35:28.239 --> 00:35:30.380
and<00:35:28.539><c> verse</c><00:35:28.840><c> 15.</c>

00:35:31.079 --> 00:35:31.800
So,<00:35:31.480><c> the</c><00:35:31.639><c> wall</c>

00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:34.000
was<00:35:32.079><c> finished</c><00:35:32.380><c> in</c><00:35:32.579><c> the</c><00:35:32.739><c> 25th</c><00:35:33.380><c> day</c><00:35:33.559><c> of</c><00:35:33.639><c> the</c><00:35:33.780><c> month</c>

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:36.500
in<00:35:34.159><c> Lol</c><00:35:34.300><c> in</c><00:35:34.539><c> 52</c><00:35:35.179><c> days.</c>

00:35:38.039 --> 00:35:39.820
Therefore,<00:35:39.539><c> the</c>

00:35:39.820 --> 00:35:41.980
start<00:35:40.099><c> point</c><00:35:40.380><c> was</c><00:35:40.639><c> the</c><00:35:40.800><c> fourth</c><00:35:41.500><c> day</c>

00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:43.159
of<00:35:42.260><c> the</c><00:35:42.380><c> month</c><00:35:42.840><c> Ab.</c>

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:45.739
Nisan<00:35:43.860><c> is</c><00:35:44.139><c> April,</c><00:35:44.739><c> so</c><00:35:45.000><c> Ab</c><00:35:45.280><c> is</c>

00:35:45.739 --> 00:35:47.860
August.<00:35:46.800><c> They</c><00:35:47.119><c> built</c><00:35:47.380><c> through</c><00:35:47.659><c> the</c>

00:35:47.860 --> 00:35:50.380
hottest<00:35:48.239><c> period</c><00:35:48.860><c> of</c><00:35:49.139><c> the</c><00:35:49.380><c> year.</c>

00:35:50.780 --> 00:35:52.559
And<00:35:51.219><c> all</c><00:35:51.500><c> the</c><00:35:51.760><c> stones</c><00:35:52.039><c> that</c><00:35:52.219><c> had</c><00:35:52.380><c> been</c>

00:35:52.559 --> 00:35:54.420
thrown<00:35:52.880><c> down</c><00:35:53.260><c> by</c><00:35:53.519><c> the</c><00:35:53.699><c> Samaritans</c>

00:35:54.699 --> 00:35:56.480
had<00:35:55.139><c> to</c><00:35:55.320><c> be</c><00:35:55.500><c> hauled</c><00:35:55.760><c> uphill</c>

00:35:57.039 --> 00:35:58.860
and<00:35:57.480><c> onto</c><00:35:57.719><c> the</c><00:35:57.960><c> wall.</c>

00:35:58.980 --> 00:36:00.500
The<00:35:59.119><c> stones</c><00:35:59.280><c> had</c><00:35:59.480><c> been</c><00:35:59.619><c> thrown</c><00:35:59.820><c> down</c><00:36:00.099><c> into</c><00:36:00.320><c> the</c>

00:36:00.500 --> 00:36:02.320
valleys.<00:36:01.679><c> All</c><00:36:01.840><c> the</c><00:36:02.059><c> stone</c>

00:36:02.320 --> 00:36:03.920
cutting<00:36:02.519><c> had</c><00:36:02.739><c> to</c><00:36:02.840><c> be</c><00:36:02.920><c> done</c><00:36:03.039><c> by</c><00:36:03.360><c> hand.</c><00:36:03.599><c> All</c><00:36:03.780><c> the</c>

00:36:03.920 --> 00:36:06.539
timber<00:36:04.159><c> had</c><00:36:04.360><c> to</c><00:36:04.480><c> be</c><00:36:04.679><c> sawn</c><00:36:04.940><c> and</c><00:36:05.179><c> chiseled</c><00:36:05.420><c> by</c><00:36:05.719><c> hand.</c>

00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:08.219
There<00:36:06.760><c> were</c><00:36:06.920><c> great</c><00:36:07.139><c> piles</c><00:36:07.400><c> of</c><00:36:07.599><c> rubbish</c>

00:36:08.219 --> 00:36:10.260
in<00:36:08.860><c> Nehemiah</c><00:36:09.159><c> chapter</c><00:36:09.380><c> 4</c><00:36:09.659><c> and</c><00:36:09.780><c> verse</c><00:36:10.000><c> 10.</c>

00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:12.039
And<00:36:10.500><c> Judah</c><00:36:10.659><c> said,</c><00:36:11.219><c> the</c><00:36:11.380><c> strength</c><00:36:11.699><c> of</c><00:36:11.900><c> the</c>

00:36:12.039 --> 00:36:13.960
bearers<00:36:12.400><c> of</c><00:36:12.539><c> burdens</c><00:36:12.860><c> is</c><00:36:13.199><c> decayed</c><00:36:13.619><c> and</c><00:36:13.679><c> there</c><00:36:13.840><c> is</c>

00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:15.860
much<00:36:14.219><c> rubbish</c><00:36:14.760><c> so</c><00:36:15.260><c> that</c><00:36:15.360><c> we</c><00:36:15.460><c> are</c><00:36:15.500><c> not</c><00:36:15.679><c> able</c>

00:36:15.860 --> 00:36:17.260
to<00:36:16.079><c> build</c><00:36:16.219><c> the</c><00:36:16.460><c> wall.</c>

00:36:20.199 --> 00:36:21.840
You<00:36:20.679><c> worked</c><00:36:21.099><c> with</c><00:36:21.539><c> sword</c>

00:36:21.840 --> 00:36:24.239
either<00:36:22.119><c> on</c><00:36:22.300><c> your</c><00:36:22.539><c> belt</c><00:36:22.760><c> or</c><00:36:22.940><c> in</c><00:36:23.059><c> your</c><00:36:23.179><c> other</c><00:36:23.400><c> hand.</c>

00:36:24.360 --> 00:36:26.039
You<00:36:24.460><c> worked</c><00:36:24.719><c> from</c><00:36:24.960><c> first</c><00:36:25.260><c> light</c><00:36:25.500><c> until</c><00:36:25.760><c> the</c>

00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:27.880
stars<00:36:26.239><c> came</c><00:36:26.579><c> out.</c><00:36:26.780><c> There</c><00:36:26.840><c> was</c><00:36:26.980><c> no</c><00:36:27.260><c> time</c><00:36:27.400><c> for</c><00:36:27.619><c> change</c>

00:36:27.880 --> 00:36:30.039
of<00:36:28.099><c> clothing.</c><00:36:29.579><c> If</c><00:36:29.659><c> you</c><00:36:29.820><c> wanted</c>

00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:31.860
water<00:36:30.380><c> you</c><00:36:30.519><c> had</c><00:36:30.719><c> to</c><00:36:30.840><c> go</c><00:36:30.940><c> to</c><00:36:31.119><c> the</c><00:36:31.300><c> well</c><00:36:31.440><c> with</c><00:36:31.599><c> a</c><00:36:31.699><c> bottle</c>

00:36:31.860 --> 00:36:34.039
in<00:36:32.019><c> one</c><00:36:32.239><c> hand</c><00:36:32.460><c> and</c><00:36:32.699><c> a</c><00:36:32.699><c> sword</c><00:36:32.920><c> in</c><00:36:33.099><c> the</c><00:36:33.219><c> other.</c>

00:36:34.780 --> 00:36:36.019
And<00:36:34.940><c> chapter</c><00:36:35.119><c> 3</c><00:36:35.360><c> of</c><00:36:35.500><c> Nehemiah</c>

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:37.739
records<00:36:36.780><c> the</c><00:36:37.380><c> names</c>

00:36:37.739 --> 00:36:39.780
of<00:36:38.039><c> the</c><00:36:38.260><c> principal</c><00:36:38.659><c> builders</c><00:36:39.199><c> and</c>

00:36:39.780 --> 00:36:41.840
some<00:36:40.019><c> of</c><00:36:40.260><c> the</c><00:36:40.460><c> details</c><00:36:40.960><c> of</c>

00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:43.179
their<00:36:42.260><c> work.</c>

00:36:44.340 --> 00:36:45.820
Now,<00:36:44.860><c> in</c><00:36:45.059><c> the</c><00:36:45.260><c> second</c><00:36:45.519><c> class</c>

00:36:45.820 --> 00:36:48.099
yesterday,<00:36:47.719><c> we</c><00:36:47.820><c> saw</c>

00:36:48.099 --> 00:36:50.059
very<00:36:48.280><c> briefly,</c><00:36:48.760><c> we</c><00:36:48.840><c> didn't</c><00:36:49.019><c> go</c><00:36:49.260><c> through</c><00:36:49.400><c> them</c><00:36:49.599><c> in</c><00:36:49.739><c> detail,</c>

00:36:50.219 --> 00:36:51.780
but<00:36:50.320><c> there</c><00:36:50.440><c> in</c><00:36:50.579><c> the</c><00:36:50.599><c> last</c><00:36:50.800><c> chapter</c><00:36:51.079><c> of</c><00:36:51.280><c> Ezra</c>

00:36:51.780 --> 00:36:54.059
are<00:36:52.199><c> the</c><00:36:52.360><c> list</c><00:36:52.699><c> of</c><00:36:53.300><c> the</c><00:36:53.500><c> names</c>

00:36:54.059 --> 00:36:56.260
of<00:36:55.000><c> those</c><00:36:55.340><c> who</c><00:36:55.500><c> put</c><00:36:55.719><c> away</c><00:36:55.960><c> their</c>

00:36:56.260 --> 00:36:58.500
wives.<00:36:57.659><c> And</c><00:36:57.760><c> 11</c><00:36:58.019><c> of</c><00:36:58.199><c> those</c>

00:36:58.500 --> 00:37:01.639
names<00:36:58.760><c> appear</c><00:36:59.079><c> here</c><00:36:59.380><c> in</c><00:36:59.500><c> Nehemiah</c><00:36:59.860><c> chapter</c><00:37:00.139><c> 3</c>

00:37:01.639 --> 00:37:02.199
as<00:37:01.940><c> those</c>

00:37:02.199 --> 00:37:04.099
who<00:37:02.360><c> built</c><00:37:02.519><c> the</c><00:37:02.760><c> wall.</c><00:37:03.159><c> I</c><00:37:03.280><c> can't</c><00:37:03.639><c> guarantee</c>

00:37:04.099 --> 00:37:05.980
that<00:37:04.360><c> they</c><00:37:04.400><c> are</c><00:37:04.579><c> the</c><00:37:04.719><c> same</c><00:37:04.920><c> men.</c><00:37:05.260><c> It's</c><00:37:05.559><c> likely</c><00:37:05.800><c> that</c>

00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:08.079
at<00:37:05.980><c> least</c><00:37:06.199><c> some</c><00:37:06.420><c> of</c><00:37:06.559><c> them</c><00:37:06.659><c> were.</c><00:37:07.199><c> They</c><00:37:07.500><c> were</c><00:37:07.780><c> received</c>

00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:09.579
back<00:37:08.400><c> into</c><00:37:08.659><c> the</c><00:37:08.840><c> Ecclesiast.</c>

00:37:09.800 --> 00:37:12.099
They<00:37:10.280><c> are</c><00:37:10.980><c> totally</c><00:37:11.440><c> part</c><00:37:11.800><c> of</c><00:37:11.940><c> the</c>

00:37:12.099 --> 00:37:14.139
Ecclesiast<00:37:12.659><c> and</c><00:37:12.980><c> they</c><00:37:13.179><c> are</c><00:37:13.320><c> working</c><00:37:13.719><c> with</c><00:37:13.900><c> their</c>

00:37:14.139 --> 00:37:16.039
brethren<00:37:14.500><c> on</c><00:37:15.039><c> the</c><00:37:15.300><c> wall.</c>

00:37:16.280 --> 00:37:18.039
One<00:37:16.760><c> brother</c><00:37:17.159><c> has</c><00:37:17.440><c> calculated</c>

00:37:18.039 --> 00:37:19.920
that<00:37:18.320><c> there</c><00:37:18.380><c> were</c><00:37:18.559><c> 44</c><00:37:18.980><c> working</c><00:37:19.519><c> parties</c>

00:37:19.920 --> 00:37:21.920
spread<00:37:20.239><c> over</c><00:37:20.500><c> two</c><00:37:20.739><c> and</c><00:37:20.900><c> a</c><00:37:20.920><c> half</c><00:37:21.119><c> miles</c><00:37:21.460><c> of</c><00:37:21.699><c> wall</c>

00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:23.679
so<00:37:22.340><c> they</c><00:37:22.480><c> got</c><00:37:22.699><c> approximately</c><00:37:23.219><c> a</c><00:37:23.440><c> hundred</c>

00:37:23.679 --> 00:37:25.900
yards<00:37:23.980><c> each</c><00:37:24.500><c> to</c><00:37:25.079><c> build.</c>

00:37:26.139 --> 00:37:27.579
And<00:37:26.280><c> there</c><00:37:26.460><c> are</c><00:37:26.480><c> many</c><00:37:26.739><c> details</c><00:37:27.219><c> here</c>

00:37:27.579 --> 00:37:30.019
of<00:37:27.840><c> who</c><00:37:28.039><c> did</c><00:37:28.260><c> what</c><00:37:28.500><c> and</c><00:37:28.659><c> what</c><00:37:28.840><c> they</c><00:37:29.059><c> did.</c>

00:37:30.239 --> 00:37:32.320
Some<00:37:30.480><c> built</c><00:37:30.699><c> for</c><00:37:30.820><c> the</c><00:37:31.059><c> right</c><00:37:31.239><c> reasons,</c>

00:37:32.699 --> 00:37:33.900
there<00:37:32.800><c> were</c><00:37:32.900><c> others</c><00:37:33.079><c> who</c><00:37:33.280><c> did</c><00:37:33.519><c> build,</c>

00:37:34.199 --> 00:37:36.360
but<00:37:34.360><c> they</c><00:37:34.440><c> were</c><00:37:34.440><c> not</c><00:37:34.539><c> of</c><00:37:34.679><c> the</c><00:37:34.820><c> same</c><00:37:35.059><c> spirit</c><00:37:35.380><c> as</c><00:37:35.619><c> Nehemiah.</c>

00:37:36.659 --> 00:37:38.000
So,<00:37:37.119><c> Nehemiah</c><00:37:37.519><c> chapter</c><00:37:37.719><c> 3</c>

00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:39.940
verse<00:37:38.260><c> 1,</c><00:37:38.699><c> then</c><00:37:39.039><c> in</c><00:37:39.099><c> liarship</c><00:37:39.519><c> the</c><00:37:39.679><c> high</c>

00:37:39.940 --> 00:37:41.940
priest<00:37:40.179><c> rose</c><00:37:40.460><c> up</c><00:37:40.679><c> with</c><00:37:40.820><c> his</c><00:37:41.039><c> brethren</c><00:37:41.300><c> the</c><00:37:41.559><c> priests</c>

00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:43.760
and<00:37:42.460><c> they</c><00:37:42.679><c> builded</c><00:37:43.019><c> the</c><00:37:43.219><c> sheep</c><00:37:43.380><c> gate.</c>

00:37:43.760 --> 00:37:46.599
They<00:37:44.460><c> sanctified</c><00:37:45.059><c> it</c><00:37:45.239><c> and</c><00:37:45.360><c> set</c><00:37:45.579><c> up</c><00:37:45.699><c> the</c><00:37:45.860><c> doors</c><00:37:46.059><c> of</c><00:37:46.239><c> it.</c>

00:37:46.699 --> 00:37:48.019
Even<00:37:46.960><c> under</c><00:37:47.239><c> the</c><00:37:47.440><c> tower</c><00:37:47.639><c> of</c><00:37:47.860><c> Meir</c>

00:37:48.019 --> 00:37:50.139
they<00:37:48.239><c> sanctified</c><00:37:48.880><c> it</c><00:37:49.340><c> under</c><00:37:49.579><c> the</c><00:37:49.820><c> tower</c>

00:37:50.139 --> 00:37:51.780
of<00:37:50.460><c> Panameel.</c>

00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:53.960
This<00:37:52.159><c> is</c><00:37:52.400><c> the</c><00:37:52.559><c> same</c><00:37:52.719><c> liarship</c><00:37:53.280><c> the</c><00:37:53.440><c> high</c><00:37:53.679><c> priest</c>

00:37:53.960 --> 00:37:55.760
who<00:37:54.159><c> later</c><00:37:54.440><c> on</c><00:37:54.719><c> we</c><00:37:54.860><c> are</c><00:37:55.000><c> going</c><00:37:55.079><c> to</c><00:37:55.199><c> see.</c>

00:37:55.900 --> 00:37:58.099
That's<00:37:56.179><c> Tobiah</c><00:37:56.559><c> the</c><00:37:56.780><c> enemy,</c><00:37:57.440><c> live</c><00:37:57.639><c> in</c><00:37:57.920><c> the</c>

00:37:58.099 --> 00:37:58.960
temple.

00:37:59.980 --> 00:38:01.900
Verse<00:38:00.460><c> 4,</c><00:38:01.239><c> and</c><00:38:01.340><c> next</c><00:38:01.679><c> unto</c>

00:38:01.900 --> 00:38:03.760
him<00:38:02.320><c> repaired</c><00:38:02.739><c> Merimoth</c><00:38:03.280><c> the</c><00:38:03.400><c> son</c><00:38:03.659><c> of</c>

00:38:03.760 --> 00:38:05.860
Uriah<00:38:04.179><c> the</c><00:38:04.260><c> son</c><00:38:04.539><c> of</c><00:38:04.739><c> Kos,</c><00:38:05.300><c> and</c><00:38:05.579><c> next</c>

00:38:05.860 --> 00:38:08.400
unto<00:38:06.079><c> them</c><00:38:06.400><c> repaired</c><00:38:06.820><c> Mishulam</c><00:38:07.380><c> the</c><00:38:07.480><c> son</c><00:38:07.719><c> of</c>

00:38:08.800 --> 00:38:09.280
Berekiah.

00:38:09.619 --> 00:38:11.679
We've<00:38:09.880><c> just</c><00:38:10.119><c> read</c><00:38:10.260><c> about</c><00:38:10.500><c> him</c><00:38:10.760><c> in</c><00:38:10.920><c> chapter</c><00:38:11.099><c> 6.</c>

00:38:11.679 --> 00:38:13.699
He<00:38:12.320><c> was</c><00:38:12.420><c> one</c><00:38:12.599><c> of</c><00:38:12.699><c> the</c><00:38:12.880><c> nobles</c><00:38:13.219><c> of</c><00:38:13.480><c> Judah</c>

00:38:13.699 --> 00:38:16.639
who<00:38:13.920><c> were</c><00:38:14.139><c> allied</c><00:38:14.579><c> to</c><00:38:15.539><c> Tobiah.</c>

00:38:17.039 --> 00:38:17.920
His<00:38:17.480><c> daughter</c>

00:38:17.920 --> 00:38:19.619
was<00:38:18.659><c> married</c><00:38:19.099><c> to</c>

00:38:19.619 --> 00:38:21.960
Johana,<00:38:21.480><c> the</c>

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son.

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Sorry,

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yeah,<00:38:26.980><c> he</c><00:38:27.300><c> was</c><00:38:27.519><c> married</c>

00:38:27.780 --> 00:38:30.440
into<00:38:28.099><c> the</c><00:38:28.460><c> Samaritans.</c>

00:38:32.260 --> 00:38:34.260
So<00:38:32.440><c> he</c><00:38:32.599><c> was</c><00:38:32.800><c> allied</c><00:38:33.099><c> to</c><00:38:33.280><c> Tobiah.</c>

00:38:34.579 --> 00:38:35.519
You<00:38:34.780><c> can</c><00:38:34.960><c> hear</c><00:38:35.039><c> it,</c><00:38:35.340><c> can't</c><00:38:35.420><c> you?</c>

00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:37.739
Oh,<00:38:35.739><c> he's</c><00:38:35.900><c> a</c><00:38:36.000><c> good</c><00:38:36.139><c> man,</c><00:38:36.480><c> he's</c><00:38:36.619><c> taken</c><00:38:36.820><c> on</c><00:38:37.039><c> the</c><00:38:37.119><c> name</c><00:38:37.300><c> of</c><00:38:37.480><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:38:37.780 --> 00:38:39.579
He's<00:38:38.039><c> trying</c><00:38:38.139><c> to</c><00:38:38.340><c> serve</c><00:38:38.559><c> God,</c><00:38:39.159><c> you</c><00:38:39.300><c> know,</c><00:38:39.300><c> we</c><00:38:39.460><c> should</c>

00:38:39.579 --> 00:38:41.559
encourage<00:38:39.960><c> him.</c>

00:38:41.579 --> 00:38:43.619
The<00:38:41.579><c> book</c><00:38:41.739><c> of</c><00:38:41.900><c> Nehemiah</c><00:38:42.260><c> makes</c><00:38:42.500><c> it</c><00:38:42.679><c> very</c><00:38:42.920><c> clear</c><00:38:43.139><c> that</c><00:38:43.480><c> Tobiah</c>

00:38:43.619 --> 00:38:45.699
is<00:38:43.800><c> an</c><00:38:43.920><c> enemy.</c><00:38:44.739><c> He's</c><00:38:44.840><c> an</c><00:38:45.019><c> evil</c><00:38:45.239><c> man.</c>

00:38:45.940 --> 00:38:47.440
He's<00:38:46.139><c> a</c><00:38:46.219><c> man</c><00:38:46.320><c> of</c><00:38:46.500><c> the</c><00:38:46.639><c> flesh.</c>

00:38:49.820 --> 00:38:51.659
We<00:38:49.820><c> have</c><00:38:50.059><c> to</c><00:38:50.280><c> separate</c><00:38:50.699><c> ourselves</c><00:38:51.239><c> from</c><00:38:51.460><c> the</c>

00:38:51.659 --> 00:38:53.860
world,<00:38:52.239><c> brothers</c><00:38:52.340><c> and</c><00:38:52.559><c> sisters.</c><00:38:53.000><c> However</c><00:38:53.380><c> nice</c>

00:38:53.860 --> 00:38:55.639
a<00:38:54.119><c> face</c><00:38:54.539><c> the</c><00:38:54.920><c> world</c><00:38:55.159><c> may</c><00:38:55.420><c> put</c>

00:38:55.639 --> 00:38:57.579
on.<00:38:56.840><c> Verse</c><00:38:57.079><c> 5,</c>

00:38:57.860 --> 00:38:59.820
and<00:38:57.900><c> next</c><00:38:58.199><c> unto</c><00:38:58.380><c> them</c><00:38:58.619><c> the</c><00:38:58.860><c> Tekoites</c><00:38:59.360><c> repaired</c>

00:38:59.820 --> 00:39:01.619
but<00:39:00.239><c> their</c><00:39:00.500><c> nobles</c><00:39:00.880><c> put</c><00:39:01.159><c> not</c><00:39:01.320><c> their</c>

00:39:01.619 --> 00:39:03.739
necks<00:39:01.940><c> to</c><00:39:02.119><c> the</c><00:39:02.300><c> work</c><00:39:02.440><c> of</c><00:39:02.699><c> their</c><00:39:02.880><c> lord.</c>

00:39:04.539 --> 00:39:05.920
The<00:39:04.699><c> people</c><00:39:04.860><c> of</c><00:39:05.039><c> Tikal</c><00:39:05.320><c> worked</c><00:39:05.619><c> hard</c>

00:39:05.920 --> 00:39:07.659
enough,<00:39:07.000><c> the</c><00:39:07.139><c> leaders</c><00:39:07.340><c> only</c>

00:39:07.659 --> 00:39:09.380
intended.<00:39:08.699><c> God</c><00:39:08.980><c> hates</c>

00:39:09.380 --> 00:39:11.619
hypocrisy.<00:39:10.500><c> He</c><00:39:10.599><c> wants</c><00:39:10.900><c> men</c><00:39:11.179><c> and</c><00:39:11.280><c> women</c><00:39:11.460><c> who</c>

00:39:11.619 --> 00:39:14.139
are<00:39:11.920><c> straight,</c><00:39:12.320><c> who</c><00:39:12.380><c> are</c><00:39:12.519><c> true,</c><00:39:12.880><c> who</c><00:39:13.019><c> are</c><00:39:13.199><c> honest.</c>

00:39:14.639 --> 00:39:15.739
And<00:39:14.820><c> the</c><00:39:14.940><c> nobles</c><00:39:15.179><c> of</c><00:39:15.420><c> Tikal</c>

00:39:15.739 --> 00:39:17.719
weren't<00:39:15.980><c> like</c><00:39:16.320><c> that.</c><00:39:17.119><c> Verse</c><00:39:17.380><c> 8,</c>

00:39:17.900 --> 00:39:19.860
next<00:39:18.179><c> unto</c><00:39:18.400><c> him</c><00:39:18.760><c> repaired</c><00:39:19.340><c> Uziel</c>

00:39:19.860 --> 00:39:21.659
the<00:39:20.019><c> son</c><00:39:20.300><c> of</c><00:39:20.480><c> Harariah</c><00:39:21.159><c> of</c><00:39:21.500><c> the</c>

00:39:21.659 --> 00:39:23.960
goldsmiths.<00:39:22.760><c> Next</c><00:39:23.059><c> unto</c><00:39:23.300><c> him</c><00:39:23.500><c> also</c>

00:39:23.960 --> 00:39:25.719
repaired<00:39:24.599><c> Hananiah,</c><00:39:25.300><c> the</c><00:39:25.380><c> son</c><00:39:25.579><c> of</c>

00:39:25.719 --> 00:39:27.360
one<00:39:25.860><c> of</c><00:39:26.000><c> the</c><00:39:26.139><c> apothecaries.</c>

00:39:27.519 --> 00:39:30.219
Think<00:39:27.760><c> of</c><00:39:27.900><c> it,</c><00:39:28.179><c> they</c><00:39:28.440><c> left</c><00:39:28.679><c> their</c><00:39:28.940><c> delicate</c><00:39:29.440><c> work</c>

00:39:31.179 --> 00:39:33.860
to<00:39:31.739><c> labor</c><00:39:32.019><c> with</c><00:39:32.260><c> their</c><00:39:32.500><c> hands</c><00:39:32.760><c> with</c><00:39:33.039><c> big</c><00:39:33.380><c> stones</c>

00:39:33.860 --> 00:39:35.719
risking<00:39:34.360><c> their</c><00:39:34.719><c> fingers</c>

00:39:36.000 --> 00:39:37.760
they<00:39:36.420><c> might</c><00:39:36.639><c> be</c><00:39:36.960><c> trapped</c><00:39:37.159><c> and</c><00:39:37.440><c> damaged</c>

00:39:37.760 --> 00:39:39.420
and<00:39:37.960><c> they</c><00:39:38.000><c> might</c><00:39:38.239><c> not</c><00:39:38.400><c> be</c><00:39:38.559><c> only</c><00:39:38.760><c> goldsmiths</c>

00:39:39.420 --> 00:39:41.679
and<00:39:39.519><c> apothecaries</c><00:39:40.059><c> anymore.</c>

00:39:41.719 --> 00:39:43.500
They<00:39:41.840><c> got</c><00:39:42.019><c> on</c><00:39:42.219><c> with</c><00:39:42.420><c> the</c><00:39:42.619><c> work.</c>

00:39:43.960 --> 00:39:45.679
Verse<00:39:44.380><c> 12,</c><00:39:44.920><c> and</c><00:39:45.119><c> next</c><00:39:45.440><c> unto</c>

00:39:45.679 --> 00:39:47.239
him<00:39:45.880><c> repaired</c><00:39:46.300><c> Shalom,</c><00:39:46.780><c> the</c><00:39:46.900><c> son</c><00:39:47.059><c> of</c>

00:39:47.239 --> 00:39:49.219
Halohesh,<00:39:48.099><c> the</c><00:39:48.239><c> ruler</c><00:39:48.440><c> of</c><00:39:48.619><c> the</c><00:39:48.800><c> half</c><00:39:49.039><c> part</c>

00:39:49.219 --> 00:39:51.840
of<00:39:49.440><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:39:50.079><c> he</c><00:39:50.320><c> and</c><00:39:50.460><c> his</c><00:39:50.719><c> daughters.</c>

00:39:52.800 --> 00:39:53.980
The<00:39:53.019><c> daughters</c><00:39:53.300><c> joined</c><00:39:53.659><c> in</c>

00:39:53.980 --> 00:39:55.420
and<00:39:54.139><c> labored</c><00:39:54.380><c> with</c><00:39:54.579><c> the</c><00:39:54.719><c> men.</c><00:39:54.840><c> This</c><00:39:55.000><c> was</c><00:39:55.199><c> life</c>

00:39:55.420 --> 00:39:57.889
or<00:39:55.599><c> death.</c><00:39:55.960><c> They've</c><00:39:56.159><c> got</c><00:39:56.280><c> to</c><00:39:56.420><c> keep</c><00:39:56.539><c> the</c><00:39:56.699><c> Samaritans</c><00:39:57.179><c> out.</c>

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Verse<00:39:59.739><c> 14,</c>

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but<00:40:04.780><c> the</c>

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son<00:40:05.300><c> of</c><00:40:05.480><c> Reckah,</c>

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the<00:40:07.760><c> ruler</c><00:40:07.940><c> of</c><00:40:08.159><c> the</c><00:40:08.340><c> part</c><00:40:08.519><c> of</c><00:40:08.780><c> Beth</c><00:40:09.000><c>-Hakorim,</c>

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he<00:40:09.780><c> built</c><00:40:09.960><c> it</c><00:40:10.159><c> and</c><00:40:10.300><c> set</c><00:40:10.500><c> up</c><00:40:10.659><c> the</c><00:40:10.800><c> doors</c><00:40:11.019><c> thereof,</c>

00:40:11.780 --> 00:40:13.860
the<00:40:11.960><c> locks</c><00:40:12.179><c> thereof</c><00:40:12.599><c> and</c><00:40:12.699><c> the</c><00:40:12.900><c> bars</c><00:40:13.139><c> thereof.</c>

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Reckah<00:40:15.260><c> brought</c>

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ten<00:40:15.820><c> brothers.</c><00:40:16.800><c> They</c><00:40:17.099><c> joined</c><00:40:17.280><c> in</c>

00:40:17.480 --> 00:40:19.840
with<00:40:17.659><c> their</c><00:40:17.880><c> brethren</c><00:40:18.260><c> in</c><00:40:18.780><c> this</c><00:40:19.119><c> work.</c>

00:40:20.960 --> 00:40:22.340
Verse<00:40:21.400><c> 20,</c>

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after<00:40:23.219><c> him</c>

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Baruch,<00:40:24.219><c> the</c><00:40:24.360><c> son</c><00:40:24.579><c> of</c><00:40:24.760><c> Zabaiah</c>

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earnestly<00:40:26.320><c> repaired</c><00:40:26.760><c> the</c><00:40:26.980><c> other</c>

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piece<00:40:27.619><c> from</c><00:40:28.139><c> the</c><00:40:28.380><c> turning</c><00:40:28.559><c> of</c><00:40:28.780><c> the</c><00:40:28.960><c> wall</c>

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unto<00:40:29.360><c> the</c><00:40:29.559><c> door</c><00:40:29.719><c> of</c><00:40:29.900><c> the</c><00:40:30.019><c> house</c><00:40:30.179><c> of</c><00:40:30.320><c> Elias</c>

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of<00:40:30.760><c> the</c><00:40:30.880><c> high</c><00:40:31.119><c> priest.</c>

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So<00:40:33.179><c> the</c><00:40:33.400><c> quality</c>

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of<00:40:34.139><c> every</c><00:40:34.360><c> man's</c><00:40:34.780><c> work</c>

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was<00:40:35.880><c> overseen</c><00:40:36.460><c> by</c><00:40:36.719><c> God</c>

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as<00:40:38.119><c> it</c><00:40:38.340><c> is</c><00:40:38.500><c> with</c><00:40:38.860><c> our</c><00:40:39.199><c> work.</c>

00:40:41.400 --> 00:40:43.280
It's<00:40:41.500><c> that</c><00:40:41.739><c> phrase</c><00:40:41.980><c> there</c><00:40:42.340><c> in</c><00:40:42.579><c> verse</c><00:40:42.800><c> 20</c>

00:40:43.280 --> 00:40:45.940
from<00:40:43.840><c> the</c><00:40:44.119><c> turning</c><00:40:44.440><c> of</c><00:40:44.780><c> the</c><00:40:45.019><c> wall.</c>

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There's<00:40:48.880><c> a</c><00:40:49.159><c> photograph</c>

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of<00:40:50.059><c> a</c><00:40:50.239><c> model.</c>

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This<00:40:51.400><c> is</c><00:40:51.579><c> the</c><00:40:51.659><c> work</c><00:40:51.840><c> of</c><00:40:52.039><c> Brother</c><00:40:52.219><c> Lane</c><00:40:52.440><c> Ritmeier</c>

00:40:53.199 --> 00:40:55.340
showing<00:40:53.840><c> the</c><00:40:54.340><c> walls</c><00:40:54.619><c> of</c><00:40:54.920><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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The<00:40:55.599><c> bit</c><00:40:55.780><c> we're</c><00:40:55.920><c> interested</c><00:40:56.420><c> in</c><00:40:56.679><c> is</c><00:40:56.860><c> that</c><00:40:57.159><c> bit.</c>

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Down<00:41:00.610><c> here</c>

00:41:02.170 --> 00:41:04.130
is<00:41:02.690><c> the</c><00:41:02.869><c> Kidron</c><00:41:03.150><c> Valley.</c>

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It's<00:41:05.170><c> that</c><00:41:05.409><c> bit</c><00:41:05.550><c> there</c>

00:41:05.789 --> 00:41:07.590
that<00:41:05.929><c> we're</c><00:41:06.110><c> interested</c><00:41:06.570><c> in.</c>

00:41:08.369 --> 00:41:09.869
We<00:41:08.510><c> were</c><00:41:08.750><c> privileged</c><00:41:09.110><c> to</c><00:41:09.309><c> go</c><00:41:09.489><c> and</c>

00:41:09.869 --> 00:41:11.650
sit<00:41:10.050><c> in</c><00:41:10.269><c> front</c><00:41:10.429><c> of</c><00:41:10.630><c> this</c><00:41:10.849><c> wall.</c>

00:41:12.469 --> 00:41:13.989
The<00:41:12.869><c> first</c><00:41:13.150><c> turning</c><00:41:13.469><c> of</c><00:41:13.650><c> the</c><00:41:13.849><c> wall</c>

00:41:13.989 --> 00:41:15.610
there<00:41:14.250><c> was</c><00:41:14.489><c> identified</c><00:41:15.130><c> for</c><00:41:15.409><c> us.</c>

00:41:15.630 --> 00:41:17.909
There<00:41:15.809><c> it</c><00:41:16.010><c> is.</c><00:41:16.170><c> That's</c><00:41:16.429><c> where</c><00:41:16.590><c> the</c><00:41:16.769><c> wall</c><00:41:16.929><c> turns.</c>

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The<00:41:19.190><c> second</c><00:41:19.530><c> turning</c>

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of<00:41:20.050><c> the</c><00:41:20.250><c> wall</c><00:41:20.710><c> is</c><00:41:21.309><c> up</c><00:41:21.449><c> the</c><00:41:21.570><c> other</c>

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end<00:41:22.050><c> there.</c>

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We<00:41:25.570><c> sat</c>

00:41:26.110 --> 00:41:28.050
opposite<00:41:26.730><c> that</c><00:41:27.570><c> section</c>

00:41:28.050 --> 00:41:29.489
of<00:41:28.369><c> the</c><00:41:28.570><c> wall.</c>

00:41:30.349 --> 00:41:31.809
And<00:41:30.409><c> we</c><00:41:30.570><c> read</c><00:41:30.769><c> Nehemiah</c><00:41:31.269><c> chapter</c><00:41:31.550><c> 3</c>

00:41:31.809 --> 00:41:33.869
verses<00:41:32.170><c> 20</c><00:41:32.590><c> to</c><00:41:32.809><c> 24.</c>

00:41:34.949 --> 00:41:36.150
After<00:41:35.010><c> him</c><00:41:35.250><c> Baruch,</c><00:41:35.710><c> the</c><00:41:35.849><c> son</c><00:41:35.989><c> of</c>

00:41:36.150 --> 00:41:38.269
Zabih,<00:41:36.550><c> I</c><00:41:36.750><c> earnestly</c><00:41:37.090><c> repaired</c><00:41:37.510><c> the</c><00:41:37.690><c> other</c><00:41:37.929><c> piece</c>

00:41:38.269 --> 00:41:40.250
from<00:41:38.909><c> the</c><00:41:39.170><c> turning</c><00:41:39.369><c> of</c><00:41:39.570><c> the</c><00:41:39.750><c> wall</c><00:41:39.929><c> until</c>

00:41:40.250 --> 00:41:43.010
the<00:41:40.489><c> door</c><00:41:40.650><c> of</c><00:41:40.849><c> the</c><00:41:40.969><c> house</c><00:41:41.170><c> of</c><00:41:41.349><c> Elias</c><00:41:41.590><c> of</c><00:41:41.710><c> the</c><00:41:41.829><c> high</c><00:41:42.070><c> priest.</c>

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After<00:41:43.469><c> him</c><00:41:43.829><c> repaired</c>

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Merimoth,<00:41:44.949><c> the</c><00:41:45.030><c> son</c><00:41:45.190><c> of</c><00:41:45.309><c> Eurygia,</c><00:41:45.829><c> the</c><00:41:45.909><c> son</c><00:41:46.110><c> of</c>

00:41:46.349 --> 00:41:48.250
Kos,<00:41:46.570><c> another</c><00:41:46.789><c> piece,</c><00:41:47.690><c> from</c><00:41:47.889><c> the</c><00:41:48.090><c> door</c>

00:41:48.250 --> 00:41:50.130
of<00:41:48.429><c> the</c><00:41:48.550><c> house</c><00:41:48.750><c> of</c><00:41:48.949><c> Elias</c><00:41:49.289><c> even</c><00:41:49.550><c> to</c><00:41:49.789><c> the</c><00:41:49.949><c> end</c>

00:41:50.130 --> 00:41:51.590
of<00:41:50.289><c> the</c><00:41:50.409><c> house</c><00:41:50.610><c> of</c><00:41:50.769><c> Elias.</c>

00:41:51.889 --> 00:41:54.230
And<00:41:52.230><c> after</c><00:41:52.489><c> him</c><00:41:52.710><c> repaired</c><00:41:53.090><c> the</c><00:41:53.329><c> priest,</c><00:41:53.670><c> the</c><00:41:53.690><c> men</c><00:41:53.849><c> of</c><00:41:54.010><c> the</c>

00:41:54.230 --> 00:41:56.590
plane.<00:41:55.409><c> And</c><00:41:55.630><c> after</c><00:41:55.829><c> him</c><00:41:56.050><c> repaired</c>

00:41:56.590 --> 00:41:58.309
Benjamin<00:41:57.449><c> and</c><00:41:57.730><c> Hashub</c><00:41:58.050><c> over</c>

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against<00:41:58.670><c> their</c><00:41:58.849><c> house.</c>

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After<00:42:00.429><c> him</c><00:42:00.690><c> repaired</c><00:42:01.050><c> Azariah,</c><00:42:01.829><c> the</c><00:42:01.929><c> son</c><00:42:02.130><c> of</c>

00:42:02.289 --> 00:42:04.389
Maasiah,<00:42:02.989><c> the</c><00:42:03.090><c> son</c><00:42:03.309><c> of</c><00:42:03.550><c> Ananiah</c><00:42:03.909><c> by</c><00:42:04.110><c> his</c>

00:42:04.389 --> 00:42:06.389
house.<00:42:05.769><c> After</c><00:42:06.130><c> him</c>

00:42:06.389 --> 00:42:08.130
repaired<00:42:06.789><c> Binuai,</c><00:42:07.349><c> the</c><00:42:07.429><c> son</c><00:42:07.630><c> of</c><00:42:07.789><c> Hennadab,</c>

00:42:08.210 --> 00:42:10.630
another<00:42:08.469><c> piece,</c><00:42:09.150><c> from</c><00:42:09.369><c> the</c><00:42:09.570><c> house</c><00:42:09.750><c> of</c><00:42:09.949><c> Azariah</c>

00:42:10.630 --> 00:42:12.349
even<00:42:10.989><c> unto</c><00:42:11.269><c> the</c><00:42:11.449><c> turning</c><00:42:11.650><c> of</c><00:42:11.869><c> the</c><00:42:12.050><c> wall</c>

00:42:12.349 --> 00:42:14.230
even<00:42:12.929><c> unto</c><00:42:13.190><c> the</c><00:42:13.409><c> corner.</c>

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And<00:42:17.210><c> we</c><00:42:17.769><c> sat</c>

00:42:18.210 --> 00:42:20.449
and<00:42:18.849><c> you</c><00:42:19.050><c> can</c><00:42:19.309><c> see</c><00:42:19.530><c> the</c><00:42:19.650><c> very</c><00:42:19.929><c> stones</c>

00:42:20.449 --> 00:42:22.329
which<00:42:21.269><c> those</c><00:42:21.489><c> men</c><00:42:21.809><c> laboured</c>

00:42:22.329 --> 00:42:25.329
to<00:42:22.730><c> put</c><00:42:22.949><c> in</c><00:42:23.230><c> place</c><00:42:23.869><c> upon</c><00:42:24.329><c> the</c><00:42:24.570><c> wall.</c>

00:42:25.670 --> 00:42:26.829
We<00:42:25.769><c> know</c><00:42:26.030><c> the</c>

00:42:27.190 --> 00:42:28.590
names<00:42:27.530><c> of</c><00:42:27.789><c> the</c><00:42:27.909><c> men</c><00:42:28.110><c> who</c><00:42:28.329><c> lifted</c>

00:42:28.590 --> 00:42:30.889
those<00:42:28.929><c> stones</c><00:42:29.289><c> and</c><00:42:29.550><c> put</c><00:42:29.750><c> them</c><00:42:29.929><c> in</c><00:42:30.130><c> position.</c>

00:42:32.969 --> 00:42:34.510
Verse<00:42:33.489><c> 21</c>

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says<00:42:36.030><c> that</c>

00:42:36.550 --> 00:42:38.250
other<00:42:37.110><c> people</c><00:42:37.710><c> repaired</c>

00:42:38.250 --> 00:42:40.409
from<00:42:38.869><c> the</c><00:42:39.050><c> door</c><00:42:39.250><c> of</c><00:42:39.489><c> the</c><00:42:39.610><c> house</c><00:42:39.829><c> of</c><00:42:40.010><c> Elias</c><00:42:40.329><c> of</c>

00:42:40.409 --> 00:42:43.269
the<00:42:40.530><c> high</c><00:42:40.869><c> priest</c><00:42:41.170><c> even</c><00:42:41.369><c> to</c><00:42:41.550><c> the</c><00:42:41.710><c> end</c><00:42:41.929><c> of</c><00:42:42.130><c> his</c><00:42:42.329><c> house.</c>

00:42:43.289 --> 00:42:44.690
All<00:42:43.650><c> the</c><00:42:43.849><c> other</c><00:42:44.090><c> priests</c>

00:42:44.690 --> 00:42:46.449
repaired<00:42:45.289><c> in</c><00:42:45.469><c> front</c><00:42:45.650><c> of</c><00:42:45.849><c> their</c><00:42:46.030><c> own</c><00:42:46.190><c> house</c>

00:42:46.449 --> 00:42:48.469
but<00:42:46.710><c> Elias</c><00:42:47.130><c> doesn't</c><00:42:47.429><c> seem</c><00:42:47.769><c> to</c><00:42:47.929><c> be</c><00:42:48.090><c> one</c>

00:42:48.469 --> 00:42:50.510
with<00:42:49.130><c> his</c><00:42:49.449><c> brethren,</c><00:42:50.250><c> the</c>

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priests.

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So<00:42:53.190><c> Merrimoth,</c><00:42:54.070><c> who</c><00:42:54.170><c> had</c><00:42:54.230><c> already</c>

00:42:54.670 --> 00:42:56.489
worked<00:42:54.989><c> by</c><00:42:55.230><c> the</c><00:42:55.369><c> fish</c><00:42:55.590><c> gate,</c><00:42:56.409><c> did</c>

00:42:56.489 --> 00:42:58.170
this<00:42:56.809><c> part</c><00:42:57.070><c> as</c><00:42:57.369><c> well.</c>

00:42:58.429 --> 00:43:00.610
Verse<00:42:58.590><c> 27,</c><00:42:59.769><c> after</c><00:43:00.070><c> them</c><00:43:00.309><c> the</c>

00:43:00.610 --> 00:43:02.329
Tekowites<00:43:01.030><c> repaired</c><00:43:01.449><c> another</c><00:43:01.849><c> piece</c>

00:43:02.329 --> 00:43:04.409
over<00:43:02.829><c> against</c><00:43:03.190><c> the</c><00:43:03.369><c> great</c><00:43:03.630><c> tower</c><00:43:03.909><c> that</c><00:43:04.190><c> lieth</c>

00:43:04.409 --> 00:43:06.469
out<00:43:04.610><c> even</c><00:43:04.869><c> unto</c><00:43:05.110><c> the</c><00:43:05.250><c> wall</c><00:43:05.409><c> of</c><00:43:05.610><c> Ophir.</c>

00:43:07.469 --> 00:43:08.250
Already<00:43:07.809><c> met</c><00:43:08.030><c> the</c>

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Tekowites,<00:43:09.230><c> no</c><00:43:09.409><c> mention</c><00:43:09.750><c> here</c><00:43:09.949><c> of</c><00:43:10.110><c> their</c>

00:43:10.309 --> 00:43:12.590
nobles,<00:43:11.210><c> they've</c><00:43:11.489><c> given</c><00:43:11.670><c> up.</c>

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I<00:43:15.349><c> wonder</c><00:43:15.449><c> how</c><00:43:15.730><c> some</c><00:43:16.010><c> of</c><00:43:16.150><c> them</c><00:43:16.369><c> would</c>

00:43:16.590 --> 00:43:18.510
have<00:43:16.650><c> felt</c><00:43:17.010><c> when</c><00:43:17.269><c> the</c><00:43:17.329><c> book</c><00:43:17.570><c> of</c><00:43:17.730><c> Nehemiah</c><00:43:18.170><c> was</c>

00:43:18.510 --> 00:43:20.309
written<00:43:18.710><c> into</c><00:43:18.710><c> the</c><00:43:18.989><c> canon</c><00:43:19.610><c> and</c><00:43:20.010><c> they</c><00:43:20.170><c> read</c>

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chapter<00:43:20.630><c> 3.</c>

00:43:22.349 --> 00:43:24.309
How<00:43:22.489><c> will</c><00:43:22.670><c> we</c><00:43:22.869><c> feel,</c><00:43:23.369><c> brothers</c><00:43:23.369><c> and</c><00:43:23.630><c> sisters,</c><00:43:23.929><c> when</c><00:43:24.090><c> all</c>

00:43:24.309 --> 00:43:26.289
our<00:43:24.550><c> deeds</c><00:43:24.730><c> are</c><00:43:24.969><c> made</c><00:43:25.190><c> manifest</c><00:43:25.610><c> before</c><00:43:25.909><c> our</c><00:43:26.090><c> Lord</c>

00:43:26.289 --> 00:43:27.989
Jesus<00:43:26.690><c> Christ?</c>

00:43:28.849 --> 00:43:30.309
Keep<00:43:29.030><c> your</c><00:43:29.150><c> finger</c><00:43:29.349><c> in</c><00:43:29.550><c> Nehemiah</c><00:43:29.969><c> and</c><00:43:30.050><c> turn</c>

00:43:30.309 --> 00:43:33.010
forward<00:43:30.650><c> to</c><00:43:30.829><c> 1</c><00:43:30.989><c> Corinthians</c><00:43:31.489><c> in</c><00:43:31.769><c> chapter</c><00:43:32.010><c> 3.</c>

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There's<00:43:44.730><c> a</c><00:43:44.889><c> direct</c><00:43:45.170><c> parallel</c>

00:43:45.730 --> 00:43:48.130
between<00:43:46.809><c> the</c><00:43:46.929><c> men</c><00:43:47.130><c> of</c><00:43:47.289><c> Nehemiah's</c><00:43:47.849><c> day</c><00:43:47.989><c> and</c>

00:43:48.130 --> 00:43:49.409
ourselves.

00:43:50.309 --> 00:43:52.449
1<00:43:50.409><c> Corinthians</c><00:43:50.789><c> chapter</c><00:43:51.130><c> 3,</c><00:43:51.489><c> verse</c><00:43:51.670><c> 9.</c>

00:44:02.309 --> 00:44:04.730
Verse<00:44:03.269><c> 10.</c>

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See<00:44:15.269><c> the</c><00:44:15.409><c> key</c><00:44:15.590><c> word,</c><00:44:16.329><c> how.</c>

00:44:17.590 --> 00:44:19.730
God's<00:44:18.110><c> interested</c><00:44:18.590><c> in</c><00:44:18.869><c> the</c><00:44:19.150><c> quality</c>

00:44:19.730 --> 00:44:21.349
of<00:44:19.949><c> our</c><00:44:20.250><c> building.</c>

00:44:22.650 --> 00:44:24.090
Other<00:44:22.809><c> foundation</c><00:44:23.409><c> can</c><00:44:23.710><c> no</c><00:44:23.909><c> man</c>

00:44:24.090 --> 00:44:25.869
lay,<00:44:24.510><c> that</c><00:44:24.690><c> is</c><00:44:24.949><c> laid,</c><00:44:25.409><c> which</c><00:44:25.409><c> is</c><00:44:25.530><c> Jesus</c>

00:44:25.869 --> 00:44:27.690
Christ.<00:44:26.969><c> Now</c><00:44:27.150><c> if</c><00:44:27.329><c> any</c><00:44:27.530><c> man</c>

00:44:27.690 --> 00:44:29.610
build<00:44:27.969><c> upon</c><00:44:28.230><c> this</c><00:44:28.489><c> foundation</c><00:44:29.090><c> gold,</c>

00:44:29.710 --> 00:44:31.650
silver,<00:44:30.630><c> precious</c><00:44:30.869><c> stones,</c><00:44:31.590><c> wood,</c>

00:44:31.769 --> 00:44:33.789
hay,<00:44:32.210><c> scuttle,</c><00:44:32.989><c> every</c><00:44:33.230><c> man's</c><00:44:33.610><c> work</c>

00:44:33.789 --> 00:44:35.989
should<00:44:33.989><c> be</c><00:44:34.150><c> made</c><00:44:34.389><c> manifest,</c><00:44:34.929><c> for</c><00:44:35.030><c> the</c><00:44:35.190><c> day</c><00:44:35.329><c> shall</c><00:44:35.530><c> declare</c>

00:44:35.989 --> 00:44:37.889
it,<00:44:37.289><c> as</c><00:44:37.389><c> it</c><00:44:37.590><c> should</c><00:44:37.730><c> be</c>

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revealed<00:44:38.130><c> by</c><00:44:38.429><c> fire,</c><00:44:39.590><c> and</c><00:44:39.730><c> the</c>

00:44:39.929 --> 00:44:41.849
fire<00:44:40.070><c> shall</c><00:44:40.250><c> try</c><00:44:40.449><c> every</c><00:44:40.730><c> man's</c><00:44:41.110><c> work</c><00:44:41.269><c> of</c><00:44:41.449><c> what</c><00:44:41.690><c> sort</c>

00:44:41.849 --> 00:44:43.030
it<00:44:42.130><c> is.</c>

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If<00:44:43.829><c> any</c><00:44:44.030><c> man's</c><00:44:44.349><c> work</c><00:44:44.510><c> abide</c><00:44:44.929><c> which</c><00:44:45.150><c> he</c><00:44:45.329><c> have</c><00:44:45.489><c> built</c>

00:44:45.750 --> 00:44:48.110
thereupon,<00:44:47.050><c> he</c><00:44:47.269><c> shall</c><00:44:47.489><c> receive</c>

00:44:48.110 --> 00:44:50.090
only<00:44:48.449><c> war.</c><00:44:49.530><c> It's</c><00:44:49.710><c> a</c><00:44:49.889><c> trial</c>

00:44:50.090 --> 00:44:52.710
of<00:44:50.309><c> our</c><00:44:50.510><c> work</c><00:44:50.750><c> coming,</c><00:44:51.329><c> brothers</c><00:44:51.469><c> and</c><00:44:51.750><c> sisters.</c>

00:44:52.989 --> 00:44:54.280
And<00:44:53.230><c> we</c><00:44:53.309><c> should</c><00:44:53.449><c> have</c><00:44:53.610><c> that</c><00:44:53.809><c> in</c><00:44:54.010><c> mind</c>

00:44:54.769 --> 00:44:56.610
as<00:44:55.150><c> we</c><00:44:55.389><c> label</c><00:44:55.650><c> in</c><00:44:55.849><c> the</c><00:44:56.030><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:44:56.949 --> 00:44:58.690
to<00:44:57.090><c> edify</c><00:44:57.510><c> it,</c><00:44:57.690><c> to</c><00:44:57.869><c> build</c><00:44:57.989><c> it</c><00:44:58.269><c> up,</c>

00:44:58.889 --> 00:45:00.530
to<00:44:59.190><c> strengthen</c><00:44:59.469><c> it,</c>

00:45:00.650 --> 00:45:02.429
that<00:45:00.730><c> there</c><00:45:00.929><c> might</c><00:45:01.150><c> be</c><00:45:01.329><c> a</c><00:45:01.449><c> righteous</c><00:45:01.769><c> nation</c>

00:45:02.429 --> 00:45:04.829
when<00:45:02.849><c> the</c><00:45:02.969><c> Lord</c><00:45:03.150><c> Jesus</c><00:45:03.570><c> Christ</c><00:45:03.869><c> returns.</c>

00:45:05.909 --> 00:45:06.349
Turn<00:45:06.150><c> on</c>

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2<00:45:06.710><c> Corinthians</c><00:45:07.389><c> and</c><00:45:08.130><c> chapter</c><00:45:08.469><c> 5.</c>

00:45:15.630 --> 00:45:16.530
2<00:45:16.010><c> Corinthians</c>

00:45:16.530 --> 00:45:20.570
chapter<00:45:16.769><c> 5</c><00:45:17.690><c> and</c><00:45:18.269><c> verse</c><00:45:18.550><c> 10.</c>

00:45:22.050 --> 00:45:24.670
For<00:45:22.269><c> we</c><00:45:22.469><c> must</c><00:45:22.769><c> all</c><00:45:23.070><c> appear</c><00:45:23.510><c> before</c><00:45:24.409><c> the</c>

00:45:24.670 --> 00:45:26.710
judgment<00:45:25.030><c> seat</c><00:45:25.409><c> of</c><00:45:25.769><c> Christ,</c>

00:45:27.030 --> 00:45:28.409
that<00:45:27.170><c> everyone</c><00:45:27.590><c> may</c><00:45:27.889><c> receive</c>

00:45:28.409 --> 00:45:30.329
the<00:45:28.670><c> things</c><00:45:28.989><c> done</c><00:45:29.449><c> in</c><00:45:29.769><c> body</c>

00:45:30.329 --> 00:45:32.349
according<00:45:31.050><c> as</c><00:45:31.289><c> he</c><00:45:31.409><c> hath</c><00:45:31.650><c> done,</c>

00:45:32.809 --> 00:45:35.130
whether<00:45:33.030><c> good</c><00:45:33.510><c> or</c><00:45:34.070><c> bad.</c>

00:45:35.670 --> 00:45:36.650
Nehemiah<00:45:35.969><c> will</c><00:45:36.269><c> rejoice</c>

00:45:36.650 --> 00:45:38.010
in<00:45:36.849><c> that</c><00:45:37.050><c> day.</c>

00:45:39.150 --> 00:45:40.530
I<00:45:39.250><c> wouldn't</c><00:45:39.489><c> want</c><00:45:39.710><c> to</c><00:45:39.829><c> be</c><00:45:39.969><c> in</c><00:45:40.090><c> Elisha</c>

00:45:40.530 --> 00:45:42.210
of<00:45:40.690><c> sandals</c><00:45:41.210><c> or</c>

00:45:42.210 --> 00:45:43.429
mashalums.

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Who<00:45:44.630><c> may</c><00:45:44.889><c> abide</c><00:45:45.250><c> the</c><00:45:45.429><c> day</c>

00:45:45.610 --> 00:45:47.210
of<00:45:45.730><c> his</c><00:45:45.869><c> coming,</c><00:45:46.289><c> Malachi</c><00:45:46.650><c> will</c><00:45:46.929><c> say.</c>

00:45:47.650 --> 00:45:49.469
Who<00:45:47.829><c> shall</c><00:45:48.110><c> stand</c><00:45:48.349><c> when</c><00:45:48.530><c> he</c><00:45:48.750><c> appeareth?</c>

00:45:51.190 --> 00:45:53.150
Brothers<00:45:51.489><c> and</c><00:45:51.670><c> sisters,</c><00:45:52.750><c> we</c><00:45:52.889><c> make</c>

00:45:53.150 --> 00:45:54.650
our<00:45:53.329><c> answer</c><00:45:53.550><c> now.</c>

00:45:55.670 --> 00:45:57.130
Let's<00:45:55.750><c> go</c><00:45:55.909><c> back</c><00:45:56.190><c> to</c><00:45:56.730><c> Nehemiah</c>

00:45:57.130 --> 00:45:59.170
for<00:45:57.329><c> the</c><00:45:57.429><c> last</c><00:45:57.750><c> 5</c><00:45:58.110><c> minutes</c><00:45:58.469><c> and</c><00:45:58.670><c> just</c><00:45:58.849><c> have</c><00:45:58.949><c> a</c><00:45:59.030><c> look</c>

00:45:59.170 --> 00:46:00.750
at<00:45:59.190><c> chapter</c><00:45:59.469><c> 5.</c>

00:46:03.090 --> 00:46:05.449
This<00:46:03.250><c> chapter</c><00:46:03.610><c> is</c><00:46:04.449><c> just</c><00:46:04.750><c> dropped</c><00:46:04.949><c> in</c><00:46:05.210><c> here</c>

00:46:05.449 --> 00:46:07.349
in<00:46:05.730><c> the</c><00:46:05.909><c> record.</c><00:46:06.409><c> It's</c><00:46:06.469><c> part</c><00:46:06.650><c> of</c><00:46:06.750><c> what</c><00:46:06.929><c> happened</c>

00:46:07.349 --> 00:46:08.989
obviously<00:46:07.809><c> in</c><00:46:07.969><c> the</c><00:46:08.090><c> time</c><00:46:08.289><c> of</c><00:46:08.469><c> Nehemiah.</c>

00:46:09.230 --> 00:46:11.190
It's<00:46:09.449><c> not</c><00:46:09.650><c> related</c><00:46:10.010><c> to</c><00:46:10.210><c> the</c><00:46:10.349><c> building</c><00:46:10.590><c> of</c><00:46:10.789><c> the</c><00:46:10.989><c> wall</c>

00:46:11.190 --> 00:46:13.489
that<00:46:11.329><c> we're</c><00:46:12.010><c> considering</c><00:46:12.570><c> really</c><00:46:12.929><c> in</c><00:46:13.110><c> this</c><00:46:13.309><c> class</c>

00:46:13.489 --> 00:46:15.969
but<00:46:13.710><c> we</c><00:46:14.050><c> can't</c><00:46:14.570><c> pass</c><00:46:14.909><c> through</c><00:46:15.230><c> Nehemiah</c>

00:46:15.969 --> 00:46:18.090
without<00:46:16.409><c> looking</c><00:46:16.690><c> at</c><00:46:16.949><c> chapter</c><00:46:17.170><c> 5.</c>

00:46:18.130 --> 00:46:19.130
Because<00:46:18.469><c> it</c><00:46:18.869><c> details</c>

00:46:19.130 --> 00:46:20.989
one<00:46:19.449><c> incident</c><00:46:19.909><c> in</c><00:46:20.090><c> the</c><00:46:20.250><c> life</c><00:46:20.389><c> of</c><00:46:20.590><c> Nehemiah</c>

00:46:20.989 --> 00:46:23.409
which<00:46:21.150><c> tells</c><00:46:21.409><c> us</c><00:46:21.630><c> a</c><00:46:21.730><c> lot</c><00:46:21.829><c> about</c><00:46:22.110><c> this</c><00:46:22.769><c> wonderful</c>

00:46:23.409 --> 00:46:25.070
pioneer<00:46:23.989><c> of</c><00:46:24.309><c> faith.</c>

00:46:26.210 --> 00:46:27.530
There<00:46:26.369><c> was</c><00:46:26.610><c> a</c><00:46:26.750><c> famine.</c>

00:46:28.929 --> 00:46:30.789
There<00:46:29.070><c> was</c><00:46:29.289><c> a</c><00:46:29.489><c> dearth.</c>

00:46:30.809 --> 00:46:32.630
End<00:46:30.989><c> of</c><00:46:31.170><c> verse</c><00:46:31.389><c> 3.</c>

00:46:33.469 --> 00:46:35.690
And<00:46:33.889><c> there</c><00:46:34.150><c> were</c><00:46:34.349><c> families</c><00:46:34.630><c> to</c><00:46:34.929><c> feed.</c>

00:46:35.789 --> 00:46:37.590
There<00:46:35.909><c> were</c><00:46:36.090><c> taxes</c><00:46:36.469><c> to</c><00:46:36.750><c> pay.</c>

00:46:38.170 --> 00:46:39.489
And<00:46:38.630><c> people</c><00:46:38.889><c> had</c><00:46:39.130><c> to</c><00:46:39.289><c> borrow</c>

00:46:39.489 --> 00:46:42.190
money<00:46:39.929><c> for</c><00:46:40.710><c> those</c><00:46:41.010><c> purposes.</c>

00:46:43.070 --> 00:46:45.190
And<00:46:43.429><c> some</c><00:46:43.670><c> wealthy</c><00:46:44.050><c> Jews</c>

00:46:45.369 --> 00:46:47.789
lent<00:46:45.670><c> them</c><00:46:45.889><c> money</c><00:46:46.449><c> and</c><00:46:47.230><c> lent</c><00:46:47.429><c> them</c>

00:46:47.789 --> 00:46:48.789
on<00:46:48.150><c> usury.</c>

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Which<00:46:49.489><c> was</c><00:46:49.809><c> absolutely</c><00:46:50.550><c> forbidden</c>

00:46:51.230 --> 00:46:54.090
in<00:46:51.849><c> the</c><00:46:52.030><c> law</c><00:46:52.530><c> in</c><00:46:53.010><c> Exodus</c><00:46:53.289><c> 22</c>

00:46:54.210 --> 00:46:56.150
and<00:46:54.630><c> verse</c><00:46:54.869><c> 25.</c>

00:46:57.090 --> 00:46:59.110
And<00:46:57.469><c> so</c><00:46:57.929><c> they</c><00:46:58.170><c> made</c><00:46:58.349><c> a</c><00:46:58.530><c> great</c><00:46:58.769><c> cry</c>

00:46:59.110 --> 00:47:01.369
in<00:46:59.309><c> chapter</c><00:46:59.550><c> 5,</c><00:46:59.909><c> verse</c><00:47:00.170><c> 1,</c><00:47:00.469><c> against</c><00:47:00.789><c> their</c><00:47:01.070><c> brethren</c>

00:47:01.369 --> 00:47:02.530
the<00:47:01.690><c> Jews.</c>

00:47:02.849 --> 00:47:05.170
For<00:47:02.989><c> they</c><00:47:03.250><c> were</c><00:47:03.389><c> that</c><00:47:03.630><c> said,</c><00:47:03.829><c> we</c><00:47:04.010><c> are</c><00:47:04.289><c> sons</c><00:47:04.530><c> and</c><00:47:04.690><c> our</c><00:47:04.889><c> daughters</c>

00:47:05.170 --> 00:47:07.309
are<00:47:05.429><c> many,</c><00:47:06.130><c> therefore</c><00:47:06.429><c> we</c><00:47:06.710><c> take</c><00:47:06.909><c> up</c><00:47:07.130><c> corn</c>

00:47:07.309 --> 00:47:09.409
and<00:47:07.409><c> therefore</c><00:47:07.409><c> for</c><00:47:07.489><c> them</c><00:47:07.730><c> that</c><00:47:07.909><c> we</c><00:47:08.010><c> may</c><00:47:08.190><c> eat</c><00:47:08.429><c> and</c><00:47:08.630><c> live.</c>

00:47:09.670 --> 00:47:11.170
Some<00:47:09.909><c> also</c><00:47:10.329><c> there</c><00:47:10.590><c> were</c><00:47:10.730><c> that</c><00:47:11.030><c> said</c>

00:47:11.170 --> 00:47:13.010
we<00:47:11.289><c> have</c><00:47:11.570><c> mortgaged</c><00:47:11.969><c> our</c><00:47:12.190><c> lands,</c><00:47:12.630><c> vineyards</c>

00:47:13.010 --> 00:47:16.510
and<00:47:13.170><c> houses</c><00:47:13.530><c> that</c><00:47:13.710><c> we</c><00:47:13.889><c> might</c><00:47:14.110><c> buy</c><00:47:14.469><c> corn</c><00:47:14.690><c> because</c><00:47:14.989><c> of</c><00:47:15.190><c> the</c><00:47:15.369><c> dearth.</c>

00:47:16.590 --> 00:47:17.690
There<00:47:16.769><c> were</c><00:47:16.949><c> also</c><00:47:17.269><c> that</c><00:47:17.550><c> said</c>

00:47:17.690 --> 00:47:19.550
we<00:47:17.829><c> have</c><00:47:18.030><c> borrowed</c><00:47:18.289><c> money</c><00:47:18.550><c> for</c><00:47:18.710><c> the</c><00:47:18.869><c> king's</c><00:47:19.230><c> tribute</c>

00:47:19.550 --> 00:47:21.769
and<00:47:19.789><c> that</c><00:47:19.929><c> upon</c><00:47:20.170><c> our</c><00:47:20.389><c> lands</c><00:47:20.610><c> and</c><00:47:20.849><c> vineyards.</c>

00:47:22.150 --> 00:47:23.150
Yet<00:47:22.250><c> now</c><00:47:22.489><c> our</c><00:47:22.750><c> flesh</c><00:47:22.969><c> is</c>

00:47:23.150 --> 00:47:25.250
the<00:47:23.329><c> flesh</c><00:47:23.590><c> of</c><00:47:23.789><c> our</c><00:47:23.989><c> brethren,</c><00:47:24.730><c> our</c><00:47:24.929><c> children</c>

00:47:25.250 --> 00:47:27.210
as<00:47:25.449><c> their</c><00:47:25.690><c> children.</c><00:47:26.610><c> And</c><00:47:26.730><c> though</c><00:47:26.849><c> we</c><00:47:27.070><c> bring</c>

00:47:27.210 --> 00:47:28.989
into<00:47:27.429><c> bondage</c><00:47:27.849><c> our</c><00:47:28.130><c> sons</c><00:47:28.349><c> and</c><00:47:28.510><c> our</c><00:47:28.750><c> daughters</c>

00:47:28.989 --> 00:47:31.190
to<00:47:29.150><c> be</c><00:47:29.389><c> servants,</c><00:47:30.289><c> and</c><00:47:30.449><c> some</c><00:47:30.590><c> of</c><00:47:30.789><c> our</c><00:47:30.929><c> daughters</c>

00:47:31.190 --> 00:47:32.969
are<00:47:31.429><c> brought</c><00:47:31.710><c> into</c><00:47:31.969><c> bondage</c><00:47:32.389><c> already</c>

00:47:32.969 --> 00:47:35.710
neither<00:47:33.630><c> is</c><00:47:33.929><c> it</c><00:47:34.030><c> in</c><00:47:34.110><c> our</c><00:47:34.369><c> power</c><00:47:34.630><c> to</c><00:47:34.889><c> redeem</c><00:47:35.210><c> them</c>

00:47:35.710 --> 00:47:39.130
for<00:47:36.170><c> other</c><00:47:36.329><c> men</c><00:47:36.530><c> have</c><00:47:36.730><c> our</c><00:47:37.010><c> lands</c><00:47:37.309><c> and</c><00:47:37.570><c> our</c><00:47:37.789><c> vineyards.</c>

00:47:40.110 --> 00:47:41.730
It's<00:47:40.210><c> an</c><00:47:40.389><c> ecclesial</c><00:47:40.949><c> problem</c>

00:47:41.730 --> 00:47:44.210
which<00:47:42.690><c> confronted</c><00:47:43.289><c> Nehemiah</c>

00:47:45.030 --> 00:47:45.789
and

00:47:45.789 --> 00:47:48.090
in<00:47:47.309><c> today's</c><00:47:47.849><c> speech</c>

00:47:48.090 --> 00:47:50.050
we<00:47:48.269><c> would</c><00:47:48.550><c> say,</c><00:47:49.369><c> Nehemiah</c>

00:47:50.050 --> 00:47:51.289
when<00:47:50.210><c> he</c><00:47:50.429><c> heard</c><00:47:50.650><c> this</c>

00:47:51.289 --> 00:47:54.210
was<00:47:51.809><c> incandescent</c><00:47:52.929><c> with</c><00:47:53.289><c> rage</c>

00:47:55.269 --> 00:47:57.829
but<00:47:56.030><c> all</c><00:47:56.210><c> he</c><00:47:56.469><c> laboured</c><00:47:56.869><c> to</c><00:47:57.150><c> do</c>

00:47:57.829 --> 00:47:59.750
and<00:47:58.190><c> to</c><00:47:58.449><c> encourage</c><00:47:58.829><c> the</c><00:47:59.110><c> people</c>

00:47:59.750 --> 00:48:01.670
and<00:48:01.230><c> these</c>

00:48:01.670 --> 00:48:03.329
men<00:48:01.949><c> were</c><00:48:02.190><c> making</c><00:48:02.590><c> profit</c>

00:48:03.329 --> 00:48:04.869
out<00:48:04.010><c> of</c><00:48:04.190><c> their</c><00:48:04.429><c> brethren</c>

00:48:04.869 --> 00:48:07.610
and<00:48:05.730><c> driving</c><00:48:05.989><c> them</c><00:48:06.289><c> into</c><00:48:07.190><c> poverty</c>

00:48:07.610 --> 00:48:09.110
and<00:48:08.090><c> slavery.</c>

00:48:09.909 --> 00:48:11.869
He<00:48:10.130><c> was</c><00:48:10.510><c> furious</c>

00:48:13.530 --> 00:48:16.130
Verse<00:48:14.110><c> 6,</c><00:48:14.710><c> I</c><00:48:14.809><c> was</c><00:48:15.190><c> very</c><00:48:15.610><c> angry</c>

00:48:16.130 --> 00:48:17.670
when<00:48:16.710><c> I</c><00:48:16.929><c> heard</c><00:48:17.110><c> their</c><00:48:17.409><c> cry</c>

00:48:17.670 --> 00:48:19.110
in<00:48:17.849><c> these</c><00:48:18.110><c> words.</c>

00:48:19.789 --> 00:48:21.289
We<00:48:19.909><c> can</c><00:48:20.090><c> get</c><00:48:20.190><c> like</c><00:48:20.429><c> that</c><00:48:20.630><c> brothers</c><00:48:20.809><c> and</c><00:48:21.070><c> sisters</c>

00:48:21.289 --> 00:48:23.389
when<00:48:21.510><c> we</c><00:48:21.630><c> hear</c><00:48:21.809><c> an</c><00:48:21.989><c> ecclesial</c><00:48:22.369><c> problem</c>

00:48:23.670 --> 00:48:25.469
it<00:48:24.250><c> can</c><00:48:24.610><c> really,</c><00:48:25.190><c> really</c>

00:48:25.469 --> 00:48:26.710
get<00:48:25.730><c> to</c><00:48:25.909><c> us.</c>

00:48:27.050 --> 00:48:29.289
So<00:48:27.230><c> we're</c><00:48:27.610><c> shaking</c><00:48:28.050><c> with</c><00:48:28.329><c> anger.</c>

00:48:30.210 --> 00:48:31.449
But<00:48:30.389><c> that's</c><00:48:30.550><c> not</c><00:48:30.789><c> the</c><00:48:30.929><c> right</c>

00:48:31.449 --> 00:48:32.489
frame<00:48:31.710><c> of</c><00:48:31.989><c> mind</c>

00:48:32.489 --> 00:48:35.530
in<00:48:33.230><c> which</c><00:48:33.429><c> to</c><00:48:33.610><c> deal</c><00:48:33.769><c> with</c><00:48:33.949><c> ecclesial</c><00:48:34.349><c> problems.</c>

00:48:36.150 --> 00:48:37.710
We're<00:48:36.289><c> very</c><00:48:36.489><c> likely</c><00:48:36.730><c> to</c><00:48:36.989><c> say</c><00:48:37.130><c> the</c><00:48:37.250><c> wrong</c><00:48:37.510><c> thing</c>

00:48:37.710 --> 00:48:40.730
do<00:48:37.949><c> the</c><00:48:38.150><c> wrong</c><00:48:38.369><c> thing</c><00:48:38.570><c> and</c><00:48:38.730><c> make</c><00:48:38.829><c> the</c><00:48:38.929><c> whole</c><00:48:39.070><c> situation</c><00:48:39.630><c> worse.</c>

00:48:41.429 --> 00:48:44.389
There's<00:48:41.610><c> a</c><00:48:41.809><c> tremendous</c><00:48:42.250><c> lesson</c><00:48:42.610><c> for</c><00:48:42.869><c> us</c><00:48:43.010><c> in</c><00:48:43.190><c> what</c><00:48:43.510><c> Nehemiah</c><00:48:43.769><c> did.</c>

00:48:44.730 --> 00:48:45.590
Verse<00:48:44.769><c> 7</c>

00:48:45.590 --> 00:48:47.809
Then<00:48:46.670><c> I</c><00:48:47.110><c> consulted</c>

00:48:47.809 --> 00:48:49.170
with<00:48:48.329><c> myself</c>

00:48:49.170 --> 00:48:50.630
margin,<00:48:50.230><c> Hebrew</c>

00:48:50.630 --> 00:48:54.230
my<00:48:51.329><c> heart</c><00:48:52.030><c> consulted</c><00:48:52.869><c> in</c><00:48:53.329><c> me.</c>

00:48:54.449 --> 00:48:55.090
Before<00:48:54.710><c> he</c><00:48:54.909><c> said</c>

00:48:55.090 --> 00:48:57.269
anything<00:48:55.510><c> to</c><00:48:55.869><c> anybody</c><00:48:56.210><c> about</c><00:48:56.570><c> anything</c>

00:48:57.269 --> 00:48:59.150
Nehemiah<00:48:58.230><c> sat</c><00:48:58.610><c> down</c>

00:48:59.150 --> 00:49:01.090
and<00:48:59.630><c> he</c><00:48:59.909><c> thought</c><00:49:00.329><c> the</c><00:49:00.650><c> whole</c>

00:49:01.090 --> 00:49:03.090
thing<00:49:01.789><c> through</c>

00:49:04.070 --> 00:49:05.210
carefully

00:49:05.429 --> 00:49:06.809
and<00:49:06.070><c> he</c><00:49:06.409><c> decided</c>

00:49:06.809 --> 00:49:09.190
how<00:49:07.670><c> he</c><00:49:07.849><c> was</c><00:49:08.110><c> going</c><00:49:08.329><c> to</c><00:49:08.590><c> deal</c><00:49:08.750><c> with</c><00:49:08.969><c> this</c>

00:49:09.190 --> 00:49:10.190
issue.

00:49:12.150 --> 00:49:13.289
So<00:49:12.449><c> middle</c><00:49:12.610><c> of</c><00:49:12.750><c> verse</c><00:49:12.969><c> 7</c>

00:49:13.750 --> 00:49:15.510
I<00:49:14.429><c> rebuked</c><00:49:14.989><c> the</c><00:49:15.190><c> nobles</c>

00:49:15.510 --> 00:49:17.329
and<00:49:15.710><c> the</c><00:49:15.929><c> rulers</c><00:49:16.130><c> and</c><00:49:16.489><c> said</c><00:49:16.650><c> unto</c><00:49:16.829><c> them</c>

00:49:17.329 --> 00:49:19.329
ye<00:49:17.710><c> exact</c><00:49:18.210><c> usury</c><00:49:18.730><c> every</c><00:49:19.130><c> one</c>

00:49:19.329 --> 00:49:20.670
of<00:49:19.449><c> his</c><00:49:19.630><c> brother</c>

00:49:21.050 --> 00:49:23.309
and<00:49:21.690><c> I'm</c><00:49:21.909><c> sure</c><00:49:22.110><c> he</c><00:49:22.329><c> would</c><00:49:22.590><c> trope</c><00:49:22.809><c> the</c><00:49:23.010><c> law</c>

00:49:23.309 --> 00:49:25.230
which<00:49:23.949><c> absolutely</c><00:49:24.650><c> forbade</c>

00:49:25.230 --> 00:49:26.550
this<00:49:25.469><c> practice.</c>

00:49:27.289 --> 00:49:28.329
So<00:49:27.730><c> he</c><00:49:27.869><c> said</c><00:49:28.090><c> to</c><00:49:28.230><c> them</c>

00:49:28.329 --> 00:49:30.230
you're<00:49:28.630><c> out</c><00:49:28.730><c> of</c><00:49:28.889><c> line.</c><00:49:29.409><c> You</c><00:49:29.489><c> are</c><00:49:29.710><c> not</c><00:49:29.929><c> keeping</c>

00:49:30.230 --> 00:49:32.650
the<00:49:30.449><c> law.</c><00:49:30.650><c> You</c><00:49:30.710><c> are</c><00:49:31.070><c> transgressing</c><00:49:31.769><c> the</c><00:49:31.929><c> law</c>

00:49:34.309 --> 00:49:36.090
and<00:49:34.750><c> I</c><00:49:35.070><c> set</c><00:49:35.170><c> a</c><00:49:35.369><c> great</c><00:49:35.570><c> assembly</c>

00:49:36.090 --> 00:49:37.750
against<00:49:36.530><c> them.</c><00:49:36.690><c> So</c><00:49:36.889><c> he</c><00:49:37.010><c> involves</c><00:49:37.250><c> the</c><00:49:37.469><c> Holy</c>

00:49:37.750 --> 00:49:40.269
Cretia.<00:49:38.710><c> Doesn't</c><00:49:38.949><c> just</c><00:49:39.329><c> tackle</c><00:49:39.550><c> this</c><00:49:39.750><c> on</c><00:49:39.889><c> his</c><00:49:40.070><c> own</c>

00:49:40.269 --> 00:49:41.769
although<00:49:40.469><c> he</c><00:49:40.630><c> is</c><00:49:40.809><c> the</c><00:49:40.989><c> governor.</c>

00:49:41.849 --> 00:49:43.969
He<00:49:42.110><c> involves</c><00:49:42.349><c> the</c><00:49:42.550><c> Holy</c><00:49:42.750><c> Cretia.</c>

00:49:44.349 --> 00:49:45.449
And<00:49:44.550><c> I</c><00:49:44.730><c> said</c><00:49:44.889><c> unto</c><00:49:45.110><c> them</c>

00:49:45.449 --> 00:49:47.809
we<00:49:45.869><c> after</c><00:49:46.250><c> our</c><00:49:46.730><c> ability</c><00:49:47.030><c> have</c><00:49:47.349><c> redeemed</c>

00:49:47.809 --> 00:49:50.269
our<00:49:48.070><c> brethren</c><00:49:48.309><c> the</c><00:49:48.610><c> Jews</c><00:49:48.809><c> which</c><00:49:49.030><c> were</c><00:49:49.250><c> sold</c><00:49:49.510><c> unto</c><00:49:49.710><c> the</c><00:49:49.929><c> heathen</c>

00:49:50.269 --> 00:49:52.730
and<00:49:50.590><c> will</c><00:49:50.769><c> ye</c><00:49:50.969><c> even</c><00:49:51.309><c> sell</c><00:49:51.590><c> your</c><00:49:51.889><c> brethren?</c>

00:49:52.929 --> 00:49:55.269
Or<00:49:53.090><c> shall</c><00:49:53.230><c> they</c><00:49:53.409><c> be</c><00:49:53.590><c> sold</c><00:49:53.809><c> unto</c><00:49:54.050><c> us?</c>

00:49:56.150 --> 00:49:58.230
They<00:49:56.590><c> held</c><00:49:56.769><c> their</c><00:49:57.070><c> peace</c><00:49:57.250><c> and</c><00:49:57.449><c> found</c><00:49:57.610><c> nothing</c><00:49:57.829><c> to</c><00:49:58.030><c> answer.</c>

00:49:58.289 --> 00:49:59.329
They<00:49:58.489><c> had</c><00:49:58.710><c> no</c><00:49:58.949><c> case.</c>

00:49:59.829 --> 00:50:02.869
They<00:49:59.989><c> were</c><00:50:00.230><c> in</c><00:50:00.409><c> the</c><00:50:00.590><c> wrong</c><00:50:00.829><c> absolutely</c><00:50:01.610><c> and</c><00:50:01.909><c> completely</c>

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and<00:50:03.909><c> they</c><00:50:04.070><c> are</c>

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convicted<00:50:04.809><c> by</c><00:50:05.070><c> their</c><00:50:05.269><c> own</c><00:50:05.530><c> conscience</c>

00:50:05.969 --> 00:50:08.869
now<00:50:06.530><c> and</c><00:50:07.030><c> by</c><00:50:07.230><c> the</c><00:50:07.389><c> words</c><00:50:07.550><c> of</c><00:50:07.769><c> near</c><00:50:07.969><c> mine.</c>

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Also<00:50:09.389><c> I</c><00:50:09.630><c> said</c><00:50:09.809><c> it</c><00:50:09.929><c> is</c>

00:50:10.150 --> 00:50:12.030
not<00:50:10.369><c> good</c><00:50:10.550><c> that</c><00:50:10.730><c> ye</c><00:50:10.969><c> do.</c><00:50:11.670><c> Or</c><00:50:11.809><c> are</c><00:50:11.909><c> ye</c>

00:50:12.030 --> 00:50:14.010
not<00:50:12.190><c> to</c><00:50:12.409><c> walk</c><00:50:12.590><c> in</c><00:50:12.769><c> the</c><00:50:12.989><c> fear</c><00:50:13.110><c> of</c><00:50:13.329><c> our</c><00:50:13.489><c> God</c><00:50:13.670><c> because</c>

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of<00:50:14.150><c> the</c><00:50:14.210><c> reproach</c><00:50:14.670><c> of</c><00:50:14.829><c> the</c><00:50:14.969><c> heathen,</c><00:50:15.210><c> our</c><00:50:15.409><c> enemies?</c>

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We're<00:50:16.409><c> in</c><00:50:16.489><c> this</c><00:50:16.670><c> difficult</c><00:50:17.090><c> situation.</c><00:50:17.710><c> We're</c><00:50:17.889><c> trying</c>

00:50:18.090 --> 00:50:20.250
to<00:50:18.289><c> rebuild</c><00:50:18.530><c> the</c><00:50:18.809><c> wall.</c><00:50:19.730><c> We've</c><00:50:19.849><c> got</c><00:50:19.969><c> enemies</c>

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all<00:50:20.570><c> around</c><00:50:20.829><c> without</c><00:50:21.150><c> and</c><00:50:21.369><c> within.</c>

00:50:23.030 --> 00:50:24.230
And<00:50:23.130><c> all</c><00:50:23.230><c> you're</c><00:50:23.429><c> interested</c><00:50:23.829><c> in</c><00:50:24.010><c> is</c>

00:50:24.230 --> 00:50:25.329
making<00:50:24.429><c> money.</c>

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The<00:50:25.969><c> expense</c><00:50:26.230><c> of</c><00:50:26.429><c> your</c><00:50:26.710><c> brethren.</c>

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I<00:50:30.650><c> likewise</c>

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my<00:50:31.329><c> brethren,</c><00:50:31.769><c> my</c><00:50:31.969><c> servants</c>

00:50:32.289 --> 00:50:33.929
might<00:50:32.590><c> exact</c><00:50:32.909><c> with</c><00:50:33.070><c> the</c><00:50:33.250><c> money</c><00:50:33.429><c> and</c><00:50:33.769><c> call.</c>

00:50:34.409 --> 00:50:36.510
I<00:50:34.710><c> pray</c><00:50:34.909><c> you</c><00:50:35.210><c> let</c><00:50:35.530><c> us</c><00:50:35.750><c> leave</c><00:50:36.030><c> off</c><00:50:36.230><c> this</c>

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usury.<00:50:37.349><c> Stop</c><00:50:37.710><c> it</c><00:50:37.889><c> he</c><00:50:38.130><c> says.</c>

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Put<00:50:40.050><c> an</c><00:50:40.190><c> end</c>

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to<00:50:40.489><c> this</c><00:50:40.650><c> practice.</c>

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Restore<00:50:45.530><c> I</c><00:50:45.690><c> pray</c><00:50:45.949><c> you</c><00:50:46.130><c> to</c>

00:50:46.289 --> 00:50:48.449
them<00:50:46.469><c> even</c><00:50:46.690><c> this</c><00:50:46.969><c> day</c><00:50:47.130><c> their</c><00:50:47.309><c> lands</c><00:50:47.670><c> and</c><00:50:47.889><c> their</c><00:50:48.070><c> vineyards</c>

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and<00:50:48.750><c> olive</c><00:50:48.949><c> yards</c><00:50:49.170><c> and</c><00:50:49.329><c> their</c><00:50:49.530><c> houses.</c>

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Also<00:50:50.590><c> the</c><00:50:50.730><c> hundredth</c><00:50:51.230><c> part</c><00:50:51.369><c> of</c><00:50:51.489><c> the</c><00:50:51.630><c> money</c><00:50:51.809><c> and</c><00:50:51.929><c> of</c><00:50:52.050><c> the</c>

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corn,<00:50:52.530><c> the</c><00:50:52.690><c> wine</c><00:50:52.849><c> and</c><00:50:52.989><c> the</c><00:50:53.170><c> oil</c><00:50:53.329><c> that</c><00:50:53.429><c> ye</c><00:50:53.670><c> exact</c><00:50:53.889><c> of</c><00:50:54.110><c> them.</c>

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So<00:50:55.869><c> he</c><00:50:55.989><c> sets</c><00:50:56.210><c> down</c>

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the<00:50:56.690><c> conditions</c><00:50:57.250><c> of</c><00:50:58.030><c> sorting</c>

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out<00:50:58.530><c> this</c><00:50:58.710><c> issue</c><00:50:58.889><c> in</c><00:50:59.190><c> detail.</c><00:50:59.650><c> He's</c><00:50:59.929><c> worked</c><00:51:00.130><c> it</c>

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all<00:51:00.469><c> out</c><00:51:01.269><c> as</c><00:51:01.809><c> his</c><00:51:02.070><c> heart</c>

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consulted<00:51:02.809><c> in</c><00:51:03.050><c> it.</c>

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Then<00:51:04.510><c> said</c><00:51:04.789><c> they,</c><00:51:05.409><c> we</c><00:51:05.769><c> will</c><00:51:06.110><c> restore</c>

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them<00:51:06.889><c> and</c><00:51:07.250><c> will</c><00:51:07.469><c> require</c><00:51:07.789><c> nothing</c><00:51:08.050><c> of</c><00:51:08.309><c> them.</c>

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So<00:51:08.730><c> will</c><00:51:09.010><c> we</c><00:51:09.170><c> do</c><00:51:09.349><c> as</c><00:51:09.530><c> thou</c><00:51:09.769><c> sayest.</c>

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But<00:51:11.070><c> near</c><00:51:11.210><c> mine</c><00:51:11.329><c> is</c><00:51:11.409><c> not</c><00:51:11.650><c> content</c><00:51:11.909><c> with</c><00:51:12.090><c> that.</c>

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Then<00:51:13.510><c> I</c><00:51:13.750><c> called</c><00:51:13.949><c> the</c><00:51:14.190><c> priest</c>

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and<00:51:14.570><c> took</c><00:51:14.690><c> an</c><00:51:14.949><c> oath</c><00:51:15.090><c> of</c><00:51:15.289><c> them</c><00:51:15.650><c> that</c><00:51:16.030><c> they</c><00:51:16.210><c> should</c>

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do<00:51:16.670><c> according</c><00:51:16.949><c> to</c><00:51:17.150><c> this</c><00:51:17.309><c> promise.</c>

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He<00:51:19.750><c> makes</c><00:51:19.929><c> them</c><00:51:20.230><c> swear</c>

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so<00:51:21.030><c> there</c><00:51:21.789><c> can</c><00:51:21.969><c> be</c><00:51:22.070><c> no</c><00:51:22.289><c> going</c><00:51:22.429><c> back.</c>

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No<00:51:23.809><c> pretence</c><00:51:24.289><c> that</c><00:51:24.530><c> oh</c><00:51:24.650><c> they</c><00:51:24.730><c> weren't</c>

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quite<00:51:25.210><c> sure</c><00:51:25.349><c> what</c><00:51:25.489><c> they</c><00:51:25.610><c> had</c><00:51:25.789><c> to</c><00:51:25.929><c> do.</c>

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Verse<00:51:28.409><c> thirteen.</c>

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Also<00:51:29.510><c> I</c><00:51:29.829><c> shook</c><00:51:30.010><c> my</c><00:51:30.309><c> luck</c><00:51:30.530><c> and</c><00:51:30.789><c> said</c>

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so<00:51:31.630><c> God</c><00:51:31.989><c> shake</c><00:51:32.329><c> out</c><00:51:32.610><c> every</c>

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man<00:51:33.110><c> from</c><00:51:33.289><c> his</c><00:51:33.530><c> house</c><00:51:33.769><c> and</c><00:51:33.969><c> from</c><00:51:34.070><c> his</c><00:51:34.269><c> labour</c>

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that<00:51:34.989><c> performeth</c><00:51:35.489><c> not</c><00:51:35.789><c> this</c><00:51:36.030><c> promise</c>

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even<00:51:36.989><c> thus</c><00:51:37.210><c> be</c><00:51:37.349><c> he</c><00:51:37.590><c> shaken</c><00:51:37.849><c> out</c><00:51:38.110><c> and</c><00:51:38.369><c> emptied.</c>

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Stage<00:51:41.590><c> by</c><00:51:41.869><c> stage</c><00:51:42.289><c> he</c><00:51:42.469><c> goes</c>

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through

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the<00:51:45.170><c> plan</c><00:51:45.369><c> that</c><00:51:45.570><c> he</c><00:51:45.769><c> had</c><00:51:45.909><c> thought</c><00:51:46.110><c> through.</c>

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He<00:51:47.869><c> puts</c><00:51:48.110><c> it</c>

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into<00:51:48.889><c> operation.</c>

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And<00:51:51.110><c> look</c><00:51:51.389><c> at</c><00:51:51.650><c> the</c><00:51:51.889><c> end</c><00:51:52.210><c> result.</c>

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End<00:51:53.949><c> of</c><00:51:54.150><c> verse</c><00:51:54.349><c> thirteen.</c>

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And<00:51:55.630><c> all</c><00:51:56.150><c> the</c><00:51:56.429><c> congregations</c>

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said<00:51:57.550><c> amen</c>

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and<00:51:59.030><c> praised</c><00:51:59.610><c> Yahweh.</c>

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Brothers<00:52:02.170><c> and</c><00:52:02.409><c> sisters</c>

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over<00:52:03.969><c> and</c><00:52:04.070><c> over</c><00:52:04.210><c> again</c>

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problems<00:52:05.170><c> could</c><00:52:05.530><c> be</c><00:52:05.750><c> solved</c><00:52:05.929><c> like</c><00:52:06.210><c> this.</c>

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Careful<00:52:08.050><c> forethought.</c>

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Scripturally<00:52:10.329><c> based</c>

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actions.

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And<00:52:12.789><c> the</c><00:52:13.090><c> end</c><00:52:13.429><c> result</c>

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that<00:52:14.849><c> everybody</c><00:52:15.690><c> praises</c>

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God.

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What<00:52:18.469><c> a</c><00:52:18.590><c> man</c><00:52:18.829><c> the</c><00:52:18.989><c> end</c><00:52:19.130><c> was.</c>