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[Music]

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[Music]

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and welcome once again. It's Friday.

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You're listening to night to Mr. Richard

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Lee and we also welcome Mrs. Lee behind

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the background there. So, let's welcome

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Mr. Richard Lee to this Friday night

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broadcast on the One Sauce Network.

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Welcome, Mr. Lee. Good evening, Mr.

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Greg, from Mr. Da, and from my wife,

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Lona, and I, it's good to be back. Let's

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seek God's blessing on our meeting this

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evening.

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Almighty God, we come before thee now to

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seek your blessing upon our meeting

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around our word of truth which is able

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to make us wise under salvation

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and to thank thee for giving thy son who

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was dead and now is alive forever more

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and seated at thy right hand. Now for

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the saints, for those who are in

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covenant relationship with thee, who

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have made a covenant with thee by

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sacrifice by believe in the gospel that

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would before preach the favorable

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Abraham thy friend, concerning thy

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kingdom to come, that will never be

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destroyed, given to other people, but be

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given to the saints, those who have put

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on the savior name of Jesus, that he

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received from thee, that we look forward

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to sharing with him when he come when he

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will judge in world righteousness.

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to quicken the dead and that is

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appearing that everlasting kingdom.

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And we pray now that we keep the faith

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endure to the end grounded and settled

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in the hope of the gospel of Jesus who

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in through now we approach unto the

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throne of grace thanking you for all

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things in his name even Jesus. Amen.

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What I like to do this evening is to

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always do the things that I put up are

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very vital and very important to that

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one gospel that was before preached to

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faithful a faithful Abraham.

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And what I'd like to do this evening is

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talk about

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the kingdoms. the kingdom of man

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and the kingdom

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of God.

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Oh, good. Hey, Mr. Lee, I have a quick

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question if I could. You go right ahead.

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Anytime. Hey, Mr. Lee, isn't it true

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that to have a kingdom, you have to have

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a ruler, and that ruler, that kingdom

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has to have si citizens. Isn't it true?

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Oh, yes, it is.

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Well, we're looking forward to this, Mr.

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Yes, exactly.

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There's no need to have a a king if you

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he doesn't have any subjects.

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And thank you very much for that. And uh

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okay, let's look at the kingdom of men

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and the kingdom of God and see what he

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has to say.

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And second Peter chapter 3. I've read

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this here many times before and I I

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think that's a misunderstanding.

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on on this chapter and because

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I'll present uh

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let me get this right here before I

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knock everything over.

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Let me read second Peter chapter 3:3.

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knowing this first, that there shall

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come in the last days scoffers walking

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after their own lusts, and saying,

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"Where is the promise of his coming? For

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since the fathers fell asleep, all

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things continue as they were from the

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beginning of the creation."

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But then Peter says, "For this they

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willingly are ignorant of that by the

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word of God the heavens of old and the

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earth standing out of the water and in

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the water whereby the world that then

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was being overflowed with water perish."

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He's talking about the flood.

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But the heavens and the earth, which are

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now by the same word, are kept in store,

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reserved at the fire, against the day of

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judgment, that predition of ungodly men.

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But beloved, be not ignorant of this one

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thing, that one day is with the Lord as

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a thousand years, and a thousand years

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is one day. The Lord is not slack

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concerning his promise, as some men

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count slackness, but is longsuffering to

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us,

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not willing that any should perish, but

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that all should come to repentance.

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But the day of the Lord will come as a

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thief in the night, in the which the

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heavens shall pass away, with a great

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noise, and the elements shall melt with

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fervent heat, the earth also, and the

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works that are therein shall be burned

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up.

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Seeing then that all these things shall

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be dissolved, what manner of person

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ought ye to be in all holy conversation

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and godliness,

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looking for and hastening unto the

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coming of the day of God, wherein the

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heavens being on fire shall be

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dissolved, and the elements shall be

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melt with fervent heat.

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What kind of people

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should you be knowing that these things

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are going to come? He says

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on the screen since you know these

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things are coming to be Peter's talking

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to the ecclesia to the church. He says

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but according to his promise

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we wait for new heavens and a new earth

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in which dwell in which righteousness

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dwells.

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Therefore, beloved, since you wait for

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these things,

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for these, be zealous to be found by him

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without spot or blemish and at peace.

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Okay, let's stop there.

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So,

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he says

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they're going to do a new heavens and a

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new earth.

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It's not talking about the literal

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heavens or the literal earth being

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destroyed. It's talking about the things

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that are there in

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that are going to be destroyed.

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Let me see if I can go back and get that

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what verse that is in

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uh verse 10.

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But the day of the Lord will come as a

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thief in the night, into which the

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heavens shall pass away with a great

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noise, and the elements shall melt with

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fervent heat. The earth also and the

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works that are therein

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shall be burned up, the things in the

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earth that are going to be burned. It's

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talking about the things that are

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offensive to God. It's like the flood

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during the time of Noah. It said he

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destroyed the world, but he didn't

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destroy the the world, the earth. The

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world, if you look at that, it's talking

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about the people. That which was

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abomination to God. Man's heart was evil

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only continually. And that's what he

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destroyed. Because we know Isaiah 45:18

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says he created not the earth in vain.

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He created it to be inhabited.

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And the other thing we can be sure of

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that is not talking about the little

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heavens being burned up and the earth

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being burned up is because the promises

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that God made to faithful Abraham, his

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friend, that he would inherit the earth

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as a everlasting possession. And also

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Romans 43,

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I think it is u Romans 4:13. You know

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the 17 he says uh

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Abraham was going to inherit the world.

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Well, you can't inherit the world if

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it's going to be destroyed.

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And uh

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this Revelation the last verse on the

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screen, John says, "And I saw a new

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heaven and a new earth, for the first

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heaven and the fourth earth were passed

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away, and there was no more sea."

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Talking about the nations and so forth.

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Um

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let's look at um Luke 21:25 on the

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screen. Do 21 25 that quick.

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Jesus picked up on this. I'm pretty sure

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we're very familiar with it. Luke 21:25.

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Jesus says this is um he was talking

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about the prophecy of the Mount Aretted

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uh temple being destroyed in Jerusalem.

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Verse 25 Luke 21

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and there shall be signs in the sun and

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in the moon. These are signs now

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in the sun and in the moon and in the

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stars upon all the earth distress of

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nations with perplexity the sea and the

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savage roaring.

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What what's the sea and the and and the

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waves roaring. This is talking about the

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nation. It's talking about people.

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That's what it's talking about here. And

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um Psalm 65:7. Let's take a quick look

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at that. These things are all

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interconnected.

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Psalm 65:7.

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He talks about uh he talks about in

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verse six

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which by his strength God setth fast the

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mountains being girded with power. He's

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talking about the these are symbolic

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language here talking about the nations

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and people. Verse seven, which still the

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noise of the seas and the noise of their

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ways and the tumult of the people.

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That's what it's talking about right

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there. those vers those verses there

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which steal us the noise of the seas.

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That's talking about people and the

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noise of the waves. The waves the people

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and and the seas of those the powerful

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ones that are on sitting on high.

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Okay.

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Then he dreamed another dream. Now,

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we're going to go to

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to point out the thing on uh about

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symbolic langers, the sun, the moon, and

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the stars and and so forth. Uh that

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these some of these things are symbolic.

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We're going to go now to uh Joseph,

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Genesis 37:9.

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I'm I'm just trying to show that uh when

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it talks about the heavens and the earth

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and the seas roaring and so it's talking

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about people in the nations.

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Genesis 37:9

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Joseph Then he dreamed another dream and

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told it to his brothers and said,

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"Behold, I have dreamed another dream

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and behold the sun, the moon, and 11

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stars were bowing down to me.

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But when he told it to his father and to

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his brothers, his father rebuked him and

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said unto him, "What is this? What is

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this dream that you have dreamed? Shall

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I and your mother and your brothers

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indeed come to bow ourselves to the

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ground before you? We're going to What

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do you mean?" Uh, but Joseph never said

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anything about them bowing down before

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before him.

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But the the new uh the

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the stars and and the moon and things

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those things are there for for signs

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that uh in fact God said that from the

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very beginning in Genesis

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and his creation.

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Okay.

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Genesis chapter one. Okay. Genesis

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chapter 1

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verse 14 he says and God said let there

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be lights in the firmament of the heaven

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to divide the day from the night and let

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them be for signs

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and for seasons and for days and years.

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So God uses this the uh the the weather

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uh and the elements in the heavens, the

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stars and the moon and the sun and the

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sun should come up on them and and

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scorch them and so forth and that that

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type of thing. So right in the very

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beginning that that that word for let

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them be for signs. I should have wrote

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that now. It's for

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uh I can't think of what I want think of

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it now. It's it's prophesying about

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I can't think of the word. I lost it

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just that quick. Uh meaning one saying

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one thing but meaning something meaning

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the same thing but in a different

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manner. I'll get to it back to you later

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on. But anyway, the stars, the moon, the

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sun, and the waters like the waters

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shall not he told Israel, the waters

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shall not overflood thee. it it's only

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kind of come up to your neck

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and uh

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it's talking about uh Pharaoh

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uh when Pharaoh followed them and and

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God

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kept them safe going through the Red Sea

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and uh well let me stop there and let's

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come up with something a little maybe a

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little bit but anyway um

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Joseph never said that his brothers and

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mother and father was going to bow down

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before them. But that's what it meant

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because

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uh let's go back to uh 37:9. Genesis

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37:9.

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Behold, I have dreamed another dream and

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behold the sun, the moon, and 11 stars.

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Why 11 were bowing down to me in his

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dream? He said, why 11 stars?

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who were there was 12 brothers

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and uh Joseph was the 12

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and his brothers those 11 stars are

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representative of the brethren

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the sun is representative of the father

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and the moon is representative of of of

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the the mother this because look what uh

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uh Jacob says

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when he told it to his father and to his

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brothers His father, which was Jacob,

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rebuked him and said to him, "What is

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this dream that you have dreamed? Shall

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I and your mother, See, there it is."

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All right, that's the sun and your

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mother is is is uh is the moon and the

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11 stars is his brothers. They knew the

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the Jews, they knew uh uh what these the

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different languages are. And I think

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today a lot of of us

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um get mixed up when it's they don't

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look at the words and the context and

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really look look up the word to see what

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is basic meaning. If you got an

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analytical concordance

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a young or either strong concordance and

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there certain words you you don't quite

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understand. go to your concordance and

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it has every word in the Bible in it and

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it tells you what the root meaning is.

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In other words, let me just give you a

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little uh heads up on that. Um

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I know amongst uh uh when I was coming

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up uh we had slang words, you could say

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you didn't want nobody to know what you

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were talking about. Uh we would make up

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words so nobody else would know what

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you're talking about. I think I used

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this I said this before but just in

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passing

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uh one of the maybe one of the the

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musicians might come in say hey man

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where'd you get those kicks

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and of course if you don't you don't not

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use the language you ain't going to know

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who what we're talking about he's

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talking about shoes

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you can kick somebody with it where'd

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you get those stomps stomping on the

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dead or whatever and so on and so on. I

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think you get the meaning of it. Uh and

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so on. I can bring up other things but

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I'm not here to bring up these worldly

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worldly things. Sometime I just like to

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compare things. So try to make it as

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simple as I can.

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Okay.

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Now we're going to read a little bit.

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Like I said, we're going to read about

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the kingdoms of men in the kingdom of

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God. In Genesis chapter 10

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verse 9, we come across the Nimrod, a

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mighty hunter, mighty man before the

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Lord. In other words, he was puffing

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himself up like he was somebody great

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before God. And u Genesis 10:9 and 10.

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And Kush begott Nimrod,

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he be to be a mighty one in the earth.

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He was a mighty hunter before the Lord.

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Wherefore it is said even as Nimra the

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mighty hunter before the Lord and the

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beginning of his kingdom was Babel and

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so on and so on and so on. And you go

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through and read that u

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it talked about them building cities

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also.

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But God, what he did was in chapter 11

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of Genesis

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verses 1-9. I'm not going to read all

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these verses. Uh Genesis 11, this is

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about Nimrod. And the whole earth was of

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one language and of one speech. And it

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came to pass as they journeyed from the

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east that they found a plain land of

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Shina and they dwelt there. And they

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said one to another, "Go to let us make

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bread and burn them thoroughly." And

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they had brick for stone and slime had

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they for mortar. And they said, "Go to

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let us build us a city and a tower whose

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top may reach up to heaven, and let us

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make us a name, lest we be scattered

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upon the face of the whole earth."

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That's verses 1-4, Genesis 11. I'm not

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going to read all of that. And but God

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came down and confused their language so

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they couldn't understand one another

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like because he said look he said uh

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nothing can be withholded from them. Uh

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the Lord said behold the people is one

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and they and they have all one language

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and this they began to do and show and

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and now nothing will be restrained for

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them which they have imagined to do. God

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said whatever they imagine to do,

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they'll probably wind up doing it. So

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God said, "Let us go down and confound

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their language that they may not

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understand one another's language." So

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the Lord scattered them abroad

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then upon the face of all the earth and

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they left off to build the city because

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they couldn't understand the one

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another. God confused the language which

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is Babel and it means confusion. And

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that's what the world is in today, isn't

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it? Confusion.

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Still talking about the kingdom. Now

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we're going to talk about God's kingdom.

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What does God say about his kingdom?

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He's talking to Nebuchadnezzar. Daniel

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is and he's telling him

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about God's kingdom.

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Daniel chapter 2 verse 44.

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And in the days of these kings shall the

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God of heaven set up a kingdom which

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shall never be destroyed.

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And the kingdom shall not be left to

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other people, but it shall break in

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pieces and consume all these kingdoms,

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and it shall stand forever.

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For as much as thou sawest that the

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stone was cut out of the mountain

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without hands, and that it break in

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pieces the iron, the brass, the clay,

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and the silver, and the gold. The great

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God hath made known to the king what

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shall come to pass hereafter. And the

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dream is certain, and the interpretation

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thereof sure.

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Psalms 103:19, "The Lord has prepared

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his throne in the heavens, and his

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kingdom ruleth over all."

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Back to Daniel 4:17 on the screen on the

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right hand side. This matter is by the

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decree of the watchers and the demand by

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the word of the holy ones that the

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intent to the intent that the living may

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know that the most high ruler in the

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kingdom of men and giveth it to

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whomsoever he will and setth up over it

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the basis of men. Let's go back over to

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the left hand side. We talked about

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Nimrod. God confused their language so

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they couldn't uh uh continue building

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their kingdom and cities. And uh Daniel

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says in the days of these kings uh God's

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going to set up a kingdom which should

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never be destroyed.

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Now remember now remember these verses

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now what you what you're reading this is

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not my opinion. He's talking about a

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kingdom and this is way back in Daniel

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two over 2,000 years ago there about

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God's going to set up

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kingdom which should never be destroyed

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and the kingdom is shall not be left to

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other people

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and God's kingdom is going to break into

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pieces and consume all these kingdoms

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and it shall stand forever. How is he

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going to break up these kingdoms? For as

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much as thou sawest the stone

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which cut out of the mountain without

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hands, and that it break in pieces the

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iron, the brass, the clay, and the

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silver, and the gold. The great God had

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made known to the king what shall come

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to pass hereafter. And the dream is

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certain, and the interpretation there is

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sure, Daniel told King Nebuchadnezzar.

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And uh I'm going to do something ra I

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think it's very significant uh just in

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case you might have not seen it or you

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might have forgotten

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the stone was cut out of a mountain

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without hands. That means uh

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God is the one who who shaped that stone

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and cut that stone. I give you one

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guess.

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Who do you think that stone is talking

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about that's going to destroy all these

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other nations? I'm going to do

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something. So, just bear with me. I'm

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going to get off the screen here for a

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minute

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because I want to show you something.

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And I hope I hope you can see it.

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Okay. Uh,

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I guess. Oh, wait a minute.

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There it is. I hope you can see that

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picture there. What I just talked about

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the stone that's going to break the

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kingdoms in pieces and cut out of the

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mountain without hand. The stone.

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This is King David. And in that sling,

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it says, if you read it, I should have

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put the verses up on, but I think it's

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uh 1 Samuel there somewhere.

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Uh that stone David slung and hit

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Goliath in the head.

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Why the head? Why not the feet or the

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arm or the hands or something?

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The head is the thing that controls

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everything. The body doesn't

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uh voices we hear, we think about what

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we see, what we hear, and what we do.

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And also

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Mark 7, Jesus

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tells the Pharisees them,

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the scribes and those, well, how come

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your disciples don't wash their hands

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before they eat? And Jesus said it's not

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what comes from the outside

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that makes a man that defiles a man or

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makes him unclean but the things from

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within within the heart of man which

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makes the man unclean. And he gives a

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whole bunch of names in Mark 7 chapter

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20. And uh just quickly

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uh chapter 7

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verse 20

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and just as Jesus talking to those who

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said how come your disciples don't wash

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their hands before they eat and Jesus

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says it doesn't make from the outside

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that make that goes into the man that

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makes them evil. It's from within his

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heart what he's thinking. And he said

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verse 20 Mark 7 and he said Jesus said

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that which cometh out of the man that

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defiles the man. For from within, out of

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the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts,

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adultery, fornication, murders, thefts,

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covetousness, wickedness, deceit,

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lasciviousness, and evil lie, blasphemy,

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pride, foolishness. All these evil

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things come from within and defile the

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man. Now you you go back and you read

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that very clearly. Now, evil comes from

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the heart of man and it doesn't come

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from any other place. That's where it

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comes from, from the heart of man. And

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that's a subject in itself. A lot of

00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:13.360
people think somebody else is causing

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uh all the evil in the world, but it's

00:28:15.440 --> 00:28:18.080
man that's doing it. And uh but we'll

00:28:18.080 --> 00:28:20.399
talk about that maybe another time. And

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uh so let me get back up here. I just

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wanted to show that. And uh Goliath

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represents the nations. And uh

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get this off the screen here.

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And here it is. For as much as thou

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sawest the stone, that's Daniel 2:45.

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For as much as thou saw the stone that

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was cut out of the mountain without

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hands, and that it break in pieces all

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these other kingdom, it breaks in

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pieces. The iron uh which is uh uh uh

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the Roman Empire. The brass is uh me,

00:29:07.600 --> 00:29:11.200
let's see, the brass is uh I got it

00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:13.679
written down here somewhere with it.

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Babylon, Meo Persians, the me and Rome

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and uh

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that but that's a a study in itself also

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the silver and the gold anyway there are

00:29:24.399 --> 00:29:28.399
kingdoms which the stone is uh in fact

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when Jesus comes back we're in 2025

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Jesus can come back any day now and

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that's a study in itself too when he

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comes back he's going to take over the

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kingdom of men and that's going to be

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And there ain't going to be no left and

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right reign

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uh the senators and uh well we got to

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wait and see what the Senate says and

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all that. It's going to be one ruler and

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that's the Lord Jesus Christ who's going

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to come and and he's going to rule in

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his father's name

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and those who have been found worthy are

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going to reign with him. I got the

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verses coming up. Hope we can get to

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them. and uh those who have kept the

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faith and endure to the end settled and

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grounded in the hope of the gospel.

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That's the key. The the people I'm going

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to say it again and keep on saying it.

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The gospel is the key to the

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understanding of God's plan and purpose

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for the whole earth and verses and

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things that you don't think that uh uh

00:30:33.679 --> 00:30:35.679
that are hard for you. Once you know

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that gospel, it all clears up.

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The Lord

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top right has prepared his throne in the

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heavens. God is the throne is in the

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heaven and his kingdom rulers over all.

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He rules over all the kingdoms.

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Uh here it is on the screen.

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This matters by the decree of the

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watchers and the demand by the word of

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the holy ones. That's the angels. That's

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talking of Nebuchadnezzar to the intent.

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He said of Nebuchadnezzar to the intent

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that the living may know that the most

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high ruleth in the kingdom of men and

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giveth it to whomsoever he will and set

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it up over it the bases of man. Some

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people that you don't think will never

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make it to be uh uh presidents and kings

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and so forth.

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God can take the basis the lowliest of

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man uh from nowhere and make have him

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come into office

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and just in passing

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those who are in power now they are

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doing God's bidding and they don't even

00:31:52.080 --> 00:31:54.960
know it. God rules in the kingdom of

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men. He puts certain individuals in

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office because he knows how those

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individuals are going to and he doesn't

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force anybody or say this is what you're

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going to do. He already knows like he

00:32:08.080 --> 00:32:09.840
told Jeremiah he said I knew you before

00:32:09.840 --> 00:32:12.399
you was even born before you even came

00:32:12.399 --> 00:32:14.399
forth from the and he picked Jeremiah.

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He said I'm sending you to the nation

00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:17.600
because I know what type of person you

00:32:17.600 --> 00:32:19.600
are and how you going to react and what

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you're going to do when I call on you to

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go some to serve me. That's what he's

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saying here. He He rules in the kingdoms

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of men and he puts into office those he

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wants to put in there because he know

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this woman will do my bidding.

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Okay,

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we're still talking about

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Let's go to Daniel 2. I'm not going to

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read all these verses. Daniel 2

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verses 1- 11

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I'm just going to highlight I'm not

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going to read all the verses. Um

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it King Nebuchadnezzar dreams a dream

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and verse two of Daniel 2. He he called

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the magicians and the astrologers and

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the sorcerers and the calaldian for to

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show the king his dream. And uh

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and he said unto them, I have dreamed a

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dream. Verse three, and my spirit was

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troubled to know the dream. He said, I

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had this dream and I was wondering what

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this dream meant.

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Then uh those who were sad men, I guess,

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and they spake. the Calaldanss to the

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king in Sarak. Oh king, live forever.

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Tell thy servants the dream and we will

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show the interpretation. The king

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answered and said to the Caldians, the

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thing is gone from me. If you will not

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make known unto me the dream with the

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interpretation thereof, you shall be cut

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in pieces, and your home shall be made a

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dong here. But if you show me the dream

00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:18.159
and the interpretation there, you shall

00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:20.879
receive from me gifts and rewards great

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honor. Therefore, show me the dream and

00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:24.800
the interpretation

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and all his astrologers and so forth,

00:34:28.240 --> 00:34:30.639
phonies, just like they got these phony

00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:33.200
people today reading your palms and the

00:34:33.200 --> 00:34:36.320
stars and so forth. Hey, this way back

00:34:36.320 --> 00:34:38.480
over 2,000 years ago, it's still here.

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You know why it's still here? Human

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nature hasn't changed.

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hasn't changed at all. And so, uh, they

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say,

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uh, you said the Calaldans answered

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before the king and said, "There's not a

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man up on the earth that can show the

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king's matter. Therefore, there is no

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king, lord, nor ruler that asks such a

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such things as any magician

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or strateg of of uh Kelian.

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And it is a rare thing that the king

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requires and there is none other that

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can show.

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I'm sorry. Let me go back.

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And there this is a rare thing that you

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asking us to do, King.

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And there's nobody that you can show you

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these things. He says that even that

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dwells with God don't dwell with flesh.

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Verse 12 of Daniel 2. For this cause,

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the king was angry and very furious and

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commanded to destroy all the wise men of

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Babylon. and the decree went out and not

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only were the wise men and his wise men

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that were supposed to be wise to be

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destroyed

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also Daniel

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uh also

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and so Daniel goes to the uh uh the

00:36:03.839 --> 00:36:06.560
captain of the guard Ariel and said why

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why is the king decreed

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so quickly uh let me let me talk to him

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and and I'll I'll I I'll get back to him

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here's the verse Verse

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15. He Daniel answered and said to

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Arich, the king's captain, "Why is the

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decree so hasty from the king?" Then

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Arich made the thing known to Daniel.

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Told Daniel that the king had a dream

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and nobody could tell him what it was

00:36:34.320 --> 00:36:38.160
about. Verse 16, then Daniel went in and

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desired of the king that he should give

00:36:40.240 --> 00:36:43.040
him time and that he would show the king

00:36:43.040 --> 00:36:45.280
the interpretation. Look at the face of

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Daniel.

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He said, "Give me some time." He's he's

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talking to the uh uh captain. And also

00:36:52.560 --> 00:36:55.920
he went in and desired the king that he

00:36:55.920 --> 00:36:57.920
would give him time and that he would

00:36:57.920 --> 00:37:00.480
show the king the interpretation.

00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:02.800
He had wouldn't he didn't know at that

00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:03.839
time when he said, "I'll show you what

00:37:03.839 --> 00:37:05.520
the interpretation is. Just give me some

00:37:05.520 --> 00:37:09.520
time." Verse 17. Then Daniel went to his

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house and made the thing known to

00:37:11.760 --> 00:37:15.839
Haniah, Mishel, and Azeriah his

00:37:15.839 --> 00:37:19.359
companions. He had three companions.

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And that they would desire mercies of

00:37:22.160 --> 00:37:24.960
the God of heaven concerning this secret

00:37:24.960 --> 00:37:26.880
that Daniel and his fellow should not

00:37:26.880 --> 00:37:30.320
perish with the rest of the w the wise

00:37:30.320 --> 00:37:32.960
men of Babylon. So they he goes to the

00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:35.440
street companion say look let's pray to

00:37:35.440 --> 00:37:38.240
our God that he'll make known us uh what

00:37:38.240 --> 00:37:41.119
the dream of the king is so that we

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don't perish along with these wise men

00:37:42.800 --> 00:37:46.960
of Babylon. And sure enough verse 19.

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Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel

00:37:49.599 --> 00:37:52.720
in the night vision. Then Daniel blessed

00:37:52.720 --> 00:37:55.359
the God of heaven. Daniel answered and

00:37:55.359 --> 00:37:57.119
said, "Blessed be the name of God

00:37:57.119 --> 00:37:59.920
forever and ever, for wisdom and might

00:37:59.920 --> 00:38:03.040
are his, and he changes the times and

00:38:03.040 --> 00:38:06.880
the seasons. He removes kings and setth

00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:09.920
up kings. He giveth wisdom unto the

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wise, and knowledge to them that

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knowing.

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He revealth the deep and secret things.

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He knoweth what is in the darkness, and

00:38:20.079 --> 00:38:23.040
the light dwelleth with him. I thank

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thee and praise thee, oh thou God of my

00:38:25.520 --> 00:38:28.079
fathers, who hast given me wisdom and

00:38:28.079 --> 00:38:30.880
might, and has made known unto me now

00:38:30.880 --> 00:38:34.240
what we desire of thee. For thou has now

00:38:34.240 --> 00:38:38.720
made known unto us the king's manner.

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And uh

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that was it.

00:38:43.280 --> 00:38:45.760
He goes to the king. He tells him what

00:38:45.760 --> 00:38:48.320
the dream is.

00:38:48.320 --> 00:38:52.800
In verse 26, the king says to Daniel

00:38:52.800 --> 00:38:55.599
whose name was Beltza, his name had been

00:38:55.599 --> 00:38:58.640
changed, art thou able to make known

00:38:58.640 --> 00:39:01.119
unto me the dream which I have seen and

00:39:01.119 --> 00:39:03.680
the interpretation thereof.

00:39:03.680 --> 00:39:06.560
Daniel doesn't take the the credit. And

00:39:06.560 --> 00:39:08.160
Daniel answered in the presence of the

00:39:08.160 --> 00:39:10.560
king and said the secret which the king

00:39:10.560 --> 00:39:13.119
had demanded cannot the wise man nor the

00:39:13.119 --> 00:39:15.680
astrologers the magicians the sus show

00:39:15.680 --> 00:39:18.160
unto the king but there is a god in

00:39:18.160 --> 00:39:20.800
heaven that reveal his secrets and

00:39:20.800 --> 00:39:23.119
maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar

00:39:23.119 --> 00:39:26.000
what shall be in the latter days thy

00:39:26.000 --> 00:39:28.880
dream and the vision of thy head upon

00:39:28.880 --> 00:39:32.000
thy bed are these and he told him what

00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:33.920
is what you can finish reading that for

00:39:33.920 --> 00:39:36.160
yourself Daniel

00:39:36.160 --> 00:39:40.160
29 and finish reading that. Uh,

00:39:40.160 --> 00:39:46.800
okay. Uh, let's see. 22 128

00:39:46.800 --> 00:39:50.440
see 305

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36 45.

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Okay.

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and uh verses 36 through 40 45 on the

00:40:01.200 --> 00:40:02.800
screen,

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you tell

00:40:04.480 --> 00:40:07.040
Nebuchadnezzar what the dream is. I'm

00:40:07.040 --> 00:40:08.240
not going to read all these verses, but

00:40:08.240 --> 00:40:10.240
I hope you got your Bibles so you can

00:40:10.240 --> 00:40:14.119
read these things for yourself.

00:40:18.160 --> 00:40:21.119
This is the dream. Verse 36, Daniel 2 of

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Daniel 2. Yes, this is a dream and we

00:40:24.160 --> 00:40:26.560
will tell the interpretation thereof

00:40:26.560 --> 00:40:29.200
before the king. And he tells him verse

00:40:29.200 --> 00:40:31.599
77, you're a great king, a king of

00:40:31.599 --> 00:40:34.320
kings, and the God of heaven has given

00:40:34.320 --> 00:40:36.640
you this kingdom and power and strength.

00:40:36.640 --> 00:40:40.720
There it is. And the power and and

00:40:40.720 --> 00:40:42.800
wisdom that he had, it all comes from

00:40:42.800 --> 00:40:44.480
God.

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And it go where the children men dwell

00:40:47.359 --> 00:40:48.960
the beast of the field and so forth.

00:40:48.960 --> 00:40:52.079
Everything was in his hand basically.

00:40:52.079 --> 00:40:54.160
36 to 45. That's what it's talking

00:40:54.160 --> 00:40:58.240
about. And u then we read already in

00:40:58.240 --> 00:41:01.280
verse 44 and he tells them in the days

00:41:01.280 --> 00:41:03.760
that these kings God of heaven is going

00:41:03.760 --> 00:41:05.119
to set up a kingdom. We read that

00:41:05.119 --> 00:41:07.599
already. Shall never be given to other

00:41:07.599 --> 00:41:10.240
people but it shall break in pieces and

00:41:10.240 --> 00:41:12.640
consume all these kingdoms and it shall

00:41:12.640 --> 00:41:15.440
stand forever. That's verse 44 in Daniel

00:41:15.440 --> 00:41:17.839
2. And then the stone that was cut out

00:41:17.839 --> 00:41:19.920
of the mountain without hands. verse 45

00:41:19.920 --> 00:41:22.640
of Daniel 2. That stone is the Lord

00:41:22.640 --> 00:41:24.960
Jesus Christ which breaks and pieces all

00:41:24.960 --> 00:41:26.880
these other kingdoms. And that's what

00:41:26.880 --> 00:41:30.480
Jesus is going to do when he comes back.

00:41:30.480 --> 00:41:33.839
Now we come to chapter three of Daniel

00:41:33.839 --> 00:41:35.599
briefly.

00:41:35.599 --> 00:41:37.760
Um

00:41:37.760 --> 00:41:40.319
Nebuchadnezzar gets a big head now and

00:41:40.319 --> 00:41:43.359
he builds and Daniel told him that uh he

00:41:43.359 --> 00:41:46.079
was the head of gold but there was other

00:41:46.079 --> 00:41:49.280
kingdoms beside him that was going to be

00:41:49.280 --> 00:41:52.640
and so on and so on

00:41:52.640 --> 00:41:57.119
but he made the image all gold.

00:41:57.119 --> 00:42:00.400
He didn't put put the other nations that

00:42:00.400 --> 00:42:02.480
he had dreamed that Daniel told him was

00:42:02.480 --> 00:42:05.200
going to be in that dream. He he figured

00:42:05.200 --> 00:42:07.760
that um this I'm going to make an image

00:42:07.760 --> 00:42:10.560
of all gold cuz the image of gold, the

00:42:10.560 --> 00:42:13.440
head of gold represented him. As far as

00:42:13.440 --> 00:42:15.119
he was concerned, he was going to be the

00:42:15.119 --> 00:42:16.640
one that was going to be king. But we'll

00:42:16.640 --> 00:42:19.960
see what happens.

00:42:21.280 --> 00:42:23.280
And um

00:42:23.280 --> 00:42:27.680
he says uh in in in chapter 3 of Daniel

00:42:27.680 --> 00:42:31.119
1 through30, he builds in the image

00:42:31.119 --> 00:42:34.800
of himself that represented that gold uh

00:42:34.800 --> 00:42:38.319
statue. And um

00:42:38.319 --> 00:42:41.640
where are we?

00:42:41.760 --> 00:42:44.760
Okay.

00:42:52.319 --> 00:42:55.200
Uh he built Yeah, he builds the image in

00:42:55.200 --> 00:42:58.240
chapter 3:es 1-30.

00:42:58.240 --> 00:43:01.800
And um

00:43:03.040 --> 00:43:08.640
uh Mach and um and them didn't bow down

00:43:08.640 --> 00:43:11.640
um

00:43:11.839 --> 00:43:17.160
to the Let me see if I got that right.

00:43:17.520 --> 00:43:20.720
Oh yeah. No, that was the music, wasn't

00:43:20.720 --> 00:43:23.960
it? Yes.

00:43:26.800 --> 00:43:31.720
Chapter three one.

00:43:33.599 --> 00:43:36.000
Oh, okay. Yeah, here it is. Sorry about

00:43:36.000 --> 00:43:41.280
that. Um U um there was a the men that

00:43:41.280 --> 00:43:43.119
were

00:43:43.119 --> 00:43:45.599
worldly people. They were jealous of

00:43:45.599 --> 00:43:49.440
Mach, Shadrach, and Abednego. And um

00:43:49.440 --> 00:43:51.760
they wrote to the king and said, "Uh,

00:43:51.760 --> 00:43:54.560
didn't you make a decree that whoever

00:43:54.560 --> 00:43:57.040
didn't bow down to the image that you

00:43:57.040 --> 00:44:00.319
made um that they were going to be

00:44:00.319 --> 00:44:02.240
burned?" He said, "Yeah." He said,

00:44:02.240 --> 00:44:05.760
"Well, there's certain men here and

00:44:05.760 --> 00:44:10.079
Meek, Shad, and Abednego uh were sorry,

00:44:10.079 --> 00:44:12.800
uh didn't use that name."

00:44:12.800 --> 00:44:14.640
uh

00:44:14.640 --> 00:44:17.920
Michelle so

00:44:17.920 --> 00:44:20.920
um

00:44:25.440 --> 00:44:28.560
oh yeah okay we are thou oh king has

00:44:28.560 --> 00:44:30.720
made a decree that every man that shall

00:44:30.720 --> 00:44:33.040
hear the sound of the corette the flute

00:44:33.040 --> 00:44:35.920
the harp sack butt soldery and dust

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armor and all kinds of music shall fall

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down and worship the golden image and

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who so fallen not down and worship that

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he should be cast into the midst of of a

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burning fiery furnace.

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There are certain Jews whom thou has set

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over the affairs of the province of

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Babylon, Shadrach, Meach, and Abednego.

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These men, O king, have not regarded

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thee. They serve not thy gods, nor

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worship the golden image which thou has

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set up. Then Nebuchadnezzar uh got angry

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and he went to him. says, "Uh, is it so

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that you're not going to you haven't

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been bound down to what I set up?" Then

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the king says, "Now, if you be ready

00:45:21.440 --> 00:45:23.520
that at what time you hear the sound of

00:45:23.520 --> 00:45:26.160
the cornet and all this music and stuff

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that's being played, I'm paraphrasing.

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He said, which I have made and and you

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worship the enemy which I have made."

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Well, but if you worship not, you shall

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be cast the same hour into the midst of

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the burning fiery return. And who is

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that God that shall deliver you out of

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my hand?

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And here's the answer.

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Shad, Meshach, and Abedneo answered and

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said to the king, "Oh Nebuchadnezzar, we

00:45:57.680 --> 00:46:00.960
are not careful to answer thee this

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matter. If it be so, our God whom we

00:46:04.480 --> 00:46:07.200
serve is able to deliver us from the

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burning fiery furnace, and he will

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deliver us out of thine hand, oh king.

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But if not, if he doesn't deliver us out

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of hand, be it known unto thee, oh king,

00:46:18.880 --> 00:46:21.920
that we will not serve thy gods or

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worship the golden image which thou has

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set up. Then he got mad. King got mad

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and uh he went and got him and got his

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strong men and they grabbed me shack

00:46:32.640 --> 00:46:36.400
shad dragon and ago and and the king was

00:46:36.400 --> 00:46:38.960
so angry he said heat that fire up seven

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times and the men that had got a hold of

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the three

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disciples of Daniel's companions

00:46:48.480 --> 00:46:52.079
they threw them in and it says

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the fire came up and consumed those who

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threw them in the

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And um

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the king said, "Um,

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didn't we throw three people down

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there?"

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And they said, "Yes, oh king, you sure

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did." 3:24 of Daniel. Then the king

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answered and said verse 25 Daniel 3,

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"Lo, I see four men loose walking in the

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midst of the fire and they have no hurt,

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and the form of the fourth is like the

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son of God.

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And uh then Nebuchadnezzar

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then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the

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mouth of the burning fiery furnace and

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spake and said, "Srachack, Meshack, and

00:47:36.720 --> 00:47:39.200
Abednego, ye servants of the most high

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God, come forth and come hither." And

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they came forth. and the princes and the

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governors and the captains and the

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king's council being gathered together

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saw these men upon whose body the fire

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had no power nor was an hair of their

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head sins. Neither were their coats

00:47:59.760 --> 00:48:03.760
changed nor the smell of fire had passed

00:48:03.760 --> 00:48:06.720
upon them. Then Nebuchadnezzar spake and

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said, "Blessed be the God of Shadrach,

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Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his

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angel, and delivered his servants that

00:48:13.599 --> 00:48:15.839
trusted in him, and have changed the

00:48:15.839 --> 00:48:18.319
king's word, and yield to their bodies,

00:48:18.319 --> 00:48:20.160
that they might not serve nor worship

00:48:20.160 --> 00:48:22.880
any god except their own god. Therefore,

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I make a decree that every people,

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nation, and language would speak any

00:48:29.359 --> 00:48:31.440
miss against the God of Shadrach,

00:48:31.440 --> 00:48:33.760
Meshack, and Abednego should be cut in

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pieces." and their houses shall be made

00:48:36.400 --> 00:48:38.960
a dung here because there is no other

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god that can deliver after this choice

00:48:44.640 --> 00:48:48.800
that he was convinced no there no yeah

00:48:48.800 --> 00:48:51.920
this is this is the true god there ain't

00:48:51.920 --> 00:48:56.240
no I don't know of anybody else that can

00:48:56.240 --> 00:48:59.119
look I was there when it was thrown into

00:48:59.119 --> 00:49:01.280
that furnace

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and here they are standing they're nose

00:49:04.480 --> 00:49:06.480
didn't even have any smell of smoke on

00:49:06.480 --> 00:49:11.359
them. And you want to know something?

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Um

00:49:13.839 --> 00:49:16.800
I think I might have it, but uh Isaiah

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43, I think I mentioned it before

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and that is I said, "What faith? This

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mean where did they get that faith

00:49:26.480 --> 00:49:28.880
from?" And then I said to myself and I

00:49:28.880 --> 00:49:32.720
got the answer. I said, "Faith?" Then

00:49:32.720 --> 00:49:34.960
one day I was just reading that faith

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cometh by hearing and hearing the word

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of God.

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Well,

00:49:42.240 --> 00:49:44.720
they were sure that God could keep them

00:49:44.720 --> 00:49:46.960
from going getting in that fire from

00:49:46.960 --> 00:49:49.920
being burned up. And faith comes by

00:49:49.920 --> 00:49:52.640
hearing the word of God. The faith that

00:49:52.640 --> 00:49:54.480
they had had to come from the word of

00:49:54.480 --> 00:49:55.920
God. I said, "Let me see if I can find

00:49:55.920 --> 00:49:58.160
something to that." And sure enough, I

00:49:58.160 --> 00:50:01.520
found it. Isaiah chapter 43. In fact,

00:50:01.520 --> 00:50:03.599
there's two references in here that are

00:50:03.599 --> 00:50:06.960
beautiful. And if we believe the Bible,

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we you got to say this one part of this

00:50:10.160 --> 00:50:12.880
is written over 4,000 years ago or

00:50:12.880 --> 00:50:15.680
thereabout. Look at this. Look at this.

00:50:15.680 --> 00:50:17.280
This is faith. Now, faith cometh by

00:50:17.280 --> 00:50:20.640
hearing and hearing the word of God.

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Isaiah 43.

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Um, let's start at verse one.

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Isaiah 43:1

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But now thus says the Lord that created

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thee, oh Jacob, and he that formed thee,

00:50:36.079 --> 00:50:39.920
oh Israel, fear not, for I have redeemed

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thee. I have called thee by thy name,

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thou art mine.

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And this Israel is still God today.

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Period. That's a study in itself. Verse

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two, when thou passest through the

00:50:52.720 --> 00:50:56.880
waters, I will be with thee and through

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the rivers, they shall not overflow you.

00:50:59.440 --> 00:51:00.960
When you go through the waters and so

00:51:00.960 --> 00:51:02.720
forth, don't worry. They ain't going to

00:51:02.720 --> 00:51:04.720
they're not going to overflood you.

00:51:04.720 --> 00:51:06.960
What's that remind you of? Doesn't that

00:51:06.960 --> 00:51:08.559
remind you of Moses and people going

00:51:08.559 --> 00:51:10.640
through the Red Sea?

00:51:10.640 --> 00:51:15.359
You know, people say, uh, the boy, he

00:51:15.359 --> 00:51:18.319
parted the Red Sea. God's power doesn't

00:51:18.319 --> 00:51:21.440
lie in that he parted the Red Sea. His

00:51:21.440 --> 00:51:23.760
power lies in

00:51:23.760 --> 00:51:27.359
and he's merciful and kind and gracious,

00:51:27.359 --> 00:51:29.839
plenty and mercy, forgiveness and that's

00:51:29.839 --> 00:51:34.240
where his power is. He made the Red Sea.

00:51:34.240 --> 00:51:36.559
He made every all the waters in the

00:51:36.559 --> 00:51:38.480
oceans and so forth and what not. That's

00:51:38.480 --> 00:51:40.720
not where his power lies at. Because

00:51:40.720 --> 00:51:43.760
Moses said to if these people have

00:51:43.760 --> 00:51:45.040
sinned against you and if you don't

00:51:45.040 --> 00:51:47.920
forgive them, he says, "Blot me out of

00:51:47.920 --> 00:51:50.240
thy vote." And God said, "Him that

00:51:50.240 --> 00:51:53.200
sinnth against me, him will I I blot

00:51:53.200 --> 00:51:57.920
out." And Moses said, "Lord, uh, show me

00:51:57.920 --> 00:52:00.160
thy great power."

00:52:00.160 --> 00:52:03.359
And I think it's, uh,

00:52:03.359 --> 00:52:06.960
Exodus 23, I think it is. It says uh God

00:52:06.960 --> 00:52:10.319
says plenteous in mercy cuz Moses said

00:52:10.319 --> 00:52:12.960
show me thy power

00:52:12.960 --> 00:52:15.839
when then God says plenteous in mercy

00:52:15.839 --> 00:52:18.960
forgiveness forgiving sins and and so on

00:52:18.960 --> 00:52:22.160
and so on and that's where his power

00:52:22.160 --> 00:52:25.760
lies in is that he's able to forgive and

00:52:25.760 --> 00:52:27.599
the other part concerning Meshack

00:52:27.599 --> 00:52:29.760
Shadrach and Abednego

00:52:29.760 --> 00:52:31.599
and their faith basically coming by

00:52:31.599 --> 00:52:36.880
hearing the word of God verse 2 still in

00:52:36.880 --> 00:52:40.440
Isaiah 43.

00:52:42.480 --> 00:52:45.920
When thou walst through the fire,

00:52:45.920 --> 00:52:48.640
thou shall not be burned,

00:52:48.640 --> 00:52:51.359
neither shall the flame kindle upon

00:52:51.359 --> 00:52:54.359
thee.

00:52:54.720 --> 00:52:57.520
For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One

00:52:57.520 --> 00:53:00.640
of Israel, thy Savior.

00:53:00.640 --> 00:53:03.200
That's it. We got to believe. We got to

00:53:03.200 --> 00:53:05.760
believe what God says. And that, you

00:53:05.760 --> 00:53:09.520
know, the scripture says um

00:53:09.520 --> 00:53:11.839
the last days and even during the early

00:53:11.839 --> 00:53:14.319
times, all through scriptures, they're

00:53:14.319 --> 00:53:16.480
going to be deceivers.

00:53:16.480 --> 00:53:18.319
Christ said there going to be don't be

00:53:18.319 --> 00:53:19.760
deceived. They're going to be those that

00:53:19.760 --> 00:53:21.280
say they're Christ, they belong to

00:53:21.280 --> 00:53:23.040
Christ and they don't belong to me,

00:53:23.040 --> 00:53:26.400
Christ said. And uh uh Paul says the

00:53:26.400 --> 00:53:30.240
same thing. Be not deceived. um in the

00:53:30.240 --> 00:53:34.640
last days that's going to come uh the uh

00:53:34.640 --> 00:53:36.880
lovers of pleasure and so forth and

00:53:36.880 --> 00:53:41.040
whatnot. And uh there's only one way

00:53:41.040 --> 00:53:44.480
that you the disciple or the apostle or

00:53:44.480 --> 00:53:47.839
anyone that belongs to God,

00:53:47.839 --> 00:53:50.720
the family of God. Nobody's going to

00:53:50.720 --> 00:53:55.520
deceive you if we have faith.

00:53:55.520 --> 00:53:58.880
Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by

00:53:58.880 --> 00:54:02.640
the word of God. If we believe Yep. Yep.

00:54:02.640 --> 00:54:06.400
We have four minutes left. Mr. Lew.

00:54:06.400 --> 00:54:09.440
Oh boy. I haven't even I just got

00:54:09.440 --> 00:54:11.440
started.

00:54:11.440 --> 00:54:14.240
Okay. Um

00:54:14.240 --> 00:54:15.839
Okay.

00:54:15.839 --> 00:54:21.520
So, you to wrap this up. Um

00:54:21.520 --> 00:54:25.400
let me see something here.

00:54:34.640 --> 00:54:37.640
Okay,

00:54:42.240 --> 00:54:44.000
here it is. Okay, on the screen there,

00:54:44.000 --> 00:54:46.960
Paul exhorts Timothy till I come, give

00:54:46.960 --> 00:54:49.680
attendance to reading, to exitation, to

00:54:49.680 --> 00:54:52.559
doctrine. Meditate upon these things.

00:54:52.559 --> 00:54:55.200
Give thyself holy to them that thy

00:54:55.200 --> 00:54:58.800
profiting may be may appear to all. Take

00:54:58.800 --> 00:55:01.359
heed unto thyself and unto the doctrines

00:55:01.359 --> 00:55:04.319
or the teaching. Continue in them, for

00:55:04.319 --> 00:55:06.400
in doing this, thou shalt both save

00:55:06.400 --> 00:55:08.880
thyself and them that hear thee. These

00:55:08.880 --> 00:55:10.000
are the one that in the covenant

00:55:10.000 --> 00:55:13.839
relationship. Don't depart uh from uh

00:55:13.839 --> 00:55:16.640
what you've learned. Uh he tells Timothy

00:55:16.640 --> 00:55:19.119
at the top left, "Oh, Timothy, keep that

00:55:19.119 --> 00:55:21.920
which is committed to thy trust. Avoid

00:55:21.920 --> 00:55:24.559
profane and vain babings and opposition

00:55:24.559 --> 00:55:27.599
of science falsely so-called which some

00:55:27.599 --> 00:55:29.599
professing have errored concerning the

00:55:29.599 --> 00:55:32.720
faith. Grace be with thee." And he said,

00:55:32.720 --> 00:55:35.599
"Take heed that ye be not deceived. For

00:55:35.599 --> 00:55:38.480
many come in my name,

00:55:38.480 --> 00:55:40.800
saying, I am Christ, and the time

00:55:40.800 --> 00:55:44.160
drawest near, go ye not thereafter, and

00:55:44.160 --> 00:55:47.680
evil men should seduce, and but continue

00:55:47.680 --> 00:55:49.680
thou in the things which thou has

00:55:49.680 --> 00:55:52.799
learned and has been assured of, and of

00:55:52.799 --> 00:55:55.359
knowing of whom thou has learned them.

00:55:55.359 --> 00:55:57.119
Don't forget where you got your learning

00:55:57.119 --> 00:55:59.680
from. Stick to that, and don't listen to

00:55:59.680 --> 00:56:02.240
anybody. If you do that, you'll be okay.

00:56:02.240 --> 00:56:04.559
and that from a child thou hast known

00:56:04.559 --> 00:56:06.799
the holy scriptures, which are able to

00:56:06.799 --> 00:56:09.119
make thee wise unto salvation through

00:56:09.119 --> 00:56:12.000
faith, which is in Christ Jesus. That's

00:56:12.000 --> 00:56:15.920
2 Timothy uh 6:21.

00:56:15.920 --> 00:56:19.280
Uh no, so 2 Timothy 3:13-15.

00:56:19.280 --> 00:56:21.839
Mr. Greg.

00:56:21.839 --> 00:56:25.040
And once again, powerful Bible study,

00:56:25.040 --> 00:56:28.720
Mr. Lee. Mr. Lee, you know what? I

00:56:28.720 --> 00:56:31.760
believe God's been showing us when it

00:56:31.760 --> 00:56:34.799
comes down to it, the personal

00:56:34.799 --> 00:56:38.000
relationship. And I can't blame someone

00:56:38.000 --> 00:56:40.000
that they didn't tell me. We got to

00:56:40.000 --> 00:56:45.359
study to make ourselves approve. Yes.

00:56:45.359 --> 00:56:49.400
And I got it this time.

00:56:49.440 --> 00:56:51.680
That's true. That's true. What you just

00:56:51.680 --> 00:56:55.359
said. Yes. You got to study. And and how

00:56:55.359 --> 00:56:56.640
are you going to know what's true and

00:56:56.640 --> 00:56:59.760
what's not true? That's right. If you if

00:56:59.760 --> 00:57:01.200
you don't know and thanks for that, Mr.

00:57:01.200 --> 00:57:04.079
Greg. No, thank you, Mr. Lee. Thank you.

00:57:04.079 --> 00:57:07.440
And and and that's it. Um

00:57:07.440 --> 00:57:09.200
look, anytime you got something you want

00:57:09.200 --> 00:57:12.640
to say, please that helps me out. That

00:57:12.640 --> 00:57:15.200
en encourages me. Look like you got a

00:57:15.200 --> 00:57:17.920
new listener, Mr. Lee. Mr. Tracy

00:57:17.920 --> 00:57:21.119
Nichols. Oh yeah. Oh. Oh. Well, Tracy is

00:57:21.119 --> 00:57:24.160
the one I talked to to over what, 10, 15

00:57:24.160 --> 00:57:27.280
years ago. Look at that. So, do you you

00:57:27.280 --> 00:57:29.760
want to say hello to him, Mr. Lee? Hey,

00:57:29.760 --> 00:57:34.040
Tracy, brother. How you doing?

00:57:35.599 --> 00:57:38.640
Yeah. Y

00:57:38.640 --> 00:57:42.640
Nichols. Yeah, he's a a

00:57:42.640 --> 00:57:45.200
very wonderful brother and uh I could

00:57:45.200 --> 00:57:47.760
tell you a story about him and how I met

00:57:47.760 --> 00:57:50.000
him and so forth, but but another time

00:57:50.000 --> 00:57:53.760
and uh Okay. And uh but anyway, uh I'm

00:57:53.760 --> 00:57:56.799
ready whenever you are.

00:57:56.799 --> 00:57:58.559
What's the last word for this evening,

00:57:58.559 --> 00:58:02.920
Mr. Lee? Okay.

00:58:04.880 --> 00:58:08.480
study to show thyself approved unto God,

00:58:08.480 --> 00:58:11.839
a workman that needed not to be ashamed,

00:58:11.839 --> 00:58:14.160
rightly dividing the word of truth. 2

00:58:14.160 --> 00:58:17.760
Timothy 2:15, thy word is a lamp to my

00:58:17.760 --> 00:58:20.799
feet and a light to my path. Psalms 119

00:58:20.799 --> 00:58:24.319
verse 105. And of course, Isaiah 8:20 is

00:58:24.319 --> 00:58:26.000
if they speak not according to the law

00:58:26.000 --> 00:58:28.160
and the and the prophets, it's because

00:58:28.160 --> 00:58:29.839
there's no light in them. That's the

00:58:29.839 --> 00:58:31.920
reason why I put that at this Gideon's

00:58:31.920 --> 00:58:37.520
light there. But this is it. Study and

00:58:37.520 --> 00:58:40.799
if you disagree with something,

00:58:40.799 --> 00:58:43.280
as scripture says, let us sit down and

00:58:43.280 --> 00:58:45.920
reason together. Not argue and try to

00:58:45.920 --> 00:58:48.880
outdo each other. Let's try out. If

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we're going to outdo each other, let's

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do it in trying to make sure they're

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rightly dividing the word of truth of

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God. Let's do it that way. Well, once

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again, we we thank you, Mr. Lee. We

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thank Mrs. Lee. and looking forward to

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the next broadcast, God willing. Hi,

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Greg.

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Hi. Hi, Mrs. Lee. We just thank you for

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tonight. Oh, yes. Very good, huh?

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Very good. And yes, very good. Good

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teaching tonight, Mr. Lee. Good night.

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Thank you, Mr. Greg.

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Heat. Heat.

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