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with</c><00:11:21.759><c> them</c><00:11:22.019><c> we</c><00:11:22.259><c> have</c><00:11:22.500><c> 11</c><00:11:22.980><c> tribes.</c><00:11:25.139><c> And</c><00:11:25.419><c> does</c><00:11:25.519><c> it</c><00:11:25.759><c> take</c><00:11:26.940><c> a</c> 00:11:27.360 --> 00:11:29.159 great<00:11:27.559><c> mathematical</c><00:11:28.340><c> mind</c><00:11:28.860><c> to</c> 00:11:29.159 --> 00:11:34.539 think<00:11:29.460><c> that</c><00:11:29.559><c> there</c><00:11:29.700><c> is</c><00:11:29.919><c> one</c><00:11:30.220><c> missing?</c><00:11:33.299><c> And</c><00:11:33.299><c> the</c><00:11:33.440><c> one</c><00:11:33.580><c> that</c><00:11:33.759><c> is</c> 00:11:34.539 --> 00:11:35.860 missing,<00:11:34.879><c> if</c><00:11:34.940><c> you</c><00:11:35.100><c> can't</c><00:11:35.519><c> spot</c><00:11:35.720><c> it,</c> 00:11:35.860 --> 00:11:44.860 anyone<00:11:36.200><c> thought</c><00:11:36.500><c> the</c><00:11:36.679><c> one</c><00:11:36.820><c> was</c><00:11:37.059><c> it?</c><00:11:41.059><c> Yes,</c><00:11:43.259><c> Izikar</c><00:11:43.759><c> is</c><00:11:44.000><c> missing.</c><00:11:44.299><c> Why</c><00:11:44.600><c> is</c> 00:11:44.860 --> 00:11:47.399 Izikar<00:11:45.340><c> missing?</c><00:11:46.720><c> Is</c><00:11:46.980><c> it</c><00:11:47.159><c> because</c> 00:11:47.399 --> 00:11:53.820 Izikar<00:11:48.019><c> did</c><00:11:48.340><c> actually</c><00:11:48.799><c> go</c><00:11:49.080><c> and</c><00:11:49.259><c> do</c><00:11:49.320><c> that</c><00:11:49.580><c> which</c><00:11:49.820><c> was</c><00:11:50.039><c> required?</c><00:11:52.639><c> Well</c><00:11:52.860><c> what</c><00:11:53.100><c> Izikar</c><00:11:53.580><c> was</c> 00:11:53.820 --> 00:11:54.460 going<00:11:54.080><c> to</c><00:11:54.279><c> do</c> 00:11:54.460 --> 00:11:57.740 at<00:11:54.559><c> this</c><00:11:54.779><c> time</c><00:11:55.179><c> actually</c><00:11:55.679><c> was</c><00:11:56.019><c> prophesied</c><00:11:56.659><c> of</c><00:11:56.799><c> 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of</c><00:19:43.980><c> the</c><00:19:44.119><c> Lord</c><00:19:44.359><c> was</c><00:19:44.700><c> hot</c><00:19:44.880><c> against</c><00:19:45.319><c> Israel.</c><00:19:45.740><c> He</c><00:19:46.000><c> sold</c><00:19:46.220><c> them</c><00:19:46.400><c> into</c><00:19:46.619><c> the</c> 00:19:46.819 --> 00:19:49.200 hand<00:19:47.440><c> of</c><00:19:47.720><c> an</c><00:19:47.960><c> enemy.</c><00:19:49.019><c> So</c> 00:19:49.200 --> 00:19:54.480 it<00:19:49.359><c> brings</c><00:19:49.480><c> about</c><00:19:49.799><c> suffering.</c><00:19:52.019><c> Then</c><00:19:52.180><c> they</c><00:19:52.420><c> cry,</c><00:19:52.980><c> verse</c><00:19:53.299><c> 9.</c><00:19:53.920><c> The</c><00:19:54.039><c> children</c><00:19:54.319><c> of</c> 00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:55.559 Israel<00:19:54.660><c> cried</c><00:19:55.259><c> unto</c> 00:19:55.559 --> 00:20:00.740 the<00:19:55.799><c> Lord.</c><00:19:57.299><c> And</c><00:19:57.500><c> so</c><00:19:57.700><c> God</c><00:19:58.519><c> raised</c><00:19:59.019><c> up</c><00:19:59.259><c> a</c><00:19:59.519><c> deliverer</c><00:20:00.160><c> as</c><00:20:00.299><c> we</c><00:20:00.500><c> read</c> 00:20:00.740 --> 00:20:05.220 in<00:20:00.940><c> verse</c><00:20:01.200><c> 9.</c><00:20:03.140><c> And</c><00:20:03.359><c> he</c><00:20:03.640><c> brings</c><00:20:04.299><c> salvation,</c> 00:20:05.220 --> 00:20:09.960 brings<00:20:05.779><c> deliverance</c><00:20:06.619><c> for</c><00:20:07.000><c> them</c><00:20:07.339><c> as</c><00:20:08.140><c> we</c><00:20:08.359><c> read</c><00:20:08.539><c> in</c><00:20:08.740><c> verse</c><00:20:09.019><c> 10.</c> 00:20:10.299 --> 00:20:12.720 That<00:20:10.380><c> he</c><00:20:10.640><c> prevailed</c><00:20:11.259><c> against</c><00:20:11.819><c> Tushan,</c> 00:20:12.779 --> 00:20:21.119 and<00:20:13.500><c> for</c><00:20:14.059><c> a</c><00:20:14.359><c> period</c><00:20:14.599><c> of</c><00:20:14.900><c> time</c><00:20:15.180><c> Israel</c><00:20:15.859><c> served</c><00:20:16.500><c> their</c><00:20:16.920><c> God</c><00:20:17.559><c> until</c><00:20:18.759><c> sadly,</c><00:20:19.819><c> verse</c><00:20:20.299><c> 12,</c> 00:20:21.519 --> 00:20:22.059 the<00:20:21.579><c> children</c><00:20:21.980><c> of</c> 00:20:22.059 --> 00:20:28.079 Israel<00:20:22.480><c> did</c><00:20:22.819><c> evil</c><00:20:23.160><c> again</c><00:20:24.660><c> in</c><00:20:25.119><c> the</c><00:20:25.339><c> sight</c><00:20:25.500><c> of</c><00:20:25.740><c> the</c><00:20:25.900><c> Lord.</c><00:20:27.259><c> Throughout</c><00:20:27.759><c> this</c> 00:20:28.079 --> 00:20:31.940 book<00:20:28.440><c> of</c><00:20:29.920><c> Judges</c><00:20:30.599><c> we</c><00:20:31.079><c> get</c> 00:20:32.640 --> 00:20:38.059 to<00:20:33.319><c> see</c><00:20:33.319><c> the</c><00:20:33.319><c> cycle</c><00:20:33.319><c> again</c><00:20:33.319><c> and</c><00:20:34.799><c> again.</c><00:20:36.460><c> The</c><00:20:36.680><c> cycle</c><00:20:36.980><c> begins.</c> 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7.</c><00:21:35.779><c> And</c> 00:21:35.940 --> 00:21:37.200 here<00:21:36.440><c> Paul</c><00:21:36.839><c> says,</c> 00:21:37.500 --> 00:21:40.859 But<00:21:37.579><c> sin,</c><00:21:37.920><c> taking</c><00:21:38.440><c> occasion</c><00:21:39.200><c> by</c><00:21:39.539><c> the</c><00:21:39.819><c> commandment,</c><00:21:40.660><c> wrought</c> 00:21:40.859 --> 00:21:45.519 in<00:21:41.140><c> thee</c><00:21:41.859><c> all</c><00:21:42.160><c> manner</c><00:21:42.480><c> of</c><00:21:42.640><c> concupiscence.</c> 00:21:45.599 --> 00:21:48.799 For<00:21:45.700><c> without</c><00:21:46.039><c> the</c><00:21:46.240><c> law</c><00:21:46.420><c> sin</c><00:21:46.619><c> was</c><00:21:47.000><c> dead.</c><00:21:47.619><c> And</c><00:21:47.880><c> he</c><00:21:48.119><c> recognizes</c> 00:21:48.799 --> 00:21:52.000 this<00:21:49.619><c> problem</c><00:21:50.259><c> within</c><00:21:50.700><c> himself,</c><00:21:51.500><c> doesn't</c><00:21:51.859><c> he?</c> 00:21:52.000 --> 00:21:56.119 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look</c><00:22:04.000><c> at</c><00:22:04.000><c> verse</c><00:22:04.339><c> 11.</c><00:22:05.180><c> Sin,</c><00:22:05.660><c> taking</c><00:22:05.960><c> occasion</c><00:22:06.380><c> by</c><00:22:06.720><c> commandment,</c><00:22:07.420><c> deceived</c><00:22:07.819><c> me</c> 00:22:08.059 --> 00:22:09.759 by<00:22:08.539><c> sleuthing.</c> 00:22:10.099 --> 00:22:14.900 The<00:22:10.339><c> consequence</c><00:22:11.019><c> of</c><00:22:11.220><c> this</c><00:22:11.480><c> which</c><00:22:11.700><c> we</c><00:22:11.940><c> suffer,</c><00:22:12.440><c> which</c><00:22:12.779><c> we</c><00:22:13.119><c> have,</c><00:22:13.500><c> is</c><00:22:13.700><c> suffering.</c> 00:22:15.339 --> 00:22:22.099 And<00:22:15.900><c> we</c><00:22:16.079><c> come</c><00:22:16.220><c> and</c><00:22:16.299><c> look</c><00:22:16.440><c> at</c><00:22:16.440><c> verse</c><00:22:17.160><c> 24.</c><00:22:18.880><c> And</c><00:22:19.160><c> we</c><00:22:19.259><c> have</c><00:22:19.460><c> the</c><00:22:19.799><c> cry,</c><00:22:20.700><c> O</c><00:22:20.920><c> wretched</c><00:22:21.299><c> man</c><00:22:21.740><c> that</c><00:22:22.000><c> I</c> 00:22:22.099 --> 00:22:22.640 am,<00:22:22.480><c> who</c> 00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:27.539 shall<00:22:22.859><c> deliver</c><00:22:23.200><c> me</c><00:22:23.500><c> from</c><00:22:23.599><c> this</c><00:22:23.880><c> body</c><00:22:24.240><c> of</c><00:22:24.500><c> death.</c><00:22:26.240><c> But</c><00:22:26.539><c> that</c><00:22:26.819><c> cry</c><00:22:27.059><c> has</c><00:22:27.339><c> a</c> 00:22:27.539 --> 00:22:29.940 question,<00:22:28.839><c> which</c><00:22:29.059><c> has</c><00:22:29.299><c> a</c><00:22:29.460><c> distinct</c> 00:22:29.940 --> 00:22:34.559 answer.<00:22:31.420><c> That</c><00:22:31.640><c> there</c><00:22:31.900><c> is</c><00:22:32.220><c> one,</c><00:22:32.779><c> there</c><00:22:32.980><c> is</c><00:22:33.279><c> a</c><00:22:33.519><c> judge,</c><00:22:34.220><c> there</c><00:22:34.319><c> 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perfect.</c><00:23:19.740><c> How</c><00:23:20.099><c> through</c> 00:23:20.359 --> 00:23:30.559 this<00:23:20.740><c> suffering,</c><00:23:23.740><c> sadly</c><00:23:24.059><c> we</c><00:23:24.299><c> go</c><00:23:24.579><c> through</c><00:23:24.920><c> this</c><00:23:25.240><c> cycle</c><00:23:25.660><c> time</c><00:23:26.279><c> and</c><00:23:26.599><c> time</c><00:23:26.819><c> again,</c><00:23:27.420><c> don't</c><00:23:27.640><c> we?</c><00:23:30.299><c> I</c> 00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:31.819 myself<00:23:31.240><c> serve</c> 00:23:31.819 --> 00:23:35.819 the<00:23:32.119><c> law</c><00:23:32.339><c> of</c><00:23:32.519><c> God,</c><00:23:32.740><c> but</c><00:23:33.019><c> with</c><00:23:33.400><c> the</c><00:23:33.740><c> flesh</c><00:23:34.059><c> the</c><00:23:34.319><c> law</c><00:23:34.539><c> of</c><00:23:34.900><c> sin</c><00:23:35.140><c> as</c> 00:23:35.819 --> 00:23:38.619 the<00:23:36.759><c> chapter</c><00:23:37.119><c> concludes</c><00:23:37.920><c> 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day</c><00:26:41.579><c> of</c><00:26:42.099><c> our</c><00:26:42.359><c> lives.</c><00:26:42.940><c> And</c><00:26:43.099><c> if</c><00:26:43.240><c> we</c><00:26:43.420><c> have</c><00:26:43.700><c> tried,</c><00:26:46.039><c> then</c> 00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:48.660 the<00:26:46.420><c> Father</c><00:26:46.660><c> and</c><00:26:46.940><c> Son</c><00:26:47.619><c> will</c><00:26:48.220><c> complete</c> 00:26:48.660 --> 00:26:55.960 the<00:26:48.900><c> process</c><00:26:49.440><c> for</c><00:26:49.759><c> us.</c><00:26:53.460><c> Let's</c><00:26:53.740><c> come</c><00:26:53.940><c> into</c><00:26:54.160><c> Othniel</c><00:26:54.539><c> then</c><00:26:55.500><c> and</c> 00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:59.740 have<00:26:56.200><c> a</c><00:26:56.220><c> look</c><00:26:56.400><c> at</c><00:26:56.519><c> Othniel</c><00:26:57.000><c> himself.</c><00:26:58.980><c> Othniel,</c> 00:26:59.859 --> 00:27:06.940 we<00:27:00.779><c> read,</c><00:27:01.460><c> was</c><00:27:01.700><c> the</c><00:27:02.259><c> younger</c><00:27:02.880><c> brother</c><00:27:03.660><c> of</c><00:27:04.279><c> Caleb.</c><00:27:06.019><c> Caleb,</c><00:27:06.519><c> we</c> 00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:09.440 recall,<00:27:07.380><c> was</c><00:27:07.640><c> the</c><00:27:08.380><c> faithful</c><00:27:08.859><c> servant</c> 00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:14.839 of<00:27:10.460><c> Joshua.</c><00:27:11.259><c> Now</c><00:27:11.460><c> the</c><00:27:11.619><c> interpretation</c><00:27:12.380><c> of</c><00:27:12.680><c> the</c><00:27:12.839><c> phrase</c><00:27:13.099><c> younger</c><00:27:13.539><c> brother</c><00:27:14.180><c> is</c><00:27:14.740><c> a</c> 00:27:14.839 --> 00:27:15.779 little<00:27:15.019><c> bit</c><00:27:15.220><c> uncertain.</c> 00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:20.900 It<00:27:16.200><c> made</c><00:27:16.460><c> me</c><00:27:16.720><c> that</c><00:27:16.859><c> he</c><00:27:17.039><c> was</c><00:27:18.519><c> Caleb's</c><00:27:19.240><c> nephew.</c><00:27:20.259><c> Either</c><00:27:20.640><c> way,</c><00:27:20.900><c> it</c> 00:27:20.900 --> 00:27:24.099 doesn't<00:27:21.200><c> matter</c><00:27:21.559><c> to</c><00:27:21.839><c> us,</c><00:27:22.420><c> he</c><00:27:22.579><c> was</c><00:27:22.880><c> a</c><00:27:23.240><c> close</c> 00:27:24.099 --> 00:27:30.240 relative.<00:27:25.160><c> Now</c><00:27:25.420><c> this</c><00:27:25.740><c> family,</c><00:27:26.859><c> this</c><00:27:27.299><c> family</c><00:27:27.819><c> in</c><00:27:28.160><c> Judah,</c><00:27:29.640><c> showed</c><00:27:29.660><c> more</c> 00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:32.720 faith<00:27:30.599><c> in</c><00:27:30.880><c> God</c><00:27:31.180><c> than</c><00:27:31.500><c> any</c><00:27:32.099><c> other</c> 00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:37.220 family<00:27:33.140><c> or</c><00:27:33.480><c> tribe</c><00:27:34.059><c> in</c><00:27:34.720><c> the</c><00:27:34.880><c> nation</c><00:27:35.200><c> of</c><00:27:35.539><c> Israel.</c><00:27:36.180><c> They</c><00:27:36.480><c> obeyed</c> 00:27:37.220 --> 00:27:40.700 the<00:27:37.400><c> commandment</c><00:27:37.960><c> of</c><00:27:38.180><c> God</c><00:27:38.579><c> and</c><00:27:39.119><c> got</c><00:27:39.400><c> on</c><00:27:39.759><c> with</c> 00:27:40.450 --> 00:27:46.200 doing<00:27:40.819><c> what</c><00:27:42.420><c> God</c><00:27:42.660><c> had</c><00:27:42.980><c> said,</c><00:27:43.859><c> inherit</c><00:27:44.460><c> the</c><00:27:44.960><c> land.</c><00:27:45.779><c> We</c><00:27:45.920><c> need</c><00:27:46.059><c> to</c> 00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:48.470 pop<00:27:46.359><c> back</c><00:27:46.599><c> to</c><00:27:46.799><c> Joshua</c><00:27:47.180><c> chapter</c><00:27:47.599><c> 15,</c> 00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:56.380 which<00:27:50.819><c> is</c><00:27:50.960><c> actually</c><00:27:51.799><c> quoted</c><00:27:52.299><c> in</c><00:27:53.480><c> the</c><00:27:53.740><c> Judges</c><00:27:54.500><c> of</c><00:27:54.920><c> chapter</c><00:27:55.319><c> 1.</c> 00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:58.920 But<00:27:56.640><c> let's</c><00:27:57.539><c> go</c><00:27:57.819><c> back</c><00:27:58.059><c> and</c><00:27:58.240><c> have</c><00:27:58.380><c> a</c><00:27:58.500><c> look</c> 00:27:58.920 --> 00:28:07.819 at<00:27:59.440><c> the</c><00:27:59.700><c> actual</c><00:28:00.119><c> report</c><00:28:00.599><c> itself.</c><00:28:01.579><c> Verse</c><00:28:01.779><c> 13</c><00:28:02.700><c> of</c><00:28:05.660><c> Joshua</c><00:28:06.140><c> 15.</c> 00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:10.759 And<00:28:09.200><c> unto</c><00:28:09.420><c> Caleb</c><00:28:09.779><c> the</c><00:28:10.000><c> son</c><00:28:10.259><c> of</c><00:28:10.380><c> Jephthah,</c> 00:28:10.839 --> 00:28:14.119 he<00:28:11.039><c> gave</c><00:28:11.400><c> a</c><00:28:11.660><c> part</c><00:28:12.059><c> among</c><00:28:12.480><c> the</c><00:28:12.700><c> children</c><00:28:13.059><c> of</c><00:28:13.319><c> Judah</c><00:28:13.579><c> according</c> 00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:16.180 to<00:28:14.400><c> the</c><00:28:14.619><c> commandment</c><00:28:15.140><c> of</c><00:28:15.279><c> the</c><00:28:15.420><c> Lord</c><00:28:15.880><c> to</c> 00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:20.660 Joshua,<00:28:17.779><c> of</c><00:28:18.220><c> the</c><00:28:18.380><c> Lord</c><00:28:18.619><c> to</c><00:28:18.839><c> Joshua's</c><00:28:19.460><c> soul,</c><00:28:19.599><c> even</c><00:28:20.039><c> the</c><00:28:20.380><c> city</c> 00:28:20.660 --> 00:28:23.180 of<00:28:20.960><c> Arba,</c><00:28:21.779><c> the</c><00:28:21.940><c> father</c><00:28:22.240><c> of</c><00:28:22.519><c> Anak,</c><00:28:22.960><c> which</c> 00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:29.039 is<00:28:23.619><c> Hebron.</c><00:28:25.420><c> And</c><00:28:25.680><c> Caleb</c><00:28:26.039><c> drove</c><00:28:26.500><c> thence</c><00:28:27.680><c> the</c><00:28:27.940><c> three</c><00:28:28.380><c> sons</c><00:28:28.759><c> of</c> 00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:31.619 Anak,<00:28:29.559><c> Heshiah,</c><00:28:30.180><c> Ahimah</c><00:28:30.680><c> and</c><00:28:30.759><c> Talbiah,</c> 00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:37.279 the<00:28:32.240><c> children</c><00:28:33.160><c> of</c><00:28:33.819><c> Anak.</c><00:28:35.880><c> Now</c><00:28:36.140><c> we're</c><00:28:36.339><c> told</c><00:28:36.539><c> here</c><00:28:36.859><c> that</c><00:28:37.019><c> this</c> 00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:39.480 family<00:28:37.619><c> was</c><00:28:37.940><c> given</c><00:28:38.160><c> the</c><00:28:38.339><c> most</c><00:28:38.759><c> difficult</c> 00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:43.119 part<00:28:39.940><c> of</c><00:28:40.140><c> the</c><00:28:40.359><c> land</c><00:28:40.559><c> to</c><00:28:40.920><c> conquer.</c><00:28:41.819><c> That's</c><00:28:42.119><c> where</c><00:28:42.339><c> the</c><00:28:42.559><c> sons</c><00:28:42.819><c> of</c> 00:28:43.119 --> 00:28:47.059 Anak<00:28:43.559><c> were,</c><00:28:45.000><c> the</c><00:28:45.180><c> very</c><00:28:45.759><c> reason</c><00:28:46.579><c> why</c> 00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:52.700 Israel<00:28:47.700><c> wouldn't</c><00:28:48.440><c> take</c><00:28:48.920><c> the</c><00:28:49.519><c> land</c><00:28:50.339><c> 38</c><00:28:50.980><c> years</c><00:28:51.400><c> earlier</c><00:28:51.980><c> before</c> 00:28:52.700 --> 00:28:55.539 they<00:28:52.980><c> got</c><00:28:53.299><c> to</c><00:28:53.500><c> the</c><00:28:53.680><c> border.</c><00:28:55.119><c> That's</c><00:28:55.400><c> why</c> 00:28:55.539 --> 00:28:58.339 they<00:28:55.759><c> hadn't</c><00:28:56.000><c> taken</c><00:28:56.319><c> the</c><00:28:56.559><c> land</c><00:28:56.740><c> the</c><00:28:56.940><c> first</c><00:28:57.220><c> time</c><00:28:57.559><c> round,</c><00:28:57.759><c> because</c><00:28:58.099><c> of</c> 00:28:58.339 --> 00:28:59.799 the<00:28:58.519><c> sons</c><00:28:58.740><c> of</c><00:28:58.980><c> Anak.</c><00:28:59.640><c> And</c><00:28:59.779><c> the</c> 00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:02.619 very<00:29:00.180><c> cities</c><00:29:00.519><c> of</c><00:29:00.759><c> the</c><00:29:00.920><c> sons</c><00:29:01.140><c> of</c><00:29:01.319><c> Anak</c><00:29:01.599><c> is</c><00:29:01.779><c> where</c><00:29:01.980><c> this</c><00:29:02.200><c> family</c> 00:29:02.619 --> 00:29:06.359 was<00:29:02.920><c> told</c><00:29:03.099><c> to</c><00:29:03.339><c> go</c><00:29:03.599><c> and</c><00:29:03.740><c> conquer.</c><00:29:05.880><c> Despite</c> 00:29:06.359 --> 00:29:10.279 the<00:29:06.680><c> difficulty</c><00:29:07.180><c> of</c><00:29:07.400><c> the</c><00:29:07.640><c> past,</c><00:29:08.940><c> there's</c><00:29:09.079><c> no</c><00:29:09.359><c> delay</c><00:29:09.819><c> in</c><00:29:09.960><c> going</c> 00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:13.799 forward<00:29:11.039><c> and</c><00:29:12.019><c> doing</c><00:29:12.220><c> what</c><00:29:12.460><c> God</c><00:29:12.759><c> has</c><00:29:13.079><c> said.</c> 00:29:14.299 --> 00:29:17.700 And<00:29:14.759><c> that</c><00:29:15.019><c> record,</c><00:29:15.319><c> as</c><00:29:15.559><c> we've</c><00:29:15.799><c> said,</c><00:29:16.039><c> is</c><00:29:16.200><c> repeated</c><00:29:16.740><c> in</c><00:29:17.299><c> Judges</c> 00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:19.799 chapter<00:29:18.099><c> 1.</c><00:29:18.559><c> Let's</c><00:29:18.960><c> come</c><00:29:19.220><c> into</c><00:29:19.440><c> that</c> 00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:36.079 chapter<00:29:20.200><c> now.</c><00:29:25.759><c> Verse</c><00:29:26.339><c> 20.</c><00:29:32.519><c> And</c><00:29:33.319><c> they</c><00:29:33.519><c> gave</c><00:29:33.779><c> Hebron</c><00:29:34.680><c> unto</c><00:29:35.079><c> Caleb,</c><00:29:35.779><c> as</c> 00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:38.480 Moses<00:29:36.480><c> said,</c><00:29:37.279><c> and</c><00:29:37.519><c> he</c><00:29:38.000><c> extolled</c> 00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:44.140 the<00:29:38.839><c> three</c><00:29:39.299><c> sons</c><00:29:39.660><c> of</c><00:29:40.000><c> Anak.</c><00:29:40.619><c> Now</c><00:29:41.019><c> think</c><00:29:41.380><c> about</c><00:29:41.839><c> this.</c><00:29:43.839><c> Caleb</c> 00:29:44.140 --> 00:29:47.440 was<00:29:44.539><c> the</c><00:29:44.900><c> oldest</c><00:29:45.559><c> man</c><00:29:46.240><c> in</c><00:29:46.579><c> Israel.</c><00:29:47.140><c> He</c><00:29:47.140><c> had</c> 00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:52.740 to<00:29:47.619><c> be.</c><00:29:49.480><c> Joshua</c><00:29:50.059><c> was</c><00:29:50.339><c> the</c><00:29:50.400><c> only</c><00:29:50.680><c> one</c><00:29:50.900><c> of</c><00:29:51.059><c> that</c><00:29:51.259><c> generation</c><00:29:51.960><c> who</c> 00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:57.779 entered<00:29:53.240><c> the</c><00:29:53.519><c> land.</c><00:29:54.079><c> The</c><00:29:54.380><c> oldest</c><00:29:54.920><c> man</c><00:29:57.039><c> takes</c> 00:29:57.779 --> 00:30:09.299 the<00:29:58.240><c> most</c><00:29:58.660><c> difficult</c><00:29:59.559><c> part</c><00:30:00.099><c> of</c><00:30:00.339><c> the</c><00:30:00.579><c> inheritance.</c><00:30:04.880><c> And</c><00:30:05.059><c> he</c><00:30:05.200><c> overcame</c><00:30:05.660><c> the</c><00:30:05.940><c> three</c><00:30:06.200><c> giants.</c><00:30:08.779><c> And</c><00:30:09.019><c> he</c><00:30:09.160><c> sets</c> 00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:13.759 before<00:30:09.859><c> us</c><00:30:11.160><c> the</c><00:30:11.579><c> very</c><00:30:11.880><c> thing</c><00:30:12.200><c> that</c><00:30:12.359><c> God</c><00:30:12.559><c> has</c><00:30:12.799><c> commanded</c><00:30:13.160><c> us</c><00:30:13.559><c> to</c> 00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:18.400 do,<00:30:16.339><c> that</c><00:30:16.440><c> we</c><00:30:16.700><c> must</c><00:30:16.960><c> overcome</c><00:30:17.519><c> our</c><00:30:18.039><c> three</c> 00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:23.079 giants<00:30:18.920><c> in</c><00:30:19.180><c> our</c><00:30:19.500><c> lives,</c><00:30:20.819><c> the</c><00:30:20.880><c> lust</c><00:30:21.019><c> of</c><00:30:21.259><c> the</c><00:30:21.460><c> flesh,</c><00:30:22.779><c> the</c><00:30:22.920><c> lust</c> 00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:27.220 of<00:30:23.299><c> the</c><00:30:23.519><c> islands,</c><00:30:25.259><c> of</c><00:30:25.420><c> the</c><00:30:25.519><c> private</c><00:30:25.799><c> life.</c> 00:30:27.859 --> 00:30:35.220 Unless<00:30:28.220><c> we</c><00:30:28.440><c> do</c><00:30:28.779><c> that,</c><00:30:29.059><c> we</c><00:30:29.279><c> cannot</c><00:30:29.759><c> inherit</c><00:30:30.359><c> the</c><00:30:30.660><c> land.</c><00:30:32.460><c> We</c><00:30:32.680><c> can't.</c><00:30:34.799><c> Unless</c><00:30:35.000><c> we</c> 00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:38.059 are<00:30:35.380><c> prepared</c><00:30:36.240><c> to</c><00:30:37.480><c> seek</c><00:30:37.740><c> to</c> 00:30:38.059 --> 00:30:44.740 overcome<00:30:38.539><c> those</c><00:30:38.940><c> things</c><00:30:39.519><c> in</c><00:30:39.920><c> our</c><00:30:40.180><c> lives.</c><00:30:43.099><c> So</c><00:30:43.240><c> having</c><00:30:43.460><c> conquered</c><00:30:43.980><c> Hebron,</c> 00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:46.660 Caleb<00:30:45.519><c> moved</c><00:30:45.880><c> then</c><00:30:46.180><c> against</c> 00:30:46.660 --> 00:30:52.819 Sibir,<00:30:47.259><c> which</c><00:30:47.460><c> was</c><00:30:47.980><c> then</c><00:30:48.380><c> called</c><00:30:49.279><c> Kurja</c><00:30:50.440><c> Sifah.</c><00:30:52.160><c> We</c><00:30:52.180><c> get</c><00:30:52.559><c> back</c> 00:30:52.819 --> 00:30:57.619 in<00:30:53.019><c> verse</c><00:30:53.400><c> 12.</c><00:30:56.980><c> Caleb</c><00:30:57.200><c> said,</c> 00:30:57.839 --> 00:31:02.640 He<00:30:57.900><c> that</c><00:30:58.220><c> smited</c><00:30:58.579><c> Kurja</c><00:30:59.420><c> Sifah,</c><00:31:00.400><c> and</c><00:31:00.619><c> taketh</c><00:31:01.039><c> it</c><00:31:01.299><c> to</c><00:31:01.599><c> him,</c><00:31:02.359><c> will</c><00:31:02.500><c> I</c> 00:31:02.640 --> 00:31:06.000 give<00:31:02.859><c> Aksar</c><00:31:03.500><c> my</c><00:31:03.819><c> daughter</c><00:31:04.700><c> to</c><00:31:05.140><c> one.</c> 00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:10.619 And<00:31:07.079><c> of</c><00:31:07.200><c> the</c><00:31:07.319><c> sons</c><00:31:07.680><c> of</c><00:31:08.000><c> Kenaz,</c><00:31:08.779><c> Caleb's</c><00:31:09.460><c> younger</c><00:31:09.700><c> brother</c><00:31:10.059><c> took</c><00:31:10.380><c> it,</c> 00:31:10.640 --> 00:31:13.140 and<00:31:10.799><c> he</c><00:31:10.920><c> gave</c><00:31:11.259><c> him</c><00:31:11.640><c> Aksar</c><00:31:12.799><c> his</c> 00:31:13.140 --> 00:31:17.440 daughter<00:31:13.559><c> to</c><00:31:14.480><c> one.</c><00:31:15.359><c> So</c><00:31:15.599><c> Othniel,</c><00:31:16.339><c> again,</c><00:31:16.779><c> it</c><00:31:16.920><c> seems</c><00:31:17.059><c> without</c> 00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:19.700 hesitation,<00:31:18.299><c> takes</c><00:31:18.599><c> up</c><00:31:18.900><c> the</c><00:31:19.200><c> challenge</c> 00:31:19.700 --> 00:31:24.460 and<00:31:20.740><c> therefore</c><00:31:21.160><c> takes</c><00:31:21.680><c> the</c><00:31:22.000><c> hand</c><00:31:22.400><c> of</c><00:31:23.160><c> Aksar.</c><00:31:23.700><c> Now</c><00:31:24.079><c> look</c><00:31:24.279><c> at</c> 00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:26.259 the<00:31:24.759><c> types</c><00:31:25.099><c> that</c><00:31:25.339><c> are</c><00:31:25.539><c> being</c><00:31:25.779><c> presented</c> 00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:32.779 before<00:31:26.740><c> us</c><00:31:27.019><c> here.</c><00:31:27.539><c> Othniel</c><00:31:28.259><c> means</c><00:31:28.880><c> the</c><00:31:29.779><c> lion</c><00:31:30.200><c> of</c><00:31:30.640><c> God.</c><00:31:32.119><c> And</c><00:31:32.299><c> he's</c><00:31:32.579><c> of</c> 00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:43.119 the<00:31:33.119><c> tribe</c><00:31:33.500><c> of</c><00:31:33.960><c> Judah.</c><00:31:42.359><c> Kurja</c> 00:31:43.119 --> 00:31:45.900 Sifah,<00:31:43.299><c> the</c><00:31:43.299><c> life</c><00:31:43.440><c> and</c><00:31:43.660><c> the</c><00:31:44.140><c> parallel</c><00:31:44.460><c> he's</c><00:31:44.940><c> presented</c><00:31:45.319><c> to</c><00:31:45.619><c> us</c> 00:31:45.900 --> 00:31:48.799 here,<00:31:46.900><c> is</c><00:31:47.079><c> 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ourselves</c><00:32:45.400><c> in</c><00:32:45.680><c> the</c><00:32:45.900><c> position</c><00:32:46.259><c> of</c><00:32:46.579><c> Aksar.</c><00:32:47.920><c> And</c><00:32:48.240><c> what</c><00:32:48.400><c> was</c><00:32:48.599><c> the</c><00:32:48.940><c> desire</c><00:32:49.519><c> of</c> 00:32:49.819 --> 00:32:50.299 this<00:32:50.019><c> woman?</c> 00:32:50.619 --> 00:32:57.920 What<00:32:50.960><c> did</c><00:32:51.299><c> she</c><00:32:51.700><c> want?</c><00:32:53.799><c> Well,</c><00:32:54.220><c> verse</c><00:32:54.859><c> 14</c><00:32:55.660><c> tells</c><00:32:56.220><c> us,</c><00:32:57.440><c> he</c><00:32:57.539><c> came</c> 00:32:57.920 --> 00:33:00.960 to<00:32:58.220><c> pass</c><00:32:58.440><c> when</c><00:32:58.740><c> she</c><00:32:59.099><c> came</c><00:32:59.559><c> to</c><00:32:59.900><c> him</c><00:33:00.380><c> that</c> 00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:05.140 she<00:33:01.180><c> moved</c><00:33:01.700><c> him</c><00:33:01.940><c> to</c><00:33:02.259><c> 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desired</c><00:33:35.480><c> upper</c><00:33:36.119><c> and</c><00:33:36.339><c> nether</c><00:33:36.740><c> springs.</c><00:33:37.200><c> And</c><00:33:37.359><c> I</c> 00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:38.240 would<00:33:37.579><c> suggest</c><00:33:38.019><c> to</c> 00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:42.259 you<00:33:38.400><c> that</c><00:33:38.619><c> that,</c><00:33:39.420><c> as</c><00:33:39.420><c> the</c><00:33:39.599><c> word</c><00:33:39.759><c> of</c><00:33:39.980><c> life,</c><00:33:41.039><c> might</c><00:33:41.180><c> well</c><00:33:41.420><c> represent</c><00:33:41.980><c> the</c> 00:33:42.259 --> 00:33:43.380 old<00:33:42.460><c> and</c><00:33:42.599><c> the</c><00:33:42.740><c> new</c><00:33:42.920><c> festival</c> 00:33:43.380 --> 00:33:48.319 which<00:33:43.700><c> happened</c><00:33:43.900><c> to</c><00:33:44.119><c> be</c><00:33:44.259><c> brought</c><00:33:44.460><c> together,</c><00:33:45.960><c> to</c><00:33:46.059><c> be</c><00:33:46.240><c> built</c><00:33:46.539><c> 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the</c><00:34:36.860><c> first,</c><00:34:37.840><c> can</c><00:34:38.539><c> we</c><00:34:38.679><c> say,</c><00:34:39.440><c> major</c><00:34:39.599><c> judge.</c><00:34:41.059><c> Come</c><00:34:41.059><c> to</c> 00:34:41.239 --> 00:34:43.179 chapter<00:34:41.659><c> 10.</c> 00:34:44.000 --> 00:34:51.199 Israel<00:34:44.960><c> then</c><00:34:45.420><c> were</c><00:34:46.099><c> punished</c><00:34:46.639><c> for</c><00:34:47.619><c> their</c><00:34:48.840><c> idolatrous</c><00:34:50.000><c> practices</c><00:34:50.719><c> which</c> 00:34:51.199 --> 00:34:54.280 they<00:34:51.460><c> began.</c><00:34:53.639><c> They</c><00:34:53.760><c> were</c><00:34:53.940><c> punished</c> 00:34:54.280 --> 00:34:58.980 with<00:34:54.519><c> eight</c><00:34:54.760><c> years</c><00:34:55.000><c> of</c><00:34:55.239><c> oppression</c><00:34:55.900><c> by</c><00:34:56.480><c> the</c><00:34:56.820><c> Syrians,</c><00:34:58.519><c> those</c> 00:34:58.980 --> 00:35:02.559 of<00:34:59.460><c> Mesopotamia</c><00:35:00.420><c> here,</c><00:35:01.300><c> and</c><00:35:01.960><c> that</c><00:35:02.219><c> in</c><00:35:02.340><c> the</c> 00:35:02.559 --> 00:35:10.340 original<00:35:03.000><c> is</c><00:35:04.500><c> this</c><00:35:05.099><c> word</c><00:35:05.500><c> here,</c><00:35:07.639><c> aram</c><00:35:08.300><c> nahareim,</c><00:35:09.760><c> if</c><00:35:09.960><c> that's</c> 00:35:10.340 --> 00:35:14.139 pronounced<00:35:10.739><c> correctly.</c><00:35:12.179><c> That's</c><00:35:13.039><c> Mesopotamia</c> 00:35:14.579 --> 00:35:21.900 in<00:35:15.320><c> Hebrew.</c><00:35:17.400><c> Now</c><00:35:17.699><c> if</c><00:35:17.960><c> we</c><00:35:18.739><c> split</c><00:35:19.039><c> up</c><00:35:19.400><c> this</c><00:35:20.019><c> into</c><00:35:20.639><c> the</c><00:35:20.900><c> two</c><00:35:21.099><c> words,</c><00:35:21.619><c> aram</c> 00:35:21.900 --> 00:35:24.659 means<00:35:22.300><c> exalted</c><00:35:23.099><c> and</c><00:35:24.059><c> nahareim</c> 00:35:24.659 --> 00:35:32.380 means<00:35:26.039><c> two</c><00:35:27.320><c> rivers.</c><00:35:28.739><c> So</c><00:35:28.880><c> literally</c><00:35:29.599><c> this</c><00:35:29.980><c> enemy</c><00:35:30.420><c> came</c><00:35:30.980><c> from</c><00:35:31.860><c> a</c> 00:35:32.380 --> 00:35:35.820 land<00:35:32.880><c> that</c><00:35:33.860><c> was</c><00:35:34.300><c> exalted</c><00:35:35.079><c> between</c> 00:35:35.820 --> 00:35:43.260 two<00:35:36.239><c> rivers.</c><00:35:39.099><c> That</c><00:35:39.340><c> is</c><00:35:39.619><c> a</c><00:35:39.800><c> representation</c><00:35:40.579><c> I'm</c><00:35:40.860><c> going</c><00:35:41.159><c> to</c><00:35:41.539><c> suggest</c><00:35:42.280><c> of</c> 00:35:43.260 --> 00:35:45.460 Babylon,<00:35:44.159><c> an</c><00:35:44.400><c> exalted</c><00:35:44.880><c> land</c><00:35:45.179><c> that</c> 00:35:45.460 --> 00:35:52.380 indeed<00:35:45.900><c> was</c><00:35:46.739><c> between</c><00:35:47.659><c> two</c><00:35:48.059><c> rivers.</c><00:35:50.440><c> And</c><00:35:50.539><c> that's</c><00:35:51.659><c> the</c><00:35:51.880><c> area,</c> 00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:55.320 isn't<00:35:52.900><c> it,</c><00:35:54.000><c> that</c><00:35:54.199><c> this</c><00:35:54.500><c> enemy</c><00:35:54.840><c> came</c> 00:35:55.320 --> 00:36:01.219 from.<00:35:57.219><c> Now</c><00:35:57.900><c> Tushan</c><00:35:58.559><c> Rishatham,</c><00:35:59.780><c> which</c><00:36:00.000><c> we</c><00:36:00.260><c> read</c><00:36:00.500><c> in</c><00:36:00.699><c> verse</c><00:36:00.960><c> 8</c> 00:36:01.219 --> 00:36:03.599 of<00:36:01.460><c> Judges</c><00:36:01.880><c> 3,</c><00:36:02.719><c> therefore</c><00:36:03.059><c> the</c><00:36:03.340><c> anger</c> 00:36:03.599 --> 00:36:06.940 of<00:36:03.780><c> the</c><00:36:03.900><c> Lord</c><00:36:04.119><c> was</c><00:36:04.420><c> hot</c><00:36:04.579><c> against</c><00:36:05.059><c> Israel,</c><00:36:05.900><c> he</c><00:36:06.239><c> sold</c><00:36:06.460><c> it</c><00:36:06.659><c> into</c> 00:36:06.940 --> 00:36:09.820 the<00:36:07.179><c> hand</c><00:36:07.400><c> of</c><00:36:07.679><c> Tushan</c><00:36:08.380><c> Rishatham,</c><00:36:09.639><c> king</c> 00:36:09.820 --> 00:36:17.900 of<00:36:09.940><c> Mesopotamia.</c><00:36:13.340><c> He</c><00:36:13.340><c> means</c><00:36:14.300><c> blackness</c><00:36:15.420><c> of</c><00:36:15.900><c> double</c><00:36:16.400><c> wickedness.</c><00:36:17.559><c> That's</c> 00:36:17.900 --> 00:36:19.280 what<00:36:18.119><c> the</c><00:36:18.420><c> two</c><00:36:18.619><c>-barrel</c><00:36:19.019><c> name</c> 00:36:19.280 --> 00:36:27.500 refers<00:36:19.800><c> to,</c><00:36:20.179><c> blackness</c><00:36:21.159><c> and</c><00:36:22.219><c> double</c><00:36:22.960><c> wickedness.</c><00:36:27.139><c> Now</c><00:36:27.380><c> what</c> 00:36:27.500 --> 00:36:31.219 is<00:36:28.059><c> this</c><00:36:28.380><c> teaching</c><00:36:28.739><c> us?</c><00:36:30.199><c> Well</c><00:36:30.460><c> the</c><00:36:30.559><c> work</c> 00:36:31.219 --> 00:36:40.440 of<00:36:31.480><c> Othniel</c><00:36:32.280><c> here,</c><00:36:33.800><c> in</c><00:36:34.019><c> these</c><00:36:34.320><c> few</c><00:36:34.539><c> verses</c><00:36:35.039><c> of</c><00:36:35.300><c> Judges</c><00:36:35.719><c> 3,</c><00:36:37.019><c> just</c><00:36:37.219><c> verses</c><00:36:37.559><c> 8</c><00:36:38.039><c> to</c><00:36:38.260><c> 11,</c><00:36:40.000><c> are</c><00:36:40.239><c> a</c> 00:36:40.440 --> 00:36:41.500 type<00:36:40.739><c> of</c><00:36:41.219><c> the</c> 00:36:41.500 --> 00:36:45.659 line<00:36:41.800><c> of</c><00:36:42.059><c> the</c><00:36:42.360><c> tribe</c><00:36:42.619><c> of</c><00:36:43.000><c> Judah,</c><00:36:43.260><c> the</c><00:36:43.420><c> Lord</c><00:36:43.639><c> Jesus</c><00:36:44.019><c> Christ</c><00:36:44.539><c> and</c> 00:36:45.659 --> 00:36:47.800 his<00:36:46.139><c> word.</c><00:36:46.420><c> There's</c><00:36:46.739><c> clearly</c><00:36:47.079><c> a</c><00:36:47.440><c> picture</c> 00:36:47.800 --> 00:36:54.780 being<00:36:48.239><c> painted</c><00:36:48.760><c> here.</c><00:36:50.179><c> It's</c><00:36:50.420><c> a</c><00:36:50.639><c> prophecy</c><00:36:51.000><c> of</c><00:36:51.280><c> the</c><00:36:51.480><c> work</c><00:36:52.000><c> of</c><00:36:52.380><c> the</c><00:36:52.519><c> Lord</c><00:36:52.679><c> Jesus</c><00:36:53.139><c> Christ</c><00:36:53.460><c> who</c><00:36:53.699><c> came</c><00:36:54.340><c> to</c> 00:36:54.780 --> 00:36:58.760 overcome<00:36:55.699><c> the</c><00:36:56.159><c> wickedness</c><00:36:56.699><c> of</c><00:36:56.900><c> the</c><00:36:57.099><c> world,</c><00:36:57.420><c> the</c><00:36:57.539><c> double</c><00:36:57.940><c> wickedness</c><00:36:58.579><c> of</c> 00:36:58.760 --> 00:37:01.000 the<00:36:58.960><c> world,</c><00:36:59.199><c> the</c><00:36:59.420><c> blackness</c> 00:37:01.219 --> 00:37:06.440 of<00:37:01.219><c> the</c><00:37:01.219><c> world.</c><00:37:02.719><c> But</c><00:37:03.019><c> there's</c><00:37:03.260><c> a</c><00:37:03.380><c> much</c><00:37:04.039><c> deeper</c><00:37:04.519><c> meaning</c><00:37:05.000><c> too.</c> 00:37:07.280 --> 00:37:09.880 And<00:37:07.380><c> we</c><00:37:07.500><c> can</c><00:37:07.780><c> see</c><00:37:08.019><c> that</c><00:37:08.360><c> clearly,</c><00:37:09.039><c> can't</c><00:37:09.340><c> we,</c> 00:37:10.179 --> 00:37:14.519 at<00:37:10.360><c> the</c><00:37:10.659><c> time</c><00:37:11.000><c> and</c><00:37:11.639><c> at</c><00:37:11.820><c> the</c><00:37:12.019><c> shadow.</c><00:37:12.280><c> Coming</c><00:37:12.539><c> to</c><00:37:12.739><c> chapter,</c><00:37:13.619><c> this</c><00:37:13.840><c> chapter</c><00:37:14.159><c> 3,</c> 00:37:14.659 --> 00:37:16.539 verse<00:37:14.920><c> 9,</c><00:37:16.119><c> when</c><00:37:16.280><c> the</c> 00:37:16.539 --> 00:37:20.760 children<00:37:16.820><c> of</c><00:37:17.000><c> Israel</c><00:37:17.260><c> cried</c><00:37:17.840><c> unto</c><00:37:18.059><c> the</c><00:37:18.320><c> Lord,</c><00:37:18.559><c> the</c><00:37:18.659><c> Lord</c><00:37:19.019><c> raised</c><00:37:20.260><c> up</c><00:37:20.559><c> a</c> 00:37:20.760 --> 00:37:22.739 deliverer<00:37:21.260><c> to</c><00:37:21.440><c> them</c><00:37:21.900><c> of</c><00:37:22.320><c> Israel</c> 00:37:22.739 --> 00:37:26.360 and<00:37:22.960><c> delivered</c><00:37:23.340><c> them,</c><00:37:23.940><c> even</c><00:37:24.280><c> Othniel</c><00:37:24.780><c> the</c><00:37:24.980><c> son</c><00:37:25.179><c> of</c><00:37:25.400><c> Cainas,</c> 00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:29.800 Caleb's<00:37:27.480><c> younger</c><00:37:27.820><c> brother.</c><00:37:29.300><c> The</c><00:37:29.500><c> spirit</c> 00:37:29.800 --> 00:37:33.019 of<00:37:29.920><c> the</c><00:37:29.940><c> Lord</c><00:37:30.199><c> came</c><00:37:30.500><c> upon</c><00:37:30.900><c> him,</c><00:37:31.639><c> he</c><00:37:31.820><c> joked</c><00:37:32.000><c> to</c><00:37:32.380><c> Israel,</c><00:37:32.780><c> went</c> 00:37:33.019 --> 00:37:35.059 out<00:37:33.300><c> to</c><00:37:33.519><c> war,</c><00:37:34.280><c> the</c><00:37:34.300><c> Lord</c><00:37:34.599><c> delivered</c> 00:37:35.059 --> 00:37:39.320 Tushan<00:37:35.699><c> Rishonfain,</c><00:37:36.519><c> king</c><00:37:36.679><c> of</c><00:37:36.800><c> Mesopotamia,</c><00:37:38.159><c> into</c><00:37:38.159><c> his</c><00:37:38.460><c> hands,</c><00:37:39.219><c> and</c> 00:37:39.320 --> 00:37:41.079 his<00:37:39.519><c> hand</c><00:37:39.739><c> prevailed</c><00:37:40.559><c> against</c> 00:37:41.079 --> 00:37:45.400 Tushan<00:37:41.639><c> Rishonfain,</c><00:37:42.579><c> and</c><00:37:42.719><c> the</c><00:37:42.940><c> land</c><00:37:43.179><c> had</c><00:37:43.460><c> rest</c><00:37:43.860><c> forty</c><00:37:44.599><c> years,</c> 00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:48.500 and<00:37:45.800><c> Othniel</c><00:37:46.300><c> the</c><00:37:46.519><c> son</c><00:37:46.659><c> of</c><00:37:47.000><c> Cainas</c><00:37:47.699><c> died.</c> 00:37:50.260 --> 00:37:55.920 Let's<00:37:50.840><c> take</c><00:37:51.199><c> these</c><00:37:51.739><c> types,</c><00:37:52.780><c> just</c><00:37:53.679><c> for</c><00:37:54.059><c> a</c><00:37:54.159><c> few</c><00:37:54.340><c> moments,</c><00:37:55.699><c> and</c> 00:37:55.920 --> 00:37:58.119 relate<00:37:56.280><c> them</c><00:37:56.559><c> to</c><00:37:56.760><c> the</c><00:37:56.880><c> Lord</c><00:37:57.059><c> Jesus</c><00:37:57.420><c> Christ.</c> 00:37:58.119 --> 00:38:05.159 The<00:37:58.599><c> land</c><00:37:58.940><c> exalted</c><00:37:59.519><c> between</c><00:38:00.000><c> two</c><00:38:00.340><c> rivers,</c><00:38:01.699><c> Babylon,</c><00:38:03.480><c> the</c><00:38:03.699><c> blackness</c><00:38:04.739><c> of</c> 00:38:05.159 --> 00:38:08.880 double<00:38:06.039><c> wickedness.</c><00:38:08.079><c> You</c><00:38:08.239><c> see,</c> 00:38:09.239 --> 00:38:19.079 Othniel<00:38:09.559><c> had</c><00:38:09.940><c> come,</c><00:38:11.940><c> he'd</c><00:38:12.440><c> overcome</c><00:38:13.320><c> this</c><00:38:15.980><c> city</c><00:38:17.099><c> and</c><00:38:18.000><c> prevailed</c><00:38:18.599><c> against</c> 00:38:19.079 --> 00:38:21.260 the<00:38:19.420><c> city</c><00:38:19.960><c> that</c><00:38:20.619><c> was</c><00:38:21.000><c> called</c> 00:38:21.260 --> 00:38:27.239 the<00:38:21.599><c> city</c><00:38:21.840><c> of</c><00:38:22.159><c> the</c><00:38:22.420><c> book,</c><00:38:23.099><c> wasn't</c><00:38:23.559><c> it,</c><00:38:24.659><c> that</c><00:38:24.820><c> we</c><00:38:25.099><c> had</c><00:38:25.760><c> before,</c> 00:38:28.000 --> 00:38:31.920 in<00:38:28.539><c> obtaining</c><00:38:29.179><c> his</c><00:38:29.719><c> bride,</c><00:38:31.079><c> Kerja</c> 00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:36.260 Sefer.<00:38:33.480><c> If</c><00:38:33.699><c> we</c><00:38:33.840><c> take</c><00:38:34.059><c> the</c><00:38:34.239><c> record</c><00:38:34.679><c> we</c><00:38:34.980><c> have</c><00:38:35.239><c> of</c><00:38:35.440><c> Othniel</c><00:38:35.920><c> here</c> 00:38:36.260 --> 00:38:39.519 in<00:38:36.480><c> Judges,</c><00:38:37.539><c> in</c><00:38:37.760><c> Judges</c><00:38:38.039><c> chapter</c><00:38:38.400><c> 1,</c><00:38:39.039><c> in</c><00:38:39.300><c> how</c> 00:38:39.519 --> 00:38:43.760 he<00:38:39.800><c> got</c><00:38:39.980><c> his</c><00:38:40.340><c> wife,</c><00:38:41.039><c> in</c><00:38:41.280><c> Judges</c><00:38:41.579><c> chapter</c><00:38:41.980><c> 3,</c><00:38:42.719><c> how</c><00:38:42.940><c> he</c><00:38:43.219><c> operated</c> 00:38:43.760 --> 00:38:47.360 as<00:38:44.400><c> a</c><00:38:44.800><c> judge,</c><00:38:46.159><c> we</c><00:38:46.300><c> can</c><00:38:46.619><c> see</c><00:38:47.019><c> parallels</c> 00:38:47.360 --> 00:38:53.300 associated<00:38:48.460><c> with</c><00:38:50.400><c> the</c><00:38:50.559><c> return</c><00:38:50.960><c> of</c><00:38:51.179><c> the</c><00:38:51.260><c> Lord</c><00:38:51.460><c> Jesus</c><00:38:51.860><c> Christ.</c> 00:38:54.719 --> 00:39:14.659 Come<00:38:55.059><c> to</c><00:38:55.239><c> the</c><00:38:55.300><c> book</c><00:38:55.539><c> of</c><00:38:55.719><c> Revelation</c><00:38:56.480><c> in</c> 00:39:14.659 --> 00:39:25.440 chapter<00:39:15.019><c> 5.</c><00:39:21.679><c> Verse</c><00:39:21.920><c> 2,</c><00:39:23.260><c> and</c><00:39:23.400><c> I</c><00:39:23.559><c> saw</c><00:39:23.699><c> a</c><00:39:23.900><c> strong</c><00:39:24.099><c> angel</c><00:39:24.500><c> proclaiming</c><00:39:25.139><c> with</c><00:39:25.340><c> a</c> 00:39:25.440 --> 00:39:27.400 loud<00:39:25.619><c> voice,</c><00:39:26.659><c> who</c><00:39:26.679><c> is</c><00:39:27.019><c> worthy</c> 00:39:27.400 --> 00:39:32.260 to<00:39:27.659><c> open</c><00:39:27.880><c> the</c><00:39:28.099><c> book</c><00:39:28.280><c> and</c><00:39:28.480><c> to</c><00:39:28.739><c> loose</c><00:39:28.900><c> the</c><00:39:29.239><c> seals</c><00:39:29.579><c> thereof?</c><00:39:31.900><c> Now</c> 00:39:32.260 --> 00:39:36.199 Othniel<00:39:32.719><c> was</c><00:39:33.000><c> the</c><00:39:33.280><c> man</c><00:39:34.000><c> who</c><00:39:34.360><c> was</c><00:39:34.980><c> found</c><00:39:35.360><c> worthy</c> 00:39:36.280 --> 00:39:41.460 to<00:39:36.820><c> open</c><00:39:37.340><c> up</c><00:39:37.800><c> the</c><00:39:37.980><c> city</c><00:39:38.320><c> of</c><00:39:38.579><c> the</c><00:39:38.699><c> book</c><00:39:38.960><c> and</c><00:39:39.199><c> conquer</c><00:39:39.579><c> it,</c><00:39:41.039><c> Kerja</c> 00:39:41.460 --> 00:39:45.500 Sefer.<00:39:43.519><c> Here</c><00:39:43.960><c> is</c><00:39:44.380><c> the</c><00:39:44.599><c> lion</c><00:39:44.820><c> of</c><00:39:45.059><c> the</c><00:39:45.280><c> tribe</c> 00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:50.880 of<00:39:45.820><c> Judah,</c><00:39:46.360><c> the</c><00:39:46.519><c> Lord</c><00:39:46.739><c> Jesus</c><00:39:47.119><c> Christ,</c><00:39:47.920><c> worthy</c><00:39:48.320><c> to</c><00:39:49.300><c> open</c><00:39:49.579><c> another</c><00:39:49.960><c> book.</c> 00:39:51.340 --> 00:39:52.960 Not<00:39:51.500><c> a</c><00:39:51.639><c> book</c><00:39:51.780><c> of</c><00:39:51.980><c> wickedness</c> 00:39:52.960 --> 00:39:56.900 this<00:39:53.420><c> time.</c><00:39:55.260><c> From</c><00:39:55.380><c> the</c><00:39:55.460><c> beginning</c><00:39:55.639><c> of</c><00:39:55.719><c> verse</c><00:39:55.960><c> 5,</c><00:39:56.400><c> and</c><00:39:56.559><c> one</c><00:39:56.760><c> of</c> 00:39:56.900 --> 00:39:58.960 the<00:39:57.079><c> elders</c><00:39:57.360><c> said</c><00:39:57.659><c> unto</c><00:39:58.019><c> me,</c><00:39:58.579><c> Weep</c><00:39:58.840><c> not,</c> 00:39:59.000 --> 00:40:02.659 behold,<00:39:59.800><c> the</c><00:40:00.159><c> lion</c><00:40:00.480><c> of</c><00:40:00.719><c> the</c><00:40:00.960><c> tribe</c><00:40:01.320><c> of</c><00:40:01.659><c> Judah.</c><00:40:02.099><c> So</c><00:40:02.320><c> we</c><00:40:02.440><c> have</c> 00:40:02.659 --> 00:40:05.360 our<00:40:02.900><c> link</c><00:40:03.059><c> there,</c><00:40:03.420><c> don't</c><00:40:03.679><c> we?</c><00:40:04.199><c> The</c><00:40:04.519><c> lion</c> 00:40:06.960 --> 00:40:20.480 of<00:40:07.440><c> the</c><00:40:07.440><c> tribe</c><00:40:07.440><c> of</c><00:40:07.440><c> Judah,</c><00:40:08.219><c> and</c><00:40:08.340><c> the</c><00:40:08.500><c> book,</c><00:40:12.719><c> chapter</c><00:40:13.039><c> 7</c><00:40:13.639><c> of</c><00:40:14.039><c> Revelation,</c><00:40:19.159><c> verse</c><00:40:19.360><c> 14.</c> 00:40:23.179 --> 00:40:23.760 And<00:40:23.260><c> I</c><00:40:23.420><c> said</c><00:40:23.559><c> unto</c> 00:40:23.760 --> 00:40:27.920 him,<00:40:24.139><c> Sir,</c><00:40:24.460><c> thou</c><00:40:24.619><c> knowest,</c><00:40:25.059><c> and</c><00:40:25.199><c> he</c><00:40:25.320><c> said</c><00:40:25.460><c> unto</c><00:40:25.639><c> me,</c><00:40:25.840><c> These</c><00:40:26.280><c> are</c><00:40:26.719><c> they</c><00:40:26.960><c> which</c><00:40:27.139><c> came</c><00:40:27.500><c> out</c><00:40:27.760><c> of</c> 00:40:27.920 --> 00:40:29.199 great<00:40:28.320><c> tribulation</c> 00:40:29.199 --> 00:40:32.639 and<00:40:29.579><c> have</c><00:40:29.840><c> washed</c><00:40:30.059><c> their</c><00:40:30.480><c> robes</c><00:40:30.760><c> and</c><00:40:30.940><c> made</c><00:40:31.179><c> them</c><00:40:31.539><c> white</c><00:40:31.820><c> in</c><00:40:32.059><c> the</c><00:40:32.239><c> blood</c><00:40:32.400><c> of</c> 00:40:32.639 --> 00:40:34.099 the<00:40:32.820><c> Lamb.</c><00:40:33.539><c> Therefore</c> 00:40:34.099 --> 00:40:38.199 are<00:40:34.920><c> they</c><00:40:35.179><c> before</c><00:40:35.780><c> the</c><00:40:36.139><c> throne</c><00:40:36.340><c> of</c><00:40:36.699><c> God</c><00:40:36.900><c> and</c><00:40:37.280><c> serve</c><00:40:37.559><c> him</c><00:40:37.880><c> day</c> 00:40:38.199 --> 00:40:40.500 and<00:40:38.420><c> night,</c><00:40:39.340><c> and</c><00:40:39.519><c> he</c><00:40:39.699><c> that</c><00:40:39.940><c> sitteth</c><00:40:40.260><c> on</c> 00:40:40.500 --> 00:40:46.380 the<00:40:40.739><c> throne</c><00:40:41.159><c> shall</c><00:40:41.719><c> dwell</c><00:40:42.219><c> among</c><00:40:42.860><c> them.</c><00:40:44.940><c> Now</c><00:40:45.380><c> ponder</c><00:40:45.659><c> this</c><00:40:45.960><c> for</c><00:40:46.239><c> a</c> 00:40:46.380 --> 00:40:52.179 moment.<00:40:49.219><c> Kay</c><00:40:49.460><c> then,</c><00:40:51.519><c> and</c><00:40:51.719><c> come</c><00:40:51.900><c> out</c> 00:40:52.179 --> 00:40:57.820 of<00:40:52.619><c> tribulation.</c><00:40:55.079><c> Talking</c><00:40:55.619><c> about</c><00:40:55.840><c> this</c><00:40:56.199><c> family</c><00:40:56.599><c> here,</c><00:40:57.699><c> what</c> 00:40:57.820 --> 00:40:59.360 would<00:40:58.019><c> he</c><00:40:58.239><c> have</c><00:40:58.440><c> thought</c><00:40:58.699><c> of</c><00:40:59.019><c> this?</c> 00:40:59.800 --> 00:41:04.840 Kay<00:40:59.960><c> then</c><00:41:00.039><c> had</c><00:41:00.300><c> come</c><00:41:00.539><c> out</c><00:41:00.800><c> of</c><00:41:00.960><c> tribulation</c><00:41:01.659><c> in</c><00:41:01.960><c> Egypt.</c><00:41:04.539><c> He</c><00:41:04.599><c> had</c> 00:41:04.840 --> 00:41:06.880 experienced<00:41:05.480><c> the</c><00:41:05.840><c> blood</c><00:41:06.059><c> of</c><00:41:06.239><c> the</c><00:41:06.460><c> Passover</c> 00:41:06.880 --> 00:41:12.679 Lamb.<00:41:09.119><c> He</c><00:41:09.239><c> had</c><00:41:09.659><c> suffered</c><00:41:10.000><c> hunger</c><00:41:10.659><c> and</c><00:41:11.199><c> thirst</c><00:41:11.659><c> and</c><00:41:12.219><c> heat</c><00:41:12.460><c> in</c> 00:41:12.679 --> 00:41:15.480 the<00:41:12.860><c> wilderness</c><00:41:13.440><c> that</c><00:41:14.260><c> they</c><00:41:14.539><c> journeyed.</c> 00:41:15.480 --> 00:41:19.840 We<00:41:15.719><c> know</c><00:41:15.880><c> how</c><00:41:16.119><c> they</c><00:41:17.519><c> murmured</c><00:41:18.019><c> against</c><00:41:18.480><c> Moses</c><00:41:18.960><c> about</c><00:41:19.460><c> those</c> 00:41:19.840 --> 00:41:22.099 very<00:41:20.179><c> things,</c><00:41:21.219><c> particularly</c><00:41:21.599><c> the</c><00:41:21.840><c> hunger</c> 00:41:22.099 --> 00:41:29.480 and<00:41:22.400><c> thirst.</c><00:41:25.119><c> And</c><00:41:25.300><c> now</c><00:41:25.659><c> unto</c><00:41:26.780><c> Othnia</c><00:41:28.119><c> have</c><00:41:28.300><c> been</c><00:41:28.699><c> given</c><00:41:29.000><c> the</c> 00:41:29.480 --> 00:41:33.539 springs<00:41:30.179><c> of</c><00:41:30.860><c> waters,</c><00:41:32.860><c> certainly</c><00:41:33.179><c> given</c> 00:41:33.539 --> 00:41:47.139 unto<00:41:33.780><c> his</c><00:41:34.219><c> bride.</c><00:41:43.900><c> And</c><00:41:44.019><c> so</c><00:41:44.159><c> we</c><00:41:44.420><c> see,</c><00:41:44.699><c> sorry,</c><00:41:45.280><c> coming</c><00:41:45.519><c> down,</c><00:41:45.920><c> verse</c><00:41:46.360><c> 16</c> 00:41:47.139 --> 00:41:49.579 now<00:41:48.280><c> of</c><00:41:48.639><c> Revelation,</c><00:41:49.300><c> chapter</c> 00:41:49.579 --> 00:41:57.480 7.<00:41:51.179><c> They</c><00:41:51.440><c> shall</c><00:41:51.659><c> hunger</c><00:41:52.079><c> no</c><00:41:52.360><c> more,</c><00:41:54.239><c> neither</c><00:41:54.239><c> thirst</c><00:41:54.699><c> any</c><00:41:55.019><c> more,</c><00:41:56.679><c> neither</c><00:41:56.920><c> shall</c><00:41:57.179><c> the</c> 00:41:57.480 --> 00:41:58.960 sun<00:41:58.000><c> light</c><00:41:58.480><c> on</c><00:41:58.699><c> them</c> 00:41:58.960 --> 00:42:02.719 nor<00:41:59.099><c> any</c><00:41:59.480><c> heat.</c><00:42:01.139><c> For</c><00:42:01.260><c> the</c><00:42:01.480><c> lamb</c><00:42:01.679><c> which</c><00:42:01.900><c> is</c><00:42:02.039><c> in</c><00:42:02.239><c> the</c><00:42:02.320><c> midst</c><00:42:02.539><c> of</c> 00:42:02.719 --> 00:42:05.539 the<00:42:02.880><c> throne</c><00:42:03.039><c> shall</c><00:42:03.420><c> feed</c><00:42:03.840><c> them</c><00:42:04.659><c> and</c><00:42:05.280><c> lead</c> 00:42:05.539 --> 00:42:10.320 them<00:42:05.820><c> unto</c><00:42:06.380><c> living</c><00:42:06.960><c> fountains</c><00:42:07.619><c> of</c><00:42:07.860><c> waters,</c><00:42:09.719><c> and</c><00:42:09.840><c> shall</c><00:42:10.079><c> God</c> 00:42:10.320 --> 00:42:14.059 wipe<00:42:10.619><c> away</c><00:42:11.559><c> all</c><00:42:12.000><c> tears</c><00:42:12.300><c> from</c><00:42:12.559><c> their</c><00:42:12.820><c> arms.</c> 00:42:15.519 --> 00:42:19.800 Perhaps<00:42:16.039><c> we</c><00:42:16.440><c> stretch</c><00:42:16.780><c> the</c><00:42:17.019><c> link</c><00:42:17.199><c> a</c><00:42:17.360><c> little</c><00:42:17.599><c> bit</c><00:42:17.840><c> there,</c><00:42:18.940><c> because</c><00:42:19.079><c> I</c><00:42:19.139><c> think</c><00:42:19.320><c> there's</c><00:42:19.599><c> a</c> 00:42:19.800 --> 00:42:22.260 parallel.<00:42:21.920><c> We</c><00:42:22.079><c> want</c> 00:42:22.260 --> 00:42:27.139 to<00:42:22.380><c> look</c><00:42:22.380><c> at</c><00:42:22.480><c> the</c><00:42:23.119><c> experience</c><00:42:23.119><c> by</c><00:42:23.460><c> this</c><00:42:23.679><c> family</c><00:42:24.639><c> and</c><00:42:26.639><c> what</c><00:42:26.880><c> is</c> 00:42:27.139 --> 00:42:29.739 being<00:42:27.420><c> given</c><00:42:28.139><c> within</c><00:42:28.880><c> this</c><00:42:29.179><c> family</c> 00:42:29.739 --> 00:42:40.840 between<00:42:30.239><c> Kay</c><00:42:30.639><c> then</c><00:42:31.139><c> and</c><00:42:32.219><c> Othnia.</c><00:42:39.820><c> Now</c><00:42:39.980><c> come</c><00:42:40.159><c> to</c><00:42:40.280><c> Revelation,</c> 00:42:40.960 --> 00:42:42.980 chapter<00:42:41.340><c> 3.</c> 00:42:52.400 --> 00:42:57.380 We<00:42:53.039><c> know,</c><00:42:53.980><c> a</c><00:42:54.340><c> very</c><00:42:54.599><c> simple</c><00:42:54.960><c> link</c><00:42:55.219><c> here,</c><00:42:55.539><c> how</c><00:42:55.820><c> the</c><00:42:56.079><c> spirit</c><00:42:56.719><c> of</c> 00:42:57.380 --> 00:42:59.840 the<00:42:57.500><c> Lord</c><00:42:57.699><c> came</c><00:42:58.159><c> on</c><00:42:58.500><c> Othnia.</c><00:42:58.920><c> Also</c><00:42:59.360><c> likewise</c> 00:42:59.840 --> 00:43:04.699 here<00:43:00.159><c> we</c><00:43:00.360><c> have</c><00:43:01.360><c> the</c><00:43:01.739><c> spirit</c><00:43:02.119><c> here,</c><00:43:02.599><c> don't</c><00:43:02.940><c> we,</c><00:43:03.000><c> unto</c><00:43:03.219><c> the</c><00:43:03.519><c> angel</c><00:43:04.360><c> of</c> 00:43:04.699 --> 00:43:06.900 the<00:43:04.960><c> ecclesiast,</c><00:43:05.860><c> these</c><00:43:06.400><c> things</c> 00:43:06.900 --> 00:43:12.199 that<00:43:07.079><c> have</c><00:43:07.559><c> the</c><00:43:07.980><c> seventh</c><00:43:08.340><c> spirit.</c><00:43:10.719><c> So</c><00:43:11.019><c> he</c><00:43:11.219><c> is</c><00:43:11.440><c> the</c><00:43:11.579><c> one</c><00:43:11.699><c> of</c><00:43:11.940><c> the</c> 00:43:12.199 --> 00:43:15.119 spirit,<00:43:12.619><c> isn't</c><00:43:12.860><c> he?</c><00:43:14.179><c> The</c><00:43:14.519><c> spirit</c><00:43:14.820><c> was</c> 00:43:15.119 --> 00:43:26.219 certainly<00:43:15.400><c> upon</c><00:43:15.820><c> him.</c><00:43:18.440><c> Othniel</c><00:43:19.719><c> overcame</c><00:43:21.000><c> the</c><00:43:21.639><c> king</c><00:43:22.599><c> of</c><00:43:23.039><c> Babylon</c><00:43:23.860><c> effectively</c><00:43:25.440><c> in</c> 00:43:26.219 --> 00:43:27.019 Shushan<00:43:26.719><c> Russia</c> 00:43:27.019 --> 00:43:32.239 the<00:43:27.500><c> same.</c><00:43:28.920><c> Revelation,</c><00:43:29.739><c> chapter</c><00:43:30.679><c> 17.</c> 00:43:42.980 --> 00:43:45.699 And<00:43:43.039><c> it</c><00:43:43.119><c> came</c><00:43:43.300><c> one</c><00:43:43.480><c> of</c><00:43:43.619><c> the</c><00:43:44.239><c> seven</c><00:43:44.599><c> angels</c><00:43:45.099><c> which</c><00:43:45.340><c> have</c><00:43:45.480><c> the</c> 00:43:45.699 --> 00:43:47.440 seven<00:43:45.920><c> vials</c><00:43:46.380><c> that</c><00:43:46.639><c> talk</c><00:43:46.820><c> with</c><00:43:47.000><c> me,</c><00:43:47.219><c> saying</c> 00:43:47.440 --> 00:43:51.039 unto<00:43:47.760><c> me,</c><00:43:48.159><c> Come</c><00:43:48.260><c> hither,</c><00:43:48.980><c> I</c><00:43:49.079><c> will</c><00:43:49.380><c> show</c><00:43:49.579><c> unto</c><00:43:49.940><c> thee</c><00:43:50.199><c> the</c><00:43:50.420><c> judgment</c><00:43:50.760><c> of</c> 00:43:51.039 --> 00:43:52.820 the<00:43:51.179><c> great</c><00:43:51.519><c> poor</c><00:43:51.940><c> that</c><00:43:52.460><c> sitteth</c> 00:43:52.820 --> 00:44:02.179 upon<00:43:53.300><c> many</c><00:43:53.840><c> waters,</c><00:43:57.940><c> sitting</c><00:43:58.260><c> upon</c><00:43:58.599><c> many</c><00:43:58.880><c> waters.</c><00:44:01.760><c> There</c><00:44:02.039><c> it</c> 00:44:02.179 --> 00:44:06.469 is,<00:44:02.519><c> isn't</c><00:44:02.739><c> it,</c><00:44:03.159><c> that</c><00:44:03.920><c> it</c><00:44:04.340><c> was</c><00:44:04.659><c> here</c><00:44:05.519><c> between</c> 00:44:06.639 --> 00:44:14.159 two<00:44:07.460><c> rivers,</c><00:44:09.380><c> the</c><00:44:09.619><c> exalted</c><00:44:10.099><c> land</c><00:44:10.679><c> between</c><00:44:12.059><c> two</c><00:44:12.579><c> rivers,</c><00:44:13.980><c> many</c> 00:44:14.159 --> 00:44:17.599 waters,<00:44:15.059><c> that</c><00:44:15.219><c> was</c><00:44:16.260><c> the</c><00:44:16.639><c> enemy</c><00:44:16.940><c> of</c><00:44:17.179><c> Israel</c> 00:44:17.599 --> 00:44:23.500 in<00:44:17.699><c> the</c><00:44:18.019><c> time</c><00:44:18.780><c> of</c><00:44:19.340><c> Othnia.</c><00:44:21.480><c> Verse</c><00:44:21.679><c> 3,</c><00:44:22.079><c> So</c><00:44:22.239><c> he</c><00:44:22.500><c> carried</c><00:44:22.679><c> me</c><00:44:23.019><c> away,</c><00:44:23.400><c> and</c> 00:44:23.500 --> 00:44:24.719 the<00:44:23.780><c> spirit</c><00:44:24.019><c> into</c><00:44:24.280><c> the</c><00:44:24.500><c> wilderness,</c> 00:44:24.900 --> 00:44:30.619 I<00:44:24.980><c> saw</c><00:44:25.260><c> a</c><00:44:25.360><c> woman</c><00:44:25.559><c> upon</c><00:44:25.860><c> a</c><00:44:26.139><c> scarlet</c><00:44:26.619><c> beast,</c><00:44:27.699><c> names</c><00:44:27.920><c> full</c><00:44:28.239><c> of</c><00:44:28.480><c> blasphemy,</c><00:44:29.059><c> having</c><00:44:29.539><c> seven</c><00:44:30.099><c> heads</c><00:44:30.400><c> and</c> 00:44:30.619 --> 00:44:34.579 ten<00:44:31.039><c> horns.</c><00:44:32.760><c> The</c><00:44:32.820><c> end</c><00:44:33.000><c> of</c><00:44:33.119><c> verse</c><00:44:33.380><c> 4,</c><00:44:33.900><c> her</c><00:44:33.960><c> hand</c><00:44:34.179><c> full</c><00:44:34.420><c> of</c> 00:44:34.579 --> 00:44:36.980 abominations,<00:44:35.559><c> filthiness,</c><00:44:36.179><c> fornication,</c> 00:44:37.320 --> 00:44:40.340 upon<00:44:37.400><c> her</c><00:44:37.639><c> forehead</c><00:44:37.900><c> the</c><00:44:38.139><c> name</c><00:44:38.360><c> written,</c><00:44:38.780><c> Mystery</c><00:44:39.679><c> Babylon</c> 00:44:40.340 --> 00:44:43.860 the<00:44:40.639><c> Great,</c><00:44:41.059><c> mother</c><00:44:41.320><c> of</c><00:44:41.699><c> harbors.</c><00:44:43.579><c> There</c> 00:44:43.860 --> 00:44:47.940 is<00:44:44.099><c> double</c><00:44:44.099><c> wickedness,</c><00:44:45.800><c> blackness</c><00:44:46.820><c> of</c><00:44:47.119><c> double</c><00:44:47.400><c> wickedness</c> 00:44:47.940 --> 00:44:51.340 that<00:44:48.139><c> we've</c><00:44:48.340><c> ever</c><00:44:48.840><c> seen.</c><00:44:50.360><c> It</c><00:44:51.039><c> will</c> 00:44:51.340 --> 00:45:00.239 be<00:44:51.619><c> overcome</c><00:44:52.800><c> by</c><00:44:53.699><c> the</c><00:44:53.940><c> life</c><00:44:54.760><c> of</c><00:44:55.300><c> the</c><00:44:55.539><c> tribe</c><00:44:55.860><c> of</c><00:44:56.280><c> Judah.</c><00:44:59.880><c> So</c><00:45:00.079><c> it</c> 00:45:00.239 --> 00:45:05.280 was<00:45:00.559><c> that</c><00:45:00.880><c> Othniel</c><00:45:02.039><c> represented</c><00:45:03.260><c> and</c><00:45:04.400><c> foreshadowed</c> 00:45:05.280 --> 00:45:11.760 the<00:45:05.840><c> work</c><00:45:05.840><c> of</c><00:45:06.619><c> the</c><00:45:06.719><c> Lord</c><00:45:07.260><c> Jesus</c><00:45:07.800><c> Christ.</c><00:45:10.219><c> Othniel</c><00:45:10.619><c> was</c><00:45:11.380><c> the</c> 00:45:11.760 --> 00:45:17.440 first<00:45:12.380><c> judge.</c><00:45:15.340><c> The</c><00:45:15.480><c> Lord</c><00:45:15.639><c> Jesus</c><00:45:16.119><c> Christ</c> 00:45:17.840 --> 00:45:34.079 is<00:45:18.599><c> the</c><00:45:19.239><c> last.</c><00:45:21.639><c> Revelation</c><00:45:22.320><c> chapter</c><00:45:23.719><c> 32,</c><00:45:27.360><c> verse</c><00:45:27.739><c> 12,</c><00:45:32.199><c> And</c><00:45:32.340><c> behold,</c><00:45:33.920><c> I</c> 00:45:34.079 --> 00:45:37.039 come<00:45:34.300><c> quickly,</c><00:45:35.860><c> and</c><00:45:36.019><c> my</c><00:45:36.300><c> reward</c> 00:45:37.039 --> 00:45:41.019 is<00:45:37.340><c> with</c><00:45:37.539><c> me,</c><00:45:38.000><c> to</c><00:45:38.139><c> give</c><00:45:38.260><c> every</c><00:45:38.679><c> man</c><00:45:38.920><c> according</c><00:45:39.380><c> to</c><00:45:39.679><c> his</c><00:45:40.019><c> work,</c> 00:45:41.320 --> 00:45:43.340 according<00:45:41.679><c> as</c><00:45:42.079><c> his</c><00:45:42.360><c> work</c><00:45:42.659><c> shall</c><00:45:43.039><c> be.</c> 00:45:43.340 --> 00:45:46.519 I<00:45:43.820><c> am</c><00:45:44.019><c> Alpha</c><00:45:44.440><c> and</c><00:45:44.679><c> Omega,</c><00:45:45.119><c> the</c><00:45:45.360><c> beginning</c><00:45:45.639><c> and</c><00:45:45.940><c> the</c><00:45:46.039><c> end,</c><00:45:46.280><c> the</c> 00:45:46.519 --> 00:45:50.559 first<00:45:46.860><c> and</c><00:45:47.179><c> the</c><00:45:47.400><c> last.</c><00:45:49.380><c> So</c><00:45:49.699><c> it</c><00:45:49.920><c> is,</c><00:45:50.380><c> brothers</c> 00:45:50.559 --> 00:45:56.739 and<00:45:50.659><c> sisters,</c><00:45:51.260><c> that</c><00:45:51.539><c> he</c><00:45:51.800><c> comes</c><00:45:52.340><c> to</c><00:45:53.460><c> bring</c><00:45:54.219><c> his</c><00:45:55.360><c> reward,</c><00:45:56.500><c> but</c> 00:45:56.739 --> 00:46:02.139 according<00:45:57.480><c> as</c><00:45:58.179><c> his</c><00:45:58.820><c> work</c><00:45:59.159><c> shall</c><00:45:59.739><c> be.</c><00:46:01.539><c> That's</c> 00:46:02.139 --> 00:46:07.440 why<00:46:02.219><c> Israel</c><00:46:02.579><c> failed,</c><00:46:04.579><c> because</c><00:46:04.960><c> when</c><00:46:05.239><c> the</c><00:46:05.460><c> judge</c><00:46:05.699><c> came</c><00:46:06.099><c> and</c><00:46:06.300><c> saw</c><00:46:06.519><c> their</c><00:46:06.920><c> work,</c><00:46:07.260><c> it</c> 00:46:07.440 --> 00:46:08.800 was<00:46:07.659><c> over</c><00:46:08.000><c> even.</c> 00:46:09.300 --> 00:46:14.880 They<00:46:10.119><c> have</c><00:46:10.460><c> not</c><00:46:10.840><c> sought</c><00:46:11.059><c> their</c><00:46:11.559><c> inheritance.</c><00:46:14.260><c> When</c><00:46:14.440><c> Christ</c> 00:46:14.880 --> 00:46:19.820 comes,<00:46:16.739><c> what</c><00:46:16.940><c> will</c><00:46:17.239><c> be</c><00:46:17.420><c> said</c><00:46:17.639><c> of</c><00:46:17.920><c> us?</c><00:46:19.659><c> Have</c> 00:46:19.820 --> 00:46:26.559 we<00:46:20.579><c> sought</c><00:46:21.179><c> our</c><00:46:22.679><c> inheritance?</c><00:46:24.699><c> Have</c><00:46:24.980><c> we</c><00:46:25.219><c> sought</c><00:46:25.460><c> to</c><00:46:25.820><c> conquer</c> 00:46:26.559 --> 00:46:30.980 the<00:46:27.519><c> giants</c><00:46:28.219><c> that</c><00:46:29.079><c> would</c><00:46:29.420><c> prevent</c><00:46:30.440><c> our</c> 00:46:30.980 --> 00:46:38.079 suffering<00:46:31.239><c> in</c><00:46:31.280><c> our</c><00:46:32.820><c> life?</c><00:46:34.900><c> Jesus,</c><00:46:36.559><c> as</c><00:46:36.719><c> the</c><00:46:36.960><c> life</c><00:46:37.119><c> of</c><00:46:37.380><c> the</c><00:46:37.559><c> tribe</c><00:46:37.800><c> of</c> 00:46:38.079 --> 00:46:40.559 Judah,<00:46:39.280><c> has</c><00:46:39.480><c> overcome</c><00:46:39.960><c> the</c><00:46:40.260><c> great</c> 00:46:40.559 --> 00:46:45.619 giants<00:46:41.059><c> of</c><00:46:41.360><c> the</c><00:46:41.599><c> flesh.</c><00:46:43.079><c> And</c><00:46:43.280><c> through</c><00:46:43.400><c> his</c><00:46:43.579><c> perfect</c><00:46:44.099><c> life,</c><00:46:45.579><c> he</c> 00:46:45.619 --> 00:46:47.820 has<00:46:45.940><c> conquered</c><00:46:46.400><c> the</c><00:46:46.719><c> blackness</c><00:46:47.300><c> of</c><00:46:47.559><c> double</c> 00:46:47.820 --> 00:46:54.199 wickedness,<00:46:50.260><c> by</c><00:46:50.340><c> his</c><00:46:50.579><c> death</c><00:46:50.820><c> and</c><00:46:51.059><c> his</c><00:46:51.280><c> resurrection.</c><00:46:53.840><c> Let</c><00:46:53.940><c> us</c> 00:46:54.199 --> 00:46:57.199 remain<00:46:54.699><c> faithful,</c><00:46:56.420><c> and</c><00:46:56.539><c> let</c><00:46:56.659><c> us</c><00:46:56.940><c> follow</c> 00:46:57.199 --> 00:46:58.780 in<00:46:57.420><c> his</c><00:46:57.679><c> footsteps.</c>