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well,<00:11:35.659><c> although</c><00:11:35.960><c> she's</c><00:11:36.179><c> not</c><00:11:36.399><c> in</c><00:11:36.539><c> the</c><00:11:36.759><c> truth,</c><00:11:36.919><c> she's</c><00:11:37.179><c> as</c><00:11:37.320><c> good</c>

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She<00:11:46.919><c> may</c><00:11:47.220><c> be</c><00:11:47.480><c> good</c><00:11:47.799><c> or</c><00:11:48.159><c> better</c><00:11:48.620><c> than</c><00:11:49.080><c> the</c><00:11:49.240><c> next</c><00:11:49.539><c> human</c><00:11:49.879><c> being.</c>

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She<00:11:51.139><c> may</c><00:11:51.360><c> have</c><00:11:51.600><c> natural</c><00:11:52.139><c> talents</c><00:11:52.600><c> and</c><00:11:52.960><c> characteristics</c><00:11:53.620><c> that</c>

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But<00:11:58.480><c> nevertheless,</c><00:11:59.379><c> the</c><00:11:59.600><c> seeds</c><00:11:59.919><c> of</c><00:12:00.320><c> division</c><00:12:00.740><c> are</c><00:12:01.399><c> there</c><00:12:01.779><c> in</c>

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that<00:12:02.460><c> arrangement.</c>

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Something<00:12:11.799><c> in</c><00:12:12.000><c> the</c><00:12:12.200><c> heart</c><00:12:12.440><c> of</c><00:12:12.720><c> woman</c><00:12:13.059><c> and</c><00:12:13.720><c> in</c><00:12:13.899><c> the</c><00:12:13.980><c> heart</c><00:12:14.220><c> of</c><00:12:14.559><c> man.</c>

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And<00:12:17.080><c> if</c><00:12:17.200><c> we</c><00:12:17.419><c> are</c><00:12:17.659><c> willing</c><00:12:18.080><c> to</c><00:12:18.539><c> forfeit</c><00:12:19.100><c> principles</c><00:12:19.860><c> for</c><00:12:20.299><c> people</c><00:12:21.019><c> in</c>

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our<00:12:22.840><c> marriage</c><00:12:23.240><c> arrangements,</c>

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then<00:12:24.960><c> things</c><00:12:25.299><c> can</c><00:12:25.639><c> go</c><00:12:26.059><c> desperately</c><00:12:26.740><c> wrong.</c>

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And<00:12:28.480><c> this</c><00:12:28.700><c> is</c><00:12:28.960><c> something</c><00:12:29.279><c> we</c><00:12:29.700><c> must</c><00:12:30.139><c> not</c><00:12:30.679><c> do,</c><00:12:31.259><c> brethren</c><00:12:31.460><c> and</c><00:12:31.740><c> sisters.</c>

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It<00:12:32.639><c> began</c><00:12:33.059><c> with</c><00:12:33.360><c> Adam,</c><00:12:34.039><c> who</c><00:12:34.320><c> forfeited</c><00:12:34.620><c> his</c><00:12:34.919><c> principles</c><00:12:35.279><c> for</c>

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And<00:12:37.279><c> it</c><00:12:37.399><c> has</c><00:12:37.679><c> continued</c><00:12:38.139><c> throughout</c><00:12:38.559><c> history.</c>

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And<00:12:40.100><c> Solomon,</c><00:12:40.820><c> for</c><00:12:40.820><c> expediency,</c><00:12:41.639><c> for</c><00:12:42.240><c> some</c><00:12:42.620><c> temporary</c><00:12:43.019><c> political</c><00:12:43.460><c> advantage,</c><00:12:45.159><c> married</c><00:12:45.360><c> out</c>

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of<00:12:45.779><c> the</c><00:12:46.000><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:12:47.580><c> his</c><00:12:47.740><c> kingdom</c><00:12:47.980><c> was</c><00:12:48.259><c> rent</c><00:12:48.500><c> asunder</c><00:12:49.259><c> because</c><00:12:50.139><c> he</c><00:12:50.519><c> followed</c>

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the<00:12:51.080><c> ways</c><00:12:51.580><c> of</c><00:12:52.080><c> his</c><00:12:52.340><c> unbelieving</c><00:12:52.960><c> wives.</c>

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But<00:12:56.039><c> by</c><00:12:56.399><c> contrast,</c><00:12:58.120><c> a</c><00:12:58.139><c> good</c><00:12:58.399><c> wife</c><00:12:58.679><c> is</c><00:12:58.899><c> a</c><00:12:59.039><c> blessing</c><00:12:59.320><c> not</c><00:12:59.559><c> only</c>

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And<00:13:01.860><c> our</c><00:13:02.159><c> ecclesias</c><00:13:02.480><c> will</c><00:13:02.720><c> only</c><00:13:03.120><c> hold</c><00:13:03.360><c> together</c><00:13:03.700><c> in</c><00:13:04.000><c> unity</c><00:13:04.299><c> if</c>

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That<00:13:12.139><c> is</c><00:13:12.320><c> to</c><00:13:12.580><c> say,</c><00:13:12.879><c> having</c><00:13:13.159><c> the</c><00:13:13.519><c> law</c><00:13:13.740><c> of</c><00:13:14.019><c> God</c><00:13:14.220><c> at</c><00:13:14.460><c> the</c><00:13:14.759><c> center</c>

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and<00:13:17.840><c> putting</c><00:13:18.179><c> principles</c><00:13:19.100><c> before</c><00:13:19.820><c> people.</c>

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Because<00:13:21.580><c> principles</c><00:13:22.039><c> are</c><00:13:22.259><c> the</c><00:13:22.399><c> things</c><00:13:22.559><c> that</c><00:13:22.840><c> matter</c><00:13:23.039><c> in</c><00:13:23.259><c> the</c><00:13:23.419><c> end.</c>

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And<00:13:25.279><c> I'm</c><00:13:25.360><c> not</c><00:13:25.600><c> now</c><00:13:25.820><c> talking</c><00:13:26.100><c> about</c><00:13:26.419><c> taking</c><00:13:26.679><c> a</c><00:13:26.919><c> hard</c><00:13:27.120><c> line</c><00:13:27.360><c> with</c>

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We<00:13:35.039><c> are</c><00:13:35.240><c> to</c><00:13:35.340><c> put</c><00:13:35.620><c> principles</c><00:13:36.519><c> that</c><00:13:37.620><c> are</c><00:13:37.840><c> laid</c><00:13:38.080><c> out</c><00:13:38.480><c> for</c><00:13:38.720><c> us</c><00:13:38.919><c> in</c>

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And<00:13:46.320><c> after</c><00:13:46.580><c> his</c><00:13:46.840><c> death,</c><00:13:47.240><c> the</c><00:13:47.360><c> kingdom</c><00:13:47.759><c> was</c><00:13:48.559><c> split</c><00:13:48.799><c> in</c><00:13:49.159><c> two.</c>

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I<00:13:51.059><c> just</c><00:13:51.299><c> have</c><00:13:51.460><c> a</c><00:13:51.600><c> very</c><00:13:52.259><c> rough</c><00:13:54.639><c> slide</c><00:13:56.639><c> for</c><00:13:56.820><c> you</c><00:13:56.960><c> to</c><00:13:57.159><c> see</c><00:13:57.379><c> there</c>

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You<00:13:59.320><c> will</c><00:13:59.539><c> know</c><00:13:59.799><c> this,</c><00:14:00.220><c> I'm</c><00:14:00.240><c> sure,</c><00:14:00.500><c> from</c><00:14:00.679><c> your</c><00:14:00.899><c> own</c><00:14:01.120><c> reading.</c>

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It<00:14:01.659><c> went</c><00:14:01.879><c> down</c><00:14:02.220><c> the</c><00:14:02.419><c> one</c><00:14:02.779><c> side.</c>

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On<00:14:04.360><c> the</c><00:14:04.519><c> left,</c><00:14:05.200><c> through</c><00:14:05.419><c> Rehoboam,</c><00:14:06.279><c> Abijam,</c><00:14:07.340><c> Asa,</c><00:14:07.840><c> Jehoshaphat,</c><00:14:08.620><c> the</c><00:14:08.720><c> kings</c>

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of<00:14:09.220><c> Judah.</c>

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son<00:14:17.059><c> of</c><00:14:17.320><c> Nebat,</c>

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who<00:14:19.179><c> had</c><00:14:19.320><c> all</c><00:14:19.659><c> the</c><00:14:19.980><c> skills</c><00:14:20.340><c> of</c><00:14:20.559><c> a</c><00:14:20.740><c> man</c><00:14:20.940><c> who</c><00:14:21.159><c> knows</c><00:14:21.440><c> how</c><00:14:21.679><c> to</c><00:14:21.879><c> govern,</c><00:14:23.879><c> how</c>

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to<00:14:24.240><c> win</c><00:14:24.340><c> the</c><00:14:24.559><c> people's</c><00:14:25.080><c> hearts.</c>

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And<00:14:26.759><c> he</c><00:14:26.960><c> set</c><00:14:27.080><c> up</c><00:14:27.399><c> idols,</c><00:14:27.779><c> you'll</c><00:14:28.139><c> remember,</c><00:14:30.059><c> and</c><00:14:30.059><c> put</c><00:14:30.340><c> the</c><00:14:30.580><c> false</c><00:14:30.860><c> worship</c><00:14:31.220><c> alongside</c><00:14:31.860><c> the</c><00:14:32.220><c> true,</c>

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and<00:14:32.899><c> made</c><00:14:33.059><c> them</c><00:14:33.259><c> look</c><00:14:33.480><c> alike</c><00:14:33.820><c> to</c><00:14:34.000><c> the</c><00:14:34.259><c> confusion</c><00:14:34.580><c> of</c><00:14:34.779><c> the</c><00:14:34.940><c> people.</c>

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And<00:14:38.080><c> I</c><00:14:38.220><c> think</c><00:14:38.399><c> we</c><00:14:38.559><c> should</c><00:14:38.779><c> understand,</c><00:14:39.600><c> brethren</c><00:14:39.860><c> and</c><00:14:40.159><c> sisters,</c><00:14:40.539><c> that</c>

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they<00:14:43.700><c> did</c><00:14:43.960><c> not</c><00:14:44.220><c> immediately</c><00:14:44.879><c> cast</c><00:14:45.320><c> away</c><00:14:45.679><c> the</c><00:14:45.860><c> God</c><00:14:46.059><c> of</c><00:14:46.240><c> Israel.</c>

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early<00:15:00.759><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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simply<00:15:07.220><c> cast</c><00:15:07.639><c> aside.</c>

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false,<00:15:17.860><c> and</c><00:15:18.259><c> the</c><00:15:18.399><c> people</c><00:15:18.580><c> no</c><00:15:18.820><c> longer</c><00:15:19.120><c> cared.</c>

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And<00:15:22.139><c> so</c><00:15:22.419><c> it</c><00:15:22.580><c> was</c><00:15:22.700><c> in</c><00:15:22.899><c> the</c><00:15:22.940><c> days</c><00:15:23.159><c> of</c><00:15:23.419><c> Jeroboam.</c>

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We're<00:15:24.440><c> told</c><00:15:24.620><c> that</c><00:15:24.799><c> the</c><00:15:24.960><c> people</c><00:15:25.220><c> worshiped</c><00:15:26.019><c> Yahweh,</c><00:15:26.460><c> the</c><00:15:26.679><c> God</c>

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of<00:15:27.039><c> Israel,</c><00:15:28.919><c> the</c><00:15:29.059><c> great</c><00:15:29.340><c> God</c><00:15:29.519><c> of</c><00:15:29.659><c> their</c><00:15:29.919><c> fathers,</c>

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but<00:15:31.519><c> they</c><00:15:31.799><c> did</c><00:15:32.059><c> so</c><00:15:32.360><c> in</c><00:15:32.620><c> terms</c><00:15:33.059><c> of</c><00:15:33.399><c> practices</c><00:15:33.820><c> observed</c><00:15:34.299><c> by</c><00:15:34.559><c> the</c>

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nations<00:15:35.059><c> round</c><00:15:35.460><c> about.</c>

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And<00:15:36.799><c> so</c><00:15:36.899><c> it</c><00:15:36.960><c> was</c><00:15:37.080><c> not</c><00:15:37.259><c> until</c><00:15:37.460><c> very</c><00:15:37.759><c> much</c><00:15:38.039><c> later</c><00:15:38.600><c> that</c><00:15:39.179><c> the</c><00:15:39.360><c> God</c>

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of<00:15:39.700><c> Israel</c><00:15:39.960><c> finally</c><00:15:40.360><c> disappeared</c><00:15:40.899><c> from</c><00:15:41.100><c> their</c><00:15:41.340><c> thinking</c><00:15:41.600><c> altogether.</c>

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And<00:15:43.120><c> we</c><00:15:43.240><c> will</c><00:15:43.440><c> see</c><00:15:43.620><c> this</c><00:15:44.340><c> in</c><00:15:45.120><c> Elijah's</c><00:15:45.679><c> ministry.</c>

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Certainly<00:15:47.320><c> in</c><00:15:47.500><c> the</c><00:15:47.740><c> time</c><00:15:47.980><c> of</c><00:15:48.259><c> Elijah,</c><00:15:48.759><c> less</c><00:15:49.100><c> than</c><00:15:49.480><c> 70</c><00:15:49.940><c> years</c>

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after<00:15:50.779><c> the</c><00:15:50.940><c> death</c><00:15:51.139><c> of</c><00:15:51.480><c> Solomon,</c>

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Yahweh<00:15:53.799><c> had</c><00:15:54.159><c> not</c><00:15:54.519><c> faded</c><00:15:54.820><c> from</c><00:15:55.059><c> their</c><00:15:55.320><c> thinking.</c>

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Now<00:15:58.539><c> Jeroboam</c><00:15:58.940><c> did</c><00:15:59.100><c> an</c><00:15:59.360><c> effective</c><00:15:59.720><c> job</c><00:16:00.120><c> as</c><00:16:00.360><c> far</c><00:16:00.539><c> as</c><00:16:00.700><c> the</c><00:16:00.840><c> ten</c>

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tribes<00:16:01.340><c> were</c><00:16:01.600><c> concerned</c><00:16:01.980><c> in</c><00:16:02.159><c> the</c><00:16:02.320><c> north,</c>

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with<00:16:02.700><c> his</c><00:16:02.919><c> two</c><00:16:03.139><c> golden</c><00:16:03.500><c> calves,</c><00:16:05.059><c> his</c><00:16:05.299><c> counterfeit</c><00:16:05.899><c> feasts,</c>

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his<00:16:06.779><c> false</c><00:16:07.220><c> priesthood.</c>

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And<00:16:09.659><c> he</c><00:16:09.940><c> held</c><00:16:10.340><c> the</c><00:16:10.620><c> nation</c><00:16:10.940><c> together</c><00:16:11.340><c> in</c><00:16:11.519><c> the</c><00:16:11.659><c> northern</c><00:16:11.960><c> kingdom</c><00:16:12.379><c> by</c>

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that<00:16:13.039><c> means,</c>

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and<00:16:13.480><c> he</c><00:16:13.659><c> kept</c><00:16:13.820><c> them</c><00:16:14.059><c> from</c><00:16:14.340><c> looking</c><00:16:14.659><c> towards</c><00:16:15.139><c> Jerusalem</c><00:16:15.700><c> to</c><00:16:15.940><c> the</c><00:16:16.139><c> south,</c><00:16:17.200><c> because</c><00:16:17.419><c> Jerusalem</c><00:16:17.799><c> was</c><00:16:18.000><c> not</c><00:16:18.159><c> available</c><00:16:18.659><c> to</c><00:16:18.940><c> them.</c>

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So<00:16:20.139><c> he</c><00:16:20.279><c> built</c><00:16:20.440><c> Shechem</c><00:16:20.860><c> as</c><00:16:21.100><c> his</c><00:16:21.279><c> capital</c><00:16:21.600><c> city,</c><00:16:22.820><c> and</c><00:16:23.000><c> Bethel</c>

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and<00:16:23.799><c> Dan</c><00:16:24.320><c> were</c><00:16:24.879><c> made</c><00:16:25.200><c> centers</c><00:16:25.519><c> of</c><00:16:25.779><c> worship,</c><00:16:26.220><c> you'll</c><00:16:26.519><c> remember.</c>

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Dan<00:16:27.440><c> in</c><00:16:27.620><c> the</c><00:16:27.779><c> north,</c><00:16:28.659><c> Bethel</c><00:16:29.019><c> in</c><00:16:29.200><c> the</c><00:16:29.440><c> south.</c>

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So<00:16:30.039><c> he</c><00:16:30.259><c> bracketed</c><00:16:30.700><c> the</c><00:16:30.960><c> nation</c><00:16:31.299><c> with</c><00:16:31.519><c> the</c><00:16:31.799><c> idols</c><00:16:32.179><c> and</c><00:16:32.639><c> kept</c>

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them<00:16:33.179><c> between</c><00:16:33.700><c> the</c><00:16:34.080><c> two</c><00:16:34.279><c> golden</c><00:16:34.720><c> calves.</c>

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After<00:16:38.500><c> Jeroboam,</c><00:16:40.759><c> we</c><00:16:40.820><c> have</c><00:16:43.519><c> Nadab,</c><00:16:44.679><c> Baisha,</c><00:16:45.980><c> Elah,</c><00:16:47.500><c> Zimri</c>

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and<00:16:48.600><c> Omri.</c>

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Omri,<00:16:51.960><c> although</c><00:16:52.320><c> an</c><00:16:52.539><c> evil</c><00:16:52.879><c> king,</c><00:16:53.600><c> was</c><00:16:53.840><c> also</c><00:16:54.279><c> a</c><00:16:54.399><c> statesman</c><00:16:54.740><c> of</c>

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considerable<00:16:55.500><c> skill,</c><00:16:55.940><c> if</c><00:16:56.100><c> you</c><00:16:56.299><c> read</c><00:16:56.519><c> the</c><00:16:56.759><c> record.</c>

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He's<00:16:58.500><c> mentioned</c><00:16:58.799><c> in</c><00:16:59.000><c> the</c><00:16:59.200><c> inscriptions</c><00:16:59.620><c> of</c><00:16:59.820><c> the</c><00:16:59.980><c> nations</c>

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round<00:17:00.759><c> about.</c>

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For<00:17:02.120><c> example,</c><00:17:02.659><c> in</c><00:17:02.820><c> the</c><00:17:03.000><c> Assyrian</c><00:17:03.399><c> records</c><00:17:03.919><c> of</c><00:17:04.140><c> the</c><00:17:04.319><c> time,</c><00:17:05.559><c> Israel</c><00:17:06.059><c> is</c>

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described<00:17:06.859><c> as</c><00:17:07.119><c> the</c><00:17:07.400><c> land</c><00:17:07.900><c> of</c><00:17:08.319><c> Omri,</c>

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and<00:17:10.200><c> it</c><00:17:10.319><c> was</c><00:17:10.440><c> he</c><00:17:10.680><c> who</c><00:17:10.839><c> built</c><00:17:11.119><c> Samaria</c><00:17:11.759><c> for</c><00:17:11.980><c> his</c><00:17:12.259><c> capital.</c>

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So<00:17:16.420><c> Jeroboam</c><00:17:16.859><c> had</c><00:17:17.000><c> built</c><00:17:17.259><c> Shechem,</c><00:17:17.920><c> but</c><00:17:18.180><c> Omri</c><00:17:18.619><c> built</c><00:17:18.940><c> Samaria.</c>

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And<00:17:21.539><c> then</c><00:17:21.720><c> we</c><00:17:22.019><c> come</c><00:17:22.319><c> to</c><00:17:22.720><c> Ahab,</c><00:17:25.400><c> and</c><00:17:25.720><c> the</c><00:17:26.259><c> period</c><00:17:26.579><c> we</c><00:17:26.759><c> are</c><00:17:27.039><c> particularly</c><00:17:27.599><c> interested</c><00:17:28.180><c> in</c><00:17:28.400><c> for</c><00:17:28.559><c> the</c><00:17:28.799><c> purposes</c><00:17:29.099><c> of</c>

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this<00:17:29.579><c> study.</c>

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Ahab,<00:17:31.980><c> you'll</c><00:17:32.500><c> recall,</c><00:17:32.900><c> was</c><00:17:32.980><c> the</c><00:17:33.279><c> man</c><00:17:33.519><c> with</c><00:17:33.799><c> the</c><00:17:34.039><c> ivory</c><00:17:34.380><c> palace.</c>

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He<00:17:37.279><c> was</c><00:17:37.460><c> also</c><00:17:37.759><c> a</c><00:17:37.960><c> king</c><00:17:38.099><c> with</c><00:17:38.420><c> considerable</c><00:17:39.059><c> political</c><00:17:39.680><c> skill,</c>

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like<00:17:41.660><c> Jeroboam</c><00:17:42.240><c> and</c><00:17:42.500><c> Omri.</c>

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But<00:17:43.819><c> he</c><00:17:43.920><c> was</c><00:17:44.099><c> the</c><00:17:44.319><c> man</c><00:17:44.539><c> who</c><00:17:44.799><c> married</c><00:17:45.140><c> the</c><00:17:45.480><c> daughter</c><00:17:45.779><c> of</c><00:17:46.059><c> the</c><00:17:46.240><c> king</c><00:17:46.440><c> of</c><00:17:46.839><c> Zidon,</c>

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a<00:17:48.920><c> woman</c><00:17:49.140><c> with</c><00:17:49.420><c> a</c><00:17:49.559><c> name</c><00:17:49.720><c> and</c><00:17:49.920><c> a</c><00:17:50.119><c> reputation</c><00:17:50.619><c> remembered</c><00:17:51.119><c> throughout</c><00:17:51.640><c> the</c>

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ages<00:17:52.240><c> and</c><00:17:52.619><c> stamped</c><00:17:52.819><c> on</c><00:17:53.019><c> the</c><00:17:53.160><c> book</c><00:17:53.299><c> of</c><00:17:53.599><c> Revelation.</c>

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Jezebel,<00:17:56.700><c> the</c><00:17:56.839><c> daughter</c><00:17:57.279><c> of</c><00:17:57.680><c> Eth</c><00:17:57.980><c>-Bael.</c>

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And<00:18:00.559><c> by</c><00:18:01.160><c> that</c><00:18:01.619><c> marriage,</c><00:18:03.880><c> Ahab</c><00:18:04.220><c> reintroduced</c><00:18:05.279><c> the</c><00:18:05.480><c> gods</c><00:18:05.720><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:06.180><c> Canaanites</c><00:18:06.619><c> to</c><00:18:06.799><c> the</c><00:18:06.900><c> nation</c><00:18:07.200><c> of</c><00:18:07.500><c> Israel</c>

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and<00:18:07.960><c> gave</c><00:18:08.299><c> fresh</c><00:18:08.839><c> impetus</c><00:18:09.440><c> to</c><00:18:09.720><c> the</c><00:18:09.940><c> worship</c><00:18:10.339><c> of</c><00:18:11.160><c> their</c><00:18:11.500><c> idols.</c>

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Those<00:18:13.339><c> things</c><00:18:13.680><c> which</c><00:18:14.000><c> should</c><00:18:14.220><c> have</c><00:18:14.420><c> been</c><00:18:14.619><c> utterly</c><00:18:14.980><c> destroyed</c>

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when<00:18:16.259><c> they</c><00:18:16.500><c> came</c><00:18:16.700><c> into</c><00:18:16.880><c> the</c><00:18:17.099><c> land</c><00:18:17.279><c> were</c><00:18:17.500><c> all</c><00:18:17.819><c> brought</c><00:18:18.119><c> back</c>

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when<00:18:20.099><c> he</c><00:18:20.339><c> married</c><00:18:20.839><c> this</c><00:18:21.359><c> wily,</c><00:18:23.099><c> evil,</c><00:18:24.160><c> willful</c><00:18:24.759><c> witch</c><00:18:25.200><c> of</c><00:18:25.380><c> a</c><00:18:25.519><c> woman</c>

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who<00:18:26.920><c> twisted</c><00:18:27.380><c> Ahab</c><00:18:27.819><c> around</c><00:18:28.279><c> her</c><00:18:28.519><c> little</c><00:18:28.900><c> finger</c><00:18:29.380><c> and</c><00:18:29.819><c> did</c><00:18:29.980><c> as</c>

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she<00:18:30.420><c> pleased</c><00:18:30.880><c> with</c><00:18:31.119><c> him.</c>

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And<00:18:33.019><c> reading</c><00:18:33.180><c> between</c><00:18:33.599><c> the</c><00:18:33.859><c> lines,</c><00:18:34.299><c> one</c><00:18:34.480><c> would</c><00:18:34.720><c> gather</c><00:18:34.920><c> from</c>

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the<00:18:35.400><c> narrative,</c><00:18:35.740><c> and</c><00:18:35.900><c> I</c><00:18:35.960><c> think</c><00:18:36.099><c> we'll</c><00:18:36.339><c> see</c><00:18:36.539><c> some</c><00:18:36.799><c> of</c><00:18:36.920><c> this</c><00:18:37.059><c> together,</c>

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one<00:18:38.099><c> would</c><00:18:38.359><c> gather</c><00:18:38.579><c> from</c><00:18:38.799><c> the</c><00:18:39.039><c> narrative</c><00:18:39.319><c> that</c><00:18:39.579><c> Ahab</c><00:18:40.099><c> liked</c>

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to<00:18:40.940><c> have</c><00:18:41.119><c> it</c><00:18:41.500><c> so.</c>

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He<00:18:42.380><c> was</c><00:18:42.640><c> very</c><00:18:43.099><c> happy</c><00:18:43.420><c> with</c><00:18:43.700><c> that</c><00:18:43.960><c> arrangement.</c>

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Now<00:18:47.240><c> we</c><00:18:47.700><c> turn</c><00:18:47.940><c> our</c><00:18:48.220><c> attention</c><00:18:48.740><c> to</c><00:18:49.079><c> the</c><00:18:49.220><c> first</c><00:18:49.500><c> book</c><00:18:49.720><c> of</c><00:18:49.940><c> Kings,</c>

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Chapter<00:18:50.960><c> 16,</c>

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and<00:18:54.880><c> the</c><00:18:55.420><c> latter</c><00:18:55.740><c> part</c><00:18:56.160><c> of</c><00:18:56.359><c> the</c><00:18:56.619><c> chapter.</c>

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The<00:19:00.400><c> first</c><00:19:00.559><c> book</c><00:19:00.759><c> of</c><00:19:00.960><c> Kings,</c><00:19:01.420><c> Chapter</c><00:19:01.799><c> 16,</c>

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where<00:19:04.319><c> we</c><00:19:04.599><c> have</c><00:19:04.799><c> a</c><00:19:05.019><c> brief</c><00:19:05.299><c> description</c><00:19:06.200><c> of</c><00:19:06.599><c> this</c><00:19:06.880><c> wicked</c><00:19:07.259><c> man</c>

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Ahab<00:19:08.339><c> and</c><00:19:08.579><c> the</c><00:19:08.940><c> evils</c><00:19:09.279><c> of</c><00:19:09.460><c> his</c><00:19:09.839><c> reign.</c>

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It's<00:19:11.940><c> right</c><00:19:12.200><c> near</c><00:19:12.420><c> the</c><00:19:12.539><c> end</c><00:19:12.779><c> of</c><00:19:13.000><c> Chapter</c><00:19:13.359><c> 16</c><00:19:14.099><c> if</c><00:19:14.319><c> we</c><00:19:14.440><c> just</c><00:19:14.740><c> read</c>

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together<00:19:15.359><c> from</c><00:19:15.640><c> verse</c><00:19:16.039><c> 29.</c>

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We<00:19:20.579><c> read</c><00:19:20.900><c> that</c><00:19:21.059><c> in</c><00:19:21.220><c> the</c><00:19:21.559><c> 38th</c><00:19:22.500><c> year</c><00:19:22.920><c> of</c><00:19:23.220><c> Asa</c><00:19:23.640><c> king</c><00:19:23.880><c> of</c><00:19:24.240><c> Judah,</c>

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began<00:19:25.920><c> Ahab</c><00:19:26.680><c> son</c><00:19:26.920><c> of</c><00:19:27.200><c> Omri</c><00:19:27.680><c> to</c><00:19:27.960><c> reign</c><00:19:28.180><c> over</c><00:19:28.480><c> Israel.</c>

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So<00:19:30.180><c> Asa</c><00:19:30.480><c> was</c><00:19:30.720><c> king</c><00:19:30.920><c> of</c><00:19:31.160><c> Judah</c><00:19:31.420><c> to</c><00:19:31.680><c> the</c><00:19:31.920><c> south,</c><00:19:34.299><c> and</c><00:19:34.519><c> Ahab</c><00:19:34.900><c> son</c>

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of<00:19:35.299><c> Omri</c><00:19:35.619><c> began</c><00:19:36.000><c> his</c><00:19:36.400><c> reign</c><00:19:36.680><c> over</c><00:19:36.960><c> Israel</c><00:19:37.519><c> to</c><00:19:37.720><c> the</c><00:19:37.900><c> north.</c>

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And<00:19:39.299><c> Ahab</c><00:19:39.640><c> son</c><00:19:39.799><c> of</c><00:19:40.019><c> Omri</c><00:19:40.240><c> reigned</c><00:19:40.599><c> over</c><00:19:40.839><c> Israel</c><00:19:41.319><c> in</c><00:19:41.579><c> Samaria</c>

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22<00:19:42.799><c> years.</c>

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And<00:19:44.700><c> Ahab</c><00:19:44.980><c> son</c><00:19:45.140><c> of</c><00:19:45.299><c> Omri</c><00:19:46.259><c> did</c><00:19:46.619><c> evil</c><00:19:46.960><c> in</c><00:19:47.200><c> the</c><00:19:47.359><c> sight</c><00:19:47.500><c> of</c><00:19:47.680><c> the</c><00:19:47.819><c> Lord</c><00:19:48.019><c> above</c><00:19:48.319><c> all</c>

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that<00:19:49.019><c> were</c><00:19:49.140><c> before</c><00:19:49.559><c> him.</c>

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And<00:19:51.119><c> it</c><00:19:51.279><c> came</c><00:19:51.460><c> to</c><00:19:51.779><c> pass,</c><00:19:52.460><c> as</c><00:19:52.640><c> if</c><00:19:52.720><c> it</c><00:19:52.819><c> had</c><00:19:52.900><c> been</c><00:19:53.079><c> a</c><00:19:53.259><c> light</c><00:19:53.539><c> thing</c>

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for<00:19:53.960><c> him</c><00:19:54.119><c> to</c><00:19:54.339><c> walk</c><00:19:54.500><c> in</c><00:19:54.640><c> the</c><00:19:54.759><c> sins</c><00:19:54.940><c> of</c><00:19:55.160><c> Jeroboam</c><00:19:55.599><c> son</c><00:19:55.799><c> of</c><00:19:55.940><c> Nebat,</c>

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that<00:19:57.420><c> he</c><00:19:57.599><c> took</c><00:19:57.880><c> to</c><00:19:58.180><c> wife</c><00:19:58.500><c> Jezebel</c><00:19:59.240><c> the</c><00:19:59.420><c> daughter</c><00:19:59.700><c> of</c><00:20:00.019><c> Ethbael,</c>

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king<00:20:00.900><c> of</c><00:20:01.039><c> the</c><00:20:01.240><c> Zidonians,</c>

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and<00:20:02.839><c> went</c><00:20:03.039><c> and</c><00:20:03.319><c> served</c><00:20:03.579><c> Baal</c><00:20:04.160><c> and</c><00:20:04.480><c> worshipped</c><00:20:04.980><c> him.</c>

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And<00:20:06.779><c> he</c><00:20:06.980><c> reared</c><00:20:07.200><c> up</c><00:20:07.420><c> an</c><00:20:07.599><c> altar</c><00:20:07.759><c> for</c><00:20:08.019><c> Baal</c><00:20:08.160><c> in</c><00:20:08.339><c> the</c><00:20:08.500><c> house</c><00:20:08.700><c> of</c><00:20:08.900><c> Baal</c><00:20:09.119><c> which</c><00:20:09.299><c> he</c>

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had<00:20:09.559><c> built</c><00:20:09.700><c> in</c><00:20:09.940><c> Samaria.</c>

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And<00:20:11.859><c> Ahab</c><00:20:12.119><c> made</c><00:20:12.480><c> a</c><00:20:12.740><c> grove.</c>

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And<00:20:14.299><c> Ahab</c><00:20:14.519><c> did</c><00:20:14.720><c> more</c><00:20:14.980><c> to</c><00:20:15.180><c> provoke</c><00:20:15.400><c> the</c><00:20:15.640><c> Lord</c><00:20:15.960><c> God</c><00:20:16.200><c> of</c><00:20:16.339><c> Israel</c>

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to<00:20:17.059><c> anger</c><00:20:17.400><c> than</c><00:20:17.599><c> all</c><00:20:18.000><c> the</c><00:20:18.220><c> kings</c><00:20:18.440><c> of</c><00:20:18.579><c> Israel</c><00:20:19.059><c> that</c><00:20:19.240><c> were</c><00:20:19.380><c> before</c><00:20:19.799><c> him.</c>

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What<00:20:23.039><c> a</c><00:20:23.420><c> tribute</c><00:20:23.700><c> and</c><00:20:23.960><c> a</c><00:20:24.140><c> testimony,</c><00:20:25.019><c> brethren</c><00:20:25.140><c> and</c><00:20:25.400><c> sisters.</c>

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And<00:20:28.319><c> that</c><00:20:28.740><c> grove</c><00:20:29.339><c> which</c><00:20:29.539><c> is</c><00:20:29.819><c> mentioned</c><00:20:30.240><c> in</c><00:20:30.559><c> verse</c><00:20:30.839><c> 33</c><00:20:31.400><c> wasn't</c>

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just<00:20:32.039><c> a</c><00:20:32.119><c> matter</c><00:20:32.299><c> of</c><00:20:32.519><c> planting</c><00:20:32.799><c> a</c><00:20:33.059><c> clump</c><00:20:33.240><c> of</c><00:20:33.599><c> trees.</c>

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The<00:20:35.240><c> historical</c><00:20:35.740><c> evidence</c><00:20:36.099><c> is</c><00:20:36.259><c> not</c><00:20:36.460><c> entirely</c><00:20:36.900><c> conclusive,</c>

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but<00:20:37.940><c> the</c><00:20:38.160><c> consensus</c><00:20:38.759><c> is</c><00:20:39.359><c> that</c><00:20:39.640><c> the</c><00:20:40.000><c> groves</c><00:20:40.559><c> or</c><00:20:40.880><c> Asharim</c><00:20:42.119><c> were</c>

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images<00:20:43.420><c> erected</c><00:20:44.440><c> in</c><00:20:44.680><c> honor</c><00:20:44.940><c> of</c><00:20:45.200><c> the</c><00:20:45.400><c> Canaanite</c><00:20:46.039><c> mother</c><00:20:46.420><c> goddess,</c>

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consort<00:20:48.259><c> of</c><00:20:48.460><c> their</c><00:20:48.720><c> principal</c><00:20:49.299><c> god</c><00:20:49.720><c> Baal.</c>

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And<00:20:51.940><c> because</c><00:20:52.299><c> of</c><00:20:52.559><c> this</c><00:20:52.839><c> accent</c><00:20:53.440><c> on</c><00:20:53.759><c> male</c><00:20:54.099><c> and</c><00:20:54.339><c> female</c><00:20:54.920><c> gods</c><00:20:55.339><c> in</c>

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their<00:20:55.880><c> worship,</c>

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there<00:20:57.900><c> inevitably</c><00:20:58.420><c> arose</c><00:20:58.819><c> a</c><00:20:59.180><c> fertility</c><00:20:59.680><c> cult</c><00:21:00.460><c> alongside</c><00:21:01.279><c> the</c><00:21:01.619><c> priesthood.</c>

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And<00:21:03.160><c> surrounding</c><00:21:03.819><c> these</c><00:21:04.359><c> shrines</c><00:21:04.920><c> were</c><00:21:05.279><c> groups</c><00:21:05.720><c> of</c><00:21:06.039><c> debased</c>

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men<00:21:06.839><c> and</c><00:21:07.079><c> women</c>

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who<00:21:08.059><c> were</c><00:21:08.319><c> devoted</c><00:21:08.740><c> sexually</c><00:21:09.339><c> to</c><00:21:09.660><c> the</c><00:21:09.880><c> system</c><00:21:10.240><c> of</c><00:21:10.480><c> false</c><00:21:10.700><c> worship</c><00:21:11.119><c> that</c>

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they<00:21:11.599><c> observed.</c>

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And<00:21:13.240><c> their</c><00:21:13.400><c> disgusting</c><00:21:13.940><c> practices</c><00:21:14.539><c> will</c><00:21:14.819><c> not</c><00:21:15.019><c> detain</c><00:21:15.339><c> us</c><00:21:15.519><c> any</c>

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further<00:21:16.079><c> this</c><00:21:16.400><c> morning.</c>

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But<00:21:17.859><c> I</c><00:21:17.940><c> think</c><00:21:18.099><c> we</c><00:21:18.279><c> do</c><00:21:18.559><c> well</c><00:21:18.900><c> to</c><00:21:19.259><c> ponder,</c><00:21:19.960><c> brethren</c><00:21:19.960><c> and</c><00:21:20.200><c> sisters,</c>

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the<00:21:20.900><c> care</c><00:21:21.880><c> which</c><00:21:22.420><c> the</c><00:21:22.640><c> God</c><00:21:22.779><c> of</c><00:21:22.960><c> Israel</c><00:21:23.319><c> had</c><00:21:23.660><c> taken</c><00:21:24.059><c> to</c><00:21:24.359><c> keep</c><00:21:25.140><c> the</c><00:21:25.960><c> sexual</c><00:21:26.539><c> element</c><00:21:27.380><c> out</c><00:21:28.119><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:28.460><c> worship</c><00:21:28.700><c> of</c><00:21:28.880><c> himself</c><00:21:29.240><c> altogether.</c>

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There<00:21:30.859><c> is</c><00:21:31.220><c> nothing</c><00:21:31.599><c> in</c><00:21:31.759><c> the</c><00:21:31.960><c> law</c><00:21:32.099><c> of</c><00:21:32.319><c> Moses</c><00:21:32.920><c> or</c><00:21:33.779><c> elsewhere</c><00:21:34.200><c> in</c>

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the<00:21:34.539><c> Old</c><00:21:34.779><c> Testament</c>

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which<00:21:35.799><c> lends</c><00:21:36.160><c> encouragement</c><00:21:36.859><c> to</c><00:21:37.160><c> the</c><00:21:37.279><c> idea</c><00:21:37.619><c> of</c><00:21:37.819><c> a</c><00:21:38.019><c> sex</c><00:21:38.319><c> cult</c>

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or<00:21:39.160><c> male</c><00:21:39.480><c> and</c><00:21:39.700><c> female</c><00:21:40.240><c> gods.</c>

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These<00:21:41.599><c> are</c><00:21:41.799><c> the</c><00:21:41.880><c> very</c><00:21:42.220><c> marks</c><00:21:42.619><c> of</c><00:21:42.839><c> a</c><00:21:43.039><c> false</c><00:21:43.279><c> religion.</c>

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And<00:21:45.619><c> even</c><00:21:45.720><c> in</c><00:21:45.900><c> the</c><00:21:46.000><c> New</c><00:21:46.200><c> Testament</c><00:21:46.759><c> you</c><00:21:46.940><c> will</c><00:21:47.240><c> find</c><00:21:47.400><c> a</c><00:21:47.539><c> very</c>

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skillful<00:21:48.359><c> avoidance</c>

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of<00:21:49.519><c> any</c><00:21:49.720><c> emphasis</c><00:21:50.140><c> on</c><00:21:50.380><c> the</c><00:21:50.660><c> male</c><00:21:50.900><c> and</c><00:21:51.500><c> female</c><00:21:52.539><c> sexual</c><00:21:53.359><c> differences</c><00:21:53.920><c> in</c><00:21:54.240><c> our</c><00:21:54.480><c> worship.</c>

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For<00:21:56.420><c> there</c><00:21:56.740><c> is</c><00:21:56.980><c> neither</c><00:21:57.259><c> male</c><00:21:57.579><c> nor</c><00:21:57.859><c> female.</c><00:21:58.359><c> You</c><00:21:58.599><c> are</c><00:21:58.799><c> all</c><00:21:59.160><c> one</c>

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in<00:22:00.019><c> Christ</c><00:22:00.400><c> Jesus.</c>

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And<00:22:01.319><c> we</c><00:22:01.480><c> are</c><00:22:01.619><c> lifted</c><00:22:01.799><c> up</c><00:22:02.039><c> to</c><00:22:02.220><c> a</c><00:22:02.440><c> higher</c><00:22:02.799><c> realm</c><00:22:03.200><c> of</c><00:22:03.559><c> thinking</c><00:22:03.880><c> altogether.</c>

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But<00:22:06.480><c> here</c><00:22:06.859><c> in</c><00:22:07.099><c> 1</c><00:22:07.440><c> Kings</c><00:22:07.759><c> 16,</c><00:22:09.160><c> Ahab</c><00:22:09.299><c> had</c><00:22:09.640><c> taken</c><00:22:09.940><c> the</c><00:22:10.180><c> people</c><00:22:10.440><c> of</c>

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God<00:22:11.019><c> right</c><00:22:11.519><c> down</c><00:22:12.099><c> to</c><00:22:12.380><c> the</c><00:22:12.640><c> depths</c><00:22:12.940><c> of</c><00:22:13.220><c> depravity.</c>

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He<00:22:17.079><c> reared</c><00:22:17.299><c> up</c><00:22:17.539><c> an</c><00:22:17.660><c> altar</c><00:22:17.839><c> for</c><00:22:18.079><c> Baal</c><00:22:18.279><c> in</c><00:22:18.480><c> the</c><00:22:18.640><c> house</c><00:22:18.839><c> of</c><00:22:19.079><c> Baal</c>

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he<00:22:19.440><c> had</c><00:22:19.519><c> built</c><00:22:19.680><c> in</c><00:22:19.900><c> Samaria.</c>

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He<00:22:21.099><c> made</c><00:22:21.420><c> a</c><00:22:21.720><c> grove</c><00:22:22.839><c> and</c><00:22:23.279><c> Ahab</c><00:22:23.700><c> did</c><00:22:24.039><c> more</c><00:22:24.500><c> to</c><00:22:24.839><c> provoke</c><00:22:25.140><c> the</c><00:22:25.519><c> Lord</c>

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God<00:22:26.039><c> of</c><00:22:26.140><c> Israel</c><00:22:26.559><c> to</c><00:22:26.859><c> anger</c>

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than<00:22:27.420><c> all</c><00:22:27.960><c> the</c><00:22:28.220><c> kings</c><00:22:28.559><c> of</c><00:22:28.819><c> Israel</c><00:22:29.640><c> that</c><00:22:30.299><c> were</c><00:22:30.500><c> before</c><00:22:30.940><c> him.</c>

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Even<00:22:33.660><c> the</c><00:22:33.920><c> ancient</c><00:22:34.359><c> prophecy</c><00:22:34.940><c> which</c><00:22:35.259><c> was</c><00:22:35.559><c> spoken</c><00:22:35.819><c> concerning</c>

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the<00:22:36.519><c> overthrow</c><00:22:36.819><c> of</c><00:22:37.099><c> Jericho</c><00:22:37.480><c> was</c><00:22:37.779><c> fulfilled</c><00:22:38.200><c> in</c><00:22:38.400><c> his</c><00:22:38.740><c> days.</c>

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The<00:22:39.819><c> last</c><00:22:40.140><c> verse</c><00:22:40.440><c> of</c><00:22:40.579><c> that</c><00:22:40.819><c> chapter</c><00:22:41.160><c> tells</c><00:22:41.579><c> us.</c>

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And<00:22:42.940><c> that</c><00:22:43.140><c> ought</c><00:22:43.279><c> to</c><00:22:43.380><c> have</c><00:22:43.519><c> been</c><00:22:43.700><c> a</c><00:22:43.880><c> warning</c><00:22:44.140><c> to</c><00:22:44.460><c> Ahab</c><00:22:44.819><c> that</c>

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God's<00:22:45.680><c> word</c><00:22:46.039><c> stands</c><00:22:46.640><c> sure</c><00:22:47.240><c> and</c><00:22:48.279><c> firm</c>

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and<00:22:49.579><c> will</c><00:22:49.819><c> be</c><00:22:50.119><c> fulfilled.</c><00:22:52.059><c> But</c><00:22:52.299><c> he</c><00:22:52.440><c> paid</c><00:22:52.680><c> no</c><00:22:52.980><c> attention.</c>

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The<00:22:54.900><c> prophecy</c><00:22:55.200><c> was</c><00:22:55.460><c> you</c><00:22:55.660><c> remember</c><00:22:55.980><c> back</c><00:22:56.299><c> in</c><00:22:56.740><c> Joshua</c><00:22:57.160><c> chapter</c>

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6<00:22:57.880><c> that</c><00:22:58.079><c> the</c><00:22:58.279><c> city</c><00:22:58.460><c> should</c><00:22:58.819><c> not</c><00:22:59.059><c> be</c><00:22:59.480><c> rebuilt.</c>

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And<00:23:01.339><c> now</c><00:23:01.680><c> it</c><00:23:01.880><c> was</c><00:23:02.140><c> fulfilled.</c>

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We<00:23:04.200><c> are</c><00:23:04.259><c> told</c><00:23:04.500><c> that</c><00:23:04.700><c> in</c><00:23:04.819><c> his</c><00:23:05.240><c> days</c><00:23:05.880><c> did</c><00:23:06.720><c> Hiel</c><00:23:07.119><c> the</c><00:23:07.480><c> Bethelite</c>

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build<00:23:08.579><c> Jericho.</c>

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And<00:23:10.099><c> he</c><00:23:10.279><c> laid</c><00:23:10.440><c> the</c><00:23:10.700><c> foundation</c><00:23:11.259><c> thereof</c><00:23:11.740><c> in</c><00:23:11.920><c> Abiram</c><00:23:12.319><c> his</c><00:23:12.599><c> firstborn</c>

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and<00:23:13.420><c> set</c><00:23:13.599><c> up</c><00:23:13.759><c> the</c><00:23:13.960><c> gates</c><00:23:14.160><c> thereof</c><00:23:14.539><c> in</c><00:23:14.700><c> his</c><00:23:14.839><c> youngest</c><00:23:15.240><c> son</c><00:23:15.579><c> Sigub.</c>

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According<00:23:17.069><c> to</c><00:23:17.490><c> the</c><00:23:17.630><c> word</c><00:23:17.789><c> of</c><00:23:17.990><c> the</c><00:23:18.170><c> Lord</c><00:23:18.490><c> which</c><00:23:18.750><c> he</c><00:23:19.130><c> spake</c><00:23:19.410><c> by</c>

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Joshua<00:23:20.349><c> the</c><00:23:21.029><c> son</c><00:23:21.230><c> of</c><00:23:21.509><c> Nun.</c>

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Now<00:23:23.529><c> whether</c><00:23:23.730><c> setting</c><00:23:24.069><c> up</c><00:23:24.349><c> the</c><00:23:24.630><c> gates</c><00:23:25.009><c> or</c><00:23:25.269><c> the</c><00:23:25.470><c> foundation</c><00:23:25.990><c> in</c>

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his<00:23:26.509><c> firstborn</c>

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and<00:23:27.509><c> the</c><00:23:27.690><c> gates</c><00:23:27.910><c> in</c><00:23:28.089><c> his</c><00:23:28.309><c> youngest</c><00:23:28.650><c> son</c><00:23:28.910><c> means</c><00:23:29.190><c> that</c><00:23:29.369><c> he</c><00:23:29.630><c> offered</c><00:23:29.750><c> them</c>

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in<00:23:30.170><c> sacrifice</c>

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on<00:23:30.890><c> the</c><00:23:31.069><c> walls</c><00:23:31.210><c> of</c><00:23:31.390><c> the</c><00:23:31.509><c> city</c><00:23:31.650><c> I</c><00:23:31.869><c> don't</c><00:23:32.250><c> know.</c>

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Perhaps<00:23:33.230><c> it</c><00:23:33.470><c> meant</c><00:23:33.589><c> that</c><00:23:33.769><c> God</c><00:23:34.009><c> smoked</c><00:23:34.369><c> them</c><00:23:34.970><c> and</c><00:23:35.609><c> they</c><00:23:35.930><c> died.</c>

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For<00:23:37.869><c> daring</c><00:23:38.130><c> to</c><00:23:38.430><c> contravene</c><00:23:38.970><c> the</c><00:23:39.150><c> things</c><00:23:39.329><c> which</c><00:23:39.490><c> were</c><00:23:39.690><c> written</c><00:23:39.970><c> in</c><00:23:40.569><c> the</c>

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book<00:23:40.829><c> of</c><00:23:41.089><c> Joshua.</c>

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But<00:23:42.569><c> either</c><00:23:43.009><c> way</c><00:23:43.349><c> the</c><00:23:43.529><c> prophecy</c><00:23:43.890><c> was</c><00:23:44.230><c> fulfilled</c><00:23:44.910><c> and</c><00:23:46.730><c> Ahab</c><00:23:46.890><c> paid</c><00:23:47.190><c> no</c><00:23:47.470><c> attention.</c>

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And<00:23:49.849><c> then</c><00:23:50.089><c> like</c><00:23:50.450><c> a</c><00:23:50.769><c> thunderbolt</c><00:23:51.450><c> without</c><00:23:52.150><c> any</c><00:23:52.450><c> warning</c><00:23:52.769><c> whatsoever</c><00:23:53.549><c> their</c>

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strides<00:23:54.450><c> onto</c><00:23:54.710><c> the</c><00:23:54.990><c> scene</c>

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and<00:23:55.369><c> amongst</c><00:23:55.609><c> the</c><00:23:55.849><c> ten</c><00:23:56.089><c> tribes</c><00:23:56.549><c> into</c><00:23:56.829><c> the</c><00:23:57.089><c> lives</c><00:23:57.329><c> of</c><00:23:57.569><c> Ahab</c><00:23:57.890><c> and</c><00:23:58.089><c> Jezebel</c>

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a<00:23:59.230><c> wild</c><00:23:59.690><c> man</c><00:24:00.109><c> brethren</c><00:24:00.410><c> and</c><00:24:00.690><c> sisters</c><00:24:01.269><c> who</c><00:24:02.529><c> had</c><00:24:02.750><c> been</c><00:24:02.869><c> as</c><00:24:03.029><c> it</c><00:24:03.250><c> were</c><00:24:03.650><c> in</c>

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the<00:24:04.410><c> wilderness</c>

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until<00:24:06.670><c> the</c><00:24:06.849><c> day</c><00:24:07.069><c> of</c><00:24:07.230><c> his</c><00:24:07.490><c> showing</c><00:24:07.730><c> unto</c><00:24:07.990><c> Israel</c><00:24:08.809><c> like</c><00:24:09.430><c> John</c><00:24:09.710><c> the</c><00:24:09.869><c> Baptist</c><00:24:10.309><c> in</c>

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the<00:24:10.609><c> New</c><00:24:10.789><c> Testament.</c>

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Chapter<00:24:13.430><c> 17</c><00:24:13.930><c> verse</c><00:24:14.230><c> 1.</c>

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Elijah<00:24:16.089><c> the</c><00:24:16.329><c> Tishbite</c><00:24:16.930><c> who</c><00:24:17.109><c> was</c><00:24:17.289><c> of</c><00:24:17.470><c> the</c><00:24:17.789><c> inhabitants</c><00:24:18.470><c> of</c><00:24:19.170><c> Gilead.</c>

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His<00:24:24.650><c> antecedents</c><00:24:25.250><c> apparently</c><00:24:26.490><c> do</c><00:24:26.809><c> not</c><00:24:27.130><c> matter.</c>

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Where<00:24:28.369><c> he</c><00:24:28.569><c> goes</c><00:24:28.869><c> to</c><00:24:29.069><c> in</c><00:24:29.230><c> the</c><00:24:29.410><c> end</c><00:24:29.609><c> we</c><00:24:29.789><c> are</c><00:24:30.009><c> not</c><00:24:30.309><c> told.</c>

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He<00:24:31.809><c> is</c><00:24:32.009><c> altogether</c><00:24:32.450><c> a</c><00:24:32.829><c> mysterious</c><00:24:33.430><c> figure.</c>

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He<00:24:35.230><c> is</c><00:24:35.349><c> rather</c><00:24:35.569><c> like</c><00:24:35.869><c> Melchizedek</c><00:24:36.950><c> without</c><00:24:37.789><c> father</c><00:24:38.150><c> or</c><00:24:38.390><c> mother</c>

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having<00:24:38.910><c> neither</c><00:24:39.230><c> beginning</c><00:24:39.529><c> of</c><00:24:39.710><c> days</c><00:24:39.950><c> or</c><00:24:40.109><c> end</c><00:24:40.410><c> of</c><00:24:40.650><c> life</c><00:24:41.109><c> as</c><00:24:41.609><c> far</c><00:24:41.849><c> as</c>

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the<00:24:42.190><c> record</c><00:24:42.549><c> is</c><00:24:42.869><c> concerned.</c>

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He<00:24:45.529><c> simply</c><00:24:45.890><c> appears</c><00:24:46.349><c> onto</c><00:24:46.650><c> the</c><00:24:46.910><c> scene</c><00:24:47.369><c> in</c><00:24:48.670><c> the</c><00:24:48.849><c> land</c><00:24:49.009><c> of</c><00:24:49.230><c> Israel</c>

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like<00:24:50.490><c> flashes</c><00:24:50.809><c> of</c><00:24:51.109><c> lightning</c><00:24:51.430><c> and</c><00:24:51.730><c> great</c><00:24:51.970><c> peals</c><00:24:52.309><c> of</c><00:24:52.529><c> thunder</c>

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speaking<00:24:53.230><c> God's</c><00:24:53.789><c> word</c><00:24:54.150><c> and</c><00:24:54.529><c> doing</c><00:24:54.789><c> his</c><00:24:55.109><c> work.</c>

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And<00:24:57.670><c> one</c><00:24:58.049><c> might</c><00:24:58.589><c> perhaps</c><00:24:59.430><c> gain</c><00:24:59.809><c> the</c><00:25:00.089><c> initial</c><00:25:00.450><c> impression</c>

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that<00:25:02.490><c> Elijah</c><00:25:02.950><c> was</c><00:25:03.250><c> just</c><00:25:03.710><c> one</c><00:25:04.069><c> great</c><00:25:04.690><c> tower</c><00:25:05.049><c> of</c><00:25:05.410><c> strength</c>

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a<00:25:07.710><c> man</c><00:25:08.430><c> of</c><00:25:08.849><c> iron</c><00:25:09.289><c> with</c><00:25:09.710><c> sinews</c><00:25:10.130><c> of</c><00:25:10.490><c> steel.</c>

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But<00:25:12.750><c> we</c><00:25:12.869><c> shall</c><00:25:13.009><c> find</c><00:25:13.410><c> as</c><00:25:13.630><c> we</c><00:25:13.910><c> go</c><00:25:14.230><c> and</c><00:25:14.529><c> company</c><00:25:14.910><c> with</c><00:25:15.289><c> this</c><00:25:15.650><c> man</c>

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during<00:25:16.289><c> the</c><00:25:16.490><c> course</c><00:25:16.690><c> of</c><00:25:16.910><c> this</c><00:25:17.109><c> week</c><00:25:17.349><c> brethren</c><00:25:17.630><c> and</c><00:25:17.910><c> sisters</c>

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that<00:25:18.390><c> in</c><00:25:18.769><c> certain</c><00:25:19.009><c> respects</c><00:25:19.829><c> he</c><00:25:21.210><c> was</c><00:25:21.410><c> as</c><00:25:21.849><c> fragile</c><00:25:22.390><c> as</c><00:25:22.710><c> gossamer.</c>

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And<00:25:25.069><c> I</c><00:25:25.190><c> think</c><00:25:25.349><c> this</c><00:25:25.549><c> is</c><00:25:25.710><c> something</c><00:25:25.930><c> we</c><00:25:26.109><c> need</c><00:25:26.309><c> to</c><00:25:26.609><c> understand</c>

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quite<00:25:27.450><c> clearly</c><00:25:27.809><c> about</c><00:25:28.190><c> ourselves.</c>

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The<00:25:30.390><c> strongest</c><00:25:30.890><c> men</c><00:25:31.309><c> in</c><00:25:31.569><c> our</c><00:25:31.890><c> ecclesias</c><00:25:32.529><c> have</c><00:25:32.809><c> got</c><00:25:33.130><c> slender</c>

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threads<00:25:34.509><c> in</c><00:25:35.529><c> their</c><00:25:35.930><c> character.</c>

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Threads<00:25:37.410><c> that</c><00:25:37.529><c> are</c><00:25:37.730><c> likely</c><00:25:37.990><c> to</c><00:25:38.430><c> snap</c><00:25:38.670><c> under</c><00:25:39.029><c> tension</c>

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because<00:25:40.609><c> God</c><00:25:40.869><c> has</c><00:25:41.089><c> made</c><00:25:41.329><c> us</c><00:25:41.609><c> this</c><00:25:41.890><c> way.</c>

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There<00:25:43.549><c> was</c><00:25:43.769><c> only</c><00:25:44.190><c> one</c><00:25:44.589><c> man</c><00:25:45.990><c> upon</c><00:25:46.609><c> whom</c><00:25:46.829><c> God</c><00:25:47.130><c> was</c><00:25:47.369><c> able</c><00:25:47.630><c> to</c><00:25:47.950><c> place</c><00:25:48.190><c> full</c><00:25:48.569><c> tension</c>

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on<00:25:49.890><c> every</c><00:25:50.769><c> single</c><00:25:51.390><c> strand</c>

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and<00:25:53.029><c> not</c><00:25:53.390><c> one</c><00:25:53.710><c> gave</c><00:25:54.069><c> way</c>

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because<00:25:55.470><c> every</c><00:25:55.930><c> fiber</c><00:25:56.329><c> of</c><00:25:56.589><c> his</c><00:25:56.869><c> being</c><00:25:57.289><c> was</c><00:25:57.910><c> devoted</c><00:25:58.349><c> to</c><00:25:58.549><c> his</c>

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father<00:25:59.069><c> in</c><00:25:59.390><c> heaven.</c>

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Thou<00:26:01.170><c> shalt</c><00:26:01.369><c> love</c><00:26:01.650><c> the</c><00:26:01.809><c> Lord</c><00:26:02.029><c> thy</c><00:26:02.289><c> God</c><00:26:02.569><c> with</c><00:26:02.809><c> all</c><00:26:03.130><c> thy</c><00:26:03.349><c> heart</c>

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with<00:26:04.289><c> all</c><00:26:04.549><c> thy</c><00:26:04.829><c> soul</c><00:26:05.130><c> and</c><00:26:05.309><c> with</c><00:26:05.490><c> all</c><00:26:05.710><c> thy</c><00:26:05.910><c> mind</c><00:26:06.369><c> he</c><00:26:06.650><c> said.</c>

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And<00:26:08.950><c> he</c><00:26:09.130><c> meant</c><00:26:09.349><c> it.</c>

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The<00:26:11.509><c> Lord</c><00:26:11.750><c> Jesus</c><00:26:12.190><c> Christ</c><00:26:12.589><c> was</c><00:26:12.849><c> wholly</c><00:26:13.150><c> dedicated</c><00:26:13.829><c> to</c><00:26:14.029><c> his</c>

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father's<00:26:14.769><c> will.</c>

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There<00:26:15.049><c> was</c><00:26:15.269><c> not</c><00:26:15.490><c> one</c><00:26:15.930><c> strand</c><00:26:16.309><c> that</c><00:26:16.549><c> was</c><00:26:16.869><c> selfishness</c><00:26:17.930><c> or</c><00:26:18.490><c> self</c><00:26:18.829><c>-will.</c>

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For<00:26:20.170><c> those</c><00:26:20.450><c> are</c><00:26:20.670><c> the</c><00:26:20.869><c> strands</c><00:26:21.150><c> that</c><00:26:21.490><c> break</c>

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and<00:26:23.430><c> let</c><00:26:23.609><c> us</c><00:26:23.869><c> down</c><00:26:24.130><c> when</c><00:26:24.329><c> pressure</c><00:26:24.690><c> is</c><00:26:24.890><c> brought</c><00:26:25.109><c> to</c><00:26:25.390><c> bear.</c>

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But<00:26:26.769><c> not</c><00:26:26.970><c> a</c><00:26:27.210><c> single</c><00:26:27.650><c> thread</c><00:26:27.910><c> gave</c><00:26:28.329><c> way</c>

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when<00:26:29.509><c> the</c><00:26:29.769><c> father</c><00:26:30.009><c> laid</c><00:26:30.289><c> the</c><00:26:30.609><c> final</c><00:26:30.930><c> burden</c><00:26:31.410><c> of</c><00:26:31.710><c> our</c><00:26:32.029><c> iniquity</c>

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upon<00:26:33.490><c> the</c><00:26:33.750><c> son</c><00:26:33.910><c> of</c><00:26:34.069><c> his</c><00:26:34.329><c> love.</c>

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But<00:26:37.109><c> Elijah</c><00:26:37.569><c> had</c><00:26:37.849><c> got</c><00:26:38.049><c> his</c><00:26:38.269><c> weaknesses.</c>

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He<00:26:39.609><c> was</c><00:26:39.829><c> only</c><00:26:40.190><c> a</c><00:26:40.410><c> pale</c><00:26:40.710><c> shadow</c><00:26:41.390><c> of</c><00:26:42.609><c> the</c><00:26:42.789><c> great</c><00:26:43.009><c> one</c><00:26:43.250><c> who</c><00:26:43.410><c> was</c><00:26:43.609><c> to</c><00:26:43.829><c> come.</c>

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And<00:26:45.069><c> this</c><00:26:45.210><c> we</c><00:26:45.390><c> shall</c><00:26:45.569><c> see</c><00:26:45.789><c> together.</c>

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The<00:26:48.210><c> name</c><00:26:48.490><c> Elijah</c><00:26:49.069><c> does</c><00:26:49.589><c> though</c><00:26:49.910><c> mean</c><00:26:50.230><c> God</c><00:26:50.750><c> is</c><00:26:51.210><c> strength</c>

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or<00:26:53.250><c> God</c><00:26:53.630><c> is</c><00:26:54.009><c> help.</c>

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It<00:26:55.890><c> is</c><00:26:56.109><c> literally</c><00:26:56.589><c> Yah</c><00:26:57.190><c> is</c><00:26:57.589><c> ale</c>

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or<00:26:59.990><c> Yah</c><00:27:00.450><c> is</c><00:27:00.730><c> God.</c>

00:27:03.029 --> 00:27:05.690
And<00:27:03.230><c> one</c><00:27:03.410><c> imagines</c><00:27:03.809><c> that</c><00:27:04.049><c> this</c><00:27:04.309><c> name</c><00:27:04.569><c> was</c><00:27:04.829><c> given</c><00:27:05.049><c> to</c><00:27:05.190><c> him</c><00:27:05.349><c> by</c>

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divine<00:27:06.069><c> insight</c>

00:27:06.630 --> 00:27:09.250
because<00:27:07.029><c> this</c><00:27:07.269><c> is</c><00:27:07.490><c> the</c><00:27:07.670><c> name</c><00:27:07.910><c> that</c><00:27:08.130><c> the</c><00:27:08.369><c> prophet</c><00:27:08.609><c> manifests</c>

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when<00:27:09.490><c> he</c><00:27:09.769><c> stands</c><00:27:09.950><c> upon</c><00:27:10.289><c> Mount</c><00:27:10.609><c> Carmel</c><00:27:11.170><c> and</c><00:27:11.730><c> defies</c><00:27:12.250><c> the</c><00:27:12.569><c> prophets</c><00:27:12.789><c> of</c><00:27:13.130><c> Baal.</c>

00:27:14.289 --> 00:27:17.549
The<00:27:14.950><c> monolithic</c><00:27:15.549><c> strength</c><00:27:16.269><c> of</c><00:27:16.490><c> the</c><00:27:16.730><c> God</c><00:27:16.950><c> of</c><00:27:17.190><c> Israel</c>

00:27:17.549 --> 00:27:21.809
is<00:27:18.009><c> represented</c><00:27:18.609><c> in</c><00:27:18.829><c> this</c><00:27:19.210><c> one</c><00:27:19.930><c> lonely</c><00:27:20.490><c> man.</c>

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Elijah<00:27:22.910><c> the</c><00:27:23.630><c> Tishbite.</c>

00:27:26.390 --> 00:27:28.269
We<00:27:26.609><c> are</c><00:27:26.670><c> told</c><00:27:26.849><c> that</c><00:27:27.029><c> he</c><00:27:27.130><c> was</c><00:27:27.410><c> a</c><00:27:27.589><c> Tishbite</c>

00:27:28.269 --> 00:27:32.569
who<00:27:28.470><c> was</c><00:27:28.730><c> of</c><00:27:28.930><c> the</c><00:27:29.170><c> inhabitants</c><00:27:29.730><c> of</c><00:27:30.150><c> Gilead.</c>

00:27:33.309 --> 00:27:38.029
Now<00:27:33.650><c> the</c><00:27:34.269><c> revised</c><00:27:34.890><c> version</c><00:27:35.710><c> puts</c><00:27:36.890><c> that</c><00:27:37.109><c> slightly</c><00:27:37.450><c> differently</c>

00:27:38.029 --> 00:27:38.890
brethren<00:27:38.390><c> and</c><00:27:38.630><c> sisters.</c>

00:27:38.890 --> 00:27:43.349
It<00:27:39.170><c> says</c><00:27:39.369><c> he</c><00:27:39.569><c> was</c><00:27:39.849><c> of</c><00:27:40.210><c> the</c><00:27:40.789><c> sojourners</c><00:27:41.509><c> of</c><00:27:41.730><c> Gilead.</c>

00:27:51.569 --> 00:27:54.750
Gilead<00:27:52.210><c> you'll</c><00:27:52.609><c> remember</c><00:27:53.049><c> was</c><00:27:53.369><c> on</c><00:27:53.609><c> the</c><00:27:53.809><c> east</c><00:27:54.150><c> side</c><00:27:54.450><c> of</c><00:27:54.630><c> the</c>

00:27:54.750 --> 00:27:56.250
river<00:27:55.009><c> Jordan.</c>

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There<00:27:58.809><c> is</c><00:27:59.069><c> some</c><00:27:59.650><c> doubt</c><00:28:00.190><c> as</c><00:28:00.569><c> to</c><00:28:00.809><c> the</c><00:28:01.130><c> location</c><00:28:01.869><c> of</c><00:28:02.450><c> the</c><00:28:03.529><c> village</c>

00:28:03.829 --> 00:28:05.190
of<00:28:04.150><c> Tishbi.</c>

00:28:05.829 --> 00:28:10.009
If<00:28:06.009><c> he</c><00:28:06.049><c> was</c><00:28:06.250><c> Elijah</c><00:28:06.650><c> the</c><00:28:06.930><c> Tishbite</c><00:28:07.529><c> he</c><00:28:07.670><c> must</c><00:28:07.930><c> have</c><00:28:08.089><c> come</c><00:28:08.329><c> from</c><00:28:08.569><c> Tishbi.</c>

00:28:10.869 --> 00:28:13.750
Some<00:28:11.589><c> of</c><00:28:11.910><c> the</c><00:28:12.269><c> atlases</c><00:28:12.670><c> of</c><00:28:12.869><c> the</c><00:28:12.990><c> Bible</c><00:28:13.289><c> place</c>

00:28:13.750 --> 00:28:16.450
the<00:28:13.950><c> little</c><00:28:14.190><c> village</c><00:28:14.450><c> of</c><00:28:14.730><c> Tishbi</c><00:28:15.029><c> just</c><00:28:15.410><c> there</c>

00:28:16.450 --> 00:28:19.849
above<00:28:17.049><c> the</c><00:28:17.789><c> little</c><00:28:18.069><c> river</c><00:28:18.309><c> coming</c><00:28:18.609><c> in</c><00:28:18.950><c> from</c><00:28:19.130><c> the</c><00:28:19.329><c> right</c><00:28:19.569><c> hand</c>

00:28:19.849 --> 00:28:21.529
side<00:28:20.210><c> of</c><00:28:20.390><c> the</c><00:28:20.569><c> map.</c>

00:28:24.009 --> 00:28:26.569
Now<00:28:24.349><c> the</c><00:28:24.730><c> Masoretic</c><00:28:25.630><c> text</c><00:28:26.210><c> suggests</c>

00:28:27.069 --> 00:28:31.930
that<00:28:27.490><c> Elijah</c><00:28:28.009><c> merely</c><00:28:28.609><c> resided</c><00:28:29.369><c> or</c><00:28:30.069><c> sojourned</c><00:28:30.670><c> in</c><00:28:30.950><c> Gilead</c>

00:28:31.930 --> 00:28:34.509
and<00:28:32.470><c> that</c><00:28:32.630><c> his</c><00:28:32.869><c> birthplace</c><00:28:33.430><c> was</c><00:28:33.730><c> elsewhere.</c>

00:28:34.950 --> 00:28:37.730
Perhaps<00:28:35.670><c> Tishbi</c><00:28:36.170><c> of</c><00:28:36.369><c> Naphtali</c><00:28:36.990><c> in</c><00:28:37.250><c> Galilee</c>

00:28:37.730 --> 00:28:39.789
because<00:28:37.990><c> there</c><00:28:38.130><c> were</c><00:28:38.369><c> apparently</c><00:28:38.670><c> two</c><00:28:38.930><c> little</c><00:28:39.170><c> villages</c><00:28:39.490><c> by</c>

00:28:39.789 --> 00:28:40.410
that<00:28:40.049><c> name</c>

00:28:40.410 --> 00:28:42.089
in<00:28:41.269><c> those</c><00:28:41.670><c> times.</c>

00:28:42.170 --> 00:28:44.450
One<00:28:42.470><c> on</c><00:28:42.829><c> the</c><00:28:43.390><c> east</c><00:28:43.670><c> side</c><00:28:43.950><c> of</c><00:28:44.190><c> Jordan</c>

00:28:44.450 --> 00:28:47.529
another<00:28:44.890><c> higher</c><00:28:45.329><c> up</c><00:28:45.549><c> in</c><00:28:45.710><c> the</c><00:28:45.869><c> land</c><00:28:46.069><c> of</c><00:28:46.390><c> Galilee.</c>

00:28:48.690 --> 00:28:52.029
So<00:28:48.910><c> the</c><00:28:49.109><c> one</c><00:28:49.349><c> text</c><00:28:49.890><c> from</c><00:28:50.109><c> which</c><00:28:50.329><c> our</c><00:28:50.690><c> translations</c><00:28:51.250><c> have</c><00:28:51.470><c> been</c><00:28:51.750><c> made</c>

00:28:52.029 --> 00:28:56.309
suggests<00:28:52.529><c> that</c><00:28:52.789><c> Elijah</c><00:28:53.289><c> did</c><00:28:54.390><c> not</c><00:28:55.170><c> come</c><00:28:55.569><c> from</c><00:28:55.890><c> Tishbi</c>

00:28:56.309 --> 00:28:57.930
on<00:28:56.509><c> the</c><00:28:56.730><c> east</c><00:28:57.029><c> of</c><00:28:57.269><c> the</c><00:28:57.589><c> Jordan</c>

00:28:57.930 --> 00:29:00.769
but<00:28:58.230><c> he</c><00:28:58.390><c> was</c><00:28:58.529><c> merely</c><00:28:59.009><c> sojourning</c><00:28:59.710><c> there.</c>

00:29:01.349 --> 00:29:05.549
Other<00:29:01.650><c> texts</c><00:29:02.009><c> indicate</c><00:29:02.609><c> that</c><00:29:02.789><c> he</c><00:29:03.009><c> was</c><00:29:03.269><c> in</c><00:29:03.470><c> fact</c><00:29:03.710><c> from</c><00:29:04.089><c> that</c><00:29:04.470><c> place.</c>

00:29:06.430 --> 00:29:09.430
Now<00:29:07.069><c> if</c><00:29:07.349><c> the</c><00:29:07.670><c> Masoretic</c><00:29:08.390><c> text</c><00:29:08.769><c> is</c><00:29:09.109><c> right</c>

00:29:09.430 --> 00:29:11.890
which<00:29:09.690><c> suggests</c><00:29:10.130><c> that</c><00:29:10.309><c> he</c><00:29:10.430><c> was</c><00:29:10.589><c> merely</c><00:29:10.950><c> a</c><00:29:11.210><c> sojourner</c>

00:29:11.890 --> 00:29:13.910
on<00:29:12.250><c> the</c><00:29:12.490><c> other</c><00:29:12.769><c> side</c><00:29:13.029><c> of</c><00:29:13.230><c> the</c><00:29:13.369><c> river</c>

00:29:13.910 --> 00:29:18.390
it<00:29:14.769><c> raises</c><00:29:15.049><c> one</c><00:29:15.289><c> or</c><00:29:15.430><c> two</c><00:29:15.670><c> interesting</c><00:29:16.150><c> questions</c><00:29:16.690><c> and</c><00:29:17.029><c> possibilities.</c>

00:29:19.170 --> 00:29:23.089
Firstly,<00:29:19.910><c> why</c><00:29:20.109><c> was</c><00:29:20.589><c> Elijah</c><00:29:21.269><c> of</c><00:29:21.650><c> the</c><00:29:21.849><c> sojourners</c><00:29:22.450><c> of</c><00:29:22.710><c> Gilead</c>

00:29:23.089 --> 00:29:26.089
if<00:29:23.250><c> he</c><00:29:23.410><c> was</c><00:29:23.569><c> in</c><00:29:23.670><c> fact</c><00:29:23.829><c> born</c><00:29:24.130><c> in</c><00:29:24.369><c> Naphtali</c><00:29:24.809><c> to</c><00:29:25.029><c> the</c><00:29:25.210><c> north?</c>

00:29:26.450 --> 00:29:32.309
It<00:29:26.869><c> may</c><00:29:27.250><c> mean</c><00:29:27.970><c> that</c><00:29:28.690><c> as</c><00:29:28.910><c> a</c><00:29:29.089><c> result</c><00:29:29.309><c> of</c><00:29:29.509><c> the</c><00:29:29.730><c> evil</c><00:29:30.069><c> reign</c><00:29:30.470><c> of</c><00:29:30.849><c> Ahab</c><00:29:31.289><c> and</c><00:29:31.549><c> Jezebel</c>

00:29:32.309 --> 00:29:36.250
some<00:29:33.289><c> people</c><00:29:33.650><c> had</c><00:29:33.890><c> already</c><00:29:34.410><c> moved</c><00:29:34.829><c> away</c><00:29:35.250><c> from</c><00:29:35.490><c> the</c><00:29:35.650><c> center</c><00:29:35.930><c> of</c>

00:29:36.250 --> 00:29:37.349
poisonous<00:29:36.630><c> influence</c>

00:29:37.349 --> 00:29:40.309
and<00:29:37.769><c> gone</c><00:29:37.950><c> across</c><00:29:38.369><c> the</c><00:29:38.670><c> Jordan</c><00:29:39.009><c> to</c><00:29:39.410><c> live</c><00:29:39.529><c> on</c><00:29:39.730><c> the</c><00:29:39.890><c> other</c><00:29:40.130><c> side</c>

00:29:40.309 --> 00:29:41.809
of<00:29:40.470><c> the</c><00:29:40.609><c> river.</c>

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More<00:29:50.869><c> congenial.</c>

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Secondly,<00:29:54.309><c> if</c><00:29:54.509><c> Elijah</c><00:29:54.970><c> was</c><00:29:55.490><c> born</c><00:29:55.809><c> in</c><00:29:56.250><c> Tishbi</c><00:29:57.210><c> of</c><00:29:57.450><c> Naphtali</c><00:29:58.029><c> to</c>

00:29:58.309 --> 00:29:58.970
the<00:29:58.569><c> north</c>

00:29:58.970 --> 00:30:01.170
if<00:29:59.210><c> he</c><00:29:59.349><c> did</c><00:29:59.589><c> in</c><00:29:59.730><c> fact</c><00:29:59.930><c> come</c><00:30:00.230><c> from</c><00:30:00.450><c> that</c><00:30:00.710><c> area</c>

00:30:01.170 --> 00:30:05.670
it<00:30:01.829><c> makes</c><00:30:02.150><c> the</c><00:30:02.569><c> Pharisees'</c><00:30:03.289><c> challenge</c><00:30:03.869><c> to</c><00:30:04.069><c> Nicodemus</c><00:30:05.190><c> in</c><00:30:05.569><c> the</c>

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New<00:30:05.930><c> Testament</c>

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sound<00:30:06.950><c> even</c><00:30:07.369><c> more</c><00:30:07.750><c> hollow,</c><00:30:08.329><c> doesn't</c><00:30:08.450><c> it?</c>

00:30:09.250 --> 00:30:11.309
Because<00:30:09.349><c> you</c><00:30:09.470><c> remember</c><00:30:09.670><c> what</c><00:30:09.849><c> they</c><00:30:10.109><c> said</c><00:30:10.349><c> in</c><00:30:10.509><c> John</c><00:30:10.769><c> chapter</c><00:30:11.069><c> 7</c>

00:30:11.309 --> 00:30:13.609
they<00:30:11.470><c> said,</c><00:30:11.950><c> Search</c><00:30:11.970><c> and</c><00:30:12.190><c> look</c><00:30:12.349><c> for</c><00:30:12.529><c> out</c><00:30:12.730><c> of</c><00:30:12.950><c> Galilee</c><00:30:13.289><c> arises</c>

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no<00:30:14.009><c> prophet.</c>

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It<00:30:17.009><c> means</c><00:30:17.529><c> that</c><00:30:17.869><c> those</c><00:30:18.450><c> wicked</c><00:30:18.910><c> rulers</c>

00:30:20.170 --> 00:30:24.069
willfully<00:30:21.289><c> excluded</c><00:30:22.109><c> certain</c><00:30:22.710><c> prophets</c><00:30:23.150><c> from</c><00:30:23.450><c> their</c><00:30:23.750><c> minds</c>

00:30:24.069 --> 00:30:26.589
when<00:30:24.289><c> they</c><00:30:24.490><c> were</c><00:30:24.690><c> arguing</c><00:30:25.130><c> their</c><00:30:25.549><c> case.</c>

00:30:27.849 --> 00:30:30.349
They<00:30:28.170><c> knew</c><00:30:28.430><c> that</c><00:30:28.789><c> Jonah</c><00:30:28.970><c> came</c><00:30:29.329><c> from</c><00:30:29.569><c> that</c><00:30:29.809><c> area</c>

00:30:30.349 --> 00:30:33.490
because<00:30:31.150><c> his</c><00:30:31.450><c> birthplace</c><00:30:31.930><c> is</c><00:30:32.170><c> mentioned</c><00:30:32.470><c> in</c><00:30:32.670><c> the</c><00:30:32.769><c> second</c><00:30:33.049><c> book</c><00:30:33.269><c> of</c>

00:30:33.490 --> 00:30:35.569
Kings<00:30:33.710><c> in</c><00:30:33.930><c> chapter</c><00:30:34.250><c> 14.</c>

00:30:35.890 --> 00:30:39.049
We're<00:30:36.230><c> told</c><00:30:36.410><c> that</c><00:30:36.750><c> Jonah</c><00:30:37.009><c> was</c><00:30:37.750><c> from</c><00:30:38.130><c> Gahifa</c>

00:30:39.049 --> 00:30:42.849
a<00:30:39.809><c> Zebulonite</c><00:30:40.509><c> village</c><00:30:41.210><c> near</c><00:30:41.630><c> Nazareth.</c>

00:30:43.109 --> 00:30:47.349
So<00:30:43.269><c> definitely</c><00:30:43.769><c> Jonah</c><00:30:44.230><c> came</c><00:30:44.630><c> from</c><00:30:45.910><c> Galilee.</c>

00:30:48.130 --> 00:30:53.329
Perhaps<00:30:48.789><c> they</c><00:30:49.289><c> also</c><00:30:49.890><c> knew</c><00:30:50.170><c> that</c><00:30:50.450><c> Elijah</c><00:30:50.869><c> came</c><00:30:51.210><c> from</c><00:30:51.410><c> the</c><00:30:51.609><c> same</c><00:30:51.849><c> area</c>

00:30:53.630 --> 00:30:56.670
and<00:30:54.289><c> that</c><00:30:54.509><c> both</c><00:30:54.809><c> prophets</c><00:30:55.269><c> were</c><00:30:55.490><c> a</c><00:30:55.609><c> witness</c><00:30:55.869><c> to</c><00:30:56.089><c> the</c><00:30:56.289><c> power</c><00:30:56.509><c> of</c>

00:30:56.670 --> 00:30:57.710
the<00:30:56.829><c> God</c><00:30:56.970><c> of</c><00:30:57.130><c> Israel.</c>

00:30:57.710 --> 00:31:01.829
And<00:30:58.690><c> Elijah</c><00:30:59.049><c> himself</c><00:30:59.789><c> a</c><00:31:00.069><c> forerunner</c><00:31:00.490><c> both</c><00:31:00.710><c> of</c><00:31:00.869><c> John</c><00:31:01.069><c> the</c><00:31:01.250><c> Baptist</c><00:31:01.630><c> and</c>

00:31:01.829 --> 00:31:03.470
the<00:31:02.009><c> Lord</c><00:31:02.230><c> Jesus</c><00:31:02.650><c> Christ.</c>

00:31:04.009 --> 00:31:05.549
So<00:31:04.170><c> it's</c><00:31:04.309><c> an</c><00:31:04.529><c> interesting</c><00:31:04.849><c> possibility.</c>

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We<00:31:05.750><c> can't</c><00:31:06.089><c> be</c><00:31:06.410><c> sure</c>

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but<00:31:08.089><c> those</c><00:31:08.329><c> are</c><00:31:08.490><c> the</c><00:31:08.670><c> possibilities</c><00:31:09.150><c> raised</c><00:31:09.670><c> by</c><00:31:10.210><c> this</c><00:31:10.529><c> portion</c><00:31:10.869><c> of</c><00:31:11.069><c> the</c><00:31:11.269><c> text.</c>

00:31:13.089 --> 00:31:15.549
That<00:31:13.410><c> he</c><00:31:13.569><c> was</c><00:31:13.789><c> in</c><00:31:14.069><c> fact</c><00:31:14.289><c> a</c><00:31:14.569><c> sojourner</c><00:31:15.049><c> in</c><00:31:15.289><c> Gilead</c>

00:31:15.549 --> 00:31:19.230
and<00:31:15.730><c> that</c><00:31:15.869><c> he</c><00:31:16.029><c> came</c><00:31:16.349><c> from</c><00:31:17.069><c> Naphtali</c><00:31:17.690><c> in</c><00:31:17.930><c> Galilee.</c>

00:31:20.450 --> 00:31:24.509
And<00:31:20.789><c> so</c><00:31:21.089><c> Elijah</c><00:31:21.509><c> meets</c><00:31:21.869><c> Ahab</c><00:31:22.369><c> in</c><00:31:22.569><c> chapter</c><00:31:22.769><c> 17</c><00:31:23.210><c> at</c><00:31:23.430><c> verse</c><00:31:23.690><c> 1.</c>

00:31:24.690 --> 00:31:28.450
And<00:31:25.210><c> one</c><00:31:25.490><c> wonders</c><00:31:25.730><c> where</c><00:31:25.990><c> this</c><00:31:26.269><c> first</c><00:31:26.490><c> meeting</c><00:31:26.849><c> took</c><00:31:27.170><c> place</c>

00:31:28.769 --> 00:31:31.809
because<00:31:29.289><c> Ahab</c><00:31:29.730><c> had</c><00:31:29.950><c> a</c><00:31:30.150><c> palace</c><00:31:30.450><c> in</c><00:31:30.789><c> Jezreel</c>

00:31:31.809 --> 00:31:36.109
which<00:31:32.329><c> was</c><00:31:32.529><c> at</c><00:31:32.710><c> the</c><00:31:32.910><c> eastern</c><00:31:33.130><c> end</c><00:31:33.589><c> of</c><00:31:33.950><c> the</c><00:31:35.069><c> plain</c><00:31:35.349><c> of</c><00:31:35.609><c> Megiddo</c>

00:31:36.109 --> 00:31:37.609
up<00:31:36.450><c> there.</c>

00:31:38.150 --> 00:31:41.670
That<00:31:38.289><c> was</c><00:31:38.450><c> one</c><00:31:38.670><c> of</c><00:31:38.829><c> the</c><00:31:39.009><c> places</c><00:31:39.490><c> where</c><00:31:39.970><c> Ahab</c><00:31:40.269><c> had</c><00:31:40.450><c> his</c><00:31:40.690><c> quarters.</c>

00:31:42.369 --> 00:31:45.089
The<00:31:42.589><c> famous</c><00:31:42.809><c> battleground</c><00:31:43.549><c> of</c><00:31:43.769><c> both</c><00:31:43.970><c> the</c><00:31:44.210><c> past</c><00:31:44.470><c> and</c><00:31:44.609><c> the</c><00:31:44.829><c> future.</c>

00:31:45.109 --> 00:31:46.990
Perhaps<00:31:45.390><c> it</c><00:31:45.529><c> was</c><00:31:45.690><c> there</c><00:31:46.009><c> that</c><00:31:46.150><c> the</c><00:31:46.309><c> prophet</c><00:31:46.509><c> met</c><00:31:46.769><c> him</c>

00:31:46.990 --> 00:31:49.630
or<00:31:47.390><c> was</c><00:31:47.630><c> it</c><00:31:47.829><c> in</c><00:31:48.029><c> Samaria?</c>

00:31:49.630 --> 00:31:51.109
Somewhat<00:31:50.390><c> to</c><00:31:50.589><c> the</c><00:31:50.789><c> south.</c>

00:31:51.250 --> 00:31:54.769
The<00:31:51.349><c> capital</c><00:31:51.650><c> that</c><00:31:51.910><c> Omri</c><00:31:52.190><c> had</c><00:31:52.390><c> built</c><00:31:52.650><c> and</c><00:31:52.930><c> Ahab</c><00:31:53.089><c> had</c><00:31:53.410><c> taken</c><00:31:53.609><c> over.</c>

00:31:55.170 --> 00:31:56.190
Well<00:31:55.289><c> we</c><00:31:55.390><c> don't</c><00:31:55.750><c> know.</c>

00:31:56.690 --> 00:31:59.529
He<00:31:56.869><c> may</c><00:31:57.170><c> have</c><00:31:57.369><c> even</c><00:31:57.769><c> stopped</c><00:31:58.170><c> Ahab</c><00:31:58.750><c> in</c><00:31:59.029><c> the</c><00:31:59.230><c> way</c>

00:31:59.529 --> 00:32:02.950
as<00:31:59.789><c> he</c><00:32:00.029><c> journeyed</c><00:32:00.490><c> between</c><00:32:00.789><c> those</c><00:32:01.130><c> two</c><00:32:01.390><c> points</c><00:32:01.650><c> of</c><00:32:01.910><c> reference.</c>

00:32:04.009 --> 00:32:06.970
So<00:32:04.150><c> we're</c><00:32:04.289><c> not</c><00:32:04.470><c> told</c><00:32:04.750><c> where,</c><00:32:05.309><c> we're</c><00:32:05.450><c> not</c><00:32:05.690><c> told</c><00:32:05.930><c> how</c><00:32:06.309><c> the</c><00:32:06.509><c> prophet</c><00:32:06.730><c> came</c>

00:32:06.970 --> 00:32:07.849
to<00:32:07.190><c> confront</c><00:32:07.490><c> the</c><00:32:07.710><c> king</c>

00:32:07.849 --> 00:32:10.130
or<00:32:08.049><c> what</c><00:32:08.289><c> made</c><00:32:08.509><c> him</c><00:32:08.750><c> stop</c><00:32:08.970><c> and</c><00:32:09.250><c> listen.</c>

00:32:10.529 --> 00:32:13.710
But<00:32:10.730><c> Elijah</c><00:32:11.089><c> certainly</c><00:32:11.529><c> seems</c><00:32:11.809><c> to</c><00:32:12.029><c> have</c><00:32:12.130><c> been</c><00:32:12.210><c> a</c><00:32:12.309><c> very</c><00:32:12.670><c> strange</c><00:32:13.049><c> man</c><00:32:13.470><c> to</c>

00:32:13.710 --> 00:32:14.250
look<00:32:13.930><c> upon</c>

00:32:14.250 --> 00:32:16.269
doesn't<00:32:14.589><c> he</c><00:32:14.750><c> brethren</c><00:32:15.029><c> and</c><00:32:15.309><c> sisters?</c>

00:32:17.049 --> 00:32:20.750
2<00:32:17.650><c> Kings</c><00:32:18.009><c> chapter</c><00:32:18.470><c> 1</c><00:32:18.769><c> gives</c><00:32:19.109><c> that</c><00:32:19.369><c> impression.</c>

00:32:21.150 --> 00:32:24.250
And<00:32:21.269><c> I'd</c><00:32:21.430><c> like</c><00:32:21.450><c> just</c><00:32:21.690><c> to</c><00:32:21.950><c> keep</c><00:32:22.150><c> your</c><00:32:22.450><c> place</c><00:32:22.769><c> in</c><00:32:23.210><c> 1</c><00:32:23.490><c> Kings</c><00:32:23.769><c> 17</c>

00:32:24.250 --> 00:32:27.430
and<00:32:24.450><c> just</c><00:32:24.690><c> have</c><00:32:24.849><c> a</c><00:32:24.970><c> quick</c><00:32:25.130><c> look</c><00:32:25.329><c> at</c><00:32:26.430><c> the</c><00:32:26.609><c> opening</c><00:32:26.890><c> chapter</c><00:32:27.230><c> of</c>

00:32:27.430 --> 00:32:29.329
the<00:32:27.589><c> 2nd</c><00:32:27.809><c> book</c><00:32:28.029><c> of</c><00:32:28.289><c> Kings</c>

00:32:29.710 --> 00:32:33.250
because<00:32:30.309><c> we</c><00:32:30.470><c> have</c><00:32:30.630><c> a</c><00:32:30.930><c> conversation</c><00:32:31.490><c> between</c><00:32:32.009><c> King</c><00:32:32.430><c> Ahaziah</c>

00:32:33.250 --> 00:32:35.170
and<00:32:33.549><c> his</c><00:32:33.829><c> messengers.</c>

00:32:35.950 --> 00:32:40.430
And<00:32:36.190><c> we</c><00:32:36.410><c> read</c><00:32:36.730><c> the</c><00:32:37.049><c> following</c><00:32:37.509><c> in</c><00:32:37.950><c> verses</c><00:32:38.289><c> 7</c><00:32:38.710><c> and</c><00:32:38.970><c> 8.</c>

00:32:41.490 --> 00:32:43.529
The<00:32:42.089><c> king</c><00:32:42.390><c> said</c><00:32:42.730><c> to</c><00:32:42.910><c> his</c><00:32:43.210><c> servants,</c>

00:32:43.970 --> 00:32:47.049
what<00:32:43.970><c> manner</c><00:32:44.410><c> of</c><00:32:44.670><c> man</c><00:32:44.990><c> was</c><00:32:45.369><c> he</c><00:32:45.609><c> which</c><00:32:45.869><c> came</c><00:32:46.170><c> up</c><00:32:46.430><c> to</c><00:32:46.609><c> meet</c><00:32:46.869><c> you</c>

00:32:47.049 --> 00:32:49.289
and<00:32:47.230><c> told</c><00:32:47.509><c> you</c><00:32:47.750><c> these</c><00:32:48.089><c> words?</c>

00:32:49.470 --> 00:32:52.150
And<00:32:49.809><c> they</c><00:32:50.009><c> answered</c><00:32:50.410><c> him,</c><00:32:50.829><c> he</c><00:32:50.930><c> was</c><00:32:51.190><c> a</c><00:32:51.410><c> hairy</c><00:32:51.670><c> man</c>

00:32:52.150 --> 00:32:55.750
and<00:32:52.490><c> girt</c><00:32:52.650><c> with</c><00:32:52.869><c> a</c><00:32:53.029><c> girdle</c><00:32:53.349><c> of</c><00:32:53.529><c> leather</c><00:32:53.769><c> about</c><00:32:54.130><c> his</c><00:32:54.470><c> loins.</c>

00:32:56.829 --> 00:33:00.289
And<00:32:57.089><c> Ahaziah</c><00:32:57.589><c> said,</c><00:32:58.130><c> it</c><00:32:58.269><c> is</c><00:32:58.450><c> Elijah</c><00:32:58.890><c> the</c><00:32:59.170><c> Tishbite.</c>

00:33:02.029 --> 00:33:05.190
He<00:33:02.470><c> recognized</c><00:33:02.789><c> him</c><00:33:03.049><c> instantly</c><00:33:03.509><c> from</c><00:33:03.829><c> that</c><00:33:04.089><c> description.</c>

00:33:05.509 --> 00:33:08.930
And<00:33:06.069><c> the</c><00:33:06.289><c> revised</c><00:33:06.609><c> version</c><00:33:07.109><c> margin</c><00:33:07.670><c> suggests</c><00:33:08.269><c> that</c><00:33:08.490><c> it</c><00:33:08.769><c> was</c>

00:33:08.930 --> 00:33:09.710
his<00:33:09.250><c> garment</c>

00:33:09.710 --> 00:33:11.890
that<00:33:09.890><c> was</c><00:33:10.190><c> hairy</c><00:33:10.509><c> and</c><00:33:10.690><c> not</c><00:33:10.890><c> the</c><00:33:11.109><c> man</c><00:33:11.309><c> himself.</c>

00:33:12.130 --> 00:33:14.670
The<00:33:12.190><c> revised</c><00:33:12.589><c> version</c><00:33:12.970><c> margin</c><00:33:13.309><c> says</c><00:33:13.470><c> a</c><00:33:13.650><c> man</c><00:33:13.869><c> with</c><00:33:14.069><c> a</c><00:33:14.289><c> garment</c>

00:33:14.670 --> 00:33:15.849
of<00:33:14.970><c> hair.</c>

00:33:16.190 --> 00:33:19.349
And<00:33:16.470><c> that</c><00:33:16.769><c> would</c><00:33:17.549><c> harmonize</c><00:33:18.250><c> with</c><00:33:18.430><c> the</c><00:33:18.609><c> kind</c><00:33:18.809><c> of</c><00:33:19.069><c> clothing</c>

00:33:19.349 --> 00:33:21.730
which<00:33:19.690><c> John</c><00:33:19.990><c> the</c><00:33:20.190><c> Baptist</c><00:33:20.670><c> wore.</c>

00:33:22.509 --> 00:33:25.210
So<00:33:22.710><c> I</c><00:33:22.769><c> think</c><00:33:22.930><c> that's</c><00:33:23.250><c> probably</c><00:33:23.750><c> the</c><00:33:24.089><c> correct</c><00:33:24.430><c> translation,</c>

00:33:25.309 --> 00:33:27.490
that<00:33:25.470><c> he</c><00:33:25.650><c> wasn't</c><00:33:25.950><c> necessarily</c><00:33:26.369><c> a</c><00:33:26.710><c> hairy</c><00:33:26.890><c> man,</c><00:33:27.210><c> although</c><00:33:27.369><c> he</c>

00:33:27.490 --> 00:33:29.269
may<00:33:27.690><c> have</c><00:33:27.789><c> been</c><00:33:27.890><c> that</c><00:33:28.109><c> in</c><00:33:28.289><c> addition,</c>

00:33:29.549 --> 00:33:34.410
but<00:33:30.109><c> that</c><00:33:30.430><c> he</c><00:33:30.589><c> wore</c><00:33:30.930><c> a</c><00:33:31.230><c> garment</c><00:33:31.630><c> of</c><00:33:31.950><c> hair</c><00:33:32.430><c> and</c><00:33:33.089><c> was</c><00:33:33.410><c> girt</c><00:33:33.809><c> with</c>

00:33:34.410 --> 00:33:37.130
a<00:33:34.650><c> leather</c><00:33:34.910><c> girdle</c><00:33:35.289><c> about</c><00:33:35.569><c> his</c><00:33:35.869><c> loins.</c>

00:33:37.769 --> 00:33:40.329
And<00:33:38.009><c> this</c><00:33:38.130><c> would</c><00:33:38.369><c> also</c><00:33:38.789><c> harmonize</c><00:33:39.309><c> with</c><00:33:39.490><c> the</c><00:33:39.750><c> mantle</c><00:33:40.049><c> which</c>

00:33:40.329 --> 00:33:41.369
we<00:33:40.529><c> know</c><00:33:40.730><c> that</c><00:33:40.950><c> he</c><00:33:41.150><c> wore</c>

00:33:41.369 --> 00:33:45.450
and<00:33:41.630><c> passed</c><00:33:41.890><c> on</c><00:33:42.289><c> to</c><00:33:42.549><c> Elisha</c><00:33:43.849><c> at</c><00:33:44.269><c> the</c><00:33:44.470><c> end</c><00:33:44.650><c> of</c><00:33:44.809><c> his</c><00:33:45.029><c> ministry.</c>

00:33:45.470 --> 00:33:47.369
And<00:33:45.630><c> we'll</c><00:33:45.809><c> come</c><00:33:46.009><c> back</c><00:33:46.230><c> to</c><00:33:46.369><c> that.</c>

00:33:47.990 --> 00:33:51.329
So<00:33:48.430><c> going</c><00:33:48.730><c> back</c><00:33:49.009><c> to</c><00:33:49.190><c> 1</c><00:33:49.390><c> Kings</c><00:33:49.630><c> chapter</c><00:33:50.049><c> 17,</c>

00:33:51.490 --> 00:33:54.490
it<00:33:51.609><c> may</c><00:33:51.930><c> have</c><00:33:52.150><c> been</c><00:33:52.450><c> the</c><00:33:52.750><c> combination</c><00:33:53.470><c> of</c><00:33:53.710><c> his</c><00:33:53.970><c> garment</c>

00:33:54.490 --> 00:33:58.670
and<00:33:55.589><c> the</c><00:33:55.789><c> fierce</c><00:33:56.089><c> countenance</c><00:33:56.950><c> that</c><00:33:57.210><c> arrested</c><00:33:57.569><c> the</c><00:33:57.849><c> attention</c><00:33:58.150><c> of</c><00:33:58.329><c> the</c><00:33:58.490><c> king,</c>

00:33:58.910 --> 00:34:00.609
we<00:33:58.910><c> can't</c><00:33:59.230><c> be</c><00:33:59.549><c> certain.</c>

00:34:01.150 --> 00:34:04.289
All<00:34:01.369><c> they're</c><00:34:01.670><c> told</c><00:34:01.849><c> is</c><00:34:02.049><c> that</c><00:34:02.210><c> he</c><00:34:02.390><c> makes</c><00:34:02.750><c> a</c><00:34:03.109><c> pronouncement</c>

00:34:04.289 --> 00:34:07.769
in<00:34:05.269><c> chapter</c><00:34:05.589><c> 17</c><00:34:06.190><c> verse</c><00:34:06.529><c> 1,</c>

00:34:08.150 --> 00:34:11.989
as<00:34:08.269><c> the</c><00:34:08.530><c> Lord</c><00:34:09.090><c> God</c><00:34:09.510><c> of</c><00:34:09.829><c> Israel</c><00:34:11.050><c> liveth,</c>

00:34:12.429 --> 00:34:16.309
as<00:34:12.710><c> Yahweh</c><00:34:13.349><c> the</c><00:34:13.750><c> Elohim</c><00:34:14.110><c> of</c><00:34:14.349><c> Israel</c><00:34:14.949><c> liveth.</c>

00:34:17.110 --> 00:34:20.409
And<00:34:17.570><c> we</c><00:34:17.650><c> can</c><00:34:17.829><c> only</c><00:34:18.090><c> guess</c><00:34:18.449><c> what</c><00:34:18.750><c> effect</c><00:34:19.090><c> those</c><00:34:19.389><c> words</c><00:34:19.650><c> must</c><00:34:19.949><c> have</c><00:34:20.130><c> had</c><00:34:20.230><c> on</c>

00:34:20.409 --> 00:34:22.250
the<00:34:20.570><c> mind</c><00:34:20.769><c> of</c><00:34:20.969><c> King</c><00:34:21.170><c> Ahab.</c>

00:34:22.530 --> 00:34:26.269
It<00:34:23.050><c> wasn't</c><00:34:23.429><c> a</c><00:34:23.670><c> long</c><00:34:24.010><c> time</c><00:34:24.349><c> from</c><00:34:24.590><c> Solomon</c><00:34:25.150><c> to</c><00:34:25.429><c> Ahab's</c><00:34:26.090><c> reign,</c>

00:34:26.449 --> 00:34:27.909
brethren<00:34:26.630><c> and</c><00:34:26.889><c> sisters,</c>

00:34:28.010 --> 00:34:30.110
as<00:34:28.090><c> we</c><00:34:28.329><c> had</c><00:34:28.469><c> seen</c><00:34:28.650><c> from</c><00:34:28.829><c> that</c><00:34:29.010><c> little</c><00:34:29.250><c> chart</c><00:34:29.469><c> which</c><00:34:29.670><c> I</c><00:34:29.829><c> had</c><00:34:29.929><c> up</c>

00:34:30.110 --> 00:34:31.489
a<00:34:30.250><c> few</c><00:34:30.369><c> moments</c><00:34:30.730><c> ago.</c>

00:34:32.210 --> 00:34:36.469
It<00:34:32.409><c> was</c><00:34:32.630><c> less</c><00:34:33.010><c> than</c><00:34:33.269><c> 70</c><00:34:33.769><c> years</c><00:34:34.630><c> from</c><00:34:35.329><c> the</c><00:34:35.489><c> end</c><00:34:35.610><c> of</c><00:34:35.909><c> Solomon's</c>

00:34:36.469 --> 00:34:38.369
reign<00:34:36.630><c> to</c><00:34:36.809><c> the</c><00:34:36.989><c> beginning</c><00:34:37.190><c> of</c><00:34:37.429><c> Ahab's</c><00:34:37.969><c> reign.</c>

00:34:38.590 --> 00:34:40.750
Less<00:34:38.849><c> than</c><00:34:39.110><c> 70</c><00:34:39.510><c> years.</c>

00:34:40.809 --> 00:34:43.269
Just<00:34:41.130><c> the</c><00:34:41.349><c> lifetime</c><00:34:41.809><c> of</c><00:34:42.070><c> a</c><00:34:42.269><c> man.</c>

00:34:43.969 --> 00:34:46.909
And<00:34:44.150><c> yet</c><00:34:44.329><c> this</c><00:34:44.650><c> terrible</c><00:34:45.150><c> declension</c><00:34:45.670><c> in</c><00:34:45.849><c> the</c><00:34:46.070><c> spiritual</c><00:34:46.389><c> life</c><00:34:46.730><c> of</c>

00:34:46.909 --> 00:34:48.590
the<00:34:47.090><c> nation</c><00:34:47.409><c> had</c><00:34:47.670><c> set</c><00:34:47.929><c> in.</c>

00:34:48.590 --> 00:34:52.469
And<00:34:49.510><c> now</c><00:34:49.829><c> Ahab</c><00:34:50.130><c> has</c><00:34:50.329><c> to</c><00:34:50.550><c> face</c><00:34:50.730><c> the</c><00:34:50.989><c> first</c><00:34:51.190><c> in</c><00:34:51.389><c> a</c><00:34:51.510><c> series</c><00:34:51.730><c> of</c><00:34:52.050><c> challenges</c>

00:34:52.469 --> 00:34:55.630
issued<00:34:53.130><c> by</c><00:34:53.469><c> this</c><00:34:53.670><c> very</c><00:34:54.090><c> strange</c><00:34:54.550><c> man.</c>

00:34:56.070 --> 00:35:00.449
Not<00:34:56.269><c> by</c><00:34:56.690><c> Baal,</c><00:34:57.590><c> not</c><00:34:57.789><c> by</c><00:34:58.090><c> the</c><00:34:58.409><c> goddess</c><00:34:58.989><c> of</c><00:34:59.650><c> the</c><00:34:59.849><c> Zidonians,</c>

00:35:00.530 --> 00:35:02.889
or<00:35:00.610><c> by</c><00:35:00.829><c> any</c><00:35:00.969><c> of</c><00:35:01.090><c> the</c><00:35:01.170><c> gods</c><00:35:01.349><c> of</c><00:35:01.570><c> the</c><00:35:01.730><c> Amorites,</c>

00:35:03.530 --> 00:35:06.070
but<00:35:03.750><c> by</c><00:35:04.110><c> the</c><00:35:04.449><c> Living</c><00:35:04.829><c> God.</c>

00:35:07.070 --> 00:35:10.530
And<00:35:07.369><c> Elijah</c><00:35:07.789><c> takes</c><00:35:08.250><c> the</c><00:35:08.530><c> great</c><00:35:08.809><c> memorial</c><00:35:09.429><c> name</c><00:35:09.730><c> straight</c><00:35:10.210><c> out</c>

00:35:10.530 --> 00:35:12.210
of<00:35:10.710><c> Exodus</c><00:35:11.090><c> chapter</c><00:35:11.530><c> 3</c>

00:35:12.210 --> 00:35:15.610
and<00:35:12.809><c> presents</c><00:35:13.050><c> it</c><00:35:13.309><c> and</c><00:35:13.469><c> says</c><00:35:13.710><c> as</c><00:35:14.050><c> Yahweh</c><00:35:14.570><c> the</c><00:35:14.989><c> Elohim</c><00:35:15.409><c> of</c>

00:35:15.610 --> 00:35:17.929
Israel<00:35:16.250><c> liveth.</c>

00:35:19.170 --> 00:35:24.230
And<00:35:19.349><c> then</c><00:35:19.489><c> did</c><00:35:19.630><c> you</c><00:35:19.750><c> notice</c><00:35:20.449><c> the</c><00:35:21.730><c> prophet</c><00:35:22.030><c> is</c><00:35:22.250><c> also</c><00:35:22.610><c> like</c><00:35:22.929><c> a</c><00:35:23.230><c> priest.</c>

00:35:24.789 --> 00:35:26.949
And<00:35:24.949><c> he</c><00:35:24.989><c> has</c><00:35:25.210><c> to</c><00:35:25.409><c> be</c><00:35:25.530><c> because</c><00:35:25.750><c> there</c><00:35:25.909><c> was</c><00:35:26.070><c> no</c><00:35:26.269><c> true</c><00:35:26.570><c> priesthood</c>

00:35:26.949 --> 00:35:28.670
amongst<00:35:27.210><c> the</c><00:35:27.429><c> ten</c><00:35:27.610><c> tribes</c><00:35:27.949><c> at</c><00:35:28.190><c> that</c><00:35:28.409><c> time.</c>

00:35:28.710 --> 00:35:33.130
And<00:35:28.909><c> so</c><00:35:29.050><c> he</c><00:35:29.309><c> says</c><00:35:29.670><c> as</c><00:35:30.570><c> Yahweh</c><00:35:31.210><c> the</c><00:35:31.469><c> Elohim</c><00:35:31.809><c> of</c><00:35:32.030><c> Israel</c><00:35:32.570><c> liveth</c>

00:35:33.130 --> 00:35:37.030
before<00:35:34.070><c> whom</c><00:35:34.769><c> I</c><00:35:35.610><c> stand.</c>

00:35:37.690 --> 00:35:41.349
And<00:35:38.210><c> that</c><00:35:38.449><c> doesn't</c><00:35:38.789><c> simply</c><00:35:39.230><c> mean</c><00:35:39.570><c> to</c><00:35:39.829><c> walk</c><00:35:40.070><c> in</c><00:35:40.230><c> God's</c><00:35:40.769><c> presence</c><00:35:40.989><c> or</c><00:35:41.210><c> in</c>

00:35:41.349 --> 00:35:42.989
the<00:35:41.469><c> light</c><00:35:41.630><c> of</c><00:35:41.809><c> his</c><00:35:41.969><c> countenance.</c>

00:35:43.409 --> 00:35:47.030
That's<00:35:43.690><c> an</c><00:35:43.849><c> expression</c><00:35:44.250><c> taken</c><00:35:44.690><c> straight</c><00:35:45.070><c> out</c><00:35:45.329><c> of</c><00:35:45.469><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:35:45.989><c> chapter</c><00:35:46.409><c> 10.</c>

00:35:47.250 --> 00:35:49.150
Would<00:35:47.369><c> you</c><00:35:47.510><c> like</c><00:35:47.650><c> to</c><00:35:47.809><c> just</c><00:35:47.949><c> have</c><00:35:48.090><c> a</c><00:35:48.230><c> quick</c><00:35:48.369><c> look</c><00:35:48.570><c> to</c><00:35:48.730><c> see</c><00:35:48.869><c> the</c>

00:35:49.150 --> 00:35:50.889
force<00:35:49.329><c> of</c><00:35:49.550><c> that</c><00:35:49.789><c> expression?</c>

00:35:51.510 --> 00:35:59.250
Deuteronomy<00:35:52.030><c> chapter</c><00:35:52.449><c> 10</c><00:35:53.389><c> and</c><00:35:55.949><c> the</c><00:35:56.369><c> eighth</c><00:35:57.590><c> verse.</c>

00:36:01.610 --> 00:36:04.869
Deuteronomy<00:36:02.130><c> chapter</c><00:36:02.449><c> 10</c><00:36:02.889><c> and</c><00:36:03.110><c> verse</c><00:36:03.289><c> 8.</c>

00:36:05.449 --> 00:36:10.550
We<00:36:06.130><c> read</c><00:36:06.449><c> that</c><00:36:06.570><c> at</c><00:36:06.789><c> that</c><00:36:07.250><c> time</c><00:36:07.630><c> the</c><00:36:07.889><c> Lord</c><00:36:08.250><c> separated</c><00:36:08.929><c> the</c><00:36:09.369><c> tribe</c><00:36:09.650><c> of</c><00:36:10.050><c> Levi</c>

00:36:10.550 --> 00:36:14.190
to<00:36:11.570><c> bear</c><00:36:11.909><c> the</c><00:36:12.289><c> ark</c><00:36:12.510><c> of</c><00:36:12.710><c> the</c><00:36:12.969><c> covenant</c><00:36:13.289><c> of</c><00:36:13.510><c> the</c><00:36:13.730><c> Lord,</c>

00:36:14.650 --> 00:36:18.969
to<00:36:14.869><c> stand</c><00:36:15.510><c> before</c><00:36:15.989><c> the</c><00:36:16.309><c> Lord,</c><00:36:16.710><c> to</c><00:36:16.969><c> minister</c><00:36:17.369><c> unto</c><00:36:17.750><c> him,</c>

00:36:19.269 --> 00:36:22.409
to<00:36:19.409><c> bless</c><00:36:19.690><c> in</c><00:36:19.829><c> his</c><00:36:20.130><c> name</c><00:36:20.869><c> unto</c><00:36:21.510><c> this</c><00:36:21.929><c> day.</c>

00:36:22.769 --> 00:36:28.289
And<00:36:23.150><c> that's</c><00:36:23.510><c> the</c><00:36:23.690><c> source</c><00:36:23.869><c> of</c><00:36:24.070><c> the</c><00:36:24.369><c> expression,</c><00:36:25.110><c> the</c><00:36:25.250><c> Lord</c><00:36:25.610><c> before</c><00:36:26.250><c> whom</c><00:36:26.489><c> I</c><00:36:27.130><c> stand.</c>

00:36:28.610 --> 00:36:31.269
Because<00:36:28.809><c> you'll</c><00:36:29.010><c> remember</c><00:36:29.210><c> there</c><00:36:29.369><c> was</c><00:36:29.530><c> no</c><00:36:29.769><c> seat</c><00:36:29.929><c> in</c><00:36:30.110><c> the</c><00:36:30.309><c> tabernacle</c><00:36:30.849><c> for</c>

00:36:31.269 --> 00:36:31.969
the<00:36:31.530><c> priests.</c>

00:36:31.969 --> 00:36:35.329
Because<00:36:32.590><c> there</c><00:36:32.769><c> was</c><00:36:32.909><c> always</c><00:36:33.250><c> work</c><00:36:33.550><c> to</c><00:36:33.750><c> be</c><00:36:33.949><c> done.</c>

00:36:36.389 --> 00:36:39.090
There<00:36:36.409><c> was</c><00:36:36.610><c> only</c><00:36:36.989><c> one</c><00:36:37.510><c> seat</c><00:36:37.750><c> in</c><00:36:37.949><c> the</c><00:36:38.110><c> holiest</c><00:36:38.449><c> of</c><00:36:38.710><c> all,</c><00:36:38.949><c> which</c>

00:36:39.090 --> 00:36:40.110
was<00:36:39.289><c> the</c><00:36:39.469><c> mercy</c><00:36:39.769><c> seat,</c>

00:36:40.190 --> 00:36:43.130
that<00:36:40.429><c> meeting</c><00:36:40.789><c> place</c><00:36:41.170><c> between</c><00:36:41.610><c> God</c><00:36:41.989><c> and</c><00:36:42.190><c> man.</c>

00:36:43.230 --> 00:36:45.409
And<00:36:43.409><c> there</c><00:36:43.510><c> was</c><00:36:43.610><c> no</c><00:36:43.889><c> place</c><00:36:44.130><c> of</c><00:36:44.409><c> rest</c><00:36:44.630><c> for</c><00:36:44.849><c> the</c><00:36:45.090><c> priests.</c>

00:36:45.489 --> 00:36:48.369
They<00:36:45.630><c> were</c><00:36:45.849><c> not</c><00:36:46.050><c> to</c><00:36:46.329><c> sit</c><00:36:46.550><c> when</c><00:36:46.730><c> they</c><00:36:46.969><c> went</c><00:36:47.110><c> into</c><00:36:47.409><c> the</c><00:36:47.889><c> tabernacle.</c>

00:36:48.409 --> 00:36:52.949
They<00:36:48.809><c> stood</c><00:36:49.309><c> and</c><00:36:50.070><c> ministered</c><00:36:50.909><c> daily</c><00:36:51.269><c> before</c><00:36:51.809><c> the</c><00:36:52.090><c> Lord.</c>

00:36:53.389 --> 00:36:56.349
So<00:36:53.690><c> as</c><00:36:53.929><c> the</c><00:36:54.130><c> Hebrew</c><00:36:54.369><c> letter</c><00:36:54.690><c> points</c><00:36:55.050><c> out</c><00:36:55.349><c> in</c><00:36:55.550><c> the</c><00:36:55.650><c> New</c><00:36:55.849><c> Testament,</c>

00:36:56.550 --> 00:36:59.750
the<00:36:56.670><c> Levitical</c><00:36:57.130><c> priests</c><00:36:57.929><c> stood</c><00:36:58.570><c> daily,</c>

00:36:59.750 --> 00:37:01.929
ministering<00:37:00.829><c> continually,</c>

00:37:02.409 --> 00:37:05.809
in<00:37:02.530><c> contrast</c><00:37:03.010><c> to</c><00:37:03.210><c> the</c><00:37:03.349><c> one</c><00:37:03.510><c> now</c><00:37:03.829><c> seated</c><00:37:04.050><c> at</c><00:37:04.269><c> God's</c><00:37:04.630><c> right</c><00:37:05.050><c> hand,</c>

00:37:06.190 --> 00:37:08.730
whose<00:37:06.409><c> ministry</c><00:37:06.989><c> is</c><00:37:07.590><c> complete.</c>

00:37:09.610 --> 00:37:12.170
And<00:37:09.789><c> so</c><00:37:09.949><c> brethren</c><00:37:10.230><c> and</c><00:37:10.469><c> sisters,</c><00:37:10.889><c> when</c><00:37:11.010><c> Elijah</c><00:37:11.449><c> confronts</c>

00:37:12.170 --> 00:37:13.090
Ahab<00:37:12.550><c> and</c><00:37:12.809><c> says,</c>

00:37:13.269 --> 00:37:17.570
as<00:37:13.269><c> the</c><00:37:13.449><c> Lord</c><00:37:13.750><c> God</c><00:37:13.969><c> of</c><00:37:14.130><c> Israel</c><00:37:14.550><c> liveth</c><00:37:14.929><c> before</c><00:37:15.369><c> whom</c><00:37:15.710><c> I</c><00:37:16.170><c> stand,</c>

00:37:17.769 --> 00:37:21.110
there<00:37:17.969><c> is</c><00:37:18.190><c> an</c><00:37:18.409><c> echo</c><00:37:18.630><c> of</c><00:37:18.869><c> the</c><00:37:19.110><c> priesthood</c><00:37:19.469><c> in</c><00:37:19.710><c> those</c><00:37:20.050><c> words.</c>

00:37:21.190 --> 00:37:24.369
He's<00:37:21.550><c> now</c><00:37:22.030><c> the</c><00:37:22.369><c> minister</c><00:37:22.750><c> of</c><00:37:22.949><c> the</c><00:37:23.070><c> living</c><00:37:23.289><c> God.</c>

00:37:24.449 --> 00:37:27.090
He's<00:37:24.849><c> going</c><00:37:24.969><c> to</c><00:37:25.210><c> need</c><00:37:25.349><c> that</c><00:37:25.690><c> qualification</c><00:37:26.409><c> because</c><00:37:26.750><c> he</c><00:37:26.929><c> has</c>

00:37:27.090 --> 00:37:27.800
to<00:37:27.329><c> offer</c><00:37:27.489><c> sacrifice</c>

00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:32.679
on<00:37:28.780><c> Mount</c><00:37:29.219><c> Carmel,</c><00:37:30.280><c> as</c><00:37:30.539><c> we</c><00:37:30.719><c> shall</c><00:37:30.920><c> see</c><00:37:31.099><c> later</c><00:37:31.420><c> in</c><00:37:31.599><c> the</c><00:37:31.739><c> week.</c>

00:37:34.239 --> 00:37:37.019
Please<00:37:34.500><c> notice</c><00:37:34.780><c> something</c><00:37:35.139><c> else</c><00:37:35.480><c> from</c><00:37:35.679><c> that</c><00:37:35.960><c> opening</c><00:37:36.300><c> verse.</c>

00:37:37.280 --> 00:37:41.800
And<00:37:37.500><c> herein</c><00:37:38.039><c> lies</c><00:37:38.440><c> the</c><00:37:39.519><c> character</c><00:37:39.960><c> and</c><00:37:40.280><c> the</c><00:37:40.619><c> faith</c><00:37:40.900><c> of</c><00:37:41.119><c> the</c><00:37:41.380><c> prophet.</c>

00:37:42.239 --> 00:37:46.119
Because<00:37:42.559><c> when</c><00:37:43.139><c> Elijah</c><00:37:43.820><c> stood</c><00:37:44.219><c> before</c><00:37:44.800><c> Ahab,</c>

00:37:46.300 --> 00:37:49.139
he<00:37:46.440><c> didn't</c><00:37:46.719><c> just</c><00:37:47.179><c> stand</c><00:37:47.500><c> before</c><00:37:47.940><c> Ahab,</c><00:37:48.500><c> did</c><00:37:48.699><c> he?</c>

00:37:49.340 --> 00:37:52.019
He<00:37:49.760><c> stood</c><00:37:50.139><c> before</c><00:37:50.880><c> God.</c>

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:58.119
And<00:37:53.119><c> behind</c><00:37:53.719><c> Ahab</c><00:37:54.159><c> he</c><00:37:54.340><c> could</c><00:37:54.599><c> see</c><00:37:54.820><c> God</c><00:37:55.320><c> towering</c><00:37:56.099><c> above</c><00:37:56.719><c> the</c><00:37:57.539><c> king</c>

00:37:58.119 --> 00:38:01.199
in<00:37:58.880><c> all</c><00:37:59.139><c> his</c><00:37:59.320><c> mighty</c><00:37:59.739><c> strength.</c>

00:38:01.360 --> 00:38:04.400
And<00:38:01.539><c> Ahab</c><00:38:01.900><c> just</c><00:38:02.219><c> as</c><00:38:02.480><c> clay</c><00:38:02.780><c> in</c><00:38:02.980><c> the</c><00:38:03.179><c> hands</c><00:38:03.360><c> of</c><00:38:03.519><c> the</c><00:38:03.800><c> potter,</c>

00:38:04.719 --> 00:38:07.940
a<00:38:04.739><c> mere</c><00:38:05.139><c> pawn</c><00:38:05.699><c> in</c><00:38:06.360><c> God's</c><00:38:06.860><c> purpose.</c>

00:38:09.139 --> 00:38:11.500
And<00:38:09.320><c> if</c><00:38:09.460><c> only</c><00:38:09.639><c> we</c><00:38:09.800><c> could</c><00:38:09.980><c> take</c><00:38:10.219><c> this</c><00:38:10.500><c> point</c><00:38:10.719><c> to</c><00:38:11.000><c> ourselves,</c>

00:38:11.619 --> 00:38:15.219
brethren<00:38:11.900><c> and</c><00:38:12.199><c> sisters,</c><00:38:12.579><c> that's</c><00:38:12.800><c> why</c><00:38:13.019><c> I've</c><00:38:13.239><c> drawn</c><00:38:13.360><c> your</c><00:38:13.659><c> attention</c><00:38:14.119><c> to</c><00:38:14.360><c> it.</c>

00:38:15.679 --> 00:38:18.880
When<00:38:16.059><c> we</c><00:38:16.280><c> get</c><00:38:16.480><c> into</c><00:38:16.760><c> difficult</c><00:38:17.219><c> situations</c><00:38:18.059><c> in</c><00:38:18.380><c> life,</c>

00:38:18.880 --> 00:38:23.119
when<00:38:20.000><c> we</c><00:38:20.260><c> have</c><00:38:20.460><c> to</c><00:38:20.760><c> stand</c><00:38:21.119><c> before</c><00:38:21.500><c> men</c><00:38:21.780><c> in</c><00:38:22.079><c> authority,</c>

00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:25.960
or<00:38:23.960><c> perhaps</c><00:38:24.380><c> some</c><00:38:24.639><c> of</c><00:38:24.760><c> the</c><00:38:24.880><c> young</c><00:38:25.059><c> people</c><00:38:25.340><c> have</c><00:38:25.539><c> to</c><00:38:25.739><c> appear</c>

00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:28.900
before<00:38:26.320><c> a</c><00:38:26.599><c> military</c><00:38:26.900><c> board</c><00:38:27.219><c> or</c><00:38:27.460><c> a</c><00:38:27.659><c> tribunal,</c>

00:38:29.800 --> 00:38:33.300
and<00:38:30.179><c> there</c><00:38:30.400><c> seems</c><00:38:30.880><c> for</c><00:38:31.159><c> a</c><00:38:31.320><c> moment</c><00:38:31.579><c> to</c><00:38:31.780><c> be</c><00:38:31.960><c> a</c><00:38:32.139><c> giant</c><00:38:32.420><c> in</c><00:38:32.679><c> the</c><00:38:32.900><c> way,</c>

00:38:33.480 --> 00:38:36.679
and<00:38:33.719><c> we</c><00:38:33.960><c> feel</c><00:38:34.199><c> like</c><00:38:34.599><c> grasshoppers</c><00:38:35.179><c> in</c><00:38:35.380><c> his</c><00:38:35.679><c> sight,</c>

00:38:36.920 --> 00:38:40.480
then<00:38:37.099><c> brethren</c><00:38:37.380><c> and</c><00:38:37.679><c> sisters</c><00:38:38.059><c> and</c><00:38:38.300><c> the</c><00:38:38.500><c> young</c><00:38:39.119><c> folk</c><00:38:39.420><c> in</c><00:38:39.639><c> this</c><00:38:39.940><c> community,</c>

00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:43.780
let's<00:38:41.280><c> get</c><00:38:41.579><c> our</c><00:38:41.880><c> perspective</c><00:38:42.539><c> right.</c>

00:38:44.940 --> 00:38:47.199
If<00:38:45.059><c> only</c><00:38:45.199><c> we</c><00:38:45.300><c> can</c><00:38:45.519><c> say</c><00:38:45.679><c> to</c><00:38:45.860><c> ourselves</c><00:38:46.199><c> on</c><00:38:46.480><c> such</c><00:38:46.659><c> occasions</c>

00:38:47.199 --> 00:38:51.980
as<00:38:47.340><c> the</c><00:38:47.539><c> Lord</c><00:38:47.980><c> God</c><00:38:48.239><c> of</c><00:38:48.440><c> Israel</c><00:38:49.039><c> liveth</c><00:38:49.480><c> before</c><00:38:50.119><c> whom</c><00:38:50.400><c> I</c><00:38:50.739><c> stand,</c>

00:38:53.300 --> 00:38:56.099
then<00:38:53.500><c> the</c><00:38:53.659><c> one</c><00:38:53.760><c> in</c><00:38:54.019><c> authority</c><00:38:54.380><c> would</c><00:38:54.619><c> shrink</c><00:38:54.900><c> to</c><00:38:55.079><c> his</c><00:38:55.340><c> proper</c><00:38:55.579><c> size,</c>

00:38:56.219 --> 00:38:57.500
wouldn't<00:38:56.380><c> he?</c>

00:38:57.800 --> 00:39:00.460
And<00:38:58.000><c> everything</c><00:38:58.239><c> would</c><00:38:58.460><c> assume</c><00:38:58.739><c> its</c><00:38:59.019><c> correct</c><00:38:59.320><c> proportion.</c>

00:39:01.360 --> 00:39:04.079
Be<00:39:01.500><c> not</c><00:39:01.760><c> afraid</c><00:39:02.039><c> of</c><00:39:02.179><c> their</c><00:39:02.420><c> faces,</c><00:39:02.940><c> God</c><00:39:03.239><c> said</c><00:39:03.440><c> to</c><00:39:03.659><c> Jeremiah,</c>

00:39:04.119 --> 00:39:06.980
we've<00:39:04.260><c> just</c><00:39:04.420><c> been</c><00:39:04.579><c> reading</c><00:39:04.880><c> that</c><00:39:05.179><c> when</c><00:39:05.380><c> we</c><00:39:05.679><c> started</c><00:39:05.980><c> the</c><00:39:06.719><c> book</c>

00:39:06.980 --> 00:39:09.460
about<00:39:07.300><c> a</c><00:39:07.440><c> week</c><00:39:07.599><c> back</c><00:39:07.840><c> in</c><00:39:08.039><c> our</c><00:39:08.199><c> daily</c><00:39:08.500><c> readings.</c>

00:39:09.659 --> 00:39:12.300
Be<00:39:09.980><c> not</c><00:39:10.159><c> afraid</c><00:39:10.400><c> of</c><00:39:10.539><c> their</c><00:39:10.719><c> faces,</c><00:39:11.159><c> for</c><00:39:11.300><c> I</c><00:39:11.519><c> am</c><00:39:11.639><c> with</c><00:39:11.920><c> thee</c><00:39:12.099><c> to</c>

00:39:12.300 --> 00:39:12.840
deliver<00:39:12.599><c> thee,</c>

00:39:12.960 --> 00:39:13.760
saith<00:39:13.039><c> the</c><00:39:13.300><c> Lord.</c>

00:39:13.760 --> 00:39:17.659
And<00:39:14.840><c> too</c><00:39:15.039><c> often</c><00:39:15.260><c> we</c><00:39:15.420><c> see</c><00:39:15.639><c> the</c><00:39:15.840><c> faces</c><00:39:16.119><c> of</c><00:39:16.340><c> men</c><00:39:16.659><c> looming</c><00:39:17.159><c> large</c>

00:39:17.659 --> 00:39:19.199
before<00:39:18.159><c> us,</c>

00:39:19.699 --> 00:39:22.139
and<00:39:19.719><c> too</c><00:39:19.920><c> frequently</c><00:39:20.340><c> we</c><00:39:20.659><c> neglect</c><00:39:21.079><c> the</c><00:39:21.340><c> presence</c><00:39:21.679><c> of</c><00:39:21.960><c> the</c>

00:39:22.139 --> 00:39:23.579
living<00:39:22.440><c> God.</c>

00:39:24.179 --> 00:39:28.920
Before<00:39:24.820><c> whom</c><00:39:25.099><c> I</c><00:39:25.480><c> stand</c><00:39:26.260><c> is</c><00:39:26.920><c> a</c><00:39:27.159><c> phrase</c><00:39:27.380><c> to</c><00:39:27.739><c> remember,</c>

00:39:29.599 --> 00:39:32.119
because<00:39:29.840><c> that</c><00:39:30.159><c> exhortation</c><00:39:30.719><c> is</c><00:39:30.880><c> for</c><00:39:31.019><c> us.</c>

00:39:33.619 --> 00:39:36.820
And<00:39:33.760><c> then</c><00:39:33.880><c> Elijah</c><00:39:34.179><c> makes</c><00:39:34.480><c> a</c><00:39:34.699><c> pronouncement.</c>

00:39:37.360 --> 00:39:39.980
He<00:39:38.000><c> sets</c><00:39:38.320><c> forth</c><00:39:38.679><c> a</c><00:39:39.000><c> prophecy.</c>

00:39:40.019 --> 00:39:43.420
He<00:39:40.159><c> says,</c><00:39:40.500><c> there</c><00:39:40.500><c> shall</c><00:39:40.719><c> not</c><00:39:41.059><c> be</c><00:39:41.400><c> dew</c><00:39:41.679><c> nor</c><00:39:42.079><c> rain</c><00:39:42.460><c> these</c><00:39:42.940><c> years,</c>

00:39:43.420 --> 00:39:46.000
but<00:39:43.599><c> according</c><00:39:44.159><c> to</c><00:39:44.440><c> my</c><00:39:44.880><c> word.</c>

00:39:47.519 --> 00:39:51.239
If<00:39:47.679><c> you</c><00:39:47.820><c> turn</c><00:39:48.000><c> over</c><00:39:48.199><c> to</c><00:39:48.400><c> chapter</c><00:39:48.599><c> 18,</c><00:39:49.440><c> verse</c><00:39:49.599><c> 1,</c>

00:39:51.800 --> 00:39:54.199
it<00:39:51.880><c> says,</c><00:39:52.119><c> it</c><00:39:52.119><c> came</c><00:39:52.340><c> to</c><00:39:52.559><c> pass</c><00:39:52.780><c> after</c><00:39:53.199><c> many</c><00:39:53.699><c> days</c>

00:39:54.199 --> 00:39:57.599
that<00:39:54.420><c> the</c><00:39:54.539><c> word</c><00:39:54.679><c> of</c><00:39:54.820><c> the</c><00:39:54.960><c> Lord</c><00:39:55.119><c> came</c><00:39:55.420><c> to</c><00:39:55.659><c> Elijah</c><00:39:56.059><c> in</c><00:39:56.420><c> the</c><00:39:56.800><c> third</c><00:39:57.219><c> year,</c>

00:39:57.619 --> 00:40:00.980
saying,<00:39:58.760><c> go</c><00:39:58.880><c> show</c><00:39:59.079><c> thyself</c><00:39:59.500><c> to</c><00:39:59.760><c> Ahab,</c><00:40:00.099><c> and</c><00:40:00.219><c> I</c><00:40:00.320><c> will</c><00:40:00.480><c> send</c><00:40:00.699><c> rain</c>

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upon<00:40:01.320><c> the</c><00:40:01.599><c> earth.</c>

00:40:03.639 --> 00:40:06.219
So<00:40:03.860><c> we've</c><00:40:04.079><c> got</c><00:40:04.199><c> at</c><00:40:04.360><c> least</c><00:40:04.599><c> into</c><00:40:04.840><c> the</c><00:40:05.079><c> third</c><00:40:05.380><c> year</c><00:40:05.619><c> before</c><00:40:06.000><c> the</c>

00:40:06.219 --> 00:40:07.480
rain<00:40:06.460><c> comes.</c>

00:40:07.639 --> 00:40:09.780
But<00:40:07.860><c> it's</c><00:40:08.179><c> interesting,</c><00:40:08.599><c> isn't</c><00:40:08.800><c> it,</c><00:40:08.940><c> that</c><00:40:09.079><c> it's</c><00:40:09.239><c> not</c><00:40:09.480><c> until</c>

00:40:09.780 --> 00:40:11.559
we<00:40:10.059><c> come</c><00:40:10.260><c> to</c><00:40:10.420><c> the</c><00:40:10.619><c> New</c><00:40:10.920><c> Testament,</c>

00:40:11.559 --> 00:40:15.300
in<00:40:11.780><c> Luke</c><00:40:12.079><c> chapter</c><00:40:12.440><c> 4</c><00:40:12.920><c> and</c><00:40:13.119><c> James</c><00:40:13.500><c> chapter</c><00:40:13.920><c> 5,</c>

00:40:15.619 --> 00:40:18.539
that<00:40:15.760><c> we're</c><00:40:16.000><c> told</c><00:40:16.239><c> that</c><00:40:16.440><c> the</c><00:40:16.659><c> period</c><00:40:16.880><c> was</c><00:40:17.179><c> in</c><00:40:17.420><c> fact</c><00:40:17.739><c> three</c><00:40:18.199><c> and</c>

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a<00:40:18.699><c> half</c><00:40:19.039><c> years.</c>

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That's<00:40:21.340><c> the</c><00:40:21.460><c> most</c><00:40:21.599><c> interesting</c><00:40:21.960><c> matter.</c>

00:40:22.559 --> 00:40:24.920
Nowhere<00:40:22.800><c> in</c><00:40:23.059><c> the</c><00:40:23.219><c> Old</c><00:40:23.420><c> Testament</c><00:40:23.800><c> are</c><00:40:23.940><c> we</c><00:40:24.139><c> told</c><00:40:24.360><c> how</c><00:40:24.699><c> long</c>

00:40:24.920 --> 00:40:26.460
this<00:40:25.199><c> drought</c><00:40:25.420><c> lasted.</c>

00:40:26.500 --> 00:40:29.579
We<00:40:26.739><c> can</c><00:40:26.900><c> merely</c><00:40:27.199><c> surmise</c><00:40:27.760><c> that</c><00:40:27.900><c> it</c><00:40:28.019><c> was</c><00:40:28.260><c> sometime</c><00:40:28.699><c> during</c><00:40:29.320><c> the</c>

00:40:29.579 --> 00:40:30.119
third<00:40:29.880><c> year</c>

00:40:30.119 --> 00:40:32.039
that<00:40:30.280><c> the</c><00:40:30.519><c> drought</c><00:40:30.699><c> was</c><00:40:31.000><c> broken.</c>

00:40:33.139 --> 00:40:36.500
And<00:40:33.300><c> yet</c><00:40:33.420><c> by</c><00:40:33.679><c> the</c><00:40:33.900><c> Spirit,</c><00:40:34.860><c> twice</c><00:40:35.219><c> in</c><00:40:35.480><c> the</c><00:40:35.539><c> New</c><00:40:35.780><c> Testament,</c>

00:40:36.500 --> 00:40:42.400
the<00:40:37.139><c> cross</c><00:40:37.340><c>-references</c><00:40:37.820><c> are</c><00:40:38.019><c> Luke</c><00:40:38.300><c> 4</c><00:40:38.639><c>.25</c><00:40:39.440><c> and</c><00:40:39.699><c> James</c><00:40:40.219><c> 5</c><00:40:41.000><c>.17,</c>

00:40:42.679 --> 00:40:46.719
that<00:40:42.780><c> the</c><00:40:43.019><c> exact</c><00:40:43.320><c> period</c><00:40:43.880><c> of</c><00:40:44.420><c> three</c><00:40:44.639><c> and</c><00:40:44.840><c> a</c><00:40:44.880><c> half</c><00:40:45.119><c> years</c><00:40:45.460><c> is</c><00:40:45.760><c> given.</c>

00:40:47.739 --> 00:40:50.159
And<00:40:47.880><c> there's</c><00:40:48.000><c> great</c><00:40:48.360><c> practical</c><00:40:48.900><c> significance</c><00:40:49.659><c> in</c><00:40:49.860><c> the</c><00:40:50.039><c> words</c>

00:40:50.159 --> 00:40:54.099
that<00:40:50.300><c> there</c><00:40:50.440><c> shall</c><00:40:50.579><c> be</c><00:40:50.760><c> neither</c><00:40:51.039><c> dew</c><00:40:51.320><c> nor</c><00:40:51.639><c> rain</c><00:40:52.239><c> these</c><00:40:53.820><c> years,</c>

00:40:54.099 --> 00:40:56.320
but<00:40:54.260><c> according</c><00:40:54.579><c> to</c><00:40:54.820><c> my</c><00:40:55.119><c> word.</c>

00:40:56.820 --> 00:40:59.139
For<00:40:56.900><c> in</c><00:40:57.019><c> the</c><00:40:57.179><c> land</c><00:40:57.320><c> of</c><00:40:57.519><c> Israel,</c><00:40:57.920><c> between</c><00:40:58.239><c> the</c><00:40:58.519><c> early</c><00:40:58.760><c> and</c><00:40:58.940><c> the</c>

00:40:59.139 --> 00:40:59.820
latter<00:40:59.420><c> rains,</c>

00:40:59.980 --> 00:41:02.619
the<00:41:00.159><c> farmers</c><00:41:00.500><c> relied</c><00:41:00.920><c> on</c><00:41:01.219><c> extremely</c><00:41:01.719><c> heavy</c><00:41:02.280><c> dew</c>

00:41:02.619 --> 00:41:05.500
to<00:41:02.920><c> provide</c><00:41:03.239><c> moisture</c><00:41:03.679><c> for</c><00:41:03.960><c> soil</c><00:41:04.219><c> and</c><00:41:04.559><c> crops.</c>

00:41:05.840 --> 00:41:09.559
And<00:41:06.400><c> I'm</c><00:41:06.619><c> sure</c><00:41:06.719><c> you</c><00:41:06.960><c> remember</c><00:41:07.219><c> the</c><00:41:07.480><c> occasion</c><00:41:07.760><c> when</c><00:41:08.780><c> Gideon</c>

00:41:09.739 --> 00:41:13.739
sought<00:41:10.019><c> a</c><00:41:10.300><c> sign</c><00:41:10.480><c> of</c><00:41:10.699><c> the</c><00:41:10.880><c> Lord</c><00:41:11.139><c> and</c><00:41:12.159><c> it</c><00:41:12.960><c> resulted</c><00:41:13.239><c> in</c><00:41:13.539><c> him</c>

00:41:13.739 --> 00:41:18.659
ringing<00:41:14.059><c> out</c><00:41:14.400><c> a</c><00:41:14.599><c> whole</c><00:41:15.000><c> bowlful</c><00:41:16.260><c> of</c><00:41:17.059><c> dew</c><00:41:17.340><c> from</c><00:41:17.719><c> the</c><00:41:18.099><c> fleece</c>

00:41:18.659 --> 00:41:20.639
which<00:41:18.860><c> he</c><00:41:19.000><c> had</c><00:41:19.239><c> placed</c><00:41:19.480><c> upon</c><00:41:19.820><c> the</c><00:41:20.139><c> ground.</c>

00:41:21.039 --> 00:41:24.539
That<00:41:21.300><c> gives</c><00:41:21.480><c> some</c><00:41:21.760><c> indication</c><00:41:22.320><c> how</c><00:41:22.699><c> heavy</c><00:41:23.099><c> the</c><00:41:23.420><c> dew</c><00:41:23.579><c> was</c><00:41:23.900><c> in</c><00:41:24.079><c> Israel</c>

00:41:24.539 --> 00:41:28.940
for<00:41:24.719><c> the</c><00:41:24.960><c> farmers</c><00:41:25.340><c> between</c><00:41:26.079><c> the</c><00:41:26.699><c> early</c><00:41:26.980><c> and</c><00:41:27.219><c> the</c><00:41:27.420><c> latter</c><00:41:27.699><c> rains.</c>

00:41:29.199 --> 00:41:32.880
And<00:41:29.460><c> so</c><00:41:29.639><c> if</c><00:41:29.739><c> there's</c><00:41:29.940><c> to</c><00:41:30.079><c> be</c><00:41:30.300><c> neither</c><00:41:30.719><c> dew</c><00:41:31.139><c> nor</c><00:41:31.760><c> rain</c><00:41:32.139><c> these</c><00:41:32.579><c> years,</c>

00:41:32.880 --> 00:41:35.039
but<00:41:33.119><c> according</c><00:41:33.539><c> to</c><00:41:33.760><c> my</c><00:41:34.119><c> word,</c>

00:41:35.659 --> 00:41:40.980
it<00:41:35.860><c> would</c><00:41:36.099><c> be</c><00:41:36.480><c> absolutely</c><00:41:37.300><c> drastic</c><00:41:38.119><c> for</c><00:41:38.780><c> that</c><00:41:39.039><c> agricultural</c><00:41:39.699><c> community.</c>

00:41:41.579 --> 00:41:44.219
And<00:41:41.860><c> I</c><00:41:42.000><c> think</c><00:41:42.219><c> that</c><00:41:42.480><c> that</c><00:41:42.780><c> phrase</c><00:41:43.099><c> signifies</c>

00:41:44.219 --> 00:41:46.559
that<00:41:44.679><c> the</c><00:41:44.860><c> miracle</c><00:41:45.159><c> of</c><00:41:45.360><c> withholding</c><00:41:45.820><c> of</c><00:41:45.980><c> these</c><00:41:46.159><c> blessings</c>

00:41:46.559 --> 00:41:49.639
was<00:41:46.840><c> the</c><00:41:47.059><c> subject</c><00:41:47.460><c> of</c><00:41:47.659><c> a</c><00:41:47.960><c> daily</c><00:41:48.420><c> prayer</c>

00:41:49.719 --> 00:41:52.420
on<00:41:50.019><c> the</c><00:41:50.300><c> part</c><00:41:50.599><c> of</c><00:41:50.900><c> Elijah</c><00:41:51.280><c> the</c><00:41:51.539><c> prophet.</c>

00:41:52.460 --> 00:41:54.800
I<00:41:52.719><c> don't</c><00:41:52.920><c> think</c><00:41:53.079><c> that</c><00:41:53.199><c> he</c><00:41:53.360><c> just</c><00:41:53.880><c> prayed</c><00:41:54.119><c> at</c><00:41:54.300><c> the</c><00:41:54.500><c> beginning</c>

00:41:54.800 --> 00:41:56.119
to<00:41:55.019><c> set</c><00:41:55.239><c> off</c><00:41:55.460><c> the</c><00:41:55.719><c> drought</c>

00:41:56.119 --> 00:41:59.420
and<00:41:56.820><c> then</c><00:41:57.199><c> prayed</c><00:41:57.440><c> at</c><00:41:57.679><c> the</c><00:41:57.840><c> end</c><00:41:58.039><c> to</c><00:41:58.340><c> terminate</c><00:41:58.840><c> it</c><00:41:59.039><c> again.</c>

00:41:59.420 --> 00:42:01.920
I<00:42:00.320><c> feel</c><00:42:00.599><c> sure,</c><00:42:01.219><c> brethren</c><00:42:01.360><c> and</c><00:42:01.639><c> sisters,</c>

00:42:01.940 --> 00:42:04.579
that<00:42:02.179><c> that</c><00:42:02.519><c> prayer</c><00:42:02.699><c> was</c><00:42:03.000><c> offered</c><00:42:03.400><c> daily,</c>

00:42:04.619 --> 00:42:07.239
that<00:42:04.800><c> God's</c><00:42:05.199><c> judgment</c><00:42:05.539><c> might</c><00:42:05.880><c> be</c><00:42:06.199><c> seen</c><00:42:06.400><c> upon</c><00:42:06.699><c> the</c><00:42:06.960><c> people</c>

00:42:07.239 --> 00:42:08.239
for<00:42:07.440><c> their</c><00:42:07.760><c> waywardness,</c>

00:42:08.260 --> 00:42:11.960
that<00:42:08.360><c> they</c><00:42:08.519><c> might</c><00:42:08.760><c> understand</c><00:42:09.599><c> what</c><00:42:09.840><c> was</c><00:42:10.099><c> happening</c><00:42:10.460><c> to</c><00:42:10.840><c> them,</c>

00:42:12.539 --> 00:42:16.699
because<00:42:13.059><c> it</c><00:42:13.199><c> was</c><00:42:13.360><c> a</c><00:42:13.519><c> judgment</c><00:42:13.800><c> right</c><00:42:14.179><c> out</c><00:42:14.380><c> of</c><00:42:14.500><c> the</c><00:42:14.639><c> law</c><00:42:14.739><c> of</c><00:42:15.039><c> Moses,</c><00:42:15.380><c> wasn't</c><00:42:15.699><c> it?</c>

00:42:17.539 --> 00:42:19.519
Let<00:42:17.840><c> me</c><00:42:18.000><c> just</c><00:42:18.400><c> remind</c><00:42:18.800><c> you</c><00:42:18.980><c> of</c><00:42:19.119><c> the</c><00:42:19.300><c> words.</c>

00:42:19.699 --> 00:42:20.619
You<00:42:19.739><c> needn't</c><00:42:20.099><c> turn</c><00:42:20.340><c> to</c><00:42:20.480><c> them,</c>

00:42:20.619 --> 00:42:24.219
but<00:42:20.719><c> it</c><00:42:20.840><c> was</c><00:42:21.019><c> a</c><00:42:21.179><c> judgment</c><00:42:21.500><c> right</c><00:42:21.940><c> out</c><00:42:22.199><c> of</c><00:42:22.340><c> the</c><00:42:22.440><c> law</c><00:42:22.599><c> of</c><00:42:22.960><c> Moses.</c>

00:42:28.260 --> 00:42:31.539
And<00:42:28.780><c> thy</c><00:42:28.980><c> heaven</c><00:42:29.260><c> that</c><00:42:29.460><c> is</c><00:42:29.619><c> over</c><00:42:29.840><c> thy</c><00:42:30.119><c> head</c><00:42:30.400><c> shall</c><00:42:30.619><c> be</c><00:42:30.900><c> brass,</c>

00:42:31.960 --> 00:42:35.739
and<00:42:32.079><c> the</c><00:42:33.079><c> earth</c><00:42:33.260><c> that</c><00:42:33.440><c> is</c><00:42:33.619><c> under</c><00:42:33.860><c> thee</c><00:42:34.079><c> shall</c><00:42:34.300><c> be</c><00:42:34.639><c> iron,</c>

00:42:36.000 --> 00:42:39.280
and<00:42:36.239><c> the</c><00:42:36.460><c> Lord</c><00:42:36.719><c> shall</c><00:42:36.920><c> make</c><00:42:37.199><c> the</c><00:42:37.519><c> rain</c><00:42:37.780><c> of</c><00:42:38.019><c> thy</c><00:42:38.280><c> land</c><00:42:38.739><c> powder</c>

00:42:39.280 --> 00:42:40.820
and<00:42:39.780><c> dust.</c>

00:42:41.260 --> 00:42:43.500
From<00:42:41.639><c> heaven</c><00:42:41.960><c> shall</c><00:42:42.139><c> it</c><00:42:42.320><c> come</c><00:42:42.539><c> down</c><00:42:42.880><c> upon</c><00:42:43.179><c> thee,</c>

00:42:43.619 --> 00:42:46.159
until<00:42:44.059><c> thou</c><00:42:44.360><c> be</c><00:42:44.719><c> destroyed.</c>

00:42:46.860 --> 00:42:49.639
It's<00:42:47.079><c> part</c><00:42:47.280><c> of</c><00:42:47.460><c> the</c><00:42:47.619><c> Curses</c><00:42:47.980><c> of</c><00:42:48.119><c> Deuteronomy,</c><00:42:48.800><c> Chapter</c><00:42:49.019><c> 28,</c>

00:42:49.679 --> 00:42:52.800
and<00:42:49.880><c> here's</c><00:42:50.239><c> a</c><00:42:50.400><c> fulfillment</c><00:42:50.780><c> of</c><00:42:50.980><c> them</c><00:42:51.099><c> in</c><00:42:51.239><c> the</c><00:42:51.400><c> days</c><00:42:51.559><c> of</c><00:42:51.840><c> Elijah.</c>

00:42:53.500 --> 00:42:56.239
And<00:42:54.019><c> Solomon</c><00:42:54.340><c> made</c><00:42:54.719><c> reference</c><00:42:55.139><c> to</c><00:42:55.380><c> this</c><00:42:55.579><c> situation</c>

00:42:56.239 --> 00:42:58.260
in<00:42:56.519><c> that</c><00:42:56.780><c> mighty</c><00:42:57.219><c> prayer,</c>

00:42:58.559 --> 00:43:00.639
the<00:42:58.760><c> dedication</c><00:42:59.300><c> of</c><00:42:59.519><c> the</c><00:42:59.679><c> temple.</c>

00:43:00.920 --> 00:43:03.679
This<00:43:01.099><c> is</c><00:43:01.260><c> what</c><00:43:01.480><c> he</c><00:43:01.760><c> said</c><00:43:02.059><c> in</c><00:43:02.300><c> his</c><00:43:02.639><c> turn.</c>

00:43:05.960 --> 00:43:08.739
He<00:43:06.059><c> said,</c><00:43:06.239><c> When</c><00:43:06.420><c> the</c><00:43:06.639><c> heaven</c><00:43:06.800><c> is</c><00:43:07.039><c> shut</c><00:43:07.260><c> up</c><00:43:07.420><c> and</c><00:43:07.519><c> there</c><00:43:07.739><c> is</c><00:43:07.920><c> no</c><00:43:08.320><c> rain</c>

00:43:08.739 --> 00:43:10.699
because<00:43:09.059><c> they</c><00:43:09.280><c> have</c><00:43:09.519><c> sinned</c><00:43:09.739><c> against</c><00:43:10.159><c> thee,</c>

00:43:11.019 --> 00:43:14.139
yet<00:43:11.199><c> if</c><00:43:11.380><c> they</c><00:43:11.639><c> pray</c><00:43:11.960><c> toward</c><00:43:12.300><c> this</c><00:43:12.639><c> place</c><00:43:12.880><c> and</c><00:43:13.119><c> confess</c><00:43:13.500><c> thy</c><00:43:13.820><c> name</c>

00:43:14.139 --> 00:43:16.960
and<00:43:14.380><c> turn</c><00:43:14.579><c> from</c><00:43:14.820><c> their</c><00:43:15.079><c> sin</c><00:43:15.300><c> when</c><00:43:15.500><c> thou</c><00:43:15.679><c> dost</c><00:43:15.880><c> afflict</c><00:43:16.199><c> them,</c>

00:43:17.260 --> 00:43:20.900
then<00:43:17.519><c> hear</c><00:43:17.860><c> thou</c><00:43:18.079><c> from</c><00:43:18.340><c> heaven</c><00:43:18.659><c> and</c><00:43:18.860><c> forgive</c><00:43:19.260><c> the</c><00:43:19.539><c> sin</c><00:43:19.679><c> of</c><00:43:19.920><c> thy</c><00:43:20.179><c> servants</c>

00:43:20.900 --> 00:43:23.980
and<00:43:22.000><c> of</c><00:43:22.159><c> thy</c><00:43:22.400><c> people</c><00:43:22.760><c> Israel,</c>

00:43:24.280 --> 00:43:26.699
when<00:43:24.480><c> thou</c><00:43:24.639><c> hast</c><00:43:24.960><c> taught</c><00:43:25.219><c> them</c><00:43:25.440><c> the</c><00:43:25.619><c> good</c><00:43:25.880><c> way</c><00:43:26.159><c> wherein</c><00:43:26.420><c> they</c>

00:43:26.699 --> 00:43:27.480
should<00:43:26.940><c> walk,</c>

00:43:27.920 --> 00:43:31.599
and<00:43:28.260><c> send</c><00:43:28.619><c> rain</c><00:43:28.860><c> upon</c><00:43:29.179><c> the</c><00:43:29.440><c> land</c><00:43:29.760><c> which</c><00:43:29.980><c> thou</c><00:43:30.139><c> hast</c><00:43:30.380><c> given</c><00:43:30.619><c> unto</c><00:43:30.900><c> thy</c><00:43:31.239><c> people</c>

00:43:31.599 --> 00:43:33.199
for<00:43:31.840><c> an</c><00:43:32.059><c> inheritance.</c>

00:43:35.519 --> 00:43:39.559
So<00:43:36.079><c> Elijah</c><00:43:36.460><c> wanted</c><00:43:36.820><c> them</c><00:43:37.019><c> to</c><00:43:37.260><c> see</c><00:43:37.400><c> the</c><00:43:37.739><c> force</c><00:43:38.019><c> of</c><00:43:38.179><c> what</c><00:43:38.380><c> was</c><00:43:38.599><c> happening,</c>

00:43:39.960 --> 00:43:42.380
that<00:43:40.079><c> they</c><00:43:40.280><c> might</c><00:43:40.500><c> turn</c><00:43:40.860><c> back</c><00:43:41.159><c> to</c><00:43:41.400><c> God.</c>

00:43:43.300 --> 00:43:48.619
And<00:43:43.539><c> in</c><00:43:43.760><c> Elijah</c><00:43:44.320><c> we</c><00:43:45.539><c> have</c><00:43:46.039><c> the</c><00:43:46.280><c> one</c><00:43:46.539><c> man</c><00:43:46.820><c> upon</c><00:43:47.159><c> whom</c><00:43:47.420><c> the</c><00:43:47.940><c> full</c><00:43:48.239><c> burden</c>

00:43:48.619 --> 00:43:52.179
of<00:43:48.860><c> this</c><00:43:49.099><c> three</c><00:43:49.360><c> and</c><00:43:49.559><c> a</c><00:43:49.659><c> half</c><00:43:49.880><c> year</c><00:43:50.099><c> period</c><00:43:50.480><c> of</c><00:43:50.739><c> drought</c><00:43:51.019><c> rests.</c>

00:43:53.179 --> 00:43:55.780
The<00:43:53.380><c> burden</c><00:43:53.599><c> of</c><00:43:53.780><c> the</c><00:43:53.920><c> house</c><00:43:54.079><c> of</c><00:43:54.300><c> Israel</c><00:43:54.639><c> is</c><00:43:54.860><c> upon</c><00:43:55.099><c> his</c><00:43:55.440><c> shoulders</c>

00:43:55.780 --> 00:43:58.420
as<00:43:55.980><c> he</c><00:43:56.179><c> walks</c><00:43:56.360><c> amongst</c><00:43:56.699><c> the</c><00:43:56.940><c> ten</c><00:43:57.159><c> tribes,</c>

00:44:00.340 --> 00:44:02.679
and<00:44:00.840><c> he</c><00:44:01.039><c> wouldn't</c><00:44:01.260><c> have</c><00:44:01.500><c> been</c><00:44:01.679><c> at</c><00:44:01.880><c> all</c><00:44:02.099><c> popular</c>

00:44:02.679 --> 00:44:05.059
for<00:44:03.079><c> the</c><00:44:03.260><c> things</c><00:44:03.440><c> that</c><00:44:03.659><c> he</c><00:44:03.780><c> had</c><00:44:04.019><c> said</c><00:44:04.300><c> to</c><00:44:04.599><c> Ahab</c>

00:44:05.059 --> 00:44:07.440
in<00:44:05.519><c> this</c><00:44:05.820><c> first</c><00:44:06.159><c> confrontation.</c>

00:44:08.639 --> 00:44:11.980
He<00:44:09.000><c> would</c><00:44:09.159><c> have</c><00:44:09.300><c> been</c><00:44:09.480><c> public</c><00:44:09.900><c> enemy</c><00:44:10.300><c> number</c><00:44:10.820><c> one,</c>

00:44:12.239 --> 00:44:15.719
and<00:44:12.659><c> we</c><00:44:12.840><c> shall</c><00:44:13.000><c> consider</c><00:44:13.380><c> the</c><00:44:13.639><c> outworking</c><00:44:14.079><c> of</c><00:44:14.300><c> this</c><00:44:14.559><c> prophecy</c><00:44:14.940><c> together</c>

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tomorrow<00:44:16.840><c> morning,</c><00:44:17.780><c> God</c><00:44:18.039><c> willing.</c>