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and<00:10:15.620><c> God</c><00:10:15.779><c> is</c><00:10:16.080><c> telling</c><00:10:16.259><c> him</c><00:10:16.799><c> what</c><00:10:17.299><c> is</c><00:10:17.500><c> going</c><00:10:17.620><c> to</c><00:10:17.799><c> happen</c><00:10:17.980><c> throughout</c><00:10:18.340><c> the</c><00:10:18.639><c> future</c><00:10:18.919><c> kingdoms</c><00:10:19.360><c> of</c>

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And<00:10:20.519><c> he</c><00:10:20.620><c> says</c><00:10:21.100><c> to</c><00:10:21.620><c> him,</c><00:10:21.799><c> you</c><00:10:21.899><c> are</c><00:10:22.080><c> the</c><00:10:22.240><c> king</c><00:10:22.399><c> of</c><00:10:22.519><c> kings,</c><00:10:22.740><c> you</c><00:10:22.960><c> are</c><00:10:23.240><c> this</c><00:10:23.480><c> head</c><00:10:23.580><c> of</c><00:10:23.860><c> gold.</c>

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And<00:10:24.820><c> we</c><00:10:24.960><c> can</c><00:10:25.179><c> see</c><00:10:25.320><c> on</c><00:10:25.539><c> there</c><00:10:25.720><c> that</c><00:10:25.919><c> the</c><00:10:26.080><c> Babylonian</c><00:10:26.620><c> Empire</c><00:10:27.620><c> was</c><00:10:29.279><c> 612</c><00:10:30.019><c> to</c>

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because<00:10:35.940><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:10:36.379><c> wouldn't</c><00:10:36.620><c> have</c><00:10:36.960><c> known</c><00:10:37.179><c> any</c><00:10:37.559><c> of</c><00:10:37.700><c> this,</c>

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after<00:10:38.840><c> you</c><00:10:39.120><c> shall</c><00:10:39.379><c> rise</c><00:10:39.659><c> another</c><00:10:40.059><c> kingdom,</c><00:10:40.700><c> but</c><00:10:40.860><c> it</c><00:10:40.940><c> will</c><00:10:41.159><c> be</c>

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inferior<00:10:41.919><c> to</c><00:10:42.159><c> yours.</c>

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And<00:10:43.759><c> that</c><00:10:43.919><c> was</c><00:10:44.080><c> going</c><00:10:44.340><c> to</c><00:10:44.600><c> be</c><00:10:45.039><c> the</c><00:10:45.299><c> Medo</c><00:10:45.799><c>-Persian</c><00:10:46.200><c> Empire,</c><00:10:46.940><c> which</c><00:10:47.179><c> we</c>

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know<00:10:47.519><c> from</c><00:10:47.759><c> history.</c>

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And<00:10:49.379><c> then</c><00:10:49.580><c> he</c><00:10:49.740><c> says,</c><00:10:50.539><c> and</c><00:10:50.539><c> yet</c><00:10:50.759><c> a</c><00:10:51.000><c> third</c><00:10:51.419><c> kingdom</c><00:10:52.019><c> of</c><00:10:52.480><c> bronze,</c>

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which<00:10:53.679><c> shall</c><00:10:53.940><c> rule</c><00:10:54.240><c> over</c><00:10:54.600><c> the</c><00:10:54.799><c> whole</c><00:10:55.080><c> earth,</c>

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which<00:10:56.379><c> we</c><00:10:56.580><c> now</c><00:10:56.779><c> know</c><00:10:56.879><c> to</c><00:10:57.100><c> be</c><00:10:57.559><c> the</c><00:10:57.899><c> Greeks.</c>

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And<00:11:01.080><c> there</c><00:11:01.220><c> shall</c><00:11:01.279><c> be</c><00:11:01.460><c> a</c><00:11:01.639><c> fourth</c><00:11:01.879><c> kingdom,</c><00:11:02.419><c> says</c><00:11:02.740><c> God,</c><00:11:03.379><c> strong</c>

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as<00:11:03.960><c> iron,</c>

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just<00:11:04.399><c> as</c><00:11:04.600><c> iron</c><00:11:04.919><c> crushes</c><00:11:05.460><c> and</c><00:11:05.759><c> smashes</c><00:11:06.139><c> everything,</c><00:11:06.879><c> it</c><00:11:07.059><c> shall</c>

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crush<00:11:07.759><c> and</c><00:11:08.419><c> shatter</c><00:11:08.879><c> all</c><00:11:09.279><c> of</c><00:11:09.519><c> these.</c>

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And<00:11:10.639><c> we</c><00:11:10.740><c> now</c><00:11:10.919><c> know</c><00:11:11.039><c> that</c><00:11:11.200><c> that</c><00:11:11.399><c> was</c><00:11:11.580><c> the</c><00:11:11.740><c> Roman</c><00:11:12.000><c> Empire,</c><00:11:12.639><c> and</c>

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it<00:11:12.820><c> was</c><00:11:13.039><c> divided</c><00:11:13.399><c> into</c><00:11:13.740><c> two</c><00:11:14.080><c> parts,</c>

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symbolised<00:11:15.220><c> by</c><00:11:15.399><c> the</c><00:11:15.639><c> two</c><00:11:15.779><c> legs,</c><00:11:17.100><c> into</c><00:11:17.279><c> eastern</c><00:11:17.759><c> and</c><00:11:18.159><c> into</c>

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western<00:11:18.700><c> divisions.</c>

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As<00:11:21.279><c> you</c><00:11:21.559><c> saw</c><00:11:21.759><c> the</c><00:11:22.059><c> feet</c><00:11:22.320><c> and</c><00:11:22.519><c> the</c><00:11:22.740><c> toes,</c><00:11:23.700><c> partly</c><00:11:23.700><c> of</c><00:11:24.100><c> potter's</c>

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clay<00:11:24.620><c> and</c><00:11:24.940><c> partly</c><00:11:25.340><c> of</c><00:11:25.740><c> iron,</c>

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it<00:11:26.179><c> shall</c><00:11:26.379><c> be</c><00:11:26.639><c> divided,</c><00:11:27.440><c> a</c><00:11:27.700><c> divided</c><00:11:27.960><c> kingdom,</c><00:11:28.659><c> but</c><00:11:28.899><c> some</c><00:11:29.159><c> of</c>

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the<00:11:29.519><c> strength</c><00:11:29.860><c> of</c><00:11:30.059><c> the</c><00:11:30.200><c> iron</c><00:11:30.399><c> shall</c><00:11:30.799><c> be</c><00:11:31.039><c> in</c><00:11:31.139><c> it,</c>

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as<00:11:31.940><c> you</c><00:11:32.139><c> saw</c><00:11:32.299><c> the</c><00:11:32.580><c> iron</c><00:11:32.860><c> mixed</c><00:11:33.179><c> with</c><00:11:33.379><c> the</c><00:11:33.700><c> clay.</c>

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And<00:11:34.659><c> then</c><00:11:34.799><c> we</c><00:11:34.879><c> know</c><00:11:35.019><c> from</c><00:11:35.259><c> the</c><00:11:35.580><c> feet,</c><00:11:36.700><c> the</c><00:11:36.899><c> feet</c><00:11:37.100><c> we're</c><00:11:37.460><c> told,</c>

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that<00:11:38.840><c> was</c><00:11:39.059><c> a</c><00:11:39.200><c> mixture</c><00:11:39.480><c> of</c><00:11:39.860><c> miry</c><00:11:40.240><c> clay</c><00:11:40.559><c> and</c><00:11:41.620><c> iron,</c><00:11:41.960><c> and</c><00:11:42.159><c> these</c>

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don't<00:11:42.620><c> mix</c><00:11:42.899><c> together,</c>

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they<00:11:44.019><c> just</c><00:11:44.259><c> don't</c><00:11:44.519><c> mix</c><00:11:44.779><c> together.</c>

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And<00:11:46.159><c> what</c><00:11:46.700><c> that</c><00:11:47.100><c> is</c><00:11:47.320><c> projecting</c><00:11:47.799><c> is</c><00:11:48.279><c> our</c><00:11:48.620><c> age</c><00:11:48.899><c> that</c><00:11:49.059><c> we're</c><00:11:49.200><c> living</c><00:11:49.360><c> in</c>

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because<00:11:50.980><c> we're</c><00:11:51.139><c> surrounded</c><00:11:51.519><c> by</c><00:11:51.840><c> nature,</c><00:11:52.100><c> we</c><00:11:52.220><c> don't</c><00:11:52.500><c> have</c><00:11:53.159><c> a</c>

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global<00:11:53.940><c> power</c><00:11:54.500><c> that's</c><00:11:54.820><c> in</c><00:11:55.039><c> control,</c>

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like<00:11:55.940><c> Nebuchadnezzar's</c><00:11:56.799><c> was</c><00:11:56.919><c> at</c><00:11:57.179><c> the</c><00:11:57.279><c> time.</c>

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His<00:11:58.220><c> power</c><00:11:58.539><c> was</c><00:11:58.799><c> in</c><00:11:59.000><c> control</c><00:11:59.539><c> of</c><00:11:59.919><c> the</c><00:12:00.580><c> whole</c><00:12:01.000><c> of</c><00:12:01.299><c> the</c><00:12:01.419><c> known</c><00:12:01.639><c> earth.</c>

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But<00:12:03.000><c> nowadays</c><00:12:03.279><c> we</c><00:12:03.419><c> don't</c><00:12:03.620><c> have</c><00:12:03.799><c> that,</c><00:12:04.139><c> do</c><00:12:04.179><c> we?</c>

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We<00:12:04.340><c> have</c><00:12:04.539><c> lots</c><00:12:04.820><c> of</c><00:12:05.100><c> little</c><00:12:05.299><c> nations,</c><00:12:05.799><c> all</c><00:12:06.019><c> struggling</c><00:12:06.360><c> for</c>

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power,<00:12:06.940><c> all</c><00:12:07.159><c> fighting,</c>

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trying<00:12:08.340><c> to</c><00:12:08.580><c> gain</c><00:12:08.759><c> power</c><00:12:09.100><c> and</c><00:12:09.360><c> recognition</c><00:12:09.860><c> and</c><00:12:10.120><c> prominence.</c>

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Now,<00:12:14.899><c> in</c><00:12:15.039><c> Daniel</c><00:12:15.320><c> chapter</c><00:12:15.740><c> 2</c><00:12:16.399><c> and</c><00:12:16.840><c> verse</c><00:12:17.419><c> 42,</c>

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Daniel<00:12:29.899><c> chapter</c><00:12:30.340><c> 2</c><00:12:30.539><c> and</c><00:12:30.600><c> verse</c><00:12:30.759><c> 42</c><00:12:31.259><c> we're</c><00:12:31.539><c> told,</c>

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And<00:12:33.679><c> as</c><00:12:34.120><c> the</c><00:12:34.340><c> toes</c><00:12:34.539><c> of</c><00:12:34.759><c> the</c><00:12:34.940><c> feet</c><00:12:35.139><c> were</c><00:12:35.360><c> part</c><00:12:35.620><c> of</c><00:12:35.799><c> iron</c><00:12:35.879><c> and</c><00:12:36.059><c> part</c><00:12:36.259><c> of</c><00:12:36.500><c> clay,</c>

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so<00:12:37.039><c> shall</c><00:12:37.580><c> the</c><00:12:38.019><c> kingdom</c><00:12:38.559><c> be</c><00:12:39.019><c> partly</c><00:12:39.259><c> strong</c><00:12:39.620><c> and</c><00:12:40.019><c> partly</c><00:12:40.299><c> broken,</c>

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or<00:12:41.299><c> brittle</c><00:12:41.720><c> is</c><00:12:42.159><c> better</c><00:12:42.460><c> use</c><00:12:42.700><c> of</c><00:12:42.860><c> that</c><00:12:43.039><c> word.</c>

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The<00:12:50.779><c> present</c><00:12:51.120><c> balance</c><00:12:51.559><c> of</c><00:12:51.779><c> power</c><00:12:52.080><c> in</c><00:12:52.240><c> the</c><00:12:52.419><c> world</c><00:12:52.580><c> today</c><00:12:52.919><c> is</c>

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split<00:12:53.299><c> between,</c>

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as<00:12:54.419><c> I</c><00:12:54.600><c> said,</c><00:12:54.720><c> those</c><00:12:54.919><c> many</c><00:12:55.240><c> nations,</c>

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But<00:13:01.580><c> then</c><00:13:01.759><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:13:02.440><c> saw</c><00:13:02.700><c> a</c><00:13:03.100><c> stone,</c>

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which<00:13:04.759><c> was</c><00:13:05.159><c> hewn</c><00:13:05.360><c> out</c><00:13:05.600><c> of</c><00:13:05.779><c> a</c><00:13:05.879><c> mountain</c><00:13:06.179><c> without</c><00:13:06.759><c> hands,</c>

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and<00:13:09.159><c> this</c><00:13:09.519><c> stone</c><00:13:10.240><c> smote</c><00:13:11.240><c> the</c><00:13:11.659><c> image</c><00:13:11.860><c> on</c><00:13:12.139><c> the</c><00:13:12.399><c> feet.</c>

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So<00:13:13.899><c> it's</c><00:13:14.000><c> quite</c><00:13:14.200><c> a</c><00:13:14.460><c> disturbing</c><00:13:14.779><c> image</c><00:13:15.120><c> for</c><00:13:15.340><c> Nebuchadnezzar.</c>

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Destroying<00:13:18.519><c> the</c><00:13:18.740><c> complete</c><00:13:19.179><c> image</c><00:13:19.500><c> and</c><00:13:19.720><c> itself</c><00:13:20.120><c> growing</c><00:13:20.500><c> into</c>

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a<00:13:21.139><c> great</c><00:13:21.419><c> mountain</c>

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Let's<00:13:28.340><c> just</c><00:13:28.500><c> have</c><00:13:28.679><c> a</c><00:13:28.740><c> look</c><00:13:28.879><c> at</c><00:13:29.019><c> that,</c><00:13:29.179><c> Daniel</c><00:13:29.419><c> chapter</c><00:13:29.700><c> 2,</c><00:13:30.080><c> verse</c><00:13:30.139><c> 34.</c>

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Thou<00:13:31.700><c> sawest</c><00:13:32.139><c> till</c><00:13:33.299><c> that</c><00:13:33.539><c> a</c><00:13:33.700><c> stone</c><00:13:33.860><c> was</c><00:13:34.059><c> cut</c><00:13:34.279><c> out</c><00:13:34.440><c> without</c><00:13:34.759><c> hands,</c>

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and<00:13:35.320><c> smote</c><00:13:35.539><c> the</c><00:13:35.679><c> image</c><00:13:35.860><c> upon</c><00:13:37.000><c> his</c><00:13:37.240><c> feet,</c><00:13:37.460><c> which</c><00:13:37.620><c> were</c><00:13:37.799><c> of</c><00:13:37.960><c> iron</c>

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and<00:13:38.279><c> clay,</c>

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and<00:13:39.080><c> break</c><00:13:39.240><c> them</c><00:13:39.419><c> into</c><00:13:39.679><c> pieces.</c>

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Then<00:13:41.139><c> was</c><00:13:41.360><c> the</c><00:13:41.500><c> iron,</c><00:13:41.840><c> the</c><00:13:41.960><c> clay,</c><00:13:42.259><c> the</c><00:13:42.419><c> brass,</c><00:13:42.759><c> the</c><00:13:42.899><c> silver,</c>

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the<00:13:43.399><c> gold,</c>

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and<00:13:45.600><c> became</c><00:13:45.919><c> like</c><00:13:46.179><c> the</c><00:13:46.399><c> chaff</c><00:13:46.580><c> of</c><00:13:46.759><c> the</c><00:13:46.919><c> summer</c><00:13:47.139><c> threshing</c><00:13:47.500><c> floor,</c>

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and<00:13:48.340><c> the</c><00:13:48.460><c> wind</c><00:13:48.700><c> carried</c><00:13:49.000><c> them</c><00:13:49.259><c> away,</c>

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so<00:13:49.759><c> that</c><00:13:49.879><c> there</c><00:13:51.320><c> was</c><00:13:51.460><c> no</c><00:13:51.659><c> place</c><00:13:51.940><c> found</c><00:13:52.299><c> for</c><00:13:52.639><c> them.</c>

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And<00:13:53.379><c> the</c><00:13:53.580><c> stone</c><00:13:53.879><c> that</c><00:13:54.179><c> smote</c><00:13:54.440><c> the</c><00:13:54.620><c> image</c><00:13:54.820><c> became</c><00:13:55.159><c> a</c><00:13:55.460><c> great</c><00:13:55.620><c> mountain</c>

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and<00:13:56.720><c> filled</c><00:13:57.220><c> the</c><00:13:57.700><c> whole</c><00:13:58.179><c> earth.</c>

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This<00:14:01.340><c> stone</c><00:14:01.940><c> represented</c><00:14:04.159><c> the</c><00:14:04.720><c> Lord</c><00:14:04.960><c> Jesus</c><00:14:05.379><c> Christ,</c>

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and<00:14:06.000><c> we</c><00:14:06.120><c> can</c><00:14:06.700><c> pick</c><00:14:06.919><c> that</c><00:14:07.500><c> idea</c><00:14:07.919><c> up</c><00:14:08.179><c> in</c><00:14:08.399><c> some</c><00:14:08.600><c> other</c><00:14:08.820><c> references,</c>

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Matthew<00:14:09.639><c> chapter</c><00:14:10.059><c> 21,</c><00:14:11.299><c> Acts</c><00:14:11.480><c> chapter</c><00:14:11.860><c> 4,</c><00:14:12.360><c> Ephesians</c><00:14:12.740><c> chapter</c><00:14:13.019><c> 2,</c>

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and<00:14:13.460><c> the</c><00:14:13.539><c> first</c><00:14:13.759><c> of</c><00:14:13.899><c> Peter</c><00:14:14.179><c> chapter</c><00:14:14.539><c> 2,</c>

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all<00:14:15.340><c> refer</c><00:14:15.659><c> to</c><00:14:15.799><c> Jesus</c><00:14:16.159><c> being</c><00:14:16.480><c> a</c><00:14:16.840><c> stone.</c>

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And<00:14:18.139><c> this</c><00:14:18.320><c> is</c><00:14:18.399><c> what</c><00:14:18.600><c> God</c><00:14:18.779><c> is</c><00:14:18.960><c> saying,</c><00:14:19.220><c> that</c><00:14:19.320><c> this</c><00:14:19.600><c> stone,</c>

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he<00:14:20.039><c> was</c><00:14:20.259><c> going</c><00:14:20.440><c> to</c><00:14:20.659><c> send</c><00:14:20.799><c> this</c><00:14:21.039><c> stone</c><00:14:21.379><c> not</c><00:14:21.860><c> from</c><00:14:22.200><c> man,</c>

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it<00:14:23.019><c> was</c><00:14:23.320><c> hewn</c><00:14:23.720><c> without</c><00:14:24.220><c> hands,</c>

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so<00:14:25.120><c> it</c><00:14:25.200><c> was</c><00:14:25.480><c> something</c><00:14:25.740><c> from</c><00:14:26.039><c> God</c><00:14:26.419><c> was</c><00:14:26.860><c> going</c><00:14:27.019><c> to</c><00:14:27.279><c> come</c><00:14:27.440><c> and</c>

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destroy<00:14:28.460><c> this</c><00:14:29.299><c> image,</c>

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and<00:14:30.120><c> in</c><00:14:30.299><c> effect</c><00:14:30.659><c> destroy</c><00:14:31.399><c> these</c><00:14:31.740><c> nations,</c><00:14:32.240><c> or</c><00:14:32.340><c> the</c><00:14:32.460><c> history</c>

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of<00:14:33.019><c> these</c><00:14:33.179><c> nations,</c>

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and<00:14:34.039><c> he</c><00:14:34.159><c> was</c><00:14:34.379><c> going</c><00:14:34.539><c> to</c><00:14:34.820><c> create</c><00:14:35.179><c> a</c><00:14:35.840><c> new</c><00:14:36.179><c> order.</c>

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The<00:14:38.799><c> mountain</c><00:14:39.220><c> which</c><00:14:39.440><c> he</c><00:14:39.620><c> will</c><00:14:39.879><c> create</c><00:14:40.240><c> over</c><00:14:40.480><c> the</c><00:14:40.600><c> whole</c><00:14:40.820><c> earth</c>

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represents<00:14:41.639><c> the</c><00:14:42.039><c> everlasting</c><00:14:42.720><c> kingdom</c><00:14:43.500><c> of</c><00:14:44.519><c> God,</c>

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which<00:14:45.059><c> will</c><00:14:45.340><c> be</c><00:14:45.720><c> established</c><00:14:46.419><c> at</c><00:14:46.759><c> Christ's</c><00:14:47.580><c> second</c><00:14:47.919><c> coming.</c>

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Let's<00:14:50.759><c> move</c><00:14:50.919><c> on</c><00:14:51.080><c> to</c><00:14:51.159><c> our</c><00:14:51.240><c> next</c><00:14:51.460><c> slide,</c><00:14:51.740><c> Daniel</c><00:14:52.059><c> chapter</c><00:14:52.500><c> 2,</c>

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verse<00:14:55.259><c> 44,</c>

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And<00:14:57.120><c> in</c><00:14:57.259><c> the</c><00:14:57.500><c> days</c><00:14:57.720><c> of</c><00:14:57.960><c> these</c><00:14:58.279><c> kings,</c>

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shall<00:14:59.919><c> the</c><00:15:00.080><c> God</c><00:15:00.240><c> of</c><00:15:00.419><c> heaven</c><00:15:00.639><c> set</c><00:15:00.960><c> up</c><00:15:01.159><c> a</c><00:15:01.340><c> kingdom,</c>

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which<00:15:02.379><c> shall</c><00:15:02.679><c> never</c><00:15:02.960><c> be</c><00:15:03.240><c> destroyed.</c>

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So<00:15:03.960><c> here's</c><00:15:04.139><c> that</c><00:15:04.379><c> kingdom</c><00:15:04.700><c> that</c><00:15:04.840><c> we</c><00:15:05.019><c> were</c><00:15:05.120><c> talking</c><00:15:05.399><c> about,</c><00:15:05.659><c> the</c><00:15:05.779><c> kingdom</c><00:15:06.059><c> of</c><00:15:06.320><c> God.</c>

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And<00:15:07.379><c> the</c><00:15:07.559><c> kingdom</c><00:15:07.899><c> shall</c><00:15:08.159><c> not</c><00:15:08.379><c> be</c><00:15:08.580><c> left</c><00:15:08.720><c> to</c><00:15:08.919><c> other</c><00:15:09.080><c> people,</c>

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but<00:15:09.679><c> it</c><00:15:09.919><c> shall</c><00:15:10.120><c> break</c><00:15:10.480><c> in</c><00:15:10.759><c> pieces</c><00:15:11.220><c> and</c><00:15:11.879><c> consume</c><00:15:12.419><c> all</c><00:15:12.860><c> these</c><00:15:13.139><c> kingdoms,</c>

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and<00:15:14.299><c> it</c><00:15:14.539><c> shall</c><00:15:14.740><c> stand</c><00:15:15.659><c> forever.</c>

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So<00:15:17.480><c> it's</c><00:15:17.720><c> a</c><00:15:17.919><c> kingdom</c><00:15:18.200><c> that</c><00:15:18.340><c> is</c><00:15:18.519><c> going</c><00:15:18.679><c> to</c><00:15:19.039><c> stand</c><00:15:19.220><c> forever.</c>

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Not<00:15:20.419><c> like</c><00:15:20.639><c> Nebuchadnezzar's</c><00:15:21.620><c> image,</c><00:15:22.539><c> where</c><00:15:23.200><c> he</c><00:15:23.379><c> was</c><00:15:23.559><c> the</c><00:15:23.679><c> head</c><00:15:23.759><c> of</c><00:15:24.019><c> gold,</c>

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he<00:15:24.720><c> didn't</c><00:15:25.000><c> last</c><00:15:25.360><c> forever.</c>

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He<00:15:26.500><c> had</c><00:15:26.740><c> an</c><00:15:26.940><c> allotted</c><00:15:27.299><c> time</c><00:15:27.679><c> period</c><00:15:28.080><c> for</c><00:15:28.320><c> which</c><00:15:28.539><c> his</c><00:15:28.779><c> kingdom</c>

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was<00:15:29.179><c> to</c><00:15:29.340><c> last,</c>

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and<00:15:30.200><c> all</c><00:15:30.639><c> the</c><00:15:30.779><c> subsequent</c><00:15:31.259><c> kingdoms</c><00:15:31.679><c> as</c><00:15:31.980><c> well,</c>

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they<00:15:32.259><c> were</c><00:15:32.559><c> all</c><00:15:33.039><c> destroyed</c><00:15:33.659><c> or</c><00:15:33.960><c> diminished</c><00:15:34.419><c> in</c><00:15:34.679><c> some</c><00:15:34.940><c> way.</c>

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But<00:15:36.059><c> this</c><00:15:36.360><c> kingdom</c><00:15:36.820><c> that</c><00:15:37.620><c> God</c><00:15:37.860><c> will</c><00:15:38.159><c> establish</c><00:15:38.659><c> will</c><00:15:39.220><c> last</c><00:15:39.919><c> forever.</c>

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Now<00:15:43.639><c> that</c><00:15:43.879><c> prophecy,</c><00:15:44.659><c> because</c><00:15:44.960><c> it</c><00:15:45.100><c> is</c><00:15:45.299><c> a</c><00:15:45.519><c> prophecy,</c>

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demonstrates<00:15:46.460><c> clearly</c><00:15:47.080><c> that</c><00:15:47.539><c> the</c><00:15:47.720><c> kingdom</c><00:15:47.960><c> of</c><00:15:48.159><c> God</c><00:15:48.360><c> will</c><00:15:48.600><c> be</c>

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on<00:15:49.259><c> earth.</c>

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It<00:15:50.200><c> was</c><00:15:50.340><c> all</c><00:15:50.519><c> about</c><00:15:50.779><c> earthly</c><00:15:51.100><c> things,</c><00:15:51.539><c> wasn't</c><00:15:51.620><c> it?</c>

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Kingdoms<00:15:52.679><c> upon</c><00:15:52.980><c> the</c><00:15:53.279><c> earth,</c>

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and<00:15:54.120><c> God's</c><00:15:54.440><c> kingdom</c><00:15:54.740><c> was</c><00:15:55.019><c> going</c><00:15:55.179><c> to</c><00:15:55.419><c> replace</c><00:15:56.120><c> those</c><00:15:56.659><c> kingdoms</c>

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in<00:15:57.919><c> the</c><00:15:58.100><c> earth,</c>

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not<00:15:59.080><c> in</c><00:15:59.320><c> heaven.</c>

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And<00:16:00.580><c> Micah,</c><00:16:01.080><c> in</c><00:16:01.320><c> his</c><00:16:01.639><c> chapter</c><00:16:02.019><c> 4,</c><00:16:02.620><c> picks</c><00:16:02.899><c> up</c><00:16:03.860><c> at</c><00:16:04.220><c> verse</c><00:16:04.500><c> 1</c>

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Daniel's<00:16:05.279><c> idea</c><00:16:05.539><c> of</c><00:16:05.960><c> the</c><00:16:06.179><c> kingdom</c><00:16:06.500><c> being</c><00:16:07.039><c> a</c><00:16:07.259><c> mountain.</c>

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He<00:16:07.700><c> says,</c>

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In<00:16:08.740><c> the</c><00:16:08.840><c> last</c><00:16:09.100><c> days</c><00:16:09.340><c> it</c><00:16:09.519><c> shall</c><00:16:09.700><c> come</c><00:16:09.960><c> to</c><00:16:10.179><c> pass</c><00:16:10.360><c> that</c><00:16:10.500><c> the</c><00:16:10.740><c> mountain</c><00:16:11.379><c> of</c><00:16:11.919><c> the</c><00:16:12.100><c> house</c><00:16:12.379><c> of</c>

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the<00:16:12.659><c> Lord</c>

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shall<00:16:13.080><c> be</c><00:16:13.360><c> established,</c><00:16:13.740><c> in</c><00:16:14.000><c> the</c><00:16:14.159><c> last</c><00:16:14.480><c> days.</c>

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So<00:16:15.240><c> we</c><00:16:15.320><c> know</c><00:16:15.480><c> it's</c><00:16:15.700><c> going</c><00:16:15.840><c> to</c><00:16:15.980><c> be</c><00:16:16.139><c> towards</c><00:16:16.480><c> the</c><00:16:16.720><c> end.</c>

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That<00:16:18.779><c> then</c><00:16:19.019><c> follows</c><00:16:19.360><c> a</c><00:16:19.620><c> description</c><00:16:20.080><c> in</c><00:16:20.399><c> Micah</c>

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of<00:16:21.679><c> what</c><00:16:21.960><c> the</c><00:16:22.220><c> earth</c><00:16:22.399><c> will</c><00:16:22.600><c> be</c><00:16:22.820><c> like</c><00:16:23.019><c> in</c><00:16:23.159><c> that</c><00:16:23.340><c> time.</c>

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We<00:16:23.820><c> might</c><00:16:24.039><c> have</c><00:16:24.220><c> a</c><00:16:24.240><c> look</c><00:16:24.419><c> at</c><00:16:24.580><c> a</c><00:16:24.679><c> couple</c><00:16:24.860><c> of</c><00:16:25.039><c> those</c><00:16:25.620><c> in</c><00:16:26.240><c> a</c><00:16:26.360><c> bit,</c>

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but<00:16:26.620><c> it's</c><00:16:26.860><c> worth</c><00:16:27.360><c> opening</c><00:16:27.960><c> Micah</c><00:16:29.080><c> at</c><00:16:29.299><c> chapter</c><00:16:29.559><c> 4</c>

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and<00:16:30.000><c> reading</c><00:16:30.460><c> that</c><00:16:31.000><c> in</c><00:16:31.139><c> your</c><00:16:31.340><c> own</c><00:16:31.600><c> time,</c>

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and<00:16:32.500><c> pondering</c><00:16:32.940><c> on</c><00:16:33.080><c> the</c><00:16:33.279><c> wonderful</c><00:16:33.679><c> descriptions</c>

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of<00:16:34.539><c> what</c><00:16:34.679><c> we</c><00:16:34.960><c> read</c><00:16:35.159><c> there</c><00:16:35.580><c> about</c><00:16:35.799><c> the</c><00:16:36.019><c> kingdom.</c>

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But<00:16:37.919><c> back</c><00:16:38.059><c> to</c><00:16:38.159><c> our</c><00:16:38.259><c> subject,</c>

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we<00:16:38.740><c> only</c><00:16:39.100><c> have</c><00:16:39.340><c> to</c><00:16:39.500><c> think</c><00:16:39.700><c> about</c><00:16:39.940><c> the</c><00:16:40.259><c> promises</c><00:16:40.759><c> that</c><00:16:41.159><c> God</c><00:16:41.399><c> made</c><00:16:41.639><c> to</c>

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Abraham,<00:16:42.480><c> really,</c>

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to<00:16:43.620><c> Abraham,</c><00:16:43.960><c> Isaac</c><00:16:44.259><c> and</c><00:16:44.399><c> Jacob,</c>

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to<00:16:45.080><c> realise</c><00:16:45.460><c> that</c><00:16:45.919><c> the</c><00:16:46.179><c> kingdom</c><00:16:46.500><c> will</c><00:16:46.980><c> be</c><00:16:47.159><c> on</c><00:16:47.379><c> earth.</c>

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It<00:16:47.620><c> can</c><00:16:47.879><c> be</c><00:16:48.100><c> nowhere</c><00:16:48.299><c> else,</c>

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because<00:16:49.559><c> we</c><00:16:49.720><c> know</c><00:16:49.960><c> of</c><00:16:50.279><c> the</c><00:16:50.539><c> promises</c><00:16:50.860><c> that</c><00:16:51.100><c> God</c><00:16:51.299><c> made</c><00:16:51.580><c> to</c><00:16:51.879><c> Abraham.</c>

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Let's<00:16:54.100><c> remind</c><00:16:54.379><c> ourselves</c><00:16:54.759><c> of</c><00:16:54.960><c> them,</c>

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Genesis<00:16:55.539><c> chapter</c><00:16:55.879><c> 17</c><00:16:56.519><c> and</c><00:16:56.960><c> the</c><00:16:57.120><c> first</c><00:16:57.360><c> eight</c><00:16:57.899><c> verses.</c>

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And<00:17:00.779><c> when</c><00:17:01.000><c> Abraham</c><00:17:01.500><c> was</c><00:17:01.899><c> ninety</c><00:17:02.480><c> years</c><00:17:03.259><c> old</c><00:17:03.779><c> and</c><00:17:04.039><c> nine,</c><00:17:04.240><c> ninety</c><00:17:04.619><c>-nine,</c>

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the<00:17:05.200><c> Lord</c><00:17:05.460><c> appeared</c><00:17:05.839><c> to</c><00:17:06.140><c> Abraham</c><00:17:06.380><c> and</c><00:17:06.599><c> said</c><00:17:06.819><c> unto</c><00:17:07.019><c> him,</c>

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I<00:17:07.839><c> am</c><00:17:07.980><c> the</c><00:17:08.160><c> Almighty</c><00:17:08.640><c> God,</c><00:17:09.440><c> walk</c><00:17:09.640><c> before</c><00:17:10.039><c> me</c><00:17:10.420><c> and</c><00:17:10.740><c> be</c><00:17:10.980><c> thou</c><00:17:11.180><c> perfect,</c>

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and<00:17:12.299><c> I</c><00:17:12.539><c> will</c><00:17:12.759><c> make</c><00:17:13.000><c> my</c><00:17:13.279><c> covenant</c><00:17:13.539><c> between</c><00:17:13.940><c> me</c><00:17:14.299><c> and</c><00:17:14.480><c> thee,</c>

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and<00:17:15.140><c> I</c><00:17:15.299><c> will</c><00:17:15.539><c> multiply</c><00:17:16.059><c> thee</c><00:17:16.779><c> exceedingly.</c>

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And<00:17:18.359><c> Abraham</c><00:17:18.640><c> fell</c><00:17:18.900><c> on</c><00:17:19.059><c> his</c><00:17:19.279><c> face,</c><00:17:19.579><c> and</c><00:17:19.640><c> God</c><00:17:19.880><c> talked</c><00:17:20.200><c> with</c>

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him,<00:17:20.900><c> saying,</c>

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As<00:17:21.519><c> for</c><00:17:21.740><c> me,</c><00:17:22.380><c> behold,</c><00:17:22.740><c> my</c><00:17:23.019><c> covenant</c><00:17:23.400><c> is</c><00:17:23.700><c> with</c><00:17:24.019><c> thee,</c>

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and<00:17:24.819><c> thou</c><00:17:25.079><c> shalt</c><00:17:25.259><c> be</c><00:17:25.460><c> a</c><00:17:25.779><c> father</c><00:17:26.099><c> of</c><00:17:26.339><c> many</c><00:17:26.660><c> nations.</c>

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Neither<00:17:29.359><c> shall</c><00:17:29.619><c> thy</c><00:17:29.859><c> name</c><00:17:30.220><c> any</c><00:17:30.500><c> more</c><00:17:30.599><c> be</c><00:17:30.799><c> called</c><00:17:31.019><c> Abraham,</c>

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because<00:17:33.140><c> thy</c><00:17:33.440><c> name</c><00:17:33.619><c> shall</c><00:17:33.799><c> be</c><00:17:33.960><c> called</c><00:17:34.240><c> Abraham,</c>

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for<00:17:35.640><c> a</c><00:17:35.839><c> father</c><00:17:36.200><c> of</c><00:17:36.460><c> many</c><00:17:36.700><c> nations</c><00:17:37.339><c> have</c><00:17:38.059><c> I</c><00:17:38.339><c> made</c><00:17:38.640><c> thee,</c>

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and<00:17:39.819><c> I</c><00:17:40.099><c> will</c><00:17:40.339><c> make</c><00:17:40.599><c> thee</c><00:17:40.940><c> exceeding</c><00:17:41.720><c> fruitful,</c>

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and<00:17:42.900><c> I</c><00:17:45.099><c> will</c><00:17:45.380><c> make</c><00:17:45.660><c> nations</c><00:17:46.099><c> of</c><00:17:46.400><c> thee,</c>

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and<00:17:47.180><c> kings</c><00:17:47.440><c> shall</c><00:17:47.700><c> come</c><00:17:47.940><c> out</c><00:17:48.200><c> of</c><00:17:48.400><c> thee,</c>

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and<00:17:49.240><c> I</c><00:17:49.380><c> will</c><00:17:49.599><c> establish</c><00:17:50.000><c> my</c><00:17:50.400><c> covenant</c><00:17:50.859><c> between</c><00:17:51.279><c> me</c><00:17:51.700><c> and</c><00:17:51.880><c> thee,</c>

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and<00:17:52.960><c> thy</c><00:17:53.319><c> seed</c><00:17:53.559><c> after</c><00:17:53.880><c> thee,</c>

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in<00:17:55.019><c> their</c><00:17:55.299><c> generations</c><00:17:56.039><c> for</c><00:17:56.559><c> an</c><00:17:57.000><c> everlasting</c><00:17:57.619><c> covenant,</c>

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to<00:17:59.279><c> be</c><00:17:59.480><c> a</c><00:17:59.640><c> god</c><00:17:59.799><c> unto</c><00:18:00.019><c> thee,</c><00:18:00.519><c> and</c><00:18:00.680><c> to</c><00:18:00.819><c> thy</c><00:18:01.059><c> seed</c><00:18:01.240><c> after</c><00:18:01.519><c> thee.</c>

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And<00:18:02.380><c> I</c><00:18:02.660><c> will</c><00:18:02.960><c> give</c><00:18:03.200><c> unto</c><00:18:03.460><c> thee,</c><00:18:04.480><c> and</c><00:18:04.759><c> to</c><00:18:04.900><c> thy</c><00:18:05.160><c> seed</c><00:18:05.339><c> after</c><00:18:05.619><c> thee,</c>

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the<00:18:06.539><c> land</c><00:18:06.839><c> wherein</c><00:18:07.180><c> thou</c><00:18:07.519><c> art</c><00:18:07.759><c> a</c><00:18:08.019><c> stranger,</c>

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all<00:18:08.859><c> the</c><00:18:09.160><c> land</c><00:18:09.380><c> of</c><00:18:09.700><c> Canaan,</c><00:18:10.440><c> for</c><00:18:10.579><c> an</c><00:18:10.920><c> everlasting</c><00:18:11.500><c> possession,</c>

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and<00:18:12.660><c> I</c><00:18:12.920><c> will</c><00:18:13.079><c> be</c><00:18:13.319><c> their</c><00:18:13.500><c> god.</c>

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Now,<00:18:14.619><c> there's</c><00:18:14.779><c> some</c><00:18:15.019><c> interesting</c><00:18:15.440><c> points</c><00:18:15.779><c> there,</c><00:18:16.079><c> isn't</c><00:18:16.220><c> there?</c>

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First<00:18:17.420><c> of</c><00:18:17.619><c> all,</c><00:18:18.640><c> Abraham</c><00:18:18.819><c> was</c><00:18:19.119><c> promised</c>

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that<00:18:19.900><c> he</c><00:18:20.079><c> would</c><00:18:20.319><c> receive</c><00:18:20.759><c> this</c><00:18:21.000><c> land</c><00:18:21.200><c> of</c><00:18:21.440><c> Canaan.</c>

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Now,<00:18:22.980><c> as</c><00:18:23.200><c> far</c><00:18:23.420><c> as</c><00:18:23.559><c> we</c><00:18:23.740><c> know,</c><00:18:24.500><c> Abraham</c><00:18:24.880><c> died</c><00:18:25.380><c> and</c><00:18:25.660><c> was</c><00:18:25.940><c> buried,</c>

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along<00:18:27.019><c> with</c><00:18:27.200><c> all</c><00:18:27.359><c> the</c><00:18:27.559><c> patriarchs,</c>

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and<00:18:28.380><c> so</c><00:18:28.539><c> he</c><00:18:28.680><c> hasn't</c><00:18:29.079><c> received</c><00:18:29.759><c> this</c><00:18:30.279><c> land.</c>

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So,<00:18:32.859><c> this</c><00:18:33.059><c> tells</c><00:18:33.339><c> us</c><00:18:33.839><c> a</c><00:18:33.940><c> couple</c><00:18:34.140><c> of</c><00:18:34.339><c> things.</c>

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That<00:18:34.880><c> firstly,</c><00:18:35.920><c> there's</c><00:18:36.200><c> going</c><00:18:36.319><c> to</c><00:18:36.500><c> be</c><00:18:36.640><c> a</c><00:18:36.779><c> resurrection,</c>

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because<00:18:38.039><c> Abraham</c><00:18:38.539><c> must</c><00:18:38.920><c> receive</c><00:18:39.359><c> from</c><00:18:39.619><c> God</c><00:18:39.940><c> this</c><00:18:40.240><c> promise,</c>

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because<00:18:41.400><c> God</c><00:18:41.619><c> does</c><00:18:41.859><c> not</c><00:18:42.039><c> break</c><00:18:42.259><c> his</c><00:18:42.500><c> promises</c>

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as<00:18:43.200><c> men</c><00:18:43.339><c> break</c><00:18:43.579><c> their</c><00:18:43.839><c> promises.</c>

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And<00:18:45.819><c> this</c><00:18:46.000><c> is</c><00:18:46.160><c> only</c><00:18:46.519><c> possible,</c>

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resurrection<00:18:48.259><c> is</c><00:18:48.539><c> only</c><00:18:48.740><c> possible</c><00:18:49.079><c> because</c><00:18:49.700><c> of</c><00:18:50.019><c> the</c><00:18:50.160><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:18:50.839><c> Christ,</c>

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a<00:18:52.039><c> seed</c><00:18:52.539><c> of</c><00:18:53.240><c> Abraham.</c>

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The<00:18:55.720><c> return</c><00:18:56.240><c> of</c><00:18:56.420><c> Jesus</c><00:18:56.859><c> Christ,</c><00:18:57.359><c> the</c><00:18:57.519><c> Messiah,</c>

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to<00:18:59.019><c> establish</c><00:18:59.559><c> the</c><00:18:59.779><c> kingdom</c><00:19:00.099><c> is</c><00:19:00.680><c> the</c><00:19:00.980><c> true</c><00:19:01.319><c> hope</c><00:19:01.559><c> of</c><00:19:01.779><c> Israel,</c>

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to<00:19:02.980><c> which</c><00:19:03.140><c> the</c><00:19:03.359><c> Bible</c><00:19:03.579><c> tells</c><00:19:03.900><c> us</c><00:19:04.140><c> that</c><00:19:04.339><c> we</c><00:19:04.640><c> must</c><00:19:04.920><c> become</c><00:19:05.279><c> related</c><00:19:05.779><c> to</c>

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if<00:19:06.819><c> we're</c><00:19:07.279><c> to</c><00:19:07.440><c> partake</c><00:19:07.940><c> of</c><00:19:08.059><c> this</c><00:19:08.259><c> wonderful</c><00:19:08.700><c> event</c>

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of<00:19:09.940><c> which</c><00:19:10.420><c> the</c><00:19:10.819><c> Lord</c><00:19:11.000><c> God</c><00:19:11.359><c> is</c><00:19:11.920><c> talking</c><00:19:12.259><c> about,</c>

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the<00:19:12.720><c> kingdom</c><00:19:13.039><c> of</c><00:19:13.259><c> God</c><00:19:13.539><c> upon</c><00:19:13.920><c> this</c><00:19:14.240><c> earth.</c>

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But<00:19:16.059><c> that's</c><00:19:16.319><c> another</c><00:19:16.539><c> subject</c><00:19:16.940><c> in</c><00:19:17.140><c> itself,</c><00:19:17.819><c> baptism.</c>

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But<00:19:19.000><c> there</c><00:19:19.220><c> are</c><00:19:19.440><c> some</c><00:19:20.039><c> other</c><00:19:20.579><c> wonderful</c><00:19:21.299><c> images</c><00:19:21.700><c> set</c><00:19:21.980><c> before</c><00:19:22.420><c> us</c>

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about<00:19:23.380><c> the</c><00:19:23.640><c> kingdom,</c>

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so<00:19:24.839><c> I'd</c><00:19:25.000><c> like</c><00:19:25.079><c> to</c><00:19:25.259><c> just</c><00:19:25.359><c> for</c><00:19:25.599><c> a</c><00:19:25.940><c> couple</c><00:19:26.140><c> of</c><00:19:26.359><c> minutes</c>

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have<00:19:27.859><c> a</c><00:19:28.019><c> look</c><00:19:28.440><c> at</c><00:19:28.880><c> some</c><00:19:30.180><c> wonderful</c><00:19:30.779><c> pictorial</c><00:19:31.559><c> images</c>

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that<00:19:32.180><c> the</c><00:19:32.339><c> Bible</c><00:19:32.559><c> paints</c><00:19:32.920><c> for</c><00:19:33.099><c> us</c><00:19:33.299><c> about</c><00:19:33.579><c> the</c><00:19:33.819><c> kingdom.</c>

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What<00:19:36.940><c> will</c><00:19:37.500><c> the</c><00:19:37.779><c> kingdom</c><00:19:38.240><c> be</c><00:19:38.940><c> like?</c>

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Zechariah<00:19:42.099><c> chapter</c><00:19:42.420><c> 14</c><00:19:42.880><c> and</c><00:19:43.019><c> verse</c><00:19:43.200><c> 8</c><00:19:43.400><c> tells</c><00:19:43.740><c> us,</c>

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And<00:19:45.480><c> it</c><00:19:45.660><c> shall</c><00:19:45.900><c> be</c><00:19:46.259><c> in</c><00:19:46.400><c> that</c><00:19:46.660><c> day,</c>

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that<00:19:47.579><c> living</c><00:19:47.819><c> waters</c><00:19:48.299><c> shall</c><00:19:48.619><c> go</c><00:19:48.940><c> out</c><00:19:49.299><c> from</c><00:19:49.519><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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half<00:19:51.160><c> of</c><00:19:51.359><c> them</c><00:19:51.619><c> toward</c><00:19:51.900><c> the</c><00:19:52.160><c> former</c><00:19:52.460><c> sea,</c>

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and<00:19:53.339><c> half</c><00:19:53.599><c> of</c><00:19:53.819><c> them</c><00:19:54.019><c> toward</c><00:19:54.279><c> the</c><00:19:54.480><c> hinders</c><00:19:54.819><c> sea.</c>

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In<00:19:55.940><c> summer</c><00:19:56.339><c> and</c><00:19:56.700><c> in</c><00:19:56.880><c> winter</c><00:19:57.420><c> shall</c><00:19:57.779><c> it</c><00:19:57.980><c> be,</c>

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and<00:19:58.440><c> the</c><00:19:58.640><c> Lord</c><00:19:58.940><c> shall</c><00:19:59.220><c> be</c><00:19:59.480><c> king</c><00:20:00.019><c> over</c><00:20:00.599><c> all</c><00:20:01.000><c> the</c><00:20:01.259><c> earth.</c>

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In<00:20:02.359><c> that</c><00:20:02.619><c> day</c><00:20:03.279><c> shall</c><00:20:03.640><c> there</c><00:20:03.839><c> be</c><00:20:04.039><c> one</c><00:20:04.359><c> Lord</c><00:20:04.819><c> and</c><00:20:05.279><c> his</c><00:20:05.480><c> name</c><00:20:05.960><c> one.</c>

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All<00:20:07.940><c> the</c><00:20:08.140><c> land</c><00:20:08.279><c> shall</c><00:20:08.519><c> be</c><00:20:08.740><c> turned</c><00:20:09.000><c> as</c><00:20:10.539><c> a</c><00:20:10.839><c> plain</c>

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from<00:20:11.319><c> Geba</c><00:20:11.779><c> to</c><00:20:12.259><c> Riman</c><00:20:12.579><c> south</c><00:20:12.920><c> of</c><00:20:13.119><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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and<00:20:14.539><c> it</c><00:20:14.740><c> shall</c><00:20:14.920><c> be</c><00:20:15.200><c> lifted</c><00:20:15.500><c> up</c><00:20:16.099><c> and</c><00:20:16.539><c> inhabited</c><00:20:17.019><c> in</c><00:20:17.319><c> her</c><00:20:17.539><c> place</c>

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from<00:20:18.180><c> Benjamin's</c><00:20:18.819><c> gate</c><00:20:19.019><c> into</c><00:20:19.240><c> the</c><00:20:19.440><c> place</c><00:20:19.640><c> of</c><00:20:19.900><c> the</c><00:20:20.059><c> first</c><00:20:20.299><c> gate</c>

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and<00:20:21.079><c> to</c><00:20:21.220><c> the</c><00:20:21.460><c> corner</c><00:20:21.700><c> gate</c><00:20:22.200><c> and</c><00:20:22.519><c> from</c><00:20:22.759><c> the</c><00:20:23.000><c> tower</c><00:20:23.220><c> of</c><00:20:23.480><c> Hananiel</c>

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and<00:20:24.420><c> to</c><00:20:24.559><c> the</c><00:20:24.740><c> king's</c><00:20:25.119><c> wine</c><00:20:25.339><c> presses.</c>

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And<00:20:26.720><c> men</c><00:20:26.920><c> shall</c><00:20:27.259><c> dwell</c><00:20:27.500><c> in</c><00:20:27.640><c> it,</c>

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and<00:20:28.440><c> there</c><00:20:28.680><c> shall</c><00:20:29.019><c> be</c><00:20:29.359><c> no</c><00:20:29.680><c> more</c><00:20:29.900><c> utter</c><00:20:30.180><c> destruction</c>

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but<00:20:31.460><c> Jerusalem</c><00:20:32.220><c> shall</c><00:20:32.740><c> be</c><00:20:33.079><c> safely</c><00:20:33.480><c> inhabited.</c>

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That's<00:20:34.400><c> something</c><00:20:34.740><c> that</c><00:20:35.440><c> we</c><00:20:35.599><c> can't</c><00:20:35.900><c> imagine</c><00:20:36.220><c> at</c><00:20:36.359><c> the</c><00:20:36.519><c> moment,</c>

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can<00:20:37.039><c> we?</c>

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Jerusalem<00:20:38.220><c> being</c><00:20:38.799><c> safely</c><00:20:39.539><c> inhabited,</c>

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and<00:20:40.660><c> yet</c><00:20:40.819><c> that</c><00:20:41.079><c> is</c><00:20:41.279><c> what</c><00:20:41.359><c> is</c><00:20:41.660><c> promised</c>

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about<00:20:43.259><c> this</c><00:20:43.500><c> kingdom</c><00:20:43.779><c> of</c><00:20:44.019><c> God</c><00:20:44.200><c> on</c><00:20:44.500><c> earth.</c>

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Notice<00:20:45.380><c> it's</c><00:20:45.619><c> not</c><00:20:45.880><c> a</c><00:20:46.059><c> heavenly</c><00:20:46.480><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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it's<00:20:48.039><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:20:48.839><c> the</c><00:20:49.059><c> city</c><00:20:49.339><c> that</c><00:20:49.579><c> we</c><00:20:49.859><c> know</c>

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will<00:20:50.640><c> be</c><00:20:50.940><c> safely</c><00:20:51.599><c> inhabited.</c>

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Isaiah<00:20:53.940><c> chapter</c><00:20:54.319><c> 2</c><00:20:54.640><c> and</c><00:20:54.799><c> verse</c><00:20:55.019><c> 2,</c>

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And<00:20:56.660><c> it</c><00:20:56.839><c> shall</c><00:20:57.000><c> come</c><00:20:57.240><c> to</c><00:20:57.480><c> pass</c><00:20:57.680><c> in</c><00:20:57.839><c> the</c><00:20:57.980><c> last</c><00:20:58.200><c> days</c>

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that<00:20:59.000><c> the</c><00:20:59.220><c> mountain</c><00:20:59.799><c> of</c><00:21:00.140><c> the</c><00:21:00.299><c> Lord's</c><00:21:00.680><c> house</c>

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shall<00:21:01.079><c> be</c><00:21:01.359><c> established</c><00:21:01.799><c> in</c><00:21:02.039><c> the</c><00:21:02.240><c> top</c><00:21:02.380><c> of</c><00:21:02.579><c> the</c><00:21:02.720><c> mountains</c>

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and<00:21:04.200><c> shall</c><00:21:04.440><c> be</c><00:21:04.759><c> exalted</c><00:21:05.119><c> above</c><00:21:05.400><c> the</c><00:21:05.640><c> hills,</c>

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and<00:21:06.740><c> all</c><00:21:07.160><c> nations</c><00:21:07.839><c> shall</c><00:21:08.200><c> flow</c><00:21:08.480><c> unto</c><00:21:08.779><c> it.</c>

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And<00:21:10.380><c> many</c><00:21:10.700><c> people</c><00:21:11.160><c> shall</c><00:21:11.420><c> go</c><00:21:12.680><c> and</c><00:21:13.019><c> say,</c>

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Come<00:21:13.980><c> ye</c><00:21:14.220><c> and</c><00:21:14.660><c> let</c><00:21:14.859><c> us</c><00:21:15.000><c> go</c><00:21:15.200><c> up</c><00:21:15.359><c> to</c><00:21:15.480><c> the</c><00:21:15.559><c> mountain</c><00:21:15.880><c> of</c><00:21:16.079><c> the</c><00:21:16.240><c> Lord,</c>

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to<00:21:17.079><c> the</c><00:21:17.220><c> house</c><00:21:17.480><c> of</c><00:21:17.680><c> the</c><00:21:17.839><c> God</c><00:21:18.000><c> of</c><00:21:18.220><c> Jacob,</c>

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and<00:21:19.240><c> he</c><00:21:19.480><c> will</c><00:21:19.740><c> teach</c><00:21:20.019><c> us</c><00:21:20.220><c> of</c><00:21:20.339><c> his</c><00:21:20.519><c> ways,</c>

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and<00:21:21.380><c> we</c><00:21:21.599><c> will</c><00:21:21.839><c> walk</c><00:21:22.099><c> in</c><00:21:22.279><c> his</c><00:21:22.599><c> paths.</c>

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For<00:21:23.700><c> out</c><00:21:24.099><c> of</c><00:21:24.400><c> Zion</c><00:21:24.900><c> shall</c><00:21:25.420><c> go</c><00:21:25.740><c> forth</c><00:21:26.000><c> the</c><00:21:26.259><c> law</c>

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and<00:21:26.980><c> the</c><00:21:27.160><c> word</c><00:21:27.400><c> of</c><00:21:27.579><c> the</c><00:21:27.700><c> Lord</c><00:21:27.859><c> from</c><00:21:28.119><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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So<00:21:28.859><c> again</c><00:21:29.059><c> we</c><00:21:29.259><c> see</c><00:21:29.500><c> the</c><00:21:29.720><c> law</c><00:21:29.920><c> going</c><00:21:30.319><c> forth</c><00:21:30.759><c> from</c><00:21:31.180><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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This<00:21:32.380><c> is</c><00:21:32.720><c> on</c><00:21:33.240><c> the</c><00:21:33.480><c> earth,</c><00:21:33.779><c> it</c><00:21:34.039><c> hasn't</c><00:21:34.359><c> happened</c><00:21:34.859><c> yet.</c>

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And<00:21:36.359><c> he,</c><00:21:36.859><c> Jesus,</c><00:21:37.200><c> shall</c><00:21:37.539><c> judge</c><00:21:37.839><c> among</c><00:21:38.079><c> the</c><00:21:38.319><c> nations</c>

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and<00:21:39.359><c> shall</c><00:21:39.579><c> rebuke</c><00:21:40.079><c> many</c><00:21:40.440><c> people,</c>

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and<00:21:41.460><c> they</c><00:21:41.700><c> shall</c><00:21:41.920><c> beat</c><00:21:42.240><c> their</c><00:21:42.980><c> swords</c><00:21:43.279><c> into</c><00:21:43.619><c> plowshares</c>

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and<00:21:44.759><c> their</c><00:21:45.079><c> spears</c><00:21:45.339><c> into</c><00:21:45.599><c> pruning</c><00:21:45.940><c> hooks.</c>

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Nation<00:21:47.259><c> shall</c><00:21:47.759><c> not</c><00:21:47.960><c> lift</c><00:21:48.180><c> up</c><00:21:48.440><c> sword</c><00:21:48.539><c> against</c><00:21:48.960><c> nation,</c>

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neither<00:21:50.380><c> shall</c><00:21:50.819><c> they</c><00:21:51.119><c> learn</c><00:21:51.440><c> war</c><00:21:51.779><c> any</c><00:21:52.240><c> more.</c>

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Again,<00:21:53.720><c> something</c><00:21:54.119><c> that</c><00:21:54.339><c> we</c><00:21:54.539><c> just</c><00:21:54.819><c> can't</c><00:21:55.059><c> imagine</c><00:21:55.420><c> at</c><00:21:55.579><c> the</c><00:21:55.720><c> moment.</c>

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There's<00:21:58.000><c> war</c><00:21:58.500><c> constantly,</c><00:21:59.819><c> isn't</c><00:22:00.039><c> there?</c>

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In<00:22:02.059><c> every</c><00:22:02.339><c> part</c><00:22:02.599><c> of</c><00:22:02.779><c> the</c><00:22:02.920><c> world</c><00:22:03.059><c> there</c><00:22:03.200><c> is</c><00:22:03.460><c> fighting,</c>

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infighting,<00:22:04.960><c> civil</c><00:22:05.200><c> war.</c>

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It<00:22:08.420><c> just</c><00:22:08.660><c> seems</c><00:22:08.920><c> impossible,</c><00:22:09.579><c> those</c><00:22:09.779><c> words,</c>

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and<00:22:10.299><c> yet</c><00:22:10.440><c> this</c><00:22:10.680><c> is</c><00:22:10.799><c> what</c><00:22:10.960><c> God</c><00:22:11.220><c> has</c><00:22:11.500><c> promised,</c>

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that<00:22:12.019><c> this</c><00:22:12.259><c> will</c><00:22:12.500><c> happen</c><00:22:13.019><c> upon</c><00:22:13.559><c> this</c><00:22:14.000><c> earth.</c>

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What<00:22:14.460><c> a</c><00:22:14.539><c> wonderful</c><00:22:14.900><c> hope</c><00:22:15.140><c> we</c><00:22:15.420><c> have.</c>

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Psalm<00:22:18.920><c> 72.</c>

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There<00:22:20.000><c> shall</c><00:22:20.279><c> be,</c><00:22:20.700><c> picture</c><00:22:21.019><c> in</c><00:22:21.759><c> the</c><00:22:22.000><c> kingdom,</c>

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in<00:22:23.480><c> the</c><00:22:23.619><c> kingdom</c><00:22:23.859><c> age,</c>

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there<00:22:24.319><c> shall</c><00:22:24.539><c> be</c><00:22:24.700><c> a</c><00:22:24.819><c> handful</c><00:22:25.099><c> of</c><00:22:25.420><c> corn</c><00:22:25.660><c> in</c><00:22:26.079><c> the</c><00:22:26.359><c> earth,</c>

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so<00:22:27.440><c> we're</c><00:22:27.619><c> talking</c><00:22:27.940><c> about</c><00:22:28.240><c> the</c><00:22:28.420><c> kingdom</c><00:22:28.680><c> in</c><00:22:29.019><c> the</c><00:22:29.220><c> earth,</c>

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upon<00:22:30.480><c> the</c><00:22:30.839><c> top</c><00:22:30.980><c> of</c><00:22:31.180><c> the</c><00:22:31.319><c> mountains.</c>

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The<00:22:31.940><c> fruit</c><00:22:32.240><c> thereof</c><00:22:32.660><c> shall</c><00:22:32.940><c> shake</c><00:22:33.319><c> like</c><00:22:33.640><c> Lebanon,</c>

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and<00:22:35.500><c> they</c><00:22:35.680><c> of</c><00:22:35.839><c> the</c><00:22:36.019><c> city</c><00:22:36.240><c> shall</c><00:22:36.579><c> flourish</c><00:22:37.039><c> like</c><00:22:37.400><c> grass</c><00:22:37.920><c> of</c><00:22:38.299><c> the</c><00:22:38.500><c> earth.</c>

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His<00:22:39.900><c> name</c><00:22:40.259><c> shall</c><00:22:40.599><c> endure</c><00:22:40.960><c> forever,</c>

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His<00:22:42.119><c> name</c><00:22:42.700><c> shall</c><00:22:43.000><c> be</c><00:22:43.259><c> continued</c><00:22:43.740><c> as</c><00:22:44.059><c> long</c><00:22:44.240><c> as</c><00:22:44.460><c> the</c><00:22:44.640><c> sun,</c>

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and<00:22:45.539><c> men</c><00:22:45.880><c> shall</c><00:22:46.160><c> be</c><00:22:46.500><c> blessed</c><00:22:47.000><c> in</c><00:22:47.539><c> Him.</c>

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All<00:22:48.980><c> nations</c><00:22:49.619><c> shall</c><00:22:50.180><c> call</c><00:22:50.420><c> Him</c><00:22:50.660><c> blessed.</c>

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That's<00:22:51.880><c> also</c><00:22:52.140><c> telling</c><00:22:52.380><c> us</c><00:22:52.559><c> something</c><00:22:52.859><c> about</c><00:22:53.160><c> the</c><00:22:53.359><c> sun,</c><00:22:53.720><c> isn't</c><00:22:53.720><c> it?</c>

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That<00:22:54.000><c> the</c><00:22:54.180><c> sun</c><00:22:54.359><c> isn't</c><00:22:54.619><c> going</c><00:22:54.859><c> to</c><00:22:55.079><c> diminish.</c>

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Many<00:22:56.240><c> scientists</c><00:22:56.700><c> predict</c><00:22:57.119><c> that</c><00:22:57.319><c> the</c><00:22:57.400><c> sun</c><00:22:57.559><c> is</c><00:22:57.700><c> going</c><00:22:57.859><c> to</c><00:22:58.099><c> burn</c><00:22:58.319><c> out,</c>

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and<00:22:58.900><c> our</c><00:22:59.599><c> planet</c><00:22:59.859><c> will</c><00:23:00.220><c> freeze.</c>

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That's<00:23:01.420><c> not</c><00:23:01.619><c> what</c><00:23:01.779><c> we're</c><00:23:01.940><c> being</c><00:23:02.180><c> told</c><00:23:02.460><c> here.</c>

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Blessed<00:23:04.500><c> be</c><00:23:04.960><c> the</c><00:23:05.140><c> Lord</c><00:23:05.460><c> God,</c><00:23:06.019><c> the</c><00:23:06.240><c> God</c><00:23:06.400><c> of</c><00:23:06.539><c> Israel,</c>

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who<00:23:07.839><c> only</c><00:23:08.359><c> doeth</c><00:23:08.960><c> wondrous</c><00:23:09.779><c> things.</c>

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God<00:23:11.559><c> only</c><00:23:12.140><c> does</c><00:23:12.579><c> wondrous</c><00:23:13.200><c> things.</c>

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And<00:23:14.640><c> blessed</c><00:23:15.200><c> be</c><00:23:15.799><c> His</c><00:23:16.140><c> glorious</c><00:23:16.559><c> name</c><00:23:16.779><c> forever,</c>

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and<00:23:17.579><c> let</c><00:23:17.720><c> the</c><00:23:18.000><c> whole</c><00:23:18.259><c> earth</c><00:23:18.480><c> be</c><00:23:18.779><c> filled</c><00:23:19.000><c> with</c><00:23:19.220><c> His</c><00:23:19.519><c> glory.</c>

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Again,<00:23:21.200><c> words</c><00:23:21.400><c> we</c><00:23:21.579><c> might</c><00:23:21.799><c> read</c><00:23:22.019><c> over</c><00:23:22.359><c> constantly.</c>

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Let<00:23:23.799><c> the</c><00:23:24.079><c> whole</c><00:23:24.500><c> earth</c><00:23:25.099><c> be</c><00:23:25.500><c> filled</c><00:23:25.859><c> with</c><00:23:26.099><c> His</c><00:23:26.460><c> glory.</c>

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Amen<00:23:27.579><c> to</c><00:23:27.799><c> that.</c>

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Amos<00:23:30.559><c> chapter</c><00:23:30.900><c> 9</c><00:23:31.279><c> and</c><00:23:31.460><c> verse</c><00:23:31.720><c> 13.</c>

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Behold,<00:23:35.680><c> the</c><00:23:35.880><c> days</c><00:23:36.180><c> come,</c><00:23:36.980><c> saith</c><00:23:37.079><c> the</c><00:23:37.299><c> Lord,</c>

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that<00:23:38.039><c> the</c><00:23:38.319><c> ploughman</c><00:23:38.700><c> shall</c><00:23:38.920><c> overtake</c><00:23:39.299><c> the</c><00:23:39.519><c> reaper,</c>

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and<00:23:40.500><c> the</c><00:23:40.759><c> treader</c><00:23:40.980><c> of</c><00:23:41.240><c> grapes</c><00:23:41.480><c> him</c><00:23:41.740><c> that</c><00:23:42.000><c> soweth</c><00:23:42.299><c> the</c><00:23:42.539><c> seed.</c>

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In<00:23:43.240><c> other</c><00:23:43.440><c> words,</c><00:23:43.640><c> there'll</c><00:23:43.799><c> be</c><00:23:43.960><c> so</c><00:23:44.359><c> much</c><00:23:44.680><c> food,</c>

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an<00:23:45.940><c> abundance</c><00:23:46.339><c> of</c><00:23:46.680><c> food.</c>

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Again,<00:23:47.980><c> what</c><00:23:48.119><c> contrast</c><00:23:48.660><c> to</c><00:23:49.299><c> the</c><00:23:49.720><c> time</c><00:23:49.980><c> we</c><00:23:50.200><c> live</c><00:23:50.259><c> in</c><00:23:50.359><c> at</c><00:23:50.460><c> the</c><00:23:50.599><c> moment.</c>

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And<00:23:52.880><c> the</c><00:23:53.039><c> mountains</c><00:23:53.460><c> shall</c><00:23:53.740><c> drop</c><00:23:54.119><c> sweet</c><00:23:54.420><c> wine,</c>

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and<00:23:55.160><c> all</c><00:23:55.440><c> the</c><00:23:55.599><c> hills</c><00:23:55.839><c> shall</c><00:23:56.119><c> melt.</c>

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And<00:23:57.119><c> I</c><00:23:57.259><c> will</c><00:23:57.480><c> bring</c><00:23:57.740><c> again</c><00:23:58.079><c> the</c><00:23:58.259><c> captivity</c><00:23:58.660><c> of</c><00:23:58.819><c> my</c><00:23:59.039><c> people</c><00:23:59.339><c> Israel,</c>

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and<00:23:59.980><c> they</c><00:24:00.160><c> shall</c><00:24:00.440><c> build</c><00:24:01.019><c> the</c><00:24:01.220><c> waste</c><00:24:01.400><c> cities,</c><00:24:02.200><c> and</c><00:24:02.400><c> inhabit</c><00:24:02.819><c> them.</c>

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They<00:24:03.859><c> shall</c><00:24:04.119><c> plant</c><00:24:04.539><c> vineyards,</c><00:24:05.559><c> and</c><00:24:05.680><c> they</c><00:24:06.000><c> drink</c><00:24:06.180><c> the</c><00:24:07.619><c> wine</c><00:24:07.880><c> thereof.</c>

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They<00:24:08.660><c> shall</c><00:24:08.880><c> also</c><00:24:09.220><c> make</c><00:24:09.759><c> gardens,</c><00:24:10.819><c> and</c><00:24:10.940><c> eat</c><00:24:11.140><c> the</c><00:24:11.380><c> fruit</c><00:24:11.559><c> of</c><00:24:11.799><c> them.</c>

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Again,<00:24:14.059><c> make</c><00:24:14.259><c> cities</c><00:24:14.700><c> in</c><00:24:15.400><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:24:16.039><c> on</c><00:24:16.279><c> this</c><00:24:16.519><c> earth.</c>

00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:20.380
And<00:24:18.000><c> I</c><00:24:18.200><c> will</c><00:24:18.400><c> plant</c><00:24:18.859><c> them</c><00:24:19.359><c> upon</c><00:24:19.759><c> their</c><00:24:20.000><c> land,</c>

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their<00:24:20.920><c> land</c><00:24:21.160><c> being</c><00:24:21.480><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:24:22.619><c> they</c><00:24:22.740><c> shall</c><00:24:22.960><c> no</c><00:24:23.259><c> more</c><00:24:23.400><c> be</c><00:24:23.619><c> pulled</c><00:24:23.859><c> up</c><00:24:24.099><c> out</c><00:24:24.359><c> of</c><00:24:24.500><c> their</c><00:24:24.640><c> land,</c>

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which<00:24:25.140><c> I</c><00:24:25.339><c> have</c><00:24:25.519><c> given</c><00:24:25.720><c> them,</c><00:24:26.099><c> saith</c><00:24:26.220><c> the</c><00:24:26.440><c> Lord</c><00:24:26.920><c> thy</c><00:24:27.240><c> God.</c>

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Isaiah<00:24:31.299><c> chapter</c><00:24:31.660><c> 65</c><00:24:32.759><c> and</c><00:24:33.279><c> verse</c><00:24:33.460><c> 21</c><00:24:34.039><c> to</c><00:24:34.220><c> 25.</c>

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And<00:24:34.759><c> they</c><00:24:34.940><c> shall</c><00:24:35.079><c> build</c><00:24:35.400><c> houses,</c><00:24:36.319><c> they</c><00:24:36.480><c> shall</c><00:24:36.700><c> inhabit</c><00:24:37.099><c> them,</c>

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they<00:24:37.539><c> shall</c><00:24:37.700><c> plant</c><00:24:38.059><c> vineyards,</c><00:24:38.960><c> and</c><00:24:39.119><c> eat</c><00:24:39.319><c> the</c><00:24:39.579><c> fruit</c><00:24:39.859><c> of</c><00:24:40.140><c> them.</c>

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They<00:24:40.980><c> shall</c><00:24:41.160><c> not</c><00:24:41.319><c> build</c><00:24:41.660><c> and</c><00:24:41.920><c> another</c><00:24:42.160><c> inhabit,</c>

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they<00:24:43.180><c> shall</c><00:24:43.400><c> not</c><00:24:43.700><c> plant</c><00:24:44.019><c> and</c><00:24:44.319><c> another</c><00:24:44.640><c> eat,</c>

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for<00:24:45.599><c> as</c><00:24:45.759><c> the</c><00:24:45.940><c> days</c><00:24:46.140><c> of</c><00:24:46.299><c> a</c><00:24:46.539><c> tree</c><00:24:46.740><c> are</c><00:24:46.980><c> the</c><00:24:47.099><c> days</c><00:24:47.359><c> of</c><00:24:47.539><c> my</c><00:24:47.799><c> people,</c>

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and<00:24:49.079><c> mine</c><00:24:49.400><c> elect</c><00:24:49.920><c> shall</c><00:24:50.500><c> long</c><00:24:50.759><c> enjoy</c><00:24:51.119><c> the</c><00:24:51.380><c> work</c><00:24:51.599><c> of</c><00:24:51.740><c> their</c><00:24:52.019><c> hands.</c>

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So<00:24:53.839><c> these</c><00:24:54.059><c> are</c><00:24:54.200><c> all</c><00:24:54.420><c> things</c><00:24:54.680><c> talking</c><00:24:55.079><c> about</c><00:24:55.779><c> the</c><00:24:56.160><c> kingdom</c><00:24:56.400><c> of</c>

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God<00:24:56.960><c> on</c><00:24:57.319><c> earth.</c>

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Isaiah<00:24:59.599><c> 65.</c>

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They<00:25:01.779><c> shall</c><00:25:02.059><c> not</c><00:25:02.359><c> labour</c><00:25:02.880><c> in</c><00:25:03.359><c> vain,</c><00:25:04.240><c> nor</c><00:25:04.420><c> bring</c><00:25:04.740><c> forth</c><00:25:05.079><c> trouble,</c>

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for<00:25:06.440><c> they</c><00:25:06.799><c> are</c><00:25:07.359><c> the</c><00:25:07.759><c> seed</c><00:25:07.940><c> of</c><00:25:08.140><c> the</c><00:25:08.359><c> blessed</c><00:25:08.660><c> of</c><00:25:08.920><c> the</c><00:25:09.039><c> Lord,</c>

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and<00:25:09.799><c> their</c><00:25:09.980><c> offspring</c><00:25:10.299><c> with</c><00:25:10.579><c> them.</c>

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It<00:25:11.859><c> shall</c><00:25:12.039><c> come</c><00:25:12.259><c> to</c><00:25:12.500><c> pass</c><00:25:12.859><c> that</c><00:25:13.460><c> before</c><00:25:13.839><c> they</c><00:25:14.140><c> call</c><00:25:14.440><c> I</c><00:25:14.640><c> will</c><00:25:14.859><c> answer,</c>

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and<00:25:16.019><c> while</c><00:25:16.380><c> they</c><00:25:16.700><c> are</c><00:25:16.920><c> yet</c><00:25:17.140><c> speaking</c><00:25:17.660><c> I</c><00:25:18.039><c> will</c><00:25:18.339><c> hear.</c>

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The<00:25:20.319><c> wolf</c><00:25:20.819><c> and</c><00:25:21.180><c> the</c><00:25:21.420><c> lamb</c><00:25:21.579><c> shall</c><00:25:21.920><c> feed</c><00:25:22.380><c> together,</c>

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and<00:25:23.680><c> the</c><00:25:23.900><c> lion</c><00:25:24.220><c> shall</c><00:25:24.460><c> eat</c><00:25:24.759><c> straw</c><00:25:25.079><c> like</c><00:25:25.359><c> the</c><00:25:25.559><c> bullock,</c>

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and<00:25:26.599><c> the</c><00:25:26.799><c> dust</c><00:25:26.940><c> shall</c><00:25:27.140><c> be</c><00:25:27.339><c> the</c><00:25:27.559><c> serpent's</c><00:25:28.000><c> meat.</c>

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They<00:25:28.380><c> shall</c><00:25:28.619><c> not</c><00:25:28.920><c> hurt</c><00:25:29.500><c> nor</c><00:25:29.900><c> destroy</c><00:25:30.440><c> in</c><00:25:30.779><c> all</c><00:25:31.059><c> my</c><00:25:31.259><c> holy</c><00:25:31.539><c> mountain,</c><00:25:32.519><c> saith</c>

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the<00:25:32.880><c> Lord.</c>

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This<00:25:33.660><c> is</c><00:25:33.920><c> what's</c><00:25:34.240><c> going</c><00:25:34.380><c> to</c><00:25:34.640><c> happen</c><00:25:35.160><c> on</c><00:25:35.799><c> this</c><00:25:36.160><c> earth.</c>

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The<00:25:37.180><c> wolf</c><00:25:37.599><c> and</c><00:25:37.920><c> the</c><00:25:38.119><c> lamb</c><00:25:38.740><c> shall</c><00:25:39.339><c> feed</c><00:25:39.640><c> together,</c>

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and<00:25:40.619><c> the</c><00:25:40.839><c> lion</c><00:25:41.119><c> will</c><00:25:41.400><c> be</c><00:25:41.640><c> changed.</c>

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Its<00:25:42.559><c> biology</c><00:25:43.019><c> will</c><00:25:43.279><c> be</c><00:25:43.559><c> changed,</c><00:25:44.420><c> so</c><00:25:44.619><c> it</c><00:25:44.819><c> eats</c><00:25:45.079><c> straw</c><00:25:45.720><c> like</c>

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the<00:25:46.680><c> bullock.</c>

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Isaiah<00:25:51.920><c> 35.</c>

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Then<00:25:53.279><c> the</c><00:25:53.440><c> eyes</c><00:25:53.740><c> of</c><00:25:53.960><c> the</c><00:25:54.180><c> blind</c><00:25:54.500><c> shall</c><00:25:54.799><c> be</c><00:25:55.140><c> opened,</c>

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and<00:25:55.779><c> the</c><00:25:55.960><c> ears</c><00:25:56.200><c> of</c><00:25:56.380><c> the</c><00:25:56.559><c> deaf</c><00:25:56.940><c> shall</c><00:25:57.359><c> be</c><00:25:57.579><c> unstopped.</c>

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Some<00:25:58.240><c> miracles</c><00:25:58.680><c> are</c><00:25:58.859><c> going</c><00:25:59.000><c> to</c><00:25:59.220><c> happen</c><00:25:59.440><c> in</c><00:25:59.559><c> this</c><00:25:59.779><c> kingdom.</c>

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Then<00:26:01.299><c> shall</c><00:26:01.660><c> the</c><00:26:01.900><c> lame</c><00:26:02.160><c> man</c><00:26:02.640><c> leap</c><00:26:02.960><c> as</c><00:26:03.200><c> a</c><00:26:03.440><c> heart,</c>

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and<00:26:04.460><c> the</c><00:26:04.660><c> tongue</c><00:26:04.839><c> of</c><00:26:05.039><c> the</c><00:26:05.200><c> dumb</c><00:26:05.400><c> sing,</c>

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for<00:26:06.079><c> the</c><00:26:06.279><c> wilderness</c><00:26:06.680><c> shall</c><00:26:07.019><c> waters</c><00:26:10.140><c> break</c><00:26:10.519><c> out,</c>

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and<00:26:11.319><c> streams</c><00:26:11.700><c> in</c><00:26:11.940><c> the</c><00:26:12.099><c> desert.</c>

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And<00:26:14.740><c> the</c><00:26:15.000><c> parched</c><00:26:15.299><c> ground</c><00:26:15.640><c> shall</c><00:26:15.880><c> become</c><00:26:16.160><c> a</c><00:26:16.400><c> pool,</c>

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and<00:26:16.980><c> the</c><00:26:17.180><c> thirsty</c><00:26:17.480><c> land</c><00:26:17.819><c> springs</c><00:26:18.319><c> of</c><00:26:18.579><c> water,</c>

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in<00:26:19.660><c> the</c><00:26:19.819><c> inhabitation</c><00:26:20.420><c> of</c><00:26:20.680><c> dragons,</c>

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where<00:26:21.259><c> each</c><00:26:21.599><c> lake</c><00:26:21.900><c> shall</c><00:26:22.279><c> be</c><00:26:22.559><c> grass</c><00:26:22.759><c> with</c><00:26:23.039><c> reeds</c><00:26:23.500><c> and</c><00:26:23.720><c> rushes.</c>

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And<00:26:27.559><c> an</c><00:26:27.839><c> highway</c><00:26:28.240><c> shall</c><00:26:28.480><c> be</c><00:26:28.700><c> there,</c><00:26:29.119><c> and</c><00:26:29.359><c> a</c><00:26:29.460><c> way,</c>

00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:32.119
and<00:26:30.079><c> it</c><00:26:30.240><c> shall</c><00:26:30.380><c> be</c><00:26:30.619><c> called</c><00:26:30.940><c> the</c><00:26:31.299><c> way</c><00:26:31.519><c> of</c><00:26:31.720><c> holiness.</c>

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The<00:26:32.740><c> unclean</c><00:26:33.240><c> shall</c><00:26:33.500><c> not</c><00:26:33.680><c> pass</c><00:26:34.000><c> over</c><00:26:34.240><c> it,</c>

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but<00:26:34.519><c> it</c><00:26:34.720><c> shall</c><00:26:34.859><c> be</c><00:26:35.099><c> for</c><00:26:35.240><c> those,</c><00:26:36.039><c> the</c><00:26:36.200><c> wayfaring</c><00:26:36.660><c> men,</c>

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though<00:26:37.599><c> fools</c><00:26:37.819><c> shall</c><00:26:38.099><c> not</c><00:26:38.400><c> enter</c><00:26:38.660><c> therein.</c>

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No<00:26:39.980><c> lion</c><00:26:40.339><c> shall</c><00:26:40.559><c> be</c><00:26:40.779><c> there,</c><00:26:41.259><c> nor</c><00:26:41.380><c> any</c><00:26:41.700><c> ravenous</c><00:26:42.160><c> beast</c><00:26:42.380><c> shall</c>

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go<00:26:42.839><c> up</c><00:26:43.119><c> thereon.</c>

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It<00:26:44.180><c> shall</c><00:26:44.339><c> not</c><00:26:44.519><c> be</c><00:26:44.720><c> found</c><00:26:44.920><c> there,</c><00:26:45.299><c> but</c><00:26:45.460><c> the</c><00:26:45.759><c> redeemed</c><00:26:46.140><c> shall</c>

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walk<00:26:46.920><c> there,</c>

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the<00:26:47.480><c> redeemed</c><00:26:47.799><c> are</c><00:26:47.960><c> those</c><00:26:48.319><c> who</c><00:26:48.740><c> have</c><00:26:48.960><c> responded</c><00:26:49.359><c> to</c><00:26:49.599><c> the</c><00:26:49.799><c> call</c>

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of<00:26:50.140><c> the</c><00:26:50.299><c> gospel,</c>

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the<00:26:50.819><c> good</c><00:26:51.079><c> news</c><00:26:51.319><c> of</c><00:26:51.500><c> the</c><00:26:51.640><c> kingdom</c><00:26:51.880><c> of</c><00:26:52.140><c> God.</c>

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And<00:26:53.240><c> the</c><00:26:53.420><c> ransomed</c><00:26:53.940><c> of</c><00:26:54.119><c> the</c><00:26:54.279><c> Lord</c><00:26:54.440><c> shall</c><00:26:54.660><c> return,</c>

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and<00:26:55.740><c> come</c><00:26:55.960><c> to</c><00:26:56.220><c> Zion</c><00:26:56.380><c> with</c><00:26:56.680><c> song</c><00:26:56.920><c> and</c><00:26:57.099><c> everlasting</c><00:26:57.480><c> joy</c><00:26:57.839><c> upon</c>

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their<00:26:58.359><c> heads.</c>

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They<00:26:59.519><c> shall</c><00:26:59.720><c> obtain</c><00:27:00.039><c> joy</c><00:27:00.480><c> and</c><00:27:00.839><c> gladness,</c>

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and<00:27:02.000><c> sorrow</c><00:27:02.339><c> and</c><00:27:02.900><c> sighing</c><00:27:03.319><c> shall</c><00:27:03.619><c> flee</c><00:27:04.099><c> away.</c>

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What<00:27:06.599><c> wonderful,</c><00:27:07.119><c> wonderful</c><00:27:07.680><c> images</c><00:27:08.059><c> we</c><00:27:08.359><c> have</c><00:27:08.519><c> then</c><00:27:08.700><c> of</c><00:27:08.819><c> the</c>

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kingdom<00:27:09.259><c> of</c><00:27:09.519><c> God</c><00:27:09.779><c> on</c><00:27:10.539><c> earth.</c>

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Many<00:27:12.400><c> will</c><00:27:12.720><c> have</c><00:27:12.819><c> us</c><00:27:13.099><c> believe</c><00:27:13.619><c> that</c><00:27:14.279><c> the</c><00:27:14.539><c> kingdom</c><00:27:14.900><c> of</c><00:27:15.119><c> God</c><00:27:15.339><c> will</c><00:27:15.559><c> be</c>

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in<00:27:16.019><c> heaven,</c>

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that<00:27:17.039><c> when</c><00:27:17.259><c> we</c><00:27:17.519><c> die</c><00:27:17.700><c> we</c><00:27:17.940><c> float</c><00:27:18.259><c> off</c><00:27:18.519><c> somewhere</c><00:27:18.940><c> to</c><00:27:19.500><c> be</c><00:27:19.700><c> with</c><00:27:19.859><c> Jesus,</c>

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to<00:27:21.240><c> have</c><00:27:21.440><c> eternal</c><00:27:21.859><c> life</c><00:27:22.279><c> with</c><00:27:22.500><c> him,</c><00:27:22.799><c> spend</c><00:27:23.039><c> eternal</c><00:27:23.440><c> life</c><00:27:23.700><c> in</c><00:27:23.940><c> bliss.</c>

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:26.619
But<00:27:24.720><c> that's</c><00:27:25.079><c> not</c><00:27:25.259><c> what</c><00:27:25.440><c> the</c><00:27:25.579><c> Bible</c><00:27:25.759><c> is</c><00:27:26.000><c> telling</c><00:27:26.140><c> us,</c><00:27:26.400><c> is</c><00:27:26.539><c> it?</c>

00:27:26.619 --> 00:27:28.680
We've<00:27:26.880><c> seen</c><00:27:27.039><c> that</c><00:27:27.259><c> quite</c><00:27:27.640><c> clearly.</c>

00:27:30.599 --> 00:27:34.859
So<00:27:30.759><c> then,</c><00:27:30.980><c> the</c><00:27:31.099><c> kingdom</c><00:27:31.380><c> of</c><00:27:31.660><c> God</c><00:27:31.980><c> in</c><00:27:32.480><c> earth,</c><00:27:33.519><c> not</c><00:27:33.799><c> in</c><00:27:34.059><c> heaven.</c>

00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:37.779
The<00:27:35.240><c> very</c><00:27:35.720><c> literal</c><00:27:36.359><c> descriptions</c><00:27:37.000><c> that</c><00:27:37.200><c> we've</c><00:27:37.440><c> read</c><00:27:37.640><c> of,</c>

00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:41.140
and<00:27:37.920><c> they</c><00:27:38.059><c> are</c><00:27:38.339><c> very</c><00:27:38.640><c> graphic,</c><00:27:39.740><c> literal</c><00:27:40.359><c> descriptions,</c>

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aren't<00:27:41.420><c> they?</c>

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Of<00:27:42.140><c> the</c><00:27:42.400><c> wall</c><00:27:42.579><c> flying</c><00:27:42.859><c> down</c><00:27:43.160><c> with</c><00:27:43.359><c> the</c><00:27:43.559><c> lamb,</c><00:27:44.240><c> of</c><00:27:44.440><c> the</c><00:27:44.819><c> abundance</c><00:27:45.319><c> of</c><00:27:45.660><c> food.</c>

00:27:45.819 --> 00:27:50.720
These<00:27:46.539><c> things</c><00:27:47.220><c> are</c><00:27:48.559><c> often</c><00:27:48.940><c> ridiculed</c><00:27:49.500><c> by</c><00:27:49.799><c> theologians,</c>

00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:52.880
and<00:27:51.279><c> members</c><00:27:51.519><c> of</c><00:27:51.720><c> other</c><00:27:51.960><c> denominations.</c>

00:27:53.339 --> 00:27:55.640
They<00:27:53.480><c> claim</c><00:27:53.700><c> these</c><00:27:54.000><c> things</c><00:27:54.160><c> are</c><00:27:54.420><c> symbolic.</c>

00:27:56.700 --> 00:27:58.220
Not<00:27:56.960><c> real,</c><00:27:57.339><c> they're</c><00:27:57.539><c> just</c><00:27:57.759><c> symbolic.</c>

00:27:58.359 --> 00:28:00.200
We're<00:27:58.440><c> supposed</c><00:27:58.599><c> to</c><00:27:58.799><c> interpret</c><00:27:59.099><c> them</c><00:27:59.279><c> as</c><00:27:59.400><c> something</c><00:27:59.740><c> else.</c>

00:28:00.700 --> 00:28:02.420
The<00:28:00.839><c> language</c><00:28:01.299><c> used</c><00:28:01.660><c> that</c><00:28:01.819><c> we</c><00:28:02.019><c> read</c><00:28:02.240><c> of,</c>

00:28:02.420 --> 00:28:05.539
that<00:28:02.579><c> we've</c><00:28:02.799><c> just</c><00:28:03.019><c> read</c><00:28:03.339><c> a</c><00:28:03.539><c> substantial</c><00:28:04.039><c> amount</c><00:28:04.339><c> of</c><00:28:04.599><c> references,</c>

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it's<00:28:06.539><c> very</c><00:28:06.859><c> clear,</c><00:28:07.240><c> isn't</c><00:28:07.420><c> it?</c>

00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:10.819
There's<00:28:08.880><c> no</c><00:28:09.140><c> hint</c><00:28:09.359><c> that</c><00:28:09.480><c> we're</c><00:28:09.660><c> not</c><00:28:09.880><c> supposed</c><00:28:10.140><c> to</c><00:28:10.359><c> take</c><00:28:10.519><c> those</c>

00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:12.180
things<00:28:11.079><c> literally.</c>

00:28:13.359 --> 00:28:15.319
So<00:28:13.559><c> why</c><00:28:13.839><c> should</c><00:28:14.039><c> we</c><00:28:14.299><c> take</c><00:28:14.480><c> them</c><00:28:14.819><c> symbolically?</c>

00:28:15.319 --> 00:28:18.400
If<00:28:15.440><c> they</c><00:28:15.579><c> are</c><00:28:15.900><c> symbolic,</c><00:28:16.460><c> what</c><00:28:16.640><c> are</c><00:28:16.839><c> they</c><00:28:17.000><c> symbolic</c><00:28:17.539><c> of?</c>

00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:19.980
There's<00:28:18.619><c> just</c><00:28:18.880><c> no</c><00:28:19.059><c> point</c><00:28:19.299><c> to</c><00:28:19.440><c> it,</c><00:28:19.640><c> is</c><00:28:19.779><c> there?</c>

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:21.960
It's<00:28:20.559><c> a</c><00:28:20.660><c> non</c><00:28:20.819><c>-argument.</c>

00:28:22.460 --> 00:28:25.740
If<00:28:22.579><c> the</c><00:28:22.799><c> descriptions</c><00:28:23.279><c> of</c><00:28:23.619><c> lame</c><00:28:23.900><c> people</c><00:28:24.359><c> being</c><00:28:24.700><c> cured,</c>

00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:29.079
or<00:28:26.099><c> deserts</c><00:28:26.579><c> being</c><00:28:26.720><c> made</c><00:28:27.079><c> fertile</c><00:28:27.440><c> because</c><00:28:27.740><c> waters</c><00:28:28.200><c> break</c><00:28:28.700><c> out</c><00:28:28.940><c> in</c>

00:28:29.079 --> 00:28:30.220
the<00:28:29.279><c> desert,</c>

00:28:30.359 --> 00:28:32.420
how<00:28:30.880><c> can</c><00:28:31.059><c> that</c><00:28:31.220><c> be</c><00:28:31.440><c> symbolic?</c>

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These<00:28:32.819><c> are</c><00:28:33.019><c> literal</c><00:28:33.319><c> things</c><00:28:33.660><c> which</c><00:28:33.880><c> are</c><00:28:34.019><c> going</c><00:28:34.160><c> to</c><00:28:34.299><c> come</c><00:28:34.420><c> upon</c>

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.279
the<00:28:34.960><c> earth,</c>

00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:37.680
when<00:28:35.799><c> God</c><00:28:36.039><c> cleansed</c><00:28:36.579><c> the</c><00:28:36.700><c> earth.</c>

00:28:38.599 --> 00:28:41.299
It's<00:28:39.039><c> quite</c><00:28:39.339><c> clear</c><00:28:39.660><c> that,</c><00:28:40.119><c> from</c><00:28:40.359><c> the</c><00:28:40.559><c> evidence</c><00:28:40.819><c> that</c><00:28:41.000><c> we've</c>

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:42.599
considered<00:28:41.759><c> so</c><00:28:42.240><c> far,</c>

00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:47.680
that<00:28:43.279><c> God</c><00:28:43.720><c> has</c><00:28:44.440><c> an</c><00:28:44.759><c> eternal</c><00:28:45.200><c> purpose</c><00:28:45.880><c> with</c><00:28:46.500><c> this</c><00:28:46.819><c> earth,</c>

00:28:48.119 --> 00:28:51.039
and<00:28:48.599><c> with</c><00:28:49.059><c> mankind</c><00:28:49.559><c> upon</c><00:28:49.920><c> it.</c>

00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:55.619
He<00:28:51.160><c> would</c><00:28:51.460><c> not</c><00:28:51.720><c> destroy</c><00:28:52.500><c> the</c><00:28:52.880><c> planet</c><00:28:53.220><c> which</c><00:28:53.460><c> he</c><00:28:53.799><c> promised</c><00:28:54.299><c> to</c><00:28:54.660><c> Abraham.</c>

00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:59.759
He<00:28:56.720><c> promised</c><00:28:57.059><c> a</c><00:28:57.140><c> part</c><00:28:57.579><c> of</c><00:28:57.779><c> the</c><00:28:57.920><c> land,</c><00:28:58.460><c> didn't</c><00:28:58.819><c> he,</c><00:28:59.039><c> to</c><00:28:59.299><c> Abraham.</c>

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So<00:29:00.339><c> why</c><00:29:00.619><c> would</c><00:29:00.819><c> the</c><00:29:00.980><c> earth</c><00:29:01.119><c> be</c><00:29:01.460><c> destroyed?</c>

00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:06.019
Again,<00:29:02.619><c> many</c><00:29:02.920><c> people</c><00:29:03.240><c> will</c><00:29:03.460><c> have</c><00:29:03.579><c> you</c><00:29:03.799><c> believe</c><00:29:04.019><c> that</c><00:29:04.200><c> the</c><00:29:04.380><c> earth</c><00:29:04.519><c> will</c><00:29:04.720><c> be</c><00:29:04.900><c> destroyed,</c>

00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:08.700
that<00:29:06.339><c> mankind</c><00:29:06.779><c> will</c><00:29:07.000><c> be</c><00:29:07.200><c> allowed</c><00:29:07.440><c> to</c><00:29:07.720><c> destroy</c><00:29:08.119><c> this</c><00:29:08.380><c> earth</c><00:29:08.579><c> in</c>

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which<00:29:08.859><c> we</c><00:29:09.079><c> live.</c>

00:29:09.319 --> 00:29:13.599
Many<00:29:10.039><c> people</c><00:29:10.400><c> believe</c><00:29:10.900><c> this,</c><00:29:11.980><c> but</c><00:29:12.119><c> it's</c><00:29:12.359><c> not</c><00:29:12.680><c> what</c><00:29:12.859><c> we</c><00:29:13.059><c> see</c><00:29:13.359><c> in</c>

00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:14.740
the<00:29:13.759><c> scriptures.</c>

00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:19.039
He<00:29:16.319><c> would</c><00:29:16.599><c> not</c><00:29:16.819><c> destroy</c><00:29:17.759><c> the</c><00:29:18.279><c> earth.</c>

00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:22.460
We<00:29:19.940><c> should</c><00:29:20.220><c> therefore</c><00:29:20.599><c> expect</c><00:29:21.019><c> there</c><00:29:21.180><c> to</c><00:29:21.299><c> be</c><00:29:21.519><c> many,</c><00:29:21.779><c> many,</c>

00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:23.299
many<00:29:22.839><c> references</c>

00:29:23.299 --> 00:29:25.259
to<00:29:23.640><c> the</c><00:29:23.900><c> literal</c><00:29:24.200><c> descriptions</c><00:29:24.680><c> of</c><00:29:24.859><c> the</c><00:29:25.019><c> kingdom,</c>

00:29:25.299 --> 00:29:28.000
in<00:29:25.460><c> which</c><00:29:25.640><c> we've</c><00:29:25.859><c> looked</c><00:29:26.039><c> at</c><00:29:26.319><c> a</c><00:29:26.500><c> few</c><00:29:26.640><c> of</c><00:29:26.859><c> them,</c><00:29:27.500><c> which</c><00:29:27.720><c> is</c><00:29:27.859><c> to</c>

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come<00:29:28.119><c> upon</c><00:29:28.440><c> the</c><00:29:28.640><c> earth.</c>

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There's<00:29:30.279><c> a</c><00:29:30.400><c> couple</c><00:29:30.559><c> of</c><00:29:30.799><c> verses</c><00:29:31.019><c> now</c><00:29:31.359><c> that</c><00:29:31.660><c> just</c><00:29:32.019><c> confirm</c><00:29:32.839><c> that</c>

00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:35.039
God<00:29:33.579><c> will</c><00:29:33.859><c> not</c><00:29:34.059><c> destroy</c><00:29:34.480><c> the</c><00:29:34.720><c> earth.</c>

00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:41.099
The<00:29:35.980><c> earth</c><00:29:36.599><c> abides</c><00:29:37.420><c> forever,</c><00:29:38.259><c> we</c><00:29:38.299><c> read</c><00:29:38.579><c> in</c><00:29:38.779><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:29:39.480><c> chapter</c><00:29:39.880><c> 1,</c>

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Psalm<00:29:41.579><c> 148.</c>

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He<00:29:43.359><c> hath</c><00:29:43.640><c> established</c><00:29:44.319><c> then,</c><00:29:44.980><c> that</c><00:29:45.140><c> is</c><00:29:45.299><c> the</c><00:29:45.480><c> elements</c><00:29:45.759><c> and</c>

00:29:45.940 --> 00:29:48.000
the<00:29:46.119><c> solar</c><00:29:46.339><c> system,</c><00:29:47.099><c> forever</c><00:29:47.420><c> and</c><00:29:47.680><c> ever.</c>

00:29:48.420 --> 00:29:51.259
He<00:29:48.559><c> hath</c><00:29:48.819><c> made</c><00:29:49.099><c> a</c><00:29:49.279><c> decree</c><00:29:49.519><c> which</c><00:29:49.740><c> shall</c><00:29:50.019><c> not</c><00:29:50.240><c> pass.</c>

00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:56.539
And<00:29:51.779><c> Isaiah</c><00:29:52.160><c> chapter</c><00:29:52.519><c> 45</c><00:29:53.180><c> and</c><00:29:53.380><c> verse</c><00:29:53.660><c> 18,</c><00:29:54.799><c> very</c><00:29:55.099><c> well</c><00:29:55.359><c> known</c><00:29:55.500><c> verse.</c>

00:29:56.640 --> 00:30:03.680
God<00:29:56.900><c> himself</c><00:29:57.700><c> that</c><00:29:58.460><c> formed</c><00:29:58.759><c> the</c><00:29:59.039><c> earth</c><00:29:59.420><c> and</c><00:29:59.900><c> made</c><00:30:00.240><c> it,</c><00:30:01.799><c> he</c><00:30:02.180><c> hath</c><00:30:02.619><c> established</c><00:30:03.240><c> it.</c>

00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:09.160
He<00:30:04.319><c> created</c><00:30:04.839><c> it</c><00:30:05.140><c> not</c><00:30:05.420><c> in</c><00:30:05.740><c> vain,</c><00:30:06.440><c> he</c><00:30:06.859><c> formed</c><00:30:07.220><c> it</c><00:30:07.640><c> to</c><00:30:07.839><c> be</c><00:30:08.079><c> inhabited.</c>

00:30:09.519 --> 00:30:13.220
That's<00:30:09.880><c> why</c><00:30:10.220><c> the</c><00:30:10.519><c> earth</c><00:30:10.819><c> was</c><00:30:11.240><c> formed,</c><00:30:11.680><c> to</c><00:30:11.859><c> be</c><00:30:12.160><c> inhabited</c><00:30:12.619><c> by</c>

00:30:13.220 --> 00:30:14.819
faithful<00:30:13.779><c> men</c><00:30:14.240><c> and</c><00:30:14.460><c> women</c>

00:30:14.819 --> 00:30:17.940
who<00:30:15.180><c> have</c><00:30:15.400><c> chosen</c><00:30:15.799><c> to</c><00:30:16.140><c> serve,</c><00:30:16.460><c> to</c><00:30:16.740><c> follow</c><00:30:17.119><c> the</c><00:30:17.359><c> Lord</c><00:30:17.539><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ,<00:30:18.980><c> will</c><00:30:19.140><c> inhabit</c><00:30:19.759><c> this</c><00:30:20.279><c> earth.</c>

00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:24.140
And<00:30:21.740><c> not</c><00:30:21.960><c> the</c><00:30:22.140><c> earth</c><00:30:22.279><c> as</c><00:30:22.420><c> we</c><00:30:22.579><c> see</c><00:30:22.740><c> it</c><00:30:22.900><c> now,</c><00:30:23.059><c> but</c><00:30:23.240><c> the</c><00:30:23.420><c> earth</c><00:30:23.900><c> the</c>

00:30:24.140 --> 00:30:26.259
way<00:30:24.319><c> we've</c><00:30:24.579><c> seen</c><00:30:24.740><c> it</c><00:30:25.019><c> described,</c>

00:30:26.640 --> 00:30:29.980
the<00:30:26.779><c> perfect</c><00:30:27.220><c> earth,</c><00:30:28.500><c> which</c><00:30:28.700><c> is</c><00:30:28.880><c> to</c><00:30:29.079><c> come.</c>

00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:35.059
So<00:30:32.079><c> the</c><00:30:32.200><c> question</c><00:30:32.700><c> for</c><00:30:33.039><c> us</c><00:30:33.299><c> as</c><00:30:33.559><c> individuals</c><00:30:34.079><c> is</c><00:30:34.440><c> do</c><00:30:34.599><c> we</c><00:30:34.880><c> want</c>

00:30:35.059 --> 00:30:36.740
to<00:30:35.200><c> be</c><00:30:35.339><c> part</c><00:30:35.579><c> of</c><00:30:35.740><c> that</c><00:30:35.980><c> world,</c>

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:39.599
that<00:30:37.140><c> wonderful</c><00:30:37.640><c> promise</c><00:30:37.940><c> that</c><00:30:38.160><c> God</c><00:30:38.359><c> has</c><00:30:38.680><c> made.</c>

00:30:39.859 --> 00:30:43.900
Abraham<00:30:40.259><c> did,</c><00:30:41.180><c> he's</c><00:30:41.420><c> waiting</c><00:30:41.799><c> for</c><00:30:42.000><c> that</c><00:30:42.200><c> promise</c><00:30:42.500><c> to</c><00:30:42.759><c> be</c><00:30:42.960><c> fulfilled.</c>

00:30:44.119 --> 00:30:48.299
We<00:30:44.359><c> may</c><00:30:44.640><c> not</c><00:30:44.880><c> have</c><00:30:45.180><c> that</c><00:30:45.440><c> long</c><00:30:45.619><c> to</c><00:30:45.859><c> wait,</c><00:30:46.319><c> as</c><00:30:46.480><c> we've</c><00:30:46.740><c> seen</c><00:30:47.220><c> we're</c><00:30:47.599><c> very</c><00:30:47.960><c> close,</c>

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we<00:30:48.539><c> are</c><00:30:49.200><c> the</c><00:30:49.619><c> feet</c><00:30:49.920><c> of</c><00:30:50.200><c> Nebuchadnezzar's</c><00:30:51.019><c> image,</c><00:30:51.339><c> we</c><00:30:51.500><c> are</c><00:30:51.680><c> in</c>

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that<00:30:52.119><c> time,</c>

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there<00:30:52.859><c> is</c><00:30:53.099><c> no</c><00:30:53.240><c> other</c><00:30:53.460><c> time</c><00:30:53.720><c> period</c><00:30:54.039><c> after</c><00:30:54.500><c> that,</c><00:30:55.319><c> we</c><00:30:55.539><c> are</c><00:30:55.640><c> very</c><00:30:55.980><c> close.</c>

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So<00:30:57.779><c> if</c><00:30:57.980><c> the</c><00:30:58.140><c> answer</c><00:30:58.500><c> is</c><00:30:58.799><c> yes,</c><00:31:00.079><c> then</c><00:31:00.200><c> we</c><00:31:00.319><c> must</c><00:31:00.559><c> understand</c><00:31:01.099><c> what</c>

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is<00:31:01.460><c> required</c><00:31:02.000><c> from</c><00:31:02.319><c> us</c>

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and<00:31:03.420><c> we</c><00:31:03.599><c> must</c><00:31:04.059><c> prayerfully</c><00:31:05.299><c> read</c><00:31:05.640><c> our</c><00:31:05.960><c> Bibles</c><00:31:06.440><c> for</c><00:31:07.220><c> ourselves</c>

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to<00:31:08.000><c> find</c><00:31:08.220><c> out</c><00:31:08.380><c> what</c><00:31:08.460><c> is</c><00:31:08.700><c> required</c><00:31:09.140><c> from</c><00:31:09.400><c> us</c>

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and<00:31:10.559><c> we</c><00:31:10.680><c> should</c><00:31:10.859><c> act</c><00:31:11.160><c> upon</c><00:31:11.460><c> whatever</c><00:31:11.779><c> we</c><00:31:12.079><c> discover.</c>

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Because<00:31:13.440><c> my</c><00:31:13.680><c> dear</c><00:31:13.880><c> friends,</c><00:31:15.960><c> as</c><00:31:16.160><c> truly</c><00:31:16.480><c> as</c><00:31:16.720><c> I</c><00:31:16.920><c> live</c><00:31:17.099><c> said</c><00:31:17.259><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:31:17.720><c> God,</c>

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all<00:31:19.079><c> the</c><00:31:19.339><c> earth</c><00:31:19.880><c> shall</c><00:31:20.200><c> be</c><00:31:20.480><c> filled</c><00:31:20.839><c> with</c><00:31:21.440><c> the</c><00:31:21.660><c> glory</c><00:31:22.140><c> of</c><00:31:22.420><c> the</c><00:31:22.579><c> Lord.</c>

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Thank<00:31:23.900><c> you.</c>

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Amen.