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what<00:10:02.779><c> was</c><00:10:03.360><c> being</c><00:10:03.600><c> called</c><00:10:04.379><c> a</c><00:10:04.799><c> snake</c><00:10:04.980><c> by</c><00:10:05.340><c> Pharaoh,</c>

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and<00:10:06.340><c> it</c><00:10:06.559><c> became</c><00:10:06.840><c> a</c><00:10:07.240><c> staff.</c>

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that<00:10:19.740><c> there's</c><00:10:20.279><c> this</c><00:10:20.779><c> language</c><00:10:21.360><c> that's</c><00:10:21.759><c> going</c><00:10:22.120><c> on</c>

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but<00:10:25.080><c> I</c><00:10:25.480><c> know</c><00:10:25.899><c> you</c><00:10:26.340><c> are</c><00:10:26.659><c> a</c><00:10:26.879><c> tribe,</c>

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so<00:11:07.960><c> you</c><00:11:08.080><c> can</c><00:11:08.340><c> cast</c><00:11:08.600><c> them</c><00:11:08.759><c> into</c><00:11:08.980><c> the</c><00:11:09.139><c> Nile.</c>

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that<00:11:14.879><c> those</c><00:11:15.100><c> newborn</c><00:11:15.460><c> babies</c><00:11:16.200><c> were</c><00:11:18.259><c> stillborn.</c>

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and<00:11:24.600><c> they</c><00:11:24.720><c> knew</c><00:11:24.820><c> the</c><00:11:25.080><c> lies</c>

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that<00:11:25.519><c> there's</c><00:11:26.179><c> nothing</c><00:11:26.480><c> going</c><00:11:26.840><c> on</c><00:11:27.039><c> in</c><00:11:27.179><c> the</c><00:11:27.379><c> Nile,</c>

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and<00:11:41.500><c> it</c><00:11:41.679><c> turning</c><00:11:41.840><c> to</c><00:11:42.139><c> blood,</c>

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and<00:12:40.519><c> so</c><00:12:40.679><c> many</c><00:12:40.860><c> other</c><00:12:41.139><c> things.</c>

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So<00:12:43.179><c> we</c><00:12:43.360><c> think</c><00:12:43.480><c> about</c><00:12:43.679><c> the</c><00:12:44.120><c> echoes</c><00:12:44.500><c> of</c><00:12:45.000><c> what</c><00:12:45.279><c> Moses</c><00:12:45.659><c> was</c><00:12:45.940><c> trying</c>

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to<00:12:46.299><c> do,</c>

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trying<00:12:46.659><c> to</c><00:12:46.879><c> convince</c><00:12:47.259><c> the</c><00:12:47.539><c> people</c><00:12:47.919><c> to</c><00:12:48.399><c> help</c><00:12:48.580><c> them</c><00:12:48.860><c> know</c>

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and<00:12:49.399><c> understand</c><00:12:50.080><c> the</c><00:12:50.759><c> compassion</c><00:12:51.480><c> of</c><00:12:51.779><c> their</c><00:12:51.980><c> God.</c>

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Think<00:12:53.600><c> about</c><00:12:53.879><c> Jesus's</c><00:12:54.720><c> signs.</c>

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Part<00:12:56.500><c> of</c><00:12:56.679><c> what</c><00:12:56.899><c> Jesus'</c><00:12:57.539><c> ministry</c><00:12:57.940><c> involved</c>

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was<00:13:01.339><c> convincing</c><00:13:02.279><c> the</c><00:13:02.639><c> people</c><00:13:02.960><c> with</c><00:13:03.279><c> his</c><00:13:03.460><c> miracles.</c>

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But<00:13:06.360><c> his</c><00:13:06.539><c> miracles</c><00:13:06.919><c> weren't</c><00:13:07.179><c> just</c><00:13:07.519><c> about</c><00:13:08.740><c> a</c><00:13:09.220><c> showy</c><00:13:09.519><c> display</c>

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of<00:13:12.200><c> power,</c>

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but<00:13:13.820><c> they</c><00:13:14.039><c> were</c><00:13:14.879><c> an</c><00:13:15.159><c> illustration</c><00:13:16.019><c> of</c><00:13:17.039><c> his</c><00:13:17.340><c> compassion</c>

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for<00:13:19.840><c> the</c><00:13:20.299><c> people.</c>

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Let's<00:13:21.580><c> turn</c><00:13:21.779><c> to</c><00:13:21.940><c> Matthew,</c><00:13:22.500><c> chapter</c><00:13:22.799><c> 14.</c>

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When<00:13:28.839><c> Jesus</c><00:13:29.559><c> fed</c><00:13:30.039><c> the</c><00:13:30.379><c> 5</c><00:13:30.639><c>,000,</c>

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we<00:13:33.879><c> read</c><00:13:34.240><c> actually</c><00:13:34.600><c> in</c><00:13:35.120><c> verse</c><00:13:35.320><c> 13,</c>

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chapter<00:13:37.740><c> 14,</c><00:13:38.259><c> verse</c><00:13:38.399><c> 13,</c><00:13:38.919><c> when</c><00:13:39.379><c> Jesus</c><00:13:40.159><c> heard</c><00:13:40.779><c> what</c><00:13:41.159><c> had</c><00:13:41.399><c> happened,</c>

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he<00:13:41.820><c> withdrew</c><00:13:42.940><c> by</c><00:13:43.220><c> boat</c><00:13:43.480><c> privately</c><00:13:44.000><c> to</c><00:13:44.299><c> a</c><00:13:44.480><c> solitary</c><00:13:45.320><c> place.</c>

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He<00:13:45.960><c> had</c><00:13:46.019><c> just</c><00:13:46.360><c> heard</c><00:13:46.580><c> about</c><00:13:47.320><c> his</c><00:13:48.299><c> dear</c><00:13:48.659><c> friend</c>

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and<00:13:49.620><c> relative,</c><00:13:50.039><c> John</c><00:13:50.340><c> the</c><00:13:50.519><c> Baptist,</c><00:13:51.519><c> being</c><00:13:51.639><c> beheaded.</c>

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So<00:13:53.120><c> he</c><00:13:53.220><c> needed</c><00:13:53.480><c> some</c><00:13:53.779><c> quiet</c><00:13:54.039><c> time.</c>

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But<00:13:55.960><c> hearing</c><00:13:56.200><c> of</c><00:13:56.460><c> this,</c><00:13:57.200><c> the</c><00:13:57.360><c> crowds</c><00:13:57.620><c> followed</c><00:13:58.080><c> him</c><00:13:58.279><c> on</c><00:13:58.600><c> foot</c>

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from<00:13:59.299><c> the</c><00:13:59.580><c> towns.</c>

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When<00:14:01.100><c> Jesus</c><00:14:01.519><c> landed</c><00:14:01.980><c> and</c><00:14:02.320><c> saw</c><00:14:02.620><c> a</c><00:14:02.840><c> large</c><00:14:03.200><c> crowd,</c>

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he<00:14:04.700><c> had</c><00:14:05.019><c> compassion</c><00:14:05.700><c> on</c><00:14:05.919><c> them</c><00:14:06.639><c> and</c><00:14:07.419><c> healed</c><00:14:08.019><c> their</c><00:14:08.919><c> sick.</c>

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In<00:14:12.580><c> the</c><00:14:12.700><c> next</c><00:14:13.559><c> chapter,</c><00:14:14.320><c> chapter</c><00:14:14.740><c> 15,</c><00:14:16.080><c> verse</c><00:14:16.340><c> 32,</c>

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Jesus<00:14:19.340><c> called</c><00:14:19.759><c> his</c><00:14:20.019><c> disciples</c><00:14:20.620><c> to</c><00:14:21.679><c> him</c><00:14:21.840><c> and</c><00:14:21.980><c> said,</c>

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I<00:14:22.399><c> have</c><00:14:22.679><c> compassion</c><00:14:23.379><c> for</c><00:14:23.580><c> these</c><00:14:23.860><c> people.</c>

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They've<00:14:24.500><c> already</c><00:14:24.759><c> been</c><00:14:25.139><c> with</c><00:14:25.580><c> me</c><00:14:26.000><c> three</c><00:14:26.379><c> days</c>

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and<00:14:26.960><c> have</c><00:14:27.240><c> nothing</c><00:14:27.700><c> to</c><00:14:28.360><c> eat.</c>

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I<00:14:29.620><c> do</c><00:14:29.759><c> not</c><00:14:29.980><c> want</c><00:14:30.179><c> to</c><00:14:30.360><c> send</c><00:14:30.480><c> them</c><00:14:30.659><c> away</c><00:14:30.860><c> hungry</c>

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or<00:14:31.980><c> they</c><00:14:32.100><c> may</c><00:14:32.259><c> collapse</c><00:14:32.659><c> on</c><00:14:32.879><c> the</c><00:14:33.019><c> way.</c>

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And<00:14:34.740><c> then</c><00:14:35.019><c> you</c><00:14:35.120><c> know</c><00:14:35.279><c> the</c><00:14:35.340><c> rest</c><00:14:35.539><c> of</c><00:14:35.720><c> the</c><00:14:35.860><c> story</c>

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that<00:14:36.879><c> the</c><00:14:38.000><c> seven</c><00:14:38.740><c> loaves</c><00:14:39.639><c> of</c><00:14:39.940><c> bread</c><00:14:40.279><c> and</c><00:14:40.820><c> the</c><00:14:40.940><c> few</c><00:14:41.100><c> small</c><00:14:41.419><c> fish</c>

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were<00:14:42.559><c> multiplied</c><00:14:43.120><c> by</c><00:14:43.320><c> the</c><00:14:43.519><c> miracle</c><00:14:43.820><c> of</c><00:14:44.059><c> Jesus.</c>

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But<00:14:44.500><c> what</c><00:14:44.720><c> was</c><00:14:45.000><c> the</c><00:14:47.000><c> foundation</c><00:14:47.860><c> of</c><00:14:48.059><c> that</c><00:14:48.259><c> miracle,</c>

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what<00:14:48.799><c> caused</c><00:14:49.259><c> Jesus</c><00:14:49.620><c> to</c><00:14:49.820><c> do</c><00:14:49.919><c> that</c><00:14:50.139><c> miracle?</c>

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He<00:14:51.059><c> had</c><00:14:51.360><c> compassion</c><00:14:52.220><c> on</c><00:14:53.299><c> these</c><00:14:53.559><c> people.</c>

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Jesus'<00:14:55.299><c> miracles</c><00:14:55.840><c> were</c><00:14:56.679><c> not</c><00:14:56.919><c> just</c><00:14:57.259><c> to</c><00:14:57.600><c> try</c><00:14:57.720><c> to</c><00:14:58.039><c> show</c>

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that<00:14:58.639><c> he</c><00:14:58.740><c> had</c><00:14:58.940><c> power,</c><00:14:59.879><c> but</c><00:15:00.019><c> they</c><00:15:00.220><c> were</c><00:15:00.539><c> to</c><00:15:01.059><c> show</c><00:15:01.620><c> the</c><00:15:01.940><c> people</c>

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that<00:15:03.240><c> he</c><00:15:03.480><c> was</c><00:15:03.840><c> the</c><00:15:04.279><c> servant</c><00:15:04.559><c> of</c><00:15:04.820><c> God,</c>

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the<00:15:05.379><c> savior</c><00:15:05.659><c> that</c><00:15:05.899><c> God</c><00:15:06.200><c> sent</c><00:15:06.460><c> into</c><00:15:06.679><c> the</c><00:15:06.919><c> world,</c>

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to<00:15:07.940><c> show</c><00:15:08.480><c> his</c><00:15:08.820><c> compassion</c><00:15:09.700><c> for</c><00:15:10.600><c> his</c><00:15:11.039><c> people,</c>

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to<00:15:12.019><c> bring</c><00:15:12.220><c> about</c><00:15:12.580><c> salvation.</c>

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And<00:15:15.299><c> one</c><00:15:15.639><c> more</c><00:15:15.879><c> in</c><00:15:16.120><c> Luke,</c><00:15:16.899><c> chapter</c><00:15:17.519><c> seven.</c>

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Beginning<00:15:28.120><c> in</c><00:15:28.340><c> verse</c><00:15:28.539><c> 11,</c>

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soon<00:15:32.320><c> afterward,</c><00:15:32.779><c> Jesus</c><00:15:33.139><c> went</c><00:15:33.340><c> to</c><00:15:33.519><c> a</c><00:15:33.700><c> town</c><00:15:33.820><c> called</c><00:15:34.120><c> Nain</c>

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and<00:15:35.100><c> his</c><00:15:35.340><c> disciples</c><00:15:35.779><c> and</c><00:15:35.960><c> a</c><00:15:36.120><c> large</c><00:15:36.360><c> crowd</c><00:15:36.659><c> went</c><00:15:36.860><c> along</c><00:15:37.120><c> with</c><00:15:37.360><c> him.</c>

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And<00:15:38.019><c> as</c><00:15:38.200><c> he</c><00:15:38.419><c> approached</c><00:15:38.700><c> the</c><00:15:38.980><c> town</c><00:15:39.240><c> gate,</c>

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a<00:15:39.860><c> dead</c><00:15:40.039><c> person</c><00:15:40.740><c> was</c><00:15:41.080><c> being</c><00:15:41.360><c> carried</c><00:15:41.679><c> out.</c>

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The<00:15:42.980><c> only</c><00:15:43.519><c> son</c><00:15:44.259><c> of</c><00:15:44.720><c> his</c><00:15:44.960><c> mother</c><00:15:45.419><c> and</c><00:15:46.720><c> she</c><00:15:46.919><c> was</c><00:15:47.159><c> a</c><00:15:47.340><c> widow.</c>

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And<00:15:49.320><c> a</c><00:15:49.539><c> large</c><00:15:49.799><c> crowd</c><00:15:50.279><c> from</c><00:15:50.759><c> the</c><00:15:50.980><c> town</c><00:15:51.139><c> went</c><00:15:51.340><c> with</c><00:15:51.620><c> her.</c>

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When<00:15:52.440><c> the</c><00:15:52.639><c> Lord</c><00:15:52.820><c> saw</c><00:15:53.159><c> her,</c><00:15:53.600><c> his</c><00:15:53.740><c> heart</c><00:15:54.500><c> went</c><00:15:55.080><c> out</c><00:15:55.460><c> to</c><00:15:55.639><c> her</c>

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or<00:15:56.600><c> as</c><00:15:57.019><c> the</c><00:15:57.340><c> ESV</c><00:15:57.759><c> and</c><00:15:57.940><c> King</c><00:15:58.100><c> James,</c><00:15:58.460><c> I</c><00:15:58.460><c> believe,</c><00:15:59.039><c> say,</c>

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he<00:15:59.539><c> had</c><00:15:59.759><c> compassion</c><00:16:00.580><c> on</c><00:16:01.299><c> her</c><00:16:01.779><c> and</c><00:16:02.120><c> he</c><00:16:02.340><c> said,</c><00:16:02.679><c> don't</c><00:16:02.840><c> cry.</c>

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Then<00:16:04.879><c> he</c><00:16:05.100><c> went</c><00:16:05.220><c> up</c><00:16:05.860><c> and</c><00:16:06.320><c> touched</c><00:16:06.559><c> the</c><00:16:06.840><c> coffin</c>

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and<00:16:08.019><c> those</c><00:16:08.259><c> carrying</c><00:16:08.559><c> it</c><00:16:08.860><c> stood</c><00:16:09.100><c> still.</c>

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And<00:16:10.419><c> he</c><00:16:10.519><c> said,</c><00:16:11.019><c> young</c><00:16:11.059><c> man,</c><00:16:11.840><c> I</c><00:16:12.039><c> say</c><00:16:12.299><c> to</c><00:16:12.500><c> you,</c><00:16:13.039><c> get</c><00:16:13.159><c> up.</c>

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The<00:16:15.019><c> dead</c><00:16:15.200><c> man</c><00:16:15.539><c> sat</c><00:16:16.440><c> up</c><00:16:16.779><c> and</c><00:16:17.019><c> began</c><00:16:17.299><c> to</c><00:16:17.620><c> talk</c>

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and<00:16:18.480><c> Jesus</c><00:16:18.940><c> gave</c><00:16:19.279><c> him</c><00:16:20.080><c> back</c><00:16:20.840><c> to</c><00:16:21.500><c> his</c><00:16:21.720><c> mother.</c>

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And<00:16:23.299><c> they</c><00:16:23.399><c> were</c><00:16:23.580><c> all</c><00:16:23.960><c> filled</c><00:16:24.519><c> with</c><00:16:25.299><c> awe</c><00:16:25.820><c> and</c><00:16:27.179><c> praised</c><00:16:27.480><c> God.</c>

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A<00:16:28.919><c> great</c><00:16:29.399><c> prophet</c><00:16:29.879><c> has</c><00:16:30.220><c> appeared</c><00:16:30.779><c> among</c><00:16:31.600><c> us,</c><00:16:31.960><c> they</c><00:16:32.159><c> have</c><00:16:32.340><c> said.</c>

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God<00:16:33.019><c> has</c><00:16:33.259><c> come</c><00:16:33.399><c> to</c><00:16:33.720><c> help</c><00:16:34.120><c> his</c><00:16:34.600><c> people.</c>

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This<00:16:36.220><c> news</c><00:16:36.740><c> about</c><00:16:37.220><c> Jesus</c><00:16:37.679><c> spread</c><00:16:38.039><c> throughout</c><00:16:38.419><c> Judea</c>

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and<00:16:39.320><c> the</c><00:16:39.480><c> surrounding</c><00:16:40.059><c> country.</c>

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So<00:16:42.860><c> yes,</c><00:16:43.600><c> Jesus</c><00:16:44.080><c> was</c><00:16:44.419><c> a</c><00:16:44.620><c> great</c><00:16:44.840><c> prophet</c>

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and<00:16:45.379><c> yes,</c><00:16:46.679><c> the</c><00:16:47.220><c> raising</c><00:16:47.480><c> of</c><00:16:47.720><c> the</c><00:16:47.960><c> dead</c><00:16:48.120><c> is</c><00:16:48.340><c> an</c><00:16:48.659><c> amazing,</c>

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tremendous<00:16:50.100><c> miracle</c><00:16:50.620><c> that</c><00:16:51.000><c> nobody</c><00:16:51.220><c> else</c><00:16:51.659><c> can</c><00:16:52.120><c> do.</c>

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And<00:16:53.120><c> yet,</c><00:16:54.600><c> what</c><00:16:54.779><c> did</c><00:16:54.940><c> it</c><00:16:55.200><c> spring</c><00:16:55.419><c> from?</c>

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It<00:16:56.460><c> sprang</c><00:16:56.679><c> from</c><00:16:56.899><c> that</c><00:16:57.159><c> compassion</c><00:16:57.980><c> of</c><00:16:58.620><c> Jesus'</c><00:16:59.120><c> heart</c><00:16:59.340><c> going</c><00:16:59.620><c> out</c>

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to<00:17:00.740><c> that</c><00:17:00.980><c> widow</c><00:17:01.440><c> who</c><00:17:02.340><c> lost</c><00:17:03.039><c> her</c><00:17:03.820><c> only</c><00:17:04.160><c> son.</c>

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That<00:17:07.859><c> is</c><00:17:08.640><c> the</c><00:17:08.839><c> compassion</c><00:17:09.259><c> of</c><00:17:09.420><c> his</c><00:17:09.539><c> heavenly</c><00:17:09.900><c> father</c>

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that<00:17:11.180><c> he</c><00:17:12.339><c> is</c><00:17:13.140><c> demonstrating</c><00:17:13.740><c> for</c><00:17:14.460><c> us</c>

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as<00:17:15.640><c> a</c><00:17:16.019><c> son</c><00:17:16.559><c> mirrors</c><00:17:17.180><c> the</c><00:17:17.519><c> characteristics</c><00:17:18.039><c> of</c><00:17:18.259><c> the</c><00:17:18.440><c> father</c><00:17:18.720><c> Jesus,</c>

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mirrors<00:17:20.039><c> his</c><00:17:20.400><c> father's</c><00:17:21.000><c> compassion</c><00:17:21.460><c> to</c><00:17:21.980><c> us.</c>

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And<00:17:24.039><c> so</c><00:17:24.680><c> that</c><00:17:25.299><c> is</c><00:17:26.119><c> the</c><00:17:26.640><c> impact</c><00:17:27.240><c> that</c><00:17:28.039><c> Jesus</c><00:17:28.440><c> had</c>

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just<00:17:29.240><c> like</c><00:17:29.980><c> Moses</c><00:17:30.660><c> to</c><00:17:32.180><c> try</c><00:17:32.460><c> to</c><00:17:33.319><c> bring</c><00:17:33.779><c> the</c><00:17:34.039><c> message</c>

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of<00:17:35.000><c> God's</c><00:17:35.420><c> love</c><00:17:35.559><c> and</c><00:17:35.799><c> compassion</c><00:17:36.359><c> to</c><00:17:36.700><c> save</c><00:17:37.279><c> his</c><00:17:37.759><c> people.</c>

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The<00:17:40.880><c> next</c><00:17:41.059><c> thing</c><00:17:41.220><c> I</c><00:17:41.319><c> want</c><00:17:41.500><c> to</c><00:17:41.660><c> share</c><00:17:41.759><c> with</c><00:17:42.019><c> you</c>

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was<00:17:46.220><c> something</c><00:17:46.839><c> I</c><00:17:47.099><c> just</c><00:17:47.480><c> heard</c><00:17:48.200><c> in</c><00:17:49.079><c> the</c><00:17:49.220><c> past</c><00:17:49.440><c> few</c><00:17:49.640><c> months</c>

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that<00:17:51.220><c> I'd</c><00:17:51.559><c> never</c><00:17:52.140><c> heard</c><00:17:52.319><c> before.</c>

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Perhaps<00:17:53.160><c> it's</c><00:17:53.460><c> not</c><00:17:53.660><c> new</c><00:17:54.440><c> to</c><00:17:54.759><c> you</c>

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but<00:17:55.119><c> because</c><00:17:55.619><c> I've</c><00:17:56.099><c> done</c><00:17:56.200><c> a</c><00:17:56.339><c> little</c><00:17:56.480><c> research,</c>

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there's<00:17:57.740><c> a</c><00:17:57.940><c> number</c><00:17:58.200><c> of</c><00:17:58.400><c> Jewish</c><00:17:58.579><c> commentators</c>

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that<00:17:59.339><c> have</c><00:17:59.799><c> made</c><00:18:00.079><c> this</c><00:18:00.420><c> point.</c>

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I've<00:18:01.539><c> not</c><00:18:01.759><c> done</c><00:18:02.220><c> a</c><00:18:02.519><c> lot</c><00:18:02.720><c> of</c><00:18:02.920><c> research</c>

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to<00:18:03.319><c> see</c><00:18:03.480><c> how</c><00:18:04.079><c> widespread</c><00:18:04.480><c> it</c><00:18:04.680><c> is</c><00:18:05.039><c> among</c><00:18:05.460><c> Christianity</c><00:18:06.000><c> as</c><00:18:06.259><c> well</c>

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but<00:18:07.140><c> when</c><00:18:08.720><c> we</c><00:18:09.000><c> read</c><00:18:09.480><c> the</c><00:18:11.039><c> famous</c><00:18:11.779><c> instructions</c>

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that<00:18:15.259><c> the</c><00:18:15.940><c> Israelites</c><00:18:16.319><c> were</c><00:18:16.599><c> to</c><00:18:16.980><c> follow</c>

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during<00:18:18.420><c> the</c><00:18:18.640><c> 10th</c><00:18:19.039><c> plague</c><00:18:19.220><c> or</c><00:18:19.440><c> before</c><00:18:19.779><c> the</c><00:18:19.960><c> 10th</c><00:18:20.339><c> plague,</c>

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they<00:18:21.279><c> would</c><00:18:21.440><c> take</c><00:18:21.619><c> the</c><00:18:21.859><c> blood</c><00:18:22.119><c> of</c><00:18:22.339><c> the</c><00:18:22.519><c> lamb</c>

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and<00:18:24.240><c> put</c><00:18:24.420><c> it</c><00:18:25.079><c> on</c><00:18:25.420><c> the</c><00:18:25.599><c> doorposts.</c>

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And<00:18:27.960><c> when</c><00:18:28.500><c> God</c><00:18:28.799><c> saw</c><00:18:29.420><c> that</c><00:18:30.079><c> blood</c><00:18:30.279><c> on</c><00:18:30.440><c> the</c><00:18:30.599><c> doorpost,</c>

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he<00:18:31.220><c> passed</c><00:18:31.599><c> over</c><00:18:32.279><c> those</c><00:18:32.799><c> homes</c>

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and<00:18:34.019><c> did</c><00:18:34.299><c> not</c><00:18:35.680><c> bring</c><00:18:36.160><c> death</c><00:18:36.720><c> upon</c><00:18:36.980><c> the</c><00:18:37.240><c> firstborn</c><00:18:37.720><c> in</c><00:18:38.039><c> those</c><00:18:38.299><c> homes.</c>

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Well,<00:18:41.000><c> I'll</c><00:18:41.160><c> show</c><00:18:41.220><c> you</c><00:18:41.319><c> one</c><00:18:41.500><c> thing</c>

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that<00:18:43.259><c> was</c><00:18:43.700><c> revealed</c><00:18:44.339><c> to</c><00:18:44.539><c> me</c><00:18:44.700><c> many,</c><00:18:45.039><c> many</c><00:18:45.240><c> decades</c><00:18:45.619><c> ago</c>

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that<00:18:46.380><c> is</c><00:18:46.960><c> powerful</c><00:18:47.519><c> in</c><00:18:48.059><c> that</c><00:18:48.359><c> image</c><00:18:48.819><c> first.</c>

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And<00:18:50.420><c> that</c><00:18:50.599><c> is</c><00:18:50.900><c> when</c><00:18:51.079><c> you</c><00:18:51.359><c> think</c><00:18:51.519><c> about</c><00:18:51.720><c> the</c><00:18:52.079><c> shape</c>

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of<00:18:52.980><c> the</c><00:18:53.220><c> lintel</c><00:18:53.579><c> and</c><00:18:53.720><c> the</c><00:18:53.920><c> doorposts,</c>

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they<00:18:55.920><c> make</c><00:18:56.099><c> a</c><00:18:56.279><c> Hebrew</c><00:18:56.480><c> letter,</c><00:18:58.240><c> the</c><00:18:58.519><c> Hebrew</c><00:18:58.740><c> letter</c><00:18:59.019><c> Chet.</c>

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The<00:19:00.460><c> one</c><00:19:00.720><c> you</c><00:19:00.980><c> gotta</c><00:19:01.180><c> kinda</c><00:19:01.480><c> like</c><00:19:03.019><c> go</c><00:19:03.400><c> deep</c><00:19:03.839><c> into</c><00:19:04.019><c> the</c><00:19:04.220><c> throat</c>

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to<00:19:04.779><c> say</c><00:19:05.059><c> a</c><00:19:05.220><c> little</c><00:19:05.420><c> bit.</c>

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And<00:19:07.119><c> that</c><00:19:07.480><c> letter</c><00:19:07.980><c> is</c><00:19:09.819><c> synonymous</c><00:19:10.680><c> with</c><00:19:12.220><c> a</c><00:19:13.380><c> Hebrew</c><00:19:13.680><c> word.</c>

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If<00:19:14.740><c> you</c><00:19:14.940><c> go</c><00:19:15.140><c> into</c><00:19:15.779><c> like</c><00:19:16.359><c> a</c><00:19:16.880><c> Jewish</c><00:19:17.160><c> bookstore</c>

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and<00:19:18.500><c> you</c><00:19:18.660><c> look</c><00:19:18.799><c> at</c><00:19:19.180><c> maybe</c><00:19:19.460><c> the</c><00:19:19.619><c> jewelry</c><00:19:19.940><c> section,</c>

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you'll<00:19:20.559><c> see</c><00:19:20.920><c> probably</c><00:19:21.180><c> the</c><00:19:21.339><c> most</c><00:19:21.720><c> common</c><00:19:22.380><c> thing</c><00:19:22.819><c> sold</c>

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in<00:19:23.380><c> the</c><00:19:23.500><c> jewelry</c><00:19:23.680><c> section</c><00:19:23.940><c> will</c><00:19:24.119><c> be</c><00:19:24.279><c> like</c>

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Star<00:19:24.839><c> of</c><00:19:24.920><c> David</c><00:19:25.759><c> necklaces</c><00:19:26.299><c> perhaps.</c>

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But<00:19:27.559><c> I</c><00:19:27.880><c> would</c><00:19:28.059><c> say</c><00:19:28.180><c> number</c><00:19:28.519><c> two</c><00:19:29.339><c> would</c><00:19:29.680><c> be</c><00:19:29.839><c> a</c><00:19:29.980><c> necklace</c>

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with<00:19:30.680><c> that</c><00:19:30.900><c> letter</c><00:19:31.180><c> Chet.</c>

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And<00:19:33.940><c> the</c><00:19:34.119><c> reason</c><00:19:34.299><c> is</c><00:19:34.539><c> because</c><00:19:34.880><c> Chet</c><00:19:35.220><c> is</c><00:19:35.500><c> the</c><00:19:35.680><c> beginning</c>

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of<00:19:36.400><c> the</c><00:19:36.599><c> word</c><00:19:37.079><c> Chaim.</c>

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And<00:19:39.119><c> when</c><00:19:39.539><c> someone</c><00:19:39.819><c> sees</c><00:19:40.140><c> that</c><00:19:40.440><c> letter,</c>

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it<00:19:41.720><c> brings</c><00:19:42.000><c> to</c><00:19:42.259><c> mind</c><00:19:42.519><c> often</c><00:19:42.960><c> that</c><00:19:43.839><c> word</c><00:19:44.299><c> for</c><00:19:44.700><c> life.</c>

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And<00:19:46.920><c> if</c><00:19:47.059><c> you</c><00:19:47.220><c> think</c><00:19:47.359><c> about</c><00:19:47.599><c> that</c><00:19:47.859><c> image</c>

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of<00:19:48.539><c> the</c><00:19:49.059><c> blood</c><00:19:49.180><c> of</c><00:19:49.400><c> the</c><00:19:49.619><c> lamb</c><00:19:49.859><c> on</c><00:19:50.099><c> the</c><00:19:50.299><c> doorpost,</c>

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because<00:19:51.940><c> of</c><00:19:52.160><c> that</c><00:19:52.519><c> blood</c><00:19:53.019><c> of</c><00:19:53.519><c> the</c><00:19:53.740><c> lamb,</c>

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spelling<00:19:54.819><c> out</c><00:19:55.079><c> that</c><00:19:55.339><c> letter</c><00:19:55.720><c> or</c><00:19:56.539><c> drawing</c><00:19:56.740><c> out</c><00:19:57.039><c> that</c><00:19:57.220><c> letter</c><00:19:57.460><c> Chet,</c>

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there<00:19:59.319><c> was</c><00:19:59.579><c> life</c><00:20:00.039><c> in</c><00:20:00.660><c> that</c><00:20:00.900><c> home</c><00:20:01.279><c> for</c><00:20:01.680><c> the</c><00:20:01.880><c> firstborn.</c>

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He<00:20:03.000><c> was</c><00:20:03.319><c> spared.</c>

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That's<00:20:06.160><c> the</c><00:20:06.380><c> power</c><00:20:06.759><c> of</c><00:20:07.319><c> the</c><00:20:07.700><c> blood</c><00:20:08.000><c> of</c><00:20:08.779><c> our</c><00:20:09.160><c> Passover</c><00:20:09.579><c> lamb,</c>

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the<00:20:10.259><c> Lord</c><00:20:10.420><c> Jesus</c><00:20:10.839><c> as</c><00:20:11.180><c> well.</c>

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We<00:20:12.660><c> are</c><00:20:12.880><c> passed</c><00:20:13.160><c> over</c><00:20:13.700><c> from</c><00:20:14.559><c> death</c><00:20:14.960><c> in</c><00:20:15.200><c> the</c><00:20:15.380><c> eternal</c><00:20:15.619><c> sense</c>

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because<00:20:16.599><c> of</c><00:20:17.339><c> his</c><00:20:17.599><c> sacrifice.</c>

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But<00:20:20.460><c> something</c><00:20:20.799><c> new</c><00:20:21.279><c> that</c><00:20:21.519><c> came</c><00:20:21.759><c> in</c><00:20:22.579><c> recent</c><00:20:22.940><c> months</c>

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that<00:20:24.799><c> I</c><00:20:25.440><c> found</c><00:20:25.740><c> really</c><00:20:26.180><c> powerful</c><00:20:26.640><c> as</c><00:20:27.019><c> well</c>

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is<00:20:27.480><c> the</c><00:20:27.779><c> image</c><00:20:28.500><c> of</c><00:20:29.799><c> that</c><00:20:31.339><c> night,</c>

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at<00:20:32.599><c> night</c><00:20:33.000><c> the</c><00:20:33.660><c> Israelite</c><00:20:34.259><c> family</c><00:20:34.740><c> was</c><00:20:35.059><c> there</c><00:20:35.660><c> in</c><00:20:36.160><c> their</c><00:20:36.400><c> homes</c>

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and<00:20:38.079><c> that</c><00:20:38.519><c> doorway</c><00:20:39.059><c> was</c><00:20:40.019><c> an</c><00:20:40.339><c> opening.</c>

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And<00:20:43.299><c> that</c><00:20:43.559><c> opening</c><00:20:44.200><c> was</c><00:20:46.500><c> covered</c><00:20:47.839><c> in</c><00:20:48.099><c> blood.</c>

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And<00:20:50.140><c> it</c><00:20:50.319><c> never</c><00:20:50.519><c> occurred</c><00:20:50.819><c> to</c><00:20:51.019><c> me</c><00:20:51.180><c> before,</c>

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but<00:20:52.559><c> I</c><00:20:53.460><c> heard</c><00:20:53.500><c> it</c><00:20:54.200><c> mentioned</c><00:20:54.599><c> that</c><00:20:55.180><c> that</c><00:20:55.880><c> is</c><00:20:56.200><c> an</c><00:20:56.579><c> image</c>

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of<00:20:59.059><c> the</c><00:20:59.279><c> birth</c><00:20:59.460><c> canal.</c>

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That<00:21:02.539><c> home</c><00:21:03.180><c> would</c><00:21:03.799><c> have</c><00:21:03.960><c> been</c><00:21:04.079><c> like</c><00:21:04.420><c> a</c><00:21:04.680><c> womb</c>

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from<00:21:07.140><c> which,</c><00:21:08.160><c> out</c><00:21:08.380><c> of</c><00:21:08.579><c> which,</c><00:21:10.200><c> a</c><00:21:10.400><c> birth</c><00:21:11.039><c> would</c><00:21:11.480><c> occur.</c>

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Birth<00:21:16.079><c> happens</c><00:21:16.819><c> at</c><00:21:17.119><c> both</c><00:21:17.299><c> ends</c><00:21:17.700><c> of</c><00:21:18.519><c> the</c><00:21:19.220><c> Exodus</c><00:21:19.559><c> narrative.</c>

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We<00:21:21.099><c> start</c><00:21:21.500><c> with</c><00:21:22.339><c> the</c><00:21:22.559><c> midwives</c><00:21:22.960><c> that</c><00:21:23.099><c> we</c><00:21:23.319><c> mentioned</c><00:21:23.559><c> before,</c>

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and<00:21:24.539><c> then</c><00:21:24.660><c> there's</c><00:21:24.900><c> the</c><00:21:25.039><c> birth</c><00:21:25.200><c> of</c><00:21:25.440><c> Moses</c>

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who<00:21:26.720><c> was</c><00:21:27.240><c> delivered</c><00:21:27.980><c> and</c><00:21:29.500><c> saved</c><00:21:30.000><c> from</c><00:21:30.519><c> death</c>

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by<00:21:31.200><c> being</c><00:21:31.460><c> put</c><00:21:31.740><c> into</c><00:21:32.339><c> the</c><00:21:32.720><c> basket</c><00:21:33.160><c> in</c><00:21:33.660><c> the</c><00:21:33.839><c> water.</c>

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Here<00:21:36.079><c> at</c><00:21:36.279><c> the</c><00:21:36.539><c> other</c><00:21:36.799><c> end</c><00:21:37.059><c> of</c><00:21:37.259><c> the</c><00:21:37.380><c> Exodus</c><00:21:37.680><c> story,</c>

00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:44.440
we<00:21:39.140><c> have</c><00:21:39.339><c> an</c><00:21:39.599><c> image</c><00:21:40.019><c> of</c><00:21:40.640><c> a</c><00:21:40.799><c> birth</c><00:21:40.980><c> canal</c><00:21:41.359><c> for</c><00:21:42.920><c> a</c><00:21:43.240><c> new</c><00:21:43.440><c> birth,</c>

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and<00:21:44.980><c> we</c><00:21:45.380><c> have</c><00:21:45.779><c> a</c><00:21:46.180><c> firstborn</c><00:21:46.660><c> son</c><00:21:47.339><c> being</c><00:21:49.140><c> spared</c>

00:21:50.799 --> 00:21:56.059
and<00:21:51.259><c> God</c><00:21:51.579><c> talks</c><00:21:51.980><c> about</c><00:21:52.759><c> Israel</c><00:21:53.519><c> being</c><00:21:54.079><c> his</c><00:21:54.420><c> firstborn</c><00:21:54.940><c> son</c>

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in<00:21:57.140><c> these</c><00:21:57.559><c> chapters</c><00:21:58.000><c> as</c><00:21:58.359><c> well.</c>

00:21:59.579 --> 00:22:03.799
God<00:21:59.799><c> was</c><00:22:00.740><c> giving</c><00:22:01.079><c> birth</c><00:22:01.759><c> to</c><00:22:02.480><c> his</c><00:22:02.839><c> people.</c>

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You<00:22:04.980><c> know,</c><00:22:05.460><c> the</c><00:22:05.660><c> famous</c><00:22:06.140><c> passage</c><00:22:06.859><c> out</c><00:22:07.140><c> of</c><00:22:07.359><c> Isaiah</c><00:22:07.720><c> 66</c>

00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:12.259
where<00:22:09.700><c> it</c><00:22:10.299><c> talks</c><00:22:10.539><c> about</c><00:22:10.720><c> a</c><00:22:10.920><c> nation</c><00:22:11.200><c> being</c><00:22:11.440><c> born</c><00:22:11.700><c> in</c><00:22:11.900><c> a</c><00:22:12.059><c> day</c>

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which<00:22:12.500><c> was</c><00:22:13.220><c> quoted</c><00:22:13.700><c> in</c><00:22:14.400><c> 1948</c>

00:22:16.019 --> 00:22:19.700
when<00:22:16.559><c> Israel</c><00:22:17.960><c> became</c><00:22:18.400><c> a</c><00:22:18.940><c> people</c><00:22:19.160><c> again</c>

00:22:19.700 --> 00:22:23.420
after<00:22:20.319><c> so</c><00:22:20.640><c> many</c><00:22:20.839><c> years</c><00:22:21.559><c> in</c><00:22:22.359><c> exile.</c>

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But<00:22:25.319><c> it's</c><00:22:25.759><c> also</c><00:22:26.539><c> referring</c><00:22:27.059><c> back,</c><00:22:27.599><c> I</c><00:22:27.880><c> believe,</c>

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to<00:22:28.839><c> this</c><00:22:29.119><c> day</c><00:22:29.519><c> of</c><00:22:30.920><c> Passover.</c>

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The<00:22:32.859><c> nation</c><00:22:33.339><c> was</c><00:22:33.660><c> born</c><00:22:34.240><c> in</c><00:22:34.839><c> a</c><00:22:35.019><c> day</c>

00:22:35.620 --> 00:22:41.240
when<00:22:36.160><c> God</c><00:22:37.339><c> passed</c><00:22:37.880><c> over</c><00:22:39.140><c> the</c><00:22:39.740><c> Israelite</c><00:22:40.140><c> households.</c>

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He<00:22:42.019><c> brought</c><00:22:42.240><c> death</c><00:22:42.779><c> upon</c><00:22:43.140><c> the</c><00:22:43.380><c> Egyptian</c><00:22:43.700><c> households</c>

00:22:44.839 --> 00:22:48.059
and<00:22:45.240><c> Pharaoh</c><00:22:45.400><c> finally</c><00:22:46.059><c> relented</c><00:22:46.720><c> and</c><00:22:47.220><c> said,</c><00:22:48.059><c> go.</c>

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And<00:22:48.680><c> the</c><00:22:48.880><c> people</c><00:22:49.680><c> came</c><00:22:50.119><c> out</c><00:22:50.460><c> through</c><00:22:50.640><c> that</c><00:22:50.920><c> birth</c><00:22:51.119><c> canal,</c>

00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:57.700
saved<00:22:53.519><c> by</c><00:22:53.740><c> the</c><00:22:53.920><c> blood</c><00:22:54.079><c> of</c><00:22:54.259><c> the</c><00:22:54.460><c> lamb</c><00:22:54.819><c> to</c><00:22:55.960><c> begin</c><00:22:56.519><c> a</c><00:22:56.940><c> new</c><00:22:57.119><c> life,</c>

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a<00:22:58.380><c> new</c><00:22:58.559><c> journey</c><00:22:58.940><c> of</c><00:22:59.339><c> freedom</c>

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as<00:23:00.759><c> they</c><00:23:01.119><c> followed</c><00:23:01.400><c> their</c><00:23:03.400><c> savior</c><00:23:03.900><c> to</c><00:23:05.180><c> the</c><00:23:05.440><c> promised</c><00:23:05.720><c> land.</c>

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It's<00:23:08.119><c> a</c><00:23:08.259><c> beautiful</c><00:23:08.619><c> image</c><00:23:09.200><c> of</c><00:23:10.140><c> what</c><00:23:10.299><c> God</c><00:23:10.799><c> had</c><00:23:11.240><c> done.</c>

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And<00:23:12.839><c> they</c><00:23:13.420><c> were</c><00:23:13.660><c> born</c><00:23:14.160><c> of</c><00:23:15.619><c> water</c><00:23:16.140><c> and</c><00:23:16.839><c> of</c><00:23:17.140><c> spirit,</c>

00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:19.319
if<00:23:18.359><c> you</c><00:23:18.519><c> think</c><00:23:18.720><c> about</c><00:23:18.960><c> it.</c>

00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:25.140
They<00:23:19.900><c> went</c><00:23:20.460><c> from</c><00:23:20.740><c> that</c><00:23:21.500><c> birth</c><00:23:21.700><c> canal</c><00:23:21.960><c> into</c><00:23:22.740><c> the</c><00:23:23.859><c> Red</c><00:23:24.160><c> Sea</c>

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that<00:23:25.640><c> was</c><00:23:25.940><c> opened</c><00:23:26.240><c> up</c><00:23:26.420><c> by</c><00:23:26.720><c> God's</c><00:23:27.299><c> miracle,</c>

00:23:28.840 --> 00:23:31.140
and<00:23:29.200><c> they</c><00:23:29.380><c> were</c><00:23:29.660><c> baptized</c><00:23:30.160><c> into</c><00:23:30.420><c> that</c><00:23:30.720><c> water</c>

00:23:31.140 --> 00:23:34.619
and<00:23:31.660><c> baptized</c><00:23:32.119><c> in</c><00:23:32.319><c> the</c><00:23:32.559><c> spirit</c><00:23:32.740><c> as</c><00:23:32.940><c> the</c><00:23:33.079><c> pillar</c><00:23:33.339><c> of</c><00:23:33.599><c> cloud</c>

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led<00:23:35.259><c> the</c><00:23:35.500><c> way.</c>

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We<00:23:37.359><c> read</c><00:23:37.660><c> Paul</c><00:23:38.019><c> says</c><00:23:38.259><c> that</c><00:23:38.599><c> in</c><00:23:39.299><c> Corinthians.</c>

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And<00:23:40.859><c> so</c><00:23:41.000><c> we</c><00:23:41.079><c> have</c><00:23:41.160><c> this</c><00:23:41.440><c> newborn</c><00:23:41.839><c> people</c><00:23:42.519><c> released</c><00:23:43.180><c> from</c><00:23:43.539><c> bondage</c>

00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:47.900
led<00:23:44.880><c> by</c><00:23:45.099><c> their</c><00:23:45.319><c> savior</c><00:23:45.720><c> on</c><00:23:46.500><c> that</c><00:23:46.779><c> journey.</c>

00:23:50.440 --> 00:23:54.880
I<00:23:50.759><c> never</c><00:23:50.980><c> saw</c><00:23:51.200><c> this</c><00:23:51.480><c> before</c><00:23:51.880><c> until</c><00:23:52.619><c> preparing</c><00:23:53.200><c> this</c><00:23:53.559><c> exhortation,</c>

00:23:54.880 --> 00:23:59.099
but<00:23:55.200><c> if</c><00:23:55.420><c> you</c><00:23:55.619><c> think</c><00:23:55.779><c> about</c><00:23:56.339><c> Jesus'</c><00:23:57.259><c> words</c><00:23:57.420><c> in</c><00:23:58.000><c> John</c><00:23:58.279><c> chapter</c><00:23:58.700><c> three,</c>

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to<00:23:59.279><c> Nicodemus,</c><00:23:59.960><c> famous</c><00:24:00.319><c> words,</c>

00:24:01.579 --> 00:24:04.579
the<00:24:01.759><c> most</c><00:24:02.000><c> famous</c><00:24:02.339><c> verse</c><00:24:02.680><c> probably</c><00:24:03.039><c> in</c><00:24:03.480><c> the</c><00:24:03.700><c> whole</c><00:24:03.880><c> Bible,</c><00:24:04.339><c> right?</c>

00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:07.460
You<00:24:05.400><c> hear,</c><00:24:06.079><c> for</c><00:24:06.220><c> God</c><00:24:06.559><c> so</c><00:24:06.839><c> loved</c><00:24:06.980><c> the</c><00:24:07.240><c> world</c>

00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:09.539
that<00:24:07.599><c> he</c><00:24:07.759><c> gave</c><00:24:08.079><c> his</c><00:24:08.359><c> only</c><00:24:08.700><c> begotten</c><00:24:09.220><c> son,</c>

00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:13.180
that<00:24:10.099><c> whosoever</c><00:24:10.640><c> believeth</c><00:24:11.000><c> not</c><00:24:11.140><c> in</c><00:24:11.400><c> him</c><00:24:11.960><c> should</c><00:24:12.519><c> not</c><00:24:12.799><c> perish,</c>

00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:15.619
but<00:24:13.380><c> will</c><00:24:13.660><c> have</c><00:24:13.900><c> everlasting</c><00:24:14.480><c> life.</c>

00:24:16.899 --> 00:24:19.420
Whether<00:24:17.539><c> that's,</c><00:24:18.200><c> it's</c><00:24:18.640><c> not</c><00:24:18.839><c> absolutely</c><00:24:19.200><c> clear</c>

00:24:19.420 --> 00:24:20.940
that<00:24:19.539><c> that</c><00:24:19.700><c> was</c><00:24:19.880><c> Jesus'</c><00:24:20.339><c> words</c><00:24:20.400><c> to</c><00:24:20.559><c> Nicodemus</c>

00:24:20.940 --> 00:24:23.579
or<00:24:21.220><c> John's</c><00:24:21.759><c> commentary</c><00:24:22.119><c> after</c><00:24:22.500><c> Jesus'</c><00:24:22.960><c> words</c><00:24:23.039><c> to</c><00:24:23.220><c> Nicodemus,</c>

00:24:23.660 --> 00:24:27.500
but<00:24:23.940><c> it's</c><00:24:24.500><c> all</c><00:24:24.740><c> part</c><00:24:24.920><c> of</c><00:24:25.140><c> this</c><00:24:26.480><c> story.</c>

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Well,<00:24:28.440><c> what</c><00:24:28.619><c> was</c><00:24:28.799><c> the</c><00:24:29.039><c> context</c><00:24:29.420><c> of</c><00:24:29.660><c> this</c><00:24:31.039><c> meeting</c>

00:24:31.640 --> 00:24:35.259
between<00:24:32.359><c> Nicodemus</c><00:24:33.599><c> and</c><00:24:34.220><c> Jesus?</c>

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Well,<00:24:36.019><c> in</c><00:24:36.160><c> chapter</c><00:24:36.519><c> two,</c><00:24:36.980><c> verse</c><00:24:37.119><c> 13,</c><00:24:37.859><c> it</c><00:24:38.119><c> says,</c>

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:42.440
when<00:24:39.039><c> it</c><00:24:39.240><c> was</c><00:24:39.839><c> almost</c><00:24:40.480><c> time</c><00:24:40.980><c> for</c><00:24:41.240><c> the</c><00:24:41.440><c> Jewish</c><00:24:41.759><c> Passover,</c>

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Jesus<00:24:43.339><c> went</c><00:24:43.539><c> up</c><00:24:43.779><c> to</c><00:24:43.960><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:24:46.000><c> then</c><00:24:46.299><c> he</c><00:24:46.460><c> talks</c><00:24:46.700><c> about</c><00:24:46.980><c> destroying</c><00:24:47.400><c> this</c><00:24:47.619><c> temple</c>

00:24:47.900 --> 00:24:50.380
and<00:24:48.039><c> in</c><00:24:48.200><c> three</c><00:24:48.359><c> days,</c><00:24:48.680><c> I'll</c><00:24:49.019><c> raise</c><00:24:49.240><c> it</c><00:24:49.480><c> again.</c>

00:24:50.960 --> 00:24:56.059
And<00:24:51.079><c> then</c><00:24:52.019><c> right</c><00:24:52.920><c> following</c><00:24:53.720><c> that</c><00:24:54.000><c> is</c><00:24:54.240><c> this</c><00:24:55.460><c> story</c>

00:24:56.059 --> 00:24:59.920
of<00:24:56.660><c> the</c><00:24:57.039><c> man</c><00:24:57.519><c> of</c><00:24:57.839><c> the</c><00:24:58.039><c> Pharisees</c><00:24:59.140><c> named</c><00:24:59.339><c> Nicodemus,</c>

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a<00:25:00.140><c> member</c><00:25:00.299><c> of</c><00:25:00.460><c> the</c><00:25:00.599><c> Jewish</c><00:25:00.819><c> ruling</c><00:25:01.059><c> council,</c>

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came<00:25:01.799><c> to</c><00:25:01.980><c> Jesus</c><00:25:02.299><c> by</c><00:25:02.599><c> night.</c>

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I<00:25:03.500><c> believe</c><00:25:03.799><c> this</c><00:25:04.259><c> was</c><00:25:04.640><c> happening</c><00:25:05.220><c> very</c><00:25:06.599><c> well,</c>

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either<00:25:07.720><c> in</c><00:25:07.920><c> that</c><00:25:08.160><c> time</c><00:25:08.339><c> leading</c><00:25:08.619><c> right</c><00:25:08.839><c> up</c><00:25:09.039><c> to</c><00:25:09.480><c> Passover</c>

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or<00:25:09.960><c> maybe</c><00:25:10.240><c> it</c><00:25:10.420><c> was</c><00:25:10.500><c> during</c><00:25:10.880><c> the</c><00:25:11.099><c> seven</c><00:25:11.279><c> day</c><00:25:11.480><c> feast.</c>

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Jesus<00:25:13.319><c> and</c><00:25:13.819><c> Nicodemus</c><00:25:14.359><c> would</c><00:25:14.660><c> both</c>

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have<00:25:15.319><c> Passover</c><00:25:15.759><c> on</c><00:25:16.039><c> their</c><00:25:16.279><c> minds.</c>

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And<00:25:18.160><c> that's</c><00:25:18.440><c> the</c><00:25:18.700><c> context</c><00:25:19.279><c> of</c><00:25:19.779><c> Jesus'</c><00:25:20.500><c> words.</c>

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And<00:25:21.180><c> think</c><00:25:21.400><c> about</c><00:25:22.440><c> the</c><00:25:23.539><c> parallels.</c>

00:25:24.339 --> 00:25:27.279
I<00:25:24.339><c> mean,</c><00:25:24.539><c> what</c><00:25:24.720><c> Jesus</c><00:25:25.099><c> brings</c><00:25:25.460><c> out,</c><00:25:26.380><c> the</c><00:25:26.539><c> serpent</c><00:25:26.740><c> on</c><00:25:26.920><c> the</c><00:25:27.099><c> pole,</c>

00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:29.339
as<00:25:27.579><c> Moses</c><00:25:27.960><c> lifted</c><00:25:28.259><c> up</c><00:25:28.500><c> the</c><00:25:28.640><c> serpent</c><00:25:28.839><c> on</c><00:25:29.019><c> the</c><00:25:29.160><c> pole,</c>

00:25:29.420 --> 00:25:31.660
so<00:25:29.619><c> must</c><00:25:29.779><c> the</c><00:25:29.920><c> son</c><00:25:30.099><c> of</c><00:25:30.240><c> man</c><00:25:30.400><c> be</c><00:25:30.680><c> lifted</c><00:25:30.859><c> up.</c>

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And<00:25:32.119><c> he</c><00:25:32.259><c> brings</c><00:25:32.460><c> out</c><00:25:32.700><c> that</c><00:25:32.940><c> image.</c>

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But<00:25:34.799><c> going</c><00:25:35.240><c> back</c><00:25:35.700><c> to</c><00:25:35.940><c> the</c><00:25:36.140><c> beginning,</c>

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Jesus<00:25:39.339><c> says,</c><00:25:39.740><c> I</c><00:25:39.740><c> tell</c><00:25:40.039><c> you</c><00:25:40.180><c> the</c><00:25:40.359><c> truth</c><00:25:40.519><c> in</c><00:25:40.720><c> verse</c><00:25:40.920><c> three,</c>

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no<00:25:42.579><c> one</c><00:25:42.799><c> can</c><00:25:43.220><c> see</c><00:25:43.400><c> the</c><00:25:43.640><c> kingdom</c><00:25:43.880><c> of</c><00:25:44.119><c> God</c><00:25:44.380><c> unless</c><00:25:44.619><c> he's</c><00:25:44.880><c> born</c><00:25:45.140><c> again.</c>

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He's<00:25:47.319><c> talking</c><00:25:47.559><c> about</c><00:25:47.799><c> a</c><00:25:47.980><c> new</c><00:25:48.160><c> birth.</c>

00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:55.119
The<00:25:50.500><c> images</c><00:25:50.859><c> of</c><00:25:51.359><c> Passover</c><00:25:51.779><c> would</c><00:25:52.039><c> be</c><00:25:53.440><c> clear</c><00:25:54.039><c> in</c><00:25:54.359><c> his</c><00:25:54.700><c> mind</c>

00:25:55.119 --> 00:26:00.319
thinking<00:25:55.539><c> back</c><00:25:55.819><c> to</c><00:25:56.000><c> that</c><00:25:56.220><c> image</c><00:25:56.579><c> of</c><00:25:58.119><c> the</c><00:25:59.500><c> womb.</c>

00:26:01.300 --> 00:26:04.539
That<00:26:01.900><c> the</c><00:26:02.259><c> children</c><00:26:02.579><c> of</c><00:26:02.759><c> Israel</c><00:26:02.980><c> were</c><00:26:03.220><c> kept</c><00:26:03.519><c> safe</c><00:26:03.859><c> in.</c>

00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:09.079
And<00:26:04.759><c> actually,</c><00:26:06.619><c> I</c><00:26:07.380><c> forgot,</c><00:26:07.720><c> another</c><00:26:08.039><c> important</c><00:26:08.640><c> aspect</c>

00:26:09.079 --> 00:26:13.500
of<00:26:09.240><c> that</c><00:26:09.539><c> image</c><00:26:10.039><c> is</c><00:26:10.819><c> that</c><00:26:11.059><c> the</c><00:26:11.299><c> Hebrew</c><00:26:11.579><c> word</c><00:26:11.920><c> for</c><00:26:12.319><c> womb,</c>

00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:16.220
rechem,<00:26:14.460><c> remember,</c><00:26:15.079><c> is</c><00:26:15.259><c> directly</c><00:26:15.779><c> related</c>

00:26:16.220 --> 00:26:18.400
to<00:26:16.480><c> the</c><00:26:16.680><c> Hebrew</c><00:26:16.960><c> word</c><00:26:17.259><c> for</c><00:26:17.519><c> to</c><00:26:17.680><c> have</c><00:26:17.859><c> compassion.</c>

00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:22.119
The<00:26:18.660><c> verb</c><00:26:19.059><c> racham,</c><00:26:20.680><c> to</c><00:26:21.200><c> have</c><00:26:21.400><c> compassion</c><00:26:21.900><c> on,</c>

00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:26.059
and<00:26:22.339><c> the</c><00:26:22.460><c> word</c><00:26:22.720><c> rechem,</c><00:26:23.660><c> the</c><00:26:23.819><c> womb,</c><00:26:25.180><c> same</c><00:26:25.359><c> three</c><00:26:25.660><c> letters,</c>

00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:28.220
just<00:26:26.720><c> different</c><00:26:27.019><c> vowel</c><00:26:27.279><c> points.</c>

00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:32.000
The<00:26:29.259><c> mother's</c><00:26:29.819><c> compassion</c><00:26:30.480><c> for</c><00:26:30.720><c> their</c><00:26:30.940><c> child,</c>

00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:36.599
protecting<00:26:33.119><c> in</c><00:26:33.599><c> that</c><00:26:33.940><c> womb,</c><00:26:35.119><c> the</c><00:26:35.299><c> vulnerable,</c>

00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:41.880
young<00:26:37.319><c> little</c><00:26:37.640><c> one</c><00:26:38.180><c> before</c><00:26:39.859><c> it's</c><00:26:40.700><c> time</c><00:26:41.119><c> to</c><00:26:41.380><c> give</c><00:26:41.539><c> birth.</c>

00:26:42.099 --> 00:26:44.740
That's<00:26:42.579><c> the</c><00:26:42.779><c> image</c><00:26:43.079><c> of</c><00:26:43.519><c> the</c><00:26:43.799><c> Hebrew</c><00:26:44.119><c> homes</c>

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:47.200
that<00:26:45.240><c> God</c><00:26:45.440><c> was</c><00:26:45.740><c> protecting</c><00:26:46.279><c> his</c><00:26:46.619><c> people</c><00:26:46.839><c> in</c>

00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:53.599
before<00:26:47.660><c> they</c><00:26:47.940><c> went</c><00:26:48.079><c> out</c><00:26:48.400><c> through</c><00:26:48.579><c> that</c><00:26:48.839><c> birth</c><00:26:49.039><c> canal</c><00:26:49.440><c> into</c><00:26:51.660><c> freedom.</c>

00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:58.839
And<00:26:54.740><c> Jesus</c><00:26:55.259><c> knew</c><00:26:55.960><c> those</c><00:26:56.500><c> images</c><00:26:56.980><c> back</c><00:26:58.319><c> and</c><00:26:58.579><c> forth,</c>

00:26:58.859 --> 00:27:01.700
and<00:26:59.140><c> he's</c><00:26:59.460><c> talking</c><00:26:59.779><c> about</c><00:27:00.319><c> entering</c><00:27:00.900><c> the</c><00:27:01.140><c> kingdom</c><00:27:01.359><c> of</c><00:27:01.579><c> God.</c>

00:27:01.819 --> 00:27:03.519
The<00:27:02.019><c> journey</c><00:27:02.420><c> to</c><00:27:02.619><c> the</c><00:27:02.759><c> kingdom</c><00:27:03.000><c> of</c><00:27:03.259><c> God</c>

00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:05.980
was<00:27:03.819><c> beginning</c><00:27:04.380><c> at</c><00:27:05.000><c> Passover.</c>

00:27:07.819 --> 00:27:10.420
He<00:27:08.019><c> said</c><00:27:08.299><c> in</c><00:27:08.859><c> verse</c><00:27:09.119><c> five,</c><00:27:09.680><c> I</c><00:27:09.700><c> tell</c><00:27:09.940><c> you</c><00:27:10.079><c> the</c><00:27:10.259><c> truth,</c>

00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:12.460
no<00:27:10.720><c> one</c><00:27:10.880><c> can</c><00:27:11.160><c> enter</c><00:27:11.440><c> the</c><00:27:11.759><c> kingdom</c><00:27:12.059><c> of</c><00:27:12.299><c> God</c>

00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:15.779
unless<00:27:12.819><c> he's</c><00:27:13.079><c> born</c><00:27:13.319><c> of</c><00:27:13.500><c> the</c><00:27:13.819><c> water</c><00:27:14.099><c> and</c><00:27:14.279><c> of</c><00:27:14.460><c> the</c><00:27:14.779><c> spirit.</c>

00:27:16.140 --> 00:27:19.819
The<00:27:16.380><c> image</c><00:27:16.619><c> of</c><00:27:16.859><c> going</c><00:27:17.039><c> through</c><00:27:17.799><c> the</c><00:27:18.319><c> Red</c><00:27:18.680><c> Sea</c>

00:27:19.939 --> 00:27:25.039
and<00:27:20.339><c> the</c><00:27:20.640><c> image</c><00:27:21.019><c> of</c><00:27:22.059><c> the</c><00:27:22.319><c> Spirit</c><00:27:22.559><c> of</c><00:27:22.759><c> God</c><00:27:23.000><c> guiding</c><00:27:23.400><c> and</c><00:27:23.720><c> leading</c><00:27:23.940><c> them.</c>

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:30.380
This<00:27:26.720><c> is</c><00:27:27.259><c> what</c><00:27:27.440><c> Jesus</c><00:27:27.839><c> is</c><00:27:28.359><c> trying</c><00:27:28.559><c> to</c><00:27:28.880><c> teach</c><00:27:29.579><c> Nicodemus,</c>

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:32.980
that<00:27:30.619><c> the</c><00:27:31.220><c> spiritual</c><00:27:31.819><c> birth,</c><00:27:32.160><c> the</c><00:27:32.339><c> new</c><00:27:32.619><c> birth,</c>

00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:37.220
is<00:27:33.619><c> really</c><00:27:33.920><c> a</c><00:27:34.160><c> reenactment</c><00:27:34.740><c> of</c><00:27:35.059><c> the</c><00:27:35.380><c> Exodus</c><00:27:35.900><c> birth,</c>

00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:42.460
but<00:27:38.140><c> in</c><00:27:38.740><c> a</c><00:27:39.480><c> deeper</c><00:27:39.940><c> and</c><00:27:40.319><c> more</c><00:27:41.079><c> spiritual</c><00:27:41.519><c> way.</c>

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:48.240
God<00:27:44.799><c> loved</c><00:27:45.420><c> the</c><00:27:45.680><c> people</c><00:27:46.380><c> and</c><00:27:47.680><c> cared</c><00:27:47.920><c> for</c><00:27:48.140><c> them</c>

00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:50.599
and<00:27:48.339><c> had</c><00:27:48.500><c> compassion</c><00:27:49.079><c> on</c><00:27:49.319><c> them,</c><00:27:49.500><c> was</c><00:27:49.680><c> protecting</c><00:27:50.180><c> them,</c>

00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:52.160
and<00:27:51.000><c> then</c><00:27:51.119><c> he</c><00:27:51.240><c> was</c><00:27:51.579><c> delivering</c><00:27:51.960><c> them.</c>

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:55.640
And<00:27:52.359><c> Jesus</c><00:27:52.660><c> saying,</c><00:27:53.079><c> my</c><00:27:53.240><c> mission</c><00:27:53.680><c> is</c><00:27:54.279><c> to</c><00:27:54.539><c> do</c><00:27:54.740><c> the</c><00:27:55.039><c> same</c><00:27:55.319><c> thing</c>

00:27:55.640 --> 00:28:00.319
for<00:27:55.880><c> God's</c><00:27:56.319><c> people,</c><00:27:57.160><c> to</c><00:27:57.460><c> lead</c><00:27:57.660><c> them</c><00:27:58.559><c> out</c><00:27:59.079><c> of</c><00:27:59.359><c> sin</c>

00:28:01.080 --> 00:28:04.160
and<00:28:01.660><c> the</c><00:28:02.240><c> slavery</c><00:28:02.779><c> to</c><00:28:03.119><c> sin.</c>

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:09.079
And<00:28:06.560><c> the</c><00:28:07.140><c> result</c><00:28:07.559><c> of</c><00:28:07.779><c> that</c><00:28:08.059><c> slavery</c><00:28:08.440><c> is</c><00:28:08.740><c> death,</c>

00:28:09.400 --> 00:28:14.519
but<00:28:10.000><c> God</c><00:28:11.079><c> so</c><00:28:11.660><c> loved</c><00:28:11.799><c> the</c><00:28:12.059><c> world</c><00:28:12.259><c> that</c><00:28:12.420><c> he</c><00:28:12.599><c> gave</c><00:28:12.880><c> his</c><00:28:13.099><c> only</c><00:28:13.460><c> son</c>

00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:16.920
that<00:28:15.259><c> whoever</c><00:28:15.539><c> believes</c><00:28:15.920><c> in</c><00:28:16.059><c> him</c><00:28:16.119><c> would</c><00:28:16.359><c> not</c><00:28:16.660><c> perish.</c>

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:20.240
Death<00:28:17.339><c> will</c><00:28:18.339><c> pass</c><00:28:18.799><c> over</c><00:28:19.180><c> in</c><00:28:19.400><c> the</c><00:28:19.559><c> eternal</c><00:28:19.839><c> sense.</c>

00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:23.980
It<00:28:20.400><c> will</c><00:28:20.559><c> be</c><00:28:20.779><c> but</c><00:28:20.940><c> a</c><00:28:21.240><c> sleep</c><00:28:21.579><c> until</c><00:28:22.579><c> the</c><00:28:22.859><c> resurrection.</c>

00:28:24.859 --> 00:28:29.599
He<00:28:25.299><c> won't</c><00:28:25.579><c> perish</c><00:28:26.240><c> because</c><00:28:27.400><c> of</c><00:28:27.660><c> the</c><00:28:27.880><c> blood</c><00:28:28.220><c> of</c><00:28:28.539><c> the</c><00:28:28.720><c> lamb.</c>

00:28:30.620 --> 00:28:34.740
These<00:28:30.980><c> are</c><00:28:31.180><c> beautiful</c><00:28:31.519><c> images</c><00:28:32.000><c> that</c><00:28:32.759><c> the</c><00:28:33.000><c> scriptures</c><00:28:33.299><c> give</c><00:28:33.579><c> us.</c>

00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:43.160
One<00:28:38.900><c> last</c><00:28:39.740><c> Passover</c><00:28:40.319><c> event</c><00:28:41.099><c> that</c><00:28:42.319><c> is</c><00:28:42.819><c> the</c><00:28:43.019><c> one</c>

00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:44.740
that<00:28:43.319><c> we're</c><00:28:43.500><c> remembering</c><00:28:43.900><c> this</c><00:28:44.200><c> morning.</c>

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:48.799
John,<00:28:46.660><c> on</c><00:28:47.059><c> the</c><00:28:47.220><c> eve</c><00:28:47.380><c> of</c><00:28:47.559><c> that</c><00:28:47.819><c> Passover,</c>

00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:52.279
accounts<00:28:49.319><c> Jesus'</c><00:28:50.380><c> message</c><00:28:50.720><c> to</c><00:28:50.940><c> his</c><00:28:51.160><c> disciples.</c>

00:28:53.140 --> 00:28:59.039
He<00:28:53.500><c> recounts</c><00:28:54.220><c> Jesus'</c><00:28:55.380><c> prayer</c><00:28:55.900><c> for</c><00:28:56.720><c> the</c><00:28:56.859><c> disciples</c><00:28:57.299><c> in</c><00:28:57.519><c> John</c><00:28:57.759><c> 17,</c>

00:28:59.259 --> 00:29:02.140
beautiful<00:28:59.960><c> words</c><00:29:00.220><c> that</c><00:29:00.599><c> reveal</c><00:29:00.859><c> the</c><00:29:01.059><c> heart</c><00:29:01.420><c> of</c><00:29:01.619><c> our</c><00:29:01.799><c> Lord</c>

00:29:02.140 --> 00:29:04.859
on<00:29:02.759><c> that</c><00:29:03.019><c> night</c><00:29:03.240><c> before</c><00:29:03.680><c> he</c><00:29:03.960><c> died.</c>

00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:13.839
One<00:29:06.700><c> of</c><00:29:06.839><c> the</c><00:29:07.039><c> things</c><00:29:07.299><c> that</c><00:29:07.539><c> he</c><00:29:07.759><c> spoke</c><00:29:08.059><c> of</c><00:29:08.799><c> in</c><00:29:09.339><c> John</c><00:29:09.619><c> 16</c><00:29:10.440><c> was</c><00:29:12.339><c> birth.</c>

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:16.759
In<00:29:15.339><c> the</c><00:29:15.480><c> context</c><00:29:15.940><c> of</c><00:29:16.339><c> Passover,</c>

00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:19.940
I'm<00:29:17.059><c> sure</c><00:29:17.259><c> this</c><00:29:17.519><c> would</c><00:29:17.700><c> have</c><00:29:17.880><c> been</c><00:29:18.240><c> on</c><00:29:18.660><c> his</c><00:29:18.960><c> mind.</c>

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:25.900
In<00:29:20.880><c> John</c><00:29:21.140><c> 16,</c><00:29:23.200><c> verse</c><00:29:23.740><c> 20,</c><00:29:25.599><c> it</c><00:29:25.640><c> says,</c>

00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:27.259
I<00:29:26.079><c> tell</c><00:29:26.400><c> you</c><00:29:26.599><c> the</c><00:29:26.859><c> truth.</c>

00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:31.900
You<00:29:28.140><c> will</c><00:29:28.500><c> weep</c><00:29:29.440><c> and</c><00:29:29.920><c> mourn</c><00:29:30.380><c> while</c><00:29:30.599><c> the</c><00:29:30.859><c> world</c><00:29:31.119><c> rejoices.</c>

00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:37.119
You<00:29:32.380><c> will</c><00:29:32.680><c> grieve,</c><00:29:33.599><c> but</c><00:29:33.940><c> your</c><00:29:34.279><c> grief</c><00:29:34.740><c> will</c><00:29:35.500><c> turn</c><00:29:35.880><c> to</c><00:29:36.220><c> joy.</c>

00:29:37.660 --> 00:29:40.160
A<00:29:37.839><c> woman</c><00:29:38.119><c> giving</c><00:29:38.380><c> birth</c><00:29:38.680><c> to</c><00:29:38.880><c> a</c><00:29:39.019><c> child</c><00:29:39.240><c> has</c><00:29:39.559><c> pain</c>

00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:42.839
because<00:29:40.660><c> her</c><00:29:41.000><c> time</c><00:29:41.380><c> has</c><00:29:41.940><c> come.</c>

00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:46.099
But<00:29:43.279><c> when</c><00:29:43.500><c> her</c><00:29:43.759><c> baby</c><00:29:43.980><c> is</c><00:29:44.240><c> born,</c><00:29:44.720><c> she</c><00:29:44.740><c> forgets</c><00:29:45.319><c> the</c><00:29:45.559><c> anguish</c>

00:29:46.099 --> 00:29:48.200
and<00:29:46.359><c> because</c><00:29:46.599><c> of</c><00:29:46.819><c> her</c><00:29:47.140><c> joy</c><00:29:47.480><c> that</c><00:29:47.700><c> the</c><00:29:47.880><c> child</c>

00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:50.380
is<00:29:48.519><c> born</c><00:29:48.859><c> into</c><00:29:49.200><c> the</c><00:29:49.440><c> world.</c>

00:29:50.900 --> 00:29:54.920
So<00:29:51.140><c> with</c><00:29:51.339><c> you,</c><00:29:52.660><c> now</c><00:29:53.019><c> is</c><00:29:53.259><c> your</c><00:29:53.440><c> time</c><00:29:53.720><c> of</c><00:29:54.059><c> grief.</c>

00:29:55.640 --> 00:30:00.140
But<00:29:55.980><c> I</c><00:29:56.400><c> will</c><00:29:56.779><c> see</c><00:29:57.019><c> you</c><00:29:57.279><c> again</c><00:29:57.880><c> and</c><00:29:59.200><c> you</c><00:29:59.420><c> will</c><00:29:59.680><c> rejoice</c>

00:30:00.140 --> 00:30:02.240
and<00:30:00.500><c> no</c><00:30:00.819><c> one</c><00:30:00.960><c> will</c><00:30:01.200><c> take</c><00:30:01.440><c> away</c><00:30:01.640><c> your</c><00:30:01.940><c> joy.</c>

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In<00:30:02.839><c> that</c><00:30:03.119><c> day,</c><00:30:03.619><c> you</c><00:30:03.740><c> will</c><00:30:04.000><c> no</c><00:30:04.200><c> longer</c><00:30:04.440><c> ask</c><00:30:04.740><c> me</c><00:30:04.960><c> anything.</c>

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I<00:30:05.579><c> tell</c><00:30:05.740><c> you</c><00:30:05.900><c> the</c><00:30:06.119><c> truth.</c>

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My<00:30:06.599><c> father</c><00:30:06.920><c> will</c><00:30:07.200><c> give</c><00:30:07.380><c> you</c><00:30:07.900><c> whatever</c><00:30:08.220><c> you</c><00:30:08.599><c> ask</c><00:30:08.940><c> in</c><00:30:09.500><c> my</c><00:30:09.819><c> name.</c>

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Until<00:30:11.680><c> now,</c><00:30:11.940><c> you've</c><00:30:12.160><c> not</c><00:30:12.299><c> asked</c><00:30:12.500><c> for</c><00:30:12.660><c> anything</c><00:30:12.940><c> in</c><00:30:13.140><c> my</c><00:30:13.339><c> name.</c>

00:30:13.619 --> 00:30:18.859
Ask<00:30:14.079><c> and</c><00:30:14.559><c> you</c><00:30:14.740><c> will</c><00:30:15.019><c> receive</c><00:30:15.599><c> and</c><00:30:15.839><c> your</c><00:30:16.160><c> joy</c><00:30:16.640><c> will</c><00:30:17.119><c> be</c><00:30:17.799><c> complete.</c>

00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:25.460
Jesus<00:30:21.720><c> takes</c><00:30:22.400><c> this</c><00:30:22.759><c> image</c><00:30:23.099><c> of</c><00:30:23.900><c> a</c><00:30:24.099><c> woman</c><00:30:24.319><c> in</c><00:30:24.559><c> labor</c>

00:30:25.600 --> 00:30:28.039
and<00:30:25.940><c> the</c><00:30:26.200><c> pain</c><00:30:26.559><c> and</c><00:30:26.740><c> the</c><00:30:26.980><c> anguish</c><00:30:27.319><c> and</c><00:30:27.460><c> the</c><00:30:27.740><c> suffering</c>

00:30:28.039 --> 00:30:33.319
that<00:30:28.259><c> she's</c><00:30:28.779><c> experiencing</c><00:30:29.299><c> during</c><00:30:30.779><c> the</c><00:30:31.539><c> labor</c><00:30:31.880><c> process</c>

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leads<00:30:34.059><c> to</c><00:30:34.900><c> a</c><00:30:35.220><c> time</c><00:30:35.480><c> of</c><00:30:35.859><c> tremendous</c><00:30:36.279><c> joy.</c>

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:40.980
Jesus<00:30:38.640><c> was</c><00:30:38.960><c> about</c><00:30:39.279><c> to</c><00:30:39.539><c> be</c><00:30:39.779><c> that</c><00:30:40.079><c> Passover</c><00:30:40.519><c> lamb</c>

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whose<00:30:41.220><c> blood</c><00:30:41.839><c> would</c><00:30:42.140><c> be</c><00:30:42.380><c> shed.</c>

00:30:42.619 --> 00:30:48.400
Jesus<00:30:43.180><c> was</c><00:30:43.440><c> about</c><00:30:43.660><c> to</c><00:30:43.819><c> be</c><00:30:44.059><c> put</c><00:30:44.519><c> in</c><00:30:45.119><c> a</c><00:30:45.339><c> tomb</c><00:30:45.980><c> with</c><00:30:46.960><c> an</c><00:30:47.180><c> opening</c>

00:30:48.919 --> 00:30:52.500
that<00:30:49.559><c> I</c><00:30:49.799><c> think</c><00:30:50.440><c> is</c><00:30:51.240><c> to</c><00:30:51.559><c> bring</c><00:30:51.720><c> our</c><00:30:51.960><c> minds</c><00:30:52.160><c> back</c>

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:57.700
to<00:30:52.680><c> those</c><00:30:53.319><c> Israelite</c><00:30:53.880><c> homes</c><00:30:54.400><c> and</c><00:30:55.819><c> because</c><00:30:56.240><c> the</c><00:30:56.500><c> blood</c><00:30:56.619><c> of</c><00:30:56.799><c> the</c><00:30:57.000><c> lamb</c>

00:30:57.700 --> 00:31:03.480
had<00:30:58.339><c> been</c><00:30:58.640><c> shed</c><00:30:59.059><c> and</c><00:30:59.759><c> Jesus,</c><00:31:00.460><c> that</c><00:31:00.779><c> lamb,</c><00:31:01.440><c> was</c><00:31:01.660><c> in</c><00:31:01.839><c> that</c><00:31:02.180><c> tomb,</c>

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death<00:31:05.180><c> passed</c><00:31:05.579><c> over.</c>

00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:09.420
It<00:31:07.559><c> was</c><00:31:07.740><c> just</c><00:31:07.960><c> a</c><00:31:08.160><c> three</c><00:31:08.299><c> day</c><00:31:08.480><c> sleep.</c>

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:11.259
Jesus<00:31:09.779><c> did</c><00:31:10.059><c> not</c><00:31:10.299><c> perish.</c>

00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:16.039
He<00:31:12.180><c> rose</c><00:31:12.460><c> again</c><00:31:12.900><c> to</c><00:31:13.200><c> new</c><00:31:13.420><c> life,</c><00:31:14.740><c> to</c><00:31:14.759><c> lead</c><00:31:15.200><c> his</c><00:31:15.759><c> people,</c>

00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:20.880
to<00:31:16.200><c> give</c><00:31:16.339><c> his</c><00:31:16.539><c> people</c><00:31:16.799><c> joy,</c><00:31:18.839><c> to</c><00:31:19.019><c> take</c><00:31:19.259><c> away</c><00:31:19.500><c> their</c><00:31:19.779><c> sorrow</c>

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and<00:31:21.220><c> their</c><00:31:21.480><c> suffering,</c><00:31:22.720><c> to</c><00:31:23.019><c> give</c><00:31:23.140><c> them</c><00:31:23.359><c> joy</c>

00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:30.220
and<00:31:26.600><c> the</c><00:31:27.200><c> promise</c><00:31:27.559><c> that</c><00:31:28.400><c> because</c><00:31:28.880><c> that</c><00:31:29.400><c> firstfruits</c><00:31:29.980><c> from</c>

00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:30.680
the<00:31:30.420><c> death,</c>

00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:33.519
from<00:31:31.019><c> the</c><00:31:31.940><c> dead</c><00:31:32.279><c> has</c><00:31:32.880><c> been</c><00:31:33.140><c> raised,</c>

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:37.900
we<00:31:34.680><c> can</c><00:31:35.299><c> have</c><00:31:35.640><c> confidence</c><00:31:36.099><c> that</c><00:31:36.380><c> God</c><00:31:36.619><c> will</c><00:31:36.960><c> keep</c><00:31:37.160><c> his</c><00:31:37.380><c> promise</c>

00:31:37.900 --> 00:31:41.500
that<00:31:38.960><c> the</c><00:31:39.380><c> gathering,</c><00:31:39.900><c> ingathering</c><00:31:40.519><c> of</c><00:31:40.680><c> the</c><00:31:40.819><c> rest</c><00:31:40.980><c> of</c><00:31:41.200><c> the</c><00:31:41.319><c> sheaves</c>

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:46.440
will<00:31:41.859><c> come</c><00:31:42.220><c> soon</c><00:31:42.920><c> at</c><00:31:43.420><c> the</c><00:31:43.640><c> resurrection</c><00:31:44.160><c> when</c><00:31:44.920><c> Jesus</c><00:31:45.359><c> returns.</c>

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:52.000
So<00:31:48.799><c> these</c><00:31:49.599><c> images</c><00:31:50.180><c> of</c><00:31:50.799><c> the</c><00:31:51.039><c> Passover,</c>

00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:56.240
when<00:31:53.859><c> we</c><00:31:54.119><c> see</c><00:31:54.299><c> things</c><00:31:54.619><c> echoes</c><00:31:54.940><c> in</c><00:31:55.200><c> scripture,</c>

00:31:58.260 --> 00:32:03.619
it's,<00:31:58.820><c> I</c><00:31:59.380><c> hope</c><00:31:59.700><c> that</c><00:32:00.059><c> you</c><00:32:00.200><c> can</c><00:32:00.480><c> see</c><00:32:00.680><c> that</c><00:32:00.839><c> it's</c><00:32:00.960><c> not</c><00:32:01.140><c> just</c><00:32:01.400><c> a,</c>

00:32:03.579 --> 00:32:05.579
like<00:32:03.859><c> a</c><00:32:04.119><c> game</c><00:32:04.299><c> of</c><00:32:04.519><c> just</c><00:32:04.779><c> matching.</c>

00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:10.599
These<00:32:06.799><c> things,</c><00:32:07.240><c> when</c><00:32:07.420><c> we</c><00:32:07.680><c> see</c><00:32:07.880><c> them,</c><00:32:08.559><c> give</c><00:32:08.740><c> us</c><00:32:08.960><c> an</c><00:32:09.240><c> opportunity</c>

00:32:10.700 --> 00:32:15.519
to<00:32:10.980><c> reflect</c><00:32:11.460><c> on</c><00:32:12.019><c> and</c><00:32:12.519><c> appreciate</c><00:32:13.220><c> the</c><00:32:15.119><c> lessons</c>

00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:17.859
that<00:32:15.759><c> God</c><00:32:16.000><c> is</c><00:32:16.279><c> trying</c><00:32:16.460><c> to</c><00:32:16.740><c> teach</c><00:32:16.880><c> us.</c>

00:32:19.180 --> 00:32:24.119
And<00:32:19.740><c> for</c><00:32:20.299><c> me,</c><00:32:20.960><c> seeing</c><00:32:21.240><c> these</c><00:32:21.819><c> connections</c><00:32:22.539><c> happening</c>

00:32:24.119 --> 00:32:29.140
with<00:32:24.839><c> the</c><00:32:26.039><c> womb</c><00:32:26.500><c> of</c><00:32:27.420><c> God's</c><00:32:28.640><c> people,</c>

00:32:29.599 --> 00:32:33.440
or<00:32:29.599><c> God</c><00:32:30.019><c> really</c><00:32:30.539><c> having</c><00:32:30.779><c> his</c><00:32:31.099><c> people</c><00:32:31.359><c> in</c><00:32:31.640><c> a</c><00:32:31.799><c> womb</c><00:32:31.980><c> of</c><00:32:32.279><c> protection</c>

00:32:33.340 --> 00:32:36.400
and<00:32:33.660><c> then</c><00:32:33.980><c> going</c><00:32:34.240><c> out</c><00:32:34.759><c> through</c><00:32:35.119><c> that</c><00:32:35.460><c> doorway</c>

00:32:36.680 --> 00:32:40.839
with<00:32:37.000><c> the</c><00:32:37.240><c> blood</c><00:32:37.480><c> of</c><00:32:37.799><c> the</c><00:32:38.000><c> lamb</c><00:32:38.460><c> as</c><00:32:39.440><c> a</c><00:32:39.619><c> birth</c><00:32:39.779><c> canal,</c>

00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:45.579
it<00:32:42.200><c> just,</c><00:32:42.740><c> it</c><00:32:43.359><c> powerfully</c><00:32:44.000><c> opened</c><00:32:44.279><c> up</c><00:32:44.839><c> another</c><00:32:45.160><c> level</c>

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of<00:32:46.079><c> understanding</c><00:32:46.640><c> of</c><00:32:46.960><c> the</c><00:32:47.400><c> compassion</c>

00:32:47.900 --> 00:32:49.599
and<00:32:48.220><c> love</c><00:32:48.440><c> of</c><00:32:48.660><c> our</c><00:32:48.779><c> heavenly</c><00:32:49.079><c> father.</c>

00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:52.619
And<00:32:50.160><c> I</c><00:32:50.299><c> hope</c><00:32:50.440><c> it</c><00:32:50.599><c> does</c><00:32:50.779><c> the</c><00:32:51.000><c> same</c><00:32:51.160><c> for</c><00:32:51.420><c> you.</c>

00:32:52.719 --> 00:32:58.359
God<00:32:53.319><c> did</c><00:32:54.200><c> miraculous</c><00:32:54.880><c> work</c><00:32:55.599><c> of</c><00:32:55.980><c> salvation</c><00:32:56.660><c> through</c><00:32:57.240><c> Moses</c>

00:32:58.809 --> 00:33:02.440
and<00:32:59.259><c> that</c><00:32:59.539><c> mirrors</c><00:32:59.980><c> God's</c><00:33:01.480><c> love</c><00:33:01.619><c> for</c><00:33:01.839><c> the</c><00:33:02.019><c> world,</c>

00:33:02.660 --> 00:33:05.859
his<00:33:02.960><c> compassion</c><00:33:03.519><c> for</c><00:33:03.799><c> us</c><00:33:04.039><c> when</c><00:33:04.200><c> he</c><00:33:04.440><c> sent</c><00:33:04.599><c> Jesus</c>

00:33:05.869 --> 00:33:10.420
and<00:33:06.319><c> revealed</c><00:33:07.019><c> his</c><00:33:08.539><c> love</c><00:33:08.960><c> through</c><00:33:09.579><c> the</c><00:33:10.059><c> life</c>

00:33:10.420 --> 00:33:12.700
and<00:33:10.640><c> the</c><00:33:10.880><c> death</c><00:33:11.240><c> of</c><00:33:11.480><c> our</c><00:33:11.660><c> Lord.</c>

00:33:13.839 --> 00:33:20.180
Jesus<00:33:14.279><c> showed</c><00:33:14.740><c> signs,</c><00:33:17.119><c> miracles</c><00:33:17.720><c> that</c><00:33:19.740><c> sprung</c>

00:33:20.180 --> 00:33:22.559
from<00:33:20.359><c> his</c><00:33:20.599><c> compassion</c><00:33:21.180><c> for</c><00:33:21.400><c> the</c><00:33:21.579><c> suffering</c>

00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:25.759
and<00:33:22.980><c> God</c><00:33:23.259><c> knows</c><00:33:23.839><c> our</c><00:33:24.599><c> suffering</c><00:33:25.000><c> as</c><00:33:25.339><c> well.</c>

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:30.259
And<00:33:26.240><c> he's</c><00:33:26.420><c> working</c><00:33:26.779><c> in</c><00:33:27.180><c> our</c><00:33:27.460><c> lives</c><00:33:27.960><c> so</c><00:33:28.839><c> that</c><00:33:29.680><c> that</c><00:33:30.019><c> suffering</c>

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:32.900
can<00:33:30.579><c> lead</c><00:33:30.799><c> to</c><00:33:31.019><c> the</c><00:33:31.299><c> joy</c><00:33:31.619><c> on</c><00:33:31.940><c> the</c><00:33:32.099><c> other</c><00:33:32.380><c> side</c>

00:33:32.900 --> 00:33:35.599
like<00:33:33.460><c> it</c><00:33:33.859><c> did</c><00:33:34.079><c> with</c><00:33:34.440><c> the</c><00:33:34.660><c> death</c><00:33:34.859><c> of</c><00:33:35.079><c> Jesus.</c>

00:33:36.079 --> 00:33:38.960
He's<00:33:36.519><c> brought</c><00:33:36.640><c> us</c><00:33:36.819><c> to</c><00:33:37.000><c> a</c><00:33:37.119><c> place</c><00:33:37.240><c> of</c><00:33:37.500><c> new</c><00:33:37.720><c> birth</c>

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facilitated<00:33:40.099><c> by</c><00:33:40.339><c> Jesus'</c><00:33:40.980><c> blood.</c>

00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:44.579
And<00:33:42.019><c> we</c><00:33:42.240><c> come</c><00:33:42.400><c> out</c><00:33:42.700><c> from</c><00:33:42.859><c> the</c><00:33:43.039><c> waters</c><00:33:43.259><c> of</c><00:33:43.559><c> baptism</c>

00:33:44.460 --> 00:33:48.740
and<00:33:44.759><c> the</c><00:33:44.920><c> waters</c><00:33:45.180><c> of</c><00:33:46.279><c> a</c><00:33:47.220><c> life</c><00:33:47.519><c> of</c><00:33:47.839><c> faith</c>

00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:52.700
as<00:33:49.539><c> new</c><00:33:49.740><c> people,</c><00:33:50.440><c> children</c><00:33:50.619><c> of</c><00:33:50.799><c> God</c><00:33:51.079><c> following</c><00:33:51.539><c> our</c><00:33:51.819><c> savior</c>

00:33:52.720 --> 00:33:57.200
who's<00:33:53.119><c> leading</c><00:33:53.319><c> us</c><00:33:53.980><c> to</c><00:33:54.539><c> the</c><00:33:54.859><c> promised</c><00:33:55.059><c> land</c><00:33:55.680><c> of</c><00:33:56.019><c> God's</c><00:33:56.420><c> kingdom.</c>