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a<00:11:46.480><c> period</c><00:11:46.720><c> say</c><00:11:47.259><c> of</c><00:11:47.919><c> about</c><00:11:48.299><c> 70</c><00:11:48.639><c> years</c><00:11:49.379><c> from</c><00:11:49.759><c> Solomon,</c><00:11:50.799><c> that</c><00:11:51.000><c> was</c>

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on<00:11:51.379><c> the</c><00:11:51.580><c> Judah</c><00:11:51.840><c> side,</c><00:11:52.539><c> the</c><00:11:52.720><c> two</c><00:11:52.940><c> tribes</c><00:11:53.399><c> side,</c>

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70<00:11:54.580><c> years</c><00:11:55.240><c> or</c><00:11:55.620><c> so.</c><00:11:56.139><c> We</c><00:11:56.320><c> went</c><00:11:56.519><c> down</c><00:11:56.779><c> on</c><00:11:56.940><c> the</c><00:11:57.159><c> other</c><00:11:57.419><c> side</c><00:11:58.000><c> through</c><00:11:58.200><c> that</c>

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infamous<00:11:59.100><c> man,</c><00:12:00.340><c> that</c><00:12:00.820><c> famously</c><00:12:01.419><c> infamous</c>

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man,<00:12:03.440><c> Jeroboam</c><00:12:04.000><c> the</c><00:12:04.139><c> son</c><00:12:04.279><c> of</c><00:12:04.519><c> Nebat,</c><00:12:05.419><c> who'd</c><00:12:05.679><c> got</c><00:12:05.820><c> all</c><00:12:06.240><c> the</c><00:12:06.759><c> skill</c><00:12:07.259><c> of</c>

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a<00:12:08.440><c> man</c><00:12:08.559><c> who</c><00:12:08.720><c> knows</c><00:12:08.879><c> how</c><00:12:09.080><c> to</c><00:12:09.259><c> govern</c><00:12:09.480><c> and</c><00:12:09.620><c> how</c><00:12:09.779><c> to</c>

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take<00:12:10.039><c> people's</c><00:12:10.539><c> hearts,</c><00:12:11.200><c> how</c><00:12:11.559><c> to</c><00:12:12.580><c> put</c><00:12:12.919><c> the</c><00:12:13.200><c> false</c><00:12:13.480><c> against</c>

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together.<00:12:17.080><c> And</c><00:12:17.519><c> we</c><00:12:17.840><c> should</c><00:12:17.940><c> understand</c><00:12:18.480><c> that</c><00:12:18.639><c> when</c><00:12:18.759><c> they</c><00:12:18.960><c> began</c><00:12:19.159><c> to</c>

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worship<00:12:19.620><c> other</c><00:12:19.899><c> gods,</c><00:12:20.179><c> they</c><00:12:20.419><c> did</c><00:12:20.779><c> not</c><00:12:21.080><c> cast</c>

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away<00:12:21.679><c> the</c><00:12:21.899><c> God</c><00:12:22.039><c> of</c><00:12:22.200><c> Israel.</c><00:12:23.519><c> No</c><00:12:23.720><c> Israelite</c><00:12:24.139><c> would</c><00:12:24.299><c> have</c><00:12:24.399><c> done</c>

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that<00:12:24.899><c> right</c><00:12:25.159><c> away.</c><00:12:27.000><c> The</c><00:12:27.120><c> Roman</c><00:12:27.440><c> Catholic</c><00:12:27.860><c> Church</c>

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doesn't,<00:12:29.580><c> when</c><00:12:29.759><c> it</c><00:12:30.039><c> brings</c><00:12:30.519><c> in</c><00:12:31.240><c> from</c><00:12:31.480><c> the</c><00:12:32.039><c> pagan</c><00:12:33.220><c> ways</c><00:12:34.120><c> round</c>

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about<00:12:35.240><c> it,</c><00:12:36.019><c> doesn't</c><00:12:36.440><c> cast</c><00:12:36.860><c> away</c><00:12:37.600><c> the</c><00:12:38.240><c> principles</c>

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together<00:12:42.960><c> until</c><00:12:43.440><c> finally</c><00:12:43.940><c> the</c><00:12:44.059><c> two</c><00:12:44.240><c> are</c>

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indistinguishable<00:12:45.299><c> and</c><00:12:45.419><c> you</c><00:12:45.539><c> don't</c><00:12:46.200><c> in</c><00:12:46.419><c> the</c><00:12:46.620><c> end</c><00:12:46.779><c> mind</c><00:12:47.000><c> which</c>

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you<00:12:47.460><c> choose.</c><00:12:48.879><c> And</c><00:12:49.080><c> so</c><00:12:49.159><c> it</c><00:12:49.320><c> was</c><00:12:49.460><c> for</c><00:12:49.620><c> Jeroboam.</c>

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They<00:12:50.379><c> worshiped</c><00:12:51.019><c> Yahweh.</c><00:12:51.679><c> They</c><00:12:51.820><c> took</c><00:12:52.000><c> the</c><00:12:52.220><c> great</c><00:12:52.559><c> God</c><00:12:52.980><c> of</c><00:12:53.440><c> their</c><00:12:53.700><c> fathers,</c><00:12:54.379><c> but</c>

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they<00:12:54.879><c> mingled</c><00:12:55.240><c> it</c><00:12:55.399><c> with</c><00:12:55.539><c> the</c>

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gods<00:12:55.840><c> of</c><00:12:56.019><c> the</c><00:12:56.159><c> nations</c><00:12:56.419><c> round</c><00:12:56.779><c> about</c><00:12:57.179><c> so</c><00:12:57.679><c> that</c><00:12:57.840><c> when</c><00:12:58.240><c> even</c><00:12:58.480><c> they</c><00:12:58.679><c> went</c><00:12:58.799><c> to</c>

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an<00:12:59.179><c> idol,</c><00:12:59.779><c> they</c><00:12:59.919><c> had</c><00:13:00.080><c> the</c><00:13:00.259><c> God</c><00:13:00.340><c> of</c><00:13:00.500><c> heaven</c>

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in<00:13:00.960><c> mind</c><00:13:01.299><c> as</c><00:13:01.659><c> well</c><00:13:01.779><c> as</c><00:13:01.879><c> the</c><00:13:02.019><c> gods</c><00:13:02.139><c> of</c><00:13:02.320><c> the</c><00:13:02.480><c> nations.</c><00:13:03.600><c> And</c><00:13:03.759><c> it</c><00:13:03.799><c> was</c><00:13:04.039><c> finally</c><00:13:04.679><c> later</c><00:13:05.480><c> on</c>

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that<00:13:06.240><c> God</c><00:13:06.500><c> really</c><00:13:07.159><c> disappeared</c>

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out<00:13:07.940><c> of</c><00:13:08.039><c> their</c><00:13:08.240><c> thinking,</c><00:13:08.539><c> but</c><00:13:08.799><c> not</c><00:13:08.899><c> at</c><00:13:09.059><c> this</c><00:13:09.279><c> time,</c><00:13:09.720><c> not</c><00:13:09.899><c> at</c>

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Elijah's<00:13:10.639><c> time.</c><00:13:12.019><c> This</c><00:13:12.379><c> about</c><00:13:12.779><c> 70</c><00:13:13.139><c> years</c><00:13:13.440><c> after</c><00:13:13.759><c> Solomon,</c>

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God<00:13:14.500><c> had</c><00:13:14.919><c> not</c><00:13:15.159><c> disappeared</c><00:13:15.840><c> out</c><00:13:16.279><c> of</c><00:13:16.419><c> their</c><00:13:16.620><c> thinking.</c><00:13:17.840><c> Jeroboam</c><00:13:18.179><c> did</c><00:13:18.320><c> a</c>

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good<00:13:18.700><c> job</c><00:13:19.019><c> as</c><00:13:19.240><c> far</c><00:13:19.440><c> as</c><00:13:19.600><c> the</c><00:13:19.740><c> ten</c><00:13:19.899><c> tribes</c>

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were<00:13:20.399><c> concerned</c><00:13:20.960><c> with</c><00:13:21.519><c> those</c><00:13:21.779><c> two</c><00:13:22.059><c> golden</c><00:13:22.340><c> calves</c><00:13:22.899><c> and</c><00:13:23.059><c> his</c>

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counterfeit<00:13:24.159><c> feasts</c><00:13:24.820><c> and</c><00:13:25.200><c> his</c><00:13:25.419><c> counterfeit</c><00:13:26.039><c> priesthood.</c>

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He<00:13:27.139><c> bound</c><00:13:27.379><c> the</c><00:13:27.600><c> nation</c><00:13:27.820><c> together</c><00:13:28.279><c> and</c><00:13:28.700><c> kept</c><00:13:28.860><c> them</c><00:13:29.000><c> from</c><00:13:29.240><c> looking</c><00:13:29.460><c> at</c><00:13:29.679><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:13:31.759><c> And</c><00:13:32.100><c> by</c>

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finally<00:13:32.759><c> having</c><00:13:32.980><c> their</c>

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Nadab<00:13:41.279><c> and</c><00:13:41.460><c> Baasha</c><00:13:41.940><c> and</c><00:13:42.279><c> Eli</c><00:13:42.639><c> and</c><00:13:42.899><c> Zimri,</c><00:13:43.740><c> nations</c><00:13:43.940><c> that</c><00:13:44.379><c> people</c><00:13:44.919><c> that</c>

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Omri<00:13:49.340><c> king</c><00:13:49.580><c> of</c><00:13:49.820><c> Israel</c><00:13:50.200><c> was</c><00:13:50.399><c> a</c><00:13:50.539><c> man</c><00:13:50.659><c> of</c><00:13:51.240><c> considerable</c><00:13:52.200><c> skill</c><00:13:53.220><c> as</c><00:13:53.980><c> a</c>

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statesman<00:13:54.679><c> and</c><00:13:54.860><c> as</c><00:13:55.039><c> a</c><00:13:55.200><c> builder.</c><00:13:55.960><c> He's</c>

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known<00:13:56.899><c> in</c><00:13:57.240><c> inscriptions</c><00:13:57.659><c> of</c><00:13:57.820><c> the</c><00:13:57.980><c> nations</c><00:13:58.220><c> round</c><00:13:58.559><c> about.</c><00:13:59.379><c> And</c>

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then<00:13:59.700><c> we</c><00:13:59.879><c> come</c><00:14:00.000><c> to</c><00:14:00.320><c> Ahab</c><00:14:00.919><c> in</c><00:14:01.259><c> whose</c><00:14:01.460><c> time</c>

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we're<00:14:02.809><c> going</c><00:14:02.889><c> to</c><00:14:04.210><c> spend</c><00:14:04.210><c> probably</c><00:14:04.850><c> most</c><00:14:05.149><c> of</c><00:14:05.289><c> this</c><00:14:05.470><c> week.</c><00:14:07.690><c> Ahab,</c><00:14:08.090><c> the</c>

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man<00:14:08.490><c> with</c><00:14:08.830><c> the</c><00:14:09.110><c> ivory</c><00:14:09.470><c> house,</c>

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with<00:14:12.649><c> the</c><00:14:12.870><c> couches</c><00:14:13.210><c> of</c><00:14:13.490><c> ivory.</c><00:14:15.230><c> The</c><00:14:15.450><c> man</c><00:14:15.629><c> who</c><00:14:16.029><c> was</c><00:14:16.610><c> skillful</c><00:14:17.750><c> as</c><00:14:18.909><c> a</c>

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king,<00:14:20.909><c> who</c><00:14:21.529><c> just</c><00:14:22.309><c> by</c><00:14:22.529><c> his</c><00:14:22.809><c> political</c><00:14:23.330><c> skill</c>

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married<00:14:24.669><c> a</c><00:14:24.870><c> daughter</c><00:14:25.269><c> of</c><00:14:25.929><c> the</c><00:14:26.049><c> king</c><00:14:27.090><c> of</c><00:14:27.509><c> Zidon.</c><00:14:29.129><c> A</c><00:14:29.230><c> woman</c><00:14:29.409><c> of</c>

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a<00:14:31.909><c> name</c><00:14:32.110><c> that's</c><00:14:32.669><c> remembered</c><00:14:32.990><c> right</c><00:14:33.350><c> through</c><00:14:33.570><c> the</c><00:14:33.730><c> ages</c><00:14:33.970><c> and</c>

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is<00:14:34.470><c> stamped</c><00:14:34.909><c> on</c><00:14:35.149><c> the</c><00:14:35.289><c> book</c><00:14:35.409><c> of</c><00:14:35.629><c> Revelation.</c>

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Jezebel,<00:14:40.149><c> the</c><00:14:40.330><c> daughter</c><00:14:40.629><c> of</c><00:14:40.870><c> Eth</c><00:14:41.029><c>-Bael.</c>

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He<00:14:44.529><c> brought</c><00:14:45.090><c> the</c><00:14:45.769><c> gods</c><00:14:45.990><c> of</c><00:14:46.210><c> the</c><00:14:46.370><c> Canaanites</c><00:14:47.490><c> into</c><00:14:48.950><c> the</c><00:14:49.110><c> nation</c>

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of<00:14:49.509><c> Israel</c><00:14:49.809><c> again.</c>

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that<00:14:56.549><c> should</c><00:14:56.690><c> have</c><00:14:56.950><c> died</c>

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when<00:14:58.909><c> they</c><00:14:59.149><c> came</c><00:14:59.309><c> into</c><00:14:59.470><c> the</c><00:14:59.710><c> land</c><00:14:59.850><c> have</c><00:15:00.029><c> been</c><00:15:00.409><c> stamped</c><00:15:00.769><c> out,</c>

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eradicated,<00:15:02.690><c> taken</c><00:15:02.870><c> away.</c><00:15:04.169><c> He</c><00:15:04.470><c> brought</c><00:15:04.590><c> them</c><00:15:04.769><c> all</c><00:15:04.929><c> back</c>

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when<00:15:06.850><c> he</c><00:15:07.049><c> married</c><00:15:07.250><c> this</c><00:15:09.009><c> wild,</c><00:15:11.250><c> willful,</c><00:15:13.169><c> skillful</c><00:15:14.190><c> witch</c><00:15:14.750><c> of</c>

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a<00:15:15.070><c> woman</c><00:15:15.549><c> who</c><00:15:16.710><c> just</c><00:15:17.250><c> took</c><00:15:17.470><c> him</c><00:15:17.769><c> and</c><00:15:19.269><c> wrapped</c>

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him<00:15:19.710><c> round</c><00:15:19.850><c> her</c><00:15:20.049><c> finger</c><00:15:20.649><c> and</c><00:15:21.830><c> did</c><00:15:21.929><c> as</c><00:15:22.049><c> she</c><00:15:22.250><c> liked</c><00:15:22.429><c> with</c><00:15:22.610><c> him.</c>

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that<00:15:26.649><c> he</c><00:15:26.870><c> liked</c><00:15:27.090><c> it.</c><00:15:28.049><c> He</c><00:15:28.230><c> was</c><00:15:28.509><c> pleased</c><00:15:29.070><c> to</c><00:15:29.590><c> have</c><00:15:29.710><c> it</c><00:15:29.970><c> so.</c><00:15:31.029><c> Now</c>

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died.<00:15:46.350><c> They've</c><00:15:46.629><c> increased</c><00:15:46.990><c> in</c><00:15:47.210><c> number</c><00:15:47.409><c> in</c><00:15:47.669><c> some</c><00:15:47.870><c> way</c>

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at<00:16:05.269><c> the</c><00:16:05.429><c> end</c><00:16:05.649><c> of</c><00:16:05.870><c> chapter</c><00:16:06.370><c> 16,</c>

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did<00:16:20.450><c> evil</c><00:16:20.990><c> in</c><00:16:21.309><c> the</c><00:16:21.590><c> sight</c><00:16:21.769><c> of</c><00:16:21.970><c> the</c><00:16:22.090><c> Lord</c><00:16:22.330><c> above</c><00:16:22.570><c> all</c>

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that<00:16:23.029><c> were</c><00:16:23.169><c> above</c><00:16:23.429><c> before</c><00:16:23.870><c> him.</c><00:16:24.970><c> And</c><00:16:25.129><c> it</c><00:16:25.269><c> came</c><00:16:25.450><c> to</c><00:16:25.669><c> pass</c><00:16:25.950><c> as</c><00:16:26.110><c> if</c>

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it<00:16:26.250><c> had</c><00:16:26.289><c> been</c><00:16:26.529><c> a</c><00:16:26.710><c> light</c><00:16:26.970><c> thing</c><00:16:27.590><c> for</c><00:16:27.870><c> him</c><00:16:28.029><c> to</c><00:16:28.250><c> walk</c>

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in<00:16:28.570><c> the</c><00:16:28.750><c> sins</c><00:16:28.909><c> of</c><00:16:29.129><c> Jeroboam</c><00:16:29.490><c> the</c><00:16:29.590><c> son</c><00:16:29.769><c> of</c><00:16:29.970><c> Nebat</c><00:16:30.370><c> that</c><00:16:30.769><c> he</c><00:16:30.929><c> took</c>

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king<00:16:35.809><c> of</c><00:16:35.970><c> the</c><00:16:36.149><c> Zidonians</c><00:16:36.730><c> and</c><00:16:37.009><c> went</c><00:16:37.230><c> and</c><00:16:37.590><c> served</c><00:16:37.929><c> Baal</c><00:16:38.370><c> and</c>

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worshiped<00:16:38.990><c> him.</c>

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And<00:16:41.769><c> he</c><00:16:41.929><c> read</c><00:16:42.009><c> up</c><00:16:42.149><c> an</c><00:16:42.289><c> altar</c><00:16:42.490><c> for</c><00:16:42.750><c> Baal</c><00:16:42.909><c> in</c><00:16:43.070><c> the</c><00:16:43.210><c> house</c><00:16:43.389><c> of</c><00:16:43.590><c> Baal</c>

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which<00:16:43.990><c> he</c><00:16:44.090><c> had</c><00:16:44.330><c> built</c><00:16:44.470><c> in</c><00:16:44.730><c> Samaria.</c>

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And<00:16:46.789><c> Ahab</c><00:16:46.889><c> made</c><00:16:47.110><c> a</c><00:16:47.370><c> grove.</c><00:16:49.210><c> And</c><00:16:49.350><c> Ahab</c><00:16:49.590><c> did</c><00:16:50.009><c> more</c><00:16:51.250><c> to</c><00:16:51.509><c> provoke</c>

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beauty<00:17:22.849><c> of</c><00:17:23.089><c> the,</c><00:17:23.230><c> that's</c><00:17:23.490><c> the</c><00:17:23.609><c> great</c><00:17:23.829><c> difference</c>

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of<00:17:25.109><c> the</c><00:17:25.349><c> worship</c><00:17:25.650><c> of</c><00:17:25.869><c> the</c><00:17:26.029><c> God</c><00:17:26.170><c> of</c><00:17:26.450><c> Israel.</c><00:17:27.369><c> And</c><00:17:27.549><c> one</c><00:17:27.650><c> can</c><00:17:27.849><c> distinguish</c><00:17:28.170><c> almost</c><00:17:28.470><c> right</c><00:17:28.849><c> away</c>

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another.<00:17:36.470><c> It's</c><00:17:36.630><c> the</c><00:17:37.029><c> stamp</c><00:17:37.289><c> upon</c><00:17:37.549><c> Catholicism.</c>

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two.<00:17:53.430><c> That</c><00:17:53.609><c> all</c><00:17:53.789><c> women</c><00:17:54.009><c> shall</c><00:17:54.190><c> call</c><00:17:54.450><c> thee</c><00:17:54.630><c> blessed</c><00:17:54.970><c> and</c><00:17:55.190><c> so</c><00:17:55.309><c> it's</c><00:17:55.509><c> the</c><00:17:55.650><c> blessed</c><00:17:55.890><c> Mary.</c><00:17:57.369><c> And</c><00:17:57.730><c> around</c><00:17:57.990><c> her</c><00:17:58.230><c> is</c><00:17:58.430><c> formed</c>

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and<00:18:18.609><c> female</c><00:18:19.089><c> side</c><00:18:19.630><c> to</c><00:18:20.089><c> worship,</c><00:18:20.910><c> then</c><00:18:21.049><c> you</c><00:18:21.289><c> introduce</c><00:18:21.809><c> in</c><00:18:22.170><c> fact</c><00:18:22.430><c> sex</c>

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worship,<00:18:31.829><c> debased</c><00:18:32.390><c> men</c><00:18:32.690><c> and</c><00:18:32.849><c> women,</c><00:18:33.630><c> devoted,</c><00:18:34.710><c> sexually</c>

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devoted<00:18:35.809><c> to</c><00:18:36.769><c> the</c><00:18:36.950><c> false</c><00:18:37.210><c> worship.</c><00:18:37.990><c> And</c><00:18:38.410><c> it's</c><00:18:38.569><c> God</c><00:18:38.789><c> that</c><00:18:39.009><c> kept</c>

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that<00:18:39.430><c> clean</c><00:18:39.690><c> and</c><00:18:39.990><c> pure</c><00:18:40.289><c> by</c><00:18:40.710><c> keeping</c><00:18:41.029><c> out</c><00:18:42.009><c> of</c><00:18:43.589><c> the</c>

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worship<00:18:44.369><c> of</c><00:18:44.990><c> himself</c><00:18:45.609><c> the</c><00:18:46.670><c> two</c><00:18:46.930><c> ideas</c><00:18:47.710><c> of</c><00:18:48.150><c> male</c><00:18:48.390><c> and</c><00:18:48.630><c> female.</c>

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fact<00:18:56.569><c> that</c><00:18:56.710><c> the</c><00:18:56.789><c> law</c><00:18:56.970><c> of</c><00:18:57.170><c> Moses</c><00:18:57.470><c> doesn't</c><00:18:58.210><c> make</c><00:18:58.609><c> play</c>

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play<00:19:04.009><c> upon</c><00:19:04.329><c> both</c><00:19:04.789><c> those,</c><00:19:05.529><c> we'd</c><00:19:05.849><c> have</c><00:19:05.910><c> found</c><00:19:06.109><c> ourselves</c>

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thinking<00:19:20.970><c> about</c><00:19:21.730><c> God,</c><00:19:22.970><c> that</c><00:19:23.109><c> man</c><00:19:23.369><c> and</c><00:19:23.529><c> woman</c><00:19:23.750><c> think</c><00:19:24.009><c> equally</c>

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about<00:19:24.750><c> God,</c><00:19:25.349><c> are</c><00:19:25.549><c> equally</c><00:19:25.809><c> spiritual,</c>

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or<00:19:27.190><c> equally</c><00:19:27.529><c> sinful.</c><00:19:28.849><c> And</c><00:19:28.990><c> so</c><00:19:29.069><c> in</c><00:19:29.210><c> thinking</c><00:19:29.410><c> about</c><00:19:29.750><c> God,</c><00:19:30.769><c> that</c>

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which<00:19:31.210><c> we</c><00:19:31.490><c> are</c><00:19:31.710><c> male</c><00:19:31.970><c> and</c><00:19:32.230><c> female</c><00:19:32.670><c> disappears.</c>

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And<00:19:35.349><c> we</c><00:19:35.549><c> are</c><00:19:35.890><c> lifted</c><00:19:36.190><c> up</c><00:19:36.509><c> into</c><00:19:36.890><c> a</c><00:19:37.829><c> higher</c><00:19:38.269><c> realm</c><00:19:38.589><c> of</c><00:19:38.890><c> thinking.</c>

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And<00:19:39.950><c> here</c><00:19:40.289><c> Ahab</c><00:19:40.690><c> had</c><00:19:40.890><c> taken</c><00:19:41.069><c> them</c><00:19:41.329><c> well</c><00:19:41.710><c> down,</c>

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right<00:19:43.390><c> down</c><00:19:43.970><c> into</c><00:19:44.329><c> the</c><00:19:44.630><c> depths</c><00:19:45.210><c> of</c><00:19:46.029><c> Myre.</c><00:19:47.190><c> And</c><00:19:47.410><c> he</c><00:19:47.549><c> reared</c><00:19:47.650><c> up</c>

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an<00:19:47.970><c> altar</c><00:19:48.150><c> for</c><00:19:48.430><c> Baal</c><00:19:48.670><c> in</c><00:19:48.849><c> the</c><00:19:48.990><c> house</c><00:19:49.170><c> of</c><00:19:49.490><c> Baal,</c>

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that<00:19:50.269><c> he</c><00:19:50.390><c> had</c><00:19:50.569><c> built</c><00:19:50.670><c> in</c><00:19:50.930><c> Samaria.</c><00:19:51.690><c> And</c><00:19:51.809><c> Ahab</c><00:19:51.990><c> made</c><00:19:52.230><c> a</c><00:19:52.450><c> grove</c>

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and<00:19:52.950><c> he</c><00:19:53.089><c> did</c><00:19:53.210><c> more</c><00:19:53.470><c> to</c><00:19:53.630><c> provoke</c><00:19:53.809><c> the</c><00:19:54.049><c> Lord</c><00:19:54.309><c> God</c>

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of<00:19:54.609><c> Israel</c><00:19:54.890><c> to</c><00:19:55.089><c> anger</c><00:19:55.349><c> than</c><00:19:55.470><c> all</c><00:19:55.769><c> the</c><00:19:55.930><c> kings</c><00:19:56.109><c> of</c><00:19:56.269><c> Israel</c><00:19:56.670><c> that</c>

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were<00:19:57.130><c> before</c><00:19:57.529><c> him.</c><00:19:58.210><c> And</c><00:19:58.430><c> even</c><00:19:58.589><c> the</c><00:19:58.769><c> ancient</c><00:19:59.170><c> prophecy</c>

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that<00:20:00.250><c> had</c><00:20:00.349><c> been</c><00:20:00.569><c> spoken</c><00:20:00.890><c> concerning</c><00:20:01.369><c> the</c><00:20:01.670><c> overthrow</c><00:20:01.990><c> of</c><00:20:02.289><c> Jericho</c><00:20:02.670><c> was</c>

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fulfilled<00:20:03.589><c> in</c><00:20:03.789><c> his</c><00:20:04.049><c> days.</c><00:20:04.430><c> And</c><00:20:04.690><c> it</c>

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should<00:20:04.970><c> have</c><00:20:05.109><c> been</c><00:20:05.230><c> a</c><00:20:05.390><c> warning.</c><00:20:07.470><c> That</c><00:20:07.890><c> ancient</c><00:20:08.250><c> word</c><00:20:08.549><c> was</c><00:20:08.869><c> that</c><00:20:09.049><c> the</c>

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city<00:20:09.309><c> should</c><00:20:09.509><c> not</c><00:20:09.690><c> be</c><00:20:09.869><c> built</c><00:20:10.029><c> up,</c>

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as<00:20:11.549><c> you</c><00:20:11.769><c> remember,</c><00:20:12.230><c> except</c><00:20:12.430><c> at</c><00:20:12.849><c> a</c><00:20:13.089><c> certain</c><00:20:13.309><c> cost.</c><00:20:13.769><c> And</c><00:20:13.829><c> this</c>

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man<00:20:14.150><c> paid</c><00:20:14.450><c> the</c><00:20:14.690><c> cost.</c>

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And<00:20:17.210><c> the</c><00:20:17.250><c> man</c><00:20:17.430><c> who</c><00:20:17.670><c> rebuilt</c><00:20:17.970><c> Jericho</c><00:20:18.430><c> lost</c><00:20:18.730><c> his</c><00:20:18.990><c> firstborn</c><00:20:19.609><c> as</c>

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he<00:20:20.329><c> laid</c><00:20:20.450><c> the</c><00:20:20.670><c> foundations,</c>

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and<00:20:21.990><c> he</c><00:20:22.109><c> lost</c><00:20:22.250><c> his</c><00:20:22.529><c> youngest</c><00:20:22.809><c> son</c><00:20:23.009><c> when</c><00:20:23.150><c> he</c><00:20:23.269><c> finished</c><00:20:23.450><c> the</c><00:20:23.650><c> city.</c><00:20:24.849><c> This</c><00:20:25.369><c> word</c><00:20:25.890><c> here,</c><00:20:27.190><c> Abiram</c><00:20:27.529><c> his</c><00:20:27.829><c> firstborn,</c>

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and<00:20:29.089><c> set</c><00:20:29.289><c> up</c><00:20:29.470><c> the</c><00:20:29.650><c> gates</c><00:20:29.910><c> thereof</c><00:20:30.410><c> in</c><00:20:31.190><c> his</c><00:20:31.589><c> youngest</c><00:20:32.029><c> son,</c><00:20:32.990><c> can</c>

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mean<00:20:33.250><c> one</c><00:20:33.450><c> of</c><00:20:33.569><c> two</c><00:20:33.789><c> things.</c><00:20:34.910><c> Either</c><00:20:35.430><c> he</c><00:20:35.789><c> took</c><00:20:35.970><c> his</c>

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youngest<00:20:36.549><c> son</c><00:20:37.069><c> and</c><00:20:37.569><c> at</c><00:20:37.750><c> the</c><00:20:37.990><c> end,</c><00:20:38.609><c> when</c><00:20:38.730><c> he</c><00:20:38.869><c> was</c><00:20:39.029><c> finishing</c><00:20:39.289><c> off</c><00:20:39.529><c> the</c><00:20:39.690><c> city,</c><00:20:40.109><c> he</c>

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offered<00:20:40.769><c> the</c><00:20:41.029><c> child,</c><00:20:41.750><c> which</c><00:20:45.049><c> could</c>

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be<00:20:45.289><c> the</c><00:20:45.289><c> youngest</c><00:20:45.289><c> or</c><00:20:45.509><c> firstborn,</c><00:20:46.289><c> was</c><00:20:46.470><c> common</c><00:20:46.690><c> enough.</c><00:20:48.690><c> A</c>

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frightful,<00:20:49.630><c> disgusting,</c><00:20:50.750><c> loathsome</c><00:20:51.450><c> habit</c><00:20:51.950><c> that</c><00:20:52.349><c> man</c>

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had<00:20:52.890><c> of</c><00:20:53.730><c> offering,</c><00:20:54.670><c> shall</c><00:20:54.829><c> I</c><00:20:55.069><c> offer</c><00:20:55.630><c> my</c><00:20:56.130><c> firstborn</c><00:20:56.730><c> for</c><00:20:56.930><c> my</c><00:20:57.250><c> transgression,</c><00:20:58.569><c> the</c><00:20:58.769><c> fruit</c><00:20:58.910><c> of</c>

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my<00:20:59.309><c> body</c><00:20:59.750><c> for</c><00:21:00.170><c> the</c>

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sin<00:21:00.450><c> of</c><00:21:00.630><c> my</c><00:21:00.950><c> soul.</c><00:21:01.410><c> And</c><00:21:01.589><c> they</c><00:21:01.750><c> did</c><00:21:01.930><c> it</c><00:21:02.410><c> and</c><00:21:02.789><c> thought</c><00:21:03.009><c> that</c><00:21:03.170><c> by</c>

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that<00:21:03.730><c> means</c><00:21:04.250><c> flesh</c><00:21:04.869><c> for</c><00:21:05.170><c> flesh,</c><00:21:06.549><c> my</c><00:21:06.910><c> flesh,</c>

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my<00:21:08.650><c> sinful</c><00:21:09.170><c> flesh,</c><00:21:10.410><c> that</c><00:21:10.529><c> I</c><00:21:10.690><c> could</c><00:21:10.910><c> thereby</c><00:21:11.250><c> redeem</c><00:21:11.750><c> myself</c>

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in<00:21:12.470><c> some</c><00:21:12.690><c> way.</c><00:21:13.289><c> So</c><00:21:13.470><c> it</c><00:21:13.509><c> can</c><00:21:13.710><c> either</c><00:21:13.910><c> mean</c><00:21:14.049><c> that</c>

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they<00:21:14.349><c> did</c><00:21:14.589><c> that</c><00:21:15.089><c> in</c><00:21:15.430><c> establishing</c><00:21:15.829><c> Jericho,</c><00:21:16.829><c> or</c><00:21:17.250><c> that</c><00:21:17.390><c> as</c><00:21:17.490><c> the</c>

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man<00:21:18.289><c> went</c><00:21:18.650><c> to</c><00:21:18.910><c> Jericho</c><00:21:19.349><c> and</c><00:21:19.730><c> began</c><00:21:20.130><c> the</c><00:21:20.369><c> foundations,</c>

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God<00:21:21.170><c> smote</c><00:21:21.750><c> his</c><00:21:22.109><c> firstborn.</c><00:21:23.130><c> And</c><00:21:23.309><c> when</c><00:21:23.410><c> he</c><00:21:23.670><c> finished</c><00:21:23.950><c> the</c><00:21:24.150><c> building,</c><00:21:24.750><c> his</c>

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youngest<00:21:25.210><c> son</c><00:21:25.490><c> died.</c><00:21:26.089><c> Either</c><00:21:26.329><c> way,</c>

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each<00:21:28.269><c> is</c><00:21:28.549><c> appealing</c><00:21:28.950><c> because</c><00:21:30.190><c> each</c><00:21:30.529><c> of</c><00:21:30.670><c> those</c><00:21:30.910><c> reflects</c><00:21:31.349><c> something</c><00:21:31.829><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:33.309><c> judgment</c><00:21:33.589><c> of</c><00:21:33.849><c> God</c><00:21:34.029><c> and</c><00:21:34.269><c> the</c><00:21:34.789><c> way</c><00:21:34.950><c> in</c>

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which<00:21:35.190><c> the</c><00:21:35.430><c> people</c><00:21:35.630><c> have</c><00:21:35.809><c> been</c><00:21:36.029><c> debased.</c><00:21:36.450><c> And</c><00:21:36.549><c> then</c><00:21:36.670><c> like</c><00:21:36.970><c> a</c>

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thunderbolt,<00:21:37.769><c> without</c><00:21:38.029><c> any</c><00:21:38.390><c> warning</c><00:21:38.690><c> whatsoever,</c>

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there<00:21:40.190><c> strides</c><00:21:40.710><c> upon</c><00:21:40.970><c> the</c><00:21:41.349><c> scene</c><00:21:41.529><c> of</c><00:21:41.750><c> Israel,</c><00:21:42.549><c> upon</c><00:21:42.670><c> the</c><00:21:43.049><c> ten</c>

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tribes<00:21:43.950><c> into</c><00:21:44.569><c> the</c><00:21:45.029><c> life</c><00:21:45.309><c> of</c><00:21:45.549><c> Ahab</c><00:21:45.890><c> and</c><00:21:46.069><c> of</c><00:21:46.289><c> Jezebel</c>

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and<00:21:47.109><c> of</c><00:21:47.329><c> all</c><00:21:47.569><c> the</c><00:21:47.809><c> people,</c><00:21:49.329><c> a</c><00:21:49.650><c> wild</c><00:21:50.250><c> man</c><00:21:50.930><c> who'd</c><00:21:51.470><c> been</c><00:21:51.569><c> as</c><00:21:51.730><c> it</c><00:21:51.869><c> were</c><00:21:51.990><c> in</c>

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the<00:21:52.309><c> wilderness</c><00:21:52.730><c> until</c><00:21:53.369><c> the</c><00:21:53.529><c> day</c><00:21:53.710><c> of</c><00:21:53.809><c> his</c>

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showing<00:21:54.210><c> forth</c><00:21:54.569><c> unto</c><00:21:54.789><c> Israel,</c><00:21:55.569><c> like</c><00:21:55.789><c> John</c><00:21:56.069><c> the</c><00:21:56.250><c> Baptist.</c><00:21:57.470><c> He</c>

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comes<00:21:57.930><c> out</c><00:21:58.210><c> Elijah</c><00:21:58.829><c> the</c><00:21:59.710><c> Tishbite,</c><00:22:00.789><c> who</c><00:22:00.930><c> was</c><00:22:01.109><c> of</c><00:22:01.289><c> the</c>

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inhabitants<00:22:02.089><c> of</c><00:22:02.509><c> Gilead.</c><00:22:04.029><c> His</c><00:22:04.210><c> antecedents,</c><00:22:05.289><c> they</c><00:22:05.549><c> don't</c><00:22:05.829><c> matter.</c><00:22:06.730><c> Indeed,</c><00:22:07.049><c> when</c><00:22:07.130><c> we</c>

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see<00:22:07.349><c> him</c><00:22:07.450><c> at</c><00:22:07.569><c> the</c><00:22:07.769><c> end,</c>

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where<00:22:08.410><c> he</c><00:22:08.670><c> goes</c><00:22:08.950><c> to,</c><00:22:09.150><c> we're</c><00:22:09.329><c> not</c><00:22:09.630><c> told.</c><00:22:10.609><c> And</c><00:22:11.049><c> he</c><00:22:11.170><c> comes</c><00:22:12.250><c> upon</c>

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the<00:22:13.210><c> scene</c><00:22:13.369><c> of</c><00:22:13.589><c> Israel,</c><00:22:14.390><c> just</c><00:22:14.609><c> like</c><00:22:15.069><c> flashes</c><00:22:15.329><c> of</c>

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lightning,<00:22:16.710><c> with</c><00:22:16.809><c> great</c><00:22:17.150><c> peals</c><00:22:17.609><c> of</c><00:22:17.930><c> thunder,</c><00:22:18.529><c> as</c><00:22:18.650><c> he</c><00:22:19.029><c> strides</c>

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across<00:22:19.710><c> the</c><00:22:19.970><c> scene,</c><00:22:20.990><c> doing</c><00:22:21.490><c> the</c><00:22:21.910><c> work</c><00:22:22.069><c> of</c><00:22:22.329><c> God</c>

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and<00:22:22.890><c> speaking</c><00:22:23.150><c> his</c><00:22:23.430><c> words.</c><00:22:26.369><c> And</c><00:22:26.990><c> one</c><00:22:27.170><c> imagines</c><00:22:27.569><c> for</c><00:22:27.769><c> a</c><00:22:27.910><c> moment</c>

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that<00:22:28.450><c> Elijah</c><00:22:28.829><c> was</c><00:22:29.049><c> just</c><00:22:29.329><c> a</c><00:22:29.470><c> great</c><00:22:29.869><c> tower</c><00:22:30.230><c> of</c>

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strength,<00:22:32.670><c> that</c><00:22:32.890><c> he</c><00:22:33.009><c> was</c><00:22:33.230><c> a</c><00:22:33.349><c> man</c><00:22:33.490><c> of</c><00:22:33.769><c> iron,</c><00:22:34.809><c> that</c><00:22:35.029><c> his</c><00:22:35.549><c> sinews</c>

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were<00:22:36.369><c> steel.</c><00:22:37.509><c> But</c><00:22:37.670><c> we</c><00:22:37.769><c> shall</c><00:22:38.009><c> learn</c><00:22:38.309><c> as</c><00:22:38.509><c> we</c><00:22:38.690><c> go</c>

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and<00:22:39.650><c> travel</c><00:22:39.990><c> with</c><00:22:40.190><c> this</c><00:22:40.529><c> man</c><00:22:40.789><c> that</c><00:22:41.490><c> he</c><00:22:42.069><c> was</c><00:22:42.349><c> as</c><00:22:42.789><c> fragile</c><00:22:43.670><c> as</c><00:22:44.609><c> gossamer</c><00:22:45.230><c> in</c>

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certain<00:22:46.609><c> parts</c><00:22:47.230><c> of</c><00:22:47.470><c> his</c><00:22:47.670><c> character.</c>

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And<00:22:49.690><c> we've</c><00:22:49.829><c> got</c><00:22:49.869><c> to</c><00:22:50.089><c> understand</c><00:22:50.390><c> this</c><00:22:50.609><c> about</c><00:22:50.890><c> ourselves,</c><00:22:51.670><c> brethren</c><00:22:52.150><c> and</c><00:22:53.750><c> sisters.</c>

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The<00:22:56.190><c> strongest</c><00:22:56.670><c> men</c><00:22:57.069><c> have</c><00:22:57.349><c> got</c><00:22:58.529><c> slender</c><00:22:59.269><c> threads</c><00:22:59.710><c> in</c><00:23:00.009><c> their</c><00:23:00.269><c> character.</c>

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God's<00:23:02.890><c> made</c><00:23:03.049><c> us</c><00:23:03.210><c> like</c><00:23:03.470><c> this.</c><00:23:05.049><c> There</c><00:23:05.049><c> was</c><00:23:05.210><c> only</c><00:23:05.509><c> one</c><00:23:06.809><c> upon</c><00:23:08.809><c> whom</c>

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God<00:23:09.390><c> was</c><00:23:09.609><c> able</c><00:23:09.789><c> to</c><00:23:10.049><c> place</c><00:23:10.190><c> that</c><00:23:10.490><c> full</c><00:23:10.829><c> tension</c>

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upon<00:23:12.809><c> every</c><00:23:13.869><c> single</c><00:23:14.829><c> strand</c><00:23:15.549><c> of</c><00:23:15.990><c> his</c><00:23:16.269><c> whole</c><00:23:16.549><c> being,</c><00:23:17.849><c> and</c><00:23:17.990><c> not</c>

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one<00:23:19.250><c> gave</c><00:23:19.690><c> way.</c><00:23:20.829><c> Not</c><00:23:21.210><c> one.</c>

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His<00:23:24.109><c> whole</c><00:23:24.529><c> body,</c><00:23:26.049><c> thou</c><00:23:26.269><c> shalt</c><00:23:26.670><c> love</c><00:23:27.349><c> the</c><00:23:27.670><c> Lord</c><00:23:27.890><c> thy</c><00:23:28.170><c> God</c><00:23:28.769><c> with</c>

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all<00:23:29.650><c> thy</c><00:23:29.849><c> heart,</c><00:23:31.009><c> and</c><00:23:31.109><c> with</c><00:23:31.329><c> all</c><00:23:31.650><c> thy</c><00:23:31.849><c> mind,</c>

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with<00:23:33.210><c> all</c><00:23:33.569><c> thy</c><00:23:33.849><c> soul,</c><00:23:34.250><c> with</c><00:23:34.369><c> all</c><00:23:34.890><c> thy</c><00:23:35.269><c> strength,</c><00:23:35.930><c> and</c><00:23:36.230><c> everything</c><00:23:36.750><c> of</c><00:23:37.069><c> Christ</c><00:23:37.630><c> was</c>

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holy<00:23:38.390><c> and</c><00:23:38.890><c> completely</c>

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devoted.<00:23:40.049><c> There</c><00:23:40.349><c> was</c><00:23:40.609><c> not</c><00:23:40.829><c> one</c><00:23:41.190><c> thread</c><00:23:41.430><c> that</c><00:23:41.630><c> was</c><00:23:41.930><c> self.</c><00:23:43.009><c> It's</c>

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the<00:23:43.670><c> self</c><00:23:43.990><c> threads</c><00:23:44.289><c> that</c><00:23:44.630><c> break</c><00:23:45.009><c> when</c><00:23:45.589><c> the</c><00:23:45.809><c> tension</c>

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is<00:23:46.509><c> placed</c><00:23:46.670><c> upon</c><00:23:46.930><c> us.</c><00:23:47.910><c> And</c><00:23:48.130><c> there</c><00:23:48.230><c> wasn't</c><00:23:48.450><c> one,</c><00:23:49.930><c> not</c><00:23:50.250><c> one,</c><00:23:50.990><c> when</c><00:23:51.230><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:23:51.569><c> placed</c><00:23:51.890><c> that</c><00:23:52.210><c> final</c>

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tension<00:23:53.730><c> of</c><00:23:53.970><c> the</c><00:23:54.130><c> iniquity</c><00:23:54.410><c> of</c><00:23:54.529><c> us</c><00:23:54.710><c> all</c><00:23:54.890><c> upon</c><00:23:55.109><c> him.</c><00:23:56.950><c> But</c><00:23:57.089><c> Elijah</c><00:23:57.450><c> had</c>

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got<00:23:57.730><c> his</c><00:23:57.930><c> own</c><00:23:58.690><c> weaknesses,</c><00:23:59.890><c> as</c><00:24:00.029><c> we</c><00:24:00.150><c> shall</c><00:24:00.329><c> see.</c>

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His<00:24:03.150><c> name,</c><00:24:05.049><c> my</c><00:24:05.430><c> God,</c><00:24:06.849><c> is</c><00:24:07.349><c> Yah,</c><00:24:09.569><c> or</c><00:24:09.869><c> God</c><00:24:10.109><c> himself.</c>

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And<00:24:13.569><c> one</c><00:24:13.690><c> imagines</c><00:24:14.029><c> that</c><00:24:14.210><c> his</c><00:24:14.329><c> name</c><00:24:14.509><c> was</c><00:24:14.710><c> given</c><00:24:14.829><c> to</c><00:24:15.009><c> him</c>

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by<00:24:18.069><c> divine</c><00:24:18.410><c> insight</c><00:24:19.049><c> in</c><00:24:19.609><c> some</c><00:24:19.829><c> way,</c><00:24:20.069><c> that</c><00:24:20.130><c> he</c><00:24:20.210><c> was</c><00:24:20.430><c> guided</c><00:24:20.789><c> because,</c><00:24:21.509><c> as</c>

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we<00:24:21.769><c> shall</c><00:24:21.970><c> see,</c><00:24:22.170><c> this</c><00:24:22.289><c> is</c><00:24:22.450><c> the</c><00:24:22.509><c> very</c><00:24:22.829><c> name</c>

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that<00:24:23.269><c> he</c><00:24:23.470><c> uses</c><00:24:23.869><c> when</c><00:24:24.210><c> he</c><00:24:24.589><c> stands</c><00:24:24.849><c> there</c><00:24:25.109><c> on</c><00:24:25.269><c> Mount</c><00:24:25.690><c> Carmel,</c><00:24:26.730><c> the</c><00:24:27.210><c> monolithic</c><00:24:27.970><c> strength</c><00:24:28.970><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:24:30.369><c> in</c><00:24:30.930><c> this</c><00:24:31.190><c> one</c><00:24:31.430><c> man.</c>

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He<00:24:32.569><c> was</c><00:24:32.789><c> of</c><00:24:32.970><c> the</c><00:24:33.210><c> sojourners</c><00:24:33.730><c> of</c><00:24:33.990><c> Gilead.</c><00:24:34.369><c> Now</c><00:24:34.549><c> Gilead</c><00:24:34.750><c> was</c><00:24:34.869><c> on</c>

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the<00:24:35.170><c> other</c><00:24:35.329><c> side</c><00:24:35.509><c> of</c><00:24:35.750><c> Jordan.</c><00:24:35.910><c> You</c><00:24:36.089><c> remember</c>

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a<00:24:37.829><c> map</c><00:24:38.309><c> of</c><00:24:38.690><c> Palestine.</c><00:24:39.150><c> I</c><00:24:39.170><c> brought</c><00:24:39.329><c> the</c><00:24:39.509><c> map</c><00:24:39.609><c> with</c><00:24:39.789><c> me</c><00:24:39.910><c> last</c><00:24:40.230><c> time.</c><00:24:41.990><c> And</c><00:24:42.170><c> there</c><00:24:42.410><c> it</c>

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is.<00:24:42.730><c> There's</c><00:24:42.990><c> the</c>

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River<00:24:43.269><c> Jordan.</c><00:24:43.630><c> Here's</c><00:24:43.990><c> Gilead.</c><00:24:44.630><c> This</c><00:24:44.789><c> is</c><00:24:44.970><c> the</c><00:24:45.150><c> area.</c><00:24:46.029><c> The</c><00:24:46.109><c> two</c><00:24:46.329><c> and</c><00:24:46.470><c> a</c>

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half<00:24:46.650><c> tribes,</c><00:24:47.190><c> you</c><00:24:47.690><c> remember,</c><00:24:48.210><c> wanted</c>

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that<00:24:49.049><c> as</c><00:24:49.349><c> part</c><00:24:49.529><c> of</c><00:24:49.710><c> their</c><00:24:49.910><c> inheritance.</c><00:24:51.769><c> He</c><00:24:52.150><c> wasn't</c><00:24:52.970><c> one</c><00:24:53.450><c> of</c>

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the<00:24:54.250><c> inhabitants</c><00:24:55.009><c> of</c><00:24:55.390><c> Gilead.</c>

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You<00:24:59.589><c> see,</c><00:24:59.730><c> it</c><00:24:59.970><c> says</c><00:25:00.150><c> that</c><00:25:00.369><c> he</c><00:25:00.509><c> was</c><00:25:00.710><c> a</c><00:25:00.890><c> Tishbite.</c>

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And<00:25:04.650><c> a</c><00:25:04.809><c> Tishbite</c><00:25:05.309><c> is</c><00:25:05.670><c> from</c><00:25:05.990><c> a</c><00:25:07.029><c> village</c><00:25:07.589><c> in</c><00:25:08.049><c> Naphtali,</c><00:25:09.309><c> which</c>

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is<00:25:10.289><c> on</c><00:25:10.410><c> the</c><00:25:10.549><c> other</c><00:25:10.769><c> side</c><00:25:11.009><c> of</c><00:25:11.210><c> Jordan.</c><00:25:12.490><c> But</c><00:25:12.650><c> it</c><00:25:12.890><c> says</c><00:25:13.150><c> he</c><00:25:13.410><c> was</c>

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of<00:25:13.869><c> the</c><00:25:14.109><c> inhabitants</c><00:25:14.650><c> of</c><00:25:14.890><c> Gilead.</c><00:25:15.130><c> If</c><00:25:15.250><c> you've</c><00:25:15.390><c> got</c><00:25:15.529><c> some</c><00:25:15.730><c> other</c><00:25:15.910><c> version</c><00:25:16.150><c> there,</c><00:25:16.490><c> you'll</c><00:25:16.710><c> see</c>

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that<00:25:17.009><c> he</c><00:25:17.130><c> was</c><00:25:17.349><c> of</c><00:25:17.509><c> the</c>

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sojourners<00:25:18.890><c> of</c><00:25:19.369><c> Gilead,</c><00:25:20.430><c> which</c><00:25:23.670><c> may</c><00:25:23.990><c> mean</c><00:25:24.549><c> that</c><00:25:25.390><c> because</c><00:25:25.769><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:26.230><c> evil</c><00:25:26.630><c> of</c><00:25:27.049><c> the</c><00:25:27.289><c> reign</c><00:25:27.509><c> of</c><00:25:27.789><c> Ahab,</c>

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some<00:25:29.950><c> people</c><00:25:30.329><c> had</c><00:25:30.529><c> gone</c><00:25:30.650><c> over</c><00:25:30.930><c> the</c><00:25:31.049><c> river</c><00:25:31.250><c> to</c><00:25:31.430><c> the</c><00:25:31.529><c> other</c><00:25:31.789><c> side</c>

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and<00:25:33.289><c> moved</c><00:25:33.430><c> away</c><00:25:33.789><c> from</c><00:25:33.950><c> the</c><00:25:34.170><c> center</c><00:25:34.569><c> where</c><00:25:35.049><c> the</c><00:25:35.349><c> evil</c>

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was<00:25:36.269><c> and</c><00:25:37.250><c> gone</c><00:25:37.390><c> to</c><00:25:37.509><c> live</c><00:25:37.670><c> in</c><00:25:37.809><c> Gilead,</c><00:25:39.210><c> not</c><00:25:39.289><c> that</c><00:25:39.410><c> he</c><00:25:39.529><c> was</c><00:25:39.809><c> sojourning</c><00:25:40.309><c> there.</c><00:25:41.410><c> This</c>

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seems<00:25:42.410><c> a</c><00:25:43.230><c> possibility.</c>

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But<00:25:44.769><c> let's</c><00:25:44.950><c> have</c><00:25:45.109><c> a</c><00:25:45.190><c> look</c><00:25:45.329><c> again.</c><00:25:48.670><c> There</c><00:25:48.970><c> we</c><00:25:49.130><c> could</c><00:25:49.309><c> dwell</c><00:25:49.529><c> in</c>

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this<00:25:49.849><c> little</c><00:25:50.690><c> verse,</c><00:25:51.569><c> these</c><00:25:51.930><c> two</c><00:25:52.450><c> verses</c><00:25:52.769><c> at</c><00:25:52.970><c> the</c>

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beginning,<00:25:54.789><c> and</c><00:25:55.009><c> just</c><00:25:55.289><c> linger</c><00:25:55.549><c> here,</c><00:25:56.990><c> because</c><00:25:57.349><c> there</c><00:25:57.910><c> are</c><00:25:58.130><c> all</c><00:25:58.349><c> sorts</c><00:25:58.529><c> of</c>

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secrets<00:25:58.970><c> locked</c><00:25:59.250><c> away.</c>

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You<00:26:02.369><c> see,</c><00:26:02.609><c> this</c><00:26:02.750><c> was</c><00:26:02.930><c> Galilee,</c><00:26:05.509><c> where</c><00:26:05.650><c> he</c><00:26:05.809><c> came</c><00:26:06.049><c> from.</c><00:26:08.509><c> Shall</c>

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any<00:26:08.809><c> good</c><00:26:09.089><c> thing?</c>

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Well,<00:26:12.269><c> there</c><00:26:12.450><c> it</c><00:26:12.589><c> is.</c><00:26:13.829><c> Was</c><00:26:13.990><c> there</c><00:26:14.130><c> any</c><00:26:14.390><c> prophet</c><00:26:14.710><c> from</c><00:26:14.990><c> Galilee?</c><00:26:16.789><c> And</c><00:26:16.990><c> those</c><00:26:17.369><c> wicked</c><00:26:17.890><c> rulers</c><00:26:18.349><c> of</c><00:26:18.589><c> Israel,</c>

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who<00:26:20.730><c> willfully</c><00:26:21.410><c> excluded</c><00:26:22.349><c> certain</c><00:26:23.069><c> prophets</c><00:26:23.589><c> from</c><00:26:23.809><c> their</c><00:26:24.250><c> mind</c><00:26:24.890><c> when</c><00:26:25.390><c> they</c><00:26:25.789><c> spoke</c><00:26:26.089><c> to</c>

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the<00:26:26.470><c> Lord</c><00:26:26.750><c> Jesus</c><00:26:27.250><c> Christ,</c>

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they<00:26:29.829><c> knew</c><00:26:30.269><c> that</c><00:26:30.630><c> Elijah</c><00:26:30.910><c> came</c><00:26:31.170><c> from</c><00:26:31.349><c> that</c><00:26:31.630><c> place.</c><00:26:32.890><c> They</c><00:26:33.269><c> knew</c>

00:26:33.730 --> 00:26:35.930
that<00:26:34.069><c> Jonah</c><00:26:34.309><c> came</c><00:26:34.609><c> from</c><00:26:34.789><c> that</c><00:26:35.029><c> place.</c>

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And<00:26:38.670><c> both</c><00:26:38.910><c> of</c><00:26:39.089><c> them,</c><00:26:39.309><c> each</c><00:26:39.670><c> of</c><00:26:39.829><c> them,</c><00:26:40.549><c> together</c><00:26:41.009><c> separately</c>

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were<00:26:42.309><c> witnesses</c><00:26:42.950><c> to</c><00:26:43.529><c> the</c><00:26:43.910><c> power</c><00:26:44.390><c> of</c><00:26:44.950><c> the</c><00:26:45.049><c> Lord,</c>

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the<00:26:46.309><c> God</c><00:26:46.490><c> of</c><00:26:46.650><c> Israel</c><00:26:46.970><c> and</c><00:26:47.109><c> the</c><00:26:47.210><c> Lord</c><00:26:47.410><c> Jesus</c><00:26:47.789><c> Christ.</c><00:26:48.170><c> And</c><00:26:48.309><c> here</c>

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he<00:26:48.630><c> is</c><00:26:49.309><c> as</c><00:26:49.849><c> a</c><00:26:50.089><c> kind</c><00:26:50.250><c> of</c><00:26:50.569><c> forerunner</c><00:26:51.009><c> himself</c>

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of<00:26:53.609><c> Elisha,</c><00:26:54.289><c> yes,</c><00:26:54.490><c> but</c><00:26:54.630><c> a</c><00:26:54.970><c> forerunner</c><00:26:55.710><c> himself</c><00:26:56.250><c> of</c><00:26:56.450><c> the</c><00:26:56.569><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:26:57.230><c> Christ,</c><00:26:57.990><c> a</c><00:26:58.269><c> pattern</c><00:26:58.690><c> of</c><00:26:59.130><c> the</c><00:26:59.349><c> John</c><00:26:59.529><c> who</c><00:26:59.670><c> was</c>

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to<00:27:00.089><c> come,</c><00:27:00.750><c> who</c><00:27:00.890><c> himself</c><00:27:01.589><c> was</c><00:27:02.309><c> a</c><00:27:02.569><c> greater</c><00:27:02.769><c> prophet</c><00:27:03.289><c> than</c><00:27:03.569><c> Elijah.</c><00:27:04.430><c> And</c>

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that's<00:27:04.890><c> worth</c><00:27:05.089><c> thinking</c><00:27:05.410><c> about,</c>

00:27:05.710 --> 00:27:16.589
it's<00:27:05.970><c> not</c><00:27:06.190><c> part</c><00:27:06.430><c> of</c><00:27:06.549><c> our</c><00:27:06.730><c> subject.</c><00:27:10.710><c> So</c><00:27:10.710><c> Elijah</c><00:27:11.390><c> meets</c><00:27:13.910><c> Ahab.</c>

00:27:17.609 --> 00:27:22.210
Wonder<00:27:17.710><c> where</c><00:27:17.869><c> they</c><00:27:18.029><c> met?</c><00:27:20.829><c> Doesn't</c><00:27:21.109><c> tell</c><00:27:21.369><c> us.</c>

00:27:25.430 --> 00:27:30.349
Ahab<00:27:25.849><c> had</c><00:27:26.029><c> a</c><00:27:26.250><c> palace</c><00:27:26.589><c> in</c><00:27:27.890><c> Jezreel.</c><00:27:29.349><c> You</c><00:27:29.470><c> know,</c><00:27:29.849><c> there's</c><00:27:30.190><c> the</c>

00:27:30.349 --> 00:27:32.509
Vale<00:27:30.470><c> of</c><00:27:30.650><c> Megiddo,</c><00:27:31.690><c> here's</c><00:27:31.950><c> Carmel,</c>

00:27:32.509 --> 00:27:36.630
the<00:27:33.369><c> Vale</c><00:27:33.529><c> of</c><00:27:33.710><c> Megiddo,</c><00:27:34.250><c> this</c><00:27:34.970><c> wonderful</c><00:27:35.690><c> Vale</c><00:27:36.049><c> in</c><00:27:36.230><c> which</c><00:27:36.410><c> so</c>

00:27:36.630 --> 00:27:37.970
many<00:27:36.829><c> things</c><00:27:37.170><c> took</c><00:27:37.470><c> place,</c>

00:27:38.130 --> 00:27:42.329
that<00:27:38.309><c> Christ</c><00:27:38.609><c> could</c><00:27:38.910><c> overlook</c><00:27:39.170><c> it</c><00:27:39.390><c> from</c><00:27:39.869><c> an</c><00:27:40.069><c> afterlife.</c><00:27:41.970><c> All</c>

00:27:42.329 --> 00:27:44.549
sorts<00:27:42.650><c> of</c><00:27:42.829><c> things</c><00:27:42.990><c> had</c><00:27:43.190><c> taken</c><00:27:43.410><c> place</c><00:27:43.769><c> in</c><00:27:43.950><c> this</c><00:27:44.150><c> area</c>

00:27:44.549 --> 00:27:47.750
in<00:27:45.069><c> the</c><00:27:45.289><c> past</c><00:27:45.529><c> and</c><00:27:45.750><c> were</c><00:27:46.190><c> to</c><00:27:46.410><c> take</c><00:27:46.630><c> place</c><00:27:46.809><c> again</c><00:27:47.170><c> in</c><00:27:47.349><c> the</c><00:27:47.589><c> reign</c>

00:27:47.750 --> 00:27:50.990
of<00:27:47.990><c> Elijah</c><00:27:48.470><c> and</c><00:27:49.170><c> to</c><00:27:49.349><c> take</c><00:27:49.650><c> place</c><00:27:49.869><c> again</c><00:27:50.369><c> in</c><00:27:50.769><c> the</c>

00:27:50.990 --> 00:27:56.369
future<00:27:51.529><c> as</c><00:27:52.029><c> God</c><00:27:52.210><c> has</c><00:27:52.390><c> foretold</c><00:27:52.910><c> in</c><00:27:53.109><c> that</c><00:27:53.789><c> wide</c><00:27:54.390><c> area</c><00:27:54.910><c> there</c><00:27:55.450><c> in</c>

00:27:56.369 --> 00:27:59.630
that<00:27:56.809><c> little</c><00:27:57.049><c> land.</c><00:27:58.750><c> Where</c><00:27:59.029><c> did</c><00:27:59.150><c> they</c><00:27:59.349><c> meet?</c>

00:27:59.630 --> 00:28:03.069
Was<00:27:59.890><c> it</c><00:28:00.049><c> there</c><00:28:00.309><c> or</c><00:28:00.430><c> was</c><00:28:00.569><c> it</c><00:28:00.750><c> in</c><00:28:00.849><c> Samaria</c><00:28:01.470><c> in</c><00:28:01.930><c> the</c><00:28:02.109><c> capital</c><00:28:02.369><c> that</c>

00:28:03.069 --> 00:28:05.970
Omri<00:28:03.369><c> himself</c><00:28:03.849><c> had</c><00:28:04.130><c> built</c><00:28:04.529><c> and</c><00:28:05.109><c> that</c><00:28:05.509><c> Ahab</c><00:28:05.730><c> had</c>

00:28:05.970 --> 00:28:10.069
taken<00:28:06.170><c> over?</c><00:28:06.890><c> We're</c><00:28:07.150><c> not</c><00:28:07.470><c> told,</c><00:28:08.269><c> nor</c><00:28:08.450><c> how</c><00:28:09.009><c> this</c><00:28:09.289><c> prophet</c><00:28:09.650><c> came</c>

00:28:10.069 --> 00:28:14.289
to<00:28:10.250><c> confront</c><00:28:10.569><c> the</c><00:28:10.829><c> king.</c><00:28:13.369><c> He</c><00:28:13.509><c> was</c><00:28:13.609><c> a</c><00:28:13.809><c> strange</c><00:28:14.009><c> man</c>

00:28:14.289 --> 00:28:21.410
to<00:28:14.450><c> look</c><00:28:14.630><c> at.</c><00:28:17.410><c> I</c><00:28:17.569><c> don't</c><00:28:17.849><c> think</c><00:28:18.049><c> when</c><00:28:18.210><c> they</c><00:28:18.490><c> met</c><00:28:18.789><c> that</c><00:28:19.450><c> it</c><00:28:19.509><c> was</c><00:28:19.829><c> that</c><00:28:20.029><c> Elijah</c><00:28:20.390><c> himself</c><00:28:20.930><c> was</c><00:28:21.170><c> a</c>

00:28:21.410 --> 00:28:22.809
hairy<00:28:21.670><c> man.</c>

00:28:22.930 --> 00:28:29.410
I<00:28:23.450><c> don't</c><00:28:23.589><c> think</c><00:28:23.710><c> it's</c><00:28:23.869><c> that</c><00:28:24.089><c> so</c><00:28:24.309><c> much.</c><00:28:25.450><c> I</c><00:28:25.589><c> think</c><00:28:25.750><c> there</c><00:28:25.910><c> was</c><00:28:26.130><c> something</c><00:28:26.529><c> about</c><00:28:27.509><c> the</c><00:28:27.769><c> garment</c><00:28:28.089><c> that</c><00:28:28.289><c> he</c><00:28:28.470><c> wore.</c>

00:28:30.809 --> 00:28:35.369
Do<00:28:31.250><c> you</c><00:28:31.269><c> remember</c><00:28:31.450><c> what</c><00:28:31.650><c> it</c><00:28:31.809><c> says?</c><00:28:32.210><c> They</c><00:28:32.269><c> shall</c><00:28:32.529><c> not</c><00:28:33.609><c> wear</c><00:28:34.569><c> a</c>

00:28:35.369 --> 00:28:37.609
hairy<00:28:35.789><c> mantle</c><00:28:36.369><c> to</c><00:28:36.890><c> deceive.</c>

00:28:39.789 --> 00:28:41.849
And<00:28:39.849><c> perhaps</c><00:28:40.069><c> somebody</c><00:28:40.269><c> says,</c><00:28:40.690><c> well,</c><00:28:40.690><c> I'd</c><00:28:41.170><c> never</c><00:28:41.410><c> even</c><00:28:41.690><c> heard</c>

00:28:41.849 --> 00:28:43.250
those<00:28:42.109><c> words.</c><00:28:42.349><c> I'm</c><00:28:42.430><c> not</c><00:28:42.549><c> quite</c><00:28:42.750><c> sure</c><00:28:42.910><c> where</c><00:28:43.029><c> they</c>

00:28:43.250 --> 00:28:44.970
come<00:28:43.470><c> from.</c><00:28:43.730><c> Well,</c><00:28:43.789><c> you</c><00:28:43.869><c> go</c><00:28:43.990><c> into</c><00:28:44.109><c> the</c><00:28:44.349><c> prophet</c><00:28:44.509><c> and</c><00:28:44.630><c> have</c><00:28:44.789><c> a</c>

00:28:44.970 --> 00:28:47.809
look.<00:28:45.470><c> The</c><00:28:45.710><c> false</c><00:28:46.049><c> prophets,</c><00:28:46.450><c> it's</c><00:28:46.809><c> spoken</c><00:28:47.089><c> of</c>

00:28:47.809 --> 00:28:51.750
them<00:28:48.390><c> as</c><00:28:48.710><c> wearing</c><00:28:48.950><c> a</c><00:28:49.289><c> hairy</c><00:28:49.589><c> mantle</c><00:28:50.009><c> to</c><00:28:50.250><c> deceive.</c><00:28:51.430><c> Now,</c><00:28:51.589><c> there</c>

00:28:51.750 --> 00:28:53.910
seems<00:28:51.950><c> to</c><00:28:52.089><c> have</c><00:28:52.130><c> been</c><00:28:52.309><c> something</c><00:28:52.589><c> about</c><00:28:53.190><c> Elijah's</c>

00:28:54.230 --> 00:28:56.910
mantle<00:28:54.670><c> that</c><00:28:55.109><c> marks</c><00:28:55.390><c> him</c><00:28:55.650><c> out</c><00:28:55.809><c> because</c><00:28:56.009><c> it's</c><00:28:56.269><c> the</c><00:28:56.410><c> last</c><00:28:56.690><c> thing</c>

00:28:56.910 --> 00:28:59.549
that<00:28:57.049><c> we</c><00:28:57.289><c> see</c><00:28:57.450><c> of</c><00:28:57.569><c> him.</c><00:28:58.349><c> When</c><00:28:58.529><c> he's</c><00:28:58.849><c> gone,</c><00:28:59.269><c> his</c>

00:28:59.549 --> 00:29:05.509
mantle<00:28:59.849><c> remains.</c><00:29:03.210><c> And</c><00:29:03.390><c> I</c><00:29:04.009><c> think</c><00:29:04.170><c> it</c><00:29:04.250><c> was</c><00:29:04.470><c> that</c><00:29:04.849><c> that</c><00:29:05.069><c> he</c><00:29:05.269><c> wore,</c>

00:29:05.630 --> 00:29:08.529
quite<00:29:05.789><c> apart</c><00:29:06.089><c> from</c><00:29:06.509><c> obviously</c><00:29:06.809><c> his</c><00:29:07.329><c> fearsome</c>

00:29:10.009 --> 00:29:16.490
appearance<00:29:10.569><c> as</c><00:29:11.130><c> he</c><00:29:11.410><c> stands</c><00:29:12.029><c> alone</c><00:29:13.289><c> before</c><00:29:13.650><c> a</c><00:29:13.849><c> king.</c><00:29:16.250><c> Perhaps</c>

00:29:16.490 --> 00:29:20.009
he<00:29:16.670><c> stopped</c><00:29:16.890><c> him</c><00:29:17.029><c> in</c><00:29:17.150><c> the</c><00:29:17.289><c> way.</c><00:29:19.609><c> Perhaps</c><00:29:19.869><c> he</c>

00:29:20.009 --> 00:29:22.430
went<00:29:20.109><c> into</c><00:29:20.269><c> the</c><00:29:20.329><c> very</c><00:29:20.630><c> king's</c><00:29:21.150><c> presence</c><00:29:21.430><c> in</c><00:29:21.710><c> some</c><00:29:21.910><c> way,</c><00:29:22.289><c> but</c>

00:29:22.430 --> 00:29:25.910
we're<00:29:22.589><c> not</c><00:29:22.849><c> told.</c><00:29:23.990><c> All</c><00:29:24.269><c> we're</c><00:29:24.569><c> told</c><00:29:24.789><c> is</c><00:29:25.130><c> that</c><00:29:25.630><c> he</c>

00:29:25.910 --> 00:29:36.029
announces<00:29:27.190><c> as</c><00:29:28.470><c> the</c><00:29:28.690><c> Lord</c><00:29:29.690><c> God</c><00:29:30.910><c> of</c><00:29:32.069><c> Israel</c><00:29:32.930><c> liveth.</c><00:29:35.250><c> And</c><00:29:35.890><c> you</c>

00:29:36.029 --> 00:29:38.009
and<00:29:36.150><c> I,</c><00:29:36.470><c> brethren</c><00:29:36.490><c> and</c><00:29:36.690><c> sisters,</c><00:29:36.869><c> have</c><00:29:37.009><c> got</c><00:29:37.150><c> no</c><00:29:37.349><c> idea</c>

00:29:38.009 --> 00:29:42.250
what<00:29:38.269><c> it</c><00:29:38.529><c> meant</c><00:29:38.849><c> to</c><00:29:39.250><c> Ahab</c><00:29:39.609><c> to</c><00:29:39.829><c> hear</c><00:29:39.990><c> those</c><00:29:40.309><c> words.</c><00:29:41.849><c> It</c><00:29:42.009><c> wasn't</c>

00:29:42.250 --> 00:29:45.250
a<00:29:42.549><c> long</c><00:29:42.890><c> time</c><00:29:43.109><c> from</c><00:29:43.369><c> Solomon</c><00:29:43.710><c> to</c><00:29:43.970><c> Ahab,</c>

00:29:46.269 --> 00:29:50.950
just<00:29:46.630><c> 70</c><00:29:47.009><c> years.</c><00:29:48.430><c> We've</c><00:29:48.789><c> read</c><00:29:48.890><c> about</c><00:29:49.210><c> the</c><00:29:49.430><c> 70</c><00:29:49.690><c> years</c><00:29:50.009><c> this</c><00:29:50.250><c> morning</c><00:29:50.529><c> in</c>

00:29:50.950 --> 00:29:52.289
the<00:29:51.230><c> 90th</c><00:29:51.849><c> Psalm,</c>

00:29:52.289 --> 00:29:58.190
the<00:29:53.049><c> lifetime</c><00:29:53.509><c> of</c><00:29:53.710><c> a</c><00:29:53.849><c> man,</c><00:29:55.069><c> and</c><00:29:55.150><c> that</c><00:29:55.609><c> terrible</c><00:29:56.009><c> deterioration</c><00:29:56.950><c> had</c><00:29:57.230><c> set</c><00:29:57.410><c> in.</c>

00:30:00.029 --> 00:30:04.390
But<00:30:00.230><c> to</c><00:30:00.410><c> hear</c><00:30:00.589><c> now</c><00:30:01.589><c> one</c><00:30:02.130><c> man</c><00:30:02.609><c> standing</c><00:30:03.029><c> and</c><00:30:03.369><c> saying,</c><00:30:03.890><c> not</c><00:30:03.990><c> by</c>

00:30:04.390 --> 00:30:08.690
Baal,<00:30:05.829><c> not</c><00:30:05.990><c> by</c><00:30:06.250><c> the</c><00:30:06.950><c> goddess</c><00:30:07.289><c> of</c><00:30:07.569><c> the</c><00:30:07.730><c> Zidonians,</c>

00:30:09.049 --> 00:30:11.769
or<00:30:09.190><c> by</c><00:30:09.390><c> any</c><00:30:09.589><c> of</c><00:30:09.670><c> the</c><00:30:09.829><c> gods</c><00:30:09.990><c> of</c><00:30:10.170><c> the</c><00:30:10.329><c> Amorites,</c><00:30:10.930><c> because</c><00:30:11.509><c> Ahab</c>

00:30:11.769 --> 00:30:22.269
had<00:30:11.910><c> gone</c><00:30:12.109><c> back</c><00:30:12.390><c> to</c><00:30:12.509><c> those</c><00:30:12.730><c> very</c><00:30:13.049><c> gods</c><00:30:13.390><c> that</c><00:30:13.690><c> are</c>

00:30:22.269 --> 00:30:27.509
standing<00:30:22.910><c> up</c><00:30:23.470><c> and</c><00:30:23.710><c> saying,</c><00:30:24.309><c> as</c><00:30:24.369><c> the</c><00:30:24.609><c> Lord</c><00:30:25.130><c> God</c><00:30:25.589><c> of</c><00:30:25.769><c> Israel</c><00:30:26.349><c> liveth.</c><00:30:27.049><c> And</c>

00:30:27.509 --> 00:30:28.710
he<00:30:27.549><c> takes</c><00:30:27.730><c> the</c><00:30:27.930><c> great</c><00:30:28.190><c> name</c>

00:30:28.710 --> 00:30:33.710
of<00:30:29.049><c> which</c><00:30:29.190><c> we</c><00:30:29.390><c> read</c><00:30:29.569><c> yesterday,</c><00:30:30.789><c> a</c><00:30:31.130><c> name</c><00:30:31.670><c> straight</c><00:30:32.029><c> out</c><00:30:32.269><c> of</c><00:30:32.390><c> Exodus</c><00:30:32.630><c> chapter</c><00:30:33.009><c> 3,</c>

00:30:33.809 --> 00:30:35.230
and<00:30:34.069><c> he</c><00:30:34.329><c> presents</c><00:30:34.630><c> it,</c>

00:30:35.670 --> 00:30:44.730
and<00:30:36.009><c> he</c><00:30:36.250><c> says,</c><00:30:36.549><c> as</c><00:30:36.670><c> the</c><00:30:37.509><c> Lord</c><00:30:38.109><c> God</c><00:30:38.809><c> of</c><00:30:39.029><c> Israel</c><00:30:39.950><c> liveth.</c><00:30:43.609><c> And</c><00:30:44.289><c> if</c>

00:30:44.730 --> 00:30:49.930
you<00:30:44.869><c> notice,</c><00:30:46.849><c> this</c><00:30:47.170><c> prophet</c><00:30:47.609><c> is</c><00:30:48.529><c> like</c><00:30:48.769><c> a</c><00:30:48.970><c> priest.</c>

00:30:51.529 --> 00:30:55.509
He's<00:30:52.089><c> got</c><00:30:52.250><c> to</c><00:30:52.450><c> be.</c><00:30:53.529><c> There</c><00:30:53.769><c> is</c><00:30:54.009><c> no</c><00:30:54.230><c> true</c><00:30:54.529><c> priesthood</c><00:30:54.990><c> in</c><00:30:55.170><c> the</c><00:30:55.329><c> 10</c>

00:30:55.509 --> 00:31:01.769
tribes.<00:30:57.930><c> He</c><00:30:58.069><c> says,</c><00:30:58.769><c> before</c><00:30:58.930><c> whom</c><00:30:59.549><c> I</c><00:31:01.349><c> stand.</c>

00:31:02.250 --> 00:31:05.849
Just<00:31:02.410><c> come</c><00:31:02.549><c> to</c><00:31:02.690><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:31:03.130><c> chapter</c><00:31:03.490><c> 10.</c><00:31:04.990><c> Just</c><00:31:05.250><c> to</c><00:31:05.450><c> see</c><00:31:05.509><c> the</c>

00:31:05.849 --> 00:31:07.430
force<00:31:06.049><c> of</c><00:31:06.230><c> that</c><00:31:06.509><c> expression,</c>

00:31:07.890 --> 00:31:11.190
it<00:31:08.289><c> doesn't</c><00:31:08.509><c> mean</c><00:31:08.670><c> that</c><00:31:08.809><c> I</c><00:31:08.890><c> just</c><00:31:09.130><c> walk</c><00:31:09.329><c> in</c><00:31:09.450><c> God's</c><00:31:09.950><c> presence.</c>

00:31:12.750 --> 00:31:15.410
Deuteronomy<00:31:13.309><c> chapter</c><00:31:13.690><c> 10.</c>

00:31:25.329 --> 00:31:27.109
And<00:31:26.009><c> verse</c><00:31:26.269><c> 8.</c>

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At<00:31:31.910><c> that</c><00:31:32.190><c> time</c><00:31:32.410><c> the</c><00:31:32.549><c> Lord</c><00:31:32.769><c> appeared,</c><00:31:33.450><c> the</c><00:31:33.569><c> Lord</c><00:31:33.869><c> separated</c><00:31:34.630><c> the</c><00:31:35.089><c> tribe</c><00:31:35.309><c> of</c>

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Levi<00:31:35.930><c> to</c><00:31:36.589><c> bear</c><00:31:36.890><c> the</c>

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ark<00:31:37.410><c> of</c><00:31:37.609><c> the</c><00:31:37.750><c> covenant</c><00:31:37.990><c> of</c><00:31:38.230><c> the</c><00:31:38.390><c> Lord,</c><00:31:38.890><c> to</c><00:31:39.430><c> stand</c><00:31:40.490><c> before</c><00:31:41.450><c> the</c>

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Lord,<00:31:42.829><c> to</c><00:31:43.069><c> minister</c><00:31:43.789><c> unto</c><00:31:44.970><c> him,</c>

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to<00:31:46.369><c> stand</c><00:31:46.910><c> before.</c><00:31:47.470><c> And</c><00:31:47.650><c> that's</c><00:31:47.970><c> the</c><00:31:48.170><c> expression.</c><00:31:50.750><c> You</c><00:31:50.910><c> see,</c>

00:31:52.109 --> 00:31:54.829
there<00:31:52.230><c> was</c><00:31:52.410><c> no</c><00:31:52.690><c> seat</c><00:31:53.109><c> in</c><00:31:53.730><c> the</c><00:31:53.950><c> tabernacle</c>

00:31:57.130 --> 00:32:01.170
for<00:31:57.609><c> the</c><00:31:57.789><c> priest.</c><00:31:59.670><c> There's</c><00:31:59.829><c> only</c><00:32:00.089><c> one</c><00:32:00.410><c> seat</c><00:32:00.630><c> there,</c><00:32:00.869><c> and</c><00:32:00.990><c> that</c>

00:32:01.170 --> 00:32:05.230
was<00:32:01.369><c> the</c><00:32:01.529><c> seat</c><00:32:02.109><c> of</c><00:32:03.170><c> mercy.</c><00:32:03.849><c> But</c><00:32:03.990><c> there</c><00:32:04.109><c> was</c><00:32:04.210><c> no</c><00:32:04.410><c> other.</c>

00:32:05.250 --> 00:32:08.269
There<00:32:05.430><c> was</c><00:32:05.589><c> no</c><00:32:05.789><c> provision.</c><00:32:06.970><c> As</c><00:32:07.210><c> the</c><00:32:07.369><c> letter</c><00:32:07.529><c> to</c><00:32:07.730><c> the</c><00:32:07.890><c> Hebrews</c>

00:32:08.269 --> 00:32:10.049
remarks,<00:32:09.210><c> and</c><00:32:09.289><c> as</c><00:32:09.410><c> Brother</c><00:32:09.549><c> John</c><00:32:09.809><c> Carter</c>

00:32:10.049 --> 00:32:15.410
brought<00:32:10.269><c> out</c><00:32:10.450><c> in</c><00:32:10.569><c> his</c><00:32:10.750><c> book,</c><00:32:10.950><c> you</c><00:32:11.069><c> remember</c><00:32:11.730><c> that</c><00:32:12.690><c> those</c><00:32:13.269><c> priests</c><00:32:13.789><c> stood</c><00:32:14.490><c> to</c>

00:32:15.410 --> 00:32:17.170
minister<00:32:15.789><c> continually.</c>

00:32:17.210 --> 00:32:20.710
But<00:32:17.509><c> this</c><00:32:17.849><c> man</c><00:32:18.410><c> is</c><00:32:18.849><c> now</c><00:32:19.190><c> seated</c><00:32:19.490><c> at</c><00:32:19.670><c> the</c><00:32:19.869><c> right</c><00:32:20.089><c> hand</c><00:32:20.289><c> of</c><00:32:20.470><c> God.</c>

00:32:20.769 --> 00:32:23.710
His<00:32:20.990><c> ministry</c><00:32:21.369><c> is</c><00:32:21.750><c> complete.</c><00:32:22.990><c> The</c><00:32:23.190><c> ministry</c>

00:32:23.710 --> 00:32:27.250
of<00:32:24.089><c> reconciliation</c><00:32:24.750><c> in</c><00:32:24.990><c> him</c><00:32:25.269><c> is</c><00:32:25.589><c> completed.</c><00:32:26.630><c> And</c><00:32:26.890><c> what</c><00:32:26.990><c> the</c>

00:32:27.250 --> 00:32:28.750
priests<00:32:27.470><c> of</c><00:32:27.630><c> the</c><00:32:27.809><c> law</c><00:32:27.990><c> could</c><00:32:28.230><c> not</c><00:32:28.490><c> do,</c>

00:32:28.809 --> 00:32:31.970
because<00:32:29.210><c> they</c><00:32:29.569><c> had</c><00:32:29.750><c> to</c><00:32:29.970><c> minister</c><00:32:30.269><c> continually</c><00:32:31.009><c> by</c><00:32:31.490><c> standing</c>

00:32:31.970 --> 00:32:34.650
before<00:32:32.369><c> God,</c><00:32:33.049><c> that</c><00:32:33.450><c> priest</c><00:32:33.769><c> has</c><00:32:34.069><c> accomplished</c>

00:32:34.650 --> 00:32:39.049
in<00:32:35.049><c> himself</c><00:32:35.569><c> and</c><00:32:35.950><c> is</c><00:32:36.130><c> now</c><00:32:36.410><c> seated</c><00:32:36.809><c> at</c><00:32:37.170><c> the</c><00:32:37.369><c> right</c><00:32:37.589><c> hand</c><00:32:37.750><c> of</c><00:32:37.930><c> God.</c><00:32:38.690><c> One</c>

00:32:39.049 --> 00:32:41.970
offering<00:32:39.670><c> made</c><00:32:40.329><c> once</c><00:32:41.009><c> for</c><00:32:41.509><c> all,</c>

00:32:42.410 --> 00:32:49.130
for<00:32:42.650><c> all</c><00:32:42.930><c> time,</c><00:32:44.190><c> completed</c><00:32:44.390><c> in</c><00:32:44.650><c> him.</c><00:32:45.109><c> And</c><00:32:45.450><c> so</c><00:32:45.710><c> when</c><00:32:46.609><c> Elijah</c><00:32:47.190><c> comes</c><00:32:47.470><c> and</c><00:32:47.609><c> says,</c><00:32:47.829><c> before</c><00:32:48.130><c> whom</c><00:32:48.289><c> I</c><00:32:48.630><c> stand,</c>

00:32:49.309 --> 00:32:55.230
he's<00:32:49.609><c> now</c><00:32:49.769><c> the</c><00:32:49.950><c> minister</c><00:32:50.829><c> of</c><00:32:51.890><c> God,</c><00:32:53.309><c> there</c><00:32:53.589><c> is</c><00:32:53.789><c> an</c><00:32:53.990><c> echo</c><00:32:54.190><c> of</c><00:32:54.529><c> priesthood</c><00:32:55.069><c> in</c>

00:32:55.230 --> 00:32:57.369
him.<00:32:56.230><c> He's</c><00:32:56.569><c> going</c><00:32:56.690><c> to</c><00:32:56.890><c> need</c><00:32:57.130><c> that</c>

00:32:57.369 --> 00:33:00.750
echo<00:32:57.670><c> of</c><00:32:57.970><c> priesthood</c><00:32:58.289><c> in</c><00:32:58.450><c> him,</c><00:32:59.109><c> and</c><00:33:00.109><c> because</c><00:33:00.329><c> he's</c><00:33:00.509><c> going</c><00:33:00.609><c> to</c>

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offer<00:33:00.869><c> sacrifices</c><00:33:01.509><c> at</c><00:33:01.730><c> a</c><00:33:01.769><c> later</c><00:33:01.910><c> time.</c>

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But<00:33:05.789><c> notice,</c><00:33:06.829><c> and</c><00:33:07.049><c> here's</c><00:33:07.509><c> the</c><00:33:07.750><c> character,</c><00:33:08.130><c> and</c><00:33:08.289><c> if</c><00:33:08.410><c> only</c><00:33:08.630><c> we</c>

00:33:08.750 --> 00:33:10.309
can<00:33:08.910><c> take</c><00:33:09.109><c> this</c><00:33:09.230><c> into</c><00:33:09.390><c> our</c><00:33:09.630><c> daily</c><00:33:09.930><c> lives,</c>

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brethren<00:33:10.630><c> and</c><00:33:10.849><c> sisters,</c><00:33:12.890><c> when</c><00:33:13.029><c> we</c><00:33:13.150><c> go</c><00:33:13.289><c> for</c><00:33:13.509><c> our</c><00:33:13.710><c> first</c><00:33:13.990><c> job</c><00:33:14.390><c> or</c>

00:33:14.650 --> 00:33:17.069
change<00:33:15.109><c> our</c><00:33:15.450><c> job</c><00:33:15.809><c> or</c><00:33:15.970><c> get</c><00:33:16.150><c> into</c><00:33:16.349><c> some</c><00:33:16.589><c> difficult</c>

00:33:17.509 --> 00:33:22.410
situation,<00:33:18.750><c> or</c><00:33:18.869><c> we</c><00:33:18.990><c> have</c><00:33:19.130><c> to</c><00:33:19.349><c> stand</c><00:33:19.670><c> before</c><00:33:20.170><c> somebody</c><00:33:20.529><c> of</c><00:33:20.869><c> authority,</c><00:33:22.309><c> as</c>

00:33:22.410 --> 00:33:23.849
a<00:33:22.569><c> man</c><00:33:22.750><c> may</c><00:33:22.970><c> have</c><00:33:23.109><c> to</c><00:33:23.269><c> stand</c><00:33:23.490><c> before</c>

00:33:23.849 --> 00:33:28.569
somebody<00:33:24.190><c> of</c><00:33:24.529><c> authority</c><00:33:24.950><c> for</c><00:33:25.410><c> a</c><00:33:25.569><c> military</c><00:33:25.950><c> tribunal.</c><00:33:27.150><c> And</c><00:33:27.390><c> there</c><00:33:27.529><c> seems</c><00:33:27.710><c> to,</c><00:33:27.930><c> just</c><00:33:28.190><c> for</c><00:33:28.390><c> a</c>

00:33:28.569 --> 00:33:29.569
moment,<00:33:28.970><c> to</c><00:33:29.109><c> be</c>

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so<00:33:29.750><c> great</c><00:33:30.130><c> a</c><00:33:30.309><c> man</c><00:33:30.869><c> and</c><00:33:31.789><c> so</c><00:33:32.170><c> small</c><00:33:32.430><c> a</c><00:33:32.650><c> me.</c><00:33:35.089><c> And</c><00:33:35.369><c> then,</c><00:33:36.069><c> brethren</c>

00:33:36.230 --> 00:33:37.690
and<00:33:36.450><c> sisters,</c><00:33:36.609><c> let's</c><00:33:36.849><c> get</c><00:33:36.990><c> our</c><00:33:37.210><c> perspective</c>

00:33:37.690 --> 00:33:45.190
right.<00:33:39.349><c> If</c><00:33:39.529><c> only</c><00:33:39.950><c> on</c><00:33:40.470><c> those</c><00:33:40.829><c> occasions</c><00:33:41.470><c> we</c><00:33:41.710><c> can</c><00:33:42.069><c> say</c><00:33:42.349><c> to</c><00:33:42.589><c> ourselves,</c><00:33:44.049><c> as</c><00:33:44.150><c> the</c><00:33:44.369><c> Lord</c><00:33:44.750><c> God</c><00:33:45.009><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:33:45.589><c> liveth</c>

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before<00:33:46.690><c> whom</c><00:33:46.910><c> I</c><00:33:47.170><c> stand,</c><00:33:48.710><c> and</c><00:33:48.809><c> the</c><00:33:48.950><c> man</c><00:33:49.150><c> will</c><00:33:49.769><c> shrivel</c><00:33:50.470><c> into</c><00:33:51.109><c> his</c><00:33:51.349><c> proper</c><00:33:51.609><c> size,</c><00:33:52.250><c> be</c>

00:33:52.329 --> 00:33:53.690
not<00:33:52.549><c> afraid</c><00:33:52.890><c> of</c><00:33:53.029><c> their</c><00:33:53.289><c> faces,</c>

00:33:53.690 --> 00:33:59.230
as<00:33:53.869><c> the</c><00:33:54.069><c> prophet.</c><00:33:56.750><c> And</c><00:33:56.910><c> so,</c><00:33:57.650><c> when</c><00:33:57.789><c> Elijah</c><00:33:58.210><c> stood</c><00:33:58.470><c> before</c><00:33:58.829><c> Ahab,</c><00:33:59.210><c> he</c>

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didn't<00:33:59.470><c> stand</c><00:33:59.750><c> before</c><00:34:00.089><c> Ahab,</c><00:34:00.509><c> he</c><00:34:00.630><c> stood</c><00:34:00.750><c> before</c>

00:34:01.069 --> 00:34:08.409
God.<00:34:02.930><c> And</c><00:34:03.109><c> behind</c><00:34:03.690><c> Ahab,</c><00:34:04.029><c> he</c><00:34:04.109><c> could</c><00:34:04.329><c> see</c><00:34:04.490><c> God</c><00:34:04.970><c> towering</c><00:34:05.569><c> in</c><00:34:05.670><c> his</c><00:34:05.930><c> mighty</c><00:34:06.210><c> strength,</c><00:34:07.470><c> and</c><00:34:07.670><c> Ahab,</c><00:34:08.050><c> like</c><00:34:08.230><c> a</c>

00:34:08.409 --> 00:34:08.809
river<00:34:08.610><c> in</c>

00:34:08.809 --> 00:34:14.349
the<00:34:08.989><c> Lord's</c><00:34:09.469><c> hand,</c><00:34:10.250><c> turned</c><00:34:10.530><c> like</c><00:34:10.730><c> a</c><00:34:10.829><c> river</c><00:34:11.070><c> of</c><00:34:11.329><c> waters.</c><00:34:11.989><c> And</c><00:34:12.130><c> he's</c><00:34:12.289><c> going</c><00:34:12.449><c> to</c><00:34:12.670><c> be,</c><00:34:13.809><c> he's</c><00:34:14.090><c> just</c><00:34:14.289><c> a</c>

00:34:14.349 --> 00:34:15.250
mere<00:34:14.590><c> pawn</c><00:34:15.070><c> in</c>

00:34:15.250 --> 00:34:20.750
God's<00:34:15.630><c> purpose,</c><00:34:17.050><c> a</c><00:34:17.050><c> mere</c><00:34:17.510><c> speck</c><00:34:17.949><c> to</c><00:34:18.389><c> be</c><00:34:18.590><c> brushed</c><00:34:18.869><c> on</c><00:34:19.110><c> one</c><00:34:19.389><c> side.</c><00:34:20.610><c> And</c>

00:34:20.750 --> 00:34:22.989
Elijah<00:34:21.110><c> stands</c><00:34:21.489><c> before</c><00:34:21.869><c> his</c><00:34:22.090><c> God.</c>

00:34:23.750 --> 00:34:28.329
He<00:34:24.010><c> has</c><00:34:24.190><c> an</c><00:34:24.409><c> awareness</c><00:34:24.730><c> of</c><00:34:24.929><c> God</c><00:34:25.110><c> in</c><00:34:25.269><c> his</c><00:34:25.469><c> life.</c><00:34:27.130><c> And</c><00:34:27.309><c> it's</c><00:34:27.730><c> worthwhile</c><00:34:28.090><c> that</c>

00:34:28.329 --> 00:34:29.829
we<00:34:28.889><c> take</c><00:34:29.130><c> his</c><00:34:29.389><c> example,</c>

00:34:29.949 --> 00:34:33.030
brethren<00:34:30.170><c> and</c><00:34:30.329><c> sisters.</c><00:34:30.650><c> We</c><00:34:30.909><c> too</c><00:34:31.190><c> often</c><00:34:31.710><c> take</c><00:34:32.250><c> the</c><00:34:32.550><c> faces</c><00:34:32.789><c> of</c>

00:34:33.030 --> 00:34:35.769
men<00:34:33.289><c> about</c><00:34:33.590><c> with</c><00:34:33.829><c> us,</c><00:34:34.789><c> and</c><00:34:35.030><c> too</c><00:34:35.329><c> frequently</c>

00:34:35.769 --> 00:34:41.010
neglect<00:34:36.449><c> the</c><00:34:36.929><c> presence</c><00:34:37.190><c> of</c><00:34:37.469><c> God</c><00:34:37.849><c> before</c><00:34:38.429><c> whom</c><00:34:38.769><c> I</c><00:34:39.309><c> stand.</c><00:34:39.929><c> Right?</c><00:34:40.849><c> But</c>

00:34:41.010 --> 00:34:43.269
now<00:34:41.130><c> he</c><00:34:41.210><c> makes</c><00:34:41.429><c> a</c><00:34:41.650><c> pronouncement,</c>

00:34:44.610 --> 00:34:56.949
a<00:34:45.289><c> prophecy.</c><00:34:47.150><c> There</c><00:34:47.829><c> shall</c><00:34:48.110><c> not</c><00:34:48.489><c> be</c><00:34:49.710><c> dew</c><00:34:50.329><c> nor</c><00:34:50.769><c> rain</c><00:34:51.369><c> these</c><00:34:52.610><c> three</c><00:34:52.949><c> years.</c><00:34:56.269><c> It</c>

00:34:56.949 --> 00:34:58.889
would<00:34:57.150><c> be</c><00:34:57.349><c> difficult</c><00:34:57.690><c> in</c><00:34:58.550><c> Britain,</c>

00:34:58.909 --> 00:35:05.369
for<00:34:59.130><c> example,</c><00:34:59.769><c> to</c><00:34:59.969><c> gather</c><00:35:00.130><c> the</c><00:35:00.429><c> significance</c><00:35:00.869><c> of</c><00:35:01.110><c> that.</c><00:35:02.949><c> In</c><00:35:03.130><c> parts</c><00:35:03.250><c> of</c><00:35:03.369><c> the</c><00:35:03.489><c> United</c><00:35:03.809><c> States,</c><00:35:04.190><c> I</c><00:35:04.230><c> think,</c>

00:35:05.369 --> 00:35:13.130
one<00:35:06.090><c> can</c><00:35:06.489><c> gather</c><00:35:06.909><c> the</c><00:35:07.210><c> significance</c><00:35:07.730><c> of</c><00:35:08.489><c> neither</c><00:35:09.110><c> dew</c><00:35:09.889><c> nor</c><00:35:11.489><c> rain.</c><00:35:12.849><c> In</c>

00:35:13.130 --> 00:35:14.849
the<00:35:13.269><c> land</c><00:35:13.369><c> of</c><00:35:13.610><c> Israel,</c><00:35:14.010><c> where</c><00:35:14.329><c> the</c><00:35:14.510><c> great</c>

00:35:14.849 --> 00:35:21.170
ponds<00:35:15.550><c> of</c><00:35:15.849><c> dew</c><00:35:16.309><c> are</c><00:35:17.690><c> collected</c><00:35:18.130><c> and</c><00:35:18.429><c> used,</c><00:35:20.329><c> there</c><00:35:20.510><c> is</c><00:35:20.690><c> as</c><00:35:20.869><c> much</c>

00:35:21.170 --> 00:35:25.110
nourishment<00:35:21.690><c> in</c><00:35:22.090><c> that</c><00:35:22.650><c> part</c><00:35:23.110><c> of</c><00:35:23.510><c> each</c><00:35:23.869><c> day</c><00:35:24.269><c> as</c><00:35:24.809><c> there</c>

00:35:25.110 --> 00:35:28.789
is<00:35:25.690><c> in</c><00:35:26.210><c> the</c><00:35:26.610><c> early</c><00:35:26.869><c> and</c><00:35:27.050><c> the</c><00:35:27.190><c> latter</c><00:35:27.429><c> rain,</c><00:35:27.829><c> in</c><00:35:28.030><c> that</c><00:35:28.429><c> period</c>

00:35:28.789 --> 00:35:31.610
of<00:35:29.090><c> rain</c><00:35:29.349><c> that</c><00:35:29.610><c> comes,</c><00:35:30.869><c> that</c><00:35:30.929><c> crosses</c><00:35:31.130><c> over</c><00:35:31.469><c> the</c>

00:35:31.610 --> 00:35:36.389
year.<00:35:33.190><c> But</c><00:35:33.869><c> now</c><00:35:34.110><c> there</c><00:35:34.230><c> was</c><00:35:34.369><c> to</c><00:35:34.489><c> be</c><00:35:34.690><c> a</c><00:35:34.789><c> drying</c><00:35:34.969><c> up</c><00:35:35.170><c> of</c><00:35:35.409><c> the</c><00:35:35.550><c> dew.</c>

00:35:38.650 --> 00:35:42.070
There's<00:35:38.989><c> always</c><00:35:39.190><c> a</c><00:35:39.469><c> dry</c><00:35:39.690><c> period</c><00:35:40.250><c> in</c><00:35:40.969><c> Israel,</c>

00:35:42.550 --> 00:35:47.630
always.<00:35:44.250><c> Once</c><00:35:44.409><c> you've</c><00:35:44.610><c> got</c><00:35:44.730><c> to</c><00:35:44.949><c> April,</c><00:35:45.889><c> you</c><00:35:46.090><c> go</c><00:35:46.329><c> well</c><00:35:46.590><c> on</c><00:35:47.110><c> for</c>

00:35:47.630 --> 00:35:50.570
several<00:35:47.889><c> months</c><00:35:48.269><c> before</c><00:35:48.630><c> the</c><00:35:48.869><c> rains</c><00:35:49.250><c> begin</c><00:35:49.630><c> again.</c>

00:35:50.809 --> 00:35:56.150
But<00:35:51.150><c> there's</c><00:35:51.610><c> dew</c><00:35:51.989><c> throughout</c><00:35:52.409><c> that</c><00:35:52.710><c> period.</c><00:35:55.369><c> But</c><00:35:55.710><c> now</c><00:35:56.010><c> there</c>

00:35:56.150 --> 00:36:00.050
was<00:35:56.289><c> to</c><00:35:56.449><c> be</c><00:35:56.590><c> a</c><00:35:56.969><c> daily</c><00:35:57.590><c> withholding</c><00:35:58.710><c> of</c><00:35:59.010><c> the</c><00:35:59.210><c> dew.</c>

00:36:02.949 --> 00:36:06.929
Do<00:36:03.469><c> you</c><00:36:03.530><c> know,</c><00:36:03.769><c> I</c><00:36:03.949><c> think</c><00:36:04.170><c> that</c><00:36:04.429><c> signifies</c><00:36:05.090><c> that</c><00:36:05.969><c> this</c><00:36:06.309><c> miracle</c>

00:36:06.929 --> 00:36:10.369
of<00:36:07.369><c> the</c><00:36:07.530><c> withholding</c><00:36:08.570><c> of</c><00:36:08.949><c> the</c><00:36:09.170><c> rain</c><00:36:09.570><c> and</c><00:36:10.150><c> the</c>

00:36:10.369 --> 00:36:18.090
dew<00:36:10.789><c> was</c><00:36:12.130><c> a</c><00:36:12.530><c> daily</c><00:36:12.929><c> prayer</c><00:36:13.590><c> to</c><00:36:14.090><c> Elijah.</c><00:36:17.269><c> It</c><00:36:17.550><c> lasted</c><00:36:17.769><c> for</c><00:36:17.989><c> three</c>

00:36:18.090 --> 00:36:20.989
and<00:36:18.230><c> a</c><00:36:18.289><c> half</c><00:36:18.429><c> years.</c><00:36:19.670><c> You'll</c><00:36:19.949><c> find</c><00:36:20.110><c> that</c><00:36:20.309><c> in</c><00:36:20.429><c> Luke</c>

00:36:20.989 --> 00:36:27.750
chapter<00:36:21.469><c> 425</c><00:36:22.469><c> and</c><00:36:22.670><c> in</c><00:36:22.909><c> James</c><00:36:23.170><c> chapter</c><00:36:23.489><c> 517,</c><00:36:24.530><c> and</c><00:36:24.750><c> you</c><00:36:24.869><c> won't</c><00:36:25.110><c> find</c><00:36:25.369><c> it</c><00:36:25.489><c> in</c><00:36:25.590><c> the</c><00:36:25.710><c> Old</c><00:36:25.869><c> Testament.</c><00:36:27.369><c> At</c><00:36:27.369><c> least</c><00:36:27.570><c> I</c>

00:36:27.750 --> 00:36:32.769
can't<00:36:27.969><c> find</c><00:36:28.269><c> it.</c><00:36:29.769><c> You'll</c><00:36:30.170><c> find</c><00:36:30.269><c> it</c><00:36:30.489><c> reflected</c><00:36:30.750><c> in</c><00:36:30.909><c> the</c><00:36:30.989><c> book</c><00:36:31.090><c> of</c><00:36:31.289><c> Revelation,</c><00:36:32.250><c> in</c><00:36:32.329><c> the</c><00:36:32.469><c> three</c><00:36:32.590><c> and</c><00:36:32.710><c> a</c>

00:36:32.769 --> 00:36:33.150
half<00:36:32.929><c> year</c>

00:36:33.150 --> 00:36:38.530
period.<00:36:35.710><c> But</c><00:36:35.909><c> it's</c><00:36:36.030><c> not</c><00:36:36.210><c> so</c><00:36:36.429><c> clearly</c><00:36:36.650><c> stated</c><00:36:37.010><c> in</c><00:36:37.469><c> the</c><00:36:37.610><c> Old</c><00:36:37.889><c> Testament.</c><00:36:38.269><c> The</c>

00:36:38.530 --> 00:36:40.070
three<00:36:38.710><c> years</c><00:36:39.050><c> seems</c><00:36:39.349><c> to</c><00:36:39.489><c> be</c><00:36:39.670><c> there,</c>

00:36:40.389 --> 00:36:43.570
but<00:36:40.510><c> the</c><00:36:40.690><c> three</c><00:36:40.769><c> and</c><00:36:40.929><c> a</c><00:36:40.989><c> half,</c><00:36:41.570><c> it's</c><00:36:41.750><c> not</c><00:36:41.889><c> so</c><00:36:42.010><c> easy</c><00:36:42.130><c> to</c><00:36:42.309><c> get</c><00:36:42.449><c> hold</c><00:36:42.670><c> on.</c>

00:36:43.630 --> 00:36:45.349
Now<00:36:43.829><c> it</c><00:36:43.909><c> wasn't</c><00:36:44.230><c> that</c><00:36:44.449><c> Elijah</c><00:36:44.730><c> prayed</c><00:36:44.989><c> at</c><00:36:45.150><c> the</c>

00:36:45.349 --> 00:36:48.110
beginning<00:36:45.710><c> and</c><00:36:46.530><c> set</c><00:36:46.670><c> it</c><00:36:46.869><c> off,</c><00:36:47.289><c> and</c><00:36:47.449><c> then</c><00:36:47.550><c> he</c><00:36:47.710><c> prayed</c><00:36:47.809><c> at</c><00:36:47.969><c> the</c>

00:36:48.110 --> 00:36:51.710
end<00:36:48.250><c> to</c><00:36:48.510><c> stop</c><00:36:48.710><c> it.</c><00:36:50.110><c> He</c><00:36:50.449><c> prayed</c><00:36:50.630><c> every</c><00:36:51.010><c> day.</c>

00:36:51.769 --> 00:36:58.329
This<00:36:52.070><c> was</c><00:36:52.349><c> a</c><00:36:52.469><c> daily</c><00:36:53.530><c> intercession</c><00:36:54.570><c> with</c><00:36:56.090><c> God</c><00:36:56.710><c> that</c><00:36:57.429><c> His</c><00:36:57.690><c> judgment</c><00:36:58.110><c> might</c>

00:36:58.329 --> 00:37:00.090
be<00:36:58.570><c> seen</c><00:36:58.710><c> upon</c><00:36:58.929><c> this</c><00:36:59.210><c> people.</c>

00:37:00.889 --> 00:37:04.570
It<00:37:01.130><c> was</c><00:37:01.289><c> a</c><00:37:01.469><c> judgment.</c><00:37:02.349><c> Let's</c><00:37:02.590><c> make</c><00:37:03.429><c> quite</c><00:37:04.030><c> certain</c><00:37:04.289><c> of</c><00:37:04.469><c> this.</c>

00:37:04.630 --> 00:37:06.389
It's<00:37:04.690><c> right</c><00:37:04.869><c> out</c><00:37:05.010><c> of</c><00:37:05.070><c> the</c><00:37:05.190><c> law</c><00:37:05.309><c> of</c><00:37:05.510><c> Moses.</c>

00:37:06.909 --> 00:37:08.789
Just<00:37:07.130><c> come</c><00:37:07.250><c> to</c><00:37:07.369><c> the</c><00:37:07.469><c> second</c><00:37:07.590><c> book</c><00:37:07.730><c> of</c><00:37:07.869><c> Chronicles</c><00:37:08.150><c> chapter</c><00:37:08.469><c> 6.</c>

00:37:08.809 --> 00:37:11.590
You'll<00:37:09.150><c> perhaps</c><00:37:09.349><c> see</c><00:37:10.789><c> a</c><00:37:11.190><c> point</c><00:37:11.329><c> here.</c>

00:37:11.590 --> 00:37:26.769
Second<00:37:11.949><c> Chronicles</c><00:37:12.489><c> chapter</c><00:37:12.929><c> 6.</c><00:37:24.550><c> Here's</c><00:37:25.070><c> the</c><00:37:25.250><c> prayer</c><00:37:25.409><c> of</c><00:37:25.670><c> Solomon.</c>

00:37:29.949 --> 00:37:33.889
One<00:37:30.329><c> might</c><00:37:30.530><c> wonder,</c><00:37:31.050><c> just</c><00:37:31.269><c> in</c><00:37:31.469><c> passing</c><00:37:31.710><c> while</c><00:37:31.889><c> you're</c><00:37:32.090><c> finding</c><00:37:32.429><c> it,</c><00:37:32.670><c> how</c><00:37:33.030><c> these</c><00:37:33.349><c> books</c><00:37:33.710><c> of</c>

00:37:33.889 --> 00:37:34.829
Kings<00:37:34.170><c> and</c><00:37:34.389><c> Chronicles</c>

00:37:34.829 --> 00:37:38.369
came<00:37:35.070><c> into</c><00:37:35.329><c> existence</c><00:37:36.010><c> because</c><00:37:36.489><c> they</c><00:37:37.130><c> cover</c><00:37:37.429><c> such</c><00:37:37.630><c> a</c><00:37:37.909><c> span</c><00:37:38.090><c> of</c>

00:37:38.369 --> 00:37:40.750
time.<00:37:38.650><c> No</c><00:37:38.829><c> one</c><00:37:39.090><c> man</c><00:37:39.289><c> could</c><00:37:39.449><c> have</c><00:37:39.570><c> written</c><00:37:39.769><c> them.</c>

00:37:40.869 --> 00:37:44.530
Now<00:37:41.170><c> I</c><00:37:41.309><c> might</c><00:37:41.389><c> as</c><00:37:41.610><c> say</c><00:37:41.949><c> that</c><00:37:42.150><c> it's</c><00:37:42.489><c> a</c><00:37:42.610><c> very</c><00:37:43.110><c> good</c><00:37:43.449><c> exercise</c><00:37:44.190><c> if</c>

00:37:44.530 --> 00:37:47.389
you<00:37:44.789><c> have</c><00:37:45.070><c> a</c><00:37:45.289><c> look</c><00:37:45.610><c> as</c><00:37:45.889><c> you</c><00:37:46.130><c> go</c><00:37:46.429><c> through</c><00:37:46.730><c> those</c><00:37:47.090><c> books</c>

00:37:47.389 --> 00:37:55.570
to<00:37:47.690><c> see</c><00:37:48.070><c> the</c><00:37:48.530><c> prophets</c><00:37:48.869><c> that</c><00:37:49.090><c> are</c><00:37:49.250><c> mentioned</c><00:37:49.889><c> in</c><00:37:52.170><c> Kings</c><00:37:52.429><c> and</c><00:37:52.630><c> Chronicles.</c><00:37:55.489><c> I</c>

00:37:55.570 --> 00:37:57.650
feel<00:37:55.849><c> certain</c><00:37:56.329><c> that</c><00:37:56.789><c> Kings</c><00:37:57.289><c> and</c>

00:37:57.650 --> 00:38:02.909
Chronicles<00:37:58.170><c> were</c><00:37:58.489><c> written</c><00:37:58.769><c> by</c><00:37:59.050><c> the</c><00:37:59.250><c> prophets</c><00:37:59.469><c> of</c><00:37:59.690><c> God.</c><00:38:01.769><c> But</c><00:38:02.369><c> there</c><00:38:02.570><c> was</c><00:38:02.750><c> a</c>

00:38:02.909 --> 00:38:04.170
span<00:38:03.050><c> of</c><00:38:03.309><c> prophets</c><00:38:03.550><c> throughout</c><00:38:03.909><c> this</c>

00:38:04.170 --> 00:38:07.550
time.<00:38:04.349><c> Take</c><00:38:04.530><c> for</c><00:38:04.730><c> example</c><00:38:05.429><c> the</c><00:38:06.070><c> reign</c><00:38:06.289><c> of</c><00:38:06.510><c> Isaiah.</c><00:38:07.170><c> It</c><00:38:07.369><c> says</c>

00:38:07.550 --> 00:38:10.989
that<00:38:07.849><c> Isaiah</c><00:38:08.510><c> set</c><00:38:08.949><c> down</c><00:38:09.530><c> the</c><00:38:09.869><c> reign</c><00:38:10.090><c> of</c><00:38:10.309><c> Isaiah</c><00:38:10.789><c> the</c>

00:38:10.989 --> 00:38:20.489
king.<00:38:12.829><c> And</c><00:38:13.030><c> so</c><00:38:13.150><c> there</c><00:38:13.269><c> are</c><00:38:13.429><c> all</c><00:38:13.650><c> the</c><00:38:13.809><c> other</c><00:38:14.050><c> prophets,</c><00:38:15.429><c> Edo</c><00:38:15.730><c> the</c><00:38:16.030><c> seer,</c><00:38:18.849><c> Gad</c><00:38:18.989><c> the</c><00:38:19.230><c> seer,</c><00:38:20.150><c> and</c><00:38:20.289><c> so</c>

00:38:20.489 --> 00:38:21.650
on.<00:38:20.849><c> Or</c><00:38:21.210><c> the</c><00:38:21.429><c> prophets</c>

00:38:21.650 --> 00:38:24.409
that<00:38:21.809><c> are</c><00:38:21.889><c> mentioned.</c><00:38:22.650><c> And</c><00:38:22.829><c> each</c><00:38:23.090><c> of</c><00:38:23.210><c> them,</c><00:38:23.389><c> I</c><00:38:23.590><c> feel,</c><00:38:24.170><c> added</c>

00:38:24.409 --> 00:38:27.349
his<00:38:24.789><c> portion</c><00:38:25.269><c> which</c><00:38:25.849><c> was</c><00:38:26.130><c> finally</c><00:38:26.550><c> gathered</c><00:38:26.849><c> together</c>

00:38:27.349 --> 00:38:30.690
and<00:38:27.869><c> formed</c><00:38:28.030><c> the</c><00:38:28.269><c> basis</c><00:38:28.550><c> of</c><00:38:29.050><c> the</c><00:38:29.329><c> Kings</c><00:38:29.730><c> and</c><00:38:30.030><c> the</c><00:38:30.210><c> Chronicles.</c>

00:38:30.909 --> 00:38:32.849
So<00:38:31.110><c> they</c><00:38:31.210><c> were</c><00:38:31.409><c> not</c><00:38:31.710><c> just</c><00:38:32.389><c> Chronicles</c>

00:38:32.849 --> 00:38:40.090
by<00:38:33.150><c> a</c><00:38:33.510><c> historian.</c><00:38:35.429><c> They</c><00:38:35.570><c> were</c><00:38:35.769><c> divine</c><00:38:36.090><c> records.</c><00:38:37.750><c> And</c><00:38:37.949><c> when</c><00:38:38.389><c> Solomon</c><00:38:38.769><c> now</c><00:38:39.369><c> writes,</c><00:38:39.889><c> we</c>

00:38:40.090 --> 00:38:41.550
have<00:38:40.429><c> here</c><00:38:40.650><c> a</c><00:38:41.010><c> divine</c>

00:38:41.550 --> 00:38:46.210
summary<00:38:42.050><c> of</c><00:38:42.570><c> his</c><00:38:42.869><c> mighty</c><00:38:43.230><c> prayer</c><00:38:43.769><c> which</c><00:38:44.610><c> goes</c><00:38:44.929><c> back</c><00:38:45.210><c> into</c><00:38:45.489><c> the</c>

00:38:46.210 --> 00:38:50.489
prayers<00:38:46.590><c> and</c><00:38:46.889><c> words</c><00:38:47.269><c> of</c><00:38:47.550><c> Moses.</c><00:38:49.230><c> And</c><00:38:49.550><c> so</c><00:38:49.690><c> it</c><00:38:49.889><c> says</c>

00:38:50.489 --> 00:38:55.449
in<00:38:51.250><c> verse</c><00:38:52.010><c> 28</c><00:38:52.849><c> of</c><00:38:53.789><c> Second</c><00:38:54.070><c> Chronicles</c><00:38:54.570><c> 6,</c>

00:38:58.369 --> 00:39:03.250
If<00:38:58.929><c> there</c><00:38:59.210><c> be</c><00:38:59.369><c> dearth</c><00:38:59.789><c> in</c><00:38:59.929><c> the</c><00:39:00.130><c> land,</c><00:39:01.269><c> if</c><00:39:01.329><c> there</c><00:39:01.530><c> be</c><00:39:01.789><c> pestilence,</c><00:39:03.010><c> if</c><00:39:03.070><c> there</c>

00:39:03.250 --> 00:39:05.929
be<00:39:03.510><c> blasting,</c><00:39:05.110><c> or</c><00:39:05.309><c> mildew,</c>

00:39:06.170 --> 00:39:09.789
locusts,<00:39:06.869><c> or</c><00:39:06.989><c> caterpillars,</c><00:39:08.130><c> if</c><00:39:08.349><c> their</c><00:39:08.550><c> enemies</c><00:39:08.869><c> besiege</c><00:39:09.469><c> them</c><00:39:09.630><c> in</c>

00:39:09.789 --> 00:39:11.449
the<00:39:09.889><c> cities</c><00:39:10.070><c> of</c><00:39:10.230><c> their</c><00:39:10.449><c> land,</c>

00:39:11.630 --> 00:39:15.909
whatever<00:39:12.070><c> sore</c><00:39:12.489><c> or</c><00:39:12.769><c> whatever</c><00:39:13.190><c> sickness</c><00:39:13.530><c> there</c><00:39:13.869><c> be,</c><00:39:14.230><c> then</c><00:39:14.789><c> what</c><00:39:15.170><c> prayer</c><00:39:15.610><c> or</c>

00:39:15.909 --> 00:39:17.610
what<00:39:16.230><c> supplication</c><00:39:16.849><c> soever</c><00:39:17.269><c> shall</c><00:39:17.409><c> be</c>

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made<00:39:17.769><c> of</c><00:39:17.929><c> any</c><00:39:18.110><c> man,</c><00:39:19.630><c> or</c><00:39:19.690><c> of</c><00:39:19.889><c> all</c><00:39:20.170><c> thy</c><00:39:20.369><c> people</c><00:39:20.610><c> of</c><00:39:20.769><c> Israel,</c><00:39:22.210><c> when</c>

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everyone<00:39:22.750><c> shall</c><00:39:22.909><c> know</c><00:39:23.050><c> his</c><00:39:23.210><c> own</c><00:39:23.670><c> sore</c><00:39:24.010><c> and</c><00:39:24.269><c> his</c>

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grief,<00:39:25.829><c> and</c><00:39:25.889><c> shall</c><00:39:26.150><c> spread</c><00:39:26.469><c> forth</c><00:39:26.750><c> his</c><00:39:26.969><c> hands</c><00:39:27.289><c> in</c><00:39:27.530><c> this</c><00:39:27.789><c> house,</c><00:39:28.949><c> then</c>

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hear<00:39:29.789><c> thou</c><00:39:30.329><c> from</c><00:39:30.889><c> heaven</c><00:39:31.190><c> thy</c><00:39:31.429><c> dwelling</c>

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place<00:39:32.630><c> and</c><00:39:34.170><c> forgive.</c><00:39:35.710><c> And</c><00:39:36.329><c> there</c><00:39:36.530><c> was</c><00:39:36.690><c> provision</c><00:39:37.030><c> made</c><00:39:37.550><c> here</c>

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in<00:39:38.250><c> this</c><00:39:38.750><c> prayer</c><00:39:39.050><c> of</c><00:39:39.369><c> Solomon</c><00:39:39.630><c> not</c><00:39:40.070><c> for</c><00:39:40.349><c> the</c><00:39:40.690><c> individual</c>

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only<00:39:41.510><c> but</c><00:39:41.650><c> for</c><00:39:41.829><c> the</c><00:39:42.010><c> nation,</c><00:39:42.989><c> not</c><00:39:43.210><c> for</c><00:39:43.409><c> the</c><00:39:43.570><c> nation</c><00:39:43.829><c> only</c><00:39:44.110><c> but</c>

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for<00:39:44.409><c> the</c><00:39:44.590><c> individual</c><00:39:45.050><c> to</c><00:39:45.349><c> pray.</c><00:39:46.469><c> And</c><00:39:46.989><c> here</c><00:39:47.130><c> we</c><00:39:47.329><c> have</c>

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one<00:39:47.730><c> man</c><00:39:48.409><c> upon</c><00:39:49.510><c> whom</c><00:39:49.809><c> rests</c><00:39:50.250><c> a</c><00:39:50.750><c> three</c><00:39:50.969><c> and</c><00:39:51.150><c> a</c><00:39:51.170><c> half</c><00:39:51.369><c> year</c><00:39:51.610><c> period.</c><00:39:54.110><c> The</c>

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whole<00:39:54.690><c> stress</c><00:39:55.309><c> as</c><00:39:55.489><c> it</c><00:39:55.690><c> were</c><00:39:55.849><c> of</c><00:39:55.989><c> the</c><00:39:56.210><c> house</c>

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a<00:40:06.610><c> reflection</c><00:40:07.190><c> of</c><00:40:08.530><c> something</c><00:40:08.929><c> that</c><00:40:09.489><c> happened</c><00:40:09.949><c> later</c><00:40:10.349><c> on.</c><00:40:11.869><c> Elijah</c><00:40:12.530><c> wasn't</c><00:40:12.949><c> a</c>

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pattern<00:40:13.429><c> of</c><00:40:13.670><c> Jesus.</c>

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In<00:40:14.849><c> other</c><00:40:15.070><c> words,</c><00:40:15.469><c> it</c><00:40:15.510><c> wasn't</c><00:40:15.769><c> that</c><00:40:16.010><c> Jesus</c><00:40:17.130><c> molded</c><00:40:18.110><c> himself</c>

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upon<00:40:18.809><c> Elijah.</c>

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It<00:40:20.849><c> was</c><00:40:21.070><c> that</c><00:40:21.250><c> God</c><00:40:21.869><c> foreseeing</c><00:40:22.469><c> first</c><00:40:22.829><c> the</c><00:40:23.050><c> Lord,</c><00:40:24.570><c> and</c><00:40:24.849><c> Christ</c>

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being<00:40:25.550><c> first</c><00:40:25.929><c> in</c><00:40:26.130><c> all</c><00:40:26.289><c> his</c><00:40:26.550><c> thinking,</c>

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who<00:40:28.150><c> verily</c><00:40:28.489><c> was</c><00:40:28.789><c> foreordained</c><00:40:29.730><c> before</c><00:40:30.150><c> the</c><00:40:30.309><c> foundation</c><00:40:30.889><c> of</c>

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the<00:40:31.269><c> world,</c><00:40:32.349><c> because</c><00:40:32.769><c> God</c><00:40:33.090><c> knew</c><00:40:33.309><c> that.</c><00:40:34.150><c> So</c><00:40:34.570><c> then,</c>

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around<00:40:35.230><c> Christ,</c><00:40:36.610><c> as</c><00:40:36.809><c> satellites</c><00:40:37.329><c> around</c><00:40:37.809><c> him</c><00:40:38.349><c> in</c><00:40:39.250><c> orbits</c><00:40:39.989><c> of</c>

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various<00:40:41.550><c> angles</c><00:40:41.989><c> and</c><00:40:42.210><c> of</c><00:40:42.429><c> various</c><00:40:42.829><c> sizes</c><00:40:43.269><c> and</c><00:40:43.510><c> of</c>

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weights<00:40:44.389><c> of</c><00:40:44.690><c> satellite</c><00:40:44.989><c> all</c><00:40:45.369><c> around</c><00:40:45.769><c> him,</c><00:40:46.489><c> all</c><00:40:46.949><c> the</c><00:40:47.230><c> prophets</c>

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of<00:40:47.730><c> the</c><00:40:47.909><c> Old</c><00:40:48.110><c> Testament</c><00:40:48.690><c> move</c><00:40:49.750><c> in</c><00:40:50.409><c> their</c>

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synchronizing<00:40:52.590><c> ellipses</c><00:40:53.190><c> around</c><00:40:53.590><c> Christ.</c><00:40:54.750><c> Everyone,</c><00:40:56.309><c> some</c>

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it<00:40:56.690><c> would</c><00:40:56.929><c> seem,</c><00:40:57.190><c> were</c><00:40:57.269><c> to</c><00:40:57.409><c> be</c><00:40:57.630><c> burned</c><00:40:57.809><c> out</c><00:40:58.150><c> one</c><00:40:58.449><c> by</c>

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one<00:40:58.989><c> until</c><00:40:59.210><c> there</c><00:40:59.349><c> was</c><00:40:59.530><c> left</c><00:40:59.690><c> only</c><00:41:00.130><c> the</c><00:41:00.489><c> final</c><00:41:00.730><c> light.</c><00:41:01.710><c> But</c><00:41:02.050><c> it</c>

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shall<00:41:02.489><c> be,</c><00:41:02.789><c> brethren</c><00:41:02.949><c> and</c><00:41:03.150><c> sisters,</c><00:41:03.789><c> in</c><00:41:04.030><c> the</c><00:41:04.250><c> end,</c>

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when<00:41:05.349><c> all</c><00:41:05.650><c> the</c><00:41:05.849><c> lights</c><00:41:06.030><c> are</c><00:41:06.170><c> burned</c><00:41:06.610><c> out</c><00:41:07.150><c> as</c><00:41:07.429><c> it</c><00:41:07.690><c> were,</c><00:41:08.769><c> and</c>

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left<00:41:09.110><c> only</c><00:41:09.389><c> Christ,</c><00:41:10.489><c> that</c><00:41:10.570><c> when</c><00:41:10.849><c> Christ</c><00:41:11.630><c> himself</c>

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shall<00:41:12.530><c> appear,</c><00:41:13.289><c> that</c><00:41:13.369><c> every</c><00:41:13.710><c> light</c><00:41:14.030><c> shall</c><00:41:14.309><c> spring</c><00:41:14.570><c> up,</c><00:41:15.150><c> and</c>

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all<00:41:15.489><c> the</c><00:41:15.670><c> prophets</c><00:41:15.949><c> shall</c><00:41:16.210><c> arise,</c><00:41:17.070><c> and</c><00:41:17.269><c> all</c><00:41:17.489><c> the</c>

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heavens<00:41:17.949><c> shall</c><00:41:18.309><c> sing</c><00:41:18.769><c> around</c><00:41:19.429><c> him</c><00:41:19.849><c> in</c><00:41:20.610><c> one</c><00:41:20.909><c> tremendous</c><00:41:21.610><c> triumphant</c><00:41:22.949><c> heaven</c><00:41:23.409><c> and</c>

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earth,<00:41:24.070><c> radiation</c><00:41:24.650><c> of</c><00:41:24.849><c> the</c>

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glory<00:41:25.210><c> of</c><00:41:25.429><c> God.</c><00:41:25.570><c> In</c><00:41:25.710><c> the</c><00:41:25.929><c> end,</c><00:41:26.449><c> that's</c><00:41:26.730><c> what's</c><00:41:27.010><c> coming.</c><00:41:28.550><c> And</c><00:41:28.750><c> this</c><00:41:28.989><c> man</c><00:41:29.170><c> was</c><00:41:29.469><c> set</c><00:41:29.670><c> here</c><00:41:29.849><c> in</c><00:41:29.969><c> this</c><00:41:30.289><c> three</c><00:41:30.409><c> and</c><00:41:30.590><c> a</c>

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half<00:41:30.809><c> year</c><00:41:31.150><c> span,</c><00:41:31.710><c> so</c><00:41:32.329><c> short</c><00:41:32.909><c> and</c><00:41:33.170><c> so</c><00:41:33.590><c> long,</c><00:41:36.010><c> so</c><00:41:36.429><c> brittle</c><00:41:36.710><c> and</c>

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so<00:41:37.429><c> strong</c><00:41:37.769><c> a</c><00:41:38.010><c> time</c><00:41:38.389><c> as</c><00:41:38.869><c> a</c><00:41:39.030><c> pattern</c><00:41:39.230><c> of</c><00:41:39.369><c> the</c><00:41:39.469><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:41:39.829><c> Christ.</c><00:41:40.590><c> And</c><00:41:40.690><c> we're</c><00:41:40.769><c> going</c><00:41:40.889><c> to</c><00:41:41.030><c> follow</c><00:41:41.190><c> him</c><00:41:41.690><c> in</c><00:41:42.010><c> this</c>

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next<00:41:42.710><c> few</c><00:41:42.969><c> days</c><00:41:43.510><c> and</c><00:41:44.250><c> see</c><00:41:44.469><c> him</c><00:41:44.630><c> as</c><00:41:44.769><c> he</c><00:41:44.889><c> sets</c><00:41:45.070><c> out.</c>

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And<00:41:47.510><c> now</c><00:41:47.690><c> shall</c><00:41:47.829><c> we</c><00:41:47.929><c> sing</c><00:41:48.070><c> together</c><00:41:48.369><c> Hymn</c><00:41:53.070><c> 13.</c>

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Hymn<00:42:00.590><c> number</c><00:42:00.829><c> 13.</c>

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Are<00:42:05.510><c> we</c><00:42:05.769><c> all</c><00:42:06.170><c> familiar</c><00:42:06.550><c> with</c><00:42:06.769><c> the</c><00:42:06.909><c> hymn?</c>

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Are<00:42:09.530><c> we</c><00:42:09.730><c> all</c><00:42:09.909><c> familiar</c><00:42:10.309><c> with</c><00:42:10.650><c> the</c><00:42:10.809><c> hymn?</c>

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Now,<00:42:14.630><c> are</c><00:42:14.909><c> we</c><00:42:15.150><c> all</c><00:42:15.550><c> familiar</c><00:42:16.050><c> with</c><00:42:16.369><c> the</c><00:42:16.510><c> hymn?</c><00:42:18.030><c> Right,</c><00:42:18.730><c> we'll</c>

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sing<00:42:19.309><c> the</c><00:42:19.630><c> second</c><00:42:19.869><c> verse</c><00:42:20.449><c> unaccompanied.</c>

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Thank<00:42:24.949><c> you.</c>

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Hymn<00:43:21.110><c> number</c><00:43:21.110><c> 13.</c>

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Hymn<00:43:51.110><c> number</c><00:43:51.110><c> 13.</c>

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Hymn<00:44:11.710><c> number</c><00:44:12.429><c> 13.</c>

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Hymn<00:44:19.210><c> number</c><00:44:19.210><c> 13.</c>

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Hymn<00:44:44.309><c> number</c><00:44:44.570><c> 13.</c>

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We'll<00:44:56.150><c> have</c><00:44:56.250><c> a</c><00:44:56.429><c> prayer.</c>

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Now<00:45:00.849><c> we</c><00:45:01.070><c> thank</c><00:45:01.269><c> the</c><00:45:01.489><c> O</c><00:45:01.630><c> Lord</c><00:45:01.869><c> for</c><00:45:02.070><c> this</c><00:45:02.369><c> time</c><00:45:02.690><c> of</c><00:45:04.230><c> meditation</c>

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and<00:45:07.449><c> of</c><00:45:07.650><c> acclimatization</c><00:45:08.550><c> in</c><00:45:08.849><c> the</c><00:45:10.510><c> time</c><00:45:10.989><c> of</c><00:45:11.269><c> Elijah,</c><00:45:12.650><c> thy</c><00:45:12.869><c> prophet.</c><00:45:15.170><c> We</c>

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marvel,<00:45:15.829><c> O</c><00:45:16.110><c> Lord,</c><00:45:16.510><c> at</c><00:45:16.690><c> the</c>

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strength<00:45:18.789><c> of</c><00:45:19.030><c> those</c><00:45:19.309><c> men.</c><00:45:21.409><c> Teach</c><00:45:21.789><c> us</c><00:45:23.090><c> to</c><00:45:23.550><c> be</c><00:45:23.690><c> sons</c><00:45:24.010><c> of</c><00:45:24.170><c> the</c><00:45:24.409><c> prophets.</c><00:45:26.750><c> Help</c><00:45:26.929><c> us</c>

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to<00:45:27.449><c> stand</c><00:45:27.670><c> before</c><00:45:28.070><c> thee,</c>

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to<00:45:30.949><c> pray</c><00:45:31.250><c> daily</c><00:45:31.690><c> unto</c><00:45:31.969><c> thee,</c><00:45:33.730><c> and</c><00:45:33.809><c> to</c><00:45:34.090><c> believe</c><00:45:34.409><c> in</c><00:45:34.630><c> our</c><00:45:34.789><c> prayers.</c><00:45:37.349><c> Help</c>

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us<00:45:37.809><c> to</c><00:45:37.969><c> know</c><00:45:39.429><c> that</c><00:45:39.989><c> as</c><00:45:40.150><c> thou</c><00:45:40.329><c> didst</c><00:45:40.590><c> live</c>

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in<00:45:41.010><c> his</c><00:45:41.130><c> day,</c><00:45:43.130><c> so</c><00:45:43.309><c> thou</c><00:45:43.530><c> didst</c><00:45:43.769><c> live</c><00:45:44.030><c> in</c><00:45:44.250><c> our</c><00:45:44.590><c> day,</c><00:45:46.309><c> and</c><00:45:46.610><c> that</c>

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finally<00:45:47.610><c> everything</c><00:45:48.210><c> shall</c><00:45:48.489><c> live</c><00:45:48.889><c> in</c><00:45:49.230><c> thee</c>

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and<00:45:50.469><c> because</c><00:45:50.829><c> of</c><00:45:51.030><c> thee.</c><00:45:52.969><c> And</c><00:45:53.329><c> grant</c><00:45:53.469><c> us</c><00:45:54.110><c> in</c><00:45:54.530><c> the</c><00:45:54.690><c> day</c><00:45:54.889><c> when</c><00:45:55.070><c> the</c>

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prophets<00:45:55.670><c> shall</c><00:45:55.969><c> stand</c><00:45:56.409><c> on</c><00:45:56.690><c> earth,</c>

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and<00:45:58.329><c> all</c><00:45:58.590><c> thy</c><00:45:58.769><c> saints</c><00:45:59.170><c> from</c><00:45:59.429><c> the</c><00:45:59.590><c> least</c><00:46:00.389><c> unto</c><00:46:00.710><c> the</c><00:46:00.929><c> greatest,</c>

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that<00:46:02.630><c> we</c><00:46:02.789><c> may</c><00:46:02.949><c> be</c><00:46:03.150><c> numbered</c><00:46:03.849><c> amongst</c><00:46:04.789><c> those</c>

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who<00:46:05.389><c> shall</c><00:46:05.590><c> shine</c><00:46:05.969><c> as</c><00:46:06.190><c> the</c><00:46:06.409><c> stars</c><00:46:06.610><c> of</c><00:46:06.809><c> heaven</c><00:46:07.570><c> forever</c><00:46:08.469><c> and</c><00:46:08.730><c> ever.</c><00:46:10.829><c> For</c><00:46:10.949><c> in</c>

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Christ,<00:46:11.670><c> our</c><00:46:11.789><c> Lord's</c><00:46:12.130><c> name,</c>

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we<00:46:13.050><c> ask</c><00:46:13.429><c> this</c><00:46:13.670><c> prayer.</c><00:46:15.670><c> Amen.</c>