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Testament</c><00:13:12.360><c> in</c><00:13:12.500><c> Matthew</c><00:13:12.879><c> chapter</c><00:13:13.220><c> 17.</c> 00:13:15.379 --> 00:13:17.960 Matthew<00:13:16.019><c> chapter</c><00:13:16.659><c> 17.</c> 00:13:18.460 --> 00:13:21.779 The<00:13:18.620><c> Lord</c><00:13:18.779><c> has</c><00:13:18.980><c> just</c><00:13:19.200><c> told</c><00:13:19.320><c> His</c><00:13:19.559><c> disciples</c><00:13:20.000><c> that</c><00:13:20.200><c> they're</c><00:13:20.340><c> going</c><00:13:20.539><c> to</c><00:13:20.759><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:13:22.460 --> 00:13:25.940 He's<00:13:22.779><c> going</c><00:13:22.899><c> to</c><00:13:23.000><c> be</c><00:13:23.220><c> taken</c><00:13:23.659><c> with</c><00:13:24.700><c> wicked</c><00:13:24.940><c> hands,</c><00:13:25.360><c> crucified</c> 00:13:25.940 --> 00:13:27.279 and<00:13:26.360><c> slain.</c> 00:13:27.759 --> 00:13:30.539 Well,<00:13:27.899><c> God</c><00:13:28.139><c> wanted</c><00:13:28.379><c> to</c><00:13:28.759><c> 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Jesus</c><00:13:48.320><c> taketh</c><00:13:48.679><c> Peter</c><00:13:49.059><c> and</c><00:13:49.259><c> James</c><00:13:49.659><c> and</c> 00:13:49.899 --> 00:13:50.559 John<00:13:50.059><c> his</c><00:13:50.320><c> brother</c> 00:13:50.559 --> 00:13:55.070 and<00:13:50.820><c> bringeth</c><00:13:51.059><c> them</c><00:13:51.259><c> up</c><00:13:51.519><c> into</c><00:13:52.379><c> a</c><00:13:52.779><c> high</c><00:13:53.419><c> mountain</c><00:13:54.200><c> apart.</c> 00:13:55.179 --> 00:13:58.360 Now<00:13:55.480><c> what</c><00:13:55.740><c> was</c><00:13:56.379><c> that</c><00:13:56.860><c> particular</c><00:13:57.379><c> mountain?</c> 00:13:59.059 --> 00:14:01.399 Now<00:13:59.360><c> where</c><00:13:59.700><c> was</c><00:13:59.919><c> the</c><00:14:00.120><c> Lord</c><00:14:00.360><c> on</c><00:14:00.700><c> this</c><00:14:00.960><c> occasion?</c> 00:14:01.399 --> 00:14:04.360 Well,<00:14:01.820><c> if</c><00:14:01.919><c> you</c><00:14:01.980><c> just</c><00:14:02.179><c> 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could</c><00:14:58.139><c> ever</c><00:14:58.440><c> attempt</c><00:14:58.820><c> to</c> 00:14:59.100 --> 00:14:59.740 white<00:14:59.200><c> them</c><00:14:59.360><c> like</c><00:14:59.600><c> that</c> 00:14:59.740 --> 00:15:02.799 because<00:15:00.139><c> these</c><00:15:00.559><c> were</c><00:15:00.740><c> the</c><00:15:00.879><c> garments</c><00:15:01.120><c> of</c><00:15:01.360><c> immortality,</c> 00:15:03.059 --> 00:15:07.179 which<00:15:03.360><c> the</c><00:15:03.960><c> garments</c><00:15:04.179><c> of</c><00:15:04.360><c> the</c><00:15:04.539><c> high</c><00:15:04.799><c> priests</c><00:15:05.460><c> spoke</c><00:15:06.059><c> of.</c> 00:15:07.919 --> 00:15:11.480 So<00:15:08.100><c> in</c><00:15:08.360><c> Hermon,</c><00:15:08.779><c> brothers</c><00:15:08.840><c> and</c><00:15:09.100><c> sisters,</c><00:15:09.360><c> we</c><00:15:09.620><c> have</c><00:15:10.100><c> the</c><00:15:10.519><c> ideal,</c> 00:15:11.960 --> 00:15:16.419 where<00:15:12.240><c> man</c><00:15:12.539><c> was</c><00:15:12.980><c> in</c><00:15:13.179><c> the</c><00:15:13.399><c> beginning,</c><00:15:14.500><c> at</c><00:15:14.740><c> harmony</c><00:15:15.039><c> with</c><00:15:15.279><c> the</c><00:15:15.480><c> Elohim,</c> 00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:18.500 in<00:15:16.860><c> fellowship</c><00:15:17.240><c> with</c><00:15:17.480><c> His</c><00:15:17.679><c> God.</c> 00:15:19.059 --> 00:15:22.600 But<00:15:19.500><c> of</c><00:15:19.659><c> course</c><00:15:19.840><c> we</c><00:15:19.980><c> know</c><00:15:20.600><c> that</c><00:15:21.460><c> man</c><00:15:21.679><c> does</c><00:15:21.940><c> not</c><00:15:22.120><c> remain</c><00:15:22.440><c> in</c> 00:15:22.600 --> 00:15:23.240 that<00:15:22.759><c> condition.</c> 00:15:23.240 --> 00:15:28.139 His<00:15:24.480><c> thinking</c><00:15:25.019><c> is</c><00:15:26.120><c> corrupted</c><00:15:26.720><c> by</c><00:15:27.620><c> the</c><00:15:27.799><c> world.</c> 00:15:28.620 --> 00:15:31.480 His<00:15:29.000><c> thinking</c><00:15:29.480><c> begins</c><00:15:30.120><c> to</c><00:15:30.460><c> lead</c><00:15:30.600><c> him</c><00:15:30.840><c> into</c><00:15:31.139><c> sin.</c> 00:15:31.679 --> 00:15:34.860 And<00:15:31.919><c> the</c><00:15:32.080><c> wages</c><00:15:32.340><c> of</c><00:15:32.659><c> sin</c><00:15:32.820><c> inevitably</c><00:15:33.279><c> will</c><00:15:33.580><c> produce</c><00:15:33.919><c> death.</c> 00:15:35.120 --> 00:15:39.539 And<00:15:35.320><c> so</c><00:15:35.659><c> what</c><00:15:36.120><c> starts</c><00:15:36.480><c> up</c><00:15:36.700><c> on</c><00:15:36.860><c> Mount</c><00:15:37.100><c> Hermon</c><00:15:37.360><c> is</c><00:15:37.519><c> this</c><00:15:37.799><c> glorious</c><00:15:38.440><c> picture</c> 00:15:39.879 --> 00:15:44.379 of<00:15:40.600><c> these</c><00:15:41.059><c> melting</c><00:15:41.639><c> snows</c><00:15:42.259><c> which</c><00:15:42.600><c> form</c><00:15:42.860><c> the</c><00:15:43.059><c> River</c><00:15:43.279><c> Jordan,</c> 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the</c><00:16:00.899><c> water.</c> 00:16:02.100 --> 00:16:03.860 This<00:16:02.279><c> is</c><00:16:02.419><c> taken</c><00:16:02.639><c> from</c><00:16:02.960><c> Caesarea</c><00:16:03.460><c> Philippi.</c> 00:16:03.980 --> 00:16:07.179 You<00:16:04.059><c> see</c><00:16:04.139><c> the</c><00:16:04.440><c> dew</c><00:16:04.720><c> melts</c><00:16:05.399><c> on</c><00:16:05.840><c> Hermon.</c> 00:16:07.740 --> 00:16:11.259 Those<00:16:07.980><c> dews</c><00:16:08.240><c> flow</c><00:16:08.539><c> down</c><00:16:09.080><c> that</c><00:16:09.580><c> large</c><00:16:10.059><c> mountain</c><00:16:10.419><c> and</c><00:16:10.639><c> it</c><00:16:10.919><c> forms</c> 00:16:11.259 --> 00:16:12.500 the<00:16:11.480><c> River</c><00:16:11.720><c> Jordan.</c> 00:16:12.539 --> 00:16:16.779 This<00:16:12.679><c> is</c><00:16:12.879><c> a</c><00:16:12.980><c> picture</c><00:16:13.279><c> of</c><00:16:13.799><c> Caesarea</c><00:16:14.379><c> Philippi</c><00:16:14.919><c> called</c><00:16:15.179><c> today</c><00:16:15.620><c> Banius.</c> 00:16:16.820 --> 00:16:18.740 It's<00:16:17.080><c> where</c><00:16:17.379><c> the</c><00:16:17.559><c> River</c><00:16:17.779><c> Jordan</c><00:16:18.159><c> starts.</c> 00:16:18.740 --> 00:16:22.460 And<00:16:19.220><c> it's</c><00:16:19.460><c> a</c><00:16:19.960><c> glorious</c><00:16:20.580><c> piece</c><00:16:21.220><c> of</c><00:16:21.480><c> territory.</c> 00:16:22.659 --> 00:16:26.259 You<00:16:22.740><c> can</c><00:16:22.940><c> go</c><00:16:23.120><c> for</c><00:16:23.360><c> a</c><00:16:23.500><c> hike</c><00:16:23.679><c> in</c><00:16:23.879><c> this</c><00:16:24.139><c> area</c><00:16:24.500><c> and</c><00:16:25.100><c> the</c><00:16:25.360><c> water</c><00:16:25.639><c> is</c> 00:16:26.259 --> 00:16:27.379 aqua<00:16:26.659><c> blue.</c> 00:16:27.480 --> 00:16:30.019 It's<00:16:27.559><c> like</c><00:16:27.720><c> the</c><00:16:27.879><c> waters</c><00:16:28.059><c> that</c><00:16:28.240><c> you'll</c><00:16:28.460><c> see</c><00:16:28.879><c> either</c><00:16:29.240><c> in</c><00:16:29.419><c> New</c><00:16:29.679><c> Zealand</c> 00:16:30.019 --> 00:16:32.100 or<00:16:30.620><c> out</c><00:16:30.899><c> west</c><00:16:31.080><c> in</c><00:16:31.240><c> British</c><00:16:31.539><c> Columbia.</c> 00:16:32.539 --> 00:16:35.019 And<00:16:32.820><c> it</c><00:16:33.039><c> speaks</c><00:16:33.220><c> about</c><00:16:33.539><c> where</c><00:16:33.799><c> man</c><00:16:34.059><c> started.</c> 00:16:35.580 --> 00:16:42.720 This<00:16:35.779><c> is</c><00:16:35.940><c> just</c><00:16:36.200><c> down</c><00:16:36.460><c> the</c><00:16:36.639><c> hill,</c><00:16:38.120><c> same</c><00:16:38.360><c> park,</c><00:16:40.879><c> this</c><00:16:41.639><c> beautiful</c> 00:16:42.720 --> 00:16:44.039 crystal<00:16:43.559><c> clear</c><00:16:43.779><c> water.</c> 00:16:44.059 --> 00:16:47.720 That's<00:16:44.360><c> the</c><00:16:44.500><c> River</c><00:16:44.720><c> Jordan</c><00:16:45.019><c> at</c><00:16:45.220><c> its</c><00:16:45.419><c> origins</c><00:16:45.879><c> there</c><00:16:46.919><c> in</c><00:16:47.139><c> Banius.</c> 00:16:47.720 --> 00:16:51.019 As<00:16:48.220><c> the</c><00:16:48.500><c> dew</c><00:16:48.659><c> comes</c><00:16:48.960><c> off</c><00:16:49.200><c> of</c><00:16:49.460><c> Hermon</c><00:16:49.639><c> and</c><00:16:49.799><c> it</c><00:16:50.120><c> flows</c><00:16:50.419><c> down</c><00:16:50.740><c> that</c> 00:16:51.019 --> 00:16:53.100 mountain,<00:16:51.399><c> it</c><00:16:51.399><c> is</c><00:16:51.740><c> crystal</c><00:16:52.159><c> clear.</c> 00:16:53.320 --> 00:16:54.899 Here's<00:16:53.539><c> another</c><00:16:53.799><c> one.</c> 00:16:55.179 --> 00:16:58.500 Just<00:16:55.379><c> right</c><00:16:55.580><c> down</c><00:16:55.799><c> the</c><00:16:55.940><c> hill</c><00:16:56.100><c> there</c><00:16:56.740><c> at</c><00:16:57.080><c> Banius.</c> 00:16:58.519 --> 00:17:00.379 That's<00:16:58.879><c> the</c><00:16:59.100><c> beginnings</c><00:16:59.360><c> of</c><00:16:59.639><c> man.</c> 00:17:00.539 --> 00:17:06.779 He<00:17:00.740><c> begins</c><00:17:01.379><c> in</c><00:17:03.799><c> the</c><00:17:04.039><c> beginning</c><00:17:04.380><c> in</c><00:17:05.779><c> harmony</c><00:17:06.119><c> and</c><00:17:06.420><c> fellowship</c> 00:17:06.779 --> 00:17:07.380 with<00:17:06.980><c> his</c><00:17:07.140><c> God.</c> 00:17:07.700 --> 00:17:10.680 Just<00:17:07.960><c> like</c><00:17:08.140><c> when</c><00:17:08.279><c> we're</c><00:17:08.480><c> born,</c><00:17:09.319><c> there's</c><00:17:09.640><c> this</c><00:17:09.900><c> bundle</c><00:17:10.200><c> of</c><00:17:10.480><c> joy</c> 00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:11.380 in<00:17:10.839><c> your</c><00:17:11.079><c> arms.</c> 00:17:11.599 --> 00:17:14.480 But<00:17:11.700><c> as</c><00:17:11.819><c> Brother</c><00:17:12.039><c> Roberts</c><00:17:12.259><c> points</c><00:17:12.599><c> out,</c><00:17:13.640><c> it's</c><00:17:13.839><c> also</c><00:17:14.119><c> a</c><00:17:14.299><c> bundle</c> 00:17:14.480 --> 00:17:15.319 of<00:17:14.700><c> propensities.</c> 00:17:15.319 --> 00:17:19.680 And<00:17:16.359><c> those</c><00:17:16.579><c> propensities,</c><00:17:17.119><c> of</c><00:17:17.339><c> course,</c><00:17:17.799><c> will</c><00:17:18.640><c> be</c><00:17:19.259><c> reminded</c> 00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:21.579 of<00:17:19.859><c> as</c><00:17:20.000><c> we</c><00:17:20.140><c> go</c><00:17:20.359><c> down</c><00:17:21.059><c> the</c><00:17:21.420><c> river.</c> 00:17:21.599 --> 00:17:22.920 So<00:17:21.759><c> that's</c><00:17:22.039><c> man's</c><00:17:22.720><c> beginning.</c> 00:17:23.000 --> 00:17:27.720 Now,<00:17:23.420><c> let's</c><00:17:23.819><c> go</c><00:17:24.160><c> about</c><00:17:24.579><c> 20</c><00:17:25.400><c> to</c><00:17:25.759><c> 25</c><00:17:26.240><c> miles</c><00:17:26.660><c> south.</c> 00:17:28.200 --> 00:17:31.859 This<00:17:28.440><c> is</c><00:17:28.660><c> what</c><00:17:28.900><c> it</c><00:17:29.140><c> is</c><00:17:29.680><c> at</c><00:17:30.759><c> the</c><00:17:30.940><c> top.</c> 00:17:33.900 --> 00:17:36.859 That's<00:17:34.579><c> about</c><00:17:34.900><c> 25</c><00:17:35.380><c> miles</c><00:17:35.740><c> south.</c> 00:17:38.220 --> 00:17:40.299 This<00:17:38.579><c> is</c><00:17:38.799><c> around</c><00:17:39.059><c> Bethsaida.</c> 00:17:41.279 --> 00:17:44.539 This<00:17:41.519><c> is</c><00:17:41.759><c> the</c><00:17:42.059><c> bridge,</c><00:17:42.460><c> Highway</c><00:17:42.900><c> 888,</c><00:17:43.599><c> goes</c><00:17:43.900><c> right</c><00:17:44.140><c> over.</c> 00:17:44.539 --> 00:17:49.259 And<00:17:45.420><c> you</c><00:17:45.660><c> can</c><00:17:45.880><c> already</c><00:17:46.180><c> see</c><00:17:46.420><c> the</c><00:17:46.700><c> water</c><00:17:47.119><c> has</c><00:17:48.140><c> changed.</c> 00:17:49.559 --> 00:17:50.980 It's<00:17:49.660><c> now</c><00:17:49.960><c> brown.</c> 00:17:51.480 --> 00:17:53.019 It's<00:17:51.759><c> now</c><00:17:52.039><c> murky.</c> 00:17:53.720 --> 00:17:56.740 Over<00:17:53.920><c> a</c><00:17:54.059><c> short</c><00:17:54.400><c> distance</c><00:17:54.940><c> of</c><00:17:55.140><c> about</c><00:17:55.480><c> 30</c><00:17:55.720><c> miles</c><00:17:56.099><c> to</c><00:17:56.299><c> the</c><00:17:56.519><c> south,</c> 00:17:56.819 --> 00:18:00.039 the<00:17:56.940><c> water</c><00:17:57.180><c> is</c><00:17:57.420><c> brown</c><00:17:57.920><c> and</c><00:17:58.819><c> it's</c><00:17:59.299><c> murky,</c> 00:18:00.420 --> 00:18:03.700 indicating<00:18:01.079><c> man's</c><00:18:02.059><c> sure</c><00:18:02.480><c> and</c><00:18:03.160><c> certain</c><00:18:03.420><c> decline.</c> 00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:08.099 You<00:18:03.839><c> know,</c><00:18:03.980><c> the</c><00:18:04.039><c> word</c><00:18:04.339><c> Jordan</c><00:18:04.799><c> means</c><00:18:05.759><c> the</c><00:18:06.700><c> descender.</c> 00:18:09.180 --> 00:18:11.920 It<00:18:09.640><c> starts</c><00:18:10.039><c> in</c><00:18:10.259><c> all</c><00:18:10.400><c> of</c><00:18:10.519><c> its</c><00:18:10.799><c> beauty</c><00:18:11.079><c> and</c><00:18:11.279><c> elegance,</c><00:18:11.660><c> but</c><00:18:11.740><c> it</c> 00:18:11.920 --> 00:18:15.619 goes<00:18:12.160><c> down</c><00:18:12.740><c> and</c><00:18:13.059><c> down</c><00:18:13.559><c> and</c><00:18:13.839><c> down</c><00:18:14.359><c> into</c><00:18:14.720><c> death.</c> 00:18:16.420 --> 00:18:18.779 This<00:18:16.480><c> is</c><00:18:16.740><c> the</c><00:18:16.920><c> land,</c><00:18:17.200><c> brothers</c><00:18:17.319><c> and</c><00:18:17.559><c> sisters,</c><00:18:18.039><c> reminding</c><00:18:18.400><c> us</c> 00:18:18.779 --> 00:18:20.619 of<00:18:18.920><c> the</c><00:18:19.119><c> principle</c><00:18:19.400><c> that</c><00:18:19.559><c> we</c><00:18:19.700><c> all</c><00:18:19.839><c> know</c><00:18:19.940><c> to</c><00:18:20.099><c> be</c><00:18:20.279><c> true,</c> 00:18:21.079 --> 00:18:23.579 that<00:18:21.319><c> man</c><00:18:21.599><c> is</c><00:18:21.859><c> mortal,</c><00:18:22.559><c> that</c><00:18:22.740><c> we</c><00:18:23.000><c> are</c><00:18:23.240><c> dying.</c> 00:18:23.799 --> 00:18:26.059 We<00:18:24.140><c> think</c><00:18:24.420><c> that</c><00:18:24.640><c> life</c><00:18:24.859><c> goes</c><00:18:25.140><c> on</c><00:18:25.440><c> and</c><00:18:25.599><c> on</c><00:18:25.740><c> and</c><00:18:25.900><c> on.</c> 00:18:26.140 --> 00:18:27.759 It<00:18:26.339><c> doesn't.</c> 00:18:27.980 --> 00:18:30.799 We've<00:18:28.440><c> got</c><00:18:28.599><c> to</c><00:18:28.839><c> accept</c><00:18:29.380><c> our</c><00:18:29.700><c> condition</c><00:18:30.119><c> and</c><00:18:30.299><c> the</c><00:18:30.440><c> nature</c><00:18:30.619><c> that</c> 00:18:30.799 --> 00:18:31.160 we<00:18:30.940><c> inherit.</c> 00:18:31.220 --> 00:18:34.180 And<00:18:31.359><c> the</c><00:18:31.519><c> Jordan</c><00:18:31.779><c> River</c><00:18:32.119><c> here</c><00:18:32.980><c> reminds</c><00:18:33.480><c> us</c><00:18:33.720><c> of</c><00:18:33.920><c> that.</c> 00:18:34.640 --> 00:18:35.859 Let<00:18:34.819><c> me</c><00:18:34.819><c> show</c><00:18:35.019><c> you</c><00:18:35.140><c> where</c><00:18:35.299><c> we've</c><00:18:35.579><c> come</c><00:18:35.720><c> from.</c> 00:18:35.859 --> 00:18:38.759 We<00:18:35.960><c> were</c><00:18:36.119><c> just</c><00:18:36.299><c> up</c><00:18:36.500><c> here</c><00:18:36.680><c> at</c><00:18:36.859><c> Caesarea</c><00:18:37.279><c> Philippi.</c> 00:18:39.059 --> 00:18:42.079 This<00:18:39.160><c> is</c><00:18:39.380><c> Banius</c><00:18:39.759><c> where</c><00:18:39.940><c> those</c><00:18:40.220><c> pictures</c><00:18:40.720><c> were</c><00:18:41.460><c> taken</c><00:18:41.740><c> from.</c> 00:18:42.240 --> 00:18:43.059 Here's<00:18:42.480><c> Mount</c><00:18:42.720><c> Hermon.</c> 00:18:43.500 --> 00:18:47.160 And<00:18:43.759><c> this</c><00:18:44.259><c> last</c><00:18:44.539><c> picture</c><00:18:44.819><c> that</c><00:18:44.960><c> we</c><00:18:45.140><c> saw</c><00:18:45.299><c> is</c><00:18:45.500><c> right</c><00:18:45.720><c> about</c><00:18:46.039><c> here</c> 00:18:47.160 --> 00:18:48.119 near<00:18:47.839><c> Bethsaida,</c> 00:18:48.500 --> 00:18:51.740 right<00:18:48.740><c> as</c><00:18:48.980><c> the</c><00:18:49.200><c> Jordan</c><00:18:49.420><c> River</c><00:18:49.700><c> is</c><00:18:49.880><c> about</c><00:18:50.099><c> to</c><00:18:50.259><c> go</c><00:18:50.480><c> into</c><00:18:51.200><c> the</c><00:18:51.579><c> Sea</c> 00:18:51.740 --> 00:18:52.940 of<00:18:51.980><c> Galilee,</c> 00:18:54.019 --> 00:18:59.900 where<00:18:54.319><c> it</c><00:18:54.460><c> is</c><00:18:54.700><c> already</c><00:18:55.440><c> about</c><00:18:56.299><c> 500</c><00:18:56.720><c> feet</c><00:18:57.279><c> below</c><00:18:57.799><c> sea</c><00:18:58.099><c> level</c><00:18:58.799><c> at</c> 00:18:59.900 --> 00:19:00.920 Galilee<00:19:00.640><c> here.</c> 00:19:00.920 --> 00:19:06.859 So<00:19:01.779><c> we've</c><00:19:02.039><c> gone</c><00:19:02.180><c> from</c><00:19:02.779><c> 9</c><00:19:03.160><c>,000</c><00:19:03.539><c> feet</c><00:19:03.799><c> above</c><00:19:04.119><c> sea</c><00:19:04.400><c> level</c><00:19:04.799><c> to</c><00:19:05.980><c> about</c><00:19:06.539><c> 500</c> 00:19:06.859 --> 00:19:11.559 feet<00:19:07.319><c> below</c><00:19:07.940><c> in</c><00:19:08.799><c> just</c><00:19:09.019><c> the</c><00:19:09.220><c> space</c><00:19:09.420><c> of</c><00:19:09.640><c> about</c><00:19:09.900><c> 25</c><00:19:10.359><c> miles.</c> 00:19:12.319 --> 00:19:15.759 Man's<00:19:12.759><c> decline</c><00:19:13.140><c> is</c><00:19:13.640><c> sure</c><00:19:14.099><c> and</c><00:19:15.059><c> it</c><00:19:15.279><c> is</c><00:19:15.559><c> certain.</c> 00:19:16.160 --> 00:19:18.200 And<00:19:16.319><c> the</c><00:19:16.460><c> Jordan</c><00:19:16.619><c> River,</c><00:19:16.940><c> as</c><00:19:17.119><c> you</c><00:19:17.240><c> may</c><00:19:17.440><c> know,</c><00:19:17.579><c> it</c><00:19:17.779><c> goes</c><00:19:17.940><c> into</c> 00:19:18.200 --> 00:19:20.279 the<00:19:18.420><c> top</c><00:19:18.619><c> of</c><00:19:18.880><c> the</c><00:19:18.920><c> Sea</c><00:19:19.019><c> of</c><00:19:19.279><c> Galilee</c><00:19:19.579><c> here,</c> 00:19:20.779 --> 00:19:24.220 and<00:19:21.140><c> then</c><00:19:21.279><c> it</c><00:19:21.400><c> comes</c><00:19:21.599><c> out</c><00:19:21.799><c> the</c><00:19:22.000><c> bottom</c><00:19:22.660><c> down</c><00:19:23.779><c> here.</c> 00:19:24.619 --> 00:19:29.319 So<00:19:24.839><c> we'll</c><00:19:25.079><c> have</c><00:19:25.339><c> a</c><00:19:26.720><c> thing</c><00:19:26.960><c> or</c><00:19:27.099><c> two</c><00:19:27.259><c> to</c><00:19:27.380><c> say</c><00:19:27.539><c> then</c><00:19:27.759><c> about</c><00:19:28.019><c> the</c><00:19:28.680><c> Sea</c><00:19:28.900><c> of</c><00:19:29.099><c> Galilee.</c> 00:19:29.319 --> 00:19:31.200 Here's<00:19:29.660><c> the</c><00:19:29.819><c> River</c><00:19:30.079><c> Jordan.</c> 00:19:31.440 --> 00:19:34.119 Bethsaida,<00:19:32.019><c> where</c><00:19:32.140><c> the</c><00:19:32.200><c> last</c><00:19:32.980><c> picture</c><00:19:33.200><c> was</c><00:19:33.359><c> taken,</c><00:19:33.660><c> is</c><00:19:33.680><c> up</c><00:19:33.859><c> in</c><00:19:34.000><c> here.</c> 00:19:34.220 --> 00:19:38.099 And<00:19:34.319><c> it</c><00:19:34.440><c> sort</c><00:19:34.640><c> of</c><00:19:34.839><c> winds</c><00:19:35.079><c> its</c><00:19:35.299><c> way</c><00:19:35.440><c> down</c><00:19:35.740><c> into</c><00:19:36.220><c> the</c><00:19:36.500><c> top</c><00:19:36.880><c> of</c><00:19:37.880><c> the</c> 00:19:38.099 --> 00:19:38.660 Sea<00:19:38.240><c> of</c><00:19:38.519><c> Galilee.</c> 00:19:38.740 --> 00:19:42.839 And<00:19:38.799><c> this</c><00:19:38.920><c> is</c><00:19:39.119><c> already</c><00:19:39.420><c> about</c><00:19:39.900><c> 500</c><00:19:40.240><c> feet</c><00:19:41.200><c> below</c><00:19:41.960><c> sea</c><00:19:42.619><c> level.</c> 00:19:43.140 --> 00:19:46.579 So<00:19:43.160><c> there</c><00:19:43.400><c> must</c><00:19:43.619><c> be</c><00:19:43.819><c> then</c><00:19:44.000><c> some</c><00:19:44.299><c> significance</c><00:19:44.960><c> to</c><00:19:45.380><c> Galilee,</c> 00:19:46.799 --> 00:19:51.900 because<00:19:47.059><c> Galilee</c><00:19:47.559><c> is</c><00:19:47.940><c> on</c><00:19:48.559><c> this</c><00:19:49.299><c> journey</c><00:19:50.000><c> downward</c><00:19:50.859><c> towards</c> 00:19:51.900 --> 00:19:53.500 the<00:19:52.240><c> Dead</c><00:19:52.599><c> Sea.</c> 00:19:54.380 --> 00:19:56.640 What<00:19:54.559><c> was</c><00:19:54.740><c> Galilee,</c><00:19:55.119><c> of</c><00:19:55.319><c> course,</c><00:19:55.779><c> known</c><00:19:56.119><c> for?</c> 00:19:57.140 --> 00:19:58.700 Well,<00:19:57.339><c> it</c><00:19:57.339><c> was</c><00:19:57.680><c> backwards</c><00:19:58.099><c> territory.</c> 00:19:58.700 --> 00:20:02.140 It<00:19:58.779><c> was</c><00:19:58.920><c> where</c><00:19:59.119><c> the</c><00:19:59.380><c> people</c><00:19:59.920><c> sat</c><00:20:00.539><c> in</c><00:20:00.880><c> darkness.</c> 00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:04.680 Galilee<00:20:03.599><c> signifies</c><00:20:04.160><c> the</c><00:20:04.460><c> ring.</c> 00:20:04.779 --> 00:20:09.500 And<00:20:04.859><c> you</c><00:20:04.880><c> can</c><00:20:05.079><c> see</c><00:20:05.259><c> sort</c><00:20:05.440><c> of</c><00:20:05.539><c> the</c><00:20:05.779><c> ringed</c><00:20:07.079><c> shape</c><00:20:07.420><c> to</c><00:20:08.380><c> that</c><00:20:08.700><c> lake.</c> 00:20:09.680 --> 00:20:12.599 Galilee<00:20:09.960><c> in</c><00:20:10.119><c> the</c><00:20:10.299><c> scriptures</c><00:20:10.559><c> has</c><00:20:10.819><c> about</c><00:20:11.099><c> four</c><00:20:11.380><c> different</c><00:20:11.640><c> names.</c> 00:20:12.660 --> 00:20:15.779 It's<00:20:12.940><c> called</c><00:20:13.160><c> the</c><00:20:13.880><c> Sea</c><00:20:14.019><c> of</c><00:20:14.220><c> Galilee,</c><00:20:14.700><c> which</c><00:20:14.859><c> means</c><00:20:15.119><c> the</c><00:20:15.440><c> ring.</c> 00:20:16.259 --> 00:20:19.900 It's<00:20:16.519><c> also</c><00:20:16.779><c> called</c><00:20:17.140><c> Kinnereth,</c><00:20:18.099><c> which</c><00:20:18.339><c> means</c><00:20:18.839><c> harp.</c> 00:20:20.160 --> 00:20:25.720 You<00:20:20.299><c> can</c><00:20:20.460><c> see</c><00:20:20.660><c> kind</c><00:20:20.859><c> of</c><00:20:21.000><c> the</c><00:20:21.299><c> harp</c><00:20:21.579><c> shape</c><00:20:22.059><c> to</c><00:20:23.299><c> this</c><00:20:23.660><c> particular</c><00:20:24.640><c> lake.</c> 00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:27.579 But<00:20:26.240><c> it's</c><00:20:26.440><c> also</c><00:20:26.700><c> called</c><00:20:26.940><c> something</c><00:20:27.240><c> else.</c> 00:20:27.579 --> 00:20:33.599 If<00:20:28.180><c> you</c><00:20:28.180><c> come</c><00:20:28.319><c> to</c><00:20:28.420><c> John</c><00:20:28.680><c> chapter</c><00:20:29.039><c> 21,</c><00:20:30.819><c> it's</c><00:20:31.059><c> called</c><00:20:31.259><c> something</c><00:20:31.579><c> else.</c> 00:20:36.640 --> 00:20:38.799 You<00:20:36.660><c> know,</c><00:20:36.839><c> Galilee</c><00:20:36.980><c> is</c><00:20:37.140><c> a</c><00:20:37.220><c> very</c><00:20:37.559><c> interesting</c><00:20:38.299><c> lake.</c> 00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:40.640 It's<00:20:39.240><c> like</c><00:20:39.519><c> a</c><00:20:39.779><c> bowl.</c> 00:20:42.400 --> 00:20:44.900 There<00:20:42.559><c> are</c><00:20:42.759><c> hills</c><00:20:42.980><c> all</c><00:20:43.279><c> around</c><00:20:43.579><c> it,</c><00:20:43.859><c> and</c><00:20:44.000><c> sometimes</c><00:20:44.460><c> the</c><00:20:44.740><c> wind</c> 00:20:44.900 --> 00:20:46.380 gets<00:20:45.279><c> sucked</c><00:20:45.559><c> into</c><00:20:45.859><c> a</c><00:20:46.059><c> vortex</c> 00:20:46.380 --> 00:20:50.220 so<00:20:46.619><c> that</c><00:20:46.839><c> the</c><00:20:47.680><c> sea</c><00:20:47.980><c> can</c><00:20:48.180><c> be</c><00:20:48.400><c> very,</c><00:20:48.680><c> very</c><00:20:49.019><c> calm</c><00:20:49.359><c> one</c><00:20:49.680><c> minute,</c> 00:20:50.299 --> 00:20:53.500 and<00:20:51.279><c> then</c><00:20:51.579><c> 10</c><00:20:51.799><c> minutes</c><00:20:52.099><c> later</c><00:20:52.380><c> it's</c><00:20:52.640><c> very,</c><00:20:52.920><c> very</c><00:20:53.220><c> turbulent.</c> 00:20:53.559 --> 00:20:55.680 You<00:20:53.700><c> remember</c><00:20:53.819><c> the</c><00:20:54.000><c> disciples</c><00:20:54.420><c> experienced</c><00:20:55.000><c> that</c><00:20:55.180><c> on</c><00:20:55.359><c> the</c><00:20:55.500><c> lake.</c> 00:20:55.680 --> 00:20:57.559 They<00:20:55.880><c> were</c><00:20:56.059><c> out</c><00:20:56.220><c> there.</c><00:20:56.440><c> The</c><00:20:56.519><c> Lord</c><00:20:56.700><c> pushed</c><00:20:57.019><c> them</c><00:20:57.220><c> out.</c> 00:20:57.900 --> 00:21:00.460 He<00:20:58.059><c> went</c><00:20:58.220><c> into</c><00:20:58.440><c> one</c><00:20:58.579><c> of</c><00:20:58.680><c> these</c><00:20:58.839><c> mountains</c><00:20:59.259><c> to</c><00:20:59.559><c> pray.</c> 00:21:00.880 --> 00:21:03.160 And<00:21:01.019><c> then</c><00:21:01.160><c> all</c><00:21:01.319><c> of</c><00:21:01.460><c> a</c><00:21:01.460><c> sudden</c><00:21:01.579><c> the</c><00:21:01.779><c> lake</c><00:21:01.940><c> became</c><00:21:02.319><c> very</c><00:21:02.859><c> stormy,</c> 00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:04.039 very<00:21:03.539><c> turbulent</c> 00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:06.880 because<00:21:04.380><c> of</c><00:21:04.920><c> the</c><00:21:05.440><c> way</c><00:21:05.759><c> that</c><00:21:06.119><c> Galilee</c><00:21:06.400><c> is</c><00:21:06.660><c> placed.</c> 00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:10.799 It's<00:21:07.119><c> like</c><00:21:07.299><c> a</c><00:21:07.539><c> bowl</c><00:21:07.759><c> with</c><00:21:08.039><c> hills</c><00:21:08.539><c> on</c><00:21:09.440><c> either</c><00:21:09.859><c> side.</c> 00:21:11.579 --> 00:21:14.059 It's<00:21:11.779><c> like</c><00:21:11.940><c> the</c><00:21:12.160><c> nations</c><00:21:12.539><c> that</c><00:21:12.759><c> are</c><00:21:12.920><c> casting</c><00:21:13.220><c> up</c><00:21:13.519><c> mire</c><00:21:13.799><c> and</c><00:21:13.960><c> dirt,</c> 00:21:14.119 --> 00:21:18.000 that<00:21:14.259><c> are</c><00:21:14.619><c> prone</c><00:21:15.140><c> to</c><00:21:16.059><c> storm,</c><00:21:16.380><c> that</c><00:21:16.500><c> are</c><00:21:16.740><c> prone</c><00:21:17.140><c> to</c><00:21:17.400><c> difficulty.</c> 00:21:18.279 --> 00:21:22.720 And<00:21:18.799><c> it's</c><00:21:19.000><c> the</c><00:21:19.160><c> Lord</c><00:21:19.339><c> Jesus</c><00:21:19.700><c> Christ</c><00:21:20.079><c> alone</c><00:21:20.839><c> that</c><00:21:21.839><c> can</c><00:21:22.140><c> calm</c> 00:21:22.720 --> 00:21:24.019 that<00:21:23.160><c> particular</c><00:21:23.700><c> sea.</c> 00:21:24.019 --> 00:21:26.559 In<00:21:24.519><c> John</c><00:21:24.720><c> chapter</c><00:21:25.059><c> 21,</c><00:21:25.519><c> it's</c><00:21:25.759><c> called</c><00:21:25.920><c> something</c><00:21:26.220><c> else.</c> 00:21:26.700 --> 00:21:29.779 In<00:21:26.759><c> verse</c><00:21:27.039><c> 1,</c><00:21:28.019><c> after</c><00:21:28.220><c> these</c><00:21:28.539><c> things,</c><00:21:29.059><c> Jesus</c><00:21:29.140><c> showed</c><00:21:29.420><c> himself</c> 00:21:29.779 --> 00:21:30.799 again<00:21:30.099><c> to</c><00:21:30.240><c> his</c><00:21:30.440><c> disciples</c> 00:21:30.799 --> 00:21:34.440 at<00:21:31.079><c> the</c><00:21:31.400><c> Sea</c><00:21:31.680><c> of</c><00:21:32.980><c> Tiberias.</c> 00:21:35.440 --> 00:21:38.140 So<00:21:35.599><c> it's</c><00:21:35.819><c> called</c><00:21:36.119><c> Galilee.</c><00:21:36.680><c> It's</c><00:21:36.920><c> called</c><00:21:37.220><c> Kinnereth.</c><00:21:37.880><c> It's</c> 00:21:38.140 --> 00:21:39.700 called<00:21:38.400><c> Gennesaret.</c> 00:21:40.059 --> 00:21:43.920 And<00:21:40.259><c> it's</c><00:21:40.480><c> also</c><00:21:40.839><c> called</c><00:21:41.420><c> Tiberias,</c><00:21:42.660><c> which</c><00:21:42.779><c> was</c><00:21:43.019><c> the</c><00:21:43.279><c> name</c><00:21:43.579><c> of</c> 00:21:43.920 --> 00:21:45.420 the<00:21:44.180><c> emperor,</c> 00:21:45.799 --> 00:21:49.579 representing<00:21:46.400><c> by</c><00:21:46.740><c> that</c><00:21:46.980><c> the</c><00:21:47.259><c> Sea</c><00:21:47.720><c> of</c><00:21:48.460><c> Nations.</c> 00:21:49.940 --> 00:21:52.559 The<00:21:50.000><c> Roman</c><00:21:50.279><c> emperor</c><00:21:50.579><c> Tiberias,</c><00:21:51.440><c> the</c><00:21:51.559><c> river</c><00:21:51.819><c> Tiber</c><00:21:52.240><c> that</c> 00:21:52.559 --> 00:21:53.700 flows<00:21:52.859><c> through</c><00:21:53.240><c> Rome.</c> 00:21:53.700 --> 00:21:57.400 It's<00:21:54.359><c> also</c><00:21:54.759><c> the</c><00:21:55.119><c> name</c><00:21:55.579><c> of</c><00:21:56.519><c> this</c><00:21:56.759><c> particular</c><00:21:57.259><c> sea.</c> 00:21:57.480 --> 00:22:01.240 And<00:21:57.539><c> the</c><00:21:57.660><c> major</c><00:21:57.940><c> city</c><00:21:58.259><c> today</c><00:21:58.880><c> along</c><00:21:59.220><c> the</c><00:21:59.380><c> Sea</c><00:21:59.500><c> of</c><00:21:59.720><c> Galilee</c><00:21:59.980><c> is</c><00:22:00.440><c> Tiberias,</c> 00:22:01.640 --> 00:22:04.440 which<00:22:01.799><c> is</c><00:22:01.960><c> right</c><00:22:02.259><c> here</c><00:22:02.579><c> on</c><00:22:02.960><c> the</c><00:22:03.599><c> western</c><00:22:03.960><c> side.</c> 00:22:04.880 --> 00:22:07.519 So<00:22:05.079><c> it</c><00:22:05.279><c> represents</c><00:22:05.720><c> the</c><00:22:06.059><c> Sea</c><00:22:06.299><c> of</c><00:22:06.500><c> Nations.</c> 00:22:08.099 --> 00:22:10.740 We've<00:22:08.400><c> come</c><00:22:08.539><c> down</c><00:22:08.759><c> from</c><00:22:09.039><c> Hermon,</c><00:22:09.339><c> the</c><00:22:09.660><c> ideal.</c> 00:22:12.339 --> 00:22:15.160 The<00:22:12.579><c> water</c><00:22:12.859><c> was</c><00:22:13.400><c> glorious</c><00:22:14.039><c> and</c><00:22:14.380><c> blue.</c> 00:22:15.599 --> 00:22:19.000 Now<00:22:15.880><c> it's</c><00:22:16.200><c> dirty.</c><00:22:16.700><c> It's</c><00:22:17.099><c> murky.</c><00:22:17.500><c> It's</c><00:22:17.839><c> casting</c><00:22:18.079><c> up</c><00:22:18.380><c> mire</c><00:22:18.700><c> and</c><00:22:18.920><c> dirt.</c> 00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:22.460 It's<00:22:19.279><c> the</c><00:22:19.539><c> Sea</c><00:22:20.019><c> of</c><00:22:20.839><c> the</c><00:22:21.140><c> Nations.</c> 00:22:24.119 --> 00:22:29.759 The<00:22:24.220><c> River</c><00:22:24.420><c> Jordan,</c><00:22:24.779><c> meaning</c><00:22:25.599><c> descender,</c><00:22:27.480><c> representing</c><00:22:27.819><c> man's</c><00:22:28.519><c> sure</c><00:22:29.039><c> and</c> 00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:31.880 certain<00:22:30.480><c> decline.</c> 00:22:32.900 --> 00:22:35.559 Well,<00:22:33.079><c> here's</c><00:22:33.519><c> the</c><00:22:33.700><c> river</c><00:22:33.900><c> as</c><00:22:34.039><c> it</c><00:22:34.220><c> comes</c><00:22:34.420><c> out</c><00:22:34.980><c> from</c><00:22:35.279><c> the</c><00:22:35.460><c> Sea</c> 00:22:35.559 --> 00:22:36.119 of<00:22:35.819><c> Galilee.</c> 00:22:36.420 --> 00:22:39.039 We<00:22:36.579><c> were</c><00:22:36.660><c> just</c><00:22:36.839><c> at</c><00:22:37.000><c> the</c><00:22:37.200><c> top</c><00:22:37.440><c> where</c><00:22:37.599><c> it</c><00:22:37.660><c> went</c><00:22:37.839><c> into</c><00:22:38.099><c> the</c><00:22:38.220><c> Sea</c><00:22:38.380><c> of</c><00:22:38.619><c> Galilee.</c> 00:22:39.339 --> 00:22:42.480 Now<00:22:39.799><c> it's</c><00:22:40.339><c> coming</c><00:22:40.519><c> out</c><00:22:41.019><c> of</c><00:22:41.480><c> the</c><00:22:41.720><c> bottom.</c> 00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:45.059 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out</c><00:22:55.500><c> of</c><00:22:55.660><c> this</c><00:22:55.920><c> river.</c> 00:22:56.880 --> 00:22:59.839 And<00:22:57.140><c> it</c><00:22:57.220><c> was</c><00:22:57.619><c> at</c><00:22:57.920><c> this</c><00:22:58.140><c> particular</c><00:22:58.680><c> river</c><00:22:59.000><c> which</c><00:22:59.279><c> represents</c> 00:22:59.839 --> 00:23:01.539 the<00:23:00.240><c> flesh</c><00:23:00.460><c> and</c><00:23:00.599><c> all</c><00:23:00.779><c> of</c><00:23:00.859><c> its</c><00:23:01.079><c> ugliness</c> 00:23:01.539 --> 00:23:05.099 that<00:23:01.779><c> God</c><00:23:02.200><c> chose</c><00:23:02.720><c> to</c><00:23:03.440><c> manifest</c><00:23:03.880><c> these</c><00:23:04.200><c> men</c><00:23:04.420><c> to</c><00:23:04.640><c> Israel.</c> 00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:10.819 And<00:23:05.740><c> those</c><00:23:05.900><c> men</c><00:23:06.119><c> were</c><00:23:06.299><c> Joshua,</c><00:23:08.259><c> Elisha,</c><00:23:09.359><c> and</c><00:23:09.700><c> the</c><00:23:09.839><c> Lord</c><00:23:10.019><c> Jesus</c><00:23:10.400><c> Christ.</c> 00:23:10.819 --> 00:23:15.220 Let's<00:23:11.539><c> look</c><00:23:11.720><c> at</c><00:23:11.819><c> the</c><00:23:11.940><c> first</c><00:23:12.180><c> case</c><00:23:12.440><c> in</c><00:23:12.660><c> Joshua</c><00:23:13.059><c> chapter</c><00:23:13.500><c> 3.</c> 00:23:16.059 --> 00:23:18.460 We'll<00:23:16.420><c> look</c><00:23:16.579><c> at</c><00:23:16.700><c> these</c><00:23:16.940><c> three</c><00:23:17.140><c> men</c><00:23:17.319><c> and</c><00:23:17.440><c> then</c><00:23:17.559><c> we'll</c><00:23:17.859><c> explain</c> 00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:21.680 why<00:23:19.519><c> these</c><00:23:20.559><c> three</c><00:23:20.839><c> men.</c> 00:23:22.660 --> 00:23:30.099 In<00:23:22.819><c> Joshua</c><00:23:23.200><c> chapter</c><00:23:23.619><c> 3,</c><00:23:26.400><c> Moses</c><00:23:26.720><c> has</c><00:23:29.119><c> passed</c><00:23:29.380><c> off</c><00:23:29.619><c> the</c><00:23:29.859><c> scene,</c> 00:23:30.420 --> 00:23:34.079 and<00:23:30.759><c> now</c><00:23:31.099><c> it's</c><00:23:31.279><c> time</c><00:23:31.539><c> for</c><00:23:31.740><c> his</c><00:23:31.980><c> replacement</c><00:23:32.619><c> to</c><00:23:33.420><c> be</c><00:23:33.640><c> magnified.</c> 00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:36.240 But<00:23:34.220><c> there</c><00:23:34.619><c> may</c><00:23:34.839><c> have</c><00:23:34.980><c> been</c><00:23:35.200><c> some</c><00:23:35.400><c> in</c><00:23:35.559><c> the</c><00:23:35.720><c> nation,</c><00:23:36.119><c> brothers</c> 00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:39.240 and<00:23:36.460><c> sisters,</c><00:23:36.940><c> who</c><00:23:37.299><c> had</c><00:23:37.579><c> doubts</c><00:23:37.900><c> about</c><00:23:38.220><c> that.</c> 00:23:39.420 --> 00:23:43.359 So<00:23:39.900><c> when</c><00:23:40.099><c> it</c><00:23:40.259><c> came</c><00:23:40.460><c> time</c><00:23:40.779><c> for</c><00:23:41.019><c> Joshua</c><00:23:41.319><c> to</c><00:23:41.500><c> be</c><00:23:41.700><c> magnified</c><00:23:42.440><c> in</c><00:23:43.000><c> the</c><00:23:43.119><c> sight</c><00:23:43.200><c> of</c> 00:23:43.359 --> 00:23:43.779 all<00:23:43.500><c> Israel,</c> 00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:46.059 this<00:23:44.000><c> is</c><00:23:44.180><c> what</c><00:23:44.339><c> God</c><00:23:44.640><c> wanted</c><00:23:44.980><c> them</c><00:23:45.200><c> to</c><00:23:45.440><c> do.</c> 00:23:46.420 --> 00:23:48.539 Joshua<00:23:46.559><c> chapter</c><00:23:46.900><c> 3</c><00:23:47.319><c> in</c><00:23:47.480><c> verse</c><00:23:47.720><c> 7.</c> 00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:50.079 And<00:23:48.900><c> Yahweh</c><00:23:49.259><c> said</c><00:23:49.420><c> unto</c><00:23:49.640><c> Joshua,</c> 00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:54.680 This<00:23:50.519><c> day</c><00:23:51.880><c> will</c><00:23:52.680><c> I</c><00:23:52.859><c> begin</c><00:23:53.079><c> to</c><00:23:53.380><c> magnify</c><00:23:53.839><c> thee</c><00:23:54.039><c> in</c><00:23:54.160><c> the</c><00:23:54.359><c> sight</c><00:23:54.480><c> of</c> 00:23:54.680 --> 00:23:55.220 all<00:23:54.859><c> Israel,</c> 00:23:55.319 --> 00:23:58.900 that<00:23:55.420><c> they</c><00:23:56.079><c> may</c><00:23:56.539><c> know,</c><00:23:56.980><c> which</c><00:23:57.539><c> of</c><00:23:57.700><c> course</c><00:23:57.859><c> implies</c><00:23:58.400><c> that</c><00:23:58.599><c> there</c><00:23:58.720><c> were</c> 00:23:58.900 --> 00:23:59.980 some<00:23:59.119><c> who</c><00:23:59.380><c> doubted,</c> 00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:04.539 that<00:24:00.500><c> they</c><00:24:00.880><c> may</c><00:24:01.240><c> know</c><00:24:01.480><c> that</c><00:24:01.640><c> as</c><00:24:01.900><c> I</c><00:24:02.119><c> was</c><00:24:02.279><c> with</c><00:24:02.519><c> Moses,</c><00:24:03.500><c> so</c><00:24:03.900><c> I</c><00:24:04.200><c> will</c><00:24:04.319><c> be</c> 00:24:04.539 --> 00:24:05.140 with<00:24:04.819><c> thee.</c> 00:24:05.140 --> 00:24:08.279 And<00:24:05.680><c> thou</c><00:24:05.920><c> shalt</c><00:24:06.299><c> command</c><00:24:06.880><c> the</c><00:24:07.200><c> priests</c><00:24:07.440><c> that</c><00:24:07.720><c> bear</c><00:24:07.900><c> the</c><00:24:08.119><c> ark</c> 00:24:08.279 --> 00:24:09.339 of<00:24:08.420><c> the</c><00:24:08.579><c> covenant,</c><00:24:09.180><c> saying,</c> 00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:14.019 When<00:24:10.019><c> you</c><00:24:10.220><c> are</c><00:24:10.380><c> come</c><00:24:10.519><c> to</c><00:24:10.720><c> the</c><00:24:10.920><c> brink</c><00:24:11.099><c> of</c><00:24:11.240><c> the</c><00:24:11.440><c> water</c><00:24:11.619><c> of</c><00:24:11.839><c> Jordan,</c><00:24:12.140><c> you</c><00:24:12.339><c> shall</c><00:24:12.559><c> stand</c><00:24:13.119><c> still</c><00:24:13.420><c> in</c><00:24:13.720><c> Jordan.</c> 00:24:14.359 --> 00:24:17.680 So<00:24:14.539><c> you</c><00:24:14.680><c> see</c><00:24:14.759><c> what</c><00:24:15.000><c> God</c><00:24:15.240><c> was</c><00:24:15.500><c> doing</c><00:24:15.640><c> here</c><00:24:15.900><c> by</c><00:24:16.339><c> these</c><00:24:16.640><c> instructions</c><00:24:17.140><c> to</c><00:24:17.420><c> Joshua.</c> 00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:21.700 Joshua,<00:24:18.819><c> this</c><00:24:19.119><c> day</c><00:24:19.539><c> I'm</c><00:24:20.000><c> going</c><00:24:20.099><c> to</c><00:24:20.440><c> magnify</c><00:24:20.960><c> you</c><00:24:21.160><c> in</c><00:24:21.319><c> the</c><00:24:21.440><c> sight</c><00:24:21.539><c> of</c> 00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:22.140 all<00:24:21.839><c> Israel.</c> 00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:25.380 Now<00:24:22.599><c> go</c><00:24:22.859><c> and</c><00:24:23.000><c> tell</c><00:24:23.079><c> the</c><00:24:23.319><c> priests</c><00:24:23.500><c> to</c><00:24:23.720><c> put</c><00:24:23.940><c> their</c><00:24:24.220><c> feet</c><00:24:24.339><c> in</c><00:24:24.559><c> Jordan.</c> 00:24:27.160 --> 00:24:30.740 And<00:24:27.400><c> when</c><00:24:27.599><c> the</c><00:24:27.819><c> ark</c><00:24:27.960><c> goes</c><00:24:28.259><c> across,</c><00:24:30.099><c> verse</c><00:24:30.359><c> 11,</c> 00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:34.059 Behold,<00:24:31.160><c> the</c><00:24:31.380><c> ark</c><00:24:31.619><c> of</c><00:24:31.759><c> the</c><00:24:31.980><c> covenant</c><00:24:32.380><c> of</c><00:24:33.180><c> the</c><00:24:33.400><c> Lord</c><00:24:33.599><c> of</c><00:24:33.799><c> all</c> 00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:37.220 the<00:24:34.279><c> earth</c><00:24:34.900><c> passeth</c><00:24:35.579><c> over</c><00:24:35.940><c> before</c><00:24:36.380><c> you</c><00:24:36.579><c> into</c><00:24:36.880><c> Jordan.</c> 00:24:37.579 --> 00:24:40.519 That<00:24:37.880><c> ark,</c><00:24:38.220><c> of</c><00:24:38.440><c> course,</c><00:24:38.940><c> represented</c><00:24:39.220><c> the</c><00:24:39.579><c> leadership</c><00:24:40.240><c> to</c> 00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:42.900 which<00:24:40.779><c> Joshua</c><00:24:41.299><c> was</c><00:24:41.799><c> connected.</c> 00:24:43.619 --> 00:24:47.960 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ruler</c><00:25:08.519><c> of</c> 00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:09.500 all<00:25:09.019><c> the</c><00:25:09.240><c> earth.</c> 00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:12.660 This<00:25:10.119><c> day,</c><00:25:10.640><c> Joshua,</c><00:25:10.859><c> I</c><00:25:11.160><c> will</c><00:25:11.359><c> magnify</c><00:25:11.880><c> you</c><00:25:12.079><c> in</c><00:25:12.220><c> the</c><00:25:12.380><c> sight</c><00:25:12.480><c> of</c> 00:25:12.660 --> 00:25:13.140 all<00:25:12.819><c> Israel.</c> 00:25:13.440 --> 00:25:18.119 The<00:25:13.839><c> ruler</c><00:25:14.180><c> of</c><00:25:14.359><c> all</c><00:25:14.559><c> the</c><00:25:14.720><c> earth</c><00:25:14.880><c> will</c><00:25:15.539><c> go</c><00:25:16.059><c> over</c><00:25:17.019><c> Jordan.</c> 00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:21.980 So<00:25:18.880><c> Yahweh</c><00:25:19.180><c> manifested</c><00:25:19.819><c> his</c><00:25:20.380><c> acceptance</c><00:25:20.740><c> of</c><00:25:21.039><c> Joshua</c><00:25:21.339><c> to</c><00:25:21.559><c> Israel</c> 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Kings</c><00:25:38.019><c> chapter</c><00:25:38.519><c> 2,</c><00:25:40.180><c> Elijah</c><00:25:40.559><c> is</c><00:25:40.799><c> about</c><00:25:41.019><c> to</c><00:25:41.279><c> depart,</c> 00:25:42.900 --> 00:25:46.779 and<00:25:43.000><c> there</c><00:25:43.119><c> are</c><00:25:43.299><c> 50</c><00:25:43.720><c> aspirants</c><00:25:44.279><c> for</c><00:25:44.500><c> the</c><00:25:44.700><c> job,</c><00:25:46.079><c> 51</c><00:25:46.460><c> if</c><00:25:46.640><c> you</c> 00:25:46.779 --> 00:25:47.900 count<00:25:46.940><c> Elijah.</c> 00:25:50.339 --> 00:25:53.319 And<00:25:50.819><c> his</c><00:25:51.019><c> successor</c><00:25:51.460><c> now</c><00:25:51.700><c> is</c><00:25:51.880><c> going</c><00:25:52.000><c> to</c><00:25:52.099><c> be</c><00:25:52.319><c> manifest.</c> 00:25:55.299 --> 00:25:57.420 And<00:25:55.640><c> in</c><00:25:55.799><c> order</c><00:25:55.940><c> that</c><00:25:56.099><c> his</c><00:25:56.380><c> successor</c><00:25:56.640><c> might</c><00:25:56.839><c> be</c><00:25:57.099><c> manifest,</c> 00:25:57.460 --> 00:25:59.940 they<00:25:57.599><c> were</c><00:25:57.839><c> taken</c><00:25:58.140><c> down</c><00:25:58.519><c> to</c><00:25:58.720><c> the</c><00:25:58.900><c> River</c><00:25:59.200><c> Jordan.</c> 00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:05.259 2<00:26:00.779><c> Kings</c><00:26:01.140><c> chapter</c><00:26:01.519><c> 2,</c><00:26:03.680><c> and</c><00:26:03.880><c> verse</c><00:26:04.099><c> 12,</c> 00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:09.779 Elisha<00:26:06.160><c> saw</c><00:26:06.480><c> it,</c><00:26:06.640><c> and</c><00:26:06.660><c> he</c><00:26:06.980><c> cried,</c><00:26:07.500><c> My</c><00:26:07.500><c> father,</c><00:26:07.940><c> my</c><00:26:08.200><c> father,</c><00:26:08.599><c> the</c><00:26:08.859><c> chariot</c><00:26:09.099><c> of</c><00:26:09.200><c> Israel,</c> 00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:12.700 and<00:26:10.299><c> the</c><00:26:10.539><c> horseman</c><00:26:10.900><c> thereof,</c><00:26:11.359><c> and</c><00:26:11.480><c> he</c><00:26:11.680><c> saw</c><00:26:11.839><c> him</c><00:26:12.039><c> no</c><00:26:12.279><c> more.</c> 00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:15.880 He<00:26:13.519><c> took</c><00:26:13.720><c> hold</c><00:26:13.880><c> of</c><00:26:14.000><c> his</c><00:26:14.119><c> own</c><00:26:14.400><c> clothes</c><00:26:14.579><c> and</c><00:26:14.880><c> rent</c><00:26:15.039><c> them</c><00:26:15.220><c> in</c><00:26:15.380><c> two</c><00:26:15.559><c> pieces.</c> 00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:18.500 He<00:26:16.039><c> took</c><00:26:16.220><c> up</c><00:26:16.460><c> also</c><00:26:16.740><c> the</c><00:26:16.900><c> mantle</c><00:26:17.220><c> of</c><00:26:17.500><c> Elijah</c><00:26:17.759><c> that</c><00:26:18.019><c> fell</c><00:26:18.240><c> from</c> 00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:19.339 him<00:26:18.700><c> and</c><00:26:18.859><c> went</c><00:26:19.019><c> back</c> 00:26:19.339 --> 00:26:23.279 and<00:26:19.660><c> stood</c><00:26:20.180><c> by</c><00:26:21.440><c> the</c><00:26:21.640><c> bank</c><00:26:21.839><c> of</c><00:26:22.259><c> Jordan.</c> 00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:27.420 So<00:26:23.839><c> the</c><00:26:24.000><c> mantle</c><00:26:24.339><c> changed</c><00:26:25.160><c> at</c><00:26:25.880><c> precisely</c><00:26:26.440><c> the</c><00:26:26.740><c> same</c><00:26:27.059><c> spot</c> 00:26:27.420 --> 00:26:32.180 where<00:26:28.140><c> Moses'</c><00:26:29.440><c> leadership</c><00:26:29.900><c> was</c><00:26:30.160><c> succeeded</c><00:26:30.579><c> by</c><00:26:31.160><c> Joshua.</c> 00:26:32.539 --> 00:26:34.259 And<00:26:32.660><c> it</c><00:26:32.799><c> says,</c><00:26:33.619><c> verse</c><00:26:33.859><c> 14,</c> 00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:36.700 He<00:26:34.339><c> took</c><00:26:34.619><c> the</c><00:26:34.799><c> mantle</c><00:26:35.099><c> of</c><00:26:35.339><c> Elijah</c><00:26:35.640><c> that</c><00:26:35.880><c> fell</c><00:26:36.039><c> from</c><00:26:36.200><c> him</c><00:26:36.359><c> and</c> 00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:37.420 smote<00:26:36.980><c> the</c><00:26:37.220><c> waters,</c> 00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:41.019 and<00:26:37.539><c> they</c><00:26:37.759><c> said,</c><00:26:38.079><c> Where</c><00:26:38.460><c> is</c><00:26:38.900><c> Yahweh</c><00:26:39.440><c> Elohim</c><00:26:39.880><c> of</c><00:26:40.079><c> Elijah?</c> 00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:43.980 Where<00:26:41.660><c> is</c><00:26:41.880><c> he?</c><00:26:43.019><c> At</c><00:26:43.500><c> Jordan.</c> 00:26:43.980 --> 00:26:48.559 And<00:26:45.119><c> when</c><00:26:45.920><c> he</c><00:26:46.039><c> had</c><00:26:46.319><c> smitten</c><00:26:46.559><c> the</c><00:26:46.819><c> waters,</c><00:26:47.299><c> they</c><00:26:47.400><c> parted</c><00:26:47.839><c> hither</c><00:26:48.180><c> and</c><00:26:48.380><c> thither,</c> 00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:50.660 and<00:26:48.980><c> Elisha</c><00:26:49.579><c> went</c><00:26:49.859><c> over.</c> 00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:53.299 And<00:26:51.220><c> when</c><00:26:51.400><c> the</c><00:26:51.619><c> sons</c><00:26:51.799><c> of</c><00:26:51.980><c> the</c><00:26:52.200><c> prophets</c><00:26:52.500><c> which</c><00:26:52.700><c> were</c><00:26:52.920><c> to</c><00:26:53.119><c> view</c> 00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:54.440 at<00:26:53.619><c> Jericho</c><00:26:54.039><c> saw</c><00:26:54.259><c> him,</c> 00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:59.700 they<00:26:54.819><c> said,</c><00:26:55.839><c> The</c><00:26:55.980><c> spirit</c><00:26:56.519><c> of</c><00:26:56.700><c> Elisha</c><00:26:57.880><c> doth</c><00:26:58.220><c> rest</c><00:26:58.599><c> upon</c><00:26:58.900><c> Elisha.</c> 00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:03.980 And<00:27:00.200><c> they</c><00:27:00.440><c> came</c><00:27:00.859><c> to</c><00:27:01.180><c> meet</c><00:27:01.359><c> him</c><00:27:01.759><c> and</c><00:27:02.440><c> bowed</c><00:27:02.880><c> themselves</c><00:27:03.460><c> to</c><00:27:03.740><c> the</c> 00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:05.240 ground<00:27:04.299><c> before</c><00:27:04.940><c> him.</c> 00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:12.299 So<00:27:05.619><c> when</c><00:27:06.480><c> Elisha</c><00:27:07.799><c> was</c><00:27:08.220><c> manifested</c><00:27:09.119><c> to</c><00:27:09.460><c> Israel</c><00:27:09.940><c> at</c><00:27:10.880><c> the</c><00:27:11.039><c> River</c><00:27:11.220><c> Jordan,</c> 00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:15.980 and<00:27:13.079><c> it</c><00:27:13.180><c> became</c><00:27:13.480><c> apparent</c><00:27:13.880><c> to</c><00:27:14.119><c> all</c><00:27:14.299><c> that</c><00:27:14.519><c> Yahweh</c><00:27:14.799><c> was</c><00:27:15.059><c> with</c><00:27:15.299><c> Elisha,</c> 00:27:15.980 --> 00:27:19.819 they<00:27:16.420><c> bowed</c><00:27:16.799><c> themselves</c><00:27:17.420><c> to</c><00:27:17.660><c> the</c><00:27:17.900><c> ground</c><00:27:18.180><c> before</c><00:27:18.640><c> him</c><00:27:19.220><c> at</c><00:27:19.619><c> the</c> 00:27:19.819 --> 00:27:20.980 River<00:27:20.019><c> Jordan.</c> 00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:25.059 The<00:27:22.079><c> third</c><00:27:22.359><c> case</c><00:27:22.940><c> is</c><00:27:24.079><c> in</c><00:27:24.200><c> Matthew</c><00:27:24.500><c> chapter</c><00:27:24.819><c> three.</c> 00:27:25.079 --> 00:27:27.960 Now<00:27:25.220><c> we'll</c><00:27:25.700><c> tie</c><00:27:25.940><c> all</c><00:27:26.180><c> these</c><00:27:26.380><c> together</c><00:27:26.940><c> after</c><00:27:27.619><c> looking</c><00:27:27.819><c> at</c> 00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:29.240 this<00:27:28.180><c> very</c><00:27:28.480><c> famous</c><00:27:28.819><c> reference</c> 00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:32.220 in<00:27:29.799><c> Matthew</c><00:27:30.240><c> chapter</c><00:27:30.819><c> three.</c> 00:27:33.140 --> 00:27:35.920 John,<00:27:33.460><c> of</c><00:27:33.500><c> course,</c><00:27:33.700><c> has</c><00:27:33.839><c> been</c><00:27:34.039><c> baptizing</c><00:27:34.599><c> and</c><00:27:34.720><c> it's</c><00:27:34.940><c> time</c><00:27:35.240><c> for</c> 00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:39.140 the<00:27:36.180><c> forerunner</c><00:27:36.720><c> to</c><00:27:37.339><c> end</c><00:27:37.660><c> his</c><00:27:38.059><c> course.</c> 00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:44.619 Even<00:27:40.839><c> after</c><00:27:41.440><c> John</c><00:27:41.720><c> was</c><00:27:41.940><c> in</c><00:27:42.119><c> prison,</c><00:27:42.299><c> there</c><00:27:42.400><c> were</c><00:27:42.700><c> still</c><00:27:43.059><c> disciples</c><00:27:43.559><c> following</c><00:27:43.980><c> after</c><00:27:44.359><c> John.</c> 00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:47.599 So<00:27:44.799><c> there</c><00:27:44.859><c> was</c><00:27:45.380><c> some</c><00:27:46.140><c> reservation</c><00:27:46.700><c> in</c><00:27:46.859><c> their</c><00:27:47.059><c> minds</c><00:27:47.279><c> as</c><00:27:47.460><c> to</c> 00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:48.720 whether<00:27:47.920><c> they</c><00:27:48.180><c> should</c><00:27:48.380><c> continue</c> 00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:52.740 to<00:27:48.960><c> follow</c><00:27:49.140><c> John</c><00:27:49.539><c> or</c><00:27:49.700><c> whether</c><00:27:50.000><c> they</c><00:27:50.259><c> should</c><00:27:50.880><c> follow</c><00:27:51.579><c> the</c><00:27:52.579><c> one</c> 00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:55.559 whom<00:27:52.940><c> John</c><00:27:54.099><c> ran</c><00:27:54.539><c> before.</c> 00:27:56.019 --> 00:27:58.700 And<00:27:56.279><c> so</c><00:27:56.380><c> they</c><00:27:56.519><c> went</c><00:27:56.700><c> down</c><00:27:57.000><c> to</c><00:27:57.180><c> the</c><00:27:57.319><c> River</c><00:27:57.519><c> Jordan.</c> 00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:05.599 Verse<00:28:00.740><c> 13,</c><00:28:02.380><c> Then</c><00:28:02.660><c> cometh</c><00:28:03.000><c> Jesus</c><00:28:03.519><c> from</c><00:28:03.920><c> Galilee</c><00:28:04.619><c> to</c><00:28:05.039><c> Jordan</c> 00:28:05.599 --> 00:28:06.519 unto<00:28:06.160><c> John.</c> 00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:08.660 Now<00:28:06.680><c> that's</c><00:28:06.920><c> the</c><00:28:07.119><c> same</c><00:28:07.359><c> journey</c><00:28:07.640><c> that</c><00:28:07.779><c> we've</c><00:28:08.039><c> just</c><00:28:08.279><c> traversed.</c> 00:28:08.660 --> 00:28:14.599 From<00:28:08.960><c> Galilee</c><00:28:09.859><c> to</c><00:28:10.539><c> Jordan</c><00:28:11.099><c> unto</c><00:28:11.660><c> John</c><00:28:12.140><c> to</c><00:28:12.339><c> be</c><00:28:12.640><c> baptized</c><00:28:13.200><c> of</c><00:28:13.460><c> him.</c> 00:28:14.940 --> 00:28:19.279 Verse<00:28:15.119><c> 16,</c><00:28:15.599><c> And</c><00:28:15.740><c> Jesus,</c><00:28:16.579><c> when</c><00:28:16.880><c> he</c><00:28:17.039><c> was</c><00:28:17.240><c> baptized,</c><00:28:17.779><c> went</c><00:28:17.900><c> up</c><00:28:18.240><c> straightway</c><00:28:18.900><c> out</c><00:28:19.119><c> of</c> 00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:20.339 the<00:28:19.519><c> water,</c> 00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:22.339 the<00:28:20.859><c> water</c><00:28:21.099><c> of</c><00:28:21.339><c> Jordan.</c> 00:28:22.940 --> 00:28:25.519 And<00:28:23.099><c> lo,</c><00:28:23.380><c> the</c><00:28:23.559><c> heavens</c><00:28:23.819><c> were</c><00:28:24.059><c> opened</c><00:28:24.299><c> unto</c><00:28:24.519><c> him.</c> 00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:28.420 And<00:28:26.119><c> he</c><00:28:26.319><c> saw</c><00:28:26.480><c> the</c><00:28:26.720><c> Spirit</c><00:28:27.039><c> of</c><00:28:27.160><c> God</c><00:28:27.460><c> descending</c><00:28:27.819><c> like</c><00:28:28.099><c> a</c><00:28:28.279><c> dove</c> 00:28:28.420 --> 00:28:29.799 and<00:28:28.680><c> lighting</c><00:28:28.920><c> upon</c><00:28:29.380><c> him,</c> 00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:33.059 or<00:28:30.380><c> as</c><00:28:30.599><c> the</c><00:28:30.940><c> Greek</c><00:28:31.079><c> is,</c><00:28:31.720><c> remaining</c><00:28:32.180><c> on</c><00:28:32.660><c> him.</c> 00:28:33.059 --> 00:28:38.920 And<00:28:33.740><c> lo,</c><00:28:34.039><c> a</c><00:28:34.039><c> voice</c><00:28:34.279><c> from</c><00:28:34.519><c> heaven</c><00:28:34.799><c> saying,</c><00:28:35.920><c> This</c><00:28:35.920><c> is</c><00:28:36.660><c> my</c><00:28:36.940><c> beloved</c><00:28:37.299><c> son,</c><00:28:38.259><c> in</c><00:28:38.519><c> whom</c><00:28:38.680><c> I</c> 00:28:38.920 --> 00:28:40.299 am<00:28:39.099><c> well</c><00:28:39.319><c> pleased.</c> 00:28:40.339 --> 00:28:44.640 At<00:28:40.640><c> the</c><00:28:40.819><c> River</c><00:28:41.019><c> Jordan,</c><00:28:41.519><c> there</c><00:28:41.559><c> was</c><00:28:41.839><c> that</c><00:28:42.259><c> manifestation</c><00:28:42.940><c> that</c><00:28:43.559><c> this</c><00:28:44.160><c> was</c> 00:28:44.640 --> 00:28:45.380 the<00:28:44.880><c> one</c> 00:28:45.380 --> 00:28:47.099 that<00:28:45.940><c> they</c><00:28:46.279><c> now</c><00:28:46.619><c> were</c><00:28:46.740><c> to</c><00:28:46.960><c> follow.</c> 00:28:47.140 --> 00:28:51.240 So<00:28:47.259><c> with</c><00:28:47.480><c> Joshua,</c><00:28:48.440><c> this</c><00:28:48.900><c> day</c><00:28:49.680><c> will</c><00:28:50.079><c> I</c><00:28:50.240><c> begin</c><00:28:50.380><c> to</c><00:28:50.680><c> magnify</c><00:28:51.079><c> thee</c> 00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:53.299 in<00:28:51.380><c> the</c><00:28:51.519><c> sight</c><00:28:51.680><c> of</c><00:28:51.880><c> all</c><00:28:52.380><c> Israel.</c> 00:28:53.420 --> 00:28:57.619 Where<00:28:53.680><c> is</c><00:28:54.039><c> Yahweh</c><00:28:54.480><c> Elohim</c><00:28:54.859><c> of</c><00:28:55.099><c> Elijah?</c><00:28:55.839><c> And</c><00:28:56.079><c> Elisha</c><00:28:56.559><c> went</c><00:28:56.759><c> over.</c> 00:28:58.039 --> 00:29:01.880 This<00:28:58.500><c> is</c><00:28:59.039><c> my</c><00:28:59.279><c> beloved</c><00:28:59.619><c> son,</c><00:29:00.819><c> in</c><00:29:00.980><c> whom</c><00:29:01.119><c> I</c><00:29:01.339><c> am</c><00:29:01.519><c> well</c><00:29:01.720><c> pleased.</c> 00:29:01.880 --> 00:29:04.740 Now<00:29:02.099><c> why,</c><00:29:02.599><c> brothers</c><00:29:02.720><c> and</c><00:29:02.940><c> sisters,</c><00:29:03.240><c> those</c><00:29:03.519><c> three</c><00:29:03.779><c> men?</c> 00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:12.720 Well,<00:29:08.160><c> Joshua,</c><00:29:09.680><c> Yahashua,</c><00:29:11.440><c> is</c><00:29:11.519><c> of</c><00:29:11.680><c> course</c><00:29:11.900><c> the</c><00:29:12.079><c> name</c><00:29:12.359><c> of</c><00:29:12.559><c> our</c> 00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:14.420 Lord<00:29:12.900><c> Jesus</c><00:29:13.279><c> Christ.</c> 00:29:14.539 --> 00:29:17.700 Jesus<00:29:15.059><c> is</c><00:29:15.420><c> but</c><00:29:15.619><c> the</c><00:29:15.880><c> Greek</c><00:29:16.859><c> equivalent.</c> 00:29:18.099 --> 00:29:22.220 And<00:29:18.299><c> it</c><00:29:18.400><c> means</c><00:29:18.720><c> the</c><00:29:19.059><c> salvation</c><00:29:19.900><c> of</c><00:29:21.160><c> God.</c> 00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:26.900 And<00:29:22.700><c> Elisha</c><00:29:23.680><c> also</c><00:29:24.660><c> means</c><00:29:25.059><c> the</c><00:29:25.299><c> same</c><00:29:25.500><c> thing,</c><00:29:25.859><c> the</c><00:29:26.099><c> salvation</c> 00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:27.480 of<00:29:27.259><c> God.</c> 00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:29.079 So<00:29:27.640><c> they</c><00:29:27.680><c> had</c><00:29:27.900><c> very</c><00:29:28.319><c> similar</c><00:29:28.640><c> names.</c> 00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:31.480 And<00:29:29.740><c> why</c><00:29:30.059><c> was</c><00:29:30.339><c> it</c><00:29:30.440><c> that</c><00:29:30.519><c> they</c><00:29:30.680><c> were</c><00:29:30.839><c> able</c><00:29:30.940><c> to</c><00:29:31.059><c> get</c><00:29:31.240><c> through</c> 00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:32.599 that<00:29:31.720><c> river?</c> 00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:39.779 Because<00:29:33.599><c> it</c><00:29:33.740><c> was</c><00:29:34.079><c> God's</c><00:29:34.980><c> salvation</c><00:29:35.799><c> that</c><00:29:37.059><c> was</c><00:29:37.279><c> at</c><00:29:37.480><c> work</c><00:29:38.000><c> in</c><00:29:38.799><c> all</c><00:29:39.079><c> three</c><00:29:39.299><c> of</c><00:29:39.460><c> them.</c> 00:29:39.900 --> 00:29:42.480 And<00:29:40.160><c> because</c><00:29:40.500><c> they</c><00:29:40.680><c> were</c><00:29:40.880><c> able</c><00:29:41.039><c> to</c><00:29:41.359><c> get</c><00:29:41.619><c> through</c><00:29:41.920><c> that</c><00:29:42.200><c> river</c> 00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:46.319 and<00:29:42.619><c> to</c><00:29:42.759><c> be</c><00:29:43.019><c> manifested</c><00:29:43.500><c> out</c><00:29:44.000><c> of</c><00:29:44.200><c> that</c><00:29:44.480><c> river,</c><00:29:44.779><c> which</c><00:29:45.160><c> so</c><00:29:45.839><c> stood</c><00:29:46.079><c> for</c> 00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:47.599 the<00:29:46.559><c> flesh,</c> 00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:51.700 it<00:29:48.220><c> was</c><00:29:48.480><c> apparent</c><00:29:48.799><c> then</c><00:29:49.059><c> to</c><00:29:49.299><c> all</c><00:29:49.500><c> that</c><00:29:49.779><c> this</c><00:29:50.200><c> was</c><00:29:50.519><c> the</c><00:29:50.740><c> one</c><00:29:51.000><c> that</c><00:29:51.339><c> God</c> 00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:52.920 had<00:29:52.099><c> chosen,</c> 00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:56.680 in<00:29:53.220><c> whose</c><00:29:53.619><c> authority</c><00:29:54.640><c> they</c><00:29:55.140><c> would</c><00:29:55.339><c> now</c><00:29:55.559><c> be</c><00:29:55.859><c> vested.</c> 00:29:57.279 --> 00:30:00.839 So<00:29:57.799><c> Jordan,</c><00:29:58.359><c> brothers</c><00:29:58.460><c> and</c><00:29:58.720><c> sisters,</c><00:29:59.079><c> stands</c><00:29:59.460><c> for</c><00:29:59.740><c> the</c><00:30:00.019><c> flesh.</c> 00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:04.680 And<00:30:01.740><c> it's</c><00:30:02.259><c> come</c><00:30:02.460><c> from</c><00:30:03.279><c> Mount</c><00:30:03.700><c> Hermon.</c> 00:30:05.119 --> 00:30:07.319 Man<00:30:05.380><c> begins</c><00:30:06.079><c> upright.</c> 00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:10.160 But<00:30:08.359><c> man,</c><00:30:08.599><c> of</c><00:30:08.700><c> course,</c><00:30:08.960><c> has</c><00:30:09.160><c> sought</c><00:30:09.240><c> out</c><00:30:09.500><c> many</c><00:30:09.720><c> devices.</c> 00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:12.539 He's<00:30:11.019><c> gone</c><00:30:11.319><c> down</c><00:30:11.660><c> the</c><00:30:11.839><c> way</c><00:30:12.019><c> of</c><00:30:12.319><c> sin.</c> 00:30:12.819 --> 00:30:15.680 And<00:30:13.180><c> that</c><00:30:13.539><c> is</c><00:30:13.819><c> what</c><00:30:14.000><c> the</c><00:30:14.220><c> Jordan</c><00:30:14.400><c> speaks</c><00:30:14.799><c> of.</c> 00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:20.160 This<00:30:16.539><c> is</c><00:30:16.740><c> an</c><00:30:16.960><c> overhead</c><00:30:17.240><c> shot</c><00:30:17.519><c> of</c><00:30:17.779><c> Jordan</c><00:30:18.220><c> as</c><00:30:19.339><c> we</c><00:30:19.579><c> make</c><00:30:19.740><c> our</c><00:30:19.960><c> way</c> 00:30:20.160 --> 00:30:21.140 towards<00:30:20.519><c> the</c><00:30:20.720><c> Dead</c><00:30:21.000><c> Sea.</c> 00:30:21.180 --> 00:30:22.740 And<00:30:21.299><c> what</c><00:30:21.359><c> does</c><00:30:21.480><c> it</c><00:30:21.619><c> look</c><00:30:21.779><c> like?</c> 00:30:23.559 --> 00:30:27.079 It<00:30:24.119><c> looks</c><00:30:24.299><c> like</c><00:30:24.500><c> the</c><00:30:24.680><c> winding</c><00:30:24.900><c> of</c><00:30:25.180><c> a</c><00:30:25.400><c> snake,</c><00:30:26.339><c> doesn't</c><00:30:26.680><c> it?</c> 00:30:27.359 --> 00:30:31.420 If<00:30:27.500><c> you</c><00:30:27.579><c> look</c><00:30:27.720><c> at</c><00:30:27.900><c> Jordan</c><00:30:28.099><c> on</c><00:30:28.279><c> a</c><00:30:28.420><c> map</c><00:30:28.680><c> between</c><00:30:29.200><c> the</c><00:30:29.420><c> Sea</c><00:30:29.539><c> of</c><00:30:29.819><c> Galilee</c><00:30:30.220><c> and</c> 00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:32.799 the<00:30:31.559><c> Dead</c><00:30:31.859><c> Sea,</c> 00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:34.059 you'll<00:30:33.299><c> see</c><00:30:33.400><c> a</c><00:30:33.539><c> lot</c><00:30:33.660><c> of</c><00:30:33.799><c> this.</c> 00:30:34.140 --> 00:30:36.299 It's<00:30:34.339><c> like</c><00:30:34.480><c> the</c><00:30:34.740><c> winding</c><00:30:35.019><c> of</c><00:30:35.319><c> a</c><00:30:35.519><c> snake.</c> 00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:41.180 It's<00:30:36.980><c> the</c><00:30:37.200><c> serpent</c><00:30:37.480><c> thinking</c><00:30:38.119><c> going</c><00:30:38.720><c> down</c><00:30:39.400><c> and</c><00:30:39.940><c> down</c><00:30:40.779><c> and</c> 00:30:41.180 --> 00:30:43.240 down<00:30:41.740><c> into</c><00:30:42.799><c> death.</c> 00:30:43.599 --> 00:30:47.420 And<00:30:43.759><c> if</c><00:30:43.859><c> the</c><00:30:44.059><c> water</c><00:30:44.259><c> was</c><00:30:44.599><c> dirty</c><00:30:45.240><c> up</c><00:30:45.799><c> there</c><00:30:46.160><c> north</c><00:30:46.680><c> of</c><00:30:47.160><c> the</c><00:30:47.299><c> Sea</c> 00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:48.599 of<00:30:47.640><c> Galilee,</c> 00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:51.680 it<00:30:49.839><c> gets</c><00:30:50.079><c> even</c><00:30:50.400><c> dirtier.</c> 00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:55.259 As<00:30:53.119><c> the</c><00:30:53.279><c> water</c><00:30:53.440><c> approaches</c><00:30:53.859><c> the</c><00:30:54.059><c> Dead</c><00:30:54.339><c> Sea,</c> 00:30:56.019 --> 00:30:59.559 the<00:30:56.140><c> waters</c><00:30:56.380><c> of</c><00:30:56.579><c> Jordan</c><00:30:56.779><c> become</c><00:30:57.099><c> more</c><00:30:57.539><c> stagnant</c><00:30:58.359><c> and</c><00:30:58.700><c> turgid,</c> 00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:02.539 demonstrating<00:31:00.279><c> man's</c><00:31:01.000><c> inevitable</c><00:31:01.640><c> destiny.</c> 00:31:02.619 --> 00:31:06.640 The<00:31:02.799><c> water</c><00:31:03.220><c> begins</c><00:31:03.599><c> to</c><00:31:04.019><c> flow</c><00:31:04.240><c> slower</c><00:31:04.920><c> and</c><00:31:05.660><c> slower</c><00:31:06.000><c> and</c><00:31:06.380><c> slower.</c> 00:31:06.940 --> 00:31:09.579 It<00:31:07.140><c> gets</c><00:31:07.480><c> dirtier</c><00:31:08.079><c> and</c><00:31:08.359><c> dirtier</c><00:31:08.940><c> and</c><00:31:09.180><c> dirtier.</c> 00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:11.660 And<00:31:09.859><c> isn't</c><00:31:10.019><c> that</c><00:31:10.400><c> the</c><00:31:10.700><c> way</c><00:31:10.900><c> man</c><00:31:11.140><c> gets?</c> 00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:17.920 The<00:31:12.640><c> longer</c><00:31:13.000><c> he</c><00:31:13.200><c> goes</c><00:31:13.500><c> on,</c><00:31:14.460><c> he</c><00:31:14.579><c> just</c><00:31:14.779><c> gets</c><00:31:15.039><c> more</c><00:31:15.759><c> and</c><00:31:16.000><c> more</c><00:31:16.720><c> disgusting.</c> 00:31:19.140 --> 00:31:22.619 These<00:31:19.339><c> people</c><00:31:19.599><c> in</c><00:31:19.740><c> the</c><00:31:19.920><c> world</c><00:31:20.140><c> think</c><00:31:20.519><c> that</c><00:31:20.839><c> they're</c><00:31:21.859><c> glorious</c> 00:31:22.619 --> 00:31:23.519 in<00:31:22.799><c> their</c><00:31:23.079><c> appearance</c> 00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:25.240 and<00:31:23.819><c> they're</c><00:31:24.319><c> all</c><00:31:24.640><c> macho.</c> 00:31:25.420 --> 00:31:28.940 In<00:31:25.700><c> God's</c><00:31:26.279><c> eyes,</c><00:31:27.299><c> they</c><00:31:27.420><c> look</c><00:31:27.619><c> like</c><00:31:27.880><c> that.</c> 00:31:29.579 --> 00:31:30.779 Disgusting,<00:31:30.180><c> grotesque.</c> 00:31:31.140 --> 00:31:34.339 This<00:31:31.460><c> is</c><00:31:32.500><c> our</c><00:31:32.720><c> nature,</c><00:31:33.180><c> brothers</c><00:31:33.259><c> and</c><00:31:33.440><c> sisters.</c> 00:31:34.880 --> 00:31:36.839 How<00:31:35.099><c> are</c><00:31:35.220><c> we</c><00:31:35.339><c> spending</c><00:31:35.579><c> our</c><00:31:35.920><c> time?</c> 00:31:36.859 --> 00:31:39.240 Do<00:31:37.000><c> we</c><00:31:37.099><c> realize</c><00:31:37.500><c> that</c><00:31:37.660><c> this</c><00:31:37.859><c> is</c><00:31:37.980><c> what</c><00:31:38.099><c> we</c><00:31:38.279><c> really</c><00:31:38.640><c> are?</c> 00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:43.539 And<00:31:39.720><c> that</c><00:31:39.920><c> apart</c><00:31:40.160><c> from</c><00:31:40.440><c> the</c><00:31:40.720><c> salvation</c><00:31:41.319><c> of</c><00:31:41.539><c> God</c><00:31:41.779><c> that</c><00:31:41.940><c> is</c><00:31:42.180><c> offered</c><00:31:42.380><c> in</c><00:31:42.680><c> Yahashua,</c> 00:31:43.859 --> 00:31:46.740 there<00:31:44.140><c> can</c><00:31:44.440><c> be</c><00:31:44.640><c> no</c><00:31:44.819><c> life</c><00:31:45.059><c> at</c><00:31:45.259><c> all</c><00:31:45.440><c> for</c><00:31:45.660><c> us.</c> 00:31:47.579 --> 00:31:49.559 It<00:31:47.859><c> demonstrates</c><00:31:48.339><c> man's</c><00:31:48.819><c> inevitable</c><00:31:49.119><c> destiny.</c> 00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:57.480 So<00:31:49.740><c> we've</c><00:31:50.079><c> come</c><00:31:50.220><c> from</c><00:31:50.480><c> there</c><00:31:51.700><c> to</c><00:31:55.119><c> there</c><00:31:55.660><c> in</c><00:31:56.839><c> a</c><00:31:56.940><c> very,</c><00:31:57.259><c> very</c> 00:31:57.480 --> 00:31:58.200 short<00:31:57.700><c> distance.</c> 00:31:58.359 --> 00:31:59.680 Look<00:31:58.500><c> at</c><00:31:58.579><c> the</c><00:31:58.740><c> water.</c> 00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:02.740 You<00:32:00.460><c> see</c><00:32:00.579><c> why</c><00:32:00.839><c> Naaman</c><00:32:01.119><c> wanted</c><00:32:01.339><c> no</c><00:32:01.599><c> part</c><00:32:01.740><c> of</c><00:32:01.859><c> it?</c> 00:32:03.079 --> 00:32:03.920 Look<00:32:03.279><c> at</c><00:32:03.400><c> that.</c> 00:32:04.339 --> 00:32:05.779 It's<00:32:04.680><c> brown.</c> 00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:07.299 It's<00:32:06.339><c> dirty.</c> 00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:12.619 And<00:32:08.259><c> it</c><00:32:08.359><c> was</c><00:32:08.579><c> also,</c><00:32:09.460><c> brothers</c><00:32:09.799><c> and</c><00:32:10.019><c> sisters,</c><00:32:11.960><c> in</c><00:32:12.079><c> the</c><00:32:12.220><c> days</c><00:32:12.400><c> of</c> 00:32:12.619 --> 00:32:13.900 the<00:32:12.740><c> prophets,</c> 00:32:14.119 --> 00:32:19.220 Jordan<00:32:14.440><c> quite</c><00:32:15.059><c> appropriately</c><00:32:15.740><c> was</c><00:32:16.819><c> a</c><00:32:16.980><c> very</c><00:32:17.400><c> dangerous</c><00:32:18.039><c> place.</c> 00:32:20.160 --> 00:32:22.519 You<00:32:20.259><c> know,</c><00:32:20.319><c> there's</c><00:32:20.579><c> references</c><00:32:20.960><c> we</c><00:32:21.160><c> won't</c><00:32:21.819><c> look</c><00:32:22.299><c> at,</c> 00:32:22.779 --> 00:32:27.099 but<00:32:23.460><c> in</c><00:32:23.900><c> Jeremiah</c><00:32:24.319><c> chapter</c><00:32:24.619><c> 49</c><00:32:25.299><c> in</c><00:32:25.579><c> verse</c><00:32:25.819><c> 19,</c> 00:32:27.779 --> 00:32:30.640 Jordan<00:32:28.140><c> was</c><00:32:28.539><c> noted</c><00:32:28.859><c> for</c><00:32:29.140><c> having</c><00:32:29.460><c> lions.</c> 00:32:32.119 --> 00:32:35.240 Matthew<00:32:32.400><c> chapter</c><00:32:32.700><c> 3,</c><00:32:33.240><c> John</c><00:32:33.460><c> the</c><00:32:33.640><c> Baptist</c><00:32:33.880><c> was</c><00:32:34.160><c> drawing</c><00:32:34.460><c> on</c><00:32:34.660><c> the</c><00:32:34.819><c> language</c><00:32:35.079><c> of</c> 00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:35.859 the<00:32:35.440><c> territory</c> 00:32:35.859 --> 00:32:38.759 when<00:32:36.039><c> he</c><00:32:36.279><c> warned,</c><00:32:36.539><c> oh,</c><00:32:37.380><c> serpents</c><00:32:37.599><c> and</c><00:32:37.819><c> generation</c><00:32:38.259><c> of</c><00:32:38.500><c> vipers,</c> 00:32:38.859 --> 00:32:40.940 who<00:32:38.920><c> hath</c><00:32:39.119><c> warned</c><00:32:39.339><c> you</c><00:32:39.519><c> to</c><00:32:39.740><c> flee</c><00:32:39.940><c> from</c><00:32:40.160><c> the</c><00:32:40.359><c> wrath</c><00:32:40.539><c> to</c><00:32:40.779><c> come.</c> 00:32:41.420 --> 00:32:45.500 You<00:32:41.460><c> know,</c><00:32:41.700><c> Jordan</c><00:32:41.980><c> every</c><00:32:42.700><c> year</c><00:32:43.660><c> overflowed</c><00:32:44.380><c> its</c><00:32:44.619><c> banks.</c> 00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:49.980 It<00:32:46.759><c> overflows</c><00:32:47.039><c> its</c><00:32:47.319><c> banks</c><00:32:47.519><c> all</c><00:32:47.799><c> the</c><00:32:48.000><c> time</c><00:32:48.140><c> of</c><00:32:48.420><c> harvest,</c><00:32:49.039><c> we're</c><00:32:49.220><c> told.</c> 00:32:50.059 --> 00:32:52.839 Because<00:32:50.539><c> the</c><00:32:50.920><c> melting</c><00:32:51.220><c> snows</c><00:32:51.720><c> on</c><00:32:52.059><c> Hermon,</c><00:32:52.279><c> when</c><00:32:52.420><c> they</c><00:32:52.680><c> melt</c> 00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:53.339 in<00:32:53.019><c> the</c><00:32:53.200><c> summer,</c> 00:32:53.380 --> 00:32:56.839 they<00:32:53.880><c> send</c><00:32:54.240><c> that</c><00:32:54.539><c> water</c><00:32:54.859><c> cascading</c><00:32:55.500><c> down</c><00:32:55.779><c> the</c><00:32:55.940><c> mountain.</c> 00:32:58.099 --> 00:33:00.559 And<00:32:58.400><c> it</c><00:32:58.680><c> flows</c><00:32:58.920><c> down</c><00:32:59.240><c> the</c><00:32:59.400><c> River</c><00:32:59.579><c> Jordan</c><00:32:59.880><c> and</c><00:33:00.099><c> into</c><00:33:00.240><c> the</c><00:33:00.400><c> Sea</c> 00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:01.059 of<00:33:00.799><c> Galilee</c> 00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:03.819 and<00:33:01.160><c> then</c><00:33:01.319><c> out</c><00:33:01.440><c> the</c><00:33:01.619><c> bottom,</c><00:33:02.380><c> and</c><00:33:02.680><c> it</c><00:33:02.920><c> overflows</c><00:33:03.259><c> its</c><00:33:03.559><c> banks.</c> 00:33:03.819 --> 00:33:06.440 And<00:33:03.940><c> of</c><00:33:04.059><c> course,</c><00:33:04.359><c> if</c><00:33:04.480><c> you've</c><00:33:04.660><c> ever</c><00:33:04.839><c> seen</c><00:33:05.000><c> a</c><00:33:05.200><c> river</c><00:33:05.799><c> overflow</c> 00:33:06.440 --> 00:33:07.319 its<00:33:06.839><c> banks</c> 00:33:07.319 --> 00:33:10.359 and<00:33:08.160><c> then</c><00:33:08.460><c> recede,</c><00:33:09.119><c> you'll</c><00:33:09.319><c> see</c><00:33:09.420><c> that</c><00:33:09.579><c> when</c><00:33:09.720><c> it</c><00:33:09.900><c> recedes,</c> 00:33:10.519 --> 00:33:15.000 it<00:33:10.559><c> leaves</c><00:33:10.900><c> behind</c><00:33:11.440><c> all</c><00:33:11.759><c> the</c><00:33:11.980><c> mud</c><00:33:12.440><c> and</c><00:33:13.160><c> all</c><00:33:13.460><c> the</c><00:33:13.680><c> debris</c><00:33:14.259><c> and</c> 00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:16.559 all<00:33:15.259><c> this</c><00:33:15.559><c> bracket.</c> 00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:19.740 And<00:33:16.880><c> of</c><00:33:17.019><c> course,</c><00:33:17.180><c> what</c><00:33:17.339><c> would</c><00:33:17.559><c> happen</c><00:33:17.779><c> is</c><00:33:17.980><c> as</c><00:33:18.359><c> that</c><00:33:18.599><c> began</c><00:33:18.940><c> to</c><00:33:19.380><c> dry,</c> 00:33:20.160 --> 00:33:27.900 it<00:33:20.319><c> became</c><00:33:21.339><c> a</c><00:33:22.299><c> resting</c><00:33:22.619><c> ground</c><00:33:23.119><c> for</c><00:33:23.480><c> snakes</c><00:33:24.019><c> and</c><00:33:24.660><c> for</c><00:33:24.940><c> all</c><00:33:25.299><c> sorts</c><00:33:25.960><c> of</c> 00:33:27.900 --> 00:33:29.420 harmful<00:33:28.279><c> creatures.</c> 00:33:29.839 --> 00:33:33.859 So<00:33:30.279><c> that</c><00:33:30.700><c> in</c><00:33:31.700><c> the</c><00:33:31.880><c> books</c><00:33:32.039><c> of</c><00:33:32.279><c> the</c><00:33:32.420><c> prophets,</c><00:33:33.079><c> in</c><00:33:33.160><c> Jeremiah</c><00:33:33.599><c> and</c> 00:33:33.859 --> 00:33:34.299 in<00:33:34.039><c> Zechariah,</c> 00:33:34.359 --> 00:33:36.200 they<00:33:34.640><c> warned</c><00:33:34.980><c> people</c><00:33:35.339><c> about</c><00:33:35.640><c> that</c><00:33:35.940><c> Jordan.</c> 00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:39.220 You<00:33:36.539><c> know,</c><00:33:36.619><c> if</c><00:33:36.720><c> you</c><00:33:36.839><c> look</c><00:33:37.019><c> down</c><00:33:37.380><c> from</c><00:33:37.599><c> the</c><00:33:37.759><c> hills</c><00:33:37.980><c> of</c><00:33:38.220><c> Judea</c> 00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:40.160 upon<00:33:39.740><c> Jordan,</c> 00:33:40.160 --> 00:33:42.940 it<00:33:40.339><c> looks</c><00:33:40.579><c> like</c><00:33:40.799><c> a</c><00:33:41.180><c> very,</c><00:33:41.480><c> very</c><00:33:41.700><c> nice</c><00:33:41.940><c> place.</c> 00:33:43.319 --> 00:33:44.519 You<00:33:43.539><c> can</c><00:33:43.759><c> see</c><00:33:43.880><c> some</c><00:33:44.140><c> green.</c> 00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:47.140 You<00:33:45.140><c> see</c><00:33:45.319><c> the</c><00:33:45.579><c> winding</c><00:33:45.880><c> of</c><00:33:46.059><c> the</c><00:33:46.240><c> water</c><00:33:46.400><c> all</c><00:33:46.619><c> the</c><00:33:46.700><c> way</c><00:33:46.819><c> through</c><00:33:47.000><c> there,</c> 00:33:47.140 --> 00:33:48.380 and<00:33:47.240><c> it</c><00:33:47.319><c> looks</c><00:33:47.460><c> like</c><00:33:47.700><c> a</c><00:33:47.859><c> glorious</c><00:33:48.119><c> place.</c> 00:33:48.420 --> 00:33:51.480 But<00:33:48.559><c> when</c><00:33:48.759><c> you</c><00:33:48.900><c> get</c><00:33:49.019><c> down</c><00:33:49.279><c> in</c><00:33:49.519><c> there,</c><00:33:50.559><c> when</c><00:33:50.720><c> you</c><00:33:50.859><c> get</c><00:33:51.099><c> bogged</c> 00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:52.779 down<00:33:51.720><c> in</c><00:33:51.940><c> there,</c> 00:33:52.980 --> 00:33:56.099 it<00:33:53.200><c> can</c><00:33:53.440><c> become</c><00:33:53.759><c> very,</c><00:33:54.539><c> very</c><00:33:55.140><c> difficult.</c> 00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:58.079 I'd<00:33:56.619><c> like</c><00:33:56.619><c> you</c><00:33:56.700><c> to</c><00:33:56.799><c> turn</c><00:33:56.920><c> to</c><00:33:57.039><c> that</c><00:33:57.200><c> one</c><00:33:57.380><c> reference</c><00:33:57.619><c> we</c><00:33:57.799><c> have</c><00:33:57.920><c> on</c> 00:33:58.079 --> 00:33:58.420 the<00:33:58.279><c> screen</c> 00:33:58.420 --> 00:34:00.680 in<00:33:58.700><c> Jeremiah</c><00:33:58.980><c> chapter</c><00:33:59.380><c> 12.</c> 00:34:01.380 --> 00:34:03.140 Jeremiah<00:34:01.680><c> chapter</c><00:34:02.039><c> 12.</c> 00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:07.140 Jeremiah<00:34:05.099><c> had</c><00:34:05.279><c> about</c><00:34:05.500><c> a</c><00:34:05.740><c> 40</c><00:34:05.900><c>-year</c><00:34:06.140><c> prophecy.</c> 00:34:08.219 --> 00:34:12.360 The<00:34:08.460><c> first</c><00:34:09.099><c> 17</c><00:34:09.800><c> years</c><00:34:10.079><c> or</c><00:34:10.340><c> so</c><00:34:10.500><c> was</c><00:34:10.940><c> with</c><00:34:11.500><c> King</c><00:34:11.760><c> Josiah,</c> 00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:14.840 where<00:34:12.699><c> Jeremiah</c><00:34:13.199><c> had</c><00:34:13.519><c> royal</c><00:34:13.780><c> protection.</c> 00:34:15.099 --> 00:34:17.400 He<00:34:15.340><c> didn't</c><00:34:15.519><c> have</c><00:34:15.679><c> to</c><00:34:15.820><c> worry</c><00:34:16.000><c> as</c><00:34:16.260><c> much</c><00:34:16.500><c> about</c><00:34:16.820><c> persecution</c> 00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:24.460 because<00:34:17.880><c> as</c><00:34:18.199><c> long</c><00:34:18.380><c> as</c><00:34:18.519><c> Josiah</c><00:34:19.019><c> was</c><00:34:19.380><c> king,</c><00:34:20.340><c> he</c><00:34:21.719><c> had</c><00:34:22.219><c> some</c><00:34:22.900><c> royal</c><00:34:23.360><c> protection.</c> 00:34:24.699 --> 00:34:28.579 But<00:34:25.260><c> then</c><00:34:25.820><c> tragically,</c><00:34:26.519><c> Josiah</c><00:34:26.820><c> is</c><00:34:27.039><c> taken</c><00:34:27.239><c> into</c><00:34:27.519><c> death.</c> 00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:32.280 In<00:34:28.960><c> Jeremiah</c><00:34:29.340><c> 12,</c><00:34:30.059><c> Jeremiah</c><00:34:30.340><c> is</c><00:34:30.579><c> complaining</c><00:34:30.980><c> about</c><00:34:31.260><c> his</c><00:34:31.519><c> lot,</c> 00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:33.679 complaining<00:34:32.880><c> about</c><00:34:33.159><c> the</c><00:34:33.400><c> evildoers.</c> 00:34:33.739 --> 00:34:36.119 You<00:34:33.840><c> know,</c><00:34:33.880><c> for</c><00:34:34.039><c> the</c><00:34:34.219><c> first</c><00:34:34.420><c> 23</c><00:34:34.840><c> years</c><00:34:35.119><c> of</c><00:34:35.340><c> Jeremiah's</c><00:34:35.900><c> prophecy,</c> 00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:40.440 not<00:34:36.519><c> one</c><00:34:37.280><c> single</c><00:34:37.719><c> prediction</c><00:34:38.239><c> he</c><00:34:38.539><c> made</c><00:34:38.780><c> came</c><00:34:39.019><c> to</c><00:34:39.280><c> pass.</c> 00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:45.059 And<00:34:41.179><c> he's</c><00:34:41.400><c> complaining</c><00:34:41.800><c> in</c><00:34:41.960><c> Jeremiah</c><00:34:42.360><c> chapter</c><00:34:42.619><c> 12</c><00:34:43.559><c> about</c><00:34:43.960><c> his</c><00:34:44.260><c> lot.</c> 00:34:45.579 --> 00:34:48.519 Righteous<00:34:46.039><c> art</c><00:34:46.260><c> thou,</c><00:34:46.579><c> O</c><00:34:46.840><c> Yahweh,</c><00:34:47.139><c> Jeremiah</c><00:34:47.500><c> 12,</c><00:34:47.900><c> verse</c><00:34:48.079><c> 1,</c> 00:34:48.659 --> 00:34:53.159 when<00:34:48.800><c> I</c><00:34:49.159><c> plead</c><00:34:49.860><c> with</c><00:34:50.460><c> thee,</c><00:34:51.039><c> yea,</c><00:34:51.300><c> let</c><00:34:51.420><c> me</c><00:34:51.760><c> talk</c><00:34:52.239><c> with</c><00:34:52.760><c> thee</c><00:34:52.980><c> of</c> 00:34:53.159 --> 00:34:53.659 thy<00:34:53.380><c> judgment.</c> 00:34:53.659 --> 00:34:56.340 Do<00:34:53.880><c> you</c><00:34:53.880><c> see</c><00:34:53.980><c> the</c><00:34:54.179><c> margin</c><00:34:54.480><c> for</c><00:34:54.760><c> talk</c><00:34:55.199><c> in</c><00:34:55.599><c> verse</c><00:34:55.900><c> 1?</c> 00:34:56.579 --> 00:34:59.900 Let<00:34:56.760><c> me</c><00:34:57.179><c> reason</c><00:34:57.800><c> the</c><00:34:58.539><c> case</c><00:34:58.800><c> with</c><00:34:59.059><c> you.</c> 00:35:00.300 --> 00:35:03.000 Thou<00:35:00.420><c> hast</c><00:35:00.679><c> planted</c><00:35:01.000><c> them,</c><00:35:01.199><c> verse</c><00:35:01.440><c> 2,</c><00:35:01.800><c> yet</c><00:35:01.940><c> they</c><00:35:02.139><c> have</c><00:35:02.380><c> taken</c><00:35:02.659><c> root.</c> 00:35:03.239 --> 00:35:05.340 You<00:35:03.440><c> know,</c><00:35:03.460><c> you've</c><00:35:03.980><c> promised</c><00:35:04.400><c> that</c><00:35:04.599><c> all</c><00:35:04.780><c> of</c><00:35:04.920><c> these</c><00:35:05.139><c> things</c> 00:35:05.340 --> 00:35:07.300 are<00:35:05.500><c> going</c><00:35:05.579><c> to</c><00:35:05.719><c> come</c><00:35:05.840><c> to</c><00:35:06.059><c> pass</c><00:35:06.320><c> upon</c><00:35:06.559><c> these</c><00:35:06.840><c> evildoers,</c> 00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:09.300 yet<00:35:07.460><c> they</c><00:35:07.719><c> continue</c><00:35:08.099><c> to</c><00:35:08.320><c> take</c><00:35:08.519><c> root.</c> 00:35:09.739 --> 00:35:12.360 They<00:35:10.260><c> continue</c><00:35:10.780><c> to</c><00:35:11.440><c> prosper.</c> 00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:14.699 Please,<00:35:13.579><c> let</c><00:35:13.840><c> something</c><00:35:14.380><c> happen.</c> 00:35:14.760 --> 00:35:17.260 Verse<00:35:14.960><c> 4,</c><00:35:15.300><c> how</c><00:35:15.599><c> long</c><00:35:16.059><c> shall</c><00:35:16.239><c> the</c><00:35:16.480><c> land</c><00:35:16.679><c> mourn</c> 00:35:17.260 --> 00:35:18.980 and<00:35:17.659><c> the</c><00:35:17.860><c> herbs</c><00:35:18.099><c> of</c><00:35:18.280><c> every</c><00:35:18.539><c> field</c><00:35:18.820><c> weather</c> 00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:21.079 for<00:35:19.179><c> the</c><00:35:19.440><c> wickedness</c><00:35:19.880><c> of</c><00:35:20.039><c> them</c><00:35:20.239><c> that</c><00:35:20.460><c> dwell</c><00:35:20.619><c> therein?</c> 00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:23.760 And<00:35:21.260><c> he's</c><00:35:21.500><c> complaining</c><00:35:21.860><c> with</c><00:35:22.079><c> God</c><00:35:22.280><c> about</c><00:35:22.500><c> his</c><00:35:22.760><c> lot.</c> 00:35:25.039 --> 00:35:26.760 And<00:35:25.219><c> God</c><00:35:25.420><c> responds</c><00:35:26.039><c> to</c><00:35:26.219><c> his</c><00:35:26.380><c> complaining.</c> 00:35:26.860 --> 00:35:29.000 You<00:35:26.980><c> know,</c><00:35:27.199><c> this</c><00:35:27.460><c> is</c><00:35:27.760><c> so</c><00:35:28.099><c> different,</c><00:35:28.539><c> brothers</c><00:35:28.599><c> and</c><00:35:28.780><c> sisters,</c> 00:35:29.039 --> 00:35:31.139 to<00:35:29.159><c> how</c><00:35:29.380><c> we</c><00:35:29.639><c> might</c><00:35:29.820><c> respond</c><00:35:30.239><c> in</c><00:35:30.420><c> our</c><00:35:30.639><c> cliches</c> 00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:32.739 to<00:35:31.400><c> someone</c><00:35:31.559><c> who's</c><00:35:31.880><c> complaining.</c> 00:35:33.659 --> 00:35:35.880 Look<00:35:33.780><c> at</c><00:35:33.900><c> what</c><00:35:34.079><c> God</c><00:35:34.320><c> says</c><00:35:34.559><c> in</c><00:35:34.719><c> verse</c><00:35:34.940><c> 5.</c> 00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:38.619 If<00:35:36.119><c> thou</c><00:35:36.400><c> hast</c><00:35:36.760><c> run</c><00:35:37.059><c> with</c><00:35:37.320><c> the</c><00:35:37.519><c> footmen,</c> 00:35:39.139 --> 00:35:41.000 and<00:35:39.320><c> they</c><00:35:39.539><c> have</c><00:35:39.760><c> wearied</c><00:35:40.139><c> thee,</c> 00:35:41.639 --> 00:35:43.940 how<00:35:41.940><c> are</c><00:35:42.079><c> you</c><00:35:42.179><c> going</c><00:35:42.280><c> to</c><00:35:42.440><c> contend</c><00:35:42.619><c> with</c><00:35:42.780><c> horses?</c> 00:35:44.500 --> 00:35:46.300 And<00:35:44.940><c> if</c><00:35:45.099><c> in</c><00:35:45.239><c> the</c><00:35:45.420><c> land</c><00:35:45.579><c> of</c><00:35:46.019><c> peace,</c> 00:35:46.340 --> 00:35:49.460 if<00:35:46.500><c> in</c><00:35:46.659><c> the</c><00:35:46.800><c> days</c><00:35:46.960><c> of</c><00:35:47.219><c> Josiah</c><00:35:47.780><c> you</c><00:35:48.019><c> found</c><00:35:48.280><c> it</c><00:35:48.500><c> hard</c><00:35:48.739><c> going,</c> 00:35:49.460 --> 00:35:52.039 wherein<00:35:50.119><c> thou</c><00:35:50.480><c> trustest,</c><00:35:51.480><c> they</c><00:35:51.619><c> wearied</c><00:35:51.880><c> thee,</c> 00:35:52.219 --> 00:35:55.760 how<00:35:52.619><c> are</c><00:35:52.820><c> you</c><00:35:52.960><c> going</c><00:35:53.099><c> to</c><00:35:53.219><c> get</c><00:35:53.380><c> along</c><00:35:53.780><c> in</c><00:35:53.960><c> the</c><00:35:54.340><c> swelling</c><00:35:54.659><c> of</c><00:35:54.940><c> Jordan?</c> 00:35:57.000 --> 00:35:58.679 In<00:35:57.159><c> other</c><00:35:57.179><c> words,</c><00:35:57.320><c> God's</c><00:35:57.679><c> telling</c><00:35:57.800><c> Jeremiah</c><00:35:58.260><c> here,</c> 00:35:58.800 --> 00:36:00.480 we're<00:35:59.059><c> just</c><00:35:59.280><c> getting</c><00:35:59.519><c> started.</c> 00:36:01.539 --> 00:36:03.679 If<00:36:01.699><c> you</c><00:36:01.880><c> think</c><00:36:01.980><c> it's</c><00:36:02.199><c> difficult</c><00:36:02.579><c> in</c><00:36:02.739><c> the</c><00:36:02.860><c> days</c><00:36:03.059><c> of</c><00:36:03.320><c> Josiah</c> 00:36:03.679 --> 00:36:06.760 when<00:36:03.840><c> you</c><00:36:03.960><c> were</c><00:36:04.079><c> running</c><00:36:04.260><c> on</c><00:36:04.639><c> flat</c><00:36:04.880><c> level</c><00:36:05.159><c> ground,</c> 00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:09.619 get<00:36:08.380><c> up</c><00:36:08.539><c> your</c><00:36:08.719><c> loins</c><00:36:08.960><c> now,</c><00:36:09.199><c> Jeremiah,</c> 00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:11.420 because<00:36:09.820><c> we're</c><00:36:09.980><c> running</c><00:36:10.179><c> against</c><00:36:10.500><c> horses.</c> 00:36:11.519 --> 00:36:14.000 You're<00:36:12.000><c> going</c><00:36:12.159><c> down</c><00:36:12.420><c> into</c><00:36:12.639><c> the</c><00:36:13.039><c> swelling</c><00:36:13.300><c> of</c><00:36:13.599><c> Jordan,</c> 00:36:14.280 --> 00:36:16.380 where<00:36:14.360><c> you're</c><00:36:14.480><c> running</c><00:36:14.679><c> against</c><00:36:15.039><c> Jehoiakim</c> 00:36:16.420 --> 00:36:17.900 and<00:36:16.659><c> some</c><00:36:16.960><c> evil</c><00:36:17.320><c> kings</c> 00:36:17.900 --> 00:36:19.719 and<00:36:18.719><c> some</c><00:36:18.980><c> wicked</c><00:36:19.280><c> princes.</c> 00:36:20.059 --> 00:36:22.039 And<00:36:20.340><c> you'll</c><00:36:20.519><c> see</c><00:36:20.579><c> how</c><00:36:20.800><c> the</c><00:36:21.139><c> swelling</c><00:36:21.340><c> of</c><00:36:21.679><c> Jordan</c> 00:36:22.039 --> 00:36:26.380 is<00:36:22.880><c> linked</c><00:36:23.159><c> with</c><00:36:23.719><c> probably</c><00:36:24.119><c> some</c><00:36:24.360><c> of</c><00:36:24.500><c> the</c><00:36:25.000><c> hardest</c><00:36:25.500><c> experiences</c> 00:36:26.380 --> 00:36:27.679 that<00:36:26.639><c> we</c><00:36:26.800><c> could</c><00:36:26.980><c> have</c><00:36:27.139><c> in</c><00:36:27.300><c> our</c><00:36:27.460><c> lives,</c> 00:36:27.679 --> 00:36:30.780 and<00:36:27.840><c> that</c><00:36:27.980><c> is</c><00:36:28.099><c> when</c><00:36:28.219><c> our</c><00:36:28.539><c> own</c><00:36:28.900><c> family</c><00:36:29.300><c> rebels</c><00:36:29.679><c> against</c><00:36:30.099><c> us.</c> 00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:34.059 Verse<00:36:31.239><c> 6,</c><00:36:32.039><c> for</c><00:36:32.199><c> even</c><00:36:32.599><c> thy</c><00:36:33.019><c> brethren</c> 00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:36.920 and<00:36:35.059><c> the</c><00:36:35.280><c> house</c><00:36:35.500><c> of</c><00:36:35.699><c> thy</c><00:36:35.920><c> father,</c> 00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:39.239 even<00:36:37.260><c> they</c><00:36:37.579><c> that</c><00:36:37.739><c> have</c><00:36:37.900><c> dwelt</c><00:36:38.199><c> treacherously</c><00:36:38.920><c> with</c><00:36:39.119><c> thee,</c> 00:36:39.300 --> 00:36:41.519 yea,<00:36:39.539><c> they</c><00:36:39.739><c> have</c><00:36:39.960><c> called</c><00:36:40.219><c> a</c><00:36:40.380><c> multitude</c><00:36:40.719><c> after</c><00:36:41.000><c> thee,</c> 00:36:41.900 --> 00:36:44.559 believe<00:36:42.219><c> them</c><00:36:42.480><c> not,</c><00:36:43.199><c> though</c><00:36:43.260><c> they</c><00:36:43.480><c> speak</c><00:36:43.679><c> fair</c><00:36:43.940><c> words</c><00:36:44.159><c> unto</c><00:36:44.340><c> thee.</c> 00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:48.059 Because<00:36:45.219><c> his</c><00:36:45.820><c> own</c><00:36:46.320><c> brethren</c><00:36:46.840><c> now,</c> 00:36:48.199 --> 00:36:49.980 not<00:36:48.480><c> just</c><00:36:48.699><c> the</c><00:36:48.900><c> people</c><00:36:49.300><c> in</c><00:36:49.619><c> the</c><00:36:49.760><c> Ecclesia,</c> 00:36:50.039 --> 00:36:52.800 his<00:36:50.179><c> own</c><00:36:50.579><c> brethren</c><00:36:51.139><c> now</c><00:36:51.760><c> will</c><00:36:51.940><c> be</c><00:36:52.159><c> fighting</c><00:36:52.340><c> against</c><00:36:52.679><c> them.</c> 00:36:52.880 --> 00:36:54.599 And<00:36:52.980><c> how</c><00:36:53.139><c> is</c><00:36:53.260><c> that</c><00:36:53.539><c> compared?</c> 00:36:54.719 --> 00:36:57.260 To<00:36:54.940><c> what</c><00:36:55.239><c> analogy</c><00:36:55.880><c> does</c><00:36:56.460><c> God</c><00:36:56.719><c> give</c><00:36:56.960><c> Jeremiah?</c> 00:36:57.400 --> 00:36:59.719 He<00:36:57.400><c> says</c><00:36:57.480><c> it's</c><00:36:57.659><c> just</c><00:36:57.820><c> like</c><00:36:58.000><c> the</c><00:36:58.420><c> swelling</c><00:36:58.619><c> of</c><00:36:58.900><c> Jordan.</c> 00:37:01.579 --> 00:37:03.099 Jordan<00:37:01.860><c> was</c><00:37:02.059><c> a</c><00:37:02.360><c> difficult</c><00:37:02.679><c> place.</c> 00:37:03.420 --> 00:37:06.380 It<00:37:03.559><c> was</c><00:37:03.800><c> a</c><00:37:03.960><c> dangerous</c><00:37:04.480><c> place</c><00:37:05.079><c> in</c><00:37:05.519><c> the</c><00:37:05.699><c> times</c><00:37:05.880><c> of</c><00:37:06.059><c> the</c><00:37:06.219><c> prophets.</c> 00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:07.920 There<00:37:06.559><c> were</c><00:37:06.780><c> lions,</c><00:37:07.179><c> there</c><00:37:07.320><c> were</c><00:37:07.599><c> snakes.</c> 00:37:08.219 --> 00:37:09.659 And<00:37:08.380><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:37:08.579><c> if</c><00:37:08.699><c> you</c><00:37:08.880><c> found</c><00:37:09.039><c> it</c><00:37:09.360><c> hard</c> 00:37:09.659 --> 00:37:12.380 running<00:37:10.099><c> on</c><00:37:10.420><c> flat</c><00:37:10.639><c> level</c><00:37:10.900><c> ground</c><00:37:11.159><c> in</c><00:37:11.320><c> the</c><00:37:11.440><c> days</c><00:37:11.599><c> of</c><00:37:11.840><c> Josiah,</c> 00:37:12.380 --> 00:37:16.059 what's<00:37:13.320><c> going</c><00:37:13.440><c> to</c><00:37:13.579><c> happen</c><00:37:14.099><c> when</c><00:37:14.539><c> Josiah's</c><00:37:15.179><c> gone?</c> 00:37:16.420 --> 00:37:18.980 And<00:37:16.739><c> you're</c><00:37:16.940><c> down</c><00:37:17.139><c> here</c><00:37:17.360><c> in</c><00:37:17.539><c> the</c><00:37:17.719><c> swelling</c><00:37:17.880><c> of</c><00:37:18.199><c> Jordan.</c> 00:37:19.900 --> 00:37:22.199 So<00:37:20.159><c> Jordan</c><00:37:20.460><c> ever</c><00:37:21.099><c> stood,</c><00:37:21.599><c> brothers</c><00:37:21.739><c> and</c><00:37:21.960><c> sisters,</c> 00:37:22.239 --> 00:37:24.880 for<00:37:22.440><c> the</c><00:37:22.780><c> flesh</c><00:37:23.159><c> and</c><00:37:23.619><c> all</c><00:37:23.800><c> of</c><00:37:23.900><c> its</c><00:37:24.179><c> savagery</c> 00:37:24.880 --> 00:37:26.800 and<00:37:25.199><c> all</c><00:37:25.400><c> of</c><00:37:25.500><c> its</c><00:37:25.719><c> difficulty.</c> 00:37:27.639 --> 00:37:30.380 What's<00:37:28.099><c> going</c><00:37:28.199><c> to</c><00:37:28.380><c> redeem</c><00:37:28.579><c> us</c><00:37:28.860><c> from</c><00:37:29.099><c> that?</c> 00:37:31.579 --> 00:37:33.300 Because<00:37:31.840><c> this</c><00:37:32.039><c> is</c><00:37:32.179><c> where</c><00:37:32.300><c> we're</c><00:37:32.480><c> going.</c> 00:37:34.320 --> 00:37:35.840 Eventually,<00:37:35.019><c> here's</c><00:37:35.260><c> the</c><00:37:35.400><c> River</c><00:37:35.579><c> Jordan</c> 00:37:35.840 --> 00:37:37.800 as<00:37:35.960><c> it</c><00:37:36.039><c> goes</c><00:37:36.239><c> into</c><00:37:36.500><c> the</c><00:37:36.639><c> Dead</c><00:37:36.940><c> Sea.</c> 00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:41.940 So<00:37:38.619><c> we've</c><00:37:38.900><c> come</c><00:37:39.039><c> from</c><00:37:39.300><c> life,</c><00:37:40.300><c> from</c><00:37:40.739><c> beauty,</c> 00:37:42.599 --> 00:37:46.000 all<00:37:43.039><c> the</c><00:37:43.159><c> way</c><00:37:43.300><c> down</c><00:37:43.579><c> now</c><00:37:44.300><c> into</c><00:37:45.719><c> death.</c> 00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:47.219 If<00:37:46.159><c> you</c><00:37:46.239><c> see</c><00:37:46.360><c> on</c><00:37:46.460><c> this</c><00:37:46.619><c> little</c><00:37:46.800><c> map</c><00:37:47.000><c> here,</c> 00:37:47.280 --> 00:37:49.539 this<00:37:47.400><c> is</c><00:37:47.519><c> where</c><00:37:47.679><c> this</c><00:37:47.920><c> photograph</c><00:37:48.300><c> is</c><00:37:48.500><c> taken</c><00:37:48.719><c> from,</c><00:37:48.980><c> right</c><00:37:49.239><c> here.</c> 00:37:49.800 --> 00:37:52.800 We've<00:37:50.079><c> come</c><00:37:50.199><c> all</c><00:37:50.420><c> the</c><00:37:50.460><c> way</c><00:37:50.539><c> from</c><00:37:50.699><c> up</c><00:37:50.900><c> here,</c><00:37:51.079><c> Mount</c><00:37:51.320><c> Hermon.</c> 00:37:53.099 --> 00:37:55.860 Life,<00:37:53.539><c> beauty,</c><00:37:54.079><c> but</c><00:37:54.239><c> it's</c><00:37:54.420><c> come</c><00:37:54.679><c> down</c><00:37:55.079><c> and</c><00:37:55.260><c> down</c><00:37:55.480><c> and</c><00:37:55.659><c> down,</c> 00:37:55.860 --> 00:38:00.179 down<00:37:56.059><c> this</c><00:37:56.800><c> serpentine</c><00:37:57.559><c> course</c><00:37:58.179><c> until</c><00:37:59.039><c> finally</c> 00:38:00.679 --> 00:38:02.099 it<00:38:01.119><c> goes</c><00:38:01.360><c> into</c><00:38:01.619><c> the</c><00:38:01.760><c> Dead</c><00:38:01.960><c> Sea.</c> 00:38:02.119 --> 00:38:04.280 And<00:38:02.219><c> when</c><00:38:02.300><c> it</c><00:38:02.380><c> goes</c><00:38:02.539><c> into</c><00:38:02.760><c> the</c><00:38:02.900><c> Dead</c><00:38:03.079><c> Sea,</c><00:38:03.260><c> it's</c><00:38:03.739><c> stagnating.</c> 00:38:04.500 --> 00:38:06.699 I<00:38:04.599><c> think</c><00:38:04.760><c> they</c><00:38:04.940><c> even</c><00:38:05.239><c> use</c><00:38:05.559><c> machines</c><00:38:06.239><c> now</c> 00:38:06.699 --> 00:38:09.719 in<00:38:07.199><c> some</c><00:38:07.420><c> parts</c><00:38:07.659><c> of</c><00:38:07.840><c> the</c><00:38:08.000><c> land</c><00:38:08.159><c> to</c><00:38:08.440><c> push</c><00:38:08.659><c> the</c><00:38:08.920><c> water</c><00:38:09.139><c> along</c> 00:38:09.719 --> 00:38:12.099 because<00:38:10.480><c> it's</c><00:38:10.780><c> so</c><00:38:10.920><c> difficult.</c> 00:38:13.199 --> 00:38:14.900 And<00:38:13.340><c> this</c><00:38:13.480><c> is</c><00:38:13.679><c> man's</c><00:38:14.019><c> end,</c> 00:38:16.380 --> 00:38:18.079 down<00:38:16.539><c> here</c><00:38:16.760><c> in</c><00:38:16.860><c> the</c><00:38:17.019><c> bottom.</c> 00:38:19.260 --> 00:38:20.780 Having<00:38:19.400><c> made</c><00:38:19.659><c> its</c><00:38:19.860><c> way</c><00:38:20.039><c> to</c><00:38:20.239><c> the</c><00:38:20.320><c> Dead</c><00:38:20.579><c> Sea,</c> 00:38:20.860 --> 00:38:23.360 man's<00:38:21.280><c> ultimate</c><00:38:21.559><c> end</c><00:38:21.780><c> is</c><00:38:21.980><c> now</c><00:38:22.199><c> realized</c><00:38:22.659><c> in</c><00:38:22.960><c> death</c> 00:38:23.780 --> 00:38:26.639 in<00:38:24.179><c> the</c><00:38:24.380><c> lowest</c><00:38:24.780><c> parts</c><00:38:25.480><c> of</c><00:38:26.420><c> the</c><00:38:26.519><c> earth.</c> 00:38:26.639 --> 00:38:29.039 And<00:38:26.780><c> that's</c><00:38:26.920><c> where</c><00:38:27.079><c> we're</c><00:38:27.280><c> all</c><00:38:27.460><c> going,</c><00:38:27.840><c> brothers</c><00:38:27.980><c> and</c><00:38:28.179><c> sisters.</c> 00:38:29.940 --> 00:38:32.880 We<00:38:30.159><c> all</c><00:38:30.340><c> have</c><00:38:30.500><c> to</c><00:38:30.619><c> come</c><00:38:30.739><c> to</c><00:38:30.880><c> grips</c><00:38:31.019><c> with</c><00:38:31.219><c> that</c><00:38:31.420><c> at</c><00:38:31.579><c> some</c><00:38:31.760><c> point,</c> 00:38:33.039 --> 00:38:36.559 that<00:38:33.239><c> this</c><00:38:33.619><c> is</c><00:38:34.079><c> the</c><00:38:34.360><c> reality</c><00:38:34.760><c> of</c><00:38:35.000><c> the</c><00:38:35.179><c> nature</c><00:38:35.420><c> that</c><00:38:35.659><c> we</c><00:38:35.860><c> bear.</c> 00:38:37.719 --> 00:38:41.280 So<00:38:38.199><c> what's</c><00:38:38.679><c> going</c><00:38:38.920><c> to</c><00:38:39.280><c> deliver</c><00:38:39.460><c> us</c><00:38:40.019><c> from</c><00:38:40.360><c> that?</c> 00:38:41.420 --> 00:38:44.619 What's<00:38:41.800><c> going</c><00:38:41.960><c> to</c><00:38:42.300><c> get</c><00:38:42.420><c> us</c><00:38:42.679><c> out</c><00:38:43.460><c> of</c><00:38:43.780><c> the</c><00:38:44.000><c> waters</c><00:38:44.219><c> of</c><00:38:44.460><c> Jordan,</c> 00:38:44.719 --> 00:38:48.039 get<00:38:44.900><c> us</c><00:38:45.179><c> across</c><00:38:45.659><c> into</c><00:38:46.400><c> the</c><00:38:46.639><c> Promised</c><00:38:46.940><c> Land?</c> 00:38:49.099 --> 00:38:50.599 If<00:38:49.239><c> we</c><00:38:49.380><c> come</c><00:38:49.500><c> to</c><00:38:49.639><c> Joshua</c><00:38:49.980><c> chapter</c><00:38:50.300><c> 3,</c> 00:38:50.619 --> 00:38:52.980 we're<00:38:50.800><c> told</c><00:38:50.980><c> exactly</c><00:38:51.579><c> what</c><00:38:52.099><c> that</c><00:38:52.360><c> is.</c> 00:38:53.179 --> 00:38:54.739 Because<00:38:53.360><c> we</c><00:38:53.519><c> all</c><00:38:53.679><c> know</c><00:38:53.780><c> what</c><00:38:54.000><c> happened</c><00:38:54.219><c> in</c><00:38:54.400><c> the</c><00:38:54.519><c> days</c> 00:38:54.739 --> 00:38:56.800 when<00:38:54.920><c> the</c><00:38:55.059><c> children</c><00:38:55.260><c> of</c><00:38:55.480><c> Israel</c><00:38:55.639><c> crossed.</c> 00:38:57.300 --> 00:38:58.760 In<00:38:57.420><c> Joshua</c><00:38:57.739><c> chapter</c><00:38:58.119><c> 3,</c> 00:38:58.840 --> 00:39:01.059 and<00:38:59.000><c> this</c><00:38:59.119><c> is</c><00:38:59.219><c> part</c><00:38:59.320><c> of</c><00:38:59.420><c> why</c><00:38:59.639><c> Joshua</c><00:39:00.039><c> was</c><00:39:00.360><c> magnified</c> 00:39:01.059 --> 00:39:04.139 in<00:39:01.519><c> the</c><00:39:01.760><c> sight</c><00:39:02.280><c> of</c><00:39:02.719><c> all</c><00:39:03.079><c> Israel.</c> 00:39:09.280 --> 00:39:10.219 Joshua<00:39:09.719><c> chapter</c><00:39:10.019><c> 3,</c> 00:39:10.219 --> 00:39:12.179 and<00:39:10.320><c> this</c><00:39:10.420><c> is</c><00:39:10.519><c> when</c><00:39:10.679><c> Jordan</c><00:39:10.920><c> was</c><00:39:11.119><c> in</c><00:39:11.380><c> flood.</c> 00:39:13.500 --> 00:39:15.920 If<00:39:13.940><c> you've</c><00:39:14.179><c> seen</c><00:39:14.400><c> photographs</c><00:39:14.840><c> of</c><00:39:15.039><c> Jordan</c><00:39:15.320><c> in</c><00:39:15.719><c> flood,</c> 00:39:16.099 --> 00:39:18.880 it's<00:39:16.340><c> a</c><00:39:16.500><c> lot</c><00:39:16.719><c> wider</c><00:39:17.059><c> than</c><00:39:17.260><c> it</c><00:39:17.519><c> is</c><00:39:17.940><c> in</c><00:39:18.199><c> the</c><00:39:18.340><c> pictures</c><00:39:18.559><c> that</c><00:39:18.739><c> we</c> 00:39:18.880 --> 00:39:20.000 just<00:39:19.179><c> showed.</c> 00:39:20.539 --> 00:39:22.099 In<00:39:20.699><c> order</c><00:39:20.900><c> for</c><00:39:21.039><c> the</c><00:39:21.179><c> people</c><00:39:21.300><c> to</c><00:39:21.440><c> get</c><00:39:21.539><c> across</c><00:39:21.900><c> that,</c> 00:39:22.239 --> 00:39:23.880 something<00:39:22.519><c> had</c><00:39:22.800><c> to</c><00:39:23.059><c> happen.</c> 00:39:24.659 --> 00:39:26.539 Some<00:39:25.099><c> miracle</c><00:39:25.539><c> had</c><00:39:25.780><c> to</c><00:39:26.000><c> take</c><00:39:26.159><c> place</c> 00:39:26.539 --> 00:39:29.780 that<00:39:26.980><c> they</c><00:39:27.519><c> might</c><00:39:27.739><c> be</c><00:39:27.960><c> able</c><00:39:28.099><c> to</c><00:39:28.300><c> pass</c><00:39:28.559><c> over</c><00:39:28.780><c> into</c><00:39:28.960><c> the</c><00:39:29.219><c> Promised</c><00:39:29.480><c> Land.</c> 00:39:29.980 --> 00:39:33.460 And<00:39:30.139><c> we're</c><00:39:30.280><c> told</c><00:39:30.440><c> about</c><00:39:30.679><c> that</c><00:39:30.880><c> in</c><00:39:31.000><c> Joshua</c><00:39:31.340><c> chapter</c><00:39:31.739><c> 3</c><00:39:32.420><c> and</c><00:39:32.840><c> verse</c><00:39:33.039><c> 14.</c> 00:39:33.460 --> 00:39:34.619 And<00:39:33.599><c> it</c><00:39:33.760><c> came</c><00:39:34.000><c> to</c><00:39:34.239><c> pass,</c> 00:39:35.039 --> 00:39:38.019 when<00:39:35.320><c> the</c><00:39:35.480><c> people</c><00:39:35.659><c> removed</c><00:39:36.139><c> from</c><00:39:36.320><c> their</c><00:39:36.579><c> tents</c><00:39:36.880><c> to</c><00:39:37.199><c> pass</c><00:39:37.480><c> over</c><00:39:37.679><c> Jordan,</c> 00:39:38.059 --> 00:39:40.260 and<00:39:38.219><c> the</c><00:39:38.380><c> priest</c><00:39:38.639><c> bearing</c><00:39:38.920><c> the</c><00:39:39.199><c> ark</c><00:39:39.340><c> of</c><00:39:39.480><c> the</c><00:39:39.679><c> covenant</c><00:39:39.880><c> before</c> 00:39:40.260 --> 00:39:41.320 the<00:39:40.519><c> people.</c> 00:39:41.460 --> 00:39:43.099 And<00:39:41.719><c> as</c><00:39:41.880><c> they</c><00:39:42.119><c> came</c><00:39:42.340><c> to</c><00:39:42.559><c> bear</c><00:39:42.699><c> the</c><00:39:42.960><c> ark,</c> 00:39:43.119 --> 00:39:44.280 they<00:39:43.280><c> were</c><00:39:43.480><c> coming</c><00:39:43.659><c> to</c><00:39:43.900><c> Jordan,</c> 00:39:44.659 --> 00:39:47.300 and<00:39:45.039><c> the</c><00:39:45.260><c> feet</c><00:39:45.420><c> of</c><00:39:45.599><c> the</c><00:39:45.840><c> priests</c><00:39:46.280><c> that</c><00:39:46.760><c> bear</c><00:39:46.900><c> the</c><00:39:47.159><c> ark</c> 00:39:47.300 --> 00:39:49.239 were<00:39:47.519><c> dipped</c><00:39:47.719><c> in</c><00:39:47.880><c> the</c><00:39:48.019><c> brim</c><00:39:48.119><c> of</c><00:39:48.260><c> the</c><00:39:48.420><c> water,</c> 00:39:49.320 --> 00:39:52.800 for<00:39:49.420><c> Jordan</c><00:39:49.820><c> overfloweth</c><00:39:50.440><c> all</c><00:39:50.639><c> his</c><00:39:50.860><c> banks</c><00:39:51.079><c> all</c><00:39:51.360><c> the</c><00:39:51.519><c> time</c><00:39:51.659><c> of</c><00:39:51.940><c> harvest,</c> 00:39:52.840 --> 00:39:55.820 that<00:39:52.960><c> the</c><00:39:53.239><c> waters</c><00:39:53.480><c> which</c><00:39:53.760><c> came</c><00:39:54.059><c> down</c><00:39:54.360><c> from</c><00:39:54.659><c> above,</c> 00:39:56.059 --> 00:39:58.619 so<00:39:56.539><c> that</c><00:39:56.679><c> would</c><00:39:56.820><c> be</c><00:39:56.960><c> these</c><00:39:57.239><c> waters</c><00:39:57.559><c> here,</c> 00:39:59.179 --> 00:40:02.480 these<00:39:59.780><c> waters</c><00:40:00.159><c> that</c><00:40:00.420><c> come</c><00:40:00.559><c> down</c><00:40:00.820><c> from</c><00:40:01.079><c> above,</c> 00:40:03.420 --> 00:40:05.539 stood<00:40:04.019><c> and</c><00:40:04.300><c> rose</c><00:40:04.519><c> up</c><00:40:04.780><c> upon</c><00:40:05.059><c> a</c><00:40:05.320><c> heap,</c> 00:40:05.619 --> 00:40:09.780 very<00:40:06.159><c> far</c><00:40:06.440><c> from</c><00:40:06.699><c> the</c><00:40:07.000><c> city</c><00:40:07.300><c> of</c><00:40:08.699><c> Adam.</c> 00:40:10.179 --> 00:40:14.539 So<00:40:10.440><c> as</c><00:40:10.699><c> the</c><00:40:10.860><c> Jordan</c><00:40:11.019><c> River</c><00:40:11.300><c> made</c><00:40:11.539><c> its</c><00:40:11.840><c> way</c><00:40:12.239><c> down</c><00:40:13.039><c> into</c><00:40:13.360><c> its</c><00:40:13.920><c> shore</c> 00:40:14.539 --> 00:40:16.940 and<00:40:15.300><c> certain</c><00:40:15.659><c> depth,</c> 00:40:17.820 --> 00:40:22.059 right<00:40:18.420><c> in</c><00:40:19.019><c> the</c><00:40:19.179><c> middle,</c><00:40:21.519><c> appropriately,</c> 00:40:22.159 --> 00:40:25.219 there's<00:40:22.420><c> a</c><00:40:22.599><c> city</c><00:40:22.800><c> called</c><00:40:23.880><c> Adam,</c> 00:40:25.340 --> 00:40:29.639 from<00:40:25.900><c> whence</c><00:40:26.300><c> all</c><00:40:26.539><c> men</c><00:40:26.739><c> have</c><00:40:27.000><c> derived</c><00:40:27.619><c> their</c><00:40:28.360><c> mortality.</c> 00:40:32.260 --> 00:40:34.579 By<00:40:32.460><c> one</c><00:40:32.719><c> man</c><00:40:33.039><c> sin</c><00:40:33.280><c> entered</c><00:40:33.579><c> into</c><00:40:33.780><c> the</c><00:40:34.000><c> world,</c> 00:40:35.039 --> 00:40:37.280 and<00:40:35.539><c> death</c><00:40:36.159><c> by</c><00:40:36.960><c> sin,</c> 00:40:37.400 --> 00:40:38.860 so<00:40:37.599><c> death</c><00:40:37.880><c> passed</c><00:40:38.159><c> upon</c><00:40:38.460><c> all</c><00:40:38.719><c> men,</c> 00:40:38.980 --> 00:40:40.559 because<00:40:39.219><c> all</c><00:40:39.599><c> have</c><00:40:40.039><c> sinned.</c> 00:40:40.679 --> 00:40:44.300 And<00:40:40.880><c> there</c><00:40:40.960><c> was</c><00:40:41.159><c> a</c><00:40:41.380><c> city</c><00:40:41.579><c> here</c><00:40:42.179><c> called</c><00:40:42.920><c> Adam,</c> 00:40:45.480 --> 00:40:48.719 almost<00:40:45.639><c> as</c><00:40:45.800><c> if</c><00:40:45.880><c> to</c><00:40:46.139><c> explain</c><00:40:46.679><c> the</c><00:40:46.920><c> reason</c><00:40:47.199><c> why</c><00:40:47.480><c> the</c><00:40:47.679><c> Jordan</c><00:40:47.940><c> is</c> 00:40:48.719 --> 00:40:51.579 in<00:40:49.199><c> the</c><00:40:49.400><c> condition</c><00:40:49.880><c> that</c><00:40:50.420><c> it</c><00:40:50.579><c> is</c><00:40:50.840><c> in.</c> 00:40:52.719 --> 00:40:54.960 And<00:40:53.159><c> it</c><00:40:53.599><c> says</c><00:40:53.800><c> there</c><00:40:54.000><c> also</c><00:40:54.219><c> in</c><00:40:54.420><c> verse</c><00:40:54.559><c> 16,</c> 00:40:55.000 --> 00:40:57.480 that<00:40:55.119><c> is</c><00:40:55.340><c> beside</c><00:40:56.079><c> Zeratan,</c> 00:40:57.599 --> 00:41:00.119 and<00:40:57.719><c> those</c><00:40:57.980><c> that</c><00:40:58.199><c> came</c><00:40:58.380><c> down</c><00:40:58.659><c> from</c><00:40:58.860><c> the</c><00:40:59.139><c> sea</c><00:40:59.300><c> of</c><00:40:59.460><c> the</c><00:40:59.780><c> plain,</c> 00:41:00.619 --> 00:41:02.780 the<00:41:00.739><c> word</c><00:41:00.900><c> is</c><00:41:01.719><c> Ereba,</c> 00:41:02.860 --> 00:41:05.400 so<00:41:03.119><c> the</c><00:41:03.340><c> waters</c><00:41:03.519><c> that</c><00:41:03.800><c> came</c><00:41:03.960><c> down</c><00:41:04.219><c> from</c><00:41:04.400><c> the</c><00:41:04.639><c> sea</c><00:41:04.860><c> of</c><00:41:05.159><c> Ereba,</c> 00:41:05.440 --> 00:41:06.659 this<00:41:05.619><c> little</c><00:41:05.860><c> line</c><00:41:06.139><c> here,</c> 00:41:07.079 --> 00:41:09.500 is<00:41:07.260><c> right</c><00:41:07.460><c> about</c><00:41:07.679><c> where</c><00:41:07.820><c> they</c><00:41:08.019><c> were</c><00:41:08.159><c> when</c><00:41:08.280><c> they</c><00:41:08.559><c> crossed.</c> 00:41:10.320 --> 00:41:13.079 So<00:41:10.619><c> the</c><00:41:10.800><c> waters</c><00:41:11.059><c> that</c><00:41:11.280><c> came</c><00:41:11.480><c> down</c><00:41:11.739><c> from</c><00:41:11.920><c> the</c><00:41:12.179><c> sea</c><00:41:12.340><c> of</c><00:41:12.500><c> the</c><00:41:12.719><c> Ereba,</c> 00:41:13.119 --> 00:41:16.019 the<00:41:13.260><c> Dead</c><00:41:13.599><c> Sea,</c><00:41:14.139><c> they</c><00:41:14.360><c> were</c><00:41:14.579><c> cut</c><00:41:14.820><c> off,</c> 00:41:15.960 --> 00:41:17.699 and<00:41:16.179><c> the</c><00:41:16.360><c> waters</c><00:41:16.539><c> that</c><00:41:16.800><c> came</c><00:41:16.940><c> from</c><00:41:17.219><c> above</c> 00:41:17.699 --> 00:41:22.679 were<00:41:18.219><c> pushed</c><00:41:18.739><c> back</c><00:41:19.900><c> beyond</c><00:41:21.199><c> Adam</c> 00:41:22.699 --> 00:41:25.639 to<00:41:23.320><c> a</c><00:41:23.539><c> place</c><00:41:23.739><c> called,</c><00:41:24.099><c> in</c><00:41:24.239><c> verse</c><00:41:24.420><c> 16,</c><00:41:25.039><c> Zeratan,</c> 00:41:25.719 --> 00:41:28.139 and<00:41:25.880><c> Zeratan</c><00:41:26.340><c> means</c><00:41:26.739><c> distress,</c> 00:41:29.320 --> 00:41:32.340 one<00:41:29.460><c> of</c><00:41:29.619><c> the</c><00:41:30.460><c> effects</c><00:41:30.960><c> of</c><00:41:31.159><c> our</c><00:41:31.340><c> mortality.</c> 00:41:32.440 --> 00:41:36.960 The<00:41:32.639><c> waters</c><00:41:33.139><c> were</c><00:41:33.659><c> able</c><00:41:33.880><c> to</c><00:41:34.099><c> be</c><00:41:34.480><c> pushed</c><00:41:34.780><c> back</c><00:41:35.400><c> beyond</c><00:41:35.900><c> Adam.</c> 00:41:38.219 --> 00:41:41.480 Now<00:41:38.760><c> what</c><00:41:38.940><c> does</c><00:41:39.219><c> the</c><00:41:39.480><c> Ark</c><00:41:39.659><c> of</c><00:41:39.840><c> the</c><00:41:40.019><c> Covenant</c><00:41:40.300><c> represent?</c> 00:41:41.840 --> 00:41:44.800 How<00:41:42.119><c> did</c><00:41:42.219><c> they</c><00:41:42.539><c> transport</c><00:41:43.000><c> the</c><00:41:43.199><c> Ark</c><00:41:43.360><c> of</c><00:41:43.480><c> the</c><00:41:43.619><c> Covenant,</c><00:41:44.599><c> by</c> 00:41:44.800 --> 00:41:45.820 the<00:41:44.940><c> way?</c> 00:41:46.019 --> 00:41:49.860 What<00:41:46.500><c> did</c><00:41:46.639><c> they</c><00:41:46.739><c> put</c><00:41:46.920><c> over</c><00:41:47.159><c> top</c><00:41:47.360><c> of</c><00:41:47.480><c> it</c><00:41:47.559><c> when</c><00:41:47.679><c> they</c><00:41:47.980><c> transported</c><00:41:48.380><c> it?</c> 00:41:50.400 --> 00:41:51.699 They<00:41:50.639><c> put</c><00:41:50.780><c> the</c><00:41:51.019><c> veil.</c> 00:41:52.219 --> 00:41:54.179 That<00:41:52.340><c> was</c><00:41:52.460><c> how</c><00:41:52.619><c> the</c><00:41:52.780><c> Ark</c><00:41:52.880><c> was</c><00:41:53.199><c> transported.</c> 00:41:54.320 --> 00:41:56.260 They<00:41:54.480><c> put</c><00:41:54.659><c> the</c><00:41:54.860><c> veil</c><00:41:55.019><c> over</c><00:41:55.360><c> the</c><00:41:55.559><c> Ark</c><00:41:55.699><c> of</c><00:41:55.860><c> the</c><00:41:56.019><c> Covenant,</c> 00:41:56.300 --> 00:41:59.739 so<00:41:56.579><c> as</c><00:41:56.940><c> it</c><00:41:57.119><c> would</c><00:41:57.260><c> have</c><00:41:57.400><c> gone</c><00:41:57.639><c> over</c><00:41:57.940><c> the</c><00:41:58.519><c> dry</c><00:41:58.960><c> stream</c><00:41:59.280><c> of</c><00:41:59.539><c> Jordan,</c> 00:41:59.840 --> 00:42:02.159 the<00:42:00.039><c> veil</c><00:42:00.219><c> would</c><00:42:00.360><c> have</c><00:42:00.480><c> been</c><00:42:00.719><c> draped</c><00:42:01.039><c> over</c><00:42:01.280><c> the</c><00:42:01.420><c> top</c><00:42:01.559><c> of</c><00:42:01.719><c> that</c><00:42:01.960><c> Ark.</c> 00:42:02.639 --> 00:42:05.539 Now<00:42:02.800><c> that</c><00:42:03.039><c> veil,</c><00:42:04.059><c> Paul</c><00:42:04.320><c> says</c><00:42:04.559><c> in</c><00:42:04.679><c> Hebrews</c><00:42:05.000><c> chapter</c><00:42:05.280><c> 10,</c> 00:42:05.579 --> 00:42:09.719 represents<00:42:06.139><c> his</c><00:42:06.739><c> flesh,</c><00:42:08.679><c> his</c><00:42:09.099><c> flesh.</c> 00:42:09.900 --> 00:42:13.000 And<00:42:10.219><c> so</c><00:42:10.360><c> it's</c><00:42:10.539><c> by</c><00:42:10.780><c> the</c><00:42:11.079><c> death</c><00:42:11.519><c> of</c><00:42:11.980><c> our</c><00:42:12.159><c> Lord</c><00:42:12.360><c> Jesus</c><00:42:12.699><c> Christ,</c> 00:42:13.000 --> 00:42:16.380 that<00:42:13.239><c> and</c><00:42:13.239><c> only</c><00:42:13.440><c> by</c><00:42:13.820><c> that,</c><00:42:14.500><c> that</c><00:42:14.659><c> the</c><00:42:14.900><c> waters</c><00:42:15.199><c> of</c><00:42:15.480><c> Jordan,</c> 00:42:16.559 --> 00:42:19.099 which<00:42:16.760><c> surely</c><00:42:17.179><c> and</c><00:42:17.559><c> certainly</c><00:42:17.840><c> are</c><00:42:18.039><c> heading</c><00:42:18.219><c> down</c><00:42:18.579><c> into</c><00:42:18.780><c> death,</c> 00:42:19.400 --> 00:42:22.039 can<00:42:19.500><c> be</c><00:42:19.800><c> pushed</c><00:42:20.039><c> back</c><00:42:20.519><c> beyond</c><00:42:20.980><c> Adam,</c> 00:42:22.880 --> 00:42:24.659 back<00:42:23.139><c> beyond</c><00:42:23.519><c> our</c><00:42:23.800><c> current</c><00:42:24.059><c> distress,</c> 00:42:25.059 --> 00:42:28.719 so<00:42:25.239><c> that</c><00:42:25.400><c> we</c><00:42:25.599><c> can</c><00:42:25.739><c> be</c><00:42:26.099><c> changed</c><00:42:26.619><c> for</c><00:42:27.079><c> the</c><00:42:27.239><c> Kingdom</c><00:42:27.480><c> of</c><00:42:27.679><c> God.</c> 00:42:29.239 --> 00:42:31.880 And<00:42:29.599><c> apart</c><00:42:29.800><c> from</c><00:42:30.019><c> any</c><00:42:30.239><c> sort</c><00:42:30.460><c> of</c><00:42:30.679><c> identification</c> 00:42:32.380 --> 00:42:34.340 with<00:42:32.920><c> our</c><00:42:33.179><c> High</c><00:42:33.440><c> Priest,</c> 00:42:34.440 --> 00:42:37.360 the<00:42:34.619><c> sure</c><00:42:34.840><c> and</c><00:42:35.159><c> certain</c><00:42:35.460><c> sentence</c><00:42:35.880><c> of</c><00:42:36.119><c> death</c><00:42:36.300><c> could</c><00:42:36.539><c> never</c><00:42:36.780><c> be</c><00:42:37.019><c> reversed.</c> 00:42:37.699 --> 00:42:40.039 But<00:42:37.860><c> the</c><00:42:38.039><c> Lord</c><00:42:38.199><c> Jesus</c><00:42:38.599><c> Christ,</c><00:42:39.079><c> through</c><00:42:39.239><c> His</c><00:42:39.460><c> sacrifice,</c> 00:42:40.039 --> 00:42:44.659 has<00:42:40.599><c> the</c><00:42:40.860><c> ability</c><00:42:41.260><c> to</c><00:42:41.579><c> drive</c><00:42:41.880><c> those</c><00:42:42.280><c> waters</c><00:42:42.539><c> back</c><00:42:43.159><c> beyond</c><00:42:43.699><c> Adam</c> 00:42:45.039 --> 00:42:48.019 and<00:42:45.599><c> change</c><00:42:45.980><c> us</c><00:42:46.239><c> for</c><00:42:46.420><c> the</c><00:42:46.539><c> Kingdom</c><00:42:46.800><c> of</c><00:42:46.980><c> God,</c> 00:42:48.320 --> 00:42:50.900 so<00:42:48.500><c> that</c><00:42:48.699><c> then</c><00:42:48.880><c> we</c><00:42:49.059><c> can</c><00:42:49.280><c> pass</c><00:42:49.699><c> over,</c><00:42:49.980><c> as</c><00:42:50.199><c> the</c><00:42:50.420><c> people</c><00:42:50.579><c> did</c><00:42:50.780><c> in</c> 00:42:50.900 --> 00:42:51.840 verse<00:42:51.119><c> 17,</c> 00:42:52.260 --> 00:42:55.059 onto<00:42:52.480><c> dry</c><00:42:52.940><c> land,</c><00:42:53.780><c> into</c><00:42:54.059><c> the</c><00:42:54.300><c> promised</c><00:42:54.579><c> land,</c> 00:42:55.400 --> 00:42:58.860 and<00:42:55.639><c> into</c><00:42:56.420><c> immortality</c><00:42:57.579><c> itself.</c> 00:42:59.960 --> 00:43:01.219 It's<00:43:00.239><c> marvelous,</c><00:43:00.780><c> brothers</c><00:43:00.820><c> and</c><00:43:01.019><c> sisters,</c> 00:43:01.219 --> 00:43:03.659 how<00:43:01.460><c> the</c><00:43:01.739><c> land</c><00:43:02.059><c> is</c><00:43:02.579><c> able</c><00:43:02.739><c> to</c><00:43:03.000><c> demonstrate</c> 00:43:03.659 --> 00:43:05.780 some<00:43:04.079><c> of</c><00:43:04.199><c> these</c><00:43:04.400><c> glorious</c><00:43:04.780><c> lessons,</c> 00:43:06.000 --> 00:43:08.099 lessons<00:43:06.320><c> that</c><00:43:06.519><c> we</c><00:43:06.699><c> all</c><00:43:07.019><c> know</c><00:43:07.239><c> to</c><00:43:07.420><c> be</c><00:43:07.679><c> true.</c> 00:43:08.099 --> 00:43:10.139 We<00:43:08.699><c> all</c><00:43:08.920><c> know</c><00:43:09.059><c> the</c><00:43:09.139><c> principle</c><00:43:09.500><c> that</c><00:43:09.659><c> man</c><00:43:09.800><c> is</c><00:43:09.980><c> mortal,</c> 00:43:10.300 --> 00:43:13.880 but<00:43:10.340><c> the</c><00:43:10.579><c> land</c><00:43:11.059><c> and</c><00:43:11.739><c> its</c><00:43:12.000><c> pictures</c><00:43:12.559><c> and</c><00:43:13.059><c> its</c><00:43:13.320><c> geography</c> 00:43:13.880 --> 00:43:18.699 is<00:43:14.360><c> there</c><00:43:14.599><c> to</c><00:43:15.019><c> remind</c><00:43:15.360><c> us</c><00:43:16.139><c> of</c><00:43:17.460><c> our</c><00:43:17.679><c> condition.</c> 00:43:18.840 --> 00:43:21.119 Let<00:43:18.940><c> us</c><00:43:19.079><c> never</c><00:43:19.320><c> think</c><00:43:19.639><c> that</c><00:43:19.820><c> time</c><00:43:20.059><c> will</c><00:43:20.219><c> just</c><00:43:20.380><c> go</c><00:43:20.519><c> on</c><00:43:20.699><c> and</c><00:43:20.860><c> on.</c> 00:43:21.460 --> 00:43:24.340 If<00:43:21.599><c> we've</c><00:43:21.820><c> got</c><00:43:22.000><c> things</c><00:43:22.320><c> that</c><00:43:22.500><c> we</c><00:43:22.639><c> need</c><00:43:22.780><c> to</c><00:43:22.920><c> do</c><00:43:23.019><c> in</c><00:43:23.139><c> the</c><00:43:23.380><c> truth,</c> 00:43:24.619 --> 00:43:27.019 let's<00:43:24.840><c> not</c><00:43:25.119><c> say,</c><00:43:26.079><c> well,</c><00:43:26.079><c> we'll</c><00:43:26.260><c> do</c><00:43:26.480><c> this</c> 00:43:27.019 --> 00:43:28.980 when<00:43:27.480><c> circumstances</c><00:43:28.139><c> look</c><00:43:28.380><c> right</c><00:43:28.599><c> to</c><00:43:28.800><c> us.</c> 00:43:29.019 --> 00:43:30.719 They<00:43:29.260><c> may</c><00:43:29.480><c> never</c><00:43:29.699><c> look</c><00:43:29.900><c> right</c><00:43:30.099><c> to</c><00:43:30.320><c> us.</c> 00:43:31.059 --> 00:43:32.719 This<00:43:31.340><c> is</c><00:43:31.619><c> our</c><00:43:31.860><c> end.</c> 00:43:33.280 --> 00:43:34.679 And<00:43:33.440><c> it's</c><00:43:33.519><c> by</c><00:43:33.719><c> coming</c><00:43:33.920><c> to</c><00:43:34.139><c> grips</c><00:43:34.280><c> with</c><00:43:34.500><c> that</c> 00:43:34.679 --> 00:43:36.300 that<00:43:34.860><c> you</c><00:43:35.019><c> use</c><00:43:35.260><c> your</c><00:43:35.539><c> time</c><00:43:35.820><c> wisely,</c> 00:43:36.300 --> 00:43:37.800 that<00:43:36.659><c> you</c><00:43:36.860><c> don't</c><00:43:37.219><c> waste</c><00:43:37.559><c> time,</c> 00:43:37.920 --> 00:43:41.199 that<00:43:38.079><c> you</c><00:43:38.280><c> feel</c><00:43:38.500><c> uncomfortable</c><00:43:39.139><c> when</c><00:43:39.380><c> you</c><00:43:39.539><c> are</c><00:43:39.719><c> wasting</c><00:43:40.119><c> time.</c> 00:43:42.159 --> 00:43:44.480 And<00:43:42.260><c> the</c><00:43:42.400><c> waters</c><00:43:42.559><c> of</c><00:43:42.780><c> Jordan</c><00:43:43.139><c> remind</c><00:43:43.840><c> us</c><00:43:44.039><c> of</c><00:43:44.199><c> that.</c> 00:43:44.840 --> 00:43:46.800 In<00:43:45.059><c> conclusion,</c><00:43:45.599><c> let's</c><00:43:45.699><c> just</c><00:43:45.880><c> look</c><00:43:46.019><c> at</c><00:43:46.119><c> one</c><00:43:46.300><c> other</c><00:43:46.559><c> case</c> 00:43:46.800 --> 00:43:48.659 that<00:43:47.059><c> happened</c><00:43:47.300><c> at</c><00:43:47.480><c> the</c><00:43:47.659><c> Jordan,</c> 00:43:49.099 --> 00:43:51.400 2<00:43:49.280><c> Kings</c><00:43:49.599><c> chapter</c><00:43:50.000><c> 6.</c> 00:43:52.599 --> 00:43:57.219 And<00:43:52.760><c> this</c><00:43:52.920><c> is</c><00:43:54.260><c> appropriately</c><00:43:55.019><c> with</c><00:43:55.440><c> Elisha,</c><00:43:56.440><c> the</c><00:43:56.559><c> man</c><00:43:56.739><c> of</c><00:43:56.960><c> God.</c> 00:43:57.340 --> 00:43:59.800 So<00:43:57.500><c> we've</c><00:43:57.739><c> seen</c><00:43:57.820><c> the</c><00:43:58.079><c> three</c><00:43:58.280><c> men,</c><00:43:58.699><c> Joshua,</c> 00:44:00.360 --> 00:44:04.360 the<00:44:00.559><c> waters</c><00:44:00.840><c> were</c><00:44:01.119><c> driven</c><00:44:01.940><c> beyond</c><00:44:03.320><c> Adam,</c> 00:44:04.840 --> 00:44:08.340 back<00:44:05.239><c> towards</c><00:44:05.639><c> Hermon,</c><00:44:06.119><c> where</c><00:44:06.280><c> man</c><00:44:06.699><c> was</c><00:44:07.139><c> meant</c><00:44:07.559><c> to</c><00:44:07.840><c> be</c> 00:44:08.340 --> 00:44:09.800 in<00:44:08.800><c> the</c><00:44:09.019><c> beginning.</c> 00:44:10.119 --> 00:44:11.800 And<00:44:10.400><c> now</c><00:44:10.579><c> we</c><00:44:10.719><c> see</c><00:44:10.880><c> a</c><00:44:11.059><c> case</c><00:44:11.219><c> with</c><00:44:11.480><c> Elisha.</c> 00:44:11.880 --> 00:44:13.639 You<00:44:11.900><c> know,</c><00:44:12.079><c> Elisha</c><00:44:12.400><c> had</c><00:44:12.539><c> an</c><00:44:12.780><c> event</c> 00:44:13.659 --> 00:44:16.199 that<00:44:14.059><c> happened</c><00:44:14.219><c> at</c><00:44:14.360><c> the</c><00:44:14.480><c> River</c><00:44:14.699><c> Jordan,</c><00:44:15.599><c> too,</c> 00:44:16.900 --> 00:44:19.079 when<00:44:17.039><c> his</c><00:44:17.340><c> servants</c><00:44:17.619><c> were</c><00:44:17.860><c> cutting</c><00:44:18.139><c> down</c><00:44:18.579><c> trees.</c> 00:44:19.340 --> 00:44:21.679 The<00:44:19.480><c> sons</c><00:44:19.639><c> of</c><00:44:19.800><c> the</c><00:44:19.980><c> prophets,</c><00:44:20.760><c> the</c><00:44:20.960><c> Ecclesia</c><00:44:21.320><c> of</c><00:44:21.440><c> the</c><00:44:21.559><c> day,</c> 00:44:21.719 --> 00:44:23.039 was<00:44:21.900><c> beginning</c><00:44:22.139><c> to</c><00:44:22.500><c> expand,</c> 00:44:23.039 --> 00:44:25.639 and<00:44:23.719><c> they</c><00:44:23.860><c> had</c><00:44:23.980><c> to</c><00:44:24.139><c> make</c><00:44:24.280><c> extra</c><00:44:24.679><c> accommodation</c><00:44:25.260><c> for</c><00:44:25.539><c> them.</c> 00:44:25.639 --> 00:44:26.880 So<00:44:25.739><c> they</c><00:44:25.820><c> had</c><00:44:25.960><c> to</c><00:44:26.019><c> go</c><00:44:26.219><c> down</c><00:44:26.400><c> to</c><00:44:26.539><c> the</c><00:44:26.719><c> Jordan,</c> 00:44:26.940 --> 00:44:29.019 and<00:44:27.019><c> they</c><00:44:27.039><c> had</c><00:44:27.159><c> to</c><00:44:27.300><c> cut</c><00:44:27.420><c> down</c><00:44:27.679><c> some</c><00:44:27.900><c> trees.</c> 00:44:30.219 --> 00:44:34.119 In<00:44:30.619><c> 2</c><00:44:30.820><c> Kings</c><00:44:31.099><c> chapter</c><00:44:31.480><c> 6,</c><00:44:32.860><c> we</c><00:44:32.940><c> read</c><00:44:33.079><c> in</c><00:44:33.219><c> verse</c><00:44:33.420><c> 1,</c> 00:44:34.679 --> 00:44:36.280 the<00:44:34.760><c> sons</c><00:44:34.960><c> of</c><00:44:35.099><c> the</c><00:44:35.260><c> prophets</c><00:44:35.519><c> said</c><00:44:35.699><c> unto</c><00:44:35.900><c> Elijah,</c> 00:44:36.519 --> 00:44:38.500 Behold<00:44:36.719><c> now,</c><00:44:36.980><c> the</c><00:44:37.079><c> place</c><00:44:37.420><c> where</c><00:44:37.599><c> we</c><00:44:37.860><c> dwell</c><00:44:38.099><c> with</c><00:44:38.360><c> thee</c> 00:44:38.500 --> 00:44:41.000 is<00:44:38.619><c> too</c><00:44:38.920><c> straight</c><00:44:39.139><c> for</c><00:44:39.300><c> us,</c><00:44:39.420><c> the</c><00:44:39.559><c> hall</c><00:44:39.760><c> is</c><00:44:39.840><c> too</c><00:44:40.059><c> small.</c> 00:44:41.559 --> 00:44:44.340 Let<00:44:41.739><c> us</c><00:44:41.920><c> go,</c><00:44:42.119><c> we</c><00:44:42.280><c> pray,</c><00:44:42.639><c> thee</c><00:44:42.780><c> unto</c><00:44:43.099><c> Jordan,</c> 00:44:44.559 --> 00:44:46.559 and<00:44:44.659><c> take</c><00:44:44.940><c> thence</c><00:44:45.199><c> every</c><00:44:45.400><c> man</c><00:44:45.599><c> a</c><00:44:45.760><c> beam,</c> 00:44:46.619 --> 00:44:48.820 and<00:44:46.719><c> let</c><00:44:46.820><c> us</c><00:44:46.940><c> make</c><00:44:47.119><c> us</c><00:44:47.300><c> a</c><00:44:47.460><c> place</c><00:44:47.679><c> there</c><00:44:47.960><c> where</c><00:44:48.099><c> we</c><00:44:48.280><c> may</c><00:44:48.460><c> dwell.</c> 00:44:49.159 --> 00:44:50.659 And<00:44:49.340><c> he</c><00:44:49.420><c> said,</c><00:44:49.920><c> Go</c><00:44:49.920><c> ye.</c> 00:44:52.380 --> 00:44:55.559 Verse<00:44:52.780><c> 5,</c><00:44:53.920><c> they</c><00:44:54.179><c> begin</c><00:44:54.400><c> to</c><00:44:54.619><c> cut</c><00:44:54.760><c> down</c><00:44:55.039><c> the</c><00:44:55.280><c> wood,</c> 00:44:56.059 --> 00:44:59.139 and<00:44:56.500><c> says,</c><00:44:56.800><c> But</c><00:44:56.800><c> as</c><00:44:57.119><c> one</c><00:44:57.400><c> was</c><00:44:57.780><c> felling</c><00:44:58.019><c> a</c><00:44:58.300><c> beam,</c> 00:44:59.960 --> 00:45:02.079 the<00:45:00.400><c> axehead</c><00:45:00.840><c> fell</c><00:45:01.400><c> into</c><00:45:01.679><c> the</c><00:45:01.900><c> water,</c> 00:45:02.099 --> 00:45:04.840 and<00:45:02.179><c> he</c><00:45:02.420><c> cried,</c><00:45:03.019><c> Alas,</c><00:45:03.300><c> Master,</c><00:45:03.559><c> if</c><00:45:03.599><c> it</c><00:45:03.699><c> was</c><00:45:03.900><c> borrowed.</c> 00:45:05.940 --> 00:45:08.719 And<00:45:06.139><c> Elisha</c><00:45:06.380><c> says,</c><00:45:07.000><c> Well,</c><00:45:07.340><c> where</c><00:45:07.579><c> did</c><00:45:07.699><c> it</c><00:45:07.900><c> fall?</c> 00:45:09.539 --> 00:45:10.820 And<00:45:09.800><c> he</c><00:45:09.920><c> showed</c><00:45:10.039><c> him</c><00:45:10.199><c> the</c><00:45:10.400><c> place,</c> 00:45:11.320 --> 00:45:14.639 and<00:45:11.460><c> he</c><00:45:11.699><c> cut</c><00:45:11.960><c> down,</c><00:45:12.280><c> that</c><00:45:12.380><c> is,</c><00:45:12.619><c> Elisha</c><00:45:13.000><c> cut</c><00:45:13.179><c> down</c><00:45:13.440><c> a</c><00:45:13.760><c> stick,</c> 00:45:14.659 --> 00:45:17.460 and<00:45:14.880><c> cast</c><00:45:15.239><c> it</c><00:45:15.440><c> in</c><00:45:15.679><c> thither,</c><00:45:15.940><c> and</c><00:45:16.139><c> the</c><00:45:16.420><c> iron</c><00:45:16.719><c> did</c><00:45:16.980><c> swim.</c> 00:45:17.840 --> 00:45:19.780 Therefore<00:45:18.280><c> said</c><00:45:18.519><c> he,</c><00:45:18.980><c> Take</c><00:45:19.099><c> it</c><00:45:19.219><c> up</c><00:45:19.360><c> to</c><00:45:19.539><c> thee,</c> 00:45:19.960 --> 00:45:21.460 and<00:45:20.179><c> he</c><00:45:20.340><c> put</c><00:45:20.420><c> it</c><00:45:20.579><c> in</c><00:45:20.619><c> his</c><00:45:20.900><c> hand,</c><00:45:21.039><c> and</c><00:45:21.179><c> he</c><00:45:21.280><c> took</c><00:45:21.400><c> it.</c> 00:45:21.460 --> 00:45:22.880 Now,<00:45:21.599><c> have</c><00:45:21.739><c> you</c><00:45:21.780><c> ever</c><00:45:22.039><c> wondered,</c><00:45:22.519><c> brothers</c><00:45:22.599><c> and</c><00:45:22.739><c> sisters,</c> 00:45:22.880 --> 00:45:24.840 what<00:45:23.139><c> that</c><00:45:23.440><c> story</c><00:45:23.699><c> is</c><00:45:23.739><c> all</c><00:45:23.940><c> about?</c> 00:45:25.320 --> 00:45:28.059 This<00:45:25.500><c> man</c><00:45:25.699><c> is</c><00:45:25.900><c> just</c><00:45:26.119><c> out,</c><00:45:26.480><c> you</c><00:45:26.860><c> know,</c><00:45:27.340><c> cutting</c><00:45:27.539><c> down</c><00:45:27.900><c> wood,</c> 00:45:28.179 --> 00:45:31.139 and<00:45:28.260><c> the</c><00:45:28.420><c> axehead</c><00:45:28.760><c> flies</c><00:45:29.199><c> off,</c><00:45:29.500><c> and</c><00:45:29.619><c> it</c><00:45:29.739><c> lands</c><00:45:29.980><c> in</c><00:45:30.139><c> the</c><00:45:30.300><c> Jordan,</c> 00:45:32.099 --> 00:45:33.199 and<00:45:32.539><c> it's</c><00:45:32.739><c> lost.</c> 00:45:33.679 --> 00:45:35.360 You<00:45:33.780><c> know,</c><00:45:33.880><c> looking</c><00:45:34.000><c> at</c><00:45:34.139><c> that</c><00:45:34.400><c> water,</c> 00:45:35.659 --> 00:45:38.300 it's<00:45:36.099><c> understandable</c><00:45:36.539><c> why</c><00:45:36.780><c> he</c><00:45:36.940><c> couldn't</c><00:45:37.139><c> find</c><00:45:37.400><c> it.</c> 00:45:38.780 --> 00:45:39.840 So<00:45:38.980><c> what</c><00:45:39.199><c> does</c><00:45:39.360><c> that</c><00:45:39.619><c> represent?</c> 00:45:39.880 --> 00:45:41.320 What<00:45:40.059><c> does</c><00:45:40.280><c> the</c><00:45:40.539><c> Jordan</c><00:45:40.820><c> represent?</c> 00:45:41.420 --> 00:45:44.280 Well,<00:45:41.559><c> the</c><00:45:41.699><c> Jordan</c><00:45:41.920><c> represents,</c><00:45:42.619><c> doesn't</c><00:45:42.719><c> it,</c><00:45:42.900><c> the</c><00:45:43.179><c> flesh,</c> 00:45:44.360 --> 00:45:47.239 in<00:45:44.480><c> all</c><00:45:44.659><c> its</c><00:45:44.880><c> ugliness,</c><00:45:45.980><c> in</c><00:45:46.139><c> all</c><00:45:46.300><c> its</c><00:45:46.460><c> grotesqueness.</c> 00:45:47.380 --> 00:45:49.760 And<00:45:47.760><c> it's</c><00:45:48.079><c> Elisha,</c><00:45:48.639><c> the</c><00:45:48.780><c> man</c><00:45:49.039><c> of</c><00:45:49.320><c> God,</c> 00:45:49.760 --> 00:45:55.940 who<00:45:50.480><c> was</c><00:45:50.719><c> able</c><00:45:50.900><c> to</c><00:45:51.159><c> recover</c><00:45:52.000><c> that</c><00:45:52.900><c> which</c><00:45:53.239><c> was</c><00:45:53.699><c> lost</c><00:45:54.340><c> in</c><00:45:54.940><c> the</c><00:45:55.139><c> Jordan.</c> 00:45:56.420 --> 00:45:59.260 Those<00:45:56.840><c> people</c><00:45:57.360><c> that</c><00:45:57.539><c> are</c><00:45:57.820><c> lost</c><00:45:58.300><c> in</c><00:45:58.500><c> the</c><00:45:58.719><c> world</c> 00:45:59.260 --> 00:46:04.059 are<00:46:00.099><c> able</c><00:46:00.260><c> to</c><00:46:00.420><c> be</c><00:46:00.760><c> recovered</c><00:46:01.300><c> by</c><00:46:01.980><c> the</c><00:46:02.219><c> influence</c><00:46:02.780><c> of</c><00:46:03.360><c> Elisha,</c> 00:46:04.360 --> 00:46:05.119 the<00:46:04.559><c> man</c><00:46:04.780><c> of</c><00:46:04.980><c> God.</c> 00:46:05.179 --> 00:46:07.380 Now,<00:46:06.260><c> the</c><00:46:06.400><c> word</c><00:46:06.500><c> that</c><00:46:06.619><c> we</c><00:46:06.719><c> want</c><00:46:06.820><c> to</c><00:46:06.940><c> focus</c><00:46:07.179><c> on</c> 00:46:07.380 --> 00:46:09.420 is<00:46:07.659><c> the</c><00:46:07.739><c> word</c><00:46:07.820><c> in</c><00:46:07.940><c> verse</c><00:46:08.199><c> 6.</c> 00:46:11.719 --> 00:46:13.300 When<00:46:11.800><c> he</c><00:46:11.940><c> had</c><00:46:12.039><c> been</c><00:46:12.280><c> shown</c><00:46:12.500><c> the</c><00:46:12.800><c> place,</c> 00:46:13.539 --> 00:46:15.739 it<00:46:13.780><c> says</c><00:46:13.980><c> that</c><00:46:14.179><c> he</c><00:46:14.380><c> cut</c><00:46:14.599><c> down</c><00:46:15.059><c> a</c><00:46:15.599><c> stick.</c> 00:46:15.820 --> 00:46:17.079 Now,<00:46:15.980><c> that</c><00:46:16.139><c> word</c><00:46:16.320><c> there,</c><00:46:16.679><c> stick,</c> 00:46:17.079 --> 00:46:19.239 it's<00:46:17.460><c> probably</c><00:46:17.800><c> one</c><00:46:17.980><c> of</c><00:46:18.039><c> the</c><00:46:18.179><c> only</c><00:46:18.420><c> times</c> 00:46:19.239 --> 00:46:24.420 where<00:46:20.059><c> this</c><00:46:20.360><c> word</c><00:46:20.559><c> is</c><00:46:20.860><c> rendered</c><00:46:21.400><c> by</c><00:46:22.320><c> that</c><00:46:22.639><c> phrase</c><00:46:23.059><c> stick.</c> 00:46:24.900 --> 00:46:27.280 Well,<00:46:25.039><c> it's</c><00:46:25.199><c> the</c><00:46:25.380><c> very</c><00:46:25.639><c> word</c><00:46:25.900><c> that's</c><00:46:27.280><c> used</c> 00:46:27.280 --> 00:46:30.980 throughout<00:46:27.860><c> the</c><00:46:28.199><c> law</c><00:46:28.559><c> for</c><00:46:28.960><c> the</c><00:46:29.159><c> word</c><00:46:29.699><c> tree.</c> 00:46:31.800 --> 00:46:33.980 And<00:46:31.980><c> it's</c><00:46:32.199><c> the</c><00:46:32.340><c> word</c><00:46:32.519><c> used,</c><00:46:32.840><c> for</c><00:46:32.980><c> instance,</c><00:46:33.360><c> in</c><00:46:33.480><c> Deuteronomy,</c> 00:46:34.059 --> 00:46:35.000 where<00:46:34.159><c> it</c><00:46:34.320><c> says,</c> 00:46:35.019 --> 00:46:39.940 cursed<00:46:35.019><c> is</c><00:46:35.320><c> every</c><00:46:35.659><c> one</c><00:46:35.840><c> that</c><00:46:36.280><c> hangeth</c><00:46:36.820><c> on</c><00:46:37.820><c> a</c><00:46:39.039><c> tree.</c> 00:46:40.500 --> 00:46:43.500 So<00:46:40.780><c> it's</c><00:46:41.059><c> by</c><00:46:41.400><c> the</c><00:46:41.619><c> Lord's</c><00:46:42.380><c> sacrifice,</c> 00:46:43.579 --> 00:46:46.639 by<00:46:43.880><c> identifying</c><00:46:44.440><c> ourselves</c><00:46:44.960><c> with</c><00:46:45.280><c> the</c><00:46:45.619><c> Lord's</c><00:46:46.340><c> offering</c> 00:46:46.639 --> 00:46:49.320 upon<00:46:47.019><c> the</c><00:46:47.380><c> tree</c><00:46:47.739><c> that</c><00:46:48.340><c> that</c><00:46:48.539><c> which</c><00:46:48.659><c> is</c><00:46:48.960><c> lost</c> 00:46:49.320 --> 00:46:50.760 is<00:46:49.920><c> able</c><00:46:50.099><c> to</c><00:46:50.260><c> be</c><00:46:50.500><c> recovered.</c> 00:46:50.900 --> 00:46:52.519 And<00:46:50.960><c> you</c><00:46:51.039><c> know,</c><00:46:51.099><c> the</c><00:46:51.260><c> reaction</c><00:46:51.760><c> of</c><00:46:52.000><c> this</c><00:46:52.260><c> man</c> 00:46:52.519 --> 00:46:55.000 as<00:46:52.739><c> Elisha</c><00:46:53.199><c> shows</c><00:46:53.559><c> him</c><00:46:53.760><c> where</c><00:46:53.920><c> it</c><00:46:54.119><c> is</c><00:46:54.219><c> in</c><00:46:54.380><c> the</c><00:46:54.559><c> water</c> 00:46:55.000 --> 00:46:56.019 has<00:46:55.539><c> got</c><00:46:55.679><c> to</c><00:46:55.800><c> be</c><00:46:55.920><c> ours.</c> 00:46:56.179 --> 00:46:58.440 It<00:46:56.179><c> says,</c><00:46:56.639><c> verse</c><00:46:56.840><c> 7,</c><00:46:57.519><c> take</c><00:46:57.659><c> it</c><00:46:57.800><c> up</c><00:46:57.980><c> to</c><00:46:58.159><c> thee.</c> 00:46:58.880 --> 00:47:03.420 And<00:46:58.980><c> he</c><00:46:59.099><c> put</c><00:46:59.219><c> out</c><00:46:59.400><c> his</c><00:46:59.639><c> hand</c><00:47:00.239><c> and</c><00:47:01.659><c> he</c><00:47:01.860><c> took</c><00:47:01.980><c> it.</c> 00:47:04.900 --> 00:47:07.659 The<00:47:05.119><c> redemption</c><00:47:05.719><c> that</c><00:47:06.320><c> the</c><00:47:06.460><c> Lord</c><00:47:06.599><c> Jesus</c><00:47:06.960><c> Christ</c><00:47:07.219><c> 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