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And<00:14:10.360><c> the</c><00:14:10.580><c> pilgrims</c><00:14:11.019><c> who</c><00:14:11.500><c> flooded</c><00:14:11.980><c> Jerusalem</c><00:14:13.000><c> and</c><00:14:13.879><c> crowded</c><00:14:14.259><c> all</c><00:14:14.940><c> the</c><00:14:15.220><c> roads</c><00:14:15.580><c> that</c><00:14:15.940><c> led</c><00:14:16.059><c> into</c><00:14:16.379><c> the</c><00:14:16.639><c> city,</c><00:14:17.820><c> they</c><00:14:18.059><c> were</c><00:14:18.299><c> hungry</c><00:14:18.700><c> for</c><00:14:18.960><c> a</c><00:14:19.220><c> Messiah.</c>

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Shout,<00:16:23.200><c> daughter</c><00:16:23.620><c> of</c><00:16:23.940><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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ruthless<00:17:20.880><c> King</c><00:17:21.339><c> Jehu.</c>

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John<00:19:14.279><c> chapter</c><00:19:14.680><c> 12.</c>

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that<00:20:01.319><c> Zechariah</c><00:20:02.720><c> described</c><00:20:03.500><c> the</c><00:20:03.779><c> coming</c><00:20:04.079><c> king</c><00:20:04.759><c> as</c><00:20:05.519><c> lowly.</c>

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ascension<00:21:25.240><c> to</c><00:21:25.440><c> heaven.</c>

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all<00:21:34.079><c> this</c>

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the<00:21:48.759><c> time.</c>

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describing<00:22:11.519><c> the</c><00:22:11.839><c> coming</c><00:22:12.160><c> king.</c>

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He<00:22:21.740><c> will</c><00:22:22.059><c> proclaim</c><00:22:22.640><c> peace</c><00:22:23.380><c> to</c><00:22:23.680><c> the</c><00:22:23.859><c> nations.</c>

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His<00:22:25.299><c> rule</c><00:22:25.960><c> will</c><00:22:26.460><c> extend</c><00:22:27.240><c> from</c><00:22:27.980><c> C</c><00:22:28.859><c> to</c><00:22:29.220><c> C.</c>

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And<00:22:30.880><c> as</c><00:22:31.059><c> they</c><00:22:31.299><c> continued</c><00:22:31.819><c> to</c><00:22:32.200><c> read,</c><00:22:33.200><c> they</c><00:22:33.599><c> would</c><00:22:33.859><c> come</c><00:22:34.019><c> to</c><00:22:34.240><c> the</c>

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end<00:22:34.720><c> of</c><00:22:34.960><c> Zechariah's</c><00:22:35.680><c> message.</c>

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would<00:22:40.680><c> in</c><00:22:40.920><c> fact</c><00:22:41.140><c> return.</c>

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to<00:22:47.160><c> fight</c><00:22:47.480><c> the</c><00:22:47.799><c> nations</c><00:22:48.259><c> that</c><00:22:48.819><c> were</c><00:22:49.140><c> opposed</c><00:22:49.740><c> to</c><00:22:50.099><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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Then<00:22:54.500><c> the</c><00:22:54.740><c> Lord</c><00:22:55.000><c> will</c><00:22:55.180><c> go</c><00:22:55.400><c> out</c><00:22:55.599><c> and</c><00:22:55.940><c> fight</c><00:22:56.160><c> against</c><00:22:56.480><c> those</c><00:22:56.859><c> nations</c>

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Zechariah<00:23:06.119><c> says,</c><00:23:07.079><c> the</c><00:23:07.099><c> Lord</c><00:23:07.519><c> will</c><00:23:07.759><c> be</c><00:23:07.960><c> king</c><00:23:08.200><c> over</c><00:23:08.460><c> the</c><00:23:08.619><c> whole</c><00:23:08.960><c> earth.</c>

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On<00:23:10.019><c> that</c><00:23:10.299><c> day,</c><00:23:10.740><c> there</c><00:23:10.740><c> will</c><00:23:10.960><c> be</c><00:23:11.279><c> one</c><00:23:11.640><c> Lord.</c>

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He<00:23:16.019><c> says,</c><00:23:16.359><c> it</c><00:23:16.440><c> will</c><00:23:16.660><c> be</c><00:23:16.859><c> inhabited.</c>

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Jerusalem<00:23:20.700><c> will</c><00:23:20.980><c> be</c><00:23:21.220><c> secure.</c>

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Lord<00:23:33.539><c> Almighty.</c>

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our<00:23:40.799><c> talk</c><00:23:41.079><c> this</c><00:23:41.579><c> morning,</c>

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who<00:23:51.829><c> knew</c><00:23:52.190><c> the</c><00:23:52.490><c> scriptures</c><00:23:53.089><c> and</c><00:23:53.849><c> were</c><00:23:54.150><c> watching</c><00:23:54.609><c> the</c><00:23:55.029><c> signs</c>

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of<00:23:56.349><c> their</c><00:23:56.710><c> times.</c>

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promised<00:24:02.349><c> Messiah.</c>

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from<00:24:08.470><c> Roman</c><00:24:08.809><c> oppression,</c>

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we<00:24:11.190><c> should</c><00:24:11.809><c> long</c><00:24:12.369><c> for</c><00:24:12.869><c> redemption</c><00:24:13.450><c> from</c><00:24:14.390><c> this</c><00:24:14.769><c> world</c><00:24:15.230><c> of</c><00:24:15.730><c> sin</c>

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and<00:24:17.250><c> suffering</c><00:24:17.730><c> and</c><00:24:18.589><c> death.</c>

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the<00:24:27.529><c> angels'</c><00:24:27.970><c> words</c><00:24:28.710><c> will</c><00:24:29.549><c> finally</c><00:24:30.069><c> be</c><00:24:30.710><c> fulfilled.</c>

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Glory<00:24:32.809><c> to</c><00:24:33.069><c> God</c><00:24:33.589><c> in</c><00:24:34.690><c> the</c><00:24:34.869><c> highest,</c><00:24:35.950><c> and</c><00:24:36.210><c> on</c><00:24:36.369><c> earth</c><00:24:36.690><c> peace,</c><00:24:38.029><c> goodwill</c><00:24:38.569><c> toward</c><00:24:38.849><c> men.</c>

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