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earnest<00:10:04.200><c> Bible</c><00:10:04.679><c> study.</c>

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It<00:10:05.200><c> really</c><00:10:05.440><c> encouraged</c><00:10:05.860><c> me</c><00:10:06.059><c> to</c><00:10:06.500><c> study</c><00:10:06.799><c> harder</c><00:10:07.259><c> the</c><00:10:07.679><c> things</c><00:10:07.879><c> of</c><00:10:08.139><c> God.</c>

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And<00:10:08.759><c> I</c><00:10:08.860><c> know</c><00:10:09.100><c> many</c><00:10:09.440><c> young</c><00:10:09.679><c> brethren</c><00:10:09.980><c> come</c><00:10:10.399><c> to</c><00:10:10.539><c> that</c><00:10:10.740><c> stage</c><00:10:11.000><c> in</c>

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They<00:10:11.620><c> look,</c><00:10:11.899><c> and</c><00:10:12.000><c> they</c><00:10:12.080><c> say,</c><00:10:12.600><c> well,</c><00:10:12.620><c> what</c><00:10:12.820><c> can</c><00:10:13.039><c> I</c><00:10:13.200><c> do?</c>

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What<00:10:13.580><c> can</c><00:10:13.820><c> I</c><00:10:14.179><c> study</c><00:10:14.440><c> that</c><00:10:14.799><c> will</c><00:10:14.940><c> get</c><00:10:15.059><c> me</c><00:10:15.840><c> excited</c><00:10:16.299><c> and</c><00:10:17.139><c> really</c>

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advancing<00:10:19.039><c> in</c><00:10:19.299><c> God's</c><00:10:19.639><c> Word?</c>

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Well,<00:10:21.720><c> this</c><00:10:21.919><c> is</c><00:10:22.059><c> how</c><00:10:22.220><c> it</c><00:10:22.360><c> worked</c><00:10:22.500><c> for</c><00:10:22.679><c> us.</c>

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So<00:10:23.299><c> we</c><00:10:23.399><c> got</c><00:10:23.580><c> together,</c><00:10:23.860><c> and</c><00:10:23.980><c> we</c><00:10:24.080><c> looked</c><00:10:24.220><c> at</c><00:10:24.379><c> these</c><00:10:24.600><c> people.</c>

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It's<00:10:26.080><c> in</c><00:10:26.259><c> this</c><00:10:26.500><c> period.</c><00:10:26.960><c> It's</c><00:10:27.159><c> in</c><00:10:27.320><c> the</c><00:10:27.440><c> period</c><00:10:27.659><c> of</c><00:10:27.840><c> the</c><00:10:27.980><c> Persian</c><00:10:28.399><c> kings.</c>

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Now,<00:10:30.340><c> we</c><00:10:30.440><c> look,</c><00:10:30.639><c> and</c><00:10:30.740><c> we</c><00:10:30.840><c> see</c><00:10:31.000><c> this</c><00:10:31.259><c> time</c><00:10:31.480><c> chart.</c>

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We<00:10:31.840><c> see</c><00:10:32.059><c> that</c><00:10:32.299><c> the</c><00:10:32.720><c> nation</c><00:10:33.000><c> of</c><00:10:33.179><c> Israel</c><00:10:34.080><c> is</c><00:10:35.019><c> split</c><00:10:35.139><c> in</c><00:10:35.340><c> two,</c><00:10:35.419><c> we</c><00:10:35.639><c> know.</c>

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And<00:10:36.399><c> around</c><00:10:36.799><c> 700</c><00:10:37.480><c> B</c><00:10:37.940><c>.C.,</c><00:10:38.259><c> the</c><00:10:38.320><c> kingdom</c><00:10:38.779><c> of</c><00:10:39.220><c> Israel,</c><00:10:39.639><c> the</c><00:10:39.799><c> ten</c>

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tribes<00:10:40.340><c> in</c><00:10:40.500><c> the</c><00:10:40.580><c> north,</c><00:10:40.740><c> is</c><00:10:40.840><c> destroyed.</c>

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And<00:10:42.000><c> when</c><00:10:42.139><c> we</c><00:10:42.279><c> look,</c><00:10:42.480><c> we</c><00:10:42.600><c> see</c><00:10:42.779><c> that</c><00:10:42.919><c> there's</c><00:10:43.100><c> a</c><00:10:43.200><c> number</c><00:10:43.440><c> of</c><00:10:43.820><c> prophets</c><00:10:44.080><c> that</c><00:10:44.659><c> God</c><00:10:44.960><c> sends.</c>

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God<00:10:45.820><c> and</c><00:10:45.960><c> His</c><00:10:46.139><c> mercy</c><00:10:46.500><c> sent</c><00:10:47.019><c> to</c><00:10:47.419><c> the</c><00:10:47.559><c> children</c><00:10:47.779><c> of</c><00:10:47.899><c> Israel</c><00:10:48.240><c> to</c>

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try<00:10:48.860><c> to</c><00:10:49.019><c> get</c><00:10:49.120><c> them</c><00:10:49.299><c> to</c><00:10:49.539><c> turn</c><00:10:49.759><c> around.</c>

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We<00:10:50.759><c> have</c><00:10:50.940><c> major</c><00:10:51.279><c> prophets</c><00:10:51.960><c> like</c><00:10:52.240><c> Isaiah,</c><00:10:52.700><c> Hosea,</c><00:10:53.519><c> Micah.</c>

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We<00:10:54.179><c> see</c><00:10:54.399><c> that</c><00:10:54.580><c> these</c><00:10:54.899><c> prophets</c><00:10:55.240><c> come</c><00:10:55.399><c> on</c><00:10:55.600><c> the</c><00:10:55.779><c> scene.</c>

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And<00:10:56.379><c> we</c><00:10:56.480><c> think,</c><00:10:56.620><c> well,</c><00:10:56.840><c> why</c><00:10:57.039><c> are</c><00:10:57.039><c> these</c><00:10:57.360><c> prophets</c><00:10:57.659><c> sent?</c>

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Well,<00:10:58.840><c> we</c><00:10:58.980><c> tend</c><00:10:59.159><c> to</c><00:10:59.299><c> think</c><00:10:59.440><c> of</c><00:10:59.759><c> prophets</c><00:11:00.039><c> as</c><00:11:01.039><c> somebody</c><00:11:01.700><c> that</c>

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is<00:11:02.059><c> going</c><00:11:02.220><c> to</c><00:11:02.379><c> predict</c><00:11:02.779><c> the</c><00:11:03.139><c> future.</c>

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Well,<00:11:04.259><c> that</c><00:11:04.399><c> they</c><00:11:04.559><c> did.</c>

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They<00:11:05.740><c> predict</c><00:11:06.179><c> the</c><00:11:06.500><c> future.</c><00:11:06.940><c> They</c><00:11:07.100><c> told</c><00:11:07.419><c> the</c><00:11:07.600><c> events</c><00:11:07.779><c> before</c>

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they<00:11:08.419><c> happened,</c>

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because<00:11:08.860><c> God</c><00:11:09.179><c> knows</c><00:11:09.639><c> the</c><00:11:10.019><c> end</c><00:11:10.220><c> from</c><00:11:10.460><c> the</c><00:11:10.820><c> beginning.</c>

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He<00:11:11.919><c> tells</c><00:11:12.220><c> us</c><00:11:12.559><c> we</c><00:11:12.740><c> have</c><00:11:12.980><c> a</c><00:11:13.100><c> more</c><00:11:13.440><c> sure</c><00:11:13.779><c> word</c><00:11:14.179><c> of</c><00:11:14.519><c> prophecy,</c>

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whereby<00:11:15.720><c> we</c><00:11:15.980><c> do</c><00:11:16.220><c> well</c><00:11:16.539><c> to</c><00:11:16.799><c> take</c><00:11:17.000><c> heed</c><00:11:17.240><c> as</c><00:11:17.559><c> a</c><00:11:17.759><c> light</c><00:11:17.960><c> that</c><00:11:18.220><c> shineth</c><00:11:18.460><c> unto</c>

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a<00:11:18.820><c> dark</c><00:11:19.059><c> place.</c>

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And,<00:11:20.919><c> brothers</c><00:11:21.059><c> and</c><00:11:21.159><c> sisters,</c><00:11:21.320><c> if</c><00:11:21.419><c> you're</c><00:11:21.580><c> ever</c><00:11:21.799><c> talking</c><00:11:22.139><c> to</c>

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a<00:11:22.539><c> stranger,</c><00:11:23.200><c> where</c><00:11:23.340><c> do</c><00:11:23.460><c> we</c><00:11:23.580><c> often</c><00:11:23.940><c> start?</c>

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If<00:11:24.500><c> they</c><00:11:24.659><c> have</c><00:11:24.820><c> no</c><00:11:25.120><c> confidence</c><00:11:25.480><c> in</c><00:11:25.620><c> the</c><00:11:25.799><c> Scripture,</c><00:11:26.639><c> where</c><00:11:27.000><c> do</c>

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we<00:11:27.419><c> start?</c>

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Well,<00:11:29.000><c> we</c><00:11:29.139><c> start</c><00:11:29.299><c> from</c><00:11:29.440><c> the</c><00:11:29.580><c> prophetic</c><00:11:29.860><c> word.</c>

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Why?<00:11:30.799><c> Because</c><00:11:31.059><c> it</c><00:11:31.179><c> gives</c><00:11:31.639><c> power</c><00:11:32.120><c> and</c><00:11:32.480><c> authority</c><00:11:32.879><c> to</c><00:11:33.019><c> that</c><00:11:33.159><c> book,</c>

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so<00:11:33.840><c> that</c><00:11:34.039><c> they</c><00:11:34.220><c> will</c><00:11:34.600><c> listen</c><00:11:35.100><c> to</c><00:11:35.539><c> the</c><00:11:35.779><c> message</c><00:11:36.139><c> that</c><00:11:36.539><c> we</c><00:11:36.740><c> have</c>

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So<00:11:38.220><c> there's</c><00:11:38.379><c> a</c><00:11:38.519><c> purpose</c><00:11:38.779><c> for</c><00:11:39.139><c> prophecy,</c><00:11:39.779><c> and</c><00:11:39.879><c> it's</c><00:11:39.980><c> to</c><00:11:40.100><c> give</c>

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us<00:11:40.399><c> confidence.</c>

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It's<00:11:41.259><c> to</c><00:11:41.340><c> give</c><00:11:41.440><c> us</c><00:11:41.679><c> faith.</c><00:11:42.259><c> And</c><00:11:42.399><c> it's</c><00:11:42.779><c> based</c><00:11:43.120><c> on</c><00:11:43.419><c> something.</c>

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It<00:11:44.159><c> has</c><00:11:44.340><c> a</c><00:11:44.539><c> power</c><00:11:44.759><c> to</c><00:11:44.960><c> it.</c>

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So<00:11:46.279><c> God</c><00:11:46.500><c> and</c><00:11:46.600><c> His</c><00:11:46.779><c> mercy</c><00:11:47.179><c> would</c><00:11:47.519><c> send</c><00:11:47.720><c> these</c><00:11:48.000><c> prophets.</c>

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Yes,<00:11:48.820><c> they</c><00:11:49.200><c> said</c><00:11:49.620><c> things</c><00:11:50.120><c> that</c><00:11:50.240><c> were</c><00:11:50.440><c> going</c><00:11:50.559><c> to</c><00:11:50.840><c> happen.</c>

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But<00:11:51.639><c> they</c><00:11:51.779><c> always</c><00:11:52.100><c> did</c><00:11:53.259><c> short</c><00:11:53.799><c> prophecies</c><00:11:54.360><c> and</c><00:11:54.659><c> long</c><00:11:54.899><c> prophecies.</c>

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The<00:11:56.000><c> short</c><00:11:56.200><c> one</c><00:11:56.320><c> was</c><00:11:56.480><c> there</c><00:11:56.679><c> for</c><00:11:56.820><c> the</c><00:11:56.960><c> very</c><00:11:57.240><c> fact</c><00:11:57.460><c> to</c><00:11:57.679><c> say,</c><00:11:58.059><c> God</c>

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And<00:11:59.799><c> the</c><00:12:00.000><c> things</c><00:12:00.259><c> that</c><00:12:00.440><c> he</c><00:12:00.620><c> says</c><00:12:01.080><c> are</c><00:12:01.740><c> from</c><00:12:01.899><c> him.</c>

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So<00:12:03.019><c> it</c><00:12:03.039><c> gave</c><00:12:03.240><c> the</c><00:12:03.419><c> people</c><00:12:03.639><c> confidence.</c>

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So,<00:12:05.200><c> primarily,</c><00:12:06.139><c> why</c><00:12:06.320><c> did</c><00:12:06.460><c> he</c><00:12:06.580><c> send</c><00:12:06.820><c> these</c><00:12:07.120><c> prophets</c><00:12:07.559><c> at</c><00:12:08.139><c> these</c><00:12:09.759><c> crises,</c><00:12:10.440><c> really,</c><00:12:10.899><c> in</c>

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Israel's<00:12:11.500><c> history?</c>

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Because<00:12:13.500><c> he</c><00:12:13.679><c> wanted</c><00:12:14.059><c> to</c><00:12:14.360><c> turn</c><00:12:14.840><c> the</c><00:12:15.299><c> hearts</c><00:12:15.840><c> of</c><00:12:16.179><c> the</c><00:12:16.340><c> children</c>

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unto<00:12:17.600><c> the</c><00:12:17.820><c> Father.</c>

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It<00:12:19.399><c> was</c><00:12:19.559><c> his</c><00:12:19.860><c> mercy</c><00:12:20.159><c> that</c><00:12:20.340><c> he</c><00:12:20.460><c> was</c><00:12:20.700><c> extending</c><00:12:21.139><c> unto</c><00:12:21.379><c> each</c><00:12:21.639><c> and</c>

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every<00:12:21.960><c> one</c><00:12:22.059><c> of</c><00:12:22.159><c> us.</c>

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And<00:12:22.820><c> he</c><00:12:22.919><c> did</c><00:12:23.059><c> this</c><00:12:23.259><c> throughout</c><00:12:23.519><c> the</c><00:12:23.700><c> ages.</c>

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As<00:12:24.100><c> wicked</c><00:12:24.340><c> as</c><00:12:24.519><c> the</c><00:12:24.639><c> kingdom</c><00:12:24.879><c> of</c><00:12:25.039><c> Israel</c><00:12:25.379><c> was,</c><00:12:26.120><c> he</c><00:12:26.460><c> sent</c><00:12:26.940><c> his</c>

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servants,<00:12:27.879><c> the</c><00:12:28.139><c> prophets,</c><00:12:28.899><c> to</c><00:12:29.059><c> try</c><00:12:29.340><c> to</c><00:12:29.659><c> turn</c><00:12:29.799><c> them</c><00:12:30.019><c> around.</c>

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It's<00:12:31.100><c> a</c><00:12:31.340><c> loving</c><00:12:31.559><c> and</c><00:12:31.799><c> a</c><00:12:31.919><c> merciful</c><00:12:32.279><c> Father</c><00:12:32.820><c> that</c><00:12:33.139><c> is</c><00:12:33.320><c> shown</c><00:12:33.440><c> before</c><00:12:33.820><c> us.</c>

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And<00:12:34.820><c> we</c><00:12:34.899><c> go</c><00:12:35.039><c> almost</c><00:12:35.440><c> a</c><00:12:35.519><c> hundred</c><00:12:35.759><c> years</c><00:12:36.100><c> later,</c><00:12:37.200><c> and</c><00:12:37.360><c> quite</c><00:12:37.740><c> probably</c><00:12:38.240><c> we</c>

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because<00:12:39.940><c> the</c><00:12:40.259><c> kingdom</c><00:12:41.000><c> of</c><00:12:41.600><c> Judah</c><00:12:41.799><c> had</c><00:12:42.279><c> some</c><00:12:42.639><c> righteous</c><00:12:42.980><c> kings.</c>

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The<00:12:44.519><c> last</c><00:12:44.820><c> period</c><00:12:45.080><c> we</c><00:12:45.220><c> got</c><00:12:45.360><c> men</c><00:12:45.600><c> like</c><00:12:45.919><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:12:46.960><c> Josiah,</c><00:12:48.600><c> which</c><00:12:48.879><c> allowed</c><00:12:49.220><c> that</c><00:12:49.559><c> kingdom</c><00:12:49.919><c> to</c>

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last<00:12:50.700><c> that</c><00:12:50.980><c> much</c><00:12:51.200><c> longer.</c>

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These<00:12:52.299><c> great</c><00:12:52.600><c> men</c><00:12:52.919><c> that</c><00:12:53.799><c> would</c><00:12:54.039><c> cause</c><00:12:54.240><c> great</c><00:12:54.500><c> reforms</c><00:12:54.919><c> in</c><00:12:55.100><c> Israel.</c>

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So<00:12:57.259><c> God</c><00:12:57.720><c> sends</c><00:12:58.039><c> at</c><00:12:58.200><c> this</c><00:12:58.460><c> time,</c><00:12:59.679><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:13:00.539><c> Ezekiel,</c><00:13:01.299><c> Daniel,</c>

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and<00:13:03.320><c> he</c><00:13:04.059><c> warns</c><00:13:04.440><c> of</c><00:13:04.600><c> the</c><00:13:04.740><c> impending</c><00:13:05.120><c> doom</c><00:13:05.419><c> to</c><00:13:05.639><c> come.</c>

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Now,<00:13:06.740><c> in</c><00:13:06.879><c> the</c><00:13:07.039><c> times</c><00:13:07.240><c> of</c><00:13:07.419><c> the</c><00:13:07.559><c> Persians,</c><00:13:08.279><c> we</c><00:13:08.340><c> have</c><00:13:08.580><c> a</c><00:13:08.580><c> number</c>

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of<00:13:10.080><c> other</c><00:13:10.240><c> books</c><00:13:10.659><c> that</c><00:13:11.139><c> God</c><00:13:11.419><c> has</c><00:13:11.600><c> written</c><00:13:11.779><c> for</c><00:13:12.000><c> these</c><00:13:12.200><c> people.</c>

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Now,<00:13:12.899><c> there's</c><00:13:13.120><c> a</c><00:13:13.299><c> few</c><00:13:13.480><c> faithful</c><00:13:13.960><c> that</c><00:13:14.360><c> did</c><00:13:14.440><c> as</c><00:13:14.639><c> they</c><00:13:14.799><c> were</c><00:13:14.980><c> commanded.</c>

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They<00:13:15.379><c> looked</c><00:13:15.620><c> at</c><00:13:15.840><c> Jeremiah.</c><00:13:16.259><c> They</c><00:13:16.440><c> understood</c><00:13:17.019><c> what</c><00:13:17.440><c> had</c><00:13:17.700><c> to</c>

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be<00:13:18.000><c> done,</c><00:13:18.159><c> even</c><00:13:18.360><c> though</c><00:13:18.539><c> it</c><00:13:18.559><c> was</c><00:13:18.919><c> repugnant</c><00:13:19.320><c> to</c><00:13:19.539><c> them.</c>

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They<00:13:20.299><c> went</c><00:13:20.539><c> into</c><00:13:20.779><c> Babylon,</c><00:13:21.340><c> men</c><00:13:21.500><c> like</c><00:13:21.700><c> Daniel,</c><00:13:22.480><c> men</c><00:13:22.659><c> like</c><00:13:22.899><c> Ezra,</c><00:13:23.960><c> men</c>

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like<00:13:24.320><c> Mordecai.</c>

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These<00:13:25.620><c> men</c><00:13:26.120><c> were</c><00:13:26.539><c> in</c><00:13:27.279><c> the</c><00:13:27.940><c> nation</c><00:13:28.299><c> of</c><00:13:28.940><c> Babylon</c><00:13:29.440><c> in</c><00:13:30.159><c> captivity,</c>

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but<00:13:31.740><c> they</c><00:13:31.860><c> were</c><00:13:32.039><c> looking</c><00:13:32.299><c> for</c><00:13:32.500><c> a</c><00:13:32.639><c> better</c><00:13:32.799><c> time.</c>

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And<00:13:34.440><c> God,</c><00:13:34.639><c> in</c><00:13:34.740><c> His</c><00:13:34.899><c> wisdom,</c><00:13:35.500><c> sent</c><00:13:35.740><c> them</c><00:13:35.960><c> these</c><00:13:36.159><c> great</c><00:13:36.440><c> men</c><00:13:37.019><c> to</c>

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help<00:13:38.039><c> guide</c><00:13:38.820><c> and</c><00:13:39.259><c> direct</c><00:13:39.440><c> them.</c>

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Now,<00:13:49.919><c> here's</c><00:13:50.100><c> the</c><00:13:50.320><c> quote</c><00:13:50.460><c> that</c><00:13:50.580><c> we're</c><00:13:50.720><c> most</c><00:13:50.919><c> familiar</c><00:13:51.200><c> with,</c>

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probably,<00:13:51.740><c> with</c><00:13:51.940><c> Cyrus.</c>

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And<00:13:54.460><c> it's</c><00:13:54.679><c> an</c><00:13:55.360><c> interesting</c><00:13:55.799><c> quote.</c><00:13:57.120><c> There's</c><00:13:57.259><c> a</c><00:13:57.379><c> lot</c><00:13:57.980><c> tied</c><00:13:58.480><c> up</c>

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into<00:13:58.840><c> it.</c>

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There's<00:13:59.840><c> a</c><00:13:59.940><c> lot</c><00:14:00.019><c> of</c><00:14:00.200><c> criticism</c><00:14:00.679><c> that's</c><00:14:01.559><c> based,</c><00:14:02.139><c> really,</c><00:14:02.539><c> from</c>

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the<00:14:03.480><c> source</c><00:14:03.679><c> of</c><00:14:03.840><c> this</c><00:14:04.080><c> quote.</c>

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Cyrus,<00:14:05.919><c> that</c><00:14:06.320><c> sayeth</c><00:14:06.659><c> of</c><00:14:06.799><c> Cyrus,</c><00:14:07.559><c> he</c><00:14:07.740><c> is</c><00:14:07.960><c> my</c><00:14:08.179><c> shepherd,</c><00:14:09.179><c> and</c>

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shall<00:14:09.500><c> perform</c><00:14:09.919><c> all</c><00:14:10.200><c> my</c><00:14:10.419><c> pleasure.</c>

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Thou<00:14:11.779><c> shalt</c><00:14:12.019><c> be</c><00:14:12.299><c> built.</c><00:14:12.899><c> It's</c><00:14:13.159><c> even</c><00:14:13.379><c> saying</c><00:14:13.539><c> to</c><00:14:13.779><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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thou<00:14:14.340><c> shalt</c><00:14:14.559><c> be</c><00:14:14.840><c> built.</c>

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And<00:14:15.720><c> to</c><00:14:15.840><c> the</c><00:14:16.019><c> temple,</c><00:14:16.600><c> thy</c><00:14:16.700><c> foundations</c><00:14:17.600><c> shall</c><00:14:18.279><c> be</c><00:14:18.539><c> laid.</c>

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Now,<00:14:20.779><c> this</c><00:14:20.960><c> was</c><00:14:21.159><c> written</c><00:14:21.679><c> approximately</c><00:14:22.700><c> 120</c><00:14:23.679><c> years</c><00:14:24.379><c> before</c>

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Cyrus<00:14:25.480><c> was</c><00:14:25.700><c> even</c><00:14:25.980><c> born.</c>

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So<00:14:27.860><c> were</c><00:14:27.980><c> the</c><00:14:28.120><c> children</c><00:14:28.460><c> of</c><00:14:28.620><c> Israel</c><00:14:28.980><c> looking</c><00:14:29.399><c> for</c><00:14:29.679><c> something</c>

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in<00:14:31.100><c> that</c><00:14:31.320><c> day?</c>

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Were<00:14:32.299><c> they</c><00:14:32.559><c> looking</c><00:14:32.960><c> for</c><00:14:33.220><c> this</c><00:14:33.399><c> man</c><00:14:33.600><c> to</c><00:14:33.820><c> come</c><00:14:33.940><c> to</c><00:14:34.139><c> the</c><00:14:34.299><c> fore?</c>

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It<00:14:35.279><c> would</c><00:14:35.419><c> appear</c><00:14:35.679><c> so.</c><00:14:35.980><c> When</c><00:14:36.139><c> you</c><00:14:36.240><c> look</c><00:14:36.399><c> at</c><00:14:36.539><c> the</c><00:14:37.100><c> exiles</c><00:14:37.519><c> that</c>

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come<00:14:37.799><c> out</c><00:14:38.080><c> of</c><00:14:38.440><c> Babylon,</c><00:14:39.179><c> they're</c><00:14:39.539><c> organized.</c>

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They<00:14:40.679><c> have</c><00:14:40.879><c> some</c><00:14:41.059><c> direction.</c><00:14:41.759><c> They</c><00:14:41.919><c> know</c><00:14:42.080><c> what</c><00:14:42.200><c> they</c><00:14:42.399><c> want</c><00:14:42.519><c> to</c><00:14:42.679><c> do.</c>

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They<00:14:43.340><c> had</c><00:14:43.580><c> some</c><00:14:43.980><c> forethought.</c>

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Now,<00:14:46.279><c> with</c><00:14:46.480><c> this</c><00:14:47.120><c> quote,</c><00:14:48.039><c> there's</c><00:14:48.240><c> a</c><00:14:48.340><c> lot</c><00:14:48.460><c> of</c><00:14:48.659><c> criticism</c><00:14:49.019><c> that</c><00:14:49.299><c> comes.</c>

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Obviously,<00:14:51.320><c> Bible</c><00:14:51.460><c> critics</c><00:14:51.740><c> want</c><00:14:51.980><c> to</c><00:14:52.139><c> try</c><00:14:52.279><c> to</c><00:14:52.460><c> date</c><00:14:52.659><c> the</c><00:14:52.820><c> book</c>

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of<00:14:53.259><c> Isaiah</c>

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and<00:14:54.100><c> say</c><00:14:54.299><c> it's</c><00:14:54.740><c> not</c><00:14:55.159><c> nowhere</c><00:14:55.340><c> near</c><00:14:55.700><c> written,</c><00:14:55.919><c> the</c><00:14:56.179><c> time</c><00:14:56.360><c> period</c><00:14:56.580><c> it</c>

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was<00:14:56.820><c> written.</c>

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In<00:14:57.379><c> fact,</c><00:14:57.480><c> there's</c><00:14:57.679><c> a</c><00:14:57.799><c> theory</c><00:14:57.980><c> of</c><00:14:58.159><c> the</c><00:14:58.299><c> two</c><00:14:58.519><c> Isaias.</c>

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They<00:14:58.980><c> want</c><00:14:59.159><c> to</c><00:14:59.299><c> break</c><00:14:59.399><c> it</c><00:14:59.539><c> at</c><00:14:59.620><c> the</c><00:14:59.799><c> 40th</c><00:15:00.100><c> chapter</c><00:15:00.500><c> and</c><00:15:00.879><c> split</c>

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it,<00:15:01.580><c> some</c><00:15:01.779><c> of</c><00:15:01.899><c> the</c><00:15:02.120><c> before</c><00:15:02.519><c> and</c><00:15:02.840><c> some</c><00:15:03.059><c> of</c><00:15:03.159><c> it</c><00:15:03.399><c> after</c><00:15:03.879><c> the</c><00:15:04.539><c> captivity.</c>

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Now,<00:15:06.899><c> we</c><00:15:07.019><c> know</c><00:15:07.200><c> that</c><00:15:07.340><c> we've</c><00:15:07.659><c> found</c><00:15:07.899><c> in</c><00:15:08.080><c> our</c><00:15:08.299><c> recent</c><00:15:08.600><c> times</c><00:15:08.899><c> the</c>

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Dead<00:15:09.360><c> Sea</c><00:15:09.539><c> Scrolls.</c>

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Basically,<00:15:10.659><c> 200</c><00:15:11.100><c> BC,</c><00:15:11.759><c> we</c><00:15:11.980><c> have</c><00:15:12.320><c> these</c><00:15:12.700><c> documents</c><00:15:13.340><c> that</c><00:15:13.779><c> were</c>

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found<00:15:14.679><c> in</c><00:15:14.860><c> these</c><00:15:15.100><c> caves.</c>

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And<00:15:16.100><c> one</c><00:15:16.240><c> of</c><00:15:16.360><c> the</c><00:15:16.519><c> ones</c><00:15:16.700><c> that</c><00:15:16.860><c> has</c><00:15:17.059><c> come</c><00:15:17.220><c> to</c><00:15:17.399><c> the</c><00:15:17.519><c> fore,</c><00:15:17.600><c> they're</c><00:15:17.720><c> very</c>

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slow<00:15:18.220><c> to</c><00:15:18.500><c> translate</c><00:15:18.879><c> these</c><00:15:19.139><c> things</c><00:15:19.279><c> by</c><00:15:19.559><c> way.</c>

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We<00:15:19.799><c> get</c><00:15:19.960><c> little</c><00:15:20.679><c> dribbles</c><00:15:20.960><c> and</c><00:15:21.200><c> drabs</c><00:15:21.480><c> of</c><00:15:21.679><c> these</c><00:15:22.080><c> accounts</c>

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coming<00:15:22.679><c> before</c><00:15:23.039><c> us.</c>

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But<00:15:23.700><c> Isaiah</c><00:15:24.000><c> has</c><00:15:24.220><c> been</c><00:15:24.620><c> one</c><00:15:24.960><c> of</c><00:15:25.059><c> the</c><00:15:25.200><c> ones</c><00:15:25.419><c> that</c><00:15:25.600><c> they've</c><00:15:26.019><c> noted.</c>

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They've<00:15:28.320><c> translated</c><00:15:28.639><c> it</c><00:15:29.019><c> and</c><00:15:29.120><c> they've</c><00:15:29.519><c> compared</c><00:15:29.759><c> it</c><00:15:29.960><c> to</c><00:15:30.100><c> our</c>

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modern<00:15:30.639><c> translation.</c>

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And<00:15:31.860><c> they</c><00:15:32.080><c> are</c><00:15:32.440><c> staggered</c><00:15:33.399><c> at</c><00:15:33.639><c> the</c><00:15:33.980><c> accuracy</c><00:15:34.399><c> that</c><00:15:35.080><c> they</c><00:15:35.320><c> found</c><00:15:35.539><c> with</c>

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the<00:15:35.840><c> book</c><00:15:35.980><c> of</c><00:15:36.200><c> Isaiah</c><00:15:36.639><c> and</c><00:15:37.139><c> our</c><00:15:37.360><c> modern</c><00:15:37.899><c> translation.</c>

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So<00:15:39.299><c> it's</c><00:15:39.379><c> something</c><00:15:39.679><c> that</c><00:15:39.840><c> we</c><00:15:39.899><c> can</c><00:15:40.080><c> take</c><00:15:40.340><c> confidence</c><00:15:40.759><c> in.</c>

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We<00:15:41.080><c> can</c><00:15:41.340><c> see</c><00:15:41.539><c> that</c><00:15:41.740><c> God's</c><00:15:42.080><c> hand</c><00:15:42.340><c> was</c><00:15:42.899><c> alive</c><00:15:43.399><c> and</c><00:15:43.639><c> working.</c>

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Now,<00:15:45.179><c> there's</c><00:15:45.299><c> another</c><00:15:45.539><c> problem</c><00:15:45.960><c> with</c><00:15:46.200><c> Cyrus</c><00:15:46.539><c> when</c><00:15:46.820><c> we</c><00:15:46.980><c> look</c>

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at<00:15:47.220><c> him</c><00:15:47.460><c> as</c><00:15:47.759><c> my</c><00:15:48.039><c> shepherd.</c>

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He's<00:15:50.940><c> given</c><00:15:51.320><c> titles</c><00:15:52.080><c> that</c><00:15:52.299><c> are</c><00:15:52.419><c> like</c><00:15:52.659><c> Christ.</c>

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My<00:15:54.340><c> Shepherd,</c><00:15:55.080><c> 45</c><00:15:55.659><c> and</c><00:15:55.840><c> 1,</c><00:15:56.000><c> the</c><00:15:56.100><c> next</c><00:15:56.379><c> verse</c><00:15:56.580><c> in</c><00:15:56.740><c> the</c><00:15:56.820><c> next</c>

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chapter,<00:15:57.659><c> says,</c><00:15:57.980><c> Cyrus,</c><00:15:58.679><c> mine</c><00:15:58.860><c> anointed.</c>

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And<00:16:00.139><c> we</c><00:16:00.240><c> tend</c><00:16:00.379><c> to</c><00:16:00.600><c> stumble</c><00:16:00.860><c> over</c><00:16:01.179><c> these</c><00:16:01.559><c> titles</c><00:16:01.840><c> because</c><00:16:02.179><c> we</c>

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don't<00:16:02.539><c> understand</c><00:16:03.159><c> why</c><00:16:03.659><c> he</c><00:16:03.860><c> has</c><00:16:03.960><c> been</c><00:16:04.179><c> given</c><00:16:04.340><c> them.</c>

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In<00:16:08.620><c> fact,</c><00:16:08.820><c> let's</c><00:16:08.980><c> turn</c><00:16:09.279><c> to</c><00:16:09.460><c> Isaiah,</c><00:16:09.840><c> chapter</c><00:16:10.139><c> 45,</c><00:16:10.559><c> just</c><00:16:10.740><c> for</c><00:16:10.940><c> a</c><00:16:11.059><c> minute.</c>

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I<00:16:12.039><c> think</c><00:16:12.139><c> it's</c><00:16:12.320><c> worthwhile</c><00:16:12.720><c> looking</c><00:16:13.019><c> at</c><00:16:13.240><c> it.</c>

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We<00:16:15.240><c> stumble</c><00:16:15.559><c> so</c><00:16:15.899><c> much.</c><00:16:16.120><c> In</c><00:16:16.179><c> fact,</c><00:16:16.399><c> some</c><00:16:16.580><c> of</c><00:16:16.740><c> our</c><00:16:16.919><c> writers</c><00:16:17.179><c> have</c>

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tried<00:16:17.600><c> to</c><00:16:17.840><c> take</c><00:16:18.039><c> Cyrus</c><00:16:18.340><c> right</c><00:16:18.600><c> out</c><00:16:18.720><c> of</c><00:16:18.820><c> the</c><00:16:19.000><c> text.</c>

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They've<00:16:19.879><c> gone</c><00:16:19.980><c> to</c><00:16:20.080><c> an</c><00:16:20.220><c> extreme</c><00:16:21.240><c> point</c><00:16:21.899><c> of</c><00:16:22.039><c> view</c><00:16:22.179><c> because</c><00:16:22.419><c> they</c>

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don't<00:16:22.879><c> like</c><00:16:23.100><c> these</c><00:16:23.399><c> titles</c><00:16:23.620><c> being</c><00:16:23.879><c> applied</c><00:16:24.240><c> to</c><00:16:24.419><c> this</c><00:16:24.639><c> man</c>

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because<00:16:25.019><c> he</c><00:16:25.220><c> was</c><00:16:25.379><c> a</c><00:16:25.539><c> profane</c><00:16:25.980><c> king</c><00:16:26.320><c> and</c><00:16:26.639><c> he</c><00:16:26.879><c> did</c><00:16:27.299><c> worship</c><00:16:28.279><c> idols</c><00:16:29.100><c> and</c>

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so<00:16:29.700><c> on</c><00:16:29.860><c> and</c><00:16:30.000><c> so</c><00:16:30.220><c> forth.</c>

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If<00:16:31.840><c> we</c><00:16:32.320><c> look</c><00:16:32.500><c> at</c><00:16:32.620><c> verse</c><00:16:33.120><c> four</c><00:16:33.559><c> and</c><00:16:33.740><c> five,</c><00:16:34.059><c> God,</c><00:16:34.440><c> I</c><00:16:34.460><c> think,</c><00:16:34.600><c> is</c>

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very<00:16:35.200><c> clear.</c>

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What<00:16:36.080><c> does</c><00:16:36.240><c> he</c><00:16:36.419><c> say</c><00:16:36.840><c> about</c><00:16:37.179><c> this</c><00:16:37.480><c> Cyrus,</c><00:16:37.879><c> that</c><00:16:38.019><c> he's</c><00:16:38.259><c> raised</c><00:16:38.580><c> up?</c>

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There's<00:16:39.320><c> a</c><00:16:39.419><c> job</c><00:16:39.720><c> that</c><00:16:39.860><c> he's</c><00:16:40.120><c> had</c><00:16:40.379><c> for</c><00:16:40.679><c> him</c><00:16:40.860><c> to</c><00:16:41.080><c> do.</c>

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He<00:16:41.960><c> says,</c><00:16:42.399><c> but</c><00:16:42.500><c> in</c><00:16:43.000><c> the</c><00:16:43.080><c> end</c><00:16:43.220><c> of</c><00:16:43.340><c> that</c><00:16:43.600><c> fourth</c><00:16:43.860><c> verse,</c><00:16:44.379><c> but</c><00:16:44.580><c> thou</c><00:16:44.940><c> hast</c><00:16:45.379><c> not</c>

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known<00:16:46.139><c> me.</c>

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The<00:16:47.139><c> fifth</c><00:16:47.340><c> verse,</c><00:16:47.840><c> but</c><00:16:48.080><c> thou</c><00:16:48.460><c> hast</c><00:16:48.840><c> not</c><00:16:49.419><c> known</c><00:16:49.679><c> me.</c>

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So<00:16:50.840><c> I</c><00:16:50.879><c> think</c><00:16:51.000><c> he's</c><00:16:51.320><c> clear</c><00:16:51.539><c> about</c><00:16:51.740><c> this.</c><00:16:52.440><c> He's</c><00:16:52.720><c> given</c><00:16:52.840><c> him</c><00:16:53.039><c> a</c><00:16:53.159><c> title.</c><00:16:53.360><c> Why?</c><00:16:53.779><c> Because</c><00:16:54.019><c> he's</c><00:16:54.240><c> a</c><00:16:54.399><c> type.</c>

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He<00:16:55.460><c> represents</c><00:16:55.840><c> our</c><00:16:56.059><c> Lord</c><00:16:56.299><c> and</c><00:16:56.519><c> Savior,</c><00:16:56.799><c> Jesus</c><00:16:57.179><c> Christ.</c>

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As<00:16:58.100><c> we</c><00:16:58.179><c> know</c><00:16:58.379><c> with</c><00:16:58.559><c> the</c><00:16:58.720><c> Babylonian</c><00:16:59.240><c> Empire,</c><00:17:00.460><c> as</c><00:17:00.779><c> we</c><00:17:01.120><c> looked</c>

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at<00:17:01.460><c> it</c><00:17:01.580><c> last</c><00:17:01.919><c> night,</c>

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we<00:17:02.620><c> realize</c><00:17:03.039><c> that</c><00:17:03.840><c> it</c><00:17:03.919><c> foreshadows</c><00:17:04.539><c> that</c><00:17:05.500><c> great</c><00:17:05.819><c> apostasy</c><00:17:06.480><c> that's</c><00:17:07.160><c> sitting</c><00:17:07.400><c> on</c>

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our<00:17:08.059><c> earth</c><00:17:08.299><c> at</c><00:17:08.539><c> this</c><00:17:08.799><c> time.</c>

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And<00:17:09.599><c> it's</c><00:17:09.839><c> Christ</c><00:17:10.279><c> that's</c><00:17:10.500><c> going</c><00:17:10.619><c> to</c><00:17:10.740><c> come</c><00:17:10.920><c> and</c><00:17:11.099><c> destroy</c><00:17:11.519><c> that.</c>

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So<00:17:12.019><c> he</c><00:17:12.099><c> does</c><00:17:12.380><c> bear</c><00:17:12.559><c> these</c><00:17:12.880><c> titles</c><00:17:13.059><c> because</c><00:17:13.299><c> these</c><00:17:13.539><c> are</c><00:17:13.720><c> types</c>

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and<00:17:14.240><c> shadows</c><00:17:14.539><c> of</c><00:17:15.039><c> things</c><00:17:15.240><c> to</c><00:17:15.480><c> come.</c>

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Same<00:17:24.380><c> similar</c><00:17:24.759><c> title</c><00:17:25.039><c> is</c><00:17:25.200><c> given</c><00:17:25.359><c> to</c><00:17:25.559><c> Nebuchadnezzar.</c>

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Nebuchadnezzar<00:17:28.460><c> is</c><00:17:28.700><c> called</c><00:17:28.920><c> God's</c><00:17:29.519><c> servant.</c><00:17:30.480><c> Well,</c><00:17:30.700><c> why</c><00:17:31.039><c> is</c>

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he<00:17:31.279><c> called</c><00:17:31.519><c> God's</c><00:17:31.960><c> servant?</c>

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Well,<00:17:33.079><c> we're</c><00:17:33.180><c> looking</c><00:17:33.299><c> at</c><00:17:33.500><c> Daniel's</c><00:17:33.900><c> image.</c>

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We're<00:17:34.720><c> looking</c><00:17:34.839><c> at</c><00:17:35.019><c> all</c><00:17:35.200><c> these</c><00:17:35.440><c> great</c><00:17:35.720><c> nations</c><00:17:36.079><c> that</c><00:17:36.240><c> have</c><00:17:36.319><c> been</c><00:17:36.480><c> predicted</c><00:17:37.039><c> from</c><00:17:38.460><c> the</c><00:17:39.200><c> time</c><00:17:39.400><c> of</c>

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Daniel,<00:17:40.180><c> 500,</c><00:17:41.000><c> 600</c><00:17:41.480><c> B</c><00:17:41.980><c>.C.</c>

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We're<00:17:44.119><c> looking</c><00:17:44.519><c> at</c><00:17:44.740><c> how</c><00:17:45.039><c> God</c><00:17:45.680><c> works</c><00:17:46.559><c> with</c><00:17:47.119><c> the</c><00:17:47.319><c> nations.</c><00:17:48.079><c> He</c>

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knows<00:17:48.500><c> the</c><00:17:48.740><c> end</c><00:17:49.119><c> from</c><00:17:49.420><c> the</c><00:17:49.619><c> beginning.</c>

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We<00:17:50.599><c> take</c><00:17:50.839><c> great</c><00:17:51.119><c> confidence</c><00:17:51.599><c> in</c><00:17:51.759><c> this</c><00:17:51.960><c> fact.</c>

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There's<00:17:52.880><c> not</c><00:17:53.039><c> a</c><00:17:53.180><c> Christadelphian</c><00:17:53.779><c> hall</c><00:17:54.240><c> that</c><00:17:54.759><c> hasn't</c><00:17:55.660><c> at</c><00:17:56.000><c> least</c><00:17:56.220><c> once</c><00:17:56.559><c> a</c><00:17:56.680><c> year</c><00:17:57.079><c> do</c><00:17:57.359><c> a</c>

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lecture<00:17:58.019><c> on</c><00:17:58.420><c> Nebuchadnezzar's</c><00:17:59.099><c> image</c>

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because<00:18:00.359><c> it</c><00:18:01.000><c> has</c><00:18:01.299><c> staggered</c><00:18:01.720><c> the</c><00:18:02.000><c> nations,</c><00:18:02.720><c> the</c><00:18:03.000><c> critics,</c>

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from<00:18:03.900><c> that</c><00:18:04.160><c> day</c><00:18:04.420><c> forward,</c>

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the<00:18:05.619><c> accuracy</c><00:18:06.160><c> that's</c><00:18:06.460><c> in</c><00:18:06.640><c> this</c><00:18:07.500><c> prophecy</c><00:18:07.940><c> of</c><00:18:08.140><c> Daniel</c><00:18:08.599><c> based</c>

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on<00:18:09.299><c> this</c><00:18:09.460><c> image.</c>

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There's<00:18:15.079><c> another</c><00:18:15.299><c> man</c><00:18:15.559><c> that</c><00:18:15.799><c> stumbled</c><00:18:16.059><c> over</c><00:18:16.339><c> this,</c><00:18:16.880><c> really</c>

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dealing<00:18:17.460><c> with</c><00:18:17.640><c> the</c><00:18:17.819><c> same</c><00:18:18.079><c> time</c><00:18:18.359><c> period,</c><00:18:20.180><c> and</c><00:18:20.279><c> that</c><00:18:20.400><c> was</c><00:18:20.599><c> Habakkuk.</c>

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When<00:18:22.299><c> God</c><00:18:22.579><c> told</c><00:18:22.920><c> Habakkuk,</c><00:18:23.960><c> listen,</c><00:18:24.440><c> I'm</c><00:18:24.599><c> going</c><00:18:24.700><c> to</c><00:18:24.839><c> tell</c><00:18:24.980><c> you</c><00:18:25.140><c> something,</c>

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and<00:18:26.059><c> even</c><00:18:26.160><c> though</c><00:18:26.339><c> I</c><00:18:26.519><c> tell</c><00:18:26.640><c> you,</c><00:18:27.039><c> you're</c><00:18:27.339><c> not</c><00:18:27.559><c> going</c><00:18:27.740><c> to</c><00:18:27.819><c> believe</c><00:18:28.000><c> me,</c>

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God<00:18:28.839><c> says.</c>

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I'm<00:18:30.039><c> going</c><00:18:30.200><c> to</c><00:18:30.380><c> spend,</c><00:18:30.599><c> he</c><00:18:30.819><c> says,</c><00:18:32.980><c> a</c><00:18:33.240><c> violent</c><00:18:33.539><c> and</c><00:18:33.880><c> a</c><00:18:33.960><c> hasty</c>

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nation<00:18:34.640><c> upon</c><00:18:34.980><c> you.</c>

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He<00:18:36.500><c> says</c><00:18:36.619><c> his</c><00:18:36.859><c> face</c><00:18:37.140><c> is</c><00:18:37.279><c> going</c><00:18:37.480><c> to</c><00:18:37.700><c> sup</c><00:18:37.839><c> up</c><00:18:38.140><c> like</c><00:18:38.359><c> the</c><00:18:38.599><c> east</c><00:18:38.819><c> wind.</c>

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I'm<00:18:41.440><c> going</c><00:18:41.559><c> to</c><00:18:41.660><c> bring</c><00:18:41.779><c> the</c><00:18:42.220><c> Chaldeans,</c><00:18:43.140><c> and</c><00:18:43.200><c> I'm</c><00:18:43.279><c> going</c><00:18:43.460><c> to</c><00:18:43.599><c> destroy</c><00:18:43.980><c> the</c><00:18:44.240><c> nation</c><00:18:44.480><c> of</c><00:18:44.660><c> Israel.</c>

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Here's<00:18:45.200><c> Habakkuk</c><00:18:46.140><c> sitting</c><00:18:46.619><c> in</c><00:18:46.859><c> there.</c><00:18:47.680><c> He</c><00:18:47.759><c> was</c><00:18:47.940><c> a</c><00:18:48.119><c> priest</c><00:18:48.319><c> and</c>

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a<00:18:48.599><c> Levite.</c>

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He's<00:18:50.619><c> in</c><00:18:50.819><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:18:52.099><c> and</c><00:18:52.819><c> he</c><00:18:53.019><c> sees</c><00:18:53.480><c> this</c><00:18:54.180><c> barbaric,</c><00:18:55.019><c> adulterous</c><00:18:55.440><c> nation</c>

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that<00:18:56.279><c> God</c><00:18:56.539><c> is</c><00:18:56.720><c> going</c><00:18:56.819><c> to</c><00:18:56.960><c> bring</c><00:18:57.119><c> down</c><00:18:57.819><c> upon</c><00:18:58.160><c> him,</c>

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and<00:18:58.680><c> he</c><00:18:58.839><c> can't</c><00:18:59.180><c> understand</c><00:18:59.599><c> it,</c><00:19:00.519><c> and</c><00:19:00.779><c> he</c><00:19:01.400><c> challenges</c><00:19:01.839><c> God.</c>

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He<00:19:02.319><c> says,</c><00:19:02.559><c> God,</c><00:19:02.920><c> thou</c><00:19:03.099><c> art</c><00:19:03.240><c> of</c><00:19:03.519><c> two</c><00:19:03.839><c> pure</c><00:19:04.140><c> eyes,</c><00:19:04.460><c> and</c><00:19:04.539><c> to</c><00:19:04.660><c> behold</c><00:19:04.960><c> evil.</c>

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Will<00:19:05.740><c> thou</c><00:19:05.900><c> use</c><00:19:06.140><c> the</c><00:19:06.359><c> wicked</c><00:19:06.539><c> to</c><00:19:06.799><c> punish</c><00:19:07.059><c> the</c><00:19:07.299><c> righteous,</c><00:19:08.559><c> is</c>

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what<00:19:08.779><c> he</c><00:19:08.900><c> says.</c>

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He<00:19:10.140><c> couldn't</c><00:19:10.359><c> understand</c><00:19:10.859><c> this,</c><00:19:11.799><c> but</c><00:19:11.940><c> we</c><00:19:12.180><c> have</c><00:19:12.460><c> to</c><00:19:12.640><c> understand</c><00:19:13.319><c> how</c><00:19:13.920><c> God</c><00:19:14.400><c> works,</c>

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and<00:19:15.700><c> how</c><00:19:15.940><c> he</c><00:19:16.160><c> moves</c><00:19:16.720><c> in</c><00:19:17.160><c> the</c><00:19:17.299><c> nations,</c><00:19:18.119><c> and</c><00:19:18.279><c> how</c><00:19:18.460><c> he</c><00:19:18.559><c> uses</c><00:19:18.799><c> the</c>

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angels<00:19:19.420><c> to</c><00:19:19.880><c> administer</c><00:19:20.319><c> his</c><00:19:20.559><c> purpose.</c>

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When<00:19:21.640><c> we</c><00:19:21.779><c> start</c><00:19:21.940><c> to</c><00:19:22.180><c> see</c><00:19:22.279><c> these</c><00:19:22.579><c> things,</c><00:19:23.059><c> things</c><00:19:23.259><c> take</c><00:19:23.539><c> on</c><00:19:23.700><c> a</c>

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different<00:19:24.039><c> light,</c>

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and<00:19:24.900><c> they</c><00:19:25.039><c> become</c><00:19:25.200><c> a</c><00:19:25.259><c> lot</c><00:19:25.460><c> more</c><00:19:25.819><c> interesting</c><00:19:26.200><c> for</c><00:19:26.420><c> us,</c><00:19:26.799><c> because</c><00:19:27.039><c> here</c>

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we<00:19:27.420><c> are</c><00:19:27.619><c> sitting</c><00:19:27.839><c> in</c><00:19:28.019><c> our</c><00:19:28.259><c> time,</c>

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and<00:19:29.000><c> there's</c><00:19:29.680><c> a</c><00:19:29.980><c> myriad</c><00:19:30.339><c> of</c><00:19:30.680><c> prophecies</c><00:19:31.000><c> that</c><00:19:31.160><c> are</c><00:19:31.299><c> coming</c><00:19:31.779><c> to</c>

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their<00:19:33.240><c> fulfillment</c><00:19:34.000><c> before</c><00:19:34.680><c> our</c><00:19:34.920><c> very</c><00:19:35.160><c> eyes,</c>

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and<00:19:36.039><c> we</c><00:19:36.180><c> should</c><00:19:36.319><c> be</c><00:19:36.460><c> like</c><00:19:36.680><c> these</c><00:19:36.900><c> men.</c><00:19:37.079><c> We</c><00:19:37.220><c> should</c><00:19:37.380><c> be</c><00:19:37.640><c> watching</c><00:19:38.019><c> and</c><00:19:38.660><c> waiting</c><00:19:38.960><c> and</c>

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being<00:19:39.519><c> ready</c>

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to<00:19:40.299><c> see</c><00:19:40.539><c> God's</c><00:19:41.000><c> hand</c><00:19:41.240><c> alive</c><00:19:41.579><c> and</c><00:19:41.839><c> at</c><00:19:41.839><c> work</c><00:19:42.000><c> in</c><00:19:42.140><c> the</c><00:19:42.279><c> nations.</c>

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We<00:19:55.759><c> looked</c><00:19:55.940><c> at</c><00:19:56.079><c> this</c><00:19:56.279><c> cylinder</c><00:19:56.480><c> the</c><00:19:56.660><c> other</c><00:19:56.839><c> night.</c>

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Cyrus'<00:19:59.259><c> tomb</c><00:19:59.440><c> in</c><00:19:59.880><c> the</c><00:19:59.960><c> bottom</c><00:20:00.359><c> picture</c><00:20:00.700><c> is</c><00:20:00.920><c> that</c><00:20:01.119><c> of</c><00:20:01.359><c> what</c>

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they<00:20:01.700><c> call</c><00:20:01.839><c> Cyrus'</c><00:20:02.539><c> cylinder.</c>

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Now,<00:20:03.880><c> what</c><00:20:04.039><c> was</c><00:20:04.259><c> so</c><00:20:04.440><c> remarkable</c><00:20:04.900><c> about</c><00:20:05.140><c> that</c><00:20:05.400><c> is</c><00:20:05.559><c> when</c><00:20:06.019><c> it</c><00:20:06.160><c> was</c><00:20:06.319><c> discovered,</c>

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they<00:20:06.980><c> actually</c><00:20:07.400><c> found</c><00:20:07.680><c> the</c><00:20:07.920><c> inscription</c><00:20:08.259><c> about</c><00:20:08.980><c> Cyrus'</c><00:20:09.599><c> decree</c><00:20:09.980><c> about</c><00:20:10.299><c> the</c><00:20:10.559><c> Jews</c>

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being<00:20:12.019><c> authorized</c><00:20:12.779><c> to</c><00:20:12.920><c> go</c><00:20:13.180><c> back</c><00:20:13.460><c> to</c><00:20:13.619><c> their</c><00:20:13.819><c> land.</c>

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Now,<00:20:16.380><c> this</c><00:20:16.900><c> is</c><00:20:17.119><c> where</c><00:20:17.279><c> I</c><00:20:17.420><c> find</c><00:20:17.599><c> these</c><00:20:17.920><c> stories</c><00:20:18.220><c> get</c><00:20:18.539><c> very</c><00:20:18.940><c> interesting,</c>

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because<00:20:19.880><c> now</c><00:20:20.059><c> we</c><00:20:20.240><c> start</c><00:20:20.420><c> to</c><00:20:20.619><c> look</c><00:20:20.740><c> at</c><00:20:21.140><c> the</c><00:20:21.359><c> prophet</c><00:20:21.660><c> Daniel.</c>

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We<00:20:22.920><c> see</c><00:20:23.319><c> what</c><00:20:23.980><c> part</c><00:20:24.299><c> he</c><00:20:24.539><c> may</c><00:20:24.740><c> have</c><00:20:24.940><c> to</c><00:20:25.160><c> play.</c>

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Here<00:20:26.160><c> he</c><00:20:26.240><c> is</c><00:20:26.400><c> a</c><00:20:26.519><c> prophet</c><00:20:26.759><c> himself,</c><00:20:27.640><c> but</c><00:20:27.880><c> what</c><00:20:28.019><c> is</c><00:20:28.140><c> he</c><00:20:28.259><c> doing?</c>

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Daniel<00:20:30.759><c> chapter</c><00:20:31.259><c> 9</c><00:20:31.559><c> verse</c><00:20:31.859><c> 2,</c><00:20:32.140><c> we</c><00:20:32.339><c> see</c><00:20:32.559><c> that</c><00:20:33.339><c> in</c><00:20:34.119><c> the</c><00:20:34.279><c> first</c><00:20:34.539><c> year</c><00:20:34.940><c> of</c>

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his<00:20:35.400><c> reign,</c>

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that's<00:20:35.819><c> the</c><00:20:35.960><c> reign</c><00:20:36.119><c> of</c><00:20:36.519><c> Darius,</c><00:20:36.960><c> I,</c><00:20:37.200><c> Daniel,</c><00:20:37.500><c> understood</c><00:20:37.920><c> by</c>

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the<00:20:38.279><c> books,</c>

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the<00:20:39.440><c> number</c><00:20:39.839><c> of</c><00:20:40.019><c> the</c><00:20:40.220><c> years</c><00:20:40.480><c> whereof</c><00:20:40.799><c> the</c><00:20:40.940><c> word</c><00:20:41.059><c> of</c><00:20:41.140><c> the</c><00:20:41.240><c> Lord</c>

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came<00:20:41.619><c> to</c><00:20:41.799><c> Jeremiah</c><00:20:42.099><c> the</c><00:20:42.299><c> prophet,</c>

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that<00:20:43.579><c> he</c><00:20:43.740><c> would</c><00:20:43.980><c> accomplish</c><00:20:45.019><c> 70</c><00:20:45.859><c> years</c><00:20:46.380><c> in</c><00:20:46.700><c> the</c><00:20:46.900><c> desolations</c>

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of<00:20:48.700><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:20:50.599><c> we</c><00:20:50.720><c> know,</c><00:20:50.980><c> brothers</c><00:20:51.119><c> and</c><00:20:51.259><c> sisters,</c><00:20:51.480><c> there's</c><00:20:51.900><c> two</c><00:20:52.220><c> 70</c><00:20:52.579><c>-year</c><00:20:52.819><c> periods</c><00:20:53.279><c> of</c>

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70<00:20:54.700><c> years</c><00:20:55.299><c> that</c><00:20:55.599><c> take</c><00:20:55.799><c> place.</c>

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Now,<00:20:56.480><c> here's</c><00:20:57.059><c> the</c><00:20:57.299><c> prophet</c><00:20:57.559><c> Daniel.</c><00:20:58.400><c> We're</c><00:20:58.579><c> very</c><00:20:58.819><c> familiar</c>

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with<00:20:59.220><c> him.</c>

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And<00:20:59.779><c> what</c><00:20:59.859><c> is</c><00:20:59.980><c> he</c><00:21:00.119><c> doing?</c><00:21:00.839><c> He's</c><00:21:01.359><c> studying</c><00:21:01.680><c> the</c><00:21:02.200><c> books</c><00:21:02.440><c> of</c><00:21:02.680><c> Jeremiah.</c>

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He's<00:21:04.220><c> poring</c><00:21:04.500><c> over</c><00:21:04.779><c> them,</c><00:21:05.119><c> and</c><00:21:05.359><c> he's</c><00:21:05.500><c> trying</c><00:21:05.779><c> to</c><00:21:05.980><c> figure</c><00:21:06.140><c> out</c>

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these<00:21:06.599><c> different</c><00:21:06.920><c> time</c><00:21:07.220><c> periods.</c>

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Why?<00:21:10.960><c> Well,</c><00:21:11.440><c> because</c><00:21:12.180><c> he</c><00:21:13.019><c> knows</c><00:21:13.339><c> it's</c><00:21:13.579><c> going</c><00:21:13.680><c> to</c><00:21:13.839><c> have</c><00:21:14.000><c> an</c><00:21:14.259><c> impact</c><00:21:14.759><c> on</c>

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his<00:21:15.380><c> brothers</c><00:21:15.660><c> and</c><00:21:15.900><c> sisters.</c>

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So<00:21:16.920><c> he's</c><00:21:17.099><c> looking</c><00:21:17.259><c> at</c><00:21:17.480><c> these</c><00:21:17.660><c> things.</c>

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Back<00:21:29.200><c> to</c><00:21:29.380><c> that</c><00:21:29.559><c> time</c><00:21:29.839><c> chart.</c><00:21:30.259><c> We</c><00:21:30.319><c> look</c><00:21:30.579><c> in</c><00:21:30.779><c> the</c><00:21:30.980><c> top.</c>

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We<00:21:31.359><c> see</c><00:21:31.640><c> that</c><00:21:33.099><c> there's</c><00:21:34.299><c> the</c><00:21:34.500><c> first</c><00:21:34.700><c> 70</c><00:21:35.079><c> years</c><00:21:35.619><c> and</c><00:21:35.859><c> the</c><00:21:36.059><c> second</c>

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70<00:21:36.700><c> years,</c>

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first<00:21:37.579><c> starting</c><00:21:37.960><c> roughly</c><00:21:38.380><c> around</c><00:21:38.839><c> 606</c><00:21:39.579><c> BC</c><00:21:39.920><c> when</c><00:21:40.259><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:21:40.900><c> comes</c><00:21:41.180><c> down,</c>

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and<00:21:41.940><c> the</c><00:21:42.119><c> second</c><00:21:42.920><c> about</c><00:21:43.700><c> 587</c><00:21:44.460><c>-88</c><00:21:44.920><c> when</c><00:21:46.119><c> the</c><00:21:46.539><c> temple</c><00:21:46.859><c> itself</c><00:21:47.420><c> is</c><00:21:47.779><c> destroyed.</c>

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Now,<00:21:48.299><c> when</c><00:21:48.420><c> we</c><00:21:48.559><c> look</c><00:21:48.700><c> at</c><00:21:48.819><c> our</c><00:21:49.099><c> prophecies</c><00:21:49.460><c> in</c><00:21:49.779><c> Jeremiah</c><00:21:50.160><c> 25,</c>

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26,<00:21:51.740><c> 29</c><00:21:52.240><c> in</c><00:21:52.740><c> Chronicles,</c>

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we<00:21:53.599><c> see</c><00:21:54.019><c> that</c><00:21:54.339><c> there</c><00:21:54.480><c> was</c><00:21:54.680><c> two</c><00:21:54.960><c> periods</c><00:21:55.279><c> of</c><00:21:55.559><c> time.</c>

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And<00:21:56.400><c> Daniel</c><00:21:56.519><c> does</c><00:21:56.940><c> pluralize</c><00:21:57.519><c> the</c><00:21:57.759><c> desolations</c><00:21:58.500><c> of</c><00:21:58.700><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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There's<00:21:59.779><c> two</c><00:22:00.059><c> periods</c><00:22:00.279><c> of</c><00:22:00.480><c> time,</c><00:22:00.660><c> and</c><00:22:00.759><c> he's</c><00:22:00.900><c> looking</c><00:22:01.059><c> at</c>

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these<00:22:01.500><c> things.</c>

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Now,<00:22:02.279><c> when</c><00:22:02.420><c> we</c><00:22:02.660><c> think,</c><00:22:03.460><c> who's</c><00:22:03.759><c> in</c><00:22:03.980><c> power</c><00:22:04.220><c> in</c><00:22:05.380><c> the</c><00:22:05.619><c> palaces</c><00:22:06.039><c> of</c><00:22:06.240><c> Persia?</c>

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It's<00:22:07.299><c> Daniel,</c><00:22:07.779><c> is</c><00:22:07.859><c> it</c><00:22:08.000><c> not?</c><00:22:08.799><c> Is</c><00:22:09.019><c> Daniel</c><00:22:09.339><c> not</c><00:22:09.700><c> right</c><00:22:09.960><c> up</c><00:22:10.140><c> there</c>

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next<00:22:10.519><c> to</c><00:22:10.680><c> the</c><00:22:10.839><c> king?</c>

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And<00:22:12.640><c> these</c><00:22:12.900><c> people</c><00:22:13.220><c> are</c><00:22:13.440><c> getting</c><00:22:13.640><c> prepared</c><00:22:14.019><c> to</c><00:22:14.140><c> go</c><00:22:14.339><c> back</c><00:22:14.579><c> into</c>

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the<00:22:14.980><c> land.</c>

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I<00:22:17.160><c> can</c><00:22:17.420><c> imagine</c><00:22:17.900><c> the</c><00:22:18.180><c> discussions</c><00:22:18.559><c> that</c><00:22:18.779><c> would</c><00:22:18.900><c> have</c><00:22:18.960><c> went</c><00:22:19.079><c> on</c>

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with<00:22:19.440><c> these</c><00:22:19.680><c> different</c><00:22:19.960><c> characters.</c>

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They're<00:22:20.759><c> going</c><00:22:20.920><c> to</c><00:22:21.039><c> be</c><00:22:21.319><c> discussing</c><00:22:21.579><c> it</c><00:22:21.759><c> as</c><00:22:21.819><c> we</c><00:22:22.039><c> would</c><00:22:22.240><c> discuss</c>

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the<00:22:22.839><c> prophecies</c><00:22:23.240><c> in</c><00:22:23.440><c> our</c><00:22:23.619><c> day.</c>

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And<00:22:24.319><c> they're</c><00:22:24.480><c> getting</c><00:22:24.740><c> excited,</c><00:22:25.420><c> and</c><00:22:25.559><c> they</c><00:22:25.720><c> know</c><00:22:25.880><c> that</c><00:22:26.059><c> the</c>

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time<00:22:26.380><c> is</c><00:22:26.599><c> right,</c>

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and<00:22:27.099><c> they're</c><00:22:27.240><c> getting</c><00:22:27.500><c> prepared</c><00:22:27.900><c> to</c><00:22:28.079><c> do</c><00:22:28.779><c> the</c><00:22:28.980><c> work</c><00:22:29.380><c> of</c><00:22:29.859><c> their</c>

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heavenly<00:22:30.299><c> father</c>

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because<00:22:30.720><c> they</c><00:22:31.039><c> know</c><00:22:31.279><c> that</c><00:22:31.519><c> these</c><00:22:31.759><c> things</c><00:22:32.299><c> have</c><00:22:32.700><c> to</c><00:22:32.920><c> happen.</c>

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So<00:22:33.839><c> Daniel</c><00:22:34.259><c> had,</c><00:22:34.539><c> I</c><00:22:34.920><c> think,</c><00:22:35.119><c> an</c><00:22:35.319><c> active</c><00:22:35.579><c> part</c><00:22:36.079><c> in</c><00:22:36.380><c> motivating</c>

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the<00:22:38.700><c> brothers</c><00:22:38.960><c> and</c><00:22:39.160><c> sisters</c><00:22:39.380><c> in</c><00:22:39.559><c> that</c><00:22:39.740><c> day</c><00:22:39.900><c> and</c><00:22:40.019><c> age.</c>

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What<00:22:42.579><c> also</c><00:22:42.859><c> is</c><00:22:43.140><c> interesting</c><00:22:43.440><c> with</c><00:22:43.700><c> these</c><00:22:44.680><c> prophets</c><00:22:45.059><c> that</c><00:22:45.299><c> God</c>

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sent<00:22:46.279><c> in</c><00:22:46.660><c> the</c><00:22:46.880><c> time</c><00:22:47.200><c> of</c><00:22:47.380><c> Zerubbabel</c><00:22:48.619><c> and</c><00:22:49.059><c> Joshua</c>

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and<00:22:49.500><c> when</c><00:22:49.640><c> these</c><00:22:49.900><c> children</c><00:22:50.200><c> of</c><00:22:50.299><c> Israel</c><00:22:50.640><c> went</c><00:22:50.980><c> back</c><00:22:51.279><c> to</c><00:22:51.460><c> the</c><00:22:51.599><c> land,</c>

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is<00:22:52.279><c> we've</c><00:22:52.500><c> got</c><00:22:52.619><c> a</c><00:22:52.700><c> couple</c><00:22:52.900><c> of</c><00:22:53.200><c> prophets</c><00:22:53.539><c> that</c><00:22:54.119><c> had</c><00:22:54.259><c> an</c><00:22:54.460><c> impact,</c>

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Haggai<00:22:56.019><c> and</c><00:22:56.140><c> Zechariah.</c>

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They<00:22:58.559><c> prophesied</c><00:22:58.960><c> in</c><00:22:59.140><c> rapid</c><00:22:59.480><c> succession,</c><00:23:00.259><c> for</c><00:23:00.440><c> the</c><00:23:00.559><c> most</c><00:23:00.759><c> part.</c>

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Four<00:23:01.799><c> months,</c><00:23:03.079><c> they</c><00:23:03.299><c> prophesied</c><00:23:03.740><c> one</c><00:23:03.920><c> on</c><00:23:04.099><c> top</c><00:23:04.279><c> of</c><00:23:04.440><c> the</c><00:23:04.539><c> other.</c>

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And<00:23:05.559><c> you</c><00:23:05.660><c> know</c><00:23:05.759><c> what,</c><00:23:06.019><c> brothers</c><00:23:06.160><c> and</c><00:23:06.339><c> sisters?</c><00:23:06.599><c> They</c><00:23:06.859><c> had</c><00:23:07.079><c> an</c><00:23:07.240><c> impact.</c>

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And<00:23:08.339><c> we</c><00:23:08.460><c> know</c><00:23:08.579><c> they</c><00:23:08.700><c> went</c><00:23:08.819><c> back</c><00:23:09.079><c> to</c><00:23:09.240><c> the</c><00:23:09.319><c> land</c><00:23:09.500><c> of</c><00:23:09.640><c> Israel,</c><00:23:09.880><c> but</c>

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they<00:23:10.140><c> didn't</c><00:23:10.440><c> do</c><00:23:10.880><c> what</c><00:23:11.000><c> they</c><00:23:11.180><c> were</c><00:23:11.380><c> supposed</c><00:23:11.700><c> to</c><00:23:11.880><c> do.</c>

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They<00:23:12.500><c> had</c><00:23:12.640><c> good</c><00:23:12.880><c> intentions.</c><00:23:13.299><c> These</c><00:23:13.519><c> were</c><00:23:13.779><c> a</c><00:23:13.920><c> faithful</c><00:23:14.200><c> bunch.</c>

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49<00:23:17.099><c>,697</c><00:23:17.539><c> of</c><00:23:17.740><c> them</c><00:23:18.240><c> came</c><00:23:18.619><c> back</c><00:23:18.900><c> into</c><00:23:19.039><c> the</c><00:23:19.160><c> land,</c><00:23:19.579><c> we're</c><00:23:19.579><c> told.</c>

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And<00:23:20.980><c> they</c><00:23:21.079><c> were</c><00:23:21.259><c> faithful,</c><00:23:21.680><c> full</c><00:23:21.940><c> of</c><00:23:22.140><c> zeal.</c><00:23:22.440><c> These</c><00:23:22.680><c> were</c><00:23:22.859><c> the</c><00:23:22.980><c> ones.</c>

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Cyrus<00:23:24.019><c> asked,</c><00:23:24.339><c> who</c><00:23:24.500><c> among</c><00:23:24.779><c> you</c><00:23:25.200><c> will</c><00:23:25.559><c> go</c><00:23:25.759><c> and</c><00:23:25.900><c> build</c><00:23:26.000><c> that</c><00:23:26.200><c> house</c><00:23:26.420><c> for</c><00:23:26.619><c> God?</c>

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And<00:23:27.019><c> these</c><00:23:27.140><c> are</c><00:23:27.259><c> the</c><00:23:27.339><c> ones</c><00:23:27.500><c> that</c><00:23:27.680><c> come</c><00:23:27.880><c> forth.</c><00:23:28.299><c> They're</c><00:23:28.680><c> prepared,</c><00:23:28.940><c> and</c>

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they<00:23:29.359><c> know</c><00:23:29.660><c> it's</c><00:23:30.000><c> going</c><00:23:30.059><c> to</c><00:23:30.140><c> be</c><00:23:30.319><c> tough.</c>

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That<00:23:31.799><c> nation,</c><00:23:33.099><c> their</c><00:23:33.539><c> city's</c><00:23:33.920><c> been</c><00:23:34.119><c> obliterated</c><00:23:35.180><c> by</c><00:23:35.599><c> the</c><00:23:35.819><c> sieges</c>

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and<00:23:36.660><c> the</c><00:23:36.920><c> destructions</c><00:23:37.259><c> that</c><00:23:37.440><c> the</c><00:23:37.660><c> Babylon</c><00:23:38.079><c> rent</c><00:23:39.779><c> upon</c><00:23:40.140><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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So<00:23:42.859><c> it's</c><00:23:43.000><c> not</c><00:23:43.140><c> going</c><00:23:43.240><c> to</c><00:23:43.319><c> be</c><00:23:43.480><c> easy.</c>

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So<00:23:44.119><c> these</c><00:23:44.299><c> were</c><00:23:44.460><c> men</c><00:23:44.599><c> of</c><00:23:44.759><c> faith.</c><00:23:45.319><c> So</c><00:23:45.420><c> we've</c><00:23:45.599><c> got</c><00:23:45.740><c> something</c><00:23:45.920><c> to</c>

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work<00:23:46.259><c> with,</c><00:23:46.559><c> don't</c><00:23:46.599><c> we?</c>

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So<00:23:47.640><c> they</c><00:23:47.839><c> start</c><00:23:48.059><c> off</c><00:23:48.380><c> well.</c><00:23:49.359><c> They</c><00:23:49.519><c> lay</c><00:23:49.700><c> the</c><00:23:49.900><c> foundations</c><00:23:50.380><c> within</c><00:23:50.660><c> a</c>

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few<00:23:50.980><c> years.</c>

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But<00:23:51.920><c> then</c><00:23:52.140><c> the</c><00:23:52.279><c> work</c><00:23:52.440><c> stops.</c><00:23:52.960><c> The</c><00:23:53.160><c> Samaritans</c><00:23:53.559><c> are</c><00:23:53.740><c> starting</c>

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to<00:23:54.099><c> get</c><00:23:54.240><c> to</c><00:23:54.359><c> them.</c>

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Well,<00:23:56.220><c> it's</c><00:23:56.380><c> nothing</c><00:23:56.539><c> different</c><00:23:56.859><c> than</c><00:23:56.980><c> what</c><00:23:57.119><c> we</c><00:23:57.359><c> have</c><00:23:57.519><c> to</c><00:23:57.660><c> deal</c><00:23:57.779><c> with</c><00:23:57.980><c> in</c>

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our<00:23:58.339><c> day</c><00:23:58.539><c> and</c><00:23:58.660><c> age,</c><00:23:59.000><c> brothers</c><00:23:59.119><c> and</c><00:23:59.240><c> sisters.</c>

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The<00:23:59.900><c> world</c><00:24:00.420><c> will</c><00:24:01.000><c> have</c><00:24:01.119><c> its</c><00:24:01.380><c> part</c><00:24:01.579><c> to</c><00:24:01.859><c> play.</c>

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And<00:24:02.920><c> it'll</c><00:24:03.140><c> distract</c><00:24:03.579><c> us,</c><00:24:03.779><c> and</c><00:24:03.880><c> it'll</c><00:24:04.079><c> pull</c><00:24:04.240><c> us</c><00:24:04.440><c> away.</c>

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And<00:24:05.160><c> the</c><00:24:05.519><c> subject</c><00:24:05.839><c> of</c><00:24:06.119><c> Haggai</c><00:24:06.440><c> is</c><00:24:06.599><c> usually,</c><00:24:07.359><c> consider</c><00:24:07.359><c> your</c><00:24:07.599><c> ways.</c>

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So<00:24:08.980><c> they</c><00:24:09.039><c> had</c><00:24:09.140><c> to</c><00:24:09.420><c> consider</c><00:24:09.619><c> their</c><00:24:09.799><c> ways.</c><00:24:10.079><c> And</c><00:24:10.220><c> these</c><00:24:10.440><c> prophets</c><00:24:10.740><c> came</c><00:24:11.000><c> down,</c><00:24:11.440><c> and</c><00:24:11.660><c> God</c><00:24:11.920><c> in</c>

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His<00:24:12.220><c> mercy</c><00:24:12.519><c> says,</c>

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I've<00:24:13.519><c> got</c><00:24:13.660><c> a</c><00:24:13.859><c> plan</c><00:24:14.000><c> and</c><00:24:14.200><c> purpose.</c>

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I'm<00:24:16.279><c> working</c><00:24:16.519><c> with</c><00:24:16.720><c> the</c><00:24:16.880><c> nations,</c><00:24:17.200><c> and</c><00:24:17.259><c> I'm</c><00:24:17.420><c> also</c><00:24:17.779><c> working</c>

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with<00:24:18.519><c> the</c><00:24:18.680><c> brothers</c><00:24:18.859><c> and</c><00:24:19.059><c> sisters.</c>

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And<00:24:19.740><c> He</c><00:24:19.859><c> sent</c><00:24:20.099><c> these</c><00:24:20.400><c> prophets</c><00:24:20.779><c> to</c><00:24:21.240><c> fire</c><00:24:21.440><c> them</c><00:24:21.660><c> back</c><00:24:21.880><c> up</c><00:24:22.019><c> on</c>

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the<00:24:22.359><c> Word.</c>

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And<00:24:23.160><c> that's</c><00:24:23.319><c> what</c><00:24:23.420><c> they</c><00:24:23.599><c> did.</c><00:24:24.019><c> That's</c><00:24:24.279><c> exactly</c><00:24:24.799><c> what</c><00:24:24.960><c> they</c><00:24:25.099><c> did.</c>

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And<00:24:25.640><c> they</c><00:24:25.859><c> rekindled</c><00:24:26.339><c> the</c><00:24:26.500><c> zeal.</c>

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And<00:24:27.460><c> sure</c><00:24:27.660><c> enough,</c><00:24:28.660><c> the</c><00:24:28.720><c> king</c><00:24:28.940><c> that</c><00:24:29.079><c> was</c><00:24:29.220><c> in</c><00:24:29.400><c> the</c><00:24:29.519><c> way</c><00:24:30.259><c> is</c><00:24:30.940><c> taken</c><00:24:31.180><c> out.</c>

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And<00:24:32.299><c> we</c><00:24:32.420><c> get</c><00:24:32.539><c> a</c><00:24:32.660><c> benevolent</c><00:24:33.819><c> king</c><00:24:34.140><c> that</c><00:24:34.339><c> comes</c><00:24:34.579><c> forward,</c><00:24:35.319><c> and</c>

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that's<00:24:35.700><c> Darius.</c>

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So<00:24:36.960><c> the</c><00:24:37.240><c> usurper's</c><00:24:37.839><c> gone,</c><00:24:38.339><c> and</c><00:24:38.599><c> now</c><00:24:38.819><c> the</c><00:24:38.960><c> way</c><00:24:39.079><c> has</c><00:24:39.279><c> been</c><00:24:39.420><c> made</c><00:24:39.680><c> clear.</c>

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They<00:24:40.119><c> put</c><00:24:40.359><c> back</c><00:24:40.660><c> their</c><00:24:40.880><c> letters,</c><00:24:41.559><c> and</c><00:24:41.660><c> they</c><00:24:41.859><c> find</c><00:24:42.059><c> out,</c><00:24:42.380><c> sure</c>

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enough,<00:24:43.579><c> Cyrus</c><00:24:43.700><c> did</c><00:24:44.059><c> make</c><00:24:44.299><c> a</c><00:24:44.480><c> decree.</c>

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And<00:24:45.359><c> Darius</c><00:24:45.680><c> backs</c><00:24:46.019><c> them</c><00:24:46.200><c> up</c><00:24:46.559><c> and</c><00:24:46.720><c> gives</c><00:24:46.900><c> them</c><00:24:47.160><c> not</c><00:24:47.359><c> only</c><00:24:47.660><c> the</c>

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permission<00:24:48.339><c> to</c><00:24:49.039><c> rebuild</c><00:24:49.460><c> the</c><00:24:49.700><c> temple,</c>

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but<00:24:50.720><c> he</c><00:24:50.900><c> tells</c><00:24:51.059><c> the</c><00:24:51.259><c> Samaritans,</c><00:24:52.059><c> you</c><00:24:52.460><c> pay,</c><00:24:53.319><c> you</c><00:24:53.640><c> help</c><00:24:53.859><c> them</c>

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in<00:24:55.079><c> tribute</c><00:24:55.380><c> and</c><00:24:55.640><c> money</c><00:24:55.900><c> to</c><00:24:56.500><c> build</c><00:24:56.900><c> that</c><00:24:57.160><c> temple.</c>

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Look<00:24:58.140><c> how</c><00:24:58.359><c> dramatically</c><00:24:58.880><c> the</c><00:24:59.099><c> events</c><00:24:59.339><c> turned</c><00:24:59.660><c> around.</c>

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Where<00:25:00.619><c> is</c><00:25:00.779><c> our</c><00:25:00.940><c> eye</c><00:25:01.140><c> of</c><00:25:01.400><c> faith?</c><00:25:01.819><c> Look</c><00:25:01.980><c> at</c><00:25:02.119><c> these</c><00:25:02.339><c> brothers</c><00:25:02.500><c> and</c><00:25:02.599><c> sisters.</c>

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They<00:25:02.759><c> were</c><00:25:02.900><c> in</c><00:25:03.019><c> these</c><00:25:03.220><c> situations.</c><00:25:04.160><c> It</c><00:25:04.359><c> was</c><00:25:04.599><c> desperate.</c>

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They<00:25:06.359><c> didn't</c><00:25:06.519><c> even</c><00:25:06.759><c> have</c><00:25:06.960><c> walls</c><00:25:07.299><c> around</c><00:25:07.579><c> their</c><00:25:07.799><c> city</c><00:25:07.980><c> yet.</c>

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They<00:25:08.900><c> were</c><00:25:09.559><c> just</c><00:25:10.079><c> open</c><00:25:10.839><c> to</c><00:25:11.519><c> all</c><00:25:11.799><c> the</c><00:25:12.359><c> advances</c><00:25:12.680><c> of</c><00:25:12.960><c> the</c><00:25:13.099><c> nations</c><00:25:13.359><c> around</c><00:25:13.720><c> them.</c>

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And<00:25:14.859><c> they</c><00:25:15.019><c> did</c><00:25:15.299><c> not</c><00:25:15.619><c> want</c><00:25:15.980><c> a</c><00:25:16.400><c> strong</c><00:25:16.619><c> Israel</c><00:25:17.220><c> in</c><00:25:17.940><c> their</c><00:25:18.119><c> borders</c><00:25:18.380><c> again.</c>

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Now<00:25:23.880><c> there's</c><00:25:24.019><c> another</c><00:25:24.259><c> problem</c><00:25:24.579><c> with</c><00:25:24.759><c> this</c><00:25:24.940><c> Persian</c><00:25:25.299><c> time.</c>

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It<00:25:27.000><c> affects</c><00:25:27.279><c> the</c><00:25:27.579><c> titles</c><00:25:27.859><c> of</c><00:25:28.019><c> these</c><00:25:28.240><c> kings.</c>

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It<00:25:29.660><c> gives</c><00:25:29.779><c> us</c><00:25:29.960><c> a</c><00:25:29.980><c> lot</c><00:25:30.160><c> of</c><00:25:30.339><c> grief,</c><00:25:30.519><c> actually.</c>

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These<00:25:35.779><c> charts</c><00:25:36.420><c> are</c><00:25:36.619><c> basically</c><00:25:37.059><c> out</c><00:25:37.420><c> of</c><00:25:39.079><c> the</c><00:25:39.299><c> expositor</c><00:25:39.779><c> on</c><00:25:40.119><c> Daniel</c><00:25:40.599><c> and</c><00:25:41.220><c> the</c><00:25:41.440><c> different</c><00:25:41.839><c> studies</c><00:25:42.759><c> on</c>

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the<00:25:43.059><c> Minor</c><00:25:43.259><c> Prophets.</c>

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And<00:25:44.660><c> here's</c><00:25:44.880><c> a</c><00:25:45.019><c> suggestion</c><00:25:45.420><c> by</c><00:25:45.619><c> Brother</c><00:25:45.900><c> Perce</c><00:25:46.279><c> Mansfield</c>

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about<00:25:47.740><c> the</c><00:25:48.039><c> titles.</c>

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He<00:25:49.279><c> shows</c><00:25:49.720><c> how</c><00:25:50.339><c> Hazyueres,</c><00:25:50.980><c> Artaxerxes,</c><00:25:51.460><c> and</c><00:25:51.680><c> Darius</c><00:25:52.019><c> are</c>

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all<00:25:53.660><c> the</c><00:25:54.099><c> same</c><00:25:54.660><c> king.</c>

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And<00:25:55.799><c> it's</c><00:25:55.920><c> an</c><00:25:56.140><c> interesting</c><00:25:58.079><c> thought</c><00:25:59.420><c> because</c><00:25:59.960><c> it</c><00:26:00.420><c> changes</c><00:26:00.859><c> the</c><00:26:01.059><c> way</c><00:26:01.220><c> we</c>

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look<00:26:01.559><c> at</c><00:26:01.700><c> all</c><00:26:01.859><c> these</c><00:26:02.079><c> different</c><00:26:02.299><c> books</c><00:26:02.519><c> of</c><00:26:02.660><c> the</c><00:26:02.779><c> Bible.</c>

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Now<00:26:04.200><c> he</c><00:26:04.460><c> does</c><00:26:04.720><c> bring</c><00:26:04.940><c> out</c><00:26:05.140><c> a</c><00:26:05.220><c> number</c><00:26:05.440><c> of...</c>

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I<00:26:05.940><c> wrote</c><00:26:06.140><c> a</c><00:26:06.299><c> few</c><00:26:06.420><c> of</c><00:26:06.480><c> them</c><00:26:06.619><c> down</c><00:26:06.859><c> about</c><00:26:07.079><c> some</c><00:26:07.319><c> of</c><00:26:07.460><c> the</c><00:26:08.579><c> problems</c>

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if<00:26:09.759><c> we</c><00:26:09.920><c> don't</c><00:26:10.119><c> date</c><00:26:10.380><c> by</c><00:26:10.599><c> the</c><00:26:10.740><c> right</c><00:26:10.940><c> king.</c>

00:26:11.460 --> 00:26:12.759
And<00:26:11.599><c> they're</c><00:26:11.680><c> good</c><00:26:11.880><c> points.</c>

00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:17.500
We<00:26:13.079><c> look</c><00:26:13.200><c> at</c><00:26:13.319><c> Mordechai,</c><00:26:15.019><c> who</c><00:26:15.299><c> was</c><00:26:16.220><c> made</c><00:26:16.660><c> Prime</c><00:26:17.079><c> Minister.</c>

00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:23.720
If<00:26:18.319><c> we</c><00:26:19.059><c> look</c><00:26:19.279><c> at</c><00:26:19.819><c> Esther</c><00:26:20.940><c> and</c><00:26:21.599><c> the</c><00:26:22.220><c> king</c><00:26:22.440><c> account,</c><00:26:23.299><c> we'll</c><00:26:23.480><c> find</c>

00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:28.720
out<00:26:23.940><c> that</c><00:26:24.079><c> he</c><00:26:24.240><c> has</c><00:26:24.460><c> got</c><00:26:24.559><c> to</c><00:26:24.680><c> be</c><00:26:24.839><c> 123</c><00:26:25.900><c> years</c><00:26:26.400><c> old</c><00:26:26.900><c> if</c><00:26:27.839><c> we</c><00:26:28.119><c> date</c><00:26:28.420><c> by</c>

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:33.160
the<00:26:28.900><c> popular</c><00:26:29.319><c> king</c><00:26:30.059><c> in</c><00:26:31.059><c> the</c><00:26:31.259><c> time</c><00:26:31.440><c> he's</c><00:26:31.640><c> made</c><00:26:31.859><c> Prime</c><00:26:32.119><c> Minister.</c>

00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:35.319
Not<00:26:34.180><c> very</c><00:26:34.420><c> likely.</c>

00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:40.900
Ezra<00:26:36.319><c> is</c><00:26:36.799><c> going</c><00:26:36.900><c> to</c><00:26:37.000><c> be</c><00:26:37.160><c> between</c><00:26:37.519><c> 130</c><00:26:38.240><c> to</c><00:26:38.420><c> 147</c><00:26:39.460><c> years</c><00:26:39.680><c> old</c><00:26:40.220><c> when</c>

00:26:40.900 --> 00:26:43.819
he<00:26:41.420><c> travels</c><00:26:41.759><c> into</c><00:26:41.980><c> Jerusalem</c><00:26:42.400><c> to</c><00:26:42.559><c> do</c><00:26:42.680><c> his</c><00:26:42.960><c> work.</c>

00:26:43.980 --> 00:26:46.799
He<00:26:44.200><c> would</c><00:26:44.380><c> be</c><00:26:44.859><c> a</c><00:26:45.819><c> very</c><00:26:46.220><c> old</c><00:26:46.500><c> man.</c>

00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:50.240
So<00:26:47.279><c> there</c><00:26:48.180><c> is</c><00:26:48.400><c> some</c><00:26:48.700><c> difficulties</c><00:26:49.160><c> if</c><00:26:49.359><c> we</c><00:26:49.579><c> date</c><00:26:49.759><c> by</c><00:26:50.000><c> the</c>

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popular<00:26:50.660><c> kings.</c>

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As<00:26:53.799><c> I</c><00:26:54.279><c> noted</c><00:26:54.819><c> at</c><00:26:55.240><c> the</c><00:26:55.339><c> beginning</c><00:26:55.539><c> of</c><00:26:55.700><c> our</c><00:26:55.819><c> discussion,</c><00:26:58.460><c> depending</c><00:26:58.740><c> on</c><00:26:58.940><c> the</c>

00:26:59.099 --> 00:27:01.799
experts<00:26:59.319><c> you</c><00:26:59.480><c> go</c><00:26:59.700><c> to,</c><00:27:00.279><c> you'll</c><00:27:00.619><c> find</c><00:27:00.779><c> different</c><00:27:01.259><c> datings</c><00:27:01.640><c> for</c>

00:27:01.799 --> 00:27:02.420
all<00:27:02.000><c> these</c><00:27:02.220><c> kings.</c>

00:27:02.440 --> 00:27:05.539
So<00:27:02.579><c> it's</c><00:27:03.079><c> a</c><00:27:03.180><c> bit</c><00:27:03.259><c> of</c><00:27:03.500><c> a</c><00:27:03.579><c> muddied</c><00:27:04.000><c> time</c><00:27:04.299><c> period</c><00:27:04.599><c> in</c><00:27:04.779><c> history.</c>

00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:09.599
Also,<00:27:06.440><c> if</c><00:27:06.700><c> you</c><00:27:06.819><c> look</c><00:27:07.019><c> at</c><00:27:07.359><c> Nehemiah</c><00:27:07.759><c> and</c><00:27:07.940><c> Ezra,</c><00:27:09.039><c> you'll</c><00:27:09.440><c> find</c>

00:27:09.599 --> 00:27:14.819
20<00:27:10.000><c> of</c><00:27:10.119><c> the</c><00:27:10.339><c> 30</c><00:27:10.619><c> Levites</c><00:27:11.539><c> are</c><00:27:12.460><c> still</c><00:27:12.740><c> alive</c><00:27:13.119><c> 92</c><00:27:13.700><c> years</c><00:27:14.440><c> later</c>

00:27:14.819 --> 00:27:16.720
in<00:27:15.119><c> the</c><00:27:15.279><c> time</c><00:27:15.460><c> of</c><00:27:15.619><c> Nehemiah.</c>

00:27:17.079 --> 00:27:19.720
20<00:27:17.480><c> out</c><00:27:17.619><c> of</c><00:27:17.720><c> the</c><00:27:17.880><c> 30.</c><00:27:18.240><c> 92</c><00:27:18.740><c> years</c><00:27:19.140><c> later.</c>

00:27:20.200 --> 00:27:21.680
Not<00:27:20.460><c> very</c><00:27:20.700><c> likely.</c>

00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:36.059
So<00:27:33.720><c> it</c><00:27:34.119><c> gets</c><00:27:34.339><c> very</c><00:27:34.680><c> interesting,</c><00:27:35.480><c> brothers</c><00:27:35.519><c> and</c><00:27:35.700><c> sisters,</c><00:27:35.900><c> if</c>

00:27:36.059 --> 00:27:38.220
we<00:27:36.200><c> look</c><00:27:36.319><c> at</c><00:27:36.460><c> this</c><00:27:36.700><c> time</c><00:27:36.920><c> period</c><00:27:37.220><c> and</c><00:27:37.559><c> we</c><00:27:37.660><c> say,</c><00:27:37.779><c> well,</c><00:27:37.900><c> this</c><00:27:38.059><c> is</c>

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:40.460
one<00:27:38.420><c> king,</c><00:27:38.619><c> this</c><00:27:38.740><c> is</c><00:27:38.940><c> Dryas</c><00:27:39.259><c> of</c><00:27:39.380><c> Stapsis.</c>

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:41.819
Well,<00:27:41.160><c> what</c><00:27:41.240><c> does</c><00:27:41.339><c> that</c><00:27:41.599><c> mean?</c>

00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:44.119
Well,<00:27:42.359><c> this</c><00:27:42.559><c> is,</c><00:27:42.880><c> again,</c><00:27:43.220><c> out</c><00:27:43.299><c> of</c><00:27:43.420><c> the</c><00:27:43.619><c> expositor.</c>

00:27:44.579 --> 00:27:46.160
There's<00:27:44.859><c> a</c><00:27:44.980><c> list</c><00:27:45.119><c> of</c><00:27:45.319><c> dates.</c>

00:27:46.539 --> 00:27:48.559
I<00:27:46.940><c> guess</c><00:27:47.099><c> you</c><00:27:47.240><c> can</c><00:27:47.440><c> read</c><00:27:47.619><c> them.</c>

00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:53.640
I<00:27:49.299><c> just</c><00:27:49.519><c> want</c><00:27:49.660><c> to</c><00:27:49.819><c> point</c><00:27:50.019><c> out</c><00:27:50.700><c> the</c><00:27:51.140><c> three</c><00:27:51.420><c> different</c><00:27:51.839><c> main</c><00:27:52.180><c> characters</c><00:27:52.660><c> because</c><00:27:52.980><c> it</c>

00:27:53.640 --> 00:27:55.740
becomes<00:27:53.880><c> very</c><00:27:54.259><c> interesting</c><00:27:54.779><c> now.</c>

00:27:55.880 --> 00:27:58.259
We've<00:27:56.039><c> got</c><00:27:56.480><c> the</c><00:27:57.359><c> first</c><00:27:57.619><c> one</c><00:27:57.759><c> that's</c><00:27:58.039><c> highlighted.</c>

00:27:58.319 --> 00:28:01.359
We've<00:27:58.539><c> got</c><00:27:58.660><c> Esther</c><00:27:59.079><c> brought</c><00:27:59.619><c> to</c><00:28:00.319><c> the</c><00:28:00.579><c> palace</c><00:28:00.779><c> in</c><00:28:00.980><c> Shushan.</c>

00:28:01.619 --> 00:28:04.259
Now,<00:28:01.900><c> on</c><00:28:02.099><c> the</c><00:28:02.220><c> left,</c><00:28:02.420><c> we've</c><00:28:02.579><c> got</c><00:28:02.700><c> the</c><00:28:02.859><c> year</c><00:28:02.980><c> of</c><00:28:03.119><c> the</c><00:28:03.259><c> king</c><00:28:03.839><c> that</c>

00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:04.599
he<00:28:04.420><c> reigned.</c>

00:28:04.599 --> 00:28:06.579
This<00:28:04.779><c> is</c><00:28:05.000><c> all</c><00:28:05.240><c> being</c><00:28:05.480><c> Dryas</c><00:28:05.960><c> of</c><00:28:06.099><c> Stapsis.</c>

00:28:06.819 --> 00:28:10.140
And<00:28:06.960><c> if</c><00:28:07.059><c> you</c><00:28:07.140><c> follow</c><00:28:07.400><c> the</c><00:28:08.700><c> chronology</c><00:28:09.180><c> through</c><00:28:09.420><c> in</c><00:28:09.579><c> the</c><00:28:09.740><c> different</c><00:28:09.900><c> books</c>

00:28:10.140 --> 00:28:12.880
that<00:28:10.279><c> we</c><00:28:10.500><c> have</c><00:28:10.700><c> listed</c><00:28:11.000><c> in</c><00:28:11.160><c> the</c><00:28:11.359><c> middle</c><00:28:11.640><c> column,</c><00:28:12.279><c> you</c><00:28:12.500><c> can</c><00:28:12.720><c> see</c>

00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:14.359
how<00:28:13.099><c> all</c><00:28:13.259><c> these</c><00:28:13.440><c> dates</c><00:28:13.680><c> line</c><00:28:13.940><c> up.</c>

00:28:14.359 --> 00:28:17.759
Well,<00:28:14.920><c> what</c><00:28:15.019><c> it</c><00:28:15.160><c> did</c><00:28:15.339><c> for</c><00:28:15.900><c> us</c><00:28:16.359><c> when</c><00:28:16.579><c> we</c><00:28:16.700><c> were</c><00:28:16.980><c> studying</c><00:28:17.259><c> the</c><00:28:17.380><c> book</c><00:28:17.559><c> of</c>

00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:21.440
Haggai<00:28:18.039><c> is</c><00:28:18.700><c> we</c><00:28:19.240><c> started</c><00:28:19.599><c> to</c><00:28:19.779><c> get</c><00:28:19.880><c> a</c><00:28:20.039><c> better</c><00:28:20.279><c> feel</c><00:28:20.740><c> for</c><00:28:21.200><c> all</c><00:28:21.339><c> the</c>

00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:25.140
books<00:28:21.559><c> of</c><00:28:21.700><c> the</c><00:28:21.839><c> Bible</c><00:28:22.220><c> because</c><00:28:23.880><c> it</c><00:28:24.180><c> forced</c><00:28:24.420><c> us</c><00:28:24.660><c> to</c><00:28:24.799><c> look</c><00:28:24.940><c> around.</c>

00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:27.079
We're<00:28:25.299><c> looking</c><00:28:25.460><c> at</c><00:28:25.579><c> all</c><00:28:25.740><c> these</c><00:28:25.980><c> different</c><00:28:26.539><c> characters</c><00:28:26.920><c> and</c>

00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:28.680
we're<00:28:27.200><c> looking</c><00:28:27.319><c> at</c><00:28:27.460><c> these</c><00:28:27.680><c> different</c><00:28:28.039><c> time</c><00:28:28.420><c> periods.</c>

00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:31.700
We're<00:28:29.059><c> looking</c><00:28:29.160><c> at</c><00:28:29.299><c> these</c><00:28:29.519><c> different</c><00:28:29.799><c> prophets,</c><00:28:30.460><c> and</c><00:28:30.640><c> it</c><00:28:30.960><c> forced</c><00:28:31.259><c> you</c>

00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:34.960
to<00:28:32.099><c> look</c><00:28:32.319><c> at</c><00:28:32.640><c> them</c><00:28:32.980><c> in</c><00:28:33.680><c> their</c><00:28:33.940><c> context.</c>

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:37.319
So,<00:28:35.680><c> yes,</c><00:28:35.900><c> we're</c><00:28:36.019><c> only</c><00:28:36.200><c> going</c><00:28:36.339><c> to</c><00:28:36.420><c> do</c><00:28:36.500><c> a</c><00:28:36.579><c> little</c><00:28:36.779><c> book.</c>

00:28:37.380 --> 00:28:38.359
Haggai,<00:28:37.799><c> two</c><00:28:37.940><c> chapters.</c>

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:39.160
Should<00:28:38.660><c> be</c><00:28:38.859><c> easy.</c>

00:28:39.160 --> 00:28:41.980
Well,<00:28:40.019><c> we</c><00:28:40.279><c> found</c><00:28:40.460><c> it</c><00:28:40.619><c> very</c><00:28:40.839><c> exciting</c><00:28:41.160><c> because</c><00:28:41.440><c> it</c><00:28:41.619><c> gave</c><00:28:41.779><c> us</c><00:28:41.960><c> a</c>

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:46.099
lot<00:28:42.200><c> of</c><00:28:42.519><c> time</c><00:28:42.960><c> to</c><00:28:43.400><c> go</c><00:28:43.619><c> and</c><00:28:43.839><c> look</c><00:28:43.960><c> at</c><00:28:44.059><c> all</c><00:28:44.279><c> these</c><00:28:44.559><c> different</c><00:28:45.319><c> threads</c><00:28:45.640><c> that</c><00:28:45.900><c> ran</c>

00:28:46.099 --> 00:28:46.900
throughout<00:28:46.400><c> the</c><00:28:46.640><c> Bible.</c>

00:28:47.160 --> 00:28:49.359
And<00:28:47.299><c> we</c><00:28:47.500><c> started,</c><00:28:47.940><c> or</c><00:28:47.980><c> at</c><00:28:48.119><c> least</c><00:28:48.119><c> I</c><00:28:48.339><c> did</c><00:28:48.500><c> for</c><00:28:48.680><c> the</c><00:28:48.839><c> first</c><00:28:49.019><c> time,</c>

00:28:49.599 --> 00:28:53.019
really<00:28:50.000><c> starting</c><00:28:50.279><c> to</c><00:28:50.579><c> package</c><00:28:51.059><c> my</c><00:28:51.799><c> perspective</c><00:28:52.259><c> on</c><00:28:52.420><c> the</c><00:28:52.599><c> scriptures</c><00:28:52.839><c> a</c>

00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:53.759
lot<00:28:53.359><c> better.</c>

00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:58.400
I<00:28:54.480><c> sort</c><00:28:54.720><c> of</c><00:28:54.940><c> seen</c><00:28:55.099><c> how</c><00:28:55.319><c> these</c><00:28:55.559><c> books</c><00:28:55.940><c> fit</c><00:28:56.559><c> a</c><00:28:57.240><c> little</c><00:28:57.440><c> neater.</c>

00:28:58.559 --> 00:29:01.779
And<00:28:58.599><c> it</c><00:28:58.720><c> was,</c><00:28:59.700><c> again,</c><00:29:00.079><c> an</c><00:29:00.380><c> opportunity</c><00:29:00.859><c> for</c><00:29:01.200><c> us</c><00:29:01.200><c> to</c><00:29:01.400><c> grow</c><00:29:01.619><c> in</c>

00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:02.660
the<00:29:01.960><c> truth.</c>

00:29:03.420 --> 00:29:05.980
So<00:29:03.700><c> we've</c><00:29:03.900><c> got</c><00:29:04.019><c> Esther</c><00:29:04.420><c> in</c><00:29:04.759><c> the</c><00:29:04.940><c> palace.</c>

00:29:07.420 --> 00:29:10.759
In<00:29:07.900><c> the</c><00:29:08.380><c> seventh</c><00:29:09.019><c> year</c><00:29:09.220><c> of</c><00:29:09.359><c> our</c><00:29:09.500><c> exorcism,</c><00:29:10.059><c> we've</c><00:29:10.180><c> got</c><00:29:10.279><c> Ezra</c>

00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:12.339
leaving<00:29:11.119><c> for</c><00:29:11.400><c> Babylon.</c>

00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:15.779
And<00:29:13.240><c> down</c><00:29:13.579><c> on</c><00:29:13.900><c> the</c><00:29:14.079><c> twentieth</c><00:29:14.400><c> year,</c><00:29:14.599><c> we've</c><00:29:14.759><c> got</c><00:29:14.880><c> Nehemiah</c>

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.700
leaving<00:29:16.059><c> for</c><00:29:16.339><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:29:16.880 --> 00:29:19.619
There's<00:29:17.079><c> also</c><00:29:17.319><c> not</c><00:29:17.519><c> too</c><00:29:17.700><c> many</c><00:29:17.880><c> kings</c><00:29:18.160><c> that</c><00:29:18.500><c> reign</c><00:29:18.680><c> for</c><00:29:18.940><c> the</c><00:29:19.059><c> periods</c><00:29:19.319><c> of</c>

00:29:19.619 --> 00:29:22.039
time<00:29:20.099><c> that</c><00:29:20.559><c> fits</c><00:29:20.819><c> this</c><00:29:21.119><c> pattern.</c>

00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:24.539
Drysostapses<00:29:22.759><c> does.</c><00:29:22.980><c> He</c><00:29:23.220><c> reigns</c><00:29:23.440><c> for</c><00:29:23.559><c> about</c><00:29:23.740><c> 36</c><00:29:24.240><c> years.</c>

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And<00:29:24.700><c> we</c><00:29:24.779><c> need</c><00:29:24.940><c> at</c><00:29:25.059><c> least</c><00:29:25.299><c> 32</c><00:29:25.680><c> years</c><00:29:26.180><c> in</c><00:29:26.500><c> the</c><00:29:26.640><c> chronology</c><00:29:27.099><c> for</c>

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it<00:29:28.000><c> to</c><00:29:28.180><c> work</c><00:29:28.359><c> out.</c>

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There's<00:29:28.640><c> not</c><00:29:28.799><c> too</c><00:29:28.960><c> many</c><00:29:29.099><c> of</c><00:29:29.279><c> the</c><00:29:29.339><c> kings</c><00:29:29.480><c> that</c><00:29:29.799><c> reign</c><00:29:30.079><c> this</c><00:29:30.460><c> long.</c>

00:29:31.180 --> 00:29:33.640
So<00:29:31.319><c> there's</c><00:29:31.420><c> a</c><00:29:31.539><c> lot</c><00:29:31.619><c> of</c><00:29:31.779><c> things</c><00:29:32.039><c> that</c><00:29:32.380><c> work</c><00:29:32.599><c> out</c><00:29:32.839><c> well.</c>

00:29:33.700 --> 00:29:36.420
Now,<00:29:34.460><c> there</c><00:29:34.599><c> is</c><00:29:34.839><c> still</c><00:29:35.039><c> some</c><00:29:35.279><c> problems,</c><00:29:35.619><c> even</c><00:29:35.880><c> with</c><00:29:36.059><c> this</c><00:29:36.259><c> one.</c>

00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:38.180
It's<00:29:37.160><c> never</c><00:29:37.500><c> quite</c><00:29:37.880><c> clear.</c>

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And<00:29:38.380><c> I</c><00:29:39.200><c> almost</c><00:29:39.519><c> think</c><00:29:39.740><c> it's</c><00:29:40.480><c> meant</c><00:29:40.700><c> to</c><00:29:40.900><c> be</c><00:29:41.019><c> because</c><00:29:41.319><c> of</c><00:29:41.579><c> the</c><00:29:41.920><c> pinpointed</c><00:29:42.660><c> accuracy</c><00:29:42.960><c> of</c>

00:29:43.119 --> 00:29:43.940
these<00:29:43.420><c> prophecies.</c>

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I'm<00:29:44.319><c> not</c><00:29:44.519><c> saying</c><00:29:44.680><c> we</c><00:29:44.819><c> can't</c><00:29:45.160><c> work</c><00:29:45.299><c> them</c><00:29:45.460><c> out,</c><00:29:45.839><c> but</c><00:29:45.960><c> they</c><00:29:46.160><c> are</c>

00:29:46.359 --> 00:29:49.119
extremely<00:29:46.900><c> difficult</c><00:29:47.539><c> in</c><00:29:47.819><c> order</c><00:29:48.039><c> so</c><00:29:48.299><c> that</c><00:29:48.440><c> we</c><00:29:48.500><c> can</c><00:29:48.680><c> put</c><00:29:48.839><c> our</c>

00:29:49.119 --> 00:29:51.240
finger<00:29:49.359><c> right</c><00:29:49.579><c> on</c><00:29:49.759><c> the</c><00:29:49.960><c> exact</c><00:29:50.259><c> times.</c>

00:29:51.319 --> 00:29:53.299
God<00:29:51.519><c> says,</c><00:29:51.940><c> no</c><00:29:51.980><c> man</c><00:29:52.259><c> knoweth</c><00:29:52.539><c> the</c><00:29:52.680><c> day</c><00:29:52.819><c> nor</c><00:29:53.000><c> the</c><00:29:53.180><c> hour.</c>

00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:55.559
But<00:29:53.460><c> a</c><00:29:53.579><c> lot</c><00:29:53.640><c> of</c><00:29:53.759><c> us</c><00:29:53.859><c> like</c><00:29:54.000><c> to</c><00:29:54.180><c> say,</c><00:29:54.299><c> well,</c><00:29:54.460><c> it</c><00:29:55.000><c> doesn't</c><00:29:55.160><c> say</c><00:29:55.400><c> the</c>

00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:58.299
years<00:29:55.779><c> or</c><00:29:55.940><c> the</c><00:29:56.099><c> seasons,</c><00:29:56.339><c> so</c><00:29:56.799><c> we</c><00:29:57.039><c> may</c><00:29:57.259><c> have</c><00:29:57.420><c> some</c><00:29:57.680><c> room</c><00:29:57.920><c> to</c>

00:29:58.299 --> 00:29:58.579
work<00:29:58.480><c> with.</c>

00:29:58.579 --> 00:30:02.539
But<00:29:58.740><c> because</c><00:29:59.059><c> of</c><00:30:00.119><c> the</c><00:30:00.140><c> pointed</c><00:30:00.140><c> accuracy</c><00:30:01.119><c> of</c><00:30:01.299><c> Daniel's</c><00:30:01.779><c> prophecies,</c><00:30:02.240><c> the</c>

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starting<00:30:02.799><c> points</c><00:30:03.160><c> become</c><00:30:03.480><c> very</c><00:30:03.819><c> important.</c>

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And<00:30:04.579><c> for</c><00:30:04.759><c> some</c><00:30:04.980><c> reason,</c><00:30:05.700><c> Persian</c><00:30:06.039><c> time</c><00:30:06.380><c> periods</c><00:30:06.759><c> are</c><00:30:07.200><c> not</c>

00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:09.680
well<00:30:07.839><c> recorded</c><00:30:08.279><c> chronology</c><00:30:08.880><c>-wise.</c>

00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:12.380
So<00:30:10.200><c> here's</c><00:30:10.500><c> where</c><00:30:10.819><c> the</c><00:30:11.019><c> intrigue</c><00:30:11.339><c> gets</c><00:30:11.559><c> a</c><00:30:11.579><c> little</c><00:30:11.740><c> more</c><00:30:12.059><c> interesting.</c>

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:18.039
Now<00:30:12.680><c> we've</c><00:30:12.920><c> got</c><00:30:13.079><c> Esther</c><00:30:13.900><c> as</c><00:30:15.299><c> queen.</c><00:30:16.180><c> She's</c><00:30:16.619><c> queen</c><00:30:17.200><c> in</c><00:30:17.880><c> the</c>

00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:18.700
king's<00:30:18.420><c> palace.</c>

00:30:19.119 --> 00:30:21.279
Doesn't<00:30:19.339><c> that</c><00:30:19.539><c> make</c><00:30:19.720><c> a</c><00:30:19.779><c> little</c><00:30:19.980><c> bit</c><00:30:20.140><c> more</c><00:30:20.339><c> sense</c><00:30:20.599><c> as</c><00:30:20.880><c> far</c><00:30:21.059><c> as</c>

00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:24.720
allowing<00:30:21.640><c> the</c><00:30:21.940><c> exiles</c><00:30:22.359><c> or</c><00:30:23.039><c> the</c><00:30:23.500><c> Ezra</c><00:30:23.640><c> to</c><00:30:23.779><c> go</c><00:30:24.019><c> back</c><00:30:24.240><c> to</c><00:30:24.400><c> the</c><00:30:24.500><c> land?</c>

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We've<00:30:25.359><c> got</c><00:30:25.480><c> some</c><00:30:25.920><c> sympathies</c><00:30:26.359><c> here.</c>

00:30:26.579 --> 00:30:33.759
Not<00:30:26.940><c> only</c><00:30:27.140><c> do</c><00:30:27.279><c> we</c><00:30:27.420><c> have</c><00:30:27.559><c> Ezra,</c><00:30:28.559><c> Esther,</c><00:30:28.980><c> I</c><00:30:29.039><c> should</c><00:30:29.220><c> say,</c><00:30:30.319><c> sitting</c><00:30:30.579><c> as</c><00:30:30.779><c> the</c><00:30:30.980><c> queen,</c><00:30:31.400><c> but</c><00:30:31.500><c> who's</c><00:30:32.180><c> now</c><00:30:32.440><c> the</c><00:30:32.599><c> prime</c><00:30:32.859><c> minister</c><00:30:33.359><c> in</c>

00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.799
the<00:30:33.920><c> land?</c>

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It's<00:30:35.799><c> Mordecai.</c>

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He's<00:30:38.680><c> right</c><00:30:38.839><c> up</c><00:30:39.059><c> there</c><00:30:39.299><c> with</c><00:30:39.880><c> the</c><00:30:40.079><c> top</c><00:30:40.380><c> few</c><00:30:40.619><c> men</c><00:30:41.279><c> in</c><00:30:41.859><c> the</c>

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:43.900
Persian<00:30:42.319><c> government,</c><00:30:42.980><c> Mordecai.</c>

00:30:44.019 --> 00:30:46.619
And<00:30:44.299><c> Mordecai</c><00:30:44.819><c> was</c><00:30:45.000><c> a</c><00:30:45.059><c> very</c><00:30:45.359><c> wise</c><00:30:45.680><c> man.</c>

00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:49.240
So<00:30:47.400><c> it</c><00:30:47.539><c> starts</c><00:30:47.819><c> to</c><00:30:48.319><c> make</c><00:30:48.480><c> a</c><00:30:48.539><c> little</c><00:30:48.740><c> bit</c><00:30:48.859><c> more</c><00:30:49.059><c> sense.</c>

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:51.559
So<00:30:49.339><c> when</c><00:30:49.480><c> we</c><00:30:49.660><c> read</c><00:30:49.799><c> these</c><00:30:50.019><c> books,</c><00:30:50.920><c> we</c><00:30:51.000><c> put</c><00:30:51.119><c> them</c><00:30:51.240><c> together.</c>

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:55.960
We<00:30:51.720><c> say,</c><00:30:51.940><c> well,</c><00:30:52.279><c> we</c><00:30:52.599><c> can</c><00:30:52.819><c> learn</c><00:30:53.079><c> things,</c><00:30:53.579><c> how</c><00:30:53.940><c> God</c><00:30:54.460><c> worked</c><00:30:55.140><c> in</c>

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:56.480
the<00:30:56.119><c> nations.</c>

00:30:56.960 --> 00:31:01.039
We<00:30:57.099><c> can</c><00:30:57.319><c> see</c><00:30:57.460><c> the</c><00:30:57.700><c> big</c><00:30:57.900><c> patterns</c><00:30:58.420><c> of</c><00:30:59.000><c> the</c><00:30:59.160><c> kingdoms</c><00:30:59.539><c> of</c><00:31:00.519><c> man</c><00:31:00.779><c> on</c>

00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:05.299
earth<00:31:01.220><c> and</c><00:31:01.420><c> how</c><00:31:01.640><c> he's</c><00:31:01.940><c> worked</c><00:31:02.299><c> and</c><00:31:02.559><c> manipulated</c><00:31:03.119><c> their</c><00:31:04.480><c> existence</c><00:31:04.880><c> through</c><00:31:05.119><c> the</c>

00:31:05.299 --> 00:31:06.519
work<00:31:05.400><c> of</c><00:31:05.579><c> the</c><00:31:05.799><c> angels.</c>

00:31:06.680 --> 00:31:09.900
But<00:31:06.839><c> we</c><00:31:06.920><c> can</c><00:31:07.079><c> also</c><00:31:07.299><c> see</c><00:31:07.519><c> now</c><00:31:07.799><c> that</c><00:31:08.279><c> the</c><00:31:08.440><c> brothers</c><00:31:08.619><c> and</c><00:31:08.859><c> sisters,</c><00:31:09.480><c> he</c><00:31:09.720><c> has</c>

00:31:09.900 --> 00:31:10.660
a<00:31:10.059><c> work</c><00:31:10.160><c> with</c><00:31:10.420><c> them.</c>

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:15.220
And<00:31:11.019><c> they</c><00:31:11.319><c> are</c><00:31:12.200><c> responding</c><00:31:12.799><c> to</c><00:31:13.059><c> the</c><00:31:13.200><c> way</c><00:31:13.480><c> that</c><00:31:13.779><c> God</c><00:31:14.000><c> would</c><00:31:14.279><c> guide</c><00:31:14.599><c> them</c><00:31:15.039><c> so</c>

00:31:15.220 --> 00:31:16.359
that<00:31:15.359><c> his</c><00:31:15.579><c> will</c><00:31:15.720><c> would</c><00:31:15.900><c> be</c><00:31:16.119><c> done.</c>

00:31:16.359 --> 00:31:19.259
There's<00:31:17.339><c> a</c><00:31:17.460><c> good</c><00:31:17.619><c> verse</c><00:31:17.819><c> there</c><00:31:18.059><c> in</c><00:31:18.200><c> Nehemiah</c><00:31:18.599><c> chapter</c><00:31:18.980><c> two,</c>

00:31:19.339 --> 00:31:24.619
verse<00:31:19.519><c> six,</c><00:31:20.099><c> that</c><00:31:20.539><c> always</c><00:31:20.819><c> interests</c><00:31:21.220><c> me</c><00:31:21.460><c> in</c><00:31:21.640><c> this</c><00:31:23.059><c> context,</c>

00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:27.599
because<00:31:25.740><c> it</c><00:31:25.960><c> talks</c><00:31:26.140><c> about</c><00:31:26.359><c> the</c><00:31:26.599><c> king.</c>

00:31:28.579 --> 00:31:32.019
And<00:31:28.819><c> it</c><00:31:28.980><c> also</c><00:31:29.259><c> says</c><00:31:29.619><c> that</c><00:31:30.019><c> the</c><00:31:30.240><c> queen</c><00:31:30.980><c> siteth</c><00:31:31.440><c> by</c><00:31:31.759><c> him.</c>

00:31:32.420 --> 00:31:35.299
You<00:31:32.559><c> wonder</c><00:31:32.640><c> why</c><00:31:32.819><c> that</c><00:31:33.000><c> would</c><00:31:33.279><c> be</c><00:31:33.700><c> put</c><00:31:33.980><c> into</c><00:31:34.599><c> the</c><00:31:34.819><c> context.</c>

00:31:35.539 --> 00:31:36.819
The<00:31:35.759><c> queen</c><00:31:36.059><c> siteth</c><00:31:36.380><c> by</c><00:31:36.619><c> him.</c>

00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:38.400
Just<00:31:37.180><c> sort</c><00:31:37.400><c> of</c><00:31:37.680><c> stuck</c><00:31:37.819><c> in</c><00:31:38.039><c> there.</c>

00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:41.759
But<00:31:38.819><c> it</c><00:31:39.000><c> takes</c><00:31:39.200><c> on</c><00:31:39.380><c> a</c><00:31:39.500><c> little</c><00:31:39.660><c> bit</c><00:31:39.799><c> more</c><00:31:40.079><c> interest</c><00:31:40.579><c> if</c><00:31:40.900><c> that</c><00:31:41.200><c> queen</c><00:31:41.420><c> was,</c><00:31:41.759><c> in</c>

00:31:41.759 --> 00:31:43.440
fact,<00:31:42.740><c> Esther.</c>

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:21.960
So,<00:32:19.779><c> brothers</c><00:32:19.779><c> and</c><00:32:19.920><c> sisters,</c><00:32:20.720><c> why</c><00:32:21.099><c> are</c><00:32:21.299><c> these</c><00:32:21.500><c> things</c><00:32:21.660><c> written?</c>

00:32:22.119 --> 00:32:23.700
Well,<00:32:22.319><c> we're</c><00:32:22.559><c> told</c><00:32:22.839><c> very</c><00:32:23.440><c> clearly.</c>

00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:25.220
This<00:32:23.880><c> is</c><00:32:24.059><c> a</c><00:32:24.140><c> verse</c><00:32:24.299><c> we'd</c><00:32:24.619><c> often</c><00:32:24.880><c> quote.</c>

00:32:25.440 --> 00:32:28.059
For<00:32:25.519><c> whatsoever</c><00:32:25.940><c> things</c><00:32:26.200><c> are</c><00:32:26.380><c> written</c><00:32:26.480><c> before</c><00:32:26.819><c> time</c><00:32:27.220><c> or</c><00:32:27.559><c> written</c><00:32:27.779><c> for</c>

00:32:28.059 --> 00:32:30.420
our<00:32:28.259><c> learning,</c><00:32:28.920><c> that</c><00:32:29.099><c> we,</c><00:32:29.380><c> through</c><00:32:29.480><c> patience</c><00:32:29.880><c> and</c><00:32:30.160><c> comfort</c>

00:32:30.420 --> 00:32:33.559
of<00:32:30.579><c> the</c><00:32:30.740><c> scriptures,</c><00:32:32.059><c> might</c><00:32:32.220><c> have</c><00:32:32.680><c> hope.</c>

00:32:37.400 --> 00:32:38.460
Why<00:32:37.900><c> were</c><00:32:38.079><c> they</c><00:32:38.220><c> written?</c>

00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:41.039
So<00:32:39.140><c> that</c><00:32:39.279><c> we</c><00:32:39.440><c> might</c><00:32:39.859><c> have</c><00:32:40.220><c> hope.</c>

00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:42.200
Why<00:32:41.599><c> were</c><00:32:41.740><c> they</c><00:32:41.920><c> written?</c>

00:32:42.460 --> 00:32:44.180
So<00:32:42.599><c> that</c><00:32:42.759><c> we</c><00:32:42.859><c> might</c><00:32:43.140><c> learn.</c>

00:32:44.339 --> 00:32:48.000
We<00:32:44.579><c> should</c><00:32:44.839><c> be</c><00:32:45.099><c> able</c><00:32:45.279><c> to</c><00:32:45.680><c> learn</c><00:32:46.000><c> something</c><00:32:46.460><c> from</c><00:32:47.660><c> the</c><00:32:47.779><c> pages</c>

00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:50.769
of<00:32:48.180><c> these</c><00:32:48.299><c> scriptures,</c><00:32:48.740><c> from</c><00:32:48.880><c> the</c><00:32:49.079><c> brothers</c><00:32:49.319><c> that</c><00:32:49.619><c> preceded</c><00:32:50.019><c> us.</c>

00:33:00.670 --> 00:33:03.230
It's<00:33:01.150><c> a</c><00:33:01.250><c> verse</c><00:33:01.410><c> we'd</c><00:33:01.710><c> often</c><00:33:01.950><c> quote,</c><00:33:02.349><c> especially</c><00:33:02.650><c> when</c><00:33:02.829><c> we</c><00:33:02.990><c> look</c><00:33:03.109><c> at</c>

00:33:03.230 --> 00:33:05.069
the<00:33:03.309><c> very</c><00:33:03.569><c> last</c><00:33:03.950><c> line.</c>

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Which<00:33:06.769><c> things</c><00:33:07.069><c> the</c><00:33:07.470><c> angels</c><00:33:07.829><c> desired</c><00:33:08.329><c> to</c><00:33:08.569><c> look</c><00:33:08.750><c> into.</c>

00:33:09.670 --> 00:33:11.710
But<00:33:09.809><c> this</c><00:33:09.910><c> is</c><00:33:10.049><c> an</c><00:33:10.170><c> interesting</c><00:33:10.569><c> verse</c><00:33:10.809><c> when</c><00:33:10.970><c> we</c><00:33:11.150><c> look</c><00:33:11.289><c> at</c><00:33:11.450><c> all</c>

00:33:11.710 --> 00:33:15.049
the<00:33:11.930><c> pieces</c><00:33:12.190><c> that</c><00:33:12.410><c> are</c><00:33:12.650><c> in</c><00:33:12.970><c> here,</c><00:33:13.269><c> in</c><00:33:13.650><c> dealing</c><00:33:13.869><c> with</c><00:33:14.069><c> our</c><00:33:14.309><c> theme.</c>

00:33:16.150 --> 00:33:19.089
We're<00:33:16.529><c> told</c><00:33:16.710><c> of</c><00:33:16.890><c> which</c><00:33:17.089><c> salvation</c><00:33:17.630><c> the</c><00:33:17.890><c> prophets</c><00:33:18.170><c> have</c><00:33:18.430><c> inquired</c><00:33:18.869><c> and</c>

00:33:19.089 --> 00:33:19.869
searched<00:33:19.309><c> diligently.</c>

00:33:19.869 --> 00:33:23.250
Who<00:33:20.210><c> prophesied</c><00:33:21.109><c> of</c><00:33:21.250><c> the</c><00:33:21.390><c> grace</c><00:33:21.710><c> that</c><00:33:21.890><c> should</c><00:33:22.029><c> come</c><00:33:22.230><c> unto</c><00:33:22.490><c> you.</c>

00:33:23.390 --> 00:33:26.049
Searching<00:33:23.910><c> what</c><00:33:24.089><c> or</c><00:33:24.250><c> what</c><00:33:24.529><c> manner</c><00:33:24.750><c> of</c><00:33:25.109><c> time</c><00:33:25.309><c> the</c><00:33:25.549><c> Spirit</c><00:33:25.869><c> of</c>

00:33:26.049 --> 00:33:28.849
Christ<00:33:26.549><c> which</c><00:33:26.950><c> was</c><00:33:27.170><c> in</c><00:33:27.349><c> them</c><00:33:27.450><c> did</c><00:33:27.690><c> signify.</c>

00:33:28.970 --> 00:33:31.930
When<00:33:29.069><c> it</c><00:33:29.329><c> testified</c><00:33:29.730><c> beforehand</c><00:33:30.410><c> the</c><00:33:30.970><c> suffering</c><00:33:31.269><c> of</c><00:33:31.470><c> Christ</c>

00:33:31.930 --> 00:33:34.529
and<00:33:32.329><c> the</c><00:33:32.509><c> glory</c><00:33:32.710><c> that</c><00:33:32.950><c> should</c><00:33:33.109><c> follow</c><00:33:33.490><c> thereafter.</c>

00:33:34.910 --> 00:33:37.930
Unto<00:33:35.049><c> whom</c><00:33:35.210><c> it</c><00:33:35.349><c> was</c><00:33:35.509><c> revealed</c><00:33:35.930><c> that</c><00:33:36.130><c> not</c><00:33:36.369><c> unto</c><00:33:36.549><c> themselves</c><00:33:36.970><c> but</c><00:33:37.130><c> unto</c><00:33:37.369><c> us</c>

00:33:37.930 --> 00:33:40.650
they<00:33:38.250><c> did</c><00:33:38.450><c> minister</c><00:33:38.769><c> the</c><00:33:39.009><c> things</c><00:33:39.289><c> which</c><00:33:39.809><c> are</c><00:33:40.029><c> now</c><00:33:40.269><c> reported</c>

00:33:40.650 --> 00:33:42.210
unto<00:33:40.930><c> you</c><00:33:41.170><c> by</c><00:33:41.369><c> them.</c>

00:33:42.529 --> 00:33:45.410
That<00:33:42.710><c> have</c><00:33:42.910><c> preached</c><00:33:43.250><c> the</c><00:33:43.470><c> gospel</c><00:33:43.809><c> unto</c><00:33:44.069><c> you</c><00:33:44.650><c> with</c><00:33:44.890><c> the</c><00:33:45.130><c> Holy</c>

00:33:45.410 --> 00:33:47.529
Spirit<00:33:45.789><c> sent</c><00:33:46.089><c> down</c><00:33:46.470><c> from</c><00:33:46.710><c> heaven.</c>

00:33:47.589 --> 00:33:51.789
Which<00:33:48.029><c> things</c><00:33:48.470><c> the</c><00:33:48.829><c> angels</c><00:33:49.190><c> desired</c><00:33:49.750><c> to</c><00:33:50.250><c> look</c><00:33:50.430><c> into.</c>

00:33:53.509 --> 00:33:55.509
You<00:33:53.509><c> know,</c><00:33:53.690><c> brothers,</c><00:33:53.910><c> we've</c><00:33:54.250><c> got</c><00:33:54.289><c> to</c><00:33:54.410><c> be</c><00:33:54.630><c> careful</c><00:33:55.069><c> readers.</c>

00:33:55.809 --> 00:33:58.730
When<00:33:55.910><c> we</c><00:33:56.130><c> do</c><00:33:56.309><c> a</c><00:33:56.569><c> study,</c><00:33:56.809><c> when</c><00:33:56.990><c> we</c><00:33:57.170><c> look</c><00:33:57.390><c> at</c><00:33:57.589><c> things,</c><00:33:58.309><c> we've</c><00:33:58.609><c> got</c>

00:33:58.730 --> 00:33:59.950
to<00:33:58.970><c> read</c><00:33:59.269><c> that</c><00:33:59.670><c> word.</c>

00:34:00.329 --> 00:34:02.950
And<00:34:00.450><c> I'm</c><00:34:00.549><c> not</c><00:34:00.690><c> sure</c><00:34:00.869><c> about</c><00:34:01.049><c> yourselves,</c><00:34:01.490><c> but</c><00:34:01.650><c> I</c><00:34:01.890><c> found</c><00:34:02.230><c> and</c><00:34:02.809><c> I</c>

00:34:02.950 --> 00:34:04.549
was<00:34:03.109><c> given</c><00:34:03.329><c> good</c><00:34:03.569><c> advice.</c>

00:34:04.829 --> 00:34:07.089
You<00:34:05.009><c> have</c><00:34:05.269><c> to</c><00:34:05.549><c> read</c><00:34:05.710><c> it,</c><00:34:06.109><c> read</c><00:34:06.309><c> it,</c><00:34:06.690><c> read</c><00:34:06.890><c> it.</c>

00:34:07.170 --> 00:34:09.369
And<00:34:07.329><c> sometimes</c><00:34:07.730><c> if</c><00:34:07.869><c> you're</c><00:34:08.130><c> studying</c><00:34:08.349><c> a</c><00:34:08.550><c> book</c><00:34:08.710><c> or</c><00:34:08.909><c> a</c><00:34:09.050><c> chapter</c>

00:34:09.369 --> 00:34:13.030
or<00:34:09.630><c> verses,</c><00:34:10.510><c> 50,</c><00:34:11.010><c> 100</c><00:34:11.289><c> times</c><00:34:11.929><c> you</c><00:34:12.110><c> have</c><00:34:12.329><c> to</c><00:34:12.550><c> read</c><00:34:12.690><c> it.</c>

00:34:13.030 --> 00:34:16.889
And<00:34:13.489><c> the</c><00:34:13.670><c> reason</c><00:34:14.010><c> why</c><00:34:14.369><c> is</c><00:34:14.570><c> because</c><00:34:14.849><c> it</c><00:34:15.050><c> takes</c><00:34:15.329><c> a</c><00:34:15.570><c> while</c><00:34:16.030><c> before</c>

00:34:16.889 --> 00:34:20.710
we<00:34:17.090><c> can</c><00:34:17.349><c> become</c><00:34:18.130><c> attuned</c><00:34:18.989><c> to</c><00:34:19.190><c> what's</c><00:34:19.469><c> left</c><00:34:19.610><c> to</c><00:34:19.809><c> us</c><00:34:19.909><c> on</c><00:34:20.110><c> the</c><00:34:20.289><c> pages</c><00:34:20.530><c> of</c>

00:34:20.710 --> 00:34:21.650
that<00:34:20.929><c> word.</c>

00:34:21.690 --> 00:34:24.610
At<00:34:21.849><c> first</c><00:34:22.130><c> read</c><00:34:22.329><c> you</c><00:34:22.469><c> may</c><00:34:22.769><c> understand</c><00:34:23.289><c> the</c><00:34:23.550><c> basic</c><00:34:23.889><c> gist</c><00:34:24.349><c> of</c>

00:34:24.610 --> 00:34:25.449
what's<00:34:24.849><c> being</c><00:34:25.130><c> said.</c>

00:34:25.789 --> 00:34:29.409
When<00:34:25.889><c> we</c><00:34:26.090><c> look</c><00:34:26.230><c> at</c><00:34:26.389><c> it</c><00:34:26.570><c> again</c><00:34:26.769><c> we</c><00:34:27.050><c> start,</c><00:34:27.329><c> especially</c><00:34:27.590><c> if</c><00:34:27.730><c> we're</c><00:34:27.909><c> studying</c><00:34:28.170><c> a</c><00:34:28.510><c> character</c><00:34:28.809><c> or</c>

00:34:29.409 --> 00:34:31.309
a<00:34:29.829><c> time</c><00:34:29.989><c> period</c><00:34:30.250><c> in</c><00:34:30.449><c> history,</c>

00:34:31.409 --> 00:34:35.429
it<00:34:31.829><c> takes</c><00:34:32.110><c> us</c><00:34:32.409><c> time</c><00:34:32.869><c> before</c><00:34:33.489><c> we</c><00:34:33.670><c> can</c><00:34:33.929><c> understand</c><00:34:34.489><c> the</c><00:34:35.150><c> plot.</c>

00:34:35.909 --> 00:34:38.469
It<00:34:36.090><c> takes</c><00:34:36.329><c> us</c><00:34:36.550><c> time</c><00:34:36.769><c> before</c><00:34:37.030><c> we</c><00:34:37.170><c> can</c><00:34:37.449><c> understand</c><00:34:37.949><c> the</c><00:34:38.210><c> names</c>

00:34:38.469 --> 00:34:40.449
of<00:34:38.630><c> the</c><00:34:38.869><c> characters</c><00:34:39.250><c> and</c><00:34:39.670><c> what</c><00:34:39.869><c> they're</c><00:34:40.090><c> doing.</c>

00:34:40.449 --> 00:34:43.550
And<00:34:41.250><c> before</c><00:34:41.630><c> we</c><00:34:41.769><c> can</c><00:34:41.949><c> get</c><00:34:42.130><c> that</c><00:34:42.389><c> in</c><00:34:42.530><c> the</c><00:34:42.670><c> back</c><00:34:42.849><c> of</c><00:34:43.030><c> our</c><00:34:43.170><c> mind</c><00:34:43.349><c> so</c>

00:34:43.550 --> 00:34:45.289
we<00:34:43.630><c> know</c><00:34:43.849><c> the</c><00:34:44.070><c> story</c><00:34:44.329><c> thoroughly,</c>

00:34:45.570 --> 00:34:48.989
when<00:34:45.710><c> we</c><00:34:45.889><c> can</c><00:34:46.050><c> go</c><00:34:46.349><c> ahead</c><00:34:46.909><c> and</c><00:34:47.449><c> start</c><00:34:47.730><c> asking</c><00:34:48.170><c> the</c><00:34:48.489><c> whys</c><00:34:48.849><c> and</c>

00:34:48.989 --> 00:34:49.630
the<00:34:49.110><c> wherefores.</c>

00:34:49.690 --> 00:34:52.210
Why<00:34:49.909><c> did</c><00:34:50.090><c> God</c><00:34:50.269><c> say</c><00:34:50.489><c> it</c><00:34:50.610><c> this</c><00:34:50.849><c> way?</c><00:34:51.250><c> Why</c><00:34:51.510><c> did</c><00:34:51.650><c> they</c><00:34:51.789><c> go</c><00:34:52.050><c> there?</c>

00:34:52.329 --> 00:34:53.289
What<00:34:52.530><c> did</c><00:34:52.690><c> they</c><00:34:52.829><c> do</c><00:34:53.050><c> here?</c>

00:34:53.489 --> 00:34:56.030
It<00:34:53.750><c> takes</c><00:34:54.050><c> us</c><00:34:54.389><c> time.</c><00:34:55.030><c> And</c><00:34:55.210><c> it</c><00:34:55.289><c> doesn't</c><00:34:55.489><c> come</c><00:34:55.730><c> easy.</c>

00:34:56.309 --> 00:34:59.010
God<00:34:56.510><c> knows</c><00:34:56.769><c> our</c><00:34:57.030><c> character.</c><00:34:57.570><c> He</c><00:34:57.670><c> knows</c><00:34:57.929><c> our</c><00:34:58.210><c> frame.</c><00:34:58.469><c> He</c><00:34:58.670><c> knows</c>

00:34:59.010 --> 00:35:01.230
how<00:34:59.190><c> we</c><00:34:59.369><c> have</c><00:34:59.570><c> to</c><00:34:59.750><c> work</c><00:34:59.909><c> these</c><00:35:00.150><c> things</c><00:35:00.389><c> out.</c>

00:35:01.449 --> 00:35:04.110
What<00:35:01.610><c> are</c><00:35:01.710><c> we</c><00:35:01.909><c> talking</c><00:35:02.190><c> about</c><00:35:02.449><c> in</c><00:35:02.630><c> this</c><00:35:03.050><c> little</c><00:35:03.429><c> section</c><00:35:03.889><c> of</c>

00:35:04.110 --> 00:35:04.610
verses<00:35:04.309><c> here?</c>

00:35:04.769 --> 00:35:07.610
He's<00:35:05.170><c> talking</c><00:35:05.369><c> about</c><00:35:05.650><c> salvation.</c><00:35:06.289><c> He's</c><00:35:06.570><c> talking</c><00:35:06.769><c> about</c><00:35:07.010><c> grace.</c>

00:35:07.610 --> 00:35:10.429
How<00:35:08.530><c> should</c><00:35:08.769><c> it</c><00:35:08.829><c> come?</c><00:35:09.010><c> It's</c><00:35:09.190><c> going</c><00:35:09.309><c> to</c><00:35:09.389><c> come</c><00:35:09.550><c> unto</c><00:35:09.809><c> you</c><00:35:10.269><c> in</c>

00:35:10.429 --> 00:35:11.429
verse<00:35:10.710><c> 10.</c>

00:35:11.510 --> 00:35:13.690
Searching<00:35:11.889><c> what</c><00:35:12.090><c> manner</c><00:35:12.409><c> the</c><00:35:12.690><c> Spirit</c><00:35:12.949><c> of</c><00:35:13.070><c> Christ</c><00:35:13.309><c> which</c><00:35:13.510><c> was</c>

00:35:13.690 --> 00:35:14.650
in<00:35:13.789><c> him</c><00:35:13.869><c> to</c><00:35:14.030><c> signify.</c>

00:35:14.869 --> 00:35:17.469
Before<00:35:15.110><c> him,</c><00:35:15.489><c> the</c><00:35:15.550><c> suffering</c><00:35:15.969><c> of</c><00:35:16.190><c> Christ</c><00:35:16.510><c> and</c><00:35:16.889><c> the</c><00:35:17.170><c> glory</c>

00:35:17.469 --> 00:35:18.289
that<00:35:17.690><c> should</c><00:35:17.889><c> follow.</c>

00:35:18.550 --> 00:35:21.289
We're<00:35:18.710><c> talking</c><00:35:19.030><c> about</c><00:35:19.250><c> the</c><00:35:19.550><c> death</c><00:35:19.849><c> and</c><00:35:20.070><c> the</c><00:35:20.289><c> resurrection.</c>

00:35:21.690 --> 00:35:24.389
Prophetically<00:35:22.210><c> we're</c><00:35:22.650><c> talking</c><00:35:22.989><c> about</c><00:35:23.190><c> these</c><00:35:23.429><c> things.</c>

00:35:24.409 --> 00:35:27.849
Unto<00:35:24.650><c> whom</c><00:35:24.949><c> was</c><00:35:25.150><c> it</c><00:35:25.329><c> revealed?</c><00:35:26.309><c> Not</c><00:35:26.610><c> unto</c><00:35:26.789><c> themselves,</c><00:35:27.710><c> but</c>

00:35:27.849 --> 00:35:30.929
unto<00:35:28.210><c> us</c><00:35:28.869><c> they</c><00:35:29.510><c> did</c><00:35:29.769><c> minister</c><00:35:30.150><c> these</c><00:35:30.429><c> things,</c>

00:35:31.190 --> 00:35:35.849
which<00:35:31.409><c> are</c><00:35:31.650><c> now</c><00:35:31.889><c> reported</c><00:35:32.409><c> unto</c><00:35:32.969><c> you</c><00:35:33.670><c> by</c><00:35:34.510><c> them</c><00:35:34.809><c> that</c><00:35:34.909><c> have</c><00:35:35.090><c> preached</c><00:35:35.289><c> the</c><00:35:35.510><c> gospel.</c>

00:35:35.849 --> 00:35:39.789
Unto<00:35:36.230><c> you</c><00:35:36.750><c> with</c><00:35:37.309><c> the</c><00:35:37.449><c> Holy</c><00:35:37.650><c> Spirit.</c><00:35:38.849><c> For</c><00:35:38.869><c> whose</c><00:35:39.150><c> benefit</c><00:35:39.550><c> were</c>

00:35:39.789 --> 00:35:40.369
these<00:35:40.050><c> things?</c>

00:35:40.610 --> 00:35:44.489
They<00:35:40.829><c> were</c><00:35:41.030><c> for</c><00:35:41.170><c> us.</c><00:35:42.269><c> We've</c><00:35:42.489><c> had</c><00:35:42.630><c> brothers</c><00:35:42.969><c> and</c><00:35:43.210><c> sisters</c><00:35:43.510><c> throughout</c><00:35:43.849><c> the</c><00:35:44.110><c> ages</c>

00:35:44.489 --> 00:35:49.409
that<00:35:45.369><c> did</c><00:35:45.610><c> these</c><00:35:45.949><c> things,</c><00:35:46.449><c> like</c><00:35:46.769><c> Daniel,</c><00:35:47.570><c> to</c><00:35:47.750><c> help</c><00:35:47.989><c> the</c><00:35:48.170><c> generation</c><00:35:48.690><c> that</c>

00:35:49.409 --> 00:35:51.849
he<00:35:49.710><c> was</c><00:35:51.309><c> in.</c>

00:35:52.150 --> 00:35:55.789
To<00:35:52.510><c> help</c><00:35:52.730><c> them</c><00:35:52.929><c> be</c><00:35:53.170><c> prepared</c><00:35:53.690><c> that</c><00:35:54.090><c> when</c><00:35:54.269><c> the</c><00:35:54.510><c> Father</c><00:35:54.869><c> was</c><00:35:55.389><c> going</c><00:35:55.590><c> to</c>

00:35:55.789 --> 00:35:56.550
do<00:35:55.949><c> his</c><00:35:56.250><c> work</c>

00:35:56.550 --> 00:36:00.130
that<00:35:56.909><c> he</c><00:35:57.010><c> had</c><00:35:57.230><c> people</c><00:35:57.829><c> prepared</c><00:35:58.469><c> to</c><00:35:59.030><c> help</c><00:35:59.329><c> in</c><00:35:59.550><c> that</c><00:35:59.750><c> work.</c>

00:36:00.130 --> 00:36:04.590
And<00:36:00.610><c> it</c><00:36:00.710><c> was</c><00:36:00.929><c> for</c><00:36:01.130><c> us.</c><00:36:02.730><c> Not</c><00:36:02.929><c> only</c><00:36:03.150><c> did</c><00:36:03.329><c> Daniel,</c><00:36:03.969><c> but</c><00:36:04.170><c> it</c><00:36:04.389><c> says</c>

00:36:04.590 --> 00:36:05.590
that<00:36:04.869><c> the</c><00:36:05.190><c> angels</c>

00:36:05.590 --> 00:36:07.929
desired<00:36:06.230><c> to</c><00:36:06.469><c> look</c><00:36:06.650><c> into</c><00:36:06.809><c> these</c><00:36:07.090><c> things.</c>

00:36:08.329 --> 00:36:11.269
Now<00:36:08.469><c> we</c><00:36:08.550><c> know</c><00:36:08.829><c> that</c><00:36:09.030><c> the</c><00:36:09.309><c> angels</c><00:36:09.550><c> do</c><00:36:09.929><c> not</c><00:36:10.150><c> know</c><00:36:10.369><c> everything.</c>

00:36:11.349 --> 00:36:15.090
We<00:36:11.530><c> know</c><00:36:11.809><c> that</c><00:36:11.929><c> they</c><00:36:12.070><c> are</c><00:36:12.250><c> limited.</c><00:36:13.210><c> They</c><00:36:13.329><c> have</c><00:36:13.510><c> different</c><00:36:13.849><c> capacities.</c>

00:36:15.849 --> 00:36:18.690
Sometimes<00:36:16.250><c> we</c><00:36:16.469><c> want</c><00:36:16.670><c> to</c><00:36:16.829><c> think</c><00:36:16.969><c> that</c><00:36:17.110><c> there's</c><00:36:17.309><c> a</c><00:36:17.530><c> magical</c><00:36:17.849><c> switch</c><00:36:18.170><c> going</c><00:36:18.349><c> to</c><00:36:18.489><c> happen</c>

00:36:18.690 --> 00:36:20.550
when<00:36:18.849><c> we</c><00:36:19.010><c> go</c><00:36:19.150><c> into</c><00:36:19.309><c> the</c><00:36:19.510><c> kingdom</c><00:36:19.730><c> and</c><00:36:20.090><c> that</c><00:36:20.190><c> we're</c><00:36:20.329><c> going</c><00:36:20.429><c> to</c>

00:36:20.550 --> 00:36:21.210
know<00:36:20.710><c> all</c><00:36:21.010><c> things.</c>

00:36:21.289 --> 00:36:23.710
And<00:36:21.449><c> all</c><00:36:21.610><c> things</c><00:36:21.789><c> are</c><00:36:21.909><c> going</c><00:36:21.969><c> to</c><00:36:22.070><c> be</c><00:36:22.150><c> easy.</c><00:36:22.570><c> It's</c><00:36:22.869><c> not</c><00:36:23.190><c> quite</c>

00:36:23.710 --> 00:36:24.570
that<00:36:24.170><c> easy.</c>

00:36:25.070 --> 00:36:27.329
God<00:36:25.329><c> has</c><00:36:25.590><c> to</c><00:36:25.650><c> have</c><00:36:25.829><c> something</c><00:36:26.090><c> to</c><00:36:26.309><c> work</c><00:36:26.489><c> with.</c>

00:36:27.349 --> 00:36:32.630
He<00:36:27.789><c> has</c><00:36:28.090><c> to</c><00:36:28.650><c> have</c><00:36:29.050><c> the</c><00:36:29.510><c> basic</c><00:36:30.010><c> materials</c><00:36:30.570><c> in</c><00:36:30.750><c> which</c><00:36:30.909><c> he</c><00:36:31.070><c> can</c><00:36:31.710><c> amplify,</c><00:36:32.389><c> if</c>

00:36:32.630 --> 00:36:32.969
you<00:36:32.809><c> will,</c>

00:36:32.969 --> 00:36:34.489
in<00:36:33.150><c> the</c><00:36:33.269><c> kingdom</c><00:36:33.489><c> age.</c>

00:36:35.909 --> 00:36:38.389
Now<00:36:36.010><c> when</c><00:36:36.070><c> we</c><00:36:36.230><c> look</c><00:36:36.369><c> at</c><00:36:36.489><c> this</c><00:36:36.710><c> story</c><00:36:36.929><c> and</c><00:36:37.130><c> we</c><00:36:37.369><c> see</c><00:36:37.570><c> that</c><00:36:37.789><c> the</c><00:36:38.130><c> angels</c>

00:36:38.389 --> 00:36:40.570
desired<00:36:38.849><c> to</c><00:36:38.989><c> look</c><00:36:39.110><c> into</c><00:36:39.269><c> these</c><00:36:39.489><c> things,</c><00:36:39.710><c> to</c><00:36:39.869><c> help</c><00:36:40.150><c> each</c><00:36:40.429><c> and</c>

00:36:40.570 --> 00:36:41.909
every<00:36:40.769><c> one</c><00:36:40.869><c> of</c><00:36:40.989><c> us,</c>

00:36:42.190 --> 00:36:45.309
I<00:36:42.389><c> want</c><00:36:42.550><c> to</c><00:36:42.670><c> just</c><00:36:42.829><c> look</c><00:36:42.989><c> at</c><00:36:43.130><c> one</c><00:36:43.570><c> last</c><00:36:44.010><c> verse</c><00:36:44.329><c> before</c><00:36:44.670><c> we</c><00:36:44.969><c> close.</c>

00:36:45.789 --> 00:36:47.610
And<00:36:45.929><c> I</c><00:36:46.030><c> want</c><00:36:46.130><c> to</c><00:36:46.150><c> go</c><00:36:46.309><c> back</c><00:36:46.570><c> to</c><00:36:46.690><c> the</c><00:36:46.869><c> story</c><00:36:47.110><c> of</c><00:36:47.389><c> Esther.</c>

00:36:48.110 --> 00:36:52.630
And<00:36:48.230><c> this</c><00:36:49.369><c> one</c><00:36:49.530><c> verse</c><00:36:49.889><c> to</c><00:36:50.090><c> me</c><00:36:50.929><c> was</c><00:36:51.309><c> worth</c><00:36:51.769><c> looking</c><00:36:52.269><c> at</c><00:36:52.469><c> the</c>

00:36:52.630 --> 00:36:53.949
whole<00:36:53.070><c> study.</c>

00:36:54.030 --> 00:36:58.170
Because<00:36:54.550><c> it</c><00:36:54.769><c> told</c><00:36:55.010><c> me</c><00:36:55.230><c> so</c><00:36:55.469><c> much</c><00:36:55.710><c> about</c><00:36:56.030><c> the</c><00:36:56.210><c> way</c><00:36:56.570><c> that</c><00:36:56.849><c> God</c><00:36:57.250><c> works</c><00:36:57.809><c> in</c>

00:36:58.170 --> 00:36:58.750
our<00:36:58.469><c> lives</c>

00:36:58.750 --> 00:37:00.210
and<00:36:58.909><c> in</c><00:36:59.030><c> the</c><00:36:59.170><c> nations.</c>

00:37:01.269 --> 00:37:06.309
Here<00:37:01.329><c> we</c><00:37:01.449><c> have</c><00:37:01.610><c> a</c><00:37:01.750><c> little</c><00:37:01.909><c> maid</c><00:37:02.469><c> that's</c><00:37:04.349><c> brought</c><00:37:04.630><c> to</c><00:37:04.829><c> the</c><00:37:04.969><c> very</c><00:37:05.750><c> palace</c>

00:37:06.309 --> 00:37:09.889
of<00:37:06.969><c> the</c><00:37:07.170><c> most</c><00:37:07.429><c> powerful</c><00:37:07.789><c> kingdom</c><00:37:08.150><c> on</c><00:37:08.349><c> the</c><00:37:08.469><c> face</c><00:37:08.670><c> of</c><00:37:08.849><c> the</c><00:37:08.969><c> earth.</c>

00:37:10.670 --> 00:37:13.630
And<00:37:10.789><c> the</c><00:37:10.829><c> situation</c><00:37:11.389><c> has</c><00:37:11.630><c> arose</c><00:37:11.989><c> when</c><00:37:12.849><c> Haman</c><00:37:13.130><c> is</c><00:37:13.309><c> going</c><00:37:13.429><c> to</c>

00:37:13.630 --> 00:37:14.489
destroy<00:37:13.849><c> the</c><00:37:14.090><c> Jews</c>

00:37:14.489 --> 00:37:16.269
from<00:37:15.130><c> out</c><00:37:15.250><c> the</c><00:37:15.469><c> land.</c>

00:37:17.090 --> 00:37:20.610
So<00:37:17.230><c> in</c><00:37:17.349><c> that</c><00:37:17.610><c> context,</c><00:37:18.590><c> Mordecai</c><00:37:19.250><c> responds</c><00:37:19.829><c> to</c><00:37:20.110><c> Esther,</c><00:37:20.570><c> and</c>

00:37:20.610 --> 00:37:21.969
he's<00:37:20.849><c> warning</c><00:37:21.070><c> her.</c>

00:37:22.269 --> 00:37:25.349
For<00:37:22.750><c> if</c><00:37:22.989><c> thou</c><00:37:23.210><c> altogether</c><00:37:23.730><c> holdest</c><00:37:24.170><c> thy</c><00:37:24.309><c> peace</c><00:37:24.610><c> at</c><00:37:24.789><c> this</c><00:37:25.050><c> time,</c>

00:37:25.530 --> 00:37:28.210
then<00:37:25.710><c> shall</c><00:37:26.070><c> their</c><00:37:26.489><c> enlargement</c><00:37:27.010><c> and</c><00:37:27.269><c> deliverance</c><00:37:27.590><c> arise</c><00:37:28.030><c> to</c>

00:37:28.210 --> 00:37:30.309
the<00:37:28.349><c> Jews</c><00:37:28.530><c> from</c><00:37:29.010><c> another</c><00:37:29.250><c> place.</c>

00:37:30.829 --> 00:37:32.809
But<00:37:30.949><c> thou</c><00:37:31.170><c> and</c><00:37:31.289><c> thy</c><00:37:31.469><c> father's</c><00:37:31.889><c> house</c><00:37:32.030><c> shall</c><00:37:32.210><c> be</c><00:37:32.570><c> destroyed.</c>

00:37:32.869 --> 00:37:34.889
And<00:37:33.030><c> who</c><00:37:33.190><c> knoweth</c><00:37:33.469><c> whether</c><00:37:33.690><c> thou</c><00:37:33.929><c> art</c><00:37:34.010><c> come</c><00:37:34.289><c> to</c><00:37:34.449><c> the</c><00:37:34.650><c> kingdom</c>

00:37:34.889 --> 00:37:37.130
for<00:37:35.369><c> such</c><00:37:35.570><c> a</c><00:37:35.789><c> time</c><00:37:35.929><c> as</c><00:37:36.170><c> this?</c>

00:37:37.769 --> 00:37:42.110
And<00:37:38.070><c> Esther,</c><00:37:38.389><c> in</c><00:37:38.690><c> faith,</c><00:37:40.670><c> went</c><00:37:40.769><c> before</c><00:37:41.170><c> the</c><00:37:41.389><c> king.</c>

00:37:42.150 --> 00:37:44.630
And<00:37:42.469><c> she</c><00:37:42.630><c> makes</c><00:37:42.849><c> the</c><00:37:43.110><c> statement,</c><00:37:43.429><c> whatever</c><00:37:43.730><c> happens,</c><00:37:44.449><c> happens.</c>

00:37:44.849 --> 00:37:47.269
Because<00:37:45.070><c> she</c><00:37:45.349><c> knew</c><00:37:45.570><c> to</c><00:37:45.769><c> come</c><00:37:45.969><c> before</c><00:37:46.289><c> the</c><00:37:46.510><c> face</c><00:37:46.670><c> of</c><00:37:46.849><c> the</c><00:37:46.989><c> king</c>

00:37:47.269 --> 00:37:48.429
without<00:37:47.690><c> being</c><00:37:47.969><c> invited</c>

00:37:48.429 --> 00:37:51.030
was<00:37:48.809><c> certain</c><00:37:49.110><c> death</c><00:37:49.449><c> if</c><00:37:49.610><c> he</c><00:37:49.809><c> refused</c><00:37:50.230><c> you.</c>

00:37:51.530 --> 00:37:52.969
But<00:37:51.690><c> this</c><00:37:51.849><c> was</c><00:37:52.050><c> a</c><00:37:52.170><c> critical</c><00:37:52.510><c> time.</c>

00:37:53.349 --> 00:37:56.809
But<00:37:53.510><c> look</c><00:37:53.650><c> at</c><00:37:53.809><c> the</c><00:37:53.929><c> words</c><00:37:54.130><c> or</c><00:37:54.570><c> the</c><00:37:54.769><c> insights</c><00:37:55.329><c> of</c><00:37:55.710><c> Mordecai.</c>

00:37:57.610 --> 00:38:01.670
He<00:37:57.789><c> says,</c><00:37:58.369><c> deliverance</c><00:37:58.889><c> arise</c><00:37:59.329><c> to</c><00:37:59.570><c> the</c><00:37:59.789><c> Jews</c><00:38:00.030><c> from</c><00:38:00.349><c> another</c><00:38:00.590><c> place.</c>

00:38:01.869 --> 00:38:05.590
In<00:38:02.070><c> other</c><00:38:02.210><c> words,</c><00:38:02.789><c> he</c><00:38:02.949><c> was</c><00:38:03.170><c> very</c><00:38:03.489><c> much</c><00:38:03.710><c> aware</c><00:38:04.090><c> of</c><00:38:04.269><c> the</c><00:38:04.530><c> circumstances.</c>

00:38:06.250 --> 00:38:07.469
He<00:38:06.349><c> was</c><00:38:06.570><c> a</c><00:38:06.750><c> wise</c><00:38:07.030><c> brother.</c>

00:38:07.849 --> 00:38:10.889
He's<00:38:08.210><c> seen</c><00:38:08.349><c> the</c><00:38:08.610><c> signs</c><00:38:08.909><c> and</c><00:38:09.090><c> the</c><00:38:09.309><c> times,</c><00:38:09.789><c> and</c><00:38:10.130><c> he</c><00:38:10.269><c> looked</c><00:38:10.469><c> out.</c>

00:38:11.110 --> 00:38:14.429
And<00:38:11.289><c> he</c><00:38:11.389><c> was</c><00:38:11.670><c> watching</c><00:38:12.130><c> for</c><00:38:12.670><c> God</c><00:38:13.090><c> in</c><00:38:13.909><c> his</c><00:38:14.110><c> life.</c>

00:38:14.929 --> 00:38:18.610
Do<00:38:15.409><c> we</c><00:38:15.730><c> watch</c><00:38:16.150><c> in</c><00:38:16.389><c> everything</c><00:38:16.710><c> we</c><00:38:17.050><c> say</c><00:38:17.289><c> and</c><00:38:17.789><c> everything</c><00:38:18.150><c> we</c><00:38:18.369><c> do</c>

00:38:18.610 --> 00:38:21.610
when<00:38:18.789><c> we're</c><00:38:18.969><c> going</c><00:38:19.190><c> to</c><00:38:19.449><c> work,</c><00:38:20.070><c> when</c><00:38:20.210><c> we're</c><00:38:20.409><c> with</c><00:38:20.630><c> our</c><00:38:20.849><c> children,</c><00:38:21.489><c> when</c>

00:38:21.610 --> 00:38:23.050
we're<00:38:21.769><c> with</c><00:38:22.010><c> our</c><00:38:22.570><c> ecclesias?</c>

00:38:23.090 --> 00:38:26.030
Are<00:38:23.309><c> we</c><00:38:23.650><c> watching</c><00:38:24.070><c> and</c><00:38:24.449><c> looking</c><00:38:24.849><c> for</c><00:38:25.409><c> the</c><00:38:25.530><c> hand</c><00:38:25.730><c> of</c><00:38:25.889><c> God?</c>

00:38:26.170 --> 00:38:30.030
Because<00:38:26.409><c> Mordecai</c><00:38:26.949><c> was,</c><00:38:27.769><c> and</c><00:38:27.949><c> he</c><00:38:28.010><c> goes,</c><00:38:28.170><c> look</c><00:38:28.349><c> it,</c><00:38:28.829><c> who</c><00:38:29.010><c> knows?</c>

00:38:30.730 --> 00:38:36.070
If<00:38:30.829><c> you're</c><00:38:31.409><c> to</c><00:38:31.590><c> be</c><00:38:31.789><c> in</c><00:38:31.889><c> this,</c><00:38:32.889><c> if</c><00:38:33.210><c> this</c><00:38:33.469><c> is</c><00:38:33.670><c> for</c><00:38:33.829><c> your</c><00:38:34.750><c> part</c><00:38:35.050><c> to</c><00:38:35.329><c> play.</c>

00:38:37.550 --> 00:38:40.889
Not<00:38:37.769><c> only</c><00:38:37.989><c> does</c><00:38:38.210><c> he</c><00:38:38.409><c> say</c><00:38:38.650><c> that,</c><00:38:38.909><c> but</c><00:38:39.050><c> he</c><00:38:39.110><c> says,</c><00:38:39.309><c> listen,</c><00:38:39.570><c> if</c><00:38:39.690><c> you</c><00:38:39.849><c> don't</c><00:38:40.090><c> do</c><00:38:40.269><c> it,</c>

00:38:40.889 --> 00:38:45.190
God<00:38:41.429><c> has</c><00:38:41.730><c> a</c><00:38:41.949><c> plan</c><00:38:42.070><c> and</c><00:38:42.269><c> purpose,</c><00:38:43.369><c> and</c><00:38:43.389><c> it</c><00:38:43.550><c> will</c><00:38:43.809><c> not</c><00:38:44.010><c> be</c><00:38:44.210><c> thwarted.</c>

00:38:45.530 --> 00:38:48.570
And<00:38:45.690><c> if</c><00:38:45.750><c> you</c><00:38:45.889><c> don't</c><00:38:46.090><c> do</c><00:38:46.289><c> it,</c><00:38:47.070><c> somebody</c><00:38:47.389><c> else</c><00:38:47.769><c> will.</c>

00:38:48.889 --> 00:38:51.510
Can<00:38:49.070><c> we</c><00:38:49.250><c> see</c><00:38:49.489><c> how</c><00:38:49.710><c> God</c><00:38:49.969><c> works</c><00:38:50.630><c> in</c><00:38:51.150><c> the</c><00:38:51.269><c> kingdoms?</c>

00:38:51.610 --> 00:38:53.710
Can<00:38:51.750><c> we</c><00:38:51.929><c> see</c><00:38:52.070><c> how</c><00:38:52.230><c> he</c><00:38:52.329><c> works</c><00:38:52.570><c> in</c><00:38:52.730><c> our</c><00:38:52.909><c> lives?</c>

00:38:54.010 --> 00:38:55.889
We've<00:38:54.409><c> got</c><00:38:54.530><c> to</c><00:38:54.670><c> be</c><00:38:54.869><c> ready.</c>

00:38:59.449 --> 00:39:01.949
We've<00:38:59.849><c> got</c><00:38:59.969><c> to</c><00:39:00.150><c> be</c><00:39:00.730><c> watchful.</c>

00:39:03.550 --> 00:39:06.269
Brothers<00:39:03.690><c> and</c><00:39:03.849><c> sisters,</c><00:39:04.510><c> we're</c><00:39:04.710><c> at</c><00:39:04.889><c> the</c><00:39:05.110><c> epoch</c><00:39:05.550><c> when</c><00:39:05.730><c> our</c><00:39:05.949><c> Lord</c><00:39:06.150><c> and</c>

00:39:06.269 --> 00:39:06.650
our<00:39:06.449><c> Savior</c>

00:39:06.650 --> 00:39:08.449
is<00:39:06.809><c> going</c><00:39:06.969><c> to</c><00:39:07.110><c> return</c><00:39:07.389><c> to</c><00:39:07.590><c> this</c><00:39:08.110><c> earth.</c>

00:39:08.449 --> 00:39:13.590
We're<00:39:09.409><c> still</c><00:39:10.090><c> troubled</c><00:39:11.389><c> by</c><00:39:11.610><c> the</c><00:39:11.809><c> Samaritans</c><00:39:12.150><c> on</c><00:39:12.349><c> all</c><00:39:12.570><c> sides.</c>

00:39:13.730 --> 00:39:16.949
The<00:39:13.929><c> world</c><00:39:14.489><c> is</c><00:39:15.110><c> having</c><00:39:15.289><c> its</c><00:39:15.570><c> work</c><00:39:15.750><c> on</c><00:39:15.969><c> us.</c>

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It's<00:39:17.250><c> consuming</c><00:39:17.670><c> all</c><00:39:18.070><c> our</c><00:39:18.309><c> time</c><00:39:18.550><c> and</c><00:39:18.690><c> our</c><00:39:18.889><c> energy.</c>

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And<00:39:20.150><c> we</c><00:39:20.269><c> need</c><00:39:20.570><c> those</c><00:39:20.909><c> brothers</c><00:39:21.130><c> and</c><00:39:21.369><c> sisters</c><00:39:21.710><c> to</c><00:39:21.889><c> be</c><00:39:22.130><c> watching,</c>

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looking<00:39:23.289><c> at</c><00:39:23.489><c> the</c><00:39:23.670><c> signs</c><00:39:23.869><c> of</c><00:39:24.030><c> the</c><00:39:24.210><c> times,</c>

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looking<00:39:25.630><c> for</c><00:39:26.070><c> God's</c><00:39:26.929><c> subtle</c><00:39:27.190><c> direction</c><00:39:27.670><c> in</c><00:39:27.849><c> our</c><00:39:28.050><c> life.</c>

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Are<00:39:28.789><c> we</c><00:39:28.949><c> watching</c><00:39:29.230><c> for</c><00:39:29.489><c> that?</c>

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And<00:39:30.230><c> are</c><00:39:30.449><c> we</c><00:39:30.769><c> ready</c><00:39:31.510><c> when</c><00:39:32.829><c> the</c><00:39:33.050><c> time</c><00:39:33.210><c> comes</c><00:39:33.630><c> in</c><00:39:33.949><c> our</c><00:39:34.170><c> lives</c><00:39:34.369><c> to</c><00:39:34.570><c> react?</c>

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It<00:39:35.650><c> doesn't</c><00:39:35.869><c> have</c><00:39:36.170><c> to</c><00:39:36.349><c> be</c><00:39:37.070><c> the</c><00:39:37.289><c> pulling</c><00:39:37.530><c> down</c><00:39:37.949><c> or</c><00:39:38.170><c> the</c><00:39:38.409><c> saving</c>

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of<00:39:38.829><c> a</c><00:39:38.929><c> nation.</c>

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It<00:39:40.789><c> could</c><00:39:40.989><c> be</c><00:39:41.269><c> to</c><00:39:41.469><c> come</c><00:39:41.630><c> to</c><00:39:41.829><c> the</c><00:39:41.989><c> aid</c><00:39:42.110><c> of</c><00:39:42.289><c> a</c><00:39:42.429><c> brother</c><00:39:42.610><c> and</c><00:39:42.869><c> sister</c><00:39:43.130><c> in</c><00:39:43.409><c> need.</c>

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Do<00:39:44.510><c> we</c><00:39:44.670><c> see</c><00:39:44.869><c> the</c><00:39:45.030><c> hand</c><00:39:45.269><c> of</c><00:39:45.449><c> God</c><00:39:45.650><c> in</c><00:39:45.769><c> our</c><00:39:45.949><c> life?</c>

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These<00:39:46.869><c> great</c><00:39:47.170><c> men</c><00:39:47.849><c> and</c><00:39:48.730><c> brothers</c><00:39:48.969><c> and</c><00:39:49.250><c> sisters</c><00:39:49.489><c> throughout</c><00:39:49.789><c> history</c>

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did<00:39:50.989><c> see</c><00:39:51.269><c> it</c><00:39:51.769><c> because</c><00:39:52.190><c> it</c><00:39:52.429><c> was</c><00:39:52.829><c> real</c><00:39:53.170><c> to</c><00:39:53.369><c> them,</c>

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and<00:39:54.269><c> they</c><00:39:54.530><c> put</c><00:39:54.730><c> their</c><00:39:55.050><c> faith</c><00:39:55.449><c> and</c><00:39:55.949><c> their</c><00:39:56.210><c> trust</c><00:39:56.610><c> in</c><00:39:56.949><c> their</c>

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Heavenly<00:39:57.469><c> Father.</c>

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Brothers<00:39:58.650><c> and</c><00:39:58.829><c> sisters,</c><00:39:59.250><c> thank</c><00:39:59.329><c> you.</c>

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I'll<00:40:01.849><c> end</c><00:40:02.090><c> there.</c><00:40:02.469><c> Thank</c><00:40:02.590><c> you.</c>