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a<00:14:24.799><c> grandson</c><00:14:25.259><c> but</c><00:14:25.779><c> by</c><00:14:26.019><c> the</c><00:14:26.139><c> time</c><00:14:26.259><c> that</c>

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believe<00:14:42.179><c> that</c><00:14:42.500><c> Jeconiah</c>

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heard<00:14:43.179><c> that</c><00:14:43.460><c> letter</c><00:14:43.820><c> from</c><00:14:44.799><c> the</c><00:14:45.059><c> prophet</c><00:14:45.299><c> Jeremiah</c><00:14:46.120><c> but</c><00:14:49.019><c> he</c><00:14:50.340><c> couldn't</c><00:14:50.620><c> build</c><00:14:50.860><c> a</c><00:14:51.019><c> house</c>

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he'd<00:15:07.840><c> gone</c><00:15:07.940><c> to</c><00:15:08.139><c> prison</c><00:15:08.320><c> when</c><00:15:08.580><c> he</c><00:15:08.879><c> first</c><00:15:09.139><c> got</c><00:15:09.360><c> to</c><00:15:09.519><c> Babylon</c>

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he<00:15:14.600><c> was</c><00:15:14.720><c> taken</c><00:15:14.940><c> there</c><00:15:15.100><c> at</c><00:15:15.200><c> the</c><00:15:15.279><c> age</c><00:15:15.460><c> of</c><00:15:15.620><c> 18</c>

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encouraged<00:15:26.039><c> him</c><00:15:26.360><c> but</c>

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it<00:15:29.879><c> says</c><00:15:30.019><c> in</c><00:15:30.240><c> verse</c><00:15:30.460><c> 11</c>

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he<00:16:07.659><c> was</c><00:16:07.840><c> still</c><00:16:08.039><c> in</c><00:16:08.240><c> prison</c><00:16:08.539><c> at</c><00:16:08.960><c> 30</c><00:16:09.460><c> he</c><00:16:09.700><c> was</c><00:16:09.919><c> still</c><00:16:10.139><c> in</c>

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That's<00:16:33.100><c> a</c><00:16:33.220><c> long</c><00:16:33.500><c> time</c><00:16:34.200><c> to</c><00:16:34.440><c> think</c><00:16:34.679><c> about</c><00:16:34.919><c> a</c><00:16:34.980><c> lot</c><00:16:35.159><c> of</c><00:16:35.340><c> things,</c>

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isn't<00:16:35.799><c> it?</c>

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I<00:16:58.960><c> wonder,</c><00:16:59.440><c> by</c><00:16:59.539><c> the</c><00:16:59.759><c> way,</c><00:17:00.440><c> whether</c><00:17:00.620><c> he</c><00:17:00.799><c> had</c><00:17:01.139><c> thought</c><00:17:01.279><c> of</c><00:17:01.419><c> his</c>

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great<00:17:02.440><c>-great</c><00:17:03.919><c>-grandfather.</c>

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Do<00:17:07.180><c> you</c><00:17:07.180><c> remember</c><00:17:07.380><c> in</c><00:17:07.519><c> the</c><00:17:07.680><c> 2nd</c><00:17:07.940><c> of</c><00:17:08.059><c> Chronicles</c><00:17:08.460><c> 33?</c><00:17:09.140><c> It's</c><00:17:09.619><c> probably</c><00:17:09.940><c> worth</c><00:17:10.339><c> just</c><00:17:10.900><c> a</c><00:17:11.160><c> look.</c>

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I<00:17:18.920><c> wonder</c><00:17:19.099><c> whether</c><00:17:19.299><c> he</c><00:17:19.420><c> knew</c><00:17:19.640><c> this</c><00:17:19.920><c> story.</c><00:17:20.180><c> I'm</c><00:17:20.380><c> sure</c><00:17:20.539><c> he</c><00:17:20.680><c> did.</c>

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because<00:17:23.660><c> he</c><00:17:23.759><c> languished</c><00:17:24.420><c> in</c><00:17:24.640><c> the</c><00:17:24.839><c> prison</c><00:17:25.079><c> for</c><00:17:25.299><c> that</c><00:17:25.599><c> long</c><00:17:26.000><c> in</c>

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Babylon<00:17:26.819><c> himself.</c>

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Do<00:17:27.799><c> you</c><00:17:27.799><c> remember</c><00:17:27.940><c> this</c><00:17:28.160><c> record</c><00:17:28.460><c> when</c><00:17:28.599><c> it</c><00:17:28.779><c> says</c><00:17:28.940><c> concerning</c><00:17:29.440><c> Manasseh</c><00:17:30.259><c> in</c><00:17:30.500><c> 2</c>

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Chronicles<00:17:31.539><c> 33</c><00:17:32.059><c> and</c><00:17:32.279><c> verse</c><00:17:32.519><c> 11?</c>

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And<00:17:57.000><c> Manasseh,</c><00:17:57.920><c> in</c><00:17:58.039><c> prison,</c><00:17:58.579><c> in</c><00:17:58.980><c> Babylon,</c><00:17:59.519><c> in</c><00:17:59.640><c> a</c><00:17:59.740><c> very</c>

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similar<00:18:00.400><c> circumstance,</c>

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I<00:18:07.119><c> wonder</c><00:18:07.240><c> whether</c><00:18:07.460><c> Jeconiah</c><00:18:08.099><c> had</c><00:18:08.700><c> sought</c><00:18:08.900><c> to</c><00:18:09.099><c> do</c><00:18:09.240><c> just</c><00:18:09.599><c> that,</c>

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brothers<00:18:10.160><c> and</c><00:18:10.359><c> sisters,</c>

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this<00:18:23.720><c> man</c><00:18:24.359><c> in</c><00:18:24.640><c> Babylon.</c>

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He's<00:18:26.779><c> not</c><00:18:27.400><c> 18</c><00:18:28.160><c> anymore.</c>

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He's<00:18:32.599><c> now</c><00:18:33.079><c> 55.</c>

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And<00:18:37.299><c> Jeremiah</c><00:18:37.579><c> 52</c><00:18:38.099><c> verse</c><00:18:38.519><c> 31</c><00:18:39.099><c> says,</c>

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came<00:18:41.160><c> to</c><00:18:41.420><c> pass</c><00:18:41.660><c> in</c><00:18:41.880><c> the</c><00:18:42.140><c> 7</c><00:18:42.440><c> and</c><00:18:42.700><c> 30th</c><00:18:43.380><c> year</c><00:18:43.579><c> of</c><00:18:43.779><c> the</c><00:18:43.940><c> captivity</c>

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of<00:18:44.839><c> Jehoiachin,</c><00:18:45.680><c> Jeconiah,</c><00:18:46.279><c> king</c><00:18:46.460><c> of</c><00:18:46.700><c> Judah,</c>

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in<00:18:47.460><c> the</c><00:18:47.640><c> 12th</c><00:18:48.059><c> month,</c><00:18:48.259><c> in</c><00:18:48.420><c> the</c><00:18:48.539><c> 5</c><00:18:48.819><c> and</c><00:18:48.920><c> 20th</c><00:18:49.319><c> day</c><00:18:49.519><c> of</c><00:18:49.660><c> the</c><00:18:49.759><c> month,</c>

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that<00:18:50.279><c> evil</c><00:18:50.640><c> Meredech,</c><00:18:51.539><c> king</c><00:18:51.740><c> of</c><00:18:51.980><c> Babylon,</c><00:18:52.299><c> in</c><00:18:52.380><c> the</c><00:18:52.539><c> first</c><00:18:52.839><c> year</c><00:18:53.019><c> of</c>

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his<00:18:53.299><c> reign,</c>

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lifted<00:18:54.059><c> up</c><00:18:54.339><c> the</c><00:18:54.400><c> head</c><00:18:54.539><c> of</c><00:18:54.740><c> Jeconiah,</c><00:18:55.220><c> king</c><00:18:55.420><c> of</c><00:18:55.559><c> Judah,</c><00:18:55.920><c> and</c><00:18:56.140><c> brought</c><00:18:56.299><c> him</c><00:18:56.579><c> forth</c><00:18:56.980><c> out</c><00:18:57.900><c> of</c><00:18:58.099><c> prison.</c>

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And<00:19:00.180><c> after</c><00:19:00.480><c> 37</c><00:19:01.059><c> years,</c><00:19:02.059><c> he</c><00:19:03.539><c> was</c><00:19:03.740><c> suddenly</c><00:19:03.900><c> released.</c>

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It<00:19:05.460><c> was</c><00:19:05.480><c> a</c><00:19:05.480><c> remarkable</c><00:19:05.880><c> thing.</c><00:19:06.339><c> He</c><00:19:06.400><c> must</c><00:19:06.599><c> have</c><00:19:06.740><c> given</c><00:19:06.839><c> up,</c><00:19:07.200><c> almost</c><00:19:07.559><c> given</c><00:19:07.880><c> up</c><00:19:08.180><c> hope,</c>

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even<00:19:08.940><c> though</c><00:19:09.140><c> he'd</c><00:19:09.640><c> besought</c><00:19:09.960><c> Yahweh</c><00:19:10.420><c> in</c><00:19:10.720><c> prayer.</c>

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We're<00:19:11.319><c> not</c><00:19:11.559><c> told</c><00:19:12.099><c> why</c><00:19:12.460><c> Jeconiah</c><00:19:12.920><c> was</c><00:19:13.180><c> released.</c>

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It<00:19:14.019><c> could</c><00:19:14.160><c> have</c><00:19:14.339><c> been</c><00:19:14.619><c> that</c><00:19:14.900><c> it</c><00:19:14.980><c> was</c><00:19:15.180><c> a</c><00:19:15.319><c> general</c><00:19:15.740><c> amnesty</c><00:19:16.400><c> of</c><00:19:16.859><c> prisoners</c>

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on<00:19:18.720><c> the</c><00:19:19.000><c> accession</c><00:19:19.519><c> of</c><00:19:19.859><c> the</c><00:19:20.019><c> new</c><00:19:20.400><c> monarch</c><00:19:20.839><c> to</c><00:19:21.079><c> the</c><00:19:21.319><c> throne.</c>

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Evil<00:19:22.140><c> Meredech</c><00:19:22.579><c> had</c><00:19:22.779><c> just</c><00:19:23.079><c> come</c><00:19:23.299><c> to</c><00:19:23.500><c> the</c><00:19:23.700><c> throne.</c>

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It<00:19:25.700><c> could</c><00:19:25.920><c> be</c><00:19:26.140><c> that</c><00:19:26.279><c> there</c><00:19:26.420><c> was</c><00:19:26.640><c> special</c><00:19:27.019><c> intercession</c><00:19:27.579><c> by</c><00:19:27.920><c> Daniel</c><00:19:28.380><c> the</c><00:19:28.660><c> prophet</c><00:19:29.039><c> to</c>

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the<00:19:29.799><c> new</c><00:19:30.019><c> Babylonian</c><00:19:30.700><c> king.</c>

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And<00:19:33.420><c> Jerome</c><00:19:33.960><c> has</c><00:19:34.319><c> a</c><00:19:34.539><c> suggestion</c><00:19:34.960><c> that</c><00:19:35.259><c> apparently,</c>

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evil<00:19:37.400><c> Meredech</c><00:19:38.160><c> had</c><00:19:38.400><c> been</c><00:19:38.700><c> put</c><00:19:38.920><c> in</c><00:19:39.180><c> prison</c><00:19:39.420><c> himself</c><00:19:40.140><c> by</c><00:19:40.519><c> his</c><00:19:40.799><c> father,</c>

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and<00:19:42.259><c> that</c><00:19:42.500><c> whilst</c><00:19:42.839><c> he</c><00:19:43.039><c> was</c><00:19:43.220><c> in</c><00:19:43.460><c> prison,</c><00:19:44.200><c> he'd</c><00:19:44.599><c> met</c><00:19:44.880><c> Jeconiah</c>

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and<00:19:46.160><c> befriended</c><00:19:46.720><c> him.</c>

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And<00:19:47.920><c> so</c><00:19:48.000><c> when</c><00:19:48.200><c> he</c><00:19:48.440><c> now</c><00:19:48.640><c> came</c><00:19:49.059><c> to</c><00:19:49.380><c> the</c><00:19:49.579><c> throne</c><00:19:49.779><c> himself,</c>

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he<00:19:50.920><c> immediately</c><00:19:51.599><c> released</c><00:19:52.299><c> Jeconiah</c><00:19:53.000><c> from</c><00:19:53.440><c> prison</c><00:19:53.900><c> and</c><00:19:54.519><c> brought</c><00:19:54.720><c> him</c><00:19:55.039><c> forth.</c>

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And<00:19:55.720><c> verse</c><00:19:55.920><c> 32</c><00:19:56.400><c> says,</c>

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See,<00:20:04.720><c> that</c><00:20:04.740><c> word</c><00:20:05.039><c> spake</c><00:20:05.420><c> kindly.</c><00:20:06.119><c> The</c><00:20:06.259><c> margin</c><00:20:06.539><c> says</c><00:20:06.759><c> he</c><00:20:06.940><c> spake</c><00:20:07.279><c> good.</c>

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He's<00:20:08.059><c> part</c><00:20:08.299><c> of</c><00:20:08.380><c> the</c><00:20:08.519><c> good</c><00:20:08.779><c> figs.</c>

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I've<00:20:09.319><c> sent</c><00:20:09.480><c> them</c><00:20:09.680><c> away</c><00:20:09.859><c> for</c><00:20:10.039><c> their</c><00:20:10.299><c> good,</c><00:20:10.740><c> says</c><00:20:10.880><c> Jeremiah.</c>

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And<00:20:11.740><c> now</c><00:20:11.920><c> it</c><00:20:12.160><c> says</c><00:20:12.400><c> that</c><00:20:12.940><c> evil</c><00:20:13.180><c> Meredech</c><00:20:13.720><c> spake</c><00:20:14.380><c> good</c><00:20:14.839><c> unto</c><00:20:15.339><c> Jeconiah.</c>

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And<00:20:16.440><c> the</c><00:20:16.599><c> good</c><00:20:16.819><c> came</c><00:20:17.319><c> that</c><00:20:17.660><c> he</c><00:20:17.900><c> prayed</c><00:20:18.140><c> for</c><00:20:18.480><c> all</c><00:20:18.779><c> his</c><00:20:19.000><c> life.</c>

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And<00:20:19.619><c> the</c><00:20:19.799><c> reality</c><00:20:20.119><c> was,</c><00:20:20.480><c> it</c><00:20:20.519><c> was</c><00:20:20.740><c> evidence,</c><00:20:21.160><c> was</c><00:20:21.299><c> it</c><00:20:21.500><c> not,</c>

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that<00:20:22.119><c> God</c><00:20:22.339><c> was</c><00:20:22.539><c> at</c><00:20:22.839><c> work</c><00:20:23.200><c> in</c><00:20:23.619><c> the</c><00:20:23.819><c> life</c><00:20:24.019><c> of</c><00:20:24.240><c> the</c><00:20:24.380><c> royal</c><00:20:24.640><c> family</c>

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of<00:20:25.279><c> David.</c>

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And<00:20:26.099><c> you</c><00:20:26.240><c> see,</c><00:20:26.380><c> the</c><00:20:26.480><c> lesson</c><00:20:26.880><c> of</c><00:20:27.140><c> the</c><00:20:27.380><c> story</c><00:20:27.599><c> is</c><00:20:27.839><c> that</c><00:20:28.160><c> it's</c><00:20:28.460><c> possible</c>

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for<00:20:29.160><c> the</c><00:20:29.440><c> providential</c><00:20:30.039><c> hand</c><00:20:30.319><c> of</c><00:20:30.519><c> God</c><00:20:30.720><c> to</c><00:20:30.900><c> be</c><00:20:31.079><c> at</c><00:20:31.200><c> work</c><00:20:31.319><c> in</c><00:20:31.519><c> our</c><00:20:31.700><c> lives,</c>

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even<00:20:32.619><c> in</c><00:20:32.839><c> our</c><00:20:33.079><c> worst</c><00:20:33.319><c> moments,</c><00:20:34.180><c> even</c><00:20:34.420><c> in</c><00:20:34.640><c> our</c><00:20:34.859><c> times</c><00:20:35.180><c> of</c><00:20:35.519><c> trial</c>

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and<00:20:36.380><c> distress.</c>

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In<00:20:37.440><c> fact,</c><00:20:37.660><c> in</c><00:20:37.799><c> our</c><00:20:38.059><c> worst</c><00:20:38.319><c> moments,</c><00:20:38.900><c> brothers</c><00:20:39.000><c> and</c><00:20:39.240><c> sisters,</c>

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God<00:20:39.619><c> is</c><00:20:39.819><c> often</c><00:20:40.180><c> preparing</c><00:20:40.880><c> things</c><00:20:41.619><c> to</c><00:20:41.819><c> be</c><00:20:42.000><c> brought</c><00:20:42.259><c> forth</c><00:20:42.640><c> that</c><00:20:43.000><c> will</c><00:20:43.180><c> be</c><00:20:43.400><c> better,</c>

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out<00:20:44.359><c> of</c><00:20:44.519><c> that</c><00:20:44.720><c> very</c><00:20:45.059><c> suffering,</c><00:20:46.019><c> provided</c><00:20:46.420><c> we</c><00:20:46.799><c> have</c><00:20:46.980><c> the</c><00:20:47.220><c> spirit</c><00:20:47.420><c> of</c>

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bowing<00:20:47.960><c> before</c><00:20:48.299><c> God</c>

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and<00:20:49.259><c> hearkening</c><00:20:49.660><c> to</c><00:20:49.880><c> his</c><00:20:50.160><c> counsels.</c>

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And<00:20:51.200><c> so</c><00:20:51.640><c> the</c><00:20:52.000><c> passage</c><00:20:52.279><c> goes</c><00:20:52.519><c> on</c><00:20:52.720><c> to</c><00:20:52.960><c> say</c><00:20:53.220><c> in</c><00:20:53.420><c> verse</c><00:20:53.779><c> 33</c>

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that<00:20:55.559><c> he</c><00:20:55.640><c> changed</c><00:20:56.039><c> his</c><00:20:56.279><c> prison</c><00:20:56.640><c> garments</c>

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and<00:20:58.200><c> he</c><00:20:58.400><c> did</c><00:20:58.640><c> continually</c><00:20:59.359><c> eat</c><00:20:59.740><c> bread</c><00:21:00.099><c> before</c><00:21:00.539><c> him</c><00:21:00.720><c> all</c><00:21:00.980><c> the</c>

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days<00:21:01.299><c> of</c><00:21:01.460><c> his</c><00:21:01.660><c> life.</c>

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And<00:21:02.000><c> for</c><00:21:02.220><c> his</c><00:21:02.539><c> diet,</c><00:21:03.680><c> there</c><00:21:03.680><c> was</c><00:21:05.380><c> a</c><00:21:05.559><c> continual</c><00:21:06.420><c> diet</c><00:21:06.740><c> given</c><00:21:06.980><c> him</c><00:21:07.299><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:07.720><c> king</c><00:21:07.859><c> of</c><00:21:08.039><c> Babylon,</c>

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every<00:21:08.880><c> day</c><00:21:09.220><c> a</c><00:21:09.500><c> portion</c><00:21:09.880><c> unto</c><00:21:10.140><c> the</c><00:21:10.339><c> day</c><00:21:10.480><c> of</c><00:21:10.619><c> his</c><00:21:10.779><c> death,</c><00:21:11.000><c> all</c><00:21:11.220><c> the</c><00:21:11.420><c> days</c><00:21:11.599><c> of</c>

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his<00:21:11.960><c> life.</c>

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Do<00:21:12.900><c> you</c><00:21:12.980><c> notice</c><00:21:13.240><c> that</c><00:21:13.579><c> lovely</c><00:21:14.079><c> marginal</c><00:21:15.339><c> alternative</c><00:21:16.400><c> rendering</c><00:21:16.980><c> when</c>

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it<00:21:17.500><c> says</c>

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that<00:21:18.099><c> for</c><00:21:18.500><c> his</c><00:21:18.859><c> diet,</c><00:21:20.500><c> there</c><00:21:20.579><c> was</c><00:21:20.920><c> a</c><00:21:21.220><c> continual</c><00:21:21.680><c> diet</c><00:21:22.059><c> given</c>

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to<00:21:22.539><c> him</c><00:21:22.680><c> of</c><00:21:22.819><c> the</c><00:21:22.900><c> king</c><00:21:23.099><c> of</c><00:21:23.319><c> Babylon,</c>

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every<00:21:25.579><c> day</c><00:21:26.299><c> a</c><00:21:26.619><c> portion,</c><00:21:27.700><c> or</c><00:21:28.059><c> as</c><00:21:28.200><c> the</c><00:21:28.460><c> margin</c><00:21:28.759><c> says,</c>

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the<00:21:30.259><c> matter</c><00:21:30.599><c> of</c><00:21:31.079><c> the</c><00:21:31.259><c> day</c><00:21:32.019><c> in</c><00:21:33.299><c> his</c><00:21:33.740><c> day.</c>

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Brothers<00:21:36.420><c> and</c><00:21:36.640><c> sisters,</c><00:21:36.880><c> what</c><00:21:37.039><c> he</c><00:21:37.240><c> was</c><00:21:37.640><c> offered</c><00:21:38.440><c> was</c><00:21:41.380><c> daily</c><00:21:41.819><c> bread.</c>

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Every<00:21:45.900><c> day</c><00:21:46.339><c> a</c><00:21:46.599><c> portion</c><00:21:47.240><c> of</c><00:21:47.720><c> the</c><00:21:47.960><c> bread</c><00:21:48.380><c> in</c><00:21:50.299><c> his</c><00:21:50.619><c> day.</c>

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Give<00:21:52.960><c> us</c><00:21:54.140><c> each</c><00:21:54.740><c> day</c><00:21:55.640><c> our</c><00:21:57.380><c> daily</c><00:21:57.759><c> bread.</c>

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And<00:22:00.579><c> now</c><00:22:02.519><c> Jeconias</c><00:22:03.460><c> has</c><00:22:03.779><c> it.</c>

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Do<00:22:07.880><c> you</c><00:22:08.680><c> know</c><00:22:08.799><c> in</c><00:22:08.920><c> the</c><00:22:09.160><c> excavations</c><00:22:09.740><c> of</c><00:22:09.900><c> Babylon,</c>

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underneath<00:22:13.099><c> the</c><00:22:13.400><c> royal</c><00:22:13.680><c> palace,</c>

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there<00:22:16.619><c> is</c><00:22:16.799><c> an</c><00:22:16.920><c> enormous</c><00:22:18.200><c> vaulted</c><00:22:19.279><c> chamber</c>

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with<00:22:21.460><c> a</c><00:22:21.599><c> flight</c><00:22:21.759><c> of</c><00:22:22.039><c> steps</c><00:22:22.279><c> leading</c><00:22:22.599><c> down</c><00:22:23.619><c> into</c><00:22:24.180><c> a</c><00:22:24.359><c> chamber</c><00:22:24.680><c> full</c><00:22:25.359><c> of</c>

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clay<00:22:26.119><c> tablets</c>

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which<00:22:27.920><c> were</c><00:22:28.140><c> the</c><00:22:28.319><c> records</c><00:22:28.980><c> of</c><00:22:29.599><c> the</c><00:22:29.720><c> Babylonian</c><00:22:30.259><c> kingdom.</c>

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And<00:22:34.400><c> on</c><00:22:34.599><c> one</c><00:22:34.700><c> of</c><00:22:34.859><c> the</c><00:22:35.079><c> clay</c><00:22:35.279><c> tablets</c><00:22:35.880><c> in</c><00:22:36.480><c> that</c><00:22:36.859><c> subterranean</c><00:22:37.759><c> chamber,</c>

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:44.339
when<00:22:39.880><c> they</c><00:22:40.339><c> excavated</c><00:22:41.000><c> that</c><00:22:42.420><c> area</c><00:22:43.039><c> of</c><00:22:43.440><c> Babylon,</c>

00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:57.500
they<00:22:45.259><c> discovered</c><00:22:45.960><c> a</c><00:22:47.240><c> ration</c><00:22:47.660><c> tablet</c><00:22:48.460><c> that</c><00:22:50.420><c> was</c><00:22:50.799><c> the</c><00:22:51.220><c> daily</c><00:22:51.980><c> rations</c><00:22:52.960><c> for</c><00:22:54.579><c> Jeconias,</c><00:22:56.019><c> king</c><00:22:56.319><c> of</c><00:22:56.599><c> Judah.</c>

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And<00:23:00.980><c> not</c><00:23:01.279><c> just</c><00:23:01.500><c> for</c><00:23:01.700><c> Jeconias,</c>

00:23:05.640 --> 00:23:09.079
but<00:23:06.200><c> also</c><00:23:06.680><c> for</c><00:23:06.880><c> his</c><00:23:07.200><c> five</c><00:23:07.799><c> sons.</c>

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I<00:23:12.640><c> think</c><00:23:12.799><c> you</c><00:23:12.880><c> see</c><00:23:12.940><c> what</c><00:23:13.079><c> he'd</c><00:23:13.299><c> done</c><00:23:13.519><c> was,</c><00:23:14.200><c> he</c><00:23:14.259><c> couldn't</c><00:23:14.660><c> build</c>

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a<00:23:15.079><c> house,</c>

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and<00:23:17.660><c> he</c><00:23:17.740><c> couldn't</c><00:23:18.019><c> plant</c><00:23:18.279><c> a</c><00:23:18.400><c> garden,</c>

00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:24.019
but<00:23:22.240><c> he</c><00:23:22.339><c> could</c><00:23:22.500><c> have</c><00:23:22.819><c> sons.</c>

00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:30.099
And<00:23:25.759><c> although</c><00:23:26.039><c> he</c><00:23:26.160><c> was</c><00:23:26.400><c> in</c><00:23:26.599><c> captivity,</c><00:23:29.200><c> that's</c><00:23:29.519><c> exactly</c><00:23:29.920><c> what</c>

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he<00:23:30.240><c> did.</c>

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And<00:23:30.740><c> that</c><00:23:30.900><c> brings</c><00:23:31.099><c> us</c><00:23:31.319><c> to</c><00:23:31.440><c> the</c><00:23:31.559><c> 1st</c><00:23:31.799><c> Chronicles</c><00:23:32.200><c> chapter</c><00:23:32.519><c> 3,</c>

00:23:33.319 --> 00:23:35.759
because<00:23:33.319><c> 1st</c><00:23:33.700><c> Chronicles</c><00:23:34.099><c> chapter</c><00:23:34.339><c> 3</c><00:23:34.539><c> is</c><00:23:34.700><c> the</c><00:23:34.900><c> story</c><00:23:35.119><c> of</c><00:23:35.339><c> the</c><00:23:35.519><c> sons.</c>

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And<00:23:36.359><c> we're</c><00:23:36.619><c> told</c><00:23:36.859><c> expressly</c><00:23:37.500><c> about</c><00:23:37.759><c> these</c><00:23:38.019><c> boys,</c><00:23:38.339><c> you</c><00:23:38.559><c> see,</c>

00:23:38.940 --> 00:23:41.740
that<00:23:39.039><c> were</c><00:23:39.259><c> born</c><00:23:39.480><c> of</c><00:23:39.680><c> Jeconias</c><00:23:40.119><c> in</c><00:23:40.420><c> captivity,</c><00:23:41.180><c> in</c><00:23:41.420><c> Babylon,</c>

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in<00:23:42.160><c> his</c><00:23:42.420><c> time</c><00:23:42.619><c> of</c><00:23:42.900><c> distress,</c><00:23:43.539><c> in</c><00:23:43.720><c> his</c><00:23:43.980><c> difficulties.</c>

00:23:44.839 --> 00:23:47.880
The<00:23:45.000><c> record</c><00:23:45.259><c> says,</c><00:23:45.799><c> indeed,</c><00:23:46.539><c> that</c><00:23:46.700><c> this</c><00:23:46.880><c> man</c><00:23:47.079><c> had</c><00:23:47.319><c> sons,</c>

00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:52.279
and<00:23:48.500><c> he</c><00:23:48.759><c> clearly</c><00:23:49.039><c> had</c><00:23:49.259><c> them</c><00:23:49.940><c> during</c><00:23:50.380><c> his</c><00:23:50.759><c> time</c><00:23:51.140><c> in</c><00:23:51.900><c> Babylon.</c>

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Well,<00:23:52.880><c> because</c><00:23:53.099><c> the</c><00:23:53.319><c> record</c><00:23:53.559><c> says</c><00:23:53.920><c> this,</c>

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perhaps<00:23:56.099><c> reading</c><00:23:56.400><c> from</c><00:23:56.619><c> verse</c><00:23:56.880><c> 15,</c><00:23:57.420><c> just</c><00:23:57.640><c> to</c><00:23:57.980><c> see</c><00:23:58.099><c> the</c><00:23:58.339><c> connection</c><00:23:58.619><c> of</c><00:23:58.880><c> thought.</c>

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And<00:24:19.859><c> so</c><00:24:20.339><c> we</c><00:24:21.839><c> have</c><00:24:22.019><c> the</c><00:24:22.160><c> list</c><00:24:22.400><c> of</c><00:24:22.640><c> the</c><00:24:22.799><c> sons.</c>

00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:25.019
Now,<00:24:23.599><c> it's</c><00:24:23.779><c> interesting,</c><00:24:24.519><c> brothers</c><00:24:24.640><c> and</c><00:24:24.799><c> sisters,</c>

00:24:25.019 --> 00:24:29.859
that<00:24:25.160><c> when</c><00:24:25.339><c> it</c><00:24:25.700><c> says</c><00:24:26.079><c> in</c><00:24:26.619><c> verse</c><00:24:26.859><c> 17,</c><00:24:27.339><c> the</c><00:24:27.420><c> sons</c><00:24:27.700><c> of</c><00:24:27.920><c> Jeconiah,</c><00:24:29.099><c> Asir,</c>

00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:35.220
the<00:24:30.559><c> word</c><00:24:31.019><c> Asir</c><00:24:31.680><c> is</c><00:24:32.180><c> probably</c><00:24:32.619><c> not</c><00:24:33.019><c> the</c><00:24:33.279><c> name</c><00:24:33.599><c> of</c><00:24:33.980><c> a</c><00:24:34.099><c> son</c><00:24:34.380><c> at</c><00:24:34.759><c> all,</c>

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because<00:24:35.759><c> the</c><00:24:35.980><c> word</c><00:24:36.339><c> Asir</c><00:24:36.819><c> means</c><00:24:37.460><c> the</c><00:24:38.299><c> prisoner</c><00:24:38.920><c> or</c><00:24:39.640><c> the</c><00:24:39.940><c> captive</c><00:24:40.359><c> one.</c>

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And<00:24:42.640><c> so</c><00:24:42.759><c> the</c><00:24:43.000><c> revised</c><00:24:43.319><c> standard</c><00:24:43.799><c> version,</c>

00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:46.079
Anrodahim's<00:24:45.000><c> a</c><00:24:45.099><c> new</c><00:24:45.279><c> international</c><00:24:45.759><c> version,</c>

00:24:46.180 --> 00:24:50.240
and<00:24:46.339><c> ESV</c><00:24:46.740><c> and</c><00:24:46.940><c> ASV</c><00:24:47.460><c> translate</c><00:24:48.059><c> the</c><00:24:48.339><c> passage,</c><00:24:49.240><c> verse</c><00:24:49.460><c> 17,</c>

00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:59.380
and<00:24:51.079><c> the</c><00:24:51.460><c> sons</c><00:24:52.059><c> of</c><00:24:52.519><c> Jeconiah,</c><00:24:53.920><c> the</c><00:24:54.119><c> captive,</c><00:24:56.299><c> comma,</c><00:24:57.759><c> Salathel</c><00:24:58.180><c> his</c><00:24:58.480><c> son.</c>

00:24:59.839 --> 00:25:02.460
And<00:24:59.920><c> so</c><00:25:00.119><c> Salathel</c><00:25:00.599><c> is</c><00:25:00.779><c> the</c><00:25:01.000><c> first</c><00:25:01.259><c> of</c><00:25:01.440><c> what</c><00:25:01.799><c> appears</c><00:25:02.140><c> here</c><00:25:02.299><c> as</c>

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a<00:25:02.559><c> list</c><00:25:02.700><c> of</c><00:25:03.000><c> seven</c><00:25:03.539><c> sons</c>

00:25:04.039 --> 00:25:07.099
that<00:25:04.480><c> in</c><00:25:04.680><c> fact</c><00:25:04.880><c> this</c><00:25:05.299><c> man</c><00:25:05.640><c> had</c><00:25:06.059><c> in</c><00:25:06.680><c> captivity.</c>

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They<00:25:07.299><c> were</c><00:25:07.480><c> the</c><00:25:07.720><c> sons</c><00:25:08.160><c> of</c><00:25:08.640><c> Jeconiah,</c><00:25:09.240><c> the</c><00:25:09.500><c> captive</c><00:25:10.019><c> one,</c>

00:25:10.539 --> 00:25:12.500
and<00:25:10.740><c> he</c><00:25:10.839><c> had</c><00:25:11.099><c> seven</c><00:25:11.599><c> of</c><00:25:11.880><c> them,</c><00:25:12.180><c> brothers</c><00:25:12.279><c> and</c><00:25:12.359><c> sisters.</c>

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Oh,<00:25:12.799><c> yes,</c><00:25:12.900><c> he</c><00:25:12.960><c> had</c><00:25:13.099><c> a</c><00:25:13.259><c> full</c><00:25:13.539><c> complement</c><00:25:13.960><c> of</c><00:25:14.259><c> sons.</c>

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This<00:25:15.539><c> is</c><00:25:15.700><c> what</c><00:25:15.819><c> he</c><00:25:16.019><c> did</c><00:25:16.299><c> in</c><00:25:16.680><c> Babylon.</c>

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He<00:25:17.380><c> bore</c><00:25:17.720><c> sons</c><00:25:18.119><c> that</c><00:25:18.319><c> the</c><00:25:18.700><c> royal</c><00:25:19.359><c> line</c><00:25:19.680><c> of</c><00:25:19.960><c> David</c><00:25:20.319><c> might</c><00:25:20.619><c> be</c><00:25:20.859><c> preserved.</c>

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And<00:25:21.779><c> the</c><00:25:21.940><c> interesting</c><00:25:22.220><c> thing</c><00:25:22.420><c> is</c><00:25:22.619><c> that</c><00:25:22.819><c> the</c><00:25:23.119><c> spirit</c><00:25:23.380><c> of</c><00:25:23.700><c> the</c>

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king,<00:25:24.539><c> King</c><00:25:24.799><c> Jeconiah,</c>

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I<00:25:25.660><c> think</c><00:25:25.819><c> is</c><00:25:26.019><c> revealed</c><00:25:26.339><c> in</c><00:25:26.500><c> the</c><00:25:26.640><c> naming</c><00:25:26.819><c> of</c><00:25:27.019><c> his</c><00:25:27.240><c> sons.</c>

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He<00:25:27.799><c> had</c><00:25:27.980><c> a</c><00:25:28.220><c> totally</c><00:25:28.480><c> spiritual</c><00:25:29.079><c> state</c><00:25:29.359><c> of</c><00:25:29.599><c> mind.</c>

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One<00:25:30.740><c> of</c><00:25:30.880><c> them</c><00:25:30.960><c> in</c><00:25:31.119><c> the</c><00:25:31.259><c> middle,</c><00:25:31.859><c> Shenazar,</c>

00:25:32.619 --> 00:25:36.099
we<00:25:32.839><c> don't</c><00:25:33.079><c> know</c><00:25:33.240><c> the</c><00:25:33.380><c> meaning</c><00:25:33.539><c> of</c><00:25:33.700><c> that</c><00:25:33.920><c> name</c><00:25:34.079><c> at</c><00:25:34.339><c> all,</c><00:25:34.980><c> but</c><00:25:35.160><c> the</c><00:25:35.359><c> others</c><00:25:35.500><c> we</c><00:25:35.779><c> do.</c>

00:25:36.420 --> 00:25:39.339
Now,<00:25:36.579><c> listen</c><00:25:36.779><c> to</c><00:25:36.940><c> the</c><00:25:37.079><c> meaning</c><00:25:37.240><c> of</c><00:25:37.440><c> the</c><00:25:37.920><c> names</c><00:25:38.319><c> of</c><00:25:38.640><c> his</c><00:25:38.920><c> sons</c>

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and<00:25:39.980><c> ask</c><00:25:40.420><c> yourself</c><00:25:40.759><c> what</c><00:25:41.000><c> the</c><00:25:41.359><c> spirit</c><00:25:41.599><c> of</c><00:25:41.819><c> Jeconiah</c><00:25:42.339><c> was</c><00:25:42.880><c> in</c><00:25:43.339><c> captivity.</c>

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:50.480
Salathel,<00:25:48.900><c> I</c><00:25:48.980><c> have</c><00:25:49.160><c> asked</c><00:25:49.440><c> of</c><00:25:49.660><c> God.</c>

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Malkiram,<00:25:52.859><c> my</c><00:25:53.180><c> king,</c><00:25:53.700><c> is</c><00:25:53.880><c> exalted.</c>

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Pedeiah,<00:25:56.420><c> Yahweh</c><00:25:56.740><c> has</c><00:25:57.079><c> redeemed.</c>

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Jechamiah,<00:25:59.299><c> Yahweh</c><00:25:59.740><c> raises.</c>

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Hoshamah,<00:26:02.019><c> whom</c><00:26:02.220><c> Yahweh</c><00:26:02.859><c> hears.</c>

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Nedabiah,<00:26:05.180><c> whom</c><00:26:05.420><c> Yahweh</c><00:26:06.200><c> impels.</c>

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Where<00:26:07.059><c> is</c><00:26:07.299><c> the</c><00:26:07.539><c> mind</c><00:26:07.759><c> and</c><00:26:08.079><c> spirit</c><00:26:08.240><c> of</c><00:26:08.440><c> this</c><00:26:08.700><c> man?</c>

00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:11.519
When<00:26:09.279><c> he</c><00:26:09.519><c> fathered</c><00:26:09.900><c> his</c><00:26:10.099><c> sons</c><00:26:10.339><c> in</c><00:26:10.559><c> Babylon,</c><00:26:11.000><c> brothers</c><00:26:11.180><c> and</c><00:26:11.339><c> sisters,</c>

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:14.519
he's<00:26:12.099><c> absolutely</c><00:26:12.660><c> devoted</c><00:26:13.079><c> to</c><00:26:13.259><c> the</c><00:26:13.480><c> cause</c><00:26:13.619><c> of</c><00:26:13.779><c> the</c><00:26:13.980><c> truth</c><00:26:14.200><c> and</c>

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to<00:26:14.640><c> the</c><00:26:14.799><c> worship</c><00:26:15.039><c> of</c><00:26:15.279><c> God</c>

00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:17.579
and<00:26:15.759><c> to</c><00:26:15.920><c> the</c><00:26:16.079><c> upholding</c><00:26:16.480><c> of</c><00:26:16.660><c> divine</c><00:26:16.960><c> principles,</c>

00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:20.539
betokened<00:26:18.299><c> in</c><00:26:18.480><c> the</c><00:26:18.619><c> renaming</c><00:26:19.519><c> of</c><00:26:19.900><c> his</c><00:26:20.200><c> sons.</c>

00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:25.319
But<00:26:20.900><c> his</c><00:26:21.140><c> firstborn</c><00:26:23.119><c> son,</c><00:26:23.559><c> verse</c><00:26:23.720><c> 17,</c><00:26:24.299><c> is</c><00:26:24.619><c> Salathel.</c>

00:26:25.619 --> 00:26:29.039
And<00:26:25.799><c> it's</c><00:26:26.019><c> the</c><00:26:26.160><c> naming</c><00:26:26.359><c> of</c><00:26:26.500><c> his</c><00:26:26.740><c> firstborn</c><00:26:27.339><c> son</c><00:26:27.640><c> that</c><00:26:27.900><c> interests</c><00:26:28.180><c> us</c><00:26:28.500><c> the</c><00:26:28.720><c> most.</c>

00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:32.059
The<00:26:29.539><c> margin</c><00:26:29.920><c> says</c><00:26:30.339><c> that</c><00:26:30.740><c> the</c><00:26:30.980><c> alternative</c><00:26:31.400><c> rendering,</c><00:26:31.779><c> of</c>

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:34.099
course,<00:26:32.319><c> for</c><00:26:32.880><c> Salathel</c><00:26:33.599><c> is,</c>

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:35.920
well,<00:26:34.460><c> he</c><00:26:34.640><c> was</c><00:26:35.119><c> Shealtel.</c>

00:26:35.920 --> 00:26:41.140
But<00:26:36.380><c> the</c><00:26:36.539><c> meaning</c><00:26:36.799><c> of</c><00:26:37.019><c> that</c><00:26:37.240><c> word</c><00:26:37.480><c> is,</c><00:26:39.240><c> I</c><00:26:39.319><c> have</c><00:26:39.519><c> asked</c><00:26:39.880><c> of</c><00:26:40.140><c> God.</c>

00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:45.420
Now,<00:26:43.339><c> why</c><00:26:43.579><c> do</c><00:26:43.740><c> you</c><00:26:43.839><c> think</c><00:26:44.059><c> that</c><00:26:44.339><c> Jeconiah,</c>

00:26:46.119 --> 00:26:52.460
called<00:26:46.559><c> his</c><00:26:46.819><c> firstborn</c><00:26:47.539><c> son</c><00:26:47.920><c> by</c><00:26:48.259><c> this</c><00:26:48.640><c> name,</c><00:26:49.619><c> asked</c><00:26:50.180><c> of</c><00:26:51.359><c> God?</c>

00:26:53.900 --> 00:26:55.700
Asked<00:26:54.319><c> God</c><00:26:54.519><c> for</c><00:26:54.759><c> what?</c>

00:26:56.700 --> 00:26:58.400
For<00:26:57.460><c> a</c><00:26:57.599><c> son.</c>

00:26:59.460 --> 00:27:01.559
Why?<00:27:00.259><c> For</c><00:27:00.440><c> a</c><00:27:00.559><c> son.</c>

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:06.220
To<00:27:04.279><c> continue</c><00:27:04.640><c> the</c><00:27:04.839><c> line</c><00:27:04.940><c> of</c><00:27:05.180><c> David.</c>

00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:10.619
The<00:27:08.079><c> name</c><00:27:08.380><c> was</c><00:27:08.799><c> a</c><00:27:09.019><c> record</c><00:27:09.200><c> and</c><00:27:09.440><c> effect</c><00:27:09.619><c> of</c><00:27:09.839><c> Jeconiah's</c><00:27:10.500><c> spirit</c>

00:27:10.619 --> 00:27:12.359
that<00:27:10.779><c> the</c><00:27:10.960><c> line</c><00:27:11.079><c> of</c><00:27:11.279><c> David</c><00:27:11.660><c> might</c><00:27:11.940><c> continue,</c>

00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:15.579
that<00:27:12.640><c> in</c><00:27:12.980><c> this</c><00:27:13.420><c> boy</c><00:27:13.599><c> the</c><00:27:14.000><c> royal</c><00:27:14.359><c> line</c><00:27:14.779><c> would</c><00:27:15.019><c> be</c><00:27:15.240><c> preserved.</c>

00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:20.420
I<00:27:15.839><c> have</c><00:27:16.000><c> asked</c><00:27:16.359><c> God</c><00:27:16.740><c> for</c><00:27:17.000><c> a</c><00:27:17.279><c> son</c><00:27:17.700><c> that</c><00:27:18.619><c> David's</c><00:27:19.480><c> lineage</c><00:27:20.000><c> might</c>

00:27:20.420 --> 00:27:21.920
be<00:27:20.700><c> guaranteed.</c>

00:27:22.940 --> 00:27:25.000
You<00:27:23.059><c> see,</c><00:27:23.099><c> that</c><00:27:23.200><c> was</c><00:27:23.380><c> the</c><00:27:23.579><c> spirit</c><00:27:23.720><c> of</c><00:27:23.900><c> this</c><00:27:24.119><c> man.</c>

00:27:25.460 --> 00:27:27.279
It<00:27:25.519><c> was</c><00:27:25.599><c> a</c><00:27:25.740><c> remarkable</c><00:27:26.180><c> spirit,</c><00:27:26.500><c> really,</c>

00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:30.880
for<00:27:27.920><c> a</c><00:27:28.039><c> boy</c><00:27:28.180><c> who'd</c><00:27:28.480><c> begun</c><00:27:28.740><c> so</c><00:27:29.200><c> foolishly,</c><00:27:29.740><c> wasn't</c><00:27:30.000><c> it,</c><00:27:30.180><c> brothers</c><00:27:30.440><c> and</c><00:27:30.599><c> sisters?</c>

00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:33.460
And<00:27:31.299><c> that's</c><00:27:31.539><c> interesting</c><00:27:31.859><c> because</c><00:27:32.259><c> if</c><00:27:32.539><c> you</c><00:27:32.660><c> come</c><00:27:32.779><c> to</c><00:27:32.900><c> the</c><00:27:33.019><c> Gospel</c><00:27:33.299><c> of</c>

00:27:33.460 --> 00:27:34.940
Matthew<00:27:33.779><c> in</c><00:27:33.980><c> Chapter</c><00:27:34.259><c> 1,</c>

00:27:35.299 --> 00:27:36.839
do<00:27:35.440><c> you</c><00:27:35.559><c> remember</c><00:27:35.619><c> what</c><00:27:35.759><c> it</c><00:27:36.059><c> says</c><00:27:36.220><c> in</c><00:27:36.400><c> Matthew</c><00:27:36.660><c> 1</c>

00:27:36.839 --> 00:27:39.460
in<00:27:36.980><c> the</c><00:27:37.200><c> genealogy</c><00:27:37.759><c> given</c><00:27:38.000><c> to</c><00:27:38.220><c> us</c><00:27:38.420><c> by</c><00:27:38.640><c> Matthew</c><00:27:38.980><c> concerning</c>

00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:40.839
our<00:27:39.759><c> Lord</c><00:27:39.960><c> Jesus</c><00:27:40.359><c> Christ,</c>

00:27:41.140 --> 00:27:45.440
we<00:27:41.500><c> will</c><00:27:41.640><c> be</c><00:27:41.799><c> told</c><00:27:41.980><c> this</c><00:27:42.359><c> in</c><00:27:42.700><c> the</c><00:27:42.759><c> very</c><00:27:43.039><c> circumstances</c><00:27:43.819><c> of</c><00:27:45.079><c> the</c>

00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:46.940
lineage<00:27:45.759><c> of</c><00:27:46.079><c> Jesus</c><00:27:46.559><c> Christ</c>

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:49.599
coming<00:27:47.220><c> through</c><00:27:47.660><c> Abraham</c><00:27:48.180><c> and</c><00:27:48.420><c> through</c><00:27:48.640><c> David</c><00:27:48.980><c> the</c><00:27:49.220><c> King.</c>

00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:53.740
The<00:27:50.140><c> record</c><00:27:50.420><c> says</c><00:27:50.720><c> this</c><00:27:50.980><c> in</c><00:27:51.420><c> verse</c><00:27:51.619><c> 11</c><00:27:51.880><c> of</c><00:27:52.079><c> Matthew</c><00:27:52.440><c> 1.</c>

00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:58.420
And<00:27:54.920><c> Josiah</c><00:27:56.019><c> begat</c><00:27:56.819><c> Jeconiah</c><00:27:57.539><c> and</c><00:27:57.920><c> his</c><00:27:58.180><c> brethren</c>

00:27:58.420 --> 00:28:01.339
about<00:27:58.779><c> the</c><00:27:59.099><c> time</c><00:27:59.359><c> they</c><00:27:59.480><c> were</c><00:27:59.740><c> carried</c><00:27:59.920><c> away</c><00:28:00.240><c> to</c><00:28:00.460><c> Babylon.</c>

00:28:01.500 --> 00:28:04.140
Now,<00:28:01.700><c> it's</c><00:28:01.940><c> true</c><00:28:02.200><c> that</c><00:28:02.400><c> in</c><00:28:02.579><c> the</c><00:28:02.839><c> ultimate</c><00:28:03.119><c> sense</c><00:28:03.559><c> Josiah</c>

00:28:04.140 --> 00:28:05.099
begat<00:28:04.539><c> Jeconiah</c>

00:28:05.099 --> 00:28:08.160
because<00:28:05.440><c> he</c><00:28:05.559><c> was</c><00:28:05.759><c> a</c><00:28:05.880><c> descendant</c><00:28:06.319><c> but</c><00:28:06.420><c> he</c><00:28:06.500><c> was</c><00:28:06.619><c> actually</c><00:28:06.940><c> a</c><00:28:07.160><c> grandson.</c>

00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:11.420
But<00:28:08.599><c> the</c><00:28:08.920><c> margin</c><00:28:09.339><c> says,</c><00:28:09.700><c> and</c><00:28:09.859><c> I</c><00:28:10.079><c> believe</c><00:28:10.259><c> the</c><00:28:10.519><c> margin</c><00:28:10.839><c> may</c><00:28:11.140><c> be</c>

00:28:11.420 --> 00:28:12.599
correct<00:28:11.720><c> on</c><00:28:11.940><c> this</c><00:28:12.099><c> occasion</c>

00:28:12.599 --> 00:28:19.579
when<00:28:12.819><c> it</c><00:28:13.019><c> reads,</c><00:28:14.460><c> Josiah</c><00:28:15.420><c> begat</c><00:28:16.400><c> Jehoiakim</c><00:28:18.000><c> and</c><00:28:18.500><c> Jehoiakim</c>

00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:21.359
begat<00:28:20.619><c> Jeconiah.</c>

00:28:21.359 --> 00:28:24.000
And<00:28:22.380><c> the</c><00:28:22.559><c> reason</c><00:28:22.920><c> for</c><00:28:23.140><c> that,</c><00:28:23.519><c> brothers</c><00:28:23.579><c> and</c><00:28:23.740><c> sisters,</c>

00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:27.099
is<00:28:24.400><c> it</c><00:28:24.559><c> brings</c><00:28:24.880><c> each</c><00:28:25.380><c> section</c><00:28:25.779><c> of</c><00:28:26.019><c> the</c><00:28:26.259><c> genealogy</c>

00:28:27.180 --> 00:28:32.759
to<00:28:27.859><c> the</c><00:28:28.200><c> stated</c><00:28:28.619><c> 14</c><00:28:29.660><c> generations</c><00:28:30.539><c> mentioned</c><00:28:31.259><c> in</c><00:28:31.660><c> verse</c><00:28:31.940><c> 17.</c>

00:28:33.099 --> 00:28:35.859
Without<00:28:33.400><c> that</c><00:28:33.720><c> marginal</c><00:28:34.160><c> reference,</c><00:28:35.079><c> Jeconiah's</c><00:28:35.519><c> got</c><00:28:35.599><c> to</c><00:28:35.740><c> be</c>

00:28:35.859 --> 00:28:37.299
counted<00:28:36.119><c> twice.</c>

00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:41.079
And<00:28:37.799><c> no</c><00:28:37.960><c> other</c><00:28:38.220><c> person</c><00:28:38.500><c> has</c><00:28:38.779><c> ever</c><00:28:39.019><c> reckoned</c><00:28:39.319><c> twice</c><00:28:39.779><c> in</c><00:28:40.140><c> the</c><00:28:40.299><c> narrative</c><00:28:40.599><c> of</c>

00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:42.000
Matthew<00:28:41.539><c> 1.</c>

00:28:42.339 --> 00:28:46.859
So<00:28:42.660><c> Josiah</c><00:28:43.180><c> begat</c><00:28:43.480><c> Jehoiakim</c><00:28:44.140><c> and</c><00:28:44.480><c> Jehoiakim</c><00:28:45.079><c> begat</c><00:28:45.440><c> Jeconiah</c><00:28:46.059><c> and</c><00:28:46.339><c> his</c><00:28:46.519><c> brethren</c>

00:28:46.859 --> 00:28:50.839
about<00:28:47.599><c> the</c><00:28:48.079><c> time</c><00:28:48.380><c> they</c><00:28:48.660><c> were</c><00:28:49.019><c> carried</c><00:28:49.460><c> away</c><00:28:50.039><c> to</c><00:28:50.380><c> Babylon.</c>

00:28:50.839 --> 00:28:59.539
And<00:28:51.599><c> then</c><00:28:51.920><c> verse</c><00:28:52.240><c> 12</c><00:28:52.640><c> says,</c><00:28:54.599><c> and</c><00:28:54.619><c> after,</c><00:28:57.059><c> notice,</c><00:28:58.480><c> after</c><00:28:59.200><c> they</c>

00:28:59.539 --> 00:29:01.240
were<00:28:59.799><c> brought</c><00:29:00.000><c> to</c><00:29:00.259><c> Babylon,</c>

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:07.859
Jeconiah's<00:29:04.059><c> begat</c><00:29:05.400><c> Salothi.</c>

00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:14.640
So<00:29:10.460><c> Jeconiah's</c><00:29:11.180><c> fathered</c><00:29:11.539><c> his</c><00:29:11.660><c> sons</c><00:29:11.900><c> in</c><00:29:12.200><c> captivity</c><00:29:12.980><c> just</c><00:29:14.339><c> as</c>

00:29:14.640 --> 00:29:16.559
Chronicles<00:29:15.160><c> records.</c>

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:21.799
And<00:29:17.079><c> that</c><00:29:18.359><c> word</c><00:29:18.640><c> brought</c><00:29:19.180><c> to</c><00:29:19.519><c> Babylon</c><00:29:19.799><c> in</c><00:29:20.579><c> verse</c><00:29:20.960><c> 12,</c>

00:29:22.059 --> 00:29:24.779
which<00:29:22.200><c> is</c><00:29:22.380><c> the</c><00:29:22.579><c> same</c><00:29:22.759><c> as</c><00:29:22.960><c> the</c><00:29:23.059><c> word</c><00:29:23.380><c> carried</c><00:29:23.799><c> away</c><00:29:24.240><c> to</c><00:29:24.480><c> Babylon</c>

00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:25.980
in<00:29:25.180><c> verse</c><00:29:25.519><c> 11,</c>

00:29:26.339 --> 00:29:31.220
is<00:29:26.460><c> the</c><00:29:26.660><c> very</c><00:29:26.960><c> word</c><00:29:27.279><c> used</c><00:29:27.700><c> in</c><00:29:28.099><c> the</c><00:29:28.299><c> Septuagint</c><00:29:28.960><c> of</c><00:29:29.420><c> 2</c><00:29:29.759><c> Kings</c><00:29:30.220><c> 14</c>

00:29:31.220 --> 00:29:32.380
verse<00:29:31.559><c> 16,</c>

00:29:32.680 --> 00:29:36.339
24<00:29:33.140><c> verse</c><00:29:33.420><c> 16</c><00:29:33.859><c> when</c><00:29:34.039><c> it</c><00:29:34.259><c> says</c><00:29:34.480><c> that</c><00:29:35.059><c> Jeconiah</c><00:29:35.539><c> himself</c><00:29:36.000><c> was</c>

00:29:36.339 --> 00:29:39.160
taken<00:29:36.859><c> into</c><00:29:37.359><c> captivity</c><00:29:38.000><c> into</c><00:29:38.740><c> Babylon</c>

00:29:39.160 --> 00:29:42.359
and<00:29:39.559><c> at</c><00:29:39.740><c> that</c><00:29:40.059><c> time</c><00:29:40.460><c> these</c><00:29:41.000><c> boys</c><00:29:41.279><c> are</c><00:29:41.460><c> going</c><00:29:41.539><c> to</c><00:29:41.700><c> be</c><00:29:42.000><c> fathered.</c>

00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:43.960
And<00:29:42.500><c> so</c><00:29:42.579><c> the</c><00:29:42.759><c> remarkable</c><00:29:43.119><c> thing</c><00:29:43.359><c> is,</c><00:29:43.660><c> brothers</c><00:29:43.740><c> and</c><00:29:43.960><c> sisters,</c>

00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:46.880
that<00:29:44.099><c> here's</c><00:29:44.660><c> a</c><00:29:44.859><c> young</c><00:29:45.079><c> man</c><00:29:45.339><c> taken</c><00:29:45.660><c> off</c><00:29:45.920><c> and</c><00:29:46.220><c> planted</c><00:29:46.460><c> in</c><00:29:46.660><c> a</c>

00:29:46.880 --> 00:29:47.400
strange<00:29:47.140><c> land,</c>

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:50.480
put<00:29:47.660><c> in</c><00:29:47.900><c> prison</c><00:29:48.140><c> for</c><00:29:48.480><c> 37</c><00:29:48.960><c> years</c><00:29:49.279><c> of</c><00:29:49.400><c> his</c><00:29:49.579><c> life.</c>

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:55.220
Now<00:29:52.480><c> he</c><00:29:52.579><c> could</c><00:29:52.779><c> have</c><00:29:52.920><c> used</c><00:29:53.240><c> that</c><00:29:53.660><c> in</c><00:29:53.940><c> all</c><00:29:54.160><c> the</c><00:29:54.319><c> wrong</c><00:29:54.480><c> way</c><00:29:54.900><c> and</c>

00:29:55.220 --> 00:29:56.940
for<00:29:55.359><c> all</c><00:29:55.559><c> the</c><00:29:55.700><c> wrong</c><00:29:55.880><c> motives</c>

00:29:56.980 --> 00:30:01.160
to<00:29:57.460><c> reject</c><00:29:57.799><c> the</c><00:29:58.039><c> counsels</c><00:29:58.539><c> of</c><00:29:58.680><c> God</c><00:29:58.880><c> and</c><00:29:59.119><c> to</c><00:29:59.299><c> go</c><00:29:59.500><c> his</c><00:29:59.660><c> own</c><00:29:59.960><c> way.</c>

00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:06.640
But<00:30:02.319><c> in</c><00:30:02.599><c> fact,</c><00:30:04.960><c> he</c><00:30:05.039><c> turned</c><00:30:05.259><c> to</c><00:30:05.420><c> the</c><00:30:05.559><c> Father,</c><00:30:06.039><c> he</c><00:30:06.240><c> besought</c><00:30:06.480><c> him</c>

00:30:06.640 --> 00:30:07.640
in<00:30:06.839><c> prayer,</c>

00:30:07.660 --> 00:30:11.160
he<00:30:07.880><c> fathered</c><00:30:08.319><c> sons,</c><00:30:09.380><c> and</c><00:30:09.599><c> he</c><00:30:09.740><c> waited</c><00:30:09.940><c> on</c><00:30:10.200><c> God</c><00:30:10.440><c> for</c><00:30:10.680><c> deliverance.</c>

00:30:11.160 --> 00:30:13.720
And<00:30:11.420><c> that</c><00:30:11.619><c> day</c><00:30:11.799><c> of</c><00:30:12.000><c> deliverance</c><00:30:12.299><c> came.</c><00:30:12.759><c> He</c><00:30:12.859><c> was</c><00:30:13.059><c> taken</c><00:30:13.319><c> out</c><00:30:13.619><c> of</c>

00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:14.299
the<00:30:13.859><c> prison</c><00:30:14.059><c> house.</c>

00:30:14.460 --> 00:30:17.400
He<00:30:14.559><c> was</c><00:30:14.740><c> given</c><00:30:14.900><c> a</c><00:30:15.099><c> portion</c><00:30:15.400><c> of</c><00:30:15.720><c> daily</c><00:30:16.000><c> bread,</c><00:30:16.640><c> every</c><00:30:16.980><c> portion</c>

00:30:17.400 --> 00:30:19.180
on<00:30:17.720><c> its</c><00:30:18.000><c> day,</c><00:30:18.519><c> for</c><00:30:18.740><c> its</c><00:30:19.019><c> day.</c>

00:30:19.339 --> 00:30:21.299
He<00:30:19.519><c> was</c><00:30:19.900><c> exalted</c><00:30:20.480><c> in</c><00:30:20.839><c> that</c><00:30:21.059><c> sense.</c>

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:24.799
It<00:30:21.640><c> was</c><00:30:21.900><c> a</c><00:30:21.980><c> remarkable</c><00:30:22.720><c> recovery</c><00:30:23.380><c> of</c><00:30:23.559><c> a</c><00:30:23.700><c> man</c><00:30:24.059><c> who'd</c><00:30:24.599><c> started</c>

00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:25.579
so<00:30:25.220><c> badly.</c>

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:33.440
He<00:30:26.460><c> who</c><00:30:26.720><c> had</c><00:30:27.140><c> disgraced</c><00:30:27.920><c> his</c><00:30:28.460><c> family</c><00:30:28.920><c> name</c><00:30:29.400><c> as</c><00:30:30.039><c> a</c><00:30:30.339><c> foolish</c><00:30:30.619><c> grandson</c><00:30:31.180><c> of</c><00:30:31.440><c> Josiah</c>

00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:40.920
would<00:30:34.380><c> now</c><00:30:34.619><c> be</c><00:30:34.779><c> the</c><00:30:34.900><c> one</c><00:30:35.720><c> who</c><00:30:36.839><c> would</c><00:30:37.059><c> provide</c><00:30:37.380><c> his</c><00:30:37.579><c> own</c><00:30:37.900><c> grandson</c><00:30:38.380><c> to</c>

00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:42.220
make<00:30:41.099><c> amends.</c>

00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:49.799
And<00:30:44.839><c> he</c><00:30:45.140><c> who</c><00:30:45.279><c> as</c><00:30:45.500><c> a</c><00:30:45.599><c> foolish</c><00:30:45.859><c> grandson</c><00:30:46.599><c> had</c><00:30:48.819><c> been</c><00:30:48.980><c> the</c><00:30:49.180><c> king</c>

00:30:49.799 --> 00:30:52.779
with<00:30:50.160><c> whom</c><00:30:50.279><c> they</c><00:30:50.460><c> had</c><00:30:50.640><c> been</c><00:30:50.799><c> taken</c><00:30:51.059><c> away</c><00:30:51.279><c> into</c><00:30:51.480><c> captivity</c>

00:30:53.720 --> 00:31:00.299
would<00:30:54.480><c> provide</c><00:30:54.859><c> the</c><00:30:55.119><c> grandson</c><00:30:55.779><c> by</c><00:30:58.160><c> whom</c><00:30:58.759><c> the</c><00:30:59.319><c> captivity</c><00:30:59.740><c> would</c><00:30:59.980><c> be</c>

00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:03.660
taken<00:31:01.119><c> back</c><00:31:02.279><c> to</c><00:31:02.559><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:31:04.359 --> 00:31:06.980
and<00:31:05.119><c> returned</c><00:31:05.539><c> to</c><00:31:05.740><c> the</c><00:31:05.920><c> land.</c>

00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:11.880
And<00:31:08.720><c> there'd</c><00:31:08.880><c> be</c><00:31:09.000><c> a</c><00:31:09.200><c> marvelous</c><00:31:10.200><c> turning</c><00:31:10.660><c> of</c><00:31:10.859><c> the</c><00:31:11.079><c> circle</c><00:31:11.480><c> back</c>

00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:14.019
to<00:31:12.299><c> completion</c><00:31:12.740><c> again.</c>

00:31:14.420 --> 00:31:16.740
In<00:31:14.480><c> fact,</c><00:31:14.700><c> come</c><00:31:14.799><c> and</c><00:31:14.880><c> have</c><00:31:14.980><c> a</c><00:31:15.059><c> look</c><00:31:15.180><c> at</c><00:31:15.380><c> Haggai</c><00:31:15.740><c> chapter</c><00:31:16.119><c> 2,</c>

00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:19.660
because<00:31:17.220><c> there's</c><00:31:17.440><c> a</c><00:31:17.579><c> lovely</c><00:31:17.880><c> counterbalance</c><00:31:18.640><c> here</c><00:31:19.140><c> between</c>

00:31:19.660 --> 00:31:26.240
Haggai<00:31:20.140><c> 2</c><00:31:21.039><c> and</c><00:31:24.539><c> Jeremiah</c><00:31:25.000><c> 22.</c>

00:31:31.839 --> 00:31:37.500
Because,<00:31:32.059><c> you</c><00:31:32.059><c> see,</c><00:31:32.440><c> Jeconias</c><00:31:33.279><c> begat</c><00:31:33.779><c> Salothiel,</c><00:31:34.799><c> says</c><00:31:34.900><c> Matthew,</c><00:31:37.279><c> and</c>

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:41.299
Matthew<00:31:37.920><c> begat</c><00:31:39.819><c> Zerubbabel.</c>

00:31:42.880 --> 00:31:47.380
And<00:31:43.319><c> now</c><00:31:43.539><c> see</c><00:31:43.799><c> what</c><00:31:44.019><c> Haggai</c><00:31:44.339><c> 2</c><00:31:44.599><c> says</c><00:31:45.339><c> in</c><00:31:45.740><c> verse</c><00:31:46.059><c> 20.</c>

00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:51.279
And<00:31:49.079><c> again</c><00:31:49.319><c> the</c><00:31:49.440><c> word</c><00:31:49.700><c> of</c><00:31:49.920><c> Yahweh</c><00:31:50.160><c> came</c><00:31:50.380><c> unto</c><00:31:50.579><c> Haggai</c><00:31:50.960><c> on</c><00:31:51.099><c> the</c>

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:53.000
fourth<00:31:51.500><c> and</c><00:31:51.700><c> twentieth</c><00:31:51.960><c> day</c><00:31:52.200><c> of</c><00:31:52.319><c> the</c><00:31:52.440><c> month,</c><00:31:52.980><c> saying,</c>

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:56.400
Speak<00:31:53.359><c> to</c><00:31:53.500><c> Zerubbabel,</c><00:31:54.059><c> governor</c><00:31:54.380><c> of</c><00:31:54.640><c> Judah,</c><00:31:54.940><c> saying,</c><00:31:55.640><c> I</c><00:31:55.740><c> will</c><00:31:55.960><c> shake</c><00:31:56.220><c> the</c>

00:31:56.400 --> 00:31:57.180
heavens<00:31:56.619><c> and</c><00:31:56.799><c> the</c><00:31:56.960><c> earth,</c>

00:31:57.420 --> 00:32:01.480
and<00:31:57.559><c> I</c><00:31:57.619><c> will</c><00:31:57.859><c> overthrow</c><00:31:58.180><c> the</c><00:31:58.460><c> throne</c><00:31:58.660><c> of</c><00:31:58.900><c> kingdoms,</c><00:31:59.980><c> and</c><00:32:00.119><c> I</c><00:32:00.240><c> will</c><00:32:00.420><c> destroy</c><00:32:00.799><c> the</c><00:32:01.000><c> strength</c><00:32:01.279><c> of</c>

00:32:01.480 --> 00:32:02.660
the<00:32:01.619><c> kingdoms</c><00:32:02.019><c> of</c><00:32:02.259><c> the</c><00:32:02.400><c> heathen,</c>

00:32:02.660 --> 00:32:04.759
and<00:32:02.759><c> I</c><00:32:02.859><c> will</c><00:32:03.099><c> overthrow</c><00:32:03.359><c> the</c><00:32:03.640><c> chariots</c><00:32:03.980><c> and</c><00:32:04.079><c> those</c><00:32:04.359><c> that</c><00:32:04.599><c> ride</c>

00:32:04.759 --> 00:32:05.180
in<00:32:04.940><c> them,</c>

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:07.559
and<00:32:05.460><c> the</c><00:32:05.640><c> horses</c><00:32:05.880><c> and</c><00:32:06.039><c> their</c><00:32:06.240><c> riders</c><00:32:06.460><c> shall</c><00:32:06.660><c> come</c><00:32:06.940><c> down,</c><00:32:07.119><c> every</c><00:32:07.400><c> one</c>

00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:08.500
by<00:32:07.779><c> the</c><00:32:07.960><c> sword</c><00:32:08.079><c> of</c><00:32:08.220><c> his</c><00:32:08.380><c> brother.</c>

00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:12.380
But<00:32:08.619><c> in</c><00:32:08.859><c> that</c><00:32:09.119><c> day,</c><00:32:09.500><c> saith</c><00:32:09.680><c> Yahweh</c><00:32:09.980><c> of</c><00:32:10.160><c> hosts,</c><00:32:10.680><c> will</c><00:32:10.940><c> I</c><00:32:11.359><c> take</c><00:32:11.660><c> thee,</c><00:32:12.039><c> O</c>

00:32:12.380 --> 00:32:13.539
Zerubbabel,<00:32:12.900><c> my</c><00:32:13.200><c> servant,</c>

00:32:13.599 --> 00:32:19.720
the<00:32:13.759><c> son</c><00:32:13.980><c> of</c><00:32:14.180><c> Shealtiel,</c><00:32:14.960><c> saith</c><00:32:15.180><c> Yahweh,</c><00:32:15.819><c> and</c><00:32:16.019><c> I</c><00:32:16.480><c> will</c><00:32:16.720><c> make</c><00:32:17.000><c> thee</c><00:32:17.599><c> as</c><00:32:19.299><c> a</c>

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:21.180
signet,<00:32:20.400><c> it</c><00:32:20.779><c> says.</c>

00:32:21.460 --> 00:32:23.099
Oh,<00:32:21.940><c> now</c><00:32:22.200><c> look</c><00:32:22.359><c> at</c><00:32:22.539><c> that,</c><00:32:22.940><c> you</c><00:32:22.960><c> see.</c>

00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:27.420
You<00:32:23.599><c> see,</c><00:32:23.859><c> the</c><00:32:23.960><c> story</c><00:32:24.319><c> of</c><00:32:24.519><c> Jeremiah</c><00:32:24.960><c> 22</c><00:32:25.640><c> was,</c><00:32:26.619><c> and</c><00:32:26.799><c> do</c><00:32:26.940><c> you</c><00:32:26.940><c> remember</c><00:32:27.079><c> what</c><00:32:27.200><c> it</c>

00:32:27.420 --> 00:32:28.359
said<00:32:27.500><c> in</c><00:32:27.700><c> Jeremiah</c><00:32:28.039><c> 22,</c>

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:31.640
three<00:32:28.799><c> times,</c><00:32:29.259><c> I</c><00:32:29.440><c> will</c><00:32:29.759><c> pluck</c><00:32:30.019><c> thee</c><00:32:30.279><c> out,</c><00:32:30.779><c> I</c><00:32:30.960><c> will</c><00:32:31.279><c> give</c><00:32:31.480><c> thee</c>

00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:34.619
into<00:32:31.819><c> the</c><00:32:31.980><c> hand</c><00:32:32.140><c> of</c><00:32:32.440><c> others,</c><00:32:32.799><c> I</c><00:32:32.940><c> will</c><00:32:33.240><c> cast</c><00:32:33.660><c> thee</c><00:32:34.220><c> out,</c>

00:32:34.619 --> 00:32:38.460
I<00:32:35.279><c> will</c><00:32:35.440><c> toss</c><00:32:35.720><c> the</c><00:32:36.019><c> signet</c><00:32:36.380><c> of</c><00:32:36.559><c> Jeconiah</c><00:32:37.039><c> away,</c><00:32:37.480><c> but</c><00:32:37.819><c> now</c><00:32:38.220><c> in</c>

00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:40.180
his<00:32:38.759><c> grandson</c><00:32:39.240><c> comes</c><00:32:39.640><c> this</c><00:32:39.960><c> promise,</c>

00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:44.880
verse<00:32:40.460><c> 23,</c><00:32:41.160><c> I</c><00:32:41.420><c> will</c><00:32:41.660><c> take</c><00:32:42.000><c> thee,</c><00:32:42.759><c> I</c><00:32:43.019><c> will</c><00:32:43.299><c> make</c><00:32:43.640><c> thee,</c><00:32:44.319><c> I</c><00:32:44.539><c> will</c>

00:32:44.880 --> 00:32:45.740
choose<00:32:45.319><c> thee,</c>

00:32:45.819 --> 00:32:48.839
and<00:32:46.160><c> three</c><00:32:46.480><c> times</c><00:32:46.960><c> the</c><00:32:47.319><c> promise</c><00:32:47.539><c> of</c><00:32:47.819><c> restoration</c><00:32:48.299><c> is</c><00:32:48.539><c> given</c>

00:32:48.839 --> 00:32:50.380
to<00:32:49.240><c> Jeconiah's</c><00:32:49.819><c> grandson,</c>

00:32:50.680 --> 00:32:53.900
and<00:32:50.880><c> the</c><00:32:51.359><c> climax</c><00:32:51.839><c> of</c><00:32:52.059><c> that</c><00:32:52.299><c> restoration</c><00:32:52.920><c> prophecy</c><00:32:53.380><c> in</c><00:32:53.599><c> this</c>

00:32:53.900 --> 00:32:54.440
boy<00:32:54.059><c> is,</c>

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:59.259
and<00:32:54.640><c> I</c><00:32:54.779><c> will</c><00:32:55.019><c> make</c><00:32:55.259><c> thee</c><00:32:55.700><c> as</c><00:32:56.180><c> a</c><00:32:56.339><c> signet</c><00:32:57.140><c> upon</c><00:32:57.559><c> my</c><00:32:58.059><c> hand,</c><00:32:58.640><c> says</c><00:32:58.819><c> God,</c>

00:32:59.259 --> 00:33:07.000
to<00:33:00.359><c> symbolise</c><00:33:01.380><c> that</c><00:33:01.660><c> all</c><00:33:01.940><c> that</c><00:33:02.099><c> had</c><00:33:02.339><c> once</c><00:33:02.579><c> been</c><00:33:02.900><c> lost</c><00:33:03.279><c> in</c><00:33:03.619><c> Jeconiah's</c><00:33:05.099><c> had</c>

00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:08.359
been<00:33:07.299><c> recovered</c><00:33:07.539><c> in</c><00:33:07.720><c> his</c><00:33:07.900><c> grandson,</c>

00:33:08.539 --> 00:33:13.380
Zerubbabel,<00:33:11.460><c> who</c><00:33:11.619><c> would</c><00:33:11.819><c> lead</c><00:33:11.960><c> the</c><00:33:12.119><c> nation</c><00:33:12.440><c> back.</c>

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:18.079
And<00:33:15.160><c> although</c><00:33:15.420><c> Jeconiah</c><00:33:15.940><c> himself</c><00:33:16.420><c> didn't</c><00:33:16.799><c> travel</c><00:33:17.160><c> home,</c><00:33:17.480><c> although</c><00:33:17.779><c> he</c>

00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:20.000
died<00:33:18.519><c> in</c><00:33:18.960><c> Babylon,</c>

00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:25.920
Yahweh<00:33:20.640><c> extended</c><00:33:21.259><c> mercy</c><00:33:21.900><c> to</c><00:33:22.200><c> his</c><00:33:22.559><c> seed,</c><00:33:23.240><c> that</c><00:33:23.500><c> God's</c><00:33:24.160><c> own</c><00:33:24.599><c> purpose</c><00:33:25.099><c> might</c><00:33:25.559><c> be</c>

00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:27.140
advanced<00:33:26.339><c> yet</c><00:33:26.720><c> again</c>

00:33:27.140 --> 00:33:31.980
through<00:33:27.420><c> the</c><00:33:27.740><c> family</c><00:33:28.140><c> of</c><00:33:28.539><c> this</c><00:33:28.819><c> man</c><00:33:29.319><c> who</c><00:33:30.099><c> turned</c><00:33:30.339><c> to</c><00:33:30.579><c> God,</c><00:33:31.720><c> and</c>

00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:33.279
they<00:33:32.180><c> returned,</c>

00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:36.799
and<00:33:33.779><c> he</c><00:33:33.940><c> had</c><00:33:34.039><c> his</c><00:33:34.319><c> own</c><00:33:34.599><c> experience</c><00:33:35.180><c> in</c><00:33:35.759><c> the</c><00:33:35.980><c> land</c><00:33:36.220><c> of</c><00:33:36.500><c> Babylon</c>

00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:38.380
of<00:33:37.279><c> having</c><00:33:37.440><c> his</c><00:33:37.720><c> bands</c><00:33:37.960><c> loosed</c>

00:33:38.380 --> 00:33:41.299
and<00:33:38.559><c> his</c><00:33:38.799><c> status</c><00:33:39.099><c> restored</c><00:33:39.700><c> and</c><00:33:39.900><c> a</c><00:33:40.039><c> place</c><00:33:40.200><c> of</c><00:33:40.500><c> peace</c><00:33:40.680><c> and</c><00:33:41.019><c> joy</c>

00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:42.220
in<00:33:41.759><c> that</c><00:33:41.980><c> place,</c>

00:33:42.579 --> 00:33:46.240
symbolic<00:33:43.000><c> of</c><00:33:43.220><c> the</c><00:33:43.380><c> nation's</c><00:33:43.859><c> own</c><00:33:44.279><c> restoration</c><00:33:45.099><c> to</c><00:33:45.859><c> the</c><00:33:45.960><c> very</c>

00:33:46.240 --> 00:33:48.559
point<00:33:46.460><c> where</c><00:33:46.579><c> they</c><00:33:46.740><c> would</c><00:33:46.880><c> be</c><00:33:47.380><c> taken</c><00:33:47.640><c> back</c><00:33:47.900><c> into</c><00:33:48.119><c> the</c><00:33:48.319><c> land.</c>

00:33:48.660 --> 00:33:50.759
The<00:33:48.799><c> brother</c><00:33:48.819><c> says,</c><00:33:49.079><c> what</c><00:33:49.180><c> a</c><00:33:49.380><c> wonderful</c><00:33:49.740><c> story,</c><00:33:50.420><c> the</c><00:33:50.579><c> story</c>

00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:52.619
of<00:33:51.059><c> the</c><00:33:51.700><c> man,</c><00:33:52.140><c> Jeconiah,</c>

00:33:52.619 --> 00:33:57.559
taken<00:33:53.720><c> off</c><00:33:53.980><c> into</c><00:33:54.200><c> captivity</c><00:33:54.920><c> into</c><00:33:55.980><c> the</c><00:33:56.140><c> land</c><00:33:56.380><c> of</c><00:33:56.599><c> Babylon.</c>

00:33:59.359 --> 00:34:02.240
And<00:33:59.779><c> I</c><00:33:59.859><c> think</c><00:33:59.960><c> there's</c><00:34:00.119><c> a</c><00:34:00.279><c> lesson,</c><00:34:00.940><c> isn't</c><00:34:01.099><c> there?</c>

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:06.700
Perhaps<00:34:03.380><c> many</c><00:34:03.920><c> lessons,</c><00:34:05.220><c> but</c><00:34:05.400><c> one</c><00:34:05.599><c> of</c><00:34:05.740><c> the</c><00:34:05.900><c> lessons</c><00:34:06.220><c> of</c><00:34:06.460><c> this</c>

00:34:06.700 --> 00:34:09.000
man<00:34:06.900><c> must</c><00:34:07.240><c> surely</c><00:34:07.559><c> be</c>

00:34:10.099 --> 00:34:15.179
that<00:34:10.780><c> it's</c><00:34:11.460><c> never</c><00:34:11.780><c> too</c><00:34:12.139><c> late</c><00:34:12.659><c> to</c><00:34:14.199><c> change.</c>

00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:21.800
It's<00:34:18.199><c> never</c><00:34:18.420><c> too</c><00:34:18.760><c> late</c><00:34:19.320><c> to</c><00:34:20.760><c> repent.</c>

00:34:23.460 --> 00:34:28.360
It's<00:34:24.300><c> never</c><00:34:24.579><c> too</c><00:34:24.900><c> late</c><00:34:25.579><c> to</c><00:34:26.800><c> turn</c><00:34:27.039><c> to</c><00:34:27.199><c> God.</c>

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That<00:34:30.440><c> there</c><00:34:30.579><c> is</c><00:34:30.820><c> no</c><00:34:31.320><c> sin</c><00:34:31.739><c> too</c><00:34:32.219><c> dark</c><00:34:32.559><c> in</c><00:34:32.840><c> our</c><00:34:33.099><c> lives</c><00:34:33.639><c> that</c><00:34:35.619><c> God</c>

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cannot<00:34:36.260><c> forgive.</c>

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That<00:34:39.460><c> there</c><00:34:39.619><c> is</c><00:34:39.880><c> no</c><00:34:40.179><c> burden</c><00:34:40.539><c> too</c><00:34:40.960><c> great</c><00:34:41.519><c> that</c><00:34:43.380><c> God</c><00:34:43.639><c> cannot</c><00:34:43.980><c> remove.</c>

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And<00:34:47.360><c> that</c><00:34:47.539><c> God's</c><00:34:48.039><c> mercy</c><00:34:48.519><c> always</c><00:34:49.840><c> reaches</c><00:34:51.239><c> out</c><00:34:51.940><c> to</c><00:34:53.380><c> meet</c><00:34:53.619><c> with</c>

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our<00:34:54.099><c> repentance.</c>

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How<00:34:57.900><c> blessed</c><00:34:58.099><c> we</c><00:34:58.300><c> are</c><00:34:58.440><c> to</c><00:34:58.579><c> know</c><00:34:58.699><c> that</c><00:34:58.920><c> as</c><00:34:59.059><c> we</c><00:34:59.219><c> come</c><00:34:59.380><c> to</c><00:34:59.539><c> the</c><00:34:59.659><c> table</c><00:34:59.860><c> of</c>

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the<00:35:00.119><c> Lord</c><00:35:00.280><c> this</c><00:35:00.559><c> day,</c>

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because<00:35:03.280><c> in</c><00:35:03.539><c> these</c><00:35:03.840><c> memorials</c><00:35:05.719><c> we</c><00:35:07.019><c> have</c><00:35:07.199><c> God's</c><00:35:07.599><c> own</c><00:35:07.840><c> providing</c><00:35:08.340><c> of</c><00:35:08.780><c> the</c>

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bread<00:35:09.679><c> for</c><00:35:11.179><c> the</c><00:35:11.380><c> day</c><00:35:12.159><c> on</c><00:35:13.420><c> its</c><00:35:13.679><c> day,</c>

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a<00:35:16.280><c> continual</c><00:35:16.760><c> spiritual</c><00:35:17.380><c> diet</c><00:35:17.900><c> that</c><00:35:18.179><c> the</c><00:35:18.380><c> Father</c><00:35:18.559><c> has</c><00:35:18.820><c> given</c>

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unto<00:35:19.239><c> us</c>

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as<00:35:22.119><c> a</c><00:35:22.219><c> reminder</c><00:35:22.500><c> that</c><00:35:22.780><c> Yahweh's</c><00:35:23.500><c> arm</c><00:35:23.679><c> is</c><00:35:23.960><c> not</c><00:35:24.340><c> shortened,</c><00:35:24.760><c> that</c><00:35:24.880><c> it</c>

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cannot<00:35:25.380><c> save.</c>

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Let's<00:35:30.800><c> partake</c><00:35:31.280><c> of</c><00:35:31.480><c> bread</c><00:35:31.659><c> and</c><00:35:31.880><c> wine</c><00:35:32.039><c> this</c><00:35:32.360><c> day</c><00:35:32.559><c> and</c><00:35:32.760><c> be</c><00:35:32.980><c> thankful</c><00:35:33.460><c> for</c><00:35:34.679><c> the</c><00:35:34.920><c> story</c><00:35:35.079><c> of</c><00:35:35.260><c> a</c><00:35:35.380><c> man</c>

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who<00:35:36.940><c> ultimately</c><00:35:37.360><c> becomes</c><00:35:37.760><c> a</c><00:35:37.980><c> type</c><00:35:38.119><c> of</c><00:35:38.300><c> our</c><00:35:38.500><c> Lord</c><00:35:38.699><c> Jesus</c><00:35:39.119><c> Christ,</c>

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who<00:35:39.679><c> also</c><00:35:40.079><c> went</c><00:35:40.340><c> into</c><00:35:40.539><c> the</c><00:35:40.739><c> prison</c><00:35:41.019><c> house</c><00:35:41.340><c> of</c><00:35:41.619><c> death,</c>

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who<00:35:42.039><c> was</c><00:35:42.320><c> bound</c><00:35:42.800><c> with</c><00:35:43.460><c> the</c><00:35:43.639><c> fetters</c><00:35:44.300><c> that</c><00:35:45.000><c> finally</c><00:35:45.760><c> would</c><00:35:46.440><c> take</c><00:35:46.579><c> him</c>

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to<00:35:46.820><c> the</c><00:35:46.980><c> grave.</c>

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But<00:35:49.559><c> he</c><00:35:49.679><c> was</c><00:35:49.800><c> brought</c><00:35:50.019><c> forth</c><00:35:50.579><c> and</c><00:35:51.699><c> his</c><00:35:51.860><c> head</c><00:35:52.039><c> lifted</c><00:35:52.320><c> up</c><00:35:53.219><c> and</c><00:35:53.719><c> exalted</c><00:35:54.199><c> into</c><00:35:54.619><c> a</c>

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stature<00:35:55.159><c> of</c><00:35:55.539><c> joy</c>

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because<00:35:57.239><c> the</c><00:35:57.460><c> story</c><00:35:57.699><c> of</c><00:35:57.940><c> this</c><00:35:58.199><c> one</c><00:35:59.280><c> is</c><00:35:59.920><c> the</c><00:36:00.079><c> one</c><00:36:00.260><c> who</c><00:36:00.400><c> we</c><00:36:00.619><c> come,</c>

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thankfully,<00:36:04.300><c> to</c><00:36:04.460><c> remember</c><00:36:04.760><c> this</c><00:36:05.039><c> morning.</c>