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people<00:11:31.519><c> live,</c><00:11:31.779><c> again,</c>

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Just<00:11:32.240><c> thinking</c><00:11:32.539><c> about</c><00:11:32.840><c> life</c><00:11:33.379><c> in</c><00:11:33.759><c> the</c><00:11:33.919><c> here</c><00:11:34.100><c> and</c><00:11:34.279><c> now,</c>

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life<00:11:34.759><c> on</c><00:11:35.399><c> this</c><00:11:35.580><c> earth</c><00:11:35.820><c> as</c><00:11:36.059><c> it</c><00:11:36.259><c> is,</c><00:11:37.080><c> as</c><00:11:37.240><c> an</c><00:11:37.379><c> end</c><00:11:37.460><c> in</c><00:11:37.580><c> itself,</c>

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not<00:11:38.179><c> thinking</c><00:11:38.480><c> about</c><00:11:38.700><c> the</c><00:11:38.879><c> ultimate</c><00:11:39.179><c> hope</c><00:11:39.460><c> in</c><00:11:39.620><c> the</c><00:11:39.779><c> kingdom,</c>

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not<00:11:40.559><c> thinking</c><00:11:40.919><c> about</c><00:11:41.240><c> the</c><00:11:41.480><c> resurrection</c>

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to<00:11:42.159><c> judgment</c><00:11:42.519><c> of</c><00:11:42.759><c> the</c><00:11:42.899><c> responsible,</c>

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but<00:11:44.279><c> thinking</c><00:11:44.860><c> about</c><00:11:45.620><c> those</c><00:11:46.000><c> who</c><00:11:46.200><c> just</c><00:11:46.399><c> live</c><00:11:46.580><c> their</c><00:11:46.799><c> lives</c>

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and<00:11:47.860><c> die</c>

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and<00:11:48.840><c> what</c><00:11:49.259><c> reward</c><00:11:49.700><c> there</c><00:11:50.039><c> is</c><00:11:50.720><c> within</c><00:11:51.039><c> the</c><00:11:51.379><c> confines</c><00:11:51.779><c> of</c><00:11:52.039><c> this</c><00:11:52.299><c> life.</c>

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This<00:11:54.820><c> is</c><00:11:55.379><c> an</c><00:11:55.539><c> issue,</c><00:11:55.879><c> isn't</c><00:11:56.100><c> it?</c>

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You<00:11:57.179><c> know,</c><00:11:58.100><c> it</c><00:11:58.419><c> seems</c><00:11:58.779><c> a</c><00:11:59.000><c> vanity,</c><00:11:59.519><c> it</c><00:11:59.659><c> is</c><00:11:59.899><c> a</c><00:12:00.059><c> vanity</c>

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that<00:12:01.399><c> someone</c><00:12:01.919><c> who</c><00:12:02.159><c> has</c><00:12:02.340><c> made</c><00:12:02.519><c> a</c><00:12:02.759><c> real</c><00:12:02.919><c> effort</c>

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and<00:12:03.419><c> done</c><00:12:03.559><c> all</c><00:12:03.759><c> kinds</c><00:12:04.019><c> of</c><00:12:04.200><c> good</c><00:12:04.399><c> works</c><00:12:04.799><c> dies</c>

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like<00:12:06.340><c> someone</c><00:12:06.759><c> who</c><00:12:07.100><c> has</c><00:12:07.720><c> been</c><00:12:08.440><c> a</c><00:12:09.059><c> despot</c>

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and<00:12:11.100><c> has</c><00:12:11.500><c> done</c><00:12:12.440><c> terrible,</c><00:12:13.240><c> terrible</c><00:12:14.200><c> crimes</c><00:12:14.639><c> of</c><00:12:14.860><c> genocide</c>

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and<00:12:16.240><c> other</c><00:12:16.500><c> types</c><00:12:16.840><c> of</c><00:12:17.100><c> cruelties</c>

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that<00:12:18.080><c> are</c><00:12:18.259><c> carried</c><00:12:18.460><c> out</c><00:12:18.899><c> in</c><00:12:19.120><c> this</c><00:12:19.399><c> world.</c>

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And<00:12:20.519><c> that</c><00:12:20.720><c> is</c><00:12:21.000><c> one</c><00:12:21.220><c> of</c><00:12:21.379><c> the</c><00:12:21.620><c> vanities</c><00:12:22.159><c> of</c><00:12:23.139><c> this</c><00:12:23.440><c> life.</c>

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That<00:12:23.919><c> is</c><00:12:24.500><c> one</c><00:12:24.679><c> of</c><00:12:24.799><c> the</c><00:12:25.019><c> vanities</c>

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that<00:12:25.639><c> God</c><00:12:25.840><c> has</c><00:12:26.080><c> subjected</c><00:12:26.480><c> the</c><00:12:26.740><c> creation</c><00:12:27.120><c> to.</c>

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It's<00:12:27.779><c> one</c><00:12:27.980><c> of</c><00:12:28.179><c> the</c><00:12:28.779><c> discontinuities,</c>

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one<00:12:29.879><c> of</c><00:12:30.039><c> the</c><00:12:30.559><c> incongruities</c><00:12:31.559><c> of</c><00:12:32.000><c> this</c><00:12:32.279><c> life</c>

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that<00:12:33.059><c> tells</c><00:12:33.399><c> us</c><00:12:33.840><c> there</c><00:12:34.139><c> must</c><00:12:34.360><c> be</c><00:12:34.600><c> another</c><00:12:34.860><c> life</c><00:12:35.980><c> coming</c>

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in<00:12:37.399><c> God's</c><00:12:37.779><c> kingdom</c><00:12:38.279><c> when</c><00:12:39.059><c> things</c><00:12:39.620><c> will</c><00:12:40.080><c> be</c><00:12:40.279><c> different.</c>

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It's<00:12:41.340><c> not</c><00:12:41.600><c> about</c><00:12:42.279><c> this</c><00:12:42.840><c> life.</c>

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Verse<00:12:44.960><c> three,</c><00:12:45.500><c> this</c><00:12:45.519><c> is</c><00:12:45.799><c> an</c><00:12:45.919><c> evil</c><00:12:46.120><c> among</c><00:12:46.419><c> all</c><00:12:46.700><c> things</c>

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that<00:12:47.120><c> are</c><00:12:47.220><c> done</c><00:12:47.340><c> under</c><00:12:47.620><c> the</c><00:12:47.840><c> sun,</c>

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that<00:12:48.460><c> there</c><00:12:48.700><c> is</c><00:12:48.919><c> one</c><00:12:49.159><c> event</c><00:12:49.500><c> unto</c><00:12:49.840><c> all,</c>

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yea,<00:12:50.720><c> also</c><00:12:50.960><c> the</c><00:12:51.120><c> heart</c><00:12:51.320><c> of</c><00:12:51.539><c> the</c><00:12:51.639><c> sons</c><00:12:51.799><c> of</c><00:12:51.980><c> man</c><00:12:52.120><c> is</c><00:12:52.320><c> full</c><00:12:52.480><c> of</c><00:12:52.720><c> evil</c>

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and<00:12:53.240><c> madness</c><00:12:53.580><c> is</c><00:12:53.820><c> in</c><00:12:53.860><c> their</c><00:12:54.100><c> heart</c><00:12:54.240><c> while</c><00:12:54.399><c> they</c><00:12:54.679><c> live</c>

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and<00:12:55.200><c> after</c><00:12:55.460><c> that</c><00:12:55.600><c> they</c><00:12:55.740><c> go</c><00:12:55.899><c> to</c><00:12:56.080><c> the</c><00:12:56.220><c> dead.</c>

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Great.

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So<00:12:58.220><c> they</c><00:12:58.379><c> do</c><00:12:58.519><c> all</c><00:12:58.720><c> this</c><00:12:58.879><c> crazy</c><00:12:59.200><c> stuff</c>

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while<00:12:59.600><c> they're</c><00:12:59.879><c> alive</c><00:13:00.220><c> and</c><00:13:00.600><c> then</c><00:13:00.740><c> they</c><00:13:00.980><c> die.</c>

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And<00:13:03.919><c> then</c><00:13:04.080><c> that</c><00:13:04.179><c> is</c><00:13:04.440><c> choosing</c><00:13:04.700><c> the</c><00:13:04.860><c> way</c><00:13:04.960><c> of</c><00:13:05.100><c> a</c><00:13:05.220><c> beast,</c><00:13:05.500><c> isn't</c><00:13:05.620><c> it?</c>

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Only<00:13:06.340><c> what</c><00:13:06.519><c> we</c><00:13:06.740><c> do</c><00:13:06.820><c> is</c><00:13:07.000><c> more</c><00:13:07.200><c> crazy</c>

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than<00:13:07.639><c> what</c><00:13:07.840><c> the</c><00:13:08.000><c> beasts</c><00:13:08.220><c> do</c><00:13:08.620><c> very</c><00:13:09.120><c> often.</c>

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Now<00:13:12.580><c> then,</c><00:13:14.399><c> it's</c><00:13:15.139><c> verse</c><00:13:15.279><c> four</c><00:13:15.600><c> really</c>

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that<00:13:16.120><c> is</c><00:13:16.220><c> a</c><00:13:16.399><c> reason</c><00:13:16.659><c> why</c><00:13:16.840><c> we've</c><00:13:17.120><c> come</c><00:13:17.240><c> to</c><00:13:17.399><c> this</c><00:13:17.580><c> passage.</c>

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For<00:13:18.139><c> to</c><00:13:18.379><c> him</c><00:13:18.679><c> that</c><00:13:18.980><c> is</c><00:13:19.220><c> joined</c><00:13:19.360><c> to</c><00:13:19.580><c> the</c><00:13:19.740><c> living,</c><00:13:20.440><c> there</c><00:13:20.659><c> is</c><00:13:20.879><c> hope.</c>

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For<00:13:21.960><c> a</c><00:13:22.059><c> living</c><00:13:22.259><c> dog</c><00:13:22.639><c> is</c><00:13:23.100><c> better</c><00:13:23.320><c> than</c><00:13:23.519><c> a</c><00:13:23.700><c> dead</c><00:13:23.919><c> lion.</c>

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So,<00:13:25.379><c> and</c><00:13:25.700><c> what</c><00:13:25.879><c> you</c><00:13:26.019><c> might</c><00:13:26.220><c> be</c><00:13:26.460><c> doing</c><00:13:26.620><c> here</c>

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is<00:13:27.279><c> quoting,</c><00:13:28.059><c> like</c><00:13:28.539><c> quoting</c><00:13:28.860><c> a</c><00:13:29.120><c> proverb,</c>

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a<00:13:29.940><c> living</c><00:13:30.120><c> dog</c><00:13:30.299><c> is</c><00:13:30.460><c> better</c><00:13:30.639><c> than</c><00:13:30.820><c> a</c><00:13:30.960><c> dead</c><00:13:31.120><c> lion.</c>

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And<00:13:32.720><c> it's</c><00:13:33.120><c> sort</c><00:13:33.179><c> of</c><00:13:33.320><c> a</c><00:13:33.419><c> bit</c><00:13:33.480><c> like</c><00:13:33.700><c> a</c><00:13:33.840><c> bird</c><00:13:33.980><c> in</c><00:13:34.159><c> the</c><00:13:34.200><c> hand</c>

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is<00:13:34.519><c> worth</c><00:13:34.659><c> two</c><00:13:34.840><c> in</c><00:13:35.000><c> the</c><00:13:35.159><c> bush,</c><00:13:35.379><c> isn't</c><00:13:35.539><c> it?</c>

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One<00:13:36.159><c> of</c><00:13:36.279><c> the</c><00:13:36.440><c> sort</c><00:13:36.559><c> of</c><00:13:36.720><c> things</c><00:13:36.919><c> that</c><00:13:37.139><c> people</c><00:13:37.419><c> say</c>

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and<00:13:38.019><c> you</c><00:13:38.159><c> sort</c><00:13:38.299><c> of</c><00:13:38.460><c> nod</c><00:13:38.580><c> your</c><00:13:38.720><c> head</c><00:13:38.820><c> and</c><00:13:38.899><c> say,</c><00:13:39.019><c> well,</c><00:13:39.159><c> that's</c><00:13:39.399><c> true.</c>

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Yeah,<00:13:40.399><c> a</c><00:13:40.539><c> living</c><00:13:40.759><c> dog</c><00:13:40.960><c> is</c><00:13:41.179><c> better</c><00:13:41.440><c> than</c><00:13:41.620><c> a</c><00:13:41.779><c> dead</c><00:13:41.980><c> lion.</c>

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At<00:13:42.320><c> least</c><00:13:42.559><c> it's</c><00:13:42.860><c> alive.</c>

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And<00:13:43.799><c> then</c><00:13:44.019><c> Solem</c><00:13:44.200><c> sort</c><00:13:44.440><c> of</c><00:13:44.720><c> agrees</c><00:13:44.919><c> with</c><00:13:45.159><c> that,</c>

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but<00:13:45.539><c> he</c><00:13:45.720><c> does</c><00:13:45.860><c> so</c><00:13:46.019><c> in</c><00:13:46.179><c> a</c><00:13:46.320><c> very</c><00:13:46.600><c> ironic</c><00:13:47.059><c> way.</c>

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For<00:13:48.000><c> the</c><00:13:48.240><c> living</c><00:13:48.419><c> know</c><00:13:48.679><c> that</c><00:13:48.799><c> they</c><00:13:49.039><c> shall</c><00:13:49.200><c> die,</c>

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but<00:13:49.960><c> the</c><00:13:50.179><c> dead</c><00:13:50.340><c> know</c><00:13:50.559><c> not</c><00:13:50.840><c> anything.</c>

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So<00:13:51.860><c> it's</c><00:13:52.039><c> much</c><00:13:52.240><c> better</c><00:13:52.419><c> to</c><00:13:52.620><c> be</c><00:13:52.799><c> alive</c><00:13:53.080><c> then,</c><00:13:53.279><c> isn't</c><00:13:53.460><c> it?</c>

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Because<00:13:53.740><c> at</c><00:13:53.860><c> least</c><00:13:54.019><c> when</c><00:13:54.200><c> you're</c><00:13:54.399><c> alive,</c>

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you<00:13:54.799><c> know</c><00:13:54.960><c> you're</c><00:13:55.200><c> gonna</c><00:13:55.320><c> die.</c>

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And<00:13:58.039><c> that</c><00:13:58.360><c> is</c><00:13:58.580><c> his</c><00:13:58.820><c> point.</c>

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Don't<00:13:59.460><c> you</c><00:13:59.639><c> just</c><00:13:59.879><c> love</c><00:14:00.039><c> it?</c>

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It<00:14:01.919><c> just</c><00:14:02.259><c> fills</c><00:14:02.460><c> you</c><00:14:02.700><c> with</c><00:14:03.080><c> the</c><00:14:03.299><c> enthusiasm</c>

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and<00:14:04.379><c> the</c><00:14:04.740><c> joy</c><00:14:05.019><c> of</c><00:14:05.259><c> joie</c><00:14:05.519><c> de</c><00:14:05.679><c> vivre,</c><00:14:05.940><c> isn't</c><00:14:06.220><c> it?</c>

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This.

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For<00:14:09.440><c> the</c><00:14:09.639><c> living</c><00:14:09.860><c> know</c><00:14:10.139><c> that</c><00:14:10.279><c> they</c><00:14:10.519><c> shall</c><00:14:10.679><c> die,</c>

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but<00:14:11.639><c> the</c><00:14:11.879><c> dead</c><00:14:12.240><c> know</c><00:14:12.620><c> not</c><00:14:13.000><c> anything.</c>

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Neither<00:14:14.240><c> have</c><00:14:14.480><c> they</c><00:14:14.759><c> any</c><00:14:15.019><c> more</c><00:14:15.220><c> reward</c>

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for<00:14:16.080><c> the</c><00:14:16.279><c> memory</c><00:14:16.519><c> of</c><00:14:16.740><c> them</c><00:14:17.039><c> is</c><00:14:17.539><c> forgotten.</c>

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So<00:14:19.960><c> more</c><00:14:20.220><c> about</c><00:14:20.500><c> death,</c><00:14:21.460><c> but</c><00:14:22.159><c> at</c><00:14:22.340><c> least</c><00:14:23.440><c> when</c><00:14:23.700><c> you're</c><00:14:23.960><c> living,</c>

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you<00:14:24.960><c> know</c><00:14:25.120><c> you're</c><00:14:25.379><c> gonna</c><00:14:25.500><c> die.</c>

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So<00:14:27.080><c> that's</c><00:14:27.340><c> one</c><00:14:27.519><c> way</c><00:14:27.720><c> in</c><00:14:27.820><c> which</c><00:14:27.980><c> it's</c><00:14:28.120><c> better</c><00:14:28.360><c> to</c><00:14:28.519><c> be</c><00:14:28.720><c> alive</c>

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than<00:14:29.120><c> to</c><00:14:29.279><c> be</c><00:14:29.419><c> dead,</c><00:14:29.879><c> but</c><00:14:30.019><c> there</c><00:14:30.200><c> are</c><00:14:30.279><c> other</c><00:14:30.399><c> ways</c>

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in<00:14:30.820><c> which</c><00:14:30.940><c> it's</c><00:14:31.080><c> better</c><00:14:31.279><c> to</c><00:14:31.440><c> be</c><00:14:31.539><c> dead</c><00:14:31.720><c> than</c><00:14:31.860><c> to</c><00:14:32.019><c> be</c><00:14:32.179><c> alive.</c>

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Now,<00:14:33.940><c> we</c><00:14:34.039><c> don't</c><00:14:34.220><c> normally</c><00:14:34.480><c> think</c><00:14:34.700><c> of</c><00:14:34.879><c> that,</c><00:14:35.179><c> do</c><00:14:35.240><c> we?</c>

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But<00:14:36.399><c> the</c><00:14:36.600><c> preacher</c><00:14:36.899><c> does.</c>

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And<00:14:38.639><c> let's</c><00:14:39.000><c> have</c><00:14:39.159><c> a</c><00:14:39.240><c> look</c><00:14:39.419><c> at</c><00:14:39.559><c> two</c><00:14:39.820><c> of</c><00:14:40.039><c> those</c><00:14:40.299><c> passages.</c>

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One<00:14:41.480><c> is</c><00:14:42.580><c> in</c><00:14:42.700><c> chapter</c><00:14:43.120><c> seven.</c>

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A<00:14:58.299><c> good</c><00:14:58.600><c> name</c><00:14:59.000><c> is</c><00:14:59.600><c> better</c><00:14:59.879><c> than</c><00:15:00.179><c> precious</c><00:15:00.500><c> ointment.</c>

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And<00:15:02.240><c> the</c><00:15:02.360><c> day</c><00:15:02.519><c> of</c><00:15:02.720><c> death</c><00:15:03.279><c> than</c><00:15:04.419><c> the</c><00:15:04.559><c> day</c><00:15:04.740><c> of</c><00:15:04.899><c> one's</c><00:15:05.299><c> birth.</c>

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Now,<00:15:08.179><c> the</c><00:15:08.399><c> first</c><00:15:08.600><c> part</c><00:15:08.779><c> of</c><00:15:08.919><c> that</c><00:15:09.039><c> is</c><00:15:09.200><c> quite</c><00:15:09.419><c> nice,</c><00:15:09.779><c> isn't</c><00:15:09.940><c> it?</c>

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A<00:15:11.000><c> good</c><00:15:11.200><c> name</c><00:15:11.419><c> is</c><00:15:11.580><c> better</c><00:15:11.779><c> than</c><00:15:12.019><c> precious</c><00:15:12.299><c> ointment.</c>

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So<00:15:15.860><c> which</c><00:15:16.019><c> would</c><00:15:16.139><c> you</c><00:15:16.340><c> rather</c><00:15:16.539><c> have?</c>

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Would<00:15:19.139><c> you</c><00:15:19.379><c> rather</c><00:15:19.759><c> have</c><00:15:20.620><c> a</c><00:15:20.759><c> good</c><00:15:20.960><c> name</c>

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that<00:15:21.539><c> people</c><00:15:21.860><c> respect</c><00:15:22.460><c> you</c><00:15:22.799><c> and</c><00:15:23.019><c> honor</c><00:15:23.200><c> you,</c>

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or<00:15:24.879><c> would</c><00:15:25.039><c> you</c><00:15:25.159><c> rather</c><00:15:25.279><c> smell</c><00:15:25.539><c> nice?</c>

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Well,<00:15:31.379><c> you</c><00:15:31.620><c> know,</c><00:15:31.879><c> probably,</c><00:15:32.240><c> I</c><00:15:32.360><c> mean,</c>

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we'd<00:15:32.679><c> like</c><00:15:32.759><c> to</c><00:15:32.960><c> hear</c><00:15:32.980><c> whether</c><00:15:33.139><c> I'd</c><00:15:33.340><c> say</c><00:15:33.460><c> both,</c><00:15:34.059><c> please,</c>

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but<00:15:35.320><c> if</c><00:15:36.179><c> it's</c><00:15:36.419><c> an</c><00:15:36.559><c> either</c><00:15:36.919><c> or,</c>

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I'd<00:15:38.200><c> probably</c><00:15:38.559><c> rather</c><00:15:39.100><c> have</c><00:15:40.100><c> the</c><00:15:40.340><c> reputation,</c>

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have<00:15:41.820><c> the</c><00:15:42.039><c> good</c><00:15:42.279><c> name.</c>

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I<00:15:45.179><c> don't</c><00:15:45.340><c> know</c><00:15:45.399><c> if</c><00:15:45.440><c> it's</c><00:15:45.620><c> possible</c><00:15:45.960><c> to</c><00:15:46.159><c> have</c><00:15:46.320><c> a</c><00:15:46.419><c> good</c><00:15:46.559><c> reputation</c>

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and<00:15:47.100><c> a</c><00:15:47.120><c> good</c><00:15:47.259><c> name</c><00:15:47.399><c> when</c><00:15:47.519><c> you</c><00:15:47.659><c> don't</c><00:15:47.879><c> smell</c><00:15:48.059><c> nice,</c>

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but<00:15:50.100><c> let's</c><00:15:50.580><c> imagine</c><00:15:50.940><c> that</c><00:15:51.220><c> theoretically</c><00:15:51.620><c> it</c><00:15:51.879><c> was.</c>

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But<00:15:55.960><c> you</c><00:15:56.080><c> can</c><00:15:56.360><c> see</c><00:15:56.639><c> that</c><00:15:57.019><c> a</c><00:15:57.179><c> good</c><00:15:57.320><c> name</c>

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is<00:15:57.620><c> better</c><00:15:57.799><c> than</c><00:15:58.019><c> precious</c><00:15:58.259><c> ointment</c>

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is<00:15:58.700><c> one</c><00:15:58.879><c> of</c><00:15:58.980><c> those</c><00:15:59.220><c> things</c><00:15:59.659><c> that,</c><00:16:00.120><c> you</c><00:16:00.240><c> know,</c>

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that<00:16:00.539><c> might</c><00:16:00.620><c> well</c><00:16:00.840><c> have</c><00:16:01.000><c> occurred</c><00:16:01.220><c> in</c><00:16:01.460><c> proverbs,</c>

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that<00:16:01.980><c> verse,</c><00:16:02.340><c> mightn't</c><00:16:02.620><c> it?</c>

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A<00:16:03.100><c> bit</c><00:16:03.179><c> like</c><00:16:03.399><c> a</c><00:16:03.539><c> living</c><00:16:03.720><c> dog</c><00:16:03.919><c> is</c><00:16:04.059><c> better</c><00:16:04.279><c> than</c><00:16:04.460><c> a</c><00:16:04.559><c> dead</c><00:16:04.740><c> lion.</c>

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You<00:16:05.399><c> know,</c><00:16:05.700><c> it's</c><00:16:05.940><c> a</c><00:16:06.039><c> sort</c><00:16:06.179><c> of</c><00:16:06.440><c> stand,</c>

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a<00:16:08.080><c> little</c><00:16:08.440><c> quotable</c><00:16:09.460><c> expression,</c><00:16:10.580><c> a</c><00:16:10.779><c> little</c><00:16:11.000><c> proverb,</c>

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that,<00:16:12.860><c> you</c><00:16:13.220><c> know,</c><00:16:13.220><c> you</c><00:16:13.340><c> think</c><00:16:13.480><c> about</c><00:16:13.620><c> it</c><00:16:13.720><c> and</c><00:16:13.740><c> think,</c>

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yeah,<00:16:14.220><c> I</c><00:16:14.419><c> can</c><00:16:14.700><c> see,</c><00:16:15.759><c> to</c><00:16:15.940><c> have</c><00:16:16.159><c> a</c><00:16:16.299><c> good</c><00:16:16.480><c> reputation,</c>

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to<00:16:17.179><c> be</c><00:16:17.299><c> held</c><00:16:17.480><c> in</c><00:16:17.700><c> esteem</c><00:16:18.039><c> by</c><00:16:18.299><c> others</c><00:16:18.620><c> is</c><00:16:19.080><c> not</c><00:16:19.399><c> a</c><00:16:19.500><c> light</c><00:16:19.639><c> thing.</c>

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That's<00:16:20.340><c> something</c><00:16:20.500><c> that's</c><00:16:20.779><c> really</c><00:16:21.059><c> valuable,</c>

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and<00:16:22.080><c> if</c><00:16:22.320><c> you</c><00:16:23.019><c> have</c><00:16:23.279><c> that</c><00:16:23.779><c> by</c><00:16:24.539><c> virtue</c><00:16:24.919><c> of</c><00:16:25.179><c> your</c><00:16:25.379><c> conduct</c>

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and,<00:16:27.399><c> or</c><00:16:28.039><c> whatever</c><00:16:28.279><c> it</c><00:16:28.480><c> is,</c><00:16:29.720><c> then</c><00:16:29.960><c> you</c><00:16:30.179><c> have</c><00:16:30.379><c> a</c><00:16:30.600><c> precious</c><00:16:30.840><c> thing,</c>

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which<00:16:32.600><c> is</c><00:16:32.820><c> not</c><00:16:32.960><c> to</c><00:16:33.120><c> be</c><00:16:33.299><c> lightly</c><00:16:33.539><c> esteemed.</c>

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So<00:16:35.940><c> that's</c><00:16:36.320><c> fine,</c><00:16:37.779><c> but</c><00:16:38.299><c> then</c><00:16:38.480><c> he</c><00:16:38.639><c> says</c><00:16:38.759><c> something</c>

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that<00:16:39.200><c> doesn't</c><00:16:39.419><c> seem</c><00:16:39.639><c> to</c><00:16:39.840><c> fit</c><00:16:39.940><c> with</c><00:16:40.120><c> it</c><00:16:40.259><c> at</c><00:16:40.419><c> all,</c><00:16:40.740><c> doesn't</c><00:16:40.940><c> he?</c>

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And<00:16:41.559><c> the</c><00:16:41.679><c> day</c><00:16:41.879><c> of</c><00:16:42.019><c> death</c><00:16:42.240><c> is</c><00:16:42.440><c> better</c><00:16:42.580><c> than</c><00:16:42.700><c> the</c><00:16:42.799><c> day</c><00:16:42.960><c> of</c><00:16:43.059><c> one's</c><00:16:43.399><c> birth.</c>

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What<00:16:45.240><c> on</c><00:16:45.460><c> earth</c><00:16:45.700><c> does</c><00:16:45.940><c> that</c><00:16:46.179><c> have</c><00:16:46.480><c> to</c><00:16:46.639><c> do</c>

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with<00:16:46.919><c> a</c><00:16:47.100><c> good</c><00:16:47.279><c> name</c><00:16:47.500><c> being</c><00:16:47.759><c> better</c><00:16:48.000><c> than</c><00:16:48.259><c> precious</c><00:16:48.539><c> ointment?</c>

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Doesn't<00:16:50.220><c> seem</c><00:16:50.460><c> to</c><00:16:50.539><c> have</c><00:16:50.639><c> a</c><00:16:50.740><c> lot</c><00:16:50.899><c> to</c><00:16:51.100><c> do</c><00:16:51.179><c> with</c><00:16:51.320><c> it</c><00:16:51.480><c> at</c><00:16:51.600><c> all,</c><00:16:51.919><c> does</c><00:16:51.960><c> it?</c>

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And<00:16:52.879><c> now</c><00:16:53.220><c> this</c><00:16:53.759><c> is,</c><00:16:53.820><c> this</c><00:16:54.220><c> now</c><00:16:54.519><c> is</c><00:16:54.779><c> one</c><00:16:55.039><c> of,</c>

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is<00:16:56.100><c> one</c><00:16:56.320><c> of</c><00:16:56.480><c> the</c><00:16:56.679><c> preacher's</c><00:16:57.659><c> favorite</c><00:16:58.039><c> techniques.</c>

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He<00:17:00.360><c> says</c><00:17:00.600><c> something</c><00:17:01.240><c> that</c><00:17:02.580><c> seems</c><00:17:03.019><c> to</c><00:17:03.340><c> be</c><00:17:03.960><c> true</c><00:17:04.279><c> and</c><00:17:04.599><c> right,</c>

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and<00:17:06.140><c> then</c><00:17:06.240><c> he</c><00:17:06.359><c> says</c><00:17:06.480><c> something</c><00:17:07.460><c> else</c><00:17:08.119><c> which</c><00:17:08.720><c> jars</c><00:17:09.160><c> in</c><00:17:09.460><c> some</c><00:17:09.700><c> way.</c>

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Sometimes<00:17:11.119><c> it</c><00:17:11.359><c> contradicts</c><00:17:12.140><c> or</c><00:17:12.259><c> stands</c><00:17:12.599><c> in</c><00:17:12.940><c> tension,</c>

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is<00:17:13.599><c> a</c><00:17:13.839><c> polite</c><00:17:14.059><c> way</c><00:17:14.279><c> of</c><00:17:14.339><c> saying</c><00:17:14.619><c> that,</c>

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and<00:17:17.000><c> sometimes</c><00:17:17.400><c> it</c><00:17:17.619><c> just</c><00:17:17.960><c> jars</c><00:17:18.299><c> or</c><00:17:18.519><c> doesn't</c><00:17:18.819><c> seem</c><00:17:19.079><c> to</c><00:17:19.319><c> fit</c><00:17:19.519><c> well.</c>

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And<00:17:21.380><c> the</c><00:17:21.700><c> preacher</c><00:17:21.960><c> is</c><00:17:22.240><c> always</c><00:17:22.839><c> collecting</c><00:17:23.299><c> things</c><00:17:23.619><c> like</c><00:17:23.900><c> this</c>

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that<00:17:24.359><c> don't</c><00:17:24.660><c> seem</c><00:17:24.900><c> to</c><00:17:25.099><c> fit</c><00:17:25.220><c> well.</c>

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So<00:17:26.579><c> he</c><00:17:26.759><c> has</c><00:17:26.980><c> this</c><00:17:27.240><c> concept</c><00:17:27.680><c> of</c><00:17:27.920><c> judgment,</c>

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and<00:17:30.400><c> yet</c><00:17:30.539><c> he</c><00:17:30.839><c> notices</c><00:17:31.400><c> that</c><00:17:32.900><c> death</c><00:17:34.339><c> happens</c><00:17:34.720><c> to</c><00:17:35.000><c> all,</c>

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to<00:17:35.920><c> those</c><00:17:36.099><c> who</c><00:17:36.240><c> have</c><00:17:36.400><c> done</c><00:17:36.519><c> good</c><00:17:36.779><c> works</c>

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and<00:17:37.259><c> to</c><00:17:37.380><c> those</c><00:17:37.519><c> who</c><00:17:37.660><c> have</c><00:17:37.779><c> done</c><00:17:37.900><c> evil</c><00:17:38.180><c> works.</c>

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And<00:17:43.079><c> this</c><00:17:43.519><c> is</c><00:17:43.680><c> gonna</c><00:17:43.799><c> happen</c><00:17:43.980><c> all</c><00:17:44.160><c> the</c><00:17:44.319><c> time.</c>

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I<00:17:44.680><c> just</c><00:17:44.880><c> want</c><00:17:44.980><c> to</c><00:17:45.140><c> introduce</c><00:17:45.500><c> that</c><00:17:45.799><c> idea</c>

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and<00:17:46.940><c> we'll</c><00:17:47.099><c> take</c><00:17:47.319><c> it,</c><00:17:47.779><c> we'll</c><00:17:48.140><c> be</c><00:17:48.279><c> taking</c><00:17:48.500><c> it</c><00:17:48.779><c> further,</c>

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hopefully,<00:17:50.000><c> hopefully</c><00:17:50.720><c> tomorrow.</c>

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It's<00:17:52.319><c> a</c><00:17:52.380><c> deliberate</c><00:17:52.859><c> part</c><00:17:53.220><c> of</c><00:17:54.220><c> his</c><00:17:54.359><c> strategy.</c>

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Now,<00:18:00.740><c> what</c><00:18:00.940><c> then</c><00:18:01.140><c> is</c><00:18:01.259><c> the</c><00:18:01.500><c> connection</c>

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between<00:18:02.279><c> a</c><00:18:02.460><c> good</c><00:18:02.619><c> name</c><00:18:02.779><c> is</c><00:18:02.900><c> better</c><00:18:03.099><c> than</c><00:18:03.259><c> precious</c><00:18:03.519><c> ointment</c>

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and<00:18:04.019><c> the</c><00:18:04.140><c> day</c><00:18:04.259><c> of</c><00:18:04.400><c> death</c><00:18:04.519><c> is</c><00:18:04.700><c> better</c><00:18:04.880><c> than</c><00:18:05.099><c> one's</c><00:18:05.559><c> birth?</c>

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Well,<00:18:07.160><c> it</c><00:18:07.420><c> takes</c><00:18:07.880><c> a</c><00:18:08.299><c> long</c><00:18:08.599><c> time</c><00:18:09.160><c> to</c><00:18:09.599><c> build</c><00:18:09.799><c> a</c><00:18:09.960><c> good</c><00:18:10.099><c> reputation.</c>

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No<00:18:11.900><c> one</c><00:18:12.119><c> can</c><00:18:12.359><c> build</c><00:18:12.619><c> a</c><00:18:12.799><c> good</c><00:18:12.940><c> reputation</c>

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to<00:18:13.940><c> get</c><00:18:14.200><c> a</c><00:18:14.400><c> good</c><00:18:14.579><c> name</c><00:18:15.059><c> in</c><00:18:15.539><c> two</c><00:18:15.720><c> minutes,</c><00:18:16.160><c> can</c><00:18:16.299><c> they?</c>

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It<00:18:18.440><c> takes</c><00:18:19.079><c> years,</c><00:18:19.779><c> usually,</c><00:18:20.680><c> of</c><00:18:20.940><c> work</c><00:18:21.440><c> and</c><00:18:21.839><c> effort</c>

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so<00:18:22.619><c> that</c><00:18:22.839><c> people</c><00:18:23.099><c> can</c><00:18:23.420><c> come</c><00:18:23.740><c> to</c><00:18:24.059><c> see</c><00:18:24.380><c> that</c><00:18:24.859><c> you</c><00:18:25.200><c> are</c><00:18:25.539><c> consistent,</c>

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that<00:18:26.740><c> you</c><00:18:27.019><c> are</c><00:18:27.299><c> faithful,</c>

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that<00:18:28.259><c> you</c><00:18:28.480><c> are</c><00:18:28.759><c> systematically</c><00:18:29.839><c> such</c><00:18:30.519><c> a</c><00:18:30.839><c> way,</c>

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and<00:18:31.960><c> they</c><00:18:32.160><c> didn't</c><00:18:32.359><c> just</c><00:18:32.640><c> happen</c><00:18:32.799><c> to</c><00:18:33.019><c> get</c><00:18:33.180><c> you</c>

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at<00:18:33.519><c> a</c><00:18:33.799><c> freak</c><00:18:34.019><c> moment</c><00:18:34.579><c> of</c><00:18:35.099><c> goodness.</c>

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And<00:18:37.819><c> it's</c><00:18:38.259><c> that,</c><00:18:38.519><c> it's</c><00:18:38.819><c> that</c><00:18:39.079><c> consistency</c>

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where<00:18:39.960><c> you</c><00:18:40.200><c> build</c><00:18:40.519><c> one</c><00:18:40.859><c> thing</c><00:18:40.980><c> on</c><00:18:41.200><c> top</c><00:18:41.440><c> of</c><00:18:41.599><c> another</c>

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and<00:18:41.980><c> you</c><00:18:42.160><c> keep</c><00:18:42.420><c> building</c><00:18:42.819><c> over</c><00:18:43.160><c> a</c><00:18:43.359><c> period</c><00:18:43.539><c> of</c><00:18:43.779><c> time</c>

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that<00:18:44.359><c> people</c><00:18:44.700><c> then</c><00:18:45.000><c> know</c><00:18:45.160><c> that</c><00:18:45.319><c> they</c><00:18:45.480><c> can</c><00:18:45.700><c> trust</c><00:18:45.940><c> you</c>

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and<00:18:47.440><c> that</c><00:18:47.660><c> you</c><00:18:47.880><c> are</c><00:18:48.259><c> reliable,</c><00:18:48.660><c> that</c><00:18:48.779><c> you</c><00:18:48.960><c> are</c><00:18:49.200><c> faithful,</c>

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and<00:18:50.200><c> that</c><00:18:50.440><c> your</c><00:18:50.740><c> good</c><00:18:51.039><c> name</c><00:18:51.420><c> is</c><00:18:51.859><c> built.</c>

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Now,<00:18:53.319><c> if</c><00:18:53.460><c> it</c><00:18:53.640><c> takes</c><00:18:53.859><c> a</c><00:18:54.039><c> long</c><00:18:54.240><c> time</c><00:18:54.519><c> to</c><00:18:54.680><c> build</c><00:18:54.839><c> a</c><00:18:55.019><c> good</c><00:18:55.200><c> name,</c>

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how<00:18:55.680><c> long</c><00:18:55.859><c> does</c><00:18:56.019><c> it</c><00:18:56.220><c> take</c><00:18:56.380><c> to</c><00:18:56.619><c> destroy</c><00:18:57.000><c> one?</c>

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Now,<00:18:58.400><c> that</c><00:18:58.579><c> can</c><00:18:58.740><c> be</c><00:18:58.900><c> done</c><00:18:59.039><c> in</c><00:18:59.259><c> two</c><00:18:59.380><c> minutes,</c><00:18:59.980><c> can't</c><00:19:00.019><c> it?</c>

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It<00:19:01.119><c> can</c><00:19:01.299><c> be</c><00:19:01.420><c> done</c><00:19:01.500><c> a</c><00:19:01.599><c> lot</c><00:19:01.720><c> quicker</c><00:19:01.980><c> than</c><00:19:02.279><c> that.</c>

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Now,<00:19:07.119><c> why</c><00:19:07.559><c> is</c><00:19:07.819><c> that?</c>

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Why<00:19:08.839><c> is</c><00:19:08.960><c> it</c><00:19:09.099><c> that</c><00:19:09.299><c> imbalanced?</c>

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Why<00:19:10.039><c> does</c><00:19:10.180><c> it</c><00:19:10.319><c> take</c><00:19:10.500><c> so</c><00:19:10.720><c> long</c><00:19:10.839><c> to</c><00:19:11.059><c> build</c><00:19:11.259><c> that</c><00:19:11.599><c> thing</c>

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and<00:19:11.960><c> can</c><00:19:13.119><c> be</c><00:19:13.400><c> torn</c><00:19:13.640><c> down</c><00:19:13.920><c> so</c><00:19:14.279><c> quickly?</c>

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That<00:19:15.920><c> doesn't</c><00:19:16.099><c> seem</c><00:19:16.299><c> right.</c>

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That<00:19:16.599><c> seems</c><00:19:16.720><c> an</c><00:19:16.980><c> absurdity,</c><00:19:17.559><c> doesn't</c><00:19:17.740><c> it?</c>

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You<00:19:18.519><c> know,</c><00:19:19.019><c> it's</c><00:19:19.359><c> like</c><00:19:19.559><c> climbing</c><00:19:19.940><c> this</c><00:19:20.240><c> huge</c><00:19:20.559><c> hill</c>

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and<00:19:20.920><c> then</c><00:19:21.039><c> you</c><00:19:21.119><c> just</c><00:19:21.740><c> plummet</c><00:19:22.119><c> to</c><00:19:22.299><c> the</c><00:19:22.500><c> bottom.</c>

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Why<00:19:25.599><c> is</c><00:19:25.779><c> it</c><00:19:25.920><c> like</c><00:19:26.119><c> that?</c>

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Isn't<00:19:27.059><c> that</c><00:19:27.380><c> a</c><00:19:27.539><c> vanity?</c>

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Well,<00:19:29.740><c> and</c><00:19:30.180><c> there's</c><00:19:30.400><c> only</c><00:19:30.680><c> one</c><00:19:30.940><c> way</c>

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that<00:19:31.839><c> you</c><00:19:32.000><c> can</c><00:19:32.319><c> lock</c><00:19:32.559><c> in</c><00:19:32.759><c> your</c><00:19:32.920><c> good</c><00:19:33.140><c> name.</c>

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Do<00:19:34.859><c> you</c><00:19:34.880><c> know</c><00:19:34.960><c> what</c><00:19:35.039><c> that</c><00:19:35.200><c> is?</c>

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It's<00:19:36.539><c> to</c><00:19:36.700><c> die,</c><00:19:36.960><c> isn't</c><00:19:37.119><c> it?</c>

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And<00:19:38.440><c> you</c><00:19:38.519><c> know,</c><00:19:38.700><c> so</c><00:19:38.779><c> there's</c><00:19:38.920><c> this</c><00:19:39.119><c> debate</c><00:19:39.460><c> about</c>

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who<00:19:40.279><c> was</c><00:19:40.500><c> the</c><00:19:40.700><c> greatest</c><00:19:41.059><c> Beatle?</c>

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Was<00:19:42.079><c> it</c><00:19:42.259><c> John</c><00:19:42.559><c> Lennon</c><00:19:42.720><c> or</c><00:19:42.940><c> Paul</c><00:19:43.240><c> McCartney?</c>

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Now,<00:19:44.400><c> you</c><00:19:44.559><c> might</c><00:19:44.759><c> have</c><00:19:44.980><c> your</c><00:19:45.160><c> view</c><00:19:45.319><c> on</c><00:19:45.559><c> that.</c>

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You<00:19:45.920><c> know,</c><00:19:46.059><c> if</c><00:19:46.180><c> you</c><00:19:46.339><c> like</c><00:19:46.500><c> melody,</c><00:19:46.920><c> maybe</c><00:19:47.220><c> you'll</c><00:19:47.480><c> say</c><00:19:47.619><c> it's</c><00:19:47.859><c> Paul.</c>

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And<00:19:48.940><c> you</c><00:19:49.500><c> know,</c><00:19:49.579><c> if</c><00:19:49.700><c> you</c><00:19:49.819><c> like</c><00:19:49.980><c> clever</c><00:19:50.759><c> lyrics,</c>

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you<00:19:51.259><c> might</c><00:19:51.500><c> say</c><00:19:51.680><c> it's</c><00:19:51.940><c> John.</c>

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But<00:19:56.400><c> the</c><00:19:56.839><c> fact</c><00:19:57.019><c> that</c><00:19:57.220><c> John</c><00:19:57.420><c> Lennon</c><00:19:57.779><c> died</c>

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and<00:19:58.440><c> that</c><00:19:58.660><c> Paul</c><00:19:58.799><c> McCartney</c><00:19:59.420><c> is</c><00:19:59.680><c> still</c><00:19:59.940><c> alive</c>

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is<00:20:01.299><c> actually</c><00:20:01.779><c> quite</c><00:20:02.119><c> a</c><00:20:02.339><c> big</c><00:20:02.619><c> point</c><00:20:02.900><c> in</c><00:20:03.240><c> favor</c>

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of<00:20:03.839><c> more</c><00:20:04.019><c> people</c><00:20:04.299><c> thinking</c><00:20:04.640><c> that</c><00:20:04.839><c> it's</c><00:20:05.019><c> John</c>

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rather<00:20:05.480><c> than</c><00:20:05.720><c> Paul,</c><00:20:05.960><c> isn't</c><00:20:06.220><c> it?</c>

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You<00:20:10.640><c> lock</c><00:20:10.839><c> it</c><00:20:11.079><c> in,</c><00:20:11.759><c> don't</c><00:20:11.920><c> you?</c>

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It's<00:20:12.259><c> like</c><00:20:12.420><c> people</c><00:20:13.740><c> retiring</c><00:20:14.319><c> at</c><00:20:14.559><c> the</c><00:20:14.759><c> peak</c><00:20:14.920><c> of</c><00:20:15.099><c> their</c><00:20:15.279><c> game,</c>

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isn't<00:20:15.759><c> it,</c><00:20:15.920><c> after</c><00:20:16.200><c> some</c><00:20:16.559><c> incredible</c><00:20:17.579><c> record</c><00:20:18.220><c>-breaking</c><00:20:18.619><c> run</c>

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of<00:20:19.220><c> goals</c><00:20:19.619><c> or</c><00:20:20.640><c> strikes</c><00:20:21.079><c> or</c><00:20:21.259><c> something.</c>

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And<00:20:23.740><c> then</c><00:20:24.299><c> just</c><00:20:24.660><c> stopping</c><00:20:25.000><c> there,</c>

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instead<00:20:25.900><c> of</c><00:20:26.140><c> having</c><00:20:26.480><c> this</c><00:20:26.819><c> slow</c><00:20:27.180><c> decline</c>

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where<00:20:27.900><c> you</c><00:20:28.119><c> gradually</c><00:20:28.440><c> go</c><00:20:28.680><c> from</c><00:20:28.859><c> the</c><00:20:29.039><c> top</c><00:20:29.240><c> division</c>

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to<00:20:29.660><c> the</c><00:20:29.779><c> next</c><00:20:30.079><c> division</c><00:20:30.420><c> and</c><00:20:30.640><c> then</c><00:20:30.819><c> you're</c><00:20:31.380><c> sort</c><00:20:31.500><c> of</c><00:20:31.740><c> playing</c>

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in<00:20:32.819><c> the</c><00:20:33.099><c> league</c><00:20:33.319><c> at</c><00:20:33.500><c> your</c><00:20:33.640><c> local</c><00:20:34.059><c> town</c>

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and<00:20:34.500><c> nobody</c><00:20:34.740><c> cares</c><00:20:35.140><c> anymore.</c>

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And<00:20:38.799><c> that's</c><00:20:39.140><c> the</c><00:20:39.359><c> connection</c><00:20:39.839><c> then.</c>

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And<00:20:41.440><c> do</c><00:20:41.599><c> you</c><00:20:41.599><c> see</c><00:20:41.720><c> how</c><00:20:42.039><c> ironic</c><00:20:42.440><c> it</c><00:20:42.720><c> is?</c>

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It's<00:20:43.119><c> like,</c><00:20:43.240><c> well,</c><00:20:43.440><c> it's</c><00:20:43.700><c> great</c><00:20:44.000><c> to</c><00:20:44.319><c> get</c><00:20:44.500><c> your</c><00:20:44.660><c> good</c><00:20:44.900><c> name,</c>

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but<00:20:45.660><c> you</c><00:20:45.720><c> know,</c><00:20:46.400><c> then</c><00:20:46.599><c> you</c><00:20:46.740><c> better</c><00:20:46.880><c> die</c><00:20:47.200><c> quick.</c>

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And<00:20:49.500><c> then</c><00:20:49.940><c> you'll</c><00:20:50.200><c> be</c><00:20:50.400><c> okay.</c>

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And<00:20:51.160><c> then,</c><00:20:51.380><c> of</c><00:20:51.440><c> course,</c><00:20:51.599><c> what</c><00:20:51.799><c> use</c><00:20:51.960><c> is</c><00:20:52.059><c> your</c><00:20:52.220><c> good</c><00:20:52.440><c> name</c><00:20:52.599><c> to</c>

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you<00:20:52.900><c> then?</c>

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It's<00:20:53.599><c> of</c><00:20:53.700><c> no</c><00:20:53.859><c> use</c><00:20:54.039><c> at</c><00:20:54.259><c> all</c><00:20:54.460><c> and</c><00:20:54.680><c> it's</c><00:20:54.940><c> gonna</c><00:20:55.039><c> be</c><00:20:55.240><c> soon</c><00:20:55.500><c> forgotten,</c>

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which<00:20:56.279><c> is</c><00:20:56.480><c> something</c><00:20:56.660><c> that</c><00:20:56.819><c> he's</c><00:20:57.059><c> gonna</c><00:20:57.200><c> point</c><00:20:57.480><c> out</c>

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elsewhere<00:20:58.019><c> in</c><00:20:58.240><c> the</c><00:20:58.380><c> book.</c>

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So<00:20:59.759><c> maybe</c><00:20:59.960><c> it's</c><00:21:00.160><c> better</c><00:21:00.279><c> to</c><00:21:00.440><c> be</c><00:21:00.640><c> dead.</c>

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Well,<00:21:02.180><c> let's</c><00:21:02.400><c> have</c><00:21:02.539><c> a</c><00:21:02.559><c> look</c><00:21:02.720><c> at</c><00:21:02.859><c> chapter</c><00:21:03.079><c> four</c>

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and<00:21:03.759><c> there's</c><00:21:04.339><c> more</c><00:21:04.579><c> along</c><00:21:04.839><c> those</c><00:21:05.119><c> lines.</c>

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So<00:21:20.660><c> I</c><00:21:21.180><c> returned</c><00:21:21.839><c> and</c><00:21:22.539><c> considered</c><00:21:22.920><c> all</c><00:21:23.259><c> the</c><00:21:23.480><c> oppressions</c>

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that<00:21:24.279><c> I'd</c><00:21:24.359><c> done</c><00:21:24.559><c> under</c><00:21:24.819><c> the</c><00:21:25.059><c> sun.</c>

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And<00:21:26.279><c> behold,</c><00:21:26.599><c> the</c><00:21:26.779><c> tears</c><00:21:27.079><c> of</c><00:21:27.339><c> such</c><00:21:27.619><c> as</c><00:21:27.880><c> were</c><00:21:28.119><c> oppressed</c>

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and<00:21:29.240><c> they</c><00:21:29.400><c> had</c><00:21:29.619><c> no</c><00:21:29.940><c> comforter.</c>

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And<00:21:31.279><c> on</c><00:21:31.440><c> the</c><00:21:31.579><c> side</c><00:21:31.740><c> of</c><00:21:31.920><c> their</c><00:21:32.099><c> oppressors,</c>

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there<00:21:33.240><c> was</c><00:21:33.460><c> power,</c><00:21:35.079><c> but</c><00:21:35.420><c> they</c><00:21:35.619><c> had</c><00:21:35.819><c> no</c><00:21:36.059><c> comforter.</c>

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So<00:21:39.440><c> this</c><00:21:39.900><c> is</c><00:21:40.099><c> another</c><00:21:40.279><c> part</c><00:21:40.579><c> of</c><00:21:40.740><c> his</c><00:21:40.960><c> investigation</c><00:21:41.700><c> then.</c>

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He<00:21:42.160><c> goes</c><00:21:42.440><c> and</c><00:21:42.740><c> considers</c><00:21:43.279><c> all</c><00:21:43.920><c> the</c><00:21:44.200><c> examples</c><00:21:44.599><c> of</c><00:21:44.900><c> oppression,</c>

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of<00:21:45.960><c> injustice,</c><00:21:47.059><c> of</c><00:21:47.299><c> exploitation</c>

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that<00:21:49.240><c> he</c><00:21:49.420><c> can</c><00:21:49.680><c> find</c><00:21:50.019><c> in</c><00:21:50.180><c> the</c><00:21:50.380><c> world.</c>

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How<00:21:50.759><c> long</c><00:21:50.900><c> do</c><00:21:50.980><c> you</c><00:21:51.000><c> think</c><00:21:51.059><c> that</c><00:21:51.259><c> took</c><00:21:51.440><c> him?</c>

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That<00:21:53.140><c> must</c><00:21:53.339><c> have</c><00:21:53.460><c> been</c><00:21:53.579><c> a</c><00:21:54.839><c> pretty</c><00:21:55.039><c> lengthy</c><00:21:55.500><c> investigation,</c>

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wouldn't<00:21:56.640><c> it?</c>

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The<00:21:57.079><c> world</c><00:21:57.440><c> is</c><00:21:57.880><c> full</c><00:21:58.339><c> of</c><00:21:59.440><c> that</c><00:21:59.779><c> stuff.</c>

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And<00:22:02.680><c> it's</c><00:22:03.359><c> amazing,</c><00:22:03.819><c> isn't</c><00:22:04.000><c> it,</c>

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that<00:22:04.859><c> people</c><00:22:05.299><c> should</c><00:22:05.599><c> really</c><00:22:05.980><c> believe</c>

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that<00:22:07.819><c> we</c><00:22:09.160><c> can</c><00:22:09.359><c> heal</c><00:22:09.619><c> ourselves,</c>

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that<00:22:12.019><c> it's</c><00:22:12.700><c> getting</c><00:22:12.900><c> better.</c>

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Because<00:22:13.920><c> we</c><00:22:14.160><c> know</c><00:22:14.339><c> when</c><00:22:14.480><c> we</c><00:22:14.640><c> go</c><00:22:14.819><c> out</c><00:22:15.059><c> there</c>

00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:16.819
into<00:22:15.440><c> different</c><00:22:15.740><c> parts</c><00:22:16.019><c> of</c><00:22:16.200><c> the</c><00:22:16.400><c> world,</c>

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that<00:22:17.440><c> oppression</c><00:22:17.980><c> and</c><00:22:18.240><c> that</c><00:22:18.539><c> cruelty</c><00:22:18.920><c> and</c><00:22:19.140><c> that</c><00:22:19.339><c> injustice</c>

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is<00:22:20.740><c> just</c><00:22:21.099><c> as</c><00:22:21.319><c> alive</c><00:22:21.579><c> today</c><00:22:21.960><c> in</c><00:22:22.140><c> the</c><00:22:22.339><c> world</c><00:22:22.740><c> as</c><00:22:23.240><c> it</c><00:22:23.500><c> always</c><00:22:23.859><c> was.</c>

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The<00:22:26.039><c> world</c><00:22:26.319><c> is</c><00:22:26.559><c> full</c><00:22:26.759><c> of</c><00:22:26.960><c> it</c><00:22:27.299><c> and</c><00:22:27.900><c> you</c><00:22:28.180><c> can</c><00:22:28.819><c> feel</c><00:22:29.259><c> him</c>

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sort<00:22:30.039><c> of</c><00:22:31.759><c> sinking</c><00:22:32.099><c> down</c><00:22:32.579><c> under</c><00:22:32.819><c> the</c><00:22:33.099><c> weight</c><00:22:33.400><c> of</c><00:22:33.900><c> considering</c><00:22:34.220><c> it.</c>

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I<00:22:34.680><c> mean,</c><00:22:34.759><c> it's</c><00:22:34.940><c> bad</c><00:22:35.059><c> enough</c><00:22:35.279><c> just</c><00:22:35.539><c> to</c><00:22:35.680><c> know</c><00:22:35.799><c> one</c><00:22:36.039><c> or</c><00:22:36.220><c> two</c><00:22:36.500><c> examples</c>

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and<00:22:37.299><c> to</c><00:22:37.619><c> really</c><00:22:37.960><c> think</c><00:22:38.339><c> what</c><00:22:38.720><c> it</c><00:22:38.940><c> must</c><00:22:39.099><c> be</c><00:22:39.319><c> like</c>

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for<00:22:39.720><c> those</c><00:22:39.940><c> people</c><00:22:40.279><c> who</c><00:22:40.500><c> have</c><00:22:40.680><c> suffered</c>

00:22:40.940 --> 00:22:43.960
some<00:22:41.420><c> of</c><00:22:41.539><c> the</c><00:22:41.740><c> terrible</c><00:22:42.019><c> things</c><00:22:42.359><c> that</c><00:22:42.539><c> are</c><00:22:42.619><c> done</c><00:22:42.759><c> in</c><00:22:42.960><c> this</c><00:22:43.180><c> world.</c>

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But<00:22:45.380><c> to</c><00:22:46.220><c> imagine</c><00:22:46.920><c> taking</c><00:22:47.920><c> on</c><00:22:48.299><c> all</c><00:22:48.680><c> the</c><00:22:48.920><c> sufferings</c>

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and<00:22:49.539><c> this</c><00:22:49.880><c> then</c><00:22:50.160><c> helps</c><00:22:50.660><c> you</c><00:22:50.859><c> think</c><00:22:51.039><c> about</c><00:22:51.319><c> Christ,</c>

00:22:52.119 --> 00:22:54.220
taking<00:22:52.440><c> on</c><00:22:52.700><c> the</c><00:22:52.859><c> burden</c><00:22:53.059><c> of</c><00:22:53.259><c> our</c><00:22:53.500><c> sins,</c><00:22:53.859><c> isn't</c><00:22:53.960><c> it?</c>

00:22:54.220 --> 00:22:58.000
And<00:22:54.420><c> of</c><00:22:54.579><c> God</c><00:22:55.119><c> having</c><00:22:55.599><c> to</c><00:22:56.000><c> watch</c><00:22:56.400><c> day</c><00:22:56.960><c> after</c><00:22:57.319><c> day</c><00:22:57.519><c> after</c><00:22:57.779><c> day</c>

00:22:58.000 --> 00:23:01.319
and<00:22:58.299><c> stand</c><00:22:58.579><c> back</c><00:22:59.180><c> when</c><00:22:59.539><c> he</c><00:22:59.859><c> could</c><00:23:00.119><c> intervene</c>

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and<00:23:02.480><c> allowing</c><00:23:02.799><c> us</c><00:23:03.140><c> to</c><00:23:03.420><c> have</c><00:23:03.660><c> that</c><00:23:04.039><c> free</c><00:23:04.339><c> will</c>

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to<00:23:04.819><c> do</c><00:23:05.119><c> all</c><00:23:05.359><c> those</c><00:23:05.579><c> evil</c><00:23:05.859><c> things</c><00:23:06.240><c> to</c><00:23:06.440><c> one</c><00:23:06.599><c> another.</c>

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What<00:23:08.160><c> kind</c><00:23:08.559><c> of</c><00:23:08.779><c> forbearance</c><00:23:09.960><c> that</c><00:23:10.299><c> that</c><00:23:11.440><c> must</c><00:23:11.559><c> involve</c>

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on<00:23:12.220><c> his</c><00:23:12.480><c> part.</c>

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And<00:23:12.880><c> Solomon</c><00:23:13.119><c> now</c><00:23:13.420><c> then</c><00:23:13.759><c> does</c><00:23:14.019><c> this</c><00:23:14.319><c> intense</c><00:23:15.079><c> investigation</c>

00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:20.680
of<00:23:17.900><c> this</c><00:23:18.220><c> and</c><00:23:18.380><c> you</c><00:23:18.539><c> can</c><00:23:18.740><c> imagine</c><00:23:19.259><c> how</c><00:23:19.619><c> that</c><00:23:19.900><c> makes</c><00:23:20.099><c> him</c><00:23:20.380><c> feel.</c>

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It<00:23:21.200><c> makes</c><00:23:21.440><c> him</c><00:23:21.740><c> feel</c><00:23:21.940><c> like</c><00:23:22.319><c> this,</c>

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wherefore<00:23:23.240><c> I</c><00:23:23.880><c> praise</c><00:23:24.119><c> the</c><00:23:24.380><c> dead</c><00:23:24.660><c> which</c><00:23:25.160><c> are</c><00:23:25.400><c> already</c><00:23:25.799><c> dead</c>

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more<00:23:26.960><c> than</c><00:23:27.140><c> the</c><00:23:27.359><c> living</c><00:23:27.700><c> which</c><00:23:28.380><c> are</c><00:23:28.579><c> yet</c><00:23:28.779><c> alive.</c>

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Yea,<00:23:30.680><c> better</c><00:23:30.940><c> is</c><00:23:31.220><c> he</c><00:23:31.400><c> than</c><00:23:31.619><c> both</c><00:23:32.140><c> which</c><00:23:32.619><c> hath</c><00:23:32.819><c> not</c><00:23:33.099><c> yet</c><00:23:33.319><c> been,</c>

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which<00:23:33.759><c> hath</c><00:23:33.940><c> not</c><00:23:34.240><c> seen</c><00:23:34.480><c> the</c><00:23:34.740><c> evil</c><00:23:34.960><c> work</c>

00:23:35.460 --> 00:23:38.400
that<00:23:35.960><c> is</c><00:23:36.180><c> done</c><00:23:36.880><c> under</c><00:23:37.380><c> the</c><00:23:37.579><c> sun.</c>

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So<00:23:42.299><c> at</c><00:23:42.819><c> least</c><00:23:43.059><c> when</c><00:23:43.220><c> you're</c><00:23:43.420><c> dead,</c>

00:23:44.720 --> 00:23:46.660
you're<00:23:45.000><c> not</c><00:23:45.140><c> aware</c><00:23:45.480><c> of</c><00:23:45.700><c> all</c><00:23:45.859><c> that</c><00:23:46.059><c> stuff</c><00:23:46.259><c> anymore.</c>

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And<00:23:47.099><c> you</c><00:23:47.640><c> know,</c><00:23:47.759><c> you</c><00:23:48.339><c> have</c><00:23:48.599><c> to</c><00:23:48.880><c> forget</c><00:23:49.059><c> about</c><00:23:49.400><c> it,</c><00:23:49.559><c> don't</c><00:23:49.720><c> you?</c>

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You<00:23:50.200><c> have</c><00:23:50.440><c> to</c><00:23:50.619><c> not</c><00:23:50.880><c> think</c><00:23:51.079><c> about</c><00:23:51.380><c> it.</c>

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Oh,<00:23:51.920><c> how</c><00:23:52.079><c> could</c><00:23:52.259><c> you</c><00:23:52.440><c> carry</c><00:23:52.640><c> on</c><00:23:52.940><c> in</c><00:23:53.079><c> life?</c>

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How<00:23:53.380><c> could</c><00:23:53.539><c> you</c><00:23:53.759><c> carry</c><00:23:53.940><c> on</c><00:23:54.140><c> living?</c>

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It's<00:23:55.319><c> just</c><00:23:55.640><c> too</c><00:23:56.000><c> bad,</c><00:23:56.240><c> isn't</c><00:23:56.460><c> it?</c>

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And<00:24:01.079><c> so</c><00:24:01.279><c> he's</c><00:24:01.500><c> saying</c><00:24:01.599><c> at</c><00:24:01.759><c> least</c><00:24:02.039><c> when</c><00:24:02.200><c> you're</c><00:24:02.420><c> dead,</c>

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that's<00:24:04.819><c> over.</c>

00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:07.099
I<00:24:05.259><c> remember</c><00:24:05.420><c> a</c><00:24:05.519><c> brother</c><00:24:05.640><c> once</c><00:24:05.799><c> giving</c><00:24:05.980><c> an</c><00:24:06.220><c> excitation</c><00:24:06.640><c> about</c><00:24:06.859><c> that.</c>

00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:08.940
He<00:24:07.220><c> put</c><00:24:07.299><c> around</c><00:24:07.480><c> Andrew</c><00:24:07.779><c> Perry</c><00:24:08.000><c> in</c><00:24:08.259><c> the</c><00:24:08.460><c> Sunderland,</c>

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the<00:24:09.140><c> cliche</c><00:24:09.259><c> which</c><00:24:09.440><c> I</c><00:24:09.519><c> used</c><00:24:09.680><c> to</c><00:24:09.859><c> belong</c><00:24:10.039><c> to.</c>

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And<00:24:10.920><c> he</c><00:24:11.039><c> was</c><00:24:11.240><c> saying,</c><00:24:11.660><c> you</c><00:24:11.819><c> know,</c><00:24:11.960><c> if</c><00:24:12.160><c> you're</c><00:24:12.519><c> really</c><00:24:12.980><c> conscious</c>

00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:17.279
of<00:24:15.200><c> the</c><00:24:15.599><c> presence</c><00:24:15.940><c> of</c><00:24:16.240><c> sin</c><00:24:16.339><c> in</c><00:24:16.539><c> your</c><00:24:16.779><c> life</c>

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and<00:24:18.099><c> the</c><00:24:18.359><c> awfulness</c><00:24:18.740><c> of</c><00:24:18.900><c> it</c>

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and<00:24:19.900><c> the,</c><00:24:21.839><c> and</c><00:24:22.140><c> how</c><00:24:22.400><c> offensive</c><00:24:22.859><c> it</c><00:24:23.039><c> is</c><00:24:23.240><c> to</c><00:24:23.460><c> God,</c>

00:24:24.900 --> 00:24:31.839
then<00:24:25.059><c> that</c><00:24:25.279><c> is</c><00:24:25.619><c> one</c><00:24:25.920><c> reason</c><00:24:26.480><c> why</c><00:24:27.460><c> you</c><00:24:29.640><c> can,</c><00:24:30.160><c> in</c><00:24:30.460><c> a</c><00:24:30.640><c> sense,</c>

00:24:33.420 --> 00:24:37.220
look<00:24:33.579><c> forward</c><00:24:33.960><c> to</c><00:24:34.180><c> death</c><00:24:34.839><c> or</c><00:24:35.799><c> see</c><00:24:36.039><c> it</c><00:24:36.240><c> as</c><00:24:36.500><c> being</c><00:24:36.720><c> a</c><00:24:36.759><c> positive</c><00:24:37.079><c> thing.</c>

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And<00:24:37.359><c> that's</c><00:24:37.559><c> why</c><00:24:37.720><c> we</c><00:24:37.900><c> baptize,</c><00:24:38.640><c> isn't</c><00:24:38.799><c> it?</c>

00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:42.920
You<00:24:40.140><c> know,</c><00:24:41.259><c> that</c><00:24:41.559><c> we</c><00:24:42.119><c> die</c><00:24:42.539><c> to</c><00:24:42.799><c> it.</c>

00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:44.059
But<00:24:43.079><c> I</c><00:24:43.279><c> thought</c><00:24:43.420><c> it</c><00:24:43.539><c> was</c><00:24:43.640><c> an</c><00:24:43.799><c> interesting,</c>

00:24:44.279 --> 00:24:46.839
you<00:24:44.400><c> know,</c><00:24:44.619><c> I</c><00:24:44.779><c> would</c><00:24:44.920><c> never</c><00:24:45.200><c> have</c><00:24:45.579><c> put</c><00:24:46.240><c> it</c><00:24:46.400><c> like</c><00:24:46.660><c> that.</c>

00:24:46.839 --> 00:24:49.759
I'm<00:24:47.000><c> not</c><00:24:47.140><c> sure</c><00:24:47.299><c> I</c><00:24:47.400><c> would</c><00:24:47.559><c> put</c><00:24:47.720><c> it</c><00:24:47.799><c> like</c><00:24:48.000><c> that</c><00:24:48.140><c> myself</c><00:24:48.500><c> even</c><00:24:48.819><c> now.</c>

00:24:50.319 --> 00:24:55.819
But<00:24:50.799><c> it's</c><00:24:51.279><c> a</c><00:24:51.400><c> very</c><00:24:51.799><c> thought</c><00:24:52.019><c>-provoking</c><00:24:52.599><c> thing</c><00:24:53.160><c> that</c><00:24:54.220><c> he</c><00:24:54.619><c> said.</c>

00:24:58.299 --> 00:25:05.039
You<00:24:58.299><c> know,</c><00:24:59.599><c> of</c><00:25:02.640><c> course</c><00:25:02.900><c> we</c><00:25:03.220><c> say</c><00:25:03.619><c> all</c><00:25:03.859><c> the</c><00:25:04.019><c> time</c><00:25:04.279><c> that</c><00:25:04.460><c> we're</c><00:25:04.660><c> sinners,</c>

00:25:05.140 --> 00:25:07.839
but<00:25:05.380><c> we</c><00:25:05.539><c> don't</c><00:25:05.819><c> always</c><00:25:06.259><c> feel</c><00:25:06.539><c> it,</c><00:25:06.900><c> do</c><00:25:06.900><c> we?</c>

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Sometimes<00:25:09.299><c> it</c><00:25:09.460><c> can</c><00:25:09.680><c> just</c><00:25:09.880><c> be</c><00:25:10.079><c> words</c><00:25:10.299><c> that</c><00:25:10.519><c> come</c><00:25:10.660><c> out</c><00:25:10.839><c> of</c><00:25:10.980><c> our</c><00:25:11.180><c> mouths</c>

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and<00:25:14.039><c> we</c><00:25:14.519><c> sort</c><00:25:14.680><c> of</c><00:25:14.880><c> carry</c><00:25:15.059><c> on</c><00:25:15.319><c> as</c><00:25:15.519><c> if,</c>

00:25:15.779 --> 00:25:18.339
well,<00:25:16.119><c> we're</c><00:25:16.359><c> pretty</c><00:25:16.660><c> good</c><00:25:16.920><c> really.</c>

00:25:19.579 --> 00:25:23.799
And<00:25:20.000><c> his</c><00:25:20.259><c> point</c><00:25:20.460><c> is</c><00:25:20.720><c> at</c><00:25:20.980><c> least</c><00:25:21.339><c> that,</c><00:25:21.920><c> at</c><00:25:22.220><c> least</c><00:25:22.660><c> when</c><00:25:23.039><c> death</c><00:25:23.299><c> comes,</c>

00:25:24.180 --> 00:25:27.099
that<00:25:24.519><c> struggling</c><00:25:24.940><c> with</c><00:25:25.400><c> sin,</c><00:25:25.880><c> that</c><00:25:26.220><c> constant</c><00:25:26.700><c> battle,</c>

00:25:27.400 --> 00:25:32.539
that<00:25:27.539><c> constant</c><00:25:27.960><c> awareness</c><00:25:28.500><c> of</c><00:25:28.880><c> how</c><00:25:29.220><c> you've</c><00:25:29.640><c> fallen</c><00:25:29.839><c> short</c><00:25:30.480><c> is</c><00:25:32.240><c> gone.</c>

00:25:32.579 --> 00:25:34.839
And<00:25:32.799><c> that</c><00:25:33.240><c> is</c><00:25:33.759><c> itself</c><00:25:34.259><c> a</c><00:25:34.599><c> relief.</c>

00:25:34.940 --> 00:25:36.059
And<00:25:35.119><c> all</c><00:25:35.279><c> there</c><00:25:35.460><c> is</c><00:25:35.680><c> then,</c>

00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:38.380
and<00:25:37.000><c> of</c><00:25:37.119><c> course</c><00:25:37.200><c> we're</c><00:25:37.380><c> not</c><00:25:37.460><c> looking</c><00:25:37.779><c> forward</c><00:25:38.000><c> to</c><00:25:38.119><c> it</c><00:25:38.240><c> then</c>

00:25:38.380 --> 00:25:42.099
because<00:25:38.519><c> we're</c><00:25:38.799><c> dead,</c><00:25:39.279><c> but</c><00:25:39.480><c> the</c><00:25:40.319><c> next</c><00:25:40.740><c> thing</c><00:25:41.039><c> that</c><00:25:41.259><c> there</c><00:25:41.500><c> is</c><00:25:41.759><c> then</c>

00:25:42.099 --> 00:25:46.079
is<00:25:42.619><c> the</c><00:25:42.920><c> blessed</c><00:25:43.220><c> relief</c><00:25:43.720><c> from</c><00:25:43.980><c> it,</c><00:25:45.240><c> isn't</c><00:25:45.480><c> it?</c>

00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:49.380
When<00:25:47.059><c> our</c><00:25:47.359><c> bodies</c><00:25:47.599><c> are</c><00:25:47.880><c> redeemed</c><00:25:48.200><c> by</c><00:25:48.480><c> God's</c><00:25:48.920><c> grace</c>

00:25:49.380 --> 00:25:53.940
and<00:25:50.319><c> we're</c><00:25:50.859><c> permitted</c><00:25:51.319><c> to</c><00:25:52.079><c> enter</c><00:25:52.420><c> into</c><00:25:52.680><c> his</c><00:25:52.960><c> glory.</c>

00:25:55.119 --> 00:25:57.099
And<00:25:55.259><c> what</c><00:25:55.400><c> Solomon</c><00:25:55.619><c> is</c><00:25:55.880><c> saying</c><00:25:56.039><c> is</c><00:25:56.279><c> here</c><00:25:56.559><c> is,</c><00:25:57.099><c> you</c><00:25:57.099><c> know,</c>

00:25:57.099 --> 00:25:58.140
when<00:25:57.160><c> you're,</c><00:25:57.460><c> at</c><00:25:57.460><c> least</c><00:25:57.599><c> when</c><00:25:57.759><c> you're</c><00:25:57.960><c> dead,</c>

00:25:58.279 --> 00:26:02.039
you're<00:25:59.039><c> not</c><00:25:59.359><c> aware</c><00:25:59.700><c> of</c><00:25:59.880><c> all</c><00:26:00.039><c> of</c><00:26:00.180><c> that</c><00:26:00.900><c> evil</c><00:26:01.180><c> in</c><00:26:01.339><c> the</c><00:26:01.519><c> world</c><00:26:01.660><c> anymore.</c>

00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:05.000
And<00:26:02.480><c> you</c><00:26:02.619><c> know,</c><00:26:02.759><c> in</c><00:26:02.960><c> a</c><00:26:03.039><c> way</c><00:26:03.180><c> it's</c><00:26:03.460><c> better</c><00:26:03.579><c> never</c><00:26:04.240><c> to</c><00:26:04.460><c> have</c><00:26:04.599><c> seen</c><00:26:04.799><c> it.</c>

00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:06.680
Just<00:26:05.240><c> imagine</c><00:26:05.539><c> if</c><00:26:05.660><c> you'd</c><00:26:05.859><c> never</c><00:26:06.099><c> had</c><00:26:06.299><c> to</c><00:26:06.519><c> know</c>

00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:08.859
that<00:26:06.940><c> human</c><00:26:07.140><c> beings</c><00:26:07.420><c> were</c><00:26:07.619><c> so</c><00:26:07.900><c> bad.</c>

00:26:09.380 --> 00:26:12.039
That<00:26:09.900><c> would</c><00:26:10.099><c> be</c><00:26:10.819><c> kind</c><00:26:11.000><c> of</c><00:26:11.180><c> nice.</c>

00:26:12.660 --> 00:26:14.759
But<00:26:13.180><c> it</c><00:26:13.700><c> is</c><00:26:13.900><c> what</c><00:26:14.059><c> it</c><00:26:14.240><c> is.</c>

00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:16.380
We<00:26:15.319><c> are</c><00:26:15.519><c> what</c><00:26:15.700><c> we</c><00:26:15.980><c> are.</c>

00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:18.680
And<00:26:17.039><c> the</c><00:26:17.200><c> sooner</c><00:26:17.380><c> we</c><00:26:17.640><c> face</c><00:26:17.859><c> up</c><00:26:18.079><c> to</c><00:26:18.220><c> it,</c>

00:26:18.819 --> 00:26:22.079
the<00:26:19.079><c> quicker</c><00:26:19.380><c> we</c><00:26:20.220><c> can</c><00:26:20.619><c> do</c><00:26:20.920><c> something</c><00:26:21.240><c> about</c><00:26:21.519><c> it</c>

00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:24.180
and<00:26:22.500><c> redirect</c><00:26:23.019><c> our</c><00:26:23.339><c> lives.</c>

00:26:25.400 --> 00:26:26.599
Now,<00:26:25.720><c> just</c><00:26:26.019><c> while</c><00:26:26.180><c> we're</c><00:26:26.420><c> here,</c>

00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:29.460
it<00:26:26.799><c> might</c><00:26:26.940><c> just</c><00:26:27.160><c> be</c><00:26:27.380><c> worth</c><00:26:28.960><c> noticing</c>

00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:30.980
the<00:26:29.680><c> next</c><00:26:30.019><c> verse</c><00:26:30.240><c> of</c><00:26:30.420><c> chapter</c><00:26:30.740><c> four.</c>

00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:32.680
Because<00:26:31.140><c> this</c><00:26:31.279><c> is</c><00:26:31.339><c> just</c><00:26:31.579><c> another</c><00:26:31.759><c> one</c><00:26:31.940><c> of</c><00:26:32.019><c> those</c><00:26:32.279><c> examples</c>

00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:37.680
of<00:26:32.880><c> how</c><00:26:32.980><c> he</c><00:26:33.480><c> juxtaposes</c><00:26:34.180><c> things</c><00:26:34.960><c> against</c><00:26:36.500><c> one</c><00:26:36.799><c> another.</c>

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:45.180
Um,<00:26:40.660><c> again,</c><00:26:41.259><c> I</c><00:26:41.460><c> considered</c><00:26:41.839><c> all</c><00:26:42.339><c> travail</c><00:26:42.839><c> and</c><00:26:43.740><c> every</c><00:26:44.160><c> right</c><00:26:44.519><c> work.</c>

00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:47.500
And<00:26:45.519><c> you</c><00:26:45.740><c> think,</c><00:26:46.099><c> well,</c><00:26:46.599><c> great.</c>

00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:50.319
You<00:26:47.720><c> know,</c><00:26:47.819><c> it's</c><00:26:48.079><c> good</c><00:26:48.299><c> to</c><00:26:48.559><c> consider</c><00:26:49.059><c> work</c><00:26:49.700><c> and</c><00:26:49.960><c> industry.</c>

00:26:50.420 --> 00:26:51.940
Work<00:26:50.640><c> and</c><00:26:50.839><c> industry</c><00:26:51.119><c> are</c><00:26:51.339><c> good</c><00:26:51.519><c> things.</c>

00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:56.099
And<00:26:52.799><c> especially</c><00:26:53.720><c> right</c><00:26:54.079><c> works,</c><00:26:54.539><c> especially</c><00:26:54.900><c> good</c><00:26:55.180><c> works.</c>

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:58.420
What<00:26:56.799><c> a</c><00:26:57.099><c> positive</c><00:26:57.380><c> thing</c><00:26:57.619><c> to</c><00:26:57.839><c> think</c><00:26:58.000><c> about.</c>

00:26:58.619 --> 00:27:00.400
But<00:26:58.779><c> notice</c><00:26:59.039><c> the</c><00:26:59.279><c> second</c><00:26:59.500><c> half</c><00:26:59.680><c> of</c><00:26:59.859><c> his</c><00:27:00.059><c> phrase.</c>

00:27:00.900 --> 00:27:03.980
That<00:27:01.039><c> for</c><00:27:01.259><c> this,</c><00:27:01.920><c> a</c><00:27:02.079><c> man</c><00:27:02.259><c> is</c><00:27:02.539><c> envied</c><00:27:02.859><c> of</c><00:27:03.000><c> his</c><00:27:03.160><c> neighbor.</c>

00:27:04.099 --> 00:27:08.220
This<00:27:04.400><c> also</c><00:27:04.940><c> is</c><00:27:05.619><c> vanity</c><00:27:06.200><c> and</c><00:27:06.759><c> vexation</c><00:27:07.519><c> of</c><00:27:08.000><c> spirit.</c>

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:10.680
So<00:27:08.460><c> you</c><00:27:08.599><c> do</c><00:27:08.799><c> something</c><00:27:09.160><c> good,</c><00:27:09.799><c> and</c><00:27:09.960><c> what</c><00:27:10.160><c> happens?</c>

00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:12.359
You<00:27:11.279><c> create</c><00:27:11.559><c> an</c><00:27:11.779><c> evil</c><00:27:11.920><c> out</c><00:27:12.119><c> of</c><00:27:12.220><c> it</c>

00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:14.339
because<00:27:12.579><c> someone's</c><00:27:13.180><c> jealous</c><00:27:13.460><c> or</c><00:27:13.680><c> envious</c><00:27:14.039><c> of</c><00:27:14.160><c> you</c>

00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:16.380
because<00:27:14.500><c> you</c><00:27:14.660><c> did</c><00:27:14.819><c> something</c><00:27:15.160><c> good.</c>

00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:19.960
And<00:27:17.119><c> isn't</c><00:27:17.279><c> that</c><00:27:17.519><c> just</c><00:27:17.819><c> typical,</c><00:27:18.740><c> you</c><00:27:18.980><c> know?</c>

00:27:22.099 --> 00:27:25.799
And<00:27:22.700><c> the</c><00:27:23.299><c> point</c><00:27:23.579><c> is</c><00:27:23.880><c> that</c><00:27:24.299><c> everywhere</c><00:27:24.799><c> he</c><00:27:25.220><c> turns,</c>

00:27:26.180 --> 00:27:28.039
he<00:27:26.299><c> sees</c><00:27:26.779><c> this</c><00:27:27.200><c> kind</c><00:27:27.519><c> of</c><00:27:27.799><c> thing.</c>

00:27:28.299 --> 00:27:29.660
This<00:27:28.559><c> kind</c><00:27:28.859><c> of</c><00:27:29.140><c> irony.</c>

00:27:29.660 --> 00:27:34.500
This,<00:27:31.000><c> this,</c><00:27:31.920><c> as</c><00:27:32.240><c> soon</c><00:27:32.420><c> as</c><00:27:32.539><c> you</c><00:27:32.680><c> try</c><00:27:32.859><c> to</c><00:27:33.119><c> build</c><00:27:33.400><c> something</c><00:27:33.859><c> positive,</c>

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:36.900
it's<00:27:34.900><c> like</c><00:27:35.039><c> there's</c><00:27:35.279><c> an</c><00:27:35.519><c> equal</c><00:27:35.700><c> and</c><00:27:35.900><c> opposite</c><00:27:36.259><c> negative</c>

00:27:36.900 --> 00:27:38.259
to<00:27:37.339><c> set</c><00:27:37.480><c> against</c><00:27:37.920><c> it.</c>

00:27:38.380 --> 00:27:40.700
So<00:27:38.579><c> that</c><00:27:38.740><c> at</c><00:27:38.940><c> the</c><00:27:39.059><c> end,</c><00:27:39.339><c> there</c><00:27:39.339><c> is</c><00:27:39.599><c> no</c><00:27:40.200><c> profit.</c>

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:43.700
You<00:27:41.079><c> know,</c><00:27:41.220><c> the</c><00:27:41.500><c> balance</c><00:27:41.720><c> sheet</c><00:27:42.019><c> balances</c><00:27:42.599><c> with</c><00:27:43.220><c> nothing.</c>

00:27:43.880 --> 00:27:45.039
Nothing<00:27:44.339><c> left</c><00:27:44.700><c> over.</c>

00:27:45.220 --> 00:27:46.079
There's<00:27:45.519><c> no</c><00:27:45.779><c> profit.</c>

00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:48.359
Do<00:27:46.259><c> you</c><00:27:46.259><c> remember</c><00:27:46.380><c> how</c><00:27:46.519><c> we</c><00:27:46.640><c> were</c><00:27:46.759><c> talking</c><00:27:47.079><c> about</c><00:27:47.400><c> that</c><00:27:47.799><c> yesterday?</c>

00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:50.779
There's<00:27:48.819><c> nothing</c><00:27:49.220><c> that</c><00:27:49.640><c> extends</c><00:27:50.019><c> beyond</c>

00:27:50.779 --> 00:27:55.140
when<00:27:51.339><c> you</c><00:27:51.539><c> look</c><00:27:51.779><c> at</c><00:27:52.079><c> life</c><00:27:52.500><c> here</c><00:27:53.039><c> as</c><00:27:53.480><c> an</c><00:27:53.660><c> end</c><00:27:53.819><c> in</c><00:27:54.039><c> itself.</c>

00:27:57.019 --> 00:28:00.279
And<00:27:57.599><c> one</c><00:27:58.180><c> of</c><00:27:58.339><c> the</c><00:27:58.440><c> things</c><00:27:58.559><c> we</c><00:27:58.859><c> talked</c><00:27:59.160><c> about</c>

00:28:00.380 --> 00:28:02.220
was<00:28:00.960><c> all</c><00:28:01.299><c> that</c><00:28:01.539><c> huge</c><00:28:01.779><c> literature,</c>

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:05.039
all<00:28:02.420><c> those</c><00:28:02.599><c> books</c><00:28:02.839><c> that</c><00:28:03.019><c> have</c><00:28:03.119><c> been</c><00:28:03.259><c> written</c><00:28:03.440><c> about</c><00:28:03.720><c> Ecclesiastes</c>

00:28:05.200 --> 00:28:07.880
over<00:28:05.779><c> the</c><00:28:05.960><c> past</c><00:28:06.160><c> centuries</c><00:28:06.700><c> and</c><00:28:06.920><c> millennia.</c>

00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:11.700
And<00:28:08.500><c> I</c><00:28:08.720><c> mentioned</c><00:28:09.099><c> that</c><00:28:09.720><c> one</c><00:28:09.940><c> of</c><00:28:10.099><c> the</c><00:28:10.299><c> things</c><00:28:10.579><c> that,</c>

00:28:12.180 --> 00:28:15.500
one<00:28:12.380><c> of</c><00:28:12.500><c> the</c><00:28:12.680><c> main</c><00:28:12.880><c> things</c><00:28:13.279><c> that</c><00:28:14.099><c> happens</c><00:28:14.619><c> in</c><00:28:14.859><c> those</c><00:28:15.059><c> books</c>

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:18.099
is<00:28:16.059><c> that</c><00:28:16.279><c> people</c><00:28:16.559><c> try</c><00:28:16.900><c> to</c><00:28:17.299><c> reconcile</c>

00:28:18.099 --> 00:28:21.579
these<00:28:18.960><c> contradictions</c><00:28:19.920><c> in</c><00:28:20.539><c> the</c><00:28:20.700><c> book.</c>

00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:30.160
And<00:28:27.160><c> I</c><00:28:28.119><c> think</c><00:28:28.279><c> by</c><00:28:28.539><c> doing</c><00:28:28.779><c> that,</c>

00:28:30.880 --> 00:28:33.039
it<00:28:31.440><c> completely</c><00:28:31.759><c> misses</c><00:28:32.019><c> the</c><00:28:32.299><c> point.</c>

00:28:34.619 --> 00:28:38.460
The<00:28:35.099><c> point</c><00:28:35.440><c> is</c><00:28:36.299><c> the</c><00:28:37.339><c> contradiction.</c>

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:43.259
The<00:28:39.420><c> point</c><00:28:39.700><c> is</c><00:28:40.460><c> that</c><00:28:41.000><c> things</c><00:28:41.539><c> don't</c><00:28:42.279><c> fit.</c>

00:28:43.920 --> 00:28:48.940
The<00:28:44.299><c> point</c><00:28:44.599><c> is</c><00:28:45.740><c> that</c><00:28:46.259><c> things</c><00:28:46.640><c> are</c><00:28:46.960><c> not</c><00:28:47.240><c> meant</c><00:28:47.519><c> to</c><00:28:47.759><c> fit</c>

00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:56.720
because<00:28:51.220><c> God</c><00:28:51.640><c> has</c><00:28:52.019><c> made</c><00:28:52.799><c> the</c><00:28:53.500><c> creation</c><00:28:54.099><c> subject</c><00:28:55.259><c> to</c><00:28:55.700><c> vanity.</c>

00:28:56.900 --> 00:28:58.759
Now<00:28:57.059><c> that's</c><00:28:57.339><c> a</c><00:28:57.579><c> really</c><00:28:57.880><c> important</c><00:28:58.400><c> point.</c>

00:28:59.099 --> 00:29:01.480
Now<00:28:59.200><c> even</c><00:28:59.319><c> if</c><00:28:59.460><c> you</c><00:28:59.559><c> don't</c><00:28:59.799><c> accept</c><00:29:00.220><c> that,</c>

00:29:01.579 --> 00:29:04.619
even<00:29:01.839><c> if</c><00:29:02.019><c> you</c><00:29:02.240><c> think</c><00:29:02.559><c> that</c><00:29:03.259><c> you</c><00:29:03.640><c> can</c><00:29:04.000><c> reconcile</c>

00:29:04.619 --> 00:29:07.099
all<00:29:04.880><c> the</c><00:29:05.039><c> contradictions</c><00:29:05.500><c> in</c><00:29:05.700><c> Ecclesiastes,</c>

00:29:07.140 --> 00:29:08.960
and<00:29:07.539><c> some</c><00:29:07.680><c> people</c><00:29:07.920><c> do,</c><00:29:08.279><c> some</c><00:29:08.460><c> people</c><00:29:08.660><c> have</c><00:29:08.799><c> written</c>

00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:12.180
really<00:29:09.380><c> fat</c><00:29:09.559><c> books</c><00:29:10.200><c> to</c><00:29:11.000><c> do</c><00:29:11.200><c> that,</c>

00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:14.859
and<00:29:12.460><c> like</c><00:29:13.420><c> hundreds</c><00:29:13.740><c> of</c><00:29:13.980><c> years</c><00:29:14.200><c> ago,</c>

00:29:14.859 --> 00:29:18.380
a<00:29:15.279><c> rabbi</c><00:29:15.579><c> came</c><00:29:15.779><c> up</c><00:29:15.980><c> with,</c><00:29:16.319><c> these</c><00:29:16.680><c> are</c><00:29:17.279><c> four</c><00:29:17.839><c> principles,</c>

00:29:18.519 --> 00:29:20.000
which<00:29:18.680><c> if</c><00:29:18.819><c> you</c><00:29:18.940><c> follow</c><00:29:19.119><c> these</c><00:29:19.400><c> four</c><00:29:19.660><c> principles,</c>

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:21.900
you'll<00:29:20.240><c> be</c><00:29:20.339><c> able</c><00:29:20.480><c> to</c><00:29:20.740><c> reconcile</c>

00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:25.140
every<00:29:23.880><c> contradiction</c><00:29:24.319><c> in</c><00:29:24.539><c> Ecclesiastes.</c>

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:26.720
It's<00:29:25.359><c> a</c><00:29:25.380><c> bit</c><00:29:25.440><c> like</c><00:29:25.599><c> the</c><00:29:25.819><c> seven</c><00:29:26.279><c> habits.</c>

00:29:27.180 --> 00:29:29.400
The<00:29:27.440><c> seven</c><00:29:27.660><c> habits</c><00:29:27.980><c> of</c><00:29:28.180><c> highly</c><00:29:28.400><c> effective</c>

00:29:30.599 --> 00:29:31.480
Ecclesiastes<00:29:31.039><c> interpreters.</c>

00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:33.759
If<00:29:31.880><c> you</c><00:29:32.079><c> follow</c><00:29:32.259><c> these</c><00:29:32.559><c> seven</c><00:29:32.839><c> points,</c>

00:29:34.220 --> 00:29:36.640
you'll<00:29:34.660><c> be</c><00:29:34.799><c> able</c><00:29:34.880><c> to</c><00:29:35.039><c> reconcile</c><00:29:35.619><c> it</c><00:29:35.900><c> all.</c>

00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:38.359
And<00:29:36.960><c> then</c><00:29:37.099><c> some</c><00:29:37.259><c> other</c><00:29:37.460><c> rabbi</c><00:29:37.700><c> came</c><00:29:37.940><c> along</c><00:29:38.180><c> and</c><00:29:38.299><c> said,</c>

00:29:38.400 --> 00:29:40.099
well<00:29:38.559><c> actually,</c><00:29:39.180><c> you</c><00:29:39.319><c> need</c><00:29:39.460><c> eight</c><00:29:39.740><c> points,</c>

00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:42.460
and<00:29:40.359><c> if</c><00:29:40.460><c> you</c><00:29:40.640><c> take</c><00:29:40.740><c> my</c><00:29:40.940><c> extra</c><00:29:41.259><c> points,</c><00:29:41.539><c> then</c><00:29:41.759><c> you</c><00:29:41.880><c> can</c><00:29:42.099><c> do</c><00:29:42.259><c> it.</c>

00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:45.339
And<00:29:43.039><c> then</c><00:29:43.480><c> the</c><00:29:43.660><c> literature</c><00:29:43.859><c> goes</c><00:29:44.119><c> on</c><00:29:44.359><c> and</c><00:29:44.480><c> on</c><00:29:44.579><c> like</c><00:29:44.920><c> that.</c>

00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:48.460
But<00:29:45.900><c> even</c><00:29:46.140><c> if</c><00:29:46.279><c> you</c><00:29:46.460><c> believe</c><00:29:46.700><c> you</c><00:29:46.940><c> can</c><00:29:47.259><c> reconcile</c><00:29:47.880><c> them</c><00:29:48.140><c> all,</c>

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:50.640
then<00:29:49.160><c> the</c><00:29:49.380><c> question</c><00:29:49.779><c> still</c><00:29:50.079><c> remains,</c>

00:29:50.900 --> 00:29:53.019
why<00:29:51.180><c> should</c><00:29:51.380><c> they</c><00:29:51.619><c> be</c><00:29:51.839><c> there</c><00:29:52.099><c> in</c><00:29:52.319><c> the</c><00:29:52.460><c> first</c><00:29:52.700><c> place</c>

00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:54.779
to<00:29:53.240><c> need</c><00:29:53.440><c> reconciling?</c>

00:29:55.140 --> 00:29:57.779
So<00:29:55.299><c> you've</c><00:29:55.559><c> got</c><00:29:55.660><c> to</c><00:29:56.240><c> explain</c><00:29:57.019><c> why,</c>

00:29:57.960 --> 00:29:59.900
so<00:29:58.400><c> it's</c><00:29:58.660><c> like</c><00:29:58.819><c> there's</c><00:29:59.000><c> these</c><00:29:59.299><c> stumbling</c><00:29:59.599><c> blocks,</c>

00:29:59.920 --> 00:30:01.660
you<00:30:00.039><c> keep</c><00:30:00.259><c> tripping</c><00:30:00.539><c> up</c><00:30:00.740><c> as</c><00:30:00.920><c> you</c><00:30:01.059><c> read</c><00:30:01.220><c> the</c><00:30:01.420><c> book,</c>

00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:03.920
and<00:30:02.160><c> so</c><00:30:02.319><c> you</c><00:30:02.480><c> need</c><00:30:02.660><c> one</c><00:30:02.799><c> of</c><00:30:02.900><c> these</c><00:30:03.019><c> rabbis</c><00:30:03.420><c> to</c><00:30:03.599><c> come</c><00:30:03.720><c> along</c>

00:30:03.920 --> 00:30:05.380
and<00:30:04.099><c> help</c><00:30:04.220><c> you</c><00:30:04.500><c> straighten</c><00:30:04.640><c> it</c><00:30:04.839><c> all</c><00:30:05.039><c> out.</c>

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:07.000
The<00:30:05.940><c> question</c><00:30:06.240><c> is,</c><00:30:06.380><c> why</c><00:30:06.579><c> did</c><00:30:06.720><c> the</c><00:30:06.839><c> preacher</c>

00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:09.059
put<00:30:07.240><c> all</c><00:30:07.460><c> the</c><00:30:07.559><c> stumbling</c><00:30:07.859><c> blocks</c><00:30:08.079><c> in</c><00:30:08.259><c> the</c><00:30:08.460><c> first</c><00:30:08.720><c> place</c>

00:30:09.059 --> 00:30:11.859
to<00:30:09.359><c> need</c><00:30:09.579><c> the</c><00:30:09.819><c> rabbi</c><00:30:10.039><c> to</c><00:30:10.279><c> straighten</c><00:30:10.440><c> them</c><00:30:10.660><c> out</c><00:30:10.779><c> for</c><00:30:11.059><c> you?</c>

00:30:12.460 --> 00:30:15.079
You<00:30:12.579><c> need</c><00:30:12.779><c> an</c><00:30:12.900><c> answer</c><00:30:13.039><c> to</c><00:30:13.200><c> that</c><00:30:13.380><c> question,</c><00:30:13.839><c> don't</c><00:30:14.079><c> you?</c>

00:30:17.180 --> 00:30:20.279
And<00:30:17.579><c> generally,</c><00:30:18.039><c> people</c><00:30:18.339><c> haven't</c><00:30:18.579><c> asked</c><00:30:18.960><c> that</c><00:30:19.240><c> question.</c>

00:30:20.619 --> 00:30:23.200
Why<00:30:20.859><c> are</c><00:30:20.980><c> the</c><00:30:21.140><c> stumbling</c><00:30:21.319><c> blocks</c><00:30:21.619><c> there</c><00:30:21.839><c> in</c><00:30:22.000><c> the</c><00:30:22.140><c> first</c><00:30:22.339><c> place?</c>

00:30:23.700 --> 00:30:26.299
But<00:30:23.839><c> the</c><00:30:24.039><c> key</c><00:30:24.220><c> to</c><00:30:24.460><c> it,</c><00:30:24.819><c> and</c><00:30:24.940><c> this</c><00:30:25.099><c> isn't</c><00:30:25.279><c> my</c><00:30:25.519><c> idea,</c>

00:30:26.339 --> 00:30:31.440
this<00:30:26.579><c> is</c><00:30:26.900><c> the</c><00:30:27.059><c> person</c><00:30:27.299><c> who's</c><00:30:28.420><c> put</c><00:30:28.559><c> this</c><00:30:30.400><c> most</c><00:30:30.839><c> thoroughly,</c>

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:33.759
I<00:30:31.640><c> think,</c><00:30:32.000><c> as</c><00:30:32.140><c> far</c><00:30:32.279><c> as</c><00:30:32.380><c> I'm</c><00:30:32.559><c> aware,</c><00:30:32.859><c> is</c><00:30:32.980><c> this</c><00:30:33.220><c> guy,</c><00:30:33.660><c> Fox,</c>

00:30:33.779 --> 00:30:36.099
that<00:30:33.940><c> I've</c><00:30:34.140><c> mentioned</c><00:30:34.400><c> a</c><00:30:34.559><c> couple</c><00:30:34.740><c> of</c><00:30:34.940><c> times.</c>

00:30:39.019 --> 00:30:41.240
The<00:30:39.420><c> contradictions,</c><00:30:40.019><c> the</c><00:30:40.460><c> discontinuities,</c>

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:43.579
the<00:30:41.619><c> ambiguities,</c><00:30:42.339><c> the</c><00:30:42.480><c> things</c><00:30:42.720><c> that</c><00:30:42.940><c> don't</c><00:30:43.200><c> fit,</c>

00:30:43.859 --> 00:30:47.220
the<00:30:44.019><c> things</c><00:30:44.259><c> in</c><00:30:44.539><c> tension</c><00:30:45.059><c> are</c><00:30:45.700><c> the</c><00:30:45.880><c> very</c><00:30:46.200><c> point</c>

00:30:48.019 --> 00:30:50.559
that<00:30:48.619><c> to</c><00:30:48.900><c> every</c><00:30:49.099><c> positive,</c><00:30:49.539><c> there</c><00:30:49.720><c> is</c><00:30:49.940><c> a</c><00:30:50.099><c> negative,</c>

00:30:50.859 --> 00:30:54.240
that<00:30:51.000><c> to</c><00:30:51.279><c> everything</c><00:30:51.559><c> that</c><00:30:51.779><c> you</c><00:30:52.039><c> say,</c><00:30:52.400><c> there's</c><00:30:52.579><c> an</c><00:30:52.799><c> ah,</c><00:30:53.259><c> but,</c>

00:30:56.140 --> 00:31:00.359
so<00:30:56.420><c> that</c><00:30:56.759><c> there</c><00:30:57.079><c> can</c><00:30:57.519><c> be</c><00:30:57.880><c> no</c><00:30:58.200><c> prophet</c><00:30:58.759><c> under</c><00:30:59.720><c> the</c><00:31:00.019><c> sun,</c>

00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:03.819
so<00:31:01.180><c> that</c><00:31:01.420><c> we</c><00:31:01.680><c> are</c><00:31:01.960><c> left</c><00:31:02.299><c> being</c><00:31:02.839><c> but</c><00:31:03.160><c> beasts</c>

00:31:03.819 --> 00:31:07.960
unless<00:31:04.759><c> God</c><00:31:05.380><c> redeems</c><00:31:05.920><c> us</c><00:31:06.500><c> from</c><00:31:06.759><c> that</c><00:31:07.059><c> fate,</c>

00:31:08.299 --> 00:31:12.759
so<00:31:08.619><c> that</c><00:31:08.980><c> we're</c><00:31:10.099><c> hedged</c><00:31:10.500><c> in</c><00:31:11.039><c> by</c><00:31:11.579><c> these</c><00:31:11.900><c> things</c><00:31:12.160><c> in</c><00:31:12.420><c> life</c>

00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:16.920
that<00:31:13.140><c> don't</c><00:31:13.380><c> make</c><00:31:13.660><c> sense,</c><00:31:15.299><c> and</c><00:31:15.440><c> it's</c><00:31:15.700><c> only</c><00:31:16.079><c> God</c>

00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:20.079
who<00:31:17.359><c> can</c><00:31:18.039><c> reach</c><00:31:18.359><c> in</c><00:31:18.599><c> and</c><00:31:18.759><c> lift</c><00:31:18.960><c> us</c><00:31:19.180><c> out</c><00:31:19.440><c> from</c><00:31:19.680><c> that</c>

00:31:20.079 --> 00:31:24.940
and<00:31:20.500><c> give</c><00:31:20.700><c> us</c><00:31:20.960><c> this</c><00:31:21.259><c> hope</c><00:31:21.559><c> and</c><00:31:22.000><c> this</c><00:31:22.240><c> purpose</c><00:31:22.920><c> of</c><00:31:23.420><c> something</c><00:31:23.799><c> better.</c>

00:31:30.140 --> 00:31:33.660
Let's<00:31:30.779><c> then,</c><00:31:32.099><c> we're</c><00:31:32.460><c> gonna</c><00:31:32.519><c> talk</c><00:31:32.700><c> a</c><00:31:32.759><c> bit</c><00:31:32.920><c> more</c><00:31:33.140><c> about</c><00:31:33.400><c> that,</c>

00:31:33.700 --> 00:31:36.980
I<00:31:33.700><c> think,</c><00:31:35.160><c> tomorrow,</c><00:31:35.220><c> but</c><00:31:35.440><c> I</c><00:31:36.460><c> think</c><00:31:36.599><c> that's</c><00:31:36.799><c> perhaps</c>

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:42.079
a<00:31:37.180><c> good</c><00:31:37.299><c> introduction</c><00:31:37.859><c> to</c><00:31:38.720><c> the</c><00:31:38.819><c> subject</c><00:31:39.240><c> of</c><00:31:40.640><c> contradictions.</c>

00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:49.240
But<00:31:45.640><c> let's</c><00:31:46.279><c> go</c><00:31:46.619><c> now</c><00:31:47.000><c> to</c><00:31:47.480><c> our</c><00:31:47.720><c> final</c><00:31:48.039><c> passage</c><00:31:48.519><c> for</c><00:31:48.799><c> today,</c>

00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:52.200
which<00:31:49.799><c> is</c><00:31:50.079><c> the</c><00:31:50.240><c> one</c><00:31:50.380><c> in</c><00:31:50.599><c> chapter</c><00:31:50.880><c> 12.</c>

00:32:15.640 --> 00:32:19.599
So<00:32:16.240><c> yesterday,</c><00:32:16.779><c> we</c><00:32:16.859><c> considered</c><00:32:17.279><c> the</c><00:32:17.579><c> first</c><00:32:17.839><c> poem</c><00:32:18.160><c> inside</c><00:32:18.559><c> the</c><00:32:18.819><c> frame,</c>

00:32:19.880 --> 00:32:22.160
the<00:32:20.059><c> one</c><00:32:20.220><c> about</c><00:32:20.500><c> the</c><00:32:20.720><c> cycles</c><00:32:20.960><c> of</c><00:32:21.200><c> nature</c><00:32:21.480><c> and</c><00:32:21.660><c> so</c><00:32:21.920><c> on,</c>

00:32:22.180 --> 00:32:25.799
and<00:32:22.579><c> this</c><00:32:22.940><c> now</c><00:32:23.220><c> is</c><00:32:23.559><c> the</c><00:32:23.759><c> last</c><00:32:24.319><c> inside</c><00:32:25.079><c> the</c><00:32:25.400><c> frame,</c>

00:32:26.079 --> 00:32:29.720
and<00:32:26.779><c> this</c><00:32:27.140><c> too</c><00:32:27.579><c> is</c><00:32:28.140><c> about</c><00:32:28.440><c> death.</c>

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:36.960
Remember<00:32:35.400><c> now</c><00:32:35.660><c> thy</c><00:32:35.880><c> creator</c><00:32:36.460><c> in</c><00:32:36.839><c> the</c><00:32:36.960><c> day</c><00:32:36.960><c> of</c><00:32:36.960><c> the</c><00:32:36.960><c> beast,</c>

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:39.839
the<00:32:37.140><c> days</c><00:32:37.140><c> of</c><00:32:37.319><c> thy</c><00:32:37.539><c> youth,</c><00:32:38.319><c> while</c><00:32:38.480><c> the</c><00:32:38.700><c> evil</c><00:32:38.940><c> days</c><00:32:39.299><c> come</c><00:32:39.539><c> not,</c>

00:32:39.940 --> 00:32:42.660
nor<00:32:40.119><c> the</c><00:32:40.319><c> years</c><00:32:40.559><c> draw</c><00:32:40.839><c> nigh</c><00:32:41.559><c> when</c><00:32:41.740><c> thou</c><00:32:41.940><c> shalt</c><00:32:42.200><c> say,</c>

00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:45.380
I<00:32:43.140><c> have</c><00:32:43.359><c> no</c><00:32:43.599><c> pleasure</c><00:32:43.920><c> in</c><00:32:44.160><c> them,</c>

00:32:46.579 --> 00:32:49.799
while<00:32:47.000><c> the</c><00:32:47.140><c> sun,</c><00:32:48.140><c> or</c><00:32:48.299><c> the</c><00:32:48.460><c> light,</c><00:32:49.299><c> or</c><00:32:49.400><c> the</c><00:32:49.559><c> moon,</c>

00:32:49.819 --> 00:32:51.559
or<00:32:49.960><c> the</c><00:32:50.140><c> stars</c><00:32:50.440><c> be</c><00:32:50.640><c> not</c><00:32:50.880><c> darkened,</c>

00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:56.180
nor<00:32:51.940><c> the</c><00:32:52.180><c> clouds</c><00:32:52.559><c> return</c><00:32:53.579><c> after</c><00:32:55.039><c> rain.</c>

00:32:58.819 --> 00:33:04.039
So<00:32:59.299><c> the</c><00:32:59.480><c> time</c><00:32:59.700><c> is</c><00:32:59.980><c> coming</c><00:33:00.420><c> then</c><00:33:01.359><c> for</c><00:33:02.039><c> each</c><00:33:02.319><c> of</c><00:33:02.539><c> us</c>

00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:06.000
as<00:33:04.539><c> our</c><00:33:04.859><c> lives</c><00:33:05.099><c> head</c><00:33:05.279><c> to</c><00:33:05.440><c> their</c><00:33:05.619><c> conclusion.</c>

00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:08.380
So<00:33:06.160><c> let's</c><00:33:06.420><c> imagine</c><00:33:06.799><c> we're</c><00:33:07.559><c> a</c><00:33:07.680><c> typical</c><00:33:08.000><c> person</c>

00:33:08.380 --> 00:33:11.740
who<00:33:08.599><c> lives</c><00:33:08.779><c> out</c><00:33:09.019><c> a</c><00:33:09.039><c> normal</c><00:33:09.380><c> lifespan</c><00:33:09.900><c> and</c><00:33:10.480><c> is</c><00:33:10.720><c> gonna,</c>

00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:18.059
excuse<00:33:12.720><c> me,</c><00:33:13.420><c> is</c><00:33:13.579><c> gonna</c><00:33:13.859><c> suffer</c><00:33:14.720><c> a</c><00:33:16.519><c> typical</c><00:33:17.220><c> experience</c>

00:33:18.279 --> 00:33:21.960
of<00:33:18.960><c> the</c><00:33:19.319><c> effects</c><00:33:19.720><c> of</c><00:33:20.880><c> aging,</c>

00:33:24.059 --> 00:33:30.000
or<00:33:24.400><c> as</c><00:33:24.799><c> decrepitude</c><00:33:27.859><c> is</c><00:33:29.500><c> a</c><00:33:29.720><c> word.</c>

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:32.299
Brother<00:33:30.400><c> Ron</c><00:33:30.559><c> was</c><00:33:30.740><c> telling</c><00:33:30.880><c> me</c><00:33:31.059><c> about</c><00:33:31.200><c> that</c><00:33:31.480><c> word</c><00:33:31.680><c> yesterday.</c>

00:33:32.299 --> 00:33:36.039
He<00:33:32.640><c> has</c><00:33:32.859><c> it</c><00:33:33.140><c> as</c><00:33:33.339><c> a</c><00:33:33.559><c> heading</c><00:33:33.839><c> in</c><00:33:34.420><c> this</c><00:33:34.599><c> part</c><00:33:34.799><c> of</c><00:33:34.960><c> his</c><00:33:35.119><c> Bible,</c>

00:33:36.859 --> 00:33:38.480
impending<00:33:37.420><c> decrepitude.</c>

00:33:41.859 --> 00:33:43.880
It's<00:33:42.420><c> a</c><00:33:42.500><c> great</c><00:33:42.720><c> prospect.</c>

00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:54.440
So<00:33:51.539><c> the</c><00:33:51.700><c> time</c><00:33:51.819><c> is</c><00:33:52.000><c> coming</c><00:33:52.180><c> then</c><00:33:52.440><c> when</c><00:33:52.579><c> the</c><00:33:52.779><c> sun</c><00:33:53.000><c> and</c><00:33:53.200><c> the</c><00:33:53.400><c> light</c>

00:33:55.759 --> 00:34:00.279
will<00:33:56.319><c> darken</c><00:33:56.880><c> for</c><00:33:57.759><c> us,</c><00:33:58.660><c> for</c><00:33:58.900><c> every</c><00:33:59.460><c> human</c><00:33:59.779><c> being,</c>

00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:05.319
as<00:34:01.039><c> they</c><00:34:01.240><c> approach</c><00:34:02.000><c> their</c><00:34:02.539><c> death,</c><00:34:03.220><c> this</c><00:34:03.640><c> cloudy</c><00:34:04.119><c> time.</c>

00:34:05.660 --> 00:34:10.079
And<00:34:05.859><c> he</c><00:34:05.960><c> goes</c><00:34:06.200><c> on</c><00:34:06.519><c> then</c><00:34:06.740><c> in</c><00:34:07.000><c> verse</c><00:34:07.299><c> three</c><00:34:07.980><c> to</c><00:34:08.400><c> verse</c><00:34:09.139><c> five</c>

00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:15.539
to<00:34:10.500><c> describe</c><00:34:11.699><c> some</c><00:34:12.340><c> of</c><00:34:12.599><c> the</c><00:34:13.619><c> facets</c><00:34:14.119><c> of</c><00:34:14.599><c> that.</c>

00:34:16.260 --> 00:34:19.300
In<00:34:16.340><c> the</c><00:34:16.480><c> day</c><00:34:16.699><c> when</c><00:34:16.880><c> the</c><00:34:17.039><c> keepers</c><00:34:17.400><c> of</c><00:34:17.519><c> the</c><00:34:17.699><c> house</c><00:34:18.139><c> shall</c><00:34:18.500><c> tremble,</c>

00:34:19.380 --> 00:34:21.480
and<00:34:19.860><c> the</c><00:34:20.099><c> strong</c><00:34:20.260><c> men</c><00:34:20.480><c> shall</c><00:34:20.659><c> bow</c><00:34:20.880><c> themselves,</c>

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:23.980
and<00:34:21.679><c> the</c><00:34:21.880><c> grinders</c><00:34:22.320><c> cease</c><00:34:22.659><c> because</c><00:34:23.179><c> they</c><00:34:23.400><c> are</c><00:34:23.639><c> few,</c>

00:34:24.380 --> 00:34:26.719
and<00:34:24.579><c> those</c><00:34:24.780><c> that</c><00:34:24.960><c> look</c><00:34:25.119><c> out</c><00:34:25.260><c> of</c><00:34:25.380><c> the</c><00:34:25.519><c> windows</c><00:34:25.820><c> be</c><00:34:26.099><c> darkened,</c>

00:34:27.139 --> 00:34:29.239
and<00:34:27.440><c> the</c><00:34:27.619><c> doors</c><00:34:27.860><c> shall</c><00:34:28.039><c> be</c><00:34:28.280><c> shut</c><00:34:28.420><c> in</c><00:34:28.599><c> the</c><00:34:28.800><c> streets</c>

00:34:29.239 --> 00:34:32.119
when<00:34:29.820><c> the</c><00:34:30.059><c> sound</c><00:34:30.280><c> of</c><00:34:30.460><c> the</c><00:34:30.659><c> grinding</c><00:34:30.940><c> is</c><00:34:31.280><c> low,</c>

00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:34.139
and<00:34:32.440><c> he</c><00:34:32.579><c> shall</c><00:34:32.719><c> rise</c><00:34:32.980><c> up</c><00:34:33.139><c> at</c><00:34:33.280><c> the</c><00:34:33.400><c> voice</c><00:34:33.579><c> of</c><00:34:33.760><c> the</c><00:34:33.940><c> bird,</c>

00:34:34.219 --> 00:34:37.500
and<00:34:34.360><c> all</c><00:34:34.539><c> the</c><00:34:34.679><c> daughters</c><00:34:34.920><c> of</c><00:34:35.159><c> music</c><00:34:35.659><c> shall</c><00:34:36.079><c> be</c><00:34:36.340><c> brought</c><00:34:36.539><c> low.</c>

00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:40.179
Also<00:34:38.280><c> when</c><00:34:38.460><c> they</c><00:34:38.659><c> shall</c><00:34:38.760><c> be</c><00:34:39.000><c> afraid</c><00:34:39.280><c> of</c><00:34:39.400><c> that</c><00:34:39.579><c> which</c><00:34:39.760><c> is</c><00:34:40.000><c> high,</c>

00:34:40.300 --> 00:34:41.739
and<00:34:40.460><c> fear</c><00:34:40.639><c> shall</c><00:34:40.840><c> be</c><00:34:41.000><c> in</c><00:34:41.119><c> the</c><00:34:41.260><c> way,</c>

00:34:42.219 --> 00:34:43.639
and<00:34:42.320><c> the</c><00:34:42.519><c> almond</c><00:34:42.699><c> tree</c><00:34:42.960><c> shall</c><00:34:43.199><c> flourish,</c>

00:34:44.019 --> 00:34:45.500
and<00:34:44.199><c> the</c><00:34:44.400><c> grasshopper</c><00:34:44.760><c> shall</c><00:34:44.900><c> be</c><00:34:45.099><c> a</c><00:34:45.300><c> burden,</c>

00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:50.260
and<00:34:45.820><c> desire</c><00:34:46.119><c> shall</c><00:34:46.380><c> fail</c><00:34:46.880><c> because</c><00:34:47.599><c> man</c><00:34:48.300><c> goeth</c><00:34:48.639><c> to</c><00:34:48.840><c> his</c><00:34:49.099><c> long</c><00:34:49.400><c> home,</c>

00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:53.679
and<00:34:50.920><c> the</c><00:34:51.099><c> mourners</c><00:34:51.679><c> go</c><00:34:52.199><c> about</c><00:34:52.420><c> the</c><00:34:52.719><c> streets.</c>

00:35:00.119 --> 00:35:04.480
Now,<00:35:01.780><c> I'm</c><00:35:02.139><c> sure</c><00:35:02.320><c> you</c><00:35:02.539><c> know</c><00:35:02.900><c> that</c><00:35:03.099><c> that</c><00:35:03.320><c> is</c><00:35:03.599><c> usually</c><00:35:03.940><c> taken</c>

00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:09.739
as<00:35:05.059><c> a</c><00:35:05.320><c> poem</c><00:35:05.719><c> about</c><00:35:07.199><c> the</c><00:35:08.199><c> aging</c><00:35:08.519><c> process,</c>

00:35:10.159 --> 00:35:12.440
about<00:35:10.880><c> impending</c><00:35:11.599><c> decrepitude.</c>

00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:16.559
And<00:35:13.179><c> it's</c><00:35:13.420><c> normally</c><00:35:13.719><c> taken</c><00:35:14.300><c> as</c><00:35:15.199><c> an</c><00:35:15.500><c> allegory.</c>

00:35:16.760 --> 00:35:19.360
So<00:35:17.000><c> the</c><00:35:17.239><c> individual</c><00:35:17.659><c> things</c><00:35:18.000><c> that</c><00:35:18.219><c> are</c><00:35:18.360><c> mentioned</c><00:35:18.780><c> there</c>

00:35:19.360 --> 00:35:26.079
are<00:35:19.940><c> taken</c><00:35:20.199><c> to</c><00:35:20.559><c> be</c><00:35:21.699><c> symbols</c><00:35:23.019><c> of</c><00:35:23.980><c> things</c><00:35:24.300><c> to</c><00:35:24.599><c> do</c><00:35:24.699><c> with</c><00:35:25.039><c> a</c><00:35:25.320><c> human</c><00:35:25.579><c> body</c>

00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:32.719
as<00:35:26.480><c> it</c><00:35:26.619><c> deteriorates</c><00:35:28.239><c> as</c><00:35:30.139><c> old</c><00:35:30.480><c> age</c><00:35:31.199><c> marches</c><00:35:32.000><c> on.</c>

00:35:32.840 --> 00:35:37.300
So,<00:35:33.320><c> for</c><00:35:33.559><c> example,</c><00:35:35.099><c> and</c><00:35:35.099><c> just</c><00:35:36.519><c> to</c><00:35:36.800><c> remind</c><00:35:37.079><c> you</c>

00:35:37.300 --> 00:35:39.300
for<00:35:37.880><c> those</c><00:35:38.059><c> that</c><00:35:38.320><c> know</c><00:35:38.500><c> this,</c>

00:35:39.619 --> 00:35:41.739
and<00:35:39.659><c> I</c><00:35:40.239><c> didn't</c><00:35:40.460><c> know</c><00:35:40.599><c> it</c><00:35:40.760><c> for</c><00:35:40.880><c> quite</c><00:35:41.059><c> a</c><00:35:41.239><c> while,</c><00:35:41.500><c> actually.</c>

00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:45.659
I<00:35:41.880><c> think</c><00:35:42.059><c> I</c><00:35:42.199><c> was,</c><00:35:42.860><c> I</c><00:35:43.159><c> don't</c><00:35:43.320><c> know</c><00:35:43.400><c> whether</c><00:35:43.599><c> I</c><00:35:43.699><c> was</c><00:35:43.940><c> in</c><00:35:44.059><c> my</c><00:35:45.019><c> late</c><00:35:45.239><c> 20s</c>

00:35:45.659 --> 00:35:48.840
or<00:35:45.739><c> something</c><00:35:46.079><c> until</c><00:35:47.059><c> I</c><00:35:47.519><c> came</c><00:35:47.760><c> across</c><00:35:48.079><c> this.</c>

00:35:49.199 --> 00:35:52.619
But<00:35:49.219><c> when</c><00:35:49.460><c> you</c><00:35:49.679><c> first</c><00:35:49.880><c> see</c><00:35:50.099><c> it,</c><00:35:50.219><c> it's</c><00:35:50.460><c> quite</c><00:35:50.659><c> amazing,</c><00:35:51.119><c> isn't</c><00:35:51.300><c> it?</c>

00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:55.019
How<00:35:53.039><c> the</c><00:35:53.460><c> different</c><00:35:53.940><c> parts</c><00:35:54.280><c> of</c><00:35:54.460><c> the</c><00:35:54.619><c> body</c>

00:35:55.019 --> 00:35:56.199
are<00:35:55.420><c> looked</c><00:35:55.619><c> at</c><00:35:55.920><c> here.</c>

00:35:56.260 --> 00:36:00.340
So<00:35:56.440><c> it</c><00:35:56.500><c> talks</c><00:35:56.780><c> about</c><00:35:57.019><c> the</c><00:35:57.239><c> keepers</c><00:35:57.619><c> of</c><00:35:57.739><c> the</c><00:35:57.940><c> house</c><00:35:58.579><c> trembling,</c>

00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:03.619
and<00:36:00.739><c> people</c><00:36:00.960><c> think</c><00:36:01.239><c> of</c><00:36:01.380><c> that</c><00:36:01.679><c> as</c><00:36:02.019><c> being</c><00:36:02.480><c> the</c><00:36:03.239><c> arms,</c>

00:36:03.739 --> 00:36:08.139
the<00:36:03.880><c> weakening</c><00:36:04.340><c> arms,</c><00:36:04.960><c> and</c><00:36:05.059><c> the</c><00:36:05.420><c> beginning</c><00:36:05.960><c> of</c><00:36:07.739><c> trembling</c>

00:36:08.139 --> 00:36:09.800
that<00:36:08.420><c> can</c><00:36:08.559><c> take</c><00:36:08.840><c> place</c><00:36:09.420><c> there.</c>

00:36:09.820 --> 00:36:13.659
No<00:36:10.039><c> longer</c><00:36:10.360><c> the</c><00:36:10.739><c> firm</c><00:36:11.059><c> grip</c><00:36:11.539><c> and</c><00:36:12.000><c> the</c><00:36:12.219><c> ability</c><00:36:12.559><c> to</c><00:36:12.880><c> do</c><00:36:13.139><c> things</c>

00:36:13.659 --> 00:36:16.260
with<00:36:14.099><c> the</c><00:36:14.320><c> arms</c><00:36:14.500><c> that</c><00:36:14.659><c> was</c><00:36:14.900><c> once</c><00:36:15.179><c> there.</c>

00:36:16.280 --> 00:36:19.800
The<00:36:16.619><c> strong</c><00:36:16.960><c> men</c><00:36:17.659><c> shall</c><00:36:18.039><c> bow</c><00:36:18.380><c> themselves,</c>

00:36:20.340 --> 00:36:23.800
the<00:36:20.739><c> weakening</c><00:36:21.239><c> back</c><00:36:21.760><c> and</c><00:36:22.900><c> bowing</c><00:36:23.460><c> legs,</c>

00:36:23.800 --> 00:36:28.579
the<00:36:24.320><c> stoop</c><00:36:25.059><c> which</c><00:36:26.239><c> often</c><00:36:27.019><c> accompanies</c><00:36:27.659><c> aging.</c>

00:36:28.940 --> 00:36:32.860
The<00:36:29.260><c> grinders</c><00:36:29.780><c> shall</c><00:36:30.079><c> cease</c><00:36:30.480><c> because</c><00:36:31.139><c> they</c><00:36:31.400><c> are</c><00:36:31.699><c> few.</c>

00:36:33.719 --> 00:36:36.420
Tooth<00:36:34.059><c> decay</c><00:36:34.519><c> and</c><00:36:35.460><c> loss.</c>

00:36:37.579 --> 00:36:42.440
The<00:36:37.880><c> windows</c><00:36:38.719><c> are</c><00:36:39.280><c> darkened,</c><00:36:40.940><c> failing</c><00:36:41.360><c> eyesight.</c>

00:36:43.300 --> 00:36:45.820
The<00:36:43.519><c> doors</c><00:36:43.739><c> are</c><00:36:44.039><c> shut</c><00:36:44.340><c> in</c><00:36:45.079><c> the</c><00:36:45.320><c> streets,</c>

00:36:46.199 --> 00:36:47.619
like<00:36:46.440><c> as</c><00:36:46.559><c> if</c><00:36:46.699><c> the</c><00:36:46.900><c> noise</c><00:36:47.099><c> from</c><00:36:47.280><c> the</c><00:36:47.460><c> streets</c>

00:36:47.619 --> 00:36:49.059
isn't<00:36:47.880><c> coming</c><00:36:48.179><c> through</c><00:36:48.460><c> anymore,</c>

00:36:49.059 --> 00:36:53.900
and<00:36:49.579><c> the</c><00:36:49.780><c> hearing</c><00:36:50.179><c> is</c><00:36:50.400><c> no</c><00:36:50.599><c> longer</c><00:36:50.920><c> as</c><00:36:51.219><c> acute</c><00:36:51.599><c> as</c><00:36:52.199><c> it</c><00:36:52.400><c> used</c><00:36:52.639><c> to</c><00:36:52.860><c> be.</c>

00:36:54.900 --> 00:36:57.380
The<00:36:55.119><c> sound</c><00:36:55.340><c> of</c><00:36:55.519><c> the</c><00:36:55.739><c> grinding</c><00:36:56.079><c> is</c><00:36:56.460><c> low,</c>

00:36:57.619 --> 00:36:59.420
weakening<00:36:58.099><c> voice,</c><00:36:59.320><c> perhaps,</c>

00:36:59.639 --> 00:37:02.880
or<00:37:00.159><c> more</c><00:37:00.440><c> difficulties</c><00:37:01.000><c> with</c><00:37:01.880><c> eating.</c>

00:37:03.719 --> 00:37:06.460
Rising<00:37:04.039><c> up</c><00:37:04.539><c> at</c><00:37:04.760><c> the</c><00:37:04.940><c> voice</c><00:37:05.159><c> of</c><00:37:05.360><c> the</c><00:37:05.539><c> bird.</c>

00:37:07.699 --> 00:37:10.039
Light<00:37:08.039><c> sleep,</c><00:37:09.039><c> terminated</c><00:37:09.599><c> sleep,</c>

00:37:10.179 --> 00:37:11.619
getting<00:37:10.420><c> up</c><00:37:10.639><c> in</c><00:37:10.780><c> the</c><00:37:10.860><c> middle</c><00:37:11.000><c> of</c><00:37:11.199><c> the</c><00:37:11.300><c> night,</c>

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:12.840
waking<00:37:12.199><c> up</c><00:37:12.400><c> in</c><00:37:12.519><c> the</c><00:37:12.639><c> morning</c>

00:37:12.840 --> 00:37:15.139
and<00:37:12.980><c> not</c><00:37:13.119><c> being</c><00:37:13.280><c> able</c><00:37:13.420><c> to</c><00:37:13.500><c> go</c><00:37:13.679><c> back</c><00:37:13.880><c> to</c><00:37:14.079><c> sleep</c><00:37:14.260><c> again.</c>

00:37:16.079 --> 00:37:17.039
Nervousness,<00:37:16.559><c> perhaps,</c>

00:37:17.039 --> 00:37:20.440
and<00:37:17.599><c> then</c><00:37:17.760><c> there</c><00:37:17.920><c> are</c><00:37:18.079><c> some</c><00:37:18.219><c> other</c><00:37:18.860><c> more</c><00:37:19.460><c> literal</c><00:37:20.079><c> ones,</c>

00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:22.559
aren't<00:37:20.599><c> there,</c><00:37:20.900><c> like</c><00:37:20.980><c> fear</c><00:37:21.239><c> of</c><00:37:21.460><c> heights</c><00:37:21.800><c> and</c><00:37:22.019><c> so</c><00:37:22.260><c> forth</c>

00:37:22.559 --> 00:37:25.760
that<00:37:22.820><c> are</c><00:37:23.019><c> mentioned</c><00:37:23.440><c> in</c><00:37:24.119><c> there</c><00:37:24.500><c> as</c><00:37:24.760><c> well.</c>

00:37:26.340 --> 00:37:29.980
So<00:37:26.460><c> that's</c><00:37:26.639><c> the</c><00:37:27.380><c> conventional</c><00:37:27.940><c> interpretation</c><00:37:28.659><c> of</c><00:37:28.860><c> the</c><00:37:29.039><c> passage,</c>

00:37:30.460 --> 00:37:33.719
which<00:37:30.480><c> has,</c><00:37:31.420><c> you</c><00:37:31.500><c> know,</c><00:37:31.659><c> which</c><00:37:31.880><c> imagines</c><00:37:32.440><c> a</c><00:37:32.880><c> human</c><00:37:33.199><c> body</c>

00:37:33.719 --> 00:37:37.000
and<00:37:34.460><c> looks</c><00:37:34.780><c> at</c><00:37:35.079><c> the</c><00:37:35.260><c> ways,</c><00:37:35.699><c> the</c><00:37:35.800><c> various</c><00:37:36.119><c> parts</c><00:37:36.599><c> of</c><00:37:36.820><c> it,</c>

00:37:37.079 --> 00:37:37.940
and,<00:37:37.300><c> you</c><00:37:37.500><c> know,</c><00:37:37.639><c> obviously,</c>

00:37:38.199 --> 00:37:39.420
it's<00:37:38.320><c> different</c><00:37:38.559><c> things</c><00:37:38.800><c> for</c><00:37:38.960><c> different</c><00:37:39.139><c> people.</c>

00:37:39.460 --> 00:37:41.860
We<00:37:39.559><c> don't</c><00:37:39.780><c> all</c><00:37:40.019><c> go</c><00:37:40.239><c> through</c><00:37:40.760><c> that</c><00:37:41.119><c> same</c><00:37:41.400><c> experience</c>

00:37:41.860 --> 00:37:44.340
in<00:37:42.019><c> which</c><00:37:42.199><c> every</c><00:37:42.619><c> part</c><00:37:42.840><c> deteriorates</c><00:37:43.500><c> the</c><00:37:43.699><c> same</c><00:37:43.920><c> way,</c><00:37:44.139><c> do</c><00:37:44.260><c> we?</c>

00:37:44.440 --> 00:37:46.059
It's<00:37:44.599><c> a</c><00:37:44.719><c> little</c><00:37:44.840><c> bit</c><00:37:45.059><c> different</c><00:37:45.340><c> for</c><00:37:45.539><c> each</c><00:37:45.760><c> of</c><00:37:45.900><c> us,</c>

00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:47.500
and<00:37:46.440><c> some</c><00:37:46.619><c> of</c><00:37:46.739><c> us</c><00:37:46.860><c> are</c><00:37:47.099><c> blessed</c>

00:37:47.500 --> 00:37:50.380
to<00:37:47.900><c> keep</c><00:37:48.179><c> most</c><00:37:48.500><c> of</c><00:37:48.659><c> our</c><00:37:48.880><c> faculties</c><00:37:49.400><c> strong</c>

00:37:50.719 --> 00:37:52.260
until<00:37:51.199><c> the</c><00:37:51.519><c> end</c><00:37:51.659><c> of</c><00:37:51.840><c> our</c><00:37:52.019><c> days</c>

00:37:52.260 --> 00:37:53.860
or<00:37:52.500><c> until</c><00:37:52.840><c> close</c><00:37:53.000><c> to</c><00:37:53.179><c> the</c><00:37:53.260><c> end</c><00:37:53.400><c> of</c><00:37:53.519><c> the</c><00:37:53.659><c> days,</c>

00:37:54.019 --> 00:37:57.699
but<00:37:54.260><c> generally,</c><00:37:55.599><c> this</c><00:37:55.679><c> is</c><00:37:56.320><c> a</c><00:37:56.360><c> typical</c><00:37:56.820><c> human</c><00:37:57.199><c> experience</c>

00:37:57.699 --> 00:38:00.820
that<00:37:57.880><c> these</c><00:37:58.179><c> are</c><00:37:58.380><c> the</c><00:37:58.539><c> things</c><00:37:58.840><c> that</c><00:37:59.219><c> will</c><00:37:59.440><c> begin</c><00:37:59.780><c> to</c><00:38:00.539><c> weaken.</c>

00:38:01.059 --> 00:38:02.239
This<00:38:01.219><c> is</c><00:38:01.519><c> the</c><00:38:01.719><c> sad</c><00:38:01.940><c> end,</c>

00:38:02.300 --> 00:38:04.280
so<00:38:02.420><c> you</c><00:38:02.559><c> remember</c><00:38:02.719><c> the</c><00:38:02.940><c> chap</c><00:38:03.059><c> walking</c><00:38:03.320><c> across</c><00:38:03.679><c> the</c><00:38:03.880><c> stage</c><00:38:04.079><c> there</c>

00:38:04.280 --> 00:38:05.619
and<00:38:04.440><c> saying,</c><00:38:04.659><c> look</c><00:38:04.780><c> how</c><00:38:04.980><c> great</c><00:38:05.199><c> I</c><00:38:05.460><c> am.</c>

00:38:05.880 --> 00:38:09.280
This<00:38:06.119><c> is</c><00:38:06.340><c> the</c><00:38:06.559><c> sad</c><00:38:06.760><c> end</c><00:38:07.219><c> to</c><00:38:07.519><c> which</c><00:38:07.699><c> that</c><00:38:07.980><c> person</c><00:38:08.400><c> is</c><00:38:08.960><c> going</c>

00:38:09.280 --> 00:38:11.380
as<00:38:09.699><c> he</c><00:38:09.980><c> approaches</c><00:38:10.539><c> his</c><00:38:11.079><c> death,</c>

00:38:11.380 --> 00:38:14.460
and<00:38:11.559><c> there</c><00:38:11.800><c> is</c><00:38:12.079><c> that</c><00:38:12.300><c> death</c><00:38:12.840><c> in</c><00:38:13.679><c> verse</c><00:38:14.000><c> seven.</c>

00:38:14.460 --> 00:38:17.719
Then<00:38:14.920><c> shall</c><00:38:15.280><c> the</c><00:38:15.480><c> dust</c><00:38:15.719><c> return</c><00:38:16.139><c> to</c><00:38:16.340><c> the</c><00:38:16.519><c> earth</c><00:38:16.880><c> as</c><00:38:17.219><c> it</c><00:38:17.440><c> was.</c>

00:38:17.880 --> 00:38:21.239
Now,<00:38:18.079><c> that's</c><00:38:18.900><c> a</c><00:38:19.059><c> complete</c><00:38:19.500><c> undoing</c><00:38:20.000><c> of</c><00:38:20.179><c> Genesis</c><00:38:20.500><c> two,</c><00:38:20.940><c> isn't</c><00:38:21.079><c> it,</c>

00:38:21.360 --> 00:38:23.039
in<00:38:21.440><c> which</c><00:38:21.619><c> man</c><00:38:21.920><c> formed,</c><00:38:22.780><c> sorry,</c>

00:38:23.099 --> 00:38:25.760
in<00:38:23.199><c> which</c><00:38:23.320><c> God</c><00:38:23.519><c> formed</c><00:38:23.920><c> man</c><00:38:24.320><c> out</c><00:38:24.760><c> of</c><00:38:24.940><c> the</c><00:38:25.079><c> dust</c><00:38:25.260><c> of</c><00:38:25.440><c> the</c><00:38:25.619><c> ground.</c>

00:38:26.019 --> 00:38:30.340
Here,<00:38:26.260><c> then</c><00:38:26.420><c> again,</c><00:38:26.900><c> is</c><00:38:27.019><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:38:27.639><c> as</c><00:38:27.880><c> a</c><00:38:28.139><c> commentary</c><00:38:28.579><c> on</c><00:38:29.179><c> Genesis,</c>

00:38:30.360 --> 00:38:33.219
and<00:38:30.440><c> that,</c><00:38:30.800><c> now,</c><00:38:31.320><c> that</c><00:38:31.460><c> creation</c><00:38:31.960><c> of</c><00:38:32.159><c> man</c><00:38:32.400><c> being</c><00:38:32.739><c> reversed</c>

00:38:33.219 --> 00:38:40.300
into<00:38:33.500><c> his</c><00:38:33.880><c> uncreation</c><00:38:35.019><c> as</c><00:38:36.199><c> he's</c><00:38:36.719><c> taken</c><00:38:37.039><c> down</c><00:38:37.980><c> by</c><00:38:38.980><c> God</c>

00:38:41.300 --> 00:38:43.079
and<00:38:41.820><c> returns</c><00:38:42.340><c> to</c><00:38:42.659><c> the</c><00:38:42.840><c> dust,</c>

00:38:43.079 --> 00:38:46.360
and<00:38:43.260><c> the</c><00:38:43.500><c> spirit</c><00:38:43.860><c> returns</c><00:38:44.559><c> to</c><00:38:44.820><c> God</c><00:38:45.139><c> who</c><00:38:45.699><c> gave</c><00:38:45.960><c> it.</c>

00:38:46.539 --> 00:38:49.119
And<00:38:46.699><c> you</c><00:38:46.760><c> can</c><00:38:47.019><c> see</c><00:38:47.179><c> two</c><00:38:47.559><c> metaphors</c><00:38:48.239><c> for</c><00:38:48.639><c> death</c>

00:38:49.119 --> 00:38:53.159
or<00:38:49.460><c> for</c><00:38:49.659><c> life</c><00:38:49.880><c> and</c><00:38:50.099><c> death</c><00:38:50.300><c> being</c><00:38:50.639><c> used</c><00:38:51.300><c> there</c><00:38:51.920><c> in</c><00:38:52.380><c> verse</c><00:38:52.780><c> six,</c>

00:38:53.219 --> 00:38:55.219
or<00:38:53.380><c> ever</c><00:38:53.519><c> the</c><00:38:53.800><c> silver</c><00:38:54.179><c> cord</c><00:38:54.539><c> be</c><00:38:54.960><c> loosed</c>

00:38:55.219 --> 00:38:57.000
or<00:38:55.360><c> the</c><00:38:55.559><c> golden</c><00:38:55.880><c> bowl</c><00:38:56.159><c> be</c><00:38:56.579><c> broken</c>

00:38:57.000 --> 00:38:59.099
or<00:38:57.380><c> the</c><00:38:57.559><c> pitcher</c><00:38:57.840><c> be</c><00:38:58.059><c> broken</c><00:38:58.380><c> at</c><00:38:58.579><c> the</c><00:38:58.760><c> fountain</c>

00:38:59.099 --> 00:39:01.760
or<00:38:59.539><c> the</c><00:38:59.800><c> wheel</c><00:38:59.980><c> broken</c><00:39:00.579><c> at</c><00:39:00.940><c> the</c><00:39:01.179><c> cistern.</c>

00:39:01.940 --> 00:39:04.300
So<00:39:02.139><c> there's</c><00:39:02.400><c> two</c><00:39:02.699><c> images</c><00:39:03.059><c> there.</c>

00:39:04.619 --> 00:39:12.119
One<00:39:04.940><c> is</c><00:39:05.320><c> the</c><00:39:05.619><c> image</c><00:39:06.000><c> of</c><00:39:07.380><c> a</c><00:39:09.340><c> golden</c><00:39:09.960><c> bowl</c><00:39:10.639><c> on</c><00:39:11.059><c> a</c><00:39:11.340><c> silver</c><00:39:11.699><c> cord,</c>

00:39:12.119 --> 00:39:15.760
and<00:39:12.239><c> this</c><00:39:12.360><c> is</c><00:39:13.619><c> probably</c><00:39:14.079><c> a</c><00:39:14.760><c> light,</c>

00:39:16.619 --> 00:39:19.820
and<00:39:16.659><c> you</c><00:39:16.739><c> can</c><00:39:16.940><c> imagine</c><00:39:17.300><c> the</c><00:39:17.880><c> light</c><00:39:18.239><c> sitting</c><00:39:18.599><c> in</c><00:39:18.820><c> the</c><00:39:19.000><c> golden</c><00:39:19.340><c> bowl</c>

00:39:19.820 --> 00:39:23.280
and<00:39:20.800><c> hanging</c><00:39:21.300><c> from</c><00:39:21.639><c> this</c><00:39:21.960><c> silver</c><00:39:22.360><c> cord,</c>

00:39:24.340 --> 00:39:27.619
and<00:39:24.340><c> eventually</c><00:39:25.059><c> the</c><00:39:25.340><c> time</c><00:39:25.780><c> comes,</c>

00:39:30.400 --> 00:39:33.159
and<00:39:31.119><c> the</c><00:39:31.840><c> cord</c><00:39:31.980><c> breaks,</c>

00:39:33.860 --> 00:39:37.699
and<00:39:33.980><c> the</c><00:39:34.099><c> bowl</c><00:39:34.460><c> smashes</c><00:39:35.179><c> to</c><00:39:35.400><c> the</c><00:39:35.559><c> ground</c><00:39:36.179><c> and</c><00:39:37.179><c> smashes,</c>

00:39:38.119 --> 00:39:41.420
and<00:39:38.280><c> the</c><00:39:38.739><c> oil</c><00:39:39.039><c> is</c><00:39:39.400><c> dispersed,</c><00:39:40.159><c> and</c><00:39:40.280><c> the</c><00:39:40.360><c> light</c><00:39:40.599><c> is</c><00:39:40.960><c> extinguished.</c>

00:39:41.420 --> 00:39:43.099
There's<00:39:41.739><c> nothing</c><00:39:41.960><c> to</c><00:39:42.179><c> contain</c><00:39:42.559><c> that</c><00:39:42.860><c> life,</c>

00:39:43.139 --> 00:39:45.659
that<00:39:43.460><c> light</c><00:39:43.699><c> of</c><00:39:43.940><c> life</c><00:39:44.400><c> anymore,</c>

00:39:45.820 --> 00:39:49.139
and<00:39:46.019><c> the</c><00:39:46.239><c> light</c><00:39:46.639><c> and</c><00:39:47.159><c> the</c><00:39:47.360><c> life</c><00:39:47.719><c> is</c><00:39:48.460><c> extinguished.</c>

00:39:49.480 --> 00:39:51.699
And<00:39:49.599><c> the</c><00:39:49.679><c> other</c><00:39:49.860><c> metaphor</c><00:39:50.239><c> is</c><00:39:50.420><c> this</c><00:39:50.639><c> idea</c><00:39:50.940><c> of</c><00:39:51.119><c> the</c><00:39:51.320><c> pitcher</c>

00:39:51.699 --> 00:39:54.539
being<00:39:52.219><c> broken</c><00:39:52.579><c> at</c><00:39:52.739><c> the</c><00:39:52.900><c> fountain</c><00:39:53.219><c> and</c><00:39:53.400><c> the</c><00:39:53.599><c> wheel</c><00:39:53.780><c> at</c><00:39:53.980><c> the</c><00:39:54.139><c> cistern.</c>

00:39:54.639 --> 00:39:56.519
Now,<00:39:54.780><c> this</c><00:39:54.860><c> is</c><00:39:55.619><c> a</c><00:39:55.780><c> well,</c><00:39:56.219><c> then,</c><00:39:56.280><c> isn't</c><00:39:56.400><c> it?</c>

00:39:56.559 --> 00:39:58.780
And<00:39:56.679><c> you've</c><00:39:56.860><c> got</c><00:39:56.980><c> the</c><00:39:57.199><c> pitcher</c><00:39:57.519><c> that's</c><00:39:57.940><c> normally</c><00:39:58.179><c> let</c><00:39:58.440><c> down</c>

00:39:58.780 --> 00:40:01.179
into<00:39:59.000><c> the</c><00:39:59.260><c> well,</c><00:39:59.699><c> and</c><00:39:59.880><c> it</c><00:40:00.199><c> pulls</c><00:40:00.480><c> up</c><00:40:00.679><c> the</c><00:40:00.920><c> water,</c>

00:40:01.239 --> 00:40:04.360
and,<00:40:01.380><c> of</c><00:40:01.500><c> course,</c><00:40:01.639><c> water's</c><00:40:02.079><c> a</c><00:40:03.099><c> natural</c><00:40:03.420><c> symbol</c><00:40:03.820><c> for</c><00:40:04.039><c> life,</c>

00:40:04.360 --> 00:40:07.719
isn't<00:40:04.559><c> it,</c><00:40:04.840><c> and</c><00:40:05.539><c> the</c><00:40:05.920><c> water</c><00:40:06.280><c> of</c><00:40:06.500><c> life</c><00:40:06.699><c> is</c><00:40:07.260><c> drawn</c><00:40:07.500><c> up,</c>

00:40:07.719 --> 00:40:09.800
and<00:40:07.900><c> we</c><00:40:08.199><c> survive</c><00:40:08.699><c> by</c><00:40:08.940><c> drinking</c><00:40:09.219><c> that</c><00:40:09.460><c> water,</c>

00:40:09.800 --> 00:40:12.159
and<00:40:10.199><c> then</c><00:40:10.360><c> the</c><00:40:10.619><c> wheel</c><00:40:10.900><c> that</c><00:40:11.199><c> lets</c><00:40:11.400><c> down</c><00:40:11.739><c> the</c><00:40:11.940><c> pulley</c>

00:40:12.159 --> 00:40:14.500
and<00:40:12.619><c> the</c><00:40:12.860><c> cord</c><00:40:13.059><c> is</c><00:40:13.539><c> broken,</c>

00:40:15.079 --> 00:40:17.820
and<00:40:15.079><c> the</c><00:40:15.940><c> bucket,</c><00:40:16.239><c> the</c><00:40:16.440><c> pitcher,</c><00:40:16.900><c> falls</c><00:40:17.039><c> down</c><00:40:17.320><c> into</c><00:40:17.519><c> the</c><00:40:17.699><c> well,</c>

00:40:17.860 --> 00:40:19.619
and<00:40:17.960><c> you</c><00:40:18.119><c> can't</c><00:40:18.420><c> reach</c><00:40:18.699><c> to</c><00:40:18.860><c> get</c><00:40:18.920><c> it</c><00:40:19.099><c> back</c><00:40:19.219><c> out</c><00:40:19.400><c> again,</c>

00:40:19.739 --> 00:40:23.679
and<00:40:19.920><c> no</c><00:40:20.139><c> more</c><00:40:20.320><c> water</c><00:40:20.559><c> is</c><00:40:20.760><c> coming</c><00:40:20.960><c> up,</c><00:40:22.179><c> and</c><00:40:22.420><c> that's</c><00:40:22.699><c> death,</c>

00:40:23.760 --> 00:40:24.840
and<00:40:24.099><c> that's</c><00:40:24.300><c> where</c><00:40:24.420><c> it</c><00:40:24.599><c> ends.</c>

00:40:24.960 --> 00:40:27.320
It<00:40:25.139><c> ends</c><00:40:25.440><c> with</c><00:40:25.659><c> that</c><00:40:25.940><c> quote</c><00:40:26.159><c> of</c><00:40:26.380><c> Genesis.</c>

00:40:27.780 --> 00:40:31.300
This<00:40:28.059><c> is</c><00:40:28.599><c> how</c><00:40:28.960><c> God</c><00:40:29.619><c> has</c><00:40:30.420><c> hemmed</c><00:40:30.659><c> us</c><00:40:30.840><c> in.</c>

00:40:31.800 --> 00:40:34.199
This<00:40:32.079><c> is</c><00:40:32.400><c> death</c><00:40:32.800><c> as</c><00:40:33.300><c> the</c><00:40:33.519><c> great</c><00:40:33.739><c> leveller.</c>

00:40:34.559 --> 00:40:37.960
So<00:40:34.780><c> that's</c><00:40:35.079><c> one</c><00:40:35.320><c> way</c><00:40:35.639><c> of</c><00:40:35.940><c> looking</c><00:40:36.360><c> at</c><00:40:37.039><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:40:37.639><c> 12,</c>

00:40:37.960 --> 00:40:40.420
but<00:40:38.079><c> there</c><00:40:38.199><c> are</c><00:40:38.400><c> two</c><00:40:38.599><c> others</c><00:40:38.900><c> that</c><00:40:39.059><c> are</c><00:40:39.219><c> much</c><00:40:39.400><c> less</c><00:40:39.780><c> common,</c>

00:40:40.780 --> 00:40:43.340
commonly<00:40:41.239><c> talked</c><00:40:41.579><c> about,</c><00:40:42.000><c> but</c><00:40:42.059><c> that</c><00:40:42.280><c> are</c><00:40:42.480><c> also</c><00:40:42.739><c> interesting.</c>

00:40:43.639 --> 00:40:45.900
You<00:40:43.679><c> know,</c><00:40:43.800><c> I</c><00:40:43.820><c> think</c><00:40:44.380><c> we</c><00:40:45.280><c> got</c><00:40:45.440><c> it</c><00:40:45.679><c> right</c>

00:40:45.900 --> 00:40:47.840
when<00:40:46.099><c> we</c><00:40:46.320><c> talked</c><00:40:46.539><c> about</c><00:40:46.840><c> what</c><00:40:47.000><c> we</c><00:40:47.179><c> just</c><00:40:47.380><c> talked</c><00:40:47.599><c> about,</c>

00:40:47.840 --> 00:40:49.420
about<00:40:48.099><c> the</c><00:40:48.360><c> weakening</c><00:40:48.760><c> human</c><00:40:49.039><c> body,</c>

00:40:49.639 --> 00:40:51.519
but<00:40:50.039><c> there</c><00:40:50.340><c> are</c><00:40:50.519><c> probably</c><00:40:50.820><c> other</c><00:40:51.059><c> dimensions</c>

00:40:51.519 --> 00:40:53.440
in<00:40:51.719><c> this</c><00:40:51.920><c> passage</c><00:40:52.239><c> as</c><00:40:52.539><c> well.</c>

00:40:53.840 --> 00:40:56.019
And<00:40:54.019><c> one</c><00:40:54.159><c> of</c><00:40:54.260><c> them</c><00:40:54.380><c> is</c><00:40:54.539><c> to</c><00:40:54.699><c> say,</c><00:40:54.820><c> well,</c><00:40:54.940><c> it's</c><00:40:55.159><c> all</c><00:40:55.260><c> very</c><00:40:55.619><c> well</c>

00:40:56.019 --> 00:41:01.679
cashing<00:40:56.500><c> in</c><00:40:56.900><c> and</c><00:40:57.360><c> saying,</c><00:40:58.380><c> well,</c><00:40:58.719><c> what</c><00:40:58.920><c> are</c><00:41:01.239><c> the</c><00:41:01.380><c> keepers</c>

00:41:01.679 --> 00:41:03.400
of<00:41:01.820><c> the</c><00:41:01.980><c> house,</c><00:41:02.199><c> and</c><00:41:02.380><c> what</c><00:41:02.519><c> are</c><00:41:02.679><c> the</c><00:41:02.960><c> strong</c><00:41:03.139><c> men,</c>

00:41:03.400 --> 00:41:05.119
and<00:41:03.659><c> saying</c><00:41:03.780><c> they</c><00:41:04.119><c> represent</c><00:41:04.619><c> something,</c>

00:41:05.119 --> 00:41:12.719
but<00:41:05.920><c> suppose</c><00:41:07.360><c> we</c><00:41:07.699><c> stop</c><00:41:07.980><c> before</c><00:41:08.599><c> we</c><00:41:09.679><c> cash</c><00:41:09.920><c> out</c><00:41:10.300><c> these</c><00:41:12.260><c> things</c>

00:41:12.719 --> 00:41:16.000
and<00:41:12.980><c> say,</c><00:41:13.579><c> well,</c><00:41:13.739><c> what's</c><00:41:14.119><c> actually</c><00:41:14.440><c> being</c><00:41:14.719><c> described?</c>

00:41:16.239 --> 00:41:18.539
What<00:41:16.539><c> is</c><00:41:16.820><c> the</c><00:41:17.059><c> scene</c><00:41:17.280><c> that's</c><00:41:17.599><c> being</c><00:41:17.880><c> described</c>

00:41:18.539 --> 00:41:20.900
that<00:41:18.980><c> we're</c><00:41:19.260><c> taking</c><00:41:19.619><c> as</c><00:41:19.840><c> an</c><00:41:20.019><c> allegory?</c>

00:41:21.619 --> 00:41:24.860
And<00:41:21.960><c> the</c><00:41:22.099><c> idea</c><00:41:22.380><c> here</c><00:41:22.820><c> is</c><00:41:23.320><c> that</c><00:41:23.539><c> the</c><00:41:23.739><c> scene</c><00:41:23.880><c> being</c><00:41:24.179><c> described</c>

00:41:24.860 --> 00:41:29.099
is<00:41:26.019><c> literally</c><00:41:26.800><c> a</c><00:41:27.460><c> funeral</c><00:41:27.840><c> procession.</c>

00:41:30.380 --> 00:41:33.559
And<00:41:30.780><c> so</c><00:41:30.960><c> the</c><00:41:31.199><c> sound</c><00:41:31.559><c> of</c><00:41:31.840><c> grinding</c><00:41:32.199><c> is</c><00:41:32.539><c> low,</c>

00:41:33.860 --> 00:41:37.639
and<00:41:34.260><c> the</c><00:41:34.840><c> windows</c><00:41:35.280><c> are</c><00:41:35.619><c> darkened</c><00:41:36.159><c> in</c><00:41:36.360><c> the</c><00:41:36.599><c> streets,</c>

00:41:37.980 --> 00:41:41.000
and<00:41:38.460><c> the</c><00:41:38.579><c> children</c><00:41:38.780><c> are</c><00:41:38.980><c> not</c><00:41:39.199><c> playing</c><00:41:39.440><c> in</c><00:41:39.639><c> the</c><00:41:39.860><c> streets</c>

00:41:41.059 --> 00:41:44.199
because<00:41:41.920><c> someone</c><00:41:42.800><c> has</c><00:41:43.119><c> died</c><00:41:43.380><c> in</c><00:41:43.559><c> the</c><00:41:43.719><c> village,</c>

00:41:44.699 --> 00:41:48.219
and<00:41:45.019><c> the</c><00:41:45.239><c> funeral</c><00:41:45.619><c> procession</c><00:41:46.539><c> is</c><00:41:46.920><c> coming</c><00:41:47.199><c> through.</c>

00:41:48.579 --> 00:41:54.380
And<00:41:48.800><c> even</c><00:41:49.000><c> the</c><00:41:49.340><c> strong</c><00:41:49.579><c> men</c><00:41:50.119><c> now</c><00:41:50.960><c> are</c><00:41:51.599><c> standing</c><00:41:52.099><c> in</c><00:41:53.480><c> respect,</c>

00:41:54.840 --> 00:41:57.139
and<00:41:55.059><c> the</c><00:41:55.320><c> silence,</c><00:41:55.940><c> there's</c><00:41:56.159><c> no</c><00:41:56.519><c> activity.</c>

00:41:57.639 --> 00:42:02.900
Everyone<00:41:58.219><c> is</c><00:41:59.739><c> somber</c><00:42:00.159><c> and</c><00:42:00.559><c> struck</c><00:42:00.920><c> by</c><00:42:01.900><c> the</c><00:42:02.079><c> solemnity</c>

00:42:03.059 --> 00:42:08.500
of<00:42:03.739><c> the</c><00:42:04.059><c> occasion</c><00:42:04.619><c> as</c><00:42:05.780><c> this</c><00:42:06.179><c> funeral</c><00:42:06.539><c> procession</c><00:42:07.539><c> passes</c><00:42:08.000><c> through.</c>

00:42:08.840 --> 00:42:10.780
And<00:42:08.980><c> the</c><00:42:09.099><c> only</c><00:42:09.300><c> thing</c><00:42:09.500><c> that's</c><00:42:09.719><c> making</c><00:42:10.000><c> any</c><00:42:10.320><c> noise</c>

00:42:10.780 --> 00:42:12.980
is<00:42:11.320><c> the</c><00:42:11.519><c> natural</c><00:42:11.900><c> creation.</c>

00:42:15.599 --> 00:42:19.820
The<00:42:15.800><c> birds</c><00:42:16.139><c> and</c><00:42:17.420><c> the</c><00:42:17.539><c> grasshoppers</c><00:42:18.239><c> and</c><00:42:18.619><c> so</c><00:42:18.920><c> forth.</c>

00:42:19.880 --> 00:42:23.239
They're<00:42:20.500><c> going</c><00:42:20.699><c> on</c><00:42:20.980><c> regardless,</c><00:42:22.880><c> aren't</c><00:42:23.019><c> they?</c>

00:42:23.320 --> 00:42:25.840
And<00:42:23.500><c> all</c><00:42:23.699><c> human</c><00:42:23.940><c> beings</c><00:42:24.400><c> now</c><00:42:24.920><c> are</c><00:42:25.260><c> silenced,</c>

00:42:26.139 --> 00:42:28.940
thinking<00:42:26.420><c> about</c><00:42:26.760><c> the</c><00:42:27.000><c> somberness</c><00:42:27.539><c> of</c><00:42:27.800><c> this,</c>

00:42:29.519 --> 00:42:33.039
but<00:42:29.940><c> the</c><00:42:30.179><c> animals</c><00:42:30.420><c> are</c><00:42:30.659><c> still,</c><00:42:33.039><c> you</c><00:42:33.039><c> know,</c>

00:42:33.039 --> 00:42:33.519
still<00:42:33.039><c> in</c><00:42:33.519><c> the</c><00:42:33.519><c> fields.</c>

00:42:33.980 --> 00:42:36.679
And<00:42:34.139><c> so</c><00:42:34.300><c> again,</c><00:42:35.079><c> the</c><00:42:35.320><c> other</c><00:42:35.699><c> aspects</c><00:42:36.119><c> of</c><00:42:36.380><c> creation,</c>

00:42:36.840 --> 00:42:40.300
the<00:42:36.940><c> natural</c><00:42:37.280><c> creation,</c><00:42:38.280><c> are</c><00:42:38.440><c> mocking</c><00:42:38.900><c> in</c><00:42:39.179><c> a</c><00:42:39.360><c> way</c>

00:42:40.440 --> 00:42:42.340
what<00:42:40.739><c> the</c><00:42:41.019><c> human</c><00:42:41.199><c> beings</c><00:42:41.539><c> are</c><00:42:41.780><c> going</c><00:42:41.960><c> through.</c>

00:42:42.460 --> 00:42:45.059
And<00:42:42.679><c> that</c><00:42:42.780><c> was</c><00:42:42.900><c> just</c><00:42:43.099><c> what</c><00:42:43.199><c> we</c><00:42:43.380><c> saw</c><00:42:43.559><c> in</c><00:42:43.719><c> chapter</c><00:42:44.000><c> one,</c><00:42:44.420><c> wasn't</c><00:42:44.599><c> it?</c>

00:42:45.300 --> 00:42:48.000
Do<00:42:45.480><c> you</c><00:42:45.480><c> remember</c><00:42:45.699><c> how</c><00:42:45.940><c> the</c><00:42:46.079><c> cycles,</c><00:42:46.579><c> the</c><00:42:46.780><c> perpetual</c><00:42:47.300><c> cycles,</c>

00:42:48.320 --> 00:42:50.579
were<00:42:48.500><c> mocking</c><00:42:48.960><c> the</c><00:42:49.440><c> shortness</c><00:42:49.840><c> of</c><00:42:50.019><c> our</c><00:42:50.280><c> days</c>

00:42:50.579 --> 00:42:54.599
as<00:42:50.960><c> we</c><00:42:51.219><c> only</c><00:42:51.599><c> passed</c><00:42:51.860><c> across</c><00:42:52.219><c> that</c><00:42:52.539><c> stage</c><00:42:52.880><c> the</c><00:42:53.340><c> one</c><00:42:53.639><c> time?</c>

00:42:55.659 --> 00:42:59.980
And<00:42:55.980><c> just</c><00:42:56.199><c> as</c><00:42:56.460><c> those</c><00:42:57.880><c> things</c><00:42:58.780><c> went</c><00:42:59.019><c> round</c><00:42:59.340><c> and</c><00:42:59.519><c> round</c><00:42:59.719><c> and</c><00:42:59.880><c> round</c>

00:42:59.980 --> 00:43:01.480
and<00:43:00.179><c> they</c><00:43:00.340><c> went</c><00:43:00.719><c> and</c><00:43:00.860><c> they</c><00:43:01.079><c> came,</c>

00:43:01.480 --> 00:43:08.039
so<00:43:02.000><c> now,</c><00:43:05.320><c> death</c><00:43:05.380><c> is</c><00:43:05.639><c> coming</c><00:43:06.000><c> to</c><00:43:06.800><c> this</c><00:43:07.039><c> person.</c>

00:43:08.760 --> 00:43:10.179
The<00:43:08.880><c> person</c><00:43:09.179><c> is</c><00:43:09.500><c> going</c><00:43:09.739><c> somewhere.</c>

00:43:10.440 --> 00:43:11.559
They're<00:43:10.559><c> returning.</c>

00:43:11.699 --> 00:43:13.699
They're<00:43:11.980><c> returning</c><00:43:12.360><c> to</c><00:43:12.539><c> their</c><00:43:12.699><c> place.</c>

00:43:13.780 --> 00:43:19.440
And<00:43:13.880><c> that's</c><00:43:14.519><c> the</c><00:43:14.719><c> power</c><00:43:15.260><c> of</c><00:43:16.639><c> the</c><00:43:17.679><c> end</c><00:43:18.179><c> of</c><00:43:18.460><c> verse</c><00:43:18.739><c> five,</c>

00:43:19.840 --> 00:43:25.780
because<00:43:20.219><c> a</c><00:43:20.639><c> man</c><00:43:21.340><c> goeth</c><00:43:21.940><c> to</c><00:43:22.440><c> his</c><00:43:22.679><c> long</c><00:43:23.099><c> home,</c><00:43:23.860><c> to</c><00:43:24.059><c> his</c><00:43:24.280><c> eternal</c><00:43:24.820><c> home,</c>

00:43:25.840 --> 00:43:27.820
and<00:43:26.059><c> the</c><00:43:26.260><c> mourners</c><00:43:26.599><c> go</c><00:43:26.940><c> about</c><00:43:27.199><c> the</c><00:43:27.500><c> streets.</c>

00:43:28.019 --> 00:43:29.599
So<00:43:28.239><c> now</c><00:43:28.400><c> there's</c><00:43:28.599><c> a</c><00:43:28.739><c> literal</c><00:43:28.940><c> dimension</c><00:43:29.340><c> to</c><00:43:29.519><c> that.</c>

00:43:29.679 --> 00:43:31.340
If<00:43:29.719><c> you</c><00:43:29.860><c> imagine</c><00:43:30.139><c> this</c><00:43:30.320><c> passage</c><00:43:30.579><c> is</c><00:43:30.840><c> describing</c>

00:43:31.340 --> 00:43:34.579
a<00:43:31.800><c> funeral</c><00:43:31.860><c> procession</c><00:43:32.400><c> and</c><00:43:32.719><c> you</c><00:43:32.920><c> imagine</c><00:43:33.500><c> the</c><00:43:33.980><c> dead</c><00:43:34.260><c> man</c>

00:43:34.579 --> 00:43:38.079
in<00:43:34.719><c> the</c><00:43:34.920><c> procession</c><00:43:35.699><c> going</c><00:43:36.260><c> to</c><00:43:37.099><c> his</c><00:43:37.440><c> eternal</c><00:43:37.860><c> home,</c>

00:43:38.159 --> 00:43:41.340
going<00:43:38.420><c> to</c><00:43:38.619><c> his</c><00:43:38.800><c> grave,</c><00:43:39.880><c> that's</c><00:43:40.219><c> literally</c><00:43:40.599><c> true,</c><00:43:41.000><c> isn't</c><00:43:41.079><c> it?</c>

00:43:41.480 --> 00:43:43.079
A<00:43:41.619><c> man</c><00:43:41.760><c> is</c><00:43:42.019><c> going</c><00:43:42.179><c> to</c><00:43:42.380><c> his</c><00:43:42.579><c> long</c><00:43:42.739><c> home</c>

00:43:43.079 --> 00:43:45.780
and<00:43:43.500><c> the</c><00:43:43.719><c> mourners</c><00:43:44.199><c> are</c><00:43:44.599><c> going</c><00:43:44.840><c> about</c><00:43:45.179><c> the</c><00:43:45.420><c> streets.</c>

00:43:46.159 --> 00:43:48.619
So<00:43:46.559><c> the</c><00:43:46.800><c> passage</c><00:43:47.059><c> works</c><00:43:47.380><c> at</c><00:43:47.599><c> that</c><00:43:47.820><c> level</c><00:43:48.099><c> too,</c>

00:43:48.880 --> 00:43:50.059
which<00:43:49.199><c> is</c><00:43:49.460><c> very</c><00:43:49.739><c> interesting.</c>

00:43:50.179 --> 00:43:52.340
And<00:43:50.219><c> you</c><00:43:50.320><c> say,</c><00:43:50.500><c> well,</c><00:43:50.659><c> whose</c><00:43:50.820><c> funeral</c><00:43:51.139><c> is</c><00:43:51.320><c> it?</c>

00:43:52.880 --> 00:43:56.400
And<00:43:53.199><c> in</c><00:43:53.380><c> a</c><00:43:53.440><c> way,</c><00:43:53.579><c> we're</c><00:43:53.820><c> all</c><00:43:53.980><c> watching</c><00:43:54.300><c> our</c><00:43:54.579><c> own</c><00:43:54.820><c> funeral,</c><00:43:55.199><c> aren't</c><00:43:55.380><c> we?</c>

00:43:56.150 --> 00:44:01.800
And<00:43:56.599><c> this</c><00:43:56.860><c> is</c><00:43:57.500><c> Psalm</c><00:43:57.800><c> 90</c><00:43:58.460><c> from</c><00:43:59.079><c> a</c><00:43:59.519><c> different</c><00:44:00.300><c> perspective.</c>

00:44:02.099 --> 00:44:06.119
So<00:44:02.280><c> teach</c><00:44:02.699><c> us</c><00:44:03.800><c> to</c><00:44:04.480><c> number</c><00:44:04.820><c> our</c><00:44:05.159><c> days.</c>

00:44:08.860 --> 00:44:11.880
One<00:44:09.760><c> final</c><00:44:10.139><c> level</c><00:44:10.440><c> of</c><00:44:10.699><c> meaning</c><00:44:10.900><c> I'd</c><00:44:11.159><c> like</c><00:44:11.239><c> to</c><00:44:11.460><c> talk</c><00:44:11.619><c> about</c>

00:44:11.880 --> 00:44:13.940
in<00:44:12.260><c> this</c><00:44:12.519><c> chapter</c><00:44:12.860><c> 12.</c>

00:44:14.400 --> 00:44:17.679
There<00:44:14.699><c> are</c><00:44:15.019><c> some</c><00:44:15.460><c> parallels</c><00:44:16.059><c> between</c><00:44:16.739><c> this</c><00:44:17.159><c> passage</c>

00:44:17.679 --> 00:44:22.880
and<00:44:18.719><c> some</c><00:44:19.219><c> prophetic</c><00:44:19.760><c> passages</c><00:44:20.400><c> that</c><00:44:21.800><c> describe</c>

00:44:22.880 --> 00:44:27.719
God's<00:44:23.699><c> judgments</c><00:44:24.199><c> upon</c><00:44:24.820><c> his</c><00:44:25.099><c> nation</c><00:44:25.480><c> or</c><00:44:25.760><c> nations</c><00:44:26.219><c> or</c><00:44:26.480><c> other</c><00:44:26.679><c> nations</c>

00:44:27.780 --> 00:44:30.900
and<00:44:28.300><c> the</c><00:44:28.480><c> sort</c><00:44:28.579><c> of</c><00:44:28.840><c> end,</c><00:44:29.099><c> the</c><00:44:29.440><c> end</c><00:44:29.739><c> time.</c>

00:44:32.659 --> 00:44:36.179
We'll<00:44:33.179><c> just</c><00:44:33.440><c> take</c><00:44:33.760><c> one</c><00:44:34.739><c> as</c><00:44:34.960><c> an</c><00:44:35.199><c> example</c><00:44:35.619><c> of</c><00:44:35.940><c> that.</c>

00:44:36.360 --> 00:44:39.099
Would<00:44:36.420><c> you</c><00:44:36.559><c> just</c><00:44:36.760><c> come</c><00:44:36.880><c> with</c><00:44:37.039><c> me</c><00:44:37.159><c> to</c><00:44:37.420><c> Jeremiah</c><00:44:37.820><c> four?</c>

00:44:39.539 --> 00:44:42.340
You<00:44:39.679><c> might</c><00:44:39.820><c> wanna</c><00:44:39.960><c> just</c><00:44:40.179><c> keep</c><00:44:40.340><c> a</c><00:44:40.539><c> marker</c><00:44:40.760><c> in</c><00:44:41.000><c> Ecclesiastes.</c>

00:44:57.019 --> 00:44:59.500
Now,<00:44:57.719><c> you</c><00:44:57.780><c> remember</c><00:44:58.159><c> that</c><00:44:58.420><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:44:58.860><c> 12</c><00:44:59.099><c> began</c>

00:44:59.500 --> 00:45:01.059
by<00:44:59.840><c> getting</c><00:45:00.139><c> dark,</c><00:45:00.800><c> didn't</c><00:45:00.920><c> it?</c>

00:45:01.179 --> 00:45:03.780
And<00:45:01.380><c> darkness</c><00:45:01.880><c> and</c><00:45:02.800><c> the</c><00:45:03.440><c> clouds,</c>

00:45:03.960 --> 00:45:06.679
the<00:45:04.179><c> threatening</c><00:45:04.480><c> ominous</c><00:45:05.039><c> clouds</c><00:45:05.500><c> gathering,</c>

00:45:06.980 --> 00:45:12.739
that's<00:45:07.579><c> often</c><00:45:08.000><c> a</c><00:45:09.800><c> symbol,</c><00:45:10.780><c> an</c><00:45:11.059><c> end</c><00:45:11.340><c> time</c><00:45:11.659><c> symbol.</c>

00:45:16.079 --> 00:45:19.380
And<00:45:16.519><c> you</c><00:45:16.760><c> can</c><00:45:17.099><c> see</c><00:45:17.380><c> Jeremiah</c><00:45:17.900><c> here</c><00:45:18.219><c> mourning</c><00:45:18.579><c> in</c><00:45:18.800><c> verse</c><00:45:18.960><c> 19,</c>

00:45:19.460 --> 00:45:22.460
my<00:45:19.699><c> bowels,</c><00:45:20.139><c> my</c><00:45:20.360><c> bowels,</c><00:45:21.079><c> I</c><00:45:21.199><c> am</c><00:45:21.400><c> pained</c><00:45:21.659><c> at</c><00:45:21.760><c> my</c><00:45:21.900><c> very</c><00:45:22.239><c> heart,</c>

00:45:22.519 --> 00:45:23.360
my<00:45:22.679><c> heart</c><00:45:22.860><c> is</c><00:45:22.860><c> pained</c><00:45:22.860><c> at</c><00:45:22.860><c> my</c><00:45:22.860><c> very</c><00:45:22.860><c> heart,</c>

00:45:23.420 --> 00:45:26.760
maketh<00:45:23.840><c> a</c><00:45:24.000><c> noise</c><00:45:24.219><c> in</c><00:45:24.420><c> me,</c><00:45:24.719><c> I</c><00:45:24.980><c> cannot</c><00:45:25.280><c> hold</c><00:45:25.500><c> my</c><00:45:25.780><c> peace</c>

00:45:26.820 --> 00:45:28.800
because<00:45:27.159><c> thou</c><00:45:27.400><c> hast</c><00:45:27.579><c> heard,</c><00:45:28.139><c> oh</c><00:45:28.280><c> my</c><00:45:28.539><c> soul,</c>

00:45:29.099 --> 00:45:31.739
the<00:45:29.239><c> sound</c><00:45:29.440><c> of</c><00:45:29.599><c> the</c><00:45:29.760><c> trumpet</c><00:45:30.159><c> and</c><00:45:30.639><c> the</c><00:45:30.880><c> alarm</c><00:45:31.159><c> of</c><00:45:31.460><c> war.</c>

00:45:32.199 --> 00:45:34.960
This<00:45:32.699><c> sense</c><00:45:33.099><c> that</c><00:45:33.380><c> the</c><00:45:33.579><c> judgment</c><00:45:33.860><c> is</c><00:45:34.179><c> coming,</c>

00:45:35.059 --> 00:45:38.139
this<00:45:35.420><c> sense</c><00:45:36.000><c> of</c><00:45:36.380><c> impending</c><00:45:36.980><c> doom.</c>

00:45:38.500 --> 00:45:41.860
Destruction<00:45:38.900><c> upon</c><00:45:39.179><c> destruction</c><00:45:39.920><c> is</c><00:45:40.840><c> cried.</c>

00:45:45.099 --> 00:45:47.840
Verse<00:45:45.659><c> 22,</c><00:45:46.559><c> for</c><00:45:46.739><c> my</c><00:45:46.980><c> people</c><00:45:47.219><c> is</c><00:45:47.480><c> foolish,</c>

00:45:48.139 --> 00:45:50.539
they<00:45:48.300><c> have</c><00:45:48.559><c> not</c><00:45:48.719><c> known</c><00:45:48.920><c> me,</c><00:45:49.539><c> they</c><00:45:49.780><c> are</c><00:45:49.920><c> sottish</c><00:45:50.179><c> children</c>

00:45:50.539 --> 00:45:52.099
and<00:45:50.719><c> they</c><00:45:50.900><c> have</c><00:45:51.119><c> non</c><00:45:51.360><c>-understanding.</c>

00:45:52.099 --> 00:45:54.480
Verse<00:45:52.639><c> 23,</c><00:45:53.099><c> and</c><00:45:53.260><c> now</c><00:45:53.380><c> we</c><00:45:53.539><c> really</c><00:45:53.780><c> get</c><00:45:53.960><c> into</c><00:45:54.239><c> it.</c>

00:45:54.820 --> 00:45:58.039
I<00:45:54.980><c> beheld</c><00:45:55.300><c> the</c><00:45:55.559><c> earth</c><00:45:55.860><c> and</c><00:45:56.360><c> lo,</c><00:45:56.539><c> it</c><00:45:56.559><c> was</c><00:45:56.739><c> without</c><00:45:57.119><c> form</c><00:45:57.500><c> and</c><00:45:57.780><c> void</c>

00:45:58.039 --> 00:46:00.500
and<00:45:58.400><c> the</c><00:45:58.579><c> heavens</c><00:45:58.980><c> and</c><00:45:59.480><c> they</c><00:45:59.659><c> had</c><00:45:59.880><c> no</c><00:46:00.119><c> light.</c>

00:46:00.719 --> 00:46:02.940
I<00:46:00.960><c> beheld</c><00:46:01.139><c> the</c><00:46:01.340><c> mountains</c><00:46:01.800><c> and</c><00:46:02.039><c> lo,</c><00:46:02.159><c> they</c><00:46:02.420><c> trembled</c>

00:46:02.940 --> 00:46:04.519
and<00:46:03.179><c> all</c><00:46:03.360><c> the</c><00:46:03.519><c> hills</c><00:46:03.719><c> moved</c><00:46:04.079><c> lightly.</c>

00:46:04.960 --> 00:46:06.940
I<00:46:05.159><c> beheld</c><00:46:05.480><c> and</c><00:46:05.699><c> lo,</c><00:46:05.820><c> there</c><00:46:05.960><c> was</c><00:46:06.179><c> no</c><00:46:06.420><c> man</c>

00:46:06.940 --> 00:46:08.940
and<00:46:07.420><c> all</c><00:46:07.599><c> the</c><00:46:07.760><c> birds</c><00:46:07.900><c> of</c><00:46:08.079><c> the</c><00:46:08.239><c> heaven</c><00:46:08.380><c> were</c><00:46:08.679><c> fled.</c>

00:46:09.239 --> 00:46:11.719
I<00:46:09.460><c> beheld</c><00:46:09.800><c> and</c><00:46:10.019><c> lo,</c><00:46:10.260><c> the</c><00:46:10.380><c> fruitful</c><00:46:10.639><c> place</c><00:46:11.000><c> was</c><00:46:11.179><c> a</c><00:46:11.320><c> wilderness</c>

00:46:11.719 --> 00:46:14.099
and<00:46:12.199><c> all</c><00:46:12.380><c> the</c><00:46:12.519><c> cities</c><00:46:12.719><c> thereof</c><00:46:13.099><c> were</c><00:46:13.320><c> broken</c><00:46:13.619><c> down</c>

00:46:14.099 --> 00:46:17.719
at<00:46:14.360><c> the</c><00:46:14.559><c> presence</c><00:46:14.780><c> of</c><00:46:14.960><c> the</c><00:46:15.119><c> Lord</c><00:46:15.559><c> and</c><00:46:16.079><c> by</c><00:46:16.239><c> his</c><00:46:16.500><c> fierce</c><00:46:16.719><c> anger.</c>

00:46:18.119 --> 00:46:21.579
For<00:46:18.260><c> thus</c><00:46:18.559><c> the</c><00:46:19.079><c> Lord</c><00:46:19.360><c> said,</c><00:46:19.980><c> the</c><00:46:20.239><c> whole</c><00:46:20.500><c> land</c><00:46:20.739><c> shall</c><00:46:20.860><c> be</c><00:46:21.099><c> desolate</c>

00:46:21.579 --> 00:46:24.119
yet<00:46:22.179><c> will</c><00:46:22.440><c> I</c><00:46:22.599><c> not</c><00:46:22.780><c> make</c><00:46:23.199><c> a</c><00:46:23.539><c> full</c><00:46:23.699><c> end.</c>

00:46:24.619 --> 00:46:26.500
For<00:46:24.659><c> this</c><00:46:24.860><c> shall</c><00:46:25.079><c> the</c><00:46:25.239><c> earth</c><00:46:25.400><c> mourn</c><00:46:25.719><c> and</c><00:46:25.880><c> the</c><00:46:26.019><c> heavens</c><00:46:26.199><c> above</c>

00:46:26.500 --> 00:46:27.059
be<00:46:26.699><c> black</c>

00:46:27.059 --> 00:46:29.519
because<00:46:27.519><c> I</c><00:46:27.699><c> have</c><00:46:27.880><c> spoken</c><00:46:28.119><c> it,</c><00:46:28.639><c> I</c><00:46:28.760><c> have</c><00:46:28.920><c> purposed</c><00:46:29.239><c> it,</c>

00:46:29.780 --> 00:46:33.679
I<00:46:29.920><c> will</c><00:46:30.179><c> not</c><00:46:30.820><c> repent,</c><00:46:31.940><c> neither</c><00:46:32.059><c> will</c><00:46:32.320><c> I</c><00:46:32.480><c> turn</c><00:46:32.719><c> back</c><00:46:33.079><c> from</c><00:46:33.260><c> it.</c>

00:46:34.179 --> 00:46:35.900
The<00:46:34.320><c> whole</c><00:46:34.519><c> city</c><00:46:34.820><c> shall</c><00:46:35.059><c> flee</c><00:46:35.360><c> for</c><00:46:35.519><c> the</c><00:46:35.679><c> noise</c>

00:46:35.900 --> 00:46:38.800
of<00:46:36.079><c> the</c><00:46:36.260><c> horsemen</c><00:46:36.900><c> and</c><00:46:37.139><c> bowmen</c><00:46:37.420><c> and</c><00:46:37.559><c> so</c><00:46:37.780><c> the</c><00:46:37.980><c> passage</c><00:46:38.219><c> goes</c><00:46:38.519><c> on.</c>

00:46:39.099 --> 00:46:42.679
But<00:46:39.260><c> if</c><00:46:40.340><c> you</c><00:46:41.119><c> do</c><00:46:41.360><c> a</c><00:46:41.480><c> series</c><00:46:41.800><c> of</c><00:46:42.079><c> links</c><00:46:42.360><c> there</c>

00:46:42.679 --> 00:46:45.960
between<00:46:43.000><c> the</c><00:46:43.199><c> two</c><00:46:43.380><c> passages,</c><00:46:44.460><c> they're</c><00:46:44.960><c> a</c><00:46:45.099><c> surprising</c><00:46:45.619><c> number</c>

00:46:45.960 --> 00:46:48.500
and<00:46:46.260><c> they're</c><00:46:46.400><c> not</c><00:46:46.559><c> all</c><00:46:46.780><c> working</c><00:46:47.039><c> in</c><00:46:47.320><c> exactly</c><00:46:47.639><c> the</c><00:46:47.860><c> same</c><00:46:48.139><c> way</c>

00:46:48.500 --> 00:46:51.139
but<00:46:49.099><c> seems</c><00:46:49.420><c> to</c><00:46:49.579><c> me</c><00:46:49.679><c> that</c><00:46:49.800><c> there</c><00:46:49.980><c> are</c><00:46:50.059><c> enough</c><00:46:50.239><c> points</c><00:46:50.539><c> of</c><00:46:50.780><c> connection</c>

00:46:51.139 --> 00:46:54.559
between<00:46:51.480><c> this</c><00:46:51.800><c> and</c><00:46:52.019><c> other</c><00:46:53.320><c> end</c><00:46:53.860><c> time</c><00:46:54.079><c> passages</c>

00:46:54.559 --> 00:46:57.780
or<00:46:54.880><c> judgment</c><00:46:55.320><c> of</c><00:46:55.579><c> God</c><00:46:56.079><c> passages</c><00:46:56.739><c> upon</c><00:46:57.099><c> his</c><00:46:57.420><c> people</c>

00:46:57.780 --> 00:47:00.920
or<00:46:58.019><c> upon</c><00:46:58.239><c> peoples</c><00:46:58.699><c> in</c><00:46:58.980><c> general</c><00:46:59.440><c> to</c><00:47:00.179><c> suggest</c>

00:47:00.920 --> 00:47:03.579
that<00:47:01.480><c> there</c><00:47:01.679><c> may</c><00:47:01.920><c> even</c><00:47:02.239><c> be</c><00:47:02.559><c> a</c><00:47:02.780><c> wider</c><00:47:03.079><c> way</c>

00:47:03.579 --> 00:47:06.280
of<00:47:04.179><c> interpreting</c><00:47:04.780><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:47:05.659><c> 12,</c>

00:47:06.460 --> 00:47:12.800
that<00:47:06.699><c> the</c><00:47:07.019><c> mourning</c><00:47:07.539><c> is</c><00:47:09.179><c> not</c><00:47:09.539><c> just</c><00:47:10.360><c> for</c><00:47:11.260><c> a</c><00:47:11.579><c> man</c><00:47:11.940><c> that</c><00:47:12.420><c> dies</c>

00:47:12.800 --> 00:47:18.659
but<00:47:13.079><c> is</c><00:47:13.320><c> in</c><00:47:13.460><c> a</c><00:47:13.579><c> way</c><00:47:13.860><c> for</c><00:47:14.099><c> the</c><00:47:14.320><c> whole</c><00:47:15.800><c> human</c><00:47:17.800><c> experience</c>

00:47:19.019 --> 00:47:23.199
that<00:47:19.500><c> is</c><00:47:19.880><c> passing</c><00:47:20.300><c> away,</c><00:47:21.099><c> the</c><00:47:21.400><c> end</c><00:47:21.780><c> of</c><00:47:22.019><c> this</c><00:47:22.239><c> age.</c>

00:47:23.500 --> 00:47:25.440
It's<00:47:23.679><c> that</c><00:47:23.960><c> that's</c><00:47:24.320><c> going</c><00:47:24.460><c> through</c><00:47:24.719><c> its</c><00:47:24.940><c> long</c><00:47:25.199><c> home.</c>

00:47:25.699 --> 00:47:27.019
And<00:47:25.900><c> we</c><00:47:25.980><c> know</c><00:47:26.139><c> that</c><00:47:26.260><c> that's</c><00:47:26.440><c> true,</c><00:47:26.780><c> don't</c><00:47:26.920><c> we?</c>

00:47:27.019 --> 00:47:29.119
We<00:47:27.119><c> know</c><00:47:27.300><c> that</c><00:47:27.500><c> this</c><00:47:27.760><c> world</c><00:47:28.019><c> is</c><00:47:28.360><c> passing</c><00:47:28.719><c> away</c>

00:47:29.119 --> 00:47:32.099
and<00:47:29.559><c> if</c><00:47:29.699><c> you</c><00:47:29.880><c> didn't</c><00:47:30.079><c> have</c><00:47:30.260><c> the</c><00:47:30.460><c> hope</c><00:47:30.659><c> that</c><00:47:30.880><c> we</c><00:47:31.159><c> have,</c>

00:47:32.739 --> 00:47:34.500
it<00:47:32.900><c> would</c><00:47:33.059><c> be</c><00:47:33.280><c> a</c><00:47:33.420><c> sad</c><00:47:33.579><c> thing</c><00:47:33.840><c> indeed,</c><00:47:34.280><c> wouldn't</c><00:47:34.400><c> it?</c>

00:47:34.500 --> 00:47:36.019
It<00:47:34.639><c> would</c><00:47:34.820><c> be</c><00:47:35.039><c> a</c><00:47:35.159><c> thing</c><00:47:35.280><c> to</c><00:47:35.539><c> mourn,</c>

00:47:36.199 --> 00:47:38.800
that<00:47:36.559><c> couldn't</c><00:47:37.079><c> we</c><00:47:37.300><c> have</c><00:47:37.460><c> done</c><00:47:37.619><c> any</c><00:47:37.960><c> better</c><00:47:38.280><c> than</c><00:47:38.619><c> that?</c>

00:47:39.019 --> 00:47:41.099
Couldn't<00:47:39.260><c> there</c><00:47:39.739><c> have</c><00:47:39.739><c> been</c><00:47:39.980><c> a</c><00:47:40.219><c> better</c><00:47:40.579><c> ending</c>

00:47:41.099 --> 00:47:44.440
than<00:47:41.880><c> that</c><00:47:42.380><c> human</c><00:47:42.679><c> society</c><00:47:43.300><c> as</c><00:47:43.539><c> we</c><00:47:43.739><c> know</c><00:47:43.900><c> it</c>

00:47:44.440 --> 00:47:46.579
should<00:47:44.679><c> go</c><00:47:45.000><c> to</c><00:47:45.260><c> its</c><00:47:45.460><c> long</c><00:47:45.739><c> home?</c>

00:47:46.800 --> 00:47:48.380
But<00:47:47.059><c> it</c><00:47:47.239><c> has</c><00:47:47.500><c> to</c><00:47:47.699><c> be</c><00:47:47.860><c> that</c><00:47:48.119><c> way</c>

00:47:48.380 --> 00:47:50.340
because<00:47:48.719><c> man</c><00:47:48.980><c> cannot</c><00:47:49.340><c> redeem</c><00:47:49.739><c> himself</c>

00:47:50.340 --> 00:47:52.179
and<00:47:50.860><c> only</c><00:47:51.159><c> God</c><00:47:51.420><c> can</c><00:47:51.639><c> do</c><00:47:51.860><c> that</c>

00:47:52.179 --> 00:47:55.659
and<00:47:52.460><c> only</c><00:47:52.760><c> God</c><00:47:53.079><c> can</c><00:47:53.340><c> set</c><00:47:53.519><c> up</c><00:47:53.659><c> a</c><00:47:53.840><c> kingdom</c><00:47:54.139><c> which</c><00:47:54.619><c> shall</c><00:47:54.880><c> not</c><00:47:55.099><c> be</c><00:47:55.320><c> moved.</c>

00:47:55.920 --> 00:47:57.780
And<00:47:56.039><c> it's</c><00:47:56.179><c> only</c><00:47:56.380><c> when</c><00:47:56.559><c> we</c><00:47:56.780><c> trust</c><00:47:56.980><c> him</c><00:47:57.239><c> to</c><00:47:57.440><c> do</c><00:47:57.599><c> it</c>

00:47:57.780 --> 00:48:00.059
rather<00:47:58.059><c> than</c><00:47:58.320><c> thinking</c><00:47:58.559><c> that</c><00:47:58.780><c> we</c><00:47:58.960><c> can</c><00:47:59.099><c> do</c><00:47:59.239><c> it</c><00:47:59.460><c> ourselves</c>

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in<00:48:00.760><c> human</c><00:48:01.019><c> societies,</c>

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that<00:48:02.920><c> we</c><00:48:03.340><c> are</c><00:48:03.480><c> going</c><00:48:03.619><c> to</c><00:48:03.880><c> get</c><00:48:04.139><c> any</c><00:48:04.559><c> place</c><00:48:04.900><c> other</c>

00:48:05.400 --> 00:48:08.840
than<00:48:05.960><c> that</c><00:48:06.400><c> eternal</c><00:48:06.880><c> home</c><00:48:07.320><c> that</c><00:48:07.880><c> God</c><00:48:08.159><c> decreed</c>

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when<00:48:09.019><c> he</c><00:48:09.260><c> fixed</c><00:48:09.500><c> that</c><00:48:09.780><c> boundary.</c>

00:48:10.619 --> 00:48:12.820
But<00:48:10.900><c> the</c><00:48:11.179><c> message</c><00:48:11.460><c> of</c><00:48:11.719><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:48:12.380><c> 12</c>

00:48:12.820 --> 00:48:15.619
is<00:48:13.239><c> not</c><00:48:13.679><c> a</c><00:48:13.940><c> negative</c><00:48:14.340><c> message</c>

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and<00:48:16.099><c> that's</c><00:48:16.360><c> remarkable,</c><00:48:16.960><c> isn't</c><00:48:17.159><c> it?</c>

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You<00:48:17.880><c> know,</c><00:48:18.159><c> the</c><00:48:18.440><c> message</c><00:48:18.719><c> of</c><00:48:18.960><c> Psalm</c><00:48:19.139><c> 90</c>

00:48:19.679 --> 00:48:22.159
was<00:48:20.099><c> not</c><00:48:20.460><c> a</c><00:48:20.699><c> negative</c><00:48:21.059><c> message.</c>

00:48:23.840 --> 00:48:25.820
So<00:48:24.119><c> teach</c><00:48:24.420><c> us</c><00:48:24.719><c> to</c><00:48:24.940><c> number</c><00:48:25.199><c> our</c><00:48:25.519><c> days</c>

00:48:25.820 --> 00:48:28.900
that<00:48:26.059><c> we</c><00:48:26.300><c> might</c><00:48:26.539><c> apply</c><00:48:26.960><c> our</c><00:48:27.260><c> hearts</c><00:48:27.659><c> to</c><00:48:28.420><c> wisdom.</c>

00:48:29.400 --> 00:48:31.260
So<00:48:29.619><c> too</c><00:48:29.760><c> the</c><00:48:29.920><c> message</c><00:48:30.179><c> of</c><00:48:30.420><c> Ecclesiastes</c>

00:48:31.260 --> 00:48:34.440
is<00:48:31.739><c> actually</c><00:48:32.300><c> the</c><00:48:32.699><c> excitational</c><00:48:33.400><c> point</c>

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is<00:48:34.980><c> a</c><00:48:35.260><c> very</c><00:48:35.519><c> positive</c><00:48:35.980><c> one.</c>

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Remember<00:48:37.159><c> now</c><00:48:37.539><c> thy</c><00:48:37.780><c> creator</c><00:48:38.380><c> in</c><00:48:39.360><c> the</c><00:48:39.579><c> days</c><00:48:39.780><c> of</c><00:48:40.019><c> thy</c><00:48:40.179><c> youth.</c>

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While<00:48:41.760><c> we</c><00:48:42.000><c> still</c><00:48:42.199><c> have</c><00:48:42.380><c> opportunity,</c>

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whether<00:48:43.199><c> we're</c><00:48:43.420><c> young</c><00:48:43.579><c> or</c><00:48:43.860><c> not,</c>

00:48:44.039 --> 00:48:46.460
we<00:48:44.239><c> still</c><00:48:44.480><c> have</c><00:48:44.960><c> at</c><00:48:45.059><c> least</c><00:48:45.320><c> some</c><00:48:45.679><c> faculties</c><00:48:46.119><c> left</c>

00:48:46.460 --> 00:48:48.039
or<00:48:46.559><c> else</c><00:48:46.679><c> we</c><00:48:46.800><c> couldn't</c><00:48:47.019><c> be</c><00:48:47.320><c> here,</c><00:48:47.619><c> could</c><00:48:47.739><c> we?</c>

00:48:48.280 --> 00:48:51.519
We<00:48:48.599><c> have</c><00:48:49.079><c> some</c><00:48:49.519><c> opportunity</c><00:48:50.420><c> left</c><00:48:50.900><c> to</c><00:48:51.199><c> us</c>

00:48:51.519 --> 00:48:55.559
to<00:48:51.940><c> remember</c><00:48:52.460><c> our</c><00:48:52.820><c> creator</c><00:48:53.260><c> and</c><00:48:53.719><c> to</c><00:48:53.980><c> make</c><00:48:54.199><c> him</c>

00:48:55.860 --> 00:49:00.019
and<00:48:56.460><c> his</c><00:48:56.800><c> work</c><00:48:57.280><c> and</c><00:48:58.139><c> not</c><00:48:58.340><c> ourselves</c><00:48:58.980><c> and</c><00:48:59.179><c> our</c><00:48:59.360><c> own</c><00:48:59.619><c> work,</c>

00:49:00.360 --> 00:49:01.579
the<00:49:00.480><c> focus</c><00:49:00.739><c> of</c><00:49:00.980><c> our</c><00:49:01.159><c> lives.</c>

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And<00:49:02.099><c> when</c><00:49:02.179><c> we</c><00:49:02.420><c> consider</c><00:49:02.880><c> our</c><00:49:03.360><c> fate</c><00:49:03.579><c> and</c><00:49:03.840><c> our</c><00:49:04.099><c> eternal</c><00:49:04.380><c> home</c>

00:49:04.739 --> 00:49:09.380
as<00:49:05.159><c> we</c><00:49:05.380><c> have</c><00:49:05.559><c> from</c><00:49:05.820><c> passages</c><00:49:06.179><c> like</c><00:49:06.860><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:49:08.380><c> 12,</c>

00:49:09.679 --> 00:49:12.340
what<00:49:10.119><c> else</c><00:49:10.380><c> is</c><00:49:10.639><c> there</c><00:49:10.820><c> for</c><00:49:11.000><c> us</c><00:49:11.219><c> to</c><00:49:11.440><c> do?</c>

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But<00:49:12.719><c> that,</c><00:49:13.739><c> that</c><00:49:14.000><c> we</c><00:49:14.239><c> should</c><00:49:14.519><c> give</c><00:49:14.880><c> to</c><00:49:15.219><c> God</c>

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the<00:49:16.119><c> best</c><00:49:16.659><c> of</c><00:49:17.179><c> the</c><00:49:17.300><c> rest</c><00:49:17.519><c> of</c><00:49:17.760><c> our</c><00:49:17.900><c> lives.</c>