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ordinary</c><00:10:34.580><c> man.</c><00:10:35.860><c> We're</c><00:10:36.139><c> talking</c><00:10:36.440><c> about</c><00:10:36.679><c> a</c><00:10:37.100><c> giant</c><00:10:37.460><c> of</c> 00:10:37.779 --> 00:10:39.480 faith.<00:10:38.600><c> He</c><00:10:38.820><c> didn't</c><00:10:39.019><c> go</c><00:10:39.220><c> into</c> 00:10:39.480 --> 00:10:43.379 heaven<00:10:39.820><c> and</c><00:10:40.379><c> say,</c><00:10:40.679><c> you're</c><00:10:41.759><c> in</c><00:10:41.899><c> big</c><00:10:42.120><c> trouble</c><00:10:42.460><c> and</c><00:10:42.840><c> I've</c><00:10:43.179><c> prayed</c> 00:10:43.379 --> 00:10:44.559 and<00:10:43.639><c> I</c><00:10:43.779><c> sincerely</c><00:10:44.080><c> hope</c><00:10:44.259><c> it</c><00:10:44.360><c> won't</c> 00:10:44.559 --> 00:10:47.879 rain.<00:10:45.399><c> He</c><00:10:45.639><c> says</c><00:10:45.779><c> it</c><00:10:46.080><c> won't</c><00:10:46.419><c> rain</c><00:10:46.740><c> but</c><00:10:46.960><c> according</c><00:10:47.320><c> to</c><00:10:47.539><c> my</c><00:10:47.740><c> word.</c> 00:10:48.139 --> 00:10:50.059 There<00:10:48.379><c> was</c><00:10:48.539><c> the</c><00:10:48.659><c> power</c><00:10:48.940><c> of</c><00:10:49.100><c> his</c><00:10:49.320><c> faith.</c> 00:10:50.159 --> 00:10:55.639 There<00:10:50.379><c> was</c><00:10:50.620><c> the</c><00:10:50.860><c> attitude</c><00:10:51.279><c> of</c><00:10:51.500><c> his</c><00:10:51.700><c> prayer.</c><00:10:52.279><c> It</c><00:10:52.539><c> will</c><00:10:52.840><c> not</c><00:10:53.100><c> rain.</c><00:10:55.519><c> And</c> 00:10:55.639 --> 00:10:57.080 when<00:10:55.740><c> he</c><00:10:55.820><c> comes</c><00:10:56.100><c> to</c><00:10:56.379><c> the</c><00:10:56.539><c> boy</c><00:10:56.820><c> who's</c> 00:10:57.080 --> 00:11:00.980 dead<00:10:57.299><c> on</c><00:10:57.480><c> the</c><00:10:57.639><c> bed,</c><00:10:59.179><c> what</c><00:10:59.240><c> does</c><00:10:59.519><c> he</c><00:11:00.000><c> think?</c><00:11:00.360><c> Has</c><00:11:00.519><c> it</c><00:11:00.740><c> happened</c> 00:11:00.980 --> 00:11:02.919 before?<00:11:01.539><c> Before</c><00:11:01.899><c> every</c><00:11:02.259><c> one</c><00:11:02.399><c> of</c><00:11:02.519><c> his</c><00:11:02.639><c> acts</c> 00:11:02.919 --> 00:11:06.279 he's<00:11:03.299><c> asking,</c><00:11:03.840><c> has</c><00:11:04.019><c> it</c><00:11:04.240><c> happened</c><00:11:04.440><c> before?</c><00:11:05.059><c> Not</c><00:11:05.220><c> only</c><00:11:05.419><c> his</c><00:11:05.620><c> miracles</c><00:11:06.059><c> but</c> 00:11:06.279 --> 00:11:08.700 his<00:11:06.480><c> ways</c><00:11:06.759><c> as</c><00:11:07.000><c> well.</c><00:11:07.960><c> He</c><00:11:08.440><c> can</c> 00:11:08.700 --> 00:11:12.000 learn<00:11:08.980><c> from</c><00:11:09.179><c> history,</c><00:11:09.700><c> you</c><00:11:09.940><c> see.</c><00:11:11.039><c> You</c><00:11:11.179><c> and</c><00:11:11.360><c> I,</c><00:11:11.580><c> brethren</c><00:11:11.740><c> and</c> 00:11:12.000 --> 00:11:14.080 sisters,<00:11:12.240><c> can</c><00:11:12.440><c> do</c><00:11:12.580><c> the</c><00:11:12.740><c> same.</c><00:11:13.080><c> If</c><00:11:13.399><c> we</c><00:11:13.639><c> had</c><00:11:13.860><c> a</c> 00:11:14.080 --> 00:11:19.240 good<00:11:14.220><c> knowledge</c><00:11:14.519><c> of</c><00:11:14.720><c> the</c><00:11:14.860><c> book,</c><00:11:16.059><c> then</c><00:11:16.580><c> we</c><00:11:17.419><c> too</c><00:11:17.620><c> could</c><00:11:17.799><c> say,</c><00:11:18.159><c> well,</c><00:11:18.720><c> these</c><00:11:18.940><c> are</c><00:11:19.080><c> my</c> 00:11:19.240 --> 00:11:19.759 problems.<00:11:19.600><c> They're</c> 00:11:19.759 --> 00:11:22.899 not<00:11:19.960><c> unique.</c><00:11:21.340><c> And</c><00:11:21.500><c> God</c><00:11:21.600><c> has</c><00:11:21.879><c> resolved</c><00:11:22.200><c> this</c><00:11:22.480><c> sort</c><00:11:22.679><c> of</c><00:11:22.799><c> thing</c> 00:11:22.899 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All</c><00:11:55.419><c> the</c><00:11:55.700><c> plumbing</c> 00:11:56.000 --> 00:12:00.100 was<00:11:56.440><c> there.</c><00:11:57.320><c> All</c><00:11:57.679><c> the</c><00:11:57.899><c> arteries</c><00:11:58.220><c> were</c><00:11:58.480><c> there.</c><00:11:59.360><c> All</c><00:11:59.580><c> the</c><00:11:59.820><c> bones</c> 00:12:00.100 --> 00:12:01.919 were<00:12:00.360><c> in</c><00:12:00.600><c> position.</c><00:12:01.120><c> His</c><00:12:01.379><c> chest</c><00:12:01.639><c> just</c> 00:12:01.919 --> 00:12:04.360 wasn't<00:12:02.080><c> rising</c><00:12:02.379><c> and</c><00:12:02.600><c> falling.</c><00:12:02.919><c> And</c><00:12:03.100><c> so</c><00:12:03.220><c> the</c><00:12:03.379><c> angel</c><00:12:03.580><c> did</c><00:12:03.779><c> something</c><00:12:04.080><c> about</c> 00:12:04.360 --> 00:12:05.500 it.<00:12:04.679><c> The</c><00:12:04.860><c> angel</c><00:12:05.120><c> breathed</c> 00:12:05.500 --> 00:12:07.980 into<00:12:05.700><c> his</c><00:12:05.960><c> nostrils</c><00:12:06.320><c> the</c><00:12:06.500><c> breath</c><00:12:06.639><c> of</c><00:12:06.860><c> life</c><00:12:07.039><c> and</c><00:12:07.399><c> man</c><00:12:07.539><c> became</c><00:12:07.860><c> a</c> 00:12:07.980 --> 00:12:09.480 living<00:12:08.200><c> soul.</c><00:12:08.820><c> And</c><00:12:08.919><c> Elijah</c><00:12:09.220><c> said</c><00:12:09.419><c> it</c> 00:12:09.480 --> 00:12:13.919 was<00:12:09.639><c> done</c><00:12:09.799><c> before.</c><00:12:10.200><c> I'll</c><00:12:10.279><c> do</c><00:12:10.360><c> it</c><00:12:10.519><c> again.</c><00:12:10.899><c> He</c><00:12:11.059><c> did</c><00:12:11.240><c> and</c><00:12:11.379><c> it</c><00:12:11.600><c> worked.</c><00:12:13.720><c> This</c> 00:12:13.919 --> 00:12:15.039 is<00:12:14.179><c> the</c><00:12:14.279><c> man</c><00:12:14.399><c> we're</c><00:12:14.679><c> talking</c> 00:12:15.039 --> 00:12:19.860 about.<00:12:15.399><c> A</c><00:12:15.539><c> man</c><00:12:15.700><c> of</c><00:12:15.879><c> immense</c><00:12:16.419><c> faith.</c><00:12:18.120><c> And</c><00:12:18.379><c> the</c><00:12:18.539><c> boy's</c><00:12:19.000><c> soul</c><00:12:19.279><c> came</c><00:12:19.639><c> to</c> 00:12:19.860 --> 00:12:24.220 him<00:12:20.059><c> again.</c><00:12:21.519><c> It's</c><00:12:21.679><c> Eden</c><00:12:21.899><c> all</c><00:12:22.639><c> reenacted.</c> 00:12:26.919 --> 00:12:30.720 So<00:12:27.360><c> as</c><00:12:27.559><c> we</c><00:12:28.000><c> go</c><00:12:28.139><c> into</c><00:12:28.480><c> the</c><00:12:29.299><c> sessions,</c><00:12:30.039><c> brethren</c><00:12:30.200><c> and</c><00:12:30.460><c> sisters,</c> 00:12:31.080 --> 00:12:32.539 could<00:12:31.080><c> I</c><00:12:31.399><c> ask</c><00:12:31.580><c> you</c><00:12:31.720><c> just</c><00:12:31.879><c> to</c><00:12:32.039><c> bear</c><00:12:32.139><c> in</c><00:12:32.320><c> mind</c> 00:12:32.539 --> 00:12:37.220 these<00:12:32.860><c> four</c><00:12:33.720><c> simple</c><00:12:34.059><c> points.</c><00:12:36.139><c> Firstly,</c><00:12:36.399><c> we're</c><00:12:36.480><c> talking</c><00:12:36.720><c> about</c><00:12:36.960><c> all</c> 00:12:37.220 --> 00:12:38.379 the<00:12:37.379><c> time</c><00:12:37.559><c> God</c><00:12:37.740><c> versus</c><00:12:38.100><c> Baal</c> 00:12:38.379 --> 00:12:41.419 and<00:12:38.879><c> we</c><00:12:39.240><c> must</c><00:12:39.480><c> not</c><00:12:39.779><c> be</c><00:12:40.080><c> deflected</c><00:12:40.559><c> from</c><00:12:40.759><c> this</c><00:12:40.940><c> because</c><00:12:41.200><c> this</c> 00:12:41.419 --> 00:12:44.840 is<00:12:41.600><c> the</c><00:12:41.740><c> great</c><00:12:42.019><c> challenge</c><00:12:42.659><c> of</c><00:12:42.840><c> the</c><00:12:43.039><c> time.</c><00:12:44.659><c> We're</c> 00:12:44.840 --> 00:12:47.620 going<00:12:44.879><c> to</c><00:12:45.120><c> hear</c><00:12:45.299><c> constantly</c><00:12:45.899><c> Elijah</c><00:12:46.299><c> say,</c><00:12:47.139><c> has</c><00:12:47.159><c> it</c><00:12:47.399><c> happened</c> 00:12:47.620 --> 00:12:50.399 before?<00:12:49.559><c> And</c><00:12:49.679><c> point</c><00:12:49.840><c> three,</c><00:12:50.159><c> we're</c><00:12:50.320><c> going</c> 00:12:50.399 --> 00:12:53.899 to<00:12:50.899><c> constantly</c><00:12:51.379><c> see</c><00:12:51.740><c> Elijah</c><00:12:52.340><c> waiting</c><00:12:52.899><c> for</c><00:12:53.179><c> God</c><00:12:53.320><c> to</c><00:12:53.519><c> speak</c><00:12:53.759><c> to</c> 00:12:53.899 --> 00:12:56.899 him<00:12:54.259><c> and</c><00:12:54.639><c> then</c><00:12:54.840><c> acting</c><00:12:55.139><c> upon</c><00:12:55.419><c> it.</c><00:12:56.759><c> And</c> 00:12:56.899 --> 00:12:59.440 fourthly,<00:12:57.220><c> we're</c><00:12:57.279><c> going</c><00:12:57.460><c> to</c><00:12:57.559><c> come</c><00:12:57.700><c> into</c><00:12:57.919><c> collision</c><00:12:58.399><c> with</c><00:12:59.299><c> the</c> 00:12:59.440 --> 00:13:02.600 man's<00:12:59.799><c> great</c><00:13:00.039><c> faith.</c><00:13:02.159><c> And</c><00:13:02.220><c> so</c><00:13:02.360><c> chapter</c> 00:13:02.600 --> 00:13:05.759 17,<00:13:03.100><c> you</c><00:13:03.179><c> have</c><00:13:03.240><c> your</c><00:13:03.360><c> books</c><00:13:03.480><c> open,</c><00:13:03.759><c> verse</c><00:13:03.980><c> 10.</c><00:13:05.039><c> Oh,</c><00:13:05.179><c> let's</c><00:13:05.379><c> start</c><00:13:05.620><c> a</c> 00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:07.000 little<00:13:05.899><c> earlier.</c><00:13:06.460><c> Typical</c><00:13:06.720><c> Christian,</c> 00:13:07.000 --> 00:13:10.919 where's<00:13:07.299><c> the</c><00:13:07.440><c> president</c><00:13:07.779><c> gone?</c><00:13:08.399><c> Oh</c><00:13:08.580><c> yeah,</c><00:13:09.059><c> usually.</c><00:13:10.539><c> Typical</c> 00:13:10.919 --> 00:13:12.480 Christian,<00:13:11.200><c> have</c><00:13:11.379><c> you</c><00:13:11.480><c> ever</c><00:13:12.179><c> noticed?</c> 00:13:12.919 --> 00:13:17.779 In<00:13:13.360><c> our</c><00:13:13.759><c> public</c><00:13:14.039><c> addresses</c><00:13:14.360><c> we</c><00:13:14.620><c> say</c><00:13:15.200><c> chapter</c><00:13:15.820><c> 17,</c><00:13:17.240><c> verse</c><00:13:17.480><c> nine</c> 00:13:17.779 --> 00:13:19.240 or<00:13:17.940><c> whatever</c><00:13:18.179><c> it</c><00:13:18.279><c> is</c><00:13:18.419><c> and</c><00:13:18.539><c> then</c><00:13:18.919><c> we</c><00:13:19.019><c> say,</c> 00:13:19.240 --> 00:13:23.419 oh,<00:13:19.519><c> verse</c><00:13:19.720><c> eight</c><00:13:19.879><c> for</c><00:13:20.100><c> connection.</c><00:13:21.000><c> We're</c><00:13:21.480><c> all</c><00:13:21.620><c> at</c><00:13:21.820><c> it.</c><00:13:22.860><c> First</c><00:13:23.179><c> book</c> 00:13:23.419 --> 00:13:26.539 of<00:13:23.539><c> Kings,</c><00:13:23.700><c> chapter</c><00:13:23.980><c> 17.</c><00:13:26.059><c> He</c> 00:13:26.539 --> 00:13:31.360 says,<00:13:26.879><c> it</c><00:13:26.879><c> isn't</c><00:13:27.159><c> 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to</c><00:13:40.559><c> cease</c><00:13:41.059><c> as</c> 00:13:42.360 --> 00:13:44.659 we're<00:13:42.580><c> going</c><00:13:42.740><c> to</c><00:13:42.960><c> see.</c><00:13:44.139><c> It's</c><00:13:44.259><c> a</c><00:13:44.320><c> bit</c><00:13:44.399><c> like</c> 00:13:44.659 --> 00:13:49.379 us<00:13:44.899><c> with</c><00:13:45.059><c> the</c><00:13:45.200><c> return</c><00:13:45.440><c> of</c><00:13:45.559><c> the</c><00:13:45.659><c> Lord</c><00:13:45.820><c> Jesus</c><00:13:46.179><c> Christ.</c><00:13:49.100><c> Elijah</c> 00:13:49.379 --> 00:13:52.399 knew<00:13:49.960><c> refreshment</c><00:13:50.580><c> from</c><00:13:50.799><c> heaven</c><00:13:51.019><c> was</c><00:13:51.320><c> coming</c> 00:13:52.600 --> 00:13:57.279 and<00:13:53.080><c> he</c><00:13:53.159><c> was</c><00:13:53.440><c> praying</c><00:13:53.820><c> for</c><00:13:54.159><c> it,</c><00:13:55.299><c> but</c><00:13:55.740><c> he</c><00:13:55.860><c> didn't</c><00:13:56.100><c> know</c><00:13:56.379><c> 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leave</c><00:20:00.099><c> him.</c><00:20:01.140><c> And</c><00:20:01.279><c> verse</c><00:20:01.500><c> 8</c><00:20:01.740><c> says,</c> 00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:03.500 and<00:20:02.279><c> the</c><00:20:02.380><c> word</c><00:20:02.579><c> of</c><00:20:02.740><c> the</c><00:20:02.859><c> Lord</c><00:20:03.039><c> came</c><00:20:03.279><c> unto</c> 00:20:03.500 --> 00:20:07.180 him<00:20:03.700><c> saying</c><00:20:03.980><c> arise,</c><00:20:05.480><c> get</c><00:20:05.559><c> the</c><00:20:05.740><c> Jezarephath</c><00:20:06.400><c> which</c><00:20:06.759><c> belongeth</c> 00:20:07.180 --> 00:20:09.799 to<00:20:07.420><c> Zidon</c><00:20:07.839><c> and</c><00:20:08.059><c> dwell</c><00:20:08.200><c> there.</c><00:20:09.500><c> Behold</c> 00:20:09.799 --> 00:20:15.900 I<00:20:09.960><c> have</c><00:20:10.160><c> commanded</c><00:20:10.460><c> a</c><00:20:10.700><c> widow</c><00:20:10.900><c> woman</c><00:20:11.180><c> there</c><00:20:11.460><c> to</c><00:20:11.680><c> sustain</c><00:20:11.980><c> me.</c><00:20:14.359><c> Now</c><00:20:14.660><c> I'm</c><00:20:14.859><c> nothing</c><00:20:15.140><c> like</c><00:20:15.440><c> Elijah,</c><00:20:15.819><c> I</c> 00:20:15.900 --> 00:20:19.900 have<00:20:16.039><c> to</c> 00:20:19.900 --> 00:20:22.299 come<00:20:19.900><c> to</c><00:20:20.200><c> me,</c><00:20:20.420><c> had</c><00:20:20.559><c> I</c><00:20:20.779><c> been</c><00:20:20.940><c> in</c><00:20:21.160><c> Elijah's</c><00:20:21.599><c> place</c><00:20:21.799><c> then</c><00:20:22.019><c> I</c><00:20:22.140><c> would</c> 00:20:22.299 --> 00:20:23.980 have<00:20:22.420><c> said</c><00:20:22.599><c> no</c><00:20:22.799><c> Lord,</c><00:20:23.400><c> anywhere</c><00:20:23.740><c> but</c> 00:20:23.980 --> 00:20:29.519 Zarephath,<00:20:24.980><c> not</c><00:20:25.180><c> Zarephath.</c><00:20:26.460><c> I</c><00:20:26.500><c> mean</c><00:20:26.700><c> send</c><00:20:26.859><c> me</c><00:20:26.980><c> down</c><00:20:27.200><c> to</c><00:20:27.359><c> Egypt,</c><00:20:29.359><c> send</c> 00:20:29.519 --> 00:20:31.319 me<00:20:29.720><c> into</c><00:20:29.900><c> the</c><00:20:30.000><c> land</c><00:20:30.220><c> of</c><00:20:30.460><c> Philistia,</c> 00:20:31.740 --> 00:20:35.500 but<00:20:31.920><c> not</c><00:20:32.099><c> Zarephath</c><00:20:32.720><c> please.</c><00:20:33.900><c> You</c><00:20:34.079><c> know</c><00:20:34.160><c> why?</c><00:20:35.019><c> Of</c><00:20:35.180><c> course</c><00:20:35.279><c> you</c> 00:20:35.500 --> 00:20:37.720 do.<00:20:36.140><c> It</c><00:20:36.200><c> was</c><00:20:36.299><c> the</c><00:20:36.380><c> home</c><00:20:36.559><c> of</c><00:20:36.740><c> Jezebel.</c> 00:20:38.319 --> 00:20:42.140 She'd<00:20:38.640><c> come</c><00:20:38.779><c> from</c><00:20:39.019><c> there.</c><00:20:40.259><c> God</c><00:20:40.420><c> is</c><00:20:40.660><c> sending</c><00:20:40.880><c> me</c><00:20:41.079><c> from</c><00:20:41.240><c> the</c><00:20:41.680><c> house</c><00:20:41.960><c> of</c> 00:20:42.140 --> 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the</c><00:20:56.819><c> word</c><00:20:56.940><c> of</c><00:20:57.039><c> the</c><00:20:57.140><c> Lord</c> 00:20:57.259 --> 00:21:00.599 came<00:20:57.480><c> to</c><00:20:57.579><c> him</c><00:20:57.700><c> in</c><00:20:57.839><c> a</c><00:20:57.920><c> vision</c><00:20:58.259><c> or</c><00:20:58.900><c> someone</c><00:20:59.259><c> sent</c><00:20:59.500><c> him,</c><00:21:00.359><c> someone</c> 00:21:00.599 --> 00:21:02.779 came<00:21:00.799><c> and</c><00:21:01.000><c> told</c><00:21:01.140><c> him</c><00:21:01.759><c> arise</c><00:21:02.240><c> get</c><00:21:02.440><c> the</c><00:21:02.539><c> Jezarephath</c> 00:21:03.140 --> 00:21:06.180 and<00:21:03.380><c> he</c><00:21:03.539><c> went,</c><00:21:04.059><c> no</c><00:21:04.240><c> questions</c><00:21:04.660><c> asked.</c><00:21:05.400><c> Now</c><00:21:05.599><c> as</c><00:21:05.740><c> he's</c><00:21:05.900><c> walking</c> 00:21:06.180 --> 00:21:08.900 along<00:21:06.440><c> the</c><00:21:06.660><c> road,</c><00:21:07.099><c> remember</c><00:21:07.440><c> the</c><00:21:08.539><c> drought</c> 00:21:08.900 --> 00:21:14.079 is<00:21:09.420><c> well</c><00:21:09.799><c> on</c><00:21:10.079><c> now.</c><00:21:11.119><c> No</c><00:21:11.220><c> water,</c><00:21:12.079><c> no</c><00:21:12.259><c> crops,</c><00:21:12.880><c> no</c><00:21:13.019><c> grass</c><00:21:13.400><c> for</c><00:21:13.920><c> the</c> 00:21:14.079 --> 00:21:17.220 beasts.<00:21:14.759><c> He's</c><00:21:14.960><c> walking</c><00:21:15.400><c> north</c><00:21:15.799><c> to</c><00:21:16.059><c> Zarephath.</c> 00:21:17.319 --> 00:21:20.039 Let's<00:21:17.380><c> put</c><00:21:17.539><c> ourselves</c><00:21:17.920><c> in,</c><00:21:18.619><c> it</c><00:21:18.839><c> won't</c><00:21:18.839><c> hurt</c><00:21:18.980><c> us</c><00:21:19.180><c> will</c><00:21:19.319><c> it,</c><00:21:19.900><c> a</c> 00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:21.339 couple<00:21:20.180><c> of</c><00:21:20.299><c> minutes</c><00:21:20.500><c> imagination,</c><00:21:21.240><c> let's</c> 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commanded</c><00:21:31.519><c> a</c><00:21:31.740><c> widow</c><00:21:31.900><c> woman</c><00:21:32.160><c> there</c><00:21:32.380><c> to</c><00:21:32.660><c> sustain</c><00:21:32.960><c> me.</c> 00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:35.039 How<00:21:33.960><c> are</c><00:21:34.059><c> you</c><00:21:34.079><c> going</c><00:21:34.220><c> to</c><00:21:34.420><c> tell</c><00:21:34.500><c> who</c><00:21:34.640><c> she</c><00:21:34.859><c> is?</c> 00:21:35.039 --> 00:21:38.019 I<00:21:35.400><c> cannot</c><00:21:35.559><c> tell</c><00:21:35.740><c> you</c><00:21:35.819><c> what</c><00:21:35.920><c> the</c><00:21:36.039><c> population</c><00:21:36.440><c> of</c><00:21:36.619><c> Zarephath</c><00:21:36.980><c> was.</c><00:21:37.980><c> I</c> 00:21:38.019 --> 00:21:39.000 can't<00:21:38.259><c> tell</c><00:21:38.420><c> you</c><00:21:38.539><c> what</c><00:21:38.740><c> widows</c> 00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:42.319 looked<00:21:39.279><c> like,</c><00:21:40.140><c> they're</c><00:21:40.519><c> 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1</c><00:21:51.119><c>,000,</c><00:21:51.819><c> 10</c><00:21:52.220><c>,000</c><00:21:53.160><c> widows.</c><00:21:54.259><c> What</c> 00:21:54.440 --> 00:21:55.500 are<00:21:54.559><c> you</c><00:21:54.579><c> going</c><00:21:54.680><c> to</c><00:21:54.819><c> do,</c><00:21:54.960><c> stop</c><00:21:55.099><c> everybody</c> 00:21:55.500 --> 00:21:56.960 on<00:21:55.619><c> the</c><00:21:55.759><c> corner</c><00:21:55.900><c> and</c><00:21:55.980><c> say</c><00:21:56.019><c> are</c><00:21:56.140><c> you</c><00:21:56.299><c> wearing</c><00:21:56.420><c> black?</c><00:21:56.759><c> Excuse</c> 00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:58.380 me<00:21:57.099><c> please,</c><00:21:57.599><c> has</c><00:21:57.720><c> the</c><00:21:57.839><c> Lord</c><00:21:57.960><c> appeared</c><00:21:58.220><c> to</c> 00:21:58.380 --> 00:22:00.039 you<00:21:58.519><c> and</c><00:21:58.619><c> told</c><00:21:58.759><c> you</c><00:21:58.880><c> to</c><00:21:59.000><c> look</c><00:21:59.119><c> after</c><00:21:59.279><c> me?</c><00:21:59.480><c> My</c><00:21:59.539><c> name's</c><00:21:59.799><c> Elijah,</c> 00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:03.339 I'm<00:22:00.220><c> from</c><00:22:00.420><c> the</c><00:22:00.539><c> south.</c><00:22:02.740><c> Or</c><00:22:03.059><c> do</c><00:22:03.180><c> you</c><00:22:03.259><c> go</c> 00:22:03.339 --> 00:22:05.460 knocking<00:22:03.559><c> on</c><00:22:03.720><c> people's</c><00:22:04.119><c> doors</c><00:22:04.259><c> as</c><00:22:04.440><c> we</c><00:22:04.539><c> do</c><00:22:04.720><c> canvassing?</c><00:22:05.400><c> Good</c> 00:22:05.460 --> 00:22:07.640 morning,<00:22:06.039><c> are</c><00:22:06.119><c> you</c><00:22:06.220><c> a</c><00:22:06.299><c> widow?</c><00:22:06.960><c> Yes.</c><00:22:07.519><c> You've</c> 00:22:07.640 --> 00:22:14.960 heard<00:22:07.779><c> of</c><00:22:07.920><c> me,</c><00:22:08.119><c> my</c><00:22:08.220><c> name's</c><00:22:08.500><c> Elijah.</c><00:22:10.480><c> What</c><00:22:10.839><c> do</c><00:22:10.920><c> you</c><00:22:11.220><c> do?</c><00:22:13.779><c> Seriously,</c><00:22:14.460><c> what</c> 00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:16.200 do<00:22:15.079><c> you</c><00:22:15.220><c> do?</c><00:22:15.579><c> Just</c><00:22:15.819><c> go</c><00:22:15.980><c> and</c> 00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:18.559 sit<00:22:16.299><c> in</c><00:22:16.440><c> the</c><00:22:16.559><c> village</c><00:22:16.740><c> square</c><00:22:17.000><c> and</c><00:22:17.200><c> twiddle</c><00:22:17.460><c> your</c><00:22:17.619><c> thumbs</c><00:22:17.779><c> until</c><00:22:18.079><c> somebody</c><00:22:18.400><c> in</c> 00:22:18.559 --> 00:22:19.140 black<00:22:18.700><c> comes</c><00:22:18.900><c> up</c><00:22:19.099><c> to</c> 00:22:19.140 --> 00:22:23.839 you<00:22:19.279><c> and</c><00:22:19.319><c> says</c><00:22:19.480><c> are</c><00:22:19.599><c> you</c><00:22:19.700><c> Elijah?</c><00:22:20.220><c> What</c><00:22:20.519><c> do</c><00:22:20.740><c> you</c><00:22:20.779><c> do?</c><00:22:23.220><c> Elijah</c><00:22:23.579><c> is</c><00:22:23.759><c> a</c> 00:22:23.839 --> 00:22:25.299 man<00:22:23.920><c> of</c><00:22:24.079><c> the</c><00:22:24.259><c> word</c><00:22:24.440><c> you</c><00:22:24.680><c> see.</c><00:22:25.079><c> He's</c> 00:22:25.299 --> 00:22:28.259 a<00:22:25.339><c> man</c><00:22:25.440><c> of</c><00:22:25.660><c> God,</c><00:22:25.880><c> he's</c><00:22:26.019><c> a</c><00:22:26.099><c> man</c><00:22:26.160><c> of</c><00:22:26.359><c> the</c><00:22:26.500><c> book,</c><00:22:26.680><c> he</c><00:22:26.759><c> knows</c><00:22:26.960><c> his</c><00:22:27.180><c> Bible</c><00:22:27.500><c> and</c><00:22:28.000><c> he</c> 00:22:28.259 --> 00:22:29.400 says<00:22:28.480><c> to</c><00:22:28.619><c> himself,</c><00:22:28.859><c> I</c><00:22:29.059><c> suggest</c> 00:22:29.400 --> 00:22:33.259 you,<00:22:29.799><c> has</c><00:22:29.799><c> it</c><00:22:30.000><c> happened</c><00:22:30.259><c> before?</c><00:22:31.640><c> Has</c><00:22:31.779><c> anybody</c><00:22:32.720><c> ever</c><00:22:32.940><c> been</c><00:22:33.160><c> in</c> 00:22:33.259 --> 00:22:35.579 this<00:22:33.480><c> situation</c><00:22:34.019><c> before</c><00:22:34.720><c> which</c><00:22:35.180><c> sounds</c> 00:22:35.579 --> 00:22:40.200 incredible<00:22:36.440><c> and</c><00:22:37.119><c> has</c><00:22:37.319><c> come</c><00:22:37.519><c> through</c><00:22:37.759><c> it</c><00:22:38.680><c> smelling</c><00:22:39.180><c> of</c><00:22:39.400><c> roses?</c> 00:22:40.839 --> 00:22:42.619 And<00:22:40.980><c> he</c><00:22:41.119><c> says</c><00:22:41.200><c> of</c><00:22:41.359><c> course</c><00:22:41.579><c> they</c><00:22:41.759><c> have,</c> 00:22:42.920 --> 00:22:46.759 of<00:22:43.140><c> course</c><00:22:43.380><c> they</c><00:22:43.619><c> have.</c><00:22:45.380><c> You're</c><00:22:45.559><c> people</c><00:22:45.779><c> of</c><00:22:45.940><c> the</c><00:22:46.059><c> book</c><00:22:46.200><c> yourselves,</c><00:22:46.759><c> you</c> 00:22:46.759 --> 00:22:50.019 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go</c><00:23:02.200><c> back</c><00:23:02.380><c> to</c><00:23:02.539><c> Gera,</c><00:23:02.779><c> I</c> 00:23:02.779 --> 00:23:04.940 must<00:23:02.900><c> go</c><00:23:03.079><c> back</c><00:23:03.220><c> to</c><00:23:03.359><c> Mesopotamia</c><00:23:04.039><c> and</c><00:23:04.319><c> bring</c><00:23:04.420><c> me</c><00:23:04.579><c> a</c><00:23:04.660><c> wife</c><00:23:04.740><c> and</c> 00:23:04.940 --> 00:23:07.299 Elijah<00:23:05.220><c> went.</c><00:23:06.420><c> No</c><00:23:06.559><c> small</c><00:23:06.880><c> thing</c><00:23:07.140><c> that,</c> 00:23:07.640 --> 00:23:11.160 you<00:23:07.960><c> know.</c><00:23:08.220><c> You</c><00:23:08.500><c> pondered</c><00:23:08.799><c> that.</c><00:23:09.940><c> Somebody</c><00:23:10.140><c> says</c><00:23:10.299><c> go</c><00:23:10.500><c> and</c><00:23:10.599><c> fetch</c><00:23:10.720><c> a</c> 00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:14.400 wife<00:23:11.440><c> for</c><00:23:11.640><c> my</c><00:23:11.859><c> son.</c><00:23:13.940><c> You're</c><00:23:14.259><c> on</c> 00:23:14.400 --> 00:23:18.279 the<00:23:14.480><c> loser</c><00:23:14.660><c> to</c><00:23:14.880><c> nothing</c><00:23:15.079><c> actually.</c><00:23:17.119><c> How</c><00:23:17.200><c> about</c><00:23:17.319><c> if</c><00:23:17.380><c> she</c><00:23:17.500><c> doesn't,</c><00:23:18.000><c> if</c><00:23:18.160><c> he</c> 00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:20.559 didn't<00:23:18.480><c> like</c><00:23:18.720><c> her?</c><00:23:20.200><c> What's</c> 00:23:20.559 --> 00:23:24.640 attractive<00:23:20.839><c> to</c><00:23:21.059><c> me,</c><00:23:21.880><c> might</c><00:23:21.980><c> be</c><00:23:22.359><c> very</c><00:23:22.900><c> unattractive</c><00:23:23.420><c> to,</c><00:23:23.720><c> I</c><00:23:23.940><c> might</c><00:23:24.119><c> think</c><00:23:24.279><c> a</c> 00:23:24.640 --> 00:23:26.000 girl<00:23:24.779><c> is</c><00:23:25.039><c> a</c><00:23:25.319><c> very</c><00:23:25.619><c> nice</c><00:23:25.799><c> looking</c> 00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:28.599 lady<00:23:26.400><c> to</c><00:23:26.799><c> somebody</c><00:23:27.160><c> else.</c><00:23:27.440><c> She</c><00:23:27.440><c> might</c><00:23:27.619><c> look</c><00:23:27.799><c> like</c><00:23:28.039><c> the</c><00:23:28.220><c> back</c><00:23:28.359><c> of</c><00:23:28.519><c> a</c> 00:23:28.599 --> 00:23:30.259 bus<00:23:28.720><c> that's</c><00:23:28.880><c> been</c><00:23:29.059><c> in</c><00:23:29.200><c> an</c><00:23:29.400><c> accident.</c> 00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:38.339 Seriously,<00:23:32.940><c> it's</c><00:23:33.420><c> difficult</c><00:23:33.740><c> to</c><00:23:34.000><c> win</c><00:23:34.119><c> isn't</c><00:23:34.359><c> it?</c><00:23:36.880><c> I</c><00:23:37.259><c> have</c><00:23:37.500><c> great</c><00:23:37.759><c> sympathy</c><00:23:38.119><c> for</c> 00:23:38.339 --> 00:23:39.660 Eliezer.<00:23:39.220><c> No</c><00:23:39.420><c> wonder</c> 00:23:39.660 --> 00:23:43.460 he<00:23:39.759><c> was</c><00:23:39.920><c> on</c><00:23:40.059><c> his</c><00:23:40.240><c> knees</c><00:23:40.500><c> in</c><00:23:41.319><c> prayer</c><00:23:41.740><c> to</c><00:23:42.079><c> God</c><00:23:42.240><c> that</c><00:23:42.380><c> he</c><00:23:42.480><c> might</c><00:23:42.759><c> find</c><00:23:43.180><c> a</c> 00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:46.140 lady<00:23:43.720><c> that's</c><00:23:44.819><c> suitable,</c><00:23:46.039><c> comes</c> 00:23:46.140 --> 00:23:50.700 from<00:23:46.319><c> the</c><00:23:46.500><c> right</c><00:23:46.700><c> religious</c><00:23:47.079><c> background,</c><00:23:47.559><c> has</c><00:23:47.720><c> all</c><00:23:47.960><c> the</c><00:23:48.079><c> right</c><00:23:48.299><c> ideas,</c><00:23:50.039><c> worships</c><00:23:50.559><c> the</c> 00:23:50.700 --> 00:23:52.000 true<00:23:50.960><c> God</c><00:23:51.660><c> and</c> 00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:57.640 yet<00:23:52.940><c> he's</c><00:23:53.220><c> pretty.</c><00:23:55.079><c> He</c><00:23:55.240><c> doesn't</c><00:23:55.420><c> know</c><00:23:55.519><c> how</c><00:23:55.680><c> to</c><00:23:55.859><c> find</c><00:23:56.059><c> her.</c><00:23:57.519><c> See</c> 00:23:57.640 --> 00:23:59.740 he's<00:23:57.740><c> got</c><00:23:57.799><c> ten</c><00:23:58.059><c> camels</c><00:23:58.339><c> with</c><00:23:58.519><c> him.</c><00:23:59.579><c> So</c> 00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:02.799 he<00:23:59.799><c> says</c><00:23:59.980><c> to</c><00:24:00.119><c> God,</c><00:24:00.700><c> it's</c><00:24:00.799><c> sort</c><00:24:00.819><c> of</c><00:24:01.220><c> striking</c><00:24:01.460><c> almost</c><00:24:01.819><c> a</c><00:24:02.039><c> bargain</c><00:24:02.359><c> with</c> 00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:05.359 the<00:24:03.000><c> father.</c><00:24:03.440><c> He</c><00:24:03.619><c> says</c><00:24:04.099><c> I'll</c><00:24:05.220><c> go</c> 00:24:05.359 --> 00:24:08.480 and<00:24:05.500><c> sit</c><00:24:05.640><c> by</c><00:24:06.359><c> a</c><00:24:06.539><c> well</c><00:24:06.779><c> and</c><00:24:07.140><c> when</c><00:24:07.299><c> the</c><00:24:07.460><c> ladies</c><00:24:07.700><c> come</c><00:24:07.960><c> to</c><00:24:08.200><c> drink</c> 00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:12.440 I'll<00:24:09.700><c> say</c><00:24:10.019><c> excuse</c><00:24:11.119><c> me</c><00:24:11.460><c> please</c><00:24:11.720><c> could</c><00:24:11.920><c> you</c> 00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:15.720 give<00:24:12.660><c> me</c><00:24:12.859><c> a</c><00:24:13.000><c> drink</c><00:24:13.119><c> of</c><00:24:13.319><c> water?</c><00:24:14.400><c> And</c><00:24:14.559><c> if</c><00:24:14.700><c> she</c><00:24:14.880><c> says</c><00:24:15.019><c> yes</c><00:24:15.279><c> I</c><00:24:15.500><c> will</c> 00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:18.200 and<00:24:15.880><c> gives</c><00:24:16.019><c> me</c><00:24:16.200><c> the</c><00:24:16.339><c> bucket</c><00:24:16.619><c> and</c><00:24:17.880><c> then</c> 00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:22.519 he<00:24:18.200><c> says</c><00:24:18.539><c> and</c><00:24:19.180><c> I'll</c><00:24:19.380><c> give</c><00:24:19.460><c> you</c><00:24:19.660><c> 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doers.</c><00:24:58.339><c> There's</c><00:24:58.460><c> work</c><00:24:58.980><c> to</c><00:24:59.240><c> be</c><00:24:59.420><c> done,</c><00:24:59.920><c> go</c><00:25:00.079><c> and</c> 00:25:00.339 --> 00:25:04.059 do<00:25:00.539><c> it.</c><00:25:02.660><c> And</c><00:25:02.819><c> Rebecca</c><00:25:03.059><c> did</c><00:25:03.319><c> and</c><00:25:03.559><c> she</c><00:25:03.839><c> ran</c> 00:25:04.059 --> 00:25:11.019 and<00:25:04.759><c> fed</c><00:25:04.900><c> his</c><00:25:07.640><c> camels</c><00:25:07.960><c> as</c><00:25:08.200><c> well.</c><00:25:08.740><c> We're</c><00:25:08.859><c> introduced,</c><00:25:09.400><c> we</c><00:25:09.819><c> mustn't</c><00:25:10.299><c> digress</c><00:25:10.779><c> here,</c><00:25:10.940><c> but</c> 00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:11.700 we're<00:25:11.420><c> introduced</c> 00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:15.380 beautifully<00:25:12.259><c> to</c><00:25:12.619><c> human</c><00:25:12.799><c> nature.</c><00:25:13.420><c> She</c><00:25:13.539><c> goes</c><00:25:13.720><c> back</c><00:25:13.980><c> home</c><00:25:14.099><c> and</c><00:25:14.279><c> she</c><00:25:14.420><c> says</c><00:25:14.599><c> to</c><00:25:14.819><c> Laban,</c><00:25:15.019><c> there's</c><00:25:15.180><c> a</c><00:25:15.259><c> man</c> 00:25:15.380 --> 00:25:20.380 out<00:25:15.460><c> there,</c><00:25:16.099><c> says</c><00:25:16.279><c> he's</c><00:25:16.539><c> a</c><00:25:16.660><c> man</c><00:25:16.779><c> of</c><00:25:16.980><c> God</c><00:25:17.160><c> and</c><00:25:18.000><c> he</c><00:25:19.140><c> wants</c><00:25:19.900><c> to</c><00:25:20.140><c> know</c><00:25:20.240><c> if</c> 00:25:20.380 --> 00:25:21.960 we<00:25:20.519><c> can</c><00:25:20.799><c> provide</c><00:25:21.059><c> him</c><00:25:21.619><c> with</c><00:25:21.900><c> a</c> 00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:25.480 provinde<00:25:22.299><c> with</c><00:25:23.279><c> bed</c><00:25:24.079><c> and</c><00:25:24.240><c> breakfast</c><00:25:24.559><c> for</c><00:25:24.779><c> the</c><00:25:24.900><c> night</c><00:25:25.079><c> for</c><00:25:25.279><c> his</c> 00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:30.500 camels<00:25:25.700><c> as</c><00:25:25.920><c> well.</c><00:25:27.500><c> So</c><00:25:27.680><c> Laban</c><00:25:27.940><c> says,</c><00:25:30.299><c> suppose</c> 00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:33.599 we<00:25:31.180><c> could,</c><00:25:31.359><c> what's</c><00:25:31.960><c> that</c><00:25:32.019><c> you've</c><00:25:32.240><c> got</c><00:25:32.359><c> on?</c><00:25:32.900><c> So</c><00:25:33.160><c> she</c><00:25:33.319><c> said,</c><00:25:33.579><c> oh</c> 00:25:33.599 --> 00:25:36.099 it's<00:25:33.759><c> an</c><00:25:33.880><c> earring,</c><00:25:35.019><c> smashing</c><00:25:35.279><c> earring,</c> 00:25:36.519 --> 00:25:38.500 tremendous,<00:25:37.059><c> solid</c><00:25:37.420><c> gold.</c><00:25:38.039><c> He</c><00:25:38.099><c> said,</c><00:25:38.180><c> where</c><00:25:38.279><c> did</c><00:25:38.380><c> you</c><00:25:38.400><c> get</c> 00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:40.539 that<00:25:38.700><c> from?</c><00:25:39.539><c> She</c><00:25:39.759><c> said,</c><00:25:39.920><c> the</c><00:25:40.039><c> man</c><00:25:40.200><c> outside</c> 00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:42.920 gave<00:25:40.779><c> it</c><00:25:40.960><c> to</c><00:25:41.039><c> me.</c><00:25:41.140><c> He</c><00:25:41.220><c> said,</c><00:25:41.259><c> what's</c><00:25:41.500><c> that</c><00:25:41.599><c> on</c><00:25:41.720><c> your</c><00:25:41.839><c> wrist?</c><00:25:42.319><c> She</c><00:25:42.539><c> said,</c><00:25:42.680><c> it's</c><00:25:42.859><c> a</c> 00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:43.519 couple<00:25:43.059><c> of</c><00:25:43.299><c> bracelets,</c> 00:25:43.519 --> 00:25:46.740 it's<00:25:43.740><c> a</c><00:25:43.859><c> whacking</c><00:25:44.140><c> great</c><00:25:44.460><c> big</c><00:25:44.740><c> gold</c><00:25:45.059><c> bracelet.</c><00:25:45.859><c> He</c><00:25:46.140><c> said,</c><00:25:46.299><c> where</c><00:25:46.539><c> is</c> 00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.940 he<00:25:46.900><c> fetching?</c><00:25:47.240><c> Come</c><00:25:47.559><c> in</c><00:25:47.759><c> thou</c> 00:25:47.940 --> 00:25:52.440 blessed<00:25:48.180><c> of</c><00:25:48.359><c> the</c><00:25:49.440><c> Lord.</c><00:25:50.180><c> Come</c><00:25:50.440><c> in</c><00:25:50.660><c> thou</c><00:25:50.819><c> blessed</c><00:25:51.059><c> of</c><00:25:51.240><c> the</c><00:25:51.380><c> Lord.</c><00:25:52.200><c> Why</c> 00:25:52.440 --> 00:25:53.539 are<00:25:52.579><c> you</c><00:25:52.700><c> waiting</c><00:25:52.940><c> outside?</c> 00:25:54.039 --> 00:25:58.460 There's<00:25:54.519><c> straw</c><00:25:54.839><c> and</c><00:25:55.119><c> hay</c><00:25:55.339><c> and</c><00:25:55.619><c> food</c><00:25:55.839><c> and</c><00:25:56.019><c> a</c><00:25:56.220><c> bed</c><00:25:56.380><c> for</c><00:25:56.720><c> you.</c><00:25:57.279><c> We've</c><00:25:57.460><c> been</c><00:25:57.700><c> waiting</c><00:25:58.099><c> for</c> 00:25:58.460 --> 00:26:00.940 you.<00:26:00.339><c> He</c><00:26:00.599><c> doesn't</c> 00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:03.380 change.<00:26:01.380><c> He's</c><00:26:01.819><c> like</c><00:26:01.900><c> that</c><00:26:02.079><c> in</c><00:26:02.200><c> the</c><00:26:02.339><c> days</c><00:26:02.460><c> of</c><00:26:02.700><c> Jacob</c><00:26:02.920><c> as</c><00:26:03.160><c> well.</c> 00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:10.640 And<00:26:03.940><c> so</c><00:26:07.720><c> Eliezer</c><00:26:09.180><c> is</c><00:26:09.539><c> satisfied</c><00:26:10.019><c> and</c><00:26:10.319><c> Rebecca</c> 00:26:10.640 --> 00:26:17.140 comes<00:26:10.920><c> back</c><00:26:11.220><c> with</c><00:26:11.480><c> him</c><00:26:11.779><c> and</c><00:26:11.980><c> marries</c><00:26:13.000><c> Isaac.</c><00:26:16.559><c> And</c><00:26:16.700><c> Eliezer's</c> 00:26:17.140 --> 00:26:18.400 thinking<00:26:17.319><c> about</c><00:26:17.559><c> this</c><00:26:17.740><c> as</c><00:26:17.839><c> he</c><00:26:17.940><c> goes</c><00:26:18.160><c> north</c> 00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:20.740 and<00:26:18.559><c> he</c><00:26:18.680><c> says,</c><00:26:18.960><c> of</c><00:26:18.960><c> course</c><00:26:19.160><c> it's</c><00:26:19.460><c> happened</c><00:26:19.619><c> before.</c><00:26:20.480><c> I</c><00:26:20.579><c> don't</c> 00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:23.259 have<00:26:20.920><c> ten</c><00:26:21.140><c> camels</c><00:26:21.480><c> with</c><00:26:21.700><c> me,</c><00:26:22.480><c> but</c><00:26:22.539><c> I'll</c> 00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:29.299 do<00:26:23.480><c> about</c><00:26:24.359><c> the</c><00:26:24.660><c> equivalent.</c><00:26:25.819><c> So</c><00:26:26.019><c> he</c><00:26:26.079><c> gets</c><00:26:26.420><c> to</c><00:26:27.140><c> the</c><00:26:27.440><c> town</c><00:26:27.740><c> and</c><00:26:28.559><c> he</c><00:26:28.759><c> says</c><00:26:28.900><c> to</c><00:26:29.200><c> a</c> 00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:29.859 widow,<00:26:29.460><c> he</c><00:26:29.480><c> knows</c><00:26:29.680><c> he's</c> 00:26:29.859 --> 00:26:32.859 a<00:26:29.940><c> widow</c><00:26:30.119><c> woman,</c><00:26:30.660><c> she's</c><00:26:30.940><c> black</c><00:26:31.059><c> and</c><00:26:31.660><c> black.</c><00:26:32.259><c> He</c><00:26:32.400><c> says,</c><00:26:32.519><c> excuse</c> 00:26:32.859 --> 00:26:36.200 me<00:26:33.059><c> please,</c><00:26:34.240><c> could</c><00:26:34.599><c> I</c><00:26:35.240><c> have</c><00:26:35.299><c> a</c><00:26:35.400><c> drink</c><00:26:35.519><c> of</c> 00:26:37.599 --> 00:26:40.920 water?<00:26:38.079><c> That's</c><00:26:38.559><c> not</c><00:26:38.779><c> quite</c><00:26:39.140><c> the</c><00:26:39.440><c> equivalent</c><00:26:39.799><c> of</c><00:26:40.279><c> feeding</c><00:26:40.559><c> ten</c> 00:26:40.920 --> 00:26:42.240 camels,<00:26:41.279><c> but</c><00:26:41.380><c> it's</c><00:26:41.480><c> not</c><00:26:41.640><c> far</c><00:26:41.880><c> off</c><00:26:42.039><c> under</c> 00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:46.900 the<00:26:42.420><c> circumstances.</c><00:26:44.180><c> And</c><00:26:44.240><c> she</c><00:26:44.460><c> says,</c><00:26:45.460><c> yes.</c><00:26:46.440><c> And</c><00:26:46.599><c> she's</c><00:26:46.819><c> going</c> 00:26:46.900 --> 00:26:48.140 away<00:26:47.059><c> to</c><00:26:47.200><c> get</c><00:26:47.319><c> it</c><00:26:47.400><c> and</c><00:26:47.480><c> he</c><00:26:47.579><c> says,</c><00:26:47.799><c> excuse</c> 00:26:48.140 --> 00:26:54.500 me<00:26:48.400><c> please,</c><00:26:49.799><c> could</c><00:26:49.960><c> you</c><00:26:50.099><c> also</c><00:26:50.359><c> bake</c><00:26:50.579><c> me</c><00:26:50.819><c> a</c><00:26:50.940><c> cake?</c><00:26:53.819><c> What</c><00:26:54.299><c> do</c><00:26:54.440><c> you</c> 00:26:54.500 --> 00:27:01.460 think<00:26:54.619><c> this</c><00:26:55.720><c> is?</c><00:26:59.359><c> What</c><00:26:59.839><c> do</c><00:27:00.099><c> you</c><00:27:00.740><c> think?</c> 00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:05.240 I've<00:27:02.000><c> got</c><00:27:02.200><c> nothing.</c><00:27:02.579><c> I've</c><00:27:02.740><c> got</c><00:27:03.019><c> just</c><00:27:03.279><c> a</c><00:27:03.380><c> bit</c><00:27:03.539><c> of</c><00:27:04.099><c> flour</c><00:27:04.460><c> and</c> 00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:07.119 oil<00:27:05.640><c> and</c><00:27:06.039><c> when</c><00:27:06.180><c> that's</c><00:27:06.500><c> gone</c><00:27:06.619><c> we're</c><00:27:06.960><c> finished.</c> 00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:10.519 We're<00:27:07.519><c> destitute.</c><00:27:08.640><c> Give</c><00:27:08.759><c> it</c><00:27:08.859><c> to</c><00:27:09.019><c> me</c><00:27:09.160><c> first.</c><00:27:09.799><c> The</c><00:27:10.119><c> father</c><00:27:10.299><c> must</c> 00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:11.960 always<00:27:11.079><c> come</c><00:27:11.359><c> first.</c><00:27:11.599><c> Give</c><00:27:11.700><c> it</c><00:27:11.839><c> to</c> 00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:18.000 me<00:27:12.099><c> first.</c><00:27:13.900><c> And</c><00:27:14.039><c> I</c><00:27:14.200><c> tell</c><00:27:14.519><c> you</c><00:27:14.700><c> that</c><00:27:14.900><c> the</c><00:27:16.140><c> barrel</c><00:27:16.500><c> of</c><00:27:17.359><c> oil</c><00:27:17.680><c> will</c> 00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:22.140 not<00:27:18.440><c> fail</c><00:27:18.740><c> away</c><00:27:19.119><c> nor</c><00:27:20.539><c> the</c><00:27:21.640><c> meal</c><00:27:21.819><c> in</c><00:27:22.000><c> the</c> 00:27:22.140 --> 00:27:26.960 barrel<00:27:22.440><c> until</c><00:27:23.180><c> the</c><00:27:23.359><c> drought</c><00:27:23.519><c> be</c><00:27:23.740><c> finished.</c><00:27:25.559><c> And</c><00:27:25.720><c> so</c><00:27:26.019><c> he</c><00:27:26.740><c> does</c> 00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:29.240 it.<00:27:27.839><c> Strange</c><00:27:28.160><c> isn't</c><00:27:28.380><c> it,</c><00:27:28.579><c> brethren,</c><00:27:28.720><c> just</c> 00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:32.660 a<00:27:29.539><c> little</c><00:27:29.740><c> aside.</c><00:27:30.440><c> This</c><00:27:30.440><c> is</c><00:27:31.059><c> not</c><00:27:31.319><c> quite</c><00:27:31.599><c> a</c><00:27:31.819><c> digression,</c><00:27:32.519><c> but</c> 00:27:32.660 --> 00:27:37.579 almost.<00:27:34.500><c> The</c><00:27:34.759><c> place</c><00:27:35.420><c> to</c><00:27:36.359><c> which</c><00:27:36.559><c> Elijah</c><00:27:36.900><c> went</c> 00:27:37.579 --> 00:27:42.900 was<00:27:38.440><c> Zarephath</c><00:27:39.680><c> in</c><00:27:39.859><c> Zidon,</c><00:27:40.519><c> right</c><00:27:40.759><c> up</c><00:27:40.920><c> in</c><00:27:41.059><c> the</c><00:27:41.180><c> north.</c><00:27:42.559><c> And</c><00:27:42.759><c> if</c> 00:27:42.900 --> 00:27:46.599 you<00:27:43.079><c> investigate</c><00:27:43.980><c> the</c><00:27:44.980><c> tribe</c><00:27:45.460><c> into</c><00:27:46.140><c> whose</c> 00:27:46.599 --> 00:27:51.819 possession<00:27:47.500><c> this</c><00:27:47.759><c> came,</c><00:27:48.740><c> you'll</c><00:27:48.920><c> find</c><00:27:49.079><c> it</c><00:27:49.359><c> belonged</c><00:27:49.579><c> to</c><00:27:49.819><c> Asher.</c><00:27:51.420><c> Now,</c> 00:27:52.079 --> 00:27:54.920 you're<00:27:52.220><c> well</c><00:27:52.420><c> read</c><00:27:52.579><c> here.</c><00:27:54.319><c> When</c> 00:27:54.920 --> 00:28:01.640 Jacob<00:27:55.619><c> blessed</c><00:27:56.180><c> his</c><00:27:56.559><c> sons,</c><00:27:58.119><c> what</c><00:27:58.599><c> was</c><00:27:58.880><c> the</c><00:27:59.079><c> blessing</c><00:27:59.579><c> specifically</c><00:28:00.539><c> that</c><00:28:01.259><c> fell</c><00:28:01.380><c> to</c> 00:28:01.640 --> 00:28:03.420 Asher?<00:28:03.220><c> Well,</c><00:28:03.380><c> there</c> 00:28:03.420 --> 00:28:07.099 were<00:28:03.559><c> several</c><00:28:03.819><c> of</c><00:28:04.000><c> them,</c><00:28:04.119><c> but</c><00:28:04.279><c> the</c><00:28:04.359><c> last</c><00:28:04.559><c> one</c><00:28:04.740><c> is</c><00:28:04.940><c> this.</c><00:28:06.539><c> Asher</c> 00:28:07.099 --> 00:28:10.059 shall<00:28:07.740><c> dip</c><00:28:07.980><c> his</c><00:28:08.180><c> foot</c><00:28:08.319><c> in</c><00:28:08.539><c> oil.</c><00:28:09.900><c> Not</c> 00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:13.880 talking<00:28:10.339><c> about</c><00:28:10.539><c> an</c><00:28:10.680><c> oil</c><00:28:10.859><c> well,</c><00:28:11.160><c> I'm</c><00:28:11.220><c> not</c><00:28:11.420><c> interested</c><00:28:11.859><c> in</c><00:28:12.400><c> that.</c><00:28:13.319><c> But</c> 00:28:13.880 --> 00:28:16.980 talking<00:28:14.200><c> about</c><00:28:14.920><c> oil,</c><00:28:16.599><c> olive</c><00:28:16.799><c> oil</c> 00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:22.279 being<00:28:17.200><c> the</c><00:28:17.420><c> principal</c><00:28:17.799><c> crop.</c><00:28:19.740><c> How</c><00:28:20.200><c> strange</c><00:28:20.880><c> then,</c><00:28:22.059><c> if</c><00:28:22.240><c> you're</c> 00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:24.599 looking<00:28:22.500><c> for</c><00:28:22.819><c> coincidences,</c><00:28:24.000><c> that</c><00:28:24.400><c> the</c> 00:28:24.599 --> 00:28:30.140 very<00:28:24.880><c> last</c><00:28:25.180><c> thing</c><00:28:25.579><c> that</c><00:28:25.779><c> should</c><00:28:26.000><c> go</c><00:28:26.759><c> would</c><00:28:27.500><c> be</c><00:28:27.720><c> oil.</c><00:28:28.559><c> The</c><00:28:28.799><c> widow</c><00:28:29.079><c> woman</c><00:28:29.500><c> living</c><00:28:29.819><c> in</c> 00:28:30.140 --> 00:28:31.019 the<00:28:30.339><c> territory</c><00:28:30.779><c> of</c> 00:28:31.019 --> 00:28:34.619 Asher<00:28:31.440><c> still</c><00:28:32.000><c> had</c><00:28:32.180><c> some</c><00:28:32.420><c> oil.</c><00:28:33.599><c> It</c><00:28:33.640><c> was</c><00:28:33.839><c> the</c><00:28:34.000><c> principal</c><00:28:34.400><c> crop</c> 00:28:34.619 --> 00:28:36.319 of<00:28:34.839><c> the</c><00:28:35.000><c> time,</c><00:28:35.720><c> so</c><00:28:35.799><c> that</c><00:28:35.880><c> when</c><00:28:36.059><c> everything</c> 00:28:36.319 --> 00:28:38.619 else<00:28:36.579><c> had</c><00:28:36.779><c> gone,</c><00:28:37.619><c> there</c><00:28:37.619><c> was</c><00:28:37.799><c> still</c><00:28:38.000><c> this</c><00:28:38.140><c> part</c><00:28:38.220><c> of</c><00:28:38.319><c> it.</c><00:28:38.380><c> Still</c> 00:28:38.619 --> 00:28:39.640 is,<00:28:38.779><c> by</c><00:28:38.960><c> the</c><00:28:39.059><c> way,</c><00:28:39.180><c> in</c><00:28:39.259><c> that</c><00:28:39.339><c> part</c><00:28:39.480><c> of</c> 00:28:39.640 --> 00:28:48.700 the<00:28:39.740><c> world,</c><00:28:40.619><c> olive</c><00:28:41.180><c> trees,</c><00:28:42.019><c> olive</c><00:28:42.339><c> trees</c><00:28:42.579><c> abound.</c><00:28:47.640><c> So</c><00:28:48.119><c> Elijah</c> 00:28:48.700 --> 00:28:50.819 does<00:28:48.940><c> what</c><00:28:49.220><c> Eliezer</c><00:28:49.640><c> had</c><00:28:50.059><c> done</c><00:28:50.559><c> before</c> 00:28:50.819 --> 00:28:55.480 him.<00:28:52.980><c> And</c><00:28:53.500><c> then</c><00:28:53.680><c> we've</c><00:28:53.900><c> already</c><00:28:54.160><c> said</c><00:28:54.319><c> the</c><00:28:54.480><c> boy</c><00:28:54.640><c> dies.</c><00:28:55.380><c> We've</c> 00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:57.160 been<00:28:55.700><c> through</c><00:28:55.960><c> this,</c><00:28:56.579><c> chapter</c><00:28:56.720><c> 17</c> 00:28:57.160 --> 00:29:02.779 and<00:28:57.359><c> verse</c><00:28:57.960><c> 17.</c><00:28:59.039><c> Elijah</c><00:28:59.359><c> says,</c><00:28:59.839><c> as</c><00:28:59.839><c> it</c><00:29:00.039><c> happened</c><00:29:00.319><c> before,</c><00:29:02.680><c> and</c> 00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:05.200 proves<00:29:02.980><c> that</c><00:29:03.180><c> it</c><00:29:03.400><c> has,</c><00:29:04.019><c> and</c><00:29:04.240><c> does</c><00:29:04.339><c> to</c> 00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:10.339 the<00:29:05.359><c> boy</c><00:29:05.480><c> what</c><00:29:05.680><c> God</c><00:29:06.220><c> and</c><00:29:06.880><c> his</c><00:29:07.240><c> angels</c><00:29:07.740><c> had</c><00:29:08.339><c> done</c><00:29:08.579><c> to</c><00:29:09.440><c> Adam</c><00:29:09.960><c> in</c> 00:29:10.339 --> 00:29:12.420 the<00:29:10.480><c> garden</c><00:29:10.859><c> in</c><00:29:11.119><c> Eden.</c><00:29:11.900><c> We'll</c><00:29:12.119><c> move</c><00:29:12.200><c> on</c> 00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:21.019 quickly,<00:29:12.740><c> brethren</c><00:29:12.960><c> and</c><00:29:13.140><c> sisters,</c><00:29:14.000><c> to</c><00:29:14.740><c> chapter</c><00:29:15.039><c> 18.</c><00:29:20.740><c> Elijah</c> 00:29:21.019 --> 00:29:23.500 is<00:29:21.460><c> going</c><00:29:21.640><c> to</c><00:29:21.900><c> reprove</c><00:29:22.240><c> Ahab.</c><00:29:23.119><c> It</c><00:29:23.259><c> seems</c> 00:29:23.500 --> 00:29:30.660 that<00:29:23.720><c> Ahab</c><00:29:23.940><c> was</c><00:29:24.140><c> a</c><00:29:24.319><c> different</c><00:29:24.559><c> person</c><00:29:25.059><c> when</c><00:29:28.680><c> Jezebel</c><00:29:29.359><c> was</c><00:29:29.579><c> with</c><00:29:29.859><c> him.</c><00:29:30.420><c> But</c> 00:29:30.660 --> 00:29:31.740 take<00:29:30.839><c> Jezebel</c><00:29:31.299><c> away</c><00:29:31.500><c> and</c><00:29:31.599><c> he</c> 00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:36.940 becomes<00:29:31.940><c> a</c><00:29:32.059><c> weakling.</c><00:29:32.819><c> If</c><00:29:33.000><c> you</c><00:29:33.640><c> had</c><00:29:33.720><c> been</c><00:29:34.000><c> king</c><00:29:34.220><c> in</c><00:29:34.420><c> Israel</c><00:29:34.859><c> and</c><00:29:35.859><c> you</c><00:29:36.380><c> knew</c><00:29:36.720><c> a</c> 00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:38.420 man<00:29:37.220><c> who</c><00:29:37.539><c> had</c><00:29:37.700><c> been</c><00:29:37.920><c> directly</c> 00:29:38.420 --> 00:29:42.319 responsible,<00:29:39.099><c> because</c><00:29:39.339><c> like</c><00:29:39.839><c> it</c><00:29:39.960><c> or</c><00:29:40.079><c> not,</c><00:29:41.019><c> Elijah</c><00:29:41.099><c> was</c><00:29:41.519><c> responsible</c><00:29:42.140><c> for</c> 00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:43.200 this<00:29:42.519><c> drought.</c><00:29:42.779><c> It</c><00:29:42.779><c> was</c><00:29:42.960><c> his</c> 00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:46.019 prayer<00:29:43.480><c> that</c><00:29:43.680><c> had</c><00:29:43.880><c> brought</c><00:29:44.000><c> it</c><00:29:44.180><c> on</c><00:29:44.420><c> and</c><00:29:44.660><c> nothing</c><00:29:44.920><c> else.</c><00:29:45.900><c> If</c> 00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:47.119 Elijah<00:29:46.359><c> hadn't</c><00:29:46.640><c> prayed,</c><00:29:46.920><c> there</c><00:29:47.000><c> would</c> 00:29:47.119 --> 00:29:55.640 have<00:29:47.240><c> been</c><00:29:47.339><c> no</c><00:29:47.599><c> drought.</c><00:29:52.299><c> And</c><00:29:52.299><c> Elijah</c><00:29:52.839><c> confronts</c><00:29:54.380><c> Ahab,</c><00:29:55.000><c> verse</c><00:29:55.180><c> 17</c> 00:29:55.640 --> 00:29:58.259 of<00:29:55.779><c> chapter</c><00:29:56.019><c> 18.</c><00:29:57.720><c> He</c><00:29:57.740><c> came</c><00:29:57.940><c> to</c><00:29:58.140><c> pass</c> 00:29:58.259 --> 00:30:01.859 when<00:29:58.460><c> Ahab</c><00:29:58.779><c> saw</c><00:29:58.980><c> Elijah,</c><00:29:59.980><c> that</c><00:30:00.119><c> Ahab</c><00:30:00.339><c> said</c><00:30:00.519><c> unto</c><00:30:00.759><c> him,</c><00:30:01.420><c> Art</c><00:30:01.500><c> thou</c><00:30:01.660><c> he</c> 00:30:01.859 --> 00:30:04.200 that<00:30:01.980><c> troubleth</c><00:30:02.380><c> Israel?</c><00:30:03.720><c> Well,</c> 00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:06.660 I<00:30:04.759><c> can't</c><00:30:05.000><c> tell</c><00:30:05.140><c> you</c><00:30:05.240><c> what</c><00:30:05.319><c> I</c><00:30:05.519><c> would</c><00:30:05.640><c> have</c><00:30:05.799><c> said,</c><00:30:06.119><c> but</c><00:30:06.220><c> it</c><00:30:06.299><c> wouldn't</c><00:30:06.500><c> have</c> 00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:08.619 been<00:30:06.740><c> that.</c><00:30:08.140><c> The</c><00:30:08.220><c> man</c><00:30:08.380><c> would</c><00:30:08.559><c> have</c> 00:30:08.619 --> 00:30:12.400 been<00:30:08.799><c> in</c><00:30:08.960><c> handcuffs</c><00:30:09.359><c> before</c><00:30:09.660><c> you</c><00:30:09.740><c> could</c><00:30:09.980><c> say,</c><00:30:10.359><c> Jack</c><00:30:10.519><c> Flash.</c><00:30:12.039><c> I</c> 00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:13.720 thought<00:30:12.640><c> this</c><00:30:12.819><c> man</c><00:30:13.019><c> was</c><00:30:13.240><c> responsible.</c> 00:30:13.900 --> 00:30:18.380 But<00:30:14.019><c> look</c><00:30:14.180><c> how</c><00:30:14.420><c> weak</c><00:30:14.940><c> Ahab</c><00:30:15.339><c> is.</c><00:30:16.099><c> You're</c><00:30:16.460><c> the</c><00:30:16.559><c> fellow</c><00:30:16.759><c> who's</c><00:30:17.019><c> caused</c><00:30:17.259><c> all</c><00:30:17.460><c> this</c><00:30:17.579><c> trouble.</c><00:30:18.140><c> And</c><00:30:18.240><c> then</c><00:30:18.380><c> of</c> 00:30:18.380 --> 00:30:20.339 course<00:30:18.579><c> Elijah</c><00:30:18.880><c> has</c><00:30:19.079><c> to</c><00:30:19.299><c> tell</c><00:30:19.400><c> him</c><00:30:19.519><c> that</c><00:30:19.660><c> it</c><00:30:19.819><c> isn't</c><00:30:19.980><c> him</c><00:30:20.180><c> but</c> 00:30:20.339 --> 00:30:22.779 his<00:30:20.559><c> father's</c><00:30:20.920><c> house,</c><00:30:21.519><c> because</c><00:30:21.660><c> you've</c> 00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:25.819 forsaken<00:30:23.299><c> the</c><00:30:23.460><c> commandments</c><00:30:23.859><c> of</c><00:30:24.079><c> the</c><00:30:24.220><c> Lord.</c><00:30:24.880><c> And</c><00:30:25.019><c> then</c><00:30:25.180><c> Elijah</c><00:30:25.519><c> takes</c> 00:30:25.819 --> 00:30:27.779 over<00:30:26.079><c> and</c><00:30:26.220><c> he</c><00:30:26.359><c> says,</c><00:30:27.279><c> the</c><00:30:27.420><c> famous</c> 00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:31.759 confrontation<00:30:28.519><c> on</c><00:30:28.740><c> Mount</c><00:30:29.019><c> Carmel.</c><00:30:30.220><c> Get</c><00:30:30.359><c> the</c><00:30:30.640><c> 450</c><00:30:31.380><c> prophets</c> 00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:34.180 of<00:30:32.019><c> Baal.</c><00:30:33.180><c> He</c><00:30:33.420><c> also</c><00:30:33.660><c> speaks</c><00:30:33.900><c> about</c><00:30:34.099><c> the</c> 00:30:34.180 --> 00:30:38.259 400<00:30:34.740><c> which</c><00:30:35.720><c> eat</c><00:30:35.859><c> at</c><00:30:36.000><c> Jezebel's</c><00:30:36.400><c> table.</c><00:30:36.940><c> The</c><00:30:37.059><c> 400</c><00:30:37.460><c> were</c><00:30:37.640><c> not</c><00:30:37.859><c> present</c><00:30:38.079><c> on</c> 00:30:38.259 --> 00:30:39.819 the<00:30:38.380><c> mountain.</c><00:30:39.240><c> They</c><00:30:39.480><c> occur</c> 00:30:39.819 --> 00:30:42.220 later<00:30:40.180><c> on</c><00:30:40.359><c> in</c><00:30:40.519><c> the</c><00:30:40.700><c> account,</c><00:30:41.019><c> as</c><00:30:41.119><c> we</c><00:30:41.240><c> can</c><00:30:41.440><c> see</c><00:30:41.599><c> quite</c><00:30:41.859><c> easily.</c> 00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:44.519 So<00:30:42.819><c> Elijah</c><00:30:43.119><c> is</c><00:30:43.440><c> confronted</c><00:30:43.799><c> on</c><00:30:44.000><c> the</c><00:30:44.140><c> mountain</c> 00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:50.359 with<00:30:45.240><c> 450</c><00:30:46.039><c> prophets</c><00:30:46.420><c> of</c><00:30:46.640><c> Baal</c><00:30:47.279><c> and</c><00:30:47.720><c> two</c><00:30:48.140><c> altars.</c><00:30:49.099><c> And</c><00:30:49.319><c> he</c><00:30:49.480><c> says,</c><00:30:50.240><c> to</c> 00:30:50.359 --> 00:30:52.420 determine<00:30:50.819><c> the</c><00:30:51.079><c> true</c><00:30:51.220><c> God,</c><00:30:52.140><c> we'll</c> 00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:57.660 put<00:30:52.960><c> all</c><00:30:53.380><c> the</c><00:30:53.940><c> animals</c><00:30:54.299><c> on</c><00:30:55.299><c> the</c><00:30:55.519><c> altar,</c><00:30:56.799><c> but</c><00:30:57.079><c> we</c><00:30:57.240><c> won't</c><00:30:57.440><c> light</c> 00:30:57.660 --> 00:31:00.779 them.<00:30:58.619><c> You</c><00:30:58.900><c> ask</c><00:30:59.160><c> Baal</c><00:30:59.519><c> and</c><00:30:59.619><c> I'll</c><00:30:59.859><c> ask</c><00:31:00.000><c> Yahweh</c> 00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:04.279 to<00:31:01.359><c> ignite</c><00:31:01.799><c> the</c><00:31:02.019><c> sacrifice.</c><00:31:02.680><c> And</c><00:31:03.000><c> watch</c><00:31:03.079><c> what</c><00:31:03.240><c> happens.</c><00:31:03.859><c> Well,</c><00:31:04.140><c> they</c> 00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:06.519 said<00:31:04.359><c> this</c><00:31:04.519><c> is</c><00:31:04.680><c> a</c><00:31:04.779><c> piece</c><00:31:04.880><c> of</c><00:31:05.019><c> cake,</c><00:31:06.299><c> because</c> 00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:10.700 Baal<00:31:06.740><c> is</c><00:31:06.900><c> a</c><00:31:06.980><c> God</c><00:31:07.059><c> of</c><00:31:07.259><c> fire.</c><00:31:08.279><c> He's</c><00:31:08.480><c> a</c><00:31:08.619><c> God</c><00:31:08.720><c> of</c><00:31:09.920><c> dominance.</c><00:31:10.539><c> He's</c> 00:31:10.700 --> 00:31:12.599 a<00:31:10.779><c> God</c><00:31:10.900><c> of</c><00:31:11.220><c> fruitfulness.</c><00:31:11.960><c> He</c><00:31:12.099><c> can</c><00:31:12.339><c> cause</c> 00:31:12.599 --> 00:31:17.740 fires<00:31:12.960><c> to</c><00:31:13.279><c> rage.</c><00:31:14.079><c> That's</c><00:31:14.519><c> Baal.</c><00:31:15.059><c> He's</c><00:31:15.299><c> everywhere.</c><00:31:16.839><c> He</c><00:31:17.279><c> played</c><00:31:17.480><c> right</c> 00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:19.200 into<00:31:17.960><c> our</c><00:31:18.119><c> hands.</c><00:31:18.559><c> Right,</c><00:31:19.059><c> we'll</c> 00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:23.440 just<00:31:19.440><c> assemble</c><00:31:19.720><c> this</c><00:31:20.039><c> and</c><00:31:20.299><c> now</c><00:31:20.460><c> we'll</c><00:31:20.859><c> pray</c><00:31:21.099><c> to</c><00:31:21.259><c> Baal.</c><00:31:21.420><c> And</c><00:31:21.480><c> they</c><00:31:21.619><c> did</c><00:31:21.839><c> so.</c><00:31:23.180><c> And</c><00:31:23.319><c> as</c> 00:31:23.440 --> 00:31:24.220 I<00:31:23.559><c> say,</c><00:31:23.900><c> a</c><00:31:23.960><c> fragment</c> 00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:27.740 of<00:31:24.319><c> the</c><00:31:24.500><c> hymn</c><00:31:24.660><c> book</c><00:31:24.819><c> is</c><00:31:25.119><c> available</c><00:31:25.640><c> for</c><00:31:26.140><c> reading.</c><00:31:27.380><c> Hear</c><00:31:27.480><c> us,</c> 00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:30.640 Baal.<00:31:28.140><c> Hear</c><00:31:28.359><c> mighty</c><00:31:28.720><c> God</c><00:31:29.079><c> and</c><00:31:29.460><c> help</c><00:31:29.720><c> us.</c> 00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:34.740 Baal,<00:31:31.359><c> we</c><00:31:31.359><c> cry</c><00:31:31.599><c> to</c><00:31:31.819><c> the...</c><00:31:32.740><c> Mendelssohn</c><00:31:33.339><c> is</c><00:31:33.900><c> immortalised,</c><00:31:34.660><c> I</c> 00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:37.420 suppose,<00:31:35.180><c> really,</c><00:31:35.559><c> in</c><00:31:35.559><c> his</c><00:31:35.940><c> oratorio</c><00:31:36.420><c> Elijah.</c> 00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:43.019 But<00:31:38.380><c> the</c><00:31:38.640><c> words</c><00:31:38.900><c> are</c><00:31:39.119><c> faithful</c><00:31:39.700><c> and</c><00:31:40.940><c> they</c><00:31:41.140><c> are</c><00:31:41.319><c> real.</c><00:31:42.759><c> And</c><00:31:42.859><c> when</c><00:31:42.920><c> it</c> 00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:45.240 doesn't<00:31:43.319><c> work,</c><00:31:44.099><c> they</c><00:31:44.420><c> cut</c><00:31:44.819><c> themselves</c> 00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:51.220 with<00:31:45.579><c> lancets,</c><00:31:46.400><c> prancing</c><00:31:46.700><c> and</c><00:31:46.880><c> dancing</c><00:31:47.299><c> about,</c><00:31:47.880><c> doing</c><00:31:48.140><c> anything</c><00:31:48.500><c> to</c><00:31:48.720><c> attract</c><00:31:48.960><c> the</c><00:31:49.200><c> attention</c><00:31:50.019><c> of</c> 00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:59.079 their<00:31:51.440><c> God.</c><00:31:53.920><c> And</c><00:31:54.019><c> then</c><00:31:54.180><c> Elijah,</c><00:31:55.259><c> brethren</c><00:31:55.420><c> and</c><00:31:55.660><c> sisters,</c><00:31:58.880><c> I'm</c> 00:31:59.079 --> 00:32:01.500 reticent<00:31:59.420><c> to</c><00:31:59.640><c> criticise</c><00:32:00.119><c> my</c><00:32:00.759><c> old</c><00:32:01.099><c> Sunday</c><00:32:01.279><c> school</c> 00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:04.279 teacher<00:32:01.839><c> who's</c><00:32:02.079><c> no</c><00:32:02.220><c> longer</c><00:32:02.380><c> with</c><00:32:02.599><c> us</c><00:32:02.779><c> waiting</c><00:32:03.160><c> for</c><00:32:03.680><c> Jesus</c><00:32:04.039><c> to</c> 00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:06.380 come,<00:32:04.640><c> but</c><00:32:05.259><c> I</c><00:32:05.619><c> think</c><00:32:05.759><c> from</c><00:32:05.980><c> him</c><00:32:06.119><c> I</c><00:32:06.220><c> got</c> 00:32:06.380 --> 00:32:09.460 the<00:32:06.579><c> impression</c><00:32:07.259><c> that</c><00:32:07.660><c> Elijah's</c><00:32:08.220><c> sort</c><00:32:08.339><c> of</c><00:32:08.480><c> leaning</c><00:32:08.740><c> up</c><00:32:08.940><c> against</c><00:32:09.220><c> his</c> 00:32:09.460 --> 00:32:10.920 altar<00:32:09.660><c> with</c><00:32:09.839><c> his</c><00:32:10.019><c> legs</c><00:32:10.420><c> crossed</c> 00:32:10.920 --> 00:32:13.420 one<00:32:11.079><c> over</c><00:32:11.319><c> the</c><00:32:11.519><c> other</c><00:32:11.680><c> and</c><00:32:12.000><c> mocking</c><00:32:12.259><c> them.</c><00:32:12.559><c> We</c><00:32:12.720><c> read</c><00:32:12.880><c> all</c><00:32:13.059><c> about</c><00:32:13.299><c> it,</c> 00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:17.299 look,<00:32:13.700><c> in</c><00:32:13.779><c> verse</c><00:32:14.900><c> 27.</c> 00:32:18.059 --> 00:32:22.279 And<00:32:18.500><c> it</c><00:32:18.619><c> came</c><00:32:18.779><c> to</c><00:32:18.900><c> pass</c><00:32:19.059><c> at</c><00:32:19.180><c> noon</c><00:32:19.319><c> that</c><00:32:19.539><c> Elijah</c><00:32:19.819><c> mocked</c><00:32:20.220><c> them</c><00:32:20.339><c> and</c><00:32:20.500><c> said,</c><00:32:21.099><c> Cry</c><00:32:21.119><c> aloud,</c><00:32:21.619><c> for</c><00:32:21.660><c> he</c><00:32:21.859><c> is</c><00:32:22.000><c> a</c><00:32:22.099><c> God,</c> 00:32:22.440 --> 00:32:26.500 either<00:32:22.539><c> he</c><00:32:22.740><c> is</c><00:32:22.859><c> talking</c><00:32:23.200><c> or</c><00:32:23.400><c> pursuing,</c><00:32:24.359><c> or</c><00:32:24.500><c> he</c><00:32:24.599><c> is</c><00:32:24.599><c> in</c><00:32:24.839><c> a</c><00:32:24.960><c> journey</c><00:32:25.160><c> or</c><00:32:25.400><c> peradventure.</c><00:32:26.000><c> He</c><00:32:26.220><c> sleepeth</c> 00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:30.259 and<00:32:26.599><c> must</c><00:32:26.799><c> be</c><00:32:27.039><c> awake.</c><00:32:27.420><c> And</c><00:32:27.680><c> they</c><00:32:27.900><c> cried</c><00:32:28.180><c> the</c><00:32:28.420><c> loudest.</c><00:32:29.880><c> I</c><00:32:30.039><c> wish</c> 00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:31.859 I<00:32:30.359><c> had</c><00:32:30.480><c> time</c><00:32:30.740><c> for</c><00:32:30.960><c> a</c><00:32:31.079><c> digression</c><00:32:31.460><c> on</c><00:32:31.660><c> this</c> 00:32:31.859 --> 00:32:35.799 word<00:32:32.119><c> mocked.</c><00:32:32.880><c> We</c><00:32:33.299><c> don't</c><00:32:33.599><c> have</c><00:32:33.779><c> it.</c><00:32:34.359><c> If</c><00:32:34.700><c> we</c><00:32:34.839><c> can</c><00:32:35.039><c> make</c><00:32:35.259><c> some</c><00:32:35.539><c> time</c><00:32:35.660><c> up</c> 00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:39.059 later<00:32:36.019><c> in</c><00:32:36.180><c> the</c><00:32:36.259><c> week,</c><00:32:36.700><c> it's</c><00:32:37.680><c> a</c><00:32:37.980><c> wonderful</c> 00:32:39.119 --> 00:32:44.279 excursion<00:32:39.559><c> to</c><00:32:39.839><c> look</c><00:32:40.039><c> at</c><00:32:40.180><c> this</c><00:32:40.400><c> word</c><00:32:40.640><c> mocked,</c><00:32:41.500><c> because</c><00:32:41.759><c> it</c><00:32:42.059><c> doesn't</c><00:32:42.420><c> mean</c><00:32:42.980><c> poking</c><00:32:43.420><c> fun.</c><00:32:44.019><c> It</c> 00:32:44.279 --> 00:32:45.480 does<00:32:44.759><c> not</c><00:32:45.039><c> mean</c> 00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:49.319 that<00:32:45.920><c> Elijah</c><00:32:46.200><c> says,</c><00:32:46.720><c> Oi,</c><00:32:47.759><c> he's</c><00:32:48.279><c> talking</c><00:32:48.599><c> to</c><00:32:48.779><c> somebody</c><00:32:49.079><c> else,</c> 00:32:49.359 --> 00:32:50.579 you've<00:32:49.460><c> got</c><00:32:49.539><c> to</c><00:32:49.700><c> shout</c><00:32:49.839><c> a</c><00:32:49.920><c> bit</c><00:32:50.079><c> like</c><00:32:50.339><c> we</c><00:32:50.500><c> do</c> 00:32:50.579 --> 00:32:54.839 at<00:32:50.740><c> the</c><00:32:50.920><c> kids'</c><00:32:51.460><c> Christmas</c><00:32:51.519><c> party,</c><00:32:51.940><c> yours</c><00:32:52.099><c> is</c><00:32:52.400><c> noisy</c><00:32:52.400><c> like</c><00:32:52.619><c> ours.</c><00:32:53.880><c> Louder,</c><00:32:54.440><c> louder,</c><00:32:54.839><c> and</c> 00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:55.299 the<00:32:54.960><c> children</c> 00:32:55.299 --> 00:33:00.220 shout,<00:32:55.579><c> he's</c><00:32:55.740><c> behind</c><00:32:56.059><c> you.</c><00:32:57.539><c> That</c><00:32:58.019><c> was</c><00:32:58.279><c> not,</c><00:32:59.059><c> that</c><00:32:59.359><c> was</c><00:32:59.720><c> not</c> 00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:03.920 what<00:33:00.640><c> Elijah</c><00:33:01.039><c> was</c><00:33:01.279><c> doing.</c><00:33:02.579><c> He's</c><00:33:02.880><c> pursuing.</c> 00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:10.559 Shout<00:33:05.180><c> louder.</c><00:33:06.720><c> His</c><00:33:06.900><c> journey,</c><00:33:07.759><c> or</c><00:33:07.920><c> he's</c><00:33:08.220><c> fast</c><00:33:08.460><c> snoring</c><00:33:08.680><c> his</c><00:33:08.819><c> head</c><00:33:08.940><c> off.</c><00:33:10.460><c> He</c><00:33:10.559><c> had</c><00:33:10.559><c> a</c> 00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:11.359 late<00:33:10.700><c> night</c><00:33:10.880><c> last</c><00:33:11.059><c> night</c> 00:33:11.359 --> 00:33:13.420 and<00:33:11.539><c> he's</c><00:33:11.799><c> still</c><00:33:11.960><c> asleep</c><00:33:12.200><c> this</c><00:33:12.359><c> morning</c><00:33:12.599><c> when</c><00:33:12.859><c> you're</c><00:33:13.279><c> trying</c> 00:33:13.420 --> 00:33:14.519 to<00:33:13.579><c> persuade</c><00:33:13.759><c> him</c><00:33:13.900><c> to</c><00:33:14.039><c> wake</c><00:33:14.160><c> up</c><00:33:14.319><c> and</c><00:33:14.440><c> light</c> 00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:18.500 your<00:33:14.660><c> sacrifice.</c><00:33:15.420><c> That</c><00:33:15.640><c> is</c><00:33:15.819><c> not</c><00:33:16.119><c> what</c><00:33:16.380><c> Elijah</c><00:33:16.680><c> was</c><00:33:16.900><c> doing.</c><00:33:17.859><c> And</c><00:33:18.019><c> to</c> 00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:20.619 prove<00:33:18.900><c> that,</c><00:33:19.619><c> we</c><00:33:19.680><c> need</c><00:33:19.960><c> to</c><00:33:20.279><c> evidence</c> 00:33:20.619 --> 00:33:25.859 it<00:33:20.799><c> with</c><00:33:20.980><c> the</c><00:33:21.059><c> word</c><00:33:21.180><c> of</c><00:33:21.380><c> God.</c><00:33:22.019><c> He's</c><00:33:22.420><c> talking.</c><00:33:23.400><c> Now</c><00:33:23.599><c> the</c><00:33:23.779><c> contrast</c><00:33:24.200><c> is,</c><00:33:24.519><c> brethren</c><00:33:24.680><c> and</c><00:33:24.900><c> sisters,</c><00:33:25.599><c> my</c> 00:33:25.859 --> 00:33:29.319 God<00:33:26.059><c> Yahweh,</c><00:33:26.619><c> the</c><00:33:26.799><c> true</c><00:33:27.019><c> God</c><00:33:27.160><c> of</c><00:33:27.319><c> Israel,</c><00:33:27.980><c> and</c><00:33:28.160><c> your</c><00:33:28.380><c> God</c><00:33:28.559><c> Baal,</c><00:33:29.180><c> the</c> 00:33:29.319 --> 00:33:30.579 false<00:33:29.559><c> God</c><00:33:29.740><c> of</c><00:33:29.920><c> the</c><00:33:30.059><c> Zidonians.</c> 00:33:30.779 --> 00:33:36.579 Now<00:33:31.019><c> who</c><00:33:31.140><c> is</c><00:33:31.339><c> going</c><00:33:31.460><c> to</c><00:33:31.599><c> be</c><00:33:31.720><c> victorious?</c><00:33:33.279><c> Your</c><00:33:33.599><c> God</c><00:33:33.859><c> cannot</c><00:33:34.140><c> hear</c><00:33:34.500><c> you</c><00:33:34.980><c> because</c><00:33:35.380><c> he's</c><00:33:35.680><c> talking</c><00:33:36.059><c> to</c><00:33:36.259><c> somebody</c> 00:33:36.579 --> 00:33:40.319 else.<00:33:37.299><c> Now</c><00:33:37.559><c> my</c><00:33:37.859><c> God</c><00:33:38.059><c> says</c><00:33:38.339><c> this,</c><00:33:38.880><c> Exodus</c><00:33:39.119><c> chapter</c><00:33:39.480><c> 20</c><00:33:39.980><c> verse</c> 00:33:40.319 --> 00:33:49.920 19.<00:33:43.920><c> They</c><00:33:44.059><c> are</c><00:33:44.359><c> terrifying</c><00:33:45.019><c> words.</c><00:33:49.839><c> The</c> 00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:52.180 people<00:33:50.099><c> had</c><00:33:50.299><c> seen</c><00:33:50.460><c> the</c><00:33:50.640><c> thunderings</c><00:33:50.980><c> and</c><00:33:51.180><c> lightnings</c><00:33:51.779><c> now</c><00:33:51.980><c> in</c> 00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:54.099 Exodus<00:33:52.400><c> 20</c><00:33:52.720><c> verse</c><00:33:52.880><c> 19.</c><00:33:53.700><c> They</c><00:33:53.740><c> said</c><00:33:53.940><c> unto</c> 00:33:54.099 --> 00:33:57.680 Moses,<00:33:55.019><c> speak</c><00:33:55.079><c> thou</c><00:33:55.440><c> with</c><00:33:55.720><c> us</c><00:33:56.000><c> and</c><00:33:56.259><c> we</c><00:33:56.400><c> will</c><00:33:56.619><c> hear,</c><00:33:57.259><c> but</c><00:33:57.420><c> let</c> 00:33:57.680 --> 00:33:59.500 not<00:33:57.920><c> God</c><00:33:58.160><c> speak</c><00:33:58.480><c> with</c><00:33:58.680><c> us</c><00:33:58.819><c> lest</c><00:33:59.019><c> we</c><00:33:59.259><c> die.</c> 00:33:59.779 --> 00:34:03.279 Shall<00:33:59.880><c> I</c><00:33:59.960><c> tell</c><00:34:00.119><c> you</c><00:34:00.259><c> something?</c><00:34:00.819><c> From</c><00:34:01.079><c> that</c><00:34:01.440><c> time</c><00:34:01.680><c> onward</c><00:34:02.099><c> they</c><00:34:02.420><c> never</c><00:34:02.700><c> heard</c><00:34:02.980><c> God</c> 00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:05.220 speak<00:34:03.660><c> again.</c><00:34:04.900><c> God</c> 00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:08.019 spoke<00:34:05.460><c> to</c><00:34:05.640><c> them</c><00:34:05.859><c> through</c><00:34:06.079><c> all</c><00:34:06.279><c> his</c><00:34:06.460><c> holy</c><00:34:06.759><c> prophets,</c><00:34:07.660><c> rising</c> 00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:09.400 up<00:34:08.239><c> early</c><00:34:08.480><c> and</c><00:34:08.679><c> sending</c><00:34:08.900><c> them,</c><00:34:09.079><c> of</c><00:34:09.219><c> which</c> 00:34:09.400 --> 00:34:19.579 Elijah<00:34:09.699><c> was</c><00:34:09.960><c> one,</c><00:34:10.400><c> and</c><00:34:10.460><c> they</c><00:34:10.619><c> wouldn't</c><00:34:10.960><c> hear.</c><00:34:13.639><c> What</c><00:34:13.739><c> is</c><00:34:13.920><c> he</c><00:34:13.940><c> pursuing?</c><00:34:15.800><c> Psalm</c><00:34:16.039><c> 50.</c><00:34:18.940><c> Get</c><00:34:19.420><c> to</c> 00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:19.900 there<00:34:19.679><c> fairly</c> 00:34:19.900 --> 00:34:25.719 quickly,<00:34:20.420><c> can</c><00:34:20.420><c> we?</c><00:34:21.460><c> Psalm</c><00:34:21.940><c> 50</c><00:34:22.300><c> verses</c><00:34:22.900><c> 8</c><00:34:23.699><c> through</c><00:34:23.960><c> 14.</c><00:34:25.539><c> I'll</c> 00:34:25.719 --> 00:34:27.139 start<00:34:25.900><c> reading</c><00:34:26.159><c> while</c><00:34:26.340><c> you</c><00:34:26.500><c> find</c><00:34:26.699><c> it.</c> 00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:31.019 I<00:34:27.559><c> will</c><00:34:27.719><c> not</c><00:34:27.960><c> reprove</c><00:34:28.360><c> thee</c><00:34:28.500><c> for</c><00:34:28.679><c> thy</c><00:34:28.860><c> sacrifices,</c><00:34:29.579><c> or</c><00:34:29.780><c> thy</c><00:34:29.960><c> burnt</c><00:34:30.199><c> offerings</c><00:34:30.679><c> to</c> 00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:31.699 have<00:34:31.079><c> been</c><00:34:31.260><c> continually</c> 00:34:31.699 --> 00:34:34.719 before<00:34:32.039><c> me.</c><00:34:32.599><c> This</c><00:34:32.659><c> is</c><00:34:32.780><c> verse</c><00:34:32.960><c> 9</c><00:34:33.239><c> of</c><00:34:33.440><c> Psalm</c><00:34:33.599><c> 50.</c><00:34:34.360><c> I</c><00:34:34.360><c> will</c><00:34:34.500><c> take</c> 00:34:34.719 --> 00:34:36.559 no<00:34:34.960><c> bullock</c><00:34:35.239><c> out</c><00:34:35.400><c> of</c><00:34:35.539><c> thy</c><00:34:35.659><c> house,</c><00:34:36.400><c> nor</c> 00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:39.900 he<00:34:36.820><c> goats</c><00:34:37.039><c> out</c><00:34:37.260><c> of</c><00:34:37.420><c> thy</c><00:34:37.619><c> foals.</c><00:34:38.340><c> For</c><00:34:38.500><c> every</c><00:34:38.800><c> beast</c><00:34:39.059><c> of</c><00:34:39.199><c> the</c><00:34:39.400><c> forest</c><00:34:39.639><c> is</c> 00:34:39.900 --> 00:34:41.039 mine,<00:34:40.420><c> and</c><00:34:40.519><c> the</c><00:34:40.659><c> cattle</c><00:34:40.840><c> upon</c> 00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:44.360 a<00:34:41.219><c> thousand</c><00:34:41.500><c> hills</c><00:34:41.800><c> are</c><00:34:42.039><c> mine.</c><00:34:43.260><c> I</c><00:34:43.460><c> know</c><00:34:43.599><c> all</c><00:34:43.820><c> the</c><00:34:44.000><c> fowls</c><00:34:44.239><c> of</c> 00:34:44.360 --> 00:34:45.860 the<00:34:44.500><c> mountain,</c><00:34:45.099><c> and</c><00:34:45.219><c> the</c><00:34:45.360><c> wild</c><00:34:45.579><c> beasts</c> 00:34:45.860 --> 00:34:48.179 of<00:34:46.039><c> the</c><00:34:46.219><c> field</c><00:34:46.400><c> are</c><00:34:46.599><c> mine.</c><00:34:46.940><c> If</c><00:34:47.099><c> I</c><00:34:47.199><c> were</c><00:34:47.340><c> hungry</c><00:34:47.619><c> I</c><00:34:47.760><c> would</c><00:34:47.960><c> not</c> 00:34:48.179 --> 00:34:50.659 tell<00:34:48.400><c> thee,</c><00:34:49.539><c> for</c><00:34:49.739><c> the</c><00:34:49.960><c> world</c><00:34:50.119><c> is</c><00:34:50.360><c> mine,</c> 00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:53.980 and<00:34:51.139><c> the</c><00:34:51.300><c> fullness</c><00:34:51.519><c> thereof.</c><00:34:52.380><c> Will</c><00:34:52.559><c> I</c><00:34:52.739><c> eat</c><00:34:52.880><c> the</c><00:34:53.079><c> flesh</c><00:34:53.239><c> of</c><00:34:53.539><c> bulls,</c><00:34:53.860><c> or</c> 00:34:53.980 --> 00:34:55.800 drink<00:34:54.179><c> the</c><00:34:54.340><c> blood</c><00:34:54.480><c> of</c><00:34:54.780><c> goats?</c><00:34:55.599><c> Offer</c> 00:34:55.800 --> 00:34:58.500 unto<00:34:55.960><c> God</c><00:34:56.260><c> thanksgiving,</c><00:34:57.019><c> and</c><00:34:57.119><c> pay</c><00:34:57.300><c> thy</c><00:34:57.539><c> vows</c><00:34:57.820><c> unto</c><00:34:58.059><c> the</c><00:34:58.199><c> Most</c> 00:34:58.500 --> 00:35:03.280 High.<00:34:59.820><c> My</c><00:35:00.219><c> God</c><00:35:00.480><c> pursuing.</c><00:35:02.320><c> Your</c><00:35:02.559><c> God</c><00:35:02.800><c> pursues</c> 00:35:03.280 --> 00:35:08.420 to<00:35:03.519><c> capture</c><00:35:03.880><c> and</c><00:35:04.239><c> eat.</c><00:35:05.059><c> My</c><00:35:05.300><c> God</c><00:35:05.480><c> owns</c><00:35:05.820><c> everything.</c><00:35:07.519><c> But</c><00:35:07.719><c> just</c> 00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:09.659 while<00:35:08.639><c> we're</c><00:35:08.880><c> here,</c><00:35:09.300><c> have</c><00:35:09.400><c> a</c><00:35:09.460><c> look</c><00:35:09.539><c> at</c> 00:35:09.659 --> 00:35:17.340 the<00:35:09.780><c> last</c><00:35:10.000><c> verse,</c><00:35:10.320><c> will</c><00:35:10.420><c> you?</c><00:35:12.099><c> Verse</c><00:35:12.639><c> 23.</c><00:35:13.619><c> Whoso</c><00:35:13.980><c> offereth</c><00:35:14.420><c> praise,</c><00:35:15.440><c> glorifieth</c><00:35:16.079><c> me,</c><00:35:16.780><c> and</c><00:35:17.000><c> to</c><00:35:17.139><c> him</c> 00:35:17.340 --> 00:35:22.719 that<00:35:18.360><c> ordereth</c><00:35:18.780><c> his</c><00:35:19.039><c> conversation</c><00:35:19.659><c> in</c><00:35:20.300><c> his</c><00:35:20.900><c> way</c><00:35:21.059><c> of</c><00:35:21.199><c> life,</c><00:35:22.559><c> I</c> 00:35:22.719 --> 00:35:24.780 will<00:35:22.880><c> show</c><00:35:23.079><c> the</c><00:35:23.260><c> salvation</c><00:35:23.739><c> of</c><00:35:23.940><c> God.</c> 00:35:25.139 --> 00:35:30.719 Now<00:35:25.599><c> these</c><00:35:25.960><c> people,</c><00:35:26.980><c> who</c><00:35:27.159><c> were</c><00:35:27.420><c> not</c><00:35:27.659><c> ordering</c><00:35:28.039><c> their</c><00:35:28.360><c> life</c><00:35:28.599><c> aright,</c><00:35:29.300><c> did</c><00:35:29.480><c> not</c><00:35:29.699><c> see</c><00:35:29.920><c> the</c><00:35:30.119><c> salvation</c><00:35:30.539><c> of</c> 00:35:30.719 --> 00:35:35.659 God,<00:35:31.280><c> because</c><00:35:31.500><c> salvation</c><00:35:32.019><c> of</c><00:35:32.199><c> God</c><00:35:32.460><c> means</c><00:35:33.139><c> Elisha.</c><00:35:35.219><c> You</c><00:35:35.480><c> don't</c> 00:35:35.659 --> 00:35:36.739 believe<00:35:35.920><c> me?</c><00:35:36.039><c> You</c><00:35:36.139><c> won't</c><00:35:36.360><c> order</c><00:35:36.539><c> your</c> 00:35:36.739 --> 00:35:40.280 life<00:35:36.900><c> aright?</c><00:35:37.340><c> You</c><00:35:37.659><c> won't</c><00:35:38.019><c> see</c><00:35:38.219><c> Elisha.</c><00:35:39.539><c> And</c><00:35:39.760><c> they</c><00:35:39.940><c> didn't.</c> 00:35:40.480 --> 00:35:44.039 They're<00:35:40.659><c> all</c><00:35:40.840><c> going</c><00:35:40.980><c> to</c><00:35:41.179><c> die.</c><00:35:43.739><c> Or</c><00:35:43.880><c> perhaps</c> 00:35:44.039 --> 00:35:46.739 he's<00:35:44.199><c> in</c><00:35:44.360><c> a</c><00:35:44.519><c> journey.</c><00:35:44.880><c> We</c><00:35:44.880><c> won't</c><00:35:45.260><c> have</c><00:35:45.280><c> time</c><00:35:45.579><c> to</c><00:35:45.760><c> go</c><00:35:45.940><c> here.</c><00:35:46.719><c> But</c> 00:35:46.739 --> 00:35:48.039 the<00:35:47.159><c> reference</c><00:35:47.440><c> is</c><00:35:47.639><c> Deuteronomy</c> 00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:52.780 chapter<00:35:48.519><c> 11</c><00:35:49.440><c> and</c><00:35:49.820><c> verses</c><00:35:50.119><c> 11</c><00:35:50.400><c> and</c><00:35:50.559><c> 12.</c><00:35:51.079><c> Don't</c><00:35:51.300><c> open</c><00:35:51.500><c> your</c><00:35:51.659><c> books.</c><00:35:52.360><c> You'll</c><00:35:52.699><c> know</c> 00:35:52.780 --> 00:35:54.400 what<00:35:52.940><c> it</c><00:35:53.099><c> is.</c><00:35:53.960><c> Journeying.</c> 00:35:54.619 --> 00:35:57.280 It<00:35:54.820><c> says</c><00:35:55.000><c> there</c><00:35:55.219><c> that</c><00:35:55.440><c> God's</c><00:35:55.780><c> eyes</c><00:35:55.920><c> are</c><00:35:56.119><c> on</c><00:35:56.260><c> the</c><00:35:56.380><c> land</c><00:35:56.539><c> from</c><00:35:56.760><c> the</c><00:35:56.940><c> beginning</c><00:35:57.139><c> of</c> 00:35:57.280 --> 00:35:58.019 the<00:35:57.380><c> year</c><00:35:57.519><c> to</c><00:35:57.679><c> the</c><00:35:57.800><c> end.</c> 00:35:58.199 --> 00:36:03.719 His<00:35:58.400><c> eyes</c><00:35:58.699><c> never</c><00:35:58.980><c> leave</c><00:35:59.300><c> the</c><00:35:59.519><c> land.</c><00:36:01.199><c> Your</c><00:36:01.619><c> God</c><00:36:01.920><c> might</c><00:36:02.139><c> be</c><00:36:02.400><c> fallible,</c><00:36:03.659><c> in</c> 00:36:03.719 --> 00:36:04.780 that<00:36:03.880><c> if</c><00:36:04.019><c> he's</c><00:36:04.159><c> there</c><00:36:04.440><c> he</c><00:36:04.559><c> cannot</c> 00:36:04.780 --> 00:36:08.480 be<00:36:05.079><c> here.</c><00:36:05.500><c> But</c><00:36:05.719><c> my</c><00:36:05.960><c> God</c><00:36:06.119><c> is</c><00:36:06.300><c> omnipresent.</c><00:36:07.119><c> He</c><00:36:07.300><c> can</c><00:36:07.460><c> be</c><00:36:07.659><c> everywhere</c><00:36:08.039><c> at</c><00:36:08.280><c> all</c> 00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:11.699 times.<00:36:10.920><c> Or</c><00:36:11.239><c> maybe</c><00:36:11.500><c> he's</c> 00:36:11.699 --> 00:36:14.659 sleeping.<00:36:12.320><c> Ah,</c><00:36:12.579><c> that's</c><00:36:12.800><c> what</c><00:36:12.920><c> it</c><00:36:13.079><c> is.</c><00:36:13.860><c> Does</c><00:36:13.980><c> your</c><00:36:14.139><c> God</c><00:36:14.280><c> sleep?</c> 00:36:14.900 --> 00:36:16.739 Bail<00:36:15.139><c> sleep?</c><00:36:16.139><c> And</c><00:36:16.300><c> if</c><00:36:16.519><c> he's</c><00:36:16.559><c> sleeping</c> 00:36:16.739 --> 00:36:19.900 he<00:36:16.900><c> cannot</c><00:36:17.019><c> hear</c><00:36:17.219><c> your</c><00:36:17.460><c> prayers?</c><00:36:18.400><c> Well,</c><00:36:18.460><c> let</c><00:36:18.579><c> me</c><00:36:18.679><c> tell</c><00:36:18.840><c> you</c><00:36:18.980><c> this.</c><00:36:19.860><c> My</c> 00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:20.820 God<00:36:20.079><c> never</c><00:36:20.300><c> sleeps.</c><00:36:20.539><c> He</c><00:36:20.579><c> that</c> 00:36:20.820 --> 00:36:24.320 keepeth<00:36:21.619><c> –</c><00:36:21.619><c> the</c><00:36:22.139><c> quotation</c><00:36:22.440><c> I</c><00:36:22.579><c> would</c><00:36:22.699><c> have</c><00:36:22.780><c> gone</c><00:36:22.960><c> to</c><00:36:23.179><c> is</c><00:36:23.559><c> Psalm</c><00:36:23.719><c> 121</c> 00:36:24.320 --> 00:36:27.659 verses<00:36:24.559><c> 3</c><00:36:24.820><c> and</c><00:36:24.900><c> 4</c><00:36:25.400><c> –</c><00:36:27.000><c> my</c><00:36:27.280><c> God</c> 00:36:27.659 --> 00:36:32.539 never<00:36:28.079><c> sleeps.</c><00:36:29.320><c> His</c><00:36:29.500><c> eyes</c><00:36:29.840><c> never</c><00:36:30.239><c> close.</c><00:36:31.460><c> Throughout</c><00:36:31.780><c> a</c><00:36:32.079><c> 24</c> 00:36:32.539 --> 00:36:35.360 -hour<00:36:32.800><c> day</c><00:36:33.300><c> he's</c><00:36:34.360><c> continually</c><00:36:34.860><c> watching</c> 00:36:35.360 --> 00:36:40.920 for<00:36:35.960><c> those</c><00:36:36.239><c> who</c><00:36:36.440><c> are</c><00:36:36.579><c> his.</c><00:36:39.500><c> And</c><00:36:39.659><c> Elijah</c><00:36:39.900><c> looks</c><00:36:40.119><c> around,</c><00:36:40.559><c> brethren</c><00:36:40.719><c> and</c> 00:36:40.920 --> 00:36:46.480 sisters,<00:36:41.239><c> and</c><00:36:41.400><c> he</c><00:36:41.539><c> says,</c><00:36:42.300><c> has</c><00:36:45.480><c> it</c> 00:36:56.940 --> 00:37:07.099 ever<00:36:57.699><c> happened</c><00:36:58.079><c> before?</c><00:37:04.460><c> Has</c><00:37:05.219><c> anybody</c><00:37:05.659><c> ever</c><00:37:05.960><c> been</c><00:37:06.179><c> outnumbered</c><00:37:06.659><c> by</c><00:37:06.900><c> this</c> 00:37:07.099 --> 00:37:08.960 number<00:37:07.320><c> before</c><00:37:08.019><c> and</c><00:37:08.719><c> come</c> 00:37:08.960 --> 00:37:13.579 through?<00:37:10.659><c> And</c><00:37:10.780><c> the</c><00:37:10.800><c> answer</c><00:37:11.059><c> is</c><00:37:11.260><c> yes.</c><00:37:12.260><c> Of</c><00:37:12.420><c> course</c><00:37:12.639><c> they</c><00:37:12.820><c> have.</c> 00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:16.119 And<00:37:14.699><c> Elijah</c><00:37:14.920><c> knew</c><00:37:15.079><c> it.</c><00:37:15.679><c> As</c><00:37:15.820><c> you</c><00:37:15.980><c> do,</c> 00:37:16.280 --> 00:37:21.820 don't<00:37:16.300><c> you?</c><00:37:17.719><c> I'll</c><00:37:17.960><c> tell</c><00:37:18.079><c> you</c><00:37:18.179><c> anyway.</c><00:37:20.460><c> We</c><00:37:20.480><c> need</c><00:37:20.719><c> to</c><00:37:20.900><c> go</c><00:37:21.139><c> to…</c> 00:37:21.820 --> 00:37:24.039 Remember,<00:37:23.199><c> Elijah's</c><00:37:23.619><c> outnumbered</c> 00:37:24.039 --> 00:37:26.920 450<00:37:24.659><c> enemies.</c><00:37:25.179><c> There</c><00:37:25.320><c> are</c><00:37:25.380><c> more</c><00:37:25.599><c> people</c><00:37:25.900><c> than</c><00:37:26.119><c> that.</c><00:37:26.659><c> But</c><00:37:26.820><c> we</c> 00:37:26.920 --> 00:37:38.940 need<00:37:27.099><c> to</c><00:37:27.199><c> go</c><00:37:27.360><c> to</c><00:37:27.460><c> Judges</c><00:37:27.719><c> Chapter</c><00:37:27.960><c> 8.</c><00:37:38.500><c> You</c> 00:37:38.940 --> 00:37:48.739 see,<00:37:42.320><c> 300</c><00:37:43.159><c> men</c><00:37:44.219><c> taking</c><00:37:45.440><c> on</c><00:37:45.820><c> the</c><00:37:46.920><c> triple</c><00:37:47.099><c> enemy</c><00:37:47.380><c> of</c><00:37:47.539><c> the</c><00:37:47.639><c> Midianites,</c><00:37:48.619><c> the</c> 00:37:48.739 --> 00:37:50.260 Amalekites<00:37:49.420><c> and</c><00:37:49.880><c> the</c><00:37:50.039><c> children</c> 00:37:50.260 --> 00:37:58.079 of<00:37:50.420><c> the</c><00:37:50.559><c> East.</c><00:37:53.800><c> Now</c><00:37:54.019><c> verse</c><00:37:54.420><c> 10.</c><00:37:56.559><c> This</c><00:37:56.659><c> is</c><00:37:56.800><c> after</c><00:37:57.019><c> the</c><00:37:57.179><c> battle.</c> 00:37:58.400 --> 00:38:01.199 Now<00:37:58.559><c> Zeba</c><00:37:58.900><c> and</c><00:37:59.159><c> Zalmunna</c><00:37:59.599><c> were</c><00:37:59.820><c> in</c><00:38:00.059><c> Karkor</c> 00:38:01.199 --> 00:38:04.679 and<00:38:01.880><c> their</c><00:38:02.079><c> host</c><00:38:02.300><c> with</c><00:38:02.559><c> them</c><00:38:02.699><c> about</c><00:38:02.960><c> 15</c><00:38:03.380><c>,000</c><00:38:03.760><c> men,</c><00:38:04.260><c> all</c><00:38:04.539><c> that</c> 00:38:04.679 --> 00:38:06.059 were<00:38:04.800><c> left</c><00:38:05.000><c> of</c><00:38:05.159><c> the</c><00:38:05.280><c> hosts</c><00:38:05.500><c> of</c><00:38:05.699><c> the</c><00:38:05.820><c> children</c> 00:38:06.059 --> 00:38:09.400 of<00:38:06.119><c> the</c><00:38:06.280><c> East,</c><00:38:06.980><c> for</c><00:38:06.980><c> there</c><00:38:07.219><c> fell</c><00:38:07.340><c> 120</c><00:38:07.960><c>,000</c><00:38:08.539><c> men</c><00:38:08.800><c> that</c><00:38:09.000><c> drew</c><00:38:09.139><c> the</c> 00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:12.219 sword.<00:38:10.119><c> So</c><00:38:10.380><c> the</c><00:38:10.480><c> question</c><00:38:10.840><c> is,</c><00:38:11.659><c> what</c><00:38:11.920><c> was</c> 00:38:12.219 --> 00:38:16.420 the<00:38:12.559><c> number</c><00:38:12.840><c> of</c><00:38:13.079><c> the</c><00:38:13.280><c> army</c><00:38:13.639><c> at</c><00:38:13.940><c> the</c><00:38:14.059><c> beginning</c><00:38:14.260><c> of</c><00:38:14.440><c> the</c><00:38:14.539><c> battle?</c><00:38:15.760><c> You</c><00:38:15.960><c> don't</c><00:38:16.159><c> have</c><00:38:16.300><c> to</c> 00:38:16.420 --> 00:38:17.059 be<00:38:16.760><c> a</c><00:38:16.860><c> genius.</c> 00:38:17.260 --> 00:38:18.820 I<00:38:17.260><c> don't</c><00:38:17.440><c> have</c><00:38:17.579><c> a…</c><00:38:17.739><c> Oh,</c><00:38:17.880><c> I</c><00:38:17.880><c> can</c><00:38:18.059><c> see</c><00:38:18.159><c> my</c><00:38:18.280><c> president.</c><00:38:18.639><c> There</c> 00:38:18.820 --> 00:38:21.780 he<00:38:18.960><c> is.</c><00:38:19.599><c> So</c><00:38:19.980><c> all</c><00:38:20.260><c> he</c><00:38:20.380><c> has</c><00:38:20.559><c> to</c><00:38:20.719><c> do</c><00:38:20.820><c> for</c><00:38:21.059><c> us</c><00:38:21.300><c> is</c> 00:38:21.780 --> 00:38:26.820 add<00:38:21.940><c> together</c><00:38:22.820><c> 15</c><00:38:23.460><c>,000</c><00:38:24.199><c> and</c><00:38:24.500><c> 120</c><00:38:25.139><c>,000</c><00:38:25.980><c> –</c><00:38:26.159><c> and</c><00:38:26.380><c> that</c><00:38:26.579><c> surely</c> 00:38:26.820 --> 00:38:31.059 comes<00:38:27.039><c> to</c><00:38:27.239><c> 135</c><00:38:27.980><c>,000</c><00:38:28.800><c> –</c><00:38:29.760><c> taking</c><00:38:30.159><c> on</c><00:38:30.460><c> Gideon's</c> 00:38:31.059 --> 00:38:37.760 300<00:38:31.340><c> men.</c><00:38:32.559><c> Now</c><00:38:32.760><c> just</c><00:38:33.119><c> a</c><00:38:33.659><c> simple</c><00:38:33.679><c> matter</c><00:38:34.300><c> of</c><00:38:34.559><c> mental</c><00:38:34.760><c> arithmetic.</c><00:38:36.260><c> 135</c><00:38:36.800><c>,000</c> 00:38:37.760 --> 00:38:43.639 divided<00:38:38.199><c> by</c><00:38:38.599><c> 300?</c><00:38:41.659><c> 450.</c><00:38:43.559><c> He</c> 00:38:43.639 --> 00:38:48.460 was<00:38:43.880><c> outnumbered.</c><00:38:45.519><c> Gideon</c><00:38:45.900><c> was</c><00:38:46.119><c> outnumbered</c><00:38:46.619><c> 450</c><00:38:47.340><c> to</c><00:38:47.579><c> 1.</c><00:38:48.219><c> And</c> 00:38:48.460 --> 00:38:50.860 Elijah<00:38:48.760><c> knew</c><00:38:48.980><c> it.</c><00:38:50.099><c> And</c><00:38:50.260><c> he</c><00:38:50.380><c> said,</c><00:38:50.719><c> has</c> 00:38:50.860 --> 00:38:54.579 it<00:38:51.059><c> happened</c><00:38:51.280><c> before?</c><00:38:52.219><c> Of</c><00:38:52.539><c> course</c><00:38:52.760><c> it</c><00:38:53.000><c> has.</c><00:38:53.480><c> And</c><00:38:53.699><c> because</c><00:38:53.960><c> it's</c><00:38:54.179><c> happened,</c><00:38:54.460><c> it</c> 00:38:54.579 --> 00:38:55.360 can<00:38:54.760><c> happen</c><00:38:55.000><c> again.</c> 00:38:55.360 --> 00:38:59.579 And<00:38:55.719><c> he</c><00:38:55.840><c> prayed</c><00:38:56.099><c> to</c><00:38:56.300><c> God</c><00:38:56.440><c> and</c><00:38:56.559><c> he</c><00:38:56.800><c> did.</c><00:38:57.519><c> And</c><00:38:57.599><c> they</c><00:38:57.679><c> were</c><00:38:57.940><c> overthrown.</c><00:38:59.420><c> And</c> 00:38:59.579 --> 00:39:01.079 Elijah,<00:39:00.079><c> strong</c><00:39:00.760><c> man,</c> 00:39:01.139 --> 00:39:04.739 brethren<00:39:01.320><c> and</c><00:39:01.579><c> sisters,</c><00:39:02.619><c> let</c><00:39:02.780><c> not</c><00:39:03.119><c> one</c><00:39:03.300><c> of</c><00:39:03.440><c> them</c><00:39:03.599><c> escape.</c><00:39:04.159><c> Take</c><00:39:04.179><c> them</c><00:39:04.340><c> down</c><00:39:04.599><c> to</c> 00:39:04.739 --> 00:39:05.360 the<00:39:04.860><c> book</c><00:39:05.019><c> Kidron</c> 00:39:05.360 --> 00:39:08.900 and<00:39:05.699><c> there</c><00:39:05.900><c> let</c><00:39:06.059><c> them</c><00:39:06.300><c> die.</c><00:39:06.960><c> And</c><00:39:07.139><c> Israel</c><00:39:07.460><c> did</c><00:39:08.159><c> it</c><00:39:08.320><c> later</c><00:39:08.619><c> on</c> 00:39:08.900 --> 00:39:13.099 after<00:39:10.619><c> the</c><00:39:11.480><c> fire</c><00:39:11.860><c> has</c><00:39:12.320><c> been</c><00:39:12.599><c> ignited.</c> 00:39:13.280 --> 00:39:15.440 Now<00:39:13.380><c> of</c><00:39:13.480><c> all</c><00:39:13.639><c> the</c><00:39:13.739><c> things</c><00:39:13.860><c> which</c><00:39:14.079><c> I</c><00:39:14.280><c> was</c><00:39:14.719><c> useless</c><00:39:15.000><c> at</c><00:39:15.239><c> school</c> 00:39:15.440 --> 00:39:17.260 and<00:39:15.619><c> his</c><00:39:15.760><c> brother</c><00:39:16.019><c> John</c><00:39:16.440><c> has</c><00:39:16.940><c> confessed</c> 00:39:17.260 --> 00:39:22.340 before,<00:39:17.800><c> it's</c><00:39:17.960><c> confession</c><00:39:18.300><c> time.</c><00:39:18.940><c> I</c><00:39:19.139><c> also</c><00:39:19.440><c> am</c><00:39:19.559><c> an</c><00:39:19.639><c> uneducated,</c><00:39:20.420><c> know</c><00:39:20.619><c> nothing,</c><00:39:21.400><c> no</c><00:39:21.599><c> qualifications.</c> 00:39:22.340 --> 00:39:28.059 I<00:39:23.019><c> can</c><00:39:23.199><c> just</c><00:39:23.400><c> about</c><00:39:24.039><c> string</c><00:39:24.219><c> two</c><00:39:24.480><c> words</c><00:39:24.739><c> together.</c><00:39:26.280><c> But</c><00:39:26.280><c> of</c><00:39:27.500><c> all</c><00:39:27.679><c> the</c><00:39:27.800><c> things</c><00:39:27.920><c> at</c> 00:39:28.059 --> 00:39:29.539 which<00:39:28.219><c> I</c><00:39:28.340><c> was</c><00:39:28.559><c> hopeless,</c> 00:39:29.559 --> 00:39:34.000 physics<00:39:29.860><c> must</c><00:39:30.099><c> just</c><00:39:30.320><c> have</c><00:39:30.400><c> been</c><00:39:30.539><c> top</c><00:39:30.739><c> of</c><00:39:30.900><c> the</c><00:39:31.000><c> list.</c><00:39:33.500><c> Useless</c> 00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:35.340 at<00:39:34.099><c> most</c><00:39:34.320><c> things</c><00:39:34.539><c> but</c><00:39:34.719><c> especially</c><00:39:35.159><c> physics.</c> 00:39:35.440 --> 00:39:40.460 I<00:39:35.539><c> used</c><00:39:35.639><c> to</c><00:39:35.920><c> dread</c><00:39:36.139><c> it.</c><00:39:38.400><c> Dread</c><00:39:38.900><c> walking</c><00:39:39.380><c> into</c><00:39:39.659><c> the</c><00:39:39.820><c> classroom.</c> 00:39:40.500 --> 00:39:43.980 But<00:39:40.699><c> even</c><00:39:41.000><c> I</c><00:39:41.760><c> knew</c><00:39:42.340><c> that</c><00:39:42.940><c> as</c><00:39:43.320><c> a</c><00:39:43.659><c> principal</c> 00:39:43.980 --> 00:39:49.699 heat<00:39:44.159><c> must</c><00:39:44.380><c> rise.</c><00:39:45.980><c> When</c><00:39:46.340><c> I</c><00:39:46.480><c> was</c><00:39:46.760><c> a</c><00:39:47.480><c> nipper</c><00:39:47.820><c> at</c><00:39:48.320><c> home,</c><00:39:49.539><c> it</c><00:39:49.579><c> was</c> 00:39:49.699 --> 00:39:51.360 my<00:39:49.900><c> job</c><00:39:50.099><c> to</c><00:39:50.480><c> light</c><00:39:50.599><c> the</c><00:39:50.800><c> fire</c><00:39:50.920><c> in</c><00:39:51.099><c> the</c><00:39:51.099><c> morning.</c> 00:39:51.360 --> 00:39:56.500 So<00:39:52.059><c> you'd</c><00:39:52.760><c> screw</c><00:39:52.860><c> some</c><00:39:53.059><c> paper</c><00:39:53.280><c> up</c><00:39:53.420><c> or</c><00:39:53.599><c> orange</c><00:39:53.980><c> peel,</c><00:39:54.780><c> excellent</c><00:39:55.039><c> fire</c><00:39:55.360><c> lighter,</c><00:39:56.079><c> dried</c><00:39:56.260><c> out</c> 00:39:56.500 --> 00:39:56.739 the<00:39:56.599><c> night</c> 00:39:56.739 --> 00:39:58.880 before<00:39:56.980><c> you</c><00:39:57.119><c> put</c><00:39:57.239><c> that</c><00:39:57.380><c> on</c><00:39:57.539><c> the</c><00:39:57.679><c> bottom.</c><00:39:58.199><c> And</c><00:39:58.360><c> then</c><00:39:58.559><c> the</c><00:39:58.739><c> wood</c> 00:39:58.880 --> 00:40:00.239 chipping<00:39:59.179><c> and</c><00:39:59.440><c> then</c><00:39:59.579><c> the</c><00:39:59.699><c> coal</c><00:39:59.800><c> on</c><00:40:00.039><c> top.</c> 00:40:00.519 --> 00:40:03.539 And<00:40:00.679><c> then</c><00:40:00.820><c> you'd</c><00:40:01.219><c> light</c><00:40:01.320><c> the</c><00:40:01.500><c> paper.</c><00:40:02.780><c> Only</c><00:40:03.000><c> an</c><00:40:03.199><c> idiot</c><00:40:03.360><c> would</c> 00:40:03.539 --> 00:40:05.639 try<00:40:03.719><c> and</c><00:40:03.840><c> light</c><00:40:03.880><c> the</c><00:40:04.099><c> coal,</c><00:40:04.320><c> wouldn't</c><00:40:04.460><c> he?</c> 00:40:06.280 --> 00:40:08.900 Ten<00:40:06.679><c> boxes</c><00:40:06.980><c> of</c><00:40:07.159><c> matches</c><00:40:07.340><c> later,</c><00:40:07.820><c> this</c><00:40:07.980><c> coal's</c><00:40:08.300><c> really</c><00:40:08.539><c> taking</c> 00:40:08.900 --> 00:40:11.739 some<00:40:09.139><c> time</c><00:40:09.280><c> to</c><00:40:09.440><c> catch.</c><00:40:11.059><c> You</c><00:40:11.300><c> wouldn't</c><00:40:11.460><c> do</c><00:40:11.599><c> it,</c> 00:40:11.800 --> 00:40:14.139 would<00:40:11.860><c> you?</c><00:40:12.099><c> I</c><00:40:12.099><c> mean,</c><00:40:12.460><c> heat</c><00:40:12.659><c> must</c><00:40:12.960><c> rise.</c><00:40:13.460><c> It's</c><00:40:13.679><c> a</c><00:40:13.760><c> principle.</c> 00:40:14.320 --> 00:40:16.280 It's<00:40:14.460><c> a</c><00:40:14.579><c> physical</c><00:40:14.900><c> principle</c><00:40:15.559><c> in</c><00:40:16.039><c> that</c> 00:40:16.780 --> 00:40:19.460 it's<00:40:17.179><c> lighter</c><00:40:17.380><c> than</c><00:40:17.599><c> the</c><00:40:17.719><c> amount</c><00:40:17.900><c> of</c><00:40:18.019><c> air</c><00:40:18.159><c> which</c><00:40:18.320><c> it</c><00:40:18.599><c> displaces</c><00:40:18.900><c> and</c><00:40:19.099><c> therefore</c><00:40:19.320><c> it</c> 00:40:19.460 --> 00:40:19.900 must<00:40:19.659><c> rise.</c> 00:40:19.900 --> 00:40:21.719 And<00:40:20.340><c> so</c><00:40:20.519><c> you</c><00:40:20.659><c> light</c><00:40:20.800><c> the</c><00:40:20.960><c> paper,</c><00:40:21.159><c> which</c><00:40:21.320><c> lights</c><00:40:21.480><c> the</c><00:40:21.639><c> wood,</c> 00:40:21.860 --> 00:40:23.239 which<00:40:21.920><c> lights</c><00:40:22.079><c> the</c><00:40:22.260><c> coal</c><00:40:22.400><c> and</c><00:40:22.539><c> everybody's</c><00:40:23.000><c> happy.</c> 00:40:23.519 --> 00:40:29.820 One<00:40:23.719><c> match.</c><00:40:26.199><c> Have</c><00:40:26.340><c> a</c><00:40:26.480><c> look</c><00:40:26.599><c> at</c><00:40:26.940><c> 1</c><00:40:27.159><c> Kings</c><00:40:27.340><c> 18</c><00:40:27.739><c> verse</c><00:40:27.980><c> 38.</c> 00:40:32.059 --> 00:40:35.460 Then<00:40:32.159><c> the</c><00:40:32.340><c> fire</c><00:40:32.519><c> of</c><00:40:32.699><c> the</c><00:40:32.840><c> Lord</c><00:40:33.059><c> fell</c><00:40:33.340><c> and</c><00:40:33.639><c> consumed,</c><00:40:34.659><c> watch</c><00:40:34.780><c> the</c><00:40:34.920><c> way</c><00:40:35.059><c> round</c><00:40:35.280><c> it</c> 00:40:35.460 --> 00:40:37.860 goes,<00:40:36.440><c> the</c><00:40:37.099><c> burnt</c><00:40:37.280><c> sacrifice</c> 00:40:37.860 --> 00:40:40.699 and<00:40:38.440><c> the</c><00:40:38.599><c> wood</c><00:40:38.780><c> and</c><00:40:39.179><c> the</c><00:40:39.340><c> stones</c><00:40:39.619><c> and</c><00:40:39.920><c> the</c><00:40:40.019><c> dust</c><00:40:40.239><c> and</c><00:40:40.599><c> licked</c> 00:40:40.699 --> 00:40:42.619 up<00:40:40.860><c> the</c><00:40:41.000><c> water</c><00:40:41.219><c> that</c><00:40:41.340><c> was</c><00:40:41.420><c> in</c><00:40:41.579><c> the</c><00:40:41.760><c> trench.</c> 00:40:43.039 --> 00:40:47.019 Great,<00:40:43.420><c> isn't</c><00:40:43.420><c> it?</c><00:40:45.280><c> Physics</c><00:40:45.679><c> doesn't</c><00:40:46.119><c> count</c><00:40:46.440><c> with</c><00:40:46.659><c> the</c><00:40:46.800><c> Lord.</c> 00:40:47.480 --> 00:40:48.940 He<00:40:47.639><c> didn't</c><00:40:47.900><c> need</c><00:40:48.139><c> to</c><00:40:48.340><c> light</c><00:40:48.440><c> the</c><00:40:48.659><c> wood</c> 00:40:48.940 --> 00:40:52.980 which<00:40:49.480><c> ignited</c><00:40:49.980><c> the</c><00:40:50.280><c> sacrifice.</c><00:40:51.800><c> It</c><00:40:51.920><c> came</c><00:40:52.139><c> down</c><00:40:52.360><c> this</c><00:40:52.599><c> way.</c> 00:40:53.260 --> 00:40:54.719 First<00:40:53.559><c> the</c><00:40:53.820><c> sacrifice,</c><00:40:54.260><c> then</c><00:40:54.460><c> the</c><00:40:54.619><c> wood,</c> 00:40:54.780 --> 00:40:58.920 then<00:40:54.960><c> the</c><00:40:55.119><c> stone,</c><00:40:55.340><c> then</c><00:40:55.519><c> the</c><00:40:55.639><c> dust,</c><00:40:56.059><c> then</c><00:40:56.219><c> the</c><00:40:56.420><c> water.</c><00:40:58.119><c> It</c><00:40:58.159><c> came</c><00:40:58.260><c> down</c><00:40:58.460><c> that</c><00:40:58.639><c> way</c> 00:40:58.920 --> 00:41:00.539 because<00:40:59.300><c> it</c><00:40:59.480><c> was</c><00:40:59.659><c> God's</c><00:41:00.099><c> fire,</c> 00:41:00.760 --> 00:41:05.199 not<00:41:01.000><c> Elijah's</c><00:41:01.539><c> fire,</c><00:41:02.400><c> and</c><00:41:02.639><c> it</c><00:41:02.800><c> came</c><00:41:03.000><c> down</c><00:41:03.219><c> from</c><00:41:03.420><c> heaven.</c><00:41:05.019><c> Now</c> 00:41:05.199 --> 00:41:08.099 just<00:41:05.420><c> consider,</c><00:41:06.000><c> if</c><00:41:06.219><c> you</c><00:41:06.480><c> will,</c><00:41:07.599><c> the</c><00:41:07.840><c> enormity</c> 00:41:08.599 --> 00:41:14.280 of<00:41:08.980><c> the</c><00:41:09.119><c> heat.</c><00:41:10.880><c> The</c><00:41:11.300><c> blocks</c><00:41:11.619><c> of</c><00:41:11.900><c> stone</c><00:41:12.320><c> on</c><00:41:12.699><c> which</c><00:41:13.300><c> this</c><00:41:13.940><c> animal</c> 00:41:14.280 --> 00:41:17.440 would<00:41:14.519><c> have</c><00:41:14.659><c> been</c><00:41:15.059><c> placed</c><00:41:15.539><c> were</c><00:41:16.480><c> granite</c> 00:41:17.639 --> 00:41:23.619 and<00:41:18.079><c> they</c><00:41:18.199><c> were</c><00:41:18.420><c> big</c><00:41:18.820><c> and</c><00:41:20.039><c> they</c><00:41:20.159><c> were</c><00:41:20.360><c> melted.</c><00:41:23.000><c> That's</c><00:41:23.119><c> the</c><00:41:23.260><c> fire</c><00:41:23.440><c> of</c> 00:41:23.619 --> 00:41:25.860 God.<00:41:24.320><c> God,</c><00:41:24.699><c> as</c><00:41:24.880><c> we</c><00:41:25.019><c> shall</c><00:41:25.179><c> see</c><00:41:25.400><c> later</c><00:41:25.679><c> on</c> 00:41:25.860 --> 00:41:30.559 in<00:41:26.000><c> the</c><00:41:26.059><c> days</c><00:41:26.260><c> of</c><00:41:26.480><c> Elisha,</c><00:41:27.739><c> doesn't</c><00:41:28.079><c> perform</c><00:41:28.840><c> half</c><00:41:29.400><c> miracles.</c> 00:41:31.099 --> 00:41:34.860 They<00:41:31.280><c> are</c><00:41:31.679><c> there.</c><00:41:32.559><c> When</c><00:41:33.000><c> Naaman's</c><00:41:33.679><c> flesh</c><00:41:33.940><c> came</c><00:41:34.519><c> to</c><00:41:34.679><c> him</c> 00:41:34.860 --> 00:41:37.199 again,<00:41:35.219><c> when</c><00:41:35.360><c> he</c><00:41:35.639><c> goes</c><00:41:35.880><c> into</c><00:41:36.099><c> the</c><00:41:36.300><c> water</c><00:41:36.460><c> and</c><00:41:36.559><c> he</c><00:41:36.679><c> comes</c><00:41:36.900><c> out,</c> 00:41:37.360 --> 00:41:39.719 what's<00:41:37.599><c> the</c><00:41:37.719><c> word</c><00:41:37.840><c> of</c><00:41:38.039><c> God?</c><00:41:38.500><c> And</c><00:41:38.639><c> his</c><00:41:38.820><c> flesh</c><00:41:39.059><c> came</c><00:41:39.360><c> to</c><00:41:39.500><c> him</c> 00:41:39.719 --> 00:41:45.539 again?<00:41:40.900><c> Full</c><00:41:41.380><c> stop?</c><00:41:41.980><c> Period,</c><00:41:42.340><c> you'd</c><00:41:42.539><c> say?</c><00:41:43.320><c> No.</c><00:41:44.860><c> His</c><00:41:45.000><c> flesh</c><00:41:45.159><c> came</c><00:41:45.400><c> to</c> 00:41:45.539 --> 00:41:48.219 him<00:41:45.699><c> again</c><00:41:45.960><c> like</c><00:41:46.360><c> the</c><00:41:46.539><c> flesh</c><00:41:46.679><c> of</c><00:41:46.840><c> a</c><00:41:47.000><c> little</c><00:41:47.179><c> child.</c> 00:41:48.659 --> 00:41:55.699 This<00:41:48.900><c> great,</c><00:41:49.760><c> hairy,</c><00:41:50.199><c> muscular</c><00:41:50.519><c> man</c><00:41:51.179><c> comes</c><00:41:51.739><c> out</c><00:41:52.000><c> of</c><00:41:52.119><c> the</c><00:41:52.280><c> water.</c><00:41:53.219><c> I</c><00:41:53.420><c> tell</c><00:41:53.780><c> you</c><00:41:54.000><c> what,</c><00:41:54.599><c> he's</c><00:41:54.860><c> got</c><00:41:54.980><c> like</c><00:41:55.199><c> the</c><00:41:55.400><c> flesh</c><00:41:55.519><c> of</c> 00:41:55.699 --> 00:41:56.639 a<00:41:55.860><c> baby.</c> 00:41:57.159 --> 00:42:00.659 Fabulous.<00:41:58.059><c> God</c><00:41:58.239><c> doesn't</c><00:41:58.619><c> perform</c><00:41:58.980><c> half</c><00:41:59.239><c> miracles,</c><00:41:59.659><c> you</c><00:41:59.860><c> see.</c> 00:42:02.059 --> 00:42:04.219 And<00:42:02.579><c> so</c><00:42:02.780><c> the</c><00:42:02.980><c> stones</c><00:42:03.219><c> went</c><00:42:03.519><c> as</c><00:42:03.699><c> well</c><00:42:03.860><c> as</c><00:42:04.000><c> the</c><00:42:04.099><c> wood</c> 00:42:04.219 --> 00:42:08.860 and<00:42:04.400><c> the</c><00:42:04.559><c> sacrifice</c><00:42:04.900><c> and</c><00:42:05.099><c> the</c><00:42:05.219><c> dust</c><00:42:05.380><c> and</c><00:42:05.539><c> the</c><00:42:05.679><c> water.</c><00:42:06.940><c> Incidentally,</c><00:42:07.980><c> I</c><00:42:07.980><c> think</c> 00:42:08.860 --> 00:42:11.460 Blunt<00:42:09.179><c> is</c><00:42:09.440><c> wrong.</c><00:42:10.460><c> In</c><00:42:10.900><c> Blunt's</c><00:42:11.320><c> book</c> 00:42:11.460 --> 00:42:15.360 of<00:42:11.679><c> Undesigned</c><00:42:12.059><c> Bible</c><00:42:12.440><c> Coincidences,</c><00:42:13.760><c> he</c><00:42:14.000><c> says,</c><00:42:14.539><c> since</c><00:42:14.900><c> it</c><00:42:15.039><c> was</c><00:42:15.219><c> a</c> 00:42:15.360 --> 00:42:17.440 time<00:42:15.500><c> of</c><00:42:15.820><c> drought,</c><00:42:16.300><c> how</c><00:42:16.460><c> did</c><00:42:16.559><c> they</c><00:42:16.739><c> get</c><00:42:16.880><c> 12</c><00:42:17.139><c> barrels</c> 00:42:17.440 --> 00:42:21.619 of<00:42:17.659><c> water</c><00:42:17.860><c> to</c><00:42:18.039><c> pour</c><00:42:18.139><c> on</c><00:42:18.300><c> the</c><00:42:18.519><c> sacrifice?</c><00:42:20.159><c> And</c><00:42:20.420><c> he</c><00:42:20.559><c> said,</c><00:42:20.739><c> well,</c> 00:42:21.719 --> 00:42:23.940 this<00:42:21.900><c> is</c><00:42:22.019><c> Blunt's</c><00:42:22.380><c> argument,</c><00:42:22.679><c> page</c><00:42:22.840><c> 188</c><00:42:23.420><c> of</c><00:42:23.559><c> his</c><00:42:23.719><c> book,</c> 00:42:23.940 --> 00:42:27.719 he<00:42:24.380><c> says,</c><00:42:25.039><c> what</c><00:42:25.039><c> you</c><00:42:26.000><c> need</c><00:42:26.139><c> to</c><00:42:26.239><c> do</c><00:42:26.380><c> is</c><00:42:26.519><c> remember</c><00:42:26.820><c> that</c><00:42:27.139><c> Carmel</c> 00:42:27.719 --> 00:42:31.579 was<00:42:28.019><c> on</c><00:42:28.219><c> the</c><00:42:28.340><c> coast.</c><00:42:29.639><c> And</c><00:42:29.679><c> so</c><00:42:29.840><c> they'd</c><00:42:30.099><c> get</c><00:42:30.539><c> some</c><00:42:30.880><c> people,</c> 00:42:34.099 --> 00:42:36.260 four<00:42:34.500><c> people,</c><00:42:34.920><c> since</c><00:42:35.099><c> they</c><00:42:35.260><c> did</c><00:42:35.420><c> it</c><00:42:35.599><c> in</c><00:42:35.699><c> rows</c><00:42:35.840><c> of</c><00:42:36.000><c> three,</c><00:42:36.159><c> or</c> 00:42:36.260 --> 00:42:38.579 three<00:42:36.519><c> if</c><00:42:36.639><c> they</c><00:42:36.800><c> did</c><00:42:36.960><c> it</c><00:42:37.159><c> in</c><00:42:37.260><c> rows</c><00:42:37.440><c> of</c><00:42:37.579><c> four,</c><00:42:38.260><c> to</c><00:42:38.480><c> pour</c> 00:42:38.579 --> 00:42:44.380 these<00:42:38.820><c> 12</c><00:42:39.039><c> barrels</c><00:42:39.340><c> of</c><00:42:39.559><c> water</c><00:42:39.760><c> on</c><00:42:39.960><c> the</c><00:42:40.119><c> sacrifice.</c><00:42:41.599><c> I</c><00:42:41.840><c> tell</c><00:42:42.000><c> you</c><00:42:42.159><c> what,</c><00:42:43.400><c> it's</c><00:42:43.920><c> about</c><00:42:44.139><c> 3</c> 00:42:44.380 --> 00:42:46.579 ,000<00:42:44.599><c> feet</c><00:42:44.820><c> high.</c><00:42:45.780><c> How</c><00:42:45.920><c> do</c><00:42:46.280><c> you</c><00:42:46.320><c> fancy</c> 00:42:46.579 --> 00:42:48.260 carrying<00:42:46.860><c> a</c><00:42:47.119><c> barrel?</c><00:42:47.139><c> Just</c><00:42:47.440><c> nip</c><00:42:47.559><c> down</c><00:42:47.699><c> and</c><00:42:47.820><c> get</c><00:42:47.880><c> me</c><00:42:48.019><c> a</c><00:42:48.019><c> barrel</c> 00:42:48.260 --> 00:42:49.820 of<00:42:48.420><c> water,</c><00:42:48.639><c> would</c><00:42:48.639><c> you</c><00:42:48.820><c> please?</c><00:42:49.300><c> Put</c><00:42:49.420><c> it</c><00:42:49.559><c> on</c><00:42:49.639><c> your</c><00:42:49.739><c> shoulder</c> 00:42:49.820 --> 00:42:55.159 and<00:42:49.880><c> do</c><00:42:50.059><c> it</c><00:42:50.239><c> again</c><00:42:50.460><c> and</c><00:42:50.659><c> again.</c><00:42:52.480><c> That's</c><00:42:52.820><c> stretching</c><00:42:53.079><c> credulity</c><00:42:53.739><c> a</c><00:42:53.920><c> little.</c><00:42:54.980><c> Now,</c> 00:42:55.400 --> 00:42:56.840 archaeologists<00:42:55.920><c> have</c><00:42:56.320><c> found</c> 00:42:56.840 --> 00:43:05.760 three<00:42:57.619><c> minutes.</c><00:43:00.659><c> Eight?</c><00:43:02.000><c> Wow,</c><00:43:02.820><c> thanks.</c><00:43:04.239><c> Thank</c><00:43:04.599><c> you.</c><00:43:05.320><c> You</c><00:43:05.460><c> won't</c><00:43:05.639><c> be</c> 00:43:05.760 --> 00:43:07.139 asked<00:43:05.860><c> to</c><00:43:06.019><c> preside</c><00:43:06.320><c> again</c><00:43:06.539><c> and</c><00:43:06.679><c> I</c><00:43:06.820><c> won't</c><00:43:06.900><c> be</c><00:43:07.019><c> asked</c> 00:43:07.139 --> 00:43:16.099 to<00:43:07.320><c> speak</c><00:43:07.460><c> again.</c><00:43:14.139><c> So</c><00:43:14.539><c> that's</c><00:43:14.760><c> what</c><00:43:14.880><c> Mr.</c><00:43:15.199><c> Blunt</c><00:43:15.300><c> says.</c><00:43:15.719><c> He's</c><00:43:16.039><c> a</c> 00:43:16.099 --> 00:43:18.739 good<00:43:16.280><c> guy.</c><00:43:16.559><c> I</c><00:43:16.639><c> mean,</c><00:43:16.739><c> I</c><00:43:16.860><c> have</c><00:43:17.039><c> a</c><00:43:17.239><c> lot</c><00:43:17.460><c> of</c><00:43:17.659><c> time</c><00:43:17.780><c> for</c><00:43:17.960><c> Blunt's</c> 00:43:18.739 --> 00:43:20.780 talk<00:43:18.940><c> of</c><00:43:18.960><c> undesigned</c><00:43:19.340><c> Bible</c><00:43:19.599><c> coincidence.</c><00:43:20.320><c> It</c><00:43:20.320><c> makes</c><00:43:20.480><c> a</c><00:43:20.639><c> good</c> 00:43:20.780 --> 00:43:26.119 read.<00:43:21.880><c> It's</c><00:43:21.980><c> a</c><00:43:22.079><c> bit</c><00:43:22.239><c> verbose,</c><00:43:23.480><c> but</c><00:43:23.599><c> it's</c><00:43:24.539><c> a</c><00:43:24.699><c> good</c><00:43:25.260><c> book.</c> 00:43:27.260 --> 00:43:31.380 Archaeologists<00:43:27.780><c> have</c><00:43:28.159><c> found</c><00:43:28.579><c> that</c><00:43:29.039><c> on</c><00:43:29.300><c> the</c><00:43:29.420><c> Mount</c><00:43:29.699><c> Carmel</c><00:43:30.320><c> there</c><00:43:30.820><c> was</c><00:43:31.079><c> a</c> 00:43:31.380 --> 00:43:34.440 fresh<00:43:31.820><c> water</c><00:43:32.260><c> spring.</c><00:43:33.500><c> The</c><00:43:33.679><c> water</c><00:43:33.880><c> was</c><00:43:34.099><c> so</c> 00:43:34.440 --> 00:43:38.639 precious<00:43:34.840><c> that</c><00:43:35.239><c> it</c><00:43:35.300><c> was</c><00:43:35.559><c> dedicated</c><00:43:36.199><c> to</c><00:43:36.519><c> Baal.</c><00:43:37.780><c> It</c><00:43:37.880><c> was</c><00:43:38.079><c> not</c><00:43:38.280><c> allowed</c><00:43:38.480><c> to</c> 00:43:38.639 --> 00:43:40.980 be<00:43:38.780><c> drunk</c><00:43:38.920><c> by</c><00:43:39.199><c> humans.</c><00:43:39.860><c> You</c><00:43:40.000><c> couldn't</c><00:43:40.280><c> feed</c><00:43:40.559><c> it</c> 00:43:40.980 --> 00:43:44.219 to<00:43:41.099><c> your</c><00:43:41.260><c> cattle.</c><00:43:41.760><c> You</c><00:43:41.920><c> couldn't</c><00:43:42.199><c> put</c><00:43:42.340><c> it</c><00:43:42.440><c> on</c><00:43:42.619><c> your</c><00:43:42.820><c> grass.</c><00:43:43.460><c> You</c><00:43:43.579><c> couldn't</c><00:43:43.840><c> use</c><00:43:44.059><c> it</c> 00:43:44.219 --> 00:43:46.280 for<00:43:44.420><c> personal</c><00:43:44.699><c> washing.</c><00:43:45.500><c> It</c><00:43:45.599><c> was</c><00:43:45.780><c> Baal's</c> 00:43:46.280 --> 00:43:51.719 water.<00:43:46.579><c> It</c><00:43:46.679><c> must</c><00:43:46.860><c> be</c><00:43:47.159><c> poured</c><00:43:47.300><c> out.</c><00:43:48.320><c> Now,</c><00:43:48.500><c> this</c><00:43:48.699><c> isn't</c><00:43:49.460><c> Christadelphian</c><00:43:50.719><c> hyperloid.</c><00:43:51.380><c> This</c> 00:43:51.719 --> 00:43:53.480 isn't<00:43:52.519><c> Christadelphian</c> 00:43:53.480 --> 00:43:58.079 wishful<00:43:53.820><c> thinking.</c><00:43:54.320><c> This</c><00:43:54.519><c> is</c><00:43:54.760><c> fact.</c><00:43:56.820><c> It's</c><00:43:57.300><c> well</c><00:43:57.579><c> documented</c> 00:43:58.079 --> 00:44:00.360 in<00:43:58.280><c> the</c><00:43:58.360><c> British</c><00:43:58.639><c> Museum</c><00:43:59.099><c> in</c><00:43:59.199><c> London.</c><00:43:59.820><c> There</c><00:43:59.940><c> was</c><00:44:00.159><c> a</c> 00:44:00.360 --> 00:44:02.800 spring<00:44:00.500><c> there</c><00:44:00.679><c> which</c><00:44:00.920><c> provided</c><00:44:01.280><c> fresh</c><00:44:01.579><c> water.</c><00:44:02.019><c> How</c><00:44:02.320><c> ironic,</c> 00:44:03.119 --> 00:44:05.639 then,<00:44:03.579><c> that</c><00:44:03.820><c> they</c><00:44:04.039><c> said,</c><00:44:04.420><c> take</c><00:44:04.539><c> the</c><00:44:04.780><c> water</c><00:44:05.019><c> of</c><00:44:05.300><c> Baal</c> 00:44:05.639 --> 00:44:10.500 and<00:44:06.139><c> put</c><00:44:06.340><c> it</c><00:44:06.500><c> on</c><00:44:06.659><c> Yahweh's</c><00:44:07.159><c> sacrifice.</c><00:44:08.659><c> Twelve</c><00:44:09.119><c> whacking</c><00:44:09.679><c> barrels.</c><00:44:10.420><c> Tip</c> 00:44:10.500 --> 00:44:13.940 it<00:44:10.639><c> all</c><00:44:10.840><c> over.</c><00:44:12.920><c> And</c><00:44:13.059><c> then</c><00:44:13.179><c> it</c><00:44:13.179><c> went</c><00:44:13.380><c> up</c><00:44:13.539><c> in</c> 00:44:13.940 --> 00:44:16.000 steam.<00:44:14.340><c> I</c><00:44:14.340><c> can</c><00:44:14.480><c> say</c><00:44:14.599><c> it</c><00:44:14.679><c> went</c><00:44:14.780><c> up</c><00:44:14.880><c> in</c><00:44:15.019><c> smoke.</c><00:44:15.360><c> I</c><00:44:15.380><c> suppose</c><00:44:15.539><c> it</c><00:44:15.699><c> did</c><00:44:15.820><c> as</c> 00:44:16.000 --> 00:44:19.440 well.<00:44:16.480><c> That</c><00:44:16.599><c> went</c><00:44:16.780><c> up</c><00:44:16.920><c> in</c><00:44:17.139><c> steam.</c><00:44:18.139><c> So</c><00:44:18.440><c> Baal</c><00:44:18.679><c> couldn't</c> 00:44:19.679 --> 00:44:23.159 provide<00:44:20.079><c> for</c><00:44:20.320><c> himself.</c><00:44:21.420><c> Our</c><00:44:21.780><c> God</c><00:44:21.980><c> is</c><00:44:22.320><c> stronger</c><00:44:22.639><c> than</c><00:44:22.840><c> the</c><00:44:23.019><c> God</c> 00:44:23.159 --> 00:44:28.219 of<00:44:23.599><c> Baal.</c><00:44:26.280><c> I</c><00:44:26.579><c> have</c><00:44:26.900><c> a</c><00:44:27.139><c> good</c><00:44:27.340><c> friend,</c><00:44:27.679><c> I</c><00:44:27.820><c> use</c><00:44:27.960><c> the</c><00:44:28.099><c> word</c> 00:44:28.219 --> 00:44:30.659 carefully,<00:44:28.699><c> in</c><00:44:28.820><c> Wolverhampton,</c><00:44:29.880><c> which</c><00:44:29.960><c> is</c><00:44:30.019><c> about</c><00:44:30.199><c> 20</c><00:44:30.440><c> miles</c> 00:44:30.659 --> 00:44:32.860 north<00:44:30.860><c> of</c><00:44:31.059><c> Birmingham.</c><00:44:31.659><c> Christadelphian</c><00:44:32.059><c> man.</c> 00:44:33.599 --> 00:44:37.119 And<00:44:34.000><c> I</c><00:44:34.139><c> asked</c><00:44:34.280><c> him</c><00:44:34.380><c> if</c><00:44:34.500><c> I</c><00:44:34.599><c> could</c><00:44:34.760><c> borrow</c><00:44:35.000><c> this</c><00:44:35.300><c> prop</c><00:44:35.579><c> to</c><00:44:36.679><c> come</c> 00:44:37.119 --> 00:44:39.340 here<00:44:37.320><c> and</c><00:44:37.460><c> show</c><00:44:37.639><c> you</c><00:44:37.739><c> wouldn't</c><00:44:38.159><c> lend</c><00:44:38.420><c> it.</c><00:44:38.739><c> Too</c><00:44:38.980><c> valuable.</c> 00:44:39.340 --> 00:44:42.880 He<00:44:39.599><c> wouldn't</c><00:44:39.800><c> lend</c><00:44:40.000><c> it</c><00:44:40.139><c> to</c><00:44:40.239><c> me.</c><00:44:40.619><c> He</c><00:44:40.760><c> got</c><00:44:40.880><c> two</c><00:44:41.099><c> matchboxes.</c><00:44:42.619><c> And</c> 00:44:42.880 --> 00:44:45.619 I've<00:44:43.420><c> seen</c><00:44:43.579><c> these</c><00:44:43.940><c> at</c><00:44:44.280><c> his</c><00:44:44.500><c> house</c><00:44:44.780><c> and</c><00:44:45.280><c> at</c><00:44:45.460><c> his</c> 00:44:45.619 --> 00:44:48.639 Ecclesia,<00:44:46.059><c> Wolverhampton</c><00:44:46.579><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:44:47.219><c> West</c><00:44:47.400><c> Midlands</c><00:44:47.719><c> England.</c><00:44:48.539><c> He</c> 00:44:48.639 --> 00:44:50.880 has<00:44:48.760><c> two</c><00:44:48.980><c> matchboxes</c><00:44:49.400><c> only</c><00:44:49.579><c> about</c><00:44:49.719><c> this</c><00:44:49.920><c> big.</c> 00:44:51.619 --> 00:44:54.780 And<00:44:51.619><c> he</c><00:44:51.760><c> said,</c><00:44:52.079><c> marked</c><00:44:52.219><c> A</c><00:44:52.500><c> and</c><00:44:52.579><c> B,</c><00:44:52.699><c> and</c><00:44:52.820><c> he</c><00:44:52.900><c> said</c><00:44:53.039><c> to</c><00:44:53.219><c> me,</c><00:44:54.579><c> just</c> 00:44:54.780 --> 00:44:56.559 have<00:44:54.900><c> a</c><00:44:54.940><c> look</c><00:44:55.039><c> at</c><00:44:55.119><c> this.</c><00:44:55.280><c> He</c><00:44:55.400><c> knew</c><00:44:55.500><c> my</c><00:44:55.860><c> interest</c><00:44:56.179><c> in</c> 00:44:56.559 --> 00:45:00.059 Elijah<00:44:57.019><c> and</c><00:44:57.539><c> things</c><00:44:57.880><c> associated</c><00:44:58.579><c> with</c><00:44:58.780><c> it.</c><00:44:59.360><c> And</c><00:44:59.519><c> he</c><00:44:59.599><c> said,</c><00:44:59.679><c> just</c><00:44:59.860><c> have</c><00:45:00.000><c> a</c> 00:45:00.059 --> 00:45:01.920 look<00:45:00.159><c> at</c><00:45:00.260><c> these,</c><00:45:00.539><c> Brother</c><00:45:00.599><c> Peter,</c><00:45:00.860><c> will</c><00:45:01.019><c> you?</c> 00:45:02.219 --> 00:45:04.880 So<00:45:02.400><c> I</c><00:45:02.559><c> pushed</c><00:45:02.800><c> the</c><00:45:03.199><c> one</c><00:45:03.360><c> open.</c><00:45:03.639><c> He</c><00:45:03.659><c> said,</c><00:45:04.079><c> don't</c><00:45:04.480><c> mix</c><00:45:04.699><c> them</c><00:45:04.820><c> up.</c> 00:45:04.920 --> 00:45:06.719 There's<00:45:05.079><c> a</c><00:45:05.159><c> good</c><00:45:05.280><c> chair.</c><00:45:05.400><c> Push</c><00:45:05.559><c> the</c><00:45:05.719><c> one</c><00:45:05.860><c> open.</c><00:45:06.559><c> And</c> 00:45:06.719 --> 00:45:15.380 the<00:45:06.719><c> chair</c><00:45:06.820><c> inside</c><00:45:07.280><c> was</c><00:45:08.739><c> gravel,</c><00:45:10.420><c> small,</c><00:45:11.300><c> sharp</c><00:45:11.300><c> bits</c><00:45:11.980><c> of</c><00:45:12.699><c> flinty</c><00:45:13.039><c> rock.</c><00:45:15.360><c> He</c> 00:45:15.380 --> 00:45:16.239 said,<00:45:15.559><c> now</c><00:45:15.639><c> have</c><00:45:15.760><c> a</c><00:45:15.820><c> look</c><00:45:15.880><c> in</c><00:45:16.000><c> the</c><00:45:16.099><c> other</c> 00:45:16.239 --> 00:45:19.440 one.<00:45:16.800><c> Push</c><00:45:16.980><c> that</c><00:45:17.119><c> one</c><00:45:17.219><c> open.</c><00:45:18.019><c> And</c><00:45:18.059><c> in</c><00:45:18.159><c> the</c><00:45:18.320><c> other</c><00:45:18.400><c> one,</c><00:45:19.119><c> small</c> 00:45:19.440 --> 00:45:23.139 bits<00:45:19.699><c> of</c><00:45:19.880><c> gravel.</c><00:45:21.199><c> Same</c><00:45:21.360><c> as</c><00:45:21.619><c> that.</c><00:45:22.280><c> I</c><00:45:22.599><c> put</c><00:45:22.800><c> them</c><00:45:22.980><c> both</c> 00:45:23.139 --> 00:45:26.440 alongside<00:45:23.579><c> each</c><00:45:23.840><c> other,</c><00:45:24.559><c> being</c><00:45:24.880><c> careful</c><00:45:25.179><c> to</c><00:45:25.360><c> keep</c><00:45:25.460><c> them</c><00:45:25.719><c> separated</c><00:45:26.039><c> because</c><00:45:26.300><c> he</c> 00:45:26.440 --> 00:45:28.039 asked<00:45:26.579><c> me</c><00:45:26.699><c> to</c><00:45:26.800><c> do</c><00:45:26.920><c> it.</c><00:45:27.539><c> And</c><00:45:27.780><c> he</c><00:45:27.940><c> said,</c> 00:45:28.059 --> 00:45:30.619 can<00:45:28.199><c> you</c><00:45:28.440><c> tell</c><00:45:28.460><c> the</c><00:45:28.619><c> difference?</c><00:45:29.340><c> There's</c><00:45:29.539><c> no</c><00:45:29.679><c> difference.</c><00:45:30.500><c> I</c> 00:45:30.619 --> 00:45:33.500 said,<00:45:30.739><c> can</c><00:45:31.059><c> I</c><00:45:31.159><c> feel</c><00:45:31.400><c> it?</c><00:45:31.619><c> Yes.</c><00:45:32.000><c> Felt</c><00:45:32.139><c> that.</c><00:45:32.860><c> Felt</c><00:45:33.099><c> just</c><00:45:33.340><c> the</c> 00:45:33.500 --> 00:45:39.900 same.<00:45:34.000><c> He</c><00:45:34.380><c> said,</c><00:45:34.719><c> scientifically,</c><00:45:35.920><c> you</c><00:45:35.980><c> cannot</c><00:45:36.260><c> tell</c><00:45:36.480><c> the</c><00:45:36.639><c> difference</c><00:45:37.099><c> between</c><00:45:37.820><c> these</c><00:45:38.340><c> two</c><00:45:39.099><c> matchboxes</c><00:45:39.739><c> of</c> 00:45:39.900 --> 00:45:46.659 gravel.<00:45:41.880><c> Strange</c><00:45:42.139><c> thing</c><00:45:42.360><c> is,</c><00:45:43.780><c> this</c><00:45:43.940><c> one</c><00:45:44.139><c> here</c><00:45:44.739><c> was</c><00:45:45.420><c> taken</c><00:45:46.059><c> by</c> 00:45:46.659 --> 00:45:49.820 archaeologists<00:45:47.599><c> from</c><00:45:48.119><c> the</c><00:45:48.380><c> site</c><00:45:48.559><c> which</c><00:45:48.780><c> is</c><00:45:49.099><c> recognised</c> 00:45:49.820 --> 00:45:54.000 as<00:45:50.159><c> being</c><00:45:50.460><c> the</c><00:45:50.639><c> area</c><00:45:51.099><c> where</c><00:45:51.659><c> Elijah</c><00:45:52.360><c> called</c><00:45:53.300><c> down</c><00:45:53.619><c> fire</c><00:45:53.800><c> from</c> 00:45:54.000 --> 00:45:56.820 him<00:45:54.320><c> on</c><00:45:54.599><c> Mount</c><00:45:54.880><c> Carmel.</c><00:45:55.659><c> That's</c><00:45:55.920><c> gravel</c><00:45:56.119><c> from</c><00:45:56.420><c> there.</c> 00:45:56.820 --> 00:46:02.239 Bits<00:45:57.199><c> of</c><00:45:57.639><c> rock</c><00:45:57.880><c> chipped</c><00:45:58.119><c> away.</c><00:45:59.619><c> In</c><00:45:59.760><c> this</c><00:45:59.920><c> box</c><00:46:00.139><c> here</c><00:46:01.340><c> is</c><00:46:01.960><c> gravel</c> 00:46:02.239 --> 00:46:05.440 taken<00:46:02.659><c> from</c><00:46:03.699><c> the</c><00:46:03.920><c> site</c><00:46:04.119><c> of</c><00:46:04.380><c> Hiroshima.</c> 00:46:08.860 --> 00:46:12.420 The<00:46:09.079><c> same</c><00:46:09.380><c> thing</c><00:46:09.639><c> happened</c><00:46:10.099><c> there</c><00:46:10.820><c> that</c><00:46:11.500><c> happened</c><00:46:11.719><c> here.</c><00:46:12.260><c> The</c> 00:46:12.420 --> 00:46:16.340 problem<00:46:12.719><c> here</c><00:46:13.079><c> in</c><00:46:13.280><c> Hiroshima</c><00:46:14.059><c> was</c><00:46:14.739><c> that</c><00:46:15.460><c> the</c><00:46:15.980><c> blast</c> 00:46:16.340 --> 00:46:20.440 was<00:46:17.340><c> not</c><00:46:17.559><c> controlled</c><00:46:18.039><c> and</c><00:46:18.480><c> 70</c><00:46:18.820><c>,000</c><00:46:19.199><c> people</c><00:46:19.539><c> died</c><00:46:19.760><c> in</c><00:46:19.940><c> a</c><00:46:20.099><c> second</c> 00:46:20.440 --> 00:46:22.880 and<00:46:21.219><c> more</c><00:46:21.420><c> than</c><00:46:21.619><c> four</c><00:46:21.840><c> times</c><00:46:22.099><c> that</c><00:46:22.300><c> have</c><00:46:22.480><c> died</c><00:46:22.639><c> since.</c> 00:46:22.880 --> 00:46:27.059 You<00:46:23.039><c> know</c><00:46:23.280><c> that.</c><00:46:24.480><c> Be</c><00:46:24.599><c> celebrating</c><00:46:24.980><c> it</c><00:46:25.260><c> shortly,</c><00:46:26.679><c> if</c><00:46:26.880><c> that's</c> 00:46:27.059 --> 00:46:32.019 the<00:46:27.179><c> word</c><00:46:27.300><c> for</c><00:46:27.480><c> it.</c><00:46:28.800><c> And</c><00:46:29.059><c> here,</c><00:46:31.000><c> the</c><00:46:31.079><c> power</c><00:46:31.380><c> of</c><00:46:31.599><c> God</c><00:46:31.719><c> was</c> 00:46:32.019 --> 00:46:36.000 concentrated<00:46:32.619><c> in</c><00:46:33.019><c> such</c><00:46:33.179><c> a</c><00:46:33.360><c> way</c><00:46:33.679><c> that</c><00:46:34.059><c> it</c><00:46:34.300><c> consumed</c><00:46:34.880><c> the</c><00:46:35.400><c> sacrifice</c><00:46:35.820><c> and</c> 00:46:36.000 --> 00:46:37.980 all<00:46:36.159><c> things</c><00:46:36.380><c> associated</c><00:46:36.980><c> with</c><00:46:37.179><c> it</c><00:46:37.460><c> without</c> 00:46:37.980 --> 00:46:42.340 damaging<00:46:38.559><c> the</c><00:46:38.900><c> environment</c><00:46:39.559><c> or</c><00:46:39.980><c> the</c><00:46:40.159><c> people</c><00:46:40.340><c> that</c><00:46:40.559><c> were</c><00:46:40.760><c> there.</c><00:46:42.260><c> But</c> 00:46:42.340 --> 00:46:44.820 the<00:46:43.380><c> point</c><00:46:43.579><c> I</c><00:46:43.860><c> stress,</c><00:46:44.159><c> brethren</c><00:46:44.300><c> and</c><00:46:44.519><c> sisters,</c> 00:46:44.820 --> 00:46:49.440 is<00:46:45.260><c> it</c><00:46:45.360><c> was</c><00:46:45.639><c> the</c><00:46:45.840><c> same</c><00:46:46.119><c> power</c><00:46:46.639><c> in</c><00:46:47.280><c> Hiroshima.</c><00:46:48.559><c> 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