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fear.</c><00:24:33.660><c> Now</c><00:24:33.819><c> it's</c><00:24:33.940><c> quite</c><00:24:34.140><c> easy</c><00:24:34.380><c> to</c> 00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:36.460 look<00:24:34.660><c> at</c><00:24:34.839><c> that</c><00:24:35.019><c> verse</c><00:24:35.200><c> 28</c> 00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:43.039 to<00:24:38.839><c> say,</c><00:24:39.359><c> well,</c><00:24:39.599><c> God</c><00:24:39.960><c> will</c><00:24:40.180><c> be</c><00:24:40.400><c> merciful</c><00:24:40.740><c> to</c><00:24:41.059><c> us,</c><00:24:42.099><c> so</c><00:24:42.480><c> we</c><00:24:42.859><c> will</c> 00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:45.900 work<00:24:43.279><c> for</c><00:24:43.559><c> him.</c><00:24:44.000><c> It's</c><00:24:44.559><c> not</c><00:24:44.920><c> saying</c><00:24:45.140><c> that</c><00:24:45.359><c> at</c><00:24:45.619><c> all.</c> 00:24:45.900 --> 00:24:53.779 That<00:24:46.339><c> word</c><00:24:46.660><c> whereby</c><00:24:47.440><c> is</c><00:24:48.900><c> the</c><00:24:49.099><c> 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surely</c><00:26:33.460><c> based</c><00:26:34.140><c> on</c><00:26:34.980><c> human</c><00:26:35.500><c> reasoning.</c><00:26:37.500><c> We</c><00:26:37.640><c> have</c> 00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:39.500 to<00:26:38.160><c> proclaim</c><00:26:38.519><c> the</c><00:26:38.799><c> message</c> 00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:44.279 as<00:26:40.019><c> it</c><00:26:40.319><c> is,</c><00:26:41.759><c> unpalatable</c><00:26:42.400><c> to</c><00:26:42.980><c> the</c><00:26:43.180><c> vast</c><00:26:43.339><c> majority</c><00:26:43.819><c> of</c><00:26:43.900><c> people</c> 00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:45.480 around<00:26:44.700><c> us.</c> 00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:50.460 But<00:26:47.440><c> we</c><00:26:47.640><c> still</c><00:26:47.779><c> have</c><00:26:47.940><c> to</c><00:26:48.119><c> preach,</c><00:26:48.380><c> don't</c><00:26:48.660><c> we?</c><00:26:49.900><c> Some</c><00:26:50.200><c> have</c><00:26:50.380><c> said</c> 00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:52.180 it's<00:26:50.680><c> not</c><00:26:50.900><c> worth,</c><00:26:51.200><c> you</c><00:26:51.420><c> don't</c><00:26:51.599><c> need</c><00:26:51.759><c> to</c><00:26:51.900><c> bother</c> 00:26:52.180 --> 00:26:55.680 preaching<00:26:52.519><c> anymore</c><00:26:52.920><c> because</c><00:26:53.240><c> nobody</c><00:26:53.599><c> listens.</c><00:26:55.259><c> We've</c><00:26:55.579><c> got</c> 00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:59.819 to<00:26:55.880><c> keep</c><00:26:56.099><c> doing</c><00:26:56.359><c> it</c><00:26:56.579><c> and</c><00:26:57.059><c> warn</c><00:26:57.559><c> the</c><00:26:58.099><c> people</c><00:26:58.440><c> around</c><00:26:58.819><c> us</c> 00:26:59.880 --> 00:27:03.299 that<00:27:00.200><c> the</c><00:27:00.400><c> day</c><00:27:00.539><c> of</c><00:27:00.779><c> the</c><00:27:00.920><c> Lord</c><00:27:01.079><c> is</c><00:27:01.420><c> coming.</c><00:27:02.180><c> It</c><00:27:02.759><c> will</c><00:27:02.940><c> be</c><00:27:03.079><c> a</c><00:27:03.160><c> day</c> 00:27:03.299 --> 00:27:07.680 of<00:27:03.539><c> judgment,</c><00:27:04.460><c> but</c><00:27:04.700><c> ultimately,</c><00:27:06.059><c> a</c><00:27:06.220><c> time</c><00:27:06.460><c> of</c><00:27:06.779><c> blessing.</c> 00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:13.400 So<00:27:08.559><c> we</c><00:27:08.960><c> too</c><00:27:09.220><c> need</c><00:27:09.440><c> to</c><00:27:09.819><c> remember</c><00:27:10.380><c> where</c><00:27:10.799><c> we</c><00:27:11.180><c> fit</c><00:27:11.420><c> into</c><00:27:11.819><c> the</c><00:27:12.119><c> divine</c><00:27:12.500><c> timetable,</c><00:27:13.200><c> as</c> 00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:14.460 it<00:27:13.640><c> were.</c> 00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:20.019 We<00:27:15.420><c> are</c><00:27:15.640><c> living</c><00:27:15.940><c> at</c><00:27:16.220><c> an</c><00:27:16.480><c> end</c><00:27:16.819><c> time,</c><00:27:17.259><c> aren't</c><00:27:17.539><c> we?</c><00:27:19.279><c> As</c><00:27:19.539><c> it</c><00:27:19.720><c> was</c><00:27:19.819><c> in</c> 00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:21.400 the<00:27:20.119><c> days</c><00:27:20.259><c> of</c><00:27:20.599><c> Noah.</c> 00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:28.000 How<00:27:22.299><c> long</c><00:27:22.559><c> did</c><00:27:22.839><c> Noah</c><00:27:23.019><c> preach?</c><00:27:25.240><c> And</c><00:27:25.339><c> how</c><00:27:25.519><c> many</c><00:27:25.740><c> converts?</c><00:27:27.839><c> And</c> 00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:30.019 we<00:27:28.180><c> know,</c><00:27:28.519><c> don't</c><00:27:28.619><c> we,</c><00:27:29.880><c> that</c> 00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:36.640 just<00:27:30.200><c> his</c><00:27:30.400><c> family,</c><00:27:30.880><c> that</c><00:27:31.099><c> was</c><00:27:31.339><c> it.</c><00:27:33.140><c> So</c><00:27:33.500><c> we</c><00:27:33.660><c> must</c><00:27:33.980><c> remember</c><00:27:34.460><c> these</c><00:27:34.819><c> things.</c><00:27:36.500><c> We</c> 00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:38.400 did<00:27:36.880><c> say</c><00:27:37.180><c> it</c><00:27:37.359><c> was</c><00:27:37.599><c> a</c><00:27:37.740><c> day</c><00:27:37.819><c> of</c><00:27:38.140><c> small</c> 00:27:38.400 --> 00:27:45.160 things<00:27:39.059><c> in</c><00:27:39.759><c> some</c><00:27:40.039><c> respects,</c><00:27:41.720><c> but</c><00:27:42.779><c> not</c><00:27:43.000><c> in</c><00:27:43.240><c> others.</c><00:27:44.920><c> I</c><00:27:45.079><c> mean,</c> 00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:48.039 when<00:27:45.319><c> we</c><00:27:45.500><c> consider,</c><00:27:45.880><c> for</c><00:27:46.140><c> example,</c><00:27:47.400><c> the</c><00:27:47.700><c> signs</c> 00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:52.279 of<00:27:48.259><c> the</c><00:27:48.420><c> times,</c><00:27:49.420><c> it's</c><00:27:49.599><c> not</c><00:27:49.819><c> a</c><00:27:50.019><c> day</c><00:27:50.019><c> of</c><00:27:50.180><c> small</c><00:27:50.460><c> things</c><00:27:50.740><c> there,</c><00:27:51.039><c> is</c><00:27:51.240><c> it?</c><00:27:51.920><c> It's</c><00:27:52.200><c> a</c> 00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:54.259 day<00:27:52.420><c> of</c><00:27:52.700><c> massive</c><00:27:53.119><c> things.</c> 00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:58.799 A<00:27:55.740><c> few</c><00:27:55.859><c> years</c><00:27:56.099><c> ago,</c><00:27:56.380><c> I</c><00:27:56.539><c> started</c><00:27:56.880><c> a</c><00:27:57.160><c> list</c><00:27:57.460><c> of</c><00:27:57.980><c> the</c><00:27:58.380><c> signs</c><00:27:58.640><c> that</c> 00:27:58.799 --> 00:28:03.740 we<00:27:58.980><c> can</c><00:27:59.279><c> see</c><00:27:59.900><c> that</c><00:28:00.640><c> the</c><00:28:00.900><c> day</c><00:28:01.119><c> of</c><00:28:02.000><c> the</c><00:28:02.180><c> Lord</c><00:28:02.400><c> is</c><00:28:02.720><c> near.</c> 00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:10.680 I<00:28:05.200><c> had</c><00:28:05.200><c> ten</c><00:28:05.339><c> in</c><00:28:05.500><c> the</c><00:28:05.720><c> list,</c><00:28:07.420><c> and</c><00:28:07.660><c> then</c><00:28:07.799><c> it</c><00:28:07.920><c> grew</c><00:28:08.079><c> to</c><00:28:08.339><c> twenty,</c><00:28:09.940><c> and</c><00:28:10.339><c> then</c><00:28:10.519><c> it</c> 00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:12.279 grew<00:28:10.819><c> to</c><00:28:11.160><c> thirty.</c> 00:28:13.140 --> 00:28:16.099 It's<00:28:13.700><c> sitting</c><00:28:13.980><c> at</c><00:28:14.220><c> thirty</c><00:28:14.599><c>-four</c><00:28:14.740><c> at</c><00:28:14.839><c> the</c><00:28:15.059><c> moment,</c><00:28:15.559><c> and</c><00:28:15.819><c> still</c> 00:28:16.099 --> 00:28:20.299 growing.<00:28:17.279><c> It</c><00:28:17.519><c> shows</c><00:28:17.839><c> us,</c><00:28:18.039><c> doesn't</c><00:28:18.319><c> it,</c><00:28:18.779><c> how</c><00:28:19.119><c> blessed</c><00:28:19.519><c> we</c><00:28:19.799><c> are</c> 00:28:20.299 --> 00:28:24.960 to<00:28:21.019><c> see</c><00:28:21.240><c> all</c><00:28:21.519><c> these</c><00:28:21.839><c> signs</c><00:28:22.680><c> reminding</c><00:28:23.740><c> us</c><00:28:24.160><c> that</c><00:28:24.480><c> the</c><00:28:24.680><c> day</c><00:28:24.819><c> of</c> 00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:29.140 the<00:28:25.099><c> Lord</c><00:28:25.500><c> is</c><00:28:25.980><c> indeed</c><00:28:26.720><c> very</c><00:28:28.079><c> imminent.</c> 00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:33.700 Well,<00:28:30.380><c> let's</c><00:28:30.539><c> go</c><00:28:30.720><c> back</c><00:28:30.920><c> to</c><00:28:31.099><c> Haggai,</c><00:28:31.480><c> shall</c><00:28:31.720><c> we?</c><00:28:32.299><c> The</c><00:28:32.480><c> next</c><00:28:33.339><c> few</c> 00:28:33.700 --> 00:28:37.059 verses<00:28:34.420><c> remind</c><00:28:35.259><c> us</c><00:28:35.440><c> what</c><00:28:35.599><c> we</c><00:28:35.819><c> should</c><00:28:35.920><c> be</c><00:28:36.220><c> doing</c> 00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:43.880 to<00:28:37.839><c> build</c><00:28:38.119><c> our</c><00:28:38.440><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:28:39.440><c> So</c><00:28:39.599><c> we're</c><00:28:39.779><c> back</c><00:28:40.000><c> in</c><00:28:40.240><c> Haggai</c><00:28:40.559><c> chapter</c><00:28:41.079><c> two</c><00:28:42.559><c> and</c><00:28:43.259><c> at</c> 00:28:43.880 --> 00:28:45.059 verse<00:28:44.279><c> ten.</c> 00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:50.839 We<00:28:48.500><c> read</c><00:28:48.640><c> there,</c><00:28:49.200><c> In</c><00:28:49.259><c> the</c><00:28:49.460><c> fourth</c><00:28:49.720><c> and</c><00:28:49.960><c> twentieth</c><00:28:50.299><c> day</c><00:28:50.539><c> of</c><00:28:50.680><c> the</c> 00:28:50.839 --> 00:28:52.299 ninth<00:28:51.119><c> month,</c> 00:28:52.700 --> 00:28:55.839 in<00:28:52.900><c> the</c><00:28:53.099><c> second</c><00:28:53.359><c> year</c><00:28:53.619><c> of</c><00:28:53.880><c> Darius</c><00:28:54.259><c> came</c><00:28:54.500><c> the</c><00:28:54.700><c> word</c><00:28:54.920><c> of</c><00:28:55.519><c> Yahweh</c> 00:28:55.839 --> 00:28:57.559 by<00:28:56.059><c> Haggai</c><00:28:56.519><c> the</c><00:28:56.640><c> prophet,</c><00:28:57.440><c> saying,</c> 00:28:57.900 --> 00:29:01.380 Thus<00:28:58.160><c> saith</c><00:28:58.359><c> Yahweh</c><00:28:58.799><c> of</c><00:28:59.039><c> hosts,</c><00:28:59.599><c> Ask</c><00:28:59.819><c> now</c><00:29:00.059><c> the</c><00:29:00.279><c> priest</c><00:29:00.559><c> concerning</c><00:29:01.079><c> the</c> 00:29:01.380 --> 00:29:03.000 law,<00:29:02.099><c> saying,</c> 00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:11.500 If<00:29:04.240><c> one</c><00:29:04.700><c> bare</c><00:29:05.180><c> holy</c><00:29:05.779><c> flesh,</c><00:29:07.799><c> that's</c><00:29:08.220><c> flesh</c><00:29:08.460><c> separated</c><00:29:09.000><c> for</c><00:29:09.279><c> sacrifice,</c><00:29:11.299><c> in</c> 00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:13.440 the<00:29:11.700><c> skirt</c><00:29:11.900><c> of</c><00:29:12.059><c> his</c><00:29:12.319><c> garment,</c> 00:29:13.920 --> 00:29:18.640 and<00:29:14.180><c> the</c><00:29:14.359><c> garment</c><00:29:14.559><c> was</c><00:29:14.799><c> also</c><00:29:15.160><c> holy,</c><00:29:16.839><c> and</c><00:29:17.220><c> with</c><00:29:17.460><c> his</c><00:29:17.799><c> skirt</c><00:29:18.259><c> do</c> 00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:25.019 touch<00:29:19.079><c> bread</c><00:29:19.680><c> or</c><00:29:20.319><c> potage</c><00:29:21.220><c> or</c><00:29:21.759><c> wine</c><00:29:22.279><c> or</c><00:29:22.920><c> oil</c><00:29:23.319><c> or</c><00:29:23.619><c> any</c><00:29:23.920><c> meat,</c> 00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:32.160 and<00:29:26.059><c> he's</c><00:29:26.259><c> talking</c><00:29:26.500><c> about</c><00:29:26.819><c> things</c><00:29:27.420><c> which</c><00:29:27.960><c> were</c><00:29:28.240><c> not</c><00:29:28.500><c> holy.</c><00:29:30.880><c> He</c><00:29:31.059><c> says,</c> 00:29:33.579 --> 00:29:45.069 Will<00:29:33.720><c> those</c><00:29:34.000><c> things</c><00:29:34.500><c> be</c><00:29:34.900><c> made</c><00:29:35.180><c> holy?</c><00:29:37.079><c> And</c><00:29:37.400><c> the</c><00:29:37.579><c> priest</c><00:29:37.799><c> answered,</c><00:29:39.099><c> No.</c><00:29:41.019><c> The</c><00:29:41.180><c> message</c><00:29:41.480><c> is,</c><00:29:42.619><c> holiness</c><00:29:43.180><c> cannot</c><00:29:44.180><c> be</c> 00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:49.079 transmitted<00:29:45.980><c> just</c><00:29:46.759><c> through</c><00:29:47.140><c> contact.</c><00:29:48.500><c> I</c><00:29:48.640><c> think</c><00:29:48.640><c> that's</c><00:29:48.960><c> the</c> 00:29:49.079 --> 00:29:51.380 message<00:29:49.299><c> of</c><00:29:49.500><c> that</c><00:29:49.759><c> verse,</c><00:29:50.019><c> isn't</c><00:29:50.299><c> it?</c> 00:29:51.710 --> 00:29:57.259 And<00:29:52.039><c> then</c><00:29:52.279><c> the</c><00:29:52.400><c> next</c><00:29:52.680><c> verse,</c><00:29:52.900><c> verse</c><00:29:53.240><c> thirteen.</c><00:29:55.279><c> Then</c><00:29:55.480><c> said</c><00:29:55.759><c> Haggai,</c><00:29:57.200><c> If</c> 00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:59.319 one<00:29:57.539><c> that</c><00:29:57.759><c> is</c><00:29:57.980><c> unclean</c><00:29:58.299><c> by</c><00:29:58.539><c> a</c><00:29:58.740><c> dead</c><00:29:58.900><c> body</c> 00:29:59.319 --> 00:30:07.059 touch<00:29:59.839><c> any</c><00:30:00.119><c> of</c><00:30:00.279><c> these</c><00:30:00.599><c> things,</c><00:30:02.640><c> shall</c><00:30:02.740><c> it</c><00:30:02.920><c> be</c><00:30:03.839><c> unclean</c><00:30:04.400><c> or</c><00:30:04.619><c> defiled?</c><00:30:06.700><c> And</c> 00:30:07.059 --> 00:30:09.099 the<00:30:07.259><c> priest</c><00:30:07.440><c> answered</c><00:30:07.779><c> and</c><00:30:08.059><c> said,</c> 00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:16.940 Yes,<00:30:10.720><c> it</c><00:30:11.019><c> shall</c><00:30:11.319><c> be.</c><00:30:12.940><c> And</c><00:30:13.140><c> so</c><00:30:13.240><c> the</c><00:30:13.339><c> message</c><00:30:13.640><c> now</c><00:30:13.980><c> is,</c><00:30:14.700><c> defilement</c><00:30:15.240><c> can</c><00:30:15.519><c> easily</c><00:30:16.059><c> be</c> 00:30:16.940 --> 00:30:20.339 transferred<00:30:18.380><c> by</c><00:30:18.960><c> contact.</c> 00:30:20.559 --> 00:30:28.240 Holiness<00:30:21.220><c> cannot,</c><00:30:23.019><c> but</c><00:30:23.720><c> uncleanness</c><00:30:25.000><c> can.</c><00:30:26.819><c> And</c><00:30:27.160><c> so</c><00:30:27.259><c> the</c><00:30:27.480><c> overall</c><00:30:27.720><c> message</c><00:30:28.039><c> of</c> 00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:29.779 these<00:30:28.460><c> two</c><00:30:28.700><c> verses</c><00:30:29.000><c> surely</c><00:30:29.420><c> is</c> 00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:37.680 to<00:30:30.920><c> remain</c><00:30:31.380><c> separate</c><00:30:32.119><c> and</c><00:30:33.460><c> to</c><00:30:33.900><c> remain</c><00:30:34.319><c> holy.</c><00:30:36.859><c> If</c><00:30:37.140><c> we</c><00:30:37.259><c> can</c><00:30:37.400><c> think</c><00:30:37.519><c> of</c> 00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:39.599 another<00:30:38.099><c> analogy,</c> 00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:45.839 if<00:30:40.559><c> we</c><00:30:40.680><c> have</c><00:30:40.799><c> two</c><00:30:41.079><c> glasses</c><00:30:41.400><c> of</c><00:30:41.720><c> water,</c><00:30:43.619><c> one</c><00:30:43.880><c> with</c><00:30:44.539><c> clean,</c><00:30:45.420><c> pure</c> 00:30:45.839 --> 00:30:49.539 water,<00:30:47.519><c> and</c><00:30:47.700><c> the</c><00:30:47.819><c> other</c><00:30:47.960><c> one</c><00:30:48.140><c> with</c><00:30:48.359><c> water</c><00:30:48.660><c> that's</c> 00:30:49.740 --> 00:30:57.019 called<00:30:50.299><c> dirty</c><00:30:50.859><c> water,</c><00:30:51.720><c> and</c><00:30:51.819><c> we</c><00:30:51.920><c> mix</c><00:30:52.140><c> them</c><00:30:52.339><c> up,</c><00:30:54.180><c> what's</c><00:30:54.440><c> the</c><00:30:54.539><c> result?</c><00:30:55.940><c> It's</c><00:30:56.099><c> not</c><00:30:56.259><c> clean</c><00:30:56.539><c> water,</c><00:30:57.000><c> is</c> 00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:58.519 it?<00:30:57.640><c> Now</c><00:30:58.059><c> it's</c><00:30:58.279><c> all</c> 00:30:58.519 --> 00:31:05.420 dirty,<00:30:59.579><c> and</c><00:30:59.720><c> it</c><00:30:59.839><c> shows</c><00:31:00.079><c> us</c><00:31:00.259><c> how</c><00:31:00.519><c> easy</c><00:31:00.779><c> it</c><00:31:00.960><c> is</c><00:31:01.180><c> to</c><00:31:01.480><c> transfer</c><00:31:02.420><c> defilement.</c><00:31:05.339><c> If</c> 00:31:05.420 --> 00:31:07.859 we<00:31:05.559><c> go</c><00:31:05.759><c> back</c><00:31:06.000><c> to</c><00:31:06.119><c> Exodus</c><00:31:06.400><c> 29,</c> 00:31:09.319 --> 00:31:15.980 Exodus<00:31:09.799><c> 29</c><00:31:10.380><c> into</c><00:31:10.660><c> the</c><00:31:10.839><c> law</c><00:31:11.019><c> now,</c><00:31:12.059><c> we</c><00:31:12.319><c> are</c><00:31:12.599><c> told</c><00:31:13.220><c> how</c><00:31:13.740><c> the</c><00:31:14.019><c> priest's</c><00:31:15.000><c> garments</c><00:31:15.000><c> were</c> 00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:17.279 made<00:31:16.240><c> holy.</c> 00:31:17.579 --> 00:31:21.180 It<00:31:18.119><c> wasn't</c><00:31:18.440><c> by</c><00:31:18.759><c> touching</c><00:31:19.079><c> something</c><00:31:19.480><c> else</c><00:31:19.740><c> that</c><00:31:19.920><c> was</c><00:31:20.119><c> holy.</c> 00:31:22.180 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upon</c><00:31:40.680><c> the</c><00:31:41.140><c> garments</c><00:31:41.420><c> of</c><00:31:41.660><c> his</c> 00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:47.859 sons<00:31:42.059><c> with</c><00:31:42.460><c> him,</c><00:31:43.339><c> and</c><00:31:43.519><c> he</c><00:31:43.740><c> shall</c><00:31:43.920><c> be</c><00:31:44.259><c> hallowed,</c><00:31:45.799><c> his</c><00:31:46.099><c> garments,</c><00:31:47.460><c> and</c><00:31:47.619><c> his</c> 00:31:47.859 --> 00:31:49.880 sons,<00:31:48.519><c> and</c><00:31:48.759><c> his</c><00:31:49.000><c> sons'</c><00:31:49.319><c> garments</c> 00:31:49.880 --> 00:31:57.099 with<00:31:50.720><c> him.</c><00:31:52.359><c> You</c><00:31:52.660><c> see,</c><00:31:53.039><c> holiness</c><00:31:53.500><c> can</c><00:31:54.640><c> only</c><00:31:54.920><c> be</c><00:31:56.059><c> brought</c><00:31:56.519><c> about</c> 00:31:57.099 --> 00:32:00.680 through<00:31:58.559><c> the</c><00:31:58.920><c> blood</c><00:31:59.039><c> of</c><00:31:59.339><c> sacrifice.</c> 00:32:01.700 --> 00:32:05.019 And<00:32:02.079><c> for</c><00:32:02.220><c> us,</c><00:32:02.420><c> of</c><00:32:02.599><c> course,</c><00:32:02.819><c> it's</c><00:32:03.740><c> the</c><00:32:03.980><c> sacrifice</c><00:32:04.500><c> of</c><00:32:04.700><c> the</c><00:32:04.799><c> Lord</c> 00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:08.279 Jesus<00:32:05.480><c> Christ.</c><00:32:06.619><c> We</c><00:32:06.920><c> have</c><00:32:07.079><c> been</c><00:32:07.299><c> made</c><00:32:07.599><c> holy</c> 00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:13.500 through<00:32:08.980><c> his</c><00:32:09.319><c> sacrifice,</c><00:32:11.480><c> and</c><00:32:11.599><c> what</c><00:32:11.759><c> we</c><00:32:11.880><c> have</c><00:32:12.059><c> to</c><00:32:12.220><c> do</c><00:32:12.539><c> is</c><00:32:13.039><c> to</c> 00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:16.339 do<00:32:13.640><c> the</c><00:32:13.779><c> best</c><00:32:13.960><c> of</c><00:32:14.160><c> our</c><00:32:14.319><c> abilities</c><00:32:14.759><c> to</c><00:32:15.359><c> remain</c><00:32:15.980><c> holy,</c> 00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:19.740 to<00:32:16.599><c> remain</c><00:32:16.980><c> separate</c><00:32:17.500><c> from</c><00:32:17.759><c> this</c><00:32:18.099><c> world,</c><00:32:19.119><c> and</c><00:32:19.339><c> that's</c><00:32:19.519><c> what</c> 00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:24.299 those<00:32:20.019><c> verses</c><00:32:20.420><c> surely</c><00:32:21.000><c> in</c><00:32:21.599><c> Haggai</c><00:32:22.079><c> are</c><00:32:22.900><c> telling</c><00:32:23.240><c> us.</c> 00:32:24.339 --> 00:32:27.480 We<00:32:24.519><c> think</c><00:32:24.720><c> of</c><00:32:24.900><c> what</c><00:32:25.079><c> the</c><00:32:25.259><c> apostle</c><00:32:25.539><c> Paul</c><00:32:25.900><c> says</c><00:32:26.019><c> to</c><00:32:26.279><c> the</c><00:32:26.440><c> Corinthians,</c> 00:32:27.839 --> 00:32:32.480 wherefore<00:32:28.259><c> come</c><00:32:28.500><c> out</c><00:32:28.680><c> from</c><00:32:28.940><c> among</c><00:32:29.240><c> them,</c><00:32:29.880><c> and</c><00:32:30.099><c> be</c><00:32:30.720><c> ye</c><00:32:31.059><c> separate,</c><00:32:32.380><c> said</c> 00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:34.559 the<00:32:32.720><c> Lord,</c><00:32:33.460><c> and</c><00:32:33.720><c> touch</c><00:32:33.980><c> not</c><00:32:34.259><c> the</c> 00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:40.279 clean<00:32:34.819><c> thing,</c><00:32:36.680><c> and</c><00:32:36.960><c> I</c><00:32:37.339><c> will</c><00:32:37.619><c> receive</c><00:32:38.059><c> you,</c><00:32:39.539><c> because</c><00:32:39.920><c> the</c><00:32:40.140><c> God</c> 00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:43.220 of<00:32:40.500><c> Israel</c><00:32:41.079><c> is</c><00:32:41.680><c> a</c><00:32:41.880><c> holy</c><00:32:42.140><c> God,</c> 00:32:43.880 --> 00:32:46.559 and<00:32:44.180><c> he</c><00:32:44.299><c> will</c><00:32:44.480><c> have</c><00:32:44.619><c> no</c><00:32:44.940><c> truck</c><00:32:45.180><c> with</c><00:32:45.400><c> anything</c><00:32:45.720><c> which</c><00:32:46.000><c> is</c><00:32:46.279><c> not</c> 00:32:46.559 --> 00:32:50.619 holy.<00:32:47.900><c> So</c><00:32:48.200><c> we</c><00:32:48.380><c> have</c><00:32:48.539><c> to</c><00:32:48.759><c> strive</c><00:32:49.000><c> to</c><00:32:49.180><c> be</c><00:32:49.400><c> holy,</c> 00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:58.640 as<00:32:50.900><c> we've</c><00:32:51.200><c> said,</c><00:32:51.400><c> keep</c><00:32:51.640><c> saying.</c><00:32:52.900><c> Well</c><00:32:53.099><c> back</c><00:32:53.279><c> to</c><00:32:53.500><c> Haggai</c><00:32:53.799><c> again,</c><00:32:56.039><c> chapter</c><00:32:56.279><c> 2</c><00:32:57.420><c> and</c> 00:32:58.640 --> 00:33:02.519 verse<00:32:58.900><c> 15,</c><00:33:01.019><c> the</c><00:33:01.119><c> prophet</c><00:33:01.339><c> goes</c><00:33:01.740><c> on,</c> 00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:10.920 and<00:33:05.859><c> now</c><00:33:06.319><c> I</c><00:33:06.779><c> pray</c><00:33:06.980><c> you,</c><00:33:07.240><c> consider</c><00:33:07.660><c> from</c><00:33:07.940><c> this</c><00:33:08.220><c> day</c><00:33:08.380><c> and</c><00:33:08.519><c> upward,</c><00:33:09.819><c> from</c><00:33:09.960><c> before</c><00:33:10.539><c> a</c> 00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:12.500 stone<00:33:11.119><c> was</c><00:33:11.420><c> laid</c><00:33:11.660><c> upon</c><00:33:11.980><c> a</c><00:33:12.259><c> stone</c> 00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:16.019 in<00:33:12.720><c> the</c><00:33:12.920><c> temple</c><00:33:13.259><c> of</c><00:33:13.519><c> Yahweh,</c><00:33:14.480><c> that's</c><00:33:14.799><c> when</c><00:33:14.960><c> they</c><00:33:15.180><c> were</c><00:33:15.339><c> building</c><00:33:15.700><c> their</c> 00:33:16.019 --> 00:33:17.660 own<00:33:16.240><c> houses</c><00:33:16.579><c> and</c><00:33:16.819><c> not</c><00:33:17.000><c> the</c><00:33:17.200><c> temple.</c> 00:33:18.059 --> 00:33:21.980 He's<00:33:18.259><c> talking</c><00:33:18.440><c> about</c><00:33:18.759><c> those</c><00:33:19.079><c> days.</c><00:33:19.859><c> Since</c><00:33:20.200><c> those</c><00:33:20.579><c> days</c><00:33:20.960><c> were,</c> 00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:25.400 when<00:33:22.380><c> one</c><00:33:22.700><c> came</c><00:33:23.039><c> to</c><00:33:23.279><c> an</c><00:33:23.480><c> heap</c><00:33:23.619><c> of</c><00:33:23.880><c> 20</c><00:33:24.279><c> meshes,</c> 00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:31.140 there<00:33:25.660><c> were</c><00:33:25.859><c> but</c><00:33:26.119><c> 10.</c><00:33:27.079><c> When</c><00:33:27.299><c> one</c><00:33:27.460><c> came</c><00:33:27.700><c> to</c><00:33:27.920><c> the</c><00:33:29.440><c> press</c><00:33:29.660><c> fat</c><00:33:30.200><c> to</c> 00:33:31.140 --> 00:33:34.319 draw<00:33:31.500><c> out</c><00:33:31.819><c> 50</c><00:33:32.420><c> vessels</c><00:33:32.940><c> out</c><00:33:33.599><c> of</c><00:33:33.720><c> the</c><00:33:33.940><c> press,</c> 00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:39.160 and<00:33:35.299><c> there</c><00:33:35.519><c> were</c><00:33:35.680><c> but</c><00:33:35.900><c> 20,</c><00:33:37.059><c> I</c><00:33:37.500><c> smoke</c><00:33:37.839><c> you</c><00:33:38.140><c> with</c><00:33:38.440><c> blasting</c><00:33:38.839><c> and</c> 00:33:39.160 --> 00:33:42.200 mildew,<00:33:39.900><c> and</c><00:33:40.079><c> with</c><00:33:40.359><c> hail,</c><00:33:41.200><c> and</c><00:33:41.359><c> all</c><00:33:41.579><c> the</c><00:33:41.740><c> labours</c><00:33:42.019><c> of</c> 00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:47.880 your<00:33:42.480><c> hands,</c><00:33:43.779><c> and</c><00:33:43.980><c> ye</c><00:33:44.200><c> turn</c><00:33:44.420><c> not</c><00:33:44.660><c> to</c><00:33:44.920><c> me,</c><00:33:46.180><c> said</c><00:33:46.339><c> Yahweh.</c><00:33:47.559><c> And</c> 00:33:47.880 --> 00:33:51.480 so<00:33:48.119><c> now</c><00:33:48.740><c> the</c><00:33:49.000><c> prophet</c><00:33:49.279><c> is</c><00:33:50.240><c> driving</c><00:33:50.740><c> this</c><00:33:51.079><c> message</c> 00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:56.359 home<00:33:51.720><c> once</c><00:33:52.059><c> again.</c><00:33:53.740><c> God</c><00:33:53.940><c> will</c><00:33:54.119><c> only</c><00:33:54.339><c> be</c><00:33:54.500><c> with</c><00:33:54.759><c> them</c><00:33:55.460><c> if</c><00:33:56.140><c> they</c> 00:33:56.359 --> 00:34:00.859 are<00:33:56.539><c> doing</c><00:33:56.859><c> his</c><00:33:57.240><c> work.</c><00:33:59.220><c> This</c><00:33:59.559><c> obviously</c><00:34:00.039><c> was</c> 00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:07.140 a<00:34:01.579><c> message</c><00:34:01.940><c> specific</c><00:34:02.539><c> to</c><00:34:02.799><c> Haggai's</c><00:34:03.359><c> time.</c><00:34:05.420><c> If</c><00:34:05.700><c> we</c><00:34:06.000><c> have</c><00:34:06.420><c> problems</c><00:34:06.880><c> in</c> 00:34:07.140 --> 00:34:08.360 our<00:34:07.380><c> ecclesias,</c> 00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:15.920 it<00:34:09.019><c> may</c><00:34:09.519><c> or</c><00:34:10.159><c> it</c><00:34:10.500><c> may</c><00:34:10.800><c> not</c><00:34:11.079><c> be</c><00:34:12.079><c> the</c><00:34:12.679><c> same,</c><00:34:13.579><c> but</c><00:34:13.860><c> we</c><00:34:14.019><c> need</c><00:34:14.159><c> to</c><00:34:14.519><c> consider</c><00:34:15.179><c> whether</c><00:34:15.659><c> or</c> 00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:18.579 not<00:34:16.199><c> it</c><00:34:16.480><c> is,</c><00:34:17.360><c> do</c><00:34:17.500><c> we</c><00:34:17.659><c> not?</c> 00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:24.599 So<00:34:20.239><c> for</c><00:34:20.940><c> us,</c><00:34:21.679><c> there's</c><00:34:21.900><c> not</c><00:34:22.119><c> a</c><00:34:22.420><c> direct</c><00:34:22.699><c> link</c><00:34:23.260><c> between</c><00:34:24.219><c> faithful</c> 00:34:24.599 --> 00:34:26.940 service<00:34:25.099><c> and</c><00:34:25.400><c> material</c><00:34:25.800><c> blessings,</c> 00:34:27.179 --> 00:34:29.820 because<00:34:27.699><c> we're</c><00:34:28.219><c> all</c><00:34:28.480><c> blessed,</c><00:34:28.980><c> aren't</c><00:34:28.980><c> we,</c><00:34:29.059><c> with</c><00:34:29.280><c> material</c> 00:34:29.820 --> 00:34:34.679 things,<00:34:31.460><c> unlike</c><00:34:31.739><c> it</c><00:34:32.039><c> was</c><00:34:32.340><c> in</c><00:34:32.980><c> Haggai's</c><00:34:33.579><c> time.</c> 00:34:34.800 --> 00:34:39.159 The<00:34:35.019><c> test</c><00:34:35.280><c> for</c><00:34:35.480><c> us</c><00:34:35.820><c> surely</c><00:34:36.099><c> is,</c><00:34:37.340><c> do</c><00:34:37.579><c> we</c><00:34:37.880><c> use</c><00:34:38.079><c> those</c><00:34:38.460><c> blessings</c> 00:34:39.159 --> 00:34:41.900 to<00:34:40.320><c> please</c><00:34:40.539><c> ourselves,</c> 00:34:42.300 --> 00:34:47.119 or<00:34:42.460><c> do</c><00:34:42.659><c> we</c><00:34:42.739><c> use</c><00:34:42.880><c> them</c><00:34:43.019><c> in</c><00:34:43.219><c> the</c><00:34:43.460><c> service</c><00:34:44.760><c> of</c><00:34:45.199><c> our</c><00:34:45.420><c> God?</c><00:34:46.699><c> Because</c> 00:34:47.119 --> 00:34:49.519 we<00:34:47.260><c> know,</c><00:34:47.500><c> don't</c><00:34:47.679><c> we,</c><00:34:47.880><c> that</c><00:34:47.920><c> if</c><00:34:48.059><c> it's</c><00:34:48.320><c> the</c><00:34:48.480><c> latter,</c> 00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:56.440 we<00:34:49.860><c> will</c><00:34:50.059><c> be</c><00:34:50.340><c> blessed</c><00:34:50.980><c> in</c><00:34:51.820><c> God's</c><00:34:52.320><c> good</c><00:34:52.699><c> time.</c><00:34:55.039><c> So</c><00:34:55.440><c> let's</c><00:34:56.159><c> come</c> 00:34:56.440 --> 00:34:59.019 to<00:34:56.639><c> Haggai's</c><00:34:57.239><c> final</c><00:34:57.719><c> message.</c> 00:35:00.119 --> 00:35:05.639 It<00:35:00.260><c> transports</c><00:35:01.039><c> the</c><00:35:01.260><c> Jews</c><00:35:01.619><c> of</c><00:35:01.840><c> his</c><00:35:02.199><c> day</c><00:35:02.739><c> and</c><00:35:03.980><c> ourselves</c><00:35:04.760><c> to</c> 00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:07.699 consider<00:35:06.019><c> future</c><00:35:06.500><c> judgments</c> 00:35:08.199 --> 00:35:14.840 and<00:35:08.780><c> blessings.</c><00:35:10.019><c> Haggai</c><00:35:10.480><c> chapter</c><00:35:10.900><c> 2</c><00:35:12.440><c> and</c><00:35:13.099><c> at</c><00:35:13.500><c> verse</c><00:35:13.760><c> 20.</c> 00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:20.300 And<00:35:16.840><c> again</c><00:35:17.199><c> the</c><00:35:17.360><c> word</c><00:35:17.539><c> of</c><00:35:17.760><c> Yahweh</c><00:35:18.000><c> came</c><00:35:18.260><c> to</c><00:35:18.480><c> Haggai</c><00:35:18.880><c> in</c><00:35:19.039><c> the</c><00:35:19.260><c> fourth</c><00:35:19.460><c> and</c><00:35:19.679><c> twentieth</c><00:35:20.000><c> day</c><00:35:20.179><c> of</c> 00:35:20.300 --> 00:35:21.039 the<00:35:20.420><c> month,</c><00:35:20.900><c> saying,</c> 00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:25.099 Speak<00:35:21.679><c> to</c><00:35:21.900><c> Zerubbot,</c><00:35:22.579><c> governor</c><00:35:22.920><c> of</c><00:35:23.179><c> Judah,</c><00:35:23.480><c> saying,</c><00:35:24.500><c> I</c><00:35:24.760><c> will</c> 00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:27.139 shake<00:35:25.480><c> the</c><00:35:25.699><c> heavens</c><00:35:26.159><c> and</c><00:35:26.400><c> the</c><00:35:26.619><c> earth,</c> 00:35:27.619 --> 00:35:31.480 and<00:35:27.840><c> I</c><00:35:27.960><c> will</c><00:35:28.199><c> overthrow</c><00:35:28.699><c> the</c><00:35:29.179><c> thrones</c><00:35:29.460><c> of</c><00:35:29.719><c> kingdoms,</c><00:35:30.860><c> I</c><00:35:31.219><c> will</c> 00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:35.179 destroy<00:35:32.119><c> the</c><00:35:32.539><c> strength</c><00:35:32.920><c> of</c><00:35:33.179><c> kingdoms</c><00:35:33.719><c> of</c><00:35:34.239><c> the</c><00:35:34.420><c> heathen,</c> 00:35:35.400 --> 00:35:38.579 I<00:35:35.760><c> will</c><00:35:36.179><c> overthrow</c><00:35:36.659><c> the</c><00:35:36.960><c> chariots</c><00:35:37.460><c> and</c><00:35:37.559><c> those</c><00:35:37.860><c> that</c><00:35:38.159><c> ride</c><00:35:38.360><c> in</c> 00:35:38.579 --> 00:35:41.199 them,<00:35:38.840><c> and</c><00:35:38.940><c> horses</c><00:35:39.300><c> and</c><00:35:39.579><c> their</c><00:35:39.860><c> riders</c><00:35:40.300><c> shall</c><00:35:40.820><c> come</c> 00:35:41.199 --> 00:35:45.519 down,<00:35:41.739><c> every</c><00:35:42.260><c> one</c><00:35:42.780><c> by</c><00:35:43.059><c> the</c><00:35:43.239><c> sword</c><00:35:43.380><c> of</c><00:35:43.500><c> his</c><00:35:43.719><c> brother.</c><00:35:45.199><c> I</c><00:35:45.320><c> think</c> 00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:48.619 we're<00:35:45.820><c> in</c><00:35:46.460><c> Ezekiel</c><00:35:46.880><c> 38,</c><00:35:47.699><c> too,</c><00:35:47.820><c> are</c><00:35:47.840><c> not?</c> 00:35:49.780 --> 00:35:54.260 Verse<00:35:50.019><c> 23,</c><00:35:50.880><c> In</c><00:35:50.960><c> that</c><00:35:51.320><c> day,</c><00:35:51.980><c> saith</c><00:35:52.139><c> Yahweh</c><00:35:52.460><c> of</c><00:35:52.659><c> hosts,</c><00:35:53.760><c> I</c><00:35:53.980><c> will</c> 00:35:54.260 --> 00:35:59.039 take<00:35:54.559><c> thee,</c><00:35:55.659><c> O</c><00:35:56.159><c> Zerubbobot,</c><00:35:57.500><c> my</c><00:35:57.860><c> servant,</c> 00:35:59.199 --> 00:36:03.280 the<00:35:59.380><c> son</c><00:35:59.559><c> of</c><00:35:59.719><c> Shealtiel,</c><00:36:00.840><c> saith</c><00:36:01.000><c> Yahweh,</c><00:36:01.679><c> and</c><00:36:01.900><c> I</c><00:36:02.059><c> will</c><00:36:02.280><c> make</c><00:36:02.500><c> thee</c><00:36:02.760><c> as</c><00:36:03.159><c> a</c> 00:36:03.280 --> 00:36:06.619 signet,<00:36:04.719><c> for</c><00:36:04.940><c> I</c><00:36:05.159><c> have</c><00:36:05.420><c> chosen</c><00:36:05.840><c> thee,</c> 00:36:06.840 --> 00:36:14.320 saith<00:36:07.320><c> Yahweh</c><00:36:07.760><c> of</c><00:36:07.960><c> hosts.</c><00:36:10.219><c> We</c><00:36:10.400><c> no</c><00:36:10.579><c> doubt</c><00:36:10.840><c> wither</c><00:36:11.119><c> from</c><00:36:11.400><c> Zechariah's</c><00:36:12.260><c> prophecy</c><00:36:12.760><c> that</c><00:36:13.579><c> Zerubbobot</c> 00:36:14.320 --> 00:36:22.679 and<00:36:15.340><c> Joshua</c><00:36:16.059><c> were</c><00:36:17.260><c> men</c><00:36:17.519><c> of</c><00:36:17.860><c> sign.</c><00:36:18.719><c> They</c><00:36:19.119><c> symbolized,</c><00:36:20.260><c> and</c><00:36:20.460><c> they</c><00:36:20.719><c> symbolized</c><00:36:21.579><c> aspects</c><00:36:22.440><c> of</c> 00:36:22.679 --> 00:36:23.500 the<00:36:22.840><c> work</c><00:36:23.000><c> of</c><00:36:23.219><c> the</c><00:36:23.320><c> Lord</c> 00:36:23.500 --> 00:36:30.420 Jesus<00:36:23.920><c> Christ.</c><00:36:25.780><c> He</c><00:36:26.119><c> will</c><00:36:26.300><c> be</c><00:36:26.500><c> the</c><00:36:26.739><c> signet</c><00:36:27.900><c> in</c><00:36:28.480><c> that</c><00:36:28.780><c> day,</c><00:36:30.239><c> but</c> 00:36:30.420 --> 00:36:33.980 we<00:36:30.599><c> know,</c><00:36:30.840><c> don't</c><00:36:31.079><c> we,</c><00:36:32.280><c> he</c><00:36:32.519><c> will</c><00:36:32.719><c> not</c><00:36:32.940><c> be</c><00:36:33.139><c> alone.</c> 00:36:34.280 --> 00:36:38.900 He's<00:36:34.820><c> told</c><00:36:34.960><c> us</c><00:36:35.480><c> so</c><00:36:35.739><c> much</c><00:36:35.960><c> so</c><00:36:36.420><c> in</c><00:36:37.000><c> the</c><00:36:37.099><c> book</c><00:36:37.239><c> of</c><00:36:37.400><c> Revelation.</c><00:36:38.900><c> To</c> 00:36:38.900 --> 00:36:42.320 him<00:36:39.079><c> that</c><00:36:39.400><c> overcometh</c><00:36:39.940><c> will</c><00:36:40.139><c> I</c><00:36:40.380><c> grant</c><00:36:40.539><c> to</c><00:36:40.840><c> sit</c><00:36:40.940><c> with</c><00:36:41.260><c> me</c> 00:36:42.360 --> 00:36:47.360 in<00:36:42.639><c> my</c><00:36:43.019><c> throne,</c><00:36:44.260><c> even</c><00:36:44.860><c> as</c><00:36:45.239><c> I</c><00:36:45.500><c> overcame</c><00:36:45.940><c> and</c><00:36:46.260><c> have</c><00:36:46.480><c> sat</c><00:36:46.619><c> down</c><00:36:46.840><c> with</c><00:36:47.099><c> my</c> 00:36:47.360 --> 00:36:49.159 father<00:36:47.699><c> in</c><00:36:47.880><c> his</c><00:36:48.300><c> throne.</c> 00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:56.699 The<00:36:51.219><c> name</c><00:36:51.400><c> Zerubbobot</c><00:36:52.039><c> means</c><00:36:53.380><c> sown</c><00:36:54.539><c> in</c><00:36:55.619><c> Babylon.</c> 00:36:58.579 --> 00:37:01.539 I<00:36:59.039><c> guess</c><00:36:59.219><c> we</c><00:36:59.440><c> were</c><00:36:59.659><c> sown</c><00:36:59.860><c> in</c><00:37:00.079><c> Babylon</c><00:37:00.519><c> originally,</c><00:37:01.380><c> weren't</c> 00:37:01.539 --> 00:37:03.159 we,<00:37:01.679><c> when</c><00:37:01.820><c> we</c><00:37:02.039><c> were</c><00:37:02.119><c> born</c><00:37:02.280><c> to</c><00:37:02.460><c> the</c><00:37:02.619><c> family</c><00:37:02.900><c> of</c> 00:37:03.159 --> 00:37:07.840 Adam,<00:37:04.519><c> because</c><00:37:05.039><c> there's</c><00:37:05.219><c> only</c><00:37:05.460><c> two</c><00:37:05.820><c> spiritual</c><00:37:06.260><c> cities,</c><00:37:06.900><c> there's</c><00:37:07.159><c> Babylon</c><00:37:07.579><c> and</c> 00:37:07.840 --> 00:37:10.380 Jerusalem.<00:37:09.239><c> We</c><00:37:09.440><c> were</c><00:37:09.760><c> born</c><00:37:10.099><c> in</c> 00:37:10.380 --> 00:37:14.659 Babylon<00:37:10.780><c> originally,</c><00:37:12.780><c> but</c><00:37:12.880><c> when</c><00:37:13.079><c> we</c><00:37:13.219><c> were</c><00:37:13.420><c> baptized</c><00:37:13.820><c> we</c><00:37:14.360><c> came</c> 00:37:14.659 --> 00:37:18.920 into<00:37:14.860><c> the</c><00:37:15.059><c> family</c><00:37:15.280><c> of</c><00:37:15.519><c> Christ.</c><00:37:17.159><c> We</c><00:37:17.340><c> were</c><00:37:18.039><c> born</c><00:37:18.440><c> in</c> 00:37:18.920 --> 00:37:28.159 Zion,<00:37:19.360><c> to</c><00:37:19.639><c> quote</c><00:37:20.760><c> the</c><00:37:21.440><c> Psalms.</c><00:37:23.599><c> So</c><00:37:24.239><c> we</c><00:37:25.280><c> have</c><00:37:25.460><c> to</c><00:37:25.619><c> remain</c><00:37:26.199><c> in</c><00:37:27.400><c> that</c><00:37:27.659><c> city,</c><00:37:28.000><c> do</c> 00:37:28.159 --> 00:37:31.039 we<00:37:28.340><c> not?</c><00:37:29.659><c> Can</c><00:37:29.920><c> we</c><00:37:30.119><c> turn</c><00:37:30.519><c> to</c><00:37:30.840><c> the</c><00:37:30.920><c> book</c> 00:37:31.039 --> 00:37:39.860 of<00:37:31.159><c> Revelation?</c><00:37:37.980><c> Revelation</c><00:37:38.420><c> 16,</c> 00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:46.159 and<00:37:42.420><c> these</c><00:37:42.639><c> words</c><00:37:42.840><c> are</c><00:37:43.039><c> so</c><00:37:43.260><c> important</c><00:37:43.820><c> for</c><00:37:44.019><c> us</c><00:37:44.980><c> in</c><00:37:45.599><c> these</c><00:37:45.880><c> last</c> 00:37:46.159 --> 00:37:49.960 days,<00:37:47.159><c> Revelation</c><00:37:47.559><c> 16</c><00:37:48.119><c> verse</c><00:37:48.460><c> 13,</c> 00:37:50.920 --> 00:37:55.880 I<00:37:51.099><c> saw</c><00:37:51.559><c> three</c><00:37:52.079><c> unclean</c><00:37:52.619><c> spirits,</c><00:37:53.780><c> teachings</c><00:37:54.079><c> like</c><00:37:54.559><c> frogs,</c><00:37:55.440><c> come</c><00:37:55.599><c> out</c><00:37:55.780><c> of</c> 00:37:55.880 --> 00:37:57.039 the<00:37:56.000><c> mouth</c><00:37:56.159><c> of</c><00:37:56.380><c> the</c><00:37:56.659><c> dragon,</c> 00:37:57.039 --> 00:38:01.099 the<00:37:57.260><c> beast,</c><00:37:57.739><c> and</c><00:37:57.739><c> the</c><00:37:57.920><c> false</c><00:37:58.219><c> prophet,</c><00:37:59.599><c> out</c><00:37:59.719><c> of</c><00:37:59.860><c> Russia,</c><00:38:00.900><c> out</c> 00:38:01.099 --> 00:38:04.280 of<00:38:01.280><c> Europe,</c><00:38:01.719><c> and</c><00:38:01.880><c> out</c><00:38:02.019><c> of</c><00:38:02.119><c> the</c><00:38:02.300><c> papacy.</c><00:38:03.500><c> Verse</c><00:38:03.760><c> 14,</c> 00:38:04.619 --> 00:38:09.739 they<00:38:04.679><c> are</c><00:38:04.960><c> the</c><00:38:05.199><c> spirits</c><00:38:05.460><c> of</c><00:38:05.900><c> devils,</c><00:38:07.599><c> they</c><00:38:07.719><c> are</c><00:38:07.980><c> demoniac</c><00:38:08.840><c> spirits</c><00:38:09.380><c> of</c> 00:38:09.739 --> 00:38:12.340 madness,<00:38:11.139><c> and</c><00:38:11.260><c> that's</c><00:38:11.480><c> what</c><00:38:11.639><c> we</c><00:38:11.860><c> see</c><00:38:12.019><c> in</c><00:38:12.159><c> the</c> 00:38:12.340 --> 00:38:17.039 world<00:38:12.500><c> at</c><00:38:12.679><c> the</c><00:38:12.840><c> moment,</c><00:38:13.360><c> is</c><00:38:13.360><c> it?</c><00:38:13.800><c> Spirits</c><00:38:14.340><c> of</c><00:38:14.659><c> madness,</c><00:38:16.119><c> and</c> 00:38:17.039 --> 00:38:20.400 the<00:38:17.400><c> everyday</c><00:38:17.699><c> person</c><00:38:18.400><c> is</c><00:38:18.820><c> asking,</c><00:38:19.179><c> what's</c><00:38:20.000><c> happening</c> 00:38:20.400 --> 00:38:26.239 in<00:38:20.800><c> the</c><00:38:21.099><c> world?</c><00:38:22.159><c> Why</c><00:38:22.380><c> are</c><00:38:22.440><c> things</c><00:38:22.679><c> going</c><00:38:23.260><c> so</c><00:38:23.739><c> haywire?</c><00:38:25.659><c> Well,</c> 00:38:26.300 --> 00:38:28.960 scripture<00:38:26.559><c> tells</c><00:38:26.960><c> us</c><00:38:27.500><c> it's</c><00:38:28.079><c> these</c><00:38:28.380><c> frog</c><00:38:28.639><c>-like</c> 00:38:28.960 --> 00:38:34.599 spirits<00:38:29.440><c> of</c><00:38:29.760><c> humanism</c><00:38:30.440><c> that</c><00:38:31.519><c> convert</c><00:38:32.280><c> miracles.</c><00:38:33.920><c> They</c><00:38:33.960><c> go</c><00:38:34.219><c> forth</c><00:38:34.440><c> to</c> 00:38:34.599 --> 00:38:35.900 the<00:38:34.739><c> kings</c><00:38:34.900><c> of</c><00:38:35.099><c> the</c><00:38:35.219><c> earth</c><00:38:35.380><c> and</c><00:38:35.500><c> the</c><00:38:35.679><c> whole</c> 00:38:35.900 --> 00:38:43.320 world<00:38:36.099><c> to</c><00:38:36.380><c> gather</c><00:38:36.579><c> them</c><00:38:36.780><c> to</c><00:38:36.920><c> the</c><00:38:37.139><c> battle</c><00:38:37.579><c> of</c><00:38:38.099><c> the</c><00:38:38.280><c> great</c><00:38:38.539><c> day</c><00:38:39.239><c> of</c><00:38:39.739><c> God</c><00:38:40.000><c> Almighty,</c><00:38:41.739><c> and</c><00:38:42.179><c> that's</c><00:38:42.880><c> what</c><00:38:43.139><c> I</c> 00:38:43.320 --> 00:38:43.900 was<00:38:43.480><c> speaking</c> 00:38:43.900 --> 00:38:48.800 about,<00:38:44.199><c> the</c><00:38:44.539><c> shaking</c><00:38:44.840><c> of</c><00:38:45.139><c> the</c><00:38:45.320><c> nations,</c><00:38:47.579><c> and</c><00:38:47.940><c> the</c><00:38:48.360><c> warning</c><00:38:48.599><c> is</c> 00:38:48.800 --> 00:38:51.000 there,<00:38:49.159><c> isn't</c><00:38:49.280><c> it,</c><00:38:49.500><c> in</c><00:38:49.639><c> verse</c><00:38:49.820><c> 15?</c> 00:38:51.579 --> 00:38:56.480 Behold,<00:38:51.960><c> I</c><00:38:52.099><c> come</c><00:38:52.260><c> as</c><00:38:52.440><c> a</c><00:38:52.679><c> thief,</c><00:38:53.760><c> blessed</c><00:38:53.980><c> is</c><00:38:54.179><c> he</c><00:38:54.360><c> that</c><00:38:54.639><c> watcheth</c><00:38:55.219><c> and</c><00:38:55.800><c> keepeth</c><00:38:56.219><c> his</c> 00:38:56.480 --> 00:38:57.500 garments,<00:38:56.960><c> lest</c><00:38:57.059><c> he</c><00:38:57.260><c> walk</c> 00:38:57.500 --> 00:39:02.380 naked<00:38:58.079><c> and</c><00:38:59.039><c> they</c><00:38:59.360><c> see</c><00:38:59.579><c> his</c><00:38:59.940><c> shame,</c><00:39:01.079><c> and</c><00:39:01.380><c> so</c><00:39:01.519><c> the</c><00:39:01.699><c> nations</c><00:39:02.039><c> are</c> 00:39:02.380 --> 00:39:07.340 gathered<00:39:02.840><c> to</c><00:39:03.599><c> the</c><00:39:03.840><c> battle</c><00:39:04.179><c> of</c><00:39:04.480><c> Armageddon.</c><00:39:05.719><c> Verse</c><00:39:06.019><c> 18,</c> 00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:12.699 there<00:39:07.840><c> were</c><00:39:08.059><c> voices</c><00:39:08.699><c> and</c><00:39:09.760><c> thunders</c><00:39:10.260><c> and</c><00:39:10.619><c> lightnings,</c><00:39:11.599><c> and</c><00:39:11.739><c> there</c><00:39:12.000><c> was</c><00:39:12.400><c> a</c> 00:39:12.699 --> 00:39:14.739 great<00:39:12.900><c> earthquake</c><00:39:13.599><c> such</c><00:39:14.159><c> as</c><00:39:14.320><c> was</c><00:39:14.519><c> not</c> 00:39:14.739 --> 00:39:17.179 since<00:39:15.000><c> men</c><00:39:15.219><c> were</c><00:39:15.400><c> on</c><00:39:15.599><c> the</c><00:39:15.760><c> earth,</c><00:39:16.179><c> so</c><00:39:16.179><c> great</c><00:39:16.400><c> an</c><00:39:16.599><c> earthquake</c> 00:39:17.179 --> 00:39:20.820 and<00:39:18.079><c> so</c><00:39:18.400><c> great.</c><00:39:19.480><c> There</c><00:39:19.619><c> we've</c><00:39:19.860><c> got</c><00:39:19.980><c> again</c><00:39:20.199><c> the</c><00:39:20.480><c> shaking</c> 00:39:20.820 --> 00:39:25.239 of<00:39:21.059><c> the</c><00:39:21.219><c> nations,</c><00:39:23.559><c> and</c><00:39:23.980><c> so,</c><00:39:24.280><c> brethren</c><00:39:24.480><c> and</c><00:39:24.679><c> sisters,</c><00:39:24.800><c> if</c><00:39:25.039><c> we</c> 00:39:25.239 --> 00:39:29.139 remain<00:39:25.579><c> faithful</c><00:39:26.320><c> to</c><00:39:28.019><c> the</c><00:39:28.219><c> covenant</c><00:39:28.539><c> that</c><00:39:28.800><c> we</c><00:39:29.000><c> made</c> 00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:35.039 with<00:39:29.280><c> our</c><00:39:29.599><c> God</c><00:39:30.099><c> at</c><00:39:30.880><c> baptism,</c><00:39:32.880><c> if</c><00:39:33.099><c> we</c><00:39:33.420><c> strive</c><00:39:33.699><c> to</c><00:39:33.980><c> build</c><00:39:34.139><c> up</c><00:39:34.599><c> and</c> 00:39:35.039 --> 00:39:38.320 strengthen<00:39:35.340><c> one</c><00:39:35.579><c> another</c><00:39:36.179><c> in</c><00:39:36.980><c> the</c><00:39:37.179><c> ecclesia,</c> 00:39:38.780 --> 00:39:43.179 if<00:39:38.980><c> we</c><00:39:39.280><c> remain</c><00:39:39.719><c> separate</c><00:39:40.639><c> from</c><00:39:41.260><c> anything</c><00:39:41.679><c> which</c><00:39:42.460><c> offends</c><00:39:42.860><c> our</c> 00:39:43.179 --> 00:39:46.519 God,<00:39:44.199><c> and</c><00:39:44.340><c> if</c><00:39:44.480><c> we</c><00:39:44.739><c> keep</c><00:39:44.960><c> our</c><00:39:45.280><c> eyes</c><00:39:45.579><c> fixed</c><00:39:45.940><c> on</c><00:39:46.199><c> that</c> 00:39:46.519 --> 00:39:52.400 vision<00:39:47.360><c> of</c><00:39:48.079><c> future</c><00:39:48.340><c> glory,</c><00:39:49.679><c> surely</c><00:39:50.000><c> we</c><00:39:50.239><c> shall</c><00:39:50.460><c> live</c><00:39:51.199><c> and</c><00:39:51.960><c> reign</c><00:39:52.119><c> with</c> 00:39:52.400 --> 00:39:55.099 him.<00:39:53.500><c> Just</c><00:39:53.900><c> in</c><00:39:54.139><c> conclusion,</c><00:39:54.679><c> let's</c><00:39:54.760><c> go</c><00:39:54.940><c> to</c> 00:39:55.099 --> 00:40:02.199 Revelation<00:39:55.579><c> 19,</c><00:39:58.119><c> because</c><00:39:58.420><c> we</c><00:39:58.579><c> know</c><00:39:58.699><c> in</c><00:39:58.880><c> the</c><00:39:59.059><c> apocalypse,</c><00:40:00.840><c> although</c><00:40:01.239><c> there</c><00:40:01.900><c> are</c> 00:40:02.199 --> 00:40:04.199 two<00:40:02.500><c> symbolic</c><00:40:03.059><c> cities,</c> 00:40:05.199 --> 00:40:09.480 there<00:40:05.360><c> are</c><00:40:05.579><c> two</c><00:40:05.780><c> symbolic</c><00:40:06.239><c> women</c><00:40:06.539><c> as</c><00:40:06.840><c> well,</c><00:40:08.340><c> and</c><00:40:08.559><c> they're</c><00:40:08.760><c> both</c><00:40:08.940><c> mentioned</c><00:40:09.300><c> in</c> 00:40:09.480 --> 00:40:11.119 Revelation<00:40:09.920><c> 19,</c> 00:40:11.460 --> 00:40:14.340 where<00:40:11.539><c> verse</c><00:40:11.800><c> 1,</c><00:40:12.300><c> after</c><00:40:12.679><c> these</c><00:40:12.920><c> things</c><00:40:13.139><c> I</c><00:40:13.300><c> heard</c><00:40:13.400><c> a</c><00:40:13.639><c> great</c><00:40:13.840><c> voice</c><00:40:14.119><c> of</c> 00:40:14.340 --> 00:40:15.739 much<00:40:14.579><c> people</c><00:40:14.940><c> in</c><00:40:15.159><c> heaven</c><00:40:15.380><c> saying,</c> 00:40:16.119 --> 00:40:18.820 hallelujah,<00:40:16.840><c> salvation</c><00:40:17.420><c> and</c><00:40:17.739><c> glory</c><00:40:17.960><c> and</c><00:40:18.179><c> honor</c><00:40:18.340><c> and</c><00:40:18.599><c> power</c> 00:40:18.820 --> 00:40:21.280 unto<00:40:19.019><c> the</c><00:40:19.199><c> Lord</c><00:40:19.440><c> our</c><00:40:19.639><c> God,</c><00:40:20.239><c> for</c><00:40:20.440><c> true</c><00:40:20.760><c> and</c><00:40:21.000><c> righteous</c> 00:40:21.280 --> 00:40:26.300 are<00:40:21.500><c> his</c><00:40:21.860><c> judgments,</c><00:40:23.079><c> for</c><00:40:23.340><c> he</c><00:40:23.619><c> hath</c><00:40:23.920><c> judged</c><00:40:24.239><c> the</c><00:40:24.500><c> great</c><00:40:24.920><c> whore,</c><00:40:25.920><c> wished</c><00:40:26.059><c> to</c> 00:40:26.300 --> 00:40:27.179 corrupt<00:40:26.440><c> the</c><00:40:26.639><c> earth</c><00:40:26.760><c> with</c><00:40:26.980><c> her</c> 00:40:27.179 --> 00:40:31.420 fornication<00:40:28.159><c> and</c><00:40:28.760><c> avenge</c><00:40:29.079><c> the</c><00:40:29.239><c> blood</c><00:40:29.360><c> of</c><00:40:29.539><c> his</c><00:40:29.800><c> servants</c><00:40:30.559><c> at</c> 00:40:31.420 --> 00:40:35.960 her<00:40:31.739><c> hand.</c><00:40:32.679><c> The</c><00:40:33.079><c> true</c><00:40:33.599><c> and</c><00:40:33.960><c> righteous</c><00:40:34.619><c> judgments</c> 00:40:36.840 --> 00:40:44.500 of<00:40:37.559><c> Yahweh</c><00:40:38.280><c> destroys</c><00:40:39.239><c> the</c><00:40:39.820><c> great</c><00:40:40.340><c> whore</c><00:40:41.239><c> and</c><00:40:41.619><c> everything</c><00:40:41.980><c> that</c><00:40:42.179><c> goes</c><00:40:42.380><c> with</c><00:40:42.699><c> it,</c><00:40:43.380><c> Babylon.</c> 00:40:44.900 --> 00:40:51.179 But<00:40:45.380><c> it's</c><00:40:45.699><c> later</c><00:40:45.920><c> on</c><00:40:46.079><c> in</c><00:40:46.199><c> that</c><00:40:46.440><c> chapter</c><00:40:47.280><c> we</c><00:40:47.659><c> read</c><00:40:48.420><c> verse</c><00:40:49.179><c> 6,</c><00:40:51.119><c> I</c> 00:40:51.179 --> 00:40:53.320 heard<00:40:51.460><c> as</c><00:40:51.659><c> it</c><00:40:51.840><c> were</c><00:40:51.980><c> the</c><00:40:52.139><c> voice</c><00:40:52.400><c> of</c><00:40:52.579><c> a</c><00:40:52.719><c> great</c><00:40:52.860><c> multitude</c> 00:40:53.320 --> 00:40:56.539 and<00:40:53.519><c> the</c><00:40:53.659><c> voice</c><00:40:53.820><c> of</c><00:40:54.039><c> many</c><00:40:54.260><c> waters</c><00:40:54.739><c> and</c><00:40:55.260><c> the</c><00:40:55.420><c> voice</c><00:40:55.639><c> of</c><00:40:56.199><c> mighty</c> 00:40:56.539 --> 00:40:59.619 thundering<00:40:57.039><c> saying,</c><00:40:57.659><c> hallelujah,</c><00:40:59.340><c> for</c><00:40:59.460><c> the</c> 00:40:59.619 --> 00:41:03.019 Lord<00:40:59.760><c> God</c><00:40:59.980><c> omnipotent</c><00:41:00.599><c> reigneth,</c><00:41:01.519><c> let</c><00:41:01.619><c> us</c><00:41:01.800><c> be</c><00:41:02.039><c> glad</c><00:41:02.159><c> and</c><00:41:02.400><c> rejoice</c><00:41:02.840><c> and</c> 00:41:03.019 --> 00:41:04.900 give<00:41:03.179><c> honor</c><00:41:03.340><c> to</c><00:41:03.599><c> him,</c><00:41:04.179><c> for</c><00:41:04.360><c> the</c><00:41:04.579><c> marriage</c> 00:41:04.900 --> 00:41:10.880 of<00:41:05.139><c> the</c><00:41:05.320><c> lamb</c><00:41:05.480><c> is</c><00:41:05.760><c> come</c><00:41:06.099><c> and</c><00:41:06.940><c> his</c><00:41:07.199><c> wife</c><00:41:07.500><c> hath</c><00:41:07.719><c> made</c><00:41:07.960><c> herself</c><00:41:08.480><c> ready,</c><00:41:10.400><c> and</c><00:41:10.679><c> to</c> 00:41:10.880 --> 00:41:13.599 her<00:41:10.960><c> was</c><00:41:11.199><c> granted</c><00:41:11.820><c> that</c><00:41:12.440><c> she</c><00:41:13.099><c> should</c><00:41:13.340><c> be</c> 00:41:13.599 --> 00:41:19.260 made<00:41:13.760><c> in</c><00:41:14.179><c> fine</c><00:41:14.460><c> linen,</c><00:41:15.960><c> clean</c><00:41:16.239><c> and</c><00:41:16.599><c> white,</c><00:41:18.059><c> for</c><00:41:18.239><c> the</c><00:41:18.480><c> fine</c><00:41:18.699><c> linen</c><00:41:18.980><c> is</c> 00:41:19.260 --> 00:41:22.480 the<00:41:19.440><c> righteousness</c><00:41:20.139><c> of</c><00:41:21.260><c> the</c><00:41:21.480><c> saints.</c> 00:41:23.079 --> 00:41:26.639 He<00:41:23.239><c> said</c><00:41:23.400><c> to</c><00:41:23.619><c> me,</c><00:41:24.000><c> right,</c><00:41:25.199><c> blessed</c><00:41:25.400><c> are</c><00:41:25.619><c> they</c><00:41:25.780><c> which</c><00:41:26.000><c> are</c><00:41:26.260><c> called</c><00:41:26.420><c> unto</c> 00:41:26.639 --> 00:41:29.320 the<00:41:26.900><c> marriage</c><00:41:27.300><c> supper</c><00:41:27.900><c> of</c><00:41:28.179><c> the</c><00:41:28.340><c> lamb,</c> 00:41:29.519 --> 00:41:36.139 and<00:41:29.820><c> he</c><00:41:29.960><c> said</c><00:41:30.039><c> unto</c><00:41:30.340><c> me,</c><00:41:31.219><c> these</c><00:41:31.820><c> are</c><00:41:32.639><c> the</c><00:41:32.880><c> true</c><00:41:33.119><c> sayings</c><00:41:34.440><c> of</c><00:41:35.000><c> God.</c> 00:41:37.280 --> 00:41:41.460 That's<00:41:37.880><c> what</c><00:41:38.059><c> lies</c><00:41:38.280><c> before</c><00:41:38.639><c> us,</c><00:41:38.840><c> brethren</c><00:41:39.139><c> and</c><00:41:39.340><c> sisters,</c><00:41:41.099><c> the</c> 00:41:41.460 --> 00:41:44.900 destruction<00:41:42.159><c> of</c><00:41:43.019><c> the</c><00:41:43.219><c> great</c><00:41:43.500><c> whore,</c> 00:41:45.460 --> 00:41:51.539 or<00:41:45.659><c> Babylon,</c><00:41:47.260><c> and</c><00:41:47.420><c> the</c><00:41:47.559><c> elevation</c><00:41:48.300><c> of</c><00:41:49.539><c> the</c><00:41:49.760><c> bride</c><00:41:49.980><c> of</c><00:41:50.199><c> Christ,</c> 00:41:51.599 --> 00:41:54.380 New<00:41:51.719><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:41:53.239><c> and</c><00:41:53.539><c> we</c><00:41:53.639><c> know</c><00:41:53.800><c> where</c><00:41:53.980><c> we</c><00:41:54.139><c> have</c> 00:41:54.380 --> 00:42:00.400 to<00:41:54.559><c> remain,</c><00:41:55.039><c> don't</c><00:41:55.300><c> we?</c><00:41:55.719><c> We've</c><00:41:56.159><c> been</c><00:41:56.579><c> called</c><00:41:56.980><c> into</c><00:41:58.139><c> New</c><00:41:58.659><c> Jerusalem</c><00:41:59.360><c> and</c> 00:42:00.400 --> 00:42:01.579 there<00:42:00.579><c> we</c><00:42:00.679><c> have</c><00:42:00.880><c> to</c><00:42:01.099><c> remain.</c> 00:42:01.579 --> 00:42:05.119 We<00:42:02.000><c> have</c><00:42:02.159><c> to</c><00:42:02.340><c> remain</c><00:42:02.659><c> faithful</c><00:42:03.300><c> until</c><00:42:04.139><c> the</c><00:42:04.340><c> Lord</c><00:42:04.539><c> does</c><00:42:04.900><c> come</c> 00:42:05.599 --> 00:42:10.820 so<00:42:06.039><c> that</c><00:42:06.260><c> we</c><00:42:06.380><c> might</c><00:42:06.539><c> be</c><00:42:06.760><c> with</c><00:42:06.980><c> him,</c><00:42:07.679><c> to</c><00:42:07.860><c> live</c><00:42:08.019><c> and</c><00:42:08.239><c> to</c><00:42:08.420><c> reign</c><00:42:08.559><c> with</c><00:42:08.840><c> him</c><00:42:09.340><c> in</c><00:42:09.960><c> glory.</c>