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time.<00:11:35.919><c> And</c><00:11:36.320><c> the</c><00:11:36.559><c> water</c><00:11:36.820><c> ran</c><00:11:37.159><c> round</c><00:11:37.559><c> about</c><00:11:37.860><c> the</c>

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barrels<00:11:45.919><c> of</c><00:11:46.179><c> water</c><00:11:46.500><c> poured</c><00:11:46.820><c> over</c>

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tribe,<00:11:50.419><c> as</c><00:11:50.559><c> in</c><00:11:50.720><c> the</c><00:11:50.820><c> case</c><00:11:51.000><c> of</c><00:11:51.200><c> the</c><00:11:51.440><c> stones,</c>

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and<00:11:52.659><c> then</c><00:11:52.960><c> more</c><00:11:53.340><c> water</c><00:11:53.679><c> was</c><00:11:53.940><c> used</c><00:11:54.200><c> to</c><00:11:54.440><c> fill</c><00:11:54.580><c> the</c><00:11:54.840><c> trench.</c><00:11:57.200><c> Of</c>

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course,<00:11:57.539><c> there've</c><00:11:57.659><c> been</c><00:11:57.820><c> arguments</c><00:11:58.240><c> by</c><00:11:58.519><c> the</c><00:11:58.720><c> critics</c>

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the<00:12:02.580><c> time</c><00:12:02.740><c> of</c><00:12:03.019><c> drought.</c>

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But<00:12:04.899><c> in</c><00:12:05.320><c> every</c><00:12:05.700><c> dry</c><00:12:06.039><c> and</c><00:12:06.399><c> thirsty</c><00:12:06.720><c> land,</c><00:12:08.159><c> there's</c><00:12:08.299><c> always</c><00:12:08.799><c> some</c><00:12:09.779><c> well</c><00:12:10.279><c> or</c>

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spring<00:12:11.480><c> that</c><00:12:12.159><c> never</c><00:12:12.399><c> seems</c><00:12:12.700><c> to</c><00:12:12.980><c> dry</c><00:12:13.179><c> up.</c>

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And<00:12:14.100><c> we</c><00:12:14.320><c> remember</c><00:12:14.600><c> that</c><00:12:14.799><c> this</c><00:12:14.960><c> is</c><00:12:15.139><c> Mount</c><00:12:15.419><c> Carmel,</c><00:12:17.500><c> the</c><00:12:17.620><c> very</c>

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place<00:12:18.200><c> where</c><00:12:18.440><c> the</c><00:12:18.679><c> rains</c><00:12:18.940><c> would</c><00:12:19.279><c> break</c><00:12:19.559><c> as</c><00:12:19.799><c> the</c>

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clouds<00:12:20.460><c> moved</c><00:12:20.799><c> in</c><00:12:21.220><c> from</c><00:12:21.379><c> the</c><00:12:21.559><c> Mediterranean</c><00:12:22.200><c> Sea.</c><00:12:24.299><c> And</c><00:12:24.440><c> no</c><00:12:24.620><c> doubt</c><00:12:24.899><c> that</c><00:12:25.200><c> ridge</c><00:12:25.419><c> of</c>

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hills<00:12:25.960><c> had</c><00:12:26.320><c> within</c><00:12:26.539><c> it</c>

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quite<00:12:27.320><c> considerable</c><00:12:28.019><c> reservoir</c><00:12:28.639><c> of</c><00:12:28.919><c> water.</c><00:12:31.860><c> And</c><00:12:32.320><c> even</c><00:12:32.740><c> if</c>

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that<00:12:33.019><c> were</c><00:12:33.200><c> not</c><00:12:33.500><c> so,</c><00:12:33.860><c> brethren</c><00:12:33.980><c> and</c><00:12:34.200><c> sisters,</c>

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it's<00:12:34.620><c> very</c><00:12:35.000><c> close</c><00:12:35.240><c> to</c><00:12:35.480><c> the</c><00:12:36.059><c> sea</c><00:12:36.360><c> coast.</c><00:12:36.720><c> If</c><00:12:36.840><c> you've</c><00:12:37.000><c> ever</c><00:12:37.259><c> been</c>

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to<00:12:37.659><c> Mount</c><00:12:37.899><c> Carmel,</c><00:12:38.580><c> you</c><00:12:38.700><c> just</c><00:12:38.879><c> have</c><00:12:39.000><c> to</c><00:12:39.059><c> go</c><00:12:39.240><c> down</c><00:12:39.399><c> to</c>

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the<00:12:39.559><c> bottom</c><00:12:39.799><c> of</c><00:12:39.980><c> the</c><00:12:40.080><c> hill</c><00:12:40.220><c> and</c><00:12:40.379><c> you're</c><00:12:40.539><c> right</c><00:12:40.840><c> there</c><00:12:41.080><c> at</c><00:12:41.320><c> the</c>

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beach.<00:12:43.639><c> And</c><00:12:43.799><c> so</c><00:12:44.000><c> Elijah</c><00:12:44.320><c> could</c><00:12:44.500><c> even</c><00:12:44.720><c> have</c><00:12:44.899><c> sent</c>

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men<00:12:45.379><c> down</c><00:12:45.740><c> to</c><00:12:45.919><c> the</c><00:12:46.080><c> sea</c><00:12:46.240><c> if</c><00:12:46.460><c> necessary</c><00:12:47.100><c> to</c><00:12:47.340><c> bring</c><00:12:47.559><c> up</c><00:12:47.799><c> barrels</c>

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of<00:12:48.480><c> salt</c><00:12:48.779><c> water.</c><00:12:49.360><c> So</c><00:12:49.480><c> there's</c><00:12:49.639><c> no</c><00:12:49.960><c> real</c><00:12:50.360><c> problem</c>

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here.<00:12:52.759><c> Don't</c><00:12:52.980><c> think</c><00:12:53.179><c> we</c><00:12:53.399><c> need</c><00:12:54.059><c> spend</c><00:12:54.399><c> any</c><00:12:54.620><c> more</c><00:12:54.860><c> time</c><00:12:55.179><c> on</c><00:12:55.419><c> the</c>

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criticisms<00:12:56.220><c> which</c><00:12:56.519><c> are</c><00:12:56.679><c> levelled</c><00:12:56.879><c> at</c><00:12:57.039><c> the</c><00:12:57.179><c> Word</c><00:12:57.299><c> of</c>

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God<00:12:57.700><c> by</c><00:12:58.000><c> the</c><00:12:58.200><c> critics.</c><00:12:58.580><c> There</c><00:12:58.700><c> are</c><00:12:58.779><c> at</c><00:12:58.899><c> least</c><00:12:59.120><c> two</c><00:12:59.419><c> ways</c><00:12:59.879><c> in</c>

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And<00:13:04.019><c> one</c><00:13:04.179><c> can</c><00:13:04.379><c> picture</c><00:13:04.679><c> the</c><00:13:05.039><c> scene,</c><00:13:05.659><c> the</c><00:13:06.299><c> people</c><00:13:06.580><c> looking</c><00:13:06.960><c> on,</c>

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the<00:13:08.860><c> prophets</c><00:13:09.120><c> of</c><00:13:09.440><c> Baal,</c><00:13:10.059><c> strangely</c><00:13:10.700><c> uneasy</c><00:13:11.580><c> as</c><00:13:11.860><c> they</c>

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are<00:13:15.360><c> vain</c><00:13:15.460><c> pleading.</c><00:13:16.820><c> And</c><00:13:17.100><c> they</c><00:13:17.240><c> can</c><00:13:17.419><c> now</c><00:13:17.700><c> see</c><00:13:17.860><c> Elijah</c><00:13:18.460><c> standing</c><00:13:19.100><c> in</c><00:13:19.360><c> a</c>

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ring<00:13:19.820><c> of</c><00:13:20.200><c> bright</c><00:13:20.480><c> water</c><00:13:21.019><c> next</c><00:13:21.539><c> to</c><00:13:21.720><c> the</c>

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altar<00:13:22.100><c> of</c><00:13:22.360><c> God</c><00:13:22.779><c> and</c><00:13:23.519><c> the</c><00:13:23.799><c> sacrifice</c><00:13:24.320><c> which</c><00:13:24.559><c> he</c><00:13:24.720><c> has</c><00:13:24.980><c> prepared.</c>

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Let<00:13:32.639><c> me</c><00:13:32.779><c> just</c><00:13:33.059><c> read</c><00:13:33.279><c> to</c><00:13:33.480><c> you</c><00:13:33.659><c> some</c><00:13:33.899><c> words</c><00:13:34.399><c> from</c><00:13:34.860><c> the</c><00:13:35.120><c> prophet</c><00:13:35.379><c> Isaiah.</c>

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Wash<00:13:47.340><c> you,</c><00:13:48.340><c> make</c><00:13:48.519><c> you</c><00:13:48.879><c> clean.</c><00:13:50.580><c> Put</c><00:13:50.679><c> away</c><00:13:50.899><c> the</c><00:13:51.080><c> evil</c><00:13:51.259><c> of</c><00:13:51.419><c> your</c>

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doings<00:13:52.120><c> from</c><00:13:52.259><c> before</c><00:13:52.639><c> mine</c><00:13:52.960><c> eyes</c><00:13:53.259><c> and</c><00:13:53.539><c> cease</c>

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to<00:13:54.059><c> do</c><00:13:54.259><c> evil,</c><00:13:54.840><c> saith</c><00:13:54.899><c> the</c><00:13:55.200><c> Lord.</c><00:13:56.559><c> Learn</c><00:13:56.860><c> to</c><00:13:57.059><c> do</c><00:13:57.240><c> well,</c><00:13:58.340><c> seek</c>

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judgment,<00:13:59.899><c> relieve</c><00:14:00.179><c> the</c><00:14:00.500><c> oppressed,</c>

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judge<00:14:01.440><c> the</c><00:14:01.740><c> fatherless,</c><00:14:02.799><c> plead</c><00:14:02.980><c> for</c><00:14:03.220><c> the</c><00:14:03.379><c> widow.</c><00:14:05.039><c> Come</c><00:14:05.259><c> now</c>

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and<00:14:05.679><c> let</c><00:14:05.840><c> us</c><00:14:06.019><c> reason</c><00:14:06.279><c> together,</c><00:14:06.919><c> saith</c><00:14:07.000><c> the</c><00:14:07.259><c> Lord.</c>

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Though<00:14:08.340><c> your</c><00:14:08.639><c> sins</c><00:14:08.840><c> be</c><00:14:09.100><c> as</c><00:14:09.399><c> scarlet,</c><00:14:09.779><c> they</c><00:14:09.919><c> shall</c><00:14:10.080><c> be</c><00:14:10.259><c> as</c><00:14:10.480><c> white</c><00:14:10.700><c> as</c><00:14:10.980><c> snow.</c>

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Though<00:14:12.399><c> they</c><00:14:12.580><c> be</c><00:14:12.779><c> red</c><00:14:13.000><c> like</c><00:14:13.360><c> crimson,</c><00:14:14.600><c> they</c><00:14:14.840><c> shall</c><00:14:15.100><c> be</c><00:14:16.039><c> as</c><00:14:16.419><c> wool.</c>

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And<00:14:19.820><c> surely</c><00:14:19.940><c> that's</c><00:14:20.220><c> for</c><00:14:20.419><c> each</c><00:14:20.620><c> of</c><00:14:20.799><c> us</c><00:14:20.960><c> as</c><00:14:21.200><c> well,</c><00:14:21.480><c> brethren</c>

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We<00:14:23.519><c> can</c><00:14:23.740><c> either</c><00:14:23.980><c> serve</c><00:14:24.220><c> the</c><00:14:24.440><c> prophets</c><00:14:24.700><c> of</c><00:14:25.000><c> Baal</c><00:14:26.179><c> or</c><00:14:26.500><c> we</c><00:14:26.639><c> can</c><00:14:26.899><c> serve</c><00:14:27.100><c> the</c><00:14:27.440><c> prophet</c><00:14:27.779><c> of</c>

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God,<00:14:29.200><c> the</c><00:14:29.419><c> one</c>

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true<00:14:30.679><c> prophet</c><00:14:31.059><c> who</c><00:14:31.240><c> calls</c><00:14:31.480><c> us</c><00:14:31.679><c> unto</c><00:14:31.899><c> himself,</c><00:14:34.419><c> who</c><00:14:34.539><c> is</c><00:14:34.679><c> both</c>

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the<00:14:35.159><c> altar</c><00:14:35.379><c> and</c><00:14:35.659><c> the</c><00:14:35.940><c> sacrifice</c>

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that<00:14:38.340><c> we</c><00:14:38.519><c> might</c><00:14:38.779><c> have</c><00:14:39.059><c> fellowship</c><00:14:39.740><c> and</c><00:14:40.620><c> be</c><00:14:40.940><c> cleansed.</c><00:14:43.039><c> And</c>

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when<00:14:43.399><c> the</c><00:14:43.580><c> hour</c><00:14:43.740><c> comes,</c>

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just<00:14:45.279><c> as</c><00:14:45.480><c> it</c><00:14:45.519><c> did</c><00:14:45.639><c> for</c><00:14:45.820><c> the</c><00:14:45.919><c> Lord</c><00:14:46.100><c> Jesus</c><00:14:46.519><c> Christ,</c><00:14:47.779><c> at</c><00:14:48.100><c> the</c><00:14:48.340><c> right</c><00:14:48.620><c> moment</c><00:14:49.340><c> Elijah</c><00:14:50.320><c> makes</c><00:14:50.799><c> his</c><00:14:51.100><c> move.</c>

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Verse<00:14:53.559><c> 36.</c><00:14:55.840><c> And</c><00:14:55.980><c> it</c><00:14:56.159><c> came</c><00:14:56.379><c> to</c><00:14:56.700><c> pass,</c><00:14:57.080><c> at</c><00:14:57.279><c> the</c><00:14:57.519><c> time</c><00:14:57.840><c> of</c><00:14:58.039><c> the</c><00:14:58.360><c> offering</c><00:14:58.600><c> of</c>

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at<00:15:01.159><c> exactly</c><00:15:01.639><c> the</c><00:15:01.840><c> right</c><00:15:02.100><c> moment,</c><00:15:03.620><c> Elijah</c><00:15:03.820><c> the</c><00:15:03.980><c> prophet</c><00:15:04.320><c> came</c>

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near<00:15:05.320><c> and</c><00:15:06.279><c> said,</c><00:15:07.419><c> Lord</c><00:15:07.919><c> God</c><00:15:08.259><c> of</c><00:15:08.519><c> Abraham,</c><00:15:09.539><c> Isaac,</c>

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and<00:15:10.940><c> of</c><00:15:11.179><c> Israel,</c><00:15:14.840><c> let</c><00:15:14.960><c> it</c><00:15:15.139><c> be</c><00:15:15.320><c> known</c><00:15:15.580><c> this</c><00:15:15.919><c> day</c><00:15:16.620><c> that</c><00:15:17.019><c> thou</c><00:15:17.320><c> art</c>

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comes<00:15:23.919><c> boldly</c><00:15:24.480><c> before</c><00:15:24.759><c> the</c><00:15:25.059><c> altar.</c>

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And<00:15:28.539><c> he</c><00:15:28.799><c> says,</c><00:15:29.840><c> in</c><00:15:30.159><c> that</c><00:15:30.379><c> earnest</c><00:15:30.700><c> appeal</c><00:15:31.220><c> to</c><00:15:31.440><c> the</c><00:15:31.639><c> God</c><00:15:31.860><c> of</c><00:15:32.059><c> the</c>

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the<00:15:34.419><c> fathers</c><00:15:34.740><c> of</c><00:15:34.940><c> the</c><00:15:35.139><c> nation,</c><00:15:36.519><c> the</c><00:15:36.700><c> God</c><00:15:36.879><c> who</c><00:15:37.039><c> had</c><00:15:37.320><c> faithfully</c>

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guided<00:15:38.340><c> and</c><00:15:38.779><c> protected</c><00:15:39.220><c> and</c><00:15:39.559><c> defended</c>

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those<00:15:40.399><c> three</c><00:15:40.720><c> sojourners</c><00:15:41.299><c> in</c><00:15:41.460><c> the</c><00:15:41.620><c> land</c><00:15:41.779><c> of</c><00:15:42.100><c> promise,</c><00:15:43.360><c> Abraham,</c><00:15:44.159><c> Isaac,</c>

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and<00:15:44.899><c> Israel,</c>

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the<00:15:48.220><c> God</c><00:15:48.399><c> of</c><00:15:48.620><c> promise,</c><00:15:49.740><c> the</c><00:15:49.879><c> living</c><00:15:50.179><c> God.</c><00:15:51.840><c> And</c><00:15:52.100><c> it</c><00:15:52.179><c> is</c><00:15:52.360><c> to</c><00:15:52.539><c> him</c>

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that<00:15:54.179><c> Elijah</c><00:15:54.559><c> now</c><00:15:54.820><c> makes</c><00:15:55.120><c> his</c><00:15:55.379><c> appeal.</c>

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Let<00:15:58.059><c> it</c><00:15:58.240><c> be</c><00:15:58.500><c> known,</c><00:15:58.840><c> he</c><00:15:59.100><c> says,</c><00:15:59.559><c> this</c><00:15:59.860><c> day</c><00:16:00.120><c> that</c><00:16:00.279><c> thou</c><00:16:00.519><c> art</c><00:16:00.779><c> God</c>

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in<00:16:01.340><c> Israel</c><00:16:01.980><c> and</c><00:16:02.500><c> that</c><00:16:02.759><c> I</c><00:16:03.100><c> am</c><00:16:03.360><c> thy</c><00:16:03.659><c> servant</c><00:16:04.240><c> and</c><00:16:04.440><c> that</c>

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I<00:16:04.919><c> have</c><00:16:05.100><c> done</c><00:16:05.399><c> all</c><00:16:05.860><c> these</c><00:16:06.259><c> things</c><00:16:06.700><c> at</c><00:16:07.220><c> thy</c><00:16:07.700><c> word.</c><00:16:09.980><c> Hear</c><00:16:10.179><c> me,</c><00:16:10.440><c> O</c>

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Lord,<00:16:11.899><c> hear</c><00:16:12.080><c> me,</c><00:16:13.139><c> that</c><00:16:13.399><c> this</c><00:16:13.600><c> people</c><00:16:13.840><c> may</c><00:16:14.139><c> know</c><00:16:14.399><c> that</c>

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thou<00:16:14.899><c> art</c><00:16:15.200><c> the</c><00:16:15.480><c> Lord</c><00:16:15.919><c> God</c><00:16:16.600><c> and</c><00:16:17.379><c> that</c><00:16:17.539><c> thou</c><00:16:17.659><c> hast</c><00:16:17.940><c> turned</c><00:16:18.240><c> their</c>

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hearts<00:16:18.879><c> back</c><00:16:19.220><c> again.</c><00:16:21.000><c> And</c><00:16:21.240><c> there</c><00:16:21.399><c> are</c><00:16:21.519><c> echoes</c><00:16:21.720><c> of</c>

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Moses<00:16:22.559><c> and</c><00:16:23.500><c> the</c><00:16:23.639><c> Lord</c><00:16:23.840><c> Jesus</c><00:16:24.279><c> Christ</c><00:16:24.639><c> and</c><00:16:24.799><c> the</c><00:16:24.940><c> apostle</c><00:16:25.240><c> Paul</c>

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in<00:16:25.899><c> these</c><00:16:26.139><c> words</c><00:16:26.419><c> aren't</c><00:16:26.779><c> there.</c><00:16:27.519><c> His</c><00:16:27.720><c> prayer</c><00:16:27.960><c> is</c>

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not<00:16:28.299><c> for</c><00:16:28.440><c> himself</c><00:16:29.080><c> but</c><00:16:30.159><c> for</c><00:16:30.419><c> Israel.</c><00:16:31.159><c> His</c><00:16:31.460><c> heart's</c><00:16:32.039><c> desire</c><00:16:32.460><c> is</c>

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that<00:16:32.919><c> Israel</c><00:16:33.659><c> might</c><00:16:34.240><c> be</c><00:16:34.659><c> saved.</c><00:16:36.320><c> And</c><00:16:36.600><c> to</c><00:16:36.799><c> achieve</c><00:16:37.080><c> this,</c>

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brethren<00:16:37.580><c> and</c><00:16:37.759><c> sisters,</c><00:16:38.000><c> he's</c><00:16:38.179><c> placing</c><00:16:38.539><c> his</c><00:16:38.860><c> own</c><00:16:39.120><c> life</c><00:16:39.399><c> at</c><00:16:39.659><c> risk.</c><00:16:40.679><c> There</c><00:16:40.879><c> is</c>

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no<00:16:41.279><c> way</c><00:16:41.440><c> of</c><00:16:41.700><c> escape</c><00:16:42.000><c> for</c><00:16:42.179><c> him</c><00:16:42.419><c> now</c>

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because<00:16:43.580><c> in</c><00:16:43.799><c> a</c><00:16:43.960><c> sense</c><00:16:44.220><c> he</c><00:16:44.480><c> was</c><00:16:44.720><c> the</c><00:16:44.960><c> sacrifice</c><00:16:45.559><c> tied</c><00:16:45.840><c> to</c><00:16:46.039><c> the</c>

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wood<00:16:46.299><c> upon</c><00:16:46.559><c> that</c><00:16:46.899><c> altar.</c><00:16:47.460><c> Because</c><00:16:47.759><c> if</c><00:16:47.919><c> he</c><00:16:48.200><c> failed</c>

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in<00:16:48.580><c> this</c><00:16:48.820><c> moment</c><00:16:49.299><c> and</c><00:16:49.600><c> there</c><00:16:49.759><c> was</c><00:16:49.919><c> no</c><00:16:50.179><c> answer,</c><00:16:51.139><c> then</c><00:16:51.340><c> he</c><00:16:51.480><c> would</c>

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be<00:16:51.840><c> run</c><00:16:52.080><c> through</c><00:16:52.360><c> by</c><00:16:52.600><c> the</c><00:16:52.820><c> prophets</c><00:16:53.080><c> of</c><00:16:53.320><c> Baal</c><00:16:53.500><c> and</c>

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he<00:16:53.799><c> would</c><00:16:54.039><c> die.</c><00:16:55.659><c> Oh,</c><00:16:55.940><c> certainly</c><00:16:56.259><c> there</c><00:16:56.460><c> were</c><00:16:56.620><c> the</c><00:16:56.799><c> chariots</c>

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of<00:16:57.279><c> Israel</c><00:16:57.639><c> and</c><00:16:57.840><c> the</c><00:16:57.980><c> horsemen</c><00:16:58.299><c> thereof</c>

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ringing<00:16:59.379><c> them</c><00:16:59.759><c> around.</c><00:17:01.379><c> And</c><00:17:01.580><c> the</c><00:17:01.740><c> prophets</c><00:17:01.940><c> of</c><00:17:02.179><c> Baal</c><00:17:02.360><c> were</c><00:17:02.580><c> altogether</c><00:17:03.019><c> outnumbered</c><00:17:03.679><c> although</c><00:17:03.860><c> they</c><00:17:04.059><c> knew</c><00:17:04.200><c> it</c><00:17:04.480><c> not.</c>

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But<00:17:06.319><c> in</c><00:17:06.640><c> this</c><00:17:06.940><c> moment</c><00:17:07.779><c> Elijah</c><00:17:08.700><c> stands</c><00:17:09.279><c> alone</c><00:17:10.079><c> before</c><00:17:10.619><c> the</c><00:17:10.859><c> people</c><00:17:11.500><c> depending</c><00:17:12.220><c> on</c>

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that<00:17:13.000><c> slender</c><00:17:13.500><c> lifeline,</c>

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that<00:17:14.619><c> vital</c><00:17:15.059><c> link</c><00:17:15.359><c> of</c><00:17:15.680><c> prayer</c><00:17:16.059><c> with</c><00:17:16.339><c> God.</c><00:17:19.279><c> And</c><00:17:19.440><c> notice</c><00:17:20.039><c> also</c>

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another<00:17:20.940><c> thing</c><00:17:21.259><c> that</c><00:17:22.200><c> when</c><00:17:22.440><c> Elijah</c><00:17:22.880><c> calls</c><00:17:23.160><c> upon</c><00:17:23.599><c> God,</c>

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it's<00:17:24.079><c> not</c><00:17:24.319><c> by</c><00:17:24.640><c> vain</c><00:17:24.880><c> repetition</c><00:17:25.519><c> or</c><00:17:26.140><c> for</c><00:17:26.259><c> his</c><00:17:26.500><c> much</c><00:17:26.779><c> speaking</c>

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that<00:17:27.480><c> he</c><00:17:27.680><c> has</c><00:17:27.940><c> heard.</c><00:17:28.420><c> He</c><00:17:28.759><c> prays</c><00:17:29.200><c> but</c><00:17:29.539><c> once</c>

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at<00:17:31.700><c> the</c><00:17:32.019><c> time</c><00:17:32.259><c> of</c><00:17:32.460><c> the</c><00:17:32.640><c> evening</c><00:17:32.980><c> sacrifice</c><00:17:34.000><c> and</c><00:17:34.900><c> the</c><00:17:35.099><c> answer</c>

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comes.<00:17:37.880><c> Verse</c><00:17:38.259><c> 38,</c><00:17:39.200><c> then</c><00:17:40.140><c> the</c><00:17:40.599><c> fire</c><00:17:41.099><c> of</c><00:17:41.440><c> the</c><00:17:41.720><c> Lord</c><00:17:42.400><c> fell.</c>

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And<00:17:45.680><c> this</c><00:17:45.880><c> expression,</c><00:17:46.599><c> the</c><00:17:46.720><c> fire</c><00:17:47.000><c> of</c><00:17:47.200><c> the</c><00:17:47.359><c> Lord,</c><00:17:47.559><c> has</c><00:17:47.700><c> most</c>

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interesting<00:17:48.500><c> associations.</c>

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It<00:17:50.279><c> occurs</c><00:17:50.559><c> in</c><00:17:50.859><c> only</c><00:17:51.200><c> one</c><00:17:51.480><c> other</c><00:17:51.680><c> place</c><00:17:52.000><c> in</c><00:17:52.200><c> the</c><00:17:52.299><c> Old</c><00:17:52.480><c> Testament,</c><00:17:53.220><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:17:53.599><c> sisters,</c><00:17:53.880><c> and</c><00:17:54.000><c> you</c><00:17:54.140><c> may</c>

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like<00:17:54.500><c> to</c><00:17:54.660><c> make</c><00:17:54.799><c> a</c><00:17:54.920><c> note</c><00:17:55.000><c> of</c><00:17:55.059><c> it</c><00:17:55.240><c> in</c><00:17:55.299><c> the</c><00:17:55.519><c> margin</c><00:17:55.839><c> if</c><00:17:56.220><c> you</c><00:17:56.380><c> haven't</c><00:17:56.599><c> already</c><00:17:56.920><c> done</c>

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so.<00:17:57.900><c> It's</c><00:17:58.200><c> Numbers</c><00:17:58.559><c> chapter</c><00:17:58.920><c> 11</c>

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verse<00:17:59.720><c> 1,</c><00:18:00.700><c> the</c><00:18:01.000><c> fire</c><00:18:01.420><c> of</c><00:18:01.640><c> the</c><00:18:01.819><c> Lord.</c><00:18:03.220><c> And</c><00:18:03.339><c> on</c><00:18:03.480><c> that</c><00:18:03.619><c> occasion</c>

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we're<00:18:04.319><c> told</c><00:18:04.480><c> that</c><00:18:04.660><c> the</c><00:18:04.859><c> fire</c><00:18:05.119><c> of</c><00:18:05.279><c> the</c><00:18:05.480><c> Lord</c>

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burnt<00:18:06.380><c> amongst</c><00:18:06.740><c> the</c><00:18:07.039><c> people</c><00:18:07.240><c> and</c><00:18:07.519><c> consumed</c><00:18:08.019><c> them</c><00:18:08.160><c> in</c><00:18:08.339><c> the</c><00:18:08.539><c> uttermost</c><00:18:08.980><c> part</c><00:18:09.160><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:09.539><c> camp</c>

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because<00:18:10.759><c> the</c><00:18:11.140><c> people</c><00:18:11.359><c> had</c><00:18:11.700><c> complained.</c><00:18:13.200><c> It</c><00:18:13.420><c> was</c><00:18:13.640><c> a</c><00:18:13.920><c> fire</c><00:18:14.140><c> of</c><00:18:14.420><c> judgment.</c><00:18:16.319><c> So</c><00:18:16.500><c> it's</c><00:18:16.680><c> a</c>

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very<00:18:16.940><c> unusual</c><00:18:17.400><c> expression</c>

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just<00:18:18.920><c> there</c><00:18:19.380><c> and</c><00:18:19.599><c> in</c><00:18:19.759><c> this</c><00:18:20.000><c> place.</c><00:18:21.960><c> The</c><00:18:22.140><c> fire</c><00:18:22.759><c> of</c><00:18:23.079><c> the</c><00:18:23.339><c> Lord</c><00:18:23.839><c> fell.</c><00:18:26.359><c> And</c><00:18:26.619><c> oh</c>

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ten<00:18:27.440><c> tribes</c><00:18:27.960><c> how</c><00:18:28.319><c> near</c><00:18:28.660><c> you</c><00:18:28.920><c> came</c>

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to<00:18:29.539><c> destruction</c><00:18:30.000><c> on</c><00:18:30.240><c> that</c><00:18:30.559><c> moment.</c><00:18:32.440><c> But</c><00:18:32.619><c> for</c><00:18:32.839><c> the</c><00:18:33.000><c> intercession</c><00:18:33.480><c> of</c><00:18:33.720><c> Elijah</c>

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you<00:18:34.259><c> were</c><00:18:34.579><c> all</c><00:18:34.940><c> dead</c><00:18:35.220><c> men.</c>

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But<00:18:37.500><c> here</c><00:18:38.319><c> God</c><00:18:39.039><c> now</c><00:18:39.460><c> consumes</c><00:18:39.940><c> by</c><00:18:40.420><c> fire</c><00:18:40.779><c> not</c><00:18:41.059><c> just</c><00:18:41.339><c> the</c><00:18:41.619><c> sacrifice</c><00:18:42.180><c> but</c><00:18:42.559><c> everything.</c>

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The<00:18:44.640><c> fire</c><00:18:44.980><c> of</c><00:18:45.119><c> the</c><00:18:45.299><c> Lord</c><00:18:45.519><c> fell.</c><00:18:46.799><c> It</c><00:18:46.940><c> consumed</c><00:18:47.380><c> the</c><00:18:47.619><c> burnt</c><00:18:47.839><c> sacrifice</c><00:18:48.740><c> and</c>

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the<00:18:49.579><c> wood</c><00:18:49.819><c> and</c><00:18:50.319><c> the</c><00:18:50.660><c> stones</c><00:18:51.019><c> and</c><00:18:51.460><c> the</c><00:18:51.680><c> dust</c>

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and<00:18:52.819><c> licked</c><00:18:53.039><c> up</c><00:18:53.299><c> the</c><00:18:53.519><c> water</c><00:18:53.859><c> that</c><00:18:54.059><c> was</c><00:18:54.240><c> in</c><00:18:54.539><c> the</c><00:18:54.819><c> trench.</c><00:18:57.000><c> Did</c>

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you<00:18:57.480><c> notice</c><00:18:57.859><c> the</c><00:18:58.180><c> proof</c><00:18:58.359><c> that</c><00:18:58.579><c> the</c><00:18:58.799><c> fire</c><00:18:59.019><c> had</c><00:18:59.259><c> come</c>

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from<00:18:59.640><c> heaven?</c><00:19:01.359><c> Because</c><00:19:01.700><c> the</c><00:19:02.019><c> divine</c><00:19:02.480><c> fire</c><00:19:02.900><c> consumes</c><00:19:03.519><c> from</c>

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the<00:19:04.079><c> top</c><00:19:04.380><c> downwards.</c><00:19:06.559><c> You</c><00:19:06.700><c> notice</c><00:19:06.880><c> the</c><00:19:07.119><c> order?</c>

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top<00:19:18.799><c> downwards</c><00:19:19.400><c> and</c><00:19:20.500><c> not</c><00:19:20.779><c> as</c><00:19:20.940><c> a</c><00:19:21.099><c> fire</c><00:19:21.299><c> lit</c><00:19:21.480><c> by</c><00:19:21.779><c> man</c>

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upwards.<00:19:35.119><c> The</c><00:19:35.259><c> fire</c><00:19:35.539><c> of</c><00:19:35.640><c> God</c><00:19:35.920><c> burnt</c><00:19:36.180><c> from</c><00:19:36.440><c> the</c><00:19:36.579><c> top</c><00:19:36.799><c> downwards.</c><00:19:37.480><c> Nothing</c>

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And<00:19:41.460><c> all</c><00:19:41.619><c> the</c><00:19:41.799><c> lessons</c><00:19:42.039><c> of</c><00:19:42.259><c> the</c><00:19:42.420><c> Mosaic</c><00:19:42.819><c> Law</c><00:19:43.339><c> are</c><00:19:43.900><c> in</c><00:19:44.000><c> that</c><00:19:44.359><c> mighty</c><00:19:44.700><c> burnt</c><00:19:44.940><c> sacrifice</c><00:19:45.599><c> brethren</c><00:19:45.980><c> and</c><00:19:46.200><c> sisters.</c>

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consumed<00:19:50.279><c> offering</c><00:19:50.759><c> with</c><00:19:51.200><c> nothing</c><00:19:51.599><c> left.</c>

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Everything<00:19:53.579><c> offered</c><00:19:54.119><c> to</c><00:19:54.420><c> God.</c><00:19:55.799><c> An</c><00:19:56.039><c> exhortation</c><00:19:56.640><c> to</c><00:19:56.859><c> every</c><00:19:57.160><c> servant</c><00:19:57.500><c> of</c>

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And<00:20:01.279><c> the</c><00:20:01.440><c> process</c><00:20:01.839><c> is</c><00:20:02.140><c> clearly</c><00:20:02.420><c> indicated</c><00:20:02.900><c> for</c><00:20:03.119><c> us</c><00:20:03.259><c> in</c><00:20:03.380><c> this</c>

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chapter.<00:20:03.960><c> It</c><00:20:04.059><c> will</c><00:20:04.240><c> be</c><00:20:04.400><c> by</c><00:20:04.680><c> water</c><00:20:05.099><c> and</c><00:20:05.559><c> by</c><00:20:05.960><c> fire.</c>

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And<00:20:07.900><c> it's</c><00:20:08.079><c> going</c><00:20:08.200><c> to</c><00:20:08.400><c> happen</c><00:20:08.579><c> to</c><00:20:08.759><c> us</c><00:20:08.940><c> brethren</c><00:20:09.259><c> and</c><00:20:09.519><c> sisters.</c>

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It's<00:20:10.440><c> going</c><00:20:10.660><c> to</c><00:20:11.039><c> happen</c><00:20:11.240><c> to</c><00:20:11.500><c> us.</c><00:20:12.880><c> It</c><00:20:13.079><c> has</c><00:20:13.359><c> to</c>

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happen.<00:20:14.839><c> If</c><00:20:15.000><c> we</c><00:20:15.180><c> are</c><00:20:15.240><c> to</c><00:20:15.380><c> be</c><00:20:15.660><c> taken</c><00:20:15.940><c> up</c><00:20:16.279><c> into</c><00:20:16.579><c> God</c><00:20:16.940><c> himself</c><00:20:17.680><c> it</c>

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miraculous<00:20:22.579><c> event.</c><00:20:23.359><c> It</c><00:20:23.359><c> will</c><00:20:23.599><c> be</c><00:20:23.880><c> by</c><00:20:24.380><c> self</c><00:20:24.920><c>-offering</c><00:20:26.160><c> and</c><00:20:26.740><c> a</c>

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soul,<00:20:42.539><c> strength</c><00:20:42.839><c> and</c><00:20:43.059><c> mind.</c><00:20:43.680><c> So</c><00:20:43.940><c> that</c><00:20:44.119><c> all</c><00:20:44.380><c> we</c><00:20:44.619><c> are</c><00:20:44.880><c> may</c><00:20:45.140><c> enter</c>

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divine<00:20:54.940><c> nature</c><00:20:55.480><c> all</c><00:20:56.059><c> the</c><00:20:56.339><c> dross</c><00:20:56.599><c> will</c><00:20:56.779><c> be</c><00:20:57.099><c> gone.</c>

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be<00:21:02.839><c> swallowed</c><00:21:03.099><c> up</c><00:21:03.299><c> of</c><00:21:03.500><c> life</c><00:21:03.720><c> at</c><00:21:03.900><c> the</c><00:21:04.119><c> touch</c>

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these<00:21:10.880><c> lessons</c><00:21:11.180><c> are</c><00:21:11.400><c> for</c><00:21:11.519><c> us.</c><00:21:13.059><c> And</c><00:21:13.279><c> now</c><00:21:13.500><c> the</c>

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great<00:21:13.980><c> contrast</c><00:21:14.680><c> verse</c><00:21:15.059><c> 39.</c><00:21:16.859><c> No</c><00:21:17.220><c> longer</c><00:21:17.579><c> the</c><00:21:17.920><c> chant</c><00:21:18.160><c> of</c><00:21:18.519><c> O</c><00:21:18.819><c> Baal</c><00:21:19.200><c> hear</c><00:21:19.660><c> us</c>

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him.<00:21:30.859><c> And</c><00:21:31.140><c> the</c><00:21:31.339><c> altar</c><00:21:31.599><c> gone</c><00:21:32.200><c> and</c><00:21:33.420><c> just</c><00:21:33.720><c> the</c><00:21:34.019><c> cloud</c><00:21:34.240><c> of</c><00:21:34.660><c> smoke</c>

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curling<00:21:35.900><c> upward</c><00:21:36.299><c> on</c><00:21:36.519><c> the</c><00:21:36.759><c> evening</c><00:21:36.980><c> air</c>

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like<00:21:38.599><c> the</c><00:21:38.819><c> pillar</c><00:21:39.039><c> of</c><00:21:39.339><c> cloud</c><00:21:39.539><c> that</c><00:21:39.839><c> covered</c><00:21:40.000><c> the</c><00:21:40.299><c> tabernacle.</c>

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When<00:21:42.839><c> the</c><00:21:43.079><c> people</c><00:21:43.380><c> saw</c><00:21:43.700><c> it</c><00:21:44.559><c> they</c><00:21:45.299><c> fell</c><00:21:45.599><c> on</c><00:21:45.839><c> their</c><00:21:46.099><c> faces</c><00:21:46.480><c> and</c>

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they<00:21:47.039><c> said</c><00:21:47.240><c> the</c><00:21:47.559><c> Lord</c><00:21:48.140><c> he</c><00:21:48.859><c> is</c><00:21:49.180><c> God.</c>

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Yahweh<00:21:51.119><c> he</c><00:21:51.700><c> is</c><00:21:51.940><c> the</c><00:21:52.119><c> mighty</c><00:21:52.420><c> one</c><00:21:52.740><c> they</c><00:21:53.059><c> cried.</c><00:21:54.240><c> And</c><00:21:54.460><c> it's</c><00:21:54.640><c> also</c>

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God<00:21:59.039><c> is</c><00:21:59.380><c> strength</c><00:21:59.920><c> Elijah.</c><00:22:02.720><c> And</c><00:22:03.019><c> so</c><00:22:03.119><c> in</c><00:22:03.279><c> that</c><00:22:03.480><c> dramatic</c><00:22:03.920><c> moment</c><00:22:04.319><c> brethren</c><00:22:04.619><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:22:05.140><c> both</c><00:22:05.500><c> Elijah</c><00:22:06.059><c> and</c><00:22:06.460><c> the</c>

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God<00:22:06.960><c> of</c><00:22:06.960><c> Israel</c><00:22:07.420><c> are</c><00:22:07.700><c> vindicated.</c><00:22:09.859><c> Yahweh</c><00:22:10.440><c> he</c><00:22:11.079><c> is</c><00:22:11.279><c> the</c><00:22:11.460><c> mighty</c>

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advantage.<00:22:23.539><c> Verse</c><00:22:23.619><c> 40.</c><00:22:25.119><c> And</c><00:22:25.160><c> Elijah</c><00:22:25.660><c> said</c><00:22:25.920><c> unto</c><00:22:26.160><c> them</c><00:22:26.420><c> that</c>

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is<00:22:26.720><c> the</c><00:22:26.839><c> people</c><00:22:27.059><c> of</c><00:22:27.180><c> Israel</c><00:22:27.680><c> take</c><00:22:28.400><c> the</c><00:22:28.680><c> prophets</c>

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of<00:22:29.339><c> Baal</c><00:22:29.960><c> let</c><00:22:30.440><c> not</c><00:22:30.819><c> one</c><00:22:31.119><c> of</c><00:22:31.319><c> them</c><00:22:31.500><c> escape.</c><00:22:33.339><c> So</c><00:22:33.579><c> these</c><00:22:33.819><c> people</c>

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who<00:22:34.259><c> had</c><00:22:34.440><c> elevated</c><00:22:34.819><c> themselves</c><00:22:35.420><c> above</c><00:22:35.720><c> the</c><00:22:35.980><c> common</c>

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people<00:22:36.559><c> and</c><00:22:36.740><c> taken</c><00:22:37.039><c> the</c><00:22:37.220><c> best</c><00:22:37.480><c> of</c><00:22:37.740><c> everything</c><00:22:38.160><c> and</c><00:22:38.700><c> sat</c><00:22:38.960><c> at</c>

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Jezebel's<00:22:39.759><c> table</c><00:22:40.119><c> all</c><00:22:40.400><c> these</c><00:22:40.700><c> years</c><00:22:41.140><c> that</c><00:22:41.559><c> had</c><00:22:41.759><c> their</c>

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They<00:22:47.039><c> brought</c><00:22:47.299><c> them</c><00:22:47.480><c> down</c><00:22:47.799><c> the</c><00:22:48.039><c> slopes</c><00:22:48.240><c> of</c><00:22:48.460><c> Mount</c>

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Carmel<00:22:49.619><c> and</c><00:22:50.180><c> again</c><00:22:50.339><c> you</c><00:22:50.460><c> must</c><00:22:50.640><c> use</c><00:22:50.839><c> your</c><00:22:51.160><c> imagination</c><00:22:51.799><c> you</c><00:22:52.019><c> must</c><00:22:52.619><c> visualize</c><00:22:54.000><c> those</c><00:22:54.420><c> Israelites</c><00:22:55.019><c> holding</c><00:22:55.480><c> them</c><00:22:55.680><c> by</c>

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their<00:22:56.200><c> vestments</c><00:22:57.259><c> by</c><00:22:57.779><c> the</c><00:22:58.059><c> scruff</c><00:22:58.240><c> of</c><00:22:58.460><c> their</c><00:22:58.599><c> necks</c><00:22:58.920><c> with</c><00:22:59.079><c> their</c><00:22:59.259><c> arms</c><00:22:59.539><c> behind</c><00:22:59.960><c> their</c><00:23:00.220><c> backs</c><00:23:00.880><c> holding</c><00:23:01.720><c> them</c><00:23:01.900><c> by</c>

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their<00:23:02.319><c> beards</c><00:23:02.740><c> dragging</c><00:23:03.160><c> them</c><00:23:03.380><c> by</c><00:23:03.619><c> their</c><00:23:03.920><c> hair.</c><00:23:05.279><c> These</c><00:23:05.640><c> men</c>

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who<00:23:06.099><c> had</c><00:23:06.240><c> led</c><00:23:06.359><c> Israel</c><00:23:06.880><c> astray</c><00:23:07.720><c> would</c><00:23:08.079><c> now</c><00:23:08.339><c> get</c><00:23:08.599><c> their</c>

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just<00:23:09.240><c> desserts.</c><00:23:11.200><c> Surely</c><00:23:11.460><c> our</c><00:23:11.799><c> fathers</c><00:23:12.119><c> have</c><00:23:12.339><c> inherited</c><00:23:12.740><c> lies</c>

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vanity<00:23:13.799><c> and</c><00:23:14.119><c> things</c><00:23:14.339><c> wherein</c><00:23:14.559><c> there</c><00:23:14.779><c> is</c><00:23:15.000><c> no</c><00:23:15.279><c> prophet.</c>

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I've<00:23:17.359><c> just</c><00:23:17.599><c> been</c><00:23:17.799><c> reading</c><00:23:17.980><c> it</c><00:23:18.200><c> from</c><00:23:18.400><c> Jeremiah</c><00:23:18.880><c> chapter</c><00:23:19.180><c> 16</c><00:23:19.940><c> and</c><00:23:21.359><c> so</c>

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now<00:23:21.660><c> they</c><00:23:21.839><c> dealt</c><00:23:22.019><c> with</c><00:23:22.220><c> the</c><00:23:22.339><c> situation.</c>

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And<00:23:23.819><c> they'd</c><00:23:24.079><c> come</c><00:23:24.240><c> down</c><00:23:24.519><c> to</c><00:23:24.660><c> the</c><00:23:24.740><c> very</c><00:23:24.980><c> place</c><00:23:25.380><c> where</c><00:23:25.660><c> Deborah</c>

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and<00:23:26.380><c> Barak</c><00:23:27.079><c> had</c><00:23:27.420><c> engaged</c><00:23:27.859><c> in</c><00:23:28.039><c> that</c><00:23:28.240><c> great</c><00:23:28.519><c> battle</c>

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with<00:23:29.539><c> Sisera</c><00:23:30.000><c> down</c><00:23:30.339><c> to</c><00:23:30.539><c> the</c><00:23:30.660><c> brook</c><00:23:30.920><c> Kaishon.</c><00:23:32.359><c> There</c><00:23:32.599><c> it</c><00:23:32.779><c> is</c>

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running<00:23:33.279><c> alongside</c><00:23:34.119><c> Mount</c><00:23:34.500><c> Carmel</c>

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right<00:23:35.700><c> through</c><00:23:36.019><c> there</c><00:23:36.259><c> to</c><00:23:36.819><c> Jezreel</c><00:23:37.319><c> and</c><00:23:37.460><c> there's</c><00:23:37.779><c> Megiddo</c><00:23:38.500><c> and</c><00:23:38.819><c> there's</c><00:23:39.140><c> Jezreel</c><00:23:39.619><c> just</c><00:23:39.799><c> to</c>

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give<00:23:40.099><c> you</c><00:23:40.299><c> the</c>

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orientation.<00:23:42.579><c> So</c><00:23:42.799><c> there's</c><00:23:43.099><c> the</c><00:23:43.220><c> brook</c><00:23:43.400><c> Kaishon</c><00:23:44.000><c> running</c><00:23:44.319><c> alongside</c><00:23:44.960><c> that</c><00:23:45.240><c> range</c><00:23:45.519><c> of</c><00:23:45.779><c> hills.</c>

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That's<00:23:47.799><c> the</c><00:23:47.960><c> place</c><00:23:48.140><c> where</c><00:23:48.380><c> they're</c><00:23:48.680><c> slain</c><00:23:49.319><c> these</c><00:23:49.920><c> prophets</c>

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of<00:23:50.599><c> Baal.</c><00:23:52.579><c> Second</c><00:23:52.799><c> half</c><00:23:53.039><c> of</c><00:23:53.200><c> verse</c><00:23:53.380><c> 40.</c>

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And<00:23:54.619><c> they</c><00:23:54.660><c> took</c><00:23:54.920><c> them</c><00:23:55.420><c> and</c><00:23:55.940><c> Elijah</c><00:23:56.339><c> brought</c><00:23:56.680><c> them</c><00:23:56.900><c> down</c><00:23:57.140><c> to</c>

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the<00:23:57.420><c> brook</c><00:23:57.660><c> Kaishon</c><00:23:58.339><c> and</c><00:23:59.140><c> slew</c><00:23:59.480><c> them</c><00:23:59.839><c> there.</c>

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And<00:24:01.640><c> that's</c><00:24:02.000><c> it.</c><00:24:03.039><c> And</c><00:24:03.279><c> the</c><00:24:03.400><c> heart</c><00:24:03.579><c> of</c><00:24:03.740><c> Israel</c><00:24:04.059><c> had</c><00:24:04.259><c> been</c><00:24:04.579><c> turned</c><00:24:04.940><c> back</c>

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to<00:24:05.500><c> God</c><00:24:05.740><c> in</c><00:24:05.920><c> that</c><00:24:06.140><c> dramatic</c><00:24:06.680><c> moment.</c>

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Although<00:24:09.059><c> sadly</c><00:24:09.440><c> brethren</c><00:24:09.759><c> and</c><00:24:09.980><c> sisters</c><00:24:10.259><c> the</c><00:24:10.539><c> reformation</c>

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did<00:24:11.680><c> not</c><00:24:12.079><c> last.</c><00:24:14.019><c> But</c><00:24:14.319><c> in</c><00:24:14.619><c> that</c><00:24:14.920><c> moment</c>

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their<00:24:16.960><c> whole</c><00:24:17.319><c> being</c><00:24:17.759><c> was</c><00:24:18.140><c> focused</c><00:24:18.779><c> on</c><00:24:19.039><c> the</c><00:24:19.400><c> God</c><00:24:19.579><c> of</c><00:24:19.859><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:24:21.319><c> then</c><00:24:21.480><c> the</c><00:24:21.680><c> curtain</c><00:24:21.880><c> falls</c><00:24:22.319><c> with</c><00:24:22.660><c> dramatic</c>

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suddenness<00:24:23.640><c> upon</c><00:24:23.900><c> this</c><00:24:24.160><c> episode.</c><00:24:26.259><c> And</c><00:24:26.420><c> then</c><00:24:26.579><c> Elijah</c><00:24:26.839><c> moves</c><00:24:27.140><c> across</c><00:24:27.440><c> to</c><00:24:27.720><c> Ahab</c><00:24:27.960><c> and</c><00:24:28.160><c> he</c><00:24:28.319><c> says</c><00:24:28.700><c> have</c><00:24:29.299><c> a</c><00:24:29.460><c> meal,</c>

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get<00:24:30.039><c> home.</c><00:24:31.559><c> Heavy</c><00:24:31.779><c> rains</c><00:24:32.099><c> are</c><00:24:32.339><c> coming.</c><00:24:33.700><c> And</c><00:24:33.880><c> from</c><00:24:34.140><c> the</c><00:24:34.339><c> way</c><00:24:34.480><c> it's</c><00:24:34.839><c> recorded</c><00:24:35.319><c> in</c>

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verse<00:24:35.920><c> 41</c><00:24:36.839><c> that</c><00:24:37.440><c> immediately</c>

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thereafter<00:24:38.480><c> Elijah</c><00:24:38.940><c> said</c><00:24:39.220><c> to</c><00:24:39.480><c> Ahab,</c><00:24:42.839><c> it</c><00:24:42.839><c> looks</c><00:24:43.480><c> as</c><00:24:43.920><c> though</c>

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Ahab<00:24:44.779><c> was</c><00:24:45.099><c> present</c><00:24:45.480><c> throughout</c><00:24:45.940><c> the</c><00:24:46.380><c> confrontation</c><00:24:47.180><c> with</c>

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the<00:24:47.660><c> prophets</c><00:24:47.960><c> of</c><00:24:48.240><c> Baal.</c><00:24:49.059><c> What</c><00:24:49.220><c> do</c><00:24:49.359><c> you</c><00:24:49.420><c> think</c><00:24:49.619><c> brethren</c><00:24:49.960><c> and</c>

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sisters?<00:24:50.359><c> It</c><00:24:50.619><c> really</c><00:24:50.880><c> does</c><00:24:51.140><c> look</c><00:24:51.299><c> as</c><00:24:51.480><c> though</c><00:24:51.640><c> he</c>

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was<00:24:51.920><c> there</c><00:24:52.140><c> throughout</c><00:24:52.500><c> this</c><00:24:52.799><c> entire</c><00:24:53.160><c> episode.</c><00:24:55.619><c> Had</c><00:24:55.819><c> he</c><00:24:56.099><c> been</c>

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unable<00:24:57.140><c> to</c><00:24:57.559><c> keep</c><00:24:57.799><c> away</c><00:24:58.240><c> from</c><00:24:58.539><c> Mount</c><00:24:58.940><c> Carmel?</c>

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Well<00:25:01.480><c> it's</c><00:25:01.640><c> an</c><00:25:01.819><c> interesting</c><00:25:02.119><c> matter</c><00:25:02.440><c> this</c><00:25:02.740><c> because</c><00:25:03.019><c> it</c><00:25:03.299><c> relates</c><00:25:03.500><c> to</c><00:25:03.740><c> our</c><00:25:03.900><c> own</c><00:25:04.119><c> day</c><00:25:04.279><c> as</c><00:25:04.579><c> well.</c>

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And<00:25:05.980><c> have</c><00:25:06.079><c> you</c><00:25:06.200><c> noticed</c><00:25:06.440><c> how</c><00:25:06.779><c> often</c><00:25:06.960><c> those</c><00:25:07.299><c> who</c><00:25:07.539><c> leave</c><00:25:07.759><c> the</c><00:25:08.079><c> truth</c><00:25:08.279><c> or</c>

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leave<00:25:08.940><c> the</c><00:25:09.200><c> ecclesia</c><00:25:09.559><c> and</c><00:25:09.799><c> drift</c><00:25:10.059><c> off</c><00:25:10.339><c> and</c><00:25:10.519><c> go</c>

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back<00:25:10.920><c> into</c><00:25:11.079><c> the</c><00:25:11.339><c> world,</c><00:25:11.980><c> how</c><00:25:12.220><c> often</c><00:25:12.460><c> they</c><00:25:12.720><c> have</c><00:25:12.960><c> strange</c><00:25:13.599><c> lingerings</c><00:25:14.299><c> in</c>

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their<00:25:14.779><c> hearts?</c><00:25:16.279><c> When</c><00:25:16.619><c> special</c><00:25:17.000><c> lectures</c>

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are<00:25:17.779><c> advertised</c><00:25:18.579><c> or</c><00:25:18.819><c> a</c><00:25:19.059><c> special</c><00:25:19.759><c> visitor</c><00:25:20.319><c> happens</c><00:25:20.680><c> to</c><00:25:20.859><c> be</c><00:25:21.160><c> speaking.</c><00:25:22.799><c> Or</c>

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there's<00:25:23.079><c> an</c><00:25:23.319><c> explosion</c><00:25:23.720><c> in</c><00:25:23.920><c> the</c><00:25:24.059><c> Middle</c>

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East<00:25:24.619><c> and</c><00:25:24.880><c> so</c><00:25:25.000><c> that</c><00:25:25.200><c> the</c><00:25:25.400><c> eyes</c><00:25:25.579><c> of</c><00:25:25.759><c> the</c><00:25:25.960><c> world</c><00:25:26.220><c> are</c><00:25:26.460><c> focused</c><00:25:26.920><c> on</c>

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political<00:25:28.319><c> events.</c><00:25:29.740><c> And</c><00:25:29.900><c> we</c><00:25:30.019><c> give</c><00:25:30.099><c> a</c><00:25:30.339><c> special</c><00:25:30.579><c> lecture</c>

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to<00:25:31.299><c> highlight</c><00:25:31.740><c> the</c><00:25:32.079><c> significance</c><00:25:32.619><c> of</c><00:25:32.940><c> these</c><00:25:33.220><c> things.</c><00:25:33.859><c> There</c>

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they<00:25:34.299><c> are</c><00:25:34.420><c> at</c><00:25:34.559><c> the</c><00:25:34.700><c> back</c><00:25:34.819><c> of</c><00:25:35.019><c> the</c><00:25:35.180><c> hall.</c><00:25:36.000><c> They</c><00:25:36.180><c> just</c>

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sneak<00:25:36.759><c> in</c><00:25:37.099><c> and</c><00:25:37.259><c> sit</c><00:25:37.359><c> at</c><00:25:37.519><c> the</c><00:25:37.720><c> back</c><00:25:38.119><c> but</c><00:25:38.700><c> they've</c><00:25:38.980><c> come</c><00:25:39.099><c> to</c><00:25:39.380><c> listen.</c><00:25:40.720><c> Or</c>

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when<00:25:41.160><c> somebody</c><00:25:41.720><c> comes</c><00:25:42.339><c> to</c><00:25:42.519><c> them</c><00:25:42.660><c> and</c>

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teaching<00:25:46.839><c> the</c><00:25:48.000><c> visitors</c><00:25:48.420><c> the</c><00:25:48.839><c> first</c><00:25:49.119><c> principles</c><00:25:49.579><c> of</c><00:25:49.819><c> the</c><00:25:50.039><c> faith.</c><00:25:50.960><c> They</c><00:25:51.180><c> just</c><00:25:51.559><c> can't</c><00:25:52.039><c> forget</c><00:25:52.500><c> the</c>

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basic<00:25:53.460><c> tenets</c><00:25:53.920><c> of</c>

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our<00:25:54.420><c> belief.</c><00:25:57.079><c> And</c><00:25:57.279><c> I've</c><00:25:57.500><c> noticed</c><00:25:57.759><c> that</c><00:25:58.180><c> back</c><00:25:58.680><c> in</c><00:25:58.900><c> South</c><00:25:59.140><c> Africa</c><00:25:59.519><c> that</c>

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there<00:25:59.920><c> are</c><00:25:59.980><c> one</c><00:26:00.140><c> or</c><00:26:00.259><c> two</c><00:26:00.460><c> people</c><00:26:00.819><c> who</c><00:26:01.119><c> behave</c>

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in<00:26:01.519><c> just</c><00:26:01.700><c> that</c><00:26:01.980><c> way.</c><00:26:03.119><c> And</c><00:26:03.359><c> it</c><00:26:03.460><c> would</c><00:26:03.640><c> seem</c><00:26:03.880><c> that</c><00:26:04.099><c> for</c><00:26:04.400><c> Ahab</c><00:26:04.960><c> it</c>

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was<00:26:05.619><c> in</c><00:26:05.839><c> a</c><00:26:05.920><c> sense</c><00:26:06.180><c> the</c><00:26:06.420><c> same</c><00:26:06.680><c> thing.</c><00:26:07.519><c> There</c><00:26:07.720><c> was</c><00:26:07.920><c> something</c>

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about<00:26:08.599><c> Elijah</c><00:26:09.099><c> and</c><00:26:09.339><c> the</c><00:26:09.480><c> word</c><00:26:09.619><c> of</c><00:26:09.799><c> the</c><00:26:09.960><c> Lord</c><00:26:10.339><c> that</c><00:26:10.839><c> remained</c>

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imprinted<00:26:12.039><c> upon</c><00:26:12.259><c> his</c><00:26:12.500><c> conscience.</c><00:26:14.259><c> And</c><00:26:14.500><c> Elijah</c><00:26:14.819><c> now</c><00:26:15.180><c> stands</c>

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before<00:26:15.920><c> him</c><00:26:16.099><c> with</c><00:26:16.299><c> all</c><00:26:16.559><c> the</c><00:26:16.759><c> authority</c><00:26:17.200><c> of</c><00:26:17.420><c> God</c><00:26:17.680><c> himself.</c><00:26:19.859><c> Verse</c><00:26:20.039><c> 41</c>

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he<00:26:20.700><c> says</c><00:26:20.920><c> to</c><00:26:21.059><c> him,</c><00:26:21.400><c> get</c><00:26:21.500><c> thee</c><00:26:21.720><c> up,</c><00:26:22.039><c> eat</c><00:26:22.279><c> and</c><00:26:22.519><c> drink,</c>

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for<00:26:23.359><c> there</c><00:26:23.640><c> is</c><00:26:23.859><c> a</c><00:26:24.079><c> sound</c><00:26:24.380><c> of</c><00:26:24.799><c> abundance</c><00:26:25.259><c> of</c><00:26:25.640><c> rain.</c><00:26:27.500><c> So</c><00:26:27.740><c> Ahab</c><00:26:28.039><c> went</c><00:26:28.559><c> up</c>

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to<00:26:29.319><c> eat</c><00:26:29.720><c> and</c><00:26:30.359><c> to</c><00:26:30.579><c> drink.</c>

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And<00:26:34.180><c> Elijah</c><00:26:34.779><c> went</c><00:26:35.420><c> up</c><00:26:35.640><c> to</c><00:26:35.799><c> the</c><00:26:35.940><c> top</c><00:26:36.099><c> of</c><00:26:36.420><c> Carmel.</c>

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No<00:26:39.680><c> people</c><00:26:40.059><c> this</c><00:26:40.380><c> time,</c><00:26:41.299><c> no</c><00:26:41.539><c> sacrifice,</c><00:26:43.119><c> just</c><00:26:43.440><c> Elijah</c><00:26:44.099><c> and</c><00:26:45.599><c> his</c><00:26:45.819><c> God.</c><00:26:47.460><c> And</c><00:26:47.660><c> he</c>

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probably<00:26:48.079><c> went</c><00:26:48.339><c> back</c><00:26:48.720><c> to</c><00:26:48.920><c> the</c><00:26:49.039><c> very</c><00:26:49.400><c> spot</c>

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where<00:26:50.019><c> the</c><00:26:50.279><c> altar</c><00:26:50.539><c> had</c><00:26:50.920><c> stood.</c><00:26:53.200><c> He</c><00:26:53.440><c> cast</c><00:26:53.619><c> himself</c><00:26:54.019><c> down</c><00:26:54.420><c> upon</c>

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the<00:26:54.940><c> earth</c><00:26:55.220><c> and</c><00:26:55.400><c> put</c><00:26:55.599><c> his</c><00:26:55.920><c> face</c><00:26:56.440><c> between</c><00:26:57.440><c> his</c><00:26:57.799><c> knees.</c>

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He's<00:27:00.000><c> now</c><00:27:00.200><c> got</c><00:27:00.380><c> to</c><00:27:00.619><c> pray</c><00:27:00.900><c> for</c><00:27:01.220><c> rain,</c><00:27:02.259><c> to</c><00:27:02.480><c> labor</c><00:27:02.859><c> together</c><00:27:03.460><c> with</c>

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God,<00:27:04.819><c> to</c><00:27:05.000><c> bring</c><00:27:05.259><c> to</c><00:27:05.599><c> pass</c><00:27:05.880><c> that</c><00:27:06.240><c> which</c><00:27:06.480><c> had</c><00:27:06.700><c> been</c>

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promised.<00:27:09.240><c> He</c><00:27:09.579><c> said</c><00:27:09.920><c> to</c><00:27:10.319><c> Ahab</c><00:27:10.740><c> there</c><00:27:10.960><c> is</c><00:27:11.240><c> the</c><00:27:11.640><c> sound</c><00:27:12.180><c> of</c><00:27:12.539><c> abundance</c><00:27:13.160><c> of</c>

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rain.<00:27:14.539><c> He'd</c><00:27:14.819><c> got</c><00:27:14.940><c> good</c><00:27:15.180><c> hearing</c><00:27:15.539><c> brethren,</c>

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for<00:27:16.819><c> it</c><00:27:16.960><c> was</c><00:27:17.119><c> still</c><00:27:17.420><c> a</c><00:27:17.579><c> long</c><00:27:17.720><c> way</c><00:27:17.920><c> off</c><00:27:18.140><c> and</c><00:27:18.220><c> there</c><00:27:18.319><c> was</c><00:27:18.460><c> not</c><00:27:18.599><c> a</c>

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cloud<00:27:19.000><c> in</c><00:27:19.200><c> the</c><00:27:19.440><c> sky.</c>

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But<00:27:21.019><c> of</c><00:27:21.160><c> course</c><00:27:21.339><c> he'd</c><00:27:21.599><c> heard</c><00:27:21.740><c> it</c><00:27:21.920><c> from</c><00:27:22.140><c> God.</c><00:27:23.700><c> But</c><00:27:23.920><c> even</c><00:27:24.240><c> so,</c><00:27:25.259><c> the</c><00:27:25.400><c> rain</c><00:27:25.599><c> wasn't</c><00:27:25.920><c> to</c>

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come<00:27:26.440><c> without</c><00:27:26.839><c> the</c><00:27:27.299><c> seven</c>

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fold<00:27:28.160><c> strand</c><00:27:28.759><c> of</c><00:27:29.019><c> Elijah's</c><00:27:29.779><c> prayer</c><00:27:29.980><c> to</c><00:27:30.339><c> draw</c><00:27:30.619><c> it</c><00:27:30.940><c> in</c><00:27:31.980><c> over</c><00:27:32.559><c> the</c>

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sea<00:27:33.099><c> coast.</c>

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And<00:27:36.200><c> he</c><00:27:36.299><c> was</c><00:27:36.500><c> going</c><00:27:36.740><c> to</c><00:27:36.940><c> have</c><00:27:37.140><c> to</c><00:27:37.339><c> bend</c><00:27:37.960><c> every</c><00:27:38.980><c> fiber</c><00:27:39.359><c> of</c><00:27:39.619><c> his</c>

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being<00:27:40.220><c> into</c><00:27:40.559><c> this</c><00:27:40.900><c> prayer.</c>

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So<00:27:43.200><c> it</c><00:27:43.359><c> is</c><00:27:43.559><c> for</c><00:27:43.759><c> ourselves,</c><00:27:44.420><c> brethren</c><00:27:44.660><c> and</c><00:27:44.940><c> sisters.</c><00:27:45.539><c> This</c><00:27:45.779><c> is</c>

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a<00:27:46.079><c> real</c><00:27:46.319><c> lesson</c>

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about<00:27:47.779><c> how</c><00:27:48.039><c> it</c><00:27:48.160><c> is</c><00:27:48.299><c> that</c><00:27:48.460><c> we</c><00:27:48.579><c> should</c><00:27:48.839><c> labor</c><00:27:49.220><c> together</c><00:27:49.779><c> with</c><00:27:50.099><c> God.</c><00:27:51.680><c> We've</c><00:27:52.019><c> got</c><00:27:52.119><c> to</c>

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become<00:27:52.700><c> totally</c><00:27:53.299><c> involved</c>

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in<00:27:54.160><c> the</c><00:27:54.359><c> work</c><00:27:54.579><c> of</c><00:27:54.859><c> prayer.</c><00:27:56.420><c> Ye</c><00:27:56.539><c> that</c><00:27:56.720><c> make</c><00:27:56.980><c> mention</c><00:27:57.319><c> of</c><00:27:57.519><c> the</c><00:27:57.700><c> Lord,</c><00:27:58.400><c> give</c><00:27:58.480><c> him</c><00:27:59.279><c> no</c>

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rest<00:28:00.119><c> and</c><00:28:00.339><c> keep</c><00:28:00.660><c> not</c><00:28:01.019><c> silence</c>

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till<00:28:02.720><c> he</c><00:28:02.980><c> establish,</c><00:28:03.700><c> until</c><00:28:03.920><c> he</c><00:28:04.259><c> make</c><00:28:05.039><c> Jerusalem</c><00:28:06.039><c> a</c><00:28:06.720><c> praise</c>

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in<00:28:07.279><c> the</c><00:28:07.480><c> earth.</c>

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And<00:28:10.880><c> you</c><00:28:11.019><c> know</c><00:28:11.119><c> sometimes</c><00:28:11.519><c> we</c><00:28:11.740><c> wonder</c><00:28:12.039><c> why</c><00:28:13.079><c> our</c><00:28:13.619><c> prayers</c><00:28:13.880><c> are</c>

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not<00:28:14.400><c> answered.</c><00:28:16.279><c> Well</c><00:28:16.480><c> we're</c><00:28:16.680><c> wrong</c><00:28:16.940><c> if</c><00:28:17.160><c> we</c><00:28:17.359><c> think</c>

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because<00:28:18.160><c> they</c><00:28:18.480><c> are.</c><00:28:20.420><c> But</c><00:28:20.660><c> sometimes</c><00:28:21.140><c> the</c><00:28:21.319><c> answer</c><00:28:21.640><c> is</c><00:28:21.960><c> no,</c><00:28:23.140><c> because</c><00:28:23.420><c> in</c>

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the<00:28:23.740><c> wisdom</c><00:28:24.000><c> of</c><00:28:24.220><c> God</c><00:28:24.420><c> it</c><00:28:24.539><c> would</c><00:28:24.740><c> not</c><00:28:24.900><c> be</c><00:28:25.019><c> in</c>

00:28:25.140 --> 00:28:30.420
our<00:28:25.319><c> best</c><00:28:25.559><c> interests</c><00:28:26.160><c> to</c><00:28:26.440><c> receive</c><00:28:26.759><c> what</c><00:28:26.960><c> we</c><00:28:27.160><c> have</c><00:28:27.339><c> prayed</c><00:28:27.640><c> for.</c><00:28:29.759><c> Sometimes</c><00:28:30.240><c> the</c>

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answer<00:28:30.640><c> is</c><00:28:30.819><c> totally</c><00:28:31.140><c> unexpected</c>

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and<00:28:34.339><c> we</c><00:28:34.480><c> have</c><00:28:34.619><c> to</c><00:28:34.759><c> adjust</c><00:28:35.000><c> our</c><00:28:35.339><c> thinking</c><00:28:35.619><c> to</c><00:28:35.839><c> the</c><00:28:36.019><c> revealed</c><00:28:36.279><c> will</c><00:28:36.440><c> of</c>

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God<00:28:36.880><c> in</c><00:28:37.079><c> the</c><00:28:37.220><c> matter.</c>

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We<00:28:38.380><c> pray</c><00:28:38.599><c> for</c><00:28:38.779><c> one</c><00:28:39.039><c> thing</c><00:28:39.160><c> and</c><00:28:39.279><c> we</c><00:28:39.420><c> get</c><00:28:39.619><c> another.</c><00:28:42.119><c> But</c><00:28:42.380><c> that</c><00:28:42.559><c> is</c>

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God's<00:28:43.079><c> choice</c><00:28:43.319><c> for</c><00:28:43.519><c> us.</c>

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But<00:28:45.799><c> sometimes,</c><00:28:46.420><c> even</c><00:28:46.680><c> though</c><00:28:46.880><c> the</c><00:28:47.039><c> answer</c><00:28:47.440><c> is</c><00:28:47.779><c> yes</c><00:28:48.359><c> and</c><00:28:48.880><c> the</c>

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will<00:28:49.079><c> of</c><00:28:49.240><c> God</c><00:28:49.400><c> is</c><00:28:49.660><c> utterly</c><00:28:50.119><c> plain,</c>

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there<00:28:51.559><c> is</c><00:28:51.759><c> nevertheless</c><00:28:52.180><c> a</c><00:28:52.559><c> time</c><00:28:52.920><c> lag</c><00:28:53.259><c> in</c><00:28:53.940><c> order</c><00:28:54.220><c> that</c><00:28:54.440><c> we</c><00:28:54.579><c> might</c><00:28:54.880><c> learn</c><00:28:55.220><c> to</c>

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work<00:28:55.980><c> with</c><00:28:56.440><c> God,</c><00:28:57.720><c> to</c><00:28:57.980><c> be</c><00:28:58.240><c> refined</c><00:28:58.900><c> by</c>

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our<00:28:59.619><c> own</c><00:29:00.019><c> prayers.</c><00:29:01.779><c> Of</c><00:29:02.079><c> course</c><00:29:02.220><c> that's</c><00:29:02.519><c> the</c><00:29:02.579><c> purpose</c><00:29:02.920><c> of</c><00:29:03.200><c> prayer,</c><00:29:03.500><c> brethren</c><00:29:03.660><c> and</c>

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sisters.<00:29:04.779><c> Our</c><00:29:05.000><c> prayers</c>

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don't<00:29:05.420><c> tell</c><00:29:05.660><c> God</c><00:29:05.960><c> anything.</c><00:29:07.640><c> They</c><00:29:07.839><c> don't</c><00:29:08.000><c> tell</c><00:29:08.119><c> him</c><00:29:08.299><c> anything</c>

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that<00:29:08.900><c> he</c><00:29:09.019><c> doesn't</c><00:29:09.400><c> know.</c><00:29:10.579><c> But</c><00:29:10.799><c> by</c><00:29:11.319><c> expressing</c>

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:17.119
them<00:29:12.400><c> and</c><00:29:12.740><c> laboring</c><00:29:13.160><c> in</c><00:29:13.559><c> prayer</c><00:29:13.900><c> we</c><00:29:14.359><c> are</c><00:29:14.759><c> refined</c><00:29:15.440><c> by</c><00:29:15.980><c> our</c><00:29:16.359><c> own</c>

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prayers.<00:29:18.299><c> They're</c><00:29:18.400><c> for</c><00:29:18.519><c> our</c><00:29:18.819><c> benefit,</c><00:29:19.779><c> not</c><00:29:20.019><c> God's.</c>

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Elijah's<00:29:23.339><c> prayer</c><00:29:23.559><c> for</c><00:29:23.880><c> rain</c><00:29:23.980><c> was</c><00:29:24.160><c> one</c><00:29:24.380><c> of</c><00:29:24.579><c> this</c><00:29:24.859><c> kind.</c><00:29:25.279><c> It</c><00:29:25.519><c> took</c><00:29:25.880><c> time.</c><00:29:27.440><c> It</c>

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wasn't<00:29:27.799><c> a</c><00:29:27.900><c> case</c><00:29:28.119><c> of</c><00:29:28.579><c> extracting</c>

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something<00:29:29.599><c> from</c><00:29:29.819><c> a</c><00:29:30.019><c> God</c><00:29:30.200><c> who</c><00:29:30.400><c> wasn't</c><00:29:30.619><c> willing</c><00:29:30.900><c> to</c><00:29:31.140><c> listen</c><00:29:31.319><c> or</c>

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cooperate.<00:29:32.700><c> As</c><00:29:32.900><c> far</c><00:29:33.039><c> as</c><00:29:33.180><c> God</c><00:29:33.359><c> was</c><00:29:33.619><c> concerned</c><00:29:33.980><c> the</c><00:29:34.200><c> rain</c>

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was<00:29:34.460><c> already</c><00:29:34.819><c> on</c><00:29:35.019><c> the</c><00:29:35.160><c> way</c><00:29:35.460><c> and</c><00:29:35.799><c> he</c><00:29:35.960><c> had</c><00:29:36.099><c> caused</c><00:29:36.359><c> the</c><00:29:36.640><c> prophet</c>

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to<00:29:37.160><c> know</c><00:29:37.319><c> it.</c><00:29:39.259><c> But</c><00:29:39.579><c> Elijah</c><00:29:39.980><c> was</c><00:29:40.160><c> being</c><00:29:40.440><c> refined</c>

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by<00:29:41.140><c> his</c><00:29:41.339><c> own</c><00:29:41.740><c> prayers,</c><00:29:43.619><c> drawing</c><00:29:44.039><c> in</c><00:29:44.400><c> the</c><00:29:44.640><c> rain</c><00:29:44.880><c> in</c><00:29:45.220><c> seven</c><00:29:45.880><c> great</c><00:29:46.779><c> drafts</c><00:29:48.500><c> by</c>

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the<00:29:49.380><c> breath</c><00:29:49.599><c> of</c><00:29:49.839><c> his</c><00:29:50.119><c> prayer,</c>

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every<00:29:52.480><c> fiber</c><00:29:52.900><c> totally</c><00:29:53.619><c> involved</c><00:29:54.400><c> in</c><00:29:54.579><c> this</c><00:29:54.920><c> work</c><00:29:55.140><c> of</c><00:29:55.339><c> the</c><00:29:55.539><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:29:58.599><c> he's</c><00:29:58.740><c> got</c><00:29:58.940><c> his</c><00:29:59.220><c> servant</c><00:29:59.539><c> with</c><00:29:59.779><c> him</c><00:30:00.000><c> according</c><00:30:00.339><c> to</c><00:30:00.559><c> verse</c>

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43.<00:30:02.039><c> It's</c><00:30:02.299><c> the</c><00:30:02.400><c> first</c><00:30:02.759><c> time</c><00:30:03.099><c> we've</c><00:30:03.420><c> heard</c><00:30:03.960><c> about</c>

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the<00:30:05.319><c> servant</c><00:30:05.680><c> and</c><00:30:06.859><c> there's</c><00:30:06.980><c> nothing</c><00:30:07.279><c> much</c><00:30:07.579><c> said</c><00:30:07.799><c> about</c><00:30:08.079><c> him</c>

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afterwards<00:30:08.920><c> either.</c><00:30:10.640><c> Just</c><00:30:10.940><c> this</c><00:30:11.299><c> brief</c><00:30:11.619><c> passing</c>

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reference<00:30:12.660><c> to</c><00:30:12.940><c> Elijah's</c><00:30:13.640><c> servant.</c><00:30:15.480><c> But</c><00:30:15.599><c> quite</c><00:30:15.819><c> clearly</c><00:30:16.140><c> the</c>

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prophets<00:30:16.880><c> did</c><00:30:17.319><c> sometimes</c><00:30:18.059><c> have</c><00:30:18.380><c> one</c><00:30:18.599><c> of</c><00:30:18.740><c> the</c><00:30:18.920><c> younger</c>

00:30:19.200 --> 00:30:22.579
men<00:30:19.460><c> to</c><00:30:19.680><c> minister</c><00:30:19.920><c> to</c><00:30:20.140><c> their</c><00:30:20.400><c> needs.</c><00:30:21.700><c> And</c><00:30:21.819><c> what</c><00:30:21.980><c> a</c><00:30:22.140><c> privilege</c>

00:30:22.579 --> 00:30:25.940
to<00:30:22.839><c> be</c><00:30:23.059><c> with</c><00:30:23.339><c> Elijah</c><00:30:23.880><c> and</c><00:30:24.400><c> to</c><00:30:24.599><c> observe</c><00:30:24.940><c> this</c><00:30:25.240><c> man</c><00:30:25.460><c> of</c><00:30:25.720><c> God</c>

00:30:25.940 --> 00:30:31.039
at<00:30:26.200><c> work</c><00:30:26.799><c> as</c><00:30:28.420><c> he</c><00:30:28.759><c> involved</c><00:30:29.079><c> himself</c><00:30:29.619><c> in</c><00:30:29.799><c> this</c><00:30:30.099><c> great</c><00:30:30.480><c> prayer</c>

00:30:31.039 --> 00:30:34.519
to<00:30:31.839><c> bring</c><00:30:32.000><c> the</c><00:30:32.259><c> drought</c><00:30:32.480><c> to</c><00:30:32.720><c> an</c><00:30:32.880><c> end.</c><00:30:33.960><c> And</c><00:30:34.240><c> so</c>

00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:38.960
the<00:30:34.779><c> seven</c><00:30:35.000><c>-fold</c><00:30:35.400><c> prayer</c><00:30:35.960><c> ascends.</c><00:30:38.220><c> And</c><00:30:38.299><c> at</c><00:30:38.460><c> first</c><00:30:38.680><c> there</c><00:30:38.819><c> was</c>

00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:41.279
nothing<00:30:39.180><c> for</c><00:30:39.400><c> the</c><00:30:39.500><c> young</c><00:30:39.660><c> man</c><00:30:39.920><c> to</c><00:30:40.220><c> see.</c>

00:30:42.779 --> 00:30:47.319
He<00:30:42.920><c> went</c><00:30:43.160><c> and</c><00:30:43.359><c> looked</c><00:30:43.640><c> and</c><00:30:43.859><c> said</c><00:30:44.019><c> there</c><00:30:44.220><c> is</c><00:30:44.440><c> nothing.</c><00:30:46.039><c> And</c><00:30:46.200><c> Elijah</c><00:30:46.519><c> said</c><00:30:46.880><c> go</c>

00:30:47.319 --> 00:30:50.960
again<00:30:48.140><c> seven</c><00:30:49.619><c> times.</c>

00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:54.700
And<00:30:52.400><c> I'm</c><00:30:52.500><c> sure</c><00:30:52.640><c> the</c><00:30:52.839><c> lesson</c><00:30:53.059><c> was</c><00:30:53.339><c> for</c><00:30:53.519><c> him</c><00:30:53.819><c> as</c><00:30:54.140><c> well</c><00:30:54.380><c> that</c><00:30:54.519><c> he</c>

00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:57.480
might<00:30:54.940><c> learn</c><00:30:55.180><c> something</c><00:30:55.500><c> of</c><00:30:55.660><c> the</c><00:30:55.880><c> pathway</c><00:30:56.220><c> of</c><00:30:56.579><c> prayer.</c>

00:30:58.099 --> 00:31:00.519
Having<00:30:58.279><c> to</c><00:30:58.440><c> go</c><00:30:58.619><c> six</c><00:30:58.900><c> times</c><00:30:59.259><c> and</c><00:30:59.460><c> come</c><00:30:59.640><c> back</c><00:30:59.880><c> and</c><00:31:00.039><c> say</c><00:31:00.200><c> nothing</c>

00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:02.079
my<00:31:00.819><c> Lord,</c><00:31:01.000><c> I</c><00:31:01.119><c> can</c><00:31:01.279><c> see</c><00:31:01.380><c> nothing</c><00:31:01.680><c> yet.</c>

00:31:02.079 --> 00:31:09.180
Well<00:31:02.740><c> go</c><00:31:02.980><c> again</c><00:31:03.400><c> have</c><00:31:03.599><c> another</c><00:31:03.900><c> look.</c><00:31:05.960><c> Verse</c><00:31:06.480><c> 44.</c><00:31:08.339><c> And</c><00:31:08.400><c> it</c><00:31:08.619><c> came</c><00:31:08.839><c> to</c>

00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:11.920
pass<00:31:09.400><c> at</c><00:31:09.880><c> the</c><00:31:10.200><c> seventh</c><00:31:10.539><c> time</c><00:31:11.200><c> that</c><00:31:11.380><c> he</c><00:31:11.619><c> said</c>

00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:15.240
behold<00:31:12.680><c> there</c><00:31:12.980><c> arises</c><00:31:13.259><c> a</c><00:31:13.420><c> little</c><00:31:13.700><c> cloud</c><00:31:14.000><c> out</c><00:31:14.240><c> of</c><00:31:14.400><c> the</c><00:31:14.619><c> sea</c><00:31:14.779><c> like</c><00:31:15.039><c> a</c>

00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:16.740
man's<00:31:15.660><c> hand.</c>

00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:20.960
And<00:31:18.140><c> he</c><00:31:18.359><c> said</c><00:31:18.539><c> go</c><00:31:18.960><c> and</c><00:31:19.200><c> say</c><00:31:19.299><c> unto</c><00:31:19.500><c> Ahab</c><00:31:19.920><c> prepare</c><00:31:20.339><c> thy</c><00:31:20.619><c> chariot</c>

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:24.059
get<00:31:21.259><c> thee</c><00:31:21.480><c> down</c><00:31:21.819><c> that</c><00:31:22.000><c> the</c><00:31:22.240><c> rain</c><00:31:22.559><c> stop</c><00:31:22.900><c> thee</c><00:31:23.160><c> not.</c>

00:31:24.700 --> 00:31:27.539
And<00:31:24.880><c> so</c><00:31:24.960><c> it</c><00:31:25.039><c> would</c><00:31:25.180><c> appear</c><00:31:25.400><c> that</c><00:31:25.640><c> Ahab</c><00:31:25.900><c> had</c><00:31:26.039><c> his</c><00:31:26.319><c> chariot</c><00:31:26.740><c> parked</c><00:31:27.000><c> somewhere</c><00:31:27.339><c> near</c>

00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:28.960
the<00:31:27.660><c> top</c><00:31:27.819><c> of</c><00:31:28.000><c> the</c><00:31:28.160><c> mount</c>

00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:31.940
and<00:31:29.779><c> would</c><00:31:29.920><c> have</c><00:31:30.099><c> to</c><00:31:30.220><c> get</c><00:31:30.420><c> moving</c><00:31:30.680><c> in</c><00:31:30.859><c> order</c><00:31:31.039><c> to</c><00:31:31.200><c> get</c><00:31:31.420><c> back</c><00:31:31.700><c> to</c>

00:31:31.940 --> 00:31:34.180
Jezreel<00:31:32.460><c> before</c><00:31:32.859><c> the</c><00:31:33.099><c> rains</c><00:31:33.400><c> came.</c>

00:31:35.920 --> 00:31:38.259
And<00:31:36.059><c> it</c><00:31:36.180><c> came</c><00:31:36.380><c> to</c><00:31:36.619><c> pass</c><00:31:36.819><c> in</c><00:31:37.000><c> the</c><00:31:37.140><c> meanwhile</c><00:31:37.579><c> that</c><00:31:37.880><c> the</c><00:31:38.079><c> heaven</c>

00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:40.559
was<00:31:38.599><c> black</c><00:31:38.920><c> with</c><00:31:39.200><c> clouds</c><00:31:39.660><c> and</c><00:31:39.980><c> wind</c>

00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:46.299
and<00:31:41.160><c> there</c><00:31:41.559><c> was</c><00:31:41.859><c> a</c><00:31:42.339><c> great</c><00:31:42.599><c> rain</c><00:31:43.200><c> and</c><00:31:44.279><c> Ahab</c><00:31:44.680><c> rode</c><00:31:45.220><c> and</c><00:31:45.799><c> went</c><00:31:46.079><c> to</c>

00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:49.799
Jezreel.<00:31:47.819><c> And</c><00:31:48.059><c> the</c><00:31:48.200><c> hand</c><00:31:48.339><c> of</c><00:31:48.519><c> the</c><00:31:48.640><c> Lord</c><00:31:48.859><c> was</c><00:31:49.059><c> on</c><00:31:49.299><c> Elijah</c>

00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:53.940
and<00:31:50.279><c> he</c><00:31:50.480><c> girded</c><00:31:50.759><c> up</c><00:31:50.920><c> his</c><00:31:51.160><c> loins</c><00:31:51.519><c> and</c><00:31:51.720><c> ran</c><00:31:52.039><c> before</c><00:31:52.559><c> Ahab</c><00:31:53.359><c> to</c><00:31:53.720><c> the</c>

00:31:53.940 --> 00:31:56.160
entrance<00:31:54.500><c> of</c><00:31:55.220><c> Jezreel.</c>

00:31:57.079 --> 00:32:01.119
It<00:31:57.640><c> seems</c><00:31:58.000><c> as</c><00:31:58.240><c> though</c><00:31:59.019><c> or</c><00:31:59.240><c> almost</c><00:31:59.599><c> as</c><00:31:59.859><c> though</c><00:32:00.119><c> Elijah</c><00:32:00.559><c> races</c>

00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:04.440
Ahab<00:32:01.539><c> back</c><00:32:01.819><c> to</c><00:32:01.980><c> Jezreel</c><00:32:02.940><c> and</c><00:32:03.619><c> some</c><00:32:03.880><c> commentators</c>

00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:09.339
have<00:32:04.660><c> suggested</c><00:32:05.099><c> that</c><00:32:06.000><c> the</c><00:32:06.319><c> prophet</c><00:32:06.539><c> was</c><00:32:06.819><c> acting</c><00:32:07.180><c> as</c><00:32:07.500><c> Ahab's</c>

00:32:09.339 --> 00:32:11.660
runner<00:32:09.599><c> as</c><00:32:10.240><c> they</c><00:32:10.420><c> were</c><00:32:10.599><c> known</c><00:32:10.779><c> in</c><00:32:11.000><c> those</c><00:32:11.339><c> days.</c>

00:32:12.140 --> 00:32:15.940
A<00:32:12.460><c> servant</c><00:32:12.740><c> which</c><00:32:13.039><c> eastern</c><00:32:13.539><c> kings</c><00:32:13.980><c> used</c><00:32:14.259><c> to</c><00:32:14.559><c> have</c><00:32:15.140><c> running</c><00:32:15.700><c> in</c>

00:32:15.940 --> 00:32:17.400
front<00:32:16.079><c> of</c><00:32:16.240><c> the</c><00:32:16.400><c> horses</c><00:32:16.660><c> to</c><00:32:16.980><c> clear</c><00:32:17.140><c> the</c>

00:32:17.400 --> 00:32:20.019
people<00:32:17.599><c> out</c><00:32:17.819><c> of</c><00:32:17.940><c> the</c><00:32:18.079><c> way</c><00:32:18.299><c> so</c><00:32:18.519><c> that</c><00:32:18.759><c> the</c><00:32:19.319><c> horse</c><00:32:19.519><c> and</c><00:32:19.740><c> chariot</c>

00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:23.779
could<00:32:20.339><c> pass</c><00:32:20.880><c> unimpeded.</c><00:32:23.000><c> And</c><00:32:23.259><c> it's</c><00:32:23.440><c> actually</c>

00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:27.259
thought<00:32:24.000><c> that</c><00:32:24.299><c> that</c><00:32:24.640><c> practice</c><00:32:25.079><c> was</c><00:32:25.460><c> the</c><00:32:26.359><c> forerunner</c><00:32:26.900><c> of</c><00:32:27.079><c> the</c>

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:31.319
modern<00:32:28.720><c> motorbikes</c><00:32:29.740><c> that</c><00:32:30.099><c> precede</c><00:32:30.539><c> a</c><00:32:30.700><c> motorcade.</c>

00:32:31.400 --> 00:32:36.460
You've<00:32:31.579><c> seen</c><00:32:31.839><c> them</c><00:32:32.119><c> and</c><00:32:32.240><c> they</c><00:32:32.400><c> have</c><00:32:33.180><c> processions</c><00:32:34.440><c> for</c><00:32:34.880><c> political</c><00:32:35.380><c> figures</c><00:32:35.980><c> and</c>

00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:39.099
other<00:32:36.700><c> people</c><00:32:37.259><c> that</c><00:32:38.160><c> the</c><00:32:38.880><c> front</c>

00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:41.700
of<00:32:39.319><c> the</c><00:32:39.480><c> parade</c><00:32:39.759><c> is</c><00:32:39.980><c> usually</c><00:32:40.220><c> a</c><00:32:40.339><c> number</c><00:32:40.559><c> of</c><00:32:40.900><c> motorbikes</c><00:32:41.400><c> going</c>

00:32:41.700 --> 00:32:44.500
along<00:32:42.079><c> clearing</c><00:32:42.460><c> people</c><00:32:43.200><c> out</c><00:32:43.519><c> of</c><00:32:43.700><c> the</c><00:32:43.900><c> way</c><00:32:44.220><c> and</c>

00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:50.140
then<00:32:44.740><c> the</c><00:32:45.259><c> other</c><00:32:45.500><c> vehicles</c><00:32:45.900><c> follow.</c><00:32:46.940><c> Well</c><00:32:47.180><c> perhaps</c><00:32:47.500><c> that</c><00:32:47.880><c> particular</c><00:32:48.599><c> practice</c><00:32:49.859><c> of</c>

00:32:50.140 --> 00:32:51.259
having<00:32:50.339><c> a</c><00:32:50.660><c> runner</c><00:32:50.839><c> in</c><00:32:51.140><c> front</c>

00:32:51.259 --> 00:32:54.299
of<00:32:51.380><c> the</c><00:32:51.500><c> horses</c><00:32:51.779><c> and</c><00:32:52.059><c> chariots</c><00:32:52.380><c> was</c><00:32:52.680><c> the</c><00:32:53.559><c> forerunner</c><00:32:53.940><c> of</c><00:32:54.099><c> the</c>

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:59.700
modern<00:32:55.099><c> motorbike</c><00:32:56.119><c> procession.</c><00:32:58.039><c> One</c><00:32:58.299><c> thing</c><00:32:58.519><c> certain,</c>

00:33:00.059 --> 00:33:03.759
Elijah<00:33:00.299><c> must</c><00:33:00.559><c> have</c><00:33:00.680><c> been</c><00:33:00.799><c> an</c><00:33:01.119><c> intensely</c><00:33:01.460><c> fit</c><00:33:01.839><c> man.</c><00:33:03.420><c> No</c><00:33:03.599><c> doubt</c>

00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:05.440
from<00:33:03.980><c> the</c><00:33:04.140><c> nature</c><00:33:04.400><c> of</c><00:33:04.579><c> his</c><00:33:04.839><c> life</c><00:33:05.099><c> brethren</c>

00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:09.319
and<00:33:05.720><c> sisters</c><00:33:06.019><c> because</c><00:33:06.380><c> from</c><00:33:06.740><c> Carmel</c><00:33:07.180><c> to</c><00:33:07.460><c> Jezreel</c><00:33:08.259><c> across</c><00:33:08.700><c> there</c><00:33:09.099><c> in</c>

00:33:09.319 --> 00:33:15.500
that<00:33:09.619><c> point</c><00:33:10.339><c> some</c><00:33:11.240><c> 12</c><00:33:12.319><c> to</c><00:33:13.220><c> 18</c><00:33:13.880><c> to</c><00:33:14.119><c> 20</c><00:33:14.480><c> miles</c><00:33:14.940><c> away</c>

00:33:15.500 --> 00:33:22.319
from<00:33:16.079><c> where</c><00:33:16.299><c> they</c><00:33:16.539><c> were</c><00:33:16.720><c> on</c><00:33:16.900><c> the</c><00:33:17.039><c> top</c><00:33:17.160><c> of</c><00:33:17.380><c> Mount</c><00:33:17.619><c> Carmel.</c><00:33:19.359><c> So</c><00:33:19.640><c> it's</c><00:33:19.779><c> quite</c><00:33:20.039><c> a</c><00:33:22.180><c> long</c>

00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:25.039
jog<00:33:22.859><c> which</c><00:33:23.059><c> he</c><00:33:23.220><c> had</c><00:33:23.359><c> to</c><00:33:23.579><c> make</c><00:33:23.759><c> on</c><00:33:24.000><c> that</c><00:33:24.180><c> particular</c><00:33:24.599><c> occasion</c>

00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:27.279
and<00:33:25.220><c> yet</c><00:33:25.319><c> he</c><00:33:25.440><c> did</c><00:33:25.539><c> it</c><00:33:25.640><c> with</c><00:33:25.799><c> apparent</c><00:33:26.279><c> ease.</c>

00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:34.079
The<00:33:28.119><c> hand</c><00:33:28.380><c> of</c><00:33:28.579><c> the</c><00:33:28.720><c> Lord</c><00:33:28.940><c> was</c><00:33:29.200><c> upon</c><00:33:29.480><c> him</c><00:33:30.460><c> and</c><00:33:32.019><c> now</c><00:33:32.799><c> there's</c><00:33:33.940><c> a</c>

00:33:34.079 --> 00:33:38.680
new<00:33:34.220><c> situation</c><00:33:35.140><c> as</c><00:33:36.380><c> we</c><00:33:36.539><c> come</c><00:33:36.660><c> into</c><00:33:36.859><c> chapter</c><00:33:37.200><c> 19.</c>

00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:43.140
Do<00:33:40.319><c> you</c><00:33:40.680><c> know</c><00:33:40.960><c> what</c><00:33:41.200><c> they've</c><00:33:41.579><c> done</c><00:33:41.779><c> to</c><00:33:41.960><c> the</c><00:33:42.220><c> prophets</c><00:33:42.539><c> of</c><00:33:42.880><c> Baal</c>

00:33:43.140 --> 00:33:45.119
at<00:33:43.460><c> Elijah's</c><00:33:44.319><c> instigation?</c>

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:52.619
And<00:33:47.079><c> clearly</c><00:33:47.339><c> Ahab</c><00:33:47.740><c> tells</c><00:33:48.180><c> Jezebel</c><00:33:49.000><c> the</c><00:33:49.440><c> details.</c><00:33:52.299><c> I</c><00:33:52.460><c> think</c>

00:33:52.619 --> 00:33:55.779
we<00:33:52.779><c> can</c><00:33:52.960><c> only</c><00:33:53.140><c> imagine</c><00:33:53.700><c> her</c><00:33:54.180><c> eyes</c><00:33:54.619><c> aflame</c><00:33:55.359><c> with</c>

00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:59.240
fury<00:33:56.180><c> as</c><00:33:56.400><c> she</c><00:33:56.700><c> turns</c><00:33:57.000><c> on</c><00:33:57.299><c> Ahab</c><00:33:57.680><c> and</c><00:33:57.839><c> says</c><00:33:57.980><c> in</c><00:33:58.180><c> a</c><00:33:58.400><c> scathing</c><00:33:58.779><c> voice,</c><00:33:59.240><c> and</c>

00:33:59.240 --> 00:34:00.940
you<00:33:59.440><c> mean</c><00:33:59.579><c> to</c><00:33:59.839><c> tell</c><00:34:00.000><c> me</c><00:34:00.140><c> you</c><00:34:00.259><c> just</c><00:34:00.680><c> stood</c>

00:34:00.940 --> 00:34:06.220
there<00:34:01.259><c> and</c><00:34:01.400><c> let</c><00:34:01.539><c> it</c><00:34:01.819><c> happen?</c><00:34:04.819><c> Well</c><00:34:05.059><c> of</c><00:34:05.279><c> course</c><00:34:05.599><c> brethren</c><00:34:05.980><c> and</c>

00:34:06.220 --> 00:34:08.159
sisters<00:34:06.519><c> he</c><00:34:06.680><c> had</c><00:34:06.799><c> been</c><00:34:07.059><c> powerless</c><00:34:07.500><c> to</c><00:34:07.799><c> prevent</c><00:34:08.159><c> it.</c>

00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:14.860
Hadn't<00:34:08.639><c> he?</c><00:34:10.260><c> But</c><00:34:10.400><c> Jezebel</c><00:34:10.840><c> had</c><00:34:11.059><c> no</c><00:34:11.480><c> fear.</c><00:34:12.579><c> She</c><00:34:12.980><c> steeped</c><00:34:13.480><c> in</c><00:34:13.639><c> idolatry.</c><00:34:14.219><c> She</c><00:34:14.340><c> has</c><00:34:14.559><c> no</c>

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regard<00:34:15.300><c> for</c><00:34:15.460><c> the</c><00:34:15.619><c> God</c><00:34:15.780><c> of</c>

00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:19.119
Israel.<00:34:17.219><c> So</c><00:34:17.340><c> she</c><00:34:17.500><c> says</c><00:34:17.619><c> now</c><00:34:17.840><c> take</c><00:34:18.099><c> this</c><00:34:18.320><c> message</c><00:34:18.579><c> to</c><00:34:18.820><c> Elijah</c>

00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:20.659
at<00:34:19.320><c> the</c><00:34:19.400><c> gate</c><00:34:19.579><c> of</c><00:34:19.760><c> Jezreel.</c>

00:34:23.320 --> 00:34:26.980
So<00:34:23.559><c> let</c><00:34:23.760><c> the</c><00:34:24.000><c> gods</c><00:34:24.239><c> do</c><00:34:24.420><c> to</c><00:34:24.619><c> me</c><00:34:24.880><c> and</c><00:34:25.159><c> more</c><00:34:25.440><c> also</c><00:34:25.960><c> if</c><00:34:26.179><c> I</c><00:34:26.480><c> make</c><00:34:26.679><c> not</c>

00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:29.900
thy<00:34:27.239><c> life</c><00:34:27.579><c> as</c><00:34:27.739><c> the</c><00:34:27.960><c> life</c><00:34:28.159><c> of</c><00:34:28.360><c> one</c><00:34:28.579><c> of</c><00:34:28.840><c> them</c><00:34:29.039><c> by</c><00:34:29.380><c> tomorrow</c>

00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:34.320
about<00:34:30.400><c> this</c><00:34:30.739><c> time.</c><00:34:32.860><c> I'll</c><00:34:33.219><c> have</c><00:34:33.380><c> solved</c><00:34:33.500><c> this</c><00:34:33.760><c> problem</c><00:34:34.059><c> within</c>

00:34:34.320 --> 00:34:38.480
24<00:34:34.800><c> hours</c><00:34:35.460><c> and</c><00:34:37.099><c> when</c><00:34:37.340><c> Elijah</c><00:34:37.719><c> heard</c><00:34:38.019><c> it</c><00:34:38.239><c> brethren</c>

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:43.960
and<00:34:38.699><c> sisters</c><00:34:39.000><c> he</c><00:34:39.280><c> fled</c><00:34:39.460><c> for</c><00:34:39.679><c> his</c><00:34:39.920><c> life.</c><00:34:41.559><c> Was</c><00:34:41.760><c> he</c><00:34:41.980><c> afraid?</c><00:34:43.679><c> Oh</c><00:34:43.880><c> I</c>

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:46.360
think<00:34:44.079><c> he</c><00:34:44.219><c> was</c><00:34:44.420><c> afraid</c><00:34:44.699><c> all</c><00:34:44.960><c> right.</c><00:34:45.820><c> He</c><00:34:46.000><c> didn't</c><00:34:46.159><c> want</c>

00:34:46.360 --> 00:34:51.039
to<00:34:46.500><c> lose</c><00:34:46.619><c> his</c><00:34:46.900><c> life</c><00:34:47.039><c> to</c><00:34:47.219><c> no</c><00:34:47.420><c> purpose</c><00:34:47.760><c> at</c><00:34:47.960><c> the</c><00:34:48.119><c> hands</c><00:34:48.280><c> of</c><00:34:48.539><c> someone</c><00:34:48.699><c> like</c><00:34:49.019><c> Jezebel.</c><00:34:50.559><c> But</c><00:34:50.900><c> I</c>

00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:51.679
think<00:34:51.139><c> there</c><00:34:51.300><c> was</c><00:34:51.440><c> more</c>

00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:56.119
to<00:34:51.800><c> it</c><00:34:51.900><c> than</c><00:34:52.119><c> that.</c><00:34:53.619><c> His</c><00:34:53.800><c> own</c><00:34:54.079><c> salvation</c><00:34:54.760><c> is</c><00:34:55.119><c> bound</c><00:34:55.320><c> up</c><00:34:55.559><c> in</c><00:34:55.719><c> his</c>

00:34:56.119 --> 00:34:58.219
experiences<00:34:56.800><c> as</c><00:34:57.139><c> was</c><00:34:57.320><c> the</c><00:34:57.480><c> case</c><00:34:57.639><c> with</c><00:34:57.800><c> the</c><00:34:57.980><c> widow</c>

00:34:58.219 --> 00:35:04.199
woman<00:34:58.519><c> in</c><00:34:58.599><c> the</c><00:34:58.800><c> previous</c><00:34:59.159><c> chapters.</c><00:35:01.679><c> And</c><00:35:01.940><c> there</c><00:35:02.139><c> is</c><00:35:02.360><c> something</c><00:35:02.760><c> to</c><00:35:03.000><c> be</c><00:35:03.320><c> purged</c><00:35:03.679><c> out</c><00:35:03.980><c> of</c>

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Elijah's<00:35:04.860><c> character</c>

00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:08.980
before<00:35:05.539><c> he</c><00:35:05.699><c> can</c><00:35:06.039><c> stand</c><00:35:06.320><c> wholly</c><00:35:06.739><c> upright</c><00:35:07.280><c> before</c><00:35:07.699><c> his</c><00:35:07.960><c> God</c><00:35:08.400><c> as</c>

00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:13.239
we<00:35:09.179><c> shall</c><00:35:09.420><c> see.</c><00:35:11.739><c> I</c><00:35:11.860><c> think</c><00:35:12.079><c> also</c><00:35:12.400><c> that</c><00:35:12.579><c> running</c><00:35:12.800><c> away</c><00:35:13.099><c> was</c>

00:35:13.239 --> 00:35:16.039
the<00:35:13.420><c> right</c><00:35:13.599><c> thing</c><00:35:13.739><c> to</c><00:35:13.940><c> do</c><00:35:14.039><c> in</c><00:35:14.179><c> that</c><00:35:14.440><c> particular</c><00:35:14.820><c> situation.</c>

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:18.880
If<00:35:16.619><c> they</c><00:35:16.840><c> persecute</c><00:35:17.300><c> you</c><00:35:17.460><c> in</c><00:35:17.619><c> one</c><00:35:17.800><c> city</c><00:35:18.039><c> flee</c><00:35:18.360><c> to</c><00:35:18.579><c> another</c>

00:35:18.880 --> 00:35:23.679
and<00:35:19.159><c> so</c><00:35:19.360><c> he</c><00:35:19.599><c> does.</c><00:35:21.659><c> And</c><00:35:21.980><c> strangely</c><00:35:22.280><c> enough</c><00:35:22.719><c> he</c><00:35:22.920><c> comes</c><00:35:23.219><c> right</c>

00:35:23.679 --> 00:35:27.860
down<00:35:24.119><c> from</c><00:35:24.440><c> Jezreel</c><00:35:25.199><c> past</c><00:35:25.719><c> Samaria</c><00:35:26.960><c> down</c><00:35:27.559><c> to</c>

00:35:27.860 --> 00:35:31.940
Beersheba.<00:35:29.500><c> So</c><00:35:29.679><c> he's</c><00:35:29.780><c> up</c><00:35:29.980><c> in</c><00:35:30.159><c> Jezreel</c><00:35:30.679><c> when</c><00:35:30.820><c> he</c><00:35:31.019><c> received</c><00:35:31.300><c> that</c><00:35:31.579><c> message</c><00:35:31.840><c> he</c>

00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:34.760
comes<00:35:32.260><c> down</c><00:35:32.780><c> past</c><00:35:33.139><c> Samaria</c><00:35:33.780><c> down</c><00:35:34.260><c> past</c>

00:35:34.760 --> 00:35:38.920
Jerusalem<00:35:35.420><c> right</c><00:35:36.260><c> down</c><00:35:36.599><c> to</c><00:35:36.860><c> Beersheba</c><00:35:37.679><c> in</c><00:35:38.139><c> the</c><00:35:38.360><c> south</c><00:35:38.539><c> of</c><00:35:38.760><c> the</c>

00:35:38.920 --> 00:35:43.739
country.<00:35:40.920><c> That's</c><00:35:41.320><c> the</c><00:35:41.519><c> place</c><00:35:42.340><c> of</c><00:35:43.000><c> the</c><00:35:43.199><c> well</c><00:35:43.320><c> of</c><00:35:43.539><c> the</c>

00:35:43.739 --> 00:35:48.559
oath<00:35:44.039><c> where</c><00:35:44.320><c> Abraham</c><00:35:44.900><c> himself</c><00:35:45.519><c> had</c><00:35:45.900><c> stood.</c><00:35:47.480><c> So</c><00:35:47.699><c> he's</c><00:35:47.920><c> well</c><00:35:48.119><c> out</c><00:35:48.340><c> of</c>

00:35:48.559 --> 00:35:50.900
Jezebel's<00:35:49.219><c> reach</c><00:35:49.480><c> by</c><00:35:49.780><c> the</c><00:35:50.000><c> time</c><00:35:50.179><c> he</c><00:35:50.340><c> gets</c><00:35:50.579><c> down</c>

00:35:50.900 --> 00:35:56.420
to<00:35:51.179><c> that</c><00:35:51.219><c> place</c><00:35:51.739><c> in</c><00:35:51.920><c> verse</c><00:35:52.280><c> 3</c><00:35:52.559><c> of</c><00:35:52.760><c> chapter</c><00:35:53.039><c> 19.</c><00:35:55.619><c> And</c><00:35:55.699><c> as</c><00:35:55.940><c> Israel</c>

00:35:56.420 --> 00:35:58.599
had<00:35:56.739><c> done</c><00:35:57.019><c> he</c><00:35:57.199><c> must</c><00:35:57.440><c> now</c><00:35:57.719><c> undergo</c><00:35:58.019><c> his</c><00:35:58.280><c> own</c>

00:35:58.599 --> 00:36:04.539
personal<00:35:59.159><c> confrontation</c><00:36:00.000><c> with</c><00:36:00.300><c> God.</c><00:36:01.840><c> He</c><00:36:01.980><c> doesn't</c><00:36:02.260><c> know</c><00:36:02.519><c> it</c><00:36:02.659><c> as</c><00:36:02.860><c> yet</c><00:36:03.260><c> but</c><00:36:04.039><c> he</c><00:36:04.179><c> has</c><00:36:04.360><c> a</c>

00:36:04.539 --> 00:36:06.059
meeting<00:36:04.920><c> an</c><00:36:05.320><c> appointment</c><00:36:05.760><c> to</c>

00:36:06.059 --> 00:36:10.900
keep<00:36:06.219><c> at</c><00:36:06.500><c> Horeb</c><00:36:07.320><c> the</c><00:36:07.699><c> mount</c><00:36:07.960><c> of</c><00:36:08.260><c> God.</c><00:36:10.139><c> And</c><00:36:10.320><c> he</c><00:36:10.400><c> will</c><00:36:10.579><c> shortly</c>

00:36:10.900 --> 00:36:14.000
receive<00:36:11.360><c> this</c><00:36:11.619><c> information.</c><00:36:13.519><c> He</c><00:36:13.659><c> leaves</c>

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his<00:36:14.320><c> servant</c><00:36:14.679><c> at</c><00:36:14.980><c> Beersheba</c><00:36:15.679><c> in</c><00:36:15.920><c> verse</c><00:36:16.219><c> 4</c><00:36:16.960><c> and</c><00:36:18.300><c> he</c><00:36:18.500><c> himself</c><00:36:19.079><c> went</c><00:36:19.340><c> a</c>

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day's<00:36:20.039><c> journey</c><00:36:20.460><c> into</c><00:36:20.820><c> the</c><00:36:21.079><c> wilderness</c>

00:36:21.639 --> 00:36:26.960
and<00:36:22.380><c> came</c><00:36:22.599><c> and</c><00:36:22.860><c> sat</c><00:36:23.059><c> down</c><00:36:23.480><c> under</c><00:36:23.820><c> a</c><00:36:24.119><c> juniper</c><00:36:24.559><c> tree.</c><00:36:26.619><c> And</c><00:36:26.719><c> now</c>

00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:29.420
Elijah<00:36:27.340><c> wants</c><00:36:27.659><c> to</c><00:36:27.980><c> die</c><00:36:28.239><c> out</c><00:36:28.539><c> of</c><00:36:28.739><c> despair</c>

00:36:29.420 --> 00:36:33.760
because<00:36:29.960><c> he</c><00:36:30.079><c> feels</c><00:36:30.320><c> that</c><00:36:30.539><c> while</c><00:36:30.739><c> Jezebel</c><00:36:31.199><c> is</c><00:36:31.460><c> alive</c><00:36:31.960><c> the</c><00:36:33.000><c> nation</c><00:36:33.400><c> will</c>

00:36:33.760 --> 00:36:36.300
never<00:36:34.119><c> come</c><00:36:34.599><c> wholeheartedly</c><00:36:35.739><c> back</c><00:36:36.099><c> to</c>

00:36:36.300 --> 00:36:39.800
the<00:36:36.480><c> worship</c><00:36:36.780><c> of</c><00:36:37.000><c> the</c><00:36:37.139><c> God</c><00:36:37.300><c> of</c><00:36:37.480><c> Israel</c><00:36:38.000><c> and</c><00:36:39.139><c> that</c><00:36:39.300><c> his</c><00:36:39.500><c> efforts</c>

00:36:39.800 --> 00:36:42.260
will<00:36:40.000><c> have</c><00:36:40.159><c> been</c><00:36:40.360><c> largely</c><00:36:40.960><c> wasted.</c>

00:36:42.599 --> 00:36:48.059
And<00:36:43.199><c> so</c><00:36:43.440><c> he</c><00:36:43.619><c> feels</c><00:36:44.119><c> utterly</c><00:36:44.800><c> forlorn.</c><00:36:47.099><c> And</c><00:36:47.239><c> so</c><00:36:47.519><c> at</c><00:36:47.760><c> the</c><00:36:47.760><c> end</c><00:36:47.960><c> of</c>

00:36:48.059 --> 00:36:50.139
verse<00:36:48.280><c> 4</c><00:36:48.559><c> he</c><00:36:48.780><c> requested</c><00:36:49.159><c> for</c><00:36:49.380><c> himself</c><00:36:49.719><c> that</c><00:36:49.940><c> he</c>

00:36:50.139 --> 00:36:57.980
might<00:36:50.500><c> die</c><00:36:51.159><c> and</c><00:36:51.800><c> he</c><00:36:51.940><c> said</c><00:36:52.059><c> it's</c><00:36:52.360><c> enough.</c><00:36:54.139><c> Now</c><00:36:54.159><c> oh</c><00:36:54.460><c> Lord</c><00:36:54.880><c> take</c><00:36:55.559><c> away</c><00:36:55.840><c> my</c><00:36:56.159><c> life</c><00:36:57.059><c> for</c><00:36:57.699><c> I</c>

00:36:57.980 --> 00:36:59.840
am<00:36:58.159><c> not</c><00:36:58.500><c> better</c><00:36:58.780><c> than</c><00:36:59.019><c> my</c>

00:37:00.340 --> 00:37:06.360
father's.<00:37:01.500><c> And</c><00:37:01.719><c> there's</c><00:37:01.920><c> a</c><00:37:02.380><c> pathetic</c><00:37:03.699><c> despairing</c><00:37:05.579><c> note</c><00:37:05.719><c> about</c><00:37:06.059><c> this</c>

00:37:06.360 --> 00:37:09.659
request<00:37:06.780><c> isn't</c><00:37:07.159><c> there?</c><00:37:08.739><c> And</c><00:37:09.019><c> how</c><00:37:09.260><c> many</c><00:37:09.500><c> of</c>

00:37:09.659 --> 00:37:17.239
servants<00:37:10.179><c> of</c><00:37:10.519><c> God</c><00:37:11.139><c> feel</c><00:37:11.679><c> like</c><00:37:12.039><c> this</c><00:37:12.219><c> in</c><00:37:12.440><c> moments</c><00:37:13.099><c> of</c><00:37:14.400><c> despondency?</c><00:37:16.900><c> Jeremiah</c>

00:37:17.239 --> 00:37:18.639
for<00:37:17.420><c> example</c><00:37:17.940><c> feels</c><00:37:18.280><c> that</c><00:37:18.480><c> God</c>

00:37:18.639 --> 00:37:22.159
is<00:37:18.920><c> using</c><00:37:19.099><c> him</c><00:37:19.280><c> as</c><00:37:19.440><c> the</c><00:37:19.599><c> very</c><00:37:19.920><c> rod</c><00:37:20.239><c> for</c><00:37:20.480><c> the</c><00:37:20.780><c> back</c><00:37:20.960><c> of</c><00:37:21.239><c> others.</c>

00:37:22.599 --> 00:37:24.400
Wearing<00:37:22.940><c> him</c><00:37:23.199><c> out</c><00:37:23.340><c> in</c><00:37:23.480><c> the</c><00:37:23.699><c> process</c><00:37:24.079><c> and</c><00:37:24.280><c> that</c>

00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:28.619
he'd<00:37:24.639><c> rather</c><00:37:24.900><c> die</c><00:37:25.400><c> than</c><00:37:25.639><c> continue.</c><00:37:27.420><c> And</c><00:37:27.639><c> it's</c><00:37:27.780><c> only</c><00:37:28.039><c> when</c><00:37:28.260><c> one</c>

00:37:28.619 --> 00:37:31.829
sees<00:37:29.019><c> these</c><00:37:29.460><c> lesser</c><00:37:29.880><c> men</c><00:37:30.159><c> in</c><00:37:30.420><c> their</c><00:37:30.679><c> anguish</c><00:37:31.179><c> of</c><00:37:31.539><c> soul</c>

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that<00:37:33.530><c> one</c><00:37:33.829><c> knows</c><00:37:34.469><c> and</c><00:37:34.949><c> realizes</c><00:37:35.570><c> the</c><00:37:36.030><c> greatness</c><00:37:36.730><c> of</c><00:37:37.670><c> the</c><00:37:37.809><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:37:38.530><c> Christ</c><00:37:39.329><c> whose</c><00:37:40.130><c> death</c><00:37:40.429><c> was</c><00:37:40.610><c> of</c><00:37:40.769><c> a</c><00:37:41.010><c> different</c>

00:37:41.230 --> 00:37:46.309
kind<00:37:41.869><c> and</c><00:37:42.030><c> when</c><00:37:42.190><c> it</c><00:37:42.469><c> comes</c><00:37:42.909><c> it's</c><00:37:43.170><c> at</c><00:37:43.230><c> the</c><00:37:43.530><c> right</c><00:37:43.889><c> moment</c><00:37:44.710><c> effective</c><00:37:45.829><c> to</c>

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save<00:37:47.210><c> and</c><00:37:49.969><c> didn't</c><00:37:50.210><c> complain</c><00:37:50.989><c> and</c><00:37:52.250><c> feel</c>

00:37:52.510 --> 00:38:00.849
useless<00:37:53.250><c> and</c><00:37:53.849><c> wasted.</c><00:37:56.389><c> It</c><00:37:56.789><c> was</c><00:37:57.030><c> right</c><00:37:57.730><c> and</c><00:37:59.949><c> he</c><00:38:00.230><c> accepted</c><00:38:00.550><c> the</c>

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father's<00:38:01.309><c> will.</c><00:38:03.110><c> But</c><00:38:03.329><c> for</c><00:38:03.550><c> Elijah</c><00:38:03.989><c> at</c><00:38:04.269><c> this</c><00:38:04.510><c> moment</c>

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it<00:38:04.989><c> was</c><00:38:05.230><c> not</c><00:38:05.570><c> so.</c><00:38:06.510><c> He</c><00:38:06.730><c> felt</c><00:38:06.969><c> useless</c><00:38:07.449><c> and</c><00:38:07.849><c> alone</c><00:38:08.269><c> and</c><00:38:08.489><c> in</c><00:38:08.670><c> a</c><00:38:08.789><c> God</c>

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forsaken<00:38:09.530><c> heritage.</c><00:38:12.250><c> Was</c><00:38:12.429><c> he</c><00:38:12.630><c> perhaps</c><00:38:12.929><c> a</c><00:38:13.010><c> little</c>

00:38:13.329 --> 00:38:22.489
proud<00:38:13.769><c> do</c><00:38:13.949><c> you</c><00:38:14.130><c> think</c><00:38:14.309><c> brethren</c><00:38:14.610><c> and</c><00:38:14.889><c> sisters?</c><00:38:16.369><c> Well</c><00:38:16.550><c> if</c><00:38:16.610><c> he</c><00:38:16.730><c> was</c><00:38:16.869><c> like</c><00:38:17.110><c> you</c><00:38:17.309><c> or</c><00:38:17.590><c> me</c><00:38:17.849><c> there</c><00:38:17.969><c> was</c><00:38:18.269><c> bound</c><00:38:18.469><c> to</c><00:38:18.610><c> be</c><00:38:18.750><c> a</c>

00:38:22.489 --> 00:38:28.130
but<00:38:22.849><c> look</c><00:38:23.230><c> it's</c><00:38:23.630><c> there</c><00:38:23.809><c> in</c><00:38:24.010><c> the</c><00:38:24.210><c> words.</c><00:38:26.510><c> Now</c><00:38:26.570><c> oh</c><00:38:26.849><c> Lord</c><00:38:27.110><c> take</c><00:38:27.449><c> away</c><00:38:27.789><c> my</c>

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life<00:38:28.449><c> for</c><00:38:28.650><c> I</c><00:38:28.929><c> am</c><00:38:29.130><c> not</c><00:38:29.510><c> better</c><00:38:29.909><c> than</c><00:38:30.170><c> my</c><00:38:30.530><c> father's.</c>

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Who<00:38:32.530><c> told</c><00:38:32.730><c> you</c><00:38:32.889><c> that</c><00:38:33.090><c> you</c><00:38:33.329><c> were</c><00:38:33.590><c> Elijah?</c><00:38:34.250><c> Who</c><00:38:34.510><c> suggested</c><00:38:35.090><c> that?</c><00:38:37.170><c> Had</c>

00:38:37.289 --> 00:38:38.389
he<00:38:37.429><c> thought</c><00:38:37.650><c> that</c><00:38:37.789><c> he</c><00:38:37.869><c> was</c><00:38:38.030><c> going</c><00:38:38.130><c> to</c><00:38:38.269><c> do</c>

00:38:38.389 --> 00:38:42.690
something<00:38:38.670><c> that</c><00:38:38.949><c> Moses</c><00:38:39.369><c> had</c><00:38:39.550><c> been</c><00:38:39.789><c> unable</c><00:38:40.130><c> to</c><00:38:40.409><c> do</c><00:38:40.869><c> or</c><00:38:42.050><c> that</c><00:38:42.269><c> any</c><00:38:42.530><c> of</c>

00:38:42.690 --> 00:38:46.530
the<00:38:42.869><c> other</c><00:38:43.150><c> prophets</c><00:38:43.469><c> of</c><00:38:43.730><c> God</c><00:38:44.550><c> had</c><00:38:45.210><c> been</c><00:38:45.429><c> able</c><00:38:45.769><c> to</c>

00:38:46.670 --> 00:38:51.969
to<00:38:47.269><c> bring</c><00:38:47.489><c> Israel</c><00:38:47.949><c> back</c><00:38:48.289><c> to</c><00:38:48.469><c> God</c><00:38:48.809><c> permanently?</c><00:38:51.250><c> There</c><00:38:51.570><c> was</c><00:38:51.829><c> to</c>

00:38:51.969 --> 00:38:55.110
be<00:38:52.150><c> only</c><00:38:52.510><c> one</c><00:38:52.849><c> shepherd</c><00:38:53.289><c> who</c><00:38:54.570><c> would</c><00:38:54.809><c> finally</c>

00:38:55.110 --> 00:38:57.909
bring<00:38:55.349><c> all</c><00:38:55.610><c> the</c><00:38:55.769><c> sheep</c><00:38:55.929><c> into</c><00:38:56.210><c> one</c><00:38:56.590><c> fold</c><00:38:56.869><c> and</c><00:38:57.110><c> unite</c><00:38:57.429><c> the</c><00:38:57.650><c> ten</c>

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tribes<00:38:58.329><c> with</c><00:38:58.650><c> the</c><00:38:58.909><c> two</c><00:38:59.230><c> and</c><00:38:59.630><c> make</c><00:38:59.869><c> them</c><00:39:00.070><c> one</c><00:39:00.349><c> nation</c>

00:39:00.710 --> 00:39:07.329
on<00:39:00.929><c> the</c><00:39:01.070><c> mountains</c><00:39:01.369><c> of</c><00:39:01.590><c> Israel.</c><00:39:04.230><c> And</c><00:39:04.469><c> so</c><00:39:04.670><c> Elijah</c><00:39:05.150><c> in</c><00:39:05.369><c> his</c><00:39:05.590><c> despair</c><00:39:06.030><c> falls</c><00:39:06.429><c> asleep</c><00:39:06.829><c> under</c><00:39:07.130><c> a</c>

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juniper<00:39:07.690><c> tree.</c>

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And<00:39:10.110><c> with</c><00:39:10.389><c> the</c><00:39:10.849><c> touching</c><00:39:11.349><c> compassion</c><00:39:12.210><c> of</c><00:39:12.469><c> God</c><00:39:13.010><c> according</c><00:39:13.449><c> to</c>

00:39:13.650 --> 00:39:16.690
a<00:39:13.789><c> man's</c><00:39:14.210><c> needs</c><00:39:14.469><c> so</c><00:39:14.769><c> he</c><00:39:15.030><c> provides.</c><00:39:16.230><c> And</c><00:39:16.250><c> it's</c><00:39:16.489><c> not</c>

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ravens<00:39:17.070><c> this</c><00:39:17.469><c> time</c><00:39:17.730><c> but</c><00:39:17.889><c> an</c><00:39:18.170><c> angel</c><00:39:18.570><c> to</c><00:39:19.530><c> strengthen</c><00:39:19.909><c> him</c><00:39:20.110><c> for</c>

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what<00:39:20.489><c> lay</c><00:39:20.750><c> ahead</c><00:39:21.230><c> like</c><00:39:21.869><c> Christ</c><00:39:22.550><c> in</c><00:39:23.309><c> Gethsemane.</c>

00:39:25.389 --> 00:39:28.230
And<00:39:25.570><c> as</c><00:39:25.750><c> he</c><00:39:25.929><c> lay</c><00:39:26.070><c> and</c><00:39:26.329><c> slept</c><00:39:26.530><c> under</c><00:39:26.849><c> a</c><00:39:27.030><c> juniper</c><00:39:27.409><c> tree</c><00:39:27.650><c> behold</c>

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then<00:39:28.809><c> an</c><00:39:29.110><c> angel</c><00:39:29.469><c> touched</c><00:39:29.909><c> him</c><00:39:30.190><c> and</c><00:39:30.389><c> said</c><00:39:30.530><c> unto</c>

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him<00:39:31.110><c> arise</c><00:39:31.769><c> and</c><00:39:32.070><c> eat.</c><00:39:33.869><c> What</c><00:39:34.070><c> an</c><00:39:34.309><c> amazing</c><00:39:34.590><c> thing</c><00:39:34.829><c> when</c><00:39:35.010><c> you</c><00:39:35.170><c> think</c><00:39:35.349><c> about</c><00:39:35.630><c> it.</c>

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One<00:39:35.909><c> of</c><00:39:36.050><c> the</c><00:39:36.309><c> immortal</c><00:39:36.769><c> servants</c><00:39:37.210><c> of</c>

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God<00:39:37.929><c> who</c><00:39:38.309><c> maketh</c><00:39:38.590><c> his</c><00:39:38.869><c> ministers</c><00:39:39.210><c> spirits</c><00:39:39.750><c> and</c><00:39:39.909><c> his</c><00:39:40.170><c> angels</c><00:39:40.550><c> a</c>

00:39:40.869 --> 00:39:43.550
flame<00:39:41.050><c> of</c><00:39:41.389><c> fire</c><00:39:41.849><c> that</c><00:39:42.510><c> such</c><00:39:42.789><c> a</c><00:39:43.030><c> person</c><00:39:43.349><c> should</c>

00:39:43.550 --> 00:39:49.590
make<00:39:43.789><c> a</c><00:39:43.969><c> meal</c><00:39:44.130><c> for</c><00:39:44.389><c> Elijah.</c><00:39:45.869><c> What</c><00:39:46.389><c> make</c><00:39:46.809><c> a</c><00:39:47.070><c> meal?</c><00:39:48.929><c> Yes</c><00:39:49.170><c> for</c><00:39:49.369><c> are</c>

00:39:49.590 --> 00:39:51.809
they<00:39:49.690><c> not</c><00:39:49.849><c> all</c><00:39:50.110><c> ministering</c><00:39:50.809><c> spirits</c><00:39:51.230><c> sent</c><00:39:51.510><c> forth</c>

00:39:51.809 --> 00:39:54.710
to<00:39:52.050><c> minister</c><00:39:52.269><c> for</c><00:39:52.449><c> them</c><00:39:52.670><c> who</c><00:39:52.829><c> shall</c><00:39:52.969><c> be</c><00:39:53.150><c> heirs</c><00:39:53.349><c> of</c><00:39:53.610><c> salvation?</c>

00:39:55.230 --> 00:39:58.309
And<00:39:55.590><c> so</c><00:39:55.789><c> it</c><00:39:55.969><c> was</c><00:39:56.130><c> here.</c><00:39:58.050><c> There</c><00:39:58.170><c> were</c><00:39:58.190><c> six</c>

00:39:58.309 --> 00:40:02.989
and<00:39:58.469><c> he</c><00:39:58.630><c> looked</c><00:39:59.150><c> and</c><00:40:00.289><c> behold</c><00:40:00.710><c> there</c><00:40:00.949><c> was</c><00:40:01.110><c> a</c><00:40:01.289><c> cake</c><00:40:01.489><c> bacon</c><00:40:01.829><c> on</c><00:40:02.030><c> the</c><00:40:02.269><c> coals</c><00:40:02.610><c> and</c><00:40:02.809><c> a</c>

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cruise<00:40:03.150><c> of</c><00:40:03.429><c> water</c><00:40:03.710><c> at</c><00:40:03.869><c> his</c><00:40:04.150><c> head.</c>

00:40:05.389 --> 00:40:09.550
So<00:40:05.949><c> there</c><00:40:06.090><c> was</c><00:40:06.250><c> bread</c><00:40:06.489><c> from</c><00:40:06.769><c> heaven</c><00:40:07.289><c> and</c><00:40:07.969><c> the</c><00:40:08.210><c> water</c><00:40:08.449><c> of</c><00:40:08.730><c> life.</c>

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Surely<00:40:10.309><c> a</c><00:40:10.550><c> meal</c><00:40:10.789><c> fit</c><00:40:10.889><c> for</c><00:40:11.150><c> a</c><00:40:11.250><c> king</c><00:40:11.429><c> brethren</c>

00:40:11.769 --> 00:40:16.949
and<00:40:12.050><c> sisters.</c><00:40:14.690><c> And</c><00:40:15.110><c> he</c><00:40:15.230><c> did</c><00:40:15.389><c> eat</c><00:40:15.630><c> and</c><00:40:15.869><c> drink</c><00:40:16.150><c> and</c><00:40:16.510><c> laid</c><00:40:16.690><c> him</c>

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down<00:40:17.250><c> again.</c><00:40:19.210><c> And</c><00:40:19.349><c> it's</c><00:40:19.469><c> rather</c><00:40:19.730><c> surprising</c><00:40:20.269><c> that</c>

00:40:20.510 --> 00:40:23.650
Elijah<00:40:20.869><c> after</c><00:40:21.250><c> receiving</c><00:40:21.630><c> this</c><00:40:21.929><c> unexpected</c><00:40:22.510><c> visitation</c><00:40:23.230><c> from</c><00:40:23.409><c> an</c>

00:40:23.650 --> 00:40:26.110
angel<00:40:23.849><c> of</c><00:40:24.130><c> God</c><00:40:24.530><c> could</c><00:40:24.849><c> just</c><00:40:25.110><c> simply</c><00:40:25.429><c> eat</c><00:40:25.809><c> and</c>

00:40:26.110 --> 00:40:30.070
drink<00:40:26.469><c> and</c><00:40:26.869><c> go</c><00:40:27.090><c> back</c><00:40:27.289><c> to</c><00:40:27.510><c> sleep</c><00:40:27.670><c> again.</c><00:40:29.409><c> Other</c><00:40:29.630><c> men</c><00:40:29.809><c> in</c><00:40:29.969><c> the</c>

00:40:30.070 --> 00:40:32.610
Old<00:40:30.269><c> Testament</c><00:40:30.849><c> were</c><00:40:31.309><c> greatly</c><00:40:31.809><c> troubled</c><00:40:32.230><c> after</c>

00:40:32.610 --> 00:40:36.849
seeing<00:40:32.809><c> an</c><00:40:33.070><c> angel</c><00:40:33.329><c> weren't</c><00:40:33.630><c> they?</c><00:40:35.429><c> Sleep</c><00:40:35.630><c> wouldn't</c><00:40:35.849><c> have</c><00:40:36.050><c> come</c><00:40:36.190><c> easily</c><00:40:36.590><c> or</c>

00:40:36.849 --> 00:40:38.389
so<00:40:36.989><c> one</c><00:40:37.150><c> would</c><00:40:37.409><c> think.</c>

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That<00:40:39.170><c> Elijah</c><00:40:39.389><c> seems</c><00:40:39.690><c> to</c><00:40:39.929><c> take</c><00:40:40.070><c> this</c><00:40:40.349><c> incident</c><00:40:40.710><c> in</c><00:40:41.050><c> his</c><00:40:41.409><c> stride</c>

00:40:42.650 --> 00:40:45.210
and<00:40:42.989><c> that</c><00:40:43.289><c> tells</c><00:40:43.530><c> us</c><00:40:43.829><c> something</c><00:40:44.170><c> very</c><00:40:44.670><c> interesting</c>

00:40:45.210 --> 00:40:50.030
about<00:40:45.670><c> the</c><00:40:45.949><c> prophet</c><00:40:46.250><c> Elijah.</c><00:40:48.710><c> I</c><00:40:48.869><c> think</c><00:40:49.050><c> that</c><00:40:49.309><c> tells</c><00:40:49.590><c> us</c><00:40:49.849><c> that</c>

00:40:50.030 --> 00:40:52.190
this<00:40:50.289><c> wasn't</c><00:40:50.630><c> his</c><00:40:50.969><c> first</c><00:40:51.409><c> encounter</c>

00:40:52.190 --> 00:40:56.750
with<00:40:52.969><c> the</c><00:40:53.190><c> angels</c><00:40:53.570><c> of</c><00:40:53.869><c> God.</c><00:40:55.110><c> For</c><00:40:55.230><c> he</c><00:40:55.349><c> was</c><00:40:55.570><c> working</c><00:40:55.969><c> together</c>

00:40:56.750 --> 00:41:00.369
with<00:40:57.289><c> God</c><00:40:58.050><c> throughout</c><00:40:58.869><c> the</c><00:40:59.670><c> period</c><00:41:00.110><c> of</c>

00:41:00.369 --> 00:41:06.050
ministry<00:41:01.250><c> and</c><00:41:02.429><c> I</c><00:41:02.550><c> think</c><00:41:02.769><c> he</c><00:41:02.889><c> had</c><00:41:03.050><c> seen</c><00:41:03.230><c> angels</c><00:41:03.590><c> before.</c><00:41:06.030><c> Verse</c>

00:41:06.050 --> 00:41:08.449
seven<00:41:06.769><c> so</c><00:41:07.210><c> the</c><00:41:07.349><c> angel</c><00:41:07.570><c> of</c><00:41:07.730><c> the</c><00:41:07.829><c> Lord</c><00:41:07.989><c> came</c><00:41:08.230><c> again</c>

00:41:08.449 --> 00:41:12.949
the<00:41:08.750><c> second</c><00:41:09.010><c> time</c><00:41:09.269><c> and</c><00:41:09.469><c> touched</c><00:41:09.730><c> him</c><00:41:09.909><c> and</c><00:41:10.070><c> said</c><00:41:10.190><c> arise</c><00:41:10.730><c> and</c><00:41:11.090><c> eat</c><00:41:11.409><c> because</c><00:41:11.889><c> the</c><00:41:12.210><c> journey</c><00:41:12.550><c> is</c>

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too<00:41:13.329><c> great</c><00:41:13.550><c> for</c>

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thee.<00:41:15.230><c> So</c><00:41:15.429><c> Elijah</c><00:41:15.710><c> has</c><00:41:15.929><c> his</c><00:41:16.170><c> second</c><00:41:16.570><c> meal</c><00:41:17.090><c> and</c><00:41:18.489><c> then</c><00:41:18.610><c> he's</c><00:41:18.769><c> ready</c><00:41:18.989><c> for</c>

00:41:19.170 --> 00:41:21.809
the<00:41:19.349><c> great</c><00:41:19.570><c> journey</c><00:41:19.949><c> which</c><00:41:20.150><c> he</c><00:41:20.369><c> must</c><00:41:20.590><c> undertake.</c>

00:41:25.150 --> 00:41:28.170
I<00:41:25.309><c> think</c><00:41:25.570><c> our</c><00:41:25.949><c> need</c><00:41:26.170><c> in</c><00:41:26.349><c> the</c><00:41:26.530><c> breaking</c><00:41:26.750><c> of</c><00:41:27.030><c> bread</c><00:41:27.150><c> is</c><00:41:27.389><c> mentioned</c><00:41:27.750><c> in</c><00:41:27.949><c> that</c>

00:41:28.170 --> 00:41:29.530
verse<00:41:28.429><c> too</c><00:41:28.750><c> brethren</c><00:41:29.050><c> and</c><00:41:29.269><c> sisters.</c>

00:41:29.530 --> 00:41:33.429
We're<00:41:29.730><c> told</c><00:41:30.090><c> week</c><00:41:30.469><c> by</c><00:41:30.789><c> week</c><00:41:31.010><c> to</c><00:41:31.269><c> arise</c><00:41:31.769><c> and</c><00:41:32.130><c> eat</c><00:41:32.389><c> for</c><00:41:32.710><c> the</c><00:41:32.929><c> journey</c><00:41:33.170><c> is</c>

00:41:33.429 --> 00:41:37.150
too<00:41:33.750><c> great</c><00:41:33.949><c> for</c><00:41:34.190><c> thee.</c><00:41:35.809><c> We</c><00:41:35.909><c> need</c><00:41:36.210><c> meal</c><00:41:36.590><c> after</c>

00:41:37.150 --> 00:41:40.570
meal<00:41:37.690><c> at</c><00:41:38.349><c> the</c><00:41:38.550><c> hand</c><00:41:38.730><c> of</c><00:41:38.929><c> the</c><00:41:39.050><c> Lord</c><00:41:39.329><c> to</c><00:41:39.510><c> give</c><00:41:39.590><c> us</c><00:41:39.809><c> the</c><00:41:40.090><c> strength</c>

00:41:40.570 --> 00:41:44.829
to<00:41:41.530><c> get</c><00:41:41.730><c> to</c><00:41:41.929><c> the</c><00:41:42.130><c> journey's</c><00:41:42.650><c> end.</c><00:41:44.469><c> So</c><00:41:44.650><c> it's</c>

00:41:44.829 --> 00:41:47.889
not<00:41:44.969><c> a</c><00:41:45.090><c> case</c><00:41:45.250><c> of</c><00:41:45.449><c> eating</c><00:41:45.610><c> once</c><00:41:46.329><c> and</c><00:41:46.929><c> then</c><00:41:47.130><c> being</c><00:41:47.429><c> strengthened</c>

00:41:47.889 --> 00:41:50.090
for<00:41:48.210><c> everything</c><00:41:48.630><c> that</c><00:41:48.949><c> lies</c><00:41:49.130><c> ahead.</c>

00:41:50.670 --> 00:41:55.570
We<00:41:50.849><c> need</c><00:41:51.010><c> to</c><00:41:51.230><c> arise</c><00:41:51.610><c> and</c><00:41:51.889><c> eat</c><00:41:52.210><c> again</c><00:41:52.710><c> and</c><00:41:53.090><c> again</c><00:41:53.789><c> lest</c><00:41:54.889><c> the</c><00:41:55.130><c> journey</c><00:41:55.309><c> be</c>

00:41:55.570 --> 00:41:57.489
too<00:41:55.889><c> great</c><00:41:56.090><c> for</c><00:41:56.369><c> us.</c>

00:41:57.969 --> 00:42:05.650
And<00:41:58.590><c> the</c><00:41:58.789><c> significance</c><00:41:59.369><c> of</c><00:41:59.630><c> Elijah's</c><00:42:00.210><c> journey</c><00:42:00.630><c> we</c><00:42:01.849><c> shall</c><00:42:02.030><c> consider</c><00:42:02.489><c> tomorrow</c><00:42:03.010><c> together</c><00:42:03.869><c> God</c><00:42:04.690><c> willing.</c>

00:42:07.269 --> 00:42:09.929
So<00:42:07.409><c> I'm</c><00:42:07.550><c> going</c><00:42:07.610><c> to</c><00:42:07.809><c> stop</c><00:42:07.969><c> at</c><00:42:08.150><c> that</c><00:42:08.429><c> point</c><00:42:08.670><c> which</c><00:42:08.849><c> would</c><00:42:09.030><c> be</c><00:42:09.269><c> convenient</c><00:42:09.769><c> and</c>

00:42:09.929 --> 00:42:13.530
I<00:42:10.090><c> think</c><00:42:10.190><c> we</c><00:42:10.409><c> could</c><00:42:10.630><c> sing</c><00:42:10.809><c> now</c><00:42:11.090><c> an</c><00:42:11.349><c> appropriate</c><00:42:11.869><c> hymn</c>

00:42:14.690 --> 00:42:18.789
to<00:42:15.309><c> focus</c><00:42:15.730><c> our</c><00:42:16.110><c> thoughts</c><00:42:16.409><c> on</c><00:42:16.630><c> what</c><00:42:16.849><c> we've</c><00:42:17.230><c> been</c><00:42:18.110><c> considering</c>

00:42:18.789 --> 00:42:20.570
together<00:42:19.269><c> this</c><00:42:19.590><c> morning.</c>

00:42:21.550 --> 00:42:24.610
And<00:42:21.929><c> then</c><00:42:22.070><c> if</c><00:42:22.190><c> you'll</c><00:42:22.389><c> just</c><00:42:22.829><c> remain</c><00:42:23.349><c> standing</c><00:42:23.829><c> for</c><00:42:24.150><c> a</c><00:42:24.369><c> moment</c>

00:42:24.610 --> 00:42:26.730
we'll<00:42:24.929><c> just</c><00:42:25.110><c> have</c><00:42:25.269><c> a</c><00:42:25.469><c> closing</c><00:42:25.809><c> prayer</c><00:42:26.170><c> together.</c>

00:42:26.989 --> 00:42:33.889
The<00:42:27.550><c> hymn</c><00:42:31.389><c> is</c><00:42:31.730><c> 179.</c>

00:42:38.630 --> 00:42:44.539
Oh<00:42:38.670><c> God</c><00:42:39.130><c> in</c><00:42:39.510><c> highest</c><00:42:39.909><c> heaven</c><00:42:40.650><c> our</c><00:42:42.329><c> God</c><00:42:42.690><c> that</c><00:42:43.030><c> hearest</c><00:42:43.449><c> prayer</c>

00:42:45.380 --> 00:42:52.250
through<00:42:45.969><c> Christ</c><00:42:46.449><c> whom</c><00:42:46.690><c> thou</c><00:42:46.909><c> hast</c><00:42:47.170><c> given</c><00:42:47.889><c> our</c><00:42:48.909><c> advocate</c><00:42:49.750><c> thine</c><00:42:50.409><c> heir.</c><00:42:51.909><c> And</c>

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then<00:42:52.889><c> in</c><00:42:54.130><c> the</c><00:42:54.349><c> second</c><00:42:54.610><c> verse</c>

00:42:55.840 --> 00:43:01.440
Elijah's<00:42:56.940><c> prayer</c><00:42:57.179><c> thou</c><00:42:57.500><c> heardest</c><00:42:58.239><c> to</c><00:42:58.699><c> close</c><00:42:59.059><c> and</c><00:42:59.340><c> open</c><00:42:59.719><c> heaven.</c><00:43:01.219><c> Oh</c>

00:43:01.440 --> 00:43:03.400
God<00:43:01.860><c> who</c><00:43:02.239><c> heard</c><00:43:02.500><c> the</c><00:43:02.860><c> prophets</c>

00:43:03.400 --> 00:43:10.159
to<00:43:04.239><c> us</c><00:43:05.119><c> thy</c><00:43:05.599><c> grace</c><00:43:06.039><c> be</c><00:43:06.320><c> given</c><00:43:06.800><c> hymn</c><00:43:07.960><c> 179.</c>

00:43:25.219 --> 00:43:35.880
Oh<00:43:26.619><c> God</c><00:43:27.480><c> in</c><00:43:28.199><c> highest</c><00:43:29.260><c> heaven</c><00:43:31.139><c> our</c><00:43:32.199><c> God</c><00:43:32.860><c> that</c><00:43:33.559><c> hearest</c><00:43:34.679><c> prayer</c>

00:43:36.360 --> 00:43:44.460
through<00:43:37.320><c> Christ</c><00:43:38.079><c> whom</c><00:43:38.980><c> thou</c><00:43:39.599><c> hast</c><00:43:40.099><c> given</c><00:43:41.920><c> our</c><00:43:43.119><c> advocate</c>

00:43:44.460 --> 00:43:47.340
thine<00:43:45.920><c> heir.</c>

00:43:47.340 --> 00:43:57.860
Thou<00:43:48.559><c> strong</c><00:43:49.500><c> in</c><00:43:50.340><c> hope</c><00:43:50.780><c> united</c><00:43:53.159><c> thou</c><00:43:54.440><c> art</c><00:43:54.980><c> life</c><00:43:55.860><c> between</c><00:43:57.159><c> me</c>

00:43:57.860 --> 00:43:59.380
and<00:43:57.860><c> me</c>

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oh

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And<00:44:29.880><c> turn</c><00:44:30.840><c> thy</c><00:44:31.539><c> wrath</c><00:44:32.280><c> away.</c>

00:44:35.800 --> 00:44:40.360
Be<00:44:36.239><c> like</c><00:44:36.980><c> us,</c><00:44:37.679><c> tear</c><00:44:38.139><c> the</c><00:44:39.079><c> harness</c>

00:44:40.460 --> 00:44:46.679
To<00:44:41.719><c> close</c><00:44:42.559><c> and</c><00:44:43.420><c> open</c><00:44:44.639><c> heaven.</c>

00:44:47.320 --> 00:44:52.760
O<00:44:47.860><c> God,</c><00:44:49.059><c> who</c><00:44:49.280><c> turned</c><00:44:49.780><c> from</c><00:44:50.840><c> the</c><00:44:52.280><c> fish</c>

00:44:52.760 --> 00:44:58.980
To<00:44:53.980><c> us</c><00:44:54.679><c> thy</c><00:44:55.380><c> grace</c><00:44:56.440><c> we</c><00:44:57.340><c> give.</c>

00:45:00.639 --> 00:45:05.860
Ah,<00:45:01.219><c> through</c><00:45:01.960><c> thy</c><00:45:02.760><c> greater</c><00:45:03.900><c> prophet</c>

00:45:05.860 --> 00:45:11.260
Seated<00:45:07.679><c> at</c><00:45:08.300><c> thy</c><00:45:09.199><c> right</c><00:45:09.900><c> hand,</c>

00:45:12.179 --> 00:45:16.760
They<00:45:12.679><c> dread</c><00:45:13.280><c> thee</c><00:45:13.960><c> like</c><00:45:14.860><c> a</c><00:45:15.519><c> rampart</c>

00:45:16.760 --> 00:45:23.179
As<00:45:18.099><c> gives</c><00:45:18.840><c> the</c><00:45:19.719><c> hope</c><00:45:20.480><c> we</c><00:45:21.260><c> spend.</c>

00:45:23.780 --> 00:45:29.179
For<00:45:24.139><c> Abraham's</c><00:45:25.920><c> God</c><00:45:26.000><c> is</c><00:45:27.260><c> our</c><00:45:28.320><c> God,</c>

00:45:29.400 --> 00:45:34.880
And<00:45:30.079><c> Isaac's</c><00:45:31.219><c> God</c><00:45:32.059><c> is</c><00:45:33.199><c> us.</c>

00:45:35.320 --> 00:45:40.380
Ours<00:45:35.760><c> is</c><00:45:36.639><c> the</c><00:45:37.239><c> God</c><00:45:37.920><c> of</c><00:45:38.820><c> Jacob</c>

00:45:40.380 --> 00:45:48.239
With<00:45:41.599><c> his</c><00:45:43.000><c> almighty</c><00:45:45.059><c> heart.</c>

00:45:50.719 --> 00:45:56.739
O<00:45:51.340><c> Lord</c><00:45:51.699><c> our</c><00:45:51.980><c> God,</c><00:45:54.079><c> thou</c><00:45:54.420><c> the</c><00:45:54.739><c> mighty</c><00:45:55.099><c> one</c><00:45:55.300><c> of</c><00:45:55.460><c> Israel,</c>

00:45:58.440 --> 00:46:01.599
We<00:45:58.659><c> marvel</c><00:45:59.019><c> at</c><00:45:59.199><c> the</c><00:45:59.300><c> way</c><00:45:59.599><c> in</c><00:45:59.800><c> which</c><00:46:00.260><c> thy</c><00:46:00.559><c> servant</c><00:46:00.880><c> Elijah</c><00:46:01.360><c> was</c>

00:46:01.599 --> 00:46:03.599
able<00:46:01.820><c> to</c><00:46:02.079><c> take</c><00:46:02.360><c> courage</c>

00:46:04.000 --> 00:46:08.019
And<00:46:04.719><c> turn</c><00:46:05.079><c> thy</c><00:46:05.380><c> people</c><00:46:05.699><c> back</c><00:46:06.059><c> again</c><00:46:06.460><c> to</c><00:46:06.679><c> the</c><00:46:06.900><c> right</c><00:46:07.320><c> and</c><00:46:07.840><c> the</c>

00:46:08.019 --> 00:46:09.420
good<00:46:08.199><c> way,</c>

00:46:09.980 --> 00:46:13.000
Help<00:46:10.539><c> us</c><00:46:10.840><c> to</c><00:46:11.019><c> continue</c><00:46:11.500><c> that</c><00:46:11.880><c> work,</c>

00:46:13.980 --> 00:46:19.159
That<00:46:14.239><c> we</c><00:46:14.400><c> may</c><00:46:14.659><c> be</c><00:46:14.960><c> thy</c><00:46:15.320><c> servants</c><00:46:16.059><c> and</c><00:46:16.960><c> hold</c><00:46:17.239><c> fast</c><00:46:17.659><c> to</c><00:46:17.880><c> the</c><00:46:18.059><c> end.</c>

00:46:20.260 --> 00:46:23.139
Help<00:46:20.400><c> us</c><00:46:20.679><c> to</c><00:46:20.940><c> learn</c><00:46:21.159><c> the</c><00:46:21.420><c> lesson</c><00:46:21.679><c> of</c><00:46:21.960><c> the</c><00:46:22.139><c> pathway</c><00:46:22.519><c> of</c><00:46:22.880><c> prayer</c>

00:46:23.139 --> 00:46:27.420
That<00:46:23.340><c> we</c><00:46:23.539><c> must</c><00:46:23.800><c> totally</c><00:46:24.219><c> involve</c><00:46:24.719><c> ourselves</c><00:46:25.440><c> in</c><00:46:25.679><c> this</c><00:46:25.880><c> thy</c><00:46:26.159><c> work.</c>

00:46:29.619 --> 00:46:34.179
O<00:46:29.780><c> Lord</c><00:46:30.000><c> be</c><00:46:30.179><c> with</c><00:46:30.440><c> us</c><00:46:31.659><c> and</c><00:46:32.320><c> grant</c><00:46:32.579><c> us</c><00:46:32.780><c> the</c><00:46:33.039><c> strength</c><00:46:33.380><c> to</c><00:46:33.639><c> see</c>

00:46:34.179 --> 00:46:38.860
That<00:46:34.980><c> great</c><00:46:35.400><c> journey</c><00:46:35.820><c> which</c><00:46:36.480><c> we</c><00:46:36.880><c> have</c><00:46:37.119><c> commenced</c><00:46:38.239><c> through</c><00:46:38.639><c> to</c>

00:46:38.860 --> 00:46:40.719
the<00:46:39.059><c> end.</c>

00:46:40.800 --> 00:46:44.300
We<00:46:40.920><c> thank</c><00:46:41.059><c> thee</c><00:46:41.199><c> for</c><00:46:41.320><c> the</c><00:46:41.559><c> food</c><00:46:41.699><c> and</c><00:46:41.940><c> drink</c><00:46:42.139><c> thou</c><00:46:42.360><c> has</c><00:46:42.639><c> provided</c><00:46:43.019><c> for</c><00:46:43.380><c> us.</c>

00:46:44.659 --> 00:46:47.800
May<00:46:44.820><c> we</c><00:46:45.139><c> freely</c><00:46:45.480><c> eat</c><00:46:45.820><c> and</c><00:46:46.079><c> drink</c><00:46:46.280><c> day</c><00:46:46.559><c> by</c><00:46:46.820><c> day.</c>

00:46:48.679 --> 00:46:50.860
And<00:46:48.860><c> so</c><00:46:49.000><c> our</c><00:46:49.260><c> Father</c><00:46:49.480><c> we</c><00:46:49.699><c> thank</c><00:46:49.880><c> thee</c><00:46:50.000><c> for</c><00:46:50.159><c> the</c><00:46:50.320><c> things</c><00:46:50.460><c> we've</c>

00:46:50.860 --> 00:46:52.539
contemplated<00:46:51.360><c> this</c><00:46:51.639><c> morning.</c>

00:46:52.820 --> 00:46:55.719
May<00:46:53.019><c> they</c><00:46:53.300><c> indeed</c><00:46:53.800><c> give</c><00:46:54.119><c> us</c><00:46:54.320><c> the</c><00:46:54.579><c> strength</c><00:46:54.840><c> we</c><00:46:55.159><c> need</c>

00:46:55.719 --> 00:46:59.300
To<00:46:56.659><c> fulfill</c><00:46:57.320><c> this</c><00:46:58.260><c> great</c><00:46:58.599><c> pilgrimage.</c>

00:46:59.300 --> 00:47:02.079
Bless<00:47:00.619><c> us</c><00:47:00.900><c> we</c><00:47:01.019><c> pray</c><00:47:01.360><c> thee,</c>

00:47:02.340 --> 00:47:06.099
In<00:47:02.440><c> the</c><00:47:02.559><c> name</c><00:47:02.800><c> of</c><00:47:03.079><c> that</c><00:47:03.719><c> great</c><00:47:04.179><c> prophet</c><00:47:04.559><c> that</c><00:47:05.440><c> sits</c><00:47:05.639><c> at</c><00:47:05.860><c> thy</c>

00:47:06.099 --> 00:47:07.960
right<00:47:06.539><c> hand,</c>

00:47:08.079 --> 00:47:11.719
Jesus<00:47:08.440><c> the</c><00:47:08.699><c> Christ,</c><00:47:09.719><c> the</c><00:47:09.960><c> son</c><00:47:10.119><c> of</c><00:47:10.340><c> thy</c><00:47:10.559><c> love,</c>

00:47:12.199 --> 00:47:13.079
Amen.

00:47:29.420 --> 00:47:31.320
Amen.