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food,</c><00:13:37.740><c> that</c><00:13:37.799><c> means.</c> 00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:46.080 Lest<00:13:40.600><c> I</c><00:13:41.240><c> be</c><00:13:41.580><c> full</c><00:13:42.159><c> and</c><00:13:43.299><c> deny</c><00:13:43.720><c> thee</c><00:13:44.019><c> and</c><00:13:44.539><c> say,</c><00:13:45.080><c> Who</c><00:13:45.100><c> is</c><00:13:45.399><c> Yahweh?</c> 00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:49.120 Or<00:13:46.620><c> lest</c><00:13:46.779><c> I</c><00:13:47.000><c> be</c><00:13:47.259><c> poor</c><00:13:47.419><c> and</c><00:13:47.779><c> steal</c><00:13:47.980><c> and</c><00:13:48.220><c> take</c><00:13:48.460><c> the</c><00:13:48.600><c> name</c><00:13:48.720><c> of</c><00:13:48.919><c> my</c> 00:13:49.120 --> 00:13:51.899 God<00:13:49.539><c> in</c><00:13:50.980><c> vain.</c> 00:13:52.320 --> 00:13:56.000 Lest<00:13:52.639><c> I</c><00:13:52.940><c> be</c><00:13:53.240><c> full</c><00:13:53.720><c> and</c><00:13:54.840><c> deny</c><00:13:55.200><c> thee.</c> 00:13:56.500 --> 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we're</c><00:14:11.899><c> full.</c> 00:14:14.799 --> 00:14:16.840 This<00:14:15.059><c> gathering</c><00:14:15.399><c> in</c><00:14:15.639><c> particular</c><00:14:15.940><c> is</c><00:14:16.120><c> known</c><00:14:16.259><c> for</c><00:14:16.460><c> having</c><00:14:16.659><c> an</c> 00:14:16.840 --> 00:14:17.480 abundance<00:14:17.120><c> of</c><00:14:17.360><c> food,</c> 00:14:17.480 --> 00:14:19.440 that's<00:14:17.740><c> a</c><00:14:17.820><c> good</c><00:14:17.980><c> thing,</c><00:14:18.200><c> I'm</c><00:14:18.399><c> not</c><00:14:18.539><c> complaining,</c><00:14:19.139><c> don't</c><00:14:19.299><c> get</c> 00:14:19.440 --> 00:14:20.340 me<00:14:19.580><c> wrong.</c> 00:14:20.399 --> 00:14:23.679 But<00:14:20.580><c> when</c><00:14:20.840><c> you</c><00:14:20.960><c> think</c><00:14:21.100><c> about</c><00:14:21.340><c> that,</c><00:14:21.539><c> we</c><00:14:21.879><c> have</c><00:14:22.480><c> all</c><00:14:22.980><c> of</c><00:14:23.100><c> these</c><00:14:23.379><c> things.</c> 00:14:23.679 --> 00:14:26.940 It's<00:14:23.899><c> very,</c><00:14:24.320><c> very</c><00:14:24.600><c> easy</c><00:14:24.840><c> to</c><00:14:25.139><c> become</c><00:14:25.379><c> complacent.</c> 00:14:27.320 --> 00:14:29.320 We<00:14:27.419><c> have</c><00:14:27.620><c> much</c><00:14:27.840><c> more</c><00:14:28.039><c> than</c><00:14:28.159><c> just</c><00:14:28.440><c> food</c><00:14:28.659><c> of</c><00:14:28.840><c> our</c><00:14:29.059><c> allowance.</c> 00:14:29.500 --> 00:14:32.139 We<00:14:29.539><c> have</c><00:14:30.159><c> more</c><00:14:30.580><c> food</c><00:14:30.799><c> than</c><00:14:30.940><c> we</c><00:14:31.059><c> could</c><00:14:31.320><c> want.</c> 00:14:32.779 --> 00:14:34.840 And<00:14:33.039><c> we</c><00:14:33.139><c> have</c><00:14:33.299><c> to</c><00:14:33.460><c> keep</c><00:14:33.600><c> those</c><00:14:33.879><c> kinds</c><00:14:34.120><c> of</c><00:14:34.299><c> things</c><00:14:34.500><c> in</c><00:14:34.700><c> mind.</c> 00:14:34.919 --> 00:14:37.320 And<00:14:34.980><c> we're</c><00:14:35.100><c> going</c><00:14:35.200><c> to</c><00:14:35.279><c> see</c><00:14:35.419><c> this</c><00:14:35.679><c> lesson</c><00:14:35.960><c> come</c><00:14:36.220><c> out</c><00:14:36.460><c> in</c><00:14:36.940><c> more</c> 00:14:37.320 --> 00:14:38.159 powerful<00:14:37.799><c> ways</c> 00:14:38.159 --> 00:14:40.480 rather<00:14:38.480><c> than</c><00:14:38.700><c> just</c><00:14:39.080><c> the</c><00:14:39.340><c> natural</c><00:14:39.659><c> food</c><00:14:39.879><c> which</c><00:14:40.080><c> we</c><00:14:40.299><c> have.</c> 00:14:40.940 --> 00:14:43.200 We'll<00:14:41.120><c> see</c><00:14:41.220><c> it</c><00:14:41.419><c> coming</c><00:14:41.519><c> out</c><00:14:41.720><c> in</c><00:14:41.879><c> very</c><00:14:42.120><c> powerful</c><00:14:42.440><c> ways.</c> 00:14:43.220 --> 00:14:48.559 I<00:14:43.440><c> want</c><00:14:43.580><c> you</c><00:14:43.740><c> to</c><00:14:43.960><c> turn</c><00:14:44.179><c> back</c><00:14:44.620><c> to</c><00:14:46.559><c> 2</c><00:14:46.779><c> Chronicles</c><00:14:47.419><c> 26</c><00:14:48.220><c> again,</c> 00:14:48.559 --> 00:14:50.840 and<00:14:48.840><c> we're</c><00:14:49.019><c> going</c><00:14:49.240><c> to</c><00:14:49.360><c> compare</c><00:14:49.659><c> this</c><00:14:49.840><c> to</c><00:14:50.019><c> another</c><00:14:50.220><c> passage</c><00:14:50.659><c> in</c> 00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:51.860 Isaiah<00:14:51.139><c> chapter</c><00:14:51.519><c> 2.</c> 00:14:51.860 --> 00:14:55.240 This<00:14:52.120><c> one's</c><00:14:52.799><c> particularly</c><00:14:53.360><c> instructive.</c> 00:14:56.720 --> 00:15:05.139 Now<00:14:56.899><c> it</c><00:14:57.000><c> says</c><00:14:57.279><c> in</c><00:14:57.539><c> verse</c><00:14:58.279><c> 5</c><00:14:59.740><c> of</c><00:15:02.539><c> 2</c><00:15:02.740><c> Chronicles</c><00:15:03.240><c> chapter</c><00:15:03.559><c> 26</c> 00:15:06.720 --> 00:15:10.820 that<00:15:07.279><c> the</c><00:15:07.460><c> king</c><00:15:07.799><c> sought</c><00:15:08.179><c> God</c><00:15:08.580><c> in</c><00:15:08.740><c> the</c><00:15:08.919><c> days</c><00:15:09.120><c> of</c><00:15:09.419><c> Zechariah</c> 00:15:10.720 --> 00:15:12.960 who<00:15:11.000><c> had</c><00:15:11.299><c> understanding</c><00:15:11.960><c> in</c><00:15:12.139><c> the</c><00:15:12.240><c> visions</c><00:15:12.460><c> of</c><00:15:12.740><c> God.</c> 00:15:13.000 --> 00:15:17.159 And<00:15:13.139><c> as</c><00:15:13.340><c> long</c><00:15:13.500><c> as</c><00:15:13.659><c> he</c><00:15:13.879><c> sought</c><00:15:14.139><c> Yahweh,</c><00:15:15.000><c> God</c><00:15:15.360><c> made</c><00:15:15.659><c> him</c><00:15:15.960><c> to</c><00:15:16.240><c> prosper.</c> 00:15:17.620 --> 00:15:20.740 And<00:15:17.759><c> it</c><00:15:17.899><c> says</c><00:15:17.980><c> he</c><00:15:18.080><c> went</c><00:15:18.320><c> forth</c><00:15:18.799><c> and</c><00:15:19.320><c> warred</c><00:15:19.600><c> against</c><00:15:19.899><c> the</c><00:15:20.139><c> Philistines</c> 00:15:20.740 --> 00:15:24.379 and<00:15:21.759><c> break</c><00:15:22.039><c> down</c><00:15:22.340><c> the</c><00:15:22.580><c> wall</c><00:15:22.840><c> of</c><00:15:23.100><c> Gath</c><00:15:23.399><c> and</c><00:15:23.539><c> the</c><00:15:23.639><c> wall</c><00:15:23.840><c> of</c><00:15:24.100><c> Jabnah</c> 00:15:24.379 --> 00:15:27.139 and<00:15:24.519><c> the</c><00:15:24.580><c> wall</c><00:15:24.740><c> of</c><00:15:25.000><c> Ashdod</c><00:15:25.399><c> and</c><00:15:25.600><c> built</c><00:15:25.820><c> cities</c><00:15:26.159><c> about</c><00:15:26.480><c> Ashdod</c> 00:15:27.139 --> 00:15:28.639 and<00:15:27.700><c> among</c><00:15:27.940><c> the</c><00:15:28.240><c> Philistines.</c> 00:15:28.779 --> 00:15:31.659 And<00:15:28.940><c> God</c><00:15:29.200><c> helped</c><00:15:29.620><c> him</c><00:15:30.159><c> against</c><00:15:30.480><c> the</c><00:15:30.779><c> Philistines.</c> 00:15:31.899 --> 00:15:35.100 More<00:15:32.139><c> than</c><00:15:32.360><c> that,</c><00:15:32.779><c> against</c><00:15:33.000><c> the</c><00:15:33.259><c> Arabians</c><00:15:33.879><c> that</c><00:15:34.220><c> dwelt</c><00:15:34.399><c> in</c><00:15:34.600><c> Gerbeil</c> 00:15:35.100 --> 00:15:38.340 and<00:15:35.360><c> the</c><00:15:35.500><c> Nethuneim</c><00:15:35.980><c> and</c><00:15:36.240><c> the</c><00:15:36.460><c> Ammonites</c><00:15:36.840><c> gave</c><00:15:37.059><c> gifts</c><00:15:37.320><c> to</c><00:15:37.559><c> Isaiah.</c> 00:15:38.679 --> 00:15:40.340 And<00:15:38.840><c> his</c><00:15:38.980><c> name</c><00:15:39.179><c> spreads</c><00:15:39.539><c> even</c><00:15:39.779><c> to</c><00:15:40.019><c> Egypt.</c> 00:15:40.519 --> 00:15:43.000 You<00:15:40.740><c> see</c><00:15:40.919><c> the</c><00:15:41.200><c> conquering</c><00:15:41.740><c> of</c><00:15:42.200><c> King</c><00:15:42.419><c> Isaiah</c><00:15:42.779><c> here.</c> 00:15:43.019 --> 00:15:47.659 So<00:15:43.159><c> here's</c><00:15:43.340><c> just</c><00:15:43.620><c> a</c><00:15:44.419><c> little</c><00:15:44.600><c> picture</c><00:15:45.039><c> of</c><00:15:45.259><c> some</c><00:15:45.460><c> of</c><00:15:45.700><c> his</c><00:15:46.519><c> campaigns.</c> 00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:51.519 He<00:15:48.559><c> wars</c><00:15:48.899><c> against</c><00:15:49.299><c> the</c><00:15:49.559><c> Philistines</c><00:15:50.159><c> in</c><00:15:50.379><c> verses</c><00:15:50.679><c> 6</c><00:15:51.000><c> and</c><00:15:51.139><c> 7.</c> 00:15:51.779 --> 00:15:55.039 He<00:15:51.919><c> wars</c><00:15:52.179><c> against</c><00:15:52.500><c> the</c><00:15:52.759><c> Arabians</c><00:15:53.600><c> in</c><00:15:54.440><c> verse</c><00:15:54.700><c> 7.</c> 00:15:55.059 --> 00:15:57.360 The<00:15:55.240><c> Nethuneim,</c><00:15:55.980><c> also</c><00:15:56.299><c> the</c><00:15:56.700><c> Ammonites.</c> 00:15:57.720 --> 00:16:00.539 And<00:15:57.860><c> we're</c><00:15:58.059><c> going</c><00:15:58.059><c> to</c><00:15:58.179><c> talk</c><00:15:58.340><c> about</c><00:15:58.600><c> this</c><00:15:58.879><c> other</c><00:16:00.100><c> city</c> 00:16:00.539 --> 00:16:03.200 which<00:16:00.740><c> he</c><00:16:00.919><c> is</c><00:16:01.100><c> able</c><00:16:01.279><c> to</c><00:16:01.539><c> take,</c><00:16:01.779><c> which</c><00:16:01.919><c> is</c><00:16:02.080><c> going</c><00:16:02.259><c> to</c><00:16:02.779><c> bring</c><00:16:02.980><c> us</c> 00:16:03.200 --> 00:16:06.340 to<00:16:03.320><c> a</c><00:16:03.460><c> wonderful,</c><00:16:05.019><c> undesigned</c><00:16:05.519><c> scriptural</c><00:16:05.960><c> coincidence.</c> 00:16:06.460 --> 00:16:08.519 And<00:16:06.559><c> I</c><00:16:06.600><c> know</c><00:16:06.759><c> I'm</c><00:16:06.919><c> in</c><00:16:07.299><c> a</c><00:16:07.500><c> couple</c><00:16:07.600><c> of</c><00:16:07.720><c> people's</c><00:16:08.000><c> way</c><00:16:08.120><c> right</c><00:16:08.360><c> here.</c> 00:16:08.759 --> 00:16:11.220 So<00:16:08.759><c> I</c><00:16:08.940><c> only</c><00:16:09.080><c> have</c><00:16:09.200><c> a</c><00:16:09.340><c> couple</c><00:16:09.460><c> slides.</c> 00:16:11.399 --> 00:16:12.940 You're<00:16:11.539><c> not</c><00:16:11.639><c> missing</c><00:16:11.840><c> too</c><00:16:12.080><c> much.</c> 00:16:13.820 --> 00:16:17.220 So<00:16:14.419><c> God</c><00:16:15.019><c> helped</c><00:16:15.399><c> him</c><00:16:15.639><c> against</c><00:16:15.960><c> the</c><00:16:16.220><c> Philistines.</c> 00:16:17.879 --> 00:16:21.940 What<00:16:17.980><c> does</c><00:16:18.139><c> it</c><00:16:18.779><c> say</c><00:16:18.960><c> about</c><00:16:19.139><c> the</c><00:16:19.320><c> Philistines</c><00:16:19.860><c> in</c><00:16:20.179><c> Isaiah</c><00:16:20.419><c> chapter</c><00:16:21.039><c> 2?</c> 00:16:22.139 --> 00:16:23.940 Did<00:16:22.220><c> you</c><00:16:22.299><c> pick</c><00:16:22.480><c> that</c><00:16:22.659><c> up?</c> 00:16:25.940 --> 00:16:30.779 Yeah.<00:16:27.539><c> Isaiah</c><00:16:27.679><c> chapter</c><00:16:28.039><c> 2,</c><00:16:28.799><c> verse</c><00:16:29.100><c> 6.</c> 00:16:32.620 --> 00:16:35.500 Therefore<00:16:32.899><c> thou</c><00:16:33.120><c> hast</c><00:16:33.360><c> forsaken</c><00:16:33.840><c> thy</c><00:16:34.120><c> people</c><00:16:34.399><c> the</c><00:16:34.539><c> house</c><00:16:34.799><c> of</c><00:16:35.039><c> Jacob.</c> 00:16:35.799 --> 00:16:38.220 It's<00:16:36.200><c> because</c><00:16:36.360><c> they're</c><00:16:36.639><c> filled</c><00:16:36.919><c> from</c><00:16:37.159><c> the</c><00:16:37.360><c> east</c> 00:16:38.419 --> 00:16:41.059 and<00:16:38.720><c> are</c><00:16:39.039><c> soothsayers</c><00:16:39.840><c> like</c><00:16:40.200><c> the</c><00:16:40.480><c> Philistines</c> 00:16:41.059 --> 00:16:44.480 and<00:16:41.519><c> they</c><00:16:41.860><c> please</c><00:16:42.100><c> themselves</c><00:16:42.799><c> in</c><00:16:43.440><c> the</c><00:16:43.580><c> children</c><00:16:43.860><c> of</c><00:16:44.120><c> strangers.</c> 00:16:44.639 --> 00:16:45.899 You<00:16:44.759><c> know</c><00:16:44.860><c> what?</c> 00:16:46.919 --> 00:16:49.360 They<00:16:47.080><c> won</c><00:16:47.299><c> the</c><00:16:47.500><c> battle</c><00:16:47.720><c> against</c><00:16:48.019><c> the</c><00:16:48.220><c> Philistines.</c> 00:16:51.440 --> 00:16:53.159 But<00:16:51.600><c> the</c><00:16:51.799><c> war</c><00:16:52.080><c> they</c><00:16:52.259><c> were</c><00:16:52.440><c> losing.</c> 00:16:53.620 --> 00:16:54.740 What<00:16:53.820><c> kind</c><00:16:54.100><c> of</c><00:16:54.240><c> war</c><00:16:54.399><c> was</c><00:16:54.639><c> it?</c> 00:16:54.740 --> 00:16:58.340 They<00:16:54.840><c> were</c><00:16:55.039><c> losing</c><00:16:55.539><c> the</c><00:16:56.500><c> war</c><00:16:57.000><c> of</c><00:16:57.519><c> faith.</c> 00:16:58.700 --> 00:17:00.360 They<00:16:58.820><c> were</c><00:16:58.940><c> getting</c><00:16:59.120><c> beat.</c> 00:17:02.080 --> 00:17:04.320 They<00:17:02.200><c> liked</c><00:17:02.440><c> what</c><00:17:02.659><c> the</c><00:17:02.879><c> Philistines</c><00:17:03.240><c> had</c><00:17:03.419><c> to</c><00:17:03.620><c> offer.</c> 00:17:05.839 --> 00:17:07.500 It<00:17:06.039><c> says</c><00:17:06.180><c> that</c><00:17:06.359><c> they</c><00:17:06.640><c> please</c><00:17:06.900><c> themselves</c> 00:17:07.500 --> 00:17:08.779 in<00:17:07.660><c> the</c><00:17:07.819><c> children</c><00:17:08.099><c> of</c><00:17:08.400><c> strangers.</c> 00:17:08.779 --> 00:17:13.720 The<00:17:09.819><c> separation</c><00:17:10.759><c> between</c><00:17:11.599><c> the</c><00:17:11.880><c> world</c><00:17:12.279><c> and</c><00:17:12.680><c> the</c><00:17:12.900><c> people</c><00:17:13.119><c> of</c><00:17:13.380><c> God</c> 00:17:13.720 --> 00:17:16.759 was<00:17:14.259><c> blurred</c><00:17:14.740><c> in</c><00:17:15.019><c> the</c><00:17:15.180><c> days</c><00:17:15.380><c> of</c><00:17:15.660><c> Isaiah.</c> 00:17:17.759 --> 00:17:20.099 No<00:17:18.000><c> problem.</c><00:17:18.200><c> We</c><00:17:18.319><c> can</c><00:17:18.480><c> go</c><00:17:18.619><c> out</c><00:17:18.819><c> there</c><00:17:19.000><c> and</c><00:17:19.200><c> assault</c><00:17:19.500><c> them</c> 00:17:20.099 --> 00:17:22.960 and<00:17:20.940><c> make</c><00:17:21.200><c> sure</c><00:17:21.400><c> that</c><00:17:21.599><c> we</c><00:17:21.740><c> keep</c><00:17:21.940><c> them</c><00:17:22.180><c> down</c><00:17:22.380><c> militarily</c> 00:17:22.960 --> 00:17:25.380 and<00:17:23.259><c> receive</c><00:17:23.539><c> tribute</c><00:17:23.920><c> from</c><00:17:24.200><c> them.</c> 00:17:25.940 --> 00:17:28.119 But<00:17:26.259><c> they</c><00:17:26.619><c> liked</c><00:17:26.900><c> them.</c> 00:17:29.799 --> 00:17:32.279 I<00:17:29.980><c> mean</c><00:17:30.140><c> that's</c><00:17:30.460><c> quite</c><00:17:30.700><c> an</c><00:17:30.880><c> exhortation</c><00:17:31.359><c> for</c><00:17:31.539><c> us</c> 00:17:33.220 --> 00:17:35.440 with<00:17:33.779><c> our</c><00:17:34.019><c> association</c><00:17:34.660><c> with</c><00:17:34.900><c> the</c><00:17:35.059><c> world.</c> 00:17:35.440 --> 00:17:38.920 And<00:17:36.279><c> that's</c><00:17:36.480><c> one</c><00:17:36.640><c> of</c><00:17:36.700><c> those</c><00:17:36.859><c> questions</c><00:17:37.180><c> you</c><00:17:37.279><c> have</c><00:17:37.480><c> to</c><00:17:37.599><c> ask</c><00:17:37.859><c> yourself.</c> 00:17:39.480 --> 00:17:42.859 How<00:17:39.740><c> comfortable</c><00:17:40.319><c> are</c><00:17:40.640><c> you</c><00:17:40.960><c> when</c><00:17:41.200><c> you're</c><00:17:41.619><c> out</c><00:17:41.819><c> in</c><00:17:41.920><c> the</c><00:17:42.059><c> world?</c> 00:17:44.059 --> 00:17:45.460 You<00:17:44.200><c> just</c><00:17:44.480><c> fit</c><00:17:44.599><c> there</c><00:17:44.819><c> just</c><00:17:45.000><c> like</c><00:17:45.140><c> a</c><00:17:45.259><c> glove?</c> 00:17:45.740 --> 00:17:47.599 That's<00:17:46.059><c> just</c><00:17:46.319><c> a</c><00:17:46.380><c> perfect</c><00:17:46.700><c> fit.</c> 00:17:49.019 --> 00:17:50.279 Or<00:17:49.160><c> do</c><00:17:49.259><c> people</c><00:17:49.500><c> know</c><00:17:49.740><c> who</c><00:17:49.960><c> you</c><00:17:50.160><c> are?</c> 00:17:50.299 --> 00:17:52.039 Do<00:17:50.420><c> people</c><00:17:50.660><c> know</c><00:17:50.839><c> where</c><00:17:51.019><c> you</c><00:17:51.299><c> stand?</c> 00:17:52.559 --> 00:17:57.720 We<00:17:53.019><c> need</c><00:17:53.460><c> to</c><00:17:53.839><c> not</c><00:17:54.039><c> be</c><00:17:54.319><c> afraid</c><00:17:54.920><c> to</c><00:17:55.420><c> feel</c><00:17:56.319><c> uncomfortable</c> 00:17:58.160 --> 00:17:59.359 when<00:17:58.619><c> we're</c><00:17:58.779><c> out</c><00:17:58.920><c> in</c><00:17:59.039><c> the</c><00:17:59.140><c> world.</c> 00:17:59.519 --> 00:18:00.460 It's<00:17:59.779><c> really</c><00:18:00.000><c> a</c><00:18:00.220><c> challenge.</c> 00:18:00.779 --> 00:18:02.240 We're<00:18:01.079><c> struggling</c><00:18:01.279><c> with</c><00:18:01.500><c> the</c><00:18:01.680><c> same</c><00:18:01.900><c> things</c> 00:18:02.240 --> 00:18:04.640 that<00:18:02.359><c> this</c><00:18:02.579><c> generation</c><00:18:03.019><c> was</c><00:18:03.240><c> struggling</c><00:18:03.539><c> with.</c> 00:18:04.779 --> 00:18:08.680 And<00:18:05.259><c> we</c><00:18:05.359><c> need</c><00:18:05.460><c> to</c><00:18:05.660><c> keep</c><00:18:05.819><c> those</c><00:18:06.099><c> kinds</c><00:18:06.299><c> of</c><00:18:06.519><c> things</c><00:18:07.039><c> in</c><00:18:07.700><c> mind</c><00:18:08.119><c> in</c> 00:18:08.680 --> 00:18:09.599 our<00:18:08.880><c> walk.</c> 00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:16.240 Well,<00:18:11.740><c> if</c><00:18:11.960><c> we</c><00:18:12.099><c> keep</c><00:18:12.240><c> reading</c><00:18:12.500><c> down</c><00:18:13.200><c> into</c><00:18:13.980><c> verses</c><00:18:14.359><c> 10</c><00:18:15.359><c> through</c><00:18:15.799><c> 22,</c> 00:18:16.299 --> 00:18:17.420 we<00:18:16.460><c> won't</c><00:18:16.619><c> read</c><00:18:16.799><c> all</c><00:18:17.039><c> the</c><00:18:17.180><c> verses.</c> 00:18:17.880 --> 00:18:19.960 But<00:18:17.880><c> there</c><00:18:18.319><c> are</c><00:18:18.480><c> a</c><00:18:18.559><c> number</c><00:18:18.759><c> of</c><00:18:19.019><c> themes</c><00:18:19.200><c> that</c><00:18:19.500><c> come</c><00:18:19.700><c> down,</c> 00:18:20.059 --> 00:18:23.880 especially<00:18:20.460><c> from</c><00:18:20.859><c> verses</c><00:18:21.299><c> 11</c><00:18:22.039><c> to</c><00:18:23.339><c> 17.</c> 00:18:23.940 --> 00:18:26.299 And<00:18:24.059><c> we're</c><00:18:24.220><c> going</c><00:18:24.339><c> to</c><00:18:24.559><c> concentrate</c><00:18:24.900><c> on</c><00:18:25.059><c> verses</c><00:18:25.339><c> 11</c><00:18:25.700><c> to</c><00:18:25.839><c> 17.</c> 00:18:26.380 --> 00:18:27.599 But<00:18:26.640><c> here's</c><00:18:27.059><c> the</c><00:18:27.240><c> first</c><00:18:27.440><c> one.</c> 00:18:27.599 --> 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surprise</c><00:19:10.599><c> that</c><00:19:10.759><c> we</c><00:19:11.000><c> find</c><00:19:11.220><c> these</c><00:19:11.740><c> high</c><00:19:12.160><c> towers</c> 00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:15.640 and<00:19:13.099><c> these</c><00:19:13.460><c> fenced</c><00:19:13.720><c> walls</c><00:19:14.059><c> here</c><00:19:14.480><c> in</c><00:19:14.759><c> Isaiah</c><00:19:15.079><c> chapter</c><00:19:15.420><c> 2,</c> 00:19:15.640 --> 00:19:17.000 because<00:19:15.779><c> that's</c><00:19:16.019><c> what</c><00:19:16.119><c> they</c><00:19:16.380><c> trusted</c><00:19:16.700><c> in.</c> 00:19:17.119 --> 00:19:19.019 But<00:19:17.259><c> what</c><00:19:17.440><c> about</c><00:19:17.579><c> verse</c><00:19:17.819><c> 16?</c> 00:19:20.779 --> 00:19:23.079 It<00:19:21.220><c> says</c><00:19:21.380><c> that</c><00:19:21.539><c> the</c><00:19:21.579><c> day</c><00:19:21.779><c> of</c><00:19:21.920><c> the</c><00:19:22.059><c> Lord</c><00:19:22.220><c> would</c><00:19:22.380><c> 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it</c><00:19:37.079><c> in</c><00:19:37.160><c> Scripture?</c> 00:19:38.039 --> 00:19:39.440 You<00:19:38.519><c> don't.</c> 00:19:39.700 --> 00:19:42.000 That's<00:19:40.019><c> one</c><00:19:40.180><c> of</c><00:19:40.240><c> the</c><00:19:40.359><c> interesting</c><00:19:40.619><c> things</c><00:19:40.859><c> about</c><00:19:41.059><c> the</c><00:19:41.299><c> prophecy</c><00:19:41.559><c> of</c><00:19:41.779><c> Isaiah.</c> 00:19:42.039 --> 00:19:44.119 There's<00:19:42.279><c> so</c><00:19:42.420><c> many</c><00:19:42.579><c> words</c><00:19:42.819><c> that</c><00:19:43.079><c> only</c><00:19:43.359><c> occur</c><00:19:43.680><c> here.</c> 00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:47.599 But<00:19:44.640><c> we</c><00:19:46.279><c> do</c><00:19:46.500><c> have</c><00:19:46.640><c> good</c><00:19:46.839><c> reason</c><00:19:47.140><c> to</c><00:19:47.400><c> believe</c> 00:19:47.599 --> 00:19:50.339 that<00:19:47.779><c> we</c><00:19:47.960><c> know</c><00:19:48.140><c> exactly</c><00:19:48.579><c> what</c><00:19:48.759><c> we're</c><00:19:48.980><c> talking</c><00:19:49.240><c> about</c><00:19:49.500><c> in</c><00:19:49.619><c> verse</c><00:19:49.859><c> 16.</c> 00:19:50.339 --> 00:19:53.119 Now,<00:19:51.099><c> does</c><00:19:51.299><c> anybody</c><00:19:51.559><c> have</c><00:19:51.759><c> any</c><00:19:52.000><c> suggestions</c> 00:19:53.400 --> 00:19:56.619 as<00:19:53.880><c> to</c><00:19:54.140><c> why</c><00:19:54.460><c> the</c><00:19:54.700><c> ships</c><00:19:54.859><c> of</c><00:19:55.140><c> Tarshish</c><00:19:55.519><c> come</c><00:19:55.819><c> into</c><00:19:56.119><c> play</c> 00:19:56.619 --> 00:19:58.839 in<00:19:57.160><c> the</c><00:19:57.319><c> reign</c><00:19:57.420><c> of</c><00:19:57.599><c> King</c><00:19:57.940><c> Isaiah?</c> 00:20:00.839 --> 00:20:05.099 And<00:20:01.319><c> this</c><00:20:01.420><c> is</c><00:20:01.579><c> one</c><00:20:01.700><c> of</c><00:20:01.859><c> those</c><00:20:02.640><c> undesigned</c><00:20:03.900><c> scriptural</c><00:20:04.460><c> coincidences.</c> 00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:08.380 It's<00:20:05.779><c> a</c><00:20:05.900><c> wonderful</c><00:20:06.299><c> proof</c><00:20:06.579><c> to</c><00:20:06.779><c> the</c><00:20:06.880><c> Word</c><00:20:06.980><c> of</c><00:20:07.180><c> God.</c> 00:20:13.220 --> 00:20:16.019 What<00:20:13.440><c> did</c><00:20:13.599><c> you</c><00:20:13.819><c> get</c><00:20:14.480><c> from</c><00:20:14.980><c> Tarshish?</c> 00:20:17.099 --> 00:20:19.839 If<00:20:17.220><c> you</c><00:20:17.319><c> wanted</c><00:20:17.480><c> to</c><00:20:17.640><c> send</c><00:20:17.759><c> ships</c><00:20:18.039><c> of</c><00:20:18.160><c> Tarshish</c><00:20:18.519><c> out,</c><00:20:18.740><c> what</c><00:20:18.859><c> would</c><00:20:19.000><c> you</c><00:20:19.160><c> get?</c> 00:20:19.980 --> 00:20:21.740 Ivory,<00:20:20.740><c> apes,</c><00:20:20.859><c> spices.</c> 00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:26.140 Ivory,<00:20:23.039><c> apes,</c><00:20:23.839><c> spices,</c><00:20:25.079><c> lots</c><00:20:25.299><c> of</c><00:20:25.500><c> silver</c><00:20:25.700><c> and</c><00:20:25.900><c> gold.</c> 00:20:26.220 --> 00:20:27.359 Anything<00:20:26.460><c> else?</c> 00:20:29.339 --> 00:20:30.519 You'd<00:20:29.819><c> also</c><00:20:29.960><c> get</c><00:20:30.160><c> tin.</c> 00:20:30.700 --> 00:20:31.819 That's<00:20:30.980><c> right.</c> 00:20:34.579 --> 00:20:38.160 You<00:20:34.660><c> know,</c><00:20:34.819><c> what</c><00:20:34.960><c> if</c><00:20:35.079><c> we</c><00:20:35.359><c> saw</c><00:20:35.900><c> things</c><00:20:36.740><c> like</c><00:20:37.079><c> that</c><00:20:37.299><c> in</c><00:20:37.440><c> the</c><00:20:37.599><c> reign</c><00:20:37.880><c> of</c> 00:20:38.160 --> 00:20:38.740 King<00:20:38.400><c> Isaiah?</c> 00:20:38.819 --> 00:20:40.619 You<00:20:39.000><c> see</c><00:20:39.099><c> a</c><00:20:39.200><c> lot</c><00:20:39.259><c> of</c><00:20:39.420><c> silver</c><00:20:39.619><c> and</c><00:20:39.799><c> gold?</c> 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in</c><00:21:08.339><c> view,</c> 00:21:08.460 --> 00:21:10.420 but<00:21:08.579><c> it's</c><00:21:08.779><c> also</c><00:21:08.960><c> the</c><00:21:09.220><c> people</c><00:21:09.420><c> of</c><00:21:09.819><c> Samaria.</c> 00:21:10.420 --> 00:21:14.819 And<00:21:10.759><c> so</c><00:21:11.039><c> in</c><00:21:12.240><c> Amos</c><00:21:12.599><c> chapter</c><00:21:13.140><c> 6,</c><00:21:13.859><c> at</c><00:21:14.140><c> verse</c><00:21:14.400><c> 1,</c> 00:21:15.059 --> 00:21:20.740 we<00:21:15.220><c> read</c><00:21:15.460><c> that</c><00:21:15.740><c> while</c><00:21:16.119><c> Judah</c><00:21:16.500><c> is</c><00:21:16.859><c> enjoying</c><00:21:17.099><c> this</c><00:21:17.420><c> wonderful</c><00:21:18.240><c> resurgence</c> 00:21:21.539 --> 00:21:23.839 under<00:21:22.099><c> the</c><00:21:22.259><c> reign</c><00:21:22.380><c> of</c><00:21:22.559><c> King</c><00:21:22.799><c> Isaiah,</c> 00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:27.799 Israel<00:21:25.299><c> is</c><00:21:25.480><c> 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Judah</c><00:21:50.720><c> at</c><00:21:50.940><c> the</c><00:21:51.119><c> same</c><00:21:51.380><c> time</c><00:21:51.579><c> are</c><00:21:51.880><c> experiencing</c> 00:21:52.420 --> 00:21:56.519 the<00:21:52.920><c> same</c><00:21:54.720><c> kind</c><00:21:55.279><c> of</c><00:21:55.500><c> luxuries.</c> 00:21:56.680 --> 00:22:00.640 So<00:21:56.940><c> in</c><00:21:57.119><c> verse</c><00:21:57.339><c> 1</c><00:21:57.640><c> of</c><00:21:57.779><c> Amos</c><00:21:58.019><c> chapter</c><00:21:58.359><c> 6,</c><00:21:58.880><c> who</c><00:21:59.039><c> is</c><00:21:59.160><c> a</c><00:21:59.359><c> contemporary</c><00:21:59.740><c> prophet,</c> 00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:01.380 it<00:22:01.200><c> says,</c> 00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:03.539 Woe<00:22:01.799><c> to</c><00:22:01.859><c> them</c><00:22:02.099><c> that</c><00:22:02.279><c> are</c><00:22:02.460><c> at</c><00:22:02.619><c> ease</c><00:22:02.880><c> in</c><00:22:03.220><c> Zion,</c> 00:22:03.920 --> 00:22:05.880 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far</c><00:22:18.420><c> away</c><00:22:18.759><c> the</c><00:22:18.980><c> evil</c><00:22:19.259><c> day,</c> 00:22:20.619 --> 00:22:24.619 and<00:22:20.900><c> cause</c><00:22:21.240><c> the</c><00:22:21.579><c> seat</c><00:22:21.880><c> of</c><00:22:22.240><c> violence</c><00:22:22.940><c> to</c><00:22:23.539><c> come</c><00:22:23.759><c> near,</c> 00:22:25.640 --> 00:22:30.299 that<00:22:25.900><c> lie</c><00:22:26.680><c> upon</c><00:22:27.359><c> beds</c><00:22:28.000><c> of</c><00:22:29.420><c> ivory,</c> 00:22:31.160 --> 00:22:33.259 and<00:22:31.480><c> stretch</c><00:22:31.740><c> themselves</c><00:22:32.299><c> upon</c><00:22:32.640><c> their</c><00:22:32.940><c> couches,</c> 00:22:33.359 --> 00:22:34.799 and<00:22:33.480><c> eat</c><00:22:33.599><c> the</c><00:22:33.799><c> lambs</c><00:22:34.119><c> out</c><00:22:34.240><c> of</c><00:22:34.339><c> the</c><00:22:34.559><c> flock,</c> 00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:37.700 and<00:22:35.099><c> the</c><00:22:35.420><c> calves</c><00:22:35.720><c> out</c><00:22:35.920><c> of</c><00:22:36.039><c> the</c><00:22:36.180><c> midst</c><00:22:36.380><c> of</c><00:22:36.599><c> the</c><00:22:36.819><c> stall.</c> 00:22:38.119 --> 00:22:38.920 Verse<00:22:38.380><c> 6,</c><00:22:38.779><c> it</c><00:22:38.819><c> says,</c> 00:22:39.119 --> 00:22:42.059 They<00:22:39.119><c> drank</c><00:22:39.319><c> wine</c><00:22:39.740><c> out</c><00:22:39.920><c> of</c><00:22:40.099><c> bowls</c><00:22:40.359><c> while</c><00:22:40.619><c> they</c><00:22:40.819><c> lay</c><00:22:40.900><c> on</c><00:22:41.059><c> these</c><00:22:41.279><c> beds.</c> 00:22:42.859 --> 00:22:46.619 See,<00:22:43.099><c> they</c><00:22:43.640><c> had</c><00:22:43.839><c> access</c><00:22:44.299><c> to</c><00:22:44.740><c> these</c><00:22:45.019><c> luxuries,</c><00:22:45.619><c> to</c><00:22:45.779><c> ivory.</c> 00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:51.819 Now<00:22:48.460><c> if</c><00:22:48.519><c> you</c><00:22:48.660><c> look</c><00:22:48.759><c> here</c><00:22:48.920><c> on</c><00:22:49.039><c> this</c><00:22:49.240><c> map</c><00:22:49.720><c> that</c><00:22:50.180><c> I</c><00:22:50.319><c> have</c><00:22:50.420><c> on</c><00:22:50.660><c> the</c><00:22:50.759><c> screen,</c> 00:22:54.220 --> 00:22:58.579 it<00:22:54.700><c> says</c><00:22:54.859><c> that</c><00:22:55.059><c> they</c><00:22:55.319><c> regained</c><00:22:55.720><c> the</c><00:22:56.019><c> port</c><00:22:56.240><c> of</c><00:22:56.660><c> Eloth,</c><00:22:57.359><c> or</c><00:22:57.559><c> Elat.</c> 00:22:59.079 --> 00:23:02.359 It's<00:22:59.259><c> also</c><00:22:59.539><c> called</c><00:23:00.240><c> Ezean</c><00:23:01.240><c> Geber</c><00:23:01.640><c> in</c><00:23:02.079><c> Scripture.</c> 00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:05.339 And<00:23:03.279><c> do</c><00:23:03.420><c> you</c><00:23:03.460><c> know</c><00:23:03.519><c> what</c><00:23:03.779><c> kind</c><00:23:03.960><c> of</c><00:23:04.220><c> ships</c><00:23:04.420><c> you</c><00:23:04.700><c> sent</c><00:23:04.900><c> forth</c><00:23:05.200><c> out</c> 00:23:05.339 --> 00:23:06.460 of<00:23:05.500><c> those</c><00:23:05.640><c> cities?</c> 00:23:07.619 --> 00:23:08.900 Ships<00:23:07.839><c> of</c><00:23:08.019><c> Tarshish.</c> 00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:14.339 That's<00:23:11.099><c> a</c><00:23:11.259><c> wonderful,</c><00:23:12.480><c> undesigned</c><00:23:12.880><c> scriptural</c><00:23:13.380><c> coincidence,</c> 00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:16.140 that<00:23:14.480><c> in</c><00:23:14.799><c> Tucked</c><00:23:15.079><c> Away</c><00:23:15.180><c> in</c><00:23:15.339><c> Isaiah</c><00:23:15.640><c> chapter</c><00:23:15.940><c> 2,</c> 00:23:16.180 --> 00:23:18.220 there's<00:23:16.380><c> this</c><00:23:16.559><c> little</c><00:23:16.799><c> mention</c><00:23:17.079><c> of</c><00:23:17.240><c> the</c><00:23:17.400><c> ships</c><00:23:17.539><c> of</c><00:23:17.799><c> Tarshish,</c> 00:23:18.359 --> 00:23:21.720 and<00:23:18.500><c> it</c><00:23:18.619><c> was</c><00:23:18.819><c> King</c><00:23:19.160><c> Uzziah</c><00:23:19.940><c> who</c><00:23:20.380><c> brought</c><00:23:20.700><c> back</c><00:23:21.039><c> that</c><00:23:21.359><c> city</c> 00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:23.059 under<00:23:22.160><c> Judah's</c><00:23:22.660><c> control.</c> 00:23:23.319 --> 00:23:25.619 So<00:23:23.519><c> no</c><00:23:23.720><c> wonder</c><00:23:23.900><c> we</c><00:23:24.160><c> have</c><00:23:24.519><c> ivory</c><00:23:24.880><c> appearing</c><00:23:25.299><c> again.</c> 00:23:25.839 --> 00:23:28.880 No<00:23:26.059><c> wonder</c><00:23:26.240><c> we</c><00:23:26.460><c> have</c><00:23:26.579><c> silver</c><00:23:26.940><c> and</c><00:23:27.220><c> gold</c><00:23:27.599><c> reappearing</c><00:23:28.339><c> in</c><00:23:28.539><c> abundance.</c> 00:23:28.880 --> 00:23:32.460 It<00:23:29.759><c> makes</c><00:23:30.019><c> perfect</c><00:23:30.440><c> sense.</c><00:23:30.920><c> It</c><00:23:30.920><c> fits</c><00:23:31.160><c> in</c><00:23:31.359><c> with</c><00:23:31.519><c> the</c><00:23:31.740><c> pattern.</c> 00:23:33.299 --> 00:23:34.960 And<00:23:33.400><c> so</c><00:23:33.579><c> if</c><00:23:33.720><c> we</c><00:23:33.799><c> just</c><00:23:34.119><c> look</c><00:23:34.339><c> at</c><00:23:34.460><c> the</c><00:23:34.599><c> map</c><00:23:34.720><c> again,</c> 00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:37.380 this<00:23:35.140><c> is</c><00:23:35.299><c> just</c><00:23:35.519><c> a</c><00:23:36.000><c> little</c><00:23:36.200><c> more</c><00:23:36.559><c> expansive</c><00:23:37.000><c> map,</c> 00:23:37.660 --> 00:23:40.460 which<00:23:37.839><c> shows</c><00:23:38.160><c> where</c><00:23:38.960><c> Elath</c><00:23:39.400><c> was,</c> 00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:43.559 which<00:23:40.720><c> would</c><00:23:40.960><c> take</c><00:23:41.200><c> you</c><00:23:41.519><c> to</c><00:23:42.299><c> the</c><00:23:42.619><c> ships</c><00:23:42.799><c> of</c><00:23:43.039><c> Tarshish</c><00:23:43.359><c> on</c> 00:23:43.559 --> 00:23:44.119 their<00:23:43.779><c> circuit,</c> 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you</c><00:23:55.359><c> see</c><00:23:55.400><c> how</c><00:23:55.539><c> Scripture</c><00:23:55.839><c> just</c><00:23:56.079><c> wonderfully</c><00:23:56.400><c> fits</c><00:23:56.680><c> together</c><00:23:57.079><c> there?</c> 00:23:57.319 --> 00:24:00.200 It's<00:23:58.019><c> a</c><00:23:58.099><c> wonderful</c><00:23:58.440><c> proof</c><00:23:58.759><c> of</c><00:23:58.920><c> the</c><00:23:59.059><c> Word</c><00:23:59.180><c> of</c><00:23:59.380><c> God.</c> 00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:05.940 Well,<00:24:01.940><c> if</c><00:24:02.259><c> you</c><00:24:02.400><c> just</c><00:24:02.640><c> flip</c><00:24:02.799><c> back</c><00:24:03.079><c> over</c><00:24:03.319><c> a</c><00:24:03.440><c> couple</c><00:24:03.619><c> pages</c><00:24:04.019><c> to</c><00:24:04.319><c> Amos</c><00:24:04.519><c> chapter</c><00:24:04.980><c> 1,</c> 00:24:06.039 --> 00:24:08.200 we<00:24:06.220><c> learn</c><00:24:06.420><c> something</c><00:24:06.740><c> else</c><00:24:06.960><c> that's</c><00:24:07.299><c> interesting.</c> 00:24:10.660 --> 00:24:17.099 It<00:24:10.819><c> tells</c><00:24:11.059><c> us</c><00:24:11.240><c> when</c><00:24:11.420><c> Amos</c><00:24:11.660><c> prophesied.</c> 00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:24.279 It<00:24:22.200><c> says</c><00:24:22.359><c> that</c><00:24:22.539><c> these</c><00:24:22.680><c> are</c><00:24:22.839><c> the</c><00:24:22.980><c> words</c><00:24:23.200><c> of</c><00:24:23.480><c> Amos,</c> 00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:27.440 who<00:24:24.759><c> was</c><00:24:24.980><c> among</c><00:24:25.200><c> the</c><00:24:25.480><c> herd</c><00:24:25.680><c> men</c><00:24:26.000><c> of</c><00:24:26.299><c> Tekoa,</c> 00:24:28.160 --> 00:24:31.140 which<00:24:28.400><c> he</c><00:24:28.680><c> saw</c><00:24:28.900><c> concerning</c><00:24:29.420><c> Israel</c><00:24:29.880><c> in</c><00:24:30.079><c> the</c><00:24:30.240><c> days</c><00:24:30.420><c> of</c><00:24:30.700><c> Uzziah</c> 00:24:31.140 --> 00:24:31.980 king<00:24:31.339><c> of</c><00:24:31.579><c> Judah</c> 00:24:31.980 --> 00:24:36.619 and<00:24:32.640><c> in</c><00:24:32.839><c> the</c><00:24:33.019><c> days</c><00:24:33.299><c> of</c><00:24:33.660><c> Jeroboam</c><00:24:34.220><c> the</c><00:24:34.420><c> son</c><00:24:34.599><c> of</c><00:24:34.859><c> Joash</c><00:24:35.160><c> king</c><00:24:35.460><c> of</c><00:24:35.599><c> Israel,</c> 00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:40.400 two<00:24:37.500><c> years</c><00:24:38.339><c> before</c><00:24:39.279><c> the</c><00:24:39.480><c> earthquake.</c> 00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:44.720 Keep<00:24:42.000><c> that</c><00:24:42.259><c> in</c><00:24:42.420><c> mind</c><00:24:42.880><c> as</c><00:24:43.299><c> we</c><00:24:43.539><c> continue</c><00:24:43.839><c> going</c><00:24:44.079><c> through</c><00:24:44.339><c> Isaiah</c> 00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:45.960 chapter<00:24:45.099><c> 2.</c> 00:24:46.380 --> 00:24:49.099 So<00:24:46.559><c> we're</c><00:24:46.740><c> right</c><00:24:46.900><c> in</c><00:24:47.079><c> the</c><00:24:47.119><c> middle</c><00:24:47.279><c> of</c><00:24:47.460><c> verses</c><00:24:47.720><c> 11</c><00:24:48.160><c> to</c><00:24:48.319><c> 17</c> 00:24:49.099 --> 00:24:53.099 in<00:24:49.440><c> Isaiah</c><00:24:49.799><c> chapter</c><00:24:50.559><c> 2</c><00:24:51.359><c> as</c><00:24:51.680><c> we</c><00:24:51.839><c> left</c><00:24:52.039><c> off.</c> 00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:57.079 And<00:24:55.240><c> we</c><00:24:55.359><c> were</c><00:24:55.480><c> talking</c><00:24:55.700><c> about</c><00:24:56.039><c> some</c><00:24:56.299><c> of</c><00:24:56.460><c> the</c><00:24:56.619><c> themes</c><00:24:56.839><c> there.</c> 00:24:57.200 --> 00:25:01.359 We<00:24:57.220><c> see</c><00:24:57.579><c> the</c><00:24:57.920><c> theme</c><00:24:58.099><c> of</c><00:24:59.380><c> the</c><00:24:59.660><c> reign</c><00:24:59.900><c> of</c><00:25:00.099><c> King</c><00:25:00.400><c> Uzziah</c><00:25:00.819><c> coming</c><00:25:01.079><c> through,</c> 00:25:01.359 --> 00:25:02.700 but<00:25:01.460><c> there</c><00:25:01.640><c> are</c><00:25:01.759><c> a</c><00:25:01.839><c> number</c><00:25:02.019><c> of</c><00:25:02.259><c> other</c><00:25:02.460><c> themes.</c> 00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:05.059 Did<00:25:02.920><c> anybody</c><00:25:03.299><c> just</c><00:25:04.079><c> get</c><00:25:04.200><c> some</c><00:25:04.400><c> people</c><00:25:04.619><c> involved</c><00:25:04.940><c> here?</c> 00:25:05.119 --> 00:25:07.960 What<00:25:05.299><c> other</c><00:25:05.519><c> themes</c><00:25:05.799><c> did</c><00:25:05.980><c> you</c><00:25:06.240><c> see,</c><00:25:07.000><c> especially</c><00:25:07.400><c> in</c><00:25:07.680><c> verses</c> 00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:09.700 11<00:25:08.619><c> to</c><00:25:09.119><c> 17?</c> 00:25:09.900 --> 00:25:11.099 Did<00:25:09.980><c> anything</c><00:25:10.279><c> jump</c><00:25:10.599><c> out</c><00:25:10.819><c> at</c><00:25:11.019><c> you?</c> 00:25:11.140 --> 00:25:12.579 Did<00:25:11.299><c> anything</c><00:25:11.660><c> seem</c><00:25:11.940><c> to</c><00:25:12.200><c> repeat?</c> 00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:18.980 And<00:25:12.579><c> really</c><00:25:14.339><c> it's</c><00:25:14.539><c> between</c><00:25:14.819><c> verses</c><00:25:15.220><c> 10</c><00:25:15.740><c> and</c><00:25:16.640><c> 21.</c> 00:25:20.380 --> 00:25:21.920 The<00:25:20.380><c> proud</c><00:25:20.519><c> should</c><00:25:20.759><c> be</c><00:25:20.960><c> brought</c><00:25:21.140><c> low?</c> 00:25:23.599 --> 00:25:26.079 The<00:25:23.960><c> proud</c><00:25:24.480><c> being</c><00:25:25.579><c> brought</c><00:25:25.900><c> low.</c> 00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:28.339 Just<00:25:26.279><c> look</c><00:25:26.460><c> at</c><00:25:26.559><c> verse</c><00:25:26.799><c> 11.</c> 00:25:28.980 --> 00:25:29.759 It<00:25:29.480><c> says,</c> 00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:31.799 The<00:25:29.960><c> lofty</c><00:25:30.480><c> looks</c><00:25:30.660><c> of</c><00:25:30.880><c> man</c><00:25:31.099><c> shall</c><00:25:31.279><c> be</c><00:25:31.519><c> humbled,</c> 00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:34.680 and<00:25:32.140><c> the</c><00:25:32.400><c> haughtiness</c><00:25:32.839><c> of</c><00:25:33.079><c> men</c><00:25:33.380><c> shall</c><00:25:33.619><c> be</c><00:25:33.880><c> bowed</c><00:25:34.180><c> down,</c> 00:25:35.140 --> 00:25:37.440 and<00:25:35.339><c> the</c><00:25:35.579><c> Lord</c><00:25:35.819><c> alone</c><00:25:36.140><c> shall</c><00:25:36.380><c> be</c><00:25:36.619><c> exalted</c><00:25:36.920><c> in</c><00:25:37.099><c> that</c><00:25:37.279><c> day.</c> 00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:39.079 That<00:25:37.660><c> verse</c><00:25:37.920><c> is</c><00:25:38.220><c> essentially</c><00:25:38.559><c> repeated.</c> 00:25:39.099 --> 00:25:40.180 Look<00:25:39.279><c> at</c><00:25:39.380><c> verse</c><00:25:39.579><c> 17.</c> 00:25:40.180 --> 00:25:43.259 The<00:25:41.039><c> loftiness</c><00:25:41.740><c> of</c><00:25:41.900><c> man</c><00:25:42.200><c> shall</c><00:25:42.380><c> be</c><00:25:42.599><c> bowed</c><00:25:42.900><c> down,</c> 00:25:43.559 --> 00:25:45.480 and<00:25:43.640><c> the</c><00:25:43.900><c> haughtiness</c><00:25:44.319><c> of</c><00:25:44.480><c> men</c><00:25:44.720><c> shall</c><00:25:44.900><c> be</c><00:25:45.079><c> made</c><00:25:45.299><c> low,</c> 00:25:45.640 --> 00:25:47.759 and<00:25:45.720><c> the</c><00:25:46.000><c> Lord</c><00:25:46.200><c> alone</c><00:25:46.519><c> shall</c><00:25:46.740><c> be</c><00:25:46.940><c> exalted</c><00:25:47.240><c> in</c><00:25:47.400><c> that</c><00:25:47.619><c> day.</c> 00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:49.640 Do<00:25:47.920><c> you</c><00:25:47.920><c> see</c><00:25:48.039><c> how</c><00:25:48.599><c> they're</c><00:25:48.779><c> like</c><00:25:49.019><c> parallel</c><00:25:49.299><c> verses?</c> 00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:51.980 They're<00:25:49.900><c> essentially</c><00:25:50.299><c> repeating</c><00:25:50.779><c> each</c><00:25:51.039><c> other.</c> 00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:53.819 And<00:25:52.059><c> within</c><00:25:52.440><c> those</c><00:25:52.779><c> verses,</c> 00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:56.339 look<00:25:54.200><c> at</c><00:25:54.279><c> what</c><00:25:54.440><c> you</c><00:25:54.680><c> have</c><00:25:54.819><c> in</c><00:25:54.980><c> verse</c><00:25:55.319><c> 11.</c> 00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:59.500 Lofty<00:25:57.059><c> looks,</c><00:25:58.180><c> haughtiness.</c> 00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:04.819 Verse<00:25:59.900><c> 12,</c><00:26:01.160><c> proud,</c><00:26:02.420><c> lofty,</c><00:26:03.619><c> lifted</c><00:26:03.859><c> up.</c> 00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:08.259 Verse<00:26:05.259><c> 13,</c><00:26:06.519><c> high,</c><00:26:07.460><c> lifted</c><00:26:07.720><c> up.</c> 00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:11.559 Verse<00:26:08.799><c> 14,</c><00:26:09.940><c> high,</c><00:26:10.880><c> lifted</c><00:26:11.099><c> up.</c> 00:26:11.640 --> 00:26:13.160 Verse<00:26:11.859><c> 15,</c><00:26:12.900><c> high.</c> 00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:16.180 Verse<00:26:13.640><c> 17,</c><00:26:14.700><c> loftiness,</c><00:26:15.660><c> haughtiness.</c> 00:26:16.440 --> 00:26:17.500 You<00:26:16.500><c> get</c><00:26:16.619><c> the</c><00:26:16.779><c> point?</c> 00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:20.420 It's<00:26:18.480><c> just</c><00:26:18.740><c> a</c><00:26:19.000><c> major</c><00:26:19.299><c> theme</c><00:26:19.640><c> all</c><00:26:19.880><c> the</c><00:26:19.980><c> way</c><00:26:20.160><c> through</c> 00:26:20.420 --> 00:26:23.099 in<00:26:20.619><c> between</c><00:26:20.940><c> verses</c><00:26:21.359><c> 11</c><00:26:22.019><c> through</c><00:26:22.500><c> 17,</c> 00:26:23.220 --> 00:26:26.500 all<00:26:23.599><c> talking</c><00:26:23.920><c> about</c><00:26:24.279><c> the</c><00:26:24.859><c> pride</c><00:26:25.359><c> of</c><00:26:25.539><c> the</c><00:26:25.740><c> people</c><00:26:25.940><c> at</c><00:26:26.119><c> this</c><00:26:26.319><c> time.</c> 00:26:26.619 --> 00:26:29.279 And<00:26:26.680><c> no</c><00:26:26.980><c> wonder</c><00:26:27.519><c> Isaiah</c><00:26:28.140><c> chapter</c><00:26:28.519><c> 2</c><00:26:28.799><c> says,</c> 00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:31.000 in<00:26:29.839><c> verses</c><00:26:30.119><c> 1</c><00:26:30.400><c> through</c><00:26:30.579><c> 4,</c> 00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:35.099 there's<00:26:31.319><c> going</c><00:26:31.440><c> to</c><00:26:31.539><c> come</c><00:26:31.720><c> a</c><00:26:31.920><c> time</c><00:26:32.259><c> when</c><00:26:32.559><c> Zion</c><00:26:32.799><c> is</c><00:26:33.039><c> exalted,</c><00:26:34.039><c> finally.</c> 00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:37.680 And<00:26:36.339><c> men</c><00:26:36.500><c> will</c><00:26:36.759><c> finally</c><00:26:37.099><c> be</c><00:26:37.359><c> abased.</c> 00:26:37.680 --> 00:26:40.400 You<00:26:37.799><c> see</c><00:26:38.000><c> the</c><00:26:38.279><c> contrast</c><00:26:38.819><c> between</c><00:26:39.180><c> those</c><00:26:39.460><c> first</c><00:26:39.720><c> couple</c><00:26:39.960><c> verses</c> 00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:42.700 and<00:26:40.920><c> the</c><00:26:41.099><c> verses</c><00:26:41.380><c> that</c><00:26:41.640><c> would</c><00:26:41.880><c> follow.</c> 00:26:43.259 --> 00:26:46.079 So<00:26:43.519><c> pride</c><00:26:43.680><c> is</c><00:26:44.000><c> certainly</c><00:26:44.319><c> a</c><00:26:44.680><c> major</c><00:26:45.420><c> idea.</c> 00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:49.779 The<00:26:46.799><c> exaltation</c><00:26:47.380><c> of</c><00:26:47.619><c> God</c><00:26:48.000><c> is</c><00:26:48.579><c> another</c><00:26:48.940><c> major</c><00:26:49.359><c> idea.</c> 00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:52.480 And<00:26:50.279><c> the</c><00:26:50.519><c> Lord</c><00:26:50.779><c> alone</c><00:26:51.099><c> shall</c><00:26:51.319><c> be</c><00:26:51.599><c> exalted</c><00:26:51.900><c> in</c><00:26:52.099><c> that</c><00:26:52.299><c> day,</c> 00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:55.359 in<00:26:52.680><c> verse</c><00:26:52.920><c> 11</c><00:26:53.519><c> and</c><00:26:54.259><c> 17.</c> 00:26:55.839 --> 00:26:58.079 But<00:26:56.000><c> you</c><00:26:56.059><c> know,</c><00:26:56.119><c> there's</c><00:26:56.380><c> something</c><00:26:56.519><c> else,</c><00:26:57.579><c> too.</c> 00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:07.279 The<00:27:00.680><c> something</c><00:27:00.920><c> else</c><00:27:01.519><c> is</c><00:27:02.759><c> in</c><00:27:03.980><c> verse</c><00:27:04.440><c> 19</c><00:27:05.359><c> and</c><00:27:06.680><c> 21.</c> 00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:11.099 There's<00:27:07.619><c> another</c><00:27:07.900><c> refrain</c><00:27:08.619><c> that</c><00:27:09.819><c> is</c><00:27:10.039><c> repeated.</c> 00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:14.940 At<00:27:12.380><c> the</c><00:27:12.380><c> end</c><00:27:12.519><c> of</c><00:27:12.619><c> verse</c><00:27:12.839><c> 19</c><00:27:13.279><c> it</c><00:27:13.460><c> says,</c> 00:27:15.559 --> 00:27:19.900 For<00:27:15.599><c> fear</c><00:27:16.140><c> of</c><00:27:16.400><c> the</c><00:27:16.599><c> Lord</c><00:27:17.039><c> and</c><00:27:17.839><c> for</c><00:27:18.019><c> the</c><00:27:18.259><c> glory</c><00:27:18.480><c> of</c><00:27:18.619><c> his</c><00:27:18.839><c> majesty</c> 00:27:20.109 --> 00:27:26.140 when<00:27:20.420><c> he</c><00:27:20.759><c> ariseth</c><00:27:21.259><c> to</c><00:27:21.720><c> shake</c><00:27:22.920><c> terribly</c><00:27:23.720><c> the</c><00:27:25.019><c> earth.</c> 00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:29.680 Verse<00:27:27.299><c> 21,</c><00:27:28.240><c> at</c><00:27:28.339><c> the</c><00:27:28.440><c> end</c><00:27:28.579><c> of</c><00:27:28.700><c> the</c><00:27:28.819><c> verse,</c> 00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:33.619 For<00:27:29.819><c> fear</c><00:27:30.220><c> of</c><00:27:30.400><c> the</c><00:27:30.579><c> Lord</c><00:27:31.059><c> and</c><00:27:31.779><c> for</c><00:27:31.960><c> the</c><00:27:32.140><c> glory</c><00:27:32.420><c> of</c><00:27:32.619><c> his</c><00:27:32.880><c> majesty</c> 00:27:33.619 --> 00:27:38.680 when<00:27:34.240><c> he</c><00:27:34.619><c> ariseth</c><00:27:35.140><c> to</c><00:27:35.440><c> shake</c><00:27:35.759><c> terribly</c><00:27:36.359><c> the</c><00:27:37.799><c> earth.</c> 00:27:39.579 --> 00:27:41.660 Does<00:27:39.740><c> that</c><00:27:39.839><c> sound</c><00:27:39.960><c> like</c><00:27:40.140><c> an</c><00:27:40.240><c> earthquake</c><00:27:40.500><c> to</c><00:27:40.660><c> you?</c> 00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:46.299 What<00:27:43.799><c> do</c><00:27:43.940><c> you</c><00:27:43.940><c> think</c><00:27:44.039><c> the</c><00:27:44.299><c> prophet's</c><00:27:44.680><c> warning</c><00:27:44.859><c> about</c><00:27:45.140><c> right</c><00:27:45.380><c> now?</c> 00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:50.480 Do<00:27:47.079><c> you</c><00:27:47.240><c> see</c><00:27:47.680><c> the</c><00:27:47.859><c> wonderful</c><00:27:49.220><c> fitness</c> 00:27:50.859 --> 00:27:53.500 that<00:27:51.299><c> these</c><00:27:51.579><c> words</c><00:27:51.799><c> are</c><00:27:52.099><c> especially</c><00:27:52.440><c> recorded</c><00:27:52.920><c> in</c><00:27:53.099><c> this</c><00:27:53.319><c> place?</c> 00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:56.200 Do<00:27:53.700><c> you</c><00:27:53.720><c> see</c><00:27:53.859><c> how</c><00:27:54.039><c> it</c><00:27:54.240><c> aligns</c><00:27:54.819><c> wonderfully</c><00:27:55.180><c> with</c><00:27:55.460><c> the</c><00:27:55.640><c> reign</c> 00:27:56.200 --> 00:27:57.839 of<00:27:56.559><c> King</c><00:27:56.900><c> Isaiah?</c> 00:27:57.920 --> 00:28:00.099 Now<00:27:58.200><c> you</c><00:27:58.240><c> might</c><00:27:58.420><c> be</c><00:27:58.660><c> thinking,</c><00:27:59.000><c> all</c><00:27:59.140><c> right,</c><00:27:59.240><c> that's</c><00:27:59.519><c> kind</c><00:27:59.640><c> of</c><00:27:59.819><c> interesting.</c> 00:28:00.140 --> 00:28:01.880 Not<00:28:00.339><c> really</c><00:28:00.579><c> sure</c><00:28:00.720><c> what</c><00:28:00.779><c> this</c><00:28:00.980><c> has</c><00:28:01.160><c> to</c><00:28:01.319><c> do</c><00:28:01.359><c> with</c><00:28:01.519><c> the</c><00:28:01.680><c> return</c> 00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:03.059 of<00:28:02.079><c> Christ</c><00:28:02.359><c> being</c><00:28:02.660><c> near.</c> 00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:05.440 What<00:28:03.539><c> we</c><00:28:03.799><c> will</c><00:28:03.940><c> by</c><00:28:04.180><c> the</c><00:28:04.319><c> end,</c><00:28:04.700><c> just</c><00:28:04.799><c> give</c><00:28:04.900><c> me</c><00:28:05.000><c> another</c><00:28:05.180><c> 20</c> 00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:06.059 minutes<00:28:05.720><c> tops,</c> 00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:07.220 and<00:28:06.640><c> we'll</c><00:28:06.779><c> get</c><00:28:07.019><c> there.</c> 00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:09.940 But<00:28:07.619><c> it's</c><00:28:07.819><c> important</c><00:28:08.160><c> that</c><00:28:08.339><c> we</c><00:28:08.480><c> see</c><00:28:08.640><c> this</c><00:28:08.940><c> prophecy</c><00:28:09.319><c> initially</c> 00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:13.440 from<00:28:10.380><c> the</c><00:28:10.660><c> standpoint</c><00:28:11.059><c> of</c><00:28:11.380><c> its</c><00:28:11.900><c> historical</c><00:28:12.759><c> backdrop.</c> 00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:17.240 Because<00:28:14.220><c> it's</c><00:28:14.440><c> only</c><00:28:14.640><c> then</c><00:28:14.900><c> that</c><00:28:15.119><c> the</c><00:28:15.299><c> prophecy</c><00:28:15.619><c> can</c><00:28:15.940><c> come</c><00:28:16.200><c> alive</c><00:28:16.539><c> for</c><00:28:16.839><c> us</c> 00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:19.000 and<00:28:17.519><c> that</c><00:28:17.700><c> we</c><00:28:17.799><c> can</c><00:28:18.059><c> really</c><00:28:18.380><c> make</c><00:28:18.640><c> connections.</c> 00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:20.900 You<00:28:19.180><c> can't</c><00:28:19.500><c> make</c><00:28:19.720><c> connections</c><00:28:20.099><c> to</c><00:28:20.380><c> a</c><00:28:20.579><c> prophecy</c> 00:28:20.900 --> 00:28:24.140 that<00:28:21.359><c> you</c><00:28:21.579><c> don't</c><00:28:21.859><c> understand</c><00:28:22.380><c> the</c><00:28:22.660><c> initial</c><00:28:22.900><c> application</c><00:28:23.400><c> for.</c> 00:28:25.140 --> 00:28:27.779 And<00:28:25.559><c> so</c><00:28:25.700><c> we</c><00:28:25.799><c> really</c><00:28:26.059><c> need</c><00:28:26.220><c> to</c><00:28:26.400><c> look</c><00:28:26.519><c> at</c><00:28:26.619><c> what's</c><00:28:26.880><c> being</c><00:28:27.140><c> spoken</c> 00:28:27.779 --> 00:28:29.000 initially<00:28:28.460><c> first</c> 00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:31.779 before<00:28:29.539><c> we</c><00:28:29.720><c> get</c><00:28:29.920><c> to</c><00:28:30.059><c> the</c><00:28:30.220><c> bottom</c><00:28:30.440><c> of</c><00:28:30.680><c> what</c><00:28:30.779><c> its</c><00:28:31.119><c> implications</c> 00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:33.559 are<00:28:32.039><c> for</c><00:28:32.339><c> our</c><00:28:32.680><c> day.</c> 00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:36.400 It's<00:28:34.140><c> a</c><00:28:34.220><c> very</c><00:28:34.380><c> important</c><00:28:34.799><c> rule</c><00:28:35.019><c> of</c><00:28:35.160><c> Bible</c><00:28:35.460><c> prophecy.</c> 00:28:39.900 --> 00:28:41.740 Well,<00:28:40.119><c> I</c><00:28:40.200><c> just</c><00:28:40.380><c> want</c><00:28:40.500><c> to</c><00:28:40.599><c> talk</c><00:28:40.779><c> just</c><00:28:40.920><c> for</c><00:28:41.160><c> a</c><00:28:41.279><c> second</c><00:28:41.460><c> about</c> 00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:42.500 modern<00:28:42.140><c> Israel.</c> 00:28:42.619 --> 00:28:44.900 Micah,<00:28:42.880><c> if</c><00:28:42.960><c> you</c><00:28:43.079><c> could</c><00:28:43.220><c> just</c><00:28:43.420><c> pass</c><00:28:43.519><c> me</c><00:28:43.700><c> that</c><00:28:43.940><c> stack</c><00:28:44.200><c> of</c><00:28:44.460><c> handouts</c><00:28:44.759><c> that</c> 00:28:44.900 --> 00:28:45.839 you<00:28:45.019><c> have</c><00:28:45.099><c> down</c><00:28:45.299><c> there.</c> 00:28:46.319 --> 00:28:47.319 It's<00:28:46.700><c> okay.</c> 00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:50.980 And<00:28:49.700><c> I'm</c><00:28:50.079><c> not</c><00:28:50.200><c> going</c><00:28:50.319><c> to</c><00:28:50.400><c> give</c><00:28:50.500><c> them</c><00:28:50.660><c> out</c><00:28:50.799><c> yet,</c> 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I</c><00:29:05.099><c> want</c><00:29:05.220><c> to</c><00:29:05.359><c> tell</c><00:29:05.480><c> you</c><00:29:05.619><c> about.</c> 00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:09.240 And<00:29:06.039><c> if</c><00:29:06.119><c> you're</c><00:29:06.279><c> not</c><00:29:06.420><c> familiar</c><00:29:06.700><c> with</c><00:29:06.880><c> it,</c><00:29:07.940><c> you</c><00:29:08.279><c> should</c><00:29:08.480><c> be.</c> 00:29:09.640 --> 00:29:12.720 Brother<00:29:09.859><c> Jim</c><00:29:10.119><c> Cowley</c><00:29:10.400><c> has</c><00:29:10.579><c> written</c><00:29:10.680><c> a</c><00:29:10.859><c> book</c><00:29:11.099><c> on</c><00:29:12.140><c> the</c><00:29:12.339><c> kings</c><00:29:12.539><c> of</c> 00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:13.839 Israel<00:29:13.099><c> and</c><00:29:13.359><c> of</c><00:29:13.579><c> Judah.</c> 00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:15.880 And<00:29:14.359><c> it</c><00:29:14.420><c> gives</c><00:29:14.579><c> you</c><00:29:14.740><c> a</c><00:29:14.819><c> summary</c><00:29:15.099><c> of</c><00:29:15.259><c> each</c><00:29:15.420><c> of</c><00:29:15.539><c> the</c><00:29:15.700><c> kings.</c> 00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:20.000 It<00:29:16.000><c> gives</c><00:29:16.140><c> you</c><00:29:16.319><c> a</c><00:29:16.400><c> verse</c><00:29:16.579><c> by</c><00:29:16.819><c> verse</c><00:29:17.740><c> look</c><00:29:18.180><c> at</c><00:29:18.519><c> each</c><00:29:18.740><c> of</c><00:29:18.940><c> those</c> 00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:20.799 reigns<00:29:20.319><c> of</c><00:29:20.440><c> the</c><00:29:20.619><c> kings.</c> 00:29:20.839 --> 00:29:22.119 And<00:29:21.000><c> it's</c><00:29:21.279><c> very</c><00:29:21.579><c> wonderfully</c><00:29:21.900><c> done.</c> 00:29:22.140 --> 00:29:24.359 You<00:29:22.240><c> can</c><00:29:22.400><c> get</c><00:29:22.539><c> it</c><00:29:22.799><c> absolutely</c><00:29:23.119><c> for</c><00:29:23.400><c> free.</c> 00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:26.500 Apparently,<00:29:24.759><c> I'm</c><00:29:24.880><c> the</c><00:29:24.940><c> only</c><00:29:25.079><c> one</c><00:29:25.180><c> who's</c><00:29:25.339><c> making</c><00:29:25.440><c> money</c><00:29:25.660><c> on</c><00:29:25.819><c> it.</c> 00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:28.460 $38<00:29:27.480><c> apiece.</c> 00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:32.799 But<00:29:29.079><c> if</c><00:29:29.259><c> you</c><00:29:29.319><c> go</c><00:29:29.579><c> to</c><00:29:29.740><c> Adelphos</c><00:29:30.160><c> Web,</c><00:29:31.720><c> you</c><00:29:32.039><c> can</c><00:29:32.319><c> find</c><00:29:32.519><c> it</c><00:29:32.660><c> there.</c> 00:29:32.819 --> 00:29:34.440 You<00:29:32.859><c> can</c><00:29:33.119><c> download</c><00:29:33.359><c> the</c><00:29:33.519><c> whole</c><00:29:33.759><c> thing</c><00:29:33.900><c> in</c><00:29:34.019><c> a</c><00:29:34.160><c> PDF.</c> 00:29:34.680 --> 00:29:35.880 You<00:29:34.700><c> can</c><00:29:35.180><c> search</c><00:29:35.460><c> it.</c> 00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:37.299 It's<00:29:36.359><c> wonderful.</c> 00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:42.839 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a</c><00:29:54.720><c> suggestion</c><00:29:55.099><c> that</c><00:29:55.339><c> has</c><00:29:55.619><c> actually</c> 00:29:55.900 --> 00:29:58.660 been<00:29:56.259><c> suggested</c><00:29:56.579><c> by</c><00:29:56.779><c> a</c><00:29:56.839><c> number</c><00:29:57.039><c> of</c><00:29:57.640><c> Bible</c><00:29:57.640><c> students</c><00:29:58.259><c> in</c><00:29:58.500><c> our</c> 00:29:58.660 --> 00:30:00.980 community<00:29:59.019><c> and</c><00:29:59.200><c> also</c><00:29:59.380><c> outside</c><00:29:59.740><c> of</c><00:29:59.900><c> our</c><00:30:00.019><c> community.</c> 00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:03.180 And<00:30:01.359><c> that</c><00:30:01.539><c> suggestion</c><00:30:02.039><c> is</c><00:30:02.220><c> that</c><00:30:02.339><c> if</c><00:30:02.480><c> you</c><00:30:02.640><c> look</c><00:30:02.779><c> at</c><00:30:02.920><c> the</c><00:30:03.039><c> reign</c> 00:30:03.180 --> 00:30:10.500 of<00:30:03.339><c> King</c><00:30:03.559><c> Isaiah,</c><00:30:05.700><c> you're</c><00:30:05.960><c> looking</c><00:30:06.119><c> at</c><00:30:06.299><c> a</c><00:30:06.500><c> picture</c><00:30:07.240><c> of</c><00:30:09.220><c> modern</c><00:30:09.500><c> Israel.</c> 00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:16.700 You<00:30:12.880><c> know,</c><00:30:12.880><c> all</c><00:30:13.000><c> those</c><00:30:13.079><c> things</c><00:30:13.319><c> that</c><00:30:13.460><c> we</c><00:30:13.660><c> described</c><00:30:14.140><c> fit</c><00:30:15.380><c> wonderfully</c><00:30:16.099><c> into</c> 00:30:16.700 --> 00:30:18.579 the<00:30:16.940><c> context</c><00:30:17.420><c> of</c><00:30:17.660><c> Israel</c><00:30:18.079><c> today.</c> 00:30:18.579 --> 00:30:21.799 So<00:30:19.259><c> let's</c><00:30:19.420><c> just</c><00:30:19.680><c> consider</c><00:30:19.960><c> a</c><00:30:20.099><c> couple</c><00:30:20.279><c> of</c><00:30:20.460><c> those.</c> 00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:30.180 Did<00:30:24.119><c> you</c><00:30:24.220><c> know</c><00:30:24.319><c> that</c><00:30:24.480><c> it</c><00:30:24.519><c> was</c><00:30:25.759><c> 53</c><00:30:26.279><c> years</c><00:30:26.640><c> ago</c><00:30:27.119><c> that</c><00:30:28.140><c> Israel</c><00:30:28.539><c> retook</c><00:30:29.640><c> the</c> 00:30:30.180 --> 00:30:34.160 port<00:30:30.440><c> city</c><00:30:31.059><c> that</c><00:30:31.759><c> Isaiah</c><00:30:32.099><c> once</c><00:30:32.420><c> took</c><00:30:32.559><c> back</c><00:30:32.799><c> in</c><00:30:32.960><c> his</c><00:30:33.160><c> day?</c> 00:30:34.420 --> 00:30:36.180 53<00:30:34.819><c> years</c><00:30:35.160><c> ago.</c> 00:30:38.299 --> 00:30:44.660 Did<00:30:38.400><c> you</c><00:30:38.539><c> know</c><00:30:38.660><c> that</c><00:30:39.740><c> Israel</c><00:30:40.319><c> in</c><00:30:40.480><c> the</c><00:30:40.640><c> last</c><00:30:40.859><c> 50</c><00:30:41.140><c> years</c><00:30:41.480><c> have</c><00:30:41.700><c> defeated</c><00:30:42.079><c> the</c><00:30:42.380><c> Arabs</c><00:30:42.599><c> and</c><00:30:42.819><c> the</c><00:30:42.980><c> Jordanians</c><00:30:43.579><c> to</c> 00:30:44.660 --> 00:30:46.420 gain<00:30:44.839><c> peace</c><00:30:45.180><c> from</c><00:30:45.440><c> them?</c> 00:30:46.420 --> 00:30:51.819 An<00:30:46.980><c> unsteady</c><00:30:47.480><c> peace,</c><00:30:48.559><c> but</c><00:30:49.299><c> a</c><00:30:49.720><c> peace</c><00:30:49.880><c> in</c><00:30:50.220><c> a</c><00:30:50.359><c> certain</c><00:30:50.519><c> sense</c><00:30:50.819><c> nonetheless.</c> 00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:56.299 When<00:30:53.819><c> we</c><00:30:54.000><c> look</c><00:30:54.099><c> at</c><00:30:54.319><c> the</c><00:30:54.559><c> area</c><00:30:54.900><c> of</c><00:30:55.240><c> southern</c><00:30:55.440><c> Israel,</c><00:30:56.019><c> known</c><00:30:56.119><c> as</c> 00:30:56.299 --> 00:31:00.039 the<00:30:56.420><c> Negev,</c><00:30:57.319><c> which</c><00:30:57.460><c> was</c><00:30:57.700><c> largely</c><00:30:58.099><c> desert</c><00:30:58.539><c> and</c><00:30:58.720><c> much</c><00:30:58.920><c> of</c><00:30:59.059><c> it</c><00:30:59.259><c> still</c><00:30:59.420><c> is</c><00:30:59.660><c> today,</c> 00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:04.960 well,<00:31:00.599><c> much</c><00:31:00.660><c> of</c><00:31:00.859><c> that</c><00:31:01.019><c> land</c><00:31:01.279><c> has</c><00:31:01.519><c> been</c><00:31:01.940><c> transformed</c><00:31:02.740><c> by</c> 00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:07.079 agricultural<00:31:05.859><c> prosperity.</c> 00:31:07.740 --> 00:31:13.000 And<00:31:07.960><c> the</c><00:31:08.119><c> land</c><00:31:08.259><c> that</c><00:31:08.460><c> once</c><00:31:08.700><c> sat</c><00:31:09.059><c> in</c><00:31:09.380><c> complete</c><00:31:09.839><c> and</c><00:31:10.119><c> utter</c><00:31:10.319><c> desolation</c><00:31:11.640><c> began</c><00:31:12.779><c> to</c> 00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.839 bring<00:31:13.160><c> forth</c><00:31:13.500><c> fruit.</c> 00:31:13.839 --> 00:31:16.799 And<00:31:14.099><c> really</c><00:31:14.400><c> that</c><00:31:14.700><c> started</c><00:31:15.099><c> at</c><00:31:15.319><c> about</c><00:31:15.500><c> the</c><00:31:15.700><c> time</c><00:31:16.079><c> just</c><00:31:16.460><c> before</c> 00:31:16.799 --> 00:31:19.119 the<00:31:16.960><c> 1900s.</c> 00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:24.240 There's<00:31:19.480><c> water</c><00:31:19.859><c> carrying</c><00:31:20.259><c> technology,</c><00:31:21.099><c> just</c><00:31:21.259><c> as</c><00:31:21.480><c> it</c><00:31:21.579><c> says</c><00:31:21.720><c> King</c><00:31:22.079><c> Isaiah</c><00:31:22.460><c> actually</c><00:31:23.380><c> dug</c><00:31:23.660><c> wells</c><00:31:24.039><c> in</c> 00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:25.240 the<00:31:24.420><c> desert.</c> 00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:28.259 Israel<00:31:26.140><c> is</c><00:31:26.400><c> now</c><00:31:26.559><c> finding</c><00:31:26.880><c> water</c><00:31:27.259><c> underground.</c><00:31:27.880><c> They've</c><00:31:28.099><c> done</c> 00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:30.279 that.<00:31:28.400><c> That's</c><00:31:28.599><c> how</c><00:31:28.759><c> they</c><00:31:28.940><c> are</c><00:31:29.160><c> sustained.</c> 00:31:31.839 --> 00:31:42.359 The<00:31:32.059><c> technology</c><00:31:32.720><c> of</c><00:31:32.960><c> Israel</c><00:31:33.400><c> and</c><00:31:33.640><c> its</c><00:31:34.099><c> missiles,</c><00:31:35.539><c> just</c><00:31:35.839><c> as</c><00:31:36.099><c> Isaiah</c><00:31:36.779><c> had</c><00:31:38.559><c> cunning</c><00:31:38.859><c> men</c><00:31:39.119><c> invent</c><00:31:39.539><c> the</c><00:31:40.000><c> catapults</c><00:31:40.559><c> and</c><00:31:41.140><c> the</c><00:31:41.359><c> different</c><00:31:41.599><c> technologies</c><00:31:42.099><c> to</c> 00:31:42.359 --> 00:31:43.140 defend<00:31:42.619><c> their</c><00:31:42.880><c> land.</c> 00:31:43.140 --> 00:31:48.299 We<00:31:43.640><c> know</c><00:31:43.880><c> that</c><00:31:44.079><c> Israel</c><00:31:44.339><c> is</c><00:31:44.539><c> known</c><00:31:44.920><c> for</c><00:31:45.440><c> its</c><00:31:45.700><c> missile</c><00:31:45.940><c> technology</c><00:31:46.539><c> as</c><00:31:46.819><c> well.</c> 00:31:49.880 --> 00:31:53.259 It's<00:31:50.000><c> no</c><00:31:50.200><c> secret</c><00:31:50.539><c> that</c><00:31:50.759><c> Israel,</c><00:31:51.940><c> when</c><00:31:52.079><c> we</c><00:31:52.240><c> consider</c><00:31:52.559><c> its</c><00:31:52.779><c> modern</c><00:31:53.059><c> day</c> 00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:57.960 history,<00:31:53.660><c> has</c><00:31:53.859><c> been</c><00:31:54.099><c> helped</c><00:31:54.359><c> by</c><00:31:54.619><c> God</c><00:31:55.180><c> until</c><00:31:56.380><c> she</c><00:31:56.599><c> was</c><00:31:56.880><c> strong,</c> 00:31:58.420 --> 00:32:02.819 but<00:31:58.980><c> that</c><00:31:59.119><c> they</c><00:31:59.279><c> do</c><00:31:59.519><c> not</c><00:31:59.819><c> recognize</c><00:32:00.700><c> God</c><00:32:01.119><c> working</c><00:32:01.460><c> with</c><00:32:01.740><c> them.</c> 00:32:03.779 --> 00:32:11.339 And<00:32:04.279><c> finally,</c><00:32:04.740><c> if</c><00:32:04.839><c> we</c><00:32:04.980><c> just</c><00:32:05.140><c> look</c><00:32:05.279><c> at</c><00:32:05.440><c> Isaiah</c><00:32:05.700><c> chapter</c><00:32:06.059><c> 22,</c><00:32:07.059><c> what's</c><00:32:07.339><c> the</c><00:32:07.460><c> wonderful</c><00:32:07.900><c> conclusion</c><00:32:08.500><c> about,</c><00:32:09.000><c> excuse</c><00:32:09.599><c> me,</c><00:32:09.799><c> Isaiah</c><00:32:10.140><c> chapter</c><00:32:10.880><c> 2</c> 00:32:11.339 --> 00:32:13.079 at<00:32:11.680><c> verse</c><00:32:12.000><c> 22?</c> 00:32:13.839 --> 00:32:17.599 At<00:32:14.059><c> the</c><00:32:14.200><c> end</c><00:32:14.299><c> of</c><00:32:14.480><c> all</c><00:32:14.619><c> this,</c><00:32:15.160><c> what's</c><00:32:15.519><c> the</c><00:32:15.759><c> lesson</c><00:32:16.779><c> that</c><00:32:17.220><c> Israel</c> 00:32:17.599 --> 00:32:20.299 should<00:32:18.440><c> have</c><00:32:18.559><c> been,</c><00:32:18.740><c> that</c><00:32:18.980><c> Judah</c><00:32:19.160><c> should</c><00:32:19.359><c> have</c><00:32:19.480><c> been</c><00:32:19.579><c> learning</c><00:32:19.799><c> back</c><00:32:20.119><c> then,</c> 00:32:20.339 --> 00:32:23.960 that<00:32:20.500><c> Israel</c><00:32:20.900><c> must</c><00:32:21.220><c> learn</c><00:32:21.500><c> now</c><00:32:21.880><c> and</c><00:32:22.180><c> that</c><00:32:22.359><c> God</c><00:32:22.599><c> will</c><00:32:22.920><c> bring</c><00:32:23.099><c> them</c><00:32:23.299><c> to</c><00:32:23.599><c> recognize?</c> 00:32:23.960 --> 00:32:25.920 Well,<00:32:24.279><c> verse</c><00:32:24.380><c> 22</c><00:32:24.839><c> says,</c> 00:32:35.960 --> 00:32:38.720 It's<00:32:36.700><c> kind</c><00:32:36.880><c> of</c><00:32:37.000><c> a</c><00:32:37.140><c> cumbersome</c><00:32:37.519><c> verse,</c><00:32:37.799><c> but</c><00:32:38.079><c> you</c><00:32:38.359><c> get</c><00:32:38.480><c> the</c> 00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:41.720 point.<00:32:39.680><c> Young's</c><00:32:40.000><c> literal</c><00:32:40.259><c> translation</c><00:32:40.839><c> says,</c> 00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:51.900 Just<00:32:48.500><c> that</c><00:32:49.240><c> statement</c><00:32:49.599><c> alone</c><00:32:50.099><c> shows</c><00:32:50.559><c> you</c><00:32:50.839><c> man's</c><00:32:51.480><c> weakness.</c> 00:32:51.900 --> 00:32:56.680 And<00:32:52.460><c> it</c><00:32:52.559><c> was</c><00:32:52.799><c> man</c><00:32:53.099><c> that</c><00:32:53.359><c> had</c><00:32:53.599><c> to</c><00:32:53.779><c> be</c><00:32:53.960><c> abased</c><00:32:54.440><c> in</c><00:32:54.819><c> all</c><00:32:55.039><c> of</c><00:32:55.180><c> his</c><00:32:55.480><c> pride,</c><00:32:56.680><c> in</c> 00:32:56.680 --> 00:33:01.039 all<00:32:56.900><c> of</c><00:32:57.079><c> his</c><00:32:57.599><c> exultation</c><00:32:58.700><c> that</c><00:32:59.440><c> Isaiah</c><00:32:59.839><c> chapter</c><00:33:00.180><c> 2</c><00:33:00.400><c> talks</c><00:33:00.740><c> about.</c> 00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:05.140 That<00:33:01.559><c> had</c><00:33:01.859><c> to</c><00:33:02.039><c> be</c><00:33:02.180><c> abased.</c><00:33:02.960><c> And</c><00:33:03.099><c> the</c><00:33:03.220><c> only</c><00:33:03.339><c> way</c><00:33:03.500><c> that</c><00:33:03.700><c> that</c><00:33:03.980><c> happens</c><00:33:04.420><c> is</c> 00:33:05.140 --> 00:33:09.220 when,<00:33:05.460><c> in</c><00:33:05.619><c> the</c><00:33:05.779><c> mind</c><00:33:06.000><c> of</c><00:33:06.180><c> a</c><00:33:06.279><c> believer,</c><00:33:07.059><c> Isaiah</c><00:33:07.319><c> chapter</c><00:33:07.720><c> 2</c><00:33:08.039><c> verses</c><00:33:08.359><c> 1</c><00:33:08.700><c> through</c><00:33:08.920><c> 4</c> 00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:10.619 is<00:33:09.460><c> a</c><00:33:09.680><c> reality.</c> 00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:15.140 Only<00:33:11.200><c> when</c><00:33:11.539><c> Zion</c><00:33:11.960><c> is</c><00:33:12.380><c> exalted</c><00:33:13.099><c> will</c><00:33:13.839><c> the</c><00:33:14.059><c> flesh</c><00:33:14.259><c> truly</c><00:33:14.599><c> be</c><00:33:14.839><c> abased.</c> 00:33:15.160 --> 00:33:16.940 And<00:33:15.279><c> that's</c><00:33:15.400><c> what</c><00:33:15.539><c> it's</c><00:33:15.660><c> all</c><00:33:15.880><c> about.</c><00:33:16.279><c> That's</c><00:33:16.299><c> what</c><00:33:16.500><c> Judah</c><00:33:16.740><c> had</c> 00:33:16.940 --> 00:33:20.299 to<00:33:17.140><c> learn.</c><00:33:17.579><c> That's</c><00:33:17.759><c> what</c><00:33:17.920><c> Israel</c><00:33:18.259><c> had</c><00:33:18.480><c> to</c><00:33:18.700><c> learn.</c><00:33:19.359><c> And</c><00:33:19.660><c> we</c><00:33:19.900><c> have</c><00:33:20.119><c> to</c> 00:33:20.299 --> 00:33:21.160 learn<00:33:20.420><c> it.</c> 00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:26.500 All<00:33:22.039><c> of</c><00:33:22.200><c> us,</c><00:33:22.519><c> we</c><00:33:22.519><c> have</c><00:33:22.680><c> to</c><00:33:22.839><c> learn</c><00:33:23.000><c> that</c><00:33:23.299><c> thing,</c><00:33:24.160><c> that</c><00:33:24.700><c> timeless</c><00:33:25.440><c> truth.</c> 00:33:28.079 --> 00:33:30.519 Do<00:33:28.319><c> you</c><00:33:28.339><c> know</c><00:33:28.460><c> that</c><00:33:28.579><c> that's</c><00:33:28.880><c> the</c><00:33:29.000><c> heart</c><00:33:29.200><c> of</c><00:33:29.380><c> the</c><00:33:29.500><c> atonement?</c> 00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:35.200 Verse<00:33:31.740><c> 22</c><00:33:32.380><c> speaks</c><00:33:33.339><c> to</c><00:33:33.539><c> the</c><00:33:33.700><c> heart</c><00:33:33.880><c> of</c><00:33:34.059><c> the</c><00:33:34.220><c> atonement.</c> 00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:41.940 It's<00:33:37.480><c> about</c><00:33:38.019><c> debasing</c><00:33:38.640><c> man</c><00:33:39.059><c> and</c><00:33:39.339><c> his</c><00:33:39.619><c> pride.</c><00:33:40.680><c> It's</c><00:33:40.980><c> about</c><00:33:41.220><c> debasing</c><00:33:41.660><c> the</c> 00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:43.920 flesh<00:33:42.119><c> and</c><00:33:42.259><c> it's</c><00:33:42.480><c> about</c><00:33:42.660><c> exalting</c><00:33:43.119><c> God.</c> 00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:47.000 That's<00:33:44.960><c> at</c><00:33:45.099><c> the</c><00:33:45.279><c> heart</c><00:33:45.500><c> of</c><00:33:45.720><c> the</c><00:33:45.900><c> atonement.</c><00:33:46.259><c> That's</c><00:33:46.559><c> what</c><00:33:46.660><c> was</c> 00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:51.079 accomplished<00:33:47.660><c> in</c><00:33:49.539><c> fullness</c><00:33:49.859><c> on</c><00:33:50.119><c> the</c><00:33:50.319><c> cross</c><00:33:50.619><c> by</c><00:33:50.819><c> the</c><00:33:50.940><c> Lord</c> 00:33:51.079 --> 00:33:52.359 Jesus<00:33:51.420><c> Christ.</c> 00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:54.579 That's<00:33:52.900><c> what</c><00:33:53.039><c> Israel</c><00:33:53.339><c> had</c><00:33:53.519><c> to</c><00:33:53.740><c> learn.</c> 00:33:55.259 --> 00:33:57.299 Cease<00:33:55.619><c> ye</c><00:33:55.799><c> from</c><00:33:56.079><c> man.</c> 00:33:58.420 --> 00:34:02.259 Well,<00:34:00.319><c> we</c><00:34:00.539><c> know</c><00:34:00.660><c> what</c><00:34:00.880><c> happened</c><00:34:01.140><c> to</c><00:34:01.319><c> King</c><00:34:01.500><c> Isaiah.</c><00:34:01.839><c> Just</c><00:34:02.039><c> turn</c> 00:34:02.259 --> 00:34:05.380 back<00:34:02.519><c> to</c><00:34:02.740><c> 2</c><00:34:02.980><c> Chronicles</c><00:34:03.539><c> chapter</c><00:34:03.880><c> 26</c><00:34:04.359><c> again.</c> 00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:18.519 The<00:34:08.119><c> similarities</c><00:34:08.619><c> between</c><00:34:09.599><c> King</c><00:34:10.480><c> Isaiah</c><00:34:10.940><c> and</c><00:34:11.940><c> the</c><00:34:12.079><c> nation</c><00:34:12.320><c> of</c><00:34:12.480><c> Israel</c><00:34:12.780><c> today</c><00:34:13.079><c> do</c><00:34:14.099><c> continue</c><00:34:15.260><c> when</c><00:34:15.440><c> we</c><00:34:15.659><c> consider</c><00:34:16.539><c> the</c><00:34:17.920><c> words</c><00:34:18.159><c> in</c><00:34:18.380><c> 2</c> 00:34:18.519 --> 00:34:20.739 Chronicles<00:34:18.940><c> 26.</c> 00:34:20.739 --> 00:34:26.800 It<00:34:23.300><c> says</c><00:34:25.519><c> in</c><00:34:25.619><c> verse</c><00:34:25.820><c> 16,</c> 00:35:05.300 --> 00:35:20.000 Then<00:35:05.800><c> Isaiah</c><00:35:06.300><c> was</c><00:35:06.300><c> wroth</c><00:35:18.219><c> and</c><00:35:18.500><c> had</c><00:35:18.719><c> a</c><00:35:18.900><c> censer</c><00:35:19.239><c> in</c><00:35:19.340><c> his</c><00:35:19.619><c> hand</c><00:35:19.800><c> to</c> 00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:20.539 burn<00:35:20.179><c> incense.</c> 00:35:20.539 --> 00:35:24.119 And<00:35:21.340><c> while</c><00:35:21.599><c> he</c><00:35:21.800><c> was</c><00:35:22.099><c> wroth</c><00:35:22.320><c> with</c><00:35:22.519><c> the</c><00:35:22.760><c> priests,</c><00:35:23.320><c> the</c><00:35:23.460><c> leprosy</c> 00:35:24.119 --> 00:35:27.780 even<00:35:24.420><c> rose</c><00:35:24.699><c> up</c><00:35:24.920><c> in</c><00:35:25.039><c> his</c><00:35:25.360><c> forehead</c><00:35:25.639><c> before</c><00:35:26.099><c> the</c><00:35:26.400><c> priests</c><00:35:26.820><c> in</c><00:35:27.260><c> the</c><00:35:27.420><c> house</c><00:35:27.579><c> of</c> 00:35:27.780 --> 00:35:31.059 the<00:35:27.900><c> Lord</c><00:35:28.159><c> from</c><00:35:28.699><c> beside</c><00:35:29.260><c> the</c><00:35:29.599><c> incense</c><00:35:30.059><c> altar.</c> 00:35:33.320 --> 00:35:36.219 And<00:35:33.519><c> Asariah</c><00:35:33.900><c> the</c><00:35:34.039><c> chief</c><00:35:34.420><c> priest</c><00:35:34.739><c> and</c><00:35:34.880><c> all</c><00:35:35.039><c> the</c><00:35:35.239><c> priests</c><00:35:35.579><c> looked</c><00:35:35.860><c> upon</c> 00:35:36.219 --> 00:35:40.619 him<00:35:36.440><c> and</c><00:35:36.599><c> behold</c><00:35:36.920><c> he</c><00:35:37.119><c> was</c><00:35:37.579><c> leprous</c><00:35:38.380><c> in</c><00:35:39.079><c> his</c><00:35:39.400><c> forehead</c><00:35:39.659><c> and</c><00:35:39.880><c> they</c><00:35:40.239><c> thrust</c><00:35:40.420><c> him</c> 00:35:40.619 --> 00:35:41.760 out<00:35:40.840><c> from</c><00:35:41.079><c> that.</c> 00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:45.199 Ye<00:35:42.400><c> himself</c><00:35:42.920><c> hasted</c><00:35:43.300><c> also</c><00:35:43.639><c> to</c><00:35:43.780><c> go</c><00:35:43.920><c> out</c><00:35:44.099><c> because</c><00:35:44.460><c> Yahweh</c><00:35:44.840><c> had</c> 00:35:45.199 --> 00:35:46.079 smitten<00:35:45.420><c> him.</c> 00:35:46.340 --> 00:35:48.780 And<00:35:46.340><c> the</c><00:35:47.039><c> picture</c><00:35:47.340><c> that</c><00:35:47.519><c> we</c><00:35:47.780><c> were</c><00:35:47.880><c> being</c><00:35:48.179><c> given,</c><00:35:48.539><c> if</c><00:35:48.539><c> you</c><00:35:48.639><c> can</c> 00:35:48.780 --> 00:35:55.300 just<00:35:48.860><c> kind</c><00:35:48.980><c> of</c><00:35:49.599><c> tuck</c><00:35:49.800><c> this</c><00:35:49.960><c> away</c><00:35:50.139><c> in</c><00:35:50.260><c> your</c><00:35:50.440><c> mind,</c><00:35:50.639><c> you</c><00:35:50.780><c> know</c><00:35:50.860><c> what</c><00:35:51.260><c> Isaiah's</c><00:35:52.059><c> name,</c><00:35:53.260><c> his</c><00:35:53.519><c> other</c><00:35:53.739><c> name</c><00:35:53.980><c> was</c><00:35:54.440><c> in</c> 00:35:55.300 --> 00:35:56.679 the<00:35:55.519><c> King's</c><00:35:55.840><c> record?</c> 00:35:57.440 --> 00:36:02.539 It<00:35:57.440><c> was</c><00:35:57.760><c> Asariah,</c><00:35:58.460><c> right?</c><00:35:59.219><c> What's</c><00:35:59.460><c> this</c><00:35:59.679><c> priest's</c><00:36:00.159><c> name?</c><00:36:02.019><c> Asariah.</c> 00:36:02.860 --> 00:36:08.139 Give<00:36:02.960><c> the</c><00:36:03.239><c> priest</c><00:36:04.440><c> withstanding</c><00:36:05.579><c> a</c><00:36:06.480><c> man</c><00:36:06.679><c> by</c><00:36:06.900><c> the</c><00:36:07.099><c> same</c><00:36:07.300><c> name.</c> 00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:10.980 And<00:36:09.000><c> the</c><00:36:09.260><c> priest</c><00:36:09.480><c> had</c><00:36:09.679><c> something</c><00:36:09.980><c> on</c><00:36:10.179><c> his</c><00:36:10.500><c> head.</c><00:36:10.679><c> It</c><00:36:10.719><c> doesn't</c> 00:36:10.980 --> 00:36:12.679 tell<00:36:11.260><c> you</c><00:36:11.380><c> what</c><00:36:11.500><c> he</c><00:36:11.639><c> has</c><00:36:11.880><c> on</c><00:36:12.019><c> his</c><00:36:12.219><c> head</c><00:36:12.340><c> right</c><00:36:12.559><c> here.</c> 00:36:12.699 --> 00:36:15.579 You<00:36:12.800><c> have</c><00:36:12.960><c> to</c><00:36:13.059><c> go</c><00:36:13.219><c> back</c><00:36:13.400><c> to</c><00:36:13.559><c> Exodus</c><00:36:13.860><c> 28</c><00:36:14.519><c> to</c><00:36:14.940><c> realize</c><00:36:15.219><c> what</c><00:36:15.360><c> the</c> 00:36:15.579 --> 00:36:16.599 priest<00:36:15.760><c> had</c><00:36:15.960><c> on</c><00:36:16.139><c> his</c><00:36:16.420><c> forehead.</c> 00:36:16.679 --> 00:36:20.659 What<00:36:16.800><c> did</c><00:36:16.960><c> he</c><00:36:17.139><c> have?</c><00:36:18.920><c> Holiness</c><00:36:19.300><c> to</c><00:36:19.500><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:26.639 And<00:36:21.840><c> the</c><00:36:21.980><c> other</c><00:36:22.119><c> man</c><00:36:22.300><c> named</c><00:36:22.519><c> Asariah</c><00:36:23.119><c> who</c><00:36:23.300><c> withstood</c><00:36:23.699><c> him,</c><00:36:24.039><c> whose</c><00:36:24.239><c> face</c><00:36:24.559><c> was</c><00:36:25.000><c> red</c><00:36:25.219><c> with</c><00:36:25.539><c> anger</c><00:36:25.960><c> and</c><00:36:26.460><c> in</c> 00:36:26.639 --> 00:36:31.340 whose<00:36:26.840><c> face</c><00:36:27.039><c> the</c><00:36:27.239><c> leprosy</c><00:36:27.659><c> was</c><00:36:29.260><c> was</c><00:36:29.619><c> blossoming</c><00:36:30.059><c> on</c><00:36:30.260><c> his</c><00:36:30.519><c> forehead.</c> 00:36:32.800 --> 00:36:36.420 Had<00:36:33.239><c> something</c><00:36:33.539><c> that</c><00:36:33.820><c> said</c><00:36:33.980><c> completely</c><00:36:34.760><c> the</c><00:36:35.579><c> opposite.</c> 00:36:36.679 --> 00:36:41.280 It<00:36:37.239><c> was</c><00:36:37.800><c> a</c><00:36:37.880><c> picture</c><00:36:38.159><c> of</c><00:36:38.320><c> the</c><00:36:38.460><c> glory</c><00:36:38.699><c> of</c><00:36:38.900><c> God</c><00:36:39.300><c> for</c><00:36:39.780><c> the</c><00:36:40.019><c> priest</c><00:36:40.360><c> and</c><00:36:40.880><c> it</c><00:36:40.920><c> was</c><00:36:41.139><c> a</c> 00:36:41.280 --> 00:36:45.719 picture<00:36:41.539><c> of</c><00:36:41.760><c> the</c><00:36:41.880><c> glory</c><00:36:42.139><c> of</c><00:36:42.360><c> man</c><00:36:42.840><c> for</c><00:36:44.719><c> the</c><00:36:44.940><c> king.</c> 00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:49.099 You<00:36:46.380><c> couldn't</c><00:36:46.639><c> have</c><00:36:46.900><c> a</c><00:36:47.079><c> greater</c><00:36:47.599><c> opposite</c><00:36:48.059><c> here.</c> 00:36:49.639 --> 00:36:55.059 And<00:36:49.860><c> he's</c><00:36:50.239><c> thrust</c><00:36:50.460><c> away</c><00:36:50.800><c> it</c><00:36:51.000><c> says</c><00:36:51.199><c> because</c><00:36:51.599><c> God</c><00:36:52.500><c> had</c><00:36:53.900><c> smitten</c><00:36:54.179><c> him.</c> 00:36:57.340 --> 00:37:01.139 I<00:36:57.860><c> just</c><00:36:58.079><c> want</c><00:36:58.159><c> you</c><00:36:58.280><c> to</c><00:36:58.460><c> turn</c><00:36:58.639><c> now</c><00:36:58.980><c> to</c><00:36:59.820><c> Zechariah</c><00:37:00.300><c> chapter</c><00:37:00.659><c> 14</c> 00:37:01.139 --> 00:37:04.159 because<00:37:01.340><c> our</c><00:37:01.559><c> last</c><00:37:01.800><c> couple</c><00:37:02.059><c> of</c><00:37:02.340><c> comments</c><00:37:02.599><c> as</c><00:37:02.760><c> our</c><00:37:02.980><c> time</c><00:37:03.219><c> is</c><00:37:03.639><c> beginning</c><00:37:03.920><c> to</c> 00:37:04.159 --> 00:37:05.219 move<00:37:04.320><c> away.</c> 00:37:05.500 --> 00:37:08.599 We'll<00:37:05.579><c> take</c><00:37:05.800><c> from</c><00:37:06.019><c> Zechariah</c><00:37:06.619><c> before</c><00:37:06.960><c> we</c><00:37:07.219><c> go</c><00:37:07.699><c> back</c><00:37:08.119><c> to</c><00:37:08.320><c> Isaiah</c> 00:37:08.599 --> 00:37:09.780 chapter<00:37:09.019><c> two.</c> 00:37:09.780 --> 00:37:23.019 Zechariah<00:37:11.059><c> 14</c><00:37:13.079><c> gives</c><00:37:17.099><c> us</c><00:37:17.300><c> a</c><00:37:17.460><c> picture</c><00:37:17.760><c> of</c><00:37:18.139><c> Armageddon.</c> 00:37:26.900 --> 00:37:30.639 And<00:37:27.539><c> it</c><00:37:27.639><c> is</c><00:37:27.960><c> through</c><00:37:28.260><c> Armageddon</c><00:37:29.059><c> that</c><00:37:29.360><c> the</c><00:37:29.539><c> nation</c><00:37:29.800><c> of</c><00:37:30.079><c> Israel</c><00:37:30.280><c> will</c> 00:37:30.639 --> 00:37:33.800 be<00:37:31.500><c> both</c><00:37:31.820><c> humbled</c><00:37:32.139><c> and</c><00:37:32.380><c> then</c><00:37:32.599><c> later</c><00:37:32.780><c> delivered.</c> 00:37:34.159 --> 00:37:39.079 It<00:37:34.639><c> says</c><00:37:35.119><c> in</c><00:37:35.239><c> verse</c><00:37:35.500><c> four</c><00:37:35.880><c> that</c><00:37:36.139><c> his</c><00:37:36.539><c> feet</c><00:37:36.880><c> shall</c><00:37:37.119><c> stand</c><00:37:37.539><c> in</c><00:37:37.699><c> that</c><00:37:37.980><c> day</c><00:37:38.219><c> upon</c><00:37:38.480><c> the</c><00:37:38.659><c> Mount</c><00:37:38.820><c> of</c> 00:37:39.079 --> 00:37:42.719 Olives<00:37:39.340><c> which</c><00:37:40.019><c> is</c><00:37:40.239><c> before</c><00:37:40.619><c> Jerusalem</c><00:37:41.199><c> on</c><00:37:41.519><c> the</c><00:37:41.760><c> east.</c> 00:37:43.039 --> 00:37:45.659 And<00:37:43.039><c> the</c><00:37:43.179><c> Mount</c><00:37:43.360><c> of</c><00:37:43.579><c> Olives</c><00:37:43.719><c> shall</c><00:37:44.019><c> cleave</c><00:37:44.380><c> in</c><00:37:44.500><c> the</c><00:37:44.599><c> midst</c><00:37:44.800><c> thereof</c><00:37:45.179><c> toward</c><00:37:45.400><c> the</c> 00:37:45.659 --> 00:37:48.079 east<00:37:45.920><c> and</c><00:37:46.159><c> toward</c><00:37:46.340><c> the</c><00:37:46.559><c> west</c><00:37:46.920><c> and</c><00:37:47.280><c> there</c><00:37:47.460><c> shall</c><00:37:47.539><c> be</c><00:37:47.679><c> a</c><00:37:47.820><c> very</c> 00:37:48.079 --> 00:37:49.260 great<00:37:48.280><c> valley.</c> 00:37:49.659 --> 00:37:51.880 And<00:37:49.820><c> half</c><00:37:49.960><c> of</c><00:37:50.119><c> the</c><00:37:50.260><c> mountain</c><00:37:50.420><c> shall</c><00:37:50.619><c> remove</c><00:37:50.940><c> toward</c><00:37:51.179><c> the</c><00:37:51.380><c> north</c><00:37:51.599><c> and</c> 00:37:51.880 --> 00:37:54.639 half<00:37:52.119><c> of</c><00:37:52.239><c> it</c><00:37:52.400><c> toward</c><00:37:52.599><c> the</c><00:37:52.880><c> south</c><00:37:53.159><c> and</c><00:37:53.599><c> ye</c><00:37:53.800><c> shall</c><00:37:54.019><c> flee</c><00:37:54.300><c> to</c><00:37:54.500><c> the</c> 00:37:54.639 --> 00:37:55.559 valley<00:37:54.860><c> of</c><00:37:55.000><c> the</c><00:37:55.139><c> mountains.</c> 00:37:55.559 --> 00:37:59.619 For<00:37:56.000><c> the</c><00:37:57.000><c> valley</c><00:37:57.260><c> of</c><00:37:57.400><c> the</c><00:37:57.539><c> mountains</c><00:37:57.800><c> shall</c><00:37:58.019><c> reach</c><00:37:58.320><c> unto</c><00:37:58.679><c> Azo.</c> 00:37:59.739 --> 00:38:03.679 Ye<00:38:00.099><c> shall</c><00:38:00.480><c> flee</c><00:38:01.059><c> like</c><00:38:01.360><c> as</c><00:38:01.579><c> he</c><00:38:01.820><c> fled</c><00:38:02.059><c> from</c><00:38:02.300><c> before</c><00:38:02.679><c> the</c><00:38:02.860><c> earthquake</c><00:38:03.300><c> in</c><00:38:03.519><c> the</c> 00:38:03.679 --> 00:38:05.820 days<00:38:03.920><c> of</c><00:38:04.199><c> Isaiah</c><00:38:04.800><c> king</c><00:38:05.340><c> of</c><00:38:05.619><c> Judah.</c> 00:38:05.940 --> 00:38:09.119 And<00:38:06.099><c> the</c><00:38:06.280><c> Lord</c><00:38:06.480><c> my</c><00:38:06.719><c> God</c><00:38:07.019><c> shall</c><00:38:07.280><c> come</c><00:38:07.659><c> and</c><00:38:08.300><c> all</c><00:38:08.519><c> the</c><00:38:08.800><c> saints</c> 00:38:09.119 --> 00:38:09.800 with<00:38:09.440><c> thee.</c> 00:38:10.219 --> 00:38:12.199 And<00:38:10.460><c> although</c><00:38:10.579><c> it's</c><00:38:10.820><c> not</c><00:38:10.980><c> recorded</c><00:38:11.320><c> in</c><00:38:11.599><c> scripture</c><00:38:11.820><c> you</c><00:38:12.000><c> ever</c> 00:38:12.199 --> 00:38:14.659 wonder<00:38:12.440><c> when</c><00:38:12.760><c> in</c><00:38:12.940><c> his</c><00:38:13.260><c> reign</c><00:38:13.559><c> that</c><00:38:13.820><c> that</c><00:38:14.019><c> actually</c><00:38:14.340><c> happened</c> 00:38:14.659 --> 00:38:16.139 when<00:38:14.880><c> the</c><00:38:15.079><c> earthquake</c><00:38:15.380><c> actually</c><00:38:15.800><c> happened.</c> 00:38:16.440 --> 00:38:21.300 We're<00:38:16.639><c> not</c><00:38:16.840><c> told</c><00:38:17.239><c> in</c><00:38:17.519><c> scripture</c><00:38:17.880><c> but</c><00:38:18.940><c> Josephus</c><00:38:19.900><c> has</c><00:38:20.219><c> a</c><00:38:20.460><c> suggestion.</c> 00:38:21.639 --> 00:38:25.219 And<00:38:22.199><c> he</c><00:38:22.360><c> could</c><00:38:22.500><c> be</c><00:38:22.579><c> good</c><00:38:22.719><c> for</c><00:38:22.900><c> a</c><00:38:22.980><c> lot</c><00:38:23.119><c> of</c><00:38:23.260><c> things</c><00:38:23.480><c> and</c><00:38:23.619><c> he's</c><00:38:23.860><c> probably</c><00:38:24.099><c> best</c><00:38:24.400><c> for</c> 00:38:25.219 --> 00:38:26.619 just<00:38:25.559><c> suggestions.</c> 00:38:26.840 --> 00:38:29.900 But<00:38:27.000><c> here's</c><00:38:27.360><c> what</c><00:38:27.519><c> Josephus</c><00:38:28.360><c> offers</c><00:38:28.960><c> us.</c> 00:38:30.500 --> 00:38:33.699 When<00:38:30.719><c> King</c><00:38:30.960><c> Isaiah</c><00:38:31.219><c> walked</c><00:38:31.579><c> in</c><00:38:32.300><c> to</c><00:38:32.679><c> the</c><00:38:32.860><c> temple</c><00:38:33.079><c> and</c><00:38:33.260><c> he</c><00:38:33.440><c> was</c> 00:38:33.699 --> 00:38:35.539 wroth<00:38:34.019><c> it</c><00:38:34.139><c> was</c><00:38:34.380><c> that</c><00:38:34.639><c> moment.</c> 00:38:36.460 --> 00:38:39.719 It<00:38:36.559><c> was</c><00:38:36.760><c> that</c><00:38:36.920><c> exact</c><00:38:37.380><c> moment</c><00:38:37.900><c> that</c><00:38:38.860><c> the</c><00:38:39.059><c> earthquake</c><00:38:39.420><c> struck</c> 00:38:39.719 --> 00:38:40.940 the<00:38:39.940><c> city.</c> 00:38:41.900 --> 00:38:44.920 And<00:38:42.179><c> Yahweh</c><00:38:42.519><c> arose</c><00:38:43.139><c> to</c><00:38:43.519><c> shake</c><00:38:43.739><c> terribly</c><00:38:44.219><c> the</c><00:38:44.460><c> earth</c><00:38:44.599><c> just</c> 00:38:44.920 --> 00:38:47.059 like<00:38:45.159><c> Isaiah</c><00:38:45.480><c> said</c><00:38:45.760><c> that</c><00:38:46.039><c> day.</c> 00:38:47.400 --> 00:38:50.960 And<00:38:47.960><c> the</c><00:38:48.179><c> judgments</c><00:38:48.480><c> began</c><00:38:48.980><c> from</c><00:38:49.280><c> that</c><00:38:49.559><c> time</c><00:38:49.880><c> on.</c> 00:38:51.400 --> 00:38:53.599 Because<00:38:51.639><c> we</c><00:38:51.860><c> learned</c><00:38:52.000><c> that</c><00:38:52.460><c> the</c><00:38:52.639><c> day</c><00:38:52.840><c> of</c><00:38:53.019><c> judgment</c><00:38:53.300><c> would</c> 00:38:53.599 --> 00:38:54.900 continue<00:38:54.039><c> through</c><00:38:54.340><c> many</c><00:38:54.639><c> days.</c> 00:38:54.980 --> 00:38:57.539 The<00:38:55.159><c> day</c><00:38:55.360><c> of</c><00:38:55.519><c> the</c><00:38:55.699><c> Lord</c><00:38:55.880><c> that</c><00:38:56.079><c> Isaiah</c><00:38:56.460><c> chapter</c><00:38:56.760><c> 2</c><00:38:57.000><c> describes</c> 00:38:57.539 --> 00:39:00.920 it<00:38:58.039><c> continued</c><00:38:58.460><c> through</c><00:38:58.719><c> the</c><00:38:58.840><c> reign</c><00:38:58.960><c> of</c><00:38:59.139><c> King</c><00:38:59.440><c> Jotham.</c> 00:39:00.940 --> 00:39:04.219 When<00:39:01.099><c> the</c><00:39:01.420><c> confederacy</c><00:39:01.880><c> to</c><00:39:02.099><c> the</c><00:39:02.300><c> north</c><00:39:02.539><c> when</c><00:39:02.860><c> Syria</c><00:39:03.360><c> and</c><00:39:03.579><c> Israel</c><00:39:03.920><c> came</c> 00:39:04.219 --> 00:39:05.039 down<00:39:04.440><c> into</c><00:39:04.659><c> Judah.</c> 00:39:05.280 --> 00:39:09.400 And<00:39:05.440><c> it</c><00:39:05.699><c> continued</c><00:39:06.360><c> in</c><00:39:07.900><c> the</c><00:39:08.059><c> reign</c><00:39:08.179><c> of</c><00:39:08.360><c> King</c><00:39:08.639><c> Ahaz</c><00:39:08.960><c> when</c><00:39:09.139><c> that</c> 00:39:09.400 --> 00:39:11.199 confederacy<00:39:09.920><c> actually</c><00:39:10.360><c> invaded.</c> 00:39:11.519 --> 00:39:15.739 And<00:39:12.199><c> it</c><00:39:12.320><c> continued</c><00:39:12.719><c> in</c><00:39:12.860><c> the</c><00:39:13.000><c> reign</c><00:39:13.099><c> of</c><00:39:13.300><c> Assyria</c><00:39:14.059><c> when</c><00:39:15.320><c> Assyria</c> 00:39:15.739 --> 00:39:17.719 came<00:39:15.980><c> down</c><00:39:16.440><c> under</c><00:39:16.820><c> Sennacherib.</c> 00:39:17.940 --> 00:39:21.059 And<00:39:18.320><c> before</c><00:39:18.800><c> that</c><00:39:19.059><c> Tiglath</c><00:39:19.400><c>-Pileser</c><00:39:19.900><c> as</c><00:39:20.139><c> well.</c> 00:39:23.119 --> 00:39:26.440 But<00:39:23.320><c> the</c><00:39:23.460><c> wonderful</c><00:39:23.780><c> thing</c><00:39:24.039><c> is</c><00:39:24.920><c> if</c><00:39:25.420><c> we</c><00:39:25.619><c> just</c><00:39:25.820><c> turn</c><00:39:26.019><c> a</c><00:39:26.199><c> couple</c> 00:39:26.440 --> 00:39:29.960 pages<00:39:26.820><c> back</c><00:39:27.420><c> to</c><00:39:27.699><c> Zechariah</c><00:39:28.159><c> chapter</c><00:39:28.500><c> 12.</c> 00:39:32.079 --> 00:39:36.159 We<00:39:32.760><c> read</c><00:39:33.260><c> about</c><00:39:33.980><c> the</c><00:39:34.380><c> time</c><00:39:34.559><c> when</c><00:39:34.820><c> Zion</c><00:39:35.059><c> will</c><00:39:35.280><c> be</c><00:39:35.500><c> redeemed.</c> 00:39:36.159 --> 00:39:39.539 And<00:39:36.659><c> I</c><00:39:36.800><c> just</c><00:39:37.019><c> want</c><00:39:37.119><c> you</c><00:39:37.239><c> to</c><00:39:37.420><c> think</c><00:39:37.579><c> about</c><00:39:37.840><c> this</c><00:39:38.460><c> relating</c><00:39:39.000><c> to</c> 00:39:39.539 --> 00:39:41.340 King<00:39:40.380><c> Isaiah.</c> 00:39:41.960 --> 00:39:44.179 Because<00:39:42.099><c> there's</c><00:39:42.320><c> one</c><00:39:42.559><c> verse</c><00:39:42.739><c> that</c><00:39:42.920><c> we</c><00:39:43.119><c> left</c><00:39:43.320><c> out</c><00:39:43.639><c> in</c><00:39:43.980><c> the</c> 00:39:44.179 --> 00:39:44.820 Chronicles<00:39:44.480><c> record.</c> 00:39:44.880 --> 00:39:47.559 And<00:39:44.980><c> that</c><00:39:45.099><c> verse</c><00:39:45.400><c> talked</c><00:39:45.679><c> about</c><00:39:46.099><c> the</c><00:39:46.480><c> banishment</c><00:39:46.860><c> of</c><00:39:47.039><c> King</c><00:39:47.239><c> Isaiah.</c> 00:39:47.900 --> 00:39:49.400 Where<00:39:48.079><c> did</c><00:39:48.239><c> he</c><00:39:48.420><c> go?</c> 00:39:52.300 --> 00:39:53.840 A<00:39:52.619><c> separate</c><00:39:52.900><c> house,</c><00:39:53.280><c> right?</c> 00:39:54.199 --> 00:39:55.699 That's<00:39:54.539><c> what</c><00:39:54.639><c> it</c><00:39:54.760><c> was</c><00:39:54.900><c> called.</c> 00:39:55.760 --> 00:39:58.599 It<00:39:55.840><c> was</c><00:39:56.000><c> a</c><00:39:56.119><c> house</c><00:39:56.280><c> of</c><00:39:56.579><c> separation</c><00:39:57.000><c> because</c><00:39:57.320><c> of</c><00:39:57.500><c> the</c><00:39:57.699><c> uncleanness</c><00:39:58.280><c> that</c><00:39:58.440><c> he</c> 00:39:58.599 --> 00:40:00.119 had<00:39:58.920><c> from</c><00:39:59.320><c> the</c><00:39:59.519><c> leprosy.</c> 00:40:00.460 --> 00:40:02.099 He<00:40:00.619><c> had</c><00:40:00.760><c> to</c><00:40:00.880><c> be</c><00:40:01.159><c> separated</c><00:40:01.440><c> from</c><00:40:01.659><c> his</c><00:40:01.900><c> brethren.</c> 00:40:02.099 --> 00:40:07.739 And<00:40:02.820><c> it</c><00:40:02.940><c> was,</c><00:40:03.460><c> you</c><00:40:03.659><c> could</c><00:40:03.880><c> just</c><00:40:04.119><c> picture</c><00:40:04.840><c> King</c><00:40:05.300><c> Isaiah</c><00:40:05.860><c> pining</c><00:40:06.719><c> away.</c> 00:40:08.119 --> 00:40:12.400 But<00:40:08.260><c> possibly,</c><00:40:09.000><c> hopefully</c><00:40:09.579><c> realizing</c><00:40:10.659><c> the</c><00:40:11.739><c> truth</c><00:40:12.000><c> that</c><00:40:12.199><c> the</c> 00:40:12.400 --> 00:40:14.639 prophet<00:40:12.760><c> Isaiah</c><00:40:13.280><c> had</c><00:40:13.500><c> been</c><00:40:13.739><c> preaching</c><00:40:13.980><c> that</c><00:40:14.239><c> whole</c><00:40:14.420><c> time.</c> 00:40:14.739 --> 00:40:16.300 That<00:40:14.800><c> the</c><00:40:15.119><c> flesh</c><00:40:15.300><c> had</c><00:40:15.500><c> to</c><00:40:15.639><c> be</c><00:40:15.780><c> put</c><00:40:15.960><c> down.</c> 00:40:16.579 --> 00:40:18.199 And<00:40:16.800><c> that</c><00:40:17.039><c> God</c><00:40:17.300><c> had</c><00:40:17.539><c> to</c><00:40:17.699><c> be</c><00:40:17.880><c> exalted.</c> 00:40:18.300 --> 00:40:20.460 I<00:40:18.539><c> really</c><00:40:18.840><c> hope</c><00:40:19.019><c> we</c><00:40:19.219><c> see</c><00:40:19.380><c> Isaiah.</c> 00:40:21.360 --> 00:40:25.440 And<00:40:21.860><c> hear</c><00:40:22.280><c> this</c><00:40:22.880><c> prideful</c><00:40:23.519><c> man</c><00:40:23.820><c> finally</c><00:40:24.300><c> abased</c><00:40:24.940><c> saying</c><00:40:25.219><c> that</c> 00:40:25.440 --> 00:40:26.760 God<00:40:25.639><c> was</c><00:40:25.860><c> right.</c> 00:40:27.940 --> 00:40:32.000 Because<00:40:28.519><c> if</c><00:40:29.099><c> that's</c><00:40:29.659><c> how</c><00:40:29.840><c> it</c><00:40:30.059><c> will</c><00:40:30.280><c> be,</c><00:40:31.019><c> it</c><00:40:31.159><c> fits</c><00:40:31.380><c> the</c><00:40:31.699><c> pattern</c> 00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:34.519 in<00:40:32.280><c> Zechariah</c><00:40:32.780><c> chapter</c><00:40:33.239><c> 12</c><00:40:33.880><c> perfectly.</c> 00:40:34.619 --> 00:40:37.480 It<00:40:34.739><c> says</c><00:40:35.119><c> in</c><00:40:35.480><c> verse</c><00:40:35.739><c> 9</c><00:40:36.000><c> that</c><00:40:36.119><c> it</c><00:40:36.280><c> shall</c><00:40:36.420><c> come</c><00:40:36.679><c> to</c><00:40:36.900><c> pass</c><00:40:37.099><c> in</c><00:40:37.280><c> that</c> 00:40:37.480 --> 00:40:40.739 day<00:40:37.860><c> that</c><00:40:38.260><c> I</c><00:40:38.380><c> will</c><00:40:38.619><c> seek</c><00:40:38.800><c> to</c><00:40:39.199><c> destroy</c><00:40:39.420><c> all</c><00:40:39.900><c> the</c><00:40:40.119><c> nations</c><00:40:40.440><c> that</c> 00:40:40.739 --> 00:40:42.280 come<00:40:40.900><c> against</c><00:40:41.179><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:40:42.940 --> 00:40:46.380 And<00:40:43.300><c> I</c><00:40:43.480><c> will</c><00:40:43.739><c> pour</c><00:40:44.079><c> upon</c><00:40:44.440><c> the</c><00:40:44.659><c> house</c><00:40:44.840><c> of</c><00:40:45.119><c> David</c><00:40:45.420><c> and</c><00:40:45.900><c> upon</c><00:40:46.139><c> the</c> 00:40:46.380 --> 00:40:50.599 inhabitants<00:40:46.719><c> of</c><00:40:47.019><c> Jerusalem</c><00:40:47.500><c> the</c><00:40:48.079><c> spirit</c><00:40:48.380><c> of</c><00:40:48.679><c> grace</c><00:40:48.980><c> and</c><00:40:49.239><c> supplications.</c> 00:40:50.940 --> 00:40:54.360 And<00:40:51.519><c> they</c><00:40:51.719><c> shall</c><00:40:51.840><c> look</c><00:40:52.059><c> upon</c><00:40:52.360><c> me</c><00:40:53.139><c> whom</c><00:40:53.320><c> they</c><00:40:53.539><c> have</c><00:40:53.800><c> pierced.</c> 00:40:54.360 --> 00:40:57.900 And<00:40:54.639><c> they</c><00:40:54.880><c> shall</c><00:40:55.059><c> mourn</c><00:40:55.320><c> for</c><00:40:55.619><c> him</c><00:40:56.139><c> as</c><00:40:57.019><c> one</c><00:40:57.300><c> mourneth</c><00:40:57.599><c> for</c><00:40:57.739><c> his</c> 00:40:57.900 --> 00:40:59.179 only<00:40:58.159><c> son.</c> 00:40:59.280 --> 00:41:01.440 And<00:40:59.500><c> shall</c><00:40:59.639><c> be</c><00:40:59.820><c> in</c><00:40:59.960><c> bitterness</c><00:41:00.219><c> for</c><00:41:00.440><c> him</c><00:41:00.619><c> as</c><00:41:00.820><c> one</c><00:41:01.000><c> that</c><00:41:01.139><c> is</c><00:41:01.300><c> in</c> 00:41:01.440 --> 00:41:03.480 bitterness<00:41:01.739><c> for</c><00:41:01.960><c> his</c><00:41:02.300><c> firstborn.</c> 00:41:04.400 --> 00:41:07.380 And<00:41:04.619><c> that</c><00:41:04.800><c> day</c><00:41:04.960><c> shall</c><00:41:05.119><c> be</c><00:41:05.300><c> a</c><00:41:05.539><c> great</c><00:41:05.760><c> morning</c><00:41:06.079><c> in</c><00:41:06.340><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:41:08.199 --> 00:41:11.320 As<00:41:08.400><c> the</c><00:41:08.579><c> morning</c><00:41:08.840><c> of</c><00:41:09.079><c> Haedadrimmon</c><00:41:09.719><c> in</c><00:41:09.860><c> the</c><00:41:10.019><c> valley</c><00:41:10.260><c> of</c><00:41:10.460><c> Megiddon.</c> 00:41:12.179 --> 00:41:14.619 And<00:41:12.420><c> the</c><00:41:12.679><c> land</c><00:41:13.000><c> shall</c><00:41:13.300><c> mourn.</c> 00:41:14.800 --> 00:41:16.480 Every<00:41:15.079><c> family</c><00:41:15.460><c> apart.</c> 00:41:17.519 --> 00:41:20.340 Every<00:41:18.039><c> family</c><00:41:18.559><c> apart.</c> 00:41:20.800 --> 00:41:25.000 The<00:41:21.420><c> family</c><00:41:21.840><c> of</c><00:41:21.940><c> the</c><00:41:22.079><c> house</c><00:41:22.380><c> of</c><00:41:22.579><c> David</c><00:41:22.900><c> apart</c><00:41:23.599><c> and</c><00:41:24.800><c> their</c> 00:41:25.000 --> 00:41:25.739 wives<00:41:25.320><c> apart.</c> 00:41:26.079 --> 00:41:28.920 The<00:41:26.079><c> family</c><00:41:26.400><c> of</c><00:41:26.559><c> the</c><00:41:26.639><c> house</c><00:41:26.900><c> of</c><00:41:27.099><c> Nathan</c><00:41:27.380><c> apart</c><00:41:28.099><c> and</c><00:41:28.659><c> their</c> 00:41:28.920 --> 00:41:29.860 wives<00:41:29.360><c> apart.</c> 00:41:30.260 --> 00:41:33.139 The<00:41:30.440><c> family</c><00:41:30.739><c> of</c><00:41:30.900><c> the</c><00:41:30.960><c> house</c><00:41:31.219><c> of</c><00:41:31.500><c> Levi</c><00:41:31.699><c> apart</c><00:41:32.320><c> and</c><00:41:32.539><c> their</c><00:41:32.760><c> wives</c> 00:41:33.139 --> 00:41:37.079 apart<00:41:33.679><c> and</c><00:41:34.219><c> the</c><00:41:34.500><c> family</c><00:41:34.880><c> of</c><00:41:35.260><c> Shimei</c><00:41:35.679><c> apart</c><00:41:35.980><c> and</c><00:41:36.199><c> their</c><00:41:36.400><c> wives</c><00:41:36.739><c> apart.</c> 00:41:37.239 --> 00:41:40.440 And<00:41:37.480><c> all</c><00:41:37.760><c> the</c><00:41:38.000><c> families</c><00:41:38.280><c> that</c><00:41:38.659><c> remain,</c><00:41:39.039><c> every</c><00:41:39.360><c> family</c><00:41:39.780><c> apart</c> 00:41:40.440 --> 00:41:42.679 and<00:41:40.820><c> their</c><00:41:41.079><c> wives</c><00:41:41.460><c> apart.</c> 00:41:43.139 --> 00:41:44.000 Chapter<00:41:43.519><c> 13.</c> 00:41:44.000 --> 00:41:47.260 And<00:41:44.119><c> in</c><00:41:44.300><c> that</c><00:41:44.619><c> day</c><00:41:44.920><c> there</c><00:41:45.159><c> shall</c><00:41:45.400><c> be</c><00:41:45.679><c> a</c><00:41:46.000><c> fountain</c><00:41:46.400><c> open</c><00:41:46.920><c> to</c><00:41:47.119><c> the</c> 00:41:47.260 --> 00:41:49.179 house<00:41:47.460><c> of</c><00:41:47.679><c> David,</c><00:41:48.460><c> and</c><00:41:48.519><c> to</c><00:41:48.659><c> the</c><00:41:48.820><c> inhabitants</c> 00:41:49.179 --> 00:41:51.119 of<00:41:49.400><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:41:50.119><c> why?</c> 00:41:52.119 --> 00:41:56.139 For<00:41:52.480><c> sin</c><00:41:52.960><c> and</c><00:41:54.300><c> for</c><00:41:54.679><c> uncleanness.</c> 00:41:56.719 --> 00:41:58.079 Doesn't<00:41:56.840><c> that</c><00:41:56.960><c> sound</c><00:41:57.139><c> like</c><00:41:57.300><c> Isaiah?</c> 00:41:59.820 --> 00:42:03.639 They'll<00:42:00.219><c> be</c><00:42:00.440><c> separated</c><00:42:00.780><c> apart,</c><00:42:02.340><c> but</c><00:42:02.599><c> ultimately</c><00:42:03.099><c> they</c><00:42:03.360><c> will</c> 00:42:03.639 --> 00:42:05.480 be<00:42:03.900><c> brought</c><00:42:04.119><c> back</c><00:42:04.539><c> because</c><00:42:04.880><c> in</c><00:42:05.199><c> their</c> 00:42:05.480 --> 00:42:12.260 mourning<00:42:05.739><c> they</c><00:42:05.960><c> will</c><00:42:06.239><c> recognize</c><00:42:07.300><c> their</c><00:42:08.719><c> sin,</c><00:42:10.119><c> and</c><00:42:11.360><c> that</c><00:42:11.659><c> fountain</c><00:42:11.980><c> will</c> 00:42:12.260 --> 00:42:13.179 be<00:42:12.400><c> able</c><00:42:12.539><c> to</c><00:42:12.760><c> cleanse</c><00:42:12.980><c> them</c> 00:42:13.179 --> 00:42:18.639 from<00:42:13.340><c> their</c><00:42:13.579><c> sins,</c><00:42:16.179><c> the</c><00:42:16.519><c> living</c><00:42:16.760><c> waters</c><00:42:17.039><c> of</c><00:42:17.219><c> the</c><00:42:17.380><c> word</c><00:42:17.480><c> of</c><00:42:17.719><c> God,</c><00:42:18.539><c> and</c> 00:42:18.639 --> 00:42:19.940 the<00:42:18.840><c> person</c><00:42:19.079><c> of</c><00:42:19.260><c> the</c><00:42:19.400><c> Lord</c><00:42:19.559><c> Jesus</c> 00:42:19.940 --> 00:42:21.679 Christ<00:42:20.280><c> whom</c><00:42:20.420><c> they</c><00:42:20.599><c> had</c><00:42:20.760><c> crucified.</c> 00:42:22.320 --> 00:42:25.219 It's<00:42:22.800><c> a</c><00:42:22.920><c> wonderful</c><00:42:23.219><c> picture</c><00:42:23.539><c> of</c><00:42:23.699><c> the</c><00:42:23.840><c> redemption</c><00:42:24.139><c> of</c><00:42:24.380><c> Israel.</c> 00:42:26.139 --> 00:42:30.300 Well,<00:42:26.300><c> we've</c><00:42:26.519><c> got</c><00:42:26.639><c> just</c><00:42:26.840><c> five</c><00:42:27.099><c> minutes</c><00:42:27.400><c> now,</c><00:42:28.500><c> and</c><00:42:29.260><c> unfortunately</c><00:42:29.699><c> I</c><00:42:29.920><c> missed</c><00:42:30.079><c> a</c> 00:42:30.300 --> 00:42:31.340 reference,<00:42:30.780><c> so</c><00:42:31.099><c> instead</c> 00:42:31.340 --> 00:42:34.539 of<00:42:31.940><c> going</c><00:42:32.219><c> straight</c><00:42:32.659><c> here</c><00:42:33.260><c> from</c><00:42:33.519><c> Isaiah,</c><00:42:33.900><c> we're</c><00:42:34.059><c> actually</c><00:42:34.300><c> going</c><00:42:34.420><c> to</c> 00:42:34.539 --> 00:42:36.980 go<00:42:34.659><c> to</c><00:42:34.900><c> 2</c><00:42:35.139><c> Thessalonians,</c><00:42:36.659><c> chapter</c> 00:42:36.980 --> 00:42:39.199 one,<00:42:37.739><c> and</c><00:42:38.059><c> then</c><00:42:38.300><c> go</c><00:42:38.559><c> to</c><00:42:38.800><c> Isaiah.</c> 00:42:39.199 --> 00:42:42.599 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the</c><00:42:54.019><c> Old</c><00:42:54.199><c> Testament.</c> 00:42:54.559 --> 00:42:58.820 We've<00:42:54.800><c> just</c><00:42:54.960><c> looked</c><00:42:55.119><c> at</c><00:42:55.320><c> Zechariah,</c><00:42:55.820><c> we've</c><00:42:56.059><c> looked</c><00:42:56.159><c> at</c><00:42:56.320><c> the</c><00:42:56.500><c> references</c><00:42:56.820><c> that</c><00:42:57.260><c> connect</c><00:42:57.500><c> it</c><00:42:57.719><c> to</c><00:42:58.000><c> 2</c><00:42:58.179><c> Chronicles</c> 00:42:58.820 --> 00:43:06.559 and<00:42:59.099><c> 2</c><00:42:59.420><c> Kings,</c><00:43:00.800><c> but</c><00:43:01.039><c> also</c><00:43:01.340><c> here</c><00:43:01.579><c> in</c><00:43:01.940><c> 2</c><00:43:03.500><c> Thessalonians,</c><00:43:04.639><c> chapter</c><00:43:04.639><c> one,</c><00:43:05.420><c> we</c><00:43:05.519><c> have</c><00:43:06.360><c> a</c> 00:43:06.559 --> 00:43:07.599 picture<00:43:06.900><c> of</c><00:43:07.119><c> the</c><00:43:07.360><c> return</c> 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between</c><00:47:51.019><c> chapters</c><00:47:51.380><c> 2</c><00:47:51.760><c> and</c><00:47:51.880><c> 4</c> 00:47:52.139 --> 00:47:52.719 is<00:47:52.300><c> all</c><00:47:52.559><c> about?</c> 00:47:52.800 --> 00:47:56.519 It's<00:47:53.039><c> about</c><00:47:53.260><c> how</c><00:47:53.559><c> Zion</c><00:47:53.840><c> will</c><00:47:54.059><c> be</c><00:47:54.340><c> recreated</c><00:47:55.000><c> so</c><00:47:55.519><c> that</c><00:47:55.699><c> the</c><00:47:55.940><c> flesh</c><00:47:56.099><c> will</c><00:47:56.320><c> be</c> 00:47:56.519 --> 00:47:57.860 put<00:47:56.739><c> down</c><00:47:57.000><c> in</c><00:47:57.260><c> all</c><00:47:57.579><c> things</c> 00:47:57.860 --> 00:48:00.159 and<00:47:58.119><c> that</c><00:47:58.400><c> God</c><00:47:58.780><c> ultimately</c><00:47:59.360><c> will</c><00:47:59.599><c> be</c><00:47:59.800><c> exalted.</c> 00:48:00.440 --> 00:48:02.739 It's<00:48:00.719><c> a</c><00:48:00.820><c> new</c><00:48:00.980><c> 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Jerusalem</c><00:50:05.659><c> a</c><00:50:05.980><c> rejoicing</c><00:50:06.500><c> and</c><00:50:07.599><c> her</c><00:50:07.780><c> people</c><00:50:08.000><c> a</c><00:50:08.159><c> joy.</c>