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displays<00:19:40.650><c> his</c><00:19:40.930><c> goodness,</c><00:19:42.289><c> and</c><00:19:42.410><c> God's</c>

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goodness<00:19:43.190><c> is</c><00:19:43.509><c> a</c><00:19:43.710><c> revelation</c><00:19:44.329><c> of</c><00:19:44.730><c> his</c><00:19:45.009><c> glory.</c><00:19:47.049><c> And</c><00:19:47.210><c> God's</c><00:19:47.609><c> name</c>

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name<00:19:58.490><c> equaling</c><00:20:00.289><c> God's</c><00:20:00.829><c> glory.</c>

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Yahweh,<00:20:58.750><c> Yahweh,</c><00:20:59.670><c> merciful</c><00:21:01.069><c> and</c><00:21:02.470><c> gracious,</c><00:21:04.009><c> long</c><00:21:04.349><c>-suffering</c>

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mercy<00:21:09.710><c> for</c><00:21:09.970><c> thousands,</c><00:21:11.329><c> forgiving</c><00:21:11.650><c> iniquity</c><00:21:12.329><c> and</c><00:21:12.609><c> transgression</c><00:21:13.210><c> and</c><00:21:13.569><c> sin,</c>

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and<00:21:14.730><c> that</c><00:21:14.890><c> will</c><00:21:15.089><c> by</c><00:21:15.430><c> no</c>

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an<00:26:05.450><c> acknowledgement</c><00:26:05.950><c> of</c><00:26:06.289><c> defeat.</c><00:26:08.390><c> That</c>

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God<00:26:08.650><c> was</c><00:26:08.910><c> incapable</c><00:26:09.549><c> of</c><00:26:10.109><c> creating</c><00:26:10.690><c> something</c><00:26:11.250><c> which</c><00:26:11.769><c> could</c>

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bring<00:26:12.289><c> glory</c><00:26:12.670><c> and</c><00:26:12.890><c> honor</c><00:26:13.069><c> to</c><00:26:13.289><c> his</c><00:26:13.490><c> holy</c><00:26:13.769><c> name.</c>

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He<00:26:15.589><c> said</c><00:26:15.769><c> that</c><00:26:15.990><c> he</c><00:26:16.069><c> could</c><00:26:16.230><c> have</c><00:26:16.470><c> ignored</c><00:26:16.849><c> sin</c><00:26:17.410><c> and</c><00:26:18.410><c> treated</c><00:26:18.690><c> it</c>

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as<00:26:19.049><c> though</c><00:26:19.230><c> it</c><00:26:19.309><c> had</c><00:26:19.509><c> never</c><00:26:19.750><c> existed</c>

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and<00:26:20.890><c> we</c><00:26:21.069><c> would</c><00:26:21.230><c> have</c><00:26:21.390><c> had</c><00:26:21.950><c> an</c><00:26:22.410><c> ever</c><00:26:22.609><c> living</c><00:26:22.930><c> group</c><00:26:23.329><c> of</c><00:26:23.990><c> sinners.</c><00:26:25.589><c> And</c><00:26:25.829><c> that</c><00:26:26.089><c> too</c>

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would<00:26:26.890><c> have</c><00:26:27.069><c> been</c><00:26:27.289><c> inconsistent</c>

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with<00:26:28.210><c> the</c><00:26:28.349><c> purpose</c><00:26:28.650><c> of</c><00:26:28.930><c> God.</c><00:26:31.750><c> And</c><00:26:31.829><c> Brother</c><00:26:31.950><c> Roberts</c><00:26:32.210><c> says</c><00:26:32.490><c> that</c><00:26:32.690><c> the</c>

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only<00:26:33.109><c> thing</c><00:26:33.349><c> that</c><00:26:33.609><c> he</c><00:26:33.769><c> could</c><00:26:33.930><c> have</c>

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done<00:26:34.490><c> or</c><00:26:34.890><c> did</c><00:26:35.130><c> do</c><00:26:35.750><c> was</c><00:26:36.289><c> to</c><00:26:36.630><c> condemn</c><00:26:37.269><c> sin</c><00:26:37.970><c> because</c><00:26:39.390><c> he</c><00:26:39.609><c> is</c><00:26:39.829><c> a</c><00:26:39.930><c> just</c><00:26:40.130><c> God</c>

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and<00:26:41.609><c> at</c><00:26:41.829><c> the</c><00:26:42.069><c> same</c><00:26:42.410><c> time</c><00:26:43.230><c> extend</c>

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mercy<00:26:44.710><c> because</c><00:26:45.869><c> he</c><00:26:46.089><c> is</c><00:26:46.309><c> a</c><00:26:46.490><c> savior.</c><00:26:48.549><c> And</c><00:26:48.710><c> God</c><00:26:48.829><c> has</c><00:26:49.130><c> always,</c><00:26:49.690><c> brethren</c><00:26:50.009><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:26:50.549><c> dealt</c><00:26:50.829><c> with</c><00:26:51.109><c> men</c>

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on<00:26:52.150><c> the</c><00:26:52.390><c> basis</c><00:26:52.789><c> of</c><00:26:53.029><c> his</c><00:26:53.329><c> moral</c><00:26:53.750><c> character.</c><00:26:55.289><c> That</c><00:26:55.410><c> has</c><00:26:55.630><c> always</c>

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been<00:26:56.150><c> the</c><00:26:56.309><c> way</c><00:26:56.509><c> in</c><00:26:56.569><c> which</c><00:26:56.789><c> God</c><00:26:56.990><c> has</c><00:26:57.269><c> dealt</c>

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with<00:26:58.029><c> human</c><00:26:58.309><c> beings.</c><00:26:59.170><c> Psalm</c><00:26:59.390><c> 130,</c><00:27:01.890><c> there</c><00:27:02.069><c> we</c><00:27:02.250><c> read</c><00:27:03.210><c> at</c><00:27:06.549><c> verse</c>

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3.<00:27:10.410><c> If</c><00:27:10.509><c> thou,</c><00:27:10.910><c> Lord,</c><00:27:11.390><c> shouldst</c><00:27:11.730><c> mark</c><00:27:11.990><c> iniquities,</c>

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O<00:27:13.789><c> Lord,</c><00:27:14.250><c> who</c><00:27:14.490><c> shall</c><00:27:14.829><c> stand?</c><00:27:16.930><c> But</c><00:27:17.150><c> there</c><00:27:17.470><c> is</c><00:27:17.750><c> forgiveness</c><00:27:18.529><c> with</c><00:27:19.069><c> thee</c><00:27:19.609><c> that</c><00:27:20.509><c> thou</c><00:27:20.930><c> mayest</c><00:27:21.430><c> be</c>

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feared.<00:27:24.309><c> And</c>

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so<00:27:24.549><c> God's</c><00:27:25.049><c> character</c><00:27:25.730><c> shines</c><00:27:26.430><c> through</c><00:27:27.029><c> in</c><00:27:27.670><c> the</c><00:27:27.789><c> midst</c><00:27:28.009><c> of</c><00:27:28.329><c> sin.</c><00:27:29.990><c> In</c>

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Psalm<00:27:30.509><c> 103</c><00:27:31.470><c> and</c><00:27:32.769><c> at</c><00:27:32.950><c> verse</c><00:27:33.250><c> 10</c><00:27:33.750><c> we</c><00:27:34.630><c> read</c>

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these<00:27:35.269><c> words.</c><00:27:37.950><c> He</c><00:27:38.430><c> hath</c><00:27:38.569><c> not</c><00:27:38.930><c> dealt</c><00:27:39.230><c> with</c><00:27:39.490><c> us</c><00:27:39.670><c> after</c><00:27:39.970><c> our</c><00:27:40.329><c> sins,</c><00:27:40.730><c> nor</c>

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rewarded<00:27:41.309><c> us</c><00:27:41.589><c> according</c><00:27:41.910><c> to</c><00:27:42.190><c> our</c>

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iniquities.<00:27:43.829><c> For</c><00:27:43.849><c> as</c><00:27:44.109><c> the</c><00:27:44.349><c> heaven</c><00:27:44.630><c> is</c><00:27:44.910><c> high</c><00:27:45.349><c> above</c><00:27:45.630><c> the</c><00:27:45.890><c> earth,</c><00:27:46.430><c> so</c><00:27:46.750><c> great</c><00:27:47.049><c> is</c>

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his<00:27:47.470><c> mercy</c><00:27:47.869><c> towards</c><00:27:48.269><c> them</c>

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that<00:27:48.750><c> fear</c><00:27:49.029><c> him.</c><00:27:49.869><c> As</c><00:27:50.130><c> far</c><00:27:50.430><c> as</c><00:27:50.589><c> the</c><00:27:50.809><c> east</c><00:27:51.089><c> is</c><00:27:51.329><c> from</c><00:27:51.569><c> the</c><00:27:51.769><c> west,</c>

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so<00:27:52.970><c> far</c><00:27:53.269><c> hath</c><00:27:53.450><c> he</c><00:27:53.650><c> removed</c><00:27:54.049><c> our</c><00:27:54.529><c> transgressions</c>

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from<00:27:55.789><c> us.</c><00:27:56.529><c> Like</c><00:27:56.789><c> as</c><00:27:57.009><c> a</c><00:27:57.190><c> father</c><00:27:57.509><c> pitieth</c><00:27:58.009><c> his</c><00:27:58.250><c> children,</c><00:27:58.769><c> so</c>

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the<00:27:59.210><c> Lord</c><00:27:59.730><c> pitieth</c><00:28:00.349><c> them</c><00:28:00.730><c> that</c><00:28:01.410><c> fear</c><00:28:01.630><c> him.</c><00:28:02.849><c> Why?</c>

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Why<00:28:04.349><c> we</c><00:28:04.789><c> might</c><00:28:05.109><c> ask?</c><00:28:05.849><c> Does</c><00:28:06.049><c> God</c><00:28:06.309><c> deal</c><00:28:06.650><c> with</c><00:28:06.869><c> us</c><00:28:07.109><c> so?</c><00:28:08.029><c> And</c><00:28:08.170><c> verse</c>

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8<00:28:08.549><c> gives</c><00:28:08.809><c> us</c><00:28:09.049><c> the</c><00:28:09.210><c> reason.</c><00:28:10.349><c> Because</c><00:28:10.769><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:28:11.170><c> is</c><00:28:11.450><c> merciful</c><00:28:12.049><c> and</c><00:28:12.789><c> gracious,</c><00:28:14.309><c> slow</c><00:28:14.470><c> to</c><00:28:14.690><c> anger,</c><00:28:15.869><c> and</c><00:28:16.170><c> plenteous</c><00:28:17.049><c> in</c>

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mercy.<00:28:18.329><c> God</c><00:28:18.529><c> has</c><00:28:18.829><c> always</c><00:28:19.309><c> dealt</c>

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with<00:28:20.130><c> human</c><00:28:20.369><c> beings</c><00:28:20.930><c> on</c><00:28:21.809><c> the</c><00:28:22.069><c> basis</c><00:28:22.549><c> of</c><00:28:23.190><c> his</c><00:28:23.529><c> moral</c><00:28:23.990><c> excellency.</c><00:28:26.470><c> And</c><00:28:26.630><c> the</c>

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principles<00:28:27.349><c> of</c><00:28:27.769><c> goodness</c>

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and<00:28:28.390><c> truth,</c><00:28:28.750><c> brethren</c><00:28:28.930><c> and</c><00:28:29.029><c> sisters,</c><00:28:30.730><c> were</c><00:28:30.890><c> about</c><00:28:31.210><c> to</c><00:28:31.589><c> converge</c><00:28:32.430><c> at</c><00:28:33.470><c> the</c>

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time<00:28:33.970><c> of</c><00:28:34.250><c> the</c><00:28:34.529><c> Exodus.</c><00:28:35.750><c> Israel</c>

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were<00:28:36.250><c> about</c><00:28:36.690><c> to</c><00:28:37.069><c> learn</c><00:28:37.329><c> the</c><00:28:37.750><c> eternal</c><00:28:38.269><c> principles</c><00:28:39.109><c> of</c><00:28:39.809><c> the</c><00:28:40.089><c> attributes</c><00:28:40.509><c> of</c>

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God.<00:28:41.809><c> And</c><00:28:41.990><c> they</c><00:28:42.109><c> were</c><00:28:42.269><c> being</c>

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called<00:28:43.009><c> upon</c><00:28:43.529><c> not</c><00:28:44.029><c> only</c><00:28:44.349><c> to</c><00:28:45.190><c> visualize</c><00:28:45.910><c> those</c><00:28:46.329><c> characteristics,</c><00:28:47.529><c> not</c><00:28:47.670><c> only</c><00:28:47.950><c> to</c>

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witness<00:28:48.789><c> them</c><00:28:49.150><c> in</c><00:28:49.549><c> the</c><00:28:49.829><c> divine</c><00:28:50.109><c> hand</c>

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of<00:28:50.750><c> judgment</c><00:28:51.190><c> upon</c><00:28:51.509><c> Egypt,</c><00:28:52.730><c> but</c><00:28:52.869><c> they</c><00:28:53.069><c> were</c><00:28:53.230><c> being</c><00:28:53.569><c> called</c><00:28:53.950><c> upon</c><00:28:54.269><c> to</c>

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display<00:28:55.109><c> those</c><00:28:55.509><c> qualities</c><00:28:56.029><c> in</c>

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the<00:28:56.970><c> life</c><00:28:57.230><c> that</c><00:28:57.430><c> they</c><00:28:57.670><c> would</c><00:28:57.910><c> lead</c><00:28:58.130><c> before</c><00:28:58.609><c> God.</c><00:28:59.130><c> Because</c><00:28:59.509><c> they</c><00:28:59.750><c> were</c><00:28:59.990><c> a</c>

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holy<00:29:00.509><c> people.</c><00:29:02.309><c> They</c><00:29:03.029><c> were</c>

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a<00:29:03.329><c> kingdom</c><00:29:03.730><c> of</c><00:29:04.150><c> priests.</c><00:29:06.130><c> And</c><00:29:06.269><c> they</c><00:29:06.410><c> were</c><00:29:06.490><c> being</c><00:29:06.750><c> called</c><00:29:07.089><c> upon</c>

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to<00:29:07.670><c> obey</c><00:29:08.269><c> the</c><00:29:08.769><c> word</c><00:29:08.990><c> of</c><00:29:09.309><c> God.</c><00:29:09.730><c> Look</c>

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how<00:29:10.089><c> that</c><00:29:10.309><c> comes</c><00:29:10.569><c> out</c><00:29:10.869><c> in</c><00:29:11.349><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:29:11.930><c> chapter</c><00:29:12.349><c> 7.</c><00:29:16.289><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:29:16.829><c> chapter</c>

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7<00:29:18.349><c> and</c><00:29:21.170><c> verse</c><00:29:21.430><c> 6.</c><00:29:22.130><c> You</c>

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see<00:29:22.289><c> Israel</c><00:29:22.849><c> were</c><00:29:23.190><c> not</c><00:29:23.630><c> piqued</c><00:29:24.990><c> out</c><00:29:25.329><c> of</c><00:29:25.509><c> the</c><00:29:25.690><c> nations</c><00:29:26.109><c> because</c>

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of<00:29:28.369><c> their</c><00:29:28.650><c> faithfulness,</c><00:29:30.890><c> because</c><00:29:31.250><c> of</c>

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their<00:29:32.269><c> numbers</c><00:29:34.230><c> and</c><00:29:34.630><c> size,</c><00:29:36.150><c> because</c><00:29:36.410><c> of</c><00:29:36.589><c> the</c><00:29:36.849><c> qualities</c><00:29:37.289><c> that</c>

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they<00:29:37.869><c> possessed.</c><00:29:41.089><c> God</c><00:29:41.329><c> tells</c><00:29:41.710><c> us</c><00:29:41.910><c> in</c><00:29:42.069><c> verse</c>

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6,<00:29:43.930><c> For</c><00:29:44.130><c> thou</c><00:29:44.390><c> art</c><00:29:44.630><c> an</c><00:29:44.829><c> holy</c><00:29:45.190><c> people</c><00:29:45.650><c> unto</c><00:29:45.890><c> the</c><00:29:46.109><c> Lord</c><00:29:46.329><c> thy</c><00:29:46.589><c> God.</c>

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The<00:29:47.450><c> Lord</c><00:29:47.730><c> thy</c><00:29:47.950><c> God</c><00:29:48.150><c> hath</c><00:29:48.309><c> chosen</c><00:29:48.750><c> thee</c>

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to<00:29:49.109><c> be</c><00:29:49.309><c> a</c><00:29:49.569><c> special</c><00:29:49.910><c> people</c><00:29:50.349><c> unto</c><00:29:50.589><c> himself,</c><00:29:51.569><c> above</c><00:29:51.769><c> all</c><00:29:52.109><c> people</c>

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that<00:29:52.690><c> are</c><00:29:52.869><c> upon</c><00:29:53.150><c> the</c><00:29:53.309><c> face</c><00:29:53.549><c> of</c><00:29:53.750><c> the</c><00:29:53.890><c> earth.</c>

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The<00:29:55.150><c> Lord</c><00:29:55.369><c> did</c><00:29:55.630><c> not</c><00:29:55.849><c> set</c><00:29:56.049><c> his</c><00:29:56.269><c> love</c><00:29:56.450><c> upon</c><00:29:56.730><c> you</c><00:29:56.950><c> nor</c><00:29:57.230><c> choose</c><00:29:57.609><c> you,</c><00:29:58.089><c> because</c><00:29:58.369><c> you</c>

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were<00:29:58.710><c> more</c><00:29:59.009><c> in</c><00:29:59.309><c> number</c>

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than<00:29:59.549><c> any</c><00:30:00.009><c> people.</c><00:30:01.269><c> For</c><00:30:01.269><c> ye</c><00:30:01.470><c> were</c><00:30:01.690><c> the</c><00:30:01.890><c> fewest</c><00:30:02.369><c> of</c><00:30:02.609><c> all</c><00:30:02.970><c> people.</c><00:30:04.329><c> But</c>

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because<00:30:04.809><c> the</c><00:30:05.029><c> Lord</c><00:30:05.269><c> loved</c><00:30:05.710><c> you</c>

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is<00:31:54.150><c> thy</c><00:31:54.569><c> faithfulness.</c><00:31:55.910><c> We</c><00:31:56.650><c> are</c><00:31:56.829><c> dealing</c><00:31:57.130><c> with</c><00:31:57.430><c> a</c><00:31:57.650><c> God</c><00:31:57.890><c> so</c><00:31:58.769><c> high</c><00:31:59.130><c> and</c>

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course,<00:32:17.410><c> privilege</c><00:32:17.690><c> brings</c>

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responsibilities.<00:32:22.829><c> And</c><00:32:22.970><c> the</c><00:32:23.049><c> nation</c><00:32:23.349><c> of</c><00:32:23.549><c> Israel</c><00:32:24.089><c> were</c><00:32:24.829><c> a</c><00:32:25.130><c> privileged</c><00:32:25.690><c> nation.</c><00:32:26.569><c> There's</c><00:32:26.809><c> no</c><00:32:27.089><c> doubt</c>

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him.<00:32:43.970><c> And</c><00:32:44.170><c> God</c><00:32:44.369><c> said</c><00:32:44.710><c> in</c><00:32:44.930><c> Genesis</c><00:32:45.309><c> chapter,</c><00:32:46.349><c> in</c><00:32:46.609><c> Genesis,</c><00:32:47.170><c> in</c>

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I<00:34:05.509><c> will</c><00:34:05.769><c> dwell</c><00:34:06.089><c> in</c><00:34:06.289><c> them</c><00:34:06.690><c> and</c><00:34:07.029><c> will</c><00:34:07.309><c> walk</c><00:34:07.529><c> in</c><00:34:07.670><c> them</c><00:34:08.010><c> and</c><00:34:08.230><c> I</c><00:34:08.510><c> will</c>

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be<00:34:09.010><c> their</c><00:34:09.429><c> God</c><00:34:09.869><c> and</c><00:34:10.210><c> they</c><00:34:10.449><c> shall</c><00:34:10.610><c> be</c>

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my<00:34:11.110><c> people.</c><00:34:12.909><c> And</c><00:34:13.030><c> then</c><00:34:13.150><c> he</c><00:34:13.250><c> goes</c><00:34:13.469><c> on</c><00:34:13.670><c> to</c><00:34:13.889><c> say,</c><00:34:14.090><c> and</c><00:34:14.170><c> I</c><00:34:14.269><c> will</c><00:34:14.409><c> be</c>

00:34:14.610 --> 00:34:16.809
a<00:34:14.889><c> father</c><00:34:15.250><c> unto</c><00:34:15.590><c> you</c><00:34:15.969><c> and</c><00:34:16.329><c> ye</c><00:34:16.489><c> shall</c><00:34:16.610><c> be</c>

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my<00:34:17.170><c> sons</c><00:34:17.489><c> and</c><00:34:17.750><c> daughters</c><00:34:18.510><c> sayeth</c><00:34:19.190><c> the</c><00:34:19.630><c> almighty.</c><00:34:20.429><c> It's</c><00:34:20.789><c> a</c><00:34:20.909><c> reference</c><00:34:21.389><c> to</c>

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the<00:34:21.809><c> divine</c><00:34:22.190><c> family.</c><00:34:23.409><c> We</c>

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come<00:34:24.130><c> across</c><00:34:24.409><c> it</c><00:34:24.610><c> again</c><00:34:24.809><c> in</c><00:34:25.010><c> the</c><00:34:25.110><c> book</c><00:34:25.269><c> of</c><00:34:25.510><c> Revelation</c><00:34:26.190><c> and</c><00:34:27.030><c> at</c>

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chapter<00:34:27.949><c> 21.</c><00:34:30.909><c> And</c><00:34:31.090><c> there</c><00:34:31.210><c> we</c><00:34:31.349><c> read</c><00:34:31.570><c> at</c><00:34:31.789><c> verse</c>

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7,<00:34:35.170><c> he</c><00:34:35.210><c> that</c><00:34:35.530><c> overcometh</c><00:34:36.110><c> shall</c><00:34:36.309><c> inherit</c><00:34:36.750><c> all</c><00:34:37.230><c> things</c><00:34:37.610><c> and</c><00:34:38.130><c> I</c>

00:34:38.530 --> 00:34:42.190
will<00:34:38.769><c> be</c><00:34:39.130><c> his</c><00:34:39.550><c> God</c><00:34:40.110><c> and</c><00:34:40.829><c> he</c><00:34:41.090><c> shall</c><00:34:41.210><c> be</c><00:34:41.429><c> my</c><00:34:41.789><c> son.</c>

00:34:42.409 --> 00:34:47.750
And<00:34:42.650><c> that's</c><00:34:42.889><c> what</c><00:34:43.070><c> Israel</c><00:34:43.550><c> were.</c><00:34:44.510><c> They</c><00:34:44.690><c> were</c><00:34:44.949><c> God's</c><00:34:45.610><c> son.</c><00:34:46.929><c> They</c><00:34:47.090><c> were</c><00:34:47.250><c> his</c>

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firstborn.<00:34:49.090><c> Israel</c><00:34:49.550><c> is</c><00:34:49.969><c> my</c>

00:34:50.429 --> 00:34:56.230
son,<00:34:51.170><c> my</c><00:34:51.570><c> firstborn.</c><00:34:53.510><c> And</c><00:34:53.710><c> God</c><00:34:53.949><c> was</c><00:34:54.389><c> bringing</c><00:34:54.769><c> out,</c><00:34:55.489><c> there</c><00:34:55.849><c> was</c><00:34:56.010><c> to</c>

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be<00:34:56.550><c> many</c><00:34:57.110><c> nations</c><00:34:57.590><c> which</c><00:34:57.869><c> would</c><00:34:58.130><c> be</c>

00:34:58.409 --> 00:35:01.289
blessed<00:34:58.610><c> on</c><00:34:58.849><c> the</c><00:34:59.070><c> basis</c><00:34:59.349><c> of</c><00:34:59.630><c> the</c><00:34:59.849><c> Abrahamic</c><00:35:00.369><c> covenant,</c><00:35:01.010><c> but</c>

00:35:01.289 --> 00:35:05.409
Israel<00:35:02.030><c> occupied</c><00:35:03.070><c> the</c><00:35:03.429><c> privilege</c><00:35:03.769><c> of</c><00:35:04.030><c> the</c><00:35:04.309><c> firstborn.</c>

00:35:06.130 --> 00:35:09.510
Look<00:35:06.369><c> what</c><00:35:06.550><c> the</c><00:35:06.829><c> firstborn</c><00:35:07.269><c> responsibilities</c><00:35:08.150><c> were,</c><00:35:09.050><c> brethren</c><00:35:09.250><c> and</c>

00:35:09.510 --> 00:35:11.989
sisters.<00:35:10.969><c> They</c><00:35:11.170><c> were</c><00:35:11.329><c> the</c><00:35:11.449><c> ones</c><00:35:11.650><c> that</c>

00:35:11.989 --> 00:35:15.010
maintained<00:35:12.570><c> the</c><00:35:12.849><c> family</c><00:35:13.210><c> name.</c><00:35:13.769><c> We</c><00:35:13.889><c> don't</c><00:35:14.130><c> have</c><00:35:14.329><c> time</c><00:35:14.530><c> to</c><00:35:14.690><c> look</c><00:35:14.849><c> at</c>

00:35:15.010 --> 00:35:16.110
the<00:35:15.190><c> references,</c><00:35:15.650><c> but</c><00:35:15.789><c> you</c><00:35:15.869><c> can</c>

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take<00:35:16.630><c> them</c><00:35:16.849><c> down</c><00:35:17.110><c> for</c><00:35:17.289><c> yourselves.</c><00:35:18.269><c> They</c><00:35:18.469><c> were</c><00:35:18.650><c> the</c><00:35:18.789><c> ones</c><00:35:18.969><c> that</c><00:35:19.309><c> maintained</c><00:35:20.250><c> the</c>

00:35:20.769 --> 00:35:23.090
family<00:35:21.190><c> name.</c><00:35:22.869><c> They</c>

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were<00:35:23.210><c> the</c><00:35:23.269><c> ones</c><00:35:23.530><c> that</c><00:35:23.670><c> were</c><00:35:23.949><c> dedicated</c><00:35:24.570><c> to</c><00:35:24.869><c> the</c><00:35:25.050><c> things</c><00:35:25.269><c> of</c><00:35:25.610><c> God.</c><00:35:26.230><c> We</c>

00:35:26.349 --> 00:35:29.289
see<00:35:26.530><c> that</c><00:35:26.829><c> the</c><00:35:27.550><c> firstborn</c><00:35:28.389><c> before</c>

00:35:29.289 --> 00:35:32.170
the<00:35:29.570><c> priesthood</c><00:35:30.150><c> were</c><00:35:30.409><c> the</c><00:35:30.550><c> ones</c><00:35:30.769><c> that</c><00:35:31.210><c> ministered</c><00:35:31.789><c> in</c><00:35:31.949><c> the</c>

00:35:32.170 --> 00:35:35.789
family.<00:35:33.889><c> They</c><00:35:34.070><c> were</c><00:35:34.210><c> the</c><00:35:34.369><c> ones</c><00:35:34.590><c> that</c><00:35:35.510><c> offered</c>

00:35:35.789 --> 00:35:39.150
burnt<00:35:36.210><c> offerings</c><00:35:36.610><c> and</c><00:35:36.869><c> peace</c><00:35:37.230><c> offerings</c><00:35:37.769><c> in</c><00:35:38.429><c> Exodus</c><00:35:38.769><c> chapter</c>

00:35:39.150 --> 00:35:42.190
24<00:35:39.730><c> when</c><00:35:39.929><c> they</c><00:35:40.210><c> saw</c><00:35:40.449><c> the</c><00:35:40.610><c> God</c><00:35:40.769><c> of</c><00:35:40.929><c> Israel.</c>

00:35:43.590 --> 00:35:48.690
The<00:35:43.889><c> firstborn</c><00:35:44.389><c> received</c><00:35:44.909><c> a</c><00:35:45.090><c> position</c><00:35:45.489><c> of</c><00:35:45.809><c> authority</c><00:35:46.449><c> and</c><00:35:47.849><c> they</c><00:35:48.070><c> received</c><00:35:48.429><c> a</c>

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double<00:35:48.989><c> portion</c><00:35:49.409><c> of</c><00:35:49.610><c> God's</c>

00:35:49.909 --> 00:35:57.050
blessings.<00:35:51.789><c> And</c><00:35:52.050><c> God</c><00:35:52.329><c> tells</c><00:35:53.070><c> the</c><00:35:54.349><c> son</c><00:35:55.150><c> of</c><00:35:56.090><c> Jacob</c><00:35:56.550><c> Rubin</c><00:35:56.869><c> that</c>

00:35:57.050 --> 00:36:00.110
he<00:35:57.210><c> was</c><00:35:57.429><c> the</c><00:35:57.690><c> beginning</c><00:35:58.269><c> of</c><00:35:58.630><c> God's</c><00:35:59.150><c> strength.</c>

00:36:00.590 --> 00:36:04.750
These<00:36:00.809><c> are</c><00:36:01.090><c> the</c><00:36:01.170><c> qualities,</c><00:36:01.869><c> the</c><00:36:02.030><c> privileges</c><00:36:02.550><c> of</c><00:36:03.210><c> the</c><00:36:03.469><c> firstborn.</c><00:36:04.510><c> But</c>

00:36:04.750 --> 00:36:06.170
with<00:36:05.070><c> that</c><00:36:05.389><c> privilege,</c><00:36:06.010><c> brethren</c>

00:36:06.170 --> 00:36:13.969
and<00:36:06.510><c> sisters,</c><00:36:07.250><c> came</c><00:36:07.469><c> responsibility.</c><00:36:10.329><c> It</c><00:36:10.610><c> came</c><00:36:11.309><c> responsibility.</c><00:36:13.389><c> And</c><00:36:13.610><c> we</c><00:36:13.730><c> know</c>

00:36:13.969 --> 00:36:14.929
that<00:36:14.190><c> the</c><00:36:14.409><c> firstborn</c>

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privilege<00:36:15.309><c> could</c><00:36:15.590><c> be</c><00:36:15.829><c> lost.</c><00:36:18.190><c> Rubin</c><00:36:18.369><c> was</c><00:36:18.670><c> a</c><00:36:18.849><c> man</c><00:36:19.190><c> that</c><00:36:19.409><c> went</c>

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into<00:36:19.989><c> his</c><00:36:20.269><c> father's</c><00:36:20.769><c> concubine,</c><00:36:21.289><c> didn't</c>

00:36:21.510 --> 00:36:28.110
he?<00:36:22.550><c> And</c><00:36:22.769><c> as</c><00:36:23.010><c> a</c><00:36:23.190><c> result</c><00:36:23.489><c> of</c><00:36:23.809><c> that</c><00:36:24.250><c> misdeed,</c><00:36:25.849><c> he</c><00:36:26.050><c> lost</c><00:36:26.289><c> his</c><00:36:26.630><c> birthright</c><00:36:27.250><c> and</c>

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the<00:36:28.369><c> birthright</c><00:36:28.789><c> was</c><00:36:29.070><c> given</c>

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to<00:36:30.170><c> Joseph.</c><00:36:33.750><c> And</c><00:36:34.030><c> in</c><00:36:34.190><c> order</c><00:36:34.389><c> to</c><00:36:34.690><c> try</c><00:36:34.889><c> and</c><00:36:35.110><c> assist</c><00:36:35.469><c> Israel</c><00:36:36.070><c> in</c>

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maintaining<00:36:37.610><c> that</c><00:36:37.989><c> privilege,</c><00:36:38.989><c> God</c>

00:36:39.869 --> 00:36:46.630
sent<00:36:40.409><c> his</c><00:36:40.989><c> angel.</c><00:36:42.869><c> In</c><00:36:43.010><c> Exodus</c><00:36:43.329><c> chapter</c><00:36:43.670><c> 23,</c><00:36:44.989><c> there</c><00:36:45.269><c> was</c><00:36:45.489><c> an</c><00:36:45.809><c> angel</c><00:36:46.230><c> of</c>

00:36:46.630 --> 00:36:48.969
his<00:36:46.969><c> presence</c><00:36:47.369><c> sent</c><00:36:48.090><c> to</c><00:36:48.650><c> assist</c>

00:36:48.969 --> 00:36:57.690
Israel<00:36:49.530><c> in</c><00:36:50.230><c> the</c><00:36:50.510><c> way.</c><00:36:52.710><c> Exodus</c><00:36:53.090><c> chapter</c><00:36:53.469><c> 23</c><00:36:54.449><c> and</c><00:36:54.829><c> verse</c><00:36:55.469><c> 20,</c><00:36:56.610><c> behold,</c><00:36:57.469><c> I</c>

00:36:57.690 --> 00:36:59.250
send<00:36:57.909><c> an</c><00:36:58.150><c> angel</c><00:36:58.449><c> before</c><00:36:58.889><c> thee</c><00:36:59.050><c> to</c>

00:36:59.250 --> 00:37:02.429
keep<00:36:59.590><c> thee</c><00:36:59.889><c> in</c><00:37:00.170><c> the</c><00:37:00.429><c> way</c><00:37:00.750><c> and</c><00:37:01.130><c> to</c><00:37:01.369><c> bring</c><00:37:01.489><c> thee</c><00:37:01.769><c> into</c><00:37:01.949><c> the</c><00:37:02.210><c> place</c>

00:37:02.429 --> 00:37:08.230
which<00:37:03.110><c> I</c><00:37:06.690><c> have</c><00:37:07.010><c> prepared.</c><00:37:07.530><c> Beware</c><00:37:07.989><c> of</c>

00:37:08.230 --> 00:37:12.429
him.<00:37:08.750><c> Obey</c><00:37:09.269><c> his</c><00:37:09.530><c> voice.</c><00:37:09.929><c> Provoke</c><00:37:10.429><c> him</c><00:37:10.650><c> not,</c><00:37:11.489><c> for</c><00:37:11.650><c> he</c><00:37:11.789><c> will</c><00:37:12.110><c> not</c>

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pardon<00:37:12.789><c> your</c><00:37:13.210><c> transgressions,</c><00:37:14.349><c> for</c>

00:37:14.690 --> 00:37:24.070
my<00:37:15.110><c> name</c><00:37:15.710><c> is</c><00:37:16.230><c> in</c><00:37:16.429><c> him.</c><00:37:18.909><c> And</c><00:37:19.610><c> so</c><00:37:19.809><c> this</c><00:37:20.110><c> angel</c><00:37:20.469><c> had</c><00:37:20.730><c> the</c><00:37:21.110><c> responsibility</c><00:37:21.869><c> for</c><00:37:22.489><c> keeping</c><00:37:22.849><c> Israel</c><00:37:23.369><c> in</c>

00:37:24.070 --> 00:37:24.590
the<00:37:24.289><c> way.</c>

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God<00:37:25.190><c> has</c><00:37:25.510><c> been</c><00:37:25.690><c> at</c><00:37:26.050><c> great</c><00:37:26.510><c> pains,</c><00:37:27.110><c> brethren</c><00:37:27.329><c> and</c><00:37:27.510><c> sisters,</c><00:37:29.570><c> to</c>

00:37:29.789 --> 00:37:32.730
keep<00:37:30.110><c> the</c><00:37:30.469><c> way</c><00:37:30.869><c> of</c><00:37:31.190><c> the</c><00:37:31.369><c> tree</c><00:37:31.550><c> of</c><00:37:31.809><c> life.</c>

00:37:32.949 --> 00:37:37.190
The<00:37:33.590><c> carabin</c><00:37:34.070><c> were</c><00:37:34.250><c> placed</c><00:37:34.650><c> there</c><00:37:34.909><c> to</c><00:37:35.190><c> protect</c><00:37:35.650><c> it.</c><00:37:36.909><c> And</c><00:37:36.969><c> at</c>

00:37:37.190 --> 00:37:38.769
the<00:37:37.329><c> time</c><00:37:37.530><c> of</c><00:37:37.750><c> the</c><00:37:37.969><c> flood,</c><00:37:38.309><c> when</c><00:37:38.389><c> it</c><00:37:38.590><c> says</c>

00:37:38.769 --> 00:37:43.050
in<00:37:38.929><c> Genesis</c><00:37:39.329><c> chapter</c><00:37:39.710><c> 6</c><00:37:40.449><c> and</c><00:37:40.869><c> verse</c><00:37:41.090><c> 12,</c><00:37:41.849><c> that</c><00:37:42.030><c> all</c><00:37:42.469><c> creation,</c>

00:37:43.230 --> 00:37:46.070
all<00:37:43.530><c> flesh</c><00:37:43.789><c> had</c><00:37:44.210><c> corrupted</c><00:37:44.949><c> his</c><00:37:45.630><c> way,</c>

00:37:46.389 --> 00:37:52.150
God<00:37:46.690><c> intervened</c><00:37:48.289><c> to</c><00:37:48.730><c> preserve</c><00:37:49.269><c> the</c><00:37:49.550><c> way.</c><00:37:51.210><c> And</c><00:37:51.409><c> God</c><00:37:51.590><c> was</c><00:37:51.869><c> about</c>

00:37:52.150 --> 00:37:55.190
to<00:37:52.670><c> intervene</c><00:37:52.989><c> again</c><00:37:53.570><c> in</c><00:37:54.110><c> order</c><00:37:54.389><c> to</c><00:37:54.690><c> preserve</c>

00:37:55.190 --> 00:37:59.590
the<00:37:55.510><c> way.</c><00:37:56.170><c> Because</c><00:37:56.469><c> as</c><00:37:56.730><c> we</c><00:37:56.909><c> know</c><00:37:57.130><c> from</c><00:37:57.590><c> Ezekiel</c><00:37:58.510><c> chapter</c><00:37:58.829><c> 20,</c>

00:37:59.929 --> 00:38:02.110
Israel<00:38:00.289><c> were</c><00:38:00.630><c> idolatrous</c><00:38:01.289><c> in</c><00:38:01.510><c> the</c><00:38:01.690><c> land</c><00:38:01.869><c> of</c>

00:38:02.230 --> 00:38:05.690
Egypt.<00:38:02.650><c> They</c><00:38:02.849><c> were</c><00:38:03.289><c> assimilating</c><00:38:04.110><c> quickly</c><00:38:04.809><c> into</c><00:38:05.329><c> the</c><00:38:05.489><c> ways</c>

00:38:05.690 --> 00:38:08.570
of<00:38:05.969><c> the</c><00:38:06.150><c> Egyptians.</c><00:38:06.929><c> And</c><00:38:07.190><c> God</c><00:38:07.429><c> intervenes</c>

00:38:08.570 --> 00:38:13.429
to<00:38:09.070><c> preserve</c><00:38:09.690><c> the</c><00:38:09.969><c> way,</c><00:38:10.849><c> to</c><00:38:11.110><c> keep</c><00:38:11.469><c> the</c><00:38:11.869><c> way</c><00:38:12.309><c> of</c><00:38:12.829><c> the</c><00:38:13.010><c> tree</c><00:38:13.170><c> of</c>

00:38:13.429 --> 00:38:17.230
life.<00:38:14.949><c> And</c><00:38:15.150><c> the</c><00:38:15.409><c> Exodus</c><00:38:15.730><c> was</c><00:38:16.090><c> designed</c>

00:38:17.389 --> 00:38:23.349
to<00:38:17.769><c> be</c><00:38:18.110><c> another</c><00:38:18.530><c> event</c><00:38:19.210><c> in</c><00:38:19.829><c> the</c><00:38:20.090><c> divine</c><00:38:20.510><c> purpose,</c><00:38:21.710><c> to</c><00:38:22.010><c> preserve</c><00:38:22.510><c> the</c><00:38:22.750><c> way</c>

00:38:23.349 --> 00:38:31.630
of<00:38:23.849><c> the</c><00:38:24.130><c> truth.</c><00:38:25.409><c> And</c><00:38:25.630><c> the</c>

00:38:31.630 --> 00:38:37.010
way<00:38:32.650><c> was</c><00:38:32.650><c> through</c><00:38:32.650><c> the</c><00:38:32.650><c> wilderness.</c><00:38:33.010><c> The</c><00:38:33.650><c> way</c><00:38:33.909><c> was</c><00:38:34.230><c> through</c><00:38:34.510><c> the</c><00:38:34.710><c> wilderness</c><00:38:35.250><c> and</c><00:38:36.530><c> it</c><00:38:36.630><c> was</c><00:38:36.829><c> a</c>

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way<00:38:37.210><c> of</c>

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trial<00:38:38.010><c> of</c><00:38:39.309><c> faith.</c><00:38:41.309><c> And</c><00:38:41.489><c> the</c><00:38:41.690><c> law</c><00:38:42.230><c> was</c><00:38:43.690><c> given</c><00:38:43.949><c> as</c><00:38:44.170><c> the</c><00:38:44.469><c> vehicle</c>

00:38:45.130 --> 00:38:49.590
of<00:38:46.510><c> divine</c><00:38:46.809><c> education.</c><00:38:49.110><c> We're</c><00:38:49.190><c> just</c><00:38:49.469><c> going</c>

00:38:49.590 --> 00:38:56.730
to<00:38:49.690><c> have</c><00:38:49.849><c> time</c><00:38:50.170><c> to</c><00:38:50.329><c> look</c><00:38:50.530><c> at</c><00:38:50.690><c> one</c><00:38:51.030><c> illustration.</c><00:38:56.030><c> The</c><00:38:56.170><c> law</c><00:38:56.409><c> was</c>

00:38:56.730 --> 00:39:01.610
given<00:38:57.409><c> as</c><00:38:58.489><c> a</c><00:38:58.710><c> divine</c><00:38:59.670><c> education.</c><00:39:01.610><c> And</c>

00:39:01.630 --> 00:39:07.610
a<00:39:02.070><c> process</c><00:39:02.610><c> of</c><00:39:03.150><c> educating,</c><00:39:04.030><c> educating</c><00:39:04.690><c> or</c><00:39:05.090><c> showing</c><00:39:05.789><c> the</c><00:39:07.349><c> way</c>

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of<00:39:07.869><c> life.</c><00:39:09.809><c> And</c><00:39:09.909><c> in</c><00:39:10.110><c> Numbers</c><00:39:10.329><c> chapter</c><00:39:10.710><c> 35,</c>

00:39:11.469 --> 00:39:17.949
we<00:39:11.550><c> have</c><00:39:11.750><c> the</c><00:39:12.989><c> subject</c><00:39:13.429><c> of</c><00:39:13.769><c> the</c><00:39:14.050><c> cities</c><00:39:14.289><c> of</c><00:39:14.590><c> refuge.</c><00:39:17.150><c> There</c><00:39:17.190><c> were</c><00:39:17.409><c> 48</c>

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cities<00:39:19.070><c> allocated</c><00:39:20.389><c> to</c><00:39:21.610><c> the</c><00:39:22.329><c> Levites</c>

00:39:23.670 --> 00:39:30.670
and<00:39:24.110><c> they</c><00:39:24.329><c> were</c><00:39:25.389><c> strategically</c><00:39:26.269><c> located</c><00:39:27.389><c> up</c><00:39:27.630><c> and</c><00:39:27.849><c> down</c><00:39:27.989><c> the</c><00:39:28.130><c> land</c><00:39:28.349><c> of</c><00:39:28.530><c> Israel</c><00:39:29.110><c> as</c><00:39:30.510><c> a</c>

00:39:30.670 --> 00:39:31.610
basis<00:39:31.030><c> for</c><00:39:31.590><c> education</c>

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and<00:39:32.309><c> educating</c><00:39:32.309><c> the</c><00:39:32.610><c> people</c><00:39:32.889><c> of</c><00:39:33.110><c> the</c><00:39:33.269><c> land.</c><00:39:35.590><c> And</c><00:39:35.730><c> out</c><00:39:35.849><c> of</c><00:39:36.010><c> those</c><00:39:36.309><c> 48</c><00:39:36.829><c> cities,</c><00:39:38.190><c> 6</c>

00:39:38.550 --> 00:39:40.489
cities<00:39:38.989><c> were</c><00:39:39.309><c> provided</c>

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as<00:39:40.969><c> a</c><00:39:41.190><c> city</c><00:39:41.650><c> of</c><00:39:41.989><c> refuge.</c><00:39:43.909><c> And</c><00:39:44.030><c> it's</c><00:39:44.170><c> rather</c><00:39:44.449><c> interesting</c><00:39:45.210><c> that</c>

00:39:46.610 --> 00:39:48.510
in<00:39:46.809><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:39:47.329><c> 19,</c><00:39:47.849><c> you</c><00:39:47.929><c> don't</c><00:39:48.130><c> need</c><00:39:48.309><c> to</c>

00:39:48.510 --> 00:39:54.329
turn<00:39:48.710><c> to</c><00:39:48.909><c> it,</c><00:39:49.989><c> but</c><00:39:50.150><c> in</c><00:39:50.289><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:39:50.809><c> 19,</c><00:39:53.170><c> in</c><00:39:53.289><c> order</c><00:39:53.570><c> to</c><00:39:53.989><c> have</c>

00:39:54.329 --> 00:39:58.230
access<00:39:55.150><c> to</c><00:39:55.670><c> the</c><00:39:55.849><c> cities</c><00:39:56.130><c> of</c><00:39:56.449><c> refuge,</c><00:39:58.070><c> there</c>

00:39:58.230 --> 00:40:04.769
was<00:39:58.469><c> a</c><00:39:58.789><c> way,</c><00:39:59.289><c> a</c><00:39:59.570><c> highway</c><00:40:00.190><c> provided,</c><00:40:01.730><c> a</c><00:40:01.869><c> network</c><00:40:02.329><c> of</c><00:40:02.670><c> roads</c><00:40:03.230><c> throughout</c><00:40:03.989><c> the</c>

00:40:04.769 --> 00:40:05.469
land<00:40:04.989><c> of</c><00:40:05.170><c> Israel.</c>

00:40:05.650 --> 00:40:09.769
Thou<00:40:05.849><c> shalt</c><00:40:06.170><c> prepare</c><00:40:07.130><c> thee</c><00:40:07.650><c> a</c><00:40:07.849><c> way</c><00:40:08.210><c> and</c><00:40:08.710><c> divide</c><00:40:09.030><c> the</c><00:40:09.289><c> coasts</c>

00:40:09.769 --> 00:40:11.809
of<00:40:09.849><c> thy</c><00:40:10.070><c> land</c><00:40:10.449><c> which</c><00:40:10.869><c> the</c><00:40:11.090><c> Lord</c><00:40:11.289><c> thy</c><00:40:11.530><c> God</c>

00:40:11.809 --> 00:40:17.769
giveth<00:40:12.170><c> thee</c><00:40:12.369><c> to</c><00:40:12.570><c> inherit</c><00:40:12.949><c> into</c><00:40:13.469><c> three</c><00:40:13.829><c> parts</c><00:40:14.289><c> that</c><00:40:14.969><c> every</c><00:40:15.409><c> slayer</c><00:40:15.889><c> may</c><00:40:16.250><c> flee</c><00:40:16.630><c> thither.</c><00:40:17.289><c> And</c><00:40:17.449><c> so</c><00:40:17.590><c> there</c>

00:40:17.769 --> 00:40:22.230
was<00:40:17.969><c> a</c><00:40:18.210><c> highway</c><00:40:18.829><c> which</c><00:40:20.250><c> was</c><00:40:20.550><c> always</c><00:40:20.969><c> leading</c><00:40:21.389><c> to</c><00:40:21.630><c> that</c><00:40:21.909><c> city</c>

00:40:22.230 --> 00:40:26.409
of<00:40:22.590><c> refuge.</c><00:40:25.389><c> And</c><00:40:25.590><c> those</c><00:40:25.829><c> who</c><00:40:26.090><c> entered</c>

00:40:26.409 --> 00:40:29.909
into<00:40:26.650><c> the</c><00:40:26.869><c> city</c><00:40:27.170><c> of</c><00:40:27.530><c> refuge</c><00:40:27.849><c> were</c><00:40:28.329><c> those</c><00:40:28.650><c> who</c><00:40:28.989><c> came</c><00:40:29.269><c> under</c><00:40:29.650><c> the</c>

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condemnation<00:40:30.690><c> of</c><00:40:30.989><c> death,</c><00:40:31.809><c> even</c><00:40:32.090><c> though</c>

00:40:32.289 --> 00:40:37.289
they<00:40:32.449><c> might</c><00:40:32.730><c> be</c><00:40:33.110><c> innocent</c><00:40:33.849><c> of</c><00:40:34.429><c> the</c><00:40:35.409><c> death</c><00:40:35.570><c> of</c><00:40:35.809><c> the</c><00:40:35.929><c> victim</c><00:40:36.329><c> that</c><00:40:36.809><c> had</c>

00:40:37.289 --> 00:40:41.230
been<00:40:38.469><c> slain.</c><00:40:40.250><c> They</c><00:40:40.469><c> were</c><00:40:40.769><c> innocent</c>

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but<00:40:41.750><c> they</c><00:40:42.170><c> bore</c><00:40:42.429><c> their</c><00:40:42.889><c> responsibility.</c><00:40:46.730><c> And</c><00:40:46.909><c> their</c><00:40:47.230><c> escape</c>

00:40:47.789 --> 00:40:51.510
from<00:40:48.510><c> death</c><00:40:49.110><c> was</c><00:40:49.889><c> contingent</c><00:40:50.670><c> upon</c><00:40:51.010><c> entering</c>

00:40:51.510 --> 00:40:57.489
the<00:40:51.610><c> city</c><00:40:52.150><c> of</c><00:40:52.949><c> refuge.</c><00:40:55.489><c> And</c><00:40:55.710><c> they</c><00:40:55.909><c> were</c><00:40:56.289><c> safe,</c><00:40:57.010><c> brethren</c><00:40:57.269><c> and</c>

00:40:57.489 --> 00:41:01.230
sisters,<00:40:58.769><c> while</c><00:40:59.070><c> they</c><00:40:59.469><c> remained</c><00:41:00.070><c> inside</c><00:41:00.909><c> the</c>

00:41:01.230 --> 00:41:09.409
walls.<00:41:05.809><c> Now</c><00:41:06.030><c> the</c><00:41:06.070><c> book</c><00:41:06.309><c> of</c><00:41:06.550><c> Proverbs</c><00:41:06.929><c> says</c><00:41:07.510><c> that</c><00:41:08.710><c> the</c><00:41:08.869><c> name</c><00:41:09.150><c> of</c>

00:41:09.409 --> 00:41:14.030
Yahweh<00:41:09.949><c> is</c><00:41:11.050><c> a</c><00:41:11.289><c> strong</c><00:41:11.510><c> tower.</c><00:41:13.269><c> And</c>

00:41:14.030 --> 00:41:21.489
the<00:41:14.230><c> righteous</c><00:41:14.949><c> runneth</c><00:41:15.489><c> into</c><00:41:15.829><c> it</c><00:41:16.590><c> and</c><00:41:17.030><c> is</c><00:41:17.309><c> safe.</c><00:41:19.309><c> And</c><00:41:19.590><c> the</c><00:41:19.769><c> way</c><00:41:19.909><c> has</c><00:41:20.090><c> been</c><00:41:20.409><c> prepared.</c><00:41:21.210><c> I</c>

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have<00:41:21.489><c> been</c>

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prepared.<00:41:21.590><c> I</c><00:41:21.590><c> am</c><00:41:21.909><c> the</c><00:41:22.070><c> way</c><00:41:22.550><c> and</c><00:41:22.889><c> the</c><00:41:23.190><c> truth</c><00:41:23.530><c> and</c><00:41:23.809><c> the</c><00:41:24.050><c> life</c><00:41:24.329><c> says</c><00:41:24.590><c> the</c>

00:41:24.769 --> 00:41:27.630
Lord<00:41:24.989><c> Jesus</c><00:41:25.409><c> Christ.</c><00:41:26.809><c> And</c><00:41:27.010><c> the</c><00:41:27.190><c> righteous</c>

00:41:27.630 --> 00:41:32.190
are<00:41:27.909><c> called</c><00:41:28.289><c> upon</c><00:41:28.690><c> to</c><00:41:29.469><c> walk</c><00:41:29.769><c> in</c><00:41:29.969><c> that</c><00:41:30.210><c> way</c><00:41:30.730><c> and</c><00:41:31.269><c> to</c><00:41:31.530><c> enter</c><00:41:31.889><c> into</c>

00:41:32.190 --> 00:41:34.429
the<00:41:32.329><c> city</c><00:41:32.590><c> of</c><00:41:32.849><c> refuge.</c><00:41:34.150><c> And</c><00:41:34.309><c> that's</c>

00:41:34.429 --> 00:41:37.489
what<00:41:34.610><c> the</c><00:41:34.789><c> apostle</c><00:41:35.090><c> Paul</c><00:41:35.409><c> tells</c><00:41:35.750><c> us</c><00:41:36.190><c> in</c><00:41:36.409><c> Hebrews</c><00:41:36.750><c> chapter</c><00:41:37.130><c> 6,</c>

00:41:37.530 --> 00:41:39.489
doesn't<00:41:37.849><c> he?</c><00:41:38.690><c> Where</c><00:41:38.869><c> he</c><00:41:38.989><c> says</c><00:41:39.250><c> there</c>

00:41:39.489 --> 00:41:47.130
at<00:41:39.690><c> verse</c><00:41:39.889><c> 18,</c><00:41:41.969><c> verse</c><00:41:42.230><c> 17,</c><00:41:43.050><c> wherein</c><00:41:43.250><c> God</c><00:41:43.650><c> willing</c><00:41:43.989><c> more</c><00:41:44.469><c> abundantly</c><00:41:45.250><c> to</c><00:41:45.769><c> show</c><00:41:46.030><c> unto</c><00:41:46.289><c> the</c><00:41:46.590><c> heirs</c><00:41:46.829><c> of</c>

00:41:47.130 --> 00:41:54.530
the<00:41:47.610><c> city</c><00:41:48.670><c> of</c><00:41:48.809><c> refuge,</c><00:41:49.989><c> that</c><00:41:50.289><c> by</c><00:41:52.309><c> two</c><00:41:52.889><c> immutable</c><00:41:53.570><c> things</c><00:41:54.110><c> in</c>

00:41:54.530 --> 00:41:56.210
which<00:41:54.730><c> it</c><00:41:54.889><c> was</c><00:41:55.070><c> impossible</c><00:41:55.690><c> for</c><00:41:55.989><c> God</c>

00:41:56.210 --> 00:42:00.829
to<00:41:56.469><c> lie,</c><00:41:57.409><c> we</c><00:41:57.610><c> might</c><00:41:57.929><c> have</c><00:41:58.210><c> a</c><00:41:58.590><c> strong</c><00:41:59.030><c> consolation,</c><00:42:00.170><c> who</c><00:42:00.429><c> have</c>

00:42:00.829 --> 00:42:03.969
fled<00:42:01.170><c> for</c><00:42:01.570><c> refuge,</c><00:42:02.889><c> to</c><00:42:03.090><c> lay</c><00:42:03.349><c> hold</c><00:42:03.670><c> upon</c>

00:42:03.969 --> 00:42:07.469
the<00:42:04.210><c> hope</c><00:42:04.469><c> that</c><00:42:04.929><c> is</c><00:42:05.150><c> set</c><00:42:05.349><c> before</c><00:42:05.730><c> us.</c><00:42:06.150><c> And</c><00:42:06.409><c> you</c><00:42:06.590><c> and</c><00:42:06.769><c> I,</c><00:42:07.030><c> brethren</c><00:42:07.210><c> and</c>

00:42:07.469 --> 00:42:09.550
sisters,<00:42:07.789><c> are</c><00:42:07.949><c> like</c><00:42:08.130><c> those</c><00:42:08.449><c> Israelites</c>

00:42:09.510 --> 00:42:12.550
who<00:42:09.789><c> have</c><00:42:10.070><c> been</c><00:42:10.369><c> drawn</c><00:42:10.630><c> into</c><00:42:10.909><c> the</c><00:42:11.130><c> wilderness.</c><00:42:12.110><c> And</c><00:42:12.329><c> that's</c>

00:42:12.550 --> 00:42:14.730
where<00:42:12.730><c> the</c><00:42:13.130><c> fiery</c><00:42:13.489><c> trial</c><00:42:13.929><c> is</c><00:42:14.150><c> going</c><00:42:14.269><c> to</c><00:42:14.510><c> take</c>

00:42:14.730 --> 00:42:19.469
place.<00:42:15.510><c> And</c><00:42:15.889><c> we've</c><00:42:16.170><c> got</c><00:42:16.309><c> to</c><00:42:16.570><c> search</c><00:42:16.929><c> out</c><00:42:17.230><c> the</c><00:42:17.489><c> way</c><00:42:18.110><c> which</c><00:42:18.829><c> leads</c><00:42:19.210><c> to</c>

00:42:19.469 --> 00:42:21.909
the<00:42:19.630><c> city</c><00:42:19.909><c> of</c><00:42:20.210><c> refuge.</c><00:42:21.289><c> And</c><00:42:21.590><c> we've</c>

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got<00:42:22.070><c> to</c><00:42:22.349><c> make</c><00:42:22.670><c> sure</c><00:42:23.130><c> that</c><00:42:23.849><c> in</c><00:42:24.110><c> our</c><00:42:24.369><c> journey</c><00:42:24.750><c> towards</c><00:42:25.210><c> the</c><00:42:25.449><c> kingdom,</c><00:42:26.429><c> that</c>

00:42:26.710 --> 00:42:29.050
we<00:42:27.030><c> remain</c><00:42:27.710><c> within</c><00:42:28.429><c> the</c><00:42:28.789><c> walls</c>

00:42:29.050 --> 00:42:34.230
of<00:42:29.309><c> that</c><00:42:29.650><c> strong</c><00:42:30.030><c> tower.</c><00:42:30.949><c> We</c><00:42:31.130><c> are</c><00:42:31.369><c> members</c><00:42:31.690><c> of</c><00:42:31.929><c> the</c><00:42:32.130><c> divine</c><00:42:32.469><c> family.</c><00:42:34.010><c> We</c>

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are<00:42:34.690><c> partaken</c><00:42:35.289><c> of</c><00:42:35.550><c> the</c><00:42:36.309><c> attributes</c>

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and<00:42:37.570><c> we</c><00:42:37.750><c> are</c><00:42:37.809><c> being</c><00:42:38.130><c> called</c><00:42:38.389><c> upon</c><00:42:38.690><c> to</c><00:42:38.969><c> display</c><00:42:39.409><c> those</c><00:42:39.769><c> attributes</c><00:42:40.349><c> in</c><00:42:40.909><c> our</c>

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lives.<00:42:42.989><c> Let</c><00:42:43.230><c> us</c><00:42:43.829><c> lay</c><00:42:44.250><c> hold</c><00:42:44.710><c> of</c>

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that<00:42:45.829><c> city</c><00:42:46.230><c> of</c><00:42:46.550><c> refuge</c><00:42:46.989><c> and</c><00:42:47.889><c> seek</c><00:42:48.210><c> it</c><00:42:49.010><c> knowing</c><00:42:49.250><c> that</c><00:42:49.429><c> there</c><00:42:49.650><c> is</c>

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strong<00:42:50.449><c> consolation</c><00:42:51.769><c> and</c><00:42:52.570><c> there</c><00:42:52.750><c> is</c><00:42:53.010><c> salvation</c>

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within<00:42:54.650><c> the</c><00:42:54.989><c> walls</c><00:42:55.670><c> of</c><00:42:56.150><c> Zion.</c><00:42:57.130><c> Thank</c><00:42:57.409><c> you.</c>