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oh,<00:11:06.480><c> well,</c><00:11:06.639><c> I</c><00:11:06.679><c> guess</c><00:11:06.919><c> that's</c>

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And<00:11:10.700><c> God</c><00:11:11.200><c> had</c><00:11:12.100><c> gone</c><00:11:12.320><c> to</c><00:11:12.580><c> sleep</c><00:11:12.759><c> while</c><00:11:12.940><c> that</c><00:11:13.159><c> was</c><00:11:13.340><c> going</c><00:11:13.559><c> on</c><00:11:13.820><c> and</c>

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left<00:11:14.879><c> me</c><00:11:15.139><c> in</c><00:11:15.220><c> this</c><00:11:15.500><c> terrible</c><00:11:15.860><c> position.</c>

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Now,<00:11:18.100><c> that's</c><00:11:18.600><c> a</c><00:11:18.919><c> serious</c><00:11:19.299><c> problem.</c>

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If<00:11:20.519><c> we</c><00:11:20.779><c> drift</c><00:11:21.059><c> down</c><00:11:21.360><c> that</c><00:11:21.700><c> pathway,</c><00:11:23.240><c> we</c><00:11:23.440><c> can</c><00:11:23.720><c> finish</c><00:11:23.980><c> up</c><00:11:24.259><c> thinking</c><00:11:24.580><c> that</c>

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in<00:11:26.320><c> our</c><00:11:26.539><c> life</c><00:11:26.759><c> is</c><00:11:27.059><c> the</c><00:11:28.019><c> once</c><00:11:28.240><c> in</c><00:11:28.480><c> every</c><00:11:28.700><c> decade</c><00:11:29.139><c> or</c><00:11:29.440><c> something</c>

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and<00:11:32.200><c> we</c><00:11:32.360><c> go,</c><00:11:32.659><c> oh,</c><00:11:32.779><c> wow,</c><00:11:32.940><c> I</c><00:11:33.120><c> think</c><00:11:33.259><c> that</c><00:11:33.460><c> was</c><00:11:33.639><c> from</c><00:11:33.860><c> God.</c>

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The<00:11:34.659><c> rest</c><00:11:34.840><c> of</c><00:11:35.019><c> the</c><00:11:35.139><c> time,</c><00:11:35.299><c> he's</c><00:11:35.480><c> not</c><00:11:35.700><c> interested</c><00:11:36.039><c> in</c><00:11:36.240><c> me</c><00:11:36.419><c> at</c><00:11:36.639><c> all.</c>

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And<00:11:37.820><c> that's</c><00:11:38.120><c> what</c><00:11:38.299><c> we're</c><00:11:38.580><c> trying</c><00:11:38.860><c> to</c><00:11:39.240><c> counter</c><00:11:39.559><c> very</c><00:11:39.980><c> directly</c>

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says<00:11:55.320><c> that</c><00:11:55.879><c> in</c><00:11:56.179><c> certain</c><00:11:56.980><c> occasions,</c><00:11:58.700><c> he</c><00:11:58.820><c> has</c><00:11:59.240><c> reserved</c><00:11:59.840><c> the</c>

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power<00:12:00.580><c> of</c><00:12:00.860><c> the</c><00:12:01.080><c> weather</c><00:12:01.600><c> against</c><00:12:03.039><c> the</c><00:12:03.279><c> day</c><00:12:03.460><c> of</c>

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battle.

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And<00:12:05.059><c> there</c><00:12:05.200><c> are</c><00:12:05.399><c> examples</c><00:12:05.799><c> in</c><00:12:06.059><c> scripture</c><00:12:06.419><c> and</c><00:12:06.659><c> there</c><00:12:06.700><c> are</c><00:12:06.980><c> examples</c><00:12:07.320><c> in</c>

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prophecy<00:12:08.080><c> of</c><00:12:08.720><c> how</c><00:12:08.899><c> God</c><00:12:09.139><c> has</c><00:12:09.500><c> and</c>

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will<00:12:10.159><c> use</c><00:12:10.740><c> the</c><00:12:11.440><c> elements,</c><00:12:11.779><c> as</c><00:12:11.980><c> we</c><00:12:12.220><c> call</c><00:12:12.440><c> them,</c><00:12:13.120><c> as</c><00:12:13.399><c> part</c><00:12:13.879><c> of</c><00:12:14.500><c> his</c><00:12:15.340><c> exercise</c><00:12:16.080><c> of</c>

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in<00:12:17.860><c> the</c><00:12:18.019><c> day</c><00:12:18.200><c> of</c><00:12:18.399><c> battle.</c>

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Psalm<00:12:20.120><c> 104</c><00:12:20.740><c> is</c><00:12:21.639><c> a</c><00:12:21.860><c> great</c><00:12:22.100><c> psalm,</c><00:12:22.399><c> I'd</c><00:12:22.840><c> love</c><00:12:22.980><c> to</c><00:12:23.120><c> have</c><00:12:23.220><c> time</c><00:12:23.460><c> to</c>

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spend<00:12:23.899><c> a</c><00:12:24.019><c> bit</c><00:12:24.139><c> more</c><00:12:24.419><c> time</c><00:12:24.580><c> on</c><00:12:24.740><c> that</c><00:12:25.059><c> psalm,</c>

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But<00:12:28.179><c> it's</c><00:12:28.399><c> well</c><00:12:28.639><c> worth</c><00:12:28.820><c> having</c><00:12:29.059><c> a</c><00:12:29.259><c> good</c><00:12:29.399><c> look</c><00:12:29.620><c> at</c><00:12:29.960><c> several</c><00:12:30.320><c> verses</c><00:12:30.720><c> and</c>

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in<00:12:32.360><c> due</c><00:12:32.620><c> course,</c><00:12:34.019><c> where</c><00:12:34.179><c> God</c><00:12:34.659><c> sends</c><00:12:35.220><c> the</c><00:12:35.600><c> rain</c><00:12:35.919><c> for</c><00:12:36.139><c> the</c><00:12:36.360><c> service</c><00:12:36.700><c> of</c><00:12:36.960><c> man.</c>

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sick<00:12:53.600><c> of</c><00:12:53.740><c> this,</c><00:12:54.460><c> but</c><00:12:54.700><c> I</c><00:12:54.879><c> want</c><00:12:55.039><c> you</c>

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manipulates<00:14:06.220><c> the</c><00:14:06.600><c> elements.</c>

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Not<00:14:18.820><c> a</c><00:14:19.259><c> happy</c><00:14:19.559><c> environment</c><00:14:20.139><c> to</c><00:14:20.340><c> live</c><00:14:20.539><c> in,</c><00:14:21.659><c> because</c><00:14:22.120><c> you</c><00:14:22.500><c> haven't</c><00:14:22.899><c> trusted</c><00:14:23.279><c> in</c><00:14:23.559><c> me</c>

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God<00:14:38.740><c> rammed</c><00:14:39.240><c> that</c><00:14:39.460><c> message</c><00:14:39.820><c> home</c><00:14:40.039><c> to</c><00:14:40.200><c> him.</c>

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And<00:14:41.740><c> then</c><00:14:41.840><c> when</c><00:14:41.899><c> it</c><00:14:42.000><c> was</c><00:14:42.159><c> all</c><00:14:42.419><c> over,</c><00:14:43.039><c> he</c><00:14:43.360><c> whispered</c><00:14:43.899><c> to</c><00:14:44.080><c> him.</c>

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And<00:14:46.019><c> we</c><00:14:46.220><c> need</c><00:14:46.600><c> to</c><00:14:47.019><c> hear</c><00:14:47.299><c> the</c><00:14:47.980><c> thunderclap</c><00:14:48.940><c> first,</c><00:14:50.019><c> so</c><00:14:50.340><c> to</c><00:14:50.600><c> speak,</c><00:14:52.039><c> before</c><00:14:52.379><c> our</c>

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minds<00:14:53.159><c> are</c><00:14:53.399><c> open</c><00:14:53.639><c> to</c>

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listen<00:14:54.299><c> to</c><00:14:55.179><c> his</c><00:14:55.460><c> whisper.</c>

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There<00:14:58.139><c> was</c><00:14:58.559><c> an</c><00:14:58.759><c> earthquake</c><00:14:59.179><c> at</c><00:14:59.500><c> the</c><00:14:59.759><c> crucifixion</c><00:15:00.419><c> of</c><00:15:00.580><c> Christ</c>

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and<00:15:01.259><c> another</c><00:15:01.600><c> one</c><00:15:01.759><c> at</c><00:15:01.940><c> his</c><00:15:02.159><c> resurrection.</c>

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They<00:15:05.240><c> were</c><00:15:05.659><c> clearly</c><00:15:06.120><c> not</c><00:15:06.960><c> accidents.</c>

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They<00:15:09.059><c> were</c><00:15:09.659><c> clearly</c><00:15:10.460><c> timed</c><00:15:11.080><c> and</c><00:15:11.980><c> created</c><00:15:12.659><c> by</c><00:15:12.960><c> God</c><00:15:13.360><c> for</c><00:15:14.259><c> those</c>

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dramatic<00:15:15.179><c> events.</c>

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Paul<00:15:16.919><c> and</c><00:15:17.259><c> Silas</c><00:15:17.559><c> were</c><00:15:17.779><c> released</c><00:15:18.120><c> from</c><00:15:18.440><c> prison</c><00:15:19.000><c> by</c><00:15:19.500><c> an</c><00:15:19.659><c> earthquake.</c>

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Again,<00:15:21.220><c> clearly</c><00:15:21.559><c> divine</c><00:15:22.019><c> intervention</c><00:15:22.639><c> in</c><00:15:22.879><c> that</c><00:15:23.159><c> case.</c>

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Think<00:15:24.820><c> about</c><00:15:25.379><c> plants.</c>

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When<00:15:28.840><c> God</c><00:15:29.159><c> created</c><00:15:29.759><c> plants,</c><00:15:30.559><c> they</c><00:15:30.559><c> all,</c><00:15:30.879><c> it</c><00:15:31.120><c> says,</c><00:15:31.820><c> had</c><00:15:32.139><c> seed</c>

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within<00:15:32.820><c> themselves.</c>

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Now,<00:15:35.320><c> this</c><00:15:35.840><c> starts</c><00:15:36.159><c> to</c><00:15:36.519><c> stretch</c><00:15:36.720><c> our</c><00:15:37.000><c> brain</c><00:15:37.240><c> a</c><00:15:37.419><c> bit.</c>

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You<00:15:37.720><c> might</c><00:15:37.940><c> just</c><00:15:38.159><c> go,</c><00:15:38.299><c> oh</c><00:15:38.519><c> yeah,</c><00:15:39.120><c> so,</c><00:15:40.039><c> well</c><00:15:40.200><c> think</c><00:15:40.360><c> about</c><00:15:40.659><c> it.</c>

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Why<00:15:42.720><c> does</c><00:15:42.899><c> a</c><00:15:43.139><c> plant</c><00:15:43.279><c> have</c><00:15:43.519><c> a</c><00:15:43.820><c> seed?</c>

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Well,<00:15:45.620><c> yes,</c><00:15:45.919><c> it</c><00:15:46.100><c> does</c><00:15:46.500><c> feed</c><00:15:46.879><c> other</c><00:15:47.559><c> animals,</c><00:15:48.019><c> that's</c><00:15:48.519><c> true,</c><00:15:49.379><c> but</c><00:15:49.679><c> fundamentally</c><00:15:50.340><c> the</c><00:15:50.519><c> reason</c><00:15:50.820><c> a</c><00:15:51.460><c> plant</c>

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has<00:15:51.899><c> a</c><00:15:52.200><c> seed</c><00:15:52.600><c> is</c><00:15:53.639><c> to</c><00:15:53.820><c> grow</c><00:15:54.000><c> another</c><00:15:54.299><c> plant</c><00:15:54.919><c> when</c><00:15:55.759><c> this</c><00:15:56.100><c> plant</c>

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dies,<00:15:58.340><c> right?</c>

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But<00:16:00.740><c> there</c><00:16:00.879><c> is</c><00:16:01.059><c> no</c><00:16:01.240><c> death</c><00:16:01.480><c> in</c><00:16:01.679><c> the</c><00:16:01.820><c> Garden</c><00:16:02.059><c> of</c><00:16:02.279><c> Eden.</c>

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So<00:16:04.240><c> why</c><00:16:04.480><c> would</c><00:16:04.659><c> the</c><00:16:04.899><c> trees</c><00:16:05.159><c> and</c><00:16:05.480><c> plants</c><00:16:05.799><c> and</c><00:16:06.340><c> grasses</c><00:16:06.720><c> and</c><00:16:07.299><c> flowers</c><00:16:07.600><c> and</c>

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everything<00:16:08.600><c> grow,</c><00:16:09.879><c> created</c><00:16:10.539><c> with</c>

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seeds?

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Well,<00:16:14.840><c> I'm</c><00:16:14.899><c> going</c><00:16:15.019><c> to</c><00:16:15.139><c> give</c><00:16:15.240><c> you</c><00:16:15.379><c> an</c><00:16:15.539><c> answer</c><00:16:15.720><c> because</c><00:16:15.879><c> there</c>

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isn't<00:16:16.200><c> one.</c>

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It's<00:16:17.179><c> just</c><00:16:17.659><c> an</c><00:16:18.240><c> extraordinary</c><00:16:18.879><c> characteristic</c><00:16:19.620><c> of</c><00:16:19.899><c> God</c><00:16:20.159><c> that</c>

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he<00:16:20.720><c> sees</c><00:16:21.159><c> and</c><00:16:21.620><c> understands</c><00:16:22.179><c> everything.</c>

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Everything<00:16:24.279><c> has</c><00:16:24.639><c> a</c><00:16:24.879><c> built</c><00:16:25.240><c>-in,</c><00:16:25.480><c> what</c><00:16:25.639><c> I'll</c><00:16:25.940><c> call,</c><00:16:26.419><c> contingency.</c>

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And<00:16:29.340><c> we</c><00:16:29.519><c> might</c><00:16:29.740><c> start</c><00:16:30.039><c> to</c><00:16:30.259><c> say,</c><00:16:30.519><c> but</c><00:16:30.539><c> does</c><00:16:30.740><c> that</c><00:16:30.940><c> mean</c><00:16:31.279><c> he</c><00:16:31.500><c> knew</c>

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Adam<00:16:32.019><c> was</c><00:16:32.279><c> sin</c><00:16:32.440><c> and</c><00:16:32.620><c> that</c><00:16:32.799><c> death</c><00:16:32.960><c> would</c>

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come<00:16:33.419><c> and</c><00:16:33.620><c> therefore</c><00:16:34.019><c> all</c><00:16:34.879><c> these</c><00:16:35.139><c> plants</c><00:16:35.379><c> therefore</c><00:16:35.779><c> had</c><00:16:36.019><c> the</c>

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ability<00:16:36.700><c> to</c><00:16:37.039><c> self</c><00:16:37.299><c>-generate</c><00:16:37.820><c> and</c><00:16:38.200><c> so</c><00:16:38.679><c> life</c>

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would<00:16:39.360><c> continue?</c>

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Well,<00:16:40.700><c> yes.</c>

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But<00:16:42.320><c> then</c><00:16:42.460><c> we</c><00:16:42.620><c> say,</c><00:16:42.740><c> but</c><00:16:42.860><c> if</c><00:16:43.000><c> he</c><00:16:43.120><c> knew</c><00:16:43.200><c> it</c><00:16:43.320><c> was</c><00:16:43.440><c> going</c><00:16:43.539><c> to</c><00:16:43.659><c> happen,</c><00:16:43.820><c> why</c>

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didn't<00:16:44.139><c> he</c><00:16:44.340><c> stop</c><00:16:44.500><c> it?</c>

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And<00:16:46.820><c> we</c><00:16:47.059><c> get</c><00:16:47.220><c> our</c><00:16:47.480><c> little</c><00:16:47.700><c> brains</c><00:16:48.120><c> going,</c><00:16:50.340><c> and</c><00:16:50.340><c> we</c><00:16:50.940><c> run</c><00:16:51.080><c> out</c><00:16:51.320><c> of</c>

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power<00:16:52.059><c> to</c><00:16:52.500><c> comprehend</c><00:16:53.419><c> the</c><00:16:54.740><c> extraordinary</c>

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complexity<00:16:56.559><c> of</c><00:16:56.840><c> God.</c>

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And<00:16:58.799><c> with</c><00:16:58.960><c> all</c><00:16:59.200><c> of</c><00:16:59.399><c> that</c><00:16:59.580><c> and</c><00:16:59.759><c> his</c><00:16:59.940><c> almighty</c><00:17:00.440><c> power,</c><00:17:01.679><c> he</c><00:17:01.860><c> comes</c>

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down<00:17:02.340><c> and</c><00:17:02.539><c> whispers</c><00:17:02.820><c> to</c><00:17:03.139><c> us.</c>

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Isn't<00:17:04.980><c> that</c><00:17:05.240><c> extraordinary?</c>

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Like<00:17:06.599><c> Elijah,</c><00:17:08.200><c> that</c><00:17:08.400><c> we</c><00:17:08.759><c> have</c><00:17:09.160><c> this</c><00:17:09.720><c> simple</c><00:17:10.299><c> language</c><00:17:10.759><c> of</c><00:17:11.039><c> Scripture</c><00:17:11.440><c> and</c>

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yet<00:17:13.059><c> within</c><00:17:13.279><c> it</c><00:17:13.619><c> is</c><00:17:13.940><c> just</c><00:17:14.220><c> this</c>

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awesome<00:17:15.039><c> power</c><00:17:15.500><c> built</c><00:17:15.819><c> in</c><00:17:16.640><c> that</c><00:17:17.000><c> we</c><00:17:17.279><c> sometimes</c><00:17:17.839><c> appreciate</c>

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but<00:17:18.740><c> all</c><00:17:18.960><c> too</c><00:17:19.099><c> often</c><00:17:19.400><c> don't.</c>

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Then<00:17:22.519><c> of</c><00:17:22.700><c> course</c><00:17:23.019><c> with</c><00:17:23.299><c> the</c><00:17:23.500><c> sin</c><00:17:23.660><c> came</c><00:17:24.039><c> the</c><00:17:24.220><c> curse</c><00:17:24.440><c> of</c><00:17:24.700><c> thorns</c>

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and<00:17:25.220><c> thistles,</c><00:17:25.819><c> which</c><00:17:25.920><c> clearly</c><00:17:26.420><c> tells</c>

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us<00:17:26.920><c> there</c><00:17:27.160><c> weren't</c><00:17:27.380><c> thorns</c><00:17:27.700><c> and</c><00:17:27.960><c> thistles</c><00:17:28.299><c> before</c><00:17:28.720><c> that.</c>

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This<00:17:29.740><c> was</c><00:17:30.000><c> an</c><00:17:30.220><c> extra</c><00:17:30.880><c> creation.</c>

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And<00:17:34.299><c> in</c><00:17:34.500><c> Leviticus,</c><00:17:35.240><c> which</c><00:17:35.380><c> I've</c><00:17:35.980><c> alluded</c><00:17:36.220><c> to</c><00:17:36.480><c> earlier</c><00:17:36.799><c> with</c>

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the<00:17:37.200><c> weather,</c><00:17:38.819><c> God</c><00:17:39.099><c> would</c><00:17:39.420><c> ensure</c><00:17:39.920><c> that</c><00:17:40.359><c> plants</c>

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did<00:17:40.779><c> not</c><00:17:41.160><c> bear</c><00:17:41.420><c> fruit</c><00:17:41.940><c> as</c><00:17:42.599><c> a</c><00:17:42.880><c> form</c><00:17:43.079><c> of</c><00:17:43.359><c> their</c><00:17:43.619><c> punishment</c><00:17:44.059><c> for</c>

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their<00:17:44.599><c> disobedience.</c>

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Again,<00:17:46.500><c> Psalm</c><00:17:46.640><c> 104</c><00:17:47.259><c> says</c><00:17:47.740><c> that</c><00:17:48.000><c> the</c><00:17:48.559><c> fruit</c><00:17:48.759><c> and</c><00:17:49.019><c> grass</c><00:17:49.339><c> and</c><00:17:49.579><c> herbs</c><00:17:49.980><c> are</c><00:17:50.720><c> grown</c><00:17:50.960><c> for</c><00:17:51.500><c> the</c><00:17:51.839><c> service</c><00:17:52.240><c> of</c><00:17:52.559><c> man,</c>

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nests<00:17:54.799><c> for</c><00:17:55.079><c> birds,</c><00:17:56.720><c> that's</c><00:17:57.319><c> all</c><00:17:57.640><c> built</c><00:17:57.960><c> in</c><00:17:58.779><c> to</c><00:17:59.160><c> God's</c><00:17:59.779><c> extraordinary</c><00:18:00.420><c> complex</c><00:18:01.099><c> creation.</c>

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In<00:18:04.579><c> Matthew</c><00:18:04.579><c> 6,</c><00:18:05.380><c> Jesus</c><00:18:05.579><c> talks</c><00:18:05.960><c> about</c><00:18:06.460><c> the</c><00:18:06.720><c> lilies</c><00:18:07.079><c> and</c><00:18:07.319><c> the</c><00:18:07.539><c> grass,</c><00:18:08.839><c> how</c><00:18:09.059><c> God</c><00:18:09.400><c> has</c><00:18:09.720><c> adorned</c><00:18:10.099><c> them</c><00:18:10.359><c> to</c>

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be<00:18:10.700><c> beautiful</c><00:18:11.660><c> and</c><00:18:12.519><c> yet</c><00:18:12.700><c> they</c><00:18:13.099><c> quickly</c><00:18:13.660><c> wither</c><00:18:13.980><c> and</c><00:18:14.200><c> perish</c><00:18:14.660><c> as</c><00:18:15.180><c> a</c>

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symbol<00:18:15.579><c> of</c><00:18:15.859><c> humanity,</c><00:18:16.460><c> as</c><00:18:17.119><c> he</c><00:18:17.400><c> says,</c>

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and<00:18:18.380><c> says</c><00:18:18.619><c> similar</c><00:18:18.980><c> things</c><00:18:19.240><c> in</c><00:18:19.400><c> Luke</c><00:18:19.619><c> 12.</c>

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And<00:18:23.299><c> then</c><00:18:23.440><c> in</c><00:18:23.640><c> Isaiah</c><00:18:24.000><c> we</c><00:18:24.220><c> see</c><00:18:24.539><c> that</c><00:18:24.779><c> that</c><00:18:25.079><c> curse</c><00:18:25.519><c> is</c><00:18:26.099><c> lifted</c>

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and<00:18:27.920><c> the</c><00:18:28.099><c> curse</c><00:18:28.299><c> of</c><00:18:28.539><c> the</c><00:18:28.660><c> thorns</c><00:18:28.880><c> and</c>

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every<00:18:29.660><c> other</c><00:18:30.019><c> aspect</c><00:18:30.420><c> of</c><00:18:30.619><c> the</c><00:18:30.779><c> curse</c><00:18:30.980><c> is</c><00:18:31.579><c> to</c><00:18:31.779><c> be</c><00:18:31.960><c> lifted.</c>

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So<00:18:33.119><c> God</c><00:18:33.259><c> will</c><00:18:33.559><c> intervene</c><00:18:33.880><c> again</c><00:18:34.299><c> in</c><00:18:34.539><c> that</c><00:18:34.839><c> sense</c><00:18:35.160><c> and</c><00:18:36.099><c> reverse</c>

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that<00:18:37.700><c> curse</c><00:18:38.140><c> by</c><00:18:38.920><c> another</c><00:18:39.359><c> creative</c><00:18:39.980><c> act.</c>

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So<00:18:41.799><c> creation</c><00:18:42.119><c> is</c><00:18:42.339><c> not</c><00:18:42.539><c> just</c><00:18:42.799><c> Genesis</c><00:18:43.140><c> 1,</c><00:18:44.480><c> creation</c><00:18:44.940><c> occurs</c><00:18:45.480><c> every</c><00:18:45.960><c> time,</c><00:18:46.599><c> there's</c><00:18:46.779><c> a</c>

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dramatic<00:18:47.359><c> change</c>

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of<00:18:48.200><c> circumstances.</c>

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There's<00:18:50.160><c> a</c><00:18:50.440><c> creation</c><00:18:50.940><c> when</c><00:18:51.220><c> Jesus</c><00:18:51.720><c> is</c><00:18:52.039><c> raised</c><00:18:52.279><c> from</c><00:18:52.539><c> the</c><00:18:52.740><c> dead.</c>

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It's<00:18:54.400><c> a</c><00:18:54.579><c> creative</c><00:18:55.200><c> act</c><00:18:55.720><c> to</c><00:18:56.680><c> give</c><00:18:57.140><c> life</c><00:18:57.539><c> to</c><00:18:57.759><c> a</c><00:18:57.900><c> dead</c><00:18:58.119><c> body.</c>

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That's<00:19:00.640><c> a</c><00:19:00.819><c> creative</c><00:19:01.359><c> act.</c>

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And<00:19:03.099><c> if</c><00:19:03.220><c> we</c><00:19:03.480><c> struggle</c><00:19:03.859><c> with</c><00:19:04.240><c> the</c><00:19:04.420><c> ability</c><00:19:04.799><c> of</c><00:19:05.039><c> God</c><00:19:05.259><c> to</c><00:19:05.519><c> create</c>

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all<00:19:06.000><c> things</c><00:19:06.220><c> in</c><00:19:06.420><c> six</c><00:19:06.680><c> days,</c><00:19:08.259><c> then</c><00:19:08.400><c> you</c>

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must<00:19:08.900><c> be</c><00:19:09.180><c> struggling</c><00:19:09.500><c> with</c><00:19:09.819><c> the</c><00:19:09.980><c> concept</c><00:19:10.380><c> of</c><00:19:10.619><c> resurrection.</c>

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You<00:19:12.400><c> can't</c><00:19:12.799><c> have</c><00:19:13.259><c> half</c><00:19:13.519><c> and</c><00:19:13.759><c> half</c><00:19:13.920><c> here.</c>

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You<00:19:14.759><c> either</c><00:19:15.079><c> accept</c><00:19:15.519><c> his</c><00:19:15.839><c> creative</c><00:19:16.259><c> power</c><00:19:16.660><c> or</c><00:19:16.819><c> you</c><00:19:17.000><c> don't.</c>

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And<00:19:18.480><c> if</c><00:19:18.579><c> you</c><00:19:18.720><c> don't</c><00:19:18.940><c> accept</c><00:19:19.299><c> his</c><00:19:19.519><c> creative</c><00:19:19.940><c> power</c><00:19:20.240><c> and</c><00:19:20.480><c> resurrection,</c><00:19:22.660><c> then</c>

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you<00:19:22.940><c> have</c><00:19:23.099><c> no</c><00:19:23.359><c> hope,</c><00:19:24.160><c> as</c>

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Paul<00:19:24.619><c> says</c><00:19:24.900><c> in</c><00:19:25.140><c> Corinthians.</c>

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It's<00:19:27.519><c> a</c><00:19:27.599><c> very</c><00:19:28.180><c> clear</c><00:19:28.579><c> line</c><00:19:29.200><c> that</c><00:19:29.759><c> Scripture</c><00:19:30.119><c> presents</c><00:19:30.579><c> to</c><00:19:30.819><c> us.</c>

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We<00:19:31.160><c> believe</c><00:19:31.460><c> it,</c><00:19:31.940><c> but</c><00:19:32.180><c> we</c><00:19:32.319><c> don't.</c>

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And<00:19:34.059><c> just</c><00:19:34.339><c> briefly,</c><00:19:34.920><c> to</c><00:19:34.940><c> finish</c><00:19:35.279><c> this</c><00:19:35.539><c> bit,</c><00:19:36.119><c> animals.</c>

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Of<00:19:38.460><c> course,</c><00:19:38.680><c> in</c><00:19:38.880><c> Genesis</c><00:19:39.200><c> the</c><00:19:39.500><c> fish,</c><00:19:39.740><c> the</c><00:19:39.920><c> birds,</c><00:19:40.240><c> the</c><00:19:40.339><c> cattle,</c><00:19:40.559><c> etc.,</c>

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are<00:19:41.279><c> created</c><00:19:41.660><c> and</c><00:19:42.759><c> God</c><00:19:43.119><c> provides,</c>

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again<00:19:44.160><c> coming</c><00:19:44.640><c> to</c><00:19:45.059><c> Job,</c><00:19:45.779><c> for</c><00:19:45.920><c> all</c><00:19:46.240><c> these</c><00:19:46.480><c> animals.</c>

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And<00:19:47.319><c> that's</c><00:19:47.539><c> part</c><00:19:47.799><c> of</c><00:19:48.000><c> the</c><00:19:48.220><c> created</c><00:19:48.839><c> system,</c><00:19:49.819><c> even</c><00:19:50.119><c> though</c>

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under<00:19:50.680><c> the</c><00:19:50.900><c> curse,</c><00:19:51.779><c> nevertheless,</c><00:19:52.579><c> God</c>

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has<00:19:52.920><c> made</c><00:19:53.119><c> sure</c><00:19:53.519><c> all</c><00:19:54.000><c> the</c><00:19:54.240><c> animals</c><00:19:54.500><c> are</c><00:19:54.880><c> provided</c><00:19:55.259><c> with</c><00:19:55.579><c> food,</c>

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whether<00:19:56.660><c> it's</c><00:19:56.920><c> from</c><00:19:57.240><c> grass</c><00:19:57.559><c> or</c><00:19:58.160><c> eating</c>

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other<00:19:58.759><c> animals,</c><00:19:59.519><c> whichever.</c>

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And<00:20:01.359><c> we</c><00:20:01.519><c> get</c><00:20:01.660><c> these</c><00:20:02.039><c> interesting</c><00:20:02.460><c> little</c><00:20:02.740><c> characters</c><00:20:03.220><c> in</c><00:20:03.480><c> Job</c>

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40<00:20:04.160><c> of</c><00:20:04.440><c> Beomoth</c><00:20:04.920><c> and</c><00:20:05.119><c> Leviathan,</c><00:20:05.920><c> whatever</c>

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they<00:20:06.500><c> might</c><00:20:06.779><c> be.</c>

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All<00:20:08.180><c> sorts</c><00:20:08.460><c> of</c><00:20:08.740><c> debates</c><00:20:09.059><c> about</c><00:20:09.440><c> what</c><00:20:10.099><c> modern</c><00:20:10.619><c> creatures</c><00:20:11.099><c> are</c>

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in<00:20:11.579><c> fact</c><00:20:11.839><c> described</c><00:20:12.359><c> there.</c>

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Some<00:20:13.680><c> have</c><00:20:13.859><c> even</c><00:20:14.119><c> said</c><00:20:14.259><c> they</c><00:20:14.420><c> might</c><00:20:14.579><c> have</c><00:20:14.680><c> been</c><00:20:14.819><c> dinosaurs.</c>

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I<00:20:15.640><c> don't</c><00:20:15.839><c> know.</c>

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And<00:20:16.680><c> it</c><00:20:16.799><c> doesn't</c><00:20:17.019><c> matter.</c>

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It's<00:20:18.259><c> just</c><00:20:18.519><c> illustrative.</c>

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God<00:20:19.980><c> is</c><00:20:20.339><c> saying</c><00:20:20.559><c> through</c><00:20:21.099><c> Elihu</c><00:20:21.660><c> and</c><00:20:21.940><c> his</c><00:20:22.180><c> own</c><00:20:22.519><c> words</c><00:20:22.799><c> to</c><00:20:23.160><c> Job,</c>

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come<00:20:24.619><c> to</c><00:20:24.980><c> grips</c><00:20:25.180><c> with</c><00:20:25.559><c> my</c><00:20:26.039><c> creative</c><00:20:26.559><c> power,</c>

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my<00:20:28.460><c> management</c><00:20:28.960><c> of</c><00:20:29.220><c> all</c><00:20:29.500><c> things</c><00:20:29.759><c> every</c><00:20:30.440><c> second</c><00:20:30.779><c> of</c><00:20:31.059><c> every</c><00:20:31.279><c> day</c>

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on<00:20:31.779><c> this</c><00:20:32.059><c> planet</c><00:20:32.480><c> and</c><00:20:32.859><c> indeed</c><00:20:33.119><c> in</c><00:20:33.319><c> the</c>

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universe,<00:20:35.480><c> then</c><00:20:36.059><c> you'll</c><00:20:36.700><c> get</c><00:20:36.900><c> to</c><00:20:37.200><c> grips</c><00:20:37.420><c> with</c><00:20:37.799><c> your</c><00:20:38.140><c> own</c><00:20:38.460><c> personal</c><00:20:38.940><c> life</c><00:20:39.319><c> circumstance.</c>

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Without<00:20:40.940><c> it,</c><00:20:41.380><c> you</c><00:20:41.640><c> can't</c><00:20:42.279><c> do</c><00:20:42.539><c> it.</c>

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Psalm<00:20:45.099><c> 104</c><00:20:45.539><c> again</c><00:20:46.079><c> talks</c><00:20:46.480><c> about</c><00:20:46.920><c> the</c><00:20:47.160><c> birds,</c><00:20:47.599><c> the</c><00:20:47.779><c> goats,</c><00:20:48.299><c> the</c>

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conies<00:20:49.180><c> and</c><00:20:49.859><c> the</c><00:20:50.140><c> lions.</c>

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By<00:20:50.880><c> the</c><00:20:51.019><c> way,</c><00:20:51.200><c> the</c><00:20:51.420><c> cony</c><00:20:51.779><c> is</c><00:20:52.099><c> the</c><00:20:52.339><c> hyrax</c><00:20:52.759><c> there</c><00:20:52.980><c> on</c><00:20:53.180><c> the</c><00:20:53.319><c> right</c>

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and<00:20:54.440><c> it</c><00:20:54.599><c> does</c><00:20:54.839><c> live</c><00:20:55.039><c> in</c><00:20:55.180><c> the</c><00:20:55.339><c> rocks,</c><00:20:55.660><c> just</c>

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exactly<00:20:56.339><c> as</c><00:20:56.640><c> Proverbs</c><00:20:56.960><c> says.</c>

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Both<00:20:58.519><c> those</c><00:20:58.900><c> photos</c><00:20:59.140><c> are</c><00:20:59.359><c> taken</c><00:20:59.660><c> at</c><00:20:59.900><c> the</c><00:21:00.240><c> oasis</c><00:21:00.660><c> of</c><00:21:00.940><c> En</c><00:21:01.140><c> Gedi.</c>

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Some<00:21:02.319><c> of</c><00:21:02.460><c> you</c><00:21:02.539><c> might</c><00:21:02.779><c> have</c><00:21:02.920><c> been</c><00:21:03.059><c> there.</c>

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Beautiful<00:21:04.920><c> animals</c><00:21:05.440><c> in</c><00:21:05.880><c> a</c><00:21:06.279><c> biblical</c><00:21:06.740><c> environment</c><00:21:07.319><c> is</c><00:21:07.660><c> quite</c>

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an<00:21:08.420><c> extraordinary</c><00:21:08.559><c> experience.</c>

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Jonah<00:21:11.339><c> is</c><00:21:11.500><c> swallowed</c><00:21:11.720><c> by</c><00:21:12.039><c> a</c><00:21:12.079><c> great</c><00:21:12.319><c> fish.</c>

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You<00:21:13.519><c> probably</c><00:21:14.039><c> have</c><00:21:14.279><c> noticed,</c><00:21:14.579><c> some</c><00:21:14.779><c> of</c><00:21:14.920><c> you</c><00:21:15.039><c> at</c><00:21:15.140><c> least</c><00:21:15.339><c> will</c>

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have<00:21:15.720><c> noticed,</c><00:21:16.000><c> it</c><00:21:16.059><c> doesn't</c><00:21:16.359><c> refer</c>

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to<00:21:17.000><c> a</c><00:21:17.180><c> whale.</c>

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It<00:21:18.819><c> could</c><00:21:19.000><c> have</c><00:21:19.140><c> been</c><00:21:19.259><c> or</c><00:21:19.400><c> it</c><00:21:19.539><c> might</c><00:21:19.680><c> not</c><00:21:19.839><c> have</c><00:21:19.980><c> been,</c><00:21:20.059><c> who</c><00:21:20.259><c> knows.</c>

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It's<00:21:21.220><c> not</c><00:21:21.339><c> important.</c>

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The<00:21:22.779><c> important</c><00:21:23.019><c> thing</c><00:21:23.240><c> is</c><00:21:23.400><c> that</c><00:21:23.539><c> God</c><00:21:23.819><c> controlled</c><00:21:24.420><c> that</c><00:21:24.680><c> event,</c><00:21:25.539><c> whether</c><00:21:25.740><c> it</c><00:21:25.839><c> was</c><00:21:26.119><c> a</c>

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common<00:21:28.000><c> sea</c><00:21:28.359><c> creature</c>

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or<00:21:28.960><c> something</c><00:21:29.259><c> created</c><00:21:29.720><c> for</c><00:21:29.900><c> the</c><00:21:30.099><c> purpose</c><00:21:30.380><c> doesn't</c><00:21:30.759><c> make</c><00:21:31.039><c> any</c><00:21:31.299><c> difference.</c>

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The<00:21:32.880><c> fact</c><00:21:33.140><c> that</c><00:21:33.319><c> it</c><00:21:33.500><c> happened</c><00:21:33.779><c> and</c><00:21:33.940><c> the</c><00:21:34.079><c> way</c><00:21:34.220><c> it</c><00:21:34.339><c> did</c><00:21:34.539><c> was</c><00:21:34.740><c> miraculous,</c><00:21:36.759><c> controlled</c><00:21:37.099><c> by</c>

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God<00:21:38.019><c> for</c><00:21:39.099><c> his</c>

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purpose.

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And<00:21:41.039><c> then</c><00:21:41.240><c> again,</c><00:21:41.900><c> Jesus</c><00:21:42.059><c> in</c><00:21:42.279><c> Matthew</c><00:21:42.740><c> 6</c><00:21:43.099><c> and</c><00:21:43.240><c> Luke</c><00:21:43.440><c> 12</c><00:21:43.759><c> talks</c>

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about<00:21:44.440><c> that</c><00:21:45.180><c> God</c><00:21:45.500><c> feeds</c><00:21:46.140><c> the</c><00:21:46.519><c> birds</c><00:21:47.099><c> and</c>

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we<00:21:48.839><c> go,</c><00:21:49.000><c> I</c><00:21:49.059><c> know</c><00:21:49.220><c> he</c><00:21:49.339><c> doesn't,</c><00:21:49.640><c> that's</c><00:21:50.000><c> fed</c><00:21:50.220><c> because</c><00:21:51.259><c> plants</c>

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grow<00:21:52.400><c> that</c><00:21:52.559><c> they</c><00:21:52.839><c> eat</c><00:21:53.059><c> or</c><00:21:53.500><c> insects</c><00:21:54.079><c> are</c><00:21:54.339><c> there</c>

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which<00:21:54.680><c> they</c><00:21:55.000><c> eat</c><00:21:55.240><c> and</c><00:21:55.920><c> that's</c><00:21:56.759><c> just</c><00:21:57.000><c> natural.</c>

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Over<00:21:58.599><c> and</c><00:21:58.799><c> over</c><00:21:59.039><c> again,</c><00:21:59.400><c> New</c><00:21:59.500><c> and</c><00:21:59.599><c> Old</c><00:21:59.839><c> Testament</c><00:22:00.200><c> will</c><00:22:00.400><c> be</c><00:22:00.640><c> told</c><00:22:00.819><c> what</c><00:22:01.160><c> we</c>

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perceive<00:22:01.980><c> as</c><00:22:02.359><c> natural,</c>

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be<00:22:04.000><c> it</c><00:22:04.220><c> weather,</c><00:22:04.980><c> be</c><00:22:05.160><c> it</c><00:22:06.160><c> plant</c><00:22:06.400><c> life,</c><00:22:06.819><c> animal</c><00:22:07.099><c> life,</c><00:22:07.519><c> anything,</c><00:22:08.759><c> isn't</c><00:22:09.299><c> natural.</c>

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All<00:22:12.480><c> things</c><00:22:13.039><c> are</c><00:22:13.680><c> managed</c><00:22:14.000><c> by</c><00:22:14.299><c> God</c><00:22:14.740><c> and</c><00:22:16.299><c> we</c><00:22:16.559><c> just</c><00:22:16.900><c> simply</c><00:22:17.380><c> perceive</c><00:22:18.000><c> them</c>

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in<00:22:18.599><c> most</c><00:22:18.900><c> of</c><00:22:19.119><c> our</c><00:22:19.279><c> lives,</c>

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most<00:22:19.980><c> of</c><00:22:20.180><c> the</c><00:22:20.339><c> time,</c><00:22:21.019><c> to</c><00:22:21.140><c> be</c><00:22:21.339><c> merely</c><00:22:21.660><c> natural</c><00:22:22.119><c> processes.</c>

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Well<00:22:23.759><c> enough,</c><00:22:24.279><c> I've</c><00:22:24.539><c> got</c><00:22:24.619><c> to</c><00:22:24.740><c> move</c><00:22:24.900><c> on.</c>

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And<00:22:26.059><c> we</c><00:22:26.140><c> get</c><00:22:26.299><c> to</c><00:22:26.500><c> our</c><00:22:26.700><c> subject</c><00:22:27.019><c> proper.</c>

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Come<00:22:27.660><c> with</c><00:22:27.859><c> me</c><00:22:28.019><c> to</c><00:22:28.279><c> Daniel.</c>

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These<00:22:29.640><c> are</c><00:22:29.880><c> very</c><00:22:30.119><c> familiar</c><00:22:30.599><c> passages</c><00:22:31.079><c> so</c><00:22:31.579><c> we</c><00:22:31.779><c> don't</c><00:22:32.099><c> need</c><00:22:32.279><c> to</c>

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take<00:22:32.740><c> long</c><00:22:33.160><c> looking</c><00:22:33.480><c> at</c><00:22:33.680><c> them.</c>

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About<00:22:35.019><c> the</c><00:22:35.240><c> most</c><00:22:35.559><c> high</c><00:22:35.859><c> ruling</c><00:22:36.099><c> in</c><00:22:36.319><c> the</c><00:22:36.460><c> kingdoms</c><00:22:36.680><c> of</c><00:22:36.960><c> men.</c>

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So<00:22:37.380><c> we've</c><00:22:38.160><c> now</c><00:22:38.400><c> moved</c><00:22:38.779><c> from</c><00:22:39.180><c> the</c><00:22:39.480><c> natural</c><00:22:39.940><c> creation</c><00:22:40.500><c> as</c><00:22:40.880><c> we</c>

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might<00:22:41.400><c> call</c><00:22:41.619><c> it,</c><00:22:42.660><c> the</c><00:22:43.519><c> earth</c><00:22:43.859><c> and</c><00:22:44.079><c> everything</c>

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on<00:22:44.599><c> it,</c><00:22:45.619><c> seen</c><00:22:45.819><c> God's</c><00:22:46.319><c> power.</c>

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We're<00:22:48.000><c> now</c><00:22:48.119><c> going</c><00:22:48.279><c> to</c><00:22:48.480><c> see</c><00:22:48.619><c> by</c><00:22:48.940><c> extension</c><00:22:49.619><c> that</c><00:22:50.420><c> power</c><00:22:50.940><c> and</c><00:22:51.140><c> that</c><00:22:51.460><c> control</c><00:22:52.079><c> extends</c><00:22:52.799><c> to</c>

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the<00:22:53.359><c> governments</c>

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of<00:22:54.279><c> every</c><00:22:54.640><c> nation</c><00:22:55.180><c> on</c><00:22:55.859><c> this</c><00:22:56.119><c> planet</c><00:22:56.619><c> in</c><00:22:57.559><c> every</c><00:22:58.039><c> age</c><00:22:58.539><c> since</c><00:22:59.240><c> creation.</c>

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And<00:23:02.539><c> we're</c><00:23:03.140><c> familiar</c><00:23:03.440><c> with</c><00:23:03.700><c> Daniel</c><00:23:04.039><c> 2,</c><00:23:04.779><c> I'm</c><00:23:05.019><c> sure,</c><00:23:06.099><c> Nebuchadnezzar's</c><00:23:06.900><c> image</c><00:23:07.099><c> as</c>

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we<00:23:07.539><c> call</c><00:23:07.700><c> it.</c>

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Now<00:23:08.980><c> Daniel</c><00:23:09.259><c> 2</c><00:23:09.619><c> verse</c><00:23:09.880><c> 20</c><00:23:10.400><c> in</c><00:23:10.819><c> particular.</c>

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We're<00:23:12.500><c> not</c><00:23:12.720><c> interested</c><00:23:13.099><c> in</c><00:23:13.319><c> the</c><00:23:13.519><c> details,</c><00:23:13.960><c> you</c><00:23:14.220><c> see</c><00:23:14.380><c> that</c><00:23:14.559><c> on</c>

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the<00:23:14.940><c> slide</c><00:23:15.160><c> and</c><00:23:15.319><c> most</c><00:23:15.599><c> of</c><00:23:15.799><c> you</c><00:23:16.420><c> could</c><00:23:16.680><c> almost</c>

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recite<00:23:17.380><c> that</c><00:23:17.640><c> from</c><00:23:17.880><c> memory,</c><00:23:18.140><c> I'm</c><00:23:18.420><c> sure.</c>

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Verse<00:23:20.039><c> 20,</c><00:23:20.920><c> Daniel</c><00:23:21.420><c> answered</c><00:23:21.839><c> and</c><00:23:22.079><c> said,</c><00:23:22.640><c> blessed</c><00:23:22.640><c> be</c><00:23:22.940><c> the</c><00:23:23.039><c> name</c><00:23:23.279><c> of</c>

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God<00:23:23.680><c> forever</c><00:23:24.079><c> and</c><00:23:24.240><c> ever</c><00:23:24.440><c> for</c><00:23:24.700><c> wisdom</c>

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and<00:23:25.980><c> might</c><00:23:26.339><c> are</c><00:23:27.039><c> his.</c>

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He<00:23:29.000><c> changes</c><00:23:29.740><c> the</c><00:23:30.160><c> times</c><00:23:30.519><c> and</c><00:23:30.819><c> the</c><00:23:31.059><c> seasons.</c>

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He<00:23:32.660><c> removes</c><00:23:33.380><c> kings</c><00:23:33.819><c> and</c><00:23:34.099><c> raises</c><00:23:34.539><c> up</c><00:23:35.000><c> kings.</c>

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He<00:23:36.880><c> gives</c><00:23:37.119><c> wisdom</c><00:23:37.579><c> to</c><00:23:37.779><c> the</c><00:23:37.980><c> wise</c><00:23:38.220><c> and</c><00:23:38.460><c> knowledge</c><00:23:38.720><c> to</c><00:23:38.940><c> those</c><00:23:39.200><c> who</c><00:23:39.420><c> have</c><00:23:39.640><c> understanding</c><00:23:40.220><c> and</c><00:23:40.519><c> so</c><00:23:40.759><c> on.</c>

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You<00:23:42.019><c> see</c><00:23:42.140><c> the</c><00:23:42.400><c> key</c><00:23:42.779><c> issue</c><00:23:43.220><c> here.</c>

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It<00:23:45.279><c> appears</c><00:23:45.920><c> as</c><00:23:46.220><c> if</c><00:23:46.880><c> rulers</c><00:23:47.200><c> of</c><00:23:47.480><c> countries</c><00:23:47.920><c> get</c><00:23:48.240><c> there</c><00:23:48.500><c> by</c><00:23:48.819><c> either</c><00:23:49.619><c> having</c><00:23:49.980><c> a</c>

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bigger<00:23:50.400><c> gun</c><00:23:50.740><c> than</c><00:23:51.000><c> somebody</c>

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else<00:23:51.660><c> or</c><00:23:51.799><c> a</c><00:23:51.960><c> bigger</c><00:23:52.160><c> sword</c><00:23:52.740><c> or</c><00:23:53.420><c> a</c><00:23:53.599><c> bigger</c><00:23:53.759><c> army</c><00:23:54.319><c> or</c><00:23:55.220><c> more</c><00:23:55.559><c> voters</c><00:23:56.099><c> or</c><00:23:56.440><c> whatever</c><00:23:56.740><c> the</c><00:23:57.039><c> process</c><00:23:57.480><c> of</c><00:23:57.720><c> getting</c>

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government<00:23:58.680><c> leaders</c><00:23:59.000><c> is,</c><00:24:00.500><c> it's</c><00:24:00.700><c> all</c><00:24:00.940><c> a</c><00:24:01.119><c> natural</c><00:24:01.380><c> process.</c>

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And<00:24:03.700><c> just</c><00:24:03.880><c> as</c><00:24:04.039><c> we've</c><00:24:04.380><c> seen</c><00:24:04.519><c> with</c><00:24:04.859><c> the</c><00:24:05.039><c> natural</c><00:24:05.460><c> world,</c><00:24:05.940><c> so</c><00:24:06.079><c> with</c><00:24:06.259><c> the</c>

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political<00:24:06.759><c> world,</c><00:24:07.779><c> it's</c><00:24:08.180><c> not</c><00:24:08.460><c> a</c><00:24:08.700><c> natural</c>

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process.

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God<00:24:11.640><c> selects</c><00:24:12.160><c> who</c><00:24:12.359><c> he</c><00:24:12.539><c> wants</c><00:24:12.880><c> in</c><00:24:13.259><c> power</c><00:24:13.579><c> and</c><00:24:13.720><c> puts</c><00:24:13.960><c> them</c><00:24:14.180><c> there.</c>

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And<00:24:16.720><c> we</c><00:24:16.839><c> might</c><00:24:17.059><c> think</c><00:24:17.319><c> sometimes</c><00:24:17.799><c> he</c><00:24:18.019><c> makes</c><00:24:18.299><c> pretty</c><00:24:18.640><c> poor</c><00:24:18.839><c> choices.</c>

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Well<00:24:21.660><c> of</c><00:24:21.839><c> course</c><00:24:22.019><c> his</c><00:24:22.279><c> choice</c><00:24:22.599><c> is</c><00:24:22.839><c> always</c><00:24:23.059><c> perfect.</c>

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For<00:24:24.319><c> his</c><00:24:24.579><c> purpose.</c>

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And<00:24:26.539><c> it</c><00:24:26.700><c> might</c><00:24:26.940><c> mean</c><00:24:27.259><c> we</c><00:24:27.460><c> get</c><00:24:27.559><c> a</c><00:24:27.880><c> complete</c><00:24:28.059><c> idiot</c><00:24:28.500><c> in</c><00:24:29.220><c> government</c><00:24:29.460><c> from</c><00:24:29.799><c> time</c><00:24:30.039><c> to</c>

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time,<00:24:30.900><c> but</c><00:24:31.099><c> it</c><00:24:31.259><c> was</c>

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necessary<00:24:32.119><c> for</c><00:24:32.460><c> God's</c><00:24:32.880><c> purpose.</c>

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And<00:24:34.900><c> once</c><00:24:35.460><c> we</c><00:24:35.900><c> start</c><00:24:36.259><c> entering</c><00:24:36.680><c> into</c><00:24:37.680><c> saying</c><00:24:38.099><c> things</c><00:24:38.579><c> like,</c>

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oh,<00:24:39.480><c> they're</c><00:24:39.900><c> the</c><00:24:40.079><c> government</c><00:24:40.480><c> in</c><00:24:41.259><c> Perth</c>

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or<00:24:41.700><c> in</c><00:24:41.920><c> Canberra</c><00:24:42.220><c> or</c><00:24:42.339><c> wherever,</c><00:24:43.180><c> what</c><00:24:43.259><c> a</c><00:24:43.380><c> bunch</c><00:24:43.619><c> of</c><00:24:43.859><c> idiots</c>

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and<00:24:44.299><c> blah,</c><00:24:44.680><c> blah,</c><00:24:44.720><c> blah,</c><00:24:46.259><c> blah,</c><00:24:46.519><c> stop.</c>

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What<00:24:49.539><c> you're</c><00:24:49.839><c> effectively</c><00:24:50.359><c> doing</c><00:24:50.799><c> is</c><00:24:51.140><c> saying,</c><00:24:52.339><c> God,</c><00:24:53.079><c> you</c><00:24:53.420><c> made</c><00:24:53.720><c> a</c><00:24:54.000><c> mistake.</c>

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You<00:24:56.000><c> put</c><00:24:56.220><c> the</c><00:24:56.500><c> wrong</c><00:24:56.720><c> person</c><00:24:57.180><c> there.</c>

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And<00:24:58.660><c> if</c><00:24:58.799><c> I</c><00:24:58.960><c> said</c><00:24:59.079><c> that</c><00:24:59.339><c> to</c><00:24:59.519><c> you,</c><00:24:59.779><c> you'd</c><00:24:59.859><c> go,</c><00:25:00.019><c> no,</c><00:25:00.299><c> no,</c><00:25:00.480><c> no,</c><00:25:00.519><c> I'm</c>

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not<00:25:00.759><c> saying</c><00:25:00.819><c> that.</c>

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Think.

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Think<00:25:02.839><c> about</c><00:25:03.119><c> it.</c>

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You<00:25:03.460><c> are</c><00:25:03.779><c> saying</c><00:25:04.079><c> that.</c>

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Unconsciously<00:25:06.559><c> of</c><00:25:06.700><c> course.</c>

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And<00:25:08.539><c> that's</c><00:25:08.819><c> the</c><00:25:09.000><c> point.</c>

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And<00:25:09.339><c> it's</c><00:25:09.619><c> repeated.</c>

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And<00:25:10.319><c> we</c><00:25:10.460><c> won't</c><00:25:10.700><c> look</c><00:25:10.920><c> at</c><00:25:11.099><c> any</c><00:25:11.339><c> more</c><00:25:11.519><c> than</c><00:25:11.700><c> just</c><00:25:11.940><c> the</c><00:25:12.039><c> one</c><00:25:12.140><c> in</c>

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chapter<00:25:12.660><c> four.</c>

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There<00:25:14.599><c> are</c><00:25:14.900><c> others</c><00:25:15.099><c> you</c><00:25:15.299><c> see</c><00:25:15.519><c> listed</c><00:25:15.819><c> on</c><00:25:16.019><c> the</c><00:25:16.259><c> slide.</c>

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And<00:25:18.079><c> there's</c><00:25:18.299><c> more</c><00:25:18.480><c> to</c><00:25:18.700><c> come.</c>

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But<00:25:19.559><c> just</c><00:25:19.779><c> to</c><00:25:19.940><c> give</c><00:25:20.059><c> you</c><00:25:20.279><c> a</c><00:25:20.359><c> different</c><00:25:20.940><c> illustration</c><00:25:21.619><c> in</c><00:25:21.839><c> chapter</c><00:25:22.180><c> four,</c><00:25:23.599><c> this</c>

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is<00:25:24.119><c> a</c><00:25:24.220><c> different</c><00:25:24.599><c> occasion</c>

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but<00:25:25.420><c> the</c><00:25:25.680><c> same</c><00:25:25.900><c> message,</c><00:25:26.420><c> verse</c><00:25:26.700><c> 17.</c>

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This<00:25:28.700><c> decision</c><00:25:29.240><c> is</c><00:25:29.519><c> by</c><00:25:29.740><c> the</c><00:25:30.039><c> decree</c><00:25:30.220><c> of</c><00:25:30.440><c> the</c><00:25:30.619><c> Watchers</c><00:25:31.000><c> and</c><00:25:31.180><c> the</c><00:25:31.400><c> sentence</c><00:25:31.700><c> by</c>

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the<00:25:32.279><c> word</c><00:25:32.400><c> of</c><00:25:32.579><c> the</c><00:25:32.720><c> Holy</c><00:25:32.980><c> Ones</c>

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in<00:25:33.559><c> order</c><00:25:34.119><c> that</c><00:25:35.339><c> the</c><00:25:36.839><c> living,</c><00:25:37.259><c> that's</c><00:25:37.799><c> everybody</c><00:25:38.180><c> living,</c><00:25:39.059><c> us</c>

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now,<00:25:41.039><c> may</c><00:25:41.279><c> know</c><00:25:41.759><c> that</c><00:25:42.339><c> the</c><00:25:42.900><c> most</c><00:25:43.420><c> high</c>

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rules<00:25:44.279><c> in</c><00:25:44.579><c> the</c><00:25:44.740><c> kingdoms</c><00:25:45.000><c> of</c><00:25:45.279><c> men</c><00:25:45.700><c> gives</c><00:25:46.299><c> it</c><00:25:46.640><c> to</c><00:25:46.900><c> whomever</c><00:25:47.400><c> he</c>

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will<00:25:47.900><c> and</c><00:25:48.160><c> sets</c><00:25:48.420><c> over</c><00:25:48.839><c> it</c><00:25:49.000><c> the</c><00:25:49.319><c> lowest</c><00:25:49.640><c> of</c><00:25:49.940><c> men.</c>

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So<00:25:51.200><c> it's</c><00:25:51.400><c> not</c><00:25:51.579><c> surprising</c><00:25:52.200><c> that</c><00:25:52.400><c> from</c><00:25:52.680><c> time</c><00:25:52.940><c> to</c><00:25:53.119><c> time</c><00:25:53.339><c> you</c><00:25:53.539><c> think</c><00:25:53.759><c> the</c>

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people<00:25:54.200><c> who</c><00:25:54.460><c> are</c><00:25:54.460><c> running</c><00:25:54.680><c> our</c><00:25:55.059><c> governments</c>

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are<00:25:56.319><c> less</c><00:25:56.599><c> than</c><00:25:56.859><c> ideal.</c>

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Because<00:25:58.440><c> he's</c><00:25:58.799><c> saying</c><00:25:58.940><c> that's</c><00:25:59.180><c> what</c><00:25:59.339><c> I</c><00:25:59.599><c> will</c><00:25:59.779><c> do.</c>

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It's<00:26:01.299><c> all</c><00:26:01.500><c> part</c><00:26:01.720><c> of</c><00:26:01.900><c> my</c><00:26:02.140><c> purpose.</c>

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It's<00:26:04.180><c> all</c><00:26:04.420><c> working</c><00:26:04.720><c> to</c><00:26:05.019><c> a</c><00:26:05.220><c> predetermined</c><00:26:05.859><c> end.</c>

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We<00:26:07.279><c> cannot</c><00:26:07.700><c> understand</c><00:26:08.299><c> the</c><00:26:08.680><c> complexities</c><00:26:09.140><c> of</c><00:26:09.420><c> that.</c>

00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:12.799
We<00:26:10.420><c> would</c><00:26:10.640><c> have</c><00:26:10.859><c> incredible</c><00:26:11.460><c> difficulty</c><00:26:12.000><c> if</c><00:26:12.180><c> suddenly</c><00:26:12.559><c> you</c>

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:15.279
got<00:26:13.019><c> put</c><00:26:13.180><c> in</c><00:26:13.339><c> the</c><00:26:13.500><c> job</c><00:26:13.700><c> of</c><00:26:14.000><c> being</c><00:26:14.680><c> premier</c><00:26:15.059><c> or</c>

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prime<00:26:15.579><c> minister.</c>

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How<00:26:16.180><c> would</c><00:26:16.339><c> you</c><00:26:16.619><c> go?</c>

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And<00:26:17.660><c> you</c><00:26:17.799><c> can</c><00:26:17.880><c> just</c><00:26:18.019><c> go,</c><00:26:18.380><c> oh,</c><00:26:19.019><c> that</c><00:26:19.640><c> would</c><00:26:19.779><c> be</c><00:26:19.920><c> a</c><00:26:20.079><c> really</c><00:26:20.380><c> tough</c><00:26:20.680><c> job.</c>

00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:25.279
So<00:26:21.119><c> I,</c><00:26:21.680><c> no</c><00:26:22.880><c> thanks,</c><00:26:23.279><c> I</c><00:26:23.519><c> couldn't</c><00:26:23.819><c> cope</c><00:26:24.019><c> with</c><00:26:24.240><c> that.</c>

00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:30.940
Well<00:26:25.619><c> God's</c><00:26:26.059><c> saying,</c><00:26:26.859><c> well</c><00:26:27.039><c> I</c><00:26:27.220><c> can</c><00:26:27.579><c> and</c><00:26:28.720><c> I</c><00:26:28.859><c> don't</c><00:26:29.059><c> only</c><00:26:29.319><c> cope</c><00:26:29.579><c> with</c><00:26:29.839><c> Western</c><00:26:30.200><c> Australia,</c><00:26:30.799><c> I</c>

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cope<00:26:31.160><c> with</c>

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Australia,<00:26:31.900><c> I</c><00:26:32.000><c> cope</c><00:26:32.259><c> with</c><00:26:33.640><c> USA,</c><00:26:34.299><c> I</c><00:26:34.440><c> cope</c><00:26:34.680><c> with</c><00:26:34.920><c> Russia,</c><00:26:35.420><c> I</c><00:26:35.539><c> cope</c><00:26:35.839><c> with</c><00:26:36.099><c> Africa,</c><00:26:36.640><c> every</c><00:26:36.859><c> country</c><00:26:37.180><c> in</c>

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the<00:26:37.460><c> world.</c>

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And<00:26:39.660><c> we</c><00:26:39.839><c> go,</c><00:26:40.160><c> wow,</c><00:26:41.440><c> I</c><00:26:41.740><c> couldn't</c><00:26:41.940><c> even</c><00:26:42.279><c> cope</c><00:26:42.519><c> with</c><00:26:42.819><c> Western</c><00:26:43.039><c> Australia</c><00:26:43.660><c> or</c>

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South<00:26:45.099><c> Australia</c><00:26:45.460><c> just</c>

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in<00:26:45.900><c> case</c><00:26:46.039><c> you</c><00:26:46.200><c> think</c><00:26:46.359><c> I'm</c><00:26:46.579><c> picking</c><00:26:46.759><c> on</c><00:26:46.960><c> you.</c>

00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:50.400
I<00:26:49.220><c> couldn't</c><00:26:49.460><c> cope</c><00:26:49.700><c> with</c><00:26:49.940><c> that.</c>

00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:52.920
God<00:26:51.019><c> says,</c><00:26:51.799><c> leave</c><00:26:51.819><c> it</c><00:26:51.940><c> to</c><00:26:52.059><c> me.</c>

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I'll<00:26:53.559><c> do</c><00:26:53.680><c> it</c><00:26:53.859><c> anyway.</c>

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I<00:26:55.059><c> am</c><00:26:55.359><c> doing</c><00:26:55.619><c> it</c><00:26:55.920><c> anyway.</c>

00:26:57.839 --> 00:26:59.579
And<00:26:57.920><c> there's</c><00:26:58.119><c> another</c><00:26:58.339><c> example</c><00:26:58.680><c> in</c><00:26:58.859><c> chapter</c><00:26:59.180><c> five.</c>

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We've<00:26:59.839><c> got</c><00:26:59.980><c> New</c><00:27:00.220><c> Testament</c><00:27:00.660><c> parallels.</c>

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In<00:27:02.660><c> 2</c><00:27:02.839><c> Thessalonians</c><00:27:03.579><c> it's</c><00:27:03.779><c> where</c><00:27:04.000><c> God</c><00:27:04.299><c> says,</c><00:27:04.700><c> I</c><00:27:04.700><c> will</c><00:27:04.960><c> send</c><00:27:05.119><c> them</c><00:27:05.299><c> a</c>

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strong<00:27:05.720><c> delusion.</c>

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So<00:27:07.039><c> he's</c><00:27:07.420><c> manipulating</c><00:27:08.019><c> things.</c>

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He's<00:27:08.619><c> actually</c><00:27:08.960><c> making</c><00:27:09.400><c> people</c><00:27:10.420><c> deluded</c><00:27:11.359><c> as</c><00:27:12.839><c> a</c><00:27:13.039><c> way</c><00:27:13.240><c> of</c><00:27:13.440><c> ensuring</c><00:27:14.000><c> that</c>

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his<00:27:14.480><c> purpose</c><00:27:14.880><c> works</c><00:27:15.299><c> to</c><00:27:15.539><c> the</c>

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appointed<00:27:16.039><c> end.</c>

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If<00:27:17.980><c> every</c><00:27:18.359><c> person</c><00:27:18.720><c> elected</c><00:27:19.099><c> to</c><00:27:19.319><c> government</c><00:27:19.740><c> was</c><00:27:20.680><c> super</c><00:27:21.259><c> intelligent</c><00:27:21.759><c> in</c><00:27:22.000><c> a</c>

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sense,<00:27:22.700><c> you</c><00:27:22.799><c> could</c><00:27:23.000><c> say</c>

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God's<00:27:23.559><c> purpose</c><00:27:23.819><c> wouldn't</c><00:27:24.119><c> be</c><00:27:24.440><c> fulfilled.</c>

00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:28.279
He<00:27:25.740><c> needs</c><00:27:26.180><c> people</c><00:27:26.799><c> who</c><00:27:27.240><c> are</c><00:27:27.400><c> stupid.</c>

00:27:28.299 --> 00:27:29.720
He<00:27:28.400><c> needs</c><00:27:28.680><c> people</c><00:27:28.980><c> who</c><00:27:29.200><c> are</c><00:27:29.339><c> corrupt.</c>

00:27:29.940 --> 00:27:31.980
He<00:27:30.059><c> needs</c><00:27:30.359><c> people</c><00:27:30.720><c> who</c><00:27:30.880><c> are</c><00:27:31.039><c> deluded.</c>

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That<00:27:32.779><c> way</c><00:27:33.079><c> his</c><00:27:33.339><c> purpose</c><00:27:33.779><c> will</c><00:27:34.019><c> be</c><00:27:34.359><c> certainly</c><00:27:34.759><c> fulfilled</c><00:27:35.440><c> by</c>

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ensuring<00:27:36.960><c> that</c><00:27:37.240><c> it's</c><00:27:37.500><c> not</c><00:27:37.759><c> derailed</c><00:27:38.339><c> by</c><00:27:38.619><c> people</c>

00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:41.799
who<00:27:39.519><c> think</c><00:27:39.740><c> they're</c><00:27:39.960><c> as</c><00:27:40.180><c> smart</c><00:27:40.339><c> as</c><00:27:40.500><c> he</c><00:27:40.720><c> is,</c><00:27:41.240><c> because</c><00:27:41.500><c> they're</c>

00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:43.160
never<00:27:41.980><c> going</c><00:27:42.180><c> to</c><00:27:42.380><c> be.</c>

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Revelation<00:27:43.740><c> 17</c><00:27:44.440><c> uses</c><00:27:45.240><c> the</c><00:27:45.460><c> language</c><00:27:45.759><c> of</c><00:27:46.000><c> God</c><00:27:46.200><c> putting</c><00:27:46.559><c> into</c>

00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:50.160
the<00:27:47.339><c> hearts</c><00:27:47.920><c> of</c><00:27:48.880><c> the</c><00:27:49.119><c> ten</c><00:27:49.420><c> horned</c><00:27:49.839><c> kingdoms</c>

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to<00:27:50.759><c> fulfill</c><00:27:51.359><c> his</c><00:27:51.819><c> purpose.</c>

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That's<00:27:54.279><c> what</c><00:27:54.359><c> he's</c><00:27:54.660><c> doing.</c>

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He's<00:27:55.299><c> always</c><00:27:55.680><c> been</c><00:27:55.920><c> doing</c><00:27:56.079><c> it.</c>

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He's<00:27:56.500><c> still</c><00:27:56.740><c> doing</c><00:27:56.980><c> it.</c>

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Okay,<00:27:59.779><c> you</c><00:28:00.380><c> understand,</c><00:28:00.960><c> I'm</c><00:28:01.160><c> sure,</c><00:28:01.339><c> that's</c><00:28:01.579><c> not</c><00:28:01.880><c> difficult.</c>

00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:06.319
But<00:28:03.579><c> you</c><00:28:03.779><c> see</c><00:28:03.940><c> how</c><00:28:04.279><c> consistent</c><00:28:04.920><c> that</c><00:28:05.160><c> is</c><00:28:05.500><c> with</c><00:28:05.700><c> what</c><00:28:05.920><c> we've</c>

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stressed<00:28:06.519><c> about</c><00:28:06.859><c> the</c><00:28:07.099><c> natural</c><00:28:07.380><c> creation.</c>

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:13.220
God's<00:28:09.299><c> in</c><00:28:09.460><c> control</c><00:28:09.940><c> of</c><00:28:10.119><c> things</c><00:28:10.440><c> that</c><00:28:10.779><c> appear</c><00:28:11.720><c> natural</c><00:28:12.559><c> when</c>

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they're<00:28:13.619><c> not.</c>

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Just<00:28:15.680><c> think</c><00:28:15.900><c> of</c><00:28:16.079><c> a</c><00:28:16.240><c> few</c><00:28:16.420><c> examples</c><00:28:17.039><c> of</c><00:28:17.599><c> prophecy</c><00:28:18.000><c> in</c><00:28:18.240><c> this</c><00:28:18.440><c> context.</c>

00:28:19.920 --> 00:28:20.940
Promises<00:28:20.220><c> to</c><00:28:20.460><c> Abraham.</c>

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These<00:28:21.299><c> related</c><00:28:21.779><c> to</c><00:28:22.079><c> him</c><00:28:22.359><c> personally,</c><00:28:23.000><c> to</c><00:28:23.160><c> his</c><00:28:23.400><c> descendants,</c>

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:26.519
the<00:28:24.039><c> people</c><00:28:24.279><c> of</c><00:28:24.380><c> Israel,</c><00:28:24.960><c> the</c><00:28:25.000><c> Jews,</c><00:28:25.599><c> to</c><00:28:25.740><c> Jesus</c><00:28:26.140><c> Christ</c>

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and<00:28:26.940><c> to</c><00:28:27.220><c> us.</c>

00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:32.579
So<00:28:28.339><c> there</c><00:28:28.480><c> were</c><00:28:28.740><c> four</c><00:28:30.180><c> fulfillments</c><00:28:30.980><c> in</c><00:28:31.279><c> his</c><00:28:31.599><c> promises.</c>

00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:35.740
And<00:28:33.039><c> we</c><00:28:33.279><c> can</c><00:28:33.759><c> sometimes</c><00:28:34.299><c> make</c><00:28:34.539><c> the</c><00:28:34.740><c> mistake</c><00:28:35.039><c> of</c><00:28:35.279><c> reading</c><00:28:35.539><c> them</c>

00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:37.920
quite<00:28:36.079><c> narrowly</c><00:28:36.680><c> and</c><00:28:36.880><c> saying,</c><00:28:37.380><c> oh</c><00:28:37.579><c> yeah,</c><00:28:37.680><c> that</c>

00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:40.400
one<00:28:38.079><c> is</c><00:28:38.259><c> a</c><00:28:38.319><c> promise</c><00:28:38.579><c> to</c><00:28:38.700><c> Abraham</c><00:28:39.180><c> personally.</c>

00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:44.099
And<00:28:41.240><c> yet,</c><00:28:41.720><c> the</c><00:28:41.880><c> more</c><00:28:42.039><c> you</c><00:28:42.140><c> look</c><00:28:42.339><c> at</c><00:28:42.519><c> them,</c><00:28:42.720><c> the</c><00:28:42.779><c> more</c><00:28:43.000><c> you</c><00:28:43.259><c> realize</c><00:28:43.519><c> there</c><00:28:43.680><c> is</c><00:28:43.940><c> a</c>

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fourfold<00:28:44.680><c> fulfillment</c>

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through<00:28:45.859><c> the</c><00:28:46.160><c> lot.</c>

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There's<00:28:47.880><c> a</c><00:28:47.980><c> lot</c><00:28:48.099><c> more</c><00:28:48.380><c> to</c><00:28:48.500><c> it</c><00:28:48.640><c> than</c><00:28:48.819><c> just</c><00:28:49.160><c> the</c><00:28:49.339><c> surface</c><00:28:49.940><c> understanding.</c>

00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:53.980
The<00:28:51.619><c> surface</c><00:28:52.000><c> understanding's</c><00:28:52.819><c> fine,</c><00:28:53.119><c> by</c><00:28:53.400><c> the</c><00:28:53.559><c> way.</c>

00:28:54.299 --> 00:28:57.079
Don't<00:28:54.539><c> worry</c><00:28:54.900><c> about</c><00:28:55.420><c> the</c><00:28:55.880><c> fact</c><00:28:56.019><c> that</c><00:28:56.180><c> I'm</c><00:28:56.460><c> implying</c><00:28:56.819><c> there's</c>

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a<00:28:57.099><c> lot</c><00:28:57.299><c> more</c><00:28:57.579><c> deeper</c><00:28:57.839><c> meaning.</c>

00:28:59.400 --> 00:29:03.380
The<00:28:59.740><c> surface</c><00:29:00.180><c> is</c><00:29:00.440><c> what</c><00:29:00.640><c> you</c><00:29:01.000><c> need</c><00:29:01.400><c> to</c><00:29:01.700><c> understand</c><00:29:02.240><c> the</c><00:29:02.460><c> gospel.</c>

00:29:03.470 --> 00:29:07.240
The<00:29:03.720><c> surface</c><00:29:04.200><c> is</c><00:29:04.400><c> what</c><00:29:04.599><c> you</c><00:29:04.839><c> need</c><00:29:05.440><c> to</c><00:29:05.819><c> have</c><00:29:06.059><c> faith</c><00:29:06.420><c> and</c><00:29:06.720><c> want</c>

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:10.039
to<00:29:07.420><c> be</c><00:29:07.619><c> baptized</c><00:29:08.200><c> and</c><00:29:08.440><c> to</c><00:29:08.759><c> join</c><00:29:09.220><c> the</c><00:29:09.720><c> family</c>

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:11.160
of<00:29:10.180><c> God.</c>

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:13.460
But<00:29:12.099><c> there's</c><00:29:12.380><c> an</c><00:29:12.539><c> awful</c><00:29:12.700><c> lot</c><00:29:12.900><c> more</c><00:29:13.220><c> there.</c>

00:29:13.559 --> 00:29:15.839
Those<00:29:13.779><c> of</c><00:29:13.960><c> us</c><00:29:14.200><c> who</c><00:29:14.480><c> have</c><00:29:14.619><c> been</c><00:29:14.819><c> around</c><00:29:15.059><c> a</c><00:29:15.140><c> little</c><00:29:15.380><c> bit</c><00:29:15.519><c> longer</c>

00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:18.640
than<00:29:16.140><c> some</c><00:29:16.400><c> of</c><00:29:16.539><c> you</c><00:29:16.720><c> younger</c><00:29:16.920><c> ones</c><00:29:17.799><c> realize</c>

00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:23.680
that<00:29:19.579><c> I</c><00:29:20.359><c> thought</c><00:29:20.579><c> I'd</c><00:29:20.839><c> get</c><00:29:20.980><c> my</c><00:29:21.160><c> head</c><00:29:21.319><c> around</c><00:29:21.579><c> this</c><00:29:21.859><c> book</c><00:29:22.059><c> by</c><00:29:22.319><c> the</c><00:29:22.480><c> time</c><00:29:22.660><c> I</c><00:29:22.920><c> died.</c>

00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:27.019
I<00:29:23.980><c> now</c><00:29:24.200><c> realize</c><00:29:24.619><c> there's</c><00:29:24.819><c> not</c><00:29:25.000><c> a</c><00:29:25.220><c> chance</c><00:29:25.519><c> of</c><00:29:25.720><c> me</c><00:29:25.839><c> doing</c><00:29:26.039><c> that.</c>

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There's<00:29:28.039><c> upteen</c><00:29:28.480><c> times</c><00:29:28.920><c> more</c><00:29:29.220><c> in</c><00:29:29.380><c> this</c><00:29:29.660><c> book</c><00:29:29.880><c> than</c><00:29:30.039><c> I</c><00:29:30.380><c> ever</c><00:29:30.660><c> imagined.</c>

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There's<00:29:32.700><c> much</c><00:29:33.039><c> more</c><00:29:33.319><c> depth</c><00:29:33.599><c> and</c><00:29:33.940><c> profundity</c><00:29:34.619><c> in</c><00:29:34.819><c> this</c><00:29:35.019><c> than</c><00:29:35.160><c> I</c>

00:29:35.380 --> 00:29:37.079
could<00:29:35.680><c> ever</c><00:29:36.059><c> have</c><00:29:36.319><c> guessed</c><00:29:36.559><c> when</c><00:29:36.799><c> I</c>

00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:39.059
was<00:29:37.259><c> 25</c><00:29:37.880><c> or</c><00:29:38.099><c> whatever.</c>

00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:41.920
And<00:29:40.480><c> it</c><00:29:40.700><c> fascinates</c><00:29:41.200><c> me.</c>

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:45.440
And<00:29:42.559><c> it</c><00:29:42.799><c> thrills</c><00:29:43.079><c> me</c><00:29:43.339><c> to</c><00:29:43.559><c> think</c><00:29:43.740><c> that</c><00:29:43.940><c> I</c><00:29:44.119><c> can</c><00:29:44.460><c> start</c><00:29:44.720><c> to</c><00:29:45.119><c> dig</c><00:29:45.240><c> a</c>

00:29:45.440 --> 00:29:49.400
little<00:29:45.680><c> bit</c><00:29:46.160><c> and</c><00:29:46.740><c> see</c><00:29:47.119><c> some</c><00:29:47.420><c> of</c><00:29:47.579><c> this</c><00:29:47.920><c> wonderful,</c>

00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:55.539
extraordinary<00:29:50.359><c> wisdom</c><00:29:50.740><c> of</c><00:29:50.940><c> God</c><00:29:51.339><c> that</c><00:29:52.839><c> I</c><00:29:53.079><c> hadn't</c><00:29:53.319><c> perceived</c><00:29:53.819><c> before</c><00:29:54.339><c> and</c><00:29:54.880><c> wish</c><00:29:55.220><c> that</c><00:29:55.420><c> I</c>

00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:55.960
had<00:29:55.680><c> more</c>

00:29:55.960 --> 00:30:01.839
time<00:29:56.339><c> and</c><00:29:56.460><c> more</c><00:29:56.720><c> mental</c><00:29:57.099><c> power</c><00:29:57.720><c> to</c><00:29:58.559><c> find</c><00:29:58.799><c> the</c><00:29:59.000><c> rest</c><00:29:59.200><c> of</c><00:29:59.359><c> it,</c><00:29:59.480><c> but</c><00:29:59.660><c> I</c><00:30:00.099><c> don't.</c>

00:30:02.119 --> 00:30:04.279
You<00:30:02.200><c> know,</c><00:30:02.420><c> if</c><00:30:02.579><c> time</c><00:30:02.759><c> continues</c><00:30:03.259><c> on,</c><00:30:03.500><c> I've</c><00:30:03.640><c> only</c><00:30:03.839><c> got</c><00:30:04.059><c> a</c>

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:05.680
limited<00:30:04.619><c> lifespan.</c>

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:10.299
And<00:30:06.240><c> as</c><00:30:06.680><c> it</c><00:30:07.059><c> goes</c><00:30:07.299><c> on,</c><00:30:07.819><c> the</c><00:30:08.059><c> brain</c><00:30:08.460><c> cells</c><00:30:08.740><c> start</c><00:30:09.099><c> to</c><00:30:09.420><c> disappear.</c>

00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:14.119
When<00:30:11.339><c> I've</c><00:30:11.579><c> got</c><00:30:11.720><c> more</c><00:30:12.079><c> time,</c><00:30:12.400><c> I've</c><00:30:12.680><c> got</c><00:30:12.859><c> less</c><00:30:13.140><c> ability.</c>

00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:17.960
That's<00:30:14.740><c> just</c><00:30:15.019><c> one</c><00:30:15.140><c> of</c><00:30:15.220><c> those</c><00:30:15.819><c> features</c><00:30:16.339><c> of</c><00:30:16.640><c> natural</c><00:30:16.960><c> life.</c>

00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:21.420
In<00:30:18.500><c> our</c><00:30:18.680><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:30:19.059><c> we've</c><00:30:19.359><c> got</c><00:30:19.640><c> a</c><00:30:19.779><c> bit</c><00:30:19.880><c> like</c><00:30:20.160><c> you,</c><00:30:20.359><c> a</c><00:30:20.460><c> bit</c><00:30:20.559><c> of</c>

00:30:21.420 --> 00:30:22.819
an<00:30:21.720><c> imbalance</c><00:30:22.180><c> in</c><00:30:22.460><c> ages.</c>

00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:26.539
We<00:30:23.359><c> haven't</c><00:30:23.579><c> got</c><00:30:23.920><c> hardly</c><00:30:24.180><c> anyone</c><00:30:24.480><c> between</c><00:30:24.900><c> 40</c><00:30:25.220><c> and</c><00:30:25.380><c> 60.</c>

00:30:26.640 --> 00:30:30.220
We've<00:30:26.859><c> got</c><00:30:27.000><c> a</c><00:30:27.099><c> lot</c><00:30:27.259><c> of</c><00:30:27.420><c> us</c><00:30:27.579><c> old</c><00:30:27.779><c> folks</c><00:30:28.119><c> who</c><00:30:28.539><c> are</c><00:30:28.799><c> gradually</c><00:30:29.180><c> disappearing.</c>

00:30:30.339 --> 00:30:33.140
And<00:30:30.519><c> we've</c><00:30:30.700><c> got</c><00:30:30.799><c> a</c><00:30:30.900><c> lot</c><00:30:31.099><c> of</c><00:30:31.460><c> young</c><00:30:31.640><c> families</c><00:30:32.039><c> with</c><00:30:32.259><c> babies</c><00:30:32.700><c> and</c>

00:30:33.140 --> 00:30:35.460
little<00:30:33.339><c> kids</c><00:30:33.819><c> and</c><00:30:34.779><c> very</c><00:30:35.099><c> little</c><00:30:35.240><c> in</c>

00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:36.319
between.

00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:44.000
And<00:30:37.400><c> we</c><00:30:37.579><c> talk</c><00:30:37.740><c> about</c><00:30:38.039><c> those</c><00:30:38.440><c> who've</c><00:30:38.799><c> got</c><00:30:39.440><c> the</c><00:30:40.200><c> time,</c><00:30:40.839><c> but</c><00:30:41.059><c> no</c><00:30:41.279><c> energy,</c><00:30:42.960><c> and</c><00:30:43.079><c> those</c><00:30:43.259><c> who've</c><00:30:43.519><c> got</c><00:30:43.740><c> a</c><00:30:43.880><c> lot</c>

00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:46.519
of<00:30:44.259><c> energy,</c><00:30:44.640><c> but</c><00:30:44.880><c> no</c><00:30:45.140><c> time.</c>

00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:52.240
And<00:30:47.119><c> we're</c><00:30:47.819><c> finding</c><00:30:48.200><c> it</c><00:30:48.460><c> difficult</c><00:30:48.859><c> to</c><00:30:49.119><c> get</c><00:30:49.819><c> everybody</c><00:30:50.400><c> to</c><00:30:51.000><c> contribute</c><00:30:51.619><c> enough</c><00:30:52.059><c> to</c>

00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:53.240
keep<00:30:52.480><c> the</c><00:30:52.740><c> wheels</c><00:30:53.000><c> of</c>

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:54.599
the<00:30:53.440><c> Ecclesia</c><00:30:53.740><c> going.</c>

00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:58.359
It's<00:30:55.000><c> gradually,</c><00:30:56.019><c> we're</c><00:30:56.259><c> gradually</c><00:30:56.519><c> working</c><00:30:56.900><c> through</c><00:30:57.259><c> that.</c>

00:30:59.160 --> 00:31:01.500
But<00:30:59.339><c> you</c><00:30:59.539><c> do</c><00:30:59.720><c> discover</c><00:31:00.220><c> that</c><00:31:00.599><c> when</c><00:31:00.779><c> you</c><00:31:01.039><c> think</c><00:31:01.220><c> you're</c><00:31:01.440><c> going</c>

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:03.539
to<00:31:01.640><c> have</c><00:31:01.759><c> all</c><00:31:02.000><c> this</c><00:31:02.220><c> time,</c><00:31:03.240><c> you</c><00:31:03.259><c> know,</c><00:31:03.380><c> when</c>

00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:07.880
you<00:31:03.759><c> retire</c><00:31:04.440><c> and</c><00:31:05.380><c> you</c><00:31:05.599><c> discover</c><00:31:06.000><c> that</c><00:31:06.240><c> your</c><00:31:06.380><c> physical</c><00:31:06.759><c> or</c><00:31:06.980><c> mental</c><00:31:07.299><c> powers</c><00:31:07.640><c> are</c>

00:31:07.880 --> 00:31:08.940
slowly<00:31:08.200><c> slipping</c><00:31:08.539><c> away</c>

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:13.420
and<00:31:10.019><c> you</c><00:31:10.559><c> can't</c><00:31:11.079><c> achieve</c><00:31:11.460><c> everything</c><00:31:11.880><c> you</c><00:31:12.099><c> wished</c><00:31:12.259><c> you</c><00:31:12.500><c> could.</c>

00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:17.440
There's<00:31:14.740><c> at</c><00:31:14.900><c> least</c><00:31:15.240><c> eight</c><00:31:15.660><c> promises</c><00:31:16.140><c> to</c><00:31:16.400><c> Abraham.</c>

00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:20.559
And<00:31:17.579><c> of</c><00:31:17.740><c> course,</c><00:31:18.099><c> the</c><00:31:18.299><c> first</c><00:31:18.519><c> relates</c><00:31:18.900><c> to</c><00:31:19.160><c> his</c><00:31:19.359><c> journey</c><00:31:19.700><c> from</c>

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:21.680
Ur<00:31:20.799><c> of</c><00:31:20.940><c> the</c><00:31:21.119><c> Chaldees.</c>

00:31:21.859 --> 00:31:23.319
And<00:31:21.980><c> we're</c><00:31:22.200><c> familiar</c><00:31:22.599><c> with</c><00:31:22.779><c> all</c><00:31:23.019><c> of</c><00:31:23.200><c> that.</c>

00:31:23.359 --> 00:31:24.339
But<00:31:23.559><c> think</c><00:31:23.799><c> about</c><00:31:24.099><c> this.</c>

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:30.740
God<00:31:24.660><c> is</c><00:31:24.980><c> saying,</c><00:31:26.400><c> Abraham,</c><00:31:27.180><c> I'm</c><00:31:27.480><c> in</c><00:31:27.680><c> control</c><00:31:28.200><c> not</c><00:31:28.420><c> only</c><00:31:28.660><c> of</c><00:31:28.880><c> your</c><00:31:29.140><c> destiny,</c><00:31:30.160><c> I'm</c><00:31:30.400><c> in</c>

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:31.460
control<00:31:31.059><c> of</c><00:31:31.299><c> all</c>

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:32.839
your<00:31:31.779><c> descendants'</c><00:31:32.480><c> destiny.</c>

00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:36.539
I'm<00:31:33.539><c> in</c><00:31:33.839><c> control</c><00:31:34.259><c> of</c><00:31:34.500><c> the</c><00:31:34.779><c> creation</c><00:31:35.220><c> of</c><00:31:35.460><c> the</c><00:31:35.759><c> seed</c><00:31:36.000><c> that</c><00:31:36.220><c> will</c>

00:31:36.539 --> 00:31:39.960
save<00:31:36.920><c> the</c><00:31:37.200><c> world,</c><00:31:38.500><c> your</c><00:31:39.140><c> descendant,</c>

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:43.339
Jesus<00:31:40.420><c> Christ,</c><00:31:41.259><c> and</c><00:31:41.519><c> I'm</c><00:31:41.700><c> in</c><00:31:41.940><c> control</c><00:31:42.339><c> of</c><00:31:42.519><c> all</c><00:31:42.819><c> the</c><00:31:43.039><c> followers</c>

00:31:43.339 --> 00:31:45.019
of<00:31:43.599><c> people</c><00:31:43.859><c> through</c><00:31:44.140><c> every</c><00:31:44.380><c> generation</c>

00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:47.039
who<00:31:45.579><c> will</c><00:31:45.819><c> have</c><00:31:46.000><c> the</c><00:31:46.220><c> faith</c><00:31:46.400><c> of</c><00:31:46.640><c> Abraham.</c>

00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:48.819
It's<00:31:47.880><c> all</c><00:31:48.180><c> mapped</c><00:31:48.440><c> out.</c>

00:31:48.859 --> 00:31:49.759
It's<00:31:49.119><c> all</c><00:31:49.460><c> there.</c>

00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:51.539
The<00:31:49.980><c> blueprint's</c><00:31:50.579><c> done.</c>

00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:56.180
And<00:31:52.720><c> yet,</c><00:31:52.920><c> we</c><00:31:53.079><c> can</c><00:31:53.339><c> just</c><00:31:53.779><c> simply</c><00:31:54.079><c> focus</c><00:31:54.559><c> on</c><00:31:54.799><c> the</c><00:31:55.119><c> details</c><00:31:55.359><c> sometimes</c><00:31:55.920><c> and</c>

00:31:56.180 --> 00:31:58.519
say,<00:31:57.220><c> I</c><00:31:57.519><c> forgot,</c><00:31:57.940><c> there</c><00:31:58.059><c> was</c><00:31:58.220><c> a</c><00:31:58.339><c> big</c>

00:31:58.519 --> 00:32:00.519
picture<00:31:58.839><c> I</c><00:31:59.079><c> should</c><00:31:59.160><c> be</c><00:31:59.400><c> looking</c><00:31:59.579><c> at.</c>

00:32:00.779 --> 00:32:03.539
I<00:32:01.059><c> like</c><00:32:01.259><c> the</c><00:32:01.480><c> analogy</c><00:32:01.940><c> of</c><00:32:02.460><c> a</c><00:32:02.619><c> jigsaw.</c>

00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:06.579
Now,<00:32:04.259><c> this</c><00:32:04.400><c> is</c><00:32:04.539><c> not</c><00:32:04.700><c> a</c><00:32:04.819><c> hint</c><00:32:04.960><c> for</c><00:32:05.200><c> you</c><00:32:05.319><c> to</c><00:32:05.559><c> buy</c><00:32:05.720><c> me</c><00:32:05.920><c> a</c><00:32:06.019><c> jigsaw</c><00:32:06.400><c> as</c>

00:32:06.579 --> 00:32:08.279
a<00:32:06.759><c> thank</c><00:32:06.920><c> you</c><00:32:07.140><c> present,</c><00:32:07.420><c> but</c><00:32:07.940><c> if</c><00:32:08.079><c> you</c>

00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:10.640
did,<00:32:08.559><c> make</c><00:32:08.819><c> sure</c><00:32:09.099><c> it's</c><00:32:09.339><c> at</c><00:32:09.400><c> least</c><00:32:09.799><c> a</c><00:32:09.859><c> thousand</c><00:32:10.220><c> pieces.</c>

00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:13.700
I'm<00:32:10.880><c> not</c><00:32:11.440><c> comfortable</c><00:32:11.819><c> with</c><00:32:12.039><c> anything</c><00:32:12.339><c> less</c><00:32:12.660><c> than</c><00:32:12.859><c> that.</c>

00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:17.500
No,<00:32:14.240><c> that's</c><00:32:15.779><c> sort</c><00:32:15.960><c> of</c><00:32:16.140><c> serious,</c><00:32:16.400><c> but</c><00:32:16.559><c> I'm</c><00:32:16.700><c> joking.</c>

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:22.079
The<00:32:18.220><c> point,</c><00:32:18.599><c> though,</c><00:32:18.980><c> is</c><00:32:19.640><c> you</c><00:32:20.079><c> imagine—I</c><00:32:20.960><c> like</c><00:32:21.180><c> jigsaw</c><00:32:21.559><c> puzzles,</c><00:32:21.880><c> by</c>

00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:24.220
the<00:32:22.200><c> way—you</c><00:32:23.059><c> imagine</c><00:32:23.839><c> doing</c>

00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:27.779
a<00:32:24.380><c> jigsaw</c><00:32:24.799><c> puzzle</c><00:32:25.220><c> without</c><00:32:25.779><c> the</c><00:32:26.119><c> picture</c><00:32:26.420><c> on</c><00:32:26.680><c> the</c><00:32:26.880><c> box.</c>

00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:29.599
How<00:32:28.500><c> would</c><00:32:28.599><c> you</c><00:32:28.759><c> go?</c>

00:32:30.099 --> 00:32:33.740
I<00:32:30.380><c> actually</c><00:32:30.640><c> bought</c><00:32:30.859><c> one</c><00:32:31.140><c> once,</c><00:32:31.460><c> had</c><00:32:31.619><c> a</c><00:32:31.779><c> great</c><00:32:31.960><c> picture</c><00:32:32.240><c> on</c><00:32:32.380><c> the</c><00:32:32.539><c> cover,</c><00:32:33.279><c> opened</c><00:32:33.539><c> it</c>

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.740
up,<00:32:34.099><c> and</c><00:32:34.299><c> all</c><00:32:34.460><c> the</c><00:32:34.599><c> bits</c>

00:32:34.740 --> 00:32:36.720
had<00:32:35.000><c> nothing</c><00:32:35.299><c> to</c><00:32:35.539><c> do</c><00:32:35.660><c> with</c><00:32:35.779><c> that</c><00:32:36.059><c> picture</c><00:32:36.359><c> at</c><00:32:36.599><c> all.</c>

00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:40.619
They<00:32:36.940><c> put</c><00:32:37.079><c> the</c><00:32:37.359><c> wrong—picked</c><00:32:38.400><c> the</c><00:32:38.680><c> bits</c><00:32:38.900><c> in</c><00:32:39.259><c> the</c><00:32:39.420><c> wrong</c><00:32:39.619><c> box.</c>

00:32:41.680 --> 00:32:43.980
It<00:32:41.779><c> was</c><00:32:41.980><c> a</c><00:32:42.079><c> picture</c><00:32:42.299><c> of</c><00:32:42.480><c> a</c><00:32:42.619><c> beautiful</c><00:32:42.960><c> mountain</c><00:32:43.380><c> scenery,</c><00:32:43.900><c> you</c>

00:32:43.980 --> 00:32:46.960
know,<00:32:44.259><c> it's</c><00:32:44.420><c> a</c><00:32:44.859><c> fairly</c><00:32:45.119><c> typical</c><00:32:45.839><c> jigsaw.</c>

00:32:47.859 --> 00:32:53.759
Inside<00:32:48.259><c> it</c><00:32:48.539><c> was</c><00:32:48.619><c> a—it</c><00:32:49.359><c> turned</c><00:32:49.480><c> out,</c><00:32:49.839><c> eventually,</c><00:32:50.299><c> when</c><00:32:50.440><c> I</c><00:32:50.579><c> got</c><00:32:50.720><c> the</c><00:32:50.920><c> pieces</c><00:32:51.160><c> together,</c><00:32:52.200><c> to</c><00:32:52.319><c> be</c><00:32:52.519><c> a</c><00:32:52.759><c> picture</c>

00:32:53.900 --> 00:32:56.339
of<00:32:54.299><c> a</c><00:32:54.500><c> bowl</c><00:32:54.660><c> of</c><00:32:54.940><c> lollies.</c>

00:32:57.319 --> 00:32:58.319
Nothing<00:32:57.720><c> like</c><00:32:58.079><c> it.</c>

00:32:58.319 --> 00:33:02.400
And<00:32:58.579><c> it</c><00:32:58.819><c> was</c><00:32:59.059><c> a</c><00:32:59.220><c> very</c><00:32:59.500><c> tough</c><00:32:59.740><c> one</c><00:32:59.920><c> to</c><00:33:00.140><c> do</c><00:33:00.259><c> because</c><00:33:00.500><c> all</c><00:33:00.779><c> the</c><00:33:00.920><c> lollies</c><00:33:01.099><c> looked</c><00:33:01.279><c> the</c><00:33:01.519><c> same.</c>

00:33:02.640 --> 00:33:04.619
Eventually<00:33:03.039><c> got</c><00:33:03.319><c> there,</c><00:33:03.519><c> and</c><00:33:03.619><c> then</c><00:33:03.680><c> I</c><00:33:03.799><c> took</c><00:33:03.900><c> a</c><00:33:04.099><c> photo</c><00:33:04.279><c> of</c><00:33:04.460><c> it</c>

00:33:04.619 --> 00:33:06.039
and<00:33:04.759><c> stuck</c><00:33:04.900><c> it</c><00:33:05.059><c> on</c><00:33:05.140><c> the</c><00:33:05.339><c> cover</c><00:33:05.519><c> so</c><00:33:05.740><c> I'd</c><00:33:05.940><c> know</c>

00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:07.579
what<00:33:06.220><c> to</c><00:33:06.299><c> do</c><00:33:06.440><c> next</c><00:33:06.740><c> time.</c>

00:33:08.980 --> 00:33:10.880
But<00:33:09.259><c> this</c><00:33:09.640><c> is</c><00:33:09.819><c> the</c><00:33:09.980><c> problem.</c>

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:16.019
We<00:33:11.980><c> can</c><00:33:12.200><c> take</c><00:33:12.440><c> the</c><00:33:12.680><c> Bible</c><00:33:12.960><c> and</c><00:33:13.640><c> take</c><00:33:13.900><c> every</c><00:33:14.319><c> single</c><00:33:14.720><c> verse</c><00:33:15.099><c> and</c>

00:33:16.019 --> 00:33:17.299
picture<00:33:16.279><c> this,</c><00:33:16.619><c> cut</c><00:33:16.799><c> them</c><00:33:16.960><c> all</c><00:33:17.119><c> up.</c>

00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:18.880
I<00:33:17.559><c> don't</c><00:33:17.680><c> know</c><00:33:17.859><c> how</c><00:33:17.859><c> many</c><00:33:18.059><c> thousand—somebody</c><00:33:18.619><c> probably</c>

00:33:18.880 --> 00:33:20.480
knows<00:33:19.140><c> how</c><00:33:19.299><c> many</c><00:33:19.480><c> thousand</c><00:33:19.839><c> verses</c><00:33:20.220><c> there</c>

00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:20.960
are<00:33:20.519><c> in</c><00:33:20.619><c> the</c><00:33:20.700><c> Bible.</c>

00:33:21.460 --> 00:33:22.279
Anyone?

00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:24.380
Many,<00:33:23.279><c> I</c><00:33:23.480><c> suspect.</c>

00:33:24.660 --> 00:33:25.960
Many,<00:33:24.940><c> many</c><00:33:25.180><c> thousands,</c><00:33:25.779><c> right?</c>

00:33:26.039 --> 00:33:29.380
Imagine<00:33:26.400><c> cutting</c><00:33:26.660><c> up</c><00:33:26.880><c> your</c><00:33:27.059><c> Bible</c><00:33:27.299><c> in</c><00:33:27.660><c> every</c><00:33:27.940><c> verse,</c><00:33:28.819><c> throwing</c><00:33:29.079><c> them</c><00:33:29.240><c> on</c>

00:33:29.380 --> 00:33:31.200
the<00:33:29.559><c> table,</c><00:33:30.660><c> and</c><00:33:30.880><c> then</c><00:33:31.039><c> trying</c>

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:36.160
to<00:33:31.420><c> put</c><00:33:31.420><c> them</c><00:33:31.599><c> all</c><00:33:31.740><c> together</c><00:33:32.240><c> without</c><00:33:33.160><c> a</c><00:33:34.740><c> master</c><00:33:35.099><c> copy</c><00:33:35.400><c> to</c><00:33:35.640><c> go</c><00:33:35.859><c> by.</c>

00:33:36.640 --> 00:33:38.420
You<00:33:36.799><c> couldn't</c><00:33:37.019><c> do</c><00:33:37.240><c> it.</c>

00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:43.039
And<00:33:39.259><c> we</c><00:33:39.420><c> run</c><00:33:39.619><c> that</c><00:33:39.880><c> risk</c><00:33:40.099><c> every</c><00:33:40.519><c> time</c><00:33:40.779><c> we</c><00:33:40.940><c> get</c><00:33:41.259><c> so</c><00:33:41.660><c> absorbed</c><00:33:42.200><c> in</c>

00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:45.619
this<00:33:43.420><c> word,</c><00:33:43.960><c> great</c><00:33:44.140><c> means</c><00:33:44.599><c> mighty.</c>

00:33:46.980 --> 00:33:48.059
Did<00:33:47.140><c> that</c><00:33:47.380><c> enlighten</c><00:33:47.819><c> me?</c>

00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:49.240
No.

00:33:50.700 --> 00:33:53.900
You<00:33:50.940><c> know,</c><00:33:51.059><c> we</c><00:33:51.180><c> can</c><00:33:51.380><c> just</c><00:33:51.599><c> do</c><00:33:51.799><c> that</c><00:33:52.240><c> and</c><00:33:52.559><c> forget,</c><00:33:53.200><c> wait</c><00:33:53.380><c> a</c><00:33:53.519><c> minute,</c><00:33:53.660><c> what</c>

00:33:53.900 --> 00:33:54.799
is<00:33:54.259><c> this</c><00:33:54.519><c> chapter?</c>

00:33:54.900 --> 00:33:55.519
What's<00:33:55.160><c> this</c><00:33:55.380><c> book?</c>

00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:58.799
What's<00:33:56.019><c> this</c><00:33:56.559><c> whole</c><00:33:56.819><c> Bible</c><00:33:57.200><c> trying</c><00:33:57.480><c> to</c><00:33:57.680><c> tell</c><00:33:57.839><c> me?</c>

00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:02.180
And<00:34:00.099><c> there's</c><00:34:00.539><c> a</c><00:34:00.740><c> bit</c><00:34:00.940><c> of</c><00:34:01.019><c> that</c><00:34:01.259><c> going</c><00:34:01.519><c> on</c><00:34:01.740><c> right</c><00:34:02.019><c> now.</c>

00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:05.519
You<00:34:02.359><c> see</c><00:34:02.500><c> what</c><00:34:02.640><c> I'm</c><00:34:02.819><c> doing,</c><00:34:03.200><c> I</c><00:34:03.420><c> hope,</c><00:34:04.119><c> from</c><00:34:04.400><c> yesterday</c><00:34:04.859><c> until</c><00:34:05.119><c> today.</c>

00:34:05.839 --> 00:34:08.360
I'm<00:34:06.240><c> trying</c><00:34:06.460><c> to</c><00:34:06.539><c> get</c><00:34:06.700><c> you</c><00:34:06.880><c> to</c><00:34:07.059><c> stand</c><00:34:07.240><c> back</c><00:34:07.400><c> and</c><00:34:07.579><c> say,</c><00:34:07.740><c> we're</c><00:34:07.839><c> not</c><00:34:07.960><c> going</c><00:34:08.219><c> to</c>

00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:09.519
analyse<00:34:08.719><c> the</c><00:34:08.960><c> promises</c><00:34:09.260><c> to</c>

00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:10.599
Abraham<00:34:09.880><c> minutely.</c>

00:34:10.760 --> 00:34:12.059
You<00:34:10.960><c> can</c><00:34:11.139><c> do</c><00:34:11.380><c> that</c><00:34:11.480><c> if</c><00:34:11.639><c> you</c><00:34:11.800><c> like.</c>

00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:13.460
It's<00:34:12.860><c> quite</c><00:34:13.039><c> interesting.</c>

00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:14.860
I<00:34:13.619><c> have</c><00:34:13.780><c> done</c><00:34:13.980><c> that.</c>

00:34:15.619 --> 00:34:17.460
But<00:34:15.860><c> what</c><00:34:16.059><c> is</c><00:34:16.260><c> the</c><00:34:16.460><c> real</c><00:34:16.639><c> message</c><00:34:17.099><c> here?</c>

00:34:17.659 --> 00:34:20.119
It's<00:34:17.760><c> that</c><00:34:17.900><c> God's</c><00:34:18.320><c> in</c><00:34:18.519><c> control</c><00:34:18.980><c> of</c><00:34:19.280><c> everything.</c>

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:24.440
Here's<00:34:22.420><c> a</c><00:34:22.659><c> great</c><00:34:22.840><c> example,</c><00:34:23.340><c> I</c><00:34:23.619><c> think.</c>

00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:29.079
In<00:34:25.000><c> Genesis</c><00:34:25.420><c> 15,</c><00:34:26.079><c> it</c><00:34:26.139><c> says</c><00:34:26.360><c> there</c><00:34:26.500><c> would</c><00:34:26.699><c> be</c><00:34:26.960><c> 400</c><00:34:27.440><c> years</c><00:34:28.320><c> when</c>

00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:30.480
the<00:34:29.320><c> descendants</c><00:34:29.599><c> of</c><00:34:29.860><c> Abraham</c><00:34:30.239><c> would</c>

00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:31.420
be<00:34:30.760><c> sojourners.</c>

00:34:31.820 --> 00:34:34.760
And<00:34:31.940><c> the</c><00:34:32.019><c> Apostle</c><00:34:32.380><c> Paul</c><00:34:32.599><c> picks</c><00:34:32.900><c> that</c><00:34:33.099><c> up</c><00:34:33.239><c> in</c><00:34:33.440><c> Galatians</c><00:34:33.860><c> 3</c><00:34:34.199><c>.17</c>

00:34:34.760 --> 00:34:38.139
and<00:34:34.900><c> says</c><00:34:35.199><c> there</c><00:34:35.460><c> was</c><00:34:36.239><c> 430</c><00:34:37.300><c> years</c><00:34:37.599><c> from</c><00:34:37.840><c> the</c>

00:34:38.139 --> 00:34:39.559
promise<00:34:38.420><c> to</c><00:34:38.599><c> the</c><00:34:38.780><c> law.</c>

00:34:40.219 --> 00:34:42.300
Some<00:34:40.420><c> people</c><00:34:40.659><c> have</c><00:34:40.820><c> said,</c><00:34:40.900><c> ah,</c><00:34:41.219><c> there's</c><00:34:41.480><c> a</c><00:34:41.699><c> contradiction</c><00:34:42.079><c> in</c>

00:34:42.300 --> 00:34:44.940
the<00:34:42.420><c> Bible,</c><00:34:43.199><c> rubbish,</c><00:34:44.099><c> they've</c><00:34:44.219><c> just</c><00:34:44.400><c> got</c><00:34:44.559><c> different</c>

00:34:44.940 --> 00:34:46.260
starting<00:34:45.280><c> points.</c>

00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:50.519
And<00:34:46.639><c> that's</c><00:34:47.300><c> just</c><00:34:47.480><c> illustrating</c><00:34:48.099><c> is</c><00:34:48.380><c> that</c><00:34:48.980><c> God</c><00:34:49.239><c> even</c><00:34:49.659><c> controls</c><00:34:50.119><c> things</c>

00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:52.679
down<00:34:50.940><c> to</c><00:34:51.199><c> the</c><00:34:51.440><c> very</c><00:34:51.880><c> year,</c><00:34:52.400><c> the</c>

00:34:52.679 --> 00:34:55.199
month,<00:34:52.920><c> the</c><00:34:53.260><c> day</c><00:34:53.539><c> when</c><00:34:53.780><c> things</c><00:34:54.059><c> will</c><00:34:54.239><c> happen.</c>

00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:59.760
Our<00:34:56.260><c> brains</c><00:34:56.539><c> can't</c><00:34:56.880><c> even</c><00:34:57.139><c> begin</c><00:34:57.559><c> to</c><00:34:57.900><c> comprehend</c><00:34:58.300><c> that.</c>

00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:03.360
Imagine<00:35:01.360><c> you</c><00:35:01.699><c> trying</c><00:35:01.940><c> to</c><00:35:02.099><c> do</c><00:35:02.260><c> that.</c>

00:35:03.599 --> 00:35:08.099
Imagine<00:35:03.880><c> no</c><00:35:05.000><c> matter</c><00:35:05.199><c> how</c><00:35:05.400><c> many</c><00:35:05.820><c> wise</c><00:35:06.559><c> advisers</c><00:35:07.139><c> you</c><00:35:07.300><c> had</c><00:35:07.460><c> and</c>

00:35:08.099 --> 00:35:11.800
how<00:35:08.260><c> many</c><00:35:08.659><c> technological</c><00:35:10.400><c> gadgets</c><00:35:11.420><c> you</c>

00:35:11.800 --> 00:35:14.099
had,<00:35:13.159><c> how</c><00:35:13.400><c> could</c><00:35:13.579><c> you</c><00:35:13.699><c> do</c><00:35:13.880><c> that?</c>

00:35:14.139 --> 00:35:18.860
How<00:35:14.300><c> could</c><00:35:14.500><c> you</c><00:35:14.800><c> manipulate</c><00:35:15.460><c> all</c><00:35:16.039><c> sorts</c><00:35:16.380><c> of</c><00:35:16.559><c> things</c><00:35:16.739><c> in</c><00:35:16.940><c> all</c><00:35:17.159><c> sorts</c><00:35:17.400><c> of</c><00:35:17.619><c> countries</c><00:35:18.000><c> over</c><00:35:18.619><c> a</c>

00:35:18.860 --> 00:35:19.380
400<00:35:19.199><c> year</c>

00:35:19.380 --> 00:35:22.599
period<00:35:19.659><c> and</c><00:35:19.820><c> make</c><00:35:19.960><c> it</c><00:35:20.139><c> all</c><00:35:20.280><c> come</c><00:35:20.460><c> to</c><00:35:20.639><c> this</c><00:35:20.860><c> crescendo</c><00:35:21.460><c> exactly</c>

00:35:22.599 --> 00:35:24.039
on<00:35:22.960><c> the</c><00:35:23.099><c> day?</c>

00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:26.159
God<00:35:24.699><c> does</c><00:35:24.880><c> it</c><00:35:25.079><c> every</c><00:35:25.280><c> day.</c>

00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:30.019
I'm<00:35:27.739><c> not</c><00:35:27.940><c> saying</c><00:35:28.079><c> it's</c><00:35:28.320><c> a</c><00:35:28.440><c> piece</c><00:35:28.619><c> of</c><00:35:28.800><c> cake,</c><00:35:28.960><c> that</c><00:35:29.159><c> would</c><00:35:29.340><c> be</c><00:35:29.559><c> probably</c><00:35:29.840><c> a</c>

00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:31.139
wrong<00:35:30.159><c> analogy.</c>

00:35:31.199 --> 00:35:32.420
But<00:35:31.400><c> for</c><00:35:31.619><c> God,</c><00:35:31.820><c> that's</c><00:35:32.139><c> God.</c>

00:35:32.659 --> 00:35:34.139
That's<00:35:32.800><c> what</c><00:35:32.920><c> he</c><00:35:33.079><c> does.</c>

00:35:34.760 --> 00:35:38.960
That's<00:35:35.139><c> part</c><00:35:35.420><c> of</c><00:35:35.659><c> his</c><00:35:36.139><c> normal</c><00:35:37.039><c> way</c><00:35:37.619><c> of</c><00:35:38.079><c> acting.</c>

00:35:40.719 --> 00:35:42.780
Think<00:35:40.940><c> about</c><00:35:41.280><c> prophecy</c><00:35:41.719><c> generally.</c>

00:35:43.599 --> 00:35:48.179
We<00:35:44.159><c> often</c><00:35:44.679><c> think,</c><00:35:45.219><c> and</c><00:35:45.579><c> I</c><00:35:45.820><c> think</c><00:35:45.980><c> it's</c><00:35:46.320><c> a</c><00:35:46.420><c> pity</c><00:35:46.599><c> we</c><00:35:46.920><c> do,</c><00:35:47.579><c> because</c><00:35:47.579><c> it's</c>

00:35:48.179 --> 00:35:49.820
understandable<00:35:48.519><c> we</c><00:35:48.780><c> do,</c><00:35:49.599><c> we</c>

00:35:49.820 --> 00:35:53.000
think<00:35:50.099><c> of</c><00:35:50.460><c> prophecy</c><00:35:50.860><c> of</c><00:35:51.260><c> foretelling</c><00:35:51.820><c> the</c><00:35:52.119><c> future.</c>

00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:56.960
A<00:35:54.260><c> prophet</c><00:35:54.539><c> is</c><00:35:54.800><c> a</c><00:35:54.920><c> person</c><00:35:55.219><c> who</c><00:35:55.500><c> foretells</c><00:35:55.880><c> the</c><00:35:56.119><c> future.</c>

00:35:57.659 --> 00:36:00.119
Some<00:35:57.900><c> of</c><00:35:58.039><c> you</c><00:35:58.119><c> will</c><00:35:58.219><c> go,</c><00:35:58.420><c> oh,</c><00:35:58.619><c> well,</c><00:35:58.800><c> it</c><00:35:58.880><c> just</c><00:35:59.159><c> means</c><00:35:59.420><c> the</c><00:35:59.679><c> prophet</c><00:35:59.860><c> is</c>

00:36:00.119 --> 00:36:01.460
someone<00:36:00.300><c> who</c><00:36:00.579><c> speaks</c><00:36:00.900><c> what</c><00:36:01.199><c> God</c>

00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:02.619
wants<00:36:01.800><c> the</c><00:36:02.059><c> message</c><00:36:02.320><c> to</c><00:36:02.519><c> be.</c>

00:36:02.619 --> 00:36:03.880
That's<00:36:02.980><c> true,</c><00:36:03.260><c> of</c><00:36:03.519><c> course.</c>

00:36:04.300 --> 00:36:08.800
But<00:36:04.559><c> in</c><00:36:04.800><c> just</c><00:36:04.980><c> general</c><00:36:05.480><c> thoughts,</c><00:36:06.500><c> general</c><00:36:06.579><c> chatting</c><00:36:07.380><c> perhaps,</c><00:36:07.980><c> we</c><00:36:08.219><c> think</c><00:36:08.460><c> of</c>

00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:11.079
prophecy<00:36:09.320><c> as</c><00:36:10.420><c> the</c><00:36:10.719><c> power</c>

00:36:11.079 --> 00:36:12.840
to<00:36:11.400><c> foretell</c><00:36:11.780><c> the</c><00:36:11.960><c> future.</c>

00:36:14.159 --> 00:36:20.280
But<00:36:14.420><c> that's</c><00:36:14.739><c> really</c><00:36:15.159><c> not</c><00:36:15.539><c> anywhere</c><00:36:16.199><c> near</c><00:36:16.699><c> adequate</c><00:36:17.159><c> to</c><00:36:17.920><c> understand</c><00:36:18.559><c> what's</c><00:36:18.980><c> going</c><00:36:19.159><c> on.</c>

00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:25.920
Prophecy<00:36:21.039><c> is</c><00:36:21.699><c> God</c><00:36:22.119><c> telling</c><00:36:22.659><c> us</c><00:36:23.260><c> what</c><00:36:23.659><c> he</c><00:36:24.119><c> will</c><00:36:24.559><c> do.</c>

00:36:27.780 --> 00:36:31.699
A<00:36:27.920><c> prophet</c><00:36:28.079><c> is</c><00:36:28.340><c> not</c><00:36:28.639><c> just</c><00:36:28.940><c> someone</c><00:36:29.179><c> with</c><00:36:29.539><c> extraordinary</c><00:36:30.219><c> insight</c><00:36:31.000><c> and</c>

00:36:31.699 --> 00:36:33.119
the<00:36:31.920><c> ability</c><00:36:32.260><c> to</c><00:36:32.559><c> imagine,</c><00:36:33.119><c> well,</c>

00:36:33.119 --> 00:36:35.380
if<00:36:33.260><c> this</c><00:36:33.480><c> happens</c><00:36:33.800><c> to</c><00:36:33.940><c> that,</c><00:36:34.260><c> then</c><00:36:34.300><c> that</c><00:36:34.539><c> will</c><00:36:34.820><c> probably</c><00:36:35.079><c> lead</c>

00:36:35.380 --> 00:36:37.340
to,<00:36:35.619><c> and</c><00:36:35.780><c> then,</c><00:36:36.219><c> so</c><00:36:36.440><c> I</c><00:36:36.679><c> predict</c><00:36:36.920><c> this</c><00:36:37.179><c> will</c>

00:36:37.340 --> 00:36:38.340
happen.

00:36:38.920 --> 00:36:41.579
And<00:36:39.400><c> there</c><00:36:39.579><c> are</c><00:36:39.699><c> people</c><00:36:39.940><c> who</c><00:36:40.159><c> try</c><00:36:40.239><c> to</c><00:36:40.380><c> do</c><00:36:40.619><c> that.</c>

00:36:41.599 --> 00:36:44.320
I<00:36:41.739><c> read</c><00:36:41.960><c> somewhere</c><00:36:42.239><c> the</c><00:36:42.380><c> other</c><00:36:42.599><c> day,</c><00:36:43.159><c> I</c><00:36:43.519><c> hope</c><00:36:43.699><c> I</c><00:36:43.840><c> can</c><00:36:44.039><c> remember</c>

00:36:44.320 --> 00:36:46.679
it,<00:36:45.039><c> an</c><00:36:45.280><c> economist</c><00:36:45.699><c> is</c><00:36:46.079><c> someone</c><00:36:46.320><c> who</c><00:36:46.519><c> will</c>

00:36:46.679 --> 00:36:49.179
tell<00:36:46.840><c> you</c><00:36:47.059><c> tomorrow</c><00:36:47.500><c> why</c><00:36:47.800><c> what</c><00:36:47.940><c> he</c><00:36:48.219><c> predicted</c><00:36:48.579><c> yesterday</c>

00:36:49.179 --> 00:36:50.559
didn't<00:36:49.500><c> happen.</c>

00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:55.820
And<00:36:52.880><c> prophets</c><00:36:53.360><c> are</c><00:36:54.059><c> a</c><00:36:54.059><c> bit</c><00:36:54.179><c> like</c><00:36:54.420><c> that,</c><00:36:54.719><c> aren't</c><00:36:54.780><c> they?</c>

00:36:56.300 --> 00:36:59.219
People<00:36:56.780><c> who</c><00:36:57.059><c> pretend</c><00:36:57.320><c> to</c><00:36:57.559><c> be</c><00:36:57.780><c> able</c><00:36:58.079><c> to</c><00:36:58.320><c> foresee</c><00:36:58.639><c> the</c><00:36:58.920><c> future.</c>

00:36:59.400 --> 00:37:01.840
And<00:36:59.619><c> I've</c><00:36:59.800><c> got</c><00:36:59.920><c> several</c><00:37:00.340><c> cuttings</c><00:37:00.840><c> at</c><00:37:01.019><c> home</c><00:37:01.179><c> over</c><00:37:01.420><c> the</c><00:37:01.599><c> years</c>

00:37:01.840 --> 00:37:06.860
from<00:37:02.400><c> astrologers</c><00:37:03.159><c> who</c><00:37:03.519><c> went</c><00:37:03.659><c> in</c><00:37:03.840><c> the</c>

00:37:06.860 --> 00:37:08.699
2015<00:37:07.260><c> or</c><00:37:07.440><c> whatever.</c>

00:37:08.920 --> 00:37:10.920
And<00:37:09.000><c> you</c><00:37:09.139><c> look</c><00:37:09.400><c> at</c><00:37:09.539><c> it</c><00:37:09.860><c> the</c><00:37:09.860><c> year</c><00:37:10.079><c> after</c><00:37:10.340><c> and</c><00:37:10.440><c> look</c><00:37:10.539><c> back</c><00:37:10.780><c> and</c>

00:37:10.920 --> 00:37:12.539
none<00:37:11.079><c> of</c><00:37:11.179><c> those</c><00:37:11.380><c> things</c><00:37:11.619><c> happen.</c>

00:37:12.599 --> 00:37:14.699
And<00:37:12.679><c> yet</c><00:37:12.820><c> people</c><00:37:13.019><c> still</c><00:37:13.320><c> believe</c><00:37:13.579><c> that</c><00:37:13.820><c> rubbish.</c>

00:37:14.940 --> 00:37:16.039
There<00:37:15.159><c> you</c><00:37:15.239><c> go.</c>

00:37:16.159 --> 00:37:21.239
But<00:37:16.579><c> in</c><00:37:16.760><c> the</c><00:37:16.900><c> Bible</c><00:37:17.159><c> we</c><00:37:17.480><c> have</c><00:37:18.820><c> hundreds</c><00:37:19.440><c> and</c><00:37:19.800><c> hundreds</c><00:37:20.219><c> and</c><00:37:20.460><c> hundreds</c><00:37:20.900><c> of</c>

00:37:21.239 --> 00:37:23.059
prophecies<00:37:22.079><c> of</c><00:37:22.519><c> God</c><00:37:22.780><c> saying,</c>

00:37:23.219 --> 00:37:25.019
this<00:37:23.340><c> is</c><00:37:23.480><c> what</c><00:37:23.619><c> I'm</c><00:37:23.800><c> going</c><00:37:23.980><c> to</c><00:37:24.199><c> do.</c>

00:37:25.480 --> 00:37:29.500
That's<00:37:25.940><c> who</c><00:37:26.099><c> I'm</c><00:37:26.300><c> going</c><00:37:26.460><c> to</c><00:37:26.659><c> raise</c><00:37:26.900><c> up,</c><00:37:27.340><c> Cyrus,</c><00:37:28.579><c> the</c><00:37:28.800><c> king</c><00:37:28.980><c> of</c>

00:37:29.500 --> 00:37:31.880
the<00:37:29.679><c> Persians,</c><00:37:30.159><c> he's</c><00:37:30.460><c> going</c><00:37:30.619><c> to</c><00:37:30.760><c> do</c><00:37:30.920><c> this.</c>

00:37:32.400 --> 00:37:36.340
After<00:37:33.000><c> 2</c><00:37:33.599><c>,300</c><00:37:34.179><c> years</c><00:37:34.659><c> this</c><00:37:35.000><c> will</c><00:37:35.340><c> happen,</c><00:37:35.679><c> and</c><00:37:35.980><c> it</c><00:37:36.199><c> happened</c>

00:37:36.340 --> 00:37:41.880
in<00:37:36.639><c> June</c><00:37:36.880><c> 1967,</c><00:37:38.579><c> to</c><00:37:38.800><c> the</c><00:37:39.059><c> very</c><00:37:39.380><c> month</c><00:37:40.059><c> from</c>

00:37:41.880 --> 00:37:46.800
when<00:37:42.079><c> that</c><00:37:42.619><c> started,</c><00:37:44.719><c> the</c><00:37:44.880><c> beginning</c><00:37:45.199><c> of</c><00:37:45.400><c> that</c><00:37:45.599><c> period</c><00:37:45.900><c> of</c><00:37:46.159><c> time,</c><00:37:46.400><c> 2</c>

00:37:46.800 --> 00:37:48.079
,300<00:37:47.579><c> years.</c>

00:37:48.519 --> 00:37:51.719
And<00:37:48.739><c> it's</c><00:37:49.000><c> happened</c><00:37:49.219><c> in</c><00:37:49.460><c> my</c><00:37:49.739><c> lifetime</c><00:37:50.179><c> and</c><00:37:50.380><c> many</c><00:37:50.639><c> of</c><00:37:50.820><c> yours.</c>

00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:54.239
Absolute<00:37:53.159><c> perfection.</c>

00:37:54.559 --> 00:37:57.300
God<00:37:54.860><c> said</c><00:37:55.119><c> what</c><00:37:55.280><c> he</c><00:37:55.400><c> would</c><00:37:55.579><c> do</c><00:37:55.800><c> and</c><00:37:55.980><c> he</c><00:37:56.179><c> did</c><00:37:56.400><c> it.</c>

00:37:57.300 --> 00:38:01.000
And<00:37:57.760><c> all</c><00:37:57.960><c> of</c><00:37:58.079><c> that</c><00:37:58.360><c> time</c><00:37:58.619><c> he</c><00:37:58.760><c> had</c><00:37:59.000><c> to</c><00:37:59.320><c> manipulate</c><00:37:59.880><c> and</c><00:38:00.199><c> manage</c>

00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:04.219
all<00:38:01.900><c> the</c><00:38:02.119><c> forces</c><00:38:02.460><c> of</c><00:38:02.900><c> politics</c><00:38:03.340><c> and</c>

00:38:04.219 --> 00:38:07.500
economies<00:38:04.880><c> and</c><00:38:05.539><c> the</c><00:38:05.719><c> weather</c><00:38:05.980><c> and</c><00:38:06.219><c> all</c><00:38:06.440><c> sorts</c><00:38:06.619><c> of</c><00:38:06.840><c> other</c><00:38:06.960><c> things</c><00:38:07.219><c> to</c>

00:38:07.500 --> 00:38:10.440
bring<00:38:07.780><c> it</c><00:38:08.519><c> to</c><00:38:08.820><c> that</c><00:38:09.320><c> point</c><00:38:09.780><c> when</c>

00:38:10.440 --> 00:38:14.440
it<00:38:10.599><c> would</c><00:38:10.820><c> happen</c><00:38:11.159><c> that</c><00:38:11.440><c> Jerusalem</c><00:38:12.019><c> was</c><00:38:12.320><c> taken</c><00:38:12.639><c> back</c><00:38:12.960><c> by</c><00:38:13.219><c> the</c><00:38:13.400><c> Jews.</c>

00:38:16.199 --> 00:38:18.619
Amos<00:38:16.599><c> 3</c><00:38:16.980><c> verse</c><00:38:17.199><c> 7,</c><00:38:17.539><c> these</c><00:38:17.699><c> are</c><00:38:17.960><c> familiar</c><00:38:18.219><c> verses.</c>

00:38:18.900 --> 00:38:22.840
Surely<00:38:19.039><c> the</c><00:38:19.300><c> Lord</c><00:38:19.519><c> God</c><00:38:19.760><c> does</c><00:38:20.119><c> nothing</c><00:38:20.519><c> unless</c><00:38:20.800><c> he</c><00:38:21.199><c> reveals</c><00:38:21.960><c> his</c><00:38:22.260><c> secret</c><00:38:22.619><c> to</c>

00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:24.639
his<00:38:23.079><c> servants</c><00:38:23.360><c> the</c><00:38:23.619><c> prophets.</c>

00:38:24.780 --> 00:38:29.019
Isaiah<00:38:25.199><c> 46,</c><00:38:26.960><c> declaring</c><00:38:27.320><c> the</c><00:38:27.639><c> end</c><00:38:27.980><c> from</c><00:38:28.280><c> the</c><00:38:28.460><c> beginning</c><00:38:28.719><c> and</c>

00:38:29.019 --> 00:38:32.000
from<00:38:29.219><c> ancient</c><00:38:29.860><c> times,</c><00:38:31.179><c> things</c><00:38:31.380><c> that</c><00:38:31.559><c> are</c><00:38:31.739><c> not</c>

00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:37.199
yet<00:38:32.320><c> done,</c><00:38:32.880><c> saying,</c><00:38:33.480><c> my</c><00:38:33.480><c> counsel</c><00:38:34.059><c> shall</c><00:38:34.760><c> stand</c><00:38:35.460><c> and</c><00:38:36.139><c> I</c><00:38:36.800><c> will</c>

00:38:37.199 --> 00:38:39.380
do<00:38:37.639><c> all</c><00:38:38.139><c> my</c><00:38:38.460><c> pleasure.</c>

00:38:40.519 --> 00:38:46.000
Isaiah<00:38:40.840><c> 55</c><00:38:41.619><c> verse</c><00:38:41.900><c> 11,</c><00:38:43.000><c> so</c><00:38:43.320><c> shall</c><00:38:43.599><c> my</c><00:38:44.039><c> word</c><00:38:44.300><c> be</c><00:38:44.579><c> that</c><00:38:44.780><c> goes</c><00:38:45.079><c> forth</c><00:38:45.460><c> from</c><00:38:45.739><c> my</c>

00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:47.440
mouth,<00:38:46.280><c> it</c><00:38:46.539><c> shall</c><00:38:46.780><c> not</c><00:38:47.099><c> return</c>

00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:51.159
to<00:38:47.619><c> me</c><00:38:47.860><c> void,</c><00:38:48.500><c> but</c><00:38:48.699><c> it</c><00:38:49.039><c> shall</c><00:38:49.219><c> accomplish</c><00:38:49.800><c> what</c><00:38:50.099><c> I</c><00:38:50.539><c> please</c><00:38:50.860><c> and</c>

00:38:51.159 --> 00:38:53.320
it<00:38:51.460><c> shall</c><00:38:51.679><c> prosper</c><00:38:52.199><c> in</c><00:38:52.800><c> the</c><00:38:52.980><c> thing</c><00:38:53.139><c> for</c>

00:38:53.320 --> 00:38:55.639
which<00:38:53.480><c> I</c><00:38:53.719><c> sent</c><00:38:54.000><c> it.</c>

00:38:56.320 --> 00:39:01.039
And<00:38:56.579><c> that's</c><00:38:57.039><c> another</c><00:38:57.460><c> example</c><00:38:58.019><c> of</c><00:38:58.340><c> the</c><00:38:58.739><c> all</c><00:38:59.119><c>-mightiness</c><00:38:59.860><c> of</c><00:39:00.179><c> God.</c>

00:39:02.340 --> 00:39:07.380
I<00:39:02.519><c> think</c><00:39:02.800><c> in</c><00:39:03.599><c> a</c><00:39:03.820><c> kind</c><00:39:04.059><c> of</c><00:39:04.360><c> way</c><00:39:04.780><c> that's</c><00:39:06.079><c> actually</c><00:39:06.599><c> harder</c><00:39:06.960><c> to</c><00:39:07.239><c> do</c>

00:39:07.380 --> 00:39:12.099
than<00:39:07.559><c> to</c><00:39:07.900><c> create</c><00:39:08.579><c> trees</c><00:39:09.340><c> or</c><00:39:09.599><c> animals</c><00:39:10.219><c> because</c>

00:39:12.099 --> 00:39:12.840
it's<00:39:12.400><c> physical.</c>

00:39:12.900 --> 00:39:17.340
We<00:39:13.079><c> can</c><00:39:13.460><c> kind</c><00:39:13.760><c> of</c><00:39:14.039><c> understand</c><00:39:14.539><c> how</c><00:39:14.820><c> that</c><00:39:15.199><c> might</c><00:39:15.619><c> be</c><00:39:16.519><c> done.</c>

00:39:17.340 --> 00:39:21.980
We<00:39:17.639><c> know</c><00:39:17.960><c> enough</c><00:39:18.219><c> about</c><00:39:18.619><c> the</c><00:39:19.360><c> molecular</c><00:39:19.880><c> structure</c><00:39:20.440><c> of</c><00:39:20.679><c> things</c><00:39:20.980><c> to</c><00:39:21.179><c> kind</c><00:39:21.440><c> of</c>

00:39:21.980 --> 00:39:23.860
at<00:39:22.119><c> least</c><00:39:22.460><c> have</c><00:39:22.880><c> some</c><00:39:23.320><c> notion</c>

00:39:23.860 --> 00:39:27.900
of<00:39:24.500><c> how</c><00:39:24.699><c> you</c><00:39:24.880><c> can</c><00:39:25.239><c> create</c><00:39:25.579><c> a</c><00:39:25.940><c> tree,</c><00:39:26.800><c> not</c><00:39:26.980><c> that</c><00:39:27.139><c> we</c><00:39:27.300><c> can</c><00:39:27.480><c> do</c><00:39:27.679><c> it,</c>

00:39:27.900 --> 00:39:30.380
but<00:39:28.019><c> we</c><00:39:28.239><c> can</c><00:39:28.579><c> kind</c><00:39:28.760><c> of</c><00:39:29.019><c> understand</c><00:39:29.460><c> that.</c>

00:39:30.699 --> 00:39:35.679
How<00:39:31.000><c> do</c><00:39:31.119><c> you</c><00:39:31.380><c> understand</c><00:39:32.079><c> the</c><00:39:33.099><c> manipulation</c><00:39:33.780><c> of</c><00:39:34.079><c> people</c><00:39:34.360><c> whose</c><00:39:34.940><c> minds</c><00:39:35.300><c> can</c>

00:39:35.679 --> 00:39:36.420
change<00:39:35.920><c> from</c><00:39:36.199><c> moment</c>

00:39:36.420 --> 00:39:41.139
to<00:39:36.659><c> moment</c><00:39:37.139><c> and</c><00:39:38.380><c> not</c><00:39:38.579><c> just</c><00:39:38.760><c> one</c><00:39:39.039><c> person,</c><00:39:39.599><c> but</c><00:39:39.679><c> hundreds,</c><00:39:40.619><c> thousands</c><00:39:40.860><c> of</c>

00:39:41.139 --> 00:39:44.800
people,<00:39:42.119><c> all</c><00:39:42.380><c> to</c><00:39:42.599><c> achieve</c><00:39:43.280><c> one</c><00:39:44.039><c> single</c>

00:39:44.800 --> 00:39:48.280
outcome,<00:39:45.719><c> that</c><00:39:45.980><c> you've</c><00:39:46.480><c> prophesied</c><00:39:47.019><c> hundreds</c><00:39:47.400><c> or</c><00:39:47.780><c> thousands</c>

00:39:48.280 --> 00:39:50.300
of<00:39:48.539><c> years</c><00:39:48.780><c> ahead</c><00:39:49.000><c> of</c><00:39:49.219><c> time?</c>

00:39:51.019 --> 00:39:54.000
To<00:39:51.360><c> me</c><00:39:51.619><c> that's</c><00:39:51.980><c> even</c><00:39:52.280><c> harder</c><00:39:52.579><c> to</c><00:39:52.940><c> understand.</c>

00:39:54.280 --> 00:39:58.639
That's<00:39:54.960><c> the</c><00:39:55.199><c> measure</c><00:39:55.519><c> of</c><00:39:55.820><c> God's</c><00:39:56.480><c> all</c><00:39:56.699><c>-mightiness</c><00:39:57.420><c> and</c><00:39:57.760><c> power.</c>

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Now<00:39:59.760><c> I</c><00:39:59.820><c> just</c><00:40:00.059><c> want</c><00:40:00.179><c> to</c><00:40:00.380><c> show</c><00:40:00.519><c> you</c><00:40:00.820><c> a</c><00:40:01.000><c> quotation,</c><00:40:02.739><c> as</c><00:40:03.059><c> brief</c><00:40:03.260><c> as</c>

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I<00:40:03.559><c> could</c><00:40:03.980><c> reasonably</c><00:40:04.480><c> make</c><00:40:04.760><c> it,</c><00:40:04.960><c> from</c>

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Sir<00:40:05.739><c> Isaac</c><00:40:06.179><c> Newton,</c><00:40:07.280><c> famous</c><00:40:07.619><c> for</c><00:40:07.920><c> his</c><00:40:08.500><c> laws</c><00:40:08.739><c> of</c><00:40:09.000><c> physics</c><00:40:09.420><c> from</c>

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the<00:40:10.980><c> 1700s.</c>

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In<00:40:13.599><c> fact,</c><00:40:14.679><c> this</c><00:40:14.760><c> one</c><00:40:14.920><c> you're</c><00:40:15.119><c> going</c><00:40:15.360><c> to</c><00:40:15.699><c> see</c><00:40:15.860><c> in</c><00:40:15.960><c> a</c><00:40:16.099><c> moment</c><00:40:16.300><c> was</c>

00:40:16.619 --> 00:40:20.760
published<00:40:17.179><c> after</c><00:40:17.639><c> he</c><00:40:17.880><c> died</c><00:40:18.199><c> in</c><00:40:18.599><c> 1733.</c>

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You<00:40:21.699><c> may</c><00:40:21.940><c> be</c><00:40:22.199><c> aware</c><00:40:22.420><c> that</c><00:40:22.559><c> he</c><00:40:22.800><c> actually</c><00:40:23.079><c> wrote</c><00:40:23.320><c> more</c><00:40:23.639><c> on</c><00:40:23.860><c> Bible</c>

00:40:24.260 --> 00:40:26.579
studies<00:40:24.599><c> than</c><00:40:24.800><c> he</c><00:40:24.960><c> did</c><00:40:25.079><c> on</c><00:40:25.420><c> science.</c>

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He<00:40:27.280><c> was</c><00:40:27.539><c> a</c><00:40:28.079><c> phenomenal</c><00:40:28.760><c> Bible</c><00:40:29.179><c> student</c><00:40:29.780><c> and</c><00:40:30.420><c> wrote</c><00:40:30.699><c> a</c><00:40:30.960><c> lot</c>

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about<00:40:31.460><c> prophecy.</c>

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And<00:40:33.159><c> this</c><00:40:33.300><c> is</c><00:40:33.440><c> what</c><00:40:33.539><c> he</c><00:40:33.800><c> said</c><00:40:33.880><c> in</c><00:40:34.059><c> particular</c><00:40:34.519><c> about</c><00:40:34.920><c> prophecy</c>

00:40:35.400 --> 00:40:42.059
in<00:40:35.739><c> general</c><00:40:36.099><c> in</c><00:40:36.679><c> the</c><00:40:37.000><c> context</c><00:40:37.679><c> of</c><00:40:38.159><c> the</c>

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John.

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So<00:40:43.940><c> he's</c><00:40:44.139><c> talking</c><00:40:44.360><c> about</c><00:40:44.599><c> the</c><00:40:44.739><c> book</c><00:40:44.840><c> of</c><00:40:45.059><c> Revelation,</c><00:40:46.460><c> but</c><00:40:46.659><c> more</c><00:40:47.039><c> generally</c><00:40:47.420><c> in</c>

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this<00:40:48.000><c> quote.</c>

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The<00:40:49.619><c> folly</c><00:40:50.119><c> of</c><00:40:50.579><c> interpreters</c><00:40:51.039><c> has</c><00:40:51.360><c> been</c><00:40:51.619><c> to</c><00:40:52.599><c> foretell</c><00:40:54.739><c> times</c>

00:40:55.179 --> 00:40:58.320
and<00:40:55.760><c> things</c><00:40:56.039><c> by</c><00:40:56.380><c> this</c><00:40:56.699><c> prophecy,</c><00:40:57.860><c> as</c><00:40:57.980><c> if</c>

00:40:58.320 --> 00:41:01.619
God<00:40:58.780><c> designed</c><00:40:59.440><c> to</c><00:40:59.719><c> make</c><00:41:00.019><c> them</c><00:41:00.500><c> prophets.</c>

00:41:03.980 --> 00:41:07.960
By<00:41:04.340><c> this</c><00:41:04.739><c> rashness</c><00:41:05.320><c> they</c><00:41:05.500><c> have</c><00:41:05.679><c> not</c><00:41:05.820><c> only</c><00:41:06.119><c> exposed</c><00:41:06.639><c> themselves,</c><00:41:07.260><c> but</c><00:41:07.480><c> brought</c><00:41:07.619><c> the</c>

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prophecy<00:41:08.280><c> also</c>

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into<00:41:08.880><c> contempt.</c>

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Because<00:41:10.579><c> of</c><00:41:10.800><c> course</c><00:41:11.039><c> if</c><00:41:11.199><c> you</c><00:41:11.400><c> get</c><00:41:11.579><c> up</c><00:41:11.780><c> and</c><00:41:11.940><c> say,</c><00:41:12.260><c> oh</c><00:41:12.260><c> this</c><00:41:12.500><c> chapter</c><00:41:12.920><c> in</c>

00:41:13.000 --> 00:41:14.599
Revelation<00:41:13.500><c> is</c><00:41:14.159><c> telling</c><00:41:14.360><c> us</c>

00:41:14.599 --> 00:41:16.320
that<00:41:14.780><c> this</c><00:41:14.920><c> is</c><00:41:15.059><c> what's</c><00:41:15.260><c> going</c><00:41:15.360><c> to</c><00:41:15.480><c> happen</c><00:41:15.639><c> in</c><00:41:15.820><c> three</c><00:41:16.059><c> years'</c>

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time,<00:41:17.219><c> and</c><00:41:17.360><c> this</c><00:41:17.619><c> and</c><00:41:17.739><c> that</c><00:41:17.920><c> and</c><00:41:18.039><c> the</c><00:41:18.219><c> other,</c>

00:41:18.980 --> 00:41:21.059
and<00:41:19.159><c> of</c><00:41:19.280><c> course</c><00:41:19.400><c> three</c><00:41:19.639><c> years</c><00:41:19.840><c> comes</c><00:41:20.119><c> by,</c><00:41:20.480><c> nothing</c><00:41:20.719><c> of</c><00:41:20.880><c> the</c>

00:41:21.059 --> 00:41:22.119
kind<00:41:21.239><c> happened,</c><00:41:21.599><c> and</c><00:41:21.739><c> people</c><00:41:21.920><c> are</c><00:41:22.039><c> going</c>

00:41:22.119 --> 00:41:24.280
to<00:41:22.139><c> say,</c><00:41:22.360><c> well</c><00:41:22.559><c> that</c><00:41:22.920><c> prophecy</c><00:41:23.260><c> is</c><00:41:23.519><c> rubbish.</c>

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It's<00:41:24.820><c> actually</c><00:41:25.119><c> you</c><00:41:25.380><c> that's</c><00:41:25.639><c> the</c><00:41:25.820><c> rubbish,</c><00:41:26.139><c> not</c><00:41:26.340><c> the</c><00:41:26.659><c> prophecy,</c><00:41:27.699><c> but</c>

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that's<00:41:28.139><c> what</c><00:41:28.239><c> he's</c><00:41:28.519><c> saying</c>

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is<00:41:29.159><c> that</c><00:41:29.400><c> we</c><00:41:29.519><c> have</c><00:41:29.719><c> to</c><00:41:29.860><c> be</c><00:41:30.039><c> very</c><00:41:30.440><c> careful</c><00:41:30.960><c> that</c><00:41:31.599><c> we</c><00:41:31.739><c> don't</c><00:41:32.039><c> bring</c><00:41:32.519><c> the</c>

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prophecy<00:41:33.239><c> into</c><00:41:33.739><c> contempt</c><00:41:34.239><c> because</c>

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of<00:41:35.380><c> our</c><00:41:36.159><c> overblown</c><00:41:37.260><c> sense</c><00:41:37.579><c> of</c><00:41:37.880><c> ability</c><00:41:38.219><c> to</c><00:41:38.619><c> predict</c><00:41:38.940><c> the</c>

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future<00:41:39.440><c> ourselves.</c>

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The<00:41:41.920><c> design</c><00:41:42.260><c> of</c><00:41:42.519><c> God</c><00:41:42.699><c> was</c><00:41:42.980><c> much</c><00:41:43.360><c> otherwise.</c>

00:41:44.619 --> 00:41:47.599
He<00:41:44.980><c> gave</c><00:41:45.340><c> this</c><00:41:45.739><c> and</c><00:41:46.099><c> the</c><00:41:46.380><c> prophecies</c><00:41:46.719><c> of</c><00:41:46.940><c> the</c><00:41:47.059><c> Old</c><00:41:47.219><c> Testament</c>

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not<00:41:47.980><c> to</c><00:41:48.260><c> gratify</c><00:41:48.739><c> men's</c><00:41:49.300><c> curiosities</c>

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by<00:41:50.900><c> enabling</c><00:41:51.360><c> them</c><00:41:51.639><c> to</c><00:41:51.900><c> foreknow</c><00:41:52.260><c> things,</c><00:41:53.179><c> but</c><00:41:53.679><c> that</c><00:41:54.320><c> after</c>

00:41:55.179 --> 00:41:59.719
they<00:41:55.800><c> were</c><00:41:56.239><c> fulfilled</c><00:41:57.099><c> they</c><00:41:58.440><c> might</c><00:41:58.820><c> be</c><00:41:59.260><c> interpreted</c>

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by<00:42:00.019><c> the</c><00:42:00.239><c> event,</c><00:42:01.519><c> and</c><00:42:01.719><c> his</c><00:42:02.239><c> own</c><00:42:02.820><c> providence,</c><00:42:03.699><c> not</c><00:42:04.019><c> the</c><00:42:04.360><c> interpreters,</c><00:42:05.460><c> be</c><00:42:05.619><c> then</c>

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manifested<00:42:06.599><c> thereby</c>

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to<00:42:07.280><c> the</c><00:42:07.460><c> world.</c>

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He's<00:42:09.699><c> saying</c><00:42:10.099><c> that</c><00:42:10.679><c> it's</c><00:42:11.320><c> for</c><00:42:11.500><c> when</c><00:42:11.760><c> we</c><00:42:12.139><c> see</c><00:42:12.400><c> a</c><00:42:12.599><c> fulfilment</c>

00:42:13.280 --> 00:42:14.360
that's<00:42:13.800><c> the</c><00:42:13.940><c> issue.</c>

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You<00:42:14.940><c> have</c><00:42:15.179><c> to</c><00:42:15.400><c> know</c><00:42:15.639><c> quite</c><00:42:15.860><c> a</c><00:42:15.960><c> bit</c><00:42:16.079><c> about</c><00:42:16.260><c> the</c><00:42:16.519><c> prophecy</c><00:42:16.780><c> to</c><00:42:16.960><c> even</c><00:42:17.400><c> recognise</c><00:42:17.800><c> a</c>

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fulfilment,<00:42:18.820><c> of</c><00:42:19.079><c> course,</c>

00:42:20.380 --> 00:42:22.500
but<00:42:20.679><c> he's</c><00:42:20.880><c> saying</c><00:42:21.000><c> you're</c><00:42:21.159><c> not</c><00:42:21.340><c> given</c><00:42:21.559><c> the</c><00:42:21.840><c> prophecy</c><00:42:22.119><c> so</c><00:42:22.360><c> that</c>

00:42:22.500 --> 00:42:24.500
you<00:42:22.639><c> can</c><00:42:22.780><c> get</c><00:42:22.960><c> up</c><00:42:23.179><c> and</c><00:42:23.360><c> say,</c><00:42:23.980><c> I</c><00:42:24.179><c> predict</c>

00:42:24.500 --> 00:42:27.739
this<00:42:24.800><c> is</c><00:42:24.800><c> going</c><00:42:25.039><c> to</c><00:42:25.159><c> happen</c><00:42:25.400><c> because</c><00:42:25.800><c> this</c><00:42:26.039><c> verse</c><00:42:26.320><c> says</c><00:42:26.599><c> so.</c>

00:42:28.239 --> 00:42:30.900
Many<00:42:28.500><c> of</c><00:42:28.659><c> us</c><00:42:28.800><c> perhaps</c><00:42:29.059><c> in</c><00:42:29.199><c> the</c><00:42:29.360><c> past</c><00:42:29.539><c> have</c><00:42:29.719><c> done</c><00:42:29.900><c> that,</c><00:42:30.159><c> especially</c><00:42:30.440><c> if</c><00:42:30.579><c> you're</c><00:42:30.780><c> in</c>

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my<00:42:31.079><c> age</c><00:42:31.260><c> group,</c><00:42:31.900><c> and</c>

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we've<00:42:32.719><c> been</c><00:42:32.920><c> mistaken.</c>

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This<00:42:34.340><c> is</c><00:42:34.519><c> not</c><00:42:34.699><c> how</c><00:42:34.900><c> things</c><00:42:35.159><c> worked</c><00:42:35.480><c> out,</c><00:42:36.940><c> and</c><00:42:37.260><c> I</c><00:42:37.400><c> dare</c><00:42:37.559><c> say</c><00:42:37.860><c> that's</c><00:42:38.179><c> still</c><00:42:38.400><c> happening,</c><00:42:38.920><c> that</c><00:42:39.340><c> we</c><00:42:39.699><c> still</c>

00:42:40.539 --> 00:42:44.840
try<00:42:41.280><c> to</c><00:42:41.679><c> anticipate</c><00:42:42.300><c> what</c><00:42:42.579><c> will</c><00:42:42.860><c> happen</c><00:42:43.119><c> next,</c><00:42:43.619><c> and</c><00:42:44.219><c> maybe</c><00:42:44.599><c> it</c>

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won't<00:42:44.980><c> be</c><00:42:45.179><c> what</c><00:42:45.400><c> happens</c><00:42:45.760><c> next.</c>

00:42:46.440 --> 00:42:47.820
We<00:42:46.579><c> know</c><00:42:46.820><c> the</c><00:42:47.019><c> end.</c>

00:42:48.300 --> 00:42:51.760
We<00:42:48.460><c> know</c><00:42:48.960><c> the</c><00:42:49.320><c> picture</c><00:42:49.659><c> of</c><00:42:49.840><c> the</c><00:42:50.059><c> final</c><00:42:50.380><c> conflict</c><00:42:50.920><c> and</c><00:42:51.099><c> the</c><00:42:51.320><c> return</c><00:42:51.519><c> of</c>

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Christ,<00:42:52.199><c> sure,</c><00:42:52.980><c> but</c><00:42:53.199><c> how</c><00:42:53.400><c> to</c>

00:42:53.519 --> 00:43:00.019
get<00:42:53.659><c> from</c><00:42:53.940><c> here</c><00:42:54.360><c> to</c><00:42:54.579><c> there,</c><00:42:55.860><c> well,</c><00:42:56.239><c> that's</c><00:42:56.579><c> a</c><00:42:56.679><c> bit</c><00:42:56.880><c> more</c><00:42:57.239><c> difficult,</c><00:42:58.619><c> and</c><00:42:58.840><c> sadly</c><00:42:59.260><c> we</c><00:42:59.460><c> get</c><00:42:59.679><c> a</c><00:42:59.739><c> little</c>

00:43:00.019 --> 00:43:03.179
bit<00:43:00.340><c> overconfident</c><00:43:01.099><c> in</c><00:43:01.380><c> stating</c><00:43:01.599><c> what</c><00:43:02.260><c> we</c><00:43:02.599><c> say</c><00:43:02.760><c> will</c><00:43:02.960><c> happen</c>

00:43:03.179 --> 00:43:05.639
next<00:43:03.559><c> and</c><00:43:03.719><c> next</c><00:43:03.960><c> and</c><00:43:04.199><c> therefore,</c><00:43:04.820><c> bang,</c>

00:43:05.860 --> 00:43:08.980
we've<00:43:06.099><c> done</c><00:43:06.260><c> that</c><00:43:06.500><c> so</c><00:43:06.699><c> many</c><00:43:06.900><c> times</c><00:43:07.199><c> and</c><00:43:07.340><c> been</c><00:43:07.559><c> shown</c><00:43:07.699><c> to</c><00:43:07.860><c> be</c><00:43:08.019><c> wrong.</c>

00:43:09.739 --> 00:43:12.920
So<00:43:10.000><c> it's</c><00:43:10.380><c> understanding</c><00:43:11.019><c> God's</c><00:43:11.619><c> wonderful</c><00:43:12.019><c> providence</c><00:43:12.579><c> in</c>

00:43:12.920 --> 00:43:16.019
manipulating<00:43:13.460><c> events</c><00:43:14.099><c> that</c><00:43:15.119><c> we're</c><00:43:15.440><c> meant</c><00:43:15.679><c> to</c>

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appreciate<00:43:16.539><c> from</c><00:43:16.880><c> prophecy</c><00:43:17.219><c> rather</c><00:43:17.579><c> than</c><00:43:17.840><c> become</c><00:43:18.139><c> prophets,</c>

00:43:19.400 --> 00:43:21.360
for<00:43:19.539><c> the</c><00:43:19.920><c> event</c><00:43:20.159><c> of</c><00:43:20.480><c> things</c><00:43:20.699><c> predicted</c>

00:43:21.360 --> 00:43:25.179
many<00:43:21.940><c> ages</c><00:43:22.400><c> before</c><00:43:22.940><c> will</c><00:43:23.219><c> then</c><00:43:23.500><c> be</c><00:43:23.780><c> a</c><00:43:23.920><c> convincing</c><00:43:24.539><c> argument</c>

00:43:25.179 --> 00:43:28.599
that<00:43:25.739><c> the</c><00:43:26.079><c> world</c><00:43:26.460><c> is</c><00:43:27.079><c> governed</c><00:43:27.400><c> by</c><00:43:27.980><c> providence,</c>

00:43:28.940 --> 00:43:31.360
or<00:43:29.119><c> by</c><00:43:29.300><c> God,</c><00:43:29.559><c> in</c><00:43:29.699><c> other</c><00:43:29.880><c> words.</c>

00:43:32.059 --> 00:43:37.460
For<00:43:32.260><c> as</c><00:43:32.519><c> the</c><00:43:32.780><c> few</c><00:43:32.960><c> and</c><00:43:33.179><c> obscure</c><00:43:33.659><c> prophecies</c><00:43:34.280><c> concerning</c><00:43:34.760><c> Christ's</c><00:43:35.260><c> first</c><00:43:35.559><c> coming</c><00:43:36.099><c> were</c>

00:43:37.460 --> 00:43:38.420
for<00:43:37.860><c> setting</c><00:43:38.139><c> up</c>

00:43:38.420 --> 00:43:41.739
in<00:43:38.639><c> the</c><00:43:38.800><c> Christian</c><00:43:39.139><c> religion,</c><00:43:40.519><c> which</c><00:43:40.739><c> many</c><00:43:41.059><c> nations</c><00:43:41.460><c> have</c>

00:43:41.739 --> 00:43:44.480
since<00:43:41.980><c> corrupted,</c><00:43:42.880><c> interesting</c><00:43:43.440><c> comment,</c>

00:43:44.860 --> 00:43:47.980
so<00:43:45.139><c> the</c><00:43:45.360><c> many</c><00:43:45.659><c> and</c><00:43:45.960><c> clear</c><00:43:46.119><c> prophecies</c><00:43:46.760><c> concerning</c><00:43:47.300><c> the</c><00:43:47.559><c> things</c><00:43:47.719><c> to</c><00:43:47.880><c> be</c>

00:43:47.980 --> 00:43:49.440
done<00:43:48.079><c> at</c><00:43:48.320><c> Christ's</c><00:43:48.719><c> second</c><00:43:48.920><c> coming</c>

00:43:49.440 --> 00:43:54.840
are<00:43:49.900><c> not</c><00:43:50.099><c> only</c><00:43:50.460><c> for</c><00:43:50.760><c> predicting</c><00:43:51.079><c> but</c><00:43:51.440><c> for</c><00:43:51.840><c> effecting</c><00:43:53.079><c> a</c><00:43:53.500><c> recovery</c><00:43:54.099><c> and</c>

00:43:54.840 --> 00:43:56.480
reestablishment<00:43:55.760><c> of</c><00:43:55.920><c> the</c><00:43:56.179><c> long</c>

00:43:56.480 --> 00:44:01.000
lost<00:43:56.820><c> truth</c><00:43:57.420><c> and</c><00:43:58.599><c> setting</c><00:43:58.780><c> up</c><00:43:59.039><c> a</c><00:43:59.239><c> kingdom</c><00:43:59.500><c> where</c><00:43:59.780><c> righteousness</c><00:44:00.360><c> dwells,</c><00:44:00.900><c> and</c>

00:44:01.000 --> 00:44:02.019
I<00:44:01.099><c> could</c><00:44:01.480><c> talk</c><00:44:01.780><c> for</c>

00:44:02.019 --> 00:44:04.539
a<00:44:02.119><c> while</c><00:44:02.260><c> on</c><00:44:02.440><c> that,</c><00:44:02.760><c> but</c><00:44:02.760><c> I'll</c><00:44:03.019><c> resist</c><00:44:03.300><c> the</c><00:44:03.519><c> temptation.</c>

00:44:04.780 --> 00:44:09.079
But<00:44:04.880><c> you</c><00:44:05.079><c> see,</c><00:44:05.500><c> emphasizing</c><00:44:06.219><c> the</c><00:44:06.519><c> value</c><00:44:06.760><c> of</c><00:44:07.139><c> prophecy</c><00:44:07.599><c> is</c><00:44:08.719><c> in</c>

00:44:09.079 --> 00:44:10.780
really<00:44:09.360><c> giving</c><00:44:09.599><c> us</c><00:44:09.920><c> greater</c><00:44:10.239><c> confidence</c>

00:44:10.780 --> 00:44:15.800
in<00:44:11.099><c> scripture,</c><00:44:12.440><c> appreciating</c><00:44:13.139><c> God's</c><00:44:13.719><c> control</c><00:44:14.059><c> of</c><00:44:14.280><c> all</c><00:44:14.519><c> things,</c><00:44:15.579><c> and</c>

00:44:15.800 --> 00:44:18.739
of<00:44:16.340><c> making</c><00:44:16.739><c> us</c><00:44:17.440><c> more</c><00:44:18.159><c> religious,</c>

00:44:18.739 --> 00:44:23.840
more<00:44:19.280><c> devoted,</c><00:44:21.019><c> more</c><00:44:21.320><c> committed</c><00:44:21.820><c> to</c><00:44:22.119><c> the</c><00:44:22.219><c> way</c><00:44:22.420><c> of</c><00:44:22.579><c> God,</c><00:44:23.619><c> the</c>

00:44:23.840 --> 00:44:25.500
reestablishment<00:44:24.579><c> of</c><00:44:24.800><c> long</c><00:44:24.960><c> lost</c><00:44:25.179><c> truth,</c>

00:44:25.539 --> 00:44:27.400
which<00:44:25.739><c> of</c><00:44:25.980><c> course</c><00:44:26.139><c> has</c><00:44:26.400><c> happened.</c>

00:44:28.219 --> 00:44:33.320
The<00:44:28.480><c> event</c><00:44:29.019><c> will</c><00:44:29.820><c> prove</c><00:44:30.179><c> the</c><00:44:30.440><c> apocalypse,</c><00:44:32.139><c> and</c><00:44:32.219><c> this</c><00:44:32.539><c> prophecy</c><00:44:32.960><c> thus</c>

00:44:33.320 --> 00:44:34.880
proved<00:44:33.760><c> and</c><00:44:34.059><c> understood</c><00:44:34.380><c> will</c><00:44:34.639><c> open</c>

00:44:34.880 --> 00:44:37.880
the<00:44:35.099><c> old</c><00:44:35.320><c> prophets</c><00:44:35.719><c> and</c><00:44:36.460><c> altogether</c><00:44:36.920><c> will</c><00:44:37.239><c> make</c><00:44:37.440><c> known</c><00:44:37.679><c> the</c>

00:44:37.880 --> 00:44:40.000
true<00:44:38.139><c> religion</c><00:44:38.599><c> and</c><00:44:39.000><c> establish</c><00:44:39.539><c> it,</c>

00:44:40.059 --> 00:44:41.420
and<00:44:40.360><c> it's</c><00:44:40.559><c> happened.</c>

00:44:42.039 --> 00:44:45.079
There<00:44:42.260><c> is</c><00:44:42.500><c> already</c><00:44:43.000><c> so</c><00:44:43.400><c> much</c><00:44:43.579><c> of</c><00:44:43.760><c> this</c><00:44:44.059><c> prophecy</c><00:44:44.440><c> fulfilled</c>

00:44:45.079 --> 00:44:47.260
that<00:44:45.579><c> as</c><00:44:45.960><c> many</c><00:44:46.159><c> as</c><00:44:46.360><c> will</c><00:44:46.619><c> take</c><00:44:46.860><c> pains</c>

00:44:47.260 --> 00:44:51.159
in<00:44:47.500><c> this</c><00:44:47.760><c> study</c><00:44:48.219><c> may</c><00:44:48.820><c> see</c><00:44:49.139><c> sufficient</c><00:44:49.739><c> instances</c><00:44:50.420><c> of</c><00:44:50.659><c> God's</c>

00:44:51.159 --> 00:44:54.519
providence,<00:44:52.739><c> but</c><00:44:52.900><c> then</c><00:44:53.599><c> the</c><00:44:54.119><c> signal</c>

00:44:54.519 --> 00:44:57.500
revolutions<00:44:55.199><c> predicted</c><00:44:55.719><c> by</c><00:44:56.039><c> all</c><00:44:56.360><c> the</c><00:44:56.460><c> holy</c><00:44:56.699><c> prophets</c><00:44:57.159><c> will</c>

00:44:57.500 --> 00:45:00.219
at<00:44:57.659><c> once</c><00:44:57.960><c> both</c><00:44:58.260><c> turn</c><00:44:58.579><c> men's</c><00:44:59.059><c> eyes</c><00:44:59.280><c> upon</c><00:44:59.599><c> considering</c>

00:45:00.219 --> 00:45:03.940
the<00:45:00.500><c> prediction</c><00:45:00.900><c> and</c><00:45:01.900><c> plainly</c><00:45:02.519><c> interpret</c><00:45:02.860><c> them.</c>

00:45:04.460 --> 00:45:10.079
Till<00:45:05.000><c> that</c><00:45:05.539><c> period,</c><00:45:06.820><c> we</c><00:45:06.880><c> must</c><00:45:07.320><c> content</c><00:45:07.820><c> ourselves</c><00:45:08.519><c> with</c><00:45:08.820><c> interpreting</c><00:45:09.420><c> what</c>

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has<00:45:10.400><c> already</c><00:45:11.019><c> been</c><00:45:11.639><c> fulfilled.</c>

00:45:13.500 --> 00:45:17.440
Again,<00:45:14.679><c> as</c><00:45:14.860><c> I</c><00:45:15.059><c> said,</c><00:45:15.280><c> we</c><00:45:15.400><c> could</c><00:45:15.639><c> spend</c><00:45:16.039><c> a</c><00:45:16.260><c> lot</c><00:45:16.460><c> of</c><00:45:16.579><c> time</c><00:45:16.699><c> talking</c><00:45:16.960><c> about</c><00:45:17.239><c> that.</c>

00:45:17.659 --> 00:45:21.440
The<00:45:17.679><c> purpose</c><00:45:18.039><c> of</c><00:45:18.260><c> the</c><00:45:18.420><c> quote</c><00:45:18.599><c> is</c><00:45:19.659><c> to</c><00:45:20.099><c> reinforce</c><00:45:20.699><c> primarily</c>

00:45:21.440 --> 00:45:24.500
what<00:45:22.000><c> we've</c><00:45:22.219><c> been</c><00:45:22.579><c> saying,</c><00:45:23.739><c> that</c><00:45:23.960><c> these</c><00:45:24.300><c> things</c>

00:45:24.500 --> 00:45:30.159
are<00:45:24.940><c> recorded</c><00:45:25.420><c> to</c><00:45:25.800><c> impress</c><00:45:26.320><c> upon</c><00:45:26.659><c> our</c><00:45:26.920><c> minds</c><00:45:27.340><c> the</c><00:45:28.360><c> all</c><00:45:28.719><c>-encompassing</c><00:45:29.699><c> power</c>

00:45:30.159 --> 00:45:32.199
of<00:45:30.400><c> God,</c><00:45:31.239><c> his</c><00:45:31.579><c> work</c><00:45:31.960><c> in</c>

00:45:32.199 --> 00:45:34.639
the<00:45:32.380><c> world,</c><00:45:32.679><c> his</c><00:45:32.960><c> work</c><00:45:33.199><c> in</c><00:45:33.460><c> our</c><00:45:33.699><c> lives.</c>

00:45:35.000 --> 00:45:37.860
This<00:45:35.280><c> is</c><00:45:35.639><c> simply</c><00:45:35.980><c> one</c><00:45:36.280><c> more</c><00:45:36.639><c> example</c><00:45:37.199><c> of</c><00:45:37.480><c> it.</c>

00:45:38.099 --> 00:45:41.500
There<00:45:38.280><c> are</c><00:45:38.599><c> many</c><00:45:38.940><c> others</c><00:45:39.260><c> as</c><00:45:39.460><c> we've</c><00:45:39.719><c> already</c><00:45:40.019><c> seen</c><00:45:40.219><c> and</c><00:45:40.400><c> will</c><00:45:40.679><c> see.</c>

00:45:41.559 --> 00:45:44.760
Now,<00:45:41.880><c> just</c><00:45:42.179><c> to</c><00:45:42.460><c> give</c><00:45:42.619><c> you</c><00:45:42.900><c> one,</c><00:45:43.400><c> what</c><00:45:43.559><c> I</c><00:45:43.719><c> think</c><00:45:43.840><c> is</c><00:45:44.059><c> the</c><00:45:44.420><c> prime</c>

00:45:44.760 --> 00:45:48.539
example,<00:45:46.539><c> is</c><00:45:46.699><c> the</c><00:45:47.039><c> nation</c><00:45:47.320><c> of</c><00:45:47.639><c> Israel</c>

00:45:48.559 --> 00:45:51.780
as<00:45:48.800><c> an</c><00:45:49.159><c> example</c><00:45:49.519><c> of</c><00:45:49.739><c> God's</c><00:45:50.300><c> management</c><00:45:50.800><c> of</c><00:45:51.320><c> affairs.</c>

00:45:52.260 --> 00:45:54.860
Because<00:45:52.559><c> of</c><00:45:52.800><c> the</c><00:45:53.019><c> time,</c><00:45:53.260><c> I'm</c><00:45:53.320><c> not</c><00:45:53.539><c> going</c><00:45:53.780><c> to</c><00:45:54.239><c> go</c><00:45:54.400><c> through</c><00:45:54.579><c> each</c>

00:45:54.860 --> 00:45:56.579
line,<00:45:55.519><c> I'm</c><00:45:55.719><c> just</c><00:45:55.920><c> leaving</c><00:45:56.119><c> you</c><00:45:56.320><c> the</c><00:45:56.420><c> heading</c>

00:45:56.579 --> 00:45:59.880
there<00:45:56.900><c> and</c><00:45:56.960><c> we'll</c><00:45:57.139><c> skip</c><00:45:57.360><c> through</c><00:45:57.639><c> it</c><00:45:57.960><c> because</c><00:45:58.679><c> I</c><00:45:59.119><c> am</c><00:45:59.500><c> going</c><00:45:59.739><c> a</c>

00:45:59.880 --> 00:46:00.719
bit<00:46:00.019><c> slower</c><00:46:00.300><c> today.</c>

00:46:01.199 --> 00:46:05.340
I<00:46:01.400><c> do</c><00:46:01.519><c> tend</c><00:46:01.719><c> to</c><00:46:01.880><c> drift</c><00:46:02.059><c> off</c><00:46:02.300><c> my</c><00:46:02.559><c> notes,</c><00:46:02.760><c> you</c><00:46:02.940><c> may</c><00:46:03.179><c> have</c><00:46:03.340><c> guessed,</c><00:46:04.739><c> but</c><00:46:05.000><c> I'll</c><00:46:05.219><c> try</c>

00:46:05.340 --> 00:46:06.739
to<00:46:05.860><c> avoid</c><00:46:06.119><c> doing</c><00:46:06.340><c> too</c><00:46:06.579><c> much</c>

00:46:06.739 --> 00:46:07.699
of<00:46:06.860><c> that.</c>

00:46:07.940 --> 00:46:12.619
We<00:46:08.219><c> know</c><00:46:08.559><c> a</c><00:46:08.619><c> lot</c><00:46:08.800><c> of</c><00:46:09.000><c> these</c><00:46:09.260><c> prophecies,</c><00:46:09.900><c> Romans</c><00:46:10.280><c> 11,</c><00:46:11.000><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:46:12.119><c> and</c><00:46:12.300><c> so</c>

00:46:12.619 --> 00:46:15.199
on,<00:46:13.340><c> about</c><00:46:13.539><c> first</c><00:46:14.760><c> of</c><00:46:15.059><c> all</c>

00:46:15.199 --> 00:46:17.619
the<00:46:15.420><c> scattering,</c><00:46:15.960><c> but</c><00:46:16.000><c> then</c><00:46:16.260><c> the</c><00:46:16.420><c> restoration</c><00:46:17.000><c> of</c><00:46:17.219><c> Israel,</c>

00:46:18.019 --> 00:46:22.139
the<00:46:18.219><c> sign</c><00:46:18.400><c> of</c><00:46:18.619><c> the</c><00:46:18.780><c> fig</c><00:46:18.900><c> tree,</c><00:46:21.420><c> the</c><00:46:21.659><c> resistance</c>

00:46:22.139 --> 00:46:25.019
from<00:46:22.400><c> the</c><00:46:22.599><c> neighbours,</c><00:46:23.280><c> the</c><00:46:23.380><c> pricking</c><00:46:23.739><c> thorn,</c><00:46:24.199><c> the</c><00:46:24.460><c> briar</c><00:46:24.820><c> in</c>

00:46:25.019 --> 00:46:27.159
the<00:46:25.159><c> side</c><00:46:25.300><c> of</c><00:46:25.539><c> Israel,</c><00:46:26.719><c> particularly</c>

00:46:27.159 --> 00:46:29.900
an<00:46:27.519><c> example</c><00:46:27.980><c> of</c><00:46:28.219><c> the</c><00:46:28.460><c> Palestinians</c><00:46:28.920><c> shooting</c><00:46:29.260><c> rockets</c><00:46:29.619><c> into</c>

00:46:29.900 --> 00:46:30.619
their<00:46:30.159><c> territory.</c>

00:46:30.960 --> 00:46:34.519
All<00:46:31.260><c> these</c><00:46:31.460><c> things</c><00:46:31.699><c> were</c><00:46:32.059><c> foreseen</c><00:46:33.019><c> by</c><00:46:33.480><c> God</c><00:46:33.780><c> and</c><00:46:34.059><c> predicted,</c>

00:46:34.539 --> 00:46:36.320
and<00:46:35.159><c> this</c><00:46:35.440><c> is</c><00:46:35.619><c> how</c><00:46:35.760><c> he</c><00:46:35.960><c> has</c><00:46:36.139><c> brought</c>

00:46:36.320 --> 00:46:40.840
it<00:46:36.519><c> to</c><00:46:36.579><c> pass,</c><00:46:38.059><c> and</c><00:46:38.179><c> all</c><00:46:38.579><c> of</c><00:46:38.739><c> this</c><00:46:38.940><c> is</c><00:46:39.179><c> a</c><00:46:39.300><c> precursor</c><00:46:39.960><c> to</c><00:46:40.059><c> Christ's</c><00:46:40.679><c> coming</c>

00:46:40.840 --> 00:46:42.800
and<00:46:41.679><c> to</c><00:46:41.800><c> the</c><00:46:42.019><c> giving</c><00:46:42.219><c> of</c><00:46:42.500><c> eternal</c>

00:46:42.800 --> 00:46:44.519
life<00:46:43.139><c> to</c><00:46:43.320><c> his</c><00:46:43.599><c> faithful</c><00:46:44.019><c> followers.</c>

00:46:44.920 --> 00:46:49.599
We<00:46:45.059><c> know</c><00:46:45.280><c> all</c><00:46:45.519><c> that,</c><00:46:46.159><c> but</c><00:46:46.320><c> look</c><00:46:46.519><c> at</c><00:46:46.619><c> this</c><00:46:47.679><c> first</c><00:46:48.000><c> century</c><00:46:48.440><c> example.</c>

00:46:51.219 --> 00:46:56.239
When<00:46:51.500><c> the</c><00:46:51.739><c> gospel</c><00:46:52.099><c> came</c><00:46:52.820><c> through</c><00:46:53.360><c> Christ,</c><00:46:54.719><c> it</c><00:46:54.940><c> came</c><00:46:55.260><c> at</c><00:46:55.460><c> a</c><00:46:55.699><c> time</c><00:46:55.940><c> in</c>

00:46:56.239 --> 00:46:58.320
history<00:46:56.579><c> which</c><00:46:56.880><c> was</c><00:46:57.420><c> absolutely</c>

00:46:58.320 --> 00:47:03.000
perfect,<00:47:00.840><c> because</c><00:47:01.380><c> in</c><00:47:01.579><c> the</c><00:47:01.800><c> world</c><00:47:01.940><c> at</c><00:47:02.179><c> that</c><00:47:02.360><c> time</c><00:47:02.619><c> there</c><00:47:02.739><c> was</c>

00:47:03.000 --> 00:47:05.699
one<00:47:03.400><c> common</c><00:47:03.760><c> language</c><00:47:04.460><c> throughout</c><00:47:05.380><c> the</c>

00:47:05.699 --> 00:47:08.400
Empire<00:47:06.099><c> of</c><00:47:06.280><c> Rome,</c><00:47:06.860><c> the</c><00:47:06.960><c> Greek</c><00:47:07.219><c> language.</c>

00:47:09.219 --> 00:47:14.320
Not<00:47:09.820><c> the</c><00:47:10.420><c> Roman</c><00:47:10.719><c> language,</c><00:47:11.519><c> not</c><00:47:11.780><c> Latin</c><00:47:12.119><c> yet,</c><00:47:13.239><c> that</c><00:47:13.380><c> was</c><00:47:13.619><c> there,</c><00:47:14.199><c> the</c>

00:47:14.320 --> 00:47:16.699
Romans<00:47:14.599><c> spoke</c><00:47:15.000><c> it,</c><00:47:15.940><c> but</c><00:47:16.139><c> the</c><00:47:16.440><c> common</c>

00:47:16.699 --> 00:47:19.159
language<00:47:17.139><c> throughout</c><00:47:17.460><c> the</c><00:47:17.719><c> Empire</c><00:47:17.920><c> was</c><00:47:18.199><c> Greek.</c>

00:47:19.619 --> 00:47:24.320
You<00:47:19.820><c> had</c><00:47:20.000><c> an</c><00:47:20.480><c> extraordinary</c><00:47:21.199><c> extended</c><00:47:22.059><c> Roman</c><00:47:23.159><c> road</c><00:47:23.599><c> system</c>

00:47:24.320 --> 00:47:27.519
built<00:47:25.139><c> for</c><00:47:25.380><c> the</c><00:47:25.599><c> army</c><00:47:26.000><c> so</c><00:47:27.000><c> they</c><00:47:27.179><c> could</c><00:47:27.320><c> get</c>

00:47:27.519 --> 00:47:29.980
from<00:47:27.800><c> one</c><00:47:28.139><c> place</c><00:47:28.320><c> to</c><00:47:28.500><c> another</c><00:47:28.679><c> pretty</c><00:47:29.000><c> quickly</c><00:47:29.280><c> and</c><00:47:29.559><c> suppress</c>

00:47:29.980 --> 00:47:32.719
any<00:47:30.420><c> uprising,</c><00:47:31.480><c> but</c><00:47:31.619><c> of</c><00:47:31.780><c> course</c><00:47:31.960><c> it</c><00:47:32.199><c> meant</c>

00:47:32.719 --> 00:47:37.219
terrific<00:47:33.219><c> for</c><00:47:33.719><c> everybody</c><00:47:34.119><c> else,</c><00:47:34.920><c> access</c><00:47:35.460><c> for</c><00:47:36.119><c> traders,</c><00:47:36.980><c> for</c>

00:47:37.219 --> 00:47:38.480
tourists,<00:47:37.619><c> whatever.</c>

00:47:38.539 --> 00:47:41.260
In<00:47:38.739><c> fact</c><00:47:38.920><c> if</c><00:47:39.099><c> you've</c><00:47:39.260><c> been</c><00:47:39.480><c> to</c><00:47:39.599><c> Israel</c><00:47:39.940><c> in</c><00:47:40.199><c> recent</c><00:47:40.420><c> years</c><00:47:40.679><c> you</c>

00:47:41.260 --> 00:47:43.059
might<00:47:41.599><c> have</c><00:47:41.820><c> realised,</c><00:47:42.519><c> if</c><00:47:42.659><c> you</c><00:47:42.880><c> haven't</c>

00:47:43.059 --> 00:47:46.659
I'll<00:47:43.340><c> tell</c><00:47:43.500><c> you,</c><00:47:44.400><c> their</c><00:47:44.659><c> road</c><00:47:45.099><c> system</c><00:47:45.480><c> is</c><00:47:45.739><c> exactly</c><00:47:46.159><c> the</c><00:47:46.460><c> same,</c>

00:47:46.699 --> 00:47:49.659
it's<00:47:46.900><c> built</c><00:47:47.139><c> for</c><00:47:47.340><c> the</c><00:47:47.599><c> military</c><00:47:48.039><c> so</c><00:47:49.460><c> they</c>

00:47:49.659 --> 00:47:53.199
can<00:47:49.900><c> get</c><00:47:50.679><c> tanks</c><00:47:51.019><c> on</c><00:47:51.280><c> a</c><00:47:51.400><c> low</c><00:47:51.579><c> loader</c><00:47:51.920><c> and</c><00:47:51.980><c> go</c><00:47:52.199><c> in</c><00:47:52.619><c> a</c><00:47:52.800><c> couple</c><00:47:52.980><c> of</c>

00:47:53.199 --> 00:47:54.719
hours<00:47:53.360><c> and</c><00:47:53.519><c> be</c><00:47:53.679><c> anywhere</c><00:47:54.039><c> in</c><00:47:54.179><c> the</c><00:47:54.340><c> land</c>

00:47:54.719 --> 00:47:57.440
if<00:47:55.340><c> there's</c><00:47:55.599><c> a</c><00:47:55.719><c> need</c><00:47:55.860><c> for</c><00:47:56.099><c> that</c><00:47:56.380><c> in</c><00:47:56.559><c> a</c><00:47:56.699><c> hurry.</c>

00:47:57.679 --> 00:48:02.119
They've<00:47:58.280><c> got</c><00:47:58.599><c> highways</c><00:47:59.159><c> like</c><00:47:59.480><c> in</c><00:47:59.780><c> Singapore</c><00:48:00.199><c> where</c><00:48:01.059><c> jets</c><00:48:01.400><c> fighters</c><00:48:01.860><c> can</c>

00:48:02.119 --> 00:48:03.719
land<00:48:02.420><c> on</c><00:48:02.639><c> them</c><00:48:02.780><c> and</c><00:48:03.000><c> get</c><00:48:03.260><c> refuelled</c>

00:48:03.719 --> 00:48:05.940
and<00:48:03.880><c> take</c><00:48:04.119><c> off</c><00:48:04.320><c> again</c><00:48:04.559><c> without</c><00:48:04.840><c> having</c><00:48:05.099><c> to</c><00:48:05.239><c> go</c><00:48:05.380><c> and</c><00:48:05.639><c> find</c><00:48:05.760><c> the</c>

00:48:05.940 --> 00:48:07.139
nearest<00:48:06.199><c> airport.</c>

00:48:07.219 --> 00:48:10.699
They<00:48:07.460><c> have</c><00:48:08.039><c> built</c><00:48:08.440><c> it</c><00:48:08.800><c> around</c><00:48:09.179><c> the</c><00:48:09.579><c> military</c><00:48:09.900><c> just</c><00:48:10.340><c> like</c><00:48:10.559><c> the</c>

00:48:10.699 --> 00:48:11.960
Roman<00:48:10.960><c> Empire.</c>

00:48:12.039 --> 00:48:15.619
And<00:48:12.519><c> similarly</c><00:48:12.860><c> the</c><00:48:13.079><c> Roman</c><00:48:13.420><c> Navy</c><00:48:13.760><c> which</c><00:48:14.039><c> meant</c><00:48:14.320><c> not</c><00:48:15.260><c> without</c>

00:48:15.619 --> 00:48:17.539
some<00:48:15.900><c> risk,</c><00:48:16.340><c> but</c><00:48:16.460><c> Paul</c><00:48:16.659><c> could</c><00:48:16.900><c> travel</c><00:48:17.179><c> around</c>

00:48:17.539 --> 00:48:21.119
the<00:48:17.780><c> Empire,</c><00:48:18.639><c> he</c><00:48:18.679><c> could</c><00:48:18.920><c> speak</c><00:48:19.199><c> in</c><00:48:19.500><c> Greek</c><00:48:19.679><c> everywhere</c><00:48:20.179><c> he</c><00:48:20.460><c> went</c><00:48:20.760><c> and</c>

00:48:21.119 --> 00:48:22.599
somebody<00:48:21.460><c> would</c><00:48:21.760><c> understand</c><00:48:22.239><c> him.</c>

00:48:22.599 --> 00:48:27.079
It<00:48:23.059><c> was</c><00:48:23.300><c> a</c><00:48:23.519><c> perfect</c><00:48:24.000><c> time</c><00:48:24.659><c> and</c><00:48:25.300><c> it</c><00:48:25.579><c> happened</c><00:48:25.760><c> again.</c>

00:48:27.500 --> 00:48:30.400
It<00:48:27.960><c> happened</c><00:48:28.119><c> again</c><00:48:28.440><c> in</c><00:48:28.619><c> the</c><00:48:28.760><c> 19th</c><00:48:29.400><c> century.</c>

00:48:32.440 --> 00:48:36.840
For<00:48:32.599><c> the</c><00:48:32.800><c> first</c><00:48:33.039><c> time</c><00:48:33.280><c> in</c><00:48:33.539><c> history</c><00:48:34.159><c> you</c><00:48:34.820><c> could</c><00:48:35.059><c> travel</c><00:48:35.719><c> on</c><00:48:36.500><c> sea</c>

00:48:36.840 --> 00:48:39.260
particularly<00:48:37.679><c> without</c><00:48:38.599><c> worrying</c><00:48:38.940><c> about</c>

00:48:39.260 --> 00:48:41.199
where<00:48:39.440><c> the</c><00:48:39.579><c> wind's</c><00:48:39.840><c> blowing</c><00:48:40.119><c> from.</c>

00:48:42.800 --> 00:48:47.920
Until<00:48:43.480><c> 1800</c><00:48:44.159><c> nothing</c><00:48:45.119><c> had</c><00:48:45.639><c> changed</c><00:48:46.119><c> since</c><00:48:46.460><c> Adam</c><00:48:46.679><c> was</c><00:48:46.960><c> a</c><00:48:47.079><c> boy.</c>

00:48:48.420 --> 00:48:51.239
Nothing<00:48:48.980><c> in</c><00:48:49.539><c> terms</c><00:48:49.900><c> of</c><00:48:50.179><c> transport.</c>

00:48:52.559 --> 00:48:58.679
And<00:48:52.820><c> suddenly</c><00:48:53.219><c> in</c><00:48:53.760><c> 1805,</c><00:48:54.840><c> the</c><00:48:54.960><c> very</c><00:48:55.219><c> year</c><00:48:55.480><c> Brother</c><00:48:55.719><c> Thomas</c><00:48:56.039><c> was</c><00:48:56.360><c> born,</c><00:48:57.260><c> someone</c><00:48:57.500><c> figured</c><00:48:57.880><c> if</c>

00:48:58.679 --> 00:48:59.260
you<00:48:58.940><c> stuck</c>

00:48:59.260 --> 00:49:03.239
a<00:49:00.019><c> steam</c><00:49:00.360><c> engine</c><00:49:01.059><c> in</c><00:49:01.579><c> a</c><00:49:01.820><c> boat</c><00:49:02.000><c> and</c><00:49:02.219><c> put</c><00:49:02.380><c> a</c><00:49:02.579><c> propeller</c><00:49:02.880><c> on</c><00:49:03.059><c> the</c>

00:49:03.239 --> 00:49:05.739
back<00:49:03.440><c> you</c><00:49:03.780><c> could</c><00:49:04.059><c> go</c><00:49:04.380><c> wherever</c><00:49:04.820><c> you</c><00:49:05.480><c> wanted</c>

00:49:05.739 --> 00:49:09.300
to<00:49:06.000><c> without</c><00:49:06.280><c> the</c><00:49:06.519><c> wind</c><00:49:06.679><c> blowing</c><00:49:07.039><c> in</c><00:49:07.340><c> any</c><00:49:07.579><c> direction</c><00:49:08.059><c> that</c><00:49:08.360><c> mattered.</c>

00:49:09.500 --> 00:49:13.179
There<00:49:09.579><c> were</c><00:49:09.699><c> either</c><00:49:09.960><c> no</c><00:49:10.159><c> wind</c><00:49:10.380><c> or</c><00:49:10.559><c> it</c><00:49:10.739><c> blowing</c><00:49:10.860><c> in</c><00:49:11.000><c> the</c><00:49:11.139><c> opposite</c><00:49:11.360><c> direction,</c><00:49:12.000><c> didn't</c><00:49:12.300><c> matter.</c>

00:49:13.780 --> 00:49:17.679
You<00:49:14.340><c> could</c><00:49:14.659><c> travel</c><00:49:15.019><c> across</c><00:49:15.400><c> country</c><00:49:15.920><c> at</c><00:49:16.219><c> speeds</c><00:49:16.579><c> unimaginable.</c>

00:49:18.179 --> 00:49:23.340
The<00:49:18.300><c> fastest</c><00:49:18.719><c> thing</c><00:49:19.019><c> before</c><00:49:19.460><c> this</c><00:49:20.199><c> was</c><00:49:21.019><c> a</c><00:49:21.480><c> horse</c><00:49:21.780><c> and</c><00:49:22.760><c> of</c><00:49:23.000><c> course</c><00:49:23.159><c> that</c>

00:49:23.340 --> 00:49:24.460
didn't<00:49:23.539><c> last</c><00:49:23.820><c> too</c><00:49:24.079><c> long,</c><00:49:24.340><c> the</c>

00:49:24.460 --> 00:49:25.840
horse<00:49:24.619><c> would</c><00:49:24.739><c> get</c><00:49:24.920><c> tired.</c>

00:49:26.019 --> 00:49:28.980
Now<00:49:26.260><c> they</c><00:49:26.460><c> had</c><00:49:26.679><c> steam</c><00:49:27.039><c> engines,</c><00:49:27.960><c> they</c><00:49:28.019><c> could</c><00:49:28.280><c> hook</c><00:49:28.579><c> carriages</c>

00:49:28.980 --> 00:49:31.360
on<00:49:29.260><c> and</c><00:49:29.480><c> travel</c><00:49:29.679><c> all</c><00:49:29.960><c> around</c><00:49:30.219><c> the</c><00:49:30.400><c> country</c>

00:49:31.579 --> 00:49:34.480
in<00:49:32.139><c> hours</c><00:49:32.699><c> instead</c><00:49:33.239><c> of</c><00:49:33.500><c> weeks.</c>

00:49:35.119 --> 00:49:37.079
And<00:49:35.239><c> then</c><00:49:35.460><c> someone</c><00:49:35.619><c> had</c><00:49:35.800><c> the</c><00:49:36.000><c> bright</c><00:49:36.179><c> idea</c><00:49:36.480><c> of</c><00:49:36.599><c> getting</c><00:49:36.840><c> the</c>

00:49:37.079 --> 00:49:38.780
same<00:49:37.360><c> steam</c><00:49:37.719><c> engine</c><00:49:38.000><c> and</c><00:49:38.159><c> hooking</c><00:49:38.320><c> it</c><00:49:38.519><c> up</c><00:49:38.639><c> to</c>

00:49:38.780 --> 00:49:40.159
a<00:49:38.960><c> printing</c><00:49:39.260><c> press.</c>

00:49:40.090 --> 00:49:45.199
So<00:49:40.420><c> Brother</c><00:49:40.760><c> Thomas</c><00:49:41.039><c> writes</c><00:49:41.579><c> his</c><00:49:41.840><c> book</c><00:49:42.119><c> Elpis</c><00:49:42.519><c> Israel</c><00:49:42.900><c> and</c><00:49:43.119><c> suddenly</c><00:49:43.440><c> you</c><00:49:43.579><c> can</c><00:49:43.840><c> print</c><00:49:44.159><c> thousands</c><00:49:44.639><c> of</c><00:49:44.860><c> them</c>

00:49:45.199 --> 00:49:49.780
in<00:49:45.559><c> a</c><00:49:45.699><c> few</c><00:49:45.860><c> days</c><00:49:46.460><c> at</c><00:49:47.139><c> a</c><00:49:47.320><c> reasonably</c><00:49:47.760><c> cheap</c><00:49:48.079><c> price,</c><00:49:48.900><c> could</c><00:49:49.340><c> never</c><00:49:49.599><c> be</c>

00:49:49.780 --> 00:49:51.119
done<00:49:49.940><c> before.</c>

00:49:51.559 --> 00:49:57.199
Before<00:49:51.820><c> that</c><00:49:52.219><c> there</c><00:49:52.500><c> are</c><00:49:52.619><c> the</c><00:49:52.780><c> handwritten</c><00:49:53.280><c> copies</c><00:49:53.780><c> which</c><00:49:54.900><c> takes</c><00:49:55.300><c> years</c><00:49:56.000><c> or</c>

00:49:57.199 --> 00:49:58.480
one<00:49:57.519><c> page</c><00:49:57.900><c> printing</c><00:49:58.239><c> at</c>

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a<00:49:58.619><c> time</c><00:49:58.820><c> like</c><00:49:59.059><c> the</c><00:49:59.260><c> Gutenberg</c><00:49:59.760><c> Press,</c><00:50:00.340><c> one</c><00:50:00.780><c> page</c><00:50:01.360><c> at</c><00:50:01.599><c> a</c><00:50:01.780><c> time.</c>

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And<00:50:03.860><c> then</c><00:50:04.320><c> suddenly</c><00:50:04.860><c> in</c><00:50:06.280><c> the</c><00:50:06.400><c> very</c><00:50:06.820><c> year</c><00:50:07.079><c> Brother</c><00:50:07.380><c> Thomas</c><00:50:07.760><c> was</c>

00:50:08.119 --> 00:50:10.760
born<00:50:08.619><c> you</c><00:50:09.280><c> had</c><00:50:09.360><c> this</c><00:50:09.699><c> explosion</c><00:50:10.460><c> of</c>

00:50:10.760 --> 00:50:15.280
technology<00:50:11.440><c> and</c><00:50:12.340><c> of</c><00:50:12.500><c> the</c><00:50:12.679><c> ability</c><00:50:13.099><c> to</c><00:50:13.380><c> not</c><00:50:13.519><c> only</c><00:50:13.820><c> speak</c><00:50:14.159><c> freely</c><00:50:14.679><c> because</c><00:50:15.079><c> there</c>

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was<00:50:15.460><c> freedom</c><00:50:15.760><c> of</c>

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religion<00:50:16.639><c> particularly</c><00:50:17.619><c> in</c><00:50:17.860><c> the</c><00:50:18.000><c> USA</c><00:50:18.400><c> where</c><00:50:18.880><c> he</c><00:50:19.099><c> lived</c><00:50:19.340><c> and</c>

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also<00:50:20.940><c> these</c><00:50:21.619><c> technological</c><00:50:22.380><c> advances</c>

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to<00:50:23.219><c> us</c><00:50:23.579><c> seemed</c><00:50:23.800><c> very</c><00:50:24.179><c> antiquated</c><00:50:25.019><c> but</c><00:50:25.860><c> of</c><00:50:26.039><c> course</c><00:50:26.139><c> they</c><00:50:26.380><c> were</c>

00:50:26.579 --> 00:50:29.340
just<00:50:26.860><c> the</c><00:50:27.099><c> first</c><00:50:27.420><c> step</c><00:50:27.679><c> in</c><00:50:27.860><c> this</c><00:50:28.059><c> process.</c>

00:50:30.320 --> 00:50:33.500
Now<00:50:30.840><c> I</c><00:50:30.920><c> do</c><00:50:31.280><c> want</c><00:50:31.539><c> to</c><00:50:31.699><c> squeeze</c><00:50:31.920><c> in</c><00:50:32.179><c> one</c><00:50:32.420><c> more</c><00:50:33.039><c> topic.</c>

00:50:33.920 --> 00:50:37.940
Given<00:50:34.179><c> what</c><00:50:34.380><c> we</c><00:50:34.679><c> said</c><00:50:34.880><c> about</c><00:50:35.199><c> God's</c><00:50:35.719><c> control</c><00:50:36.019><c> of</c><00:50:36.199><c> the</c><00:50:36.360><c> nations,</c><00:50:37.460><c> what</c><00:50:37.659><c> is</c>

00:50:37.940 --> 00:50:39.199
our<00:50:38.139><c> attitude</c><00:50:38.559><c> to</c><00:50:38.760><c> the</c><00:50:38.940><c> world?</c>

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Do<00:50:39.440><c> we</c><00:50:39.579><c> vote?</c>

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Do<00:50:40.380><c> we</c><00:50:40.519><c> sit</c><00:50:40.719><c> on</c><00:50:40.940><c> juries?</c>

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Do<00:50:42.440><c> we</c><00:50:42.579><c> get</c><00:50:42.739><c> involved</c><00:50:43.079><c> in</c><00:50:43.360><c> politics?</c>

00:50:44.880 --> 00:50:47.539
Do<00:50:45.000><c> we</c><00:50:45.099><c> have</c><00:50:45.239><c> anything</c><00:50:45.500><c> to</c><00:50:45.679><c> do</c><00:50:45.780><c> with</c><00:50:46.059><c> military</c><00:50:46.500><c> service</c><00:50:47.079><c> or</c>

00:50:47.539 --> 00:50:48.679
the<00:50:47.800><c> police?</c>

00:50:48.980 --> 00:50:50.800
Do<00:50:49.099><c> we</c><00:50:49.280><c> sign</c><00:50:49.559><c> petitions?</c>

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Do<00:50:51.039><c> we</c><00:50:51.179><c> join</c><00:50:51.420><c> unions</c><00:50:51.940><c> or</c><00:50:52.280><c> strikes?</c>

00:50:53.360 --> 00:50:56.380
Do<00:50:53.619><c> we</c><00:50:53.780><c> get</c><00:50:53.960><c> involved</c><00:50:54.300><c> in</c><00:50:54.559><c> demonstrations</c><00:50:55.280><c> or</c><00:50:55.539><c> criticise</c><00:50:56.159><c> the</c>

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governments<00:50:56.739><c> or</c><00:50:57.599><c> express</c><00:50:58.079><c> party</c><00:50:58.559><c> preferences?</c>

00:51:00.559 --> 00:51:05.840
I<00:51:00.800><c> think</c><00:51:01.019><c> if</c><00:51:01.219><c> I</c><00:51:01.400><c> spoke</c><00:51:01.679><c> to</c><00:51:03.320><c> any</c><00:51:04.639><c> of</c><00:51:04.980><c> you</c><00:51:05.099><c> for</c><00:51:05.280><c> a</c><00:51:05.380><c> little</c><00:51:05.579><c> while</c>

00:51:05.840 --> 00:51:07.519
it<00:51:05.960><c> wouldn't</c><00:51:06.219><c> take</c><00:51:06.559><c> long</c><00:51:06.860><c> to</c><00:51:07.099><c> figure</c><00:51:07.280><c> out</c>

00:51:07.519 --> 00:51:10.940
whether<00:51:07.679><c> you</c><00:51:07.920><c> are</c><00:51:08.179><c> pro</c><00:51:08.480><c>-liberal</c><00:51:08.860><c> or</c><00:51:08.960><c> pro</c><00:51:09.239><c>-labour.</c>

00:51:11.639 --> 00:51:14.119
I<00:51:11.900><c> ought</c><00:51:12.079><c> not</c><00:51:12.380><c> to</c><00:51:12.559><c> be</c><00:51:12.699><c> able</c><00:51:12.920><c> to</c><00:51:13.179><c> tell.</c>

00:51:14.900 --> 00:51:18.840
It<00:51:15.519><c> ought</c><00:51:15.780><c> to</c><00:51:15.980><c> be</c><00:51:16.159><c> impossible</c><00:51:16.900><c> for</c><00:51:17.099><c> me</c><00:51:17.320><c> to</c><00:51:17.519><c> tell</c><00:51:17.860><c> because</c><00:51:18.599><c> you</c>

00:51:18.840 --> 00:51:20.780
ought<00:51:19.000><c> not</c><00:51:19.239><c> to</c><00:51:19.460><c> have</c><00:51:19.599><c> a</c><00:51:19.840><c> preference.</c>

00:51:23.079 --> 00:51:26.119
But<00:51:23.260><c> I</c><00:51:23.440><c> suspect</c><00:51:23.940><c> the</c><00:51:24.260><c> majority</c><00:51:24.599><c> of</c><00:51:24.780><c> us</c><00:51:24.960><c> do.</c>

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For<00:51:26.980><c> whatever</c><00:51:27.340><c> reason.</c>

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Because<00:51:29.380><c> our</c><00:51:29.699><c> allegiance</c><00:51:30.300><c> is</c><00:51:31.679><c> to</c><00:51:31.840><c> God</c><00:51:32.139><c> and</c><00:51:32.400><c> to</c><00:51:32.599><c> the</c><00:51:32.780><c> King</c><00:51:32.980><c> who</c>

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is<00:51:33.320><c> appointed,</c><00:51:34.119><c> our</c><00:51:34.280><c> Lord</c><00:51:34.480><c> Jesus</c><00:51:34.880><c> Christ.</c>

00:51:35.980 --> 00:51:39.300
And<00:51:36.179><c> so</c><00:51:36.340><c> the</c><00:51:36.539><c> apostles</c><00:51:36.940><c> would</c><00:51:37.280><c> have</c><00:51:37.659><c> nothing</c><00:51:38.039><c> whatever</c><00:51:38.420><c> to</c><00:51:38.739><c> do</c>

00:51:39.300 --> 00:51:41.980
with<00:51:39.780><c> the</c><00:51:40.099><c> politics</c><00:51:40.400><c> of</c><00:51:40.639><c> their</c><00:51:40.920><c> time</c><00:51:41.300><c> and</c>

00:51:41.980 --> 00:51:45.400
they<00:51:42.199><c> stood</c><00:51:42.360><c> up</c><00:51:42.599><c> to</c><00:51:42.719><c> the</c><00:51:42.920><c> authorities</c><00:51:43.219><c> and</c><00:51:43.400><c> said</c><00:51:43.519><c> we</c><00:51:43.619><c> don't</c><00:51:43.860><c> care</c><00:51:44.079><c> what</c><00:51:44.340><c> you</c><00:51:44.639><c> say,</c><00:51:44.900><c> we're</c><00:51:45.119><c> going</c><00:51:45.199><c> to</c>

00:51:45.400 --> 00:51:48.739
follow<00:51:45.559><c> what</c><00:51:45.760><c> God</c><00:51:46.019><c> says</c><00:51:46.420><c> even</c><00:51:46.780><c> if</c><00:51:46.920><c> it</c><00:51:47.059><c> means</c><00:51:47.260><c> we</c><00:51:47.440><c> get</c><00:51:47.619><c> executed.</c>

00:51:49.639 --> 00:51:50.980
Would<00:51:49.860><c> you?</c>

00:51:52.880 --> 00:51:56.199
If<00:51:53.300><c> the</c><00:51:53.500><c> government</c><00:51:53.800><c> said</c><00:51:54.059><c> we</c><00:51:54.280><c> are</c><00:51:54.420><c> going</c><00:51:54.579><c> to</c><00:51:54.780><c> bring</c><00:51:54.940><c> in</c><00:51:55.179><c> military</c><00:51:55.599><c> service</c><00:51:55.920><c> again</c>

00:51:56.199 --> 00:51:57.320
and<00:51:56.380><c> if</c><00:51:56.539><c> you</c><00:51:56.739><c> don't</c>

00:51:57.320 --> 00:52:02.860
agree<00:51:57.800><c> to</c><00:51:58.000><c> do</c><00:51:58.119><c> it,</c><00:51:58.300><c> you</c><00:51:58.539><c> will</c><00:51:58.780><c> be</c><00:51:59.079><c> executed,</c><00:52:01.340><c> what</c><00:52:01.420><c> would</c><00:52:01.960><c> you</c><00:52:02.119><c> do?</c>

00:52:03.699 --> 00:52:08.260
Young<00:52:04.119><c> people</c><00:52:04.440><c> who</c><00:52:04.639><c> aren't</c><00:52:04.860><c> baptised</c><00:52:06.400><c> and</c><00:52:07.079><c> perhaps</c><00:52:07.900><c> have</c><00:52:08.119><c> got</c>

00:52:08.260 --> 00:52:09.960
to<00:52:08.460><c> the</c><00:52:08.619><c> age</c><00:52:08.820><c> where</c><00:52:09.019><c> you</c><00:52:09.119><c> might</c><00:52:09.400><c> be,</c><00:52:09.699><c> let's</c>

00:52:09.960 --> 00:52:16.440
say<00:52:10.119><c> it's</c><00:52:10.380><c> 18,</c><00:52:12.500><c> would</c><00:52:12.780><c> you</c><00:52:12.960><c> put</c><00:52:13.159><c> off</c><00:52:13.360><c> your</c><00:52:13.579><c> baptism</c><00:52:14.019><c> until</c><00:52:15.320><c> you've</c><00:52:15.679><c> served</c><00:52:15.820><c> your</c><00:52:16.059><c> time</c><00:52:16.239><c> in</c>

00:52:16.440 --> 00:52:16.780
the<00:52:16.599><c> army</c>

00:52:16.780 --> 00:52:18.960
and<00:52:16.980><c> then</c><00:52:17.579><c> think</c><00:52:17.739><c> about</c><00:52:17.940><c> it</c><00:52:18.159><c> afterwards?</c>

00:52:20.659 --> 00:52:24.519
Don't<00:52:21.159><c> suggest,</c><00:52:22.019><c> don't</c><00:52:22.239><c> think</c><00:52:22.500><c> for</c><00:52:22.699><c> a</c><00:52:22.760><c> minute,</c><00:52:22.980><c> I'm</c><00:52:23.360><c> implying</c>

00:52:24.519 --> 00:52:27.400
whether<00:52:25.460><c> you</c><00:52:25.659><c> should</c><00:52:25.760><c> or</c><00:52:25.960><c> shouldn't</c><00:52:26.119><c> do</c><00:52:26.360><c> that.</c>

00:52:28.199 --> 00:52:32.840
In<00:52:28.539><c> South</c><00:52:28.860><c> Korea</c><00:52:29.320><c> it's</c><00:52:29.780><c> almost</c><00:52:30.119><c> that</c><00:52:30.480><c> bad,</c><00:52:30.639><c> our</c><00:52:30.880><c> brethren</c><00:52:31.179><c> there,</c><00:52:32.579><c> if</c>

00:52:32.840 --> 00:52:34.840
they<00:52:33.300><c> do</c><00:52:33.579><c> not</c><00:52:33.840><c> go</c><00:52:34.079><c> into</c><00:52:34.260><c> the</c><00:52:34.539><c> military</c>

00:52:34.840 --> 00:52:38.940
are<00:52:35.219><c> imprisoned</c><00:52:36.059><c> for</c><00:52:37.380><c> two</c><00:52:37.719><c> years.</c>

00:52:39.739 --> 00:52:42.579
And<00:52:39.860><c> in</c><00:52:40.019><c> the</c><00:52:40.199><c> South</c><00:52:40.480><c> Korean</c><00:52:40.820><c> system</c><00:52:41.280><c> of</c><00:52:41.539><c> things,</c><00:52:42.039><c> once</c><00:52:42.300><c> you've</c>

00:52:42.579 --> 00:52:44.300
got<00:52:42.780><c> a</c><00:52:43.039><c> criminal</c><00:52:43.340><c> record,</c><00:52:43.860><c> which</c><00:52:44.039><c> that</c>

00:52:44.300 --> 00:52:47.440
would<00:52:44.519><c> be,</c><00:52:45.860><c> forget</c><00:52:46.199><c> your</c><00:52:46.559><c> career.</c>

00:52:47.719 --> 00:52:53.300
You<00:52:47.940><c> will</c><00:52:48.260><c> never</c><00:52:48.519><c> get</c><00:52:49.159><c> a</c><00:52:50.039><c> good</c><00:52:50.239><c> job</c><00:52:50.840><c> ever</c><00:52:51.480><c> in</c><00:52:52.039><c> your</c><00:52:52.300><c> life.</c>

00:52:54.199 --> 00:52:55.860
Just<00:52:54.679><c> won't</c><00:52:55.000><c> happen.</c>

00:52:56.659 --> 00:53:01.739
You<00:52:56.800><c> might</c><00:52:57.039><c> get</c><00:52:57.260><c> a</c><00:52:57.420><c> job</c><00:52:57.619><c> of</c><00:52:58.559><c> sweeping</c><00:52:58.860><c> the</c><00:52:59.159><c> streets</c><00:52:59.360><c> or</c><00:52:59.599><c> cleaning</c><00:52:59.840><c> windows</c><00:53:00.239><c> or</c><00:53:00.440><c> something</c><00:53:00.960><c> if</c><00:53:01.559><c> you're</c>

00:53:01.739 --> 00:53:02.559
lucky.

00:53:03.000 --> 00:53:05.199
What<00:53:03.519><c> would</c><00:53:03.699><c> you</c><00:53:03.840><c> have</c><00:53:03.980><c> done</c><00:53:04.139><c> in</c><00:53:04.300><c> that</c><00:53:04.559><c> situation?</c>

00:53:05.280 --> 00:53:07.579
What<00:53:05.500><c> would</c><00:53:05.780><c> you</c><00:53:05.940><c> do</c><00:53:06.019><c> if</c><00:53:06.199><c> that</c><00:53:06.420><c> happened</c><00:53:06.679><c> here?</c>

00:53:08.300 --> 00:53:11.980
It<00:53:08.820><c> happened</c><00:53:09.059><c> in</c><00:53:09.239><c> the</c><00:53:09.380><c> New</c><00:53:09.559><c> Testament</c><00:53:09.960><c> times,</c><00:53:11.300><c> not</c><00:53:11.539><c> in</c><00:53:11.739><c> terms</c>

00:53:11.980 --> 00:53:13.460
of<00:53:12.239><c> military</c><00:53:12.519><c> service</c><00:53:12.900><c> but</c><00:53:13.059><c> in</c><00:53:13.199><c> terms</c>

00:53:13.460 --> 00:53:14.960
of<00:53:13.679><c> preaching</c><00:53:13.940><c> the</c><00:53:14.139><c> gospel.</c>

00:53:15.239 --> 00:53:17.800
We<00:53:15.559><c> know</c><00:53:15.840><c> that</c><00:53:16.079><c> with</c><00:53:16.320><c> a</c><00:53:16.400><c> number</c><00:53:16.639><c> of</c><00:53:16.920><c> examples</c><00:53:17.199><c> in</c><00:53:17.440><c> scripture</c>

00:53:17.800 --> 00:53:20.239
of<00:53:18.400><c> the</c><00:53:18.539><c> New</c><00:53:18.760><c> Testament</c><00:53:19.079><c> of</c><00:53:19.840><c> faithful</c>

00:53:20.239 --> 00:53:25.579
brethren,<00:53:21.019><c> Stephen,</c><00:53:21.900><c> James,</c><00:53:22.340><c> being</c><00:53:22.639><c> executed</c><00:53:23.420><c> for</c><00:53:24.400><c> their</c><00:53:24.599><c> beliefs.</c>

00:53:26.659 --> 00:53:30.579
The<00:53:27.219><c> issue</c><00:53:27.480><c> of</c><00:53:27.739><c> swearing</c><00:53:28.119><c> of</c><00:53:28.320><c> oaths</c><00:53:28.639><c> of</c><00:53:28.760><c> allegiance</c><00:53:29.179><c> is</c><00:53:29.420><c> mentioned</c><00:53:29.780><c> by</c><00:53:30.079><c> the</c><00:53:30.219><c> Lord</c><00:53:30.460><c> in</c>

00:53:30.579 --> 00:53:32.460
Matthew<00:53:31.000><c> 5.</c>

00:53:32.539 --> 00:53:35.420
We<00:53:32.679><c> also</c><00:53:32.980><c> have</c><00:53:33.260><c> examples</c><00:53:33.679><c> in</c><00:53:33.900><c> Ephesians</c><00:53:34.460><c> and</c><00:53:34.679><c> Philippians</c><00:53:35.219><c> of</c>

00:53:35.420 --> 00:53:36.900
our<00:53:35.760><c> citizenship.</c>

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Is<00:53:37.340><c> not</c><00:53:37.639><c> in</c><00:53:37.840><c> this</c><00:53:38.059><c> country.</c>

00:53:38.599 --> 00:53:43.119
Yes,<00:53:38.840><c> I've</c><00:53:39.159><c> got</c><00:53:39.280><c> an</c><00:53:39.480><c> Australian</c><00:53:39.880><c> passport,</c><00:53:40.920><c> many</c><00:53:41.139><c> of</c><00:53:41.300><c> you</c><00:53:41.440><c> probably</c><00:53:41.739><c> do</c><00:53:42.019><c> too.</c>

00:53:43.900 --> 00:53:46.559
But<00:53:44.059><c> that</c><00:53:44.300><c> is</c><00:53:44.500><c> not</c><00:53:44.820><c> really</c><00:53:45.159><c> our</c><00:53:45.519><c> citizenship.</c>

00:53:47.280 --> 00:53:49.860
It's<00:53:47.519><c> just</c><00:53:47.699><c> a</c><00:53:47.920><c> necessary</c><00:53:48.320><c> document</c><00:53:48.780><c> we</c><00:53:49.000><c> have</c><00:53:49.179><c> for</c><00:53:49.360><c> going</c><00:53:49.639><c> to</c>

00:53:49.860 --> 00:53:51.099
other<00:53:50.039><c> countries.</c>

00:53:51.559 --> 00:53:55.039
The<00:53:52.199><c> commandments</c><00:53:52.659><c> of</c><00:53:52.940><c> Christ</c><00:53:53.400><c> talk</c><00:53:53.820><c> very</c><00:53:54.159><c> much</c><00:53:54.380><c> about</c><00:53:54.699><c> these</c>

00:53:55.039 --> 00:53:57.280
issues<00:53:55.460><c> of</c><00:53:55.880><c> how</c><00:53:56.199><c> we</c><00:53:56.440><c> treat</c><00:53:56.659><c> other</c><00:53:56.980><c> people,</c>

00:53:57.380 --> 00:54:02.159
how<00:53:57.599><c> we</c><00:53:58.579><c> are</c><00:53:58.980><c> not</c><00:53:59.179><c> to</c><00:53:59.380><c> be</c><00:53:59.480><c> involved</c><00:54:00.000><c> in</c><00:54:00.920><c> violent</c><00:54:01.500><c> activities,</c>

00:54:02.400 --> 00:54:05.039
which<00:54:02.639><c> of</c><00:54:02.820><c> course</c><00:54:03.039><c> the</c><00:54:03.300><c> military</c><00:54:03.820><c> requires</c><00:54:04.800><c> and</c>

00:54:05.039 --> 00:54:06.840
often<00:54:05.340><c> so</c><00:54:05.559><c> does</c><00:54:05.679><c> the</c><00:54:05.920><c> police.</c>

00:54:07.860 --> 00:54:10.380
We<00:54:08.059><c> are</c><00:54:08.420><c> strangers</c><00:54:09.000><c> and</c><00:54:09.320><c> pilgrims,</c><00:54:09.780><c> there's</c><00:54:09.900><c> a</c><00:54:10.019><c> lot</c><00:54:10.119><c> of</c>

00:54:10.380 --> 00:54:11.679
examples<00:54:10.719><c> there.</c>

00:54:11.719 --> 00:54:16.820
The<00:54:11.960><c> interesting</c><00:54:12.320><c> one</c><00:54:12.559><c> in</c><00:54:12.860><c> Genesis,</c><00:54:13.880><c> Genesis</c><00:54:14.360><c> 23,</c><00:54:16.460><c> think</c><00:54:16.679><c> of</c>

00:54:16.820 --> 00:54:18.280
the<00:54:17.019><c> context.</c>

00:54:19.340 --> 00:54:26.179
And<00:54:19.940><c> Psalm</c><00:54:20.159><c> 39,</c><00:54:21.059><c> David,</c><00:54:22.639><c> those</c><00:54:22.980><c> two</c><00:54:23.320><c> statements</c><00:54:23.780><c> say,</c><00:54:25.340><c> and</c><00:54:25.500><c> David's</c><00:54:25.860><c> one</c><00:54:26.039><c> of</c>

00:54:26.179 --> 00:54:28.179
them,<00:54:26.880><c> I'm</c><00:54:27.480><c> a</c><00:54:27.800><c> stranger</c>

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and<00:54:28.460><c> a</c><00:54:28.639><c> pilgrim.</c>

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David,<00:54:31.780><c> but</c><00:54:31.960><c> you're</c><00:54:32.119><c> king</c><00:54:32.300><c> of</c><00:54:32.519><c> Israel,</c><00:54:33.079><c> you're</c><00:54:33.860><c> in</c><00:54:34.059><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:54:35.019><c> sitting</c>

00:54:35.079 --> 00:54:36.619
on<00:54:35.280><c> the</c><00:54:35.420><c> throne</c><00:54:35.619><c> of</c><00:54:35.840><c> God.</c>

00:54:36.719 --> 00:54:38.159
You're<00:54:36.980><c> not</c><00:54:37.119><c> a</c><00:54:37.320><c> stranger</c><00:54:37.559><c> and</c><00:54:37.780><c> a</c><00:54:37.820><c> pilgrim.</c>

00:54:38.659 --> 00:54:40.659
Oh<00:54:39.079><c> yes</c><00:54:39.320><c> he</c><00:54:39.579><c> was.</c>

00:54:40.989 --> 00:54:46.400
And<00:54:41.320><c> he</c><00:54:41.539><c> knew</c><00:54:41.800><c> it,</c><00:54:43.099><c> because</c><00:54:43.320><c> until</c><00:54:43.780><c> Christ</c><00:54:44.219><c> comes,</c><00:54:45.519><c> we</c><00:54:45.739><c> have</c>

00:54:46.400 --> 00:54:50.099
no<00:54:46.900><c> citizenship</c><00:54:47.539><c> in</c><00:54:48.059><c> this</c><00:54:48.400><c> land,</c><00:54:49.699><c> and</c><00:54:49.900><c> not</c>

00:54:50.099 --> 00:54:54.760
even<00:54:50.440><c> did</c><00:54:50.659><c> David</c><00:54:51.039><c> in</c><00:54:51.219><c> Israel,</c><00:54:53.039><c> not</c><00:54:53.340><c> even</c><00:54:53.659><c> did</c><00:54:53.860><c> Abraham</c><00:54:54.360><c> in</c><00:54:54.579><c> the</c>

00:54:54.760 --> 00:54:56.519
land<00:54:54.920><c> that</c><00:54:55.039><c> he</c><00:54:55.179><c> was</c><00:54:55.380><c> promised,</c><00:54:56.260><c> because</c>

00:54:56.519 --> 00:55:00.599
he<00:54:56.780><c> understood,</c><00:54:57.420><c> as</c><00:54:57.480><c> they</c><00:54:57.719><c> both</c><00:54:58.000><c> understood,</c><00:54:59.099><c> that</c><00:54:59.199><c> until</c><00:54:59.599><c> Christ</c><00:55:00.039><c> comes</c><00:55:00.300><c> we</c>

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have<00:55:00.940><c> no</c><00:55:01.300><c> citizenship</c>

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in<00:55:02.139><c> any</c><00:55:02.340><c> land</c><00:55:02.539><c> whatsoever.</c>

00:55:03.599 --> 00:55:06.780
We<00:55:03.820><c> are</c><00:55:04.179><c> foreigners</c><00:55:04.639><c> in</c><00:55:04.960><c> our</c><00:55:05.199><c> own</c><00:55:05.480><c> birthplace.</c>

00:55:07.280 --> 00:55:10.500
And<00:55:07.920><c> that's</c><00:55:08.320><c> how</c><00:55:08.679><c> the</c><00:55:08.800><c> name</c><00:55:09.059><c> Christadelphian</c><00:55:09.820><c> came</c><00:55:10.119><c> about,</c>

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as<00:55:10.820><c> you</c><00:55:11.039><c> may</c><00:55:11.239><c> well</c><00:55:11.500><c> know.</c>

00:55:12.559 --> 00:55:16.340
John<00:55:12.820><c> Thomas</c><00:55:13.099><c> created</c><00:55:13.500><c> this</c><00:55:13.780><c> in</c><00:55:13.980><c> 1864</c><00:55:14.780><c> to</c><00:55:15.079><c> register</c><00:55:15.519><c> the</c><00:55:15.760><c> brethren</c><00:55:16.059><c> as</c>

00:55:16.340 --> 00:55:18.139
conscientious<00:55:16.960><c> objectors</c><00:55:17.820><c> to</c>

00:55:18.139 --> 00:55:20.659
military<00:55:18.639><c> service,</c><00:55:19.059><c> and</c><00:55:19.199><c> here's</c><00:55:19.440><c> what</c><00:55:19.599><c> he</c><00:55:19.820><c> said.</c>

00:55:20.960 --> 00:55:25.280
This<00:55:21.280><c> is</c><00:55:21.539><c> to</c><00:55:21.780><c> certify</c><00:55:22.360><c> that</c><00:55:22.659><c> S.</c><00:55:22.880><c> W.</c><00:55:23.420><c> Kauffman,</c><00:55:24.360><c> the</c><00:55:24.519><c> names</c><00:55:24.780><c> of</c>

00:55:25.280 --> 00:55:27.780
ten<00:55:25.760><c> male</c><00:55:26.079><c> members</c><00:55:26.500><c> in</c><00:55:26.920><c> full</c><00:55:27.159><c> as</c><00:55:27.619><c> well</c>

00:55:27.780 --> 00:55:34.159
were<00:55:28.039><c> there,</c><00:55:29.400><c> and</c><00:55:29.719><c> others</c><00:55:30.079><c> constitute</c><00:55:30.780><c> a</c><00:55:31.039><c> religious</c><00:55:31.360><c> association</c><00:55:32.280><c> denominated</c><00:55:33.179><c> herein</c>

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for<00:55:34.460><c> the</c><00:55:34.699><c> sake</c>

00:55:34.920 --> 00:55:41.420
of<00:55:35.179><c> distinguishing</c><00:55:35.920><c> them</c><00:55:36.219><c> from</c><00:55:36.460><c> all</c><00:55:36.760><c> other</c><00:55:36.980><c> names</c><00:55:37.360><c> and</c><00:55:38.019><c> denominations,</c><00:55:39.619><c> brethren</c><00:55:40.000><c> in</c><00:55:40.659><c> Christ,</c><00:55:41.199><c> or</c>

00:55:41.420 --> 00:55:44.139
in<00:55:41.639><c> one</c><00:55:41.880><c> word,</c><00:55:42.739><c> Christadelphians.</c>

00:55:45.179 --> 00:55:48.159
And<00:55:45.519><c> that</c><00:55:45.860><c> said</c><00:55:46.099><c> brethren</c><00:55:46.539><c> are</c><00:55:46.900><c> in</c><00:55:47.079><c> fellowship</c><00:55:47.400><c> with</c><00:55:47.719><c> similar</c>

00:55:48.159 --> 00:55:50.079
associations<00:55:48.920><c> in</c><00:55:49.179><c> England,</c><00:55:49.599><c> Scotland,</c>

00:55:50.559 --> 00:55:52.940
the<00:55:50.719><c> British</c><00:55:51.000><c> provinces,</c><00:55:51.739><c> New</c><00:55:51.900><c> York,</c><00:55:52.099><c> and</c><00:55:52.280><c> other</c><00:55:52.440><c> cities</c><00:55:52.760><c> of</c>

00:55:52.940 --> 00:55:54.599
the<00:55:53.099><c> north</c><00:55:53.300><c> and</c><00:55:53.699><c> south.</c>

00:55:54.639 --> 00:55:57.059
This<00:55:54.900><c> is</c><00:55:55.119><c> the</c><00:55:55.320><c> Civil</c><00:55:55.579><c> War</c><00:55:55.880><c> time,</c><00:55:56.119><c> remember?</c>

00:55:57.579 --> 00:56:01.500
New<00:55:57.940><c> York</c><00:55:58.199><c> being</c><00:55:58.500><c> for</c><00:55:58.880><c> the</c><00:55:59.179><c> time</c><00:55:59.539><c> present</c><00:55:59.900><c> the</c><00:56:00.260><c> radiating</c><00:56:00.900><c> centre</c><00:56:01.239><c> for</c>

00:56:01.500 --> 00:56:03.019
their<00:56:01.780><c> testimony</c><00:56:02.199><c> to</c><00:56:02.480><c> the</c><00:56:02.639><c> people</c><00:56:02.840><c> of</c>

00:56:03.019 --> 00:56:06.139
the<00:56:03.260><c> current</c><00:56:03.340><c> age</c><00:56:03.800><c> and</c><00:56:04.260><c> generation</c><00:56:04.800><c> of</c><00:56:05.019><c> the</c><00:56:05.219><c> world.</c>

00:56:06.860 --> 00:56:12.840
And<00:56:07.099><c> there's</c><00:56:07.820><c> S.</c><00:56:08.300><c> W.</c><00:56:09.420><c> Kauffman's</c><00:56:10.019><c> grave</c><00:56:10.519><c> in</c><00:56:11.699><c> Illinois</c><00:56:12.360><c> that</c>

00:56:12.840 --> 00:56:14.559
we<00:56:13.119><c> have</c><00:56:13.340><c> been</c><00:56:13.639><c> to.</c>

00:56:15.059 --> 00:56:19.460
It<00:56:15.239><c> was</c><00:56:15.440><c> on</c><00:56:15.659><c> this</c><00:56:15.940><c> farm</c><00:56:16.699><c> that</c><00:56:17.480><c> Brother</c><00:56:17.699><c> Kauffman</c><00:56:18.219><c> ran</c><00:56:18.719><c> where</c>

00:56:19.460 --> 00:56:21.380
Brother<00:56:19.820><c> Thomas</c><00:56:20.280><c> on</c><00:56:20.539><c> one</c><00:56:20.739><c> of</c><00:56:20.860><c> his</c><00:56:21.079><c> visits,</c>

00:56:21.739 --> 00:56:25.340
several<00:56:22.019><c> visits</c><00:56:22.380><c> there,</c><00:56:23.599><c> said</c><00:56:23.719><c> when</c><00:56:24.019><c> he</c><00:56:24.300><c> died</c><00:56:24.579><c> he</c><00:56:24.780><c> would</c><00:56:25.079><c> like</c>

00:56:25.340 --> 00:56:27.260
to<00:56:25.579><c> be</c><00:56:25.800><c> buried</c><00:56:26.039><c> here</c><00:56:26.500><c> in</c><00:56:26.619><c> the</c><00:56:26.880><c> family</c>

00:56:27.260 --> 00:56:28.300
cemetery.

00:56:29.219 --> 00:56:29.960
Well,<00:56:29.480><c> he</c><00:56:29.679><c> wasn't.</c>

00:56:29.960 --> 00:56:32.639
He<00:56:30.099><c> died</c><00:56:30.340><c> in</c><00:56:30.480><c> New</c><00:56:30.780><c> York</c><00:56:31.039><c> and</c><00:56:31.119><c> he's</c><00:56:31.380><c> buried</c><00:56:31.599><c> there.</c>

00:56:32.980 --> 00:56:36.219
But<00:56:33.219><c> it's</c><00:56:33.480><c> a</c><00:56:33.639><c> great</c><00:56:33.840><c> place</c><00:56:34.199><c> to</c><00:56:34.420><c> have</c><00:56:34.619><c> been</c><00:56:34.780><c> and</c><00:56:35.719><c> think</c><00:56:35.900><c> about</c>

00:56:36.219 --> 00:56:38.000
all<00:56:36.519><c> of</c><00:56:36.699><c> that</c><00:56:36.860><c> and</c><00:56:37.019><c> what</c><00:56:37.199><c> was</c><00:56:37.440><c> going</c><00:56:37.639><c> on</c><00:56:37.800><c> in</c>

00:56:38.000 --> 00:56:39.119
those<00:56:38.239><c> days.</c>

00:56:39.739 --> 00:56:44.519
This<00:56:39.980><c> is</c><00:56:40.239><c> also</c><00:56:40.599><c> to</c><00:56:40.880><c> certify</c><00:56:41.440><c> that</c><00:56:41.659><c> the</c><00:56:41.940><c> denomination</c><00:56:42.699><c> constituted</c><00:56:43.619><c> for</c><00:56:44.019><c> of</c>

00:56:44.519 --> 00:56:46.420
the<00:56:44.800><c> associations</c><00:56:45.440><c> or</c><00:56:45.880><c> ecclesias</c>

00:56:46.420 --> 00:56:53.739
of<00:56:46.699><c> this</c><00:56:47.019><c> name</c><00:56:47.340><c> conscientiously</c><00:56:49.159><c> opposes</c><00:56:50.099><c> and</c><00:56:51.280><c> earnestly</c><00:56:51.840><c> protests</c><00:56:52.559><c> against,</c><00:56:53.300><c> brethren</c><00:56:53.440><c> in</c>

00:56:53.739 --> 00:56:54.860
Christ,<00:56:54.519><c> having</c>

00:56:54.860 --> 00:57:00.320
anything<00:56:55.539><c> to</c><00:56:55.920><c> do</c><00:56:56.139><c> with</c><00:56:56.400><c> politics</c><00:56:57.000><c> in</c><00:56:57.739><c> worldly</c><00:56:58.099><c> strife</c><00:56:58.900><c> or</c><00:56:59.360><c> arms</c><00:56:59.820><c> bearing</c><00:57:00.059><c> in</c>

00:57:00.320 --> 00:57:01.579
the<00:57:00.539><c> service</c><00:57:00.860><c> of</c><00:57:01.119><c> the</c><00:57:01.340><c> sin</c>

00:57:01.579 --> 00:57:06.260
powers<00:57:01.920><c> of</c><00:57:02.159><c> the</c><00:57:02.360><c> world</c><00:57:02.639><c> under</c><00:57:03.460><c> any</c><00:57:04.039><c> conceivable</c><00:57:04.840><c> circumstances</c><00:57:05.739><c> or</c>

00:57:06.260 --> 00:57:10.119
conditions,<00:57:08.119><c> whatever,</c><00:57:09.860><c> regarding</c>

00:57:10.119 --> 00:57:14.519
it<00:57:10.340><c> as</c><00:57:10.500><c> a</c><00:57:10.659><c> course</c><00:57:10.840><c> of</c><00:57:11.099><c> conduct</c><00:57:11.440><c> disloyal</c><00:57:13.000><c> to</c><00:57:13.360><c> the</c><00:57:13.619><c> deity</c><00:57:14.039><c> in</c>

00:57:14.519 --> 00:57:17.519
Christ<00:57:14.840><c> their</c><00:57:15.179><c> Lord</c><00:57:15.460><c> and</c><00:57:15.760><c> King</c><00:57:16.159><c> and</c><00:57:16.960><c> perilous</c>

00:57:17.519 --> 00:57:19.460
to<00:57:17.719><c> their</c><00:57:18.000><c> eternal</c><00:57:18.440><c> welfare.</c>

00:57:20.440 --> 00:57:25.199
So,<00:57:21.079><c> you</c><00:57:21.079><c> see,</c><00:57:21.400><c> coming</c><00:57:21.659><c> to</c><00:57:21.900><c> grips</c><00:57:22.099><c> with</c><00:57:22.360><c> God</c><00:57:23.219><c> ruling</c><00:57:23.719><c> in</c><00:57:23.960><c> the</c><00:57:24.119><c> kingdoms</c><00:57:24.400><c> of</c><00:57:24.639><c> men</c><00:57:24.780><c> has</c><00:57:25.039><c> a</c>

00:57:25.199 --> 00:57:26.480
direct<00:57:25.900><c> relevance</c>

00:57:26.480 --> 00:57:31.380
to<00:57:27.119><c> our</c><00:57:27.420><c> personal</c><00:57:27.840><c> lives</c><00:57:28.179><c> and</c><00:57:28.380><c> in</c><00:57:28.639><c> particular</c><00:57:29.159><c> to</c><00:57:29.980><c> our</c><00:57:30.239><c> relationship</c><00:57:30.860><c> to</c><00:57:31.139><c> the</c>

00:57:31.380 --> 00:57:32.300
governments<00:57:31.800><c> that</c><00:57:32.119><c> we</c>

00:57:32.300 --> 00:57:33.659
happen<00:57:32.500><c> to</c><00:57:32.619><c> be</c><00:57:32.820><c> under.</c>

00:57:33.980 --> 00:57:36.739
Now,<00:57:34.139><c> just</c><00:57:34.340><c> to</c><00:57:34.559><c> finish,</c><00:57:34.880><c> we'll</c><00:57:34.980><c> go</c><00:57:35.179><c> to</c><00:57:35.380><c> Romans</c><00:57:35.699><c> 9.</c>

00:57:38.019 --> 00:57:41.719
I<00:57:38.119><c> can't</c><00:57:38.440><c> not</c><00:57:38.659><c> do</c><00:57:38.860><c> that</c><00:57:39.039><c> because</c><00:57:39.219><c> it</c><00:57:39.460><c> was</c><00:57:39.460><c> their</c><00:57:39.659><c> reading</c><00:57:39.900><c> so</c><00:57:40.219><c> it</c><00:57:40.360><c> kind</c><00:57:40.599><c> of</c><00:57:40.940><c> misses</c><00:57:41.159><c> the</c><00:57:41.420><c> point</c><00:57:41.579><c> a</c>

00:57:41.719 --> 00:57:43.860
bit<00:57:41.840><c> if</c><00:57:42.000><c> we</c><00:57:42.179><c> don't.</c>

00:57:46.119 --> 00:57:51.039
Romans<00:57:46.920><c> 9</c><00:57:47.340><c> is</c><00:57:47.539><c> one</c><00:57:47.739><c> of</c><00:57:47.840><c> those</c><00:57:48.320><c> precious</c><00:57:48.940><c> chapters</c><00:57:49.440><c> of</c><00:57:49.679><c> scripture</c><00:57:50.039><c> to</c><00:57:50.280><c> me.</c>

00:57:51.539 --> 00:57:57.440
Without<00:57:51.940><c> it</c><00:57:52.179><c> we</c><00:57:52.420><c> would</c><00:57:52.719><c> be</c><00:57:53.159><c> so</c><00:57:53.840><c> much</c><00:57:54.199><c> the</c><00:57:54.500><c> poorer</c><00:57:54.860><c> because</c><00:57:56.900><c> this</c><00:57:57.179><c> is</c>

00:57:57.440 --> 00:57:59.840
one<00:57:57.659><c> of</c><00:57:57.840><c> those</c><00:57:58.599><c> relatively</c><00:57:59.380><c> few</c>

00:57:59.840 --> 00:58:03.719
chapters<00:58:00.380><c> where</c><00:58:01.019><c> by</c><00:58:01.599><c> God's</c><00:58:02.119><c> inspiration</c><00:58:02.699><c> the</c><00:58:03.059><c> writer</c><00:58:03.360><c> comes</c>

00:58:03.719 --> 00:58:07.039
to<00:58:04.059><c> grips</c><00:58:04.320><c> with</c><00:58:04.619><c> the</c><00:58:05.019><c> really,</c><00:58:05.659><c> really</c><00:58:06.480><c> tough</c>

00:58:07.039 --> 00:58:08.219
questions.

00:58:09.079 --> 00:58:22.059
So,<00:58:10.420><c> for</c><00:58:10.699><c> example,</c><00:58:12.639><c> in</c><00:58:12.940><c> verse</c><00:58:13.500><c> 19</c><00:58:14.360><c> through</c><00:58:15.940><c> 20</c><00:58:17.119><c> in</c><00:58:18.000><c> particular,</c><00:58:21.099><c> we</c><00:58:21.239><c> read,</c>

00:58:37.719 --> 00:58:42.400
Now,<00:58:38.179><c> you</c><00:58:38.300><c> can</c><00:58:38.659><c> echo</c><00:58:39.039><c> that</c><00:58:39.619><c> in</c><00:58:39.840><c> many</c><00:58:40.139><c> of</c><00:58:40.380><c> our</c><00:58:40.619><c> lives</c><00:58:40.920><c> at</c><00:58:41.280><c> different</c><00:58:41.559><c> times</c>

00:58:42.400 --> 00:58:44.380
where<00:58:43.079><c> we</c><00:58:43.320><c> have</c><00:58:43.619><c> said,</c><00:58:44.380><c> in</c>

00:58:44.380 --> 00:58:48.699
a<00:58:44.659><c> sense,</c><00:58:45.179><c> exactly</c><00:58:45.559><c> the</c><00:58:45.780><c> same</c><00:58:46.039><c> thing</c><00:58:46.300><c> as</c><00:58:46.519><c> this</c><00:58:46.699><c> says,</c><00:58:48.300><c> God,</c>

00:58:48.780 --> 00:58:50.559
you're<00:58:49.079><c> not</c><00:58:49.480><c> fair.</c>

00:58:50.800 --> 00:58:53.039
Why<00:58:51.480><c> is</c><00:58:51.780><c> this</c><00:58:52.019><c> happening?</c>

00:58:56.500 --> 00:59:00.639
And<00:58:56.699><c> the</c><00:58:56.860><c> apostle,</c><00:58:57.679><c> and</c><00:58:58.739><c> don't</c><00:58:58.980><c> misunderstand</c><00:58:59.699><c> this,</c><00:59:00.159><c> in</c><00:59:00.300><c> a</c>

00:59:00.639 --> 00:59:03.260
sense<00:59:01.039><c> doesn't</c><00:59:01.659><c> answer</c><00:59:02.000><c> the</c><00:59:02.260><c> question.</c>

00:59:04.300 --> 00:59:07.860
In<00:59:04.820><c> the</c><00:59:05.019><c> fundamental</c><00:59:05.519><c> sense</c><00:59:05.860><c> he</c><00:59:06.019><c> does,</c><00:59:06.420><c> but</c><00:59:06.500><c> what</c><00:59:06.659><c> he</c><00:59:06.800><c> does</c><00:59:07.079><c> not</c><00:59:07.340><c> do</c>

00:59:07.860 --> 00:59:10.920
is<00:59:08.780><c> answer</c><00:59:09.179><c> that</c><00:59:09.699><c> specific</c><00:59:10.460><c> question.</c>

00:59:11.420 --> 00:59:15.159
He<00:59:11.579><c> doesn't</c><00:59:11.960><c> say</c><00:59:12.340><c> to</c><00:59:12.719><c> brother</c><00:59:13.039><c> X,</c><00:59:13.340><c> sister</c><00:59:13.599><c> Y,</c><00:59:14.239><c> oh,</c><00:59:14.739><c> let</c><00:59:14.940><c> me</c>

00:59:15.159 --> 00:59:15.820
enlighten<00:59:15.619><c> you.</c>

00:59:15.880 --> 00:59:17.619
This<00:59:16.059><c> is</c><00:59:16.280><c> why</c><00:59:16.440><c> this</c><00:59:16.659><c> is</c><00:59:16.820><c> happening</c><00:59:17.079><c> to</c><00:59:17.340><c> you.</c>

00:59:17.940 --> 00:59:19.039
And<00:59:18.079><c> none</c><00:59:18.199><c> of</c><00:59:18.300><c> us</c><00:59:18.480><c> have</c><00:59:18.679><c> that.</c>

00:59:19.360 --> 00:59:21.019
Job<00:59:19.500><c> did</c><00:59:19.780><c> not</c><00:59:19.980><c> have</c><00:59:20.159><c> that.</c>

00:59:22.500 --> 00:59:24.119
This<00:59:22.780><c> is</c><00:59:23.039><c> not</c><00:59:23.239><c> the</c><00:59:23.360><c> way</c><00:59:23.500><c> God</c><00:59:23.760><c> works.</c>

00:59:24.179 --> 00:59:27.840
He<00:59:24.320><c> doesn't</c><00:59:24.659><c> say,</c><00:59:25.820><c> okay,</c><00:59:26.179><c> you're</c><00:59:26.480><c> suffering</c><00:59:26.860><c> this</c><00:59:27.179><c> disease</c>

00:59:27.840 --> 00:59:29.079
now,<00:59:28.139><c> this</c><00:59:28.340><c> terrible</c><00:59:28.719><c> illness.</c>

00:59:29.340 --> 00:59:31.659
Oh,<00:59:29.659><c> now</c><00:59:30.019><c> let</c><00:59:30.179><c> me</c><00:59:30.400><c> explain</c><00:59:30.820><c> why</c><00:59:31.079><c> that's</c><00:59:31.420><c> happening.</c>

00:59:31.659 --> 00:59:34.480
It's<00:59:32.219><c> happening</c><00:59:32.460><c> because</c><00:59:32.960><c> da</c><00:59:33.239><c>-di</c><00:59:33.340><c>-da</c><00:59:33.440><c>-di</c><00:59:33.579><c>-da.</c>

00:59:35.039 --> 00:59:37.380
That's<00:59:35.400><c> not</c><00:59:35.699><c> the</c><00:59:35.760><c> way</c><00:59:36.079><c> God</c><00:59:36.320><c> works.</c>

00:59:37.480 --> 00:59:39.440
That's<00:59:37.739><c> the</c><00:59:37.820><c> way</c><00:59:37.920><c> we</c><00:59:38.159><c> want</c><00:59:38.400><c> to</c><00:59:38.579><c> work.</c>

00:59:39.880 --> 00:59:41.400
We're<00:59:40.139><c> very</c><00:59:40.400><c> much</c><00:59:40.679><c> cause</c><00:59:40.960><c> and</c><00:59:41.139><c> effect.</c>

00:59:41.579 --> 00:59:44.539
We<00:59:41.579><c> want</c><00:59:41.760><c> to</c><00:59:41.980><c> understand,</c><00:59:42.460><c> well,</c><00:59:42.659><c> if</c><00:59:42.820><c> this</c><00:59:43.000><c> happens,</c><00:59:43.340><c> that</c><00:59:43.579><c> follows.</c>

00:59:44.719 --> 00:59:46.079
Yes,<00:59:45.079><c> we</c><00:59:45.280><c> understand</c><00:59:45.780><c> that.</c>

00:59:46.239 --> 00:59:48.739
Mightn't<00:59:46.539><c> like</c><00:59:46.679><c> it,</c><00:59:46.840><c> but</c><00:59:46.980><c> at</c><00:59:47.039><c> least</c><00:59:47.199><c> we</c><00:59:47.460><c> understand</c><00:59:47.880><c> it.</c>

00:59:49.159 --> 00:59:51.900
Whether<00:59:49.380><c> it's</c><00:59:49.639><c> in</c><00:59:49.800><c> Romans</c><00:59:50.099><c> 9</c><00:59:50.539><c> or</c><00:59:50.739><c> Job</c><00:59:51.019><c> or</c><00:59:51.139><c> anywhere</c><00:59:51.420><c> else</c><00:59:51.679><c> in</c>

00:59:51.900 --> 00:59:53.679
Scripture,<00:59:52.320><c> what</c><00:59:52.480><c> we're</c><00:59:52.719><c> being</c><00:59:53.000><c> told</c><00:59:53.400><c> to</c>

00:59:53.679 --> 00:59:58.960
say<00:59:54.639><c> is</c><00:59:56.420><c> you</c><00:59:56.840><c> can</c><00:59:57.059><c> ask</c><00:59:57.320><c> the</c><00:59:57.519><c> questions</c><00:59:57.840><c> why,</c><00:59:58.219><c> but</c><00:59:58.539><c> you</c><00:59:58.780><c> won't</c>

00:59:58.960 --> 00:59:59.539
get<00:59:59.159><c> an</c><00:59:59.360><c> answer.</c>

00:59:59.539 --> 01:00:03.920
So<01:00:00.000><c> you</c><01:00:00.400><c> might</c><01:00:00.539><c> as</c><01:00:00.679><c> well</c><01:00:00.739><c> give</c><01:00:00.940><c> up</c><01:00:01.340><c> asking</c><01:00:01.619><c> that</c><01:00:01.940><c> question</c><01:00:02.360><c> because</c><01:00:03.679><c> no</c>

01:00:03.920 --> 01:00:05.320
one<01:00:04.019><c> can</c><01:00:04.219><c> say</c><01:00:04.400><c> why</c><01:00:04.699><c> this</c><01:00:05.019><c> is</c>

01:00:05.320 --> 01:00:08.699
happening<01:00:05.619><c> to</c><01:00:05.940><c> any</c><01:00:06.239><c> one</c><01:00:06.539><c> particular</c><01:00:07.019><c> person</c><01:00:07.380><c> at</c><01:00:07.599><c> any</c><01:00:07.820><c> particular</c><01:00:08.239><c> time.</c>

01:00:09.199 --> 01:00:12.139
We<01:00:09.320><c> don't</c><01:00:09.599><c> have</c><01:00:09.840><c> a</c><01:00:09.960><c> voice</c><01:00:10.199><c> in</c><01:00:10.400><c> our</c><01:00:10.599><c> ears</c><01:00:10.760><c> from</c><01:00:10.980><c> God</c><01:00:11.199><c> saying</c><01:00:11.500><c> this</c><01:00:11.900><c> is</c>

01:00:12.139 --> 01:00:13.380
the<01:00:12.320><c> explanation.</c>

01:00:13.980 --> 01:00:18.239
What<01:00:14.300><c> we</c><01:00:14.619><c> do</c><01:00:14.960><c> have</c><01:00:15.500><c> is</c><01:00:15.980><c> the</c><01:00:16.340><c> absolute</c><01:00:16.920><c> reassurance</c><01:00:17.579><c> from</c><01:00:17.840><c> God.</c>

01:00:18.599 --> 01:00:21.719
He<01:00:19.059><c> is</c><01:00:19.519><c> totally</c><01:00:20.019><c> in</c><01:00:20.539><c> control.</c>

01:00:21.780 --> 01:00:24.320
For<01:00:22.059><c> you,</c><01:00:22.400><c> your</c><01:00:22.619><c> life's</c><01:00:23.099><c> currently</c><01:00:23.400><c> out</c><01:00:23.699><c> of</c><01:00:24.019><c> control.</c>

01:00:24.340 --> 01:00:26.579
And<01:00:24.539><c> I</c><01:00:24.659><c> know</c><01:00:24.860><c> what</c><01:00:25.039><c> that</c><01:00:25.340><c> feels</c><01:00:25.559><c> like.</c>

01:00:27.480 --> 01:00:30.300
I've<01:00:28.079><c> had</c><01:00:28.380><c> breakdowns</c><01:00:29.019><c> and</c><01:00:29.199><c> been</c><01:00:29.360><c> a</c><01:00:29.639><c> psychologist.</c>

01:00:30.380 --> 01:00:33.940
I<01:00:30.619><c> know</c><01:00:30.880><c> what</c><01:00:31.059><c> it's</c><01:00:31.380><c> like</c><01:00:31.719><c> to</c><01:00:32.179><c> just</c><01:00:32.440><c> be</c><01:00:32.719><c> absolutely</c><01:00:33.500><c> collapsed</c>

01:00:33.940 --> 01:00:35.920
on<01:00:34.179><c> the</c><01:00:34.380><c> ground</c><01:00:34.800><c> and</c><01:00:35.260><c> not</c><01:00:35.420><c> be</c><01:00:35.599><c> able</c><01:00:35.719><c> to</c>

01:00:35.920 --> 01:00:37.280
do<01:00:36.179><c> anything.</c>

01:00:38.019 --> 01:00:41.480
And<01:00:38.260><c> feeling</c><01:00:38.500><c> out</c><01:00:38.800><c> of</c><01:00:38.960><c> control</c><01:00:39.500><c> is</c><01:00:39.780><c> a</c><01:00:40.139><c> horrible</c><01:00:40.519><c> feeling.</c>

01:00:41.880 --> 01:00:43.739
It's<01:00:42.300><c> a</c><01:00:42.480><c> terrible</c><01:00:42.800><c> feeling.</c>

01:00:45.219 --> 01:00:48.260
God<01:00:45.519><c> says</c><01:00:46.039><c> there's</c><01:00:46.900><c> one</c><01:00:47.179><c> thing</c><01:00:47.300><c> you've</c><01:00:47.579><c> got</c><01:00:47.659><c> to</c><01:00:47.800><c> get</c><01:00:47.980><c> through</c>

01:00:48.260 --> 01:00:49.300
your<01:00:48.519><c> heads.</c>

01:00:50.000 --> 01:00:52.260
I'm<01:00:50.599><c> in</c><01:00:51.099><c> control.</c>

01:00:53.800 --> 01:00:55.179
Trust<01:00:54.239><c> me.</c>

01:00:56.320 --> 01:00:58.420
Look<01:00:56.440><c> at</c><01:00:56.579><c> the</c><01:00:56.780><c> sunrise,</c><01:00:57.260><c> the</c><01:00:57.480><c> sunset.</c>

01:00:58.980 --> 01:01:00.340
Look<01:00:59.099><c> at</c><01:00:59.219><c> the</c><01:00:59.380><c> marvels</c><01:00:59.800><c> of</c><01:00:59.980><c> creation.</c>

01:01:00.460 --> 01:01:02.539
Look<01:01:00.619><c> at</c><01:01:00.760><c> the</c><01:01:00.940><c> fulfillment</c><01:01:01.360><c> of</c><01:01:01.699><c> prophecy.</c>

01:01:02.960 --> 01:01:04.579
Don't<01:01:03.260><c> you</c><01:01:03.460><c> get</c><01:01:03.659><c> it?</c>

01:01:04.880 --> 01:01:07.400
How<01:01:05.099><c> many</c><01:01:05.360><c> times</c><01:01:05.619><c> do</c><01:01:05.780><c> I</c><01:01:05.880><c> have</c><01:01:06.099><c> to</c><01:01:06.320><c> tell</c><01:01:06.500><c> you</c><01:01:06.659><c> you</c><01:01:06.739><c> can</c><01:01:07.000><c> hear</c><01:01:07.139><c> God</c>

01:01:07.400 --> 01:01:09.900
saying,<01:01:09.019><c> you</c><01:01:09.059><c> know,</c><01:01:09.280><c> a</c><01:01:09.280><c> bit</c><01:01:09.400><c> like</c><01:01:09.619><c> saying</c>

01:01:09.900 --> 01:01:10.559
things<01:01:10.159><c> to</c><01:01:10.400><c> children.</c>

01:01:10.619 --> 01:01:13.280
If<01:01:10.780><c> I've</c><01:01:11.119><c> told</c><01:01:11.199><c> you</c><01:01:11.320><c> once,</c><01:01:11.519><c> I've</c><01:01:11.739><c> told</c><01:01:11.860><c> you</c><01:01:12.039><c> a</c><01:01:12.119><c> million</c><01:01:12.320><c> times.</c>

01:01:14.619 --> 01:01:16.579
Well,<01:01:15.059><c> that's</c><01:01:15.500><c> what</c><01:01:15.699><c> the</c><01:01:15.900><c> Bible's</c><01:01:16.320><c> doing.</c>

01:01:16.579 --> 01:01:21.960
And<01:01:17.139><c> over</c><01:01:17.380><c> and</c><01:01:17.519><c> over</c><01:01:18.159><c> and</c><01:01:18.380><c> over</c><01:01:18.900><c> again,</c><01:01:20.260><c> I'm</c><01:01:20.460><c> in</c><01:01:20.760><c> control.</c>

01:01:22.099 --> 01:01:23.480
Don't<01:01:22.539><c> panic.</c>

01:01:24.579 --> 01:01:28.139
It<01:01:25.019><c> doesn't</c><01:01:25.320><c> mean</c><01:01:25.679><c> he's</c><01:01:26.019><c> going</c><01:01:26.260><c> to</c><01:01:26.440><c> remove</c><01:01:26.699><c> all</c><01:01:27.019><c> our</c><01:01:27.199><c> problems.</c>

01:01:28.260 --> 01:01:30.400
There<01:01:28.400><c> is</c><01:01:28.579><c> no</c><01:01:28.780><c> verse</c><01:01:29.000><c> in</c><01:01:29.139><c> the</c><01:01:29.300><c> Bible</c><01:01:29.519><c> that</c><01:01:29.760><c> says,</c><01:01:30.079><c> once</c><01:01:30.099><c> you're</c>

01:01:30.400 --> 01:01:32.420
baptized,<01:01:31.420><c> you</c><01:01:31.500><c> will</c><01:01:31.659><c> never</c><01:01:31.820><c> get</c><01:01:32.119><c> sick.</c>

01:01:32.719 --> 01:01:35.019
You<01:01:32.860><c> will</c><01:01:33.039><c> have</c><01:01:33.159><c> a</c><01:01:33.280><c> good</c><01:01:33.480><c> job,</c><01:01:33.820><c> a</c><01:01:33.940><c> happy</c><01:01:34.139><c> family,</c><01:01:34.619><c> and</c><01:01:34.699><c> live</c><01:01:34.820><c> to</c>

01:01:35.019 --> 01:01:36.820
100<01:01:35.280><c> and</c><01:01:35.460><c> die</c><01:01:35.719><c> in</c><01:01:35.880><c> your</c><01:01:36.059><c> sleep.</c>

01:01:37.760 --> 01:01:38.900
Well,<01:01:37.940><c> if</c><01:01:38.059><c> there</c><01:01:38.219><c> is,</c><01:01:38.420><c> let</c><01:01:38.519><c> me</c><01:01:38.739><c> know.</c>

01:01:38.940 --> 01:01:40.659
I'd<01:01:39.179><c> love</c><01:01:39.320><c> to</c><01:01:39.559><c> find</c><01:01:39.820><c> one.</c>

01:01:40.699 --> 01:01:43.460
Except<01:01:41.079><c> my</c><01:01:41.340><c> life</c><01:01:41.539><c> hasn't</c><01:01:41.800><c> been</c><01:01:41.980><c> like</c><01:01:42.239><c> that,</c><01:01:42.440><c> so</c><01:01:42.780><c> that</c><01:01:43.039><c> wouldn't</c><01:01:43.260><c> really</c>

01:01:43.460 --> 01:01:44.360
help<01:01:43.679><c> me,</c><01:01:43.940><c> would</c><01:01:44.019><c> it?</c>

01:01:44.360 --> 01:01:46.860
But<01:01:44.920><c> we're</c><01:01:45.159><c> not</c><01:01:45.380><c> promised</c><01:01:45.760><c> that.</c>

01:01:46.920 --> 01:01:50.559
The<01:01:47.099><c> greatest</c><01:01:47.440><c> faithful</c><01:01:47.800><c> men</c><01:01:48.019><c> in</c><01:01:48.440><c> the</c><01:01:48.659><c> Scriptures</c><01:01:48.940><c> had</c><01:01:49.260><c> terrible</c><01:01:49.820><c> conditions</c><01:01:50.280><c> they</c>

01:01:50.559 --> 01:01:51.619
lived<01:01:50.719><c> through.</c>

01:01:51.800 --> 01:01:53.159
Think<01:01:51.980><c> of</c><01:01:52.139><c> Joseph.</c>

01:01:53.780 --> 01:01:56.440
He's<01:01:54.179><c> told</c><01:01:54.360><c> as</c><01:01:54.539><c> a</c><01:01:54.619><c> young</c><01:01:54.820><c> man,</c><01:01:55.119><c> hey,</c><01:01:55.320><c> you're</c><01:01:55.559><c> going</c><01:01:55.659><c> to</c><01:01:55.739><c> be</c><01:01:55.880><c> in</c><01:01:56.119><c> charge.</c>

01:01:56.739 --> 01:01:58.340
You're<01:01:56.880><c> going</c><01:01:57.039><c> to</c><01:01:57.159><c> be</c><01:01:57.300><c> the</c><01:01:57.480><c> leader.</c>

01:01:59.340 --> 01:02:01.500
You're<01:01:59.519><c> going</c><01:01:59.539><c> to</c><01:01:59.619><c> be</c><01:01:59.719><c> the</c><01:01:59.860><c> head</c><01:01:59.980><c> of</c><01:02:00.159><c> the</c><01:02:00.320><c> family,</c><01:02:00.760><c> even</c><01:02:01.000><c> though</c><01:02:01.159><c> you're</c><01:02:01.320><c> not</c>

01:02:01.500 --> 01:02:02.300
the<01:02:01.699><c> eldest</c><01:02:01.980><c> boy.</c>

01:02:02.320 --> 01:02:03.159
You're<01:02:02.579><c> going</c><01:02:02.739><c> to</c><01:02:02.940><c> be.</c>

01:02:03.420 --> 01:02:05.420
And<01:02:03.719><c> he</c><01:02:03.840><c> has</c><01:02:03.920><c> some</c><01:02:04.199><c> visions</c><01:02:04.480><c> to</c><01:02:04.820><c> prove</c><01:02:05.019><c> it.</c>

01:02:05.780 --> 01:02:06.739
Wow.

01:02:07.760 --> 01:02:11.039
And<01:02:07.960><c> then</c><01:02:08.039><c> he's</c><01:02:08.380><c> sold</c><01:02:08.559><c> as</c><01:02:08.800><c> a</c><01:02:09.000><c> slave</c><01:02:09.219><c> to</c><01:02:09.460><c> Egypt</c><01:02:09.900><c> and</c><01:02:10.460><c> imprisoned.</c>

01:02:11.039 --> 01:02:14.440
Not<01:02:11.800><c> once,</c><01:02:13.179><c> but</c><01:02:13.400><c> twice.</c>

01:02:15.300 --> 01:02:18.539
And<01:02:15.679><c> you</c><01:02:15.860><c> never</c><01:02:16.139><c> hear</c><01:02:16.420><c> one</c><01:02:16.679><c> word</c><01:02:16.960><c> from</c><01:02:17.179><c> him</c><01:02:17.420><c> saying,</c><01:02:18.000><c> God,</c><01:02:18.380><c> why</c>

01:02:18.539 --> 01:02:19.900
are<01:02:18.639><c> you</c><01:02:18.760><c> doing</c><01:02:19.000><c> this?</c>

01:02:20.260 --> 01:02:22.420
Have<01:02:20.460><c> you</c><01:02:20.639><c> forgotten</c><01:02:20.960><c> what</c><01:02:21.139><c> you</c><01:02:21.360><c> told</c><01:02:21.539><c> me?</c>

01:02:22.800 --> 01:02:24.639
He's<01:02:23.179><c> a</c><01:02:23.380><c> remarkable</c><01:02:24.079><c> man</c><01:02:24.380><c> of</c><01:02:24.539><c> faith.</c>

01:02:24.679 --> 01:02:25.960
He<01:02:24.820><c> hadn't</c><01:02:25.039><c> forgotten.</c>

01:02:26.880 --> 01:02:28.960
He<01:02:27.000><c> hadn't</c><01:02:27.139><c> forgotten</c><01:02:27.460><c> for</c><01:02:27.739><c> one</c><01:02:28.059><c> minute.</c>

01:02:29.139 --> 01:02:33.420
And<01:02:29.460><c> he</c><01:02:29.780><c> trusted</c><01:02:30.119><c> through</c><01:02:30.500><c> all</c><01:02:30.760><c> of</c><01:02:30.960><c> that</c><01:02:31.139><c> that</c><01:02:31.320><c> God</c><01:02:31.659><c> would</c><01:02:32.119><c> bring</c><01:02:32.400><c> about</c><01:02:32.760><c> the</c><01:02:32.980><c> fulfillment.</c>

01:02:33.719 --> 01:02:35.500
And<01:02:34.219><c> he</c><01:02:34.559><c> did.</c>

01:02:37.300 --> 01:02:38.820
Well,<01:02:37.639><c> there's</c><01:02:37.840><c> a</c><01:02:37.940><c> lot</c><01:02:38.079><c> in</c><01:02:38.260><c> this</c><01:02:38.519><c> chapter.</c>

01:02:38.820 --> 01:02:41.300
Just<01:02:39.280><c> skim</c><01:02:39.719><c> through</c><01:02:40.019><c> on</c><01:02:40.219><c> the</c><01:02:40.400><c> slide.</c>

01:02:41.639 --> 01:02:45.460
In<01:02:41.659><c> verse</c><01:02:41.920><c> 6,</c><01:02:43.539><c> we're</c><01:02:43.719><c> told</c><01:02:43.980><c> it</c><01:02:44.039><c> is</c><01:02:44.340><c> not</c><01:02:44.500><c> as</c><01:02:44.719><c> though</c><01:02:44.900><c> God's</c><01:02:45.320><c> word</c>

01:02:45.460 --> 01:02:45.960
had<01:02:45.739><c> failed.</c>

01:02:46.139 --> 01:02:50.300
It<01:02:46.159><c> might</c><01:02:46.460><c> sometimes</c><01:02:47.019><c> look</c><01:02:47.320><c> as</c><01:02:47.579><c> if</c><01:02:48.440><c> God</c><01:02:48.800><c> has</c><01:02:49.260><c> promised</c><01:02:49.619><c> us</c><01:02:50.099><c> a</c>

01:02:50.300 --> 01:02:52.000
wonderful,<01:02:50.699><c> easy,</c><01:02:51.199><c> happy</c><01:02:51.500><c> life.</c>

01:02:52.380 --> 01:02:54.519
And<01:02:52.539><c> he's</c><01:02:52.780><c> somehow</c><01:02:53.219><c> not</c><01:02:53.860><c> lived</c><01:02:53.980><c> up</c><01:02:54.260><c> to</c><01:02:54.400><c> that.</c>

01:02:54.539 --> 01:02:56.340
That's<01:02:54.920><c> not</c><01:02:55.239><c> true.</c>

01:02:57.300 --> 01:03:00.960
God's<01:02:57.800><c> purpose</c><01:02:58.239><c> with</c><01:02:58.699><c> election</c><01:02:59.260><c> or</c><01:02:59.719><c> selection.</c>

01:03:01.900 --> 01:03:03.599
He<01:03:02.480><c> has</c><01:03:02.800><c> chosen</c><01:03:03.239><c> you.</c>

01:03:03.599 --> 01:03:07.820
He's<01:03:03.900><c> chosen</c><01:03:04.320><c> me</c><01:03:04.920><c> out</c><01:03:05.239><c> of</c><01:03:05.980><c> all</c><01:03:06.239><c> the</c><01:03:06.480><c> people</c><01:03:06.739><c> that</c><01:03:07.320><c> are</c><01:03:07.400><c> in</c><01:03:07.519><c> this</c>

01:03:07.820 --> 01:03:09.579
planet<01:03:08.219><c> and</c><01:03:08.940><c> many</c><01:03:09.199><c> others,</c>

01:03:09.780 --> 01:03:14.440
of<01:03:09.980><c> course,</c><01:03:10.239><c> in</c><01:03:10.420><c> other</c><01:03:10.679><c> places</c><01:03:11.159><c> we</c><01:03:11.579><c> know</c><01:03:11.840><c> of</c><01:03:12.059><c> and</c><01:03:12.360><c> many</c><01:03:12.699><c> we</c><01:03:13.000><c> don't.</c>

01:03:14.760 --> 01:03:16.679
We've<01:03:15.019><c> never</c><01:03:15.199><c> met</c><01:03:15.440><c> them</c><01:03:15.639><c> or</c><01:03:15.860><c> even</c><01:03:16.079><c> heard</c><01:03:16.280><c> of</c><01:03:16.480><c> them,</c>

01:03:16.699 --> 01:03:20.500
but<01:03:16.840><c> they</c><01:03:17.079><c> are</c><01:03:17.300><c> there</c><01:03:17.500><c> as</c><01:03:17.719><c> part</c><01:03:17.900><c> of</c><01:03:18.099><c> God's</c><01:03:18.780><c> people</c><01:03:19.019><c> in</c><01:03:19.239><c> this</c><01:03:19.500><c> age.</c>

01:03:20.820 --> 01:03:24.659
And<01:03:21.099><c> so</c><01:03:21.260><c> he</c><01:03:21.400><c> gives</c><01:03:21.639><c> the</c><01:03:21.960><c> example</c><01:03:22.420><c> of</c><01:03:22.619><c> God's</c><01:03:23.139><c> selection</c><01:03:23.480><c> of</c><01:03:23.780><c> Jacob</c><01:03:24.059><c> before</c><01:03:24.500><c> he</c>

01:03:24.659 --> 01:03:25.860
was<01:03:24.920><c> born.</c>

01:03:26.659 --> 01:03:29.260
Now<01:03:26.920><c> our</c><01:03:27.239><c> humanistic</c><01:03:27.780><c> thinking</c><01:03:28.119><c> says,</c><01:03:28.539><c> that's</c><01:03:28.679><c> not</c><01:03:28.960><c> fair.</c>

01:03:29.340 --> 01:03:30.119
Poor<01:03:29.559><c> old</c><01:03:29.860><c> Esau.</c>

01:03:30.219 --> 01:03:31.699
He<01:03:30.219><c> didn't</c><01:03:30.400><c> have</c><01:03:30.559><c> a</c><01:03:30.739><c> chance.</c>

01:03:32.099 --> 01:03:35.440
But<01:03:32.679><c> we're</c><01:03:32.880><c> dealing</c><01:03:33.159><c> with</c><01:03:33.440><c> God</c><01:03:33.739><c> here.</c>

01:03:36.199 --> 01:03:39.780
It's<01:03:36.460><c> not</c><01:03:36.659><c> you</c><01:03:36.920><c> or</c><01:03:37.159><c> me</c><01:03:37.440><c> manipulating</c><01:03:38.079><c> things</c><01:03:38.480><c> for</c><01:03:38.699><c> our</c><01:03:38.920><c> own</c><01:03:39.199><c> pleasure</c><01:03:39.500><c> or</c>

01:03:39.780 --> 01:03:41.820
some<01:03:40.039><c> other</c><01:03:40.420><c> weird</c><01:03:40.760><c> reason.</c>

01:03:43.079 --> 01:03:44.699
This<01:03:43.320><c> is</c><01:03:43.500><c> God.</c>

01:03:45.440 --> 01:03:47.820
The<01:03:45.599><c> creator</c><01:03:46.000><c> of</c><01:03:46.199><c> the</c><01:03:46.380><c> universe</c><01:03:46.739><c> who's</c><01:03:47.079><c> spoken</c><01:03:47.320><c> it,</c><01:03:47.559><c> bang,</c>

01:03:47.820 --> 01:03:49.300
was<01:03:48.119><c> there.</c>

01:03:50.880 --> 01:03:55.199
And<01:03:51.179><c> this</c><01:03:51.400><c> is</c><01:03:51.599><c> why</c><01:03:51.760><c> Paul</c><01:03:52.039><c> says,</c><01:03:53.119><c> hey,</c><01:03:54.219><c> step</c><01:03:54.420><c> back</c><01:03:54.679><c> a</c><01:03:54.840><c> bit.</c>

01:03:55.659 --> 01:03:58.099
You're<01:03:55.900><c> on</c><01:03:56.099><c> the</c><01:03:56.320><c> precipice</c><01:03:56.980><c> thinking</c><01:03:57.340><c> this</c><01:03:57.679><c> way.</c>

01:03:58.099 --> 01:04:01.679
You're<01:03:59.199><c> on</c><01:03:59.380><c> the</c><01:03:59.539><c> edge</c><01:03:59.679><c> of</c><01:04:00.019><c> spiritual</c><01:04:00.400><c> disaster</c><01:04:01.079><c> if</c><01:04:01.280><c> you</c><01:04:01.480><c> keep</c>

01:04:01.679 --> 01:04:03.440
pushing<01:04:02.019><c> that</c><01:04:02.380><c> line.</c>

01:04:03.480 --> 01:04:04.800
Back<01:04:03.820><c> off.</c>

01:04:05.159 --> 01:04:09.780
As<01:04:05.360><c> Job</c><01:04:05.619><c> found,</c><01:04:06.619><c> Job</c><01:04:06.900><c> said</c><01:04:07.159><c> to</c><01:04:07.360><c> God</c><01:04:07.539><c> many,</c><01:04:07.860><c> many</c><01:04:08.039><c> times</c><01:04:08.579><c> throughout</c><01:04:09.000><c> the</c>

01:04:09.780 --> 01:04:11.400
debate<01:04:10.099><c> with</c><01:04:10.320><c> his</c><01:04:10.500><c> friends,</c>

01:04:11.639 --> 01:04:15.860
God,<01:04:11.940><c> if</c><01:04:12.199><c> you</c><01:04:12.440><c> would</c><01:04:12.659><c> come</c><01:04:12.920><c> here,</c><01:04:13.360><c> stand</c><01:04:13.679><c> here</c><01:04:14.519><c> in</c><01:04:15.059><c> front</c><01:04:15.219><c> of</c><01:04:15.360><c> me,</c>

01:04:16.159 --> 01:04:18.940
I'm<01:04:16.679><c> going</c><01:04:16.760><c> to</c><01:04:16.900><c> ask</c><01:04:17.139><c> you</c><01:04:17.360><c> some</c><01:04:17.559><c> questions</c><01:04:18.059><c> and</c><01:04:18.320><c> you'd</c><01:04:18.900><c> better</c>

01:04:18.940 --> 01:04:20.659
have<01:04:19.219><c> a</c><01:04:19.360><c> good</c><01:04:19.539><c> answer.</c>

01:04:21.599 --> 01:04:23.960
The<01:04:22.159><c> arrogance</c><01:04:22.579><c> of</c><01:04:22.840><c> the</c><01:04:23.019><c> man.</c>

01:04:24.380 --> 01:04:27.739
But<01:04:24.820><c> such</c><01:04:25.239><c> was</c><01:04:25.519><c> his</c><01:04:25.900><c> stress</c><01:04:26.380><c> and</c><01:04:26.679><c> distress.</c>

01:04:28.280 --> 01:04:29.300
That's<01:04:28.440><c> how</c><01:04:28.659><c> he</c><01:04:28.780><c> was</c><01:04:29.000><c> thinking.</c>

01:04:29.440 --> 01:04:30.500
I<01:04:29.659><c> want</c><01:04:29.860><c> answers,</c><01:04:30.460><c> God.</c>

01:04:30.500 --> 01:04:32.420
I<01:04:30.599><c> want</c><01:04:30.760><c> to</c><01:04:30.880><c> know</c><01:04:30.980><c> why</c><01:04:31.260><c> this</c><01:04:31.460><c> is</c><01:04:31.559><c> happening.</c>

01:04:32.480 --> 01:04:34.280
Chapter<01:04:32.780><c> 3</c><01:04:33.139><c> is</c><01:04:33.380><c> full</c><01:04:33.619><c> of</c><01:04:33.900><c> whys.</c>

01:04:34.380 --> 01:04:35.840
Why?<01:04:34.920><c> Why?</c>

01:04:36.019 --> 01:04:37.380
Why<01:04:36.199><c> did</c><01:04:36.320><c> you</c><01:04:36.460><c> even</c><01:04:36.639><c> let</c><01:04:36.739><c> me</c><01:04:36.920><c> be</c><01:04:37.159><c> born?</c>

01:04:37.420 --> 01:04:39.719
It<01:04:37.480><c> would</c><01:04:37.639><c> have</c><01:04:37.719><c> been</c><01:04:37.840><c> better</c><01:04:38.039><c> if</c><01:04:38.179><c> I'd</c><01:04:38.260><c> never</c><01:04:38.559><c> been</c><01:04:38.820><c> born.</c>

01:04:42.400 --> 01:04:44.719
And<01:04:42.699><c> then</c><01:04:42.860><c> when</c><01:04:43.039><c> God</c><01:04:43.280><c> finally</c><01:04:43.719><c> spoke,</c>

01:04:45.920 --> 01:04:48.400
you<01:04:45.960><c> can</c><01:04:46.199><c> picture</c><01:04:46.500><c> Job</c><01:04:46.900><c> collapsing</c><01:04:47.460><c> in</c><01:04:47.659><c> the</c><01:04:47.840><c> corner</c><01:04:48.039><c> and</c><01:04:48.260><c> saying,</c>

01:04:48.420 --> 01:04:50.960
I'm<01:04:48.619><c> sorry,</c><01:04:48.980><c> God,</c><01:04:49.079><c> I</c><01:04:49.280><c> ever</c><01:04:49.519><c> said</c><01:04:49.860><c> anything.</c>

01:04:52.000 --> 01:04:56.199
And<01:04:52.559><c> I</c><01:04:52.699><c> now</c><01:04:52.980><c> appreciate</c><01:04:53.599><c> you</c><01:04:54.800><c> are</c><01:04:55.059><c> the</c><01:04:55.239><c> Almighty.</c>

01:04:56.699 --> 01:04:58.519
You<01:04:56.940><c> do</c><01:04:57.219><c> know</c><01:04:57.320><c> what</c><01:04:57.539><c> you're</c><01:04:57.739><c> doing.</c>

01:04:58.739 --> 01:04:59.920
You<01:04:58.900><c> are</c><01:04:59.159><c> in</c><01:04:59.400><c> control.</c>

01:05:00.420 --> 01:05:03.800
I'm<01:05:00.800><c> sorry</c><01:05:01.139><c> I</c><01:05:01.679><c> ever</c><01:05:02.179><c> questioned</c><01:05:02.619><c> it.</c>

01:05:03.980 --> 01:05:06.539
And<01:05:04.159><c> that's</c><01:05:04.320><c> what</c><01:05:04.480><c> this</c><01:05:04.739><c> chapter</c><01:05:05.039><c> is</c><01:05:05.280><c> picking</c><01:05:05.420><c> up</c><01:05:05.699><c> on.</c>

01:05:07.039 --> 01:05:11.340
God's<01:05:07.599><c> selection</c><01:05:08.039><c> of</c><01:05:08.360><c> people</c><01:05:08.619><c> is</c><01:05:08.900><c> a</c><01:05:09.139><c> mystery</c><01:05:09.500><c> beyond</c><01:05:09.900><c> our</c><01:05:10.320><c> comprehension.</c>

01:05:11.500 --> 01:05:15.480
And<01:05:11.719><c> so</c><01:05:11.920><c> in</c><01:05:12.059><c> verse</c><01:05:12.340><c> 14</c><01:05:12.820><c> we</c><01:05:13.079><c> have,</c><01:05:13.940><c> depending</c><01:05:14.179><c> on</c><01:05:14.360><c> your</c><01:05:14.619><c> version,</c>

01:05:15.519 --> 01:05:16.519
what<01:05:15.739><c> shall</c><01:05:15.900><c> we</c><01:05:16.139><c> say</c><01:05:16.340><c> then?</c>

01:05:16.559 --> 01:05:18.440
Is<01:05:16.739><c> there</c><01:05:17.079><c> unrighteousness</c><01:05:17.860><c> with</c><01:05:18.099><c> God?</c>

01:05:18.440 --> 01:05:23.380
Or<01:05:19.019><c> some</c><01:05:19.619><c> versions</c><01:05:20.019><c> have,</c><01:05:21.159><c> is</c><01:05:21.260><c> there</c><01:05:21.579><c> unfairness</c><01:05:22.280><c> with</c><01:05:22.539><c> God?</c>

01:05:23.760 --> 01:05:25.280
Is<01:05:23.920><c> God</c><01:05:24.199><c> unjust?</c>

01:05:25.780 --> 01:05:31.940
That's<01:05:26.119><c> the</c><01:05:26.260><c> way</c><01:05:26.840><c> humans</c><01:05:27.460><c> with</c><01:05:28.599><c> humanistic</c><01:05:29.179><c> thinking</c><01:05:29.659><c> might</c><01:05:30.280><c> think.</c>

01:05:32.619 --> 01:05:35.460
And<01:05:32.820><c> the</c><01:05:32.980><c> apostle</c><01:05:33.219><c> comes</c><01:05:33.500><c> in</c><01:05:33.719><c> and</c><01:05:33.840><c> says,</c><01:05:33.980><c> certainly</c><01:05:34.500><c> not.</c>

01:05:36.139 --> 01:05:37.719
Don't<01:05:36.400><c> you</c><01:05:36.639><c> ever</c><01:05:36.960><c> think</c><01:05:37.219><c> that</c><01:05:37.539><c> way.</c>

01:05:37.719 --> 01:05:41.099
You<01:05:37.900><c> are</c><01:05:38.280><c> going</c><01:05:38.519><c> into</c><01:05:38.820><c> terribly</c><01:05:39.320><c> dangerous</c><01:05:39.920><c> territory.</c>

01:05:41.800 --> 01:05:46.179
God<01:05:42.139><c> has</c><01:05:42.559><c> mercy</c><01:05:43.179><c> on</c><01:05:43.840><c> those</c><01:05:44.159><c> he</c><01:05:44.420><c> chooses</c><01:05:44.719><c> to</c><01:05:45.019><c> have</c><01:05:45.219><c> mercy.</c>

01:05:46.500 --> 01:05:48.360
Our<01:05:47.099><c> humanistic</c><01:05:47.699><c> mind</c><01:05:47.960><c> might</c><01:05:48.179><c> say,</c>

01:05:48.599 --> 01:05:51.039
well,<01:05:48.599><c> God,</c><01:05:48.860><c> you</c><01:05:49.000><c> should</c><01:05:49.219><c> give</c><01:05:49.440><c> mercy</c><01:05:49.739><c> to</c><01:05:50.039><c> everybody.</c>

01:05:51.780 --> 01:05:54.199
Well,<01:05:51.940><c> God's</c><01:05:52.260><c> God.</c><01:05:52.519><c> He</c><01:05:52.659><c> doesn't</c><01:05:52.960><c> do</c><01:05:53.260><c> that.</c>

01:05:54.280 --> 01:05:56.780
He<01:05:54.500><c> chooses</c><01:05:54.920><c> who</c><01:05:55.159><c> he</c><01:05:55.239><c> gives</c><01:05:55.500><c> mercy</c><01:05:55.900><c> to.</c>

01:05:56.900 --> 01:05:58.940
Everyone<01:05:57.139><c> on</c><01:05:57.340><c> this</c><01:05:57.579><c> planet's</c><01:05:58.119><c> dying.</c>

01:05:59.239 --> 01:06:01.480
Everyone<01:05:59.460><c> who's</c><01:05:59.719><c> ever</c><01:05:59.940><c> lived</c><01:06:00.119><c> on</c><01:06:00.300><c> this</c><01:06:00.519><c> planet</c><01:06:00.840><c> has</c><01:06:01.119><c> either</c>

01:06:01.480 --> 01:06:03.079
died<01:06:01.739><c> or</c><01:06:01.880><c> is</c><01:06:02.159><c> dying.</c>

01:06:03.739 --> 01:06:09.019
And<01:06:03.960><c> God</c><01:06:04.360><c> selects</c><01:06:06.239><c> some</c><01:06:06.719><c> to</c><01:06:07.960><c> give</c><01:06:08.099><c> his</c><01:06:08.400><c> mercy</c><01:06:08.719><c> to</c>

01:06:09.019 --> 01:06:12.760
and<01:06:09.159><c> rescue</c><01:06:09.780><c> them</c><01:06:10.300><c> from</c><01:06:10.619><c> the</c><01:06:11.079><c> inevitable</c><01:06:11.699><c> death</c><01:06:12.239><c> that</c><01:06:12.519><c> comes</c>

01:06:12.760 --> 01:06:13.980
to<01:06:13.079><c> everybody.</c>

01:06:14.219 --> 01:06:18.519
And<01:06:14.900><c> so</c><01:06:15.139><c> as</c><01:06:15.360><c> we've</c><01:06:15.780><c> seen,</c><01:06:16.440><c> we're</c><01:06:16.440><c> effectively</c><01:06:16.880><c> being</c><01:06:17.179><c> told</c><01:06:17.400><c> by</c><01:06:17.659><c> Paul,</c>

01:06:18.820 --> 01:06:20.619
don't<01:06:18.900><c> talk</c><01:06:19.219><c> back</c><01:06:19.559><c> to</c><01:06:19.780><c> God.</c>

01:06:20.820 --> 01:06:23.900
You<01:06:20.960><c> are</c><01:06:21.260><c> not</c><01:06:21.539><c> dealing</c><01:06:21.820><c> with</c><01:06:22.280><c> another</c><01:06:22.840><c> human</c><01:06:23.460><c> being.</c>

01:06:24.280 --> 01:06:27.179
Not<01:06:24.599><c> even</c><01:06:25.079><c> with</c><01:06:25.519><c> a</c><01:06:25.900><c> superman.</c>

01:06:27.719 --> 01:06:29.760
You're<01:06:28.019><c> dealing</c><01:06:28.400><c> with</c><01:06:28.860><c> God.</c>

01:06:30.320 --> 01:06:33.179
You<01:06:30.500><c> do</c><01:06:30.800><c> not</c><01:06:31.139><c> debate</c><01:06:31.719><c> with</c><01:06:32.300><c> God.</c>

01:06:34.480 --> 01:06:38.159
And<01:06:34.780><c> so</c><01:06:34.980><c> it</c><01:06:35.119><c> goes</c><01:06:35.360><c> on</c><01:06:35.559><c> in</c><01:06:35.699><c> verse</c><01:06:35.940><c> 21</c><01:06:36.300><c> to</c><01:06:36.519><c> use</c><01:06:36.760><c> the</c><01:06:36.960><c> picture</c><01:06:37.340><c> of</c><01:06:37.940><c> a</c>

01:06:38.159 --> 01:06:39.659
potter<01:06:38.500><c> and</c><01:06:38.760><c> pottery,</c>

01:06:40.019 --> 01:06:44.380
which<01:06:40.699><c> is</c><01:06:40.960><c> actually</c><01:06:41.260><c> on</c><01:06:41.460><c> your</c><01:06:41.820><c> program</c><01:06:42.199><c> cover</c><01:06:42.519><c> too,</c><01:06:43.119><c> very</c><01:06:43.400><c> appropriately.</c>

01:06:45.079 --> 01:06:49.139
God<01:06:45.420><c> is</c><01:06:46.159><c> moulding</c><01:06:46.940><c> each</c><01:06:47.320><c> one</c><01:06:47.519><c> of</c><01:06:47.679><c> us</c><01:06:47.880><c> like</c><01:06:48.159><c> a</c><01:06:48.380><c> potter</c><01:06:48.739><c> moulds</c>

01:06:49.139 --> 01:06:50.239
the<01:06:49.360><c> clay.</c>

01:06:50.579 --> 01:06:55.519
He's<01:06:50.900><c> creating</c><01:06:51.619><c> an</c><01:06:52.800><c> object,</c><01:06:53.420><c> could</c><01:06:53.559><c> be</c><01:06:53.820><c> a</c><01:06:54.159><c> plate,</c><01:06:54.519><c> could</c><01:06:54.639><c> be</c><01:06:54.980><c> a</c>

01:06:55.519 --> 01:06:57.420
bowl,<01:06:55.940><c> a</c><01:06:56.119><c> vase,</c><01:06:56.500><c> whatever,</c>

01:06:57.659 --> 01:06:59.880
for<01:06:58.079><c> his</c><01:06:58.659><c> purpose.</c>

01:07:00.340 --> 01:07:05.400
He<01:07:00.519><c> is</c><01:07:00.739><c> going</c><01:07:00.900><c> to</c><01:07:01.179><c> fill</c><01:07:01.340><c> that</c><01:07:01.840><c> earthen</c><01:07:02.280><c> container</c><01:07:02.800><c> with</c><01:07:03.800><c> the</c><01:07:04.360><c> spirit.</c>

01:07:06.940 --> 01:07:08.480
We're<01:07:07.480><c> the</c><01:07:07.579><c> earthen</c><01:07:08.099><c> container.</c>

01:07:08.679 --> 01:07:11.760
I<01:07:08.679><c> like</c><01:07:08.960><c> to</c><01:07:09.219><c> use</c><01:07:09.440><c> the</c><01:07:09.559><c> word,</c><01:07:09.780><c> we</c><01:07:09.940><c> are</c><01:07:10.280><c> cracked</c><01:07:10.599><c> pots.</c>

01:07:12.900 --> 01:07:15.559
Or<01:07:13.139><c> cracked</c><01:07:13.340><c> pots</c><01:07:13.559><c> if</c><01:07:13.760><c> you</c><01:07:13.920><c> want</c><01:07:14.059><c> to</c><01:07:14.260><c> shorten</c><01:07:14.440><c> it.</c>

01:07:15.579 --> 01:07:21.340
We<01:07:15.760><c> are</c><01:07:16.059><c> very</c><01:07:16.519><c> fragile,</c><01:07:17.940><c> very</c><01:07:18.659><c> weak,</c><01:07:19.940><c> not</c><01:07:20.219><c> strong,</c>

01:07:21.900 --> 01:07:24.340
a<01:07:22.099><c> little</c><01:07:22.280><c> bit</c><01:07:22.420><c> of</c><01:07:22.639><c> a</c><01:07:22.719><c> knock</c><01:07:22.900><c> and</c><01:07:23.119><c> we</c><01:07:23.340><c> shatter.</c>

01:07:25.420 --> 01:07:27.300
God<01:07:25.699><c> says,</c><01:07:25.960><c> I</c><01:07:26.099><c> want</c><01:07:26.320><c> to</c><01:07:26.519><c> use</c><01:07:26.719><c> those.</c>

01:07:27.599 --> 01:07:30.840
I<01:07:27.719><c> don't</c><01:07:28.019><c> want</c><01:07:28.519><c> a</c><01:07:29.199><c> cast</c><01:07:29.539><c> iron</c><01:07:30.000><c> pot.</c>

01:07:31.340 --> 01:07:36.500
I<01:07:31.739><c> want</c><01:07:32.039><c> a</c><01:07:32.059><c> bit</c><01:07:32.260><c> of</c><01:07:32.559><c> malleable</c><01:07:33.059><c> clay</c><01:07:33.599><c> that</c><01:07:34.539><c> will</c><01:07:34.860><c> bend</c><01:07:35.300><c> to</c><01:07:35.639><c> my</c><01:07:36.179><c> will,</c>

01:07:36.639 --> 01:07:38.679
to<01:07:36.820><c> the</c><01:07:37.079><c> shape</c><01:07:37.300><c> that</c><01:07:37.539><c> I</c><01:07:37.760><c> want.</c>

01:07:38.760 --> 01:07:43.099
And<01:07:38.920><c> I</c><01:07:39.039><c> will</c><01:07:39.380><c> fill</c><01:07:39.559><c> it</c><01:07:40.260><c> with</c><01:07:40.900><c> everything</c><01:07:41.400><c> that's</c><01:07:41.880><c> good</c><01:07:42.300><c> in</c>

01:07:43.099 --> 01:07:44.159
this<01:07:43.400><c> life</c>

01:07:44.159 --> 01:07:46.360
and<01:07:45.059><c> in</c><01:07:45.300><c> the</c><01:07:45.400><c> age</c><01:07:45.619><c> to</c><01:07:45.860><c> come.</c>

01:07:46.840 --> 01:07:49.880
But<01:07:47.099><c> you're</c><01:07:47.460><c> still</c><01:07:48.079><c> an</c><01:07:48.460><c> earthen</c><01:07:48.960><c> vessel.</c>

01:07:50.440 --> 01:07:55.559
You<01:07:50.960><c> are</c><01:07:51.260><c> still</c><01:07:51.639><c> fragile</c><01:07:52.440><c> and</c><01:07:53.739><c> you</c><01:07:53.960><c> may</c><01:07:54.280><c> get</c><01:07:54.619><c> chips</c><01:07:55.000><c> and</c><01:07:55.360><c> bits</c>

01:07:55.559 --> 01:07:56.780
knocked<01:07:55.860><c> off</c><01:07:56.139><c> you,</c>

01:07:56.780 --> 01:08:06.559
but<01:07:57.840><c> you're</c><01:07:58.099><c> still</c><01:07:58.860><c> the</c><01:08:01.639><c> container</c><01:08:02.280><c> for</c><01:08:03.599><c> God's</c><01:08:04.179><c> grace</c><01:08:04.519><c> and</c><01:08:04.760><c> mercy.</c>

01:08:11.440 --> 01:08:15.340
We<01:08:12.119><c> have</c><01:08:12.800><c> the</c><01:08:12.960><c> opposite</c><01:08:13.619><c> picture</c><01:08:14.099><c> presented,</c><01:08:14.599><c> so</c><01:08:14.880><c> to</c><01:08:15.079><c> speak,</c>

01:08:15.480 --> 01:08:18.079
in<01:08:15.539><c> Romans</c><01:08:15.880><c> chapter</c><01:08:16.279><c> 1</c><01:08:16.500><c> where</c><01:08:16.680><c> it's</c><01:08:16.859><c> quite</c><01:08:17.220><c> clear</c><01:08:17.520><c> we</c><01:08:17.800><c> have</c>

01:08:18.079 --> 01:08:19.420
free<01:08:18.420><c> will.</c>

01:08:20.319 --> 01:08:23.479
And<01:08:20.539><c> some</c><01:08:20.640><c> of</c><01:08:20.779><c> us</c><01:08:21.180><c> probably</c><01:08:21.479><c> struggle</c><01:08:21.880><c> with</c><01:08:22.079><c> this</c><01:08:22.359><c> question,</c>

01:08:23.680 --> 01:08:25.560
and<01:08:23.680><c> it's</c><01:08:24.319><c> maybe</c><01:08:24.439><c> put</c><01:08:24.720><c> this</c><01:08:24.979><c> way.</c>

01:08:25.560 --> 01:08:29.920
Well,<01:08:26.359><c> how</c><01:08:27.579><c> can</c><01:08:27.859><c> there</c><01:08:28.000><c> be</c><01:08:28.319><c> predestination</c><01:08:29.260><c> and</c><01:08:29.500><c> free</c><01:08:29.779><c> will</c>

01:08:29.920 --> 01:08:31.500
at<01:08:30.060><c> the</c><01:08:30.239><c> same</c><01:08:30.520><c> time?</c>

01:08:32.180 --> 01:08:36.479
And<01:08:32.340><c> Brother</c><01:08:32.579><c> Harry</c><01:08:32.840><c> Whittaker</c><01:08:33.300><c> wrote</c><01:08:33.699><c> a</c><01:08:33.920><c> beautiful</c><01:08:34.520><c> commentary</c><01:08:35.039><c> on</c><01:08:35.239><c> that</c><01:08:35.479><c> subject.</c>

01:08:36.960 --> 01:08:39.880
I<01:08:36.979><c> think</c><01:08:37.180><c> it's</c><01:08:37.340><c> in</c><01:08:37.479><c> his</c><01:08:37.720><c> book,</c><01:08:38.239><c> Bible</c><01:08:38.520><c> Studies,</c><01:08:39.220><c> if</c><01:08:39.500><c> you've</c>

01:08:39.880 --> 01:08:40.340
got<01:08:40.039><c> it.</c>

01:08:40.340 --> 01:08:41.840
It's<01:08:40.640><c> a</c><01:08:40.640><c> good</c><01:08:40.819><c> book.</c>

01:08:42.220 --> 01:08:44.779
And<01:08:42.359><c> he</c><01:08:42.500><c> says</c><01:08:42.659><c> the</c><01:08:42.800><c> Bible</c><01:08:43.119><c> presents</c><01:08:43.619><c> both.</c>

01:08:45.800 --> 01:08:46.500
It's<01:08:46.140><c> true.</c>

01:08:46.920 --> 01:08:49.359
There<01:08:47.060><c> is</c><01:08:47.340><c> predestination</c><01:08:48.060><c> and</c><01:08:48.359><c> there's</c><01:08:48.699><c> free</c><01:08:48.880><c> will,</c>

01:08:49.699 --> 01:08:53.319
and<01:08:50.020><c> he</c><01:08:50.159><c> doesn't</c><01:08:50.500><c> tell</c><01:08:50.739><c> us</c><01:08:50.920><c> how</c><01:08:51.159><c> to</c><01:08:51.439><c> reconcile</c><01:08:51.920><c> them.</c>

01:08:54.760 --> 01:09:00.439
And<01:08:55.319><c> I</c><01:08:55.539><c> would</c><01:08:55.739><c> suggest</c><01:08:56.300><c> if</c><01:08:57.140><c> he</c><01:08:57.399><c> did</c><01:08:58.060><c> explain</c><01:08:58.739><c> it,</c><01:08:58.920><c> we</c><01:08:59.020><c> wouldn't</c><01:08:59.319><c> understand.</c>

01:09:01.159 --> 01:09:05.100
We're<01:09:01.359><c> dealing</c><01:09:01.640><c> with</c><01:09:02.100><c> something</c><01:09:02.699><c> way,</c><01:09:03.399><c> way</c><01:09:03.699><c> beyond</c><01:09:04.199><c> our</c>

01:09:05.100 --> 01:09:05.920
human<01:09:05.420><c> intelligence</c>

01:09:05.920 --> 01:09:09.680
to<01:09:06.140><c> understand</c><01:09:06.859><c> how</c><01:09:07.479><c> God</c><01:09:07.760><c> can</c><01:09:08.020><c> have</c><01:09:08.220><c> this</c><01:09:08.619><c> masterful</c><01:09:09.380><c> plan</c>

01:09:09.680 --> 01:09:12.699
from<01:09:09.960><c> the</c><01:09:10.159><c> beginning</c><01:09:10.359><c> of</c><01:09:10.659><c> time</c><01:09:10.859><c> to</c><01:09:11.039><c> the</c><01:09:11.180><c> end</c><01:09:11.319><c> of</c><01:09:11.579><c> time,</c>

01:09:12.779 --> 01:09:15.380
and<01:09:13.039><c> he</c><01:09:13.159><c> can</c><01:09:13.399><c> manipulate</c><01:09:13.899><c> all</c><01:09:14.180><c> the</c><01:09:14.319><c> nations</c><01:09:14.640><c> of</c><01:09:14.859><c> the</c><01:09:15.000><c> world</c><01:09:15.180><c> to</c>

01:09:15.380 --> 01:09:16.680
bring<01:09:15.560><c> about</c><01:09:15.859><c> his</c><01:09:16.079><c> purpose,</c>

01:09:17.159 --> 01:09:19.479
and<01:09:17.399><c> he</c><01:09:17.539><c> can</c><01:09:17.699><c> work</c><01:09:17.979><c> in</c><01:09:18.180><c> our</c><01:09:18.420><c> lives,</c>

01:09:19.619 --> 01:09:24.239
but<01:09:20.220><c> at</c><01:09:20.439><c> the</c><01:09:20.439><c> same</c><01:09:20.699><c> time</c><01:09:20.979><c> we</c><01:09:21.079><c> have</c><01:09:21.300><c> a</c><01:09:21.479><c> free</c><01:09:21.659><c> choice</c><01:09:22.119><c> to</c><01:09:22.380><c> obey</c><01:09:22.760><c> or</c><01:09:23.060><c> disobey,</c>

01:09:24.800 --> 01:09:27.180
to<01:09:24.880><c> be</c><01:09:25.140><c> faithful</c><01:09:25.439><c> or</c><01:09:25.699><c> unfaithful,</c>

01:09:27.500 --> 01:09:30.060
to<01:09:27.859><c> maintain</c><01:09:28.439><c> our</c><01:09:28.760><c> course</c><01:09:28.920><c> to</c><01:09:29.140><c> the</c><01:09:29.279><c> end,</c>

01:09:30.380 --> 01:09:32.920
or<01:09:30.520><c> desert</c><01:09:30.899><c> him</c><01:09:31.199><c> halfway</c><01:09:31.539><c> through</c><01:09:31.899><c> the</c><01:09:32.079><c> journey.</c>

01:09:33.840 --> 01:09:35.659
They're<01:09:34.439><c> all</c><01:09:34.680><c> facts.</c>

01:09:36.659 --> 01:09:39.380
And<01:09:36.819><c> if</c><01:09:36.939><c> you</c><01:09:37.380><c> burn</c><01:09:37.600><c> your</c><01:09:37.840><c> brain</c><01:09:38.020><c> out</c><01:09:38.319><c> trying</c><01:09:38.520><c> to</c><01:09:38.840><c> reconcile</c>

01:09:39.380 --> 01:09:41.079
things<01:09:39.739><c> that</c><01:09:39.939><c> are</c><01:09:40.140><c> beyond</c><01:09:40.439><c> you,</c>

01:09:41.180 --> 01:09:42.600
I'm<01:09:41.720><c> sorry.</c>

01:09:42.979 --> 01:09:44.640
You<01:09:43.180><c> really</c><01:09:43.500><c> shouldn't</c><01:09:43.739><c> try</c><01:09:44.039><c> to</c><01:09:44.260><c> do</c><01:09:44.460><c> that.</c>

01:09:44.640 --> 01:09:46.220
That<01:09:44.840><c> is</c><01:09:45.180><c> not</c><01:09:45.739><c> profitable.</c>

01:09:46.220 --> 01:09:49.060
You<01:09:47.340><c> won't</c><01:09:47.659><c> get</c><01:09:47.880><c> an</c><01:09:48.100><c> answer.</c>

01:09:49.600 --> 01:09:52.859
You'll<01:09:49.939><c> simply</c><01:09:50.460><c> give</c><01:09:50.880><c> up</c><01:09:51.100><c> in</c><01:09:51.340><c> frustration</c><01:09:51.880><c> and</c><01:09:52.220><c> potentially</c>

01:09:52.859 --> 01:09:54.760
even<01:09:53.239><c> give</c><01:09:53.380><c> up</c><01:09:53.600><c> the</c><01:09:53.840><c> truth.</c>

01:09:55.680 --> 01:09:59.760
God<01:09:55.920><c> is</c><01:09:56.140><c> trying</c><01:09:56.399><c> to</c><01:09:56.600><c> lift</c><01:09:56.800><c> our</c><01:09:57.119><c> brains</c><01:09:57.619><c> above</c><01:09:58.460><c> this</c><01:09:59.140><c> natural</c>

01:09:59.760 --> 01:10:02.159
level<01:10:00.180><c> of</c><01:10:00.579><c> powers</c><01:10:00.859><c> that</c><01:10:01.100><c> we've</c><01:10:01.380><c> got.</c>

01:10:02.319 --> 01:10:03.399
As<01:10:02.479><c> he</c><01:10:02.739><c> says</c><01:10:02.880><c> in</c><01:10:03.100><c> Isaiah,</c>

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my<01:10:03.859><c> thoughts</c><01:10:04.199><c> are</c><01:10:04.439><c> as</c><01:10:04.659><c> far</c><01:10:04.880><c> above</c><01:10:05.159><c> yours</c><01:10:05.439><c> as</c><01:10:05.680><c> heaven</c><01:10:05.880><c> above</c><01:10:06.199><c> earth.</c>

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But<01:10:08.579><c> he</c><01:10:08.739><c> has</c><01:10:08.859><c> come</c><01:10:09.180><c> down,</c><01:10:09.840><c> as</c><01:10:10.039><c> Isaiah</c><01:10:10.340><c> also</c><01:10:10.760><c> records,</c>

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to<01:10:12.220><c> the</c><01:10:12.460><c> meek</c><01:10:12.899><c> and</c><01:10:13.239><c> lowly</c><01:10:13.619><c> and</c><01:10:13.779><c> the</c><01:10:14.000><c> contrite,</c>

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the<01:10:15.699><c> humble.</c>

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They're<01:10:17.300><c> the</c><01:10:17.479><c> people</c><01:10:17.800><c> he</c><01:10:18.079><c> wants.</c>

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They're<01:10:19.840><c> the</c><01:10:20.039><c> people</c><01:10:20.220><c> who</c><01:10:20.479><c> trust</c><01:10:20.739><c> in</c><01:10:21.020><c> him.</c>

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They're<01:10:22.420><c> the</c><01:10:22.579><c> people</c><01:10:22.899><c> who</c><01:10:23.300><c> see</c><01:10:23.819><c> his</c><01:10:24.380><c> hand</c><01:10:24.760><c> in</c><01:10:25.180><c> every</c><01:10:25.420><c> moment</c>

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of<01:10:26.199><c> their</c><01:10:26.380><c> lives.</c>