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nation.<00:11:17.230><c> Israel</c><00:11:17.470><c> had</c><00:11:17.750><c> problems</c><00:11:18.230><c> with</c><00:11:18.730><c> the</c>

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Aramean<00:11:19.409><c> kingdom,</c><00:11:19.950><c> or</c><00:11:20.070><c> as</c><00:11:20.149><c> we</c><00:11:20.350><c> know</c><00:11:20.429><c> it,</c><00:11:20.629><c> the</c><00:11:20.830><c> Syrian</c><00:11:21.149><c> kingdom</c>

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to<00:11:22.190><c> the</c><00:11:22.389><c> northeast.</c><00:11:24.570><c> Now,</c><00:11:24.830><c> Ahab</c><00:11:24.990><c> knew</c><00:11:25.250><c> if</c><00:11:25.350><c> he</c>

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could<00:11:25.750><c> strengthen</c><00:11:26.909><c> his</c><00:11:27.409><c> northwestern</c><00:11:28.210><c> border</c><00:11:28.529><c> with</c><00:11:28.850><c> the</c><00:11:29.009><c> Phoenician</c><00:11:29.409><c> kingdom,</c><00:11:30.610><c> Ethbael,</c><00:11:31.289><c> the</c>

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king,<00:11:32.649><c> who</c><00:11:32.889><c> was</c><00:11:33.490><c> a</c>

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priest<00:11:33.990><c> over</c><00:11:34.250><c> the</c><00:11:34.389><c> house</c><00:11:34.590><c> of</c><00:11:34.809><c> Baal,</c><00:11:35.049><c> but</c><00:11:35.169><c> decided</c><00:11:35.429><c> to</c><00:11:35.649><c> become</c>

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king<00:11:36.710><c> and</c><00:11:37.009><c> undoubtedly</c><00:11:37.450><c> by</c><00:11:37.850><c> knife.</c><00:11:38.690><c> So</c><00:11:39.190><c> he</c><00:11:39.470><c> was</c>

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strengthening<00:11:40.090><c> this</c><00:11:41.210><c> alliance</c><00:11:41.850><c> between</c><00:11:42.809><c> the</c><00:11:43.210><c> Zidonians</c><00:11:44.070><c> and</c>

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Israel<00:11:44.830><c> by</c><00:11:45.129><c> a</c><00:11:45.350><c> marriage.</c><00:11:45.690><c> He</c><00:11:45.830><c> was</c><00:11:46.070><c> confirming</c><00:11:46.490><c> it.</c>

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And<00:11:46.870><c> you're</c><00:11:47.049><c> all</c><00:11:47.250><c> familiar</c><00:11:47.549><c> with</c><00:11:47.750><c> that</c><00:11:47.909><c> in</c><00:11:48.029><c> the</c><00:11:48.149><c> life</c><00:11:48.289><c> of</c><00:11:48.450><c> the</c>

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kings.<00:11:49.730><c> The</c><00:11:50.230><c> wives</c><00:11:50.649><c> that</c><00:11:50.830><c> they</c><00:11:51.049><c> took</c><00:11:51.190><c> unto</c><00:11:51.370><c> themselves</c>

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were<00:11:52.570><c> political</c><00:11:53.070><c> tokens</c><00:11:53.549><c> for</c><00:11:53.789><c> the</c><00:11:53.909><c> most</c><00:11:54.149><c> part.</c><00:11:54.889><c> They</c><00:11:54.929><c> were</c><00:11:55.110><c> tokens</c><00:11:55.490><c> of,</c><00:11:56.210><c> we</c>

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are<00:11:56.429><c> in</c><00:11:56.629><c> alliance</c><00:11:56.950><c> with</c><00:11:57.149><c> one</c><00:11:57.350><c> another.</c>

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So<00:11:59.149><c> Omriah,</c><00:11:59.710><c> Ahab's</c><00:12:00.190><c> father,</c><00:12:00.590><c> had</c><00:12:00.750><c> already</c><00:12:01.129><c> begun</c><00:12:01.450><c> this</c><00:12:01.769><c> alliance</c><00:12:02.230><c> with</c>

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Ethbael.<00:12:04.029><c> So</c><00:12:04.350><c> Omriah</c><00:12:04.909><c> thinks,</c>

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well,<00:12:05.509><c> I'll</c><00:12:05.730><c> just</c><00:12:05.950><c> marry</c><00:12:06.169><c> my</c><00:12:06.509><c> son</c><00:12:06.690><c> off</c><00:12:07.029><c> to</c><00:12:07.429><c> Ethbael's</c><00:12:08.110><c> daughter,</c><00:12:08.590><c> Jezebel,</c><00:12:09.190><c> and</c>

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we'll<00:12:09.769><c> strengthen</c><00:12:10.230><c> that</c>

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alliance<00:12:10.850><c> between</c><00:12:11.250><c> us</c><00:12:11.409><c> so</c><00:12:11.629><c> that</c><00:12:11.750><c> if</c><00:12:11.950><c> anything</c><00:12:12.250><c> ever</c><00:12:12.529><c> comes</c><00:12:12.750><c> down</c><00:12:13.009><c> from</c><00:12:13.210><c> the</c><00:12:13.370><c> northwest</c><00:12:13.730><c> or</c><00:12:14.269><c> northeast</c>

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from<00:12:15.490><c> Syria,</c><00:12:16.669><c> we'll</c><00:12:16.889><c> have</c><00:12:17.029><c> an</c><00:12:17.250><c> ally.</c><00:12:18.990><c> You</c><00:12:19.210><c> see</c><00:12:19.309><c> the</c><00:12:19.470><c> danger</c><00:12:19.750><c> in</c>

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that?<00:12:20.710><c> You</c><00:12:20.850><c> see</c><00:12:21.009><c> the</c><00:12:21.110><c> danger</c><00:12:21.389><c> in</c><00:12:21.610><c> not</c><00:12:21.870><c> putting</c><00:12:22.129><c> your</c>

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entire<00:12:22.970><c> strength</c><00:12:23.629><c> and</c><00:12:23.850><c> hope</c><00:12:24.009><c> and</c><00:12:24.269><c> faith</c><00:12:24.509><c> in</c><00:12:24.789><c> Yahweh,</c><00:12:26.029><c> but</c><00:12:26.250><c> taking</c><00:12:26.649><c> an</c>

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element<00:12:28.110><c> of</c><00:12:28.690><c> the</c><00:12:28.970><c> world,</c><00:12:29.649><c> an</c><00:12:29.929><c> element</c><00:12:30.230><c> of</c>

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idolatry,<00:12:31.590><c> even</c><00:12:31.830><c> though</c><00:12:31.970><c> it</c><00:12:32.129><c> might</c><00:12:32.250><c> appear</c><00:12:32.850><c> to</c><00:12:33.470><c> be</c><00:12:33.789><c> strong</c><00:12:34.330><c> in</c>

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worldly<00:12:35.070><c> ways</c><00:12:35.490><c> or</c><00:12:35.690><c> worldly</c><00:12:36.009><c> fashions,</c>

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taking<00:12:37.330><c> the</c><00:12:37.610><c> minute</c><00:12:37.870><c> we</c><00:12:38.149><c> start</c><00:12:38.429><c> nurturing</c><00:12:38.990><c> the</c><00:12:39.389><c> seeds</c><00:12:39.809><c> of</c><00:12:40.289><c> idolatry</c><00:12:40.870><c> and</c>

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apostasy<00:12:41.549><c> in</c><00:12:41.690><c> our</c><00:12:41.850><c> own</c><00:12:42.029><c> lives,</c>

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we're<00:12:43.049><c> looking</c><00:12:43.250><c> for</c><00:12:43.470><c> trouble.</c><00:12:44.490><c> In</c><00:12:44.710><c> Ahab</c><00:12:45.029><c> and</c><00:12:45.210><c> Omriah,</c><00:12:45.909><c> we're</c>

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looking<00:12:46.409><c> for</c><00:12:46.690><c> trouble.</c>

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So<00:12:48.690><c> the</c><00:12:48.970><c> Zidonians,</c><00:12:49.710><c> as</c><00:12:49.929><c> we</c><00:12:50.190><c> see,</c><00:12:51.389><c> had</c><00:12:51.590><c> worshiped</c><00:12:52.929><c> Baal.</c><00:12:53.389><c> Now</c>

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we'll<00:12:53.889><c> take</c><00:12:54.129><c> a</c><00:12:54.289><c> look,</c><00:12:54.990><c> and</c><00:12:55.149><c> as</c><00:12:55.289><c> you</c><00:12:55.389><c> can</c><00:12:55.590><c> see,</c>

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the<00:12:55.950><c> kingdom</c><00:12:56.169><c> was</c><00:12:56.409><c> divided</c><00:12:56.950><c> in</c><00:12:58.090><c> approximately</c><00:12:58.669><c> this</c><00:12:59.029><c> manner,</c>

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that<00:13:00.370><c> Ahab's</c><00:13:00.730><c> kingdom</c><00:13:01.049><c> extended</c><00:13:01.649><c> all</c><00:13:02.690><c> the</c><00:13:02.789><c> way</c>

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down<00:13:03.169><c> into</c><00:13:03.370><c> the</c><00:13:03.610><c> south</c><00:13:03.809><c> of</c><00:13:04.090><c> Moab</c><00:13:04.289><c> and</c><00:13:04.529><c> the</c><00:13:04.710><c> Moab</c><00:13:04.929><c> territory</c>

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and<00:13:05.509><c> the</c><00:13:05.690><c> Moabites</c><00:13:06.070><c> were</c><00:13:06.269><c> under</c><00:13:06.429><c> his</c><00:13:06.669><c> hand</c><00:13:07.370><c> and</c><00:13:08.529><c> extended</c>

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up<00:13:09.169><c> north</c><00:13:09.870><c> almost</c><00:13:10.629><c> to</c><00:13:10.850><c> Damascus</c><00:13:11.889><c> and</c><00:13:12.409><c> around</c><00:13:12.590><c> and</c><00:13:12.789><c> down</c><00:13:12.950><c> the</c>

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coast<00:13:13.429><c> of</c><00:13:14.090><c> the</c><00:13:14.409><c> Mediterranean</c><00:13:14.950><c> and</c><00:13:16.169><c> the</c><00:13:16.370><c> Philistines</c>

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occupied<00:13:17.289><c> this</c><00:13:17.570><c> area</c><00:13:17.929><c> and</c><00:13:18.230><c> Judah</c><00:13:18.429><c> occupied</c><00:13:19.210><c> the</c><00:13:19.610><c> southernmost</c><00:13:20.389><c> area.</c><00:13:22.970><c> And</c>

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as<00:13:23.250><c> you</c><00:13:23.389><c> can</c><00:13:23.649><c> see,</c><00:13:24.250><c> again,</c>

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the<00:13:25.389><c> Canaanites</c><00:13:26.070><c> were</c><00:13:26.450><c> a</c><00:13:26.669><c> people</c><00:13:26.830><c> that</c><00:13:27.110><c> consisted</c><00:13:27.429><c> of</c><00:13:27.629><c> many</c>

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tribes<00:13:28.389><c> and</c><00:13:28.909><c> we</c><00:13:29.070><c> are</c><00:13:29.269><c> particularly</c><00:13:29.750><c> focusing</c><00:13:30.190><c> in</c><00:13:30.409><c> on</c>

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the<00:13:30.730><c> Zidonians.</c><00:13:31.830><c> So</c><00:13:32.149><c> to</c><00:13:32.490><c> give</c><00:13:32.590><c> you</c><00:13:32.730><c> a</c><00:13:32.809><c> little</c><00:13:32.970><c> background,</c>

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which<00:13:33.629><c> I'm</c><00:13:33.850><c> sure</c><00:13:34.009><c> you're</c><00:13:34.190><c> familiar</c><00:13:34.509><c> with</c><00:13:34.809><c> and</c><00:13:34.950><c> I'm</c><00:13:35.289><c> just</c>

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probably<00:13:35.850><c> covering</c><00:13:36.649><c> old</c><00:13:37.429><c> tracks,</c><00:13:38.350><c> but</c><00:13:38.610><c> to</c><00:13:38.830><c> show</c><00:13:39.029><c> you</c><00:13:39.190><c> that</c><00:13:39.490><c> basically</c><00:13:40.330><c> God</c><00:13:40.649><c> had</c><00:13:40.889><c> left</c><00:13:41.049><c> these</c><00:13:41.490><c> tribes</c><00:13:41.850><c> in</c>

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the<00:13:42.330><c> land</c><00:13:42.490><c> to</c>

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prove<00:13:43.570><c> Israel,</c><00:13:44.190><c> to</c><00:13:44.509><c> see</c><00:13:44.809><c> if</c><00:13:44.950><c> they</c><00:13:45.129><c> would</c><00:13:45.330><c> actually</c><00:13:45.649><c> do</c><00:13:45.789><c> his</c><00:13:46.070><c> will.</c><00:13:47.330><c> He</c>

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promised<00:13:47.850><c> he</c><00:13:47.950><c> would</c><00:13:48.149><c> drive</c><00:13:48.429><c> them</c><00:13:48.629><c> out,</c>

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but<00:13:49.730><c> as</c><00:13:50.070><c> you</c><00:13:50.330><c> know,</c><00:13:51.230><c> the</c><00:13:51.429><c> story</c><00:13:51.669><c> in</c><00:13:52.549><c> the</c><00:13:52.669><c> Judges</c><00:13:53.309><c> and</c><00:13:53.669><c> Joshua,</c>

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it<00:13:54.990><c> shows</c><00:13:55.190><c> us</c><00:13:55.429><c> that</c><00:13:55.610><c> they</c><00:13:55.809><c> didn't</c><00:13:56.049><c> drive</c><00:13:56.389><c> them</c>

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out.<00:13:58.450><c> Asher</c><00:13:59.009><c> was</c><00:13:59.330><c> the</c><00:13:59.570><c> area</c><00:14:00.409><c> into</c><00:14:01.070><c> which</c><00:14:01.610><c> the</c><00:14:01.889><c> Zidonians,</c><00:14:02.350><c> they</c><00:14:02.529><c> were</c><00:14:02.730><c> responsible</c><00:14:03.389><c> for</c>

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getting<00:14:03.789><c> the</c><00:14:04.070><c> Zidonians</c>

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out.<00:14:06.370><c> But</c><00:14:06.590><c> did</c><00:14:06.690><c> they</c><00:14:06.850><c> do</c><00:14:07.070><c> it?</c><00:14:07.850><c> No.</c><00:14:08.289><c> Why?</c><00:14:08.850><c> Well,</c><00:14:09.009><c> they</c><00:14:09.090><c> didn't</c>

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lift<00:14:09.409><c> the</c><00:14:09.690><c> sword</c><00:14:09.850><c> against</c><00:14:10.169><c> them.</c><00:14:10.429><c> Why?</c><00:14:10.769><c> Well,</c>

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they<00:14:10.970><c> weren't</c><00:14:11.669><c> a</c><00:14:12.029><c> threat.</c><00:14:12.250><c> I</c><00:14:12.330><c> mean,</c><00:14:12.529><c> like</c><00:14:12.830><c> the</c><00:14:13.070><c> Philistines,</c>

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they<00:14:14.029><c> had</c><00:14:14.269><c> chariots</c><00:14:14.669><c> of</c><00:14:14.929><c> iron.</c>

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They<00:14:16.110><c> were</c><00:14:16.409><c> a</c><00:14:16.629><c> threat.</c><00:14:16.789><c> They</c><00:14:16.970><c> were</c><00:14:17.289><c> a</c><00:14:17.429><c> war</c><00:14:17.649><c> threat,</c><00:14:18.929><c> but</c><00:14:19.190><c> the</c>

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Zidonians<00:14:19.929><c> were</c><00:14:20.129><c> peaceful.</c><00:14:20.570><c> They</c><00:14:20.570><c> were</c><00:14:20.750><c> friendly.</c>

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I<00:14:22.070><c> mean,</c><00:14:22.330><c> yeah,</c><00:14:22.690><c> they</c><00:14:22.909><c> had</c><00:14:23.070><c> some</c><00:14:23.330><c> really</c><00:14:24.129><c> gross</c><00:14:24.490><c> and</c><00:14:24.789><c> idolatrous</c><00:14:25.370><c> acts</c><00:14:25.590><c> and</c><00:14:25.850><c> rituals,</c>

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but<00:14:26.929><c> we</c><00:14:27.049><c> can</c><00:14:27.210><c> stay</c><00:14:27.309><c> away</c><00:14:27.490><c> from</c><00:14:27.690><c> that.</c><00:14:28.289><c> We</c><00:14:28.429><c> can</c><00:14:28.590><c> just</c><00:14:28.809><c> settle</c><00:14:28.950><c> here</c><00:14:29.190><c> among</c><00:14:29.429><c> them.</c><00:14:29.570><c> And</c><00:14:29.730><c> if</c>

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you'll<00:14:30.029><c> notice,</c>

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the<00:14:30.529><c> record</c><00:14:30.750><c> says</c><00:14:31.230><c> for</c><00:14:31.990><c> the</c><00:14:32.110><c> most</c><00:14:32.330><c> part</c><00:14:32.909><c> that</c><00:14:33.389><c> the</c><00:14:33.690><c> tribes</c><00:14:34.129><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:14:34.669><c> that</c><00:14:35.009><c> didn't</c><00:14:35.509><c> drive</c><00:14:35.909><c> out</c>

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the<00:14:37.370><c> Hittites</c><00:14:37.929><c> and</c><00:14:38.129><c> the</c><00:14:38.230><c> various</c><00:14:38.590><c> Canaanites,</c><00:14:39.590><c> it</c><00:14:39.830><c> said</c><00:14:39.990><c> they</c>

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allowed<00:14:40.570><c> them</c><00:14:40.730><c> to</c><00:14:40.950><c> dwell</c><00:14:41.049><c> among</c><00:14:41.370><c> them,</c>

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but<00:14:41.649><c> for</c><00:14:42.090><c> Asher,</c><00:14:42.350><c> it</c><00:14:42.610><c> says</c><00:14:42.710><c> something</c><00:14:43.110><c> different.</c><00:14:44.669><c> It</c><00:14:45.049><c> states</c>

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that<00:14:46.909><c> Asher</c><00:14:47.350><c> dwelt</c><00:14:47.669><c> among</c><00:14:48.009><c> the</c><00:14:48.250><c> Canaanites.</c>

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They<00:14:50.289><c> were</c><00:14:50.529><c> already</c><00:14:50.929><c> being</c><00:14:51.230><c> overpowered.</c><00:14:53.169><c> And</c><00:14:53.289><c> brothers</c><00:14:53.470><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:14:54.110><c> young</c><00:14:54.269><c> people,</c><00:14:54.730><c> you</c><00:14:54.970><c> recognize</c><00:14:55.610><c> the</c>

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dangers<00:14:56.149><c> in</c><00:14:56.450><c> this.</c><00:14:56.990><c> Making</c><00:14:57.330><c> alliances</c><00:14:57.889><c> with</c><00:14:58.169><c> the</c><00:14:58.370><c> world,</c><00:14:58.570><c> I'm</c>

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not<00:14:58.909><c> telling</c><00:14:59.070><c> you</c><00:14:59.389><c> anything</c><00:14:59.750><c> new,</c>

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but<00:15:00.850><c> we're</c><00:15:01.009><c> going</c><00:15:01.190><c> to</c><00:15:01.370><c> learn</c><00:15:01.490><c> some</c><00:15:01.730><c> tremendous</c><00:15:02.210><c> lessons</c>

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from<00:15:05.269><c> those</c><00:15:05.750><c> who</c><00:15:05.950><c> didn't</c><00:15:06.309><c> do</c><00:15:06.590><c> the</c><00:15:06.789><c> will</c><00:15:06.909><c> of</c><00:15:07.129><c> God</c><00:15:07.409><c> and</c><00:15:07.610><c> those</c>

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who<00:15:08.169><c> did.</c><00:15:09.990><c> Now</c><00:15:10.149><c> Baal</c><00:15:10.350><c> worship,</c>

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and<00:15:13.090><c> I</c><00:15:13.169><c> know</c><00:15:13.309><c> you're</c><00:15:13.509><c> familiar</c><00:15:13.830><c> with</c><00:15:14.029><c> this,</c><00:15:14.289><c> the</c><00:15:14.490><c> Canaanite</c>

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religion.<00:15:15.730><c> El</c><00:15:15.970><c> was</c><00:15:16.210><c> considered</c>

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the<00:15:18.629><c> god.</c><00:15:19.990><c> His</c><00:15:20.210><c> wife</c><00:15:20.629><c> Asherah</c><00:15:21.850><c> was,</c><00:15:22.289><c> as</c><00:15:22.490><c> you</c><00:15:22.629><c> notice</c><00:15:22.909><c> in</c><00:15:23.129><c> the</c><00:15:23.289><c> record</c><00:15:23.769><c> in</c><00:15:24.230><c> 1</c>

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Kings<00:15:24.809><c> 16,</c><00:15:26.769><c> verse</c><00:15:26.950><c> 32,</c>

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he<00:15:28.509><c> reared</c><00:15:28.789><c> up</c><00:15:29.029><c> an</c><00:15:29.210><c> idol,</c><00:15:29.629><c> an</c><00:15:29.789><c> altar</c><00:15:29.970><c> for</c><00:15:30.210><c> Baal</c><00:15:30.389><c> in</c><00:15:30.570><c> the</c><00:15:30.690><c> house</c>

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of<00:15:31.009><c> Baal,</c><00:15:31.309><c> which</c><00:15:31.409><c> he</c><00:15:31.549><c> had</c><00:15:31.690><c> built</c><00:15:31.870><c> in</c><00:15:32.029><c> Samaria,</c>

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and<00:15:32.669><c> they</c><00:15:32.850><c> had</c><00:15:32.970><c> made</c><00:15:33.149><c> a</c><00:15:33.409><c> grove.</c><00:15:33.889><c> And</c><00:15:34.049><c> that</c><00:15:34.230><c> word</c><00:15:34.490><c> grove</c><00:15:35.309><c> is</c><00:15:35.649><c> Asherah,</c><00:15:37.809><c> or</c>

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Astarte.<00:15:39.289><c> Asherah</c><00:15:39.789><c> in</c><00:15:39.909><c> this</c><00:15:40.090><c> sense,</c>

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she's<00:15:40.870><c> the</c><00:15:41.049><c> goddess.</c><00:15:41.730><c> There's</c><00:15:42.049><c> a</c><00:15:42.190><c> male</c><00:15:42.490><c> and</c><00:15:42.809><c> a</c><00:15:42.990><c> female.</c><00:15:44.129><c> And</c>

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the<00:15:44.409><c> Babylonian</c><00:15:45.409><c> gods</c><00:15:45.809><c> and</c><00:15:46.049><c> the</c><00:15:46.250><c> Egyptian</c><00:15:46.549><c> gods,</c>

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they<00:15:47.870><c> had</c><00:15:48.190><c> absolutely</c><00:15:48.769><c> no</c><00:15:49.110><c> concept</c><00:15:50.009><c> of</c><00:15:50.509><c> Yahweh,</c><00:15:51.149><c> the</c><00:15:51.450><c> unity,</c>

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the<00:15:52.250><c> one</c><00:15:52.570><c> God.</c><00:15:53.549><c> And</c><00:15:53.830><c> even</c><00:15:54.230><c> the</c><00:15:54.529><c> Psalms</c><00:15:54.929><c> that</c><00:15:55.690><c> say</c>

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the<00:15:56.590><c> heavens</c><00:15:56.909><c> declare</c><00:15:57.409><c> the</c><00:15:57.590><c> glory</c><00:15:57.850><c> of</c><00:15:58.070><c> God</c><00:15:58.210><c> and</c><00:15:58.409><c> the</c><00:15:58.570><c> firmament</c><00:15:58.990><c> showeth</c>

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his<00:15:59.590><c> handiwork</c><00:16:00.149><c> was</c><00:16:00.389><c> an</c><00:16:00.730><c> insult</c><00:16:01.169><c> to</c>

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them.<00:16:01.669><c> They</c><00:16:01.850><c> had</c><00:16:02.210><c> many</c><00:16:02.690><c> gods.</c><00:16:03.570><c> They</c><00:16:03.750><c> didn't</c><00:16:03.970><c> understand</c><00:16:04.389><c> the</c>

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term<00:16:05.029><c> universe.</c><00:16:06.889><c> It</c><00:16:06.929><c> was</c><00:16:07.210><c> a</c><00:16:07.409><c> multiverse</c><00:16:08.190><c> because</c>

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there<00:16:08.690><c> was</c><00:16:08.830><c> a</c><00:16:08.929><c> God</c><00:16:09.049><c> for</c><00:16:09.269><c> everything.</c><00:16:09.629><c> There</c><00:16:09.649><c> was</c><00:16:09.830><c> a</c><00:16:09.929><c> God</c><00:16:10.070><c> for</c><00:16:10.230><c> the</c><00:16:10.330><c> snow</c><00:16:10.570><c> and</c><00:16:10.710><c> a</c>

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God<00:16:10.889><c> for</c><00:16:11.049><c> the</c><00:16:11.190><c> trees</c><00:16:11.330><c> and</c><00:16:11.429><c> a</c><00:16:11.509><c> God</c>

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for<00:16:11.789><c> the</c><00:16:11.950><c> springs</c><00:16:12.090><c> and</c><00:16:12.210><c> a</c><00:16:12.309><c> God</c><00:16:12.429><c> for</c><00:16:12.669><c> the</c><00:16:13.129><c> stones</c><00:16:13.490><c> and</c><00:16:13.929><c> a</c><00:16:14.029><c> God</c><00:16:14.169><c> for</c><00:16:14.330><c> the</c><00:16:14.470><c> valley</c><00:16:14.610><c> and</c><00:16:14.710><c> a</c>

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God<00:16:14.929><c> for</c><00:16:15.070><c> the</c><00:16:15.210><c> mountains,</c>

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a<00:16:15.509><c> God</c><00:16:15.649><c> for</c><00:16:15.789><c> the</c><00:16:15.990><c> animals,</c><00:16:16.210><c> a</c><00:16:16.250><c> God</c><00:16:16.370><c> for</c><00:16:16.549><c> men,</c><00:16:16.789><c> a</c><00:16:16.870><c> God</c><00:16:16.950><c> for</c><00:16:17.129><c> women.</c><00:16:18.210><c> There</c>

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were<00:16:18.470><c> just</c><00:16:18.970><c> multiples</c><00:16:19.690><c> of</c><00:16:20.250><c> gods.</c>

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So<00:16:20.950><c> we</c><00:16:21.149><c> have</c><00:16:21.330><c> here</c><00:16:21.570><c> that</c><00:16:22.830><c> Ahab</c><00:16:23.269><c> made</c><00:16:23.789><c> a</c><00:16:24.190><c> grove</c><00:16:24.690><c> or</c><00:16:25.029><c> an</c><00:16:25.289><c> idol</c><00:16:25.509><c> representing</c><00:16:26.110><c> Asherah,</c><00:16:26.789><c> is</c>

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what<00:16:26.970><c> it</c><00:16:27.169><c> was</c><00:16:27.389><c> actually</c>

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intended.<00:16:29.029><c> And</c><00:16:29.230><c> Ahab</c><00:16:29.389><c> did</c><00:16:29.570><c> more</c><00:16:29.830><c> to</c><00:16:30.029><c> provoke</c><00:16:30.269><c> Yahweh,</c><00:16:30.710><c> Elohim</c>

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of<00:16:31.090><c> Israel,</c><00:16:31.409><c> to</c><00:16:31.649><c> anger</c><00:16:32.090><c> than</c><00:16:32.230><c> all</c><00:16:32.470><c> the</c><00:16:32.610><c> kings</c>

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of<00:16:32.870><c> Israel</c><00:16:33.070><c> that</c><00:16:33.230><c> were</c><00:16:33.350><c> before</c><00:16:33.629><c> him.</c><00:16:34.250><c> So</c><00:16:34.450><c> you'll</c><00:16:34.710><c> notice</c><00:16:34.929><c> that</c>

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Asherah<00:16:35.629><c> is</c><00:16:35.830><c> depicted</c><00:16:36.330><c> as</c><00:16:36.850><c> a</c><00:16:37.009><c> woman</c><00:16:37.210><c> actually</c>

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naked<00:16:38.049><c> holding</c><00:16:38.309><c> a</c><00:16:38.610><c> serpent</c><00:16:38.929><c> and</c><00:16:39.230><c> a</c><00:16:39.389><c> lily.</c><00:16:41.230><c> In</c><00:16:41.470><c> one</c><00:16:41.850><c> new</c><00:16:42.230><c> life,</c>

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the<00:16:42.710><c> serpent</c><00:16:42.929><c> sheds</c><00:16:43.190><c> its</c><00:16:43.470><c> skin</c><00:16:43.750><c> and</c><00:16:44.450><c> the</c><00:16:44.710><c> lily</c><00:16:45.049><c> is</c>

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a<00:16:46.049><c> form</c><00:16:46.149><c> of</c><00:16:46.750><c> birth</c><00:16:47.049><c> or</c><00:16:47.429><c> regeneration</c><00:16:48.029><c> also.</c><00:16:49.009><c> So</c><00:16:49.250><c> she</c><00:16:49.370><c> was</c><00:16:49.549><c> the</c>

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mother<00:16:50.350><c> of</c><00:16:50.950><c> living</c><00:16:51.230><c> things.</c><00:16:52.110><c> So</c><00:16:52.269><c> you've</c><00:16:52.490><c> got</c><00:16:52.629><c> the</c>

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male<00:16:52.990><c> and</c><00:16:53.129><c> the</c><00:16:53.330><c> female.</c><00:16:54.409><c> And</c><00:16:54.690><c> Baal</c><00:16:54.889><c> was</c><00:16:55.149><c> actually</c><00:16:56.129><c> the</c><00:16:56.649><c> son</c><00:16:57.110><c> of</c>

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Asherah<00:16:57.830><c> according</c><00:16:58.129><c> to</c><00:16:58.389><c> Canaanite</c><00:16:58.710><c> religion.</c>

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He<00:16:59.389><c> was</c><00:16:59.590><c> the</c><00:17:00.330><c> storm</c><00:17:00.730><c> god</c><00:17:01.190><c> and</c><00:17:01.830><c> also</c><00:17:02.090><c> the</c><00:17:02.370><c> war</c><00:17:02.610><c> god.</c><00:17:03.610><c> And</c><00:17:03.809><c> so</c><00:17:04.230><c> when</c><00:17:04.529><c> the</c>

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children<00:17:04.910><c> of</c><00:17:05.009><c> Israel</c><00:17:05.269><c> moved</c><00:17:05.549><c> into</c><00:17:05.910><c> Canaan</c>

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under<00:17:06.529><c> Joshua,</c><00:17:07.289><c> they</c><00:17:07.470><c> had</c><00:17:07.710><c> to</c><00:17:08.029><c> contend</c><00:17:08.690><c> with</c><00:17:08.970><c> not</c><00:17:09.190><c> only</c><00:17:09.410><c> these</c>

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political<00:17:11.190><c> gods,</c><00:17:12.490><c> but</c><00:17:12.730><c> they</c><00:17:12.910><c> had</c><00:17:13.049><c> a</c><00:17:13.130><c> lot</c><00:17:13.329><c> of</c><00:17:13.529><c> local</c>

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gods,<00:17:14.289><c> which</c><00:17:14.509><c> were</c><00:17:14.750><c> Baalim,</c><00:17:16.349><c> which</c><00:17:16.650><c> Elijah</c><00:17:17.329><c> accuses</c><00:17:17.890><c> Ahab</c><00:17:18.190><c> of</c>

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worshiping<00:17:19.509><c> when</c><00:17:19.650><c> he</c><00:17:19.910><c> confronts</c><00:17:20.490><c> him</c><00:17:20.589><c> for</c>

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the<00:17:20.890><c> first</c><00:17:21.130><c> time</c><00:17:21.509><c> or</c><00:17:21.710><c> the</c><00:17:21.890><c> second</c><00:17:22.130><c> time.</c><00:17:22.630><c> He</c><00:17:22.890><c> accuses</c><00:17:23.150><c> him</c><00:17:23.329><c> of</c>

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worshiping<00:17:24.049><c> Baalim,</c><00:17:24.630><c> which</c><00:17:24.769><c> was</c><00:17:25.109><c> many</c><00:17:25.450><c> gods.</c>

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And<00:17:26.569><c> that's</c><00:17:26.769><c> why</c><00:17:27.049><c> when</c><00:17:27.230><c> the</c><00:17:27.390><c> Hebrews</c><00:17:27.589><c> moved</c><00:17:28.049><c> into</c><00:17:28.529><c> the</c><00:17:28.789><c> land,</c>

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when<00:17:29.789><c> the</c><00:17:29.990><c> Hebrews</c><00:17:30.170><c> moved</c><00:17:30.430><c> into</c><00:17:30.630><c> the</c><00:17:30.789><c> land,</c>

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you<00:17:31.049><c> could</c><00:17:31.269><c> picture</c><00:17:31.549><c> the</c><00:17:31.849><c> scene</c><00:17:32.250><c> that</c><00:17:33.650><c> a</c><00:17:33.789><c> Hebrew</c><00:17:34.009><c> farmer</c><00:17:34.410><c> is</c>

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not<00:17:34.869><c> really</c><00:17:35.150><c> used</c><00:17:35.309><c> to.</c><00:17:35.410><c> He's</c><00:17:35.470><c> been</c><00:17:35.589><c> wandering</c><00:17:35.910><c> out</c><00:17:36.170><c> in</c>

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the<00:17:36.369><c> wilderness</c><00:17:36.630><c> for</c><00:17:36.990><c> 40</c><00:17:37.309><c> years</c><00:17:37.609><c> in</c><00:17:37.769><c> the</c><00:17:37.970><c> desert.</c><00:17:38.349><c> When</c><00:17:38.509><c> do</c><00:17:38.609><c> you</c><00:17:38.690><c> have</c><00:17:38.849><c> time</c><00:17:39.049><c> to</c>

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strike<00:17:39.690><c> the</c><00:17:39.950><c> ground</c><00:17:40.150><c> for</c><00:17:40.410><c> a</c><00:17:40.609><c> crop?</c>

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You<00:17:41.069><c> don't.</c><00:17:41.769><c> You're</c><00:17:42.109><c> herding</c><00:17:42.529><c> cattle</c><00:17:43.009><c> and</c><00:17:43.309><c> sheep</c><00:17:43.430><c> trying</c><00:17:43.710><c> to</c>

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get<00:17:43.930><c> into</c><00:17:44.109><c> the</c><00:17:44.309><c> land,</c>

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wandering<00:17:44.849><c> 40</c><00:17:45.210><c> years.</c><00:17:46.150><c> The</c><00:17:46.309><c> first</c><00:17:46.450><c> generation</c><00:17:46.849><c> dies</c><00:17:47.210><c> off,</c>

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and<00:17:47.589><c> the</c><00:17:47.730><c> second</c><00:17:47.910><c> generation</c><00:17:48.509><c> comes</c><00:17:49.089><c> into</c><00:17:49.329><c> the</c>

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land<00:17:49.650><c> under</c><00:17:49.890><c> Joshua.</c><00:17:51.269><c> And</c><00:17:51.509><c> so</c><00:17:51.910><c> they</c><00:17:52.349><c> are</c><00:17:52.589><c> going</c><00:17:52.769><c> to</c><00:17:53.170><c> establish</c>

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their<00:17:54.089><c> boundaries</c><00:17:54.509><c> with</c><00:17:54.789><c> the</c><00:17:55.029><c> strength</c>

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of<00:17:55.529><c> Yahweh</c><00:17:55.849><c> and</c><00:17:56.170><c> set</c><00:17:56.349><c> up</c><00:17:56.829><c> farming</c><00:17:57.329><c> communities,</c><00:17:58.309><c> agricultural</c><00:17:59.009><c> communities,</c><00:17:59.930><c> something</c>

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that<00:18:00.349><c> they're</c>

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not<00:18:00.710><c> really</c><00:18:00.950><c> familiar</c><00:18:01.269><c> with.</c><00:18:01.529><c> Now</c><00:18:01.690><c> their</c><00:18:01.789><c> generation</c><00:18:02.329><c> before</c>

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them<00:18:03.109><c> were</c><00:18:03.690><c> in</c><00:18:03.950><c> Egypt,</c><00:18:04.670><c> and</c><00:18:04.930><c> they</c><00:18:05.150><c> watered</c>

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gardens,<00:18:05.930><c> it</c><00:18:06.049><c> says,</c><00:18:06.329><c> with</c><00:18:06.509><c> their</c><00:18:06.829><c> feet</c><00:18:07.509><c> and</c><00:18:08.250><c> irrigating</c><00:18:08.809><c> from</c>

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the<00:18:09.230><c> River</c><00:18:09.490><c> Nile.</c><00:18:10.529><c> And</c><00:18:10.750><c> it</c><00:18:10.809><c> was</c><00:18:10.970><c> really</c><00:18:11.230><c> a</c><00:18:11.450><c> land</c>

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that<00:18:13.069><c> was</c><00:18:13.569><c> not</c><00:18:14.150><c> like</c><00:18:14.750><c> Israel.</c><00:18:15.130><c> And</c><00:18:15.269><c> if</c><00:18:15.349><c> you'll</c><00:18:15.529><c> turn</c><00:18:15.670><c> with</c><00:18:15.869><c> me</c>

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to<00:18:16.170><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:18:16.630><c> chapter</c><00:18:17.049><c> 11,</c>

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and<00:18:22.369><c> I'm</c><00:18:22.589><c> sorry</c><00:18:22.829><c> if</c><00:18:22.990><c> I'm</c><00:18:23.130><c> going</c><00:18:23.390><c> too</c><00:18:23.690><c> fast.</c><00:18:23.910><c> I'll</c><00:18:24.150><c> try</c><00:18:24.309><c> to</c><00:18:24.410><c> slow</c>

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down.<00:18:24.910><c> I</c><00:18:24.970><c> realize</c><00:18:25.269><c> we're</c><00:18:25.430><c> behind</c><00:18:25.829><c> time,</c>

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and<00:18:26.609><c> sometimes</c><00:18:27.029><c> time</c><00:18:27.349><c> pressures</c><00:18:27.730><c> us.</c><00:18:30.809><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:18:31.309><c> chapter</c><00:18:31.650><c> 11,</c>

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I'm<00:18:37.970><c> putting</c><00:18:38.170><c> in</c><00:18:39.089><c> at</c><00:18:39.430><c> verse</c><00:18:39.690><c> 10.</c><00:18:41.349><c> And</c><00:18:41.549><c> Yahweh</c><00:18:41.750><c> had</c><00:18:41.930><c> told</c><00:18:42.069><c> Moses,</c><00:18:42.529><c> for</c>

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the<00:18:42.769><c> land</c><00:18:43.109><c> whither</c><00:18:43.369><c> thou</c><00:18:43.750><c> goest</c><00:18:44.009><c> into</c>

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possess<00:18:44.750><c> it</c><00:18:44.970><c> is</c><00:18:45.250><c> not</c><00:18:45.490><c> as</c><00:18:45.670><c> the</c><00:18:45.730><c> land</c><00:18:45.970><c> of</c><00:18:46.150><c> Egypt</c><00:18:46.390><c> from</c><00:18:46.589><c> whence</c><00:18:46.809><c> ye</c>

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came<00:18:47.049><c> out,</c><00:18:47.549><c> where</c><00:18:47.690><c> thou</c><00:18:47.990><c> sowedst</c><00:18:48.410><c> thy</c><00:18:48.549><c> seed</c><00:18:48.849><c> and</c>

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wateredst<00:18:49.509><c> it</c><00:18:49.569><c> with</c><00:18:49.769><c> thy</c><00:18:50.009><c> foot</c><00:18:50.150><c> as</c><00:18:50.309><c> a</c><00:18:50.369><c> garden</c><00:18:50.630><c> of</c><00:18:50.849><c> herbs.</c><00:18:51.569><c> But</c>

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the<00:18:51.990><c> land</c><00:18:52.230><c> whither</c><00:18:52.470><c> ye</c><00:18:52.690><c> go</c><00:18:52.869><c> to</c><00:18:53.009><c> possess</c><00:18:53.309><c> it</c><00:18:53.470><c> is</c><00:18:53.650><c> a</c><00:18:53.809><c> land</c>

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of<00:18:54.269><c> hills</c><00:18:54.769><c> and</c><00:18:55.210><c> valleys,</c><00:18:56.029><c> and</c><00:18:56.349><c> drinketh</c><00:18:56.670><c> water</c><00:18:56.990><c> of</c><00:18:57.130><c> the</c><00:18:57.289><c> rain</c>

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of<00:18:57.569><c> heaven,</c><00:18:58.230><c> a</c><00:18:58.410><c> land</c><00:18:58.650><c> which</c><00:18:58.849><c> Yahweh</c><00:18:59.230><c> thy</c><00:18:59.390><c> Elohim</c>

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careth<00:19:00.329><c> for.</c><00:19:01.250><c> The</c><00:19:01.430><c> eyes</c><00:19:01.890><c> of</c><00:19:02.069><c> Yahweh</c><00:19:02.369><c> thy</c><00:19:02.490><c> Elohim</c><00:19:02.769><c> are</c><00:19:03.089><c> always</c>

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upon<00:19:04.069><c> it</c><00:19:04.369><c> from</c><00:19:04.630><c> the</c><00:19:04.890><c> beginning</c><00:19:05.329><c> of</c><00:19:06.130><c> the</c><00:19:06.369><c> year,</c>

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even<00:19:06.869><c> unto</c><00:19:07.069><c> the</c><00:19:07.250><c> end</c><00:19:07.430><c> of</c><00:19:07.589><c> the</c><00:19:07.750><c> year.</c><00:19:09.309><c> It</c><00:19:09.609><c> was</c><00:19:09.829><c> a</c><00:19:09.990><c> land</c><00:19:10.190><c> unlike</c>

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Egypt.<00:19:11.710><c> And</c><00:19:11.750><c> you</c><00:19:11.789><c> know,</c><00:19:12.069><c> Egypt</c><00:19:12.410><c> represents,</c>

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as<00:19:13.470><c> all</c><00:19:13.609><c> of</c><00:19:13.710><c> you</c><00:19:13.829><c> understand,</c><00:19:14.730><c> the</c><00:19:14.930><c> nature</c><00:19:15.430><c> of</c><00:19:16.289><c> man,</c><00:19:16.609><c> the</c><00:19:16.890><c> mortal</c><00:19:17.410><c> sin</c>

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-prone,<00:19:18.349><c> death</c><00:19:18.670><c>-doomed</c><00:19:18.890><c> nature.</c>

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But<00:19:20.349><c> this</c><00:19:20.730><c> land</c><00:19:21.009><c> is</c><00:19:21.309><c> different.</c><00:19:22.069><c> This</c><00:19:22.369><c> land</c><00:19:22.789><c> is</c><00:19:23.150><c> watered</c><00:19:23.829><c> from</c>

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heaven,<00:19:24.650><c> and</c><00:19:25.170><c> it</c><00:19:25.430><c> shows</c><00:19:25.750><c> the</c><00:19:26.289><c> dependency</c><00:19:26.789><c> that</c>

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land<00:19:27.609><c> had</c><00:19:28.150><c> upon</c><00:19:28.990><c> Yahweh,</c><00:19:30.529><c> upon</c><00:19:30.690><c> the</c><00:19:30.970><c> Creator,</c><00:19:31.650><c> as</c><00:19:31.809><c> our</c><00:19:32.049><c> hymn</c>

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so<00:19:32.589><c> beautifully</c><00:19:33.190><c> depicted</c><00:19:33.730><c> that</c><00:19:34.490><c> all</c><00:19:34.910><c> good</c><00:19:35.150><c> things</c>

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come<00:19:35.650><c> from</c><00:19:35.849><c> Him.</c><00:19:37.089><c> And</c><00:19:37.470><c> the</c><00:19:37.970><c> righteousness</c><00:19:38.690><c> that</c><00:19:39.269><c> comes</c><00:19:39.609><c> down</c>

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from<00:19:40.230><c> heaven</c><00:19:40.450><c> is</c><00:19:40.690><c> depicted</c><00:19:41.150><c> in</c><00:19:41.390><c> the</c><00:19:41.589><c> environment</c>

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right<00:19:42.490><c> around</c><00:19:42.829><c> us.</c><00:19:43.410><c> The</c><00:19:43.650><c> beautiful</c><00:19:44.130><c> white</c><00:19:44.450><c> snow</c><00:19:44.829><c> gently</c><00:19:45.390><c> falling</c><00:19:45.789><c> is</c>

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the<00:19:46.329><c> righteousness</c><00:19:46.869><c> that</c><00:19:47.130><c> is</c><00:19:47.529><c> ours</c><00:19:47.670><c> in</c>

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Christ<00:19:48.450><c> upon</c><00:19:48.869><c> our</c><00:19:49.349><c> belief</c><00:19:49.869><c> in</c><00:19:50.390><c> the</c><00:19:50.549><c> Word</c><00:19:50.690><c> of</c><00:19:50.890><c> God.</c><00:19:51.630><c> But</c><00:19:51.789><c> you</c><00:19:51.890><c> see,</c><00:19:52.069><c> the</c><00:19:52.150><c> land</c><00:19:52.329><c> of</c>

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Egypt<00:19:52.750><c> was</c><00:19:53.069><c> watered</c><00:19:53.369><c> from</c>

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deep,<00:19:54.089><c> deep</c><00:19:54.329><c> rivers</c><00:19:54.750><c> of</c><00:19:55.309><c> the</c><00:19:55.529><c> African</c><00:19:55.849><c> continent</c><00:19:56.269><c> moving</c><00:19:56.809><c> down</c><00:19:57.170><c> the</c>

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Nile<00:19:57.609><c> River</c><00:19:57.930><c> and</c><00:19:58.309><c> flooding</c><00:19:58.589><c> yearly</c>

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to<00:19:59.490><c> provide</c><00:19:59.769><c> a</c><00:19:59.990><c> fertile</c><00:20:00.230><c> soil,</c><00:20:00.950><c> bringing</c><00:20:01.230><c> down</c><00:20:01.529><c> the</c><00:20:01.829><c> silt</c><00:20:02.109><c> and</c>

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everything.<00:20:02.890><c> And</c><00:20:03.029><c> it's</c><00:20:03.210><c> sort</c><00:20:03.289><c> of</c><00:20:03.349><c> like</c><00:20:03.509><c> the</c>

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Jordan<00:20:04.369><c> does,</c><00:20:04.809><c> and</c><00:20:04.950><c> we'll</c><00:20:05.109><c> look</c><00:20:05.250><c> at</c><00:20:05.329><c> the</c><00:20:05.490><c> Jordan</c><00:20:05.650><c> in</c><00:20:05.809><c> our</c><00:20:05.970><c> last</c>

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class,<00:20:06.890><c> is</c><00:20:06.990><c> what</c><00:20:07.109><c> it</c><00:20:07.329><c> depicts.</c><00:20:08.170><c> But</c><00:20:08.309><c> you</c><00:20:08.410><c> can</c><00:20:08.609><c> see</c>

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that<00:20:08.910><c> the</c><00:20:09.049><c> land</c><00:20:09.250><c> that</c><00:20:09.430><c> God</c><00:20:09.690><c> was</c><00:20:10.049><c> bringing</c><00:20:10.650><c> His</c><00:20:11.170><c> people</c><00:20:11.549><c> into,</c>

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it<00:20:12.789><c> also</c><00:20:13.309><c> says,</c><00:20:14.190><c> notice</c><00:20:14.710><c> in</c><00:20:14.910><c> verse</c><00:20:15.190><c> 11,</c><00:20:16.950><c> it</c><00:20:17.150><c> is</c>

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land<00:20:17.589><c> of</c><00:20:17.730><c> hills</c><00:20:18.009><c> and</c><00:20:18.230><c> valleys.</c><00:20:19.650><c> Now</c><00:20:19.829><c> that's</c><00:20:20.029><c> significant.</c><00:20:20.670><c> Why</c><00:20:20.910><c> is</c>

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that<00:20:21.289><c> significant?</c><00:20:22.230><c> Because</c><00:20:22.549><c> in</c><00:20:22.849><c> the</c><00:20:23.170><c> truth,</c>

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you<00:20:24.029><c> don't</c><00:20:24.230><c> have</c><00:20:24.390><c> a</c><00:20:24.630><c> straight,</c><00:20:25.509><c> plain</c><00:20:25.650><c> path</c><00:20:26.109><c> to</c><00:20:26.309><c> the</c><00:20:26.430><c> kingdom</c>

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of<00:20:26.869><c> God.</c><00:20:27.750><c> There</c><00:20:27.950><c> are</c><00:20:28.269><c> hills</c><00:20:28.769><c> of</c><00:20:29.329><c> joy</c><00:20:29.970><c> and</c>

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togetherness<00:20:31.569><c> and</c><00:20:31.829><c> unity</c><00:20:32.170><c> as</c><00:20:32.369><c> we</c><00:20:32.529><c> are</c><00:20:32.670><c> having</c><00:20:32.849><c> today,</c><00:20:33.490><c> but</c><00:20:33.710><c> when</c><00:20:33.869><c> you</c><00:20:34.109><c> leave,</c><00:20:34.630><c> you're</c><00:20:34.769><c> going</c><00:20:34.849><c> to</c>

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have<00:20:35.089><c> your</c><00:20:35.289><c> valleys.</c>

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You're<00:20:36.609><c> going</c><00:20:36.670><c> to</c><00:20:36.710><c> go</c><00:20:36.849><c> into</c><00:20:37.029><c> the</c><00:20:37.269><c> valley</c><00:20:37.490><c> of</c><00:20:37.630><c> the</c><00:20:37.950><c> shadow</c><00:20:38.190><c> of</c>

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death.<00:20:39.829><c> You're</c><00:20:40.049><c> going</c><00:20:40.170><c> to</c><00:20:40.289><c> confront</c><00:20:40.690><c> giants.</c><00:20:41.250><c> You're</c>

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going<00:20:41.450><c> to</c><00:20:41.690><c> confront</c><00:20:41.910><c> problems</c><00:20:42.549><c> in</c><00:20:42.829><c> life</c><00:20:43.009><c> and</c><00:20:43.150><c> don't</c><00:20:43.410><c> think</c><00:20:43.569><c> you're</c><00:20:43.710><c> not</c><00:20:44.009><c> going</c><00:20:44.250><c> to.</c><00:20:45.250><c> You</c><00:20:45.609><c> have</c><00:20:45.990><c> to</c>

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if<00:20:46.430><c> you</c><00:20:46.670><c> are</c><00:20:46.930><c> truly</c>

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called<00:20:47.789><c> of</c><00:20:48.049><c> God.</c><00:20:49.190><c> If</c><00:20:49.250><c> we</c><00:20:49.450><c> are</c><00:20:49.690><c> truly</c><00:20:49.950><c> the</c><00:20:50.230><c> elect</c><00:20:50.450><c> of</c><00:20:50.650><c> God,</c><00:20:50.950><c> there's</c><00:20:51.190><c> no</c>

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way<00:20:51.509><c> we</c><00:20:51.630><c> can</c><00:20:51.789><c> enter</c><00:20:51.950><c> the</c><00:20:52.130><c> kingdom</c><00:20:52.329><c> of</c><00:20:52.509><c> God</c>

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work<00:20:59.230><c> in</c><00:20:59.369><c> our</c><00:20:59.509><c> life.</c><00:21:00.069><c> We</c><00:21:00.190><c> don't</c><00:21:00.410><c> pray</c><00:21:00.690><c> to</c><00:21:00.869><c> God</c><00:21:01.130><c> to</c><00:21:01.329><c> deliver</c><00:21:01.630><c> me</c>

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out<00:21:01.950><c> of</c><00:21:02.049><c> this</c><00:21:02.329><c> trial.</c><00:21:02.869><c> It's</c><00:21:03.069><c> too</c><00:21:03.329><c> much.</c><00:21:03.529><c> It's</c><00:21:03.630><c> more</c><00:21:03.849><c> than</c>

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I<00:21:04.069><c> can</c><00:21:04.349><c> bear.</c><00:21:04.730><c> Take</c><00:21:04.970><c> it</c><00:21:05.210><c> away.</c><00:21:06.529><c> Don't</c><00:21:06.750><c> ever</c><00:21:06.990><c> pray</c><00:21:07.210><c> for</c><00:21:07.450><c> that,</c>

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young<00:21:07.869><c> people.</c><00:21:09.450><c> Pray</c><00:21:09.650><c> that</c><00:21:09.809><c> God</c><00:21:10.049><c> will</c><00:21:10.369><c> bring</c><00:21:10.549><c> you</c><00:21:10.869><c> through</c>

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the<00:21:11.410><c> trial,</c><00:21:12.890><c> through</c><00:21:13.150><c> a</c><00:21:13.490><c> trial</c><00:21:13.769><c> of</c><00:21:14.109><c> fire,</c><00:21:15.289><c> through</c><00:21:15.609><c> the</c><00:21:15.950><c> valley</c><00:21:16.289><c> and</c>

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up<00:21:16.869><c> again</c><00:21:17.369><c> to</c><00:21:17.589><c> the</c><00:21:17.789><c> hills</c>

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to<00:21:20.869><c> whence</c><00:21:21.190><c> we</c><00:21:21.349><c> look</c><00:21:21.569><c> for</c><00:21:21.829><c> our</c><00:21:22.069><c> salvation.</c><00:21:24.250><c> So</c><00:21:24.549><c> the</c><00:21:24.670><c> land</c><00:21:24.950><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:21:25.470><c> was</c><00:21:25.670><c> not</c><00:21:25.890><c> like</c><00:21:26.109><c> Egypt.</c>

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It<00:21:27.529><c> was</c><00:21:27.650><c> not</c><00:21:28.250><c> a</c><00:21:28.349><c> land</c><00:21:28.690><c> watered</c><00:21:29.009><c> with</c><00:21:29.190><c> the</c><00:21:29.509><c> foot,</c><00:21:30.630><c> which</c><00:21:31.250><c> treads</c>

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where?<00:21:32.490><c> That's</c><00:21:32.930><c> correct.</c><00:21:34.230><c> You're</c><00:21:34.490><c> ahead</c><00:21:34.690><c> of</c><00:21:34.869><c> me</c>

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in<00:21:35.170><c> the</c><00:21:35.410><c> dust</c><00:21:35.710><c> with</c><00:21:35.950><c> the</c><00:21:36.250><c> serpent</c><00:21:36.789><c> and</c><00:21:37.309><c> we</c><00:21:37.470><c> must</c><00:21:37.650><c> wash</c><00:21:37.849><c> our</c><00:21:38.049><c> feet</c><00:21:38.210><c> daily</c><00:21:38.769><c> in</c>

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the<00:21:39.609><c> cleansing</c><00:21:39.849><c> water</c><00:21:40.109><c> of</c><00:21:40.250><c> the</c><00:21:40.349><c> word</c><00:21:40.470><c> of</c>

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God.<00:21:41.190><c> But</c><00:21:41.329><c> if</c><00:21:41.450><c> you</c><00:21:41.549><c> keep</c><00:21:41.789><c> reading</c><00:21:42.009><c> in</c><00:21:42.170><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:21:42.609><c> chapter</c>

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11,<00:21:44.869><c> it</c><00:21:45.029><c> shall</c><00:21:45.210><c> come</c><00:21:45.430><c> to</c><00:21:45.690><c> pass,</c><00:21:45.930><c> verse</c><00:21:46.170><c> 13,</c>

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if<00:21:46.789><c> you</c><00:21:46.990><c> shall</c><00:21:47.150><c> hearken</c><00:21:47.470><c> diligently</c><00:21:47.910><c> unto</c><00:21:48.250><c> my</c><00:21:48.529><c> commandments,</c>

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which<00:21:49.170><c> I</c><00:21:49.410><c> command</c><00:21:49.750><c> you</c><00:21:49.970><c> this</c><00:21:50.269><c> day</c>

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to<00:21:50.930><c> love</c><00:21:51.210><c> Yahweh</c><00:21:51.549><c> your</c><00:21:51.769><c> Elohim,</c><00:21:52.549><c> to</c><00:21:52.869><c> serve</c><00:21:53.130><c> him</c><00:21:53.250><c> with</c><00:21:53.410><c> all</c><00:21:53.569><c> your</c><00:21:53.789><c> heart</c><00:21:53.950><c> and</c>

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with<00:21:54.250><c> all</c><00:21:54.390><c> your</c><00:21:54.650><c> soul,</c><00:21:54.890><c> that</c><00:21:54.950><c> I</c><00:21:55.089><c> will</c>

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give<00:21:55.670><c> you</c><00:21:56.029><c> the</c><00:21:56.289><c> rain</c><00:21:56.609><c> of</c><00:21:56.890><c> your</c><00:21:57.150><c> land</c><00:21:57.690><c> in</c><00:21:58.130><c> his</c><00:21:58.410><c> due</c><00:21:58.650><c> season,</c><00:21:59.569><c> the</c>

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first<00:22:00.410><c> rain</c><00:22:00.670><c> and</c><00:22:00.990><c> the</c><00:22:01.210><c> latter</c><00:22:01.430><c> rain</c><00:22:01.630><c> that</c><00:22:01.789><c> thou</c><00:22:01.990><c> mayest</c>

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gather<00:22:02.609><c> in</c><00:22:02.750><c> thy</c><00:22:02.910><c> corn</c><00:22:03.250><c> and</c><00:22:03.369><c> thy</c><00:22:03.630><c> wine</c><00:22:04.049><c> and</c><00:22:04.369><c> thine</c><00:22:04.710><c> oil.</c><00:22:05.410><c> I'll</c>

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send<00:22:06.029><c> grass</c><00:22:06.450><c> in</c><00:22:06.630><c> thy</c><00:22:06.829><c> fields</c><00:22:07.109><c> for</c><00:22:07.289><c> thy</c><00:22:07.430><c> cattle,</c>

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that<00:22:08.069><c> thou</c><00:22:08.230><c> mayest</c><00:22:08.529><c> eat</c><00:22:08.670><c> and</c><00:22:08.769><c> be</c><00:22:08.990><c> full.</c><00:22:09.710><c> So</c><00:22:09.869><c> take</c><00:22:10.390><c> heed</c><00:22:10.670><c> to</c><00:22:10.930><c> yourselves</c><00:22:11.470><c> that</c><00:22:11.950><c> your</c><00:22:12.210><c> heart</c><00:22:12.410><c> be</c>

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not<00:22:12.829><c> deceived,</c>

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and<00:22:13.349><c> you</c><00:22:13.529><c> turn</c><00:22:13.769><c> aside</c><00:22:14.369><c> and</c><00:22:14.950><c> serve</c><00:22:15.410><c> other</c><00:22:15.950><c> gods</c><00:22:16.390><c> and</c><00:22:16.650><c> worship</c>

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them.<00:22:18.529><c> And</c><00:22:18.789><c> then</c><00:22:19.029><c> Yahweh's</c><00:22:19.569><c> wrath</c><00:22:19.710><c> be</c><00:22:20.069><c> kindled</c>

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against<00:22:20.809><c> you,</c><00:22:21.150><c> and</c><00:22:21.210><c> he</c><00:22:21.490><c> shut</c><00:22:21.609><c> up</c><00:22:21.829><c> heaven,</c><00:22:22.509><c> and</c><00:22:22.529><c> there</c><00:22:22.710><c> be</c><00:22:22.829><c> no</c>

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rain,<00:22:23.829><c> and</c><00:22:24.069><c> that</c><00:22:24.250><c> the</c><00:22:24.450><c> land</c><00:22:24.710><c> yield</c><00:22:24.950><c> not</c><00:22:25.210><c> her</c><00:22:25.470><c> fruit,</c>

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and<00:22:26.490><c> lest</c><00:22:26.769><c> ye</c><00:22:27.049><c> perish</c><00:22:27.410><c> quickly</c><00:22:27.809><c> from</c><00:22:28.049><c> off</c><00:22:28.230><c> the</c><00:22:28.309><c> good</c><00:22:28.490><c> land</c><00:22:28.670><c> which</c><00:22:28.849><c> I</c>

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will<00:22:29.130><c> give</c><00:22:29.250><c> you.</c><00:22:29.369><c> You</c><00:22:29.569><c> see</c><00:22:29.730><c> cause</c><00:22:29.990><c> and</c><00:22:30.130><c> effect</c>

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there,<00:22:30.589><c> don't</c><00:22:30.789><c> you?</c><00:22:31.289><c> You</c><00:22:31.470><c> see</c><00:22:31.630><c> cause</c><00:22:31.890><c> and</c><00:22:32.089><c> effect</c><00:22:32.390><c> that</c><00:22:32.849><c> once</c>

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the<00:22:33.369><c> heart</c><00:22:33.509><c> is</c><00:22:33.809><c> deceived,</c><00:22:35.250><c> there</c><00:22:35.529><c> is</c><00:22:35.710><c> no</c><00:22:35.930><c> more</c>

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appreciation<00:22:36.950><c> for</c><00:22:37.190><c> the</c><00:22:37.390><c> good</c><00:22:37.609><c> things</c><00:22:37.930><c> that</c><00:22:38.210><c> Yahweh</c><00:22:38.470><c> gives</c>

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his<00:22:39.029><c> people,</c><00:22:40.450><c> and</c><00:22:40.609><c> the</c><00:22:40.769><c> heart</c><00:22:40.910><c> suddenly</c><00:22:41.230><c> becomes</c>

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plagued.<00:22:43.049><c> We</c><00:22:43.349><c> turn</c><00:22:43.589><c> aside,</c><00:22:44.890><c> we</c><00:22:45.069><c> look</c><00:22:45.309><c> for</c><00:22:46.269><c> benefits</c><00:22:46.849><c> and</c><00:22:47.630><c> blessings</c><00:22:48.109><c> from</c>

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other<00:22:49.490><c> gods,</c><00:22:51.049><c> short</c><00:22:51.190><c> of</c><00:22:51.430><c> Yahweh.</c><00:22:52.049><c> We</c>

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deserve<00:22:52.769><c> more.</c><00:22:54.589><c> And</c><00:22:54.849><c> then</c><00:22:54.990><c> what</c><00:22:55.150><c> happens?</c><00:22:56.190><c> Yahweh's</c><00:22:56.690><c> wrath</c>

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is<00:22:57.230><c> kindled</c><00:22:57.450><c> against</c><00:22:57.750><c> us.</c><00:22:58.789><c> It's</c><00:22:59.009><c> the</c><00:22:59.190><c> same</c><00:22:59.450><c> principle,</c>

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young<00:23:00.109><c> people.</c><00:23:00.869><c> There's</c><00:23:01.130><c> no</c><00:23:01.349><c> difference</c><00:23:01.609><c> in</c><00:23:01.769><c> the</c><00:23:02.009><c> principles</c>

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of<00:23:02.569><c> God.</c><00:23:02.769><c> They're</c><00:23:03.009><c> eternal.</c><00:23:03.549><c> That's</c><00:23:03.829><c> why</c>

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our<00:23:04.170><c> lives</c><00:23:04.490><c> must</c><00:23:04.690><c> be</c><00:23:04.910><c> based</c><00:23:05.170><c> on</c><00:23:05.349><c> these</c><00:23:05.730><c> principles,</c><00:23:06.849><c> because</c>

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these<00:23:07.410><c> principles</c><00:23:07.769><c> never</c><00:23:08.089><c> change.</c><00:23:09.230><c> The</c>

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environment<00:23:09.990><c> changes,</c><00:23:10.490><c> the</c><00:23:10.670><c> people</c><00:23:10.950><c> change,</c><00:23:11.390><c> the</c><00:23:11.529><c> culture</c>

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changes,<00:23:12.710><c> what</c><00:23:12.890><c> they</c><00:23:13.170><c> call</c><00:23:13.390><c> the</c><00:23:13.589><c> gods</c><00:23:13.869><c> change,</c>

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but<00:23:15.410><c> the</c><00:23:15.670><c> principle</c><00:23:16.009><c> remains</c><00:23:16.549><c> eternal.</c><00:23:17.730><c> And</c><00:23:17.930><c> that's</c><00:23:18.150><c> exactly</c>

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what<00:23:18.710><c> we</c><00:23:18.849><c> have</c><00:23:18.990><c> to</c><00:23:19.130><c> keep</c><00:23:19.230><c> in</c><00:23:19.349><c> our</c><00:23:19.529><c> mind,</c>

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lest<00:23:21.289><c> we</c><00:23:21.750><c> end</c><00:23:22.009><c> up</c><00:23:22.410><c> plagued</c><00:23:23.269><c> and</c><00:23:23.509><c> consumed</c><00:23:24.230><c> from</c><00:23:25.730><c> the</c><00:23:25.970><c> land</c><00:23:26.170><c> that</c><00:23:26.369><c> God</c>

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has<00:23:26.670><c> given</c><00:23:26.789><c> us,</c><00:23:27.150><c> our</c><00:23:27.490><c> inheritance.</c>

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We<00:23:28.990><c> must</c><00:23:29.230><c> fight</c><00:23:29.549><c> for</c><00:23:29.809><c> our</c><00:23:30.130><c> inheritance,</c><00:23:31.789><c> and</c><00:23:31.890><c> yet</c><00:23:31.990><c> once</c><00:23:32.210><c> we</c><00:23:32.450><c> establish</c><00:23:32.910><c> our</c><00:23:33.230><c> borders,</c><00:23:34.069><c> we</c>

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must<00:23:34.650><c> continue</c><00:23:35.009><c> to</c>

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maintain<00:23:35.630><c> that</c><00:23:36.069><c> inheritance</c><00:23:36.609><c> that</c><00:23:36.950><c> Yahweh</c><00:23:37.210><c> has</c><00:23:37.390><c> given</c><00:23:37.549><c> us</c><00:23:38.250><c> and</c><00:23:39.730><c> glorify</c><00:23:40.150><c> his</c><00:23:40.410><c> name</c><00:23:40.809><c> with</c><00:23:41.130><c> the</c><00:23:41.369><c> things</c><00:23:41.650><c> that</c><00:23:41.829><c> he</c>

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gives<00:23:42.130><c> us.</c><00:23:42.829><c> So</c><00:23:43.029><c> we're</c><00:23:43.210><c> told</c><00:23:43.450><c> that</c><00:23:43.589><c> he</c><00:23:43.650><c> would</c><00:23:43.910><c> give</c><00:23:44.170><c> reign</c><00:23:44.609><c> if</c>

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we<00:23:45.269><c> would</c><00:23:45.630><c> follow,</c><00:23:46.009><c> if</c><00:23:46.230><c> Israel</c><00:23:46.450><c> would</c><00:23:46.690><c> follow,</c>

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and<00:23:47.289><c> he</c><00:23:47.349><c> would</c><00:23:47.529><c> take</c><00:23:47.710><c> it</c><00:23:47.890><c> away</c><00:23:48.269><c> if</c><00:23:48.890><c> they</c><00:23:49.049><c> did</c><00:23:49.269><c> not.</c><00:23:50.390><c> If</c><00:23:50.549><c> you</c><00:23:50.650><c> turn</c><00:23:50.809><c> to</c>

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1<00:23:51.130><c> Kings</c><00:23:51.410><c> chapter</c><00:23:51.890><c> 8,</c><00:23:52.369><c> Solomon</c><00:23:52.549><c> mentions</c>

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something<00:23:53.230><c> extremely</c><00:23:54.049><c> important,</c><00:23:55.589><c> 1</c><00:23:55.730><c> Kings</c><00:23:56.009><c> chapter</c><00:23:56.509><c> 8,</c><00:24:04.970><c> verse</c><00:24:05.170><c> 35,</c>

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when<00:24:05.930><c> heaven</c><00:24:06.190><c> is</c><00:24:06.950><c> shut</c><00:24:07.190><c> up</c><00:24:07.430><c> and</c><00:24:07.569><c> there</c><00:24:07.809><c> is</c><00:24:07.990><c> no</c>

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rain<00:24:08.529><c> because</c><00:24:09.009><c> they</c><00:24:09.390><c> have</c><00:24:09.670><c> sinned</c><00:24:10.009><c> against</c><00:24:10.430><c> thee.</c><00:24:10.529><c> Now</c><00:24:10.710><c> this</c>

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is<00:24:11.049><c> the</c><00:24:11.170><c> dedication</c><00:24:11.569><c> of</c><00:24:11.769><c> the</c><00:24:11.970><c> temple</c><00:24:12.430><c> that</c><00:24:13.210><c> all</c><00:24:13.390><c> of</c>

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you<00:24:13.630><c> are</c><00:24:13.769><c> familiar</c><00:24:14.049><c> with,</c><00:24:14.490><c> no</c><00:24:14.690><c> doubt.</c><00:24:16.910><c> And</c><00:24:17.049><c> in</c><00:24:17.289><c> Solomon's</c><00:24:17.789><c> prayer,</c><00:24:17.910><c> he's</c><00:24:18.490><c> reiterating</c><00:24:19.069><c> the</c>

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promises<00:24:19.630><c> that</c><00:24:19.910><c> God</c>

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had<00:24:20.690><c> made</c><00:24:21.029><c> to</c><00:24:22.309><c> Moses,</c><00:24:23.609><c> and</c><00:24:23.630><c> he</c><00:24:23.750><c> goes</c><00:24:23.930><c> on</c><00:24:24.190><c> and</c><00:24:24.250><c> he</c><00:24:24.329><c> says,</c><00:24:24.710><c> if</c><00:24:24.710><c> they</c><00:24:25.109><c> pray</c><00:24:25.490><c> toward</c><00:24:25.849><c> this</c><00:24:26.190><c> place</c><00:24:26.450><c> and</c>

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confess<00:24:27.009><c> thy</c><00:24:27.309><c> name</c>

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and<00:24:27.849><c> turn</c><00:24:28.049><c> from</c><00:24:28.230><c> their</c><00:24:28.450><c> sin</c><00:24:28.670><c> when</c><00:24:28.869><c> thou</c><00:24:29.089><c> afflictest</c><00:24:29.609><c> them,</c><00:24:30.190><c> then</c><00:24:30.430><c> hear</c><00:24:30.849><c> thou</c><00:24:31.130><c> in</c>

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heaven<00:24:31.650><c> and</c><00:24:32.170><c> forgive</c><00:24:32.630><c> the</c>

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sin<00:24:32.950><c> of</c><00:24:33.089><c> thy</c><00:24:33.329><c> servants</c><00:24:33.849><c> and</c><00:24:34.450><c> of</c><00:24:34.609><c> thy</c><00:24:34.809><c> people</c><00:24:35.089><c> Israel,</c><00:24:36.029><c> that</c>

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thou<00:24:36.410><c> teach</c><00:24:36.910><c> them</c><00:24:37.230><c> the</c><00:24:37.589><c> good</c><00:24:38.069><c> way</c><00:24:38.569><c> wherein</c><00:24:38.849><c> they</c>

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should<00:24:39.710><c> walk</c><00:24:40.130><c> and</c><00:24:40.670><c> give</c><00:24:40.990><c> reign</c><00:24:41.329><c> upon</c><00:24:41.630><c> thy</c><00:24:41.950><c> land</c><00:24:42.390><c> which</c><00:24:42.869><c> thou</c>

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hast<00:24:43.349><c> given</c><00:24:43.609><c> to</c><00:24:43.789><c> thy</c><00:24:43.970><c> people</c><00:24:44.250><c> for</c><00:24:44.470><c> an</c><00:24:44.670><c> inheritance.</c>

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He<00:24:45.950><c> goes</c><00:24:46.170><c> on</c><00:24:46.369><c> in</c><00:24:46.529><c> 37</c><00:24:46.950><c> to</c><00:24:47.109><c> talk</c><00:24:47.369><c> about</c><00:24:47.589><c> if</c><00:24:47.730><c> the</c><00:24:47.910><c> land</c><00:24:48.150><c> receives</c>

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famine,<00:24:49.210><c> pestilence,</c><00:24:49.730><c> blasting,</c><00:24:50.109><c> mildew,</c><00:24:50.470><c> locus,</c>

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caterpillar,<00:24:52.210><c> all</c><00:24:52.430><c> the</c><00:24:52.710><c> besieging</c><00:24:53.170><c> things</c><00:24:53.430><c> that</c><00:24:53.589><c> will</c><00:24:53.809><c> destroy</c><00:24:54.470><c> the</c>

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fruit<00:24:55.049><c> of</c><00:24:55.269><c> the</c><00:24:55.490><c> land,</c>

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and<00:24:56.289><c> young</c><00:24:56.470><c> people,</c><00:24:56.829><c> brothers</c><00:24:56.950><c> and</c><00:24:57.130><c> sisters,</c><00:24:57.430><c> there</c><00:24:57.609><c> are</c><00:24:57.930><c> ideas</c><00:24:58.369><c> in</c>

00:24:58.569 --> 00:25:00.529
the<00:24:58.809><c> world</c><00:24:59.009><c> that</c><00:24:59.210><c> will</c><00:24:59.430><c> just</c><00:24:59.809><c> absolutely</c>

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desolate<00:25:01.269><c> us</c><00:25:01.910><c> when</c><00:25:02.450><c> it</c><00:25:02.630><c> comes</c><00:25:02.869><c> to</c><00:25:03.109><c> producing</c><00:25:03.450><c> the</c><00:25:03.690><c> fruit</c><00:25:03.809><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:04.150><c> Spirit.</c><00:25:05.730><c> We</c><00:25:06.009><c> take</c><00:25:06.230><c> these</c><00:25:06.490><c> ideas</c><00:25:06.829><c> into</c><00:25:07.069><c> our</c><00:25:07.309><c> life</c>

00:25:07.529 --> 00:25:09.569
and<00:25:07.589><c> they're</c><00:25:07.789><c> like</c><00:25:08.009><c> caterpillars</c><00:25:08.529><c> and</c><00:25:08.650><c> locusts</c><00:25:09.170><c> and</c><00:25:09.170><c> mildew</c>

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and<00:25:09.809><c> blasting</c><00:25:10.109><c> and</c><00:25:10.450><c> drought,</c><00:25:11.470><c> and</c><00:25:11.609><c> the</c><00:25:11.809><c> spiritual</c>

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man<00:25:12.589><c> and</c><00:25:12.809><c> spiritual</c><00:25:13.170><c> woman</c><00:25:13.829><c> walks</c><00:25:14.329><c> around</c><00:25:14.829><c> with</c><00:25:15.029><c> a</c><00:25:15.210><c> name</c><00:25:15.869><c> but</c>

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without<00:25:17.670><c> a</c><00:25:18.170><c> character</c><00:25:18.529><c> that</c><00:25:18.869><c> reflects</c><00:25:19.450><c> the</c>

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fruit<00:25:20.170><c> of</c><00:25:20.470><c> the</c><00:25:20.890><c> inheritance</c><00:25:21.369><c> Yahweh</c><00:25:21.809><c> has</c><00:25:22.029><c> delivered</c><00:25:22.269><c> unto</c><00:25:22.470><c> his</c><00:25:22.690><c> people</c><00:25:23.009><c> in</c>

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this<00:25:23.730><c> generation.</c>

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Again,<00:25:27.990><c> it's</c><00:25:28.230><c> an</c><00:25:28.390><c> eternal</c><00:25:28.750><c> principle.</c><00:25:30.109><c> But</c><00:25:30.289><c> notice</c><00:25:30.549><c> 38,</c><00:25:31.569><c> what</c>

00:25:31.789 --> 00:25:34.049
prayer<00:25:32.210><c> and</c><00:25:32.410><c> supplication</c><00:25:32.990><c> soever</c><00:25:33.369><c> be</c><00:25:33.529><c> made</c><00:25:33.710><c> by</c>

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any<00:25:34.329><c> man</c><00:25:34.910><c> or</c><00:25:35.250><c> by</c><00:25:35.650><c> all</c><00:25:36.089><c> thy</c><00:25:36.309><c> people</c><00:25:36.730><c> Israel,</c><00:25:37.869><c> individually,</c><00:25:39.670><c> collectively,</c><00:25:41.049><c> personally</c><00:25:41.450><c> in</c>

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our<00:25:41.869><c> lives,</c>

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ecclesially,<00:25:44.769><c> whatever</c><00:25:45.029><c> prayer.</c><00:25:46.930><c> But</c><00:25:47.210><c> notice</c><00:25:47.589><c> the</c><00:25:47.890><c> criteria.</c><00:25:49.150><c> It</c><00:25:49.349><c> says</c>

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which<00:25:50.009><c> shall</c><00:25:50.369><c> know</c><00:25:50.730><c> every</c><00:25:51.410><c> man</c>

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the<00:25:52.130><c> plague</c><00:25:52.509><c> of</c><00:25:52.670><c> his</c><00:25:52.890><c> own</c><00:25:53.150><c> heart.</c><00:25:54.410><c> You</c><00:25:54.509><c> ever</c><00:25:54.650><c> felt</c><00:25:54.910><c> your</c><00:25:55.190><c> heart</c>

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plagued<00:25:56.990><c> by</c><00:25:57.250><c> all</c><00:25:57.509><c> of</c><00:25:57.650><c> these</c><00:25:57.829><c> things?</c>

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You<00:25:59.390><c> ever</c><00:25:59.549><c> been</c><00:25:59.730><c> down</c><00:26:00.049><c> in</c><00:26:00.250><c> that</c><00:26:00.690><c> dust</c><00:26:01.069><c> bowl</c><00:26:01.410><c> of</c><00:26:01.730><c> a</c><00:26:02.150><c> famine</c><00:26:02.450><c> and</c>

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drought<00:26:03.009><c> in</c><00:26:03.269><c> which</c><00:26:03.470><c> the</c><00:26:03.789><c> rain</c><00:26:03.990><c> is</c><00:26:04.269><c> just</c><00:26:04.650><c> not</c><00:26:04.970><c> coming?</c>

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It<00:26:07.569><c> can</c><00:26:07.849><c> happen</c><00:26:08.349><c> to</c><00:26:08.910><c> any</c><00:26:09.190><c> of</c><00:26:09.349><c> us</c><00:26:09.509><c> at</c><00:26:09.869><c> any</c><00:26:10.230><c> time.</c><00:26:10.630><c> All</c><00:26:10.930><c> we've</c><00:26:11.170><c> got</c>

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to<00:26:11.390><c> do</c><00:26:11.529><c> is</c><00:26:11.750><c> forget</c><00:26:12.289><c> Yahweh's</c><00:26:13.009><c> word.</c><00:26:13.869><c> But</c><00:26:13.990><c> he</c><00:26:14.130><c> says,</c>

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if<00:26:14.730><c> they</c><00:26:15.549><c> know</c><00:26:16.109><c> every</c><00:26:16.509><c> man</c><00:26:16.789><c> the</c><00:26:17.049><c> plague</c><00:26:17.210><c> of</c><00:26:17.349><c> his</c><00:26:17.609><c> own</c><00:26:17.950><c> heart</c>

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and<00:26:18.630><c> spread</c><00:26:19.009><c> forth</c><00:26:19.309><c> his</c><00:26:19.569><c> hands</c><00:26:19.930><c> towards</c><00:26:20.269><c> this</c><00:26:20.589><c> house,</c>

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then<00:26:21.569><c> hear</c><00:26:21.869><c> thou</c><00:26:22.049><c> in</c><00:26:22.250><c> heaven</c><00:26:22.450><c> thy</c><00:26:22.710><c> dwelling</c><00:26:23.009><c> place,</c><00:26:23.670><c> and</c><00:26:23.809><c> forgive</c><00:26:24.250><c> and</c>

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do,<00:26:24.990><c> and</c><00:26:25.089><c> give</c><00:26:25.250><c> to</c><00:26:25.549><c> every</c><00:26:25.990><c> man</c><00:26:26.250><c> according</c>

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to<00:26:26.710><c> his</c><00:26:26.890><c> ways,</c><00:26:27.589><c> whose</c><00:26:27.750><c> heart</c><00:26:28.049><c> thou</c><00:26:28.390><c> knowest,</c><00:26:29.470><c> for</c><00:26:29.750><c> thou,</c><00:26:30.130><c> even</c>

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thou<00:26:30.569><c> only</c><00:26:31.190><c> knowest</c><00:26:31.549><c> the</c><00:26:31.630><c> hearts</c><00:26:31.849><c> of</c><00:26:32.029><c> all</c><00:26:32.170><c> the</c>

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people<00:26:35.630><c> of</c><00:26:35.630><c> the</c><00:26:35.630><c> earth,</c><00:26:35.630><c> may</c><00:26:35.630><c> fear</c><00:26:35.690><c> thee</c><00:26:35.970><c> all</c><00:26:36.250><c> the</c><00:26:36.430><c> days</c><00:26:36.730><c> that</c>

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they<00:26:37.109><c> live</c><00:26:37.230><c> in</c><00:26:37.329><c> the</c><00:26:37.490><c> land</c><00:26:37.690><c> which</c><00:26:37.869><c> thou</c>

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gavest<00:26:38.349><c> unto</c><00:26:38.549><c> our</c><00:26:38.769><c> fathers.</c><00:26:39.950><c> And</c><00:26:40.210><c> you</c><00:26:40.309><c> know,</c><00:26:40.589><c> down</c><00:26:40.690><c> in</c><00:26:40.789><c> verse</c>

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43,<00:26:41.670><c> this</c><00:26:41.849><c> is</c><00:26:42.069><c> an</c><00:26:42.210><c> introduction</c><00:26:42.549><c> into</c><00:26:42.890><c> the</c><00:26:43.130><c> next</c>

00:26:43.670 --> 00:26:49.890
topic<00:26:44.210><c> that</c><00:26:45.690><c> we</c><00:26:45.849><c> hope</c><00:26:46.029><c> to</c><00:26:46.250><c> get</c><00:26:46.450><c> to.</c><00:26:47.549><c> He</c><00:26:47.750><c> talks</c><00:26:48.109><c> about</c><00:26:48.410><c> the</c><00:26:48.730><c> stranger.</c><00:26:49.750><c> Hear</c>

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thou<00:26:50.170><c> in</c><00:26:50.410><c> heaven</c><00:26:50.710><c> thy</c><00:26:51.230><c> dwelling</c>

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place,<00:26:51.869><c> and</c><00:26:51.990><c> do</c><00:26:52.109><c> according</c><00:26:52.450><c> to</c><00:26:52.750><c> all</c><00:26:53.109><c> that</c><00:26:53.269><c> the</c><00:26:53.690><c> stranger</c><00:26:54.230><c> calleth</c><00:26:54.710><c> to</c>

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thee<00:26:55.170><c> for,</c><00:26:56.109><c> that</c><00:26:56.250><c> all</c><00:26:56.609><c> people</c><00:26:56.950><c> of</c><00:26:57.089><c> the</c><00:26:57.250><c> earth</c>

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may<00:26:57.589><c> know</c><00:26:57.829><c> thy</c><00:26:58.109><c> name,</c><00:26:58.369><c> to</c><00:26:58.529><c> fear</c><00:26:58.769><c> thee</c><00:26:59.009><c> as</c><00:26:59.109><c> do</c><00:26:59.250><c> thy</c><00:26:59.529><c> people</c><00:26:59.789><c> Israel.</c><00:27:01.049><c> You</c>

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know,<00:27:01.410><c> that's</c><00:27:01.670><c> the</c><00:27:01.869><c> gospel.</c><00:27:02.809><c> That</c><00:27:03.049><c> was</c><00:27:03.289><c> the</c>

00:27:05.230 --> 00:27:10.109
all<00:27:05.650><c> nations</c><00:27:06.269><c> of</c><00:27:06.490><c> the</c><00:27:06.630><c> earth</c><00:27:06.829><c> be</c><00:27:07.170><c> blessed</c><00:27:07.829><c> in</c><00:27:08.650><c> thee.</c><00:27:09.589><c> That's</c>

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the<00:27:10.349><c> very</c><00:27:10.509><c> basis</c><00:27:10.829><c> of</c><00:27:11.009><c> our</c><00:27:11.250><c> faith,</c><00:27:11.710><c> isn't</c><00:27:11.829><c> it?</c>

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That's<00:27:12.769><c> the</c><00:27:12.950><c> promises</c><00:27:13.190><c> God</c><00:27:13.470><c> made</c><00:27:13.690><c> to</c><00:27:13.970><c> Abraham.</c><00:27:15.029><c> It</c><00:27:15.390><c> incorporates</c><00:27:15.990><c> the</c><00:27:16.349><c> Gentiles.</c><00:27:17.150><c> That's</c><00:27:17.509><c> you</c>

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and<00:27:17.930><c> I.</c>

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I<00:27:18.509><c> don't</c><00:27:18.630><c> know</c><00:27:18.690><c> how</c><00:27:18.809><c> many</c><00:27:18.970><c> of</c><00:27:19.109><c> you</c><00:27:19.250><c> here</c><00:27:19.450><c> are</c><00:27:19.829><c> Jewish</c><00:27:20.150><c> by</c><00:27:20.509><c> blood,</c><00:27:21.390><c> but</c>

00:27:21.509 --> 00:27:23.750
you<00:27:21.589><c> can</c><00:27:21.789><c> forget</c><00:27:22.069><c> that.</c><00:27:22.809><c> We're</c><00:27:23.009><c> in</c><00:27:23.309><c> Christ</c>

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now,<00:27:24.309><c> and</c><00:27:24.970><c> he</c><00:27:25.130><c> is</c><00:27:25.250><c> the</c><00:27:25.369><c> only</c><00:27:25.670><c> acceptable</c><00:27:26.190><c> man</c><00:27:26.450><c> in</c><00:27:26.609><c> God's</c><00:27:27.170><c> sight.</c><00:27:27.890><c> So</c><00:27:28.029><c> what</c><00:27:28.170><c> we're</c><00:27:28.369><c> seeing</c><00:27:28.549><c> is</c>

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a<00:27:28.990><c> stranger.</c><00:27:29.289><c> And</c>

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you<00:27:29.450><c> know</c><00:27:29.690><c> the</c><00:27:29.849><c> chapter</c><00:27:30.130><c> we</c><00:27:30.250><c> just</c><00:27:30.549><c> read</c><00:27:30.750><c> in</c><00:27:31.029><c> chapter</c><00:27:31.309><c> 17,</c><00:27:32.190><c> and</c>

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we'll<00:27:32.609><c> move</c><00:27:32.849><c> on</c><00:27:33.029><c> to</c><00:27:33.190><c> that.</c><00:27:34.529><c> We're</c><00:27:35.029><c> running</c><00:27:35.230><c> out</c><00:27:35.470><c> of</c>

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time,<00:27:36.029><c> and</c><00:27:36.230><c> this</c><00:27:36.410><c> is</c><00:27:36.650><c> my</c><00:27:36.990><c> greatest</c><00:27:37.390><c> fear.</c><00:27:38.410><c> This</c><00:27:38.609><c> time</c><00:27:38.829><c> is</c><00:27:38.990><c> my</c><00:27:39.230><c> worst</c><00:27:39.509><c> enemy,</c><00:27:40.589><c> and</c><00:27:40.789><c> I</c>

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have<00:27:41.069><c> to</c><00:27:41.269><c> deal</c><00:27:41.430><c> with</c><00:27:41.730><c> time</c><00:27:42.029><c> and</c>

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oftentimes<00:27:44.509><c> skip</c><00:27:45.049><c> over</c><00:27:45.710><c> many</c><00:27:46.230><c> of</c><00:27:46.349><c> the</c><00:27:46.569><c> wonderful</c><00:27:47.089><c> principles</c>

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and<00:27:47.849><c> lessons</c><00:27:48.130><c> that</c><00:27:48.410><c> would</c><00:27:48.589><c> be</c><00:27:48.930><c> ours.</c>

00:27:49.309 --> 00:27:54.490
You<00:27:49.490><c> notice</c><00:27:49.730><c> in</c><00:27:49.910><c> verse</c><00:27:50.170><c> 34</c><00:27:50.930><c> the</c><00:27:52.230><c> city</c><00:27:52.490><c> of</c><00:27:52.730><c> Jericho</c><00:27:53.009><c> was</c><00:27:53.289><c> rebuilt,</c><00:27:53.869><c> and</c><00:27:54.230><c> I</c>

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don't<00:27:54.869><c> like</c><00:27:55.190><c> just</c><00:27:55.650><c> quoting</c>

00:27:55.950 --> 00:27:58.750
or<00:27:56.369><c> saying</c><00:27:56.670><c> a</c><00:27:56.930><c> verse</c><00:27:57.069><c> or</c><00:27:57.289><c> explaining</c><00:27:57.569><c> it</c><00:27:57.829><c> to</c><00:27:57.869><c> you</c><00:27:57.970><c> without</c><00:27:58.250><c> looking</c><00:27:58.529><c> it</c>

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up.<00:27:59.950><c> I</c><00:28:00.049><c> mean,</c><00:28:00.190><c> I</c><00:28:00.569><c> really</c><00:28:00.890><c> want</c><00:28:01.069><c> to</c><00:28:01.150><c> look</c><00:28:01.329><c> the</c>

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verses<00:28:01.750><c> up,</c><00:28:02.150><c> and</c><00:28:02.349><c> hopefully</c><00:28:02.690><c> you'll</c><00:28:02.910><c> do</c><00:28:03.130><c> this</c><00:28:03.369><c> in</c><00:28:03.869><c> your</c><00:28:04.049><c> own</c><00:28:04.329><c> time.</c><00:28:05.349><c> But</c><00:28:05.470><c> you</c><00:28:05.630><c> see,</c><00:28:07.089><c> like</c><00:28:07.369><c> I</c>

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say,<00:28:07.769><c> time</c><00:28:07.990><c> is</c><00:28:08.210><c> our</c><00:28:08.369><c> enemy.</c>

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But<00:28:10.089><c> now</c><00:28:10.609><c> notice</c><00:28:11.150><c> the</c><00:28:11.549><c> setting.</c><00:28:11.809><c> We're</c><00:28:11.950><c> giving</c><00:28:12.069><c> you</c><00:28:12.230><c> some</c><00:28:12.509><c> setting</c><00:28:12.769><c> for</c>

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the<00:28:13.250><c> whole</c><00:28:13.549><c> life</c><00:28:13.789><c> of</c><00:28:14.089><c> Elijah,</c>

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that<00:28:14.809><c> the</c><00:28:15.029><c> city</c><00:28:15.230><c> of</c><00:28:15.450><c> Jericho</c><00:28:15.910><c> was</c><00:28:16.190><c> the</c><00:28:16.430><c> first</c><00:28:16.609><c> city</c><00:28:16.890><c> that</c><00:28:17.150><c> Joshua</c><00:28:17.529><c> came</c>

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across<00:28:18.089><c> the</c><00:28:18.230><c> Jordan</c><00:28:18.490><c> River</c>

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and<00:28:19.569><c> the</c><00:28:19.730><c> children</c><00:28:19.950><c> of</c><00:28:20.150><c> Israel,</c><00:28:20.769><c> and</c><00:28:21.009><c> with</c><00:28:21.210><c> God's</c><00:28:21.730><c> strength</c>

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and<00:28:22.230><c> marching</c><00:28:22.549><c> around</c><00:28:22.890><c> that</c><00:28:23.150><c> immense</c><00:28:23.869><c> walled</c><00:28:24.509><c> city,</c>

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God<00:28:25.750><c> brought</c><00:28:26.130><c> it</c><00:28:26.309><c> down</c><00:28:26.509><c> to</c><00:28:26.670><c> the</c><00:28:26.829><c> dust.</c><00:28:27.910><c> And</c><00:28:28.089><c> that</c><00:28:28.150><c> was</c><00:28:28.369><c> a</c><00:28:28.490><c> token</c>

00:28:28.829 --> 00:28:31.450
to<00:28:29.650><c> tell</c><00:28:29.970><c> the</c><00:28:30.130><c> children</c><00:28:30.369><c> of</c><00:28:30.470><c> Israel</c><00:28:30.750><c> and</c><00:28:30.930><c> Joshua</c>

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that<00:28:32.089><c> I</c><00:28:32.410><c> am</c><00:28:32.609><c> your</c><00:28:32.869><c> strength.</c><00:28:33.410><c> It's</c><00:28:33.529><c> not</c><00:28:33.710><c> of</c><00:28:33.829><c> your</c><00:28:34.029><c> own</c><00:28:34.289><c> arm,</c><00:28:34.990><c> but</c><00:28:35.170><c> you're</c><00:28:35.369><c> going</c><00:28:35.549><c> to</c>

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have<00:28:35.890><c> to</c><00:28:36.130><c> work</c><00:28:36.470><c> with</c><00:28:36.869><c> me.</c>

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You're<00:28:38.130><c> going</c><00:28:38.210><c> to</c><00:28:38.289><c> have</c><00:28:38.450><c> to</c><00:28:38.750><c> walk</c><00:28:39.170><c> in</c><00:28:39.470><c> my</c><00:28:39.789><c> commandments</c><00:28:40.430><c> in</c><00:28:40.950><c> order</c><00:28:41.109><c> for</c><00:28:41.289><c> me</c>

00:28:41.390 --> 00:28:43.210
to<00:28:41.569><c> work</c><00:28:41.930><c> through</c><00:28:42.670><c> you.</c><00:28:42.910><c> And</c><00:28:43.049><c> you</c><00:28:43.109><c> know,</c>

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that's<00:28:43.470><c> exactly</c><00:28:43.789><c> what</c><00:28:43.970><c> God</c><00:28:44.269><c> wanted.</c><00:28:44.970><c> He</c><00:28:45.089><c> didn't</c><00:28:45.390><c> want</c><00:28:45.849><c> to</c><00:28:46.170><c> walk</c><00:28:46.509><c> amongst</c><00:28:47.069><c> the</c>

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children<00:28:47.670><c> of</c><00:28:47.910><c> Israel</c><00:28:48.309><c> in</c><00:28:48.490><c> a</c>

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tabernacle<00:28:49.109><c> and</c><00:28:49.329><c> a</c><00:28:49.529><c> tent</c><00:28:49.650><c> in</c><00:28:49.849><c> His</c><00:28:50.170><c> Spirit</c><00:28:50.390><c> leading</c><00:28:50.710><c> them</c><00:28:50.970><c> with</c>

00:28:51.170 --> 00:28:55.230
the<00:28:51.390><c> cloud.</c><00:28:52.630><c> He</c><00:28:52.910><c> wanted</c><00:28:53.230><c> to</c><00:28:53.569><c> walk</c><00:28:53.890><c> within</c><00:28:54.609><c> them</c>

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through<00:28:55.890><c> His</c><00:28:56.170><c> commandments</c><00:28:56.789><c> and</c><00:28:57.009><c> His</c><00:28:57.369><c> Spirit</c><00:28:58.230><c> dwelling</c><00:28:58.789><c> in</c>

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them<00:29:00.950><c> eternally.</c><00:29:02.390><c> And</c><00:29:02.569><c> you</c><00:29:02.650><c> know,</c>

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we're<00:29:02.890><c> in</c><00:29:03.029><c> a</c><00:29:03.309><c> progression</c><00:29:04.069><c> towards</c><00:29:04.809><c> that</c><00:29:05.109><c> ultimate</c><00:29:05.490><c> end,</c><00:29:05.829><c> young</c><00:29:05.869><c> people.</c><00:29:06.390><c> We</c>

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are<00:29:06.730><c> the</c><00:29:06.970><c> spiritual</c><00:29:07.470><c> Hebrews.</c>

00:29:08.269 --> 00:29:11.369
We<00:29:08.410><c> are</c><00:29:08.589><c> the</c><00:29:08.849><c> spiritual</c><00:29:09.410><c> Israel</c><00:29:10.009><c> to</c><00:29:10.470><c> whom</c><00:29:10.650><c> the</c><00:29:10.950><c> inheritance</c>

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has<00:29:11.589><c> been</c><00:29:11.849><c> delivered.</c><00:29:12.750><c> Fight</c><00:29:13.250><c> for</c><00:29:13.549><c> it.</c><00:29:13.750><c> Hold</c><00:29:14.069><c> on</c><00:29:14.430><c> to</c><00:29:14.609><c> it</c>

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and<00:29:15.849><c> live</c><00:29:16.009><c> in</c><00:29:16.170><c> it</c><00:29:16.349><c> as</c><00:29:16.529><c> God</c><00:29:16.809><c> has</c><00:29:17.009><c> commanded</c><00:29:17.269><c> us</c><00:29:17.470><c> to</c><00:29:17.589><c> live,</c><00:29:18.089><c> by</c><00:29:18.329><c> His</c><00:29:18.730><c> ordinances,</c><00:29:19.430><c> by</c>

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the<00:29:19.869><c> commandments</c><00:29:20.150><c> of</c><00:29:20.349><c> His</c>

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beloved<00:29:20.970><c> Son,</c><00:29:21.670><c> and</c><00:29:21.869><c> be</c><00:29:22.289><c> thankful</c><00:29:22.750><c> in</c><00:29:23.049><c> every</c><00:29:23.410><c> action</c><00:29:23.670><c> and</c><00:29:23.849><c> every</c><00:29:24.089><c> thought</c><00:29:24.210><c> of</c>

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your<00:29:24.569><c> life.</c>

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And<00:29:26.309><c> what</c><00:29:26.549><c> happened?</c><00:29:27.509><c> Ahab's</c><00:29:28.029><c> allowing</c><00:29:28.349><c> Jericho</c><00:29:28.890><c> to</c><00:29:29.109><c> be</c><00:29:29.349><c> rebuilt.</c>

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What<00:29:32.509><c> does</c><00:29:32.630><c> that</c><00:29:32.910><c> tell</c><00:29:33.170><c> you?</c><00:29:34.650><c> You</c><00:29:34.789><c> know</c><00:29:34.890><c> what</c><00:29:35.009><c> that</c><00:29:35.230><c> tells</c><00:29:35.529><c> you?</c><00:29:36.410><c> That</c><00:29:36.670><c> tells</c><00:29:36.970><c> you</c>

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that<00:29:37.789><c> Baal</c><00:29:38.690><c> is</c><00:29:39.349><c> taking</c><00:29:39.769><c> over</c><00:29:40.269><c> the</c>

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land<00:29:43.750><c> of</c><00:29:43.750><c> Israel.</c><00:29:43.750><c> He</c><00:29:43.750><c> had</c><00:29:43.910><c> driven</c><00:29:44.349><c> them</c><00:29:44.609><c> out</c><00:29:45.210><c> by</c><00:29:46.089><c> the</c><00:29:46.269><c> hand</c><00:29:46.609><c> of</c>

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Joshua,<00:29:47.869><c> Yahushua,</c><00:29:49.430><c> Jesus,</c><00:29:50.490><c> our</c><00:29:50.809><c> Savior.</c>

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Yahweh<00:29:53.869><c> had</c><00:29:54.130><c> driven</c><00:29:54.349><c> Baal</c><00:29:54.670><c> out</c><00:29:55.410><c> and</c><00:29:55.890><c> all</c><00:29:56.109><c> of</c><00:29:56.210><c> His</c><00:29:56.430><c> prophets</c><00:29:56.849><c> and</c><00:29:57.390><c> all</c><00:29:57.609><c> His</c><00:29:57.869><c> adherents</c><00:29:58.730><c> and</c><00:29:58.910><c> all</c><00:29:59.109><c> of</c>

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those<00:29:59.369><c> who</c><00:29:59.589><c> bowed</c><00:29:59.789><c> the</c><00:29:59.950><c> knee</c><00:30:00.089><c> and</c><00:30:00.269><c> kissed</c><00:30:00.549><c> Baal.</c><00:30:00.970><c> He'd</c><00:30:01.230><c> driven</c>

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them<00:30:01.549><c> out.</c><00:30:01.930><c> He</c><00:30:02.170><c> tried.</c><00:30:02.809><c> It</c><00:30:02.990><c> didn't</c><00:30:03.150><c> work.</c><00:30:03.650><c> The</c>

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children<00:30:03.990><c> of</c><00:30:04.109><c> Israel</c><00:30:04.390><c> failed.</c><00:30:05.990><c> But</c><00:30:06.250><c> now</c><00:30:06.710><c> they</c><00:30:06.970><c> are</c><00:30:07.190><c> encroaching</c><00:30:07.769><c> again.</c><00:30:08.250><c> They've</c><00:30:08.529><c> already</c><00:30:08.829><c> made</c><00:30:09.049><c> it</c><00:30:09.170><c> by</c>

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the<00:30:09.509><c> marriage</c><00:30:09.809><c> of</c><00:30:09.990><c> Ahab</c><00:30:10.250><c> to</c><00:30:10.390><c> Jezebel</c><00:30:10.809><c> into</c><00:30:11.049><c> the</c><00:30:11.430><c> throne</c><00:30:11.650><c> of</c>

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Samaria.<00:30:12.430><c> You</c><00:30:12.609><c> know,</c><00:30:12.789><c> the</c><00:30:12.890><c> next</c><00:30:13.170><c> place</c><00:30:13.390><c> they're</c><00:30:13.549><c> going</c>

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is<00:30:14.230><c> in</c><00:30:14.430><c> the</c><00:30:14.769><c> throne</c><00:30:15.049><c> of</c><00:30:15.309><c> David</c><00:30:15.609><c> with</c><00:30:15.990><c> Achaliah,</c><00:30:17.130><c> the</c><00:30:17.349><c> daughter</c>

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of<00:30:17.910><c> Jezebel</c><00:30:18.329><c> and</c><00:30:18.589><c> Ahab</c><00:30:18.849><c> ruling</c><00:30:19.470><c> on</c><00:30:19.930><c> the</c><00:30:20.230><c> throne</c>

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of<00:30:20.849><c> David</c><00:30:21.950><c> unearthly.</c><00:30:26.309><c> What</c><00:30:26.910><c> is</c><00:30:27.210><c> this</c><00:30:28.990><c> pagan</c><00:30:29.470><c> doing</c><00:30:30.329><c> on</c><00:30:30.569><c> the</c>

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throne<00:30:30.890><c> of</c><00:30:31.009><c> David?</c><00:30:32.230><c> How</c><00:30:32.509><c> did</c><00:30:32.630><c> she</c><00:30:32.849><c> get</c><00:30:33.190><c> there?</c>

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Yeah,<00:30:34.849><c> she's</c><00:30:35.089><c> going</c><00:30:35.170><c> to</c><00:30:35.250><c> be</c><00:30:35.470><c> exterminated</c><00:30:36.289><c> along</c><00:30:36.690><c> with</c><00:30:36.890><c> the</c>

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whole<00:30:37.450><c> house</c><00:30:37.769><c> of</c><00:30:38.069><c> Ahab.</c><00:30:39.910><c> But</c><00:30:40.150><c> how</c><00:30:40.390><c> did</c><00:30:40.589><c> she</c><00:30:40.869><c> get</c><00:30:41.190><c> there?</c>

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Think<00:30:42.690><c> about</c><00:30:43.009><c> it,</c><00:30:43.150><c> brothers</c><00:30:43.410><c> and</c><00:30:43.670><c> sisters</c><00:30:43.970><c> and</c><00:30:44.170><c> young</c><00:30:44.349><c> people.</c><00:30:44.910><c> The</c><00:30:44.910><c> same</c><00:30:45.329><c> thing</c><00:30:45.569><c> can</c><00:30:45.750><c> happen</c><00:30:46.029><c> to</c><00:30:46.329><c> us</c>

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in<00:30:47.150><c> our</c><00:30:47.549><c> hearts</c><00:30:47.950><c> when</c><00:30:48.569><c> we</c><00:30:48.769><c> are</c><00:30:49.049><c> plagued</c><00:30:49.450><c> and</c><00:30:49.569><c> the</c><00:30:49.750><c> land</c><00:30:50.029><c> is</c><00:30:50.369><c> overridden</c><00:30:51.630><c> and</c>

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our<00:30:52.369><c> lives</c><00:30:53.109><c> are</c><00:30:53.849><c> overcome</c><00:30:54.269><c> with</c>

00:30:54.509 --> 00:30:58.410
the<00:30:54.809><c> complexities</c><00:30:55.250><c> of</c><00:30:56.349><c> the</c><00:30:56.569><c> things</c><00:30:56.869><c> around</c><00:30:57.269><c> us</c><00:30:57.609><c> that</c><00:30:57.950><c> provide</c>

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for<00:30:58.710><c> us.</c><00:31:03.049><c> The</c><00:31:03.289><c> same.</c>

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So<00:31:14.329><c> Jericho</c><00:31:14.769><c> is</c><00:31:15.029><c> rebuilt</c>

00:31:18.230 --> 00:31:20.450
and<00:31:18.670><c> Ahab</c><00:31:18.950><c> is</c><00:31:19.130><c> sitting</c><00:31:19.269><c> on</c><00:31:19.450><c> his</c><00:31:19.650><c> throne</c><00:31:19.769><c> and</c><00:31:19.930><c> really</c><00:31:20.109><c> the</c><00:31:20.250><c> land</c>

00:31:20.450 --> 00:31:22.670
of<00:31:20.630><c> Israel</c><00:31:20.849><c> was</c><00:31:21.089><c> very</c><00:31:21.569><c> prosperous</c><00:31:22.029><c> but</c><00:31:22.250><c> they</c><00:31:22.410><c> were</c>

00:31:22.670 --> 00:31:26.549
attributing<00:31:23.089><c> all</c><00:31:23.289><c> of</c><00:31:23.390><c> this</c><00:31:23.589><c> prosperity</c><00:31:24.150><c> to</c><00:31:24.470><c> Baal.</c><00:31:26.230><c> Now</c><00:31:26.390><c> all</c>

00:31:26.549 --> 00:31:29.690
the<00:31:26.789><c> crops</c><00:31:27.009><c> were</c><00:31:27.210><c> to</c><00:31:27.410><c> Baal.</c><00:31:28.450><c> They</c><00:31:28.670><c> weren't</c><00:31:29.009><c> recognizing</c>

00:31:29.690 --> 00:31:31.970
the<00:31:29.930><c> promise</c><00:31:30.150><c> of</c><00:31:30.289><c> their</c><00:31:30.450><c> fathers</c><00:31:30.670><c> but</c><00:31:30.890><c> there</c><00:31:31.170><c> was</c><00:31:31.390><c> a</c><00:31:31.549><c> man</c><00:31:31.690><c> in</c>

00:31:31.970 --> 00:31:33.930
Gilead<00:31:32.369><c> and</c><00:31:32.710><c> you</c><00:31:32.829><c> know</c><00:31:32.910><c> where</c><00:31:33.109><c> Gilead</c><00:31:33.549><c> is</c>

00:31:33.930 --> 00:31:36.670
and<00:31:34.289><c> I'll</c><00:31:34.549><c> point</c><00:31:34.690><c> it</c><00:31:34.829><c> out</c><00:31:35.009><c> to</c><00:31:35.069><c> you</c><00:31:35.210><c> on</c><00:31:35.309><c> the</c><00:31:35.470><c> map</c><00:31:35.630><c> if</c><00:31:35.690><c> you</c><00:31:35.930><c> don't.</c>

00:31:40.609 --> 00:31:43.730
Gilead<00:31:40.789><c> is</c><00:31:41.289><c> in</c><00:31:41.549><c> the</c><00:31:41.750><c> area</c><00:31:41.990><c> where</c><00:31:42.210><c> Manasseh</c><00:31:42.690><c> settled</c>

00:31:45.609 --> 00:31:50.470
and<00:31:46.089><c> that</c><00:31:46.329><c> is</c><00:31:46.529><c> the</c><00:31:46.690><c> area</c><00:31:46.930><c> just</c><00:31:47.230><c> on</c><00:31:47.470><c> the</c><00:31:47.690><c> east</c><00:31:47.890><c> of</c><00:31:48.130><c> Jordan</c><00:31:48.609><c> around</c><00:31:49.210><c> in</c><00:31:49.450><c> this</c><00:31:49.650><c> area.</c><00:31:50.210><c> Here</c><00:31:50.369><c> it</c>

00:31:50.470 --> 00:31:52.349
is<00:31:50.630><c> Gilead</c><00:31:51.509><c> between</c><00:31:52.190><c> the</c>

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Sea<00:31:52.450><c> of</c><00:31:52.650><c> Galilee</c><00:31:52.950><c> and</c><00:31:53.089><c> the</c><00:31:53.190><c> Dead</c><00:31:53.390><c> Sea</c><00:31:53.750><c> and</c><00:31:54.170><c> that's</c><00:31:54.470><c> the</c><00:31:54.650><c> area</c>

00:31:54.869 --> 00:31:57.950
from<00:31:55.109><c> whence</c><00:31:55.509><c> Elijah</c><00:31:55.829><c> came</c><00:31:56.470><c> and</c><00:31:57.430><c> you</c><00:31:57.470><c> know</c><00:31:57.670><c> Israel</c>

00:31:57.950 --> 00:32:01.910
wasn't<00:31:58.230><c> walking</c><00:31:58.589><c> in</c><00:31:58.769><c> the</c><00:31:58.910><c> light</c><00:31:59.029><c> of</c><00:31:59.230><c> Elijah.</c><00:32:00.609><c> Elijah</c><00:32:01.150><c> crashed</c>

00:32:01.910 --> 00:32:04.950
into<00:32:02.309><c> the</c><00:32:02.650><c> darkness</c><00:32:02.950><c> of</c><00:32:03.210><c> that</c><00:32:03.390><c> apostate</c><00:32:03.930><c> world.</c>

00:32:05.490 --> 00:32:08.789
He<00:32:05.849><c> broke</c><00:32:06.190><c> into</c><00:32:06.549><c> it</c><00:32:06.769><c> and</c><00:32:06.910><c> confronted</c><00:32:07.369><c> Ahab</c><00:32:07.890><c> and</c><00:32:08.329><c> what</c><00:32:08.509><c> did</c><00:32:08.650><c> he</c>

00:32:08.789 --> 00:32:10.750
tell<00:32:08.910><c> him</c><00:32:09.009><c> in</c><00:32:09.150><c> verse</c><00:32:09.430><c> one?</c><00:32:10.549><c> He</c><00:32:10.589><c> said,</c>

00:32:10.990 --> 00:32:14.250
As<00:32:11.130><c> Yahweh</c><00:32:11.589><c> Elohim</c><00:32:11.990><c> of</c><00:32:12.170><c> Israel</c><00:32:12.529><c> liveth</c><00:32:12.829><c> before</c><00:32:13.210><c> whom</c><00:32:13.390><c> I</c><00:32:13.670><c> stand,</c><00:32:14.089><c> there</c>

00:32:14.250 --> 00:32:15.029
shall<00:32:14.430><c> not</c><00:32:14.710><c> be</c>

00:32:15.029 --> 00:32:17.509
dew<00:32:15.269><c> nor</c><00:32:15.529><c> rain</c><00:32:15.710><c> these</c><00:32:16.009><c> years,</c><00:32:16.289><c> but</c><00:32:16.410><c> according</c><00:32:16.670><c> to</c><00:32:16.890><c> my</c><00:32:17.150><c> word.</c>

00:32:17.910 --> 00:32:21.410
As<00:32:18.210><c> Yahweh</c><00:32:18.690><c> Elohim</c><00:32:19.109><c> liveth,</c><00:32:20.430><c> in</c><00:32:20.690><c> contrast</c><00:32:21.150><c> to</c>

00:32:21.410 --> 00:32:27.710
gods<00:32:21.950><c> who</c><00:32:22.170><c> are</c><00:32:22.329><c> nothing</c><00:32:22.549><c> but</c><00:32:22.950><c> stone</c><00:32:23.329><c> and</c><00:32:23.529><c> wood,</c><00:32:25.190><c> he</c><00:32:25.690><c> lives</c><00:32:26.329><c> and</c>

00:32:27.710 --> 00:32:30.329
we're<00:32:27.930><c> going</c><00:32:28.069><c> to</c><00:32:28.230><c> work</c><00:32:28.450><c> together.</c><00:32:29.490><c> Elijah</c><00:32:29.849><c> was</c><00:32:30.029><c> telling</c>

00:32:30.329 --> 00:32:36.690
Ahab<00:32:30.750><c> we're</c><00:32:31.170><c> going</c><00:32:31.309><c> to</c><00:32:31.430><c> work</c><00:32:31.650><c> together</c><00:32:32.150><c> to</c><00:32:32.450><c> bring</c><00:32:32.789><c> you</c><00:32:33.130><c> to</c><00:32:33.410><c> your</c><00:32:33.730><c> knees</c><00:32:34.089><c> Ahab</c><00:32:34.890><c> before</c><00:32:35.509><c> Yahweh</c><00:32:36.289><c> and</c>

00:32:36.690 --> 00:32:37.569
the<00:32:37.009><c> whole</c><00:32:37.309><c> of</c>

00:32:37.569 --> 00:32:40.589
Israel<00:32:37.869><c> and</c><00:32:38.269><c> we're</c><00:32:38.410><c> going</c><00:32:38.549><c> to</c><00:32:38.750><c> exterminate</c><00:32:39.630><c> this</c><00:32:39.910><c> virus</c><00:32:40.349><c> out</c>

00:32:40.589 --> 00:32:43.529
of<00:32:40.730><c> the</c><00:32:40.869><c> land</c><00:32:41.069><c> of</c><00:32:41.349><c> Israel</c><00:32:41.609><c> of</c><00:32:42.109><c> Baalism</c><00:32:42.670><c> and</c><00:32:42.910><c> Jezebel</c>

00:32:43.529 --> 00:32:48.150
and<00:32:43.930><c> all</c><00:32:44.130><c> of</c><00:32:44.230><c> her</c><00:32:44.470><c> prophets</c><00:32:44.750><c> and</c><00:32:44.910><c> the</c><00:32:45.150><c> prophets</c><00:32:45.329><c> of</c><00:32:45.529><c> the</c><00:32:45.769><c> groves.</c><00:32:48.009><c> That</c>

00:32:48.150 --> 00:32:49.849
was<00:32:48.390><c> Elijah's</c><00:32:48.950><c> intention.</c>

00:32:50.410 --> 00:32:54.930
You<00:32:51.009><c> know</c><00:32:51.170><c> he</c><00:32:51.269><c> took</c><00:32:51.490><c> too</c><00:32:51.849><c> much</c><00:32:52.089><c> upon</c><00:32:52.309><c> himself</c><00:32:53.250><c> and</c><00:32:54.450><c> we</c><00:32:54.589><c> can</c><00:32:54.769><c> all</c>

00:32:54.930 --> 00:32:59.890
do<00:32:55.190><c> that.</c><00:32:57.309><c> Elijah</c><00:32:57.670><c> felt</c><00:32:58.109><c> it</c><00:32:58.289><c> was</c><00:32:58.509><c> his</c><00:32:58.990><c> own</c><00:32:59.450><c> cause</c>

00:32:59.890 --> 00:33:05.789
personally,<00:33:01.210><c> but</c><00:33:03.250><c> he</c><00:33:03.390><c> was</c><00:33:03.549><c> soon</c><00:33:03.650><c> to</c><00:33:03.930><c> learn</c><00:33:04.430><c> on</c><00:33:05.210><c> one</c><00:33:05.369><c> of</c><00:33:05.490><c> those</c>

00:33:05.789 --> 00:33:09.710
hills,<00:33:06.990><c> on</c><00:33:07.170><c> one</c><00:33:07.269><c> of</c><00:33:07.390><c> those</c><00:33:07.970><c> peaks</c><00:33:08.450><c> of</c><00:33:08.750><c> Mount</c><00:33:09.009><c> Horeb</c>

00:33:09.710 --> 00:33:14.589
that<00:33:10.869><c> Yahweh</c><00:33:11.529><c> had</c><00:33:12.890><c> seven</c><00:33:13.269><c> thousand</c><00:33:13.730><c> that</c><00:33:13.910><c> had</c><00:33:14.089><c> not</c><00:33:14.289><c> bowed</c><00:33:14.490><c> the</c>

00:33:14.589 --> 00:33:15.809
knee<00:33:14.710><c> to</c><00:33:14.910><c> Baal.</c>

00:33:16.930 --> 00:33:20.329
Yahweh<00:33:17.410><c> told</c><00:33:17.890><c> Elijah</c><00:33:18.609><c> to</c><00:33:18.910><c> get</c><00:33:19.089><c> the</c><00:33:19.309><c> hints</c><00:33:19.490><c> in</c><00:33:19.650><c> verse</c><00:33:19.910><c> three.</c>

00:33:20.490 --> 00:33:22.150
The<00:33:20.609><c> word</c><00:33:20.950><c> of</c><00:33:21.089><c> Yahweh</c><00:33:21.369><c> came</c><00:33:21.609><c> unto</c><00:33:21.809><c> him.</c><00:33:21.970><c> You're</c>

00:33:22.150 --> 00:33:24.150
going<00:33:22.230><c> to</c><00:33:22.349><c> find</c><00:33:22.529><c> that</c><00:33:22.910><c> and</c><00:33:23.130><c> you</c><00:33:23.250><c> should</c><00:33:23.470><c> mark</c><00:33:23.710><c> that</c><00:33:23.910><c> in</c><00:33:23.990><c> your</c>

00:33:24.150 --> 00:33:26.309
bibles.<00:33:24.730><c> The</c><00:33:24.890><c> word</c><00:33:25.250><c> of</c><00:33:25.369><c> Yahweh</c><00:33:25.710><c> came</c><00:33:25.910><c> unto</c><00:33:26.109><c> him</c>

00:33:26.309 --> 00:33:31.430
saying,<00:33:27.029><c> that</c><00:33:27.349><c> is</c><00:33:27.549><c> a</c><00:33:27.809><c> phrase</c><00:33:28.009><c> that</c><00:33:28.170><c> you're</c><00:33:28.369><c> going</c><00:33:28.369><c> to</c><00:33:28.509><c> hear</c><00:33:28.650><c> constantly</c><00:33:29.130><c> about</c><00:33:29.410><c> Elijah,</c><00:33:29.930><c> came</c><00:33:30.150><c> unto</c><00:33:30.450><c> him</c><00:33:30.809><c> and</c><00:33:31.089><c> he</c>

00:33:31.430 --> 00:33:34.470
moved,<00:33:32.150><c> came</c><00:33:32.349><c> unto</c><00:33:32.650><c> him</c><00:33:32.849><c> and</c><00:33:33.029><c> he</c><00:33:33.269><c> moved,</c><00:33:33.849><c> told</c><00:33:34.009><c> him</c><00:33:34.109><c> to</c><00:33:34.309><c> hide</c>

00:33:34.470 --> 00:33:37.849
himself<00:33:34.789><c> by</c><00:33:35.049><c> the</c><00:33:35.190><c> broke</c><00:33:35.369><c> carrot.</c><00:33:36.970><c> Now</c><00:33:37.309><c> carrot</c><00:33:37.450><c> means</c>

00:33:37.849 --> 00:33:43.650
cutting.<00:33:38.690><c> It</c><00:33:38.690><c> means</c><00:33:38.849><c> a</c><00:33:39.150><c> covenant</c><00:33:39.509><c> and</c><00:33:40.650><c> to</c><00:33:40.869><c> my</c><00:33:41.089><c> mind</c><00:33:41.509><c> it</c><00:33:42.009><c> teaches</c><00:33:42.450><c> me</c><00:33:43.250><c> and</c>

00:33:43.650 --> 00:33:45.289
I'm<00:33:43.849><c> sure</c><00:33:44.109><c> Elijah</c><00:33:44.589><c> reflected</c><00:33:45.029><c> upon</c>

00:33:45.289 --> 00:33:50.109
this<00:33:45.650><c> that</c><00:33:46.210><c> it</c><00:33:46.509><c> taught</c><00:33:46.750><c> him</c><00:33:47.390><c> the</c><00:33:48.230><c> covenant</c><00:33:48.670><c> is</c><00:33:48.970><c> what</c><00:33:49.190><c> counts.</c>

00:33:50.170 --> 00:33:52.430
Hide<00:33:50.230><c> yourself,</c><00:33:51.390><c> hide</c><00:33:51.690><c> yourself</c><00:33:52.029><c> in</c><00:33:52.170><c> the</c>

00:33:52.430 --> 00:33:54.990
covenant<00:33:52.690><c> of</c><00:33:52.990><c> Yahweh.</c><00:33:53.910><c> You</c><00:33:53.970><c> know</c><00:33:54.069><c> and</c><00:33:54.190><c> that's</c><00:33:54.430><c> exactly</c><00:33:54.789><c> what</c>

00:33:54.990 --> 00:33:57.630
we<00:33:55.269><c> have</c><00:33:55.450><c> to</c><00:33:55.609><c> do.</c><00:33:56.170><c> We</c><00:33:56.309><c> have</c><00:33:56.490><c> to</c><00:33:56.730><c> hide</c><00:33:57.009><c> ourselves</c><00:33:57.470><c> in</c>

00:33:57.630 --> 00:34:00.990
the<00:33:57.849><c> covenant</c><00:33:58.009><c> of</c><00:33:58.289><c> Yahweh.</c><00:33:59.190><c> So</c><00:33:59.450><c> what</c><00:33:59.630><c> you're</c><00:33:59.849><c> seeing</c><00:34:00.089><c> here</c><00:34:00.410><c> in</c>

00:34:00.990 --> 00:34:02.829
the<00:34:01.230><c> land</c><00:34:01.509><c> of</c><00:34:01.829><c> Palestine,</c>

00:34:03.710 --> 00:34:05.849
number,<00:34:04.150><c> you'll</c><00:34:04.390><c> notice</c><00:34:04.549><c> these</c><00:34:04.789><c> are</c><00:34:05.029><c> numbered.</c><00:34:05.609><c> There's</c><00:34:05.730><c> a</c>

00:34:05.849 --> 00:34:07.789
map<00:34:05.970><c> of</c><00:34:06.230><c> Elijah's</c><00:34:06.710><c> journeys.</c>

00:34:11.469 --> 00:34:14.070
I'll<00:34:11.949><c> step</c><00:34:12.130><c> back</c><00:34:12.369><c> so</c><00:34:12.530><c> you</c><00:34:12.590><c> can</c><00:34:12.789><c> see</c><00:34:12.929><c> it</c><00:34:13.090><c> on</c><00:34:13.269><c> the</c><00:34:13.329><c> screen.</c>

00:34:15.010 --> 00:34:19.070
Tishbi<00:34:15.230><c> was</c><00:34:15.469><c> the</c><00:34:15.710><c> land</c><00:34:15.849><c> or</c><00:34:16.010><c> the</c><00:34:16.230><c> area</c><00:34:16.909><c> in</c><00:34:17.150><c> which</c><00:34:17.510><c> Elijah</c><00:34:17.929><c> was</c><00:34:18.389><c> raised.</c><00:34:18.769><c> It</c><00:34:18.829><c> was</c><00:34:18.989><c> a</c>

00:34:19.070 --> 00:34:21.389
very<00:34:19.489><c> rugged</c><00:34:19.789><c> land</c><00:34:20.409><c> and</c><00:34:21.070><c> it</c><00:34:21.150><c> was</c>

00:34:21.389 --> 00:34:24.809
separated.<00:34:21.949><c> It</c><00:34:22.050><c> was</c><00:34:22.269><c> between</c><00:34:22.769><c> the</c><00:34:22.969><c> Jordan</c><00:34:23.170><c> River</c><00:34:23.650><c> and</c><00:34:24.349><c> the</c>

00:34:24.809 --> 00:34:26.750
Saudi<00:34:25.070><c> Arabian</c><00:34:25.489><c> Plateau</c><00:34:25.949><c> out</c><00:34:26.190><c> here</c><00:34:26.329><c> which</c><00:34:26.469><c> was</c>

00:34:26.750 --> 00:34:32.369
desolate<00:34:27.090><c> wilderness</c><00:34:27.570><c> but</c><00:34:28.050><c> it</c><00:34:28.170><c> was</c><00:34:28.369><c> a</c><00:34:28.670><c> very</c><00:34:29.030><c> fertile</c><00:34:29.309><c> land</c><00:34:29.909><c> and</c><00:34:31.210><c> Elijah,</c><00:34:31.889><c> it</c>

00:34:32.369 --> 00:34:34.349
bred<00:34:32.510><c> very</c><00:34:32.989><c> tough</c><00:34:33.329><c> men</c><00:34:33.570><c> and</c><00:34:33.769><c> Elijah</c><00:34:34.130><c> was</c>

00:34:34.349 --> 00:34:37.650
one<00:34:34.510><c> of</c><00:34:34.530><c> those</c><00:34:34.909><c> tough</c><00:34:35.170><c> men.</c><00:34:35.449><c> We're</c><00:34:35.510><c> going</c><00:34:35.650><c> to</c><00:34:35.829><c> describe</c><00:34:36.150><c> him</c><00:34:36.510><c> in</c><00:34:36.849><c> appearance</c><00:34:37.150><c> in</c><00:34:37.329><c> just</c><00:34:37.510><c> a</c>

00:34:37.650 --> 00:34:40.190
moment<00:34:37.889><c> but</c><00:34:38.969><c> in</c><00:34:39.449><c> Tishbi,</c>

00:34:40.429 --> 00:34:43.150
it's<00:34:40.610><c> believed</c><00:34:40.869><c> Tishbi</c><00:34:41.250><c> was</c><00:34:41.489><c> the</c><00:34:41.750><c> area</c><00:34:41.969><c> or</c><00:34:42.170><c> the</c><00:34:42.389><c> city</c><00:34:42.670><c> from</c><00:34:42.889><c> which</c><00:34:43.030><c> he</c>

00:34:43.150 --> 00:34:45.809
was<00:34:43.389><c> raised.</c><00:34:44.449><c> So</c><00:34:44.550><c> Elijah</c><00:34:44.829><c> came</c><00:34:45.110><c> to</c><00:34:45.309><c> Samaria</c>

00:34:45.809 --> 00:34:50.630
and<00:34:46.010><c> number</c><00:34:46.309><c> two</c><00:34:47.030><c> confronted</c><00:34:47.670><c> Ahab</c><00:34:48.289><c> and</c><00:34:49.349><c> then</c><00:34:49.769><c> God</c><00:34:50.090><c> moves</c><00:34:50.389><c> him</c>

00:34:50.630 --> 00:34:54.710
to<00:34:50.889><c> Kereth</c><00:34:51.429><c> and</c><00:34:51.670><c> that</c><00:34:51.869><c> is</c><00:34:52.130><c> the</c><00:34:52.449><c> covenant</c><00:34:52.929><c> cut</c><00:34:53.710><c> off</c>

00:34:54.869 --> 00:34:57.469
and<00:34:55.389><c> you</c><00:34:55.510><c> know</c><00:34:55.610><c> that's</c><00:34:55.869><c> exactly</c><00:34:56.150><c> what</c><00:34:56.369><c> happened</c><00:34:56.510><c> to</c><00:34:56.710><c> Israel.</c>

00:34:57.489 --> 00:34:59.750
God<00:34:57.769><c> was</c><00:34:58.090><c> cutting</c><00:34:58.329><c> off</c><00:34:58.630><c> his</c><00:34:58.949><c> word.</c><00:34:59.449><c> There</c><00:34:59.570><c> would</c>

00:34:59.750 --> 00:35:03.130
be<00:34:59.869><c> no</c><00:35:00.150><c> dew,</c><00:35:00.429><c> no</c><00:35:00.730><c> rain</c><00:35:01.150><c> except</c><00:35:01.750><c> it</c><00:35:01.929><c> be</c><00:35:02.050><c> according</c><00:35:02.289><c> to</c><00:35:02.550><c> Elijah's</c>

00:35:03.130 --> 00:35:05.389
word<00:35:03.530><c> which</c><00:35:04.110><c> was</c><00:35:04.389><c> going</c><00:35:04.550><c> to</c><00:35:04.690><c> be</c><00:35:04.889><c> Yahweh's</c>

00:35:05.389 --> 00:35:09.730
word.<00:35:05.730><c> So</c><00:35:05.949><c> Elijah</c><00:35:06.269><c> was</c><00:35:06.570><c> the</c><00:35:06.929><c> medium.</c><00:35:07.250><c> He</c><00:35:07.389><c> was</c><00:35:07.570><c> the</c><00:35:07.769><c> hand</c><00:35:08.030><c> of</c><00:35:08.250><c> Yahweh</c><00:35:08.750><c> working</c><00:35:09.329><c> to</c>

00:35:09.730 --> 00:35:11.449
bring<00:35:10.050><c> Israel</c><00:35:10.590><c> back</c>

00:35:11.670 --> 00:35:16.449
into<00:35:12.190><c> the</c><00:35:12.449><c> covenant</c><00:35:12.710><c> to</c><00:35:13.809><c> turn</c><00:35:14.090><c> them</c><00:35:14.269><c> away</c><00:35:14.530><c> from</c><00:35:14.769><c> idolatry</c><00:35:15.510><c> and</c>

00:35:16.449 --> 00:35:18.250
so<00:35:16.570><c> he</c><00:35:16.730><c> told</c><00:35:16.929><c> him</c><00:35:17.050><c> he</c><00:35:17.130><c> would</c><00:35:17.289><c> be</c><00:35:17.469><c> fed</c><00:35:17.650><c> with</c><00:35:17.969><c> ravens.</c>

00:35:18.429 --> 00:35:22.090
Now<00:35:18.530><c> all</c><00:35:18.650><c> of</c><00:35:18.710><c> you</c><00:35:18.809><c> know</c><00:35:19.010><c> about</c><00:35:19.289><c> the</c><00:35:19.429><c> Levitical</c><00:35:19.730><c> law</c><00:35:20.010><c> in</c><00:35:20.170><c> chapter</c><00:35:20.409><c> 11</c><00:35:20.710><c> that</c><00:35:21.429><c> that</c><00:35:21.590><c> raven</c><00:35:21.829><c> is</c>

00:35:22.090 --> 00:35:23.590
an<00:35:22.269><c> unclean</c><00:35:22.650><c> bird.</c>

00:35:23.650 --> 00:35:29.449
So<00:35:24.010><c> Elijah</c><00:35:24.650><c> was</c><00:35:25.449><c> hiding</c><00:35:26.110><c> approximately</c><00:35:27.690><c> a</c><00:35:28.110><c> year,</c><00:35:28.349><c> it's</c><00:35:28.610><c> believed,</c><00:35:29.269><c> that</c>

00:35:29.449 --> 00:35:30.880
in<00:35:29.610><c> this</c><00:35:29.829><c> brook</c><00:35:30.130><c> Kereth</c>

00:35:31.289 --> 00:35:36.429
during<00:35:31.789><c> the</c><00:35:32.090><c> famine,</c><00:35:33.389><c> where</c><00:35:33.570><c> was</c><00:35:33.730><c> he</c><00:35:33.849><c> to</c><00:35:33.969><c> get</c><00:35:34.130><c> food?</c><00:35:34.650><c> The</c><00:35:34.929><c> ravens</c><00:35:35.550><c> brought</c><00:35:35.989><c> him</c>

00:35:36.429 --> 00:35:39.610
bread<00:35:36.909><c> and</c><00:35:37.809><c> meat</c><00:35:38.150><c> and</c><00:35:39.110><c> if</c><00:35:39.309><c> we</c><00:35:39.469><c> move</c>

00:35:39.610 --> 00:35:42.989
on<00:35:39.829><c> we</c><00:35:39.929><c> can</c><00:35:40.230><c> see</c><00:35:40.449><c> that</c><00:35:40.690><c> God's</c><00:35:41.210><c> provision</c><00:35:41.590><c> for</c><00:35:41.869><c> Elijah,</c><00:35:42.769><c> I</c><00:35:42.869><c> mean</c>

00:35:42.989 --> 00:35:44.409
he<00:35:43.090><c> didn't</c><00:35:43.309><c> have</c><00:35:43.449><c> a</c><00:35:43.630><c> lot.</c><00:35:43.869><c> You</c><00:35:43.949><c> know</c><00:35:44.030><c> he</c><00:35:44.130><c> had</c><00:35:44.250><c> a</c>

00:35:44.409 --> 00:35:47.849
camel<00:35:44.590><c> skin</c><00:35:44.909><c> or</c><00:35:45.710><c> a</c><00:35:45.849><c> leather</c><00:35:46.469><c> leather</c><00:35:46.909><c> girdle</c><00:35:47.269><c> around</c><00:35:47.570><c> him</c><00:35:47.710><c> and</c>

00:35:47.849 --> 00:35:50.179
a<00:35:48.070><c> mantle,</c><00:35:48.429><c> a</c><00:35:48.590><c> hair</c><00:35:48.789><c> mantle,</c><00:35:49.369><c> whether</c><00:35:49.530><c> sheep</c><00:35:49.929><c> or</c>

00:35:50.179 --> 00:35:54.519
camel<00:35:50.420><c> hair</c><00:35:50.579><c> we</c><00:35:50.659><c> don't</c><00:35:50.880><c> know,</c><00:35:51.639><c> but</c><00:35:51.800><c> that</c><00:35:52.400><c> mantle</c><00:35:52.940><c> was</c><00:35:53.659><c> a</c><00:35:53.820><c> mantle</c><00:35:54.139><c> which</c>

00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:57.460
signified<00:35:55.119><c> his</c><00:35:55.619><c> office</c><00:35:56.019><c> of</c><00:35:56.300><c> a</c><00:35:56.559><c> prophet</c>

00:35:57.679 --> 00:36:02.320
and<00:35:57.940><c> he</c><00:35:58.559><c> was</c><00:35:58.780><c> a</c><00:35:59.119><c> wild</c><00:35:59.519><c> looking</c><00:35:59.800><c> figure.</c><00:36:00.699><c> He</c><00:36:00.800><c> had</c><00:36:00.940><c> his</c><00:36:01.159><c> hair</c><00:36:01.480><c> long,</c><00:36:02.239><c> he</c>

00:36:02.320 --> 00:36:04.699
kept<00:36:02.500><c> his</c><00:36:02.699><c> hair</c><00:36:02.820><c> long</c><00:36:03.219><c> and</c><00:36:03.960><c> a</c><00:36:04.239><c> full</c><00:36:04.420><c> beard.</c>

00:36:04.760 --> 00:36:08.539
He<00:36:04.760><c> was</c><00:36:04.960><c> a</c><00:36:05.119><c> hairy</c><00:36:05.340><c> man</c><00:36:05.619><c> we're</c><00:36:05.860><c> told</c><00:36:06.119><c> in</c><00:36:06.539><c> second</c><00:36:06.820><c> Kings.</c><00:36:07.500><c> So</c><00:36:07.699><c> what</c><00:36:07.880><c> we're</c><00:36:08.119><c> seeing</c><00:36:08.280><c> is</c>

00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:10.219
a<00:36:08.760><c> man</c><00:36:08.900><c> that</c><00:36:09.139><c> is</c><00:36:09.320><c> cut</c><00:36:09.559><c> out</c>

00:36:10.219 --> 00:36:14.719
of<00:36:10.800><c> the</c><00:36:11.059><c> nature</c><00:36:11.460><c> of</c><00:36:12.119><c> Israel,</c><00:36:12.599><c> cut</c><00:36:12.760><c> out</c><00:36:12.940><c> of</c><00:36:13.059><c> the</c><00:36:13.239><c> very</c><00:36:13.539><c> land.</c><00:36:14.539><c> He</c>

00:36:14.719 --> 00:36:17.420
was<00:36:15.019><c> unsophisticated</c><00:36:16.380><c> and</c><00:36:16.980><c> if</c><00:36:17.079><c> you</c><00:36:17.159><c> look</c><00:36:17.280><c> up</c>

00:36:17.420 --> 00:36:24.960
word<00:36:17.800><c> sophisticated</c><00:36:18.840><c> it</c><00:36:19.599><c> means</c><00:36:19.980><c> to</c><00:36:20.420><c> draw</c><00:36:20.719><c> sort</c><00:36:20.960><c> of</c><00:36:21.119><c> a</c><00:36:21.300><c> delusion,</c><00:36:22.980><c> a</c><00:36:23.139><c> graphic</c><00:36:23.619><c> euphemism</c><00:36:24.219><c> of</c>

00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:25.539
people<00:36:25.280><c> who</c>

00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:29.000
put<00:36:25.659><c> on</c><00:36:25.980><c> a</c><00:36:26.119><c> front,</c><00:36:26.480><c> pretentious</c><00:36:27.360><c> sort</c><00:36:27.619><c> of</c><00:36:27.840><c> front.</c><00:36:28.400><c> Elijah</c><00:36:28.760><c> was</c>

00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:32.179
not<00:36:29.219><c> like</c><00:36:29.559><c> that.</c><00:36:30.719><c> Elijah</c><00:36:31.119><c> was</c><00:36:31.320><c> cut</c><00:36:31.519><c> out</c><00:36:31.659><c> by</c><00:36:31.860><c> the</c><00:36:32.039><c> hand</c>

00:36:32.179 --> 00:36:36.039
of<00:36:32.440><c> God</c><00:36:32.820><c> and</c><00:36:33.280><c> the</c><00:36:33.559><c> word</c><00:36:33.739><c> of</c><00:36:34.000><c> God</c><00:36:34.480><c> and</c><00:36:34.940><c> he</c><00:36:35.059><c> was</c><00:36:35.179><c> of</c><00:36:35.280><c> the</c><00:36:35.579><c> material</c>

00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:39.300
and<00:36:36.239><c> the</c><00:36:36.559><c> fabric</c><00:36:37.019><c> which</c><00:36:37.679><c> was</c><00:36:37.960><c> not</c><00:36:38.679><c> pretentious</c>

00:36:39.300 --> 00:36:42.739
or<00:36:39.539><c> ostentatious.</c><00:36:40.340><c> He</c><00:36:40.539><c> was</c><00:36:40.739><c> a</c><00:36:40.880><c> man</c><00:36:41.019><c> of</c><00:36:41.460><c> real</c><00:36:41.840><c> determination</c>

00:36:42.739 --> 00:36:46.820
to<00:36:43.059><c> do</c><00:36:43.199><c> the</c><00:36:43.360><c> will</c><00:36:43.460><c> of</c><00:36:43.719><c> God</c><00:36:44.039><c> and</c><00:36:44.420><c> his</c><00:36:44.760><c> zeal</c><00:36:45.300><c> was</c><00:36:45.719><c> equal</c><00:36:46.039><c> to</c>

00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:50.320
that.<00:36:47.920><c> But</c><00:36:48.219><c> you</c><00:36:48.360><c> can</c><00:36:48.579><c> see</c><00:36:48.719><c> when</c><00:36:48.880><c> he</c><00:36:49.159><c> went</c><00:36:49.400><c> and</c><00:36:49.559><c> was</c><00:36:49.820><c> fed</c><00:36:49.960><c> by</c><00:36:50.179><c> the</c>

00:36:50.320 --> 00:36:52.099
hand<00:36:50.500><c> of</c><00:36:50.659><c> a</c><00:36:50.780><c> raven</c><00:36:51.059><c> he</c><00:36:51.360><c> was</c><00:36:51.539><c> having</c><00:36:51.659><c> to</c><00:36:51.840><c> learn</c><00:36:51.940><c> a</c>

00:36:52.099 --> 00:36:57.500
lesson<00:36:52.300><c> and</c><00:36:52.559><c> what</c><00:36:52.739><c> was</c><00:36:52.880><c> that</c><00:36:53.019><c> lesson?</c><00:36:53.880><c> God</c><00:36:54.139><c> was</c><00:36:54.400><c> preparing</c><00:36:54.699><c> him</c><00:36:54.860><c> for</c><00:36:55.039><c> something.</c><00:36:56.019><c> Yeah</c><00:36:56.360><c> there's</c><00:36:56.800><c> people</c><00:36:57.139><c> in</c><00:36:57.340><c> Israel,</c>

00:36:57.699 --> 00:37:03.380
yes<00:36:57.900><c> you're</c><00:36:59.099><c> a</c><00:36:59.099><c> zealous</c><00:36:59.719><c> man</c><00:37:00.079><c> for</c><00:37:00.280><c> the</c><00:37:00.380><c> nation</c><00:37:00.639><c> of</c><00:37:00.820><c> Israel,</c><00:37:02.239><c> but</c><00:37:02.320><c> there's</c><00:37:02.599><c> another</c><00:37:02.820><c> people</c><00:37:03.199><c> I</c>

00:37:03.380 --> 00:37:04.159
want<00:37:03.519><c> you</c><00:37:03.659><c> to</c><00:37:03.960><c> consider</c>

00:37:04.159 --> 00:37:08.420
they're<00:37:04.380><c> Gentiles.</c><00:37:05.940><c> Yeah</c><00:37:06.099><c> they're</c><00:37:06.420><c> Baal</c><00:37:06.659><c> worshipers,</c><00:37:07.800><c> that's</c><00:37:08.199><c> right</c>

00:37:08.420 --> 00:37:11.000
they<00:37:08.579><c> are</c><00:37:08.820><c> Baal</c><00:37:09.159><c> worshipers,</c><00:37:10.460><c> but</c><00:37:10.760><c> I</c>

00:37:11.000 --> 00:37:16.059
guarantee<00:37:11.360><c> you</c><00:37:11.599><c> the</c><00:37:11.860><c> faith</c><00:37:12.079><c> in</c><00:37:12.239><c> some</c><00:37:12.440><c> of</c><00:37:12.559><c> these</c><00:37:12.780><c> people</c><00:37:13.400><c> is</c><00:37:14.519><c> far</c><00:37:14.880><c> surpassing</c><00:37:15.619><c> that</c><00:37:15.880><c> of</c>

00:37:16.059 --> 00:37:17.840
Israel,<00:37:16.480><c> my</c><00:37:16.820><c> chosen</c><00:37:17.340><c> and</c>

00:37:17.840 --> 00:37:20.260
I'm<00:37:18.019><c> going</c><00:37:18.139><c> to</c><00:37:18.260><c> send</c><00:37:18.400><c> you</c><00:37:18.579><c> someplace</c><00:37:18.800><c> but</c><00:37:19.019><c> before</c><00:37:19.280><c> I</c><00:37:19.460><c> do</c><00:37:19.579><c> I</c><00:37:19.679><c> want</c><00:37:19.920><c> to</c>

00:37:20.260 --> 00:37:23.260
educate<00:37:20.760><c> you</c><00:37:21.219><c> in</c><00:37:21.739><c> unclean</c><00:37:22.320><c> things</c><00:37:22.659><c> so</c><00:37:22.840><c> you</c><00:37:23.000><c> can</c>

00:37:23.260 --> 00:37:28.079
deal<00:37:23.599><c> with</c><00:37:23.860><c> them</c><00:37:24.400><c> and</c><00:37:24.719><c> at</c><00:37:24.820><c> the</c><00:37:25.019><c> same</c><00:37:25.280><c> time</c><00:37:25.599><c> keep</c><00:37:25.840><c> them</c><00:37:26.039><c> at</c><00:37:26.199><c> a</c><00:37:26.340><c> length</c><00:37:26.739><c> in</c>

00:37:28.079 --> 00:37:31.199
your<00:37:28.320><c> heart.</c><00:37:29.239><c> Not</c><00:37:29.519><c> let</c><00:37:29.739><c> your</c><00:37:30.039><c> heart</c><00:37:30.519><c> get</c><00:37:30.900><c> pulled</c>

00:37:31.199 --> 00:37:35.000
by<00:37:31.400><c> the</c><00:37:31.619><c> unclean</c><00:37:32.099><c> things</c><00:37:32.639><c> but</c><00:37:33.679><c> at</c><00:37:33.840><c> the</c><00:37:33.960><c> same</c><00:37:34.260><c> time</c><00:37:34.480><c> pull</c><00:37:34.699><c> the</c>

00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:37.480
uncleans<00:37:35.420><c> out</c><00:37:35.719><c> and</c><00:37:36.019><c> bring</c><00:37:36.179><c> them</c><00:37:36.340><c> into</c><00:37:36.579><c> my</c><00:37:37.000><c> heart,</c>

00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:42.139
my<00:37:37.920><c> land,</c><00:37:38.340><c> my</c><00:37:38.599><c> covenant,</c><00:37:39.219><c> my</c><00:37:39.500><c> inheritance,</c><00:37:40.500><c> my</c><00:37:40.900><c> kingdom</c><00:37:41.360><c> under</c><00:37:41.679><c> my</c>

00:37:42.139 --> 00:37:46.539
son.<00:37:43.460><c> He</c><00:37:44.179><c> was</c><00:37:44.420><c> preparing</c><00:37:45.059><c> Elijah</c><00:37:45.780><c> to</c><00:37:46.039><c> go</c><00:37:46.360><c> to</c>

00:37:46.539 --> 00:37:50.320
the<00:37:46.679><c> Gentile</c><00:37:47.119><c> woman</c><00:37:47.559><c> in</c><00:37:48.039><c> Zarephath</c><00:37:48.760><c> because</c><00:37:49.380><c> the</c><00:37:49.599><c> brook</c><00:37:49.760><c> dried</c><00:37:50.019><c> up</c>

00:37:50.320 --> 00:37:52.619
and<00:37:50.440><c> he</c><00:37:50.699><c> sent</c><00:37:51.079><c> Elijah,</c><00:37:51.820><c> the</c><00:37:52.039><c> next</c><00:37:52.380><c> thing,</c>

00:37:52.800 --> 00:37:56.639
arise<00:37:53.260><c> Elijah</c><00:37:53.860><c> go</c><00:37:54.480><c> to</c><00:37:54.639><c> Zarephath</c><00:37:55.260><c> which</c><00:37:55.440><c> belongs</c><00:37:55.860><c> to</c><00:37:56.159><c> Zidon</c>

00:37:56.639 --> 00:38:02.559
and<00:37:57.039><c> dwell</c><00:37:57.400><c> there.</c><00:37:59.420><c> Zidon,</c><00:38:00.440><c> that's</c><00:38:02.139><c> the</c><00:38:02.280><c> very</c>

00:38:02.559 --> 00:38:10.579
land<00:38:02.840><c> of</c><00:38:03.099><c> Jezebel,</c><00:38:05.039><c> that's</c><00:38:05.199><c> my</c><00:38:05.380><c> worst</c><00:38:05.659><c> enemy</c><00:38:06.380><c> to</c><00:38:08.239><c> Zidon.</c><00:38:09.940><c> Elijah</c><00:38:10.320><c> had</c>

00:38:10.579 --> 00:38:12.119
a<00:38:10.599><c> hundred</c><00:38:10.960><c> excuses</c><00:38:11.460><c> he</c><00:38:11.639><c> could</c><00:38:11.760><c> have</c><00:38:11.960><c> used</c>

00:38:12.119 --> 00:38:15.380
but<00:38:12.280><c> did</c><00:38:12.440><c> he</c><00:38:12.559><c> use</c><00:38:12.699><c> them?</c><00:38:13.139><c> No</c><00:38:13.400><c> he</c><00:38:13.480><c> didn't</c><00:38:13.639><c> use</c><00:38:13.880><c> them,</c><00:38:14.800><c> it</c><00:38:14.900><c> is</c><00:38:15.019><c> too</c>

00:38:15.380 --> 00:38:17.579
far.<00:38:16.179><c> It's</c><00:38:16.300><c> a</c><00:38:16.400><c> widow</c><00:38:16.539><c> woman,</c><00:38:16.840><c> she</c><00:38:16.960><c> couldn't</c><00:38:17.199><c> sustain</c>

00:38:17.579 --> 00:38:22.400
me,<00:38:18.400><c> the</c><00:38:18.559><c> widow</c><00:38:18.699><c> woman's</c><00:38:18.980><c> too</c><00:38:19.320><c> poor.</c><00:38:20.940><c> How</c><00:38:21.139><c> would</c><00:38:21.280><c> I</c><00:38:21.380><c> get</c><00:38:21.559><c> there?</c><00:38:22.139><c> I'll</c>

00:38:22.400 --> 00:38:25.559
be<00:38:22.679><c> caught</c><00:38:22.900><c> in</c><00:38:23.059><c> a</c><00:38:23.360><c> second.</c><00:38:25.059><c> Ahab's</c><00:38:25.480><c> looking</c>

00:38:25.559 --> 00:38:29.159
all<00:38:25.920><c> over</c><00:38:26.099><c> for</c><00:38:26.260><c> me,</c><00:38:26.360><c> he's</c><00:38:26.440><c> going</c><00:38:26.579><c> into</c><00:38:26.880><c> every</c><00:38:27.280><c> kingdom</c><00:38:27.599><c> looking</c><00:38:27.840><c> for</c><00:38:28.099><c> me.</c><00:38:29.019><c> He</c>

00:38:29.159 --> 00:38:30.380
had<00:38:29.280><c> a</c><00:38:29.340><c> hundred</c><00:38:29.579><c> excuses</c><00:38:30.039><c> brothers</c>

00:38:30.380 --> 00:38:35.460
and<00:38:30.599><c> sisters</c><00:38:30.840><c> and</c><00:38:31.440><c> when</c><00:38:31.659><c> Yahweh</c><00:38:31.960><c> calls</c><00:38:32.320><c> us,</c><00:38:33.219><c> what's</c><00:38:33.599><c> the</c><00:38:33.760><c> first</c><00:38:33.960><c> thing</c><00:38:34.179><c> we</c><00:38:34.460><c> think</c><00:38:34.739><c> of?</c><00:38:35.000><c> Is</c><00:38:35.139><c> how</c><00:38:35.320><c> I</c>

00:38:35.460 --> 00:38:36.059
can<00:38:35.559><c> get</c><00:38:35.719><c> out</c><00:38:35.920><c> of</c>

00:38:36.059 --> 00:38:41.800
this<00:38:36.300><c> job?</c><00:38:37.039><c> Here</c><00:38:37.239><c> I</c><00:38:37.460><c> am</c><00:38:37.579><c> Lord</c><00:38:37.880><c> send</c><00:38:38.079><c> him.</c><00:38:39.519><c> Is</c><00:38:39.699><c> that</c><00:38:39.820><c> what</c><00:38:39.940><c> we</c><00:38:40.159><c> call?</c><00:38:41.559><c> I</c>

00:38:41.800 --> 00:38:43.159
know<00:38:41.900><c> I've</c><00:38:42.019><c> done</c><00:38:42.099><c> it</c><00:38:42.260><c> in</c><00:38:42.360><c> my</c><00:38:42.519><c> own</c><00:38:42.719><c> life</c><00:38:43.019><c> and</c>

00:38:43.159 --> 00:38:45.719
I'm<00:38:43.320><c> not</c><00:38:43.440><c> standing</c><00:38:43.679><c> up</c><00:38:43.920><c> here,</c><00:38:44.300><c> I</c><00:38:44.480><c> may</c><00:38:44.579><c> get</c><00:38:44.719><c> a</c><00:38:44.780><c> little</c><00:38:44.960><c> dramatic,</c><00:38:45.420><c> I</c><00:38:45.519><c> may</c><00:38:45.579><c> get</c><00:38:45.699><c> a</c>

00:38:45.719 --> 00:38:47.480
little<00:38:45.960><c> emphatic</c><00:38:46.559><c> but</c><00:38:46.980><c> I</c><00:38:47.280><c> failed</c>

00:38:47.480 --> 00:38:58.179
just<00:38:47.679><c> like</c><00:38:47.900><c> you</c><00:38:48.139><c> do.</c><00:38:56.699><c> Worse</c><00:38:57.099><c> than</c><00:38:57.280><c> you</c><00:38:57.480><c> do.</c>

00:39:01.039 --> 00:39:04.900
But<00:39:01.599><c> you</c><00:39:01.679><c> know</c><00:39:01.880><c> Yahweh</c><00:39:02.239><c> strengthens</c><00:39:02.760><c> us</c><00:39:03.300><c> and</c><00:39:04.139><c> we</c><00:39:04.280><c> can</c><00:39:04.400><c> do</c><00:39:04.599><c> all</c>

00:39:04.900 --> 00:39:07.639
things<00:39:05.179><c> through</c><00:39:05.480><c> Christ</c><00:39:05.960><c> who</c><00:39:06.320><c> strengthens</c><00:39:06.860><c> us.</c>

00:39:08.219 --> 00:39:11.260
All<00:39:08.420><c> things</c><00:39:08.920><c> brothers</c><00:39:09.239><c> and</c><00:39:09.500><c> sisters</c><00:39:09.760><c> think</c><00:39:10.099><c> about</c><00:39:10.519><c> that</c><00:39:10.860><c> but</c>

00:39:11.260 --> 00:39:13.659
what<00:39:11.579><c> are</c><00:39:11.880><c> those</c><00:39:12.179><c> all</c><00:39:12.500><c> things?</c><00:39:13.099><c> Are</c><00:39:13.260><c> they</c><00:39:13.440><c> in</c>

00:39:13.659 --> 00:39:16.480
accordance<00:39:13.860><c> with</c><00:39:14.179><c> our</c><00:39:14.579><c> will,</c><00:39:15.119><c> our</c><00:39:15.300><c> desires,</c><00:39:15.940><c> our</c><00:39:16.179><c> pleasures,</c>

00:39:16.760 --> 00:39:19.679
our<00:39:16.960><c> objectives,</c><00:39:17.639><c> our</c><00:39:17.900><c> goals,</c><00:39:18.420><c> our</c><00:39:18.619><c> aims?</c>

00:39:23.460 --> 00:39:27.619
Or<00:39:24.019><c> Yahweh's</c><00:39:24.579><c> will?</c><00:39:25.380><c> That's</c><00:39:25.920><c> what</c><00:39:26.059><c> we</c><00:39:26.260><c> have</c><00:39:26.420><c> to</c><00:39:26.679><c> determine</c><00:39:26.940><c> and</c><00:39:27.119><c> that's</c><00:39:27.320><c> what</c><00:39:27.440><c> we</c>

00:39:27.619 --> 00:39:28.960
have<00:39:27.739><c> to</c><00:39:27.960><c> develop</c><00:39:28.139><c> a</c><00:39:28.400><c> mind</c><00:39:28.559><c> to</c>

00:39:28.960 --> 00:39:32.239
discern<00:39:29.300><c> between</c><00:39:30.000><c> and</c><00:39:30.880><c> if</c><00:39:31.079><c> that</c><00:39:31.340><c> mind</c><00:39:31.539><c> is</c><00:39:31.679><c> ever</c><00:39:31.860><c> going</c><00:39:31.960><c> to</c><00:39:32.039><c> be</c>

00:39:32.239 --> 00:39:34.000
developed<00:39:32.460><c> it's</c><00:39:32.719><c> got</c><00:39:32.860><c> to</c><00:39:33.059><c> be</c><00:39:33.219><c> developed</c><00:39:33.460><c> by</c><00:39:33.699><c> an</c>

00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:36.900
intense<00:39:34.300><c> study</c><00:39:34.659><c> of</c><00:39:34.840><c> his</c><00:39:35.079><c> word</c><00:39:35.340><c> and</c><00:39:35.579><c> bring</c><00:39:35.739><c> it</c><00:39:35.940><c> in</c><00:39:36.139><c> here</c><00:39:36.539><c> and</c>

00:39:36.900 --> 00:39:40.800
hearing<00:39:37.099><c> that</c><00:39:37.519><c> still</c><00:39:37.960><c> small</c><00:39:38.960><c> voice</c><00:39:39.480><c> crushed</c><00:39:40.139><c> working</c>

00:39:40.800 --> 00:39:45.940
in<00:39:41.199><c> our</c><00:39:41.480><c> conscience</c><00:39:41.960><c> and</c><00:39:42.400><c> not</c><00:39:42.599><c> be</c><00:39:42.860><c> led</c><00:39:43.039><c> about</c><00:39:43.280><c> by</c><00:39:43.579><c> every</c><00:39:43.980><c> doctrine</c><00:39:44.340><c> of</c><00:39:44.679><c> men</c><00:39:45.099><c> that</c><00:39:45.599><c> is</c>

00:39:45.940 --> 00:39:48.420
blowing<00:39:46.480><c> the</c><00:39:46.940><c> brotherhood</c>

00:39:48.500 --> 00:39:50.599
in<00:39:48.719><c> every</c><00:39:49.219><c> direction.</c>

00:39:57.199 --> 00:40:02.079
So<00:39:57.639><c> he</c><00:39:57.860><c> arose</c><00:39:58.500><c> and</c><00:39:59.579><c> went</c><00:39:59.880><c> to</c><00:40:00.099><c> Zarephath</c><00:40:00.820><c> and</c><00:40:01.500><c> when</c><00:40:01.679><c> he</c><00:40:01.780><c> came</c><00:40:01.940><c> to</c>

00:40:02.079 --> 00:40:04.400
the<00:40:02.119><c> gate</c><00:40:02.219><c> of</c><00:40:02.340><c> the</c><00:40:02.559><c> city</c><00:40:03.219><c> behold</c>

00:40:04.400 --> 00:40:08.239
the<00:40:05.119><c> widow</c><00:40:05.420><c> woman</c><00:40:05.800><c> was</c><00:40:06.019><c> there</c><00:40:06.219><c> gathering</c><00:40:06.579><c> sticks.</c><00:40:07.739><c> He</c><00:40:07.980><c> called</c>

00:40:08.239 --> 00:40:09.920
to<00:40:08.400><c> her,</c><00:40:09.079><c> he</c><00:40:09.079><c> said</c><00:40:09.159><c> fetch</c><00:40:09.420><c> me</c><00:40:09.579><c> I</c><00:40:09.739><c> pray</c>

00:40:09.920 --> 00:40:11.980
thee<00:40:10.019><c> a</c><00:40:10.099><c> little</c><00:40:10.260><c> drink</c><00:40:10.420><c> of</c><00:40:10.639><c> water.</c><00:40:10.960><c> In</c><00:40:11.099><c> a</c><00:40:11.300><c> famine</c><00:40:11.619><c> where</c><00:40:11.960><c> are</c>

00:40:11.980 --> 00:40:14.179
you<00:40:12.079><c> going</c><00:40:12.159><c> to</c><00:40:12.219><c> get</c><00:40:12.320><c> water</c><00:40:12.719><c> besides</c><00:40:13.059><c> the</c><00:40:13.280><c> Mediterranean?</c>

00:40:15.139 --> 00:40:17.860
Salted<00:40:15.619><c> she</c><00:40:16.099><c> was</c><00:40:16.300><c> able</c><00:40:16.440><c> to</c><00:40:16.639><c> obtain</c><00:40:16.860><c> it.</c><00:40:17.059><c> She</c><00:40:17.219><c> went</c><00:40:17.400><c> to</c><00:40:17.619><c> get</c><00:40:17.739><c> it</c>

00:40:17.860 --> 00:40:20.860
and<00:40:18.039><c> about</c><00:40:18.199><c> the</c><00:40:18.440><c> same</c><00:40:18.679><c> time</c><00:40:19.119><c> he</c><00:40:19.280><c> said</c><00:40:19.400><c> oh</c><00:40:19.639><c> by</c><00:40:19.900><c> the</c><00:40:20.119><c> way</c>

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make<00:40:22.800><c> me</c><00:40:22.960><c> a</c><00:40:23.039><c> little</c><00:40:23.239><c> cake.</c>

00:40:25.480 --> 00:40:27.500
A<00:40:25.960><c> little</c><00:40:26.360><c> cake</c>

00:40:29.460 --> 00:40:37.119
and<00:40:29.940><c> notice</c><00:40:30.239><c> the</c><00:40:30.400><c> response</c><00:40:30.980><c> and</c><00:40:32.300><c> she</c><00:40:32.900><c> recognized</c><00:40:33.719><c> the</c><00:40:33.980><c> prophet</c><00:40:34.579><c> Elijah.</c><00:40:35.280><c> She</c><00:40:35.760><c> recognized</c><00:40:36.260><c> him</c><00:40:36.420><c> as</c><00:40:36.659><c> being</c>

00:40:37.119 --> 00:40:42.880
a<00:40:37.960><c> man</c><00:40:38.320><c> of</c><00:40:38.860><c> the</c><00:40:39.159><c> God</c><00:40:39.360><c> of</c><00:40:39.559><c> Israel.</c><00:40:41.199><c> I</c><00:40:41.400><c> have</c><00:40:41.539><c> not</c><00:40:41.679><c> a</c><00:40:41.880><c> cake.</c><00:40:42.559><c> All</c><00:40:42.760><c> I</c>

00:40:42.880 --> 00:40:45.019
have<00:40:43.000><c> is</c><00:40:43.139><c> a</c><00:40:43.260><c> handful</c><00:40:43.519><c> of</c><00:40:43.739><c> meal</c><00:40:43.880><c> and</c><00:40:44.059><c> a</c><00:40:44.179><c> little</c><00:40:44.340><c> bit</c><00:40:44.500><c> of</c><00:40:44.679><c> oil</c>

00:40:45.019 --> 00:40:47.719
and<00:40:45.719><c> we</c><00:40:45.920><c> are</c><00:40:46.139><c> at</c><00:40:46.340><c> the</c><00:40:46.800><c> pits.</c>

00:40:49.360 --> 00:40:52.579
We're<00:40:49.820><c> going</c><00:40:49.960><c> to</c><00:40:50.199><c> die.</c><00:40:50.619><c> Have</c><00:40:50.760><c> you</c><00:40:50.920><c> ever</c><00:40:51.219><c> resigned</c><00:40:51.760><c> yourself</c>

00:40:53.920 --> 00:41:01.179
in<00:40:54.380><c> the</c><00:40:54.840><c> basin</c><00:40:55.199><c> of</c><00:40:55.380><c> your</c><00:40:55.639><c> problems</c><00:40:56.119><c> to</c><00:40:56.579><c> death?</c><00:40:57.920><c> Oh</c><00:40:58.280><c> that</c><00:40:58.340><c> is</c><00:40:58.639><c> it.</c><00:40:58.840><c> That's</c><00:40:59.300><c> the</c><00:40:59.559><c> lowest</c><00:40:59.800><c> you</c><00:40:59.960><c> can</c><00:41:00.239><c> go.</c><00:41:00.500><c> You</c><00:41:00.719><c> give</c><00:41:00.900><c> it</c><00:41:01.059><c> up.</c>

00:41:01.199 --> 00:41:03.760
There's<00:41:01.400><c> no</c><00:41:01.639><c> hope.</c><00:41:01.920><c> There's</c><00:41:02.179><c> no</c><00:41:02.579><c> reason</c><00:41:02.920><c> to</c><00:41:03.119><c> live</c><00:41:03.219><c> like</c><00:41:03.440><c> Paul</c>

00:41:03.760 --> 00:41:06.059
said<00:41:04.099><c> on</c><00:41:04.519><c> the</c><00:41:04.699><c> Mediterranean</c><00:41:05.139><c> when</c><00:41:05.380><c> the</c><00:41:05.719><c> ship</c><00:41:05.900><c> it</c>

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was<00:41:06.579><c> tossed</c><00:41:06.960><c> and</c><00:41:07.320><c> broken</c><00:41:07.719><c> and</c><00:41:08.320><c> they</c><00:41:08.619><c> gave</c><00:41:08.860><c> up</c><00:41:09.260><c> all</c><00:41:09.860><c> hope</c><00:41:10.239><c> of</c>

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survival.<00:41:13.300><c> Have</c><00:41:13.900><c> you</c><00:41:14.179><c> ever</c><00:41:14.579><c> been</c><00:41:14.860><c> there?</c><00:41:15.039><c> Maybe</c><00:41:15.320><c> you</c>

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have<00:41:15.940><c> and</c><00:41:16.360><c> I</c><00:41:16.559><c> don't</c><00:41:16.719><c> mean</c><00:41:16.960><c> to</c><00:41:17.360><c> barge</c><00:41:17.699><c> in</c><00:41:17.820><c> on</c><00:41:17.980><c> your</c><00:41:18.300><c> privacy.</c><00:41:19.699><c> You</c><00:41:19.800><c> know</c><00:41:20.139><c> that</c><00:41:20.420><c> is</c>

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a<00:41:20.920><c> delicate</c><00:41:21.280><c> thing.</c>

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When<00:41:22.719><c> you've</c><00:41:23.059><c> reached</c><00:41:23.360><c> the</c><00:41:24.340><c> point</c><00:41:24.500><c> of</c><00:41:24.659><c> the</c><00:41:24.880><c> pits</c><00:41:25.199><c> and</c><00:41:26.000><c> you</c><00:41:26.320><c> can't</c><00:41:26.699><c> go</c>

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on<00:41:27.360><c> and</c><00:41:27.780><c> that</c><00:41:28.139><c> was</c><00:41:28.380><c> the</c><00:41:28.500><c> case</c><00:41:28.679><c> of</c><00:41:28.840><c> that</c>

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widow<00:41:29.179><c> woman</c><00:41:29.400><c> and</c><00:41:29.559><c> that's</c><00:41:29.739><c> where</c><00:41:29.900><c> God's</c><00:41:30.260><c> going</c><00:41:30.340><c> to</c><00:41:30.460><c> bring</c><00:41:30.699><c> every</c><00:41:31.320><c> one</c>

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of<00:41:31.719><c> us</c><00:41:32.260><c> one</c><00:41:32.940><c> day</c><00:41:33.539><c> and</c><00:41:34.480><c> if</c><00:41:34.699><c> we're</c><00:41:34.920><c> not</c><00:41:35.179><c> there</c><00:41:35.480><c> yet</c>

00:41:35.699 --> 00:41:39.980
if<00:41:36.059><c> we</c><00:41:36.420><c> haven't</c><00:41:36.880><c> visited</c><00:41:37.380><c> that</c><00:41:37.739><c> place</c><00:41:38.039><c> yet</c><00:41:38.440><c> you</c><00:41:39.039><c> can</c><00:41:39.440><c> prepare</c>

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your<00:41:40.420><c> mind</c><00:41:40.760><c> for</c><00:41:41.059><c> it</c><00:41:41.460><c> because</c><00:41:41.900><c> it's</c><00:41:42.340><c> coming.</c>

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The<00:41:43.579><c> judgment</c><00:41:44.039><c> seat</c><00:41:44.280><c> of</c><00:41:44.480><c> God</c><00:41:44.840><c> will</c><00:41:45.159><c> put</c><00:41:45.440><c> you</c><00:41:45.760><c> there</c>

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and<00:41:49.440><c> then</c><00:41:49.719><c> we'll</c><00:41:50.059><c> think</c>

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I'm<00:41:53.199><c> about</c><00:41:53.480><c> to</c><00:41:53.760><c> die.</c>

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You<00:41:57.079><c> know</c><00:41:57.579><c> that's</c><00:41:58.760><c> where</c><00:41:58.900><c> we</c><00:41:59.159><c> have</c><00:41:59.420><c> to</c><00:41:59.639><c> go</c><00:42:00.119><c> before</c><00:42:00.659><c> we</c><00:42:01.059><c> say</c><00:42:01.380><c> it's</c><00:42:02.519><c> all</c>

00:42:03.380 --> 00:42:08.119
yours.<00:42:05.119><c> It's</c><00:42:05.480><c> all</c><00:42:06.260><c> yours</c><00:42:06.820><c> without</c><00:42:07.400><c> reserve</c>

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anymore.<00:42:09.119><c> It's</c><00:42:09.559><c> all</c><00:42:10.000><c> yours.</c><00:42:11.780><c> That's</c><00:42:12.659><c> where</c><00:42:12.780><c> God</c><00:42:13.000><c> wants</c><00:42:13.360><c> us</c><00:42:14.179><c> and</c><00:42:15.340><c> the</c><00:42:15.500><c> widow</c><00:42:15.659><c> woman</c><00:42:15.880><c> was</c><00:42:16.059><c> there</c><00:42:16.619><c> and</c><00:42:17.000><c> he</c>

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knew<00:42:17.219><c> the</c>

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He<00:42:18.300><c> sent</c><00:42:18.500><c> Elijah.</c><00:42:21.079><c> YAH</c><00:42:21.619><c> is</c><00:42:22.019><c> strength.</c><00:42:22.420><c> He</c><00:42:22.739><c> will</c><00:42:23.139><c> be</c><00:42:23.800><c> strength.</c>

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No<00:42:25.619><c> more</c><00:42:25.860><c> bread</c><00:42:26.159><c> but</c><00:42:26.440><c> strength,</c>

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the<00:42:27.760><c> bread</c><00:42:27.940><c> of</c><00:42:28.139><c> life</c><00:42:28.440><c> and</c><00:42:28.579><c> that's</c><00:42:28.760><c> what</c><00:42:29.019><c> the</c><00:42:29.639><c> young</c><00:42:29.679><c> the</c><00:42:29.679><c> widow</c>

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woman<00:42:30.139><c> wanted.</c><00:42:31.239><c> She</c><00:42:31.400><c> needed</c><00:42:31.659><c> strength.</c><00:42:33.000><c> Elijah</c>

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assured<00:42:33.519><c> her</c><00:42:33.699><c> that</c><00:42:33.840><c> the</c><00:42:34.039><c> barrel</c><00:42:34.360><c> of</c><00:42:34.659><c> meal</c><00:42:34.940><c> and</c><00:42:35.260><c> the</c><00:42:35.440><c> cruise</c><00:42:35.599><c> of</c>

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oil,<00:42:36.579><c> give</c><00:42:36.679><c> me</c><00:42:36.800><c> two</c><00:42:36.980><c> minutes,</c><00:42:37.820><c> the</c><00:42:38.000><c> cruise</c><00:42:38.219><c> of</c><00:42:38.480><c> oil</c>

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would<00:42:38.760><c> not</c><00:42:39.019><c> fail.</c><00:42:40.300><c> She</c><00:42:40.539><c> was</c><00:42:40.760><c> assured</c><00:42:41.059><c> of</c><00:42:41.280><c> that</c><00:42:41.480><c> and</c><00:42:41.679><c> we</c><00:42:41.920><c> are</c><00:42:42.320><c> assured</c><00:42:42.659><c> of</c>

00:42:42.940 --> 00:42:45.280
the<00:42:43.420><c> unfailing</c><00:42:44.039><c> principles</c><00:42:44.539><c> of</c><00:42:44.719><c> the</c><00:42:44.880><c> word</c><00:42:44.980><c> of</c>

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God<00:42:45.500><c> in</c><00:42:45.659><c> our</c><00:42:45.940><c> life.</c><00:42:46.900><c> If</c><00:42:47.460><c> we</c><00:42:48.719><c> as</c><00:42:49.019><c> the</c><00:42:49.159><c> widow</c><00:42:49.280><c> woman</c><00:42:49.559><c> and</c><00:42:50.079><c> as</c><00:42:50.440><c> Elijah</c><00:42:50.940><c> wanted</c><00:42:51.440><c> would</c><00:42:53.780><c> offer</c><00:42:54.119><c> that</c>

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minka<00:42:54.760><c> under</c><00:42:55.659><c> the</c>

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law,<00:42:56.900><c> that</c><00:42:57.159><c> minka</c><00:42:57.619><c> which</c><00:42:57.900><c> every</c><00:42:58.219><c> Israelite</c><00:42:58.639><c> offered</c><00:42:59.000><c> unto</c><00:42:59.440><c> the</c><00:42:59.619><c> superior</c><00:43:00.639><c> before</c><00:43:01.340><c> he</c>

00:43:01.539 --> 00:43:03.099
himself<00:43:01.960><c> partook</c><00:43:02.599><c> of</c><00:43:02.940><c> the</c>

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fruit<00:43:03.199><c> of</c><00:43:03.320><c> the</c><00:43:03.500><c> land.</c><00:43:04.679><c> Offered</c><00:43:05.079><c> unto</c><00:43:05.320><c> Yahweh.</c><00:43:05.840><c> What</c><00:43:05.980><c> do</c><00:43:06.119><c> we</c><00:43:06.119><c> do</c>

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with<00:43:06.360><c> the</c><00:43:06.539><c> fruits</c><00:43:06.679><c> of</c><00:43:06.820><c> the</c><00:43:07.059><c> spirit</c><00:43:07.280><c> that</c><00:43:07.400><c> have</c><00:43:07.519><c> been</c>

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developed<00:43:08.059><c> from</c><00:43:08.519><c> childhood?</c><00:43:09.380><c> From</c><00:43:09.539><c> a</c><00:43:09.840><c> child</c><00:43:10.199><c> thou</c><00:43:10.400><c> hast</c><00:43:10.659><c> known</c><00:43:10.840><c> the</c>

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holy<00:43:11.199><c> scriptures</c><00:43:11.579><c> that</c><00:43:11.780><c> are</c><00:43:11.840><c> able</c><00:43:12.000><c> to</c><00:43:12.139><c> make</c>

00:43:12.260 --> 00:43:15.039
wise<00:43:12.659><c> unto</c><00:43:12.900><c> salvation.</c><00:43:14.059><c> What</c><00:43:14.179><c> do</c><00:43:14.380><c> we</c><00:43:14.380><c> do</c><00:43:14.460><c> with</c><00:43:14.619><c> the</c><00:43:14.880><c> fruit?</c>

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You're<00:43:15.639><c> valuable</c><00:43:16.000><c> young</c><00:43:16.260><c> people.</c>

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You<00:43:17.840><c> don't</c><00:43:17.980><c> really</c><00:43:18.360><c> maybe</c><00:43:18.559><c> know</c><00:43:18.800><c> or</c><00:43:18.940><c> have</c><00:43:19.119><c> any</c><00:43:19.300><c> idea</c><00:43:19.539><c> of</c><00:43:19.699><c> how</c>

00:43:20.039 --> 00:43:24.619
valuable<00:43:20.380><c> your</c><00:43:21.739><c> character</c><00:43:22.460><c> is</c><00:43:23.000><c> in</c><00:43:23.280><c> this</c><00:43:23.980><c> godless</c>

00:43:24.619 --> 00:43:27.840
corrupt<00:43:25.019><c> society.</c><00:43:25.920><c> You</c><00:43:26.059><c> just</c><00:43:26.179><c> go</c><00:43:26.300><c> to</c><00:43:26.420><c> work</c><00:43:26.519><c> for</c><00:43:26.719><c> a</c><00:43:26.860><c> company</c><00:43:27.159><c> and</c><00:43:27.440><c> many</c><00:43:27.659><c> of</c>

00:43:27.840 --> 00:43:31.820
you<00:43:28.000><c> have</c><00:43:28.500><c> and</c><00:43:30.320><c> they</c><00:43:30.599><c> recognize</c><00:43:31.179><c> potential</c>

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in<00:43:32.019><c> that</c><00:43:32.219><c> person.</c><00:43:32.579><c> I</c><00:43:32.840><c> don't</c><00:43:33.000><c> know</c><00:43:33.099><c> what</c><00:43:33.239><c> it</c><00:43:33.420><c> is</c><00:43:33.579><c> about</c><00:43:33.780><c> that</c>

00:43:33.980 --> 00:43:35.820
person<00:43:34.179><c> but</c><00:43:34.360><c> they</c><00:43:35.380><c> well</c><00:43:35.380><c> they</c><00:43:35.500><c> say</c><00:43:35.619><c> they're</c>

00:43:35.820 --> 00:43:37.900
Christadelphian.<00:43:36.599><c> You</c><00:43:36.619><c> know</c><00:43:36.760><c> they're</c><00:43:37.039><c> disciplined.</c><00:43:37.440><c> They're</c><00:43:37.699><c> well</c>

00:43:37.900 --> 00:43:38.900
mannered.<00:43:38.219><c> They're</c><00:43:38.440><c> courteous.</c>

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They're<00:43:39.480><c> really</c><00:43:39.780><c> the</c><00:43:39.920><c> kind</c><00:43:40.119><c> of</c><00:43:40.260><c> people</c><00:43:40.440><c> we</c><00:43:40.559><c> can</c><00:43:40.739><c> use</c><00:43:40.880><c> in</c><00:43:41.019><c> our</c>

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company<00:43:41.460><c> to</c><00:43:41.699><c> progress</c><00:43:42.039><c> our</c><00:43:42.320><c> company.</c>

00:43:43.980 --> 00:43:49.460
Take<00:43:44.360><c> the</c><00:43:44.619><c> fruit.</c><00:43:45.260><c> Pick</c><00:43:45.500><c> the</c><00:43:45.739><c> fruit.</c><00:43:46.340><c> Get</c><00:43:46.539><c> the</c><00:43:46.780><c> fruit.</c><00:43:47.980><c> Oh</c><00:43:48.199><c> yeah</c><00:43:48.320><c> sure</c><00:43:48.599><c> here</c><00:43:48.920><c> and</c>

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we<00:43:49.659><c> give</c><00:43:49.780><c> our</c><00:43:50.000><c> lives</c><00:43:50.460><c> to</c><00:43:51.380><c> the</c>

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company<00:43:51.960><c> or</c><00:43:52.719><c> we</c><00:43:52.860><c> give</c><00:43:53.000><c> our</c><00:43:53.260><c> lives</c><00:43:53.800><c> to</c><00:43:54.039><c> what</c><00:43:54.199><c> we</c><00:43:54.559><c> think</c><00:43:54.760><c> is</c><00:43:54.960><c> going</c><00:43:55.059><c> to</c>

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provide<00:43:55.380><c> for</c><00:43:55.599><c> us</c><00:43:56.079><c> and</c><00:43:56.579><c> we</c><00:43:56.760><c> give</c><00:43:56.860><c> up</c><00:43:57.199><c> time</c>

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to<00:43:59.119><c> the</c><00:43:59.380><c> world</c><00:43:59.840><c> and</c><00:44:00.800><c> we</c><00:44:01.000><c> take</c><00:44:01.179><c> it</c><00:44:01.300><c> from</c><00:44:01.519><c> Yahweh.</c><00:44:02.340><c> We</c><00:44:02.519><c> need</c><00:44:02.639><c> to</c>

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be<00:44:02.900><c> careful</c><00:44:03.099><c> about</c><00:44:03.400><c> that.</c><00:44:04.099><c> We</c><00:44:04.239><c> need</c><00:44:04.400><c> to</c><00:44:04.539><c> learn</c><00:44:04.639><c> to</c>

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concern<00:44:05.460><c> how</c><00:44:05.980><c> much</c><00:44:06.659><c> we</c><00:44:07.219><c> have</c><00:44:07.440><c> to</c><00:44:07.659><c> give</c><00:44:07.840><c> to</c><00:44:08.039><c> the</c><00:44:08.260><c> world</c><00:44:08.840><c> before</c>

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we<00:44:10.739><c> give</c><00:44:11.300><c> to</c><00:44:11.639><c> Yahweh</c><00:44:12.019><c> and</c><00:44:12.639><c> we</c><00:44:12.800><c> should</c><00:44:13.000><c> always</c>

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give<00:44:13.920><c> unto</c><00:44:14.079><c> Yahweh</c><00:44:14.619><c> that</c><00:44:15.159><c> which</c><00:44:15.599><c> he</c><00:44:16.019><c> has</c><00:44:16.260><c> developed</c><00:44:16.659><c> through</c>

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the<00:44:17.260><c> word</c><00:44:17.659><c> in</c><00:44:18.119><c> our</c><00:44:18.420><c> life.</c><00:44:18.659><c> It's</c><00:44:18.880><c> his</c><00:44:19.159><c> word</c><00:44:19.500><c> that's</c>

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developed<00:44:20.099><c> any</c><00:44:20.400><c> character</c><00:44:20.820><c> in</c><00:44:21.059><c> any</c><00:44:21.280><c> of</c><00:44:21.440><c> us</c><00:44:21.559><c> isn't</c><00:44:21.739><c> it?</c><00:44:22.960><c> It's</c>

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his<00:44:23.539><c> word</c><00:44:23.699><c> if</c><00:44:23.860><c> it's</c><00:44:24.039><c> good</c><00:44:24.239><c> character.</c>

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He<00:44:26.239><c> developed</c><00:44:26.659><c> it.</c><00:44:26.800><c> It's</c><00:44:26.980><c> his</c><00:44:27.260><c> word.</c><00:44:27.460><c> It's</c><00:44:27.599><c> his</c><00:44:27.840><c> seed</c><00:44:28.079><c> that's</c>

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grown<00:44:28.659><c> and</c><00:44:29.019><c> watered</c><00:44:29.980><c> in</c><00:44:30.199><c> the</c><00:44:30.460><c> land</c><00:44:30.880><c> and</c><00:44:31.380><c> that's</c><00:44:31.880><c> exactly</c>

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what<00:44:32.780><c> the</c><00:44:33.039><c> widow</c><00:44:33.179><c> woman</c><00:44:33.400><c> had</c><00:44:33.539><c> to</c><00:44:33.699><c> recognize.</c><00:44:34.019><c> She</c><00:44:34.219><c> did</c><00:44:34.440><c> it.</c>

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covenant<00:45:21.639><c> and</c>

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son.<00:45:26.760><c> Have</c><00:45:26.920><c> I</c><00:45:27.000><c> gone</c><00:45:27.099><c> on</c><00:45:27.219><c> my</c><00:45:27.300><c> two</c><00:45:27.519><c> minutes?</c>

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you.<00:45:45.260><c> I</c><00:45:45.480><c> know</c><00:45:45.559><c> we've</c><00:45:45.880><c> skipped</c><00:45:45.960><c> over</c><00:45:46.239><c> a</c><00:45:46.280><c> lot</c><00:45:46.440><c> of</c><00:45:46.619><c> background</c><00:45:47.059><c> and</c><00:45:47.300><c> we've</c><00:45:47.480><c> skipped</c><00:45:47.519><c> over</c><00:45:47.760><c> a</c>

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