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bread<00:12:42.139><c> and</c><00:12:42.299><c> the</c><00:12:42.559><c> wine</c><00:12:42.799><c> are</c><00:12:43.080><c> the</c><00:12:43.440><c> reminder</c><00:12:43.960><c> of</c><00:12:44.559><c> the</c><00:12:44.860><c> promise,</c>

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to<00:12:47.639><c> join</c><00:12:47.980><c> him</c><00:12:48.279><c> in</c><00:12:48.840><c> his</c><00:12:49.080><c> death</c><00:12:49.220><c> to</c><00:12:49.539><c> sin,</c><00:12:50.139><c> to</c><00:12:50.279><c> put</c><00:12:50.519><c> this</c><00:12:50.740><c> old</c><00:12:51.059><c> man</c>

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to<00:12:51.639><c> death</c><00:12:52.000><c> and</c><00:12:52.480><c> to</c><00:12:52.919><c> treat</c><00:12:53.200><c> one</c><00:12:53.460><c> another</c>

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like<00:12:54.139><c> he</c><00:12:54.419><c> would</c><00:12:54.720><c> treat</c><00:12:54.960><c> one</c><00:12:55.220><c> another.</c><00:12:56.220><c> That's</c><00:12:56.480><c> what</c><00:12:56.519><c> we're</c><00:12:56.740><c> joining</c><00:12:57.019><c> in</c>

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him<00:12:57.360><c> in</c><00:12:57.519><c> his</c><00:12:57.820><c> death</c><00:12:58.200><c> to</c><00:12:58.519><c> sin,</c>

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not<00:12:59.360><c> giving</c><00:12:59.580><c> in</c><00:12:59.799><c> to</c><00:12:59.899><c> the</c><00:13:00.080><c> old</c><00:13:00.279><c> man.</c><00:13:00.419><c> And</c><00:13:00.600><c> this</c><00:13:00.740><c> is</c><00:13:00.960><c> the</c><00:13:01.159><c> reminder</c><00:13:01.700><c> of</c><00:13:02.159><c> the</c>

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promise,<00:13:02.779><c> the</c><00:13:03.080><c> covenant</c><00:13:03.379><c> that</c><00:13:03.720><c> we</c>

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made.<00:13:04.419><c> And</c><00:13:04.620><c> we</c><00:13:04.899><c> need</c><00:13:05.100><c> that</c><00:13:05.399><c> reminder</c><00:13:05.799><c> week</c><00:13:06.139><c> by</c><00:13:06.419><c> week.</c><00:13:07.120><c> But</c><00:13:07.340><c> this</c><00:13:07.779><c> is</c>

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not<00:13:08.399><c> the</c><00:13:08.779><c> issue.</c><00:13:09.519><c> The</c><00:13:09.740><c> issue</c><00:13:09.919><c> is</c><00:13:10.159><c> living</c><00:13:10.340><c> the</c>

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truth.<00:13:11.200><c> Look</c><00:13:11.379><c> at</c><00:13:11.559><c> verse</c><00:13:11.779><c> 9.</c><00:13:12.159><c> This</c><00:13:12.299><c> is</c><00:13:12.480><c> what</c><00:13:12.679><c> God</c><00:13:12.919><c> had</c><00:13:13.179><c> wanted.</c>

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Execute<00:13:14.659><c> true</c><00:13:15.000><c> justice.</c><00:13:16.379><c> Show</c><00:13:16.539><c> mercy</c><00:13:17.200><c> and</c>

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compassion,<00:13:18.340><c> everyone,</c><00:13:18.820><c> to</c><00:13:19.000><c> his</c><00:13:19.220><c> brother.</c><00:13:20.059><c> Do</c><00:13:20.200><c> not</c><00:13:20.460><c> oppress</c>

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the<00:13:21.139><c> widow</c><00:13:21.419><c> or</c><00:13:21.659><c> the</c><00:13:21.940><c> fatherless,</c><00:13:22.679><c> the</c><00:13:22.919><c> alien</c>

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or<00:13:23.519><c> the</c><00:13:23.740><c> poor.</c><00:13:24.700><c> Let</c><00:13:24.820><c> none</c><00:13:25.100><c> of</c><00:13:25.259><c> you</c><00:13:25.440><c> plan</c><00:13:25.740><c> evil</c><00:13:26.220><c> in</c><00:13:26.440><c> his</c><00:13:26.840><c> heart</c>

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against<00:13:27.860><c> his</c><00:13:28.059><c> brother.</c><00:13:29.279><c> You</c><00:13:29.399><c> see,</c><00:13:29.679><c> and</c><00:13:29.799><c> the</c><00:13:29.960><c> problem</c>

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is<00:13:33.320><c> that</c><00:13:33.480><c> we</c><00:13:33.580><c> can</c><00:13:33.779><c> come</c><00:13:33.960><c> to</c><00:13:34.080><c> meeting</c><00:13:34.399><c> and</c><00:13:34.860><c> we</c>

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can<00:13:35.159><c> take</c><00:13:35.320><c> the</c><00:13:35.519><c> rituals</c><00:13:35.960><c> and</c><00:13:36.620><c> we</c><00:13:36.779><c> can</c><00:13:36.919><c> go</c><00:13:37.139><c> away</c><00:13:37.519><c> thinking</c><00:13:37.960><c> evil</c>

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in<00:13:38.840><c> our</c><00:13:39.039><c> heart</c><00:13:39.299><c> about</c><00:13:39.519><c> one</c><00:13:39.700><c> another.</c><00:13:40.559><c> That's</c><00:13:41.000><c> sad,</c>

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but<00:13:41.580><c> it's</c><00:13:41.840><c> real.</c><00:13:42.700><c> And</c><00:13:42.820><c> this</c><00:13:43.000><c> is</c><00:13:43.139><c> one</c><00:13:43.279><c> of</c><00:13:43.419><c> the</c><00:13:43.639><c> great</c><00:13:43.879><c> warnings</c>

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in<00:13:46.279><c> the</c><00:13:46.399><c> midst</c><00:13:46.679><c> of</c><00:13:47.179><c> all</c><00:13:47.480><c> the</c><00:13:47.820><c> enthusiasm</c><00:13:48.279><c> going</c><00:13:48.519><c> on</c><00:13:48.720><c> of</c><00:13:48.820><c> building</c><00:13:49.080><c> this</c>

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temple.<00:13:50.000><c> We're</c><00:13:50.039><c> only</c><00:13:50.259><c> two</c><00:13:50.519><c> years</c><00:13:50.740><c> away.</c>

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a<00:13:53.940><c> collegial</c><00:13:54.159><c> life.</c><00:13:54.659><c> And</c><00:13:54.720><c> there's</c>

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this<00:13:55.240><c> element</c><00:13:55.559><c> of</c><00:13:55.799><c> people</c><00:13:56.059><c> scattered</c><00:13:56.340><c> all</c><00:13:56.899><c> throughout</c><00:13:57.220><c> the</c>

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land<00:13:57.779><c> who</c><00:13:58.200><c> are</c><00:13:58.379><c> still</c><00:13:58.620><c> going</c><00:13:58.919><c> through</c><00:13:59.360><c> the</c><00:13:59.559><c> motions.</c>

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see,<00:14:02.899><c> you</c><00:14:03.019><c> can</c><00:14:03.320><c> see</c><00:14:03.519><c> that</c><00:14:03.740><c> because</c><00:14:04.059><c> they</c><00:14:04.259><c> were</c><00:14:04.440><c> so</c>

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out<00:14:04.820><c> of</c><00:14:05.019><c> touch</c><00:14:05.539><c> or</c><00:14:05.759><c> they</c><00:14:05.899><c> would</c><00:14:06.059><c> have</c><00:14:06.159><c> been</c><00:14:06.320><c> asking</c><00:14:06.620><c> while</c><00:14:06.820><c> they</c><00:14:06.940><c> were</c><00:14:07.059><c> down</c><00:14:07.240><c> there</c><00:14:07.419><c> working</c><00:14:07.659><c> on</c>

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the<00:14:07.980><c> project.</c><00:14:08.580><c> And</c>

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that's<00:14:09.019><c> what</c><00:14:09.159><c> can</c><00:14:09.360><c> happen.</c><00:14:09.720><c> And</c><00:14:09.879><c> it's</c><00:14:10.100><c> just</c><00:14:10.340><c> a</c><00:14:10.500><c> warning</c><00:14:10.700><c> to</c><00:14:10.960><c> ourselves</c><00:14:11.460><c> that</c><00:14:11.919><c> if</c>

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we<00:14:12.519><c> fall</c><00:14:12.740><c> out</c><00:14:12.960><c> of</c><00:14:13.059><c> a</c><00:14:13.240><c> collegial</c><00:14:13.480><c> life,</c>

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we're<00:14:13.799><c> not</c><00:14:13.960><c> involved</c><00:14:14.360><c> anymore.</c><00:14:15.039><c> We</c><00:14:15.200><c> don't</c><00:14:15.360><c> really</c><00:14:15.620><c> realize</c>

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what's<00:14:16.379><c> happening.</c><00:14:16.700><c> We</c><00:14:16.799><c> don't</c><00:14:16.940><c> know</c><00:14:17.000><c> what's</c>

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going<00:14:17.299><c> on</c><00:14:17.480><c> in</c><00:14:17.659><c> the</c><00:14:17.820><c> CYCs,</c><00:14:18.460><c> in</c><00:14:18.620><c> the</c><00:14:18.700><c> Sunday</c><00:14:18.879><c> schools,</c><00:14:19.559><c> and</c><00:14:19.720><c> all</c>

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the<00:14:20.019><c> different</c><00:14:20.240><c> seminars</c><00:14:20.580><c> that</c><00:14:20.740><c> are</c><00:14:20.860><c> happening</c><00:14:21.080><c> and</c>

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all<00:14:21.480><c> the</c><00:14:21.820><c> collegial</c><00:14:22.220><c> events.</c><00:14:22.960><c> We're</c><00:14:23.059><c> sort</c><00:14:23.159><c> of</c><00:14:23.299><c> like</c><00:14:23.440><c> really</c>

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out<00:14:23.779><c> on</c><00:14:23.940><c> the</c><00:14:24.139><c> outskirts.</c><00:14:24.600><c> We</c><00:14:24.700><c> really</c><00:14:24.960><c> don't</c><00:14:25.220><c> know</c><00:14:25.539><c> what's</c>

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happening<00:14:26.179><c> and</c><00:14:26.360><c> we're</c><00:14:26.539><c> not</c><00:14:26.779><c> there</c><00:14:27.000><c> to</c><00:14:27.159><c> talk</c><00:14:27.320><c> to</c><00:14:27.500><c> people.</c><00:14:28.139><c> So</c>

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what<00:14:28.480><c> do</c><00:14:28.600><c> we</c><00:14:28.740><c> do?</c><00:14:29.080><c> We</c><00:14:29.299><c> make</c><00:14:29.399><c> the</c><00:14:29.580><c> official</c><00:14:29.879><c> phone</c><00:14:30.179><c> call</c>

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or<00:14:30.600><c> we</c><00:14:30.799><c> write</c><00:14:30.980><c> the</c><00:14:31.179><c> official</c><00:14:31.399><c> letter</c><00:14:31.700><c> or</c><00:14:31.840><c> we</c><00:14:32.039><c> find</c><00:14:32.240><c> out</c><00:14:32.480><c> something.</c><00:14:33.100><c> Because</c><00:14:33.460><c> if</c><00:14:33.720><c> we</c>

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had<00:14:34.080><c> been</c><00:14:34.279><c> there,</c><00:14:34.799><c> we'd</c><00:14:34.919><c> be</c>

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talking<00:14:35.279><c> to</c><00:14:35.480><c> people.</c><00:14:35.940><c> We'd</c><00:14:36.179><c> be</c><00:14:36.320><c> finding</c><00:14:36.519><c> out</c><00:14:36.700><c> about</c><00:14:36.899><c> these</c><00:14:37.159><c> things</c><00:14:37.340><c> and</c><00:14:37.539><c> talking</c><00:14:37.860><c> these</c><00:14:38.159><c> issues</c><00:14:38.320><c> out.</c><00:14:38.980><c> And</c><00:14:39.220><c> I</c><00:14:39.500><c> think</c>

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that's<00:14:39.899><c> pretty</c><00:14:40.120><c> typical</c><00:14:40.559><c> of</c><00:14:40.639><c> what</c><00:14:40.879><c> happened</c><00:14:41.139><c> with</c><00:14:41.320><c> these</c><00:14:41.600><c> people</c><00:14:41.840><c> back</c><00:14:42.159><c> then.</c><00:14:42.659><c> They</c><00:14:42.820><c> were</c><00:14:43.019><c> just</c><00:14:43.320><c> out</c>

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of<00:14:43.639><c> touch</c><00:14:43.820><c> folks</c>

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up<00:14:44.500><c> there</c><00:14:44.840><c> ten</c><00:14:45.080><c> miles</c><00:14:45.399><c> away</c><00:14:45.659><c> in</c><00:14:45.799><c> Bethel</c><00:14:46.480><c> and</c><00:14:46.919><c> here</c><00:14:47.259><c> they</c><00:14:47.460><c> send</c>

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their<00:14:47.820><c> delegation</c><00:14:48.179><c> down.</c><00:14:48.740><c> But</c><00:14:48.799><c> they're</c><00:14:49.100><c> typical</c><00:14:49.600><c> of</c>

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a<00:14:50.200><c> problem</c><00:14:50.600><c> that</c><00:14:50.740><c> was</c><00:14:51.019><c> all</c><00:14:51.340><c> throughout</c><00:14:51.720><c> the</c><00:14:51.960><c> community.</c><00:14:52.720><c> And</c>

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that's<00:14:53.000><c> why</c><00:14:53.220><c> the</c><00:14:53.399><c> message</c><00:14:53.700><c> went</c><00:14:53.899><c> out</c><00:14:54.080><c> in</c><00:14:54.240><c> verse</c><00:14:54.440><c> five,</c>

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say<00:14:55.080><c> to</c><00:14:55.360><c> all</c><00:14:55.759><c> the</c><00:14:55.960><c> people</c><00:14:56.360><c> of</c><00:14:56.740><c> the</c><00:14:56.940><c> land</c><00:14:57.179><c> and</c><00:14:57.360><c> to</c><00:14:57.480><c> the</c><00:14:57.700><c> elders</c>

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and<00:15:00.179><c> he</c><00:15:00.259><c> goes</c><00:15:00.460><c> on</c><00:15:00.720><c> and</c><00:15:01.039><c> explains</c><00:15:01.320><c> the</c><00:15:01.580><c> whole</c><00:15:01.860><c> point.</c><00:15:03.100><c> You</c><00:15:03.120><c> may</c>

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wonder<00:15:03.539><c> like</c><00:15:03.820><c> why</c><00:15:04.019><c> the</c><00:15:04.299><c> seventh</c><00:15:04.519><c> month</c><00:15:04.779><c> comes</c><00:15:05.039><c> up.</c>

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responds,<00:15:48.899><c> he</c><00:15:49.019><c> mentions</c><00:15:49.360><c> the</c><00:15:49.639><c> fifth</c><00:15:49.820><c> and</c><00:15:50.039><c> the</c><00:15:50.340><c> seventh</c><00:15:50.580><c> months</c><00:15:50.940><c> that</c>

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tended.<00:16:04.960><c> In</c><00:16:05.080><c> chapter</c><00:16:05.460><c> 8</c><00:16:05.779><c> at</c><00:16:05.960><c> verse</c><00:16:06.200><c> 19,</c><00:16:07.100><c> thus</c><00:16:07.220><c> says</c><00:16:07.600><c> the</c><00:16:07.840><c> Lord</c>

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it<00:16:48.259><c> was</c><00:16:48.440><c> really</c><00:16:48.759><c> stuff</c><00:16:48.940><c> for</c><00:16:49.120><c> themselves.</c><00:16:49.820><c> These</c><00:16:50.059><c> were</c>

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wasn't<00:17:12.440><c> on</c><00:17:12.759><c> what</c><00:17:12.880><c> we</c><00:17:13.059><c> can</c><00:17:13.220><c> do</c><00:17:13.299><c> to</c><00:17:13.440><c> help</c><00:17:13.539><c> other</c><00:17:13.799><c> people.</c><00:17:14.480><c> What</c>

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through.<00:17:32.400><c> Or,</c><00:17:32.440><c> you</c><00:17:32.599><c> know,</c><00:17:32.599><c> the</c><00:17:32.759><c> focus</c><00:17:33.059><c> is</c><00:17:33.299><c> on</c><00:17:33.500><c> me,</c><00:17:33.779><c> whether</c>

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it's<00:17:34.380><c> me</c><00:17:34.579><c> positive</c><00:17:35.039><c> or</c><00:17:35.200><c> me</c><00:17:35.359><c> negative.</c><00:17:36.119><c> What</c><00:17:36.319><c> can</c><00:17:36.539><c> end</c><00:17:36.680><c> up</c><00:17:36.940><c> happening</c><00:17:37.099><c> is</c>

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New<00:17:50.220><c> Testament,</c><00:17:50.660><c> like</c><00:17:50.880><c> when</c><00:17:51.059><c> Jesus</c><00:17:51.359><c> is</c><00:17:51.579><c> talking</c><00:17:51.839><c> about</c><00:17:52.180><c> fasting</c><00:17:52.539><c> as</c><00:17:52.799><c> well,</c><00:17:53.440><c> it's</c><00:17:53.940><c> a</c>

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great<00:17:54.279><c> chapter</c><00:17:54.619><c> that</c>

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illustrates<00:17:55.380><c> what</c><00:17:55.599><c> God</c><00:17:55.839><c> had</c><00:17:56.059><c> really</c><00:17:56.400><c> intended</c><00:17:57.019><c> with</c><00:17:57.440><c> fasting.</c><00:17:58.740><c> In</c><00:17:58.799><c> fact,</c><00:17:59.220><c> the</c>

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New<00:17:59.440><c> King</c><00:17:59.700><c> James</c><00:17:59.940><c> Bible</c><00:18:00.259><c> actually</c>

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puts<00:18:00.859><c> as</c><00:18:01.039><c> its</c><00:18:01.259><c> heading</c><00:18:01.480><c> for</c><00:18:01.700><c> this</c><00:18:01.920><c> section</c><00:18:02.160><c> and</c><00:18:02.359><c> Isaiah</c><00:18:02.619><c> 58</c><00:18:03.180><c> and</c><00:18:03.400><c> the</c><00:18:03.559><c> subheadings,</c><00:18:04.019><c> they</c><00:18:04.259><c> call</c><00:18:04.400><c> it</c>

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the<00:18:04.759><c> fasting</c>

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that<00:18:05.619><c> pleases</c><00:18:06.000><c> God.</c><00:18:07.180><c> And</c><00:18:07.359><c> what</c><00:18:07.539><c> this</c><00:18:07.819><c> chapter</c><00:18:08.160><c> deals</c><00:18:08.500><c> with</c><00:18:08.779><c> is</c>

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people<00:18:09.220><c> that</c><00:18:09.359><c> were</c><00:18:09.579><c> going</c><00:18:09.779><c> through</c><00:18:10.079><c> the</c><00:18:10.299><c> rituals.</c>

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They<00:18:11.759><c> were</c><00:18:11.920><c> just</c><00:18:12.160><c> going</c><00:18:12.359><c> through</c><00:18:12.599><c> the</c><00:18:12.819><c> rituals</c><00:18:13.059><c> of</c><00:18:13.339><c> fasting</c>

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without<00:18:14.200><c> doing</c><00:18:14.660><c> it</c><00:18:14.880><c> for</c><00:18:15.059><c> God.</c><00:18:16.599><c> And</c><00:18:16.599><c> you</c><00:18:16.819><c> find</c>

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like<00:18:17.500><c> at</c><00:18:17.940><c> verse</c><00:18:18.119><c> three</c><00:18:18.380><c> right</c><00:18:18.619><c> there</c><00:18:18.700><c> when</c><00:18:18.779><c> they</c><00:18:19.019><c> talk</c><00:18:19.160><c> about</c>

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fasting,<00:18:20.039><c> you</c><00:18:20.339><c> know,</c><00:18:20.339><c> why</c><00:18:20.480><c> have</c><00:18:20.660><c> we</c><00:18:20.900><c> fasted,</c><00:18:21.339><c> they</c>

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say,<00:18:21.759><c> and</c><00:18:22.019><c> you</c><00:18:22.200><c> do</c><00:18:22.400><c> not</c><00:18:22.680><c> see.</c><00:18:23.359><c> We</c><00:18:23.519><c> have</c><00:18:23.779><c> afflicted</c><00:18:24.259><c> our</c><00:18:24.500><c> souls</c>

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your<00:18:28.259><c> fast,</c><00:18:28.779><c> you</c><00:18:29.019><c> find</c><00:18:29.400><c> pleasure,</c><00:18:30.059><c> you</c><00:18:30.200><c> see.</c><00:18:30.359><c> You</c><00:18:30.720><c> exploit</c>

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debate<00:18:35.099><c> and</c><00:18:35.740><c> to</c><00:18:36.180><c> strike</c><00:18:36.380><c> with</c><00:18:36.599><c> the</c><00:18:36.880><c> fist</c><00:18:37.160><c> of</c><00:18:37.440><c> wickedness.</c><00:18:38.279><c> You</c>

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voice<00:18:41.140><c> heard</c><00:18:41.319><c> on</c><00:18:41.599><c> high.</c><00:18:42.240><c> The</c><00:18:42.519><c> fasting</c><00:18:42.839><c> that</c><00:18:43.059><c> they</c><00:18:43.299><c> were</c><00:18:43.460><c> doing</c>

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fast.<00:18:47.960><c> They'd</c><00:18:48.019><c> have</c><00:18:48.119><c> somebody</c><00:18:48.380><c> else</c><00:18:48.619><c> doing</c><00:18:48.779><c> their</c><00:18:48.980><c> work</c>

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somebody<00:18:52.559><c> else</c><00:18:52.799><c> covered</c><00:18:53.079><c> for</c><00:18:53.259><c> them.</c><00:18:53.740><c> And</c><00:18:53.859><c> they</c><00:18:53.960><c> were</c><00:18:54.140><c> doing</c><00:18:54.279><c> it</c><00:18:54.500><c> in</c><00:18:54.619><c> such</c><00:18:54.759><c> a</c>

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them.<00:18:56.519><c> Everybody</c><00:18:56.880><c> had</c><00:18:57.119><c> to</c><00:18:57.279><c> work</c><00:18:57.420><c> for</c><00:18:57.579><c> them</c><00:18:57.839><c> and</c><00:18:57.960><c> they</c><00:18:58.460><c> exploited</c><00:18:58.779><c> the</c><00:18:59.140><c> other</c><00:18:59.480><c> workers,</c><00:18:59.980><c> the</c>

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here's<00:19:06.200><c> what</c><00:19:06.380><c> God</c><00:19:06.640><c> had</c><00:19:06.900><c> intended.</c><00:19:07.839><c> When</c><00:19:07.980><c> we</c><00:19:08.180><c> read</c><00:19:08.319><c> about</c><00:19:08.660><c> fasting</c><00:19:09.119><c> in</c>

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on<00:19:25.180><c> a</c><00:19:25.420><c> fast</c><00:19:25.640><c> day</c><00:19:25.880><c> when</c><00:19:26.019><c> you</c><00:19:26.119><c> don't</c><00:19:26.240><c> need</c><00:19:26.400><c> to</c><00:19:26.640><c> eat</c><00:19:26.819><c> and</c><00:19:26.920><c> you're</c>

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have<00:19:28.839><c> your</c><00:19:29.099><c> laborers</c><00:19:29.480><c> out</c><00:19:29.640><c> there</c><00:19:29.819><c> working</c><00:19:30.059><c> for</c><00:19:30.299><c> you</c><00:19:30.500><c> and</c><00:19:30.599><c> your</c>

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food<00:19:30.940><c> that</c><00:19:31.180><c> day</c><00:19:31.339><c> and</c><00:19:31.619><c> preparing</c><00:19:31.839><c> meals</c><00:19:32.140><c> or</c><00:19:32.319><c> whatever.</c>

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bread<00:19:41.319><c> with</c><00:19:41.500><c> the</c><00:19:41.720><c> hungry?</c><00:19:42.420><c> If</c><00:19:42.619><c> you're</c><00:19:42.819><c> not</c><00:19:43.059><c> eating</c>

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today,<00:19:43.920><c> give</c><00:19:44.279><c> your</c><00:19:44.599><c> food</c><00:19:44.880><c> to</c><00:19:45.180><c> somebody</c><00:19:45.579><c> else.</c><00:19:46.420><c> That's</c><00:19:46.660><c> what</c>

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all<00:20:05.900><c> the</c><00:20:06.180><c> point.</c><00:20:06.599><c> What</c><00:20:06.839><c> was</c><00:20:07.059><c> the</c>

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point?<00:20:07.900><c> What's</c><00:20:08.180><c> the</c><00:20:08.440><c> point</c><00:20:08.700><c> of</c><00:20:08.880><c> the</c><00:20:09.099><c> bread</c><00:20:09.259><c> and</c><00:20:09.440><c> the</c><00:20:09.559><c> wine</c><00:20:09.700><c> and</c>

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the<00:20:10.160><c> ritual</c><00:20:10.460><c> of</c><00:20:10.660><c> the</c><00:20:10.859><c> bread</c><00:20:11.000><c> and</c><00:20:11.140><c> wine?</c><00:20:11.420><c> It</c><00:20:11.660><c> isn't</c>

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just<00:20:12.160><c> a</c><00:20:12.359><c> focus</c><00:20:12.759><c> on</c><00:20:13.099><c> me.</c><00:20:13.900><c> It's</c><00:20:14.000><c> to</c><00:20:14.180><c> convince</c><00:20:14.680><c> me</c><00:20:15.039><c> to</c><00:20:15.339><c> extend</c><00:20:15.779><c> myself</c><00:20:16.319><c> to</c>

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other<00:20:16.720><c> people.</c><00:20:17.119><c> What</c><00:20:17.339><c> can</c><00:20:17.579><c> we</c><00:20:17.720><c> do</c><00:20:17.839><c> for</c><00:20:18.140><c> others</c>

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like<00:20:18.960><c> Christ</c><00:20:19.359><c> has</c><00:20:19.640><c> done</c><00:20:19.819><c> for</c><00:20:20.000><c> us?</c><00:20:20.720><c> And</c><00:20:20.980><c> that's</c><00:20:21.200><c> what</c><00:20:21.420><c> the</c><00:20:21.599><c> ritual</c><00:20:21.880><c> should</c><00:20:22.160><c> do.</c>

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that<00:20:24.920><c> we</c><00:20:25.220><c> bring</c><00:20:25.440><c> ourselves</c><00:20:25.940><c> into</c><00:20:26.220><c> subjection,</c><00:20:26.779><c> as</c><00:20:26.920><c> the</c><00:20:27.119><c> apostle</c><00:20:27.420><c> Paul</c>

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said,<00:20:27.920><c> and</c><00:20:28.039><c> it's</c><00:20:28.240><c> a</c><00:20:28.380><c> reminder</c><00:20:28.660><c> of</c><00:20:28.839><c> that.</c>

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But<00:20:29.720><c> part</c><00:20:29.960><c> of</c><00:20:30.099><c> that</c><00:20:30.319><c> subjection</c><00:20:30.819><c> is</c><00:20:30.980><c> that</c><00:20:31.099><c> we</c><00:20:31.279><c> are</c><00:20:31.500><c> out</c><00:20:31.779><c> working</c><00:20:32.079><c> for</c><00:20:32.460><c> others</c><00:20:32.720><c> involved</c><00:20:33.319><c> in</c>

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a<00:20:33.660><c> collegial</c><00:20:33.920><c> life,</c>

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spreading<00:20:34.619><c> the</c><00:20:34.859><c> gospel</c><00:20:35.259><c> and</c><00:20:35.799><c> working</c><00:20:36.119><c> in</c><00:20:36.440><c> God's</c><00:20:36.819><c> vineyard.</c>

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And<00:20:38.000><c> he</c><00:20:38.259><c> mentions</c><00:20:38.660><c> in</c><00:20:38.880><c> verse</c><00:20:39.119><c> eight</c><00:20:39.380><c> that</c>

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when<00:20:39.920><c> you</c><00:20:40.180><c> call,</c><00:20:40.660><c> the</c><00:20:40.700><c> Lord</c><00:20:40.920><c> will</c><00:20:41.140><c> answer.</c><00:20:41.799><c> And</c><00:20:41.839><c> when</c><00:20:41.940><c> you</c><00:20:42.140><c> cry</c>

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and<00:20:42.640><c> he</c><00:20:42.700><c> will</c><00:20:42.920><c> say,</c><00:20:43.279><c> here</c><00:20:43.380><c> I</c><00:20:43.660><c> am.</c><00:20:43.960><c> You</c><00:20:44.099><c> see,</c>

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if<00:20:44.799><c> we</c><00:20:45.119><c> do</c><00:20:45.380><c> this,</c><00:20:46.079><c> in</c><00:20:46.359><c> verse</c><00:20:46.599><c> nine</c><00:20:46.900><c> there,</c><00:20:47.259><c> if</c><00:20:47.359><c> you</c><00:20:47.619><c> take</c><00:20:47.859><c> away</c>

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the<00:20:48.279><c> yoke</c><00:20:48.440><c> from</c><00:20:48.660><c> your</c><00:20:48.880><c> midst</c><00:20:49.079><c> and</c><00:20:49.519><c> the</c><00:20:49.779><c> pointing</c>

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of<00:20:50.140><c> the</c><00:20:50.279><c> finger</c><00:20:50.539><c> and</c><00:20:50.880><c> the</c><00:20:51.099><c> speaking</c><00:20:51.299><c> of</c><00:20:51.539><c> the</c><00:20:51.660><c> wickedness</c><00:20:52.119><c> and</c>

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you<00:20:52.859><c> extend</c><00:20:53.220><c> your</c><00:20:53.640><c> soul</c><00:20:53.900><c> to</c><00:20:54.079><c> the</c><00:20:54.279><c> hungry</c><00:20:54.519><c> and</c><00:20:54.880><c> satisfy</c>

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the<00:20:55.740><c> afflicted,</c><00:20:56.519><c> then</c><00:20:56.819><c> your</c><00:20:57.259><c> light</c><00:20:57.559><c> shall</c><00:20:57.900><c> dawn</c><00:20:58.240><c> in</c><00:20:58.519><c> darkness</c>

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and<00:20:59.079><c> your</c><00:20:59.380><c> darkness</c><00:20:59.759><c> shall</c><00:21:00.019><c> be</c><00:21:00.180><c> as</c><00:21:00.400><c> a</c><00:21:00.579><c> noonday</c>

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and<00:21:01.779><c> Yahweh</c><00:21:02.119><c> will</c><00:21:02.400><c> guide</c><00:21:02.640><c> you</c><00:21:02.980><c> continually.</c><00:21:03.680><c> See,</c><00:21:03.920><c> that</c><00:21:04.559><c> was</c>

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the<00:21:04.920><c> goal</c><00:21:05.180><c> of</c><00:21:05.359><c> the</c><00:21:05.539><c> fast.</c><00:21:06.119><c> Not</c><00:21:06.500><c> to</c><00:21:06.680><c> focus</c><00:21:06.960><c> on</c><00:21:07.200><c> me,</c>

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not<00:21:07.839><c> to</c><00:21:08.059><c> satisfy</c><00:21:08.500><c> me,</c><00:21:09.160><c> and</c><00:21:09.180><c> not</c><00:21:09.400><c> to</c><00:21:09.519><c> have</c><00:21:09.599><c> my</c><00:21:09.880><c> party</c><00:21:10.119><c> afterwards,</c><00:21:10.960><c> but</c><00:21:11.099><c> the</c>

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point<00:21:11.480><c> of</c><00:21:11.700><c> the</c><00:21:11.920><c> fast</c><00:21:12.140><c> was</c><00:21:12.420><c> to</c>

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help<00:21:13.259><c> other</c><00:21:13.500><c> people.</c><00:21:14.299><c> And</c><00:21:14.440><c> you</c><00:21:14.500><c> can</c><00:21:14.680><c> imagine</c><00:21:15.039><c> sometimes</c><00:21:15.500><c> during</c><00:21:15.799><c> fasting</c><00:21:16.160><c> when</c>

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people<00:21:16.559><c> aren't</c><00:21:16.740><c> eating,</c>

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sometimes<00:21:17.619><c> we</c><00:21:17.799><c> get</c><00:21:18.000><c> really,</c><00:21:18.460><c> really</c><00:21:19.019><c> grumpy</c><00:21:19.279><c> when</c><00:21:19.460><c> we</c><00:21:19.619><c> don't</c>

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eat.<00:21:20.000><c> And</c><00:21:20.119><c> it</c><00:21:20.200><c> was</c><00:21:20.400><c> probably</c><00:21:20.740><c> a</c><00:21:21.019><c> great</c><00:21:21.160><c> time</c>

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for<00:21:21.579><c> people</c><00:21:21.839><c> to</c><00:21:22.119><c> say</c><00:21:22.259><c> some</c><00:21:22.519><c> nasty</c><00:21:22.859><c> things</c><00:21:23.160><c> about</c><00:21:23.400><c> one</c><00:21:23.619><c> another</c>

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and<00:21:24.299><c> don't</c><00:21:24.579><c> bother</c><00:21:24.819><c> me,</c><00:21:25.079><c> you</c><00:21:25.180><c> know,</c><00:21:25.279><c> I</c><00:21:25.400><c> haven't</c>

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eaten<00:21:25.619><c> all</c><00:21:25.859><c> day.</c><00:21:26.259><c> And</c><00:21:26.400><c> that</c><00:21:26.740><c> kind</c><00:21:26.920><c> of</c><00:21:27.039><c> thing</c><00:21:27.140><c> would</c><00:21:27.319><c> come</c><00:21:27.519><c> up.</c>

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And<00:21:28.119><c> God</c><00:21:28.319><c> was</c><00:21:28.500><c> saying,</c><00:21:28.660><c> this</c><00:21:28.940><c> is</c><00:21:29.119><c> what</c><00:21:29.279><c> he</c><00:21:29.579><c> intended</c>

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at<00:21:30.039><c> all.</c><00:21:30.339><c> This</c><00:21:30.599><c> was</c><00:21:30.839><c> supposed</c><00:21:31.099><c> to</c><00:21:31.220><c> be</c><00:21:31.359><c> an</c><00:21:31.500><c> opportunity</c><00:21:32.079><c> of</c><00:21:32.799><c> sharing</c><00:21:33.039><c> what</c><00:21:33.240><c> you</c>

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in<00:21:37.180><c> Zechariah</c><00:21:37.640><c> chapter</c><00:21:37.920><c> 7.</c><00:21:38.319><c> And</c><00:21:38.519><c> imagine</c><00:21:38.819><c> it</c><00:21:38.960><c> from</c>

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God's<00:21:39.539><c> perspective,</c><00:21:40.359><c> you</c><00:21:40.480><c> know,</c><00:21:40.700><c> of</c><00:21:40.799><c> looking</c><00:21:40.980><c> at</c><00:21:41.200><c> here</c><00:21:41.359><c> this</c>

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house<00:21:41.819><c> was</c><00:21:42.019><c> going</c><00:21:42.200><c> up</c><00:21:42.400><c> and</c><00:21:42.539><c> the</c><00:21:42.720><c> work</c><00:21:42.859><c> was</c><00:21:43.119><c> continuing</c>

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all<00:21:46.259><c> throughout</c><00:21:46.500><c> the</c><00:21:46.759><c> land</c><00:21:46.940><c> were</c><00:21:47.119><c> just</c><00:21:47.460><c> going</c>

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through<00:21:47.920><c> the</c><00:21:48.180><c> motions</c><00:21:48.539><c> and</c><00:21:48.759><c> they</c><00:21:49.000><c> weren't</c><00:21:49.180><c> on</c><00:21:49.420><c> the</c><00:21:49.599><c> same</c><00:21:49.859><c> page</c>

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as<00:21:50.240><c> him</c><00:21:50.420><c> at</c><00:21:50.579><c> all,</c><00:21:51.019><c> just</c><00:21:51.299><c> going</c><00:21:51.500><c> through</c><00:21:51.700><c> the</c><00:21:51.880><c> motions</c>

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and<00:21:52.460><c> it</c><00:21:52.700><c> didn't</c><00:21:52.859><c> have</c><00:21:53.099><c> any</c><00:21:53.400><c> meaning.</c><00:21:54.140><c> What</c><00:21:54.299><c> God</c><00:21:54.559><c> wanted</c><00:21:54.880><c> in</c><00:21:55.180><c> fasting</c><00:21:55.500><c> is</c>

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he<00:21:55.859><c> wanted</c><00:21:56.160><c> people</c><00:21:56.619><c> to</c><00:21:57.039><c> do</c><00:21:57.380><c> things</c><00:21:57.720><c> for</c>

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others.<00:21:58.920><c> Sure,</c><00:21:59.160><c> you're</c><00:21:59.359><c> going</c><00:21:59.460><c> to</c><00:21:59.700><c> give</c><00:21:59.839><c> up</c><00:22:00.079><c> something</c><00:22:00.299><c> for</c>

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yourself,<00:22:01.319><c> but</c><00:22:01.579><c> not</c><00:22:01.819><c> just</c><00:22:02.039><c> to</c><00:22:02.259><c> sit</c><00:22:02.400><c> there</c><00:22:02.779><c> and</c>

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feel<00:22:03.440><c> oppressed</c><00:22:03.440><c> and</c><00:22:03.660><c> feel</c><00:22:03.839><c> like,</c><00:22:04.079><c> oh,</c><00:22:04.259><c> it's</c><00:22:04.380><c> a</c><00:22:04.500><c> rough</c><00:22:04.619><c> day</c><00:22:04.799><c> for</c><00:22:05.000><c> me,</c><00:22:05.220><c> I'm</c><00:22:05.359><c> fasting.</c><00:22:06.000><c> But</c><00:22:06.200><c> it</c>

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was<00:22:06.460><c> an</c><00:22:06.640><c> opportunity</c>

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to<00:22:07.680><c> take</c><00:22:08.039><c> that</c><00:22:08.279><c> day</c><00:22:08.559><c> and</c><00:22:08.920><c> spend</c><00:22:09.200><c> it</c><00:22:09.380><c> on</c><00:22:09.539><c> other</c><00:22:09.779><c> people,</c><00:22:10.599><c> a</c><00:22:10.720><c> day</c>

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in<00:22:11.099><c> God's</c><00:22:11.519><c> service.</c><00:22:12.500><c> So</c><00:22:12.680><c> what</c><00:22:12.839><c> had</c><00:22:13.059><c> happened</c><00:22:13.319><c> is</c><00:22:13.579><c> that</c>

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at<00:22:13.920><c> least</c><00:22:14.140><c> at</c><00:22:14.339><c> this</c><00:22:14.579><c> time,</c><00:22:14.900><c> as</c><00:22:15.079><c> was</c><00:22:15.339><c> typical</c><00:22:15.680><c> of</c><00:22:15.859><c> Israel's</c><00:22:16.279><c> history,</c><00:22:16.980><c> is</c>

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that<00:22:17.240><c> the</c><00:22:17.519><c> religion</c><00:22:17.759><c> had</c><00:22:18.000><c> turned</c><00:22:18.319><c> into</c><00:22:18.519><c> one</c>

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that<00:22:18.940><c> the</c><00:22:19.119><c> apostle</c><00:22:19.400><c> Paul</c><00:22:19.700><c> would</c><00:22:19.859><c> write</c><00:22:20.019><c> to</c><00:22:20.220><c> Timothy</c><00:22:20.460><c> about</c><00:22:20.759><c> and</c><00:22:20.980><c> say</c><00:22:21.220><c> that</c><00:22:21.660><c> they</c><00:22:21.880><c> had</c><00:22:22.119><c> a</c>

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form<00:22:34.859><c> of</c><00:22:35.180><c> godliness.</c><00:22:35.640><c> You're</c><00:22:35.900><c> going</c><00:22:36.059><c> through</c><00:22:36.319><c> the</c><00:22:36.539><c> motions.</c>

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bread<00:22:39.819><c> and</c><00:22:39.980><c> the</c><00:22:40.180><c> wine.</c><00:22:40.720><c> Maybe</c><00:22:40.920><c> we</c><00:22:41.099><c> go</c><00:22:41.259><c> to</c><00:22:41.539><c> CYC.</c><00:22:42.180><c> We</c><00:22:42.400><c> attend</c><00:22:42.680><c> the</c>

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Sunday<00:22:43.119><c> schools,</c><00:22:43.799><c> but</c><00:22:43.960><c> it's</c><00:22:44.200><c> all</c><00:22:44.519><c> around</c><00:22:44.779><c> what</c><00:22:45.140><c> can</c>

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I<00:22:45.920><c> get</c><00:22:46.099><c> out</c><00:22:46.380><c> of</c><00:22:46.519><c> it</c><00:22:46.660><c> and</c><00:22:46.759><c> there's</c><00:22:47.200><c> no</c><00:22:47.480><c> extending</c><00:22:47.920><c> of</c><00:22:48.140><c> ourselves</c>

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that,<00:22:51.079><c> if</c><00:22:51.299><c> we</c><00:22:51.519><c> are,</c><00:22:51.740><c> it</c><00:22:51.920><c> may</c><00:22:52.000><c> be</c><00:22:52.200><c> a</c><00:22:52.299><c> place</c><00:22:52.420><c> to</c><00:22:52.579><c> get</c><00:22:52.880><c> started</c><00:22:53.200><c> as</c>

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younger<00:22:53.779><c> people</c><00:22:54.160><c> where</c><00:22:54.359><c> we</c><00:22:54.559><c> get</c><00:22:54.759><c> involved</c><00:22:55.160><c> and</c><00:22:55.559><c> we</c>

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get<00:22:55.880><c> started</c><00:22:56.240><c> that</c><00:22:56.500><c> way.</c><00:22:57.180><c> But</c><00:22:57.180><c> eventually</c><00:22:57.680><c> we</c><00:22:57.859><c> need</c><00:22:58.079><c> to</c><00:22:58.359><c> extend</c><00:22:58.720><c> that</c>

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and<00:23:01.440><c> realize</c><00:23:01.799><c> that</c><00:23:01.980><c> this</c><00:23:02.140><c> is</c><00:23:02.319><c> really,</c><00:23:02.759><c> we're</c><00:23:02.759><c> doing</c><00:23:02.940><c> this</c><00:23:03.160><c> for</c>

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God.<00:23:03.779><c> We're</c><00:23:03.880><c> doing</c><00:23:04.059><c> this</c><00:23:04.259><c> for</c><00:23:04.440><c> others</c><00:23:04.700><c> and</c><00:23:04.880><c> the</c><00:23:05.039><c> people</c>

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that<00:23:05.420><c> we</c><00:23:05.519><c> can</c><00:23:05.700><c> bring</c><00:23:05.880><c> to</c><00:23:06.079><c> God</c><00:23:06.319><c> at</c><00:23:06.539><c> that</c><00:23:06.759><c> time.</c><00:23:07.460><c> So</c><00:23:07.660><c> don't</c><00:23:07.920><c> let</c>

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our<00:23:08.380><c> religion</c><00:23:08.640><c> become</c><00:23:08.980><c> one</c><00:23:09.240><c> which</c><00:23:09.420><c> is</c><00:23:09.599><c> just</c><00:23:09.799><c> full</c>

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of<00:23:10.180><c> formalism.</c><00:23:11.220><c> And</c><00:23:11.380><c> when</c><00:23:11.519><c> you</c><00:23:11.660><c> look</c><00:23:11.819><c> at</c><00:23:11.880><c> what</c><00:23:12.019><c> they</c><00:23:12.259><c> should</c>

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have<00:23:12.519><c> been</c><00:23:12.660><c> doing</c><00:23:12.839><c> those</c><00:23:13.099><c> 70</c><00:23:13.380><c> years,</c><00:23:13.960><c> what</c><00:23:14.140><c> God</c>

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says<00:23:14.579><c> they</c><00:23:14.759><c> should</c><00:23:14.900><c> have</c><00:23:15.039><c> been</c><00:23:15.200><c> doing</c><00:23:15.359><c> is</c><00:23:15.680><c> executing</c><00:23:16.240><c> true</c>

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justice,<00:23:17.240><c> showing</c><00:23:17.539><c> mercy</c><00:23:17.960><c> and</c><00:23:18.220><c> compassion,</c>

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and<00:23:19.700><c> not</c><00:23:19.920><c> oppressing</c><00:23:20.299><c> the</c><00:23:20.640><c> fatherless</c><00:23:21.019><c> and</c><00:23:21.180><c> the</c><00:23:21.319><c> widows</c><00:23:21.559><c> and</c>

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the<00:23:21.880><c> poor</c><00:23:22.000><c> and</c><00:23:22.180><c> the</c><00:23:22.319><c> aliens,</c><00:23:22.779><c> and</c><00:23:23.119><c> not</c><00:23:23.500><c> planting</c><00:23:23.839><c> evil</c>

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in<00:23:24.380><c> their</c><00:23:24.599><c> heart</c><00:23:24.960><c> against</c><00:23:25.400><c> their</c><00:23:25.660><c> brothers.</c><00:23:26.500><c> But</c><00:23:26.579><c> what</c><00:23:26.700><c> they</c>

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had<00:23:27.019><c> done</c><00:23:27.299><c> in</c><00:23:27.720><c> Zechariah</c><00:23:28.200><c> 7,</c><00:23:28.440><c> you</c><00:23:28.640><c> see,</c><00:23:29.000><c> they</c><00:23:29.220><c> had</c>

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refused<00:23:30.140><c> to</c><00:23:30.579><c> hear</c><00:23:30.839><c> the</c><00:23:31.180><c> words</c><00:23:31.460><c> of</c><00:23:31.640><c> the</c><00:23:31.799><c> prophets.</c><00:23:32.579><c> And</c><00:23:32.720><c> this</c>

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is<00:23:33.079><c> why</c><00:23:33.299><c> as</c><00:23:33.539><c> Christadelphians,</c><00:23:34.400><c> we</c><00:23:34.900><c> encourage</c><00:23:35.500><c> Bible</c>

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readings<00:23:36.160><c> in</c><00:23:36.359><c> our</c><00:23:36.500><c> homes.</c><00:23:36.740><c> We</c><00:23:36.900><c> talk</c><00:23:37.180><c> about</c><00:23:37.380><c> the</c><00:23:37.579><c> Bibles.</c><00:23:38.140><c> You're</c><00:23:38.339><c> going</c><00:23:38.539><c> through</c><00:23:38.779><c> those</c><00:23:39.019><c> no</c>

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questions<00:23:39.720><c> right</c><00:23:40.000><c> now,</c>

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and<00:23:40.299><c> some</c><00:23:40.440><c> of</c><00:23:40.559><c> you</c><00:23:40.720><c> are,</c><00:23:41.059><c> and</c><00:23:41.220><c> it</c><00:23:41.319><c> makes</c><00:23:41.480><c> you</c><00:23:41.700><c> really</c><00:23:41.980><c> get</c><00:23:42.140><c> down</c>

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to<00:23:42.519><c> think</c><00:23:42.700><c> about</c><00:23:42.880><c> what</c><00:23:43.039><c> did</c><00:23:43.180><c> this</c><00:23:43.400><c> mean?</c><00:23:43.799><c> What</c><00:23:43.900><c> are</c>

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the<00:23:44.099><c> important</c><00:23:44.579><c> points</c><00:23:44.880><c> right</c><00:23:45.160><c> here?</c><00:23:45.599><c> And</c><00:23:45.759><c> we</c><00:23:46.000><c> try</c><00:23:46.140><c> to</c><00:23:46.440><c> understand</c><00:23:46.880><c> what</c>

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those<00:23:47.299><c> people</c><00:23:47.559><c> were</c><00:23:47.759><c> going</c><00:23:47.980><c> through,</c>

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as<00:23:48.740><c> we</c><00:23:48.920><c> did</c><00:23:49.039><c> with</c><00:23:49.240><c> Zechariah</c><00:23:49.819><c> yesterday,</c><00:23:50.299><c> and</c><00:23:50.539><c> what</c><00:23:50.839><c> were</c><00:23:50.960><c> the</c>

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lessons<00:23:51.480><c> that</c><00:23:51.660><c> we</c><00:23:51.759><c> can</c><00:23:51.940><c> learn</c><00:23:52.119><c> from</c><00:23:52.279><c> those</c><00:23:52.559><c> people</c>

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got<00:23:57.059><c> to</c><00:23:57.259><c> listen</c><00:23:57.500><c> to</c><00:23:57.640><c> those</c><00:23:57.980><c> prophets</c>

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that<00:23:58.460><c> were</c><00:23:58.660><c> before.</c><00:23:59.420><c> If</c><00:23:59.559><c> they</c><00:23:59.779><c> had</c><00:24:00.000><c> listened</c><00:24:00.279><c> to</c><00:24:00.440><c> the</c><00:24:00.680><c> prophets,</c><00:24:01.460><c> then</c>

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and<00:24:14.119><c> they</c><00:24:14.299><c> could</c><00:24:14.500><c> have</c><00:24:14.700><c> listened</c><00:24:14.900><c> to</c><00:24:15.079><c> these</c><00:24:15.339><c> prophets,</c><00:24:15.720><c> but</c>

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instead<00:24:16.319><c> they</c><00:24:16.960><c> shrugged</c><00:24:17.380><c> their</c><00:24:17.480><c> shoulders,</c>

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hard<00:24:28.240><c> rock</c><00:24:28.680><c> diamonds.</c><00:24:29.480><c> That's</c><00:24:29.619><c> what</c><00:24:29.720><c> their</c><00:24:29.880><c> hearts</c><00:24:30.099><c> were</c><00:24:30.319><c> like,</c><00:24:30.880><c> and</c>

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God<00:24:31.299><c> couldn't</c><00:24:31.720><c> change</c><00:24:32.160><c> it.</c><00:24:32.599><c> He</c><00:24:32.680><c> couldn't</c><00:24:32.940><c> get</c>

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in<00:24:33.299><c> there</c><00:24:33.480><c> and</c><00:24:33.720><c> soften</c><00:24:34.099><c> it</c><00:24:34.359><c> up,</c><00:24:34.759><c> and</c><00:24:34.920><c> what</c><00:24:35.180><c> else</c><00:24:35.400><c> could</c><00:24:35.619><c> he</c><00:24:35.759><c> do</c>

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happened,<00:24:50.339><c> verse</c><00:24:50.960><c> 13</c><00:24:51.359><c> is</c><00:24:51.500><c> one</c><00:24:51.660><c> of</c><00:24:51.680><c> those</c><00:24:51.960><c> funny</c><00:24:52.180><c> verses</c><00:24:52.480><c> in</c><00:24:52.680><c> the</c><00:24:52.740><c> Bible</c><00:24:53.019><c> where</c><00:24:53.200><c> you</c><00:24:53.299><c> see</c><00:24:53.779><c> a</c>

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that's<00:24:55.160><c> there,</c><00:24:55.460><c> how</c><00:24:55.660><c> God</c><00:24:56.019><c> treats</c><00:24:56.380><c> us</c><00:24:56.680><c> in</c><00:24:56.839><c> the</c><00:24:56.960><c> sense</c><00:24:57.140><c> as</c><00:24:57.440><c> we</c><00:24:57.619><c> treat</c><00:24:57.819><c> him.</c><00:24:58.740><c> Really</c><00:24:58.980><c> what's</c><00:24:59.319><c> there</c><00:24:59.440><c> in</c>

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I'm<00:25:12.019><c> not</c><00:25:12.200><c> going</c><00:25:12.359><c> to</c><00:25:12.420><c> listen</c><00:25:12.680><c> to</c><00:25:12.799><c> you</c><00:25:12.960><c> either,</c><00:25:13.740><c> and</c><00:25:14.000><c> I'm</c>

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tried<00:25:18.240><c> to</c><00:25:18.359><c> talk</c><00:25:18.619><c> to</c><00:25:18.680><c> you</c><00:25:18.799><c> through</c><00:25:18.960><c> my</c><00:25:19.180><c> prophets</c><00:25:19.460><c> you</c>

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didn't<00:25:19.839><c> want</c><00:25:19.980><c> to</c><00:25:20.099><c> hear,</c><00:25:20.539><c> and</c><00:25:21.099><c> now</c><00:25:21.440><c> when</c><00:25:21.579><c> you're</c><00:25:21.720><c> ready</c><00:25:21.940><c> to</c><00:25:22.079><c> talk</c><00:25:22.299><c> to</c>

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me<00:25:22.779><c> I'm</c><00:25:23.259><c> not</c><00:25:23.420><c> going</c><00:25:23.559><c> to</c><00:25:23.619><c> listen</c><00:25:23.859><c> either,</c><00:25:24.319><c> and</c>

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that's<00:25:24.759><c> exactly</c><00:25:25.200><c> the</c><00:25:25.339><c> way</c><00:25:25.440><c> the</c><00:25:25.640><c> Hebrew</c><00:25:25.819><c> reads.</c><00:25:26.400><c> The</c><00:25:26.500><c> exact</c><00:25:26.819><c> same</c><00:25:27.039><c> words,</c><00:25:27.359><c> it's</c><00:25:27.460><c> just</c><00:25:27.640><c> a</c>

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then<00:25:31.240><c> was</c><00:25:31.420><c> scatter</c><00:25:31.720><c> them</c><00:25:32.079><c> amongst</c><00:25:32.519><c> the</c><00:25:32.720><c> nations,</c>

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and<00:25:33.220><c> that</c><00:25:33.420><c> was</c><00:25:33.660><c> the</c><00:25:33.819><c> reason</c><00:25:34.180><c> for</c><00:25:34.380><c> the</c><00:25:34.579><c> captivity</c><00:25:35.000><c> because</c><00:25:35.619><c> he</c>

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could<00:25:36.180><c> not</c><00:25:36.380><c> break</c><00:25:36.660><c> through</c><00:25:36.880><c> these</c><00:25:37.180><c> diamond</c><00:25:37.500><c> hearts</c>

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that<00:25:38.119><c> these</c><00:25:38.319><c> people</c><00:25:38.539><c> had.</c><00:25:39.660><c> So</c><00:25:39.940><c> the</c><00:25:40.099><c> warning</c><00:25:40.359><c> that's</c><00:25:40.599><c> there</c><00:25:40.839><c> for</c><00:25:40.980><c> us</c>

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don't<00:25:47.180><c> let</c><00:25:47.420><c> the</c><00:25:47.740><c> bread</c><00:25:47.960><c> and</c><00:25:48.140><c> the</c><00:25:48.359><c> wine,</c>

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don't<00:25:48.859><c> let</c><00:25:49.200><c> even</c><00:25:49.720><c> baptism</c><00:25:50.220><c> can</c><00:25:50.500><c> become</c><00:25:50.720><c> a</c><00:25:50.960><c> ritual,</c><00:25:51.519><c> don't</c><00:25:51.779><c> let</c>

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we<00:25:54.539><c> elevate</c><00:25:54.900><c> up</c><00:25:55.160><c> there</c><00:25:55.359><c> as</c><00:25:55.579><c> being</c><00:25:55.859><c> the</c><00:25:56.259><c> key</c><00:25:56.539><c> important</c><00:25:56.980><c> items.</c>

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important<00:26:01.079><c> things</c><00:26:01.500><c> of</c><00:26:01.920><c> being</c><00:26:02.220><c> kind</c><00:26:02.740><c> and</c><00:26:03.200><c> patient</c><00:26:03.680><c> and</c><00:26:04.180><c> helpful</c><00:26:04.460><c> to</c><00:26:04.660><c> other</c><00:26:04.880><c> people</c><00:26:05.339><c> and</c>

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showing<00:26:05.839><c> justice</c><00:26:06.440><c> and</c>

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mercy<00:26:07.220><c> and</c><00:26:07.740><c> revealing</c><00:26:08.319><c> the</c><00:26:08.680><c> character</c><00:26:09.019><c> of</c><00:26:09.259><c> God</c><00:26:09.460><c> to</c><00:26:09.640><c> other</c><00:26:09.839><c> people,</c><00:26:10.539><c> and</c>

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rituals<00:26:27.160><c> don't</c><00:26:27.440><c> take</c><00:26:27.660><c> over</c><00:26:27.880><c> our</c><00:26:28.079><c> lives</c><00:26:28.299><c> and</c><00:26:28.460><c> become</c>

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the<00:26:28.900><c> big</c><00:26:29.039><c> issues.</c><00:26:30.119><c> You</c><00:26:30.220><c> see</c><00:26:30.380><c> in</c><00:26:30.640><c> Zechariah</c><00:26:31.140><c> chapter</c><00:26:31.460><c> 8</c><00:26:31.740><c> this</c>

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right<00:26:34.259><c> there</c><00:26:34.460><c> the</c><00:26:34.859><c> word</c><00:26:35.059><c> comes</c><00:26:35.359><c> to</c><00:26:35.519><c> him</c><00:26:35.619><c> in</c><00:26:35.759><c> Zechariah</c><00:26:36.180><c> 8</c><00:26:36.359><c> to</c>

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remind<00:26:36.880><c> that</c><00:26:37.079><c> yes</c><00:26:37.279><c> he's</c><00:26:37.740><c> zealous</c><00:26:37.980><c> for</c><00:26:38.279><c> Zion</c><00:26:38.559><c> with</c><00:26:38.819><c> great</c>

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fervor<00:26:40.299><c> and</c><00:26:40.720><c> yes</c><00:26:40.980><c> he</c><00:26:41.140><c> is</c><00:26:41.460><c> in</c><00:26:41.579><c> verse</c><00:26:41.740><c> 3</c><00:26:41.960><c> going</c><00:26:42.119><c> to</c><00:26:42.279><c> return</c><00:26:42.619><c> to</c><00:26:42.900><c> Zion</c><00:26:43.079><c> and</c><00:26:43.400><c> dwell</c><00:26:43.740><c> in</c>

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the<00:26:44.119><c> midst</c><00:26:44.339><c> of</c><00:26:44.680><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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going<00:26:48.480><c> to</c><00:26:48.619><c> be</c><00:26:48.819><c> in</c><00:26:49.000><c> Zion</c><00:26:49.279><c> and</c><00:26:49.519><c> Jerusalem</c><00:26:49.859><c> isn't</c><00:26:50.220><c> so</c>

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that<00:26:50.559><c> we</c><00:26:50.680><c> can</c><00:26:50.819><c> just</c><00:26:51.000><c> go</c><00:26:51.140><c> through</c><00:26:51.319><c> the</c><00:26:51.500><c> motions</c><00:26:51.900><c> it's</c><00:26:52.640><c> so</c><00:26:52.799><c> that</c>

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God<00:26:53.380><c> will</c><00:26:53.640><c> be</c><00:26:53.880><c> in</c><00:26:54.079><c> us.</c><00:26:54.480><c> He'll</c><00:26:54.619><c> be</c><00:26:54.779><c> in</c><00:26:54.920><c> our</c><00:26:55.099><c> hearts</c><00:26:55.420><c> and</c>

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he'll<00:26:55.960><c> live</c><00:26:56.079><c> in</c><00:26:56.299><c> our</c><00:26:56.440><c> hearts</c><00:26:56.640><c> by</c><00:26:56.940><c> faith</c><00:26:57.240><c> and</c><00:26:57.680><c> will</c><00:26:57.880><c> become</c><00:26:58.140><c> different</c><00:26:58.440><c> kinds</c><00:26:58.700><c> of</c>

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people<00:26:59.200><c> not</c><00:26:59.740><c> just</c><00:27:00.019><c> going</c><00:27:00.200><c> through</c>

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the<00:27:00.759><c> motions.</c><00:27:01.740><c> You</c><00:27:01.880><c> look</c><00:27:02.000><c> at</c><00:27:02.160><c> the</c><00:27:02.420><c> promise</c><00:27:02.640><c> that</c><00:27:02.799><c> he</c><00:27:02.960><c> gave</c><00:27:03.119><c> them</c><00:27:03.319><c> in</c>

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Yahweh<00:27:07.319><c> of</c><00:27:07.539><c> armies</c><00:27:07.980><c> you</c><00:27:08.220><c> see</c><00:27:08.500><c> he's</c><00:27:09.160><c> going</c><00:27:09.319><c> to</c><00:27:09.460><c> be</c><00:27:09.640><c> the</c><00:27:09.880><c> army</c><00:27:10.160><c> that's</c><00:27:10.359><c> going</c><00:27:10.559><c> to</c>

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protect<00:27:11.160><c> the</c><00:27:11.400><c> people</c><00:27:11.680><c> in</c><00:27:11.900><c> that</c>

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day<00:27:12.440><c> the</c><00:27:12.819><c> old</c><00:27:13.079><c> men</c><00:27:13.299><c> and</c><00:27:13.440><c> the</c><00:27:13.579><c> old</c><00:27:13.759><c> women</c><00:27:13.960><c> will</c><00:27:14.200><c> again</c><00:27:14.680><c> sit</c><00:27:14.819><c> in</c>

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the<00:27:15.220><c> streets</c><00:27:15.400><c> of</c><00:27:15.640><c> Jerusalem</c><00:27:16.059><c> each</c><00:27:16.640><c> one</c><00:27:16.819><c> with</c><00:27:17.000><c> his</c>

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staff<00:27:17.440><c> in</c><00:27:17.599><c> his</c><00:27:17.779><c> hand</c><00:27:17.940><c> because</c><00:27:18.259><c> of</c><00:27:18.539><c> great</c><00:27:18.740><c> age</c><00:27:19.079><c> that</c><00:27:19.579><c> people</c><00:27:19.900><c> are</c><00:27:20.039><c> going</c><00:27:20.160><c> to</c>

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live<00:27:20.619><c> to</c><00:27:20.839><c> an</c><00:27:20.960><c> older</c><00:27:21.180><c> age</c><00:27:21.460><c> now</c><00:27:21.720><c> they're</c><00:27:21.880><c> not</c>

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going<00:27:22.259><c> to</c><00:27:22.380><c> die</c><00:27:22.539><c> off</c><00:27:22.759><c> early</c><00:27:23.000><c> anymore</c><00:27:23.440><c> because</c><00:27:23.900><c> of</c><00:27:24.079><c> lack</c><00:27:24.240><c> of</c><00:27:24.500><c> food</c><00:27:24.680><c> or</c>

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