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wanted<00:10:46.840><c> to,</c><00:10:47.179><c> they</c><00:10:47.419><c> didn't</c><00:10:47.679><c> actually</c><00:10:48.059><c> want</c>

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to<00:10:48.519><c> get</c><00:10:48.720><c> involved.</c><00:10:50.080><c> There's</c><00:10:50.299><c> still</c><00:10:50.500><c> a</c><00:10:50.700><c> battle</c><00:10:50.919><c> to</c><00:10:51.139><c> be</c><00:10:51.419><c> fought,</c>

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point<00:10:57.860><c> them</c><00:10:58.139><c> joining</c>

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out.<00:10:59.460><c> It</c><00:10:59.580><c> would</c><00:10:59.919><c> demean</c><00:11:00.259><c> their</c><00:11:00.519><c> prestige.</c><00:11:01.799><c> We'll</c><00:11:02.080><c> leave</c><00:11:02.279><c> the</c>

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dirty<00:11:02.759><c> cleaning</c><00:11:03.019><c> up</c><00:11:03.240><c> to</c><00:11:03.379><c> you</c><00:11:03.539><c> and</c><00:11:03.620><c> your</c>

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men<00:11:03.960><c> Gideon</c><00:11:04.259><c> and</c><00:11:04.519><c> off</c><00:11:04.980><c> the</c><00:11:05.360><c> 300</c><00:11:05.779><c> men</c><00:11:06.220><c> went.</c><00:11:08.120><c> Faint</c><00:11:08.580><c> yet</c><00:11:09.320><c> pursuing.</c><00:11:12.179><c> Exhausted</c><00:11:12.700><c> yet</c>

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Have<00:11:16.840><c> you</c><00:11:16.980><c> ever</c><00:11:17.159><c> been</c><00:11:17.379><c> at</c><00:11:17.500><c> that</c><00:11:17.740><c> point</c><00:11:17.960><c> in</c><00:11:18.120><c> your</c><00:11:18.279><c> life</c><00:11:18.480><c> where</c>

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you<00:11:18.879><c> think</c><00:11:19.019><c> to</c><00:11:19.159><c> yourself,</c><00:11:19.299><c> I'm</c><00:11:19.559><c> absolutely</c>

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exhausted?<00:11:23.240><c> I</c><00:11:23.399><c> think</c><00:11:23.460><c> it's</c><00:11:23.600><c> a</c><00:11:23.740><c> wonderful</c><00:11:24.059><c> thing</c><00:11:24.320><c> to</c><00:11:24.500><c> think</c><00:11:24.659><c> to</c>

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yourself,<00:11:25.419><c> yes</c><00:11:25.659><c> I</c><00:11:25.740><c> am</c><00:11:26.000><c> tired</c><00:11:26.159><c> but</c><00:11:26.299><c> I'm</c>

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going<00:11:26.559><c> to</c><00:11:26.700><c> keep</c><00:11:26.960><c> trying.</c><00:11:28.240><c> Faint</c><00:11:28.919><c> yet</c><00:11:29.620><c> pursuing.</c><00:11:31.360><c> Strengthened</c><00:11:32.039><c> by</c><00:11:32.440><c> God</c><00:11:32.799><c> himself.</c><00:11:35.019><c> Well,</c><00:11:35.600><c> they</c><00:11:35.820><c> came</c>

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unto<00:11:36.720><c> Sukkoth</c><00:11:37.360><c> and</c><00:11:37.860><c> said,</c><00:11:38.399><c> can</c><00:11:38.460><c> we</c><00:11:38.620><c> have</c><00:11:38.820><c> some</c><00:11:39.039><c> food</c><00:11:39.360><c> please?</c>

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We're<00:11:40.500><c> pursuing</c><00:11:40.980><c> zebra</c><00:11:41.419><c> and</c><00:11:41.659><c> zelmana.</c>

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It<00:11:42.299><c> was</c><00:11:42.480><c> a</c><00:11:42.559><c> very,</c><00:11:42.759><c> very</c><00:11:43.120><c> clear</c><00:11:43.440><c> request.</c><00:11:44.500><c> A</c><00:11:44.779><c> request</c><00:11:45.080><c> that</c><00:11:45.440><c> under</c><00:11:45.940><c> any</c>

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normal<00:11:47.000><c> circumstances,</c><00:11:48.539><c> Eastern</c>

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tradition<00:11:49.120><c> would</c><00:11:49.340><c> demand</c><00:11:49.879><c> would</c><00:11:50.059><c> be</c><00:11:50.259><c> answered.</c><00:11:50.779><c> You</c><00:11:51.019><c> came</c><00:11:51.379><c> into</c><00:11:51.740><c> my</c>

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town,<00:11:52.980><c> I</c><00:11:53.320><c> will</c><00:11:53.620><c> feed</c><00:11:53.919><c> you,</c><00:11:54.600><c> I</c>

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didn't<00:11:58.340><c> matter</c><00:11:58.580><c> who</c><00:11:58.879><c> you</c><00:11:59.120><c> were</c><00:11:59.360><c> in</c><00:11:59.580><c> the</c>

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East.<00:12:00.620><c> If</c><00:12:00.779><c> you</c><00:12:00.940><c> went</c><00:12:01.179><c> into</c><00:12:01.460><c> a</c><00:12:01.580><c> foreign</c><00:12:01.879><c> town,</c><00:12:02.860><c> as</c><00:12:03.000><c> long</c><00:12:03.179><c> as</c><00:12:03.320><c> you</c>

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were<00:12:03.620><c> of</c><00:12:03.879><c> Israel,</c><00:12:04.399><c> you</c><00:12:04.519><c> would</c><00:12:04.700><c> be</c><00:12:04.960><c> fed,</c>

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sleep.<00:12:10.639><c> And</c><00:12:11.100><c> these</c><00:12:11.340><c> men</c><00:12:11.539><c> are</c><00:12:11.720><c> on</c><00:12:11.820><c> a</c><00:12:12.000><c> special</c><00:12:12.220><c> mission.</c>

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They've<00:12:12.799><c> clearly</c><00:12:13.179><c> identified</c><00:12:13.720><c> that</c><00:12:14.059><c> they</c><00:12:14.259><c> are</c><00:12:14.399><c> chasing</c><00:12:14.720><c> the</c>

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enemies<00:12:15.220><c> of</c><00:12:15.440><c> the</c><00:12:15.559><c> Jews,</c><00:12:16.139><c> zebra</c><00:12:16.340><c> and</c><00:12:16.559><c> zelmana</c>

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and<00:12:17.259><c> the</c><00:12:17.539><c> response,</c><00:12:18.980><c> the</c><00:12:19.320><c> response</c><00:12:19.539><c> is</c><00:12:19.779><c> very</c><00:12:20.019><c> disappointing.</c>

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Have<00:12:22.299><c> you</c><00:12:22.419><c> got</c><00:12:22.600><c> the</c><00:12:22.879><c> hands</c><00:12:23.200><c> of</c><00:12:23.379><c> zebra</c><00:12:23.659><c> and</c><00:12:23.879><c> zelmana</c>

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right<00:12:24.860><c> now?</c><00:12:26.100><c> Are</c><00:12:26.360><c> you</c><00:12:26.559><c> holding</c><00:12:26.879><c> them</c><00:12:27.080><c> that</c><00:12:27.179><c> we</c><00:12:27.340><c> should</c><00:12:27.519><c> give</c>

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bread<00:12:28.120><c> to</c><00:12:28.700><c> you?</c><00:12:28.879><c> Are</c><00:12:29.179><c> the</c><00:12:29.559><c> palms</c><00:12:30.120><c> of</c><00:12:30.759><c> the</c><00:12:31.059><c> hands</c>

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treason.<00:12:36.179><c> What</c><00:12:36.500><c> these</c><00:12:36.879><c> people</c><00:12:37.179><c> are</c><00:12:37.440><c> implying,</c>

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if<00:12:37.980><c> you</c><00:12:38.220><c> think</c><00:12:38.419><c> about</c><00:12:38.700><c> it,</c><00:12:39.419><c> is</c><00:12:39.639><c> that</c><00:12:39.980><c> if</c><00:12:40.480><c> zebra</c><00:12:40.799><c> and</c><00:12:41.220><c> zelmana</c>

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had<00:12:42.120><c> been</c><00:12:42.419><c> knocking</c><00:12:42.720><c> on</c><00:12:42.980><c> their</c><00:12:43.200><c> door</c><00:12:43.440><c> at</c>

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that<00:12:43.960><c> moment,</c><00:12:44.240><c> they</c><00:12:44.379><c> would</c><00:12:44.539><c> have</c><00:12:44.659><c> had</c><00:12:44.799><c> all</c><00:12:45.100><c> the</c><00:12:45.220><c> bread</c><00:12:45.360><c> they</c>

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could<00:12:45.679><c> eat.</c><00:12:46.840><c> Whoever</c><00:12:47.220><c> had</c><00:12:47.639><c> the</c><00:12:47.980><c> ascendancy</c>

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would<00:12:48.960><c> get</c><00:12:49.259><c> the</c><00:12:49.460><c> food.</c><00:12:50.139><c> If</c><00:12:50.320><c> zebra</c><00:12:50.659><c> and</c><00:12:50.879><c> zelmana,</c><00:12:51.679><c> the</c><00:12:51.940><c> undisputed</c><00:12:53.200><c> kings</c>

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had<00:12:55.559><c> come</c><00:12:55.940><c> sweeping</c><00:12:56.399><c> in</c><00:12:56.879><c> with</c><00:12:57.200><c> their</c><00:12:57.559><c> tents</c><00:12:57.779><c> and</c><00:12:58.000><c> their</c><00:12:58.259><c> camels,</c><00:12:58.519><c> they</c>

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would<00:12:58.840><c> have</c><00:12:58.940><c> got</c><00:12:59.139><c> food.</c><00:12:59.840><c> But</c>

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given<00:13:00.299><c> there</c><00:13:00.580><c> was</c><00:13:00.840><c> no</c><00:13:01.120><c> evidence</c><00:13:01.460><c> that</c><00:13:01.720><c> zebra</c><00:13:01.960><c> and</c><00:13:02.139><c> zelmana</c>

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had<00:13:02.740><c> been</c><00:13:03.000><c> defeated,</c><00:13:04.100><c> you're</c><00:13:04.100><c> not</c><00:13:04.299><c> getting</c>

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a<00:13:04.700><c> cracker.</c><00:13:06.940><c> Treasonous</c><00:13:07.539><c> words.</c><00:13:09.820><c> Gideon,</c><00:13:10.419><c> this</c><00:13:10.779><c> is</c><00:13:11.840><c> Gideon</c>

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showing<00:13:12.679><c> his</c><00:13:14.019><c> spine</c><00:13:14.700><c> of</c><00:13:15.019><c> steel.</c><00:13:15.539><c> Therefore</c>

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when<00:13:16.679><c> Yahweh</c><00:13:17.679><c> might</c><00:13:18.860><c> deliver</c><00:13:20.379><c> us,</c><00:13:21.759><c> there's</c><00:13:21.980><c> no</c><00:13:22.220><c> if</c><00:13:22.679><c> or</c><00:13:23.080><c> but</c><00:13:23.419><c> here.</c><00:13:25.259><c> He</c>

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says,<00:13:26.220><c> when</c><00:13:26.919><c> Yahweh</c><00:13:28.120><c> has</c><00:13:28.500><c> delivered</c>

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flesh<00:13:34.580><c> with</c><00:13:34.820><c> the</c><00:13:34.960><c> thorns</c><00:13:35.159><c> of</c><00:13:35.320><c> the</c><00:13:35.440><c> wilderness</c>

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and<00:13:35.980><c> with</c><00:13:36.240><c> briars.</c><00:13:38.980><c> He</c><00:13:39.379><c> has</c><00:13:39.799><c> confidence</c><00:13:40.320><c> now,</c><00:13:41.059><c> absolute</c><00:13:41.440><c> confidence</c><00:13:41.899><c> that</c>

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Peniel<00:13:49.179><c> and</c><00:13:49.519><c> spake</c><00:13:49.820><c> likewise</c>

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men<00:13:55.600><c> in</c><00:13:55.679><c> Peniel</c><00:13:55.980><c> saying,</c><00:13:56.379><c> when</c>

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I<00:13:56.559><c> come</c><00:13:56.740><c> again</c><00:13:57.080><c> in</c><00:13:57.539><c> peace,</c><00:13:58.460><c> not</c><00:13:58.659><c> if,</c><00:13:59.200><c> when,</c><00:14:00.120><c> I</c><00:14:00.440><c> will</c><00:14:00.720><c> break</c><00:14:01.179><c> down</c><00:14:01.899><c> this</c><00:14:02.460><c> tower.</c><00:14:05.399><c> Well,</c><00:14:06.159><c> he</c>

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fallen.<00:14:19.759><c> 120</c><00:14:20.500><c>,000.</c><00:14:21.200><c> This</c><00:14:21.360><c> is</c><00:14:21.740><c> a</c><00:14:21.840><c> vast</c><00:14:22.240><c> army</c><00:14:22.519><c> of</c><00:14:22.840><c> 135</c><00:14:24.000><c>,000</c><00:14:24.980><c> in</c><00:14:25.399><c> total.</c><00:14:26.399><c> Only</c><00:14:26.779><c> 15</c>

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Petra<00:14:39.960><c> itself.</c><00:14:41.320><c> For</c><00:14:41.440><c> those</c><00:14:41.639><c> of</c><00:14:41.779><c> you</c><00:14:41.879><c> who</c><00:14:41.980><c> have</c><00:14:42.039><c> got</c><00:14:42.139><c> a</c><00:14:42.179><c> bit</c><00:14:42.259><c> of</c>

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have<00:14:44.980><c> had</c><00:14:45.139><c> to</c><00:14:45.379><c> have</c><00:14:45.659><c> crossed</c><00:14:46.299><c> the</c><00:14:46.759><c> Jordan,</c><00:14:47.820><c> travelled</c><00:14:48.200><c> south</c>

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almost<00:14:49.460><c> as</c><00:14:49.759><c> far</c><00:14:50.019><c> as</c><00:14:50.279><c> Jerusalem</c><00:14:50.820><c> and</c><00:14:52.379><c> then</c>

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headed<00:14:52.840><c> out</c><00:14:53.299><c> 80</c><00:14:53.820><c> kilometres</c><00:14:54.419><c> east,</c><00:14:54.759><c> a</c><00:14:55.080><c> vast</c><00:14:55.480><c> journey.</c><00:14:58.679><c> We</c><00:14:58.840><c> are</c>

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Nobar<00:15:04.559><c> and</c><00:15:04.879><c> Jobiha</c><00:15:06.039><c> and</c><00:15:06.519><c> smoked</c><00:15:07.159><c> the</c>

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host<00:15:08.419><c> was</c><00:15:08.840><c> secure.</c><00:15:11.179><c> He</c><00:15:11.460><c> came</c><00:15:12.000><c> in</c><00:15:12.320><c> an</c><00:15:12.539><c> hour</c><00:15:12.720><c> when</c><00:15:12.899><c> the</c><00:15:13.220><c> enemy</c>

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thought<00:15:14.080><c> not,</c><00:15:14.360><c> they</c><00:15:14.500><c> were</c><00:15:14.759><c> secure,</c><00:15:15.940><c> thinking</c>

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themselves<00:15:16.620><c> outside</c><00:15:17.500><c> the</c><00:15:17.879><c> reach</c><00:15:18.480><c> of</c><00:15:19.360><c> Gideon</c><00:15:19.740><c> now.</c><00:15:21.620><c> He</c><00:15:21.840><c> had</c><00:15:21.840><c> gone</c><00:15:22.019><c> up</c>

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by<00:15:22.759><c> the</c><00:15:23.259><c> pass</c><00:15:23.559><c> of</c><00:15:23.820><c> Jobiha,</c><00:15:24.500><c> which</c>

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means<00:15:24.940><c> to</c><00:15:25.100><c> be</c><00:15:25.320><c> high,</c><00:15:25.899><c> it</c><00:15:26.019><c> is</c><00:15:26.019><c> about</c><00:15:26.500><c> 1200</c><00:15:27.279><c> metres</c><00:15:27.840><c> high</c><00:15:28.259><c> and</c><00:15:28.620><c> he</c>

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had<00:15:29.039><c> climbed</c><00:15:29.320><c> over</c><00:15:29.840><c> this</c><00:15:30.200><c> pass</c><00:15:30.759><c> with</c>

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his<00:15:31.639><c> still</c><00:15:32.179><c> very,</c><00:15:32.919><c> very</c><00:15:33.519><c> hungry</c><00:15:33.919><c> men</c><00:15:35.919><c> to</c><00:15:36.559><c> smite</c><00:15:37.159><c> the</c><00:15:37.539><c> enemy,</c>

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faint<00:15:39.039><c> yet</c><00:15:40.159><c> pursuing.</c><00:15:43.299><c> And</c><00:15:43.500><c> when</c><00:15:43.820><c> Zebra</c>

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and<00:15:44.259><c> Zalmana</c><00:15:44.559><c> fled,</c><00:15:45.000><c> he</c><00:15:45.120><c> pursued</c><00:15:45.480><c> after</c><00:15:45.820><c> them</c><00:15:45.980><c> and</c><00:15:46.080><c> took</c><00:15:46.299><c> the</c>

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and<00:15:49.679><c> he</c><00:15:50.059><c> utterly</c><00:15:50.700><c> destroyed</c><00:15:51.639><c> the</c><00:15:52.399><c> army,</c><00:15:53.440><c> says</c><00:15:53.580><c> the</c><00:15:53.779><c> Jerusalem</c>

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Bible.<00:15:55.759><c> Utterly</c><00:15:56.279><c> destroyed.</c><00:15:57.600><c> There</c>

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was<00:15:58.620><c> nothing</c><00:15:58.940><c> left</c><00:15:59.700><c> of</c><00:16:00.879><c> God's</c><00:16:01.340><c> enemy</c><00:16:01.580><c> now.</c><00:16:04.620><c> Just</c><00:16:04.879><c> to</c><00:16:05.419><c> put</c><00:16:05.559><c> this</c>

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into<00:16:06.120><c> context,</c><00:16:06.759><c> and</c><00:16:06.919><c> this</c><00:16:07.120><c> was</c><00:16:07.440><c> the</c>

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quote<00:16:07.820><c> we've</c><00:16:08.059><c> looked</c><00:16:08.220><c> at</c><00:16:08.879><c> several</c><00:16:09.299><c> times</c><00:16:09.679><c> before</c><00:16:10.120><c> in</c><00:16:10.559><c> Isaiah</c>

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chapter<00:16:11.360><c> 10,</c><00:16:11.820><c> and</c><00:16:11.960><c> I</c><00:16:12.159><c> apologise</c><00:16:12.720><c> for</c>

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fabulous<00:16:16.139><c> on</c><00:16:16.360><c> my</c><00:16:16.600><c> screen,</c><00:16:16.899><c> so</c><00:16:17.200><c> sorry</c>

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about<00:16:17.840><c> that.</c><00:16:18.759><c> Isaiah</c><00:16:19.200><c> chapter</c><00:16:19.519><c> 10</c><00:16:19.919><c> verse</c><00:16:20.240><c> 24</c><00:16:20.940><c> to</c><00:16:21.120><c> 26</c><00:16:21.620><c> says,</c>

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therefore<00:16:22.620><c> thus</c><00:16:23.080><c> says</c><00:16:23.559><c> the</c><00:16:24.100><c> Lord</c><00:16:24.480><c> God</c>

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of<00:16:24.980><c> armies,</c><00:16:25.840><c> O</c><00:16:26.019><c> my</c><00:16:26.200><c> people</c><00:16:26.480><c> that</c><00:16:26.720><c> dwell</c><00:16:26.899><c> in</c><00:16:27.139><c> Zion,</c><00:16:27.500><c> don't</c><00:16:27.740><c> be</c><00:16:27.960><c> afraid</c><00:16:28.139><c> of</c><00:16:28.320><c> the</c><00:16:28.440><c> Assyrians</c><00:16:28.960><c> for</c><00:16:30.100><c> yet</c><00:16:30.299><c> a</c>

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little<00:16:30.639><c> while</c><00:16:31.019><c> and</c><00:16:31.500><c> the</c><00:16:31.679><c> indignation</c><00:16:32.460><c> shall</c><00:16:32.860><c> cease</c><00:16:33.080><c> and</c><00:16:33.460><c> mine</c>

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anger<00:16:34.279><c> in</c><00:16:34.580><c> their</c><00:16:34.799><c> destruction.</c><00:16:35.399><c> God</c><00:16:35.659><c> is</c>

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promising<00:16:36.960><c> the</c><00:16:37.460><c> destruction</c><00:16:38.259><c> of</c><00:16:38.580><c> the</c><00:16:38.759><c> Assyrian</c><00:16:39.179><c> in</c><00:16:39.620><c> the</c><00:16:39.879><c> time</c>

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of<00:16:40.379><c> Isaiah,</c><00:16:40.620><c> and</c><00:16:40.779><c> we've</c><00:16:40.940><c> already</c><00:16:41.299><c> seen</c>

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how<00:16:42.220><c> that</c><00:16:42.480><c> this</c><00:16:42.820><c> actually</c><00:16:43.320><c> has</c><00:16:43.980><c> a</c><00:16:44.419><c> more</c><00:16:44.940><c> complete</c><00:16:45.480><c> fulfilment</c>

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in<00:16:46.460><c> the</c><00:16:46.720><c> time</c><00:16:46.879><c> yet</c><00:16:47.080><c> to</c><00:16:47.220><c> come</c><00:16:47.340><c> in</c><00:16:47.500><c> Armageddon,</c>

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but<00:16:48.899><c> to</c><00:16:49.279><c> Isaiah</c><00:16:49.759><c> he</c><00:16:50.080><c> would</c><00:16:50.299><c> have</c><00:16:50.440><c> read</c><00:16:50.720><c> this</c><00:16:51.179><c> as</c><00:16:51.500><c> being</c><00:16:51.879><c> a</c><00:16:52.000><c> reference</c><00:16:52.340><c> to</c>

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the<00:16:52.740><c> Assyrian</c><00:16:53.220><c> who</c><00:16:53.820><c> plagued</c><00:16:54.139><c> the</c>

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nation<00:16:54.580><c> of</c><00:16:54.799><c> Israel</c><00:16:55.080><c> in</c><00:16:55.320><c> his</c><00:16:55.720><c> time.</c><00:16:57.419><c> He</c><00:16:57.559><c> goes</c><00:16:57.779><c> on</c><00:16:57.960><c> to</c><00:16:58.159><c> say,</c><00:16:58.639><c> Yahweh</c><00:16:58.879><c> of</c>

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armies<00:16:59.200><c> is</c><00:16:59.419><c> going</c><00:16:59.600><c> to</c><00:16:59.879><c> stir</c><00:16:59.960><c> up</c>

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a<00:17:00.440><c> scourge</c><00:17:00.940><c> for</c><00:17:01.220><c> this</c><00:17:01.519><c> Assyrian</c><00:17:02.000><c> in</c><00:17:02.220><c> Isaiah's</c><00:17:02.840><c> time,</c><00:17:03.620><c> like</c><00:17:03.940><c> the</c><00:17:04.259><c> slaughter</c><00:17:04.559><c> of</c>

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Midian<00:17:05.039><c> at</c><00:17:05.259><c> the</c><00:17:05.480><c> rock</c><00:17:05.720><c> of</c>

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Orab,<00:17:06.920><c> and</c><00:17:07.059><c> as</c><00:17:09.099><c> his</c><00:17:09.440><c> rod</c><00:17:09.579><c> was</c><00:17:09.819><c> upon</c><00:17:10.079><c> the</c><00:17:10.359><c> sea,</c><00:17:11.180><c> socially</c><00:17:11.500><c> lift</c>

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up<00:17:12.039><c> after</c><00:17:13.180><c> the</c><00:17:13.420><c> manner</c><00:17:13.559><c> of</c><00:17:13.779><c> Edom.</c><00:17:13.940><c> Now</c><00:17:14.140><c> think</c>

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about<00:17:14.460><c> what</c><00:17:14.599><c> that</c><00:17:14.839><c> means</c><00:17:15.039><c> for</c><00:17:15.240><c> a</c><00:17:15.559><c> moment.</c><00:17:18.759><c> Isaiah</c><00:17:19.180><c> here</c><00:17:19.640><c> is</c>

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comparing<00:17:20.880><c> three</c><00:17:21.960><c> different</c><00:17:22.960><c> battles.</c>

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He's<00:17:24.779><c> comparing</c><00:17:25.839><c> the</c><00:17:27.380><c> Assyrians'</c><00:17:29.599><c> slaughter</c><00:17:29.920><c> by</c><00:17:30.539><c> God,</c><00:17:32.759><c> the</c>

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Egyptians'<00:17:35.400><c> slaughter</c><00:17:35.740><c> by</c><00:17:36.680><c> God,</c><00:17:38.259><c> and</c>

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Gideon's<00:17:38.880><c> battle.</c><00:17:41.880><c> We</c><00:17:42.079><c> all</c><00:17:42.500><c> know</c><00:17:42.859><c> what</c><00:17:43.160><c> happened</c><00:17:43.480><c> with</c><00:17:43.740><c> Sennacherib,</c><00:17:44.380><c> the</c>

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famous<00:17:45.140><c> pong</c><00:17:45.599><c> by</c><00:17:46.319><c> Lord</c>

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Barron.<00:17:47.859><c> The</c><00:17:48.039><c> Assyrian</c><00:17:48.299><c> came</c><00:17:48.539><c> down</c><00:17:48.759><c> like</c><00:17:48.960><c> a</c><00:17:49.119><c> wolf</c><00:17:49.259><c> on</c><00:17:49.420><c> the</c><00:17:49.599><c> fold</c><00:17:49.759><c> and</c>

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his<00:17:50.119><c> banners</c><00:17:50.299><c> were</c><00:17:50.519><c> glittering</c>

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in<00:17:51.200><c> silver</c><00:17:51.299><c> and</c><00:17:51.500><c> gold,</c><00:17:52.339><c> and</c><00:17:52.539><c> at</c><00:17:52.779><c> the</c><00:17:52.900><c> end</c><00:17:53.099><c> of</c><00:17:53.220><c> it</c><00:17:53.940><c> there</c><00:17:54.099><c> was</c><00:17:54.240><c> not</c><00:17:54.380><c> a</c>

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man<00:17:54.799><c> left</c><00:17:55.099><c> standing.</c><00:17:55.660><c> That</c><00:17:56.220><c> quirky,</c>

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oddly<00:17:57.099><c> amusing</c><00:17:57.680><c> and</c><00:17:58.279><c> yet</c><00:17:58.440><c> macabre</c><00:17:59.160><c> quote,</c><00:18:00.000><c> when</c><00:18:00.200><c> they</c><00:18:00.400><c> arose</c>

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in<00:18:00.799><c> the</c><00:18:00.920><c> morning</c><00:18:01.119><c> they</c><00:18:01.259><c> were</c><00:18:01.619><c> all</c><00:18:02.220><c> dead</c>

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corpses,<00:18:03.700><c> over</c><00:18:04.019><c> a</c><00:18:04.299><c> hundred</c><00:18:05.059><c> thousand</c><00:18:06.319><c> silent</c><00:18:08.339><c> corpses</c><00:18:09.539><c> in</c><00:18:11.799><c> one</c><00:18:12.039><c> night,</c><00:18:12.299><c> the</c><00:18:12.500><c> angel</c><00:18:12.700><c> of</c>

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death.<00:18:14.559><c> An</c><00:18:14.819><c> absolutely</c>

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stunning<00:18:16.180><c> catastrophe.</c><00:18:18.619><c> The</c><00:18:18.880><c> greatest</c><00:18:19.299><c> army</c><00:18:19.579><c> in</c><00:18:19.720><c> the</c><00:18:19.859><c> world</c>

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at<00:18:20.200><c> the</c><00:18:20.259><c> time,</c><00:18:20.640><c> like</c><00:18:21.200><c> that,</c><00:18:21.660><c> gone.</c><00:18:22.680><c> And</c>

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the<00:18:23.119><c> Egyptians,</c><00:18:24.599><c> the</c><00:18:25.000><c> great</c><00:18:25.779><c> might</c><00:18:26.079><c> of</c><00:18:26.559><c> Pharaoh</c><00:18:26.839><c> himself,</c><00:18:28.240><c> arrayed</c><00:18:28.519><c> against</c><00:18:28.779><c> the</c><00:18:29.119><c> children</c><00:18:29.400><c> of</c><00:18:29.700><c> Israel,</c>

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the<00:18:30.740><c> greatest</c><00:18:31.119><c> army</c><00:18:31.420><c> at</c><00:18:31.579><c> the</c><00:18:31.759><c> world</c><00:18:31.920><c> at</c><00:18:32.099><c> its</c><00:18:32.339><c> time,</c><00:18:34.539><c> snuffed</c><00:18:34.700><c> out</c><00:18:34.900><c> in</c><00:18:35.039><c> a</c>

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single<00:18:35.640><c> night</c><00:18:35.960><c> as</c><00:18:36.440><c> the</c><00:18:36.779><c> waves</c>

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of<00:18:37.460><c> the</c><00:18:37.599><c> Red</c><00:18:37.960><c> Sea</c><00:18:38.220><c> crashed</c><00:18:38.859><c> back</c><00:18:39.200><c> over</c><00:18:39.480><c> their</c><00:18:39.740><c> head</c><00:18:40.079><c> and</c><00:18:40.960><c> the</c>

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last<00:18:41.559><c> Israelites</c><00:18:42.059><c> stepped</c><00:18:42.779><c> onto</c><00:18:43.619><c> dry</c><00:18:43.900><c> land.</c>

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Two<00:18:47.500><c> incredible</c><00:18:48.400><c> battles</c><00:18:49.220><c> in</c><00:18:50.319><c> which</c><00:18:50.539><c> God</c><00:18:51.119><c> won</c><00:18:51.519><c> an</c><00:18:51.819><c> enormous</c>

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victory,<00:18:53.319><c> hundreds</c><00:18:53.700><c> of</c><00:18:53.980><c> thousands</c><00:18:54.619><c> dead,</c>

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and<00:18:56.440><c> in</c><00:18:56.559><c> the</c><00:18:56.599><c> middle</c><00:18:56.759><c> of</c><00:18:56.920><c> those</c><00:18:57.200><c> compared</c><00:18:57.799><c> and</c><00:18:58.599><c> made</c><00:18:58.880><c> equal</c><00:18:59.599><c> by</c>

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this<00:19:00.299><c> comparison</c><00:19:00.940><c> with</c><00:19:01.539><c> those</c><00:19:02.000><c> two</c><00:19:02.240><c> battles</c>

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was<00:19:03.759><c> Gideon's</c><00:19:04.940><c> defeat</c><00:19:05.519><c> of</c><00:19:06.240><c> Zeba</c><00:19:06.640><c> and</c><00:19:06.960><c> Zalmana's</c><00:19:07.680><c> army,</c><00:19:08.119><c> led</c>

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by<00:19:08.500><c> Orab</c><00:19:08.799><c> and</c><00:19:09.039><c> Zebe.</c><00:19:11.759><c> An</c><00:19:12.039><c> absolutely</c>

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amazing<00:19:13.619><c> battle.</c><00:19:15.200><c> So</c><00:19:15.339><c> what</c><00:19:15.480><c> we've</c><00:19:15.700><c> seen</c><00:19:15.900><c> is</c><00:19:16.079><c> we've</c><00:19:16.240><c> seen</c><00:19:16.480><c> two</c><00:19:16.759><c> battles</c>

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fought.<00:19:18.799><c> One</c><00:19:19.039><c> was</c><00:19:19.380><c> inside</c><00:19:19.759><c> the</c><00:19:19.980><c> land,</c><00:19:21.019><c> this</c><00:19:21.359><c> one</c><00:19:22.000><c> outside</c><00:19:23.160><c> the</c>

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land.<00:19:24.720><c> Of</c><00:19:24.940><c> course</c><00:19:25.240><c> the</c><00:19:25.599><c> symbology</c>

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is<00:19:26.380><c> probably</c><00:19:26.839><c> fairly</c><00:19:27.240><c> clear</c><00:19:27.619><c> because</c><00:19:28.019><c> in</c><00:19:28.259><c> the</c><00:19:28.559><c> time</c><00:19:29.140><c> yet</c><00:19:29.619><c> to</c>

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come<00:19:29.900><c> when</c><00:19:30.119><c> Christ</c><00:19:30.440><c> comes</c><00:19:30.759><c> one</c><00:19:31.299><c> of</c><00:19:31.480><c> the</c><00:19:31.700><c> battles</c>

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will<00:19:33.160><c> be</c><00:19:33.420><c> fought</c><00:19:33.559><c> by</c><00:19:33.980><c> Christ</c><00:19:34.420><c> inside</c><00:19:35.500><c> the</c><00:19:36.200><c> bounds</c><00:19:36.460><c> of</c><00:19:36.680><c> the</c><00:19:36.819><c> land</c><00:19:37.000><c> we</c>

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believe,<00:19:37.859><c> the</c><00:19:37.960><c> battle</c><00:19:38.140><c> of</c><00:19:38.339><c> Armageddon.</c>

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But<00:19:39.940><c> the</c><00:19:40.079><c> Thomas</c><00:19:40.240><c> says,</c><00:19:40.759><c> oh</c><00:19:40.839><c> sorry,</c><00:19:42.380><c> Daniel</c><00:19:42.799><c> says</c><00:19:43.220><c> in</c><00:19:43.440><c> Daniel</c>

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chapter<00:19:44.059><c> 11,</c><00:19:45.279><c> between</c><00:19:45.720><c> the</c><00:19:46.059><c> two</c><00:19:46.440><c> seas</c>

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and<00:19:47.180><c> the</c><00:19:47.460><c> glorious</c><00:19:47.900><c> holy</c><00:19:48.160><c> mountain</c><00:19:48.420><c> he</c><00:19:48.619><c> shall</c><00:19:48.759><c> come</c><00:19:49.019><c> to</c><00:19:49.180><c> his</c>

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end,<00:19:50.599><c> none</c><00:19:50.720><c> shall</c><00:19:50.920><c> help</c><00:19:51.160><c> him.</c><00:19:52.720><c> One</c><00:19:53.079><c> battle</c>

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inside<00:19:53.839><c> the</c><00:19:54.059><c> land</c><00:19:54.519><c> and</c><00:19:55.299><c> one</c><00:19:56.339><c> outside</c><00:19:57.619><c> the</c><00:19:58.140><c> land</c><00:19:59.039><c> fought,</c><00:20:00.359><c> we</c>

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believe,<00:20:01.680><c> on</c><00:20:01.859><c> the</c><00:20:02.099><c> flat</c><00:20:02.359><c> plains</c><00:20:02.920><c> of</c><00:20:03.579><c> Europe.</c>

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And<00:20:05.920><c> now,</c><00:20:06.900><c> verse</c><00:20:07.240><c> 13,</c><00:20:09.099><c> Gideon</c><00:20:09.460><c> the</c><00:20:09.599><c> son</c><00:20:09.819><c> of</c><00:20:10.079><c> Joash</c><00:20:10.380><c> returned</c>

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from<00:20:12.019><c> the</c><00:20:12.200><c> battle</c><00:20:12.779><c> before</c><00:20:14.400><c> the</c><00:20:14.599><c> sun</c><00:20:14.740><c> was</c>

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up<00:20:15.819><c> and</c><00:20:16.940><c> as</c><00:20:17.079><c> he</c><00:20:17.319><c> walked</c><00:20:17.660><c> with</c><00:20:17.960><c> his</c><00:20:18.299><c> 300</c><00:20:18.759><c> extremely</c><00:20:20.019><c> weary</c><00:20:20.440><c> men</c>

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back<00:20:22.380><c> towards</c><00:20:23.019><c> the</c><00:20:23.259><c> land</c><00:20:23.519><c> of</c><00:20:23.700><c> Israel</c>

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the<00:20:25.500><c> sun</c><00:20:25.880><c> would</c><00:20:26.079><c> have</c><00:20:26.299><c> risen</c><00:20:26.680><c> at</c><00:20:27.039><c> his</c><00:20:27.319><c> back,</c><00:20:28.880><c> casting</c><00:20:29.079><c> long</c>

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shadows<00:20:30.480><c> down</c><00:20:31.940><c> this</c><00:20:32.319><c> hillside</c><00:20:32.960><c> into</c><00:20:33.440><c> the</c>

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valley<00:20:33.819><c> of</c><00:20:34.000><c> Jordan.</c><00:20:35.960><c> 301</c><00:20:36.839><c> towering</c><00:20:37.559><c> individuals</c><00:20:38.240><c> made</c><00:20:39.400><c> great</c>

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by<00:20:40.420><c> God</c><00:20:40.740><c> himself</c><00:20:41.480><c> and</c><00:20:42.880><c> the</c><00:20:43.099><c> sun</c><00:20:43.880><c> rose</c>

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after<00:20:46.579><c> a</c><00:20:46.759><c> night</c><00:20:46.900><c> of</c><00:20:47.160><c> gentle</c><00:20:47.480><c> darkness.</c><00:20:50.900><c> But</c><00:20:51.180><c> now</c><00:20:51.400><c> there</c><00:20:51.559><c> is</c><00:20:52.079><c> further</c><00:20:52.519><c> judgment</c><00:20:52.980><c> to</c>

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be<00:20:53.759><c> done.</c>

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And<00:20:55.039><c> in</c><00:20:55.240><c> verse</c><00:20:55.440><c> 14</c><00:20:56.200><c> Gideon</c><00:20:56.880><c> caught</c><00:20:57.119><c> a</c><00:20:57.200><c> young</c><00:20:57.440><c> man</c><00:20:57.799><c> of</c><00:20:58.180><c> the</c><00:20:58.380><c> men</c>

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of<00:20:58.839><c> Sakkoth</c><00:20:59.319><c> and</c><00:20:59.819><c> inquired</c><00:21:00.220><c> of</c><00:21:00.420><c> him</c>

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and<00:21:01.480><c> he</c><00:21:01.700><c> described</c><00:21:02.200><c> unto</c><00:21:02.480><c> him,</c><00:21:02.660><c> this</c><00:21:02.819><c> young</c><00:21:03.019><c> man,</c><00:21:03.480><c> described</c>

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unto<00:21:04.140><c> Gideon</c><00:21:04.559><c> the</c><00:21:05.019><c> princes</c><00:21:05.420><c> of</c><00:21:05.740><c> Sakkoth</c>

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and<00:21:06.519><c> the</c><00:21:06.779><c> elders</c><00:21:07.039><c> thereof,</c><00:21:08.000><c> even</c><00:21:08.119><c> 77</c><00:21:08.980><c> men.</c><00:21:11.140><c> See,</c><00:21:11.680><c> most</c><00:21:12.099><c> Bibles</c>

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have<00:21:12.640><c> a</c><00:21:12.880><c> marginal</c><00:21:13.299><c> reference</c><00:21:13.680><c> next</c>

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to<00:21:14.119><c> that</c><00:21:14.259><c> word</c><00:21:14.460><c> described,</c><00:21:15.500><c> writ</c><00:21:15.839><c> it</c><00:21:16.200><c> says</c><00:21:16.480><c> there,</c><00:21:16.859><c> writ.</c><00:21:18.500><c> Gideon</c><00:21:18.859><c> made</c><00:21:19.140><c> this</c><00:21:19.400><c> young</c><00:21:19.619><c> man</c>

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write<00:21:20.359><c> down</c>

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an<00:21:20.900><c> explicit</c><00:21:21.539><c> description,</c><00:21:22.980><c> pardon</c><00:21:23.599><c> me,</c><00:21:24.619><c> of</c><00:21:25.000><c> the</c><00:21:25.319><c> 77</c><00:21:26.119><c> leaders</c>

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of<00:21:27.380><c> the</c><00:21:27.579><c> town</c><00:21:27.740><c> of</c><00:21:27.980><c> Sakkoth.</c><00:21:30.119><c> Poor</c><00:21:30.839><c> man</c>

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tall,<00:21:31.799><c> dark</c><00:21:32.140><c> haired,</c><00:21:33.519><c> a</c><00:21:33.720><c> large</c><00:21:33.960><c> and</c><00:21:34.220><c> slightly</c><00:21:34.480><c> bent</c><00:21:34.740><c> nose,</c><00:21:36.380><c> scar</c><00:21:36.660><c> in</c>

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the<00:21:36.960><c> shape</c><00:21:37.119><c> of</c><00:21:37.240><c> a</c><00:21:37.339><c> banana</c><00:21:37.640><c> on</c><00:21:37.819><c> his</c>

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left<00:21:38.200><c> cheek.</c><00:21:39.440><c> An</c><00:21:39.720><c> explicit</c><00:21:40.160><c> description</c><00:21:40.900><c> of</c><00:21:42.000><c> the</c><00:21:42.299><c> leaders</c><00:21:42.980><c> of</c>

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Sakkoth.<00:21:46.880><c> Written.</c><00:21:50.480><c> And</c><00:21:50.660><c> a</c><00:21:50.740><c> book</c><00:21:50.900><c> was</c>

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written.<00:21:52.460><c> A</c><00:21:52.599><c> book</c><00:21:52.779><c> is</c><00:21:53.059><c> being</c><00:21:53.339><c> written.</c><00:21:55.279><c> And</c><00:21:55.680><c> some</c><00:21:55.920><c> of</c><00:21:56.119><c> those</c>

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written<00:21:57.059><c> in</c><00:21:57.539><c> that</c><00:21:57.920><c> book</c><00:21:58.480><c> will</c><00:21:59.259><c> receive</c>

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eternal<00:22:01.099><c> life.</c><00:22:03.099><c> And</c><00:22:03.180><c> others,</c><00:22:06.140><c> what</c><00:22:06.279><c> is</c><00:22:06.480><c> written</c><00:22:06.680><c> in</c><00:22:06.900><c> the</c><00:22:07.079><c> day</c>

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book<00:22:07.480><c> of</c><00:22:07.779><c> lives,</c><00:22:09.279><c> will</c><00:22:09.420><c> condemn</c><00:22:09.799><c> them</c>

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and<00:22:11.039><c> the</c><00:22:11.259><c> name</c><00:22:11.460><c> will</c><00:22:11.839><c> be</c><00:22:11.980><c> blotted</c><00:22:12.180><c> out</c><00:22:12.460><c> of</c><00:22:12.660><c> the</c><00:22:12.799><c> book</c><00:22:13.299><c> of</c><00:22:13.819><c> life.</c>

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And<00:22:15.980><c> so</c><00:22:16.099><c> in</c><00:22:16.240><c> verse</c><00:22:16.480><c> 15</c><00:22:17.099><c> he</c><00:22:17.740><c> came</c><00:22:18.220><c> unto</c><00:22:18.579><c> the</c>

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men<00:22:18.880><c> of</c><00:22:19.079><c> Sakkoth</c><00:22:19.420><c> and</c><00:22:19.640><c> said,</c><00:22:19.960><c> Behold,</c><00:22:20.480><c> Zebra</c><00:22:20.839><c> and</c><00:22:21.039><c> Zalmana,</c><00:22:21.460><c> with</c><00:22:21.680><c> whom</c><00:22:21.960><c> ye</c><00:22:22.119><c> did</c><00:22:22.279><c> I</c>

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parade<00:22:22.680><c> me,</c><00:22:23.039><c> saying,</c>

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are<00:22:23.700><c> the</c><00:22:23.799><c> hands</c><00:22:24.099><c> of</c><00:22:24.180><c> Zebra</c><00:22:24.480><c> and</c><00:22:24.559><c> Zalmana</c><00:22:24.920><c> now</c><00:22:25.220><c> in</c><00:22:25.359><c> the</c><00:22:25.460><c> hand</c><00:22:25.680><c> that</c><00:22:25.819><c> I</c>

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should<00:22:26.079><c> give</c><00:22:26.319><c> thy</c><00:22:26.440><c> men</c><00:22:26.720><c> food,</c>

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who<00:22:28.420><c> are</c><00:22:28.759><c> weary.</c><00:22:29.619><c> They</c><00:22:29.759><c> were</c><00:22:29.839><c> not</c><00:22:29.920><c> just</c><00:22:30.140><c> hungry,</c><00:22:30.539><c> they</c><00:22:30.660><c> were</c>

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weary.<00:22:31.839><c> And</c><00:22:31.920><c> he</c><00:22:32.019><c> took</c><00:22:32.279><c> the</c><00:22:32.500><c> elders</c><00:22:32.700><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:33.039><c> city</c><00:22:33.319><c> and</c><00:22:33.880><c> thorns</c><00:22:34.220><c> of</c><00:22:34.400><c> the</c><00:22:34.539><c> wilderness</c><00:22:35.019><c> and</c><00:22:35.619><c> with</c><00:22:35.859><c> them</c>

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he<00:22:36.940><c> taught</c><00:22:37.380><c> the</c><00:22:38.400><c> men</c><00:22:38.819><c> of</c><00:22:39.119><c> Sakkoth.</c><00:22:39.420><c> He</c>

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thrashed<00:22:40.140><c> them.</c><00:22:40.559><c> He</c><00:22:40.880><c> made</c><00:22:41.319><c> them</c><00:22:41.700><c> to</c><00:22:42.099><c> know</c><00:22:43.400><c> what</c><00:22:45.019><c> God</c><00:22:45.579><c> had</c><00:22:46.400><c> taught</c><00:22:46.519><c> them.</c><00:22:46.640><c> You</c>

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know<00:22:47.200><c> what</c><00:22:47.480><c> the</c><00:22:47.680><c> problem</c>

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the<00:22:53.259><c> world.</c><00:22:54.880><c> Joshua</c><00:22:55.220><c> 23</c><00:22:55.880><c> says,</c><00:22:56.779><c> No</c><00:22:57.180><c> thing</c><00:22:57.180><c> is</c>

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any<00:23:02.160><c> of</c><00:23:02.279><c> these</c><00:23:02.460><c> nations</c><00:23:02.839><c> from</c>

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before<00:23:03.480><c> you,</c><00:23:04.660><c> but</c><00:23:04.880><c> they</c><00:23:05.119><c> shall</c><00:23:05.279><c> be</c><00:23:05.660><c> snares</c><00:23:06.039><c> and</c><00:23:06.440><c> traps</c><00:23:06.759><c> unto</c>

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you,<00:23:07.460><c> scourges</c><00:23:07.920><c> in</c><00:23:08.099><c> your</c><00:23:08.359><c> side</c><00:23:08.619><c> and</c><00:23:09.420><c> thorns</c>

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in<00:23:10.480><c> your</c><00:23:10.779><c> eyes</c><00:23:11.380><c> until</c><00:23:12.140><c> you</c><00:23:12.380><c> perish</c><00:23:12.640><c> off</c><00:23:12.900><c> this</c><00:23:13.140><c> good</c><00:23:13.380><c> land</c><00:23:13.839><c> which</c><00:23:14.299><c> Yahweh</c><00:23:14.740><c> your</c>

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God<00:23:15.140><c> hath</c><00:23:15.339><c> given</c><00:23:15.519><c> you.</c>

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The<00:23:16.339><c> promise</c><00:23:17.119><c> that</c><00:23:19.339><c> Joshua</c><00:23:20.099><c> stated</c><00:23:20.539><c> to</c><00:23:20.799><c> the</c><00:23:21.019><c> children</c><00:23:21.299><c> of</c><00:23:21.519><c> Israel</c><00:23:21.759><c> was</c>

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that<00:23:22.279><c> if</c><00:23:22.420><c> they</c><00:23:22.759><c> obeyed</c><00:23:23.599><c> the</c><00:23:23.819><c> gods</c>

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of<00:23:24.180><c> this</c><00:23:24.480><c> land</c><00:23:24.720><c> and</c><00:23:25.140><c> made</c><00:23:25.420><c> alliances</c><00:23:26.279><c> with</c><00:23:28.000><c> the</c><00:23:28.339><c> enemies</c><00:23:28.680><c> of</c>

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God,<00:23:30.259><c> those</c><00:23:30.740><c> same</c><00:23:31.200><c> enemies</c><00:23:31.619><c> and</c><00:23:31.880><c> those</c>

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same<00:23:32.640><c> gods</c><00:23:33.000><c> would</c><00:23:33.299><c> become</c><00:23:33.599><c> as</c><00:23:33.920><c> thorns</c><00:23:34.259><c> in</c><00:23:34.440><c> their</c><00:23:34.720><c> eyes.</c><00:23:35.180><c> And</c>

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here<00:23:35.440><c> the</c><00:23:35.700><c> punishment</c><00:23:36.019><c> fits</c><00:23:36.339><c> the</c><00:23:36.599><c> crime.</c>

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These<00:23:37.400><c> men</c><00:23:37.660><c> were</c><00:23:38.099><c> allied</c><00:23:38.539><c> closer</c><00:23:39.079><c> to</c><00:23:39.380><c> Zebra</c><00:23:39.660><c> and</c><00:23:39.819><c> Zalmana</c><00:23:40.279><c> than</c><00:23:40.779><c> they</c><00:23:41.119><c> were</c><00:23:41.400><c> to</c>

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Gideon<00:23:42.000><c> their</c><00:23:42.440><c> own</c>

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countrymen.<00:23:45.240><c> And</c><00:23:45.440><c> he</c><00:23:45.500><c> says,</c><00:23:46.240><c> there</c><00:23:46.299><c> are</c><00:23:46.460><c> thorns</c><00:23:46.799><c> to</c><00:23:47.000><c> your</c><00:23:47.180><c> eyes</c><00:23:47.319><c> these</c><00:23:47.539><c> men,</c><00:23:48.980><c> or</c>

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in<00:23:49.180><c> this</c><00:23:49.400><c> case</c><00:23:49.680><c> thorns</c>

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and<00:23:50.539><c> briars</c><00:23:50.900><c> to</c><00:23:51.180><c> your</c><00:23:51.319><c> sides.</c><00:23:51.559><c> And</c><00:23:51.720><c> he</c><00:23:52.000><c> taught</c><00:23:52.299><c> the</c><00:23:52.539><c> men</c><00:23:53.220><c> of</c><00:23:53.579><c> Sukkoth</c><00:23:54.460><c> a</c>

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lesson.<00:23:56.559><c> He</c><00:23:56.799><c> punished</c><00:23:57.119><c> them</c>

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for<00:23:57.539><c> their</c><00:23:57.900><c> neutrality</c><00:23:58.920><c> in</c><00:23:59.319><c> this</c><00:23:59.539><c> war.</c><00:23:59.900><c> Brothers</c><00:24:00.180><c> and</c><00:24:00.420><c> sisters,</c><00:24:00.700><c> there</c>

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is<00:24:01.960><c> never</c><00:24:02.579><c> neutrality</c><00:24:03.319><c> in</c>

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the<00:24:03.660><c> war</c><00:24:03.799><c> against</c><00:24:04.079><c> flesh.</c><00:24:04.700><c> There</c><00:24:04.759><c> is</c><00:24:04.900><c> no</c><00:24:05.279><c> such</c><00:24:05.539><c> thing</c><00:24:06.220><c> as</c><00:24:06.619><c> being</c><00:24:06.940><c> on</c>

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no<00:24:07.500><c> one's</c><00:24:07.940><c> side.</c><00:24:09.079><c> We</c><00:24:09.380><c> are</c><00:24:09.940><c> always</c><00:24:10.579><c> either</c>

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on<00:24:11.599><c> God's</c><00:24:12.220><c> side</c><00:24:12.559><c> or</c><00:24:13.759><c> not.</c><00:24:14.259><c> There</c><00:24:14.519><c> is</c><00:24:15.079><c> no</c><00:24:15.539><c> middle</c><00:24:15.900><c> option</c><00:24:16.299><c> ever.</c>

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And<00:24:19.240><c> here</c><00:24:19.680><c> he</c><00:24:20.180><c> teaches</c><00:24:20.180><c> us</c><00:24:20.180><c> that</c><00:24:20.180><c> if</c><00:24:20.180><c> you</c><00:24:20.180><c> are</c>

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taught<00:24:20.799><c> them</c><00:24:21.200><c> that</c><00:24:21.579><c> lesson</c><00:24:22.079><c> in</c><00:24:22.680><c> unmistakable</c><00:24:23.759><c> fashion.</c><00:24:25.839><c> And</c>

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he<00:24:26.119><c> came</c><00:24:26.359><c> to</c><00:24:26.559><c> the</c><00:24:26.619><c> men</c><00:24:26.740><c> of</c><00:24:27.000><c> Peniel</c><00:24:27.279><c> and</c><00:24:27.740><c> a</c><00:24:27.859><c> very</c>

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similar<00:24:28.619><c> thing</c><00:24:28.839><c> occurred.</c><00:24:29.359><c> And</c><00:24:29.579><c> he</c><00:24:29.779><c> pulled</c><00:24:30.059><c> down</c><00:24:30.339><c> their</c><00:24:30.559><c> tower</c><00:24:30.839><c> and</c>

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he<00:24:31.400><c> slew</c><00:24:31.599><c> them</c><00:24:31.819><c> in.</c><00:24:32.559><c> These</c><00:24:32.920><c> people</c>

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had<00:24:33.579><c> placed</c><00:24:33.960><c> confidence</c><00:24:34.700><c> in</c><00:24:35.039><c> the</c><00:24:35.299><c> might</c><00:24:35.519><c> of</c><00:24:35.819><c> their</c><00:24:36.079><c> tower</c><00:24:36.460><c> to</c>

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defend<00:24:37.420><c> them</c><00:24:37.680><c> from</c><00:24:37.900><c> all</c><00:24:38.119><c> ill.</c><00:24:38.740><c> He</c><00:24:38.960><c> said,</c>

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you're<00:24:40.559><c> depending</c><00:24:40.960><c> on</c><00:24:41.319><c> flesh.</c><00:24:42.259><c> Let</c><00:24:42.500><c> me</c><00:24:42.779><c> show</c><00:24:43.059><c> you</c><00:24:43.259><c> where</c><00:24:43.480><c> that</c>

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gets<00:24:44.079><c> you.</c><00:24:46.180><c> Absolutely</c><00:24:46.720><c> tragic.</c><00:24:49.400><c> These</c>

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are<00:24:50.380><c> two</c><00:24:51.220><c> Ecclesias</c><00:24:51.880><c> if</c><00:24:52.019><c> you</c><00:24:52.220><c> like.</c><00:24:54.160><c> Two</c><00:24:54.380><c> Ecclesias.</c><00:24:55.740><c> The</c><00:24:55.900><c> thing</c><00:24:56.200><c> that</c><00:24:56.519><c> ties</c><00:24:56.960><c> these</c><00:24:57.420><c> two</c>

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Ecclesias,<00:24:58.660><c> Peniel</c>

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and<00:24:59.240><c> Sukkoth</c><00:24:59.539><c> together</c><00:24:59.940><c> is</c><00:25:00.400><c> that</c><00:25:00.599><c> they</c><00:25:00.740><c> were</c><00:25:01.000><c> both</c><00:25:01.700><c> cities</c><00:25:02.339><c> on</c>

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the<00:25:03.160><c> journey</c><00:25:03.579><c> of</c><00:25:04.079><c> Jacob</c><00:25:04.559><c> from</c><00:25:05.819><c> outside</c>

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the<00:25:06.779><c> land</c><00:25:07.200><c> to</c><00:25:07.779><c> the</c><00:25:08.119><c> center</c><00:25:08.359><c> of</c><00:25:08.599><c> the</c><00:25:08.779><c> land.</c><00:25:09.099><c> If</c><00:25:09.220><c> you</c><00:25:09.319><c> want</c><00:25:09.500><c> to</c><00:25:09.619><c> look</c><00:25:09.740><c> at</c>

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it<00:25:10.019><c> later</c><00:25:10.140><c> you</c><00:25:10.259><c> can</c><00:25:10.440><c> look</c><00:25:10.619><c> at</c><00:25:10.740><c> Genesis</c>

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32<00:25:11.720><c> and</c><00:25:11.859><c> 33.</c><00:25:12.700><c> Peniel</c><00:25:13.079><c> was</c><00:25:13.299><c> the</c><00:25:13.480><c> place</c><00:25:13.619><c> where</c><00:25:13.799><c> he</c><00:25:13.839><c> saw</c><00:25:13.960><c> the</c><00:25:14.180><c> face</c>

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of<00:25:14.720><c> God</c><00:25:14.960><c> and</c><00:25:15.240><c> he</c><00:25:15.539><c> wrestled</c><00:25:16.000><c> the</c><00:25:16.259><c> angel</c>

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all<00:25:17.519><c> night</c><00:25:17.900><c> long</c><00:25:18.400><c> until</c><00:25:19.539><c> finally</c><00:25:20.019><c> with</c><00:25:20.359><c> tears</c><00:25:20.779><c> streaming</c><00:25:21.440><c> down</c><00:25:21.720><c> his</c>

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cheeks<00:25:22.839><c> Jacob</c><00:25:24.079><c> found</c><00:25:25.200><c> strength</c><00:25:26.299><c> with</c>

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God.<00:25:30.220><c> He</c><00:25:30.700><c> wasn't</c><00:25:31.119><c> strong</c><00:25:31.619><c> by</c><00:25:31.960><c> himself.</c><00:25:33.380><c> He</c><00:25:33.559><c> was</c><00:25:33.920><c> only</c><00:25:34.559><c> strong</c>

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when<00:25:35.519><c> he</c><00:25:35.960><c> cried</c><00:25:36.339><c> unto</c><00:25:36.740><c> the</c><00:25:37.079><c> God</c><00:25:37.299><c> of</c><00:25:37.460><c> Israel</c>

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and<00:25:40.400><c> then</c><00:25:40.799><c> he</c><00:25:42.640><c> held</c><00:25:42.920><c> the</c><00:25:43.200><c> angel</c><00:25:43.420><c> and</c><00:25:43.619><c> the</c><00:25:43.779><c> angel</c><00:25:43.940><c> blessed</c><00:25:44.319><c> him.</c>

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And<00:25:47.779><c> Sukkoth,</c><00:25:48.400><c> Sukkoth</c><00:25:49.059><c> is</c><00:25:49.380><c> where</c>

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a<00:25:50.819><c> consummation,</c><00:25:52.279><c> the</c><00:25:52.440><c> absolute</c><00:25:53.079><c> opposite</c><00:25:53.720><c> of</c><00:25:53.960><c> something</c>

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devoutly<00:25:55.119><c> wished</c><00:25:55.299><c> for</c><00:25:55.559><c> occurred.</c><00:25:56.119><c> The</c><00:25:56.440><c> meeting</c>

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between<00:25:57.259><c> Esau</c><00:25:57.779><c> and</c><00:25:58.380><c> Jacob.</c><00:25:58.960><c> Esau</c><00:25:59.440><c> who'd</c><00:25:59.759><c> said,</c><00:26:00.140><c> I'm</c><00:26:00.279><c> going</c><00:26:00.440><c> to</c>

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murder<00:26:01.059><c> my</c><00:26:01.380><c> brother.</c><00:26:04.180><c> And</c><00:26:04.420><c> Jacob</c><00:26:04.700><c> and</c>

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Peniel.<00:26:10.259><c> And</c><00:26:10.980><c> Jacob</c><00:26:11.420><c> was</c><00:26:11.920><c> confident</c><00:26:12.480><c> enough</c><00:26:12.880><c> to</c><00:26:13.180><c> dwell</c><00:26:13.460><c> in</c><00:26:13.960><c> boos,</c><00:26:15.640><c> in</c>

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tents<00:26:15.960><c> that</c><00:26:16.279><c> offered</c><00:26:16.640><c> no</c><00:26:17.079><c> defense</c>

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whatsoever<00:26:18.500><c> there</c><00:26:19.140><c> at</c><00:26:19.940><c> Sukkoth</c><00:26:20.500><c> as</c><00:26:20.859><c> he</c><00:26:21.119><c> watched</c><00:26:21.400><c> the</c><00:26:21.680><c> backs</c>

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of<00:26:22.759><c> Esau</c><00:26:23.220><c> and</c><00:26:23.599><c> his</c><00:26:23.900><c> mafia</c><00:26:24.400><c>-like</c><00:26:24.660><c> men</c><00:26:25.039><c> trudge</c>

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away<00:26:25.619><c> into</c><00:26:25.859><c> the</c><00:26:26.019><c> distance</c><00:26:26.599><c> confident</c><00:26:27.660><c> that</c><00:26:28.099><c> God</c><00:26:28.299><c> would</c><00:26:28.579><c> defend</c><00:26:28.839><c> him</c>

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and<00:26:29.240><c> those</c><00:26:29.519><c> men</c><00:26:29.720><c> would</c><00:26:30.079><c> not</c><00:26:30.319><c> turn</c>

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around<00:26:30.880><c> and</c><00:26:31.079><c> attack</c><00:26:31.319><c> him</c><00:26:31.500><c> again</c><00:26:31.900><c> because</c><00:26:34.099><c> God</c><00:26:34.359><c> was</c><00:26:34.599><c> with</c><00:26:34.779><c> him.</c>

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Sukkoth<00:26:36.160><c> and</c><00:26:36.619><c> Peniel,</c><00:26:37.319><c> both</c><00:26:37.680><c> places</c>

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where<00:26:38.359><c> Jacob</c><00:26:38.720><c> learned</c><00:26:39.039><c> powerful</c><00:26:39.700><c> lessons</c><00:26:40.200><c> about</c><00:26:40.819><c> the</c><00:26:41.200><c> strength</c><00:26:41.599><c> of</c><00:26:42.359><c> his</c>

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God.<00:26:43.559><c> Come</c><00:26:43.700><c> across</c><00:26:43.980><c> to</c><00:26:44.180><c> Hosea</c>

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12.<00:26:47.259><c> We</c><00:26:47.319><c> need</c><00:26:47.500><c> a</c><00:26:47.680><c> quote</c><00:26:47.839><c> to</c><00:26:48.400><c> wake</c><00:26:48.559><c> us</c><00:26:48.759><c> up</c><00:26:48.859><c> at</c><00:26:48.980><c> this</c><00:26:49.160><c> point</c><00:26:49.299><c> in</c><00:26:49.500><c> the</c><00:26:49.579><c> evening.</c><00:26:50.220><c> Hosea</c><00:26:50.680><c> 12.</c><00:26:58.799><c> Speaking</c><00:26:59.119><c> of</c>

00:26:59.380 --> 00:27:07.480
Jacob,<00:27:01.680><c> in</c><00:27:01.940><c> verse</c><00:27:02.200><c> 3.</c><00:27:05.319><c> Jacob</c><00:27:05.819><c> took</c><00:27:06.059><c> his</c><00:27:06.279><c> brother</c><00:27:06.559><c> by</c><00:27:06.880><c> the</c><00:27:07.220><c> heel</c>

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:08.019
and<00:27:07.660><c> the</c><00:27:07.839><c> womb</c><00:27:08.019><c> and</c><00:27:08.019><c> took</c><00:27:08.019><c> him</c><00:27:08.019><c> to</c><00:27:08.019><c> the</c>

00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:17.480
throne.<00:27:09.819><c> And</c><00:27:10.460><c> by</c><00:27:11.019><c> his</c><00:27:11.519><c> strength</c><00:27:12.019><c> he</c><00:27:12.559><c> had</c><00:27:12.779><c> power</c><00:27:13.079><c> with</c><00:27:13.319><c> God.</c><00:27:15.819><c> His</c><00:27:16.200><c> strength</c><00:27:16.980><c> as</c>

00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:19.019
Jacob<00:27:17.940><c> had</c><00:27:18.259><c> been</c><00:27:18.559><c> the</c><00:27:18.839><c> fact</c>

00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:25.079
that<00:27:19.180><c> he</c><00:27:19.279><c> was</c><00:27:19.440><c> a</c><00:27:19.660><c> heel</c><00:27:19.940><c> catcher.</c><00:27:23.740><c> But</c><00:27:23.839><c> he</c><00:27:23.980><c> had</c><00:27:24.220><c> power</c><00:27:24.539><c> with</c><00:27:24.759><c> God</c>

00:27:25.079 --> 00:27:28.039
by<00:27:25.380><c> a</c><00:27:25.519><c> very</c><00:27:26.000><c> different</c><00:27:26.599><c> sort</c><00:27:26.900><c> of</c><00:27:27.180><c> strength.</c>

00:27:28.059 --> 00:27:33.559
Four,<00:27:28.579><c> says</c><00:27:28.680><c> verse</c><00:27:28.920><c> four.</c><00:27:29.339><c> Yea,</c><00:27:30.019><c> he</c><00:27:30.339><c> had</c><00:27:30.660><c> power</c><00:27:31.380><c> over</c><00:27:32.000><c> the</c><00:27:32.299><c> angel.</c><00:27:33.220><c> He</c>

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:35.480
prevailed<00:27:34.180><c> over</c><00:27:34.579><c> a</c><00:27:34.900><c> mighty</c><00:27:35.220><c> angel.</c>

00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:38.119
One<00:27:35.759><c> of</c><00:27:35.880><c> those</c><00:27:36.160><c> beings</c><00:27:36.460><c> who</c><00:27:36.640><c> with</c><00:27:36.700><c> his</c><00:27:36.940><c> fingers</c><00:27:37.380><c> formed</c><00:27:37.839><c> the</c>

00:27:38.119 --> 00:27:44.160
planet,<00:27:38.839><c> moved</c><00:27:39.160><c> the</c><00:27:39.500><c> stars.</c><00:27:40.500><c> How?</c><00:27:42.480><c> He</c><00:27:42.859><c> wept</c>

00:27:44.069 --> 00:27:49.960
and<00:27:44.440><c> he</c><00:27:44.700><c> made</c><00:27:44.960><c> supplication</c><00:27:45.640><c> unto</c><00:27:45.920><c> him.</c><00:27:47.099><c> He</c><00:27:47.339><c> found</c><00:27:47.700><c> God</c><00:27:48.019><c> in</c><00:27:48.299><c> Bethel,</c><00:27:49.140><c> the</c><00:27:49.400><c> house</c><00:27:49.660><c> of</c>

00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:51.500
God,<00:27:50.880><c> and</c><00:27:51.059><c> there</c>

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:59.059
he<00:27:51.839><c> spake</c><00:27:52.400><c> with</c><00:27:52.740><c> us.</c><00:27:54.380><c> How</c><00:27:54.720><c> did</c><00:27:54.920><c> Jacob</c><00:27:55.299><c> become</c><00:27:55.799><c> strong?</c><00:27:58.519><c> Strong</c>

00:27:59.059 --> 00:28:03.240
crying<00:27:59.619><c> and</c><00:28:00.259><c> tears</c><00:28:00.920><c> unto</c><00:28:01.720><c> the</c><00:28:01.960><c> God</c><00:28:02.339><c> who</c><00:28:02.880><c> could</c>

00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:15.359
help<00:28:03.500><c> him.</c><00:28:06.259><c> No</c><00:28:06.839><c> faith</c><00:28:07.400><c> in</c><00:28:08.000><c> self.</c><00:28:09.500><c> No</c><00:28:09.900><c> trust</c><00:28:10.500><c> in</c><00:28:10.859><c> Jacob's</c><00:28:11.559><c> natural</c><00:28:12.180><c> might.</c><00:28:14.980><c> But</c><00:28:15.220><c> a</c>

00:28:15.359 --> 00:28:17.019
learned<00:28:15.799><c> confidence</c><00:28:16.660><c> in</c>

00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:20.660
God<00:28:17.240><c> himself.</c><00:28:18.000><c> That</c><00:28:18.240><c> is</c><00:28:18.500><c> the</c><00:28:18.619><c> lesson</c><00:28:18.900><c> of</c><00:28:19.200><c> Peniel.</c><00:28:19.539><c> That</c><00:28:19.740><c> is</c><00:28:20.000><c> the</c><00:28:20.079><c> lesson</c><00:28:20.380><c> of</c>

00:28:20.660 --> 00:28:23.200
Sukkoth.<00:28:22.339><c> And</c><00:28:22.640><c> tragically</c>

00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:28.599
these<00:28:23.920><c> people</c><00:28:24.220><c> would</c><00:28:24.480><c> put</c><00:28:24.619><c> their</c><00:28:24.960><c> confidence</c><00:28:26.079><c> in</c><00:28:26.799><c> Zeba</c><00:28:27.160><c> and</c><00:28:27.380><c> Zalmanah.</c>

00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:38.839
Well,<00:28:29.740><c> back</c><00:28:29.980><c> to</c><00:28:30.220><c> Judges</c><00:28:30.440><c> and</c><00:28:30.539><c> we'll</c><00:28:30.779><c> finish</c><00:28:31.539><c> the</c><00:28:32.119><c> story.</c><00:28:36.319><c> Judges</c><00:28:36.799><c> chapter</c><00:28:37.180><c> eight</c><00:28:37.880><c> and</c>

00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:40.519
verse<00:28:39.140><c> eighteen.</c>

00:28:42.619 --> 00:28:44.980
Then<00:28:42.660><c> Gideon</c><00:28:43.019><c> said</c><00:28:43.259><c> to</c><00:28:43.500><c> Zeba</c><00:28:43.799><c> and</c><00:28:43.980><c> Zalmanah,</c><00:28:44.460><c> who</c><00:28:44.619><c> were</c><00:28:44.799><c> with</c>

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:46.940
him,<00:28:45.119><c> he</c><00:28:45.339><c> had</c><00:28:45.759><c> the</c><00:28:46.059><c> palms</c><00:28:46.319><c> of</c><00:28:46.480><c> his</c><00:28:46.680><c> enemies</c>

00:28:46.940 --> 00:28:53.599
in<00:28:47.119><c> his</c><00:28:47.380><c> hand.</c><00:28:49.839><c> What</c><00:28:50.079><c> manner</c><00:28:50.299><c> of</c><00:28:50.440><c> men</c><00:28:50.579><c> were</c><00:28:50.779><c> they</c><00:28:51.000><c> whom</c><00:28:51.200><c> you</c><00:28:51.539><c> slew?</c><00:28:53.380><c> At</c>

00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:57.059
table.<00:28:56.119><c> And</c><00:28:56.279><c> Zeba</c><00:28:56.480><c> and</c><00:28:56.619><c> Zalmanah</c>

00:28:57.059 --> 00:29:02.000
remembered<00:28:57.740><c> exactly</c><00:28:59.039><c> the</c><00:28:59.960><c> sort</c><00:29:00.180><c> of</c><00:29:00.299><c> men</c><00:29:00.440><c> they</c><00:29:00.660><c> had</c><00:29:00.960><c> slain</c><00:29:01.279><c> that</c><00:29:01.579><c> day</c>

00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:04.599
many,<00:29:02.519><c> many</c><00:29:03.400><c> months</c><00:29:03.940><c> or</c><00:29:04.240><c> years</c>

00:29:04.599 --> 00:29:07.599
before,<00:29:05.000><c> we</c><00:29:05.200><c> don't</c><00:29:05.380><c> know</c><00:29:05.539><c> how</c><00:29:05.799><c> long,</c><00:29:06.119><c> at</c><00:29:06.380><c> Mount</c><00:29:06.660><c> Tabor.</c><00:29:07.460><c> They</c>

00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:09.559
said,<00:29:07.940><c> as</c><00:29:07.980><c> you</c><00:29:08.220><c> are,</c><00:29:08.660><c> so</c><00:29:08.759><c> are</c><00:29:08.920><c> they.</c><00:29:09.119><c> Each</c><00:29:09.339><c> one</c>

00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:12.539
resembled<00:29:10.039><c> the</c><00:29:10.220><c> children</c><00:29:10.440><c> of</c><00:29:10.619><c> a</c><00:29:10.740><c> king.</c><00:29:11.039><c> Perhaps</c><00:29:11.500><c> flattery,</c>

00:29:12.599 --> 00:29:16.380
perhaps<00:29:13.140><c> not.</c><00:29:15.099><c> But</c><00:29:15.220><c> Gideon</c><00:29:15.480><c> says,</c><00:29:16.339><c> they</c>

00:29:16.380 --> 00:29:22.740
were<00:29:16.519><c> my</c><00:29:16.759><c> brothers.</c><00:29:18.500><c> Even</c><00:29:18.980><c> the</c><00:29:19.400><c> sons</c><00:29:19.819><c> of</c><00:29:20.059><c> my</c><00:29:20.579><c> mother.</c><00:29:20.960><c> He's</c><00:29:21.259><c> not</c><00:29:21.559><c> saying</c><00:29:21.900><c> they</c><00:29:22.220><c> were</c><00:29:22.420><c> my</c>

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:23.900
comrades,<00:29:23.779><c> they</c>

00:29:23.900 --> 00:29:27.160
were<00:29:24.059><c> brothers</c><00:29:24.359><c> from</c><00:29:24.660><c> the</c><00:29:24.859><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:29:25.859><c> No,</c><00:29:26.079><c> these</c><00:29:26.500><c> were</c><00:29:26.759><c> the</c>

00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:31.779
sons<00:29:27.660><c> of</c><00:29:28.359><c> his</c><00:29:28.779><c> mother.</c><00:29:30.380><c> As</c><00:29:31.039><c> Yahweh</c><00:29:31.559><c> liveth,</c>

00:29:31.819 --> 00:29:40.180
if<00:29:31.940><c> you'd</c><00:29:32.359><c> save</c><00:29:32.519><c> them</c><00:29:32.759><c> alive,</c><00:29:33.059><c> I</c><00:29:33.220><c> wouldn't</c><00:29:33.599><c> slay</c><00:29:33.880><c> you.</c><00:29:36.480><c> Who</c><00:29:36.779><c> was</c><00:29:36.960><c> Zeba?</c><00:29:37.539><c> Zeba's</c><00:29:38.160><c> name</c><00:29:38.460><c> means</c><00:29:39.140><c> to</c><00:29:39.619><c> slaughter</c>

00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:45.380
or<00:29:40.619><c> to</c><00:29:41.059><c> sacrifice.</c><00:29:42.960><c> Doubtless</c><00:29:43.420><c> he</c><00:29:43.599><c> got</c><00:29:43.839><c> his</c><00:29:44.160><c> name</c><00:29:44.619><c> from</c><00:29:45.039><c> his</c>

00:29:45.380 --> 00:29:47.859
prowess<00:29:45.880><c> upon</c><00:29:46.240><c> the</c><00:29:46.500><c> battlefield.</c><00:29:47.339><c> Slaughter</c>

00:29:47.859 --> 00:29:52.599
and<00:29:48.259><c> sacrifice.</c><00:29:49.480><c> And</c><00:29:49.559><c> Zalmanah?</c><00:29:50.460><c> Zalmanah</c><00:29:51.000><c> means</c><00:29:51.559><c> shade</c><00:29:52.279><c> has</c>

00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:55.740
been<00:29:53.339><c> denied.</c><00:29:53.960><c> Defence</c><00:29:54.519><c> has</c><00:29:54.839><c> been</c><00:29:55.380><c> stripped</c>

00:29:55.740 --> 00:30:01.099
away.<00:29:58.119><c> One</c><00:29:58.339><c> of</c><00:29:58.500><c> these</c><00:29:58.779><c> men</c><00:29:58.980><c> was</c><00:29:59.319><c> doubtless</c><00:29:59.920><c> the</c><00:30:00.339><c> offence</c><00:30:00.900><c> of</c>

00:30:01.099 --> 00:30:03.720
genius<00:30:01.440><c> on</c><00:30:01.660><c> the</c><00:30:01.880><c> battlefield</c><00:30:02.319><c> who</c><00:30:03.059><c> could</c><00:30:03.420><c> forge</c>

00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:08.539
ahead<00:30:04.279><c> striking</c><00:30:05.920><c> down</c><00:30:06.440><c> foes</c><00:30:06.839><c> in</c><00:30:07.099><c> front</c><00:30:07.259><c> of</c><00:30:07.380><c> him.</c><00:30:07.720><c> The</c><00:30:07.980><c> other</c>

00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:10.880
was<00:30:09.200><c> the</c><00:30:09.440><c> genius</c><00:30:09.759><c> who</c><00:30:09.980><c> could</c><00:30:10.240><c> destroy</c>

00:30:10.880 --> 00:30:15.299
any<00:30:11.259><c> fortification,</c><00:30:12.200><c> pull</c><00:30:12.440><c> down</c><00:30:12.779><c> any</c><00:30:13.200><c> wall,</c><00:30:14.279><c> strip</c><00:30:14.460><c> away</c><00:30:14.880><c> any</c>

00:30:15.299 --> 00:30:20.400
confidence.<00:30:16.759><c> A</c><00:30:17.000><c> merciless</c><00:30:17.539><c> duo.</c><00:30:20.059><c> We're</c>

00:30:20.400 --> 00:30:27.119
told<00:30:21.200><c> that</c><00:30:22.200><c> Gideon,</c><00:30:23.799><c> in</c><00:30:23.880><c> the</c><00:30:24.000><c> end</c><00:30:24.200><c> of</c><00:30:24.279><c> verse</c><00:30:24.559><c> 21,</c><00:30:25.859><c> slew</c><00:30:26.619><c> Zeba</c>

00:30:27.119 --> 00:30:31.339
and<00:30:27.319><c> Zalmanah.</c><00:30:29.599><c> He</c><00:30:30.000><c> smote</c><00:30:30.200><c> them</c><00:30:30.799><c> with</c>

00:30:31.339 --> 00:30:38.059
deadly<00:30:31.680><c> intent.</c><00:30:35.579><c> His</c><00:30:35.839><c> brothers</c><00:30:36.319><c> had</c><00:30:36.779><c> been</c><00:30:37.099><c> killed</c><00:30:37.400><c> by</c><00:30:37.680><c> these</c>

00:30:38.059 --> 00:30:40.859
two<00:30:38.279><c> men.</c><00:30:40.019><c> They</c><00:30:40.859><c> were</c><00:30:40.859><c> killed</c><00:30:40.859><c> by</c><00:30:40.859><c> the</c>

00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:44.160
they<00:30:41.039><c> were</c><00:30:41.240><c> actually</c><00:30:41.779><c> personally</c><00:30:42.299><c> remembered</c><00:30:42.859><c> by</c><00:30:43.279><c> Zeba</c><00:30:43.740><c> and</c>

00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:47.839
Zalmanah.<00:30:45.660><c> And</c><00:30:45.920><c> now</c><00:30:46.960><c> Gideon</c><00:30:47.319><c> returns</c>

00:30:47.839 --> 00:30:51.180
that<00:30:48.220><c> favour.</c><00:30:48.539><c> They</c><00:30:48.599><c> were</c><00:30:48.819><c> enemies</c><00:30:49.200><c> of</c><00:30:49.440><c> God</c><00:30:49.660><c> and</c><00:30:49.960><c> enemies</c><00:30:50.400><c> of</c>

00:30:51.180 --> 00:30:55.160
Gideon's<00:30:51.859><c> people.</c><00:30:53.900><c> Slaying</c><00:30:54.579><c> these</c>

00:30:55.160 --> 00:31:00.220
two<00:30:55.400><c> was</c><00:30:55.619><c> a</c><00:30:55.819><c> man's</c><00:30:56.240><c> work</c><00:30:56.740><c> and</c><00:30:57.359><c> Gideon</c><00:30:58.000><c> is</c><00:30:58.299><c> now</c><00:30:58.539><c> a</c><00:30:58.819><c> man</c><00:30:58.980><c> of</c><00:30:59.220><c> God.</c>

00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:07.140
And<00:31:01.640><c> he</c><00:31:01.880><c> slays</c><00:31:02.480><c> Zeba</c><00:31:03.059><c> and</c><00:31:03.240><c> Zalmanah.</c><00:31:06.759><c> And</c>

00:31:07.140 --> 00:31:11.299
took<00:31:07.380><c> away</c><00:31:07.779><c> the</c><00:31:08.240><c> ornaments</c><00:31:08.599><c> that</c><00:31:08.839><c> were</c><00:31:09.019><c> on</c><00:31:09.180><c> their</c><00:31:09.460><c> camels'</c><00:31:09.920><c> necks.</c><00:31:10.000><c> That</c><00:31:10.660><c> sounds</c><00:31:10.940><c> like</c><00:31:11.160><c> an</c>

00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:12.059
odd<00:31:11.640><c> detail,</c>

00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:21.960
doesn't<00:31:12.420><c> it?</c><00:31:14.079><c> A</c><00:31:14.440><c> gruesome</c><00:31:14.900><c> slaughter,</c><00:31:15.579><c> an</c><00:31:15.839><c> execution,</c><00:31:17.680><c> following</c><00:31:17.960><c> a</c><00:31:18.359><c> brief</c><00:31:19.059><c> judicial</c><00:31:19.799><c> hearing.</c><00:31:21.440><c> And</c><00:31:21.779><c> by</c>

00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:28.619
the<00:31:22.099><c> way,</c><00:31:22.200><c> he</c><00:31:22.400><c> took</c><00:31:22.579><c> away</c><00:31:22.819><c> their</c><00:31:23.920><c> camels'</c><00:31:24.519><c> necklaces.</c><00:31:26.119><c> It</c><00:31:26.480><c> does</c><00:31:26.759><c> seem</c><00:31:26.960><c> rather</c><00:31:27.319><c> odd,</c><00:31:27.700><c> doesn't</c><00:31:27.900><c> it,</c>

00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:29.339
to<00:31:29.140><c> put</c>

00:31:29.339 --> 00:31:36.339
this<00:31:29.720><c> detail</c><00:31:30.079><c> in</c><00:31:30.400><c> there.</c><00:31:31.940><c> The</c><00:31:32.339><c> ornaments</c><00:31:32.980><c> that</c><00:31:33.259><c> were</c><00:31:33.480><c> on</c><00:31:33.799><c> their</c><00:31:34.180><c> camels'</c><00:31:34.799><c> necks.</c><00:31:36.220><c> He</c>

00:31:36.339 --> 00:31:37.119
took<00:31:36.500><c> souvenirs</c>

00:31:37.140 --> 00:31:42.839
from<00:31:37.519><c> them.</c><00:31:38.859><c> The</c><00:31:39.259><c> word</c><00:31:39.319><c> there</c><00:31:39.720><c> means</c><00:31:40.980><c> round</c><00:31:41.799><c> ornaments.</c><00:31:42.400><c> That's</c><00:31:42.599><c> what</c>

00:31:42.839 --> 00:31:45.619
Young's<00:31:43.339><c> literal</c><00:31:43.700><c> says.</c><00:31:45.180><c> In</c><00:31:45.339><c> fact,</c>

00:31:46.119 --> 00:31:51.039
the<00:31:46.200><c> word</c><00:31:46.460><c> is</c><00:31:46.720><c> used</c><00:31:47.059><c> in</c><00:31:47.799><c> Isaiah</c><00:31:48.420><c> chapter</c><00:31:48.980><c> 3</c><00:31:49.700><c> where</c><00:31:50.119><c> it</c><00:31:50.180><c> says,</c>

00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:52.839
in<00:31:51.200><c> that</c><00:31:51.619><c> day</c><00:31:51.859><c> the</c><00:31:52.000><c> Lord</c><00:31:52.200><c> will</c><00:31:52.440><c> take</c><00:31:52.640><c> away</c>

00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:55.500
the<00:31:53.119><c> bravery</c><00:31:53.539><c> of</c><00:31:53.759><c> their</c><00:31:54.000><c> tinkling</c><00:31:54.420><c> ornaments</c><00:31:54.880><c> about</c><00:31:55.220><c> their</c>

00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:57.640
feet.<00:31:55.839><c> He's</c><00:31:56.059><c> talking</c><00:31:56.319><c> about</c><00:31:56.579><c> the</c><00:31:56.920><c> decorations</c>

00:31:57.640 --> 00:32:01.259
of<00:31:57.880><c> the</c><00:31:58.079><c> Jewish</c><00:31:58.440><c> maidens</c><00:31:59.039><c> in</c><00:31:59.420><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:32:00.700><c> And</c><00:32:00.859><c> he</c><00:32:00.900><c> says,</c><00:32:01.099><c> I'm</c>

00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:03.640
going<00:32:01.380><c> to</c><00:32:01.559><c> take</c><00:32:01.720><c> away</c><00:32:02.240><c> their</c><00:32:02.900><c> coals</c><00:32:03.400><c> and</c>

00:32:03.640 --> 00:32:07.420
their<00:32:04.019><c> round</c><00:32:04.440><c> tires</c><00:32:04.940><c> like</c><00:32:05.299><c> the</c><00:32:05.539><c> moon,</c><00:32:05.960><c> the</c><00:32:06.220><c> chains,</c><00:32:06.740><c> the</c><00:32:06.880><c> bracelets</c><00:32:07.259><c> and</c>

00:32:07.420 --> 00:32:09.099
the<00:32:07.579><c> mufflers</c><00:32:08.099><c> with</c><00:32:08.539><c> which</c>

00:32:09.099 --> 00:32:13.099
the<00:32:09.500><c> ladies</c><00:32:09.960><c> of</c><00:32:10.440><c> Jerusalem</c><00:32:10.960><c> would</c><00:32:11.380><c> decorate</c><00:32:11.859><c> themselves</c><00:32:12.619><c> in</c>

00:32:13.099 --> 00:32:16.440
emulation<00:32:13.819><c> of</c><00:32:14.680><c> their</c><00:32:14.960><c> northern</c><00:32:15.359><c> neighbors.</c>

00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:20.400
You<00:32:17.259><c> sort</c><00:32:17.400><c> of</c><00:32:17.460><c> think</c><00:32:17.619><c> to</c><00:32:17.720><c> yourself,</c><00:32:18.259><c> what</c><00:32:18.259><c> odd</c><00:32:18.720><c> clothing.</c><00:32:20.099><c> Car</c>

00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:22.680
tires<00:32:20.740><c> wrapped</c><00:32:21.099><c> around</c><00:32:21.519><c> them,</c><00:32:21.880><c> coals</c><00:32:22.359><c> and</c>

00:32:22.680 --> 00:32:28.880
chains.<00:32:23.059><c> It</c><00:32:23.119><c> sounds</c><00:32:23.579><c> almost</c><00:32:24.160><c> gothic,</c><00:32:24.740><c> doesn't</c><00:32:24.920><c> it?</c><00:32:27.339><c> Rotherham</c><00:32:27.759><c> says,</c><00:32:28.579><c> of</c>

00:32:28.880 --> 00:32:32.099
the<00:32:29.119><c> anklets</c><00:32:30.099><c> and</c><00:32:30.900><c> the</c><00:32:31.140><c> little</c>

00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:37.900
moons.<00:32:35.799><c> The</c><00:32:36.200><c> phrase</c><00:32:36.299><c> there,</c><00:32:36.559><c> the</c><00:32:36.759><c> little</c><00:32:36.960><c> moons,</c><00:32:37.380><c> is</c><00:32:37.460><c> exactly</c>

00:32:37.900 --> 00:32:40.720
the<00:32:38.140><c> same</c><00:32:38.460><c> word</c><00:32:38.859><c> as</c><00:32:39.119><c> we</c><00:32:39.339><c> find</c><00:32:39.680><c> here.</c>

00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:45.700
These<00:32:41.740><c> were</c><00:32:42.059><c> the</c><00:32:42.599><c> ornaments</c><00:32:43.240><c> of</c><00:32:43.819><c> the</c><00:32:44.079><c> goddess</c><00:32:44.599><c> of</c><00:32:45.240><c> the</c><00:32:45.480><c> grove.</c>

00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:48.099
The<00:32:45.880><c> very</c><00:32:46.240><c> grove,</c><00:32:46.940><c> doubtless,</c><00:32:47.900><c> that</c>

00:32:48.099 --> 00:32:56.920
he<00:32:48.380><c> had</c><00:32:48.740><c> mown</c><00:32:49.099><c> down</c><00:32:49.500><c> in</c><00:32:49.700><c> his</c><00:32:49.960><c> own</c><00:32:50.519><c> father's</c><00:32:51.059><c> backyard.</c><00:32:54.740><c> The</c><00:32:55.019><c> Israelites</c><00:32:55.400><c> had</c><00:32:55.599><c> been</c><00:32:55.799><c> picking</c><00:32:56.079><c> up</c>

00:32:56.920 --> 00:32:58.380
the<00:32:57.200><c> gods</c>

00:32:58.440 --> 00:33:05.640
of<00:32:58.799><c> their</c><00:32:59.099><c> oppressors.</c><00:33:01.839><c> And</c><00:33:02.019><c> Gideon</c><00:33:02.240><c> knows</c><00:33:02.700><c> where</c><00:33:02.980><c> this</c><00:33:03.240><c> leads.</c><00:33:04.900><c> There</c><00:33:05.039><c> has</c>

00:33:05.640 --> 00:33:07.420
got<00:33:06.220><c> to</c><00:33:06.400><c> be</c><00:33:06.640><c> no</c><00:33:06.980><c> chance,</c>

00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:10.779
says<00:33:07.619><c> he,</c><00:33:08.619><c> that</c><00:33:08.799><c> these</c><00:33:09.160><c> ornaments</c><00:33:09.680><c> of</c><00:33:09.980><c> the</c><00:33:10.220><c> groves,</c><00:33:10.539><c> these</c>

00:33:10.779 --> 00:33:13.900
little<00:33:11.680><c> circles</c><00:33:12.259><c> that</c><00:33:12.640><c> represent</c><00:33:13.240><c> the</c><00:33:13.579><c> moon</c>

00:33:13.900 --> 00:33:18.140
goddess,<00:33:14.980><c> fall</c><00:33:15.119><c> into</c><00:33:15.480><c> the</c><00:33:15.759><c> hands</c><00:33:16.079><c> of</c><00:33:16.299><c> any</c><00:33:16.880><c> treasure</c><00:33:17.259><c> hunter.</c>

00:33:18.880 --> 00:33:22.099
They<00:33:19.359><c> must</c><00:33:19.700><c> go</c><00:33:20.319><c> and</c><00:33:20.819><c> never</c><00:33:21.099><c> be</c><00:33:21.380><c> found</c><00:33:21.619><c> again.</c>

00:33:22.099 --> 00:33:27.359
And<00:33:23.380><c> so</c><00:33:23.619><c> he</c><00:33:23.779><c> takes</c><00:33:24.460><c> the</c><00:33:25.140><c> ornaments</c><00:33:25.680><c> from</c><00:33:26.259><c> the</c><00:33:26.539><c> camel's</c><00:33:26.980><c> necks</c>

00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:30.319
so<00:33:27.819><c> that</c><00:33:28.059><c> no</c><00:33:28.279><c> one</c><00:33:28.720><c> can</c><00:33:29.200><c> trophy</c><00:33:29.559><c> these</c><00:33:29.920><c> away,</c>

00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:33.380
put<00:33:30.680><c> them</c><00:33:30.819><c> in</c><00:33:30.960><c> the</c><00:33:31.140><c> pool</c><00:33:31.380><c> room</c><00:33:31.680><c> and</c><00:33:32.099><c> every</c><00:33:32.240><c> now</c><00:33:32.440><c> and</c><00:33:32.539><c> again</c><00:33:32.779><c> pull</c><00:33:33.079><c> out</c>

00:33:33.380 --> 00:33:35.920
their<00:33:33.880><c> ornaments</c><00:33:34.640><c> of</c><00:33:35.500><c> the</c><00:33:35.680><c> moon</c>

00:33:35.920 --> 00:33:47.140
goddess<00:33:36.500><c> and</c><00:33:38.319><c> cover</c><00:33:38.579><c> them.</c><00:33:41.400><c> And</c><00:33:41.680><c> so</c><00:33:41.819><c> now</c><00:33:42.140><c> all</c><00:33:42.640><c> enemies</c><00:33:43.099><c> are</c><00:33:43.539><c> under</c><00:33:44.259><c> Gideon's</c><00:33:45.099><c> feet.</c><00:33:46.839><c> We</c>

00:33:47.140 --> 00:33:47.900
recall<00:33:47.339><c> that</c><00:33:47.660><c> quote</c>

00:33:47.900 --> 00:33:51.180
in<00:33:48.119><c> 1</c><00:33:48.359><c> Corinthians</c><00:33:48.839><c> 15,</c><00:33:49.799><c> for</c><00:33:49.900><c> he</c><00:33:50.200><c> must</c><00:33:50.480><c> reign</c><00:33:50.819><c> till</c><00:33:51.000><c> he</c><00:33:51.099><c> hath</c>

00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:54.680
put<00:33:51.460><c> all</c><00:33:51.779><c> enemies</c><00:33:52.099><c> under</c><00:33:52.339><c> his</c><00:33:52.640><c> feet.</c><00:33:54.519><c> And</c>

00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:57.059
when<00:33:54.819><c> all</c><00:33:55.119><c> things</c><00:33:55.339><c> shall</c><00:33:55.559><c> be</c><00:33:55.799><c> subdued</c><00:33:56.099><c> unto</c><00:33:56.339><c> him,</c><00:33:56.519><c> then</c><00:33:56.839><c> shall</c>

00:33:57.059 --> 00:33:59.200
the<00:33:57.299><c> son</c><00:33:57.440><c> also</c><00:33:57.799><c> be</c><00:33:58.140><c> subject</c><00:33:58.519><c> unto</c><00:33:58.839><c> him,</c>

00:33:59.500 --> 00:34:06.480
that<00:33:59.599><c> put</c><00:33:59.960><c> all</c><00:34:00.440><c> things</c><00:34:00.880><c> under</c><00:34:01.279><c> him,</c><00:34:02.400><c> that</c><00:34:02.599><c> God</c><00:34:03.559><c> may</c><00:34:03.960><c> be</c><00:34:04.140><c> God</c><00:34:04.339><c> all</c><00:34:05.119><c> and</c><00:34:05.920><c> in</c>

00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:09.079
all.<00:34:08.420><c> You</c><00:34:08.659><c> might</c><00:34:08.659><c> think,</c><00:34:08.940><c> okay,</c>

00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:13.800
why<00:34:09.360><c> did</c><00:34:09.519><c> you</c><00:34:09.659><c> just</c><00:34:09.920><c> read</c><00:34:10.079><c> that</c><00:34:10.360><c> quote?</c><00:34:10.579><c> Well,</c><00:34:10.719><c> let's</c><00:34:10.980><c> read</c><00:34:11.199><c> on.</c><00:34:11.840><c> Verse</c><00:34:12.119><c> 22,</c><00:34:12.719><c> the</c><00:34:12.840><c> men</c><00:34:13.519><c> of</c>

00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:14.320
Israel<00:34:14.119><c> said</c>

00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:19.059
to<00:34:14.519><c> Gideon,</c><00:34:15.860><c> rule</c><00:34:16.039><c> over</c><00:34:16.360><c> us,</c><00:34:16.780><c> both</c><00:34:16.900><c> thou</c><00:34:17.179><c> and</c><00:34:17.320><c> thy</c><00:34:17.519><c> son</c><00:34:17.679><c> and</c><00:34:17.820><c> thy</c><00:34:18.099><c> son's</c><00:34:18.460><c> son.</c><00:34:18.639><c> Set</c><00:34:18.780><c> up</c>

00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:20.500
a<00:34:19.179><c> dynasty</c><00:34:19.800><c> of</c>

00:34:20.500 --> 00:34:24.320
the<00:34:20.719><c> house</c><00:34:21.000><c> of</c><00:34:21.219><c> Avieza</c><00:34:21.659><c> over</c><00:34:22.099><c> us,</c><00:34:23.559><c> for</c><00:34:23.699><c> you</c><00:34:23.900><c> have</c><00:34:24.079><c> delivered</c>

00:34:24.320 --> 00:34:26.059
us<00:34:24.500><c> from</c><00:34:24.659><c> the</c><00:34:24.840><c> hand</c><00:34:25.059><c> of</c><00:34:25.219><c> Median.</c><00:34:25.820><c> And</c>

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:31.519
Gideon<00:34:26.280><c> said,</c><00:34:26.820><c> I</c><00:34:26.940><c> won't</c><00:34:27.199><c> rule</c><00:34:27.420><c> over</c><00:34:27.619><c> you.</c><00:34:28.380><c> My</c><00:34:28.739><c> sons</c><00:34:29.420><c> won't</c><00:34:29.699><c> rule</c><00:34:29.960><c> over</c><00:34:30.239><c> you,</c><00:34:31.119><c> for</c>

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:34.300
God<00:34:32.039><c> is</c><00:34:32.920><c> your</c><00:34:33.420><c> care.</c>

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:40.380
This<00:34:37.039><c> man</c><00:34:37.360><c> knew</c><00:34:37.679><c> that</c><00:34:38.119><c> God,</c><00:34:38.539><c> having</c><00:34:38.860><c> put</c><00:34:39.199><c> all</c><00:34:39.639><c> things</c><00:34:39.980><c> under</c>

00:34:40.380 --> 00:34:44.300
his<00:34:40.800><c> feet,</c><00:34:42.500><c> now</c><00:34:42.840><c> was</c><00:34:43.219><c> the</c><00:34:43.500><c> time</c><00:34:43.760><c> that</c><00:34:44.099><c> God</c>

00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:49.579
must<00:34:45.320><c> rule.</c><00:34:46.639><c> And</c><00:34:46.739><c> he</c><00:34:46.780><c> had</c><00:34:47.000><c> no</c><00:34:47.880><c> desire</c><00:34:48.340><c> to</c><00:34:48.539><c> be</c><00:34:48.719><c> king.</c><00:34:49.420><c> And</c><00:34:49.480><c> yet</c>

00:34:49.579 --> 00:34:51.519
there's<00:34:50.199><c> an</c><00:34:50.380><c> incredible</c><00:34:50.840><c> tragedy</c><00:34:51.260><c> going</c>

00:34:51.519 --> 00:35:00.219
on<00:34:51.780><c> here.</c><00:34:54.260><c> What</c><00:34:54.539><c> was</c><00:34:55.019><c> the</c><00:34:55.320><c> point</c><00:34:55.639><c> of</c><00:34:55.980><c> God</c><00:34:56.179><c> using</c><00:34:56.619><c> just</c><00:34:57.260><c> 300</c><00:34:57.739><c> men?</c><00:34:59.420><c> Think</c><00:34:59.719><c> back</c><00:35:00.079><c> to</c>

00:35:00.219 --> 00:35:01.360
chapter<00:35:00.480><c> 7,</c><00:35:00.920><c> verse</c><00:35:01.139><c> 2.</c>

00:35:01.420 --> 00:35:05.699
The<00:35:01.599><c> point</c><00:35:02.019><c> of</c><00:35:02.460><c> just</c><00:35:03.059><c> 301</c><00:35:03.820><c> men</c><00:35:04.219><c> winning</c><00:35:04.559><c> a</c><00:35:04.800><c> victory</c><00:35:05.139><c> on</c><00:35:05.440><c> that</c>

00:35:05.699 --> 00:35:08.300
day<00:35:05.940><c> was</c><00:35:06.360><c> that</c><00:35:06.679><c> Israel</c><00:35:07.179><c> should</c><00:35:07.579><c> not</c><00:35:07.960><c> boast</c>

00:35:08.300 --> 00:35:11.000
themselves,<00:35:08.980><c> that</c><00:35:09.079><c> they</c><00:35:09.300><c> should</c><00:35:09.579><c> not</c><00:35:09.840><c> think</c><00:35:10.000><c> that</c><00:35:10.219><c> this</c><00:35:10.460><c> victory</c><00:35:10.739><c> had</c>

00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:13.079
come<00:35:11.239><c> from</c><00:35:11.480><c> their</c><00:35:11.860><c> arm,</c><00:35:12.480><c> by</c><00:35:12.760><c> their</c>

00:35:13.079 --> 00:35:19.340
might<00:35:13.300><c> and</c><00:35:13.539><c> their</c><00:35:13.760><c> strength.</c><00:35:16.980><c> And</c><00:35:17.219><c> here,</c><00:35:17.460><c> the</c><00:35:17.579><c> children</c><00:35:17.800><c> of</c><00:35:17.920><c> Israel</c><00:35:18.139><c> say,</c><00:35:18.719><c> Gideon,</c><00:35:18.920><c> that</c><00:35:19.079><c> was</c><00:35:19.239><c> a</c>

00:35:19.340 --> 00:35:19.880
really<00:35:19.679><c> good</c>

00:35:19.880 --> 00:35:21.780
job.<00:35:20.099><c> We</c><00:35:20.260><c> don't</c><00:35:20.480><c> know</c><00:35:20.639><c> quite</c><00:35:20.860><c> how</c><00:35:21.059><c> you</c><00:35:21.219><c> did</c><00:35:21.300><c> it,</c><00:35:21.400><c> but</c><00:35:21.500><c> you</c><00:35:21.659><c> were</c>

00:35:21.780 --> 00:35:24.699
brilliant.<00:35:23.559><c> Why</c><00:35:23.920><c> don't</c><00:35:24.099><c> we</c><00:35:24.280><c> make</c><00:35:24.440><c> you</c>

00:35:24.699 --> 00:35:28.500
king?<00:35:25.260><c> You're</c><00:35:25.500><c> just</c><00:35:25.639><c> the</c><00:35:25.800><c> sort</c><00:35:25.900><c> of...</c><00:35:27.000><c> They</c><00:35:27.300><c> couldn't</c><00:35:27.599><c> see.</c>

00:35:29.099 --> 00:35:31.719
They<00:35:29.420><c> couldn't</c><00:35:29.780><c> see</c><00:35:30.019><c> that</c><00:35:30.179><c> it</c><00:35:30.320><c> was</c><00:35:30.619><c> God</c><00:35:31.139><c> who</c>

00:35:31.719 --> 00:35:38.039
had<00:35:32.099><c> delivered</c><00:35:32.400><c> them.</c><00:35:35.699><c> Gideon's</c><00:35:36.139><c> response</c><00:35:36.539><c> is</c><00:35:36.780><c> so</c><00:35:37.119><c> characteristic,</c><00:35:37.780><c> isn't</c><00:35:37.900><c> it?</c>

00:35:38.059 --> 00:35:39.079
He's<00:35:38.380><c> got</c><00:35:38.519><c> no</c><00:35:38.820><c> desire</c>

00:35:39.079 --> 00:35:43.380
to<00:35:39.380><c> set</c><00:35:39.380><c> himself</c><00:35:39.699><c> up</c><00:35:39.940><c> as</c><00:35:40.079><c> king.</c><00:35:41.019><c> Gideon</c><00:35:41.360><c> got</c><00:35:41.599><c> the</c><00:35:41.860><c> point.</c><00:35:42.940><c> I'm</c>

00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:45.300
waiting<00:35:43.739><c> for</c><00:35:44.099><c> Yahweh's</c><00:35:44.739><c> king.</c><00:35:45.059><c> This</c>

00:35:45.300 --> 00:35:52.179
was<00:35:45.699><c> never</c><00:35:46.079><c> about</c><00:35:46.579><c> me.</c><00:35:47.739><c> I</c><00:35:47.980><c> never</c><00:35:48.179><c> even</c><00:35:48.619><c> wanted</c><00:35:48.940><c> to</c><00:35:49.179><c> be</c><00:35:49.340><c> the</c><00:35:49.559><c> leader.</c><00:35:51.599><c> Don't</c><00:35:51.800><c> make</c><00:35:51.980><c> me</c>

00:35:52.179 --> 00:35:54.139
king.<00:35:53.719><c> And</c><00:35:53.880><c> throwing</c>

00:35:54.139 --> 00:36:01.280
God<00:35:54.480><c> in</c><00:35:54.659><c> your</c><00:35:54.880><c> hearts.</c><00:35:59.440><c> It'd</c><00:35:59.539><c> be</c><00:36:00.079><c> nice</c><00:36:00.380><c> to</c><00:36:00.559><c> be</c><00:36:00.619><c> able</c><00:36:00.800><c> to</c><00:36:01.000><c> close</c>

00:36:01.280 --> 00:36:02.599
the<00:36:01.559><c> story</c><00:36:01.739><c> off</c><00:36:01.940><c> at</c><00:36:02.039><c> that</c><00:36:02.260><c> point,</c><00:36:02.500><c> wouldn't</c>

00:36:02.599 --> 00:36:07.719
it?<00:36:02.900><c> And</c><00:36:03.000><c> say,</c><00:36:03.260><c> well,</c><00:36:03.320><c> that's</c><00:36:03.679><c> it.</c><00:36:05.940><c> Gideon</c><00:36:06.500><c> went</c><00:36:06.880><c> to</c><00:36:07.059><c> his</c><00:36:07.280><c> grave</c><00:36:07.460><c> at</c><00:36:07.639><c> a</c>

00:36:07.719 --> 00:36:08.900
good<00:36:07.860><c> old</c><00:36:08.099><c> age,</c><00:36:08.440><c> surrounded</c>

00:36:08.900 --> 00:36:16.679
by<00:36:09.420><c> lovely</c><00:36:10.000><c> children,</c><00:36:11.900><c> and</c><00:36:12.019><c> he'll</c><00:36:12.360><c> stand</c><00:36:12.559><c> again</c><00:36:13.119><c> in</c><00:36:14.179><c> the</c><00:36:14.340><c> kingdom.</c><00:36:16.139><c> Leave</c><00:36:16.420><c> the</c>

00:36:16.679 --> 00:36:19.000
story<00:36:16.900><c> there.</c><00:36:18.659><c> After</c>

00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:22.920
all,<00:36:19.360><c> this</c><00:36:19.679><c> was</c><00:36:19.960><c> the</c><00:36:20.320><c> story</c><00:36:20.619><c> of</c><00:36:20.840><c> what</c><00:36:21.139><c> one</c><00:36:21.480><c> man</c><00:36:21.739><c> can</c><00:36:21.940><c> do,</c><00:36:22.239><c> wasn't</c><00:36:22.400><c> it?</c>

00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:26.159
One<00:36:23.400><c> man</c><00:36:23.780><c> motivated</c><00:36:24.440><c> by</c><00:36:24.739><c> God,</c><00:36:25.780><c> standing</c>

00:36:26.159 --> 00:36:29.940
up,<00:36:27.039><c> not</c><00:36:27.260><c> because</c><00:36:27.539><c> he</c><00:36:27.800><c> wanted</c><00:36:28.159><c> to,</c><00:36:29.019><c> not</c><00:36:29.239><c> because</c><00:36:29.519><c> he</c><00:36:29.760><c> thought</c>

00:36:29.940 --> 00:36:31.699
he<00:36:30.099><c> was</c><00:36:30.420><c> qualified</c><00:36:30.880><c> to,</c><00:36:31.280><c> but</c><00:36:31.480><c> because</c>

00:36:31.699 --> 00:36:36.219
he<00:36:31.800><c> could</c><00:36:31.980><c> see</c><00:36:32.300><c> the</c><00:36:32.579><c> calling</c><00:36:32.800><c> of</c><00:36:33.059><c> God</c><00:36:33.260><c> Almighty,</c><00:36:33.760><c> one</c><00:36:33.880><c> man,</c><00:36:34.480><c> what</c><00:36:34.679><c> one</c><00:36:34.980><c> man</c><00:36:35.400><c> motivated</c><00:36:36.000><c> by</c>

00:36:36.219 --> 00:36:36.539
the<00:36:36.420><c> word</c>

00:36:36.539 --> 00:36:45.139
of<00:36:36.719><c> God</c><00:36:36.980><c> can</c><00:36:37.280><c> do</c><00:36:37.440><c> in</c><00:36:37.559><c> an</c><00:36:37.719><c> ecclesia.</c><00:36:44.280><c> It'd</c><00:36:44.539><c> be</c><00:36:44.599><c> lovely</c><00:36:44.840><c> to</c><00:36:45.019><c> leave</c>

00:36:45.139 --> 00:36:49.820
the<00:36:45.380><c> story</c><00:36:45.599><c> there.</c><00:36:48.840><c> Verse</c><00:36:49.000><c> 24,</c><00:36:49.579><c> Gideon</c>

00:36:49.820 --> 00:36:53.980
said,<00:36:50.739><c> I</c><00:36:50.920><c> would</c><00:36:51.280><c> desire</c><00:36:51.840><c> a</c><00:36:52.019><c> request</c><00:36:52.860><c> of</c><00:36:53.019><c> you,</c><00:36:53.199><c> that</c><00:36:53.340><c> you</c><00:36:53.539><c> should</c><00:36:53.739><c> give</c>

00:36:53.980 --> 00:36:55.639
every<00:36:54.300><c> man</c><00:36:54.519><c> the</c><00:36:54.860><c> earrings</c><00:36:55.260><c> of</c>

00:36:55.639 --> 00:37:00.820
his<00:36:55.920><c> prey,</c><00:36:57.820><c> for</c><00:36:57.980><c> they're</c><00:36:58.320><c> golden</c><00:36:58.739><c> earrings,</c><00:36:59.320><c> because</c><00:36:59.619><c> they</c><00:36:59.820><c> were</c><00:36:59.960><c> Ishmaelites.</c><00:37:00.619><c> A</c>

00:37:00.820 --> 00:37:01.500
characteristic<00:37:01.300><c> of</c>

00:37:01.500 --> 00:37:03.900
the<00:37:01.619><c> Ishmaelites</c><00:37:02.059><c> was</c><00:37:02.219><c> their</c><00:37:02.500><c> golden</c><00:37:02.780><c> earrings.</c><00:37:03.559><c> And</c><00:37:03.800><c> Gideon</c>

00:37:03.900 --> 00:37:05.760
says,<00:37:04.199><c> look,</c><00:37:04.380><c> give</c><00:37:04.480><c> me</c><00:37:04.619><c> those</c><00:37:04.820><c> earrings.</c>

00:37:06.739 --> 00:37:10.800
Give<00:37:06.900><c> me</c><00:37:07.099><c> them.</c><00:37:08.199><c> And</c><00:37:08.420><c> they</c><00:37:08.500><c> gave</c><00:37:08.760><c> them.</c><00:37:09.619><c> They</c><00:37:09.900><c> spread</c><00:37:10.079><c> a</c><00:37:10.260><c> garment.</c><00:37:10.579><c> Every</c>

00:37:10.800 --> 00:37:11.820
man<00:37:11.119><c> flung</c><00:37:11.400><c> them</c><00:37:11.559><c> in</c><00:37:11.719><c> there,</c>

00:37:11.860 --> 00:37:15.920
and<00:37:11.940><c> the</c><00:37:12.119><c> weight</c><00:37:12.260><c> of</c><00:37:12.420><c> the</c><00:37:12.579><c> golden</c><00:37:12.780><c> earrings</c><00:37:13.099><c> was</c><00:37:13.440><c> 1</c><00:37:13.619><c>,700</c><00:37:14.579><c> jekylls</c><00:37:15.119><c> of</c><00:37:15.280><c> silver,</c><00:37:15.760><c> an</c>

00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:16.679
enormous,<00:37:16.559><c> pardon</c>

00:37:16.679 --> 00:37:21.920
me,<00:37:17.000><c> of</c><00:37:17.179><c> gold,</c><00:37:17.679><c> an</c><00:37:17.860><c> enormous</c><00:37:18.260><c> amount</c><00:37:18.480><c> of</c><00:37:18.639><c> gold</c><00:37:18.920><c> beside</c><00:37:19.280><c> ornaments</c><00:37:19.739><c> and</c><00:37:20.019><c> collars</c><00:37:20.420><c> and</c><00:37:20.719><c> purple</c><00:37:21.119><c> raiment</c><00:37:21.519><c> on</c>

00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:24.519
the<00:37:22.079><c> kings</c><00:37:22.260><c> of</c><00:37:22.440><c> the</c><00:37:22.539><c> Midian,</c><00:37:23.440><c> the</c><00:37:23.699><c> chains</c><00:37:24.019><c> that</c><00:37:24.159><c> were</c><00:37:24.239><c> on</c><00:37:24.320><c> the</c>

00:37:24.519 --> 00:37:29.360
camel's<00:37:24.840><c> necks.</c><00:37:27.639><c> And</c><00:37:27.860><c> Gideon</c><00:37:28.059><c> made</c><00:37:28.280><c> an</c><00:37:28.559><c> ephod</c>

00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:38.380
and<00:37:30.079><c> put</c><00:37:30.280><c> it</c><00:37:30.500><c> in</c><00:37:30.679><c> Ofrah.</c><00:37:33.860><c> And</c><00:37:34.260><c> all</c><00:37:34.980><c> Israel</c><00:37:36.139><c> went</c><00:37:36.880><c> thither,</c><00:37:38.119><c> a</c>

00:37:38.380 --> 00:37:43.079
whoring<00:37:38.639><c> after</c><00:37:39.000><c> it.</c><00:37:42.039><c> There's</c><00:37:42.320><c> no</c><00:37:42.519><c> doubt</c><00:37:42.659><c> in</c><00:37:42.820><c> my</c>

00:37:43.079 --> 00:37:47.039
mind<00:37:43.280><c> that</c><00:37:43.519><c> Gideon</c><00:37:43.800><c> had</c><00:37:44.039><c> the</c><00:37:44.179><c> best</c><00:37:44.500><c> of</c><00:37:44.760><c> intentions.</c><00:37:46.639><c> He</c><00:37:46.760><c> had</c><00:37:46.940><c> a</c>

00:37:47.039 --> 00:37:48.639
very,<00:37:47.380><c> very</c><00:37:47.539><c> good</c><00:37:47.739><c> motive.</c><00:37:48.059><c> He</c><00:37:48.139><c> was</c><00:37:48.400><c> trying</c>

00:37:48.639 --> 00:37:51.619
to<00:37:48.820><c> ensure</c><00:37:49.280><c> that</c><00:37:49.699><c> Israel</c><00:37:50.039><c> did</c><00:37:50.360><c> not</c><00:37:50.579><c> keep</c><00:37:50.820><c> the</c><00:37:51.059><c> moon</c><00:37:51.300><c> symbols,</c>

00:37:51.860 --> 00:37:55.019
did<00:37:52.099><c> not</c><00:37:52.440><c> keep</c><00:37:53.219><c> the</c><00:37:53.880><c> rewards</c><00:37:54.300><c> of</c><00:37:54.500><c> God's</c>

00:37:55.019 --> 00:38:00.380
victory.<00:37:56.920><c> He</c><00:37:57.659><c> was</c><00:37:57.940><c> trying</c><00:37:58.219><c> to</c><00:37:58.599><c> claim</c><00:37:58.980><c> all</c><00:37:59.599><c> of</c><00:37:59.739><c> those</c><00:37:59.960><c> things</c>

00:38:00.380 --> 00:38:02.960
that<00:38:01.079><c> emblemized</c><00:38:01.820><c> the</c><00:38:02.079><c> victory</c><00:38:02.400><c> that</c><00:38:02.679><c> had</c>

00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:07.280
been<00:38:03.139><c> won</c><00:38:03.400><c> that</c><00:38:03.760><c> day</c><00:38:04.039><c> so</c><00:38:04.440><c> that</c><00:38:04.699><c> no</c><00:38:04.900><c> one</c><00:38:05.039><c> could</c><00:38:05.340><c> start</c><00:38:05.780><c> idealizing</c><00:38:06.539><c> those</c>

00:38:07.280 --> 00:38:11.599
for<00:38:08.719><c> whatever</c><00:38:09.159><c> reason.</c><00:38:11.460><c> But</c>

00:38:11.599 --> 00:38:18.800
he<00:38:11.659><c> made</c><00:38:11.880><c> an</c><00:38:12.099><c> ephod.</c><00:38:16.380><c> And</c><00:38:16.880><c> compromise</c><00:38:17.260><c> never</c><00:38:17.860><c> succeeds,</c><00:38:18.500><c> and</c>

00:38:18.800 --> 00:38:25.000
never,<00:38:19.079><c> ever</c><00:38:19.539><c> succeeds</c><00:38:20.420><c> in</c><00:38:21.780><c> the</c><00:38:21.960><c> things</c><00:38:22.119><c> of</c>

00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:34.719
God.<00:38:25.820><c> It</c><00:38:26.380><c> never</c><00:38:26.659><c> succeeds.</c><00:38:31.300><c> These</c><00:38:31.719><c> things,</c><00:38:32.099><c> we're</c><00:38:32.320><c> told,</c><00:38:34.239><c> were</c><00:38:34.380><c> going</c><00:38:34.519><c> to</c>

00:38:34.719 --> 00:38:37.360
become<00:38:34.940><c> a</c><00:38:35.219><c> snare,</c><00:38:36.760><c> a</c><00:38:37.059><c> snare</c>

00:38:37.360 --> 00:38:42.860
unto<00:38:37.719><c> Gideon</c><00:38:38.440><c> and</c><00:38:39.420><c> to</c><00:38:39.619><c> his</c><00:38:39.780><c> house</c><00:38:40.599><c> and</c><00:38:41.099><c> to</c><00:38:41.300><c> the</c><00:38:41.500><c> whole</c><00:38:41.760><c> nation.</c>

00:38:44.440 --> 00:38:45.880
He<00:38:44.639><c> was</c><00:38:44.860><c> trying</c><00:38:45.079><c> to</c><00:38:45.239><c> ensure</c><00:38:45.539><c> they</c><00:38:45.679><c> didn't</c>

00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:48.619
keep<00:38:46.079><c> the</c><00:38:46.300><c> moon</c><00:38:46.539><c> symbol.</c><00:38:47.260><c> He</c><00:38:47.360><c> was</c><00:38:47.539><c> trying</c><00:38:47.739><c> to</c><00:38:48.199><c> ensure</c><00:38:48.480><c> they</c>

00:38:48.619 --> 00:38:51.900
didn't<00:38:48.840><c> keep</c><00:38:49.039><c> their</c><00:38:49.300><c> mobile,</c><00:38:50.199><c> personal</c><00:38:51.199><c> idols</c>

00:38:51.900 --> 00:38:57.320
upon<00:38:52.480><c> them.</c><00:38:55.179><c> A</c><00:38:55.340><c> challenge</c><00:38:55.599><c> for</c><00:38:55.780><c> us</c><00:38:55.920><c> today,</c><00:38:56.760><c> a</c><00:38:56.800><c> challenge</c><00:38:57.079><c> for</c>

00:38:57.320 --> 00:39:00.599
many<00:38:57.579><c> of</c><00:38:57.800><c> us</c><00:38:57.980><c> today.</c><00:38:59.139><c> So</c><00:38:59.420><c> easy</c><00:38:59.739><c> to</c><00:39:00.019><c> carry</c><00:39:00.239><c> around</c>

00:39:00.599 --> 00:39:07.619
a<00:39:01.119><c> personal,</c><00:39:02.179><c> mobile</c><00:39:02.920><c> idol</c><00:39:03.639><c> today.</c><00:39:06.780><c> But</c><00:39:06.980><c> compromise</c><00:39:07.340><c> never,</c>

00:39:07.619 --> 00:39:11.440
ever<00:39:07.860><c> succeeds.</c><00:39:10.780><c> And</c><00:39:10.960><c> here</c><00:39:11.059><c> we've</c><00:39:11.260><c> got</c>

00:39:11.440 --> 00:39:20.380
Gideon,<00:39:11.880><c> the</c><00:39:12.159><c> champion</c><00:39:12.719><c> of</c><00:39:13.019><c> faith,</c><00:39:13.739><c> the</c><00:39:14.059><c> enemy</c><00:39:14.480><c> of</c><00:39:14.980><c> Baal</c><00:39:15.159><c> himself,</c><00:39:16.960><c> Jerobaal.</c><00:39:19.739><c> And</c>

00:39:20.380 --> 00:39:21.300
this<00:39:20.679><c> thing</c><00:39:20.880><c> became</c>

00:39:21.300 --> 00:39:29.559
a<00:39:21.539><c> snare</c><00:39:21.699><c> unto</c><00:39:22.099><c> him.</c><00:39:23.800><c> Brothers</c><00:39:24.000><c> and</c><00:39:24.280><c> sisters,</c><00:39:25.599><c> nobody</c><00:39:25.840><c> is</c><00:39:26.239><c> safe</c><00:39:26.460><c> from</c><00:39:26.760><c> idolatry.</c><00:39:28.480><c> Don't</c><00:39:28.780><c> think</c><00:39:29.059><c> to</c><00:39:29.280><c> yourself,</c>

00:39:29.860 --> 00:39:34.019
well,<00:39:29.940><c> I'm</c><00:39:30.079><c> just</c><00:39:30.300><c> not</c><00:39:30.559><c> tempted.</c><00:39:32.099><c> It's</c><00:39:32.440><c> just</c><00:39:32.699><c> not</c><00:39:32.940><c> my</c><00:39:33.219><c> thing.</c>

00:39:34.980 --> 00:39:38.139
I'm<00:39:35.579><c> older</c><00:39:36.019><c> than</c><00:39:36.420><c> that,</c><00:39:36.840><c> and</c><00:39:36.980><c> we</c><00:39:37.519><c> are</c>

00:39:38.139 --> 00:39:46.960
all<00:39:38.760><c> prone</c><00:39:39.480><c> to</c><00:39:40.280><c> idolatry.</c><00:39:42.340><c> And</c><00:39:42.519><c> idolatry</c><00:39:43.199><c> is</c><00:39:43.739><c> always</c><00:39:44.920><c> a</c><00:39:45.800><c> danger</c><00:39:46.079><c> to</c><00:39:46.300><c> us.</c><00:39:46.760><c> It</c>

00:39:46.960 --> 00:39:48.400
says<00:39:47.099><c> there</c><00:39:47.420><c> that</c><00:39:47.860><c> this</c><00:39:48.239><c> thing</c>

00:39:48.400 --> 00:39:53.519
became<00:39:48.780><c> a</c><00:39:49.239><c> snare</c><00:39:49.519><c> unto</c><00:39:49.980><c> Gideon.</c><00:39:51.420><c> Now</c><00:39:51.559><c> think</c><00:39:51.719><c> about</c><00:39:52.019><c> that.</c><00:39:52.599><c> A</c><00:39:52.820><c> trap</c><00:39:53.059><c> or</c><00:39:53.340><c> a</c>

00:39:53.519 --> 00:39:54.280
snare.<00:39:53.679><c> What's</c><00:39:53.980><c> the</c><00:39:54.119><c> point</c>

00:39:54.280 --> 00:39:57.059
of<00:39:54.400><c> a</c><00:39:54.599><c> trap</c><00:39:54.760><c> or</c><00:39:54.960><c> a</c><00:39:55.199><c> snare?</c><00:39:55.960><c> Well,</c><00:39:56.099><c> the</c><00:39:56.159><c> whole</c><00:39:56.460><c> point</c><00:39:56.639><c> of</c><00:39:56.739><c> a</c><00:39:56.920><c> trap</c>

00:39:57.059 --> 00:39:58.820
or<00:39:57.260><c> a</c><00:39:57.420><c> snare</c><00:39:57.559><c> is</c><00:39:57.960><c> that</c><00:39:58.099><c> it's</c><00:39:58.539><c> sneaky.</c>

00:39:59.079 --> 00:40:02.360
It's<00:39:59.139><c> hard</c><00:39:59.460><c> to</c><00:39:59.659><c> detect.</c><00:40:00.699><c> When</c><00:40:00.820><c> you're</c><00:40:01.039><c> trying</c><00:40:01.159><c> to</c><00:40:01.360><c> trap</c><00:40:01.500><c> a</c><00:40:01.719><c> rabbit,</c><00:40:02.300><c> you</c>

00:40:02.360 --> 00:40:03.880
don't<00:40:02.659><c> sort</c><00:40:02.800><c> of</c><00:40:03.159><c> dig</c><00:40:03.360><c> a</c><00:40:03.599><c> hole,</c>

00:40:04.019 --> 00:40:06.460
a<00:40:04.099><c> pit</c><00:40:04.300><c> trap</c><00:40:04.460><c> for</c><00:40:04.639><c> the</c><00:40:04.800><c> rabbit,</c><00:40:05.179><c> and</c><00:40:05.280><c> then</c><00:40:05.420><c> put</c><00:40:05.539><c> up</c><00:40:05.739><c> big</c><00:40:06.059><c> signs</c>

00:40:06.460 --> 00:40:08.159
saying,<00:40:07.199><c> rabbits,</c><00:40:07.360><c> watch</c><00:40:07.619><c> out,</c><00:40:07.900><c> there's</c>

00:40:08.159 --> 00:40:12.239
a<00:40:08.300><c> trap</c><00:40:08.480><c> ahead.</c><00:40:09.300><c> Do</c><00:40:09.480><c> you?</c><00:40:10.559><c> The</c><00:40:10.820><c> whole</c><00:40:11.119><c> point</c><00:40:11.340><c> is</c><00:40:11.579><c> to</c><00:40:11.739><c> hide</c><00:40:11.980><c> it,</c>

00:40:12.300 --> 00:40:14.739
to<00:40:12.659><c> disguise</c><00:40:13.000><c> it,</c><00:40:13.300><c> to</c><00:40:13.460><c> make</c><00:40:13.579><c> it</c><00:40:13.940><c> not</c><00:40:14.219><c> look</c>

00:40:14.739 --> 00:40:18.719
like<00:40:15.119><c> a</c><00:40:15.400><c> trap,</c><00:40:15.820><c> to</c><00:40:16.079><c> make</c><00:40:16.239><c> it</c><00:40:16.559><c> not</c><00:40:16.719><c> look</c><00:40:16.960><c> like</c><00:40:17.300><c> a</c><00:40:17.500><c> snare.</c><00:40:18.099><c> That's</c>

00:40:18.719 --> 00:40:21.360
the<00:40:18.980><c> point.</c><00:40:20.139><c> Come</c><00:40:20.320><c> across</c><00:40:20.619><c> to</c><00:40:20.860><c> Galatians</c>

00:40:21.360 --> 00:40:39.179
chapter<00:40:21.760><c> 6.</c><00:40:25.460><c> Galatians</c><00:40:26.019><c> chapter</c><00:40:26.340><c> 6</c><00:40:27.340><c> and</c><00:40:28.780><c> verse</c><00:40:29.460><c> 7.</c><00:40:37.079><c> Be</c><00:40:37.320><c> not</c><00:40:37.699><c> deceived,</c><00:40:38.559><c> says</c><00:40:38.679><c> Paul</c><00:40:39.079><c> in</c>

00:40:39.179 --> 00:40:39.820
Galatians<00:40:39.579><c> 6</c>

00:40:39.820 --> 00:40:44.940
verse<00:40:39.940><c> 7.</c><00:40:40.780><c> God</c><00:40:40.800><c> is</c><00:40:41.320><c> not</c><00:40:41.940><c> mocked.</c><00:40:43.440><c> Whatsoever</c><00:40:43.719><c> a</c><00:40:43.900><c> man</c><00:40:44.119><c> sows,</c><00:40:44.579><c> that</c><00:40:44.699><c> he</c>

00:40:44.940 --> 00:40:47.739
shall<00:40:45.179><c> also</c><00:40:45.659><c> reap.</c><00:40:46.480><c> For</c><00:40:47.079><c> he</c><00:40:47.460><c> that</c>

00:40:47.739 --> 00:40:51.099
sows<00:40:48.039><c> to</c><00:40:48.239><c> his</c><00:40:48.480><c> flesh</c><00:40:48.920><c> shall</c><00:40:49.400><c> of</c><00:40:49.539><c> the</c><00:40:49.840><c> flesh</c><00:40:50.179><c> reap</c><00:40:50.500><c> corruption,</c>

00:40:51.599 --> 00:40:53.679
but<00:40:51.800><c> he</c><00:40:52.039><c> that</c><00:40:52.280><c> sows</c><00:40:52.719><c> to</c><00:40:52.920><c> the</c><00:40:53.139><c> spirit</c>

00:40:53.679 --> 00:41:02.079
shall<00:40:53.960><c> of</c><00:40:54.840><c> the</c><00:40:55.059><c> spirit</c><00:40:55.360><c> reap</c><00:40:55.800><c> life</c><00:40:56.639><c> everlasting.</c><00:41:01.179><c> Don't</c><00:41:01.780><c> be</c>

00:41:02.079 --> 00:41:03.780
deceived,<00:41:02.960><c> says</c><00:41:03.099><c> the</c><00:41:03.320><c> apostle</c><00:41:03.559><c> Paul.</c>

00:41:03.780 --> 00:41:06.960
Why<00:41:04.059><c> would</c><00:41:04.239><c> he</c><00:41:04.440><c> say</c><00:41:04.639><c> that?</c><00:41:05.980><c> Well,</c><00:41:06.219><c> he</c><00:41:06.239><c> says</c><00:41:06.440><c> that</c><00:41:06.639><c> because</c><00:41:06.860><c> he</c>

00:41:06.960 --> 00:41:10.260
knows<00:41:07.199><c> we</c><00:41:07.420><c> will</c><00:41:07.559><c> be.</c><00:41:08.800><c> He</c><00:41:09.280><c> knows</c><00:41:09.980><c> we're</c>

00:41:10.260 --> 00:41:13.119
going<00:41:10.480><c> to</c><00:41:10.639><c> be</c><00:41:10.820><c> deceived.</c><00:41:11.139><c> So</c><00:41:11.280><c> he</c><00:41:11.340><c> says,</c><00:41:11.760><c> don't</c><00:41:11.900><c> be.</c><00:41:12.519><c> Don't</c><00:41:12.860><c> be</c>

00:41:13.119 --> 00:41:16.199
deceived.<00:41:13.860><c> God's</c><00:41:14.360><c> not</c><00:41:14.679><c> mocked.</c><00:41:15.599><c> The</c><00:41:15.860><c> place</c>

00:41:16.199 --> 00:41:20.380
where<00:41:16.460><c> we</c><00:41:16.739><c> sow</c><00:41:16.880><c> is</c><00:41:17.159><c> the</c><00:41:17.400><c> place</c><00:41:17.599><c> where</c><00:41:17.920><c> we</c><00:41:18.139><c> reap.</c><00:41:18.900><c> What</c><00:41:19.239><c> we</c><00:41:19.599><c> plant</c><00:41:19.920><c> is</c>

00:41:20.380 --> 00:41:22.219
what<00:41:20.579><c> we're</c><00:41:20.840><c> going</c><00:41:21.019><c> to</c><00:41:21.280><c> grow.</c><00:41:21.639><c> If</c><00:41:21.860><c> we</c>

00:41:22.219 --> 00:41:27.420
sow<00:41:22.480><c> unto</c><00:41:23.099><c> idolatry,</c><00:41:23.699><c> we</c><00:41:23.920><c> can't</c><00:41:24.480><c> imagine</c><00:41:25.260><c> that</c><00:41:26.260><c> we're</c><00:41:26.460><c> not</c><00:41:26.659><c> going</c><00:41:26.860><c> to</c>

00:41:27.420 --> 00:41:30.699
reap<00:41:27.619><c> it.</c><00:41:29.460><c> Idolatry</c><00:41:29.980><c> today</c><00:41:30.340><c> comes</c>

00:41:30.699 --> 00:41:38.539
in<00:41:30.900><c> so</c><00:41:31.420><c> many</c><00:41:31.860><c> shapes</c><00:41:32.460><c> and</c><00:41:33.179><c> sizes</c><00:41:33.539><c> and</c><00:41:33.719><c> we</c><00:41:33.900><c> have</c><00:41:34.119><c> to</c><00:41:34.300><c> be</c><00:41:34.460><c> very,</c><00:41:34.780><c> very</c><00:41:35.099><c> wary.</c><00:41:36.880><c> The</c><00:41:37.320><c> idolatry</c><00:41:37.900><c> of</c><00:41:38.099><c> a</c><00:41:38.260><c> brilliant</c>

00:41:38.539 --> 00:41:48.280
career<00:41:39.139><c> that</c><00:41:41.579><c> keeps</c><00:41:41.860><c> us</c><00:41:42.380><c> from</c><00:41:42.599><c> our</c><00:41:42.760><c> brothers</c><00:41:42.940><c> and</c><00:41:43.199><c> sisters.</c><00:41:44.599><c> The</c><00:41:44.940><c> idolatry</c><00:41:45.659><c> of</c><00:41:46.199><c> entertainment,</c><00:41:48.000><c> a</c>

00:41:48.280 --> 00:41:51.300
personal<00:41:48.579><c> favourite</c><00:41:48.940><c> of</c><00:41:49.239><c> mine</c><00:41:49.659><c> that</c><00:41:50.639><c> fills</c><00:41:50.780><c> our</c><00:41:51.000><c> head</c><00:41:51.099><c> with</c>

00:41:51.300 --> 00:41:57.280
rubbish.<00:41:53.639><c> The</c><00:41:54.099><c> idolatry</c><00:41:55.099><c> of</c><00:41:56.099><c> family</c>

00:41:57.590 --> 00:42:01.940
such<00:41:58.019><c> that</c><00:41:58.239><c> we</c><00:41:58.400><c> cannot</c><00:41:58.699><c> anymore</c><00:41:59.320><c> see</c><00:41:59.639><c> their</c><00:42:00.099><c> faults</c><00:42:00.719><c> or</c><00:42:01.599><c> help</c>

00:42:01.940 --> 00:42:07.239
them<00:42:02.500><c> to</c><00:42:02.860><c> resolve</c><00:42:03.219><c> them.</c><00:42:05.599><c> The</c><00:42:06.440><c> idolatry</c>

00:42:07.239 --> 00:42:15.400
of<00:42:07.619><c> materialism,</c><00:42:09.440><c> of</c><00:42:09.599><c> houses</c><00:42:10.039><c> and</c><00:42:10.360><c> of</c><00:42:10.699><c> holidays.</c><00:42:13.780><c> Our</c><00:42:14.059><c> world</c>

00:42:15.400 --> 00:42:19.800
runs<00:42:17.260><c> on</c><00:42:17.639><c> idolatry.</c><00:42:18.460><c> That</c><00:42:18.719><c> is</c><00:42:19.099><c> the</c><00:42:19.380><c> basis</c>

00:42:19.800 --> 00:42:25.960
of<00:42:20.039><c> our</c><00:42:20.360><c> society</c><00:42:20.920><c> and</c><00:42:21.139><c> of</c><00:42:21.380><c> capitalism.</c><00:42:23.199><c> Gideon</c><00:42:23.639><c> failed.</c><00:42:25.579><c> He</c>

00:42:25.960 --> 00:42:30.800
failed<00:42:26.360><c> because</c><00:42:27.960><c> he</c><00:42:28.280><c> called</c><00:42:28.460><c> it</c><00:42:28.679><c> an</c><00:42:28.960><c> ephod.</c><00:42:30.639><c> Did</c>

00:42:30.800 --> 00:42:35.239
you<00:42:30.940><c> notice</c><00:42:31.219><c> that?</c><00:42:31.519><c> He</c><00:42:31.559><c> didn't</c><00:42:31.840><c> say</c><00:42:32.239><c> Gideon</c><00:42:32.679><c> built</c><00:42:32.940><c> an</c><00:42:33.260><c> idol</c><00:42:33.639><c> and</c><00:42:34.619><c> this</c><00:42:34.840><c> was</c><00:42:35.099><c> a</c>

00:42:35.239 --> 00:42:36.199
snare<00:42:35.400><c> to</c><00:42:35.639><c> himself</c><00:42:36.019><c> and</c>

00:42:36.199 --> 00:42:40.320
to<00:42:36.380><c> Israel</c><00:42:36.639><c> and</c><00:42:36.719><c> his</c><00:42:36.940><c> family.</c><00:42:37.360><c> He</c><00:42:37.920><c> built</c><00:42:38.199><c> an</c><00:42:38.460><c> ephod.</c><00:42:39.079><c> Oh,</c><00:42:39.260><c> that's</c><00:42:39.639><c> spiritual,</c><00:42:40.280><c> isn't</c><00:42:40.280><c> it?</c>

00:42:40.340 --> 00:42:40.639
That's<00:42:40.539><c> what</c>

00:42:40.639 --> 00:42:44.739
the<00:42:40.920><c> priests</c><00:42:41.280><c> wear.</c><00:42:42.159><c> You</c><00:42:42.320><c> see,</c><00:42:42.440><c> he</c><00:42:42.800><c> failed</c><00:42:43.260><c> to</c><00:42:43.760><c> identify</c><00:42:44.360><c> the</c>

00:42:44.739 --> 00:42:49.780
idol.<00:42:45.739><c> He</c><00:42:46.079><c> called</c><00:42:46.320><c> it</c><00:42:46.559><c> an</c><00:42:46.699><c> ephod.</c><00:42:48.860><c> This</c><00:42:49.420><c> isn't</c>

00:42:49.780 --> 00:42:54.780
my<00:42:50.039><c> games</c><00:42:50.340><c> machine.</c><00:42:50.719><c> This</c><00:42:50.860><c> is</c><00:42:51.079><c> my</c><00:42:51.219><c> work</c><00:42:51.579><c> laptop.</c><00:42:53.980><c> This</c><00:42:54.440><c> isn't</c>

00:42:54.780 --> 00:42:57.360
my<00:42:55.199><c> impressing</c><00:42:55.920><c> people</c><00:42:56.219><c> car.</c><00:42:57.059><c> This</c>

00:42:57.360 --> 00:43:03.559
is<00:42:57.619><c> the</c><00:42:57.760><c> car</c><00:42:57.940><c> I</c><00:42:58.119><c> had</c><00:42:58.460><c> to</c><00:42:58.699><c> buy</c><00:42:58.980><c> for</c><00:42:59.380><c> tax</c><00:42:59.760><c> purposes.</c><00:43:02.000><c> This</c><00:43:02.380><c> isn't</c>

00:43:03.559 --> 00:43:05.340
the<00:43:03.920><c> job</c><00:43:04.159><c> I</c><00:43:04.420><c> wanted</c><00:43:04.679><c> because</c><00:43:04.960><c> it's</c>

00:43:05.340 --> 00:43:12.460
prestigious.<00:43:07.500><c> I</c><00:43:08.059><c> had</c><00:43:08.539><c> no</c><00:43:08.840><c> choice,</c><00:43:09.119><c> my</c><00:43:09.420><c> boss</c><00:43:09.820><c> insisted.</c><00:43:11.400><c> We</c><00:43:11.719><c> fail</c><00:43:12.179><c> to</c>

00:43:12.460 --> 00:43:14.059
identify.<00:43:12.960><c> It's</c><00:43:13.199><c> very</c><00:43:13.440><c> easy</c><00:43:13.679><c> for</c><00:43:13.860><c> us</c>

00:43:14.059 --> 00:43:16.860
to<00:43:14.059><c> do</c><00:43:14.239><c> and</c><00:43:14.380><c> I</c><00:43:14.639><c> know</c><00:43:14.880><c> I</c><00:43:15.139><c> do</c><00:43:15.280><c> it</c><00:43:15.460><c> practically</c><00:43:15.840><c> every</c><00:43:16.159><c> day</c><00:43:16.380><c> and</c><00:43:16.659><c> we</c>

00:43:16.860 --> 00:43:21.500
have<00:43:17.119><c> to</c><00:43:17.320><c> be</c><00:43:17.559><c> very,</c><00:43:18.239><c> very</c><00:43:18.780><c> alert.</c><00:43:21.219><c> So</c>

00:43:21.500 --> 00:43:30.460
there<00:43:21.679><c> are</c><00:43:21.900><c> two</c><00:43:22.460><c> key</c><00:43:22.980><c> errors</c><00:43:23.440><c> that</c><00:43:24.820><c> wrap</c><00:43:25.019><c> up</c><00:43:25.219><c> the</c><00:43:25.519><c> story</c><00:43:25.920><c> of</c><00:43:26.280><c> Gideon.</c><00:43:29.519><c> The</c><00:43:30.039><c> children</c><00:43:30.320><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:43:30.820><c> failed</c>

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to<00:43:31.699><c> see</c><00:43:32.179><c> God</c><00:43:32.539><c> at</c><00:43:33.000><c> work.</c><00:43:34.159><c> Oh,</c><00:43:34.460><c> no,</c><00:43:34.599><c> no,</c><00:43:34.760><c> no.</c><00:43:35.260><c> It</c><00:43:35.420><c> wasn't</c><00:43:35.800><c> God.</c><00:43:36.380><c> It</c>

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was<00:43:36.800><c> you,</c><00:43:37.320><c> Gideon.</c><00:43:37.539><c> You</c><00:43:37.659><c> did</c><00:43:37.840><c> a</c><00:43:38.019><c> magnificent</c>

00:43:38.659 --> 00:43:46.659
job.<00:43:41.500><c> This</c><00:43:41.940><c> was</c><00:43:42.340><c> a</c><00:43:42.699><c> symptom</c><00:43:43.079><c> of</c><00:43:43.440><c> their</c><00:43:43.679><c> lack</c><00:43:43.940><c> of</c><00:43:44.360><c> thankfulness.</c><00:43:46.199><c> They</c><00:43:46.400><c> didn't</c>

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want<00:43:46.960><c> to</c><00:43:47.199><c> praise</c><00:43:47.420><c> their</c><00:43:47.659><c> God.</c><00:43:47.800><c> It</c><00:43:47.900><c> was</c>

00:43:48.139 --> 00:43:52.780
much<00:43:48.380><c> easier</c><00:43:48.679><c> to</c><00:43:48.900><c> crown</c><00:43:49.179><c> a</c><00:43:49.340><c> man</c><00:43:49.900><c> and</c><00:43:51.659><c> Gideon's</c><00:43:52.219><c> failure</c><00:43:52.460><c> was</c>

00:43:52.780 --> 00:43:56.599
his<00:43:53.139><c> failure</c><00:43:53.659><c> to</c><00:43:53.980><c> identify</c><00:43:54.579><c> an</c><00:43:54.840><c> idol</c><00:43:55.039><c> and</c><00:43:56.360><c> the</c>

00:43:56.599 --> 00:44:03.940
symptom<00:43:56.900><c> of</c><00:43:57.139><c> that</c><00:43:57.900><c> was</c><00:43:58.460><c> compromise.</c><00:44:02.380><c> An</c><00:44:02.599><c> absolute</c><00:44:02.920><c> tragedy.</c>

00:44:07.480 --> 00:44:12.099
So<00:44:08.000><c> how</c><00:44:08.519><c> do</c><00:44:08.639><c> we</c><00:44:08.739><c> wrap</c><00:44:08.920><c> up</c><00:44:09.099><c> the</c><00:44:09.300><c> story</c><00:44:09.539><c> and</c><00:44:09.840><c> put</c><00:44:10.000><c> a</c><00:44:10.260><c> positive</c><00:44:10.679><c> spin</c><00:44:11.099><c> on</c>

00:44:12.099 --> 00:44:14.019
the<00:44:12.480><c> story</c><00:44:12.739><c> of</c><00:44:12.960><c> Gideon</c><00:44:13.159><c> so</c><00:44:13.360><c> that</c><00:44:13.539><c> we</c><00:44:13.780><c> walk</c>

00:44:14.019 --> 00:44:21.480
away<00:44:14.360><c> encouraged</c><00:44:15.079><c> rather</c><00:44:15.619><c> than</c><00:44:15.900><c> pulled</c><00:44:16.059><c> down</c><00:44:16.719><c> by</c><00:44:17.139><c> this</c><00:44:17.760><c> incredible</c><00:44:18.460><c> story?</c><00:44:20.559><c> I</c><00:44:20.780><c> just</c><00:44:21.059><c> want</c><00:44:21.179><c> to</c><00:44:21.360><c> put</c>

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this<00:44:21.820><c> slide</c><00:44:21.980><c> up</c><00:44:22.219><c> because</c><00:44:22.420><c> I</c><00:44:22.579><c> think</c><00:44:22.699><c> this</c><00:44:22.940><c> reminds</c><00:44:23.300><c> us</c><00:44:23.719><c> of</c><00:44:25.840><c> something</c><00:44:26.179><c> incredible.</c><00:44:28.320><c> That</c>

00:44:28.559 --> 00:44:30.059
was<00:44:28.800><c> the</c><00:44:29.039><c> odds</c>

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that<00:44:31.000><c> Gideon</c><00:44:31.559><c> and</c><00:44:31.980><c> his</c><00:44:32.380><c> 300</c><00:44:33.059><c> men,</c><00:44:34.440><c> strengthened</c><00:44:34.780><c> by</c><00:44:35.199><c> God,</c><00:44:36.239><c> gained</c><00:44:36.539><c> a</c>

00:44:36.739 --> 00:44:41.099
victory<00:44:37.079><c> over.</c><00:44:40.260><c> Unthinkable</c>

00:44:41.099 --> 00:44:45.800
odds<00:44:41.380><c> when</c><00:44:41.639><c> you</c><00:44:41.860><c> consider</c><00:44:42.480><c> that</c><00:44:43.159><c> these</c><00:44:43.500><c> men</c><00:44:44.420><c> had</c><00:44:45.000><c> their</c><00:44:45.300><c> hands</c>

00:44:45.800 --> 00:44:50.719
full<00:44:46.500><c> of</c><00:44:48.139><c> torches</c><00:44:48.780><c> representing</c><00:44:49.900><c> God's</c>

00:44:50.719 --> 00:44:58.219
eternal<00:44:51.179><c> flame,</c><00:44:51.739><c> the</c><00:44:51.920><c> spirit</c><00:44:52.199><c> of</c><00:44:52.400><c> God</c><00:44:52.519><c> in</c><00:44:52.659><c> them,</c><00:44:53.800><c> and</c><00:44:54.139><c> trumpets.</c><00:44:57.800><c> These</c>

00:44:58.219 --> 00:44:59.219
men<00:44:58.559><c> didn't</c><00:44:58.780><c> have</c><00:44:59.000><c> swords</c>

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in<00:44:59.440><c> their</c><00:44:59.579><c> hands</c><00:45:00.019><c> and</c><00:45:00.900><c> they</c><00:45:01.019><c> were</c><00:45:01.440><c> still</c><00:45:01.699><c> expected</c><00:45:02.320><c> to</c><00:45:02.659><c> defeat</c>

00:45:02.900 --> 00:45:05.820
every<00:45:03.179><c> one</c><00:45:03.360><c> of</c><00:45:03.440><c> them,</c><00:45:03.739><c> 450</c><00:45:04.539><c> of</c><00:45:04.800><c> the</c><00:45:04.980><c> enemy.</c>

00:45:08.619 --> 00:45:15.659
That's<00:45:09.179><c> what</c><00:45:09.400><c> God</c><00:45:09.679><c> can</c><00:45:09.960><c> do</c><00:45:10.199><c> with</c><00:45:10.579><c> one</c><00:45:11.780><c> person.</c><00:45:14.320><c> Just</c><00:45:14.320><c> one.</c><00:45:15.179><c> Brothers</c><00:45:15.420><c> and</c>

00:45:15.659 --> 00:45:16.440
sisters,<00:45:15.840><c> I</c><00:45:15.960><c> can't</c><00:45:16.179><c> think</c><00:45:16.320><c> of</c>

00:45:16.440 --> 00:45:20.900
anything<00:45:16.679><c> more</c><00:45:16.960><c> encouraging</c><00:45:17.340><c> than</c><00:45:17.559><c> that,</c><00:45:17.820><c> can</c><00:45:17.900><c> you?</c><00:45:19.960><c> If</c><00:45:20.239><c> we</c>

00:45:20.900 --> 00:45:23.260
trust<00:45:21.400><c> our</c><00:45:21.719><c> Father,</c><00:45:22.099><c> our</c><00:45:22.400><c> heavenly</c><00:45:22.840><c> Father</c>

00:45:23.260 --> 00:45:28.360
whose<00:45:23.679><c> delight</c><00:45:24.300><c> it</c><00:45:24.440><c> is</c><00:45:24.619><c> to</c><00:45:24.800><c> give</c><00:45:24.900><c> us</c><00:45:25.139><c> the</c><00:45:25.340><c> kingdom,</c><00:45:27.300><c> and</c><00:45:27.519><c> if</c><00:45:27.699><c> we</c>

00:45:28.360 --> 00:45:30.639
put<00:45:28.579><c> our</c><00:45:29.000><c> trust,</c><00:45:29.559><c> our</c><00:45:29.960><c> confidence</c><00:45:30.360><c> in</c>

00:45:30.639 --> 00:45:35.280
his<00:45:31.039><c> spirit</c><00:45:31.420><c> word,</c><00:45:33.280><c> if</c><00:45:33.480><c> we</c><00:45:33.719><c> listen</c><00:45:34.059><c> to</c><00:45:34.280><c> the</c><00:45:34.559><c> calling</c><00:45:34.840><c> that's</c>

00:45:35.280 --> 00:45:37.820
here<00:45:35.500><c> and</c><00:45:36.039><c> carry</c><00:45:36.460><c> that</c><00:45:36.840><c> spiritual</c><00:45:37.440><c> trumpet</c>

00:45:37.820 --> 00:45:41.599
with<00:45:38.099><c> us</c><00:45:38.340><c> as</c><00:45:38.639><c> watchmen,</c><00:45:39.619><c> that's</c><00:45:40.019><c> what</c><00:45:40.179><c> God</c><00:45:40.380><c> can</c><00:45:40.619><c> do</c><00:45:40.739><c> with</c><00:45:40.940><c> us</c>

00:45:41.599 --> 00:45:43.559
both<00:45:42.119><c> today</c><00:45:42.599><c> and</c><00:45:42.940><c> in</c><00:45:43.159><c> the</c><00:45:43.320><c> future.</c>

00:45:43.739 --> 00:45:45.719
Brothers<00:45:43.940><c> and</c><00:45:44.199><c> sisters,</c><00:45:44.380><c> that's</c><00:45:44.760><c> enormously</c><00:45:45.179><c> encouraging.</c>

00:45:46.039 --> 00:45:49.000
It<00:45:46.219><c> doesn't</c><00:45:46.360><c> matter</c><00:45:46.639><c> how</c><00:45:47.059><c> dark</c><00:45:47.380><c> the</c><00:45:47.639><c> night</c><00:45:47.800><c> may</c><00:45:48.139><c> seem.</c>

00:45:49.179 --> 00:45:54.599
It<00:45:49.820><c> doesn't</c><00:45:50.179><c> matter</c><00:45:50.519><c> how</c><00:45:51.039><c> gloomy</c><00:45:51.400><c> the</c><00:45:51.639><c> prognosis.</c><00:45:53.840><c> One</c><00:45:54.159><c> man</c>

00:45:54.599 --> 00:46:00.019
with<00:45:54.880><c> God</c><00:45:55.139><c> at</c><00:45:55.300><c> his</c><00:45:55.480><c> back.</c><00:45:58.639><c> We</c><00:45:59.280><c> are</c><00:45:59.559><c> so</c><00:45:59.840><c> close</c>

00:46:00.019 --> 00:46:03.599
to<00:46:00.179><c> Christ's</c><00:46:00.619><c> return.</c><00:46:01.079><c> We</c><00:46:01.420><c> are</c><00:46:01.739><c> absolutely</c><00:46:02.480><c> on</c><00:46:02.900><c> the</c><00:46:03.119><c> brink</c><00:46:03.320><c> of</c>

00:46:03.599 --> 00:46:06.019
the<00:46:03.840><c> return</c><00:46:04.039><c> of</c><00:46:04.260><c> our</c><00:46:04.400><c> Lord</c><00:46:04.559><c> Jesus</c><00:46:04.940><c> Christ.</c>

00:46:06.940 --> 00:46:10.840
And<00:46:07.219><c> Christ</c><00:46:07.639><c> himself</c><00:46:08.239><c> said,</c><00:46:08.760><c> when</c><00:46:08.920><c> ye</c><00:46:09.280><c> see</c><00:46:09.500><c> these</c><00:46:09.840><c> things</c><00:46:10.199><c> come</c><00:46:10.599><c> to</c>

00:46:10.840 --> 00:46:14.619
pass,<00:46:12.219><c> lift</c><00:46:12.460><c> up</c><00:46:12.719><c> your</c><00:46:12.940><c> heads,</c><00:46:14.440><c> for</c>

00:46:14.619 --> 00:46:21.820
your<00:46:15.000><c> redemption</c><00:46:15.860><c> draweth</c><00:46:17.000><c> nigh.</c><00:46:19.840><c> He</c><00:46:20.360><c> said</c><00:46:20.559><c> that</c><00:46:21.000><c> because</c><00:46:21.420><c> he</c>

00:46:21.820 --> 00:46:25.119
knew<00:46:22.280><c> that</c><00:46:23.860><c> when</c><00:46:24.059><c> he</c><00:46:24.300><c> got</c><00:46:24.539><c> close</c><00:46:24.920><c> to</c>

00:46:25.119 --> 00:46:32.840
coming<00:46:25.320><c> we</c><00:46:25.699><c> would</c><00:46:26.059><c> be</c><00:46:27.280><c> bowed</c><00:46:27.719><c> by</c><00:46:28.280><c> trouble</c><00:46:29.059><c> and</c><00:46:31.659><c> feeling</c><00:46:32.179><c> need</c>

00:46:32.840 --> 00:46:37.260
for<00:46:33.400><c> redemption.</c><00:46:36.079><c> And</c><00:46:36.239><c> so</c><00:46:36.360><c> he</c><00:46:36.500><c> said,</c><00:46:37.000><c> when</c>

00:46:37.260 --> 00:46:39.260
this<00:46:37.460><c> happens,</c><00:46:38.059><c> pull</c><00:46:38.159><c> your</c><00:46:38.300><c> head</c><00:46:38.380><c> up,</c><00:46:38.659><c> it's</c><00:46:38.719><c> going</c><00:46:38.840><c> to</c><00:46:38.920><c> be</c><00:46:39.079><c> act</c>

00:46:39.260 --> 00:46:41.500
of<00:46:39.480><c> will,</c><00:46:39.920><c> look</c><00:46:40.219><c> up,</c><00:46:40.579><c> lift</c><00:46:40.840><c> up</c><00:46:41.079><c> your</c><00:46:41.300><c> heads</c>

00:46:41.500 --> 00:46:44.980
and<00:46:41.880><c> you'll</c><00:46:42.320><c> see</c><00:46:42.440><c> it</c><00:46:42.739><c> coming,</c><00:46:43.420><c> your</c><00:46:43.619><c> redemption</c><00:46:44.099><c> is</c><00:46:44.539><c> almost</c>

00:46:44.980 --> 00:46:47.079
here.<00:46:45.599><c> And</c><00:46:45.840><c> he</c><00:46:46.119><c> encouraged</c><00:46:46.539><c> us</c><00:46:46.780><c> with</c>

00:46:47.079 --> 00:46:51.460
those<00:46:47.340><c> words,</c><00:46:47.820><c> he</c><00:46:47.960><c> said,</c><00:46:48.480><c> when</c><00:46:48.599><c> you</c><00:46:48.820><c> see</c><00:46:49.000><c> the</c><00:46:49.239><c> signs,</c><00:46:50.579><c> get</c><00:46:50.840><c> ready,</c><00:46:51.219><c> I'm</c>

00:46:51.460 --> 00:46:52.679
almost<00:46:51.800><c> here.</c>

00:46:53.219 --> 00:46:56.860
So<00:46:53.400><c> let's</c><00:46:53.599><c> take</c><00:46:53.760><c> the</c><00:46:53.940><c> lesson</c><00:46:54.219><c> of</c><00:46:54.440><c> Gideon,</c><00:46:55.659><c> one</c><00:46:56.000><c> man</c><00:46:56.340><c> with</c><00:46:56.619><c> God</c>

00:46:56.860 --> 00:47:00.840
at<00:46:57.019><c> his</c><00:46:57.219><c> back,</c><00:46:59.619><c> and</c><00:46:59.820><c> let's</c><00:47:00.280><c> lift</c><00:47:00.440><c> up</c><00:47:00.659><c> our</c>

00:47:00.840 --> 00:47:03.159
heads<00:47:01.079><c> because</c><00:47:01.420><c> our</c><00:47:01.679><c> redemption</c><00:47:02.019><c> draws</c><00:47:02.320><c> nigh.</c>