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chapter<00:14:19.029><c> seven.</c>

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Zerubbabel<00:14:28.450><c> and</c><00:14:29.350><c> the</c><00:14:29.590><c> guiding</c><00:14:29.870><c> and</c><00:14:30.169><c> counseling</c><00:14:30.509><c> hand</c><00:14:30.870><c> of</c><00:14:31.070><c> the</c>

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prophets<00:14:31.830><c> Haggai</c><00:14:32.429><c> and</c><00:14:32.590><c> Zechariah</c><00:14:33.830><c> and</c><00:14:34.230><c> then</c><00:14:34.450><c> the</c>

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and<00:14:42.649><c> King</c><00:14:42.929><c> Artaxerxes</c><00:14:43.750><c> sending</c><00:14:44.129><c> him</c><00:14:44.389><c> back</c><00:14:44.629><c> to</c><00:14:44.789><c> the</c><00:14:44.970><c> land</c><00:14:45.429><c> to</c><00:14:47.029><c> help</c><00:14:48.590><c> the</c><00:14:49.350><c> community</c><00:14:49.769><c> there</c><00:14:50.190><c> from</c><00:14:50.409><c> a</c><00:14:50.610><c> spiritual</c>

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standpoint<00:14:51.450><c> and</c><00:14:51.809><c> then</c><00:14:52.230><c> Nehemiah's</c><00:14:52.870><c> work</c><00:14:53.129><c> would</c><00:14:53.409><c> take</c><00:14:53.669><c> place</c>

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subsequent<00:14:54.409><c> to</c><00:14:54.649><c> that.</c><00:14:55.470><c> We</c><00:14:55.669><c> cannot</c><00:14:55.970><c> be</c><00:14:56.309><c> certain</c>

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of<00:14:57.210><c> where</c><00:14:57.549><c> Esther</c><00:14:57.830><c> belongs.</c><00:14:58.549><c> In</c><00:14:58.610><c> fact,</c><00:15:00.289><c> most</c><00:15:00.370><c> commentaries,</c>

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historians,<00:15:03.090><c> would</c><00:15:03.370><c> place</c><00:15:03.730><c> the</c><00:15:03.950><c> book</c><00:15:04.129><c> of</c>

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Esther<00:15:04.889><c> later</c><00:15:05.570><c> on</c><00:15:06.009><c> after</c><00:15:06.330><c> the</c><00:15:06.490><c> work</c><00:15:06.649><c> of</c><00:15:06.830><c> Nehemiah.</c><00:15:08.110><c> But</c><00:15:08.210><c> if</c><00:15:08.350><c> you</c><00:15:08.450><c> look</c><00:15:08.649><c> at</c>

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there's<00:15:12.610><c> excellent</c><00:15:13.149><c> proof</c><00:15:13.690><c> to</c><00:15:13.950><c> establish</c><00:15:14.409><c> the</c><00:15:14.710><c> fact</c><00:15:15.009><c> that</c>

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Artaxerxes<00:15:16.169><c> and</c><00:15:16.509><c> Ahasuerus</c><00:15:17.570><c> are</c><00:15:18.090><c> all</c><00:15:18.370><c> titles</c><00:15:18.789><c> for</c>

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kings.<00:15:20.129><c> So</c><00:15:20.250><c> when</c><00:15:20.429><c> we</c><00:15:20.590><c> read</c><00:15:20.710><c> of</c><00:15:20.870><c> King</c><00:15:21.090><c> Artaxerxes</c><00:15:21.870><c> and</c><00:15:22.110><c> King</c>

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Ahasuerus,<00:15:23.009><c> they</c><00:15:23.110><c> aren't</c><00:15:23.350><c> necessarily</c>

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different<00:15:25.029><c> individuals.</c><00:15:26.950><c> But</c><00:15:27.250><c> regardless</c><00:15:27.690><c> of</c><00:15:28.450><c> which</c><00:15:29.370><c> Persian</c><00:15:30.110><c> king</c><00:15:30.750><c> is</c><00:15:31.470><c> on</c><00:15:31.669><c> the</c><00:15:31.909><c> throne,</c><00:15:32.870><c> a</c>

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couple<00:15:33.210><c> things</c>

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emerge.<00:15:35.950><c> One</c><00:15:36.149><c> is</c><00:15:36.549><c> that</c><00:15:36.769><c> Mordecai</c><00:15:37.549><c> is</c><00:15:38.850><c> an</c><00:15:39.070><c> old</c><00:15:39.330><c> man</c><00:15:39.889><c> in</c><00:15:40.889><c> the</c><00:15:40.970><c> book</c><00:15:41.129><c> of</c>

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Esther.<00:15:42.450><c> If</c><00:15:42.610><c> you</c><00:15:42.730><c> look</c><00:15:42.870><c> on</c><00:15:43.009><c> the</c><00:15:43.190><c> chart</c><00:15:43.389><c> there,</c>

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we<00:15:43.769><c> know</c><00:15:44.129><c> he</c><00:15:44.289><c> was</c><00:15:44.549><c> born</c><00:15:44.970><c> before</c><00:15:45.470><c> the</c><00:15:45.710><c> captivity</c><00:15:46.169><c> because</c><00:15:46.830><c> it</c><00:15:47.110><c> alludes</c><00:15:47.370><c> to</c><00:15:47.590><c> that</c><00:15:47.870><c> in</c><00:15:48.370><c> chapter</c><00:15:48.690><c> 2</c>

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Hystaspes,<00:16:02.789><c> Darius</c><00:16:03.049><c> Hystaspes</c><00:16:04.269><c> or</c><00:16:04.769><c> Longimanus,</c><00:16:06.009><c> and</c><00:16:06.269><c> it's</c>

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minister<00:16:15.649><c> of</c><00:16:16.710><c> Persia.</c><00:16:17.490><c> And</c><00:16:17.690><c> it's</c><00:16:18.009><c> possible</c><00:16:18.289><c> he's</c>

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126.<00:16:20.259><c> So</c><00:16:20.379><c> he's</c><00:16:20.679><c> an</c><00:16:21.620><c> old</c><00:16:21.879><c> man</c><00:16:22.340><c> in</c><00:16:22.600><c> terms</c><00:16:22.980><c> of</c><00:16:24.320><c> age.</c><00:16:26.860><c> He's</c><00:16:27.179><c> either</c>

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under,<00:16:44.220><c> which</c><00:16:44.580><c> Persian</c><00:16:45.039><c> king.</c><00:16:46.039><c> Remember</c><00:16:46.360><c> what</c><00:16:46.600><c> brother</c>

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Nehemiah's<00:17:00.259><c> work</c><00:17:00.419><c> had</c><00:17:00.659><c> taken</c><00:17:00.879><c> place</c><00:17:01.279><c> to</c><00:17:01.659><c> physically</c><00:17:02.220><c> bring</c><00:17:02.659><c> about</c><00:17:02.899><c> a</c>

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point<00:17:03.440><c> of</c><00:17:03.720><c> separation</c><00:17:04.180><c> with</c><00:17:04.440><c> the</c>

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Gentile<00:17:05.059><c> influence.</c><00:17:06.400><c> And</c><00:17:06.680><c> then</c><00:17:06.839><c> Nehemiah</c><00:17:07.319><c> hands</c><00:17:07.660><c> the</c><00:17:07.960><c> torch</c>

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over<00:17:08.440><c> to</c><00:17:08.740><c> Ezra.</c><00:17:09.779><c> And</c><00:17:09.960><c> Ezra</c><00:17:10.180><c> will</c><00:17:10.420><c> now</c><00:17:10.799><c> spiritually</c>

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guide<00:17:11.779><c> the</c><00:17:11.980><c> nation</c><00:17:12.400><c> in</c><00:17:12.960><c> the</c><00:17:13.200><c> reformation</c><00:17:13.980><c> because</c><00:17:14.279><c> their</c><00:17:14.539><c> hearts</c><00:17:14.859><c> still</c><00:17:15.220><c> needed</c><00:17:15.440><c> to</c><00:17:15.759><c> change.</c>

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the<00:17:23.920><c> greatest</c>

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work<00:17:24.700><c> in</c><00:17:24.819><c> his</c><00:17:25.140><c> life,</c><00:17:25.940><c> like</c><00:17:26.140><c> the</c><00:17:26.380><c> greatest</c><00:17:26.660><c> work</c><00:17:26.920><c> of</c><00:17:27.160><c> Mordecai,</c>

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life.<00:17:32.720><c> Tremendous</c><00:17:33.359><c> exhortation</c><00:17:34.099><c> to</c><00:17:34.279><c> our</c><00:17:34.440><c> own</c><00:17:34.660><c> brethren</c><00:17:34.900><c> and</c>

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sisters.<00:17:37.259><c> Sometimes</c><00:17:37.779><c> God</c><00:17:38.099><c> will</c><00:17:38.339><c> wait</c><00:17:38.619><c> until</c><00:17:39.099><c> our</c>

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time<00:21:44.559><c> of</c><00:21:44.779><c> Esther,</c><00:21:46.220><c> is</c><00:21:46.339><c> that</c><00:21:46.500><c> each</c><00:21:46.799><c> of</c><00:21:46.980><c> these</c><00:21:47.200><c> also</c><00:21:47.740><c> shared</c><00:21:48.059><c> a</c>

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common<00:21:48.640><c> denominator.</c><00:21:51.220><c> If</c><00:21:51.359><c> you</c><00:21:51.460><c> look</c><00:21:51.680><c> at</c><00:21:51.859><c> Ezra,</c><00:21:52.799><c> Nehemiah,</c>

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Jeremiah,<00:21:55.500><c> Daniel,</c><00:21:56.400><c> his</c><00:21:56.619><c> three</c><00:21:56.859><c> friends,</c><00:21:57.940><c> Jeshua,</c><00:21:58.579><c> Zerubbabel,</c><00:21:59.279><c> they</c><00:21:59.539><c> all</c>

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shared<00:22:00.160><c> the</c><00:22:00.480><c> common</c><00:22:00.740><c> denominator</c>

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of<00:22:02.420><c> making</c><00:22:02.740><c> a</c><00:22:03.259><c> public</c><00:22:03.819><c> stand</c><00:22:04.619><c> for</c><00:22:05.259><c> their</c><00:22:05.720><c> allegiance</c><00:22:06.240><c> to</c><00:22:06.559><c> Yahweh.</c><00:22:07.839><c> And</c>

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they<00:22:08.319><c> told</c><00:22:08.680><c> the</c><00:22:08.900><c> Gentiles</c><00:22:09.519><c> around</c><00:22:09.900><c> them</c>

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that<00:22:11.019><c> first</c><00:22:11.500><c> and</c><00:22:11.839><c> foremost</c><00:22:12.299><c> we</c><00:22:12.720><c> are</c><00:22:13.200><c> servants</c><00:22:13.700><c> of</c><00:22:14.099><c> the</c><00:22:14.339><c> God</c><00:22:14.539><c> of</c>

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heaven<00:22:15.319><c> and</c><00:22:16.579><c> everything</c><00:22:16.900><c> else</c><00:22:17.200><c> in</c><00:22:17.460><c> our</c><00:22:17.680><c> life</c><00:22:17.900><c> is</c>

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of<00:22:18.380><c> secondary</c><00:22:18.900><c> importance.</c><00:22:20.480><c> And</c><00:22:20.759><c> it</c><00:22:20.819><c> is</c><00:22:21.079><c> a</c><00:22:21.420><c> critical</c><00:22:22.200><c> public</c>

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declaration<00:22:23.900><c> to</c><00:22:24.380><c> make,</c><00:22:25.099><c> brethren</c><00:22:25.240><c> and</c><00:22:25.519><c> sisters</c>

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and<00:22:26.660><c> friends</c><00:22:26.960><c> and</c><00:22:27.160><c> young</c><00:22:27.339><c> people,</c><00:22:28.200><c> when</c><00:22:28.400><c> we</c><00:22:28.759><c> are</c><00:22:29.240><c> the</c><00:22:29.619><c> remnant</c>

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attempting<00:22:31.099><c> to</c><00:22:31.559><c> live</c><00:22:31.839><c> in</c><00:22:32.059><c> a</c><00:22:32.240><c> Gentile</c><00:22:32.960><c> dominated</c>

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world.<00:22:35.500><c> Because</c><00:22:35.839><c> once</c><00:22:36.240><c> we</c><00:22:36.500><c> make</c><00:22:36.720><c> that</c><00:22:37.079><c> personal</c><00:22:37.859><c> public</c><00:22:39.380><c> commitment</c><00:22:40.099><c> and</c>

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declaration,<00:22:41.599><c> God</c><00:22:41.859><c> can</c><00:22:42.140><c> do</c>

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wonderful<00:22:42.940><c> things</c><00:22:43.299><c> in</c><00:22:43.460><c> our</c><00:22:43.640><c> life</c><00:22:44.000><c> as</c><00:22:44.480><c> he</c><00:22:44.700><c> did</c><00:22:44.859><c> wonderful</c><00:22:45.380><c> things</c><00:22:45.720><c> in</c>

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the<00:22:46.079><c> lives</c><00:22:46.319><c> of</c><00:22:46.519><c> these</c><00:22:46.740><c> faithful</c><00:22:47.140><c> remnant</c>

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believers.<00:22:49.400><c> Until</c><00:22:50.119><c> we</c><00:22:50.660><c> make</c><00:22:50.920><c> that</c><00:22:51.279><c> declaration,</c><00:22:53.460><c> we</c><00:22:53.680><c> almost</c>

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tie<00:22:54.480><c> God's</c><00:22:54.880><c> hands.</c><00:22:56.720><c> Because</c><00:22:57.059><c> the</c><00:22:57.279><c> Gentiles</c>

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around<00:22:58.200><c> us</c><00:22:58.559><c> see</c><00:22:58.920><c> this</c><00:22:59.380><c> strange</c><00:23:00.000><c> way</c><00:23:00.339><c> of</c><00:23:00.619><c> life</c><00:23:01.059><c> that</c><00:23:01.339><c> we</c><00:23:01.579><c> adopt.</c>

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But<00:23:03.059><c> if</c><00:23:03.180><c> they</c><00:23:03.420><c> don't</c><00:23:03.779><c> understand</c><00:23:04.779><c> what's</c><00:23:05.460><c> behind</c>

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it,<00:23:06.940><c> all</c><00:23:07.200><c> it</c><00:23:07.400><c> does</c><00:23:07.799><c> is</c><00:23:08.160><c> confuse</c><00:23:08.579><c> them.</c><00:23:10.779><c> And</c><00:23:11.079><c> nor</c><00:23:11.259><c> is</c><00:23:11.400><c> it</c><00:23:11.480><c> of</c><00:23:11.619><c> any</c>

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value<00:23:12.140><c> to</c><00:23:12.400><c> make</c><00:23:12.559><c> our</c><00:23:12.819><c> public</c><00:23:13.180><c> declaration</c><00:23:13.920><c> of</c><00:23:14.319><c> being</c>

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servants<00:23:15.200><c> of</c><00:23:15.480><c> Yahweh</c><00:23:15.859><c> and</c><00:23:16.079><c> then</c><00:23:16.339><c> turn</c><00:23:16.579><c> around</c><00:23:16.920><c> and</c><00:23:17.119><c> live</c><00:23:17.299><c> exactly</c><00:23:17.680><c> like</c>

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they<00:23:18.160><c> do.</c><00:23:19.160><c> But</c><00:23:19.740><c> it's</c><00:23:20.039><c> a</c><00:23:20.200><c> significant</c>

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lesson<00:23:21.099><c> for</c><00:23:21.299><c> each</c><00:23:21.579><c> of</c><00:23:21.619><c> us</c><00:23:21.859><c> living</c><00:23:22.339><c> in</c><00:23:22.859><c> Gentile</c><00:23:23.339><c> times.</c><00:23:28.019><c> In</c><00:23:28.200><c> the</c>

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book<00:23:28.500><c> of</c><00:23:28.660><c> Esther,</c><00:23:29.019><c> we'll</c><00:23:29.119><c> need</c><00:23:29.339><c> to</c><00:23:29.480><c> get</c><00:23:29.619><c> below</c>

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the<00:23:30.460><c> surface.</c><00:23:32.400><c> For</c><00:23:32.559><c> instance,</c><00:23:33.059><c> if</c><00:23:33.079><c> we</c><00:23:33.460><c> turn</c><00:23:33.700><c> over</c><00:23:33.859><c> to</c><00:23:34.039><c> chapter</c>

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one,<00:23:39.420><c> the</c><00:23:39.579><c> events</c><00:23:39.859><c> of</c><00:23:40.079><c> chapter</c><00:23:40.400><c> one</c><00:23:40.680><c> in</c><00:23:40.799><c> which</c>

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the<00:23:41.220><c> king</c><00:23:41.359><c> holds</c><00:23:41.640><c> a</c><00:23:41.880><c> feast.</c><00:23:43.819><c> First</c><00:23:44.079><c> of</c><00:23:44.259><c> all,</c><00:23:44.359><c> he</c><00:23:44.480><c> holds</c><00:23:44.720><c> a</c><00:23:45.200><c> six</c>

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-month<00:23:46.000><c> feast</c><00:23:46.440><c> in</c><00:23:46.640><c> which</c><00:23:46.839><c> he</c><00:23:47.240><c> invites</c><00:23:48.019><c> the</c><00:23:49.680><c> army,</c>

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the<00:23:50.259><c> leaders</c><00:23:50.500><c> of</c><00:23:50.720><c> the</c><00:23:50.839><c> army,</c><00:23:51.500><c> into</c><00:23:51.519><c> the</c><00:23:51.759><c> empire.</c><00:23:53.980><c> On</c><00:23:54.299><c> the</c><00:23:54.500><c> surface,</c><00:23:55.380><c> it</c><00:23:55.559><c> reads</c><00:23:56.099><c> as</c><00:23:56.480><c> if</c><00:23:56.940><c> we're</c><00:23:57.539><c> dealing</c><00:23:57.819><c> with</c><00:23:58.099><c> a</c><00:23:58.380><c> proud,</c>

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boastful<00:23:59.259><c> king</c><00:23:59.579><c> who</c><00:23:59.819><c> is</c><00:24:00.059><c> showing</c><00:24:00.259><c> off.</c><00:24:01.440><c> First,</c><00:24:01.799><c> he's</c><00:24:02.019><c> showing</c>

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off<00:24:02.339><c> his</c><00:24:02.519><c> empire,</c><00:24:03.619><c> and</c><00:24:03.759><c> then</c><00:24:03.880><c> at</c><00:24:04.079><c> the</c><00:24:04.180><c> end,</c>

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he<00:24:04.420><c> will</c><00:24:04.619><c> show</c><00:24:04.839><c> off</c><00:24:05.039><c> his</c><00:24:05.220><c> wife.</c><00:24:08.059><c> In</c><00:24:08.539><c> the</c><00:24:08.700><c> midst</c><00:24:08.980><c> of</c><00:24:09.359><c> a</c><00:24:09.880><c> drunken</c>

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feast,<00:24:11.559><c> he</c><00:24:11.900><c> will</c><00:24:12.140><c> call</c><00:24:12.359><c> for</c><00:24:12.519><c> her</c><00:24:12.720><c> to</c><00:24:12.920><c> come</c><00:24:13.119><c> in,</c>

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put<00:24:14.259><c> her</c><00:24:14.400><c> on</c><00:24:14.799><c> public</c><00:24:15.140><c> display,</c><00:24:16.680><c> and</c><00:24:16.680><c> we</c><00:24:16.839><c> can</c><00:24:17.099><c> sympathize</c><00:24:17.700><c> and</c>

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understand<00:24:18.480><c> why</c><00:24:18.980><c> she</c><00:24:19.440><c> refuses.</c>

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He<00:24:21.519><c> has</c><00:24:21.819><c> surrounded</c><00:24:22.140><c> himself</c><00:24:22.779><c> with</c><00:24:23.180><c> men</c><00:24:23.579><c> of</c><00:24:23.839><c> ill</c><00:24:24.059><c> repute,</c><00:24:25.579><c> chauvinistic,</c><00:24:26.259><c> to</c>

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use<00:24:26.740><c> the</c><00:24:27.500><c> term</c><00:24:27.779><c> of</c><00:24:27.980><c> the</c><00:24:28.079><c> last</c><00:24:28.380><c> 30</c><00:24:28.599><c> or</c><00:24:28.740><c> 40</c>

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years,<00:24:29.420><c> and</c><00:24:29.579><c> they</c><00:24:29.740><c> will</c><00:24:29.960><c> advise</c><00:24:30.259><c> the</c><00:24:30.519><c> king,</c><00:24:30.660><c> well,</c><00:24:30.779><c> you</c><00:24:30.859><c> need</c>

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to<00:24:31.140><c> get</c><00:24:31.259><c> rid</c><00:24:31.380><c> of</c><00:24:31.539><c> this</c><00:24:31.759><c> wife</c><00:24:32.259><c> and</c><00:24:33.039><c> you</c><00:24:33.180><c> need</c><00:24:33.359><c> to</c><00:24:33.539><c> find</c>

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another<00:24:34.039><c> one.</c><00:24:36.339><c> So</c><00:24:36.680><c> in</c><00:24:37.839><c> a</c><00:24:38.059><c> drunken</c><00:24:38.380><c> rage,</c><00:24:39.000><c> he</c><00:24:39.000><c> will,</c><00:24:39.940><c> as</c><00:24:40.299><c> a</c><00:24:40.299><c> dictatorial</c><00:24:41.059><c> tyrant</c><00:24:41.380><c> might,</c><00:24:42.099><c> he</c>

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will<00:24:42.420><c> call</c><00:24:42.640><c> for</c><00:24:42.759><c> her</c><00:24:42.940><c> to</c>

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be<00:24:43.700><c> removed</c><00:24:43.700><c> and</c><00:24:44.119><c> call</c><00:24:44.380><c> for</c><00:24:44.579><c> another</c><00:24:44.819><c> queen</c><00:24:45.119><c> to</c><00:24:45.319><c> be</c><00:24:45.539><c> found.</c><00:24:46.579><c> And</c><00:24:46.819><c> if</c>

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we're<00:24:47.180><c> not</c><00:24:47.440><c> careful,</c><00:24:48.240><c> and</c><00:24:48.420><c> we</c><00:24:48.579><c> read</c><00:24:48.759><c> through</c><00:24:48.940><c> these</c>

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events<00:24:49.440><c> on</c><00:24:49.660><c> the</c><00:24:49.859><c> surface,</c><00:24:50.180><c> as</c><00:24:50.380><c> we've</c><00:24:50.619><c> just</c><00:24:50.880><c> described,</c><00:24:51.880><c> our</c>

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sympathies<00:24:52.680><c> can</c><00:24:52.880><c> end</c><00:24:53.180><c> up</c><00:24:53.619><c> residing</c><00:24:54.240><c> with</c><00:24:54.619><c> Vashti</c>

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and<00:24:56.119><c> think</c><00:24:56.339><c> that</c><00:24:57.079><c> she</c><00:24:57.380><c> was,</c><00:24:57.859><c> it</c><00:24:58.019><c> was</c><00:24:58.259><c> quite</c><00:24:58.539><c> understandable,</c>

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and<00:25:00.339><c> she</c><00:25:00.559><c> was,</c><00:25:01.099><c> you</c><00:25:02.259><c> know,</c><00:25:02.599><c> right</c><00:25:02.779><c> within</c><00:25:03.339><c> her</c><00:25:03.539><c> own</c><00:25:03.740><c> means</c>

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of<00:25:04.740><c> properly</c><00:25:05.220><c> refusing</c><00:25:05.720><c> to</c><00:25:06.019><c> appear</c><00:25:06.259><c> before</c><00:25:06.579><c> the</c><00:25:06.779><c> king.</c><00:25:07.740><c> But</c><00:25:07.960><c> take</c><00:25:08.119><c> a</c>

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look,<00:25:08.319><c> for</c><00:25:08.539><c> instance,</c><00:25:08.799><c> at</c><00:25:09.079><c> the</c><00:25:09.539><c> handout</c><00:25:09.819><c> on</c>

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5,<00:25:13.559><c> the</c><00:25:13.660><c> way</c><00:25:14.039><c> that</c><00:25:14.259><c> Ahasuerus</c><00:25:15.079><c> is</c><00:25:15.400><c> presented</c><00:25:16.079><c> in</c><00:25:16.640><c> chapter</c><00:25:16.980><c> 1.</c>

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He's<00:25:19.059><c> presented</c><00:25:19.619><c> as</c><00:25:20.039><c> a</c><00:25:20.359><c> benevolent</c><00:25:20.960><c> ruler</c>

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who<00:25:22.579><c> sought</c><00:25:22.779><c> to</c><00:25:23.160><c> publicly</c><00:25:23.519><c> celebrate</c><00:25:24.680><c> the</c><00:25:25.180><c> empire's</c><00:25:25.740><c> achievements.</c><00:25:26.980><c> And</c><00:25:27.059><c> notice</c><00:25:27.279><c> his</c><00:25:27.539><c> characteristics.</c>

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He's<00:25:28.279><c> generous.</c><00:25:29.420><c> He</c><00:25:29.640><c> invites</c><00:25:29.960><c> all</c><00:25:30.380><c> of</c><00:25:30.539><c> the</c><00:25:30.619><c> leading</c><00:25:30.799><c> men</c><00:25:31.019><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:31.319><c> army</c><00:25:31.539><c> in</c><00:25:32.140><c> for</c><00:25:32.740><c> this</c><00:25:33.140><c> six</c><00:25:33.440><c>-month</c><00:25:33.680><c> feast,</c>

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and<00:25:35.079><c> then</c><00:25:35.259><c> during</c><00:25:35.500><c> the</c><00:25:35.720><c> second</c><00:25:35.980><c> feast,</c><00:25:36.319><c> he</c><00:25:36.380><c> will</c><00:25:36.579><c> open</c><00:25:36.819><c> the</c><00:25:37.000><c> doors</c><00:25:37.200><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:37.500><c> palace</c><00:25:37.859><c> in</c><00:25:38.079><c> Shushan</c>

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and<00:25:39.640><c> will</c><00:25:40.240><c> treat</c><00:25:40.539><c> all</c><00:25:41.019><c> of</c><00:25:41.220><c> the</c><00:25:41.440><c> citizenry</c><00:25:42.059><c> in</c><00:25:42.359><c> Shushan</c><00:25:42.940><c> to</c><00:25:43.299><c> a</c>

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one<00:25:43.900><c>-week</c><00:25:44.220><c> royal</c><00:25:44.539><c> feast,</c><00:25:45.920><c> and</c><00:25:46.079><c> the</c><00:25:46.380><c> royal</c><00:25:46.779><c> wine</c><00:25:47.160><c> will</c><00:25:47.599><c> flow.</c>

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But<00:25:50.440><c> it</c><00:25:50.619><c> isn't</c><00:25:50.799><c> mandatory,</c><00:25:51.759><c> because</c><00:25:52.140><c> this</c><00:25:52.480><c> king</c><00:25:52.740><c> is</c><00:25:53.039><c> not</c><00:25:53.200><c> only</c><00:25:53.460><c> generous,</c>

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he's<00:25:58.640><c> also</c><00:25:59.319><c> sensitive</c><00:26:00.539><c> and</c><00:26:01.420><c> shows</c><00:26:01.720><c> consideration</c><00:26:02.599><c> to</c><00:26:02.960><c> the</c><00:26:03.160><c> consciences</c><00:26:03.700><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:04.180><c> people</c><00:26:04.359><c> that</c><00:26:04.539><c> come</c><00:26:04.700><c> into</c><00:26:04.880><c> the</c><00:26:05.079><c> feast.</c>

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So<00:26:06.400><c> he</c><00:26:06.619><c> gives</c><00:26:06.880><c> specific</c><00:26:07.420><c> orders</c><00:26:07.799><c> to</c><00:26:08.019><c> the</c><00:26:08.240><c> officials</c><00:26:08.559><c> in</c><00:26:08.740><c> chapter</c><00:26:09.119><c> 1</c><00:26:09.319><c> that</c><00:26:09.500><c> no</c>

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one<00:26:10.019><c> should</c><00:26:10.220><c> be</c><00:26:10.460><c> compelled</c><00:26:10.960><c> to</c><00:26:11.240><c> drink.</c>

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We<00:26:13.000><c> also</c><00:26:13.319><c> see</c><00:26:13.500><c> that</c><00:26:13.619><c> he</c><00:26:13.799><c> showed</c><00:26:13.920><c> no</c><00:26:14.220><c> partiality.</c><00:26:15.599><c> Both</c><00:26:15.980><c> the</c><00:26:16.420><c> small</c><00:26:16.720><c> and</c><00:26:16.940><c> the</c><00:26:17.200><c> great</c><00:26:17.380><c> were</c><00:26:17.680><c> invited</c><00:26:18.019><c> to</c>

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the<00:26:18.420><c> feast.</c>

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He<00:26:18.839><c> didn't</c><00:26:19.140><c> say,</c><00:26:19.599><c> just</c><00:26:19.779><c> bring</c><00:26:20.019><c> in</c><00:26:20.220><c> the</c><00:26:20.339><c> rich</c><00:26:20.559><c> ones.</c><00:26:21.460><c> He</c><00:26:21.680><c> said,</c>

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bring<00:26:22.420><c> everybody</c><00:26:23.099><c> in.</c><00:26:24.000><c> Let</c><00:26:24.180><c> them</c><00:26:24.539><c> all</c><00:26:24.880><c> enjoy</c>

00:26:25.380 --> 00:26:29.420
the<00:26:25.759><c> beauty</c><00:26:26.059><c> of</c><00:26:26.279><c> the</c><00:26:26.440><c> king's</c><00:26:26.819><c> palace</c><00:26:27.140><c> and</c><00:26:27.779><c> to</c><00:26:28.059><c> drink</c><00:26:28.299><c> the</c><00:26:28.660><c> royal</c><00:26:28.940><c> wine</c>

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from<00:26:29.680><c> the</c><00:26:29.839><c> golden</c><00:26:30.220><c> goblets</c><00:26:30.839><c> and</c><00:26:31.180><c> to</c><00:26:31.420><c> sit</c>

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on<00:26:32.019><c> the</c><00:26:32.240><c> golden</c><00:26:32.779><c> couches.</c><00:26:34.519><c> He</c><00:26:35.079><c> respected</c><00:26:35.940><c> the</c><00:26:37.359><c> laws</c><00:26:37.799><c> of</c><00:26:38.099><c> the</c><00:26:38.259><c> Persian</c><00:26:38.519><c> society.</c><00:26:39.180><c> This</c><00:26:39.299><c> is</c><00:26:39.539><c> not</c><00:26:39.759><c> a</c>

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drunken<00:26:40.420><c> feast</c>

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that<00:26:40.960><c> is</c><00:26:41.140><c> taking</c><00:26:41.380><c> place</c><00:26:41.759><c> in</c><00:26:41.960><c> chapter</c><00:26:42.240><c> 1.</c><00:26:42.500><c> The</c><00:26:42.619><c> women</c><00:26:42.920><c> are</c><00:26:43.240><c> not</c>

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even<00:26:43.779><c> there.</c><00:26:45.000><c> The</c><00:26:45.119><c> women</c><00:26:45.319><c> are</c><00:26:45.579><c> off</c><00:26:45.740><c> having</c>

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their<00:26:46.220><c> own</c><00:26:46.480><c> feast</c><00:26:46.619><c> with</c><00:26:46.900><c> Vashti.</c><00:26:47.400><c> So</c><00:26:47.559><c> any</c><00:26:47.740><c> thoughts</c><00:26:48.259><c> that</c><00:26:48.859><c> this</c><00:26:49.099><c> was</c>

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just<00:26:49.819><c> an</c><00:26:51.000><c> immoral</c><00:26:51.519><c> feast</c><00:26:51.839><c> of</c><00:26:52.079><c> seven</c><00:26:52.319><c> days</c>

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hosted<00:26:53.079><c> by</c><00:26:53.380><c> some</c><00:26:53.720><c> ungodly</c><00:26:54.279><c> man</c><00:26:54.900><c> need</c><00:26:55.839><c> to</c><00:26:56.039><c> be</c><00:26:56.279><c> replaced</c><00:26:56.920><c> by</c><00:26:57.180><c> how</c>

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the<00:26:57.720><c> scriptures</c><00:26:58.079><c> portray</c><00:26:59.140><c> Ahasuerus.</c>

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He's<00:27:01.019><c> a</c><00:27:01.180><c> law</c><00:27:01.599><c>-abiding</c><00:27:02.759><c> individual</c><00:27:03.440><c> who</c><00:27:04.099><c> instinctively</c><00:27:05.099><c> knows</c>

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to<00:27:06.700><c> consult</c><00:27:07.259><c> the</c><00:27:07.539><c> law</c><00:27:08.119><c> when</c><00:27:09.180><c> Vashti</c><00:27:09.839><c> rebels,</c>

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as<00:27:10.619><c> she</c><00:27:10.759><c> does,</c><00:27:11.519><c> and</c><00:27:11.759><c> he</c><00:27:11.859><c> will</c><00:27:12.099><c> seek</c><00:27:12.319><c> justice</c><00:27:12.920><c> from</c><00:27:13.319><c> the</c><00:27:13.500><c> law</c><00:27:14.099><c> in</c>

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turning<00:27:14.980><c> to</c><00:27:15.759><c> the</c><00:27:15.920><c> counselors.</c><00:27:16.980><c> He</c><00:27:17.240><c> won't</c><00:27:17.440><c> act</c>

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out<00:27:17.960><c> of</c><00:27:18.099><c> anger.</c><00:27:19.339><c> He</c><00:27:19.519><c> has</c><00:27:19.799><c> surrounded</c><00:27:20.200><c> himself</c><00:27:20.839><c> with</c><00:27:21.180><c> men</c><00:27:21.440><c> who</c>

00:27:21.640 --> 00:27:25.440
know<00:27:21.859><c> the</c><00:27:22.059><c> law,</c><00:27:22.759><c> men</c><00:27:23.039><c> whom</c><00:27:23.400><c> he</c><00:27:23.880><c> relies</c><00:27:24.240><c> upon</c><00:27:24.759><c> to</c><00:27:25.259><c> make</c>

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sure<00:27:25.619><c> he's</c><00:27:25.920><c> acting</c><00:27:26.359><c> within</c><00:27:26.680><c> the</c><00:27:27.000><c> confines</c><00:27:27.519><c> of</c><00:27:27.759><c> the</c><00:27:27.880><c> Persian</c>

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law,<00:27:29.059><c> and</c><00:27:29.240><c> he</c><00:27:29.339><c> has</c><00:27:29.539><c> the</c><00:27:29.779><c> type</c><00:27:29.960><c> of</c><00:27:30.299><c> character</c><00:27:30.619><c> that</c>

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Vashti<00:27:33.480><c> feels,</c><00:27:34.519><c> thinks</c><00:27:35.119><c> she</c><00:27:35.640><c> can</c><00:27:35.880><c> rebel</c><00:27:36.160><c> against</c><00:27:36.559><c> and</c><00:27:36.799><c> get</c><00:27:36.980><c> away</c><00:27:37.180><c> with</c><00:27:37.380><c> it.</c><00:27:38.400><c> If</c>

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he<00:27:38.839><c> was</c><00:27:39.160><c> a</c><00:27:39.859><c> tyrant</c>

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who<00:27:41.440><c> was</c><00:27:42.000><c> likely</c><00:27:42.339><c> to</c><00:27:42.539><c> go</c><00:27:42.759><c> off</c><00:27:42.960><c> into</c><00:27:43.200><c> fits</c><00:27:43.480><c> of</c><00:27:43.799><c> rage,</c><00:27:44.660><c> she</c><00:27:45.160><c> would</c>

00:27:45.420 --> 00:27:47.460
not<00:27:45.720><c> pick</c><00:27:45.940><c> the</c><00:27:46.180><c> time</c><00:27:46.319><c> she</c><00:27:46.640><c> did</c>

00:27:53.539 --> 00:28:00.579
and<00:27:54.099><c> do</c><00:27:54.319><c> it</c><00:27:54.640><c> successfully.</c><00:27:55.960><c> The</c><00:27:56.039><c> rest</c><00:27:56.240><c> of</c><00:27:56.400><c> the</c><00:27:56.480><c> book</c><00:27:56.660><c> will</c><00:27:56.980><c> reveal</c><00:27:57.480><c> this</c><00:27:58.500><c> same</c><00:27:58.880><c> character</c><00:27:59.559><c> of</c>

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the<00:28:00.680><c> king</c><00:28:01.059><c> of</c><00:28:01.299><c> Ahasuerus.</c>

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He<00:28:03.200><c> will</c><00:28:03.400><c> love</c><00:28:03.599><c> Esther</c><00:28:03.880><c> for</c><00:28:04.099><c> her</c><00:28:04.380><c> character,</c><00:28:05.539><c> not</c><00:28:05.700><c> her</c><00:28:05.940><c> beauty,</c><00:28:06.819><c> and</c><00:28:07.059><c> he</c>

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will<00:28:07.440><c> appreciate</c><00:28:08.059><c> the</c><00:28:08.380><c> character</c><00:28:08.859><c> of</c>

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people<00:28:09.940><c> who</c><00:28:10.599><c> reflect</c><00:28:11.019><c> godly</c><00:28:11.480><c> principles</c><00:28:12.019><c> in</c><00:28:12.259><c> their</c><00:28:12.460><c> lives,</c>

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which<00:28:12.920><c> is</c><00:28:13.160><c> why</c><00:28:13.380><c> Mordechai,</c><00:28:14.160><c> when</c><00:28:14.319><c> he</c><00:28:14.519><c> comes</c><00:28:14.740><c> to</c><00:28:14.960><c> know</c><00:28:15.099><c> who</c>

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he<00:28:15.500><c> is,</c><00:28:17.140><c> will</c><00:28:17.400><c> elevate</c><00:28:17.900><c> him</c><00:28:18.519><c> to</c><00:28:18.779><c> become</c><00:28:19.079><c> his</c><00:28:19.400><c> prime</c><00:28:19.700><c> minister,</c>

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and<00:28:21.480><c> Mordechai</c><00:28:21.920><c> will</c><00:28:22.240><c> grow</c><00:28:22.799><c> in</c><00:28:23.039><c> the</c><00:28:23.220><c> king's</c>

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appreciation<00:28:24.420><c> because</c><00:28:25.839><c> the</c><00:28:26.200><c> character</c><00:28:26.579><c> of</c><00:28:27.019><c> Esther</c><00:28:27.299><c> and</c><00:28:27.559><c> the</c>

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character<00:28:28.140><c> of</c><00:28:28.420><c> Mordechai</c><00:28:29.019><c> are</c><00:28:29.299><c> the</c><00:28:29.539><c> kinds</c><00:28:29.920><c> of</c>

00:28:30.299 --> 00:28:37.160
characters<00:28:30.700><c> that</c><00:28:31.180><c> this</c><00:28:31.680><c> particular</c><00:28:32.539><c> king</c><00:28:33.359><c> values.</c><00:28:35.440><c> We're</c><00:28:35.799><c> not</c><00:28:36.200><c> suggesting</c><00:28:36.700><c> for</c><00:28:36.980><c> a</c>

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moment<00:28:37.700><c> that</c><00:28:38.220><c> he</c><00:28:38.339><c> is</c><00:28:38.539><c> a</c><00:28:38.640><c> god</c><00:28:38.960><c>-fearing</c>

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man,<00:28:40.519><c> but</c><00:28:40.680><c> we</c><00:28:40.859><c> do</c><00:28:41.099><c> know</c><00:28:41.279><c> the</c><00:28:41.440><c> impact</c><00:28:41.880><c> that</c><00:28:42.180><c> Daniel</c><00:28:42.400><c> had</c><00:28:42.680><c> on</c><00:28:42.900><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c><00:28:44.700><c> and</c>

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Daniel<00:28:45.180><c> was</c><00:28:45.440><c> in</c><00:28:45.599><c> the</c><00:28:45.740><c> Persian</c>

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kingdom<00:28:46.519><c> for</c><00:28:47.140><c> quite</c><00:28:47.559><c> some</c><00:28:47.940><c> time,</c><00:28:49.400><c> and</c><00:28:49.640><c> they</c><00:28:49.819><c> would</c><00:28:50.000><c> have</c><00:28:50.160><c> learned</c><00:28:50.779><c> about</c><00:28:51.259><c> his</c>

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god<00:28:53.640><c> who</c><00:28:54.720><c> saves</c><00:28:55.299><c> him</c><00:28:55.880><c> out</c><00:28:56.279><c> of</c><00:28:56.579><c> adversity,</c>

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who<00:28:58.619><c> can</c><00:28:59.099><c> close</c><00:29:00.400><c> the</c><00:29:00.599><c> mouths</c><00:29:01.119><c> of</c><00:29:01.460><c> lions.</c><00:29:02.880><c> These</c><00:29:03.099><c> Persian</c><00:29:03.440><c> kings</c><00:29:03.859><c> were</c>

00:29:04.099 --> 00:29:06.059
not<00:29:04.359><c> fools.</c><00:29:04.819><c> They</c><00:29:05.099><c> knew</c><00:29:05.400><c> that</c><00:29:05.559><c> they</c><00:29:05.720><c> were</c>

00:29:06.059 --> 00:29:09.839
dealing<00:29:06.220><c> with</c><00:29:06.519><c> a</c><00:29:06.859><c> god</c><00:29:07.220><c> of</c><00:29:07.460><c> Israel</c><00:29:08.099><c> who</c><00:29:08.759><c> was</c><00:29:08.960><c> an</c><00:29:09.119><c> amazing</c><00:29:09.519><c> god.</c>

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It's<00:29:10.059><c> one</c><00:29:10.220><c> of</c><00:29:10.319><c> the</c><00:29:10.400><c> reasons</c><00:29:10.740><c> that</c><00:29:10.980><c> Haman</c><00:29:11.259><c> does</c><00:29:11.579><c> not</c>

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reveal<00:29:12.240><c> to</c><00:29:12.480><c> the</c><00:29:12.640><c> king</c><00:29:12.839><c> in</c><00:29:13.000><c> chapter</c><00:29:13.319><c> three</c><00:29:13.940><c> who</c><00:29:14.359><c> the</c><00:29:14.599><c> people</c><00:29:14.819><c> are</c><00:29:15.140><c> that</c><00:29:15.240><c> he's</c><00:29:15.420><c> going</c><00:29:15.720><c> to</c><00:29:16.059><c> destroy.</c>

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So<00:29:19.160><c> we're</c><00:29:19.480><c> not</c><00:29:19.759><c> portraying</c><00:29:20.339><c> Ahasuerus</c><00:29:20.900><c> as</c><00:29:21.200><c> a</c><00:29:21.359><c> god</c><00:29:21.640><c>-fearing</c><00:29:22.000><c> man</c><00:29:22.359><c> or</c>

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in<00:29:22.759><c> any</c><00:29:22.940><c> way</c><00:29:23.140><c> inferring</c><00:29:23.579><c> that</c><00:29:23.700><c> he</c><00:29:23.819><c> was</c><00:29:24.640><c> part</c><00:29:24.859><c> of</c>

00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:27.720
the<00:29:25.180><c> structure</c><00:29:25.400><c> of</c><00:29:25.559><c> the</c><00:29:25.740><c> truth,</c><00:29:26.440><c> but</c><00:29:26.660><c> we're</c><00:29:26.819><c> going</c><00:29:26.960><c> to</c><00:29:27.140><c> see</c><00:29:27.319><c> later</c><00:29:27.579><c> on</c>

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in<00:29:27.859><c> the</c><00:29:27.980><c> book</c><00:29:28.200><c> that</c><00:29:28.380><c> god</c><00:29:28.619><c> will</c><00:29:28.900><c> use</c><00:29:29.259><c> Ahasuerus</c>

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to<00:29:30.900><c> portray</c><00:29:31.460><c> his</c><00:29:31.819><c> position,</c><00:29:32.440><c> god's</c><00:29:32.819><c> position,</c><00:29:33.200><c> in</c><00:29:33.380><c> the</c><00:29:33.519><c> events</c><00:29:33.880><c> and</c>

00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:37.019
in<00:29:34.779><c> the</c><00:29:35.599><c> enactment</c><00:29:36.119><c> of</c><00:29:36.279><c> the</c><00:29:36.440><c> parables</c><00:29:36.740><c> that</c>

00:29:37.019 --> 00:29:39.440
take<00:29:37.180><c> place.</c><00:29:37.460><c> So</c><00:29:37.640><c> it's</c><00:29:37.900><c> important</c><00:29:38.279><c> to</c><00:29:38.539><c> realize</c><00:29:38.900><c> from</c><00:29:39.099><c> chapter</c>

00:29:39.440 --> 00:29:42.299
one<00:29:39.960><c> that</c><00:29:40.359><c> he</c><00:29:40.519><c> has</c><00:29:40.759><c> a</c><00:29:41.039><c> law</c><00:29:41.299><c>-abiding</c><00:29:41.779><c> character</c>

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and<00:29:42.480><c> he</c><00:29:42.779><c> appreciates</c><00:29:43.279><c> the</c><00:29:43.480><c> righteous</c><00:29:43.920><c> characteristics</c><00:29:44.539><c> of</c>

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others.<00:29:47.319><c> Vashdai's</c><00:29:47.799><c> rebellion</c><00:29:48.519><c> is</c><00:29:49.839><c> nothing</c><00:29:50.099><c> short</c>

00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:55.359
of<00:29:50.779><c> treason,</c><00:29:51.359><c> and</c><00:29:52.779><c> the</c><00:29:53.000><c> reason</c><00:29:53.400><c> she</c><00:29:53.700><c> rebelled</c><00:29:54.079><c> against</c><00:29:54.799><c> her</c>

00:29:55.359 --> 00:29:58.960
husband<00:29:55.859><c> was</c><00:29:56.779><c> she</c><00:29:57.079><c> was</c><00:29:57.460><c> specifically</c><00:29:58.259><c> attacking</c>

00:29:58.960 --> 00:30:05.880
the<00:29:59.259><c> need</c><00:29:59.640><c> for</c><00:30:00.019><c> herself</c><00:30:00.880><c> to</c><00:30:01.759><c> treat</c><00:30:02.039><c> her</c><00:30:02.380><c> husband</c><00:30:02.940><c> as</c><00:30:03.480><c> her</c><00:30:03.700><c> head.</c><00:30:05.680><c> She</c>

00:30:05.880 --> 00:30:08.640
wanted<00:30:06.180><c> all</c><00:30:06.700><c> to</c><00:30:07.039><c> see</c><00:30:07.420><c> that</c><00:30:07.640><c> she</c><00:30:07.940><c> no</c><00:30:08.200><c> longer</c>

00:30:08.640 --> 00:30:14.220
considered<00:30:09.460><c> Ahasuerus</c><00:30:10.460><c> as</c><00:30:10.759><c> her</c><00:30:10.980><c> lord,</c><00:30:12.279><c> and</c><00:30:12.480><c> the</c><00:30:12.759><c> proof</c><00:30:13.000><c> of</c><00:30:13.240><c> that</c><00:30:13.900><c> is</c>

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:17.259
when<00:30:14.500><c> Ahasuerus</c><00:30:15.519><c> and</c><00:30:15.740><c> the</c><00:30:16.259><c> seven</c><00:30:16.579><c> counselors</c>

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:23.019
assemble<00:30:18.099><c> to</c><00:30:18.400><c> figure</c><00:30:18.599><c> out</c><00:30:18.900><c> what</c><00:30:19.140><c> law</c><00:30:19.420><c> we</c><00:30:19.740><c> need</c><00:30:20.019><c> to</c><00:30:20.420><c> undo</c><00:30:21.160><c> what</c>

00:30:23.019 --> 00:30:27.119
she<00:30:23.440><c> has</c><00:30:23.779><c> done,</c><00:30:25.319><c> the</c><00:30:25.519><c> law</c><00:30:25.759><c> they</c><00:30:25.980><c> come</c><00:30:26.240><c> up</c><00:30:26.519><c> with</c><00:30:26.779><c> is</c>

00:30:27.119 --> 00:30:34.200
one<00:30:27.339><c> that</c><00:30:27.579><c> will</c><00:30:27.940><c> restore</c><00:30:28.680><c> the</c><00:30:29.279><c> honor</c><00:30:29.960><c> of</c><00:30:31.180><c> the</c><00:30:31.420><c> husbands</c><00:30:32.160><c> in</c><00:30:33.000><c> the</c><00:30:33.299><c> homes</c><00:30:33.839><c> of</c>

00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:35.779
the<00:30:34.400><c> Persian</c><00:30:34.680><c> households</c>

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because<00:30:36.500><c> it</c><00:30:36.680><c> was</c><00:30:36.980><c> the</c><00:30:37.299><c> honor</c><00:30:37.559><c> of</c><00:30:37.799><c> the</c><00:30:38.019><c> husbands</c><00:30:38.559><c> that</c><00:30:38.980><c> Vashdai</c>

00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:40.799
had<00:30:39.859><c> attacked.</c>

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The<00:30:42.480><c> purpose</c><00:30:42.779><c> of</c><00:30:43.000><c> the</c><00:30:43.180><c> feast,</c><00:30:43.640><c> we</c><00:30:43.759><c> read</c><00:30:43.940><c> in</c><00:30:44.119><c> verse</c><00:30:44.359><c> four,</c><00:30:46.680><c> was</c>

00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:50.339
to<00:30:47.140><c> show</c><00:30:47.380><c> the</c><00:30:47.700><c> riches</c><00:30:48.240><c> of</c><00:30:49.019><c> his</c><00:30:49.420><c> royal</c><00:30:49.740><c> glory</c>

00:30:50.339 --> 00:30:53.720
and<00:30:50.940><c> the</c><00:30:51.259><c> splendor</c><00:30:51.740><c> and</c><00:30:52.000><c> pomp</c><00:30:52.180><c> of</c><00:30:52.319><c> his</c><00:30:52.519><c> majesty</c><00:30:53.019><c> as</c><00:30:53.279><c> it</c><00:30:53.460><c> is</c><00:30:53.579><c> in</c>

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:56.000
the<00:30:53.900><c> RSV,</c><00:30:54.440><c> which</c><00:30:54.640><c> is</c><00:30:55.200><c> what</c><00:30:55.279><c> I'll</c><00:30:55.480><c> be</c><00:30:55.660><c> referring</c>

00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:59.019
to<00:30:56.339><c> this</c><00:30:56.380><c> week,</c><00:30:56.759><c> and</c><00:30:56.880><c> the</c><00:30:57.059><c> authorized</c><00:30:57.420><c> version,</c><00:30:58.519><c> it</c><00:30:58.740><c> says</c><00:30:58.880><c> it</c>

00:30:59.019 --> 00:31:02.420
was<00:30:59.240><c> to</c><00:30:59.440><c> show</c><00:30:59.579><c> the</c><00:30:59.819><c> riches</c><00:31:00.180><c> of</c><00:31:00.500><c> his</c><00:31:00.720><c> glorious</c><00:31:01.339><c> kingdom</c>

00:31:02.599 --> 00:31:07.519
and<00:31:03.039><c> the</c><00:31:03.319><c> honor</c><00:31:03.619><c> of</c><00:31:03.839><c> his</c><00:31:04.160><c> excellent</c><00:31:04.759><c> majesty.</c><00:31:07.019><c> So</c><00:31:07.180><c> that</c><00:31:07.319><c> was</c>

00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:09.700
the<00:31:07.720><c> purpose</c><00:31:08.099><c> of</c><00:31:08.400><c> the</c><00:31:08.640><c> feast</c><00:31:08.839><c> that</c><00:31:09.079><c> the</c><00:31:09.279><c> king</c><00:31:09.420><c> had</c>

00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:13.420
called<00:31:09.900><c> for,</c><00:31:10.259><c> to</c><00:31:10.599><c> publicly</c><00:31:11.099><c> display</c><00:31:11.680><c> the</c><00:31:12.000><c> honor</c><00:31:12.299><c> and</c><00:31:12.500><c> the</c><00:31:12.700><c> majesty</c><00:31:13.140><c> and</c>

00:31:13.420 --> 00:31:15.599
the<00:31:13.660><c> glory</c><00:31:13.920><c> of</c><00:31:14.140><c> the</c><00:31:14.319><c> empire,</c><00:31:15.000><c> and</c><00:31:15.259><c> there</c><00:31:15.400><c> are</c>

00:31:15.599 --> 00:31:17.680
lavish<00:31:15.920><c> settings,</c><00:31:16.420><c> if</c><00:31:16.559><c> we</c><00:31:16.660><c> were</c><00:31:16.720><c> to</c><00:31:16.859><c> take</c><00:31:16.980><c> the</c><00:31:17.160><c> time</c><00:31:17.319><c> to</c><00:31:17.460><c> read</c>

00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:19.940
through<00:31:17.880><c> them,</c><00:31:18.039><c> with</c><00:31:18.279><c> the</c><00:31:18.839><c> colorful</c><00:31:19.299><c> hangings</c><00:31:19.799><c> and</c>

00:31:19.940 --> 00:31:23.640
the<00:31:20.160><c> pavement</c><00:31:20.480><c> and</c><00:31:20.859><c> the</c><00:31:21.039><c> gold</c><00:31:21.299><c> vessels</c><00:31:21.680><c> and</c><00:31:21.880><c> the</c><00:31:22.039><c> gold</c><00:31:22.259><c> couches</c><00:31:22.700><c> and</c><00:31:22.900><c> the</c><00:31:23.059><c> abundance</c><00:31:23.299><c> of</c>

00:31:23.640 --> 00:31:24.759
wine.<00:31:24.400><c> See,</c><00:31:24.500><c> the</c><00:31:24.619><c> king</c>

00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:30.759
is<00:31:25.099><c> not</c><00:31:25.099><c> showing</c><00:31:25.460><c> off,</c><00:31:26.640><c> he</c><00:31:26.859><c> is</c><00:31:27.400><c> celebrating</c><00:31:28.059><c> the</c><00:31:29.319><c> wonder</c><00:31:30.059><c> of</c>

00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:35.299
the<00:31:30.960><c> empire.</c><00:31:32.339><c> If</c><00:31:32.480><c> this,</c><00:31:33.019><c> in</c><00:31:33.019><c> fact,</c><00:31:34.200><c> is</c><00:31:34.319><c> Darius</c>

00:31:35.400 --> 00:31:39.000
Hisaspis,<00:31:35.960><c> as</c><00:31:36.140><c> we've</c><00:31:36.440><c> recommended,</c><00:31:37.339><c> he</c><00:31:37.519><c> would</c><00:31:37.700><c> have</c><00:31:37.819><c> been</c><00:31:38.059><c> involved</c><00:31:38.619><c> in</c>

00:31:39.000 --> 00:31:41.319
wars<00:31:39.599><c> in</c><00:31:39.960><c> the</c><00:31:40.059><c> first</c><00:31:40.460><c> three</c><00:31:40.759><c> years</c><00:31:40.960><c> of</c><00:31:41.099><c> his</c>

00:31:41.319 --> 00:31:45.240
life,<00:31:42.279><c> and</c><00:31:42.539><c> now</c><00:31:42.779><c> that</c><00:31:42.900><c> he</c><00:31:43.079><c> has</c><00:31:43.519><c> beaten</c><00:31:43.859><c> down</c><00:31:44.200><c> his</c><00:31:44.440><c> enemies,</c><00:31:45.039><c> in</c>

00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:47.859
the<00:31:45.420><c> third</c><00:31:45.680><c> year</c><00:31:45.920><c> when</c><00:31:46.079><c> this</c><00:31:46.240><c> takes</c><00:31:46.559><c> place,</c><00:31:47.400><c> he's</c><00:31:47.640><c> able</c>

00:31:47.859 --> 00:31:51.819
to<00:31:48.059><c> now</c><00:31:48.299><c> open</c><00:31:48.559><c> the</c><00:31:48.799><c> kingdom</c><00:31:49.019><c> up,</c><00:31:49.680><c> open</c><00:31:49.880><c> the</c><00:31:50.140><c> palace</c><00:31:50.420><c> up,</c><00:31:50.960><c> and</c><00:31:51.380><c> there's</c><00:31:51.680><c> a</c>

00:31:51.819 --> 00:31:54.420
respite<00:31:52.279><c> from</c><00:31:52.599><c> battle,</c><00:31:53.279><c> and</c><00:31:53.559><c> so</c><00:31:53.740><c> he</c><00:31:53.940><c> is</c>

00:31:54.420 --> 00:31:58.559
sharing<00:31:54.759><c> with</c><00:31:55.740><c> the</c><00:31:56.039><c> nation</c><00:31:56.500><c> and</c><00:31:56.799><c> with</c><00:31:57.079><c> the</c><00:31:57.299><c> army</c><00:31:57.700><c> the</c><00:31:58.200><c> wonders</c>

00:31:58.559 --> 00:32:00.339
and<00:31:58.779><c> the</c><00:31:58.940><c> splendors</c><00:31:59.220><c> of</c><00:31:59.359><c> the</c><00:31:59.519><c> kingdom.</c><00:31:59.880><c> It</c><00:31:59.980><c> is</c>

00:32:00.339 --> 00:32:05.819
not<00:32:00.759><c> Abel</c><00:32:01.160><c> Shazer,</c><00:32:02.200><c> back</c><00:32:02.339><c> in</c><00:32:02.559><c> Daniel</c><00:32:02.880><c> 5,</c><00:32:03.839><c> who</c><00:32:03.980><c> gets</c><00:32:04.259><c> the</c><00:32:04.519><c> people</c><00:32:04.779><c> together</c><00:32:05.200><c> to</c><00:32:05.440><c> have</c><00:32:05.640><c> a</c>

00:32:05.819 --> 00:32:07.180
drunken<00:32:06.119><c> feast</c><00:32:06.700><c> and</c>

00:32:07.180 --> 00:32:10.559
blaspheme<00:32:07.920><c> the</c><00:32:08.160><c> God</c><00:32:08.359><c> of</c><00:32:08.599><c> Israel,</c><00:32:09.559><c> who</c><00:32:09.779><c> sees</c><00:32:09.980><c> the</c><00:32:10.279><c> handwriting</c>

00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:13.500
on<00:32:10.819><c> the</c><00:32:10.980><c> wall.</c><00:32:12.059><c> It's</c><00:32:12.539><c> a</c><00:32:12.660><c> sharp</c><00:32:12.900><c> contrast</c>

00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:16.859
between<00:32:13.839><c> that</c><00:32:14.220><c> feast</c><00:32:14.380><c> and</c><00:32:14.539><c> the</c><00:32:14.700><c> feast</c><00:32:14.839><c> we</c><00:32:15.039><c> read</c><00:32:15.140><c> of</c><00:32:15.319><c> here.</c><00:32:16.299><c> He's</c><00:32:16.579><c> not</c>

00:32:16.859 --> 00:32:24.400
trying<00:32:17.140><c> to</c><00:32:17.480><c> make,</c><00:32:24.400><c> when</c><00:32:24.400><c> he</c><00:32:24.400><c> calls</c>

00:32:24.400 --> 00:32:33.640
upon<00:32:24.599><c> her</c><00:32:24.859><c> head,</c><00:32:25.619><c> he's</c><00:32:25.880><c> not</c><00:32:26.099><c> trying</c><00:32:26.319><c> to</c><00:32:26.480><c> make</c><00:32:26.599><c> her</c><00:32:27.039><c> a</c><00:32:27.140><c> public</c><00:32:27.599><c> spectacle,</c><00:32:30.599><c> but</c><00:32:30.819><c> she</c><00:32:31.220><c> is</c><00:32:31.759><c> very</c><00:32:32.240><c> much</c><00:32:32.640><c> a</c><00:32:33.140><c> part</c>

00:32:33.640 --> 00:32:38.960
of<00:32:34.299><c> the</c><00:32:34.579><c> majesty</c><00:32:35.079><c> of</c><00:32:35.359><c> this</c><00:32:35.619><c> empire.</c><00:32:37.619><c> The</c><00:32:38.079><c> vessels</c><00:32:38.500><c> and</c><00:32:38.740><c> the</c>

00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:42.079
hangings<00:32:39.319><c> and</c><00:32:39.460><c> the</c><00:32:39.660><c> marble</c><00:32:39.900><c> columns</c><00:32:40.579><c> were</c><00:32:41.259><c> not</c><00:32:41.559><c> displayed</c>

00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:45.359
to<00:32:42.299><c> show</c><00:32:42.480><c> their</c><00:32:42.779><c> individual</c><00:32:43.259><c> beauty,</c><00:32:43.680><c> but</c><00:32:44.019><c> collectively,</c><00:32:45.000><c> this</c><00:32:45.200><c> is</c>

00:32:45.359 --> 00:32:47.980
what<00:32:45.559><c> the</c><00:32:45.900><c> empire</c><00:32:46.180><c> stood</c><00:32:46.480><c> for,</c><00:32:47.420><c> and</c><00:32:47.599><c> they</c><00:32:47.779><c> were</c>

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:51.940
a<00:32:48.119><c> reflection</c><00:32:48.700><c> of</c><00:32:48.980><c> the</c><00:32:49.259><c> empire's</c><00:32:49.759><c> achievement,</c><00:32:50.759><c> and</c><00:32:51.160><c> the</c><00:32:51.359><c> majesty</c><00:32:51.740><c> of</c>

00:32:51.940 --> 00:32:54.019
the<00:32:52.119><c> kingdom</c><00:32:52.539><c> would</c><00:32:52.900><c> not</c><00:32:53.079><c> have</c><00:32:53.279><c> been</c><00:32:53.559><c> complete.</c>

00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:58.160
Without<00:32:54.900><c> the</c><00:32:55.160><c> queen,</c><00:32:55.420><c> it</c><00:32:55.559><c> was</c><00:32:55.859><c> fitting</c><00:32:56.059><c> that</c><00:32:56.319><c> she</c><00:32:56.500><c> not</c><00:32:56.720><c> be</c><00:32:56.980><c> there</c><00:32:57.299><c> during</c><00:32:57.799><c> the</c>

00:32:58.160 --> 00:33:00.240
seven<00:32:58.359><c> days,</c><00:32:59.420><c> because</c><00:32:59.720><c> the</c><00:32:59.900><c> men</c><00:33:00.019><c> were</c>

00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:05.000
having<00:33:00.420><c> their</c><00:33:00.740><c> feast</c><00:33:01.019><c> and</c><00:33:01.240><c> the</c><00:33:01.380><c> women</c><00:33:01.539><c> were</c><00:33:01.779><c> having</c><00:33:01.920><c> their</c><00:33:02.140><c> own</c><00:33:02.380><c> separate</c><00:33:02.660><c> feast.</c><00:33:03.640><c> The</c><00:33:03.779><c> king</c><00:33:03.880><c> was</c><00:33:04.119><c> not</c><00:33:04.359><c> interested</c><00:33:04.720><c> in</c>

00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:08.259
intermingling<00:33:05.779><c> the</c><00:33:06.059><c> two,</c><00:33:06.759><c> but</c><00:33:06.940><c> here</c><00:33:07.140><c> on</c><00:33:07.359><c> the</c><00:33:07.539><c> seventh</c><00:33:07.759><c> day,</c>

00:33:08.539 --> 00:33:11.039
it<00:33:08.720><c> was</c><00:33:08.940><c> quite</c><00:33:09.220><c> fitting</c><00:33:09.420><c> that</c><00:33:09.660><c> she</c><00:33:09.759><c> be</c><00:33:09.940><c> brought</c><00:33:10.180><c> in.</c>

00:33:11.500 --> 00:33:14.140
There<00:33:11.700><c> was</c><00:33:11.880><c> also</c><00:33:12.079><c> a</c><00:33:12.319><c> second</c><00:33:12.480><c> purpose</c><00:33:12.839><c> of</c><00:33:13.019><c> the</c><00:33:13.200><c> feast.</c><00:33:13.759><c> For</c><00:33:13.859><c> those</c><00:33:14.019><c> of</c>

00:33:14.140 --> 00:33:16.059
us<00:33:14.299><c> that</c><00:33:14.500><c> live</c><00:33:14.740><c> under</c><00:33:15.299><c> a</c><00:33:15.720><c> republic,</c>

00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:19.960
we<00:33:16.339><c> may</c><00:33:16.519><c> not</c><00:33:16.700><c> fully</c><00:33:16.980><c> appreciate</c><00:33:17.599><c> this,</c><00:33:19.039><c> but</c><00:33:19.359><c> the</c><00:33:19.559><c> feast</c><00:33:19.680><c> were</c>

00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:23.839
also<00:33:20.299><c> to</c><00:33:20.640><c> promote</c><00:33:21.039><c> goodwill</c><00:33:21.819><c> and</c><00:33:22.599><c> right</c><00:33:22.880><c> living</c>

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:30.019
and<00:33:26.680><c> loyal</c><00:33:27.099><c> service</c><00:33:27.720><c> by</c><00:33:28.039><c> the</c><00:33:28.279><c> army</c><00:33:28.539><c> and</c><00:33:28.720><c> by</c><00:33:28.900><c> the</c><00:33:29.099><c> people,</c><00:33:29.799><c> both</c>

00:33:30.019 --> 00:33:31.980
to<00:33:30.220><c> the</c><00:33:30.400><c> king</c><00:33:30.599><c> and</c><00:33:30.940><c> to</c><00:33:31.119><c> the</c><00:33:31.319><c> throne</c><00:33:31.539><c> and</c><00:33:31.680><c> to</c><00:33:31.819><c> the</c>

00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:35.700
empire,<00:33:32.619><c> and</c><00:33:32.819><c> Vashti</c><00:33:33.039><c> has</c><00:33:33.240><c> a</c><00:33:33.680><c> key</c><00:33:33.960><c> role</c><00:33:34.240><c> to</c><00:33:34.579><c> play</c><00:33:34.799><c> in</c><00:33:35.119><c> support</c>

00:33:35.700 --> 00:33:38.660
of<00:33:36.200><c> her</c><00:33:36.400><c> husband's</c><00:33:36.980><c> efforts</c><00:33:37.380><c> to</c><00:33:38.059><c> promote</c><00:33:38.380><c> the</c>

00:33:38.660 --> 00:33:41.359
honoring<00:33:38.980><c> of</c><00:33:39.299><c> the</c><00:33:39.420><c> king</c><00:33:39.619><c> and</c><00:33:39.799><c> the</c><00:33:39.960><c> honoring</c><00:33:40.140><c> of</c><00:33:40.319><c> the</c><00:33:40.480><c> empire.</c>

00:33:41.839 --> 00:33:43.680
We<00:33:42.140><c> mentioned</c><00:33:42.319><c> before</c><00:33:42.740><c> that</c><00:33:43.140><c> when</c><00:33:43.359><c> it</c><00:33:43.559><c> says</c>

00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:47.500
the<00:33:43.839><c> king's</c><00:33:44.180><c> heart</c><00:33:44.339><c> was</c><00:33:44.579><c> married</c><00:33:44.819><c> with</c><00:33:45.119><c> wine,</c><00:33:46.019><c> he's</c><00:33:46.339><c> not</c><00:33:46.599><c> drunk.</c><00:33:46.920><c> If</c><00:33:47.059><c> you</c><00:33:47.200><c> take</c><00:33:47.400><c> a</c>

00:33:47.500 --> 00:33:48.759
look<00:33:47.619><c> in</c><00:33:47.759><c> chapter</c><00:33:48.079><c> five</c><00:33:48.420><c> at</c><00:33:48.599><c> verse</c>

00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:52.200
nine,<00:33:49.119><c> you'll</c><00:33:49.359><c> find</c><00:33:49.480><c> the</c><00:33:49.759><c> exact</c><00:33:50.000><c> same</c><00:33:50.200><c> Hebrew</c><00:33:50.519><c> words</c><00:33:51.240><c> describe</c><00:33:51.839><c> Haman</c>

00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:54.380
as<00:33:52.460><c> he's</c><00:33:52.680><c> leaving</c><00:33:52.980><c> the</c><00:33:53.200><c> first</c><00:33:53.420><c> banquet.</c>

00:33:54.619 --> 00:33:57.559
Esther<00:33:55.140><c> did</c><00:33:55.380><c> not</c><00:33:55.680><c> get</c><00:33:56.019><c> Haman</c><00:33:56.279><c> drunk</c><00:33:56.680><c> at</c><00:33:56.880><c> the</c><00:33:57.059><c> first</c><00:33:57.259><c> banquet</c>

00:33:57.559 --> 00:34:00.140
or<00:33:57.880><c> the</c><00:33:58.099><c> king.</c><00:33:58.960><c> She</c><00:33:59.119><c> very</c><00:33:59.380><c> much</c><00:33:59.619><c> wanted</c><00:33:59.880><c> to</c>

00:34:00.140 --> 00:34:03.859
maintain<00:34:00.740><c> an</c><00:34:01.299><c> environment</c><00:34:02.099><c> in</c><00:34:02.700><c> which</c><00:34:03.039><c> both</c><00:34:03.359><c> of</c><00:34:03.539><c> them</c><00:34:03.640><c> would</c>

00:34:03.859 --> 00:34:06.660
understand<00:34:04.359><c> what</c><00:34:04.539><c> was</c><00:34:04.779><c> happening</c><00:34:05.119><c> in</c><00:34:05.359><c> these</c><00:34:05.640><c> banquets.</c>

00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:10.199
His<00:34:08.019><c> first</c><00:34:08.340><c> reaction,</c><00:34:08.860><c> as</c><00:34:09.019><c> we've</c><00:34:09.239><c> mentioned,</c><00:34:09.619><c> when</c><00:34:09.719><c> he</c><00:34:09.960><c> finds</c>

00:34:10.199 --> 00:34:12.280
out<00:34:10.500><c> that</c><00:34:10.639><c> she</c><00:34:10.780><c> has</c><00:34:11.039><c> rebelled</c><00:34:11.380><c> against</c><00:34:11.719><c> him,</c>

00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:18.000
is<00:34:12.880><c> to</c><00:34:13.340><c> turn</c><00:34:13.860><c> right</c><00:34:14.239><c> to</c><00:34:14.460><c> the</c><00:34:14.619><c> law</c><00:34:14.880><c> and</c><00:34:15.179><c> turn</c><00:34:15.400><c> to</c><00:34:15.579><c> his</c><00:34:15.780><c> counselors</c><00:34:16.239><c> and</c><00:34:16.500><c> to</c><00:34:16.760><c> seek</c><00:34:16.920><c> their</c><00:34:17.179><c> advice,</c><00:34:17.559><c> and</c><00:34:17.900><c> he</c>

00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:21.500
turns<00:34:18.219><c> to</c><00:34:18.400><c> them</c><00:34:18.519><c> and</c><00:34:18.619><c> asks</c><00:34:18.860><c> them</c><00:34:19.300><c> after</c><00:34:19.659><c> she's</c><00:34:20.000><c> rebelled,</c><00:34:20.980><c> what</c><00:34:21.059><c> does</c><00:34:21.340><c> the</c>

00:34:21.500 --> 00:34:23.179
law<00:34:21.679><c> say</c><00:34:21.920><c> we</c><00:34:22.099><c> should</c><00:34:22.239><c> do?</c>

00:34:23.320 --> 00:34:27.599
What<00:34:23.579><c> is</c><00:34:23.900><c> best</c><00:34:24.260><c> for</c><00:34:24.480><c> the</c><00:34:24.679><c> people?</c><00:34:25.940><c> That</c><00:34:26.099><c> is</c><00:34:26.320><c> not</c><00:34:26.599><c> typical</c><00:34:27.039><c> of</c><00:34:27.400><c> a</c>

00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:29.260
man<00:34:27.800><c> who</c><00:34:28.019><c> is</c><00:34:28.219><c> enraged.</c>

00:34:30.239 --> 00:34:34.360
That<00:34:30.360><c> is</c><00:34:30.619><c> reflective</c><00:34:31.139><c> of</c><00:34:31.519><c> a</c><00:34:31.699><c> man</c><00:34:31.880><c> who</c><00:34:32.119><c> has</c><00:34:32.300><c> his</c><00:34:32.519><c> wits</c><00:34:32.739><c> about</c><00:34:33.039><c> him</c><00:34:33.599><c> and</c><00:34:33.900><c> who</c><00:34:34.079><c> is</c>

00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:36.099
thinking,<00:34:34.900><c> now</c><00:34:34.900><c> how</c><00:34:35.219><c> should</c><00:34:35.480><c> we</c><00:34:35.719><c> act</c><00:34:35.900><c> to</c>

00:34:36.099 --> 00:34:39.139
deal<00:34:36.280><c> with</c><00:34:36.539><c> this</c><00:34:36.820><c> but</c><00:34:37.019><c> act</c><00:34:37.360><c> in</c><00:34:37.619><c> a</c><00:34:37.739><c> way</c><00:34:38.099><c> that</c><00:34:38.460><c> is</c><00:34:38.639><c> of</c><00:34:38.800><c> accordance</c>

00:34:39.139 --> 00:34:41.179
with<00:34:39.380><c> the</c><00:34:39.539><c> law</c><00:34:39.840><c> and</c><00:34:40.260><c> that</c><00:34:40.420><c> will</c><00:34:40.559><c> be</c><00:34:40.780><c> best</c>

00:34:41.179 --> 00:34:46.179
for<00:34:41.579><c> the</c><00:34:41.760><c> empire?</c><00:34:43.400><c> You</c><00:34:43.559><c> see,</c><00:34:43.719><c> what</c><00:34:43.900><c> he's</c><00:34:44.139><c> done</c><00:34:44.639><c> is</c><00:34:45.179><c> on</c><00:34:45.440><c> the</c><00:34:45.679><c> seventh</c><00:34:45.880><c> day</c>

00:34:46.179 --> 00:34:48.059
he<00:34:46.320><c> was</c><00:34:46.579><c> going</c><00:34:46.760><c> to</c><00:34:47.079><c> make</c><00:34:47.300><c> her</c>

00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:55.099
the<00:34:48.820><c> centerpiece</c><00:34:50.519><c> of</c><00:34:50.940><c> the</c><00:34:51.139><c> celebration.</c><00:34:52.219><c> Vashtai's</c><00:34:52.840><c> appearance</c><00:34:53.360><c> at</c><00:34:53.960><c> the</c>

00:34:55.099 --> 00:34:57.099
second<00:34:55.340><c> feast</c><00:34:55.980><c> on</c><00:34:56.579><c> the</c><00:34:56.840><c> seventh</c>

00:34:57.099 --> 00:35:01.659
day<00:34:57.500><c> of</c><00:34:57.719><c> the</c><00:34:57.840><c> second</c><00:34:58.139><c> feast</c><00:34:58.380><c> would</c><00:34:58.559><c> be</c><00:34:58.780><c> the</c><00:34:59.079><c> grand</c><00:34:59.659><c> finale</c><00:35:00.260><c> of</c>

00:35:01.659 --> 00:35:04.440
a<00:35:01.880><c> week</c><00:35:02.119><c>-long</c><00:35:02.380><c> period</c><00:35:02.800><c> of</c><00:35:03.239><c> celebration</c><00:35:03.900><c> of</c><00:35:04.280><c> the</c>

00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:12.980
nation's<00:35:05.159><c> greatness,</c><00:35:06.000><c> and</c><00:35:08.219><c> she</c><00:35:08.539><c> picked</c><00:35:08.940><c> that</c><00:35:09.659><c> time</c><00:35:10.619><c> to</c><00:35:12.500><c> rebel</c>

00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:16.099
against<00:35:13.539><c> him</c><00:35:13.860><c> and</c><00:35:14.179><c> to</c><00:35:14.420><c> show</c><00:35:14.579><c> her</c><00:35:15.179><c> disdain.</c>

00:35:17.559 --> 00:35:21.719
The<00:35:18.179><c> piece</c><00:35:18.440><c> we</c><00:35:18.579><c> don't</c><00:35:18.900><c> fully</c><00:35:19.159><c> appreciate,</c><00:35:20.000><c> living</c><00:35:20.139><c> in</c><00:35:20.360><c> a</c><00:35:20.539><c> republic,</c><00:35:21.579><c> is</c>

00:35:21.719 --> 00:35:23.400
that<00:35:21.880><c> there</c><00:35:22.079><c> is</c><00:35:22.260><c> an</c><00:35:22.539><c> element</c><00:35:22.780><c> of</c><00:35:23.139><c> the</c>

00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:30.400
throne<00:35:23.920><c> that</c><00:35:25.000><c> is</c><00:35:25.400><c> intended</c><00:35:26.000><c> to</c><00:35:26.860><c> impact</c><00:35:27.659><c> on</c><00:35:28.280><c> how</c><00:35:28.840><c> people</c><00:35:29.340><c> live.</c>

00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:34.039
If<00:35:31.780><c> we</c><00:35:31.940><c> were</c><00:35:32.159><c> all</c><00:35:32.860><c> British</c><00:35:33.260><c> subjects,</c><00:35:33.780><c> we</c><00:35:33.880><c> would</c>

00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:37.400
have<00:35:34.179><c> a</c><00:35:34.360><c> greater</c><00:35:34.619><c> appreciation</c><00:35:35.360><c> of</c><00:35:35.559><c> this.</c><00:35:36.260><c> How</c><00:35:36.500><c> the</c><00:35:36.800><c> king</c><00:35:37.079><c> or</c>

00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:41.420
queen<00:35:37.880><c> conduct</c><00:35:38.420><c> themselves</c><00:35:39.360><c> has</c><00:35:40.559><c> a</c><00:35:40.940><c> critical</c>

00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:47.980
impact<00:35:42.079><c> on</c><00:35:42.400><c> the</c><00:35:42.639><c> social</c><00:35:43.059><c> fabric</c><00:35:43.519><c> of</c><00:35:43.800><c> society,</c><00:35:46.059><c> and</c><00:35:46.119><c> it's</c><00:35:46.380><c> important</c><00:35:47.039><c> under</c><00:35:47.659><c> the</c>

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:49.000
spiritual<00:35:48.440><c> principle.</c>

00:35:49.039 --> 00:35:52.239
This<00:35:49.179><c> isn't</c><00:35:49.420><c> a</c><00:35:49.579><c> British</c><00:35:49.880><c> principle</c><00:35:50.460><c> or</c><00:35:50.960><c> a</c><00:35:50.980><c> monarch,</c><00:35:51.679><c> a</c><00:35:51.739><c> principle</c><00:35:51.920><c> of</c><00:35:52.079><c> the</c>

00:35:52.239 --> 00:35:53.820
monarch.<00:35:52.619><c> It's</c><00:35:52.820><c> a</c><00:35:52.960><c> godly</c><00:35:53.360><c> principle.</c>

00:35:54.179 --> 00:35:57.539
When<00:35:54.340><c> those</c><00:35:54.639><c> who</c><00:35:54.880><c> are</c><00:35:55.079><c> in</c><00:35:55.239><c> positions</c><00:35:55.699><c> of</c><00:35:56.360><c> responsibility</c><00:35:57.139><c> and</c>

00:35:57.539 --> 00:36:00.559
authority<00:35:58.199><c> act</c><00:35:58.880><c> properly,</c><00:35:59.599><c> it</c><00:35:59.780><c> has</c><00:35:59.980><c> a</c><00:36:00.219><c> positive</c>

00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:03.699
effect<00:36:01.079><c> on</c><00:36:01.860><c> all</c><00:36:02.179><c> those</c><00:36:02.400><c> who</c><00:36:02.579><c> come</c><00:36:02.739><c> under</c><00:36:02.960><c> their</c><00:36:03.239><c> influence</c>

00:36:03.699 --> 00:36:06.960
and<00:36:03.980><c> under</c><00:36:04.139><c> their</c><00:36:04.360><c> authority.</c><00:36:05.860><c> Conversely,</c><00:36:06.460><c> when</c><00:36:06.679><c> the</c>

00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:10.960
throne<00:36:07.179><c> is</c><00:36:07.500><c> brought</c><00:36:07.719><c> into</c><00:36:08.019><c> disrepute</c><00:36:08.579><c> or</c><00:36:08.900><c> shame,</c><00:36:09.980><c> it</c><00:36:10.139><c> can</c><00:36:10.360><c> have</c><00:36:10.599><c> a</c>

00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:13.519
similar<00:36:11.280><c> effect,</c><00:36:11.920><c> only</c><00:36:12.219><c> the</c><00:36:12.519><c> other</c><00:36:12.739><c> way,</c>

00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:18.679
upon<00:36:14.159><c> all</c><00:36:14.360><c> the</c><00:36:14.539><c> subjects,</c><00:36:16.900><c> and</c><00:36:17.179><c> that</c><00:36:17.460><c> became</c><00:36:17.860><c> the</c><00:36:18.099><c> key</c><00:36:18.280><c> issue</c>

00:36:18.679 --> 00:36:20.480
of<00:36:18.980><c> Vashtai's</c><00:36:19.500><c> rebellion.</c>

00:36:21.920 --> 00:36:26.739
Her<00:36:22.199><c> challenging</c><00:36:22.679><c> of</c><00:36:22.960><c> the</c><00:36:23.179><c> king,</c><00:36:24.619><c> it</c><00:36:24.860><c> says</c><00:36:25.000><c> in</c><00:36:25.159><c> verse</c><00:36:25.400><c> 16,</c><00:36:26.519><c> is</c>

00:36:26.739 --> 00:36:29.719
going<00:36:27.059><c> to</c><00:36:27.420><c> reverberate</c><00:36:28.139><c> throughout</c><00:36:28.500><c> the</c><00:36:28.739><c> empire.</c>

00:36:29.900 --> 00:36:32.019
Mamoukhan<00:36:30.320><c> said,</c><00:36:30.719><c> in</c><00:36:30.719><c> the</c><00:36:30.920><c> presence</c><00:36:31.139><c> of</c><00:36:31.360><c> the</c><00:36:31.500><c> king</c><00:36:31.699><c> and</c><00:36:31.860><c> the</c>

00:36:32.019 --> 00:36:34.179
princes,<00:36:32.400><c> not</c><00:36:32.619><c> only</c><00:36:32.920><c> to</c><00:36:33.119><c> the</c><00:36:33.360><c> king</c><00:36:33.659><c> has</c><00:36:33.900><c> queen</c>

00:36:34.179 --> 00:36:37.920
Vashtai<00:36:34.679><c> done</c><00:36:34.960><c> wrong,</c><00:36:35.739><c> but</c><00:36:35.860><c> also</c><00:36:36.340><c> to</c><00:36:36.599><c> all</c><00:36:36.820><c> the</c><00:36:37.019><c> princes</c><00:36:37.440><c> and</c>

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:40.079
all<00:36:38.159><c> the</c><00:36:38.340><c> peoples</c><00:36:38.659><c> who</c><00:36:38.840><c> were</c><00:36:38.940><c> in</c><00:36:39.119><c> the</c><00:36:39.239><c> provinces</c><00:36:39.719><c> of</c>

00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:45.579
King<00:36:40.400><c> Ahasuerus.</c><00:36:42.420><c> So</c><00:36:42.760><c> he</c><00:36:42.960><c> recognized</c><00:36:43.659><c> that</c><00:36:43.880><c> what</c><00:36:44.039><c> she</c><00:36:44.219><c> had</c><00:36:44.460><c> done</c><00:36:44.699><c> was</c><00:36:44.920><c> going</c><00:36:45.179><c> to</c>

00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:47.619
attack<00:36:46.159><c> the</c><00:36:46.619><c> moral</c><00:36:47.099><c> fabric</c>

00:36:47.619 --> 00:36:51.840
of<00:36:48.099><c> the</c><00:36:48.280><c> Persian</c><00:36:48.599><c> society,</c><00:36:50.000><c> and</c><00:36:50.260><c> it's</c><00:36:50.519><c> no</c><00:36:50.940><c> coincidence</c><00:36:51.559><c> that</c>

00:36:51.840 --> 00:36:55.739
she<00:36:52.059><c> has</c><00:36:52.380><c> picked</c><00:36:52.780><c> this</c><00:36:53.440><c> precise</c><00:36:54.099><c> time</c><00:36:54.760><c> at</c><00:36:55.099><c> the</c><00:36:55.440><c> height</c>

00:36:55.739 --> 00:37:01.199
of<00:36:55.920><c> the</c><00:36:56.119><c> king's</c><00:36:56.599><c> feast</c><00:36:57.019><c> to</c><00:36:59.300><c> show</c><00:36:59.559><c> her</c><00:36:59.880><c> disdain</c><00:37:00.519><c> for</c><00:37:00.820><c> the</c><00:37:01.000><c> king,</c>

00:37:01.360 --> 00:37:02.719
and<00:37:01.480><c> she</c><00:37:01.679><c> would</c><00:37:01.860><c> have</c><00:37:02.000><c> come</c><00:37:02.320><c> in</c>

00:37:02.719 --> 00:37:06.360
as<00:37:03.000><c> the</c><00:37:03.320><c> leading</c><00:37:03.679><c> woman</c><00:37:04.360><c> of</c><00:37:04.800><c> Persian</c><00:37:05.199><c> society</c><00:37:05.800><c> because</c><00:37:06.079><c> she's</c>

00:37:06.360 --> 00:37:09.300
been<00:37:06.579><c> holding</c><00:37:07.059><c> her</c><00:37:07.579><c> own</c><00:37:07.980><c> feast</c><00:37:08.300><c> for</c><00:37:08.579><c> all</c><00:37:08.800><c> the</c><00:37:08.920><c> women</c>

00:37:09.300 --> 00:37:14.400
in<00:37:09.780><c> her</c><00:37:10.019><c> own</c><00:37:10.300><c> area</c><00:37:10.840><c> of</c><00:37:11.679><c> the</c><00:37:11.840><c> king's</c><00:37:12.139><c> house,</c><00:37:12.579><c> and</c><00:37:13.300><c> now</c><00:37:13.539><c> she's</c><00:37:13.820><c> brought</c><00:37:14.059><c> in</c>

00:37:14.400 --> 00:37:16.360
as<00:37:14.619><c> the</c><00:37:14.880><c> leading</c><00:37:15.119><c> woman</c><00:37:15.440><c> of</c><00:37:15.719><c> the</c><00:37:15.860><c> empire,</c>

00:37:16.820 --> 00:37:21.079
and<00:37:17.159><c> her</c><00:37:17.420><c> actions</c><00:37:18.139><c> are</c><00:37:18.519><c> going</c><00:37:18.719><c> to</c><00:37:19.079><c> immediately</c><00:37:19.599><c> send</c><00:37:20.079><c> a</c><00:37:20.360><c> signal</c><00:37:20.760><c> to</c>

00:37:21.079 --> 00:37:23.599
the<00:37:21.320><c> lives</c><00:37:21.920><c> throughout</c><00:37:22.440><c> the</c><00:37:22.699><c> empire.</c>

00:37:24.139 --> 00:37:27.699
She<00:37:24.699><c> sends</c><00:37:24.980><c> word</c><00:37:25.260><c> that</c><00:37:25.400><c> she</c><00:37:25.559><c> will</c><00:37:25.760><c> not</c><00:37:25.980><c> comply</c><00:37:26.460><c> in</c><00:37:26.679><c> a</c><00:37:26.760><c> very</c><00:37:27.000><c> visible</c><00:37:27.440><c> and</c>

00:37:27.699 --> 00:37:29.559
a<00:37:27.800><c> very</c><00:37:28.079><c> public</c><00:37:28.460><c> manner,</c>

00:37:29.780 --> 00:37:35.639
and<00:37:30.340><c> to</c><00:37:30.599><c> those</c><00:37:30.900><c> women</c><00:37:31.420><c> who</c><00:37:31.760><c> were</c><00:37:32.019><c> looking</c><00:37:32.460><c> to</c><00:37:32.780><c> be</c><00:37:33.059><c> out</c><00:37:33.300><c> from</c><00:37:33.639><c> underneath</c><00:37:34.239><c> the</c><00:37:34.639><c> responsibility</c><00:37:35.340><c> of</c>

00:37:35.639 --> 00:37:36.360
their<00:37:35.840><c> husbands,</c>

00:37:36.860 --> 00:37:42.380
she<00:37:37.099><c> would</c><00:37:37.280><c> have</c><00:37:37.380><c> been</c><00:37:37.539><c> a</c><00:37:37.679><c> hero.</c><00:37:39.400><c> In</c><00:37:39.500><c> verse</c><00:37:39.719><c> 17,</c><00:37:41.639><c> it</c><00:37:41.800><c> says</c><00:37:42.139><c> that</c>

00:37:42.380 --> 00:37:46.219
she<00:37:42.659><c> despised,</c><00:37:44.699><c> or</c><00:37:44.780><c> in</c><00:37:44.880><c> the</c><00:37:45.039><c> RSV</c><00:37:45.480><c> she</c><00:37:45.900><c> showed</c>

00:37:46.219 --> 00:37:50.659
contempt<00:37:46.840><c> for</c><00:37:47.139><c> her</c><00:37:47.400><c> husband,</c><00:37:48.119><c> and</c><00:37:48.320><c> as</c><00:37:48.519><c> a</c><00:37:48.719><c> result</c><00:37:49.000><c> it</c><00:37:49.159><c> would</c><00:37:49.380><c> cause</c><00:37:49.619><c> the</c><00:37:49.880><c> other</c><00:37:50.079><c> women</c><00:37:50.420><c> to</c>

00:37:50.659 --> 00:37:51.699
look<00:37:50.780><c> with</c><00:37:51.019><c> contempt</c><00:37:51.400><c> upon</c>

00:37:51.699 --> 00:37:55.900
their<00:37:51.840><c> own</c><00:37:52.099><c> husbands,</c><00:37:52.980><c> and</c><00:37:53.139><c> the</c><00:37:53.280><c> word</c><00:37:53.460><c> means</c><00:37:54.059><c> to</c><00:37:54.679><c> disesteem,</c>

00:37:55.960 --> 00:37:58.679
to<00:37:56.159><c> have</c><00:37:56.440><c> no</c><00:37:56.739><c> value.</c><00:37:57.260><c> It's</c><00:37:57.539><c> the</c><00:37:57.699><c> same</c><00:37:57.900><c> word</c><00:37:58.199><c> that</c>

00:37:58.679 --> 00:38:02.579
is<00:37:58.980><c> used</c><00:37:59.139><c> to</c><00:37:59.460><c> describe</c><00:37:59.780><c> Esau</c><00:38:00.280><c> and</c><00:38:01.019><c> how</c><00:38:01.199><c> he</c><00:38:01.579><c> disesteemed</c><00:38:02.280><c> his</c>

00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:05.199
birthright.<00:38:03.739><c> She</c><00:38:03.980><c> knew</c><00:38:04.159><c> exactly</c><00:38:04.679><c> what</c><00:38:04.860><c> she</c><00:38:05.039><c> was</c>

00:38:05.199 --> 00:38:07.679
doing.<00:38:05.519><c> She</c><00:38:05.679><c> knew</c><00:38:05.820><c> what</c><00:38:05.940><c> her</c><00:38:06.280><c> responsibilities</c><00:38:06.920><c> were</c><00:38:07.400><c> under</c>

00:38:07.679 --> 00:38:10.199
the<00:38:07.880><c> royal</c><00:38:08.139><c> protocol,</c><00:38:09.380><c> and</c><00:38:09.599><c> it</c><00:38:09.699><c> would</c><00:38:09.860><c> be</c><00:38:10.000><c> no</c>

00:38:10.199 --> 00:38:13.360
different<00:38:10.460><c> today</c><00:38:10.860><c> if</c><00:38:11.920><c> the</c><00:38:12.119><c> wife</c><00:38:12.340><c> of</c><00:38:12.519><c> the</c><00:38:12.679><c> president</c><00:38:13.039><c> or</c><00:38:13.219><c> the</c>

00:38:13.360 --> 00:38:15.320
wife<00:38:13.480><c> of</c><00:38:13.639><c> the</c><00:38:13.760><c> prime</c><00:38:13.920><c> minister</c><00:38:14.219><c> went</c><00:38:14.380><c> on</c><00:38:14.679><c> national</c><00:38:14.980><c> TV</c>

00:38:15.320 --> 00:38:18.380
and<00:38:15.480><c> told</c><00:38:15.699><c> everyone,</c><00:38:16.320><c> I</c><00:38:16.320><c> am</c><00:38:16.579><c> no</c><00:38:16.840><c> longer</c><00:38:17.099><c> going</c><00:38:17.500><c> to</c><00:38:17.820><c> honor</c><00:38:18.039><c> my</c>

00:38:18.380 --> 00:38:21.440
husband.<00:38:19.260><c> The</c><00:38:19.619><c> effects</c><00:38:19.920><c> would</c><00:38:20.159><c> be</c><00:38:20.340><c> tremendous,</c>

00:38:21.860 --> 00:38:25.840
even<00:38:21.940><c> if</c><00:38:22.280><c> we</c><00:38:22.960><c> do</c><00:38:23.159><c> live</c><00:38:23.380><c> in</c><00:38:23.800><c> a</c><00:38:23.900><c> republic.</c><00:38:25.019><c> The</c><00:38:25.239><c> fact</c><00:38:25.420><c> in</c><00:38:25.579><c> verse</c>

00:38:25.840 --> 00:38:28.300
18<00:38:26.320><c> where</c><00:38:26.820><c> Mimoukin</c><00:38:27.239><c> makes</c><00:38:27.559><c> the</c><00:38:27.820><c> observation</c>

00:38:28.300 --> 00:38:33.300
that<00:38:28.539><c> this</c><00:38:28.960><c> very</c><00:38:29.460><c> day</c><00:38:30.579><c> shows</c><00:38:31.179><c> that</c><00:38:31.340><c> there</c><00:38:31.440><c> would</c><00:38:31.619><c> be</c><00:38:31.840><c> an</c><00:38:32.079><c> immediate</c><00:38:32.440><c> impact</c><00:38:33.079><c> and</c>

00:38:33.300 --> 00:38:34.460
of<00:38:33.599><c> great</c><00:38:33.880><c> magnitude</c>

00:38:34.460 --> 00:38:37.840
throughout<00:38:35.119><c> the</c><00:38:35.380><c> empire.</c><00:38:35.820><c> So</c><00:38:36.039><c> it</c><00:38:36.119><c> isn't</c><00:38:36.320><c> the</c><00:38:36.579><c> king's</c><00:38:37.019><c> ego</c><00:38:37.239><c> that's</c><00:38:37.619><c> at</c>

00:38:37.840 --> 00:38:41.000
stake<00:38:38.280><c> in</c><00:38:39.019><c> chapter</c><00:38:39.340><c> one.</c><00:38:40.320><c> It's</c><00:38:40.739><c> the</c>

00:38:41.000 --> 00:38:44.579
every<00:38:41.619><c> household</c><00:38:42.280><c> in</c><00:38:42.539><c> the</c><00:38:42.679><c> empire,</c><00:38:43.659><c> and</c><00:38:43.820><c> it's</c><00:38:43.980><c> important</c><00:38:44.320><c> to</c>

00:38:44.579 --> 00:38:46.679
recognize<00:38:45.039><c> who</c><00:38:45.260><c> will</c><00:38:45.519><c> generate</c><00:38:45.860><c> the</c><00:38:46.139><c> contempt</c><00:38:46.460><c> and</c>

00:38:46.679 --> 00:38:49.480
who<00:38:46.780><c> will</c><00:38:46.980><c> generate</c><00:38:47.360><c> the</c><00:38:47.579><c> wrath</c><00:38:47.840><c> in</c><00:38:47.960><c> verse</c><00:38:48.500><c> 18</c><00:38:49.059><c> when</c><00:38:49.219><c> he</c><00:38:49.320><c> goes</c>

00:38:49.480 --> 00:38:52.400
on<00:38:49.679><c> to</c><00:38:49.860><c> say</c><00:38:50.179><c> that</c><00:38:50.659><c> this</c><00:38:50.920><c> very</c><00:38:51.179><c> day</c><00:38:51.460><c> the</c><00:38:51.960><c> ladies</c><00:38:52.199><c> of</c>

00:38:52.400 --> 00:38:56.099
Persia<00:38:52.800><c> and</c><00:38:53.059><c> Media</c><00:38:53.320><c> who</c><00:38:53.920><c> have</c><00:38:54.119><c> heard</c><00:38:54.320><c> of</c><00:38:54.480><c> the</c><00:38:54.619><c> queen's</c><00:38:55.559><c> behavior</c><00:38:55.880><c> will</c>

00:38:56.099 --> 00:38:57.480
be<00:38:56.300><c> telling</c><00:38:56.480><c> it</c><00:38:56.679><c> to</c><00:38:56.840><c> all</c><00:38:57.039><c> the</c><00:38:57.179><c> king's</c>

00:38:57.480 --> 00:39:00.900
princes,<00:38:57.920><c> and</c><00:38:57.980><c> there</c><00:38:58.059><c> will</c><00:38:58.260><c> be</c><00:38:58.420><c> contempt</c><00:38:58.880><c> and</c><00:38:59.199><c> wrath</c><00:38:59.480><c> and</c><00:38:59.760><c> plenty.</c><00:39:00.619><c> So</c>

00:39:00.900 --> 00:39:02.739
when<00:39:01.059><c> the</c><00:39:01.320><c> wives</c><00:39:01.860><c> of</c><00:39:02.159><c> the</c><00:39:02.360><c> Persians</c>

00:39:02.739 --> 00:39:06.099
hear<00:39:03.039><c> about</c><00:39:03.380><c> this,</c><00:39:03.760><c> they</c><00:39:04.000><c> will</c><00:39:04.239><c> show</c><00:39:04.579><c> similar</c><00:39:05.119><c> contempt,</c><00:39:06.000><c> if</c>

00:39:06.099 --> 00:39:09.019
that's<00:39:06.320><c> how</c><00:39:06.519><c> the</c><00:39:06.679><c> queen</c><00:39:07.239><c> can</c><00:39:07.480><c> teach</c><00:39:07.619><c> the</c><00:39:07.840><c> king.</c><00:39:08.579><c> Well,</c>

00:39:09.019 --> 00:39:12.880
there's<00:39:09.719><c> a</c><00:39:09.920><c> model</c><00:39:10.000><c> for</c><00:39:10.239><c> us.</c><00:39:11.219><c> And</c><00:39:11.440><c> the</c><00:39:11.679><c> wrath</c><00:39:11.920><c> will</c><00:39:12.179><c> come</c><00:39:12.480><c> from</c>

00:39:12.880 --> 00:39:16.360
the<00:39:13.139><c> husbands.</c><00:39:14.260><c> As</c><00:39:14.420><c> we</c><00:39:14.599><c> see</c><00:39:14.739><c> in</c><00:39:14.900><c> verse</c><00:39:15.340><c> 12,</c><00:39:15.960><c> this</c><00:39:16.139><c> is</c>

00:39:16.360 --> 00:39:20.460
how<00:39:16.699><c> Ahasuerus</c><00:39:17.360><c> reacted</c><00:39:17.840><c> to</c><00:39:18.480><c> Queen,</c><00:39:18.480><c> to</c><00:39:18.840><c> Vashti's</c><00:39:19.320><c> rebellion.</c><00:39:20.219><c> So</c><00:39:20.340><c> what</c>

00:39:20.460 --> 00:39:21.619
we're<00:39:20.679><c> going</c><00:39:20.800><c> to</c><00:39:21.039><c> have</c><00:39:21.239><c> when</c><00:39:21.400><c> Mimoukin</c>

00:39:21.619 --> 00:39:25.739
observes<00:39:22.039><c> in</c><00:39:22.219><c> every</c><00:39:22.440><c> household</c><00:39:23.019><c> is</c><00:39:23.860><c> wives</c><00:39:24.159><c> showing</c><00:39:25.059><c> contempt</c>

00:39:25.739 --> 00:39:28.500
or<00:39:26.760><c> despising</c><00:39:27.260><c> their</c><00:39:27.500><c> husbands</c><00:39:27.920><c> and</c><00:39:28.260><c> the</c>

00:39:28.500 --> 00:39:31.840
husbands<00:39:28.719><c> responding</c><00:39:29.260><c> in</c><00:39:29.519><c> wrath.</c><00:39:30.460><c> And</c><00:39:30.719><c> domestic</c><00:39:31.199><c> upheaval</c>

00:39:31.840 --> 00:39:35.900
would<00:39:32.199><c> overwhelm</c><00:39:32.840><c> the</c><00:39:33.039><c> empire,</c><00:39:34.820><c> which</c><00:39:35.119><c> is</c><00:39:35.380><c> why</c><00:39:35.599><c> they</c>

00:39:35.900 --> 00:39:44.619
take<00:39:36.739><c> immediate</c><00:39:37.300><c> steps</c><00:39:38.119><c> to</c><00:39:38.699><c> pass</c><00:39:39.019><c> a</c><00:39:39.179><c> law</c><00:39:39.599><c> to</c><00:39:40.320><c> restore</c><00:39:41.380><c> the</c><00:39:43.340><c> importance</c><00:39:44.000><c> of</c>

00:39:44.619 --> 00:39:47.699
the<00:39:44.860><c> husband's</c><00:39:45.500><c> position</c><00:39:46.219><c> within</c><00:39:47.199><c> the</c>

00:39:47.699 --> 00:39:59.139
empire.<00:39:51.300><c> Now,</c><00:39:51.639><c> if</c><00:39:51.900><c> the</c><00:39:52.219><c> Persians</c><00:39:53.519><c> could</c><00:39:54.340><c> understand</c><00:39:55.139><c> the</c><00:39:55.679><c> importance</c><00:39:56.460><c> of</c>

00:39:59.139 --> 00:40:05.880
the<00:39:59.679><c> husbands</c><00:40:00.260><c> being</c><00:40:01.039><c> the</c><00:40:01.519><c> head</c><00:40:01.760><c> of</c><00:40:02.000><c> the</c>

00:40:05.880 --> 00:40:09.159
law<00:40:06.519><c> in</c><00:40:06.739><c> verse</c><00:40:07.079><c> 20,</c><00:40:07.519><c> it</c><00:40:07.599><c> says,</c><00:40:08.039><c> so</c><00:40:08.039><c> when</c><00:40:08.239><c> the</c><00:40:08.480><c> decree</c><00:40:08.659><c> made</c><00:40:08.940><c> by</c>

00:40:09.159 --> 00:40:11.860
the<00:40:09.320><c> king</c><00:40:09.480><c> is</c><00:40:09.760><c> proclaimed</c><00:40:10.260><c> throughout</c><00:40:10.659><c> all</c><00:40:10.960><c> his</c><00:40:11.179><c> kingdom,</c>

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vast<00:40:12.480><c> as</c><00:40:12.760><c> it</c><00:40:12.920><c> is,</c><00:40:13.699><c> all</c><00:40:14.039><c> women</c><00:40:14.340><c> will</c><00:40:14.579><c> give</c><00:40:14.760><c> honor</c><00:40:15.019><c> to</c><00:40:15.179><c> their</c><00:40:15.360><c> husbands</c><00:40:15.840><c> high</c><00:40:16.559><c> and</c>

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low.<00:40:18.019><c> And</c><00:40:18.239><c> they</c><00:40:18.480><c> pass</c><00:40:18.760><c> the</c><00:40:18.960><c> law</c><00:40:19.059><c> in</c>

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verse<00:40:19.380><c> 22</c><00:40:19.880><c> that</c><00:40:20.260><c> every</c><00:40:20.639><c> man</c><00:40:20.940><c> should</c><00:40:21.179><c> be</c><00:40:21.420><c> lord</c><00:40:21.699><c> in</c><00:40:21.920><c> his</c><00:40:22.119><c> own</c><00:40:22.260><c> house.</c><00:40:24.440><c> Imagine</c><00:40:24.840><c> today</c><00:40:25.380><c> the</c>

00:40:25.739 --> 00:40:26.800
president<00:40:26.179><c> and</c><00:40:26.480><c> congress</c>

00:40:26.800 --> 00:40:29.239
getting<00:40:27.059><c> together</c><00:40:27.599><c> and</c><00:40:27.900><c> passing</c><00:40:28.139><c> that</c><00:40:28.460><c> kind</c><00:40:28.659><c> of</c><00:40:28.860><c> law.</c><00:40:29.059><c> They</c>

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would<00:40:29.460><c> never</c><00:40:29.659><c> do</c><00:40:29.900><c> it.</c><00:40:30.800><c> And</c><00:40:30.980><c> yet</c><00:40:31.119><c> the</c><00:40:31.340><c> actions</c><00:40:31.699><c> of</c>

00:40:35.679 --> 00:40:39.079
principles<00:40:36.300><c> that</c><00:40:36.440><c> we</c><00:40:36.619><c> find</c><00:40:36.860><c> in</c><00:40:37.119><c> scripture</c><00:40:37.519><c> about</c><00:40:37.920><c> the</c><00:40:38.219><c> husband</c><00:40:38.559><c> being</c>

00:40:39.079 --> 00:40:40.719
the<00:40:39.340><c> head</c><00:40:39.440><c> of</c><00:40:39.579><c> the</c><00:40:39.719><c> household,</c>

00:40:40.900 --> 00:40:45.000
whether<00:40:41.079><c> it</c><00:40:41.239><c> be</c><00:40:41.340><c> in</c><00:40:41.500><c> Ephesians</c><00:40:41.880><c> 5</c><00:40:42.260><c> or</c><00:40:42.480><c> 1</c><00:40:42.719><c> Corinthians</c><00:40:43.099><c> 11,</c><00:40:44.380><c> Colossians</c><00:40:44.739><c> 3</c>

00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:47.400
and<00:40:45.139><c> the</c><00:40:45.239><c> other</c><00:40:45.440><c> places,</c><00:40:46.039><c> they</c><00:40:46.300><c> understood</c>

00:40:47.559 --> 00:40:53.659
that<00:40:47.860><c> this</c><00:40:48.519><c> principle</c><00:40:49.199><c> needed</c><00:40:49.860><c> to</c><00:40:50.960><c> be</c><00:40:51.380><c> upheld</c><00:40:52.059><c> in</c><00:40:52.539><c> each</c><00:40:52.760><c> home.</c>

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And<00:40:54.079><c> certainly,</c><00:40:54.659><c> brethren</c><00:40:54.739><c> and</c><00:40:54.940><c> sisters,</c>

00:40:57.000 --> 00:40:59.519
and<00:40:57.159><c> young</c><00:40:57.340><c> people</c><00:40:57.639><c> and</c><00:40:57.900><c> friends,</c><00:40:58.099><c> if</c><00:40:58.320><c> the</c><00:40:58.639><c> Persians</c><00:40:59.239><c> could</c>

00:40:59.519 --> 00:41:00.820
understand<00:41:00.019><c> this,</c>

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isn't<00:41:02.019><c> it</c><00:41:02.239><c> that</c><00:41:02.400><c> much</c><00:41:02.579><c> more</c><00:41:02.880><c> critical</c><00:41:03.159><c> that</c><00:41:03.440><c> we</c><00:41:03.840><c> be</c><00:41:04.059><c> able</c><00:41:04.300><c> to</c>

00:41:04.599 --> 00:41:07.380
understand<00:41:04.980><c> this</c><00:41:05.219><c> principle</c><00:41:05.719><c> and</c><00:41:06.539><c> that</c><00:41:06.739><c> we</c><00:41:06.940><c> be</c><00:41:07.139><c> able</c>

00:41:07.380 --> 00:41:10.940
to<00:41:07.820><c> see</c><00:41:08.280><c> the</c><00:41:08.639><c> benefit</c><00:41:09.119><c> because</c><00:41:09.559><c> we</c><00:41:09.820><c> have</c><00:41:10.000><c> the</c><00:41:10.300><c> added</c><00:41:10.519><c> benefit</c>

00:41:10.940 --> 00:41:15.099
of<00:41:11.260><c> appreciating</c><00:41:11.840><c> the</c><00:41:12.139><c> spiritual</c><00:41:13.019><c> reasons</c><00:41:13.760><c> for</c><00:41:14.139><c> this.</c>

00:41:15.780 --> 00:41:19.320
The<00:41:16.000><c> idea</c><00:41:16.360><c> of</c><00:41:16.559><c> the</c><00:41:16.739><c> wives</c><00:41:17.000><c> submitting</c><00:41:17.400><c> to</c><00:41:17.619><c> their</c><00:41:17.840><c> husbands</c><00:41:18.280><c> goes</c><00:41:18.559><c> right</c><00:41:18.860><c> back</c><00:41:19.099><c> to</c>

00:41:19.320 --> 00:41:20.760
creation.<00:41:19.920><c> As</c><00:41:19.980><c> Paul</c><00:41:20.199><c> tells</c><00:41:20.460><c> us</c><00:41:20.659><c> in</c>

00:41:20.760 --> 00:41:26.400
1<00:41:20.980><c> Timothy</c><00:41:21.219><c> 2,</c><00:41:21.599><c> God</c><00:41:21.900><c> made</c><00:41:22.239><c> Adam</c><00:41:22.519><c> differently</c><00:41:23.059><c> than</c><00:41:23.260><c> he</c><00:41:23.380><c> made</c><00:41:23.639><c> Eve.</c><00:41:25.119><c> And</c><00:41:25.420><c> he</c><00:41:25.559><c> made</c><00:41:25.800><c> Adam</c><00:41:26.099><c> in</c><00:41:26.280><c> a</c>

00:41:26.400 --> 00:41:27.559
way<00:41:26.519><c> that</c><00:41:26.679><c> he</c><00:41:26.800><c> would</c>

00:41:28.000 --> 00:41:32.539
responsibility<00:41:28.599><c> and</c><00:41:29.199><c> authority</c><00:41:29.639><c> for</c><00:41:29.840><c> his</c><00:41:30.059><c> household.</c><00:41:30.980><c> And</c><00:41:31.280><c> he</c><00:41:31.420><c> made</c><00:41:31.739><c> Eve</c><00:41:32.000><c> of</c><00:41:32.239><c> a</c>

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different<00:41:32.800><c> nature,</c>

00:41:34.239 --> 00:41:36.500
not<00:41:34.440><c> a</c><00:41:34.699><c> physical</c><00:41:35.000><c> nature,</c><00:41:35.340><c> but</c><00:41:35.480><c> a</c><00:41:35.699><c> different</c><00:41:35.900><c> disposition.</c>

00:41:36.920 --> 00:41:39.300
She<00:41:37.179><c> has</c><00:41:37.440><c> different</c><00:41:37.739><c> strengths</c><00:41:38.199><c> than</c><00:41:38.480><c> Adam.</c><00:41:38.639><c> And</c><00:41:38.760><c> in</c><00:41:38.940><c> God's</c>

00:41:39.300 --> 00:41:48.000
wisdom,<00:41:40.440><c> God</c><00:41:40.679><c> turns</c><00:41:41.039><c> to</c><00:41:41.360><c> wives</c><00:41:41.619><c> and</c><00:41:41.820><c> says,</c><00:41:42.099><c> look,</c><00:41:42.679><c> if</c><00:41:42.900><c> you</c><00:41:43.280><c> disregard</c><00:41:44.300><c> your</c><00:41:45.639><c> husband</c><00:41:46.079><c> being</c><00:41:46.420><c> your</c><00:41:46.840><c> head,</c><00:41:47.559><c> and</c><00:41:47.780><c> you</c>

00:41:48.000 --> 00:41:51.619
disregard<00:41:48.639><c> my</c><00:41:49.059><c> wisdom</c><00:41:49.440><c> in</c><00:41:49.679><c> this</c><00:41:49.980><c> manner,</c><00:41:51.059><c> then</c><00:41:51.260><c> you're</c><00:41:51.500><c> going</c>

00:41:51.619 --> 00:41:55.159
to<00:41:51.760><c> end</c><00:41:51.920><c> up</c><00:41:52.159><c> like</c><00:41:52.500><c> Eve.</c><00:41:53.900><c> And</c><00:41:54.139><c> that's</c><00:41:54.480><c> the</c><00:41:54.699><c> situation</c>

00:41:55.159 --> 00:42:02.219
you're<00:41:55.380><c> going</c><00:41:55.619><c> to</c><00:41:55.840><c> find</c><00:41:55.960><c> yourselves</c><00:41:56.400><c> in.</c><00:41:58.940><c> But</c><00:41:59.059><c> there's</c><00:41:59.460><c> a</c><00:41:59.579><c> natural</c><00:42:00.059><c> resentment</c><00:42:00.800><c> in</c>

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any<00:42:02.500><c> relationship</c><00:42:03.179><c> when</c><00:42:03.460><c> one</c>

00:42:03.739 --> 00:42:08.719
person<00:42:04.139><c> is</c><00:42:04.440><c> asked</c><00:42:04.679><c> to</c><00:42:04.940><c> submit</c><00:42:05.360><c> to</c><00:42:05.599><c> another.</c><00:42:07.079><c> It's</c><00:42:07.320><c> why</c><00:42:07.539><c> the</c><00:42:07.699><c> Bible</c><00:42:07.960><c> teaches</c><00:42:08.420><c> us</c>

00:42:08.719 --> 00:42:10.800
that<00:42:08.860><c> we</c><00:42:09.119><c> all</c><00:42:09.639><c> need</c><00:42:10.019><c> to</c><00:42:10.300><c> learn</c><00:42:10.500><c> to</c>

00:42:10.800 --> 00:42:14.219
submit<00:42:11.320><c> to</c><00:42:11.820><c> one</c><00:42:12.019><c> another,</c><00:42:12.320><c> whether</c><00:42:12.559><c> it's</c><00:42:12.840><c> wives</c><00:42:13.260><c> to</c><00:42:13.480><c> husbands,</c><00:42:14.119><c> whether</c>

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it's<00:42:14.599><c> servants</c><00:42:14.780><c> to</c><00:42:15.059><c> masters,</c>

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whether<00:42:16.420><c> it's</c><00:42:16.699><c> children</c><00:42:17.099><c> to</c><00:42:17.340><c> parents,</c><00:42:18.460><c> whether</c><00:42:18.659><c> it's</c><00:42:18.980><c> ecclesial</c><00:42:19.380><c> members</c><00:42:19.780><c> to</c>

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their<00:42:20.219><c> elders.</c>

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When<00:42:21.940><c> we</c><00:42:22.239><c> submit</c><00:42:22.619><c> to</c><00:42:22.820><c> one</c><00:42:23.039><c> another,</c><00:42:24.260><c> we</c><00:42:24.300><c> learn</c><00:42:24.519><c> to</c><00:42:24.760><c> rid</c><00:42:24.900><c> ourselves</c><00:42:25.519><c> of</c><00:42:25.800><c> self</c><00:42:26.019><c>-importance</c><00:42:26.619><c> and</c>

00:42:26.780 --> 00:42:28.239
we<00:42:27.000><c> learn</c><00:42:27.300><c> to</c>

00:42:28.239 --> 00:42:32.760
become<00:42:28.940><c> a</c><00:42:29.599><c> godly</c><00:42:29.980><c> servant.</c><00:42:31.239><c> But</c><00:42:31.460><c> Vashti's</c><00:42:31.960><c> content</c><00:42:32.260><c> for</c><00:42:32.480><c> her</c>

00:42:32.760 --> 00:42:38.519
husband<00:42:33.139><c> was</c><00:42:34.159><c> not</c><00:42:34.699><c> unique</c><00:42:36.019><c> just</c><00:42:36.679><c> to</c><00:42:36.840><c> her.</c>

00:42:38.800 --> 00:42:44.599
Wives<00:42:39.079><c> in</c><00:42:39.480><c> every</c><00:42:40.179><c> relationship</c><00:42:41.099><c> in</c><00:42:41.380><c> which</c><00:42:41.559><c> they</c><00:42:41.840><c> need</c><00:42:42.039><c> to</c><00:42:42.360><c> submit</c><00:42:42.659><c> themselves</c><00:42:43.659><c> to</c>

00:42:44.599 --> 00:42:45.500
their<00:42:44.860><c> husbands</c>

00:42:45.500 --> 00:42:51.519
can<00:42:46.260><c> fall</c><00:42:46.599><c> victim</c><00:42:47.179><c> to</c><00:42:47.780><c> the</c><00:42:48.000><c> thinking</c><00:42:48.380><c> of</c><00:42:48.719><c> Vashti.</c><00:42:49.880><c> And</c><00:42:50.019><c> it's</c><00:42:50.260><c> especially</c><00:42:50.699><c> difficult</c><00:42:51.179><c> when</c><00:42:51.360><c> a</c>

00:42:51.519 --> 00:42:52.380
wife<00:42:51.719><c> sees</c><00:42:52.079><c> her</c>

00:42:52.380 --> 00:42:55.739
husband,<00:42:53.719><c> the</c><00:42:53.860><c> one</c><00:42:53.980><c> that</c><00:42:54.119><c> she</c><00:42:54.300><c> is</c><00:42:54.480><c> supposed</c><00:42:54.840><c> to</c><00:42:55.019><c> submit</c><00:42:55.340><c> to,</c>

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fail<00:42:56.480><c> miserably</c><00:42:57.239><c> in</c><00:42:57.500><c> his</c><00:42:57.800><c> responsibility.</c>

00:42:59.960 --> 00:43:02.920
And<00:43:00.119><c> we're</c><00:43:00.260><c> not</c><00:43:00.440><c> talking</c><00:43:00.659><c> now</c><00:43:00.960><c> about</c><00:43:01.420><c> adultery</c><00:43:01.860><c> or</c><00:43:02.039><c> some</c><00:43:02.199><c> other</c><00:43:02.440><c> grievous</c><00:43:02.760><c> sin</c>

00:43:02.920 --> 00:43:04.139
against<00:43:03.260><c> her,</c><00:43:03.400><c> but</c><00:43:03.519><c> in</c><00:43:03.659><c> the</c><00:43:03.860><c> everyday</c>

00:43:04.139 --> 00:43:07.820
matters.<00:43:04.820><c> When</c><00:43:04.980><c> a</c><00:43:05.119><c> wife</c><00:43:05.400><c> sees</c><00:43:05.699><c> her</c><00:43:05.900><c> husband</c><00:43:06.199><c> use</c><00:43:06.480><c> poor</c><00:43:06.760><c> judgment</c><00:43:07.159><c> and</c>

00:43:07.820 --> 00:43:10.199
make<00:43:08.019><c> bad</c><00:43:08.380><c> decisions</c><00:43:08.860><c> that</c><00:43:09.139><c> affect</c><00:43:09.440><c> the</c>

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family,<00:43:10.579><c> either</c><00:43:10.920><c> emotionally</c><00:43:11.400><c> or</c><00:43:11.659><c> financially,</c><00:43:12.719><c> or</c><00:43:13.019><c> she</c><00:43:13.159><c> sees</c><00:43:13.340><c> her</c>

00:43:13.579 --> 00:43:15.500
husband<00:43:13.820><c> display</c><00:43:14.159><c> a</c><00:43:14.320><c> low</c><00:43:14.460><c> level</c><00:43:14.719><c> of</c>

00:43:15.679 --> 00:43:19.000
spirituality<00:43:16.320><c> in</c><00:43:16.699><c> the</c><00:43:16.940><c> home</c><00:43:17.179><c> or</c><00:43:17.760><c> in</c><00:43:17.900><c> the</c><00:43:18.000><c> ecclesial</c><00:43:18.380><c> environment,</c><00:43:18.940><c> though</c>

00:43:19.000 --> 00:43:19.920
he<00:43:19.159><c> shows</c><00:43:19.340><c> little</c><00:43:19.599><c> interest</c>

00:43:19.920 --> 00:43:23.400
in<00:43:20.079><c> the</c><00:43:20.239><c> kids.</c><00:43:21.440><c> That's</c><00:43:21.780><c> when</c><00:43:21.920><c> her</c><00:43:22.159><c> esteem</c><00:43:22.619><c> for</c><00:43:22.840><c> her</c><00:43:23.079><c> husband</c>

00:43:23.400 --> 00:43:27.420
will<00:43:23.619><c> be</c><00:43:23.840><c> challenged.</c><00:43:26.059><c> Now</c><00:43:26.239><c> if</c><00:43:26.400><c> her</c><00:43:26.780><c> esteem</c>

00:43:27.420 --> 00:43:34.079
for<00:43:27.659><c> her</c><00:43:27.980><c> husband</c><00:43:28.400><c> is</c><00:43:28.900><c> rooted</c><00:43:29.380><c> in</c><00:43:30.280><c> his</c><00:43:30.679><c> conduct,</c><00:43:32.619><c> he</c><00:43:32.820><c> will</c><00:43:33.179><c> inevitably</c><00:43:33.800><c> let</c>

00:43:34.079 --> 00:43:35.119
her<00:43:34.300><c> down.</c>

00:43:37.260 --> 00:43:42.460
And<00:43:37.539><c> that's</c><00:43:37.780><c> why</c><00:43:38.019><c> God</c><00:43:38.539><c> asked</c><00:43:39.400><c> wives</c><00:43:40.199><c> not</c><00:43:41.320><c> to</c><00:43:41.699><c> submit</c><00:43:41.940><c> yourself</c>

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to<00:43:42.699><c> your</c><00:43:43.000><c> husbands</c><00:43:43.460><c> because</c><00:43:43.900><c> of</c><00:43:44.119><c> his</c><00:43:44.400><c> conduct,</c>

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or<00:43:45.300><c> contingent</c><00:43:46.000><c> upon</c><00:43:46.260><c> his</c><00:43:46.539><c> conduct,</c><00:43:48.280><c> but</c><00:43:48.480><c> submit</c><00:43:48.880><c> to</c><00:43:49.119><c> your</c><00:43:49.380><c> husbands</c><00:43:49.920><c> by</c><00:43:50.559><c> faith.</c>

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Trust<00:43:53.559><c> me,</c><00:43:54.079><c> God</c><00:43:54.420><c> says,</c><00:43:54.960><c> that</c><00:43:55.099><c> if</c><00:43:55.320><c> you</c><00:43:55.659><c> follow</c><00:43:56.039><c> what</c><00:43:56.280><c> I</c><00:43:56.639><c> have</c><00:43:56.900><c> designed</c><00:43:57.679><c> and</c><00:43:58.599><c> you</c><00:43:58.940><c> submit</c><00:43:59.280><c> yourself</c><00:43:59.760><c> to</c><00:44:00.000><c> your</c>

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husband<00:44:00.519><c> by</c><00:44:01.019><c> faith,</c><00:44:02.199><c> not</c><00:44:02.539><c> just</c><00:44:02.860><c> on</c><00:44:03.059><c> the</c><00:44:03.219><c> days</c><00:44:03.420><c> when</c><00:44:03.559><c> he's</c><00:44:03.760><c> doing</c><00:44:04.019><c> the</c>

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right<00:44:04.420><c> things</c><00:44:04.820><c> and</c><00:44:05.019><c> not</c><00:44:05.280><c> have</c><00:44:05.519><c> to</c>

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submit<00:44:05.900><c> to</c><00:44:06.039><c> him</c><00:44:06.219><c> on</c><00:44:06.340><c> the</c><00:44:06.500><c> days</c><00:44:06.659><c> when</c><00:44:06.760><c> he's</c><00:44:06.940><c> doing</c><00:44:07.119><c> the</c><00:44:07.320><c> wrong</c>

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things,<00:44:07.739><c> but</c><00:44:07.880><c> if</c><00:44:08.019><c> you</c><00:44:08.219><c> submit</c><00:44:08.480><c> to</c><00:44:08.619><c> him</c><00:44:08.820><c> by</c><00:44:09.179><c> faith</c>

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and<00:44:10.739><c> trust</c><00:44:11.099><c> me,</c><00:44:13.139><c> good</c><00:44:13.219><c> things</c><00:44:13.579><c> can</c><00:44:13.840><c> happen</c><00:44:14.500><c> for</c><00:44:15.000><c> you,</c><00:44:15.739><c> eternal</c><00:44:16.159><c> things.</c>

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And<00:44:18.440><c> our</c><00:44:18.599><c> time</c><00:44:18.739><c> has</c><00:44:18.960><c> gone</c><00:44:19.119><c> today,</c><00:44:19.579><c> but</c><00:44:19.619><c> when</c><00:44:19.800><c> we</c><00:44:19.960><c> begin</c><00:44:20.179><c> tomorrow,</c><00:44:21.820><c> we'll</c>

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take<00:44:22.139><c> a</c><00:44:22.239><c> look</c><00:44:22.340><c> at</c><00:44:22.500><c> the</c>

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flip<00:44:22.840><c> side</c><00:44:23.059><c> because</c><00:44:23.360><c> the</c><00:44:23.639><c> message</c><00:44:23.920><c> to</c><00:44:24.179><c> husbands</c><00:44:24.860><c> is</c><00:44:25.739><c> equally</c>

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as<00:44:26.500><c> powerful.</c><00:44:27.679><c> If</c><00:44:27.840><c> we</c><00:44:28.119><c> are</c><00:44:28.440><c> simply</c>

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loving<00:44:30.139><c> our</c><00:44:30.699><c> wives</c><00:44:31.400><c> on</c><00:44:32.480><c> those</c><00:44:32.860><c> days</c><00:44:33.260><c> when</c><00:44:33.480><c> she's</c><00:44:33.780><c> being</c><00:44:34.179><c> a</c><00:44:34.519><c> model</c><00:44:34.780><c> wife</c><00:44:35.380><c> or</c>

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a<00:44:36.280><c> model</c><00:44:36.500><c> mother</c><00:44:36.820><c> for</c><00:44:37.119><c> our</c><00:44:37.360><c> kids</c>

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or<00:44:38.679><c> a</c><00:44:38.900><c> model</c><00:44:39.119><c> helpmate,</c><00:44:40.460><c> and</c><00:44:40.739><c> we</c><00:44:40.860><c> are</c><00:44:41.159><c> not</c><00:44:41.519><c> loving</c><00:44:41.800><c> our</c><00:44:42.260><c> wives</c>

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out<00:44:43.159><c> of</c><00:44:43.440><c> faith,</c>

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the<00:44:45.079><c> same</c><00:44:45.340><c> problems</c><00:44:45.800><c> can</c><00:44:46.099><c> develop.</c><00:44:47.139><c> But</c><00:44:47.280><c> we'll</c><00:44:47.400><c> leave</c><00:44:47.500><c> it</c><00:44:47.619><c> there</c><00:44:47.860><c> and</c>

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pick<00:44:48.159><c> it</c><00:44:48.239><c> up,</c><00:44:48.400><c> Lord</c><00:44:48.579><c> willing,</c><00:44:48.920><c> tomorrow.</c>

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you