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There's<00:10:18.679><c> a</c><00:10:18.960><c> growing,</c><00:10:19.419><c> an</c><00:10:19.720><c> increase</c><00:10:20.179><c> in</c><00:10:20.419><c> issues</c><00:10:20.720><c> as</c><00:10:21.000><c> you</c><00:10:21.200><c> read</c>

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so<00:10:22.820><c> please</c><00:10:23.299><c> notice</c><00:10:23.820><c> that</c><00:10:24.080><c> as</c><00:10:24.320><c> well.</c>

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Jesus<00:10:28.720><c> promises</c><00:10:29.700><c> to</c><00:10:30.019><c> be</c><00:10:30.200><c> with</c><00:10:30.360><c> them</c><00:10:30.620><c> through</c><00:10:30.879><c> it</c><00:10:31.059><c> all</c><00:10:31.220><c> as</c><00:10:31.559><c> they</c>

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try<00:10:31.980><c> to</c><00:10:32.299><c> overcome,</c>

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and<00:10:33.299><c> that's</c><00:10:33.600><c> another</c><00:10:33.860><c> key</c><00:10:34.460><c> to</c><00:10:35.580><c> these</c><00:10:35.860><c> letters,</c>

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is<00:10:37.340><c> to</c><00:10:38.000><c> get</c><00:10:38.240><c> that</c><00:10:38.600><c> message</c><00:10:38.899><c> of</c><00:10:39.159><c> Jesus</c><00:10:39.580><c> being</c><00:10:39.919><c> the</c><00:10:40.179><c> corner</c><00:10:40.399><c> man.</c>

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I<00:10:41.460><c> think</c><00:10:41.659><c> that</c><00:10:41.940><c> phrase</c><00:10:42.120><c> is</c><00:10:42.279><c> going</c><00:10:42.399><c> to</c><00:10:42.580><c> stick</c><00:10:42.700><c> with</c><00:10:42.879><c> me</c><00:10:43.000><c> for</c><00:10:43.179><c> a</c>

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long<00:10:43.500><c> time.</c>

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They're<00:10:45.519><c> there</c><00:10:45.759><c> to</c><00:10:46.059><c> pick</c><00:10:46.299><c> you</c><00:10:46.500><c> up</c><00:10:46.659><c> when</c><00:10:46.840><c> you're</c><00:10:47.159><c> down,</c>

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so<00:10:48.080><c> that's</c><00:10:48.379><c> another</c><00:10:48.639><c> key</c><00:10:49.360><c> message</c><00:10:49.899><c> as</c><00:10:50.299><c> you</c><00:10:50.440><c> read</c><00:10:50.639><c> these</c><00:10:50.919><c> letters.</c>

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Now,<00:10:54.800><c> we've</c><00:10:55.440><c> already</c><00:10:55.740><c> covered</c><00:10:56.000><c> that,</c><00:10:56.840><c> but</c><00:10:56.919><c> these</c><00:10:57.740><c> Ecclesias</c>

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were<00:10:59.460><c> chosen</c>

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specifically<00:11:00.840><c> by</c><00:11:01.600><c> Jesus</c><00:11:02.019><c> for</c><00:11:02.299><c> a</c><00:11:02.480><c> reason,</c>

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and<00:11:03.700><c> that</c><00:11:04.120><c> reason</c><00:11:04.480><c> is,</c><00:11:04.860><c> is</c><00:11:05.080><c> though</c><00:11:05.399><c> relatively</c><00:11:06.059><c> close,</c>

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they<00:11:07.179><c> all</c><00:11:07.440><c> had</c><00:11:07.700><c> their</c><00:11:07.940><c> different</c><00:11:08.179><c> sets</c><00:11:08.440><c> of</c><00:11:08.759><c> problems</c><00:11:09.179><c> and</c><00:11:09.700><c> issues</c>

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that<00:11:10.559><c> they</c><00:11:10.840><c> needed</c><00:11:11.000><c> to</c><00:11:11.360><c> overcome.</c>

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So<00:11:13.680><c> each</c><00:11:14.120><c> letter</c><00:11:14.759><c> begins</c><00:11:15.519><c> with</c><00:11:15.740><c> the</c><00:11:15.940><c> same</c><00:11:16.120><c> basic</c><00:11:16.539><c> outline,</c>

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and<00:11:17.159><c> I</c><00:11:17.299><c> know</c><00:11:17.679><c> for</c><00:11:17.960><c> many</c><00:11:18.220><c> of</c><00:11:18.379><c> you</c><00:11:18.519><c> this</c><00:11:18.720><c> is</c><00:11:18.879><c> something</c><00:11:19.159><c> you've</c><00:11:19.440><c> looked</c><00:11:19.620><c> at</c><00:11:19.940><c> for</c><00:11:20.220><c> a</c>

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so<00:11:21.039><c> it's</c><00:11:21.220><c> not</c><00:11:21.399><c> new</c><00:11:21.580><c> to</c><00:11:21.700><c> you,</c>

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but<00:11:23.640><c> sometimes</c><00:11:24.080><c> I</c><00:11:24.340><c> find</c><00:11:24.700><c> when</c><00:11:25.440><c> I</c><00:11:25.659><c> do</c><00:11:25.820><c> the</c><00:11:26.039><c> readings,</c>

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a<00:11:27.340><c> lot</c><00:11:27.519><c> of</c><00:11:27.700><c> times</c><00:11:27.860><c> I'll</c><00:11:28.100><c> take</c><00:11:28.320><c> for</c><00:11:28.580><c> granted,</c>

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well,<00:11:29.059><c> I</c><00:11:29.120><c> already</c><00:11:29.360><c> know</c><00:11:29.539><c> that,</c><00:11:29.820><c> so</c><00:11:30.000><c> I</c><00:11:30.039><c> can</c><00:11:30.299><c> kind</c><00:11:30.500><c> of</c><00:11:30.600><c> read</c><00:11:30.720><c> it</c><00:11:31.019><c> fast.</c>

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I<00:11:32.220><c> don't</c><00:11:32.340><c> know</c><00:11:32.440><c> if</c><00:11:32.500><c> you've</c><00:11:32.740><c> ever</c><00:11:32.840><c> done</c><00:11:33.000><c> that,</c><00:11:33.279><c> maybe</c><00:11:33.559><c> it's</c><00:11:34.740><c> just</c><00:11:34.759><c> a</c>

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foivore<00:11:35.279><c> on</c><00:11:35.399><c> my</c><00:11:35.600><c> part,</c>

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that<00:11:36.639><c> I'll</c><00:11:36.960><c> read</c><00:11:37.159><c> stuff</c><00:11:37.379><c> quickly</c><00:11:37.759><c> to</c><00:11:37.980><c> say</c><00:11:38.120><c> that</c><00:11:38.320><c> I've</c><00:11:38.580><c> done</c><00:11:38.759><c> it,</c>

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and<00:11:40.080><c> not</c><00:11:40.419><c> really,</c><00:11:40.779><c> again,</c><00:11:41.360><c> take</c><00:11:41.539><c> the</c><00:11:41.779><c> time</c><00:11:42.379><c> to</c><00:11:42.860><c> look</c><00:11:43.059><c> at</c><00:11:43.279><c> the</c>

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words,<00:11:44.340><c> their</c><00:11:44.419><c> meaning,</c>

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because<00:11:45.740><c> many</c><00:11:46.019><c> times,</c><00:11:46.320><c> how</c><00:11:46.539><c> often</c><00:11:46.860><c> when</c><00:11:47.080><c> we</c><00:11:47.299><c> do</c><00:11:47.460><c> that</c><00:11:47.720><c> do</c><00:11:47.860><c> we</c><00:11:48.039><c> say,</c>

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I<00:11:48.500><c> never</c><00:11:48.779><c> knew</c><00:11:48.940><c> that?</c>

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You<00:11:50.679><c> know,</c><00:11:50.700><c> you're</c><00:11:50.919><c> always</c><00:11:51.340><c> learning</c><00:11:51.639><c> something</c><00:11:52.019><c> new.</c>

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You<00:11:52.720><c> could</c><00:11:52.960><c> have</c><00:11:53.179><c> read</c><00:11:53.500><c> these</c><00:11:54.200><c> letters</c><00:11:54.419><c> of</c><00:11:54.600><c> the</c><00:11:54.779><c> Ecclesias</c><00:11:55.440><c> a</c>

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thousand<00:11:56.039><c> times</c><00:11:56.360><c> in</c><00:11:56.500><c> your</c><00:11:56.679><c> lifetime,</c>

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and<00:11:58.000><c> maybe</c><00:11:58.279><c> there's</c><00:11:58.480><c> that</c><00:11:58.759><c> one</c><00:11:58.960><c> little</c><00:11:59.220><c> thing</c><00:11:59.500><c> that</c><00:11:59.720><c> you</c><00:11:59.919><c> didn't</c><00:12:00.139><c> know</c>

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that<00:12:00.899><c> you'll</c><00:12:01.179><c> pick</c><00:12:01.379><c> up</c><00:12:01.620><c> with</c><00:12:02.659><c> careful</c><00:12:02.659><c> examination.</c>

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So<00:12:04.620><c> that's</c><00:12:05.019><c> one</c><00:12:05.240><c> thing,</c><00:12:05.559><c> you</c><00:12:05.740><c> know,</c><00:12:06.340><c> with</c><00:12:06.620><c> any</c><00:12:06.919><c> scripture</c><00:12:07.259><c> we</c>

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don't<00:12:07.860><c> want</c><00:12:08.039><c> to</c><00:12:08.200><c> do</c>

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is<00:12:09.559><c> distraction.</c>

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You<00:12:11.399><c> know,</c><00:12:11.639><c> sometimes</c><00:12:12.139><c> I'll</c><00:12:12.580><c> go</c><00:12:12.779><c> to</c><00:12:12.940><c> do</c><00:12:13.059><c> my</c><00:12:13.299><c> readings,</c>

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and<00:12:14.080><c> you</c><00:12:14.419><c> know,</c><00:12:14.639><c> there'll</c><00:12:14.820><c> be</c><00:12:15.080><c> something</c><00:12:15.379><c> on</c><00:12:15.580><c> in</c><00:12:15.779><c> the</c><00:12:15.899><c> other</c><00:12:16.139><c> room,</c>

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or<00:12:16.980><c> you</c><00:12:17.179><c> know,</c><00:12:17.440><c> something's</c><00:12:18.080><c> distracting</c><00:12:18.399><c> me,</c><00:12:18.779><c> work,</c><00:12:19.279><c> or</c><00:12:19.500><c> something.</c>

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You<00:12:20.600><c> know,</c><00:12:20.799><c> I</c><00:12:21.039><c> gave</c><00:12:21.259><c> an</c><00:12:21.539><c> excitation</c><00:12:22.139><c> a</c><00:12:22.480><c> little</c><00:12:22.620><c> bit</c><00:12:22.840><c> ago.</c>

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When<00:12:23.679><c> it</c><00:12:23.840><c> comes</c><00:12:24.100><c> time</c><00:12:24.399><c> to</c><00:12:24.679><c> do</c><00:12:25.480><c> anything</c><00:12:25.919><c> related</c><00:12:26.600><c> to</c><00:12:27.539><c> the</c><00:12:27.759><c> kingdom,</c><00:12:28.179><c> to</c>

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God,<00:12:28.659><c> my</c><00:12:28.919><c> faith,</c>

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you've<00:12:30.019><c> got</c><00:12:30.039><c> to</c><00:12:30.200><c> make</c><00:12:30.360><c> it</c><00:12:30.519><c> that</c><00:12:30.820><c> time.</c>

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Nothing<00:12:33.120><c> else</c><00:12:33.460><c> is</c><00:12:33.639><c> going</c><00:12:33.740><c> to</c><00:12:33.860><c> get</c><00:12:33.980><c> in</c><00:12:34.100><c> the</c><00:12:34.200><c> way</c><00:12:34.340><c> of</c><00:12:34.519><c> that.</c>

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And<00:12:35.980><c> sometimes</c><00:12:36.480><c> I</c><00:12:36.600><c> know</c><00:12:36.799><c> personally</c><00:12:37.320><c> I</c><00:12:37.639><c> have</c><00:12:37.799><c> a</c><00:12:37.940><c> tough</c><00:12:38.059><c> time</c>

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doing<00:12:38.559><c> that,</c>

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because<00:12:39.899><c> you</c><00:12:40.059><c> know,</c><00:12:40.820><c> there</c><00:12:40.940><c> are</c><00:12:41.399><c> work</c><00:12:41.620><c> issues</c><00:12:41.919><c> in</c><00:12:42.100><c> my</c><00:12:42.399><c> brain</c>

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that<00:12:42.879><c> I</c><00:12:43.039><c> keep</c><00:12:43.259><c> going</c><00:12:43.519><c> back</c><00:12:43.899><c> to</c><00:12:44.039><c> while</c><00:12:44.279><c> I'm</c><00:12:45.000><c> studying</c><00:12:45.360><c> God's</c><00:12:45.840><c> Word,</c>

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and<00:12:46.440><c> it</c><00:12:46.700><c> can</c><00:12:46.820><c> be</c><00:12:47.019><c> hard</c><00:12:47.159><c> to</c><00:12:47.580><c> get</c><00:12:47.740><c> those</c><00:12:48.019><c> things</c><00:12:48.240><c> out</c><00:12:48.440><c> of</c><00:12:48.600><c> there,</c>

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but<00:12:49.159><c> we've</c><00:12:49.419><c> got</c><00:12:49.440><c> to</c><00:12:49.620><c> try.</c>

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Oh,<00:12:51.700><c> skipping,</c><00:12:52.500><c> big</c><00:12:52.700><c> time.</c>

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So<00:12:57.059><c> each</c><00:12:57.559><c> outline,</c><00:12:58.279><c> each</c><00:12:58.600><c> letter</c><00:12:58.779><c> has</c><00:12:59.080><c> a</c><00:12:59.240><c> salutation,</c>

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an<00:13:01.139><c> attribute</c><00:13:01.659><c> of</c><00:13:01.919><c> Jesus,</c><00:13:02.360><c> the</c><00:13:02.539><c> Son</c><00:13:02.740><c> of</c><00:13:02.919><c> Man,</c>

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from<00:13:04.659><c> what</c><00:13:04.980><c> John</c><00:13:05.259><c> saw</c><00:13:05.940><c> while</c><00:13:06.379><c> he</c><00:13:06.539><c> was</c><00:13:06.720><c> on</c><00:13:06.960><c> Patmos.</c>

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Each<00:13:08.720><c> begins</c><00:13:09.100><c> with</c><00:13:09.360><c> the</c><00:13:09.539><c> phrase,</c><00:13:09.799><c> I</c><00:13:09.919><c> know</c><00:13:10.139><c> thy</c><00:13:10.399><c> works.</c>

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And<00:13:12.539><c> that</c><00:13:12.740><c> alone,</c><00:13:13.299><c> brothers</c><00:13:13.419><c> and</c><00:13:13.740><c> sisters,</c><00:13:14.100><c> should</c><00:13:14.379><c> be</c><00:13:15.379><c> food</c>

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I<00:13:18.620><c> know</c><00:13:18.840><c> thy</c><00:13:19.100><c> works.</c>

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and<00:13:24.259><c> he</c><00:13:24.399><c> knows</c><00:13:24.679><c> them</c><00:13:24.879><c> today,</c><00:13:26.100><c> and</c><00:13:26.320><c> he</c><00:13:26.360><c> knows</c><00:13:26.620><c> our</c><00:13:26.899><c> works</c><00:13:27.120><c> as</c><00:13:27.340><c> well.</c>

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So<00:13:28.700><c> right</c><00:13:29.179><c> then</c><00:13:29.419><c> and</c><00:13:29.600><c> there,</c><00:13:29.740><c> that</c><00:13:29.919><c> should</c><00:13:30.120><c> be</c><00:13:30.379><c> a</c><00:13:30.500><c> pretty</c><00:13:30.840><c> motivating,</c><00:13:31.940><c> you</c><00:13:31.940><c> know,</c>

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four<00:13:33.379><c> words,</c><00:13:33.940><c> I</c><00:13:34.100><c> know</c><00:13:34.279><c> thy</c><00:13:34.480><c> works,</c><00:13:35.399><c> yeah,</c>

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motivation<00:13:36.500><c> for</c><00:13:36.840><c> us</c><00:13:37.659><c> in</c><00:13:38.220><c> our</c><00:13:38.519><c> striving</c><00:13:38.799><c> to</c><00:13:39.220><c> overcome.</c>

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And<00:13:42.879><c> then</c><00:13:43.019><c> we</c><00:13:43.240><c> spoke,</c><00:13:43.500><c> obviously,</c><00:13:44.039><c> the</c><00:13:44.240><c> corner</c><00:13:44.480><c> man,</c>

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not<00:13:44.940><c> only</c><00:13:45.200><c> does</c><00:13:45.440><c> the</c><00:13:45.679><c> corner</c><00:13:45.860><c> man</c><00:13:46.080><c> try</c><00:13:46.360><c> to</c><00:13:46.559><c> elevate</c><00:13:46.899><c> us,</c>

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but<00:13:47.559><c> a</c><00:13:47.940><c> good</c><00:13:48.159><c> corner</c><00:13:48.480><c> man</c><00:13:48.720><c> also</c><00:13:49.100><c> will</c><00:13:49.320><c> criticize</c><00:13:49.879><c> when</c><00:13:50.179><c> needed,</c>

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and<00:13:51.139><c> Jesus</c><00:13:51.740><c> does</c><00:13:52.460><c> that</c><00:13:52.700><c> as</c><00:13:52.899><c> well.</c>

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He<00:13:53.299><c> says</c><00:13:53.480><c> something</c><00:13:53.799><c> good</c><00:13:54.100><c> about</c><00:13:54.379><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:13:55.740><c> about</c><00:13:55.960><c> each</c><00:13:56.200><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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but<00:13:56.779><c> then</c><00:13:57.360><c> offers</c><00:13:57.779><c> condemnation</c><00:13:58.620><c> where</c><00:13:58.919><c> needed.</c>

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And<00:14:01.980><c> there's</c><00:14:02.360><c> the</c><00:14:02.539><c> condemnation</c><00:14:03.220><c> part.</c>

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And<00:14:06.139><c> there's</c><00:14:06.419><c> a</c><00:14:06.600><c> call,</c><00:14:07.779><c> you</c><00:14:07.779><c> know,</c><00:14:08.080><c> a</c><00:14:08.179><c> call</c><00:14:08.279><c> to</c><00:14:08.480><c> repentance,</c>

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each<00:14:09.860><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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I<00:14:11.679><c> took</c><00:14:12.120><c> back</c><00:14:12.419><c> my</c><00:14:12.639><c> own,</c><00:14:12.860><c> I</c><00:14:12.960><c> forgot</c><00:14:13.240><c> to</c><00:14:13.519><c> change</c><00:14:13.740><c> that,</c><00:14:14.080><c> it</c><00:14:14.299><c> says</c><00:14:14.460><c> churches.</c>

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That<00:14:15.320><c> should</c><00:14:15.480><c> say</c><00:14:15.679><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:14:16.740><c> to</c><00:14:17.139><c> repent</c><00:14:17.720><c> of</c><00:14:18.539><c> their</c><00:14:18.779><c> wrongdoing.</c>

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And<00:14:22.480><c> at</c><00:14:22.879><c> the</c><00:14:23.080><c> end,</c><00:14:23.360><c> there's</c><00:14:23.480><c> always</c><00:14:23.879><c> a</c><00:14:24.159><c> promise</c><00:14:24.419><c> or</c><00:14:24.639><c> a</c><00:14:24.740><c> blessing</c><00:14:25.019><c> for</c>

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those<00:14:25.519><c> that</c><00:14:25.820><c> overcome,</c>

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you<00:14:28.679><c> know,</c><00:14:29.559><c> the</c><00:14:29.559><c> distractions,</c><00:14:30.460><c> the</c><00:14:30.600><c> weaknesses,</c>

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the<00:14:31.799><c> persecutions</c><00:14:32.899><c> that's</c><00:14:33.879><c> going</c><00:14:34.100><c> on</c><00:14:34.360><c> all</c><00:14:34.539><c> around</c><00:14:34.899><c> them,</c>

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that<00:14:36.480><c> they</c><00:14:36.720><c> will</c><00:14:36.899><c> be</c><00:14:37.080><c> part</c><00:14:37.320><c> of</c><00:14:37.519><c> the</c><00:14:37.600><c> multitude</c><00:14:38.120><c> of</c><00:14:38.600><c> Christ's</c><00:14:39.059><c> family.</c>

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So<00:14:40.340><c> the</c><00:14:40.659><c> theme</c><00:14:40.960><c> for</c><00:14:41.279><c> each</c><00:14:41.639><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:14:42.639><c> for</c><00:14:42.879><c> each</c><00:14:43.179><c> letter,</c><00:14:43.639><c> is</c>

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basically<00:14:44.299><c> the</c><00:14:44.600><c> same.</c>

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I<00:14:45.960><c> broke</c><00:14:46.240><c> this</c><00:14:46.559><c> chart</c><00:14:46.740><c> out</c><00:14:46.960><c> just</c><00:14:47.200><c> because</c><00:14:47.679><c> I</c><00:14:48.240><c> don't</c><00:14:48.600><c> want</c><00:14:48.860><c> to</c>

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go<00:14:49.799><c> verse</c><00:14:50.179><c> by</c><00:14:50.440><c> verse</c>

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for<00:14:51.039><c> every</c><00:14:51.500><c> Ecclesia</c><00:14:52.200><c> on</c><00:14:53.740><c> what</c><00:14:54.059><c> the</c><00:14:54.299><c> letters</c><00:14:54.480><c> say,</c>

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because<00:14:55.039><c> you're</c><00:14:55.340><c> going</c><00:14:55.480><c> to</c><00:14:55.580><c> read</c><00:14:55.720><c> those</c><00:14:55.899><c> yourself.</c>

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But<00:14:57.500><c> I</c><00:14:57.639><c> did</c><00:14:57.820><c> want</c><00:14:58.019><c> to</c><00:14:58.139><c> look</c><00:14:58.340><c> at</c><00:14:59.220><c> two</c><00:14:59.620><c> of</c><00:14:59.779><c> them.</c>

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The<00:15:00.840><c> first</c><00:15:01.080><c> one</c><00:15:01.320><c> was</c><00:15:02.340><c> the</c><00:15:02.919><c> letter</c><00:15:03.120><c> to</c><00:15:03.399><c> Ephesus,</c><00:15:04.500><c> which</c><00:15:04.840><c> is</c><00:15:05.620><c> in</c>

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chapter<00:15:06.159><c> two.</c>

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And<00:15:07.500><c> if</c><00:15:07.620><c> you</c><00:15:07.799><c> remember,</c><00:15:08.259><c> Ephesus</c><00:15:08.820><c> was</c><00:15:09.080><c> the</c><00:15:09.279><c> leading</c><00:15:09.600><c> city</c><00:15:10.179><c> in</c>

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the<00:15:10.860><c> province</c><00:15:11.139><c> of</c><00:15:11.399><c> Asia</c>

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in<00:15:12.639><c> the</c><00:15:12.899><c> provincial</c><00:15:13.200><c> capital.</c>

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It<00:15:13.879><c> was</c><00:15:14.399><c> a</c><00:15:14.639><c> prominent</c><00:15:15.179><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:15:16.519><c> and</c><00:15:17.039><c> it</c><00:15:17.200><c> was</c><00:15:17.379><c> mentioned</c><00:15:17.700><c> frequently</c><00:15:18.320><c> in</c>

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the<00:15:18.879><c> New</c><00:15:19.039><c> Testament.</c>

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You<00:15:20.759><c> remember</c><00:15:21.240><c> Paul</c><00:15:22.419><c> was</c><00:15:22.740><c> there</c><00:15:22.940><c> quite</c><00:15:23.240><c> often,</c>

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where<00:15:24.580><c> he</c><00:15:24.860><c> encountered</c><00:15:25.340><c> the</c><00:15:26.399><c> Ephesian</c><00:15:26.879><c> society</c><00:15:27.460><c> that</c><00:15:27.639><c> was</c><00:15:27.919><c> dedicated</c>

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to<00:15:29.399><c> the</c><00:15:29.679><c> worship</c><00:15:30.080><c> of</c><00:15:30.899><c> Artemis,</c><00:15:31.480><c> the</c><00:15:31.659><c> goddess</c><00:15:32.019><c> Diana,</c><00:15:33.159><c> and</c>

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other<00:15:34.000><c> statues.</c>

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And<00:15:36.299><c> Paul</c><00:15:36.559><c> came</c><00:15:36.879><c> into</c><00:15:37.139><c> conflict</c><00:15:37.639><c> with</c><00:15:38.259><c> those</c><00:15:38.639><c> worshipers</c><00:15:39.220><c> quite</c><00:15:39.600><c> often</c><00:15:40.100><c> while</c><00:15:40.460><c> he</c>

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was<00:15:40.779><c> in</c><00:15:40.919><c> the</c><00:15:41.120><c> city.</c>

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John<00:15:42.919><c> had</c><00:15:43.200><c> also</c><00:15:43.600><c> settled</c><00:15:43.899><c> in</c><00:15:44.159><c> Ephesus</c><00:15:44.559><c> before</c><00:15:44.960><c> his</c><00:15:45.299><c> exile</c><00:15:45.899><c> to</c><00:15:46.960><c> Patmos.</c>

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So<00:15:48.799><c> the</c><00:15:49.100><c> letter</c><00:15:49.360><c> to</c><00:15:49.799><c> Ephesus</c><00:15:50.759><c> starts</c><00:15:52.340><c> in</c><00:15:52.580><c> chapter</c><00:15:52.840><c> two,</c>

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and<00:15:54.240><c> Jesus</c><00:15:54.539><c> says</c><00:15:54.779><c> to</c><00:15:54.940><c> the</c><00:15:55.220><c> angel</c><00:15:55.460><c> of</c><00:15:55.700><c> the</c><00:15:55.860><c> church</c><00:15:56.059><c> of</c><00:15:56.279><c> Ephesus,</c><00:15:56.899><c> right,</c>

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these<00:15:57.580><c> things</c><00:15:58.159><c> saith</c><00:15:58.639><c> he</c><00:15:58.899><c> that</c><00:15:59.159><c> holdeth</c><00:15:59.519><c> the</c><00:15:59.740><c> seven</c><00:16:00.000><c> stars</c><00:16:00.659><c> in</c>

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his<00:16:01.480><c> right</c><00:16:01.759><c> hand,</c>

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who<00:16:02.259><c> walketh</c><00:16:02.600><c> in</c><00:16:02.779><c> the</c><00:16:02.919><c> midst</c><00:16:03.100><c> of</c><00:16:03.320><c> the</c><00:16:03.500><c> seven</c><00:16:03.720><c> golden</c><00:16:04.120><c> candlesticks.</c>

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I<00:16:06.120><c> know</c><00:16:06.360><c> thy</c><00:16:06.600><c> works,</c><00:16:08.100><c> and</c><00:16:08.240><c> thy</c><00:16:08.379><c> labor,</c><00:16:09.220><c> and</c><00:16:09.360><c> thy</c><00:16:09.580><c> patience,</c>

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and<00:16:10.879><c> how</c><00:16:11.039><c> thou</c><00:16:11.200><c> canst</c><00:16:11.620><c> not</c><00:16:11.860><c> bear</c><00:16:12.019><c> them</c><00:16:12.259><c> which</c><00:16:12.480><c> are</c><00:16:12.740><c> evil,</c>

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and<00:16:13.679><c> thou</c><00:16:13.940><c> hast</c><00:16:14.220><c> tried</c><00:16:14.519><c> them</c><00:16:14.759><c> which</c><00:16:15.100><c> say</c><00:16:15.559><c> they</c><00:16:16.080><c> are</c><00:16:16.360><c> apostles</c>

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and<00:16:17.039><c> are</c><00:16:17.259><c> not,</c>

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and<00:16:18.100><c> hast</c><00:16:18.320><c> found</c><00:16:18.620><c> them</c><00:16:18.879><c> liars,</c><00:16:21.039><c> and</c><00:16:21.179><c> hast</c><00:16:21.399><c> borne,</c><00:16:21.919><c> and</c><00:16:21.960><c> hast</c><00:16:22.240><c> patience,</c>

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and<00:16:23.399><c> for</c><00:16:23.600><c> my</c><00:16:23.940><c> name's</c><00:16:24.440><c> sake</c><00:16:24.500><c> hast</c><00:16:24.879><c> labored,</c><00:16:25.620><c> and</c><00:16:25.720><c> hast</c><00:16:26.000><c> not</c><00:16:26.279><c> fainted.</c>

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So<00:16:29.019><c> pretty</c><00:16:29.659><c> positive</c><00:16:30.200><c> start.</c>

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So<00:16:30.919><c> obviously</c><00:16:31.519><c> we're</c><00:16:32.139><c> already</c><00:16:32.679><c> seeing</c><00:16:33.159><c> in</c><00:16:34.139><c> the</c><00:16:34.360><c> church</c><00:16:34.559><c> of</c>

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Ephesus<00:16:35.179><c> that</c><00:16:35.519><c> false</c><00:16:35.840><c> teaching</c>

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and<00:16:36.899><c> those</c><00:16:37.200><c> coming</c><00:16:37.620><c> in</c><00:16:38.299><c> trying</c><00:16:38.779><c> to</c><00:16:39.559><c> move</c><00:16:39.860><c> the</c><00:16:40.159><c> true</c><00:16:40.379><c> believers</c>

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from<00:16:41.000><c> the</c><00:16:41.240><c> truth</c>

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to<00:16:42.019><c> a</c><00:16:42.200><c> different</c><00:16:42.500><c> form</c><00:16:42.799><c> of</c><00:16:43.039><c> worship.</c>

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And<00:16:44.039><c> it</c><00:16:44.240><c> appears</c><00:16:44.740><c> that</c><00:16:45.600><c> many</c><00:16:46.080><c> of</c><00:16:46.299><c> them</c><00:16:46.440><c> are</c><00:16:46.759><c> persevering</c><00:16:47.360><c> and</c>

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rejecting<00:16:48.139><c> those</c><00:16:49.059><c> false</c><00:16:49.700><c> apostles.</c>

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If<00:16:52.440><c> you</c><00:16:52.639><c> read</c><00:16:53.059><c> down</c><00:16:53.340><c> a</c><00:16:53.500><c> little</c><00:16:53.679><c> bit</c><00:16:53.940><c> further,</c><00:16:55.539><c> verse</c><00:16:55.679><c> six,</c>

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Jesus<00:16:57.000><c> says,</c>

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after<00:16:58.100><c> he</c><00:16:58.340><c> says</c><00:16:58.720><c> in</c><00:17:00.679><c> verse</c><00:17:00.899><c> four,</c><00:17:01.179><c> I</c><00:17:01.220><c> have</c><00:17:01.480><c> somewhat</c><00:17:01.740><c> against</c>

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thee<00:17:02.240><c> because</c><00:17:02.539><c> I</c><00:17:02.740><c> was</c><00:17:02.899><c> lost</c><00:17:03.259><c> thy</c><00:17:03.559><c> first</c><00:17:03.960><c> love.</c>

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Remember<00:17:06.180><c> therefore</c><00:17:06.680><c> from</c><00:17:06.980><c> whence</c><00:17:07.279><c> thou</c><00:17:07.400><c> art</c><00:17:07.640><c> fallen,</c><00:17:08.200><c> and</c>

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repent,<00:17:09.240><c> and</c><00:17:09.359><c> do</c><00:17:09.519><c> the</c><00:17:09.759><c> first</c><00:17:10.059><c> works.</c>

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So<00:17:11.859><c> they</c><00:17:12.039><c> have</c><00:17:12.240><c> a</c><00:17:12.460><c> commandment</c><00:17:12.880><c> to</c><00:17:13.099><c> repent,</c><00:17:14.079><c> and</c><00:17:14.380><c> he</c><00:17:14.599><c> says</c><00:17:14.759><c> I</c>

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will<00:17:15.079><c> come</c><00:17:15.299><c> quickly,</c>

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but<00:17:17.819><c> this</c><00:17:18.599><c> thou</c><00:17:18.839><c> hast</c><00:17:19.259><c> that</c><00:17:19.440><c> thou</c><00:17:19.680><c> hatest</c><00:17:20.039><c> the</c><00:17:20.279><c> deeds</c><00:17:20.500><c> of</c><00:17:20.720><c> the</c>

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Nicolaitans,<00:17:21.720><c> which</c><00:17:22.660><c> I</c><00:17:22.940><c> also</c><00:17:23.279><c> hate.</c>

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So<00:17:25.620><c> I</c><00:17:26.200><c> never</c><00:17:26.500><c> spent</c><00:17:26.779><c> the</c><00:17:27.039><c> time</c><00:17:27.240><c> to</c><00:17:27.460><c> find</c><00:17:27.640><c> out</c><00:17:27.819><c> who</c><00:17:28.019><c> these</c><00:17:28.339><c> Nicolaitans</c><00:17:29.839><c> are.</c>

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And<00:17:31.059><c> I</c><00:17:31.380><c> did,</c><00:17:31.680><c> and</c><00:17:31.799><c> it</c><00:17:31.859><c> was</c><00:17:31.980><c> hard</c><00:17:32.240><c> to</c><00:17:32.420><c> come</c><00:17:32.599><c> by</c><00:17:32.900><c> stuff</c><00:17:33.799><c> regarding</c><00:17:34.680><c> them,</c>

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but<00:17:35.140><c> basically</c><00:17:35.579><c> what</c><00:17:35.799><c> I</c><00:17:36.319><c> came</c><00:17:36.819><c> up</c><00:17:37.059><c> with</c><00:17:37.240><c> is</c><00:17:37.660><c> that</c><00:17:38.019><c> they</c><00:17:38.200><c> were</c>

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groups<00:17:38.700><c> of</c><00:17:38.940><c> people</c>

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that<00:17:40.160><c> encouraged</c><00:17:40.740><c> compromise</c><00:17:41.519><c> within</c><00:17:42.140><c> the</c><00:17:42.420><c> truth.</c>

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Oh,<00:17:44.859><c> compromise,</c><00:17:45.339><c> that</c><00:17:45.539><c> sounds</c><00:17:45.759><c> familiar.</c>

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I<00:17:46.259><c> think</c><00:17:46.619><c> Brother</c><00:17:47.000><c> Butch</c><00:17:47.240><c> has</c><00:17:47.480><c> spoken</c><00:17:47.720><c> on</c><00:17:47.940><c> that</c><00:17:48.900><c> many</c><00:17:49.279><c> times</c>

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in<00:17:49.720><c> his</c><00:17:49.940><c> excitation.</c>

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Groups<00:17:52.200><c> today</c><00:17:52.599><c> that</c><00:17:52.920><c> say</c><00:17:53.059><c> it's</c><00:17:53.299><c> okay</c><00:17:53.619><c> to</c><00:17:53.859><c> compromise.</c>

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Do<00:17:55.519><c> what</c><00:17:55.680><c> feels</c><00:17:55.960><c> good</c><00:17:56.200><c> to</c><00:17:56.440><c> you.</c>

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And<00:17:57.259><c> that's</c><00:17:57.420><c> what</c><00:17:57.559><c> this</c><00:17:57.819><c> group</c><00:17:58.019><c> of</c><00:17:58.220><c> people</c><00:17:58.460><c> were</c><00:17:58.660><c> doing</c><00:17:58.900><c> way</c>

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back<00:17:59.400><c> then.</c>

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Oh,<00:18:00.299><c> you</c><00:18:00.500><c> want</c><00:18:00.700><c> to</c><00:18:00.819><c> worship</c><00:18:01.099><c> Balaam</c><00:18:01.440><c> on</c><00:18:01.680><c> the</c><00:18:01.839><c> side?</c><00:18:02.000><c> That's</c>

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fine.<00:18:03.099><c> That's</c><00:18:03.400><c> fine.</c><00:18:03.660><c> That's</c><00:18:03.900><c> okay.</c>

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You<00:18:05.940><c> know,</c><00:18:06.200><c> they</c><00:18:06.519><c> behaved</c><00:18:07.380><c> very</c><00:18:08.420><c> immoral</c><00:18:09.480><c> when</c><00:18:09.799><c> it</c><00:18:09.960><c> comes</c><00:18:10.240><c> to</c>

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sexual<00:18:11.660><c> activity,</c>

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and<00:18:13.880><c> they</c><00:18:14.160><c> behaved</c><00:18:14.440><c> really</c><00:18:14.799><c> without</c><00:18:15.140><c> moral</c><00:18:15.480><c> values.</c>

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You<00:18:16.339><c> know,</c><00:18:16.339><c> you</c><00:18:16.460><c> think</c><00:18:16.640><c> of</c><00:18:16.779><c> the</c><00:18:16.900><c> phrase</c><00:18:17.099><c> eat,</c><00:18:17.440><c> drink,</c><00:18:17.619><c> and</c><00:18:17.759><c> be</c><00:18:17.880><c> merry.</c>

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That's<00:18:19.079><c> probably</c><00:18:19.480><c> what</c><00:18:19.680><c> this</c><00:18:19.960><c> group</c><00:18:20.140><c> was.</c>

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So<00:18:21.619><c> they</c><00:18:21.940><c> compromised</c><00:18:22.720><c> the</c><00:18:23.160><c> word</c><00:18:23.319><c> of</c><00:18:23.579><c> truth,</c><00:18:23.740><c> and</c><00:18:23.920><c> they</c><00:18:24.079><c> were</c>

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trying<00:18:24.460><c> to</c><00:18:24.700><c> infiltrate,</c><00:18:25.339><c> it</c><00:18:25.680><c> seems,</c>

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and<00:18:27.220><c> it</c><00:18:27.339><c> seems</c><00:18:27.819><c> like</c><00:18:28.240><c> the</c><00:18:28.440><c> Ephesian</c><00:18:29.339><c> Ecclesia</c><00:18:29.799><c> was</c><00:18:30.059><c> doing</c><00:18:30.299><c> a</c>

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real<00:18:30.859><c> good</c><00:18:31.079><c> job</c><00:18:31.460><c> keeping</c><00:18:31.779><c> them</c><00:18:32.079><c> back,</c>

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keeping<00:18:32.799><c> them</c><00:18:33.079><c> out</c><00:18:33.779><c> for</c><00:18:34.559><c> one</c><00:18:34.799><c> of</c><00:18:35.059><c> their,</c><00:18:36.039><c> you</c><00:18:37.619><c> know,</c><00:18:38.700><c> commendations.</c>

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And<00:18:39.980><c> Jesus</c><00:18:40.380><c> calls</c><00:18:40.720><c> them</c><00:18:40.880><c> to</c><00:18:41.059><c> repent</c><00:18:41.759><c> because</c><00:18:43.220><c> they</c><00:18:43.519><c> lost</c>

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their<00:18:44.039><c> first</c><00:18:44.380><c> love.</c>

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So<00:18:45.740><c> what</c><00:18:46.759><c> does</c><00:18:46.960><c> that</c><00:18:47.200><c> mean</c><00:18:47.339><c> to</c><00:18:47.640><c> us,</c><00:18:48.319><c> losing</c><00:18:48.640><c> your</c><00:18:48.960><c> first</c><00:18:49.220><c> love?</c>

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Does<00:18:50.460><c> anyone</c><00:18:50.599><c> have</c><00:18:50.839><c> any</c><00:18:51.059><c> thoughts</c><00:18:51.259><c> on</c><00:18:51.440><c> that?</c>

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Well,<00:18:55.019><c> our</c><00:18:55.240><c> first</c><00:18:55.480><c> love</c><00:18:55.740><c> should</c><00:18:55.980><c> be</c><00:18:56.559><c> the</c><00:18:56.819><c> truth,</c><00:18:57.900><c> you</c><00:18:57.900><c> know,</c>

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Jesus<00:18:58.660><c> and</c><00:18:59.240><c> the</c><00:18:59.460><c> truth.</c>

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Do<00:19:01.180><c> we</c><00:19:01.420><c> lose</c><00:19:01.579><c> our</c><00:19:01.839><c> first</c><00:19:02.079><c> love?</c>

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But<00:19:04.880><c> sometimes</c><00:19:05.400><c> it</c><00:19:05.680><c> gets</c><00:19:05.960><c> kind</c><00:19:06.259><c> of</c><00:19:06.440><c> pushed</c><00:19:07.000><c> a</c><00:19:07.660><c> little</c><00:19:07.799><c> to</c><00:19:08.019><c> the</c><00:19:08.180><c> side.</c>

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Kids<00:19:09.339><c> of</c><00:19:09.519><c> the</c><00:19:09.700><c> world</c><00:19:10.319><c> sometimes</c><00:19:11.359><c> take</c><00:19:11.660><c> over,</c>

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and<00:19:13.059><c> the</c><00:19:13.339><c> first</c><00:19:13.619><c> love</c><00:19:13.799><c> doesn't</c><00:19:14.079><c> seem</c><00:19:14.339><c> as</c><00:19:14.559><c> important</c><00:19:14.960><c> maybe</c><00:19:15.299><c> as</c>

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it<00:19:15.740><c> did</c><00:19:16.259><c> when</c><00:19:16.720><c> we</c><00:19:16.900><c> were</c><00:19:17.059><c> first</c><00:19:17.299><c> baptized.</c>

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That's<00:19:18.359><c> what</c><00:19:18.480><c> I</c><00:19:18.720><c> always</c><00:19:18.880><c> go</c><00:19:19.059><c> back</c><00:19:19.299><c> to.</c>

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That<00:19:19.559><c> day</c><00:19:19.859><c> when</c><00:19:20.019><c> I</c><00:19:20.180><c> was</c><00:19:20.519><c> baptized,</c><00:19:21.759><c> you</c><00:19:21.859><c> know,</c><00:19:22.019><c> I</c><00:19:22.259><c> could</c><00:19:22.460><c> have</c>

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jumped<00:19:22.819><c> up</c><00:19:23.079><c> to</c><00:19:23.200><c> the</c><00:19:23.420><c> clouds.</c>

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I<00:19:24.539><c> was</c><00:19:24.740><c> so</c><00:19:25.740><c> spiritually</c><00:19:26.259><c> high.</c>

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Well,<00:19:27.740><c> does</c><00:19:27.839><c> that</c><00:19:28.019><c> always</c><00:19:28.259><c> stay</c><00:19:28.480><c> that</c><00:19:28.720><c> way</c><00:19:28.839><c> for</c><00:19:29.019><c> us?</c>

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No,<00:19:30.359><c> I'm</c><00:19:30.420><c> not</c><00:19:30.700><c> saying</c><00:19:30.859><c> that</c><00:19:31.079><c> I</c><00:19:31.200><c> lose</c><00:19:31.339><c> my</c><00:19:31.579><c> love</c><00:19:31.720><c> of</c><00:19:31.880><c> God,</c><00:19:33.140><c> but</c><00:19:33.259><c> the</c><00:19:33.599><c> importance</c><00:19:33.859><c> of</c>

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it<00:19:34.299><c> sometimes</c><00:19:35.140><c> can</c><00:19:35.519><c> wane.</c>

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You<00:19:37.380><c> know,</c><00:19:37.640><c> right?</c>

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I<00:19:42.440><c> think</c><00:19:42.599><c> that's</c><00:19:42.920><c> a</c><00:19:43.000><c> fair</c><00:19:43.099><c> thing</c><00:19:43.299><c> to</c><00:19:43.539><c> say.</c>

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And<00:19:44.440><c> he</c><00:19:44.720><c> was</c><00:19:45.000><c> sensing</c><00:19:45.339><c> that</c><00:19:45.599><c> in</c><00:19:45.799><c> this</c><00:19:46.000><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:19:47.599><c> that</c><00:19:47.880><c> maybe</c>

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they<00:19:48.400><c> were</c><00:19:48.559><c> getting</c><00:19:48.720><c> a</c><00:19:48.819><c> little</c><00:19:49.059><c> complacent,</c>

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and<00:19:50.799><c> that</c><00:19:51.059><c> that</c><00:19:51.279><c> first</c><00:19:51.559><c> love</c><00:19:51.859><c> was,</c><00:19:52.880><c> you</c><00:19:53.200><c> know,</c><00:19:53.339><c> not</c><00:19:53.640><c> as</c><00:19:54.019><c> strong</c>

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as<00:19:54.579><c> it</c><00:19:54.799><c> was</c><00:19:54.980><c> at</c><00:19:55.160><c> the</c><00:19:55.319><c> beginning.</c>

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But<00:19:56.519><c> they</c><00:19:56.680><c> were</c><00:19:56.880><c> doing</c><00:19:57.039><c> a</c><00:19:57.180><c> lot</c><00:19:57.400><c> of</c><00:19:57.559><c> good</c><00:19:57.720><c> things.</c>

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And<00:19:59.440><c> on</c><00:19:59.960><c> the</c><00:20:00.200><c> end,</c><00:20:00.400><c> if</c><00:20:00.539><c> you</c><00:20:00.640><c> can</c><00:20:00.859><c> see</c><00:20:01.059><c> where</c><00:20:01.299><c> it</c><00:20:01.400><c> says,</c><00:20:01.519><c> promise</c>

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to<00:20:02.299><c> overcomers,</c>

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I<00:20:03.420><c> also</c><00:20:03.779><c> included</c><00:20:04.220><c> a</c><00:20:04.460><c> verse,</c><00:20:04.619><c> because</c><00:20:04.920><c> we're</c><00:20:05.059><c> not</c><00:20:05.220><c> going</c><00:20:05.359><c> to</c>

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have<00:20:05.519><c> time</c><00:20:05.720><c> to</c><00:20:05.900><c> look</c><00:20:06.039><c> it</c><00:20:06.240><c> up,</c>

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a<00:20:07.900><c> verse</c><00:20:08.200><c> in</c><00:20:08.460><c> Revelation</c><00:20:09.160><c> where</c><00:20:09.920><c> this</c><00:20:10.180><c> will</c><00:20:10.400><c> be</c><00:20:10.619><c> fulfilled.</c>

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In<00:20:11.599><c> this</c><00:20:11.859><c> case,</c><00:20:12.119><c> Jesus</c><00:20:12.500><c> says</c><00:20:12.819><c> of</c><00:20:13.000><c> this</c><00:20:13.299><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:20:13.740><c> you</c><00:20:13.779><c> will</c>

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eat<00:20:14.180><c> from</c><00:20:14.359><c> the</c><00:20:14.559><c> tree</c><00:20:14.680><c> of</c><00:20:14.940><c> life</c><00:20:15.279><c> in</c><00:20:15.819><c> God's</c><00:20:16.299><c> paradise.</c>

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And<00:20:17.680><c> that</c><00:20:17.799><c> was</c><00:20:18.059><c> found</c><00:20:18.279><c> in</c><00:20:18.480><c> Revelation</c><00:20:18.940><c> 22,</c><00:20:19.839><c> verse</c><00:20:20.099><c> 2.</c>

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So<00:20:22.099><c> pretty</c><00:20:22.319><c> good</c><00:20:22.599><c> stuff</c><00:20:23.099><c> for</c><00:20:24.579><c> this</c><00:20:24.980><c> first</c><00:20:25.299><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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And,<00:20:26.619><c> you</c><00:20:27.119><c> know,</c><00:20:27.259><c> if</c><00:20:27.480><c> you</c><00:20:27.720><c> had</c><00:20:27.880><c> to</c><00:20:28.140><c> list</c><00:20:28.359><c> between</c><00:20:28.779><c> this</c><00:20:29.400><c> and</c>

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the<00:20:30.259><c> other</c><00:20:30.519><c> Ecclesia</c><00:20:31.000><c> sects,</c>

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pretty<00:20:32.279><c> mellow</c><00:20:32.660><c> as</c><00:20:32.920><c> it</c><00:20:33.099><c> comes</c><00:20:33.279><c> to</c><00:20:33.619><c> accommodation,</c><00:20:35.299><c> you</c><00:20:35.299><c> know,</c><00:20:36.420><c> condemnation.</c>

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I<00:20:38.059><c> always</c><00:20:38.220><c> get</c><00:20:38.380><c> those</c><00:20:38.640><c> confused.</c>

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So<00:20:39.980><c> condemnation</c><00:20:40.940><c> was,</c><00:20:41.259><c> yeah,</c><00:20:41.460><c> there</c><00:20:41.680><c> is</c><00:20:41.940><c> some,</c>

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but<00:20:43.299><c> you're</c><00:20:43.640><c> going</c><00:20:43.700><c> to</c><00:20:43.880><c> see</c><00:20:44.000><c> as</c><00:20:44.240><c> you</c><00:20:44.420><c> go</c><00:20:44.619><c> on</c><00:20:44.799><c> in</c><00:20:44.960><c> the</c><00:20:45.140><c> readings</c>

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that<00:20:45.680><c> they</c><00:20:45.900><c> tend</c><00:20:46.079><c> to</c><00:20:46.259><c> get</c><00:20:46.400><c> a</c><00:20:46.460><c> little</c><00:20:46.700><c> worse,</c><00:20:48.220><c> except</c><00:20:48.839><c> for</c><00:20:49.099><c> a</c><00:20:49.220><c> few.</c>

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So<00:20:50.559><c> that</c><00:20:50.740><c> was</c><00:20:51.160><c> the</c><00:20:51.339><c> Ecclesia</c><00:20:51.759><c> at</c><00:20:52.059><c> Ephesus.</c>

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Any<00:20:53.079><c> questions</c><00:20:53.539><c> or</c><00:20:53.839><c> comments</c><00:20:54.160><c> on</c><00:20:54.519><c> that?</c>

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And<00:20:55.519><c> we're</c><00:20:55.680><c> going</c><00:20:55.740><c> to</c><00:20:55.819><c> go</c><00:20:56.039><c> through</c><00:20:56.180><c> the</c><00:20:56.380><c> next</c><00:20:56.599><c> ones</c><00:20:56.839><c> fairly</c><00:20:57.180><c> quickly.</c>

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As<00:20:59.299><c> you</c><00:20:59.440><c> can</c><00:20:59.700><c> see,</c><00:20:59.880><c> they're</c><00:21:00.079><c> up</c><00:21:00.259><c> on</c><00:21:00.440><c> the</c><00:21:00.640><c> board.</c>

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Note<00:21:01.700><c> that</c><00:21:02.039><c> Smyrna,</c><00:21:02.900><c> you</c><00:21:03.299><c> know,</c><00:21:03.500><c> they</c><00:21:03.759><c> had</c><00:21:04.019><c> no</c><00:21:04.380><c> condemnation</c>

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from<00:21:05.279><c> Jesus.</c>

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You<00:21:06.839><c> know,</c><00:21:08.660><c> the</c><00:21:08.859><c> first</c><00:21:09.240><c> and</c><00:21:09.500><c> last</c><00:21:09.700><c> who</c><00:21:09.960><c> died</c><00:21:10.140><c> and</c><00:21:10.380><c> came</c><00:21:10.539><c> to</c><00:21:10.799><c> life,</c><00:21:11.039><c> it</c>

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says<00:21:11.440><c> in</c><00:21:11.640><c> the</c><00:21:11.759><c> salutation,</c>

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rich<00:21:13.460><c> in</c><00:21:13.799><c> faith</c><00:21:14.119><c> despite</c><00:21:14.680><c> their</c><00:21:14.980><c> poverty.</c>

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That<00:21:18.099><c> makes</c><00:21:18.299><c> me</c><00:21:18.579><c> think.</c>

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You<00:21:20.279><c> know,</c><00:21:20.980><c> rich</c><00:21:21.200><c> in</c><00:21:21.480><c> faith</c><00:21:21.700><c> despite</c><00:21:22.180><c> their</c><00:21:22.559><c> poverty.</c>

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So<00:21:24.299><c> is</c><00:21:24.539><c> that</c><00:21:24.940><c> materialistic</c><00:21:25.680><c> poverty?</c>

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That<00:21:28.519><c> would</c><00:21:28.700><c> be</c><00:21:28.900><c> a</c><00:21:29.000><c> hard</c><00:21:29.160><c> thing</c><00:21:29.359><c> to</c><00:21:29.599><c> do.</c>

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I<00:21:29.920><c> can't</c><00:21:30.279><c> imagine.</c>

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I've<00:21:31.279><c> never</c><00:21:31.559><c> been</c><00:21:31.819><c> poor.</c>

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You<00:21:34.299><c> know,</c><00:21:34.579><c> we</c><00:21:34.859><c> might</c><00:21:35.119><c> say</c><00:21:35.440><c> in</c><00:21:35.660><c> today's</c><00:21:36.119><c> day</c><00:21:36.279><c> and</c><00:21:36.380><c> age</c><00:21:36.519><c> with</c><00:21:36.700><c> everything</c><00:21:36.920><c> being</c><00:21:37.180><c> so</c>

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high,<00:21:38.339><c> you</c><00:21:38.480><c> know,</c>

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oh,<00:21:39.119><c> I'm</c><00:21:39.200><c> broke.</c>

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I<00:21:39.599><c> can't</c><00:21:39.900><c> afford</c><00:21:40.180><c> things.</c>

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But<00:21:41.000><c> we</c><00:21:41.240><c> all</c><00:21:41.480><c> seem</c><00:21:41.700><c> to</c><00:21:41.880><c> manage</c><00:21:42.220><c> pretty</c><00:21:42.559><c> well.</c>

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We're<00:21:44.059><c> not</c><00:21:44.240><c> truly</c><00:21:44.559><c> poor.</c>

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Does<00:21:46.779><c> poverty</c><00:21:47.299><c> play</c><00:21:47.680><c> a</c><00:21:47.880><c> role</c><00:21:48.019><c> in</c><00:21:48.299><c> faith?</c>

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Can<00:21:48.940><c> it</c><00:21:49.099><c> play</c><00:21:49.319><c> a</c><00:21:49.380><c> role</c><00:21:49.619><c> in</c><00:21:49.859><c> faith?</c>

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I<00:21:50.299><c> guess</c><00:21:50.519><c> if</c><00:21:50.700><c> your</c><00:21:50.940><c> circumstances,</c><00:21:52.000><c> think</c><00:21:52.200><c> of</c><00:21:52.460><c> Job.</c>

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Your<00:21:53.900><c> circumstances</c><00:21:54.500><c> change</c><00:21:54.980><c> and</c><00:21:55.099><c> your</c><00:21:55.279><c> life</c><00:21:55.480><c> changes</c><00:21:55.980><c> and</c>

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things<00:21:56.400><c> go</c><00:21:56.720><c> wrong.</c>

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Everything<00:21:58.160><c> you've</c><00:21:58.579><c> had</c><00:21:58.700><c> is</c><00:21:58.980><c> gone.</c>

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You<00:21:59.480><c> start</c><00:21:59.700><c> questioning</c><00:22:00.099><c> your</c><00:22:00.440><c> faith.</c>

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Sure.

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Jesus<00:22:03.980><c> is</c><00:22:04.259><c> saying</c><00:22:04.460><c> this</c><00:22:04.700><c> church</c><00:22:05.019><c> hasn't</c><00:22:05.299><c> done</c><00:22:05.519><c> that.</c>

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They're<00:22:07.200><c> strong</c><00:22:07.579><c> despite</c><00:22:08.480><c> their</c><00:22:08.980><c> poverty.</c>

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I'm<00:22:09.559><c> taking</c><00:22:09.759><c> that</c><00:22:10.059><c> literally,</c><00:22:11.019><c> too.</c>

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Enduring<00:22:12.220><c> persecution</c><00:22:13.039><c> and</c><00:22:13.299><c> tribulation.</c>

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And<00:22:15.000><c> they</c><00:22:15.180><c> will</c><00:22:15.880><c> promise</c><00:22:16.400><c> to</c><00:22:16.660><c> them</c><00:22:16.779><c> was</c><00:22:16.960><c> the</c><00:22:17.160><c> crown</c><00:22:17.359><c> of</c><00:22:17.619><c> life</c>

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will<00:22:18.440><c> not</c><00:22:18.700><c> be</c><00:22:18.960><c> hurt</c><00:22:19.119><c> by</c><00:22:19.359><c> the</c><00:22:19.599><c> second</c><00:22:19.900><c> death.</c>

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And<00:22:20.920><c> that's</c><00:22:21.180><c> in</c><00:22:21.359><c> Revelation</c><00:22:21.779><c> 2014.</c>

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So<00:22:23.759><c> we</c><00:22:24.279><c> can</c><00:22:24.460><c> go</c><00:22:24.779><c> through</c><00:22:25.180><c> the</c><00:22:25.460><c> rest</c><00:22:25.680><c> of</c><00:22:25.900><c> these.</c>

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You'll<00:22:27.980><c> read</c><00:22:28.140><c> them</c><00:22:28.339><c> yourselves.</c>

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But<00:22:29.079><c> I</c><00:22:29.259><c> did</c><00:22:29.480><c> want</c><00:22:29.640><c> to</c><00:22:29.759><c> get</c><00:22:29.880><c> to</c><00:22:30.059><c> the</c><00:22:30.299><c> last</c><00:22:30.619><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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And<00:22:32.180><c> as</c><00:22:32.339><c> I</c><00:22:32.539><c> said</c><00:22:32.660><c> earlier,</c><00:22:35.380><c> the</c><00:22:35.519><c> letters</c><00:22:36.200><c> get</c><00:22:38.180><c> tougher</c><00:22:39.339><c> as</c><00:22:40.000><c> we</c>

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go<00:22:40.559><c> on.</c>

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And<00:22:40.940><c> we</c><00:22:41.059><c> get</c><00:22:41.299><c> to</c><00:22:41.519><c> Laodicea.</c>

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That'll<00:22:42.960><c> be</c><00:22:43.119><c> in</c><00:22:43.259><c> tomorrow's</c><00:22:44.440><c> reading</c><00:22:44.440><c> in</c><00:22:45.420><c> chapter</c><00:22:45.759><c> three.</c>

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And<00:22:46.960><c> I</c><00:22:47.059><c> do</c><00:22:47.319><c> want</c><00:22:47.480><c> to</c><00:22:47.660><c> read</c><00:22:47.900><c> some</c><00:22:48.460><c> of</c><00:22:48.819><c> what</c><00:22:49.039><c> Jesus</c><00:22:49.420><c> says</c><00:22:49.740><c> to</c><00:22:49.940><c> this</c><00:22:50.180><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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And<00:22:52.200><c> it's</c><00:22:52.460><c> in</c><00:22:52.619><c> chapter</c><00:22:52.859><c> three,</c><00:22:53.619><c> verse</c><00:22:53.819><c> 13.</c>

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He<00:22:55.019><c> that</c><00:22:55.319><c> hath</c><00:22:55.559><c> an</c><00:22:55.759><c> ear,</c><00:22:56.039><c> let</c><00:22:56.160><c> him</c><00:22:56.359><c> hear</c><00:22:56.579><c> what</c><00:22:56.799><c> the</c><00:22:57.099><c> Spirit</c><00:22:57.339><c> saith</c><00:22:57.700><c> under</c><00:22:58.039><c> the</c>

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churches,<00:22:58.980><c> under</c><00:22:59.220><c> the</c><00:22:59.460><c> Ecclesians.</c>

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He<00:23:01.160><c> that</c><00:23:01.440><c> hath</c><00:23:01.680><c> an</c><00:23:01.900><c> ear,</c><00:23:02.079><c> let</c><00:23:02.319><c> him</c><00:23:02.559><c> hear.</c>

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That's<00:23:04.200><c> a</c><00:23:04.359><c> calling</c><00:23:04.539><c> out</c><00:23:04.740><c> to</c><00:23:04.980><c> us.</c>

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And<00:23:05.299><c> if</c><00:23:05.440><c> I</c><00:23:05.599><c> haven't</c><00:23:05.759><c> already</c><00:23:06.099><c> mentioned</c><00:23:06.440><c> this,</c><00:23:07.059><c> this</c><00:23:07.240><c> is</c><00:23:07.480><c> something</c><00:23:07.700><c> we</c>

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should<00:23:08.079><c> be</c><00:23:08.299><c> doing.</c>

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We<00:23:08.720><c> need</c><00:23:09.000><c> to</c><00:23:09.279><c> hear.</c>

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We<00:23:10.940><c> need</c><00:23:11.140><c> to</c><00:23:11.359><c> listen</c><00:23:11.599><c> and</c><00:23:11.759><c> we</c><00:23:11.859><c> need</c><00:23:12.019><c> to</c><00:23:12.200><c> pay</c><00:23:12.319><c> attention</c><00:23:12.980><c> to</c><00:23:13.460><c> what</c><00:23:13.660><c> Jesus</c><00:23:14.019><c> is</c><00:23:14.299><c> saying.</c>

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So<00:23:15.200><c> under</c><00:23:15.359><c> the</c><00:23:15.599><c> angel</c><00:23:15.819><c> of</c><00:23:16.039><c> the</c><00:23:16.160><c> church</c><00:23:16.339><c> of</c><00:23:16.539><c> the</c><00:23:16.740><c> Laodiceans,</c>

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he<00:23:18.500><c> writes</c><00:23:18.779><c> these</c><00:23:19.099><c> things.</c>

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First<00:23:21.500><c> of</c><00:23:21.700><c> all,</c><00:23:21.960><c> his</c><00:23:22.160><c> salutation.</c>

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And<00:23:22.960><c> these</c><00:23:23.140><c> things</c><00:23:23.420><c> sayeth</c><00:23:23.759><c> the</c><00:23:23.980><c> amen,</c><00:23:24.480><c> the</c><00:23:24.640><c> faithful,</c><00:23:25.440><c> and</c>

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true<00:23:25.799><c> witness,</c><00:23:26.259><c> the</c><00:23:26.440><c> beginning</c><00:23:26.740><c> of</c><00:23:27.059><c> the</c><00:23:27.240><c> creation</c><00:23:27.579><c> of</c><00:23:27.880><c> God.</c>

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Once<00:23:28.980><c> again,</c><00:23:29.220><c> I</c><00:23:29.420><c> know</c><00:23:29.640><c> thy</c><00:23:29.880><c> works.</c>

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Thou<00:23:31.700><c> art</c><00:23:31.920><c> neither</c><00:23:32.660><c> cold</c><00:23:33.599><c> nor</c><00:23:34.720><c> hot.</c>

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Lukewarm.

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That's<00:23:40.339><c> probably</c><00:23:40.720><c> the</c><00:23:41.160><c> worst</c><00:23:41.440><c> condemnation</c><00:23:42.160><c> you</c><00:23:42.279><c> could</c><00:23:42.559><c> probably</c><00:23:43.400><c> receive</c><00:23:44.019><c> is</c>

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being<00:23:44.980><c> considered</c><00:23:45.440><c> lukewarm.</c>

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Right?

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Lukewarm.

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I<00:23:49.279><c> took</c><00:23:49.480><c> a</c><00:23:49.720><c> shower</c><00:23:49.960><c> this</c><00:23:50.259><c> morning</c><00:23:50.500><c> and</c><00:23:50.720><c> I</c><00:23:51.700><c> wanted</c><00:23:51.900><c> a</c><00:23:52.140><c> hot</c><00:23:52.359><c> shower.</c>

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I<00:23:54.559><c> want</c><00:23:54.740><c> to</c><00:23:55.000><c> swim</c><00:23:55.200><c> in</c><00:23:55.420><c> the</c><00:23:55.500><c> middle</c><00:23:55.660><c> of</c><00:23:55.859><c> the</c><00:23:56.059><c> summer.</c>

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I<00:23:56.759><c> want</c><00:23:56.980><c> it</c><00:23:57.220><c> cold.</c>

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Lukewarm.

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I<00:23:59.160><c> don't</c><00:23:59.339><c> know</c><00:23:59.539><c> if</c><00:23:59.700><c> I've</c><00:23:59.839><c> ever,</c><00:24:01.279><c> you</c><00:24:01.440><c> know,</c><00:24:01.480><c> I</c><00:24:01.599><c> like</c><00:24:01.779><c> to</c><00:24:02.000><c> drink</c>

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my<00:24:02.400><c> water</c><00:24:02.660><c> ice</c><00:24:02.900><c> cold.</c>

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Lukewarm<00:24:04.920><c> is</c><00:24:05.140><c> just</c><00:24:05.440><c> kind</c><00:24:05.599><c> of</c><00:24:05.700><c> that</c><00:24:05.980><c> middling</c><00:24:06.319><c> state</c><00:24:06.559><c> of</c><00:24:06.720><c> doing</c><00:24:06.920><c> nothing.</c>

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Right?

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That's<00:24:10.819><c> how</c><00:24:11.000><c> I</c><00:24:11.220><c> take</c><00:24:11.380><c> it.</c>

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That's<00:24:12.799><c> not</c><00:24:12.980><c> a</c><00:24:13.059><c> good</c><00:24:13.200><c> place</c><00:24:13.440><c> to</c><00:24:13.660><c> be.</c>

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That's<00:24:14.920><c> not</c><00:24:15.079><c> a</c><00:24:15.160><c> good</c><00:24:15.299><c> place</c><00:24:15.559><c> to</c><00:24:15.799><c> be.</c>

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Because<00:24:19.279><c> thou</c><00:24:19.579><c> sayest,</c><00:24:20.059><c> I</c><00:24:20.119><c> am</c><00:24:20.299><c> rich</c><00:24:20.460><c> and</c><00:24:20.680><c> increased</c><00:24:20.940><c> with</c><00:24:21.240><c> goods</c><00:24:21.420><c> and</c>

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have<00:24:21.799><c> need</c><00:24:21.940><c> of</c><00:24:22.160><c> nothing.</c>

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And<00:24:22.799><c> knowest</c><00:24:23.200><c> not</c><00:24:23.779><c> that</c><00:24:24.339><c> thou</c><00:24:24.619><c> art</c><00:24:24.839><c> wretched</c><00:24:25.180><c> and</c><00:24:25.400><c> miserable</c>

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and<00:24:26.220><c> poor</c><00:24:26.440><c> and</c><00:24:26.660><c> blind</c><00:24:26.940><c> and</c><00:24:27.200><c> naked.</c>

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Wow.

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And<00:24:29.859><c> then</c><00:24:30.180><c> Jesus</c><00:24:30.599><c> uses</c><00:24:31.059><c> phrases</c><00:24:31.660><c> that</c><00:24:33.119><c> this</c><00:24:33.460><c> ecclesia</c><00:24:33.839><c> would</c><00:24:34.140><c> understand.</c>

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And<00:24:36.339><c> notice</c><00:24:36.660><c> that</c><00:24:36.980><c> when</c><00:24:37.180><c> you</c><00:24:37.440><c> read</c><00:24:37.680><c> through</c><00:24:37.960><c> the</c><00:24:38.240><c> other</c><00:24:38.519><c> letters</c><00:24:38.980><c> that</c>

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Jesus<00:24:40.440><c> picks</c><00:24:40.759><c> his</c><00:24:41.099><c> words.</c>

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They're<00:24:41.599><c> not</c><00:24:41.779><c> random</c><00:24:42.140><c> words.</c>

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He<00:24:43.039><c> picks</c><00:24:43.279><c> his</c><00:24:43.579><c> words</c><00:24:43.799><c> very</c><00:24:44.200><c> carefully.</c>

00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:47.440
Words<00:24:45.579><c> that</c><00:24:45.859><c> these</c><00:24:46.200><c> ecclesias</c><00:24:46.680><c> would</c><00:24:46.900><c> understand.</c>

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And<00:24:47.940><c> look</c><00:24:48.019><c> what</c><00:24:48.140><c> he</c><00:24:48.319><c> says</c><00:24:48.519><c> about</c><00:24:48.920><c> the</c><00:24:49.400><c> Laodicean.</c>

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I<00:24:51.019><c> counsel</c><00:24:51.539><c> thee</c><00:24:51.799><c> to</c><00:24:52.079><c> buy</c><00:24:52.319><c> a</c><00:24:52.500><c> megal</c><00:24:52.920><c> tried</c><00:24:53.319><c> in</c><00:24:53.519><c> the</c><00:24:53.740><c> fire</c><00:24:54.140><c> that</c>

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thou<00:24:55.000><c> mayest</c><00:24:55.400><c> be</c><00:24:55.619><c> rich</c><00:24:56.119><c> and</c><00:24:57.299><c> white</c><00:24:57.700><c> raiment</c><00:24:58.099><c> that</c><00:24:58.319><c> thou</c><00:24:58.559><c> mayest</c><00:24:59.000><c> clothe</c><00:24:59.200><c> and</c>

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that<00:24:59.579><c> the</c><00:24:59.799><c> shame</c><00:25:00.019><c> of</c><00:25:00.240><c> thy</c><00:25:00.440><c> nakedness</c><00:25:01.000><c> do</c><00:25:01.240><c> not</c><00:25:01.480><c> appear</c><00:25:01.920><c> and</c>

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anoint<00:25:03.099><c> thine</c><00:25:03.359><c> eyes</c><00:25:03.640><c> with</c><00:25:03.940><c> isov</c><00:25:04.440><c> that</c><00:25:04.660><c> thou</c><00:25:04.920><c> mayest</c><00:25:05.400><c> see.</c>

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Isov<00:25:08.420><c> was</c><00:25:08.660><c> one</c><00:25:09.539><c> of</c><00:25:09.700><c> the</c><00:25:09.839><c> things</c><00:25:10.259><c> that</c><00:25:10.599><c> this</c><00:25:10.900><c> ecclesia,</c><00:25:11.319><c> this</c>

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area<00:25:11.880><c> was</c><00:25:12.119><c> known</c><00:25:12.359><c> for.</c>

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And<00:25:14.119><c> Jesus</c><00:25:14.599><c> uses</c><00:25:15.059><c> it</c><00:25:15.460><c> in</c><00:25:16.039><c> his</c><00:25:16.740><c> condemnation</c><00:25:17.579><c> of</c><00:25:17.799><c> them</c><00:25:18.400><c> to</c><00:25:19.039><c> say,</c>

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hey,<00:25:20.960><c> you</c><00:25:20.960><c> know,</c><00:25:21.259><c> you're</c><00:25:22.119><c> famous</c><00:25:22.420><c> for</c><00:25:22.619><c> this</c><00:25:22.900><c> isov.</c>

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Use<00:25:23.779><c> it.</c>

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Open<00:25:24.880><c> your</c><00:25:25.200><c> eyes.</c>

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You<00:25:26.740><c> know,</c><00:25:28.099><c> buy</c><00:25:28.259><c> a</c><00:25:28.460><c> megal</c><00:25:30.240><c> tried</c><00:25:30.640><c> in</c><00:25:30.859><c> the</c><00:25:31.019><c> fire</c><00:25:31.599><c> that</c><00:25:32.359><c> thou</c><00:25:32.579><c> mayest</c><00:25:32.900><c> be</c><00:25:33.079><c> rich.</c>

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Don't<00:25:33.559><c> worry</c><00:25:33.940><c> about</c><00:25:34.740><c> maybe</c><00:25:35.359><c> this</c><00:25:35.940><c> area,</c><00:25:36.480><c> this</c><00:25:36.640><c> ecclesia,</c><00:25:37.640><c> you</c>

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know,<00:25:38.440><c> we're</c><00:25:38.839><c> big</c><00:25:39.079><c> in</c><00:25:39.380><c> the</c><00:25:39.940><c> trade.</c>

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It<00:25:40.299><c> was</c><00:25:40.460><c> right</c><00:25:40.640><c> on</c><00:25:40.880><c> a</c><00:25:40.920><c> major</c><00:25:41.200><c> trade</c><00:25:41.500><c> route.</c>

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Maybe<00:25:42.619><c> those</c><00:25:42.960><c> concerns</c><00:25:43.640><c> overtook</c><00:25:44.279><c> their</c><00:25:45.259><c> thoughts</c><00:25:45.779><c> and</c><00:25:46.079><c> their</c><00:25:46.380><c> desires</c><00:25:46.680><c> more</c>

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than<00:25:47.640><c> the</c><00:25:48.019><c> truth.</c>

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Maybe<00:25:49.279><c> that's</c><00:25:49.579><c> what</c><00:25:49.720><c> was</c><00:25:49.900><c> going</c><00:25:50.119><c> on.</c>

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I<00:25:50.500><c> don't</c><00:25:50.779><c> know.</c>

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But<00:25:51.740><c> Jesus</c><00:25:52.059><c> is</c><00:25:52.319><c> pretty</c><00:25:52.579><c> harsh</c><00:25:52.920><c> with</c><00:25:53.259><c> this</c><00:25:53.500><c> ecclesia.</c>

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Be<00:25:55.400><c> zealous,</c><00:25:55.779><c> he</c><00:25:55.960><c> tells</c><00:25:56.220><c> them.</c>

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Repent.

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Buy<00:25:58.220><c> true</c><00:25:58.559><c> gold.</c>

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And<00:26:01.420><c> if</c><00:26:01.740><c> they</c><00:26:01.920><c> can</c><00:26:02.119><c> do</c><00:26:02.380><c> that,</c><00:26:03.420><c> and</c><00:26:03.680><c> they're</c><00:26:03.940><c> in</c><00:26:04.000><c> a</c><00:26:04.140><c> pretty</c>

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tough<00:26:04.720><c> place.</c>

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They're<00:26:05.440><c> sitting</c><00:26:05.619><c> in</c><00:26:05.799><c> the</c><00:26:05.920><c> middle.</c>

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They'll<00:26:07.579><c> sit</c><00:26:07.779><c> with</c><00:26:08.000><c> Christ</c><00:26:08.339><c> on</c><00:26:08.559><c> his</c><00:26:08.779><c> throne,</c><00:26:10.099><c> which</c><00:26:10.460><c> is</c><00:26:11.059><c> fulfilled</c><00:26:11.480><c> in</c><00:26:11.779><c> Revelation</c><00:26:12.259><c> 20</c>

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verse<00:26:13.019><c> 4.</c>

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So<00:26:15.480><c> again,</c><00:26:16.339><c> there</c><00:26:16.640><c> are</c><00:26:16.660><c> two</c><00:26:16.940><c> chapters.</c>

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But<00:26:18.480><c> there's</c><00:26:18.720><c> so</c><00:26:19.059><c> much</c><00:26:19.259><c> in</c><00:26:19.500><c> there</c><00:26:19.660><c> for</c><00:26:19.880><c> us,</c><00:26:22.359><c> for</c><00:26:22.400><c> our</c><00:26:23.240><c> ecclesiast,</c><00:26:23.759><c> for</c><00:26:24.019><c> us</c>

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as<00:26:24.559><c> believers</c><00:26:24.940><c> to</c><00:26:25.259><c> look</c><00:26:25.480><c> at</c><00:26:26.380><c> and</c><00:26:27.019><c> to</c><00:26:27.539><c> think</c><00:26:27.740><c> on</c><00:26:28.180><c> as</c><00:26:28.559><c> we</c><00:26:28.759><c> read</c><00:26:28.920><c> them.</c>

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So<00:26:30.380><c> my</c><00:26:30.680><c> thought</c><00:26:30.880><c> to</c><00:26:31.119><c> you</c><00:26:31.440><c> is</c><00:26:31.880><c> just</c><00:26:32.380><c> don't</c><00:26:32.880><c> skip</c><00:26:33.180><c> them.</c>

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Some<00:26:34.299><c> people</c><00:26:34.660><c> think</c><00:26:34.940><c> that</c><00:26:35.140><c> the</c><00:26:35.299><c> letters</c><00:26:35.519><c> are</c><00:26:35.819><c> separate</c><00:26:36.140><c> from</c>

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the<00:26:36.559><c> rest</c><00:26:36.740><c> of</c><00:26:36.980><c> Revelation,</c><00:26:37.519><c> and</c><00:26:37.579><c> they're</c><00:26:37.740><c> really</c><00:26:38.000><c> not.</c>

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One<00:26:40.039><c> key</c><00:26:40.599><c> thing</c><00:26:40.960><c> I</c><00:26:41.339><c> recently</c><00:26:42.559><c> stumbled</c><00:26:43.519><c> upon,</c><00:26:43.859><c> I</c><00:26:44.000><c> guess,</c><00:26:45.039><c> was</c>

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that<00:26:46.420><c> these</c><00:26:46.819><c> seven</c><00:26:47.180><c> letters</c><00:26:47.799><c> not</c><00:26:49.240><c> only</c><00:26:49.599><c> are</c><00:26:49.920><c> personal</c><00:26:50.299><c> letters</c><00:26:50.640><c> to</c><00:26:50.940><c> the</c>

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ecclesiast<00:26:51.500><c> at</c><00:26:51.640><c> those</c><00:26:52.000><c> times,</c><00:26:53.480><c> but</c><00:26:53.819><c> they're</c><00:26:54.059><c> symbolic.</c>

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They're<00:26:55.099><c> going</c><00:26:55.220><c> to</c><00:26:55.359><c> be</c><00:26:55.680><c> representative</c><00:26:56.420><c> of</c><00:26:57.079><c> what</c><00:26:57.400><c> happens</c><00:26:57.980><c> to</c>

00:26:58.599 --> 00:27:02.480
the<00:26:58.859><c> truth</c><00:26:59.099><c> over</c><00:26:59.400><c> the</c><00:26:59.599><c> course</c><00:26:59.799><c> of</c><00:27:00.099><c> time,</c><00:27:00.940><c> over</c><00:27:01.759><c> the</c><00:27:02.019><c> centuries.</c>

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And<00:27:03.619><c> I</c><00:27:04.299><c> actually</c><00:27:04.660><c> was</c><00:27:04.880><c> reading</c><00:27:05.160><c> this</c><00:27:05.539><c> in</c><00:27:06.619><c> Brother</c><00:27:07.299><c> Mansfield's</c><00:27:08.720><c> study</c><00:27:08.940><c> book</c>

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of<00:27:09.420><c> Revelation.</c>

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He<00:27:10.680><c> quotes</c><00:27:10.960><c> Brother</c><00:27:11.319><c> John</c><00:27:11.640><c> Thomas</c><00:27:12.000><c> from</c><00:27:12.259><c> Eureka</c><00:27:13.259><c> regarding</c>

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these<00:27:14.480><c> ecclesias</c><00:27:15.079><c> and</c><00:27:15.819><c> what</c><00:27:16.140><c> they're</c><00:27:16.500><c> symbolic</c><00:27:16.980><c> of</c><00:27:17.440><c> as</c><00:27:18.079><c> Revelation</c><00:27:18.720><c> goes</c>

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through<00:27:19.460><c> the</c><00:27:19.640><c> period</c><00:27:19.960><c> of</c><00:27:20.279><c> time,</c><00:27:21.099><c> the</c><00:27:21.400><c> seven</c><00:27:21.720><c> epics,</c><00:27:22.160><c> he</c><00:27:22.359><c> calls</c><00:27:22.619><c> them.</c>

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So<00:27:24.180><c> the</c><00:27:24.500><c> first</c><00:27:24.960><c> ecclesia,</c><00:27:25.660><c> the</c><00:27:25.859><c> Ephesian</c><00:27:26.500><c> ecclesia,</c><00:27:27.559><c> is</c><00:27:27.839><c> symbolic</c><00:27:28.440><c> or</c>

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representative<00:27:29.559><c> of</c><00:27:30.319><c> what</c><00:27:30.519><c> they</c><00:27:30.880><c> call</c><00:27:31.000><c> the</c><00:27:31.220><c> Ephesian</c><00:27:31.779><c> epic,</c>

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when<00:27:33.119><c> the</c><00:27:33.440><c> first</c><00:27:33.740><c> love</c><00:27:34.059><c> of</c><00:27:34.259><c> the</c><00:27:34.519><c> truth</c><00:27:34.720><c> is</c><00:27:35.000><c> lost.</c>

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And<00:27:37.380><c> they</c><00:27:38.559><c> start</c><00:27:38.859><c> that</c><00:27:39.200><c> right</c><00:27:39.460><c> around</c><00:27:39.779><c> the</c><00:27:40.079><c> time</c><00:27:40.259><c> of</c><00:27:40.460><c> the</c><00:27:40.599><c> end</c>

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of<00:27:41.000><c> the</c><00:27:41.299><c> apostolic</c><00:27:42.119><c> era,</c><00:27:42.720><c> around</c><00:27:43.079><c> 96</c><00:27:43.759><c> A</c><00:27:44.140><c>.D.</c>

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So<00:27:45.440><c> the</c><00:27:45.799><c> beginning</c><00:27:46.279><c> when</c><00:27:46.539><c> these</c><00:27:47.059><c> Nicolaitans</c><00:27:47.940><c> and</c><00:27:48.180><c> others</c><00:27:48.500><c> were</c><00:27:48.740><c> trying</c><00:27:49.039><c> to</c>

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infiltrate<00:27:49.779><c> the</c><00:27:50.059><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:27:51.339><c> this</c><00:27:52.740><c> is</c><00:27:52.960><c> when</c><00:27:53.339><c> that</c><00:27:54.440><c> era</c><00:27:54.779><c> starts.</c>

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Brother<00:27:56.319><c> Thomas</c><00:27:56.740><c> also</c><00:27:57.200><c> says</c><00:27:57.799><c> the</c><00:27:59.099><c> Smyrna</c><00:27:59.539><c> epic,</c><00:28:01.400><c> noted</c><00:28:01.819><c> for</c>

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persecution,<00:28:03.819><c> manifestation</c><00:28:04.440><c> of</c><00:28:04.759><c> the</c><00:28:04.859><c> synagogue</c><00:28:05.400><c> of</c><00:28:06.079><c> Satan,</c>

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which<00:28:06.599><c> is</c><00:28:06.880><c> mentioned</c><00:28:07.200><c> there.</c>

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We<00:28:08.579><c> didn't</c><00:28:08.880><c> look</c><00:28:09.180><c> at</c><00:28:09.400><c> it,</c><00:28:09.539><c> but</c><00:28:09.700><c> this</c><00:28:09.980><c> synagogue</c><00:28:10.359><c> of</c><00:28:10.720><c> Satan</c><00:28:11.000><c> was</c>

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actually<00:28:12.319><c> a</c><00:28:12.640><c> group</c><00:28:12.940><c> of</c><00:28:13.420><c> Jews</c><00:28:13.859><c> who</c><00:28:14.420><c> were</c><00:28:14.740><c> opposed</c><00:28:15.359><c> basically</c>

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of<00:28:18.079><c> Christ</c><00:28:18.640><c> being</c><00:28:19.559><c> the</c><00:28:20.400><c> way</c><00:28:20.940><c> to</c><00:28:21.740><c> God.</c>

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Think<00:28:23.680><c> of</c><00:28:24.039><c> when</c><00:28:24.680><c> Jesus</c><00:28:25.200><c> was</c><00:28:25.480><c> meeting</c><00:28:25.980><c> with</c><00:28:26.640><c> the</c><00:28:26.839><c> Pharisees</c><00:28:27.359><c> and</c><00:28:27.460><c> the</c><00:28:27.680><c> publicans</c><00:28:28.119><c> and</c><00:28:28.259><c> they</c><00:28:28.420><c> said,</c><00:28:28.740><c> well,</c><00:28:28.740><c> we</c>

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have<00:28:29.140><c> Abraham</c><00:28:29.900><c> as</c><00:28:30.579><c> our</c><00:28:30.799><c> father.</c>

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This<00:28:32.619><c> group,</c><00:28:33.839><c> which</c><00:28:33.900><c> is</c><00:28:34.180><c> called</c><00:28:34.579><c> the</c><00:28:35.099><c> synagogue</c><00:28:35.480><c> of</c><00:28:35.779><c> Satan,</c>

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refuted<00:28:37.240><c> anything</c><00:28:37.640><c> to</c><00:28:37.920><c> do</c><00:28:38.039><c> with</c><00:28:38.259><c> Christ.</c>

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They<00:28:38.839><c> had,</c><00:28:39.640><c> we</c><00:28:39.960><c> have</c><00:28:40.240><c> access</c><00:28:40.900><c> to</c><00:28:41.599><c> God</c><00:28:42.059><c> through</c><00:28:42.480><c> our</c><00:28:42.700><c> lineage</c>

00:28:43.140 --> 00:28:44.339
with<00:28:43.480><c> Abraham.</c>

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That's<00:28:45.299><c> how</c><00:28:45.480><c> it's</c><00:28:45.779><c> done.</c>

00:28:46.619 --> 00:28:50.960
That's<00:28:46.940><c> what</c><00:28:47.039><c> this</c><00:28:47.339><c> group</c><00:28:47.599><c> is</c><00:28:48.160><c> called</c><00:28:48.640><c> in</c><00:28:50.160><c> Revelation.</c>

00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:54.559
They're<00:28:51.339><c> called</c><00:28:51.599><c> the</c><00:28:51.859><c> synagogue</c><00:28:52.180><c> of</c><00:28:52.480><c> Satan,</c><00:28:53.359><c> Satan</c><00:28:53.660><c> meaning</c>

00:28:54.559 --> 00:28:57.980
an<00:28:55.640><c> opponent,</c><00:28:56.319><c> an</c><00:28:56.619><c> adversary,</c><00:28:57.059><c> and</c><00:28:57.240><c> that's</c><00:28:57.420><c> what</c><00:28:57.539><c> this</c><00:28:57.819><c> group</c>

00:28:57.980 --> 00:29:00.599
was<00:28:58.660><c> to</c><00:28:59.140><c> the</c><00:28:59.339><c> early</c><00:28:59.599><c> Christians.</c>

00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:09.460
Then<00:29:02.759><c> there's</c><00:29:03.079><c> the</c><00:29:03.339><c> Pergamon</c><00:29:03.779><c> epic</c><00:29:04.079><c> where</c><00:29:05.099><c> the</c><00:29:06.579><c> city,</c><00:29:06.900><c> Pergamon,</c><00:29:07.480><c> was</c><00:29:07.700><c> actually</c><00:29:08.019><c> the</c><00:29:08.240><c> headquarters</c><00:29:08.819><c> of</c>

00:29:09.460 --> 00:29:14.180
this<00:29:09.740><c> group</c><00:29:10.440><c> that</c><00:29:11.660><c> goes</c><00:29:11.980><c> on</c><00:29:12.480><c> with</c><00:29:12.960><c> the</c><00:29:13.279><c> development</c><00:29:13.700><c> of</c><00:29:13.980><c> the</c>

00:29:14.180 --> 00:29:17.420
papacy,<00:29:15.539><c> the</c><00:29:15.799><c> pope</c><00:29:16.220><c> and</c><00:29:16.960><c> all</c><00:29:17.200><c> that.</c>

00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:21.599
And<00:29:17.640><c> it</c><00:29:17.740><c> goes</c><00:29:17.980><c> on</c><00:29:18.980><c> through</c><00:29:19.500><c> the</c><00:29:19.759><c> different</c><00:29:20.160><c> time</c><00:29:20.519><c> periods.</c>

00:29:22.140 --> 00:29:28.480
Thiatara<00:29:22.759><c> in</c><00:29:22.960><c> epic,</c><00:29:23.359><c> Jezebel</c><00:29:23.859><c> in</c><00:29:25.039><c> the</c><00:29:25.539><c> ascendance</c><00:29:26.619><c> taught</c><00:29:26.980><c> and</c><00:29:27.279><c> encouraged</c><00:29:27.559><c> the</c><00:29:27.819><c> doctrine</c><00:29:28.140><c> of</c>

00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:32.700
Balaam,<00:29:30.359><c> the</c><00:29:30.559><c> full</c><00:29:30.819><c> manifestation</c><00:29:31.579><c> of</c><00:29:31.819><c> the</c><00:29:31.980><c> papal</c><00:29:32.279><c> system</c>

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and<00:29:33.000><c> power.</c>

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And<00:29:34.319><c> again,</c><00:29:34.440><c> you</c><00:29:34.599><c> can</c><00:29:34.799><c> see</c><00:29:34.960><c> the</c><00:29:35.200><c> dates.</c>

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:42.220
Jezebel<00:29:37.559><c> has</c><00:29:37.759><c> been</c><00:29:37.900><c> so</c><00:29:38.220><c> successful</c><00:29:38.740><c> in</c><00:29:38.960><c> the</c><00:29:39.180><c> Sadi</c><00:29:39.420><c> in</c><00:29:39.619><c> epic</c><00:29:39.980><c> that</c><00:29:40.779><c> there</c><00:29:41.019><c> were</c><00:29:41.579><c> only</c><00:29:41.940><c> a</c>

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:45.079
few<00:29:42.359><c> names</c><00:29:42.779><c> which</c><00:29:43.119><c> had</c><00:29:43.559><c> not</c><00:29:44.099><c> defiled</c><00:29:44.519><c> their</c><00:29:44.759><c> garments.</c>

00:29:45.079 --> 00:29:50.099
It<00:29:45.200><c> was</c><00:29:45.460><c> getting</c><00:29:45.700><c> harder</c><00:29:46.460><c> for</c><00:29:47.160><c> those</c><00:29:47.920><c> holding</c><00:29:48.599><c> on</c><00:29:48.900><c> to</c><00:29:49.039><c> the</c><00:29:49.279><c> truth</c><00:29:49.539><c> because</c><00:29:49.920><c> of</c>

00:29:50.099 --> 00:29:53.440
the<00:29:50.279><c> pressure</c><00:29:50.680><c> from</c><00:29:51.700><c> the</c><00:29:51.940><c> outside</c><00:29:52.339><c> forces.</c>

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:59.200
Philadelphia<00:29:55.160><c> in</c><00:29:55.339><c> epic,</c><00:29:55.839><c> the</c><00:29:55.980><c> faithful</c><00:29:56.539><c> tried</c><00:29:57.539><c> to</c><00:29:58.180><c> keep</c><00:29:58.500><c> separate</c><00:29:58.900><c> from</c>

00:29:59.200 --> 00:30:00.799
the<00:29:59.359><c> synagogue</c><00:29:59.700><c> of</c><00:30:00.000><c> Satan.</c>

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:05.240
Only<00:30:02.539><c> the</c><00:30:02.779><c> coming</c><00:30:02.960><c> of</c><00:30:03.160><c> Christ</c><00:30:03.440><c> could</c><00:30:03.740><c> heal</c><00:30:04.440><c> the</c><00:30:04.900><c> damage.</c>

00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:09.680
So<00:30:05.720><c> these</c><00:30:06.559><c> epics,</c><00:30:07.140><c> ending</c><00:30:07.500><c> with</c><00:30:07.779><c> the</c><00:30:07.920><c> Laodicean</c><00:30:08.519><c> epic,</c><00:30:09.440><c> which</c>

00:30:09.680 --> 00:30:14.299
shows<00:30:09.940><c> the</c><00:30:10.200><c> end</c><00:30:10.380><c> process,</c><00:30:12.339><c> which</c><00:30:12.839><c> changed</c><00:30:13.400><c> the</c><00:30:13.680><c> truth</c><00:30:13.839><c> of</c><00:30:14.119><c> God</c>

00:30:14.299 --> 00:30:15.819
into<00:30:14.660><c> a</c><00:30:14.980><c> lie.</c>

00:30:16.099 --> 00:30:20.240
And<00:30:16.579><c> the</c><00:30:16.940><c> fulfillment</c><00:30:17.420><c> of</c><00:30:17.680><c> the</c><00:30:17.880><c> end</c><00:30:18.079><c> of</c><00:30:18.259><c> this</c><00:30:18.519><c> epic</c><00:30:18.720><c> is</c><00:30:19.000><c> coming</c><00:30:19.259><c> shortly.</c>

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:22.140
So<00:30:20.880><c> I</c><00:30:21.079><c> found</c><00:30:21.279><c> this</c><00:30:21.480><c> very</c><00:30:21.759><c> interesting.</c>

00:30:22.339 --> 00:30:30.799
You<00:30:22.339><c> can</c><00:30:22.480><c> find</c><00:30:22.859><c> it</c><00:30:23.319><c> in</c><00:30:24.339><c> Brother</c><00:30:24.759><c> Thomas's</c><00:30:25.279><c> book</c><00:30:25.440><c> Eureka</c><00:30:26.119><c> or</c><00:30:27.779><c> Brother</c><00:30:29.099><c> Mansfield's</c><00:30:30.180><c> book</c><00:30:30.500><c> on</c>

00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:32.440
Revelation<00:30:31.359><c> in</c><00:30:31.660><c> the</c><00:30:31.940><c> Expositor.</c>

00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:36.200
They<00:30:33.279><c> go</c><00:30:33.579><c> over</c><00:30:33.880><c> this</c><00:30:34.099><c> in</c><00:30:34.240><c> a</c><00:30:34.339><c> little</c><00:30:34.500><c> more</c><00:30:34.680><c> depth</c><00:30:34.940><c> than</c><00:30:35.160><c> I</c><00:30:35.359><c> have,</c>

00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:39.500
but<00:30:36.380><c> it's</c><00:30:36.559><c> something</c><00:30:36.720><c> I</c><00:30:36.920><c> never</c><00:30:37.180><c> really</c><00:30:38.000><c> considered</c><00:30:38.500><c> before.</c>

00:30:39.559 --> 00:30:43.220
I<00:30:39.839><c> knew</c><00:30:40.019><c> the</c><00:30:40.299><c> letters</c><00:30:40.420><c> were</c><00:30:40.720><c> personal,</c><00:30:42.039><c> but</c><00:30:42.200><c> I</c><00:30:42.559><c> should</c><00:30:42.819><c> have</c>

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:46.940
kind<00:30:43.500><c> of</c><00:30:43.660><c> thought</c><00:30:43.779><c> of</c><00:30:43.900><c> this</c><00:30:44.079><c> because</c><00:30:44.380><c> we</c><00:30:44.640><c> talk</c><00:30:44.819><c> about</c><00:30:45.119><c> the</c><00:30:45.380><c> symbolism</c><00:30:46.599><c> in</c>

00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:48.680
Revelation<00:30:47.460><c> so</c><00:30:47.779><c> much</c>

00:30:49.320 --> 00:30:53.839
that<00:30:49.920><c> I</c><00:30:50.519><c> should</c><00:30:50.720><c> have</c><00:30:51.200><c> thought,</c><00:30:51.680><c> hey,</c><00:30:52.599><c> maybe</c><00:30:53.039><c> the</c><00:30:53.460><c> churches,</c>

00:30:54.079 --> 00:30:56.299
the<00:30:54.220><c> ecclesias</c><00:30:54.599><c> themselves</c><00:30:55.079><c> are</c><00:30:55.420><c> symbolic</c><00:30:55.839><c> of</c><00:30:56.059><c> something</c>

00:30:56.299 --> 00:30:58.799
else,<00:30:57.180><c> and</c><00:30:58.099><c> they</c><00:30:58.559><c> are.</c>

00:30:58.799 --> 00:31:03.900
So<00:30:58.940><c> as</c><00:30:59.180><c> you</c><00:30:59.460><c> read</c><00:30:59.859><c> through</c><00:31:00.980><c> Revelation</c><00:31:02.119><c> and</c><00:31:02.480><c> the</c><00:31:02.720><c> changes</c><00:31:03.160><c> within</c><00:31:03.559><c> the</c>

00:31:03.900 --> 00:31:08.960
church<00:31:04.119><c> and</c><00:31:04.319><c> the</c><00:31:04.579><c> state,</c><00:31:05.500><c> think</c><00:31:05.640><c> of</c><00:31:05.779><c> the</c><00:31:05.980><c> ecclesias</c><00:31:06.740><c> and</c><00:31:07.279><c> how</c><00:31:07.779><c> they,</c>

00:31:09.099 --> 00:31:13.859
from<00:31:09.500><c> Ephesus</c><00:31:09.960><c> losing</c><00:31:10.359><c> their</c><00:31:10.640><c> first</c><00:31:10.940><c> love</c><00:31:11.319><c> to</c><00:31:12.019><c> the</c><00:31:12.440><c> total</c><00:31:12.900><c> lukewarmness</c><00:31:13.640><c> of</c>

00:31:13.859 --> 00:31:17.359
Laodicea<00:31:14.660><c> and</c><00:31:14.920><c> how</c><00:31:15.099><c> that</c><00:31:15.400><c> plays</c><00:31:15.619><c> out</c><00:31:15.980><c> over</c><00:31:16.279><c> the</c><00:31:16.500><c> centuries.</c>

00:31:18.119 --> 00:31:21.900
So<00:31:18.400><c> I</c><00:31:18.480><c> did</c><00:31:18.740><c> want</c><00:31:18.880><c> to</c><00:31:19.079><c> touch</c><00:31:19.420><c> and</c><00:31:19.900><c> just</c><00:31:20.299><c> mention,</c><00:31:21.359><c> you</c><00:31:21.539><c> know,</c><00:31:21.660><c> we</c>

00:31:21.900 --> 00:31:23.640
talked<00:31:22.099><c> about</c><00:31:22.480><c> seven</c><00:31:22.880><c> kingdom</c><00:31:23.279><c> visions,</c>

00:31:23.640 --> 00:31:29.640
and<00:31:23.799><c> there</c><00:31:23.880><c> are</c><00:31:24.180><c> also</c><00:31:24.480><c> seven</c><00:31:24.839><c> blessings</c><00:31:25.740><c> throughout</c><00:31:26.920><c> the</c><00:31:28.160><c> book</c><00:31:28.420><c> of</c><00:31:28.660><c> Revelation.</c>

00:31:29.839 --> 00:31:33.700
And,<00:31:29.940><c> you</c><00:31:30.079><c> know,</c><00:31:30.160><c> when</c><00:31:30.299><c> I</c><00:31:30.519><c> think</c><00:31:30.759><c> of,</c><00:31:31.359><c> you</c><00:31:32.900><c> know,</c><00:31:33.339><c> blessings,</c>

00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:37.180
I<00:31:33.880><c> think</c><00:31:34.059><c> of</c><00:31:34.220><c> the</c><00:31:34.400><c> blessings</c><00:31:34.759><c> and</c><00:31:35.039><c> curses</c><00:31:35.420><c> in</c><00:31:35.599><c> Deuteronomy,</c><00:31:36.220><c> right?</c>

00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:43.119
In<00:31:38.720><c> that</c><00:31:39.079><c> book,</c><00:31:40.079><c> I</c><00:31:40.259><c> think</c><00:31:40.500><c> the</c><00:31:40.799><c> curses</c><00:31:41.279><c> outnumber</c><00:31:41.799><c> the</c><00:31:42.039><c> blessings</c><00:31:42.700><c> three</c>

00:31:43.119 --> 00:31:46.940
to<00:31:43.299><c> one,</c><00:31:45.000><c> if</c><00:31:45.180><c> I</c><00:31:45.400><c> remember</c><00:31:45.640><c> correctly,</c><00:31:46.059><c> without</c><00:31:46.299><c> going</c><00:31:46.559><c> back</c>

00:31:46.940 --> 00:31:47.940
and<00:31:47.119><c> looking</c><00:31:47.299><c> at</c><00:31:47.519><c> the</c><00:31:47.680><c> verses.</c>

00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:52.319
I<00:31:48.059><c> think</c><00:31:48.279><c> there</c><00:31:48.460><c> were</c><00:31:48.599><c> maybe</c><00:31:48.859><c> 14</c><00:31:49.319><c> verses</c><00:31:49.759><c> on</c><00:31:50.279><c> the</c><00:31:50.480><c> blessings</c><00:31:50.799><c> and</c><00:31:50.980><c> maybe,</c><00:31:52.000><c> I</c>

00:31:52.319 --> 00:31:54.859
don't<00:31:52.460><c> know,</c><00:31:52.579><c> 40</c><00:31:53.140><c> on</c><00:31:53.579><c> the</c><00:31:53.779><c> curses.</c>

00:31:55.220 --> 00:31:57.319
Revelation's<00:31:55.779><c> a</c><00:31:55.859><c> little</c><00:31:56.000><c> different.</c><00:31:56.500><c> There</c><00:31:56.700><c> are</c><00:31:56.799><c> a</c><00:31:56.900><c> lot</c><00:31:57.039><c> more</c>

00:31:57.319 --> 00:31:59.960
blessings<00:31:57.740><c> and</c><00:31:58.000><c> curses,</c><00:31:58.400><c> but</c><00:31:58.579><c> they're</c><00:31:58.920><c> there.</c>

00:32:01.180 --> 00:32:05.059
You<00:32:01.299><c> know,</c><00:32:02.519><c> the</c><00:32:02.599><c> word</c><00:32:02.880><c> blessed,</c><00:32:04.099><c> blessing</c><00:32:04.359><c> comes</c><00:32:04.720><c> from</c><00:32:04.920><c> the</c>

00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:09.599
Greek<00:32:05.279><c> word</c><00:32:05.480><c> makarios</c><00:32:06.279><c> and</c><00:32:06.940><c> signifies</c><00:32:07.740><c> to</c><00:32:08.559><c> pronounce</c><00:32:08.980><c> happy.</c>

00:32:09.599 --> 00:32:13.819
And<00:32:10.500><c> James</c><00:32:11.160><c> uses</c><00:32:11.579><c> it</c><00:32:11.940><c> in</c><00:32:12.059><c> James</c><00:32:12.380><c> 5</c><00:32:12.700><c> verse</c><00:32:12.980><c> 11</c><00:32:13.319><c> when</c><00:32:13.519><c> he</c><00:32:13.680><c> says,</c>

00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:19.039
We<00:32:14.039><c> count</c><00:32:14.339><c> them</c><00:32:14.599><c> happy</c><00:32:15.500><c> which</c><00:32:16.200><c> endure,</c><00:32:17.839><c> which</c><00:32:18.079><c> overcome.</c>

00:32:20.380 --> 00:32:24.980
And<00:32:21.039><c> throughout</c><00:32:21.339><c> the</c><00:32:21.519><c> book</c><00:32:21.680><c> of</c><00:32:21.920><c> Revelation,</c><00:32:22.579><c> there</c><00:32:22.700><c> are</c><00:32:23.680><c> seven</c><00:32:24.059><c> blessings</c><00:32:24.640><c> that</c>

00:32:24.980 --> 00:32:29.740
Jesus<00:32:25.980><c> pronounces</c><00:32:27.440><c> out</c><00:32:27.759><c> there</c><00:32:28.559><c> for</c><00:32:29.119><c> the</c><00:32:29.420><c> believers.</c>

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:34.000
And,<00:32:30.180><c> you</c><00:32:32.660><c> know,</c><00:32:32.880><c> just</c><00:32:33.319><c> think</c><00:32:33.539><c> again.</c>

00:32:34.380 --> 00:32:39.859
He's<00:32:34.839><c> writing</c><00:32:35.160><c> these</c><00:32:36.619><c> letters,</c><00:32:37.220><c> the</c><00:32:37.500><c> book,</c><00:32:38.759><c> for</c><00:32:39.180><c> those</c><00:32:39.599><c> who</c>

00:32:39.859 --> 00:32:42.680
are<00:32:39.859><c> being</c><00:32:40.259><c> persecuted,</c><00:32:40.880><c> who</c><00:32:41.059><c> will</c><00:32:41.319><c> be</c><00:32:41.619><c> persecuted</c><00:32:42.200><c> during</c>

00:32:42.680 --> 00:32:43.900
horrible<00:32:43.259><c> times,</c>

00:32:44.339 --> 00:32:48.059
times<00:32:44.700><c> that</c><00:32:45.380><c> we</c><00:32:46.160><c> hopefully</c><00:32:46.799><c> never</c><00:32:47.160><c> see</c><00:32:47.440><c> ourselves.</c>

00:32:48.539 --> 00:32:51.519
Don't<00:32:49.019><c> know,</c><00:32:49.480><c> but,</c><00:32:50.079><c> you</c><00:32:50.339><c> know,</c><00:32:50.519><c> some</c><00:32:50.740><c> of</c><00:32:50.880><c> our</c><00:32:51.039><c> brothers</c><00:32:51.259><c> and</c>

00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:54.680
sisters<00:32:51.799><c> went</c><00:32:51.980><c> through</c><00:32:52.180><c> some</c><00:32:52.420><c> really</c><00:32:53.480><c> horrible</c><00:32:54.200><c> times.</c>

00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:58.259
And<00:32:55.660><c> these</c><00:32:56.099><c> blessings</c><00:32:56.759><c> interspersed</c><00:32:57.539><c> throughout</c><00:32:57.839><c> the</c><00:32:58.039><c> book</c>

00:32:58.259 --> 00:33:00.960
must<00:32:58.619><c> have</c><00:32:58.799><c> been</c><00:32:59.039><c> a</c><00:32:59.160><c> source</c><00:32:59.460><c> of</c><00:32:59.720><c> great</c><00:33:00.000><c> comfort.</c>

00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:04.559
You<00:33:01.140><c> know,</c><00:33:01.640><c> the</c><00:33:01.900><c> corner</c><00:33:02.119><c> man,</c><00:33:03.079><c> he's</c><00:33:03.339><c> in</c><00:33:03.460><c> there</c><00:33:03.700><c> and</c><00:33:03.799><c> he's</c><00:33:04.140><c> pepping</c><00:33:04.319><c> me</c>

00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:05.380
up<00:33:04.700><c> with</c><00:33:04.900><c> these</c><00:33:05.140><c> words.</c>

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:08.000
And<00:33:05.599><c> the</c><00:33:05.740><c> first</c><00:33:06.019><c> one,</c><00:33:06.759><c> we've</c><00:33:07.079><c> already</c><00:33:07.339><c> looked</c><00:33:07.640><c> at</c><00:33:07.880><c> it.</c>

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:09.900
It's<00:33:08.220><c> called</c><00:33:08.359><c> The</c><00:33:08.539><c> Blessing</c><00:33:08.920><c> and</c><00:33:09.000><c> the</c><00:33:09.180><c> Message,</c><00:33:09.480><c> if</c><00:33:09.619><c> you</c><00:33:09.779><c> want</c>

00:33:09.900 --> 00:33:10.759
to<00:33:10.019><c> give</c><00:33:10.119><c> it</c><00:33:10.319><c> a</c><00:33:10.420><c> title.</c>

00:33:11.119 --> 00:33:14.099
And<00:33:11.319><c> it</c><00:33:11.400><c> was</c><00:33:11.619><c> in</c><00:33:11.799><c> Revelation</c><00:33:12.299><c> 1</c><00:33:12.619><c> verse</c><00:33:12.960><c> 3.</c>

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:18.200
We<00:33:15.420><c> read</c><00:33:15.619><c> this</c><00:33:15.900><c> already,</c><00:33:16.259><c> but</c><00:33:16.480><c> I</c><00:33:16.700><c> can</c><00:33:16.940><c> read</c><00:33:17.119><c> it</c><00:33:17.359><c> again.</c>

00:33:18.279 --> 00:33:22.599
Blessed<00:33:18.759><c> is</c><00:33:19.000><c> he</c><00:33:19.200><c> that</c><00:33:19.460><c> readeth,</c><00:33:21.079><c> and</c><00:33:21.220><c> he</c><00:33:21.359><c> that</c><00:33:21.680><c> hear</c><00:33:21.859><c> the</c><00:33:22.079><c> words</c><00:33:22.400><c> of</c>

00:33:22.599 --> 00:33:23.279
this<00:33:22.839><c> prophecy,</c>

00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:26.680
and<00:33:23.539><c> keep</c><00:33:23.720><c> those</c><00:33:24.019><c> things</c><00:33:24.259><c> which</c><00:33:24.440><c> are</c><00:33:24.660><c> written</c><00:33:25.740><c> therein</c><00:33:26.480><c> for</c>

00:33:26.680 --> 00:33:28.579
the<00:33:26.960><c> time</c><00:33:27.240><c> is</c><00:33:27.420><c> at</c><00:33:27.660><c> hand.</c>

00:33:29.339 --> 00:33:35.539
So<00:33:29.539><c> we're</c><00:33:29.880><c> told,</c><00:33:31.099><c> he</c><00:33:31.259><c> that</c><00:33:31.559><c> readeth,</c><00:33:33.160><c> he</c><00:33:33.359><c> that</c><00:33:33.700><c> hear,</c><00:33:35.180><c> and</c><00:33:35.380><c> he</c>

00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:36.640
that<00:33:35.819><c> keep.</c>

00:33:37.099 --> 00:33:40.079
So<00:33:37.279><c> those</c><00:33:37.460><c> are</c><00:33:37.680><c> action</c><00:33:38.000><c> words</c><00:33:38.299><c> for</c><00:33:38.500><c> us,</c><00:33:38.900><c> brothers</c><00:33:38.960><c> and</c><00:33:39.180><c> sisters.</c>

00:33:41.079 --> 00:33:43.599
We<00:33:41.140><c> need</c><00:33:41.440><c> not</c><00:33:41.680><c> only</c><00:33:41.920><c> to</c><00:33:42.200><c> listen,</c><00:33:42.460><c> we</c><00:33:42.559><c> need</c><00:33:42.759><c> to</c><00:33:43.000><c> hear,</c><00:33:43.299><c> we</c><00:33:43.380><c> need</c>

00:33:43.599 --> 00:33:45.339
to<00:33:43.799><c> understand,</c><00:33:44.380><c> we</c><00:33:44.539><c> need</c><00:33:44.779><c> to</c><00:33:45.079><c> study.</c>

00:33:45.339 --> 00:33:52.819
You<00:33:46.019><c> know,</c><00:33:46.319><c> when</c><00:33:46.380><c> it</c><00:33:46.759><c> keeps</c><00:33:47.019><c> means</c><00:33:47.720><c> keep,</c><00:33:48.039><c> it</c><00:33:48.259><c> doesn't</c><00:33:48.440><c> mean</c><00:33:48.900><c> just</c><00:33:49.839><c> read</c><00:33:50.140><c> it</c><00:33:50.460><c> and</c><00:33:50.579><c> then</c><00:33:50.779><c> let</c><00:33:50.900><c> it</c><00:33:51.160><c> flow</c><00:33:51.400><c> off</c><00:33:51.700><c> you</c><00:33:52.039><c> like</c><00:33:52.440><c> a</c>

00:33:52.819 --> 00:33:54.799
rock<00:33:53.160><c> skipping</c><00:33:53.579><c> water.</c>

00:33:54.940 --> 00:33:57.519
You<00:33:55.119><c> know,</c><00:33:55.220><c> you</c><00:33:55.480><c> need</c><00:33:55.720><c> to</c><00:33:55.900><c> engulf</c><00:33:56.279><c> the</c><00:33:56.579><c> words</c><00:33:56.839><c> and</c><00:33:57.039><c> understand</c>

00:33:57.519 --> 00:33:59.819
them<00:33:57.720><c> and</c><00:33:57.799><c> try</c><00:33:57.980><c> to</c><00:33:58.180><c> apply</c><00:33:58.440><c> them</c><00:33:58.640><c> in</c><00:33:58.799><c> your</c><00:33:59.000><c> lives.</c>

00:33:59.960 --> 00:34:03.119
So<00:34:00.200><c> this</c><00:34:00.420><c> is</c><00:34:00.640><c> the</c><00:34:01.339><c> blessing</c><00:34:01.779><c> of</c><00:34:02.039><c> the</c><00:34:02.240><c> message.</c>

00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:07.920
The<00:34:03.599><c> second</c><00:34:03.779><c> one</c><00:34:04.000><c> is</c><00:34:04.220><c> found</c><00:34:04.400><c> in</c><00:34:04.599><c> Revelation</c><00:34:05.079><c> 14</c><00:34:05.900><c> verse</c><00:34:06.700><c> 13.</c>

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:12.500
And<00:34:09.699><c> again,</c><00:34:09.940><c> as</c><00:34:10.179><c> you</c><00:34:10.340><c> do</c><00:34:10.519><c> your</c><00:34:10.780><c> readings,</c><00:34:11.460><c> please</c><00:34:11.840><c> look</c><00:34:12.260><c> out</c>

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:13.900
for<00:34:12.719><c> these</c><00:34:12.920><c> blessings.</c>

00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:16.300
Revelation<00:34:15.119><c> 14</c><00:34:15.639><c> verse</c><00:34:15.699><c> 13.</c>

00:34:16.619 --> 00:34:18.059
The<00:34:16.619><c> blessing</c><00:34:17.000><c> of</c><00:34:17.239><c> hope.</c>

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:21.460
I<00:34:18.920><c> heard</c><00:34:19.139><c> a</c><00:34:19.380><c> voice</c><00:34:19.619><c> from</c><00:34:19.820><c> heaven</c><00:34:20.179><c> saying</c><00:34:20.480><c> unto</c><00:34:20.699><c> me,</c>

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:24.539
Write,<00:34:22.460><c> blessed</c><00:34:22.739><c> are</c><00:34:22.940><c> the</c><00:34:23.159><c> dead</c><00:34:23.380><c> which</c><00:34:23.639><c> die</c><00:34:23.940><c> in</c><00:34:24.099><c> the</c><00:34:24.300><c> Lord</c>

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:26.320
from<00:34:24.820><c> henceforth.</c>

00:34:26.500 --> 00:34:29.119
Yea,<00:34:26.900><c> saith</c><00:34:27.079><c> the</c><00:34:27.320><c> Spirit,</c><00:34:27.800><c> that</c><00:34:27.840><c> they</c><00:34:28.079><c> may</c><00:34:28.300><c> rest</c><00:34:28.639><c> from</c><00:34:28.880><c> their</c>

00:34:29.119 --> 00:34:30.179
labors<00:34:29.460><c> and</c><00:34:29.619><c> their</c><00:34:29.860><c> works.</c>

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:31.659
Do<00:34:30.480><c> follow</c><00:34:30.719><c> them.</c>

00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:34.639
Happy<00:34:32.340><c> are</c><00:34:32.480><c> the</c><00:34:32.659><c> dead</c><00:34:32.900><c> which</c><00:34:33.179><c> die</c><00:34:33.440><c> in</c><00:34:33.619><c> the</c><00:34:33.800><c> Lord.</c>

00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:39.679
Yeah,<00:34:36.599><c> yeah,</c><00:34:37.079><c> that's</c><00:34:37.639><c> a</c><00:34:37.800><c> beautiful,</c><00:34:38.760><c> the</c><00:34:39.139><c> resurrection.</c>

00:34:39.679 --> 00:34:43.739
You<00:34:39.940><c> know,</c><00:34:40.900><c> I'll</c><00:34:41.219><c> never</c><00:34:41.380><c> forget</c><00:34:41.719><c> when</c><00:34:42.559><c> a</c><00:34:42.980><c> few</c><00:34:43.119><c> of</c><00:34:43.260><c> us</c><00:34:43.460><c> visited</c>

00:34:43.739 --> 00:34:49.159
John<00:34:44.099><c> Claude</c><00:34:44.320><c> in</c><00:34:44.480><c> the</c><00:34:44.579><c> hospital</c><00:34:45.320><c> as</c><00:34:46.159><c> he</c><00:34:46.320><c> was</c><00:34:47.739><c> preparing</c><00:34:48.179><c> to</c><00:34:48.440><c> die.</c>

00:34:49.199 --> 00:34:52.260
His<00:34:49.500><c> last</c><00:34:49.800><c> words</c><00:34:50.219><c> that</c><00:34:50.599><c> he</c><00:34:50.800><c> spoke</c><00:34:51.019><c> were,</c><00:34:51.840><c> see</c><00:34:51.940><c> you</c><00:34:52.019><c> in</c><00:34:52.139><c> the</c>

00:34:52.260 --> 00:34:53.500
kingdom,<00:34:53.000><c> brother.</c>

00:34:54.599 --> 00:34:56.019
There<00:34:54.940><c> it</c><00:34:55.079><c> is</c><00:34:55.239><c> right</c><00:34:55.480><c> there.</c>

00:34:56.340 --> 00:34:58.380
The<00:34:56.579><c> blessing</c><00:34:56.960><c> of</c><00:34:57.260><c> the</c><00:34:57.400><c> resurrection.</c>

00:34:58.619 --> 00:34:59.219
That<00:34:58.880><c> hope.</c>

00:34:59.559 --> 00:35:01.500
A<00:34:59.719><c> man</c><00:34:59.920><c> was</c><00:35:00.619><c> dying.</c>

00:35:02.940 --> 00:35:05.099
I<00:35:03.260><c> didn't</c><00:35:03.460><c> hear</c><00:35:03.699><c> one</c><00:35:03.980><c> word</c><00:35:04.179><c> of</c><00:35:04.360><c> woe</c><00:35:04.639><c> is</c><00:35:04.820><c> me.</c>

00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:06.400
Why<00:35:05.480><c> me?</c>

00:35:07.099 --> 00:35:10.119
You<00:35:07.579><c> know,</c><00:35:08.059><c> he</c><00:35:08.159><c> wasn't</c><00:35:08.420><c> doing</c><00:35:08.699><c> cartwheels</c><00:35:09.360><c> and</c><00:35:09.519><c> wasn't,</c><00:35:09.860><c> but</c>

00:35:10.119 --> 00:35:13.340
you<00:35:10.280><c> could</c><00:35:10.519><c> tell</c><00:35:11.139><c> the</c><00:35:11.739><c> happiness</c><00:35:12.099><c> in</c><00:35:12.280><c> his</c><00:35:12.500><c> heart</c><00:35:12.780><c> because</c><00:35:13.119><c> he</c>

00:35:13.340 --> 00:35:15.360
knew<00:35:13.500><c> what</c><00:35:13.760><c> his</c><00:35:14.139><c> future</c><00:35:14.420><c> was.</c>

00:35:15.739 --> 00:35:17.059
And<00:35:15.960><c> that's</c><00:35:16.119><c> what</c><00:35:16.179><c> this</c><00:35:16.440><c> is</c><00:35:16.639><c> speaking</c><00:35:16.820><c> of.</c>

00:35:17.159 --> 00:35:19.480
And<00:35:17.320><c> that's</c><00:35:17.519><c> what</c><00:35:17.639><c> we</c><00:35:17.840><c> all</c><00:35:18.039><c> have,</c><00:35:18.320><c> isn't</c><00:35:18.500><c> it?</c>

00:35:19.619 --> 00:35:23.459
You<00:35:19.860><c> know,</c><00:35:20.300><c> when</c><00:35:20.559><c> my</c><00:35:20.800><c> mom</c><00:35:20.980><c> died,</c><00:35:21.320><c> I</c><00:35:21.579><c> was</c><00:35:21.920><c> sad</c><00:35:22.079><c> as</c><00:35:22.280><c> sad</c><00:35:22.480><c> could</c><00:35:22.719><c> be.</c>

00:35:23.719 --> 00:35:25.699
You<00:35:23.940><c> know,</c><00:35:24.199><c> and</c><00:35:24.380><c> I</c><00:35:24.619><c> cried.</c>

00:35:27.920 --> 00:35:30.360
And,<00:35:28.400><c> but</c><00:35:28.880><c> I</c><00:35:29.059><c> knew</c><00:35:29.360><c> I'd</c><00:35:29.659><c> see</c><00:35:29.820><c> her</c><00:35:30.000><c> again.</c>

00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:33.960
You<00:35:30.960><c> know,</c><00:35:31.079><c> she</c><00:35:31.260><c> told</c><00:35:31.519><c> me</c><00:35:31.920><c> before</c><00:35:32.199><c> she</c><00:35:32.420><c> fell</c><00:35:32.619><c> asleep,</c><00:35:33.440><c> you</c><00:35:33.559><c> know,</c><00:35:33.639><c> I'll</c><00:35:33.840><c> see</c>

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:35.019
you<00:35:34.139><c> soon.</c>

00:35:36.219 --> 00:35:37.719
And<00:35:36.619><c> I'm</c><00:35:36.860><c> crying.</c>

00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:44.079
And<00:35:38.739><c> I</c><00:35:39.019><c> realized,</c><00:35:39.699><c> you</c><00:35:40.019><c> know,</c><00:35:41.039><c> I</c><00:35:41.219><c> wasn't</c><00:35:41.480><c> crying</c><00:35:42.039><c> because</c><00:35:43.599><c> she</c><00:35:43.880><c> died.</c>

00:35:44.219 --> 00:35:46.300
I<00:35:44.239><c> was</c><00:35:44.519><c> crying</c><00:35:44.659><c> because</c><00:35:44.860><c> I'd</c><00:35:45.079><c> miss</c><00:35:45.219><c> her.</c>

00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:50.099
You<00:35:46.539><c> know,</c><00:35:47.199><c> that's</c><00:35:47.579><c> what,</c><00:35:47.719><c> you</c><00:35:47.920><c> know,</c><00:35:48.039><c> I</c><00:35:48.260><c> talked</c><00:35:48.420><c> to</c><00:35:48.539><c> my</c><00:35:48.699><c> mother</c><00:35:49.139><c> four</c>

00:35:50.099 --> 00:35:51.380
times<00:35:50.380><c> a</c><00:35:50.559><c> week</c><00:35:50.739><c> at</c><00:35:50.900><c> least.</c>

00:35:51.739 --> 00:35:53.539
Even<00:35:51.940><c> it</c><00:35:52.079><c> was</c><00:35:52.239><c> just</c><00:35:52.440><c> to</c><00:35:52.599><c> say</c><00:35:52.739><c> hi.</c>

00:35:53.840 --> 00:35:55.860
You<00:35:54.000><c> know,</c><00:35:54.219><c> and</c><00:35:54.420><c> that's</c><00:35:54.599><c> why</c><00:35:54.780><c> I</c><00:35:54.880><c> was</c><00:35:55.139><c> crying.</c>

00:35:56.300 --> 00:35:59.300
I<00:35:56.500><c> knew,</c><00:35:57.199><c> you</c><00:35:57.440><c> know,</c><00:35:57.780><c> and</c><00:35:58.099><c> it</c><00:35:58.219><c> took</c><00:35:58.420><c> me</c><00:35:58.739><c> a</c><00:35:58.820><c> day</c><00:35:58.980><c> or</c><00:35:59.139><c> two.</c>

00:35:59.460 --> 00:36:00.840
It's<00:35:59.460><c> like,</c><00:35:59.659><c> you</c><00:35:59.739><c> know,</c><00:35:59.820><c> you're</c><00:36:00.019><c> going</c><00:36:00.099><c> to</c><00:36:00.219><c> see</c><00:36:00.320><c> her</c><00:36:00.480><c> again.</c>

00:36:00.840 --> 00:36:05.840
You<00:36:01.679><c> know,</c><00:36:02.920><c> and</c><00:36:03.159><c> that's</c><00:36:03.599><c> that</c><00:36:03.980><c> happiness</c><00:36:04.320><c> that</c><00:36:04.579><c> we</c><00:36:04.760><c> all</c><00:36:05.000><c> have.</c>

00:36:05.880 --> 00:36:10.420
You<00:36:05.980><c> know,</c><00:36:06.159><c> this</c><00:36:06.360><c> blessing</c><00:36:06.960><c> that</c><00:36:08.059><c> we</c><00:36:08.400><c> receive</c><00:36:08.900><c> of</c><00:36:09.400><c> hope</c><00:36:09.760><c> because</c><00:36:10.239><c> of</c>

00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:11.699
the<00:36:10.619><c> resurrection.</c>

00:36:14.019 --> 00:36:17.380
Revelation<00:36:14.440><c> 16,</c><00:36:15.099><c> 15,</c><00:36:15.719><c> and</c><00:36:16.079><c> just</c><00:36:16.280><c> for</c><00:36:16.440><c> time's</c><00:36:16.820><c> sake,</c><00:36:17.039><c> we</c><00:36:17.119><c> won't</c>

00:36:17.380 --> 00:36:18.880
look<00:36:17.559><c> this</c><00:36:17.820><c> one</c><00:36:17.980><c> up.</c>

00:36:19.079 --> 00:36:20.659
Blessing<00:36:19.539><c> of</c><00:36:19.800><c> watching.</c>

00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:24.039
And<00:36:21.159><c> when</c><00:36:21.320><c> I</c><00:36:21.519><c> think</c><00:36:21.699><c> of</c><00:36:21.920><c> that,</c><00:36:22.280><c> you</c><00:36:22.639><c> know,</c><00:36:22.639><c> you</c><00:36:22.820><c> think</c><00:36:23.000><c> of</c><00:36:23.800><c> the</c>

00:36:24.039 --> 00:36:26.280
parable<00:36:24.380><c> of</c><00:36:24.659><c> keeping</c><00:36:24.900><c> your</c><00:36:25.219><c> lamps</c><00:36:25.539><c> full</c><00:36:25.840><c> of</c><00:36:26.039><c> oil.</c>

00:36:26.579 --> 00:36:27.820
At<00:36:26.699><c> least</c><00:36:26.860><c> I</c><00:36:27.059><c> do.</c>

00:36:28.280 --> 00:36:29.179
That's<00:36:28.800><c> watching.</c>

00:36:29.179 --> 00:36:32.480
You<00:36:29.179><c> know,</c><00:36:30.440><c> keeping</c><00:36:30.559><c> our</c><00:36:30.880><c> hearts</c><00:36:31.159><c> and</c><00:36:31.340><c> our</c><00:36:31.639><c> minds</c><00:36:31.860><c> focused</c><00:36:32.300><c> on</c>

00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:33.539
the<00:36:32.659><c> kingdom.</c>

00:36:33.659 --> 00:36:38.780
Not<00:36:33.960><c> letting</c><00:36:34.300><c> this</c><00:36:34.739><c> world</c><00:36:35.659><c> get</c><00:36:36.559><c> to</c><00:36:36.840><c> us</c><00:36:37.159><c> and</c><00:36:37.739><c> take</c><00:36:38.000><c> those</c><00:36:38.260><c> things</c><00:36:38.480><c> away</c>

00:36:38.780 --> 00:36:40.800
from<00:36:38.980><c> us</c><00:36:39.179><c> and</c><00:36:39.400><c> make</c><00:36:39.539><c> them</c><00:36:39.719><c> unimportant.</c>

00:36:41.019 --> 00:36:43.219
You<00:36:41.059><c> know,</c><00:36:41.380><c> standing</c><00:36:41.699><c> up</c><00:36:42.019><c> for</c><00:36:42.199><c> the</c><00:36:42.420><c> truth.</c>

00:36:43.760 --> 00:36:46.960
You<00:36:43.920><c> know,</c><00:36:44.500><c> there</c><00:36:44.639><c> are</c><00:36:44.800><c> times</c><00:36:45.260><c> I</c><00:36:46.460><c> used</c><00:36:46.800><c> to.</c>

00:36:46.960 --> 00:36:47.900
I<00:36:47.039><c> don't</c><00:36:47.239><c> do</c><00:36:47.420><c> it</c><00:36:47.559><c> as</c><00:36:47.719><c> much.</c>

00:36:47.960 --> 00:36:49.099
Hopefully<00:36:48.199><c> I</c><00:36:48.280><c> don't</c><00:36:48.420><c> do</c><00:36:48.579><c> it</c><00:36:48.699><c> at</c><00:36:48.860><c> all.</c>

00:36:49.360 --> 00:36:52.039
But<00:36:49.519><c> when</c><00:36:49.940><c> the</c><00:36:49.940><c> topic</c><00:36:50.219><c> of</c><00:36:50.500><c> religion</c><00:36:50.739><c> would</c><00:36:50.980><c> come</c><00:36:51.199><c> up</c><00:36:51.460><c> at</c><00:36:51.780><c> work,</c>

00:36:52.079 --> 00:36:53.840
I<00:36:52.199><c> would</c><00:36:52.440><c> tend</c><00:36:52.599><c> to</c><00:36:52.820><c> back</c><00:36:53.019><c> off.</c>

00:36:54.500 --> 00:36:56.280
I<00:36:54.699><c> don't</c><00:36:54.860><c> back</c><00:36:55.179><c> off</c><00:36:55.420><c> anymore.</c>

00:36:56.860 --> 00:37:00.159
You<00:36:57.300><c> know,</c><00:36:57.500><c> I</c><00:36:57.659><c> stand</c><00:36:57.920><c> up</c><00:36:58.119><c> for</c><00:36:58.280><c> the</c><00:36:58.480><c> truth</c><00:36:58.619><c> and</c><00:36:58.800><c> what</c><00:36:58.920><c> I</c><00:36:59.139><c> believe</c><00:36:59.360><c> in.</c>

00:37:00.679 --> 00:37:02.579
And<00:37:01.000><c> people</c><00:37:01.219><c> may</c><00:37:01.460><c> disagree</c><00:37:01.920><c> with</c><00:37:02.139><c> me.</c>

00:37:02.780 --> 00:37:03.440
That's<00:37:03.179><c> fine.</c>

00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:04.679
That's<00:37:03.760><c> their</c><00:37:03.940><c> right.</c>

00:37:04.820 --> 00:37:08.239
But,<00:37:05.059><c> you</c><00:37:05.320><c> know,</c><00:37:05.639><c> that's</c><00:37:06.860><c> where</c><00:37:07.400><c> we</c><00:37:07.639><c> need</c><00:37:07.860><c> to</c><00:37:08.059><c> be.</c>

00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:11.139
You<00:37:08.840><c> know,</c><00:37:08.960><c> don't</c><00:37:09.219><c> be</c><00:37:09.420><c> ashamed</c><00:37:09.699><c> of</c><00:37:09.840><c> what</c><00:37:09.960><c> you</c><00:37:10.199><c> believe</c><00:37:10.440><c> in.</c>

00:37:11.440 --> 00:37:14.340
I<00:37:11.639><c> think</c><00:37:11.860><c> Brother</c><00:37:12.179><c> Steve</c><00:37:12.619><c> Davis</c><00:37:12.980><c> told</c><00:37:13.159><c> me</c><00:37:13.360><c> that</c><00:37:13.559><c> once.</c>

00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:15.760
You<00:37:14.639><c> know,</c><00:37:14.800><c> don't</c><00:37:15.039><c> be</c><00:37:15.239><c> ashamed</c><00:37:15.480><c> of</c><00:37:15.659><c> it.</c>

00:37:15.780 --> 00:37:17.079
Why<00:37:15.980><c> should</c><00:37:16.119><c> you</c><00:37:16.260><c> be</c><00:37:16.420><c> ashamed</c><00:37:16.619><c> of</c><00:37:16.800><c> it?</c>

00:37:17.500 --> 00:37:19.760
You<00:37:17.719><c> know,</c><00:37:18.019><c> there</c><00:37:18.159><c> are</c><00:37:18.239><c> a</c><00:37:18.360><c> lot</c><00:37:18.480><c> of</c><00:37:18.639><c> groups</c><00:37:18.800><c> out</c><00:37:19.059><c> there</c><00:37:19.219><c> and</c><00:37:19.300><c> I</c><00:37:19.460><c> give</c><00:37:19.599><c> a</c>

00:37:19.760 --> 00:37:20.500
lot<00:37:19.860><c> of</c><00:37:19.980><c> them</c><00:37:20.159><c> credit.</c>

00:37:20.940 --> 00:37:25.000
Jehovah's<00:37:21.320><c> Witnesses,</c><00:37:21.940><c> they</c><00:37:22.199><c> go</c><00:37:22.480><c> out</c><00:37:22.780><c> and,</c><00:37:24.000><c> you</c><00:37:24.280><c> know,</c><00:37:24.480><c> they're</c><00:37:24.800><c> not</c>

00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:25.760
ashamed<00:37:25.260><c> of</c><00:37:25.440><c> it.</c>

00:37:26.259 --> 00:37:29.260
You<00:37:26.699><c> know,</c><00:37:27.139><c> some</c><00:37:27.320><c> of</c><00:37:27.440><c> that</c><00:37:27.599><c> rub</c><00:37:27.820><c> off</c><00:37:28.000><c> on</c><00:37:28.260><c> me.</c>

00:37:29.980 --> 00:37:31.380
And<00:37:30.300><c> they're</c><00:37:30.500><c> great</c><00:37:30.699><c> to</c><00:37:30.940><c> talk</c><00:37:31.139><c> to.</c>

00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:34.659
If<00:37:31.639><c> you</c><00:37:31.780><c> get</c><00:37:31.920><c> the</c><00:37:32.079><c> right</c><00:37:32.300><c> one,</c><00:37:32.539><c> some</c><00:37:32.739><c> of</c><00:37:32.820><c> them</c><00:37:32.960><c> can</c><00:37:33.159><c> be</c><00:37:33.380><c> kind</c><00:37:33.579><c> of</c><00:37:33.760><c> pushy.</c>

00:37:34.699 --> 00:37:38.500
But<00:37:35.019><c> I've</c><00:37:35.460><c> had</c><00:37:35.599><c> nice</c><00:37:35.880><c> conversations</c><00:37:36.519><c> with</c><00:37:36.739><c> them</c><00:37:37.099><c> and</c><00:37:37.800><c> they</c><00:37:38.059><c> find</c><00:37:38.219><c> my</c>

00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:39.980
viewpoints<00:37:38.860><c> interesting.</c>

00:37:40.539 --> 00:37:42.059
So<00:37:40.760><c> you</c><00:37:40.920><c> can</c><00:37:41.159><c> talk</c><00:37:41.400><c> to</c><00:37:41.559><c> other</c><00:37:41.699><c> people.</c>

00:37:42.199 --> 00:37:44.340
You<00:37:42.239><c> know,</c><00:37:42.380><c> they</c><00:37:42.500><c> may</c><00:37:42.699><c> not</c><00:37:42.920><c> totally,</c><00:37:43.519><c> like</c><00:37:43.760><c> Richard</c><00:37:44.079><c> says,</c>

00:37:44.340 --> 00:37:45.300
you<00:37:44.539><c> talk</c><00:37:44.800><c> and</c><00:37:44.920><c> you</c><00:37:45.059><c> talk</c>

00:37:45.300 --> 00:37:47.619
and<00:37:45.420><c> they're</c><00:37:45.639><c> not</c><00:37:45.820><c> going</c><00:37:45.980><c> to</c><00:37:46.579><c> change</c><00:37:46.900><c> their</c><00:37:47.159><c> mind</c><00:37:47.320><c> and</c><00:37:47.440><c> you're</c>

00:37:47.619 --> 00:37:48.380
not<00:37:47.800><c> changing</c><00:37:48.019><c> yours.</c>

00:37:48.760 --> 00:37:52.539
But<00:37:48.960><c> we</c><00:37:49.280><c> always</c><00:37:49.599><c> need</c><00:37:49.840><c> to</c><00:37:50.400><c> be</c><00:37:50.739><c> steadfast</c><00:37:51.360><c> in</c><00:37:51.559><c> our</c><00:37:51.780><c> faith.</c>

00:37:53.580 --> 00:37:56.460
The<00:37:54.260><c> blessing</c><00:37:54.639><c> of</c><00:37:54.820><c> the</c><00:37:55.059><c> call</c><00:37:55.320><c> and</c><00:37:55.539><c> the</c><00:37:55.739><c> marriage</c><00:37:56.000><c> supper</c><00:37:56.280><c> of</c>

00:37:56.460 --> 00:37:58.639
the<00:37:56.599><c> Lamb</c><00:37:56.760><c> in</c><00:37:57.000><c> Revelation</c><00:37:57.440><c> 19</c>

00:37:58.860 --> 00:38:05.360
and<00:37:59.539><c> that'll</c><00:38:00.000><c> be</c><00:38:00.179><c> the</c><00:38:00.639><c> time</c><00:38:01.139><c> when,</c><00:38:02.099><c> you</c><00:38:02.599><c> know,</c><00:38:02.820><c> we</c><00:38:03.159><c> can</c><00:38:03.400><c> see</c><00:38:03.659><c> Jesus</c><00:38:04.059><c> face</c><00:38:04.400><c> to</c><00:38:04.559><c> face.</c>

00:38:05.820 --> 00:38:10.320
It<00:38:06.039><c> will</c><00:38:06.280><c> be</c><00:38:06.900><c> as</c><00:38:07.980><c> Revelation</c><00:38:08.579><c> 1</c><00:38:08.960><c>-6</c><00:38:09.139><c> tells</c><00:38:09.420><c> us,</c><00:38:09.739><c> kings</c><00:38:09.980><c> and</c>

00:38:10.320 --> 00:38:12.400
priests<00:38:10.679><c> forever.</c>

00:38:12.679 --> 00:38:16.320
Revelation<00:38:13.119><c> 20</c><00:38:13.599><c> verse</c><00:38:13.860><c> 5</c><00:38:14.159><c>-6,</c><00:38:14.539><c> the</c><00:38:14.659><c> blessing</c><00:38:14.980><c> of</c><00:38:15.239><c> immortality</c>

00:38:16.320 --> 00:38:17.739
at<00:38:16.880><c> Christ's</c><00:38:17.380><c> return.</c>

00:38:17.739 --> 00:38:22.739
The<00:38:18.960><c> dead</c><00:38:19.179><c> in</c><00:38:19.360><c> Christ</c><00:38:19.679><c> shall</c><00:38:19.920><c> rise</c><00:38:20.239><c> first</c><00:38:20.940><c> and</c><00:38:21.800><c> happy</c><00:38:22.079><c> are</c><00:38:22.239><c> those</c><00:38:22.519><c> who</c>

00:38:22.739 --> 00:38:24.840
are<00:38:22.880><c> part</c><00:38:23.039><c> of</c><00:38:23.199><c> the</c><00:38:23.420><c> first</c><00:38:23.699><c> resurrection.</c>

00:38:26.139 --> 00:38:29.199
And<00:38:26.219><c> then</c><00:38:26.539><c> Revelation</c><00:38:27.000><c> 22</c><00:38:27.559><c>-7,</c><00:38:28.039><c> the</c><00:38:28.159><c> blessing</c><00:38:28.460><c> of</c><00:38:28.760><c> obedience.</c>

00:38:29.639 --> 00:38:35.260
So<00:38:29.639><c> you</c><00:38:29.940><c> can</c><00:38:30.260><c> see</c><00:38:30.860><c> the</c><00:38:31.619><c> first</c><00:38:31.960><c> blessing</c><00:38:32.400><c> and</c><00:38:32.760><c> the</c><00:38:33.039><c> last</c><00:38:33.400><c> are</c><00:38:34.760><c> kind</c><00:38:35.099><c> of</c>

00:38:35.260 --> 00:38:37.800
the<00:38:35.420><c> same</c><00:38:35.679><c> thought</c><00:38:36.099><c> when</c><00:38:36.539><c> you</c><00:38:36.739><c> read</c><00:38:36.920><c> them.</c>

00:38:37.880 --> 00:38:42.300
Both<00:38:38.300><c> blessings</c><00:38:38.739><c> for</c><00:38:38.960><c> obedience</c><00:38:39.539><c> to</c><00:38:40.360><c> a</c><00:38:41.039><c> final</c><00:38:41.400><c> blessing</c><00:38:41.880><c> for</c>

00:38:42.300 --> 00:38:45.119
us<00:38:42.980><c> to</c><00:38:43.360><c> be</c><00:38:43.619><c> obedient</c><00:38:44.159><c> and</c><00:38:44.460><c> to</c><00:38:44.699><c> overcome.</c>

00:38:45.119 --> 00:38:48.599
And<00:38:45.980><c> then</c><00:38:46.280><c> finally</c><00:38:46.679><c> in</c><00:38:46.920><c> Revelation</c><00:38:47.360><c> 22,</c><00:38:47.980><c> the</c><00:38:48.139><c> blessing</c><00:38:48.400><c> of</c>

00:38:48.599 --> 00:38:49.619
the<00:38:48.739><c> kingdom.</c>

00:38:50.059 --> 00:38:54.199
Salvation<00:38:50.639><c> and</c><00:38:50.880><c> redemption</c><00:38:51.260><c> through</c><00:38:51.599><c> Jesus'</c><00:38:52.260><c> blood</c><00:38:52.980><c> grants</c>

00:38:54.199 --> 00:38:57.239
us<00:38:54.519><c> access</c><00:38:54.960><c> back</c><00:38:55.460><c> to</c><00:38:55.760><c> the</c><00:38:55.920><c> Garden</c><00:38:56.219><c> of</c><00:38:56.420><c> Eden.</c>

00:38:57.440 --> 00:39:02.440
That<00:38:57.820><c> wonderful</c><00:38:58.360><c> time</c><00:38:58.719><c> that</c><00:38:58.940><c> we</c><00:38:59.219><c> all</c><00:39:00.380><c> look</c><00:39:00.760><c> forward</c><00:39:01.139><c> to</c><00:39:01.760><c> and</c>

00:39:02.440 --> 00:39:03.900
the<00:39:02.619><c> New</c><00:39:02.800><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:39:05.560 --> 00:39:12.659
So<00:39:06.280><c> these</c><00:39:07.000><c> blessings</c><00:39:07.679><c> in</c><00:39:08.400><c> total</c><00:39:08.820><c> really</c><00:39:10.699><c> are</c><00:39:11.599><c> the</c><00:39:12.320><c> faithful</c>

00:39:12.659 --> 00:39:15.440
are<00:39:12.960><c> truly</c><00:39:13.219><c> happy</c><00:39:14.079><c> and</c><00:39:14.579><c> comforted</c>

00:39:15.440 --> 00:39:19.400
because<00:39:15.780><c> they</c><00:39:16.159><c> are</c><00:39:17.099><c> enabled</c><00:39:17.719><c> to</c><00:39:18.139><c> look</c><00:39:18.380><c> beyond</c><00:39:18.780><c> their</c><00:39:19.099><c> own</c>

00:39:19.400 --> 00:39:21.380
present<00:39:19.739><c> sufferings.</c>

00:39:21.480 --> 00:39:24.840
Now<00:39:21.940><c> again,</c><00:39:22.280><c> I</c><00:39:22.500><c> say</c><00:39:22.699><c> we</c><00:39:23.159><c> may</c><00:39:23.380><c> not</c><00:39:23.599><c> be</c><00:39:23.880><c> suffering</c><00:39:24.119><c> much</c><00:39:24.460><c> in</c><00:39:24.639><c> our</c>

00:39:24.840 --> 00:39:27.900
time,<00:39:25.659><c> but</c><00:39:25.860><c> many</c><00:39:26.119><c> of</c><00:39:26.260><c> our</c><00:39:26.420><c> brothers</c><00:39:26.639><c> and</c><00:39:26.920><c> sisters</c><00:39:27.380><c> did.</c>

00:39:27.900 --> 00:39:32.619
And<00:39:29.099><c> these</c><00:39:30.039><c> blessings,</c><00:39:30.739><c> these</c><00:39:31.059><c> visions</c><00:39:31.460><c> must</c><00:39:31.960><c> have</c><00:39:32.119><c> been</c><00:39:32.320><c> so</c>

00:39:32.619 --> 00:39:37.239
encouraging<00:39:33.139><c> and</c><00:39:33.380><c> uplifting</c><00:39:34.219><c> to</c><00:39:34.980><c> them</c><00:39:35.400><c> as</c><00:39:36.280><c> they</c><00:39:36.639><c> read</c><00:39:36.860><c> them.</c>

00:39:37.719 --> 00:39:43.860
And<00:39:37.960><c> Revelation</c><00:39:38.679><c> shares</c><00:39:39.440><c> us</c><00:39:39.760><c> the</c><00:39:40.000><c> path</c><00:39:40.300><c> to</c><00:39:40.519><c> that</c><00:39:40.760><c> glory,</c><00:39:42.920><c> setting</c><00:39:43.139><c> forth</c><00:39:43.519><c> our</c>

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hope<00:39:44.179><c> and</c><00:39:44.880><c> our</c><00:39:45.179><c> faith</c>

00:39:45.539 --> 00:39:49.719
as<00:39:46.460><c> it</c><00:39:46.920><c> will</c><00:39:47.139><c> become</c><00:39:47.500><c> a</c><00:39:47.780><c> reality</c><00:39:48.199><c> when</c><00:39:48.500><c> we</c><00:39:48.780><c> shall</c><00:39:48.940><c> see</c><00:39:49.219><c> Jesus</c>

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face<00:39:50.059><c> to</c><00:39:50.280><c> face.</c>

00:39:51.719 --> 00:39:53.760
And<00:39:52.139><c> that's</c><00:39:52.579><c> a</c><00:39:53.079><c> great</c><00:39:53.400><c> time.</c>

00:39:53.760 --> 00:39:57.260
You<00:39:53.860><c> know,</c><00:39:54.019><c> when</c><00:39:54.179><c> I</c><00:39:54.340><c> was</c><00:39:54.519><c> younger,</c><00:39:55.659><c> maybe</c><00:39:56.179><c> into</c><00:39:56.420><c> my</c><00:39:56.920><c> twenties</c>

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and<00:39:57.519><c> thirties,</c>

00:40:00.500 --> 00:40:03.800
I<00:40:00.980><c> always</c><00:40:01.320><c> used</c><00:40:01.619><c> to</c><00:40:01.800><c> want</c><00:40:01.940><c> to</c><00:40:02.159><c> postpone</c><00:40:02.679><c> the</c><00:40:02.920><c> kingdom.</c>

00:40:05.079 --> 00:40:08.719
Jesus,<00:40:05.500><c> don't</c><00:40:05.739><c> come</c><00:40:06.000><c> back</c><00:40:06.360><c> this</c><00:40:06.619><c> year.</c><00:40:07.179><c> You</c><00:40:07.380><c> know,</c><00:40:07.519><c> I'm</c><00:40:07.719><c> graduating</c><00:40:08.159><c> from</c><00:40:08.480><c> college.</c>

00:40:08.739 --> 00:40:13.159
I<00:40:08.820><c> want</c><00:40:08.980><c> to</c><00:40:09.099><c> get</c><00:40:09.199><c> a</c><00:40:09.320><c> job.</c><00:40:11.559><c> Jesus,</c><00:40:11.860><c> don't</c><00:40:12.059><c> come</c><00:40:12.260><c> back</c><00:40:12.480><c> this</c><00:40:12.780><c> year.</c>

00:40:13.599 --> 00:40:16.179
I'm<00:40:13.980><c> newly</c><00:40:14.260><c> married.</c><00:40:14.599><c> I</c><00:40:14.719><c> want</c><00:40:14.840><c> to</c><00:40:14.940><c> have</c><00:40:15.099><c> kids.</c>

00:40:17.920 --> 00:40:20.820
And<00:40:18.400><c> I</c><00:40:18.500><c> didn't</c><00:40:18.679><c> say</c><00:40:18.860><c> it</c><00:40:19.019><c> out</c><00:40:19.199><c> loud,</c><00:40:19.659><c> but</c><00:40:19.840><c> within</c><00:40:20.059><c> my</c><00:40:20.519><c> mind</c><00:40:20.679><c> and</c>

00:40:20.820 --> 00:40:22.480
my<00:40:21.019><c> heart,</c><00:40:21.559><c> I</c><00:40:21.559><c> said</c><00:40:21.699><c> it.</c>

00:40:22.480 --> 00:40:25.139
Jesus,<00:40:23.099><c> don't</c><00:40:23.300><c> come</c><00:40:23.519><c> back</c><00:40:23.679><c> this</c><00:40:23.940><c> year.</c><00:40:24.099><c> I'm</c><00:40:24.239><c> a</c><00:40:24.380><c> grandfather</c><00:40:24.780><c> now.</c>

00:40:25.440 --> 00:40:28.619
I'd<00:40:25.679><c> like</c><00:40:25.760><c> my</c><00:40:25.960><c> granddaughter</c><00:40:26.519><c> to</c><00:40:27.579><c> grow</c><00:40:27.820><c> up.</c>

00:40:30.639 --> 00:40:35.159
I<00:40:31.139><c> don't</c><00:40:31.380><c> say</c><00:40:31.599><c> that</c><00:40:31.820><c> anymore.</c><00:40:33.059><c> Jesus,</c><00:40:33.460><c> come</c><00:40:33.679><c> back</c><00:40:33.900><c> right</c><00:40:34.199><c> now.</c>

00:40:36.099 --> 00:40:38.800
And<00:40:36.599><c> that's</c><00:40:37.099><c> our</c><00:40:37.300><c> mindset</c><00:40:37.619><c> should</c><00:40:37.980><c> be.</c>

00:40:39.260 --> 00:40:42.659
And<00:40:39.760><c> that</c><00:40:40.019><c> comes</c><00:40:40.360><c> with</c><00:40:40.599><c> a</c><00:40:40.699><c> lot</c><00:40:40.860><c> of</c><00:40:41.099><c> different</c><00:40:41.260><c> things,</c><00:40:41.599><c> you</c><00:40:41.760><c> know.</c>

00:40:42.820 --> 00:40:45.019
You<00:40:43.039><c> know,</c><00:40:43.139><c> when</c><00:40:43.260><c> we're</c><00:40:43.460><c> first</c><00:40:43.719><c> baptized,</c><00:40:44.360><c> we're</c><00:40:44.619><c> babes</c><00:40:44.860><c> in</c>

00:40:45.019 --> 00:40:46.380
the<00:40:45.159><c> word</c><00:40:45.280><c> of</c><00:40:45.539><c> truth.</c>

00:40:46.440 --> 00:40:50.940
And<00:40:46.980><c> Lord</c><00:40:47.440><c> willing,</c><00:40:47.739><c> over</c><00:40:48.039><c> time,</c><00:40:48.400><c> we</c><00:40:48.539><c> gain</c><00:40:48.699><c> wisdom</c><00:40:49.300><c> and</c><00:40:50.179><c> we</c>

00:40:50.940 --> 00:40:52.699
gain<00:40:51.219><c> solid</c><00:40:51.639><c> food.</c>

00:40:52.860 --> 00:40:56.920
And<00:40:53.099><c> with</c><00:40:53.239><c> that</c><00:40:53.480><c> comes</c><00:40:53.860><c> maturity</c><00:40:54.420><c> and</c><00:40:54.820><c> with</c><00:40:55.000><c> that</c><00:40:55.300><c> comes,</c><00:40:56.599><c> you</c>

00:40:56.920 --> 00:40:58.320
know,<00:40:57.159><c> God,</c><00:40:57.400><c> your</c><00:40:57.539><c> will</c><00:40:57.719><c> be</c><00:40:58.000><c> done.</c>

00:40:58.679 --> 00:41:01.219
Send<00:40:58.820><c> your</c><00:40:59.099><c> son</c><00:40:59.320><c> when</c><00:40:59.519><c> it's</c><00:40:59.940><c> your</c><00:41:00.199><c> time.</c>

00:41:01.820 --> 00:41:05.199
And<00:41:02.039><c> help</c><00:41:02.199><c> us</c><00:41:02.480><c> all</c><00:41:02.659><c> to</c><00:41:02.840><c> be</c><00:41:03.099><c> prepared</c><00:41:03.400><c> and</c><00:41:03.699><c> ready</c><00:41:03.900><c> for</c><00:41:04.199><c> it.</c>

00:41:06.119 --> 00:41:08.119
We're<00:41:06.500><c> going</c><00:41:06.599><c> to</c><00:41:06.739><c> end</c><00:41:06.840><c> there.</c><00:41:07.079><c> I</c><00:41:07.139><c> had</c><00:41:07.300><c> one</c><00:41:07.539><c> more</c><00:41:07.739><c> slide,</c>

00:41:08.119 --> 00:41:11.739
but<00:41:08.440><c> we</c><00:41:08.900><c> won't</c><00:41:09.119><c> get</c><00:41:09.380><c> into</c><00:41:09.579><c> that</c><00:41:09.820><c> today</c><00:41:10.099><c> just</c><00:41:10.400><c> because</c><00:41:10.719><c> of</c><00:41:10.980><c> time.</c>

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Any<00:41:12.019><c> thoughts</c><00:41:12.300><c> or</c><00:41:12.500><c> questions</c><00:41:13.079><c> on?</c>

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So<00:41:15.699><c> hopefully</c><00:41:16.039><c> this</c><00:41:16.340><c> gives</c><00:41:16.519><c> you</c><00:41:16.760><c> some</c><00:41:17.159><c> food</c><00:41:17.320><c> for</c><00:41:17.619><c> thought</c><00:41:17.760><c> as</c>

00:41:17.980 --> 00:41:21.099
you<00:41:18.099><c> do</c><00:41:18.239><c> your</c><00:41:18.460><c> readings</c><00:41:19.000><c> through</c><00:41:20.119><c> the</c><00:41:20.300><c> book.</c>

00:41:21.280 --> 00:41:26.119
And<00:41:21.719><c> I'm</c><00:41:21.900><c> not</c><00:41:22.159><c> quite</c><00:41:22.440><c> sure</c><00:41:22.739><c> what</c><00:41:22.920><c> we'll</c><00:41:23.159><c> do</c><00:41:23.320><c> next</c><00:41:23.639><c> week</c><00:41:23.860><c> yet,</c><00:41:24.880><c> but</c><00:41:25.960><c> I</c>

00:41:26.119 --> 00:41:28.820
think<00:41:26.360><c> we're</c><00:41:26.559><c> going</c><00:41:26.699><c> to</c><00:41:26.840><c> do,</c><00:41:28.460><c> you</c><00:41:28.659><c> know,</c>

00:41:28.860 --> 00:41:31.260
by<00:41:29.079><c> then</c><00:41:29.300><c> we'll</c><00:41:29.460><c> be</c><00:41:29.760><c> close</c><00:41:29.980><c> to</c><00:41:30.179><c> the</c><00:41:30.280><c> end</c><00:41:30.420><c> of</c><00:41:30.599><c> our</c><00:41:30.760><c> readings,</c><00:41:31.039><c> so</c>

00:41:31.260 --> 00:41:33.139
it'll<00:41:31.460><c> probably</c><00:41:31.679><c> be</c><00:41:31.960><c> a</c><00:41:32.059><c> grand</c><00:41:32.280><c> finale.</c>

00:41:34.239 --> 00:41:39.539
I'll<00:41:34.679><c> leave</c><00:41:34.880><c> all</c><00:41:35.139><c> the</c><00:41:35.400><c> stuff</c><00:41:35.559><c> in</c><00:41:35.780><c> the</c><00:41:35.940><c> middle</c><00:41:36.380><c> of</c><00:41:37.559><c> the,</c><00:41:38.239><c> you</c><00:41:38.559><c> know,</c><00:41:38.800><c> the</c><00:41:39.000><c> changing</c><00:41:39.260><c> of</c>

00:41:39.539 --> 00:41:40.980
the<00:41:39.719><c> beast</c><00:41:39.920><c> throughout</c><00:41:40.300><c> Revelation</c>

00:41:40.980 --> 00:41:44.519
and<00:41:41.239><c> all</c><00:41:42.039><c> the</c><00:41:42.360><c> time</c><00:41:42.579><c> periods</c><00:41:43.139><c> and</c><00:41:43.320><c> the</c><00:41:43.480><c> history.</c>

00:41:45.019 --> 00:41:47.179
Brother<00:41:45.199><c> Butch,</c><00:41:45.539><c> if</c><00:41:45.699><c> you'd</c><00:41:45.920><c> love</c><00:41:46.039><c> to</c><00:41:46.219><c> give</c><00:41:46.320><c> a</c><00:41:46.539><c> class</c><00:41:46.719><c> on</c><00:41:46.960><c> that,</c>

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I'd<00:41:47.380><c> love</c><00:41:47.480><c> to</c><00:41:47.699><c> hear</c><00:41:47.840><c> it.</c>

00:41:48.639 --> 00:41:52.940
So<00:41:48.880><c> I'll</c><00:41:49.280><c> skip</c><00:41:49.579><c> through</c><00:41:49.880><c> all</c><00:41:50.179><c> that</c><00:41:50.679><c> and</c><00:41:51.059><c> we'll</c><00:41:51.260><c> go</c><00:41:51.500><c> to</c><00:41:51.679><c> the</c><00:41:51.880><c> end.</c>

00:41:53.239 --> 00:41:57.440
We'll<00:41:53.659><c> do</c><00:41:53.860><c> the</c><00:41:54.079><c> outline</c><00:41:54.440><c> and</c><00:41:54.679><c> if</c><00:41:54.820><c> there's</c><00:41:55.079><c> a</c><00:41:55.239><c> brother</c><00:41:55.539><c> or</c><00:41:56.079><c> maybe</c><00:41:56.380><c> in</c><00:41:56.619><c> the</c><00:41:56.760><c> future,</c><00:41:57.219><c> I</c>

00:41:57.440 --> 00:41:58.719
could<00:41:57.659><c> dig</c><00:41:57.860><c> more</c><00:41:58.079><c> into</c><00:41:58.360><c> it.</c>

00:41:59.219 --> 00:42:01.539
I<00:41:59.239><c> know</c><00:41:59.519><c> Brother</c><00:42:00.400><c> Butch</c><00:42:00.679><c> is</c><00:42:00.920><c> big</c><00:42:01.059><c> into</c><00:42:01.219><c> that.</c>

00:42:01.860 --> 00:42:04.039
If<00:42:02.019><c> he's</c><00:42:02.280><c> willing</c><00:42:02.480><c> at</c><00:42:02.699><c> some</c><00:42:02.880><c> point</c><00:42:03.019><c> to</c><00:42:03.219><c> give</c><00:42:03.300><c> a</c><00:42:03.539><c> class</c><00:42:03.719><c> on</c><00:42:03.900><c> the</c>

00:42:04.039 --> 00:42:07.480
middle<00:42:04.260><c> stuff,</c><00:42:05.860><c> I'll</c><00:42:06.159><c> sit</c><00:42:06.340><c> in</c><00:42:06.519><c> the</c><00:42:06.619><c> front</c><00:42:06.739><c> row.</c>