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But<00:11:22.139><c> this</c><00:11:22.299><c> is</c><00:11:22.600><c> the</c><00:11:22.759><c> key</c><00:11:22.960><c> to</c><00:11:23.100><c> what</c><00:11:23.399><c> happens</c><00:11:23.639><c> here.</c>

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What<00:11:25.019><c> they</c><00:11:25.340><c> built</c><00:11:25.519><c> was</c><00:11:25.759><c> a</c><00:11:26.179><c> huge</c><00:11:26.539><c> replica</c><00:11:26.980><c> of</c><00:11:27.240><c> the</c><00:11:27.480><c> altar</c>

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that<00:11:28.980><c> was</c><00:11:29.139><c> in</c><00:11:29.320><c> the</c><00:11:29.519><c> tabernacle</c><00:11:29.960><c> at</c><00:11:30.340><c> Shiloh.</c>

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That<00:11:32.039><c> point</c><00:11:32.340><c> of</c><00:11:32.659><c> departure</c><00:11:33.139><c> that</c><00:11:33.320><c> they</c><00:11:33.580><c> left</c><00:11:33.799><c> from</c><00:11:34.139><c> Shiloh.</c>

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To<00:11:36.080><c> try</c><00:11:36.340><c> and</c><00:11:36.600><c> commemorate</c><00:11:37.100><c> their</c><00:11:37.399><c> connection</c><00:11:37.779><c> to</c><00:11:38.000><c> their</c><00:11:38.200><c> brethren,</c>

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they<00:11:38.759><c> built</c><00:11:38.940><c> a</c><00:11:39.399><c> huge</c><00:11:39.740><c> replica</c><00:11:40.159><c> of</c><00:11:40.460><c> that</c><00:11:40.740><c> altar.</c>

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And<00:11:42.700><c> Rotherham</c><00:11:43.139><c> says</c><00:11:43.440><c> it</c><00:11:43.460><c> was</c><00:11:43.679><c> of</c><00:11:43.860><c> large</c><00:11:44.159><c> dimensions.</c>

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The<00:11:44.919><c> Jerusalem</c><00:11:45.259><c> Bible</c><00:11:45.639><c> says</c><00:11:45.940><c> an</c><00:11:46.100><c> imposing</c><00:11:46.620><c> altar</c><00:11:46.919><c> of</c><00:11:47.259><c> great</c><00:11:47.539><c> size.</c>

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Moffat<00:11:49.659><c> and</c><00:11:49.820><c> the</c><00:11:49.980><c> Jewish</c><00:11:50.240><c> Tanakh</c><00:11:50.700><c> say,</c>

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a<00:11:51.799><c> great</c><00:11:52.100><c> conspicuous</c><00:11:53.139><c> altar.</c>

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And<00:11:54.539><c> there</c><00:11:54.799><c> is</c><00:11:55.059><c> the</c><00:11:55.240><c> key.</c>

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That's<00:11:55.659><c> why</c><00:11:55.820><c> they</c><00:11:56.039><c> made</c><00:11:56.200><c> it</c><00:11:56.500><c> so</c><00:11:56.840><c> big.</c>

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It<00:11:58.279><c> was</c><00:11:58.539><c> not</c><00:11:58.720><c> the</c><00:11:58.960><c> same</c><00:11:59.159><c> size</c><00:11:59.399><c> as</c><00:11:59.580><c> the</c><00:11:59.720><c> altar</c><00:11:59.919><c> at</c><00:12:00.200><c> Shiloh.</c>

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It<00:12:02.799><c> had</c><00:12:03.039><c> to</c><00:12:03.220><c> be</c><00:12:03.440><c> seen</c><00:12:03.659><c> from</c><00:12:03.879><c> a</c><00:12:04.059><c> distance.</c>

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Look<00:12:05.100><c> down</c><00:12:05.259><c> at</c><00:12:05.440><c> verse</c><00:12:05.639><c> 28.</c>

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They<00:12:07.320><c> said,</c><00:12:07.620><c> look,</c><00:12:07.759><c> when</c><00:12:07.879><c> they</c><00:12:08.039><c> were</c><00:12:08.299><c> explaining</c><00:12:08.600><c> this</c><00:12:08.820><c> later</c><00:12:09.019><c> on,</c>

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therefore<00:12:10.940><c> we</c><00:12:11.279><c> said</c><00:12:11.600><c> that</c><00:12:11.980><c> it</c><00:12:12.259><c> shall</c><00:12:12.419><c> be</c>

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when<00:12:12.720><c> they</c><00:12:12.919><c> should</c><00:12:13.159><c> so</c><00:12:13.360><c> say</c><00:12:13.500><c> to</c><00:12:13.639><c> us</c><00:12:13.820><c> in</c><00:12:13.960><c> our</c><00:12:14.100><c> generations</c><00:12:14.639><c> to</c><00:12:15.000><c> come,</c>

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behold<00:12:17.100><c> the</c><00:12:17.340><c> pattern</c><00:12:17.539><c> of</c><00:12:17.740><c> the</c><00:12:17.899><c> altar</c><00:12:18.019><c> which</c><00:12:18.259><c> our</c><00:12:18.539><c> fathers</c><00:12:18.820><c> made,</c>

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not<00:12:19.440><c> the</c><00:12:19.639><c> burnt</c><00:12:19.779><c> offerings</c><00:12:20.059><c> or</c><00:12:20.259><c> sacrifice,</c>

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but<00:12:21.419><c> a</c><00:12:21.600><c> witness</c><00:12:21.980><c> between</c><00:12:22.440><c> us</c><00:12:22.759><c> and</c><00:12:22.940><c> you.</c>

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And<00:12:24.419><c> what</c><00:12:24.539><c> they</c><00:12:24.779><c> wanted</c><00:12:24.919><c> to</c><00:12:25.200><c> do</c><00:12:25.360><c> was</c><00:12:25.539><c> in</c><00:12:25.700><c> the</c><00:12:25.919><c> future</c>

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that<00:12:26.379><c> when</c><00:12:26.539><c> they</c><00:12:27.379><c> maybe</c><00:12:27.860><c> couldn't</c><00:12:28.100><c> come</c><00:12:28.379><c> across</c><00:12:28.700><c> Jordan</c>

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because<00:12:29.299><c> it</c><00:12:29.460><c> was</c><00:12:29.620><c> in</c><00:12:29.860><c> flood,</c>

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that<00:12:30.980><c> they</c><00:12:31.159><c> could</c><00:12:31.320><c> bring</c><00:12:31.500><c> their</c><00:12:31.779><c> children</c>

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to<00:12:32.220><c> the</c><00:12:32.340><c> other</c><00:12:32.600><c> side</c><00:12:32.759><c> of</c><00:12:32.940><c> the</c><00:12:33.000><c> River</c><00:12:33.120><c> Jordan</c><00:12:33.360><c> and</c><00:12:33.600><c> say,</c>

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see<00:12:34.379><c> that</c><00:12:34.620><c> big</c><00:12:34.799><c> altar</c><00:12:34.980><c> over</c><00:12:35.279><c> there?</c>

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That's<00:12:36.720><c> the</c><00:12:36.940><c> worship</c><00:12:37.220><c> that</c><00:12:37.440><c> we</c><00:12:37.720><c> had</c>

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with<00:12:38.080><c> our</c><00:12:38.279><c> brethren</c><00:12:38.519><c> in</c><00:12:38.860><c> Shiloh.</c>

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So<00:12:40.860><c> it</c><00:12:40.980><c> had</c><00:12:41.159><c> a</c><00:12:41.340><c> purpose</c><00:12:41.659><c> of</c><00:12:41.919><c> being</c><00:12:42.440><c> a</c><00:12:42.940><c> uniting</c><00:12:43.379><c> influence</c>

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and<00:12:45.080><c> not</c><00:12:45.519><c> a</c><00:12:45.879><c> divisive</c><00:12:46.360><c> influence.</c>

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It<00:12:48.799><c> had</c><00:12:48.940><c> to</c><00:12:49.080><c> be</c><00:12:49.340><c> large</c><00:12:49.620><c> to</c><00:12:49.740><c> be</c><00:12:49.960><c> visible</c><00:12:50.220><c> across</c><00:12:50.600><c> the</c><00:12:50.799><c> river.</c>

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And<00:12:52.000><c> it</c><00:12:52.100><c> was</c><00:12:52.279><c> never</c><00:12:52.519><c> intended</c><00:12:52.840><c> to</c><00:12:53.000><c> be</c><00:12:53.159><c> used</c><00:12:53.299><c> for</c><00:12:53.559><c> sacrifice.</c>

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It<00:12:54.440><c> would</c><00:12:54.600><c> have</c><00:12:54.720><c> been</c><00:12:54.879><c> incredibly</c><00:12:55.440><c> impractical.</c>

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And<00:12:57.659><c> given</c><00:12:57.820><c> perhaps</c><00:12:58.139><c> the</c><00:12:58.360><c> guess</c><00:12:58.500><c> at</c><00:12:58.659><c> some</c><00:12:58.799><c> of</c><00:12:58.940><c> the</c><00:12:59.200><c> size</c>

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of<00:12:59.559><c> this</c><00:12:59.759><c> order,</c><00:12:59.919><c> you</c><00:13:00.059><c> can</c><00:13:00.259><c> see</c><00:13:00.399><c> it</c><00:13:00.519><c> from</c><00:13:00.679><c> that</c><00:13:00.899><c> distance,</c>

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it<00:13:01.960><c> would</c><00:13:02.080><c> have</c><00:13:02.220><c> taken</c><00:13:02.419><c> a</c><00:13:02.720><c> forest</c><00:13:02.960><c> just</c><00:13:03.200><c> to</c><00:13:03.379><c> burn</c><00:13:03.500><c> one</c><00:13:03.740><c> sacrifice.</c>

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So<00:13:06.159><c> it</c><00:13:06.279><c> was</c><00:13:06.519><c> never</c><00:13:06.679><c> intended</c><00:13:07.059><c> for</c><00:13:07.299><c> that</c><00:13:07.519><c> purpose.</c>

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It<00:13:10.639><c> was</c><00:13:10.899><c> large</c><00:13:11.139><c> because</c><00:13:11.559><c> they</c><00:13:11.779><c> wanted</c><00:13:11.960><c> it</c>

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to<00:13:12.259><c> be</c><00:13:12.399><c> viewed</c><00:13:12.539><c> from</c><00:13:12.779><c> a</c><00:13:12.879><c> distance.</c>

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And<00:13:15.000><c> that</c><00:13:15.120><c> was</c><00:13:15.299><c> their</c><00:13:15.419><c> good</c><00:13:15.639><c> intention</c><00:13:16.059><c> of</c><00:13:16.220><c> building</c><00:13:16.399><c> that</c><00:13:16.639><c> altar.</c>

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Then<00:13:18.519><c> we</c><00:13:18.759><c> come</c><00:13:18.940><c> to</c><00:13:19.059><c> verse</c><00:13:19.299><c> 11</c><00:13:19.539><c> and</c><00:13:19.659><c> here's</c><00:13:19.940><c> where</c><00:13:20.080><c> the</c><00:13:20.240><c> lessons</c>

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really<00:13:21.039><c> start</c><00:13:21.259><c> to</c><00:13:21.480><c> come</c><00:13:21.620><c> home</c><00:13:21.820><c> to</c><00:13:22.019><c> us.</c>

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We're<00:13:24.240><c> told</c><00:13:24.460><c> by</c><00:13:24.600><c> verse</c><00:13:24.799><c> 11</c><00:13:25.399><c> and</c><00:13:25.720><c> in</c><00:13:25.899><c> verse</c><00:13:26.139><c> 12</c>

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that<00:13:28.620><c> the</c><00:13:28.820><c> children</c><00:13:29.039><c> of</c><00:13:29.159><c> Israel</c><00:13:29.580><c> heard</c><00:13:30.100><c> of</c><00:13:30.320><c> it.</c>

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How<00:13:32.639><c> often</c><00:13:33.120><c> in</c><00:13:33.659><c> ecclesial</c><00:13:34.059><c> life</c><00:13:34.320><c> brethren</c><00:13:34.580><c> and</c><00:13:34.820><c> sisters</c>

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and<00:13:35.240><c> in</c><00:13:35.460><c> personal</c><00:13:35.799><c> life</c><00:13:36.039><c> sometimes</c>

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do<00:13:38.000><c> we</c><00:13:38.120><c> only</c><00:13:38.440><c> hear</c><00:13:38.700><c> half</c><00:13:39.019><c> the</c><00:13:39.259><c> facts?</c>

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The<00:13:41.940><c> other</c><00:13:42.120><c> half</c><00:13:42.320><c> of</c><00:13:42.440><c> what</c><00:13:42.580><c> we</c><00:13:42.820><c> hear</c>

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is<00:13:43.220><c> embellishments</c><00:13:43.940><c> and</c><00:13:44.179><c> imputed</c><00:13:44.519><c> motives.</c>

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I<00:13:46.340><c> already</c><00:13:46.480><c> hear</c><00:13:46.659><c> what</c><00:13:46.860><c> that</c><00:13:47.039><c> ecclesiast</c><00:13:47.399><c> is</c><00:13:47.399><c> doing.</c>

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I<00:13:47.759><c> know</c><00:13:47.919><c> why</c><00:13:48.080><c> they're</c><00:13:48.240><c> doing</c><00:13:48.460><c> that,</c><00:13:48.600><c> they've</c><00:13:48.820><c> always</c><00:13:49.019><c> hated</c><00:13:49.240><c> us.</c>

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And<00:13:51.399><c> it</c><00:13:51.720><c> goes</c><00:13:51.919><c> like</c><00:13:52.220><c> that,</c><00:13:52.460><c> doesn't</c><00:13:52.559><c> it,</c>

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when<00:13:52.759><c> the</c><00:13:53.019><c> story</c><00:13:53.200><c> is</c><00:13:53.440><c> reported.</c>

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Today<00:13:57.120><c> we</c><00:13:57.299><c> hear</c><00:13:57.500><c> so</c><00:13:57.840><c> much</c><00:13:58.840><c> unsubstantiated</c><00:14:00.019><c> gossip</c>

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that<00:14:00.639><c> is</c><00:14:01.000><c> transported</c><00:14:01.340><c> by</c><00:14:01.679><c> Facebook</c><00:14:02.139><c> and</c><00:14:02.419><c> Twitter,</c>

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much<00:14:04.559><c> of</c><00:14:04.720><c> which</c><00:14:04.840><c> is</c><00:14:05.019><c> inaccurate,</c><00:14:06.419><c> most</c><00:14:06.720><c> of</c><00:14:06.860><c> it</c><00:14:07.039><c> unhelpful,</c>

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and<00:14:09.000><c> much</c><00:14:09.220><c> of</c><00:14:09.360><c> the</c><00:14:09.539><c> gossip</c><00:14:09.980><c> unbrotherly.</c>

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But<00:14:13.519><c> it's</c><00:14:13.740><c> always</c><00:14:14.139><c> couched</c><00:14:14.620><c> in</c><00:14:14.700><c> terms</c><00:14:15.019><c> of</c><00:14:15.279><c> concern</c>

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for<00:14:15.879><c> the</c><00:14:16.080><c> brotherhood.</c>

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So<00:14:18.360><c> be</c><00:14:18.500><c> very</c><00:14:18.799><c> careful</c><00:14:19.080><c> what</c><00:14:19.259><c> you</c><00:14:19.480><c> hear,</c><00:14:19.820><c> brethren</c><00:14:19.960><c> and</c><00:14:20.220><c> sisters.</c>

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Now<00:14:22.720><c> you</c><00:14:22.820><c> notice</c><00:14:23.080><c> the</c><00:14:23.259><c> response</c><00:14:23.759><c> that</c><00:14:23.899><c> when</c><00:14:24.080><c> they</c><00:14:24.500><c> heard,</c>

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and<00:14:26.620><c> they</c><00:14:26.720><c> didn't</c><00:14:26.860><c> just</c><00:14:27.100><c> hear</c><00:14:27.220><c> that</c><00:14:27.379><c> an</c><00:14:27.600><c> altar</c><00:14:27.759><c> had</c><00:14:27.860><c> been</c><00:14:28.080><c> built,</c>

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what<00:14:28.500><c> they</c><00:14:28.740><c> heard</c><00:14:28.899><c> was</c><00:14:29.299><c> that</c><00:14:29.639><c> an</c><00:14:29.899><c> apostasy</c><00:14:30.399><c> had</c><00:14:30.559><c> been</c><00:14:30.820><c> committed.</c>

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People<00:14:31.779><c> had</c><00:14:32.120><c> drawn</c><00:14:32.299><c> assumptions</c><00:14:32.960><c> from</c><00:14:33.200><c> the</c><00:14:33.340><c> fact</c>

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that<00:14:33.559><c> they</c><00:14:33.659><c> had</c><00:14:33.960><c> built</c><00:14:34.179><c> an</c><00:14:34.399><c> altar</c><00:14:34.559><c> not</c><00:14:34.919><c> in</c><00:14:35.320><c> Shiloh,</c>

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that<00:14:36.399><c> this</c><00:14:36.639><c> was</c><00:14:36.820><c> now</c><00:14:37.000><c> the</c><00:14:37.200><c> beginning</c><00:14:37.440><c> of</c><00:14:37.700><c> a</c><00:14:37.860><c> great</c><00:14:38.059><c> apostasy.</c>

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And<00:14:41.980><c> it</c><00:14:42.179><c> says</c><00:14:42.340><c> this,</c>

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that<00:14:44.519><c> the</c><00:14:44.659><c> children</c><00:14:44.840><c> of</c><00:14:44.980><c> Israel</c><00:14:45.279><c> gathered</c><00:14:45.639><c> themselves</c><00:14:46.100><c> to</c><00:14:46.379><c> Shiloh</c>

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to<00:14:47.000><c> go</c><00:14:47.299><c> to</c><00:14:47.679><c> war</c><00:14:48.019><c> against</c><00:14:48.500><c> them.</c>

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When<00:14:50.500><c> you</c><00:14:50.659><c> come</c><00:14:50.879><c> down</c><00:14:51.139><c> later</c><00:14:51.399><c> in</c><00:14:51.580><c> the</c><00:14:51.720><c> chapter,</c>

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in<00:14:55.179><c> verse</c><00:14:55.419><c> 33,</c>

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they<00:14:58.240><c> actually</c><00:14:58.720><c> stopped</c><00:14:59.019><c> their</c><00:14:59.279><c> intention</c><00:14:59.700><c> to</c><00:14:59.919><c> go</c><00:15:00.179><c> against</c><00:15:00.559><c> them,</c>

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to<00:15:01.000><c> battle</c><00:15:01.340><c> and</c><00:15:02.000><c> to</c><00:15:02.279><c> destroy</c><00:15:02.700><c> them.</c>

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So<00:15:03.940><c> this</c><00:15:04.039><c> was</c><00:15:04.200><c> gonna</c><00:15:04.299><c> be</c><00:15:04.480><c> a</c><00:15:04.700><c> civil</c><00:15:04.960><c> war</c>

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in<00:15:05.299><c> which</c><00:15:05.519><c> the</c><00:15:05.860><c> nine</c><00:15:06.039><c> and</c><00:15:06.220><c> a</c><00:15:06.279><c> half</c><00:15:06.500><c> tribes</c><00:15:06.960><c> on</c><00:15:07.919><c> the</c><00:15:08.100><c> western</c><00:15:08.379><c> side</c>

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were<00:15:09.440><c> gearing</c><00:15:09.740><c> up</c><00:15:09.960><c> to</c><00:15:10.139><c> go</c><00:15:10.360><c> over</c><00:15:10.679><c> and</c><00:15:11.080><c> to</c><00:15:11.399><c> totally</c><00:15:11.679><c> obliterate</c>

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the<00:15:12.840><c> three,</c><00:15:13.179><c> two</c><00:15:13.299><c> and</c><00:15:13.419><c> a</c><00:15:13.480><c> half</c><00:15:13.600><c> tribes</c><00:15:13.960><c> on</c><00:15:14.159><c> the</c><00:15:14.320><c> east.</c>

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That<00:15:15.440><c> was</c><00:15:15.639><c> what</c><00:15:15.759><c> they</c><00:15:15.940><c> were</c><00:15:16.100><c> gearing</c><00:15:16.340><c> up</c><00:15:16.559><c> to</c><00:15:16.720><c> do.</c>

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They<00:15:17.960><c> were</c><00:15:18.220><c> gathered</c><00:15:18.460><c> to</c><00:15:18.799><c> go</c><00:15:19.039><c> together</c><00:15:19.340><c> to</c><00:15:19.639><c> war</c><00:15:19.879><c> against</c><00:15:20.240><c> them.</c>

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And<00:15:22.519><c> you</c><00:15:22.559><c> can</c><00:15:22.700><c> imagine</c><00:15:22.960><c> them</c><00:15:23.159><c> all</c><00:15:23.379><c> sharpening</c><00:15:23.779><c> their</c><00:15:24.059><c> spears</c>

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and<00:15:25.899><c> thinking,</c><00:15:26.200><c> well,</c><00:15:26.240><c> we</c><00:15:26.340><c> have</c><00:15:26.519><c> to</c><00:15:26.720><c> wipe</c><00:15:26.879><c> out</c><00:15:27.019><c> this</c><00:15:27.240><c> apostasy.</c>

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They<00:15:27.840><c> were</c><00:15:28.019><c> very</c><00:15:28.340><c> sensitive</c><00:15:28.639><c> to</c><00:15:28.879><c> apostasy.</c>

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They<00:15:30.480><c> still</c><00:15:30.779><c> remember</c><00:15:31.059><c> what</c><00:15:31.259><c> happened</c><00:15:31.480><c> with</c><00:15:31.659><c> the</c><00:15:31.840><c> Balaam</c><00:15:32.159><c> incident.</c>

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They<00:15:33.620><c> remember</c><00:15:33.759><c> what</c><00:15:33.960><c> happened</c><00:15:34.120><c> with</c><00:15:34.440><c> Korah.</c>

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They<00:15:35.899><c> remember</c><00:15:36.100><c> what</c><00:15:36.279><c> happened</c><00:15:36.539><c> with</c><00:15:36.799><c> Achan.</c>

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They<00:15:37.620><c> were</c><00:15:37.799><c> very</c><00:15:38.240><c> sensitive</c><00:15:38.539><c> to</c><00:15:38.799><c> apostasy.</c>

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And<00:15:40.100><c> when</c><00:15:40.179><c> they</c><00:15:40.399><c> heard</c><00:15:40.600><c> this</c><00:15:40.940><c> story</c><00:15:41.240><c> about</c><00:15:41.539><c> an</c><00:15:41.759><c> altar</c><00:15:41.919><c> being</c><00:15:42.159><c> built,</c>

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a<00:15:43.940><c> disaster</c><00:15:44.259><c> on</c><00:15:44.419><c> their</c><00:15:44.539><c> hands.</c>

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We've<00:15:44.860><c> gotta</c><00:15:44.940><c> go</c><00:15:45.139><c> and</c><00:15:45.379><c> wipe</c><00:15:45.519><c> them</c><00:15:45.720><c> out</c>

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so<00:15:46.139><c> that</c><00:15:46.320><c> we</c><00:15:46.500><c> don't</c><00:15:46.639><c> get</c><00:15:46.879><c> destroyed.</c>

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And<00:15:50.440><c> so</c><00:15:50.559><c> they</c><00:15:50.759><c> organized</c><00:15:51.259><c> a</c><00:15:51.659><c> delegation.</c>

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Now<00:15:54.120><c> I</c><00:15:54.159><c> want</c><00:15:54.340><c> you</c><00:15:54.480><c> to</c><00:15:54.659><c> notice</c><00:15:55.080><c> that</c><00:15:55.500><c> response</c>

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to<00:15:56.960><c> try</c><00:15:57.240><c> and</c><00:15:57.440><c> destroy</c><00:15:57.799><c> their</c><00:15:58.039><c> brethren.</c>

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They<00:16:00.259><c> were</c><00:16:00.519><c> understandably</c><00:16:01.320><c> angry</c>

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at<00:16:01.779><c> what</c><00:16:01.940><c> they</c><00:16:02.080><c> had</c><00:16:02.279><c> assumed</c><00:16:02.740><c> was</c><00:16:03.000><c> taking</c><00:16:03.299><c> place.</c>

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Because<00:16:06.179><c> they</c><00:16:06.340><c> were</c><00:16:06.600><c> scarred</c><00:16:06.899><c> by</c><00:16:07.139><c> Achan,</c><00:16:07.639><c> Korah,</c><00:16:07.980><c> and</c><00:16:08.159><c> Baal</c><00:16:08.419><c>-Peo.</c>

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But<00:16:11.200><c> at</c><00:16:11.360><c> the</c><00:16:11.620><c> same</c><00:16:11.940><c> time,</c><00:16:12.320><c> brethren</c><00:16:12.440><c> and</c><00:16:12.720><c> sisters,</c>

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there<00:16:13.059><c> was</c><00:16:13.259><c> an</c><00:16:13.440><c> appalling</c><00:16:14.080><c> inactivity</c><00:16:14.899><c> going</c><00:16:15.179><c> on</c>

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amongst<00:16:16.580><c> the</c><00:16:16.919><c> tribes</c><00:16:17.159><c> on</c><00:16:17.419><c> the</c><00:16:17.600><c> west.</c>

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Just<00:16:18.080><c> flick</c><00:16:18.240><c> back</c><00:16:18.559><c> to</c><00:16:18.799><c> Joshua</c><00:16:19.120><c> 15</c><00:16:19.740><c> verse</c><00:16:20.019><c> 63.</c>

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I'm<00:16:21.879><c> just</c><00:16:21.980><c> gonna</c><00:16:22.100><c> trace</c><00:16:22.399><c> through</c>

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only<00:16:23.379><c> a</c><00:16:23.700><c> few</c><00:16:23.840><c> verses</c><00:16:24.139><c> I</c><00:16:24.340><c> could</c><00:16:24.559><c> go</c><00:16:24.840><c> through</c>

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just<00:16:25.240><c> to</c><00:16:25.500><c> show</c><00:16:25.659><c> you</c><00:16:25.759><c> what's</c><00:16:26.139><c> happening</c><00:16:26.320><c> over</c><00:16:26.620><c> on</c><00:16:26.759><c> the</c><00:16:26.960><c> west.</c>

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So<00:16:28.240><c> while</c><00:16:28.539><c> the</c><00:16:28.840><c> tribes</c><00:16:29.019><c> are</c><00:16:29.279><c> going</c><00:16:29.519><c> across</c><00:16:29.940><c> the</c><00:16:30.179><c> Jordan,</c>

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building<00:16:30.700><c> the</c><00:16:30.940><c> altar,</c><00:16:31.679><c> across</c><00:16:31.919><c> the</c><00:16:32.120><c> river,</c>

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going<00:16:33.059><c> to</c><00:16:33.240><c> their</c><00:16:33.419><c> various</c><00:16:33.799><c> inheritances</c><00:16:34.379><c> and</c><00:16:34.620><c> settling</c><00:16:34.879><c> down,</c>

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because<00:16:35.960><c> they</c><00:16:36.620><c> were</c><00:16:36.840><c> settled</c><00:16:37.019><c> down</c>

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by<00:16:37.419><c> the</c><00:16:37.580><c> time</c><00:16:37.700><c> the</c><00:16:37.899><c> delegation</c><00:16:38.360><c> arrives,</c>

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look<00:16:39.840><c> what's</c><00:16:40.159><c> happening</c><00:16:40.379><c> over</c><00:16:40.639><c> in</c><00:16:40.799><c> the</c><00:16:40.940><c> west.</c>

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As<00:16:42.539><c> for</c><00:16:42.720><c> the</c><00:16:42.879><c> Jebusites,</c><00:16:43.580><c> the</c><00:16:43.679><c> inhabitants</c><00:16:43.940><c> of</c><00:16:44.159><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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the<00:16:44.759><c> children</c><00:16:44.940><c> of</c><00:16:45.220><c> Judah</c><00:16:45.399><c> could</c><00:16:45.659><c> not</c><00:16:45.879><c> drive</c><00:16:46.159><c> them</c><00:16:46.379><c> out.</c>

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And<00:16:47.679><c> they</c><00:16:47.820><c> were</c><00:16:47.960><c> there</c><00:16:48.100><c> until</c><00:16:48.320><c> Joab</c><00:16:48.659><c> got</c><00:16:48.820><c> rid</c><00:16:49.000><c> of</c><00:16:49.100><c> them.</c>

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Look<00:16:50.299><c> at</c><00:16:50.440><c> chapter</c><00:16:50.700><c> 16</c><00:16:51.159><c> verse</c><00:16:51.460><c> 10.</c>

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And<00:16:53.039><c> this</c><00:16:53.519><c> is</c><00:16:53.679><c> about</c><00:16:53.919><c> Ephraimites</c><00:16:55.019><c> and</c><00:16:56.799><c> Manasseh</c><00:16:57.419><c> on</c><00:16:57.639><c> the</c><00:16:57.840><c> west.</c>

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And<00:16:58.759><c> they'd</c><00:16:59.000><c> rave</c><00:16:59.139><c> not</c><00:16:59.299><c> out</c><00:16:59.460><c> the</c><00:16:59.759><c> Canaanites</c><00:17:00.059><c> that</c><00:17:00.279><c> dwelled</c>

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in<00:17:00.779><c> Giza.</c>

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Now<00:17:02.440><c> note</c><00:17:02.600><c> that</c><00:17:02.899><c> one,</c>

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just<00:17:03.419><c> make</c><00:17:03.580><c> a</c><00:17:03.700><c> note</c><00:17:03.779><c> of</c><00:17:03.940><c> the</c><00:17:04.079><c> first</c><00:17:04.299><c> of</c><00:17:04.500><c> Kings</c><00:17:04.680><c> chapter</c><00:17:05.000><c> nine</c>

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verse<00:17:05.519><c> 16.</c>

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Do<00:17:07.099><c> you</c><00:17:07.180><c> know</c><00:17:07.240><c> who</c><00:17:07.460><c> finally</c><00:17:07.799><c> got</c><00:17:07.960><c> rid</c><00:17:08.079><c> of</c><00:17:08.220><c> the</c><00:17:08.420><c> Canaanites</c><00:17:08.819><c> in</c><00:17:09.079><c> Giza?</c>

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Pharaoh<00:17:11.480><c> had</c><00:17:11.680><c> to</c><00:17:11.900><c> do</c><00:17:12.000><c> that,</c><00:17:12.319><c> brethren</c><00:17:12.420><c> and</c><00:17:12.660><c> sisters.</c>

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In<00:17:14.559><c> the</c><00:17:14.740><c> days</c><00:17:14.940><c> of</c><00:17:15.240><c> Solomon,</c>

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Pharaoh<00:17:16.859><c> comes</c><00:17:17.200><c> up</c><00:17:17.440><c> and</c><00:17:17.559><c> for</c><00:17:17.799><c> a</c><00:17:17.920><c> present</c><00:17:18.059><c> to</c><00:17:18.339><c> Solomon,</c>

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he<00:17:19.259><c> wipes</c><00:17:19.500><c> out</c><00:17:19.720><c> the</c><00:17:19.980><c> Canaanites</c><00:17:20.420><c> in</c><00:17:20.720><c> Giza.</c>

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That's<00:17:22.099><c> how</c><00:17:22.299><c> long</c><00:17:22.480><c> they</c><00:17:22.700><c> got</c><00:17:22.900><c> to</c><00:17:23.160><c> stay</c><00:17:23.319><c> there.</c>

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But<00:17:25.920><c> the</c><00:17:26.160><c> Canaanites</c><00:17:26.519><c> dwell</c><00:17:26.660><c> among</c><00:17:26.880><c> the</c><00:17:27.059><c> Ephraimites</c>

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under<00:17:27.579><c> this</c><00:17:27.900><c> day</c><00:17:28.059><c> and</c><00:17:28.299><c> serve</c><00:17:28.619><c> under</c><00:17:29.019><c> tribute.</c>

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They<00:17:30.180><c> put</c><00:17:30.400><c> them</c><00:17:31.000><c> to</c><00:17:31.240><c> work.</c>

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They<00:17:31.720><c> made</c><00:17:31.920><c> a</c><00:17:32.180><c> compromise</c><00:17:32.579><c> against</c><00:17:33.019><c> the</c><00:17:33.220><c> law</c><00:17:33.319><c> of</c><00:17:33.480><c> God.</c>

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In<00:17:34.980><c> chapter</c><00:17:35.180><c> 17</c><00:17:35.619><c> verse</c><00:17:35.920><c> 12.</c>

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Yet<00:17:38.140><c> the</c><00:17:38.319><c> children</c><00:17:38.500><c> of</c><00:17:38.619><c> Manasseh</c><00:17:38.880><c> could</c><00:17:39.119><c> not</c><00:17:39.279><c> drive</c><00:17:39.460><c> out</c>

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the<00:17:39.819><c> inhabitants</c><00:17:40.059><c> of</c><00:17:40.259><c> those</c><00:17:40.380><c> cities,</c>

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but<00:17:40.779><c> the</c><00:17:40.980><c> Canaanites</c><00:17:41.359><c> wanted</c><00:17:41.579><c> to</c><00:17:41.920><c> stay.</c>

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Well,<00:17:42.279><c> of</c><00:17:42.480><c> course</c><00:17:42.640><c> they</c><00:17:42.819><c> did.</c>

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So<00:17:45.059><c> on</c><00:17:45.200><c> the</c><00:17:45.380><c> west,</c><00:17:45.720><c> there's</c><00:17:45.960><c> compromise</c><00:17:46.420><c> all</c><00:17:46.819><c> over</c><00:17:47.039><c> the</c><00:17:47.259><c> place</c>

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in<00:17:47.519><c> their</c><00:17:47.720><c> own</c><00:17:47.960><c> backyards.</c>

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They<00:17:49.440><c> are</c><00:17:49.839><c> not</c><00:17:50.039><c> doing</c><00:17:50.279><c> what</c><00:17:50.480><c> God</c><00:17:50.700><c> said</c><00:17:50.859><c> to</c><00:17:51.000><c> do</c><00:17:51.079><c> with</c><00:17:51.240><c> the</c><00:17:51.420><c> Canaanites.</c>

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Everyone<00:17:53.359><c> has</c><00:17:53.720><c> to</c><00:17:53.940><c> die,</c><00:17:54.200><c> man,</c><00:17:54.539><c> woman</c><00:17:54.740><c> and</c><00:17:54.980><c> child.</c>

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But<00:17:57.599><c> when</c><00:17:57.799><c> we</c><00:17:57.960><c> hear</c><00:17:58.099><c> of</c><00:17:58.319><c> apostasy</c><00:17:58.799><c> across</c><00:17:59.099><c> the</c><00:17:59.319><c> river,</c>

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we're<00:17:59.759><c> gonna</c><00:17:59.880><c> rise</c><00:18:00.180><c> up</c><00:18:00.380><c> as</c><00:18:00.640><c> one</c><00:18:01.019><c> man</c><00:18:01.460><c> to</c><00:18:01.720><c> wipe</c><00:18:01.940><c> out</c><00:18:02.119><c> our</c><00:18:02.279><c> brethren.</c>

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How<00:18:07.079><c> often</c><00:18:07.279><c> has</c><00:18:07.380><c> that</c><00:18:07.619><c> happened</c><00:18:07.799><c> in</c><00:18:08.000><c> ecclesial</c><00:18:08.380><c> life?</c>

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Where<00:18:10.759><c> there's</c><00:18:10.960><c> a</c><00:18:11.059><c> very</c><00:18:11.380><c> slow</c><00:18:11.660><c> reaction</c>

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to<00:18:12.160><c> what's</c><00:18:12.599><c> quietly</c><00:18:12.799><c> destroying</c><00:18:13.339><c> our</c><00:18:13.660><c> ecclesia</c>

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and<00:18:14.180><c> our</c><00:18:14.400><c> own</c><00:18:14.599><c> young</c><00:18:14.759><c> people.</c>

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But<00:18:16.779><c> so</c><00:18:17.059><c> quick</c><00:18:17.200><c> to</c><00:18:17.420><c> take</c><00:18:17.539><c> up</c><00:18:17.720><c> the</c><00:18:17.920><c> sword</c><00:18:18.079><c> to</c><00:18:18.259><c> fight</c><00:18:18.519><c> somewhere</c><00:18:18.880><c> else.</c>

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So<00:18:21.880><c> back</c><00:18:22.019><c> in</c><00:18:22.180><c> Joshua</c><00:18:22.440><c> 22,</c><00:18:23.059><c> what</c><00:18:23.220><c> they</c><00:18:23.460><c> did</c><00:18:23.619><c> was</c><00:18:23.839><c> the</c><00:18:24.099><c> right</c><00:18:24.319><c> action</c>

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practiced<00:18:27.500><c> in</c><00:18:27.859><c> totally</c><00:18:28.160><c> the</c><00:18:28.480><c> wrong</c><00:18:28.680><c> spirit.</c>

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They<00:18:30.980><c> sent</c><00:18:31.099><c> a</c><00:18:31.240><c> delegation</c><00:18:31.759><c> of</c><00:18:32.400><c> leaders</c><00:18:32.640><c> led</c><00:18:32.900><c> by</c><00:18:33.240><c> Phineas.</c>

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In<00:18:33.779><c> verse</c><00:18:34.000><c> 13,</c><00:18:35.440><c> they</c><00:18:35.680><c> got</c><00:18:35.920><c> hold</c><00:18:36.079><c> of</c><00:18:36.220><c> Phineas</c><00:18:36.619><c> to</c><00:18:36.880><c> lead</c><00:18:37.140><c> 10</c><00:18:37.579><c> princes,</c>

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so<00:18:38.960><c> that's</c><00:18:39.180><c> the</c><00:18:39.420><c> nine</c><00:18:39.640><c> and</c><00:18:39.839><c> a</c><00:18:39.980><c> half</c><00:18:40.200><c> tribes</c><00:18:40.539><c> from</c><00:18:40.759><c> the</c><00:18:40.940><c> west,</c>

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each<00:18:42.460><c> the</c><00:18:42.720><c> chief</c><00:18:42.960><c> house</c><00:18:43.500><c> to</c><00:18:44.180><c> go</c><00:18:44.440><c> across</c>

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and<00:18:46.619><c> to</c><00:18:46.880><c> threaten</c><00:18:47.200><c> and</c><00:18:47.519><c> to</c><00:18:47.720><c> warn.</c>

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And<00:18:48.539><c> that</c><00:18:48.660><c> was</c><00:18:48.880><c> the</c><00:18:49.240><c> way</c><00:18:49.519><c> in</c><00:18:49.660><c> which</c><00:18:49.779><c> they</c><00:18:50.079><c> turned</c><00:18:50.299><c> up.</c>

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They<00:18:51.299><c> turned</c><00:18:51.519><c> up</c><00:18:51.839><c> threatening</c><00:18:52.220><c> and</c><00:18:52.660><c> warning.</c>

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Now<00:18:54.220><c> it</c><00:18:54.299><c> was</c><00:18:54.619><c> right</c><00:18:54.819><c> to</c><00:18:55.000><c> send</c><00:18:55.099><c> a</c><00:18:55.259><c> delegation,</c>

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but<00:18:57.019><c> they</c><00:18:57.259><c> didn't</c><00:18:57.440><c> do</c><00:18:57.640><c> it</c><00:18:57.819><c> as</c><00:18:58.000><c> God</c><00:18:58.160><c> had</c><00:18:58.400><c> said.</c>

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Just<00:18:58.920><c> to</c><00:18:59.180><c> come</c><00:18:59.359><c> back</c><00:18:59.579><c> to</c><00:18:59.799><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:19:00.240><c> 13.</c>

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Here<00:19:02.700><c> is</c><00:19:02.940><c> the</c><00:19:03.240><c> correct</c><00:19:03.460><c> spirit</c><00:19:03.980><c> in</c><00:19:04.759><c> issues</c><00:19:05.140><c> between</c><00:19:05.519><c> ecclesias</c>

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and<00:19:06.900><c> it</c><00:19:07.160><c> happens</c><00:19:07.279><c> on</c><00:19:07.519><c> a</c><00:19:07.680><c> personal</c><00:19:07.920><c> level</c><00:19:08.279><c> as</c><00:19:08.579><c> well.</c>

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But<00:19:09.920><c> God</c><00:19:10.200><c> had</c><00:19:10.599><c> pre</c><00:19:11.259><c>-told</c><00:19:11.500><c> them</c><00:19:11.759><c> what</c><00:19:12.079><c> they</c><00:19:12.339><c> should</c><00:19:12.500><c> do.</c>

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If<00:19:14.519><c> you</c><00:19:14.799><c> shall</c><00:19:14.980><c> hear,</c><00:19:15.440><c> they</c><00:19:15.619><c> had</c><00:19:15.779><c> heard,</c>

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but<00:19:17.519><c> they'd</c><00:19:17.779><c> heard</c><00:19:17.880><c> more</c><00:19:18.140><c> just</c><00:19:18.380><c> than</c><00:19:18.500><c> the</c><00:19:18.619><c> fact</c>

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that<00:19:18.859><c> an</c><00:19:19.079><c> altar</c><00:19:19.160><c> had</c><00:19:19.319><c> been</c><00:19:19.480><c> built.</c>

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They<00:19:20.759><c> had</c><00:19:21.000><c> made</c><00:19:21.480><c> very</c><00:19:22.000><c> drastic</c><00:19:22.359><c> assumptions</c><00:19:22.839><c> as</c><00:19:23.059><c> to</c><00:19:23.220><c> what</c>

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that<00:19:23.759><c> meant.</c>

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But<00:19:25.160><c> if</c><00:19:25.339><c> you</c><00:19:25.500><c> hear,</c><00:19:25.799><c> say</c><00:19:25.940><c> one</c><00:19:26.640><c> of</c><00:19:26.779><c> thy</c><00:19:26.900><c> cities,</c>

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certain<00:19:27.539><c> men,</c><00:19:27.960><c> children</c><00:19:28.019><c> of</c><00:19:28.220><c> Belial</c><00:19:28.440><c> have</c><00:19:28.599><c> gone</c><00:19:28.740><c> out</c><00:19:28.960><c> from</c>

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among<00:19:29.299><c> you</c>

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saying,<00:19:30.480><c> let</c><00:19:30.579><c> us</c><00:19:30.799><c> go</c><00:19:30.960><c> and</c><00:19:31.240><c> serve</c><00:19:31.380><c> other</c><00:19:31.599><c> gods.</c>

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Now<00:19:33.599><c> they</c><00:19:33.759><c> hadn't</c><00:19:34.019><c> heard</c><00:19:34.240><c> that.</c>

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All<00:19:36.200><c> they'd</c><00:19:36.460><c> heard</c><00:19:36.579><c> was</c><00:19:36.859><c> that</c><00:19:37.000><c> they'd</c><00:19:37.240><c> built</c><00:19:37.319><c> an</c><00:19:37.500><c> altar.</c>

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But<00:19:39.420><c> if</c><00:19:39.579><c> you</c><00:19:39.759><c> hear</c><00:19:39.900><c> something</c><00:19:40.240><c> like</c><00:19:40.579><c> this,</c>

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the<00:19:41.000><c> law</c><00:19:41.200><c> said</c><00:19:41.720><c> in</c><00:19:42.059><c> verse</c><00:19:42.259><c> 14,</c>

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you<00:19:44.240><c> shall</c><00:19:44.500><c> inquire</c><00:19:45.599><c> and</c><00:19:46.460><c> make</c><00:19:46.759><c> search</c><00:19:47.420><c> and</c><00:19:48.400><c> ask</c><00:19:49.079><c> diligently.</c>

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And<00:19:53.400><c> if</c><00:19:53.519><c> the</c><00:19:53.660><c> thing</c><00:19:53.779><c> is</c><00:19:54.039><c> certain</c>

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that<00:19:54.500><c> such</c><00:19:54.660><c> abomination</c><00:19:55.180><c> is</c><00:19:55.559><c> wrought</c><00:19:55.680><c> among</c><00:19:55.940><c> you</c>

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shall<00:19:56.380><c> surely</c><00:19:56.880><c> smite</c><00:19:57.160><c> the</c><00:19:57.319><c> inheritance</c><00:19:57.559><c> of</c><00:19:57.720><c> that</c><00:19:57.880><c> city.</c>

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So<00:19:58.220><c> there</c><00:19:58.400><c> is</c><00:19:58.640><c> justification</c><00:19:59.339><c> for</c><00:19:59.619><c> taking</c><00:20:00.339><c> severe</c><00:20:00.900><c> action</c>

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if<00:20:01.859><c> the</c><00:20:02.099><c> matter</c><00:20:02.299><c> has</c><00:20:02.519><c> been</c><00:20:02.819><c> proven.</c>

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But<00:20:06.880><c> you</c><00:20:07.059><c> notice</c><00:20:07.319><c> it</c><00:20:07.579><c> says</c><00:20:08.259><c> inquire,</c>

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make<00:20:10.299><c> search,</c><00:20:11.440><c> and</c><00:20:11.680><c> ask</c><00:20:12.119><c> diligently.</c>

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And<00:20:12.839><c> that</c><00:20:13.039><c> involves</c><00:20:13.539><c> listening,</c><00:20:15.240><c> getting</c><00:20:15.480><c> the</c><00:20:15.740><c> facts</c><00:20:15.900><c> first.</c>

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Listening<00:20:17.900><c> is</c><00:20:18.180><c> not</c><00:20:18.400><c> just</c><00:20:18.680><c> checking</c>

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what<00:20:19.720><c> you</c><00:20:19.880><c> have</c><00:20:20.039><c> already</c><00:20:20.299><c> concluded.</c>

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It's<00:20:22.380><c> getting</c><00:20:22.579><c> behind</c><00:20:23.019><c> and</c><00:20:23.279><c> finding</c><00:20:23.500><c> out</c>

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why<00:20:24.359><c> certain</c><00:20:24.740><c> actions</c><00:20:25.099><c> may</c><00:20:25.319><c> have</c><00:20:25.460><c> been</c><00:20:25.700><c> taken</c>

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or<00:20:27.279><c> even</c><00:20:27.579><c> why</c><00:20:27.880><c> a</c><00:20:28.119><c> certain</c><00:20:28.299><c> belief</c><00:20:28.539><c> is</c><00:20:28.700><c> being</c><00:20:28.940><c> promoted.</c>

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You<00:20:29.460><c> have</c><00:20:29.680><c> to</c><00:20:29.940><c> investigate</c><00:20:30.539><c> these</c><00:20:30.880><c> things</c>

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to<00:20:32.220><c> make</c><00:20:32.440><c> sure</c><00:20:32.619><c> you</c><00:20:32.819><c> understand</c><00:20:33.380><c> what</c><00:20:33.480><c> you're</c><00:20:33.480><c> doing</c>

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and<00:20:33.559><c> what</c><00:20:33.559><c> you're</c><00:20:33.720><c> dealing</c><00:20:34.000><c> with.</c>

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And<00:20:35.500><c> if</c><00:20:35.599><c> there</c><00:20:35.779><c> is</c><00:20:35.980><c> apostasy,</c>

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then<00:20:39.359><c> the</c><00:20:39.660><c> consequences</c><00:20:40.099><c> can</c><00:20:40.440><c> be</c><00:20:40.660><c> severe.</c>

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But<00:20:42.960><c> you</c><00:20:43.119><c> must</c><00:20:43.380><c> first</c><00:20:43.779><c> understand</c><00:20:44.339><c> clearly</c><00:20:44.700><c> says</c><00:20:44.920><c> God,</c>

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you<00:20:45.420><c> just</c><00:20:45.740><c> don't</c><00:20:46.000><c> rush</c><00:20:46.339><c> to</c><00:20:46.559><c> judgment.</c>

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So<00:20:47.960><c> making</c><00:20:48.140><c> Joshua</c><00:20:48.519><c> 22,</c>

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you<00:20:49.200><c> imagine</c><00:20:49.500><c> what</c><00:20:49.640><c> this</c><00:20:49.839><c> delegation</c><00:20:50.240><c> was</c><00:20:50.519><c> like.</c>

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There<00:20:52.200><c> are</c><00:20:52.299><c> the</c><00:20:52.480><c> nine</c><00:20:52.599><c> and</c><00:20:52.740><c> a</c><00:20:52.799><c> half</c><00:20:52.980><c> tribes</c>

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all<00:20:53.599><c> sharpening</c><00:20:54.000><c> their</c><00:20:54.319><c> spears</c>

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and<00:20:56.240><c> organizing</c><00:20:56.640><c> themselves</c><00:20:57.059><c> for</c><00:20:57.259><c> the</c><00:20:57.460><c> battle</c><00:20:57.599><c> they</c><00:20:57.839><c> see</c><00:20:57.940><c> to</c><00:20:58.180><c> come.</c>

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And<00:21:00.039><c> these</c><00:21:00.400><c> 11</c><00:21:00.920><c> people,</c><00:21:01.599><c> 10</c><00:21:01.900><c> princes</c><00:21:02.259><c> and</c><00:21:02.599><c> Phineas,</c>

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go<00:21:03.839><c> across</c><00:21:04.119><c> to</c><00:21:04.339><c> Jordan</c><00:21:04.480><c> and</c><00:21:04.619><c> on</c><00:21:04.779><c> the</c><00:21:04.960><c> way,</c>

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they're<00:21:05.440><c> firing</c><00:21:05.640><c> each</c><00:21:05.880><c> other</c><00:21:06.039><c> up</c><00:21:06.259><c> with,</c>

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well,<00:21:07.059><c> we</c><00:21:07.380><c> always</c><00:21:07.660><c> expected</c><00:21:08.059><c> this</c><00:21:08.220><c> from</c><00:21:08.400><c> this</c><00:21:08.680><c> lot.</c>

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You<00:21:10.279><c> know,</c><00:21:10.460><c> we</c><00:21:10.619><c> know</c><00:21:10.779><c> what</c><00:21:10.900><c> these</c><00:21:11.059><c> are</c><00:21:11.240><c> like.</c>

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These<00:21:11.599><c> were</c><00:21:11.700><c> the</c><00:21:11.839><c> ways</c><00:21:11.980><c> of</c><00:21:12.099><c> the</c><00:21:12.220><c> ones</c>

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that<00:21:12.500><c> didn't</c><00:21:12.680><c> want</c><00:21:12.819><c> to</c><00:21:12.900><c> go</c><00:21:13.019><c> to</c><00:21:13.119><c> war</c><00:21:13.240><c> originally.</c>

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And<00:21:15.019><c> you</c><00:21:15.019><c> know,</c><00:21:15.380><c> Reuben,</c><00:21:15.700><c> well,</c><00:21:15.779><c> look</c><00:21:15.920><c> at</c><00:21:16.059><c> their</c><00:21:16.220><c> history.</c>

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And<00:21:18.380><c> you</c><00:21:18.480><c> can</c><00:21:18.599><c> imagine</c><00:21:18.920><c> by</c><00:21:19.059><c> the</c><00:21:19.240><c> time</c><00:21:19.380><c> they</c><00:21:19.559><c> get</c><00:21:19.740><c> there,</c>

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they're<00:21:20.859><c> not</c><00:21:21.059><c> seeking</c><00:21:21.339><c> a</c><00:21:21.539><c> lost</c><00:21:21.720><c> sheep.</c>

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They're<00:21:22.380><c> ready</c><00:21:22.960><c> to</c><00:21:23.279><c> fight</c><00:21:23.440><c> a</c><00:21:23.599><c> lion</c>

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because<00:21:24.980><c> they</c><00:21:25.180><c> have</c><00:21:25.339><c> already</c><00:21:25.579><c> concluded</c><00:21:25.980><c> in</c><00:21:26.160><c> their</c><00:21:26.339><c> minds</c>

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that<00:21:26.900><c> these</c><00:21:26.900><c> people</c><00:21:27.140><c> are</c><00:21:27.400><c> apostates</c>

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and<00:21:29.640><c> there's</c><00:21:29.859><c> no</c><00:21:30.079><c> objectivity</c><00:21:30.640><c> about</c><00:21:30.880><c> this.</c>

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I<00:21:34.299><c> always</c><00:21:34.759><c> cringe</c><00:21:35.099><c> when</c><00:21:35.259><c> a</c><00:21:35.420><c> brother</c><00:21:35.579><c> says</c><00:21:35.839><c> to</c><00:21:36.059><c> me,</c>

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if<00:21:37.019><c> you</c><00:21:37.180><c> heard</c><00:21:37.319><c> about</c><00:21:37.619><c> so</c><00:21:37.819><c>-and</c><00:21:37.960><c>-so,</c><00:21:38.160><c> I'm</c><00:21:38.500><c> applying</c><00:21:38.779><c> Matthew</c><00:21:39.140><c> 18.</c>

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If<00:21:41.819><c> he</c><00:21:41.980><c> was</c><00:21:42.200><c> applying</c><00:21:42.400><c> Matthew</c><00:21:42.740><c> 18,</c>

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I<00:21:43.200><c> shouldn't</c><00:21:43.380><c> have</c><00:21:43.519><c> heard</c><00:21:43.720><c> about</c><00:21:43.960><c> it</c>

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because<00:21:45.420><c> Jesus</c><00:21:45.859><c> said,</c><00:21:46.539><c> if</c><00:21:47.039><c> you</c><00:21:47.279><c> want</c><00:21:47.380><c> to</c><00:21:47.720><c> save</c><00:21:47.980><c> your</c><00:21:48.299><c> brother,</c>

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like<00:21:50.180><c> God</c><00:21:50.420><c> does,</c><00:21:51.759><c> then</c><00:21:51.839><c> you</c><00:21:52.000><c> go</c><00:21:52.140><c> to</c><00:21:52.279><c> him</c>

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between<00:21:52.799><c> you</c><00:21:53.279><c> and</c><00:21:53.700><c> him</c><00:21:54.140><c> alone.</c>

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And<00:21:54.779><c> you</c><00:21:54.940><c> talk</c><00:21:55.220><c> as</c><00:21:55.519><c> long</c><00:21:55.680><c> as</c><00:21:55.839><c> it</c><00:21:56.059><c> takes</c>

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until<00:21:58.640><c> you</c><00:21:58.900><c> need</c><00:21:59.359><c> to</c><00:21:59.859><c> bring</c><00:22:00.019><c> in</c><00:22:00.220><c> other</c><00:22:00.380><c> people.</c>

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But<00:22:02.339><c> you</c><00:22:02.519><c> do</c><00:22:02.640><c> it</c><00:22:02.799><c> by</c><00:22:03.000><c> going</c><00:22:03.180><c> between</c><00:22:03.539><c> you</c><00:22:03.779><c> and</c><00:22:03.839><c> him</c><00:22:04.039><c> alone.</c>

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You<00:22:05.299><c> do</c><00:22:05.519><c> not</c><00:22:05.660><c> tell</c><00:22:05.799><c> me</c><00:22:05.920><c> you're</c><00:22:06.200><c> applying</c><00:22:06.380><c> Matthew</c><00:22:06.720><c> 18.</c>

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You<00:22:07.880><c> are</c><00:22:08.119><c> applying</c><00:22:08.460><c> a</c><00:22:08.740><c> legal</c><00:22:08.980><c> process</c>

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that<00:22:09.640><c> you</c><00:22:09.799><c> have</c><00:22:09.980><c> determined</c><00:22:10.420><c> for</c><00:22:10.619><c> yourself.</c>

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And<00:22:12.119><c> that's</c><00:22:12.319><c> not</c><00:22:12.539><c> the</c><00:22:12.759><c> spirit</c><00:22:12.900><c> of</c><00:22:13.079><c> Matthew</c><00:22:13.420><c> 18.</c>

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In<00:22:16.359><c> verse</c><00:22:16.519><c> 16,</c><00:22:17.079><c> you</c><00:22:17.220><c> see</c><00:22:17.359><c> something</c><00:22:17.619><c> that</c><00:22:17.799><c> often</c><00:22:17.960><c> happens</c>

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in<00:22:18.579><c> inter</c><00:22:18.799><c>-ecclesial</c><00:22:19.140><c> disputes.</c>

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They<00:22:21.960><c> say,</c><00:22:22.519><c> in</c><00:22:22.720><c> verse</c><00:22:23.079><c> 16,</c>

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thus<00:22:25.019><c> says</c><00:22:25.220><c> the</c><00:22:25.480><c> whole</c><00:22:25.880><c> congregation</c><00:22:26.500><c> of</c><00:22:26.740><c> Yahweh,</c>

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that<00:22:30.039><c> you're</c><00:22:30.259><c> committing</c><00:22:30.500><c> a</c><00:22:30.740><c> trespass.</c>

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It's<00:22:33.160><c> always</c><00:22:33.599><c> typical</c><00:22:34.160><c> to</c><00:22:34.440><c> claim</c><00:22:34.640><c> very</c><00:22:35.039><c> wide</c><00:22:35.259><c> support.</c>

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The<00:22:35.960><c> whole</c><00:22:36.220><c> congregation</c><00:22:36.900><c> says.</c>

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The<00:22:39.819><c> rest</c><00:22:40.019><c> of</c><00:22:40.180><c> them</c><00:22:40.240><c> were</c><00:22:40.440><c> just</c><00:22:40.660><c> as</c><00:22:40.819><c> ill</c><00:22:40.940><c>-informed</c>

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as<00:22:41.559><c> were</c><00:22:41.680><c> the</c><00:22:41.839><c> delegation.</c>

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That<00:22:43.759><c> was</c><00:22:44.039><c> no</c><00:22:44.440><c> back</c><00:22:44.660><c>-up</c><00:22:44.799><c> at</c><00:22:44.960><c> all</c>

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that<00:22:45.319><c> the</c><00:22:45.480><c> whole</c><00:22:45.660><c> congregation</c><00:22:46.180><c> had</c><00:22:46.359><c> it</c><00:22:46.579><c> right.</c>

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Then<00:22:48.900><c> they</c><00:22:49.079><c> bring</c><00:22:49.220><c> out</c><00:22:49.480><c> some</c><00:22:49.619><c> very</c><00:22:49.619><c> interesting</c><00:22:49.619><c> things.</c>

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The<00:22:49.779><c> key</c><00:22:50.059><c> words</c><00:22:50.519><c> of</c><00:22:50.980><c> accusation,</c>

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and<00:22:51.759><c> I</c><00:22:51.839><c> want</c><00:22:51.960><c> you</c><00:22:52.140><c> to</c><00:22:52.319><c> colour</c><00:22:52.420><c> these</c><00:22:52.680><c> in.</c>

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If<00:22:52.920><c> you</c><00:22:53.019><c> haven't</c><00:22:53.160><c> got</c><00:22:53.259><c> them</c><00:22:53.539><c> coloured</c><00:22:53.640><c> in,</c>

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you<00:22:53.920><c> should</c><00:22:54.099><c> need</c><00:22:54.259><c> to</c><00:22:54.460><c> colour</c><00:22:54.559><c> these</c><00:22:54.819><c> in.</c>

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You<00:22:55.779><c> colour</c><00:22:55.880><c> them</c><00:22:56.019><c> all</c><00:22:56.099><c> in</c><00:22:56.220><c> the</c><00:22:56.400><c> same</c><00:22:56.619><c> colour</c>

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because<00:22:59.000><c> these</c><00:22:59.400><c> are</c><00:22:59.539><c> the</c><00:22:59.740><c> key</c><00:23:00.000><c> words,</c>

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both<00:23:01.180><c> of</c><00:23:01.400><c> the</c><00:23:01.740><c> accusation</c><00:23:02.380><c> and</c><00:23:02.799><c> the</c><00:23:03.039><c> careful</c><00:23:03.339><c> response.</c>

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And<00:23:05.299><c> they</c><00:23:05.400><c> are</c><00:23:05.619><c> very,</c><00:23:05.960><c> very</c><00:23:06.420><c> particular</c><00:23:06.759><c> words.</c>

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The<00:23:07.220><c> word</c><00:23:07.500><c> trespass,</c>

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Rotherham<00:23:08.980><c> has</c><00:23:09.180><c> an</c><00:23:09.400><c> act</c><00:23:09.700><c> of</c><00:23:10.059><c> treachery.</c>

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You<00:23:11.640><c> imagine</c><00:23:11.980><c> you</c><00:23:12.079><c> get</c><00:23:12.240><c> a</c><00:23:12.380><c> delegation</c><00:23:12.859><c> turns</c><00:23:13.140><c> up,</c>

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and<00:23:13.680><c> bear</c><00:23:13.839><c> in</c><00:23:14.019><c> mind</c><00:23:14.119><c> there</c><00:23:14.220><c> wasn't</c><00:23:14.460><c> any</c><00:23:14.720><c> phone</c><00:23:15.059><c> call</c>

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or<00:23:15.500><c> email</c><00:23:15.779><c> to</c><00:23:16.019><c> say</c><00:23:16.160><c> we're</c><00:23:16.319><c> coming</c><00:23:16.519><c> to</c><00:23:16.779><c> see</c><00:23:16.940><c> you.</c>

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Here<00:23:18.279><c> they</c><00:23:18.460><c> are</c><00:23:18.720><c> quietly</c><00:23:19.079><c> starting</c><00:23:19.460><c> to</c><00:23:19.680><c> put</c><00:23:19.819><c> up</c>

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all<00:23:21.019><c> the</c><00:23:21.500><c> sport</c><00:23:21.759><c> into</c><00:23:21.960><c> their</c><00:23:22.180><c> cities</c>

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and<00:23:22.720><c> organising</c><00:23:23.160><c> the</c><00:23:23.420><c> camp,</c>

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and<00:23:23.640><c> all</c><00:23:23.740><c> of</c><00:23:23.880><c> a</c><00:23:23.880><c> sudden,</c><00:23:25.099><c> here's</c><00:23:25.380><c> Phineas.</c>

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Now,<00:23:27.000><c> we</c><00:23:27.160><c> don't</c><00:23:27.420><c> appreciate</c><00:23:27.940><c> this</c><00:23:28.160><c> lack</c><00:23:28.299><c> of</c><00:23:28.539><c> communication.</c>

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They<00:23:29.819><c> had</c><00:23:30.000><c> no</c><00:23:30.319><c> notification</c><00:23:30.940><c> these</c><00:23:31.160><c> guys</c><00:23:31.420><c> were</c><00:23:31.640><c> coming.</c>

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And<00:23:33.599><c> you</c><00:23:33.640><c> can</c><00:23:33.799><c> imagine</c><00:23:34.079><c> them</c><00:23:34.359><c> hastily</c><00:23:34.700><c> assembling</c>

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the<00:23:35.319><c> elders</c><00:23:35.480><c> of</c><00:23:35.700><c> Reuben,</c><00:23:35.960><c> Gadda</c><00:23:36.160><c> and</c><00:23:36.160><c> Manasseh.</c>

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Phineas<00:23:37.640><c> is</c><00:23:37.859><c> here.</c>

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And<00:23:44.079><c> the</c><00:23:44.240><c> first</c><00:23:44.440><c> word</c><00:23:44.619><c> you</c><00:23:44.839><c> hear,</c>

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what<00:23:45.660><c> is</c><00:23:45.920><c> this</c><00:23:46.279><c> trespass</c><00:23:46.880><c> that</c><00:23:47.059><c> you</c><00:23:47.240><c> have</c><00:23:47.400><c> committed</c>

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against<00:23:48.200><c> the</c><00:23:48.380><c> God</c><00:23:48.460><c> of</c><00:23:48.619><c> Israel?</c>

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I<00:23:50.059><c> mean,</c><00:23:50.119><c> that's</c><00:23:50.380><c> a</c><00:23:50.500><c> great</c><00:23:50.680><c> start</c>

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to<00:23:52.119><c> enquiring</c><00:23:52.640><c> diligently,</c><00:23:53.180><c> isn't</c><00:23:53.359><c> it?</c>

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They're<00:23:55.420><c> already</c><00:23:55.640><c> drawing</c><00:23:55.759><c> their</c><00:23:55.980><c> conclusions.</c>

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And<00:24:00.640><c> here</c><00:24:00.759><c> are</c><00:24:00.839><c> the</c><00:24:01.000><c> words,</c>

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trespass,<00:24:02.019><c> an</c><00:24:02.099><c> act</c><00:24:02.319><c> of</c><00:24:02.579><c> treachery,</c>

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and<00:24:03.640><c> turning</c><00:24:03.940><c> away</c><00:24:04.460><c> this</c><00:24:05.039><c> day,</c>

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rebellion<00:24:07.119><c> and</c><00:24:07.599><c> iniquity.</c>

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Now,<00:24:09.299><c> you've</c><00:24:09.519><c> got</c><00:24:09.660><c> trespass</c>

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and<00:24:10.519><c> turning</c><00:24:10.700><c> away</c><00:24:11.000><c> this</c><00:24:11.319><c> day</c><00:24:11.460><c> in</c><00:24:11.660><c> verse</c><00:24:11.839><c> 16,</c>

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rebel<00:24:13.420><c> against</c><00:24:15.079><c> Yahweh</c><00:24:15.900><c> in</c><00:24:16.099><c> verse</c><00:24:16.279><c> 16,</c>

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iniquity<00:24:17.400><c> of</c><00:24:17.619><c> Peor</c><00:24:17.859><c> in</c><00:24:18.039><c> verse</c><00:24:18.299><c> 17,</c><00:24:18.920><c> this</c><00:24:19.140><c> day,</c>

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verse<00:24:20.579><c> 18,</c><00:24:21.200><c> turn</c><00:24:21.480><c> away</c><00:24:21.759><c> this</c><00:24:22.160><c> day,</c>

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verse<00:24:23.279><c> 18,</c><00:24:25.279><c> rebel</c><00:24:25.480><c> this</c><00:24:25.900><c> day,</c>

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again<00:24:29.180><c> in</c><00:24:29.420><c> verse</c><00:24:29.579><c> 19,</c><00:24:30.440><c> rebel,</c><00:24:30.980><c> rebel,</c><00:24:31.559><c> verse</c><00:24:31.720><c> 20,</c>

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trespass,<00:24:33.220><c> in</c><00:24:33.319><c> the</c><00:24:33.380><c> verse</c><00:24:33.579><c> 20,</c><00:24:34.000><c> iniquity.</c>

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I<00:24:38.180><c> mean,</c><00:24:38.220><c> it's</c><00:24:38.339><c> not</c><00:24:38.500><c> exactly</c><00:24:39.339><c> a</c><00:24:40.400><c> speech</c><00:24:40.619><c> designed</c>

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to<00:24:41.240><c> encourage</c><00:24:41.640><c> brotherly</c><00:24:42.099><c> love,</c><00:24:42.339><c> is</c><00:24:42.420><c> it?</c>

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And<00:24:44.400><c> they</c><00:24:44.539><c> haven't</c><00:24:44.660><c> heard</c><00:24:44.819><c> a</c><00:24:45.079><c> thing</c>

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as<00:24:45.920><c> to</c><00:24:46.039><c> what</c><00:24:46.480><c> the</c><00:24:46.720><c> altar</c><00:24:46.859><c> was</c><00:24:47.019><c> all</c><00:24:47.220><c> about.</c>

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Now,<00:24:50.599><c> these</c><00:24:50.980><c> words</c><00:24:51.259><c> were</c><00:24:51.500><c> particularly</c><00:24:52.220><c> significant</c>

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because<00:24:55.779><c> these</c><00:24:56.259><c> accusations</c><00:24:56.960><c> were</c><00:24:57.559><c> based</c>

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upon<00:24:58.920><c> previous</c><00:24:59.740><c> parts</c><00:25:00.319><c> of</c><00:25:00.559><c> scripture.</c>

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Now,<00:25:01.920><c> Moses</c><00:25:02.160><c> had</c><00:25:02.400><c> said</c><00:25:02.539><c> this</c><00:25:02.759><c> in</c><00:25:02.920><c> Judeanomy</c><00:25:03.279><c> 13,</c>

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at<00:25:03.920><c> the</c><00:25:04.019><c> end</c><00:25:04.259><c> of</c><00:25:04.400><c> his</c><00:25:04.619><c> speech,</c><00:25:04.819><c> he</c><00:25:04.980><c> said</c><00:25:05.119><c> this,</c>

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I've<00:25:06.559><c> said</c><00:25:06.700><c> before</c><00:25:07.039><c> you,</c><00:25:07.819><c> life</c><00:25:08.000><c> and</c><00:25:08.259><c> death,</c>

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you've<00:25:08.920><c> got</c><00:25:09.000><c> to</c><00:25:09.200><c> choose.</c>

00:25:11.160 --> 00:25:14.980
If<00:25:11.619><c> your</c><00:25:11.859><c> heart</c><00:25:12.119><c> turns</c><00:25:12.480><c> away,</c><00:25:13.240><c> so</c><00:25:13.299><c> there's</c><00:25:13.660><c> turning</c><00:25:13.900><c> away,</c>

00:25:15.619 --> 00:25:16.420
and<00:25:15.759><c> you</c><00:25:15.859><c> will</c><00:25:16.059><c> not</c><00:25:16.279><c> hear,</c>

00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:18.319
but<00:25:16.599><c> are</c><00:25:16.740><c> drawn</c><00:25:16.859><c> away</c><00:25:17.079><c> to</c><00:25:17.279><c> worship</c><00:25:17.579><c> other</c><00:25:18.019><c> gods,</c>

00:25:18.339 --> 00:25:20.140
and<00:25:18.500><c> that</c><00:25:18.660><c> was</c><00:25:18.859><c> the</c><00:25:19.079><c> assumption</c><00:25:19.460><c> they</c><00:25:19.700><c> had</c><00:25:19.920><c> made,</c>

00:25:20.140 --> 00:25:22.859
that<00:25:20.279><c> they</c><00:25:20.480><c> were</c><00:25:20.640><c> now</c><00:25:20.779><c> gonna</c><00:25:20.980><c> serve</c><00:25:21.420><c> other</c><00:25:21.779><c> gods.</c>

00:25:24.019 --> 00:25:27.119
I<00:25:24.160><c> declare</c><00:25:24.519><c> to</c><00:25:24.720><c> you,</c><00:25:25.140><c> this</c><00:25:25.279><c> day,</c><00:25:25.839><c> you</c><00:25:25.940><c> shall</c><00:25:26.180><c> surely</c><00:25:26.700><c> perish.</c>

00:25:27.380 --> 00:25:29.740
You<00:25:27.500><c> will</c><00:25:27.799><c> not</c><00:25:27.960><c> live</c><00:25:28.119><c> in</c><00:25:28.160><c> the</c><00:25:28.380><c> land,</c><00:25:29.160><c> long</c><00:25:29.279><c> in</c><00:25:29.460><c> the</c><00:25:29.619><c> land</c>

00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:32.180
that<00:25:29.920><c> you're</c><00:25:30.119><c> going</c><00:25:30.380><c> over</c><00:25:30.579><c> to</c><00:25:30.779><c> Jordan</c><00:25:31.000><c> to</c><00:25:31.279><c> possess.</c>

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:35.599
So<00:25:33.220><c> they're</c><00:25:33.680><c> quoting</c><00:25:33.940><c> the</c><00:25:34.180><c> scripture</c><00:25:34.500><c> of</c><00:25:34.740><c> Moses.</c>

00:25:36.119 --> 00:25:40.039
Moses<00:25:36.460><c> said,</c><00:25:37.220><c> turning</c><00:25:37.460><c> away</c><00:25:37.980><c> this</c><00:25:38.759><c> day</c><00:25:38.980><c> will</c><00:25:39.220><c> bring</c><00:25:39.420><c> consequences.</c>

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:42.240
So<00:25:40.200><c> they're</c><00:25:40.420><c> using</c><00:25:40.680><c> the</c><00:25:40.900><c> words</c><00:25:41.079><c> of</c><00:25:41.259><c> Moses.</c>

00:25:43.839 --> 00:25:46.779
They're<00:25:44.180><c> using</c><00:25:44.299><c> the</c><00:25:44.519><c> words</c><00:25:44.720><c> of</c><00:25:44.980><c> Numbers</c><00:25:45.319><c> 32</c><00:25:45.819><c> in</c><00:25:46.079><c> verse</c><00:25:46.319><c> 15.</c>

00:25:46.839 --> 00:25:48.039
Just<00:25:47.099><c> flick</c><00:25:47.259><c> back</c><00:25:47.519><c> there</c><00:25:47.779><c> for</c><00:25:47.880><c> a</c><00:25:47.900><c> moment,</c>

00:25:48.079 --> 00:25:50.299
keep<00:25:48.240><c> your</c><00:25:48.420><c> hand</c><00:25:48.559><c> there,</c><00:25:48.720><c> go</c><00:25:48.819><c> back</c><00:25:48.940><c> to</c><00:25:49.059><c> Numbers</c><00:25:49.299><c> 32,</c>

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their<00:25:51.019><c> own</c><00:25:51.279><c> covenant.</c>

00:25:55.380 --> 00:25:59.660
In<00:25:55.519><c> Numbers</c><00:25:55.900><c> 32,</c><00:25:56.259><c> verse</c><00:25:56.480><c> 15,</c><00:25:57.759><c> if</c><00:25:58.099><c> you</c><00:25:58.400><c> turn</c><00:25:58.619><c> away</c><00:25:59.059><c> from</c><00:25:59.339><c> after</c><00:25:59.579><c> him.</c>

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In<00:26:00.079><c> Moses'</c><00:26:00.480><c> initial</c><00:26:00.880><c> burst</c><00:26:01.119><c> of</c><00:26:01.339><c> anger,</c>

00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:04.819
when<00:26:01.680><c> they</c><00:26:02.259><c> wanted</c><00:26:02.420><c> to</c><00:26:02.980><c> not</c><00:26:03.400><c> cross</c><00:26:03.700><c> over</c><00:26:03.940><c> Jordan,</c>

00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:08.099
Moses<00:26:05.819><c> had</c><00:26:06.079><c> said,</c><00:26:06.299><c> you</c><00:26:06.319><c> are</c><00:26:06.539><c> turning</c><00:26:06.859><c> away</c><00:26:07.259><c> from</c><00:26:07.579><c> after</c><00:26:07.940><c> him.</c>

00:26:08.099 --> 00:26:11.259
So<00:26:08.440><c> they're</c><00:26:09.119><c> picking</c><00:26:09.119><c> up</c><00:26:09.339><c> the</c><00:26:09.539><c> words</c><00:26:09.720><c> from</c><00:26:09.960><c> there,</c><00:26:10.160><c> from</c><00:26:10.339><c> Moses.</c>

00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:12.940
So<00:26:11.940><c> they're</c><00:26:12.200><c> quoting</c><00:26:12.380><c> from</c><00:26:12.599><c> Moses</c>

00:26:12.940 --> 00:26:15.059
when<00:26:13.119><c> they</c><00:26:13.339><c> bring</c><00:26:13.420><c> up</c><00:26:13.599><c> these</c><00:26:13.940><c> accusations.</c>

00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:19.660
Now<00:26:17.799><c> look</c><00:26:17.859><c> what</c><00:26:17.960><c> they</c><00:26:18.319><c> accused</c><00:26:18.599><c> them</c><00:26:18.799><c> of.</c>

00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:25.500
These<00:26:21.380><c> accusations</c><00:26:22.119><c> were</c><00:26:22.359><c> based</c><00:26:22.680><c> upon</c><00:26:23.700><c> Baal</c><00:26:24.579><c> Peor,</c>

00:26:26.359 --> 00:26:30.220
the<00:26:26.599><c> transgression</c><00:26:27.019><c> of</c><00:26:27.299><c> Achan,</c><00:26:28.160><c> and</c><00:26:28.500><c> the</c><00:26:28.619><c> rebellion</c><00:26:28.980><c> of</c><00:26:29.339><c> Korah.</c>

00:26:31.099 --> 00:26:35.380
You're<00:26:31.759><c> accused</c><00:26:32.019><c> of</c><00:26:32.259><c> apostasy,</c><00:26:33.180><c> idolatry,</c><00:26:33.799><c> and</c><00:26:34.019><c> causing</c><00:26:34.359><c> division.</c>

00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:37.799
You've<00:26:36.579><c> turned</c><00:26:36.799><c> away.</c>

00:26:37.900 --> 00:26:39.400
You've<00:26:38.160><c> built</c><00:26:38.259><c> an</c><00:26:38.420><c> order</c><00:26:38.480><c> that</c><00:26:38.660><c> you</c><00:26:38.740><c> might</c><00:26:39.019><c> rebel.</c>

00:26:39.700 --> 00:26:42.339
That's<00:26:40.160><c> Korah,</c><00:26:41.119><c> turning</c><00:26:41.359><c> away.</c>

00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:45.019
So<00:26:42.940><c> you've</c><00:26:43.339><c> broken</c><00:26:43.519><c> the</c><00:26:43.799><c> law</c><00:26:43.940><c> of</c><00:26:44.099><c> Moses.</c>

00:26:45.880 --> 00:26:49.059
You're<00:26:46.019><c> worse</c><00:26:46.279><c> than</c><00:26:46.440><c> the</c><00:26:46.660><c> iniquity</c><00:26:47.099><c> of</c><00:26:47.420><c> Baal</c><00:26:47.500><c> in</c><00:26:47.720><c> verse</c><00:26:47.960><c> 17.</c>

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:52.019
Is<00:26:49.460><c> the</c><00:26:49.660><c> iniquity</c><00:26:49.940><c> of</c><00:26:50.259><c> Peor</c><00:26:50.440><c> too</c><00:26:50.700><c> little</c><00:26:50.880><c> for</c><00:26:51.059><c> us?</c>

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:54.519
Now<00:26:52.700><c> you</c><00:26:52.799><c> wanna</c><00:26:52.940><c> do</c><00:26:53.200><c> worse</c><00:26:53.559><c> than</c><00:26:53.759><c> Baal?</c>

00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:58.119
Worse<00:26:55.980><c> than</c><00:26:56.140><c> what</c><00:26:56.420><c> Baal</c><00:26:56.640><c> brought</c><00:26:56.799><c> into</c><00:26:57.059><c> us?</c>

00:26:59.200 --> 00:27:02.579
Rebellion<00:26:59.700><c> comes</c><00:27:00.000><c> up</c><00:27:00.220><c> in</c><00:27:00.380><c> verse</c><00:27:00.519><c> 16,</c><00:27:01.079><c> verse</c><00:27:01.319><c> 18,</c><00:27:01.700><c> and</c><00:27:01.859><c> verse</c><00:27:02.140><c> 19,</c>

00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:03.759
over<00:27:03.019><c> and</c><00:27:03.160><c> over</c><00:27:03.500><c> again.</c>

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:06.140
This<00:27:03.940><c> is</c><00:27:04.220><c> Korah,</c><00:27:04.460><c> all</c><00:27:04.660><c> over</c><00:27:04.880><c> again,</c><00:27:05.119><c> they</c><00:27:05.380><c> said.</c>

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:10.019
And<00:27:07.579><c> transgression</c><00:27:08.079><c> or</c><00:27:08.380><c> trespass</c><00:27:08.839><c> is</c><00:27:09.019><c> the</c><00:27:09.259><c> same</c><00:27:09.460><c> word</c><00:27:09.700><c> used</c>

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:11.000
of<00:27:10.299><c> Achan,</c>

00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:13.000
the<00:27:11.279><c> troublemaker</c><00:27:11.519><c> of</c><00:27:11.680><c> Israel,</c><00:27:12.039><c> in</c><00:27:12.220><c> verse</c><00:27:12.420><c> 20.</c>

00:27:13.420 --> 00:27:16.940
Did<00:27:13.640><c> not</c><00:27:13.839><c> Achan</c><00:27:14.160><c> commit</c><00:27:14.500><c> a</c><00:27:14.839><c> trespass</c><00:27:15.359><c> in</c><00:27:15.539><c> the</c><00:27:15.720><c> accursed</c><00:27:16.000><c> thing?</c>

00:27:17.059 --> 00:27:19.160
Brought<00:27:17.279><c> trouble</c><00:27:17.680><c> upon</c><00:27:17.900><c> the</c><00:27:18.160><c> congregation?</c>

00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:20.980
Iniquity?

00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:24.460
I<00:27:21.880><c> mean,</c><00:27:21.880><c> this</c><00:27:22.000><c> was</c><00:27:23.039><c> really</c><00:27:23.460><c> a</c><00:27:24.059><c> terrible,</c>

00:27:24.460 --> 00:27:27.079
terrible<00:27:25.079><c> litany</c><00:27:25.400><c> of</c><00:27:25.640><c> insults,</c>

00:27:27.119 --> 00:27:29.019
that<00:27:27.240><c> they</c><00:27:27.440><c> were</c><00:27:27.640><c> worse</c><00:27:27.839><c> than</c><00:27:28.019><c> all</c><00:27:28.339><c> the</c><00:27:28.519><c> great</c><00:27:28.740><c> sins</c>

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:31.680
that<00:27:29.200><c> had</c><00:27:29.359><c> taken</c><00:27:29.539><c> place</c><00:27:29.880><c> in</c><00:27:30.019><c> the</c><00:27:30.200><c> previous</c><00:27:30.500><c> generations.</c>

00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:37.339
And<00:27:34.799><c> it</c><00:27:34.920><c> ends</c><00:27:35.140><c> up</c><00:27:35.380><c> with</c><00:27:35.500><c> an</c><00:27:35.759><c> incredibly</c><00:27:36.099><c> cheap</c><00:27:36.440><c> shot.</c>

00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:41.079
I<00:27:38.839><c> want</c><00:27:38.960><c> you</c><00:27:39.059><c> to</c><00:27:39.160><c> read</c><00:27:39.339><c> with</c><00:27:39.500><c> me</c><00:27:39.619><c> verse</c><00:27:39.900><c> 19.</c>

00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:47.319
It<00:27:42.539><c> was</c><00:27:42.700><c> very</c><00:27:43.079><c> subtle,</c><00:27:44.400><c> but</c><00:27:44.720><c> it</c><00:27:44.960><c> showed</c><00:27:45.079><c> a</c><00:27:45.319><c> great</c><00:27:45.559><c> high</c><00:27:45.900><c>-mindedness,</c>

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:49.720
because<00:27:48.000><c> it</c><00:27:48.160><c> was</c><00:27:48.339><c> a</c><00:27:48.539><c> cheap</c><00:27:48.720><c> shot</c><00:27:48.960><c> at</c><00:27:49.140><c> the</c><00:27:49.359><c> inheritance</c>

00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:51.339
on<00:27:49.960><c> the</c><00:27:50.079><c> east</c><00:27:50.279><c> of</c><00:27:50.480><c> Jordan.</c>

00:27:53.160 --> 00:27:56.500
I'm<00:27:53.660><c> gonna</c><00:27:53.799><c> paraphrase</c><00:27:54.380><c> verse</c><00:27:54.660><c> 19</c><00:27:55.079><c> for</c><00:27:55.339><c> you.</c>

00:27:57.460 --> 00:28:01.000
Well,<00:27:57.720><c> if</c><00:27:57.880><c> you</c><00:27:58.099><c> find</c><00:27:58.339><c> your</c><00:27:58.579><c> inheritance</c><00:27:59.039><c> unworkable,</c>

00:28:02.059 --> 00:28:04.000
it's<00:28:02.500><c> a</c><00:28:02.619><c> long</c><00:28:02.720><c> way</c><00:28:02.940><c> from</c><00:28:03.200><c> Shiloh</c><00:28:03.440><c> over</c><00:28:03.680><c> there.</c>

00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:06.200
If<00:28:04.619><c> you</c><00:28:04.859><c> find</c><00:28:05.059><c> your</c><00:28:05.319><c> inheritance</c><00:28:05.579><c> unworkable,</c>

00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:09.420
why<00:28:06.420><c> don't</c><00:28:06.579><c> you</c><00:28:06.740><c> come</c><00:28:06.940><c> over</c><00:28:07.220><c> and</c><00:28:07.420><c> join</c><00:28:07.579><c> us</c><00:28:07.859><c> where</c><00:28:08.000><c> we</c><00:28:08.220><c> are</c><00:28:08.460><c> strong,</c>

00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:11.920
where<00:28:09.759><c> we</c><00:28:09.900><c> are</c><00:28:10.160><c> closer</c><00:28:10.359><c> to</c><00:28:10.539><c> God</c><00:28:10.740><c> over</c><00:28:11.079><c> here.</c>

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:13.380
We<00:28:12.220><c> know</c><00:28:12.359><c> how</c><00:28:12.539><c> to</c><00:28:12.640><c> live</c><00:28:12.740><c> the</c><00:28:12.980><c> truth,</c>

00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:16.480
and<00:28:14.220><c> if</c><00:28:14.359><c> you</c><00:28:14.519><c> ask</c><00:28:14.700><c> nicely,</c><00:28:15.079><c> we'll</c><00:28:15.220><c> let</c><00:28:15.380><c> you</c><00:28:15.539><c> in.</c>

00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:18.779
That's<00:28:17.079><c> about</c><00:28:17.259><c> what</c><00:28:17.400><c> they</c><00:28:17.640><c> said</c><00:28:17.759><c> to</c><00:28:17.920><c> them.</c>

00:28:18.859 --> 00:28:21.180
It<00:28:19.059><c> was</c><00:28:19.339><c> a</c><00:28:19.500><c> cheap</c><00:28:19.720><c> shot</c><00:28:19.960><c> at</c><00:28:20.119><c> their</c><00:28:20.259><c> inheritance.</c>

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:23.259
Well,<00:28:21.380><c> you</c><00:28:21.539><c> wanted</c><00:28:21.700><c> to</c><00:28:21.859><c> be</c><00:28:22.019><c> over</c><00:28:22.220><c> there,</c>

00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:25.579
but<00:28:23.680><c> you</c><00:28:23.819><c> can</c><00:28:23.980><c> come</c><00:28:24.160><c> over</c><00:28:24.440><c> here,</c>

00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:28.319
where<00:28:25.819><c> Yahweh's</c><00:28:26.380><c> tabernacle</c><00:28:26.799><c> actually</c><00:28:27.180><c> is.</c>

00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:34.240
And<00:28:28.880><c> that</c><00:28:29.099><c> was</c><00:28:29.380><c> an</c><00:28:29.900><c> insulting</c><00:28:30.940><c> view</c><00:28:32.759><c> of</c><00:28:32.980><c> their</c><00:28:33.220><c> inheritance.</c>

00:28:36.140 --> 00:28:38.700
Never<00:28:36.299><c> think</c><00:28:36.640><c> that</c><00:28:36.839><c> the</c><00:28:36.980><c> way</c><00:28:37.440><c> or</c><00:28:38.259><c> the</c><00:28:38.480><c> place</c>

00:28:38.700 --> 00:28:40.480
in<00:28:38.859><c> which</c><00:28:39.000><c> we</c><00:28:39.220><c> live</c><00:28:39.339><c> the</c><00:28:39.599><c> truth</c>

00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:43.619
is<00:28:41.400><c> the</c><00:28:41.619><c> only</c><00:28:41.839><c> way</c><00:28:42.059><c> that</c><00:28:42.240><c> God</c><00:28:42.420><c> can</c><00:28:42.680><c> work.</c>

00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:45.920
If<00:28:44.420><c> you</c><00:28:44.599><c> ever</c><00:28:44.759><c> start</c><00:28:44.960><c> to</c><00:28:45.200><c> think</c><00:28:45.319><c> like</c><00:28:45.660><c> that,</c>

00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:48.279
you<00:28:46.079><c> want</c><00:28:46.180><c> to</c><00:28:46.299><c> go</c><00:28:46.440><c> and</c><00:28:46.599><c> visit</c><00:28:46.980><c> our</c><00:28:47.380><c> brethren</c><00:28:47.599><c> and</c><00:28:47.880><c> sisters</c>

00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:52.000
in<00:28:48.960><c> Soweto,</c><00:28:50.039><c> in</c><00:28:50.220><c> Johannesburg</c><00:28:50.839><c> in</c><00:28:51.039><c> Africa,</c>

00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:54.619
where<00:28:52.640><c> they</c><00:28:52.779><c> live</c><00:28:52.859><c> in</c><00:28:53.000><c> the</c><00:28:53.059><c> most</c><00:28:53.559><c> difficult</c><00:28:54.059><c> circumstances</c>

00:28:54.619 --> 00:28:55.920
you<00:28:54.779><c> could</c><00:28:54.940><c> imagine,</c>

00:28:56.059 --> 00:28:57.980
and<00:28:56.299><c> they</c><00:28:56.440><c> put</c><00:28:56.599><c> us</c><00:28:56.819><c> to</c><00:28:57.119><c> shame</c><00:28:57.460><c> with</c><00:28:57.640><c> their</c><00:28:57.819><c> zeal</c>

00:28:57.980 --> 00:29:01.079
to<00:28:58.160><c> preach</c><00:28:58.319><c> the</c><00:28:58.579><c> truth</c><00:28:58.920><c> and</c><00:28:59.240><c> to</c><00:28:59.400><c> uphold</c><00:28:59.700><c> the</c><00:28:59.960><c> truth,</c>

00:29:01.160 --> 00:29:04.359
where<00:29:01.240><c> they</c><00:29:01.400><c> come</c><00:29:01.559><c> out</c><00:29:01.819><c> of</c><00:29:02.640><c> shanty</c><00:29:03.079><c> towns,</c>

00:29:04.599 --> 00:29:07.539
dressed<00:29:05.079><c> immaculately</c><00:29:05.559><c> for</c><00:29:06.500><c> the</c><00:29:06.680><c> meeting,</c>

00:29:08.099 --> 00:29:09.440
where<00:29:08.400><c> they</c><00:29:08.539><c> can</c><00:29:08.680><c> open</c><00:29:08.880><c> their</c><00:29:09.160><c> Bibles,</c>

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:12.400
where<00:29:09.680><c> their</c><00:29:09.900><c> 25</c><00:29:10.279><c> friends</c><00:29:10.700><c> come</c><00:29:10.940><c> along</c><00:29:11.140><c> to</c><00:29:11.299><c> the</c><00:29:11.480><c> first</c><00:29:11.839><c> time,</c>

00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:15.640
and<00:29:13.039><c> you</c><00:29:13.220><c> say</c><00:29:13.400><c> Hosea</c><00:29:13.759><c> and</c><00:29:13.859><c> they</c><00:29:14.000><c> can</c><00:29:14.279><c> find</c><00:29:14.500><c> Hosea.</c>

00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:20.039
Never<00:29:18.099><c> think</c><00:29:18.400><c> that</c><00:29:18.559><c> God</c><00:29:18.680><c> is</c><00:29:18.859><c> limited</c><00:29:19.119><c> to</c><00:29:19.480><c> do</c><00:29:19.779><c> things</c>

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:23.180
the<00:29:20.259><c> way</c><00:29:20.440><c> that</c><00:29:20.640><c> we</c><00:29:20.880><c> think</c><00:29:21.220><c> is</c><00:29:21.839><c> the</c><00:29:22.019><c> only</c><00:29:22.160><c> way</c><00:29:22.319><c> to</c><00:29:22.480><c> do</c><00:29:22.599><c> it.</c>

00:29:23.180 --> 00:29:25.880
And<00:29:23.680><c> that</c><00:29:23.779><c> was</c><00:29:24.119><c> a</c><00:29:24.299><c> very,</c><00:29:24.680><c> very</c><00:29:25.059><c> nasty</c><00:29:25.319><c> little</c><00:29:25.680><c> comment</c>

00:29:25.880 --> 00:29:26.920
that<00:29:26.019><c> they</c><00:29:26.220><c> made</c><00:29:26.460><c> there,</c>

00:29:27.359 --> 00:29:29.619
that<00:29:27.480><c> your</c><00:29:27.680><c> inheritance</c><00:29:28.000><c> is</c><00:29:28.200><c> not</c><00:29:28.319><c> as</c><00:29:28.460><c> good</c><00:29:28.599><c> as</c><00:29:28.779><c> ours.</c>

00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:34.779
Now,<00:29:32.180><c> how</c><00:29:32.359><c> would</c><00:29:32.500><c> you</c><00:29:32.720><c> respond</c><00:29:33.140><c> to</c><00:29:33.319><c> that</c><00:29:33.519><c> sort</c><00:29:33.700><c> of</c><00:29:33.900><c> tirade?</c>

00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:37.960
Well,<00:29:36.799><c> I</c><00:29:36.940><c> know</c><00:29:37.019><c> what</c><00:29:37.200><c> my</c><00:29:37.480><c> flesh</c><00:29:37.619><c> is</c><00:29:37.819><c> like.</c>

00:29:37.960 --> 00:29:40.900
I<00:29:38.180><c> fight</c><00:29:38.359><c> it</c><00:29:38.579><c> incredibly</c><00:29:38.940><c> hard</c><00:29:39.279><c> not</c><00:29:39.519><c> to</c><00:29:39.779><c> fight</c><00:29:40.000><c> back</c>

00:29:40.980 --> 00:29:42.839
and<00:29:41.420><c> interrupt</c><00:29:41.779><c> people.</c>

00:29:43.180 --> 00:29:45.160
And<00:29:43.279><c> you</c><00:29:43.359><c> see,</c><00:29:43.400><c> what</c><00:29:43.539><c> our</c><00:29:43.700><c> brains</c><00:29:43.980><c> do,</c><00:29:44.240><c> our</c><00:29:44.400><c> natural</c><00:29:44.680><c> mind</c><00:29:44.900><c> does,</c>

00:29:45.180 --> 00:29:47.500
is<00:29:45.299><c> it</c><00:29:45.380><c> goes</c><00:29:45.619><c> into</c><00:29:45.819><c> the</c><00:29:46.099><c> defense</c><00:29:46.380><c> mechanism</c>

00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:50.180
of<00:29:48.039><c> very</c><00:29:48.380><c> quickly</c><00:29:48.759><c> adding</c><00:29:49.220><c> up</c><00:29:49.539><c> all</c><00:29:49.759><c> the</c><00:29:50.000><c> sins</c>

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:52.160
you<00:29:50.319><c> can</c><00:29:50.559><c> throw</c><00:29:50.720><c> back</c><00:29:50.920><c> in</c><00:29:51.099><c> their</c><00:29:51.259><c> faces.</c>

00:29:53.180 --> 00:29:55.599
If<00:29:53.420><c> I</c><00:29:53.579><c> were</c><00:29:53.759><c> the,</c><00:29:54.440><c> if</c><00:29:54.680><c> it</c><00:29:54.799><c> had</c><00:29:54.920><c> been</c><00:29:55.099><c> me</c><00:29:55.400><c> there</c>

00:29:55.599 --> 00:29:57.319
standing<00:29:55.880><c> as</c><00:29:56.079><c> the</c><00:29:56.220><c> Reubenites,</c><00:29:56.619><c> I</c><00:29:56.720><c> would</c><00:29:56.880><c> have</c><00:29:56.980><c> said,</c>

00:29:57.579 --> 00:30:00.940
now<00:29:57.779><c> hang</c><00:29:58.000><c> on</c><00:29:58.279><c> Judah,</c><00:29:58.559><c> what</c><00:29:58.759><c> about</c><00:29:59.039><c> those</c><00:29:59.380><c> people</c><00:29:59.680><c> at</c><00:30:00.000><c> Jebus?</c>

00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:03.859
And<00:30:01.519><c> Manasseh,</c><00:30:01.880><c> what</c><00:30:02.079><c> about</c><00:30:02.299><c> those</c><00:30:02.599><c> guys</c><00:30:02.819><c> at</c><00:30:03.079><c> Giza?</c>

00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:06.579
You<00:30:05.119><c> know,</c><00:30:05.200><c> I</c><00:30:05.259><c> would</c><00:30:05.359><c> have</c><00:30:05.420><c> had</c><00:30:05.519><c> some</c><00:30:05.740><c> things</c><00:30:05.900><c> to</c><00:30:06.119><c> say</c><00:30:06.259><c> to</c><00:30:06.420><c> them,</c>

00:30:06.599 --> 00:30:09.839
because<00:30:06.720><c> I</c><00:30:06.940><c> could</c><00:30:07.059><c> have</c><00:30:07.200><c> thrown</c><00:30:07.359><c> back</c><00:30:07.579><c> some</c><00:30:07.799><c> very</c><00:30:08.079><c> good</c><00:30:08.240><c> insults,</c>

00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:12.680
that<00:30:10.359><c> you</c><00:30:10.559><c> guys</c><00:30:10.779><c> are</c><00:30:10.940><c> not</c><00:30:11.059><c> keeping</c><00:30:11.240><c> the</c><00:30:11.420><c> law</c><00:30:11.539><c> of</c><00:30:11.720><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:15.720
Did<00:30:14.359><c> they</c><00:30:14.519><c> do</c><00:30:14.720><c> that?</c>

00:30:15.960 --> 00:30:19.500
Well,<00:30:16.099><c> now</c><00:30:16.180><c> we</c><00:30:16.259><c> have</c><00:30:16.359><c> this</c><00:30:16.640><c> wonderfully</c><00:30:17.200><c> restrained</c><00:30:18.319><c> response.</c>

00:30:20.039 --> 00:30:23.059
The<00:30:20.559><c> Proverbs</c><00:30:21.039><c> talk</c><00:30:21.339><c> about</c><00:30:21.900><c> the</c><00:30:22.319><c> right</c><00:30:22.519><c> attitude</c>

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:25.920
when<00:30:23.339><c> we</c><00:30:23.500><c> are</c><00:30:23.660><c> faced</c><00:30:23.920><c> with</c><00:30:24.180><c> unfair</c><00:30:24.660><c> accusations.</c>

00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:29.000
A<00:30:26.720><c> soft</c><00:30:26.960><c> answer</c><00:30:27.400><c> turns</c><00:30:27.779><c> away</c><00:30:28.079><c> wrath,</c>

00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:32.619
but<00:30:30.140><c> grievous</c><00:30:30.519><c> words</c><00:30:31.180><c> stir</c><00:30:31.579><c> up</c><00:30:31.799><c> anger.</c>

00:30:33.559 --> 00:30:36.900
You<00:30:33.660><c> can</c><00:30:33.880><c> throw</c><00:30:34.079><c> petrol</c><00:30:34.460><c> on</c><00:30:34.640><c> the</c><00:30:34.839><c> fire</c><00:30:35.059><c> or</c><00:30:35.319><c> water</c><00:30:35.640><c> on</c><00:30:35.859><c> the</c><00:30:36.039><c> fire.</c>

00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:40.099
And<00:30:37.819><c> they</c><00:30:38.019><c> chose</c><00:30:38.220><c> to</c><00:30:38.460><c> throw</c><00:30:38.539><c> water</c><00:30:38.859><c> on</c><00:30:39.059><c> the</c><00:30:39.220><c> fire.</c>

00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:43.539
And<00:30:40.980><c> Jesus</c><00:30:41.299><c> said,</c><00:30:41.740><c> blessed</c><00:30:41.839><c> are</c><00:30:42.019><c> the</c><00:30:42.279><c> peacemakers,</c>

00:30:43.660 --> 00:30:46.119
for<00:30:43.799><c> they</c><00:30:44.099><c> shall</c><00:30:44.259><c> be</c><00:30:44.500><c> called</c><00:30:44.640><c> the</c><00:30:44.859><c> children</c><00:30:45.119><c> of</c><00:30:45.359><c> God.</c>

00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:50.319
And<00:30:47.220><c> we</c><00:30:47.400><c> have</c><00:30:47.579><c> to</c><00:30:47.759><c> learn</c><00:30:47.940><c> here</c><00:30:48.559><c> one</c><00:30:49.099><c> of</c><00:30:49.180><c> the</c><00:30:49.259><c> most</c><00:30:49.599><c> valuable</c><00:30:49.880><c> lessons</c>

00:30:50.319 --> 00:30:52.400
that's<00:30:50.720><c> so</c><00:30:50.960><c> hard</c><00:30:51.180><c> for</c><00:30:51.420><c> human</c><00:30:51.660><c> nature.</c>

00:30:56.339 --> 00:30:58.880
Non<00:30:56.819><c>-retaliation</c><00:30:57.299><c> to</c><00:30:57.980><c> evil.</c>

00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:02.000
They<00:31:00.579><c> listened</c><00:31:00.900><c> patiently</c><00:31:01.420><c> to</c><00:31:01.740><c> Phineas,</c>

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:05.259
they<00:31:02.259><c> respected</c><00:31:02.759><c> him</c><00:31:03.240><c> as</c><00:31:03.599><c> the</c><00:31:03.799><c> great</c><00:31:03.960><c> leader</c><00:31:04.200><c> of</c><00:31:04.380><c> Israel.</c>

00:31:05.640 --> 00:31:07.940
And<00:31:05.859><c> we</c><00:31:05.960><c> can</c><00:31:06.140><c> see</c><00:31:06.259><c> the</c><00:31:06.400><c> real</c><00:31:06.519><c> evidence</c><00:31:06.819><c> of</c><00:31:06.960><c> their</c><00:31:07.119><c> spiritual</c><00:31:07.519><c> progress</c>

00:31:07.940 --> 00:31:09.980
and<00:31:08.099><c> the</c><00:31:08.220><c> fact</c><00:31:08.299><c> that</c><00:31:08.440><c> they</c><00:31:08.640><c> did</c><00:31:08.859><c> not</c><00:31:09.059><c> interrupt</c><00:31:09.440><c> him</c>

00:31:09.980 --> 00:31:12.240
until<00:31:10.500><c> he</c><00:31:10.660><c> had</c><00:31:10.819><c> run</c><00:31:10.980><c> out</c><00:31:11.180><c> of</c><00:31:11.339><c> gas.</c>

00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:16.819
And<00:31:14.299><c> this</c><00:31:14.460><c> is</c><00:31:14.700><c> so</c><00:31:14.980><c> hard</c><00:31:15.099><c> to</c><00:31:15.319><c> do</c><00:31:15.420><c> when</c><00:31:15.579><c> you</c><00:31:15.700><c> are</c><00:31:15.900><c> falsely</c><00:31:16.259><c> accused</c>

00:31:16.819 --> 00:31:23.940
to<00:31:17.900><c> quietly</c><00:31:18.279><c> listen</c><00:31:18.819><c> and</c><00:31:20.079><c> not</c><00:31:20.700><c> start</c><00:31:21.079><c> thinking</c><00:31:21.640><c> of</c><00:31:22.559><c> retaliation.</c>

00:31:25.200 --> 00:31:29.990
When<00:31:25.799><c> they</c><00:31:26.099><c> spoke,</c><00:31:26.440><c> there</c><00:31:26.559><c> was</c><00:31:26.779><c> no</c><00:31:27.000><c> personal</c><00:31:27.460><c> malice</c><00:31:28.480><c> against</c><00:31:29.119><c> Phineas,</c>

00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:33.920
no<00:31:30.799><c> counter</c><00:31:31.160><c> accusation</c><00:31:31.779><c> against</c><00:31:32.079><c> the</c><00:31:32.319><c> nine</c><00:31:32.440><c> and</c><00:31:32.599><c> a</c><00:31:32.680><c> half</c><00:31:32.900><c> tribes,</c>

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:39.579
no<00:31:35.299><c> retaliation</c><00:31:36.079><c> with</c><00:31:36.839><c> evil</c><00:31:37.359><c> insults,</c>

00:31:39.880 --> 00:31:41.700
imputation<00:31:40.380><c> of</c><00:31:40.640><c> motives,</c>

00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:45.599
not<00:31:43.059><c> even</c><00:31:43.359><c> a</c><00:31:43.720><c> complaint</c><00:31:43.920><c> about</c><00:31:44.279><c> the</c><00:31:44.480><c> audacity</c><00:31:45.019><c> of</c><00:31:45.180><c> the</c><00:31:45.380><c> charges</c>

00:31:45.599 --> 00:31:47.839
that<00:31:45.779><c> had</c><00:31:45.920><c> been</c><00:31:46.039><c> made</c><00:31:46.240><c> against</c><00:31:46.539><c> them.</c>

00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:50.400
What<00:31:48.119><c> they</c><00:31:48.319><c> did</c><00:31:48.440><c> was</c><00:31:48.680><c> to</c><00:31:48.859><c> stick</c><00:31:49.059><c> strictly</c><00:31:49.460><c> to</c><00:31:49.700><c> the</c><00:31:49.880><c> facts</c><00:31:50.099><c> of</c>

00:31:50.400 --> 00:31:51.559
the<00:31:50.599><c> case,</c>

00:31:52.099 --> 00:31:53.980
the<00:31:52.339><c> simple</c><00:31:52.619><c> truth</c><00:31:52.859><c> of</c><00:31:53.019><c> the</c><00:31:53.140><c> matter.</c>

00:31:54.559 --> 00:31:57.140
The<00:31:54.779><c> soft</c><00:31:55.019><c> answer</c><00:31:55.460><c> turns</c><00:31:55.839><c> away</c><00:31:56.200><c> wrath.</c>

00:31:59.059 --> 00:32:01.940
And<00:31:59.319><c> the</c><00:31:59.559><c> spirit</c><00:31:59.680><c> of</c><00:31:59.859><c> non</c><00:32:00.039><c>-retaliation</c><00:32:00.660><c> was</c><00:32:00.859><c> the</c><00:32:01.160><c> greatest</c><00:32:01.420><c> strength</c>

00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:04.099
of<00:32:02.240><c> our</c><00:32:02.420><c> Lord</c><00:32:02.599><c> Jesus</c><00:32:03.000><c> Christ.</c>

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:06.839
We're<00:32:05.380><c> told</c><00:32:05.519><c> to</c><00:32:05.779><c> follow</c><00:32:05.920><c> in</c><00:32:06.079><c> his</c><00:32:06.279><c> footsteps,</c>

00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:13.380
who<00:32:06.839><c> did</c><00:32:08.500><c> no</c><00:32:08.859><c> sin,</c><00:32:10.440><c> neither</c><00:32:10.720><c> was</c><00:32:11.099><c> guile</c><00:32:11.480><c> found</c><00:32:11.779><c> in</c><00:32:11.940><c> his</c><00:32:12.200><c> mouth.</c>

00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:18.579
Who<00:32:14.720><c> when</c><00:32:14.880><c> he</c><00:32:15.079><c> was</c><00:32:15.420><c> reviled,</c><00:32:16.720><c> reviled</c><00:32:17.299><c> not</c><00:32:17.640><c> again.</c>

00:32:19.099 --> 00:32:21.680
When<00:32:19.339><c> he</c><00:32:19.759><c> suffered,</c><00:32:20.200><c> he</c><00:32:20.420><c> threatened</c><00:32:20.700><c> not,</c>

00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:25.740
but<00:32:22.480><c> committed</c><00:32:22.759><c> himself</c><00:32:23.200><c> to</c><00:32:23.380><c> him</c><00:32:23.599><c> that</c><00:32:23.900><c> judgeth</c><00:32:24.579><c> righteously.</c>

00:32:26.319 --> 00:32:29.160
Look<00:32:26.539><c> what</c><00:32:26.680><c> these</c><00:32:26.980><c> guys</c><00:32:27.220><c> did</c><00:32:27.400><c> at</c><00:32:27.579><c> the</c><00:32:27.660><c> end</c><00:32:27.819><c> of</c><00:32:27.920><c> verse</c><00:32:28.079><c> 23.</c>

00:32:29.400 --> 00:32:31.480
If<00:32:29.579><c> that's</c><00:32:29.900><c> not</c><00:32:30.160><c> true,</c><00:32:30.400><c> what</c><00:32:30.480><c> we've</c><00:32:30.740><c> just</c><00:32:30.980><c> said,</c>

00:32:31.859 --> 00:32:35.079
then<00:32:31.920><c> yet,</c><00:32:32.740><c> yet,</c><00:32:32.740><c> they</c><00:32:32.980><c> require</c><00:32:33.720><c> it</c><00:32:34.019><c> of</c><00:32:34.140><c> us.</c>

00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:39.799
They<00:32:36.000><c> committed</c><00:32:36.380><c> themselves</c><00:32:36.839><c> to</c><00:32:37.000><c> him</c><00:32:37.180><c> that</c><00:32:37.539><c> judgeth</c><00:32:38.240><c> righteously.</c>

00:32:43.980 --> 00:32:46.299
Whenever<00:32:44.140><c> there</c><00:32:44.299><c> is</c><00:32:44.519><c> a</c><00:32:44.720><c> dispute</c><00:32:44.980><c> between</c><00:32:45.420><c> brethren,</c>

00:32:46.900 --> 00:32:50.240
we<00:32:47.039><c> do</c><00:32:47.319><c> not</c><00:32:47.519><c> have</c><00:32:47.680><c> the</c><00:32:47.859><c> right</c><00:32:48.039><c> to</c><00:32:48.240><c> add</c><00:32:48.460><c> fuel</c><00:32:48.839><c> to</c><00:32:49.220><c> the</c><00:32:49.420><c> fires</c><00:32:49.640><c> of</c><00:32:49.880><c> dispute</c>

00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:52.779
by<00:32:50.539><c> extra</c><00:32:50.980><c> insults</c><00:32:51.619><c> and</c><00:32:51.859><c> threats.</c>

00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:55.640
And<00:32:54.480><c> some</c><00:32:54.579><c> of</c><00:32:54.660><c> us</c><00:32:54.779><c> involved</c><00:32:55.099><c> in</c><00:32:55.240><c> the</c><00:32:55.460><c> debate</c>

00:32:55.640 --> 00:32:56.819
with<00:32:55.859><c> the</c><00:32:55.980><c> theistic</c><00:32:56.240><c> evolutionists</c>

00:32:56.819 --> 00:32:59.099
have<00:32:56.960><c> had</c><00:32:57.380><c> an</c><00:32:57.920><c> incredible</c><00:32:58.319><c> litany</c><00:32:58.640><c> of</c><00:32:58.940><c> threats</c>

00:32:59.099 --> 00:33:01.160
made<00:32:59.400><c> against</c><00:32:59.740><c> us</c><00:32:59.920><c> and</c><00:33:00.119><c> abuse.</c>

00:33:02.240 --> 00:33:04.380
I've<00:33:02.440><c> been</c><00:33:02.559><c> threatened</c><00:33:03.559><c> with</c><00:33:03.779><c> legal</c><00:33:04.079><c> action</c>

00:33:04.380 --> 00:33:08.099
from<00:33:04.640><c> two</c><00:33:04.839><c> sources</c><00:33:05.299><c> for</c><00:33:06.500><c> the</c><00:33:06.660><c> things</c><00:33:06.799><c> I've</c><00:33:07.119><c> said.</c>

00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:14.299
That's<00:33:12.680><c> not</c><00:33:12.859><c> the</c><00:33:13.059><c> spirit</c><00:33:13.200><c> of</c><00:33:13.420><c> Christ.</c>

00:33:14.940 --> 00:33:17.259
And<00:33:15.279><c> we</c><00:33:15.420><c> must</c><00:33:15.579><c> make</c><00:33:15.839><c> sure</c><00:33:16.019><c> that</c><00:33:16.160><c> no</c><00:33:16.279><c> matter</c><00:33:16.380><c> what</c><00:33:16.539><c> other</c><00:33:16.720><c> people</c><00:33:16.940><c> do</c>

00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:20.140
in<00:33:17.539><c> these</c><00:33:17.779><c> controversies,</c><00:33:18.359><c> that</c><00:33:18.519><c> we</c><00:33:18.720><c> do</c><00:33:18.960><c> not</c><00:33:19.140><c> fall</c><00:33:19.339><c> into</c><00:33:19.519><c> the</c><00:33:19.779><c> trap</c>

00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:24.160
of<00:33:20.680><c> getting</c><00:33:20.880><c> involved</c><00:33:21.299><c> in</c><00:33:21.539><c> personal</c><00:33:21.900><c> abuse</c><00:33:22.420><c> and</c><00:33:22.900><c> insults.</c>

00:33:26.839 --> 00:33:28.720
Reuben<00:33:26.960><c> and</c><00:33:27.180><c> Gad</c><00:33:27.339><c> saved</c><00:33:27.660><c> a</c><00:33:27.900><c> pointless</c><00:33:28.180><c> civil</c><00:33:28.519><c> war</c>

00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:31.779
by<00:33:28.940><c> their</c><00:33:29.200><c> careful</c><00:33:29.420><c> restraint</c><00:33:29.940><c> and</c><00:33:30.119><c> their</c><00:33:30.359><c> cautious</c><00:33:30.720><c> reply.</c>

00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:35.279
Now<00:33:32.640><c> look</c><00:33:32.680><c> what</c><00:33:32.779><c> they</c><00:33:33.019><c> say</c><00:33:33.279><c> in</c><00:33:33.460><c> verse</c><00:33:33.700><c> 22.</c>

00:33:38.599 --> 00:33:41.039
We<00:33:38.680><c> read</c><00:33:38.880><c> it</c><00:33:39.019><c> as</c><00:33:39.240><c> Yahweh,</c><00:33:39.819><c> God</c><00:33:39.920><c> of</c><00:33:40.099><c> gods.</c>

00:33:42.180 --> 00:33:43.700
It<00:33:42.380><c> occurs</c><00:33:42.680><c> twice</c><00:33:43.039><c> in</c><00:33:43.259><c> this</c><00:33:43.500><c> verse.</c>

00:33:43.720 --> 00:33:47.740
They<00:33:43.900><c> actually</c><00:33:44.240><c> double</c><00:33:44.519><c> it</c><00:33:45.539><c> as</c><00:33:46.099><c> they</c><00:33:46.339><c> begin</c><00:33:46.599><c> their</c><00:33:46.799><c> reply.</c>

00:33:48.660 --> 00:33:51.339
It's<00:33:49.099><c> one</c><00:33:49.200><c> of</c><00:33:49.319><c> the</c><00:33:49.480><c> rarest</c><00:33:49.920><c> of</c><00:33:50.119><c> the</c><00:33:50.319><c> divine</c><00:33:50.880><c> titles</c>

00:33:51.339 --> 00:33:52.839
that<00:33:51.519><c> you</c><00:33:51.660><c> will</c><00:33:51.839><c> get.</c>

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:55.619
Ayel,<00:33:53.940><c> Elohim,</c><00:33:54.579><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:33:55.880 --> 00:33:58.460
Of<00:33:56.059><c> course,</c><00:33:56.259><c> the</c><00:33:56.420><c> translators</c><00:33:56.779><c> put</c><00:33:56.940><c> it</c><00:33:57.099><c> the</c><00:33:57.200><c> other</c><00:33:57.359><c> way</c><00:33:57.559><c> around.</c>

00:33:59.000 --> 00:34:01.880
But<00:33:59.519><c> Ayel,</c><00:34:00.039><c> Elohim,</c><00:34:00.680><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:34:03.579 --> 00:34:07.220
The<00:34:03.640><c> nearest</c><00:34:04.019><c> in</c><00:34:04.460><c> the</c><00:34:04.720><c> law</c><00:34:04.819><c> of</c><00:34:05.059><c> Moses</c><00:34:05.339><c> is</c><00:34:05.559><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:34:05.940><c> 10</c><00:34:06.279><c> verse</c><00:34:06.539><c> 17.</c>

00:34:07.700 --> 00:34:09.880
Yahweh<00:34:08.039><c> our</c><00:34:08.260><c> God</c><00:34:08.380><c> is</c><00:34:08.539><c> a</c><00:34:08.699><c> God</c><00:34:08.820><c> of</c><00:34:09.019><c> gods.</c>

00:34:11.239 --> 00:34:14.500
The<00:34:11.440><c> only</c><00:34:11.760><c> other</c><00:34:12.300><c> exact</c><00:34:12.760><c> time</c><00:34:13.039><c> you</c><00:34:13.260><c> find</c><00:34:13.500><c> it</c><00:34:13.619><c> is</c><00:34:13.739><c> in</c><00:34:13.960><c> Psalm</c><00:34:14.139><c> 50</c>

00:34:14.500 --> 00:34:15.800
verse<00:34:14.860><c> one.</c>

00:34:16.119 --> 00:34:18.519
Now<00:34:16.340><c> don't</c><00:34:16.699><c> go</c><00:34:16.960><c> there</c><00:34:17.139><c> now,</c><00:34:17.360><c> but</c><00:34:17.480><c> you</c><00:34:17.639><c> will</c><00:34:17.840><c> read</c><00:34:17.980><c> Psalm</c><00:34:18.239><c> 50</c>

00:34:18.519 --> 00:34:18.980
verse<00:34:18.760><c> one</c>

00:34:18.980 --> 00:34:21.900
and<00:34:19.139><c> it</c><00:34:19.340><c> says</c><00:34:19.440><c> this</c><00:34:19.619><c> in</c><00:34:19.780><c> verse</c><00:34:19.980><c> six</c><00:34:20.260><c> of</c><00:34:20.539><c> Psalm</c><00:34:20.920><c> 50,</c>

00:34:22.320 --> 00:34:24.079
God<00:34:22.539><c> alone</c><00:34:22.840><c> is</c><00:34:23.119><c> judge.</c>

00:34:24.579 --> 00:34:26.099
And<00:34:24.860><c> it's</c><00:34:25.019><c> all</c><00:34:25.199><c> about</c><00:34:25.480><c> the</c><00:34:25.800><c> judgment</c>

00:34:26.099 --> 00:34:29.039
that<00:34:26.300><c> God</c><00:34:26.440><c> will</c><00:34:26.659><c> execute</c><00:34:27.000><c> in</c><00:34:27.179><c> the</c><00:34:27.340><c> earth</c><00:34:27.519><c> in</c><00:34:27.739><c> Psalm</c><00:34:27.920><c> 50.</c>

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:34.639
So<00:34:31.519><c> the</c><00:34:32.000><c> next</c><00:34:32.239><c> time</c><00:34:32.519><c> this</c><00:34:32.940><c> Ayel,</c><00:34:33.699><c> Elohim,</c><00:34:34.239><c> Yahweh</c>

00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:36.360
is<00:34:34.920><c> used</c><00:34:35.179><c> in</c><00:34:35.340><c> the</c><00:34:35.519><c> Bible,</c>

00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:39.019
it's<00:34:36.639><c> a</c><00:34:36.760><c> Psalm</c><00:34:36.920><c> all</c><00:34:37.159><c> about</c><00:34:37.380><c> the</c><00:34:37.659><c> judgments</c><00:34:37.960><c> of</c><00:34:38.179><c> God.</c>

00:34:39.440 --> 00:34:41.500
But<00:34:39.559><c> they</c><00:34:39.800><c> understood</c><00:34:40.219><c> that</c><00:34:40.460><c> he</c><00:34:40.639><c> was</c><00:34:40.840><c> a</c><00:34:40.960><c> God</c><00:34:41.039><c> of</c><00:34:41.280><c> judgment</c>

00:34:41.500 --> 00:34:43.980
so<00:34:41.639><c> they</c><00:34:41.840><c> put</c><00:34:42.000><c> this</c><00:34:42.300><c> divine</c><00:34:42.699><c> title</c><00:34:43.079><c> in</c><00:34:43.300><c> there.</c>

00:34:44.139 --> 00:34:45.900
Ayel,<00:34:44.480><c> Elohim,</c><00:34:44.880><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:49.980
It's<00:34:46.260><c> a</c><00:34:46.420><c> title</c><00:34:46.579><c> that</c><00:34:46.820><c> implies</c><00:34:47.199><c> that</c><00:34:47.440><c> God</c><00:34:47.719><c> sees</c><00:34:48.119><c> all</c><00:34:48.420><c> and</c><00:34:48.659><c> knows</c><00:34:49.019><c> all.</c>

00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:52.860
He<00:34:50.820><c> can</c><00:34:51.139><c> and</c><00:34:51.260><c> he</c><00:34:51.360><c> will</c><00:34:51.579><c> punish</c><00:34:51.920><c> evil.</c>

00:34:53.440 --> 00:34:56.420
And<00:34:53.920><c> their</c><00:34:54.119><c> reply</c><00:34:54.500><c> picks</c><00:34:54.780><c> up</c><00:34:55.039><c> three</c><00:34:55.320><c> of</c><00:34:55.480><c> the</c><00:34:55.739><c> four</c><00:34:56.000><c> stinging</c>

00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:56.960
key<00:34:56.659><c> words</c>

00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:59.019
that<00:34:57.099><c> have</c><00:34:57.219><c> been</c><00:34:57.400><c> thrown</c><00:34:57.599><c> against</c><00:34:57.900><c> them.</c>

00:34:59.739 --> 00:35:04.260
They<00:34:59.920><c> say</c><00:35:00.179><c> in</c><00:35:00.340><c> verse</c><00:35:00.599><c> 22,</c><00:35:02.119><c> save</c><00:35:02.260><c> us</c><00:35:02.539><c> not</c><00:35:02.920><c> this</c><00:35:03.320><c> day.</c>

00:35:04.780 --> 00:35:08.260
In<00:35:04.980><c> verse</c><00:35:05.179><c> 22,</c><00:35:05.719><c> if</c><00:35:05.900><c> it</c><00:35:06.119><c> be</c><00:35:06.260><c> rebellion,</c><00:35:06.880><c> if</c><00:35:07.000><c> it</c><00:35:07.199><c> be</c><00:35:07.440><c> transgression,</c>

00:35:08.679 --> 00:35:11.099
which<00:35:08.920><c> is</c><00:35:09.159><c> the</c><00:35:09.300><c> same</c><00:35:09.440><c> word</c><00:35:09.599><c> as</c><00:35:09.900><c> trespass,</c>

00:35:11.599 --> 00:35:13.280
if<00:35:11.820><c> we</c><00:35:11.980><c> have</c><00:35:12.099><c> built</c><00:35:12.239><c> an</c><00:35:12.420><c> order</c><00:35:12.539><c> to</c><00:35:12.880><c> turn</c>

00:35:13.280 --> 00:35:15.940
from<00:35:13.780><c> following</c><00:35:14.139><c> Yahweh</c><00:35:14.639><c> this</c><00:35:15.079><c> day.</c>

00:35:16.659 --> 00:35:18.860
So<00:35:17.000><c> they</c><00:35:17.199><c> pick</c><00:35:17.320><c> up</c><00:35:17.719><c> almost</c><00:35:18.059><c> all</c><00:35:18.320><c> of</c><00:35:18.420><c> the</c><00:35:18.619><c> words</c>

00:35:18.860 --> 00:35:20.679
that<00:35:19.000><c> have</c><00:35:19.119><c> been</c><00:35:19.340><c> thrown</c><00:35:19.440><c> in</c><00:35:19.579><c> the</c><00:35:19.820><c> accusation</c><00:35:20.280><c> to</c><00:35:20.500><c> say,</c>

00:35:20.679 --> 00:35:25.199
well,<00:35:20.900><c> this</c><00:35:21.079><c> is</c><00:35:21.300><c> what</c><00:35:21.500><c> you</c><00:35:21.719><c> are</c><00:35:21.960><c> saying,</c><00:35:23.039><c> but</c><00:35:23.619><c> it's</c><00:35:23.860><c> not</c><00:35:24.119><c> true.</c>

00:35:26.800 --> 00:35:29.119
And<00:35:27.239><c> what</c><00:35:27.400><c> we</c><00:35:27.579><c> are</c><00:35:27.820><c> saying</c><00:35:28.000><c> to</c><00:35:28.099><c> you</c><00:35:28.199><c> by</c><00:35:28.300><c> way</c><00:35:28.420><c> of</c><00:35:28.639><c> explanation</c>

00:35:29.119 --> 00:35:29.820
is<00:35:29.559><c> true.</c>

00:35:29.940 --> 00:35:33.280
If<00:35:30.000><c> it's</c><00:35:30.280><c> not</c><00:35:30.500><c> true,</c><00:35:30.739><c> then</c><00:35:30.840><c> we're</c><00:35:31.139><c> happy</c><00:35:31.280><c> for</c><00:35:31.500><c> God</c><00:35:31.659><c> to</c><00:35:31.880><c> judge</c><00:35:32.079><c> us.</c>

00:35:34.179 --> 00:35:35.940
And<00:35:34.320><c> only</c><00:35:34.599><c> honest</c><00:35:34.900><c> men</c><00:35:35.099><c> are</c><00:35:35.260><c> willing</c><00:35:35.380><c> to</c><00:35:35.639><c> call</c><00:35:35.760><c> down</c>

00:35:35.940 --> 00:35:38.039
the<00:35:36.159><c> judgments</c><00:35:36.380><c> of</c><00:35:36.559><c> God</c><00:35:36.739><c> upon</c><00:35:36.960><c> themselves.</c>

00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:41.820
And<00:35:39.820><c> so</c><00:35:39.900><c> they</c><00:35:40.079><c> explained</c><00:35:40.460><c> their</c><00:35:40.679><c> motive</c><00:35:40.920><c> in</c><00:35:41.159><c> verse</c><00:35:41.360><c> 24.</c>

00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:45.300
The<00:35:42.099><c> real</c><00:35:42.320><c> motive</c><00:35:42.599><c> is</c><00:35:42.960><c> explained</c><00:35:43.199><c> in</c><00:35:43.420><c> verse</c><00:35:43.559><c> 24</c><00:35:44.000><c> to</c><00:35:44.199><c> 28.</c>

00:35:45.460 --> 00:35:47.500
And<00:35:45.599><c> it</c><00:35:45.719><c> was</c><00:35:45.920><c> the</c><00:35:46.119><c> fear</c><00:35:46.239><c> of</c><00:35:46.480><c> isolation.</c>

00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:50.960
That<00:35:48.480><c> their</c><00:35:48.780><c> children</c><00:35:49.159><c> who</c><00:35:49.360><c> had</c><00:35:49.619><c> not</c><00:35:49.920><c> spent</c><00:35:50.159><c> the</c><00:35:50.400><c> seven</c><00:35:50.599><c> years</c>

00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:54.400
with<00:35:51.159><c> the</c><00:35:51.380><c> others</c><00:35:51.760><c> might</c><00:35:52.739><c> not</c><00:35:53.019><c> feel</c><00:35:53.280><c> connected.</c>

00:35:55.679 --> 00:35:57.820
They<00:35:55.840><c> might</c><00:35:56.119><c> not</c><00:35:56.300><c> know</c><00:35:56.460><c> the</c><00:35:56.699><c> kinship</c><00:35:57.039><c> they'd</c><00:35:57.480><c> experienced</c>

00:35:57.820 --> 00:35:59.980
in<00:35:58.059><c> seven</c><00:35:58.260><c> years</c><00:35:58.480><c> of</c><00:35:58.760><c> fighting</c><00:35:58.920><c> together.</c>

00:36:01.260 --> 00:36:03.039
They<00:36:01.599><c> were</c><00:36:01.760><c> concerned</c><00:36:02.119><c> that</c><00:36:02.320><c> those</c><00:36:02.519><c> in</c><00:36:02.699><c> the</c><00:36:02.840><c> West</c>

00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:04.000
might<00:36:03.300><c> think</c><00:36:03.519><c> less</c><00:36:03.780><c> of</c><00:36:03.880><c> them.</c>

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:05.679
Look<00:36:04.139><c> at</c><00:36:04.260><c> verse</c><00:36:04.440><c> 25.</c>

00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:07.900
There<00:36:06.059><c> is</c><00:36:06.280><c> a</c><00:36:06.440><c> border</c><00:36:06.579><c> that</c><00:36:06.780><c> God</c><00:36:06.940><c> has</c><00:36:07.159><c> made</c><00:36:07.280><c> between</c><00:36:07.639><c> us.</c>

00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:09.119
It's<00:36:08.099><c> the</c><00:36:08.239><c> Jordan.</c>

00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:12.360
And<00:36:09.719><c> we</c><00:36:09.820><c> don't</c><00:36:10.000><c> want</c><00:36:10.199><c> you</c><00:36:10.400><c> to</c><00:36:10.639><c> say</c><00:36:10.820><c> you</c><00:36:11.039><c> have</c><00:36:11.239><c> no</c><00:36:11.539><c> part</c><00:36:11.699><c> in</c><00:36:11.960><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:36:12.860 --> 00:36:14.179
We<00:36:13.119><c> don't</c><00:36:13.260><c> want</c><00:36:13.400><c> your</c><00:36:13.679><c> children</c><00:36:13.960><c> saying,</c>

00:36:14.219 --> 00:36:15.860
who<00:36:14.340><c> are</c><00:36:14.480><c> those</c><00:36:14.760><c> strange</c><00:36:15.079><c> people</c><00:36:15.340><c> from</c><00:36:15.539><c> the</c><00:36:15.679><c> East</c>

00:36:15.860 --> 00:36:17.480
that<00:36:15.940><c> come</c><00:36:16.139><c> over</c><00:36:16.440><c> occasionally?</c>

00:36:17.940 --> 00:36:19.739
We<00:36:18.199><c> want</c><00:36:18.340><c> us</c><00:36:18.539><c> to</c><00:36:18.679><c> be</c><00:36:18.900><c> united.</c>

00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:21.739
We<00:36:20.519><c> want</c><00:36:20.699><c> our</c><00:36:20.940><c> children</c><00:36:21.119><c> to</c><00:36:21.320><c> understand</c>

00:36:21.739 --> 00:36:25.320
that<00:36:21.880><c> we</c><00:36:22.039><c> all</c><00:36:22.239><c> serve</c><00:36:22.480><c> the</c><00:36:22.719><c> same</c><00:36:22.960><c> God</c><00:36:23.280><c> around</c><00:36:23.699><c> the</c><00:36:23.940><c> same</c><00:36:24.260><c> tabernacle.</c>

00:36:26.840 --> 00:36:29.099
We<00:36:27.099><c> don't</c><00:36:27.280><c> want</c><00:36:27.400><c> our</c><00:36:27.619><c> children</c><00:36:27.820><c> to</c><00:36:28.000><c> lose</c><00:36:28.139><c> their</c><00:36:28.440><c> spiritual</c><00:36:28.800><c> roots</c>

00:36:29.099 --> 00:36:30.619
because<00:36:29.400><c> of</c><00:36:29.619><c> distance.</c>

00:36:31.579 --> 00:36:34.900
And<00:36:31.659><c> in</c><00:36:31.820><c> verse</c><00:36:31.980><c> 27,</c><00:36:33.719><c> we</c><00:36:33.860><c> built</c><00:36:34.079><c> this</c><00:36:34.400><c> order,</c><00:36:34.519><c> they</c><00:36:34.800><c> said,</c>

00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:39.320
to<00:36:35.039><c> be</c><00:36:35.239><c> a</c><00:36:35.360><c> witness</c><00:36:35.800><c> that</c><00:36:36.539><c> we</c><00:36:36.880><c> do</c><00:36:37.119><c> the</c><00:36:37.400><c> service</c><00:36:37.639><c> of</c><00:36:37.820><c> Yahweh</c><00:36:38.019><c> together.</c>

00:36:40.260 --> 00:36:41.760
Before<00:36:40.739><c> Him,</c><00:36:40.980><c> look</c><00:36:41.119><c> at</c><00:36:41.280><c> that.</c>

00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:44.719
The<00:36:42.219><c> service</c><00:36:42.460><c> of</c><00:36:42.659><c> Yahweh</c><00:36:43.000><c> before</c><00:36:43.619><c> Him</c>

00:36:44.739 --> 00:36:45.780
with<00:36:44.980><c> our</c><00:36:45.219><c> burnt</c><00:36:45.380><c> offerings.</c>

00:36:45.840 --> 00:36:47.400
And<00:36:45.980><c> they've</c><00:36:46.179><c> got</c><00:36:46.280><c> that</c><00:36:46.519><c> right</c><00:36:46.699><c> about</c><00:36:47.019><c> Yahweh</c>

00:36:47.400 --> 00:36:49.280
going<00:36:47.659><c> before</c><00:36:48.039><c> us,</c><00:36:48.260><c> haven't</c><00:36:48.480><c> they?</c>

00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:51.599
With<00:36:49.619><c> our</c><00:36:49.780><c> peace</c><00:36:50.039><c> offerings</c><00:36:50.239><c> that</c><00:36:50.460><c> your</c><00:36:50.719><c> children</c><00:36:50.960><c> may</c><00:36:51.159><c> not</c><00:36:51.420><c> say</c>

00:36:51.599 --> 00:36:54.480
to<00:36:51.760><c> our</c><00:36:51.900><c> children</c><00:36:52.079><c> in</c><00:36:52.260><c> time</c><00:36:52.380><c> to</c><00:36:52.579><c> come,</c><00:36:52.760><c> you</c><00:36:52.880><c> have</c><00:36:53.039><c> no</c><00:36:53.300><c> part</c><00:36:53.460><c> in</c><00:36:53.659><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:58.760
This<00:36:55.280><c> was</c><00:36:55.500><c> meant</c><00:36:55.579><c> to</c><00:36:55.760><c> be</c><00:36:55.900><c> a</c><00:36:56.119><c> unifying</c><00:36:56.539><c> thing,</c><00:36:58.260><c> brethren.</c>

00:37:03.579 --> 00:37:05.719
Something<00:37:04.059><c> that</c><00:37:04.199><c> was</c><00:37:04.420><c> designed</c><00:37:04.860><c> to</c><00:37:05.360><c> highlight</c>

00:37:05.719 --> 00:37:08.280
their<00:37:06.000><c> common</c><00:37:06.320><c> worship,</c><00:37:06.820><c> their</c><00:37:07.019><c> common</c><00:37:07.219><c> heritage,</c>

00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:13.019
their<00:37:08.940><c> spiritual</c><00:37:09.400><c> bonds</c><00:37:09.960><c> had</c><00:37:11.300><c> sadly</c><00:37:11.599><c> become</c><00:37:12.199><c> a</c><00:37:12.579><c> cause</c><00:37:12.760><c> of</c>

00:37:13.019 --> 00:37:14.179
civil<00:37:13.300><c> war.</c>

00:37:15.280 --> 00:37:17.619
It<00:37:15.840><c> was</c><00:37:16.079><c> never</c><00:37:16.219><c> intended</c><00:37:16.639><c> in</c><00:37:16.860><c> verse</c><00:37:17.059><c> 29</c>

00:37:17.619 --> 00:37:19.780
ever<00:37:18.000><c> to</c><00:37:18.159><c> be</c><00:37:18.360><c> used</c><00:37:18.559><c> for</c><00:37:18.900><c> offerings.</c>

00:37:20.579 --> 00:37:24.739
It<00:37:20.719><c> was</c><00:37:20.960><c> merely</c><00:37:21.300><c> a</c><00:37:22.079><c> physical</c><00:37:22.699><c> visual</c><00:37:23.539><c> signal.</c>

00:37:25.539 --> 00:37:27.940
They<00:37:25.760><c> understood</c><00:37:26.179><c> what</c><00:37:26.400><c> Moses</c><00:37:26.719><c> said</c><00:37:27.000><c> about</c>

00:37:28.199 --> 00:37:30.980
to<00:37:28.480><c> only</c><00:37:28.760><c> worship</c><00:37:29.059><c> in</c><00:37:29.239><c> the</c><00:37:29.420><c> place</c><00:37:29.619><c> of</c><00:37:29.719><c> God's</c><00:37:30.219><c> name.</c>

00:37:31.460 --> 00:37:33.920
They<00:37:31.900><c> were</c><00:37:32.199><c> horrified</c><00:37:32.579><c> that</c><00:37:32.679><c> they</c><00:37:32.820><c> were</c><00:37:32.860><c> being</c><00:37:33.079><c> accused</c><00:37:33.380><c> of</c><00:37:33.599><c> heresy</c>

00:37:33.920 --> 00:37:36.980
so<00:37:34.400><c> soon</c><00:37:34.739><c> after</c><00:37:35.480><c> fighting</c><00:37:35.760><c> with</c><00:37:35.960><c> their</c><00:37:36.099><c> brethren.</c>

00:37:38.639 --> 00:37:41.380
The<00:37:38.800><c> order</c><00:37:38.920><c> was</c><00:37:39.179><c> impractical</c><00:37:39.739><c> in</c><00:37:40.019><c> size</c><00:37:40.219><c> for</c><00:37:40.500><c> offerings.</c>

00:37:41.460 --> 00:37:43.619
It<00:37:41.619><c> was</c><00:37:41.739><c> on</c><00:37:41.880><c> the</c><00:37:42.039><c> wrong</c><00:37:42.219><c> side</c><00:37:42.440><c> of</c><00:37:42.659><c> Jordan</c><00:37:42.780><c> for</c><00:37:42.960><c> them</c><00:37:43.139><c> anyway.</c>

00:37:43.619 --> 00:37:45.800
If<00:37:44.260><c> you</c><00:37:44.460><c> were</c><00:37:44.559><c> gonna</c><00:37:44.679><c> build</c><00:37:44.880><c> an</c><00:37:45.059><c> order</c><00:37:45.159><c> of</c><00:37:45.380><c> apostasy,</c>

00:37:45.860 --> 00:37:48.340
it<00:37:45.880><c> would</c><00:37:46.039><c> have</c><00:37:46.159><c> been</c><00:37:46.300><c> somewhere</c><00:37:46.559><c> over</c><00:37:46.820><c> in</c><00:37:47.019><c> Gilead.</c>

00:37:48.980 --> 00:37:51.019
Why<00:37:49.199><c> build</c><00:37:49.340><c> it</c><00:37:49.440><c> on</c><00:37:49.559><c> the</c><00:37:49.699><c> other</c><00:37:49.920><c> side</c><00:37:50.079><c> of</c><00:37:50.179><c> the</c><00:37:50.280><c> river?</c>

00:37:51.659 --> 00:37:54.119
It<00:37:51.840><c> didn't</c><00:37:52.000><c> make</c><00:37:52.199><c> any</c><00:37:52.400><c> sense,</c><00:37:52.719><c> these</c><00:37:53.039><c> accusations.</c>

00:37:55.119 --> 00:37:58.079
How<00:37:55.440><c> sad</c><00:37:55.699><c> that</c><00:37:55.920><c> something</c><00:37:56.159><c> that</c><00:37:56.300><c> was</c><00:37:56.559><c> intended</c><00:37:56.840><c> for</c><00:37:57.119><c> unity</c>

00:37:58.099 --> 00:38:00.179
became<00:37:58.539><c> a</c><00:37:58.820><c> cause</c><00:37:59.000><c> for</c><00:37:59.260><c> division.</c>

00:38:01.559 --> 00:38:03.699
And<00:38:01.699><c> there</c><00:38:01.800><c> were</c><00:38:01.900><c> two</c><00:38:02.079><c> things</c><00:38:02.360><c> lacking</c><00:38:02.619><c> here.</c>

00:38:05.119 --> 00:38:07.159
The<00:38:05.360><c> first</c><00:38:05.579><c> was</c><00:38:05.880><c> communication.</c>

00:38:07.699 --> 00:38:08.980
For<00:38:07.940><c> all</c><00:38:08.199><c> their</c><00:38:08.380><c> good</c><00:38:08.599><c> intentions,</c>

00:38:09.019 --> 00:38:11.280
they<00:38:09.219><c> should</c><00:38:09.440><c> have</c><00:38:09.599><c> sent</c><00:38:09.760><c> somebody</c><00:38:10.119><c> back</c><00:38:10.360><c> to</c><00:38:10.599><c> Shiloh</c><00:38:10.820><c> to</c><00:38:11.059><c> say,</c>

00:38:11.280 --> 00:38:15.099
if<00:38:11.780><c> you</c><00:38:11.980><c> do</c><00:38:12.159><c> hear</c><00:38:12.300><c> about</c><00:38:12.539><c> an</c><00:38:12.719><c> altar,</c><00:38:12.960><c> this</c><00:38:13.139><c> is</c><00:38:13.340><c> why</c><00:38:13.500><c> we</c><00:38:13.719><c> built</c><00:38:13.880><c> it.</c>

00:38:15.119 --> 00:38:17.719
So<00:38:15.360><c> a</c><00:38:15.440><c> little</c><00:38:15.519><c> communication</c><00:38:16.199><c> would</c><00:38:16.380><c> have</c><00:38:16.480><c> been</c><00:38:16.559><c> very</c><00:38:16.820><c> useful.</c>

00:38:19.480 --> 00:38:23.000
But<00:38:19.780><c> the</c><00:38:19.960><c> worst</c><00:38:20.179><c> problem</c><00:38:20.519><c> was</c><00:38:21.300><c> the</c><00:38:22.039><c> lack</c><00:38:22.219><c> of</c><00:38:22.539><c> trust</c>

00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:25.420
and<00:38:23.699><c> goodwill</c><00:38:24.139><c> from</c><00:38:24.380><c> the</c><00:38:24.559><c> West.</c>

00:38:26.619 --> 00:38:28.219
They<00:38:27.059><c> didn't</c><00:38:27.239><c> even</c><00:38:27.539><c> trust</c><00:38:27.800><c> these</c><00:38:28.000><c> people</c>

00:38:28.219 --> 00:38:30.320
that<00:38:28.380><c> had</c><00:38:28.559><c> labored</c><00:38:28.780><c> with</c><00:38:28.900><c> them</c><00:38:29.019><c> for</c><00:38:29.340><c> seven</c><00:38:29.699><c> years</c>

00:38:30.320 --> 00:38:32.539
so<00:38:30.719><c> that</c><00:38:30.880><c> they</c><00:38:31.059><c> could</c><00:38:31.219><c> get</c><00:38:31.420><c> their</c><00:38:31.579><c> inheritance.</c>

00:38:32.780 --> 00:38:34.980
And<00:38:33.219><c> that's</c><00:38:33.480><c> a</c><00:38:33.559><c> very</c><00:38:33.760><c> sad</c><00:38:34.000><c> thing.</c>

00:38:37.460 --> 00:38:39.360
And<00:38:37.780><c> then</c><00:38:37.960><c> we</c><00:38:38.159><c> have</c><00:38:38.400><c> verse</c><00:38:38.619><c> 30</c><00:38:38.840><c> to</c><00:38:39.000><c> 31.</c>

00:38:39.360 --> 00:38:44.820
Now<00:38:39.519><c> we</c><00:38:39.539><c> now</c><00:38:39.880><c> see</c><00:38:40.699><c> a</c><00:38:42.480><c> very</c><00:38:42.760><c> embarrassing</c><00:38:43.320><c> moment</c><00:38:43.639><c> for</c><00:38:43.920><c> Phineas.</c>

00:38:46.039 --> 00:38:48.380
We<00:38:46.179><c> know</c><00:38:46.380><c> that</c><00:38:46.579><c> because</c><00:38:46.900><c> in</c><00:38:47.159><c> verse</c><00:38:47.539><c> 30</c><00:38:47.900><c> it</c><00:38:48.159><c> says,</c>

00:38:48.579 --> 00:38:51.019
now<00:38:48.579><c> when</c><00:38:49.099><c> Phineas</c><00:38:49.739><c> the</c><00:38:49.980><c> priest,</c>

00:38:52.159 --> 00:38:53.860
and<00:38:52.360><c> there's</c><00:38:52.539><c> a</c><00:38:52.679><c> significant</c><00:38:53.159><c> change</c>

00:38:53.860 --> 00:38:58.019
of<00:38:54.320><c> the</c><00:38:54.480><c> way</c><00:38:54.659><c> God</c><00:38:55.039><c> describes</c><00:38:55.579><c> Phineas</c><00:38:56.300><c> here</c><00:38:57.000><c> only.</c>

00:38:58.340 --> 00:39:00.400
Almost<00:38:58.699><c> without</c><00:38:58.960><c> exception</c><00:38:59.400><c> in</c><00:38:59.579><c> the</c><00:38:59.719><c> divine</c><00:38:59.960><c> record,</c>

00:39:00.460 --> 00:39:01.500
when<00:39:00.639><c> Phineas</c><00:39:01.039><c> is</c><00:39:01.280><c> mentioned,</c>

00:39:01.579 --> 00:39:03.900
is<00:39:01.679><c> Phineas</c><00:39:02.199><c> the</c><00:39:02.320><c> son</c><00:39:02.519><c> of</c><00:39:02.760><c> Eliezer</c><00:39:03.079><c> the</c><00:39:03.260><c> high</c><00:39:03.539><c> priest,</c>

00:39:04.320 --> 00:39:06.980
or<00:39:04.500><c> other</c><00:39:04.699><c> words,</c><00:39:05.179><c> Phineas</c><00:39:05.500><c> the</c><00:39:05.659><c> high</c><00:39:05.920><c> priest</c><00:39:06.159><c> elect.</c>

00:39:07.800 --> 00:39:10.739
This<00:39:08.400><c> is</c><00:39:08.760><c> the</c><00:39:08.980><c> lowest</c><00:39:09.300><c> of</c><00:39:09.679><c> all</c><00:39:09.960><c> his</c><00:39:10.360><c> titles</c>

00:39:10.739 --> 00:39:13.300
in<00:39:11.179><c> this</c><00:39:11.440><c> particular</c><00:39:11.940><c> point</c><00:39:12.119><c> of</c><00:39:12.280><c> his</c><00:39:12.500><c> career.</c>

00:39:13.380 --> 00:39:15.340
He's<00:39:13.980><c> just</c><00:39:14.239><c> the</c><00:39:14.480><c> priest.</c>

00:39:16.780 --> 00:39:19.119
Because<00:39:17.239><c> this</c><00:39:17.440><c> was</c><00:39:17.719><c> his</c><00:39:17.920><c> most</c><00:39:18.280><c> embarrassing</c><00:39:18.820><c> moment</c>

00:39:19.119 --> 00:39:22.480
in<00:39:19.320><c> a</c><00:39:19.480><c> very</c><00:39:19.840><c> cellist</c><00:39:20.480><c> and</c><00:39:20.900><c> God</c><00:39:21.179><c>-fearing</c><00:39:21.480><c> career.</c>

00:39:23.579 --> 00:39:25.780
And<00:39:23.880><c> even</c><00:39:24.039><c> the</c><00:39:24.239><c> greatest</c><00:39:24.460><c> of</c><00:39:24.699><c> men</c><00:39:24.840><c> have</c><00:39:25.079><c> bad</c><00:39:25.340><c> moments</c>

00:39:25.780 --> 00:39:30.840
like<00:39:26.059><c> Moses</c><00:39:26.480><c> smiting</c><00:39:26.800><c> the</c><00:39:27.059><c> rock</c><00:39:27.519><c> on</c><00:39:29.139><c> the</c><00:39:29.400><c> second</c><00:39:29.579><c> occasion.</c>

00:39:32.099 --> 00:39:33.739
For<00:39:32.260><c> Phineas,</c><00:39:32.699><c> this</c><00:39:32.780><c> was</c><00:39:33.000><c> a</c><00:39:33.139><c> very</c><00:39:33.460><c> awkward</c>

00:39:33.739 --> 00:39:35.760
and<00:39:33.920><c> very</c><00:39:34.260><c> public</c><00:39:34.559><c> humiliation.</c>

00:39:36.460 --> 00:39:39.440
And<00:39:37.059><c> I</c><00:39:37.159><c> imagine</c><00:39:37.760><c> on</c><00:39:38.059><c> the</c><00:39:38.199><c> way</c><00:39:38.400><c> home,</c>

00:39:39.960 --> 00:39:43.159
how<00:39:40.199><c> different</c><00:39:40.579><c> was</c><00:39:40.760><c> the</c><00:39:41.000><c> conversation</c><00:39:41.579><c> amongst</c><00:39:41.880><c> the</c><00:39:42.139><c> delegation</c>

00:39:43.280 --> 00:39:46.099
to<00:39:43.880><c> what</c><00:39:44.039><c> the</c><00:39:44.300><c> outward</c><00:39:44.559><c> journey</c><00:39:44.880><c> had</c><00:39:45.179><c> been.</c>

00:39:46.780 --> 00:39:49.440
They<00:39:47.059><c> would</c><00:39:47.159><c> have</c><00:39:47.260><c> been</c><00:39:47.480><c> reflecting</c><00:39:47.800><c> upon</c><00:39:48.139><c> their</c><00:39:48.380><c> own</c><00:39:48.619><c> stupidity</c>

00:39:49.440 --> 00:39:52.300
and<00:39:50.480><c> their</c><00:39:50.619><c> lack</c><00:39:50.780><c> of</c><00:39:51.139><c> consideration.</c>

00:39:54.039 --> 00:39:58.260
And<00:39:54.639><c> Phineas</c><00:39:55.239><c> takes</c><00:39:55.940><c> the</c><00:39:56.199><c> lead</c><00:39:56.480><c> of</c><00:39:56.980><c> all</c><00:39:57.179><c> the</c><00:39:57.360><c> elders.</c>

00:39:59.059 --> 00:40:00.719
And<00:39:59.460><c> it</c><00:39:59.579><c> says</c><00:39:59.679><c> at</c><00:39:59.860><c> the</c><00:39:59.960><c> end</c><00:40:00.079><c> of</c><00:40:00.159><c> verse</c><00:40:00.380><c> 30</c>

00:40:00.719 --> 00:40:04.019
that<00:40:01.019><c> what</c><00:40:01.159><c> they</c><00:40:01.480><c> heard</c><00:40:01.980><c> pleased</c><00:40:03.019><c> them.</c>

00:40:04.079 --> 00:40:08.079
They<00:40:04.599><c> were</c><00:40:04.840><c> very,</c><00:40:05.500><c> it</c><00:40:05.920><c> was</c><00:40:06.219><c> good</c><00:40:06.480><c> in</c><00:40:06.679><c> their</c><00:40:07.000><c> eyes.</c>

00:40:09.480 --> 00:40:12.320
And<00:40:09.639><c> Phineas</c><00:40:09.880><c> makes</c><00:40:10.219><c> a</c><00:40:10.460><c> very</c><00:40:10.780><c> gracious</c><00:40:11.059><c> speech</c><00:40:11.420><c> in</c><00:40:11.599><c> verse</c><00:40:11.880><c> 31,</c>

00:40:12.559 --> 00:40:15.880
a<00:40:12.739><c> very</c><00:40:13.019><c> generous</c><00:40:13.380><c> speech,</c><00:40:13.699><c> which</c><00:40:13.840><c> is</c><00:40:14.039><c> much</c><00:40:14.219><c> to</c><00:40:14.400><c> Phineas'</c><00:40:14.920><c> credit.</c>

00:40:17.039 --> 00:40:18.320
Really<00:40:17.320><c> great</c><00:40:17.579><c> people</c><00:40:17.880><c> can</c><00:40:18.079><c> admit</c>

00:40:18.320 --> 00:40:21.119
that<00:40:18.579><c> sometimes</c><00:40:19.079><c> they</c><00:40:19.360><c> do</c><00:40:19.639><c> get</c><00:40:19.880><c> things</c><00:40:20.239><c> wrong.</c>

00:40:21.719 --> 00:40:24.699
That<00:40:21.860><c> they</c><00:40:22.019><c> do</c><00:40:22.280><c> make</c><00:40:22.480><c> mistakes</c><00:40:23.000><c> in</c><00:40:23.300><c> their</c><00:40:23.460><c> good</c><00:40:23.659><c> intentions.</c>

00:40:26.619 --> 00:40:28.940
And<00:40:26.800><c> every</c><00:40:26.940><c> brother</c><00:40:27.159><c> I</c><00:40:27.420><c> know</c><00:40:27.559><c> that's</c><00:40:27.820><c> had</c><00:40:27.900><c> to</c><00:40:28.079><c> make</c><00:40:28.219><c> a</c><00:40:28.440><c> public</c><00:40:28.679><c> fight</c>

00:40:28.940 --> 00:40:32.639
to<00:40:29.159><c> preserve</c><00:40:29.440><c> the</c><00:40:29.719><c> truth</c><00:40:30.099><c> can</c><00:40:31.300><c> look</c><00:40:31.539><c> back</c><00:40:31.820><c> and</c><00:40:32.059><c> review</c><00:40:32.340><c> things</c>

00:40:32.639 --> 00:40:35.840
and<00:40:32.920><c> wish</c><00:40:33.000><c> that</c><00:40:33.280><c> some</c><00:40:33.820><c> things</c><00:40:34.099><c> had</c><00:40:34.260><c> been</c><00:40:34.440><c> done</c><00:40:34.719><c> differently.</c>

00:40:36.880 --> 00:40:40.440
And<00:40:37.099><c> because</c><00:40:37.380><c> we</c><00:40:37.559><c> are</c><00:40:37.760><c> human,</c><00:40:38.199><c> we</c><00:40:38.239><c> also</c><00:40:38.679><c> always</c><00:40:38.980><c> make</c><00:40:39.199><c> mistakes</c>

00:40:40.480 --> 00:40:43.239
when<00:40:40.699><c> we're</c><00:40:40.980><c> trying</c><00:40:41.079><c> to</c><00:40:41.300><c> handle</c><00:40:41.519><c> difficult</c><00:40:42.000><c> issues.</c>

00:40:44.239 --> 00:40:47.199
And<00:40:44.400><c> we</c><00:40:44.519><c> realize</c><00:40:44.820><c> we</c><00:40:44.980><c> could</c><00:40:45.159><c> have</c><00:40:45.300><c> done</c><00:40:45.480><c> things</c><00:40:45.840><c> a</c><00:40:45.960><c> lot</c><00:40:46.059><c> better.</c>

00:40:49.039 --> 00:40:51.139
And<00:40:49.199><c> Phineas</c><00:40:49.480><c> is</c><00:40:49.699><c> willing</c><00:40:49.860><c> to</c><00:40:50.099><c> admit</c><00:40:50.280><c> it.</c>

00:40:52.860 --> 00:40:54.960
Look<00:40:52.960><c> what</c><00:40:53.039><c> he</c><00:40:53.280><c> says</c><00:40:53.480><c> in</c><00:40:53.679><c> verse</c><00:40:53.880><c> 31.</c>

00:40:55.880 --> 00:40:58.840
Now,<00:40:56.420><c> you</c><00:40:56.559><c> notice</c><00:40:56.980><c> once</c><00:40:57.960><c> he</c><00:40:58.219><c> opens</c><00:40:58.360><c> his</c><00:40:58.579><c> mouth,</c>

00:40:58.900 --> 00:41:01.860
God<00:40:59.099><c> calls</c><00:40:59.380><c> in</c><00:40:59.579><c> Phineas,</c><00:41:00.000><c> the</c><00:41:00.099><c> son</c><00:41:00.239><c> of</c><00:41:00.360><c> Elis,</c><00:41:00.659><c> the</c><00:41:00.760><c> priest</c><00:41:01.059><c> again.</c>

00:41:01.920 --> 00:41:04.619
So<00:41:02.179><c> God's</c><00:41:02.500><c> now</c><00:41:02.760><c> saying,</c><00:41:03.199><c> this</c><00:41:03.280><c> is</c><00:41:03.519><c> the</c><00:41:03.780><c> spiritual</c><00:41:04.440><c> Phineas.</c>

00:41:04.719 --> 00:41:07.360
The<00:41:04.800><c> one</c><00:41:04.940><c> that's</c><00:41:05.239><c> standing</c><00:41:05.440><c> there</c><00:41:05.659><c> with</c><00:41:05.800><c> a</c><00:41:05.900><c> red</c><00:41:06.139><c> face</c><00:41:06.480><c> in</c><00:41:06.639><c> verse</c><00:41:06.900><c> 30</c>

00:41:07.360 --> 00:41:09.400
is<00:41:07.860><c> just</c><00:41:08.039><c> Phineas</c><00:41:08.400><c> the</c><00:41:08.599><c> priest.</c>

00:41:09.679 --> 00:41:11.380
And<00:41:09.800><c> now</c><00:41:10.000><c> God</c><00:41:10.199><c> says,</c><00:41:10.460><c> when</c><00:41:10.539><c> he</c><00:41:10.679><c> opens</c><00:41:10.920><c> his</c><00:41:11.199><c> mouth,</c>

00:41:11.420 --> 00:41:14.199
he's<00:41:11.699><c> got</c><00:41:11.820><c> his</c><00:41:12.079><c> mind</c><00:41:12.400><c> in</c><00:41:12.719><c> the</c><00:41:12.880><c> right</c><00:41:13.079><c> place</c><00:41:13.380><c> again.</c>

00:41:14.679 --> 00:41:17.059
He<00:41:14.840><c> says</c><00:41:15.059><c> this,</c><00:41:15.320><c> this</c><00:41:16.000><c> day.</c>

00:41:18.420 --> 00:41:21.559
Now<00:41:18.679><c> he'd</c><00:41:19.000><c> used</c><00:41:19.159><c> that</c><00:41:19.460><c> word</c><00:41:19.599><c> this</c><00:41:19.900><c> day</c><00:41:20.099><c> against</c><00:41:20.440><c> them</c>

00:41:22.420 --> 00:41:25.579
in<00:41:22.940><c> the</c><00:41:23.199><c> accusation,</c><00:41:23.800><c> this</c><00:41:24.159><c> day</c><00:41:24.559><c> you're</c><00:41:24.900><c> turning</c><00:41:25.179><c> away,</c>

00:41:25.719 --> 00:41:29.280
this<00:41:26.079><c> day</c><00:41:26.260><c> you're</c><00:41:26.519><c> rebelling,</c><00:41:27.519><c> iniquity</c><00:41:27.900><c> this</c><00:41:28.260><c> day.</c>

00:41:30.559 --> 00:41:34.039
And<00:41:31.199><c> Phineas</c><00:41:31.739><c> now</c><00:41:32.239><c> says,</c><00:41:32.500><c> well,</c><00:41:32.739><c> this</c><00:41:33.039><c> day,</c>

00:41:34.460 --> 00:41:37.599
we<00:41:34.780><c> perceive</c><00:41:35.139><c> that</c><00:41:35.460><c> Yahweh</c><00:41:35.719><c> is</c><00:41:36.019><c> among</c><00:41:36.199><c> us.</c>

00:41:39.019 --> 00:41:41.000
You've<00:41:39.659><c> not</c><00:41:39.860><c> committed</c><00:41:40.179><c> the</c><00:41:40.539><c> trespass.</c>

00:41:41.019 --> 00:41:46.219
So<00:41:41.179><c> he's</c><00:41:41.639><c> withdrawing</c><00:41:42.219><c> his</c><00:41:42.480><c> accusation</c><00:41:43.960><c> against</c><00:41:45.179><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:41:46.940 --> 00:41:51.639
And<00:41:47.219><c> what's</c><00:41:47.480><c> more,</c><00:41:47.820><c> brethren,</c><00:41:49.199><c> your</c><00:41:49.880><c> very</c><00:41:50.719><c> restrained</c>

00:41:51.639 --> 00:41:56.579
and<00:41:52.019><c> honest</c><00:41:52.739><c> and</c><00:41:53.420><c> open</c><00:41:53.719><c> reply</c><00:41:54.420><c> has</c><00:41:55.519><c> saved</c><00:41:55.780><c> the</c><00:41:56.000><c> children</c><00:41:56.139><c> of</c><00:41:56.380><c> Israel</c>

00:41:56.579 --> 00:41:58.280
from<00:41:56.800><c> the</c><00:41:57.000><c> wrath</c><00:41:57.119><c> of</c><00:41:57.360><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:41:59.739 --> 00:42:02.440
If<00:42:00.260><c> they</c><00:42:00.460><c> had</c><00:42:00.659><c> gone</c><00:42:00.880><c> to</c><00:42:01.099><c> civil</c><00:42:01.380><c> war,</c>

00:42:02.659 --> 00:42:04.760
if<00:42:02.820><c> Reuben</c><00:42:03.159><c> and</c><00:42:03.460><c> Gadda</c><00:42:03.659><c> and</c><00:42:03.719><c> Manasseh</c><00:42:04.139><c> had</c><00:42:04.340><c> replied</c>

00:42:04.760 --> 00:42:07.900
with<00:42:05.059><c> similar</c><00:42:05.420><c> insults</c><00:42:06.900><c> and</c><00:42:07.199><c> accusations,</c>

00:42:08.360 --> 00:42:09.940
civil<00:42:08.719><c> war</c><00:42:08.900><c> would</c><00:42:09.039><c> have</c><00:42:09.179><c> erupted</c>

00:42:09.940 --> 00:42:12.500
and<00:42:10.340><c> God</c><00:42:10.579><c> would</c><00:42:10.739><c> have</c><00:42:10.880><c> been</c><00:42:11.119><c> highly</c><00:42:11.480><c> displeased</c><00:42:11.880><c> with</c><00:42:12.119><c> everybody</c>

00:42:12.500 --> 00:42:15.860
and<00:42:13.079><c> he</c><00:42:13.199><c> would</c><00:42:13.340><c> have</c><00:42:13.480><c> punished</c><00:42:13.760><c> them</c><00:42:13.920><c> for</c><00:42:14.119><c> a</c><00:42:14.360><c> wrongful</c><00:42:14.739><c> war.</c>

00:42:17.179 --> 00:42:20.840
And<00:42:17.280><c> Eliezer</c><00:42:17.619><c> says,</c><00:42:19.119><c> your</c><00:42:19.400><c> calm</c><00:42:19.880><c> and</c><00:42:20.139><c> rational</c><00:42:20.420><c> reply</c>

00:42:20.840 --> 00:42:22.079
has<00:42:21.099><c> delivered</c><00:42:21.360><c> the</c><00:42:21.559><c> children</c><00:42:21.679><c> of</c><00:42:21.900><c> Israel</c>

00:42:22.079 --> 00:42:26.139
from<00:42:22.340><c> the</c><00:42:22.539><c> hand</c><00:42:22.760><c> of</c><00:42:23.119><c> Yahweh,</c><00:42:24.019><c> not</c><00:42:24.260><c> from</c><00:42:24.519><c> civil</c><00:42:24.739><c> war</c><00:42:24.880><c> with</c><00:42:25.059><c> each</c><00:42:25.300><c> other.</c>

00:42:26.300 --> 00:42:28.179
God<00:42:26.880><c> would</c><00:42:27.079><c> have</c><00:42:27.199><c> punished</c><00:42:27.539><c> us</c>

00:42:28.179 --> 00:42:31.679
had<00:42:28.460><c> we</c><00:42:28.639><c> made</c><00:42:28.820><c> such</c><00:42:29.039><c> a</c><00:42:29.280><c> terrible</c><00:42:29.480><c> mistake</c><00:42:29.880><c> as</c><00:42:30.079><c> going</c><00:42:30.280><c> to</c><00:42:30.519><c> war.</c>

00:42:33.059 --> 00:42:36.440
Goes<00:42:33.380><c> on</c><00:42:33.579><c> in</c><00:42:33.719><c> verse</c><00:42:33.880><c> 32,</c><00:42:35.239><c> and</c><00:42:35.420><c> Phineas</c><00:42:35.699><c> to</c><00:42:35.860><c> son</c><00:42:35.980><c> of</c><00:42:36.099><c> Eliezer,</c>

00:42:36.460 --> 00:42:39.400
he's<00:42:36.679><c> now</c><00:42:37.219><c> back</c><00:42:37.699><c> in</c><00:42:37.800><c> that</c><00:42:37.960><c> elevated</c><00:42:38.380><c> role.</c>

00:42:40.320 --> 00:42:45.099
They<00:42:40.599><c> came</c><00:42:40.900><c> back</c><00:42:41.380><c> and</c><00:42:41.760><c> reported</c><00:42:42.159><c> it</c><00:42:42.860><c> to</c><00:42:43.159><c> their</c><00:42:43.380><c> brethren</c><00:42:43.739><c> at</c><00:42:44.159><c> Shiloh.</c>

00:42:49.860 --> 00:42:52.920
It<00:42:50.440><c> is</c><00:42:50.719><c> always</c><00:42:51.019><c> vital</c><00:42:51.320><c> when</c><00:42:51.519><c> you</c><00:42:51.780><c> are</c><00:42:52.159><c> sent</c><00:42:52.380><c> on</c><00:42:52.599><c> behalf</c>

00:42:52.920 --> 00:42:56.099
of<00:42:53.079><c> your</c><00:42:53.300><c> ecclesiast</c><00:42:53.719><c> or</c><00:42:53.820><c> ecclesiast</c><00:42:54.420><c> to</c><00:42:54.699><c> represent</c><00:42:55.099><c> others.</c>

00:42:57.199 --> 00:42:59.639
But<00:42:57.380><c> if</c><00:42:57.500><c> there</c><00:42:57.739><c> is</c><00:42:58.179><c> a</c><00:42:58.619><c> positive</c><00:42:59.079><c> resolution</c>

00:42:59.639 --> 00:43:02.519
or<00:42:59.860><c> even</c><00:43:00.260><c> progress</c><00:43:00.840><c> in</c><00:43:01.239><c> negotiations</c>

00:43:03.260 --> 00:43:06.059
that<00:43:03.739><c> you</c><00:43:03.940><c> report</c><00:43:04.340><c> back</c><00:43:04.760><c> faithfully,</c>

00:43:08.099 --> 00:43:10.340
they<00:43:08.219><c> had</c><00:43:08.360><c> to</c><00:43:08.460><c> go</c><00:43:08.659><c> back</c><00:43:08.860><c> and</c><00:43:09.079><c> face</c><00:43:09.260><c> nine</c><00:43:09.539><c> and</c><00:43:09.679><c> a</c><00:43:09.760><c> half</c><00:43:09.920><c> tribes</c>

00:43:10.340 --> 00:43:12.820
who<00:43:10.500><c> were</c><00:43:10.659><c> gearing</c><00:43:10.940><c> up</c><00:43:11.159><c> for</c><00:43:11.340><c> a</c><00:43:11.519><c> righteous</c><00:43:11.880><c> war.</c>

00:43:14.159 --> 00:43:15.500
You<00:43:14.480><c> can</c><00:43:14.619><c> imagine</c><00:43:14.940><c> coming</c><00:43:15.179><c> back,</c>

00:43:15.539 --> 00:43:17.539
when<00:43:15.699><c> does</c><00:43:15.860><c> the</c><00:43:16.039><c> battle</c><00:43:16.219><c> start,</c><00:43:16.699><c> Phineas?</c>

00:43:17.820 --> 00:43:19.420
Can<00:43:17.980><c> I</c><00:43:18.159><c> lead</c><00:43:18.280><c> the</c><00:43:18.519><c> campaign?</c>

00:43:19.460 --> 00:43:20.400
Can<00:43:19.599><c> I</c><00:43:19.780><c> have</c><00:43:19.880><c> their</c><00:43:20.059><c> spoil?</c>

00:43:20.400 --> 00:43:23.760
Well,<00:43:21.239><c> there</c><00:43:22.280><c> will</c><00:43:22.480><c> be</c><00:43:22.639><c> no</c><00:43:22.780><c> war,</c><00:43:23.179><c> brethren.</c>

00:43:25.320 --> 00:43:26.719
And<00:43:25.659><c> they</c><00:43:25.920><c> reported</c><00:43:26.139><c> it</c><00:43:26.460><c> faithfully.</c>

00:43:26.739 --> 00:43:30.099
There<00:43:26.800><c> was</c><00:43:27.019><c> no</c><00:43:27.280><c> spin,</c><00:43:28.559><c> no</c><00:43:28.840><c> justification,</c>

00:43:30.440 --> 00:43:34.099
and<00:43:30.960><c> no</c><00:43:31.260><c> lingering</c><00:43:31.539><c> suspicions</c><00:43:32.139><c> were</c><00:43:32.380><c> allowed</c><00:43:32.699><c> to</c><00:43:32.980><c> be</c><00:43:33.139><c> left.</c>

00:43:34.880 --> 00:43:37.920
And<00:43:35.239><c> it</c><00:43:35.480><c> says,</c><00:43:35.860><c> they</c><00:43:36.099><c> brought</c><00:43:36.440><c> them</c><00:43:37.079><c> word</c><00:43:37.380><c> again.</c>

00:43:38.239 --> 00:43:40.519
And<00:43:38.519><c> the</c><00:43:38.679><c> children</c><00:43:38.860><c> of</c><00:43:39.099><c> Israel</c><00:43:39.280><c> were</c><00:43:39.519><c> delighted</c><00:43:40.019><c> to</c><00:43:40.360><c> hear</c>

00:43:40.519 --> 00:43:42.719
that<00:43:40.659><c> there</c><00:43:40.840><c> was</c><00:43:41.000><c> a</c><00:43:41.300><c> positive</c><00:43:41.719><c> outcome.</c>

00:43:43.500 --> 00:43:44.980
The<00:43:43.699><c> children</c><00:43:43.920><c> of</c><00:43:44.139><c> Israel</c><00:43:44.340><c> blessed</c><00:43:44.739><c> God</c>

00:43:44.980 --> 00:43:46.820
and<00:43:45.500><c> gave</c><00:43:45.860><c> up</c><00:43:46.119><c> all</c><00:43:46.320><c> their</c><00:43:46.559><c> plans</c>

00:43:46.820 --> 00:43:48.880
to<00:43:47.019><c> go</c><00:43:47.139><c> to</c><00:43:47.340><c> battle</c><00:43:47.500><c> against</c><00:43:47.820><c> their</c><00:43:48.019><c> brethren.</c>

00:43:50.400 --> 00:43:53.739
And<00:43:50.820><c> you</c><00:43:51.019><c> see,</c><00:43:51.119><c> there</c><00:43:51.260><c> needs</c><00:43:51.539><c> to</c><00:43:51.699><c> be</c><00:43:51.840><c> a</c><00:43:52.099><c> faithful</c><00:43:52.539><c> report.</c>

00:43:55.340 --> 00:43:58.260
You<00:43:55.500><c> cannot</c><00:43:55.920><c> slant</c><00:43:56.739><c> or</c><00:43:57.340><c> interpret</c><00:43:57.699><c> the</c><00:43:57.940><c> outcome</c>

00:43:58.260 --> 00:44:00.519
to<00:43:58.559><c> suit</c><00:43:58.900><c> political</c><00:43:59.440><c> positions.</c>

00:44:01.219 --> 00:44:02.519
Well,<00:44:01.480><c> we</c><00:44:01.719><c> sort</c><00:44:01.920><c> of</c><00:44:02.159><c> resolved</c><00:44:02.400><c> it,</c>

00:44:02.519 --> 00:44:04.119
but<00:44:02.579><c> you</c><00:44:02.840><c> know,</c><00:44:02.840><c> those</c><00:44:03.000><c> guys,</c><00:44:03.239><c> you</c><00:44:03.400><c> can't</c><00:44:03.699><c> trust</c><00:44:03.900><c> them.</c>

00:44:04.280 --> 00:44:05.599
You<00:44:04.420><c> hear</c><00:44:04.500><c> that</c><00:44:04.679><c> kind</c><00:44:04.820><c> of</c><00:44:04.960><c> language,</c><00:44:05.280><c> don't</c><00:44:05.420><c> you,</c>

00:44:05.679 --> 00:44:06.860
in<00:44:05.800><c> the</c><00:44:05.960><c> Brotherhood?</c>

00:44:08.219 --> 00:44:11.079
We<00:44:08.579><c> don't</c><00:44:08.820><c> add</c><00:44:09.059><c> fuel</c><00:44:09.340><c> to</c><00:44:09.480><c> the</c><00:44:09.679><c> fire</c><00:44:09.840><c> to</c><00:44:09.980><c> keep</c><00:44:10.119><c> it</c><00:44:10.360><c> burning.</c>

00:44:11.900 --> 00:44:13.880
I<00:44:12.079><c> remember</c><00:44:12.360><c> one</c><00:44:12.579><c> meeting</c><00:44:12.760><c> in</c><00:44:12.960><c> Australia</c>

00:44:14.500 --> 00:44:17.760
where<00:44:14.980><c> eventually</c><00:44:15.460><c> a</c><00:44:15.699><c> doctrinal</c><00:44:16.099><c> issue</c><00:44:16.340><c> was</c><00:44:16.599><c> resolved.</c>

00:44:18.579 --> 00:44:20.699
And<00:44:19.000><c> before</c><00:44:19.199><c> the</c><00:44:19.400><c> meeting</c><00:44:19.559><c> was</c><00:44:19.780><c> allowed</c><00:44:19.960><c> to</c><00:44:20.099><c> be</c><00:44:20.300><c> finished,</c>

00:44:20.820 --> 00:44:22.739
somebody<00:44:21.139><c> said,</c><00:44:21.360><c> well,</c><00:44:21.500><c> that</c><00:44:21.699><c> might've</c><00:44:22.059><c> been</c><00:44:22.199><c> resolved,</c><00:44:22.679><c> brethren,</c>

00:44:22.820 --> 00:44:24.039
but<00:44:22.880><c> what</c><00:44:23.099><c> about</c><00:44:23.300><c> your</c><00:44:23.599><c> dress</c><00:44:23.780><c> standards?</c>

00:44:24.099 --> 00:44:26.360
What<00:44:24.260><c> about</c><00:44:24.500><c> the</c><00:44:24.719><c> style</c><00:44:24.860><c> of</c><00:44:25.079><c> music</c><00:44:25.320><c> you</c><00:44:25.619><c> have?</c>

00:44:27.800 --> 00:44:29.260
And<00:44:28.119><c> all</c><00:44:28.320><c> the</c><00:44:28.500><c> good</c><00:44:28.599><c> that</c><00:44:28.780><c> had</c><00:44:28.860><c> been</c><00:44:29.059><c> done</c>

00:44:29.260 --> 00:44:31.159
was<00:44:29.480><c> completely</c><00:44:29.840><c> demolished.</c>

00:44:31.599 --> 00:44:33.400
And<00:44:32.019><c> we</c><00:44:32.179><c> hadn't</c><00:44:32.300><c> come</c><00:44:32.519><c> to</c><00:44:32.739><c> discuss</c><00:44:33.000><c> those</c><00:44:33.239><c> things.</c>

00:44:33.519 --> 00:44:34.980
Some<00:44:33.659><c> people</c><00:44:33.840><c> just</c><00:44:34.079><c> did</c><00:44:34.280><c> not</c><00:44:34.599><c> want</c><00:44:34.820><c> there</c>

00:44:34.980 --> 00:44:36.659
to<00:44:35.099><c> be</c><00:44:35.219><c> any</c><00:44:35.380><c> unity</c><00:44:35.699><c> resolved.</c>

00:44:38.539 --> 00:44:42.460
But<00:44:38.960><c> by</c><00:44:39.199><c> a</c><00:44:39.519><c> restrained</c><00:44:39.940><c> and</c><00:44:40.260><c> true</c><00:44:40.420><c> report,</c><00:44:41.039><c> civil</c><00:44:41.199><c> war</c><00:44:41.340><c> was</c><00:44:41.599><c> averted.</c>

00:44:43.179 --> 00:44:45.900
And<00:44:43.380><c> the</c><00:44:43.559><c> cause</c><00:44:43.719><c> of</c><00:44:43.960><c> friction</c><00:44:44.219><c> now</c><00:44:44.480><c> became</c><00:44:44.940><c> a</c><00:44:45.239><c> symbol</c><00:44:45.420><c> of</c><00:44:45.699><c> unity.</c>

00:44:45.900 --> 00:44:47.920
Look<00:44:46.059><c> what</c><00:44:46.159><c> it</c><00:44:46.340><c> says</c><00:44:46.440><c> in</c><00:44:46.599><c> the</c><00:44:46.739><c> last</c><00:44:47.000><c> verse.</c>

00:44:48.659 --> 00:44:53.219
Both<00:44:48.760><c> sides,</c><00:44:49.579><c> they</c><00:44:50.679><c> called</c><00:44:50.880><c> it</c><00:44:51.380><c> a</c><00:44:51.619><c> witness,</c><00:44:52.480><c> Ed.</c>

00:44:54.280 --> 00:44:57.519
A<00:44:54.579><c> witness</c><00:44:54.860><c> between</c><00:44:55.280><c> both</c><00:44:55.679><c> sides</c><00:44:55.960><c> that</c><00:44:56.239><c> Yahweh</c><00:44:56.780><c> is</c><00:44:57.280><c> God,</c>

00:44:57.519 --> 00:44:59.500
and<00:44:57.619><c> that's</c><00:44:57.940><c> not</c><00:44:58.159><c> in</c><00:44:58.340><c> dispute,</c><00:44:58.820><c> brethren.</c>

00:45:00.340 --> 00:45:02.239
No<00:45:00.539><c> other</c><00:45:00.739><c> worship</c><00:45:00.980><c> will</c><00:45:01.199><c> exist.</c>

00:45:03.059 --> 00:45:04.860
And<00:45:03.300><c> it</c><00:45:03.460><c> now</c><00:45:03.679><c> became</c><00:45:04.019><c> the</c><00:45:04.219><c> symbol</c><00:45:04.400><c> of</c><00:45:04.619><c> unity</c>

00:45:04.860 --> 00:45:07.199
that<00:45:05.000><c> it</c><00:45:05.119><c> was</c><00:45:05.360><c> always</c><00:45:05.719><c> designed</c><00:45:06.039><c> to</c><00:45:06.280><c> be.</c>

00:45:08.579 --> 00:45:13.019
So<00:45:08.900><c> what</c><00:45:09.000><c> are</c><00:45:09.079><c> the</c><00:45:09.199><c> lessons</c><00:45:09.440><c> we</c><00:45:09.719><c> take</c><00:45:09.920><c> away</c><00:45:10.320><c> from</c><00:45:11.500><c> Ed</c><00:45:12.000><c> today?</c>

00:45:14.340 --> 00:45:18.400
Well,<00:45:14.800><c> number</c><00:45:15.099><c> one,</c><00:45:17.360><c> with</c><00:45:17.579><c> our</c><00:45:17.820><c> zeal</c><00:45:18.059><c> for</c><00:45:18.280><c> God,</c>

00:45:18.420 --> 00:45:21.659
let's<00:45:18.699><c> make</c><00:45:18.920><c> sure</c><00:45:19.119><c> we</c><00:45:19.440><c> start</c><00:45:19.619><c> on</c><00:45:19.800><c> the</c><00:45:20.019><c> home</c><00:45:20.280><c> front</c><00:45:20.480><c> first.</c>

00:45:22.579 --> 00:45:23.659
Before<00:45:22.880><c> we</c><00:45:23.019><c> get</c><00:45:23.179><c> too</c><00:45:23.360><c> indignant</c>

00:45:23.659 --> 00:45:26.119
over<00:45:24.000><c> other</c><00:45:24.320><c> reported</c><00:45:24.739><c> failures</c><00:45:25.099><c> elsewhere,</c>

00:45:27.760 --> 00:45:29.960
let's<00:45:28.219><c> make</c><00:45:28.460><c> sure</c><00:45:28.619><c> we've</c><00:45:28.840><c> got</c><00:45:28.900><c> our</c><00:45:29.159><c> home</c><00:45:29.380><c> front</c><00:45:29.519><c> sorted</c><00:45:29.760><c> out.</c>

00:45:30.000 --> 00:45:31.559
You<00:45:30.139><c> know,</c><00:45:30.139><c> they</c><00:45:30.360><c> hadn't</c><00:45:30.559><c> sorted</c><00:45:30.800><c> out</c><00:45:31.039><c> the</c><00:45:31.239><c> Canaanites,</c>

00:45:31.599 --> 00:45:34.079
and<00:45:31.719><c> they</c><00:45:31.940><c> would</c><00:45:32.239><c> not</c><00:45:32.500><c> ever</c><00:45:32.800><c> sort</c><00:45:33.019><c> out</c><00:45:33.199><c> the</c><00:45:33.420><c> Canaanites,</c><00:45:33.860><c> most</c>

00:45:34.079 --> 00:45:35.019
of<00:45:34.219><c> them.</c>

00:45:35.440 --> 00:45:37.940
Other<00:45:35.699><c> people</c><00:45:35.940><c> had</c><00:45:36.079><c> to</c><00:45:36.239><c> do</c><00:45:36.320><c> it</c><00:45:36.420><c> in</c><00:45:36.579><c> later</c><00:45:36.760><c> generations.</c>

00:45:39.380 --> 00:45:42.079
Be<00:45:39.780><c> swift</c><00:45:40.079><c> to</c><00:45:40.300><c> hear</c><00:45:40.500><c> and</c><00:45:40.679><c> slow</c><00:45:40.960><c> to</c><00:45:41.260><c> speak.</c>

00:45:42.199 --> 00:45:44.760
And<00:45:42.539><c> especially</c><00:45:43.079><c> be</c><00:45:43.460><c> slow</c><00:45:43.619><c> to</c><00:45:43.820><c> wrath.</c>

00:45:46.719 --> 00:45:50.619
In<00:45:46.860><c> times</c><00:45:47.199><c> of</c><00:45:47.500><c> controversy,</c><00:45:48.480><c> the</c><00:45:48.579><c> need</c><00:45:48.739><c> to</c><00:45:49.000><c> listen</c><00:45:49.219><c> is</c><00:45:49.539><c> vital.</c>

00:45:51.719 --> 00:45:54.900
Seek,<00:45:52.400><c> inquire,</c><00:45:53.400><c> inquire</c><00:45:53.940><c> diligently.</c>

00:45:56.440 --> 00:45:57.699
One<00:45:56.579><c> of</c><00:45:56.679><c> the</c><00:45:56.800><c> problems</c><00:45:57.019><c> in</c><00:45:57.179><c> our</c><00:45:57.360><c> brotherhood</c>

00:45:57.699 --> 00:45:59.539
is<00:45:57.880><c> that</c><00:45:58.159><c> quite</c><00:45:58.320><c> often</c><00:45:58.500><c> the</c><00:45:58.780><c> first</c><00:45:59.019><c> discussion,</c>

00:45:59.559 --> 00:46:03.500
when<00:45:59.719><c> there</c><00:45:59.960><c> is</c><00:46:00.539><c> the</c><00:46:00.760><c> suspicion</c><00:46:01.280><c> of</c><00:46:01.679><c> heresy</c><00:46:02.139><c> or</c><00:46:02.699><c> error,</c>

00:46:04.179 --> 00:46:06.679
the<00:46:04.519><c> first</c><00:46:04.760><c> discussion</c><00:46:05.219><c> is</c><00:46:05.420><c> very</c><00:46:05.760><c> formal,</c>

00:46:07.019 --> 00:46:09.079
the<00:46:07.280><c> atmosphere</c><00:46:07.760><c> very</c><00:46:08.139><c> public,</c>

00:46:09.619 --> 00:46:12.239
the<00:46:10.099><c> situation</c><00:46:10.579><c> confrontational.</c>

00:46:13.400 --> 00:46:15.199
And<00:46:13.619><c> no</c><00:46:13.800><c> one</c><00:46:13.900><c> wants</c><00:46:14.139><c> to</c><00:46:14.420><c> concede</c><00:46:14.760><c> anything,</c>

00:46:15.260 --> 00:46:17.099
even<00:46:15.500><c> if</c><00:46:15.639><c> they</c><00:46:15.820><c> concede</c><00:46:16.159><c> that</c><00:46:16.320><c> they're</c><00:46:16.440><c> not</c><00:46:16.619><c> quite</c><00:46:16.820><c> on</c><00:46:16.980><c> the</c>

00:46:17.099 --> 00:46:18.280
right<00:46:17.320><c> track.</c>

00:46:19.599 --> 00:46:22.219
How<00:46:19.920><c> much</c><00:46:20.119><c> better</c><00:46:20.300><c> it</c><00:46:20.380><c> would</c><00:46:20.579><c> be</c><00:46:20.780><c> that</c><00:46:21.099><c> if</c><00:46:21.280><c> there</c><00:46:21.519><c> isn't</c><00:46:21.679><c> a</c><00:46:22.000><c> problem</c>

00:46:22.219 --> 00:46:26.300
that<00:46:22.460><c> brethren</c><00:46:22.719><c> first</c><00:46:23.039><c> got</c><00:46:23.260><c> to</c><00:46:23.500><c> know</c><00:46:23.639><c> each</c><00:46:23.920><c> other</c><00:46:24.780><c> personally?</c>

00:46:28.840 --> 00:46:31.340
We<00:46:29.320><c> had</c><00:46:29.480><c> a</c><00:46:29.639><c> 20</c><00:46:29.820><c>-year</c><00:46:30.000><c> fellowship</c><00:46:30.380><c> division</c><00:46:30.719><c> in</c><00:46:30.920><c> Australia</c>

00:46:31.340 --> 00:46:35.579
over<00:46:31.619><c> the</c><00:46:31.880><c> Atonement,</c><00:46:33.579><c> and</c><00:46:33.699><c> one</c><00:46:33.860><c> ecclesiast</c><00:46:34.239><c> was</c><00:46:34.440><c> an</c><00:46:34.679><c> error.</c>

00:46:35.960 --> 00:46:38.340
But<00:46:36.380><c> we</c><00:46:36.519><c> got</c><00:46:36.760><c> nowhere</c><00:46:37.059><c> with</c><00:46:37.320><c> meeting</c><00:46:37.659><c> after</c><00:46:37.960><c> meeting</c>

00:46:38.340 --> 00:46:40.480
and<00:46:38.699><c> statement</c><00:46:38.920><c> after</c><00:46:39.320><c> statement</c>

00:46:41.139 --> 00:46:43.920
until<00:46:41.659><c> two</c><00:46:41.940><c> brethren</c><00:46:42.340><c> agreed</c><00:46:43.039><c> to</c><00:46:43.280><c> meet</c><00:46:43.400><c> for</c><00:46:43.659><c> lunch</c>

00:46:43.920 --> 00:46:46.659
from<00:46:44.159><c> either</c><00:46:44.519><c> side,</c><00:46:45.099><c> brethren</c><00:46:45.260><c> from</c><00:46:45.500><c> either</c><00:46:45.780><c> side.</c>

00:46:46.760 --> 00:46:49.219
Let's<00:46:47.059><c> just</c><00:46:47.239><c> go</c><00:46:47.420><c> out</c><00:46:47.539><c> and</c><00:46:47.679><c> off</c><00:46:47.840><c> the</c><00:46:48.099><c> record,</c>

00:46:49.320 --> 00:46:51.820
find<00:46:49.539><c> out</c><00:46:49.880><c> exactly</c><00:46:50.280><c> where</c><00:46:50.460><c> the</c><00:46:50.659><c> problem</c><00:46:50.900><c> lies.</c>

00:46:52.679 --> 00:46:56.239
And<00:46:52.780><c> two</c><00:46:52.880><c> brethren</c><00:46:53.099><c> did</c><00:46:53.320><c> that</c><00:46:54.000><c> until</c><00:46:54.380><c> they</c><00:46:54.679><c> trusted</c><00:46:54.940><c> each</c><00:46:55.219><c> other.</c>

00:46:57.059 --> 00:46:59.079
It<00:46:57.380><c> did</c><00:46:57.519><c> not</c><00:46:57.679><c> ignore</c><00:46:57.900><c> the</c><00:46:58.179><c> issue.</c>

00:47:00.739 --> 00:47:02.920
But<00:47:01.260><c> eventually</c><00:47:01.519><c> the</c><00:47:01.760><c> brother</c><00:47:01.920><c> whose</c><00:47:02.139><c> ecclesiast</c><00:47:02.519><c> was</c><00:47:02.679><c> in</c>

00:47:02.920 --> 00:47:03.519
the<00:47:03.059><c> wrong</c>

00:47:03.519 --> 00:47:06.000
came<00:47:04.260><c> to</c><00:47:04.500><c> see</c><00:47:04.659><c> it</c><00:47:04.880><c> and</c><00:47:05.059><c> convinced</c><00:47:05.380><c> his</c><00:47:05.659><c> ecclesiast</c>

00:47:06.000 --> 00:47:08.639
that<00:47:06.179><c> they</c><00:47:06.179><c> needed</c><00:47:06.519><c> to</c><00:47:07.119><c> update</c><00:47:07.480><c> themselves</c><00:47:07.900><c> on</c><00:47:08.079><c> the</c><00:47:08.300><c> Atonement.</c>

00:47:08.980 --> 00:47:11.579
They<00:47:09.139><c> were</c><00:47:09.340><c> still</c><00:47:09.519><c> living</c><00:47:09.739><c> 50</c><00:47:10.099><c> years</c><00:47:10.420><c> before.</c>

00:47:13.719 --> 00:47:16.079
And<00:47:14.280><c> the</c><00:47:14.400><c> matter</c><00:47:14.500><c> was</c><00:47:14.760><c> eventually</c><00:47:15.039><c> resolved.</c>

00:47:18.780 --> 00:47:21.760
You<00:47:18.980><c> see,</c><00:47:19.139><c> it</c><00:47:19.300><c> takes</c><00:47:19.460><c> sometimes</c><00:47:20.039><c> a</c><00:47:20.300><c> bit</c><00:47:20.460><c> of</c><00:47:20.699><c> personal</c><00:47:21.199><c> inquiry,</c>

00:47:22.199 --> 00:47:24.400
off<00:47:22.360><c> the</c><00:47:22.539><c> record</c><00:47:22.860><c> discussions</c><00:47:23.440><c> to</c><00:47:23.639><c> actually</c><00:47:23.980><c> find</c><00:47:24.199><c> out</c>

00:47:24.400 --> 00:47:26.239
exactly<00:47:24.800><c> what</c><00:47:24.940><c> we're</c><00:47:25.119><c> dealing</c><00:47:25.340><c> with.</c>

00:47:27.460 --> 00:47:29.340
And<00:47:27.659><c> then</c><00:47:27.739><c> we</c><00:47:27.860><c> have</c><00:47:27.960><c> to</c><00:47:28.159><c> appreciate</c><00:47:28.579><c> that</c><00:47:28.820><c> sometimes</c>

00:47:29.340 --> 00:47:31.739
in<00:47:29.619><c> matters</c><00:47:29.980><c> of</c><00:47:30.300><c> ecclesial</c><00:47:30.699><c> difference,</c>

00:47:32.260 --> 00:47:33.539
there<00:47:32.380><c> are</c><00:47:32.579><c> different</c><00:47:32.880><c> perspectives.</c>

00:47:34.000 --> 00:47:35.139
We<00:47:34.440><c> need</c><00:47:34.599><c> to</c><00:47:34.800><c> understand</c>

00:47:35.139 --> 00:47:37.659
why<00:47:35.480><c> a</c><00:47:35.679><c> particular</c><00:47:35.920><c> position</c><00:47:36.239><c> has</c><00:47:36.460><c> been</c><00:47:36.719><c> adopted</c>

00:47:38.219 --> 00:47:39.840
and<00:47:38.659><c> realise</c><00:47:38.980><c> that</c><00:47:39.119><c> we</c><00:47:39.219><c> might</c><00:47:39.360><c> look</c><00:47:39.539><c> at</c><00:47:39.639><c> it</c>

00:47:39.840 --> 00:47:41.960
totally<00:47:40.079><c> differently</c><00:47:40.380><c> to</c><00:47:40.519><c> other</c><00:47:40.719><c> people.</c>

00:47:42.400 --> 00:47:44.599
Classic<00:47:42.639><c> example</c><00:47:43.139><c> in</c><00:47:43.280><c> the</c><00:47:43.380><c> New</c><00:47:43.519><c> Testament</c>

00:47:45.960 --> 00:47:48.000
about<00:47:46.400><c> meat</c><00:47:46.800><c> offered</c><00:47:46.960><c> to</c><00:47:47.219><c> idols.</c>

00:47:48.840 --> 00:47:52.219
To<00:47:48.980><c> the</c><00:47:49.199><c> Jews</c><00:47:49.380><c> with</c><00:47:49.559><c> their</c><00:47:49.719><c> background,</c><00:47:50.679><c> that</c><00:47:50.840><c> was</c><00:47:51.139><c> defiling.</c>

00:47:52.480 --> 00:47:55.760
It<00:47:52.559><c> was</c><00:47:52.840><c> insulting</c><00:47:53.239><c> to</c><00:47:53.559><c> Yahweh</c><00:47:53.820><c> to</c><00:47:54.019><c> touch</c><00:47:54.260><c> meat</c><00:47:54.500><c> offered</c><00:47:54.659><c> to</c><00:47:54.900><c> idols.</c>

00:47:57.039 --> 00:47:59.300
To<00:47:57.219><c> the</c><00:47:57.380><c> Gentiles,</c><00:47:58.659><c> some</c><00:47:58.880><c> of</c><00:47:58.980><c> them</c><00:47:59.159><c> said,</c>

00:47:59.360 --> 00:48:01.179
well,<00:47:59.460><c> I</c><00:47:59.599><c> go</c><00:47:59.820><c> there</c><00:48:00.019><c> and</c><00:48:00.219><c> take</c><00:48:00.320><c> the</c><00:48:00.480><c> meat</c><00:48:00.619><c> offered</c><00:48:00.760><c> to</c><00:48:01.000><c> idols</c>

00:48:01.179 --> 00:48:04.679
because<00:48:01.639><c> I'm</c><00:48:02.400><c> demonstrating</c><00:48:02.860><c> my</c><00:48:03.119><c> liberty</c><00:48:03.380><c> in</c><00:48:03.639><c> Christ.</c>

00:48:05.840 --> 00:48:08.260
And<00:48:06.380><c> they</c><00:48:06.500><c> were</c><00:48:06.699><c> both</c><00:48:06.880><c> partly</c><00:48:07.260><c> right</c>

00:48:08.559 --> 00:48:10.940
and<00:48:09.099><c> they</c><00:48:09.219><c> were</c><00:48:09.460><c> both</c><00:48:09.679><c> partly</c><00:48:10.059><c> wrong.</c>

00:48:12.219 --> 00:48:15.019
They<00:48:12.760><c> both</c><00:48:13.000><c> needed</c><00:48:13.219><c> to</c><00:48:13.400><c> see</c><00:48:13.480><c> the</c><00:48:13.699><c> other's</c><00:48:14.099><c> perspective</c>

00:48:15.190 --> 00:48:18.199
and<00:48:15.460><c> not</c><00:48:15.719><c> judge</c><00:48:16.320><c> the</c><00:48:17.039><c> other</c><00:48:17.320><c> servants</c><00:48:17.619><c> of</c><00:48:17.880><c> God</c>

00:48:18.199 --> 00:48:20.239
according<00:48:18.679><c> to</c><00:48:18.880><c> their</c><00:48:19.099><c> own</c><00:48:19.300><c> background.</c>

00:48:21.619 --> 00:48:25.400
I<00:48:21.739><c> want</c><00:48:21.840><c> you</c><00:48:21.960><c> to</c><00:48:22.139><c> notice</c><00:48:22.639><c> in</c><00:48:23.219><c> Joshua</c><00:48:23.480><c> 22,</c><00:48:24.039><c> two</c><00:48:24.260><c> words.</c>

00:48:26.300 --> 00:48:28.579
The<00:48:26.360><c> end</c><00:48:26.519><c> of</c><00:48:26.619><c> verse</c><00:48:26.800><c> 30,</c><00:48:27.199><c> when</c><00:48:27.340><c> the</c><00:48:27.599><c> elders</c><00:48:27.920><c> heard</c><00:48:28.340><c> that,</c>

00:48:28.639 --> 00:48:30.380
it<00:48:28.920><c> pleased</c><00:48:29.400><c> them.</c>

00:48:31.179 --> 00:48:33.900
In<00:48:31.599><c> verse</c><00:48:31.860><c> 33,</c><00:48:32.340><c> when</c><00:48:32.500><c> they</c><00:48:32.719><c> made</c><00:48:32.880><c> their</c><00:48:33.119><c> faithful</c><00:48:33.420><c> report,</c>

00:48:34.079 --> 00:48:38.119
it<00:48:34.139><c> says,</c><00:48:35.420><c> it</c><00:48:35.539><c> pleased</c><00:48:36.059><c> the</c><00:48:36.360><c> children</c><00:48:36.679><c> of</c><00:48:36.960><c> Israel.</c>

00:48:39.980 --> 00:48:43.880
And<00:48:40.199><c> that</c><00:48:40.300><c> is</c><00:48:40.539><c> taken</c><00:48:40.760><c> up</c><00:48:42.199><c> many,</c><00:48:43.260><c> many</c><00:48:43.420><c> years</c><00:48:43.639><c> later</c>

00:48:43.880 --> 00:48:46.900
at<00:48:44.039><c> the</c><00:48:44.179><c> Jerusalem</c><00:48:44.599><c> conference</c><00:48:45.019><c> in</c><00:48:45.219><c> Acts</c><00:48:45.400><c> chapter</c><00:48:45.699><c> 15.</c>

00:48:47.260 --> 00:48:49.039
When<00:48:47.420><c> the</c><00:48:47.599><c> matter</c><00:48:47.900><c> had</c><00:48:48.440><c> been</c><00:48:48.699><c> resolved,</c>

00:48:49.119 --> 00:48:52.019
the<00:48:49.320><c> doctrinal</c><00:48:49.699><c> issue</c><00:48:49.880><c> had</c><00:48:50.039><c> been</c><00:48:50.300><c> laid</c><00:48:50.559><c> to</c><00:48:50.840><c> rest</c>

00:48:52.820 --> 00:48:55.659
that<00:48:53.340><c> you</c><00:48:53.579><c> cannot</c><00:48:53.900><c> command</c><00:48:54.340><c> circumcision</c><00:48:54.900><c> for</c><00:48:55.139><c> salvation.</c>

00:48:55.900 --> 00:48:58.760
That<00:48:56.139><c> issue</c><00:48:56.599><c> was</c><00:48:57.059><c> non</c><00:48:57.519><c>-negotiable.</c>

00:48:59.219 --> 00:49:00.699
But<00:48:59.480><c> when</c><00:48:59.679><c> it</c><00:48:59.820><c> came</c><00:48:59.980><c> to</c><00:49:00.159><c> the</c><00:49:00.380><c> difference</c>

00:49:00.699 --> 00:49:04.780
between<00:49:01.079><c> the</c><00:49:01.239><c> way</c><00:49:01.440><c> that</c><00:49:01.739><c> Jews</c><00:49:01.960><c> and</c><00:49:02.179><c> Gentiles</c><00:49:02.960><c> observed</c><00:49:03.699><c> life,</c>

00:49:05.159 --> 00:49:06.800
there<00:49:05.519><c> was</c><00:49:05.739><c> a</c><00:49:05.920><c> need</c><00:49:06.019><c> for</c><00:49:06.300><c> compromise</c>

00:49:06.800 --> 00:49:09.559
and<00:49:07.139><c> mutual</c><00:49:07.500><c> understanding</c><00:49:08.079><c> of</c><00:49:08.239><c> the</c><00:49:08.400><c> other</c><00:49:08.519><c> position.</c>

00:49:10.179 --> 00:49:12.079
And<00:49:10.360><c> the</c><00:49:10.559><c> decree</c><00:49:10.719><c> of</c><00:49:10.940><c> the</c><00:49:11.059><c> apostles</c>

00:49:14.199 --> 00:49:16.400
that<00:49:14.800><c> the</c><00:49:15.400><c> feelings</c><00:49:15.699><c> of</c><00:49:15.960><c> the</c><00:49:16.159><c> Jews</c>

00:49:16.400 --> 00:49:19.400
should<00:49:16.719><c> be</c><00:49:17.000><c> respected</c><00:49:17.500><c> by</c><00:49:17.760><c> the</c><00:49:17.920><c> Gentile</c><00:49:18.340><c> brethren,</c>

00:49:19.800 --> 00:49:22.519
we're<00:49:20.059><c> told</c><00:49:20.280><c> it</c><00:49:20.619><c> pleased</c><00:49:21.059><c> the</c><00:49:21.519><c> apostles.</c>

00:49:22.960 --> 00:49:26.559
It<00:49:23.320><c> seemed</c><00:49:23.559><c> good</c><00:49:23.920><c> unto</c><00:49:24.199><c> us</c><00:49:24.800><c> and</c><00:49:25.179><c> to</c><00:49:25.360><c> the</c><00:49:25.539><c> Holy</c><00:49:25.739><c> Spirit</c>

00:49:26.559 --> 00:49:28.320
was<00:49:27.059><c> what</c><00:49:27.239><c> they</c><00:49:27.539><c> wrote.</c>

00:49:28.639 --> 00:49:31.179
And<00:49:28.960><c> there</c><00:49:29.079><c> was</c><00:49:29.300><c> a</c><00:49:29.659><c> spirit</c><00:49:30.000><c> of</c><00:49:30.820><c> happiness</c>

00:49:31.179 --> 00:49:33.260
that<00:49:31.400><c> there</c><00:49:31.579><c> had</c><00:49:31.739><c> been</c><00:49:31.920><c> a</c><00:49:32.139><c> divisive</c><00:49:32.480><c> issue</c><00:49:32.760><c> resolved</c>

00:49:33.260 --> 00:49:35.800
with<00:49:33.539><c> cooperation</c><00:49:34.199><c> and</c><00:49:34.860><c> mutual</c><00:49:35.199><c> understanding</c>

00:49:35.800 --> 00:49:37.380
of<00:49:35.960><c> the</c><00:49:36.099><c> other</c><00:49:36.260><c> perspective.</c>

00:49:40.400 --> 00:49:42.280
And<00:49:40.719><c> we</c><00:49:40.880><c> must</c><00:49:41.079><c> avoid</c><00:49:41.440><c> hasty</c><00:49:41.880><c> judgments.</c>

00:49:42.440 --> 00:49:45.880
Never<00:49:42.739><c> pronounce</c><00:49:43.159><c> judgment</c><00:49:43.539><c> without</c><00:49:43.880><c> knowing</c><00:49:44.500><c> the</c><00:49:45.019><c> facts.</c>

00:49:47.099 --> 00:49:48.139
You<00:49:47.219><c> know,</c><00:49:47.300><c> the</c><00:49:47.440><c> wisdom</c><00:49:47.619><c> of</c><00:49:47.900><c> Solomon</c>

00:49:48.139 --> 00:49:50.739
is<00:49:48.360><c> very,</c><00:49:48.659><c> very</c><00:49:48.920><c> appropriate</c><00:49:49.280><c> to</c><00:49:49.539><c> us.</c>

00:49:51.679 --> 00:49:55.179
He<00:49:51.780><c> that</c><00:49:51.920><c> is</c><00:49:52.239><c> slow</c><00:49:52.420><c> as</c><00:49:52.639><c> a</c><00:49:52.639><c> wrath</c><00:49:52.860><c> is</c><00:49:53.199><c> of</c><00:49:53.519><c> great</c><00:49:53.860><c> understanding.</c>

00:49:56.139 --> 00:50:00.280
But<00:49:56.619><c> he</c><00:49:56.840><c> that</c><00:49:56.980><c> is</c><00:49:57.199><c> hasty</c><00:49:57.480><c> of</c><00:49:57.719><c> spirit</c><00:49:58.019><c> exalteth</c><00:49:58.960><c> folly.</c>

00:50:00.980 --> 00:50:02.179
And<00:50:01.039><c> for</c><00:50:01.199><c> all</c><00:50:01.340><c> of</c><00:50:01.440><c> our</c><00:50:01.619><c> determination</c>

00:50:02.179 --> 00:50:03.739
to<00:50:02.400><c> make</c><00:50:02.619><c> sure</c><00:50:02.780><c> we</c><00:50:02.980><c> do</c><00:50:03.179><c> the</c><00:50:03.380><c> right</c><00:50:03.579><c> thing</c>

00:50:03.739 --> 00:50:05.619
and<00:50:03.840><c> to</c><00:50:04.099><c> protect</c><00:50:04.300><c> our</c><00:50:04.559><c> eclisures</c>

00:50:05.619 --> 00:50:07.940
from<00:50:06.239><c> the</c><00:50:06.500><c> inroads</c><00:50:06.780><c> of</c><00:50:07.079><c> error</c><00:50:07.219><c> or</c><00:50:07.460><c> immorality,</c>

00:50:08.099 --> 00:50:09.519
brethren<00:50:08.239><c> and</c><00:50:08.480><c> sisters,</c>

00:50:09.739 --> 00:50:12.199
there<00:50:09.900><c> is</c><00:50:10.139><c> a</c><00:50:10.460><c> correct</c><00:50:10.619><c> way</c><00:50:10.820><c> to</c><00:50:10.980><c> go</c><00:50:11.159><c> about</c><00:50:11.400><c> it.</c>

00:50:13.659 --> 00:50:15.539
A<00:50:13.820><c> wrathful</c><00:50:14.159><c> man</c><00:50:14.480><c> stirreth</c><00:50:14.840><c> up</c><00:50:15.179><c> strife,</c>

00:50:15.579 --> 00:50:18.059
but<00:50:15.699><c> he</c><00:50:15.840><c> that</c><00:50:16.000><c> is</c><00:50:16.199><c> slow</c><00:50:16.320><c> to</c><00:50:16.500><c> anger</c><00:50:16.739><c> appeases</c><00:50:17.400><c> strife.</c>

00:50:18.500 --> 00:50:20.320
It<00:50:18.659><c> doesn't</c><00:50:18.860><c> mean</c><00:50:19.039><c> we</c><00:50:19.260><c> compromise.</c>

00:50:20.619 --> 00:50:23.840
We<00:50:20.860><c> do</c><00:50:21.099><c> not</c><00:50:21.280><c> exacerbate</c><00:50:21.900><c> the</c><00:50:22.119><c> problem</c><00:50:22.340><c> by</c><00:50:22.559><c> the</c><00:50:22.820><c> attitude</c><00:50:23.179><c> we</c><00:50:23.460><c> adopt</c>

00:50:23.840 --> 00:50:26.380
and<00:50:24.380><c> the</c><00:50:24.539><c> aggressiveness</c><00:50:25.119><c> we</c><00:50:25.360><c> adopt.</c>

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And<00:50:28.119><c> we</c><00:50:28.360><c> certainly</c><00:50:28.719><c> don't</c><00:50:29.059><c> go</c><00:50:29.480><c> and</c><00:50:29.800><c> make</c><00:50:29.980><c> judgments</c>

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without<00:50:30.739><c> knowing</c><00:50:31.099><c> the</c><00:50:31.500><c> facts.</c>

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He<00:50:31.900><c> that</c><00:50:32.039><c> answers</c><00:50:32.300><c> the</c><00:50:32.500><c> matter</c><00:50:32.639><c> before</c><00:50:33.019><c> he</c><00:50:33.280><c> heareth</c><00:50:33.500><c> it,</c>

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it's<00:50:35.099><c> a</c><00:50:35.219><c> folly</c><00:50:35.440><c> and</c><00:50:35.659><c> a</c><00:50:35.880><c> shame</c><00:50:36.119><c> unto</c><00:50:36.360><c> him.</c>

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And<00:50:36.639><c> you</c><00:50:36.719><c> can</c><00:50:36.900><c> imagine</c><00:50:37.219><c> the</c><00:50:37.380><c> red</c><00:50:37.639><c> face</c><00:50:37.860><c> of</c><00:50:38.099><c> Phineas</c>

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as<00:50:40.440><c> he</c><00:50:40.679><c> stood</c><00:50:40.800><c> there</c><00:50:41.099><c> hearing</c><00:50:41.440><c> the</c><00:50:42.019><c> patient,</c>

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truthful<00:50:43.300><c> explanation</c><00:50:44.039><c> of</c><00:50:44.519><c> Reben</c><00:50:44.820><c> Gad</c><00:50:45.000><c> and</c><00:50:45.119><c> Manasseh.</c>

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So<00:50:47.920><c> the</c><00:50:48.039><c> lessons</c><00:50:48.219><c> we</c><00:50:48.460><c> take</c><00:50:48.639><c> away,</c><00:50:49.079><c> brethren</c><00:50:49.119><c> and</c><00:50:49.360><c> sisters,</c>

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are<00:50:50.699><c> very</c><00:50:51.019><c> simple.</c>

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Do<00:50:52.619><c> not</c><00:50:52.920><c> be</c><00:50:53.139><c> hasty</c><00:50:53.460><c> to</c><00:50:53.599><c> condemn</c><00:50:53.880><c> on</c><00:50:54.139><c> hearsay.</c>

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Paul<00:50:56.639><c> says</c><00:50:56.880><c> love</c><00:50:57.199><c> imputes</c><00:50:57.659><c> not</c><00:50:57.980><c> evil.</c>

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It<00:50:58.980><c> doesn't</c><00:50:59.320><c> believe</c><00:50:59.659><c> the</c><00:50:59.920><c> worst</c><00:51:00.300><c> about</c><00:51:00.659><c> people.</c>

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It<00:51:02.219><c> doesn't</c><00:51:02.579><c> apply</c><00:51:02.900><c> motives</c><00:51:03.360><c> to</c><00:51:03.539><c> what</c><00:51:03.699><c> they</c><00:51:03.900><c> do.</c>

00:51:07.619 --> 00:51:09.280
You<00:51:07.719><c> have</c><00:51:07.900><c> to</c><00:51:08.079><c> balance</c><00:51:08.340><c> our</c><00:51:08.619><c> godly</c><00:51:09.059><c> zeal</c>

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with<00:51:09.559><c> trust,</c><00:51:10.260><c> respect</c><00:51:10.599><c> and</c><00:51:10.960><c> fairness.</c>

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If<00:51:15.199><c> you</c><00:51:15.360><c> are</c><00:51:15.519><c> called</c><00:51:15.699><c> upon</c><00:51:16.219><c> to</c><00:51:16.619><c> represent</c><00:51:17.039><c> others,</c>

00:51:17.579 --> 00:51:20.179
you<00:51:17.579><c> must</c><00:51:17.840><c> report</c><00:51:18.320><c> faithfully</c><00:51:18.860><c> and</c><00:51:19.219><c> positively</c>

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when<00:51:20.659><c> there</c><00:51:20.880><c> is</c><00:51:21.059><c> a</c><00:51:21.139><c> good</c><00:51:21.260><c> outcome</c>

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and<00:51:23.119><c> rejoice</c><00:51:23.599><c> if</c><00:51:23.920><c> unity</c><00:51:24.400><c> is</c><00:51:25.280><c> preserved.</c>

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Surely<00:51:29.420><c> we</c><00:51:29.559><c> have</c><00:51:29.780><c> learned</c><00:51:29.980><c> the</c><00:51:30.199><c> dangers</c><00:51:30.739><c> of</c><00:51:31.179><c> matters</c><00:51:31.440><c> escalating</c>

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because<00:51:33.619><c> there</c><00:51:33.820><c> was</c><00:51:33.980><c> a</c><00:51:34.119><c> lack</c><00:51:34.280><c> of</c><00:51:34.539><c> brotherly</c><00:51:34.900><c> trust</c>

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or<00:51:36.780><c> because</c><00:51:37.139><c> insulting</c><00:51:37.679><c> accusations</c><00:51:38.380><c> were</c><00:51:38.659><c> introduced</c>

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into<00:51:39.340><c> the</c><00:51:39.599><c> argument</c><00:51:39.920><c> about</c><00:51:40.420><c> facts</c>

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or<00:51:42.579><c> because</c><00:51:42.920><c> no</c><00:51:43.239><c> friendly</c><00:51:43.599><c> inquiry</c><00:51:44.119><c> was</c><00:51:44.440><c> first</c><00:51:44.800><c> made.</c>

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We<00:51:47.699><c> need</c><00:51:47.840><c> to</c><00:51:48.039><c> remember</c><00:51:48.260><c> the</c><00:51:48.539><c> sobering</c><00:51:48.900><c> words</c>

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of<00:51:49.199><c> our</c><00:51:49.340><c> Lord</c><00:51:49.500><c> Jesus</c><00:51:49.860><c> Christ.</c>

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With<00:51:52.239><c> what</c><00:51:52.539><c> judgment</c><00:51:53.320><c> ye</c><00:51:53.980><c> meet,</c>

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so<00:51:56.079><c> shall</c><00:51:56.239><c> it</c><00:51:56.400><c> be</c><00:51:56.559><c> meted</c><00:51:56.940><c> unto</c><00:51:57.219><c> you.</c>

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It's<00:51:58.539><c> Matthew</c><00:51:58.840><c> seven</c><00:51:59.179><c> verse</c><00:51:59.480><c> two.</c>

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Or<00:52:01.920><c> as</c><00:52:02.099><c> someone</c><00:52:02.280><c> outside</c><00:52:02.739><c> the</c><00:52:02.920><c> Bible</c><00:52:03.159><c> said,</c>

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and<00:52:03.559><c> I</c><00:52:03.760><c> found</c><00:52:03.880><c> this</c><00:52:04.179><c> incredibly</c><00:52:04.860><c> useful</c><00:52:05.659><c> for</c><00:52:05.900><c> myself,</c>

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be<00:52:08.659><c> sure</c><00:52:09.039><c> your</c><00:52:09.300><c> words</c><00:52:09.619><c> are</c><00:52:10.059><c> always</c><00:52:10.480><c> sweet</c>

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as<00:52:12.199><c> one</c><00:52:12.460><c> day</c><00:52:12.599><c> you</c><00:52:12.739><c> may</c><00:52:12.940><c> have</c><00:52:13.139><c> to</c><00:52:13.300><c> eat</c><00:52:13.420><c> them.</c>

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And<00:52:16.079><c> that's</c><00:52:16.239><c> what</c><00:52:16.400><c> Phineas</c><00:52:16.699><c> had</c><00:52:16.840><c> to</c><00:52:17.059><c> do.</c>

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So<00:52:19.460><c> brethren</c><00:52:19.679><c> and</c><00:52:19.960><c> sisters,</c><00:52:20.420><c> rejoice</c><00:52:20.760><c> if</c><00:52:21.079><c> unity</c><00:52:21.400><c> is</c><00:52:21.699><c> maintained.</c>

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Be<00:52:23.480><c> swift</c><00:52:23.820><c> to</c><00:52:24.079><c> hear</c><00:52:24.280><c> and</c><00:52:24.599><c> slow</c><00:52:24.880><c> to</c><00:52:25.179><c> speak</c><00:52:25.440><c> and</c><00:52:25.860><c> slow</c><00:52:26.179><c> to</c><00:52:26.380><c> wrath.</c>

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And<00:52:28.139><c> so</c><00:52:28.239><c> we</c><00:52:28.380><c> leave</c><00:52:28.519><c> Israel,</c>

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rejoicing<00:52:31.539><c> in</c><00:52:31.659><c> their</c><00:52:31.880><c> inheritance</c><00:52:32.440><c> with</c><00:52:32.880><c> Abraham.</c>

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And<00:52:34.800><c> we</c><00:52:34.960><c> trust</c><00:52:35.199><c> along</c><00:52:35.500><c> the</c><00:52:35.659><c> way</c><00:52:35.800><c> we've</c><00:52:36.079><c> learned</c><00:52:36.239><c> from</c><00:52:36.460><c> those</c><00:52:36.739><c> things</c>

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written<00:52:38.360><c> for</c><00:52:38.639><c> our</c><00:52:38.880><c> learning</c><00:52:39.119><c> and</c><00:52:39.440><c> our</c><00:52:39.659><c> admonition</c>

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from<00:52:40.280><c> the</c><00:52:40.400><c> edge</c><00:52:40.539><c> of</c><00:52:40.679><c> the</c><00:52:40.820><c> kingdom</c>

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and<00:52:42.360><c> that</c><00:52:42.440><c> we</c><00:52:42.579><c> might</c><00:52:42.719><c> apply</c><00:52:43.059><c> them</c><00:52:43.380><c> because</c><00:52:43.900><c> upon</c><00:52:44.199><c> us</c>

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the<00:52:44.760><c> end</c><00:52:44.960><c> of</c><00:52:45.119><c> the</c><00:52:45.239><c> ages</c><00:52:45.619><c> are</c><00:52:45.980><c> come.</c>