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slice,<00:11:51.639><c> I</c><00:11:51.779><c> am</c><00:11:51.960><c> Yahweh.</c><00:11:54.519><c> And</c><00:11:54.799><c> in</c><00:11:55.100><c> between</c>

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is<00:11:58.600><c> fleshing</c><00:11:59.019><c> out</c><00:11:59.460><c> the</c><00:11:59.820><c> substance</c><00:12:00.419><c> of</c><00:12:00.860><c> those</c><00:12:01.100><c> statements.</c><00:12:01.940><c> So</c>

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I<00:12:02.419><c> am</c><00:12:02.639><c> Yahweh.</c><00:12:03.120><c> What</c><00:12:03.279><c> does</c><00:12:03.519><c> that</c><00:12:03.840><c> mean?</c>

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Therefore,<00:12:06.039><c> I</c><00:12:06.360><c> am</c><00:12:06.539><c> Yahweh.</c><00:12:08.000><c> So</c><00:12:08.399><c> between</c><00:12:09.039><c> verse</c><00:12:09.320><c> six</c><00:12:09.659><c> and</c><00:12:10.019><c> verse</c><00:12:10.320><c> eight,</c><00:12:10.679><c> we're</c><00:12:10.759><c> going</c><00:12:10.840><c> to,</c>

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we're<00:12:11.539><c> going</c>

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going<00:12:16.860><c> to</c><00:12:17.039><c> happen.</c><00:12:17.700><c> Therefore,</c><00:12:18.159><c> I</c><00:12:18.480><c> am</c><00:12:18.700><c> Yahweh.</c><00:12:19.879><c> Okay.</c><00:12:20.860><c> That's</c>

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So<00:12:24.120><c> it's</c><00:12:24.340><c> what</c><00:12:24.600><c> lies</c><00:12:24.980><c> in</c><00:12:25.340><c> between</c><00:12:25.600><c> these</c><00:12:25.840><c> two</c><00:12:26.120><c> slices</c><00:12:26.480><c> of</c><00:12:26.740><c> bread</c><00:12:26.860><c> that</c>

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we're<00:12:27.240><c> looking</c><00:12:27.639><c> for</c>

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in<00:12:28.440><c> that</c><00:12:28.779><c> local</c><00:12:29.259><c> application</c><00:12:30.139><c> that</c><00:12:31.100><c> no</c><00:12:31.460><c> one's</c><00:12:31.779><c> ever</c><00:12:32.120><c> seen</c><00:12:32.419><c> before</c><00:12:33.139><c> in</c>

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that<00:12:36.399><c> is</c><00:12:36.679><c> specific</c><00:12:37.360><c> to</c><00:12:37.539><c> the</c><00:12:37.700><c> children</c><00:12:37.860><c> of</c><00:12:38.100><c> Israel.</c><00:12:38.399><c> Let's</c><00:12:38.720><c> have</c><00:12:38.860><c> a</c>

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look<00:12:39.019><c> at</c><00:12:39.120><c> it.</c>

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So<00:12:43.039><c> I</c><00:12:43.759><c> am</c><00:12:43.940><c> Yahweh,</c><00:12:44.759><c> verse</c><00:12:45.000><c> six.</c><00:12:46.419><c> Therefore,</c><00:12:46.460><c> now</c><00:12:46.679><c> look</c><00:12:46.860><c> at</c><00:12:46.980><c> this.</c><00:12:47.279><c> Look</c><00:12:47.440><c> at</c>

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I<00:12:51.460><c> will</c><00:12:51.960><c> be</c><00:12:52.840><c> whom</c><00:12:53.279><c> I</c><00:12:53.799><c> will</c><00:12:54.100><c> be.</c><00:12:54.639><c> Think</c><00:12:54.980><c> of</c><00:12:55.120><c> it</c><00:12:55.240><c> this</c><00:12:55.559><c> way.</c>

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I'll<00:12:58.580><c> be</c><00:12:58.759><c> whoever</c><00:12:59.200><c> I</c><00:12:59.799><c> choose</c><00:13:00.200><c> to</c><00:13:00.559><c> be.</c><00:13:01.539><c> I</c><00:13:02.100><c> will</c><00:13:02.639><c> be</c><00:13:03.399><c> whomever</c><00:13:04.460><c> I</c>

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not<00:13:08.779><c> anyone,</c><00:13:09.460><c> not</c><00:13:09.639><c> the</c><00:13:09.820><c> prime</c><00:13:10.059><c> minister</c><00:13:10.460><c> of</c><00:13:11.379><c> Australia,</c><00:13:12.440><c> not</c>

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Pharaoh.<00:13:13.980><c> I'm</c><00:13:14.220><c> not</c><00:13:14.480><c> answerable</c><00:13:15.000><c> to</c><00:13:15.519><c> anybody.</c>

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I<00:13:16.820><c> will</c><00:13:17.240><c> be</c><00:13:18.039><c> a</c><00:13:18.799><c> completely</c><00:13:19.299><c> free</c><00:13:19.700><c> agent</c><00:13:20.059><c> to</c><00:13:20.340><c> act</c><00:13:20.600><c> in</c><00:13:21.059><c> any</c><00:13:21.340><c> way</c><00:13:21.600><c> I</c>

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choose<00:13:22.820><c> in</c><00:13:23.320><c> the</c><00:13:23.679><c> timing</c><00:13:24.059><c> that</c><00:13:24.399><c> belongs</c><00:13:24.679><c> to</c><00:13:24.960><c> me.</c>

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I<00:13:31.539><c> don't</c><00:13:31.679><c> know</c><00:13:31.740><c> why</c><00:13:31.960><c> he</c><00:13:31.960><c> didn't</c><00:13:32.139><c> do</c><00:13:32.299><c> it</c><00:13:32.480><c> then.</c><00:13:32.860><c> That's</c><00:13:33.159><c> his</c><00:13:33.340><c> prerogative.</c>

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and<00:13:39.080><c> now</c><00:13:39.259><c> he's</c><00:13:39.500><c> saying,</c><00:13:39.759><c> okay,</c><00:13:40.059><c> you've</c><00:13:40.340><c> waited</c><00:13:40.419><c> long</c><00:13:40.639><c> enough.</c>

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I've<00:13:41.039><c> heard</c><00:13:41.220><c> you</c><00:13:41.399><c> groaning.</c>

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I've<00:13:42.480><c> listened.</c><00:13:43.139><c> I'm</c><00:13:43.259><c> now</c><00:13:43.460><c> responding.</c><00:13:44.559><c> And</c><00:13:44.720><c> this</c><00:13:44.940><c> is</c><00:13:45.139><c> the</c><00:13:45.360><c> I</c>

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I<00:13:51.580><c> will</c><00:13:52.000><c> bring</c><00:13:52.299><c> you</c><00:13:52.559><c> out</c><00:13:52.759><c> from</c><00:13:52.940><c> under</c><00:13:53.139><c> the</c><00:13:53.379><c> burdens</c><00:13:53.639><c> of</c><00:13:53.860><c> the</c><00:13:54.059><c> Egyptians.</c>

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I<00:13:57.559><c> will</c><00:13:57.919><c> deliver</c><00:13:58.460><c> you</c><00:13:58.799><c> from</c><00:13:59.039><c> their</c><00:13:59.299><c> bondage.</c>

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I<00:14:02.480><c> will</c><00:14:02.759><c> redeem</c><00:14:03.279><c> you</c><00:14:03.460><c> with</c><00:14:03.639><c> an</c><00:14:03.759><c> outstretched</c><00:14:04.200><c> arm</c><00:14:04.419><c> with</c><00:14:04.659><c> great</c>

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judgment.<00:14:05.139><c> Can</c><00:14:05.320><c> you</c><00:14:05.559><c> see</c><00:14:05.759><c> the</c><00:14:06.139><c> play</c><00:14:06.500><c> on</c><00:14:06.860><c> God's</c><00:14:07.279><c> name?</c>

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this.<00:14:15.399><c> I</c><00:14:15.700><c> will</c><00:14:15.960><c> be</c><00:14:16.220><c> that.</c><00:14:16.620><c> I</c><00:14:16.840><c> will</c><00:14:17.039><c> do</c><00:14:17.240><c> something</c><00:14:17.580><c> else.</c><00:14:18.080><c> It's</c>

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not<00:14:21.840><c> in</c><00:14:22.059><c> academic</c><00:14:22.399><c> sense.</c><00:14:23.379><c> There</c><00:14:23.519><c> it</c><00:14:23.740><c> all</c><00:14:23.860><c> is.</c><00:14:24.039><c> All</c><00:14:24.460><c> these</c><00:14:24.740><c> things</c><00:14:24.899><c> that</c><00:14:25.100><c> I'm</c>

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heard<00:14:28.240><c> you</c><00:14:28.440><c> groaning.</c><00:14:29.220><c> I'll</c><00:14:29.399><c> redeem</c><00:14:29.700><c> you</c><00:14:29.919><c> with</c><00:14:30.059><c> an</c><00:14:30.139><c> outstretched</c><00:14:30.559><c> arm</c><00:14:30.840><c> and</c>

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with<00:14:31.200><c> great</c><00:14:31.399><c> judgments.</c>

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stop<00:14:36.039><c> me.</c><00:14:36.500><c> The</c><00:14:36.740><c> arrows</c><00:14:37.019><c> go</c><00:14:37.340><c> and</c><00:14:38.220><c> they</c><00:14:38.919><c> just</c><00:14:39.179><c> bounce</c><00:14:39.600><c> off.</c>

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not<00:14:48.399><c> talking</c><00:14:48.679><c> about</c><00:14:49.000><c> that</c><00:14:49.220><c> now.</c><00:14:49.700><c> I</c><00:14:50.039><c> will</c><00:14:50.360><c> know</c><00:14:50.679><c> by</c><00:14:51.019><c> my</c><00:14:51.340><c> actions</c>

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am<00:14:55.580><c> Yahweh</c><00:14:56.159><c> your</c><00:14:56.440><c> God</c><00:14:56.960><c> who</c><00:14:57.899><c> brought</c><00:14:58.220><c> you</c><00:14:59.120><c> from</c><00:14:59.480><c> under</c><00:14:59.899><c> the</c><00:15:00.100><c> burdens</c><00:15:00.519><c> of</c>

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I<00:15:03.519><c> will</c><00:15:03.860><c> bring</c><00:15:04.139><c> you</c><00:15:05.120><c> to</c><00:15:05.679><c> the</c><00:15:05.899><c> land</c><00:15:06.120><c> which</c><00:15:06.379><c> I</c><00:15:06.679><c> swore</c><00:15:07.299><c> to</c><00:15:07.620><c> give</c><00:15:07.940><c> to</c>

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Abraham,<00:15:09.100><c> Isaac</c><00:15:09.600><c> and</c><00:15:09.879><c> Jacob</c>

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They've<00:15:24.220><c> never</c><00:15:24.399><c> known</c><00:15:24.659><c> him</c><00:15:25.019><c> before</c><00:15:25.620><c> doing</c><00:15:26.000><c> those</c><00:15:26.360><c> things.</c><00:15:28.559><c> Abraham</c><00:15:28.620><c> never</c><00:15:28.980><c> saw</c><00:15:29.200><c> it</c>

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to<00:15:29.539><c> that</c><00:15:29.740><c> extent.</c>

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Isaac,<00:15:32.179><c> none</c><00:15:32.419><c> of</c><00:15:32.559><c> them.</c><00:15:33.980><c> This</c><00:15:34.100><c> is</c><00:15:34.360><c> the</c><00:15:34.519><c> first</c><00:15:34.860><c> time,</c><00:15:35.220><c> says</c><00:15:35.460><c> God,</c><00:15:36.100><c> that</c><00:15:36.299><c> you'll</c><00:15:36.759><c> really</c><00:15:37.220><c> see</c>

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what<00:15:38.200><c> it</c><00:15:38.480><c> means</c>

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for<00:15:39.419><c> me</c><00:15:39.659><c> to</c><00:15:39.860><c> act</c><00:15:40.019><c> as</c><00:15:40.279><c> a</c><00:15:40.440><c> free</c><00:15:40.639><c> agent</c><00:15:41.000><c> against</c><00:15:41.480><c> Pharaoh</c><00:15:41.879><c> and</c><00:15:42.340><c> I'm</c>

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going<00:15:42.879><c> to</c><00:15:43.179><c> decimate</c><00:15:43.820><c> Pharaoh,</c><00:15:44.740><c> his</c><00:15:45.019><c> economy,</c>

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his<00:15:45.960><c> people,</c><00:15:46.659><c> everything.</c><00:15:47.000><c> I'm</c><00:15:47.240><c> going</c><00:15:47.340><c> to</c><00:15:47.480><c> kill</c><00:15:47.639><c> the</c><00:15:47.740><c> man.</c><00:15:49.659><c> Now</c><00:15:50.120><c> we</c>

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were<00:15:50.720><c> going</c><00:15:50.820><c> to</c><00:15:50.899><c> have</c><00:15:51.039><c> a</c><00:15:51.200><c> handout</c><00:15:51.539><c> and</c><00:15:51.960><c> we</c>

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hope<00:15:52.559><c> to</c><00:15:53.100><c> later</c><00:15:53.559><c> in</c><00:15:53.759><c> the</c><00:15:53.899><c> week</c><00:15:54.039><c> and</c><00:15:54.120><c> you</c><00:15:54.240><c> can't</c><00:15:54.559><c> see</c><00:15:54.639><c> any</c><00:15:54.840><c> of</c><00:15:54.960><c> this</c><00:15:55.139><c> so</c>

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you're<00:15:56.379><c> just</c><00:15:56.440><c> going</c><00:15:56.519><c> to</c><00:15:56.620><c> have</c><00:15:56.820><c> to</c><00:15:57.320><c> accept</c>

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what<00:15:57.820><c> I</c><00:15:58.019><c> say.</c><00:15:58.720><c> What</c><00:15:58.720><c> we're</c><00:15:59.340><c> going</c><00:15:59.480><c> to</c><00:15:59.539><c> do,</c><00:16:00.299><c> we're</c><00:16:00.419><c> not</c><00:16:00.519><c> going</c><00:16:00.639><c> to</c><00:16:00.759><c> do</c><00:16:01.120><c> a</c>

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blow<00:16:01.679><c>-by</c><00:16:02.000><c>-blow</c><00:16:02.179><c> description</c><00:16:02.580><c> of</c><00:16:02.779><c> the</c>

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plagues.<00:16:03.320><c> I'm</c><00:16:03.539><c> going</c><00:16:03.620><c> to</c><00:16:03.659><c> give</c><00:16:03.720><c> you</c><00:16:03.860><c> a</c><00:16:04.019><c> handout.</c><00:16:05.139><c> If</c><00:16:05.320><c> I</c><00:16:05.360><c> gave</c><00:16:05.539><c> you</c><00:16:05.720><c> a</c>

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blow<00:16:05.940><c>-by</c><00:16:06.139><c>-blow</c><00:16:06.340><c> description</c><00:16:06.720><c> of</c><00:16:07.360><c> the</c><00:16:07.600><c> plagues,</c>

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A,<00:16:08.220><c> we'd</c><00:16:08.419><c> be</c><00:16:08.500><c> here</c><00:16:08.659><c> till</c><00:16:08.779><c> midnight</c><00:16:09.100><c> and</c><00:16:09.539><c> boof,</c><00:16:09.720><c> you'd</c><00:16:09.860><c> all</c><00:16:10.000><c> be</c>

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in<00:16:10.220><c> a</c><00:16:10.340><c> coma.</c><00:16:11.039><c> So</c><00:16:11.220><c> we're</c><00:16:11.320><c> not</c><00:16:11.480><c> going</c><00:16:11.620><c> to</c><00:16:11.700><c> do</c><00:16:11.860><c> that.</c>

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What<00:16:13.980><c> it</c><00:16:14.139><c> does</c><00:16:14.679><c> is</c><00:16:15.059><c> it</c><00:16:15.259><c> talks</c><00:16:15.659><c> about</c><00:16:16.080><c> each</c><00:16:16.419><c> of</c><00:16:16.559><c> the</c><00:16:16.840><c> plagues</c><00:16:17.299><c> of</c>

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Egypt.<00:16:19.080><c> It</c><00:16:19.480><c> talks</c><00:16:19.919><c> about</c><00:16:20.600><c> why</c><00:16:21.059><c> the</c><00:16:21.360><c> plague</c><00:16:21.559><c> was</c><00:16:21.879><c> given</c>

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because<00:16:23.620><c> every</c><00:16:24.220><c> plague</c><00:16:24.720><c> addresses</c><00:16:25.480><c> a</c><00:16:26.259><c> god</c><00:16:26.620><c> within</c><00:16:27.019><c> Egypt.</c><00:16:27.720><c> You</c><00:16:27.879><c> see,</c><00:16:27.960><c> this</c><00:16:28.139><c> is</c>

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a<00:16:28.559><c> contest.</c>

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Look,<00:16:32.559><c> in</c><00:16:32.679><c> a</c><00:16:32.940><c> sense,</c><00:16:33.299><c> this</c><00:16:33.539><c> is</c><00:16:33.759><c> all</c><00:16:33.879><c> immaterial.</c>

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The<00:16:37.320><c> engine</c><00:16:37.620><c> room</c><00:16:37.960><c> of</c><00:16:38.100><c> what's</c><00:16:38.480><c> happening</c><00:16:38.720><c> in</c><00:16:38.960><c> these</c><00:16:39.159><c> chapters</c>

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is<00:16:41.899><c> the</c><00:16:42.279><c> contest</c><00:16:42.779><c> between</c><00:16:43.179><c> the</c><00:16:43.519><c> gods</c><00:16:43.779><c> of</c><00:16:44.059><c> Egypt</c><00:16:44.480><c> and</c><00:16:45.000><c> Yahweh.</c>

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It<00:16:47.480><c> happens</c><00:16:47.879><c> to</c><00:16:48.159><c> be</c><00:16:48.340><c> outworked</c><00:16:48.960><c> through</c><00:16:49.200><c> the</c>

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children<00:16:49.799><c> of</c><00:16:49.960><c> Israel.</c><00:16:53.460><c> The</c><00:16:54.019><c> gods</c><00:16:54.440><c> of</c><00:16:54.779><c> Egypt</c><00:16:55.080><c> are</c><00:16:55.259><c> the</c><00:16:55.360><c> ones</c>

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that<00:16:55.639><c> are</c><00:16:55.799><c> being</c><00:16:55.980><c> addressed</c><00:16:56.179><c> and</c><00:16:56.460><c> every</c><00:16:56.980><c> plague,</c>

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and<00:16:57.240><c> you'll</c><00:16:57.980><c> get</c><00:16:58.139><c> this</c><00:16:58.340><c> later</c><00:16:58.559><c> in</c><00:16:58.679><c> the</c><00:16:58.779><c> week,</c><00:16:59.320><c> every</c><00:16:59.659><c> plague,</c>

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you'll<00:16:59.960><c> have</c><00:17:00.019><c> it</c><00:17:00.139><c> as</c><00:17:00.279><c> a</c><00:17:00.360><c> handout,</c><00:17:01.120><c> every</c><00:17:01.419><c> plague</c>

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addresses<00:17:02.980><c> each</c><00:17:04.099><c> of</c><00:17:04.319><c> the</c><00:17:05.099><c> gods</c><00:17:05.380><c> of</c><00:17:05.680><c> Egypt,</c><00:17:06.579><c> who</c><00:17:06.740><c> was</c><00:17:06.980><c> affected</c>

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by<00:17:07.740><c> it,</c><00:17:09.019><c> the</c><00:17:09.299><c> magician's</c><00:17:10.119><c> response,</c>

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Pharaoh's<00:17:12.319><c> response,</c><00:17:13.539><c> and</c><00:17:13.660><c> God's</c><00:17:14.119><c> response.</c>

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Now,<00:17:17.180><c> there's</c><00:17:17.380><c> a</c><00:17:17.619><c> lot</c><00:17:17.859><c> of</c><00:17:18.160><c> tight</c><00:17:18.380><c> interplay.</c><00:17:19.440><c> I'm</c><00:17:19.539><c> just</c><00:17:19.759><c> going</c>

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to<00:17:19.980><c> read</c><00:17:20.200><c> a</c><00:17:20.359><c> couple</c><00:17:20.599><c> of</c><00:17:21.299><c> things</c><00:17:21.519><c> out</c><00:17:21.819><c> to</c><00:17:21.920><c> you,</c>

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just<00:17:22.259><c> to</c><00:17:22.640><c> give</c><00:17:22.839><c> you</c><00:17:23.039><c> an</c><00:17:23.220><c> idea</c><00:17:23.660><c> of</c><00:17:24.220><c> this</c><00:17:24.640><c> contest.</c><00:17:26.579><c> Now,</c><00:17:27.000><c> Pharaoh</c><00:17:27.240><c> himself</c><00:17:27.839><c> was</c><00:17:28.119><c> a</c><00:17:28.299><c> god.</c>

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So<00:17:31.700><c> at</c><00:17:32.259><c> its</c><00:17:32.559><c> core,</c><00:17:32.859><c> we're</c><00:17:32.980><c> talking</c><00:17:33.220><c> about</c><00:17:33.500><c> two</c><00:17:33.839><c> gods</c><00:17:34.140><c> fighting</c>

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it<00:17:34.799><c> out,</c><00:17:35.539><c> Yahweh</c><00:17:35.980><c> and</c><00:17:36.480><c> Pharaoh.</c>

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Pharaoh's<00:17:38.400><c> first</c><00:17:38.640><c> thing</c><00:17:38.859><c> was,</c><00:17:39.200><c> who</c><00:17:39.259><c> is</c><00:17:39.539><c> Yahweh?</c><00:17:39.859><c> I</c><00:17:40.019><c> don't</c><00:17:40.160><c> know</c><00:17:40.259><c> who</c>

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he<00:17:40.619><c> is,</c><00:17:40.880><c> and</c><00:17:41.039><c> frankly,</c>

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I'm<00:17:41.960><c> not</c><00:17:42.200><c> interested.</c><00:17:43.460><c> And</c><00:17:43.640><c> at</c><00:17:43.839><c> each</c><00:17:44.220><c> point</c><00:17:44.720><c> along</c><00:17:45.119><c> these</c><00:17:45.579><c> plagues,</c><00:17:46.640><c> he</c>

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hardened<00:17:47.660><c> his</c><00:17:48.440><c> heart.</c>

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Now,<00:17:53.940><c> to</c><00:17:54.180><c> some</c><00:17:54.400><c> extent,</c><00:17:54.779><c> there</c><00:17:54.799><c> is</c><00:17:54.940><c> good</c><00:17:55.200><c> reason</c><00:17:55.599><c> for</c><00:17:55.839><c> that.</c><00:17:57.539><c> He's</c><00:17:57.859><c> the</c><00:17:57.940><c> head</c><00:17:58.019><c> of</c><00:17:58.160><c> a</c><00:17:58.400><c> superpower.</c>

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He<00:18:00.680><c> didn't</c><00:18:00.980><c> get</c><00:18:01.299><c> there</c><00:18:01.859><c> by,</c><00:18:02.380><c> you</c><00:18:02.799><c> know,</c><00:18:04.220><c> just</c><00:18:04.339><c> playing</c><00:18:04.579><c> solitaire</c><00:18:05.019><c> all</c><00:18:05.259><c> day.</c><00:18:05.759><c> You</c><00:18:05.799><c> know,</c><00:18:06.359><c> he</c>

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worked<00:18:07.119><c> hard,</c>

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he<00:18:07.559><c> may</c><00:18:07.819><c> have</c><00:18:08.000><c> even</c><00:18:08.259><c> been</c><00:18:08.380><c> an</c><00:18:08.559><c> invader</c><00:18:08.920><c> of</c><00:18:09.160><c> sorts,</c><00:18:09.279><c> who</c><00:18:09.480><c> knows,</c>

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but<00:18:10.099><c> he</c><00:18:10.799><c> got</c><00:18:11.079><c> to</c><00:18:11.299><c> the</c><00:18:11.480><c> top</c><00:18:11.700><c> and</c><00:18:12.059><c> he's</c><00:18:12.500><c> deified.</c>

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He<00:18:13.380><c> is</c><00:18:13.880><c> a</c><00:18:14.180><c> god.</c><00:18:15.039><c> He's</c><00:18:15.240><c> not</c><00:18:15.400><c> going</c><00:18:15.559><c> to</c><00:18:15.720><c> relinquish</c><00:18:16.119><c> that</c><00:18:16.500><c> easily</c>

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to<00:18:18.220><c> a</c><00:18:18.519><c> local</c><00:18:19.059><c> tribal</c><00:18:19.599><c> god.</c><00:18:19.859><c> What</c><00:18:20.039><c> was</c><00:18:20.299><c> the</c><00:18:20.500><c> name?</c>

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Oh,<00:18:21.180><c> Yahweh,</c><00:18:21.519><c> that's</c><00:18:21.880><c> right.</c><00:18:22.599><c> To</c><00:18:22.799><c> a</c><00:18:23.039><c> local</c><00:18:23.420><c> tribal</c><00:18:23.859><c> Hebrew,</c>

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and<00:18:24.339><c> there</c><00:18:24.420><c> are</c><00:18:24.519><c> lots</c><00:18:24.740><c> of</c><00:18:25.000><c> local</c><00:18:25.279><c> tribal</c>

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Hebrew<00:18:26.119><c> types.</c><00:18:27.119><c> He's</c><00:18:27.259><c> not</c><00:18:27.400><c> going</c><00:18:27.559><c> to</c><00:18:27.660><c> relinquish</c><00:18:28.059><c> that.</c><00:18:28.220><c> In</c>

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fact,<00:18:28.440><c> he's</c><00:18:28.500><c> not</c><00:18:28.640><c> going</c><00:18:28.799><c> to</c><00:18:28.799><c> relinquish</c><00:18:29.119><c> it</c><00:18:29.200><c> at</c><00:18:29.299><c> all.</c>

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He<00:18:29.839><c> was</c><00:18:30.079><c> numero</c><00:18:30.579><c> uno.</c><00:18:31.480><c> So</c><00:18:31.740><c> his</c><00:18:32.079><c> mind</c><00:18:32.319><c> was</c><00:18:32.759><c> hardened</c><00:18:33.220><c> against</c>

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anything<00:18:34.700><c> that</c><00:18:35.480><c> threatened</c><00:18:35.839><c> who</c><00:18:36.140><c> he</c><00:18:36.400><c> was</c>

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and<00:18:37.299><c> this</c><00:18:37.640><c> mighty</c><00:18:38.039><c> Egyptian</c><00:18:38.460><c> empire.</c><00:18:39.960><c> So</c><00:18:40.259><c> after</c><00:18:40.619><c> the</c><00:18:40.880><c> first</c>

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plague,<00:18:42.059><c> the</c><00:18:42.180><c> Nile</c><00:18:42.359><c> changed</c><00:18:42.960><c> to</c><00:18:43.359><c> blood.</c>

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The<00:18:45.480><c> magicians</c><00:18:46.140><c> repeated</c><00:18:46.819><c> how</c><00:18:47.180><c> we</c><00:18:47.339><c> don't</c><00:18:47.619><c> know</c><00:18:47.900><c> through</c><00:18:48.200><c> magic,</c><00:18:49.660><c> repeated</c><00:18:50.200><c> in</c><00:18:50.579><c> a</c>

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very<00:18:51.140><c> feeble</c><00:18:51.579><c> sense,</c>

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the<00:18:52.640><c> plague.</c><00:18:53.940><c> And</c><00:18:53.940><c> it</c><00:18:53.940><c> says</c><00:18:54.220><c> that</c><00:18:54.519><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:18:54.980><c> response</c><00:18:55.500><c> was</c>

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he<00:18:56.539><c> hardened</c><00:18:57.119><c> his</c><00:18:57.640><c> heart</c><00:18:58.259><c> because</c><00:18:59.140><c> the</c><00:18:59.460><c> plague</c><00:18:59.700><c> was</c>

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replicated<00:19:00.619><c> by</c><00:19:01.019><c> the</c><00:19:01.220><c> magicians</c><00:19:02.000><c> and</c><00:19:03.039><c> he</c><00:19:03.259><c> did</c><00:19:03.539><c> not</c><00:19:03.759><c> set</c><00:19:03.940><c> his</c><00:19:04.240><c> heart</c><00:19:04.400><c> upon</c><00:19:04.680><c> these</c><00:19:04.980><c> things.</c><00:19:06.559><c> Now,</c><00:19:07.140><c> he</c>

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had<00:19:07.400><c> a</c><00:19:07.440><c> very</c>

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hard<00:19:08.079><c> heart</c><00:19:08.279><c> to</c><00:19:08.480><c> begin</c><00:19:08.700><c> with.</c><00:19:09.680><c> God</c><00:19:09.960><c> is</c><00:19:10.259><c> giving</c><00:19:10.440><c> him</c><00:19:10.980><c> evidence</c>

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to<00:19:12.220><c> change.</c><00:19:13.359><c> The</c><00:19:13.619><c> magicians</c><00:19:14.019><c> come</c><00:19:14.279><c> up</c><00:19:14.519><c> on</c><00:19:15.160><c> the</c><00:19:15.259><c> side,</c>

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give<00:19:16.319><c> a</c><00:19:16.839><c> feeble</c><00:19:17.339><c> duplication</c><00:19:18.140><c> of</c><00:19:18.339><c> this</c><00:19:18.640><c> plague.</c><00:19:19.099><c> Oh,</c><00:19:19.559><c> well,</c>

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you're<00:19:20.160><c> no</c><00:19:20.339><c> different</c><00:19:20.579><c> to</c><00:19:20.799><c> my</c><00:19:21.039><c> people.</c>

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It's<00:19:22.140><c> one</c><00:19:22.299><c> old</c><00:19:22.680><c> buff</c><00:19:23.039><c> go</c><00:19:23.380><c> away.</c><00:19:27.500><c> His</c><00:19:27.660><c> heart</c><00:19:28.099><c> was</c><00:19:28.480><c> even</c><00:19:28.900><c> more</c><00:19:29.559><c> hardened.</c>

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Plague<00:19:33.299><c> number</c><00:19:33.619><c> two.</c><00:19:33.859><c> I'm</c><00:19:33.980><c> not</c><00:19:34.099><c> going</c><00:19:34.220><c> to</c><00:19:34.319><c> go</c><00:19:34.420><c> into</c><00:19:34.539><c> all</c><00:19:34.680><c> the</c><00:19:34.740><c> detail.</c><00:19:34.819><c> I</c>

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just<00:19:35.099><c> want</c><00:19:35.220><c> to</c><00:19:35.359><c> do</c><00:19:35.420><c> with</c><00:19:35.640><c> the</c><00:19:35.940><c> hardening</c><00:19:36.460><c> side.</c>

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Plague<00:19:39.180><c> number</c><00:19:39.480><c> two</c><00:19:39.759><c> was</c><00:19:40.079><c> the</c><00:19:40.559><c> frogs.</c><00:19:42.700><c> And</c><00:19:43.099><c> the</c><00:19:43.240><c> magicians</c>

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were<00:19:43.900><c> able</c><00:19:44.299><c> somehow</c><00:19:44.759><c> through</c><00:19:45.039><c> their</c>

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magic<00:19:45.579><c> to</c><00:19:45.839><c> repeat</c><00:19:47.160><c> this</c><00:19:48.140><c> plague.</c><00:19:51.619><c> Pharaoh</c><00:19:51.839><c> says</c><00:19:52.700><c> to</c><00:19:53.039><c> Moses,</c>

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pray<00:19:54.019><c> to</c><00:19:54.480><c> Yahweh</c><00:19:54.819><c> that</c><00:19:55.000><c> he</c><00:19:55.160><c> might</c><00:19:55.480><c> remove</c><00:19:55.920><c> the</c>

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frogs<00:19:56.940><c> from</c><00:19:57.759><c> me.</c><00:19:58.119><c> It's</c><00:19:58.519><c> a</c><00:19:58.720><c> foggy</c><00:19:58.940><c> day.</c><00:20:00.279><c> The</c><00:20:00.500><c> frogs</c><00:20:01.039><c> from</c><00:20:01.400><c> me</c><00:20:01.980><c> and</c><00:20:02.299><c> from</c><00:20:02.539><c> my</c>

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people.<00:20:03.079><c> You</c><00:20:03.240><c> try</c><00:20:03.440><c> and</c><00:20:03.579><c> say</c><00:20:03.700><c> that</c><00:20:04.039><c> quickly.</c>

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And<00:20:05.859><c> I</c><00:20:06.180><c> will</c><00:20:06.599><c> send</c><00:20:07.099><c> out</c><00:20:07.539><c> the</c><00:20:07.779><c> people</c><00:20:08.079><c> that</c><00:20:08.240><c> they</c><00:20:08.539><c> might</c><00:20:08.759><c> sacrifice</c><00:20:09.359><c> to</c><00:20:09.640><c> Yahweh.</c><00:20:10.079><c> So</c>

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he<00:20:10.539><c> appears</c><00:20:11.039><c> to</c><00:20:11.240><c> be</c><00:20:11.440><c> coming</c>

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towards<00:20:12.140><c> Moses.</c><00:20:14.359><c> God</c><00:20:14.819><c> allows</c><00:20:15.440><c> Pharaoh</c><00:20:16.000><c> to</c><00:20:16.539><c> choose</c><00:20:16.839><c> the</c><00:20:17.200><c> time</c>

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when<00:20:18.500><c> the</c><00:20:18.859><c> frog</c><00:20:19.200><c> plague</c><00:20:19.599><c> would</c><00:20:19.819><c> be</c><00:20:20.140><c> removed.</c>

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We<00:20:21.180><c> know</c><00:20:21.400><c> that</c><00:20:21.519><c> from</c><00:20:21.700><c> chapter</c><00:20:21.980><c> eight.</c><00:20:23.220><c> So</c><00:20:23.259><c> he's</c><00:20:24.140><c> softening.</c><00:20:24.619><c> Is</c><00:20:24.759><c> he</c><00:20:25.079><c> softening</c><00:20:25.440><c> a</c><00:20:25.619><c> bit?</c>

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Pray<00:20:28.480><c> to</c><00:20:28.740><c> Yahweh</c><00:20:29.140><c> that</c><00:20:29.519><c> your</c><00:20:29.799><c> local</c><00:20:30.200><c> tribal</c><00:20:30.619><c> God</c><00:20:30.920><c> that</c><00:20:31.119><c> he</c><00:20:31.319><c> might</c><00:20:31.460><c> remove</c><00:20:32.019><c> the</c>

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frog<00:20:32.680><c> plague.</c><00:20:33.960><c> God</c><00:20:34.259><c> says,</c>

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okay.<00:20:37.259><c> This</c><00:20:37.359><c> is</c><00:20:37.559><c> all</c><00:20:37.700><c> the</c><00:20:37.940><c> stuff</c><00:20:38.119><c> here.</c><00:20:38.880><c> You</c><00:20:39.059><c> shall</c><00:20:39.299><c> know</c><00:20:39.559><c> by</c>

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my<00:20:40.319><c> actions.</c><00:20:41.480><c> So</c><00:20:41.700><c> God</c><00:20:41.900><c> says,</c><00:20:42.299><c> okay,</c><00:20:43.279><c> I'll</c><00:20:43.700><c> take</c><00:20:43.900><c> my</c><00:20:44.460><c> heel</c>

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off<00:20:45.359><c> you,</c><00:20:45.960><c> Pharaoh.</c><00:20:46.420><c> And</c><00:20:46.859><c> what</c><00:20:47.059><c> was</c><00:20:47.319><c> the</c><00:20:47.559><c> thing</c><00:20:47.859><c> that</c><00:20:48.319><c> instinctively</c><00:20:49.619><c> happened</c><00:20:50.240><c> in</c><00:20:50.920><c> the</c>

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brain<00:20:51.339><c> of</c><00:20:51.579><c> Pharaoh?</c>

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He<00:20:52.480><c> hardened</c><00:20:52.880><c> his</c><00:20:53.279><c> heart.</c><00:20:54.380><c> Oh</c><00:20:54.759><c> no,</c><00:20:54.880><c> I've</c><00:20:55.079><c> changed</c><00:20:55.400><c> my</c><00:20:55.660><c> mind.</c>

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Go<00:20:56.160><c> away.</c><00:20:56.519><c> Buzz</c><00:20:56.740><c> off.</c><00:20:58.279><c> All</c><00:20:58.480><c> right.</c><00:20:59.119><c> Now</c><00:20:59.400><c> you</c><00:20:59.519><c> get</c><00:20:59.700><c> that</c>

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time<00:21:00.299><c> and</c><00:21:00.400><c> time</c><00:21:00.599><c> again</c><00:21:01.000><c> throughout</c><00:21:01.339><c> these</c><00:21:01.680><c> plagues.</c><00:21:02.420><c> In</c><00:21:02.519><c> fact,</c><00:21:03.119><c> the</c>

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fourth<00:21:03.940><c> one,</c><00:21:04.940><c> oh,</c><00:21:05.200><c> there's</c><00:21:05.400><c> a</c><00:21:05.500><c> lot</c><00:21:05.660><c> of,</c>

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you<00:21:06.420><c> know,</c><00:21:06.859><c> banter,</c><00:21:07.160><c> a</c><00:21:07.160><c> lot</c><00:21:07.380><c> of</c><00:21:07.579><c> volleying</c><00:21:07.839><c> at</c><00:21:08.019><c> the</c><00:21:08.180><c> net.</c><00:21:08.980><c> He</c>

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gets<00:21:09.380><c> to</c><00:21:09.619><c> the</c><00:21:09.759><c> stage</c><00:21:09.940><c> where</c><00:21:10.119><c> he</c><00:21:10.220><c> says,</c>

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go<00:21:11.000><c> sacrifice</c><00:21:11.859><c> to</c><00:21:12.200><c> your</c><00:21:12.660><c> Elohim.</c><00:21:13.480><c> He</c><00:21:13.960><c> doesn't</c><00:21:14.140><c> ever</c><00:21:14.400><c> use</c><00:21:14.619><c> the</c>

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name<00:21:14.940><c> Yahweh.</c><00:21:15.980><c> Go</c><00:21:16.319><c> sacrifice</c><00:21:16.920><c> to</c><00:21:17.160><c> your</c><00:21:17.440><c> gods</c>

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in<00:21:19.579><c> the</c><00:21:20.059><c> land,</c><00:21:21.400><c> but</c><00:21:21.660><c> not</c><00:21:21.839><c> in</c><00:21:21.980><c> the</c><00:21:22.099><c> wilderness.</c><00:21:23.019><c> So</c><00:21:23.220><c> he's</c><00:21:23.480><c> giving</c><00:21:23.680><c> a</c><00:21:24.019><c> little</c><00:21:24.259><c> bit</c>

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of<00:21:24.619><c> ground.</c><00:21:25.960><c> Go</c><00:21:26.279><c> and</c><00:21:26.779><c> sacrifice</c>

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to<00:21:28.640><c> your</c><00:21:29.339><c> Elohim,</c><00:21:31.000><c> but</c><00:21:31.200><c> you're</c><00:21:31.420><c> not</c><00:21:31.579><c> to</c><00:21:31.799><c> go</c><00:21:32.000><c> out</c><00:21:32.440><c> there</c><00:21:33.259><c> in</c><00:21:33.740><c> the</c>

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wilderness.<00:21:34.599><c> You</c><00:21:34.960><c> stay</c><00:21:35.420><c> here</c><00:21:35.940><c> in</c><00:21:36.240><c> the</c><00:21:36.500><c> land</c><00:21:36.759><c> of</c><00:21:37.000><c> Egypt.</c>

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So<00:21:38.779><c> he's</c><00:21:38.960><c> given</c><00:21:39.400><c> some</c><00:21:39.920><c> ground,</c><00:21:40.839><c> but</c><00:21:40.920><c> nowhere</c><00:21:41.319><c> near</c><00:21:41.599><c> the</c><00:21:41.819><c> amount</c><00:21:42.019><c> of</c><00:21:42.240><c> ground</c><00:21:42.480><c> that</c><00:21:42.700><c> God</c><00:21:42.859><c> is</c><00:21:43.119><c> declaring.</c>

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So<00:21:43.980><c> what</c><00:21:44.200><c> happens?</c><00:21:45.400><c> God</c><00:21:45.700><c> says,</c><00:21:47.099><c> absolutely</c><00:21:47.640><c> no,</c><00:21:47.980><c> we're</c><00:21:48.180><c> not</c>

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going<00:21:48.380><c> to</c><00:21:48.460><c> do</c><00:21:48.619><c> that.</c><00:21:49.460><c> Because</c><00:21:50.059><c> the</c><00:21:50.420><c> animals</c><00:21:50.740><c> used</c>

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by<00:21:51.380><c> the</c><00:21:51.579><c> Hebrews</c><00:21:52.019><c> were</c><00:21:52.559><c> considered</c><00:21:52.980><c> sacred</c><00:21:53.559><c> to</c><00:21:53.779><c> the</c><00:21:53.980><c> Egyptians</c><00:21:54.460><c> and</c>

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stoning<00:21:57.500><c> might</c><00:21:57.759><c> occur.</c>

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You've<00:21:59.440><c> got</c><00:21:59.500><c> to</c><00:21:59.599><c> give</c><00:21:59.680><c> us</c><00:22:00.000><c> complete</c><00:22:00.700><c> exit</c><00:22:01.259><c> out</c><00:22:01.500><c> of</c><00:22:01.619><c> the</c><00:22:01.759><c> land.</c>

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What<00:22:02.480><c> does</c><00:22:03.799><c> Pharaoh</c><00:22:04.000><c> then</c><00:22:04.319><c> say?</c><00:22:04.700><c> Then</c><00:22:05.019><c> sacrifice</c>

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in<00:22:06.160><c> the</c><00:22:06.480><c> nearby</c><00:22:07.079><c> wilderness.</c><00:22:08.440><c> This</c><00:22:08.700><c> is</c><00:22:08.940><c> Pharaoh</c><00:22:09.180><c> speaking.</c><00:22:10.140><c> Then</c><00:22:10.359><c> okay,</c><00:22:10.700><c> I'll</c><00:22:10.960><c> make</c><00:22:11.140><c> a</c><00:22:11.319><c> concession.</c>

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You<00:22:11.799><c> can</c><00:22:12.160><c> sacrifice</c><00:22:12.900><c> in</c><00:22:13.220><c> the</c><00:22:13.420><c> nearby</c><00:22:13.880><c> wilderness</c><00:22:14.539><c> and</c><00:22:15.960><c> pray</c>

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for<00:22:17.240><c> me.</c><00:22:18.099><c> Now,</c><00:22:18.299><c> is</c><00:22:18.440><c> he</c><00:22:18.720><c> softening?</c><00:22:19.960><c> Or</c><00:22:20.420><c> maybe?</c>

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Personally,<00:22:22.460><c> I</c><00:22:22.539><c> don't</c><00:22:22.859><c> think</c><00:22:23.079><c> so,</c><00:22:23.740><c> to</c><00:22:23.900><c> be</c><00:22:24.039><c> honest.</c><00:22:24.099><c> I</c><00:22:24.200><c> think</c><00:22:24.299><c> he's</c><00:22:24.500><c> a</c>

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brilliant<00:22:25.019><c> politician.</c><00:22:26.359><c> Knows</c><00:22:26.480><c> how</c><00:22:26.720><c> to</c><00:22:27.039><c> play</c>

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just<00:22:28.220><c> the</c><00:22:28.420><c> right</c><00:22:28.640><c> amount</c><00:22:28.900><c> at</c><00:22:29.059><c> the</c><00:22:29.200><c> right</c><00:22:29.480><c> time.</c><00:22:30.640><c> Okay,</c><00:22:31.059><c> I'll</c><00:22:31.380><c> give</c><00:22:31.500><c> a</c>

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bit<00:22:31.759><c> of</c><00:22:31.960><c> ground.</c><00:22:32.700><c> You</c><00:22:32.960><c> pray</c><00:22:33.200><c> for</c><00:22:33.420><c> me.</c><00:22:33.700><c> Okay,</c>

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so<00:22:34.480><c> what</c><00:22:34.660><c> does</c><00:22:34.920><c> God</c><00:22:35.140><c> do?</c><00:22:38.099><c> Yahweh</c><00:22:38.480><c> repeals</c><00:22:39.259><c> the</c><00:22:39.619><c> plague,</c><00:22:40.759><c> but</c>

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warns<00:22:41.539><c> against</c><00:22:42.059><c> Pharaoh</c><00:22:42.380><c> acting</c>

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deceitfully<00:22:43.779><c> by</c><00:22:44.099><c> going</c><00:22:44.420><c> back</c><00:22:44.759><c> upon</c><00:22:45.000><c> his</c><00:22:45.339><c> word.</c><00:22:47.579><c> And</c><00:22:47.819><c> what</c><00:22:47.880><c> does</c><00:22:48.079><c> Pharaoh</c><00:22:48.339><c> do?</c>

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He<00:22:49.220><c> goes</c><00:22:49.420><c> back</c><00:22:49.640><c> upon</c><00:22:49.839><c> his</c><00:22:50.059><c> word.</c><00:22:50.579><c> He</c>

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hardens<00:22:51.059><c> his</c><00:22:51.339><c> heart.</c><00:22:51.940><c> And</c><00:22:52.160><c> we</c><00:22:52.299><c> could</c><00:22:52.440><c> go</c><00:22:52.720><c> all</c><00:22:52.980><c> the</c><00:22:53.059><c> way</c><00:22:53.200><c> through</c><00:22:53.460><c> this.</c>

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Suffice<00:22:54.660><c> to</c><00:22:54.940><c> say</c><00:22:55.640><c> that</c><00:22:56.099><c> here</c><00:22:56.400><c> we</c><00:22:56.700><c> have</c>

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a<00:22:59.359><c> process</c><00:23:00.000><c> by</c><00:23:00.519><c> which</c><00:23:00.900><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:23:01.660><c> heart</c><00:23:01.920><c> was</c><00:23:02.339><c> hardened,</c><00:23:03.559><c> apparently</c><00:23:04.059><c> softened</c><00:23:05.119><c> through</c><00:23:06.200><c> various</c><00:23:06.839><c> plagues.</c><00:23:07.920><c> But</c>

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as<00:23:08.539><c> soon</c><00:23:08.720><c> as</c><00:23:08.859><c> you</c><00:23:09.000><c> take</c><00:23:09.259><c> the</c><00:23:09.539><c> pressure</c><00:23:09.779><c> off</c><00:23:10.000><c> him,</c><00:23:10.359><c> it's</c><00:23:10.759><c> back</c>

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to<00:23:11.119><c> not</c><00:23:11.259><c> only</c><00:23:11.519><c> being</c><00:23:11.819><c> hard,</c><00:23:12.240><c> but</c><00:23:12.400><c> on</c><00:23:12.680><c> occasions</c>

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being<00:23:13.440><c> even</c><00:23:13.880><c> harder</c><00:23:14.200><c> than</c><00:23:14.440><c> before.</c><00:23:17.500><c> Right.</c><00:23:19.180><c> Now,</c><00:23:22.380><c> I</c><00:23:22.500><c> want</c><00:23:22.640><c> you</c>

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now<00:23:23.220><c> to</c><00:23:23.519><c> think</c><00:23:23.700><c> about</c><00:23:23.940><c> this.</c>

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How<00:23:27.299><c> can</c><00:23:27.779><c> God</c><00:23:28.119><c> be</c><00:23:28.579><c> said</c><00:23:28.819><c> to</c><00:23:29.200><c> harden</c><00:23:29.680><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:23:30.640><c> heart,</c><00:23:32.680><c> yet</c><00:23:32.740><c> at</c>

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the<00:23:33.200><c> same</c><00:23:33.599><c> time</c><00:23:34.059><c> hold</c><00:23:34.440><c> Pharaoh</c><00:23:35.000><c> accountable</c><00:23:35.740><c> for</c>

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his<00:23:36.200><c> actions?</c><00:23:38.299><c> Now,</c><00:23:38.700><c> Romans</c><00:23:38.799><c> 9</c><00:23:39.339><c> picks</c><00:23:39.660><c> this</c><00:23:39.960><c> up.</c><00:23:40.779><c> If</c><00:23:40.920><c> you</c><00:23:41.119><c> follow</c><00:23:41.380><c> Romans</c><00:23:41.779><c> 9,</c>

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you'll<00:23:42.380><c> see</c><00:23:42.460><c> some</c><00:23:42.759><c> very</c><00:23:43.160><c> interesting,</c>

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nice<00:23:44.220><c> bits</c><00:23:44.500><c> of</c><00:23:44.779><c> play</c><00:23:44.980><c> here.</c><00:23:46.160><c> But</c><00:23:46.539><c> think,</c><00:23:48.339><c> how</c><00:23:48.920><c> can</c><00:23:49.480><c> it</c><00:23:49.799><c> be</c><00:23:50.180><c> said?</c>

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Well,<00:23:53.579><c> how</c><00:23:53.819><c> can</c><00:23:54.140><c> God</c><00:23:54.420><c> be</c><00:23:54.660><c> said</c><00:23:54.759><c> to</c><00:23:55.240><c> harden</c><00:23:55.660><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:23:56.420><c> heart,</c>

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yet<00:23:56.880><c> at</c><00:23:57.000><c> the</c><00:23:57.440><c> same</c><00:23:57.839><c> time</c><00:23:58.200><c> hold</c><00:23:58.519><c> Pharaoh</c><00:23:58.940><c> accountable</c>

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for<00:24:00.299><c> that</c><00:24:00.640><c> hardened</c><00:24:01.180><c> heart?</c><00:24:04.559><c> Don't</c><00:24:04.859><c> you</c><00:24:05.099><c> think</c><00:24:05.279><c> that's</c><00:24:05.720><c> a</c><00:24:05.880><c> little</c><00:24:06.119><c> bit</c>

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unfair?<00:24:08.920><c> Natural</c><00:24:09.319><c> justice</c><00:24:09.839><c> here.</c>

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Let<00:24:11.579><c> me</c><00:24:11.740><c> put</c><00:24:11.900><c> it</c><00:24:12.119><c> to</c><00:24:12.200><c> you</c><00:24:12.380><c> in</c><00:24:12.599><c> a</c><00:24:12.660><c> very</c><00:24:13.019><c> bold</c><00:24:13.460><c> sort</c><00:24:13.720><c> of</c><00:24:13.960><c> way.</c><00:24:14.579><c> There's</c><00:24:15.180><c> Pharaoh.</c><00:24:16.279><c> But</c>

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if<00:24:16.640><c> all</c><00:24:16.880><c> that</c><00:24:17.019><c> we</c><00:24:17.140><c> ever</c><00:24:17.380><c> think</c><00:24:17.559><c> of</c>

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Pharaoh<00:24:18.339><c> is</c><00:24:19.700><c> that</c><00:24:19.960><c> God</c><00:24:20.299><c> is</c><00:24:20.640><c> zapping</c><00:24:20.859><c> him,</c><00:24:21.180><c> whether</c><00:24:21.400><c> through</c><00:24:21.779><c> a</c>

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chemical<00:24:22.299><c> reaction</c><00:24:22.960><c> or,</c><00:24:23.700><c> I</c><00:24:23.819><c> don't</c><00:24:24.000><c> know,</c>

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through<00:24:24.640><c> all</c><00:24:24.859><c> sorts</c><00:24:25.140><c> of</c><00:24:25.319><c> things,</c><00:24:25.839><c> he's</c><00:24:26.160><c> zapping</c><00:24:26.539><c> him</c><00:24:26.779><c> so</c><00:24:27.019><c> that</c>

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his<00:24:27.980><c> heart</c><00:24:28.200><c> is</c><00:24:28.640><c> totally</c><00:24:29.319><c> flit</c><00:24:29.720><c>-like.</c><00:24:30.400><c> And</c><00:24:30.660><c> then</c><00:24:30.779><c> he</c>

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says,<00:24:31.359><c> because</c><00:24:31.799><c> you</c><00:24:31.960><c> are</c><00:24:32.180><c> totally</c><00:24:32.720><c> flit</c><00:24:33.059><c>-like,</c><00:24:33.180><c> because</c><00:24:33.420><c> I've</c>

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made<00:24:33.920><c> you</c><00:24:34.059><c> that</c><00:24:34.299><c> way,</c><00:24:34.880><c> I'm</c><00:24:35.119><c> going</c><00:24:35.259><c> to</c><00:24:35.480><c> punish</c><00:24:35.680><c> you</c>

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for<00:24:36.119><c> being</c><00:24:36.420><c> that</c><00:24:36.740><c> way.</c><00:24:37.619><c> Does</c><00:24:37.819><c> that</c><00:24:38.039><c> sound</c><00:24:38.339><c> just</c><00:24:38.660><c> to</c><00:24:38.900><c> you?</c><00:24:42.019><c> It</c><00:24:42.519><c> doesn't,</c><00:24:42.859><c> doesn't.</c><00:24:43.359><c> I</c>

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mean,<00:24:43.960><c> our</c><00:24:44.220><c> sense</c><00:24:44.480><c> of</c><00:24:44.700><c> natural</c>

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justice<00:24:45.460><c> is</c><00:24:45.859><c> that</c><00:24:46.380><c> he's</c><00:24:46.819><c> a</c><00:24:47.019><c> victim</c><00:24:47.839><c> of</c><00:24:49.420><c> what</c><00:24:49.759><c> God</c><00:24:50.220><c> has</c><00:24:50.720><c> done</c><00:24:50.960><c> to</c>

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him,<00:24:53.259><c> and</c><00:24:53.400><c> therefore</c><00:24:53.859><c> God</c><00:24:54.299><c> ought</c><00:24:54.599><c> not</c><00:24:55.339><c> hold</c><00:24:55.799><c> him</c>

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accountable<00:24:56.500><c> for</c><00:24:56.700><c> what</c><00:24:57.000><c> God</c><00:24:57.359><c> has</c><00:24:57.640><c> done</c><00:24:57.779><c> to</c><00:24:58.019><c> him.</c><00:24:58.319><c> So</c><00:24:58.500><c> we've</c><00:24:58.700><c> got</c><00:24:58.799><c> a</c>

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bit<00:24:58.960><c> of</c><00:24:59.119><c> a</c><00:24:59.200><c> conundrum</c><00:24:59.680><c> here.</c><00:25:00.339><c> Romans</c><00:25:00.519><c> 9</c><00:25:00.779><c> is</c><00:25:01.039><c> telling</c>

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us<00:25:01.380><c> something</c><00:25:01.779><c> that</c><00:25:02.519><c> we</c><00:25:02.900><c> find</c><00:25:03.640><c> unjust,</c><00:25:05.140><c> and</c><00:25:05.400><c> Romans</c><00:25:05.700><c> 9</c><00:25:05.880><c> actually</c><00:25:06.140><c> talks</c>

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about<00:25:06.700><c> that,</c><00:25:06.880><c> and</c><00:25:06.960><c> we're</c><00:25:07.079><c> going</c><00:25:07.140><c> to</c><00:25:07.200><c> get</c>

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to<00:25:07.400><c> that</c><00:25:07.519><c> in</c><00:25:07.579><c> a</c><00:25:07.700><c> moment.</c><00:25:08.799><c> And</c><00:25:09.000><c> on</c><00:25:09.140><c> the</c><00:25:09.299><c> other</c><00:25:09.559><c> hand,</c><00:25:10.359><c> we</c><00:25:10.660><c> know</c>

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that<00:25:11.759><c> Pharaoh</c><00:25:12.000><c> hardened</c><00:25:12.700><c> his</c><00:25:13.059><c> own</c><00:25:13.299><c> heart.</c><00:25:13.519><c> So</c><00:25:13.759><c> what's</c>

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going<00:25:14.279><c> on</c><00:25:14.400><c> here?</c><00:25:14.640><c> It's</c><00:25:14.859><c> all</c><00:25:15.019><c> very</c><00:25:15.259><c> confusing.</c><00:25:17.279><c> All</c><00:25:17.359><c> right,</c><00:25:17.619><c> there's</c><00:25:17.900><c> two</c><00:25:18.160><c> things</c><00:25:18.460><c> at</c>

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play.<00:25:19.700><c> I</c><00:25:19.900><c> want</c><00:25:20.079><c> you</c><00:25:20.420><c> firstly</c>

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to<00:25:21.460><c> go</c><00:25:21.680><c> to</c><00:25:21.819><c> Romans</c><00:25:22.220><c> chapter</c><00:25:22.579><c> 9</c><00:25:23.119><c> and</c><00:25:23.579><c> verse</c><00:25:23.920><c> 22,</c><00:25:26.099><c> because</c><00:25:33.140><c> this</c>

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is<00:25:33.400><c> the</c><00:25:33.559><c> first</c><00:25:33.819><c> bit.</c>

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In<00:25:46.799><c> the</c><00:25:47.140><c> very</c><00:25:47.819><c> first</c><00:25:48.420><c> parts</c><00:25:49.019><c> of</c><00:25:49.259><c> the</c><00:25:49.519><c> interactions</c><00:25:50.000><c> between</c>

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Moses<00:25:51.200><c> and</c><00:25:51.859><c> Pharaoh,</c><00:25:53.599><c> verse</c><00:25:53.880><c> 22</c><00:25:54.380><c> is</c><00:25:54.759><c> powerful.</c>

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What<00:25:56.500><c> if</c><00:25:56.779><c> God,</c><00:25:57.099><c> now</c><00:25:57.259><c> we</c><00:25:57.339><c> know</c><00:25:57.480><c> this</c><00:25:57.660><c> is</c><00:25:57.880><c> in</c><00:25:58.079><c> reference</c><00:25:58.440><c> to,</c><00:25:59.140><c> well,</c><00:25:59.460><c> various</c><00:25:59.799><c> ones,</c><00:26:00.740><c> but</c>

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we<00:26:01.339><c> know</c><00:26:01.539><c> that</c><00:26:01.660><c> it's</c><00:26:01.880><c> in</c>

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reference<00:26:02.500><c> to</c><00:26:03.299><c> Pharaoh,</c><00:26:03.680><c> because</c><00:26:03.980><c> have</c><00:26:04.140><c> a</c><00:26:04.259><c> look</c><00:26:04.359><c> at</c><00:26:04.599><c> verse</c><00:26:05.779><c> 15</c>

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and<00:26:08.680><c> 17.</c><00:26:09.500><c> For</c><00:26:09.619><c> the</c><00:26:09.859><c> scripture</c><00:26:10.220><c> saith</c><00:26:10.500><c> unto</c><00:26:10.779><c> Pharaoh,</c>

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even<00:26:11.460><c> for</c><00:26:11.680><c> this</c><00:26:11.900><c> same</c><00:26:12.180><c> purpose</c><00:26:12.500><c> have</c><00:26:12.960><c> I</c><00:26:13.220><c> raised</c><00:26:13.579><c> thee</c><00:26:13.839><c> up,</c><00:26:14.220><c> that</c><00:26:14.339><c> I</c>

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might<00:26:14.680><c> show</c><00:26:14.960><c> my</c><00:26:15.240><c> power</c><00:26:15.579><c> in</c><00:26:15.819><c> thee,</c><00:26:16.180><c> and</c><00:26:16.299><c> that</c><00:26:16.500><c> my</c>

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name<00:26:17.099><c> might</c><00:26:17.299><c> be</c><00:26:17.559><c> declared</c><00:26:17.819><c> throughout</c><00:26:18.160><c> all</c><00:26:18.420><c> the</c><00:26:18.599><c> earth,</c><00:26:19.339><c> the</c>

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Yahweh<00:26:19.839><c> name.</c><00:26:21.480><c> Therefore</c><00:26:22.039><c> God</c><00:26:22.380><c> acts</c><00:26:22.819><c> arbitrarily,</c>

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it<00:26:24.240><c> would</c><00:26:24.440><c> appear</c><00:26:24.779><c> in</c><00:26:24.980><c> verse</c><00:26:25.299><c> 18.</c><00:26:26.420><c> He</c><00:26:26.420><c> has</c><00:26:26.640><c> mercy</c><00:26:26.900><c> on</c><00:26:27.039><c> whomever</c>

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he<00:26:27.579><c> wants</c><00:26:27.900><c> to</c><00:26:28.059><c> have</c><00:26:28.180><c> mercy</c><00:26:28.480><c> on,</c><00:26:29.259><c> and</c><00:26:29.460><c> whomever</c><00:26:30.079><c> he</c>

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will,<00:26:31.319><c> God</c><00:26:32.519><c> hardens</c><00:26:33.940><c> that</c><00:26:34.420><c> person's</c><00:26:35.359><c> heart.</c><00:26:39.799><c> But</c><00:26:40.059><c> verse</c><00:26:40.500><c> 22</c>

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says,<00:26:43.559><c> what</c><00:26:43.920><c> if</c><00:26:44.539><c> God,</c><00:26:47.720><c> willing</c><00:26:48.200><c> to</c><00:26:48.759><c> show</c><00:26:49.180><c> his</c><00:26:49.980><c> wrath,</c>

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and<00:26:52.079><c> his</c><00:26:52.319><c> wrath</c><00:26:52.579><c> is</c><00:26:53.119><c> against</c><00:26:53.660><c> Pharaoh,</c><00:26:54.359><c> make</c><00:26:54.660><c> no</c><00:26:54.960><c> mistake</c>

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about<00:26:55.700><c> that,</c>

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before<00:26:58.559><c> Moses</c><00:26:59.000><c> even</c><00:26:59.339><c> ended</c><00:26:59.500><c> on</c><00:26:59.759><c> the</c><00:26:59.960><c> scene,</c><00:27:00.400><c> his</c><00:27:00.480><c> wrath</c><00:27:00.740><c> was</c>

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declared<00:27:01.400><c> against</c><00:27:02.019><c> Pharaoh.</c><00:27:03.900><c> Pharaoh</c><00:27:04.180><c> was</c><00:27:04.440><c> an</c><00:27:04.680><c> obstinate,</c>

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stubborn,<00:27:06.799><c> horrible</c><00:27:07.059><c> man</c><00:27:07.460><c> who</c><00:27:07.920><c> had</c><00:27:08.059><c> to</c><00:27:08.200><c> be</c><00:27:08.420><c> wiped</c><00:27:08.599><c> out.</c><00:27:09.619><c> He</c><00:27:09.720><c> was</c><00:27:09.880><c> never</c><00:27:10.099><c> really</c><00:27:10.440><c> going</c><00:27:10.599><c> to</c>

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change.<00:27:11.779><c> What</c><00:27:12.019><c> if</c><00:27:12.299><c> God,</c>

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willing<00:27:13.039><c> to</c><00:27:13.299><c> show</c><00:27:13.400><c> his</c><00:27:13.720><c> wrath,</c><00:27:14.539><c> and</c><00:27:14.660><c> to</c><00:27:14.980><c> make</c><00:27:15.299><c> his</c><00:27:15.880><c> power</c><00:27:16.700><c> known?</c><00:27:17.319><c> Well,</c><00:27:17.500><c> that's</c><00:27:17.599><c> what</c>

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we've<00:27:17.900><c> got</c><00:27:18.019><c> on</c><00:27:18.180><c> the</c><00:27:18.319><c> screen</c>

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up<00:27:18.759><c> there.</c><00:27:20.680><c> To</c><00:27:21.200><c> declare</c><00:27:21.680><c> his</c><00:27:22.140><c> name,</c><00:27:22.539><c> verse</c><00:27:22.839><c> 17,</c><00:27:23.339><c> well,</c><00:27:23.440><c> that's</c>

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what<00:27:23.700><c> we've</c><00:27:23.920><c> got</c><00:27:23.980><c> up</c><00:27:24.180><c> on</c><00:27:24.339><c> the</c><00:27:24.519><c> screen</c><00:27:24.700><c> there.</c>

00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:29.319
What<00:27:26.400><c> if</c><00:27:26.660><c> God,</c><00:27:27.200><c> willing</c><00:27:27.259><c> to</c><00:27:27.559><c> show</c><00:27:27.700><c> his</c><00:27:28.039><c> wrath,</c><00:27:28.779><c> and</c><00:27:28.839><c> to</c><00:27:29.059><c> make</c>

00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:32.720
his<00:27:29.740><c> power</c><00:27:30.079><c> known,</c><00:27:30.599><c> now</c><00:27:30.960><c> hang</c><00:27:31.660><c> on</c><00:27:31.839><c> this,</c>

00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:42.720
endured<00:27:34.539><c> with</c><00:27:35.299><c> much</c><00:27:35.819><c> long</c><00:27:36.799><c> suffering,</c><00:27:38.720><c> the</c><00:27:38.960><c> vessels</c><00:27:39.559><c> of</c><00:27:40.140><c> wrath</c><00:27:40.559><c> fitted</c><00:27:41.160><c> to</c><00:27:41.539><c> destruction.</c>

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:48.619
Now<00:27:43.640><c> he</c><00:27:44.019><c> endured</c><00:27:44.619><c> with</c><00:27:45.279><c> much</c><00:27:45.839><c> long</c><00:27:46.400><c> suffering,</c><00:27:47.500><c> a</c><00:27:47.700><c> man</c><00:27:47.920><c> who</c><00:27:48.059><c> was</c><00:27:48.180><c> going</c><00:27:48.339><c> to</c>

00:27:48.619 --> 00:27:50.259
die<00:27:48.859><c> anyway</c><00:27:49.339><c> because</c><00:27:49.599><c> of</c><00:27:49.799><c> the</c><00:27:50.000><c> hardness</c>

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:56.220
of<00:27:50.380><c> his</c><00:27:50.660><c> heart.</c><00:27:52.380><c> How</c><00:27:52.779><c> did</c><00:27:53.180><c> God</c><00:27:53.680><c> endure</c><00:27:54.420><c> with</c><00:27:55.140><c> much</c><00:27:55.559><c> long</c>

00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:58.180
suffering,<00:27:57.519><c> Pharaoh?</c>

00:28:01.660 --> 00:28:04.519
All<00:28:01.900><c> right,</c><00:28:02.140><c> I'm</c><00:28:02.220><c> going</c><00:28:02.339><c> to</c><00:28:02.359><c> suggest</c><00:28:02.799><c> this</c><00:28:03.019><c> is</c><00:28:03.220><c> the</c><00:28:03.359><c> first</c><00:28:03.619><c> part.</c>

00:28:07.140 --> 00:28:13.640
Oh,<00:28:07.579><c> that's</c><00:28:08.079><c> the</c><00:28:08.819><c> other</c><00:28:09.420><c> bit</c><00:28:09.599><c> of</c><00:28:09.720><c> the</c><00:28:09.920><c> sandwich.</c><00:28:12.180><c> Here's</c><00:28:12.339><c> the</c><00:28:12.519><c> problem.</c>

00:28:16.059 --> 00:28:20.880
Romans<00:28:16.740><c> 9,</c><00:28:17.200><c> how</c><00:28:17.420><c> can</c><00:28:17.759><c> God</c><00:28:18.039><c> be</c><00:28:18.440><c> said</c><00:28:18.599><c> to</c><00:28:18.900><c> harden</c><00:28:19.299><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:28:20.119><c> heart,</c><00:28:20.720><c> yet</c>

00:28:20.880 --> 00:28:23.240
at<00:28:21.039><c> the</c><00:28:21.339><c> same</c><00:28:21.720><c> time,</c><00:28:22.400><c> hold</c><00:28:22.680><c> Pharaoh</c>

00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:27.359
accountable<00:28:23.940><c> for</c><00:28:24.220><c> his</c><00:28:24.400><c> actions?</c><00:28:25.240><c> And</c><00:28:25.539><c> there</c><00:28:25.700><c> are</c><00:28:25.940><c> two</c><00:28:26.240><c> ways,</c>

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:30.519
and<00:28:27.839><c> the</c><00:28:28.000><c> record</c><00:28:28.200><c> tells</c><00:28:28.579><c> us</c><00:28:28.839><c> that</c><00:28:28.960><c> there</c><00:28:29.180><c> are</c><00:28:29.339><c> two</c><00:28:29.500><c> ways.</c>

00:28:32.880 --> 00:28:39.500
The<00:28:33.359><c> first</c><00:28:33.799><c> one</c><00:28:34.500><c> is</c><00:28:35.299><c> that</c><00:28:35.880><c> Pharaoh</c><00:28:36.440><c> hardened</c><00:28:37.119><c> his</c><00:28:37.779><c> own</c><00:28:38.240><c> heart,</c>

00:28:39.640 --> 00:28:42.460
yet<00:28:39.900><c> God</c><00:28:40.220><c> was</c><00:28:40.559><c> behind</c><00:28:40.960><c> it.</c>

00:28:42.900 --> 00:28:48.200
The<00:28:43.539><c> second</c><00:28:44.119><c> way</c><00:28:44.440><c> is,</c><00:28:44.960><c> I've</c><00:28:45.279><c> had</c><00:28:45.440><c> a</c><00:28:45.720><c> gut</c><00:28:45.920><c> full</c><00:28:46.079><c> of</c><00:28:46.319><c> you,</c><00:28:46.799><c> Pharaoh,</c><00:28:47.180><c> and</c><00:28:47.359><c> I'm</c><00:28:47.599><c> just</c><00:28:47.839><c> going</c><00:28:48.000><c> to</c>

00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:48.839
harden<00:28:48.339><c> your</c><00:28:48.680><c> heart</c>

00:28:48.839 --> 00:28:55.380
anyway.<00:28:51.059><c> I</c><00:28:51.500><c> have</c><00:28:51.960><c> endured</c><00:28:52.400><c> with</c><00:28:52.880><c> much</c><00:28:53.319><c> long</c><00:28:53.680><c> suffering</c><00:28:54.700><c> the</c>

00:28:55.380 --> 00:29:00.000
way<00:28:55.640><c> you</c><00:28:56.079><c> hardened</c><00:28:56.539><c> your</c><00:28:57.240><c> own</c><00:28:58.180><c> heart,</c><00:28:59.059><c> and</c><00:28:59.339><c> I've</c><00:28:59.839><c> stood</c>

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:04.599
back<00:29:00.539><c> and</c><00:29:01.059><c> watched</c><00:29:01.299><c> this</c><00:29:01.819><c> with</c><00:29:02.319><c> much</c><00:29:02.779><c> long</c><00:29:03.119><c> suffering,</c><00:29:04.440><c> till</c>

00:29:04.599 --> 00:29:06.579
the<00:29:04.859><c> point</c><00:29:05.059><c> where</c><00:29:05.279><c> you've</c><00:29:05.599><c> crossed</c><00:29:05.920><c> the</c><00:29:06.200><c> line</c><00:29:06.339><c> and</c>

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:13.680
I'll<00:29:07.059><c> harden</c><00:29:07.359><c> it</c><00:29:07.579><c> myself.</c><00:29:11.819><c> Two</c><00:29:12.140><c> methods.</c><00:29:12.819><c> Let's</c><00:29:13.160><c> look</c><00:29:13.359><c> at</c><00:29:13.500><c> the</c>

00:29:13.680 --> 00:29:18.440
first<00:29:13.960><c> one.</c><00:29:16.299><c> How</c><00:29:16.640><c> can</c><00:29:16.940><c> God</c><00:29:17.200><c> be</c><00:29:17.440><c> said</c><00:29:17.559><c> to</c><00:29:18.099><c> harden</c>

00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:21.839
Pharaoh's<00:29:19.220><c> heart,</c><00:29:20.319><c> yet</c><00:29:20.420><c> at</c><00:29:20.539><c> the</c><00:29:20.819><c> same</c><00:29:21.099><c> time,</c><00:29:21.380><c> hold</c><00:29:21.539><c> Pharaoh</c>

00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:24.380
accountable<00:29:22.240><c> for</c><00:29:22.460><c> his</c><00:29:22.579><c> actions,</c><00:29:23.240><c> and</c><00:29:23.500><c> yet</c><00:29:23.839><c> Pharaoh,</c>

00:29:24.380 --> 00:29:27.200
it's<00:29:24.740><c> said,</c><00:29:25.299><c> hardened</c><00:29:25.400><c> his</c><00:29:25.660><c> own</c><00:29:25.859><c> heart.</c><00:29:26.079><c> How</c><00:29:26.460><c> does</c><00:29:26.680><c> those</c><00:29:26.960><c> two</c>

00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:29.059
things<00:29:27.440><c> interact?</c><00:29:27.819><c> Let's</c><00:29:28.079><c> see</c><00:29:28.279><c> it.</c>

00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:39.039
And<00:29:32.539><c> what</c><00:29:32.859><c> an</c><00:29:33.740><c> amazing</c><00:29:34.700><c> response</c><00:29:35.420><c> this</c><00:29:35.740><c> is.</c><00:29:37.119><c> This</c><00:29:37.200><c> is</c><00:29:37.480><c> the</c><00:29:37.740><c> first</c><00:29:38.140><c> way</c>

00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:41.259
God<00:29:39.759><c> hardened</c><00:29:40.319><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:29:41.019><c> heart,</c>

00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:45.920
and<00:29:41.599><c> yet</c><00:29:41.940><c> all</c><00:29:42.400><c> the</c><00:29:42.539><c> hardening</c><00:29:42.779><c> was</c><00:29:42.960><c> done</c><00:29:43.160><c> by</c><00:29:43.400><c> the</c><00:29:43.500><c> man</c><00:29:43.660><c> himself.</c><00:29:45.220><c> God's</c>

00:29:45.920 --> 00:29:49.440
goodness<00:29:46.619><c> hardened</c><00:29:47.579><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:29:48.420><c> heart.</c>

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:56.200
God's<00:29:52.839><c> goodness</c><00:29:53.619><c> hardened</c><00:29:54.460><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:29:55.279><c> heart,</c>

00:29:59.119 --> 00:30:03.980
because<00:29:59.960><c> he</c><00:30:00.799><c> removed</c><00:30:01.319><c> each</c><00:30:01.980><c> plague</c><00:30:02.400><c> and</c><00:30:02.799><c> allowed</c><00:30:03.140><c> Pharaoh</c><00:30:03.660><c> to</c>

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:07.279
return<00:30:04.460><c> to</c><00:30:04.720><c> business</c><00:30:05.180><c> as</c><00:30:05.680><c> usual,</c><00:30:06.259><c> and</c><00:30:06.559><c> knowing</c><00:30:06.920><c> the</c>

00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:12.119
man,<00:30:08.480><c> knowing</c><00:30:08.839><c> the</c><00:30:09.220><c> man,</c><00:30:10.380><c> he</c><00:30:10.599><c> would</c><00:30:10.859><c> immediately,</c><00:30:11.599><c> like</c><00:30:11.759><c> a</c>

00:30:12.119 --> 00:30:17.759
spring<00:30:12.400><c> bounces</c><00:30:12.880><c> back,</c><00:30:13.380><c> you</c><00:30:13.500><c> push</c><00:30:13.640><c> it,</c><00:30:17.759><c> you</c><00:30:17.759><c> know,</c>

00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:24.180
you<00:30:18.619><c> hold</c><00:30:18.980><c> it</c><00:30:19.259><c> down,</c><00:30:20.740><c> oh</c><00:30:21.140><c> please,</c><00:30:21.900><c> let</c><00:30:22.000><c> me</c><00:30:22.200><c> go,</c><00:30:22.400><c> let</c><00:30:22.579><c> me</c><00:30:22.740><c> go,</c><00:30:23.140><c> all</c><00:30:23.359><c> right,</c><00:30:23.640><c> and</c><00:30:23.980><c> it</c>

00:30:24.180 --> 00:30:25.660
bounces<00:30:24.559><c> back,</c><00:30:25.299><c> and</c>

00:30:25.660 --> 00:30:30.099
instinctively<00:30:26.759><c> it</c><00:30:28.099><c> reverted</c><00:30:28.420><c> to</c><00:30:28.779><c> business</c><00:30:29.059><c> as</c><00:30:29.380><c> usual.</c><00:30:29.839><c> The</c>

00:30:30.099 --> 00:30:33.400
removal<00:30:30.460><c> of</c><00:30:30.700><c> each</c><00:30:31.059><c> plague</c><00:30:31.440><c> prevented</c><00:30:32.339><c> Pharaoh</c><00:30:32.799><c> from</c>

00:30:33.400 --> 00:30:38.640
deep<00:30:33.880><c> reflection.</c><00:30:34.819><c> He</c><00:30:34.980><c> was</c><00:30:35.160><c> a</c><00:30:35.380><c> politician,</c><00:30:36.440><c> two</c><00:30:36.700><c>-dimensional</c><00:30:37.200><c> politician,</c>

00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:43.559
unlike<00:30:40.680><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c><00:30:41.480><c> who</c><00:30:41.740><c> did</c><00:30:42.019><c> reflect</c><00:30:42.420><c> on</c><00:30:42.680><c> God's</c><00:30:43.119><c> power</c>

00:30:43.559 --> 00:30:46.579
after<00:30:44.119><c> a</c><00:30:44.460><c> sustained</c><00:30:44.900><c> crisis</c><00:30:45.559><c> in</c><00:30:45.839><c> Daniel</c><00:30:46.180><c> 4</c><00:30:46.420><c> and</c>

00:30:46.579 --> 00:30:52.380
elsewhere.<00:30:48.819><c> Okay,</c><00:30:50.380><c> how</c><00:30:50.579><c> does</c><00:30:50.720><c> that</c><00:30:50.960><c> work</c><00:30:51.200><c> in</c><00:30:51.519><c> practice?</c>

00:30:52.420 --> 00:30:55.000
Plague<00:30:52.519><c> after</c><00:30:52.779><c> plague</c><00:30:53.000><c> after</c><00:30:53.259><c> plague,</c><00:30:54.000><c> thump,</c><00:30:54.519><c> thump,</c>

00:30:55.140 --> 00:30:58.420
thump,<00:30:55.420><c> oh</c><00:30:55.599><c> let</c><00:30:55.759><c> me</c><00:30:55.920><c> go,</c><00:30:56.140><c> please,</c><00:30:57.000><c> back</c><00:30:57.160><c> off,</c><00:30:57.940><c> all</c><00:30:58.099><c> that</c><00:30:58.279><c> sort</c>

00:30:58.420 --> 00:31:00.940
of<00:30:58.599><c> stuff.</c><00:30:59.539><c> I'm</c><00:30:59.920><c> sorry.</c>

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:06.640
Backs<00:31:03.200><c> off,</c><00:31:04.119><c> and</c><00:31:04.259><c> even</c><00:31:04.539><c> with</c><00:31:04.900><c> the</c><00:31:05.099><c> frogs,</c><00:31:05.400><c> remember</c><00:31:05.640><c> we</c><00:31:05.880><c> said,</c>

00:31:06.819 --> 00:31:09.940
you<00:31:07.019><c> can</c><00:31:07.200><c> even</c><00:31:07.460><c> choose</c><00:31:07.859><c> the</c><00:31:08.319><c> timing</c><00:31:08.839><c> of</c><00:31:09.680><c> the</c>

00:31:09.940 --> 00:31:15.539
plague<00:31:10.140><c> being</c><00:31:10.480><c> ended.</c><00:31:11.500><c> Now</c><00:31:11.740><c> if</c><00:31:11.759><c> that</c><00:31:12.000><c> isn't</c><00:31:12.259><c> a</c><00:31:12.539><c> partnership</c><00:31:13.059><c> between</c><00:31:13.599><c> God,</c><00:31:14.039><c> the</c><00:31:14.160><c> one</c><00:31:14.339><c> true</c><00:31:14.559><c> God,</c><00:31:14.759><c> and</c><00:31:15.059><c> Pharaoh,</c><00:31:15.359><c> I</c><00:31:15.420><c> don't</c>

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:21.200
know<00:31:15.839><c> what</c><00:31:15.859><c> is.</c><00:31:18.180><c> God's</c><00:31:18.779><c> goodness</c><00:31:19.180><c> was</c><00:31:19.500><c> being</c><00:31:19.900><c> evidenced,</c><00:31:21.019><c> and</c>

00:31:21.200 --> 00:31:24.980
for<00:31:21.619><c> a</c><00:31:22.180><c> five</c><00:31:22.740><c> nanoseconds</c><00:31:24.079><c> Pharaoh</c><00:31:24.480><c> could</c><00:31:24.740><c> think</c>

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:28.779
about<00:31:25.279><c> this</c><00:31:25.460><c> and</c><00:31:25.579><c> say,</c><00:31:25.799><c> well</c><00:31:26.099><c> maybe</c><00:31:26.599><c> I'm</c><00:31:27.039><c> not</c><00:31:27.359><c> a</c><00:31:27.500><c> God</c><00:31:27.660><c> after</c><00:31:27.900><c> all,</c><00:31:28.099><c> maybe</c><00:31:28.420><c> there</c><00:31:28.599><c> is</c>

00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:29.619
the<00:31:28.940><c> one</c><00:31:29.140><c> true</c><00:31:29.339><c> God,</c>

00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:33.960
but<00:31:30.240><c> oh</c><00:31:30.460><c> things</c><00:31:30.759><c> are</c><00:31:31.059><c> back</c><00:31:31.259><c> to</c><00:31:31.640><c> usual,</c><00:31:32.480><c> things</c><00:31:32.839><c> are</c><00:31:33.200><c> fine,</c><00:31:33.640><c> I'm</c>

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:35.740
still<00:31:34.380><c> Pharaoh,</c><00:31:35.019><c> numero</c><00:31:35.460><c> uno,</c>

00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:42.339
and<00:31:36.900><c> he</c><00:31:37.019><c> didn't</c><00:31:37.200><c> reflect</c><00:31:37.579><c> any</c><00:31:38.000><c> further.</c><00:31:39.779><c> Back</c><00:31:40.079><c> to</c><00:31:40.299><c> normal.</c><00:31:41.559><c> And</c><00:31:41.839><c> I'll</c><00:31:42.079><c> put</c><00:31:42.140><c> it</c>

00:31:42.339 --> 00:31:43.980
to<00:31:42.400><c> you</c><00:31:42.559><c> slightly</c><00:31:42.859><c> differently.</c>

00:31:48.039 --> 00:31:53.700
None<00:31:48.519><c> of</c><00:31:48.700><c> us,</c><00:31:49.779><c> in</c><00:31:50.180><c> the</c><00:31:50.640><c> strict</c><00:31:51.099><c> literal</c><00:31:52.119><c> definitional</c><00:31:52.900><c> sense,</c>

00:31:54.180 --> 00:31:56.680
none<00:31:54.339><c> of</c><00:31:54.559><c> us</c><00:31:54.900><c> have</c><00:31:55.099><c> ever</c><00:31:55.420><c> seen</c><00:31:55.619><c> a</c><00:31:55.759><c> miracle.</c>

00:31:58.359 --> 00:32:02.000
You<00:31:58.539><c> ever</c><00:31:58.799><c> seen</c><00:31:59.240><c> the</c><00:31:59.900><c> Swan</c><00:32:00.119><c> River,</c><00:32:00.500><c> well</c><00:32:00.759><c> maybe</c><00:32:01.059><c> in</c><00:32:01.420><c> algae</c><00:32:01.599><c> time,</c><00:32:01.859><c> I</c>

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:03.420
don't<00:32:02.119><c> know,</c><00:32:02.599><c> but</c><00:32:02.720><c> have</c><00:32:02.819><c> you</c><00:32:02.819><c> ever</c><00:32:03.079><c> seen</c><00:32:03.200><c> the</c>

00:32:03.420 --> 00:32:07.539
Swan<00:32:03.579><c> River</c><00:32:03.799><c> turn</c><00:32:03.980><c> to</c><00:32:04.140><c> blood?</c><00:32:05.960><c> We've</c><00:32:06.220><c> had</c><00:32:06.299><c> a</c><00:32:06.420><c> few</c><00:32:06.579><c> locust</c><00:32:06.980><c> plagues</c><00:32:07.279><c> out</c>

00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:09.099
our<00:32:07.799><c> way,</c><00:32:07.900><c> but</c><00:32:08.019><c> it's</c><00:32:08.200><c> never</c><00:32:08.460><c> been</c><00:32:08.819><c> quite</c>

00:32:09.099 --> 00:32:14.180
like<00:32:09.519><c> that,</c><00:32:10.079><c> and</c><00:32:10.299><c> the</c><00:32:10.519><c> timing</c><00:32:10.859><c> and</c><00:32:11.160><c> frogs</c><00:32:11.460><c> and</c><00:32:11.660><c> all</c><00:32:11.859><c> that,</c><00:32:12.039><c> it's</c><00:32:12.259><c> never</c><00:32:12.539><c> been</c><00:32:12.720><c> like</c><00:32:13.000><c> that.</c><00:32:13.119><c> We've</c><00:32:13.480><c> never</c><00:32:13.759><c> seen</c><00:32:14.000><c> a</c>

00:32:14.180 --> 00:32:19.119
miracle.<00:32:14.720><c> I</c><00:32:14.900><c> mean</c><00:32:15.200><c> we</c><00:32:15.700><c> even</c><00:32:16.440><c> use</c><00:32:16.799><c> this</c><00:32:17.180><c> term</c><00:32:17.579><c> miracle</c><00:32:18.200><c> a</c><00:32:18.519><c> little</c><00:32:18.819><c> bit</c>

00:32:19.119 --> 00:32:20.839
loosely<00:32:19.420><c> when</c><00:32:19.640><c> we</c><00:32:19.859><c> say</c><00:32:19.980><c> the</c><00:32:20.220><c> miracle</c><00:32:20.579><c> of</c>

00:32:20.839 --> 00:32:23.779
modern<00:32:21.079><c> Israel.</c><00:32:21.859><c> Well</c><00:32:22.039><c> it's</c><00:32:22.160><c> not</c><00:32:22.480><c> strictly</c><00:32:22.839><c> a</c><00:32:23.099><c> miracle</c><00:32:23.460><c> in</c>

00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:26.839
the<00:32:24.019><c> sense</c><00:32:24.240><c> that</c><00:32:24.420><c> we've</c><00:32:24.900><c> suspended</c><00:32:25.539><c> nature.</c>

00:32:28.359 --> 00:32:32.259
Miracles<00:32:28.759><c> is</c><00:32:29.039><c> a</c><00:32:29.220><c> suspension</c><00:32:29.660><c> of</c><00:32:29.900><c> nature.</c><00:32:30.900><c> Look,</c><00:32:31.599><c> if</c><00:32:31.779><c> I</c><00:32:31.940><c> did</c><00:32:32.039><c> a</c>

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:35.380
miracle<00:32:32.579><c> and</c><00:32:33.119><c> I</c><00:32:34.059><c> overruled</c><00:32:34.519><c> gravity</c><00:32:34.940><c> and</c><00:32:35.099><c> those</c>

00:32:35.380 --> 00:32:38.400
chairs<00:32:35.759><c> were</c><00:32:36.559><c> raised</c><00:32:36.920><c> to</c><00:32:37.140><c> the</c><00:32:37.299><c> roof,</c><00:32:37.539><c> you'd</c><00:32:37.700><c> think,</c><00:32:37.920><c> oh</c><00:32:38.160><c> heck,</c>

00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:39.859
well<00:32:38.740><c> you</c><00:32:38.740><c> know</c><00:32:38.960><c> something's</c><00:32:39.299><c> happening</c><00:32:39.519><c> here.</c>

00:32:39.859 --> 00:32:47.319
Israel,<00:32:40.980><c> at</c><00:32:41.200><c> least</c><00:32:41.519><c> outwardly,</c><00:32:42.500><c> appears</c><00:32:42.660><c> to</c><00:32:42.980><c> be</c><00:32:43.519><c> the</c><00:32:43.900><c> outworking</c><00:32:44.359><c> of</c><00:32:44.619><c> natural</c><00:32:44.980><c> events,</c><00:32:46.539><c> you</c><00:32:46.539><c> know,</c>

00:32:47.460 --> 00:32:50.839
political<00:32:47.759><c> events</c><00:32:48.160><c> in</c><00:32:48.640><c> the</c><00:32:48.819><c> world</c><00:32:49.099><c> and</c><00:32:49.259><c> World</c><00:32:49.440><c> War</c><00:32:49.640><c> II</c><00:32:49.799><c> and</c><00:32:49.940><c> Hitler</c><00:32:50.160><c> and</c><00:32:50.319><c> all</c><00:32:50.440><c> that</c><00:32:50.559><c> sort</c><00:32:50.700><c> of</c>

00:32:50.839 --> 00:32:51.420
stuff,<00:32:51.000><c> and</c><00:32:51.140><c> it</c><00:32:51.259><c> just</c>

00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:55.539
sort<00:32:51.539><c> of</c><00:32:51.640><c> fell</c><00:32:51.779><c> into</c><00:32:52.079><c> place.</c><00:32:52.660><c> We</c><00:32:52.920><c> know</c><00:32:53.420><c> that</c><00:32:53.700><c> it's</c><00:32:53.960><c> a</c><00:32:54.019><c> fulfillment</c><00:32:54.420><c> of</c><00:32:54.720><c> prophecy.</c><00:32:55.339><c> We</c>

00:32:55.539 --> 00:32:56.700
use<00:32:55.859><c> the</c><00:32:56.039><c> term</c><00:32:56.240><c> miracle</c>

00:32:56.700 --> 00:32:59.859
when<00:32:56.859><c> we</c><00:32:57.119><c> refer</c><00:32:57.319><c> to</c><00:32:57.480><c> Israel</c><00:32:57.940><c> a</c><00:32:58.460><c> little</c><00:32:58.680><c> bit</c><00:32:58.940><c> loosely.</c><00:32:59.539><c> These</c>

00:32:59.859 --> 00:33:09.839
are<00:33:00.240><c> true</c><00:33:00.579><c> miracles.</c><00:33:01.819><c> The</c><00:33:02.220><c> suspension</c><00:33:03.099><c> of</c><00:33:03.619><c> the</c>

00:33:09.839 --> 00:33:15.059
the<00:33:10.640><c> hardest,</c><00:33:11.480><c> you</c><00:33:11.839><c> would</c><00:33:12.079><c> think,</c><00:33:12.599><c> the</c><00:33:12.839><c> hardest</c><00:33:13.319><c> of</c><00:33:13.599><c> men</c><00:33:14.019><c> would</c><00:33:14.400><c> think,</c><00:33:14.720><c> oh</c>

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:16.500
heck,<00:33:15.500><c> something's</c><00:33:15.980><c> going</c><00:33:16.180><c> on</c><00:33:16.380><c> here,</c>

00:33:16.619 --> 00:33:20.960
and<00:33:16.900><c> I've</c><00:33:17.220><c> been</c><00:33:17.359><c> even</c><00:33:17.680><c> invited</c><00:33:18.420><c> to</c><00:33:19.339><c> do</c><00:33:19.579><c> the</c><00:33:19.920><c> tweaking</c><00:33:20.359><c> of</c><00:33:20.599><c> the</c>

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:23.380
timing<00:33:21.319><c> of</c><00:33:21.680><c> the</c><00:33:21.880><c> suspension</c><00:33:22.420><c> of</c><00:33:22.759><c> this</c><00:33:22.980><c> miracle.</c>

00:33:23.819 --> 00:33:27.079
Wow,<00:33:24.599><c> something's</c><00:33:25.119><c> going</c><00:33:25.319><c> on</c><00:33:25.640><c> here.</c><00:33:25.900><c> You</c><00:33:26.240><c> would</c><00:33:26.539><c> think</c><00:33:26.779><c> that</c>

00:33:27.079 --> 00:33:28.900
if<00:33:27.299><c> we</c><00:33:27.500><c> were</c><00:33:27.680><c> able</c><00:33:28.019><c> to</c><00:33:28.279><c> do</c><00:33:28.500><c> that,</c>

00:33:29.160 --> 00:33:31.339
preaching<00:33:29.339><c> from</c><00:33:29.680><c> this</c><00:33:30.039><c> platform</c><00:33:30.299><c> every</c><00:33:30.619><c> Sunday</c><00:33:30.960><c> night</c><00:33:31.160><c> would</c>

00:33:31.339 --> 00:33:33.339
be<00:33:31.599><c> a</c><00:33:31.920><c> walk</c><00:33:32.079><c> in</c><00:33:32.259><c> the</c><00:33:32.480><c> park,</c>

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:36.039
and<00:33:34.339><c> all</c><00:33:34.539><c> the</c><00:33:34.759><c> interested</c><00:33:34.960><c> friends</c><00:33:35.240><c> would</c><00:33:35.440><c> come</c><00:33:35.640><c> in</c><00:33:35.799><c> and</c><00:33:35.880><c> say,</c>

00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:37.759
wow,<00:33:36.640><c> these</c><00:33:36.920><c> guys</c><00:33:37.119><c> do</c><00:33:37.339><c> miracles.</c>

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:44.240
Obviously,<00:33:38.680><c> God's</c><00:33:38.980><c> with</c><00:33:39.240><c> them,</c><00:33:40.599><c> wouldn't</c><00:33:40.779><c> you</c><00:33:41.039><c> think?</c><00:33:43.359><c> I</c><00:33:43.539><c> reckon</c><00:33:43.700><c> that</c><00:33:43.880><c> would</c><00:33:44.019><c> be</c>

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:45.619
the<00:33:44.619><c> greatest</c>

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:51.400
demonstration<00:33:47.039><c> of</c><00:33:47.400><c> God's</c><00:33:48.059><c> power</c><00:33:48.759><c> and</c><00:33:49.440><c> the</c><00:33:49.980><c> truth</c><00:33:50.500><c> so</c><00:33:51.279><c> that</c>

00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:53.579
they<00:33:51.619><c> might</c><00:33:51.940><c> believe,</c>

00:33:54.880 --> 00:33:58.140
such<00:33:55.079><c> that</c><00:33:55.279><c> if</c><00:33:55.680><c> any</c><00:33:55.920><c> one</c><00:33:56.220><c> of</c><00:33:56.599><c> us</c><00:33:57.140><c> or</c><00:33:57.380><c> the</c><00:33:57.519><c> interested</c><00:33:57.859><c> friends</c>

00:33:58.140 --> 00:34:00.220
were<00:33:58.380><c> here</c><00:33:58.519><c> and</c><00:33:58.660><c> we</c><00:33:58.819><c> had</c><00:33:58.980><c> that</c><00:33:59.259><c> power</c>

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:04.059
and<00:34:00.579><c> they</c><00:34:00.859><c> left</c><00:34:01.059><c> and</c><00:34:01.299><c> said,</c><00:34:02.039><c> oh</c><00:34:02.039><c> no,</c><00:34:02.640><c> well,</c><00:34:03.140><c> you</c><00:34:03.259><c> know,</c><00:34:03.420><c> I</c><00:34:03.500><c> think</c><00:34:03.660><c> about</c><00:34:03.960><c> it,</c>

00:34:04.059 --> 00:34:05.240
but<00:34:04.279><c> frankly,</c>

00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:11.800
you<00:34:06.500><c> would</c><00:34:06.799><c> say</c><00:34:07.299><c> that</c><00:34:08.099><c> person's</c><00:34:08.539><c> got</c><00:34:08.619><c> a</c><00:34:08.940><c> really</c><00:34:09.400><c> hard</c><00:34:10.360><c> insensitive</c><00:34:11.179><c> heart,</c>

00:34:11.800 --> 00:34:15.039
okay?<00:34:14.219><c> Pharaoh</c><00:34:14.219><c> had</c><00:34:14.480><c> it</c><00:34:14.820><c> better</c>

00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:20.579
than<00:34:15.280><c> us.</c><00:34:17.820><c> Pharaoh</c><00:34:18.019><c> had</c><00:34:18.260><c> the</c><00:34:18.619><c> preaching</c><00:34:18.960><c> of</c><00:34:19.320><c> the</c><00:34:19.619><c> truth</c><00:34:20.099><c> far</c>

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:23.519
more<00:34:20.880><c> demonstrative,</c><00:34:22.219><c> far</c><00:34:22.480><c> more</c><00:34:22.860><c> powerful</c><00:34:23.239><c> than</c>

00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:29.480
any<00:34:24.019><c> of</c><00:34:24.300><c> us</c><00:34:24.579><c> have</c><00:34:24.780><c> ever</c><00:34:25.159><c> seen</c><00:34:25.500><c> or</c><00:34:25.800><c> will</c><00:34:26.119><c> see.</c><00:34:28.179><c> God's</c><00:34:28.880><c> goodness</c>

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:31.579
hardened<00:34:30.099><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:34:30.780><c> heart,</c><00:34:30.900><c> and</c><00:34:31.159><c> he</c><00:34:31.360><c> is</c>

00:34:31.579 --> 00:34:37.980
without<00:34:31.980><c> excuse.</c><00:34:34.880><c> He's</c><00:34:35.360><c> without</c><00:34:35.679><c> excuse.</c><00:34:36.179><c> Surely</c><00:34:36.539><c> he's</c><00:34:36.840><c> without</c><00:34:37.139><c> excuse.</c><00:34:37.559><c> If</c><00:34:37.679><c> I</c>

00:34:37.980 --> 00:34:38.960
saw,<00:34:38.460><c> and</c><00:34:38.599><c> you</c><00:34:38.820><c> saw,</c>

00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:41.360
and<00:34:39.300><c> look,</c><00:34:39.420><c> I</c><00:34:39.559><c> don't</c><00:34:39.679><c> want</c><00:34:39.760><c> to</c><00:34:39.840><c> get</c><00:34:39.980><c> too</c><00:34:40.239><c> heroic</c><00:34:40.599><c> here,</c><00:34:40.960><c> but</c><00:34:41.179><c> if</c>

00:34:41.360 --> 00:34:44.340
any<00:34:41.539><c> of</c><00:34:41.679><c> us</c><00:34:41.880><c> saw</c><00:34:42.239><c> those</c><00:34:42.519><c> things,</c><00:34:43.840><c> surely</c>

00:34:45.500 --> 00:34:50.739
the<00:34:45.980><c> rigidity</c><00:34:46.460><c> of</c><00:34:46.679><c> our</c><00:34:46.880><c> hearts</c><00:34:47.119><c> would</c><00:34:47.360><c> break</c><00:34:47.719><c> down.</c><00:34:49.539><c> Well,</c><00:34:49.679><c> there</c><00:34:49.840><c> are</c><00:34:50.079><c> some</c><00:34:50.320><c> people</c><00:34:50.579><c> on</c>

00:34:50.739 --> 00:34:51.500
this<00:34:51.000><c> planet</c><00:34:51.219><c> who</c>

00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:57.059
just<00:34:51.860><c> never</c><00:34:52.159><c> get</c><00:34:52.420><c> it,</c><00:34:54.880><c> and</c><00:34:55.159><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:34:55.519><c> one</c><00:34:55.679><c> of</c><00:34:55.800><c> them.</c><00:34:56.119><c> Look,</c><00:34:56.360><c> if</c><00:34:56.500><c> you</c><00:34:56.659><c> want</c><00:34:56.780><c> a</c>

00:34:57.059 --> 00:34:58.199
modern<00:34:57.300><c> day</c><00:34:57.539><c> example,</c>

00:34:58.199 --> 00:35:04.360
and<00:34:58.960><c> I</c><00:34:59.760><c> don't</c><00:34:59.880><c> know</c><00:34:59.980><c> what</c><00:35:00.139><c> your</c><00:35:00.460><c> experience</c><00:35:00.860><c> has</c><00:35:01.119><c> been,</c><00:35:04.039><c> I</c><00:35:04.039><c> won't</c><00:35:04.239><c> go</c>

00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:05.960
into<00:35:04.539><c> too</c><00:35:04.699><c> much</c><00:35:04.920><c> detail</c><00:35:05.300><c> to</c><00:35:05.500><c> protect</c><00:35:05.800><c> the</c>

00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:12.320
guilty,<00:35:08.360><c> but</c><00:35:08.739><c> I</c><00:35:09.079><c> deal</c><00:35:09.280><c> with</c><00:35:09.500><c> a</c><00:35:09.579><c> lot</c><00:35:09.739><c> of</c><00:35:10.159><c> people</c><00:35:11.039><c> on</c><00:35:11.840><c> the</c><00:35:12.039><c> East</c>

00:35:12.320 --> 00:35:15.380
Coast<00:35:13.159><c> over</c><00:35:13.800><c> the</c><00:35:13.980><c> theory</c><00:35:14.159><c> of</c><00:35:14.360><c> evolution</c>

00:35:15.659 --> 00:35:19.659
and<00:35:16.179><c> creation,</c><00:35:17.440><c> and</c><00:35:17.619><c> oh</c><00:35:18.139><c> boy,</c><00:35:18.500><c> have</c><00:35:18.639><c> we</c><00:35:18.760><c> had</c><00:35:18.940><c> some</c><00:35:19.300><c> horrible</c>

00:35:19.659 --> 00:35:23.400
times<00:35:19.980><c> with</c><00:35:20.760><c> people,</c><00:35:21.780><c> and</c><00:35:21.980><c> you</c><00:35:22.960><c> deal</c><00:35:23.219><c> with</c>

00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:25.480
from<00:35:23.619><c> a</c><00:35:23.820><c> purely</c><00:35:24.059><c> scientific</c><00:35:24.539><c> point</c><00:35:24.800><c> of</c><00:35:24.940><c> view,</c><00:35:25.079><c> and</c><00:35:25.179><c> you</c><00:35:25.300><c> put</c>

00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:27.820
your<00:35:25.760><c> arguments</c><00:35:26.039><c> up,</c><00:35:26.599><c> and</c><00:35:26.599><c> you</c><00:35:26.980><c> lay</c><00:35:27.280><c> them</c><00:35:27.519><c> out,</c>

00:35:27.820 --> 00:35:30.039
and<00:35:28.019><c> you</c><00:35:28.019><c> say,</c><00:35:28.360><c> look,</c><00:35:28.519><c> the</c><00:35:28.699><c> fossil</c><00:35:28.960><c> record</c><00:35:29.239><c> doesn't</c><00:35:29.519><c> in</c><00:35:29.820><c> any</c>

00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:31.480
way<00:35:30.219><c> say</c><00:35:30.440><c> what</c><00:35:30.619><c> you're</c><00:35:30.860><c> saying,</c><00:35:31.179><c> and</c><00:35:31.340><c> the</c>

00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:34.300
Cambrian<00:35:31.820><c> explosion</c><00:35:32.440><c> shows</c><00:35:32.860><c> that</c><00:35:33.420><c> everything</c><00:35:33.659><c> was</c><00:35:33.920><c> created</c>

00:35:34.300 --> 00:35:36.239
as<00:35:34.559><c> it</c><00:35:34.760><c> is,</c><00:35:34.960><c> as</c><00:35:35.159><c> we</c><00:35:35.400><c> know</c><00:35:35.559><c> it,</c><00:35:35.699><c> in</c><00:35:35.820><c> the</c><00:35:36.059><c> forms</c>

00:35:36.239 --> 00:35:38.519
that<00:35:36.420><c> we</c><00:35:36.539><c> know</c><00:35:36.659><c> it</c><00:35:36.860><c> today.</c><00:35:37.320><c> There's</c><00:35:37.579><c> not</c><00:35:37.780><c> this</c><00:35:38.039><c> transitional</c>

00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:41.380
forms,<00:35:39.099><c> and</c><00:35:39.300><c> away</c><00:35:39.559><c> you</c><00:35:39.800><c> go,</c><00:35:40.199><c> and</c><00:35:40.380><c> you</c><00:35:40.480><c> put</c><00:35:40.599><c> it</c><00:35:40.800><c> all</c><00:35:40.940><c> out</c><00:35:41.179><c> there,</c>

00:35:41.719 --> 00:35:44.340
and<00:35:41.940><c> they</c><00:35:42.199><c> are</c><00:35:42.380><c> just</c><00:35:42.719><c> so</c><00:35:43.059><c> resilient,</c><00:35:43.320><c> and</c><00:35:43.500><c> they</c><00:35:43.579><c> don't,</c><00:35:44.059><c> and</c>

00:35:44.340 --> 00:35:47.639
as<00:35:44.639><c> soon</c><00:35:44.880><c> as</c><00:35:45.159><c> there's</c><00:35:45.840><c> some</c><00:35:46.199><c> PhD</c><00:35:46.760><c> who</c><00:35:47.019><c> comes</c><00:35:47.340><c> along</c>

00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:49.639
and<00:35:47.800><c> says,</c><00:35:47.940><c> oh,</c><00:35:48.119><c> maybe</c><00:35:48.440><c> it</c><00:35:48.559><c> was</c><00:35:48.699><c> this,</c><00:35:48.920><c> and</c><00:35:49.059><c> perhaps</c><00:35:49.340><c> it</c><00:35:49.460><c> was</c>

00:35:49.639 --> 00:35:52.380
that,<00:35:49.980><c> they</c><00:35:50.179><c> just</c><00:35:50.440><c> embrace</c><00:35:50.980><c> that</c><00:35:51.340><c> person</c><00:35:51.639><c> as</c><00:35:51.980><c> though,</c>

00:35:52.380 --> 00:35:54.239
you<00:35:52.539><c> know,</c><00:35:52.760><c> what</c><00:35:52.940><c> they're</c><00:35:53.139><c> saying</c><00:35:53.320><c> is</c><00:35:53.579><c> absolute</c><00:35:53.860><c> truth,</c><00:35:54.119><c> and</c>

00:35:54.239 --> 00:35:55.400
what<00:35:54.360><c> you're</c><00:35:54.579><c> saying</c><00:35:54.699><c> doesn't</c><00:35:55.000><c> make</c><00:35:55.260><c> it</c>

00:35:55.400 --> 00:35:59.179
sense,<00:35:57.139><c> and</c><00:35:57.460><c> I</c><00:35:57.599><c> sit</c><00:35:57.719><c> there,</c><00:35:58.079><c> and</c><00:35:58.079><c> I</c><00:35:58.159><c> think,</c><00:35:58.360><c> hold</c><00:35:58.760><c> on,</c><00:35:58.900><c> you've</c>

00:35:59.179 --> 00:36:03.760
got<00:35:59.440><c> a</c><00:35:59.639><c> hardened</c><00:36:00.360><c> heart,</c><00:36:02.280><c> well,</c><00:36:02.480><c> that's</c><00:36:02.880><c> fairer,</c>

00:36:03.800 --> 00:36:11.320
so<00:36:04.079><c> the</c><00:36:04.360><c> first</c><00:36:04.760><c> half</c><00:36:05.360><c> is</c><00:36:06.519><c> through</c><00:36:07.400><c> God's</c><00:36:08.320><c> goodness,</c><00:36:10.360><c> all</c><00:36:10.500><c> right,</c><00:36:11.139><c> God</c>

00:36:11.320 --> 00:36:12.139
could<00:36:11.480><c> have</c><00:36:11.599><c> done</c><00:36:11.699><c> it</c><00:36:11.900><c> differently,</c>

00:36:12.300 --> 00:36:14.780
could<00:36:12.400><c> have</c><00:36:12.500><c> done</c><00:36:12.619><c> it</c><00:36:12.760><c> like</c><00:36:12.940><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c><00:36:13.519><c> listen,</c><00:36:14.039><c> mate,</c>

00:36:15.260 --> 00:36:17.219
you<00:36:15.699><c> don't</c><00:36:15.940><c> get</c><00:36:16.119><c> it,</c><00:36:16.360><c> do</c><00:36:16.440><c> you?</c>

00:36:18.239 --> 00:36:22.099
You're<00:36:18.639><c> as</c><00:36:19.079><c> stubborn</c><00:36:19.280><c> as</c><00:36:19.519><c> anything,</c><00:36:20.059><c> right,</c><00:36:20.820><c> seven</c><00:36:21.139><c> years</c><00:36:21.539><c> out</c><00:36:21.840><c> in</c>

00:36:22.099 --> 00:36:24.500
the<00:36:22.280><c> backblocks</c><00:36:22.860><c> of</c><00:36:23.159><c> Western</c><00:36:23.380><c> Australia,</c>

00:36:24.679 --> 00:36:28.659
see<00:36:25.079><c> how</c><00:36:25.199><c> you</c><00:36:25.340><c> like</c><00:36:25.480><c> that,</c><00:36:26.360><c> I</c><00:36:26.480><c> reckon</c><00:36:26.599><c> that'd</c><00:36:26.800><c> be</c><00:36:26.900><c> pretty</c><00:36:27.159><c> hard,</c><00:36:27.780><c> three</c><00:36:27.920><c> months</c><00:36:28.179><c> would</c><00:36:28.300><c> be</c><00:36:28.440><c> enough</c>

00:36:28.659 --> 00:36:31.920
for<00:36:28.860><c> me,</c><00:36:29.099><c> but</c><00:36:29.139><c> anyway,</c><00:36:30.420><c> you</c><00:36:30.420><c> know,</c><00:36:30.900><c> seven</c><00:36:31.000><c> years</c><00:36:31.199><c> out,</c><00:36:31.539><c> until</c>

00:36:31.920 --> 00:36:35.039
you<00:36:32.539><c> learn</c><00:36:33.099><c> that</c><00:36:33.320><c> there</c><00:36:33.539><c> is</c><00:36:33.760><c> only</c><00:36:34.300><c> one</c><00:36:34.639><c> God</c><00:36:34.840><c> in</c>

00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:37.400
the<00:36:35.260><c> entire</c><00:36:35.559><c> earth,</c><00:36:35.860><c> God</c><00:36:36.099><c> could</c><00:36:36.400><c> have</c><00:36:36.579><c> done</c><00:36:36.719><c> that,</c><00:36:37.000><c> he</c><00:36:37.139><c> did</c><00:36:37.239><c> it</c>

00:36:37.400 --> 00:36:40.199
to<00:36:38.119><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c><00:36:39.260><c> could</c><00:36:39.340><c> have</c><00:36:39.519><c> done</c><00:36:39.639><c> that</c><00:36:39.820><c> to</c><00:36:40.000><c> this</c>

00:36:40.199 --> 00:36:45.139
fellow,<00:36:40.739><c> oh</c><00:36:40.940><c> no,</c><00:36:41.219><c> within</c><00:36:41.400><c> a</c><00:36:41.639><c> day</c><00:36:41.800><c> or</c><00:36:42.039><c> two,</c><00:36:42.840><c> the</c><00:36:43.039><c> pressure's</c><00:36:43.500><c> off,</c><00:36:44.000><c> comes</c><00:36:44.280><c> back</c><00:36:44.599><c> on,</c><00:36:44.800><c> within</c><00:36:44.920><c> a</c>

00:36:45.139 --> 00:36:45.800
day<00:36:45.280><c> or</c><00:36:45.460><c> two,</c><00:36:45.579><c> the</c>

00:36:45.800 --> 00:36:48.440
pressure's<00:36:46.300><c> off,</c><00:36:46.659><c> and</c><00:36:46.860><c> just</c><00:36:47.059><c> like</c><00:36:47.260><c> a</c><00:36:47.500><c> spring,</c><00:36:47.719><c> he</c><00:36:47.920><c> goes</c><00:36:48.199><c> back,</c>

00:36:48.480 --> 00:36:51.619
so<00:36:48.780><c> God's</c><00:36:49.519><c> goodness</c><00:36:50.059><c> hardened</c><00:36:50.820><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:36:51.440><c> heart</c>

00:36:51.619 --> 00:36:56.940
by<00:36:51.840><c> removing</c><00:36:52.320><c> every</c><00:36:52.820><c> plague,</c><00:36:54.440><c> now</c><00:36:54.719><c> that's</c><00:36:54.960><c> the</c><00:36:55.260><c> first</c><00:36:55.619><c> part,</c>

00:36:58.079 --> 00:36:59.380
now<00:36:58.199><c> here's</c><00:36:58.539><c> the</c><00:36:58.679><c> personal</c><00:36:59.099><c> bit,</c>

00:36:59.460 --> 00:37:02.480
here's<00:36:59.719><c> the</c><00:36:59.820><c> bit</c><00:36:59.920><c> that</c><00:37:00.139><c> worries</c><00:37:00.420><c> me,</c><00:37:00.780><c> let</c><00:37:00.920><c> me</c><00:37:01.059><c> tell</c><00:37:01.260><c> you,</c><00:37:01.719><c> I</c><00:37:02.119><c> hope</c><00:37:02.320><c> it</c>

00:37:02.480 --> 00:37:03.739
worries<00:37:02.639><c> you</c><00:37:02.940><c> too,</c>

00:37:07.800 --> 00:37:15.239
Romans<00:37:08.400><c> 9</c><00:37:09.000><c> and</c><00:37:10.059><c> the</c><00:37:10.380><c> rest</c><00:37:10.760><c> of</c><00:37:11.480><c> Exodus</c><00:37:11.840><c> up</c><00:37:12.219><c> until</c><00:37:12.539><c> the</c><00:37:12.800><c> departure</c><00:37:13.519><c> of</c><00:37:15.059><c> the</c>

00:37:15.239 --> 00:37:16.940
children<00:37:15.480><c> of</c><00:37:15.539><c> Israel</c><00:37:15.840><c> out</c><00:37:16.000><c> of</c><00:37:16.139><c> Egypt</c>

00:37:17.679 --> 00:37:24.920
suggests<00:37:18.559><c> there</c><00:37:18.940><c> comes</c><00:37:19.460><c> a</c><00:37:19.920><c> point</c><00:37:20.320><c> in</c><00:37:21.380><c> the</c><00:37:21.900><c> hardening</c><00:37:22.400><c> of</c><00:37:22.579><c> one's</c><00:37:23.019><c> heart</c><00:37:23.579><c> where</c><00:37:24.699><c> God</c>

00:37:24.920 --> 00:37:26.679
says,<00:37:25.300><c> I've</c><00:37:25.340><c> had</c><00:37:25.539><c> enough,</c>

00:37:28.860 --> 00:37:34.719
I<00:37:29.119><c> have</c><00:37:29.539><c> endured</c><00:37:30.219><c> with</c><00:37:30.719><c> much</c><00:37:31.199><c> long</c><00:37:31.559><c> suffering,</c><00:37:32.300><c> Romans</c><00:37:32.760><c> 9</c><00:37:33.320><c> verse</c><00:37:33.659><c> 22,</c>

00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:36.679
your<00:37:35.219><c> rationalizations,</c>

00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:41.179
your<00:37:37.599><c> goofiness,</c><00:37:38.280><c> your</c><00:37:38.579><c> silliness,</c><00:37:39.480><c> I'll</c><00:37:39.739><c> think</c><00:37:39.920><c> about</c><00:37:40.280><c> it,</c>

00:37:41.440 --> 00:37:44.440
I'll<00:37:42.099><c> think</c><00:37:42.300><c> about</c><00:37:42.599><c> baptism</c><00:37:43.039><c> and</c><00:37:43.239><c> your</c><00:37:43.360><c> age</c><00:37:43.579><c> 47</c><00:37:44.219><c> and</c>

00:37:44.440 --> 00:37:51.880
you've<00:37:45.079><c> been</c><00:37:45.280><c> there</c><00:37:45.480><c> for</c><00:37:45.619><c> 20</c><00:37:45.820><c> years</c><00:37:46.039><c> attending</c><00:37:46.280><c> every</c><00:37:46.599><c> lecture</c><00:37:46.880><c> and</c><00:37:47.719><c> I've</c><00:37:48.820><c> had</c><00:37:48.980><c> enough,</c><00:37:50.599><c> time's</c><00:37:50.900><c> up</c><00:37:51.059><c> sport,</c>

00:37:54.000 --> 00:37:57.369
your<00:37:54.199><c> heart's</c><00:37:55.039><c> hardened,</c><00:37:55.559><c> how?</c><00:37:56.059><c> We</c><00:37:56.239><c> don't</c><00:37:56.539><c> know,</c>

00:38:00.420 --> 00:38:06.800
maybe<00:38:00.699><c> God</c><00:38:00.840><c> actually</c><00:38:01.280><c> did</c><00:38:01.840><c> harden</c><00:38:02.340><c> the</c><00:38:02.719><c> man</c><00:38:03.019><c> in</c><00:38:03.480><c> ways</c><00:38:03.920><c> that</c><00:38:04.400><c> weren't</c><00:38:05.900><c> natural</c><00:38:06.619><c> to</c>

00:38:06.800 --> 00:38:07.980
the<00:38:06.980><c> man,</c>

00:38:08.320 --> 00:38:13.519
think<00:38:08.920><c> of</c><00:38:09.519><c> Saul,</c><00:38:10.280><c> King</c><00:38:10.500><c> Saul,</c><00:38:11.980><c> what</c><00:38:12.159><c> does</c><00:38:12.340><c> it</c><00:38:12.639><c> say</c><00:38:12.900><c> when</c><00:38:13.159><c> King</c>

00:38:13.519 --> 00:38:17.500
Saul<00:38:14.539><c> goofed</c><00:38:15.280><c> up?</c>

00:38:18.199 --> 00:38:25.059
Says<00:38:18.800><c> an</c><00:38:19.239><c> evil</c><00:38:19.900><c> spirit</c><00:38:20.760><c> from</c><00:38:21.460><c> Yahweh</c><00:38:23.320><c> affected</c><00:38:24.219><c> him,</c><00:38:24.579><c> now</c><00:38:24.780><c> I</c>

00:38:25.059 --> 00:38:26.260
believe,<00:38:25.599><c> brethren</c><00:38:25.619><c> and</c><00:38:25.920><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:26.699 --> 00:38:30.159
that<00:38:27.000><c> set</c><00:38:27.179><c> up</c><00:38:27.440><c> in</c><00:38:27.639><c> his,</c><00:38:28.039><c> the</c><00:38:28.260><c> chemistry</c><00:38:28.699><c> of</c><00:38:29.000><c> his</c><00:38:29.360><c> brain</c>

00:38:31.800 --> 00:38:34.980
was<00:38:32.400><c> an</c><00:38:32.659><c> imbalance</c><00:38:33.199><c> that</c><00:38:33.659><c> caused</c><00:38:33.840><c> him</c><00:38:34.000><c> to</c><00:38:34.079><c> have</c><00:38:34.199><c> massive</c><00:38:34.679><c> mood</c>

00:38:34.980 --> 00:38:36.460
swings<00:38:35.380><c> and</c><00:38:35.619><c> all</c><00:38:35.800><c> sorts</c><00:38:36.039><c> of</c><00:38:36.239><c> things</c>

00:38:36.460 --> 00:38:41.719
and<00:38:36.980><c> basically</c><00:38:37.380><c> God</c><00:38:37.639><c> was</c><00:38:37.980><c> punishing</c><00:38:38.500><c> him</c><00:38:39.320><c> in</c><00:38:40.579><c> a</c><00:38:40.739><c> permanent</c><00:38:41.239><c> sort</c><00:38:41.519><c> of</c>

00:38:41.719 --> 00:38:44.480
way<00:38:42.199><c> for</c><00:38:43.079><c> the</c><00:38:43.460><c> lack</c><00:38:43.679><c> of</c><00:38:44.079><c> reflection</c>

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:47.380
that<00:38:44.719><c> he'd</c><00:38:44.940><c> had</c><00:38:45.059><c> up</c><00:38:45.280><c> until</c><00:38:45.559><c> that</c><00:38:45.840><c> time</c><00:38:46.139><c> and</c><00:38:46.500><c> his</c><00:38:46.840><c> servant</c><00:38:47.139><c> said</c>

00:38:47.380 --> 00:38:50.139
this<00:38:47.659><c> is</c><00:38:47.880><c> from</c><00:38:48.179><c> Yahweh,</c><00:38:48.820><c> an</c><00:38:49.079><c> evil</c><00:38:49.480><c> spirit</c><00:38:49.900><c> from</c>

00:38:50.139 --> 00:38:54.199
Yahweh,<00:38:52.380><c> so</c><00:38:52.420><c> there</c><00:38:52.659><c> comes</c><00:38:53.059><c> a</c><00:38:53.320><c> point,</c><00:38:53.719><c> brethren</c><00:38:53.800><c> and</c><00:38:54.099><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:54.360 --> 00:38:58.900
and<00:38:54.699><c> young</c><00:38:54.940><c> people</c><00:38:55.860><c> when</c><00:38:58.159><c> you</c><00:38:58.320><c> can</c><00:38:58.659><c> play</c>

00:38:58.900 --> 00:39:01.519
Lucifer<00:38:59.420><c> and</c><00:38:59.539><c> I</c><00:38:59.780><c> think</c><00:38:59.960><c> about</c><00:39:00.219><c> it</c><00:39:00.440><c> tomorrow</c><00:39:00.860><c> and</c><00:39:01.159><c> I've</c><00:39:01.360><c> got</c><00:39:01.380><c> to</c>

00:39:01.519 --> 00:39:03.239
buy<00:39:01.619><c> my</c><00:39:01.900><c> sports</c><00:39:02.199><c> car</c><00:39:02.380><c> next</c><00:39:02.659><c> week</c><00:39:02.900><c> and</c><00:39:03.019><c> I've</c><00:39:03.139><c> got</c>

00:39:03.239 --> 00:39:05.519
other<00:39:03.539><c> things</c><00:39:03.659><c> on</c><00:39:03.840><c> my</c><00:39:04.099><c> mind</c><00:39:04.320><c> and</c><00:39:04.699><c> I've</c><00:39:04.880><c> got</c><00:39:04.900><c> to</c><00:39:05.039><c> build</c><00:39:05.139><c> up</c><00:39:05.340><c> my</c>

00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:08.820
business<00:39:06.059><c> and</c><00:39:07.019><c> look</c><00:39:07.880><c> I've</c><00:39:08.079><c> got</c><00:39:08.079><c> to</c><00:39:08.199><c> go</c><00:39:08.300><c> and</c><00:39:08.420><c> bury</c><00:39:08.539><c> the</c>

00:39:08.820 --> 00:39:10.800
dog,<00:39:09.179><c> the</c><00:39:09.260><c> dog's</c><00:39:09.480><c> only</c><00:39:09.679><c> two</c><00:39:10.000><c> years</c><00:39:10.239><c> old,</c><00:39:10.380><c> yeah</c><00:39:10.539><c> well</c><00:39:10.639><c> he'll</c>

00:39:10.800 --> 00:39:12.780
die<00:39:10.980><c> soon,</c><00:39:11.360><c> you</c><00:39:11.500><c> know</c><00:39:11.639><c> and</c><00:39:12.059><c> you</c><00:39:12.199><c> just</c><00:39:12.460><c> think,</c>

00:39:12.980 --> 00:39:16.599
throw<00:39:13.179><c> up</c><00:39:13.420><c> dust</c><00:39:13.599><c> at</c><00:39:13.820><c> every</c><00:39:14.380><c> other</c><00:39:14.780><c> roost</c><00:39:15.119><c> to</c><00:39:15.400><c> try</c><00:39:15.760><c> and</c><00:39:15.920><c> get</c><00:39:16.139><c> out</c>

00:39:16.599 --> 00:39:21.780
of<00:39:17.340><c> a</c><00:39:17.820><c> real</c><00:39:18.980><c> reflection</c><00:39:19.920><c> on</c><00:39:20.300><c> the</c><00:39:20.480><c> things</c><00:39:20.659><c> of</c><00:39:20.940><c> God</c>

00:39:23.519 --> 00:39:30.599
and<00:39:24.000><c> God</c><00:39:24.420><c> chose</c><00:39:25.019><c> to</c><00:39:25.239><c> let</c><00:39:25.380><c> this</c><00:39:25.699><c> guy</c><00:39:25.960><c> off</c><00:39:26.480><c> each</c><00:39:27.019><c> time,</c><00:39:29.219><c> his</c><00:39:29.679><c> goodness</c><00:39:30.179><c> was</c>

00:39:30.599 --> 00:39:31.840
his<00:39:30.860><c> enemy,</c>

00:39:32.699 --> 00:39:38.840
don't<00:39:33.380><c> let</c><00:39:33.880><c> God's</c><00:39:34.659><c> goodness</c><00:39:35.000><c> to</c><00:39:35.440><c> us</c><00:39:36.159><c> be</c><00:39:36.940><c> taken</c><00:39:37.320><c> for</c><00:39:37.820><c> granted,</c>

00:39:40.260 --> 00:39:42.019
let<00:39:40.340><c> me</c><00:39:40.460><c> give</c><00:39:40.579><c> you</c><00:39:40.760><c> the</c><00:39:40.960><c> best</c><00:39:41.320><c> example</c><00:39:41.840><c> that</c>

00:39:42.019 --> 00:39:48.099
I<00:39:42.199><c> can</c><00:39:42.380><c> think</c><00:39:42.659><c> of</c><00:39:43.199><c> and</c><00:39:44.019><c> even</c><00:39:44.420><c> where</c><00:39:44.760><c> I</c><00:39:45.139><c> live</c><00:39:45.579><c> I</c><00:39:46.300><c> think</c><00:39:46.460><c> it's</c><00:39:46.820><c> pertinent,</c><00:39:47.500><c> what</c><00:39:47.760><c> is</c>

00:39:48.099 --> 00:39:49.159
the<00:39:48.480><c> greatest</c><00:39:48.840><c> piece</c>

00:39:49.159 --> 00:39:55.739
of<00:39:49.480><c> goodness</c><00:39:49.800><c> that</c><00:39:50.039><c> God's</c><00:39:50.380><c> given</c><00:39:50.539><c> to</c><00:39:50.780><c> you</c><00:39:50.940><c> right</c><00:39:51.239><c> now?</c><00:39:54.960><c> Well</c><00:39:55.159><c> we</c><00:39:55.280><c> live</c><00:39:55.420><c> in</c><00:39:55.599><c> a</c>

00:39:55.739 --> 00:40:01.820
fairly<00:39:56.039><c> prosperous</c><00:39:56.599><c> society</c><00:39:57.420><c> and</c>

00:40:01.960 --> 00:40:08.900
in<00:40:02.179><c> Australia</c><00:40:03.239><c> things</c><00:40:05.300><c> are</c><00:40:05.539><c> going,</c><00:40:06.159><c> and</c><00:40:06.179><c> look</c><00:40:06.619><c> I'm</c><00:40:06.739><c> not</c><00:40:07.019><c> trying</c><00:40:07.179><c> to</c><00:40:07.360><c> say</c><00:40:07.500><c> this</c><00:40:07.679><c> for</c><00:40:07.980><c> everybody</c><00:40:08.280><c> because</c><00:40:08.579><c> I</c><00:40:08.760><c> know</c>

00:40:08.900 --> 00:40:13.739
things<00:40:09.139><c> are</c><00:40:09.340><c> different</c><00:40:09.519><c> for</c><00:40:09.800><c> everybody,</c><00:40:10.659><c> but</c><00:40:10.840><c> in</c><00:40:11.179><c> broad</c><00:40:11.380><c> terms</c><00:40:13.059><c> WA</c>

00:40:13.739 --> 00:40:15.940
has<00:40:13.880><c> probably</c><00:40:14.199><c> never</c><00:40:14.440><c> had</c><00:40:14.599><c> it</c><00:40:14.739><c> as</c><00:40:14.900><c> good,</c>

00:40:16.679 --> 00:40:19.820
you're<00:40:16.820><c> all</c><00:40:17.019><c> employed,</c><00:40:18.619><c> well</c><00:40:18.679><c> you've</c><00:40:18.800><c> got</c><00:40:19.079><c> opportunities,</c>

00:40:20.079 --> 00:40:20.980
there<00:40:20.239><c> are</c><00:40:20.380><c> some</c><00:40:20.579><c> parts</c><00:40:20.780><c> of</c>

00:40:20.980 --> 00:40:24.360
Australia<00:40:21.239><c> which</c><00:40:21.440><c> aren't</c><00:40:21.800><c> quite</c><00:40:22.059><c> like</c><00:40:22.380><c> that,</c><00:40:23.960><c> there's</c><00:40:24.119><c> a</c><00:40:24.260><c> lot</c>

00:40:24.360 --> 00:40:27.000
going,<00:40:24.760><c> there</c><00:40:24.940><c> is</c><00:40:25.139><c> a</c><00:40:25.219><c> lot</c><00:40:25.360><c> of</c><00:40:25.639><c> goodness</c><00:40:25.900><c> around</c>

00:40:27.139 --> 00:40:31.480
that<00:40:27.460><c> God's</c><00:40:28.500><c> blessed</c><00:40:28.639><c> you</c><00:40:28.820><c> with,</c><00:40:29.280><c> potentially</c><00:40:29.900><c> that</c><00:40:30.500><c> can</c><00:40:30.800><c> be</c>

00:40:31.480 --> 00:40:34.480
for<00:40:31.800><c> your</c><00:40:32.039><c> benefit</c><00:40:32.440><c> or</c><00:40:32.659><c> your</c><00:40:32.920><c> undoing</c><00:40:33.559><c> because</c><00:40:34.099><c> when,</c>

00:40:34.780 --> 00:40:37.380
I<00:40:35.000><c> don't</c><00:40:35.179><c> want</c><00:40:35.280><c> to</c><00:40:35.340><c> get</c><00:40:35.420><c> into</c><00:40:35.579><c> too</c><00:40:35.780><c> much</c><00:40:36.000><c> detail</c><00:40:36.340><c> but</c><00:40:36.480><c> when</c><00:40:36.719><c> things</c><00:40:36.980><c> happen</c><00:40:37.219><c> in</c>

00:40:37.380 --> 00:40:38.780
my<00:40:37.659><c> life</c><00:40:37.840><c> many</c><00:40:38.139><c> years</c><00:40:38.420><c> ago</c>

00:40:38.780 --> 00:40:42.699
where<00:40:39.519><c> things</c><00:40:39.840><c> were</c><00:40:40.000><c> going</c><00:40:40.340><c> from</c><00:40:40.840><c> a</c><00:40:41.079><c> worldly</c><00:40:41.280><c> sense</c><00:40:41.639><c> reasonably</c><00:40:42.139><c> well</c><00:40:42.400><c> I</c>

00:40:42.699 --> 00:40:43.880
nearly<00:40:43.000><c> fell</c><00:40:43.219><c> in</c><00:40:43.380><c> the</c><00:40:43.579><c> ditch</c>

00:40:43.880 --> 00:40:47.619
because<00:40:44.480><c> I</c><00:40:44.679><c> was</c><00:40:44.780><c> offered</c><00:40:45.019><c> all</c><00:40:45.320><c> these</c><00:40:46.059><c> carrots</c><00:40:46.440><c> and</c><00:40:46.840><c> stuff,</c>

00:40:47.860 --> 00:40:49.360
overseas<00:40:48.039><c> trips</c><00:40:48.380><c> for</c><00:40:48.579><c> the</c><00:40:48.820><c> organisation,</c>

00:40:49.480 --> 00:40:53.559
all<00:40:49.599><c> that</c><00:40:49.820><c> sort</c><00:40:49.960><c> of</c><00:40:50.219><c> stuff</c><00:40:50.559><c> and</c><00:40:51.599><c> it</c><00:40:52.420><c> would</c><00:40:52.599><c> have</c><00:40:52.739><c> been</c><00:40:52.900><c> the</c><00:40:53.119><c> end</c>

00:40:53.559 --> 00:40:55.179
of<00:40:53.860><c> my</c><00:40:54.159><c> faith.</c>

00:40:57.239 --> 00:41:00.179
And<00:40:57.960><c> immediately,</c><00:40:58.960><c> I</c><00:40:58.980><c> don't</c><00:40:59.260><c> want</c><00:40:59.639><c> to</c><00:40:59.639><c> get</c><00:40:59.739><c> into</c><00:40:59.860><c> too</c><00:41:00.019><c> much</c>

00:41:00.179 --> 00:41:02.159
detail,<00:41:00.460><c> but</c><00:41:00.559><c> immediately</c><00:41:00.920><c> after</c><00:41:01.300><c> that</c>

00:41:02.400 --> 00:41:09.579
I<00:41:02.760><c> had</c><00:41:02.920><c> a</c><00:41:03.139><c> major</c><00:41:03.500><c> family</c><00:41:04.059><c> crisis</c><00:41:04.760><c> which</c><00:41:05.579><c> prevented</c><00:41:06.059><c> all</c><00:41:06.539><c> of</c><00:41:06.699><c> that</c><00:41:07.320><c> from</c><00:41:07.739><c> occurring</c><00:41:08.280><c> and</c><00:41:09.260><c> I</c>

00:41:09.579 --> 00:41:10.239
ended<00:41:09.840><c> up</c>

00:41:10.239 --> 00:41:16.159
in<00:41:10.440><c> the</c><00:41:10.719><c> back</c><00:41:11.000><c> blocks</c><00:41:11.440><c> of</c><00:41:11.860><c> New</c><00:41:12.039><c> South</c><00:41:12.300><c> Wales</c><00:41:12.840><c> and</c><00:41:15.360><c> I</c><00:41:15.639><c> thank</c><00:41:15.860><c> God</c>

00:41:16.159 --> 00:41:17.320
for<00:41:16.460><c> that.</c>

00:41:21.340 --> 00:41:24.119
You've<00:41:22.059><c> got</c><00:41:22.179><c> a</c><00:41:22.280><c> beautiful</c><00:41:22.619><c> situation</c><00:41:23.260><c> here,</c>

00:41:25.579 --> 00:41:28.900
you<00:41:26.139><c> know</c><00:41:26.300><c> what</c><00:41:26.440><c> I</c><00:41:26.579><c> reckon</c><00:41:26.760><c> the</c><00:41:27.059><c> biggest</c><00:41:27.260><c> thing</c><00:41:27.480><c> you</c><00:41:27.599><c> can</c><00:41:27.880><c> do?</c>

00:41:28.940 --> 00:41:31.059
Reflect<00:41:29.219><c> upon</c><00:41:29.539><c> God's</c><00:41:29.960><c> goodness,</c>

00:41:32.119 --> 00:41:35.139
pull<00:41:32.300><c> out</c><00:41:32.539><c> all</c><00:41:32.960><c> the</c><00:41:33.300><c> distractions</c><00:41:33.860><c> out</c><00:41:34.320><c> of</c><00:41:34.460><c> your</c><00:41:34.639><c> life,</c><00:41:34.940><c> all</c>

00:41:35.139 --> 00:41:36.460
the<00:41:35.519><c> clutter,</c>

00:41:37.679 --> 00:41:41.280
go<00:41:37.880><c> down</c><00:41:38.519><c> wherever</c><00:41:39.179><c> your</c><00:41:39.539><c> private</c><00:41:39.860><c> space</c><00:41:40.179><c> is</c><00:41:40.500><c> and</c><00:41:40.719><c> say</c><00:41:40.940><c> right</c>

00:41:41.280 --> 00:41:44.239
we<00:41:41.639><c> have</c><00:41:42.159><c> enough,</c><00:41:42.940><c> I</c><00:41:43.139><c> don't</c><00:41:43.320><c> have</c><00:41:43.579><c> to</c><00:41:43.639><c> go</c><00:41:43.900><c> to</c><00:41:44.079><c> the</c>

00:41:44.239 --> 00:41:47.179
top<00:41:44.360><c> of</c><00:41:44.579><c> the</c><00:41:44.739><c> tree</c><00:41:44.840><c> in</c><00:41:45.000><c> my</c><00:41:45.280><c> organisation,</c><00:41:46.400><c> I</c><00:41:46.659><c> don't</c><00:41:46.820><c> have</c><00:41:47.000><c> to</c>

00:41:47.179 --> 00:41:51.340
accept<00:41:47.519><c> every</c><00:41:49.420><c> trinket</c><00:41:49.940><c> that</c><00:41:50.039><c> is</c><00:41:50.320><c> offered</c><00:41:50.619><c> to</c><00:41:50.920><c> me</c>

00:41:51.340 --> 00:41:55.239
in<00:41:51.699><c> this</c><00:41:51.940><c> organisation</c><00:41:52.599><c> because</c><00:41:53.239><c> I</c><00:41:53.579><c> want</c><00:41:53.760><c> to</c><00:41:53.980><c> spend</c><00:41:54.139><c> time</c><00:41:54.639><c> with</c><00:41:54.940><c> my</c>

00:41:55.239 --> 00:41:56.980
family<00:41:55.679><c> around</c><00:41:56.079><c> the</c><00:41:56.320><c> word</c><00:41:56.500><c> of</c><00:41:56.719><c> God,</c>

00:41:57.260 --> 00:42:00.099
that<00:41:57.639><c> may</c><00:41:58.039><c> not</c><00:41:58.360><c> be</c><00:41:58.699><c> here</c><00:41:58.960><c> forever.</c>

00:42:03.480 --> 00:42:06.920
I<00:42:04.039><c> don't</c><00:42:04.280><c> know</c><00:42:04.500><c> what</c><00:42:04.679><c> the</c><00:42:04.860><c> future</c><00:42:05.039><c> is</c><00:42:05.199><c> going</c><00:42:05.320><c> to</c><00:42:05.519><c> bring</c><00:42:05.780><c> in</c><00:42:06.239><c> Australia</c><00:42:06.699><c> or</c>

00:42:06.920 --> 00:42:08.159
anywhere<00:42:07.119><c> else</c><00:42:07.380><c> in</c><00:42:07.519><c> the</c><00:42:07.639><c> world</c><00:42:07.820><c> but</c><00:42:07.940><c> I'll</c>

00:42:08.159 --> 00:42:11.780
tell<00:42:08.280><c> you</c><00:42:08.440><c> what,</c><00:42:09.840><c> there's</c><00:42:10.159><c> a</c><00:42:10.260><c> lot</c><00:42:10.400><c> of</c><00:42:10.780><c> very</c><00:42:11.099><c> very</c><00:42:11.380><c> difficult</c>

00:42:11.780 --> 00:42:15.119
times<00:42:12.280><c> that</c><00:42:12.699><c> could</c><00:42:13.079><c> be</c><00:42:13.360><c> ahead</c><00:42:13.599><c> for</c><00:42:13.900><c> all</c><00:42:14.199><c> of</c><00:42:14.340><c> us.</c>

00:42:15.599 --> 00:42:22.139
You<00:42:16.119><c> know,</c><00:42:16.739><c> get</c><00:42:17.000><c> your</c><00:42:17.380><c> faith</c><00:42:17.940><c> going</c><00:42:19.440><c> right</c><00:42:20.619><c> now,</c><00:42:21.699><c> don't</c><00:42:21.880><c> put</c>

00:42:22.139 --> 00:42:25.000
things<00:42:22.500><c> off</c><00:42:22.860><c> because</c><00:42:23.460><c> you</c><00:42:24.059><c> know</c><00:42:24.280><c> you</c><00:42:24.400><c> have</c><00:42:24.679><c> hardship</c>

00:42:25.000 --> 00:42:28.860
now<00:42:25.340><c> and</c><00:42:25.579><c> things</c><00:42:25.880><c> get</c><00:42:26.099><c> a</c><00:42:26.179><c> little</c><00:42:26.360><c> bit</c><00:42:26.559><c> better</c><00:42:26.820><c> and</c><00:42:27.719><c> you</c><00:42:28.500><c> just,</c>

00:42:28.960 --> 00:42:30.139
oh<00:42:29.139><c> well</c><00:42:29.260><c> there's</c><00:42:29.420><c> always</c><00:42:29.679><c> next</c><00:42:29.960><c> week,</c>

00:42:30.239 --> 00:42:34.800
there<00:42:30.400><c> may</c><00:42:30.619><c> not</c><00:42:30.800><c> always</c><00:42:31.219><c> be</c><00:42:31.400><c> next</c><00:42:31.699><c> week.</c><00:42:32.260><c> All</c><00:42:32.440><c> right</c><00:42:32.639><c> now</c><00:42:33.079><c> I</c><00:42:33.440><c> think</c><00:42:33.639><c> I've</c><00:42:33.860><c> said</c><00:42:33.960><c> enough</c><00:42:34.179><c> about</c><00:42:34.460><c> that,</c><00:42:34.639><c> I</c>

00:42:34.800 --> 00:42:35.139
just<00:42:35.019><c> want</c>

00:42:35.139 --> 00:42:41.599
to<00:42:35.400><c> show</c><00:42:35.579><c> you</c><00:42:35.780><c> the</c><00:42:36.159><c> first</c><00:42:36.719><c> way</c><00:42:37.599><c> God's</c><00:42:38.679><c> goodness</c><00:42:39.340><c> that</c><00:42:41.300><c> fairer</c>

00:42:41.599 --> 00:42:44.159
heart<00:42:41.739><c> in</c><00:42:41.860><c> his</c><00:42:41.980><c> own</c><00:42:42.219><c> heart.</c><00:42:43.500><c> Remembering</c><00:42:44.019><c> this</c>

00:42:44.159 --> 00:42:48.679
it<00:42:44.460><c> came</c><00:42:44.780><c> to</c><00:42:44.940><c> the</c><00:42:45.119><c> point</c><00:42:45.460><c> where</c><00:42:47.039><c> the</c><00:42:47.300><c> catalyst</c><00:42:47.820><c> was</c><00:42:48.219><c> put</c><00:42:48.440><c> into</c>

00:42:48.679 --> 00:42:51.559
the<00:42:49.059><c> the</c><00:42:49.179><c> chemistry</c><00:42:49.559><c> and</c><00:42:49.900><c> it</c><00:42:50.099><c> all</c><00:42:50.599><c> by</c><00:42:50.940><c> God</c><00:42:51.159><c> and</c><00:42:51.360><c> it</c>

00:42:51.559 --> 00:42:54.559
all<00:42:51.760><c> hardened</c><00:42:52.039><c> itself</c><00:42:52.420><c> up,</c><00:42:53.800><c> there</c><00:42:53.800><c> had</c><00:42:53.980><c> nowhere</c><00:42:54.159><c> else</c><00:42:54.400><c> to</c><00:42:54.480><c> go.</c>

00:42:54.679 --> 00:42:56.239
But<00:42:54.820><c> here's</c><00:42:55.019><c> the</c><00:42:55.179><c> first</c><00:42:55.480><c> bit,</c><00:42:55.739><c> here's</c><00:42:55.960><c> how</c><00:42:56.079><c> he</c>

00:42:56.239 --> 00:43:02.599
hardened<00:42:56.460><c> his</c><00:42:56.780><c> heart,</c><00:42:59.480><c> chapter</c><00:42:59.619><c> 7</c><00:43:00.360><c> and</c><00:43:00.739><c> verse</c><00:43:01.079><c> 13,</c><00:43:01.920><c> have</c><00:43:02.000><c> I</c><00:43:02.119><c> got</c><00:43:02.219><c> this</c><00:43:02.440><c> on</c>

00:43:02.599 --> 00:43:03.840
the<00:43:02.820><c> thing?</c>

00:43:05.800 --> 00:43:08.559
Oh<00:43:06.079><c> well</c><00:43:06.380><c> we'll</c><00:43:06.579><c> get</c><00:43:06.780><c> to</c><00:43:06.900><c> that</c><00:43:07.099><c> one</c><00:43:07.199><c> in</c><00:43:07.360><c> a</c><00:43:07.460><c> moment,</c><00:43:07.960><c> chapter</c><00:43:08.179><c> 7</c>

00:43:08.559 --> 00:43:11.800
and<00:43:08.699><c> verse</c><00:43:08.840><c> 13,</c><00:43:09.420><c> but</c><00:43:09.739><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:43:10.320><c> heart</c><00:43:10.500><c> was</c><00:43:10.940><c> hard</c><00:43:11.420><c> and</c>

00:43:11.800 --> 00:43:17.019
he<00:43:11.920><c> did</c><00:43:12.159><c> not</c><00:43:12.300><c> listen</c><00:43:12.559><c> to</c><00:43:12.820><c> Moses</c><00:43:13.340><c> and</c><00:43:14.199><c> Aaron.</c><00:43:16.300><c> It</c><00:43:16.500><c> isn't</c><00:43:16.679><c> that</c>

00:43:17.019 --> 00:43:19.119
Pharaoh's<00:43:17.480><c> heart</c><00:43:17.679><c> was</c><00:43:17.900><c> in</c><00:43:18.039><c> the</c><00:43:18.199><c> process</c><00:43:18.579><c> of</c><00:43:18.840><c> hardening</c>

00:43:19.119 --> 00:43:26.239
but<00:43:19.280><c> it</c><00:43:19.380><c> was</c><00:43:19.659><c> already</c><00:43:20.239><c> hardened.</c><00:43:22.159><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:43:22.559><c> heart</c><00:43:22.860><c> was</c><00:43:23.159><c> hardened</c><00:43:23.360><c> despite</c><00:43:23.960><c> having</c><00:43:24.320><c> witnessed</c><00:43:24.820><c> a</c><00:43:25.239><c> miracle</c>

00:43:27.639 --> 00:43:31.099
but<00:43:28.239><c> chapter</c><00:43:28.719><c> 7</c><00:43:29.139><c> verse</c><00:43:29.400><c> 22,</c><00:43:29.699><c> this</c><00:43:29.920><c> is</c><00:43:30.139><c> talking</c><00:43:30.300><c> about</c><00:43:30.539><c> the</c><00:43:31.059><c> the</c>

00:43:31.099 --> 00:43:33.739
magicians<00:43:31.820><c> because</c><00:43:32.380><c> the</c><00:43:32.619><c> magicians</c><00:43:32.980><c> could</c><00:43:33.159><c> in</c><00:43:33.440><c> some</c>

00:43:33.739 --> 00:43:38.500
feeble<00:43:34.159><c> way</c><00:43:34.400><c> replicate</c><00:43:34.820><c> what</c><00:43:35.019><c> was</c><00:43:35.219><c> going</c><00:43:35.440><c> on</c><00:43:35.840><c> but</c><00:43:36.539><c> the</c><00:43:36.840><c> Egyptian</c><00:43:37.380><c> magicians</c><00:43:38.159><c> did</c>

00:43:38.500 --> 00:43:40.199
the<00:43:38.920><c> same</c><00:43:39.300><c> thing</c><00:43:39.699><c> with</c><00:43:39.900><c> their</c>

00:43:40.199 --> 00:43:46.219
secret<00:43:40.679><c> arts.</c><00:43:43.699><c> So</c><00:43:44.300><c> the</c><00:43:44.760><c> heart</c><00:43:45.079><c> of</c><00:43:45.460><c> Pharaoh</c><00:43:45.599><c> was</c><00:43:45.980><c> hardened,</c>

00:43:46.340 --> 00:43:49.239
see<00:43:46.539><c> the</c><00:43:46.760><c> connection?</c><00:43:47.679><c> Because</c><00:43:48.139><c> the</c><00:43:48.380><c> Egyptian</c><00:43:48.739><c> magicians</c>

00:43:49.239 --> 00:43:53.159
could<00:43:49.559><c> replicate</c><00:43:50.119><c> something</c><00:43:50.659><c> so</c><00:43:51.920><c> the</c><00:43:52.260><c> heart</c><00:43:52.539><c> of</c><00:43:52.780><c> Pharaoh's</c>

00:43:53.159 --> 00:43:55.440
heart<00:43:53.400><c> was</c><00:43:53.699><c> hardened</c><00:43:54.059><c> and</c><00:43:54.480><c> here's</c><00:43:54.739><c> this</c><00:43:55.000><c> one</c><00:43:55.139><c> that</c><00:43:55.260><c> we've</c>

00:43:55.440 --> 00:44:00.280
just<00:43:55.659><c> put</c><00:43:55.800><c> up</c><00:43:56.179><c> on</c><00:43:56.719><c> the</c><00:43:57.159><c> overhead.</c><00:43:58.320><c> Moses</c><00:43:58.820><c> said</c><00:43:59.159><c> to</c><00:43:59.440><c> Pharaoh,</c><00:44:00.159><c> I</c>

00:44:00.280 --> 00:44:02.460
will<00:44:00.559><c> give</c><00:44:00.719><c> you,</c><00:44:00.820><c> this</c><00:44:00.980><c> must</c><00:44:01.179><c> be</c><00:44:01.300><c> the</c><00:44:01.480><c> frogs,</c><00:44:02.099><c> I'll</c><00:44:02.380><c> give</c>

00:44:02.460 --> 00:44:05.920
you<00:44:02.760><c> the</c><00:44:02.760><c> honor</c><00:44:02.920><c> of</c><00:44:03.199><c> deciding</c><00:44:03.519><c> when</c><00:44:04.159><c> to</c><00:44:04.800><c> cut</c><00:44:05.119><c> off</c><00:44:05.420><c> the</c><00:44:05.719><c> plague</c>

00:44:05.920 --> 00:44:11.559
of<00:44:06.400><c> frogs</c><00:44:06.880><c> so</c><00:44:09.019><c> that</c><00:44:09.519><c> you</c><00:44:09.980><c> will</c><00:44:10.340><c> know</c><00:44:10.679><c> there</c><00:44:10.920><c> is</c><00:44:11.300><c> no</c>

00:44:11.559 --> 00:44:16.960
one<00:44:11.739><c> like</c><00:44:12.199><c> Yahweh</c><00:44:12.800><c> our</c><00:44:13.219><c> God.</c><00:44:15.440><c> Now</c><00:44:15.679><c> the</c><00:44:15.760><c> first</c><00:44:16.019><c> bit</c><00:44:16.199><c> is</c><00:44:16.460><c> everything</c><00:44:16.760><c> that</c>

00:44:16.960 --> 00:44:18.059
we've<00:44:17.159><c> been</c><00:44:17.300><c> saying</c><00:44:17.539><c> all</c><00:44:17.800><c> along,</c>

00:44:18.460 --> 00:44:21.780
you<00:44:18.679><c> see</c><00:44:18.840><c> a</c><00:44:19.000><c> miracle,</c><00:44:19.579><c> you</c><00:44:19.719><c> respond,</c><00:44:20.420><c> so</c><00:44:20.760><c> that</c><00:44:21.119><c> you</c><00:44:21.300><c> will</c><00:44:21.599><c> know</c>

00:44:21.780 --> 00:44:24.300
that<00:44:21.920><c> there</c><00:44:22.079><c> is</c><00:44:22.260><c> no</c><00:44:22.440><c> one</c><00:44:22.619><c> like</c><00:44:22.880><c> Yahweh</c><00:44:23.219><c> our</c><00:44:23.480><c> God</c>

00:44:24.559 --> 00:44:28.500
but<00:44:25.119><c> Pharaoh</c><00:44:25.679><c> saw</c><00:44:26.380><c> that</c><00:44:26.639><c> there</c><00:44:26.920><c> was</c><00:44:27.119><c> relief</c>

00:44:30.179 --> 00:44:33.960
and<00:44:30.659><c> hey</c><00:44:30.840><c> we're</c><00:44:31.059><c> back</c><00:44:31.219><c> to</c><00:44:31.400><c> good</c><00:44:31.639><c> times,</c><00:44:33.000><c> good</c><00:44:33.099><c> times</c><00:44:33.400><c> roll</c><00:44:33.699><c> by,</c>

00:44:34.079 --> 00:44:36.639
WA<00:44:34.400><c> economy,</c><00:44:34.900><c> everything's</c><00:44:35.380><c> fine,</c>

00:44:37.599 --> 00:44:41.199
I'll<00:44:38.079><c> think</c><00:44:38.260><c> about</c><00:44:38.500><c> it</c><00:44:38.659><c> another</c><00:44:38.900><c> day.</c><00:44:40.059><c> When</c><00:44:40.260><c> he</c><00:44:40.500><c> saw</c><00:44:40.699><c> that</c><00:44:40.860><c> there</c><00:44:41.019><c> was</c>

00:44:41.199 --> 00:44:44.599
relief<00:44:41.519><c> he</c><00:44:42.179><c> hardened</c><00:44:42.900><c> his</c><00:44:43.679><c> heart.</c>

00:44:46.320 --> 00:44:50.019
I'll<00:44:46.559><c> give</c><00:44:46.639><c> you</c><00:44:46.800><c> some</c><00:44:47.039><c> other</c><00:44:47.340><c> examples,</c><00:44:47.519><c> very</c><00:44:47.800><c> quick</c><00:44:47.980><c> ones</c><00:44:48.260><c> because</c><00:44:48.480><c> we've</c><00:44:49.579><c> run</c><00:44:49.800><c> out</c><00:44:49.960><c> of</c>

00:44:50.019 --> 00:44:51.519
time<00:44:50.320><c> so</c><00:44:50.559><c> anyway,</c>

00:44:51.639 --> 00:44:54.719
but<00:44:51.780><c> ones</c><00:44:52.000><c> that</c><00:44:52.139><c> I</c><00:44:52.420><c> particularly</c><00:44:53.099><c> find</c><00:44:54.000><c> enjoyable,</c><00:44:54.519><c> in</c><00:44:54.619><c> fact</c>

00:44:54.719 --> 00:44:57.840
we'll<00:44:55.059><c> put</c><00:44:55.239><c> one</c><00:44:55.400><c> up,</c><00:44:56.519><c> look</c><00:44:56.659><c> at</c><00:44:56.780><c> this</c><00:44:56.960><c> one,</c>

00:44:58.239 --> 00:45:02.900
and<00:44:58.820><c> I</c><00:44:59.400><c> could</c><00:45:00.320><c> amass</c><00:45:01.679><c> far</c><00:45:01.960><c> more</c><00:45:02.199><c> than</c><00:45:02.300><c> these,</c><00:45:02.500><c> we</c><00:45:02.539><c> just</c><00:45:02.760><c> don't</c>

00:45:02.900 --> 00:45:10.039
have<00:45:03.079><c> time.</c><00:45:03.800><c> 9</c><00:45:04.280><c> verse</c><00:45:04.579><c> 34,</c><00:45:05.500><c> when</c><00:45:06.239><c> Pharaoh</c><00:45:07.980><c> saw</c><00:45:09.780><c> that</c>

00:45:10.039 --> 00:45:17.960
the<00:45:10.300><c> rain</c><00:45:10.679><c> and</c><00:45:10.980><c> the</c><00:45:11.260><c> thunder</c><00:45:11.599><c> stopped</c><00:45:12.420><c> he</c><00:45:14.500><c> sinned</c><00:45:15.960><c> again,</c><00:45:17.619><c> he</c>

00:45:17.960 --> 00:45:21.559
sinned<00:45:18.820><c> again.</c><00:45:19.280><c> Notice</c><00:45:19.559><c> that</c><00:45:19.739><c> it</c><00:45:19.820><c> wasn't</c><00:45:20.199><c> God</c><00:45:20.559><c> that</c><00:45:20.800><c> was</c>

00:45:21.559 --> 00:45:24.380
held<00:45:21.719><c> accountable</c><00:45:22.079><c> there,</c><00:45:22.639><c> he</c><00:45:22.880><c> was</c><00:45:23.099><c> held</c><00:45:23.280><c> accountable.</c><00:45:23.920><c> When</c>

00:45:24.380 --> 00:45:26.260
Pharaoh<00:45:24.780><c> saw</c><00:45:25.159><c> that</c><00:45:25.340><c> the</c><00:45:25.500><c> rain</c><00:45:25.639><c> and</c><00:45:25.820><c> the</c><00:45:26.019><c> thunder</c>

00:45:26.260 --> 00:45:29.619
stopped<00:45:26.539><c> he</c><00:45:26.840><c> sinned</c><00:45:27.139><c> again</c><00:45:27.460><c> and</c><00:45:27.880><c> his</c><00:45:28.199><c> heart</c><00:45:28.480><c> was</c><00:45:28.800><c> hardened.</c>

00:45:29.639 --> 00:45:31.159
So<00:45:29.659><c> Moses</c><00:45:30.159><c> and</c><00:45:30.380><c> Aaron</c><00:45:30.519><c> said</c><00:45:30.800><c> to</c><00:45:31.019><c> Pharaoh,</c>

00:45:31.659 --> 00:45:37.639
how<00:45:32.300><c> long</c><00:45:32.900><c> will</c><00:45:33.619><c> you</c><00:45:34.260><c> refuse</c><00:45:35.099><c> to</c><00:45:35.340><c> be</c><00:45:35.519><c> humble</c><00:45:35.980><c> before</c><00:45:36.820><c> God?</c>

00:45:45.639 --> 00:45:48.440
I<00:45:46.280><c> think</c><00:45:46.400><c> that's</c><00:45:47.079><c> fairly</c><00:45:47.340><c> clear.</c>

00:45:50.360 --> 00:45:54.380
It's<00:45:51.000><c> a</c><00:45:51.099><c> bit</c><00:45:51.340><c> like</c><00:45:51.679><c> Noah's</c><00:45:52.199><c> day,</c><00:45:52.519><c> you</c><00:45:52.780><c> gotta</c><00:45:53.059><c> set</c><00:45:53.420><c> time.</c>

00:45:56.400 --> 00:46:00.960
And<00:45:56.960><c> for</c><00:45:57.139><c> those</c><00:45:57.420><c> of</c><00:45:57.659><c> you</c><00:45:58.000><c> who</c><00:45:58.219><c> are</c><00:45:58.420><c> young,</c><00:45:59.579><c> who've</c><00:45:59.719><c> got</c><00:45:59.880><c> a</c><00:45:59.960><c> million</c><00:46:00.239><c> distractions</c><00:46:00.800><c> in</c>

00:46:00.960 --> 00:46:01.559
your<00:46:01.239><c> life,</c>

00:46:01.760 --> 00:46:07.920
no<00:46:01.920><c> one's</c><00:46:02.340><c> despising</c><00:46:02.820><c> your</c><00:46:03.219><c> youth,</c><00:46:04.440><c> but</c><00:46:04.780><c> don't</c><00:46:05.460><c> leave</c><00:46:05.820><c> it</c><00:46:06.199><c> too</c><00:46:06.880><c> long.</c>

00:46:11.400 --> 00:46:14.139
Because<00:46:11.960><c> there</c><00:46:12.139><c> will</c><00:46:12.360><c> come</c><00:46:12.559><c> a</c><00:46:12.739><c> time</c><00:46:13.099><c> when</c><00:46:13.400><c> God</c><00:46:13.659><c> might</c><00:46:13.920><c> just</c>

00:46:14.139 --> 00:46:15.659
say<00:46:14.300><c> I've</c><00:46:14.480><c> had</c><00:46:14.699><c> enough,</c>

00:46:15.760 --> 00:46:19.559
you<00:46:15.920><c> are</c><00:46:16.280><c> a</c><00:46:16.400><c> vessel</c><00:46:16.760><c> fit</c><00:46:17.139><c> for</c><00:46:17.440><c> destruction,</c><00:46:18.980><c> you've</c><00:46:19.360><c> hardened</c>

00:46:19.559 --> 00:46:21.360
your<00:46:19.920><c> heart,</c><00:46:20.119><c> I</c><00:46:20.360><c> will</c><00:46:20.599><c> allow</c><00:46:20.840><c> that</c><00:46:21.079><c> to</c>

00:46:21.360 --> 00:46:23.320
happen<00:46:21.519><c> permanently,</c><00:46:22.360><c> goodbye.</c>

00:46:26.340 --> 00:46:30.960
I<00:46:26.780><c> have</c><00:46:27.159><c> a</c><00:46:27.239><c> real</c><00:46:27.539><c> problem,</c><00:46:28.099><c> brothers</c><00:46:28.219><c> and</c><00:46:28.440><c> sisters,</c><00:46:28.699><c> with</c><00:46:29.119><c> this</c><00:46:29.320><c> whole</c><00:46:29.699><c> concept</c><00:46:30.139><c> that</c><00:46:30.340><c> seems</c><00:46:30.719><c> to</c>

00:46:30.960 --> 00:46:31.599
be<00:46:31.079><c> trotted</c><00:46:31.239><c> out</c>

00:46:32.039 --> 00:46:36.639
in<00:46:32.480><c> Koran</c><00:46:32.880><c> and</c><00:46:33.380><c> everywhere</c><00:46:33.840><c> else,</c><00:46:34.699><c> this</c><00:46:34.860><c> whole</c><00:46:35.219><c> concept</c><00:46:35.880><c> of</c>

00:46:36.639 --> 00:46:39.559
unconditional<00:46:37.460><c> love,</c><00:46:38.519><c> that</c><00:46:38.619><c> whatever</c><00:46:38.980><c> you</c><00:46:39.260><c> do,</c>

00:46:39.619 --> 00:46:44.199
God<00:46:39.860><c> will</c><00:46:40.179><c> always</c><00:46:40.699><c> be</c><00:46:41.099><c> there</c><00:46:41.539><c> to</c><00:46:42.699><c> help</c><00:46:42.940><c> you.</c><00:46:43.659><c> I</c><00:46:43.860><c> don't</c><00:46:44.059><c> believe</c>

00:46:44.199 --> 00:46:47.840
that's<00:46:44.559><c> true.</c><00:46:45.800><c> God</c><00:46:46.079><c> says</c><00:46:46.539><c> there's</c><00:46:47.119><c> a</c><00:46:47.260><c> situation,</c>

00:46:47.840 --> 00:46:51.920
give<00:46:48.059><c> me</c><00:46:48.280><c> a</c><00:46:48.380><c> response.</c><00:46:48.980><c> There's</c><00:46:49.300><c> a</c><00:46:49.480><c> situation,</c><00:46:50.019><c> give</c><00:46:50.179><c> me</c><00:46:50.380><c> a</c><00:46:50.500><c> response.</c><00:46:51.000><c> There's</c><00:46:51.360><c> a</c><00:46:51.539><c> situation,</c>

00:46:52.000 --> 00:46:55.739
I'm<00:46:52.119><c> still</c><00:46:52.360><c> waiting</c><00:46:52.619><c> for</c><00:46:52.820><c> a</c><00:46:53.000><c> response.</c><00:46:54.139><c> That's</c><00:46:54.480><c> it.</c><00:46:55.300><c> End</c><00:46:55.480><c> of</c>

00:46:55.739 --> 00:46:57.579
story,<00:46:56.139><c> end</c><00:46:56.380><c> of</c><00:46:56.500><c> relationship.</c>

00:47:00.019 --> 00:47:09.119
Okay.<00:47:02.900><c> I</c><00:47:03.239><c> want</c><00:47:03.599><c> to,</c><00:47:05.099><c> in</c><00:47:05.519><c> just</c><00:47:05.940><c> five</c><00:47:06.199><c> minutes,</c><00:47:07.380><c> allude</c><00:47:07.739><c> to</c><00:47:08.000><c> something</c><00:47:08.599><c> that</c>

00:47:09.119 --> 00:47:10.860
we're<00:47:09.360><c> going</c><00:47:09.599><c> to</c><00:47:09.820><c> do</c><00:47:10.000><c> with</c><00:47:10.280><c> on</c><00:47:10.420><c> our</c><00:47:10.599><c> next</c>

00:47:10.860 --> 00:47:15.619
occasion,<00:47:12.159><c> and</c><00:47:12.619><c> this</c><00:47:12.840><c> is</c><00:47:13.039><c> where</c><00:47:13.179><c> they</c><00:47:13.420><c> actually</c><00:47:13.840><c> lead</c><00:47:14.380><c> Egypt,</c>

00:47:16.539 --> 00:47:20.840
and<00:47:17.619><c> the</c><00:47:19.000><c> plagues</c><00:47:19.360><c> have</c><00:47:19.559><c> all</c><00:47:19.800><c> finished,</c>

00:47:21.059 --> 00:47:26.579
the<00:47:21.300><c> death</c><00:47:21.500><c> of</c><00:47:21.679><c> the</c><00:47:21.880><c> firstborn</c><00:47:22.360><c> has</c><00:47:22.659><c> occurred,</c><00:47:23.739><c> and</c><00:47:25.380><c> God</c><00:47:26.039><c> is</c>

00:47:26.579 --> 00:47:30.179
taking<00:47:27.239><c> Israel</c><00:47:28.219><c> to</c><00:47:28.960><c> Canaan.</c>

00:47:30.400 --> 00:47:33.199
And<00:47:30.599><c> here's</c><00:47:30.860><c> a</c><00:47:31.079><c> point</c><00:47:31.260><c> that</c><00:47:31.420><c> I'd</c><00:47:31.619><c> like</c><00:47:31.719><c> to</c><00:47:31.960><c> leave</c><00:47:32.059><c> with</c><00:47:32.300><c> you.</c>

00:47:33.480 --> 00:47:36.860
God<00:47:33.880><c> often</c><00:47:34.380><c> takes</c><00:47:34.760><c> us</c><00:47:35.099><c> the</c><00:47:35.460><c> long</c><00:47:35.739><c> way</c><00:47:36.159><c> home</c>

00:47:36.860 --> 00:47:40.719
with<00:47:37.360><c> stops</c><00:47:37.980><c> along</c><00:47:38.519><c> the</c><00:47:38.739><c> way.</c><00:47:39.420><c> Forty</c><00:47:39.840><c> year</c><00:47:40.019><c> journey</c><00:47:40.320><c> to</c><00:47:40.519><c> do</c>

00:47:40.719 --> 00:47:43.000
something<00:47:41.139><c> that</c><00:47:41.380><c> could</c><00:47:41.599><c> have</c><00:47:41.900><c> taken</c>

00:47:43.500 --> 00:47:50.019
four<00:47:43.960><c> days,</c><00:47:45.780><c> double</c><00:47:46.039><c> it,</c><00:47:46.280><c> a</c><00:47:46.500><c> week,</c><00:47:48.340><c> and</c><00:47:48.500><c> a</c><00:47:48.619><c> day.</c><00:47:49.559><c> I</c><00:47:49.699><c> do</c><00:47:49.860><c> know</c><00:47:49.940><c> a</c>

00:47:50.019 --> 00:47:51.079
little<00:47:50.119><c> bit</c><00:47:50.260><c> of</c><00:47:50.340><c> maths.</c>

00:47:52.440 --> 00:47:56.840
You<00:47:52.559><c> know,</c><00:47:52.940><c> this</c><00:47:53.059><c> is</c><00:47:53.619><c> not</c><00:47:53.800><c> a</c><00:47:54.019><c> big</c><00:47:55.119><c> journey,</c><00:47:55.800><c> particularly.</c>

00:47:57.619 --> 00:48:00.260
God<00:47:57.840><c> takes</c><00:47:58.199><c> the</c><00:47:58.500><c> long</c><00:47:58.739><c> way</c><00:47:59.059><c> home,</c>

00:48:00.860 --> 00:48:04.880
and<00:48:01.320><c> that's</c><00:48:01.539><c> true</c><00:48:01.719><c> of</c><00:48:01.840><c> your</c><00:48:02.019><c> life</c><00:48:02.239><c> and</c><00:48:02.460><c> mine.</c><00:48:04.360><c> And</c><00:48:04.599><c> I'll</c><00:48:04.760><c> tell</c>

00:48:04.880 --> 00:48:06.840
you<00:48:05.019><c> what,</c><00:48:05.219><c> if</c><00:48:05.440><c> there</c><00:48:05.599><c> is</c><00:48:05.920><c> one</c><00:48:06.320><c> aspect</c><00:48:06.780><c> of</c>

00:48:06.840 --> 00:48:11.099
my<00:48:07.320><c> faith</c><00:48:07.719><c> that</c><00:48:08.400><c> I</c><00:48:08.619><c> find</c><00:48:08.920><c> very</c><00:48:09.320><c> disturbing,</c><00:48:10.440><c> because</c><00:48:10.599><c> I</c><00:48:10.860><c> don't</c>

00:48:11.099 --> 00:48:13.519
think<00:48:11.260><c> I've</c><00:48:11.519><c> ever</c><00:48:11.800><c> properly</c><00:48:12.079><c> understood</c><00:48:12.619><c> that.</c>

00:48:18.139 --> 00:48:21.199
I've<00:48:18.579><c> been</c><00:48:18.739><c> brought</c><00:48:18.980><c> up</c><00:48:19.460><c> in</c><00:48:19.760><c> an</c><00:48:20.039><c> organisation</c><00:48:20.679><c> or</c><00:48:20.900><c> a</c><00:48:20.960><c> number</c>

00:48:21.199 --> 00:48:24.099
of<00:48:21.579><c> organisations,</c><00:48:22.179><c> and</c><00:48:22.340><c> you</c><00:48:22.519><c> probably</c><00:48:22.940><c> have</c><00:48:23.199><c> too,</c>

00:48:24.480 --> 00:48:27.579
where<00:48:24.739><c> efficiency</c><00:48:25.360><c> and</c><00:48:25.960><c> effectiveness</c><00:48:26.360><c> and</c><00:48:26.840><c> performance</c>

00:48:27.579 --> 00:48:29.320
are<00:48:28.119><c> gods.</c>

00:48:32.500 --> 00:48:35.800
And<00:48:33.019><c> our</c><00:48:33.539><c> organisation</c><00:48:34.219><c> is</c><00:48:34.480><c> always</c><00:48:34.900><c> looking</c><00:48:35.380><c> to</c><00:48:35.559><c> do,</c><00:48:35.659><c> because</c>

00:48:35.800 --> 00:48:37.980
we're<00:48:36.079><c> half</c><00:48:36.260><c> broke</c><00:48:36.659><c> with</c><00:48:36.960><c> the</c>

00:48:37.980 --> 00:48:42.659
New<00:48:38.159><c> South</c><00:48:38.340><c> Wales</c><00:48:38.519><c> economy</c><00:48:38.820><c> at</c><00:48:39.000><c> the</c><00:48:39.099><c> moment,</c><00:48:39.380><c> but</c><00:48:39.460><c> anyway,</c><00:48:41.119><c> we're</c><00:48:41.239><c> always</c><00:48:41.519><c> looking</c><00:48:41.820><c> for</c><00:48:42.039><c> ways</c><00:48:42.300><c> of</c>

00:48:42.659 --> 00:48:43.679
saving<00:48:43.099><c> money</c>

00:48:43.679 --> 00:48:46.679
and<00:48:44.119><c> doing</c><00:48:44.440><c> things</c><00:48:44.860><c> cheaper</c><00:48:45.340><c> and</c><00:48:45.739><c> better</c><00:48:45.940><c> and</c><00:48:46.099><c> all</c><00:48:46.179><c> that</c><00:48:46.320><c> with</c>

00:48:46.679 --> 00:48:48.300
less<00:48:47.019><c> money</c><00:48:47.320><c> and</c><00:48:47.440><c> all</c><00:48:47.579><c> that</c><00:48:47.739><c> sort</c><00:48:47.880><c> of</c><00:48:48.059><c> stuff.</c>

00:48:48.639 --> 00:48:53.940
Efficient<00:48:49.159><c> and</c><00:48:49.739><c> effective.</c><00:48:52.039><c> And</c><00:48:52.559><c> we</c><00:48:52.719><c> hold</c><00:48:53.019><c> celebrations</c><00:48:53.619><c> when</c><00:48:53.800><c> we</c>

00:48:53.940 --> 00:48:55.780
get<00:48:54.039><c> it</c><00:48:54.280><c> just</c><00:48:54.539><c> right.</c><00:48:54.940><c> You</c><00:48:54.940><c> know,</c><00:48:55.260><c> God</c><00:48:55.440><c> doesn't</c>

00:48:55.780 --> 00:49:00.420
buy<00:48:56.139><c> into</c><00:48:56.340><c> that.</c><00:48:57.739><c> And</c><00:48:57.880><c> our</c><00:48:58.039><c> Western</c><00:48:58.400><c> culture</c><00:48:58.880><c> is</c><00:48:59.320><c> alien</c><00:48:59.960><c> to</c>

00:49:00.420 --> 00:49:02.059
the<00:49:00.579><c> way</c><00:49:00.719><c> God</c><00:49:00.940><c> works.</c>

00:49:04.900 --> 00:49:10.119
Now,<00:49:06.059><c> I</c><00:49:06.440><c> don't</c><00:49:06.619><c> know</c><00:49:06.940><c> what</c><00:49:07.280><c> you're</c><00:49:07.599><c> going</c><00:49:07.900><c> through</c><00:49:08.579><c> right</c><00:49:09.039><c> now.</c>

00:49:11.590 --> 00:49:17.659
I<00:49:12.039><c> don't</c><00:49:12.239><c> know</c><00:49:12.480><c> how</c><00:49:12.760><c> difficult</c><00:49:13.280><c> your</c><00:49:13.719><c> circumstances</c><00:49:14.380><c> are,</c><00:49:16.500><c> and</c>

00:49:20.869 --> 00:49:23.130
you<00:49:21.320><c> might</c><00:49:21.559><c> have</c><00:49:21.780><c> family</c><00:49:22.179><c> problems.</c>

00:49:26.199 --> 00:49:33.440
You<00:49:26.900><c> might</c><00:49:27.440><c> find</c><00:49:29.659><c> yourself</c><00:49:30.699><c> found</c><00:49:31.360><c> within</c><00:49:31.679><c> a</c><00:49:31.920><c> loveless</c><00:49:32.340><c> marriage.</c>

00:49:36.019 --> 00:49:41.599
You<00:49:36.059><c> might</c><00:49:36.360><c> be</c><00:49:37.139><c> trying</c><00:49:37.480><c> to</c><00:49:37.840><c> fathom</c><00:49:38.320><c> what</c><00:49:38.719><c> on</c><00:49:39.099><c> earth</c><00:49:39.519><c> God</c><00:49:39.880><c> is</c><00:49:40.239><c> doing</c><00:49:40.480><c> with</c><00:49:40.800><c> your</c><00:49:41.039><c> life.</c><00:49:41.599><c> It</c>

00:49:41.599 --> 00:49:42.519
seems<00:49:41.860><c> to</c><00:49:42.079><c> have</c><00:49:42.219><c> no</c>

00:49:42.519 --> 00:49:46.829
direction<00:49:43.000><c> and</c><00:49:43.460><c> no</c><00:49:43.659><c> purpose.</c><00:49:44.519><c> Let</c><00:49:44.699><c> me</c><00:49:44.880><c> assure</c><00:49:45.179><c> you,</c><00:49:45.539><c> God</c><00:49:45.719><c> is</c><00:49:45.980><c> there.</c>

00:49:48.889 --> 00:49:55.090
But<00:49:49.570><c> he</c><00:49:49.849><c> doesn't</c><00:49:50.309><c> subscribe</c><00:49:51.269><c> to</c><00:49:51.769><c> our</c><00:49:52.090><c> view</c><00:49:52.429><c> of</c><00:49:52.670><c> what</c><00:49:53.070><c> he</c><00:49:53.409><c> should</c><00:49:53.590><c> be</c><00:49:53.829><c> doing.</c><00:49:55.050><c> He</c>

00:49:55.090 --> 00:49:58.210
often<00:49:55.389><c> takes</c><00:49:55.789><c> the</c><00:49:56.170><c> long</c><00:49:56.730><c> way</c><00:49:57.210><c> home.</c>

00:49:58.670 --> 00:50:01.789
Our<00:49:58.889><c> journey</c><00:49:59.150><c> often</c><00:49:59.510><c> looks</c><00:49:59.949><c> meandering</c><00:50:00.630><c> and</c><00:50:01.050><c> directionless,</c>

00:50:02.210 --> 00:50:04.130
yet<00:50:02.349><c> Yahweh</c><00:50:02.869><c> is</c><00:50:03.230><c> always</c><00:50:03.789><c> there.</c>

00:50:04.329 --> 00:50:07.349
And<00:50:04.510><c> you</c><00:50:04.610><c> know</c><00:50:04.769><c> what?</c><00:50:05.070><c> The</c><00:50:05.230><c> hardest</c><00:50:05.630><c> thing</c><00:50:06.050><c> in</c><00:50:06.389><c> faith</c><00:50:06.789><c> is</c><00:50:07.070><c> when</c>

00:50:07.349 --> 00:50:08.670
everything's<00:50:07.949><c> going</c><00:50:08.210><c> wrong,</c>

00:50:09.090 --> 00:50:11.349
when<00:50:09.289><c> you</c><00:50:09.469><c> really</c><00:50:09.829><c> think</c><00:50:10.030><c> it</c><00:50:10.170><c> is</c><00:50:10.349><c> out</c><00:50:10.530><c> of</c><00:50:10.769><c> control,</c><00:50:10.929><c> and</c><00:50:11.110><c> you</c>

00:50:11.349 --> 00:50:13.789
even<00:50:11.750><c> feel</c><00:50:12.250><c> that</c><00:50:12.489><c> you</c><00:50:12.769><c> cannot</c><00:50:13.010><c> see</c><00:50:13.389><c> God,</c>

00:50:13.789 --> 00:50:19.130
and<00:50:14.110><c> you</c><00:50:14.269><c> even</c><00:50:14.730><c> feel,</c><00:50:15.090><c> dare</c><00:50:15.349><c> I</c><00:50:15.630><c> say</c><00:50:15.829><c> this,</c><00:50:16.349><c> you</c><00:50:16.469><c> even</c><00:50:16.849><c> feel</c><00:50:17.070><c> abandoned</c><00:50:17.869><c> by</c><00:50:18.409><c> God.</c>

00:50:23.389 --> 00:50:28.949
God's<00:50:23.710><c> there.</c><00:50:24.650><c> And</c><00:50:24.869><c> you</c><00:50:25.150><c> just</c><00:50:25.889><c> believe.</c><00:50:27.789><c> Okay,</c><00:50:28.269><c> now</c><00:50:28.449><c> we</c><00:50:28.570><c> haven't</c><00:50:28.730><c> got</c>

00:50:28.949 --> 00:50:29.949
time<00:50:29.130><c> to</c><00:50:29.269><c> go</c><00:50:29.389><c> into</c><00:50:29.530><c> the</c><00:50:29.769><c> details,</c>

00:50:29.949 --> 00:50:35.050
so<00:50:30.110><c> we're</c><00:50:30.210><c> going</c><00:50:30.250><c> to</c><00:50:30.329><c> end</c><00:50:30.469><c> it</c><00:50:30.630><c> here.</c><00:50:32.150><c> But</c><00:50:32.469><c> God</c><00:50:32.750><c> willing,</c><00:50:33.030><c> on</c><00:50:33.230><c> our</c><00:50:33.409><c> next</c><00:50:33.630><c> occasion,</c><00:50:34.349><c> we're</c><00:50:34.630><c> going</c><00:50:34.769><c> to</c>

00:50:35.050 --> 00:50:36.050
see<00:50:35.250><c> not</c><00:50:35.670><c> only</c>

00:50:36.050 --> 00:50:41.469
that<00:50:36.269><c> they're</c><00:50:36.489><c> taking</c><00:50:36.789><c> the</c><00:50:37.190><c> long</c><00:50:37.510><c> 40</c><00:50:37.909><c>-year</c><00:50:38.269><c> way</c><00:50:38.489><c> home</c><00:50:38.710><c> to</c><00:50:38.849><c> do</c><00:50:38.989><c> something</c><00:50:39.289><c> that</c><00:50:39.449><c> could</c><00:50:39.590><c> have</c><00:50:39.769><c> taken</c><00:50:39.989><c> less</c><00:50:40.210><c> than</c><00:50:40.389><c> a</c><00:50:40.570><c> week,</c>

00:50:41.769 --> 00:50:50.309
we're<00:50:42.210><c> going</c><00:50:42.309><c> to</c><00:50:42.510><c> see</c><00:50:42.750><c> Israel</c><00:50:43.469><c> at</c><00:50:44.010><c> the</c><00:50:44.429><c> very</c><00:50:45.070><c> point</c><00:50:45.610><c> where</c><00:50:46.050><c> they</c><00:50:46.530><c> felt</c><00:50:46.769><c> they</c><00:50:46.989><c> were</c><00:50:47.349><c> totally</c><00:50:47.969><c> abandoned</c><00:50:48.809><c> by</c><00:50:49.329><c> God.</c>

00:50:50.510 --> 00:50:53.130
If<00:50:50.670><c> you've</c><00:50:50.909><c> ever</c><00:50:51.190><c> been</c><00:50:51.449><c> there,</c><00:50:51.630><c> you</c><00:50:51.730><c> know</c><00:50:51.889><c> exactly</c><00:50:52.469><c> what</c><00:50:52.869><c> they</c>

00:50:53.130 --> 00:50:54.190
were<00:50:53.349><c> feeling.</c>

00:50:54.369 --> 00:50:56.710
Where<00:50:54.570><c> they</c><00:50:54.809><c> felt</c><00:50:55.110><c> totally</c><00:50:55.690><c> abandoned</c><00:50:56.030><c> by</c><00:50:56.309><c> God,</c><00:50:56.510><c> they</c><00:50:56.670><c> were</c>

00:50:56.710 --> 00:50:59.230
being<00:50:57.090><c> set</c><00:50:57.329><c> up</c><00:50:57.670><c> to</c><00:50:57.909><c> be</c><00:50:58.329><c> slaughtered.</c>

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And<00:51:00.929><c> then</c><00:51:01.449><c> literally</c><00:51:02.170><c> overnight,</c><00:51:04.010><c> it</c><00:51:04.289><c> all</c><00:51:04.730><c> changed.</c><00:51:05.489><c> And</c><00:51:05.789><c> it</c>

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takes<00:51:06.550><c> faith</c><00:51:07.130><c> to</c><00:51:07.929><c> believe</c><00:51:08.530><c> that</c><00:51:08.869><c> despite</c><00:51:09.389><c> our</c>

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circumstances,<00:51:11.250><c> God</c><00:51:11.489><c> is</c><00:51:11.829><c> leading</c><00:51:12.110><c> us</c><00:51:12.769><c> to</c><00:51:13.010><c> our</c><00:51:13.250><c> destination.</c>

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But<00:51:14.510><c> we'll</c><00:51:14.570><c> get</c><00:51:14.769><c> to</c><00:51:14.909><c> that</c><00:51:15.289><c> next</c><00:51:15.590><c> time.</c>