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attendance<00:12:53.539><c> at</c><00:12:53.820><c> meetings.</c>

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assembling<00:13:14.320><c> of</c><00:13:14.639><c> ourselves</c><00:13:14.899><c> together.</c>

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Hezekiah<00:13:17.059><c> saw</c><00:13:17.299><c> this</c><00:13:17.539><c> as</c><00:13:17.740><c> his</c><00:13:17.919><c> number</c><00:13:18.340><c> one</c><00:13:18.639><c> problem.</c>

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Well,<00:13:32.139><c> the</c><00:13:32.320><c> lamps</c><00:13:32.720><c> in</c><00:13:33.200><c> the</c><00:13:33.580><c> temple</c><00:13:33.960><c> and</c><00:13:34.720><c> in</c><00:13:34.899><c> the</c><00:13:35.120><c> tabernacle</c>

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Not<00:13:56.860><c> only</c><00:13:57.240><c> had</c><00:13:57.899><c> Ahaz</c><00:13:58.240><c> closed</c><00:13:58.700><c> down</c><00:13:59.600><c> the</c><00:14:00.019><c> meeting</c><00:14:00.399><c> place,</c><00:14:01.480><c> he'd</c>

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So<00:14:04.580><c> now</c><00:14:04.879><c> the</c><00:14:05.059><c> second</c><00:14:05.419><c> thing</c><00:14:05.639><c> to</c><00:14:05.980><c> fall</c><00:14:06.299><c> was</c><00:14:06.940><c> the</c><00:14:07.220><c> reading,</c><00:14:07.740><c> the</c>

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are<00:14:21.879><c> not</c><00:14:22.139><c> doing</c><00:14:22.700><c> our</c><00:14:23.220><c> Bible</c><00:14:23.559><c> readings.</c>

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Then<00:14:26.080><c> the</c><00:14:26.279><c> third</c><00:14:26.799><c> problem</c><00:14:27.279><c> that</c><00:14:27.519><c> Hezekiah</c><00:14:27.960><c> recognized</c><00:14:28.620><c> and</c><00:14:28.840><c> he</c><00:14:29.000><c> gives</c><00:14:29.139><c> this</c><00:14:29.379><c> to</c><00:14:29.519><c> the</c><00:14:29.740><c> Levites</c><00:14:30.019><c> as</c><00:14:30.320><c> a</c><00:14:30.519><c> priority,</c>

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are<00:14:59.039><c> the</c><00:14:59.360><c> things</c><00:14:59.779><c> which</c><00:15:00.179><c> are</c><00:15:00.460><c> the</c><00:15:00.940><c> essential</c><00:15:01.419><c> ingredients</c><00:15:02.179><c> of</c><00:15:02.539><c> faith.</c>

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let's<00:15:51.259><c> set</c><00:15:51.500><c> aside</c><00:15:51.919><c> all</c><00:15:52.240><c> the</c><00:15:52.580><c> filth</c><00:15:52.919><c> that</c><00:15:53.080><c> has</c><00:15:53.360><c> accumulated</c><00:15:54.059><c> over</c><00:15:54.960><c> this</c><00:15:55.179><c> period</c><00:15:55.460><c> of</c><00:15:55.700><c> time</c>

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chosen<00:16:19.820><c> you</c><00:16:20.740><c> to</c><00:16:21.679><c> stand</c><00:16:22.080><c> before</c><00:16:22.600><c> Him.</c>

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He<00:16:24.059><c> addresses</c><00:16:24.419><c> them</c><00:16:24.720><c> as</c><00:16:25.039><c> sons.</c><00:16:25.720><c> Hezekiah</c><00:16:26.340><c> probably</c><00:16:26.759><c> had</c><00:16:27.120><c> no</c><00:16:27.460><c> sons.</c>

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Manasseh<00:16:30.019><c> who</c><00:16:30.159><c> took</c><00:16:30.360><c> the</c><00:16:30.679><c> throne</c><00:16:31.059><c> after</c><00:16:31.980><c> Hezekiah</c><00:16:32.740><c> was</c><00:16:33.139><c> born</c>

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in<00:16:33.700><c> those</c><00:16:34.000><c> extra</c><00:16:34.419><c> years</c><00:16:34.700><c> of</c><00:16:34.980><c> life</c><00:16:35.179><c> that</c><00:16:35.379><c> Hezekiah</c><00:16:35.940><c> was</c><00:16:36.240><c> given.</c>

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So<00:16:37.460><c> he</c><00:16:37.620><c> had</c><00:16:37.980><c> no</c><00:16:38.320><c> sons.</c><00:16:38.620><c> He</c><00:16:38.720><c> was</c><00:16:38.919><c> a</c><00:16:39.220><c> spiritual</c><00:16:39.659><c> father</c><00:16:40.240><c> to</c><00:16:40.720><c> these</c><00:16:41.019><c> Levites.</c>

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Just<00:16:42.600><c> as</c><00:16:42.799><c> the</c><00:16:42.919><c> Lord</c><00:16:43.080><c> Jesus</c><00:16:43.460><c> Christ</c><00:16:43.799><c> had</c><00:16:44.100><c> no</c><00:16:45.100><c> natural</c><00:16:45.720><c> sons,</c>

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and<00:16:47.159><c> yet</c><00:16:47.299><c> can</c><00:16:47.600><c> speak</c><00:16:47.860><c> of</c><00:16:48.120><c> I</c><00:16:48.539><c> and</c><00:16:48.879><c> the</c><00:16:49.159><c> children</c><00:16:49.679><c> whom</c><00:16:49.980><c> thou</c><00:16:50.279><c> hast</c><00:16:50.679><c> given</c><00:16:50.980><c> me.</c>

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So<00:16:53.220><c> here's</c><00:16:53.580><c> a</c><00:16:53.759><c> picture</c><00:16:54.080><c> of</c><00:16:54.299><c> the</c><00:16:54.460><c> Lord</c><00:16:54.620><c> Jesus</c><00:16:55.080><c> Christ</c><00:16:55.379><c> exhorting</c><00:16:56.000><c> us</c><00:16:56.500><c> not</c>

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to<00:16:57.279><c> be</c><00:16:57.519><c> negligent.</c>

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And<00:16:59.159><c> the</c><00:16:59.500><c> margin</c><00:16:59.720><c> may</c><00:16:59.980><c> tell</c><00:17:00.120><c> you</c><00:17:00.240><c> that</c><00:17:00.379><c> the</c><00:17:00.500><c> idea</c><00:17:00.759><c> of</c><00:17:01.480><c> be</c><00:17:01.759><c> not</c>

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now<00:17:02.320><c> negligent</c><00:17:02.919><c> is</c><00:17:03.200><c> be</c><00:17:03.620><c> not</c><00:17:03.960><c> now</c><00:17:04.400><c> deceived.</c>

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Don't<00:17:05.960><c> deceive</c><00:17:06.319><c> yourselves,</c><00:17:07.039><c> Levites.</c>

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The<00:17:08.700><c> Lord</c><00:17:08.880><c> has</c><00:17:09.259><c> chosen</c><00:17:09.740><c> you</c><00:17:10.559><c> not</c><00:17:10.960><c> to</c><00:17:11.259><c> sit</c><00:17:11.480><c> down</c><00:17:12.319><c> as</c><00:17:13.140><c> redundant</c>

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workers,<00:17:15.059><c> out</c><00:17:15.259><c> of</c><00:17:15.420><c> work,</c><00:17:15.980><c> unemployed,</c><00:17:17.619><c> getting</c><00:17:17.839><c> on</c><00:17:18.079><c> with</c><00:17:18.259><c> your</c><00:17:18.480><c> own</c><00:17:18.720><c> lives.</c>

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No,<00:17:20.039><c> He</c><00:17:20.059><c> says,</c><00:17:21.099><c> the</c><00:17:21.119><c> Lord</c><00:17:21.339><c> has</c><00:17:21.680><c> chosen</c><00:17:22.019><c> you</c><00:17:22.240><c> to</c><00:17:22.640><c> stand</c><00:17:23.240><c> before</c><00:17:23.819><c> Him.</c>

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This<00:17:25.160><c> is</c><00:17:25.420><c> a</c><00:17:25.500><c> picture</c><00:17:25.740><c> of</c><00:17:25.960><c> a</c><00:17:26.240><c> worker</c><00:17:26.759><c> ready</c><00:17:27.799><c> to</c><00:17:28.000><c> do</c><00:17:28.119><c> the</c><00:17:28.359><c> bidding</c>

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of<00:17:28.859><c> the</c><00:17:29.000><c> high</c><00:17:29.299><c> priest.</c>

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To<00:17:31.579><c> stand,</c><00:17:32.680><c> to</c><00:17:32.740><c> serve</c><00:17:33.180><c> Him,</c><00:17:34.460><c> that</c><00:17:34.559><c> He</c><00:17:34.759><c> should</c><00:17:35.079><c> minister</c><00:17:35.660><c> unto</c>

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Him<00:17:36.359><c> and</c><00:17:36.799><c> burn</c><00:17:37.140><c> incense.</c>

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That's<00:17:39.740><c> what</c><00:17:39.900><c> the</c><00:17:40.180><c> Levites</c><00:17:40.400><c> had</c><00:17:40.579><c> been</c><00:17:40.940><c> called</c><00:17:41.180><c> to.</c><00:17:41.700><c> My</c><00:17:41.980><c> sons,</c>

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don't<00:17:43.099><c> be</c><00:17:43.420><c> deceived.</c>

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This<00:17:44.259><c> is</c><00:17:44.819><c> what</c><00:17:45.259><c> your</c><00:17:45.720><c> responsibilities</c><00:17:46.480><c> are.</c>

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And<00:17:49.019><c> that</c><00:17:49.819><c> call</c><00:17:50.240><c> was</c><00:17:50.640><c> responded</c><00:17:51.039><c> to</c><00:17:51.259><c> in</c><00:17:51.380><c> verse</c><00:17:51.680><c> 12</c><00:17:52.259><c> by</c><00:17:53.279><c> a</c><00:17:53.319><c> very</c>

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positive<00:17:54.059><c> attitude</c><00:17:54.480><c> on</c><00:17:54.759><c> behalf</c><00:17:55.240><c> of</c><00:17:55.759><c> the</c><00:17:56.000><c> Levites.</c>

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Then<00:17:56.859><c> the</c><00:17:57.240><c> Levites</c><00:17:57.819><c> arose.</c><00:17:58.619><c> You</c><00:17:58.720><c> see,</c><00:17:58.839><c> they've</c><00:17:59.059><c> been</c><00:17:59.180><c> sitting</c><00:17:59.480><c> down.</c>

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And<00:18:01.799><c> Hesychai</c><00:18:02.220><c> says,</c><00:18:03.519><c> Levites,</c><00:18:04.619><c> you've</c><00:18:04.940><c> been</c><00:18:05.119><c> chosen</c><00:18:05.380><c> to</c><00:18:05.720><c> stand,</c><00:18:06.619><c> so</c>

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they<00:18:07.099><c> arose.</c>

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And<00:18:10.240><c> they</c><00:18:10.500><c> decided</c><00:18:10.920><c> right.</c><00:18:12.259><c> He's</c><00:18:12.539><c> absolutely</c><00:18:12.980><c> right.</c>

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Their<00:18:14.680><c> minds</c><00:18:14.859><c> would</c><00:18:15.000><c> have</c><00:18:15.099><c> gone</c><00:18:15.220><c> back</c><00:18:15.480><c> to</c><00:18:15.680><c> Numbers</c><00:18:15.980><c> chapter</c><00:18:16.339><c> 1</c>

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and<00:18:16.900><c> 2</c><00:18:17.259><c> and</c><00:18:17.420><c> 3</c><00:18:17.799><c> and</c><00:18:18.000><c> 4</c><00:18:18.339><c> and</c><00:18:18.500><c> said,</c><00:18:18.940><c> He's</c><00:18:19.180><c> absolutely</c><00:18:19.619><c> right.</c>

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We<00:18:20.700><c> were</c><00:18:20.900><c> called</c><00:18:21.059><c> to</c><00:18:21.319><c> work.</c><00:18:21.940><c> What</c><00:18:22.079><c> are</c><00:18:22.180><c> we</c><00:18:22.319><c> sitting</c><00:18:22.579><c> around</c><00:18:22.920><c> for?</c><00:18:24.079><c> We'd</c><00:18:24.319><c> better</c><00:18:24.440><c> get</c><00:18:24.640><c> on</c>

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with<00:18:24.960><c> it.</c>

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Let's<00:18:25.759><c> stand</c><00:18:26.079><c> up.</c><00:18:27.200><c> Let's</c><00:18:27.519><c> sanctify</c><00:18:28.059><c> ourselves.</c><00:18:28.619><c> Let's</c><00:18:28.839><c> do</c><00:18:29.099><c> the</c><00:18:29.400><c> work</c><00:18:29.720><c> that</c><00:18:29.900><c> we've</c><00:18:30.119><c> been</c><00:18:30.400><c> called</c><00:18:30.640><c> to</c><00:18:30.900><c> do.</c>

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And<00:18:31.880><c> that's</c><00:18:32.079><c> a</c><00:18:32.200><c> wonderful</c><00:18:32.579><c> spirit</c><00:18:33.000><c> that</c><00:18:33.319><c> we</c><00:18:33.559><c> could</c><00:18:34.099><c> seek</c><00:18:34.579><c> to</c>

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emulate<00:18:35.180><c> in</c><00:18:35.400><c> our</c><00:18:35.579><c> own</c><00:18:35.799><c> lives</c><00:18:36.180><c> and</c><00:18:36.480><c> our</c><00:18:36.599><c> own</c><00:18:36.779><c> ecclesias</c><00:18:37.319><c> as</c><00:18:37.539><c> we</c>

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go<00:18:38.440><c> away</c><00:18:38.779><c> from</c><00:18:39.000><c> Bible</c><00:18:39.460><c> school.</c>

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Maybe<00:18:40.579><c> Bible</c><00:18:40.980><c> school</c><00:18:41.460><c> has</c><00:18:42.599><c> called</c><00:18:42.819><c> us</c><00:18:43.140><c> to</c><00:18:43.460><c> stand</c><00:18:44.099><c> up,</c><00:18:46.019><c> to</c><00:18:46.259><c> serve,</c><00:18:47.420><c> to</c>

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minister<00:18:48.240><c> and</c><00:18:49.059><c> to</c><00:18:49.299><c> burn</c><00:18:49.519><c> incense.</c>

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And<00:18:52.079><c> so</c><00:18:52.339><c> the</c><00:18:52.599><c> great</c><00:18:52.880><c> families</c><00:18:53.420><c> of</c><00:18:53.700><c> Levi</c><00:18:54.000><c> are</c><00:18:54.339><c> represented</c><00:18:54.819><c> from</c><00:18:55.099><c> verse</c><00:18:55.359><c> 12</c>

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to<00:18:55.859><c> 14.</c>

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They're<00:18:57.220><c> all</c><00:18:57.480><c> there,</c><00:18:57.880><c> the</c><00:18:58.059><c> sons</c><00:18:58.440><c> of</c><00:18:59.240><c> Heman,</c><00:18:59.660><c> the</c><00:18:59.859><c> sons</c><00:19:00.059><c> of</c><00:19:01.039><c> Asaph</c><00:19:01.619><c> and</c>

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the<00:19:02.220><c> sons</c><00:19:02.680><c> of</c><00:19:03.180><c> Jeduthon.</c>

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Those<00:19:04.920><c> who</c><00:19:05.119><c> had</c><00:19:05.319><c> been</c><00:19:05.960><c> called</c><00:19:06.279><c> the</c><00:19:06.579><c> faithful,</c><00:19:09.339><c> called</c><00:19:09.519><c> to</c><00:19:09.799><c> show</c><00:19:10.039><c> forth</c><00:19:10.259><c> the</c>

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praises<00:19:11.259><c> of</c><00:19:12.220><c> him</c><00:19:12.619><c> who</c><00:19:12.940><c> hath</c><00:19:13.180><c> called</c><00:19:13.460><c> us.</c>

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That<00:19:14.500><c> he</c><00:19:14.759><c> might,</c><00:19:15.400><c> in</c><00:19:15.720><c> the</c><00:19:16.059><c> dispensation</c><00:19:16.720><c> of</c><00:19:16.940><c> the</c><00:19:17.160><c> fullness</c><00:19:17.460><c> of</c>

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time,<00:19:18.519><c> gather</c><00:19:18.819><c> together</c><00:19:19.500><c> in</c><00:19:19.900><c> one.</c>

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And<00:19:21.660><c> it</c><00:19:21.779><c> is</c><00:19:22.000><c> those</c><00:19:22.339><c> people</c><00:19:22.759><c> who</c><00:19:22.980><c> had</c><00:19:23.099><c> an</c><00:19:23.460><c> appreciation</c><00:19:24.019><c> of</c><00:19:24.319><c> those</c><00:19:24.579><c> things</c><00:19:24.880><c> now</c>

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who<00:19:25.759><c> stand</c><00:19:26.160><c> up.</c>

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And<00:19:27.579><c> verse</c><00:19:27.920><c> 15,</c><00:19:28.819><c> they</c><00:19:28.980><c> gathered</c><00:19:29.519><c> their</c><00:19:29.839><c> brethren</c><00:19:30.299><c> and</c><00:19:31.259><c> sanctified</c><00:19:31.920><c> themselves</c><00:19:32.720><c> and</c><00:19:34.180><c> came</c><00:19:34.559><c> according</c><00:19:35.039><c> to</c>

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the<00:19:35.559><c> commandment</c><00:19:36.359><c> of</c><00:19:36.660><c> the</c><00:19:36.839><c> king.</c>

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So<00:19:39.599><c> they</c><00:19:39.859><c> lived</c><00:19:40.180><c> according</c><00:19:40.680><c> to</c><00:19:40.940><c> their</c><00:19:41.140><c> name.</c><00:19:41.400><c> The</c><00:19:41.599><c> sons</c><00:19:41.859><c> of</c>

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Asaph<00:19:42.740><c> were</c><00:19:43.319><c> gatherers</c><00:19:44.019><c> and</c><00:19:44.259><c> they</c><00:19:44.619><c> gathered</c><00:19:44.920><c> their</c><00:19:45.220><c> brethren</c><00:19:45.599><c> together.</c>

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And<00:19:47.359><c> they</c><00:19:47.559><c> reached</c><00:19:47.880><c> out.</c><00:19:49.019><c> And</c><00:19:49.180><c> this</c><00:19:49.400><c> is</c><00:19:49.599><c> the</c><00:19:49.859><c> spirit,</c><00:19:50.279><c> as</c><00:19:50.460><c> we've</c><00:19:50.680><c> been</c>

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learning<00:19:51.019><c> from</c><00:19:51.299><c> Brother</c><00:19:51.599><c> Ron's</c><00:19:52.140><c> studies</c><00:19:52.319><c> of</c><00:19:53.140><c> Joseph</c><00:19:53.599><c> with</c>

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his<00:19:54.180><c> brethren.</c>

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A<00:19:55.900><c> spirit</c><00:19:56.200><c> of</c><00:19:57.200><c> reaching</c><00:19:57.579><c> out,</c><00:19:59.119><c> of</c><00:19:59.599><c> seeking</c><00:19:59.900><c> to</c><00:20:00.720><c> assist</c><00:20:01.160><c> the</c><00:20:01.400><c> work</c><00:20:01.579><c> of</c>

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the<00:20:01.920><c> high</c><00:20:02.200><c> priest.</c>

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Do<00:20:03.400><c> you</c><00:20:04.019><c> think</c><00:20:04.099><c> from</c><00:20:04.279><c> John</c><00:20:04.579><c> 17,</c><00:20:05.619><c> what</c><00:20:05.799><c> is</c><00:20:06.059><c> the</c><00:20:06.259><c> work</c><00:20:06.420><c> of</c><00:20:06.640><c> the</c>

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high<00:20:07.019><c> priest?</c>

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The<00:20:08.640><c> Lord</c><00:20:08.859><c> prayed</c><00:20:09.339><c> for</c><00:20:09.579><c> his</c><00:20:09.880><c> disciples</c><00:20:10.420><c> and</c><00:20:10.740><c> for</c><00:20:10.960><c> those</c><00:20:11.200><c> whom</c>

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his<00:20:11.640><c> disciples</c><00:20:12.119><c> would</c><00:20:12.480><c> call</c><00:20:12.799><c> through</c><00:20:13.000><c> the</c><00:20:13.200><c> gospel</c><00:20:13.599><c> that</c><00:20:14.039><c> they</c>

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may<00:20:14.700><c> be</c><00:20:15.079><c> one.</c>

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It's<00:20:22.440><c> surely</c><00:20:22.680><c> the</c><00:20:22.980><c> spirit</c><00:20:23.200><c> of</c><00:20:23.420><c> Joseph</c><00:20:23.819><c> to</c><00:20:24.599><c> save</c><00:20:25.039><c> and</c><00:20:25.259><c> to</c><00:20:25.579><c> reconcile</c><00:20:26.140><c> his</c>

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are<00:20:44.839><c> sitting</c><00:20:45.059><c> down</c><00:20:45.859><c> unemployed.</c>

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to<00:20:51.519><c> sanctify</c><00:20:52.119><c> ourselves</c><00:20:52.779><c> and</c><00:20:53.559><c> to</c><00:20:53.859><c> engage</c><00:20:54.160><c> in</c><00:20:54.380><c> the</c><00:20:54.579><c> work</c><00:20:54.799><c> of</c><00:20:55.339><c> cleansing</c><00:20:55.859><c> the</c><00:20:56.400><c> house</c><00:20:56.700><c> of</c><00:20:57.019><c> God.</c>

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Well,<00:21:00.779><c> they</c><00:21:00.960><c> did</c><00:21:01.200><c> it</c><00:21:01.380><c> and</c><00:21:02.000><c> it</c><00:21:02.279><c> says</c><00:21:02.440><c> in</c><00:21:02.640><c> verse</c><00:21:03.579><c> 17,</c><00:21:04.559><c> it</c><00:21:04.759><c> took</c><00:21:04.980><c> them</c><00:21:06.539><c> 16</c>

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days,<00:21:07.559><c> but</c><00:21:07.660><c> they</c><00:21:07.920><c> did</c><00:21:08.119><c> it</c><00:21:08.339><c> and</c><00:21:08.839><c> the</c><00:21:09.220><c> work</c><00:21:09.519><c> of</c><00:21:09.779><c> cleansing</c><00:21:10.160><c> the</c>

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house<00:21:10.799><c> was</c><00:21:11.640><c> finished.</c>

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And<00:21:13.279><c> they</c><00:21:13.519><c> brought</c><00:21:13.700><c> the</c><00:21:13.960><c> vessels</c><00:21:14.460><c> back</c><00:21:15.059><c> into</c><00:21:15.380><c> the</c><00:21:15.599><c> house,</c><00:21:15.940><c> verse</c><00:21:16.119><c> 19.</c>

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They<00:21:17.519><c> prepared</c><00:21:18.059><c> and</c><00:21:18.460><c> sanctified</c><00:21:19.019><c> the</c><00:21:19.279><c> vessels</c><00:21:19.759><c> and</c><00:21:20.420><c> the</c><00:21:20.619><c> altar</c><00:21:20.819><c> was</c><00:21:21.140><c> established.</c>

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And<00:21:22.500><c> offerings</c><00:21:22.940><c> were</c><00:21:23.220><c> now</c><00:21:23.400><c> to</c><00:21:23.559><c> be</c><00:21:23.779><c> offered</c><00:21:24.500><c> upon</c><00:21:25.099><c> the</c><00:21:26.339><c> altar</c>

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for<00:21:27.099><c> all</c><00:21:27.680><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:21:29.920><c> then</c><00:21:30.039><c> in</c><00:21:30.160><c> verse</c><00:21:30.279><c> 25,</c><00:21:30.980><c> Hezekiah</c><00:21:31.319><c> realises</c><00:21:32.059><c> that</c><00:21:32.819><c> he</c><00:21:32.980><c> needs</c><00:21:33.259><c> more.</c>

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So<00:21:52.880><c> there</c><00:21:53.359><c> was</c><00:21:53.819><c> quite</c><00:21:54.079><c> a</c><00:21:54.319><c> ministry</c><00:21:54.599><c> of</c><00:21:54.759><c> the</c><00:21:55.019><c> prophets</c><00:21:55.240><c> working</c>

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at<00:21:55.859><c> this</c><00:21:56.119><c> time.</c>

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And<00:21:57.480><c> a</c><00:21:58.019><c> major</c><00:21:58.339><c> element</c><00:21:58.720><c> of</c><00:21:58.980><c> that</c><00:21:59.180><c> was</c><00:21:59.359><c> that</c><00:21:59.619><c> the</c><00:21:59.880><c> Levites</c><00:22:00.160><c> should</c><00:22:00.400><c> be</c>

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reconstituted<00:22:02.079><c> according</c><00:22:02.740><c> to</c><00:22:03.059><c> the</c><00:22:03.819><c> service</c><00:22:04.259><c> that</c><00:22:04.500><c> was</c><00:22:04.779><c> set</c>

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Well,<00:22:09.200><c> let's</c><00:22:09.420><c> just</c><00:22:09.660><c> have</c><00:22:09.819><c> a</c><00:22:09.920><c> look</c><00:22:10.259><c> at</c><00:22:10.539><c> what</c><00:22:10.859><c> happened</c><00:22:11.200><c> in</c><00:22:11.500><c> the</c>

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times<00:22:11.920><c> of</c><00:22:12.240><c> David.</c>

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We<00:22:13.119><c> go</c><00:22:13.279><c> back</c><00:22:13.539><c> to</c><00:22:13.759><c> 1</c><00:22:13.960><c> Chronicles,</c><00:22:15.079><c> Chapter</c><00:22:15.579><c> 16,</c><00:22:16.740><c> when</c><00:22:16.920><c> David</c><00:22:17.339><c> brought</c><00:22:17.640><c> the</c><00:22:17.940><c> Ark</c><00:22:18.160><c> of</c>

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God<00:22:18.960><c> up</c><00:22:19.460><c> to</c><00:22:19.740><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:22:21.519><c> the</c><00:22:21.799><c> Levites</c><00:22:22.500><c> were</c><00:22:23.259><c> set</c><00:22:23.480><c> in</c><00:22:23.640><c> a</c><00:22:24.039><c> special</c><00:22:24.759><c> order.</c>

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And<00:22:26.759><c> this</c><00:22:26.940><c> was</c><00:22:27.140><c> something</c><00:22:27.400><c> that</c><00:22:27.660><c> Hezekiah</c><00:22:28.240><c> realised</c><00:22:28.799><c> was</c><00:22:29.059><c> an</c>

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essential<00:22:29.859><c> ingredient</c><00:22:30.640><c> of</c><00:22:31.339><c> ecclesial</c><00:22:31.960><c> life.</c>

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And<00:22:32.880><c> if</c><00:22:33.039><c> he</c><00:22:33.200><c> was</c><00:22:33.359><c> going</c><00:22:33.539><c> to</c><00:22:33.740><c> reform</c><00:22:34.279><c> the</c><00:22:34.559><c> nation</c><00:22:35.000><c> and</c><00:22:35.380><c> bring</c><00:22:35.539><c> them</c><00:22:35.779><c> back</c><00:22:36.059><c> to</c>

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God,<00:22:36.720><c> cause</c><00:22:36.900><c> the</c><00:22:37.700><c> whole</c><00:22:37.940><c> nation</c><00:22:38.220><c> to</c><00:22:38.500><c> draw</c><00:22:38.720><c> near</c><00:22:39.079><c> to</c><00:22:39.400><c> God,</c><00:22:40.220><c> then</c>

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He<00:22:49.380><c> appointed</c><00:22:49.920><c> certain</c><00:22:50.500><c> of</c><00:22:50.799><c> the</c><00:22:51.059><c> Levites</c><00:22:51.660><c> to</c><00:22:52.019><c> minister</c><00:22:52.720><c> before</c><00:22:53.500><c> the</c>

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Ark<00:22:53.960><c> of</c><00:22:54.160><c> the</c><00:22:54.319><c> Lord</c><00:22:54.759><c> and</c><00:22:55.400><c> to</c><00:22:55.720><c> record</c><00:22:56.440><c> and</c><00:22:57.240><c> to</c><00:22:57.640><c> thank</c><00:22:58.079><c> and</c><00:22:58.859><c> praise</c>

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the<00:23:00.480><c> Lord</c><00:23:00.740><c> God</c><00:23:00.940><c> of</c><00:23:01.140><c> Israel.</c>

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The<00:23:05.619><c> word</c><00:23:05.859><c> record</c><00:23:06.359><c> in</c><00:23:06.539><c> the</c><00:23:06.779><c> authorised</c><00:23:07.180><c> version</c><00:23:07.619><c> has</c><00:23:08.019><c> the</c><00:23:08.279><c> idea</c><00:23:08.759><c> of</c>

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to<00:23:09.400><c> remember.</c>

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It<00:23:10.160><c> was</c><00:23:11.059><c> the</c><00:23:11.240><c> work</c><00:23:11.460><c> of</c><00:23:11.720><c> the</c><00:23:11.960><c> Levites</c><00:23:12.319><c> to</c><00:23:12.779><c> call</c><00:23:13.259><c> to</c><00:23:13.680><c> remembrance</c>

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what<00:23:14.619><c> God</c><00:23:14.940><c> had</c><00:23:15.200><c> done</c><00:23:15.420><c> for</c><00:23:15.759><c> them.</c>

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And<00:23:16.579><c> so</c><00:23:16.759><c> often</c><00:23:16.920><c> we</c><00:23:17.140><c> can</c><00:23:17.480><c> forget,</c><00:23:18.619><c> we</c><00:23:18.700><c> can</c><00:23:18.980><c> be</c><00:23:19.220><c> so</c><00:23:19.539><c> preoccupied</c>

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with<00:23:20.500><c> the</c><00:23:20.740><c> things</c><00:23:20.980><c> that</c><00:23:21.759><c> we</c><00:23:22.440><c> can't</c><00:23:22.980><c> have</c><00:23:23.960><c> because</c><00:23:26.819><c> of</c><00:23:27.019><c> the</c><00:23:27.220><c> truth</c><00:23:27.700><c> and</c>

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focus<00:23:28.799><c> on</c><00:23:29.019><c> the</c><00:23:29.259><c> negative</c><00:23:29.779><c> things</c><00:23:30.359><c> that</c><00:23:30.859><c> we</c><00:23:31.059><c> are</c><00:23:31.240><c> forgetting</c>

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what<00:23:32.099><c> God</c><00:23:32.400><c> has</c><00:23:32.680><c> done</c><00:23:32.920><c> for</c><00:23:33.319><c> us.</c>

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How<00:23:34.579><c> we</c><00:23:34.759><c> have</c><00:23:34.940><c> been</c><00:23:35.200><c> redeemed</c><00:23:35.779><c> from</c><00:23:36.099><c> our</c><00:23:36.400><c> past</c><00:23:36.720><c> sins,</c><00:23:38.339><c> that</c><00:23:38.420><c> He</c>

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is<00:23:38.759><c> offering</c><00:23:39.059><c> us</c><00:23:39.839><c> eternal</c><00:23:40.299><c> life,</c><00:23:41.279><c> that</c><00:23:41.420><c> we've</c><00:23:41.619><c> been</c><00:23:41.920><c> called</c>

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into<00:23:42.480><c> the</c><00:23:42.819><c> fellowship</c><00:23:43.319><c> of</c><00:23:43.859><c> His</c><00:23:44.140><c> dear</c><00:23:44.420><c> Son</c><00:23:44.819><c> through</c><00:23:45.359><c> the</c><00:23:45.759><c> death</c>

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and<00:23:46.420><c> suffering</c><00:23:46.799><c> of</c><00:23:47.160><c> our</c><00:23:47.380><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:23:50.440><c> the</c><00:23:50.599><c> work</c><00:23:50.740><c> of</c><00:23:50.980><c> the</c><00:23:51.119><c> Levites</c><00:23:51.319><c> is</c><00:23:51.559><c> to</c><00:23:51.799><c> remember</c><00:23:52.400><c> and</c><00:23:52.640><c> to</c><00:23:52.960><c> record</c><00:23:53.339><c> these</c><00:23:53.720><c> things</c><00:23:54.220><c> and</c>

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And<00:23:59.299><c> you</c><00:23:59.420><c> can</c><00:23:59.619><c> see</c><00:23:59.740><c> in</c><00:23:59.859><c> verse</c><00:24:00.059><c> 37</c><00:24:00.880><c> how</c><00:24:01.460><c> often</c><00:24:01.880><c> this</c><00:24:02.099><c> was</c><00:24:02.299><c> to</c><00:24:02.440><c> be</c><00:24:02.640><c> done.</c>

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It<00:24:03.220><c> says,</c><00:24:03.900><c> So</c><00:24:03.900><c> he</c><00:24:04.160><c> left</c><00:24:04.519><c> there</c><00:24:04.900><c> before</c><00:24:05.259><c> the</c><00:24:05.460><c> Ark</c><00:24:05.599><c> of</c><00:24:05.779><c> the</c><00:24:05.920><c> Covenant</c><00:24:06.180><c> of</c><00:24:06.380><c> the</c><00:24:06.480><c> Lord</c><00:24:06.660><c> Asaph</c><00:24:07.200><c> and</c><00:24:07.380><c> his</c><00:24:07.660><c> brethren</c><00:24:08.099><c> to</c>

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minister<00:24:09.200><c> before</c><00:24:09.619><c> the</c><00:24:09.900><c> Ark</c><00:24:10.279><c> continually</c><00:24:11.359><c> as</c><00:24:12.460><c> every</c><00:24:13.039><c> day's</c>

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work<00:24:13.980><c> required.</c>

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and<00:24:20.180><c> praise.</c>

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want<00:24:28.640><c> to</c><00:24:28.940><c> set</c><00:24:29.140><c> up</c><00:24:29.420><c> the</c><00:24:30.559><c> orchestra</c><00:24:31.480><c> and</c><00:24:31.920><c> the</c><00:24:32.240><c> choirs</c><00:24:32.759><c> because</c>

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you've<00:24:33.640><c> got</c><00:24:33.839><c> an</c><00:24:34.200><c> unending</c><00:24:34.680><c> work</c><00:24:35.039><c> to</c><00:24:35.299><c> do.</c>

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And<00:24:37.440><c> we</c><00:24:37.880><c> understand</c><00:24:38.519><c> in</c><00:24:39.480><c> 1</c><00:24:39.700><c> Chronicles</c><00:24:40.099><c> 25</c><00:24:40.680><c> there</c><00:24:40.900><c> were</c><00:24:41.079><c> 24</c><00:24:41.900><c> orders</c><00:24:42.599><c> for</c><00:24:43.339><c> the</c><00:24:44.019><c> singing</c><00:24:44.279><c> of</c>

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the<00:24:44.720><c> choir.</c>

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And<00:24:45.539><c> it</c><00:24:45.680><c> looks</c><00:24:46.000><c> like</c><00:24:46.400><c> every</c><00:24:47.079><c> hour</c><00:24:47.539><c> there</c><00:24:47.720><c> was</c><00:24:47.960><c> a</c><00:24:48.220><c> change</c><00:24:48.420><c> in</c><00:24:48.700><c> shift</c><00:24:49.099><c> that</c><00:24:50.539><c> 24</c>

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hours<00:24:51.519><c> a</c><00:24:51.759><c> day</c><00:24:52.180><c> the</c><00:24:52.559><c> music</c><00:24:52.940><c> of</c><00:24:53.180><c> the</c><00:24:53.920><c> temple</c><00:24:54.279><c> would</c><00:24:54.900><c> ascend</c><00:24:55.299><c> up</c>

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and<00:24:55.720><c> Israel</c><00:24:56.099><c> would</c><00:24:56.460><c> constantly</c><00:24:57.059><c> be</c><00:24:57.400><c> reminded</c><00:24:58.119><c> to</c><00:24:59.599><c> thank</c><00:24:59.880><c> and</c>

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to<00:25:00.440><c> praise.</c>

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And<00:25:02.279><c> 1</c><00:25:02.420><c> Chronicles</c><00:25:02.980><c> 9</c><00:25:03.259><c> has</c><00:25:03.519><c> an</c><00:25:03.819><c> interesting</c><00:25:04.279><c> little</c><00:25:05.500><c> expression</c><00:25:06.119><c> in</c><00:25:06.279><c> it,</c>

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speaking<00:25:07.559><c> of</c><00:25:07.920><c> the</c><00:25:08.460><c> work</c><00:25:08.779><c> of</c><00:25:09.140><c> the</c><00:25:09.359><c> Levites</c><00:25:09.960><c> in</c><00:25:11.019><c> the</c><00:25:11.339><c> service</c><00:25:11.680><c> of</c><00:25:12.019><c> song.</c>

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1<00:25:13.299><c> Chronicles</c><00:25:13.740><c> 9</c><00:25:14.019><c> verse</c><00:25:14.299><c> 33,</c><00:25:15.160><c> And</c><00:25:16.200><c> these</c><00:25:16.519><c> are</c><00:25:16.740><c> the</c><00:25:16.980><c> singers</c><00:25:17.259><c> it</c>

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says,<00:25:18.500><c> Chief</c><00:25:18.720><c> of</c><00:25:18.900><c> the</c><00:25:19.099><c> fathers</c><00:25:19.380><c> of</c><00:25:19.619><c> the</c><00:25:19.799><c> Levites,</c><00:25:20.640><c> who</c><00:25:20.779><c> remaining</c><00:25:21.279><c> in</c><00:25:21.539><c> the</c>

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chambers<00:25:22.180><c> were</c><00:25:22.539><c> free,</c><00:25:23.759><c> for</c><00:25:23.960><c> they</c><00:25:24.200><c> were</c><00:25:24.480><c> employed</c><00:25:25.039><c> in</c><00:25:25.359><c> that</c>

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work<00:25:26.279><c> day</c><00:25:26.980><c> and</c><00:25:27.599><c> night.</c>

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They<00:25:29.839><c> were</c><00:25:30.140><c> free</c><00:25:30.400><c> of</c><00:25:30.619><c> other</c><00:25:30.839><c> duties</c><00:25:31.220><c> because</c><00:25:31.700><c> they</c><00:25:31.940><c> were</c><00:25:32.500><c> employed</c><00:25:33.000><c> in</c>

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the<00:25:33.420><c> work</c><00:25:33.619><c> of</c><00:25:34.400><c> praise</c><00:25:34.799><c> and</c><00:25:35.099><c> thanksgiving</c><00:25:35.819><c> day</c><00:25:36.460><c> and</c><00:25:36.740><c> night.</c>

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That<00:25:38.059><c> was</c><00:25:38.339><c> the</c><00:25:38.539><c> spirit</c><00:25:38.859><c> that</c><00:25:39.039><c> was</c><00:25:39.220><c> being</c><00:25:39.559><c> brought</c><00:25:39.819><c> back</c><00:25:40.160><c> into</c>

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ecclesial<00:25:41.160><c> life</c><00:25:41.599><c> by</c><00:25:42.259><c> Hezekiah</c><00:25:43.099><c> and</c><00:25:43.700><c> taking</c><00:25:43.960><c> the</c><00:25:44.259><c> Levites</c><00:25:44.880><c> and</c>

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restoring<00:25:46.259><c> them</c><00:25:46.619><c> to</c><00:25:46.819><c> their</c><00:25:47.140><c> proper</c><00:25:47.420><c> service.</c>

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And<00:25:50.019><c> so</c><00:25:50.140><c> in</c><00:25:50.359><c> 2</c><00:25:50.519><c> Chronicles</c><00:25:50.839><c> 29</c><00:25:51.299><c> verse</c><00:25:51.940><c> 26</c><00:25:52.539><c> we're</c><00:25:52.859><c> told,</c><00:25:53.119><c> And</c><00:25:53.319><c> the</c><00:25:53.400><c> Levites</c><00:25:54.299><c> stood</c><00:25:54.880><c> with</c><00:25:55.480><c> the</c><00:25:55.759><c> instruments</c><00:25:56.119><c> of</c>

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David<00:25:56.740><c> and</c><00:25:56.940><c> the</c><00:25:57.180><c> priests</c><00:25:57.400><c> with</c><00:25:57.599><c> the</c><00:25:57.819><c> trumpets.</c>

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And<00:26:00.339><c> there</c><00:26:00.559><c> they</c><00:26:00.799><c> stood</c><00:26:01.059><c> in</c><00:26:01.220><c> a</c><00:26:01.400><c> dramatic</c><00:26:02.279><c> silent</c><00:26:03.220><c> fashion.</c>

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They<00:26:05.119><c> were</c><00:26:05.380><c> all</c><00:26:05.619><c> ready,</c><00:26:05.940><c> they</c><00:26:06.160><c> were</c><00:26:06.920><c> in</c><00:26:07.220><c> position,</c><00:26:08.140><c> they</c><00:26:08.440><c> knew</c>

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what<00:26:08.720><c> they</c><00:26:08.859><c> were</c><00:26:08.980><c> going</c><00:26:09.079><c> to</c><00:26:09.400><c> sing,</c><00:26:10.259><c> they</c><00:26:10.519><c> had</c><00:26:10.680><c> the</c><00:26:10.920><c> music</c><00:26:11.220><c> with</c>

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them,<00:26:12.680><c> they</c><00:26:12.980><c> were</c><00:26:13.200><c> just</c><00:26:13.460><c> waiting</c><00:26:13.960><c> for</c><00:26:14.619><c> the</c><00:26:14.799><c> conductor</c><00:26:15.259><c> to</c><00:26:15.500><c> give</c><00:26:15.660><c> the</c><00:26:15.900><c> signal.</c>

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And<00:26:17.420><c> the</c><00:26:17.700><c> conductor</c><00:26:18.019><c> in</c><00:26:18.259><c> this</c><00:26:18.519><c> case</c><00:26:18.779><c> was</c><00:26:19.519><c> very</c><00:26:19.940><c> extraordinary.</c>

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Verse<00:26:22.839><c> 27</c><00:26:23.460><c> of</c><00:26:23.619><c> chapter</c><00:26:23.920><c> 29,</c><00:26:24.460><c> And</c><00:26:24.680><c> Hezekiah</c><00:26:25.180><c> commanded</c><00:26:25.680><c> to</c><00:26:26.119><c> offer</c><00:26:26.579><c> the</c>

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burnt<00:26:27.380><c> offering</c><00:26:27.940><c> upon</c><00:26:28.420><c> the</c><00:26:28.700><c> altar.</c>

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And<00:26:30.579><c> when</c><00:26:30.900><c> the</c><00:26:31.220><c> burnt</c><00:26:31.519><c> offering</c><00:26:32.240><c> began,</c><00:26:34.440><c> the</c><00:26:34.599><c> song</c><00:26:35.039><c> of</c><00:26:35.539><c> the</c><00:26:35.700><c> Lord</c><00:26:35.920><c> began</c><00:26:36.539><c> with</c><00:26:37.900><c> the</c><00:26:38.299><c> instruments</c><00:26:38.640><c> and</c><00:26:39.319><c> with</c><00:26:39.660><c> the</c><00:26:40.339><c> trumpets</c><00:26:40.740><c> ordained</c><00:26:41.079><c> by</c>

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David,<00:26:42.420><c> King</c><00:26:42.579><c> of</c><00:26:42.759><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:26:44.759><c> all</c><00:26:45.000><c> the</c><00:26:45.220><c> congregation</c><00:26:45.680><c> worshipped</c><00:26:46.420><c> and</c><00:26:46.779><c> the</c><00:26:47.019><c> singers</c>

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sang<00:26:47.819><c> and</c><00:26:48.220><c> the</c><00:26:48.480><c> trumpeters</c><00:26:48.960><c> sounded</c><00:26:49.579><c> and</c><00:26:50.240><c> all</c><00:26:50.519><c> this</c><00:26:50.819><c> continued</c><00:26:51.480><c> until</c>

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the<00:26:52.839><c> burnt</c><00:26:53.079><c> offering</c><00:26:53.420><c> was</c><00:26:53.759><c> finished.</c>

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And<00:26:56.299><c> when</c><00:26:56.500><c> they</c><00:26:56.740><c> had</c><00:26:57.039><c> finished,</c><00:26:58.539><c> the</c><00:26:58.680><c> king</c><00:26:58.880><c> and</c><00:26:59.059><c> all</c><00:26:59.279><c> that</c><00:26:59.420><c> were</c><00:26:59.660><c> present</c><00:27:00.099><c> bowed</c><00:27:00.579><c> themselves</c><00:27:01.019><c> and</c><00:27:01.299><c> worshipped.</c>

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You<00:27:03.140><c> see</c><00:27:03.240><c> the</c><00:27:03.519><c> scene</c><00:27:03.740><c> was</c><00:27:03.940><c> that</c><00:27:04.180><c> the</c><00:27:04.420><c> choir</c><00:27:04.740><c> and</c><00:27:05.099><c> the</c><00:27:05.359><c> orchestra</c><00:27:05.799><c> were</c><00:27:06.240><c> waiting</c><00:27:06.539><c> to</c><00:27:06.920><c> start.</c>

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And<00:27:08.619><c> they</c><00:27:08.740><c> were</c><00:27:09.000><c> told</c><00:27:09.259><c> you'll</c><00:27:09.900><c> only</c><00:27:10.119><c> start</c><00:27:10.880><c> when</c><00:27:11.680><c> the</c><00:27:12.019><c> burnt</c>

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offering<00:27:12.720><c> begins</c><00:27:13.420><c> to</c><00:27:13.779><c> burn.</c>

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And<00:27:15.019><c> when</c><00:27:15.140><c> it</c><00:27:15.339><c> begins</c><00:27:15.640><c> to</c><00:27:16.019><c> burn,</c><00:27:16.480><c> you</c><00:27:16.740><c> begin.</c>

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And<00:27:17.880><c> as</c><00:27:18.059><c> it</c><00:27:18.240><c> continues</c><00:27:18.759><c> burning,</c><00:27:19.440><c> you</c><00:27:19.640><c> continue.</c>

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And<00:27:20.660><c> when</c><00:27:20.759><c> it</c><00:27:20.960><c> finishes</c><00:27:21.319><c> burning,</c><00:27:22.220><c> you</c><00:27:22.460><c> finish.</c>

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And<00:27:24.460><c> the</c><00:27:24.599><c> Levites</c><00:27:24.900><c> were</c><00:27:25.059><c> being</c><00:27:25.339><c> told</c><00:27:25.640><c> that</c><00:27:25.960><c> the</c><00:27:26.619><c> conductor</c><00:27:27.259><c> of</c>

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their<00:27:28.720><c> choir</c><00:27:29.200><c> and</c><00:27:29.579><c> their</c><00:27:29.880><c> orchestra</c><00:27:30.539><c> was</c><00:27:31.740><c> that</c><00:27:32.160><c> burnt</c><00:27:32.400><c> offering.</c>

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That's<00:27:34.079><c> where</c><00:27:34.180><c> you</c><00:27:34.400><c> start,</c><00:27:35.359><c> that's</c><00:27:35.619><c> how</c><00:27:35.759><c> long</c><00:27:35.880><c> you</c><00:27:36.000><c> continue,</c>

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and<00:27:37.200><c> that's</c><00:27:37.460><c> when</c><00:27:37.539><c> you</c><00:27:37.779><c> finish.</c>

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The<00:27:39.299><c> focus</c><00:27:39.799><c> of</c><00:27:40.119><c> their</c><00:27:40.380><c> gaze</c><00:27:41.079><c> was</c><00:27:42.099><c> upon</c><00:27:42.640><c> an</c><00:27:43.400><c> offering</c><00:27:43.660><c> in</c><00:27:43.960><c> their</c>

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midst,<00:27:46.079><c> which</c><00:27:46.200><c> was</c><00:27:46.559><c> the</c><00:27:46.900><c> beginning</c><00:27:47.359><c> and</c><00:27:48.700><c> ending</c><00:27:49.200><c> of</c><00:27:50.279><c> their</c><00:27:50.460><c> faith.</c>

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It<00:27:53.579><c> speaks</c><00:27:53.920><c> eloquently</c><00:27:54.579><c> of</c><00:27:54.799><c> the</c><00:27:54.960><c> Lord</c><00:27:55.160><c> Jesus</c><00:27:55.599><c> Christ,</c><00:27:56.920><c> looking</c><00:27:57.279><c> unto</c>

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Jesus,<00:27:58.940><c> the</c><00:27:59.200><c> beginner</c><00:27:59.779><c> and</c><00:28:00.880><c> finisher</c><00:28:01.380><c> of</c><00:28:02.019><c> our</c><00:28:02.299><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:28:02.940><c> what</c><00:28:03.099><c> were</c><00:28:03.220><c> they</c><00:28:03.359><c> looking</c><00:28:03.640><c> at?</c>

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But<00:28:05.380><c> the</c><00:28:05.880><c> willing,</c><00:28:07.039><c> complete</c><00:28:07.660><c> sacrifice</c><00:28:08.440><c> of</c><00:28:08.700><c> the</c><00:28:08.920><c> Lord</c><00:28:09.299><c> to</c><00:28:10.140><c> the</c><00:28:10.299><c> things</c><00:28:10.460><c> of</c><00:28:10.640><c> God.</c>

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It<00:28:10.859><c> was</c><00:28:11.119><c> from</c><00:28:11.460><c> that</c><00:28:11.680><c> that</c><00:28:11.900><c> the</c><00:28:12.140><c> Levites</c><00:28:12.420><c> would</c><00:28:12.680><c> take</c><00:28:13.079><c> their</c><00:28:13.420><c> direction.</c>

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They<00:28:14.500><c> were</c><00:28:14.680><c> to</c><00:28:15.000><c> follow,</c><00:28:15.480><c> they</c><00:28:15.619><c> were</c><00:28:15.759><c> to</c><00:28:15.960><c> begin</c><00:28:16.319><c> when</c><00:28:16.640><c> the</c><00:28:16.779><c> burnt</c><00:28:16.920><c> offering</c><00:28:17.339><c> began</c><00:28:17.819><c> to</c>

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burn,<00:28:18.680><c> and</c><00:28:18.859><c> they</c><00:28:19.000><c> were</c><00:28:19.160><c> to</c><00:28:19.500><c> continue</c><00:28:19.779><c> so</c><00:28:20.099><c> long</c><00:28:20.259><c> as</c><00:28:20.480><c> it</c><00:28:20.720><c> burned.</c>

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What<00:28:21.660><c> a</c><00:28:21.880><c> picture</c><00:28:22.380><c> of</c><00:28:22.819><c> ecclesial</c><00:28:23.299><c> life,</c><00:28:25.640><c> to</c><00:28:25.920><c> have</c><00:28:26.079><c> in</c><00:28:26.279><c> the</c><00:28:26.579><c> center</c><00:28:26.960><c> of</c>

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our<00:28:28.039><c> activities</c><00:28:28.539><c> the</c><00:28:28.980><c> sacrifice</c><00:28:29.640><c> of</c><00:28:29.880><c> the</c><00:28:30.059><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:28:30.380><c> to</c><00:28:30.539><c> take</c><00:28:30.779><c> our</c><00:28:31.119><c> direction</c><00:28:31.619><c> from</c><00:28:32.000><c> that,</c><00:28:32.579><c> from</c><00:28:32.900><c> him,</c><00:28:35.220><c> and</c><00:28:35.359><c> to</c>

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seek<00:28:35.799><c> to</c><00:28:36.140><c> follow</c><00:28:36.380><c> completely</c><00:28:37.000><c> as</c><00:28:37.259><c> he</c><00:28:37.539><c> did</c><00:28:38.000><c> until</c><00:28:39.079><c> the</c><00:28:39.359><c> work</c>

00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:40.980
was<00:28:39.940><c> finished.</c>

00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:46.680
Do<00:28:41.859><c> you</c><00:28:41.880><c> know</c><00:28:41.960><c> that</c><00:28:43.319><c> idea</c><00:28:43.880><c> of</c><00:28:44.299><c> finishing</c><00:28:44.700><c> a</c><00:28:45.019><c> work</c><00:28:45.259><c> started</c><00:28:45.940><c> comes</c><00:28:46.460><c> out</c>

00:28:46.680 --> 00:28:53.059
in<00:28:46.880><c> this</c><00:28:47.119><c> section</c><00:28:47.779><c> of</c><00:28:49.799><c> Chronicles</c><00:28:50.519><c> very</c><00:28:51.440><c> pointedly.</c>

00:28:53.140 --> 00:28:54.440
It's<00:28:53.279><c> there</c><00:28:53.400><c> in</c><00:28:53.539><c> verse</c><00:28:53.700><c> 17.</c>

00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:58.880
It<00:28:55.000><c> doesn't</c><00:28:55.960><c> just</c><00:28:56.299><c> say</c><00:28:56.519><c> that</c><00:28:56.700><c> they</c><00:28:56.940><c> began</c><00:28:57.480><c> on</c><00:28:57.900><c> the</c><00:28:58.140><c> first</c><00:28:58.480><c> day.</c>

00:28:59.140 --> 00:29:03.319
It<00:28:59.339><c> says</c><00:28:59.599><c> that</c><00:28:59.920><c> they</c><00:29:00.119><c> were</c><00:29:00.680><c> starting</c><00:29:01.059><c> well,</c><00:29:01.519><c> their</c><00:29:01.619><c> priorities</c><00:29:02.180><c> were</c><00:29:02.779><c> just</c><00:29:03.140><c> right.</c>

00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:05.559
They<00:29:03.579><c> began</c><00:29:03.980><c> on</c><00:29:04.140><c> the</c><00:29:04.359><c> first</c><00:29:04.700><c> day.</c>

00:29:06.039 --> 00:29:09.000
But<00:29:06.240><c> it</c><00:29:06.460><c> goes</c><00:29:06.660><c> on</c><00:29:06.839><c> to</c><00:29:07.000><c> say</c><00:29:07.059><c> at</c><00:29:07.240><c> the</c><00:29:07.319><c> end</c><00:29:07.460><c> of</c><00:29:07.640><c> the</c><00:29:07.759><c> verse,</c><00:29:08.559><c> in</c><00:29:08.740><c> the</c>

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:13.819
16th<00:29:09.599><c> day</c><00:29:09.759><c> of</c><00:29:09.940><c> the</c><00:29:10.180><c> first</c><00:29:10.440><c> month,</c><00:29:11.299><c> they</c><00:29:11.619><c> made</c><00:29:12.140><c> an</c><00:29:12.759><c> end.</c>

00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:15.859
They<00:29:14.720><c> finished.</c>

00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:19.200
And<00:29:16.339><c> it</c><00:29:16.460><c> comes</c><00:29:16.720><c> out</c><00:29:17.220><c> in</c><00:29:17.599><c> verse</c><00:29:17.920><c> 28</c><00:29:18.380><c> and</c><00:29:18.599><c> 29.</c>

00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:22.900
All<00:29:19.859><c> this</c><00:29:20.160><c> continued</c><00:29:20.700><c> until</c><00:29:21.019><c> the</c><00:29:21.339><c> burnt</c><00:29:21.559><c> offering</c><00:29:21.920><c> was</c><00:29:22.339><c> finished.</c>

00:29:22.900 --> 00:29:30.819
And<00:29:23.339><c> when</c><00:29:23.599><c> they</c><00:29:23.839><c> had</c><00:29:24.460><c> made</c><00:29:24.880><c> an</c><00:29:25.079><c> end,</c><00:29:25.240><c> or</c><00:29:25.359><c> the</c><00:29:25.539><c> same</c><00:29:25.740><c> word</c><00:29:26.000><c> in</c><00:29:26.200><c> the</c><00:29:26.359><c> Hebrew,</c><00:29:26.579><c> when</c><00:29:26.740><c> they</c><00:29:26.940><c> had</c><00:29:27.240><c> finished</c><00:29:27.779><c> the</c><00:29:28.079><c> offering,</c><00:29:29.700><c> it's</c><00:29:30.019><c> making</c><00:29:30.259><c> a</c><00:29:30.519><c> point.</c>

00:29:31.220 --> 00:29:32.180
And<00:29:31.380><c> it</c><00:29:31.500><c> goes</c><00:29:31.819><c> through.</c>

00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:37.140
And<00:29:32.579><c> it's</c><00:29:32.839><c> there</c><00:29:33.160><c> in</c><00:29:33.359><c> verse</c><00:29:33.660><c> 34</c><00:29:34.420><c> in</c><00:29:34.900><c> a</c><00:29:35.039><c> most</c><00:29:35.799><c> encouraging</c><00:29:36.680><c> way.</c>

00:29:37.539 --> 00:29:40.660
You<00:29:37.700><c> see,</c><00:29:38.700><c> there</c><00:29:38.859><c> was</c><00:29:39.059><c> a</c><00:29:39.299><c> problem</c><00:29:39.579><c> in</c><00:29:39.759><c> the</c><00:29:39.940><c> Ecclesia</c><00:29:40.220><c> at</c><00:29:40.440><c> that</c>

00:29:40.660 --> 00:29:45.380
time,<00:29:40.940><c> not</c><00:29:41.140><c> just</c><00:29:41.720><c> with</c><00:29:42.140><c> the</c><00:29:42.339><c> king</c><00:29:42.759><c> who</c><00:29:43.740><c> had</c><00:29:44.000><c> closed</c><00:29:44.279><c> up</c><00:29:44.500><c> the</c><00:29:44.640><c> house</c><00:29:44.859><c> of</c><00:29:45.140><c> God.</c>

00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:48.319
But<00:29:45.859><c> there</c><00:29:45.920><c> was</c><00:29:46.079><c> a</c><00:29:46.299><c> problem</c><00:29:46.460><c> with</c><00:29:46.680><c> the</c><00:29:46.960><c> priesthood</c><00:29:47.299><c> as</c><00:29:47.599><c> well.</c>

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:51.740
And<00:29:49.500><c> ironically,</c><00:29:50.140><c> it</c><00:29:50.160><c> was</c><00:29:50.380><c> the</c><00:29:50.720><c> priests</c><00:29:50.980><c> who</c><00:29:51.140><c> were</c><00:29:51.359><c> the</c><00:29:51.460><c> most</c>

00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:55.599
reluctant<00:29:52.380><c> to</c><00:29:52.859><c> follow</c><00:29:53.220><c> the</c><00:29:53.500><c> reformation</c><00:29:54.140><c> of</c><00:29:54.319><c> Hezekiah.</c>

00:29:56.240 --> 00:30:00.599
There<00:29:56.339><c> was</c><00:29:56.539><c> a</c><00:29:56.700><c> huge</c><00:29:56.920><c> amount</c><00:29:57.220><c> of</c><00:29:57.480><c> work</c><00:29:57.660><c> to</c><00:29:57.920><c> do</c><00:29:58.079><c> and</c><00:29:58.559><c> not</c><00:29:58.960><c> upon</c><00:29:59.240><c> the</c><00:29:59.500><c> priests</c><00:29:59.660><c> and</c><00:29:59.900><c> Levites</c><00:30:00.400><c> to</c>

00:30:00.599 --> 00:30:01.099
do<00:30:00.819><c> it.</c>

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:05.779
But<00:30:01.400><c> the</c><00:30:01.799><c> priests</c><00:30:02.900><c> seemed</c><00:30:03.480><c> to</c><00:30:03.619><c> have</c><00:30:03.680><c> been</c><00:30:03.819><c> the</c><00:30:04.059><c> slowest</c><00:30:04.420><c> of</c><00:30:04.660><c> all</c><00:30:05.140><c> to</c>

00:30:05.779 --> 00:30:07.680
get<00:30:06.140><c> up</c><00:30:06.400><c> and</c><00:30:06.660><c> work.</c>

00:30:08.380 --> 00:30:11.980
So<00:30:08.779><c> many</c><00:30:09.039><c> offerings</c><00:30:09.500><c> were</c><00:30:09.720><c> going</c><00:30:09.839><c> to</c><00:30:09.960><c> be</c><00:30:10.200><c> offered</c><00:30:10.539><c> that</c><00:30:10.900><c> everybody</c><00:30:11.599><c> was</c>

00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:14.059
needed<00:30:12.299><c> to</c><00:30:12.539><c> do</c><00:30:12.740><c> their</c><00:30:13.099><c> part.</c>

00:30:16.579 --> 00:30:20.519
The<00:30:17.140><c> work</c><00:30:17.400><c> of</c><00:30:17.599><c> cleansing</c><00:30:17.980><c> the</c><00:30:18.380><c> temple</c><00:30:18.779><c> was</c><00:30:19.299><c> a</c><00:30:19.740><c> large</c><00:30:20.099><c> work.</c>

00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:24.940
It<00:30:20.799><c> took</c><00:30:21.019><c> them</c><00:30:21.299><c> 16</c><00:30:21.819><c> days,</c><00:30:22.359><c> two</c><00:30:22.660><c> days</c><00:30:22.980><c> longer</c><00:30:23.420><c> than</c><00:30:23.680><c> it</c><00:30:23.940><c> should</c><00:30:24.119><c> have.</c>

00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:28.940
And<00:30:25.160><c> they</c><00:30:25.359><c> missed</c><00:30:25.680><c> the</c><00:30:25.980><c> Passover</c><00:30:26.500><c> because</c><00:30:26.980><c> it</c><00:30:27.160><c> took</c><00:30:27.339><c> them</c><00:30:27.559><c> so</c><00:30:27.960><c> long.</c>

00:30:29.359 --> 00:30:31.799
And<00:30:29.640><c> it</c><00:30:29.759><c> took</c><00:30:29.940><c> them</c><00:30:30.220><c> so</c><00:30:30.519><c> long</c><00:30:30.660><c> because</c><00:30:30.940><c> there</c><00:30:31.160><c> weren't</c><00:30:31.460><c> enough</c>

00:30:31.799 --> 00:30:33.079
workers<00:30:32.160><c> to</c><00:30:32.440><c> do</c><00:30:32.559><c> the</c><00:30:32.819><c> work.</c>

00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:36.740
And<00:30:33.480><c> the</c><00:30:33.559><c> men</c><00:30:33.759><c> who</c><00:30:33.960><c> should</c><00:30:34.160><c> have</c><00:30:34.319><c> been</c><00:30:34.519><c> there</c><00:30:34.880><c> more</c><00:30:35.299><c> than</c><00:30:35.539><c> anybody</c><00:30:35.980><c> else,</c><00:30:36.519><c> the</c>

00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:39.099
priests,<00:30:37.559><c> weren't</c><00:30:37.960><c> there.</c>

00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:44.900
And<00:30:41.119><c> it's</c><00:30:41.380><c> an</c><00:30:41.619><c> irony</c><00:30:41.920><c> that</c><00:30:42.140><c> those</c><00:30:42.720><c> who</c><00:30:43.480><c> had</c><00:30:43.619><c> the</c><00:30:43.900><c> most</c><00:30:44.259><c> reason</c>

00:30:44.900 --> 00:30:49.539
to<00:30:46.019><c> do</c><00:30:46.259><c> the</c><00:30:46.539><c> work</c><00:30:46.880><c> were</c><00:30:47.180><c> the</c><00:30:47.440><c> least</c><00:30:47.779><c> willing</c><00:30:48.079><c> to</c><00:30:48.279><c> do</c><00:30:48.500><c> it.</c>

00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:53.420
And<00:30:50.319><c> in</c><00:30:50.480><c> verse</c><00:30:50.680><c> 34</c><00:30:51.440><c> of</c><00:30:51.839><c> chapter</c><00:30:52.180><c> 29</c><00:30:52.799><c> we're</c><00:30:53.160><c> told,</c>

00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:59.519
But<00:30:54.019><c> the</c><00:30:54.380><c> priests</c><00:30:54.660><c> were</c><00:30:55.000><c> too</c><00:30:55.859><c> few</c><00:30:56.420><c> so</c><00:30:58.400><c> that</c><00:30:58.599><c> they</c><00:30:58.799><c> could</c><00:30:59.160><c> not</c>

00:30:59.519 --> 00:31:02.339
flay<00:30:59.839><c> all</c><00:31:00.299><c> the</c><00:31:00.559><c> burnt</c><00:31:00.799><c> offerings.</c>

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:08.299
Wherefore<00:31:04.380><c> their</c><00:31:04.740><c> brethren,</c><00:31:05.359><c> the</c><00:31:05.680><c> Levites,</c><00:31:06.660><c> did</c><00:31:07.000><c> help</c><00:31:07.400><c> them</c>

00:31:08.299 --> 00:31:13.599
till<00:31:10.140><c> the</c><00:31:10.740><c> work</c><00:31:11.259><c> was</c><00:31:12.299><c> finished.</c>

00:31:14.019 --> 00:31:17.079
And<00:31:14.279><c> until</c><00:31:14.519><c> the</c><00:31:14.759><c> other</c><00:31:15.039><c> priests</c><00:31:15.359><c> had</c><00:31:15.700><c> sanctified</c><00:31:16.319><c> themselves,</c>

00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:22.680
For<00:31:17.519><c> the</c><00:31:17.819><c> Levites</c><00:31:18.200><c> were</c><00:31:18.480><c> more</c><00:31:18.900><c> upright</c><00:31:19.500><c> in</c><00:31:20.000><c> heart</c><00:31:20.180><c> to</c><00:31:20.440><c> sanctify</c><00:31:21.039><c> themselves</c><00:31:21.859><c> than</c>

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:23.980
the<00:31:23.000><c> priests.</c>

00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:29.859
And<00:31:25.720><c> here's</c><00:31:25.900><c> a</c><00:31:26.059><c> wonderful</c><00:31:27.480><c> exhortation</c><00:31:28.660><c> for</c><00:31:29.339><c> spiritual</c>

00:31:29.859 --> 00:31:31.440
Levites<00:31:30.440><c> today.</c>

00:31:31.880 --> 00:31:34.180
It<00:31:32.000><c> was</c><00:31:32.279><c> the</c><00:31:32.500><c> case</c><00:31:32.740><c> when</c><00:31:32.920><c> you</c><00:31:33.099><c> looked</c><00:31:33.279><c> around</c><00:31:33.599><c> the</c><00:31:33.799><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:34.660
in<00:31:34.359><c> those</c><00:31:34.519><c> days.</c>

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:38.200
You<00:31:34.839><c> say,</c><00:31:34.839><c> well,</c><00:31:34.920><c> why</c><00:31:35.140><c> isn't</c><00:31:36.599><c> Brother</c><00:31:36.859><c> Cohen</c><00:31:37.259><c> there?</c>

00:31:38.640 --> 00:31:41.500
You<00:31:38.660><c> know,</c><00:31:39.579><c> look,</c><00:31:40.000><c> he's</c><00:31:40.319><c> a</c><00:31:40.559><c> very</c><00:31:40.880><c> able</c><00:31:41.140><c> brother.</c>

00:31:41.799 --> 00:31:45.000
He's<00:31:42.420><c> got</c><00:31:42.680><c> the</c><00:31:43.019><c> time.</c><00:31:43.519><c> He's</c><00:31:43.859><c> got</c><00:31:44.039><c> the</c><00:31:44.279><c> responsibility.</c>

00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:48.079
You<00:31:45.440><c> know,</c><00:31:45.680><c> this</c><00:31:45.880><c> is</c><00:31:46.099><c> his</c><00:31:46.359><c> job.</c><00:31:46.720><c> He</c><00:31:46.859><c> was</c><00:31:47.059><c> down</c><00:31:47.359><c> on</c><00:31:47.500><c> the</c><00:31:47.680><c> rota.</c>

00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:50.920
He<00:31:48.460><c> should</c><00:31:48.680><c> be</c><00:31:48.940><c> here</c><00:31:49.119><c> doing</c><00:31:49.319><c> this</c><00:31:49.700><c> work.</c>

00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:53.319
And<00:31:52.160><c> you</c><00:31:52.259><c> know,</c><00:31:52.339><c> we</c><00:31:52.440><c> could</c><00:31:52.660><c> take</c><00:31:52.900><c> the</c><00:31:53.119><c> attitude.</c>

00:31:53.579 --> 00:31:55.299
Well,<00:31:53.619><c> you</c><00:31:53.759><c> know,</c><00:31:53.960><c> if</c><00:31:54.099><c> Brother</c><00:31:54.299><c> Cohen's</c><00:31:54.680><c> not</c><00:31:54.819><c> here,</c><00:31:54.940><c> I'm</c><00:31:55.240><c> not</c>

00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:56.160
going<00:31:55.420><c> to</c><00:31:55.519><c> do</c><00:31:55.599><c> it</c><00:31:55.720><c> for</c><00:31:56.000><c> him.</c>

00:31:56.220 --> 00:31:59.220
You<00:31:56.299><c> know,</c><00:31:56.599><c> it's</c><00:31:56.759><c> Brother</c><00:31:56.980><c> Cohen's</c><00:31:57.420><c> job.</c><00:31:57.799><c> He</c><00:31:58.019><c> should</c><00:31:58.140><c> be</c><00:31:58.400><c> here.</c>

00:32:00.420 --> 00:32:01.940
And<00:32:00.619><c> we</c><00:32:00.759><c> can</c><00:32:00.920><c> get</c><00:32:01.140><c> like</c><00:32:01.380><c> that,</c><00:32:01.720><c> can't</c><00:32:01.799><c> we?</c>

00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:03.599
You<00:32:02.079><c> know,</c><00:32:02.140><c> I'm</c><00:32:02.339><c> not</c><00:32:02.420><c> going</c><00:32:02.539><c> to</c><00:32:02.619><c> do</c><00:32:02.700><c> it</c><00:32:02.859><c> again.</c><00:32:03.180><c> I've</c><00:32:03.299><c> done</c><00:32:03.380><c> it.</c>

00:32:03.660 --> 00:32:05.140
I've<00:32:03.839><c> done</c><00:32:03.940><c> my</c><00:32:04.240><c> turn.</c>

00:32:05.619 --> 00:32:07.519
Somebody<00:32:05.839><c> else's</c><00:32:06.259><c> turn</c><00:32:06.440><c> now.</c>

00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:12.140
And<00:32:10.559><c> somebody</c><00:32:10.920><c> needs</c><00:32:11.180><c> a</c><00:32:11.460><c> visit</c><00:32:11.660><c> in</c><00:32:11.839><c> the</c><00:32:11.940><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:32:12.140 --> 00:32:15.579
Well,<00:32:12.339><c> I'm</c><00:32:12.660><c> not</c><00:32:12.720><c> their</c><00:32:12.980><c> visiting</c><00:32:13.259><c> brother</c><00:32:13.559><c> or</c><00:32:13.799><c> sister.</c><00:32:14.299><c> That's</c><00:32:14.619><c> somebody</c><00:32:14.839><c> else's</c><00:32:15.259><c> job.</c>

00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:18.220
Yeah,<00:32:16.039><c> but</c><00:32:16.180><c> they</c><00:32:16.440><c> need</c><00:32:16.599><c> help.</c><00:32:17.059><c> Well,</c><00:32:17.180><c> it's</c><00:32:17.420><c> not</c><00:32:17.579><c> my</c><00:32:17.859><c> job</c><00:32:18.019><c> to</c>

00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:18.460
help<00:32:18.339><c> them.</c>

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:20.480
It's<00:32:18.579><c> somebody</c><00:32:18.819><c> else's</c><00:32:19.220><c> job</c><00:32:19.339><c> to</c><00:32:19.539><c> help</c><00:32:19.680><c> them.</c><00:32:20.000><c> Yes,</c><00:32:20.160><c> but</c><00:32:20.299><c> they</c>

00:32:20.480 --> 00:32:21.660
need<00:32:20.700><c> help.</c>

00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:23.980
The<00:32:22.440><c> work's</c><00:32:22.660><c> not</c><00:32:22.859><c> being</c><00:32:23.119><c> done.</c>

00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:27.460
If<00:32:24.480><c> Brother</c><00:32:24.819><c> Cohen's</c><00:32:25.220><c> not</c><00:32:25.500><c> here,</c><00:32:26.680><c> then</c><00:32:26.799><c> somebody</c><00:32:27.039><c> else</c><00:32:27.299><c> will</c>

00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:29.480
have<00:32:27.599><c> to</c><00:32:27.759><c> do</c><00:32:27.880><c> the</c><00:32:28.039><c> work,</c><00:32:28.460><c> won't</c><00:32:28.480><c> they?</c>

00:32:29.579 --> 00:32:32.880
Because<00:32:29.900><c> it's</c><00:32:30.119><c> not</c><00:32:30.339><c> about</c><00:32:31.240><c> whether</c><00:32:31.700><c> Brother</c><00:32:32.019><c> Cohen</c><00:32:32.339><c> does</c><00:32:32.599><c> the</c>

00:32:32.880 --> 00:32:33.519
job<00:32:33.059><c> or</c><00:32:33.359><c> not.</c>

00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:37.039
It's<00:32:33.819><c> about</c><00:32:34.059><c> the</c><00:32:34.380><c> work.</c><00:32:35.619><c> To</c><00:32:35.960><c> work</c><00:32:36.259><c> the</c><00:32:36.579><c> work.</c>

00:32:37.299 --> 00:32:40.259
It's<00:32:37.579><c> the</c><00:32:37.819><c> work</c><00:32:38.180><c> that</c><00:32:38.519><c> matters.</c><00:32:39.119><c> It's</c><00:32:39.460><c> the</c><00:32:39.599><c> will</c><00:32:39.680><c> of</c><00:32:39.900><c> the</c><00:32:40.000><c> high</c>

00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:41.180
priest<00:32:40.599><c> that</c><00:32:40.920><c> matters.</c>

00:32:41.180 --> 00:32:43.259
It's<00:32:41.640><c> the</c><00:32:41.819><c> command</c><00:32:42.079><c> of</c><00:32:42.279><c> the</c><00:32:42.480><c> king</c><00:32:42.700><c> that</c><00:32:43.000><c> matters.</c>

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:46.839
If<00:32:43.759><c> Brother</c><00:32:44.059><c> Cohen's</c><00:32:44.559><c> not</c><00:32:44.700><c> going</c><00:32:44.839><c> to</c><00:32:44.940><c> do</c><00:32:45.000><c> it,</c><00:32:45.259><c> then</c><00:32:45.440><c> we'd</c><00:32:46.000><c> better</c><00:32:46.019><c> do</c><00:32:46.299><c> it.</c>

00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:49.299
And<00:32:47.299><c> that</c><00:32:47.420><c> was</c><00:32:47.660><c> the</c><00:32:47.839><c> spirit</c><00:32:48.000><c> of</c><00:32:48.259><c> the</c><00:32:48.460><c> Levites.</c><00:32:48.819><c> There</c><00:32:49.019><c> weren't</c>

00:32:49.299 --> 00:32:49.920
enough<00:32:49.579><c> priests.</c>

00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:53.559
Well,<00:32:51.160><c> we'd</c><00:32:51.480><c> better</c><00:32:51.519><c> get</c><00:32:51.740><c> our</c><00:32:51.980><c> jackets</c><00:32:52.299><c> off</c><00:32:52.619><c> then.</c><00:32:52.940><c> We'd</c><00:32:53.259><c> better</c><00:32:53.299><c> roll</c>

00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:54.539
up<00:32:53.799><c> our</c><00:32:54.039><c> sleeves.</c>

00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:58.460
Because<00:32:55.599><c> the</c><00:32:56.140><c> work</c><00:32:56.599><c> must</c><00:32:57.059><c> be</c><00:32:57.440><c> finished.</c>

00:32:58.720 --> 00:33:02.759
That<00:32:59.039><c> was</c><00:32:59.259><c> the</c><00:32:59.500><c> attitude.</c><00:33:00.420><c> Focus</c><00:33:00.819><c> upon</c><00:33:01.279><c> the</c><00:33:01.640><c> work,</c><00:33:02.299><c> upon</c><00:33:02.480><c> the</c>

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:04.400
needs<00:33:03.039><c> of</c><00:33:03.299><c> our</c><00:33:03.460><c> brethren</c><00:33:03.779><c> and</c><00:33:04.099><c> sisters.</c>

00:33:04.599 --> 00:33:07.579
And<00:33:04.880><c> if</c><00:33:05.039><c> others</c><00:33:05.299><c> are</c><00:33:05.539><c> not</c><00:33:05.779><c> willing</c><00:33:06.079><c> to</c><00:33:06.339><c> do</c><00:33:06.680><c> their</c><00:33:07.119><c> part,</c>

00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:11.339
Let's<00:33:08.420><c> take</c><00:33:08.900><c> the</c><00:33:09.220><c> attitude</c><00:33:09.640><c> of</c><00:33:09.960><c> the</c><00:33:10.140><c> Levites.</c>

00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:14.880
Look<00:33:11.599><c> what</c><00:33:11.740><c> it</c><00:33:11.960><c> says</c><00:33:12.119><c> in</c><00:33:12.339><c> the</c><00:33:12.440><c> most</c><00:33:12.960><c> lovely</c><00:33:13.500><c> little</c><00:33:13.799><c> expression.</c>

00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:18.779
The<00:33:15.119><c> Levites</c><00:33:16.359><c> did</c><00:33:16.880><c> help</c><00:33:17.579><c> them.</c>

00:33:20.420 --> 00:33:23.279
And<00:33:20.660><c> that</c><00:33:20.799><c> is</c><00:33:21.019><c> the</c><00:33:21.140><c> meaning</c><00:33:21.380><c> of</c><00:33:21.619><c> Hezekiah's</c><00:33:22.319><c> name.</c>

00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:27.319
Hezekiah<00:33:24.740><c> is,</c><00:33:25.519><c> Yah</c><00:33:25.920><c> has</c><00:33:26.420><c> helped.</c>

00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:30.500
And<00:33:28.259><c> they</c><00:33:28.500><c> took</c><00:33:28.680><c> encouragement</c><00:33:29.240><c> from</c><00:33:29.519><c> the</c><00:33:29.759><c> king</c><00:33:29.920><c> who</c><00:33:30.259><c> had</c>

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:31.319
helped<00:33:30.799><c> them.</c>

00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:35.440
Who<00:33:31.980><c> had</c><00:33:32.440><c> shaken</c><00:33:32.799><c> them</c><00:33:33.059><c> out</c><00:33:33.380><c> of</c><00:33:33.640><c> their</c><00:33:34.700><c> laziness.</c>

00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:38.259
And<00:33:35.740><c> got</c><00:33:35.900><c> them</c><00:33:36.240><c> back</c><00:33:36.500><c> on</c><00:33:36.720><c> their</c><00:33:37.079><c> feet</c><00:33:37.299><c> and</c><00:33:37.680><c> back</c><00:33:37.900><c> to</c><00:33:38.140><c> the</c>

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:38.940
temple<00:33:38.539><c> worship.</c>

00:33:39.299 --> 00:33:43.240
Back<00:33:39.619><c> to</c><00:33:39.880><c> do</c><00:33:40.039><c> the</c><00:33:40.259><c> work</c><00:33:40.420><c> that</c><00:33:40.619><c> they</c><00:33:41.140><c> knew</c><00:33:41.380><c> was</c><00:33:41.700><c> theirs</c><00:33:41.980><c> by</c><00:33:42.380><c> right.</c>

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:46.799
And<00:33:44.119><c> so</c><00:33:44.299><c> they</c><00:33:44.480><c> were</c><00:33:44.680><c> prepared</c><00:33:44.960><c> to</c><00:33:45.160><c> take</c><00:33:45.359><c> that</c><00:33:45.579><c> very</c><00:33:45.960><c> same</c><00:33:46.220><c> spirit</c><00:33:46.619><c> and</c>

00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:48.019
to<00:33:47.039><c> help</c><00:33:47.259><c> their</c><00:33:47.559><c> brethren.</c>

00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:52.700
Till<00:33:48.640><c> the</c><00:33:48.940><c> work</c><00:33:49.380><c> was</c><00:33:50.880><c> ended</c><00:33:51.359><c> or</c><00:33:51.720><c> finished.</c>

00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:57.099
And<00:33:54.000><c> doesn't</c><00:33:54.160><c> that</c><00:33:54.519><c> remind</c><00:33:54.720><c> us</c><00:33:55.259><c> of</c><00:33:55.880><c> the</c><00:33:56.039><c> Lord</c><00:33:56.200><c> Jesus</c><00:33:56.599><c> Christ</c>

00:33:57.099 --> 00:33:59.480
and<00:33:57.680><c> what</c><00:33:58.319><c> He</c><00:33:58.619><c> said?</c>

00:33:59.880 --> 00:34:03.039
I<00:34:00.099><c> have</c><00:34:00.359><c> glorified</c><00:34:01.240><c> Thee</c><00:34:02.180><c> on</c><00:34:02.440><c> the</c><00:34:02.680><c> earth.</c>

00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:08.840
I<00:34:03.920><c> have</c><00:34:04.220><c> finished</c><00:34:04.819><c> the</c><00:34:05.140><c> work</c><00:34:05.619><c> which</c><00:34:06.480><c> Thou</c><00:34:06.680><c> gavest</c><00:34:07.240><c> me</c><00:34:07.559><c> to</c><00:34:07.759><c> do.</c>

00:34:09.260 --> 00:34:12.860
And<00:34:09.559><c> how</c><00:34:09.780><c> grateful</c><00:34:10.139><c> we</c><00:34:10.460><c> are</c><00:34:10.679><c> that</c><00:34:10.880><c> the</c><00:34:11.079><c> Lord</c><00:34:11.260><c> had</c><00:34:11.579><c> that</c><00:34:11.760><c> attitude</c><00:34:12.199><c> of</c><00:34:12.519><c> mine.</c>

00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:17.440
Which<00:34:13.539><c> was</c><00:34:13.840><c> to</c><00:34:14.159><c> say,</c><00:34:15.260><c> I</c><00:34:15.539><c> must</c><00:34:15.920><c> do</c><00:34:16.099><c> the</c><00:34:16.420><c> will</c><00:34:16.599><c> of</c><00:34:16.860><c> my</c><00:34:17.079><c> Father.</c>

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:20.920
I<00:34:17.739><c> must</c><00:34:18.059><c> work</c><00:34:19.000><c> the</c><00:34:19.980><c> work.</c>

00:34:21.280 --> 00:34:24.199
I<00:34:21.460><c> must</c><00:34:21.739><c> finish</c><00:34:22.719><c> the</c><00:34:23.159><c> task.</c>

00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:28.400
And<00:34:25.159><c> when</c><00:34:25.260><c> He</c><00:34:25.539><c> said</c><00:34:25.840><c> with</c><00:34:26.079><c> a</c><00:34:26.219><c> loud</c><00:34:26.440><c> voice</c><00:34:27.219><c> on</c><00:34:27.719><c> the</c><00:34:27.980><c> cross.</c>

00:34:28.400 --> 00:34:31.900
It<00:34:30.119><c> is</c><00:34:30.559><c> finished.</c>

00:34:33.380 --> 00:34:34.619
How<00:34:33.539><c> wonderful.</c>

00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:39.780
Let<00:34:35.440><c> us</c><00:34:36.360><c> seek</c><00:34:36.840><c> to</c><00:34:37.320><c> emulate</c><00:34:37.579><c> that</c><00:34:37.960><c> spirit</c><00:34:38.420><c> dear</c><00:34:39.420><c> brethren</c><00:34:39.639><c> and</c>

00:34:39.780 --> 00:34:42.179
sisters<00:34:39.980><c> as</c><00:34:40.320><c> true</c><00:34:40.539><c> Levites.</c>

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:47.900
To<00:34:43.260><c> help</c><00:34:43.719><c> one</c><00:34:44.039><c> another</c><00:34:44.619><c> till</c><00:34:45.760><c> the</c><00:34:46.039><c> work</c><00:34:46.460><c> is</c><00:34:46.960><c> ended.</c>

00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:55.480
Well<00:34:51.780><c> they</c><00:34:52.760><c> engaged</c><00:34:53.260><c> in</c><00:34:53.539><c> this</c><00:34:53.760><c> work</c><00:34:54.079><c> and</c><00:34:54.260><c> in</c><00:34:54.440><c> the</c><00:34:54.539><c> next</c><00:34:54.800><c> chapter</c><00:34:55.059><c> in</c><00:34:55.260><c> 2</c>

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:56.599
Chronicles<00:34:55.980><c> 30.</c>

00:34:56.599 --> 00:34:59.860
They<00:34:57.840><c> realized</c><00:34:58.500><c> what</c><00:34:58.739><c> Hezekiah</c><00:34:59.280><c> was</c><00:34:59.539><c> about.</c>

00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:04.820
He<00:35:00.079><c> was</c><00:35:00.840><c> wanting</c><00:35:01.239><c> to</c><00:35:01.820><c> reach</c><00:35:02.139><c> out</c><00:35:02.460><c> not</c><00:35:02.699><c> just</c><00:35:03.280><c> to</c><00:35:03.639><c> Judah</c><00:35:03.960><c> but</c><00:35:04.639><c> to</c>

00:35:04.820 --> 00:35:07.400
the<00:35:05.059><c> northern</c><00:35:05.659><c> wayward</c><00:35:06.280><c> tribes.</c>

00:35:07.639 --> 00:35:10.900
A<00:35:07.900><c> remarkable</c><00:35:08.539><c> show</c><00:35:08.940><c> of</c><00:35:09.840><c> magnanimity.</c>

00:35:11.199 --> 00:35:15.300
Of<00:35:11.420><c> understanding</c><00:35:12.059><c> the</c><00:35:12.420><c> true</c><00:35:12.639><c> spirit</c><00:35:13.139><c> of</c><00:35:14.199><c> trying</c><00:35:14.619><c> to</c><00:35:14.880><c> unite</c>

00:35:15.300 --> 00:35:18.280
our<00:35:15.619><c> brethren</c><00:35:16.079><c> in</c><00:35:16.940><c> one</c><00:35:17.300><c> faith.</c>

00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:21.460
The<00:35:18.739><c> northern</c><00:35:18.980><c> tribes</c><00:35:19.480><c> were</c><00:35:19.719><c> in</c><00:35:19.880><c> a</c><00:35:20.059><c> hopeless</c><00:35:20.420><c> state</c><00:35:20.840><c> we</c><00:35:21.199><c> might</c>

00:35:21.460 --> 00:35:21.960
have<00:35:21.719><c> thought.</c>

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:25.840
So<00:35:22.559><c> utterly</c><00:35:22.980><c> contaminated</c><00:35:23.960><c> and</c><00:35:24.519><c> polluted</c><00:35:24.980><c> that</c><00:35:25.239><c> they</c><00:35:25.480><c> weren't</c><00:35:25.679><c> going</c>

00:35:25.840 --> 00:35:29.079
to<00:35:25.960><c> be</c><00:35:26.119><c> allowed</c><00:35:26.260><c> to</c><00:35:26.679><c> continue</c><00:35:27.039><c> many</c><00:35:27.559><c> more</c><00:35:27.860><c> days</c><00:35:28.280><c> in</c><00:35:28.500><c> the</c><00:35:28.719><c> land.</c>

00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:34.099
The<00:35:29.639><c> idea</c><00:35:30.000><c> of</c><00:35:30.280><c> going</c><00:35:30.539><c> and</c><00:35:31.340><c> reaching</c><00:35:31.619><c> out</c><00:35:31.940><c> to</c><00:35:32.159><c> them</c><00:35:32.380><c> and</c><00:35:32.659><c> seeking</c><00:35:33.099><c> their</c><00:35:33.760><c> welfare.</c>

00:35:34.239 --> 00:35:38.639
Bringing<00:35:34.559><c> them</c><00:35:35.000><c> back</c><00:35:36.119><c> into</c><00:35:37.039><c> fellowship</c><00:35:37.840><c> might</c><00:35:38.219><c> have</c><00:35:38.460><c> seemed</c>

00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:40.179
an<00:35:38.980><c> outrage.</c>

00:35:42.099 --> 00:35:46.219
To<00:35:42.659><c> those</c><00:35:42.980><c> priests</c><00:35:43.659><c> who</c><00:35:44.659><c> had</c><00:35:44.800><c> plenty</c><00:35:45.059><c> of</c><00:35:45.219><c> time</c><00:35:45.420><c> on</c><00:35:45.579><c> their</c><00:35:45.820><c> hands</c><00:35:46.059><c> of</c>

00:35:46.219 --> 00:35:49.760
course<00:35:46.400><c> to</c><00:35:46.639><c> stand</c><00:35:46.960><c> around</c><00:35:47.440><c> and</c><00:35:48.539><c> criticize.</c>

00:35:52.420 --> 00:35:56.860
But<00:35:53.079><c> Hezekiah</c><00:35:53.659><c> sent</c><00:35:53.960><c> messengers</c><00:35:54.460><c> out</c><00:35:54.760><c> to</c><00:35:54.940><c> the</c><00:35:55.099><c> north</c><00:35:55.420><c> and</c><00:35:56.139><c> asked</c><00:35:56.420><c> them</c><00:35:56.579><c> to</c>

00:35:56.860 --> 00:36:01.860
turn<00:35:57.139><c> again</c><00:35:57.599><c> unto</c><00:35:57.780><c> the</c><00:35:58.019><c> God</c><00:35:58.179><c> of</c><00:35:58.420><c> Abraham,</c><00:35:59.500><c> Isaac</c><00:35:59.940><c> and</c><00:36:00.500><c> of</c><00:36:00.699><c> Israel.</c>

00:36:02.400 --> 00:36:05.820
And<00:36:02.639><c> although</c><00:36:02.860><c> most</c><00:36:03.619><c> scoffed</c><00:36:04.300><c> and</c><00:36:04.539><c> laughed</c><00:36:04.900><c> at</c><00:36:05.119><c> that</c><00:36:05.460><c> call.</c>

00:36:06.239 --> 00:36:10.739
Some<00:36:06.539><c> came</c><00:36:06.880><c> in</c><00:36:07.820><c> and</c><00:36:08.679><c> came</c><00:36:08.980><c> down</c><00:36:09.340><c> to</c><00:36:09.559><c> Jerusalem</c><00:36:10.019><c> to</c><00:36:10.340><c> celebrate</c>

00:36:10.739 --> 00:36:13.579
the<00:36:11.059><c> Passover</c><00:36:11.500><c> in</c><00:36:12.119><c> the</c><00:36:12.340><c> second</c><00:36:12.599><c> month.</c>

00:36:14.280 --> 00:36:19.679
And<00:36:15.000><c> we're</c><00:36:15.260><c> told</c><00:36:15.360><c> in</c><00:36:15.519><c> verse</c><00:36:15.780><c> 13</c><00:36:16.260><c> that</c><00:36:16.519><c> they</c><00:36:16.960><c> assembled</c><00:36:17.579><c> at</c><00:36:17.780><c> Jerusalem</c><00:36:18.300><c> much</c><00:36:18.699><c> people</c><00:36:19.239><c> to</c>

00:36:19.679 --> 00:36:22.800
keep<00:36:19.880><c> the</c><00:36:20.179><c> feast</c><00:36:20.699><c> of</c><00:36:21.139><c> unleavened</c><00:36:21.699><c> bread</c><00:36:21.820><c> in</c><00:36:22.000><c> the</c><00:36:22.260><c> second</c><00:36:22.480><c> month.</c>

00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:26.079
A<00:36:23.380><c> very</c><00:36:23.880><c> great</c><00:36:24.719><c> congregation.</c>

00:36:28.139 --> 00:36:32.519
And<00:36:29.079><c> as</c><00:36:29.380><c> the</c><00:36:29.599><c> priests</c><00:36:29.820><c> and</c><00:36:30.019><c> Levites</c><00:36:30.400><c> saw</c><00:36:30.860><c> these</c><00:36:31.559><c> bedraggled,</c>

00:36:32.940 --> 00:36:43.519
dirty,<00:36:35.039><c> defiled,</c><00:36:37.900><c> mixed</c><00:36:38.300><c> people,</c><00:36:40.059><c> some</c><00:36:40.340><c> Jews,</c><00:36:40.659><c> some</c><00:36:41.000><c> Gentiles</c><00:36:42.300><c> coming</c><00:36:42.820><c> down.</c>

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:48.159
They<00:36:44.239><c> looked</c><00:36:44.500><c> upon</c><00:36:44.880><c> them.</c><00:36:46.400><c> They</c><00:36:46.679><c> were</c><00:36:47.019><c> ashamed.</c>

00:36:49.300 --> 00:36:55.699
It<00:36:49.860><c> says</c><00:36:50.420><c> in</c><00:36:50.559><c> verse</c><00:36:50.800><c> 15</c><00:36:51.659><c> the</c><00:36:52.539><c> priests</c><00:36:53.139><c> and</c><00:36:53.559><c> the</c><00:36:53.739><c> Levites</c><00:36:54.199><c> were</c><00:36:54.559><c> ashamed.</c>

00:36:55.920 --> 00:37:02.179
They'd<00:36:56.159><c> been</c><00:36:56.400><c> put</c><00:36:56.679><c> to</c><00:36:56.940><c> shame</c><00:36:57.260><c> by</c><00:36:57.659><c> the</c><00:36:58.420><c> enthusiasm</c><00:36:59.179><c> and</c><00:37:00.219><c> the</c><00:37:00.659><c> example</c><00:37:01.420><c> of</c>

00:37:02.179 --> 00:37:05.000
those<00:37:02.480><c> who</c><00:37:02.659><c> had</c><00:37:02.820><c> no</c><00:37:03.139><c> tradition</c><00:37:03.619><c> in</c><00:37:03.820><c> the</c><00:37:04.039><c> truth.</c>

00:37:05.380 --> 00:37:08.400
But<00:37:05.539><c> who</c><00:37:05.699><c> had</c><00:37:05.880><c> responded</c><00:37:06.320><c> to</c><00:37:06.559><c> the</c><00:37:06.780><c> call</c><00:37:06.940><c> of</c><00:37:07.099><c> the</c><00:37:07.280><c> gospel</c><00:37:07.699><c> and</c>

00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:10.699
had<00:37:08.679><c> come</c><00:37:08.880><c> in</c><00:37:09.059><c> the</c><00:37:09.300><c> state</c><00:37:09.480><c> they</c><00:37:09.699><c> were</c><00:37:09.900><c> in.</c>

00:37:10.840 --> 00:37:15.820
They<00:37:11.059><c> were</c><00:37:11.300><c> not</c><00:37:11.559><c> sanctified.</c><00:37:12.280><c> They</c><00:37:12.440><c> were</c><00:37:12.760><c> unclean.</c><00:37:13.500><c> They</c><00:37:13.659><c> were</c><00:37:13.920><c> defiled</c><00:37:14.360><c> under</c><00:37:14.619><c> the</c><00:37:14.840><c> law.</c>

00:37:16.739 --> 00:37:19.699
And<00:37:17.380><c> yet</c><00:37:17.579><c> Hezekiah</c><00:37:18.139><c> prayed</c><00:37:18.619><c> for</c><00:37:19.019><c> them.</c>

00:37:20.000 --> 00:37:24.360
The<00:37:20.139><c> good</c><00:37:20.460><c> Lord</c><00:37:20.760><c> pardon</c><00:37:21.320><c> everyone</c><00:37:22.159><c> that</c><00:37:22.699><c> prepare</c><00:37:23.239><c> at</c><00:37:23.440><c> his</c><00:37:23.739><c> heart</c><00:37:24.039><c> to</c>

00:37:24.360 --> 00:37:25.679
seek<00:37:24.599><c> God.</c>

00:37:27.760 --> 00:37:32.380
And<00:37:28.159><c> the</c><00:37:28.320><c> Lord</c><00:37:28.480><c> harkened</c><00:37:28.940><c> to</c><00:37:29.139><c> Hezekiah</c><00:37:29.860><c> and</c><00:37:30.900><c> healed</c><00:37:31.179><c> the</c><00:37:31.460><c> people.</c>

00:37:33.139 --> 00:37:39.860
It<00:37:33.340><c> was</c><00:37:33.539><c> one</c><00:37:33.719><c> of</c><00:37:33.840><c> the</c><00:37:34.039><c> things</c><00:37:34.460><c> that</c><00:37:35.420><c> got</c><00:37:35.659><c> through</c><00:37:36.679><c> the</c><00:37:37.639><c> pretense</c><00:37:38.139><c> of</c><00:37:38.539><c> the</c>

00:37:39.860 --> 00:37:41.019
priests<00:37:40.179><c> and</c><00:37:40.460><c> the</c><00:37:40.699><c> Levites.</c>

00:37:41.019 --> 00:37:45.639
It<00:37:41.300><c> touched</c><00:37:41.719><c> their</c><00:37:42.139><c> heart</c><00:37:42.699><c> to</c><00:37:43.219><c> see</c><00:37:43.559><c> the</c><00:37:44.139><c> interested</c><00:37:44.559><c> friend,</c>

00:37:45.820 --> 00:37:52.519
the<00:37:46.800><c> unclean</c><00:37:47.519><c> and</c><00:37:47.820><c> the</c><00:37:48.619><c> sinner</c><00:37:49.199><c> responding</c><00:37:51.519><c> to</c><00:37:51.800><c> the</c><00:37:52.039><c> call</c><00:37:52.239><c> of</c>

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:55.880
the<00:37:52.739><c> truth</c><00:37:52.960><c> and</c><00:37:53.300><c> coming</c><00:37:53.599><c> down</c><00:37:54.179><c> to</c><00:37:54.800><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:37:56.340 --> 00:37:59.900
And<00:37:56.519><c> sometimes</c><00:37:56.920><c> we're</c><00:37:57.239><c> in</c><00:37:57.300><c> that</c><00:37:57.539><c> situation</c><00:37:57.980><c> ourselves,</c><00:37:58.559><c> aren't</c><00:37:58.699><c> we?</c>

00:38:00.219 --> 00:38:06.219
Where<00:38:00.900><c> we</c><00:38:01.139><c> might</c><00:38:01.320><c> be</c><00:38:01.559><c> so</c><00:38:01.900><c> caught</c><00:38:02.099><c> up</c><00:38:02.460><c> with</c><00:38:02.840><c> the</c><00:38:03.800><c> technicalities</c><00:38:04.679><c> of</c><00:38:05.019><c> things</c><00:38:05.380><c> that</c><00:38:05.760><c> the</c>

00:38:06.219 --> 00:38:11.260
spirit<00:38:06.659><c> of</c><00:38:07.440><c> the</c><00:38:07.760><c> truth</c><00:38:08.099><c> may</c><00:38:08.619><c> not</c><00:38:09.539><c> be</c><00:38:09.820><c> as</c><00:38:10.239><c> bright</c><00:38:10.519><c> in</c><00:38:10.699><c> us</c><00:38:10.880><c> as</c><00:38:11.000><c> it</c>

00:38:11.260 --> 00:38:11.599
should<00:38:11.440><c> be.</c>

00:38:11.699 --> 00:38:15.780
And<00:38:11.820><c> it</c><00:38:11.960><c> takes</c><00:38:12.440><c> the</c><00:38:13.739><c> example</c><00:38:14.219><c> of</c><00:38:14.480><c> somebody</c><00:38:14.780><c> from</c><00:38:15.159><c> outside</c><00:38:15.559><c> or</c>

00:38:15.780 --> 00:38:20.539
somebody<00:38:16.139><c> new</c><00:38:16.400><c> into</c><00:38:16.619><c> the</c><00:38:16.940><c> truth</c><00:38:17.219><c> to</c><00:38:18.400><c> show</c><00:38:18.699><c> us</c><00:38:19.059><c> really</c><00:38:19.539><c> what</c><00:38:20.219><c> we</c>

00:38:20.539 --> 00:38:22.059
should<00:38:20.699><c> be</c><00:38:20.980><c> like.</c>

00:38:24.460 --> 00:38:29.739
And<00:38:24.980><c> they</c><00:38:25.159><c> were</c><00:38:25.460><c> ashamed</c><00:38:26.059><c> and</c><00:38:27.440><c> sanctified</c><00:38:28.260><c> themselves.</c>

00:38:31.340 --> 00:38:33.519
And<00:38:31.480><c> it</c><00:38:31.539><c> is</c><00:38:31.679><c> one</c><00:38:31.840><c> of</c><00:38:31.960><c> the</c><00:38:32.059><c> features</c><00:38:32.400><c> that</c><00:38:32.599><c> comes</c><00:38:32.840><c> out</c><00:38:33.079><c> in</c><00:38:33.239><c> this</c>

00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:38.619
record<00:38:33.840><c> that</c><00:38:34.099><c> Hezekiah</c><00:38:34.659><c> seems</c><00:38:35.000><c> to</c><00:38:36.679><c> say</c><00:38:37.119><c> nothing</c><00:38:37.559><c> to</c><00:38:37.780><c> the</c><00:38:38.059><c> priests</c><00:38:38.360><c> who</c>

00:38:38.619 --> 00:38:40.639
were<00:38:38.920><c> not</c><00:38:39.179><c> getting</c><00:38:39.500><c> ready</c><00:38:39.840><c> as</c><00:38:40.039><c> they</c><00:38:40.360><c> should.</c>

00:38:41.019 --> 00:38:45.579
You<00:38:41.119><c> know,</c><00:38:41.199><c> we</c><00:38:41.340><c> might</c><00:38:41.599><c> have</c><00:38:41.860><c> laid</c><00:38:42.079><c> the</c><00:38:42.340><c> law</c><00:38:42.500><c> down.</c><00:38:43.159><c> We</c><00:38:43.380><c> might</c><00:38:43.659><c> have</c><00:38:44.539><c> torn</c><00:38:44.760><c> them</c><00:38:45.000><c> off</c><00:38:45.219><c> a</c><00:38:45.440><c> strip.</c>

00:38:45.579 --> 00:38:48.300
We<00:38:45.800><c> might</c><00:38:46.039><c> have</c><00:38:46.280><c> taken</c><00:38:46.440><c> them</c><00:38:46.699><c> aside</c><00:38:46.960><c> and</c><00:38:47.179><c> say,</c><00:38:47.579><c> now,</c><00:38:47.579><c> come</c><00:38:47.840><c> on,</c>

00:38:48.440 --> 00:38:51.099
Cohen,<00:38:49.099><c> you</c><00:38:49.519><c> sort</c><00:38:49.760><c> yourself</c><00:38:50.159><c> out.</c>

00:38:51.340 --> 00:38:54.059
You<00:38:51.599><c> should</c><00:38:51.820><c> be</c><00:38:52.119><c> there.</c><00:38:52.440><c> The</c><00:38:52.579><c> work's</c><00:38:53.039><c> being</c><00:38:53.300><c> done</c><00:38:53.480><c> by</c><00:38:53.840><c> Levites</c>

00:38:54.059 --> 00:38:55.280
and<00:38:54.219><c> you</c><00:38:54.460><c> should</c><00:38:54.619><c> be</c><00:38:54.860><c> doing</c><00:38:55.039><c> it.</c>

00:38:55.400 --> 00:39:00.039
But<00:38:55.579><c> Hezekiah</c><00:38:55.980><c> seems</c><00:38:56.239><c> to</c><00:38:56.400><c> have</c><00:38:56.480><c> no</c><00:38:56.739><c> time</c><00:38:57.119><c> to</c><00:38:57.840><c> bring</c><00:38:59.480><c> them</c><00:38:59.699><c> down</c>

00:39:00.039 --> 00:39:01.219
to<00:39:00.320><c> size.</c>

00:39:01.360 --> 00:39:06.340
Instead,<00:39:01.940><c> he</c><00:39:02.219><c> and</c><00:39:02.480><c> the</c><00:39:02.699><c> Levites</c><00:39:03.179><c> who</c><00:39:03.400><c> are</c><00:39:03.619><c> willing</c><00:39:04.019><c> are</c><00:39:04.920><c> pressing</c><00:39:05.380><c> forward</c><00:39:06.079><c> with</c>

00:39:06.340 --> 00:39:07.039
the<00:39:06.579><c> work.</c>

00:39:07.039 --> 00:39:16.300
And<00:39:07.579><c> in</c><00:39:07.739><c> verse</c><00:39:08.019><c> 22</c><00:39:08.920><c> of</c><00:39:09.960><c> chapter</c><00:39:10.280><c> 30</c><00:39:10.619><c> of</c><00:39:10.800><c> 2</c><00:39:10.980><c> Chronicles,</c><00:39:12.480><c> it</c><00:39:12.480><c> says,</c><00:39:12.900><c> Hezekiah</c><00:39:13.380><c> spoke</c><00:39:13.760><c> comfortably</c><00:39:14.860><c> unto</c><00:39:16.000><c> all</c>

00:39:16.300 --> 00:39:20.239
the<00:39:16.480><c> Levites</c><00:39:17.599><c> that</c><00:39:18.019><c> taught</c><00:39:18.559><c> the</c><00:39:18.840><c> good</c><00:39:19.179><c> knowledge</c><00:39:19.599><c> of</c><00:39:19.840><c> the</c><00:39:20.000><c> Lord.</c>

00:39:20.440 --> 00:39:25.860
That<00:39:20.579><c> was</c><00:39:20.800><c> Hezekiah's</c><00:39:21.519><c> priority.</c><00:39:22.840><c> Levites</c><00:39:23.300><c> don't</c><00:39:23.840><c> get</c><00:39:24.639><c> sidetracked</c><00:39:25.300><c> into</c>

00:39:25.860 --> 00:39:29.980
these<00:39:26.300><c> criticisms</c><00:39:26.960><c> and</c><00:39:28.280><c> controversies</c><00:39:29.199><c> which</c><00:39:29.360><c> are</c><00:39:29.539><c> going</c><00:39:29.760><c> on.</c>

00:39:30.159 --> 00:39:33.820
There<00:39:30.440><c> is</c><00:39:30.559><c> a</c><00:39:30.739><c> work</c><00:39:30.880><c> to</c><00:39:31.119><c> be</c><00:39:31.320><c> done.</c><00:39:31.940><c> And</c><00:39:32.139><c> let's</c><00:39:32.440><c> do</c><00:39:32.619><c> it</c><00:39:33.059><c> to</c><00:39:33.199><c> the</c><00:39:33.380><c> best</c><00:39:33.619><c> of</c>

00:39:33.820 --> 00:39:34.440
our<00:39:34.039><c> ability.</c>

00:39:34.440 --> 00:39:37.699
It's<00:39:35.159><c> the</c><00:39:35.320><c> work</c><00:39:35.559><c> of</c><00:39:35.880><c> teaching</c><00:39:36.199><c> the</c><00:39:36.519><c> good</c><00:39:36.900><c> knowledge</c><00:39:37.280><c> of</c><00:39:37.460><c> the</c><00:39:37.579><c> Lord.</c>

00:39:37.719 --> 00:39:39.539
Look,<00:39:37.900><c> we've</c><00:39:38.019><c> got</c><00:39:38.079><c> all</c><00:39:38.360><c> these</c><00:39:38.619><c> interested</c><00:39:39.000><c> people</c><00:39:39.340><c> who've</c>

00:39:39.539 --> 00:39:40.719
come<00:39:39.780><c> down.</c>

00:39:40.739 --> 00:39:45.780
There's<00:39:41.019><c> a</c><00:39:41.239><c> work</c><00:39:41.360><c> to</c><00:39:41.679><c> build</c><00:39:41.880><c> up</c><00:39:42.099><c> their</c><00:39:42.360><c> faith.</c><00:39:43.800><c> And</c><00:39:43.940><c> he</c><00:39:44.239><c> spoke</c><00:39:44.380><c> comfortably.</c>

00:39:45.980 --> 00:39:50.840
Hebrew,<00:39:46.619><c> he</c><00:39:47.019><c> spake</c><00:39:47.260><c> to</c><00:39:47.460><c> their</c><00:39:47.840><c> heart.</c><00:39:49.039><c> He</c><00:39:49.380><c> encouraged</c><00:39:49.880><c> them</c>

00:39:50.840 --> 00:39:55.679
positively<00:39:51.639><c> to</c><00:39:52.619><c> engage</c><00:39:53.139><c> in</c><00:39:53.340><c> the</c><00:39:53.559><c> work</c><00:39:53.739><c> of</c><00:39:53.920><c> the</c><00:39:54.139><c> truth</c><00:39:54.460><c> by</c><00:39:54.940><c> applying</c><00:39:55.400><c> that</c>

00:39:55.679 --> 00:39:59.880
word<00:39:55.920><c> of</c><00:39:56.199><c> God</c><00:39:56.360><c> and</c><00:39:56.760><c> sharing</c><00:39:57.059><c> it</c><00:39:57.559><c> with</c><00:39:57.920><c> their</c><00:39:58.219><c> brethren</c><00:39:58.559><c> and</c><00:39:58.880><c> sisters.</c>

00:40:00.699 --> 00:40:05.000
And<00:40:01.500><c> there</c><00:40:01.659><c> was</c><00:40:01.920><c> real</c><00:40:02.340><c> rejoicing</c><00:40:02.960><c> in</c><00:40:03.179><c> Jerusalem</c><00:40:03.599><c> at</c><00:40:03.860><c> that</c><00:40:04.099><c> time.</c>

00:40:05.059 --> 00:40:09.800
And<00:40:05.260><c> it</c><00:40:05.400><c> was</c><00:40:05.719><c> that</c><00:40:06.400><c> positive</c><00:40:07.019><c> attitude</c><00:40:07.619><c> which</c><00:40:08.340><c> had</c><00:40:08.599><c> more</c><00:40:09.039><c> effect</c><00:40:09.460><c> upon</c>

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those<00:40:10.159><c> priests</c><00:40:10.780><c> than</c><00:40:12.199><c> any</c><00:40:13.059><c> direct</c><00:40:14.119><c> rebuke</c><00:40:14.739><c> that</c><00:40:15.059><c> might</c><00:40:15.360><c> have</c>

00:40:15.539 --> 00:40:16.760
been<00:40:15.780><c> directed</c><00:40:16.079><c> at</c><00:40:16.360><c> them.</c>

00:40:16.760 --> 00:40:23.380
Because<00:40:17.699><c> verse</c><00:40:18.059><c> 24</c><00:40:18.699><c> says,</c><00:40:19.699><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:40:20.239><c> king</c><00:40:20.420><c> of</c><00:40:20.679><c> Judah,</c><00:40:21.480><c> did</c><00:40:21.760><c> give</c><00:40:22.059><c> to</c><00:40:22.260><c> the</c><00:40:22.460><c> congregation</c><00:40:23.079><c> a</c>

00:40:23.380 --> 00:40:26.800
thousand<00:40:23.800><c> bullocks,</c><00:40:25.119><c> seven</c><00:40:25.400><c> thousand</c><00:40:25.860><c> sheep.</c>

00:40:26.880 --> 00:40:32.300
And<00:40:27.059><c> the</c><00:40:27.300><c> princes</c><00:40:27.599><c> gave</c><00:40:28.039><c> to</c><00:40:28.239><c> the</c><00:40:28.420><c> congregation</c><00:40:29.000><c> a</c><00:40:29.239><c> thousand</c><00:40:29.679><c> bullocks</c><00:40:30.039><c> and</c><00:40:30.260><c> ten</c><00:40:30.599><c> thousand</c><00:40:31.019><c> sheep</c><00:40:31.440><c> and</c><00:40:31.940><c> a</c>

00:40:32.300 --> 00:40:35.000
great<00:40:32.659><c> number</c><00:40:33.079><c> of</c><00:40:33.360><c> priests</c><00:40:33.639><c> sanctified</c><00:40:34.340><c> themselves.</c>

00:40:35.420 --> 00:40:39.400
They<00:40:35.619><c> were</c><00:40:35.900><c> caught</c><00:40:36.159><c> up</c><00:40:36.420><c> eventually</c><00:40:36.880><c> by</c><00:40:37.199><c> the</c><00:40:37.440><c> wonderfully</c><00:40:37.840><c> positive</c><00:40:38.519><c> attitude</c><00:40:38.980><c> and</c>

00:40:39.400 --> 00:40:42.519
spirit<00:40:39.719><c> of</c><00:40:40.300><c> Hezekiah</c><00:40:40.900><c> and</c><00:40:41.119><c> his</c><00:40:41.320><c> Levites.</c>

00:40:43.480 --> 00:40:46.440
And<00:40:44.000><c> they</c><00:40:44.239><c> said</c><00:40:44.420><c> to</c><00:40:44.500><c> themselves,</c><00:40:44.980><c> look,</c><00:40:45.820><c> we've</c><00:40:46.139><c> got</c><00:40:46.159><c> to</c><00:40:46.320><c> do</c>

00:40:46.440 --> 00:40:47.980
something<00:40:46.760><c> about</c><00:40:47.039><c> this.</c>

00:40:48.139 --> 00:40:51.940
We're<00:40:48.579><c> ashamed.</c><00:40:49.900><c> We</c><00:40:50.099><c> should</c><00:40:50.300><c> be</c><00:40:50.579><c> there</c><00:40:50.920><c> at</c><00:40:51.199><c> the</c><00:40:51.440><c> forefront</c><00:40:51.699><c> of</c>

00:40:51.940 --> 00:40:53.239
this<00:40:52.179><c> work,</c><00:40:52.320><c> but</c><00:40:52.480><c> we</c><00:40:52.739><c> haven't</c><00:40:52.940><c> been.</c>

00:40:53.599 --> 00:40:56.699
We've<00:40:53.840><c> been</c><00:40:54.000><c> slow</c><00:40:54.420><c> to</c><00:40:54.780><c> wake</c><00:40:55.059><c> up</c><00:40:55.460><c> to</c><00:40:55.679><c> our</c><00:40:55.980><c> responsibilities.</c>

00:40:57.039 --> 00:40:58.719
We've<00:40:57.300><c> been</c><00:40:57.420><c> getting</c><00:40:57.659><c> on</c><00:40:57.860><c> with</c><00:40:58.039><c> our</c><00:40:58.239><c> own</c><00:40:58.480><c> lives.</c>

00:40:58.960 --> 00:41:01.719
We've<00:40:59.260><c> been</c><00:40:59.460><c> resentful</c><00:41:00.039><c> of</c><00:41:00.219><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:41:00.760><c> this</c><00:41:01.019><c> young</c><00:41:01.300><c> upstart</c>

00:41:01.719 --> 00:41:04.440
who's<00:41:01.960><c> come</c><00:41:02.159><c> along</c><00:41:02.420><c> and</c><00:41:02.820><c> he's</c><00:41:03.099><c> trying</c><00:41:03.280><c> to</c><00:41:03.559><c> shake</c><00:41:03.739><c> up</c><00:41:03.900><c> the</c><00:41:04.099><c> nation.</c>

00:41:04.699 --> 00:41:06.820
And<00:41:04.980><c> we</c><00:41:05.179><c> should</c><00:41:05.340><c> have</c><00:41:05.440><c> been</c><00:41:05.599><c> with</c><00:41:05.860><c> him.</c><00:41:06.019><c> We</c><00:41:06.159><c> should</c><00:41:06.340><c> have</c><00:41:06.500><c> been</c>

00:41:06.820 --> 00:41:07.880
there<00:41:07.239><c> with</c><00:41:07.500><c> him.</c>

00:41:07.880 --> 00:41:11.300
And<00:41:08.980><c> look</c><00:41:09.139><c> what</c><00:41:09.219><c> he's</c><00:41:09.500><c> doing</c><00:41:09.719><c> now.</c><00:41:10.079><c> Come</c><00:41:10.300><c> on,</c><00:41:10.440><c> let's</c><00:41:10.739><c> join</c><00:41:11.059><c> in</c>

00:41:11.300 --> 00:41:12.219
before<00:41:11.539><c> it's</c><00:41:11.699><c> too</c><00:41:11.980><c> late.</c>

00:41:12.500 --> 00:41:18.119
And<00:41:12.619><c> that</c><00:41:12.960><c> spirit</c><00:41:13.260><c> of</c><00:41:13.960><c> positive</c><00:41:14.519><c> cooperation,</c><00:41:15.780><c> of</c><00:41:16.019><c> emphasizing</c><00:41:16.699><c> that</c><00:41:17.559><c> which</c><00:41:17.780><c> was</c>

00:41:18.119 --> 00:41:20.719
good,<00:41:18.460><c> of</c><00:41:18.619><c> speaking</c><00:41:18.960><c> to</c><00:41:19.179><c> the</c><00:41:19.480><c> heart,</c>

00:41:21.519 --> 00:41:24.940
drew<00:41:21.659><c> out</c><00:41:22.000><c> the</c><00:41:22.239><c> reluctance</c><00:41:22.800><c> from</c><00:41:23.139><c> these</c><00:41:23.940><c> priests</c><00:41:24.360><c> and</c><00:41:24.559><c> they</c>

00:41:24.940 --> 00:41:27.980
sanctified<00:41:25.679><c> themselves</c><00:41:26.380><c> and</c><00:41:27.019><c> joined</c><00:41:27.280><c> in</c><00:41:27.500><c> the</c><00:41:27.679><c> work.</c>

00:41:27.980 --> 00:41:33.440
And<00:41:28.380><c> so</c><00:41:28.619><c> there's</c><00:41:29.019><c> a</c><00:41:29.179><c> tremendous</c><00:41:30.539><c> rejoinder</c><00:41:32.380><c> in</c><00:41:32.599><c> verse</c><00:41:32.860><c> 25.</c>

00:41:33.619 --> 00:41:36.860
And<00:41:33.619><c> it</c><00:41:33.639><c> says,</c><00:41:34.159><c> and</c><00:41:34.159><c> all</c><00:41:34.619><c> the</c><00:41:34.920><c> congregation</c><00:41:35.480><c> of</c><00:41:35.800><c> Judah</c><00:41:36.119><c> with</c>

00:41:36.860 --> 00:41:39.000
the<00:41:37.239><c> priests</c><00:41:37.639><c> and</c><00:41:38.219><c> the</c><00:41:38.440><c> Levites</c>

00:41:39.000 --> 00:41:42.099
and<00:41:39.239><c> all</c><00:41:39.659><c> the</c><00:41:39.920><c> congregation</c><00:41:40.460><c> that</c><00:41:40.699><c> came</c><00:41:40.900><c> out</c><00:41:41.159><c> of</c><00:41:41.300><c> Israel</c><00:41:41.619><c> and</c>

00:41:42.099 --> 00:41:44.099
the<00:41:42.420><c> strangers</c><00:41:42.719><c> that</c><00:41:42.960><c> came</c><00:41:43.139><c> out</c><00:41:43.320><c> of</c><00:41:43.400><c> the</c><00:41:43.500><c> land</c><00:41:43.659><c> of</c><00:41:43.860><c> Israel</c>

00:41:44.099 --> 00:41:51.159
and<00:41:44.420><c> that</c><00:41:44.679><c> dwelt</c><00:41:44.900><c> in</c><00:41:45.219><c> Jerusalem</c><00:41:45.880><c> rejoiced.</c><00:41:48.440><c> So</c><00:41:48.880><c> there</c><00:41:49.179><c> was</c><00:41:49.480><c> great</c><00:41:49.960><c> joy</c><00:41:50.340><c> in</c><00:41:50.639><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:41:51.159 --> 00:41:54.659
For<00:41:51.659><c> since</c><00:41:52.000><c> the</c><00:41:52.179><c> time</c><00:41:52.460><c> of</c><00:41:52.760><c> Solomon,</c><00:41:53.579><c> the</c><00:41:53.679><c> son</c><00:41:53.860><c> of</c><00:41:54.019><c> David,</c><00:41:54.480><c> king</c>

00:41:54.659 --> 00:41:58.820
of<00:41:54.860><c> Israel,</c><00:41:55.559><c> there</c><00:41:55.659><c> was</c><00:41:56.000><c> not</c><00:41:56.320><c> the</c><00:41:56.619><c> like</c><00:41:57.019><c> in</c><00:41:57.639><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:03.960
Then<00:42:00.320><c> the</c><00:42:00.639><c> priests,</c><00:42:01.480><c> the</c><00:42:01.679><c> Levites</c><00:42:02.159><c> arose</c><00:42:02.699><c> and</c><00:42:03.280><c> blessed</c><00:42:03.699><c> the</c>

00:42:03.960 --> 00:42:08.800
people<00:42:04.420><c> and</c><00:42:05.659><c> their</c><00:42:06.079><c> voice</c><00:42:06.739><c> was</c><00:42:07.719><c> heard.</c>

00:42:09.179 --> 00:42:13.460
And<00:42:09.500><c> their</c><00:42:09.719><c> prayer</c><00:42:10.079><c> came</c><00:42:10.460><c> up</c><00:42:10.980><c> to</c><00:42:11.380><c> his</c><00:42:11.699><c> holy</c><00:42:12.139><c> dwelling</c><00:42:12.500><c> place,</c>

00:42:13.780 --> 00:42:16.340
even<00:42:14.380><c> unto</c><00:42:15.300><c> heaven.</c>

00:42:16.820 --> 00:42:19.360
And<00:42:17.179><c> that's</c><00:42:17.519><c> a</c><00:42:17.699><c> triumphant</c><00:42:18.239><c> statement.</c>

00:42:20.039 --> 00:42:23.900
That<00:42:20.599><c> we</c><00:42:21.280><c> started</c><00:42:21.579><c> off</c><00:42:21.900><c> in</c><00:42:22.360><c> chapter</c><00:42:22.619><c> 29</c><00:42:23.199><c> with</c><00:42:23.380><c> these</c><00:42:23.699><c> priests</c>

00:42:23.900 --> 00:42:26.039
and<00:42:24.119><c> Levites</c><00:42:24.480><c> without</c><00:42:24.780><c> a</c><00:42:25.059><c> job,</c>

00:42:26.980 --> 00:42:33.780
sitting<00:42:27.280><c> around,</c><00:42:28.760><c> twiddling</c><00:42:29.119><c> their</c><00:42:29.420><c> thumbs,</c><00:42:32.099><c> doing</c><00:42:32.300><c> nothing</c><00:42:32.679><c> useful.</c>

00:42:35.059 --> 00:42:38.159
Their<00:42:35.340><c> priestly</c><00:42:35.699><c> responsibilities</c><00:42:36.679><c> laid</c><00:42:37.159><c> aside</c><00:42:37.639><c> because</c><00:42:37.960><c> of</c>

00:42:38.159 --> 00:42:40.639
what<00:42:39.079><c> Ahaz</c><00:42:39.500><c> had</c><00:42:39.739><c> done.</c>

00:42:40.960 --> 00:42:43.639
The<00:42:41.199><c> Levites</c><00:42:41.639><c> probably</c><00:42:42.119><c> working</c><00:42:42.460><c> in</c><00:42:42.659><c> the</c><00:42:42.860><c> fields</c><00:42:43.079><c> getting</c><00:42:43.400><c> on</c>

00:42:43.639 --> 00:42:44.760
with<00:42:43.820><c> their</c><00:42:44.039><c> own</c><00:42:44.280><c> lives.</c>

00:42:44.760 --> 00:42:51.400
And<00:42:45.519><c> then</c><00:42:45.780><c> along</c><00:42:46.039><c> comes</c><00:42:46.360><c> Hezekiah</c><00:42:46.880><c> and</c><00:42:47.019><c> says,</c><00:42:48.559><c> My</c><00:42:48.820><c> sons,</c><00:42:51.219><c> be</c>

00:42:51.400 --> 00:42:52.960
not<00:42:51.659><c> deceived.</c>

00:42:53.500 --> 00:42:59.679
The<00:42:53.699><c> Lord</c><00:42:53.960><c> hath</c><00:42:54.239><c> chosen</c><00:42:54.940><c> you</c><00:42:55.639><c> to</c><00:42:55.980><c> stand</c><00:42:56.400><c> before</c><00:42:56.920><c> him,</c><00:42:57.360><c> to</c><00:42:57.639><c> serve,</c><00:42:59.559><c> that</c>

00:42:59.679 --> 00:43:02.199
he<00:42:59.880><c> should</c><00:43:00.179><c> minister</c><00:43:00.699><c> unto</c><00:43:01.019><c> him.</c>

00:43:02.699 --> 00:43:11.719
And<00:43:03.219><c> one</c><00:43:03.460><c> by</c><00:43:03.820><c> one</c><00:43:04.380><c> they</c><00:43:05.039><c> stood</c><00:43:05.340><c> up,</c><00:43:07.300><c> shook</c><00:43:07.420><c> the</c><00:43:07.719><c> dust</c><00:43:08.019><c> off,</c><00:43:09.920><c> washed</c><00:43:10.380><c> and</c>

00:43:11.719 --> 00:43:13.440
got<00:43:11.900><c> on</c><00:43:12.079><c> with</c><00:43:12.280><c> the</c><00:43:12.420><c> job.</c>

00:43:14.019 --> 00:43:19.219
And<00:43:14.659><c> slowly</c><00:43:15.199><c> but</c><00:43:15.619><c> surely</c><00:43:16.219><c> the</c><00:43:17.460><c> priests</c><00:43:17.800><c> joined</c><00:43:18.219><c> them.</c>

00:43:19.739 --> 00:43:24.980
And<00:43:19.940><c> through</c><00:43:20.039><c> that</c><00:43:20.340><c> positive</c><00:43:20.920><c> example</c><00:43:21.679><c> of</c><00:43:22.360><c> the</c><00:43:22.599><c> king,</c><00:43:23.619><c> who</c><00:43:23.820><c> got</c><00:43:24.119><c> them</c><00:43:24.559><c> to</c>

00:43:24.980 --> 00:43:28.059
record<00:43:25.739><c> and</c><00:43:26.119><c> to</c><00:43:26.500><c> thank</c><00:43:26.820><c> and</c><00:43:27.159><c> to</c><00:43:27.559><c> praise</c>

00:43:28.059 --> 00:43:33.000
and<00:43:28.920><c> to</c><00:43:29.239><c> focus</c><00:43:29.679><c> upon</c><00:43:30.139><c> a</c><00:43:30.519><c> burnt</c><00:43:30.739><c> offering,</c><00:43:31.559><c> to</c><00:43:31.780><c> take</c><00:43:32.059><c> their</c><00:43:32.320><c> lead</c><00:43:32.559><c> when</c><00:43:32.739><c> it</c>

00:43:33.000 --> 00:43:34.079
began,<00:43:33.360><c> they'd</c><00:43:33.780><c> begin.</c>

00:43:34.300 --> 00:43:36.800
And<00:43:34.559><c> when</c><00:43:34.659><c> it</c><00:43:34.800><c> finished,</c><00:43:35.500><c> they'd</c><00:43:35.980><c> finish.</c><00:43:36.139><c> And</c><00:43:36.260><c> they'd</c><00:43:36.500><c> only</c>

00:43:36.800 --> 00:43:38.119
finish<00:43:37.059><c> when</c><00:43:37.219><c> it</c><00:43:37.400><c> had</c><00:43:37.659><c> finished.</c>

00:43:38.119 --> 00:43:42.099
To<00:43:38.559><c> focus</c><00:43:39.000><c> on</c><00:43:39.280><c> the</c><00:43:39.579><c> beginner</c><00:43:39.880><c> and</c><00:43:40.280><c> finisher</c><00:43:40.559><c> of</c><00:43:40.800><c> their</c><00:43:41.079><c> faith,</c>

00:43:43.300 --> 00:43:44.820
they<00:43:43.480><c> took</c><00:43:43.659><c> up</c><00:43:43.900><c> the</c><00:43:44.139><c> challenge</c>

00:43:44.820 --> 00:43:49.300
to<00:43:45.519><c> emulate</c><00:43:45.880><c> the</c><00:43:46.280><c> spirit</c><00:43:46.840><c> of</c><00:43:47.539><c> the</c><00:43:47.719><c> one</c><00:43:47.880><c> who</c><00:43:48.019><c> had</c><00:43:48.300><c> called</c><00:43:48.539><c> them</c>

00:43:49.300 --> 00:43:54.219
and<00:43:49.980><c> did</c><00:43:50.320><c> help</c><00:43:51.119><c> till</c><00:43:51.840><c> the</c><00:43:52.139><c> work</c><00:43:52.539><c> was</c><00:43:53.159><c> finished.</c>

00:43:55.539 --> 00:44:00.940
And<00:43:55.880><c> so</c><00:43:56.199><c> all</c><00:43:56.780><c> the</c><00:43:57.059><c> congregation,</c><00:43:58.659><c> with</c><00:43:58.960><c> the</c><00:43:59.300><c> priests</c><00:43:59.800><c> and</c><00:44:00.739><c> the</c>

00:44:00.940 --> 00:44:04.980
Levites,<00:44:02.119><c> Jews</c><00:44:02.539><c> and</c><00:44:03.300><c> Gentiles,</c>

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rejoiced<00:44:06.019><c> together,</c><00:44:07.739><c> a</c><00:44:07.960><c> picture</c><00:44:08.179><c> of</c><00:44:08.360><c> the</c><00:44:08.519><c> kingdom.</c><00:44:09.840><c> There</c><00:44:10.119><c> was</c><00:44:10.619><c> great</c><00:44:11.139><c> joy</c><00:44:11.460><c> in</c><00:44:11.699><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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There<00:44:13.860><c> had</c><00:44:14.119><c> never</c><00:44:14.420><c> been</c><00:44:14.699><c> the</c><00:44:14.940><c> like</c><00:44:15.559><c> seen</c><00:44:16.099><c> before.</c>

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And<00:44:18.460><c> the</c><00:44:18.659><c> priests</c><00:44:18.920><c> and</c><00:44:19.159><c> Levites,</c><00:44:19.719><c> who</c><00:44:19.880><c> at</c><00:44:20.179><c> once,</c><00:44:21.099><c> one</c><00:44:21.460><c> time,</c>

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had<00:44:22.639><c> been</c><00:44:23.019><c> redundant,</c>

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now<00:44:25.119><c> were</c><00:44:25.360><c> in</c><00:44:25.739><c> full</c><00:44:26.079><c> voice</c><00:44:26.699><c> and</c><00:44:28.519><c> their</c><00:44:28.840><c> voice</c><00:44:29.139><c> was</c><00:44:29.519><c> heard.</c>

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And<00:44:31.340><c> their</c><00:44:31.679><c> prayer</c><00:44:31.980><c> came</c><00:44:32.320><c> up</c><00:44:33.159><c> to</c><00:44:34.239><c> his</c><00:44:35.440><c> dwelling</c><00:44:36.000><c> place.</c>

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They<00:44:38.280><c> were</c><00:44:38.659><c> accepted</c><00:44:39.659><c> by</c><00:44:42.000><c> God</c><00:44:42.679><c> through</c><00:44:44.400><c> the</c><00:44:44.639><c> work</c><00:44:44.880><c> of</c><00:44:45.119><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:44:47.539><c> who</c><00:44:47.739><c> prayed</c><00:44:48.039><c> for</c><00:44:48.380><c> them.</c>

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The<00:44:50.119><c> good</c><00:44:50.420><c> Lord</c><00:44:50.800><c> pardoned</c><00:44:52.639><c> everyone</c><00:44:53.019><c> that</c><00:44:53.519><c> prepareth</c><00:44:54.139><c> his</c><00:44:54.460><c> heart</c><00:44:54.900><c> to</c>

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seek<00:44:56.219><c> God.</c>

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May<00:44:58.340><c> it</c><00:44:58.519><c> be</c><00:44:58.900><c> through</c><00:44:59.119><c> the</c><00:44:59.300><c> course</c><00:44:59.519><c> of</c><00:44:59.760><c> our</c><00:44:59.920><c> Bible</c><00:45:00.239><c> school,</c><00:45:01.320><c> my</c>

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dear<00:45:01.719><c> brethren</c><00:45:02.079><c> and</c><00:45:02.380><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:45:03.760><c> we</c><00:45:03.920><c> have</c><00:45:04.039><c> been</c><00:45:04.260><c> encouraged</c><00:45:04.800><c> to</c><00:45:05.039><c> do</c><00:45:05.199><c> just</c><00:45:05.559><c> that,</c><00:45:06.679><c> to</c><00:45:06.980><c> prepare</c><00:45:07.380><c> our</c>

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hearts,<00:45:09.239><c> to</c><00:45:09.440><c> seek</c><00:45:09.739><c> our</c><00:45:10.039><c> God,</c>

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to<00:45:11.519><c> take</c><00:45:11.760><c> up</c><00:45:11.940><c> our</c><00:45:12.280><c> responsibilities</c><00:45:13.179><c> as</c><00:45:13.940><c> sons</c><00:45:14.280><c> and</c><00:45:14.559><c> daughters,</c><00:45:16.219><c> to</c><00:45:16.420><c> stand,</c>

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to<00:45:18.059><c> serve</c><00:45:18.719><c> and</c><00:45:19.539><c> to</c><00:45:19.820><c> minister.</c>

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And<00:45:21.980><c> the</c><00:45:22.139><c> Lord</c><00:45:22.440><c> hearkened</c><00:45:23.420><c> to</c><00:45:23.820><c> Hezekiah</c><00:45:24.760><c> and</c><00:45:25.880><c> healed</c><00:45:26.559><c> the</c><00:45:27.159><c> people.</c>