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there.</c> 00:12:25.220 --> 00:12:27.860 So<00:12:25.299><c> brethren</c><00:12:25.500><c> and</c><00:12:25.659><c> sisters,</c><00:12:26.039><c> it's</c><00:12:26.379><c> a</c><00:12:26.500><c> very</c><00:12:26.919><c> important</c><00:12:27.460><c> place</c> 00:12:27.860 --> 00:12:29.580 in<00:12:28.340><c> the</c><00:12:28.519><c> life</c><00:12:28.799><c> of</c><00:12:29.019><c> Jesus.</c> 00:12:29.580 --> 00:12:34.019 And<00:12:30.460><c> as</c><00:12:30.679><c> soon</c><00:12:30.860><c> as</c><00:12:31.039><c> he</c><00:12:31.120><c> was</c><00:12:31.879><c> baptized,</c><00:12:33.299><c> what</c><00:12:33.500><c> happened?</c> 00:12:34.399 --> 00:12:37.379 He<00:12:34.600><c> was</c><00:12:35.159><c> tempted</c><00:12:35.659><c> in</c><00:12:36.259><c> the</c><00:12:36.419><c> wilderness.</c> 00:12:37.460 --> 00:12:40.399 So<00:12:37.620><c> when</c><00:12:37.759><c> he</c><00:12:37.860><c> was</c><00:12:38.039><c> baptized</c><00:12:38.519><c> here,</c><00:12:38.860><c> he</c><00:12:39.000><c> crossed</c><00:12:39.240><c> the</c><00:12:39.360><c> river</c><00:12:39.539><c> Jordan</c><00:12:39.940><c> because</c><00:12:40.200><c> he</c> 00:12:40.399 --> 00:12:41.580 was<00:12:40.419><c> baptized</c><00:12:40.600><c> on</c><00:12:40.799><c> the</c><00:12:40.940><c> other</c><00:12:41.200><c> side.</c> 00:12:41.840 --> 00:12:46.960 And<00:12:42.039><c> then</c><00:12:42.179><c> he</c><00:12:42.340><c> went</c><00:12:42.860><c> to</c><00:12:44.840><c> the</c><00:12:45.039><c> wilderness</c><00:12:45.480><c> just</c><00:12:46.299><c> near</c><00:12:46.500><c> Jericho</c> 00:12:46.960 --> 00:12:47.779 to<00:12:47.220><c> be</c><00:12:47.539><c> tempted.</c> 00:12:47.820 --> 00:12:53.179 Let's<00:12:48.000><c> go</c><00:12:48.179><c> to</c><00:12:48.360><c> Matthew</c><00:12:48.580><c> chapter</c><00:12:48.940><c> 4</c><00:12:49.500><c> and</c><00:12:49.840><c> see</c><00:12:50.019><c> the</c><00:12:50.419><c> associations</c><00:12:51.120><c> which</c><00:12:51.500><c> Jesus</c><00:12:51.919><c> makes.</c> 00:12:56.320 --> 00:13:03.299 In<00:12:56.799><c> Matthew</c><00:12:57.200><c> chapter</c><00:12:57.580><c> 4,</c><00:13:01.019><c> he</c><00:13:01.059><c> was</c><00:13:01.340><c> just</c><00:13:01.639><c> baptized</c><00:13:02.080><c> in</c><00:13:02.419><c> Beit</c><00:13:02.559><c> Abara.</c> 00:13:06.120 --> 00:13:09.039 And<00:13:06.220><c> then</c><00:13:06.360><c> was</c><00:13:06.539><c> Jesus</c><00:13:07.019><c> led</c><00:13:07.259><c> up</c><00:13:07.460><c> of</c><00:13:07.620><c> the</c><00:13:07.840><c> Spirit</c><00:13:08.039><c> into</c><00:13:08.320><c> the</c><00:13:08.539><c> wilderness</c><00:13:08.779><c> to</c> 00:13:09.039 --> 00:13:10.759 be<00:13:09.259><c> tempted</c><00:13:09.600><c> of</c><00:13:09.799><c> the</c><00:13:10.000><c> devil.</c> 00:13:10.879 --> 00:13:13.019 And<00:13:11.039><c> when</c><00:13:11.159><c> he</c><00:13:11.279><c> had</c><00:13:11.519><c> fasted</c><00:13:11.820><c> forty</c><00:13:12.120><c> days</c><00:13:12.379><c> and</c><00:13:12.559><c> forty</c><00:13:12.799><c> nights,</c> 00:13:13.039 --> 00:13:14.299 he<00:13:13.200><c> was</c><00:13:13.460><c> asked</c><00:13:13.679><c> which</c><00:13:13.879><c> of</c><00:13:14.059><c> hunger.</c> 00:13:14.639 --> 00:13:17.379 And<00:13:15.080><c> when</c><00:13:15.340><c> the</c><00:13:15.519><c> tempter</c><00:13:15.740><c> came</c><00:13:16.000><c> to</c><00:13:16.179><c> me,</c><00:13:16.299><c> he</c><00:13:16.379><c> said,</c><00:13:16.779><c> If</c><00:13:17.019><c> thou</c><00:13:17.220><c> be</c> 00:13:17.379 --> 00:13:20.960 the<00:13:17.539><c> son</c><00:13:17.659><c> of</c><00:13:17.840><c> God,</c><00:13:18.279><c> command</c><00:13:18.519><c> that</c><00:13:18.960><c> these</c><00:13:19.500><c> stones</c><00:13:20.080><c> be</c><00:13:20.340><c> made</c><00:13:20.620><c> bread.</c> 00:13:20.960 --> 00:13:24.879 But<00:13:21.840><c> he</c><00:13:22.100><c> answered</c><00:13:22.440><c> and</c><00:13:22.700><c> said,</c><00:13:23.039><c> It</c><00:13:23.039><c> is</c><00:13:23.240><c> written,</c><00:13:23.679><c> Man</c><00:13:23.860><c> shall</c><00:13:24.259><c> not</c><00:13:24.460><c> live</c><00:13:24.620><c> by</c> 00:13:24.879 --> 00:13:28.539 bread<00:13:25.039><c> alone,</c><00:13:25.399><c> but</c><00:13:25.740><c> by</c><00:13:26.059><c> every</c><00:13:26.500><c> word</c><00:13:26.700><c> that</c><00:13:26.960><c> proceedeth</c><00:13:27.899><c> out</c><00:13:28.360><c> of</c> 00:13:28.539 --> 00:13:30.159 the<00:13:28.659><c> mouth</c><00:13:28.960><c> of</c><00:13:29.279><c> God.</c> 00:13:30.759 --> 00:13:35.960 Why<00:13:31.039><c> did</c><00:13:31.220><c> Jesus</c><00:13:31.440><c> say</c><00:13:31.860><c> of</c><00:13:32.899><c> these</c><00:13:33.679><c> stones</c><00:13:34.360><c> Jesus</c><00:13:35.000><c> can</c><00:13:35.299><c> make</c><00:13:35.580><c> bread?</c> 00:13:36.460 --> 00:13:40.820 And<00:13:36.639><c> why</c><00:13:37.000><c> does</c><00:13:37.200><c> he</c><00:13:37.440><c> quote</c><00:13:37.879><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:13:38.700><c> in</c><00:13:38.940><c> this</c><00:13:39.159><c> particular</c><00:13:39.799><c> place?</c> 00:13:41.840 --> 00:13:44.480 Let's<00:13:41.940><c> go</c><00:13:42.100><c> to</c><00:13:42.259><c> Joshua</c><00:13:42.700><c> chapter</c><00:13:43.100><c> 4.</c> 00:13:44.480 --> 00:13:49.159 Then<00:13:45.460><c> we</c><00:13:45.559><c> see</c><00:13:45.639><c> the</c><00:13:45.980><c> same</c><00:13:46.379><c> phrase</c><00:13:46.799><c> being</c><00:13:47.220><c> used</c><00:13:47.580><c> there,</c><00:13:48.879><c> which</c> 00:13:49.159 --> 00:13:52.139 tells<00:13:49.379><c> us</c><00:13:49.539><c> they</c><00:13:49.659><c> are</c><00:13:49.759><c> not</c><00:13:49.879><c> just</c><00:13:50.200><c> ordinary</c><00:13:50.820><c> stones.</c> 00:13:55.879 --> 00:14:01.240 In<00:13:55.960><c> Joshua</c><00:13:56.299><c> chapter</c><00:13:56.679><c> 4,</c><00:13:59.139><c> after</c><00:13:59.440><c> the</c><00:13:59.659><c> children</c><00:13:59.860><c> of</c><00:13:59.940><c> Israel</c><00:14:00.539><c> had</c> 00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:03.639 crossed<00:14:01.879><c> the</c><00:14:02.259><c> river</c><00:14:02.539><c> Jordan,</c> 00:14:04.159 --> 00:14:08.659 and<00:14:04.299><c> then</c><00:14:04.600><c> Joshua</c><00:14:05.399><c> commanded</c><00:14:06.340><c> them,</c><00:14:07.720><c> in</c><00:14:07.879><c> verse</c><00:14:08.059><c> 7</c><00:14:08.320><c> he</c><00:14:08.440><c> says,</c> 00:14:08.799 --> 00:14:11.480 When<00:14:08.980><c> the</c><00:14:09.200><c> waters</c><00:14:09.480><c> of</c><00:14:09.700><c> the</c><00:14:09.940><c> Jordan</c><00:14:10.139><c> were</c><00:14:10.460><c> cut</c><00:14:10.700><c> off</c><00:14:10.860><c> before</c><00:14:11.159><c> the</c> 00:14:11.480 --> 00:14:12.820 arc<00:14:11.639><c> of</c><00:14:11.840><c> the</c><00:14:12.000><c> current</c><00:14:12.200><c> of</c><00:14:12.480><c> Yahweh,</c> 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you,</c><00:14:49.360><c> and</c><00:14:49.480><c> leave</c><00:14:49.700><c> them</c><00:14:49.899><c> in</c><00:14:50.100><c> the</c> 00:14:50.340 --> 00:14:52.860 lodging<00:14:50.659><c> place</c><00:14:51.179><c> where</c><00:14:51.500><c> ye</c><00:14:51.620><c> shall</c><00:14:51.840><c> lodge</c><00:14:52.139><c> this</c><00:14:52.460><c> night.</c> 00:14:53.159 --> 00:14:54.620 And<00:14:53.379><c> so</c><00:14:53.539><c> they</c><00:14:53.740><c> did.</c> 00:14:55.460 --> 00:14:59.799 And<00:14:55.840><c> as</c><00:14:56.340><c> it</c><00:14:56.580><c> says</c><00:14:56.740><c> in</c><00:14:57.019><c> verse</c><00:14:57.220><c> 7,</c><00:14:58.200><c> these</c><00:14:58.500><c> stones</c><00:14:59.179><c> shall</c><00:14:59.440><c> be</c><00:14:59.639><c> for</c> 00:14:59.799 --> 00:15:02.679 a<00:14:59.960><c> memorial</c><00:15:00.340><c> unto</c><00:15:00.639><c> the</c><00:15:00.779><c> children</c><00:15:00.980><c> of</c><00:15:01.059><c> Israel</c><00:15:01.480><c> 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she</c><00:15:37.539><c> quote</c><00:15:37.879><c> Deuteronomy,</c><00:15:38.700><c> brothers</c><00:15:38.820><c> and</c><00:15:39.039><c> sisters?</c> 00:15:40.179 --> 00:15:44.159 Of<00:15:40.440><c> course</c><00:15:40.580><c> you</c><00:15:40.700><c> can</c><00:15:41.299><c> quote</c><00:15:41.799><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:15:42.480><c> at</c><00:15:42.960><c> any</c><00:15:43.259><c> time,</c> 00:15:44.279 --> 00:15:46.919 but<00:15:44.480><c> the</c><00:15:44.679><c> book</c><00:15:44.879><c> of</c><00:15:45.139><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:15:45.620><c> was</c><00:15:45.840><c> written</c><00:15:46.080><c> exactly</c><00:15:46.679><c> at</c> 00:15:46.919 --> 00:15:48.220 the<00:15:47.039><c> same</c><00:15:47.279><c> spot.</c> 00:15:49.500 --> 00:15:54.480 Where<00:15:49.759><c> did</c><00:15:50.000><c> Moses</c><00:15:50.580><c> write</c><00:15:51.860><c> the</c><00:15:53.019><c> book</c><00:15:53.320><c> of</c><00:15:53.559><c> Deuteronomy?</c><00:15:54.200><c> 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verse</c><00:19:53.480><c> 40</c><00:19:53.980><c> he</c><00:19:54.539><c> went</c><00:19:55.160><c> beyond</c><00:19:56.240><c> Jordan.</c> 00:19:57.960 --> 00:20:01.660 So<00:19:58.160><c> he</c><00:19:58.299><c> crossed</c><00:19:58.559><c> it</c><00:19:58.779><c> back</c><00:19:58.880><c> to</c><00:19:59.119><c> Barah,</c><00:20:00.000><c> and</c><00:20:00.500><c> he</c><00:20:00.819><c> stayed</c><00:20:01.099><c> there</c> 00:20:01.660 --> 00:20:02.819 beyond<00:20:02.119><c> Jordan.</c> 00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:07.200 Why<00:20:03.400><c> would</c><00:20:03.599><c> he</c><00:20:03.799><c> stay</c><00:20:03.980><c> there?</c><00:20:04.900><c> What</c><00:20:05.240><c> was</c><00:20:05.680><c> there</c><00:20:05.980><c> beyond</c><00:20:06.539><c> Jordan?</c> 00:20:07.200 --> 00:20:15.180 Now<00:20:07.920><c> look</c><00:20:09.319><c> at</c><00:20:09.460><c> this</c><00:20:09.640><c> map,</c><00:20:10.059><c> brothers</c><00:20:10.059><c> and</c><00:20:10.259><c> sisters,</c><00:20:10.539><c> we've</c><00:20:10.940><c> just</c><00:20:10.940><c> been</c><00:20:11.140><c> reading</c><00:20:11.920><c> Joshua</c><00:20:12.400><c> chapter</c><00:20:12.819><c> 3.</c> 00:20:15.420 --> 00:20:17.079 Well<00:20:15.539><c> here</c><00:20:15.660><c> we've</c><00:20:15.819><c> got</c><00:20:15.920><c> the</c><00:20:16.059><c> end</c><00:20:16.279><c> of</c><00:20:16.460><c> the</c><00:20:16.579><c> Dead</c><00:20:16.859><c> Sea.</c> 00:20:17.539 --> 00:20:21.660 Here's<00:20:17.779><c> the</c><00:20:17.880><c> river</c><00:20:18.099><c> Jordan</c><00:20:18.660><c> coming</c><00:20:19.480><c> down</c><00:20:20.720><c> and</c><00:20:21.220><c> flowing</c><00:20:21.400><c> into</c> 00:20:21.660 --> 00:20:23.079 the<00:20:21.859><c> Dead</c><00:20:22.119><c> Sea.</c> 00:20:23.200 --> 00:20:26.680 That's<00:20:23.400><c> where</c><00:20:23.559><c> we</c><00:20:23.900><c> all</c><00:20:24.400><c> end</c><00:20:24.720><c> up,</c><00:20:25.240><c> 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flowing.</c> 00:22:11.140 --> 00:22:13.440 All<00:22:11.559><c> the</c><00:22:11.680><c> way</c><00:22:11.859><c> back</c><00:22:12.140><c> from</c><00:22:12.579><c> Adam.</c> 00:22:14.160 --> 00:22:18.440 Now<00:22:14.500><c> Adam,</c><00:22:16.380><c> let</c><00:22:16.680><c> me</c><00:22:16.759><c> just</c><00:22:16.900><c> go</c><00:22:17.099><c> back</c><00:22:17.319><c> to</c><00:22:17.539><c> this</c><00:22:18.099><c> place.</c> 00:22:18.900 --> 00:22:24.299 Adam<00:22:19.160><c> is</c><00:22:19.380><c> located</c><00:22:19.940><c> some</c><00:22:20.299><c> 25</c><00:22:20.920><c> kilometers</c><00:22:21.980><c> further</c><00:22:23.059><c> up</c><00:22:23.700><c> the</c><00:22:23.980><c> river.</c> 00:22:24.299 --> 00:22:28.700 So<00:22:25.019><c> the</c><00:22:25.299><c> waters</c><00:22:25.720><c> stopped</c><00:22:26.299><c> here,</c><00:22:27.779><c> and</c><00:22:27.859><c> they</c><00:22:27.960><c> didn't</c><00:22:28.259><c> flow</c><00:22:28.440><c> back.</c> 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flows</c><00:22:39.220><c> away.</c> 00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:47.440 But<00:22:42.119><c> you</c><00:22:42.240><c> know</c><00:22:42.339><c> that</c><00:22:42.480><c> the</c><00:22:42.680><c> last</c><00:22:42.940><c> time</c><00:22:43.640><c> that</c><00:22:44.319><c> the</c><00:22:44.480><c> waters</c><00:22:44.700><c> of</c><00:22:44.880><c> the</c><00:22:45.039><c> Jordan</c><00:22:45.200><c> were</c><00:22:45.359><c> cut</c><00:22:45.599><c> off</c><00:22:45.700><c> was</c><00:22:45.880><c> in</c><00:22:46.099><c> 1927?</c> 00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:51.019 For<00:22:48.440><c> 12</c><00:22:48.839><c> hours</c><00:22:49.140><c> there</c><00:22:49.299><c> was</c><00:22:49.460><c> no</c><00:22:49.720><c> water</c><00:22:50.059><c> flowing</c><00:22:50.400><c> at</c><00:22:50.720><c> all.</c> 00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:54.319 The<00:22:51.759><c> records</c><00:22:52.079><c> going</c><00:22:52.339><c> back</c><00:22:52.660><c> to</c><00:22:52.859><c> the</c><00:22:53.019><c> time</c><00:22:53.180><c> of</c><00:22:53.359><c> the</c><00:22:53.559><c> Crusaders</c> 00:22:54.319 --> 00:22:57.880 that<00:22:55.160><c> the</c><00:22:56.339><c> walls</c><00:22:56.500><c> of</c><00:22:56.700><c> the</c><00:22:56.819><c> Jordan</c><00:22:56.900><c> were</c><00:22:57.140><c> cut</c><00:22:57.400><c> off</c> 00:22:57.880 --> 00:23:00.680 in<00:22:58.839><c> between</c><00:22:59.059><c> 10</c><00:22:59.400><c> and</c><00:22:59.599><c> 16</c><00:23:00.119><c> hours.</c> 00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:04.359 That<00:23:01.119><c> would</c><00:23:01.299><c> have</c><00:23:01.440><c> been</c><00:23:01.599><c> just</c><00:23:01.900><c> enough</c><00:23:02.140><c> time</c><00:23:02.480><c> for</c><00:23:02.779><c> the</c><00:23:03.059><c> Israelites</c><00:23:03.359><c> to</c><00:23:03.619><c> cross</c><00:23:03.819><c> that</c><00:23:04.059><c> river.</c> 00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:06.339 And<00:23:04.839><c> this</c><00:23:05.000><c> is</c><00:23:05.099><c> how</c><00:23:05.220><c> it</c><00:23:05.400><c> happened.</c> 00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:12.920 The<00:23:07.880><c> Jordan</c><00:23:08.440><c> meanders</c><00:23:09.180><c> through</c><00:23:09.900><c> the</c><00:23:10.480><c> river</c><00:23:11.279><c> bed,</c><00:23:11.519><c> which</c><00:23:11.700><c> is</c><00:23:11.940><c> quite</c><00:23:12.220><c> wide,</c><00:23:12.440><c> about</c><00:23:12.559><c> a</c> 00:23:12.920 --> 00:23:14.640 kilometer<00:23:13.259><c> wide</c><00:23:13.619><c> or</c><00:23:13.779><c> sometimes</c><00:23:14.160><c> two.</c> 00:23:14.640 --> 00:23:19.640 And<00:23:15.559><c> that</c><00:23:15.900><c> meandering</c><00:23:16.559><c> course</c><00:23:16.859><c> of</c><00:23:17.079><c> the</c><00:23:17.160><c> River</c><00:23:17.339><c> Jordan</c><00:23:17.740><c> undercuts</c><00:23:18.900><c> huge</c> 00:23:19.640 --> 00:23:20.740 mountain<00:23:20.220><c> sides.</c> 00:23:21.160 --> 00:23:25.920 And<00:23:21.380><c> through</c><00:23:21.519><c> the</c><00:23:21.799><c> 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top</c><00:24:00.779><c> of</c><00:24:01.000><c> that</c><00:24:01.220><c> collapse,</c> 00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:03.259 and<00:24:02.000><c> then</c><00:24:02.200><c> starts</c><00:24:02.460><c> flowing</c><00:24:02.819><c> again.</c> 00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:05.319 That<00:24:03.900><c> is</c><00:24:03.980><c> what</c><00:24:04.140><c> the</c><00:24:04.299><c> Bible</c><00:24:04.480><c> tells</c><00:24:04.859><c> us.</c> 00:24:05.319 --> 00:24:08.640 And<00:24:05.740><c> that</c><00:24:06.200><c> happens</c><00:24:06.660><c> only</c><00:24:07.000><c> when</c><00:24:07.220><c> there</c><00:24:07.440><c> is</c><00:24:07.539><c> an</c><00:24:07.759><c> earthquake.</c> 00:24:10.119 --> 00:24:12.400 We<00:24:10.559><c> read</c><00:24:10.839><c> a</c><00:24:10.940><c> lot</c><00:24:11.039><c> about</c><00:24:11.319><c> earthquakes.</c> 00:24:13.079 --> 00:24:17.519 And<00:24:13.079><c> I</c><00:24:13.400><c> believe</c><00:24:13.619><c> that,</c><00:24:14.579><c> as</c><00:24:14.819><c> it</c><00:24:15.039><c> says,</c><00:24:15.680><c> God's</c><00:24:16.099><c> works</c><00:24:16.420><c> are</c><00:24:16.839><c> finished</c><00:24:17.200><c> from</c> 00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:19.099 the<00:24:17.720><c> foundation</c><00:24:18.400><c> of</c><00:24:18.700><c> the</c><00:24:18.920><c> earth.</c> 00:24:19.380 --> 00:24:22.500 The<00:24:19.599><c> fault</c><00:24:19.799><c> lines</c><00:24:20.180><c> and</c><00:24:20.440><c> the</c><00:24:20.539><c> tectonic</c><00:24:21.000><c> plates</c><00:24:21.279><c> have</c><00:24:21.480><c> been</c><00:24:21.640><c> built</c><00:24:21.920><c> into</c><00:24:22.240><c> the</c> 00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:24.160 earth<00:24:22.720><c> crust</c><00:24:23.059><c> right</c><00:24:23.519><c> from</c><00:24:23.759><c> creation,</c> 00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:26.480 to<00:24:24.359><c> be</c><00:24:24.660><c> used</c><00:24:24.960><c> by</c><00:24:25.259><c> God</c><00:24:25.519><c> at</c><00:24:25.720><c> the</c><00:24:25.859><c> right</c><00:24:26.119><c> time.</c> 00:24:26.819 --> 00:24:28.539 It<00:24:26.920><c> just</c><00:24:27.019><c> needs</c><00:24:27.200><c> a</c><00:24:27.420><c> trigger</c><00:24:27.559><c> to</c><00:24:27.799><c> set</c><00:24:27.900><c> off</c><00:24:28.039><c> an</c><00:24:28.180><c> earthquake.</c> 00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:31.579 The<00:24:29.220><c> mountain</c><00:24:29.359><c> falls</c><00:24:29.700><c> down</c><00:24:30.160><c> and</c><00:24:30.579><c> the</c><00:24:30.759><c> waters</c><00:24:30.940><c> were</c><00:24:31.220><c> cut</c><00:24:31.380><c> off,</c> 00:24:31.660 --> 00:24:34.299 as<00:24:31.859><c> happened</c><00:24:32.039><c> so</c><00:24:32.339><c> many</c><00:24:32.599><c> times</c><00:24:32.819><c> in</c><00:24:33.039><c> recent</c><00:24:33.240><c> history.</c> 00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:37.400 When<00:24:35.920><c> we</c><00:24:36.019><c> have</c><00:24:36.140><c> an</c><00:24:36.319><c> earthquake,</c><00:24:36.740><c> often</c><00:24:36.880><c> there</c><00:24:37.079><c> is</c><00:24:37.279><c> a</c> 00:24:37.400 --> 00:24:38.519 secondary<00:24:38.019><c> earthquake.</c> 00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:41.279 We<00:24:38.720><c> just</c><00:24:38.920><c> read</c><00:24:39.079><c> about</c><00:24:39.579><c> Christchurch,</c><00:24:40.680><c> and</c><00:24:40.720><c> we</c><00:24:40.940><c> know</c><00:24:41.140><c> there</c><00:24:41.200><c> is</c> 00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:42.920 an<00:24:41.420><c> Ecclesia</c><00:24:41.740><c> there,</c><00:24:42.019><c> and</c><00:24:42.079><c> we</c><00:24:42.099><c> know</c><00:24:42.259><c> people</c><00:24:42.559><c> there.</c> 00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:45.339 There<00:24:43.299><c> was</c><00:24:43.559><c> a</c><00:24:43.720><c> terrible</c><00:24:44.039><c> earthquake</c><00:24:44.440><c> a</c><00:24:44.619><c> few</c><00:24:44.700><c> months</c><00:24:45.000><c> ago,</c><00:24:45.259><c> and</c> 00:24:45.339 --> 00:24:47.339 now<00:24:45.460><c> they</c><00:24:45.539><c> had</c><00:24:45.660><c> another</c><00:24:46.019><c> one</c><00:24:46.140><c> last</c><00:24:46.460><c> week.</c> 00:24:48.380 --> 00:24:51.980 When<00:24:48.579><c> Jericho</c><00:24:48.940><c> was</c><00:24:49.160><c> destroyed,</c><00:24:50.660><c> and</c><00:24:50.799><c> they</c><00:24:50.940><c> were</c><00:24:51.079><c> blowing</c><00:24:51.299><c> the</c><00:24:51.599><c> trumpets,</c> 00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:53.960 well,<00:24:52.380><c> you</c><00:24:52.380><c> can</c><00:24:52.599><c> blow</c><00:24:52.779><c> a</c><00:24:52.920><c> trumpet</c><00:24:53.059><c> as</c><00:24:53.279><c> hard</c><00:24:53.400><c> as</c><00:24:53.500><c> you</c><00:24:53.640><c> want</c><00:24:53.819><c> to,</c> 00:24:54.019 --> 00:24:56.019 but<00:24:54.160><c> the</c><00:24:54.619><c> wall</c><00:24:54.819><c> won't</c><00:24:55.039><c> fall</c><00:24:55.319><c> down.</c> 00:24:56.299 --> 00:24:59.180 But<00:24:56.420><c> yet</c><00:24:56.559><c> we</c><00:24:57.220><c> do</c><00:24:57.539><c> believe</c><00:24:57.940><c> the</c><00:24:58.160><c> Scriptures.</c> 00:25:00.059 --> 00:25:03.279 In<00:25:00.579><c> archaeology</c><00:25:01.099><c> we</c><00:25:01.200><c> don't</c><00:25:01.400><c> only</c><00:25:01.680><c> study</c><00:25:01.900><c> what</c><00:25:02.099><c> the</c><00:25:02.279><c> city</c><00:25:02.460><c> looked</c><00:25:02.819><c> like,</c><00:25:03.059><c> but</c> 00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:05.380 also<00:25:03.619><c> how</c><00:25:03.799><c> it</c><00:25:03.940><c> was</c><00:25:04.200><c> destroyed.</c> 00:25:06.220 --> 00:25:10.799 And<00:25:06.339><c> there</c><00:25:06.599><c> is</c><00:25:06.599><c> no</c><00:25:06.900><c> doubt</c><00:25:07.259><c> in</c><00:25:07.539><c> my</c><00:25:07.759><c> mind</c><00:25:08.180><c> that</c><00:25:08.819><c> the</c><00:25:09.039><c> walls</c><00:25:09.299><c> of</c><00:25:09.660><c> Jericho</c><00:25:09.880><c> were</c><00:25:10.140><c> destroyed</c><00:25:10.559><c> by</c> 00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:11.839 an<00:25:10.980><c> earthquake.</c> 00:25:11.880 --> 00:25:13.500 Because<00:25:12.039><c> it's</c><00:25:12.240><c> like</c><00:25:12.380><c> a</c><00:25:12.500><c> circular</c><00:25:13.220><c> wall.</c> 00:25:13.660 --> 00:25:16.579 Usually<00:25:14.180><c> the</c><00:25:14.559><c> walls</c><00:25:14.680><c> are</c><00:25:14.940><c> pushed</c><00:25:15.259><c> inward</c><00:25:15.640><c> by</c><00:25:16.059><c> the</c><00:25:16.240><c> battering</c> 00:25:16.579 --> 00:25:18.099 ramps<00:25:16.819><c> on</c><00:25:16.920><c> the</c><00:25:17.019><c> outside.</c> 00:25:18.119 --> 00:25:20.980 But<00:25:18.240><c> the</c><00:25:18.339><c> walls</c><00:25:18.440><c> of</c><00:25:18.619><c> Jericho</c><00:25:18.900><c> all</c><00:25:19.559><c> fell</c><00:25:19.839><c> outside.</c><00:25:20.440><c> That</c><00:25:20.640><c> only</c> 00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:22.380 happens<00:25:21.180><c> at</c><00:25:21.339><c> an</c><00:25:21.539><c> earthquake.</c> 00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:26.440 So<00:25:22.880><c> the</c><00:25:23.099><c> second</c><00:25:23.319><c> tremor</c><00:25:23.700><c> caused</c><00:25:23.900><c> the</c><00:25:24.079><c> walls</c><00:25:24.279><c> of</c><00:25:24.559><c> Jericho</c><00:25:24.920><c> to</c> 00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:27.119 fall<00:25:26.859><c> down.</c> 00:25:27.119 --> 00:25:28.960 And<00:25:27.359><c> that</c><00:25:27.440><c> doesn't</c><00:25:27.660><c> take</c><00:25:27.960><c> away</c><00:25:28.140><c> from</c><00:25:28.319><c> the</c><00:25:28.420><c> power</c><00:25:28.660><c> of</c><00:25:28.900><c> God.</c> 00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:32.400 It<00:25:29.140><c> increases</c><00:25:29.920><c> the</c><00:25:30.519><c> power</c><00:25:30.819><c> and</c><00:25:31.059><c> the</c><00:25:31.339><c> foreknowledge</c><00:25:31.839><c> of</c><00:25:32.039><c> God,</c> 00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:35.019 whose<00:25:32.859><c> works</c><00:25:33.059><c> were</c><00:25:33.380><c> finished</c><00:25:33.660><c> from</c><00:25:33.900><c> the</c><00:25:34.059><c> foundation</c><00:25:34.440><c> of</c><00:25:34.619><c> the</c><00:25:34.779><c> work.</c> 00:25:35.339 --> 00:25:37.980 It<00:25:35.420><c> just</c><00:25:35.559><c> needs</c><00:25:35.720><c> a</c><00:25:35.960><c> little</c><00:25:36.140><c> trigger</c><00:25:36.500><c> at</c><00:25:36.779><c> the</c><00:25:37.099><c> right</c><00:25:37.259><c> time,</c><00:25:37.859><c> at</c> 00:25:37.980 --> 00:25:39.940 the<00:25:38.200><c> right</c><00:25:38.420><c> spot,</c><00:25:39.019><c> for</c><00:25:39.240><c> that</c><00:25:39.420><c> to</c><00:25:39.619><c> happen.</c> 00:25:39.980 --> 00:25:42.079 And<00:25:40.119><c> that</c><00:25:40.220><c> is</c><00:25:40.420><c> very,</c><00:25:40.759><c> very</c><00:25:41.019><c> powerful.</c> 00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:46.819 And<00:25:44.359><c> so</c><00:25:44.460><c> if</c><00:25:44.559><c> we</c><00:25:44.619><c> follow</c><00:25:44.960><c> Christ,</c><00:25:45.720><c> then</c><00:25:45.799><c> we</c><00:25:45.900><c> can</c><00:25:46.119><c> also</c><00:25:46.519><c> reach</c> 00:25:46.819 --> 00:25:47.839 the<00:25:47.099><c> promised</c><00:25:47.339><c> land.</c> 00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:51.619 And<00:25:48.240><c> we</c><00:25:48.400><c> won't</c><00:25:48.700><c> have</c><00:25:49.140><c> to</c><00:25:49.319><c> be</c><00:25:49.680><c> swept</c><00:25:49.859><c> down</c><00:25:50.380><c> into</c><00:25:50.839><c> the</c><00:25:51.059><c> Dead</c><00:25:51.319><c> Sea.</c> 00:25:51.619 --> 00:25:55.759 So<00:25:52.599><c> it</c><00:25:52.720><c> began</c><00:25:52.859><c> by</c><00:25:53.079><c> saying</c><00:25:53.299><c> that</c><00:25:53.559><c> Jesus</c><00:25:53.900><c> went</c><00:25:54.140><c> to</c><00:25:54.380><c> Bethabara</c><00:25:54.960><c> after</c><00:25:55.680><c> he</c> 00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:58.900 was<00:25:56.019><c> rejected</c><00:25:56.460><c> by</c><00:25:56.700><c> his</c><00:25:56.900><c> fellow</c><00:25:57.200><c> Jews</c><00:25:57.559><c> in</c><00:25:57.819><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:25:59.920 --> 00:26:02.720 And<00:26:00.059><c> I'm</c><00:26:00.319><c> sure,</c><00:26:00.880><c> brothers</c><00:26:00.880><c> and</c><00:26:01.000><c> sisters,</c><00:26:01.200><c> that</c><00:26:01.339><c> when</c><00:26:01.420><c> he</c><00:26:01.660><c> left</c> 00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:05.720 Jerusalem<00:26:03.119><c> because</c><00:26:03.480><c> they</c><00:26:04.539><c> rejected</c><00:26:05.039><c> him,</c> 00:26:05.900 --> 00:26:08.339 and<00:26:05.980><c> he</c><00:26:06.119><c> walked</c><00:26:06.339><c> down</c><00:26:06.619><c> the</c><00:26:06.819><c> road</c><00:26:06.960><c> to</c><00:26:07.180><c> Jericho</c><00:26:07.599><c> and</c><00:26:07.819><c> he</c><00:26:08.160><c> crossed</c> 00:26:08.339 --> 00:26:12.339 over<00:26:08.579><c> Bethabara,</c><00:26:09.319><c> that</c><00:26:09.460><c> his</c><00:26:09.779><c> mind</c><00:26:10.140><c> went</c><00:26:10.400><c> back</c><00:26:11.079><c> to</c><00:26:11.380><c> a</c><00:26:11.519><c> very</c> 00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:14.180 similar<00:26:13.000><c> event.</c> 00:26:14.299 --> 00:26:16.799 Go<00:26:14.500><c> to</c><00:26:14.640><c> 2</c><00:26:14.900><c> Samuel</c><00:26:15.299><c> chapter</c><00:26:15.680><c> 15.</c> 00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:30.119 There<00:26:26.019><c> was</c><00:26:26.180><c> a</c><00:26:26.319><c> time</c><00:26:26.980><c> when</c><00:26:27.619><c> King</c><00:26:27.960><c> David</c><00:26:28.380><c> was</c><00:26:28.759><c> rejected.</c> 00:26:32.359 --> 00:26:37.900 His<00:26:32.400><c> own</c><00:26:32.859><c> son,</c><00:26:34.180><c> Absalom,</c><00:26:36.400><c> rebelled</c><00:26:36.700><c> against</c><00:26:37.099><c> him.</c> 00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:43.700 And<00:26:38.319><c> he</c><00:26:39.740><c> set</c><00:26:39.980><c> up</c><00:26:40.160><c> Israel</c><00:26:40.500><c> against</c><00:26:41.000><c> their</c><00:26:41.359><c> own</c><00:26:41.740><c> king,</c><00:26:42.240><c> against</c><00:26:42.700><c> David.</c> 00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:49.319 And<00:26:44.599><c> if</c><00:26:44.720><c> we</c><00:26:45.019><c> follow</c><00:26:45.299><c> this,</c><00:26:45.599><c> it's</c><00:26:45.759><c> too</c><00:26:45.940><c> much</c><00:26:46.079><c> to</c><00:26:46.259><c> do</c><00:26:46.400><c> it</c><00:26:46.559><c> now,</c><00:26:47.319><c> but</c><00:26:47.319><c> follow</c><00:26:48.140><c> this</c><00:26:48.599><c> route</c><00:26:48.740><c> of</c><00:26:48.900><c> David.</c> 00:26:49.319 --> 00:26:54.420 He<00:26:49.799><c> was</c><00:26:49.980><c> in</c><00:26:50.180><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:26:51.799><c> He</c><00:26:52.059><c> crossed</c><00:26:52.480><c> the</c><00:26:53.420><c> Kedron</c><00:26:53.880><c> Valley</c><00:26:54.240><c> and</c> 00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:55.440 went<00:26:54.519><c> up</c><00:26:54.720><c> the</c><00:26:54.859><c> Mount</c><00:26:55.039><c> of</c><00:26:55.259><c> Olives.</c> 00:26:55.579 --> 00:26:57.880 There's<00:26:55.680><c> only</c><00:26:55.880><c> one</c><00:26:56.140><c> place</c><00:26:56.380><c> where</c><00:26:56.539><c> you</c><00:26:56.579><c> can</c><00:26:56.779><c> do</c><00:26:56.980><c> that.</c> 00:26:57.940 --> 00:27:01.339 Jesus,<00:26:58.160><c> after</c><00:26:58.519><c> he</c><00:26:59.039><c> had</c><00:26:59.220><c> a</c><00:26:59.400><c> last</c><00:26:59.599><c> supper,</c><00:26:59.960><c> he</c><00:27:00.200><c> crossed</c><00:27:00.400><c> the</c><00:27:00.619><c> Kedron</c><00:27:00.920><c> Valley</c><00:27:01.240><c> and</c> 00:27:01.339 --> 00:27:03.720 that's<00:27:01.960><c> where</c><00:27:02.119><c> Gethsemane</c><00:27:02.680><c> is.</c> 00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:05.960 Now<00:27:04.640><c> Jesus</c><00:27:04.819><c> went</c><00:27:05.019><c> up</c><00:27:05.240><c> again.</c> 00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:10.720 David<00:27:06.720><c> also,</c><00:27:07.039><c> he</c><00:27:07.220><c> went</c><00:27:07.400><c> up</c><00:27:07.559><c> the</c><00:27:07.880><c> same</c><00:27:08.339><c> path</c><00:27:08.859><c> of</c><00:27:09.680><c> the</c><00:27:09.920><c> Mount</c><00:27:10.140><c> of</c><00:27:10.380><c> Olives.</c> 00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:16.359 And<00:27:11.220><c> then,</c><00:27:11.859><c> as</c><00:27:12.099><c> you</c><00:27:12.220><c> can</c><00:27:12.539><c> see</c><00:27:12.819><c> in</c><00:27:13.099><c> chapter</c><00:27:14.019><c> 15,</c><00:27:14.859><c> it's</c><00:27:15.180><c> 2</c><00:27:15.539><c> Samuel,</c><00:27:16.099><c> I</c><00:27:16.119><c> mean</c> 00:27:16.359 --> 00:27:18.500 1<00:27:16.759><c> Samuel.</c> 00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:28.180 There<00:27:22.500><c> it</c><00:27:22.680><c> says,</c><00:27:23.640><c> when</c><00:27:23.859><c> David</c><00:27:24.579><c> left</c><00:27:25.140><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:27:25.819><c> verse</c><00:27:26.119><c> 23,</c><00:27:26.720><c> all</c><00:27:27.059><c> the</c><00:27:27.259><c> country</c><00:27:27.559><c> that</c><00:27:27.720><c> was</c><00:27:27.980><c> a</c> 00:27:28.180 --> 00:27:28.740 loud<00:27:28.420><c> voice,</c> 00:27:28.819 --> 00:27:31.559 and<00:27:29.000><c> all</c><00:27:29.160><c> the</c><00:27:29.299><c> people</c><00:27:29.480><c> passed</c><00:27:29.819><c> over,</c><00:27:30.500><c> the</c><00:27:30.680><c> king</c><00:27:30.839><c> also</c><00:27:31.079><c> himself</c> 00:27:31.559 --> 00:27:33.240 passed<00:27:31.980><c> over</c><00:27:32.319><c> the</c><00:27:32.539><c> brook</c><00:27:32.960><c> Kedron,</c> 00:27:33.299 --> 00:27:36.259 just<00:27:33.480><c> like</c><00:27:33.859><c> Jesus</c><00:27:34.180><c> did</c><00:27:34.759><c> a</c><00:27:35.160><c> thousand</c><00:27:35.359><c> years</c><00:27:35.599><c> later,</c><00:27:36.000><c> and</c><00:27:36.119><c> all</c> 00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:39.619 the<00:27:36.380><c> people</c><00:27:36.579><c> passed</c><00:27:37.000><c> over</c><00:27:37.299><c> toward</c><00:27:37.720><c> the</c><00:27:38.359><c> way</c><00:27:38.660><c> of</c><00:27:38.960><c> the</c><00:27:39.160><c> wilderness.</c> 00:27:39.619 --> 00:27:43.000 That<00:27:40.240><c> is</c><00:27:40.460><c> over</c><00:27:40.819><c> the</c><00:27:40.960><c> Mount</c><00:27:41.119><c> of</c><00:27:41.400><c> Olives,</c><00:27:41.680><c> as</c><00:27:41.859><c> you</c><00:27:41.960><c> can</c><00:27:42.279><c> read</c><00:27:42.539><c> later</c><00:27:42.859><c> on</c> 00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:43.740 in<00:27:43.140><c> the</c><00:27:43.259><c> chapter.</c> 00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:48.819 It<00:27:44.079><c> goes</c><00:27:44.460><c> down</c><00:27:45.180><c> to</c><00:27:45.619><c> Jericho,</c><00:27:46.579><c> and</c><00:27:46.599><c> he</c><00:27:46.839><c> crossed</c><00:27:47.099><c> over</c><00:27:47.519><c> by</c><00:27:47.740><c> Tabara</c><00:27:48.359><c> and</c> 00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:51.579 went<00:27:49.059><c> to</c><00:27:49.319><c> live</c><00:27:49.480><c> with</c><00:27:49.819><c> Barzalai</c><00:27:50.559><c> the</c><00:27:50.779><c> Gileadite.</c> 00:27:51.960 --> 00:28:04.599 And<00:27:52.240><c> when</c><00:27:52.420><c> he</c><00:27:52.579><c> came</c><00:27:52.960><c> back</c><00:27:53.420><c> in</c><00:27:53.660><c> chapter</c><00:27:54.019><c> 17,</c><00:28:01.799><c> I</c><00:28:01.920><c> mean</c><00:28:02.079><c> verse</c><00:28:03.019><c> 22,</c> 00:28:04.900 --> 00:28:07.640 when<00:28:05.180><c> the</c><00:28:05.299><c> king</c><00:28:05.400><c> had</c><00:28:05.720><c> heard</c><00:28:05.960><c> that</c><00:28:06.920><c> Absalom</c><00:28:07.200><c> was</c><00:28:07.420><c> dead</c> 00:28:07.640 --> 00:28:10.880 and<00:28:07.960><c> the</c><00:28:08.200><c> army</c><00:28:08.460><c> was</c><00:28:08.680><c> defeated,</c><00:28:09.240><c> and</c><00:28:09.339><c> David</c><00:28:09.680><c> arose,</c><00:28:10.599><c> and</c><00:28:10.720><c> all</c> 00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:12.059 the<00:28:11.000><c> people</c><00:28:11.180><c> that</c><00:28:11.359><c> were</c><00:28:11.519><c> with</c><00:28:11.660><c> him,</c> 00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:15.880 and<00:28:12.259><c> they</c><00:28:12.619><c> passed</c><00:28:13.140><c> over</c><00:28:13.960><c> Jordan</c><00:28:14.500><c> by</c><00:28:15.259><c> morning</c><00:28:15.619><c> light.</c> 00:28:16.140 --> 00:28:20.920 They<00:28:16.140><c> lacked</c><00:28:16.259><c> not</c><00:28:16.500><c> one</c><00:28:16.720><c> of</c><00:28:16.900><c> them</c><00:28:17.200><c> that</c><00:28:17.559><c> had</c><00:28:17.920><c> not</c><00:28:18.839><c> gone</c><00:28:19.160><c> over</c><00:28:19.779><c> Jordan.</c> 00:28:22.380 --> 00:28:29.619 So<00:28:22.400><c> David</c><00:28:22.880><c> had</c><00:28:23.099><c> to</c><00:28:23.339><c> flee,</c><00:28:24.839><c> but</c><00:28:25.119><c> he</c><00:28:25.259><c> came</c><00:28:25.440><c> back</c><00:28:25.640><c> the</c><00:28:26.079><c> second</c><00:28:26.400><c> time</c><00:28:27.140><c> as</c><00:28:28.599><c> king,</c> 00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:33.039 when<00:28:31.000><c> they</c><00:28:31.420><c> suggested</c><00:28:31.740><c> that</c><00:28:31.960><c> they</c><00:28:32.099><c> should</c><00:28:32.420><c> similar</c><00:28:32.700><c> to</c><00:28:32.920><c> this.</c> 00:28:33.140 --> 00:28:36.160 They<00:28:33.359><c> said,</c><00:28:33.480><c> do</c><00:28:33.539><c> you</c><00:28:33.700><c> not</c><00:28:33.920><c> know</c><00:28:34.019><c> that</c><00:28:34.400><c> today</c><00:28:34.859><c> I</c><00:28:35.200><c> am</c><00:28:35.319><c> king</c><00:28:35.619><c> in</c><00:28:35.880><c> Israel?</c> 00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:39.960 He<00:28:36.160><c> was</c><00:28:36.779><c> king</c><00:28:37.000><c> already</c><00:28:37.359><c> before,</c><00:28:38.539><c> but</c><00:28:38.660><c> now</c><00:28:38.900><c> he</c><00:28:39.319><c> was</c><00:28:39.500><c> made</c><00:28:39.759><c> king</c> 00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:41.420 the<00:28:40.240><c> second</c><00:28:40.619><c> time.</c> 00:28:41.880 --> 00:28:44.059 Jesus<00:28:41.880><c> also</c><00:28:42.140><c> had</c><00:28:42.240><c> to</c><00:28:42.440><c> flee</c><00:28:42.660><c> from</c><00:28:43.000><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:28:43.619><c> but</c><00:28:43.779><c> not</c><00:28:44.000><c> flee,</c> 00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:45.440 he<00:28:44.259><c> had</c><00:28:44.259><c> to</c><00:28:44.359><c> go</c><00:28:44.559><c> away</c><00:28:44.700><c> from</c><00:28:44.880><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:48.579 He<00:28:45.819><c> went</c><00:28:46.019><c> to</c><00:28:46.160><c> the</c><00:28:46.319><c> same</c><00:28:46.579><c> place</c><00:28:46.839><c> where</c><00:28:47.160><c> David</c><00:28:47.599><c> had</c><00:28:47.980><c> to</c><00:28:48.200><c> flee</c><00:28:48.319><c> as</c> 00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:52.779 well,<00:28:49.299><c> knowing</c><00:28:49.619><c> that</c><00:28:50.039><c> David</c><00:28:50.400><c> came</c><00:28:50.799><c> back</c><00:28:51.200><c> as</c><00:28:51.660><c> a</c><00:28:52.000><c> king.</c> 00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:56.960 And<00:28:52.920><c> when</c><00:28:53.119><c> Jesus</c><00:28:53.400><c> comes</c><00:28:53.660><c> back,</c><00:28:54.039><c> he</c><00:28:54.059><c> will</c><00:28:54.240><c> come</c><00:28:54.480><c> back</c><00:28:55.019><c> as</c><00:28:55.440><c> king</c><00:28:55.779><c> also.</c> 00:28:57.000 --> 00:29:01.640 Because<00:28:57.380><c> in</c><00:28:57.920><c> chapter</c><00:28:58.220><c> 19,</c><00:28:59.980><c> you</c><00:29:00.119><c> can</c><00:29:00.460><c> see</c><00:29:00.720><c> where</c><00:29:00.960><c> those</c><00:29:01.180><c> people</c> 00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:03.339 met<00:29:02.160><c> the</c><00:29:02.480><c> king.</c> 00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:07.099 In<00:29:04.019><c> verse</c><00:29:04.480><c> 15,</c><00:29:05.200><c> it</c><00:29:05.220><c> says,</c><00:29:05.640><c> the</c><00:29:05.640><c> king</c><00:29:05.920><c> returned</c><00:29:06.460><c> and</c><00:29:06.660><c> came</c><00:29:06.839><c> to</c> 00:29:07.099 --> 00:29:10.380 Jordan,<00:29:08.140><c> and</c><00:29:08.319><c> Judah</c><00:29:08.480><c> came</c><00:29:08.799><c> to</c><00:29:09.079><c> Gilgal,</c> 00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:15.579 to<00:29:11.299><c> go</c><00:29:11.779><c> to</c><00:29:12.259><c> meet</c><00:29:12.460><c> the</c><00:29:12.700><c> king,</c><00:29:13.039><c> to</c><00:29:13.160><c> conduct</c><00:29:13.640><c> the</c><00:29:13.880><c> king</c><00:29:14.119><c> over</c><00:29:14.500><c> Jordan.</c> 00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:19.059 Well,<00:29:16.440><c> Gilgal,</c><00:29:16.799><c> the</c><00:29:16.960><c> children</c><00:29:17.259><c> of</c><00:29:17.400><c> Israel,</c><00:29:17.599><c> were</c><00:29:17.900><c> circumcised</c><00:29:18.500><c> after</c><00:29:18.779><c> they</c> 00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:20.039 crossed<00:29:19.359><c> the</c><00:29:19.500><c> river</c><00:29:19.680><c> Jordan.</c> 00:29:20.160 --> 00:29:24.079 It's<00:29:20.420><c> all</c><00:29:20.680><c> happening</c><00:29:21.119><c> in</c><00:29:21.579><c> that</c><00:29:21.819><c> very,</c><00:29:22.339><c> very</c><00:29:22.759><c> same</c><00:29:23.019><c> place.</c> 00:29:25.400 --> 00:29:27.700 So,<00:29:25.599><c> brothers</c><00:29:25.720><c> and</c><00:29:25.819><c> sisters,</c><00:29:26.240><c> Jesus</c><00:29:26.579><c> knew</c><00:29:26.880><c> all</c><00:29:27.119><c> about</c><00:29:27.339><c> those</c> 00:29:27.700 --> 00:29:30.019 stones,<00:29:28.539><c> and</c><00:29:28.680><c> he</c><00:29:28.819><c> said</c><00:29:28.920><c> to</c><00:29:29.119><c> the</c><00:29:29.279><c> Pharisees,</c> 00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:34.400 the<00:29:30.359><c> generation</c><00:29:30.799><c> of</c><00:29:31.279><c> vipers,</c><00:29:32.519><c> you</c><00:29:32.960><c> say</c><00:29:33.140><c> we</c><00:29:33.339><c> were</c><00:29:33.579><c> able</c><00:29:33.759><c> to</c><00:29:34.000><c> our</c><00:29:34.180><c> father,</c> 00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:37.759 but<00:29:34.599><c> because</c><00:29:34.819><c> they</c><00:29:34.960><c> were</c><00:29:35.160><c> of</c><00:29:35.339><c> these</c><00:29:35.660><c> stones</c><00:29:36.119><c> to</c><00:29:37.059><c> raise</c><00:29:37.420><c> up</c> 00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:39.980 children<00:29:38.160><c> unto</c><00:29:38.680><c> Abraham.</c> 00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:42.720 And<00:29:40.359><c> he's</c><00:29:40.619><c> thinking</c><00:29:40.880><c> about</c><00:29:41.180><c> David</c><00:29:41.599><c> who</c><00:29:41.779><c> had</c><00:29:41.839><c> to</c><00:29:42.160><c> flee,</c><00:29:42.359><c> and</c><00:29:42.539><c> he</c> 00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:45.160 came<00:29:42.880><c> back</c><00:29:43.119><c> the</c><00:29:43.380><c> second</c><00:29:43.660><c> time</c><00:29:43.940><c> as</c><00:29:44.299><c> king.</c> 00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:48.400 What<00:29:45.380><c> a</c><00:29:45.740><c> wonderful</c><00:29:46.119><c> thing,</c><00:29:46.599><c> brothers</c><00:29:46.700><c> and</c><00:29:47.039><c> sisters,</c><00:29:47.279><c> that</c><00:29:47.539><c> happened.</c> 00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:52.599 But<00:29:48.660><c> something</c><00:29:49.000><c> else</c><00:29:49.400><c> happened</c><00:29:49.759><c> at</c><00:29:50.339><c> the</c><00:29:50.640><c> very</c><00:29:51.059><c> same</c><00:29:51.519><c> place.</c> 00:29:52.819 --> 00:29:55.200 That<00:29:52.940><c> would</c><00:29:53.099><c> have</c><00:29:53.279><c> gone</c><00:29:53.440><c> through</c><00:29:53.680><c> the</c><00:29:53.880><c> mind</c><00:29:54.000><c> of</c><00:29:54.259><c> Jesus</c><00:29:54.539><c> every</c> 00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:57.099 time<00:29:55.400><c> he</c><00:29:55.539><c> was</c><00:29:55.839><c> in</c><00:29:56.000><c> Beit</c><00:29:56.200><c> Abara.</c> 00:29:57.099 --> 00:30:00.259 He<00:29:57.299><c> would</c><00:29:57.480><c> have</c><00:29:57.660><c> thought</c><00:29:57.980><c> about</c><00:29:58.500><c> the</c><00:29:58.839><c> river</c><00:29:59.140><c> being</c><00:29:59.519><c> cut</c><00:29:59.839><c> off,</c> 00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:02.839 opening<00:30:00.940><c> the</c><00:30:01.160><c> way</c><00:30:01.559><c> into</c><00:30:01.940><c> eternal</c><00:30:02.400><c> life.</c> 00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:05.920 He<00:30:03.339><c> would</c><00:30:03.539><c> have</c><00:30:03.799><c> thought</c><00:30:04.319><c> about</c><00:30:04.660><c> David</c><00:30:04.980><c> fleeing</c><00:30:05.339><c> and</c><00:30:05.619><c> coming</c> 00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:07.039 back<00:30:06.220><c> that</c><00:30:06.440><c> same</c><00:30:06.740><c> way.</c> 00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:09.000 But<00:30:07.380><c> it</c><00:30:07.400><c> was</c><00:30:07.599><c> something</c><00:30:07.880><c> else,</c><00:30:08.319><c> brothers</c><00:30:08.420><c> and</c><00:30:08.640><c> sisters.</c> 00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:12.599 Let's<00:30:09.720><c> go</c><00:30:09.960><c> to</c><00:30:10.140><c> 2</c><00:30:10.420><c> Kings,</c><00:30:10.779><c> chapter</c><00:30:10.980><c> 2.</c> 00:30:24.359 --> 00:30:29.220 There<00:30:25.039><c> we</c><00:30:25.240><c> have</c><00:30:25.839><c> Elijah</c><00:30:26.480><c> preparing</c><00:30:27.640><c> to</c><00:30:28.160><c> go</c><00:30:28.539><c> away,</c><00:30:28.859><c> and</c><00:30:28.980><c> it</c><00:30:29.019><c> was</c> 00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:30.960 with<00:30:29.720><c> Elijah.</c> 00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:35.200 Now<00:30:32.119><c> in</c><00:30:32.220><c> verse</c><00:30:32.480><c> 1,</c><00:30:33.859><c> where</c><00:30:33.960><c> did</c><00:30:34.039><c> they</c><00:30:34.200><c> meet?</c> 00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:39.759 In<00:30:35.599><c> Gilgal,</c><00:30:36.980><c> verse</c><00:30:37.380><c> 1</c><00:30:37.740><c> of</c><00:30:38.019><c> 2</c><00:30:38.259><c> Kings,</c><00:30:38.619><c> chapter</c><00:30:38.920><c> 2.</c> 00:30:40.140 --> 00:30:45.059 Verse<00:30:40.700><c> 2,</c><00:30:41.599><c> they're</c><00:30:41.819><c> going</c><00:30:42.079><c> to</c><00:30:42.640><c> Bethel,</c><00:30:44.240><c> where</c><00:30:44.380><c> Jacob</c><00:30:44.700><c> built</c> 00:30:45.059 --> 00:30:46.079 an<00:30:45.339><c> altar,</c> 00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:51.019 and<00:30:47.799><c> then</c><00:30:48.359><c> the</c><00:30:49.000><c> sons</c><00:30:49.240><c> of</c><00:30:49.420><c> the</c><00:30:49.640><c> prophets</c><00:30:49.880><c> were</c><00:30:50.140><c> there.</c> 00:30:51.059 --> 00:30:54.619 But<00:30:51.259><c> then</c><00:30:51.460><c> he</c><00:30:51.519><c> went</c><00:30:51.779><c> back</c><00:30:52.119><c> in</c><00:30:52.299><c> verse</c><00:30:52.500><c> 4</c><00:30:52.779><c> to</c><00:30:53.319><c> Jericho.</c> 00:30:55.339 --> 00:30:57.079 In<00:30:55.460><c> verse</c><00:30:55.740><c> 6,</c><00:30:56.319><c> Elijah</c><00:30:56.480><c> said</c><00:30:56.700><c> to</c><00:30:56.839><c> him,</c> 00:30:57.099 --> 00:31:00.539 Terri,<00:30:57.519><c> I</c><00:30:57.619><c> pray</c><00:30:57.839><c> here</c><00:30:58.160><c> for</c><00:30:58.440><c> Yahweh</c><00:30:58.799><c> said</c><00:30:58.960><c> be</c><00:30:59.140><c> to</c><00:30:59.259><c> the</c><00:30:59.640><c> Jordan.</c> 00:31:00.900 --> 00:31:04.220 Now<00:31:01.099><c> from</c><00:31:01.299><c> Jericho</c><00:31:01.759><c> to</c><00:31:02.019><c> Jordan,</c><00:31:02.779><c> there's</c><00:31:02.859><c> only</c><00:31:03.140><c> one</c><00:31:03.440><c> way,</c><00:31:03.759><c> that</c><00:31:03.880><c> is</c> 00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:05.759 to<00:31:04.539><c> Beth</c><00:31:04.779><c> Abara,</c> 00:31:06.079 --> 00:31:08.900 where<00:31:06.220><c> Jesus</c><00:31:06.559><c> was</c><00:31:06.839><c> baptized</c><00:31:07.299><c> later</c><00:31:07.799><c> on.</c> 00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:11.880 And<00:31:09.759><c> so</c><00:31:10.279><c> what</c><00:31:10.619><c> happened</c><00:31:11.059><c> in</c><00:31:11.240><c> verse</c><00:31:11.480><c> 11,</c> 00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:13.759 and<00:31:12.039><c> came</c><00:31:12.319><c> to</c><00:31:12.539><c> pass</c><00:31:12.680><c> as</c><00:31:12.839><c> they</c><00:31:13.160><c> still</c><00:31:13.359><c> went</c><00:31:13.559><c> on,</c> 00:31:13.900 --> 00:31:15.900 and<00:31:13.980><c> thought</c><00:31:14.099><c> that</c><00:31:14.299><c> behold</c><00:31:14.440><c> there</c><00:31:14.700><c> appeared</c><00:31:14.839><c> a</c><00:31:15.099><c> chariot</c><00:31:15.339><c> of</c><00:31:15.559><c> fire,</c> 00:31:16.259 --> 00:31:19.079 and<00:31:16.400><c> horses</c><00:31:16.720><c> of</c><00:31:17.000><c> fire,</c><00:31:17.779><c> and</c><00:31:17.859><c> parted</c><00:31:18.140><c> them</c><00:31:18.339><c> both</c><00:31:18.579><c> asunder,</c> 00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:25.039 and<00:31:19.559><c> Elijah</c><00:31:19.960><c> went</c><00:31:20.380><c> up</c><00:31:20.980><c> by</c><00:31:21.400><c> a</c><00:31:21.619><c> whirlwind</c><00:31:22.119><c> into</c><00:31:22.819><c> heaven,</c><00:31:23.640><c> as</c><00:31:24.000><c> this</c><00:31:24.240><c> picture</c><00:31:24.460><c> kind</c><00:31:24.759><c> of</c> 00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:26.299 showed<00:31:25.200><c> it.</c> 00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:29.279 So<00:31:26.460><c> do</c><00:31:26.579><c> you</c><00:31:26.640><c> see</c><00:31:26.680><c> all</c><00:31:26.900><c> these</c><00:31:27.119><c> associations,</c><00:31:27.859><c> brothers</c><00:31:28.039><c> and</c><00:31:28.299><c> sisters,</c><00:31:29.059><c> in</c> 00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:30.160 Beit<00:31:29.460><c> Abara?</c> 00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:32.059 So<00:31:30.799><c> when</c><00:31:30.940><c> Jesus</c><00:31:31.259><c> was</c><00:31:31.579><c> baptized</c><00:31:31.819><c> there,</c> 00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:35.180 he<00:31:32.200><c> would</c><00:31:32.400><c> have</c><00:31:32.819><c> remembered</c><00:31:33.259><c> all</c><00:31:33.779><c> the</c><00:31:34.059><c> events</c><00:31:34.279><c> that</c><00:31:34.539><c> took</c><00:31:34.700><c> place</c><00:31:34.960><c> in</c> 00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:36.759 that<00:31:35.460><c> one</c><00:31:35.799><c> particular</c><00:31:36.440><c> place,</c> 00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:39.039 and<00:31:36.880><c> that's</c><00:31:37.119><c> why</c><00:31:37.380><c> he</c><00:31:37.579><c> had</c><00:31:37.880><c> to</c><00:31:38.039><c> be</c><00:31:38.240><c> baptized</c><00:31:38.700><c> there.</c> 00:31:39.400 --> 00:31:41.220 There's<00:31:39.680><c> no</c><00:31:40.079><c> other</c><00:31:40.380><c> way.</c> 00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:45.440 It<00:31:42.559><c> stopped</c><00:31:42.819><c> the</c><00:31:43.039><c> river</c><00:31:43.279><c> of</c><00:31:43.519><c> death,</c><00:31:44.200><c> and</c><00:31:44.380><c> it</c><00:31:44.480><c> is</c><00:31:44.619><c> the</c><00:31:44.880><c> way</c><00:31:45.140><c> to</c> 00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:46.279 heaven,<00:31:45.720><c> as</c><00:31:45.920><c> it</c><00:31:46.119><c> were.</c> 00:31:46.420 --> 00:31:48.880 Not<00:31:46.599><c> that</c><00:31:46.920><c> Elijah</c><00:31:47.119><c> went</c><00:31:47.400><c> to</c><00:31:47.940><c> heaven</c><00:31:48.119><c> where</c><00:31:48.319><c> God</c><00:31:48.559><c> dwells,</c> 00:31:48.880 --> 00:31:51.599 because<00:31:49.140><c> Christ</c><00:31:49.440><c> is</c><00:31:49.640><c> the</c><00:31:49.839><c> firstborn</c><00:31:50.279><c> from</c><00:31:50.599><c> the</c><00:31:50.779><c> dead.</c> 00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:53.559 But<00:31:51.960><c> then</c><00:31:52.460><c> that</c><00:31:52.619><c> is</c><00:31:52.720><c> where</c><00:31:52.799><c> Jesus</c><00:31:53.200><c> went,</c> 00:31:53.940 --> 00:31:56.619 and<00:31:54.059><c> he</c><00:31:54.220><c> often</c><00:31:54.519><c> stayed</c><00:31:54.900><c> there</c><00:31:55.140><c> in</c><00:31:55.539><c> the</c><00:31:55.779><c> camp</c><00:31:56.019><c> of</c><00:31:56.240><c> Israel,</c> 00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:57.799 beyond<00:31:57.299><c> Jordan,</c> 00:31:58.059 --> 00:32:02.259 where<00:31:58.299><c> Moses</c><00:31:58.839><c> had</c><00:31:59.240><c> written</c><00:31:59.700><c> the</c><00:32:00.160><c> book</c><00:32:00.680><c> of</c><00:32:01.000><c> Deuteronomy.</c> 00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:05.220 So<00:32:02.680><c> remember,</c><00:32:03.579><c> it's</c><00:32:03.799><c> written</c><00:32:03.960><c> in</c><00:32:04.140><c> 2</c><00:32:04.380><c> Corinthians</c><00:32:04.859><c> 1,</c> 00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:07.859 verse<00:32:05.380><c> 3</c><00:32:05.700><c> and</c><00:32:05.900><c> 5,</c><00:32:05.980><c> that</c><00:32:06.160><c> God</c><00:32:06.380><c> is</c><00:32:06.559><c> the</c><00:32:06.839><c> Father</c><00:32:07.259><c> of</c><00:32:07.460><c> our</c><00:32:07.660><c> Lord</c> 00:32:07.859 --> 00:32:08.519 Jesus<00:32:08.240><c> Christ,</c> 00:32:08.660 --> 00:32:11.380 the<00:32:08.819><c> Fathers</c><00:32:09.000><c> of</c><00:32:09.359><c> mercies,</c><00:32:10.160><c> and</c><00:32:10.240><c> the</c><00:32:10.339><c> God</c><00:32:10.440><c> of</c><00:32:10.599><c> all</c><00:32:10.920><c> comfort,</c> 00:32:11.720 --> 00:32:14.640 who<00:32:11.980><c> comforted</c><00:32:12.440><c> us</c><00:32:12.720><c> in</c><00:32:13.500><c> all</c><00:32:13.700><c> our</c><00:32:13.920><c> tribulation,</c> 00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:17.799 that<00:32:15.039><c> we</c><00:32:15.200><c> may</c><00:32:15.420><c> be</c><00:32:15.539><c> able</c><00:32:15.740><c> to</c><00:32:15.980><c> comfort</c><00:32:16.160><c> them</c><00:32:16.460><c> which</c><00:32:16.660><c> are</c><00:32:16.880><c> in</c><00:32:17.079><c> any</c><00:32:17.359><c> trouble,</c> 00:32:18.099 --> 00:32:20.220 by<00:32:18.099><c> the</c><00:32:18.339><c> comfort</c><00:32:18.500><c> wherewith</c><00:32:18.839><c> we</c><00:32:19.039><c> ourselves</c><00:32:19.480><c> are</c><00:32:19.779><c> comforted</c> 00:32:20.220 --> 00:32:20.839 of<00:32:20.380><c> God.</c> 00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:23.160 For<00:32:21.319><c> as</c><00:32:21.460><c> the</c><00:32:21.619><c> sufferings</c><00:32:21.839><c> of</c><00:32:22.019><c> Christ</c><00:32:22.339><c> abound</c><00:32:22.720><c> in</c><00:32:22.920><c> us,</c> 00:32:23.539 --> 00:32:26.299 so<00:32:23.640><c> our</c><00:32:23.940><c> consolation</c><00:32:24.640><c> also</c><00:32:25.140><c> abounded</c><00:32:25.579><c> by</c><00:32:25.880><c> Christ.</c> 00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:29.859 But<00:32:26.839><c> when</c><00:32:27.119><c> Christ</c><00:32:27.400><c> was</c><00:32:27.579><c> in</c><00:32:27.759><c> trouble,</c><00:32:28.359><c> he</c><00:32:28.440><c> went</c><00:32:28.579><c> to</c><00:32:28.700><c> Beit</c><00:32:28.819><c> Abara.</c> 00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:33.259 When<00:32:30.279><c> we</c><00:32:30.599><c> are</c><00:32:30.839><c> in</c><00:32:31.200><c> trouble,</c><00:32:32.079><c> go</c><00:32:32.220><c> to</c><00:32:32.440><c> the</c><00:32:32.599><c> camp</c><00:32:32.880><c> of</c><00:32:33.039><c> Israel,</c> 00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:36.339 go<00:32:33.460><c> back</c><00:32:33.759><c> to</c><00:32:33.960><c> the</c><00:32:34.140><c> Ecclesiast,</c><00:32:34.819><c> remember</c><00:32:35.380><c> the</c><00:32:35.480><c> day</c><00:32:35.619><c> of</c><00:32:35.779><c> your</c><00:32:35.920><c> baptism,</c> 00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:39.779 because<00:32:36.900><c> that</c><00:32:37.019><c> is</c><00:32:37.240><c> all</c><00:32:37.579><c> typified</c><00:32:38.259><c> in</c><00:32:38.700><c> the</c><00:32:38.900><c> place</c><00:32:39.160><c> where</c><00:32:39.420><c> Jesus</c> 00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:41.319 was<00:32:40.119><c> baptized.</c> 00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:44.759 And<00:32:42.700><c> then</c><00:32:43.039><c> there's</c><00:32:43.500><c> another</c><00:32:43.799><c> thing.</c> 00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:49.319 Jesus<00:32:45.400><c> went</c><00:32:45.720><c> up</c><00:32:46.059><c> in</c><00:32:46.440><c> John</c><00:32:46.779><c> 11</c><00:32:47.519><c> and</c><00:32:47.920><c> verse</c><00:32:48.140><c> 3.</c> 00:32:49.599 --> 00:32:52.759 Let's<00:32:49.700><c> go</c><00:32:49.900><c> to</c><00:32:50.039><c> John</c><00:32:50.279><c> chapter</c><00:32:50.640><c> 11.</c> 00:32:56.880 --> 00:33:05.519 And<00:32:57.420><c> we</c><00:32:57.960><c> hear</c><00:32:58.119><c> that</c><00:33:01.880><c> Lazarus</c><00:33:02.839><c> was</c><00:33:03.299><c> dead</c><00:33:03.759><c> in</c><00:33:04.160><c> verse</c><00:33:04.420><c> 3.</c> 00:33:05.940 --> 00:33:10.839 While<00:33:06.079><c> Jesus</c><00:33:06.359><c> was</c><00:33:06.700><c> beyond</c><00:33:07.220><c> Jordan,</c><00:33:08.759><c> where</c><00:33:08.900><c> the</c><00:33:08.980><c> camp</c><00:33:09.140><c> of</c><00:33:09.380><c> Israel</c><00:33:09.740><c> was,</c> 00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:12.599 his<00:33:11.160><c> sister</c><00:33:11.400><c> sent</c><00:33:11.799><c> unto</c><00:33:12.079><c> him,</c><00:33:12.460><c> saying,</c> 00:33:12.660 --> 00:33:15.759 Lord,<00:33:13.059><c> behold,</c><00:33:13.720><c> he</c><00:33:13.859><c> whom</c><00:33:14.000><c> thou</c><00:33:14.259><c> lovest</c><00:33:14.480><c> is</c><00:33:14.740><c> sick.</c> 00:33:16.599 --> 00:33:18.980 He<00:33:17.140><c> heard</c><00:33:17.339><c> it</c><00:33:17.480><c> in</c><00:33:17.619><c> the</c><00:33:17.799><c> camp</c><00:33:17.920><c> of</c><00:33:18.160><c> Israel.</c> 00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:22.180 When<00:33:19.500><c> Jesus</c><00:33:19.799><c> heard</c><00:33:20.059><c> that,</c><00:33:21.099><c> he</c><00:33:21.440><c> said,</c> 00:33:22.359 --> 00:33:25.740 this<00:33:22.400><c> sickness</c><00:33:22.740><c> is</c><00:33:23.000><c> not</c><00:33:23.220><c> unto</c><00:33:23.500><c> death,</c><00:33:23.700><c> but</c><00:33:23.859><c> for</c><00:33:24.079><c> the</c><00:33:24.339><c> glory</c><00:33:24.640><c> of</c><00:33:24.880><c> God,</c> 00:33:25.779 --> 00:33:28.880 that<00:33:25.940><c> the</c><00:33:26.079><c> Son</c><00:33:26.259><c> of</c><00:33:26.480><c> God</c><00:33:26.660><c> might</c><00:33:26.960><c> be</c><00:33:27.359><c> glorified</c><00:33:27.920><c> thereby.</c> 00:33:30.099 --> 00:33:33.220 But<00:33:30.259><c> in</c><00:33:30.460><c> verse</c><00:33:30.660><c> 6</c><00:33:31.240><c> we</c><00:33:31.559><c> read</c><00:33:31.779><c> that</c><00:33:31.920><c> when</c><00:33:32.019><c> he</c><00:33:32.240><c> heard</c><00:33:32.420><c> that</c><00:33:32.599><c> he</c><00:33:32.880><c> was</c><00:33:33.059><c> sick,</c> 00:33:33.339 --> 00:33:37.279 he<00:33:33.440><c> about</c><00:33:33.700><c> two</c><00:33:34.079><c> days</c><00:33:34.319><c> still</c><00:33:34.740><c> in</c><00:33:35.240><c> the</c><00:33:35.539><c> same</c><00:33:35.880><c> place</c><00:33:36.160><c> where</c><00:33:36.359><c> he</c><00:33:36.539><c> was.</c> 00:33:37.400 --> 00:33:39.640 He<00:33:37.400><c> heard</c><00:33:37.759><c> about</c><00:33:39.019><c> Lazarus.</c> 00:33:39.640 --> 00:33:41.839 Lazarus<00:33:39.960><c> may</c><00:33:40.200><c> have</c><00:33:40.400><c> died</c><00:33:40.579><c> already</c><00:33:40.920><c> when</c><00:33:41.079><c> they</c><00:33:41.259><c> were</c><00:33:41.500><c> walking</c> 00:33:41.839 --> 00:33:42.339 down<00:33:42.160><c> to</c><00:33:42.259><c> him,</c> 00:33:42.359 --> 00:33:44.319 but<00:33:42.519><c> he</c><00:33:42.740><c> stayed</c><00:33:42.880><c> there</c><00:33:43.019><c> for</c><00:33:43.279><c> two</c><00:33:43.559><c> more</c><00:33:43.859><c> days.</c> 00:33:44.319 --> 00:33:53.980 Well,<00:33:44.759><c> keep</c><00:33:44.940><c> your</c><00:33:45.099><c> hand</c><00:33:45.279><c> in</c><00:33:45.740><c> John</c><00:33:46.000><c> chapter</c><00:33:46.500><c> 11</c><00:33:47.059><c> and</c><00:33:47.539><c> go</c><00:33:47.779><c> to</c><00:33:47.980><c> Hosea</c><00:33:48.319><c> chapter</c><00:33:48.660><c> 6.</c> 00:34:01.420 --> 00:34:04.079 It<00:34:01.859><c> says,</c><00:34:02.240><c> Come,</c><00:34:02.400><c> and</c><00:34:02.460><c> let</c><00:34:02.539><c> us</c><00:34:02.720><c> return</c><00:34:03.200><c> unto</c><00:34:03.420><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:06.099 For<00:34:04.400><c> he</c><00:34:04.539><c> hath</c><00:34:04.819><c> torn,</c><00:34:05.180><c> and</c><00:34:05.259><c> he</c><00:34:05.339><c> will</c><00:34:05.559><c> heal</c><00:34:05.779><c> us.</c> 00:34:06.299 --> 00:34:08.340 He<00:34:06.460><c> hath</c><00:34:06.700><c> smitten,</c><00:34:07.259><c> and</c><00:34:07.359><c> he</c><00:34:07.460><c> will</c><00:34:07.700><c> bind</c><00:34:08.019><c> us</c><00:34:08.219><c> up.</c> 00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:11.619 After<00:34:08.860><c> two</c><00:34:09.260><c> days</c><00:34:10.119><c> will</c><00:34:10.679><c> he</c><00:34:10.880><c> revive</c><00:34:11.219><c> us.</c> 00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:14.360 It<00:34:12.039><c> takes</c><00:34:12.340><c> one,</c><00:34:12.760><c> Jesus</c><00:34:13.159><c> stayed</c><00:34:13.400><c> there</c><00:34:13.539><c> for</c><00:34:13.659><c> two</c><00:34:13.900><c> days,</c> 00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:16.480 and<00:34:14.699><c> took</c><00:34:14.840><c> one</c><00:34:15.059><c> day</c><00:34:15.219><c> to</c><00:34:15.440><c> walk</c><00:34:15.579><c> up</c><00:34:15.760><c> to</c><00:34:15.980><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:34:16.900 --> 00:34:20.139 And<00:34:16.920><c> in</c><00:34:17.099><c> the</c><00:34:17.340><c> third</c><00:34:17.639><c> day</c><00:34:18.199><c> he</c><00:34:19.119><c> shall</c><00:34:19.320><c> raise</c><00:34:19.639><c> us</c><00:34:19.840><c> up,</c> 00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:21.940 and<00:34:20.500><c> we</c><00:34:20.659><c> shall</c><00:34:20.900><c> live</c><00:34:21.239><c> in</c><00:34:21.539><c> his</c><00:34:21.780><c> sight.</c> 00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:25.380 And<00:34:22.219><c> then</c><00:34:22.500><c> shall</c><00:34:22.760><c> we</c><00:34:23.000><c> know,</c><00:34:23.500><c> if</c><00:34:23.639><c> we</c><00:34:23.980><c> follow</c><00:34:24.119><c> unto</c><00:34:24.460><c> know</c><00:34:24.840><c> Yahweh,</c> 00:34:25.579 --> 00:34:27.880 his<00:34:25.679><c> going</c><00:34:26.039><c> forth</c><00:34:26.340><c> is</c><00:34:26.579><c> prepared</c><00:34:27.059><c> as</c><00:34:27.219><c> the</c><00:34:27.460><c> morning.</c> 00:34:28.179 --> 00:34:29.639 He<00:34:28.360><c> shall</c><00:34:28.559><c> come</c><00:34:28.840><c> unto</c><00:34:28.980><c> us</c><00:34:29.119><c> as</c><00:34:29.300><c> the</c><00:34:29.480><c> rain,</c> 00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:32.400 as<00:34:29.860><c> the</c><00:34:30.000><c> letter</c><00:34:30.159><c> and</c><00:34:30.360><c> the</c><00:34:30.579><c> formal</c><00:34:30.760><c> rain</c><00:34:30.980><c> upon</c><00:34:31.280><c> the</c><00:34:31.559><c> earth.</c> 00:34:32.420 --> 00:34:34.000 So<00:34:32.679><c> Jesus</c><00:34:32.900><c> waited</c><00:34:33.139><c> till</c><00:34:33.380><c> the</c><00:34:33.599><c> third</c><00:34:33.840><c> day,</c> 00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:35.760 because<00:34:34.260><c> the</c><00:34:34.519><c> third</c><00:34:34.699><c> day</c><00:34:34.820><c> is</c><00:34:34.940><c> the</c><00:34:35.039><c> time</c><00:34:35.139><c> of</c><00:34:35.300><c> the</c><00:34:35.480><c> kingdom,</c> 00:34:35.920 --> 00:34:36.579 brightness<00:34:36.059><c> sisters.</c> 00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:40.400 That's<00:34:37.340><c> when</c><00:34:37.500><c> we</c><00:34:37.920><c> all</c><00:34:38.239><c> hope</c><00:34:38.440><c> to</c><00:34:38.659><c> be</c><00:34:38.900><c> raised</c><00:34:39.219><c> from</c><00:34:39.539><c> the</c><00:34:39.719><c> dead.</c> 00:34:40.860 --> 00:34:47.400 So<00:34:41.539><c> Jesus</c><00:34:42.059><c> went</c><00:34:42.360><c> then</c><00:34:43.559><c> from</c><00:34:45.619><c> beyond</c><00:34:46.699><c> Jordan,</c> 00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:49.039 where<00:34:47.719><c> the</c><00:34:47.880><c> camp</c><00:34:48.019><c> of</c><00:34:48.219><c> Israel</c><00:34:48.380><c> was,</c> 00:34:49.320 --> 00:34:51.420 he<00:34:49.599><c> crossed</c><00:34:49.820><c> the</c><00:34:50.019><c> place</c><00:34:50.159><c> of</c><00:34:50.420><c> baptism,</c> 00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:58.019 then<00:34:51.619><c> he</c><00:34:51.840><c> went</c><00:34:52.239><c> to</c><00:34:52.679><c> Bethany</c><00:34:53.400><c> where</c><00:34:53.880><c> he</c><00:34:54.199><c> raised</c><00:34:54.400><c> up</c><00:34:57.539><c> Lazarus.</c> 00:34:58.159 --> 00:35:01.039 And<00:34:58.280><c> that</c><00:34:58.400><c> must</c><00:34:58.579><c> have</c><00:34:58.739><c> been</c><00:34:59.500><c> so</c><00:34:59.860><c> powerful</c><00:35:00.320><c> by</c><00:35:00.519><c> the</c><00:35:00.719><c> sisters,</c> 00:35:01.179 --> 00:35:07.159 because<00:35:02.260><c> the</c><00:35:02.619><c> lesson</c><00:35:02.980><c> of</c><00:35:03.320><c> Beit</c><00:35:03.539><c> Abba</c><00:35:04.099><c> is</c><00:35:05.079><c> the</c><00:35:05.659><c> lesson</c><00:35:06.079><c> of</c><00:35:06.440><c> the</c><00:35:06.599><c> resurrection.</c> 00:35:07.159 --> 00:35:09.659 Not<00:35:07.940><c> being</c><00:35:08.519><c> swept</c><00:35:08.860><c> into</c><00:35:09.139><c> the</c><00:35:09.280><c> dead</c><00:35:09.480><c> sea,</c> 00:35:09.659 --> 00:35:11.900 but<00:35:10.300><c> and</c><00:35:10.559><c> into</c><00:35:10.860><c> the</c><00:35:11.039><c> kingdom.</c> 00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:14.219 It's<00:35:12.699><c> a</c><00:35:12.920><c> lesson</c><00:35:13.119><c> of</c><00:35:13.360><c> the</c><00:35:13.559><c> resurrection,</c> 00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:17.280 typified<00:35:14.900><c> by</c><00:35:15.260><c> Elijah</c><00:35:15.739><c> going</c><00:35:16.099><c> up</c><00:35:16.539><c> to</c><00:35:16.940><c> heaven,</c> 00:35:17.559 --> 00:35:19.980 being<00:35:17.780><c> taken</c><00:35:18.099><c> away</c><00:35:18.300><c> from</c><00:35:18.539><c> the</c><00:35:18.739><c> earth</c><00:35:18.900><c> at</c><00:35:19.119><c> least.</c> 00:35:20.639 --> 00:35:23.039 And<00:35:20.860><c> so</c><00:35:21.039><c> Jesus</c><00:35:21.260><c> had</c><00:35:21.579><c> reflected</c><00:35:22.059><c> on</c><00:35:22.320><c> the</c><00:35:22.500><c> resurrection,</c> 00:35:23.260 --> 00:35:25.460 brightness<00:35:23.380><c> sisters,</c><00:35:24.659><c> in</c><00:35:24.800><c> Beit</c><00:35:25.019><c> Abba,</c> 00:35:25.500 --> 00:35:29.670 and<00:35:26.019><c> now</c><00:35:26.280><c> he</c><00:35:26.559><c> himself</c><00:35:27.440><c> was</c><00:35:28.400><c> going</c><00:35:28.599><c> to</c><00:35:28.880><c> experience</c> 00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:31.920 the<00:35:30.659><c> power</c><00:35:31.000><c> of</c><00:35:31.420><c> resurrection,</c> 00:35:32.119 --> 00:35:35.639 to<00:35:32.320><c> encourage</c><00:35:32.820><c> him</c><00:35:33.360><c> to</c><00:35:33.920><c> lay</c><00:35:34.199><c> down</c><00:35:34.599><c> his</c><00:35:35.019><c> own</c><00:35:35.400><c> life,</c> 00:35:35.639 --> 00:35:37.380 because<00:35:35.920><c> that</c><00:35:36.239><c> raising</c><00:35:36.559><c> of</c><00:35:37.019><c> Lazarus</c> 00:35:37.380 --> 00:35:39.300 would<00:35:37.940><c> have</c><00:35:38.099><c> given</c><00:35:38.260><c> him</c><00:35:38.480><c> the</c><00:35:38.760><c> strength</c> 00:35:39.300 --> 00:35:41.500 to<00:35:40.380><c> cross</c><00:35:40.639><c> that</c><00:35:40.860><c> river</c><00:35:41.099><c> Jordan</c> 00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:43.119 that<00:35:41.780><c> leads</c><00:35:42.079><c> to</c><00:35:42.320><c> death</c><00:35:42.500><c> once</c><00:35:42.920><c> more,</c> 00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:46.280 before<00:35:43.519><c> he</c><00:35:44.099><c> went</c><00:35:44.320><c> up</c><00:35:44.539><c> for</c><00:35:44.699><c> the</c><00:35:44.840><c> last</c><00:35:45.219><c> time</c><00:35:45.760><c> in</c><00:35:46.059><c> Jerusalem,</c> 00:35:46.320 --> 00:35:48.380 because<00:35:46.559><c> after</c><00:35:46.960><c> he</c><00:35:47.159><c> crossed</c><00:35:47.340><c> this</c><00:35:47.539><c> river,</c> 00:35:48.420 --> 00:35:50.820 he<00:35:48.579><c> did</c><00:35:48.739><c> only</c><00:35:49.219><c> once</c><00:35:49.800><c> more,</c> 00:35:50.880 --> 00:35:53.239 when<00:35:51.019><c> he</c><00:35:51.219><c> went</c><00:35:51.519><c> to</c><00:35:52.039><c> the</c><00:35:52.280><c> place</c><00:35:52.500><c> of</c><00:35:52.820><c> his</c><00:35:53.000><c> skull,</c> 00:35:53.639 --> 00:35:55.579 as<00:35:53.880><c> we</c><00:35:54.079><c> will</c><00:35:54.280><c> see</c><00:35:54.599><c> tomorrow.</c> 00:35:55.940 --> 00:35:58.440 So<00:35:56.139><c> he</c><00:35:56.199><c> would</c><00:35:56.420><c> have</c><00:35:56.579><c> walked</c><00:35:56.800><c> up,</c><00:35:57.300><c> as</c><00:35:57.480><c> we</c><00:35:57.639><c> saw</c><00:35:57.800><c> before,</c> 00:35:58.880 --> 00:36:01.519 from<00:35:59.260><c> Jericho</c><00:35:59.920><c> and</c><00:36:00.679><c> go</c><00:36:00.900><c> to</c><00:36:01.179><c> Bethany,</c> 00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:02.760 where<00:36:01.900><c> Lazarus</c><00:36:02.340><c> was.</c> 00:36:02.760 --> 00:36:04.820 Now<00:36:03.360><c> the</c><00:36:03.500><c> name</c><00:36:03.719><c> Bethany,</c> 00:36:05.239 --> 00:36:07.360 people<00:36:05.619><c> have</c><00:36:05.820><c> different</c><00:36:06.179><c> ideas</c><00:36:06.579><c> about</c><00:36:06.880><c> it,</c> 00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:11.719 I<00:36:07.639><c> believe</c><00:36:07.980><c> it</c><00:36:08.260><c> means</c><00:36:08.780><c> the</c><00:36:09.579><c> house</c><00:36:10.079><c> of</c><00:36:10.679><c> phoenix,</c> 00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:15.079 because<00:36:12.579><c> Martha</c><00:36:13.099><c> and</c><00:36:13.760><c> Mary</c><00:36:14.099><c> and</c><00:36:14.500><c> Lazarus,</c> 00:36:15.239 --> 00:36:18.980 although<00:36:15.500><c> we're</c><00:36:15.860><c> all</c><00:36:16.260><c> very,</c><00:36:17.119><c> very</c><00:36:17.119><c> different</c><00:36:17.460><c> in</c><00:36:17.880><c> character,</c> 00:36:19.400 --> 00:36:21.179 Martha<00:36:19.579><c> always</c><00:36:20.219><c> busy,</c> 00:36:21.219 --> 00:36:22.920 Mary<00:36:21.579><c> sitting</c><00:36:21.840><c> at</c><00:36:22.019><c> the</c><00:36:22.159><c> feet</c><00:36:22.280><c> of</c><00:36:22.480><c> Jesus,</c> 00:36:23.300 --> 00:36:26.280 and<00:36:23.500><c> Lazarus</c><00:36:23.860><c> was</c><00:36:24.139><c> one</c><00:36:24.420><c> that</c><00:36:24.739><c> sat</c><00:36:24.940><c> at</c><00:36:25.179><c> the</c><00:36:25.340><c> table</c><00:36:25.639><c> with</c><00:36:25.900><c> Jesus,</c> 00:36:26.400 --> 00:36:28.599 that's<00:36:26.559><c> where</c><00:36:26.699><c> all</c><00:36:27.059><c> the</c><00:36:27.420><c> discourses</c><00:36:27.960><c> took</c><00:36:28.219><c> place,</c> 00:36:29.039 --> 00:36:30.559 all<00:36:29.199><c> those</c><00:36:29.400><c> wonderful</c><00:36:30.000><c> conversations</c> 00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:32.400 between<00:36:30.880><c> brothers</c><00:36:30.960><c> and</c><00:36:30.960><c> sisters</c><00:36:31.300><c> at</c><00:36:31.559><c> the</c><00:36:31.719><c> table</c><00:36:31.940><c> of</c><00:36:32.099><c> Jesus,</c> 00:36:32.719 --> 00:36:35.519 and<00:36:33.000><c> Lazarus</c><00:36:33.280><c> was</c><00:36:33.539><c> there</c><00:36:33.920><c> at</c><00:36:34.320><c> the</c><00:36:34.500><c> table</c><00:36:34.800><c> of</c><00:36:35.000><c> Jesus.</c> 00:36:35.860 --> 00:36:37.460 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that</c><00:36:45.119><c> table</c><00:36:45.360><c> the</c><00:36:45.519><c> table</c><00:36:45.780><c> of</c><00:36:46.000><c> our</c><00:36:46.179><c> Lord?</c> 00:36:46.619 --> 00:36:48.179 Not<00:36:46.800><c> just</c><00:36:46.960><c> to</c><00:36:47.139><c> break</c><00:36:47.300><c> bread</c><00:36:47.500><c> and</c><00:36:47.679><c> drink</c><00:36:47.960><c> wine,</c> 00:36:48.219 --> 00:36:50.960 but<00:36:48.900><c> to</c><00:36:49.260><c> be</c><00:36:49.460><c> at</c><00:36:49.719><c> the</c><00:36:49.880><c> table</c><00:36:50.139><c> of</c><00:36:50.440><c> Jesus,</c> 00:36:51.260 --> 00:36:52.519 is<00:36:51.420><c> to</c><00:36:51.639><c> listen</c><00:36:51.960><c> to</c><00:36:52.199><c> him,</c> 00:36:52.659 --> 00:36:55.639 and<00:36:52.860><c> to</c><00:36:53.280><c> speak</c><00:36:53.539><c> about</c><00:36:53.820><c> the</c><00:36:54.099><c> things</c><00:36:54.280><c> that</c><00:36:54.480><c> are</c><00:36:54.679><c> so</c><00:36:55.039><c> important.</c> 00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:59.599 It<00:36:56.159><c> was</c><00:36:56.500><c> in</c><00:36:57.000><c> the</c><00:36:57.280><c> house</c><00:36:57.659><c> of</c><00:36:58.039><c> the</c><00:36:58.340><c> good</c><00:36:58.679><c> phoenix</c> 00:36:59.599 --> 00:37:03.659 that<00:36:59.960><c> came</c><00:37:00.300><c> back</c><00:37:00.900><c> from</c><00:37:01.480><c> in</c><00:37:01.639><c> the</c><00:37:01.840><c> time</c><00:37:02.000><c> of</c><00:37:02.239><c> Ezra</c><00:37:02.539><c> and</c><00:37:02.800><c> Nehemiah,</c> 00:37:03.900 --> 00:37:07.360 because<00:37:04.059><c> those</c><00:37:04.599><c> figs,</c><00:37:05.360><c> God</c><00:37:05.539><c> says</c><00:37:05.960><c> in</c><00:37:06.360><c> Jeremiah</c><00:37:06.739><c> 24,</c> 00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:08.800 I<00:37:07.559><c> will</c><00:37:07.699><c> bring</c><00:37:07.920><c> again</c><00:37:08.199><c> to</c><00:37:08.380><c> this</c><00:37:08.619><c> land,</c> 00:37:08.960 --> 00:37:10.920 I<00:37:09.000><c> will</c><00:37:09.159><c> build</c><00:37:09.400><c> them</c><00:37:09.559><c> and</c><00:37:09.760><c> not</c><00:37:10.239><c> pull</c><00:37:10.480><c> them</c><00:37:10.719><c> down,</c> 00:37:11.000 --> 00:37:13.099 I<00:37:11.179><c> will</c><00:37:11.440><c> plant</c><00:37:11.619><c> them</c><00:37:11.800><c> and</c><00:37:12.079><c> not</c><00:37:12.360><c> pluck</c><00:37:12.539><c> them</c><00:37:12.739><c> up,</c> 00:37:13.340 --> 00:37:16.420 and<00:37:13.480><c> I</c><00:37:13.500><c> will</c><00:37:13.699><c> give</c><00:37:13.820><c> them</c><00:37:13.980><c> a</c><00:37:14.400><c> heart</c><00:37:14.760><c> to</c><00:37:15.239><c> know</c><00:37:15.500><c> me,</c> 00:37:16.460 --> 00:37:20.059 and<00:37:16.780><c> Martha</c><00:37:17.079><c> and</c><00:37:17.420><c> Mary</c><00:37:17.659><c> and</c><00:37:17.980><c> Lazarus</c><00:37:18.420><c> knew</c><00:37:18.920><c> Jesus.</c> 00:37:20.559 --> 00:37:24.679 Mary<00:37:21.079><c> anointed</c><00:37:21.599><c> his</c><00:37:22.420><c> feet</c><00:37:22.719><c> for</c><00:37:23.699><c> his</c><00:37:24.219><c> burial.</c> 00:37:25.179 --> 00:37:27.599 She<00:37:25.260><c> was</c><00:37:25.360><c> the</c><00:37:25.539><c> only</c><00:37:25.860><c> woman</c><00:37:26.239><c> that</c><00:37:26.719><c> understood</c> 00:37:27.599 --> 00:37:31.500 why<00:37:28.340><c> Jesus</c><00:37:28.940><c> had</c><00:37:29.239><c> to</c><00:37:29.500><c> die,</c><00:37:30.099><c> brothers</c><00:37:30.199><c> and</c><00:37:30.400><c> sisters,</c> 00:37:31.920 --> 00:37:34.699 because<00:37:32.079><c> they</c><00:37:32.280><c> had</c><00:37:32.440><c> a</c><00:37:32.579><c> heart</c><00:37:32.739><c> to</c><00:37:33.079><c> know</c><00:37:33.739><c> him,</c> 00:37:34.980 --> 00:37:36.659 and<00:37:35.059><c> to</c><00:37:35.219><c> know</c><00:37:35.460><c> God,</c><00:37:35.719><c> that</c><00:37:36.000><c> I</c><00:37:36.159><c> am</c><00:37:36.300><c> Yahweh,</c> 00:37:36.659 --> 00:37:37.679 and<00:37:36.780><c> they</c><00:37:36.900><c> shall</c><00:37:37.019><c> be</c><00:37:37.159><c> my</c><00:37:37.400><c> people,</c> 00:37:37.719 --> 00:37:38.940 and<00:37:37.820><c> I</c><00:37:37.960><c> will</c><00:37:38.039><c> be</c><00:37:38.159><c> their</c><00:37:38.420><c> Eladim,</c> 00:37:39.019 --> 00:37:41.599 for<00:37:39.179><c> they</c><00:37:39.440><c> shall</c><00:37:39.679><c> return</c><00:37:40.239><c> unto</c><00:37:40.559><c> me</c><00:37:40.699><c> with</c><00:37:40.860><c> their</c><00:37:41.039><c> whole</c><00:37:41.340><c> heart,</c> 00:37:41.639 --> 00:37:44.320 like<00:37:41.760><c> we</c><00:37:41.940><c> just</c><00:37:42.179><c> read</c><00:37:42.340><c> in</c><00:37:42.519><c> Hosea</c><00:37:42.880><c> chapter</c><00:37:43.280><c> 6.</c> 00:37:44.480 --> 00:37:46.800 So,<00:37:44.619><c> brothers</c><00:37:44.780><c> and</c><00:37:44.960><c> sisters,</c><00:37:45.239><c> Jesus</c><00:37:45.679><c> loved</c><00:37:46.280><c> to</c><00:37:46.579><c> be</c> 00:37:46.800 --> 00:37:49.139 in<00:37:47.260><c> the</c><00:37:47.539><c> house</c><00:37:47.780><c> of</c><00:37:48.219><c> good</c><00:37:48.679><c> phoenix,</c> 00:37:49.300 --> 00:37:51.440 and<00:37:49.599><c> that</c><00:37:49.739><c> is</c><00:37:49.980><c> where</c><00:37:50.420><c> we</c><00:37:50.760><c> must</c><00:37:51.039><c> be.</c> 00:37:51.900 --> 00:37:53.519 Don't<00:37:52.199><c> think,</c><00:37:52.460><c> oh,</c><00:37:52.619><c> I</c><00:37:52.659><c> don't</c><00:37:52.960><c> like</c><00:37:53.139><c> that</c><00:37:53.360><c> brother,</c> 00:37:53.579 --> 00:37:54.780 I<00:37:53.699><c> don't</c><00:37:53.980><c> like</c><00:37:54.179><c> that</c><00:37:54.400><c> sister,</c> 00:37:55.119 --> 00:37:56.599 because<00:37:55.380><c> we</c><00:37:55.579><c> are</c><00:37:55.739><c> all</c><00:37:56.019><c> so</c><00:37:56.260><c> different,</c> 00:37:56.599 --> 00:37:58.860 just<00:37:56.840><c> like</c><00:37:57.159><c> Martha</c><00:37:57.559><c> was</c><00:37:57.840><c> different</c><00:37:58.179><c> from</c><00:37:58.440><c> Mary,</c> 00:37:59.320 --> 00:38:01.639 and<00:37:59.400><c> especially</c><00:37:59.739><c> so</c><00:38:00.139><c> different</c><00:38:00.579><c> from</c><00:38:01.239><c> Lazarus,</c> 00:38:01.860 --> 00:38:03.039 brothers<00:38:01.900><c> and</c><00:38:01.980><c> sisters.</c> 00:38:03.440 --> 00:38:06.400 God<00:38:03.639><c> has</c><00:38:04.079><c> chosen</c><00:38:04.480><c> each</c><00:38:04.960><c> and</c><00:38:05.239><c> every</c><00:38:05.699><c> one</c><00:38:05.960><c> of</c><00:38:06.079><c> us.</c> 00:38:06.579 --> 00:38:09.599 The<00:38:06.619><c> only</c><00:38:06.760><c> thing</c><00:38:06.880><c> we</c><00:38:07.000><c> can</c><00:38:07.199><c> do</c><00:38:07.420><c> is</c><00:38:08.300><c> talk</c><00:38:08.880><c> among</c><00:38:09.239><c> each</c><00:38:09.460><c> other,</c> 00:38:09.659 --> 00:38:10.760 like<00:38:09.820><c> Malachi</c><00:38:10.320><c> says,</c> 00:38:10.840 --> 00:38:14.219 those<00:38:11.019><c> that</c><00:38:11.360><c> fear</c><00:38:11.639><c> Yahweh</c><00:38:12.219><c> speak</c><00:38:12.739><c> often</c><00:38:13.480><c> one</c><00:38:13.880><c> to</c><00:38:14.059><c> another,</c> 00:38:14.239 --> 00:38:16.340 not<00:38:14.420><c> about</c><00:38:14.639><c> the</c><00:38:14.820><c> holidays</c><00:38:15.019><c> you're</c><00:38:15.300><c> going</c><00:38:15.340><c> to</c><00:38:16.000><c> go</c><00:38:16.239><c> to,</c> 00:38:16.360 --> 00:38:18.260 not<00:38:16.500><c> about</c><00:38:16.739><c> the</c><00:38:16.980><c> snow</c><00:38:17.099><c> that</c><00:38:17.340><c> falls</c><00:38:17.480><c> in</c><00:38:17.659><c> this</c><00:38:17.800><c> countryside,</c> 00:38:18.400 --> 00:38:19.139 or<00:38:18.539><c> about</c><00:38:18.739><c> other</c><00:38:18.920><c> things,</c> 00:38:19.239 --> 00:38:22.119 but<00:38:19.280><c> about</c><00:38:20.000><c> the</c><00:38:21.219><c> things</c><00:38:21.559><c> of</c><00:38:21.920><c> God.</c> 00:38:22.400 --> 00:38:24.480 Our<00:38:22.539><c> table</c><00:38:22.739><c> conversation</c><00:38:23.340><c> should</c><00:38:23.559><c> be</c><00:38:23.940><c> interesting,</c> 00:38:24.480 --> 00:38:27.480 just<00:38:24.840><c> as</c><00:38:25.199><c> the</c><00:38:25.280><c> table</c><00:38:25.559><c> conversation</c><00:38:26.079><c> with</c><00:38:26.260><c> the</c><00:38:26.360><c> Lord</c><00:38:26.500><c> Jesus</c><00:38:26.980><c> Christ</c> 00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:30.599 must<00:38:27.940><c> have</c><00:38:28.139><c> been</c><00:38:28.280><c> very</c><00:38:29.000><c> interesting</c><00:38:29.519><c> as</c><00:38:29.860><c> well.</c> 00:38:30.820 --> 00:38:33.920 Let's<00:38:30.940><c> go</c><00:38:31.179><c> to</c><00:38:31.519><c> chapter</c><00:38:31.860><c> 11.</c> 00:38:35.059 --> 00:38:38.659 Because<00:38:35.300><c> now</c><00:38:36.139><c> Lazarus</c><00:38:36.599><c> was</c><00:38:37.559><c> raised</c><00:38:38.000><c> from</c><00:38:38.280><c> the</c><00:38:38.460><c> dead,</c> 00:38:38.840 --> 00:38:41.739 and<00:38:38.960><c> Jesus</c><00:38:39.199><c> experienced</c><00:38:39.960><c> the</c><00:38:40.260><c> power</c><00:38:40.639><c> of</c><00:38:40.940><c> the</c><00:38:41.099><c> resurrection</c> 00:38:41.739 --> 00:38:43.960 and<00:38:42.219><c> must</c><00:38:42.360><c> have</c><00:38:42.500><c> been</c><00:38:42.599><c> so</c><00:38:43.000><c> comforting.</c> 00:38:45.059 --> 00:38:48.619 But<00:38:45.280><c> how</c><00:38:45.719><c> did</c><00:38:45.960><c> the</c><00:38:46.159><c> Jews</c><00:38:46.360><c> react,</c><00:38:47.420><c> brothers</c><00:38:47.519><c> and</c><00:38:47.739><c> sisters,</c> 00:38:48.940 --> 00:38:51.940 to<00:38:49.099><c> the</c><00:38:49.300><c> resurrection,</c><00:38:50.619><c> to</c><00:38:50.719><c> the</c><00:38:50.900><c> raising</c><00:38:51.280><c> of</c><00:38:51.599><c> Lazarus?</c> 00:38:51.940 --> 00:38:56.219 Well,<00:38:52.239><c> look</c><00:38:52.940><c> at</c><00:38:53.519><c> verse</c><00:38:53.780><c> 53</c><00:38:54.519><c> of</c><00:38:54.780><c> chapter</c><00:38:55.139><c> 11.</c> 00:38:56.400 --> 00:38:58.480 Then<00:38:56.400><c> from</c><00:38:56.880><c> that</c><00:38:57.159><c> day</c><00:38:57.579><c> forth,</c> 00:38:58.659 --> 00:39:02.400 they<00:38:58.760><c> took</c><00:38:59.019><c> counsel</c><00:38:59.400><c> together</c><00:39:00.019><c> for</c><00:39:00.639><c> to</c><00:39:00.900><c> put</c><00:39:01.260><c> him</c><00:39:01.420><c> to</c><00:39:01.619><c> death.</c> 00:39:02.519 --> 00:39:04.719 That's<00:39:02.760><c> all</c><00:39:03.099><c> the</c><00:39:03.320><c> Jews</c><00:39:03.579><c> could</c><00:39:03.960><c> do.</c> 00:39:04.860 --> 00:39:07.659 That's<00:39:04.980><c> all</c><00:39:05.280><c> they</c><00:39:05.460><c> wanted</c><00:39:05.679><c> to</c><00:39:05.880><c> do,</c><00:39:06.000><c> to</c><00:39:06.139><c> get</c><00:39:06.400><c> rid</c><00:39:06.619><c> of</c><00:39:06.739><c> him.</c> 00:39:08.059 --> 00:39:11.739 The<00:39:08.239><c> man</c><00:39:08.579><c> who</c><00:39:08.880><c> could</c><00:39:09.159><c> raise</c><00:39:09.559><c> somebody</c><00:39:10.360><c> from</c><00:39:10.719><c> the</c><00:39:10.960><c> dead.</c> 00:39:12.019 --> 00:39:13.519 What<00:39:12.199><c> did</c><00:39:12.300><c> Jesus</c><00:39:12.599><c> do?</c> 00:39:14.019 --> 00:39:18.719 It's<00:39:14.199><c> the</c><00:39:14.340><c> only</c><00:39:14.760><c> reference</c><00:39:15.099><c> we</c><00:39:15.480><c> have</c><00:39:15.860><c> in</c><00:39:16.639><c> all</c><00:39:17.159><c> of</c><00:39:17.380><c> the</c><00:39:17.579><c> four</c><00:39:17.860><c> gospels.</c> 00:39:18.719 --> 00:39:22.619 Verse<00:39:19.099><c> 54,</c><00:39:19.880><c> Jesus</c><00:39:20.179><c> therefore</c><00:39:20.599><c> walked</c><00:39:20.960><c> no</c><00:39:21.420><c> more</c><00:39:21.719><c> openly</c><00:39:22.239><c> among</c> 00:39:22.619 --> 00:39:23.159 the<00:39:22.840><c> Jews,</c> 00:39:23.519 --> 00:39:27.500 but<00:39:23.639><c> he</c><00:39:23.900><c> went</c><00:39:24.199><c> then</c><00:39:24.500><c> unto</c><00:39:25.619><c> a</c><00:39:25.840><c> country</c><00:39:26.300><c> near</c><00:39:26.719><c> to</c><00:39:26.920><c> the</c><00:39:27.059><c> wilderness,</c> 00:39:27.980 --> 00:39:29.960 into<00:39:28.199><c> a</c><00:39:28.400><c> city</c><00:39:28.679><c> called</c><00:39:29.059><c> Ephraim,</c> 00:39:30.179 --> 00:39:33.300 and<00:39:30.420><c> there</c><00:39:30.699><c> continued</c><00:39:31.420><c> with</c><00:39:31.980><c> his</c><00:39:32.199><c> disciples.</c> 00:39:34.320 --> 00:39:35.900 Did<00:39:34.539><c> he</c><00:39:34.659><c> go</c><00:39:34.820><c> to</c><00:39:35.039><c> the</c><00:39:35.099><c> city</c><00:39:35.360><c> of</c><00:39:35.519><c> Ephraim</c> 00:39:35.900 --> 00:39:38.539 because<00:39:36.199><c> he</c><00:39:36.400><c> was</c><00:39:36.639><c> afraid</c><00:39:37.119><c> of</c><00:39:37.460><c> the</c><00:39:37.679><c> Sanhedrin?</c> 00:39:38.699 --> 00:39:40.139 Because<00:39:38.860><c> although</c><00:39:39.059><c> they</c><00:39:39.320><c> sought</c><00:39:39.440><c> him,</c><00:39:39.539><c> they</c><00:39:39.619><c> couldn't</c><00:39:39.800><c> even</c> 00:39:40.139 --> 00:39:40.900 find<00:39:40.360><c> him.</c> 00:39:41.360 --> 00:39:43.500 Did<00:39:41.500><c> he</c><00:39:41.639><c> go</c><00:39:41.760><c> to</c><00:39:42.019><c> Egypt</c><00:39:42.199><c> because</c><00:39:42.420><c> they</c><00:39:42.619><c> were</c><00:39:42.780><c> afraid</c><00:39:42.920><c> of</c><00:39:43.260><c> Herod?</c> 00:39:43.920 --> 00:39:46.199 Jesus<00:39:44.420><c> full</c><00:39:44.860><c> well</c><00:39:45.260><c> trusted</c><00:39:45.559><c> in</c><00:39:45.780><c> his</c><00:39:45.960><c> father</c> 00:39:46.199 --> 00:39:50.199 that<00:39:46.360><c> he</c><00:39:46.539><c> would</c><00:39:46.820><c> preserve</c><00:39:47.239><c> him</c><00:39:47.739><c> till</c><00:39:48.119><c> he</c><00:39:48.719><c> paid</c><00:39:48.960><c> that</c><00:39:49.300><c> final</c><00:39:49.599><c> price</c><00:39:49.980><c> on</c> 00:39:50.199 --> 00:39:50.559 the<00:39:50.400><c> cross</c> 00:39:50.559 --> 00:39:51.239 by<00:39:50.780><c> the</c><00:39:50.900><c> sisters.</c> 00:39:51.699 --> 00:39:56.619 But<00:39:51.940><c> why</c><00:39:52.460><c> did</c><00:39:52.639><c> he</c><00:39:52.860><c> go</c><00:39:53.280><c> to</c><00:39:53.760><c> a</c><00:39:54.059><c> city</c><00:39:54.599><c> called</c><00:39:55.199><c> Ephraim?</c> 00:39:56.900 --> 00:39:58.800 And<00:39:57.219><c> where</c><00:39:57.519><c> is</c><00:39:57.840><c> that</c><00:39:57.980><c> city?</c> 00:39:59.199 --> 00:40:02.820 He<00:39:59.400><c> went</c><00:39:59.519><c> there</c><00:39:59.659><c> not</c><00:39:59.780><c> because</c><00:40:00.019><c> he</c><00:40:00.199><c> was</c><00:40:00.380><c> afraid</c><00:40:01.019><c> of</c><00:40:01.719><c> the</c><00:40:01.960><c> Pharisees.</c> 00:40:03.039 --> 00:40:05.960 He<00:40:03.400><c> went</c><00:40:03.619><c> there</c><00:40:03.920><c> to</c><00:40:04.179><c> be</c><00:40:04.619><c> strengthened</c><00:40:05.139><c> by</c><00:40:05.400><c> the</c><00:40:05.619><c> sisters</c> 00:40:05.960 --> 00:40:09.239 by<00:40:06.260><c> what</c><00:40:06.599><c> happened</c><00:40:06.980><c> in</c><00:40:07.300><c> that</c><00:40:07.559><c> particular</c><00:40:08.039><c> place</c><00:40:08.420><c> in</c><00:40:08.719><c> the</c><00:40:08.980><c> past,</c> 00:40:09.500 --> 00:40:11.179 in<00:40:09.719><c> the</c><00:40:09.900><c> Old</c><00:40:10.099><c> Testament.</c> 00:40:11.980 --> 00:40:17.820 You<00:40:12.619><c> see,</c><00:40:13.059><c> we</c><00:40:13.219><c> don't</c><00:40:13.519><c> read</c><00:40:14.239><c> about</c><00:40:15.440><c> a</c><00:40:16.679><c> city</c><00:40:16.980><c> called</c><00:40:17.360><c> Ephraim</c> 00:40:17.820 --> 00:40:20.039 anywhere<00:40:18.260><c> else</c><00:40:18.599><c> in</c><00:40:18.880><c> the</c><00:40:19.019><c> Scriptures,</c> 00:40:20.199 --> 00:40:26.360 but<00:40:20.519><c> we</c><00:40:21.239><c> do</c><00:40:21.539><c> know</c><00:40:22.099><c> that</c><00:40:23.400><c> it</c><00:40:23.880><c> is</c><00:40:24.139><c> most</c><00:40:24.440><c> likely</c><00:40:24.940><c> a</c><00:40:26.139><c> city</c> 00:40:26.360 --> 00:40:29.920 which<00:40:26.559><c> is</c><00:40:26.760><c> nowadays</c><00:40:27.139><c> in</c><00:40:27.380><c> the</c><00:40:27.519><c> West</c><00:40:27.719><c> Bank</c><00:40:27.980><c> called</c><00:40:28.519><c> Ettaiben,</c> 00:40:29.940 --> 00:40:34.139 a<00:40:30.099><c> city</c><00:40:30.320><c> that</c><00:40:30.519><c> is</c><00:40:30.760><c> less</c><00:40:30.920><c> than</c><00:40:31.519><c> 30</c><00:40:32.239><c> kilometers</c><00:40:33.000><c> northeast</c><00:40:33.420><c> of</c><00:40:33.800><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:40:34.280 --> 00:40:37.500 It's<00:40:34.619><c> on</c><00:40:34.820><c> the</c><00:40:34.960><c> edge</c><00:40:35.079><c> of</c><00:40:35.239><c> the</c><00:40:35.460><c> desert</c><00:40:35.639><c> that</c><00:40:35.860><c> goes</c><00:40:36.139><c> down</c><00:40:36.519><c> into</c> 00:40:37.500 --> 00:40:38.360 the<00:40:37.639><c> Jordan</c><00:40:38.019><c> Valley.</c> 00:40:38.360 --> 00:40:40.699 It<00:40:38.820><c> used</c><00:40:39.119><c> to</c><00:40:39.219><c> be</c><00:40:39.340><c> a</c><00:40:39.420><c> city</c><00:40:39.659><c> of</c><00:40:39.900><c> Samaria,</c> 00:40:41.139 --> 00:40:45.920 but<00:40:41.239><c> in</c><00:40:41.579><c> 145</c><00:40:42.800><c> B</c><00:40:43.280><c>.C.</c><00:40:44.039><c> it</c><00:40:44.099><c> was</c><00:40:44.440><c> ceded</c><00:40:44.679><c> to</c><00:40:45.039><c> Judea</c> 00:40:45.920 --> 00:40:50.219 because<00:40:46.559><c> it</c><00:40:46.840><c> presumably</c><00:40:47.340><c> had</c><00:40:48.400><c> a</c><00:40:48.699><c> Jewish</c><00:40:48.900><c> population</c><00:40:49.500><c> at</c><00:40:49.739><c> the</c><00:40:49.840><c> time.</c> 00:40:50.420 --> 00:40:53.820 And<00:40:50.579><c> then</c><00:40:50.820><c> its</c><00:40:51.019><c> name</c><00:40:51.239><c> was</c><00:40:51.780><c> changed</c><00:40:52.420><c> to</c><00:40:52.980><c> Ephraim.</c> 00:40:54.019 --> 00:40:55.300 From<00:40:54.380><c> what?</c> 00:40:55.900 --> 00:40:58.519 From<00:40:56.099><c> a</c><00:40:56.199><c> very</c><00:40:56.619><c> similar</c><00:40:57.019><c> sounding</c><00:40:57.460><c> name.</c> 00:40:58.599 --> 00:41:00.980 The<00:40:58.820><c> place</c><00:40:58.960><c> was</c><00:40:59.260><c> called</c><00:40:59.579><c> Ophrah.</c> 00:41:02.119 --> 00:41:05.820 Jesus<00:41:02.320><c> went</c><00:41:02.579><c> to</c><00:41:03.039><c> Ophrah</c><00:41:03.780><c> of</c><00:41:04.260><c> the</c><00:41:04.619><c> Abias</c><00:41:05.079><c> Rites,</c> 00:41:05.820 --> 00:41:09.860 renamed<00:41:06.780><c> Ephraim</c><00:41:08.000><c> about</c><00:41:08.539><c> a</c><00:41:08.739><c> century</c><00:41:09.019><c> and</c><00:41:09.280><c> a</c><00:41:09.300><c> half</c><00:41:09.460><c> before</c> 00:41:09.860 --> 00:41:12.039 Jesus<00:41:10.340><c> went</c><00:41:10.820><c> there.</c> 00:41:12.440 --> 00:41:17.139 It<00:41:12.480><c> was</c><00:41:12.800><c> a</c><00:41:13.280><c> city</c><00:41:13.539><c> in</c><00:41:13.800><c> Joshua</c><00:41:14.159><c> 18</c><00:41:14.800><c> and</c><00:41:15.039><c> verse</c><00:41:15.300><c> 23</c> 00:41:23.860 --> 00:41:26.820 that<00:41:24.539><c> belonged</c><00:41:24.820><c> to</c><00:41:25.000><c> the</c><00:41:25.179><c> Benjamites.</c> 00:41:26.820 --> 00:41:33.500 It<00:41:26.840><c> says</c><00:41:32.880><c> in</c><00:41:33.000><c> verse</c><00:41:33.159><c> 21,</c> 00:41:33.599 --> 00:41:36.340 Now<00:41:33.719><c> the</c><00:41:33.960><c> cities</c><00:41:34.199><c> of</c><00:41:34.380><c> the</c><00:41:34.619><c> tribe</c><00:41:34.760><c> of</c><00:41:34.940><c> the</c><00:41:35.079><c> children</c><00:41:35.239><c> of</c><00:41:35.420><c> Benjamin,</c> 00:41:36.400 --> 00:41:39.280 according<00:41:36.719><c> to</c><00:41:36.960><c> their</c><00:41:37.139><c> families,</c><00:41:38.079><c> were</c><00:41:38.239><c> Jericho,</c> 00:41:39.559 --> 00:41:40.519 we<00:41:39.800><c> know</c><00:41:39.900><c> where</c><00:41:40.059><c> that</c><00:41:40.239><c> is,</c> 00:41:40.860 --> 00:41:43.300 and<00:41:40.980><c> then</c><00:41:41.199><c> Beth</c><00:41:41.380><c>-Hotla,</c><00:41:41.900><c> that</c><00:41:42.000><c> is</c><00:41:42.380><c> right</c><00:41:42.539><c> where</c><00:41:42.619><c> Gilgal</c><00:41:43.099><c> is,</c> 00:41:43.420 --> 00:41:45.320 very<00:41:43.679><c> close</c><00:41:43.860><c> to</c><00:41:44.019><c> the</c><00:41:44.039><c> River</c><00:41:44.219><c> Jordan,</c> 00:41:46.619 --> 00:41:48.119 and<00:41:47.019><c> the</c><00:41:47.320><c> Valley</c><00:41:47.480><c> of</c><00:41:47.739><c> Kezis,</c> 00:41:48.340 --> 00:41:50.300 and<00:41:48.599><c> Beth</c><00:41:48.800><c>-Arabah,</c><00:41:49.500><c> Beth</c><00:41:49.679><c>-Abarah,</c> 00:41:50.380 --> 00:41:52.039 the<00:41:50.519><c> same</c><00:41:50.699><c> place</c><00:41:50.900><c> we</c><00:41:51.079><c> have</c><00:41:51.159><c> been</c><00:41:51.360><c> talking</c><00:41:51.679><c> about,</c> 00:41:52.320 --> 00:41:53.659 and<00:41:52.480><c> Samaria</c><00:41:52.840><c> and</c><00:41:53.039><c> Bethel,</c> 00:41:53.659 --> 00:41:56.639 and<00:41:54.219><c> Avim</c><00:41:54.480><c> and</c><00:41:54.760><c> Parah,</c><00:41:55.300><c> and</c><00:41:55.440><c> Ophrah.</c> 00:41:57.260 --> 00:42:00.739 That<00:41:57.440><c> city</c><00:41:57.619><c> was</c><00:41:57.920><c> renamed</c><00:41:58.480><c> Ephraim</c><00:41:59.300><c> in</c><00:41:59.719><c> the</c><00:41:59.900><c> time</c><00:42:00.099><c> of</c><00:42:00.360><c> Christ.</c> 00:42:01.239 --> 00:42:04.599 Now,<00:42:02.039><c> what</c><00:42:02.360><c> is</c><00:42:02.679><c> the</c><00:42:02.900><c> reason</c><00:42:03.239><c> why</c><00:42:03.619><c> Jesus</c><00:42:04.039><c> went</c><00:42:04.340><c> there?</c> 00:42:04.659 --> 00:42:09.079 Just<00:42:04.960><c> before</c><00:42:05.760><c> he</c><00:42:06.239><c> went</c><00:42:06.400><c> on</c><00:42:06.579><c> his</c><00:42:06.780><c> last</c><00:42:07.139><c> journey</c><00:42:07.400><c> to</c><00:42:07.599><c> be</c><00:42:07.840><c> crucified.</c> 00:42:10.159 --> 00:42:12.860 Well,<00:42:10.320><c> who</c><00:42:11.059><c> lived</c><00:42:11.539><c> in</c><00:42:11.940><c> Ophrah?</c> 00:42:13.360 --> 00:42:16.440 Let's<00:42:13.840><c> go</c><00:42:14.059><c> to</c><00:42:14.199><c> Judges</c><00:42:14.559><c> chapter</c><00:42:14.840><c> 6.</c> 00:42:24.460 --> 00:42:27.420 And<00:42:24.800><c> that</c><00:42:24.940><c> is</c><00:42:25.139><c> why</c><00:42:25.340><c> I</c><00:42:25.519><c> believe</c><00:42:25.900><c> Jesus</c><00:42:26.280><c> went</c><00:42:26.619><c> to</c><00:42:27.000><c> Ophrah,</c> 00:42:27.800 --> 00:42:30.500 renamed<00:42:28.079><c> Ephraim</c><00:42:29.300><c> in</c><00:42:29.900><c> that</c><00:42:30.219><c> time.</c> 00:42:30.739 --> 00:42:35.900 And<00:42:30.900><c> then</c><00:42:32.199><c> we</c><00:42:33.920><c> have</c><00:42:34.239><c> in</c><00:42:34.460><c> verse</c><00:42:34.719><c> 11,</c> 00:42:54.639 --> 00:42:58.219 And<00:42:55.239><c> it</c><00:42:55.239><c> is</c><00:42:56.059><c> so</c><00:42:56.260><c> clearly</c><00:42:56.579><c> illustrated</c><00:42:57.500><c> in</c><00:42:57.800><c> this</c><00:42:57.960><c> place.</c> 00:42:58.639 --> 00:43:01.739 Well,<00:42:58.800><c> here</c><00:42:58.980><c> is</c><00:42:59.059><c> the</c><00:42:59.119><c> modern</c><00:42:59.440><c> city</c><00:43:00.099><c> of</c><00:43:00.940><c> Ephraim,</c> 00:43:01.880 --> 00:43:04.920 known<00:43:02.340><c> for</c><00:43:02.719><c> its</c><00:43:03.579><c> Tiber</c><00:43:03.860><c> beer,</c><00:43:04.139><c> by</c><00:43:04.340><c> the</c><00:43:04.500><c> way.</c> 00:43:05.280 --> 00:43:06.139 There<00:43:05.460><c> are</c><00:43:05.539><c> some</c><00:43:05.840><c> churches,</c> 00:43:06.280 --> 00:43:08.400 there<00:43:06.360><c> is</c><00:43:06.440><c> a</c><00:43:06.539><c> Christian</c><00:43:06.820><c> population</c><00:43:07.420><c> there,</c> 00:43:08.500 --> 00:43:10.400 and<00:43:08.760><c> you</c><00:43:08.860><c> can</c><00:43:09.059><c> look</c><00:43:09.260><c> out</c><00:43:09.480><c> over</c><00:43:09.679><c> the</c><00:43:09.980><c> fields,</c> 00:43:10.880 --> 00:43:13.480 the<00:43:11.000><c> surroundings</c><00:43:11.500><c> of</c><00:43:11.880><c> Ophrah</c><00:43:12.280><c> or</c><00:43:12.400><c> Ephraim,</c> 00:43:13.619 --> 00:43:16.960 and<00:43:14.039><c> here</c><00:43:14.260><c> you</c><00:43:14.380><c> can</c><00:43:14.840><c> see</c><00:43:15.519><c> why</c><00:43:16.199><c> was</c><00:43:16.500><c> Gideon</c> 00:43:16.960 --> 00:43:19.000 threshing<00:43:17.480><c> wheat</c><00:43:17.599><c> by</c><00:43:17.840><c> the</c><00:43:18.019><c> winepress?</c> 00:43:19.460 --> 00:43:24.019 That<00:43:19.900><c> is</c><00:43:20.340><c> not</c><00:43:20.820><c> a</c><00:43:20.940><c> very</c><00:43:21.239><c> productive</c><00:43:21.639><c> way</c><00:43:22.340><c> of</c><00:43:22.739><c> threshing.</c> 00:43:24.119 --> 00:43:27.500 Because<00:43:24.380><c> threshing</c><00:43:24.699><c> is</c><00:43:24.940><c> all</c><00:43:25.119><c> done</c><00:43:25.360><c> on</c><00:43:25.880><c> the</c><00:43:26.099><c> top</c><00:43:26.260><c> of</c><00:43:26.460><c> the</c><00:43:26.599><c> mountain.</c> 00:43:27.619 --> 00:43:29.780 Because<00:43:27.800><c> you</c><00:43:27.900><c> need</c><00:43:28.079><c> a</c><00:43:28.400><c> wind</c><00:43:28.619><c> to</c><00:43:28.800><c> blow</c><00:43:29.039><c> the</c><00:43:29.280><c> chaff</c><00:43:29.500><c> away.</c> 00:43:30.260 --> 00:43:33.099 But<00:43:30.380><c> you</c><00:43:30.460><c> can</c><00:43:30.659><c> see</c><00:43:30.800><c> it</c><00:43:31.000><c> for</c><00:43:31.300><c> miles</c><00:43:31.940><c> around.</c> 00:43:33.539 --> 00:43:35.260 Where<00:43:33.699><c> is</c><00:43:33.760><c> the</c><00:43:33.900><c> winepress</c><00:43:34.219><c> located?</c> 00:43:35.900 --> 00:43:38.860 Well,<00:43:36.519><c> you</c><00:43:36.579><c> need</c><00:43:36.800><c> to</c><00:43:36.940><c> bring</c><00:43:37.019><c> your</c><00:43:37.360><c> grapes</c><00:43:37.679><c> to</c><00:43:38.179><c> the</c><00:43:38.380><c> winepress.</c> 00:43:39.119 --> 00:43:40.420 You<00:43:39.159><c> don't</c><00:43:39.340><c> need</c><00:43:39.500><c> to</c><00:43:39.719><c> tread</c><00:43:39.840><c> them</c><00:43:39.980><c> with</c><00:43:40.079><c> your</c><00:43:40.260><c> ground,</c> 00:43:40.559 --> 00:43:41.500 it<00:43:40.559><c> doesn't</c><00:43:40.639><c> matter</c><00:43:40.800><c> how</c><00:43:41.000><c> you</c><00:43:41.119><c> do</c><00:43:41.199><c> it.</c> 00:43:41.619 --> 00:43:44.260 Well,<00:43:41.820><c> it</c><00:43:41.880><c> is</c><00:43:41.940><c> the</c><00:43:42.059><c> easiest</c><00:43:42.320><c> way</c><00:43:42.960><c> to</c><00:43:43.480><c> carry</c><00:43:43.679><c> your</c><00:43:43.960><c> grapes</c> 00:43:44.260 --> 00:43:47.199 down<00:43:44.800><c> into</c><00:43:45.119><c> the</c><00:43:45.300><c> valley</c><00:43:45.519><c> where</c><00:43:45.820><c> the</c><00:43:46.000><c> winepress</c><00:43:46.340><c> would</c><00:43:46.559><c> be</c><00:43:46.719><c> located.</c> 00:43:47.199 --> 00:43:49.559 But<00:43:47.639><c> to</c><00:43:47.940><c> thresh</c><00:43:48.179><c> wheat</c><00:43:48.519><c> where</c><00:43:48.900><c> there</c><00:43:49.019><c> is</c><00:43:49.099><c> no</c><00:43:49.280><c> wind</c> 00:43:49.559 --> 00:43:50.800 was<00:43:49.860><c> a</c><00:43:49.880><c> very</c><00:43:50.260><c> hard</c><00:43:50.480><c> job.</c> 00:43:50.860 --> 00:43:53.380 But<00:43:51.099><c> he</c><00:43:51.280><c> did</c><00:43:51.500><c> it</c><00:43:52.039><c> just</c><00:43:52.300><c> to</c><00:43:52.500><c> preserve</c><00:43:52.860><c> food</c> 00:43:53.380 --> 00:43:56.059 for<00:43:53.980><c> his</c><00:43:54.300><c> family,</c><00:43:54.760><c> brothers</c><00:43:54.880><c> and</c><00:43:55.019><c> sisters.</c> 00:43:56.320 --> 00:43:58.139 So<00:43:56.519><c> there</c><00:43:56.639><c> was</c><00:43:56.860><c> the</c><00:43:57.159><c> angel,</c> 00:43:58.159 --> 00:44:00.639 and<00:43:58.280><c> he</c><00:43:58.619><c> strengthened</c><00:43:59.000><c> him</c><00:43:59.599><c> to</c><00:44:00.239><c> go</c> 00:44:00.639 --> 00:44:02.639 and<00:44:00.840><c> fight</c><00:44:00.980><c> against</c><00:44:01.280><c> the</c><00:44:01.440><c> Midianites.</c> 00:44:02.800 --> 00:44:04.739 Gideon<00:44:02.960><c> wasn't</c><00:44:03.219><c> up</c><00:44:03.500><c> to</c><00:44:03.639><c> the</c><00:44:03.860><c> task.</c> 00:44:04.840 --> 00:44:06.800 What<00:44:05.239><c> did</c><00:44:05.500><c> he</c><00:44:05.780><c> say</c><00:44:05.980><c> in</c><00:44:06.099><c> verse</c><00:44:06.300><c> 13?</c> 00:44:07.119 --> 00:44:09.579 Oh,<00:44:07.380><c> my</c><00:44:07.659><c> Adon,</c><00:44:08.280><c> if</c><00:44:08.559><c> Yahweh</c><00:44:08.780><c> be</c><00:44:08.960><c> with</c><00:44:09.179><c> us,</c> 00:44:09.739 --> 00:44:11.739 why<00:44:10.099><c> then</c><00:44:10.300><c> has</c><00:44:10.400><c> all</c><00:44:10.719><c> this</c><00:44:10.980><c> befallen</c><00:44:11.400><c> us?</c> 00:44:12.039 --> 00:44:13.719 And<00:44:12.340><c> where</c><00:44:12.579><c> are</c><00:44:12.860><c> all</c><00:44:13.179><c> the</c><00:44:13.440><c> signs</c> 00:44:13.719 --> 00:44:15.280 which<00:44:13.940><c> our</c><00:44:14.199><c> fathers</c><00:44:14.460><c> told</c><00:44:14.760><c> us</c><00:44:14.900><c> of,</c><00:44:15.239><c> saying,</c> 00:44:15.280 --> 00:44:17.659 Did<00:44:15.739><c> not</c><00:44:16.059><c> Yahweh</c><00:44:16.260><c> bring</c><00:44:16.539><c> us</c><00:44:16.739><c> up</c><00:44:16.880><c> out</c><00:44:17.079><c> of</c><00:44:17.300><c> Egypt?</c> 00:44:18.079 --> 00:44:19.440 But<00:44:18.219><c> now</c><00:44:18.420><c> Yahweh</c><00:44:18.659><c> has</c><00:44:18.880><c> forsaken</c><00:44:19.280><c> us</c> 00:44:19.440 --> 00:44:22.940 and<00:44:19.639><c> delivered</c><00:44:19.940><c> us</c><00:44:20.420><c> into</c><00:44:20.920><c> the</c><00:44:21.119><c> hands</c><00:44:21.300><c> of</c><00:44:21.500><c> the</c><00:44:21.659><c> Midianites.</c> 00:44:23.119 --> 00:44:24.179 And<00:44:23.260><c> then</c><00:44:23.440><c> Yahweh,</c><00:44:23.679><c> that's</c><00:44:23.900><c> the</c><00:44:24.000><c> angel,</c> 00:44:24.239 --> 00:44:25.900 looked<00:44:24.440><c> upon</c><00:44:24.699><c> him</c><00:44:24.860><c> and</c><00:44:25.000><c> said,</c> 00:44:26.579 --> 00:44:29.320 Go<00:44:27.079><c> in</c><00:44:27.579><c> this</c><00:44:28.280><c> thy</c><00:44:28.559><c> might.</c> 00:44:29.800 --> 00:44:31.940 What<00:44:30.039><c> was</c><00:44:30.219><c> the</c><00:44:30.420><c> might</c><00:44:30.780><c> of</c><00:44:31.099><c> Gideon?</c> 00:44:32.039 --> 00:44:33.880 He<00:44:32.420><c> believed</c><00:44:33.000><c> that</c><00:44:33.300><c> Yahweh</c> 00:44:33.880 --> 00:44:36.340 has<00:44:34.260><c> brought</c><00:44:34.539><c> up</c><00:44:34.760><c> the</c><00:44:34.940><c> children</c><00:44:35.179><c> of</c><00:44:35.320><c> Israel</c><00:44:35.460><c> out</c><00:44:35.780><c> of</c><00:44:36.039><c> Egypt.</c> 00:44:36.519 --> 00:44:38.079 That<00:44:36.719><c> runs</c><00:44:36.880><c> right</c><00:44:37.280><c> through</c><00:44:37.480><c> the</c><00:44:37.639><c> Scriptures.</c> 00:44:38.320 --> 00:44:40.599 And<00:44:38.519><c> that's</c><00:44:38.760><c> what</c><00:44:38.840><c> we</c><00:44:39.239><c> believe</c><00:44:39.539><c> also.</c> 00:44:41.219 --> 00:44:43.860 And<00:44:41.539><c> then</c><00:44:41.800><c> he</c><00:44:42.019><c> asked</c><00:44:42.280><c> for</c><00:44:42.739><c> a</c><00:44:42.980><c> sign.</c> 00:44:45.239 --> 00:44:48.519 And<00:44:45.639><c> he</c><00:44:46.000><c> told</c><00:44:46.380><c> him</c><00:44:46.599><c> to</c><00:44:46.780><c> bring</c><00:44:47.139><c> an</c><00:44:47.500><c> offering.</c> 00:44:49.280 --> 00:44:51.139 In<00:44:49.420><c> verse</c><00:44:49.820><c> 20,</c><00:44:50.420><c> verse</c><00:44:50.599><c> 19,</c> 00:44:51.179 --> 00:44:53.440 Gideon<00:44:51.480><c> went</c><00:44:51.719><c> in</c><00:44:51.900><c> and</c><00:44:52.019><c> made</c><00:44:52.219><c> ready</c><00:44:52.480><c> a</c><00:44:52.760><c> kid,</c> 00:44:53.599 --> 00:44:55.519 an<00:44:53.800><c> unleavened</c><00:44:54.260><c> case</c><00:44:54.340><c> of</c><00:44:54.539><c> an</c><00:44:54.760><c> ephah</c><00:44:55.019><c> of</c><00:44:55.280><c> flour.</c> 00:44:55.940 --> 00:44:57.139 The<00:44:56.099><c> flesh</c><00:44:56.260><c> he</c><00:44:56.400><c> put</c><00:44:56.480><c> in</c><00:44:56.659><c> the</c><00:44:56.820><c> basket,</c> 00:44:57.219 --> 00:44:58.239 he<00:44:57.320><c> put</c><00:44:57.500><c> the</c><00:44:57.679><c> broth</c><00:44:57.760><c> in</c><00:44:57.960><c> the</c><00:44:58.119><c> pot</c> 00:44:58.239 --> 00:44:59.840 and<00:44:58.420><c> brought</c><00:44:58.639><c> it</c><00:44:58.840><c> out</c><00:44:58.980><c> unto</c><00:44:59.119><c> him</c><00:44:59.219><c> under</c><00:44:59.460><c> the</c><00:44:59.699><c> oak</c> 00:44:59.840 --> 00:45:00.739 and<00:45:00.039><c> presented</c><00:45:00.400><c> it.</c> 00:45:01.059 --> 00:45:02.159 The<00:45:01.199><c> angel</c><00:45:01.320><c> of</c><00:45:01.519><c> Elim</c><00:45:01.699><c> said</c><00:45:01.880><c> unto</c><00:45:02.000><c> him,</c> 00:45:02.320 --> 00:45:03.840 Take<00:45:02.380><c> the</c><00:45:02.619><c> flesh,</c><00:45:02.960><c> and</c><00:45:03.039><c> the</c><00:45:03.159><c> unleavened</c><00:45:03.659><c> cakes,</c> 00:45:04.119 --> 00:45:06.599 lay<00:45:04.239><c> them</c><00:45:04.500><c> on</c><00:45:05.179><c> this</c><00:45:05.659><c> rock,</c> 00:45:07.460 --> 00:45:08.440 and<00:45:07.619><c> pull</c><00:45:07.760><c> out</c><00:45:07.940><c> the</c><00:45:08.099><c> broth.</c> 00:45:08.440 --> 00:45:10.039 And<00:45:08.760><c> he</c><00:45:08.880><c> did</c><00:45:09.119><c> so.</c> 00:45:10.179 --> 00:45:11.599 And<00:45:10.179><c> the</c><00:45:10.360><c> angel</c><00:45:10.599><c> of</c><00:45:10.820><c> Yahweh</c><00:45:11.000><c> put</c><00:45:11.320><c> forth</c> 00:45:11.599 --> 00:45:13.300 the<00:45:11.780><c> end</c><00:45:11.900><c> of</c><00:45:12.019><c> the</c><00:45:12.239><c> staff</c><00:45:12.400><c> which</c><00:45:12.539><c> was</c><00:45:12.739><c> in</c><00:45:12.900><c> his</c><00:45:13.119><c> hand,</c> 00:45:13.380 --> 00:45:14.940 touched<00:45:13.599><c> the</c><00:45:13.840><c> flesh</c><00:45:14.000><c> and</c><00:45:14.239><c> the</c><00:45:14.360><c> unleavened</c><00:45:14.760><c> cakes,</c> 00:45:15.300 --> 00:45:16.980 and<00:45:15.360><c> there</c><00:45:15.539><c> rose</c><00:45:15.739><c> a</c><00:45:16.019><c> fire</c><00:45:16.300><c> out</c><00:45:16.519><c> of</c><00:45:16.639><c> the</c><00:45:16.780><c> rock,</c> 00:45:17.400 --> 00:45:19.139 consumed<00:45:17.679><c> the</c><00:45:17.940><c> flesh</c><00:45:18.139><c> and</c><00:45:18.380><c> unleavened</c><00:45:18.880><c> cakes.</c> 00:45:19.440 --> 00:45:21.699 Then<00:45:19.619><c> the</c><00:45:19.840><c> angel</c><00:45:20.000><c> of</c><00:45:20.139><c> Yahweh</c><00:45:20.360><c> departed</c><00:45:20.860><c> out</c><00:45:21.179><c> of</c><00:45:21.340><c> his</c><00:45:21.519><c> sight.</c> 00:45:22.099 --> 00:45:24.420 His<00:45:22.440><c> sacrifice</c><00:45:22.880><c> was</c><00:45:23.219><c> accepted</c><00:45:23.559><c> by</c><00:45:23.800><c> the</c><00:45:24.000><c> sisters.</c> 00:45:24.679 --> 00:45:27.940 It<00:45:24.719><c> was</c><00:45:25.219><c> totally</c><00:45:25.880><c> a</c><00:45:26.320><c> holy</c><00:45:26.679><c> burnt</c><00:45:27.320><c> sacrifice,</c> 00:45:28.179 --> 00:45:29.460 a<00:45:28.360><c> sin</c><00:45:28.539><c> offering.</c> 00:45:29.579 --> 00:45:31.059 So<00:45:29.760><c> here</c><00:45:29.860><c> we</c><00:45:30.039><c> see</c><00:45:30.179><c> Gideon.</c> 00:45:31.280 --> 00:45:32.760 He<00:45:31.500><c> believed</c><00:45:31.739><c> that</c><00:45:31.900><c> God</c><00:45:32.019><c> had</c><00:45:32.280><c> brought</c><00:45:32.440><c> him</c><00:45:32.619><c> out</c> 00:45:32.760 --> 00:45:34.780 of<00:45:32.880><c> the</c><00:45:33.039><c> house</c><00:45:33.159><c> of</c><00:45:33.420><c> sin,</c><00:45:33.699><c> out</c><00:45:33.820><c> of</c><00:45:33.940><c> the</c><00:45:33.940><c> house</c><00:45:34.119><c> of</c><00:45:34.400><c> Egypt.</c> 00:45:35.059 --> 00:45:36.559 And<00:45:35.260><c> he</c><00:45:35.500><c> brought</c><00:45:35.739><c> his</c><00:45:36.059><c> sacrifice</c> 00:45:36.559 --> 00:45:38.539 and<00:45:36.800><c> that</c><00:45:37.000><c> was</c><00:45:37.400><c> accepted.</c> 00:45:39.760 --> 00:45:40.980 Now<00:45:39.840><c> he</c><00:45:39.880><c> did</c><00:45:40.059><c> all</c><00:45:40.380><c> sorts</c><00:45:40.619><c> of</c><00:45:40.719><c> things,</c> 00:45:41.139 --> 00:45:42.440 brethren<00:45:41.300><c> and</c><00:45:41.500><c> sisters,</c> 00:45:44.099 --> 00:45:45.840 because<00:45:44.579><c> he</c><00:45:45.059><c> cast</c><00:45:45.300><c> down</c> 00:45:45.840 --> 00:45:48.500 the<00:45:46.239><c> altar</c><00:45:46.519><c> of</c><00:45:46.840><c> Baal.</c> 00:45:48.980 --> 00:45:50.440 In<00:45:49.460><c> verse,</c> 00:45:51.119 --> 00:45:52.739 a<00:45:51.219><c> bit</c><00:45:51.340><c> later</c><00:45:51.659><c> in</c><00:45:52.219><c> the</c><00:45:52.360><c> chapter</c> 00:45:52.739 --> 00:45:54.159 we<00:45:52.940><c> see</c><00:45:53.039><c> that</c><00:45:53.239><c> he</c><00:45:53.380><c> built</c><00:45:53.599><c> an</c><00:45:53.940><c> altar</c> 00:45:54.159 --> 00:45:57.300 and<00:45:54.400><c> then</c><00:45:54.599><c> he</c><00:45:55.079><c> cast</c><00:45:55.239><c> down</c><00:45:55.739><c> the</c><00:45:56.159><c> altar</c><00:45:56.440><c> of</c><00:45:56.739><c> Baal.</c> 00:45:57.559 --> 00:45:58.780 And<00:45:57.659><c> then</c><00:45:57.780><c> the</c><00:45:57.880><c> people</c><00:45:58.019><c> of</c><00:45:58.159><c> the</c><00:45:58.300><c> city</c> 00:45:58.780 --> 00:46:00.219 gathered<00:45:59.179><c> themselves</c><00:45:59.539><c> against</c><00:46:00.000><c> him,</c> 00:46:00.300 --> 00:46:01.599 went<00:46:00.440><c> to</c><00:46:00.639><c> Abbeze,</c><00:46:01.159><c> his</c><00:46:01.400><c> father,</c> 00:46:01.639 --> 00:46:03.440 and<00:46:01.760><c> said</c><00:46:01.840><c> he</c><00:46:02.099><c> must</c><00:46:02.320><c> be</c><00:46:02.579><c> put</c><00:46:02.780><c> to</c><00:46:03.000><c> death.</c> 00:46:03.440 --> 00:46:05.519 So<00:46:04.139><c> here</c><00:46:04.300><c> was</c><00:46:04.619><c> Gideon</c><00:46:04.900><c> who</c><00:46:05.139><c> believed</c> 00:46:05.519 --> 00:46:06.900 that<00:46:05.679><c> God</c><00:46:05.820><c> brought</c><00:46:06.119><c> him</c><00:46:06.239><c> out</c><00:46:06.420><c> of</c><00:46:06.599><c> Egypt.</c> 00:46:07.340 --> 00:46:08.340 He<00:46:07.380><c> brought</c><00:46:07.659><c> his</c><00:46:07.920><c> sacrifice.</c> 00:46:08.400 --> 00:46:10.280 He<00:46:08.480><c> was</c><00:46:08.619><c> going</c><00:46:08.679><c> to</c><00:46:08.800><c> be</c><00:46:08.940><c> killed</c><00:46:09.139><c> by</c><00:46:09.340><c> the</c><00:46:09.440><c> men</c><00:46:09.579><c> of</c><00:46:09.719><c> his</c><00:46:09.880><c> city.</c> 00:46:10.619 --> 00:46:13.519 And<00:46:10.900><c> he</c><00:46:11.000><c> was</c><00:46:11.380><c> helped</c><00:46:11.820><c> by</c><00:46:12.179><c> his</c><00:46:12.500><c> father.</c> 00:46:14.139 --> 00:46:15.340 Jesus<00:46:14.280><c> also</c><00:46:14.699><c> was</c> 00:46:15.340 --> 00:46:17.239 helped<00:46:15.679><c> by</c><00:46:15.960><c> his</c><00:46:16.280><c> father</c><00:46:16.579><c> so</c><00:46:16.820><c> that</c><00:46:17.059><c> death</c> 00:46:17.239 --> 00:46:19.380 did<00:46:17.659><c> not</c><00:46:17.960><c> prevail</c><00:46:18.420><c> over</c><00:46:18.820><c> him.</c> 00:46:19.699 --> 00:46:21.119 That<00:46:19.820><c> was</c><00:46:20.000><c> after</c><00:46:20.380><c> he</c><00:46:20.579><c> destroyed</c> 00:46:21.119 --> 00:46:23.139 the<00:46:21.420><c> altar</c><00:46:21.679><c> of</c><00:46:21.940><c> Baal.</c> 00:46:23.340 --> 00:46:25.260 And<00:46:23.500><c> Jesus</c><00:46:23.699><c> also</c><00:46:23.980><c> fought</c><00:46:24.440><c> against</c><00:46:24.760><c> a</c><00:46:24.960><c> tradition</c> 00:46:25.260 --> 00:46:26.860 that<00:46:25.559><c> nullified</c><00:46:26.039><c> the</c><00:46:26.219><c> 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he</c><00:48:44.699><c> brought</c> 00:48:45.179 --> 00:48:47.619 the<00:48:45.559><c> man,</c><00:48:45.900><c> 22</c><00:48:46.280><c>,000,</c> 00:48:49.800 --> 00:48:50.519 to<00:48:50.099><c> the</c> 00:48:50.519 --> 00:48:51.099 well<00:48:50.760><c> of</c> 00:48:51.099 --> 00:48:53.280 Harad.<00:48:51.800><c> There</c><00:48:51.800><c> were</c><00:48:52.139><c> 22</c><00:48:52.460><c>,000</c><00:48:52.880><c> people</c> 00:48:53.280 --> 00:48:55.179 who<00:48:53.460><c> said,</c><00:48:53.639><c> whoever</c><00:48:53.860><c> is</c><00:48:54.139><c> afraid,</c><00:48:54.320><c> go</c><00:48:54.579><c> away,</c><00:48:55.000><c> he</c><00:48:55.000><c> says.</c> 00:48:55.480 --> 00:48:57.159 10<00:48:55.780><c>,000</c><00:48:56.159><c> left.</c><00:48:56.800><c> He</c><00:48:56.980><c> brought</c> 00:48:57.159 --> 00:48:59.539 them<00:48:57.280><c> to</c><00:48:57.440><c> the</c><00:48:57.639><c> water,</c><00:48:58.440><c> and</c><00:48:58.579><c> all</c><00:48:58.679><c> the</c><00:48:58.780><c> people</c><00:48:59.019><c> that</c> 00:48:59.539 --> 00:49:01.360 drank,<00:49:00.539><c> scooping</c><00:49:00.880><c> up</c><00:49:00.940><c> the</c><00:49:01.159><c> water,</c> 00:49:01.480 --> 00:49:03.519 but<00:49:01.760><c> remaining</c><00:49:02.400><c> vigilant,</c> 00:49:03.679 --> 00:49:05.239 those<00:49:03.960><c> are</c><00:49:04.139><c> the</c><00:49:04.260><c> ones</c><00:49:04.659><c> that</c><00:49:05.099><c> he</c> 00:49:05.239 --> 00:49:07.300 could<00:49:05.460><c> work</c><00:49:05.760><c> with.</c><00:49:06.380><c> We</c><00:49:06.539><c> all</c><00:49:06.739><c> need</c><00:49:06.900><c> to</c><00:49:07.059><c> be</c> 00:49:07.300 --> 00:49:08.920 watchful,<00:49:07.780><c> as</c><00:49:07.900><c> Jesus</c><00:49:08.119><c> said,</c><00:49:08.639><c> therefore</c> 00:49:08.920 --> 00:49:11.219 watch,<00:49:09.599><c> because</c><00:49:09.860><c> you</c><00:49:10.079><c> know</c><00:49:10.260><c> not</c><00:49:10.480><c> what</c><00:49:10.800><c> hour</c> 00:49:11.219 --> 00:49:13.000 your<00:49:11.559><c> Lord</c><00:49:11.760><c> will</c><00:49:12.079><c> come.</c> 00:49:13.099 --> 00:49:15.099 And<00:49:13.340><c> Harad</c><00:49:13.699><c> means</c><00:49:14.019><c> the</c><00:49:14.579><c> well</c><00:49:14.739><c> of</c> 00:49:15.099 --> 00:49:16.679 trembling.<00:49:15.679><c> People</c><00:49:15.900><c> were</c><00:49:16.199><c> fearful,</c> 00:49:16.980 --> 00:49:19.300 and<00:49:17.239><c> all</c><00:49:17.400><c> those</c><00:49:17.639><c> 22</c><00:49:18.039><c>,000</c><00:49:18.579><c> that</c><00:49:18.900><c> were</c> 00:49:19.300 --> 00:49:21.940 afraid,<00:49:19.739><c> they</c><00:49:20.400><c> went</c><00:49:20.760><c> away.</c> 00:49:22.000 --> 00:49:23.239 Whosoever<00:49:22.360><c> is</c><00:49:22.599><c> fearful</c><00:49:22.920><c> and</c><00:49:23.139><c> afraid,</c> 00:49:23.380 --> 00:49:25.000 let<00:49:23.400><c> him</c><00:49:23.579><c> return</c><00:49:23.920><c> and</c><00:49:24.159><c> depart</c><00:49:24.500><c> early.</c> 00:49:25.239 --> 00:49:27.380 It<00:49:25.320><c> says</c><00:49:25.400><c> in</c><00:49:25.599><c> Revelation,</c><00:49:26.519><c> that</c><00:49:26.639><c> the</c><00:49:26.900><c> fearful</c> 00:49:27.380 --> 00:49:29.360 and<00:49:28.119><c> the</c><00:49:28.280><c> unbelieving,</c><00:49:28.980><c> and</c><00:49:29.179><c> all</c> 00:49:29.360 --> 00:49:31.280 liars<00:49:29.639><c> shall</c><00:49:29.840><c> have</c><00:49:30.159><c> no</c><00:49:30.500><c> part,</c><00:49:30.639><c> they</c><00:49:30.800><c> shall</c><00:49:30.920><c> have</c><00:49:31.000><c> a</c><00:49:31.139><c> part</c> 00:49:31.280 --> 00:49:33.159 in<00:49:31.440><c> the</c><00:49:31.619><c> lake</c><00:49:31.739><c> that</c><00:49:31.960><c> burns</c><00:49:32.119><c> with</c><00:49:32.340><c> fire</c><00:49:32.500><c> and</c><00:49:32.659><c> brimstone,</c> 00:49:33.420 --> 00:49:34.880 which<00:49:33.500><c> is</c><00:49:33.619><c> the</c><00:49:33.719><c> second</c><00:49:34.019><c> death.</c> 00:49:35.300 --> 00:49:37.380 It's<00:49:35.739><c> how</c><00:49:36.179><c> Jesus</c><00:49:36.559><c> said,</c><00:49:36.840><c> it's</c><00:49:36.920><c> your</c><00:49:37.079><c> Father's</c> 00:49:37.380 --> 00:49:39.239 good<00:49:37.639><c> pleasure</c><00:49:38.039><c> to</c><00:49:38.280><c> give</c><00:49:38.500><c> you</c><00:49:38.760><c> the</c><00:49:38.940><c> Kingdom.</c> 00:49:39.739 --> 00:49:41.159 There's<00:49:40.000><c> nothing</c><00:49:40.300><c> to</c><00:49:40.460><c> be</c><00:49:40.619><c> afraid</c><00:49:40.960><c> of</c> 00:49:41.159 --> 00:49:42.480 other<00:49:41.320><c> than</c><00:49:41.539><c> the</c><00:49:41.579><c> sisters.</c> 00:49:43.019 --> 00:49:45.159 And<00:49:43.219><c> then</c><00:49:43.300><c> we</c><00:49:43.400><c> have</c><00:49:43.539><c> got</c><00:49:44.119><c> this</c><00:49:44.820><c> victory</c> 00:49:45.159 --> 00:49:47.239 over<00:49:45.460><c> the</c><00:49:45.619><c> Midianites.</c><00:49:46.800><c> How</c> 00:49:47.239 --> 00:49:48.920 did<00:49:47.460><c> they</c><00:49:47.960><c> achieve</c><00:49:48.300><c> the</c><00:49:48.480><c> victory?</c> 00:49:49.420 --> 00:49:51.360 They<00:49:49.800><c> broke</c><00:49:50.139><c> the</c><00:49:50.440><c> jars,</c><00:49:51.079><c> and</c><00:49:51.219><c> the</c> 00:49:51.360 --> 00:49:53.199 light<00:49:51.619><c> was</c><00:49:51.860><c> shining</c><00:49:52.219><c> out</c> 00:49:53.199 --> 00:49:56.079 of<00:49:53.480><c> only</c><00:49:53.940><c> 300</c><00:49:54.440><c> people.</c> 00:49:56.099 --> 00:49:57.539 Go<00:49:56.400><c> to</c><00:49:56.719><c> 2</c><00:49:57.000><c> Corinthians</c> 00:49:57.539 --> 00:49:59.739 chapter<00:49:58.019><c> 4.</c> 00:50:16.119 --> 00:50:17.579 I<00:50:16.599><c> said</c><00:50:17.079><c> in</c><00:50:17.219><c> verse</c><00:50:17.340><c> 6,</c> 00:50:17.739 --> 00:50:19.280 The<00:50:17.739><c> God</c><00:50:17.940><c> who</c><00:50:18.199><c> commanded</c><00:50:18.639><c> the</c><00:50:18.900><c> light</c><00:50:19.019><c> to</c> 00:50:19.280 --> 00:50:21.159 shine<00:50:19.539><c> out</c><00:50:19.739><c> of</c><00:50:19.860><c> the</c><00:50:20.059><c> darkness,</c><00:50:21.099><c> has</c> 00:50:21.159 --> 00:50:22.940 shined<00:50:21.400><c> in</c><00:50:21.579><c> our</c><00:50:21.860><c> hearts,</c><00:50:22.039><c> to</c><00:50:22.179><c> give</c><00:50:22.300><c> the</c><00:50:22.619><c> light</c> 00:50:22.940 --> 00:50:25.000 of<00:50:23.380><c> the</c><00:50:23.639><c> knowledge</c><00:50:23.900><c> of</c><00:50:24.199><c> the</c><00:50:24.360><c> glory</c><00:50:24.639><c> of</c><00:50:24.860><c> God</c> 00:50:25.000 --> 00:50:27.039 in<00:50:25.179><c> the</c><00:50:25.440><c> face</c><00:50:25.599><c> of</c><00:50:25.760><c> Jesus</c><00:50:26.119><c> Christ.</c> 00:50:27.179 --> 00:50:30.059 That's<00:50:27.699><c> the</c><00:50:27.780><c> light</c><00:50:28.219><c> that</c><00:50:28.840><c> shone</c><00:50:29.119><c> out.</c> 00:50:30.420 --> 00:50:31.239 When? 00:50:31.579 --> 00:50:33.719 When<00:50:31.579><c> those</c><00:50:31.860><c> earthen</c><00:50:32.320><c> vessels</c><00:50:32.480><c> were</c><00:50:32.780><c> broken.</c> 00:50:34.159 --> 00:50:34.739 We,<00:50:34.280><c> verse</c><00:50:34.500><c> 7,</c> 00:50:34.820 --> 00:50:36.860 we<00:50:35.099><c> have</c><00:50:35.239><c> this</c><00:50:35.519><c> treasure</c><00:50:35.679><c> in</c><00:50:35.960><c> earthen</c><00:50:36.420><c> vessels,</c> 00:50:37.199 --> 00:50:38.679 that<00:50:37.320><c> the</c><00:50:37.719><c> excellency</c><00:50:38.099><c> of</c><00:50:38.280><c> the</c><00:50:38.539><c> power</c> 00:50:38.679 --> 00:50:40.420 may<00:50:38.880><c> be</c><00:50:38.980><c> of</c><00:50:39.139><c> God,</c><00:50:39.719><c> and</c><00:50:39.840><c> not</c><00:50:39.980><c> of</c><00:50:40.119><c> us.</c> 00:50:40.739 --> 00:50:42.739 We<00:50:40.900><c> are</c><00:50:41.079><c> those</c><00:50:42.019><c> earthen</c><00:50:42.480><c> vessels,</c> 00:50:42.880 --> 00:50:44.679 brothers<00:50:42.980><c> and</c><00:50:43.219><c> sisters,</c><00:50:43.780><c> but</c><00:50:43.920><c> we</c><00:50:44.059><c> should</c><00:50:44.159><c> have</c><00:50:44.219><c> the</c><00:50:44.380><c> light</c> 00:50:44.679 --> 00:50:46.739 burning<00:50:45.019><c> in</c><00:50:45.239><c> us.</c><00:50:46.199><c> Because</c><00:50:46.340><c> when</c><00:50:46.500><c> these</c> 00:50:46.739 --> 00:50:49.199 vessels<00:50:46.900><c> will</c><00:50:47.179><c> be</c><00:50:47.500><c> broken</c><00:50:47.820><c> at</c><00:50:48.019><c> the</c><00:50:48.139><c> resurrection,</c> 00:50:49.519 --> 00:50:50.820 and<00:50:49.619><c> mortality</c><00:50:50.139><c> will</c><00:50:50.400><c> be</c><00:50:50.619><c> solid</c> 00:50:50.820 --> 00:50:52.699 up<00:50:50.920><c> with</c><00:50:51.079><c> immortality,</c><00:50:51.679><c> then</c><00:50:52.059><c> our</c><00:50:52.500><c> light</c> 00:50:52.699 --> 00:50:54.480 will<00:50:52.920><c> shine</c><00:50:53.179><c> out,</c><00:50:53.679><c> and</c><00:50:53.739><c> all</c><00:50:54.019><c> the</c><00:50:54.260><c> enemies</c> 00:50:54.480 --> 00:50:58.000 of<00:50:54.679><c> God,</c><00:50:55.599><c> they</c><00:50:55.820><c> will</c><00:50:56.320><c> be</c><00:50:57.039><c> scattered.</c> 00:50:59.340 --> 00:51:03.579 And<00:50:59.460><c> then</c><00:51:00.059><c> in</c><00:51:00.719><c> chapter</c><00:51:01.099><c> 7</c><00:51:01.860><c> of</c><00:51:02.360><c> Judges,</c> 00:51:04.019 --> 00:51:06.659 let's<00:51:04.599><c> go</c><00:51:04.780><c> back</c><00:51:04.960><c> to</c><00:51:05.179><c> Judges,</c> 00:51:06.860 --> 00:51:08.739 we<00:51:07.019><c> see</c><00:51:07.159><c> the</c><00:51:07.440><c> victory</c> 00:51:09.880 --> 00:51:11.659 of<00:51:10.519><c> Gideon.</c> 00:51:13.420 --> 00:51:14.880 He<00:51:13.619><c> called</c><00:51:13.880><c> the</c><00:51:13.980><c> men</c><00:51:14.199><c> of</c><00:51:14.440><c> Ephraim,</c> 00:51:15.000 --> 00:51:16.940 and<00:51:15.280><c> where</c><00:51:15.460><c> did</c><00:51:15.659><c> they</c><00:51:15.980><c> go,</c><00:51:16.500><c> brothers</c><00:51:16.500><c> and</c><00:51:16.679><c> sisters?</c> 00:51:17.260 --> 00:51:19.719 It's<00:51:17.519><c> fantastic</c><00:51:18.000><c> to</c><00:51:18.300><c> see.</c> 00:51:20.539 --> 00:51:22.960 Because<00:51:20.900><c> in</c><00:51:21.280><c> verse,</c><00:51:21.760><c> after</c><00:51:22.019><c> they've</c><00:51:22.739><c> broken</c> 00:51:22.960 --> 00:51:25.000 those<00:51:23.199><c> pitches,</c><00:51:23.760><c> and</c><00:51:23.760><c> they</c><00:51:23.940><c> said,</c><00:51:24.280><c> the</c><00:51:24.380><c> sword</c><00:51:24.599><c> of</c><00:51:24.840><c> Yah,</c> 00:51:25.059 --> 00:51:27.179 and<00:51:25.199><c> the</c><00:51:25.300><c> sword</c><00:51:25.460><c> of</c><00:51:25.719><c> Gideon,</c> 00:51:27.639 --> 00:51:29.099 then<00:51:28.139><c> Gideon</c><00:51:28.599><c> in</c><00:51:28.719><c> verse</c> 00:51:29.099 --> 00:51:31.059 24,<00:51:30.300><c> they</c><00:51:30.300><c> sent</c><00:51:30.619><c> messengers</c> 00:51:31.059 --> 00:51:32.880 throughout<00:51:31.519><c> all</c><00:51:32.179><c> Ephraim,</c> 00:51:33.019 --> 00:51:35.260 saying,<00:51:33.420><c> come</c><00:51:33.559><c> down</c><00:51:33.820><c> against</c><00:51:34.079><c> the</c><00:51:34.219><c> Midianites,</c> 00:51:35.320 --> 00:51:37.039 and<00:51:35.559><c> take</c><00:51:35.820><c> them</c><00:51:35.980><c> before</c><00:51:36.320><c> the</c><00:51:36.579><c> waters</c><00:51:36.820><c> of</c> 00:51:37.039 --> 00:51:39.019 Bethabara<00:51:37.780><c> and</c><00:51:38.119><c> Jordan.</c> 00:51:39.519 --> 00:51:40.719 That's<00:51:39.760><c> where</c><00:51:39.780><c> they</c><00:51:39.940><c> went</c><00:51:40.119><c> to.</c> 00:51:41.059 --> 00:51:43.179 To<00:51:41.500><c> overcome</c><00:51:41.880><c> their</c><00:51:42.199><c> enemies,</c> 00:51:43.380 --> 00:51:45.460 they<00:51:43.639><c> went</c><00:51:44.019><c> to</c><00:51:44.420><c> Bethabara.</c> 00:51:45.940 --> 00:51:46.960 All<00:51:46.219><c> the</c><00:51:46.340><c> men</c><00:51:46.380><c> of</c><00:51:46.519><c> Ephraim</c> 00:51:46.960 --> 00:51:48.860 gathered<00:51:47.219><c> themselves</c><00:51:47.639><c> together,</c><00:51:48.219><c> and</c><00:51:48.360><c> took</c><00:51:48.460><c> the</c><00:51:48.679><c> waters</c> 00:51:48.860 --> 00:51:51.059 of<00:51:49.039><c> Bethabara</c><00:51:49.579><c> and</c><00:51:49.780><c> Jordan,</c><00:51:50.480><c> and</c><00:51:50.599><c> they</c><00:51:50.920><c> took</c> 00:51:51.059 --> 00:51:52.420 the<00:51:51.059><c> two</c><00:51:51.260><c> princes</c><00:51:51.659><c> of</c><00:51:51.820><c> the</c><00:51:51.980><c> Midianites,</c> 00:51:52.659 --> 00:51:55.079 Orop<00:51:52.800><c> and</c><00:51:53.000><c> Zeeb.</c><00:51:53.699><c> They</c><00:51:53.780><c> slew</c><00:51:54.039><c> Orop</c><00:51:54.420><c> and</c><00:51:54.659><c> upon</c> 00:51:55.079 --> 00:51:57.039 the<00:51:55.300><c> rock</c><00:51:55.460><c> of</c><00:51:55.619><c> Orop,</c><00:51:56.079><c> and</c><00:51:56.199><c> Zeeb</c><00:51:56.420><c> they</c><00:51:56.659><c> slew</c><00:51:56.800><c> by</c> 00:51:57.039 --> 00:51:58.980 the<00:51:57.260><c> wine</c><00:51:57.460><c> presses</c><00:51:57.679><c> of</c><00:51:57.900><c> Zeeb,</c><00:51:58.679><c> pursued</c> 00:51:58.980 --> 00:52:01.199 Midian,<00:51:59.860><c> and</c><00:52:00.059><c> brought</c><00:52:00.219><c> the</c><00:52:00.340><c> heads</c><00:52:00.440><c> of</c><00:52:00.679><c> Orop</c><00:52:00.960><c> and</c> 00:52:01.199 --> 00:52:02.880 Gideon,<00:52:01.739><c> and</c><00:52:02.019><c> Zeeb</c><00:52:02.199><c> to</c><00:52:02.420><c> Gideon,</c> 00:52:03.079 --> 00:52:05.019 on<00:52:03.260><c> the</c><00:52:03.400><c> other</c><00:52:03.639><c> side,</c><00:52:04.039><c> Jordan,</c><00:52:04.500><c> in</c><00:52:04.679><c> the</c><00:52:04.820><c> camp</c> 00:52:05.019 --> 00:52:07.099 of<00:52:05.219><c> Israel.</c><00:52:05.579><c> Well,</c><00:52:06.000><c> look</c><00:52:06.239><c> at</c><00:52:06.380><c> this,</c> 00:52:07.199 --> 00:52:09.619 brothers<00:52:07.280><c> and</c><00:52:07.480><c> sisters.</c><00:52:08.099><c> So</c><00:52:08.260><c> Jesus</c><00:52:08.519><c> went</c><00:52:08.760><c> to</c> 00:52:10.000 --> 00:52:10.960 Ephraim.<00:52:10.599><c> This</c> 00:52:10.960 --> 00:52:12.360 is<00:52:11.400><c> the</c><00:52:11.579><c> road.</c> 00:52:12.960 --> 00:52:15.000 This<00:52:13.260><c> is</c><00:52:13.400><c> the</c><00:52:13.559><c> road</c><00:52:13.960><c> from</c> 00:52:15.000 --> 00:52:17.239 Tiber,<00:52:15.440><c> as</c><00:52:15.500><c> it</c><00:52:15.639><c> is</c><00:52:15.719><c> called</c><00:52:15.900><c> nowadays,</c><00:52:16.480><c> as</c> 00:52:17.420 --> 00:52:18.860 Ephraim,<00:52:18.000><c> 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