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wonderful</c><00:15:03.340><c> thing</c><00:15:03.639><c> is</c><00:15:03.799><c> taking</c><00:15:04.059><c> place</c> 00:15:04.340 --> 00:15:05.879 in<00:15:04.480><c> the</c><00:15:04.620><c> land</c><00:15:04.740><c> of</c><00:15:04.960><c> Egypt.</c> 00:15:06.860 --> 00:15:09.740 The<00:15:07.340><c> seventy</c><00:15:07.679><c> souls</c><00:15:08.039><c> or</c><00:15:08.299><c> so</c><00:15:08.440><c> that</c><00:15:08.600><c> went</c><00:15:08.759><c> down</c><00:15:09.179><c> into</c><00:15:09.419><c> the</c><00:15:09.580><c> land</c> 00:15:09.740 --> 00:15:10.980 of<00:15:09.940><c> Egypt</c> 00:15:11.360 --> 00:15:15.980 are<00:15:11.840><c> now</c><00:15:12.080><c> growing</c><00:15:12.320><c> into</c><00:15:12.600><c> a</c><00:15:12.899><c> mighty</c><00:15:13.240><c> people,</c><00:15:14.519><c> mighty</c><00:15:14.940><c> people.</c> 00:15:16.100 --> 00:15:18.919 In<00:15:16.259><c> fact,</c><00:15:16.419><c> you</c><00:15:16.480><c> might</c><00:15:16.679><c> just</c><00:15:16.960><c> like</c><00:15:17.080><c> to</c><00:15:17.279><c> keep</c><00:15:17.379><c> your</c><00:15:17.600><c> finger</c><00:15:17.919><c> on</c> 00:15:18.919 --> 00:15:20.700 this<00:15:19.080><c> right</c><00:15:19.320><c>-hand,</c><00:15:19.480><c> left</c><00:15:19.720><c>-hand</c><00:15:19.860><c> business.</c> 00:15:20.820 --> 00:15:23.539 You<00:15:20.820><c> can</c><00:15:21.179><c> keep</c><00:15:21.620><c> your</c><00:15:22.200><c> right</c><00:15:22.539><c> hand</c><00:15:22.720><c> in</c><00:15:22.899><c> Exodus</c><00:15:23.120><c> and</c><00:15:23.299><c> come</c><00:15:23.460><c> to</c> 00:15:23.539 --> 00:15:25.059 Genesis<00:15:23.820><c> 15.</c> 00:15:37.480 --> 00:15:43.139 This<00:15:38.080><c> is</c><00:15:38.259><c> a</c><00:15:38.340><c> marvellous</c><00:15:40.019><c> link</c><00:15:40.399><c> with</c><00:15:40.600><c> chapter</c><00:15:40.960><c> 14</c><00:15:41.860><c> where</c><00:15:42.580><c> Abraham</c><00:15:42.899><c> has</c> 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after</c><00:15:59.679><c> these</c><00:16:00.120><c> things,</c><00:16:01.679><c> the</c><00:16:01.779><c> word</c><00:16:02.000><c> of</c><00:16:02.179><c> the</c><00:16:02.360><c> Lord</c><00:16:02.700><c> came.</c> 00:16:03.220 --> 00:16:05.580 That's<00:16:03.600><c> the</c><00:16:03.740><c> first</c><00:16:03.879><c> time</c><00:16:04.139><c> that</c><00:16:04.299><c> little</c><00:16:04.559><c> phrase</c><00:16:04.940><c> which</c><00:16:05.200><c> we</c><00:16:05.460><c> use</c> 00:16:05.580 --> 00:16:07.720 very<00:16:05.899><c> frequently</c><00:16:06.139><c> occurs</c><00:16:06.460><c> in</c><00:16:06.679><c> Scripture.</c> 00:16:07.879 --> 00:16:12.279 The<00:16:07.980><c> word</c><00:16:08.299><c> of</c><00:16:08.480><c> the</c><00:16:08.679><c> Lord</c><00:16:09.500><c> came</c><00:16:10.480><c> unto</c><00:16:10.700><c> Abraham</c><00:16:11.120><c> in</c><00:16:11.379><c> a</c><00:16:11.559><c> vision</c><00:16:11.860><c> saying,</c> 00:16:12.419 --> 00:16:18.100 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--> 00:16:33.820 Abraham<00:16:30.759><c> is</c><00:16:31.059><c> marvellous.</c><00:16:32.179><c> He</c><00:16:32.259><c> is</c><00:16:32.480><c> always</c><00:16:32.860><c> on</c><00:16:33.179><c> tiptoe</c><00:16:33.600><c> for</c> 00:16:33.820 --> 00:16:35.440 God,<00:16:34.220><c> always.</c> 00:16:35.879 --> 00:16:38.340 And<00:16:36.179><c> straight</c><00:16:36.360><c> away</c><00:16:36.580><c> when</c><00:16:36.740><c> God</c><00:16:36.980><c> says</c><00:16:37.320><c> that,</c><00:16:37.720><c> he</c><00:16:37.840><c> says,</c><00:16:38.299><c> What</c> 00:16:38.340 --> 00:16:39.840 about<00:16:38.500><c> the</c><00:16:38.679><c> promise,</c><00:16:38.940><c> Lord?</c> 00:16:40.360 --> 00:16:43.860 What<00:16:40.620><c> about</c><00:16:40.919><c> it?</c><00:16:41.700><c> Here</c><00:16:41.899><c> it</c><00:16:42.080><c> is.</c><00:16:42.799><c> And</c><00:16:42.940><c> Abraham</c><00:16:43.039><c> said,</c><00:16:43.320><c> Oh,</c><00:16:43.659><c> Lord</c> 00:16:43.860 --> 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bowels</c><00:17:07.140><c> shall</c><00:17:07.319><c> be</c><00:17:07.500><c> thine</c><00:17:07.799><c> heir.</c> 00:17:08.619 --> 00:17:11.220 And<00:17:08.819><c> that</c><00:17:08.960><c> expression,</c><00:17:09.400><c> out</c><00:17:09.599><c> of</c><00:17:09.759><c> thine</c><00:17:09.980><c> own</c><00:17:10.420><c> bowels,</c><00:17:10.779><c> which</c><00:17:10.940><c> is</c><00:17:11.079><c> a</c> 00:17:11.220 --> 00:17:12.740 very<00:17:11.440><c> quaint</c><00:17:11.660><c> expression,</c><00:17:12.140><c> isn't</c><00:17:12.240><c> it?</c> 00:17:13.099 --> 00:17:15.140 Nevertheless,<00:17:13.420><c> it's</c><00:17:13.700><c> a</c><00:17:13.799><c> kind</c><00:17:13.940><c> of</c><00:17:14.099><c> accurate</c><00:17:14.380><c> thing.</c><00:17:14.819><c> It</c><00:17:14.920><c> is</c> 00:17:15.140 --> 00:17:17.140 from<00:17:15.319><c> within</c><00:17:15.619><c> here,</c><00:17:16.000><c> within</c><00:17:16.539><c> the</c><00:17:16.720><c> person.</c> 00:17:17.460 --> 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all</c><00:21:21.900><c> through</c> 00:21:22.880 --> 00:21:24.099 the<00:21:23.220><c> Scriptures</c> 00:21:24.660 --> 00:21:29.240 until<00:21:25.180><c> in</c><00:21:25.480><c> the</c><00:21:25.579><c> book</c><00:21:25.759><c> of</c><00:21:26.279><c> Acts</c><00:21:26.599><c> it</c><00:21:26.839><c> is</c><00:21:27.099><c> the</c><00:21:27.359><c> way,</c><00:21:28.059><c> the</c><00:21:28.319><c> way,</c><00:21:29.079><c> the</c> 00:21:29.240 --> 00:21:31.980 way,<00:21:30.180><c> meaning</c><00:21:30.420><c> that</c><00:21:30.559><c> it's</c><00:21:30.839><c> also</c><00:21:31.079><c> a</c><00:21:31.180><c> way</c><00:21:31.299><c> of</c><00:21:31.559><c> life.</c> 00:21:31.980 --> 00:21:36.579 It's<00:21:32.859><c> the</c><00:21:33.140><c> conversation</c><00:21:33.880><c> of</c><00:21:34.079><c> the</c><00:21:34.259><c> saints.</c><00:21:34.720><c> That's</c><00:21:34.980><c> what</c><00:21:35.119><c> it</c><00:21:35.380><c> is.</c> 00:21:36.839 --> 00:21:40.200 And<00:21:36.900><c> so</c><00:21:37.019><c> Abraham</c><00:21:37.240><c> went</c><00:21:37.480><c> through</c><00:21:37.660><c> that</c><00:21:37.880><c> experience</c><00:21:38.740><c> when</c><00:21:40.039><c> he</c> 00:21:40.200 --> 00:21:46.359 saw<00:21:40.339><c> the</c><00:21:40.599><c> torch</c><00:21:40.900><c> coming</c><00:21:41.200><c> through,</c><00:21:43.819><c> the</c><00:21:44.180><c> lamp</c><00:21:44.579><c> that</c><00:21:44.859><c> came</c><00:21:45.079><c> through.</c> 00:21:47.140 --> 00:21:51.480 There<00:21:47.319><c> it</c><00:21:47.440><c> is</c><00:21:47.599><c> in</c><00:21:47.759><c> verse</c><00:21:47.960><c> 17,</c><00:21:49.259><c> a</c><00:21:49.480><c> burning</c><00:21:49.880><c> lamp</c><00:21:50.440><c> that</c><00:21:51.259><c> passed</c> 00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:52.720 between<00:21:51.839><c> those</c><00:21:52.140><c> pieces.</c> 00:21:52.720 --> 00:21:56.740 And<00:21:53.720><c> that</c><00:21:53.980><c> word</c><00:21:54.200><c> lamp</c><00:21:54.420><c> I</c><00:21:54.579><c> think</c><00:21:54.740><c> is</c><00:21:54.940><c> the</c><00:21:55.059><c> word</c><00:21:55.259><c> torch,</c><00:21:56.359><c> and</c><00:21:56.460><c> it's</c><00:21:56.599><c> the</c> 00:21:56.740 --> 00:21:58.880 same<00:21:56.900><c> word</c><00:21:57.200><c> that's</c><00:21:57.460><c> in</c><00:21:57.779><c> Ezekiel</c><00:21:58.220><c> chapter</c><00:21:58.619><c> 1</c> 00:21:58.880 --> 00:22:03.460 speaking<00:21:59.220><c> of</c><00:21:59.380><c> the</c><00:21:59.519><c> glory</c><00:21:59.759><c> of</c><00:22:00.019><c> God.</c><00:22:02.000><c> But</c><00:22:02.140><c> why</c><00:22:02.460><c> all</c><00:22:02.680><c> this</c><00:22:03.160><c> to</c><00:22:03.359><c> do</c> 00:22:03.460 --> 00:22:07.240 with<00:22:03.700><c> Moses?</c><00:22:03.960><c> Well,</c><00:22:04.099><c> because</c><00:22:04.519><c> of</c><00:22:04.759><c> verse</c><00:22:05.900><c> 19.</c> 00:22:07.839 --> 00:22:12.259 In<00:22:08.119><c> the</c><00:22:08.400><c> same</c><00:22:08.660><c> day</c><00:22:09.180><c> the</c><00:22:09.839><c> Lord</c><00:22:10.099><c> made</c><00:22:10.799><c> a</c><00:22:11.160><c> covenant,</c><00:22:11.519><c> and</c><00:22:11.619><c> that</c><00:22:11.819><c> word</c><00:22:11.960><c> is</c> 00:22:12.259 --> 00:22:13.579 cut<00:22:12.700><c> a</c><00:22:13.079><c> covenant.</c> 00:22:13.579 --> 00:22:20.000 A<00:22:13.720><c> covenant</c><00:22:13.720><c> is</c><00:22:15.420><c> by</c><00:22:15.640><c> sacrifice,</c><00:22:17.900><c> and</c><00:22:17.980><c> that's</c><00:22:18.220><c> the</c><00:22:18.339><c> word</c><00:22:18.500><c> here.</c> 00:22:20.619 --> 00:22:22.779 The<00:22:20.759><c> Lord</c><00:22:21.079><c> made</c><00:22:21.400><c> a</c><00:22:21.740><c> covenant</c><00:22:22.099><c> with</c><00:22:22.420><c> Abraham.</c> 00:22:22.900 --> 00:22:27.460 Notice<00:22:23.339><c> it</c><00:22:23.839><c> is</c><00:22:24.220><c> not</c><00:22:24.599><c> a</c><00:22:25.079><c> covenant</c><00:22:25.380><c> between</c><00:22:25.859><c> Abraham</c><00:22:26.240><c> and</c><00:22:26.539><c> God.</c> 00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:32.880 It<00:22:29.460><c> is</c><00:22:29.740><c> a</c><00:22:29.900><c> covenant</c><00:22:30.440><c> by</c><00:22:31.819><c> God</c><00:22:32.240><c> with</c><00:22:32.599><c> Abraham.</c> 00:22:32.980 --> 00:22:39.359 Only<00:22:33.359><c> God</c><00:22:33.640><c> can</c><00:22:33.920><c> keep</c><00:22:34.220><c> covenants.</c><00:22:37.099><c> So</c><00:22:37.400><c> that's</c><00:22:37.539><c> how</c><00:22:37.680><c> it</c><00:22:37.799><c> is</c><00:22:37.980><c> here.</c> 00:22:40.839 --> 00:22:45.799 The<00:22:41.319><c> Lord</c><00:22:41.759><c> made</c><00:22:42.160><c> a</c><00:22:42.420><c> covenant</c><00:22:42.660><c> with</c><00:22:42.980><c> Abraham,</c><00:22:44.599><c> saying,</c><00:22:44.900><c> unto</c><00:22:44.900><c> thy</c><00:22:45.259><c> seed</c><00:22:45.480><c> have</c><00:22:45.619><c> I</c> 00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:48.039 given<00:22:45.940><c> this</c><00:22:46.240><c> land</c><00:22:46.519><c> from</c><00:22:46.680><c> the</c><00:22:46.759><c> river</c><00:22:46.940><c> of</c><00:22:47.180><c> Egypt.</c> 00:22:48.700 --> 00:22:52.220 So<00:22:48.799><c> that's</c><00:22:49.039><c> the</c><00:22:49.160><c> promise</c><00:22:49.319><c> of</c><00:22:49.480><c> the</c><00:22:49.680><c> land.</c><00:22:51.440><c> But</c><00:22:51.559><c> what</c><00:22:51.759><c> about</c><00:22:51.940><c> the</c> 00:22:52.220 --> 00:22:54.480 seed?<00:22:52.839><c> Well,</c><00:22:52.960><c> it</c><00:22:53.059><c> says</c><00:22:53.299><c> now</c><00:22:53.579><c> in</c><00:22:53.740><c> verse</c><00:22:53.960><c> 13,</c> 00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:58.960 and<00:22:54.680><c> he</c><00:22:55.279><c> said</c><00:22:55.460><c> unto</c><00:22:55.700><c> Abraham,</c><00:22:56.039><c> know</c><00:22:56.240><c> of</c><00:22:56.500><c> a</c><00:22:56.579><c> surety</c><00:22:57.220><c> that</c><00:22:57.779><c> thy</c><00:22:58.140><c> seed</c><00:22:58.380><c> shall</c><00:22:58.500><c> be</c><00:22:58.680><c> a</c> 00:22:58.960 --> 00:23:00.900 stranger<00:22:59.279><c> in</c><00:22:59.500><c> a</c><00:22:59.660><c> land</c><00:22:59.799><c> that</c><00:22:59.960><c> is</c><00:23:00.140><c> not</c><00:23:00.359><c> theirs,</c> 00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:04.000 and<00:23:01.400><c> shall</c><00:23:01.599><c> serve</c><00:23:01.960><c> them,</c><00:23:02.440><c> and</c><00:23:02.660><c> they</c><00:23:02.819><c> shall</c><00:23:02.940><c> afflict</c><00:23:03.220><c> them</c> 00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:05.640 four<00:23:04.380><c> hundred</c><00:23:04.619><c> years.</c> 00:23:05.640 --> 00:23:09.779 And<00:23:06.400><c> so</c><00:23:07.279><c> that</c><00:23:07.500><c> nation</c><00:23:07.900><c> whom</c><00:23:08.099><c> they</c><00:23:08.359><c> shall</c><00:23:08.559><c> serve</c><00:23:08.779><c> will</c><00:23:09.019><c> I</c><00:23:09.240><c> judge.</c><00:23:09.779><c> Now</c> 00:23:09.779 --> 00:23:12.980 this<00:23:10.119><c> is</c><00:23:10.259><c> where</c><00:23:10.440><c> Pharaoh</c><00:23:10.700><c> stands</c><00:23:11.059><c> up.</c> 00:23:13.039 --> 00:23:19.380 God<00:23:13.359><c> is</c><00:23:13.759><c> going</c><00:23:13.880><c> to</c><00:23:14.160><c> judge</c><00:23:14.779><c> Pharaoh.</c><00:23:16.019><c> He</c><00:23:16.440><c> is</c><00:23:17.339><c> the</c><00:23:18.140><c> stranger</c><00:23:18.779><c> in</c> 00:23:19.380 --> 00:23:22.420 whose<00:23:19.599><c> land</c><00:23:20.000><c> the</c><00:23:20.240><c> children</c><00:23:20.539><c> of</c><00:23:20.680><c> Israel</c><00:23:21.200><c> were</c><00:23:21.680><c> to</c><00:23:21.900><c> reside.</c> 00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:25.420 And<00:23:22.920><c> afterward</c><00:23:23.240><c> they</c><00:23:23.400><c> shall</c><00:23:23.519><c> come</c><00:23:23.740><c> out</c><00:23:23.880><c> with</c><00:23:24.099><c> great</c><00:23:24.319><c> substance,</c><00:23:25.039><c> exactly</c> 00:23:25.420 --> 00:23:28.460 what<00:23:25.640><c> happens.</c><00:23:26.400><c> They</c><00:23:26.779><c> spoil</c><00:23:27.160><c> all</c><00:23:27.519><c> Egypt.</c> 00:23:28.900 --> 00:23:31.019 The<00:23:29.059><c> Egyptians</c><00:23:29.240><c> are</c><00:23:29.539><c> so</c><00:23:29.819><c> keen</c><00:23:30.039><c> to</c><00:23:30.200><c> be</c><00:23:30.339><c> rid</c><00:23:30.460><c> of</c><00:23:30.579><c> them</c><00:23:30.720><c> that</c><00:23:30.839><c> they</c> 00:23:31.019 --> 00:23:32.940 give<00:23:31.099><c> them</c><00:23:31.359><c> everything</c><00:23:31.599><c> they</c><00:23:31.900><c> ask</c><00:23:32.079><c> for</c><00:23:32.299><c> and</c><00:23:32.579><c> more.</c> 00:23:32.940 --> 00:23:35.319 They'd<00:23:33.799><c> lost</c><00:23:34.000><c> their</c><00:23:34.220><c> firstborn.</c><00:23:34.660><c> They</c><00:23:34.759><c> wanted</c><00:23:34.940><c> to</c><00:23:35.160><c> lose</c> 00:23:35.319 --> 00:23:36.400 nothing<00:23:35.599><c> else.</c> 00:23:36.700 --> 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day</c><00:24:10.180><c> that</c><00:24:10.319><c> they</c><00:24:10.519><c> came</c><00:24:10.700><c> out</c> 00:24:10.880 --> 00:24:13.319 of<00:24:10.980><c> the</c><00:24:11.079><c> land</c><00:24:11.220><c> of</c><00:24:11.420><c> Egypt.</c><00:24:11.900><c> It</c><00:24:12.099><c> says</c><00:24:12.279><c> so.</c> 00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:16.920 The<00:24:13.660><c> self</c><00:24:13.819><c>-same</c><00:24:14.099><c> day,</c><00:24:14.640><c> the</c><00:24:14.859><c> very</c><00:24:15.119><c> day</c><00:24:15.420><c> of</c><00:24:15.599><c> God's</c><00:24:15.980><c> promises.</c> 00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:25.099 It's<00:24:21.099><c> the</c><00:24:21.240><c> day</c><00:24:21.380><c> when</c><00:24:21.539><c> the</c><00:24:21.799><c> ark</c><00:24:22.000><c> came</c><00:24:22.279><c> to</c><00:24:22.519><c> rest</c><00:24:22.940><c> on</c><00:24:23.619><c> Mount</c><00:24:23.880><c> Ararat.</c> 00:24:27.380 --> 00:24:30.559 The<00:24:27.900><c> seventh</c><00:24:28.200><c> month</c><00:24:28.619><c> and</c><00:24:29.039><c> the</c><00:24:29.180><c> fourteenth</c><00:24:29.500><c> day</c><00:24:29.720><c> of</c><00:24:29.819><c> the</c><00:24:29.900><c> month.</c> 00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:33.559 Which<00:24:31.440><c> became</c><00:24:31.819><c> when</c><00:24:32.059><c> the</c><00:24:32.240><c> change</c><00:24:32.420><c> of</c><00:24:32.599><c> year</c><00:24:32.759><c> took</c><00:24:33.019><c> place,</c><00:24:33.460><c> the</c> 00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:38.059 first<00:24:33.799><c> day</c><00:24:34.059><c> and</c><00:24:35.000><c> the</c><00:24:36.740><c> first</c><00:24:37.259><c> month</c><00:24:37.599><c> of</c><00:24:37.779><c> the</c><00:24:37.920><c> year.</c> 00:24:38.160 --> 00:24:39.599 That's<00:24:38.240><c> what</c><00:24:38.319><c> it</c><00:24:38.480><c> became.</c> 00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:47.579 Until<00:24:40.240><c> the</c><00:24:40.519><c> ark</c><00:24:40.700><c> came</c><00:24:41.019><c> to</c><00:24:41.240><c> rest</c><00:24:42.000><c> on</c><00:24:42.880><c> the</c><00:24:43.140><c> same</c><00:24:43.660><c> day</c><00:24:44.259><c> in</c><00:24:44.740><c> the</c><00:24:45.059><c> year</c><00:24:45.579><c> that</c><00:24:46.819><c> they</c><00:24:47.140><c> offered</c><00:24:47.339><c> the</c> 00:24:47.579 --> 00:24:52.480 wave<00:24:47.839><c> sheaf</c><00:24:49.000><c> before</c><00:24:50.579><c> God</c><00:24:50.900><c> or</c><00:24:51.099><c> the</c><00:24:51.200><c> day</c><00:24:51.339><c> after</c><00:24:51.779><c> the</c><00:24:52.039><c> waving</c><00:24:52.240><c> of</c> 00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:53.880 the<00:24:52.640><c> sheaf.</c> 00:24:54.619 --> 00:24:56.640 And<00:24:55.099><c> that's</c><00:24:55.359><c> when</c><00:24:55.500><c> the</c><00:24:55.660><c> children</c><00:24:55.839><c> of</c><00:24:55.960><c> Israel</c><00:24:56.160><c> came</c><00:24:56.380><c> out</c><00:24:56.539><c> of</c> 00:24:56.640 --> 00:24:58.319 the<00:24:56.799><c> land.</c> 00:24:58.700 --> 00:25:02.980 God's<00:24:59.160><c> clock</c><00:24:59.440><c> is</c><00:25:01.359><c> better</c><00:25:01.579><c> than</c><00:25:01.779><c> any</c><00:25:02.079><c> clock</c><00:25:02.240><c> that</c><00:25:02.420><c> exists.</c><00:25:02.819><c> I</c> 00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:05.160 know<00:25:03.200><c> they've</c><00:25:03.460><c> got</c><00:25:03.640><c> atomic</c><00:25:04.019><c> clocks.</c> 00:25:06.220 --> 00:25:10.059 But<00:25:06.240><c> the</c><00:25:06.240><c> great</c><00:25:06.440><c> thing</c><00:25:06.680><c> is</c><00:25:06.960><c> that</c><00:25:07.140><c> God's</c><00:25:07.700><c> clock</c><00:25:08.180><c> is</c><00:25:09.140><c> God's</c><00:25:09.640><c> time</c> 00:25:10.059 --> 00:25:14.140 and<00:25:11.140><c> in</c><00:25:11.299><c> the</c><00:25:11.460><c> fullness</c><00:25:11.660><c> of</c><00:25:11.960><c> time</c><00:25:12.400><c> he</c><00:25:12.660><c> does</c><00:25:12.859><c> his</c><00:25:13.059><c> purpose.</c> 00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:19.359 So<00:25:15.259><c> there's</c><00:25:15.640><c> a</c><00:25:15.779><c> setting.</c><00:25:17.119><c> They're</c><00:25:17.440><c> going</c><00:25:17.539><c> to</c><00:25:17.759><c> be</c><00:25:17.960><c> oppressed,</c> 00:25:19.700 --> 00:25:21.559 strangers<00:25:19.960><c> in</c><00:25:20.160><c> a</c><00:25:20.299><c> land</c><00:25:20.420><c> that</c><00:25:20.579><c> is</c><00:25:20.759><c> not</c><00:25:21.000><c> theirs.</c> 00:25:21.559 --> 00:25:27.279 And<00:25:22.460><c> so</c><00:25:22.559><c> when</c><00:25:22.759><c> Jacob</c><00:25:25.099><c> went</c><00:25:25.319><c> down</c><00:25:25.700><c> into</c><00:25:25.920><c> Egypt,</c><00:25:26.619><c> God</c><00:25:26.619><c> had</c><00:25:27.140><c> got</c> 00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:28.460 to<00:25:27.480><c> reassure</c><00:25:27.960><c> him.</c> 00:25:28.859 --> 00:25:32.420 And<00:25:29.140><c> God</c><00:25:29.339><c> did.</c><00:25:30.220><c> And</c><00:25:30.420><c> I'll</c><00:25:30.619><c> surely</c><00:25:30.799><c> visit</c><00:25:31.059><c> you.</c> 00:25:33.059 --> 00:25:35.539 So<00:25:33.319><c> that's</c><00:25:33.559><c> how</c><00:25:33.720><c> it</c><00:25:33.940><c> was</c><00:25:34.059><c> going</c><00:25:34.200><c> to</c><00:25:34.380><c> work</c><00:25:34.559><c> out.</c> 00:25:36.119 --> 00:25:39.980 So<00:25:36.259><c> now</c><00:25:36.440><c> we</c><00:25:36.700><c> span</c><00:25:36.980><c> that</c><00:25:37.240><c> period</c><00:25:37.500><c> of</c><00:25:37.839><c> time</c><00:25:38.420><c> from</c><00:25:39.180><c> this</c><00:25:39.359><c> fifteenth</c><00:25:39.660><c> chapter</c> 00:25:39.980 --> 00:25:42.839 of<00:25:40.160><c> Genesis</c><00:25:40.599><c> to</c><00:25:40.980><c> Joseph</c><00:25:41.440><c> and</c><00:25:41.619><c> the</c><00:25:41.720><c> sixty</c><00:25:41.900><c>-four</c><00:25:42.119><c> years</c><00:25:42.420><c> onwards</c> 00:25:42.839 --> 00:25:46.140 to<00:25:43.480><c> where</c><00:25:43.700><c> our</c><00:25:44.000><c> scene</c><00:25:44.220><c> is</c><00:25:44.539><c> set</c><00:25:44.839><c> for</c><00:25:45.279><c> the</c><00:25:45.440><c> appearance</c><00:25:45.759><c> of</c><00:25:45.980><c> this</c> 00:25:46.140 --> 00:25:47.019 remarkable<00:25:46.660><c> man.</c> 00:25:47.019 --> 00:25:50.519 So<00:25:47.279><c> back</c><00:25:47.900><c> to</c><00:25:48.359><c> Exodus</c><00:25:48.619><c> chapter</c><00:25:49.079><c> one.</c> 00:25:55.180 --> 00:26:00.880 Egypt<00:25:55.299><c> was</c><00:25:55.500><c> different</c><00:25:55.900><c> in</c><00:25:56.079><c> those</c><00:25:56.319><c> days</c><00:25:56.579><c> from</c><00:25:56.859><c> now</c><00:25:57.140><c> because</c><00:25:57.819><c> every</c><00:25:58.359><c> year,</c><00:25:59.759><c> perhaps</c><00:26:00.019><c> more</c><00:26:00.279><c> than</c><00:26:00.420><c> once</c><00:26:00.680><c> a</c> 00:26:00.880 --> 00:26:07.099 year,<00:26:02.279><c> the</c><00:26:02.460><c> Nile</c><00:26:03.140><c> brought</c><00:26:03.539><c> down</c><00:26:04.200><c> silt</c><00:26:05.039><c> from</c><00:26:05.980><c> way</c><00:26:06.240><c> back,</c><00:26:06.740><c> way,</c> 00:26:07.180 --> 00:26:07.799 way<00:26:07.299><c> back.</c> 00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:12.259 And<00:26:08.279><c> the</c><00:26:08.420><c> land</c><00:26:08.519><c> was</c><00:26:08.859><c> inundated</c><00:26:09.839><c> and</c><00:26:10.400><c> covered</c><00:26:10.539><c> with</c><00:26:10.960><c> fresh</c><00:26:11.200><c> soil</c><00:26:11.700><c> and</c> 00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:15.619 made<00:26:12.420><c> the</c><00:26:12.599><c> land</c><00:26:12.880><c> wonderfully</c><00:26:13.700><c> and</c><00:26:14.160><c> abundantly</c><00:26:14.940><c> fruitful.</c> 00:26:15.619 --> 00:26:19.019 That's<00:26:16.559><c> how</c><00:26:16.680><c> they</c><00:26:16.920><c> lived.</c><00:26:17.619><c> I</c><00:26:17.660><c> know</c><00:26:17.799><c> they</c><00:26:17.960><c> got</c><00:26:18.099><c> the</c><00:26:18.339><c> Aswan</c><00:26:18.660><c> down</c> 00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:22.680 there,<00:26:19.980><c> killed</c><00:26:20.119><c> all</c><00:26:20.319><c> the</c><00:26:20.539><c> fish</c><00:26:20.759><c> now,</c><00:26:21.359><c> and</c><00:26:21.380><c> they</c><00:26:21.740><c> have</c><00:26:21.960><c> problems</c><00:26:22.299><c> in</c><00:26:22.480><c> the</c> 00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:24.000 land<00:26:22.859><c> of</c><00:26:23.039><c> Israel.</c> 00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:28.119 They<00:26:24.660><c> got</c><00:26:24.859><c> water,</c><00:26:25.359><c> but</c><00:26:25.519><c> that's</c><00:26:25.819><c> not</c><00:26:26.000><c> everything.</c><00:26:27.619><c> They</c><00:26:27.839><c> haven't</c><00:26:27.980><c> got</c> 00:26:28.119 --> 00:26:30.279 the<00:26:28.319><c> life</c><00:26:28.640><c> that</c><00:26:28.819><c> they</c><00:26:29.000><c> once</c><00:26:29.339><c> had.</c> 00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:36.519 But<00:26:31.220><c> here,</c><00:26:32.200><c> Egypt</c><00:26:32.660><c> was</c><00:26:33.099><c> where</c><00:26:33.299><c> the</c><00:26:33.500><c> Nile</c><00:26:33.799><c> flowed,</c><00:26:35.599><c> where</c><00:26:35.819><c> you</c> 00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:40.400 watered<00:26:37.000><c> the</c><00:26:37.160><c> ground</c><00:26:37.380><c> with</c><00:26:37.579><c> your</c><00:26:37.980><c> foot,</c><00:26:38.779><c> which</c><00:26:39.039><c> meant</c><00:26:39.559><c> you</c><00:26:40.059><c> had</c><00:26:40.259><c> a</c> 00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:42.420 kind<00:26:40.559><c> of</c><00:26:40.799><c> treadle</c><00:26:41.240><c> and</c><00:26:41.420><c> a</c><00:26:41.579><c> wheel.</c> 00:26:42.779 --> 00:26:45.900 And<00:26:43.299><c> the</c><00:26:43.519><c> wheel,</c><00:26:43.920><c> you</c><00:26:44.240><c> carried</c><00:26:44.519><c> the</c><00:26:44.799><c> water</c><00:26:45.039><c> up</c><00:26:45.359><c> on</c><00:26:45.579><c> a</c><00:26:45.740><c> wheel</c> 00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:48.119 which<00:26:46.119><c> then</c><00:26:46.440><c> spilled</c><00:26:46.640><c> onto</c><00:26:46.859><c> the</c><00:26:47.119><c> land.</c> 00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:51.420 And<00:26:48.440><c> you</c><00:26:48.480><c> could</c><00:26:48.700><c> water</c><00:26:48.980><c> the</c><00:26:49.319><c> garden</c><00:26:49.700><c> that</c><00:26:49.920><c> you</c><00:26:50.019><c> wanted</c><00:26:50.240><c> to</c><00:26:50.559><c> water.</c> 00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:56.339 It<00:26:52.099><c> was</c><00:26:52.180><c> a</c><00:26:52.299><c> place</c><00:26:52.480><c> where</c><00:26:53.160><c> great</c><00:26:53.380><c> cities</c><00:26:53.640><c> were</c><00:26:53.859><c> built</c><00:26:54.180><c> and</c><00:26:54.559><c> pyramids.</c> 00:26:57.099 --> 00:26:58.799 This<00:26:57.259><c> was</c><00:26:57.440><c> the</c><00:26:57.539><c> land</c><00:26:57.700><c> of</c><00:26:57.900><c> Egypt.</c> 00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:04.059 And<00:27:00.500><c> there</c><00:27:00.940><c> arose</c><00:27:01.279><c> a</c><00:27:01.420><c> new</c><00:27:01.660><c> king</c><00:27:02.019><c> over</c><00:27:02.559><c> Egypt,</c><00:27:03.119><c> verse</c><00:27:03.500><c> eight</c><00:27:03.900><c> of</c> 00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:05.299 chapter<00:27:04.339><c> one</c><00:27:04.640><c> of</c><00:27:04.880><c> Exodus.</c> 00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:09.099 The<00:27:05.980><c> scene</c><00:27:06.160><c> has</c><00:27:06.420><c> changed.</c><00:27:07.339><c> Joseph</c><00:27:07.700><c> is</c><00:27:08.000><c> dead.</c><00:27:08.240><c> We</c><00:27:08.400><c> have</c><00:27:08.519><c> his</c><00:27:08.740><c> coffin.</c> 00:27:09.099 --> 00:27:12.599 We<00:27:09.960><c> don't</c><00:27:10.200><c> have</c><00:27:10.380><c> his</c><00:27:10.660><c> administration</c><00:27:11.440><c> now.</c> 00:27:13.380 --> 00:27:16.539 And<00:27:13.480><c> the</c><00:27:13.619><c> passage</c><00:27:13.859><c> of</c><00:27:14.099><c> time</c><00:27:14.319><c> means</c><00:27:14.640><c> that</c><00:27:14.819><c> you</c><00:27:14.980><c> forget</c><00:27:15.319><c> things.</c> 00:27:16.819 --> 00:27:18.980 And<00:27:17.059><c> things</c><00:27:17.740><c> are</c><00:27:18.000><c> different.</c> 00:27:19.460 --> 00:27:22.920 And<00:27:19.660><c> so</c><00:27:19.859><c> in</c><00:27:20.160><c> this</c><00:27:20.400><c> land,</c><00:27:21.000><c> there</c><00:27:21.079><c> was</c><00:27:21.339><c> a</c><00:27:21.599><c> period</c><00:27:21.819><c> of</c><00:27:22.119><c> terror,</c><00:27:22.740><c> a</c> 00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:25.799 strange<00:27:23.259><c> kind</c><00:27:23.700><c> of</c><00:27:24.319><c> terror</c><00:27:24.640><c> that</c><00:27:24.859><c> beset</c><00:27:25.220><c> people</c><00:27:25.500><c> so</c><00:27:25.680><c> that</c><00:27:25.779><c> they</c> 00:27:25.799 --> 00:27:28.680 couldn't<00:27:26.059><c> speak</c><00:27:26.299><c> the</c><00:27:26.579><c> truth</c><00:27:26.859><c> or</c><00:27:27.500><c> they</c><00:27:27.819><c> were</c><00:27:28.059><c> forced</c><00:27:28.319><c> into</c> 00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:29.559 certain<00:27:29.000><c> situations.</c> 00:27:29.559 --> 00:27:32.259 This<00:27:29.559><c> is</c><00:27:29.740><c> the</c><00:27:29.960><c> MacArthur</c><00:27:30.460><c> era.</c><00:27:31.119><c> MacArthur</c><00:27:31.599><c> era,</c><00:27:31.880><c> I</c><00:27:31.880><c> think</c><00:27:32.079><c> it</c> 00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:33.799 was<00:27:32.420><c> the</c><00:27:32.539><c> name,</c><00:27:32.720><c> wasn't</c><00:27:32.819><c> it?</c> 00:27:34.140 --> 00:27:36.539 When<00:27:34.579><c> there</c><00:27:34.700><c> was</c><00:27:34.819><c> all</c><00:27:35.059><c> this</c><00:27:35.359><c> searching</c><00:27:35.599><c> for</c><00:27:35.940><c> communism</c><00:27:36.339><c> in</c> 00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:37.799 this<00:27:36.700><c> country.</c> 00:27:38.380 --> 00:27:41.079 All<00:27:38.579><c> that</c><00:27:39.039><c> kind</c><00:27:39.220><c> of</c><00:27:39.420><c> situation</c><00:27:39.779><c> has</c><00:27:40.180><c> changed.</c><00:27:40.619><c> You</c><00:27:40.759><c> leave</c><00:27:40.920><c> it</c> 00:27:41.079 --> 00:27:42.359 now<00:27:41.220><c> to</c><00:27:41.400><c> the</c><00:27:41.539><c> CIA.</c> 00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:47.619 And<00:27:44.599><c> they</c><00:27:44.740><c> know</c><00:27:44.920><c> more</c><00:27:45.160><c> than</c><00:27:45.660><c> the</c><00:27:45.940><c> president</c><00:27:46.259><c> about</c><00:27:46.519><c> everything.</c> 00:27:49.160 --> 00:27:54.480 Except<00:27:49.539><c> when</c><00:27:49.759><c> God</c><00:27:50.019><c> says</c><00:27:51.059><c> the</c><00:27:52.099><c> Berlin</c><00:27:52.440><c> Wall</c><00:27:52.660><c> is</c><00:27:52.819><c> going</c><00:27:52.980><c> to</c><00:27:53.160><c> collapse</c><00:27:53.519><c> and</c> 00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:56.220 they<00:27:54.640><c> knew</c><00:27:54.859><c> nothing</c><00:27:55.180><c> about</c><00:27:55.539><c> it.</c> 00:27:56.220 --> 00:28:00.380 The<00:27:57.019><c> CIA</c><00:27:57.440><c> and</c><00:27:58.019><c> all</c><00:27:58.180><c> the</c><00:27:58.319><c> governments</c><00:27:58.519><c> of</c><00:27:58.720><c> the</c><00:27:58.839><c> world</c><00:27:59.380><c> had</c><00:27:59.920><c> failed</c><00:28:00.200><c> to</c> 00:28:00.380 --> 00:28:01.720 see<00:28:00.559><c> anything.</c> 00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:05.640 And<00:28:02.460><c> so</c><00:28:02.599><c> it</c><00:28:02.660><c> will</c><00:28:02.759><c> be</c><00:28:02.839><c> at</c><00:28:02.960><c> the</c><00:28:03.000><c> return</c><00:28:03.200><c> of</c><00:28:03.359><c> Christ.</c><00:28:04.779><c> Just</c><00:28:04.980><c> like</c><00:28:05.259><c> that.</c> 00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:09.559 In<00:28:05.880><c> such</c><00:28:06.019><c> an</c><00:28:06.160><c> hour</c><00:28:06.279><c> as</c><00:28:06.400><c> you</c><00:28:06.480><c> think</c><00:28:06.700><c> not,</c><00:28:07.880><c> the</c><00:28:07.900><c> Son</c><00:28:08.099><c> of</c><00:28:08.240><c> Man</c><00:28:08.359><c> will</c><00:28:08.599><c> come.</c> 00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:16.119 So<00:28:11.460><c> let's</c><00:28:11.900><c> get</c><00:28:12.160><c> ready,</c><00:28:12.599><c> brethren</c><00:28:12.740><c> and</c><00:28:12.920><c> sisters,</c><00:28:13.440><c> for</c><00:28:13.579><c> the</c><00:28:13.799><c> time</c><00:28:14.180><c> which</c><00:28:14.500><c> will</c><00:28:14.720><c> surprise</c><00:28:15.059><c> us.</c> 00:28:16.440 --> 00:28:19.059 The<00:28:16.680><c> return</c><00:28:16.920><c> of</c><00:28:17.099><c> our</c><00:28:17.200><c> Lord</c><00:28:17.400><c> Jesus</c><00:28:17.720><c> Christ.</c> 00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:23.059 The<00:28:19.359><c> day</c><00:28:19.519><c> when</c><00:28:20.000><c> Joseph's</c><00:28:20.599><c> eyes</c><00:28:21.039><c> will</c><00:28:21.279><c> be</c><00:28:21.500><c> opened</c><00:28:22.059><c> and</c><00:28:22.799><c> he</c><00:28:22.940><c> will</c> 00:28:23.059 --> 00:28:25.640 be<00:28:23.079><c> released</c><00:28:23.460><c> from</c><00:28:23.640><c> the</c><00:28:23.799><c> place</c><00:28:23.960><c> where</c><00:28:24.180><c> he</c><00:28:24.680><c> lies.</c> 00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:31.920 And<00:28:26.220><c> he</c><00:28:26.339><c> will</c><00:28:26.559><c> stand</c><00:28:26.920><c> alongside</c><00:28:27.599><c> all</c><00:28:29.140><c> those</c><00:28:29.440><c> faithful</c><00:28:29.859><c> men.</c> 00:28:33.359 --> 00:28:35.160 Abel<00:28:33.500><c> will</c><00:28:33.640><c> be</c><00:28:33.819><c> there.</c> 00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:38.539 And<00:28:36.140><c> he</c><00:28:36.259><c> will</c><00:28:36.380><c> see</c><00:28:36.519><c> all</c><00:28:36.720><c> the</c><00:28:36.900><c> generations</c><00:28:37.339><c> that</c><00:28:37.680><c> followed.</c> 00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:42.880 So<00:28:39.740><c> here</c><00:28:39.920><c> in</c><00:28:40.039><c> the</c><00:28:40.240><c> land</c><00:28:40.519><c> where</c><00:28:40.920><c> now</c><00:28:41.259><c> they're</c><00:28:41.920><c> being</c><00:28:42.240><c> oppressed,</c><00:28:42.799><c> it's</c> 00:28:42.880 --> 00:28:44.599 because<00:28:43.140><c> there's</c><00:28:43.380><c> another</c><00:28:43.619><c> king.</c> 00:28:44.619 --> 00:28:46.039 But<00:28:44.759><c> it's</c><00:28:44.900><c> God</c><00:28:45.039><c> who</c><00:28:45.180><c> puts</c><00:28:45.400><c> kings</c><00:28:45.660><c> there.</c> 00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:48.640 I've<00:28:46.859><c> raised</c><00:28:47.000><c> me</c><00:28:47.160><c> up</c><00:28:47.259><c> for</c><00:28:47.380><c> this</c><00:28:47.539><c> very</c><00:28:47.720><c> purpose,</c><00:28:48.099><c> God</c><00:28:48.339><c> says.</c> 00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:53.180 You're<00:28:49.240><c> not</c><00:28:49.359><c> here</c><00:28:49.480><c> by</c><00:28:49.720><c> some</c><00:28:50.660><c> right</c><00:28:50.900><c> of</c><00:28:51.200><c> inheritance</c><00:28:51.519><c> or</c><00:28:51.779><c> by</c><00:28:52.240><c> some</c><00:28:52.539><c> connivance</c><00:28:52.980><c> on</c> 00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:53.859 your<00:28:53.460><c> part.</c> 00:28:53.859 --> 00:28:56.680 You're<00:28:54.720><c> just</c><00:28:54.980><c> where</c><00:28:55.180><c> you</c><00:28:55.420><c> are</c><00:28:55.539><c> because</c><00:28:55.759><c> I</c><00:28:55.940><c> want</c><00:28:56.160><c> you</c><00:28:56.380><c> there.</c> 00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:59.200 You're<00:28:57.059><c> just</c><00:28:57.339><c> the</c><00:28:57.640><c> man</c><00:28:57.839><c> for</c><00:28:58.039><c> this</c><00:28:58.279><c> work.</c> 00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:01.819 And<00:29:00.099><c> if</c><00:29:00.220><c> only</c><00:29:00.299><c> we</c><00:29:00.380><c> can</c><00:29:00.500><c> believe</c><00:29:00.759><c> that,</c><00:29:01.059><c> brethren</c><00:29:01.200><c> and</c><00:29:01.380><c> sisters,</c><00:29:01.539><c> about</c> 00:29:01.819 --> 00:29:02.940 circumstances<00:29:02.400><c> around</c><00:29:02.799><c> us.</c> 00:29:02.980 --> 00:29:04.539 We're<00:29:03.099><c> in</c><00:29:03.220><c> the</c><00:29:03.359><c> hands</c><00:29:03.480><c> of</c><00:29:03.740><c> God.</c> 00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:06.519 That's<00:29:05.279><c> where</c><00:29:05.420><c> we</c><00:29:05.660><c> are.</c> 00:29:06.559 --> 00:29:08.019 And<00:29:06.700><c> nothing</c><00:29:06.920><c> slips</c><00:29:07.200><c> through</c><00:29:07.420><c> his</c><00:29:07.759><c> fingers.</c> 00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:10.480 Nothing<00:29:08.480><c> ever</c><00:29:08.920><c> slips</c><00:29:09.140><c> through</c><00:29:09.339><c> his</c><00:29:09.599><c> fingers.</c> 00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:13.579 None<00:29:11.400><c> can</c><00:29:11.660><c> pluck</c><00:29:11.740><c> them</c><00:29:11.880><c> from</c><00:29:12.039><c> my</c><00:29:12.319><c> Father's</c><00:29:12.740><c> hand.</c> 00:29:14.359 --> 00:29:16.220 And<00:29:14.539><c> we've</c><00:29:14.680><c> got</c><00:29:14.759><c> to</c><00:29:14.960><c> believe</c><00:29:15.279><c> that,</c><00:29:15.539><c> brethren</c><00:29:15.799><c> and</c><00:29:16.019><c> sisters.</c> 00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:20.539 These<00:29:16.559><c> are</c><00:29:16.880><c> treasures,</c><00:29:17.579><c> wondrous</c><00:29:18.220><c> and</c><00:29:19.259><c> so</c><00:29:19.500><c> numerous.</c> 00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:25.839 And<00:29:22.980><c> this</c><00:29:23.460><c> now</c><00:29:24.200><c> says</c><00:29:24.460><c> in</c><00:29:24.640><c> verse</c><00:29:24.819><c> 9.</c> 00:29:25.920 --> 00:29:29.480 And<00:29:25.920><c> he</c><00:29:25.980><c> said</c><00:29:26.160><c> unto</c><00:29:26.420><c> his</c><00:29:26.859><c> people,</c><00:29:27.420><c> Behold,</c><00:29:28.400><c> the</c><00:29:28.500><c> people</c><00:29:28.819><c> of</c><00:29:29.000><c> the</c><00:29:29.140><c> children</c><00:29:29.380><c> of</c> 00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:31.640 Israel<00:29:29.799><c> are</c><00:29:30.059><c> more</c><00:29:30.440><c> mightier</c><00:29:30.960><c> than</c><00:29:31.079><c> we.</c> 00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:33.700 Come<00:29:32.200><c> on,</c><00:29:32.480><c> let's</c><00:29:32.700><c> deal</c><00:29:32.880><c> with</c><00:29:33.039><c> them</c><00:29:33.200><c> wisely.</c> 00:29:34.099 --> 00:29:37.440 Unless<00:29:34.299><c> they</c><00:29:34.440><c> come</c><00:29:35.359><c> to</c><00:29:36.039><c> pass</c><00:29:36.279><c> that</c><00:29:36.460><c> when</c><00:29:36.640><c> there</c><00:29:36.859><c> foreth</c><00:29:37.140><c> any</c> 00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:41.400 war,<00:29:38.019><c> they</c><00:29:38.220><c> join</c><00:29:38.420><c> also</c><00:29:38.839><c> with</c><00:29:39.019><c> our</c><00:29:39.160><c> enemies</c><00:29:39.440><c> and</c><00:29:39.640><c> fight</c><00:29:39.819><c> against</c><00:29:40.160><c> us.</c> 00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:44.099 And<00:29:42.140><c> so</c><00:29:42.259><c> get</c><00:29:42.400><c> them</c><00:29:42.519><c> out</c><00:29:42.619><c> of</c><00:29:42.700><c> the</c><00:29:42.859><c> land,</c><00:29:43.599><c> eh?</c> 00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:47.339 So<00:29:45.000><c> they're</c><00:29:45.160><c> now</c><00:29:45.380><c> appointed</c><00:29:45.700><c> to</c><00:29:45.940><c> all</c><00:29:45.980><c> these</c><00:29:46.279><c> things</c><00:29:46.680><c> which</c> 00:29:47.339 --> 00:29:49.240 set<00:29:47.700><c> themselves</c><00:29:48.180><c> against</c><00:29:48.740><c> us.</c> 00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:53.779 All<00:29:50.400><c> Israel,</c><00:29:51.700><c> taskmasters</c><00:29:52.480><c> and</c><00:29:52.779><c> burdens.</c> 00:29:53.900 --> 00:29:56.980 And<00:29:54.039><c> Israel</c><00:29:54.220><c> meanwhile</c><00:29:54.680><c> is</c><00:29:54.880><c> building</c><00:29:55.180><c> cities</c><00:29:55.680><c> for</c><00:29:56.599><c> Pharaoh.</c> 00:29:57.460 --> 00:30:00.039 And<00:29:57.579><c> they</c><00:29:57.759><c> built</c><00:29:57.900><c> for</c><00:29:58.119><c> Pharaoh</c><00:29:58.460><c> treasure</c><00:29:58.779><c> cities,</c><00:29:59.680><c> Pithom</c> 00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:00.640 and<00:30:00.160><c> Ramesses.</c> 00:30:01.140 --> 00:30:03.539 So<00:30:01.440><c> these</c><00:30:01.740><c> were</c><00:30:01.900><c> Israel's</c><00:30:02.440><c> jobs.</c> 00:30:05.140 --> 00:30:07.160 But<00:30:05.299><c> the</c><00:30:05.440><c> strange</c><00:30:05.660><c> thing</c><00:30:05.920><c> was,</c><00:30:06.220><c> the</c><00:30:06.319><c> worse</c><00:30:06.500><c> it</c><00:30:06.680><c> became,</c><00:30:07.039><c> the</c> 00:30:07.160 --> 00:30:08.619 better<00:30:07.380><c> it</c><00:30:07.619><c> was.</c> 00:30:10.400 --> 00:30:13.359 The<00:30:10.539><c> more</c><00:30:11.039><c> oppressive</c><00:30:11.559><c> the</c><00:30:11.799><c> hand</c><00:30:12.000><c> of</c><00:30:12.259><c> Pharaoh,</c><00:30:12.980><c> the</c><00:30:13.140><c> more</c> 00:30:13.359 --> 00:30:14.900 children<00:30:13.640><c> they</c><00:30:13.920><c> had.</c> 00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:17.680 God<00:30:16.619><c> would</c><00:30:16.920><c> keep</c><00:30:17.079><c> his</c><00:30:17.319><c> promises.</c> 00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:20.400 He<00:30:17.900><c> put</c><00:30:18.400><c> him</c><00:30:18.579><c> there</c><00:30:18.799><c> for</c><00:30:18.960><c> this</c><00:30:19.119><c> purpose.</c> 00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:25.359 The<00:30:21.359><c> consolation</c><00:30:21.819><c> that</c><00:30:22.200><c> a</c><00:30:22.359><c> man</c><00:30:22.519><c> and</c><00:30:22.599><c> woman</c><00:30:22.880><c> took</c><00:30:23.140><c> together</c><00:30:23.559><c> then</c><00:30:23.859><c> produced</c><00:30:24.180><c> a</c><00:30:24.420><c> child.</c> 00:30:26.579 --> 00:30:27.940 And<00:30:26.740><c> they</c><00:30:26.819><c> were</c><00:30:27.079><c> fruitful.</c> 00:30:28.539 --> 00:30:30.579 They<00:30:29.039><c> weren't</c><00:30:29.299><c> misconceptions.</c> 00:30:32.339 --> 00:30:37.900 It<00:30:32.480><c> was</c><00:30:33.000><c> so,</c><00:30:33.660><c> so</c><00:30:34.140><c> fruitful</c><00:30:34.619><c> that</c><00:30:35.619><c> when</c><00:30:36.279><c> the</c><00:30:36.880><c> midwives</c><00:30:37.180><c> were</c><00:30:37.460><c> appointed,</c><00:30:37.720><c> as</c> 00:30:37.900 --> 00:30:39.279 you<00:30:38.099><c> remember,</c> 00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:43.460 they<00:30:40.180><c> said,</c><00:30:40.500><c> and</c><00:30:40.579><c> probably</c><00:30:40.880><c> rightly,</c><00:30:42.099><c> that</c><00:30:42.819><c> when</c><00:30:43.220><c> Pharaoh</c> 00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:45.640 chastised<00:30:43.960><c> them</c><00:30:44.140><c> because</c><00:30:44.400><c> they</c><00:30:44.559><c> were</c><00:30:44.880><c> not</c><00:30:45.140><c> dealing</c><00:30:45.319><c> with</c><00:30:45.519><c> the</c> 00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:46.539 male<00:30:45.839><c> children</c><00:30:46.099><c> properly,</c> 00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:49.380 that<00:30:47.160><c> is</c><00:30:47.279><c> by</c><00:30:47.480><c> killing</c><00:30:47.759><c> them,</c><00:30:48.559><c> they</c><00:30:48.720><c> said,</c><00:30:48.839><c> oh,</c><00:30:49.119><c> well,</c><00:30:49.220><c> it's</c> 00:30:49.380 --> 00:30:50.039 not<00:30:49.660><c> like</c><00:30:49.900><c> that.</c> 00:30:50.140 --> 00:30:53.240 They<00:30:50.180><c> said,</c><00:30:50.579><c> the</c><00:30:50.720><c> children,</c><00:30:51.400><c> the</c><00:30:51.480><c> women</c><00:30:51.660><c> of</c><00:30:51.819><c> Israel</c><00:30:52.019><c> are</c><00:30:52.359><c> lively.</c> 00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:56.000 The<00:30:54.240><c> impression</c><00:30:54.480><c> given</c><00:30:54.660><c> that</c><00:30:54.799><c> they</c><00:30:54.940><c> don't</c><00:30:55.039><c> go</c><00:30:55.259><c> through</c><00:30:55.619><c> hours</c> 00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:57.660 or<00:30:56.279><c> days</c><00:30:56.579><c> of</c><00:30:56.839><c> labour,</c> 00:30:57.839 --> 00:31:00.660 they<00:30:58.059><c> deliver</c><00:30:58.380><c> children,</c><00:30:58.900><c> woof,</c><00:30:59.240><c> and</c><00:30:59.380><c> that's</c><00:30:59.599><c> it.</c> 00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:04.259 Oh,<00:31:01.660><c> we</c><00:31:01.740><c> can't</c><00:31:02.000><c> get</c><00:31:02.140><c> there</c><00:31:02.279><c> in</c><00:31:02.559><c> time,</c><00:31:02.779><c> the</c><00:31:02.920><c> midwives</c><00:31:03.299><c> said.</c> 00:31:04.980 --> 00:31:06.700 At<00:31:05.079><c> least</c><00:31:05.220><c> that's</c><00:31:05.440><c> what</c><00:31:05.559><c> they</c><00:31:05.819><c> said.</c> 00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:10.180 They<00:31:07.799><c> also</c><00:31:08.180><c> were</c><00:31:08.339><c> women</c><00:31:08.519><c> of</c><00:31:08.799><c> faith,</c><00:31:09.660><c> eh?</c> 00:31:10.640 --> 00:31:13.400 But<00:31:10.920><c> Israel</c><00:31:11.259><c> were</c><00:31:11.460><c> now</c><00:31:11.700><c> mightily</c><00:31:12.220><c> oppressed.</c> 00:31:13.779 --> 00:31:17.660 Their<00:31:14.259><c> spirits</c><00:31:14.740><c> were</c><00:31:15.079><c> down,</c><00:31:15.599><c> down,</c><00:31:16.279><c> down,</c><00:31:16.660><c> and</c><00:31:16.779><c> they</c><00:31:16.940><c> were</c><00:31:17.259><c> grieved.</c> 00:31:17.940 --> 00:31:20.059 You<00:31:18.039><c> can</c><00:31:18.220><c> understand,</c><00:31:18.740><c> if</c><00:31:18.900><c> God's</c><00:31:19.299><c> for</c><00:31:19.380><c> us,</c><00:31:19.539><c> how</c><00:31:19.700><c> can</c><00:31:19.819><c> these</c> 00:31:20.059 --> 00:31:21.220 things<00:31:20.220><c> happen?</c> 00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:24.319 It's<00:31:21.440><c> what</c><00:31:21.539><c> happens</c><00:31:21.740><c> to</c><00:31:21.980><c> us,</c><00:31:22.160><c> isn't</c><00:31:22.339><c> it,</c><00:31:22.559><c> in</c><00:31:23.220><c> our</c><00:31:23.380><c> lives,</c><00:31:24.099><c> when</c> 00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:26.180 tragedies<00:31:24.759><c> take</c><00:31:25.019><c> us</c><00:31:25.119><c> of</c><00:31:25.240><c> this</c><00:31:25.480><c> kind</c><00:31:25.660><c> or</c><00:31:25.859><c> another.</c> 00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:30.299 Sometimes<00:31:27.059><c> more</c><00:31:27.359><c> than</c><00:31:27.519><c> one</c><00:31:27.819><c> tragedy</c><00:31:28.099><c> in</c><00:31:28.339><c> some</c><00:31:28.559><c> families,</c><00:31:29.480><c> there</c><00:31:29.779><c> doesn't</c><00:31:30.019><c> seem</c><00:31:30.200><c> to</c> 00:31:30.299 --> 00:31:32.619 be<00:31:30.380><c> any</c><00:31:30.539><c> kind</c><00:31:30.759><c> of</c><00:31:30.819><c> even</c><00:31:31.099><c> distribution</c><00:31:31.720><c> of</c><00:31:31.980><c> woes.</c> 00:31:33.019 --> 00:31:34.279 It<00:31:33.220><c> doesn't</c><00:31:33.440><c> like</c><00:31:33.759><c> that.</c> 00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:36.559 It<00:31:34.539><c> doesn't</c><00:31:34.819><c> work</c><00:31:35.099><c> out</c><00:31:35.319><c> in</c><00:31:35.500><c> that</c><00:31:35.700><c> way.</c> 00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:38.160 But<00:31:36.720><c> we're</c><00:31:36.900><c> never</c><00:31:37.099><c> out</c><00:31:37.359><c> of</c><00:31:37.460><c> God's</c><00:31:37.839><c> care.</c> 00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:42.579 Never,<00:31:39.200><c> never,</c><00:31:41.480><c> never.</c> 00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:46.059 I<00:31:43.079><c> will</c><00:31:44.000><c> never</c><00:31:44.339><c> leave</c><00:31:44.759><c> you.</c> 00:31:46.660 --> 00:31:49.920 I<00:31:46.819><c> will</c><00:31:47.140><c> in</c><00:31:47.319><c> no</c><00:31:47.720><c> wise</c><00:31:48.119><c> forsake</c><00:31:48.759><c> you.</c> 00:31:50.680 --> 00:31:53.359 There<00:31:50.819><c> can</c><00:31:51.000><c> be</c><00:31:51.119><c> no</c><00:31:51.240><c> greater</c><00:31:51.519><c> assurance,</c><00:31:52.119><c> brethren</c><00:31:52.220><c> and</c><00:31:52.420><c> sisters.</c> 00:31:53.880 --> 00:31:55.680 We<00:31:54.039><c> mustn't</c><00:31:54.339><c> doubt</c><00:31:54.640><c> it.</c> 00:31:55.880 --> 00:32:00.099 When<00:31:56.079><c> the</c><00:31:56.259><c> clouds</c><00:31:56.480><c> come</c><00:31:56.720><c> up</c><00:31:57.480><c> and</c><00:31:57.900><c> it</c><00:31:57.980><c> gets</c><00:31:58.160><c> very</c><00:31:58.519><c> dark,</c><00:31:59.920><c> let's</c> 00:32:00.099 --> 00:32:02.720 not<00:32:00.339><c> think</c><00:32:00.579><c> that</c><00:32:01.079><c> God's</c><00:32:01.440><c> gone</c><00:32:01.640><c> away.</c> 00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:07.480 Christ<00:32:03.539><c> had</c><00:32:03.759><c> three</c><00:32:03.960><c> hours</c><00:32:04.180><c> of</c><00:32:04.420><c> darkness</c><00:32:05.200><c> on</c><00:32:06.680><c> the</c><00:32:06.960><c> cross.</c> 00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:10.819 But<00:32:08.079><c> God</c><00:32:08.299><c> hadn't</c><00:32:10.819><c> gone.</c> 00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:16.740 And<00:32:11.319><c> the</c><00:32:11.400><c> light</c><00:32:11.559><c> of</c><00:32:11.700><c> the</c><00:32:11.859><c> world</c><00:32:12.019><c> would</c><00:32:12.259><c> arise</c><00:32:12.819><c> and</c><00:32:13.579><c> come</c><00:32:13.700><c> out</c><00:32:13.880><c> of</c><00:32:13.980><c> the</c><00:32:14.119><c> gloom</c><00:32:14.319><c> of</c><00:32:14.500><c> three</c><00:32:14.720><c> days</c><00:32:15.299><c> and</c><00:32:16.039><c> shine</c><00:32:16.339><c> with</c><00:32:16.539><c> a</c> 00:32:16.740 --> 00:32:18.720 splendour<00:32:17.059><c> that</c><00:32:17.140><c> will</c><00:32:17.359><c> never</c><00:32:17.579><c> cease.</c> 00:32:19.099 --> 00:32:22.920 The<00:32:19.240><c> beauty</c><00:32:19.740><c> of</c><00:32:20.339><c> the</c><00:32:20.480><c> one</c><00:32:20.599><c> that</c><00:32:20.740><c> is</c><00:32:21.039><c> fairest</c><00:32:21.279><c> among</c><00:32:21.519><c> ten</c><00:32:21.799><c> thousand,</c><00:32:22.740><c> the</c> 00:32:22.920 --> 00:32:24.519 altogether<00:32:23.380><c> lovely.</c> 00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:27.119 I<00:32:24.799><c> am</c><00:32:24.859><c> he</c><00:32:25.019><c> that</c><00:32:25.240><c> liveth</c><00:32:25.619><c> and</c><00:32:25.779><c> was</c><00:32:26.079><c> dead,</c><00:32:26.500><c> and</c><00:32:26.559><c> behold,</c><00:32:26.880><c> I</c><00:32:27.000><c> am</c> 00:32:27.119 --> 00:32:28.839 alive<00:32:27.519><c> forevermore.</c> 00:32:29.160 --> 00:32:31.859 This<00:32:29.359><c> is</c><00:32:29.559><c> what</c><00:32:30.019><c> came</c><00:32:30.400><c> out</c><00:32:30.619><c> of</c><00:32:30.799><c> darkness.</c> 00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:37.559 Because<00:32:32.940><c> though</c><00:32:33.180><c> they</c><00:32:33.299><c> thought</c><00:32:33.519><c> they</c><00:32:33.799><c> could,</c><00:32:35.720><c> they</c><00:32:35.920><c> never</c><00:32:36.380><c> could</c><00:32:36.900><c> have</c><00:32:37.000><c> put</c><00:32:37.079><c> the</c><00:32:37.279><c> light</c><00:32:37.400><c> of</c> 00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:39.619 the<00:32:37.700><c> world</c><00:32:37.880><c> out.</c> 00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:43.420 It<00:32:40.420><c> was</c><00:32:40.539><c> part</c><00:32:40.740><c> of</c><00:32:40.920><c> God's</c><00:32:41.299><c> wondrous</c><00:32:41.579><c> creation,</c><00:32:43.059><c> the</c><00:32:43.180><c> Lord</c> 00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:44.920 Jesus<00:32:43.759><c> Christ.</c> 00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:49.019 So<00:32:46.259><c> the</c><00:32:46.440><c> labour</c><00:32:46.640><c> gets</c><00:32:46.880><c> very</c><00:32:47.220><c> bitter</c><00:32:47.500><c> and</c><00:32:47.740><c> very</c><00:32:48.079><c> hard.</c> 00:32:49.099 --> 00:32:51.960 And<00:32:49.240><c> there's</c><00:32:49.339><c> only</c><00:32:49.519><c> one</c><00:32:49.740><c> place</c><00:32:49.859><c> to</c><00:32:50.000><c> go</c><00:32:50.220><c> to</c><00:32:50.480><c> in</c><00:32:50.759><c> time.</c> 00:32:52.579 --> 00:32:55.200 And<00:32:52.900><c> that</c><00:32:53.019><c> is</c><00:32:53.500><c> a</c><00:32:53.859><c> cry</c><00:32:54.000><c> to</c><00:32:54.180><c> God.</c> 00:32:56.059 --> 00:33:05.279 Just<00:32:56.900><c> look</c><00:32:57.579><c> at</c><00:32:57.819><c> the</c><00:32:58.140><c> incident</c><00:32:58.619><c> that</c><00:32:59.180><c> brings</c><00:32:59.660><c> everything</c><00:33:00.220><c> so</c><00:33:01.559><c> beautifully</c><00:33:02.039><c> alive,</c><00:33:03.519><c> just</c><00:33:03.640><c> in</c><00:33:04.279><c> a</c><00:33:04.779><c> family.</c> 00:33:05.779 --> 00:33:06.859 That's<00:33:05.900><c> all.</c> 00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:09.900 See,<00:33:07.339><c> God</c><00:33:07.539><c> works.</c><00:33:08.380><c> Oh</c><00:33:08.599><c> yes,</c><00:33:08.720><c> he</c><00:33:08.839><c> works</c><00:33:09.099><c> with</c><00:33:09.279><c> the</c><00:33:09.440><c> ocean.</c><00:33:09.900><c> He</c> 00:33:09.900 --> 00:33:11.720 can<00:33:09.980><c> make</c><00:33:10.200><c> oceans</c><00:33:10.619><c> flow.</c> 00:33:12.140 --> 00:33:15.880 He<00:33:12.240><c> can</c><00:33:12.359><c> bring</c><00:33:12.619><c> drought</c><00:33:13.039><c> and</c><00:33:13.400><c> storm</c><00:33:14.119><c> and</c><00:33:14.640><c> earthquake.</c> 00:33:19.660 --> 00:33:22.359 And<00:33:20.500><c> he</c><00:33:20.539><c> can</c><00:33:20.660><c> make</c><00:33:20.859><c> a</c><00:33:20.980><c> baby</c><00:33:21.200><c> cry.</c> 00:33:23.819 --> 00:33:26.359 That's<00:33:24.339><c> what</c><00:33:24.500><c> it</c><00:33:24.680><c> was,</c><00:33:24.900><c> wasn't</c><00:33:25.079><c> it?</c> 00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:32.359 There's<00:33:28.559><c> the</c><00:33:29.039><c> family</c><00:33:29.599><c> in</c><00:33:30.779><c> chapter</c><00:33:31.079><c> two.</c> 00:33:34.859 --> 00:33:37.539 The<00:33:34.920><c> man</c><00:33:35.099><c> of</c><00:33:35.279><c> Levi,</c><00:33:35.799><c> Amram</c><00:33:35.980><c> and</c><00:33:36.160><c> Jochebed,</c><00:33:36.460><c> here</c><00:33:36.640><c> they</c><00:33:36.900><c> are,</c> 00:33:37.779 --> 00:33:39.980 the<00:33:37.980><c> parents</c><00:33:38.460><c> of</c><00:33:39.460><c> Moses.</c> 00:33:40.160 --> 00:33:42.680 It's<00:33:40.359><c> in</c><00:33:40.480><c> this</c><00:33:40.779><c> time</c><00:33:41.079><c> that</c><00:33:41.259><c> he</c><00:33:41.319><c> is</c><00:33:41.579><c> born.</c> 00:33:45.079 --> 00:33:48.460 A<00:33:45.299><c> goodly</c><00:33:45.720><c> child,</c><00:33:46.339><c> exceeding</c><00:33:47.180><c> fair,</c><00:33:47.779><c> fair</c><00:33:47.980><c> unto</c><00:33:48.160><c> God.</c> 00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:51.160 There<00:33:48.579><c> are</c><00:33:48.759><c> three</c><00:33:49.059><c> or</c><00:33:49.220><c> four</c><00:33:49.500><c> descriptions</c><00:33:49.859><c> throughout</c><00:33:50.180><c> scripture.</c> 00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:55.460 He<00:33:51.799><c> was</c><00:33:52.099><c> a</c><00:33:52.319><c> child</c><00:33:52.839><c> that</c><00:33:53.140><c> was</c><00:33:53.420><c> different</c><00:33:53.880><c> to</c><00:33:54.180><c> look</c><00:33:54.380><c> at.</c> 00:33:56.039 --> 00:33:59.900 There<00:33:56.099><c> was</c><00:33:56.279><c> something</c><00:33:56.500><c> so</c><00:33:56.759><c> appealing.</c><00:33:57.180><c> Every</c><00:33:57.440><c> child</c><00:33:57.799><c> is</c><00:33:58.920><c> appealing</c><00:33:59.420><c> and</c> 00:33:59.900 --> 00:34:00.900 we<00:34:00.220><c> know</c><00:34:00.460><c> that.</c> 00:34:01.099 --> 00:34:02.700 There<00:34:01.140><c> are</c><00:34:01.240><c> children</c><00:34:01.559><c> here.</c> 00:34:02.980 --> 00:34:07.660 But<00:34:03.180><c> there</c><00:34:03.339><c> was</c><00:34:03.460><c> something</c><00:34:03.660><c> about</c><00:34:04.660><c> the</c><00:34:05.000><c> face</c><00:34:05.539><c> of</c><00:34:05.960><c> Pharaoh</c><00:34:06.160><c> that</c><00:34:06.839><c> perhaps</c><00:34:07.220><c> was</c> 00:34:07.660 --> 00:34:09.280 reminiscent<00:34:08.219><c> later</c><00:34:08.980><c> on,</c> 00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:14.119 in<00:34:09.519><c> the</c><00:34:09.579><c> time</c><00:34:09.780><c> of</c><00:34:11.679><c> Stephen,</c><00:34:12.260><c> of</c><00:34:12.460><c> the</c><00:34:12.639><c> glory</c><00:34:12.860><c> of</c><00:34:13.079><c> God,</c><00:34:13.360><c> when</c><00:34:13.380><c> they</c><00:34:13.880><c> saw</c> 00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:15.539 a<00:34:14.159><c> face</c><00:34:14.380><c> of</c><00:34:14.579><c> an</c><00:34:14.679><c> angel.</c> 00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:18.800 This<00:34:16.179><c> child</c><00:34:16.500><c> was</c><00:34:16.840><c> saying</c><00:34:17.179><c> by</c><00:34:17.440><c> its</c><00:34:17.679><c> appearance,</c><00:34:18.420><c> you've</c><00:34:18.699><c> got</c> 00:34:18.800 --> 00:34:20.340 to<00:34:18.900><c> look</c><00:34:19.039><c> after</c><00:34:19.280><c> me.</c> 00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:25.219 And<00:34:23.039><c> the</c><00:34:23.519><c> parents</c><00:34:23.760><c> believed</c><00:34:24.119><c> it</c><00:34:24.300><c> and</c><00:34:24.380><c> said</c><00:34:24.460><c> they</c><00:34:24.579><c> were</c><00:34:24.699><c> not</c><00:34:24.840><c> afraid</c><00:34:25.059><c> of</c> 00:34:25.219 --> 00:34:25.900 the<00:34:25.340><c> king's</c><00:34:25.599><c> commandment.</c> 00:34:25.900 --> 00:34:29.239 That's<00:34:26.179><c> what</c><00:34:26.360><c> it</c><00:34:26.599><c> says</c><00:34:26.719><c> in</c><00:34:27.000><c> Hebrews</c><00:34:27.239><c> chapter</c><00:34:27.519><c> 11,</c><00:34:27.800><c> isn't</c><00:34:28.019><c> it?</c> 00:34:29.780 --> 00:34:33.360 To<00:34:30.039><c> have</c><00:34:30.199><c> a</c><00:34:30.440><c> child,</c><00:34:30.639><c> have</c><00:34:30.860><c> a</c><00:34:31.039><c> male</c><00:34:31.239><c> child</c><00:34:31.739><c> in</c><00:34:32.059><c> your</c><00:34:32.300><c> house</c><00:34:32.880><c> was</c> 00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:36.139 punishable<00:34:33.840><c> by</c><00:34:34.199><c> death,</c><00:34:34.920><c> quite</c><00:34:35.219><c> clearly.</c> 00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:38.860 Because<00:34:36.840><c> the</c><00:34:37.039><c> child</c><00:34:37.239><c> should</c><00:34:37.539><c> die,</c><00:34:37.920><c> that's</c><00:34:38.139><c> what</c><00:34:38.260><c> they'd</c><00:34:38.599><c> said.</c> 00:34:39.300 --> 00:34:43.940 And<00:34:39.480><c> they'd</c><00:34:39.659><c> kept</c><00:34:39.760><c> the</c><00:34:40.000><c> child</c><00:34:40.119><c> for</c><00:34:40.280><c> three</c><00:34:40.480><c> months</c><00:34:40.880><c> and</c><00:34:41.179><c> finally</c><00:34:41.820><c> decided</c><00:34:42.699><c> to</c><00:34:43.639><c> make</c><00:34:43.780><c> an</c> 00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:45.719 ark<00:34:44.059><c> of</c><00:34:44.239><c> bulrushes.</c> 00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:52.539 It<00:34:51.039><c> must</c><00:34:51.260><c> have</c><00:34:51.400><c> been</c><00:34:51.539><c> heartbreaking.</c> 00:34:53.539 --> 00:34:57.360 The<00:34:53.699><c> child</c><00:34:53.780><c> must</c><00:34:53.960><c> have</c><00:34:54.079><c> been</c><00:34:54.219><c> covered</c><00:34:54.380><c> with</c><00:34:54.599><c> kisses</c><00:34:55.400><c> as</c><00:34:57.199><c> they</c> 00:34:57.360 --> 00:34:58.960 put<00:34:57.500><c> it</c><00:34:57.639><c> into</c><00:34:57.880><c> the</c><00:34:58.139><c> ark</c><00:34:58.260><c> of</c><00:34:58.400><c> bulrushes</c> 00:34:58.960 --> 00:35:02.440 with<00:34:59.400><c> a</c><00:34:59.920><c> 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the</c> 00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:23.800 papyrus<00:35:21.280><c> on</c><00:35:21.739><c> which</c><00:35:22.000><c> Moses</c><00:35:22.420><c> would</c><00:35:22.760><c> rise.</c> 00:35:25.239 --> 00:35:28.539 That's<00:35:26.039><c> where</c><00:35:26.300><c> the</c><00:35:26.579><c> parchment</c><00:35:26.980><c> comes</c><00:35:27.440><c> from,</c><00:35:27.920><c> eventually,</c> 00:35:28.579 --> 00:35:30.280 isn't<00:35:28.820><c> it?</c> 00:35:32.179 --> 00:35:38.440 The<00:35:32.539><c> child</c><00:35:32.820><c> kept</c><00:35:33.059><c> her</c><00:35:33.239><c> eyes</c><00:35:33.360><c> open,</c><00:35:35.000><c> Miriam,</c><00:35:36.420><c> Moses'</c><00:35:37.179><c> sister.</c> 00:35:39.280 --> 00:35:41.719 I've<00:35:39.679><c> always</c><00:35:39.840><c> pictured</c><00:35:40.119><c> her</c><00:35:40.300><c> hiding</c><00:35:40.460><c> behind</c><00:35:40.699><c> a</c><00:35:40.980><c> tree</c><00:35:41.159><c> and</c><00:35:41.519><c> so</c> 00:35:41.719 --> 00:35:43.239 on,<00:35:41.820><c> you</c><00:35:41.900><c> know</c><00:35:42.000><c> how</c><00:35:42.159><c> it</c><00:35:42.320><c> is.</c> 00:35:43.360 --> 00:35:47.360 However,<00:35:43.760><c> I</c><00:35:44.059><c> have</c><00:35:44.219><c> a</c><00:35:44.360><c> picture</c><00:35:44.559><c> of</c><00:35:45.219><c> Moses</c><00:35:45.719><c> in</c><00:35:45.980><c> a</c><00:35:46.219><c> drawer</c><00:35:46.500><c> at</c><00:35:46.840><c> home</c><00:35:47.039><c> where</c><00:35:47.219><c> his</c> 00:35:47.360 --> 00:35:49.260 mother<00:35:47.500><c> hid</c><00:35:47.679><c> him,</c><00:35:47.980><c> you</c><00:35:48.119><c> know.</c> 00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:52.639 Some<00:35:50.179><c> Sunday</c><00:35:50.380><c> School</c><00:35:50.619><c> teacher</c><00:35:50.860><c> must</c><00:35:51.159><c> at</c><00:35:51.260><c> some</c><00:35:51.480><c> time</c><00:35:51.659><c> embellish</c><00:35:52.059><c> the</c><00:35:52.320><c> story</c><00:35:52.519><c> and</c> 00:35:52.639 --> 00:35:53.059 that's<00:35:52.820><c> what</c><00:35:52.900><c> I...</c> 00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:54.940 And<00:35:53.199><c> it's</c><00:35:53.840><c> still</c><00:35:54.079><c> like</c><00:35:54.320><c> that</c><00:35:54.420><c> for</c><00:35:54.599><c> me.</c> 00:35:55.420 --> 00:35:57.340 So<00:35:55.820><c> they</c><00:35:56.179><c> take</c><00:35:56.239><c> him</c><00:35:56.340><c> out</c><00:35:56.480><c> of</c><00:35:56.579><c> the</c><00:35:56.760><c> drawer</c><00:35:56.880><c> and</c><00:35:57.019><c> put</c><00:35:57.119><c> him</c><00:35:57.199><c> into</c> 00:35:57.340 --> 00:35:58.780 the<00:35:57.539><c> bulrushes.</c> 00:36:01.059 --> 00:36:04.199 You've<00:36:01.320><c> got</c><00:36:01.400><c> your</c><00:36:01.599><c> own</c><00:36:01.780><c> pictures,</c><00:36:02.079><c> I</c><00:36:02.280><c> know,</c><00:36:02.619><c> everybody</c><00:36:03.239><c> does.</c> 00:36:04.280 --> 00:36:06.519 And<00:36:04.679><c> Sunday</c><00:36:04.820><c> School</c><00:36:05.099><c> teachers</c><00:36:05.400><c> are</c><00:36:05.800><c> marvellous.</c> 00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:09.619 I<00:36:07.019><c> mean,</c><00:36:07.199><c> these</c><00:36:07.300><c> bits</c><00:36:07.519><c> of</c><00:36:07.719><c> embellishments</c><00:36:08.280><c> don't</c><00:36:08.739><c> really</c><00:36:09.139><c> affect</c><00:36:09.440><c> the</c> 00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:11.059 record<00:36:09.940><c> of</c><00:36:10.179><c> scripture.</c> 00:36:11.300 --> 00:36:15.159 And<00:36:11.360><c> sisters,</c><00:36:12.139><c> brethren,</c><00:36:12.519><c> engaged</c><00:36:12.860><c> in</c><00:36:12.980><c> that</c><00:36:13.260><c> work,</c><00:36:13.699><c> do</c><00:36:13.920><c> continue.</c> 00:36:16.019 --> 00:36:18.179 The<00:36:16.219><c> world</c><00:36:16.480><c> in</c><00:36:16.719><c> which</c><00:36:16.880><c> we</c><00:36:17.079><c> live</c><00:36:17.219><c> is</c><00:36:17.380><c> trying</c><00:36:17.559><c> to</c><00:36:17.780><c> teach</c><00:36:17.940><c> them</c> 00:36:18.179 --> 00:36:21.320 other<00:36:18.480><c> things</c><00:36:18.900><c> all</c><00:36:19.480><c> day</c><00:36:19.860><c> long,</c> 00:36:21.860 --> 00:36:24.119 unremittingly,<00:36:22.519><c> determined</c><00:36:22.840><c> to</c><00:36:23.059><c> take</c><00:36:23.179><c> your</c><00:36:23.519><c> children,</c><00:36:23.880><c> not</c> 00:36:24.119 --> 00:36:26.500 for<00:36:24.300><c> a</c><00:36:24.440><c> bulrush,</c> 00:36:26.820 --> 00:36:29.800 to<00:36:26.960><c> take</c><00:36:27.139><c> your</c><00:36:27.400><c> child</c><00:36:27.840><c> to</c><00:36:28.340><c> destroy</c><00:36:28.820><c> it</c><00:36:28.980><c> in</c><00:36:29.059><c> its</c><00:36:29.219><c> own</c><00:36:29.440><c> way.</c> 00:36:30.219 --> 00:36:31.679 That's<00:36:30.559><c> our</c><00:36:30.780><c> world.</c> 00:36:31.840 --> 00:36:33.199 Hang<00:36:32.079><c> on</c><00:36:32.219><c> to</c><00:36:32.360><c> your</c><00:36:32.559><c> children.</c> 00:36:33.199 --> 00:36:35.360 Sunday<00:36:34.059><c> School</c><00:36:34.300><c> teachers,</c><00:36:34.579><c> keep</c><00:36:34.820><c> up</c><00:36:34.940><c> your</c><00:36:35.099><c> lessons.</c> 00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:38.840 They<00:36:35.719><c> are</c><00:36:35.940><c> the</c><00:36:36.159><c> things</c><00:36:36.559><c> that</c><00:36:36.940><c> are</c><00:36:37.099><c> the</c><00:36:37.239><c> foundation</c><00:36:37.920><c> of</c><00:36:38.559><c> our</c> 00:36:38.840 --> 00:36:40.480 ecclesial<00:36:39.360><c> life</c><00:36:39.800><c> for</c><00:36:40.059><c> children.</c> 00:36:40.539 --> 00:36:42.019 That's<00:36:40.719><c> what</c><00:36:40.860><c> they</c><00:36:41.059><c> are.</c> 00:36:42.159 --> 00:36:44.400 When<00:36:42.360><c> older</c><00:36:42.519><c> people</c><00:36:42.760><c> pass</c><00:36:43.019><c> off</c><00:36:43.179><c> the</c><00:36:43.440><c> scene,</c><00:36:43.679><c> these</c><00:36:44.019><c> are</c><00:36:44.260><c> the</c> 00:36:44.400 --> 00:36:45.860 ones,<00:36:44.679><c> if</c><00:36:44.840><c> the</c><00:36:44.980><c> Lord</c><00:36:45.119><c> remains</c><00:36:45.460><c> away,</c> 00:36:46.280 --> 00:36:48.659 that<00:36:46.340><c> will</c><00:36:46.559><c> continue</c><00:36:46.900><c> the</c><00:36:47.159><c> work</c><00:36:47.400><c> and</c><00:36:47.619><c> make</c><00:36:47.760><c> it</c><00:36:47.940><c> your</c><00:36:48.179><c> children.</c> 00:36:48.820 --> 00:36:51.460 Let<00:36:48.960><c> them</c><00:36:49.099><c> know</c><00:36:49.219><c> that</c><00:36:49.420><c> this</c><00:36:49.599><c> is</c><00:36:49.760><c> the</c><00:36:49.860><c> most</c><00:36:50.139><c> serious</c><00:36:50.619><c> and</c><00:36:51.159><c> most</c> 00:36:51.460 --> 00:36:53.219 wonderful<00:36:51.880><c> and</c><00:36:52.199><c> most</c><00:36:52.559><c> precious</c><00:36:52.840><c> thing</c> 00:36:53.219 --> 00:36:57.739 that<00:36:53.340><c> they</c><00:36:53.500><c> can</c><00:36:53.659><c> ever</c><00:36:53.940><c> have,</c><00:36:55.179><c> a</c><00:36:55.380><c> faith</c><00:36:55.579><c> in</c><00:36:55.780><c> God</c><00:36:56.099><c> and</c><00:36:56.360><c> in</c><00:36:56.480><c> His</c><00:36:56.679><c> words,</c> 00:36:58.099 --> 00:37:01.980 fulfilled<00:36:58.579><c> through</c><00:36:59.059><c> the</c><00:36:59.320><c> promises</c><00:36:59.760><c> made</c><00:37:00.460><c> secure</c><00:37:00.860><c> in</c><00:37:01.099><c> Christ</c><00:37:01.400><c> Jesus.</c> 00:37:01.980 --> 00:37:07.260 For<00:37:02.380><c> all</c><00:37:02.739><c> the</c><00:37:02.900><c> promises</c><00:37:03.139><c> of</c><00:37:03.380><c> God</c><00:37:03.559><c> are</c><00:37:03.940><c> ye</c><00:37:04.179><c> in</c><00:37:04.440><c> Him</c><00:37:04.980><c> and</c><00:37:05.840><c> our</c><00:37:06.099><c> men,</c> 00:37:07.739 --> 00:37:10.119 and<00:37:08.019><c> there</c><00:37:08.179><c> is</c><00:37:08.420><c> certainty</c><00:37:08.739><c> in</c><00:37:08.980><c> their</c><00:37:09.139><c> fulfillment.</c> 00:37:11.860 --> 00:37:16.539 I<00:37:12.500><c> suppose</c><00:37:13.000><c> it</c><00:37:13.300><c> seemed</c><00:37:13.519><c> a</c><00:37:13.679><c> normal</c><00:37:13.920><c> moment</c><00:37:14.420><c> when</c><00:37:16.059><c> Pharaoh's</c> 00:37:16.539 --> 00:37:18.159 daughter<00:37:16.719><c> came</c><00:37:16.960><c> out</c><00:37:17.340><c> with</c><00:37:17.559><c> her</c><00:37:17.780><c> maidens</c> 00:37:18.159 --> 00:37:23.800 and<00:37:18.340><c> took</c><00:37:18.539><c> her</c><00:37:18.900><c> stroll,</c><00:37:20.119><c> no</c><00:37:20.579><c> doubt</c><00:37:21.219><c> guarded</c><00:37:22.880><c> as</c><00:37:23.159><c> she</c><00:37:23.460><c> walked</c> 00:37:23.800 --> 00:37:25.619 by<00:37:24.539><c> the</c><00:37:24.699><c> river.</c> 00:37:33.340 --> 00:37:39.860 There<00:37:34.179><c> was</c><00:37:34.500><c> the</c><00:37:34.860><c> faintest</c><00:37:35.519><c> cry,</c><00:37:38.500><c> persistent.</c> 00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:44.739 God<00:37:41.059><c> had</c><00:37:41.300><c> rocked</c><00:37:41.539><c> the</c><00:37:41.719><c> cradle</c><00:37:42.099><c> and</c><00:37:43.079><c> the</c><00:37:43.219><c> baby</c><00:37:43.360><c> was</c><00:37:43.639><c> crying.</c> 00:37:46.280 --> 00:37:51.139 A<00:37:46.559><c> woman's</c><00:37:46.940><c> heart</c><00:37:47.139><c> and</c><00:37:47.320><c> the</c><00:37:47.460><c> cry</c><00:37:47.579><c> of</c><00:37:47.739><c> a</c><00:37:47.820><c> baby</c><00:37:48.639><c> are</c><00:37:49.199><c> inextricably</c><00:37:49.880><c> linked.</c> 00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:58.099 So<00:37:53.360><c> the</c><00:37:53.559><c> maidens</c><00:37:54.260><c> of</c><00:37:54.719><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:37:55.179><c> daughter</c><00:37:55.820><c> came</c><00:37:56.480><c> and</c><00:37:56.760><c> looked,</c> 00:37:59.079 --> 00:38:03.099 and<00:37:59.559><c> they</c><00:37:59.719><c> found</c><00:38:00.079><c> Moses</c><00:38:00.619><c> and</c><00:38:01.519><c> drew</c><00:38:01.699><c> him</c><00:38:02.139><c> out</c><00:38:02.460><c> of</c><00:38:02.619><c> the</c><00:38:02.820><c> water.</c> 00:38:03.340 --> 00:38:06.360 That's<00:38:03.380><c> how</c><00:38:03.559><c> he</c><00:38:03.679><c> got</c><00:38:03.860><c> his</c><00:38:04.039><c> Egyptian</c><00:38:04.460><c> name,</c><00:38:05.239><c> Moses,</c> 00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:12.139 and<00:38:08.119><c> was</c><00:38:08.239><c> put</c><00:38:08.380><c> into</c><00:38:08.619><c> the</c><00:38:08.860><c> safe</c><00:38:09.079><c> care</c><00:38:09.880><c> of</c><00:38:11.440><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:38:11.780><c> daughter?</c> 00:38:12.559 --> 00:38:19.420 No,<00:38:14.699><c> into</c><00:38:14.860><c> his</c><00:38:15.039><c> mother's</c><00:38:15.440><c> arms</c><00:38:15.679><c> to</c><00:38:15.840><c> look</c><00:38:16.000><c> after</c><00:38:16.260><c> him,</c><00:38:16.659><c> and</c><00:38:16.900><c> they</c><00:38:17.059><c> paid</c><00:38:17.219><c> wages</c><00:38:17.539><c> for</c><00:38:17.840><c> it.</c> 00:38:20.280 --> 00:38:22.519 It's<00:38:20.599><c> extraordinary,</c><00:38:21.159><c> isn't</c><00:38:21.300><c> it,</c><00:38:21.360><c> what</c><00:38:21.480><c> God</c><00:38:21.659><c> can</c><00:38:21.880><c> do.</c> 00:38:22.519 --> 00:38:29.719 Of<00:38:23.360><c> all</c><00:38:23.980><c> the</c><00:38:24.159><c> things,</c><00:38:25.539><c> this</c><00:38:26.000><c> daughter's</c><00:38:26.900><c> father</c><00:38:27.440><c> was</c><00:38:27.820><c> destroying</c><00:38:28.480><c> babies,</c> 00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:35.980 and<00:38:31.559><c> he</c><00:38:31.679><c> was</c><00:38:31.860><c> longing</c><00:38:32.079><c> to</c><00:38:32.340><c> adopt</c><00:38:32.760><c> one,</c><00:38:34.960><c> and</c><00:38:35.199><c> this</c><00:38:35.420><c> child</c><00:38:35.719><c> came</c> 00:38:35.980 --> 00:38:37.460 into<00:38:36.179><c> her</c><00:38:36.360><c> household.</c> 00:38:39.440 --> 00:38:45.519 Later<00:38:39.699><c> on,</c><00:38:41.280><c> you</c><00:38:41.280><c> know,</c><00:38:43.099><c> the</c><00:38:43.219><c> bond</c><00:38:43.500><c> between</c><00:38:44.199><c> Moses</c><00:38:44.519><c> and</c><00:38:44.659><c> his</c><00:38:44.880><c> parents</c><00:38:45.159><c> will</c><00:38:45.340><c> be</c> 00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:47.199 broken,<00:38:46.039><c> doubtless,</c> 00:38:47.320 --> 00:38:49.920 when<00:38:47.559><c> Moses</c><00:38:47.820><c> was</c><00:38:48.019><c> brought</c><00:38:48.239><c> up</c><00:38:48.420><c> in</c><00:38:48.579><c> all</c><00:38:48.820><c> the</c><00:38:48.920><c> wisdom</c><00:38:49.239><c> of</c><00:38:49.440><c> the</c><00:38:49.599><c> Egyptians,</c> 00:38:49.920 --> 00:38:53.420 no<00:38:50.099><c> doubt</c><00:38:50.280><c> the</c><00:38:50.440><c> martial</c><00:38:50.860><c> arts</c><00:38:51.480><c> and</c><00:38:52.039><c> all</c><00:38:52.300><c> the</c><00:38:52.480><c> kinds</c><00:38:52.679><c> of</c><00:38:52.900><c> skills.</c> 00:38:53.860 --> 00:38:55.900 There<00:38:53.980><c> was</c><00:38:54.139><c> no</c><00:38:54.400><c> limit</c><00:38:54.679><c> to</c><00:38:54.860><c> the</c><00:38:55.000><c> kind</c><00:38:55.159><c> of</c><00:38:55.380><c> instruction</c><00:38:55.699><c> that</c> 00:38:55.900 --> 00:38:57.699 Moses<00:38:56.159><c> was</c><00:38:56.739><c> having.</c> 00:38:58.260 --> 00:39:01.619 Whether<00:38:58.360><c> he</c><00:38:58.460><c> was</c><00:38:58.719><c> in</c><00:38:58.960><c> line</c><00:38:59.360><c> for</c><00:38:59.619><c> higher</c><00:38:59.900><c> things</c><00:39:00.260><c> within</c><00:39:00.519><c> the</c> 00:39:01.619 --> 00:39:03.639 kingdom,<00:39:02.179><c> we</c><00:39:02.199><c> do</c><00:39:02.400><c> not</c><00:39:02.639><c> know.</c> 00:39:05.039 --> 00:39:12.719 But<00:39:05.559><c> for</c><00:39:06.079><c> 40</c><00:39:06.320><c> years,</c><00:39:07.840><c> the</c><00:39:07.960><c> first</c><00:39:08.199><c> of</c><00:39:10.400><c> three</c><00:39:10.820><c> in</c><00:39:11.119><c> his</c><00:39:11.380><c> life,</c> 00:39:13.119 --> 00:39:19.139 for<00:39:13.719><c> 40</c><00:39:14.019><c> years,</c><00:39:15.559><c> he</c><00:39:15.559><c> was</c><00:39:16.079><c> in</c><00:39:16.480><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:39:16.860><c> house</c><00:39:17.780><c> with</c><00:39:18.619><c> all</c><00:39:18.860><c> the</c> 00:39:19.139 --> 00:39:21.039 splendour<00:39:19.539><c> of</c><00:39:19.679><c> that</c><00:39:20.000><c> place,</c> 00:39:21.500 --> 00:39:24.900 all<00:39:21.699><c> the</c><00:39:21.920><c> wonder</c><00:39:22.340><c> and</c><00:39:22.679><c> opulence</c><00:39:23.179><c> of</c><00:39:23.360><c> that</c><00:39:23.679><c> place,</c> 00:39:25.440 --> 00:39:28.340 and<00:39:25.699><c> at</c><00:39:25.760><c> the</c><00:39:25.920><c> same</c><00:39:26.159><c> time</c><00:39:26.320><c> being</c><00:39:26.639><c> taught</c><00:39:26.920><c> by</c><00:39:27.159><c> them</c><00:39:27.480><c> because</c><00:39:28.000><c> he</c> 00:39:28.340 --> 00:39:29.199 did<00:39:28.559><c> not</c><00:39:28.820><c> know</c> 00:39:29.199 --> 00:39:31.340 that<00:39:29.400><c> this</c><00:39:30.039><c> was</c><00:39:30.199><c> how</c><00:39:30.340><c> it</c><00:39:30.480><c> was</c><00:39:30.619><c> going</c><00:39:30.739><c> to</c><00:39:31.000><c> work.</c> 00:39:31.719 --> 00:39:35.360 He<00:39:31.880><c> would</c><00:39:31.980><c> be</c><00:39:32.179><c> coming</c><00:39:32.460><c> to</c><00:39:32.820><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:39:33.559><c> court</c><00:39:33.920><c> on</c><00:39:34.559><c> a</c><00:39:34.719><c> different</c><00:39:35.019><c> mission,</c> 00:39:35.420 --> 00:39:40.780 but<00:39:35.579><c> he'd</c><00:39:35.780><c> know</c><00:39:35.860><c> all</c><00:39:36.059><c> about</c><00:39:36.280><c> the</c><00:39:36.519><c> place</c><00:39:37.340><c> because</c><00:39:38.940><c> he'd</c><00:39:39.119><c> been</c><00:39:39.340><c> there.</c> 00:39:41.400 --> 00:39:46.599 The<00:39:41.960><c> Pharaoh</c><00:39:42.380><c> then</c><00:39:43.380><c> would</c><00:39:44.119><c> be</c><00:39:45.000><c> another</c><00:39:45.460><c> Pharaoh.</c> 00:39:50.019 --> 00:39:53.820 So,<00:39:51.099><c> 40</c><00:39:51.360><c> years,</c><00:39:51.719><c> it's</c><00:39:51.840><c> a</c><00:39:51.980><c> long</c><00:39:52.139><c> time,</c><00:39:52.400><c> isn't</c><00:39:52.519><c> it?</c> 00:39:54.199 --> 00:39:57.199 For<00:39:54.719><c> your</c><00:39:54.920><c> child</c><00:39:55.059><c> to</c><00:39:55.179><c> be</c><00:39:55.280><c> out</c><00:39:55.440><c> of</c><00:39:55.559><c> your</c><00:39:55.800><c> care,</c> 00:39:57.239 --> 00:39:59.380 however<00:39:57.480><c> much</c><00:39:57.719><c> you've</c><00:39:57.960><c> tried</c><00:39:58.119><c> to</c><00:39:58.420><c> instruct</c><00:39:58.760><c> him</c><00:39:59.079><c> earlier</c> 00:39:59.380 --> 00:40:00.639 than<00:39:59.619><c> that,</c> 00:40:01.559 --> 00:40:03.940 and<00:40:01.679><c> however</c><00:40:01.900><c> much</c><00:40:02.059><c> his</c><00:40:02.340><c> system</c><00:40:02.619><c> might</c><00:40:02.840><c> have</c><00:40:03.059><c> helped.</c> 00:40:04.059 --> 00:40:08.940 And<00:40:04.659><c> there</c><00:40:05.219><c> wasn't</c><00:40:05.760><c> any</c><00:40:06.059><c> writing,</c><00:40:07.199><c> as</c><00:40:07.460><c> we</c><00:40:07.679><c> know</c><00:40:08.019><c> of,</c><00:40:08.599><c> in</c><00:40:08.599><c> his</c> 00:40:08.940 --> 00:40:10.639 hands<00:40:09.420><c> personally.</c> 00:40:11.079 --> 00:40:14.380 What<00:40:11.300><c> Moses</c><00:40:11.659><c> had</c><00:40:11.960><c> from</c><00:40:12.219><c> time</c><00:40:12.519><c> past,</c><00:40:13.320><c> not</c><00:40:13.480><c> inspired</c><00:40:13.980><c> writings,</c> 00:40:14.500 --> 00:40:18.039 but<00:40:14.559><c> what</c><00:40:14.719><c> he</c><00:40:14.920><c> had</c><00:40:15.719><c> that</c><00:40:16.719><c> came</c><00:40:16.860><c> down</c><00:40:17.159><c> from</c><00:40:17.340><c> the</c><00:40:17.440><c> times</c><00:40:17.619><c> of</c><00:40:17.800><c> Noah</c> 00:40:18.039 --> 00:40:18.619 and<00:40:18.280><c> onwards,</c> 00:40:18.980 --> 00:40:21.019 the<00:40:19.079><c> kind</c><00:40:19.199><c> of</c><00:40:19.380><c> genealogies.</c> 00:40:21.820 --> 00:40:26.079 I<00:40:21.820><c> doubt</c><00:40:22.059><c> whether</c><00:40:22.679><c> Moses,</c><00:40:24.380><c> the</c><00:40:24.599><c> growing</c><00:40:24.820><c> man,</c><00:40:25.179><c> would</c><00:40:25.360><c> have</c><00:40:25.579><c> those.</c> 00:40:26.440 --> 00:40:29.659 But<00:40:26.639><c> just</c><00:40:26.860><c> come</c><00:40:27.079><c> to</c><00:40:27.280><c> Hebrews</c><00:40:27.599><c> chapter</c><00:40:28.079><c> 11.</c> 00:40:35.059 --> 00:40:41.360 You<00:40:35.619><c> see,</c><00:40:35.940><c> Moses</c><00:40:36.360><c> had</c><00:40:38.239><c> an</c><00:40:38.559><c> urge</c><00:40:39.239><c> to</c><00:40:40.500><c> see</c><00:40:40.699><c> his</c><00:40:41.000><c> brethren,</c> 00:40:41.539 --> 00:40:45.699 not<00:40:41.719><c> Egyptian</c><00:40:42.199><c> brethren,</c><00:40:42.719><c> but</c><00:40:42.820><c> his</c><00:40:43.019><c> own</c><00:40:43.980><c> kith</c><00:40:44.460><c> and</c><00:40:44.739><c> kin,</c> 00:40:46.239 --> 00:40:49.579 those<00:40:46.519><c> who</c><00:40:46.780><c> came</c><00:40:47.460><c> all</c><00:40:47.820><c> the</c><00:40:47.980><c> way</c><00:40:48.280><c> down</c><00:40:48.739><c> from</c><00:40:49.039><c> Abraham.</c> 00:40:49.820 --> 00:40:52.139 He<00:40:49.960><c> wanted</c><00:40:50.179><c> to</c><00:40:50.300><c> go</c><00:40:50.440><c> and</c><00:40:50.719><c> see</c><00:40:50.900><c> them.</c> 00:40:52.199 --> 00:40:54.860 Remember,<00:40:52.440><c> he</c><00:40:52.619><c> went</c><00:40:52.840><c> out</c><00:40:53.179><c> and</c><00:40:53.800><c> he</c><00:40:54.219><c> supposed</c><00:40:54.460><c> that</c><00:40:54.579><c> they</c><00:40:54.699><c> would</c> 00:40:54.860 --> 00:40:55.519 have<00:40:55.059><c> understood.</c> 00:40:55.579 --> 00:40:58.639 I<00:40:55.659><c> don't</c><00:40:55.860><c> know</c><00:40:56.099><c> quite</c><00:40:56.400><c> how</c><00:40:56.719><c> he</c><00:40:57.079><c> supposed</c><00:40:57.460><c> they</c><00:40:57.679><c> would</c><00:40:57.840><c> have</c><00:40:58.059><c> understood,</c> 00:40:59.000 --> 00:41:00.679 except<00:40:59.179><c> perhaps</c><00:40:59.500><c> by</c><00:40:59.659><c> the</c><00:40:59.820><c> remarkable</c><00:41:00.219><c> birth</c> 00:41:00.679 --> 00:41:04.400 and<00:41:01.119><c> by</c><00:41:01.219><c> his</c><00:41:01.380><c> elevation</c><00:41:01.860><c> to</c><00:41:02.420><c> the</c><00:41:02.619><c> care</c><00:41:02.739><c> of</c><00:41:02.940><c> that</c><00:41:03.099><c> house,</c><00:41:04.300><c> the</c> 00:41:04.400 --> 00:41:05.679 house<00:41:04.619><c> of</c><00:41:04.880><c> Pharaoh.</c> 00:41:05.860 --> 00:41:08.300 But<00:41:06.000><c> he</c><00:41:06.139><c> supposed</c><00:41:06.380><c> that</c><00:41:06.559><c> they</c><00:41:06.800><c> would</c><00:41:06.980><c> have</c><00:41:07.280><c> understood,</c><00:41:08.119><c> but</c> 00:41:08.300 --> 00:41:09.860 they<00:41:08.460><c> didn't</c><00:41:08.619><c> want</c><00:41:08.760><c> to</c><00:41:08.960><c> know.</c> 00:41:10.539 --> 00:41:14.139 He<00:41:10.739><c> slew</c><00:41:10.920><c> an</c><00:41:11.119><c> Egyptian,</c><00:41:11.760><c> and</c><00:41:11.860><c> I</c><00:41:12.019><c> imagine</c><00:41:12.519><c> that</c><00:41:12.820><c> it</c><00:41:13.599><c> wouldn't</c><00:41:13.840><c> take</c><00:41:14.000><c> a</c> 00:41:14.139 --> 00:41:14.780 moment<00:41:14.320><c> for</c><00:41:14.559><c> Moses</c> 00:41:14.780 --> 00:41:15.780 to<00:41:15.000><c> dispose</c><00:41:15.300><c> of</c><00:41:15.480><c> somebody.</c> 00:41:16.199 --> 00:41:19.360 He'd<00:41:16.440><c> been</c><00:41:16.559><c> taught</c><00:41:16.940><c> all</c><00:41:17.599><c> the</c><00:41:17.820><c> martial</c><00:41:18.059><c> arts</c><00:41:18.280><c> of</c><00:41:18.480><c> Egypt.</c> 00:41:19.760 --> 00:41:21.760 So<00:41:19.900><c> that</c><00:41:20.159><c> was</c><00:41:20.739><c> easy</c><00:41:20.980><c> for</c><00:41:21.139><c> him</c><00:41:21.219><c> to</c><00:41:21.420><c> do.</c> 00:41:22.139 --> 00:41:25.360 When<00:41:22.280><c> he</c><00:41:22.360><c> came</c><00:41:22.500><c> down</c><00:41:22.679><c> the</c><00:41:22.840><c> next</c><00:41:23.159><c> day,</c><00:41:23.599><c> and</c><00:41:23.800><c> two</c><00:41:24.699><c> brethren</c><00:41:25.119><c> were</c> 00:41:25.360 --> 00:41:25.940 fighting<00:41:25.619><c> together,</c> 00:41:26.119 --> 00:41:27.280 it's<00:41:26.440><c> staggering,</c><00:41:27.000><c> isn't</c><00:41:27.099><c> it?</c> 00:41:27.380 --> 00:41:28.739 They're<00:41:27.619><c> still</c><00:41:27.840><c> fighting</c><00:41:28.219><c> in</c><00:41:28.420><c> Israel.</c> 00:41:28.739 --> 00:41:32.639 I<00:41:29.239><c> mean,</c><00:41:29.559><c> the</c><00:41:29.659><c> brethren,</c><00:41:30.019><c> you</c><00:41:30.920><c> know,</c><00:41:31.420><c> are</c><00:41:31.559><c> still</c><00:41:31.739><c> fighting.</c> 00:41:32.960 --> 00:41:35.900 They've<00:41:33.239><c> always,</c><00:41:33.780><c> always</c><00:41:34.539><c> been</c><00:41:35.179><c> at</c><00:41:35.340><c> loggerheads.</c> 00:41:36.340 --> 00:41:39.739 We've<00:41:36.619><c> got</c><00:41:36.719><c> ourselves</c><00:41:37.280><c> to</c><00:41:37.619><c> get</c><00:41:37.780><c> out</c><00:41:38.039><c> of</c><00:41:38.159><c> that</c><00:41:38.340><c> situation,</c><00:41:39.039><c> brethren.</c> 00:41:39.780 --> 00:41:41.619 We've<00:41:39.960><c> got</c><00:41:40.019><c> to</c><00:41:40.059><c> get</c><00:41:40.159><c> out</c><00:41:40.420><c> of</c><00:41:40.619><c> that.</c> 00:41:42.119 --> 00:41:44.099 Family<00:41:42.500><c> corals,</c><00:41:42.840><c> and</c><00:41:43.119><c> we</c><00:41:43.219><c> shall</c><00:41:43.340><c> be</c><00:41:43.539><c> seeing</c><00:41:43.639><c> some</c><00:41:43.840><c> of</c><00:41:43.980><c> those</c> 00:41:44.099 --> 00:41:47.780 in<00:41:44.239><c> the</c><00:41:44.300><c> life</c><00:41:44.519><c> of</c><00:41:46.719><c> Moses</c><00:41:47.000><c> as</c><00:41:47.199><c> we</c><00:41:47.360><c> go</c><00:41:47.539><c> on.</c> 00:41:47.900 --> 00:41:51.219 Family<00:41:48.260><c> corals</c><00:41:48.659><c> are</c><00:41:49.079><c> very,</c><00:41:49.579><c> very</c><00:41:50.019><c> distressing.</c> 00:41:52.739 --> 00:41:55.119 Ecclesial<00:41:53.260><c> disputes</c><00:41:53.760><c> are</c><00:41:54.079><c> even</c><00:41:54.480><c> worse.</c> 00:41:55.119 --> 00:41:59.900 What<00:41:56.159><c> we</c><00:41:56.380><c> need</c><00:41:56.760><c> ourselves</c><00:41:57.400><c> in</c><00:41:57.619><c> our</c><00:41:58.059><c> age</c><00:41:58.719><c> is</c><00:41:59.320><c> to</c><00:41:59.420><c> come</c><00:41:59.480><c> to</c><00:41:59.659><c> our</c> 00:41:59.900 --> 00:42:01.579 senses<00:42:00.360><c> around</c><00:42:00.780><c> the</c><00:42:00.940><c> Word</c><00:42:01.079><c> of</c><00:42:01.380><c> God</c> 00:42:01.579 --> 00:42:06.840 and<00:42:01.840><c> its</c><00:42:02.539><c> abiding</c><00:42:03.320><c> truths</c><00:42:04.179><c> so</c><00:42:05.000><c> that</c><00:42:05.880><c> we</c><00:42:06.280><c> should</c><00:42:06.380><c> be</c><00:42:06.519><c> able</c><00:42:06.659><c> to</c> 00:42:06.840 --> 00:42:10.760 say<00:42:07.000><c> with</c><00:42:08.679><c> the</c><00:42:09.400><c> man</c><00:42:09.559><c> himself,</c> 00:42:12.519 --> 00:42:14.960 let's<00:42:12.659><c> not</c><00:42:13.199><c> have</c><00:42:13.920><c> disputes.</c> 00:42:15.920 --> 00:42:17.639 We<00:42:16.099><c> be</c><00:42:16.260><c> brethren.</c> 00:42:19.300 --> 00:42:20.780 That's<00:42:19.480><c> Father</c><00:42:19.739><c> Abraham.</c> 00:42:21.579 --> 00:42:24.380 So<00:42:22.260><c> here,</c><00:42:23.079><c> in</c><00:42:23.219><c> this</c><00:42:23.360><c> eleventh</c><00:42:23.619><c> chapter</c><00:42:23.960><c> of</c><00:42:24.199><c> Hebrews,</c> 00:42:24.519 --> 00:42:29.719 we've<00:42:24.840><c> learned</c><00:42:25.019><c> something</c><00:42:25.639><c> of</c><00:42:26.980><c> the</c><00:42:27.320><c> understanding</c><00:42:27.980><c> of</c><00:42:28.400><c> Moses.</c> 00:42:32.260 --> 00:42:39.300 It<00:42:32.360><c> says</c><00:42:32.639><c> here,</c><00:42:35.059><c> concerning</c><00:42:35.260><c> his</c><00:42:37.119><c> going</c><00:42:37.480><c> to</c><00:42:37.699><c> Midian,</c> 00:42:39.559 --> 00:42:48.480 it<00:42:40.199><c> says</c><00:42:40.920><c> in</c><00:42:44.619><c> verse</c><00:42:44.840><c> 24</c><00:42:45.980><c> of</c><00:42:46.900><c> Hebrews</c><00:42:47.159><c> 11,</c> 00:42:49.139 --> 00:42:55.059 By<00:42:49.219><c> faith,</c><00:42:50.679><c> Moses,</c><00:42:52.199><c> when</c><00:42:52.539><c> he</c><00:42:52.760><c> was</c><00:42:52.960><c> come</c><00:42:53.219><c> to</c><00:42:53.579><c> years,</c> 00:42:55.480 --> 00:43:00.800 refused<00:42:56.179><c> to</c><00:42:56.519><c> be</c><00:42:56.820><c> called</c><00:42:57.519><c> the</c><00:42:58.079><c> son</c><00:42:58.619><c> of</c><00:42:59.039><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:42:59.659><c> daughter.</c> 00:43:00.920 --> 00:43:03.860 That<00:43:01.519><c> sounds</c><00:43:02.019><c> as</c><00:43:02.280><c> though</c><00:43:02.380><c> he</c><00:43:02.579><c> is</c><00:43:02.780><c> saying,</c> 00:43:04.440 --> 00:43:06.679 I<00:43:04.440><c> will</c><00:43:04.840><c> not</c><00:43:05.099><c> be</c><00:43:05.500><c> adopted.</c> 00:43:09.800 --> 00:43:13.539 Or<00:43:10.300><c> that</c><00:43:10.599><c> he</c><00:43:10.739><c> has</c><00:43:10.960><c> been</c><00:43:11.300><c> adopted</c><00:43:11.860><c> and</c><00:43:12.159><c> he's</c><00:43:12.440><c> going.</c> 00:43:15.059 --> 00:43:17.780 Perhaps<00:43:15.340><c> the</c><00:43:15.619><c> first</c><00:43:15.940><c> is</c><00:43:16.199><c> that</c><00:43:16.440><c> more</c><00:43:16.699><c> likely.</c> 00:43:18.019 --> 00:43:19.960 He's<00:43:18.320><c> come</c><00:43:18.559><c> to</c><00:43:18.840><c> years.</c> 00:43:20.219 --> 00:43:22.440 But<00:43:20.380><c> now</c><00:43:20.619><c> look</c><00:43:20.780><c> how</c><00:43:20.920><c> it's</c><00:43:21.280><c> described.</c> 00:43:22.920 --> 00:43:27.059 It<00:43:23.019><c> says,</c><00:43:23.219><c> choosing</c><00:43:23.780><c> rather</c><00:43:24.300><c> to</c><00:43:24.800><c> suffer</c><00:43:25.079><c> affliction</c><00:43:25.699><c> with</c><00:43:25.980><c> the</c><00:43:26.159><c> people</c><00:43:26.360><c> of</c><00:43:26.639><c> God</c> 00:43:27.059 --> 00:43:32.860 So<00:43:27.840><c> the</c><00:43:28.099><c> children</c><00:43:28.940><c> of</c><00:43:29.699><c> Abraham</c><00:43:30.260><c> were</c><00:43:30.860><c> the</c><00:43:31.019><c> people</c><00:43:31.519><c> of</c><00:43:31.820><c> God.</c> 00:43:33.139 --> 00:43:35.739 And<00:43:33.260><c> he</c><00:43:33.420><c> was</c><00:43:33.579><c> with</c><00:43:33.800><c> the</c><00:43:34.059><c> Egyptians</c><00:43:34.460><c> who</c><00:43:34.639><c> were</c><00:43:34.900><c> not</c><00:43:35.260><c> the</c><00:43:35.460><c> people</c> 00:43:35.739 --> 00:43:36.139 of<00:43:35.960><c> God.</c> 00:43:36.280 --> 00:43:38.159 They<00:43:36.300><c> were</c><00:43:36.619><c> not</c><00:43:36.980><c> the</c><00:43:37.260><c> chosen.</c> 00:43:39.800 --> 00:43:42.719 And<00:43:40.119><c> the</c><00:43:40.300><c> reasons,</c><00:43:40.960><c> just</c><00:43:41.320><c> follow</c><00:43:41.619><c> this</c><00:43:41.920><c> now.</c> 00:43:42.760 --> 00:43:45.099 I<00:43:42.780><c> mean</c><00:43:42.980><c> this</c><00:43:43.420><c> is</c><00:43:43.980><c> amazing.</c> 00:43:45.480 --> 00:43:49.300 It<00:43:45.559><c> now</c><00:43:45.880><c> says,</c><00:43:47.619><c> it</c><00:43:47.860><c> shows</c><00:43:48.079><c> that</c><00:43:48.320><c> rather</c><00:43:48.659><c> than</c><00:43:48.880><c> the</c><00:43:49.079><c> pleasures</c> 00:43:49.300 --> 00:43:51.380 of<00:43:49.699><c> sin</c><00:43:49.940><c> for</c><00:43:50.239><c> a</c><00:43:50.480><c> season,</c> 00:43:51.880 --> 00:43:55.159 there<00:43:52.039><c> is</c><00:43:52.300><c> God</c><00:43:52.539><c> being</c><00:43:52.920><c> open</c><00:43:53.320><c> about</c><00:43:53.639><c> its</c><00:43:53.960><c> sin</c><00:43:54.219><c> is</c><00:43:54.579><c> pleasurable.</c> 00:43:55.159 --> 00:43:58.980 But<00:43:56.219><c> it</c><00:43:56.920><c> only</c><00:43:57.139><c> lasts</c><00:43:57.440><c> for</c><00:43:57.719><c> a</c><00:43:57.900><c> time.</c> 00:43:59.440 --> 00:44:00.820 That's<00:43:59.699><c> all</c><00:43:59.780><c> it</c><00:43:59.960><c> does.</c> 00:44:00.840 --> 00:44:02.579 It<00:44:00.940><c> can't</c><00:44:01.219><c> last</c><00:44:01.440><c> for</c><00:44:01.679><c> eternity.</c> 00:44:02.760 --> 00:44:04.659 There<00:44:02.880><c> is</c><00:44:03.059><c> no</c><00:44:03.219><c> eternal</c><00:44:03.619><c> sin.</c> 00:44:06.420 --> 00:44:10.760 Then<00:44:06.659><c> it</c><00:44:06.960><c> says,</c><00:44:07.420><c> now</c><00:44:07.619><c> follow</c><00:44:08.239><c> this</c><00:44:08.820><c> and</c><00:44:09.179><c> try</c><00:44:09.420><c> to</c><00:44:09.599><c> work</c><00:44:09.699><c> it</c><00:44:09.960><c> out.</c> 00:44:11.460 --> 00:44:15.219 This<00:44:11.659><c> is</c><00:44:12.659><c> Moses</c><00:44:13.260><c> at</c><00:44:13.800><c> this</c><00:44:14.219><c> time,</c> 00:44:15.219 --> 00:44:23.920 Esteeming<00:44:16.860><c> the</c><00:44:16.980><c> reproach</c><00:44:17.739><c> of</c><00:44:17.940><c> Christ</c><00:44:18.940><c> greater</c><00:44:21.980><c> riches</c><00:44:22.679><c> than</c> 00:44:23.920 --> 00:44:25.840 the<00:44:24.179><c> treasures</c><00:44:24.480><c> of</c><00:44:24.739><c> Egypt.</c> 00:44:29.000 --> 00:44:30.679 What's<00:44:29.539><c> that</c><00:44:29.699><c> mean?</c> 00:44:33.019 --> 00:44:36.400 How<00:44:33.460><c> could</c><00:44:33.760><c> Moses</c><00:44:34.179><c> esteem</c><00:44:34.679><c> the</c><00:44:34.840><c> reproach</c><00:44:35.239><c> of</c><00:44:35.440><c> Christ?</c> 00:44:40.059 --> 00:44:41.619 That's<00:44:40.219><c> what</c><00:44:40.300><c> it</c><00:44:40.539><c> says.</c> 00:44:44.380 --> 00:44:47.760 He<00:44:44.900><c> couldn't</c><00:44:45.119><c> do</c><00:44:45.280><c> that</c><00:44:45.380><c> if</c><00:44:45.500><c> he</c><00:44:45.539><c> didn't</c><00:44:45.699><c> know</c><00:44:45.860><c> anything</c><00:44:46.199><c> about</c><00:44:47.000><c> it.</c> 00:44:49.159 --> 00:44:55.320 So<00:44:49.380><c> his</c><00:44:49.800><c> understanding</c><00:44:50.599><c> of</c><00:44:50.860><c> the</c><00:44:51.179><c> seed</c><00:44:51.599><c> promised</c><00:44:52.380><c> to</c><00:44:52.639><c> the</c><00:44:52.840><c> woman</c><00:44:53.380><c> in</c><00:44:54.079><c> Genesis</c><00:44:54.539><c> 3</c> 00:44:55.320 --> 00:44:58.679 was<00:44:56.219><c> that</c><00:44:56.360><c> there</c><00:44:56.579><c> would</c><00:44:56.739><c> be</c><00:44:56.960><c> a</c><00:44:57.179><c> struggle</c><00:44:57.519><c> that</c><00:44:58.340><c> would</c><00:44:58.519><c> bring</c> 00:44:58.679 --> 00:45:01.039 reproach<00:44:59.480><c> on</c><00:44:59.800><c> the</c><00:45:00.000><c> anointed,</c><00:45:00.400><c> the</c><00:45:00.599><c> Messiah.</c> 00:45:01.239 --> 00:45:02.619 That's<00:45:01.460><c> what</c><00:45:01.539><c> he</c><00:45:01.739><c> knew.</c> 00:45:03.739 --> 00:45:07.840 He<00:45:04.260><c> had</c><00:45:04.780><c> this</c><00:45:05.039><c> from</c><00:45:05.239><c> Genesis</c><00:45:05.599><c> 22,</c><00:45:06.239><c> I</c><00:45:06.420><c> believe.</c> 00:45:08.119 --> 00:45:10.119 The<00:45:08.219><c> occasion</c><00:45:08.559><c> of</c><00:45:08.760><c> Abraham</c><00:45:09.019><c> and</c><00:45:09.179><c> Isaac.</c> 00:45:11.340 --> 00:45:13.860 He<00:45:11.500><c> believed</c><00:45:12.059><c> in</c><00:45:12.320><c> the</c><00:45:12.619><c> Christ.</c> 00:45:15.280 --> 00:45:17.659 The<00:45:15.380><c> children</c><00:45:15.559><c> of</c><00:45:15.639><c> Israel</c><00:45:15.960><c> themselves</c><00:45:16.360><c> knew</c><00:45:16.599><c> nothing</c><00:45:16.860><c> about</c><00:45:17.239><c> this.</c> 00:45:17.920 --> 00:45:20.159 But<00:45:18.059><c> he</c><00:45:18.199><c> knew</c><00:45:18.420><c> all</c><00:45:18.719><c> about</c><00:45:18.980><c> it.</c> 00:45:20.239 --> 00:45:23.219 And<00:45:20.460><c> he</c><00:45:20.599><c> knew</c><00:45:20.780><c> that</c><00:45:21.039><c> that</c><00:45:21.360><c> promise</c><00:45:21.559><c> would</c><00:45:21.820><c> be</c><00:45:21.920><c> fulfilled</c><00:45:22.400><c> through</c><00:45:22.880><c> this</c> 00:45:23.219 --> 00:45:25.960 people<00:45:23.579><c> who</c><00:45:23.900><c> were</c><00:45:24.139><c> now</c><00:45:24.360><c> oppressed</c><00:45:24.800><c> in</c><00:45:25.079><c> Egypt.</c> 00:45:26.639 --> 00:45:29.260 And<00:45:26.860><c> the</c><00:45:27.059><c> treasures</c><00:45:27.219><c> of</c><00:45:27.420><c> Egypt</c><00:45:27.659><c> which</c><00:45:27.880><c> were</c><00:45:28.079><c> his,</c><00:45:28.340><c> he</c><00:45:28.519><c> saw</c><00:45:28.679><c> them</c><00:45:28.880><c> every</c><00:45:29.119><c> day</c> 00:45:29.260 --> 00:45:30.219 when<00:45:29.400><c> he</c><00:45:29.579><c> walked</c><00:45:29.739><c> about.</c> 00:45:30.219 --> 00:45:35.199 Wondrous<00:45:31.500><c> treasures</c><00:45:31.940><c> in</c><00:45:32.340><c> that</c><00:45:32.599><c> place</c><00:45:33.039><c> and</c><00:45:33.579><c> places</c><00:45:33.900><c> of</c><00:45:34.260><c> Pharaoh.</c> 00:45:36.099 --> 00:45:41.679 And<00:45:36.239><c> he</c><00:45:36.340><c> wrote</c><00:45:36.480><c> them</c><00:45:36.659><c> all</c><00:45:36.840><c> off</c><00:45:37.699><c> for</c><00:45:39.099><c> the</c><00:45:39.280><c> sake</c><00:45:39.380><c> of</c><00:45:39.539><c> reproach.</c> 00:45:42.679 --> 00:45:48.539 He<00:45:42.679><c> made</c><00:45:42.840><c> a</c><00:45:43.119><c> choice,</c><00:45:44.800><c> brethren,</c><00:45:45.219><c> he</c><00:45:45.420><c> made</c><00:45:45.679><c> a</c><00:45:45.980><c> choice</c><00:45:46.460><c> for</c><00:45:46.960><c> Christ.</c> 00:45:49.860 --> 00:45:51.340 Way<00:45:50.079><c> back.</c> 00:45:52.619 --> 00:45:55.360 This<00:45:52.760><c> man's</c><00:45:53.219><c> understanding</c><00:45:53.579><c> is</c><00:45:53.920><c> profound.</c> 00:45:56.079 --> 00:45:58.840 He<00:45:56.679><c> must</c><00:45:57.079><c> have</c><00:45:57.320><c> meditated</c><00:45:57.840><c> on</c><00:45:58.099><c> things.</c> 00:45:59.139 --> 00:46:03.000 Even<00:45:59.380><c> though</c><00:45:59.659><c> he</c><00:45:59.719><c> was</c><00:45:59.960><c> confined,</c><00:46:01.340><c> seemingly,</c><00:46:02.460><c> to</c><00:46:02.599><c> the</c><00:46:02.699><c> palace</c> 00:46:03.000 --> 00:46:04.000 of<00:46:03.340><c> Pharaoh.</c> 00:46:06.000 --> 00:46:09.280 He<00:46:06.320><c> took</c><00:46:06.539><c> Christ</c><00:46:07.019><c> with</c><00:46:07.219><c> him</c><00:46:07.800><c> wherever</c><00:46:08.099><c> he</c><00:46:08.360><c> went.</c> 00:46:11.800 --> 00:46:15.960 He'd<00:46:12.000><c> taken</c><00:46:12.219><c> Christ</c><00:46:12.739><c> into</c><00:46:13.019><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:46:13.500><c> house</c><00:46:14.039><c> in</c><00:46:14.440><c> his</c><00:46:14.719><c> heart.</c> 00:46:17.860 --> 00:46:20.219 That<00:46:18.000><c> Christ</c><00:46:18.280><c> is</c><00:46:18.539><c> greater</c><00:46:18.820><c> than</c><00:46:19.139><c> Pharaoh</c><00:46:19.440><c> and</c><00:46:19.780><c> always</c><00:46:20.039><c> has</c> 00:46:20.219 --> 00:46:21.880 been<00:46:20.380><c> and</c><00:46:20.519><c> always</c><00:46:20.780><c> will</c><00:46:21.039><c> be.</c> 00:46:22.380 --> 00:46:26.000 And<00:46:22.860><c> presidents</c><00:46:23.300><c> and</c><00:46:23.619><c> kings</c><00:46:24.000><c> and</c><00:46:24.260><c> all</c><00:46:24.639><c> governments,</c><00:46:25.760><c> Christ</c> 00:46:26.000 --> 00:46:27.780 is<00:46:26.239><c> greater</c><00:46:26.519><c> than</c><00:46:26.760><c> they.</c> 00:46:27.960 --> 00:46:31.179 And<00:46:28.179><c> we</c><00:46:28.260><c> must</c><00:46:28.440><c> take</c><00:46:28.699><c> Christ</c><00:46:29.099><c> with</c><00:46:29.300><c> us,</c><00:46:29.619><c> brethren</c><00:46:29.800><c> and</c><00:46:30.019><c> sisters,</c><00:46:30.460><c> wherever</c><00:46:30.659><c> we</c><00:46:31.000><c> go</c> 00:46:31.179 --> 00:46:33.079 and<00:46:31.340><c> teach</c><00:46:31.579><c> our</c><00:46:31.800><c> children</c><00:46:32.079><c> that.</c> 00:46:33.159 --> 00:46:35.280 We<00:46:33.300><c> take</c><00:46:33.579><c> our</c><00:46:34.400><c> car</c><00:46:34.679><c> journeys.</c> 00:46:35.440 --> 00:46:38.840 Let's<00:46:35.920><c> pray</c><00:46:36.420><c> and</c><00:46:36.659><c> let's</c><00:46:37.039><c> make</c><00:46:37.159><c> it</c><00:46:37.900><c> clear</c><00:46:38.139><c> that</c><00:46:38.400><c> we're</c><00:46:38.639><c> praying</c> 00:46:38.840 --> 00:46:41.260 to<00:46:39.039><c> God</c><00:46:39.260><c> through</c><00:46:39.440><c> the</c><00:46:39.619><c> name</c><00:46:39.760><c> of</c><00:46:39.920><c> the</c><00:46:39.980><c> Lord</c><00:46:40.179><c> Jesus</c><00:46:40.519><c> Christ.</c> 00:46:41.599 --> 00:46:45.460 And<00:46:41.880><c> that</c><00:46:42.039><c> in</c><00:46:42.179><c> him</c><00:46:43.000><c> will</c><00:46:43.260><c> be</c><00:46:43.460><c> fulfilled,</c><00:46:44.500><c> the</c><00:46:44.639><c> Christ</c><00:46:45.059><c> will</c><00:46:45.300><c> be</c> 00:46:45.460 --> 00:46:47.619 fulfilled,<00:46:46.320><c> all</c><00:46:46.500><c> the</c><00:46:46.699><c> glorious</c><00:46:47.000><c> promises.</c> 00:46:47.619 --> 00:46:53.500 When<00:46:48.659><c> gems</c><00:46:49.119><c> and</c><00:46:49.480><c> monuments</c><00:46:49.860><c> and</c><00:46:50.199><c> crowns</c><00:46:51.360><c> have</c><00:46:51.539><c> molded</c><00:46:51.940><c> into</c><00:46:52.179><c> dust.</c> 00:46:53.880 --> 00:46:59.059 Christ<00:46:54.219><c> will</c><00:46:54.460><c> remain</c><00:46:55.019><c> and</c><00:46:56.059><c> all</c><00:46:56.260><c> those</c><00:46:56.860><c> who</c><00:46:57.199><c> are</c><00:46:57.340><c> with</c><00:46:57.500><c> him.</c> 00:47:00.340 --> 00:47:07.280 The<00:47:00.599><c> tomb,</c><00:47:02.860><c> the</c><00:47:02.980><c> coffin</c><00:47:03.239><c> of</c><00:47:03.579><c> Pharaoh</c><00:47:03.920><c> will</c><00:47:05.380><c> have</c><00:47:05.559><c> been</c><00:47:05.800><c> disposed</c><00:47:06.239><c> of.</c> 00:47:08.159 --> 00:47:11.320 And<00:47:08.239><c> the</c><00:47:08.320><c> living</c><00:47:08.559><c> Moses,</c><00:47:09.219><c> living</c><00:47:09.500><c> Joseph</c><00:47:09.900><c> will</c><00:47:10.139><c> meet</c><00:47:10.340><c> Christ</c> 00:47:11.320 --> 00:47:13.380 and<00:47:12.360><c> Moses.</c> 00:47:13.619 --> 00:47:17.159 And<00:47:14.119><c> they</c><00:47:14.300><c> will</c><00:47:14.480><c> celebrate</c><00:47:15.159><c> not</c><00:47:15.639><c> the</c><00:47:15.820><c> reproaches</c><00:47:16.199><c> of</c><00:47:16.460><c> Christ</c> 00:47:17.159 --> 00:47:21.300 now,<00:47:18.360><c> but</c><00:47:18.539><c> the</c><00:47:18.800><c> glory</c><00:47:19.280><c> that</c><00:47:19.880><c> came</c><00:47:20.159><c> afterwards.</c> 00:47:21.960 --> 00:47:24.019 So<00:47:22.179><c> we've</c><00:47:22.519><c> got</c><00:47:22.559><c> to</c><00:47:22.719><c> make</c><00:47:22.820><c> our</c><00:47:23.019><c> choices,</c><00:47:23.519><c> brethren</c><00:47:23.639><c> and</c><00:47:23.860><c> sisters.</c> 00:47:24.179 --> 00:47:27.340 I<00:47:24.199><c> know</c><00:47:24.320><c> not</c><00:47:24.480><c> all</c><00:47:24.719><c> of</c><00:47:24.880><c> us</c><00:47:25.000><c> even</c><00:47:25.260><c> here</c><00:47:25.380><c> in</c><00:47:25.539><c> this</c><00:47:25.739><c> room</c><00:47:25.860><c> are</c><00:47:26.039><c> all</c><00:47:26.219><c> baptized.</c> 00:47:27.380 --> 00:47:31.320 There<00:47:27.699><c> is</c><00:47:28.019><c> no</c><00:47:28.340><c> other</c><00:47:28.860><c> safety</c><00:47:29.400><c> than</c><00:47:29.699><c> in</c><00:47:30.099><c> Christ.</c> 00:47:31.920 --> 00:47:35.380 It<00:47:32.079><c> looks</c><00:47:32.280><c> at</c><00:47:32.460><c> the</c><00:47:32.679><c> time</c><00:47:32.900><c> that</c><00:47:33.039><c> we're</c><00:47:33.239><c> just</c><00:47:33.420><c> put</c><00:47:33.679><c> into</c><00:47:34.079><c> a</c><00:47:34.599><c> little</c><00:47:34.900><c> arc</c> 00:47:35.380 --> 00:47:39.039 and<00:47:36.119><c> thrown</c><00:47:36.239><c> to</c><00:47:36.420><c> the</c><00:47:36.599><c> bulrushes</c><00:47:37.260><c> and</c><00:47:37.460><c> we're</c><00:47:37.900><c> actually</c><00:47:38.260><c> baptized.</c> 00:47:39.039 --> 00:47:40.940 It's<00:47:39.619><c> not</c><00:47:39.880><c> that.</c> 00:47:41.420 --> 00:47:45.280 We're<00:47:41.460><c> going</c><00:47:41.699><c> into</c><00:47:42.000><c> a</c><00:47:42.199><c> place</c><00:47:42.519><c> of</c><00:47:43.300><c> abiding</c><00:47:43.820><c> safety</c><00:47:44.260><c> when</c><00:47:44.460><c> we're</c><00:47:44.739><c> baptized.</c> 00:47:45.480 --> 00:47:48.719 Believing<00:47:45.940><c> the</c><00:47:46.139><c> things</c><00:47:46.360><c> concerning</c><00:47:46.820><c> the</c><00:47:47.059><c> kingdom</c><00:47:47.280><c> of</c><00:47:47.559><c> God</c><00:47:47.880><c> and</c><00:47:48.219><c> the</c><00:47:48.400><c> name</c><00:47:48.559><c> of</c> 00:47:48.719 --> 00:47:49.579 Jesus<00:47:49.039><c> Christ.</c> 00:47:49.739 --> 00:47:54.099 And<00:47:50.039><c> the</c><00:47:50.300><c> covenant</c><00:47:50.579><c> that</c><00:47:50.840><c> God</c><00:47:51.159><c> cut</c><00:47:51.599><c> with</c><00:47:52.199><c> Abraham,</c><00:47:53.519><c> which</c><00:47:53.699><c> will</c><00:47:53.900><c> be</c> 00:47:54.099 --> 00:47:58.420 fulfilled<00:47:54.800><c> in</c><00:47:55.440><c> all</c><00:47:55.699><c> its</c><00:47:55.920><c> fullness</c><00:47:56.400><c> when</c><00:47:56.880><c> he</c><00:47:57.119><c> returns.</c> 00:47:59.840 --> 00:48:02.239 So<00:48:00.519><c> he</c><00:48:01.199><c> left.</c> 00:48:03.219 --> 00:48:08.880 I<00:48:03.900><c> imagine</c><00:48:04.460><c> he</c><00:48:04.619><c> left</c><00:48:04.920><c> much</c><00:48:05.340><c> to</c><00:48:05.679><c> the</c><00:48:05.860><c> dismay</c><00:48:06.940><c> of</c><00:48:07.480><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:48:07.840><c> daughter.</c> 00:48:11.260 --> 00:48:14.340 I<00:48:11.840><c> believe</c><00:48:12.280><c> she</c><00:48:12.460><c> was</c><00:48:12.739><c> attached</c><00:48:13.119><c> to</c><00:48:13.300><c> him</c><00:48:13.619><c> because</c><00:48:13.960><c> that's</c><00:48:14.159><c> how</c> 00:48:14.340 --> 00:48:16.260 God's<00:48:14.659><c> plan</c><00:48:14.820><c> was</c><00:48:15.019><c> working</c><00:48:15.280><c> out.</c> 00:48:16.599 --> 00:48:19.639 The<00:48:16.800><c> kind</c><00:48:16.960><c> of</c><00:48:17.159><c> maternal</c><00:48:17.840><c> feelings</c><00:48:18.460><c> that</c><00:48:18.659><c> she</c><00:48:18.900><c> had,</c><00:48:19.539><c> though</c> 00:48:19.639 --> 00:48:21.659 she<00:48:19.760><c> hadn't</c><00:48:20.079><c> born</c><00:48:20.539><c> the</c><00:48:20.820><c> child.</c> 00:48:21.900 --> 00:48:26.059 Was<00:48:22.219><c> such</c><00:48:22.579><c> as</c><00:48:22.860><c> to</c><00:48:23.059><c> have</c><00:48:23.260><c> enriched</c><00:48:23.719><c> in</c><00:48:23.980><c> one</c><00:48:24.239><c> sense</c><00:48:24.679><c> the</c><00:48:25.260><c> life</c><00:48:25.760><c> of</c> 00:48:26.059 --> 00:48:30.420 Moses<00:48:26.639><c> just</c><00:48:28.440><c> for</c><00:48:28.699><c> a</c><00:48:29.239><c> time.</c> 00:48:31.039 --> 00:48:36.659 But<00:48:31.139><c> then</c><00:48:31.360><c> within</c><00:48:31.639><c> him,</c><00:48:32.900><c> the</c><00:48:33.099><c> seed</c><00:48:33.460><c> of</c><00:48:33.780><c> the</c><00:48:34.139><c> promises</c><00:48:34.800><c> and</c><00:48:36.519><c> the</c> 00:48:36.659 --> 00:48:43.199 sureness<00:48:37.059><c> of</c><00:48:37.260><c> God</c><00:48:37.840><c> then</c><00:48:38.619><c> began</c><00:48:39.199><c> to</c><00:48:40.219><c> disturb</c><00:48:40.840><c> the</c><00:48:42.460><c> mind</c><00:48:42.659><c> of</c><00:48:42.880><c> Moses.</c> 00:48:43.320 --> 00:48:45.659 This<00:48:43.579><c> is</c><00:48:43.840><c> not</c><00:48:44.039><c> the</c><00:48:44.219><c> place</c><00:48:44.420><c> to</c><00:48:44.659><c> be.</c> 00:48:46.239 --> 00:48:49.300 Oh,<00:48:46.440><c> it</c><00:48:46.579><c> was</c><00:48:47.000><c> for</c><00:48:47.199><c> 40</c><00:48:47.440><c> years.</c><00:48:47.699><c> It</c><00:48:47.820><c> was</c><00:48:48.079><c> the</c><00:48:48.300><c> place.</c> 00:48:49.880 --> 00:48:54.159 But<00:48:50.440><c> now</c><00:48:50.679><c> the</c><00:48:50.880><c> time</c><00:48:51.019><c> was</c><00:48:51.260><c> all</c><00:48:51.559><c> gone</c><00:48:52.199><c> and</c><00:48:53.139><c> it</c><00:48:53.219><c> was</c><00:48:53.460><c> time</c><00:48:53.559><c> to</c><00:48:53.719><c> be</c><00:48:53.900><c> moving.</c> 00:48:54.260 --> 00:49:02.380 What<00:48:54.480><c> a</c><00:48:54.860><c> strange</c><00:48:55.139><c> thing</c><00:48:55.619><c> then</c><00:48:56.340><c> to</c><00:48:57.820><c> flee</c><00:48:58.239><c> way</c><00:48:58.739><c> down</c><00:48:59.039><c> into</c><00:48:59.360><c> Midian</c><00:49:00.699><c> to</c><00:49:02.179><c> be</c> 00:49:02.380 --> 00:49:03.800 a<00:49:02.539><c> shepherd.</c> 00:49:04.719 --> 00:49:07.480 40<00:49:05.000><c> years</c><00:49:05.260><c> in</c><00:49:05.420><c> one</c><00:49:05.659><c> place</c><00:49:05.940><c> and</c><00:49:06.139><c> now</c><00:49:06.320><c> 40</c><00:49:06.539><c> years</c><00:49:06.739><c> as</c><00:49:06.920><c> a</c><00:49:07.079><c> shepherd</c> 00:49:07.480 --> 00:49:13.199 until<00:49:08.500><c> finally</c><00:49:08.840><c> he</c><00:49:09.019><c> becomes</c><00:49:09.460><c> the</c><00:49:10.199><c> one</c><00:49:10.300><c> who</c><00:49:10.480><c> leads</c><00:49:10.760><c> them</c><00:49:11.199><c> as</c><00:49:11.519><c> sheep</c><00:49:12.119><c> to</c> 00:49:13.199 --> 00:49:14.480 the<00:49:13.380><c> borders</c><00:49:13.559><c> of</c><00:49:13.760><c> the</c><00:49:13.940><c> land.</c> 00:49:14.480 --> 00:49:21.920 And<00:49:15.599><c> what</c><00:49:15.900><c> a</c><00:49:16.360><c> strange</c><00:49:16.679><c> thing</c><00:49:17.420><c> that</c><00:49:18.559><c> Moses,</c><00:49:19.639><c> like</c><00:49:19.920><c> Joseph,</c><00:49:21.059><c> doesn't</c><00:49:21.400><c> marry</c><00:49:21.719><c> an</c> 00:49:21.920 --> 00:49:24.820 Egyptian,<00:49:22.760><c> sorry,</c><00:49:23.360><c> an</c><00:49:23.519><c> Israelite.</c> 00:49:25.280 --> 00:49:30.480 A<00:49:25.639><c> strange</c><00:49:26.039><c> thing</c><00:49:26.619><c> that</c><00:49:26.920><c> Moses</c><00:49:27.400><c> does</c><00:49:27.800><c> not</c><00:49:28.099><c> marry</c><00:49:28.480><c> an</c><00:49:28.800><c> Israelite</c><00:49:29.280><c>-ish</c><00:49:29.440><c> woman.</c> 00:49:32.500 --> 00:49:37.480 See,<00:49:32.679><c> within</c><00:49:33.000><c> the</c><00:49:33.219><c> 12</c><00:49:33.420><c> tribes</c><00:49:34.059><c> there's</c><00:49:34.599><c> a</c><00:49:34.719><c> mingling</c><00:49:35.039><c> of</c><00:49:35.360><c> bloods.</c> 00:49:37.480 --> 00:49:42.519 Ray<00:49:38.079><c> had</c><00:49:38.219><c> the</c><00:49:38.440><c> harlot</c><00:49:38.780><c> test</c><00:49:39.159><c> there,</c><00:49:40.400><c> who</c><00:49:40.539><c> had</c><00:49:40.739><c> no</c><00:49:41.059><c> part</c><00:49:41.360><c> in</c><00:49:41.820><c> that.</c> 00:49:42.579 --> 00:49:48.320 Nor<00:49:42.800><c> did</c><00:49:42.980><c> Tamar,</c><00:49:44.840><c> nor</c><00:49:44.980><c> did</c><00:49:45.199><c> Ruth,</c><00:49:46.260><c> and</c><00:49:46.420><c> they're</c><00:49:46.579><c> all</c><00:49:46.760><c> in</c><00:49:47.019><c> the</c><00:49:47.079><c> genealogy.</c> 00:49:48.559 --> 00:49:52.159 You<00:49:48.719><c> see,</c><00:49:48.900><c> it's</c><00:49:48.960><c> not</c><00:49:49.280><c> just</c><00:49:49.780><c> genetics</c><00:49:50.480><c> that</c><00:49:51.199><c> produce</c><00:49:51.480><c> the</c><00:49:51.719><c> people.</c> 00:49:52.460 --> 00:49:55.679 It's<00:49:52.699><c> the</c><00:49:52.800><c> purpose</c><00:49:53.079><c> of</c><00:49:53.340><c> God</c><00:49:53.599><c> and</c><00:49:53.860><c> he</c><00:49:54.039><c> will</c><00:49:54.179><c> work</c><00:49:54.320><c> it</c><00:49:54.519><c> out.</c> 00:49:55.860 --> 00:50:01.699 And<00:49:56.079><c> after</c><00:49:56.320><c> all,</c><00:49:58.199><c> us</c><00:49:58.360><c> lot,</c><00:49:59.760><c> out</c><00:50:00.000><c> of</c><00:50:00.119><c> all</c><00:50:00.320><c> that,</c><00:50:01.300><c> we</c><00:50:01.440><c> could</c><00:50:01.579><c> not</c> 00:50:01.699 --> 00:50:04.800 have<00:50:01.900><c> been</c><00:50:02.059><c> in</c><00:50:02.340><c> that,</c><00:50:03.440><c> except</c><00:50:03.780><c> that</c><00:50:03.940><c> God</c><00:50:04.099><c> was</c><00:50:04.320><c> merciful</c><00:50:04.619><c> to</c> 00:50:04.800 --> 00:50:05.619 the<00:50:04.940><c> Gentiles.</c> 00:50:05.619 --> 00:50:07.579 He<00:50:05.980><c> put</c><00:50:06.039><c> them</c><00:50:06.179><c> in</c><00:50:06.280><c> the</c><00:50:06.460><c> promises</c><00:50:06.659><c> made</c><00:50:06.860><c> to</c><00:50:07.019><c> Abraham,</c><00:50:07.380><c> and</c><00:50:07.460><c> no</c> 00:50:07.579 --> 00:50:08.940 doubt<00:50:07.679><c> about</c><00:50:07.940><c> that,</c><00:50:08.079><c> they're</c><00:50:08.320><c> there.</c> 00:50:09.340 --> 00:50:11.880 And<00:50:09.500><c> they</c><00:50:09.599><c> shall</c><00:50:09.719><c> all</c><00:50:10.000><c> families</c><00:50:10.320><c> of</c><00:50:10.500><c> the</c><00:50:10.619><c> earth</c><00:50:10.719><c> be</c><00:50:10.940><c> blessed.</c> 00:50:12.280 --> 00:50:16.659 But<00:50:12.539><c> in</c><00:50:12.739><c> fact</c><00:50:12.840><c> we</c><00:50:13.079><c> haven't</c><00:50:13.280><c> got</c><00:50:13.440><c> any</c><00:50:13.739><c> blood</c><00:50:14.139><c> link</c><00:50:14.820><c> with</c><00:50:16.139><c> the</c><00:50:16.320><c> house</c><00:50:16.460><c> of</c> 00:50:16.659 --> 00:50:22.179 Israel,<00:50:18.840><c> except</c><00:50:19.199><c> the</c><00:50:19.420><c> blood</c><00:50:20.099><c> of</c><00:50:20.599><c> the</c><00:50:20.860><c> covenant</c><00:50:21.280><c> in</c><00:50:21.780><c> the</c><00:50:21.920><c> Lord</c> 00:50:22.179 --> 00:50:23.760 Jesus<00:50:22.619><c> Christ.</c> 00:50:24.480 --> 00:50:27.139 That's<00:50:24.920><c> it,</c><00:50:25.119><c> by</c><00:50:25.300><c> which</c><00:50:25.440><c> we</c><00:50:25.599><c> are</c><00:50:25.800><c> redeemed.</c> 00:50:27.800 --> 00:50:31.800 And<00:50:28.239><c> to</c><00:50:28.539><c> take</c><00:50:28.760><c> that</c><00:50:28.980><c> to</c><00:50:29.199><c> ourselves,</c><00:50:29.760><c> then</c><00:50:29.960><c> we</c><00:50:30.119><c> have</c><00:50:30.320><c> to</c><00:50:30.500><c> go</c><00:50:31.000><c> and</c> 00:50:31.800 --> 00:50:35.139 have<00:50:32.219><c> a</c><00:50:32.480><c> life</c><00:50:32.739><c> that</c><00:50:33.400><c> shares</c><00:50:33.760><c> his</c><00:50:34.019><c> reproach.</c> 00:50:35.820 --> 00:50:37.579 Some<00:50:35.980><c> of</c><00:50:36.079><c> us</c><00:50:36.219><c> here</c><00:50:36.380><c> have</c><00:50:36.500><c> come</c><00:50:36.639><c> into</c><00:50:36.760><c> the</c><00:50:37.000><c> truth</c><00:50:37.159><c> and</c><00:50:37.320><c> it</c><00:50:37.460><c> says,</c> 00:50:37.579 --> 00:50:39.480 strangers<00:50:37.980><c> from</c><00:50:38.239><c> our</c><00:50:38.460><c> families.</c> 00:50:40.059 --> 00:50:44.619 That's<00:50:40.500><c> exactly</c><00:50:40.940><c> what</c><00:50:41.139><c> the</c><00:50:41.360><c> 69th</c><00:50:42.320><c> Psalm</c><00:50:42.539><c> says.</c><00:50:43.679><c> Exactly.</c> 00:50:45.320 --> 00:50:47.980 It<00:50:45.579><c> happened</c><00:50:45.880><c> to</c><00:50:46.739><c> the</c><00:50:46.880><c> Lord</c><00:50:47.059><c> Jesus</c><00:50:47.380><c> Christ</c><00:50:47.619><c> himself.</c> 00:50:48.159 --> 00:50:51.980 Just<00:50:48.360><c> turn</c><00:50:48.579><c> to</c><00:50:48.719><c> the</c><00:50:48.940><c> 69th</c><00:50:50.559><c> Psalm,</c><00:50:50.739><c> just</c><00:50:50.900><c> for</c><00:50:51.059><c> a</c><00:50:51.159><c> moment.</c> 00:51:00.880 --> 00:51:06.099 This<00:51:01.400><c> is</c><00:51:01.739><c> the</c><00:51:02.179><c> Psalm</c><00:51:02.619><c> of</c><00:51:02.800><c> the</c><00:51:02.840><c> Lord</c><00:51:03.039><c> Jesus</c><00:51:03.380><c> Christ,</c><00:51:05.900><c> quoted</c><00:51:05.960><c> at</c> 00:51:06.099 --> 00:51:09.000 least<00:51:06.380><c> five</c><00:51:06.659><c> times</c><00:51:06.920><c> in</c><00:51:07.059><c> the</c><00:51:07.119><c> New</c><00:51:07.260><c> Testament,</c><00:51:07.599><c> I</c><00:51:07.760><c> think.</c> 00:51:09.159 --> 00:51:12.300 So<00:51:09.300><c> there's</c><00:51:09.360><c> no</c><00:51:09.559><c> doubt</c><00:51:09.719><c> about</c><00:51:10.059><c> it</c><00:51:10.219><c> being</c><00:51:11.000><c> Christ</c><00:51:11.539><c> himself.</c> 00:51:15.199 --> 00:51:20.960 In<00:51:15.360><c> verse</c><00:51:15.599><c> four,</c><00:51:17.300><c> he</c><00:51:17.320><c> had</c><00:51:17.559><c> enemies,</c><00:51:18.599><c> they</c><00:51:18.780><c> that</c><00:51:19.019><c> hate</c><00:51:19.179><c> me,</c><00:51:20.320><c> without</c><00:51:20.659><c> a</c> 00:51:20.960 --> 00:51:23.760 cause,<00:51:22.199><c> are</c><00:51:22.320><c> more</c><00:51:22.599><c> than</c><00:51:22.800><c> the</c><00:51:22.960><c> hairs</c><00:51:23.099><c> of</c><00:51:23.320><c> mine</c><00:51:23.460><c> head.</c> 00:51:23.760 --> 00:51:26.840 That's<00:51:24.559><c> quoted</c><00:51:24.820><c> in</c><00:51:25.059><c> John</c><00:51:25.239><c> chapter</c><00:51:25.500><c> 15.</c> 00:51:27.460 --> 00:51:31.280 Then<00:51:27.539><c> when</c><00:51:27.659><c> you</c><00:51:27.739><c> come</c><00:51:27.960><c> down</c><00:51:28.239><c> to</c><00:51:29.360><c> verse</c><00:51:29.619><c> seven,</c><00:51:30.159><c> it</c><00:51:30.300><c> says,</c><00:51:30.980><c> because</c><00:51:30.980><c> for</c> 00:51:31.280 --> 00:51:34.880 thy<00:51:31.760><c> sake</c><00:51:32.179><c> I</c><00:51:32.420><c> have</c><00:51:32.639><c> borne</c><00:51:32.940><c> reproach.</c> 00:51:34.960 --> 00:51:39.400 So<00:51:35.099><c> the</c><00:51:35.400><c> reproaches</c><00:51:35.860><c> that</c><00:51:36.199><c> fell</c><00:51:36.300><c> on</c><00:51:36.679><c> God</c><00:51:37.239><c> fell</c><00:51:37.840><c> on</c><00:51:38.179><c> Christ.</c> 00:51:40.539 --> 00:51:43.860 There<00:51:40.619><c> were</c><00:51:40.760><c> those</c><00:51:41.300><c> reproaches,</c><00:51:42.260><c> quite</c><00:51:42.340><c> apart</c><00:51:42.559><c> from</c><00:51:42.699><c> his</c><00:51:42.880><c> own.</c> 00:51:44.559 --> 00:51:48.579 And<00:51:45.119><c> in</c><00:51:45.519><c> verse</c><00:51:46.059><c> eight,</c><00:51:46.820><c> it</c><00:51:46.820><c> says,</c><00:51:47.099><c> I</c><00:51:47.099><c> am</c><00:51:47.239><c> become</c><00:51:47.420><c> a</c><00:51:47.760><c> stranger</c> 00:51:48.579 --> 00:51:53.440 unto<00:51:49.219><c> my</c><00:51:49.539><c> mother's,</c><00:51:51.059><c> unto</c><00:51:51.199><c> my</c><00:51:51.480><c> brethren,</c><00:51:52.059><c> and</c><00:51:52.199><c> an</c><00:51:52.460><c> alien</c><00:51:52.940><c> unto</c> 00:51:53.440 --> 00:51:55.099 my<00:51:53.659><c> mother's</c><00:51:54.139><c> children.</c> 00:51:55.860 --> 00:51:59.579 Just<00:51:56.420><c> watch</c><00:51:56.780><c> the</c><00:51:57.019><c> words.</c><00:51:57.519><c> It's</c><00:51:57.900><c> so</c><00:51:58.019><c> easy</c><00:51:58.159><c> to</c><00:51:58.440><c> read</c><00:51:58.619><c> and</c><00:51:58.880><c> not</c> 00:51:59.579 --> 00:52:02.239 know<00:51:59.739><c> what</c><00:51:59.880><c> you're</c><00:52:00.099><c> reading,</c><00:52:00.480><c> isn't</c><00:52:00.619><c> it?</c> 00:52:02.940 --> 00:52:05.880 An<00:52:03.159><c> alien</c><00:52:03.360><c> unto</c><00:52:03.599><c> my</c><00:52:04.260><c> mother's</c><00:52:04.920><c> children.</c> 00:52:05.980 --> 00:52:12.320 It<00:52:06.500><c> was</c><00:52:06.739><c> a</c><00:52:06.960><c> virgin</c><00:52:07.340><c> birth</c><00:52:08.179><c> that</c><00:52:09.539><c> produced</c><00:52:10.019><c> Christ,</c><00:52:11.860><c> but</c><00:52:12.000><c> the</c> 00:52:12.320 --> 00:52:16.059 Virgin<00:52:12.739><c> Mary</c><00:52:13.420><c> was</c><00:52:13.820><c> married</c><00:52:14.139><c> then</c><00:52:14.480><c> to</c><00:52:14.699><c> Joseph</c><00:52:15.119><c> and</c><00:52:15.320><c> had</c><00:52:15.539><c> children.</c> 00:52:16.380 --> 00:52:20.159 And<00:52:16.539><c> they</c><00:52:16.739><c> were</c><00:52:16.920><c> the</c><00:52:17.079><c> ones</c><00:52:17.300><c> who</c><00:52:17.559><c> hated</c><00:52:17.920><c> the</c><00:52:18.300><c> Lord</c><00:52:18.500><c> Jesus</c><00:52:18.920><c> Christ.</c> 00:52:21.579 --> 00:52:23.960 And<00:52:21.760><c> Christ</c><00:52:22.099><c> then</c><00:52:22.440><c> says</c><00:52:22.699><c> in</c><00:52:22.880><c> verse</c><00:52:23.079><c> nine,</c><00:52:23.360><c> the</c><00:52:23.480><c> zeal</c><00:52:23.679><c> of</c><00:52:23.800><c> thine</c> 00:52:23.960 --> 00:52:24.980 house<00:52:24.300><c> hath</c><00:52:24.480><c> eaten</c><00:52:24.639><c> me</c><00:52:24.860><c> up.</c> 00:52:25.000 --> 00:52:27.300 And<00:52:25.119><c> that's</c><00:52:25.420><c> quoted</c><00:52:25.599><c> again</c><00:52:25.860><c> in</c><00:52:26.019><c> the</c><00:52:26.099><c> New</c><00:52:26.260><c> Testament.</c> 00:52:28.320 --> 00:52:33.639 And<00:52:28.559><c> the</c><00:52:28.780><c> reproaches</c><00:52:29.179><c> of</c><00:52:29.460><c> them</c><00:52:30.420><c> that</c><00:52:30.800><c> reproach</c><00:52:31.260><c> thee</c><00:52:31.940><c> are</c><00:52:32.840><c> fallen</c><00:52:33.099><c> on</c><00:52:33.380><c> me.</c> 00:52:33.639 --> 00:52:36.820 That's<00:52:34.000><c> quoted</c><00:52:34.179><c> again,</c><00:52:34.519><c> Romans</c><00:52:34.760><c> 15.</c> 00:52:37.699 --> 00:52:39.420 Here<00:52:37.860><c> is</c><00:52:38.039><c> reproach,</c><00:52:38.539><c> the</c><00:52:38.659><c> reproach</c><00:52:39.019><c> of</c><00:52:39.199><c> Christ.</c> 00:52:39.500 --> 00:52:43.860 It<00:52:39.599><c> was</c><00:52:39.760><c> these</c><00:52:40.179><c> things</c><00:52:40.880><c> that</c><00:52:42.300><c> were</c><00:52:42.559><c> embryonic</c><00:52:43.239><c> in</c><00:52:43.420><c> the</c><00:52:43.639><c> mind</c> 00:52:43.860 --> 00:52:44.599 of<00:52:44.099><c> Moses.</c> 00:52:44.840 --> 00:52:47.820 And<00:52:45.000><c> he</c><00:52:45.039><c> says,</c><00:52:45.159><c> those</c><00:52:45.420><c> are</c><00:52:45.559><c> the</c><00:52:45.699><c> things</c><00:52:45.840><c> I</c><00:52:46.119><c> want</c><00:52:46.539><c> because</c><00:52:47.099><c> I</c><00:52:47.360><c> want</c><00:52:47.599><c> to</c> 00:52:47.820 --> 00:52:51.260 be<00:52:47.920><c> with</c><00:52:48.119><c> the</c><00:52:48.360><c> Christ,</c><00:52:49.679><c> whatever</c><00:52:49.920><c> it</c><00:52:50.159><c> brings.</c> 00:52:51.539 --> 00:52:54.860 And<00:52:51.760><c> they</c><00:52:51.920><c> brought</c><00:52:52.159><c> terrible,</c><00:52:52.800><c> terrible</c><00:52:53.260><c> things</c><00:52:53.639><c> until</c><00:52:54.079><c> in</c> 00:52:54.860 --> 00:53:01.280 this<00:52:55.199><c> psalm,</c><00:52:56.619><c> the</c><00:52:56.800><c> Lord</c><00:52:57.059><c> Jesus</c><00:52:57.440><c> Christ</c><00:52:57.840><c> says</c><00:52:58.480><c> in</c><00:52:59.460><c> verse</c><00:52:59.719><c> 20,</c> 00:53:03.340 --> 00:53:06.920 reproach<00:53:04.019><c> hath</c><00:53:04.659><c> broken</c><00:53:04.920><c> my</c><00:53:05.260><c> heart.</c> 00:53:11.340 --> 00:53:14.840 What<00:53:11.460><c> an</c><00:53:11.659><c> awful</c><00:53:11.860><c> thing</c><00:53:12.099><c> to</c><00:53:12.340><c> read,</c><00:53:12.719><c> isn't</c><00:53:12.719><c> it?</c> 00:53:15.420 --> 00:53:18.719 It<00:53:15.579><c> wasn't</c><00:53:15.579><c> some</c><00:53:15.820><c> disease</c><00:53:16.260><c> that</c><00:53:17.440><c> caused</c><00:53:17.659><c> it.</c> 00:53:18.860 --> 00:53:20.500 It<00:53:19.059><c> was</c><00:53:19.260><c> reproach.</c> 00:53:20.900 --> 00:53:24.659 All<00:53:21.380><c> these</c><00:53:21.719><c> things</c><00:53:22.039><c> took</c><00:53:22.320><c> Christ's</c><00:53:23.039><c> heart</c><00:53:23.280><c> and</c><00:53:23.619><c> broke</c><00:53:23.960><c> it,</c> 00:53:24.780 --> 00:53:26.139 brethren<00:53:24.940><c> and</c><00:53:25.159><c> sisters.</c> 00:53:27.099 --> 00:53:30.179 We<00:53:27.460><c> might</c><00:53:27.719><c> think,</c><00:53:28.099><c> well,</c><00:53:28.260><c> we</c><00:53:28.340><c> could</c><00:53:28.500><c> have</c><00:53:28.679><c> been,</c><00:53:29.920><c> if</c><00:53:30.019><c> only</c> 00:53:30.179 --> 00:53:30.920 we'd<00:53:30.320><c> been</c><00:53:30.500><c> there.</c> 00:53:31.099 --> 00:53:34.059 You<00:53:31.460><c> would</c><00:53:31.619><c> have</c><00:53:31.699><c> been</c><00:53:31.840><c> no</c><00:53:32.019><c> better,</c><00:53:32.340><c> nor</c><00:53:32.500><c> would</c><00:53:32.659><c> I.</c> 00:53:34.380 --> 00:53:36.199 It<00:53:34.400><c> tells</c><00:53:34.480><c> us</c><00:53:34.639><c> very</c><00:53:34.980><c> clearly.</c> 00:53:36.860 --> 00:53:40.500 At<00:53:36.980><c> the</c><00:53:36.980><c> end</c><00:53:37.139><c> of</c><00:53:37.260><c> verse</c><00:53:37.420><c> 20,</c><00:53:38.460><c> I</c><00:53:38.639><c> looked</c><00:53:38.840><c> for</c><00:53:39.059><c> some</c><00:53:39.139><c> to</c><00:53:39.320><c> take</c><00:53:39.500><c> pity,</c><00:53:40.380><c> but</c> 00:53:40.500 --> 00:53:42.099 there<00:53:40.659><c> was</c><00:53:40.860><c> none.</c> 00:53:44.360 --> 00:53:48.539 And<00:53:44.639><c> for</c><00:53:44.880><c> comforters,</c><00:53:46.920><c> but</c><00:53:47.079><c> I</c><00:53:47.280><c> found</c><00:53:47.539><c> none.</c> 00:53:49.679 --> 00:53:51.940 He<00:53:49.800><c> says,</c><00:53:49.920><c> I</c><00:53:50.079><c> looked</c><00:53:50.420><c> for</c><00:53:50.659><c> these</c><00:53:51.000><c> things.</c> 00:53:52.380 --> 00:53:54.320 He's<00:53:52.820><c> not</c><00:53:53.019><c> saying,</c><00:53:53.260><c> well,</c><00:53:53.380><c> if</c><00:53:53.460><c> only</c><00:53:53.659><c> they'd</c><00:53:53.820><c> been</c><00:53:54.039><c> there,</c><00:53:54.239><c> it</c> 00:53:54.320 --> 00:53:54.940 would<00:53:54.440><c> have</c><00:53:54.579><c> been</c><00:53:54.659><c> better.</c> 00:53:55.179 --> 00:53:56.840 He<00:53:55.300><c> says,</c><00:53:55.460><c> I</c><00:53:55.480><c> was</c><00:53:55.780><c> looking</c><00:53:56.059><c> for</c><00:53:56.420><c> it.</c> 00:53:57.219 --> 00:54:00.400 I<00:53:57.460><c> wanted</c><00:53:57.760><c> somebody</c><00:53:58.139><c> to</c><00:53:58.420><c> take</c><00:53:58.619><c> pity</c><00:53:58.940><c> and</c><00:53:59.079><c> there</c><00:53:59.199><c> was</c><00:53:59.500><c> nobody.</c> 00:54:00.599 --> 00:54:03.579 I<00:54:00.760><c> wanted</c><00:54:01.019><c> someone</c><00:54:01.260><c> to</c><00:54:01.519><c> comfort</c><00:54:01.739><c> me</c><00:54:01.960><c> and</c><00:54:02.099><c> there</c><00:54:02.239><c> was</c><00:54:02.599><c> nobody.</c> 00:54:04.800 --> 00:54:08.019 That's<00:54:05.239><c> the</c><00:54:05.679><c> human</c><00:54:05.960><c> race</c><00:54:06.280><c> written</c><00:54:06.480><c> off,</c><00:54:06.920><c> brethren</c><00:54:07.059><c> and</c><00:54:07.280><c> sisters.</c> 00:54:08.199 --> 00:54:12.340 This<00:54:08.400><c> was</c><00:54:08.579><c> the</c><00:54:08.659><c> reproach</c><00:54:09.079><c> of</c><00:54:09.280><c> Christ,</c><00:54:11.599><c> only</c><00:54:11.599><c> by</c><00:54:11.860><c> redemption</c> 00:54:12.340 --> 00:54:12.980 in<00:54:12.619><c> Christ.</c> 00:54:13.199 --> 00:54:16.239 And<00:54:13.300><c> God</c><00:54:13.480><c> forgives</c><00:54:14.280><c> us</c><00:54:14.500><c> for</c><00:54:14.679><c> this,</c><00:54:15.519><c> provided</c><00:54:15.639><c> we</c><00:54:15.820><c> acknowledge</c> 00:54:16.239 --> 00:54:18.059 that<00:54:16.519><c> these</c><00:54:16.739><c> are</c><00:54:16.940><c> the</c><00:54:17.059><c> ways</c><00:54:17.260><c> of</c><00:54:17.539><c> transgression.</c> 00:54:18.059 --> 00:54:22.880 These<00:54:18.800><c> are</c><00:54:19.039><c> the</c><00:54:19.099><c> ways</c><00:54:19.380><c> of</c><00:54:19.599><c> rejection</c><00:54:20.119><c> of</c><00:54:20.840><c> the</c><00:54:21.380><c> great</c><00:54:21.840><c> Saviour,</c> 00:54:22.940 --> 00:54:24.940 the<00:54:23.079><c> Lord</c><00:54:23.300><c> Jesus</c><00:54:23.679><c> Christ.</c> 00:54:26.179 --> 00:54:31.000 There<00:54:26.280><c> are</c><00:54:26.519><c> beautiful</c><00:54:26.940><c> things</c><00:54:27.579><c> in</c><00:54:28.800><c> this</c><00:54:29.159><c> psalm,</c><00:54:30.719><c> and</c><00:54:30.820><c> there</c> 00:54:31.000 --> 00:54:34.760 are<00:54:31.179><c> heart</c><00:54:31.820><c>-breaking</c><00:54:32.139><c> things</c><00:54:32.619><c> in</c><00:54:32.820><c> this</c><00:54:33.119><c> psalm.</c> 00:54:34.980 --> 00:54:38.599 It's<00:54:35.099><c> a</c><00:54:35.219><c> psalm</c><00:54:35.780><c> that</c><00:54:36.099><c> the</c><00:54:36.380><c> apostles</c><00:54:36.739><c> did</c><00:54:37.059><c> not</c><00:54:37.340><c> understand.</c> 00:54:39.840 --> 00:54:44.539 They<00:54:40.119><c> had</c><00:54:40.480><c> no</c><00:54:40.760><c> idea</c><00:54:41.239><c> that</c><00:54:41.480><c> Christ</c><00:54:41.780><c> was</c><00:54:42.000><c> going</c><00:54:42.139><c> to</c><00:54:42.400><c> die</c><00:54:42.880><c> as</c><00:54:43.360><c> He</c><00:54:43.559><c> died.</c> 00:54:45.360 --> 00:54:49.380 These<00:54:45.800><c> were</c><00:54:46.000><c> things</c><00:54:46.219><c> that</c><00:54:46.440><c> later</c><00:54:46.699><c> on,</c><00:54:48.639><c> when</c><00:54:48.760><c> they</c><00:54:48.940><c> read</c><00:54:49.159><c> them,</c> 00:54:49.559 --> 00:54:52.300 their<00:54:49.639><c> eyes</c><00:54:49.980><c> was</c><00:54:50.579><c> flood</c><00:54:50.719><c> with</c><00:54:50.960><c> tears.</c> 00:54:54.059 --> 00:54:57.599 That's<00:54:54.420><c> what</c><00:54:54.539><c> He</c><00:54:54.719><c> wanted,</c><00:54:55.039><c> they</c><00:54:55.239><c> will</c><00:54:55.440><c> say,</c><00:54:56.059><c> and</c><00:54:56.179><c> He</c><00:54:56.300><c> asked</c><00:54:56.579><c> us</c> 00:54:57.599 --> 00:54:59.840 to<00:54:57.960><c> be</c><00:54:58.179><c> with</c><00:54:58.400><c> Him</c><00:54:58.719><c> and</c><00:54:58.920><c> to</c><00:54:59.119><c> pray</c><00:54:59.280><c> with</c><00:54:59.480><c> Him.</c> 00:54:59.880 --> 00:55:02.280 And<00:55:00.079><c> we</c><00:55:00.159><c> didn't</c><00:55:00.360><c> understand</c><00:55:00.699><c> what</c><00:55:00.820><c> it</c><00:55:00.940><c> was</c><00:55:01.059><c> all</c><00:55:01.280><c> about.</c> 00:55:02.800 --> 00:55:05.360 There<00:55:02.960><c> was</c><00:55:03.139><c> no</c><00:55:03.539><c> prayer</c><00:55:03.960><c> of</c><00:55:04.219><c> that</c><00:55:04.440><c> kind.</c> 00:55:07.980 --> 00:55:09.860 I<00:55:08.280><c> have</c><00:55:08.559><c> a</c><00:55:08.639><c> little</c><00:55:08.820><c> signal</c><00:55:09.059><c> about</c><00:55:09.400><c> time.</c> 00:55:09.860 --> 00:55:12.480 I've<00:55:10.159><c> seen</c><00:55:10.320><c> no</c><00:55:10.500><c> red</c><00:55:10.699><c> lights</c><00:55:11.000><c> or</c><00:55:11.199><c> anything.</c> 00:55:16.500 --> 00:55:18.579 I<00:55:16.860><c> haven't</c><00:55:17.199><c> looked</c><00:55:17.380><c> at</c><00:55:17.539><c> this.</c> 00:55:19.699 --> 00:55:21.539 Was<00:55:19.960><c> there</c><00:55:20.199><c> a</c><00:55:20.320><c> light</c><00:55:20.460><c> here?</c> 00:55:22.139 --> 00:55:24.420 Oh,<00:55:22.659><c> and</c><00:55:22.780><c> I</c><00:55:22.880><c> was</c><00:55:23.000><c> promised</c><00:55:23.239><c> a</c><00:55:23.460><c> light.</c> 00:55:26.519 --> 00:55:28.880 That's<00:55:27.039><c> very</c><00:55:27.300><c> sad,</c><00:55:27.699><c> isn't</c><00:55:27.800><c> it?</c> 00:55:29.039 --> 00:55:30.059 Yes. 00:55:30.619 --> 00:55:35.059 I<00:55:31.079><c> asked</c><00:55:31.300><c> for</c><00:55:31.539><c> a</c><00:55:31.619><c> light</c><00:55:32.179><c> to</c><00:55:33.119><c> lead</c><00:55:33.320><c> me</c><00:55:33.519><c> out</c><00:55:33.659><c> into</c><00:55:33.840><c> the</c><00:55:34.059><c> darkness.</c> 00:55:37.639 --> 00:55:40.920 And<00:55:38.159><c> the</c><00:55:38.280><c> voice</c><00:55:38.539><c> came</c><00:55:38.800><c> and</c><00:55:39.099><c> said,</c><00:55:39.920><c> put</c><00:55:40.059><c> your</c><00:55:40.320><c> hand</c><00:55:40.539><c> into</c><00:55:40.760><c> the</c> 00:55:40.920 --> 00:55:47.260 hand<00:55:41.320><c> of</c><00:55:41.519><c> God,</c><00:55:44.139><c> and</c><00:55:44.219><c> He</c><00:55:44.320><c> will</c><00:55:44.500><c> find</c><00:55:44.780><c> it</c><00:55:45.519><c> better</c><00:55:45.780><c> than</c><00:55:46.000><c> any</c><00:55:46.340><c> guide.</c> 00:55:47.619 --> 00:55:49.840 Those<00:55:47.860><c> are</c><00:55:48.019><c> the</c><00:55:48.059><c> words,</c><00:55:48.179><c> by</c><00:55:48.380><c> the</c><00:55:48.500><c> way,</c><00:55:48.880><c> that</c><00:55:48.960><c> were</c><00:55:49.159><c> quoted</c><00:55:49.500><c> by</c> 00:55:49.840 --> 00:55:56.059 the<00:55:50.079><c> stammering</c><00:55:50.539><c> king</c><00:55:50.840><c> in</c><00:55:52.780><c> England</c><00:55:53.579><c> in</c><00:55:54.579><c> December</c><00:55:55.079><c> 1939,</c> 00:55:56.340 --> 00:55:59.179 just<00:55:56.619><c> three</c><00:55:56.820><c> months</c><00:55:57.039><c> after</c><00:55:57.300><c> the</c><00:55:57.480><c> war</c><00:55:57.599><c> had</c><00:55:57.719><c> been</c><00:55:57.920><c> declared,</c><00:55:58.820><c> and</c><00:55:59.059><c> he</c> 00:55:59.179 --> 00:56:03.099 made<00:55:59.639><c> his</c><00:56:00.179><c> Christmas</c><00:56:00.519><c> day</c><00:56:00.860><c> broadcasts</c><00:56:02.099><c> stammering</c><00:56:02.400><c> as</c><00:56:02.559><c> he</c><00:56:02.739><c> went.</c> 00:56:03.099 --> 00:56:08.199 A<00:56:04.079><c> man</c><00:56:04.300><c> of</c><00:56:04.480><c> great</c><00:56:04.900><c> courage</c><00:56:05.400><c> and</c><00:56:06.320><c> his</c><00:56:06.539><c> words</c><00:56:07.099><c> thus</c><00:56:07.920><c> quoted</c> 00:56:08.199 --> 00:56:10.079 became<00:56:08.579><c> world</c><00:56:08.940><c> famous.</c> 00:56:10.260 --> 00:56:11.340 My<00:56:10.460><c> time</c><00:56:10.719><c> is</c><00:56:10.940><c> up.</c> 00:56:11.800 --> 00:56:13.519 I<00:56:12.000><c> acknowledge</c><00:56:12.360><c> it.</c> 00:56:13.739 --> 00:56:16.559 And<00:56:13.760><c> don't</c><00:56:14.460><c> forget</c><00:56:14.840><c> the</c><00:56:15.119><c> light</c><00:56:15.320><c> for</c><00:56:15.559><c> me.</c> 00:56:17.360 --> 00:56:20.559 Those<00:56:17.920><c> figures</c><00:56:18.260><c> behind</c><00:56:18.619><c> there</c><00:56:18.800><c> are</c><00:56:18.980><c> all</c><00:56:19.159><c> kind</c><00:56:19.300><c> of</c><00:56:19.460><c> figures</c><00:56:19.719><c> in</c> 00:56:20.559 --> 00:56:21.780 green<00:56:20.880><c> sweatshirts</c><00:56:21.400><c> and</c><00:56:21.639><c> things.</c> 00:56:21.800 --> 00:56:25.539 I<00:56:21.920><c> don't</c><00:56:22.059><c> know</c><00:56:22.119><c> what</c><00:56:22.239><c> they're</c><00:56:22.460><c> doing</c><00:56:22.800><c> really,</c><00:56:23.559><c> but</c><00:56:24.920><c> they</c><00:56:25.400><c> must</c> 00:56:25.539 --> 00:56:27.860 be<00:56:26.300><c> trying</c><00:56:26.420><c> to</c><00:56:26.539><c> talk</c><00:56:26.800><c> to</c><00:56:27.059><c> me.</c> 00:56:27.960 --> 00:56:29.199 So<00:56:28.159><c> that's</c><00:56:28.539><c> how</c><00:56:28.719><c> far</c><00:56:28.820><c> we've</c><00:56:29.099><c> got.</c> 00:56:29.199 --> 00:56:33.000 We're<00:56:29.400><c> in</c><00:56:29.559><c> Midian</c><00:56:29.840><c> now,</c><00:56:30.559><c> and</c><00:56:30.719><c> we've</c><00:56:30.840><c> got</c><00:56:30.900><c> to</c><00:56:30.980><c> come</c><00:56:31.159><c> out</c><00:56:31.300><c> tomorrow,</c><00:56:32.139><c> all</c><00:56:32.480><c> right?</c> 00:56:33.340 --> 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in</c><00:57:19.099><c> his</c><00:57:19.300><c> kingdom.</c> 00:57:23.500 --> 00:57:26.380 Yet<00:57:23.760><c> now</c><00:57:24.000><c> at</c><00:57:24.159><c> this</c><00:57:24.380><c> time,</c><00:57:24.679><c> we</c><00:57:24.840><c> rejoice</c><00:57:25.159><c> in</c><00:57:25.340><c> the</c><00:57:25.539><c> fellowship</c><00:57:25.880><c> that</c><00:57:26.119><c> we</c> 00:57:26.380 --> 00:57:28.139 share<00:57:26.519><c> in</c><00:57:26.760><c> Christ</c> 00:57:29.039 --> 00:57:32.199 and<00:57:29.679><c> experiencing</c><00:57:30.179><c> the</c><00:57:30.500><c> same</c><00:57:30.699><c> mind</c><00:57:31.019><c> and</c><00:57:31.219><c> the</c><00:57:31.340><c> same</c><00:57:31.579><c> judgment</c> 00:57:32.199 --> 00:57:39.780 together<00:57:34.380><c> understanding</c><00:57:35.039><c> a</c><00:57:36.260><c> great,</c><00:57:37.119><c> profound</c><00:57:37.320><c> love</c><00:57:37.599><c> of</c><00:57:37.800><c> your</c><00:57:38.280><c> truth</c> 00:57:40.739 --> 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truth</c><00:58:03.699><c> that</c> 00:58:04.940 --> 00:58:08.079 you<00:58:05.119><c> will</c><00:58:05.320><c> fill</c><00:58:05.440><c> our</c><00:58:05.699><c> hearts</c><00:58:06.059><c> with</c><00:58:06.420><c> mercy,</c> 00:58:08.840 --> 00:58:15.739 mercy<00:58:09.400><c> on</c><00:58:09.579><c> those</c><00:58:09.880><c> to</c><00:58:10.079><c> whom</c><00:58:10.159><c> we</c><00:58:10.420><c> preach,</c><00:58:12.659><c> mercy</c><00:58:12.780><c> on</c><00:58:12.960><c> our</c><00:58:13.119><c> children,</c><00:58:15.460><c> mercy</c> 00:58:15.739 --> 00:58:17.159 in<00:58:15.920><c> our</c><00:58:16.079><c> families,</c> 00:58:18.679 --> 00:58:23.599 mercy<00:58:18.900><c> in</c><00:58:19.260><c> our</c><00:58:19.480><c> ecclesias,</c><00:58:21.380><c> and</c><00:58:21.500><c> mercy</c><00:58:21.840><c> in</c><00:58:22.079><c> the</c><00:58:22.199><c> brotherhood,</c> 00:58:24.360 --> 00:58:26.679 that<00:58:24.480><c> we</c><00:58:24.639><c> may</c><00:58:24.820><c> be</c><00:58:25.059><c> merciful</c><00:58:25.380><c> with</c><00:58:25.659><c> one</c><00:58:25.840><c> another.</c> 00:58:28.019 --> 00:58:34.239 We<00:58:28.340><c> love</c><00:58:28.500><c> your</c><00:58:28.780><c> word,</c><00:58:30.440><c> we</c><00:58:30.579><c> love</c><00:58:30.760><c> the</c><00:58:31.000><c> truth,</c><00:58:32.000><c> and</c><00:58:32.820><c> we</c><00:58:32.960><c> love</c><00:58:33.119><c> one</c><00:58:33.340><c> another.</c> 00:58:35.239 --> 00:58:43.619 We<00:58:35.880><c> pray</c><00:58:36.159><c> that</c><00:58:36.320><c> you</c><00:58:36.500><c> will</c><00:58:38.000><c> accept</c><00:58:38.619><c> our</c><00:58:38.880><c> desire</c><00:58:39.480><c> to</c><00:58:41.099><c> find</c><00:58:41.260><c> the</c><00:58:41.500><c> fullness</c><00:58:41.800><c> of</c><00:58:42.119><c> mercy</c><00:58:42.420><c> in</c><00:58:42.599><c> our</c><00:58:42.800><c> lives</c><00:58:43.139><c> as</c><00:58:43.420><c> a</c> 00:58:43.619 --> 00:58:47.119 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